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Chapter 1: Truth Untold
Now going back a little over two months ago, Lucas remembered every second with a disturbingly accurate amount of details. As he remembered, and if his memory didn't fail now, the events of those daysunfolded somewhat like this:
Brooke and Lucas were lying in her dorm room making out deeply and passionately. Even after all this years he still had the power to make her shiver with every touch of his fingertips. Without having a concrete reason as to why this happened, and without completely comprehending the backlashes this emotions might have, he still made her feel complete.
Curious as to what differences they might find after all this time without touching her now completely developed body, his hands started to wonder around all of Brooke's body. He started on the verge of her neck and was now right under her breasts; he kept directing his lips south, and now found himself at her flat, well defined, and toned stomach.
Brooke could feel Lucas's breath getting shorter and raspier, and she knew that he was quickly getting aroused. The thought of this made her feel splendidly great because her plans were unfolding just as she had schemed them from the very beginning. She has been anxiously waiting years for this moment. Seven years to be exact. She had been waiting for the exact moment to make her move and this was it. She could not back down now. Brooke had needed this ever since sophomore yeah when Lucas and Peyton betrayed her and decided to be happy together.
Even from the mere dawn of Brooke's plans, the main idea has always been directed towards the sole purpose of making Peyton feel what Brooke felt by being fooled and betrayed by the persons who were supposed to be her life-long best friend and her adored boyfriend.
Brooke's plans were intended to make Peyton suffer the way she did, by making Lucas cheat on Peyton with no other person than Brooke herself. After a lot of thinking and brainstorming over the years following her and Lucas's breakup, earlier today she had finally gotten a hold of Lucas's phone number and surprisingly found a way to get Lucas to meet her for dinner with the excuse that she needed to talk to him about something important, something concerning Peyton past, something that according to her he needed to know if he wanted to be happy with Peyton in the future, and something she assured she only knew since she was her former best-friend.
When Brooke called Lucas that morning she told they would meet at a local bar near the apartment he and Peyton had. Lucas found this whole thing so strange but besides the fact that Brooke had mentioned something regarding Peyton, he still saw this as a great opportunity to rekindle his long lost friendship with Brooke. There was one things that did call to his attention and it was the fact that Brooke made him promise that he wouldn't say a word about their meeting to Peyton. But he didn't really pay attention to this detail because Brooke had always been like this, secretive.
Couple of hours after Brooke's call Lucas was alone on the court near their apartment shooting some hoops when he suddenly felt some small hands wrap around his waist, just to turn around to find his girlfriend staring at him.
"Hey" Lucas said, just before bending down to kiss his very attractive girl.
"Hey, you sexy-sweaty-basketball player", said Peyton smirking at him.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"What? I can't come to check on my man, just to make sure he's not cheating with my best friend?" Peyton said with a big smile on her face and letting out a laugh.
"Ha ha, not funny. Not funny at all". Lucas said, with an obviously fake annoyed face.
"Dr. Scott, I need to ask you a question, does it mean I'm either sick or crazy if I'm not able to breathe or focus when you are not around me?" Peyton asked in a very sexy and appealing voice.
"Not at all, Miss Sawyer, those are the side effects of Lucas Scott's daily dose of love," said Lucas, bending down a little to kiss Peyton tenderly. "I'm told that I tend to be very addictive, its just normal that you need to have me around at all times, but its ok I wont press stalking charges. I promise."
"Well Doctor, I guess your diagnoses is correct because I want you real bad, right now" she answered sticking her tongue out in his direction, and he interpreted this as an invitation to grab her tongue and make it his.
They forgot where they were and started making out as passionate as humanly possible. All of a sudden they a very familiar voice say "Guys, you are doing an R rated show where kids come to play basketball, not to learn how to have foreplay". That made Lucas smirk at his girl and then turn around to look at Jon. Jon was the closest thing Lucas had to a best friend during his years of college, and they had grown pretty tight over the years.
"Dude, we were in the middle of something important!" Lucas said in a sarcastic tone.
"Yeah Jon, you've never seen us interrupt you and Sam when you make out in front of us. Have you?" Peyton said with a big smile on her face, while Lucas was wrapping his arms around Peyton's waist.
"That's because you are always doing the same thing as we are" Jon in a joking tone.
"Well, maybe you have a point." Lucas said after looking at Peyton, smiling at her, and giving her a soft peck.
"Ewww! Seriously I'm going to ask very politely to stop doing that when I'm around and Sam is not. At least when I'm with her I'm not forced to see you guys do it, because well most of the time I'm doing it myself. Plus, it's really very disgusting to have to watch my best friends make out. Anyways I'm really hungry, I was on my way to the diner down the street to grab something, but some company won't hurt. Do you guys want to join me."
"Yeah, why not? You up for it babe?" Lucas asked Peyton and she nodded in response. With this the trio started to walk down the streets and towards the diner.
