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.
AN: Wow my life has gone from crazy to even more crazy but I needed to do this. Thank you to Elliemo for Betaing the story on such short notice and I want to dedicate this chapter to OTHretard. I hope you surgery goes well.
Disclaimers: I do not own anyone from One Tree Hill or the lyrics to the Pink and Nelly Furtado song.
Twice Upon A Time
Chapter 7: Leave the Pieces
The guests inside were oblivious to the scene that was about to unfold outside. Rain was now pouring down as if the heavens had opened up.
Brooke ran as fast as she could. Her once perfect curled hair fell flat and dripped against her face. Her perfect ball gown clung desperately to her body as she ran. Over her shoulder she could hear Lucas yelling over the loud pounding of the rain or was it her heart?
Finally a hand grabbed her shoulder, stopping her abruptly, causing her to stumble into his arms. Instantly he wrapped his arms around her intuitively. Brooke settled for only a second before she pushed him away.
"Just leave me alone Lucas!"
"Come on Brooke at least come inside and out of the rain."
"Not with you!"
"Come on!"
"Why? So I can watch you flirt with my skank hoe cousin. I don't think so."
"What!"
"You heard me. I saw you flirting with her. God could you be any more transparent?"
Lucas felt his temper rising. How dare she accuse him of flirting considering her actions with Nathan?
"Me? What about you? Huh?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You and Nathan."
Brooke chuckled in disbelief. "First off there is no me and Nathan! Last time I checked it was you and I but I guess you don't see it that way. Second where are you getting this crap?" The anger was evident in her eyes and with the expression on her face. "Me and Nathan," she muttered. "This again?"
"Well its kind of hard when you two are always together. What am I supposed to do just pretend like I don't see it?"
"How can you change the subject? This is about you and Rachel. Get over yourself Lucas. Fine you don't want me to talk to Nathan. Fine! Control my life. From this point on Nathan and me are not friends because you, Lucas Scott are an insecure, fickle, desperate, spoiled boy."
Lucas watched her for a minute and then pulled her to him and kissed her. Angrily she pushed him away and glared at him. Lucas smirked cockily as he brought his hand to her face. "I'm sorry pretty girl," he whispered ever so gently. "I know you and Nate are just friends and I know I have nothing to worry about because you would never do that. You deserve better then that. I'm sorry, can you forgive me?"
Brooke pouted, "And?"
"And I'm sorry you thought I was flirting with Rachel. I don't like her, I could never. She would never compare to you. I love you Brooke Davis."
"I love you too."
Lucas looked around and his grin grew. "Hey you know where were at right?"
Brooke looked around and then she too began to grin uncontrollable. "This is where we had our first date and I made you dance in the rain with me."
"How fortunate that we found ourselves her again, while it's raining."
"Lucky."
After a night of drama it was time to just have some fun. So Brooke planned out a girl's night out on the town. Of course girls did not include Rachel. Now as Haley, Brooke and Peyton moved around Brooke's room in a hurry to finish getting ready. In a fashion that only a girl could do. The limo would be there in a few short minutes to pick them up along and inside would be 5 of their closest friends from high school. Bevin Prince, Mallory, Anna Teggero, Nikki Hart, and Teresa Smith. They hadn't spoken in ages so Brooke found this the perfect opportunity to get together and have a good time. Ten minutes late of course the limo shows up and the three girls are dressed to kill and ready to go. The boys watch them leave as they climb into the limo of screaming girls. It was just like high school all over again. Stupid Girls was playing loudly as they all sang along as the limo pulled away from the castle and into the city.
"Maybe if I act like that, that guy will call me back
What a Paparazzi girl, I don't wanna be a stupid girl
Baby if I act like that, flipping my blond hair back
Push up my bra like that, I don't wanna be a stupid girl."
They danced around and laughed like they hadn't done in ages. Letting themselves sink back into those days when life was so much simpler, problems were never what you made them to be, and all you need was a little girls night to make the world better again. The car stopped at the city hot spot and the eight girls climbed out.
"Let's party!" Brooke yelled with a smile as they passed the velvet ropes without a second glance and headed up to the VIP floor above the crowd of the common people. Brooke maybe the crowned Princess but she was entitled to have some fun.
"Bartender, get all my lovely friends shots all around." As told shots lined up for them, they began to drink. After a few rounds, a few of the girls headed to the dance floor while Brooke grabbed another drink. She hadn't partied like this in so long and the alcohol seemed to be going right to her head. Then the music changed and she smiled at Peyton.
"This is my song, we have to dance."
"How you doin' young lady
That feelin' that you givin' really drives me crazy
You don't haveta play about the joke
I was at a loss of words first time that we spoke
Looking for a girl that'll treat you right
You lookin' for her in the day time with the light
You might be the type if I play my cards right
I'll find out by the end of the night
You expect me to let you just let you hit it
But will you still respect me if you get it
All I can do is try, gimme one chance
What's the problem I don't see no ring on your hand
I be the first to admit it, I'm curious about you, you seem so innocent
You wanna get in my world, get lost in it
Boy I'm tired of running, lets walk for a minute
Promiscuous girl
Wherever you are
I'm all alone
And it's you that I want
Promiscuous boy
You already know
That I'm all yours
What you waiting for?
Promiscuous girl
You're teasing me
You know what I want
And I got what you need
Promiscuous boy
Let's get to the point
Cause we're on a roll
Are you ready?
