Tonight was the night where I made my dancing debut . I was scared and nervous . I had no problem getting out of the cabin . My parents got into golfing so they went to the next town and stayed a day or two out there to compete with other people from a hotel . I went on Lucass motorcycle again, which was fun. When we got to the hotel, a girl named Anna helped me with my makeup and helped me get a dress, which was absolutely beautiful. The color of it was maroon . As I made my way to find Lucas, my curly hair bounced as I walked. I saw Haley standing there, which was a complete shock . So, I went up to her.
"Haley!" I said excitedly.
"Brooke," she replied, smiling but looking nervous.
"What are you doing here, Hales?" I asked.
"Ah, well, Im Mouths partner," she said shyly.
"Mouth? I thought he doesn't dance."
"He wanted to dance in the show with them, so he asked me if I wanted to be his partner, and I said yes. Nathan taught us dancing and Lucas did a little too," Haley admitted, talking really fast.
"How come no one told me?" I asked, not mad
"Well, I didn't want anyone to tell you, and I thought you would be mad that I was doing the same thing as you." she said sheepishly.
I laughed. "Haley why would I be mad? Don't you know me at all?" I said, giving her a hug.
"I just thought because you were doing something new and different. I didn't want you to think I was taking it away."
I could feel my eyes well up with tears. "Oh Haley." I hugged her again. "You're the best sister anyone can ask for."
"What's going on here?" Lucas asked, interested .
I looked behind me and saw Lucas standing in a tux, a mighty fine tux if you asked me.
"Lucas, why didn't you tell me my sister was dancing?" I asked, smiling.
"Well, for one, you didn't ask, and two, she asked if us to not tell," he answered, charming.
"Since when do you keep secrets?" I teased.
"Look at you." he said, looking at me up and down, while I bit my bottom lip nervously.
"Look at you." I said, putting my hands out like we were going to play Pattie cake. You look nice.
There we stood face to face, really close might I add. He put both of his hands on my shoulders and said, "Don't be nervous okay? You're going to be great."
I shook my head. "Im...Im not nervous." I stuttered, trying to brush it off.
Lucas knew I was lying so he looked at me and gave me a warm smile. "Right," he said as his hands dropped from my shoulders and looked behind me. "Haley" He greeted happily.
I gave him a weird look as he gave me one back. I laughed.
"Do you know where my brother is?" Lucas asked Haley.
"No, I don't have a clue," she answered.
Lucas looked around the big room we were in and spotted a door. "Don't worry I already found him."
Lucas then walked towards the door and opened it to reveal Nathan and Rachel making out. "Guys come on" Lucas said, while Nathan and Rachel fixed themselves. They came out of the little storage room they were in, looking embarrassed.
"Ah, you might want to get your dress out of your panties." Haley pointed at Rachel.
"Oh, shit!" Rachel exclaimed, hurrying to fix it. We all laughed.
Lucas came towards me and put out his arm out to escort me to the dance floor. I grabbed it, and we started to walk out of the room . I could feel my heart beating faster and faster as we got closer to the room. I thought I was going to puke. Then I thought that if my sister could do this, so could I. I looked behind me to see Haley, who gave me a reassuring smile. I mouthed good luck to her, and she mouthed you too.
We got to the dance floor as people started to cheer and I became more nervous. Lucas led me in the back, which was good . We carefully got in our positions as the lights dimmed, and the music started to play. We start to move. As we did the steps, I kept looking at my feet, which wasn't good. I could hear Lucas saying, Look at me, but I didnt want to stare at him for how long . He spun me around in a circle, then he pulled me close to him, forcing me to face him.
"Youre going to have to stop looking at the ground," he whispered at me, as I stared at his gorgeous blue eyes.
I shook my head a little, and we continued the dance. I couldnt help but smile when I kept staring at Lucas. He stared back, of course, and was even smiling. I was doing pretty good until we had to do the lifts. All the guys hurried to the other side of the dance floor, and then we ran to them. When I was running to Lucas's arms, I backed out and didn't do the lift. He quickly grabbed my hands and continued to dance. He dipped me once before the song ended. Everyone clapped their hands and so did we. Before I could look or even talk to Lucas, Haley gave me a big hug.
"Oh my gosh! Wasnt that amazing!" Haley exclaimed.
We walked off stage and changed into are normal clothing. I rode with Mouth and Haley back to the cabin since thats where he was heading. As for everyone else, they were going somewhere to celebrate. Only dancers could go there; no guest were allowed. I didnt get to say goodbye to Lucas. The last time I saw him was when I was dancing with him. When Haley and I got to our cabin, the lights turned on. We saw Dean sitting in a chair.
"What the hell are you doing out this late, Haley?" Dean asked angrily.
"I was hanging out with my sister. You got a problem with that?" she retorted.
It felt weird being there so I walked towards the door. "Ill leave you guys alone." I said as I walked out the door.
"Are you lying to me, Hales?" Dean asked, getting up from his chair.
"No, I was with Brooke" Haley shouted. She was getting angrier by the second.
"Do you love me?" he asked in a whisper.
Haley shrugged her shoulders. Dean walked up to her and slapped her face, hard . Haley couldn't believe what he did. Her face was stinging where he had slapped her. She placed her hand on the part that was hurting.
