Over My Head (My Heart Vs. My Soul)
Summary: A rewrite of One Tree Hill where Lucas chose Peyton in 1X09 with a slow building romance for Brucas. Brooke and Lucas have the same heart but he and Peyton have the same soul. Which matters more?
"You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not."
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
Lucas woke up alone. Wondering if last night had been a dream. He got out of bed and found Keith in the kitchen doing the dishes.
"You look like hell," Keith said.
Lucas chuckled.
"I didn't get much sleep." He said.
"Why not? What's up?" Keith asked.
Lucas shrugged.
"You ever have a tough decision to make and wonder if you made the right choice," Lucas asked, thinking about Brooke.
She was fun to be around and he could tell there was more to her.
But he knew that if he didn't at least give it a try with Peyton then he'd always be haunted by what if.
"What kind of choice are you talking about?" Keith asked.
Lucas started to say something when someone knocked at the door.
They both turned to Brooke come in balancing three cups of coffee.
"Morning Broody…" she said, smiling.
Lucas smiled, wondering how anyone could be that cheerful in the morning. She handed him a cup of coffee.
"Thank you," Lucas said, grinning.
They stared at each other for a second while Keith's eyes flickered between them.
"I think your good," Keith said, thinking that Brooke was his girlfriend.
Brooke turned to him, looking confused.
Lucas blushed.
"No…We're not…she's not…um," he stammered and Keith laughed.
Brooke kinked her eyebrow.
"Oh, Broody. There's no need to be shy," she purred and Lucas rubbed the back of his neck.
"Keith, this is my friend, Brooke. Brooke, my uncle Keith," he introduced.
Brooke handed Keith a cup of coffee.
"Hi," she said, and Keith smiled.
"Hi," he said, looking at the cup.
Brooke turned back to Lucas.
"I brought a cup for Peyton. She still sleep?" Brooke asked and Lucas shook his head.
"Peyton went home. She said she wanted to start fresh today," Lucas said, not wanting to tell her that she felt uncomfortable in his room after seeing Brooke half-naked.
"Peyton?" Keith questioned.
Lucas grinned.
"Yeah, we're dating now," he told his uncle.
Keith noticed the way Brooke's smile dipped for a second before she forced it back up.
"We'll that's nice," he said, not so sure about Lucas's choice.
"We've got to get out of here, all right?" Lucas said, and Brooke took a sip of the coffee she brought for Peyton.
"Okay," Keith said. "Don't forget, your mom's calling from Italy at 6:00 p.m. sharp."
"Right. I'll be here. Promise." Lucas said.
"Okay," Keith said again.
Lucas held the door open for Brooke and Keith saw the way his eyes trailed over her.
He chuckled.
"This is going to be interesting," he said to himself.
….
Lucas watched Brooke out of the corner of his eye.
She seemed to be okay.
"Look, about last night, I feel really bad about-" he started and Brooke slapped him on the arm.
"Don't apologize. It's not a big deal. We were just having fun and you and Peyton have been circling each other for weeks," Brooke said.
"I had no idea that Peyton was coming over last night, and we-" Lucas tried.
"Make a really good couple. Now you guys can brood together," Brooke interrupted.
"Yeah, but," Lucas started and Brooke laughed.
"Seriously, I'm fine," she lied.
"You sure?" Lucas questioned.
Brooke nodded.
"I'm sure. You know, I'm really happy for you guys. You're a good guy, Broody and Peyton my best friend. I know you'll be good for her. Now tell me what happened with you and P. Sawyer after I left," Brooke said.
Lucas smiled, relieved that he hadn't lost his new friend.
He had a feeling that Brooke Davis was going to be someone really important in his life and he would hate to lose her.
…..
Lucas was waiting for Peyton at her locker when she got to school.
"Hey, Lucas. What are you doing here?" she asked.
Lucas smiled and placed his hands on her waist from behind.
"I go here, Remember? And I was hoping to walk my new girlfriend to class this morning," he said.
