Well it's finally here I hope you guys enjoy the chapter .
The sunlight beamed in my face when I woke up. All of a sudden, I head a very loud, cheery, but annoying voice.
"Good Afternoon!"
BAM! I fell off Lucas' bed. Definitely not the way I would have liked to have woken up but it happened I quickly got up off the ground.
Lucas had a big smile plastered on his face, a smile that I wanted to rip off.
"You know, I expected you to be a morning person because of your parents, but sleeping in until one in the afternoon. Damn, that has to make you feel lazy."
My eyes widened in shock. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier, Lucas?!"
"Well," he started to say as he moved over to his chair to sit down. "You looked so cute sleeping. I just couldn't bare to wake you up."
"Haha, very funny," I replied sarcastically.
"What's the big deal? It's not like you have somewhere to be."
"I have to be with my parents but–,"
"But last night you told me you didn't feel like going back today. So, problem solved, right?" He slapped his leg and got up and headed to his little kitchen.
"I can stay here today too?" I ask hopefully.
"You know–," Lucas started to look through his cabinets for something. "I sometimes wonder if you really are a blonde." He chuckled.
I place my hands on my hips. "I am definitely not a blonde!" How could he say I was a blonde? But then again, he always was around blonde haired girls.
Lucas grabbed a bag a chips. "Sure, whatever you say." He retorted, sitting back at the chair he was on before.
"Do you want to start a fight?" I asked.
"Ah," Lucas paused, " No, do you want to start one?" he inquired, raising one of his eyebrows. I rolled my eyes at him and sat down on his bed. "You know we have a weird relationship? One minute we're getting along. The next, we are fighting and then, well, even kissing," explained Lucas.
I cleared my throat. "Um, yeah, well, I think I should stop by my place to get some clothes because I don't want to wear this all day," I responded, changing the subject.
"Why? You look good," he smirked.
"Yeah, thanks, but would you like to wear a dinner gown all day? No, I didn't thinks so. This is what I'm going to do: go back to my place before my parents get there and then come back here," I explained.
"Wow, how long did it take you to think of that plan?" Lucas laughed.
"Don't make me hit you, Lucas," I threatened him. I was really getting annoyed.
"Why not? You might actually like it."
"Eww. You're disgusting. Get your mind out of the gutter, will you?" I threw a pillow at him. "What are you up to today, anyway? Shouldn't you be working right now?"
"No, I took the day off," Lucas wiped the chip's grease on his hand on his shirt.
"I didn't know you guys had days off in the summer."
"We don't. I just called in sick because I didn't feel like working and plus that one girl is driving me crazy." Lucas groaned and placed his hands on his face. I was delighted that he didn't have a thing for this girl.
"Yeah, she's quite the catch," I replied.
"As in how?" Lucas wondered.
"She, well, there's no other way to say this, but she's a psycho! You think she's all sweet but last night she was all like, 'you better stay away from Lucas.' She thinks you guys are a couple." I looked at Lucas who made a funny face. "Wait, are you guys a couple?" I inquired, hoping they weren't."
"No, Brooke, we're not. You know I only have eyes for you." Lucas joked, but I wondered if underneath that joke was any truth. Any girl would have loved to hear it if it came out of Lucas's mouth. You never know if he really means something or not.
"Haha, very funny. Aren't you just a joker today. I think you should have taken that up as a job."
"You think? I would be the hottest clown, don't deny it, Brooke." He once again smirked. Gosh, that smirk can make a girl's heart melt. I laughed at what Lucas said. He probably would be the hottest clown I've ever known.
"That would be hilarious. Can you imagine? Doing the dance that you do as a clown." I leaned in and grab one of Lucas's chips.
"Whoa! Can you say nightmare. Who would see that?"
I shrugged my shoulders wondering who would. "Wait, my sister probably would!" I exclaimed, laughing.
"I guess you have freak in your family, just like mine. I sometimes wonder about my brother. This one time, we went to the lake to go fishing and there was this duck my brother was feeding while I was fishing. Then all of sudden, my brother came over to me saying that the duck was evil and that we had to kill it–,"
"What! Please tell me you didn't kill the duck," I hoped.
"I said shut up and told him that the duck wasn't evil–,"
I cut Lucas off once again. "Why did he think the duck was evil?" I pondered, really into the story.
