It's been a week since the date and Lucas hasn't called. Infact, he hasn't even looked once at her direction ever since and Brooke was sure he was making an effort to not be around her at all. Which meant that he lunched with Haley only at the farthest table than the usual middle, and made sure he sat right infront during classes. Brooke might have labelled him as stupid, had it been any other guy. But this was not any other guy. This was Lucas, and the fact that he was trying his best to not be within a hundred feet of her hurt Brooke.
She wasn't sure if she should ask him why he was doing this. Should she? She really wanted to know. Was their date that horrific? Did he get rashes or something?
Flashback
"Here we are." Brooke said, with a small smile playing on her lips.
"Yeah."
"So…"
"So…"
"Um, do you want to come in or something?"Lucas looked at her for what seemed like forever.
"Nah, I think I'll just head straight back." Lucas said quietly.
End of Flashback
Lucas thought he was going crazy. Everytime he replayed that little scene in his mind he felt like pulling his hair out. He could not believe how Brooke smiled as their date came to an end. It was as if she could not get away from him soon enough.
"Talk to her Lucas."
"What? No. No."
"You can not continue living like a hermit Lucas. She's sitting there, go talk to her."
"Just last week you said that just being near her could lower anyone's IQ."
"Lucas, I said that out of spite. She tried to break me and Nathan up, remember? But I'm willing to put aside my differences with her since you are obviously so in love."
"Doesn't matter. She hates me."
"You're a guy, so I am just going to assume that you're stupid. Go talk to her Lucas. You'd be surprised to know what she really feels."