"Oh really?" Peyton said, putting her books in her locker.
"You know, I had a dream about you last night," Lucas said, when she turned around.
Peyton smirked.
"Well, what happened in this dream?" she asked, slyly.
"I slowly but gently took you into my arms and brought you real close like this…" he pulled her close and kissed her.
"Hmm," Lucas said one they broke apart.
It was a nice kiss but there was something missing.
He wasn't sure what it was.
"It's been a while since the last time we kissed. Are you feeling the need to run off and leave again?" he asked.
Peyton frowned.
"I'm joking," Lucas said, and Peyton gave a forced smile.
"Yeah," she whispered.
"What's wrong?" he asked, when she wouldn't meet his eyes.
He noticed her looking at something to his left. He followed her gaze and saw Brooke coming towards them.
"Oh," he said. "Brooke's okay. I spoke with her this morning,"
Peyton gave him a look before smoothing out her face.
"That's good. I…um, I got to go," Peyton said. "You still want to walk me to class?" she asked.
"Yeah," Lucas said, and Peyton grabbed his arm, pulling him in the opposite direction of Brooke.
He shot her a wave offer his shoulder ad she waved back smiling.
"Catch you later," he mouthed, as Peyton pulled him around the corner.
Brooke's smile faded when he was out of sight.
….
Lucas was walking with Peyton when he spotted Hayley.
"Hey, Luke," Hayley said, and Lucas smirked, his arm wrapped around Peyton's shoulder.
"Hey, Hales, you know my girlfriend, Peyton, right?" he asked, and Hayley's eyes widened.
"Oh, God," Peyton said, embarrassed at the same time Hayley said "What?"
Peyton left Lucas with Hayley.
"I'll see you later," she said.
Hayley was still in shock.
"You…since when?" she stammered.
"Well, since last night," he said and they started walking.
"It's really easy," he said. "Peyton and I just make sense you know,"
Hayley laughed.
"Yeah, you must be on top of the world," she said.
"Yeah," Lucas said, but he wondered why something still felt off.
"I'm happy for you guys. I've seen Peyton really try to make an effort to turn things around so I'm glad everything worked out. But what about Brooke?" Hayley questioned.
"Things with Brooke are good. She brought us coffee this morning." Lucas said, taking a sip of his Pepsi.
"Good. Glad Brooke consistently nice and easy," Hayley said, and Lucas shot her a hard look.
"Excuse me. Brooke's not that bad. She makes me laugh. She's honest. She's not afraid to be herself. And I think you guys would be good friends if you got to know each other," Lucas said, defensively.
"Yeah, right," Hayley said, rolling her eyes.
"Seriously, Brooke Davis is a good friend and Peyton is going to be a great girlfriend." Lucas smiled.
She and Lucas sat on the bench.
"Whatever. If you're happy, I'm happy," Hayley said, nodding to herself.
"Are you? Happy?" Lucas question suddenly and Hayley looked at him.
"Yeah," Hayley said.
"I hope you're right," he said.
….
Brooke found Peyton sketching in the courtyard.
"Hey, best friend," she said, sitting down. "I've been two-waying you all day. Where have you been?" she asked.
Peyton shrugged.
"Nowhere, really," she said.
"I brought you and Lucas coffee this morning but he told me that you bounced," Brooke said. "And I saw you in the hall but you ran away so fast I couldn't catch you,"
Peyton didn't look up from her sketch.
"So, give me the details," Brooke said, forcing herself to sound normal. "How are things going with Luke?"
Peyton smiled.
"We just talked for a while. I didn't stay long. It was kind of awkward after someone walked into the bedroom wearing nothing but a hoodie," Peyton glared at her.
"Oh…yeah…sorry about that," Brooke said, laughing nervously.
"It's okay. I'm just glad everything worked out," Peyton said.
Brooke looked down.
"Yeah,"
…..