This dinner reminded him so much of his mom's café back in Tree Hill, and that always wasn't a good thing. He seldom came to this diner because without him knowing why, it always reminded him of the last time he and Nathan ever spoke to each other. Lucas and Nathan hadn't talked in almost six years now and that hurt Lucas because as much as he cared about his brother he couldn't look past what he did. Whenever he even considered forgiving Nathan his mind drifted to that distant day when their relationship changed forever.
"Well, well, well I can see there's a meeting of the town backstabbing hoes and precocious brides. What are you guys plotting on your next assault on happy couples, or maybe planning how to get married to any of the other rich kids in town?" Brooke said as she walked in the café and saw Lucas, Peyton and Haley sitting on one of the stalls.
"God Brooke, how many times do I have to tell you I'm sorry, we never meant for this to happen like the way it did." Peyton said sincere regret present in her voice.
"Oh yeah, I forgot someone put a gun to your head and forced you to make out and later on sleep with Lucas". Brooke said with a fake smile on her face.
"Brooke, would you just drop it. Face it, Peyton and I are meant for each other, I love her and she loves me back. I never really meant to hurt you Brooke, things just happened between us." Lucas said in a somewhat angry tone.
"Why couldn't you notice that before you asked me to be your girlfriend? Lucas, I trusted you, and Peyton you were my best friend. Hoes over Bros, Buds over Studs, remember? I thought that you trusted me enough to tell me what was going on, before I had to find out the way I did. Why didn't you guys come up to me when all this started, we could've talk and yes, I would've probably been pist and hurt at first, but after a while I would've been able to forgive you guys and maybe even be truly happy for you, because you would've told me the things upfront and in my face. I loved you guys too much… right now I'm so confused, I hate the two people I never thought I would." Brooke said as she started to see Peyton's eyes get teary.
"Brooke drop it, would you. How many times have I said I'm sorry? " Lucas stated even madder than before.
"Well Lucas that's a lame excuse, and I have to inform you that sorry doesn't cut it, you guys betrayed me in the worst way. You…" Brooke said with anger and confusion in her eyes.
Nathan who was stopping by to give Haley a kiss, before heading off to shoot some hoops at the River Court quickly noticed what was going on and suddenly interrupted Brooke's statement, by saying "Brooke, you're not exactly the one to talk about betrayal."
"What the hell do you mean Tutor Husband?" Brooke turned around quickly and abruptly to face Nathan as she said this.
"Brooke, I'm tired of keeping this to myself, its eating me up inside. I can't let you make Lucas and Peyton feel guilty about this anymore. Lucas, Peyton…, guys I'm so sorry I didn't say this before." Nathan suddenly looked down with embarrassment and regret on his face.
"What haven't you said? What are you sorry about? What do you know we don't, Nathan huh?" Lucas said with anxiety and growing curiosity on his face.
"You remember Tim had a party around the time you and Brooke started dating, and you couldn't go because you had to stay at the cafe helping your mom?"
"Yes, and?" Lucas said already starting to imagine things that could've possibly happened that night.
"Brooke and I got pretty wasted, and one thing led to another, … well Brooke and I ended up in her place. Luke, we slept toge… " Nathan couldn't even finish saying what he was saying, when he felt some strong pressure on his face. Before Nathan could even react, Luke was on top of him beating the living hell out of him.
"Lucas, Stop" Peyton and Haley screamed, while some of the guys that worked at the cafe, started to barge in. Mean while punches were flying from Lucas towards Nathan, but surprisingly Nathan was doing nothing to stop the punches from getting to him. Nathan knew he deserved every single one of the punches he was getting.
When the guys finally managed, after a while, to get Lucas off of Nathan, Nathan was all bruised up and bleeding from several spots in his face. "Why the Fuck would you do that? You're supposed to be my friend, but overall you're supposed to be my brother god damn it."
"Dude, I know I can't say anything in my defense, but I thought I was doing the right thing at the moment. I thought you and Brooke deserved to have a chance. But then the whole Peyton thing happened, and I just couldn't find the right moment to bring it up right till now."
"And what made you decide that now was the right moment to say that?" Peyton said while kneeling down to face Lucas who was on the floor still digesting everything that happened. Nathan stayed quiet.
"Nathan…" Haley started to talk with a shaky voice and on the verge of tears while she was bending down next to Lucas, but Nathan stopped her on her tracks already knowing what she was going to say.
"Don't worry Haley; it was before we started dating." Nathan said facing down to the floor, trying to hide the tears that were obviously flowing down his bruised cheeks. "Haley, the whole reason why I started to drink at that party was because I couldn't find the guts to ask you out even though I knew I liked you. Every time I tried to ask you out I just choked, I was so insecure, I never thought a girl like you would fall for a jerk like me. Brooke was lonely and angry because she said Lucas never had time for her; it was always one excuse after the other, so I guess we were each others support for that night. I never meant for things to come out this way, I understand if you guys are really pist and confused and you won't want to see me again for a while, but…"
"You're damn right I don't want to see you or talk to you for the rest of my life." Lucas screamed in Nathan's face.