"He said," Lucas tried to hold his laughter in. "He said the duck was trying to take over his body, but I told Nathan that he was crazy. So, he stormed off, and then before I knew it, he stole a golf cart and ran over the duck!" Lucas finished and started to laugh so hard that his face was turning red while I had a horrified expression on my face.
"How old were you guys?" I asked, still freaked out.
"I was 10. Nathan was 9. Oh, man, it was so funny he could barely drive the golf cart but he managed to drive over that duck." My jaw dropped when Lucas said that
"How sad." I said
"You... you should have heard the noise it made!" Lucas exclaimed, still laughing.
"Lucas! How could you find this funny?" Lucas managed to stop laughing.
"Aww, come on Brooke. If you were there, you would see why it was funny. The way my brother was driving the golf cart was hilarious! He was screaming something. Damn, I don't remember what he was screaming but it was so fucking funny. That's when I knew my brother was weird."
"Okay, that was interesting, but I think I should get my stuff before my parents get there first," I uttered, hopping off Lucas's bed.
"How do you know your parents aren't waiting for you, Ms. Davis?"
"I don't. I guess I'll just find out soon enough. So, will you be here when I get back?"
Lucas smiled. "Yes, pretty girl, I will."
I nodded my head, got my shoes, and then I headed out the door.
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Nathan and Haley were on a bench swing by the park.
"So, thanks for staying up with me all night."
"Yeah, it's no problem, Hales, but I think it's time you tell your parents about this guy. He isn't good for you," stated a very tired Nathan.
"I know I should. It's just that when I want to tell them, the words don't come out." Haley fidgeted with her hands.
"Well, if you want, I can be there when you tell them. You know, so, you can be comfortable and I can back you up."
Nathan had spent the whole night with Haley just talking. She told him about what Dean did, which made Nathan very angry. He wanted to go look for Dean and kick his ass to the ground for treating Haley like that. However, Nathan knew getting in a fight wouldn't solve anything. His talk with Haley all night didn't seem to get through to her like he wanted to though. It still didn't seem like she was going to tell her parents anytime soon. She said that when she was ready but who knows how long that will take. Nathan could remember how many times he heard his mother say to Lucas and him about when she was going to leave their father , but it turned out she was never ready to leave him because to this day she was still with him.
"Sorry for not letting you sleep. I know you have to work," Haley apologized as she was getting up.
"It's fine. Are you going to be in trouble with your parents?"
"Let's hope not. Brooke probably covered for me, so things should be okay." Haley was positive Brooke would do that even though Brooke hated to lie.
"All right." Nathan stood up. "I guess I'll see you whenever I see you," He joked.
Haley gave Nathan a sweet smile. "I'll see you soon, then." She gave him a kiss on a cheek and started heading back to her cabin.
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When I got to my cabin, my parents weren't there. I quickly changed into a pair of jeans and a simple shirt. I gathered some clothes for the next day and put them in a bag. When I was about to walk out, I heard the door open. That's when I knew I wasn't going anywhere. The door opened completely, revealing Haley. I place my hand over my chest.
"Oh, good. It's just you. I thought it was mom or dad." Haley gave me a confused look I realized she was still wearing the same clothes as last night.
"Are you wearing the same clothing that you wore last nigh?" I frowned.
"Yup, I am. I didn't come home last night and by your expression, I'm guessing you didn't come here either. So, I guess we are both in deep shit." Haley sat down on the couch, upset. I sat down next to Haley explained to her what happened last night while she told me what happened to her.
"How did we end up like this Brooke? We're girls that say smart ass comments, but yet were afraid to tell our parents anything. I don't want to end up like them. They're fake, just like all the people here. It's like we live in a Barbie land world where everything looks good on the outside but in the inside it's all screwed up."
"I didn't know Barbie dolls were screwed up in the inside," I joked, hoping to lighten up my sister's sprit. I was successful for a smile formed on her lips.
"Shut up!" Haley hit me on the shoulder. "Can you at least be serious this one time? You know I wish people knew the real you instead of the good girl. They should know you really are the smart ass one." Haley chuckled.
"That would be you. You're the smart ass, Hales." I pointed my finger at her playfully.
"Whatever. Remember that one time with mom–," I looked at Haley, wondering what she was talking about and then it hit me.