Lucas found Peyton in the library drawing.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey yourself," she greeted.
"So, I've been waiting for you," Lucas said.
Peyton smiled.
"I've been here," she said.
"So, you want to do something after school?" Lucas asked. "Basketballs canceled."
Peyton nodded.
"Okay, Luke," and Lucas sat next to her pulling out a book.
They sat in a comfortable silence. Lucas reading and Peyton sketching.
It was simple.
…..
Brooke was at her locker when Lucas came up behind her and covered her eyes with his hands.
"Guess who," he stated.
Brooke giggled.
"Um…Brad Pit?" she joked and Lucas pulled away from her holding his chest.
"Ouch, that hurt," he said and leaned against the locker next to hers.
"So, what's up, Luke?" Brooke asked.
Lucas shrugged.
"Nothing. Basketballs canceled and I don't have anything to do," he groaned.
"You have Peyton," Brooke joked.
Lucas shook his head.
"Peyton's busy," he said.
"You could go hang with your friends at the river court. I'm sure their dying to see you all star," Brooke suggested, and Lucas smiled.
"That's a good idea." He approved and Brooke stuck out her tongue.
"Don't sound so surprised. I have those occasionally," she laughed.
Lucas gave her a look.
"Brooke Davis, you really are something," he said, his voice low and Brooke fought the urge to shiver.
This was going to be hard.
"Later, Lucas. I got to go," she said slamming her locker and running off before he could say anything.
"What just happened?" Lucas wondered aloud.
…..
Brooke snuck up behind Peyton, holding a camera. She snapped a picture and Peyton turned around.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Documenting," Brooke said, laying on the bed next to her. "A day as Lucas's girlfriend," she looked at the picture.
"There's something wrong with this picture, though…I know what it is. Lucas isn't in it. Where's your new boy toy?" she asked.
Peyton smiled.
"He's coming by later. We're going to watch a movie and hang out,"
Brooke rolled her eyes.
"Boooring! You guys should do something fun…like go bungee jumping or something. Unless hangout is a code word for sex then by all means hangout." Brooke joked.
Peyton laughed.
"Not everything is about sex, Brooke," she said.
"Liar," Brooke gasped, before picking up the camera. "Come here."
She pressed their heads together and smiled, snapping a photo. She looked at the photo and remembered why she and Peyton were friends.
"Would you please draw your freaky drawings later? There is no basketball. We're young, we're gorgeous. We have all this free time so let's do something fun!" Brooke cheered.
"Like what?" Peyton asked.
Brooke paused to think about it.
"Let's go to a bar and get some guys to buy us drinks," Brooke said.
"What about Lucas? I'm not sure how he'd feel about me getting drinks from strange guys," Peyton said.
Brooke winced.
"Right, right…forgot about him," she said.
She glanced hesitantly at Peyton.
"Look, I just want to make sure there's no weirdness about that. You're my best friend and I would never want a guy to stand between us. So, I'm done with the Lucas chasing. I mean…I'm still going to flirt with him but that's just who I am," Brooke said.
Peyton grinned.
"Thank you," she said. "Now come one, let's go shopping. I need to get a new CD anyway,"
Brooke laughed and held out her fist.
"Hoes over bros." she said and they fist bumped.
"Maybe, afterwards we could go peek in on, Luke," Peyton suggested.
Brooke smiled happy things were going back to normal.
So what if she still had some lingering feelings for Lucas. It was just a crush.
Right?
…..
Lucas was hanging with his friends on the river court.
"Say it ain't so. Fergie and Skills take it, 15-13," Mouth announced.
Lucas and Junk fist bumped, not caring that they lost, and sat on the bench as Brooke's mini cooper came through honking its horn. Brooke leaned out the window waving her pompoms with Peyton in the passenger seat.
"Guys got his own personal cheering squad, now?" Junk asked as Lucas got up.
"How do you know they're not cheering for me?" Fergie asked.
"Trust me, dog. They ain't cheering for you, man," Skillz said, catching the basketball.
