Chapter 15. Teddy Bear
Lucas and Brooke were walking in Tree Hill's park with their hands locked. Brooke was rambling about how Peyton was such a bitch and that she couldn't believe se would say such harsh things about her. Lucas only listened to her and smiled as he watched her.
"Why are you smiling Broody? Do you think this is funny?"
Her angry voice made him throw his hands in the air in defence. "No! I don't think this is funny at all. It's just that, you look cute when you're rambling."
"I wasn't rambling."
He shot her a look. "Yes you were."
"I'm just so mad at her! She's just... Ugh! She's not being herself right now." She sighed as they stopped walking. They looked at each other and he grabbed her hands and putted them on his waist, bringing her closer to him.
"Maybe you should talk to her."
"Are you kidding? Lucas, did you not listen to anything I just said? When I talk to her, she doesn't answer my questions, and she's being this major bitch."
"Yeah but she's your bitch. How long have you guys been friends? I'm sure you argued before, just wait and she'll call you to say sorry."
Brooke shook her head no. "I don't think she will call me. It's different this time. I've never…" Her voice cracked as she took a deep breath. "I've never had the urge to slap her before."
His face turned into a frown. "You wanted to slap her?"
Brooke chuckled and looked at the ground. She actually felt guilty about that. The look in Peyton's eyes when she had grabbed her wrist frightened her. Since when did they both become such hard bitches?
"Yeah, but she grabbed my wrist before I could smack the shit out of her."
"What on earth did she say to you so that you wanted to slap her?"
"I don't really remember." And that was the truth. Nathan had been sitting on Peyton's bed with only the sheets covering his body and a confused look on his face. She had been watching him and that was why she didn't remember half of the angry conversation she and Peyton shared.
"Look, why don't we do something fun together? To keep your mind off Peyton and stuff."
She smiled up at him and kissed him softly on the lips. "That sounds nice. What do you want to do?"
"I don't care. As long as I'm with you." He smiled and she smiled back, showing her cute dimples. Oh, how much he loved those dimples.
Her lips curved and turned into a grin. She grabbed his hand and started to walk away. "Come on Broody, I have the best idea."
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Peyton waited on his bed with her hands on her lap. She sat like this for what seemed hours, but when she glanced at the clock on the wall she noticed it was just for a few minutes.
Things were screwed up.
No. She royally fucked everything up. Her friendship with Brooke, and now probably also her relationship with Nathan.
If you could call it a relationship. It was probably just a fling to him, and she had to admit that he meant nothing to her. At first she really liked him but that feeling was already gone after two weeks of 'dating'. That feeling changed again about a week ago. He had changed, and she really felt in love like she was before when they started dating.
Nathan who walked into his room with a basketball in his hand interrupted her thoughts. His shirt was covered in sweat and he wiped some sweat of his forehead with the palm of his hand. He looked cute.
"What are you doing here?"
She putted on her fake smile as she heard his cold voice. "That's no way to great your girlfriend."
"You are not my girlfriend. At least not anymore." He sneered as he told the harsh words that hurt her more then he probably thought it would be.
She smiled sadly. "Oh come on Nate, I know you want me."
"Brooke was right. You are pathetic."
The words hit her hard. Why did their conversation always ended up with Brooke? Brooke this, Brooke that, she was starting to get annoyed with all the endless conversations about Brooke. This was about her, and about Nathan.
"I'm sorry Nate, but since when did we broke up?"
He sat down at the chair behind his desk. "Not officially, but how about we make it official now. We are over Peyton."
Tears started to form in the corner of her eyes. She could feel them burn, they wanted to stream down her cheeks. But she wouldn't let them, she cried enough. She didn't want anyone to know that she cried. Crying was some kind of weakness, and she wasn't weak. She was anything but weak.
"Are you kidding me Nathan?"
He looked at her as if she was crazy. "No? Have you lost your mind or something? I just told you we are over and you think that I am kidding?"
She got up from the bed and straddled his lap. "Oh, come on Natey. This is like a regular routine; I'm yelling at you, you're yelling back at me, we ignore each other the rest of the day, we break up, and somehow we always end up making out." She started to nibble on his ear lobe. "Am I right or not?"
He tried to push her away but the girl on his lap had her ways of making him not to. Her hands on his body felt so good. She brought her mouth to his lips and bit his under lip softly. She got exactly the reaction she wanted to. Hearing him moaning turned her on even more.
