CHAPTER 8 - New Arrivals And Family Ties
After getting back from the store with Brooke, Lucas had tried to continue the journey only to find that the R.V. wouldn't start. Typical he thought, typical of Dan Scott to spend thousands of pounds on an R.V that didn't work to try and stay close to the boys, maybe he didn't want to stay close to them at all, maybe he just wanted them to suffer from start to finish of this so called 'family' reunion. Maybe. Definitely.
Lucas had been working on the engine for all of twenty minutes before Brooke had gotten impatient "Hey Jackass!" she swung her head around the door "You gonna get this heap of crap moving or what?!" she said, in almost a friendly manner. Almost.
The blonde looked up from the engine, his face slightly covered in oil and tiny beads of sweat visible on his forehead, Brooke had to admit for a minute he looked kinda hot, that was until he opened his mouth "Heyfatass!…you wanna grab me a spanner or what?" he spoke to her in the same manner she'd spoken to him before nodding towards the tool box which was near Brooke's feet
"Fatass!" she repeated, clearly annoyed with his choice of words "Fatass…" she repeated once again "Who the hell-" she was interrupted before she had chance to start a row
"Look Brooke, we both just wanna get to your hot, blonde friend and fast…" he said the latter with a smirk creeping across his face "So, instead of arguing with me would you just pass me a spanner?" he told Brooke, before wiping his brow with a cloth that he then placed back onto the engine
Brooke paused for a second, before giving in and making her way to the tool box that was a few feet away "Your lucky I don't hit you with it" she said under her breath but just loud enough for him to hear "Ewww, groce" she said picking the greasy spanner up with the tip of her thumb and finger, and holding it away from her body like it was threatening to her. Lucas chuckled as he saw Brooke's look of disgust over something so simple as a greasy spanner "You got a cloth?" she asked after throwing the spanner down onto the engine, Lucas passed her the cloth he'd wiped his face with moments before. Brooke surveyed the cloth, before turning her nose up at it "One that isn't covered in sweat and grease?"
Lucas shook his head in disbelief, not in disbelief that she was acting so snooty but in disbelief that he'd actually gotten use to her behaviour "Here…" he lifted the white t-shirt that had been hiding his highly tanned torso over his head and handed it to Brooke to wipe her hands on before offering her a look of satisfaction
"Is that suppose to impress me?" she asked, looking up at his toned abs and sculpted biceps
Lucas smiled and shook his head "I didn't say a word" he raised his eyebrows at her. Brooke threw him back his top before rolling her eyes and making her way back to the open door of the van
"Hey Brooke, you wanna make me a coffee" he ordered, rather than requested
"You gotta be kidding me?" she scoffed, she never did anything for Lucas Scott, and until now he'd never done anything for her "…I must be going soft" she accepted his order, remembering how he'd warned her vicious ex-boyfriend off at the store
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The foursome had finally arrived at Peyton's aunt's house, an hour behind schedule, and Brooke clearly hadn't made the effort to regain some time as she'd gone to get Peyton 25minutes ago, of course she'd told them she'd only be 5. At this rate they'd miss Dan's birthday all together, but maybe that wasn't such a bad thing, neither Lucas or Nathan was particularly looking forward to this trip. The only reason they'd agreed to go was to support Deb, the only one that hadn't been able to escape Dan's claws.
