Chapter Fourteen

You Don't Know How Happy I Am To See You

Brooke was driving home after practice when her car made a noise. She was able to pull to the side of the road before the car came to a complete stop."Shit. Just my luck."she got out of her car and pulled open the hood. She didn't have a clue as to what she was doing, but every time a car broke down on T.V. they always looked under the hood. She didn't see or smell anything weird so she hoped that was a good sign. She walked back over and tried to start it one more time. Nothing happened. She got out and kicked the tire. She'd also seen that on T.V.

"What'd the car do to you Little Lady?"

Brooke turned around startled, she hadn't heard anyone stop. She looked the man over and didn't know what it was, but something about him gave her the creeps. She wanted him to leave, but she also knew she needed help."Hi, my damn car broke down and I don't know what's wrong with it."she smiled at him.

He smiled back at her with his eyes roaming over her body and landing on her breasts.

Brooke notice his eyes moving along her body and cursed herself for not bothering to change after practice. There she stood in front of this creepy stranger, who wouldn't stop staring at her, in only a tight pink tank top and little black practice shorts.

"Well sweetie it looks like you are in desperate need of some help and I don't know a damn thing about cars, so all I can do is offer you a ride. Why don't you hop in. I'll take you where ever you want to go. Just get into my car."

Brooke knew she needed help, but there was no way she was getting into a car with that guy. He sounded way too eager to get her into his car and he wouldn't stop staring at her breasts. She had never felt this uncomfortable before. She knew she needed to get him to leave."You know I really appreciate the offer, but no thanks. I'll be okay."

The man took a deep breath and let it out."Why don't you just get into the car. I just want to help you."

"I know and thank you for the offer, but really I'll be fine. You should go."

"I can't leave you alone on the side of the road. It's not safe."he took a couple of steps forward.

Brooke took a few steps back when he started walking toward her and soon felt her back hit the car. She felt trapped when he continued to walk toward her. That uncomfortable feeling she felt earlier had now turned to fear. She knew if she ran he would be able to catch her. She quickly inched her way to her car door. Maybe she was wrong and was being scared for nothing.

"What are you trying to do sweetheart? Sit in your car? You'll never get help if you do that."

Brooke's hand finally reached the handle. She wanted to get into the safety of her car, but she froze when he stood directly in front of her. He was breathing hard and she could smell his sour breath.

"You should get into my car so I can take you home."

Brooke found her voice."No...it's okay. I'll be fine. I called my boyfriend earlier. He should be here soon."

The man laughed."You didn't mention calling a boyfriend earlier. How come I don't believe you?"

Brooke didn't know what to say. She just wanted him to leave.

"Brooke."

She turned to see who called her name. She had never been happier to see him in her whole life. She quickly ran to him and wrapped her her arms around his waist.

He wrapped his arms around her too, not knowing what else to do. He looked down at her and then to the strange looking man. He had a weird expression on his face, it looked a little like disappointment to him.

"Well it looks like that boyfriend of yours showed up. I guess you won't be needing my help today after all. I'll be on my way. Good luck with the car sweetheart."

Brooke never lifted her head from his chest to look in the mans direction. Once she heard the mans car start and then drive away she let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding.

He looked down at her and and gave her a light squeeze."Hey, are you okay?"

She looked up at him."You don't know how happy I am to see you Lucas."

Lucas smiled."You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that, but what's going on Brooke. I've never seen you like this."

Brooke finally let go of Lucas. She removed her arms from his waist."Well I've never almost been kidnapped before."

"What? What the hell did that bastard do to you?"he balled his hands into fists and started pacing.

"He didn't do anything to me exactly. You showed up before anything happened, but I think that he was about to grab me and stick me in his car."

"He was standing awfully close to you. I didn't like it. What were you doing out here anyways?"

"My car broke down and when I got out I guess I didn't hear him stop, but he called out to me. Right away I got this bad feeling. He wouldn't stop staring at me. Then he kept saying that I needed to get into his car. I kept telling him no, but he wouldn't take no for an answer. I was going to try and get into my car, but he walked up to me and I froze. I told him I called my boyfriend and he practically called me a liar and that's when you showed up. I was so scared Luke."

He walked up to her and pulled her into a hug."It's okay now. Your safe. I'm not going to let anything happen to you. I promise."

Brooke pulled out of his grasp."I know, everything is fine now. I'm just over reacting."She just wanted to forget all about this. She walked up to her car and looked in the hood. Lucas followed.

"What are you doing? Do you even know what your looking for?"

Brooke looked at him like he was crazy."No, but now your here. Look at it and tell me what's wrong."

