A/N: Surprised? Lol. Btw, I just read that James and Sophia are really together! Imagine that! I was hoping Chopia would get back together, but since I don't think that's ever going to happen, I'm just so happy that she's with James. Haha. Anyways, on to the update. Thank You's are at the bottom.
The Other Half: Never Quite Discussed
It's A Halloween Party
"That outfit looks awfully familiar." Haley who had just walked in on her store said. Jamie was right behind her.
"Well it is. It's the same one I had during high school." Brooke replies and continued working on the dress she was just working on. "Well, minus the feathers."
Jamie who ran around the store then came to ask her. "Who are you going to be Aunt Brooke?" He says, looking to the dress the brunette is holding.
"I'll be the beautiful devil." Brooke replies and Haley just rolled her eyes.
"Isn't the devil a guy?" Jamie asks once again and both Haley and Brooke smile at him.
"I'll be the devil's wife then." She says, pinching the little guy's nose. "Who are you going to be?" She returns the question.
He spins around, still with his red cape. "I'm going to be Dracula." He replies. Brooke then turns to Haley.
"I guess you won't be zombie bride then?" Haley once again rolled her eyes. That party years ago wasn't really a good memory for her.
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"Ball!" He shouted as soon as he saw his brother dribbling across the court. Nathan passed him the ball and he immediately took a shot. Without another sound, the ball went swooshing through the net.
"How about I play you, and if I win, you get me out of your party." Nathan suggested and started dribbling.
"First of all, I didn't know it was going to be a costume party, second of all, I'm not going to let you leave me there alone, and third of all, do you really think you can beat me?" Lucas taunted and started to be on defense position.
Nathan shook his head and started dribbling towards the court. "Do you know that Jamie's so excited he couldn't stop talking about it?" He says as he drives to the ring. Effortlessly, he sinks the ball in. "And by the way, I can definitely beat you."
They both smiled cockily at each other. It was approximately seven years ago when they had first faced each other in the very same court. "Have I told you that I invited the producer to my party?" Lucas say and when Nathan doesn't say anything, he continues. "Well I did. I just hope he doesn't laugh his ass off later when he sees us in our silly costumes."
"Who are you going to be anyway?" Nathan asks already knowing the character he'll be playing.
"I don't know, I told Peyton it'd be cool if we went as a Halloween couple, you know, zombie bride and groom, but she's not so happy about it." He explains, not thrilled to talk about it.
"Isn't the whole costume party their idea?" Nathan asks but not really surprised about Peyton who could careless about a costume party.
"Apparently, Brooke's the one who thought about it, and she just kind off went with it." Lucas explained, a smile crossing his lips.
"Same old Brooke." Nathan too shook his head. That makes sense.
"Do you have any suggestions?" Lucas asked walking over to one of the benches.
"Suggestions? I barely have ideas of my own. In fact, if not for Jamie, I probably won't have a costume until now." Nathan replied, still dribbling the ball.
"Why, who are you playing?" Lucas asked once again as he now took a seat on one of the benches.
"Dracula Sr." Nathan replied with a cocky smile, and then shot the ball into the hoop. The ball, once again, went in.
"Nice."
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The place is already blasting with music. On such short notice, Brooke didn't think a lot of people would come. "The place is starting to fill up." She tells Mouth who sat beside her dressed as Jack The Reaper.
"You haven't lost your touch Brooke Davis. People still love going to your parties." Mouth yelled back to her and she nodded in agreement. Luckily, Owen wasn't the bartender for tonight.
"Look, there's Milli." Brooke pointed, and Mouth took that as his cue to approach his girlfriend.
"I'll see you later Brooke." He says, and when the brunette nods he walks towards Milli's direction.
The others came next. Skills who's dressed as a policeman came with Deb who came as a sexy nurse. So tacky, Brooke thought. She then eye's Lucas who to her surprise was dressed as Jack Sparrow.
"Oh my God, Luke! You look hot!" She couldn't help but say. After all, Johnny Depp had been her lifetime fantasy.
"You're only saying that because you love Johnny Depp." Lucas replies when he's close enough for her to hear.
"True." She smiles at him and he returns it with a laugh. "At least it's good to know your fashion sense improved, so much better than Tommy Lee." She jokes and Lucas finds himself shaking his head.
"Well some of us do improve. Unlike you, on the other hand, if my memory serves me well, that's exactly the same costume you wore back in high school, well, minus the feathers." He muses and Brooke just nods. She's surprised that he remembers.
