Okay so sorry in the coming up it said Nathan runs into Tracy but he doesnt in this chapter, that will probably be in the next one. Alright so I dont think this chapter is nearly as bad or weird as the last one, but again I just wanted to end the rape storyline. Okay so please for the love of god review. Haha no but do review. Okay enjoy...
It was the first day of school after Christmas vacation. Things were slowly going back to normal. Mostly everyone was just trying to move on with their lives. Brooke didn't like to go out in public on account of the fact that she was so bruised everywhere, but she didn't want to miss any school so she decided to just tough it out.
After first period Brooke went up behind Nathan and put her hands over Nathan's eyes
"Guess who?" she said.
"Tim." Nathan said joking around.
"No, guess again."
"Peyton."
"It better not be. Guess again."
"This is kind of out there but, Brooke?"
"Oh good job." Brooke said taking her hands off his eyes and coming around to face him.
"Do I get a kiss for getting it right?" he said.
"It took you three tries."
"So I should get three kisses."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"Whatever." He said.
"Yeah whatever. Let's get out of this classroom." Brooke said
"Hey whoa I need at least one kiss."
"Oh I must have forgotten." She said walking back over to him and laughing before they kissed when Mr. Robins walked in.
"Miss Davis, Mr. Scott please don't do this in my classroom."
"Oh sorry, we'll just go now." Brooke said getting up and walking out quickly with Nathan behind her. When they both got out they burst out laughing.
"Oh god isn't it always fun to run into your teachers while you're kissing. It's the best way to catch up." Brooke said grabbing Nathan's hand and leading him down the hallway.
"Hey where are we going?"
"To finish what we started."
"Don't you have class?"
"Nope off period."
"Oh well me too, but I'm suppose to go play basketball with Tim and some of the other guys."
"Would "some of the other guys" include Lucas perhaps?"
"Perhaps." He said.
"I really hope you and him can get to a point where you don't hate each other."
"I'm trying." He said
"Well you definitely get a kiss for that." She said and then she came up and kissed him.
"So I will see you at lunch." Brooke said
"I guess so." He said starting to walk to the gym.
"Hey wait." Brooke said.
"What?"
"You want to do something after practice today?"
"Sure, like what?"
"Well I thought we could go to Karen's café and then go back to you're place."
"Sounds good, I gotta go now, love you bye."He said walking off.
"You too." Brooke said leaning back against the wall.
After school at practice…
"Alright guys, gather round." Whitey said motioning for all the players to come over to him. "I've got our game schedule right here, and our first game happens to be tomorrow. Now no one had told me this so I thought we would have more time to practice, so today I'm gonna have to keep you for an extra hour so that we can get a little more practice in before tomorrow's game."
"Coach, what if we have plans?" Nathan said
"Cancel them, this is more important, now run five more laps." Whitey said putting his blue hat on and motioning for the guys to run again. Nathan sighed and started running again. As Nathan ran by Brooke he said "I have to cancel our date…" then he ran another lap and as he came around again he said "extra hour of practice." He ran another lap "Game tomorrow, really sorry." He said using his final breaths to get that last part out. Brooke had just been standing there through out all of this trying to piece everything together. On Nathan's fourth lap around she said "it's okay, tomorrow." She said smiling and winking. He smiled back and then kept running.
The next day Haley and Lucas were walking around the courtyard before school started.
"So what have you been thinking about lately?" Haley said.
"You" he said directly
"perv." She said
"no, Im just thinking about how much I care about you Haley."
"well I care about you too Lucas." She said smiling.
"So does that mean we can get back together?"
"I don't know."
"Haley, Im not in love with Brooke. I promise."
"It's not just that Lucas, we've been best friends since before I can remember, and I just don't want anything to ruin that."
"Think of it this way, we took a chance at love and it didnt work out, and even though it didn't work out the first time we are still friends. Why don't we just try again?"
"Don't you think maybe it was a sign that it didn't work the first time?" Haley said.
"No, that was a complicated situation, this is simple we belong together Haley. I love you."
Haley stopped walking.
"You what?" she said very astonished."
"I...I love you Haley. I'm really sorry but it's just how I feel. I can't keep the truth from you forever."
"No you certainly can't" she said trying to think about everything that was going on.
"Well do you have anything to say to that?" he asked after a few second of silence.
"I don't know, I've gotta get to class." She said starting to walk off.
"Haley wait." She turned back around and looked at him.
"Don't hate me because I told you how I felt." Lucas said.
"I don't hate you Lucas."
"Then can you at least tell me if you love me back?"
"I don't think we're at that point in our relationship yet."
"ahh but now we have one?"
"We've always had one. We've always been friends, I'm really not sure if I want to be more."
"I'm not sure if I can be less."
"You're telling me you won't be friends with me unless I go out with you?" Haley said getting a little bit angry.