Lucas looked at her. He wanted to make her feel better."Did you get the hood up all by yourself?"Brooke nodded."Wow, I'm impressed. Your not completely hopeless."Brooke playfully hit him in the chest."Hey, that hurt."

"God, you and your brother are such wimps. If the guys on the team could hear you when I barely tap you."

"Brooke, that was no tap and don't call him my brother."

Brooke rolled her eyes.

"Seriously though, I just had your car checked a week ago and it was fine."

"So what does that mean? Something could have gone wrong with it this past week."

"That's true, but I have a feeling that it's something a little simpler."

"Like what?"

"Like I bet all you need is some gas. Whens the last time you filled up your tank?"

She bit her bottom lip."I haven't. You were the last one to do that."

"Brooke I haven't put gas in you car in a long time."he shook his head."That has to be it."

"Whatever. Will you take me to get some?"

"Sure lets go."

"Okay, just wait one second. I need to get something from my car. She went to the front seat and opened her gym bag and grabbed a pair of sweats. She put them on by the side of her car and turned around to see Lucas shaking his head at her."What? It's not like I took off my shorts first. There is no way I could have gone to the store in those little bitty shorts."

He laughed. There was no way he would let that happen either.

They sat in the car driving in silence until Lucas couldn't take it anymore."Are you okay? I mean, I know that guy must have really freaked you out."

"I'm fine. He really did scare the hell out of me, but you showed up and made him leave. Thank you for that Lucas."

"No problem. I'm just glad I was driving by."

She placed her hand on his and smiled at him.

They arrived at the nearest gas station and he pulled to a stop."Will you be okay in here by yourself?"he didn't want to leave her alone if she wasn't comfortable with it, even if it was only for a few minutes.

Brooke rolled her eyes at him."Lucas I'm fine. Stop worrying about me, but I will go in with you though. I'm kinda thirsty."

"I will never stop worrying about you Brooke, so don't bother asking me to."

She smiled at him and got out of the car. Lucas went straight up to the cashier while Brooke went to the candy section. She wasn't hungry, but right now she was really craving chocolate. She held three candies in her hand and couldn't decide what she wanted so she took all three, a Twix, Snicker, and an Almond Joy.

Lucas walked up to her."Are you going to take all of those?"

Brooke looked down at her hand."Yes. Do you have a problem with it?"

Lucas raised his hands in defense."No, not at all, it's just do you really need three candy bars Brooke?"

Brooke gave him an evil look."Is this your way of saying that you think I'm fat?"

Lucas' eyes widened. That was the last thing he was thinking."What? No Brooke, I don't think your fat. I'm just saying three candy bars is a lot and I doubt you'll eat them."

"Your probably right, but I don't know what I'm in the mood for and rather than spend forever here trying to decide, I'm taking everything."

"Well I guess that's smart. So I got the gas. Are you about ready?"

"Yeah, just give me a second."she disappeared to the back of the store and then reappeared with a soda in her hand. She waved it at him."It's diet, since I know you think I'm fat."she smiled at him.

Lucas laughed and took everything from her. While at the counter Brooke also decided she wanted a bag of Doritos and a pack of Juicy Fruit. Lucas shook his head at the additions she set on the counter. He took out his wallet and paid for everything.

Lucas handed her her bag of junk and the two walked out of the store.

"Did you really need all of that Brooke?"

"Probably not, but I have a craving for something and I don't know what it is quite yet. All these things sound good."she waved the bag around."But I doubt what I want is in this bag. Besides I no longer have a boyfriend, so if I want to pig out for an afternoon, after almost getting kidnapped, then I will."

Lucas turned away. He should have known that this would come up." Look Brooke I'm really..."he was quickly cut off.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. Your really sorry. I've heard it all before and I don't care Lucas."she quickly got into the truck. The comfortableness was now gone.

They drove for a while in silence, Lucas decided to ask the question he knew he shouldn't."Look I know I probably shouldn't ask, but I heard about what happened with Peyton in the locker room. Are you okay?"

"Your right, you shouldn't ask, but I'm fine and nothing really happened. She called me a slut and I slapped her, end of story. She's not the same person she used to be and I'm no longer going to act like she is."she didn't want to talk about this, especially with him, so she turned and looked out the window.

Lucas knew he should drop it. She obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore so he wasn't about to make her.

They were about to pass the local ice cream shop when he heard Brooke sigh. He turned to look at her and saw her longingly looking at the big cone on the roof of the store."Do you want me to stop and get you some ice cream?"

Brooke turned in her seat with a huge smile plastered on her face. He couldn't help, but smile back. She looked so much like a little kid right now.

