CHAPTER 11 - Finding Comfort With The Enemy
Dan and Lucas had never been like a normal father and son, but as the years went on they seemed to move further and further away from ever being anything close to that. Everyone in Tree Hill was aware of what a monster he was, Lucas more so than anyone but then again he was the abandoned son of Dan Scott, a label that had been put on him since he was born. After taking a shower, Lucas had gotten dressed in Nathan's old room, grabbed his towels and headed for the door, hoping to avoid Dan.
He walked down the long corridor and spotted his getaway, the back door "Lucas…" he stopped and looked into a room he was just about to pass to see his father sitting behind a big mahogany desk "Aren't you gonna wish your father a happy birthday?" Dan asked with a smug grin
"Yeah" Lucas answered, looking around the huge room "Is he around?" sarcasm filled his voice, to him Dan Scott was only connected by name and nothing else
"Are you going to see your mother today?" he asked, standing up and walking over to where Lucas was still standing
"Probably" Lucas replied, before beginning to walk away
Dan clasped Lucas' arm lightly to pull him back into view "Would you ask her if she wants to come tonight?" he said, purposely trying aggravate Lucas, just to prove that he was the one still in control
Lucas narrowed his eyes "And, why would she want to come to your birthday party?" he seemed tired with playing along with his father's mind games. Meanwhile, Brooke made her way down the huge corridor of the Scott house, she'd already walked into three wrong rooms in search of the bathroom, and she knew she'd discovered the wrong room again when she'd spotted Lucas and Dan but she couldn't resist the urge to delay her hunt for the bathroom to eavesdrop
"Things are different now, me and your mother have become close while you've been away at college" he informed Lucas
"Yeah, right" he answered with doubt laced in his voice. He then tried to leave for the second time since coming face to face with the man if was suppose to call dad
"It's true…" the older Scott seemed genuine in his words, but then he was always a good liar "Since your uncle Keith-"
"Are you tryna piss me off?!" the, now, aggravated Lucas interrupted when a spark set alight in his head. To him, Dan had no right to talk about his uncle, and even less right to use him as a pawn in his manipulative games
"I thought you'd be happy" Dan smirked, knowing that the thought of him and Karen getting back together wasn't exactly on Lucas' wish list
Lucas gritted his teeth so hard that the side of his face began to flinch "My mom doesn't need you now, just like she didn't need you back then"
"There's always going to be something there between me and your mom…" Dan stood tall and spoke like he had a right to act fatherly towards the son he'd abandoned at birth "The sooner you let go of the past and realise that, the better" he turned and walked back over to his desk like he'd won
"And, who the hell are you to tell me what I should and shouldn't do?!" Lucas didn't want an answer, he knew that Dan had know business in his life
"Whatever I've done wrong, I'm still your father!" Dan now started to get riled up too
Lucas opened his arms wide like he had nothing left to give the man that meant nothing to him "Yeah, may be…but Keith, he was the guy that brought me up, the one that taught me how to play ball…you may be my father but he will always be my dad" he kept eye contact with Dan as he spoke
"Keith is gone, Lucas" he put it bluntly, like Keith meant nothing to him
Lucas paused for a second "And, you were never even there" he told Dan in a calmer manner before exiting the room to find Brooke on the other side of the door. For a moment his eyes locked with hers, and just as quick as the moment had come it had passed and Lucas was gone.
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Brooke watched Lucas, as he looked out onto the water. What she'd heard back at the Scott house obviously wasn't the ideal family situation but neither was hers and that's what had got her here, that's what had convinced her to follow him after he'd left the house. She didn't think for a second that he'd wanted to see her, she knew she was the second to last person on earth - apparently he was less fond of his father than he was of her - he'd ever want to be around feeling like he did but she gave it a shot anyway and walked over to where he was standing on river walk.
Taking a deep breath she tried to find something a little less insulting than what she'd been use to saying to Lucas "Hey…" she whispered, just loud enough for him to hear. He turned around but gave a blank expression before returning to his original position. Brooke thought about walking away but something made her want to stay "Are…are you ok?" she asked, standing next to him
Lucas raised his eyebrow "What do you care?" he said, not really knowing why she was there
Brooke scrunched her face up "I never said that I cared…" she told him with a light-hearted tone that made him smile "So, it seems you and me have something in common" she told him after a moments silence
Lucas rested his elbows on the fence and looked round at the brunette "Other than that we both had sex last night?" he teased her
Brooke rolled her hazel eyes "Absentee parents" she said like it should have been obvious "My dad's always too hammered to realise he's even got a kid, and my mom ignores my existence" she let on a little more than she'd hoped
"Nah, I don't believe that…" he said, like it was a compliment "Your too irritating to be ignored" he turned it into an insult, but it wasn't like the insults he was use to throwing at Brooke. The tension between them was different, they were teasing each other instead of saying hurtful things and throwing each other flirty glances instead of evil ones
"What and your not?" Brooke stood with her hands on her hips
"No…I'm too good looking to be ignored" he struck a manly pose as Brooke tried to stop herself from smiling "And, your not denying it…" he realised this should have been the time when Brooke shot her mouth off about his egotistical behaviour "Finally were getting somewhere"
"Actually, I was ignoring you…" she said before looking back out onto the water whilst he did the same "Do you…miss your uncle?" she asked politely "Haley told me…" she said, after seeing Lucas' confused expression at how she knew about Keith. Lucas groaned and tried to find the words to shrug the question off"Lucas…" she stopped him before he could make any excuses
"Everyday…" he whispered reluctantly, he'd never spoke to anyone about his uncles death, not even his own mother "Anyway…you've heard way to much about my history today so lets hear some of yours" he changed the subject before he could let himself get too upset
"Like what?" Brooke asked, like she was actually willing to give something away to the guy she'd once sworn was her enemy
"Like…who that guy was at the store?" Lucas had wanted to know who he was ever since it'd happened, he just didn't want Brooke thinking he cared
Brooke took a deep breath "That was Wayne" she informed him with no eye contact
"And, you smashed up his car, why?" Lucas enquired, remembering the exchange of words between the two
"On our one year anniversary he cheated on me…with Rachel Gattina" its not like Brooke wanted to get this deep into conversation with Lucas, it had just somehow happened, and the funny thing was she didn't actually care about sharing such personal information with him
Lucas scoffed at her revelation, now finally understanding why Brooke and the red head hated each other so much "Then I should have hit the dude when I had the chance" he took a macho tone
"Are you always this protective over girls you sleep with?" Brooke cocked her perfectly plucked eyebrow and looked him up and down
"There aren't enough hours in the day to protect all the girls I've slept with" he loathed in his own self worth
"Then I must be special…" she inched her body closer to him
Lucas moved his lips near to her ear, and felt her body shiver as he let out a hot breath "You wish" he whispered before walking away
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