Chapter 13! Haha... this chapter is funny if I remember right! Enjoy!
"See? I told you this would work" Brooke whispered, and stopped kissing just long enough to get his shirt off. As luck would have it, the heat was broken in their dorm and it was freezing, and Brooke being bored and horny had come up with the perfect plan to stay warm. Especially now since Nathan and Haley were trying to work things out… again and Nathan was no where near campus
"Who needs heat?" Lucas asked un-hooking the last latch on Brooke's lacy bra. They were already both out of breath and sweating. At least they weren't under Karen's roof anymore, and Nathan wasn't there to bug them.
"Wait…"
"What?"
"Class…" Brooke whispered, stilling managing to talk with him kissing her neck, she really didn't need to miss anymore classes. It seemed like she hadn't been to a class in weeks…but then how was she supposed to get to class with Lucas practically on top of her?
"You're hot, I think you have a fever"
"Uh huh" Brooke agreed running her fingers down his muscular back… there was always class next week and right now his fingers running through her hair felt too good to give up and go listen to some old guy try and tell her how to make clothes.
"Yea"
"Wait…"
"Brooke…" Lucas sighed letting Brooke talk.
"Lets try not to leave more than 2 hickeys on my neck since I have a fashion show tomorrow" Brooke whispered pulling him back down to kiss her. She couldn't relive the hickey incident of last week, especially tomorrow.
"Ok…"
"HI! Oh My God… ew" Faith shrieked from the doorway. That figured. Days of peaceful sex were over, infact the way things were looking lately… the days of all sex were over, at least until their next vacation.
"Do people not knock!"
"Faith"
"EW… Brooke Davis's boobs… ew…" Faith gagged covering her eyes
"Well then get out!"
"Everytime" Lucas whined handing Brooke her bra
"I don't think we're ever having sex again"
"I just wanted to say hi… you know, since I did call and you said you'd be here"
"Good job Luke" Brooke smiled sarcastically patting Lucas's shoulder.
"I totally forgot"
"Everyone dressed? Ok good"
"Guess I'm going to class after all, call me later?" Brooke asked giving Lucas one last kiss on the cheek before getting out of there. She wasn't really in the mood for Faith's Brooke bashing today…
"Of course"
"Lucas… I thought you 2 broke up" Faith whispered once Brooke had left. Going to college in Florida had definitely put Faith out of the relationship loop.
"We did"
"So what's this? You're bored and horny?"
"We got back together" Lucas said putting his shirt back on. He wasn't really in the mood for Faith to be here either. It all ended up being just pointless arguing anyway.
"Why?"
"Because we love each other?"
"Whatever… I still can't see how you can be with someone like her Lucas, I've tried… but I cant" Faith sighed shaking her head and giving Lucas a disappointed look. He felt like he was in the room with his mother.
"Someone like what?"
"Someone who got you arrested, and is more interested in sex than class, Lucas she'll probably leave you the first sign of some rich old guy with money who offers her a shiny car"
"Why did I let you in here again? Faith I'm not doing this. You and my mom can hate Brooke all you want too, I don't care… and just so you know she's got her own money" Lucas added, feeling like that part needed to be said.
"Right… her fashion line… so instead of leaving you for some old guy… she'll leave you for like France… lets just go play ball."
Brooke sat with Peyton at Starbucks messing with her Chai Latte that she wasn't in the mood to drink. It was cold, wet and her lips were completely chapped, and not from the winter air either. Being cold in the dorms for 2 weeks had left Brooke and Lucas nothing to do but make out… and now she was paying the price. Not to mention classes had were crazy, she had sketches due in 2 days and she had a pile of classwork sitting on her bed that she hadn't even started on. At least she had her letter. Todays was short and too the point… which was fine. After the stressful past few days a simple I love you was all she really needed to read… and all she had time for.
"What's that?" Peyton asked as Brooke carefully put the letter back into its envelope.
"My letter from Lucas"
"You guys still do that?"
"Everyday" Brooke smiled taking a sip of her latte. It did make her feel a little less stressed out.
"What's this one say?"