"Haley!" I shrieked. "Come on, don't say it," I requested, covering her mouth but she tried to take my hands off. She couldn't though, because she was laughing so hard until we both heard a knock on the door. We both looked at each other, wondering who it was. I got off the couch and went to the door. There stood Lucas, who was cuter than ever because he looked like a lost little boy with his hands in his pockets.
"Hey, pretty girl. Are you in jail for good?" He wondered. I thought it was sweet that he came to see what happened to me.
"Nope." I shook my head. "My parents aren't here."
"Not here? Then what the hell is taking you so long?" Lucas stepped in the cabin and saw Haley.
"Ah, I see. Sister bonding, eh?" Lucas scratched the back of his neck.
"Hey, Lucas," greeted Haley as she left the room to go get changed. Lucas just looked around the room.
"I got my stuff already, Luke," I informed him. He turn around to look at me.
"Okay," he answered. It looked like he was regretting his decision of me spending another night.
"Look, Luke. If you don't want me to, it's okay." Lucas shook his head.
"No, it's fine. I offered. Why would you think I didn't want you to?"
"Well, sometimes people say things they don't always mean, so, I thought by your expression that maybe you were regretting it." Lucas bent down to get my bag of clothes.
"Girl, you're something. You need to stop assuming things." I walked pass him and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Hales, you wanna come with us?" I waited for an answer but I suddenly I felt hot breath on the back of my neck.
"You know," I jumped slightly and turned around quickly. "It's not nice for you to invite other people to a place that you do not own." I didn't say anything. I guess it was rude of me, but I didn't want to leave my sister alone to deal with my parents.
"Don't look so scared pretty girl. I don't care if your sister comes." He grinned. Haley opened the door of the bathroom and I turned around to look at her.
"Actually, Brooke, I think I'm going to look for Nathan," Haley admitted.
"My brother." Lucas pointed to himself. "I knew there was something going on between you two." I elbowed Lucas in the chest. "Ouch!" He rubbed where I elbowed him. "That wasn't very nice of you, Brooke. That hurt." I rolled my eyes just when Haley started to speak.
"No, there's nothing going on between your brother and I. We're friends, like you guys." Lucas and I both looked at each other as my sister walked past us. Okay, now I knew my sister was lying and Lucas knew as well.
"Sure," Lucas whispered into my ear.
We all headed out of the cabin. Then along the way Lucas and I separated from Haley.
"You know, Lucas, I think we have a special relationship, don't you think so?" Lucas stared at me. "I mean, how many people do you have this relationship with where you forget all the bad things that happened between the two of you and just been there for each other?" I inquired, awaiting for an answer. Lucas tilted his head to the side.
"Not many." He smiled kindly. He walked a little faster, getting in front of me and started walking backwards. "You wanna do something?"
Should I do something with Lucas or not? I'm afraid that if we did something together, it would end up bad sooner or later because that happens all the time. But why not? I already spent the night with him and I'm going to again. Plus, he's going to be there at his place if we decide not to do anything so why am I dreading this? Ugh, why did I have so many questions and only a few answers to answer them?
"Earth to Brooke. I didn't know it took you this long to decide something. How long does it take you to decide what your going to eat ?" Damn Lucas and his stupid remarks.
"Ah, yeah, what would we do?"
"Something," was all Lucas uttered.
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Apparently, that something was a canoe ride. We were in the middle of the lake just 'relaxing,' as Lucas likes to put it. I was bored out of my mind just sitting there by Lucas's feet while he laid down with his eyes shut.
"This is boring. What fun comes out of this?" I complained. Lucas continued to keep his eyes shut.
"Must you complain and ask questions all the time? Just let things be."
"I prefer to do something more amusing," I retorted, splashing some water with my hands.
"What's more amusing than having peace with nature?" He asked, trying to get me to agree with him, which I will not.
"Nature and I don't get along," I protested.
"Look around. How can you not tell me you don't like nature?"
I once more observed the scenery that was around me. Yes, it was quite beautiful, I had to admit that. But Whenever I found myself looking around the scenery, I found myself looking more at Lucas. I had feelings for him, yes! So, why didn't I do something about it? Oh, yeah, that's right. the memory of him telling me that we couldn't be together slowly came back to me.
"Since you shut up, I'm guessing you had second thoughts about nature." Lucas smiled in victory still with his eyes shut, not knowing I was staring at him. Just tell him! Tell him now or you will never be able to, I thought.
"Lucas," I managed to squeak out.
"Hmm?" He mumbled.
