AU. Brooke Centric. Brooke lives a fairy tail life. Royalty, riches, and unwanted fame fill her life. What happens when old friends come home and Brooke's life is thrown threw a loop. Love, friendship, and confusion are set in her future.
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Twice Upon A Time
Chapter 4: Stick With You
Brooke, Haley, and Peyton each laid upon chairs in their bikini's enjoying the warm toasty sunlight on their toned fit bodies.
"So I have something I need to tell you guys," Peyton began.
Brooke and Haley both mumbled a bit before Peyton continued.
"Me and Jake are seeing each other."
"It's Jake and I," corrected Haley, "and that is awesome Peyt." She pulled down her sunglasses and looked at her with a smile.
"No way! You and Jakey. Too cute. Treat him right Peyt. He is a great guy."
"I know," Peyton said in a dreamy tone.
"This is really great," Haley couldn't help but ooze.
"Well, well looky here," came a voice.
All three girls sat up removing their sunglasses to see the Scott boys standing tall before them. Lucas sat down on the edge of Brooke's chair with a grin.
"Hey babe," Brooke kissed his cheek lightly and smirked at Nathan. "Hey Nate."
Nathan smirked confidently. "Hey Brooke."
"So what are you guys doing?" Peyton asked.
Lucas smiled as Brooke looked at him curiously. "Where meeting a bunch of the guys down here to play some backyard football."
"Oh really?" Brooke looked at both of her friends with her signature devious Brooke Davis smirk.
Then more noise could be heard coming towards them down the lawn. They all looked to see Brooke's father, Jake, Haley's older brother Derek, Chris, Felix, Larry, and a few others as well.
"There you two are!" Archibald Davis yelled coming towards them. As he closed the distance quickly that was between them and smiled at her.
"Well hello girls."
"Hi Daddy."
"Well shall we?" He asked.
Everyone nodded and they decided on teams. Archibald, Derek, Felix, Mike, Alex, and Lucas would be on one team and Larry, Chris, Jordan, Jake, Nathan, and Bryan were on another team. They began playing and it was a pretty harmless game but Haley and Peyton noticed something as they watched from the sidelines. Both Nathan and Lucas were fighting for Brooke's attention but she was so blind to it all. They looked at her; she had a dimpled smile spread across her cheery face as her eyes followed the game. They also noticed how it would go from one Scott boy to another. This made them exchange a look that spoke much louder then any words could explain.
About 20 minutes into the game they started playing a bit rougher and then Chris tripped in a whole and hurt his ankle. This was a very over dramatic production by Chris who moaned and groaned to the sidelines where Haley started taking care of him. He enjoyed this. Now they were one guy short. Nathan looked over at Brooke and grinned.
"Brooke how about you take Chris's place?"
"Me?"
"Yeah your pretty good for a girl. Remember we used to play when we were younger all the time. Come on."
Archibald smirked, "Come on Princess show these boys what you're made of."
"Alright," Brooke caved. Grabbing the shorts and t-shirt she had brought out she pulled them on and slipped on her tennis shoes and got up.
"Okay so Brooke's on our team then. Game on." Nathan smirked cockily at his older brother who glared back at him.
Brooke oblivious to it all just smiled hugely and joined the huddle.
The game got started again and Brooke was doing really well. She and Nathan made a great team. They had the ball and Nathan planned to pass it to Brooke. The ball was snapped and he took a few steps back and watched as Brooke ran right to where they had planned and he threw it. Catching it perfectly she ran the rest of the yards to touch down. Haley and Peyton cheered on happily as Nathan came running over. He grabbed Brooke in a hug and lifter her off the ground and spun her around.
"Way to go champ."
Brooke's feet reached the ground again and she did a cute little dance and then hugged Nathan again happily.
"I love this game."
Of course Brooke loved anything she was good at. When she was six Peyton had been drawing with her and Peyton's picture had been better. Brooke stopped and hadn't drawn sense unless she absolutely had to.
Lucas stood in the middle of the field glaring at Nathan. His ears got faint red color and his jaw clenched as he watched Nathan's exchange with Brooke. He had to admit he was getting a little jealous here. Would Brooke actually like Nathan? Lucas's watched as they laughed and then got into their huddle. Shaking his head he joined his team to come up with a strategy.