"I love you"
"That's it?" Peyton asked rolling her eyes at how smiley Brooke was over a simple I love you. Especially since she was getting ready to spend the entire day with Lucas anyway…
"Yep"
"What's the point?"
"The point is that we still take the time to do it, when we both get too busy to write the letters… then we know something isn't working, what's so funny?" Brooke asked getting annoyed with Peyton. 1 minute she was rolling her eyes at her, the next laughing….
"When you talk about him your cheeks turn pink"
"The way yours do when you talk about Jake"
"Hey… can I ask you something?" Peyton asked changing her tone to serious. She'd been meaning to ask Brooke about this for a while now, it had just never seemed like the right time…
"Sure"
"When you had your pregnancy scare with Lucas… what went through your mind"
"Hate. I hated him… I hated you, I hated the thought of a baby and the fact that if there was one he'd feel stuck with me because I had his kid, then it was revenge… I started thinking maybe he deserved to be stuck with me, and hoping that meant he couldn't be with you… that sort of thing" Brooke almost laughed. That had been exactly how she'd felt give or take a few minor details.
"It's a good thing you weren't pregnant then"
"It eased up some after the first few hours. I mean I saw Lucas with Karen and when you're where I was then… I started thinking that maybe a baby wouldn't be terrible, ya know? Not if it loved me and I loved it… and so I started filling my head with crap about how I could make it work, then when I found out I wasn't… I was a little sad I guess, but I got over that one really fast"
"I slept with Nathan" Peyton blurted out causing Brooke to choke on her latte. She hadn't been expecting that one.
"What!"
"Christmas Eve"
"PEYTON SAWYER!" Brooke yelled not caring if all of starbucks heard her! What the hell was wrong with Peyton these days.
"We were drunk"
"I think I'm gonna throw up"
"It gets worse" Peyton sighed figuring she should tell Brooke everything now, rather than later.
"If you tell me you slept with Lucas too I will rip those blonde curls out of your pretty little head"
"No… That girl Jake was with… was his cousin"
"How do you know?" Brooke asked trying to stay calm long enough to let Peyton talk. From her tone it didn't sound good… at all.
"I went and saw him Christmas day… and slept with him too"
"Wow…"
"I don't know what's wrong with me Brooke!" Peyton finally said shaking her head. Everything just seemed so confusing now… even more than it had in high school if that was possible.
"I don't either! You're not pregnant are you?" Brooke asked hoping that wasn't why Peyton had asked her about the pregnancy scare so out of the blue.
"I was safe both times"
"Good… ok… but Nathan and Haley"
"Nathan and I convinced each other afterwards to go talk to Jake and Haley…" Peyton said explaining that that was why Nathan and Haley were getting along so well again.
"Right… well then, and I thought I was stressed about tomorrow, all those stupid stuffy people there judging my clothes and me…"
"I like your clothes Brooke"
"Me too" Brooke laughed. She did like her clothes… she just hoped everyone else would too.
"Lucas doesn't"
"What!"
"Oh wait… maybe he said he didn't like you in clothes…" Peyton laughed sticking her tongue out at Brooke.
"Ugh I hate you P. Sawyer"
"I'm starting to get jealous of this Ella chick, you don't hate her"
"She doesn't pick on me… well she actually can't exactly really talk, but whatever" Brooke giggled shrugging her shoulders. At least Ella didn't lecture her on clothes or money.
"Alright, I've got to get to class… you?"
"I missed mine… I had to take a shower, I smelled like sweaty Lucas"
"Ew…" Peyton gagged trying not to picture what Brooke had been doing earlier that morning.
"At least I don't smell like sweaty Nathan and Jake… It'll be ok Peyton, its college… drink, sleep around, one of us needs too"
"Lucas isn't into the drinking and sleeping around?"
"We… 'sleep' enough as it is… and usually skip the drinking part just because sex is more fun" Brooke smiled sticking her tongue out at Peyton.