Lucas ran to Peyton and hugged her while Brooke stood off to the side not looking at them.
"Hey Luke. That mean we gonna get to see more of you since you got time on your hands, right?" Skillz asked.
Brooke grinned and made her way to sit next to Mouth.
"Probably not since he'll be busy making out with Peyton," she said.
"See, that is whacked, dog. We win the game and he gets the girl," Skillz complained and Lucas started making out with Peyton.
"Well, I'm single," Brooke said, snatching the ball from Skillz. "And I'd be happy to reward you for your win,"
Skillz looked at her.
"Seriously?" he questioned.
Brooked laughed.
"Nope," and shot the ball into the basket.
"And Brooke Davis wins the game," Mouth announced.
"What? Man, she only made one basket!" Fergie said.
Mouth shrugged.
"She's hot. Automatic win," he said and Brooke wrapped her arm around his shoulder.
"Thanks Mouth," she said and kissed him on the cheek. "I love winning,"
Mouth blushed.
"Now Mouth gets the girl?" Skillz grumbled. "That's it, I'm going home,"
He snatched up his ball and started walking away with Fergie and Junk chasing after him.
"Wait! That's my ball!" Junk yelled.
Brooke picked up her pompoms and turned to Mouth.
"Want to see a cheer?" she asked, and Mouth nodded eagerly.
"B-R-O-O-K-E! What does that spell? Me!"
If Brooke had looked behind her, she would have caught Lucas watching her with a soft smile on his face.
…..
Lucas and Peyton were in her room listening to music.
"Is this a new CD?" he asked.
Peyton nodded.
"Yeah, I brought it at the mall with Brooke," she explained.
"Cool," Lucas said.
There was silence for a moment.
"Do you mind if I run to the store real quick?" Lucas asked, standing up.
"Sure, pick me up a bag of Rasinettes." Peyton said and Lucas raised an eyebrow.
"Rasinettes?" he questioned.
Peyton shrugged.
"What? I like Rasinettes!" she said.
Lucas shook his head leaving the room.
…..
Lucas went to Tidal Creek's grocery store and grabbed some snacks. He missed Brooke sneaking up behind him.
"Guess who," she said, covering his eyes.
"Um…I'm going to have to go with my very spirited friend Brooke," he said.
Brooke smiled.
"Ding, ding, ding…we have a winner!" she said, then turned away.
"Where are you going?" Lucas asked.
"Wait here while I get your prize," Brooke said, skipping away.
Lucas went and got in line.
"Lucas?" someone called from behind him and turned to find Deb there.
"Oh…um," he stuttered and quickly put his items on the counter.
"I'm not playing hooky from your mom's café. I just ran out of coffee filters." Deb said, and Lucas nodded feeling uncomfortable.
Why did he have to run into Nathan's mom?
"Okay. See you later." He said, tuning back around, hoping the conversation was over.
"I'm glad we bumped into each other. Hayley and I were talking and we thought it might be fun to star up some live entertainment at the café." Deb continued.
Lucas made a face.
"Great," he said.
"Are you sure? If you think it's a decision your mom should be making, I understand." Deb pressed.
"No, it's a great idea. It's good. Good." He said shifting nervously.
"Good," Deb repeated.
This was the longest conversation they'd ever had.
"Lucas, are you alright?" Deb asked.
"Yeah," Lucas said, just as Brooke skipped over to him.
"Hey, I found your prize! Something for you and Peyton to do together." Brooke said, pressing a box of condoms against his chest. "Plus…for dessert."
She waited expectantly for Lucas to blush when Lucas shot a grimace over her shoulder.
Brooke turned around confused and found Nathan's mom standing there. Brooke laughed uneasily.
"Hi, Mrs. Scott,"
"Hi," Deb replied before giving Lucas a disapproving look. "Excuse me,"
She walked away leaving two mortified teens behind her.
Brooke followed Lucas out of the store.