"Have...have umm...I uh.." My goodness I couldn't get a single word out. What an idiot I am.
"Ah, are you speaking a different language I am supposed to know about?" Lucas joked.
"Can I just lay down next to you?" I asked even though it wasn't what I originally was going to say to him before.
"Geez, Brooke is that what you were trying to tell me before?" He opened his eyes and scooted to the left more so I could have room. "What are we going to do with you?" I laid down next to him. It wasn't really comfortable. I don't know how Lucas found this relaxing.
"Have you ever been in love?" Whoa, I don't know where that came from but I said it. I could hear him move slightly.
"I thought I was this one time, but I don't know. I have different love for all my girls." He paused. "What I mean is every girl I meet here and spend time with, I have different feelings for them. I really can't explain."
"Who was the girl you thought you were in love with?" I questioned, knowing it wasn't me.
"Peyton," He replied simply. He got up and rubbed the back of his neck. "Can we get off this fucking subject?" He snapped, annoyed. He was the one person I knew whose emotions can change to happy to mad in seconds.
The rest of the boat ride back was silent. I guess I didn't know it was a touchy subject with him. Once we got to shore, we headed back to his place but then I saw my sister who looked like she'd been crying all day.
"Brooke, our parents want to see us. Now." I started to follow Haley, but I heard my name being called so I turned around. Lucas was walking towards me.
"Brooke, can you forgive me?" he apologized. I gave him a confused look. "For snapping at you earlier. I didn't mean to. I'm–."
"Stop right there. There is no need to apologize, Lucas. It's okay." I nodded my head reassuringly.
"Thanks and good luck with your parents."
I smiled at him and followed Haley to our cabin.
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I have never seen my parents so angry at Haley and me. They did nothing but insult us, telling us how bad daughters we were. And how they can't believe how much we changed since we got here. I assume they regretted coming. They deserved it though, I'm glad it blew up in their face, especially in my mother's. I had something on her and she couldn't get out of this one. If I once slip about my mother's ,affair , things will go haywire. To come and think of it, I should tell my father about the affair right now. It wasn't fair to him not knowing what my mother's bad doings were. Believe it or not, my dad was the good guy but my mother always managed to turn him into the bad guy. It would be the perfect timing to tell him since James was there and Haley's ass of a fiancé was also there.
"What did I do to deserve this? I am a perfect mother..." My mother rambled on and on about why she didn't deserve this, but I could point out so many reasons why she did deserve this.
"Dad," I called out. I was going to tell him.
"Ugh, Jack, what should we do? I mean, I don't even know what to do–."
"Dad!" Still, no one heard except for my sister.
"Our girls have gone out of control. I have seen this happen to the my sister's kids. There's no way in hell that's going to happen to us."
"DAD!" I yelled. Everyone in the room looked at me. Good, I have everyone's attention. "I have something to tell you."
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What a long day it has been. From the morning sun shine light to stormy weather night. This day could have been just been like any other day but it wasn't. I think I see the light now, and I know what I want. And im going to try and get it, well, hopefully. I walked up those three same steps that I did last night. Knock on the same door and hopefully see the person that I saw last night.
"Darn it, Brooke. Did you have to bring the bad weather with you?" Lucas joked when he opened the screen door for me. I entered with my heart beating unusually fast. I swear it felt like I was going to have a heart attack. "I see you made it out alive there, princess.
"Well, when I left, they were still arguing," I answered in a shaky voice. I needed to calm down but I just couldn't get my hands to stop shaking. I couldn't believe I was going to tell him how I feel. I don't know why I picked this moment, but I just couldn't keep it as a secret anymore. Gosh! Who am I kidding? He knows I like him.
"Are you okay? You look like you're going to puke." Lucas look at me concernedly.
"I... I, okay, I have something to tell you."
"Okay, go ahead," Lucas answered, ready to listen as he crossed his arms.
I look into his eyes while he was searching for an answer in mine.
"We've been on this roller coaster ride. And it's been driving me insane that I just want to scream out loud, but that's not the point." I shifted my legs one to the other nervously. There was no point in saying that.
"Then get to the point." Lucas waited patiently.
"I want to be with you," I blurted out a little too quickly. "I have feelings for you. I want to be your girl Lucas. I'm not thinking about the future. All I am thinking about is right now and right now I want to be with you. The question is, do you want to be with me?"
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