Chapter 3! Dude that feels weird after typing things like Chapter 25 and stuff for so long… Hahaha anyway Thanks SOOO much for the reviews! I am glad you guys like this story! Please keep reviewing and Enjoy!
"Ok so here we are… I'll call you tomorrow, maybe we can all have dinner" Lucas said opening her door for her.
"Just let me know…I had fun tonight Luke"
"Me too, it was really good to see you. I'm just really glad your doing better"
"Me too… bye" Peyton smiled giving Lucas a quick shy hug
"Bye"
Once Peyton walked into her hotel Lucas picked up his cell phone again. He really needed to talk to Brooke. Just the tone of her voice was giving him an uneasy feeling in his stomach. At first he thought maybe it was because we was with Peyton but then remembered that she had sounded like that when he answered the phone. Hopefully this time she would give him some information.
"Hello?" Brooke said answering on the first ring
"Hey, its me"
"Hey Broody" She giggled in her usual cheeriness. Hearing it put his stomach at ease
"Cheery… you ok?"
"I'm fine"
"You sounded funny on the phone earlier, it worried me" Lucas laughed
"Yea... sorry about that. It's a long story, like I said I'll tell you when I get home"
"Ok… if you say so"
"So how was dinner with Peyton?" Brooke asked trying to sound casual but Lucas knew what she meant
"It was fine… She's a lot better than the last time we saw her"
"Did you tell her about us?"
"No, I figured that was something we could do together?" Lucas laughed
"You and your togetherness… You were just chicken"
"Hey…"
"Admit it" Brooke giggled. Just talking to him was making her feel better all ready.
"Fine… I was, dude she's your best friend"
"Yea yea, ugh the Christmas traffic is terrible here"
"Really? Speaking of holidays my mom wants to know what I'm doing 4th of July. She wants me and my "girlfriend" to fly to Italy. I got a letter from her today"
"7 months from now… that's a little far away isn't it?" Brooke asked knowing that if they kept the baby they would have a 1 month old in July. The thought sent chills through her bones.
"We can get cheap tickets"
"Your funny if you think I'm flying coach"
"I know…" Lucas laughed. Brooke had a crazy notion that if they flew 1st class they would have a better chance of surviving a place crash.
"Ok my plane is boarding… Pick me up at 2:00?"
"I don't know… that's late, don't you just want to sleep there with the Hobo's?"
"Ha, ha… See you then?" Brooke giggled
"Of course, love you"
"Love you too, bye… oh and Luke, can you bring me a Ding Dong?" Brooke asked. She had been craving them since she had seen this little girl eating one.
"What?"
"You know… a Ding Dong, I looked all over Chicago and I couldn't find one!"
"Ok… If you say so"
"Luvies" Brooke giggled
"Bye" Lucas laughed hanging up the phone
Karen laid in bed beside Andy looking at her photo album. Just 3 more days and she got to see her boy. She felt silly for making such a big deal out of it but when you haven't laid eyes on your child for 5 years and have no idea what he is up too you tend to make a big deal out of it she thought. Andy just thought it was funny seeing Karen so worked up. She had been cooking up a storm all day making him all of his favorite foods to take up there to him.
"Kare, are you still looking at those pictures? Why don't you read something?" Andy asked trying to calm her down
"I cant read when I am this worked up!"
"Then don't be so worked up sweetie, its just Lucas"
"I know, I just want everything to be perfect when I see him and his girlfriend. I want her to like me" Karen laughed
"Isn't she supposed to worry about you liking her?"
"I guess so. It's just all so strange! This could be the girl he marries"
"Or not" Andy smiled
"What do you mean?"
"He's 23…"
"True… he is going to be so surprised! I sent him a letter saying I wanted to see him on 4th of July! That should trick him!" Karen laughed. This was he would have no idea she was anywhere near here
"Your so mean"
"Or thoughtful"
"True… now put those pictures down!" Andy sighed
Brooke sat in her seat on the plane. It was coach of course because that was all she was able to get, but it wasn't as bad as she had thought it was going to be. There was a little girl no more than 6 sitting beside her with a bandana on her head, the same little who had been eating the Ding Dong earlier and now she was eating another one.
"Do you want one?" The little girl asked pulling an extra one out of her backpack
"I would love one! Thank you, you are my new best friend… what is your name?"
"Lolabelle… everyone calls me Lola."
"Lolabelle. That's pretty! And different" Brooke laughed. This kid was defiantly the coolest kid she had ever met.
"My mom wanted to name me something no one in my classes would have. What's your name?"
"Brooke"
"I wish my mom had named me something like Brooke or Alexis" Lola sighed
"Don't! Lola is a very awesome name… anyway I like your bandanna"
"Ever since my hair fell out I wear it. Mommy says since the Chemo is over it will grow back… right Mommy?"
"That's right" Lola's mom smiled from the window seat
"What color was your hair before?"
"Blonde. I hope it grows back rainbow though!" Lola laughed
"Rainbow huh?"
"Lola honey… why don't you go to the bathroom before we take off?"
"Ok mom, I'll be right back Brooke" Lola smiled running towards the bathroom
"Ok…She's sweet"
"She is"
"So she is finished with Chemo?" Brooke asked
"You could say that. The tumors in her lungs aren't getting any smaller so we decided enough was enough"
"I'm so sorry" Brooke said. Hearing that broke her heart. The one sweet kid she had met and they were dying of cancer.
