"You ok babe?" He asked comming into view with a smile.
Cringing to herself at his words she smiled weakly "Yeah, I'm good."
"We have to do this now."
Slowly she nodded. He told her before that they had to go and tell Rachel that they were back together. She didn't want to see his face when he told her, the smug look that he would have across it. And Rachel, how the hell could she do this to her. How could she just turn up to the house that she was living in untill this morning and tell her that she was with the guy that hurt her so much. Even though she wasn't actually with him. Only in his head, she wasn't going to go around telling people. He would make up for her though and she knew it. Already hating school as it was and she was now going to have to walk in there with him and pretend eveything was ok. Everyone would want to know what was going on.
"Everyone is going to be talking about us." He said, unknowingly answering her thoughts.
She shrugged "It wouldn't be the first time we have gave people something to talk about."
Chuckling he shook his head "It wont be the last either." He then turned serious "We need to go now."
"I don't think I can do this."
"Have to changed your mind?" He asked with a sad smile.
It was weird. Since she said that she would get back together with him he had changed. It wasn't like she had done anything to annoy him she made sure that she didn't but his whole attitude was different. He was the guy she knew two year ago, atleast the guy she thought that she knew.
"No it's not that." She lied "It's just I can't do it I can't hurt her like this."
"I'll do it."
She shook her head "No, I'm not doing that to her. I can't get someone else to tell her what I have to say."
"You can't tell her." He said camly
"What?"
"I said you can't tell her, I'll do it. If you go back to her house she will scheme her way into your affections again."
"She didn't scheme anything, I wanted to be with her." Brooke said raising her voice.
Then his attitude changed and there he was, the Lucas that she came to knew "Shut up."
Then it dawned on her and she smiled "I'm sorry." She lied "Come here."
He walked over to her and she kissed him lightly on the cheek "Whatever you want me to do I'll do."
Just then the phone wrang and he ignored it, grinning at her "We can go then?"
"You get that, I'll be five minutes."
He did so and she put hand in her pockets and sighed, she didn't have her phone with her. She looked around his room scanning it. Her eyes fell on something and she smiled. By the time that he got back she had already formed her plan.
"Hey, lets go." She smiled walking up to him and he put his arm around her shoulder "You know, we can talk to Rachel another time."
"You don't want to tell her?"
"Not really, I'd rather spend my time with you." She lied. "I wan't to catch up."
"What did you have in mind?" He asked smiling
She smiled "I have an idea."
While they were driving he would occasionnally take his eyes off the road and smile at her.Though she wasn't paying any attention to him, she was just hoping that this would work out. If not she was in for one hell of a beathing. They arrived at the bridge and she smiled to herself.
"Pull over here."
He looked at her, his eyebrow raised "Why?"
"Just do it."
There wasn't a specific reason as to why she had chosen to go there, it was just the first place that she had thought of. He did as she told him and pulled over. She unbuckled her seatbelt and got out off the car, slamming the door behind her.
"This is where you wanted to catch up? The place where three people nearly died."
She stopped herself from rolling her eyes and smiled "It just wanted to get out the car for a bit."
"I'm glad we are back together." He said taking a step closer to her. She smiled and moved out of the way causing him to shake his head "Why are you doing that?"
"Doing what?"
He sighed "Everytime I go near you, you move away."
"I'm just not ready for that." She said looking past him.
He turned around then looked back at her "You looking for someone?"
"On an empty bridge." She replied sarcasticlly.
"Don't talk to me like that."
"Don't tell me what to do." She said delibratly raising her voice.
"Your raising your voice, don't talk to me in a raised voice."
"Fuck off." She shouted turning away.
He shook his head "Get back here."
"Fuck you!" Brooke shouted over her shoulder.
"You can't walk out on me I won't let you."
She smiled at him, her dimples showing."Watch me."
"What the fuck? You can't just change your feelings in the space of a few hours."
Snickering she shook her head "You know for someone so smart you really are a dumbass." She watched as he got angrier and smiled "Do you actually think that I would get back together with you, I was just saying that to get you away from my girlfriend."
He clenched his fists together "I'm warning you."
She smiled as she saw the anger washing over his body. "Your an asshole and I want anything to do with you." He grabbed her and she pretended to be affraid "Please, leave me alone Lucas."
He shook his head "Why? After what you just said to me."
"You are just like him." She said shaking her head.
"Who?"
She smiled "Dan."
"I'm nothing like him!" He shouted gripping on her arms causing her to flinch when he hurt her arm that had been broken he smiled and gripped on it harder "Am I hurting you?"
