Thank you for all who have reviewed. I don't have time to do personal responses. If I did them right now this chapter wouldn't be up for another week and I didn't want to keep anybody waiting. Some of you may notice my writing style may have changed. This would be because of the 2year gap from chapter 2 until this chapter. But I hope you like. IDK if it is a good change or bad but I noticed it as I was writing not sure if you will. Anyways, I love all my reviewers and I hope you enjoy this!
LUNCH
"Lucas Eugene Scott! Why did I not know you were back in Tree Hill?" Lucas heard a girl exclaim just as he felt a soft smack across the back of his head. He chuckled to himself as he knew that voice could only belong to one person.
"Hales, God I've missed you." He said with a smile on his face as he turned around to reveal his best friend. She looked just the way he remembered. She wasn't like the other girls at Tree Hill High; she wore no make-up and was not wearing any expensive designer clothes. But she was absolutely stunning. The way her wavy dark blonde hair fell over her soft features, and the way her eyes sparkled when she talked.
"Don't call me Hales until you can answer my question. And Until then it's Haley James to you. "She said with a smirk on her face. Haley took a seat next to Lucas at the lunch table where he was eating. "I've really missed you to Luke, but we just talked last week and I knew nothing of you coming back."
"I wanted to surprise you." Lucas said as he took a bite of his so called Pizza. "Is it just me or does this taste like cardboard?" He asked pushing the pizza towards Haley's face.
"Eww get that out of my face. I will stick to the mac n cheese. It's the only edible thing on the lunch menu." She laughed pushing the pizza away.
Lucas smiled to himself as he watched Haley make the macaroni disappear from her plate. She was one of a kind and that's what he loved about her. She had been his best friend since he was in diapers. She was his next-door neighbor throughout his childhood. The hardest thing about moving to Florida with his mother at 14 years old was saying good bye to her. They talked on the phone almost every day and she would Skype him at least one a week but nothing compared to being with her again. She helped him..
"So have you seen your ass of a brother yet?" she asked rolling her eyes, as she interrupted his thoughts... Haley never liked Nathan not because he was mean to Lucas or anything but the fact he never acknowledged him, in public. Haley could remember many nights staying up late convincing Lucas people like Nathan didn't matter.
"Not yet but I'm sure now that we are living together for the first time and going to the same school we are bound to bump into each other." Lucas said. "I mean it's not really that big of a deal." He added. Lucas knew that was a lie. He and Nathan always got along, so long as none of Nathan's friends were around. Because Lucas and Haley went to a different school growing up most of Nathans friends didn't know about him having a brother. He felt like the situation was too much to explain.
"I wonder if he knows you're going to be living with him and Dan." Haley said aloud not really expecting any answers. Haley scanned the cafeteria for Nathan but didn't see him. Her eyes fell on the popular table. Of course Brooke Davis was at the center of it. Haley scoffed as she watched Brooke flipping her hair and giggling to the other airheads.
"What was that for?" Lucas asked as he followed her eyes. "Brooke?" he puzzled catching sight of what Haley had been fixated on moments before. He watched as Brooke ran her fingers through her perfectly styled hair. She was talking to a curly haired blonde and whatever the blonde said must have been funny because Lucas saw the dimples, he had been thinking about since first period, as she erupted into a fit of laughter.
"Wait how do you know Brooke?" Haley questioned. She looked over at Lucas whose eyes were still lingering on the brunette. "Lucas... NO. I know that look. Lucas do you know who that is?" Haley asked worriedly. This couldn't be good. If she was right and Lucas was getting googly-eyed over Brooke Davis, Nathan would not be happy. "Lucas, listen to me."
"Huh..." Lucas asked as he turned back to face his best friend. "..Oh Haley. I was listening." He stated. "And I have no idea what look you are talking about; she is just the first person I've met since I have been back. Unless you count the hotel manager that checked me into a room last night." He joked. "She seems nice though."
"Brooke Davis is anything but nice; she is the captain of the bitch squad." Haley said bitterly. "Her and her little bitchy followers have made it their job to make everybody who isn't in the popular crowd's lives miserable." She said as she stood to go dump her lunch tray.
"Come on Hales they can't be that bad." Lucas said as he followed her to the trash bin. "And besides I am stuck with her for the year. Mrs. Clarkson assigned us to do the scrapbooking project together. "
"Great she is starting that again." Haley complained. "She did it last year and I ended up being stuck with RachHO. Brookes number one minion. She was a real B about it she just took the camera home with her and did her own pictures and suggested I do the same." She said with a disgusted look on her face. "I mean we got an A- and I didn't have to deal with her every day, so maybe it was for the best. But I have to get to class I have Ms. Clarkson now, so let's see who I end up with. Hopefully I don't end up with one of those idiots again." Haley said as she started to walk away heading to her next class.