"Ok then… call me later"
After getting about 10 frantic phone calls from Brooke, Lucas decided it was time to say screw basketball with faith, and take some drastic measures to calm Brooke down. She'd done a lot of show's over the past year but none were as important as this one and she was completely freaking out. So he did the only thing he could think of that would take her mind of the show and put it on something else. Back at the dorm Brooke had sketches and fabric strewn from one end of the table to the other looking like she was going to panic. If his plan didn't work then they were both screwed.
"Hey babe…" Lucas said trying to find his bed under all of the mess. Brooke looked so flustered and nervous he wasn't sure that his plan was going to work.
"Lucas, I'm not going to make it"
"You're gonna do great"
"No… no, nothing fits any of the girls… some things aren't even finished, we're never having sex again if this doesn't go well. Plus I have to do all these interviews and Peyton slept with Jake and Nathan and yea, that I wasn't supposed to say…" Brooke started realizing what she had let slip. This always happened when she was stressed out.
"Brooke… you've got to calm down"
"Lucas I cant! I'm gonna fail and be poor and live in some RV with like 10 kids because we wont be able to afford birth control and"
"Come on" Lucas sighed dragging her out of the room as she babbled on about her future.
"What are we doing? Lucas I can't leave"
"Yes you can… Faith call Peyton and Haley… they'll know what to do, this happens everytime"
"No it doesn't, Lucas where are we going!" Brooke whined leaning against Lucas as they walked. She was going to kill him if this was something completely stupid and time wasting.
"To the park"
"Why?"
"Because Faith and I kinda kidnapped Ella for the day" Lucas whispered pulling Brooke out the double doors to the car.
"Lucas! …wait, so we're alone with a toddler for the day, this is supposed to un-stress me how?"
"Are you thinking about you know what?"
"No…" Brooke said, for a split second trying to remember what 'You know what' was
"See…"
"How'd you manage to kidnap her anyway?"
"I had to give Sheryl my number" Lucas muttered under his breathe hoping Brooke maybe wouldn't catch the whole sentence.
"Lucas!"
"It worked!"
Peyton and Haley met at Lucas's dorm room after Faith's call. Peyton wasn't really sure how to act. She didn't know if Nathan had said something to her about what had happened… or if Haley was still completely clueless, which was what she was hoping. The place was a mess as usual. Brooke was great at designing clothes, getting an event together and showing her stuff off… but when it came to actually getting things ready… she was a nervous wreck. Which meant Peyton and Haley had to fix every thing up all nice and neat.
"Aw… I love this picture of them" Haley smiled showing Peyton and Faith a picture of Brooke and Lucas from high school Lucas had framed on his nightstand. It always made her smile, just seeing how happy they looked gave her some hope for her and Nathan.
"Can we say lust much?"
"What fun's being in a relationship if you don't have lust?"
"Is that what you and Lucas had when you cheated?" Faith asked. She'd never heard the full story of how all that had happened.
"No… that's called OCD mixed with"
"Peyton… are you ok?"
"Yea… fine, I just got a little dizzy" Peyton said sitting back against Nathan's bed. That's when the terrible feeling hit her. Nathan… Jake… dizziness…
"You do look a little pale… you want some water?"
"No… I, oh god"
"What?" Haley and Faith both asked completely clueless
"Whose in the mood for a drug store?"
Brooke walked hand in hand out to the car with Lucas to find Ella sitting in the back seat of her bug… in what looked like the grungiest car seat she'd ever seen. Obviously it was something from the Children's home. At least she was dressed descent and her hair was brushed for once. Brooke guessed that was also Lucas and Faith's doing just because even brushed… it looked interesting. Lucas drove to the park while Brooke sat in the backseat with Ella… explaining all about the fashion show and how it worked… like Ella was actually comprehending any of it. Brooke didn't care… even if she didn't understand, she also wasn't telling her how hard it was going to be, or how risky it all was.
"Hey… open house! Stop!" Brooke whined as they passed by a huge old house for Sale. This was the perfect way to get her mind off of everything…
"Why? Brooke I'm not buying a house"
"No… Lets just go look! Please! Its so much fun… you convince the person you want to buy it the whole time and then pick apart everything and leave! Please… and we'll be really realistic with Ella! She can be our daughter"
"Brooke" Lucas sighed not liking the way this was sounding… at all. Brooke's plans like this always had ways of back firing and getting them both in trouble, and as much as he loved her, he wasn't sure he was ready to go to jail today.
