Thanks for all reviews, I'm loving them!
I am sorry it has been so long, but I've been abroad and I have exams and stuff. These chapters are quite short, hopt you don't mind too much.
Ooh and also, I have to warn you this story may not have a happy ending. And it may not end up with Brooke and Nathan. Tell me your thoughts about it!
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Chapter 2-
It was another Friday night and naturally, Brooke and Nathan had been invited to some party or other. Eager to look good, for herself and for Nathan, Brooke had been out shopping. But when Nathan came to pick her up, he didn't even notice.
"Hey baby, notice anything special about me?" Brooke was wearing a Dolce and Gabana number, the raunchy label she loved.
"Erm, you cut your hair again?" Nathan wasn't really listening. Basketball practice that day had been disastrous, Lucas had beaten him two out of two. In the end, Nathan shoulder barged Lucas, but was exiled and told to go take a cold shower. It was the worst humiliation possible, mad eten times worse by Lucas' pitying face. Nathan shuddered whenever he thought about him, thinking he was so good, with his precious mommy and precious River Court. But he wasn't.
"Natey? Didn't you notice? I got a new dress, just for you." Nathan looked up. Brooke looked beautiful as usual, but with the bad mood he was in, he wasn't going to compliment her.
"Don't you think it's a little tarty, slutty, trashy?" Brooke was visibly upset by his words, he could tell by the way her dimples disappeared suddenly, but he couldn't help it, "I'm sorry, look, you know you look great, but I just wish you didn't think you had to impress me all of the time and I don't want to share you with other guys." Nathan smiled sweetly and genuinely, and Brooke's heart melted. He was such a sweetie under all those layers, it was just hard to get through sometimes.
"Right then baby, let's get going, AND I'll even let you choose out of all my Cd's!" Nathan chuckled. Brooke's C.D collection contained Kelly Clarkson, Usher, NSync, complete with their Greatest Hits, of course. Not the choices he's necessarily choose. He'd often tried to sneak some of his own C.D's into the car to catch her out, but somehow his always ended up back in his own car along with a few more of Brooke's added in for good measure.
"Okay okay, we'll listen to some of your music, but I really am bored of your limited cd collection, I eman come on Brooke, we've listened to Kelly Clarkson qaround 500 times!"
"Well… never fear, brooke's here! Just for you, I bought a new cd!" Nathan's spirits rose, could Brooke have, for once, bought a cd for him? Maybe the Arctic Monkey's? Or We Are Scientists? "It's Chris Brown!" Nathan's hopes plummeted just as quickly as they had risen. Just by looking at the cd case, he knew it was not what he wanted.
"Look, I give in. You put some of that r'n'b stuff in, but I'm driving!"
It was a good job Nathan had insisted, because Brooke bopped the whole of they way to the party, and Nathan, after the length of their relationship, knew that it was not safe for Brooke to dance and drive.
They arrived at the party fashionably late, or at least that was the intention until Brooke had rung Nathan at 7, his original pick up time and postponed until 8 at least. So in the end, they were very very late, but it wasn't as if anybody noticed.
The couple headed over to where Peyton and Jake were standing; and they were accompanied by Tim, Theresa, Bevin and a few others. None of them looked especially happy to be there, though Tim was trying to liven things up. Their faces considerably brightened when they saw Brooke and Nathan- they were notorious for getting a party started.
"Hey my man Nathan, it is mighty fine to see you here!" Nathan smirked.
"All it needed was a hey man, that would have done fine."
"Whatever my man, but the reason I'm so mighty glad to see you is because this party bombed, it's a washout, it sucks…"
"Yeah, I think I know what you mean."
"Well I'm not even sure if you, the man of all parties, is going to be able to get this aprty started."
Just at that moment, as if on cue, the door swung open, revealing two lone figures on the doorstep. They both looked embarrassed having the attention of everybody in the room, not like the two before them who had revelled in it.
"You know what Tim, I think you wish just came true." Nathan started to walk to the centre of the room, but Brooke grabbed hold of his arm. She knew exactly what would happen if Nathan got anywhere near Lucas.
"Don't do anything stupid, please Nathan, all I wanted was for us to have a nice night out together, but if you go up to him now that will be completely spoiled."
"Don't worry baby, I got everything under control." Brooke wanted to believe him, she really did. After all, he was her boyfriend. But he had a look in his eye, and he started to do his cocky swagger, something she'd come to hate over the years. But now, now it was too late to stop him.
"Well well well, if it isn't the prodigal son."
"I don't thin you got the meaning quite right there, you're implying I'm a waster, especially of money, and I never got any of that." Nathan looked shocked, even hurt for a moment. Maybe it was guilt or maybe he had just been caught offguard. He soon regained his fake persona again.
"My, my, my, mommy did teach you well. Shame she didn't teach you how to be a better goldigger, she's the champion at that."
Nathan knew he'd hit the jackpot. The whole room knew he'd hit the jackpot. Brooke simply wished Lucas could be a man and walk away. In the end, it was too much to hope for.
Fists flew with yelps of pain, and until Brooke stepped in, it looked like there would be no way of it stopping. Brooke tried to pull on Nathan's shoulder whilst Jake headed for Lucas. Tim of course was having to good a time shouting 'Fight fight fight!' at the top of his voice. Suddenly, and without warning, Nathan swung round and hit Brooke square in the face.
The room fell silent. Even Tim's cheers faded away. Nathan's face crumpled as he ran towards Brooke's frail body which from the force of his fist had been thrown backwards into a cabinet and then onto the floor.
"Oh my baby, I am so so sorry. I thought it was Jake or someone behind me…"
"Don't worry Nathan. It's not like you haven't done it before."
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So there we go
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