"Well the doctors say we'll have her for a good 5 months or so… Its better than 10 bad ones on chemo"
"Yea…Does she know?"
"Not yet… We're going to wait until we get back home to tell her" Lola's mom said forcing a smile
"Yea"
"I'm back! Mom… those bathrooms are so nasty!" Lola laughed
"I'm sure… you did wash your hands right?"
"Yes… Do you want another Ding Dong Brooke? I have Ho Ho's too!"
"Did I tell you you're my new best friend?" Brooke giggled
"Yes…"
"Well I'm telling you again."
"Your silly…" Lola laughed handing her a pack of Ho Ho's and Ding Dongs
"You have no idea"
Peyton and Mary sat on the couch while Peyton gave her all the details of the night. There hadn't really been anything that said that Lucas was still into her, but she thought there were little clues. Like the fact he was so reluctant to talk about his girlfriend. That was a good thing she thought. Mary agreed.
"So what are you going to do?" Mary asked eagerly
"He wants me to have dinner with them tomorrow night"
"Nice… are you secretly going to tell her all his dirty secrets"
"And our history!" Peyton laughed
"Nice…"
"Seriously… how is she going to know if I am telling the truth or not?
"She won't! Peyton, you are brilliant!" Mary shrieked
"I know… anyway! I need to go shopping for some new clothes tomorrow!"
"I'll come with you!"
Lucas unlocked the door to their apartment and checked the messages. It was just the usual. Mike calling to see if Brooke was home and wanting to know how it was with "Haden" as he called her, Haley calling to complain about morning sickness and Nathan. Nathan calling to complain about Haley and work, and his mom calling to say hi and she missed him. It was the same thing every night. Only tonight Brooke wasn't there to mock all the people who left messages. Funny enough that answering machine had been the reason they had broken up the first time.
It was about 5 months after they were dating and they were at Carolina and she was in his dorm messing with the answering machine.
"You seriously need voice mail Luke" Brooke giggled as she listened to all the messages on his machine
"Why?"
"Then I can call and leave dirty messages on your machine without having to worry about Ben hearing them"
"It doesn't bother you now" Lucas laughed
"Why does he listen to them?"
"I don't think so… I don't know"
"What so you mean you don't know" Brooke asked
"I mean he may or may not"
"AKA he does"
"I didn't say that…" Lucas said
"Well you meant it!"
"How do you know what I meant?"
"Because I can read you like a book Lucas Eugene Scott" Brooke giggled
"Dude… No middle name! Besides… I don't complain when you show me off to all your girlfriends!"
"Ah! I do not show you off!"
"So you bring them to the gym to watch Ben play?" Lucas asked
"Maybe I do!"
"Fine… why don't you just date him!"
"Maybe I will! I bet he will get voice mail!" Brooke yelled
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Don't call me!" Brooke yelled
"I'm not! Don't worry! Don't call me!"
"You think I really want to talk to that stupid answering machine?"
"You don't have a problem with it most of the time!" Lucas yelled
"Fine! BYE!"
"BYE!"
It had been possible the stupidest fight in history but it kept them from speaking for 3 days. During that time they were both miserable and both too stubborn to call the other one and apologize. Finally on the 4th day they both came to their senses and apologized. Ever since then they had kept the machine… just for fun.
Lucas looked at the clock on the wall. 12:21. He had no idea what he was going to do until 2:00. He knew if he went to sleep he wouldn't wake back up leaving Brooke at the airport all night. He could play basketball but he would probably be out there alone and that sucked. What he should be doing was figuring out what to get Brooke for Christmas, but that was pretty much am impossible task. She always said she would like whatever he got her, but he wanted to get her something that she would more than just like, something she would love.
Brooke waved goodbye to Lola and her mother as they got into their cab to head back to Greenville. It broke her heart thinking about what that family was going to go through in the next couple of months. No one deserved that, especially this time of year. She watched out the window until she finally saw Lucas drive up.
"Broody" Brooke grinned wrapping her arms around him
"Cheery…" Lucas smiled kissing her
"Lets go home…"
"Are you going to tell me why you are home?"
"Of course… all in time. Did you bring my Ding Dong?" Brooke giggled searching his pockets
"Yes… I brought you 3 of them"
"Trying to make me get fat?"
"No" Lucas laughed
"I'm kidding, hand them over… Did I miss anything good?"
"Peyton's in town…"
"Why?" Brooke asked ripping into her Ding Dong
"Apparently she saw me on TV"
"Yes… your famous now Broody!"
"What's this? From Lola?" Lucas laughed seeing the note sticking out of Brooke's pocket
"Oh, it's a note from the little girl I sat beside on the plain. She's 6 and dying of cancer, but she doesn't know yet"
"That's terrible…and the rainbow wig?" Lucas asked pointing to the wig in her suitcase
"I found it in the gift shop… I am going to send it to her for Christmas. She wanted her hair to grow back rainbow"
"Rainbow…"
"Her names Lolabelle… don't you think rainbow hair fits?" Brooke giggled
"I guess so, Lets go home"