Hi you guys, first of all : Happy New Year !!
I am sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been busy at work, add some sport and lot of friends and there you are, not writting anymore.
Could someone make the writters of the show come to their senses with this whole Pukas thing? (Like I wanna puke? No, I didn't say it... I'm French, so anyway...) I mean I like Peyton but I hate Peyton AND Lucas...
Anyway, thanks for reviewing last chapter. Let's go, new chapter, I hope you'll like it!
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Three days. It's been three days since Brooke had come back to school. Three since she was back being the captain of the cheerleaders and the president of the students. Three days that she was the Brooke she used to be. But the worst for her was that it's been three days since she hadn't seen Lucas. Only three days and it felt like a whole month. But this morning, things were different, she had decided to stop by his house before going to school. She was missing him too much. Of course this whole 'take some time off' was her idea but she was regretting it badly. She just wished that they could spend some time together before she had to go to her first class.
When she arrived in front of his house, she saw Peyton's car driving off. It was like Brooke's heart stopped beating. She sighed. It was now probably no use to go see Lucas if Peyton had spent the night with him. No, this couldn't just be it, after everything he had said, after all the promises and the understanding, he couldn't just had slept with Peyton. Plus it was only three days since they last saw each others. No, she trusted Lucas, she knew he wouldn't do that to her, he couldn't… at least she hoped so. She inhaled deeply and got out of her car. She had to be strong, she nodded her head and whispered to herself: "It's gonna be okay. He didn't slept with her."
There was a small knock on the door. Lucas opened it expecting to see Peyton in front of him, but it wasn't.
"Brooke!" He exclaimed when he saw her. He was really happy to finally see her.
"Hi" She said quietly as he let her get in his room.
"How are you?" He asked, looking straight in her eyes and putting his hands in his pockets.
"Hmm, good… Have you seen Peyton lately?" She asked. It was stronger than her, she had to ask him and wait for his answer to make sure he was keeping his promises.
Lucas was taking aback by this question and the fact that it came out so suddenly.
"Huh… Actually yes… She came early this morning to check on me." He said. He new that telling the truth wasn't very smart, but he couldn't lie to her anymore. So Peyton had stopped by, it wasn't a big deal, he was hoping that Brooke wouldn't make a big deal about it.
Brooke nodded and an awkward silent filled the room. She was relieved, he hadn't lied to her. Why would he anyway? He loved her, right? Still, she couldn't dare to look at him in the eyes, she knew he was starring at her, waiting for her to say something, but she didn't know were to start. Brooke finally snapped out of her thoughts and tried: "I was wondering if you could help me with English literature…"
Lucas smiled widely, she wasn't mad at him and he was almost sure that she knew that he had said the truth about Peyton and now she was asking for help 15 minutes before English lit class, that was his Brooke.
"Sure." He replied.
She smiled at him for the first time, how he loved that smile, he couldn't help but smiled back at her. She took a book from her bag as he sat down on the middle of his bed, his back resting against the headboard. She handed him the book and sat between his legs, her back resting against his chest.
"Weren't we supposed to read that like a month ago?" Lucas asked.
Brooke shrugged and rested her head against his right shoulder.
"Are you okay?" She asked as she laid her hand on the left of his chest.
"Don't worry about me, I've been resting more than necessarily and I'm okay." He replied.
"Good." She told him.
Lucas wrapped his arms around her, holding the book and he opened it so that she could see what he was reading. Both of them knew that all this was just a false pretence for Brooke to be with him but both of them needed it, both of them wanted it so in the end, it didn't matter at all.
Lucas closed the book he has been reading for almost two hours and wrapped his arms around Brooke. She had fell asleep while he was reading aloud the second page. Lucas didn't care, he just kept reading for himself, enjoying the fact that Brooke was sleeping in his arms.
Brooke finally stirred and Lucas whispered: "Looks like you missed all this morning's periods."
"Don't care." She mumbled which caused Lucas to smile and kissed her head slightly.
"Maybe we could go out and have lunch somewhere." He proposed.
"I fell good in your arms." She replied.
"Or maybe we can just lay here." He stated.
"No, let's go out, let's grab something to eat and then we'll go to the beach and rest there." Brooke said getting up quickly. Lucas didn't know what got into her but he followed her willingly. Suddenly she stopped at the door and turned to face him.
She looked down and said: "Luke, I'm sorry."
Lucas frowned, he had troubles understanding her today, she was acting really weird.
"Sorry for what?" He asked.
"For this 'take some time off' thing, it was stupid. I know who I am and I know that I can't be myself without you because you are a part of me and a part of my life." She explained, still looking down.
Lucas cupped her face in his hands and forced her gently to look at him.