Roses are red
Some diamonds are blue
Chivalry is dead
But you're still kinda cute
Hey! I can't keep my mind off you
Where you at, do you mind if I come through"
It didn't take long before the other girls had joined Peyton and Brooke and then of course a few guys cut in. Peyton danced with a guy but kept a safe distance, she was still sober enough to know what she was doing. The girls were just having a good time. Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado finished. Brooke continued dancing as some of the girls headed back to the bar. One guy got to touch and Brooke pushed him before heading back to the bar to join her friends.
An hour later, Brooke was completely wasted, muttering on and on about odd things. "You know people think I'm soooo spoiled but I'm not. Did you know I wanted a pony when I was a little girl but I didn't get one?"
Peyton laughed, "That's because you got 4 full grown stallions instead."
Brooke drunkenly giggled as she almost fell of her bar stool, "That's right!"
Haley laughed this time, "Brooke you are so drunk."
"Am not!" She slurred. "I am so sober it's unbelievable."
This made everyone around her laugh. "So what happened last night? You stormed out of that party so fast and we didn't see you the rest of the night."
"OOHHH! Yeah last night, that was fun. To make a long story short, Lucas was flirting with Rachel and he thought I was flirting with Nathan. I don't know what the deal with him is. He thinks that Nathan and I have this thing. I mean we're only friends, even if I do kind of sort of like him, but that is besides the point. I'm with Lucas…" Brooke continued to mumble on.
"Wait you have feelings for Nathan too?" Haley asked almost spitting out her drink. "Oh boy, bring on the drama."
"Yeah but I love Lucas. Nathan and me are friends but you know we've always had that thing between us." Brooke loved Lucas there was no doubt in her mind that he was the guy she wanted to spend the rest of her life with, but Nathan would always have a part of her heart.
"This is way too confusing." Peyton muttered frustrated.
"I second that." Haley agreed as she clinked drinks with Peyton.
Meanwhile across town Lucas had decided that he as well needed to get out. So he headed down to a local sports bar, with his baseball hat on to watch the game. He would come down here when he just wanted to chill and usually no one ever bothered him and he never had to worry about girls hitting on him because you wouldn't find many around this place. Some of the older guys that hung around the place were rather amusing to Lucas. Many of them liked different sports teams and it usually resulted in a shouting match, which was great entertainment. The place smelled of stale beer nuts and fresh wood. A smell that would be appalling and distasteful to anyone of Lucas's status but it was a nice change from the fresh polished clean smells he was a custom. During the day he could bring a book in here, sit in the corner and no one would pay him two cents a notice. So this was his little place, not even Nathan knew of it, and it was all his.
Tonight he sat at the bar drinking beer simply watching the game. The crowd erupted behind him in cheers and in boos as the old men got into a scuffle yet again. Lucas chuckled before taking another swig of the beer in his hand.
"You got love those crazy drunk old men. They're quite hysterical really." Came the cool voice from behind.
Lucas turned in disbelief to see Rachel taking the bar stool next to him.
"Rachel. What are you doing here?"
"This place. I come here all the time," she lied through her teeth. The truth was that Rachel had watched him leave and intrigued, she followed him to this small pub.
"I had no idea."
"Yeah well, it's a nice place to escape."
"Yeah tell me about it."
Brooke, Haley, and Peyton were in fits of laughter for five straight minutes. Finally Haley realized how late it was getting and she may be drunk but she was still the smart responsible one.
"Hey guys we need to find us a ride home. Theresa and the others took the limo."
"Oh no!" Brooke yelled over dramatically. "Oh I know I'll just call my knight in shining armor, Lucas." Brooke found her phone and punched in the number.
Haley and Peyton watched as Brooke got a look of frustration on her face. "He's not answering." Brooke whined.
Looking at her phone she smiled again. "I'll call Nathan." Dialing the number she waited.
"Hello." A groggy voice answered on the other side.
"NATEY! We need your help."
"Are you drunk Brooke?"
"Maybe… okay, yes we are drunk and that's why I am calling. We need a ride. Can you pretty please come and get us? Please."
"Yeah of course Brooke. I'll be right there, just hang tight."
10 minutes later
Nathan walked into the club and he could see the girls on the top balcony, sitting at the bar laughing. Sighing he headed up there.
"Alright girl's, let's go."
The girls all smiled as Peyton and Haley stood up and headed down the stairs. It seemed Brooke was having more of a difficult time. Suddenly she passed out into Nathan's arms and sighed heavily before tossing her over his shoulder and helping the other two out the door. Finally he loaded them all into the car and drove away. When they arrived he snuck the three girls up to Brooke's room and after getting Peyton and Haley settled in. He went over to the bed where he had laid Brooke.
"Sleep tight Sleeping Beauty." He turned to walk away but stopped by the small voice behind him.
"Hey Nate."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for coming to my rescue."
"Anything for you."
The conversation continued to flow, as the game continued, Lucas and Rachel laughed together at the crazy old men, knocked back a few drinks, and just enjoyed each others company. The night grew on as closing time grew near. Rachel stood up elbowing Lucas accidentally in the nose. He yelped in pain as Rachel quickly fawned over him. Leaning over him holding her body close to his as she looked at it. At that very moment, a photographer snapped the shot he had been waiting to get all night. In the picture it showed what looked like Rachel and Lucas kissing.
The man picked up his phone and dialed a number. "I got the shot, she delivered just like she said she would. This is going to be perfect and sales are going to be great. I'm bringing in the photos right now so we can get it out in the morning. Perfect."
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The next morning the front page of the hottest tabloid read…
Brooke and Lucas fight
Brooke goes to Nathan for comfort will something happen
Will Brucas be able to fix the mess?