"I wonder what it's like to watch your dad mess things up and then go and do the exact same thing. "
Then he did it, he slapped her. She shook off the pain and smiled causing him to smack her in the mouth hard. She could feel the blood in her mouth. Putting her hand to it she shook her head and he took his hands off of her.
"Why do you do this to me Brooke?"
"Do what to you?" She scoffed
He clenched his fits together "You get me so angry."
"Your just a jackass."
This was the first time that she talked back to him. Normally she would just let him hit her and pray that he would be done as soon as possible.
"Do you want me to hit you again?" He asked grabbing her.
She chuckled "I'm not scared of you anymore Lucas, there isn't anything that you can do that will hurt me."
He forcefully grabbed her upper right arm and squeezed it. She shut her eyes and he grinned "I thought I couldn't hurt you."
"You can't." She whispered, she tried to jerk her arm away but that didn't work. It only made him tighten his grip on her. Then she stomped down hard on his foot causing him to wince.
"If I were you I wouldn't do that ever again."
She smiled "You aren't me."
Again she stomped down hard on his foot causing him to get more riled up. He grabbed her by the hair and jerked her head back. He then took his free hand and smacked her in the face, busting her lip. Not done there, he slammed her tiny body against the cold concrete of the bridge. Her fists slammed against his chest and he laughed shaking his head.
"This is for grown ups." He froze as he heard a car door being slammed shut behind him.
Brooke let herself slide down to the floor. She came. She didn't look up but she knew who it was. She saw Lucas computer and sent an im to Peyton not sure if she would read it or not. When Peyton saw it she wasn't sure if it was just Lucas messing around with her. After finding out about what he had been doing to Brooke nothing suprised her. As she drove up she saw Lucas hit her, he really was scum.
"How could you?" She asked.
Instantly knowing the voice he slowly turned around to face her "What are you doing here?"
"More like what the hell are you doing!" She shouted walking up to him.
"No don't." Brooke said her voice barely above a whisper "He'll hit you."
Peyton looked at the brunette lying helplessly on the ground clutching her arm. She moved her eye contact to Lucas and shook her head "You are an asshole."
"It isn't what it looks like."
She scoffed "Yeah right, save it."
His eye contact moved from Peyton to Brooke "She made me do it."
"She told you to beat her senseless did she?" Peyton replied sarcasticlly.
He shouted "Shut up or I swear you'll be next."
"Go for it."
About to he was stopped by Brookes voice "Leave her alone."
He laughed "What are you two best friends again the huh?"
All of their attentions turned to the other side of the bridge. Red and blue lights flashing, the siren blaring. Lucas turned to Peyton and shook his head "You called the police, you bitch."
She shrugged "I had no choice, look at her look and the mess you have caused."
"You won't get away with this." He said looking around frantcilly.
"There is nowhere to go Lucas, just give it up." The poilce officers jumped out of the car and run along the bridge after Lucas who was now in his car. He went to turn on the ignition only to find that the key wasn't there. He slammed his fists against the wheel. Grabbing him by the arm one of the officers pulled him out of the car and slammed his against it, they twisted his arms and put the handcuffs on him.
Peyton watched while Brooke kept her eye contact to the ground. Finally it was over. She could put him behind her and get on with her life without needing to worry about him. A part of her was sad, earlier on that night he was telling her how happy he was that he was going to be a brother. Now his mom was going to know all about what Lucas had been doing, how would she react to him once she knows? He was all she had.
Peyton smiled sadly and walked over to her sitting down next to her "I called Rachel." Looking up Brooke met the blondes gaze and Peyton saw all of the pain in her eyes. "She will be here soon."
"Thanks." She mumbled "No problem I knew that you would want a friend." She whispered. Brooke shook her head "I meant for everything, you didn't need to come." She smiled "You saved me."
"I'd do anything for you Brooke, you know that. Even though I have screwed up I'll always be here for you."
She nodded her head and smiled. Peyton gave her a light squeeze on her shoulder and got up walking over to the police who were signalling for her. Minutes later Rachel had arrived and she went straight to Brooke. Sitting down next to her she wrapped her arm around her shoulder.
"You had me so worried."
Brooke looked up "Sorry."
"Don't be I'm just glad that your ok."
She put her head on Rachel's shoulder, her head going to the back of her head "I guess I have explaining to do."
She smiled "Later, right now we need to get you checked out at the hospital." She kissed her forhead "This will be the last time we need to go there."