Brooke finally entered the R.V. with a curly blonde in tow, and a holdall on her shoulder, she seemed to be having trouble with the bag but Lucas wasn't about to help her, he knew that would have been the gentlemen thing to do, but when was he ever a gentleman "Err, hello…a little help here?!" her eyes darted towards
Lucas, who rolled his eyes and took the bag from the feisty brunette "Ok…" Brooke said, catching her breath "This is Nathan, and Haley…" she introduced them all "And, the arrogant bag boy over there is Lucas" she pointed towards Lucas, who was leant against the work top
"Hot, blonde and skinny" he looked Peyton up and down before moving towards her "Glad to have you on board" he offered his hand, which she took with a smile
Brooke narrowed those killer eyes at Lucas "Feel free to choke him whenever you want" she informed her best friend
"So, you're the famous Lucas Scott, huh?" Peyton folded her arms casually as she spoke "Brooke's told me a lot about you"
The corners of Lucas' lips curled "Davis…" he nudged Brooke in the hip with his elbow "I never knew you had it so bad" he teased
"What? the urge to slap you?" she counter-attacked
"Ok, there gonna be a while…" Haley moved herself away from Brooke and Lucas who were clearly going to get into another slagging match "…Why don't I show you around?" Haley asked the slightly frightened new arrival
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Lucas had decided to stop off at his mom's café, one of the reasons being that he'd kinda missed her while he'd been away and the other being that he wanted to postpone seeing Dan for as long as he could. The gold bell jangled above the door, just as it always did when someone entered the café. Karen looked up from the counter she was stood behind to see the three people she'd missed so much during the past couple of years, they were followed by two people she didn't recognise.
Karen immediately put her cloth down and ran over to Lucas giving him a bigger hug than he could have ever had imagined "Oh my boy, its so good to see you"
"Hey ma" Lucas replied, a little embarrassed by his mother's overly warm welcome
"Nathan…" she hugged Nathan before moving onto Haley "And…" she stopped as she got to Brooke and Peyton "Please tell me your not both Lucas' girlfriends…" she asked, knowing for well her sons reputation with the opposite sex
"Definitely not" Brooke replied with an obvious tone
"This is Peyton, and that's…Brooke" all three women greeted each other
"Your Lucas' mom, huh?" Brooke thought of a way to take full advantage of the situation she was in "I bet you have tons of stories about this lovely son you've brought up" her voice was filled with sarcasm, not that Karen noticed
Karen smiled at Brooke "Oh, yeah. How about I share a few of them with you over coffee and biscuits?" Karen's friendly behaviour was clearly a downfall for Lucas.
"You have no idea how good that sounds" Brooke replied, as the others smiled, knowing exactly what Brooke was up too
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After arriving at Dan's, Haley had suggested it'd be a good idea if the girls went shopping, leaving the boys to bond with their father. Or argue, as she knew would be the reality. Karen had invited them all to Tric later on that night, and Brooke had claimed she needed a new outfit for the occasion. Haley didn't see how that was possible, seen as though Brooke had packed enough to last her six weeks, not one. Peyton on the other hand, didn't see anything unusual about Brooke's need to shop, she'd gotten use to it over the years and although Brooke had always invited her to 'shop with her' she'd somehow always end up 'shopping for her', spending hours and hours telling Brooke what she looked good in, which was everything. Brooke knew that just as well as Peyton did.
"So, Karen, the woman we just met is Lucas' mom, but not Nathan's?" Peyton asked Haley, as they waited for Brooke in the fitting rooms "But, they're only like three months apart?" she asked with a raised eyebrow, which Haley nodded along too "That's kinda screwed up"
"Yeah, well, Dan Scott is one pretty screwed up individual" Haley always understood why people found it hard to understand the Scott Family History, it was a pretty tangled web
"Anyone would be having to bring up Satan as your offspring" Brooke joked from inside the changing rooms, if ever she found the opportunity to have a dig at Lucas she'd always take it, even if he wasn't around to hear
Haley rolled her eyes before continuing "Dan never brought Lucas up, he had nothing to do with him up until he was like sixteen" she informed the two "And even then it was to get back at Karen"
"Tough break" Peyton stated, with sympathy. She understood what it was like having an absent parent and therefore she knew the pain Lucas must have gone through, Brooke also knew what it was like to have absentee parents but she didn't sympathise with anyone, especially not Lucas Scott and the only thing she could understand about what Lucas was going through, was his hormones
"Lucas has had it pretty bad, not that he'll ever admit it" Haley made the girls aware of Lucas' weaker side, something that neither girl would have known existed
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