Hey guys! So I am so in love with th is chapter! Its one I read like over and over… so I hope you guys like it! Its getting harder to write now that Brooke and Lucas are actually together on the show! Haha just because I have to be careful with continuity and stuff like that. Anyway… I'll figure something out! Haha… and don't forget you guys… keep checking OTH websites to stay updated on the "Save OTH Campaign" Everyone needs to help! Thanks so much! Enjoy this chapter!
"So the painters came the other day… started pealing paint off the side door to your room" Karen laughed sitting down in the chair beside Lucas's bed. Seeing Brooke laying there with him reminded her of her poor side door.
"Uh oh"
"Uh oh's right… We tried to paint over it but they're were just too many old coats, I guess I should send Brooke the bill"
"I only painted it like… 5 times" Lucas whispered trying not to wake Brooke up. He knew if she woke up and Karen was in there, she'd probably leave… and he really didn't want to be alone with his mother right now. At least if Brooke were in here she wouldn't say but so much about them.
"Only 5?"
"Red, then black, then Brooke tried to paint it back red, and it turned pink, so we painted it white… then red again"
"Too bad her dorm room door isn't red" Karen laughed, hoping Lucas would see it as a sign. A sign that this was a new world, a new beginning… at least a new something that didn't involve his tongue down Brooke Davis's throat.
"She put red paper poka dots on it since they wouldn't let her paint it"
"How'd she get in here?"
"You don't want to know…" Lucas laughed shaking his head. That one would definitely throw Karen for a loop.
"You know… Megan really likes you"
"I know"
"You couldn't… try? Maybe learn to love her?" Karen asked, trying not to be pushy… but get her point across.
"Like you 'tried' with Andy"
"That's not fair Lucas…"
"What's the point? I pretend to love her the next 4 years? Maybe I even marry her… she's never going to be who I really want" Lucas whispered still trying not to wake up Brooke… it was probably a good thing she was asleep, or else it might have been a repeat of his last conversation with his mother about him and Brooke.
"You mean she'll never be Brooke Davis"
"Exactly, mom please… I'm tired of having to explain to you why I love her ok? Give you 'logical' reasons… I don't have them. I just know I do"
"What about 4 years from now Lucas? When your 2 have grown up and matured? What then? Do you even know if you want the same things? I know you Lucas, you'll want a family, and a dog and the whole 9 yards. What if that's not what Brooke wants?" Karen asked knowing good and well that should at least make him a little nervous. She knew her son… and he wanted kids, a wife who cooked and cleaned a dog and a big back yard. She had a feeling Brooke was more into the penthouse with a view and expensive furniture.
"Then we'll compromise"
"Compromise? All that word means Lucas, is making each other slightly less miserable then you would be if you hadn't gotten your way."
"Mom" Lucas sighed. This was pointless… Karen was still going to be complaining about him and Brooke 30 years from now.
"Say Brooke doesn't want kids, you want 3… so you have 1 to compromise. Brooke wont be satisfied because for the rest of her life, she'll be stuck with a kid. And you wont be satisfied because that's not the family you always wanted."
"We're not even 19 yet mom"
"I'm just saying… before you go declaring your love for her again, think about these things. This isn't high school anymore."
Peyton and Nathan sat in the waiting room, bored out of their minds and Megan went on and on about how cool Karen was. Sure… Karen was cool. Nathan and Peyton both thought so. She had been there for both of time so many times when they had needed someone. But just because Karen was cool, and liked them… didn't get them any closer to Lucas.
"Lucas… has the coolest mom ever! She was telling me all about him in high school" Megan smiled, finally mentioning Lucas in her ranting about how cool Karen was.
"We could have done that"
"He seemed like such a good kid! Sweet, caring, sensitive"
"Manwhoreish" Peyton coughed rolling her eyes. Lucas was her friend… but it was the truth.
"What?"
"Karen told you what mothers like to think… she didn't know the real Lucas"
"The real Lucas?" Megan asked. Her eyes were big like a kid in a candy shop…
"You have no idea…"
"No… tell me"
"Lucas in high school?" Nathan laughed. Only one thing came to mind.
