just to clear some things up...
the luc was brooke wanting to say 'lucas'... but dat was cut off by her dad.
n sorry about the mom/mum thing. we follow brit english here in singapore(where i'm from), so unknowingly, we always use the brit form.
n it's just a fast chapter. sorry if it looked rushed.
thanx 4 reading n reviewing though!
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Rachel closed the door to their dorm room after she tugged Brooke in. Rachel looked at her new friend. This girl was really nuts. She has been mopping all day since she got there. And the moment Rachel decided to help her by taking her out and smelling some fresh air, she jumps on a guy and hugs him. According to Brooke, there wasn't even any similarity between Brooke's boyfriend and gallery guy. He just reminded Brooke of Lucas because of the stupid painting he was standing in front of.
Not that gallery guy minded.
Which guy would? Brooke was gorgeous. No way more gorgeous than her, of course. But she was gorgeous.
But there was no way Rachel was going to let her friend do that to herself.
Rachel looked at Brooke again. She pitied the girl. Brooke definitely had it bad for that Lucas guy. It made Rachel want to slap her across the face and tell her to wake up. No guy in the world is worth this much suffering. No guy Rachel knew anyway.
But beneath that sense of pity was something else. Rachel envied Brooke, just a bit. She may be suffering right now but Brooke was in love with someone. And from the looks of things, that someone must have loved her back with equal depth. Something Rachel has never experienced before.
Something fairytales are based on. Rachel prayed that the Brothers Grimm planned a happy ending for this one.
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Nathan Lafferty had it all. Looks and wealth. So life was pretty much a breeze for him. The girls came and went, or were forced to go. That's the way he liked it. He never trusted any of them. Nathan would like to think that the girls wanted him because he was a great guy, with looks to match. But he knew better. They only stayed around him because he was rich. Or his father was.
He didn't get along well with Dan Lafferty. Maybe it was because Dan was never around when Nathan and his Brother was growing up. Or maybe it was because of the fact that Dan had recently brought home a woman that was supposed to take the place of his mother. Or maybe it was just that Nathan hated the jackass.
The only reason why he sticks around in the office or anywhere near his dad was because of Brian. His twin brother. The only person in the world whom Nathan could count on. The only person who was there for him when their mum died all those years ago.
With Brian around, Nathan knew he was not alone.
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"WHERE IS SHE?"
"I told you. Brooke doesn't want to see you again. She knows the truth about you. That you're just an opportunistic young man out to grab her money. She doesn't want to see you again, Lucas." James Davis said, with all the calm he could muster.
"Mr. Davis, your money means nothing to me. Please, just where is she? Which college? I have to see her. I just want to meet her for awhile." Lucas was trying his hardest to keep himself together. It has been two months since Brooke left and he hasn't heard a word from her since.
"Your acting skills are astounding boy. You mean you want me to believe that a poor little orphan like you just wants a super-rich girl like Brooke because she's got a dazzling smile?"
"Mr. Davis-"
"That's enough. I've wasted too much time on you. The next time you come within five feet of my building, I'm going to have my security remove you. Forget my Brooke. Go find yourself another rich girl to con."
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"You are WHAT?" James Davis roared.
"Brooke, of all the idiotic things you could have pulled, this has got to be the winner. Haven't you heard of contraceptives?" Her mom began to pace as she said this.
The words still stung even though they were spoken from so far away.
"I'm sorry mom," Brooke said plainly, with no hint of regret.
"We have no choice then. Come on home, sweetheart. We'll work this out here." James Davis said reluctantly, ending it all with a sigh.
Brooke was ecstatic. She never knew that being pregnant had perks. Brooke was done mopping. She was coming home and getting her man back.
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"You must have been smiling more in this past hour than you have for the whole two months you were here."
"Believe or not, Rach, I used to be a smiler before I came here."
"Uh-huh. Before I met you, I was sure the word smiler doesn't exist. I'm gonna miss you bitch. The moment you became normal, you decided to leave me here, all alone." Rachel hugged her friend tight.
"I'm gonna miss you too. But I'll come and visit you, with Lucas, hopefully."
"I'm counting on that."
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