"So where are we going Brooke?" Lucas asked me yet again. I had blindfolded him as I took him for the date I had set out.
"Okay, now there are steps here. You've got to be careful. Use some muscle memory." I explained as I bit my lip.
God, I was a ball of nerves. What if Lucas didn't like what I had planned out? We had been on dates before. But this was different. We weren't together but we were almost technically living together. We liked each other, or at least I really really liked him, but there was too much baggage from the past.
"Okay... easy. We are almost there." I coaxed him up the stairs.
"Is this really necessary Brooke? I mean isn't the blindfold all cliche?" He asked.
"Yes, yes it is." I answered before swatting his bottom to keep him moving.
"And we are here. Tada!" I said removing his blindfold.
"Oh my God! How did you do this Brooke?" He asked me excitedly. "It is just like when we were younger."
Well, when we were kids, Nathan, Lucas and I had set up this big miniature golf course up on the rooftop of Karen's Cafe. And one night, after a big storm it had completely demolished. I had remodelled the place for the night, adding a few fairy lights and decorations here and there to give it more of a Brooke Davis touch. But the layout remained intact.
"I thought you might like it." I said, although it came out more as a question.
"I love it B! Let's play." He said grabbing a golf stick.
"Cool. We have got everything covered. We have our course and score cards. Ooh, and these." I said pointing to a bucket filled with water balloons.
"Are some of them filled with milk?" He asked reminiscing our old days.
"Maybe." I said as I twirled my way towards the bucket. Before he could realise, I grabbed one and aimed straight for his face.
"And score! This my friend was for all the days you dragged me to the river court and practice those stupid jump shots." I laughed away.
"Oh game on Brooke Davis!" He said as he grabbed the whole bucket in an attempt to drop them all on me.
"No way Lucas Scott. I have back up." I yelled as I went behind the bench and started attacking.
He just laughed as the cold water made contact with his body.
"Do you have any more armament?" Lucas called out from behind where he was hiding.
"I don't know. How about you?" I asked. We had had an intense water balloon battle.
"Maybe." He politically answered. "Okay. Let's just call a truce."
"Is it a real truce or a trick truce?" I question.
"Real truce. We come out with our hands up at three. One. Two." And before we know it, something splashes both our ways.
We burst out laughing as we realise that we both were cheating and threw the last water balloons at each other.
"Man, this sure stirs up memories. Although we used to always fool Nathan with our trick truces." Luke remembered.
"Yeah. We had this thing where you would wink at me and that would indicate that we get him. I have a picture of us from then. Keith clicked it for us. Nathan was not smiling and we were grinning like idiots." I answered.
"You know Keith used to always tell me that we were both going to get married someday. I used to get mad when he did that. We were still kids and although I didn't think you had the cooties, I still thought girls and marriage was gross." He confessed.
I couldn't help but chuckle.
We were now down in the warm and toasty, though closed Karen's Cafe.
"Here." I said handing him a towel and a fresh pair of clothes.
"You brought us a change?" He asked bewildered.
"Dude. Brooke Davis was planning the night. Now change quickly. The night isn't over yet." I answered haughtily.
"Brooke, you amaze me." He answered before entering the restroom.
"So what's next?" He asked once we were both warm and dry.
"You'll see." I giggled as I got out his blindfold.
I could see him rolling his eyes even though they were covered. I managed to get him in my car and rode off towards the next part of my surprise.
"So here we are." I said as I helped him out and took his blindfold off.
"This is beautiful Pretty Girl." He spoke with wonderment.
It wasn't anything special. We were at the river court, really close to the river. I had set out a large blanket and a picnic basket lay to its side. The plates were already set and ready. In the centre sat a vase with white gerber daisies, my favourite.
The sky was full of stars and the crystal waters were calmer than ever. It was almost as if they understood how we felt and calmed down just to harmonise with us.
"So shall we?" I calmly asked as I escorted him to our, well, mattress.
"Before you get worried. No, I did not cook any of this food, so you will not die. It is one hundred percent Karen's Cafe. So you cam stop holding that breath now." I explained as I got to serving.
"Well, we are starting off with some pasta. And then we end with your favourite, waffles." I listed out.
"Perfect." He said as we both said Grace and dug in.
We just laughed and spoke about everything as we enjoyed the meal. However, what I enjoyed the most was, Familiarity.
"Isn't this beautiful?" Lucas asked me as we both continued to stare into the sky.
We were both lying in the grass as we enjoyed the clear sky. We barely got to do that in our busy lives or the smoky city weather. However, today the sky had cleared up for us.
"Hmm." I answered as I snuggled closer to him. He was tracing small circles and patters on my arm and I couldn't have felt calmer.
"Wait," he said getting up, frightening me as I thought I did the wrong thing by scooting closer into him.
"Here." He said putting his jacket on top of me. "It's cold and even though you won't admit it, you are freezing up."
I just gave a goofy smile as I accepted the warm cover and slid down again. A little farther now that I had no reason to be that close.
But things were different. He pushed me back to where I was a few seconds ago, right into his side. He gave me a warm smile as he resumed looking up towards the sky and calming me by tracing patterns along my skin.