CHAPTER 15 - Stubborn Love
An hour had passed since Chris had 'accidentally' let slip about the bet. Brooke hadn't seen Lucas since then as they had different classes, but now as she sat in the general studies class her and Lucas shared, all that ran through her mind was how he could do something like this to her. She thought he'd changed, she thought that he'd never do anything to hurt her, but all this time the whole thing had been a lie. Angry wasn't a good enough word to sum up how she was feeling right now.
"You have no idea how good your ass looks in those jeans" his deep, gravely voice rang through her ears, it was enough to make her give into him right there and then, despite what he'd done
"And, you have no idea how tired I am of your damn shallowness!" her vicious tone made Lucas frown
"O…k" he stuttered, before shrugging it off. He knew how p!ssed off Brooke could get at the slightest thing and so just assumed her hair hadn't gone right, or the heel on her shoe had broken or something he didn't understand had happened to make her so angry. He went to plant a kiss on her lips as he sat down but she pulled away before his lips could touch hers "Alright, what's up?" he asked, knowing that it had to be something serious for her to reject him
"What?…just coz I don't want you slobbering on me, there has to be something wrong?" her acid tongue shot at him once again
"You know what, you call me when you've fixed the attitude" he replied, clearly getting irritated by her behaviour. He then stood back up from his stool and began to walk across the room to another table
"I think I deserve to be a little angry, don't you?" her words stopped him in his tracks
Lucas span around to face her "May be. But, I haven't done anything wrong so whatever it is, you don't deserve to take it out on me" he told her with a lighter tone, before beginning to walk away once more
"Then I guess you don't think that betting Chris Keller that you could get me into bed first isn't wrong?" she didn't look towards him as she spoke, but could see him turn back round slowly out of the corner of her eye
"What?!" Lucas made his way back towards her "Is that what he told you?" confusion took over his body and mind
"Oh, don't play dumb Lucas!" she looked disgusted at his lack of honesty before collecting her books and exiting the classroom. Lucas didn't have to think before taking the decision to follow her
"I didn't make any bet with Keller…" he yelled after her as she walked down the corridor "I wouldn't, I swear" his voice became softer
Brooke turned and looked him in the eye "And, that's the truth?" she spoke with a calmer tone that lead Lucas to believe she was going to let this whole thing go
"Yeah, baby" he smiled "Don't you trust me?" he rubbed the side of her arm, whilst still looking into her eyes
"If I trust you, I may as well trust nobody" her body became rigid as she once again rejected his touch
Lucas looked puzzled, he thought they'd sorted things out but clearly they hadn't "What?" he asked
"Your lying!" she told him bluntly "I heard you talking to him about a bet once…." she remembered a time when she'd overheard them in a general studies class, right before she'd agreed to go on the trip to Tree Hill "Little did I know that the bet was about who could get me into bed first" she shook her head in disappointment and seethed with anger "Tell me, do you get a bonus every time you get me to sleep with you?" sarcasm filled her tone as she spoke
"It's not like that, Brooke" he pleaded with her
"Then what is it like, Luke? You tell me what all this has been about coz I sure as hell cant figure it out" she threw her arms in the air
"The first time we met, when you blew me off…Chris tried to make the bet with me…but I said no" he explained
"You know, normally I'd believe anyone over Chris Keller but all this just makes me wonder how someone can go from despising me, to being in a relationship…or whatever the hell it was, with me" she began to look upset "And, now I realise that there's a simple answer. It was all for a bet. You never felt anything for me, you never wanted to be with me, you just wanted to make some quick cash!"
He wanted to scream that he loved her right there and then, but Lucas Scott didn't do things like that and so, no matter how much he felt for someone, how much he felt for Brooke Davis, he'd never jeopardise his reputation "I never made the damn bet, Brooke!!" he yelled, just thinking that that was the only way to get through to her "If you wanna believe Chris Keller instead of me, go right ahead…coz you know what?" he spat "Were done!" he knew his words were brutal, but no one was about to talk him down, especially not a girl, even if it was a girl he was in love with
"Fine!" she screamed back, not wanting things to be over between them but not wanting to make a fool of herself by holding onto there relationship
"Fine!" Lucas yelled back, before both made there way in opposite ways down the corridor
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It'd been eight days since they'd called things off, eight days since they'd last spoken, eight days since they'd even acknowledged each others existence. It wasn't like they didn't want to be together, they were just too stubborn to do anything about it. Each of them went about there daily business like it hadn't affected them, they both put on a smile for the prying eyes of the people around them. Although, anyone that knew them well, people like Nathan and Haley, knew that it had affected them both in a bad way, no matter how much front they put on.
Brooke took her eyes from the swirling mug of coffee and focused them on Haley, who was on her cell phone "That was Lucas" Haley told Brooke after shutting the cell off. Brooke didn't respond and instead took a sip from her mug "There's a party tonight at Kelly Neilson's house…" she informed Brooke, thinking a party would cheer her up "You wanna go?"
"Is Lucas gonna be there?" Brooke asked, wanting her to say yes but at the same time wanting her to say no so that she didn't have to see him
"Yeah" Haley replied
"Then I think I'll stay in" Brooke mocked a smile, knowing damn well Haley was fully aware of the tension between her and Lucas
Haley sighed and followed Brooke through to the living area "Do you honestly think Lucas would make a bet with Chris Keller?" Haley rested her hands on her hips and waited for an answer, which she knew from Brooke's expression wasn't coming anytime soon "Or have you just broken up coz your scared?"
"Scared of what?" Brooke scoffed out in amazement
"Scared of what your feeling for someone you once claimed to despise?" she knew what she was saying was right "Well?" Haley demanded after a moments silence
Brooke stood up from the sofa "Ok. One, Lucas did go from hating me, to sleeping with me real fast, so why shouldn't I believe Chris. Two, I didn't break up with him, he broke up with me. And, three, I'm not scared of what I'm feeling coz I'm not feeling anything" Brooke told Haley, before making her way back into the kitchen
"Are you completely stupid?" Haley rolled her eyes in astonishment "Lucas never hated you, he had a thing for you from the first day you met…"
"It's ok you saying that, Hales. But, you don't have any proof. He could have been lying to you, just like he was lying to me" Brooke sighed out in disappointment
"But I do have proof. He was the one that took the posters down, Brooke" Haley informed her "After he saw how upset you got, he went around the college and took them all down…he took them all down coz he didn't want to hurt you" she informed the dumfounded brunette "He didn't hate you. All he ever wanted to do was protect you, Brooke" Brooke sat back in her seat, shock across her face. She'd just guessed it was Haley that had taken the pictures down, she'd just guessed that whatever Lucas had done before there night of passion had been done to hurt her, she'd just guessed that Lucas Scott could never do anything as sweet as that for her. She'd guessed wrong.
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