Hello my lovely reviewers! So I have some good news and some bad news! Bad news... This story is almost over! I'm gonna take it to Chapter 50 and then Sugar and Spice is so more sadly... But the good news! I've started a new one! YAY! hahahaha. This one is a college fic! Its OF COURSE Brucas! And its also Pathan/Naley. Its something kinda new and nice for me... It starts off with them all leaving for college... Brooke and Lucas ARENT together yet... that sort of thing... its kind of refreshing to write them like that... I can add a lot of fun drama and that sort of thing... and the best part... NO KIDS! hahaha I love all my stories but I am SOOO tired of writing Brucas with kids, its killing me! There's just really no idea's left in my poor brain... so this new Story... called Choas Theory BTW, is A LOT of fun. They're all 18, At college, that sort of thing... I'm REALLY excited about it, and my Beta Readers LOVE what I have of it so far! So I hope you all will check it out when I Sugar and Spice is all finished! Anyways Thank you ALL so much for the reviews and everything! Enjoy this chapter!
Ohh! And remember you guys, this chapter is pretty much all about Lucas and what he was doing while Brooke was partying with Bevin! hahaha
Lucas got treated like a celebrity in the ER. He was taken back to a room quickly and seen by a doctor in minutes. Then X-rays, more doctors and finally… the wait. He had tried to call Brooke but there was still no answer. It was pretty late there and hopefully she was getting some sleep. Finally the doctor came back in carrying Lucas's x-rays. The look on his face said everything…
"Well Mr. Scott…you've got a pretty good tear there…" The doctor said moving Lucas shoulder back and forth. It hurt so much more than it had after the car accident. There was so much pain it was almost numb, if that was even possible.
"How long before I can play again"
"Mr. Scott…"
"That bad?" Lucas sighed. His face said everything.
"Not now… but it might be if you keep playing"
"How bad"
"We can do surgery now… repair it… you could play light street ball... Or you continue to play… hurt it worse, and worst case… lose the use of your shoulder. Not only would that take away basketball… you got kids right Scott?" The doctor asked, using the kids to get his point across.
"Yea… 3"
"Imagine never holding them again"
48 hours earlier
Lucas listened to Brooke's whining as she helped him throw everything into the back of Mike's car. He wasn't sure why he was riding with Mike. It had all made since last night… the whole save gas… more company. Then he had also thought that it was just going to be him and Mike. No one had told him that his women were coming too. It just made him wish that much more that Brooke was coming with him. He had never traveled without her… even last year she had taken the girls and watched him play in most of the play off games. He could tell she wanted to come too… why else would she… Brooke be helping him pack a car?
"Ok… You're sure you can't come?" Lucas asked wrapping his arms around her hips and kissing her. Her lips were so soft, and she was so tiny again he could have wrapped his arms around her twice. Why was this so hard? He had gone places without her before.
"Luke… and drag 3 children that far? It would take the fun out of it for both of us"
"How is spending a week without you supposed to be fun?"
"Ditto…We'll be ok… you can go to bars, drink… party…be crazy and not have to worry about kids… ok better idea, you stay here and I'll go play basketball" Brooke giggled putting her forehead against his. Like he was actually going to party without her. How was that fun? Sure he could go get drinks with the guys… but none of them were really… loyal to their wives so it made going out with them hard.
"Come on you 2! A couple more minutes like that and your going to have another one to take care of"
"Slap him for me when you get in the car"
"Will do…" Lucas laughed giving her one last kiss before letting go.
"Have fun! Don't worry about us… Love you!"
"Love you too… call"
Lucas watched her as he walked to the car pull out her cell phone. He hoped she would at least have fun while she was home. Since Peyton and Nathan were both out of town and Haley was working… that didn't leave very many people for Brooke to hang out with all week.
"Alright man! Lets go win us some play off games!" Mike yelled climbing into the car through the window. Sometimes Lucas wondered who was actually worse… Tim or Mike. But right now he had to say Mike… by a long shot.
"Sounds good to me"
"You wanna drive man? The girls and I are going to see what we can get done in the back seat"
"Ew" Lucas laughed. He hated to even sit in Mikes car, since there was no telling what gross crap had gone on in there.
"It's not like you and Brooke have never done it in a car…"
"Yea we have… but never a 3-some while the car was moving…"
"First time for everything" Mike smiled putting his arms around both girls. They were like mimes or something… never talking, just smiling and giggling at Mike. Probably drugged with Money or something.
"Just wear seatbelts or something… I don't need any naked girls flying though the windshield"
"You wouldn't mind the naked girls so much if they were Brooke"
"Exactly why I married her… I didn't marry these women" Lucas added, just to make it clear to Mike.