"But" Nathan continued, "I want you to know that I never intended to damage our relationship, Lucas, I mean I know when we met I was a jerk and I couldn't face the fact that you where my brother, but after a while you came to be more than my brother man, you're also my best friend."
"Well, just go back to being the jerk you were, or still are, and pretend you never liked me, or as a matter of fact just pretend I never existed, because from this moment on, you're dead to me Nathan. It's like I never had a brother."
"Lucas don't…, you're being too harsh on him…" Peyton started talking but was aggressively and abruptly cut off by Lucas.
"Oh, so now you're gonna tell me that this doesn't bother the least bit. Now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy? So Brooke can take it out on us for falling in love, but I can't take it out on them for being hypocrites and liars?" Lucas said, almost screaming, while he threw fierce glances at Nathan, who was obviously shaken by what had just happened with his big brother and Brooke, who stood there in total disbelief trying to get used to the idea that one of her deepest darkest secrets has just been revealed.
"Yes it does Lucas, I can't tell you I'm thrilled about what I just heard, but we made our share of mistakes too, but that's just what they are, babe, mistakes. And you, and for that matter me too, out of everyone should know anyone deserves a second chance." Peyton said as she drew closer and closer to Luke as she talked, when she finally reached him and drew his strong body around her in a tight hug, and everyone else just stared in a sepulchral silence.
The place was in an obvious disarray after all the fighting that had been going on between Nathan and Lucas; chair and tables were tilted over, the plates and cups that had rested on top of them were now tiny pieces lying on the floor, curtains where pulled from the windows, puddles coffee and cupcakes where laying everywhere.
Peyton pulled Lucas away for a second while everyone remained static; it was like everyone was screwed to the floor, shocked with the news they had just heard. Nathan was standing facing down obviously holding back tears; Haley was still kneeling on the floor right where she had been when Lucas was next to her; and Brooke, Brooke just stood there, that's all she did, her face was blank from any emotion, her mind was busy reliving what had just happened.
Brooke was still in denial; she couldn't believe Nathan had told on them; not after he had sworn to keep things secret. But what freaked her out the most was that he could and most likely would keep talking. Brooke knew Nathan needed to have a clean slate before he could be a new guy, a guy he was trying so hard to be. She was afraid that he could tell the whole truth and that made her heart just drop and skip a beat. Brooke knew that things could get a lot worse than what they just did. Brooke still refused to admit the idea that her 'friends' could find out the whole truth. More than her former friends she was afraid that Peyton would find out the whole and hurtful truth.
"Dude, Lucas, Hello" Lucas realized that Jon had apparently been talking to him for a while now.
"Sorry, I zoned out for a while there."
"Yeah, we noticed that a long time ago buddy." Jon said while a small laugh escaped his mouth.
"So what were you thinking about babe?" Peyton asked while placing her chin on Lucas's shoulder.
"Nothing big, just thinking about Tree Hill."
"Uh oh, am I going to have to get tissues man? Because every time you bring Tree Hill up we all end up getting homesick." Jon said and Peyton nodded in agreement. "You know what I don't even want to know what you were thinking about, I don't want to have to call my mom again tonight; I already talked to her this morning."
"Still attached at the hip Jonnie Boy?" Peyton asked and Lucas laughed.
"Whatever, you know me and my mom are really tight." Jon said going back to eating his burger.
"Look, I'm tight with my mom too, but we don't call each other every single day and talk for over an hour." Lucas said and Jon gave him the finger, and in response to this Lucas started to fake cough and mumble 'Momma's Boy' between each cough.
"You know what if you are going to start teasing me again I'm leaving." Jon said while grabbing his plate and standing up.
"No man. You know I was kidding."
"Yeah you always are. But I'm starting to wonder why do I always have to be the butt of your jokes?"
"Because you give me plenty of material to joke around with." When Lucas said this Jon once again grabbed his plate and stood up. "Come on man, why do you have to be so serious? It was just a joke. But ok, if you are going to be a girl about it I'll drop it." Lucas said before grabbing a fry and shoving it into his mouth.
"Thank you" Jon managed to say between bites.
"You are welcome" Lucas said doing the same thing.
"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to the bathroom and when I come back I expect you guys to have learned some manners." Peyton said as she shoved Lucas off the stall.
"Hey, who said we don't have manners?" Lucas said with his mouth full of fries while Peyton headed off towards the bathroom.
Jon waited until Peyton was not visible anymore to speak again. "So when are you planning to pop the question?"
"I don't know yet. I'm still looking for the right time. I want this to be perfect. I want it to be so perfect she won't even know what hit her. She won't even think about saying no."
"You get her tiger."