"So whats with you?" Brooke asked breaking the silence.
He turned to her "What do you mean?"
"Your being more weird than usual. Like the bike, you nearly die so you go and get something that is way more dangerous than a car."
He smiled "It's the same with you, why did you get on it? You probally had it tougher than me."
Brooke shrugged "It's sort of like I want to prove that I'll be ok, you know?"
"Yeah, I'm so sick of everyone wanting to look after me, I'm not ungrateful but it's just if I'm not happy all the time everyone is on me asking what is wrong with me. I can't have time to deal with everything that has happened, I'm just supposed to be fine all of a sudden."
Nodding Brooke smiled, she compleatly got what he was saying. She couldn't even go to the bathroom without getting followed. People cared and that was great but sometimes she just wanted time to breath. If there wasn't a time when she wasn't smiling it was like whats happened now. She didn't want to go on like that. People wanting to look after her all the time. Two year ago she was the girl who played by her own rules and didn't let anyone else get in her way. She was all about fun, then she changed. She started taking responsibility and focused more on her school work. She finally had some embition in her life. And now, nothing. She really didn't know what the hell she wanted. All she knew was that she had Rachel.
"I'm with you." She sighed as she looked down at the river. It dawned on her that Rachel could have died aswell. She was so wrapped up in her own problems that she didn't even think of that. Rachel hadn't even talked about it with her. Like Nathan she would have been dealing with that aswell but she still took the time to be there for Brooke. Instead of dealing with her own problems she delt with Brookes. She put herself aside for her, and what did she do? She cared for Rachel and even though she told her that she was going to prove it to her.
"Want to know a secret?" Nathan asked looking at her taking her out of her thoughts.
She nodded.
"That day, when we were in the water I saw something, Not something, someone. It was Keith, he was there." Nathan stopped and saw the confusion in her face "That sounds weird right? I know it does but he was there. He got us out of the car."
"When we were younger, Peyton used to say at times when something bad was going to happen then things changed for the good, she said that it was her mom doing that. Pulling her out of the bad situations."
"So you believe me?" Nathan asked with a smile
She nodded "I get what you mean."
"I tried to tell Lucas, of course he had some smart answer for it but he didn't believe me. He wasn't there though, maybe Rachel said something?"
"We haven't talked about it, shes been too busy with my crap." Brooke muttered sighing.
Nathan smiled sadly "You have had alot to deal with."
"So has she and I haven't even asked if she was ok."
"Well next time you see her ask her." Nathan replied simply
"I have a secret aswell."
"What is it?" Nathan asked as she turned around, her back to the bridge. Nathan did the same and Brooke put her hand in her pocket and pulled out a tube of pills and a small big with some more in it. He nodded when he saw them.
"How long?"
"It's just been the last few weeks." Brooke shrugged "But it isn't the first time I've used them."
Nathan nodded "I'm not going to tell you not to use them it's your life, but just look at my mom. Shes so out of it right now. She took pills to get away from my dad and their problems. If you are taking them because of Lucas, don't. Don't let another Scott mess up another persons life."
Brooke let of a small smile "I forgot about your mom, I shouldn't have said anything."
"Don't worry about it." He smiled "I'm glad that you told me."
She turned back around "So now that we have established how much our lifes suck what do we do next? Jump of the bridge."
Nathan laughed "Maybe we can see who can hold their breath the longest."
"Get on your bike and I'll see if I can dodge it, then you do the same."
"Really though, maybe we should get back. As much as I don't want to, Haley will be worried and I'm sure Rachel will be aswell." He smiled "Hey, since when have you two been so close?"
Brooke gave him a dimply smile "The thing is, we are really dating and we are having this crazy relationship."
"Yeah right." He laughed shaking his head "That would be so hot though."
"If only you knew." She mutterd under her breath.
"I'm riding this time, you go too slow." Nathan laughed as he got on the bike.
She rolled her eyes "Sure thats why you were holding on for death, you were totally scared."
"Whatever you need to tell yourself."
Deciding to go to the cafe Nathan and Brooke walked in. Haley grinned as she saw Brooke, running up to her friend she wrapped her in a hug. Nathan laughed and shook his head
"That's nice, I never get that kind of welcome and I'm your husband."