"Yea and you better not go all manwhore on me this weekend and start picking at my crops either"
"You know you need help right?"
"Yea… help trying to figure out how to do this while buckled" Mike said trying to move over to one of the girls with his seatbelt on.
"Just wait until we get on the plane… then you 3 can go join the mile high club or whatever"
"Don't judge… you've done that too Scott! In fact… now that I think about it, weren't you 2 doing that about 9 months before that new one was born?"
"Dude… Wait…you actually might be right…"
Amazingly they made it to the airport and onto the plane in one piece. That is after Mike tried to sneak an entire bag of sharp sex toys onto the plane… and security got him. Unfortunately they ended up letting him and his women on the plane and their new task… how to make out while taking off and staying in their seats. Luckily Lucas was across the isle. Being on a plane without Brooke was boring. Here he was judging Mike about his choice of activities on a plane… while he and Brooke had both done some questionable things.
"Lucas Scott?" The man sitting beside Lucas asked once they had taken off. He looked really familiar but Lucas couldn't put a name with a face.
"Yea"
"Rob… Troutman? I used to work at DSM before it burned…"
"Right… Rob" Lucas said shaking the mans hand. Lucas remembered him now, he had been one of Dan's assistants before DSM had burned and now owned most of the high end dealerships in the state.
"Good to see you man, how's life?"
"Great actually…"
"Got you a pretty little lady? Ok… who is it? Curly blonde tortured one, or that fiery redhead who came into the dealership everyday to see you" Rob asked nudging Lucas in the shoulder. Lucas always found it funny how people he hadn't seen in a while knew he was either with Peyton or Brooke. They never asked if he had met someone in college or anything. It was always "Well was it Peyton or Brooke"
"Fiery redhead… Brooke"
"Sweet little thing that one… So, you in the car business like your daddy and uncle?"
"No… I didn't really want to do the whole family business thing, I play for the bobcats" Lucas laughed. That came out so wrong… stay out of the family business and basketball.
"Didn't want to do the whole family business thing huh"
"Yea… doesn't make much since now that I think about it"
"And what? You don't bring your lady to these things? Wasn't she a cheerleader?" Rob asked. Brooke must have been in the dealership a lot more than Lucas remembered.
"She's actually at home with the kids"
"Kids…"
"Allie and Chloë are 2 and Rylan's a little over a month" Lucas smiled pulling out his wallet to show pictures. Brooke had crammed it full of enough of them. There was one in every pocket.
"Wow"
"Yea… I'm a terrible husband for leaving her home with them alone…"
"No… you're a good husband and father for providing for your family" Rob laughed seeing the stressed out look on Lucas's face.
"I just hate the traveling though ya know? Even the basketball isn't as much fun as it used to be… I'd rather be outside playing basketball in the driveway with my girls than playing in play offs"
"It all changes when you get a family… unless you're Dan Scott"
"So true" Lucas laughed
"So are you totally against the car business? Because I've got me a few Dealerships right now and a family… it's just too much… I'm putting my Lexus one for sale"
"Lexus"
"Not a Lexus fan?" Rob asked hearing the tone in Lucas's voice.
"No… Lexus is great… Brooke has one, I think her life might just be complete if she had access to a whole lot of them"
"Not just Lexus… we get some nice trade ins too. Corvette, Mustang, Mercedes, high end cars"
"Wow…" Lucas sighed. He had never thought about the car business… or any business for that matter. It had always just pretty much been about basketball. He'd play until he retired, and hadn't thought much past that.
"Here's my card. You talk to the wife and give me a call…"
By 5:00 they were in Cleveland. Of course Lucas was met by Mouth… who was commentator for the game. It was nice to have him at the games. It took all the stress off and made it seem more like when he played at the River court. Plus Mouth totally hyped him up to the crowd and the press.
"Hey man" Lucas said meeting Mouth in their usual meeting place.
"Luke… ready for the game"
"As ready as I'm going to be"
"Practiced?" Mouth asked knowing the answer. Lucas Scott… practice? That was crazy talk these days.
"Driveway last night with 2, 2 year olds count?"
"Sure…"
"Where's Erica" Lucas asked looking around. Usually she was right up under him with Tucker on one hip and her lap top on the other.
"She's at her moms with Tucker… Brooke with Karen?"
"No… Brooke's flying solo this weekend, mom's coming out here actually"
"Brooke alone with 3 kids?" Mouth whispered raising his eyebrows at Lucas. Why was everyone doing that. It wasn't like Brooke was totally incapable of caring for kids. She did it all the time. When Lucas had to run to Charlotte for a meeting or something. What made this time different.