All of a sudden it was over. Just a snap with the fingers and all the good stuff for both of them was over with a "What the hell are you doing?"
She tried to kiss him again. "What do you think I'm doing?" She whispered.
He stopped her before she could place her lips on his. "No! I don't want this Peyton. Look, I like you but just as a fr..."
She placed her hand on his mouth quickly. "Don't even think about finishing that sentence." She snapped at him.
"I like Brooke." He blurted out. There, he said it. He told his ex-girlfriend that he liked her best friend.
She rolled her eyes at him. Pushing herself off of him, she exploded. Why did everything always have to be about Brooke fucking Davis? Brooke was more beautiful than her, she had more money and all her boyfriends had wanted Brooke before. She couldn't deal with another one.
"Are you kidding me? What has she got that I don't have Nathan?" She grabbed a picture and ripped it in little pieces. "Is it the way she looks at you, or laughs with you? Or the way she fucks you? Does she make you beg for more, is that it?"
Nathan was really surprised and not to mention shocked because of her outburst. He grabbed her wrists as he tried to calm her down. She just started crying as she felt his strong arms around her.
"It's not fair." She whispered as she repeated the words over and over again.
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"Brooke, where are we going?"
"You'll see."
She was almost running and he couldn't believe she could walk that fast on high heels. "Why are you always the one who takes me somewhere, and not the other way around?"
"Because I'm good like that."
"Why don't we slow down a little bit?"
"We don't have much time left."
"Why are you being so mysterious?"
She turned around and smacked the back of his head. "Ow! What was that for?"
"Are you aware that the last ten minutes you are only asking me these annoying questions?"
"No?"
"Well, you are annoying. So stop the questions and trust me." She gave him a quick wink and grabbed his hand.
He sighed as he gave in. He couldn't resist her and her charms. "So where are we going?" When she gave him a look he added quickly "joking!"
A good ten minutes later they found themselves at the local fairground.
"You planned on going here?" Lucas said in surprise as he scratched his head.
Brooke only nodded as she smiled her million dollar smile. If Lucas couldn't resist her once, then he couldn't resist her now. She knew he had a thing for her dimples. "I want you to win me a teddy bear!" She beamed.
He laughed at her enthusiasm. "How old are we again?"
"Oh, shut up." She said as she hit him playfully on his chest. "You know you want to."
"So you want a teddy bear huh?"
Brooke clapped her hands excited. "Yeah! Like in the movie Mr. And Mrs. Smith!" When she saw Lucas' confused look she explained. "When Brad Pitt won the little teddy bear for Angelina Jolie but she won a bigger one by herself?" He only got more confused. "Remind me to watch that movie together sometime."
"Right."
She let out a deep dreamingly sigh. "Brad Pitt was so hot in that movie."
"Hey! I'm standing right here you know."
"So?" She waited a few seconds and then started laughing. "Joking!"
He joined her laughter. "You got me there."
"Of course I did. Payback's a bitch. Now win me that teddy Broody." She giggled.
He watched her run off to some tent like a little girl. He chuckled and followed her.
"I want that one!" She pointed to the biggest bear. That thing was probably bigger then himself.
"Brooke that thing is huge, how are we going to bring that thing to your place?"
She shrugged innocently. "In my car?"
He rolled his eyes at her. "We walked from the park to this place remember?"
"Well, why don't you run to my place and then bring my car?"
"But then who's going to win that teddy bear for you?"
"You?"
He sighed defeated and asked the man who worked the booth "what do I have to do to win that thing?"
"You have to shoot some hoops, twenty shots in a row."
"Wait, it's basketball?" He laughed as he heard Brooke shriek.
"Oh Lucas you can so do this! You are like the King of basketball so please win me this teddy cause I really, really want to have it." She rambled.
"Your girlfriend is quite something dude." The man shook his head in amusement.
Lucas watched Brooke and winked at her. "Yeah she is." He smiled at Brooke who smiled back. He grabbed a basketball and started shooting while she cheered him on.
He was going to win this teddy for her.
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A:N/ hey guys! Thank you so much for your reviews! I lee-laa-loved them ghehe.. I'm so excited for the next few chapters cause they're going to rock hehe. coughpartycough and that means drama! Let me know what you guys think about this chapter and if you want to read a Brucas one-shot, called "I'm Ready", check it out! It's pretty long and fun. :) Love ya all! Mwhua!
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