"You're not going to act like this when we are married. Youre going to do as I say," Dean said threateningly. He walked over to the chair where he was before and then he turned . "YOU GOT THAT!" He stormed out of the room and into the bedroom.
Haley just stood there, stunned, holding her face as tears began to fall from her eyes.
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As I was walking around the golf course, I spotted Lucas sitting in the grass under a palm tree.
Hi, I said quietly.
He turned his head around and smiled. "Hey, what are you doing out this late all by yourself?" he asked.
I sat down beside him. "Haley and Dean needed to talk so I let them be."
Lucas shook his head. "I see," he laughed.
"How come you're here? shouldn't you be out celebrating or whatever you do with your friends?" I asked curiously.
He hesitated before he answered, "Yeah, but I just felt like being alone, you know."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Just to clear your mind," I said.
"You did good tonight. You worked hard," he said, patting my knee.
"Thanks, but I didnt do the lift."
"Yeah dont worry about that. Tim and his partner never do the lift so I bet it looked okay with two couple not doing it instead of one, you know."
"So, did I do okay?"
He laughed. "Yeah, you did fine for your first time."
We sat there in silence for about 2 minutes until he spoke up. "I have a question for you. he said turning to me."
"Okay, shoot." I replied, turning my head to face him.
"Why does your sister call you Brooke?"
I laughed. "Ah, because thats what I like to be called."
"Then why does everyone else call you Brooklyn?"
"Because thats my name, but I prefer Brooke. I just dont tell anyone. I did once to my parents, but they said I should stop being childish," I explained sadly.
"Well, you should have told them that its your name not theirs." said Lucas.
"Your kidding? To my parents? No way. I do what I am told." I said.
Lucas was looking at me trying to figure me out. "I dont get you. why do you do everything possible to please them? he asked in a soft tone."
"Who says I do that?"
Lucas rolled his eyes. "I can tell that you do, and by some of the stuff you told me and the things I heard from your sister, you do anything to please them," said Lucas who seemed annoyed by my doing.
I raised my voice a little ."So? I am one of those people who hate to disappoint others. Whats the big deal?"
"Saying that you prefer Brooke instead of Brooklyn is not going to disappoint anyone," he explained in a serious way, but he laughed slightly.
I knew he wasnt going to get it . Why Im like this but it was so simple to guess why or to figure out why. I grew up with high class. You do what you were told and if you dont, they have the power to make your life miserable for the rest of your life.
"Yes it is. You dont get it." I said, getting frustrated.
He look at me confused "What is there to get? Its what year now? Women have rights, you know. Your parents cant control your life unless you let them."
"Oh, so your saying that I let them?" I ask, annoyed.
"Yes, I am." He said back
"And your parents never control you?"
"Yeah, they tried, but I got in control of my life. How do you think I got kicked out? I didnt want to follow the rules and follow my fathers foot steps," Lucas said angry.
"Are you that ashamed of coming from a not wealthy family?"
Lucas shook his head. "You want to know one of my secrets? Do you?" he asked rudely. He got up from the grass and face me standing up "I come from one of the richest families."
I look at him with complete shock.
"Yeah, you didnt think about that, did you?"
I got up and ran. I didnt know why. I just did.
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"Lucas?" Lucas turned around and saw Peyton standing there.
"What are you doing here, Pey?" he ask, annoyed
"I was taking a walk, and I saw you here sitting on the grass ...well, actually, I was looking for you." Peyton took a deep breath and continued. "Im just wondering whats going on with us." Peyton sat down in front of him.
He didn't bother to make eye contract. "Were over, remember?" he answered, slightly sad.
"Come on, Luke, we've been together for how many years." said Peyton as tears formed in her eyes.
"We've been over for a long time, Peyton. What we have isnt love, its lust."
Peyton eyes filled with angry tears. "Are you choosing one of your little hook-up girls over me?" she shouted angrily.
"What? No" Lucas answered, raising his voice a little.
"Its that girl then, isn't it? The one you have been hanging out with for the past week?" Peyton yelled.
"What the hell, Peyton She has nothing to do with us" Lucas yelled back.
"Yeah, right. I see the way she looks at you," Peyton said calmly.
"A lot of girls here have crushes on me, big deal."
Peyton raised her eye brow. "You've been acting different since you have been hanging out with her. Your brother said your still the same but a little bit nicer. Everyone can see it. I hate the fact that your doing this to her just to get back at me."
Lucas looked at her, not knowing what she was talking about. "Using her?" he asked, curious.
"Come on, Lucas, its your job, but you also do it for your own pleasure. You use these girls to piss me off, and you enjoy it because the sex is good. And face it, they're hot." Peyton explained innocently.
"Fuck you, Peyton! Thats not what I am doing with this girl Brooklyn," he said, mad.
"I think you already did fuck me, and what is it that you are doing with this girl?" she asked evilly.
"Teaching her to dance, but thats over now so you shouldn't have a problem with it Don't, however, think Im going to go back to you. You're just some whore who got pregnant. Not only once but twice." Lucas stood up and stormed off.
Lets give a thanks to Marie my beta, she told me she's new at this so lets give her some credit. Hope you guys like the chapter , review please.