"Would you Lucas? I think this is exactly what I'm craving, chocolate ice cream. I must be getting my period or something."

Lucas laughed."Thanks Brooke. That's exactly what I wanted to hear right now."

Brooke looked at him sheepishly and shrugged her shoulders. She hadn't realized what she said until it was said."Sorry, I didn't mean to gross you out or anything, but it would explain my sudden chocolate cravings."

"Again, I don't need to know any of that."he stopped the car and they both got out. He held open the store door for Brooke and once they were in she ran to the display of ice creams."Well what kind do you want?"

"I don't know what it's called, but..."she pointed through the glass display."The chocolate one with the brownie pieces."

The young guy behind the counter came up to help them."That right there is Double Chocolate Brownie Surprise."

Brooke looked at it longingly."What is the surprise?"

The guy looked at her and then to Lucas."I don't know. I never thought to ask. I'm new, let me find out for you."

Brooke looked up at him and laughed. He looked mortified, like he'd just flunked a test."No, no, it's okay. It was just a question. I'll have two scoops of it please. Thank you."she turned to Lucas."What about you Broody?"

"I'll just have two scoops of Vanilla."

Brooke scoffed at him."Don't you ever take a chance, you know walk on the wild side? Does it always have to be Vanilla with you?"

"Hey, I know what I want."

Brooke turned away, remembering the last time he said that to her. He followed it by saying, and it's you.

Lucas noticed the look on her face before she turned away and knew exactly what she was thinking about. Not long ago he said those exact words to her and he wasn't talking about ice cream. "Wow it was only days ago, but it felt like forever ago."he thought to himself. He knew he should say something."Besides your daring enough for the both of us. I mean Double Chocolate Brownie Surprise, and you don't even know what the surprise is. Is all that chocolate really necessary?"

Brooke smiled at him, happy that he lightened the mood."Hey sometimes a girls gotta have her chocolate."

"Especially during that time of the month right?"

The young guy behind the counter looked at them shocked by their conversation as he handed them their ice cream. They couldn't help, but laugh. Brooke always loved shocking people.

After they finished their ice cream Lucas drove them back to her car and filled up her tank. When he was done he held up and extra tank to her."So you don't have this problem again."he opened her trunk and put it in."I wouldn't want you to actually get kidnapped next time."he smiled at her.

Brooke playfully hit him in the shoulder."Hey don't joke about that. It was serious."

He stopped smiling."I know. I'm sorry, but I would feel sorry for the guy, if he had kidnapped you. Having to listen to you talk non-stop, I bet within the hour, he'd be giving you back."Lucas laughed.

Brooke ran up to him and tried to hit him again, but he was able to stop her this time. He ended up grabbing both of her wrists, causing her body to crash into his. Their smiles both disappeared as they realized how close they were to each other. She was about to pull away when he leaned in capturing her lips in a searing kiss.

She wanted to pull away and she knew she should, but for the life of her she couldn't bring herself to do it. She knew it was wrong, but at the same time it felt so right. While all those thoughts floated around in her head, she felt her body move to it's own accord. Her arms wrapped around his neck bringing him closer to her. It hadn't been that long since they were together, but it sure felt like forever. She moaned into his mouth as he parted her lips with his tongue.

He had been a little surprised when she kissed him back and even more so when she wrapped her arms around him, but he soon recovered and gave into the passion he felt for her at that moment. He pushed her up against her car and pulled her up and placed her down on the side of her car above her tire. It wasn't a lot of space, but he held her in place with his body. He inched himself between her knees and moved his lips from hers to her neck. He continued kissing her neck as she again moaned. Taking that as his cue not to stop, he slowly moved his hand between them and found the hem of her shirt and placed his hand under it, feeling her bare skin was too much, it made him want more. He inched his way up and cupped her breast over her bra. She again moaned not wanting him to stop.

He kissed his way back to her mouth and she took his bottom lip into her mouth and gently bit it causing him to let out a moan of his own. She loved hearing how turned on he was by her. It spurred her on and not caring where they were she withdrew her arms from around his neck and placed them between them. She kissed him harder massaging his tongue with her own as she began to loosen his belt. She almost had it undone when a picture of Lucas and Peyton doing this exact thing flashed into her head. She quickly stopped and pushed him away. She hopped off the car and turned away from him.

This startled Lucas."Brooke, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

Brooke turned to look at him."This was a mistake. We shouldn't have let this happen. It's not right."she said all that more to herself then to him, pleading with herself to believe it.

"How can you say that? Were you not just there a minute ago? Did you not feel what I felt?"he knew she did, he could feel it.

"Lucas it doesn't matter what I feel."