"Yea… how did he spend his time? What did he like to do? That sort of thing"
"Um… He liked sex a lot"
"Nathan…" Peyton whispered stepping on his toe.
"What? I think that's all he and Brooke had in common at first… she liked sex, he'd never had sex… they had sex, and apparently they had fun with it because they did it enough until…"
"Until?"
"Lucas cheated on Brooke… with me" Peyton sighed giving up. She was going to try and make things a little less… out there, for Megan but apparently Nathan didn't have the same idea.
"Wow"
"Then he spent a year obsessing over Brooke"
"Tell be about it. Summer before senior year all I heard was how he was the guy for Brooke blah blah blah…" Peyton whined. That had been a terrible summer. At least Haley had been back to take the brunt of it… she only had to hear about it on Tuesdays when she and Lucas went to CD alley.
"Ok… so all he liked to do in high school was Brooke?"
"Pretty much…"
"He's lying. He loves to read, write, basketball. He was pretty artsy" Peyton smiled remembering Lucas before Brooke. He was so quiet, shy, sweet… and now that she thought about it. He seemed kinda tortured, broody and un-happy too.
"I think Brooke turned him un-gay"
"Nathan!"
"What? Seriously… the guy is no one, then he gets put on the basketball team, Brooke strips in his car and every girl wants him… and for a while there, he wanted every girl" Nathan laughed. Peyton couldn't argue, it was the truth.
"This is great!"
"What? That he's a manwhore?"
"No! That he likes to read and write… so do I! Does Brooke?" Megan asked nervously. She assumed she didn't… all she knew about Brooke was she wanted to be a clothes designer.
"Are you kidding me? He wrote her essay to get into NYU for her"
"So she cheated?"
"No… surprisingly she did better on her SAT's than he did, but I think she had some clothes due and didn't have time to write it" Peyton said trying to remember what the whole story had been.
"I should write him a poem or something… you know, to make him feel better"
"You have fun with that…"
"They had some really pretty paper in the gift shop, I'm going to go get some" Megan smiled hugging Peyton and Nathan.
"That poor girl, could she be anymore clueless?"
Karen walked back into Lucas's room after getting her coffee. Brooke and Lucas were still asleep. It seemed like everytime she looked at them, they were closer and closer, to the point where she probably would have fit on the bed with them they were leaving so much open room.
"Alright Romeo and Juliet… up" Karen said turning on the light. There were some groans, and some whines but she didn't care… they'd had enough 'bonding' time for the night.
"What time is it?"
"Early… you should get home. You've got classes, I sent Peyton, Nathan and Megan home hours ago then I fell asleep, right after the nurse congratulated me on beginning a grandmother soon"
"Huh… where would she get a crazy idea like that? I mean I sure don't look fat… although Megan…" Brooke started until Karen kept talking.
"She said you told her about it, and seemed nervous and excited"
"Yea, I should go… call me later" Brooke smiled kissing Lucas's forehead. That in her opinion wasn't a cheating kiss… it was a 'I care about you' kiss. Peyton did it to Nathan and they weren't together…
"That girl is crazy, she's not actually…" Karen started making sure Brooke wasn't actually pregnant. At this point she didn't know… with Brooke and Lucas there was no telling.
"No…"
"Ok… well Keith should be here soon and the doctor said you should be able to leave tomorrow"
"Thank god" Lucas sighed. He was so ready to get out of there, even if it was back to Megan and his dorm room. Anything was better than a hospital at this point.
"Which means you get to have visitors today. Megan will be excited"
"That makes one of us"
"Lucas" Karen whispered giving him a look.
"Mom… Its not that I don't like her… I do, just not like that"
"So how are classes?" Karen sighed not wanting to argue about it anymore. It seemed like that's all she and Lucas had done since she got there.
"Fine"
"How are you on money?"
"Fine" Lucas said pulling a book off the night table.
"Just making sure… you never call anymore"
"Mom…"
"Sorry… just had to do the college mom thing" Karen smiled winking at Lucas. It made him feel a little better that she at least did remember how to joke.