"Hey I have basketball tryouts after school. Be there." Lucas called after her. Haley waved her hand, to him signaling she would be there. Lucas looked back into the cafeteria just in time to catch a smile from Brooke. He smiled back before heading out into the hallways.
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Brooke could feel the eyes on her as she walked into the gymnasium. She smiled to herself knowing what all the guys were thinking. "Hey boys." She called out to them as she walked passed, putting a little more oomph in her step. "You might want to pick your jaws up off the floor. Someone may trip over it trying to get the ball into the basket." She joked with them.
"My little Brookie Cookie, always trying to make the boys squirm." Rachel joked as she ran up to Brooke. The two girls walked the rest of the way across the gym to meet up with the other cheerleaders. "Now listen here bitches..." Rachel called out to the squad. "With the exception of the veteran cheerleaders, meaning juniors and seniors, all of you are on trial. One mess up this season and you are out. O. U. T. out."
Brooke watched as Rachel explained the new rules for this year's cheer squad. She looked on as all the freshman and sophomore cheerleaders looked worried. She laughed to herself knowing Rachel loved all the new power that came along with her being Brookes co-captain. "I'm going to get the pompoms." She informed her other best friend Peyton, before taking off in the direction of the locker and storage rooms.
"Boo!" Nathan said as he jumped around a dark corner in between the locker rooms. Nathan laughed watching Brooke almost jump out of her skin. The laughing continued until he felt her hand connect with his chest. "What did you do that for?" he said innocently.
"That wasn't funny, Nate." Brooke said trying to look as serious as possible. "You could have given me a heart attack. And then you would spend the rest of your missing me. And we all know you would never find another girl as pretty, smart, funny, and sexy as me. So you would die a lonely old man clenching my photo. Now do you want to do that to yourself?" she joked as she wrapped her arms around him. "I didn't think so." She said in response to his silence.
"You know you really are amazing, right?" he asked in all seriousness as he looked down to catch her eyes. He smiled as she hugged him a little tighter. "I love you Brooke. But if I don't get out there Whitey is going to kill me and you will die a lonely old woman clenching my photo."
Brooke laughed as she let go of him. She gave him a quick peck on the lips before she watched him jog down the dimly lit hallway leading back to the gymnasium. Now back to her original mission. Pom poms.
"Glad to see you are finally back." Peyton said when Brooke returned. "I was starting to think you got lost in there. That is until I saw Nathan come out, then it all made since. Repeat of the weekend huh." Peyton said matter of factly.
"You think you know me so well, don't you?" Brooke joked. "But I will have you know the pom poms were just hidden in the back of the storage room." She smirked. "Now, bitches let get started." She said turning back to the rest of the cheerleaders. She threw a pair of pom poms to each girl. "Follow these steps."
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Lucas walked out of the locker room wearing his favorite basketball shorts and a white tee shirt. He looked around for coach Whitey; he needed to thank him for letting him try-out even when they were having the first day of practice. Not being able to find him he walked over to the other basketball players. "Hey anybody seen the coach?" He asked as everybody turned around.
"Lucas, dog!" Tim exclaimed. "I told you I saw your brother last night." He excitedly said to Nathan. Obviously proud of himself for being right.
"By the bleachers." Nathan said curtly, glaring at Tim. Nathan wondered why Tim had to be so dumb at times. How could he not remember that only Jake and himself knew the relationship behind the two Scott boys.
"I'll walk you over there Luke." Jake said pulling Lucas away from the situation. "Sorry about Nathan, man." He said as they made their way across the gym. "It's good to see you. I tried to call you a few times while you were in Florida, but your mom or Keith always said you were busy." He added.
"It's nothing, I'm not a kid anymore doesn't bother me like it used to." Lucas said as he spotted the coach. "Sorry I didn't get back to you. I tried to forget Tree Hill. But thanks man." Lucas said as he bumped fist with Jake. "I'll catch you later."
"Lucas Scott." Coach Whitey called out as he saw the young blonde approach him. "I saw your tapes from your school in Florida and I must say you might give some of these boys a run for their money." Whitey stuck his hand out for Lucas to shake. "I'm Coach Whitey, but you can call me Coach. Now to be honest I don't see any reason to put you through a formal try-out, unless you want it. Your basketball tapes are all the tryout I need." He said with a boisterous laugh.
"Thanks Coach." Lucas said.
"Now how about you go over there and join your team or I will have you running laps." Whitey said shooing Lucas towards the other players.