"Of all the things to stick in my mouth, it had to be my foot." Brooke joked.
Lucas continued walking.
"Lucas, come on. Hold up." Brooke called.
"Did you see the look on her face?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, total Judge Judy. Which is completely ridiculous considering who her son is." Brooke complained.
Lucas stopped and turned around to face her.
"She's friends with my mom." Lucas stated and Brooke winced.
"Right. Forgot about that one." Brooke said, slowly.
"It was just a joke and your mom's in Europe for the next month. So what are the odds she remembers this?" Brooke asked, brushing the hair out of her face.
Lucas gave her a serious face.
"Whipped cream…and condoms," he deadpanned.
Brooke covered her mouth with her hand and started laughing.
Lucas smiled and shook his head.
"Well, I better enjoy the next month. Because when my mom comes home I'm definitely being grounded forever," Lucas joked.
"Don't worry, I'll talk to her," Brooke said. "Mothers love me,"
Lucas raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, Fathers love me but I'm sure I can charm your mom," Brooke headed towards her car and Lucas held her door open.
"See you around, Cheery," he said.
"Bye, Broody," Brooke said, getting in.
"Oh, and here," she said, handing him the bottle of whipped cream and closing her door.
Lucas was still laughing as she pulled out of the lot.
…..
Keith walked into Karen's café.
"Hey, I'm glad you're here," Deb called, grabbing a pot of coffee.
"Yeah, I heard you could use the business," Keith teased.
"Yeah, that, too." Deb admitted as Keith sat down.
"So, let me guess. Dan did something." Keith stated.
"Of course," Deb poured him some coffee. "But, actually, this is about Lucas. I saw him in the grocery store today…he was with a girl," Deb started.
"Blonde or brunette?" Keith questioned.
"Brunette," Deb answered.
Keith smiled.
"Yeah. That's Brooke. He's been spending a lot of time with her. Can't say I blame him. There supposedly just friends. He's dating Peyton now," Keith said with an eye roll.
"Well, he and Brooke were buying condoms," Deb blurted.
"Right," he said, unsurprised.
He chuckled and shook his head.
"I guess you can take comfort in the fact he's being safe…but, you know, mistakes happen. Especially if he's dating two girls at once," Deb quipped.
Keith sighed.
"Lucas isn't the type of guy to try to juggle two girls at once. I'm sure something else is going on. I'll try talking to him tonight," Keith said.
…..
Lucas was in his room with Brooke playing twenty questions.
Peyton canceled on their date tonight because she had to do a favor for Hayley so Brooke offered to hang out with him.
"Okay, first kiss?" Brooke asked.
Lucas tapped his finger to his chin.
"Hayley on a dare when we were in the sixth grade," Lucas answered.
"Worst kiss?" Lucas asked.
"Tim. He got drunk once and planted one on me at a party," Brooke shuddered in disgust.
"Best kiss?" she questioned.
Lucas wouldn't meet her eyes.
"Come on, Broody. You got to answer or I win the game," Brooke said, tickling him.
Lucas laughed and started tickling her back. They rolled around on the bed laughing until Lucas had Brooke pinned under him.
The laughter faded as they stared at each other.
"So, who was your best kiss?" Brooke whispered.
Lucas glanced down at her lips.
He leaned forward and Keith came in the room.
Lucas instantly got off of her and Brooke smiled embarrassed.
"Hi, Uncle Keith," she greeted.
"Brooke." Keith acknowledged. "Could you maybe pick this up some other time? I'd like to have a word with Luke,"
"Okay," Brooke said, grabbing her jacket.
"Wait! You don't have to leave," Lucas said, before turning to his uncle. "Keith,"
"Say good night, Luke," Keith said.
"I'll call you later," Brooke said, leaving.
Lucas frowned and stood up.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Lucas growled.
"Funny, I was about to ask you the same thing," Keith stated.
Lucas laughed.