"Great…" Brooke sighed storming back into the room.
"What's wrong Brooke?"
"I kinda left my lights on all night, and the battery's dead"
"Brooke, what have I told you about the lights?" Lucas asked. He couldn't believe this… he had gone over this with her a million times…
"I know… when it beeps, don't ignore it… it means the lights are on"
"Exactly…"
"At least I learned not to leave the mirror open, how would I ever make it through life without you?" Brooke asked sarcastically sitting down beside him on the bed.
"I don't think you would…"
"Hey! I was doing ok for those few weeks we weren't speaking"
"I'm sure you were…" Lucas smiled
"I was" Brooke giggled sticking her tongue out at him.
"Can I give you a ride anywhere Brooke? Keith's downstairs and so he can keep Lucas company"
"Keith's coming! I'm so staying, I miss uncle Keith!" Brooke shrieked making Lucas laugh. Whenever she got really excited about something her voice got so high pitch you could barely understand her.
"What about your classes?"
"I only have 1 class today and I've missed ½… besides I have some sketches due, and I have total sketchers block… Lucas can help"
"Ok… but just sketching you 2, I'm serious" Karen said giving them both a look that meant she meant what she was telling them.
"What else would we do?"
"I don't even want to know…be good, I'll be back in a minute"
"Confession… I was really hoping your battery or something would be dead" Lucas whispered putting his arm around her .
"Lucas Scott! Wishing bad things on me… that is terrible! Ok… confession, my battery's not really dead"
"Brooke Davis! Lying… I'm shocked" Lucas whispered and started to kiss her… until they both remembered.
"Hey! No kissing… We do not cheat…"
"Sorry… forgot"
"We don't forget either…" Brooke sighed leaning back against his shoulder. She wanted to kiss him so bad…
"But I want to kiss you so bad" Lucas whined taking the thoughts right out of her head. It was creepy how he could do that sometimes.
"And you don't think it's killing me? Seriously… my lips are like numb right now, but we cant… we have to think of something else"
"Remember when we finally got together… and we went in my room and just laid there, barely kissing for hours until we fell asleep? It was almost like slow motion; every time our lips touched it was the best feeling. It wasn't even about sex, or making out…it was just about being there with you, right then…knowing I loved you and never wanted to kiss anyone else… I forgot how good that felt until right now"
"And we haven't even kissed" Brooke whispered. This was killing her… he was killing her. Why did he have to say all of that? Her lips were almost itching to get to his. By now their foreheads were touching and she could feel his breath on her face and his arms around her waist.
"Then the next morning we woke up, and we didn't even have to say anything, we just kinda laid there, looking into each others eyes… I remember thinking that right then it felt like we were the only 2 people in the world and that I loved you so much it hurt" Lucas whispered pulling her closer. She could feel his lips barely brush against hers, 1 more second and there was no turning back… but they had too.
"I was thinking about bacon"
"Bacon?"
"I went over there without eating and I was hungry…" Brooke sighed. This was truly killing her, sitting there still in his arms… telling him how at the most crucial part of their relationship, she had been thinking about food.
"Bacon?"
"Ok not really… but if I didn't stop you right then, and say something to totally kill the mood… I was either going to really kiss you, like one of those mind blowing romantic kisses that would have made your heart monitor go crazy, or cry… and I don't want to do either… well I don't want to cry, I do want to kiss you, no, bacon… think bacon, damn it! Lucas…"
"What?" Lucas whispered brushing her hair out of her eyes
"It hurts for me too"
Karen stood outside the doorway with Keith waiting for a good time to go in. She wanted to walk in as soon as she had heard Brooke tell Lucas no kissing… but Keith had stopped her telling her she had to give them space. Personally, she thought that the many miles between Tree Hill and New York were enough space for 2 people… too much if you asked her. Hearing the too of them, hearing how in love they really were made her feel sick. Whenever she saw Lucas and Brooke… all she could think of were her and Dan, and how much she had loved him. So much it had hurt… it still hurt, just in a different way. Of course Keith now gave her that feeling, just never the way Dan had. And she knew that's how it would be for Lucas and Brooke. She saw the way Lucas's lip quivered after he kissed Brooke, and the way Brooke gave him that smile that melted her sons heart. Sometimes she wondered why she was trying to keep them apart… then soon after the memory of her and Dan… and the pain would come back. And somehow… that would make what she was doing right, at least for that moment. To save Brooke and Lucas the pain that she still felt to this day.