A while later Brooke's team was still in the lead and had the ball again. By this point Lucas was pissed. Both Scott boys were very competitive and hated losing at anything. Not only was Lucas competing with Nathan over this football game but over Brooke's attention and he did not like it all.
"Ready, set, hut!" Nathan's voice rang.
Lucas plowed past Jake and straight for Nathan. He hit him hard in stomach knocking Nathan flat on his back. The ball flew from his hands and Lucas grabbed it and took off towards his end of the field till he reached the touchdown. When he turned around he expected Brooke to come running over to congratulate him but what he saw was much worst.
Everyone was gathered around Nathan who was lying on the ground and Lucas ran back over.
"Nathan, Nathan are you okay?" Brooke looked down at him worried as she patted his face. She lifted it up, set his head in her lap, and pushed his hair out of his face. Then Brooke looked up at Lucas and gave the most gruesome glare to him. "Lucas what were you thinking?"
"I…"
"It's just a game and you hit him pretty hard."
Lucas couldn't find words to defend himself and he couldn't stand the way Brooke was looking at him right now it made him feel less then dirt.
Finally Nathan started to open his eyes. By this time Peyton and Haley had come rushing over to check on him and everyone was gathered tightly around him. Lucas stood just outside trying to figure out what had come over him
"Nathan," Brooke gasped as his eyes finally came fully open. "Are you okay? Do you know where you are? Do you know who I am?" She asked him in one breath.
"Breath Brooke, I'm fine. My head just hurts a little bit and I feel a little winded."
Nathan watched as Brooke's worried expression changed to a relieved one. "Come on let me help you up."
"Okay," Nathan answered back groggily.
Archibald stood up along with everyone else. "Alright let's give him some room." The group stepped back.
Lucas watched on purely speechless. He tried to speak but words would not come from his mouth.
Brooke stood up with Nathan's arm around her shoulder and the started to walk off towards the castle leaving Lucas standing still. Everyone else went back and started talking but Lucas just stood there.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Brooke asked with a worried tone hidden in her voice.
"Yes Brooke. You worry to much you know?"
"Well you got hit pretty hard. I don't know what got into Lucas. I have never seen him like that before." Now her tone had gotten angry a bit at the thought of what Lucas had done. What was he thinking? What could possibly be going on inside that head of his?
"Me either." Although this was lie, he had some idea of what Lucas was thinking. He knew Lucas was never an aggressive person unless he was being competitive with him and Brooke was sure giving him a lot of attention during that game. Something Lucas probably didn't like very much. Nathan didn't mind at all though. He was relishing in her attention.
"Let's just get you inside and fixed up."
They reached a sitting room and Brooke helped Nathan into a chair and scurried out of the room to get an emergency kit. When she came back Nathan couldn't help but notice how cute she looked. Her hair was messy and out of place, her shorts where wrinkled with grass stains, and her shirt was the same. She was out of place but still her beauty was undeniable. She pulled his shorts up a bit to reveal a scrapped up knee.
"Here let me see." Looking at it she pulled out a few things. "This is going to sting a little." She dapped the torn skin and Nathan winced. "Hold still."
"It burns." He whined.
"Don't be a baby." Brooke blew lightly on the skin and pulled a band-aid over it. "See all better."
He looked down at her in pure astonishment. When she looked up and saw the look on his face and she got confused.
"What?"
"Oh Nothing."
"Okay." She shrugged of the weird exchange, grabbed the glass of water and aspirin, and handed it to him. "Take this it will make your head stop hurting."
"Thanks Brooke."
"No problem Nate. Anything for you."
Tap, Tap, Tap
Brooke looked up from her place on her bed. She was lying there reading the latest fashion magazine and was slightly stunned by the knocking. Thinking it was her mother, her father, or possibly Nathan she absent mindedly answered. "Come in," she yelled but did not move from her spot her eyes went back down to her magazine. The door opened and still she did not look up but continued to read.
"Hey Brooke," came a timid voice from the doorway. This of course made her eyes come up. Her eyes met a pair of icy cool blue ones that stared intensely back at her.
