Let me start by saying THANKYOU for all the reviews, I really appreciate them!
I am actually incredibly flattered that I have had two Leytoners write to me and say they enjoyed my story. I'm sorry if you guys hate this chap cause there is alot of Brucas but there is also info on Angels & there is plenty more to come (Lucas & Nathan's history also).
Brucasers- You might think I'm making it too easy for the two of them at the moment but their journey will not be rushed, it is going to be slow and bumpy but will be worth it in the end, I promise!
Also, the serious conversation between Nate & Luke may not make any sense now (or maybe it will) but all will be explained as chapters progress.
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A Dangerous Game
Chapter 2
Want
"Alright has everyone put their names in?" The balding teacher asked the students to the right of him, all nodded. "Good, now the otherside of the class will pick out of the hat to see who their partners will be for the next half semester." A red headed girl sitting at the front of the class raised her hand. The teacher sighed. Lucas watched their actions closely. Getting a grasp on various relationships around schools always gave him the upper hand.
"Yes Miss Gatina, what is it."
"I just don't get why we can't pick out own partners sir" The blonde noted the sarcasm in the girls voice. He sensed this student did not have a good relationship with teachers, or any authority figures. A good point to remember in case he ever needed to deal with her.
"Stop it." Nathan growled from the table next to him as the teacher went on to explain to 'Miss Gatina' that he wouldn't trust the choices in partners of most of the class.
"Stop what?"
"Analysing everything. It's our first day."
"I've been doing this for a long time Nathan, I know how to handle it."
"Yes, but what you don't know how to do is have fun. You need to loosen up."
"Fun isn't part of my job."
"Well, it's part of mine." The younger angel smirked. Lucas just sighed as the hat was passed to him, he reached in, withdrawing a name before passing it to the person behind him. "Who'd you get?" Masculine hands held up paper to show his brother. 'Jake Jagielski' was written on page. "You got a guy? That sucks."
"I don't think it matters."
"Yeah it does, hey, what's the name of that hot girl you were speaking to before?" Nathan jerked his head towards where the brunette now sat a few seats in front and to the left of them.
"Brooke Davis. Why?" Without answering the scrap of paper was stolen from brother. The raven-haired angel closed his eyes briefly, his hand encircling the page for a moment before it was passed back to rightful owner. Lucas looked down at it, now realising 'Brooke Davis' was scrawled in messy lettering. "Nathan-"
"Don't give me a lesson on not using powers, no one saw and it's for your own good. Plus Jake Jagielski isn't going to miss out on getting chosen I swapped out his name for Brooke's"
"Using powers for mediocre magic is not part of the code."
"I switched two names, it's not like the powers that be are going to punish me. Their kind of busy, you know, looking after the world." Lucas did not get to say anything else to reprimand his friend as the hat was passed to him.
"Well look at that." Nathan held up his chosen paper to reveal 'Jake Jagielski' "Someone really wants an angel partnering with this guy." He sighed. "Damn, now I have to work with a guy. No good deed goes unpunished."
"Okay, now for the remainder of the lesson you will be discussing with your partner the subject of your project. There is a list of options on the sheet I handed out earlier. Any questions, come see me at the front of the class."
"Good luck Bro." Nathan clapped Lucas on the back as he got up to go in search of Jake Jagielski. The blonde stood up also, walking over to the desk of his own partner, who was talking to the red head from earlier.
"I think he did this on purpose, giving me the dweebiest kid in the class-" He could over hear her saying
"Rachel, Mouth is my friend. NO bad mouthing okay?" Brooke retaliated, Rachel answered only with a sigh before spotting Lucas. A smile broke onto her face.
"Hello there handsome." She cooed.
"Hello." Brooke turned around and smiled
"Come to ask for my number?"
"Brooke is my partner." The angel stated simply.
"Ugh, figures you get the hot one." Rachel huffed before storming off. Brooke laughed.
"Don't mind her, she's just being. Well, Rachel."
"Okay." He looked down at the chair next to her. "May I sit?" Brooke raised an eyebrow inquisitively.
"Yes, you may." She mocked. Lucas took a seat, placing his paper on the desk before locking eyes with her.
"What would you like to study?"
"They all sound pretty boring to me."
"How about Shakespeare?"
"ANNND you picked the most boring of the bunch. Really Shakespeare?"
"I like his work."
"You really are strange you know that right?" For some reason he could not explain, Lucas felt slightly uneasy at her comment. It was strange, he hadn't been 'offended' as they called it, in over two thousand years.
"Oh." His eyes studied the page in front of him. What the hell was that? Embarrassment? Was he feeling embarrassment in front of a mortal? No. Surely not. This school, not her, was making him react to things in odd ways. There was no possible chance he was feeling human emotions.
"I didn't mean it was a bad thing." Brooke quickly recovered. Lucas nodded, ignoring the subject.
"I don't mind what we study. You pick."
"How about forbidden love? We can use Romeo and Juliet as a chosen text if you want to. Although it might be a bit cliché."