"How can you say that? It does matter. It's all that matters."

"No, what matters is that you cheated on me Lucas. I can love you with all of my heart and feel everything for you and even want to be with you, but it won't change what you did. Yeah, we can have sex and it would be great, it always is, but when it's over everything will still be the same. I still won't be able to trust you."

Lucas turned around and walked a bit aways and sighed as he placed his head in his hands."I know that and I'm sorry. I just love you so much it hurts. I hate not being able to be with you. I miss you when we're not together. I know you feel the same way."He turned to face her waiting to hear what she said next.

He was exactly right. She felt all those same things for him, but she couldn't let him know that, so she went for the next best thing to her, hurt him before he gets the chance to hurt you."You know your partially right. I do feel all those things, but then I picture you making out with my best friend in a dirty motel room, in her car, and again in your room on the bed we not long before made love on and all those feelings are replaced with hate. I hate you for what you did to me, what you did to us. I know you don't want to hear this Lucas, but I do. I hate you much more than I ever loved you. You ruined what we could have had, all because you couldn't get Peyton out of your head. You just had to have her. Now you have to deal with everything else. Tonight was a mistake I wish with everything I could take back."she laughed."I guess we both have those now huh? Please stay away from me from now on. I'm serious. This is not going to happen again."

Lucas had never been more hurt by words. Every word she said stung. She said being with him was a mistake she wanted not to have happened. He now knew how Peyton felt and it wasn't good. She seemed really serious. She wanted him to stay away from her. That was the last thing he wanted to do. He felt that if he kept coming around it would prove to her that he wanted to be with her, but he knew that wasn't what she wanted, so he'd have to deal with it. This was all his fault and now he had to suffer through it."Okay. I won't bother you again. If this is what you want then okay. It's not what I want, but that doesn't matter. I hurt you so much and this is the least I can do. I promise I won't come near you again, but since this is the last time I will probably talk to you need to know a few things. I love you more than anything, more than I ever thought I could love someone. You are the perfect person for me. You are the only one I want to be with. I wish to god I would have figured that out sooner, but I didn't. I know what Peyton said to you earlier and you need to know that it was all a lie. I never touched her, I never kissed her, and I never called you anything like that. I never would. How could I talk about you in such a way, when I love you so much. Even if I didn't love you, I could never talk about you like that. Please believe that."he looked at her and she just nodded indicating she believed him. He nodded in return."Okay well I'm going to follow you home. It's late and I want to make sure you get home safe."

She again nodded and walked to get into her car. She already knew that everything Peyton said was a lie, but it felt good to have Lucas himself clarify it.

Lucas too got into his truck and pulled out behind her and did exactly what he said he would, he followed her home. He'd been so happy earlier when they were together. It was like everything was okay again and it felt right. They laughed and talked and now he was hurting. Everything he did came up and bit him in the ass all over again, but it was all his fault and he had to live with it. As much as it was killing him to even think about it, he was going to do what she asked. He was going to stay away from her. He could see that she really needed it. He pulled to a stop when she turned into her driveway. She quickly got out of her car and looked over at him once and then went into her house. He drove away once he knew she was safe inside.

She shut the door behind her and collapsed on the floor in a crying heap. She wanted to cry in her car and came really close to, but didn't because she was afraid Lucas would try to talk to her again and she did not want him to see her crying, not after every horrible thing she had said to him. Now that she was in the safety of her own home, where no one could see her, there was no need to hide. She cried because she was hurt, she cried because she was sad, and she cried because she loved him so much and couldn't be with him. The afternoon she spent with him had been one of the best times she'd had in a while. It was so easy to fall back into being with him. They fit so well together. How was it that Lucas couldn't see that? How was it that he chose Peyton over her and in the process ruined her life? She hated that she thought of Lucas as her life. That's why she told him to stay away from her. She needed to change her ways and she needed what happened tonight to never happen again and with him around it was bound to. She knew she hurt him by saying what she did, but he hurt her too. After what felt like hours of crying on the floor she drug herself to her bedroom and threw herself onto her bed to cry some more. She needed to get it all out because tomorrow she'd have to put on her I'm Brooke Davis and I don't give a damn about anything front. It wasn't going to be hard. She'd had years of practicing to be something she wasn't. By now she was a pro at being fake.

A/N:Thank you all for all the reviews. I really appreciate them. Please forgive me for not personalizing all my thank yous, but I've been really busy and I really have no business updating right now. I have a million things to do. I made this chapter a little longer to make up for the time it took me to UD. I hope you liked it. I have a question though. Do you think it is too soon for Brucas to get back together? Let me know. Please read and review. Thanks.

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