Kinfolk: Okay I know Brooke seems really slutty but that's the angle I'm going for. Brooke had stayed with Jake in Savannah during most of her pregnancy and afterwards and so they have a little history not mentioned in the story. Jake had promised to visit when he got a chance also not mentioned in the story but I will explain later. I needed Jake to just pop up and stir things up. More explanations to come. Thanks for reviewing and telling me what you thought.
Sam: Yes she's kissing Ryan, Luke and Jake. As another reviewer put it 'she's getting around a lot'. Just needed to stir things up. Get a love rectangle or pentagon going. Not sure which yet.
Okay so i know it's been awhile and i'm sorry for my lack of updating. I've been working on a sequel to one of my stories though i'm not telling anyone which one yet. It is a story that is in progress right now but you'll have to wait and see.
"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on?" Lucas' eyes lit up with anger.
"I believe you remember Jake and Jenny right?" Brooke didn't even care that Lucas was hurting right now.
"Don't play with me Brooke." Lucas yelled drawing Ryan and Seth into the room.
"I'm not playing with you Lucas." Brooke stood up, returning the tone back.
"No it looks like she's playing tonsil hockey with that other guy." Seth whispered to Ryan, "Who is he anyway?"
"Jake." Ryan shushed Seth to listen to the fight breaking out. He felt like yelling at Brooke too. She played with all their minds dragging them all on this ride called her life.
"What are you doing with Jake?" Lucas' face was turning redder by the minute, "What the hell is he doing here anyway?"
"He's visiting." Brooke put her hands on her hips and began staring Lucas down.
"Thank you Captain Obvious." Seth murmured to Ryan.
"Seth shut up." Ryan hushed Seth again.
"What are you so upset about?" Seth asked and upon receiving the evil eye from Ryan he shut up.
"So you kiss everyone who visits you?" Lucas couldn't believe what he had walked in on.
"Well Luke while you were off screwing Peyton Jake was there for me." Brooke didn't even want to discuss this with Lucas right now. It was alright for Lucas to be talking to Peyton but Brooke talking to Jake was against the rules or something.
"Don't even pin this on me and Peyton. We have nothing to do with this." Lucas' tone changed. Suddenly he looked like he was going to cry, "I thought we were working things out Brooke."
"We were and then you refused me." Brooke quieted down too not wanting everyone to hear, "And on top of that you were talking to her earlier."
"So this is my fault." Lucas threw his hands up in disbelief, "It's all my fault. I screw up once and everything gets blamed on me from then on. I wasn't kissing Peyton I was talking to her."
"But you know how I feel about her." Brooke sneered through her clenched jaw.
"So you kissing another guy, who happens to be my best friend, is okay?" Lucas realized what he had just said.
"Now you know how it feels to be stabbed in the back by the person you love and your best friend." Brooke smirked at the thought of getting even. She was a slut. That's who she was and that's who she always will be, "I'm a slut. What can I say?"
"I can't even believe this Brooke." Lucas slumped down on the couch, "I thought things were going really well between us."
"You'll never understand what I'm going through Luke," Brooke cried, "You'll never know what I've been through. Jake was there. He helped me through it all. My pregnancy, my getting over you, everything; he was there. Where the hell were you?"
"I-I got to go." Lucas pushed passed Seth and Ryan who tried to make like they weren't listening.
"God, Jake, what have I done now?" Brooke crumbled into Jake's arms. Everything about Jake was so comforting and familiar she couldn't help but melt into him.
"It'll be alright Brooke." Jake said rubbing her back whispering comforting words into her ears. As they sat there Brooke heard a door slam upstairs and knew it had been Ryan who probably heard everything. She cried even harder. Not only had she messed things up with Lucas but she probably ruined her cousin's relationship with Ryan even though that didn't mean anything to her because Marissa deserved.
"Maybe I should go Brooke." Jake said pulling away after a while of hugging, "I think I've caused enough damage for one day.
"No please don't." Brooke pulled him closer, "I need you Jake."
"I'll stay as long as you need me." Jake enveloped her back into his arms. Jake was shocked that Lucas was even there. He didn't expect Brooke to welcome Lucas back into her life especially have him come live with her in California. He thought he had helped Brooke get over Lucas for good but obviously it hadn't worked. She had so many guys wrapped around her finger right now and she didn't even realize it.
"You're the best Jake." Brooke snuggled in closer loving the feeling of being so closer to someone who loved her.
"I know I know." Jake laughed a bit trying to lighten the moment.
"Dadda." Jenny pulled at Jake feeling a bit neglected. She wasn't used to sharing her daddy lately.
"Hey Jenster, what do you need?" Jake opened his arm so Jenny could join in the hug.
"Juice." Jenny stated trying to pull her dad away from Brooke's grasps.