"Okay."
"You don't talk much do you?"
"No. I listen more than I talk."
"Great, wanna hear my life story?"
"Alright."
"Dude, that was a joke." Brooke smiled widely at him, Lucas couldn't help the smile that mirrored hers. Then he noticed the two marks on her face and studied them. To mortals two such semetric dimples were known as 'defects' but angels knew the truth. Dimples were a sign. Someone directly related to Brooke Davis would be a Future. Whether it be her child or her grandchild. Somewhere down the line, an angel would be born. The brunette frowned at him. "What are you starring at?" Lucas shook himself from his thoughts.
"Nothing. Just, your smile. It's- beautiful." And it was, he wasn't going to lie. Her smile stirred something inside of him. She blushed.
"Why thankyou, yours isn't too bad either."
"Another joke?"
"No. I like your smile." He didn't know how to react. Within less than a couple of hours, this girl had managed to confuse him completely.
"Uh- Thankyou."
"Not a problem Broody."
"Broody?"
"You know the meaning of the word?"
"I do."
"Great, then you should know exactly why it suits you perfectly. Seriously, you look so tortured all of the time. Relax." Lucas let out a breath.
"My brother tells me the same thing."
"Well I think your brother is a genius."
"Obviously you don't know him." Wait. Did he just make a joke? Although it wasn't particularly witty, it had come from a genuine place. He hadn't been trying to act younger. He had just been himself and he. Had made. A joke.
"I'm going to tell him you said that." She teased.
"He won't believe it."
"Wanna bet?"
"I wouldn't dare."
"Ha! I win."
"If you say so."
"It's no fun if you don't let me gloat."
"I'm sorry. Please, go ahead."
"Too late." She paused, biting her lip. "Hey, what are you doing this weekend?" Scouring for a future angel so I can guide them to their destiny.
"Nothing."
"Perfect, there's a party on at Rachel's house. You should come."
"I don't think that would be a good idea."
"Oh C'mon, don't you want to get to know your new classmates a little better? I promise you can hang out with me all night and I won't make you talk" she paused "well, I won't make you talk TOO much." There was something in the way she talked, the way she looked at him. He couldn't say no.
"Okay." He nodded in agreement. And much as he did actually enjoy her company. He had to get out of this classroom, the strange mix of 'feelings' made him uneasy. As if on cue, the school bell rung out. Lucas took one last look at Brooke, picked up his things, mumbling "I'll speak to you later" before he fled. Moments later Nathan caught up with him.
"Dude what the hell was that?"
"What?"
"Don't 'what' me, I look down at my watch and we have twenty minutes of class to go and then suddenly class is over. You fucking time travelled us?" Nathan didn't sound angry, but more in awe.
"No I didn't."
"Yes, you did."
"Nathan it is impossible to time travel without even noticing. It takes a lot of power."
"For the rest of us maybe but Lucas, you never use any of your powers plus your way older. It wouldn't have taken much effort."
"No effort. I didn't mean to do it. At least mortals can't sense it."
"Yes but use it too much and they can." He pointed upwards "Were no supposed to fuck with time"
"I am your superior, you do not get to lecture me on power. I know what to use and what not to. I have been in this game longer than you ever give me credit for." Lucas snapped. Anger. Great, another added 'emotion' he had felt today. Just great.
"Wow. Sorry man, I didn't mean to-"
"No it is okay. I just- I don't know. Do you feel the strange vibe here?"
"What vibe Brother?" Nathan could sense Lucas was looking for a serious conversation.
"I wish I knew. I've just. Felt it. Something is different here. I think there may be more to this Future than we have been told."
"I agree. This highschool is like any other yet two of us have been sent. It is of no coincidence that it was us either."
"I have been feeling things also Nathan." Lucas decided to confide in his brother. "Almost human emotions but it is not possible."
"Lucas, I have only known you ninety years but I have come to learn that you have much power and empathy above all others of your age. You have always been too human to walk happily among Angels yet you are one of us, too much so to walk among them." Nathan gestured to the students in front of him. "Perhaps such a time spent on this earth could restore your humanity."
"Do you believe that is possible?"
"For anyone else, no. For you, I wouldn't doubt it."
"I do not know what to believe. What I have felt here over such a short period is-strange."
"When did it start? When we arrived?"
"No. It was when I met the brunette, Brooke Davis." Nathan looked at his brother in shock.
"A mortal has caused this?"
"Perhaps, I don't know. It did intensify when we were in class."
"And then.. You time travelled."
"Yes, apparently that is so."
"Perhaps this pull has meaning."
"Perhaps it is a test."
"What are you going to do?" Lucas considered
"I want-" He stopped. "See that is the thing. I want. I want something Nathan. For so long my actions have been fuelled but what I needed to do. For the mortals. For the future. For our bosses. For our mission. I have had very limited wants on the earth and now, as if from nowhere, I want something."
"What is it you want Brother?" The angel granted himself a few moments of silence before sighing.
"I want her" He let out in a whisper. Raven haired brother couldn't contain his shock.
