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Chapter Six: So much for trusting me

I like big butts and I cannot lie

You other brothers can't deny

That when are girl walks in with a ity bity waist and a round thing in your face you get..

"Hello?" Mouth had mastered the art of deception and even breaking an entry but putting his cell on silence, he still hadn't quite learnt.

"Hey Mouth, what you doing?"

"Brooke?" Mouth asked

"Well, who else would it be?" Brooke teased, but Mouth didn't sound amused "Okay, well me and Lucas were going to go catch a movie and we were wondering if you wanted to come"

"Can't. I'm busy, so if that was all then.."

"Wait. What's wrong Mouth?" Brooke asked

"Nothing" Mouth replied trying to end the conversation as soon as possible.

"There's something wrong, tell me. I'm not putting down this phone until you tell me, better still I will march over to your house right now and force you to tell me!" Brooke teased.

"No!" She couldn't go over to his house. He wasn't there, he was here at Dan's house. Crap. Think of something; anything, just tell her the truth. Yep, just say, I can't go out with you now because I'm at Dan's house right now painting the word 'murderer' on his wall. This isn't the first time I've done it. No, it isn't. I do it once a week, twice a week before I told you. Hoping that Dan would come to his senses and hand himself in. "Brooke, I…" Mouth began.

"What Mouth?"

"I'd just rather not spend an evening with you and Lucas where all we are going to be doing is lying to his face"

"What?"

"You heard me" Mouth said, rolling his eyes at how unnecessarily rude he had just been. But he had to be cruel to be kind, Brooke couldn't find out, not now.

"This was your idea, your secret" Brooke said whispering.

"It's as much my secret as it is yours now"

"Mouth?" Why was he saying all these horrible things? They were true but it didn't make it any nicer to hear.

"Where's Peyton anyway?" Mouth said, knowing the question would irritate Brooke "You know the other person in your relationship with Lucas"

"Bye, Mouth" Brooke put the phone down. What was up with Mouth? He was never that mean. Even though most of what he was saying was true, there was just something about his urgency to get off the phone. Like all he wanted to do was get rid of her.

"Brooke?" Brooke turned around to face Lucas, who was rubbing his hands together. It was cold outside but I guess she hasn't noticed. "What did he say?" Lucas asked.

"Erm, he sounded really weird on the phone" She said more to herself than Lucas. "He can't come"

"Oh, okay well then I guess you get to pick the movie" Lucas smiled.

Brooke tried to smile back but all she could hear was Mouth.

"All we are going to be doing is lying to his face"

"Where's Peyton anyway? You know the other person in your relationship with Lucas"

"I don't know if that's such a good idea Lucas" Brooke said, looking around uneasily.

"What do you mean? We said we were going to be friends"

"Yeah, we are and I really want that. But we're not just friends are we?" She took a deep breath "Look, when we together, you and Peyton were just friends but I wouldn't have been very pleased to have heard you guys went to see a movie alone together"

"But nothings going to happen" Lucas said stepping forward

"I know that but..."

"And its different, Peyton trusts me" Lucas said, not thinking of the implications of his words.

What? Did he just say that? "And what, I didn't trust you?" Brooke asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well…I… it's just….No you didn't!" Lucas said, raising his voice.

"Well, I wonder why!!" Brooke was now shouting back. The conversion had taken a slight detour. She didn't expect to end the evening like this. Arguing. And about no one other than Peyton, his precious Peyton and Brooke's 'trust issues'. She just looked at him, tired. His face mirrored hers.

"I'm going to go Lucas, tell Karen thanks so much for dinner"

"Brooke, wait…"

"Bye Lucas" Brooke turned and walked away. She was frustrated with Lucas, frustrated with herself and with Mouth. Mouth? What was his problem? This was totally his fault, putting all those ideas in her head. Whatever his problem was she was definitely going to find out.