"Why don't we go get something to eat… I'm kind of hungry" Keith said pulling Karen away from the door.
"You don't think we should…"
"Karen if we walk in there right now neither of them will ever forgive us"
"What they're doing's wrong… that poor girl Megan" Karen sighed reluctantly moving away from the door.
"All those 2 want to do is be together, what's so wrong with that? Brooke once told me Laugh when you can, apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change. Kiss slowly, love deeply, forgive quickly. Take chances. Give everything and have NO regrets. Life is just too short to be anything but happy."
"When did she tell you that?"
"When I came back for you, she and Lucas had just gotten back together… she said that was her motto" Keith laughed
"I'm so scared for both of them Keith. I'm scared for Lucas, being so in love with someone like Brooke… someone who is so carefree, and successful at 18, who could decide that she doesn't even want a relationship and choose her career over him at any second. I'm scared for Brooke, if she were to marry Lucas and something were to happen to him. I tell myself she's not right for him, she wont give him what he wants in life… family, that sort of thing… but I know deep down that she'd give him kids, she'd give up her career for him, everything for him if he asked her too, and he'd do the same for her. And that's what scares me, it's that kind of love that can ruin your entire life"
"Its that kind of love that can save it too" Keith smiled
"Hey Karen! You must be Keith"
"Megan…"
"I heard Lucas can have visitors now" Megan said pointing to her visitor's sticker on her shirt.
"Um… no"
"No?"
"Not until later today" Keith sighed trying to look disappointed. He'd only met the girl for a few seconds and could already tell that she was definitely rebound.
"Oh… well I wrote him a poem and I wanted him to hear it"
"That was really sweet of you Megan"
"Peyton and Nathan said he loved to read and write…" Megan smiled showing Karen and Keith the piece of blue and silver paper she had found at the gift shop.
"He does"
"Do you think they'd know if I just snuck in there for a second?"
"Um…actually, why don't you come down to the cafeteria with Keith and I" Karen said reluctantly. That was the last thing she wanted was another 100 questions about Lucas. At least Brooke knew everything there was to know about Lucas's life.
"You don't mind?"
"Of course not… Lucas is sleeping and we'll come check on him later"
"That sounds great" Megan smiled giving Karen a hug. That definitely caught both Karen and Keith off guard… this girl was very… feely.
"Ok… so"
"Oh… I meant to ask, do you have any pictures of Lucas when he was little? I know my mom has a million of me in her purse… and I didn't know if" Megan started. Both Karen and Keith were taken- aback with this question but Keith decided he had better show the girl the one he had before she decided to go ask Lucas for one.
"I've got one"
"He was so cute! When was that?"
"He played Viola in 2nd grade" Karen smiled looking down at the picture of Lucas.
"Look at that cute little smile"
"Wow, I never noticed that before…"
"His smile?" Megan laughed
"That's Brooke… standing beside him holding his hand"
"Really?"
"He told me he had a girlfriend in Orchestra… I laughed and never really said anything about it… I wonder if he even remembers" Karen said looking closer at the picture. Sure enough there was Peyton behind them both with Nathan… and Haley on the other side with Faith.
"Could that little girls skirt be any shorter?"
"That's how I know its Brooke…"
"Didn't he say his girlfriend's name in 2nd grade was Aurora… like Sleeping Beauty?" Keith asked, remembering when Lucas had come to him about his girlfriend. He had been this tiny little boy asking what to get his girlfriend Aurora for a present.
"I think he did… but that's definitely Brooke standing beside him in that picture"
"You'll have to show me more one day Karen"
"Sure…now lets go eat"