"Do you have any juice here?" Jake eyed Brooke scooping Jenny into his arms. She erupting into laughter as her dad tossed and tickled her.
"Of course." Brooke smiled sweetly at Jenny, "Follow me."
"Alrighty." Jake followed close behind Brooke, juggling a squirming Jenny in his arms. Yeah she was a handful but you had to love her.
"What kind are you interested in?" Brooke opened the fridge, revealing the variety of different juices.
"Apple's fine." Jake stared in amazement. The fridge was stocked with everything imaginable, all nicely organized.
"You're so easy." Brooke poured the juice into Jenny's sippy cup.
"So are you." Jake joked tickling Brooke's side.
"Don't touch my fat!" Brooke laughed, guarding her stomach. Since Adam she hadn't be able to get every pound of the pregnancy fat off. She tried but it never wanted to go away.
"You're not fat Brooke." Jake spit the line out naturally. He knew how to handle women especially new mothers having been around two, although one longer than the other.
"Don't get me started Jake." Brooke sat on a stool at the island in the middle of the kitchen.
"I kind of get sick about having this argument Brooke." Jake shook his head taking the seat next to her.
"What would I do without you Jakey?" Brooke leaned on his shoulder. He had been her rock through one of the darkest time of her life. She felt safe with him no matter how far apart they'd been for however big the length of time was.
"Probably die." Jake smiled cockily. Brooke leaned in and kissed Jake on the cheek. Though he had been there through thick and thin, the hurt in Lucas' eyes was tearing her up inside, "Go find him."
"Find who?" Brooke loved the way Jake knew exactly what she was thinking about or in this case who.
"Don't play dumb with me Davis." Jake said sternly.
"I don't even know where he could be." Brooke lied. Lucas always escaped to the beach to think whether he was in Tree Hill or Newport Beach.
"Don't lie to me Brooke Scott. I can see right through you." Jake eyed her carefully. His look just made her melt away and just obey anything he said.
"Oh fine." Brooke got up handing Adam over to Jake.
Brooke drove out to the pier and began walking down the shore line scanning the stragglers for Lucas. At the furthest point away from the pier she could see his figure just staring out at the roaring ocean.
"Luke." Brooke said softly as she approached him. He turned to face, his eyes bloodshot, "Can we talk?"
"What's there to talk about Brooke?" Lucas' voice cracked threatening to break down, "We've already established that it's all my fault."
"I didn't mean it like that." Brooke reached up to pat his arm.
"Don't do that." Lucas pulled away. It pained him to even look at her right now.
"How can you be mad at me Luke?" Brooke shifted on her feet, "We're not together. I don't have to explain my actions to you."
"I thought we were working on our relationship and not only for Adam's sake." Lucas shouted at her, his face turning a few shades redder.
"Yeah I was working on my trust issues. I told you it would take time Lucas." Brooke wasn't going to cry. Not now. She just had to get everything out and then she could cry.
"But I didn't think you'd be screwing around with other guys in the process." Lucas was so angry. Mostly angry at himself for letting it get so bad. If only he hadn't messed with Peyton this conversation wouldn't be happening.
"Can't I ever be happy?" Brooke yelled back at him. Jake made her feel good. He knew her little secrets that no one else did. He could see her soul.
"I thought you could be happy with me." Lucas finally broke down letting silent tears slip down his already stained cheeks.
"You can't always get what you want Lucas." Brooke was going to just let it flow; she was finally going to release the build up of the last year, "You ripped my heart into a thousand pieces Luke. Did you know that I was actually thinking about getting an abortion because it killed me to think I was having your baby!"
"But you didn't." Lucas paused soaking it all in, "Why didn't you go through with it."
"Because Jake was there to fix all the mess in my heart and my head." Brooke spoke quieter, "He was there."
"I would've been there if you gave me a chance." Lucas knew that Brooke knew that too.
"I couldn't be around you Luke." Brooke brushed her hair from her face, "Every time I saw you I got sick to my stomach."
"What do you think all the time away from you did to me Brooke?" Lucas' tone became violent, "Did you ever once think how I felt?"
"Did you ever fucking think how I felt when you were screwing Peyton?" Brooke yelled at the top of her lungs, "Did you? Look me in the eye and tell me you thought about me when you were screwing her!"
"I can't tell you that because that would be lying." Lucas' tone died down, "But I realized what I was doing was wrong and how much I really loved you. I would do anything to get you back. I still will."
"Sometimes anything is not good enough Lucas." Brooke let a lone tear mark a path down her cheek, "We have a bad history. Who's there to say we're not going to have a bad future?"
"I am."
Okay so I'm not sure if I'm going to make this a Brucas or B/J. Let me know what you think. I am the biggest Brucas fan but i'm alway up for new things. So please let me know. The faster you review the faster the chapter will come out!