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"You're never going to guess who I got stuck with for Ms. Clarkson's class." Haley said as Lucas sat down next to her during a 10 minute practice break. Haley pushed some hair out of her face and looked up at Lucas, who was dripping with sweat. She handed him a water bottle before continuing. "Nathan." She said pausing to wait for a response from Lucas. When he made no comment she further explained "She assigned me to Peyton, the curly blonde one…" she pointed over to the cheerleaders. "…but of course Peyton and Rachel wanted to be together so I had to switch partners with Rachel. Who just so happened to be with Nathan. I'd be surprised if he even knew how to use a camera." She snorted the last part.
"That sucks Hales." Lucas said empathetically. He took a swig from the water bottle. He looked at his down at his best friend. "I'm sorry you got him. But thanks for the water it really hit the spot. This practice is kicking my ass. I'm trying to prove myself. But it seems like Nathan told the guys to play keep away with the ball. I don't want the coach to think letting me join was a bad idea."
"You will be okay Luke. Just don't give up. And I will be here cheering you on." Haley said. She looked across the gym where Nathan and his buddies were sitting. "Don't let him get to you." She added. "Figures Brooke wouldn't give the cheerleaders a break." She said snarkaly.
Lucas smiled appreciatively at Haley as he jumped up from the bleachers. "I gotta get back to practice." He said. Lucas walked back over to the other players. The ball was laying on the floor so he picked it up. He stood at the 3 point line, turned away from the basket, and threw the ball behind his head. It went right into the basket. Lucas smirked to himself as he witnessed the look of surprise on all the other players faces.
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"Dammitt." Brooke muttered trying to open the doors to the gym. Brooke silently cursed herself for leaving her cell phone in the locker room. She knocked on the door hoping somebody would open up the locked doors. "Of course nobody is in the gym this late in the afternoon." She muttered to herself.
Just as Brooke turned to leave she heard the gym doors open. She spun around to reveal the broody blonde from Class. "Lucas what are you doing here?" She asked with a smile forming across her face.
"I stayed behind to practice a little more." He answered. "And what might you be doing here, looking a little less cheery than before?" he quizzed. Lucas further opened the door so Brooke could get by. He watched her as she walked through the gym doors looking a little frustrated.
"I left my cell in the locker room. I'll be right back." she promised, holding a finger up to let him know she would only be a minute. Brooke hurried to the locker room retrieving the forgotten cell phone. When she returned to the gym Lucas was back to shooting hoops. She quickly grabbed her camera from her purse and took a few snapshots of Lucas as he played. "The camera loves you, Broody!" she teased.
Lucas laughed as he dropped the ball and jogged over to meet Brooke. "Now who said you can take my picture? What are you the paparazzi." He said with a smirk. He put his hands in front of his face as if he didn't want his picture taken. "Why can't you people just leave us alone? We are just like you, only famous." He joked.
Brooke laughed as she continued to take pictures. "Come on let's take one together." She said putting her arm around him and her face pressed against his. "For the cover of our scrapbook." She added. She held the camera out in front of them as they both smiled. "Cheese!"
Brooke couldn't help but getting butterflies when his face touched hers. She tried to shake off the feeling, but it just wouldn't go away. She hadn't had this feeling since her and Nathan first met. And that couldn't be good. Brooke awkwardly released herself from the embrace. "Ugh, I should… Uhm probably go. I'm sure my friends are looking for me." She stammered.
Lucas watched as Brooke turned to leave. He wondered why she became so awkward after the picture was taken. Could it have been that she felt the same electric spark when her skin touched his? Just as Lucas opened his mouth to stop Brooke, she turned around to say something to him.
"Hey do you want to grab something to eat with me? I'm starving." She asked. "My friends will be okay for a little while." She smiled.
"Sure." He said. "Just let me change." And with that Lucas Scott was off into the locker room.
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A/N so there is the 3rd chapter. Don't worry Brooke will not be cheating She is better than that. As far as Brooke and her academics; I didn't even realize I did that but I will definitely fit it in for Brooke to be smarter. I don't like her being dumbed down either.
Sorry if this chapter feels a little rushed I was trying to get Haley into the story quick, and get this story started. Some things you may need to know that I didn't include in the story:
Lucas and Nathan grew up in different parts of Tree Hill so they never attended the same school. That is how nobody knows about them being brothers. With the exception of Nathan's closest friends, as well as Lucas's. I will explain more of their background as the story goes.
Their story is basically how it was in the show. Dan got Karen pregnant, left for college, met Deb and got her pregnant. When he came back he wanted nothing to do with Karen or Lucas, but Keith stayed behind and eventually married Karen.
I only added the Nathan and Lucas drama because I needed some reason to make Haley not like him for the time being. And plus drama makes it more interesting
Any questions feel free to ask!