A/N: Here's another update. Read on. Thank you's are at the bottom. I'm so close to having DTE updated!
The Other Half: Never Quite Discussed
The Past Matters
He pounded on the door like the mad man he was being. The feed backs are taking its toll on him. He didn't expect people to actually want that part of the story, not that he hated it, but deep inside, he just wanted it to himself.
"What the hell? Luke?" Nathan was the one who opened the door. He seemed to have just finished his jog because his shirt was soaked in sweat.
"Can I talk to you?" He's pretty agitated, and he feels like he really needs to talk about it or he'll lose it.
"Is this about Peyton?" His eyebrows furrow, and it surprises him because Lucas shakes his head.
"No, not really." He replies as he let himself in, then seeing if Haley was around. "Where's Haley?" He asks.
"She took Jamie to school." He says then continued. "I think she's meeting up with Brooke." He added.
He's glad to know Haley's not around, yet hearing Brooke's name disturbed him again. At first he thought it was just a dream, and he's dreamt about it before, but then when it came to him every night, two weeks in a row, he thought he needs to talk about it.
"I need to tell you something, and don't freak out, okay?" He warns him first as he started pacing around their living room.
"Please don't tell me you cheated on Peyton…" Nathan says but Lucas continues on pacing. When he didn't say anything, Nathan continued. "With Brooke? Lucas!" He hissed, close to believing he's right.
"God Nathan! No! I'd never do that to Brooke!" It was a slip of the tongue, he really meant to say Peyton, but he's just so disoriented.
"You mean Peyton. What the hell Lucas? Are you on something?" Nathan asks, noticing the dark circles that are starting to form just below his eyes.
"What? No! I just…I'm having this dreams…" He started and he himself isn't sure if he's about to tell Nathan this.
"Okay? Do I really need to hear about your dreams? Seriously? What is this about?" He pressed once again. This obviously disturbs him because it's not normal for Lucas to pound on his door in the morning and having him talk about his dreams.
"The producer, well, he wants to turn the book into a movie, but he just wants half of it." He tries to explain, living one small detail behind.
"Oh. That's hard. I can't imagine how Brooke would react." Nathan almost laughed his head off. Explaining something like that would be hard. No wonder it has his brother on the edge.
"That's just it Nate. He only wants Brooke's story." He says and Nathan had to stop himself from laughing.
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"Have you talked to Peyton lately?" Haley asks as she looked around the store for some clothes. Apparently, her and Brooke decided to go shopping.
"Just the other day. I think she's keeping something from me, do you know anything?" She turns to Haley as she eyes a black dress.
"No, she's been really quiet when I'm at her office." Haley replied, also thinking about what could possibly be wrong with the blonde.
She then heard Brooke squeal. "Oh my God! I know why! I know why!" She says excitedly, and if it what she's thinking happens to Haley anytime soon, she'd definitely be jumping, but she's not.
"Ok, crazy girl, what crazy idea do you have?" Haley placed back the dress she's looking on to focus on the brunette.
"P. Sawyer's pregnant! It's got to be that or something really, really dark is bothering her, and it can't be the latter." She concludes and Haley's face turns into a bright smile.
"Ok, ok. That really makes me happy too, but let's not get ahead of ourselves, ok? Why don't we just go to her office after we shop?" She suggests and Brooke agrees, but still insists she's right.
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"I can't believe people are more interested in it than the other half." Lucas told Nathan as they both looked at the computer screen which displayed the feedbacks.
"Seriously Luke? I don't mean this in a bad way, but you obviously had more fun when you were with Brooke." Nathan laughs it off and continued reading some of the comments.
"Hey, Peyton and I have fun too you know." He says defensively, and then wonders when was the last time they did. His house had been awfully silent during the past two weeks.
"Check this out." Nathan says then started reading a comment. "It'll be nice to watch how the romance of Brooke Davis and Lucas really was. It appeared as kind of a back story in the book, but I think the Lucas Scott in the book owes Brooke so much for his relationship with Peyton." After reading it, Lucas had to heave a heavy sigh.
"I've read that one, and the others that followed. Pretty much they think I owe Brooke everything that I have with Peyton." He says, as if he refuses to believe it.