Brooke rolled her eyes as she pulled back "Well I am hot."
"That she is." Haley said with a laugh "Am I seeing right, you two walked in together? Have you been hanging out."
"If having sex is hanging out then we hung out alot." Brooke said sitting down.
Nathan laughed and Haley shook her head, ignoring what Brooke just said "I feel like we haven't hung out in forever."
"I know." Brooke said with a small smile. "I've been in my own world these last few weeks."
"It's your birthday next week." Haley said excitedly.
She shrugged "Yeah."
"Aren't you excited? You'll be eighteen."
"I haven't really thought about it." Brooke said truthfully.
"You should have a party." Nathan said as he sat down next to her.
Haley smiled "Any excuse huh Nathan."
"You'll be legal." Nathan said smiling
"Like that stopped her before."
Brooke rolled her eyes "Whatever tutorgirl."
"Why haven't I got a nickname?" Nathan asked changing the subject
Brooke raised her eyebrow "What do you mean?"
"You have a nickname for everyone else, Haley is tutor girl, Lucas is Broody and Peyton has like twelve names."
Answering for her Haley spoke "She only gives them to certain people."
"Well thanks." He replied sarcasticlly
"This is the most boring place on earth." Brooke said as she looked around "Why work here I'd rather have no money."
Hearing this they both looked at the brunette who shrugged "Ok, I lied but it's still boring."
"You guys just missed the rush hour. So luckily for me that means I have to go clean the tables or I won't have a job."
The bell rang signalling that someone just came in. Nathan turned around and sighed "Looks like it's going to liven up in here."
Brooke turned around seeing who it was "I swear he fucking hears me talking and decides to come and annoy me."
It was Lucas. Whenever something was going good he had to turn up. She should have known better she was having fun so of course what came next was him.
"Hey Hales." He said smiling at his friend who gave him a weak smile in return.
"Maybe you should come back another time." She whispered.
He smiled "Relax I just came to get something to eat, my mom hasn't been doing much cooking these days."
Haley smiled and nodded. He sat at a table away from where Brooke and Nathan was. Maybe he wasn't going to do anything she thought to herself. Finding it hard to relax Brooke smiled as she stood up.
Nathan looked at her with concern and she smiled "I'm fine, it's just I should get back."
"Bye." They both said with a smile.
Brooke giggled and nodded "Bye Hales, by showerboy."
Nathans eyes widened and Haley raised her eyebrow "Showerboy?"
"It's nothing." He said quickly waving it off the turned to her "Remember what I told you."
She nodded and flashed him a smile, Lucas put his head down as she walked along pretending that he didn't see her. She knew he did and just rolled her eyes before walking out. He waited a few moments before standing up. When he did Nathan stood to his feet and Haley stopped what she was doing.
"Leave her alone." Nathan said angrily as he watched his brother go to the door.
He chuckled "I'm just getting something from my car, do you want me to wait a minute so shes gone?"
Nathan relaxed and shook his head "Sorry, it's just I didn't want anymore drama."
"I know me either, I'm done with that now." He lied.
Nathan bought it. He didn't really know Lucas all that well to know he was lying. Even though they hung out from time to time, they never got deep with each other. He smiled at Haley and walked out. He franticlly looked around for Brooke. He didn't see her and sighed, figuring she was already gone. Walking to his car, he needed to get something to prove he wasn't going after Brooke. Of course he was going after her and there was nothing in his car. A smile crept onto his face. She was there, sitting on his bonnet. Slowly he walked up to her and smiled.
"Can I help you?"
She looked him in the eye, her eyes showing her pain "Why can't you just leave me alone?"
"You are the one who is sitting on my car." He said with a smug smile on his face.
"You always just turn up, I wan't you to leave me the fuck alone."
He chuckled "I didn't know that you were going to be at the cafe, how could I?" For once he was telling the truth. He was just going there to get some food and he saw her. "It was a nice suprise."
She rolled her eyes "You are such a fucking weirdo."
He ignored that and got something out of his pocket "Look at this, it's my moms ultrasound." He handed it out to her but she didn't take it, though she seen it and he smiled "That's my little brother or sister."
