Humiliated. That was how she felt. Brooke was humiliated that Lucas wasn't taking her seriously and made it seem like she was a joke. She was bummed because she thought they were going to have a great romance, but she was wrong.
Brooke changed the channel on the TV. She had done nothing the past two days but watch TV. She groaned as she saw Haley enter her room.
"Hey, Hales…"
Haley sighed, "You look like that scene in Legally Blonde..."
"I have no clue what you are talking about."
"Brooke Penelope Davis," she shouted as she sat down next to her friend, "you need to forget about Lucas!"
"I feel humiliated," Brooke said as her eyes began to water. She sniffled. "I thought that Lucas really did care about me. I know that he does! I just don't know why his pride gets in the way of us…"
Haley wrapped an arm around her gloomy friend, "I know what you mean."
"How could you possibly know?" Brooke snapped.
"Nathan and I have been hanging out. I am really falling for him and he is too. We are trying to figure our relationship out before we take the lid off."
Brooke sighed, feeling bad that she snapped, "I'm sorry, Haley's Comet."
Haley giggled, "So, maybe Lucas is doing the same."
"I feel like it's because of Peyton…."
"Why would you think that?" Haley asked.
There was something between them that she would never understand. Brooke could see it in his eyes that he wanted to be with her, but something was holding him back. "He always goes back to her…"
"I think that you should talk to him," Haley suggested as she got up from the bed. She ran her fingers through her hair, "like now…"
Brooke scoffed, "I'd rather not."
"Fine," Haley walked towards the door, "be miserable for a few more days."
She cringed as Haley slammed the door. Why was she so mad? Haley had a point as much as Brooke didn't want to believe it. Brooke turned off the tv. She was going to do what her best friend ordered her to do.
There he was, playing basketball at the River Court. Brooke felt like shit. She really did want them to work. She walked over to him.
Keeping her hands in her sweatpants pocket, "Can we talk?"
"You're alive! Thought I was going to see your face on a milk carton by now," he chuckled.
Brooke didn't laugh. She was tired of the signals and the mixed emotions. She desperately needed the truth and not more bullshit. Lucas' face fell as he noticed that Brooke wasn't laughing.
"What's going on?" he asked as he sat on the bench.
She stood in front of him, wanting to read his face, "Why am I not good enough?"
"What!"
She rolled her eyes, "What is wrong with me, Lucas?"
"Nothing?" he said. He wasn't sure where she was taking this.
"Then, I'm confused. Why are you embarrassed to be with me?"
"Brooke..."
"No!" she cut him off. Her emotions were showing now. "I started to really like you and thought that you were different. You act like a hardass but you're not. You are sensitive and caring. I like that Lucas better than this Lucas!"
He sighed, he didn't know she cared this much, "I am the Lucas that you care about."
"Oh, really? Cause I'm pretty sure that, that Lucas, would acknowledge his girlfriend!" she hissed.
He fell silent. Brooke's blood was boiling. She was crying and she couldn't believe she was letting him see her like this.
"I just want to know why you want to hide your feelings about me. Why ask me out to shoot me down?" Brooke asked bitterly.
"You're beautiful."
She scoffed, "Fuck you!"
He threw up his hands in defense, "I'm being serious. I was just trying to give you a compliment."
She wanted to pull out her hair, "I have no more energy for this—absolutely none! Either you tell me why you are scared to fall for me or i will never speak to you again!"
H could see it in her eyes that she was done, sighing, "Peyton…"
"I knew it! You two have a thing and it's always gonna be her!" Brooke finished. She was right about it all. He stood up, "have a nice life."
Lucas pulled her arm, turning her around, "Brooke, listen to me."
Brooke could see tears forming in his eyes, "Okay."
"Peyton was my first love. We have been through so much stuff. One day, she cheated on me with Nathan…I had never had my heart broken before. She's been trying to get me back but then I met you…"
Brooke let out a tear, he continued, "You reminded me of the guy I used to be before all the things with Peyton. I was scared to let you in because I didn't want to go through it again. I was scared to picture a future with anyone else but Peyton."
"Thank you for being honest…" she said softly.
"I didn't realize how much you actually cared until now. I didn't realize that I fucked up something good," he said.
Brooke didn't say anything. She sat there in silence. She was taking it all in. she knew he was serious but she was tired of the drama.
"Say something?" he asked.
Brooke shrugged, "Thank you for being honest…"
He laughed, "You already said that."
"Well, I do appreciate it though," Brooke emphasized.
"I hope that I didn't waste my shot with you…" he said as he wiped the tears from his face.
"I just want to know that this time it won't go back to normal…"
He shook his head, "I swear, I won't mess this up, Brooke Penelope Davis."
He remembered, smiling, "I believe you."
"So does this mean that we can become a couple again, Davis?"
Brooke blushed, "Kiss me."
Lucas leaned in and laid it on her. She felt the same jolt of electricity that she had once before. Maybe, since he was fully honest with her, it would work out this time.