"Well the devil definitely doesn't get old." She tells him and once again, they share a laugh. "Where's Peyton?" She asks, noticing the blonde's absence.
"She's running late. Something about the label, I think?" Lucas explains, not too happy to talk about it. Brooke just smiles at him sympathetically then lights up when she saw Nathan and the rest arrive.
"Look! There they are." Brooke says, pointing to the Scott family. Nathan had Jamie in his arms, while Haley looked less than happy about her dress. That doesn't mean she doesn't look beautiful though.
Lucas and Brooke both approached them both laughing making Haley more paranoid than she already is. "I already know, ok? I look silly." She says, careful with her words.
"Let me guess, Nathan's Dracula Sr., Jamie's Dracula Jr., and Haley's…" Brooke's voice trailed off when she couldn't think of what to call Haley.
"Lady Dracula." Lucas finished for her and the brunette just nodded in agreement. "And you don't look silly Hales." He added, and once again, he and Brooke started to laugh.
"Then why are you two laughing?" Haley said once again, this time both Nathan and Jamie laughed too.
"It's because of that pout on your face. Come on Hales, it's a party, don't pout." Nathan teased as he slightly nudged his wife. With that, the pout on her face went away.
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"Well, well, well, if it isn't Peyton Sawyer herself." He says, obviously in an attempt to piss her off. The smirk on his face always does that.
"Julian, what are you doing here?" She asks as panic began to take over her body. The same feeling she had when she found out it was him producing Lucas' movie.
"Lucas invited me. Didn't he tell you?" He says inching closer to her. So close, Peyton could feel his breath on her lips.
"Get away from me!" She shouts as she pushed him back and he stumbled on his feet. Luckily, he didn't fall.
His smirk just got wider. "Don't be mad, I haven't done anything yet." He says, and he begins to walk up the stairs. Peyton couldn't help feel more helpless at that moment. Why is she so afraid, it happened so long ago, and she and Lucas were broken up. Right?
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Lucas sighted Julian arrive. Luckily, his hood was off, because if it was on, there's no way he would've recognized the guy. "You're dressed as Jack Sparrow?" Julian laughed then looked at Lucas from head to toe.
"At least I didn't come as Merlin the Magician." He replies, referring to Julian's costume. They shook hands and Lucas invited him over to where his other friends are.
"Hey guys, I'd like you to meet Julian. Julian, this is the gang." He simply says, not bothering to introduce the others one by one. Brooke on the other hand, has other things on her mind.
"Brooke Davis, pleased to meet you." She says, and then extending her hand.
"Julian Baker. You're a very beautiful devil." He compliments and Brooke smiles her dimpled smile. Lucas rolled his eyes. Apparently, he doesn't like the idea of Julian flirting with his friends.
"Nathan Scott." Nathan speaks next as he raised a hand, then wrapped on around Haley then spoke again. "And this is my wife, Haley."
Jamie who sat between them spoke too. "I'm their son. James Lucas Scott." He says, and Haley just smiles at the guy.
The cycle goes round until all of them are able to introduce themselves. Haley then notices Peyton's absence once again. "Have you called Peyton?" Haley asks out of the blue catching everyone's attention.
"I did. She said she's on her way." Lucas replied and smiled to Haley. Julian then took this as his cue to tell everyone about his little run in with the blonde earlier.
"Actually, I saw her on my way up here." He tells them all and he gets questioning looks. "She's by the stairs when I came in." He adds and everyone nods.
"I'll just go check on her." Lucas says as he immediately leaves to look for his fiancée.
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"Hey Brooke, look who just came in." Haley told the brunette then pointed to one direction. Brooke followed her gaze and she wasn't happy with what she saw.
"He is so not dressed as the devil!" She says in disgust and Haley couldn't help but stifle a laugh. Mad Brooke is slightly funny.
"Oh yes he is. I guess that makes him your husband then?" Haley whispered on the brunette's ear and Brooke couldn't be more irritated. Infuriated, she made her way to the bar and ordered a drink.
"Hey Brooke, Haley told me where to find you." He says, and he knows he's the last person the brunette wants to talk to.
"That traitor!" She slightly yells, looking for Haley in the crowd. Unfortunately, she didn't see her. "What do you want?" She asks madly at him.
"Look, I know I messed up, but is there anyway you could forgive me?" He says and Brooke almost forgives him, but she has other plans.
"You know what Owen? If you really want my forgiveness, you should've thought about coming as the devil first!" She says then walks out on him. She so doesn't want him to be her husband for the night.