"Yea… Mouth... she's their mother! And she's Brooke… if she thought she couldn't handle it she would have said something"
"I know… I didn't say anything…"
"What…" Lucas laughed. Mouth had that look, the one that he had when he thought he knew better than Lucas and everyone else in the room.
"Remember that time we babysat Mr. Rosh's kids… I think I recall you and Brooke calling me to come and help"
"We were 18"
As much as Lucas was trying to ignore Mouth's babysitting comment, it was all that was flashing through his head now. That night had been terrible… and so much fun at the same time. Senior year, he and Brooke were dating… non-exclusively of course and their new teacher Mr. Rosh had asked Brooke to babysit his 3 year old daughter and 7 year old son. Mr. Rosh… assumed since Brooke was student counsel president, that she was a responsible good influence on his children. So of course Brooke agreed, and asked Lucas to come help. Only at that point… Lucas and Brooke did nothing but make out, have sex, eat and sleep. Whenever they were around each other their lips had to be touching or it just didn't seem right…
Lucas sat on Mr. Rosh's couch with Brooke on top of him running his fingers through her hair and kissing her hard. They had been at this a good 30 minutes and Lucas was starting to wonder if there were actually any kids in the house. He was really hoping their weren't because making out with Brooke was too much fun, especially at someone else's house where they didn't have to worry about getting caught by Karen or Haley or Peyton, or anyone else who felt the need to walk in on them. Listening to Lady and the Tramp on in the background Brooke slipped Lucas's shirt over his head and he pulled her closer to un-button her shirt. He never thought he'd see the day when he was this irresponsible with it came to other people's kids. But there was just something about having Brooke right there that he really didn't care. After they had both managed to strip each other down to just underwear (Lucas in his boxers, and Brooke in her leopard bra and matching underwear) Brooke pulled away for a second.
"So…we've been here an hour and ½ doing this, and Lucas you know I love it but we cant have sex on the couch" Brooke laughed. Lucas knew she was right, he hated that she was right… but they should probably have been playing with the kids or something.
"Good point"
"Maybe we should get dressed and play with the kids or something?"
"Where are the kids?" Lucas asked looking over Brooke's shoulder. It didn't even look like kids lived there… it was so clean and quiet.
"I turned on Lady and the Tramp in the bedroom before you got here"
"You're brilliant" Lucas smiled kissing her again.
"I know"
"Ok we've really got to stop"
"Where are our clothes?" Brooke asked finally pulling away reluctantly to start getting dressed.
"I threw everything on the floor"
"They're missing"
"HA HA!" Lucas heard a laugh from the doorway… there was a kid. Wearing his shirt.
"You little crack rabbit! Did you take our clothes?" Brooke yelled glaring at the little boy in Lucas's shirt. She looked like she was going to strangle him.
"Yes"
"Can we have them back?" Lucas asked trying to be calmer than Brooke. She was so mad her face was red. The last time he had seen her this mad was 2 years ago during their whole pregnancy scare. Lucas was guessing kids were a sore spot for Brooke.
"No"
"Give them back right now or I am calling your daddy!"
"I'll just tell him you were having sex on the couch!" The kid yelled back at Brooke and then spit at her.
"We weren't having sex!"
"The kids got a point Brooke, we call and say what exactly?"
"These kids are like 5 Luke! We can take them!" Brooke said, like they were going to beat the kids up or something,
"If you hurt me you'll go to jail!"
"Fine! Lucas can just come and give me multiple conjugals!"
"Brooke… we need to calmly do this" Lucas whispered trying to calm her down. But when Brooke got this pissed there was no stopping her… he had to do something fast.
"Or you just hold them down and I'll beat the crap out of the little brat"
"We should probably call someone who knows something about kids?"
"Mouth…"
So after calling and begging Mouth for help, he came and between the 3 of them the managed to get the clothes back. And ended up giving mouth all the money they made. It was safe to say after that Lucas and Brooke stayed far far away from little children. But that had been 7 years ago… Brooke was so much better with kids, she was actually better with their kids than Haley, Peyton and Erica were with theirs. Probably because they were HER kids… either way, Brooke wouldn't even discipline them… much less yell at them for anything. Lucas didn't know why he was worrying… if Brooke needed anything she'd call.
7 hours later
It was practice time. The worst part of playoffs, the night before the game… interviews, hard core practice and then the girls. All the groupies that followed them everywhere it seemed like. In their slutty tops and tight shorts… they weren't even that hott. Usually Brooke was there to scare them off with her glares or pictures of the girls. But tonight, it was just him… and 100 times more girls than there usually where.