"I get it. This is about Deb, right? It was just a joke." Lucas said.
"No, this isn't about Deb. It's about you and some incredibly bad judgement. And I think you should remember that Deb's keeping your mother's business alive while she's gone." Keith declared.
"I'm not doing anything!" Lucas protested.
"So, I didn't just catch you on top of Brooke?" Keith questioned and Lucas looked away.
"We were just fooling around," Lucas grumbled.
"And how would Peyton feel if she saw you two 'fooling around'?" Keith asked. "The Luke Scott that I know is better than this,"
Lucas groaned and fell back on his bed.
"Brooke's just a friend. There's nothing going on between us,"
"But do you want there to be something going on between the two of you?"
Lucas laughed.
"I'm with Peyton. The girl I've had a crush on since 7th grade." Lucas said.
"And is the real thing living up to the fantasy?"
Lucas didn't answer.
Things were a little off but it also felt easy. It was almost too easy.
"I'm happy," Lucas stated.
"You know, I don't think you really believe that. You might want to take a long, hard look in the mirror and see if the guy staring back at you is the guy you want to be. Because the Lucas I see with Peyton and the Lucas I've seen with Brooke are as different as night and day," Keith left the room and Lucas sighed.
Keith didn't know what he was talking about. Lucas was fine.
He knew he made the right choice.
…
Peyton was in her room with Hayley showing her the flyers for the café when Brooke called.
"Hello, best friend, pick up the phone and do not pretend that you're not there because I can see you on your cry-for-help webcam." Brooke's voice came over the answering machine.
"Webcam?" Hayley questioned looking around.
"Hi to you too, Tutor Girl." Brooke's voice quipped.
"Hold on just one second," Peyton told Hayley before answering her phone. "Hello?"
"Hey P. Sawyer. You want to go see a movie with me? I'm bored," Brooke whined.
She'd been avoiding Lucas since yesterday. That had been a close call and she didn't want to make another mistake like that.
"Look, I'm busy. I promised I would do something." Peyton said.
Brooke frowned.
"Fine, well call me back when you're finished with Tutor Girl." Brooke ordered.
"Okay. Yeah, I'll call you tonight. Bye." Peyton hung up.
Brooke looked around her room trying to find something interesting to occupy her time with. Her eyes settled on the box set of weird science.
"Jackpot!" Brooke squealed. "All I need now is a carton of mint chocolate ice-cream and I'm all set,"
…..
"So are you and Lucas going to come?" Hayley asked, as she and Peyton put a flyer on a car.
"Yeah," Peyton said.
"If you don't mind my asking, what made you realize that you were ready to give Lucas a chance?' Hayley asked.
Peyton shrugged.
"I don't know. I guess when I heard Brooke say that she kissed him and I realized that my chance with him was slipping away. Then I got there and I poured my heart out to him and Brooke came into the room half naked with only his sweatshirt on." Peyton frowned.
"Well, I'm glad Lucas made the right choice," Hayley said.
"Yeah, everything's perfect. But Brooke is my best friend and things feel awkward between us. I don't believe she was really serious about Lucas but still I can't help but wonder…" Peyton trailed off.
"Look, between you and me, I don't' think that Brooke and Lucas would ever have, like an epic romance. It probably would have been a fling until Brooke got tired of him and moved on to someone else. I don't really see Brooke as the relationship having type but Lucas said she's a good friend and I'm trying to give her a chance." Hayley said.
"What do you think I should do?" Peyton asked.
"Talk to her," Hayley said.
…
Lucas and Peyton walked into Karen's café holding hands.
"So, this is the place," Lucas said, gesturing around.
"Looks good," Peyton said, looking around.
Her eyes met Brooke, who was sitting at a table by herself with a bowl of ice-cream.
"I'm going to go sit with Brooke," Peyton said and Lucas gave her quick peck on the lips before they separated.
Brooke smiled hesitantly.
"Hey Peyton,"
"Hi, Brooke,"
They both were quiet for a second.
