Joe walked into the apartment to sound of loud music blasting through its speakers. He had knocked but soon just let himself in when no one answered the door. Smiling at the scene before him, he now knew why they didn't hear the knocking on door.
He found his girlfriend Sienna and friend Brooke dancing in the kitchen while attempting to cook. He watched as the girls used different kitchen utensils as microphones and leaned a shoulder against the door jam as he enjoyed the view.
Brooke was laughing at a face Sienna had made and quickly grabbed her side from laughing so hard. The song finally came to an end and both were wiping tears of laughter from their eyes. Sienna was about to open her mouth to tease Brooke when she heard the sound of someone clapping from the doorway.
"Joe, how long have you been standing there?" Sienna asked as she walked up to her boyfriend and placed a kiss on his lips before jabbing him in the stomach with her elbow.
Joe grabbed his side and looked at his girlfriend in shock. "Ow, what was that for?"
"That was for standing there and watching us, you peeping tom, and this…" she said as she placed another kiss to his lips. "Is for jabbing you harder than I intended to. Sorry."
Brooke watched her two friends contentedly. She felt fortunate to have friends like them, and she thanked God every day for bringing them into her life. As she put the last finishing touches on the lasagna and house salad she cleared her throat to remind them that she was still in the room.
"Okay love birds, dinners ready, so you can save the groping for another time." She teased.
Joe walked over to her side and placed a friendly arm over her shoulders before placing a kiss on her cheek in greeting. "Aw, do I see a little green in our Brookie here? You know, you can get in on the action here if you want. There's enough of Joe to go around." That earned him another jab in the rib, but this time from Brooke as Sienna laughed.
"Don't look at me, you totally deserved that one." She said as she started to carry the food out to the dining room.
As they settled into their seats to enjoy their dinner, Brooke heard her cell phone going off in the other room. "Excuse me guys." She said as she pushed her chair back to exit the room.
"Brooke Davis" she said into the phone.
"Hey Brooke, I hope I'm not interrupting anything." The voice said over the phone.
Brooke smiled into the phone as she recognized the voice of her business partner. "Hey Jay, no, we were just sitting down to dinner. What's up?"
"Dinner huh? Well thanks for the invite." He answered sarcastically, but laughed afterwards to let her know he was kidding.
"Jay, you know you're always welcomed here, but it's your own fault you're such a workaholic." She teased.
"Someone's got to keep the business running here. Anyway, I wish I was calling just to say hi, but something's come up and I need you to meet me at the office in fifteen minutes."
"What's going on Jay?" Brooke ran through the number of things that could have happened at the office that would require her to be there on a Sunday evening.
"Remember earlier this week when I told you I was working on a deal with Scott Motors to offer them our services?" Jay asked her, anticipating the excitement that he knew would come and he wasn't disappointed when he heard her squeal into the phone.
"No way Jay. You better not be pulling my leg here." Brooke said as she jumped up and down with excitement.
"I'm not Brooke, so get your cute little butt down here, one of the owners of Scott Motors wants to meet us tonight, since he has to leave town first thing in the morning." Jay informed.
"Ah, I'm so there, let me just freshen up real quick." Brooke quickly hung up and made her way back to the dining room to let her friends know she wouldn't be staying for dinner.
"Guys, I'm sorry but I have to run to the office, so I'll see you later." She yelled quickly into the room before running into her own bedroom to change and freshen up.
Before Joe and Sienna could register what just happened, they saw a flurry of what they believed to be Brooke running out the door yelling "Love ya" as she slammed the door behind her in her haste.
Joe turned to his girlfriend with a confused look. "What was that about?" He asked and only got a shrug in response.
Brooke's car tires squealed as it made a quick turn into her designated parking spot. She quickly grabbed her brief case and exited her car.
The elevator doors opened to the sign of Davis & Connor, Inc., her and Jay's company logo. She was pulling some paperwork out of her brief case as she entered the conference room where Jay and a stranger were awaiting her. "I'm sorry I'm late Jay, traffic's a bitc…" Before she could finish her sentence she looked up to find herself face to face with the man she only knew as Lucas from the club. To say she was surprised would've been. "What are you doing here?"
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Authors Note: Hi, thanks to everyone for reading my story, and thanks to those who have reviewed. I know there's not a lot of Brooke and Lucas yet, but there will be in the chapters to come. I hope you'll still read and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!