"Hey Scott… they want to interview you" Lucas's coach said throwing him a ball. They always made him do the interviews and hold that damn basketball during them.
"Great…"
"Remember… you're happy"
"I am happy!" Lucas yelled back as the coach walked away. At least it wasn't like last time where he told him to pretend he was happy.
"Well good… ok"
"Lucas… how has being married affect your game?" The reporter asked. It was the same questions every time. 'How does being married affect your game?' and 'What do you kids think of you being such a big face in sports'.
"It hasn't… My wife and I have been together since high school so she's been with me the whole way"
"What about having kids?"
"Carrying twin 2 year olds around makes your arms stronger…I'm still trying to figure out how to carry around 3" Lucas laughed, making the reporter pull out his fake corny laugh. What did they want him to say? Having kids made him not want it play? It made him want to stay home?
"If you could play basketball with anyone tonight … who would it be?"
"I'd fly home to my family and play in my driveway with my girls"
"That's Lucas Scott for you ladies and gentlemen… we've seen him go from America's most eligible bachelor to America's most loveable family man" The reporter smiled and then headed towards another player. At least that was over… now maybe he'd only have to do 20 more.
"What was that?"
"The Truth? I love how they forget to add that I wasn't ever a bachelor…"
"It's all for the ratings… miss your kids?" The coach asked. He knew the answer… it was their routine every game…
"Yea… and my wife"
"We miss Brooke around here too… real looker that one, just don't let it affect the game tomorrow, we're counting on you Scott, now get in there and practice"
"Hey Luke…" A girl smiled winking at Lucas as he walked onto the court.
"Brooke would be having a fit if she were here right now" Mouth laughed handing Lucas another ball.
"Tell me about it… I tried to call her but all I got was fuzzy music or something"
"Well your interview was good…"
"Thanks man… now go say some good stuff about me" Lucas smiled giving Mouth the thumbs up.
"You got it"
1 hour later
"And Lucas Scott takes the ball… oh and it's good! Making the wife proud tonight" Mouth said loudly over the intercom. He was the only one other than the janitor in the commentators box tonight since it was just practice. But he always liked to get some practice in the night before the game too.
"Dude… you do know this isn't the actual game right? That's tomorrow night"
"Yea… but I have to practice too"
"Sure…" The janitor laughed rolling his eyes at Mouth.
"And Scott has the ball again… he goes for the pass and Oh! He's down, looks like his shoulder. For those of you who don't know, Lucas has had previous trouble with his shoulder in the past. Lets hope this doesn't affect tomorrow night" Mouth said seeing Lucas go down.
"Scott… you ok?" The coach asked running over to Lucas with the Medic. Lucas didn't even remember going down, and he was in so much pain he wasn't sure he could talk.
"Yea…no" Lucas managed to get out
"That things out of joint…"
"Can he play tomorrow?"
"Could you play with an out of socket shoulder?" The medic asked still looking at Lucas's shoulder.
"Damn it Stevens! What have I told you about practice" The coach yelled leaving Lucas to go yell at the player who knocked him down.
"Lets get you to the ER"
Lucas got treated like a celebrity in the ER. He was taken back to a room quickly and seen by a doctor in minutes. Then X-rays, more doctors and finally… the wait. He had tried to call Brooke but there was still no answer. It was pretty late there and hopefully she was getting some sleep. Finally the doctor came back in carrying Lucas's x-rays. The look on his face said everything…
"Well Mr. Scott…you've got a pretty good tear there…" The doctor said moving Lucas shoulder back and forth. It hurt so much more than it had after the car accident. There was so much pain it was almost numb, if that was even possible.
"How long before I can play again"
"Mr. Scott…"
"That bad?" Lucas sighed. His face said everything.
"Not now… but it might be if you keep playing"
"How bad"
"We can do surgery now… repair it… you could play light street ball... Or you continue to play… hurt it worse, and worst case… lose the use of your shoulder. Not only would that take away basketball… you got kids right Scott?" The doctor asked, using the kids to get his point across.
"Yea… 3"
"Imagine never holding them again"
"When would the surgery be?" Lucas asked swallowing hard. This was worse than he had thought. He knew it was bad… but this was terrible.
"One here… hopefully tonight to get that back in, make sure there is no nerve damage. Then you'll need another… later on once your home to get everything straightened out… re-hab, good thing you did this at work. We'll do the surgery tonight… see if we cant get you home by Friday…"