Brooke nodded with a small smile "That's awesome."
He grinned and sat down next to her "Yeah I know I can't wait, it's always just been me and my mom."
She didn't know why she was smiling she took the smile of her smile and looked at him "What would you do if someone hurt them?"
"Why ask that?"
"What do you think your mom would say if I told her that you hit me, would she let you near her kid?" She replied her voice staying clam.
He shook his head "Don't bring a baby into this."
"You did."
"I had no choice what you and Rachel are doing is wrong, I had to teach you a lesson."
"Is that how you are going to show your little brother or sister a lesson? Your going to hit them?
Getting angry he shook his head "I'd never do that."
"I don't think I'd be able to trust you." She said with a shrug "Maybe it's the best for your mom to know, just so she can be careful."
"If you tell her I'll kill you."
She smiled "Cause that would show her different."
He shook his head "Why the fuck are you doing this? Are you really going to hurt me like that?"
"What about how you hurt me?" She asked shaking her head "You keep on doing it."
"Because you are meant to be with me."
Brooke sighed "If we were meant to be together then we would be, we didn't work out. I should have known that after the first time we broke up but of course you used your words and convinved me that you cared about me."
"I did care about you, I still do."
"Then why do this?" She asked studying his face.
"Cause I can." He turned to her and smiled "I get to you."
She shook her head "Not anymore."
"Oh yeah? So what would happen if I payed Rachel a little visit."
She stood up, anger filling her body "Leave her alone."
"Or what?" He asked chuckiling
"I tell your mom and the police about your fist work."
He shook his head "You have no proof."
"Do you really want to try me on that?
She kept her eye contact on him, looking him straight in the eye and he was doing the same. She wasn't going to back down from him, not this time.
After a while he smiled "You know what people think of people who cry wolf."
"I'm not though."
"Who are they going to believe, me the guy who keeps his head down or the slut of tree hill."
"Fuck you, if you really want to see who they are going to believe, watch as I go and tell them." She turned away and he grabbed her. "You going to do it? People are watching."
Lucas looked around glaring at the people who were looking at them, to cover it up he hugged Brooke, much to her dissaproval "If you struggle I swear I'll hurt you." She let him have his arms around her put kept hers at the side and he smiled "We are good together."
She scoffed "Get that out of your head cause it's never going to happen."
Pulling back he smiled "Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, very fucking sure."
"I wouldn't be so sure." He said as he grabbed her and sat her down on his lap pulling them on the bonnet of his car.
"What the fuck are you doing?"
"Remember what happens when you struggle." He laughed and she settled down biting on her lip to stop her from saying anything to hurt him. So much for not letting him win she thought to herself "Now I bet you are wondering what it is going to take for me to stop this." She nodded and he smiled "You have two choices."
"Only two." She said sarcasticlly as she turned to look at him
He glared at her "Shut up."
She raised her eyebrow "As much fun as I'm having, I have to see someone so can we hurry this up."
"I love when you kink your eyebrow like that." He smiled and she rolled her eyes"You are going to have to lose that attitude before I start." He gave her a questioning look and she sighed nodding her head "Good. Basically you can be with me and I don't hurt your phase and that is what it is or you don't be with me and I hurt her."
She shrugged herself out of his embrace and shook his head "This has nothing to do with her, if you are going to hurt anyone hurt me, leave her alone."
"I've told you what it will take."
"Fine." She sighed.
"What?" He asked standing up as she was about to answer him when Nathan walked up to them.
"Brooke are you ok?" He asked putting his hand on her shoulder
"Shes fine, we are just talking." Lucas said looking at his brother
"I was talking to her." L ooking at Lucas she saw the glare he was giving with her and she put on the best fake smile she could manage "I'm fine, I'm just talking to him, it's ok."
"If you are sure."
"Yeah thanks Nate." She smiled and she nodded before walking away.
"What were you about to say?" He asked when Nathan was out of hearing distance.
She didn't want to do this but if it was the only way she could make sure that Rachel wasn't going to get hurt she had to. She took her hand in his and smiled "I'll be with you."