"I love you Brooke." He stated.
She nodded in answer and he kissed her lightly on the lips.
She looked up at him with a wide smile and said looking at him up and down: "And now boyfriend, let me take care of you."
'Nice." Lucas whispered sexily in her ear as he slide his hands under her shirt and pulled her closer to her.
"Nice." She replied giving him a kiss and then she pulled away from him and said: "Salad and water for lunch and nap this afternoon, then."
Lucas closed his eyes and sighed. Brooke had a devil smile on her face, she loved to tease him.
"You know, in three days, this resting shit will be over and I'm gonna get ya." He said.
Brooke winked at him and whispered in his ear: "We'll see about that."
With that, she opened the door and went outside, Lucas sighed but smiled and followed her outside to her car and they drove to Karen's Café.
They were now walking hands in hands on the beach. They had had lunch at the café, talked about a lot of different things, school, basket-ball, the last Glamour edition, Haley and Nathan, Karen and Rachel's babies, basically everything.
"So you know, I was thinking when we were at the café that once you'll be fully recovered, we'll be having a huge party with everyone to celebrate." She told him with a smile.
Lucas nodded silently, making Brooke wonder if something was wrong with him. Maybe he was getting tired of walking.
"We should stop here and rest for a while." She stated, still feeling nervous that something might happen to him.
Lucas nodded again as they sat one next to the other on the sand. As Lucas remained silent, Brooke grew even more concerned, he was kinda scaring her. He was looking at the ocean and she couldn't help but stare at him, trying to read something on his face. Even if he couldn't see her, he knew that she was staring at him, he knew that she was wondering what was wrong with him.
He suddenly turned to his right to look at her in the eyes and asked: "You do trust me, right?"
Brooke was taken aback by this question.
"If this is about Peyton…" She started but he cut her off and said: "It's not about Peyton, it's about me and my heart condition."
She was relieved that they wouldn't go for the Peyton subject once again. She enjoyed this day and she just wanted it to keep it the way it was, about her and Lucas, just about her and Lucas.
"Of course I trust you." She said.
"So then, you believe me when I said that I feel fine and that I'm not tired?" He asked.
She nodded her head yes in answer, wondering where he was going with this.
"Then why haven't you kissed me in the last couple of hours? Why did you avoid every contact except holding hands?" He asked.
"Because it's either because of my heart condition or it's that you don't love me anymore." He added. He knew that he was being mean, but he wanted to make his point. He knew that it wasn't about her not loving him anymore, it was just about her being scared and he just wanted her to stop worrying.
Brooke looked down, how could he think that she didn't love him anymore? Of course she loved him, she was just scared to loose him because of an heart attack.
"I…" She started, still looking down and with tears in her eyes.
He wrapped an arm around her and said: "It's okay pretty girl, you don't have to be scared, I'm gonna be alright, I already am alright."
It always amazed her how well he knew her, how he could read her like an open book. It was like they had a connection and he could feel everything.
"I'm just scared that something might happen to you… because of me." She finally explained, looking at him.
"Because if we start to kiss, it'll be turning in a full making out session and we'll finally end up having sex and we can't do that." She added.
"First of all, we never have sex, we always make love…" Lucas started and Brooke rolled her eyes and they both laughed.
"Then, we can make out without having to take off our clothes." He finished, trying to convince her.
"Maybe you can, but I can't, I just love to see you naked." She said with a smile.
"Okay then, I won't let you undress me." He replied, giving her a kiss.
"Let's give it a try Brooke, making out and only making out." He told her.
She nodded and they laid down on the sand, Brooke's head resting on his chest as she started to trace invisible circles with her fingers on his shirt. He kissed her on the head and they both remained silent, listening to the sound of the waves.
After some minutes Lucas asked: "So when are we gonna get to that making out part anyway?"
"This is so deja vu." Brooke replied looking at him with a smile across her lips.
"I meant exclusive making out." He corrected.
"Then I'd say right about now if you know what's good for you." She told him.
Their lips crushed into a deep meaningful kiss. Brooke climbed on top of Lucas as his hands roamed on her back. She broke their kiss and looked at his awesome blue eyes. They both smiled, no words needed to be told. They resumed their kiss, not caring that their were in a public place, they just felt like they were alone in their own little world. They were just feeling good, safe, loved and wanted, everything they needed in their lives. They were back together and that's all that mattered for now.
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Okay so this chapter was like a transition to get to that big drama that I have planned but I also wrote it to take my head out of this Peyton Lucas thing going on the show... so if there's still someone reading at this point, just know that I'll be posting the next chapter as soon as possible and it means drama, drama, drama... Review? Yes, no? Please let me know someone is still reading! Thanks!