"You want her?"
"Not in the way I'm sure you have considered. I am drawn to her, something which I cannot explain. If there is any humanity left inside of me. That part. It wants to spend more time with her. And whatever else is left. The uneatherly side, the 'angel', It-" He breathed out again. "I enjoy her company."
"You realise this is huge? You realise what this could mean?"
"Yes. I understand. But we cannot jump to unknown conclusions. You have had attractions to mortals yes?" Nathan smirked, checking out a cheerleader who walked past.
"Yes, very much so."
"Perhaps this is my version of the attraction you have to the woman here. I am just not used to the feelings it evokes."
"This could be true." The younger angel studied his brother, as if deciding what to say. "Their not watching us, you know?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"They haven't watched you in a while, they started again when I was 'born' but they stopped. They trust you. They trust us. And they have good reason too. You have never screwed up. Not once."
"What is your point Brother?"
"There is no law against companionship with a mortal. No law against friendship or relationships or sex."
"I know this, I thought you understood my draw is not sexual."
"You need to understand me Brother. There are only two laws which are dangerously punishable. I have no doubt the first will hold. You will not tell a mortal our secret."
"I will not. I know the laws, I taught you them."
"Then you know the second law." Nathan's voice dropped low, even though he was already fully aware no-one could hear them. "The law we all know must be kept. But they are not watching. You needn't be afraid of the feelings, human or not, even if they are only small now. You needn't be afraid that the time spent with a mortal could be mistaken as anything different."
"What are you saying?"
"I think you understand me already Brother. But you are scared. You have spent too long playing by the rules." They locked eyes. "If you want her. If you want to spend time with her. Do it now. They are not watching."
A few days had passed since the talk and neither brother had brought it up again. Lucas had spent a little time with Brooke but had tried to avoid her as best he could. As much as his brothers talk had affected him, as much as he did want to spend time with her, he was still unsure and uneasy of the human side in him which had slowly arisen since they arrived.
"You know, I have never got it." Nathan turned to Lucas as the two walked out into the sunlight of the quad.
"Got what?"
"Your obsession with that sport."
"Basketball?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Don't get me wrong, I love to play but you- Your ALWAYS so uptight about staying discreet and not breaking any rules and then at EVERY school you join the basketball team. What gives?" The blondes broad shoulders rose in a brief shrug.
"It is one of my only enjoyments on this earth or any other really."
"Uh-huh"
"The rush of helping my team to victory. Being completely in the moment. I like it."
"No. You love it."
"Fine. What is wrong here?"
"Nothing, I just don't understand it."
"Before any college scouts grab me I tell them I have HCM. People forget eventually then we move to the next school. You have to remember, while were up there, taking our break, the mortals have a good ten years to move-on."
"I know but-"
"Your joining the team are you not?"
"Oh hells yeah but I'm the irresponsible one, remember?"
"Well maybe I can be irresponsible on this one thing too." Nathan nodded before looking up in the direction they were walking.
"Speaking of irresponsible." A moment later, none other than Brooke Davis bounded towards them.
"Hey Broody." She smiled a huge, dimpled, smile at Lucas before winking at his dark-haired counter part "Hey Hottie" Nathan let out a chuckled.
"Hey Sexy." He mirrored, Lucas hunched his shoulders.
"Hey Brooke." He said timidly, the brunettes attention instantly turned back to him.
"Hey." She said again "So the party is tomorrow, your still coming right?" Nathan's eyes slid to Lucas sceptically yet he did not utter a word.
"Uh- I'm not sure." Brooke pouted
"But you promised" Lucas wasn't sure a hurried 'Okay' as he dashed out of the classroom was counted as a promise but he was powerless in her presence.
"Alright, I'll be there."
"Great, pick me up at nine." She smiled devilishly
"What?"
"Relax, I'm not like forcing you into a party-date thing, that's sooo not my style. I just wanted to drink so I thought you might not mind giving me a ride?" Another smile spread across her face and Lucas was forced to wonder if she knew the effect she had one him.
"Okay."
"Okay. I'll text you my address. See you later superstars." She went to skip away but stopped herself, turning around to face them. "Oh and by the way, congratulations on making it into my team. The Ravens are gonna kill it this year." Lucas smiled, watching her go before turning to Nathan.
"Were going to a party huh?" The darker angel asked cockily.
"Yes, I thought it would give us a chance to meet new students, search for the Future."
"No, you thought it would be a good chance to spend time with Brooke."
"Nathan, our first priority is the Future."
"Will you relax? Once we find him or her. I'll look after it, you just focus on spending time with your hot cheerleader." Lucas was about to argue but then he remembered something
"She wants me to pick her up." He said, almost distraught.
"Yeah dude, she does."
"What if- What if-"
"What if what? What could possible go wrong. Seriously man, are you nervous?"
"Is that what I'm feeling?" The all mighty Lucas, so smart when it came to practically EVERYTHING. So dumb when it came to emotions. Nathan could only laugh.