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Brooke was all prepared to tell Mouth how much of a jerk he had been on the phone an fill him in on the argument he had caused between her and Lucas, as she walked down onto his driveway. She knew exactly what she was gong to say, she had had lots of time to think about it when she had stopped at MegaIce, earlier that evening. After her fight with Lucas, it had made sense at the time; ice-cream usually made her feel better about anything, but as she continued to walk towards Mouth's house, she felt the cold wind brush against her chest and the goose bumps up her arms indicating that ice-cream probably wasn't the best choice.

Despite that, she still had to give Mouth a good telling off. She had thought of three very good arguments "Why would you make me feel horrible for keeping this secret when you're the one who begged me not to say anything" or "Why did you have to make me argue with Lucas. When we had been having such a great evening" or "Why did it always come down to trust and Peyton". Okay so maybe she needed to ask herself the last two questions but she was still pretty mad with Mouth.

Just as Brooke got closer to the house she heard an awfully familiar bell sound. Mouth's bike? she thought. But it couldn't be, because Mouth was at home. He had to be at home, because she had spoken to him earlier today, however now that she thought about it more carefully she remembered she had called his cell, so he wasn't necessarily home. Brooke quickly ran behind one of the carefully groomed rose bushes which sat at either side of Mouth's house.

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A few more minutes and Mouth would be home. He had had a long night and all he wanted to do is go to bed. That and ring Brooke to apologies for snapping at her on the phone. He had been thinking about what he had said the whole bike ride home. It wasn't fair that he had criticised her for keeping a secret he begged her to keep. He didn't want Brooke to start to regret keeping the secret.

Finally Mouth pulled up onto his footpath, sliding off his bike and walking it towards his front door. At that moment his mobile rang…

I like big butts and I cannot lie

You other brothers can't deny

That when are girl walks in with and ity bity waist…

Brooke, who was hiding behind the rose bushes, rolled her eyes at the sound of his ring tone, slowly making her way to the back of his house.

"Hello" Mouth said as he finally retrieved his mobile from his huge rucksack.

"Hi, Mouth. It's Brooke!"

"Brooke, hey. I was meaning to call you."

"You were?" Brooke said sarcastically. This would be good, maybe he was planning on explaining why he lied to her or why he had bitten her head off earlier.

"Yeah, I was." Mouth continued "I wanted to say, I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier, its just I had a… really bad headache and…"

"Well…" Brooke paused. What a pathetic excuse, a headache. A headache! She deserved more than 'a bad headache' excuse. "Okay, then I forgive you I guess. You feeling better now" Brooke replied faking her concern.

"Yeah, I think I'm just going to take some aspirin and go to sleep"

"Awh, you poor thing" Brooke said rolling her eyes "I won't keep you" she continued, just about to say goodbye before she remembered "What have you been doing all night?" She asked "You know, anything that could have caused your headache" Anything like lying to you friend? She thought to herself.

"I don't think so, I've been trying to do Mr Harrison's essay all night so I'm probably just tired out from that" Mouth lied.

"But that's due in two weeks; you spent the whole evening doing it?"

"You know me Brooke, I just wanted to get it out the way"

"Yeah, I do know you" I know that you're lying to me RIGHT NOW! "Well, night Mouth. Hope you feel better"

"Thanks Brooke. See you at school tomorrow"

"See ya" Brooke said, grinning to herself as she made her way back towards the rose bush at the front of the house. She was planning on popping out right now, and confronting Mouth. She was getting closer to the front of the house and her excitement was taking over, she began walking faster. Mouth was going to be SO shocked and have a LOT of explaining to do, but he totally deserved it. And the look on his face would be priceless, she thought to herself. Just as she was about to pop out she heard a familiar voice.

"Mouth!" A loud call could be heard coming from the top of the road. Brooke peaked out to see who it was, just as Mouth also turned round.

"Lucas!" Mouth called back. Lucas could be seen walking casually down Mouth's street towards Mouth's house.

