Brooke couldn't stop the gasp that escaped her lips.
Nathan simply smirked at her.
Brooke blushed and tried to get past Nathan, but Nathan stepped to the right, blocking her. Brooke hopelessly tried going around the other way, but just like she thought, he leaned toward the left, once again, blocking her passage.
Brooke backed away from him, and refused to meet his eye.
"Brooke," Brooke just turned her head stubbornly.
"Brooke, look at me damnit," Nathan whispered harshly.
"Nathan, I have to get to my boyfriend,"
But just as those words escaped her lips, Nathan grabbed her roughly and pulled her in closer to him.
Brooke felt her breath get caught in her throat. She knew she couldn't handle this right now. She was already an emotional wreck, she couldn't take this.
Her hands found his, and tried to pull them off her waist, "What are you doing Nathan! Stop it right now, let me go!"
"What the fuck Brooke! Who the hell do you think you are?" Nathan hissed annoyed, as he tightened his grip around her.
"Nathan leave me alone, I'm serious!" Brooke whimpered as she continued to struggle.
Nathan's grip softened and his face fell, "Brooke why are you doing this to me?" Nathan asked miserably.
"You can't go back to Lucas, Brooke. I won't let you! You don't love him, and I won't let you go back in guilt! I know Karen did the whole guilt trip to you, don't let her get to you Brooke, don't let her take you away from me,"
Brooke felt her tears start to pool around her eyes at the desperation in his voice.
"We love each other Brooke! I love you more then I've ever loved anyone before, I love you with my whole heart, and I know you love me too,"
In Nathan's arms, his eyes pleading for her love, Brooke knew what she had to do.
"Nathan. I don't love you."
Nathan let go of her in surprise. "Brooke-…"
"No, Nathan I'm really serious. All Karen said to me was to give Lucas another chance. The last two weeks, I have been. I fully devoted myself to him once again, and you know what I realized? I still love him. He hurt me a lot, that's why I turned to you. I mean what better way to get back at him then to be with his brother right? I mistaken what we had for love because I guess I was still mad at Lucas. But being with him the last two weeks, I realized that I love him more then I thought." Brooke explained emotionless.
"Brooke, you don't know what you're saying, I know-…"
"Oh cut the crap Nathan. Stop pretending like you know me more then I do. I'm sorry you were hurt by this. But me and Lucas are meant to be together, like you and Haley," Brooke gulped after her last sentence. It hurt to tell Nathan he was meant to be with Haley.
Nathan looked at her in rage. His arms once again encircled her waist and he crushed her against him.
"Is that so Brooke?" Nathan asked cruelly. Brooke kept her face totally emotionless. "So what huh? You used me? You used me to hurt Lucas? You played with my feelings just to get back at Lucas."
Brooke prayed that he couldn't hear her racing heart as his lips hovering inches away from hers.
"I guess Bitch Brooke is back then huh? Well then, I guess it's time for the asshole Nathan to make an appearance," he hissed as his mouth covered hers hungrily. He began to kiss her fiercely yet passionately.
Brooke felt herself start to melt. It had been so long since they had kissed. She accepted his kiss for a moment. But then the image of Lucas on the hospital bed came into her mind, only replacing itself to turn into Karen's face when she had caught her with Nathan earlier. Brooke snapped out of it, and stomped hard on his foot with her heel. Nathan's hands were off her and on his foot before she could blink twice.
"Ahh! What the hell Brooke! Why the fuck did you do that for?" Nathan yelled, hoping on one foot.
"That's how you get treated Nathan when you try shit with a not interested taken women." Brooke yelled in his face, as she stormed past him.
Brooke quickly locked herself in the women's bathroom and turned on the tap. She muffled her sobs with her hand. She couldn't believe what she had said to Nathan. She remembered his hurt expression when she told him how she had used him.
Her fingers traveled to her lips with a mind of their own. She remembered his kiss, and couldn't help but feel weak again. Nathan kissed her like no other. A big part of her wanted to run back to Nathan and let him kiss her again, but she resisted. She knew she couldn't give in to Nathan, she had to be strong.
She splashed water on her face, and looked at herself in the mirror.
She had cheated on Lucas. Before it was just emotionally, something she couldn't help, but today? Even though Nathan had initiated the kiss, she had given into it. She had momentarily been responding to him. Now, because of that weak moment, she would always be labeled a cheater in her heart.
She had hated Lucas so much when she found out about his affair with Peyton, but now a little part of her understood it. She knew how it felt to want someone else while being with someone else.
She knew how hard it was to resist the person you want, especially when they want you back.
Brooke tried to wash Nathan's lips off hers. She felt like the second she went to Lucas, he would know. It would be on her face. He would read it. He and Karen both would know she had cheated.
Brooke took a few moments to gather herself, before letting herself out of the bathroom and making her way to Lucas's room.
A/n Sorry for the delay. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Yes, trouble for Brathan, let's see what happens to this pair now? Read&&Review!!