"No… Haley I don't know. I mean we'll always be friends I'd just be a lot happier if we were more."
"I need to think about this Lucas."
"Alright I'll give you all the time you need."
"I've gotta get to class." She said walking away.
The atmosphere at school the next day was a very exciting one, because it was the first game of the basketball season. Everyone couldnt wait for school to get out so that they could go to the game. But it was only lunch so far so everyone would have to wait a little bit longer. Haley and Peyton were sitting down at a table when Brooke came up and sat down next to them.
"Hey P. sawyer, tutorgirl, what's happening?" Brooke said.
"Nothing much, we were just thinking we should all hang out after the game tonight."
Haley said "you, me, Peyton, Jake, Nathan, and Lucas."
"Oh umm sounds like fun." Brooke said hesitantly because she knew her and Nathan were suppose to go out after the game, but he could handle it they should be hanging out with their friends more often, plus they could always go to his apartment afterwards.
"Good, look I've gotta go to the library to study." Haley said getting up "Brooke tell Nathan, Peyton tell Jake and I will do the honors of telling Lucas, even though I'm trying to avoid him."
"Why?" Peyton asked.
"Because earlier today he told me he loved me, and that he really wanted to be with me."
"Ok I don't and shouldn't have any say in this, but I think Lucas really does love you, maybe you should give him a chance." Brooke said.
"Yeah maybe, I need to go study, see you guys later." Haley said and walked away.
"So what's going on Peyton, I feel like we haven't hung out like just the two of us in forever."
"Yeah I feel the same way; I've just been spending a lot of time with Jake and Jenny. Oh by the way she loves her new outfit."
"The one that I gave her?"
"No the one I did." Peyton said sarcastically "yes the one you gave her."
"Well, I knew she would."
"Right."
"I wonder where Nathan is."
"You can't spend more then one more hour away from him."
"I think I'm really falling for him Peyton."
"Well good for you Brooke, I hope it really works out."
"Yeah well me too, and I hope things really work out for you and Jake, you seem to really be falling for him."
"Oh I already have. I love Jake more than anything, and I also happen to be crazy about Jenny."
"She is a very cute little girl, but I am definitely not ready for one of those."
"A baby?"
"Yes, the whole pregnancy scare thing, which I might add has happened to me, twice now, really did scare me. There are still so many things I need to do before I start a family."
"Yeah, but there's also an upside to having one. It becomes your life, and even though you miss out on a lot of stuff you gain a lot too."
"I'm glad you and Jake have each other" Brooke said
"Yeah me too. Peyton said looking down at her watch "oh I have to go, five minutes till class. See you at the game." Peyton said quickly getting up and walking away.
At 8:02 the first game of the season ended with the Tree Hill Ravens winning 54 to 32. Everyone was pretty excited. Everyone was standing around in the gym waiting for each other before leaving when Bevin came up to Brooke and Peyton.
"Hey Brooke, Peyton I'm having a party at my house you so totally have to come."
"Thanks for the invite but…" Peyton said getting cut off by Bevin.
"No really you have to come, bring anyone you want, everyone's invited, its to celebrate our first win. Come on we're all cheerleaders we at you guys have to at least come."
"We can bring anyone?" Brooke asked.
"Yeah, sure. I don't care."
"Okay we'll be there." Brooke said, and Bevin skipped off to find more people.
"Brooke, you really think everyone is going to want to go to that party?" Peyton asked.
"We'll go for a little while if it sucks then we'll bail." Brooke said.
"Fine."
Haley, Lucas, Nathan, and Jake walked up to Brooke and Peyton.
"Hey great game baby." Brooke said walking over to Nathan and kissing him quickly.
"Thanks. You guys ready?" he asked.
"Umm well there's been a change of plans." Brooke said hesitantly.
"Oh no you don't want us to go to that stupid party do you?" Haley asked.
"How did you know?" Brooke said
"I'm not that out of the loop Brooke."
"Right well, yes that is what we wanted to do, look we'll just go for a little while and if it sucks then we'll just leave."
"Alright." Nathan said
"I guess we can do that." Lucas said.
"You know what I think I'll just go home and be with Jenny, so my parents don't have to baby sit I think they wanted to go out tonight anyways." Jake said.
"No Jake, you go with Peyton I'll baby-sit Jenny." Haley said.
"You sure?" he asked
"Yeah." She said
"You really don't want to come for like just 30 minutes Haley." Brooke said
"No it's ok, I'll just go be with Jenny, you guys have fun." Haley said walking out of the gym.
"Ok well let's go then" Brooke said taking Nathan's hand and skipping forward.
Right so hope you enjoyed, and reviewed… I'll update later today or and probably tomorrow. Oh I'm going out of town this weekend so there will be like three days of no updates, but I think you'll live. Ok coming up…
The party and a game of truth or dare, this could be bad news
Nathan runs into Tracy.