"So, you're eating a bowl of ice-cream?" Peyton said.
Brooke nodded, lifting her spoon.
"I had a craving," she muttered.
Lucas came and stood behind Peyton. Brooke's eyes flickered up to him before she looked back at Peyton.
"You mind if I join you?" Lucas asked, looking at Brooke.
"Oh, you guys probably want to be alone," Brooke said, standing up. "I'll see you two later,"
Brooke ran out of the café, wishing she had just stayed home.
"Brooke!" Peyton called, from behind her.
Brooke turned around.
"Where are you going?" Peyton asked.
Brooke shrugged.
"You've been avoiding me and I thought maybe you wanted to be alone with your boyfriend," Brooke said.
"I wasn't avoiding you. This just felt weird and I…" she trailed off. "It's not you, Brooke. It's me,"
"Are you breaking up with me?" Brooke asked with a giggle and Peyton smiled.
"I just don't know if your cool with this and after that night…I don't know" Peyton grumbled.
"You're my best friend. Of course I'm happy for you,' Brooke lied.
"Really?" Peyton asked.
Brooke nodded. "I don't think I'm ready for a relationship anyway. I just want to have fun,"
"Alright, then will you come inside and hang out?" Peyton asked.
Brooke nodded and pulled Peyton in for a hug.
"I love you, Peyton and I would never do anything to jeopardize our friendship," Brooke whispered.
"Me either," Peyton said and they went back inside.
Peyton went to sit beside Luke and Brooke went to order a diet coke.
She looked over at the two of them and smiled sadly.
Lucas's eyes met hers.
"You okay?" he mouthed.
Brooke nodded and turned away.
They really did look good together.
"Okay, so I just wanted to remind everybody that the stage is open. If anyone has any hidden talents they want to reveal." Hayley announced.
Brooke considered juggling.
"I'll give it a shot," Jake said, before she could offer.
"Great. Come on up." Hayley said. "Jake Jaglieski, ladies and gentlemen,"
People clapped and Jake set his daughter on the stage.
"So, normally, I only sing for my daughter. But something that a friend said convinced me that I should open up to a wider audience. This seemed like the right time and place. So, everyone, this is my daughter Jenny. And Jenny, this is my whole world." Jake said.
Brooke was confused.
"Jake has a baby?" she said to herself.
She looked over at Lucas and Peyton who were kissing.
"You okay?" Hayley said, coming to stand beside her.
Brooke looked at her surprised.
"Hi, Tutor Girl." She said, forcing a smile but Hayley didn't look fooled.
"You really did like him, didn't you?" she asked.
Brooke looked away and nodded.
"Yeah, I did…but I'm happy for them." She said.
"You really mean that?"
Brooke glanced at Peyton who was smiling.
"Yeah," Brooke said softly. "I do,"
Hayley patted her on the shoulder.
"Lucas was right. You are a good friend," she said, before walking away.
Brooke's eyes met Lucas's and he sent her a smile.
Brooke smiled back and looked at Jake who was still singing on stage. He was really talented. Brooke clapped, when it was over, before going over to talk to him.
"You have a baby?" she asked.
"Yep. This is Jenny," Jake said, smiling.
Brooke looked down at the baby.
"She looks like you,"
"That's not a good thing," Jake laughed.
"She's really pretty," Brooke said.
"Thanks, Brooke," Jake said, as he picked up Jenny.
"Anytime," Brooke called after him.
She watched him as he walked away missing the dark look on Lucas's face as he glanced between them.
Keith noticed though and sighed.
"This looks like trouble,"
He watched Lucas say something to Peyton and make his way over to Brooke. He watched as Lucas said something that made Brooke laugh and touch his arm. He saw Lucas's smile soften. And he saw Peyton watching them with an unreadable expression.
"Serious trouble," he muttered.
Author's note: So Keith is Team Brucas. Let me know what you think about this story please.
I'll try to update soon.