"Isn't that really the case?" Nathan had to stifle a laugh. His next words completely surprised Lucas. "Didn't Brooke let you go in high school so you can be with Peyton?"
He tried to show the least emotion as possible, but he could only hold himself back so much. "Brooke broke up with me!" He says, his voice louder than it should be.
"Yeah, because Peyton told her she loves you." Nathan almost laughed. He's finding it funny that Lucas thinks he doesn't know about his relationship with Brooke.
"After she broke up with me." He says quite bitterly.
"No. Before she broke up with you." Nathan's words echoed slowly inside his head. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"How do you know this?" He asks. Suddenly, he doubts his whole relationship with Peyton, like it was all a lie.
"Because Brooke told me." Nathan spoke slowly, obvious that he's unsure if he should continue. Before he knows it, Lucas walked out of his house and slammed the door behind him. "Oh crap."
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"Hello? Lucas?" She picked up, cocking an eyebrow towards Haley. She hadn't been expecting a call from him.
"Where are you?" He demanded. His tone a lot louder than usual.
"Um, I'm with Haley." She answers carefully then continued. "What's going on?" She asks, finding it all confusing, especially the tone of his voice.
"I need to talk to you. It's important." He says with such urgency.
"Meet me at the store in 20." She says and then hung up. Being the good friend that she is, she agreed without knowing what it's about.
"What was that?" Haley asked, looking quizzically at the brunette, shopping bags in both of her hands.
"That was Lucas." Brooke answers, picking up her own bags. "And something, is up!" She tells Haley with curiosity.
"What?" Haley asks.
"I don't know." Brooke replies with a clueless look while she shook her head. "He just told me he needs to talk to me and that it's important. Want to come?" She offers but Haley had to shake her head.
"I actually still have stuff to do, so…" Haley's voice trailed off. She had to smile when she saw the brunette smiling cheekily at her.
"That's okay. I'll go ahead then." She replies in her usual raspy voice, then opening the door to her car and loading the bags inside.
"Bye. Tell me about it later!" Haley says before she walks away. With that, Brooke drove away. Her phone then rang.
"Nate?"
"Hales! Is Brooke with you?" He asks, quite urgent to know the answer.
"Not anymore. Why?" She asks, curious about the alarmed voice her husband has.
"I just told Lucas that Brooke broke up with him because of Peyton." Nathan came clean and it takes Haley a while before she answers.
"That was years ago." She stifles a laugh, unaware of how grave the situation is. "He didn't know?" She had to ask.
"Apparently not. He stormed out of here like a mad cow." Nathan says, and with that Haley can only say, "Oh crap."
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"Lucas! What happened?!" She asked immediately after she saw him enter the store. He looks upset. She definitely noticed that.
"How could you lie to me!" He exploded, not knowing how to handle the situation anymore.
"Whoa. Slow down. What are you talking about?" She has to ask and had to stifle a laugh. She doesn't know what's happening and Lucas blowing up on her just like that is slightly funny.
"You said…you said you didn't miss me anymore! I loved you Brooke! How could you doubt that!" He demanded, and still, Brooke had no inkling of what he's talking about.
"Is this about the book? Coz I'm really lost Lucas…" Her features start to turn serious. What is he so mad about?
"I asked you! I asked you if it was about Peyton, and you said, you said no." He began to pace around her shop, running a hand constantly through his hair. "You said you stopped missing me!" He shouted.
That's when it hit her what he's talking about. She wanted to laugh, but an ache in her heart stopped her from doing so. "Luke, that was four years ago!" She argued.
"That doesn't make it okay! How could you make that decision for me?!" He says, and he demands an answer from her.
She's calm, although she's barely holding it together already. "Because I was right." She smiled cheekily at him. "You went back to Peyton, didn't you?"
Hearing her say those words just angered him more. "Peyton and I didn't get together until the state championship. Even then, you pushed me to her!" He reasons and she almost snaps, but still, she doesn't.
"I really don't want to rehash the past Luke. It doesn't matter anymore." She says in the least angry voice that she could come up with. She really doesn't want them to fight.
"Yes it does! It matters to me!" He shouts and that's when something finally snaps.