"Lucas," Brooke said quietly as she quickly removed her eyes from his and back down at her magazine. It was hard to be mad at someone when they looked as sad as he did right then.
Feeling him move closer to her with every step he took she felt it harder and harder not to look up at him.
He studied her with every step he took. The way her body tensed up and how she flipped the pages of her magazine nervously. When he took those last few steps to close the space between them he laid his hand on her shoulder. "Brooke," he spoke lightly to her. She flinched under his touch but relaxed a bit.
Brooke swallowed hard and took a deep breath before she turned her head to look up at him. Her heart dropped at the look on his face. "What Lucas?" Her fragile voice was shaky and cracked. Moving over on her bed she sat up so he could sit down.
Lucas sat down looking down at his hands. "I'm sorry for the way I acted today. I don't know what got into me. I really like you Brooke and I have never liked anyone like I like you and that kind of scares me. For as long as I have known you, you've been on this pedestal to me. Something I could never have and now I get to be with you. I don't want to mess this up Brooke Davis. You're just too good to be true and today when I saw you with Nathan I got jealous. I don't know why but I did…"
"Lucas…" Brooke stopped him. "It's okay."
"What?"
"Its okay."
He looked at her trying to figure out if he had really heard what he had just heard.
"It's kind of cute that you got all worked up but you didn't have to go all postal. I really care about you to Lucas I do. I wouldn't do that to you okay." She brushed her small hand across his strong jawbone with a small smile on her face.
His face tingled where her small fingers traced. Taking her hand in his he brought it to his mouth and he kissed it lightly.
Brooke moved closer to him and replaced her mouth where her fingers where and kissed Lucas gently at first. This slowly escaladed into a make out session. Brooke lay on her bed Lucas slightly on top of her. Their mouths never parting from one another as Lucas's hand slid lightly up Brooke's bare stomach. Brooke's hand slid down Lucas's muscular arms to the waistband of his jeans. Finding his belt she started to undo it until she felt his hand on hers. Slowly they stopped kissing and Brooke looked up at Lucas her eyes asking if she had done something wrong.
"I love you Brooke," he whispered at her. Brooke looked up at him a bit shocked but a smile still on her face. "You don't have to say anything back but that is how I feel."
"I love you too Lucas," Brooke's said her voice in a dreamy state. She couldn't believe what was happening to her.
"I want this to be special okay. You deserve that."
Brooke nodded her head as Lucas lay down beside her. She laid her head on his chest and he wrapped his arm around.
"Lucas Scott you are just too good to be true sometimes."
With that the two laid there in blissful silence as the night grew darker outside the window nothing else mattered. They were together, they were happy, and nothing could change that for right now.
Brooke walked into the dinning room of the castle and sat down at the table to join both her parents and the Scott boys who were both quietly eating. Brooke kissed her father on the cheek before sitting down across from Lucas at the long table. Smiling up at him as Lucy brought her breakfast to the table. She ate quietly and glanced at Nathan, who when she caught his eye, smiled faintly back at her.
"So Brooke I have a surprise for you."
Brooke looked up at bit frightened by the voice breaking the silence. "Yes Daddy."
"Well your mother and I have been talking and well we think that you and your friends deserve a break from the craziness of this castle."
"Yes."
"So we thought that you might like to go out to our home in Venice."
"Really Daddy?"
"Yes of course. You, Haley, Peyton, Jake, Lucas, and Nathan, would leave tomorrow and spend the week there. You always liked Venice and I thought you might like to take your friends there. What do you think?"
"I think your brilliant."
Brooke looked at Lucas and Nathan who both looked excited and surprised at the same time.
"This is going to be so much fun."
"Great, your plane leaves tomorrow at 11 a.m. I have already talked to Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Scott, and Mr. James, and they have all approved. So I want you to have fun and I will see you next week on Sunday for that dinner party."
"Okay sounds like a plan. I have to go call Haley and Peyton." Brooke jumped up from her seat running over to her father and kissing him again on the cheek before running off to her room to make a phone call.
Next Chapter:
The gang head to Venice
Tons of Brucus fluff
And talk of another character that will be coming into the picture