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"Peyt." He called out when she saw her blankly staring from a far. "Hey, is something wrong?" He asks again as he inched closer to her. She didn't seem to have heard him the first time.
She's completely surprised to see him there. "Lucas. No, nothing's wrong. Come on, let's go in." She says as she drags him in, refusing to go in a dramatic talk with him.
"Nathan! Haley!" She called out to the two as she dragged Lucas behind her. She's smiling now, and none of the troubled mood she was in earlier could be seen. Lucas however, knew better.
This time, Brooke's already on stage announcing about his book getting turned in to a movie. "Just recently, my good friend Lucas Scott, had his book turned into a movie!" Brooke shares and mostly everyone on the party cheered.
"To Lucas Scott!" Someone from the crowd raised his glass and everyone followed for a toast. "To Lucas Scott!" Everyone cheered and suddenly, Lucas forgot about Peyton's condition earlier. Tonight is his night, he's supposed to enjoy it.
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Lucas left their table to approach Julian. He figured it was just right that he be the one to approach the guy. "Hey." He says, getting his attention.
"Oh hey." He replies back, downing a shot in his hands.
"So can we talk about the details, or do you want to reschedule?" He jokes and he sees Julian shake his head.
"No, no. Now's fine." He says as he tried to swallow his drink. "Where do I begin, let me see. Oh right, the company just released a statement about your book being turned into a movie." He shares and Lucas just nods.
"Basically, we'll just need to get more feedback, you know on what people would like to see or hoping to see and then we'll start from there." He continues and Lucas gets confused about it for a while.
"What do you mean you need feedback?" He asks, trying to clear some things up.
"Basically, once a book gets turned into a movie, focusing on every detail would make the outcome really long. The feedback is where we find out where we are supposed to focus on the movie." He explained and Lucas doesn't look too happy about it.
"Wouldn't that mislead viewers from the real story of the book?" He asks, quite apprehensive already. He knew he should've read the conditions first, but it's too late for that now.
"Not really, the essence of the book will still be there, only, we'll focus on what would make the viewers happy, because let's face it, if you make something people don't want, no one's going to watch it, and we don't want that." Julian explains and he understands.
"Right." He replies and he thinks having the book made into a move isn't as good as it sounds anymore.
"But don't worry; all of the characters in the book will be in the movie. Some ideas might get cut, but that's really inevitable." Julian explains and he forces himself to understand.
"Who are you casting?" He asks, trying to not think about what will be the outcome and just focusing on who'll be giving life to his characters.
"We haven't started the auditions yet. Maybe in a week or two, we will. And if you have people you recommend, you can tell them to go to the audition." Julian says and Lucas had no other choice but to nod.
"Is that all?" He asks and Julian slightly nods.
"Don't worry yourself too much. This could be good. Sometimes movies give life to the part of the story the writer, or everybody for that matter, failed to focus on." Julian smiles to him as he pats on his back. That didn't make him feel any better though.
theduckone - First of all, thanks for reading and reviewing. I hope you stay with this story until it gets finished.
Choc79 - Thanks for reviewing. You'll find out soon where this leads. :)
bjames238 – Mia as Haley would totally rock on the singing part. If that's gonna happen though, who's gonna be Nathan?
Brucas10 – Me too! I'm like, Brooke's the other half?! Coz all this time, all they kept on saying was the book was about Peyton. Gahh. I'm so sick of it.
Princesakarlita411 – I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing.
B. Davis – I'm not sure if I'll be able to write it as good as the real writers do though. The only reason they suck is because they're writing it as Leyton and that's totally WRONG! Lol. I hope you continue reading this.
PreppyTigger23 – Yeah. I've been meaning to do it for some time now, and Nathan's line really did it. All they do is focus on Peyton. Peyton here, peyton there, I'm so sick of it. I don't know why I continue watching anyway, probably because of Brooke and Jamie. :)
b r u c a s . b r a c h e l - it's so weird! I keep on editing the chapter so your name gets displayed but as soon as I save it, it disappears again! I don't know why that happens but I just want you to know I'm also acknowledging you for the review. And yeah, I'm keeping this story. :) Sorry I had to type it that way, it's the only way it'll be seen.
Okay, that's it! I'll be working on the next one, along with the update for DTE. It shouldn't take long. For those reading "What Does It Take For You To Open Your Eyes," I'm having a little trouble continuing with it, but I'm trying.
Anyway, I'd love to hear what you have to say. Review please! :)