"No it doesn't! Because look at where we are now. Four years later, you've written a book about her and marrying her, and I'm only the one making her dress!" She doesn't know where that came from. It's like everything she's been holding in about their relationship was summed up with those words.
"Brooke…I…" He couldn't find the words as he saw her eyes. Tears were threatening to fall. He saw he shake her head, refusing to meet his eyes.
"Don't apologize." She says, and he doesn't. "Just leave." She adds, and he does.
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He found himself seated on a bar at Tric. Luckily, Julian had told him he'd call tomorrow and not today. Owen was the bartender for the night. Somehow, just looking at the guy angered him. He's way past the number of shots he could handle.
"Lucas man, I think you should call it a night," Owen suggests, only thinking about Lucas' sake.
"Shut up, and do your job." He slurred, downing another shot of vodka, then asking for a refill again. Not wanting to cause any trouble, Owen did as he was told.
"Hey Nate. You're brother's here and he's planning on ridding me of all my alcohol." Owen says onto his phone as he watched Lucas in the corner of his eye.
Without any second thoughts, Nathan grabbed his coat. "Look out for him for me. I'm on my way." He says then hangs up.
"What was that?" Haley asks confused as to why Nathan suddenly decided to get up on such late hours.
"Lucas is drowning himself in alcohol." He says, then kissing Haley's forehead. With that, he was gone.
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"I told you to shut up and do your job!" He slurred to Owen once again. He could barely stand on his own,
"Look man, I'm just looking out for you." Owen tries to explain, yet he knows better when it comes to drunk men.
"No one's asking you to." Lucas says, demanding another refill.
"Okay." Owen replies, then refilled Lucas' glass. He really doesn't want trouble.
"And you stay away from Brooke! You don't deserve her!" Lucas shouted at Owen, who didn't seem to pleased with his words.
"And you do? Look, I don't want trouble, so why don't you just shut up until your brother gets here." He's more than willing to give him a piece of his mind already, but he holds himself back because he owes Nathan.
"You bastard!" Lucas slurred, and the next thing Owen knows was that Lucas' fist collided with his jaw. That's when Nathan finally arrived.
"Break it off! Break it off! Jesus!" He says as he try to break the two apart.
"He started it!" Owen pointed as he nursed his bloody lip, glaring furiously at Lucas.
"I'm so sorry man…" Nathan says as he dragged his brother away, who's still trying to get another punch to Owen.
"Whatever man. Just get him out of here." He says, and then he vanishes into the crowd.
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"Oh my God. Nate, what happened?" Peyton asked as she opened the door to Nathan who carried his brother on one shoulder. His lips still bleeding.
"He's just upset." Nathan says as he walked Lucas into the house, putting him down on the couch.
"Upset? About what?" Peyton started to panic. She'd been so paranoid since she found out Julian was the producer, and now, seeing Lucas drunk with a matching wounded lip just made things worse.
"He just found out something."Nathan explained and when he saw Peyton's questioning eyes, he continued. "I know you want to know but I really don't think it's my place to tell. Why don't you just talk to him about it tomorrow?" He suggests, smiling cheekily at Peyton.
The blonde nodded as she let Nathan out of the door. In that moment, Peyton Sawyer felt her whole world crash. She knew liars often got caught. She just didn't think she'd get caught now.
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Thanks for reading! If you have time, feel free to drop me a review. :)
Thanks to all those who read last chapter, and of course to those who reviewed.
Princesakarlita411 – Peyton is always annoying! Lol. Thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you liked the idea of Nathan being Dracula.
theduckone– I'm thinking that too. Maybe the movie should only feature until Brucas' break up, which happened because of Peyton! Grrr!
miralinda – Thanks for reviewing! :) I'll update as often as I can. :)
b r u c a s . b r a c h e l– You're welcome. To answer your question, this fic is going to be a…secret! Just tune in, and everything will be clear eventually. But you know me, I've always loved Brucas. :) Your name still doesn't want to appear without the spaces. So weird. =P
etfanalltheway – I love them too. We'll see on how things turn out. :) Like I said, I've always loved Brucas. :)
Kajal – I think so too. I think people should know that what happened between Brooke and Lucas is a big part of how the story went on. Mark shouldn't have treated the Brucas story as if it never happened! I so hate him for that.