"Lucas?" Brooke whispered to herself. What on earth was he doing here. "Crap!" She whispered, ducking down behind the rose bush again.

"Lucas what are you doing here?" Mouth called out, throwing his rucksack, over the rosebush at the front of his house.

Brooke nearly had a heart attack as she saw a large object fly over the bushes. The rucksack just about missed her head. Oh my god! She thought to herself.

"Hey man" Lucas said as he approached Mouth. "What you doing out here?"

"Oh, I was just going to take a ride, you know clear my mind, get some fresh air"

"You alright Mouth? It's just Brooke told me you couldn't come out with us earlier, everything alright?" Lucas asked

"Yeah, I just had a bad headache" Mouth lied again. Brooke rolled her eyes, listening intently to every word. She had to give Mouth some credit; at least he was consistent with his lies.

"Cool, well I just came to check on you, I went to Brooke's to apologies but I don't think she was in" Lucas said

"Oh really? Maybe she's round at Haley's…What happened between the two of you?" Mouth asked. Brooke listened carefully.

"We kinda got into an argument about going to the cinema, except it wasn't really about the cinema, it was about …when were going out and… how she couldn't trust me" Lucas said still confused about the whole thing.

"How did talking about the cinema turn into that?" Mouth felt guilty. Remembering what he had said to Brooke "Where's Peyton anyway? You know the other person in your relationship with Lucas". He knew exactly why the conversation had taken a drastic change.

"I don't know, all I know is it sucks because we were having such a good time. I mean it feels like forever since I've been able to hangout with Brooke and talk to her, just be around her properly without anything else..." Lucas stopped. Why was he so bummed about arguing with Brooke, I mean, sure it wasn't nice but friends fought all the time right. Why was he so gutted that he didn't get to walk her home, and talk to her about anything and see her smile as he let her choose the movie like he always did or watch her tear up at the end of yet another chick flick. All those things were really little and probably sounded pretty stupid but he missed them, he missed her. "Do you think I should call her?" Lucas asked Mouth.

"I don't know, maybe you should leave it till tomorrow, talk to her at school. You know, give her time to cool down"

Thinking about it Lucas agreed "Yeah, you're right. Thanks man."

Brooke couldn't believe how sweet Lucas had been. She smiled to herself as she replayed what he had just said. Just be around her properly. She had really enjoyed tonight as well, she loved hanging out with him, talking to him. Oh, she felt like such a bitch now for not going to the cinema, it's just after what Mouth had said, she felt so stupid and really vulnerable. Although she knew now it was only a movie, and probably meant nothing to him. It would have meant something to her and she didn't want to do that to herself again, compare herself to you know who.

Brooke was getting tired of crouching so she decided she was going to sit down seeing as she might be here for a while, she reached to grab Mouth's rucksack to sit on.

It was open. He must have left it open after he had been searching for his mobile, she thought to herself beginning to close it when she touched red paint. What the..? She thought to herself as she pulled out a black shirt with red paint on it. What on earth had Mouth been up to this evening? And why was he trying to keep it a secret from everyone?

"Well, I better go. I'll see you tomorrow man" Lucas said before turning around and walking down the street.

Mouth let out a huge sigh of relief. Never had he been so pleased to see Lucas leave, he thought to himself as he began to look for his rucksack.

Shit. Brooke screamed to herself. He's coming round. Brooke grabbed the black t-shirt with all the red paint on it and ran as fast as she could round the side of his house. It was dark hopefully Mouth wouldn't see her.

"There it is" Mouth said aloud, picking up his rucksack and heading inside.

Brooke fell back against the wall. This was WAY too much excitement for one night. She waited a few minutes, to make sure Mouth was gone before heading done the road. What was Mouth not telling her? She pondered as she glanced down at the red-stained t-shirt in her purse. What ever it was, he obviously couldn't tell her. "So much for trusting me" Brooke whispered to herself.