"Fake names… Oh, we should be like those old timey people! Like we don't use our first names… you're going to be, Master Bates… get it? And I'm Mrs. Bates… just to seem realistic, and Ella… she's Fa-mali… but spelled like Female"
"3 words, you need help"
"I can always go in as the single mother on the run who killed her ass hole boyfriend for not playing her dirty little game…" Brooke whispered in his ear, then kissed it. She knew that'd change his mind.
"10 minutes"
"Sweet! Come on Ella Bella, I mean… Female"
"Brooke, there are a lot of people here, maybe we shouldn't" Lucas started as they walked up t he pathway and he saw all the people gathered eating and laughing.
"Hi… I'm Kathy Johnson"
"HI Kathy! I'm Mrs. Bates… My husband Master Bates"
"Excuse me?" Kathy asked looking completely shocked and disgusted at what Brooke had just said
"My husbands name…Master Bates?"
"Of course…"
"And this is our Female" Brooke smiled pointing to the sleeping toddler on her shoulder.
"She's beautiful… I can see the resemblance, and you are interested in the house?"
"Very…"
"Just a few quick questions then… Ages?" Kathy asked. Lucas could tell the woman seemed suspicious. Neither of them looked old enough to be married, have a kid and be able to afford a house this big.
"36, and Mater Bates here is 40"
"Uh huh… and occupation?"
"He's a male escort, and me… I'm retired" Brooke smiled completely calm and cool about the whole thing. It was taking Lucas everything he had to keep a straight face.
"From what?"
"Um… female escorting? After I had the baby, and Mater Bates here and I weren't sure it was his… we decided I should retire"
"This is a very exclusive area" Kathy said sounding polite but giving Brooke a death glare.
"Uh huh… well we make friends fast"
"Do you now?"
"We like to do certain… favors for our neighbors, to show them we care" Brooke smiled patting Lucas on the ass.
"Ok… come on Mrs. Bates" Lucas whispered walking Brooke back down the walkway before Kathy had a chance to respond.
"But honey… I want this house"
"And I don't want to go to jail"
"Bye…" Brooke smiled waving friendly to Kathy who was still standing behind them looking pretty pissed off.
"Did you see that poor woman's face? She's probably calling the cops right now"
"You worry too much Luke, I do like that house though"
"What happened to living in a penthouse? I was getting used to the idea" Lucas asked helping Brooke get Ella into her carseat without waking her up.
"I don't know… I mean it'd be fun and all… but part of me wants a house with a big backyard where we can have dogs and kids and get dirty"
"Dogs and kids? What happened to only fish?"
"I don't know… I like Ella, I mean I don't care when she gets chocolate on my shirt or does other completely gross stuff. I think our skinny dipping adventure in the fountain was actually a good thing, we should do it again" Brooke giggled kissing him.
"You just wanna see me naked"
"Uh huh… like I don't see that everyday in the shower… but seriously, we should talk more about this"
"About what?" Lucas asked knowing exactly where this was going. And he didn't like it. It wasn't like he didn't want to be with Brooke forever, but he was a guy and talking about their future at the age of 19 was just a little bit nerve wrecking.
"Our future"
"You're so lucky I'm not one of those guys who runs at the first word of future talk"
"That's just because you know you want to have babies with me…we'd have hot babies, Luke you're sweating" Brooke giggled seeing she was making him nervous. She was making herself nervous… but she'd never felt like this before. Like she actually wanted some of these things… at least not seriously until now. Maybe it was because she was getting older, or because she liked Ella so much… or maybe she was just to that point with Lucas where it was comfortable… whatever it was it was creeping her out a little, and apparently him too.
"Baby talk and 19… don't really mix"
"Yea… I'm with you totally"
"But as long as its just talk… I mean I could get used to it" Lucas smiled taking her hand as they drove. He didn't want to make her feel like they couldn't talk… they'd been down that road before and it hadn't ended pretty.
"Me too… we'll talk"
