Chapter 7
"Hey Brooke, its Luke, listen I want to tal_"
"Hey Luke, its Julian, Brooke just popped to the shop, want me to give her a message?" Julian interrupted.
"No, I'll call later." Later snapped, putting the phone down.
Julian looked at the dead phone, confused, about Lucas' attitude. Oh well, he thought shrugging, putting the phone on the counter.
"Nathan?" Luke asked, making sure he was talking to the right person this time.
"Luke is that you? Nathan's gone to the River Court with Jamie, you okay?" Haley asked.
"Is nobody I need to talk to here?" Lucas hissed, getting annoyed now.
"Sorry I'm not good enough for you to talk to." Haley said lightly, trying to cheer Lucas up, as she sensed from his voice that something was bothering him.
"I'm sorry Hales; I just really needed to talk to Nate that's all. Could you leave him a message for me?" Luke asked, his voice was now calm.
"Of course." Haley replied.
"Tell him to call me back, I need to talk to him, I almost did something stupid, I need him to talk me out of doing it again." Lucas said, his voice trailing of at the end.
"Okay." Haley said, concerned.
"Lucas, what did you almost do? Is everything okay? Talk to me Luke." Haley's voice got more rushed and urgent.
"Nothing, don't worry Hales, I'm fine." Lucas reassured her, as he put down the phone.
"I'm fine." He repeated to himself, putting his head in his hands, before his eyes began to fill with tears. He thought of how just minutes ago, he was about to tell Brooke he was in love with her. Ruin everything with Peyton, ruin Brooke's life. How could he be such an idiot?
He sat on the floor, and cried to himself, for an hour, stopping just in time for when Peyton returned from the shops with Sawyer.
Pull yourself together Lucas! He thought. You can't keep doing this to yourself, get a grip!
- "Hey, it's Brooke!" Jamie shouted to his parents when he opened the door.
"How's my little man?" Brooke asked, stepping inside the house, and kissing Jamie on the forehead.
"I'm fine. Can I see it? Please can I see it again?" Jamie was asking jumping up and down with excitement.
"Okay, but remember, it's our treasure, nobody else's." Brooke teased, as she held her hand, with the engagement ring, out to Jamie.
He grabbed hold of her hand, and his eyes lit up.
"It looks even bigger than it did yesterday. I want one!" He said, fascinated on the ring.
"Come on Jamie, not again, poor Brooke's gonna stop coming here if you keep showing more interest in her ring, rather than her." Haley said, as she walked with Nathan to see Brooke.
"Nah, she'll still come everyday, to show it off." Nathan teased.
Brooke's mouth opened wide, teasing, trying to look shocked, as if insulted.
"Nathan Scott, I'm insulted. No I will not- Okay yes I will!" Brooke said laughing, waving her hand with the ring about, smiling. Everyone laughed along.
"So, is it too soon to ask when the big day is?" Haley asked, pulling Brooke along with her into the lounge.
"That's what I'm here to talk about. Got anything planned, 3 months today?" Brooke asked excitedly.
"3 months? You don't waste any time do you?" Haley asked, amazed.
"Why wait?" Brooke said, smiling.
"True. I think its great Brooke. We will definitely be there." Haley said putting her arms around Brooke's neck.
"We I was kinda hoping you would say yes to coming, because after all, your one of my bridesmaids." Brooke said, realising her hold on Haley, so she could see her reaction.
Haley's face lit up, like her son's had done, and a huge grin appeared on her face.
"Brooke, I'd love to! Thank you so much." Haley said, throwing her arms around Brooke again.
- "Too fruity." Brooke said, shaking her head.
"Too much like strawberry. Brooke said, moving to the next table.
"To-" Brooke began, before Julian interrupted her.
"Brooke, that was a fruit cake, and that was a strawberry cake, before you say anything, this is a Vanilla cake." Julian said, pulling Brooke closer to him, laughing.
"I know, but our wedding cake has to be perfect." Brooke said, picking up a spoon, to try a 4th sample of cake.
"It will be, but don't worry about it. What ever cake we have, the day will still be perfect. You know why? Because I love you, and just by you being there, you would have made my day already." Julian said softly, kissing Brooke lightly on the forehead. He pulled her to another table, scooped some of the cake on a spoon, and handed it to Brooke. She tasted it, and her eyes widened.
"That's … that is,… that's the one." She said, lifting the card next to the cake to read the label.
"Triple Chocolate cake, with Vanilla icing." Julian said, reading over her shoulder.
"Not the traditional cake, but hey, since when have we been traditional?" Julian asked, teasing.
"Exactly. That's the one." Brooke said, leaning closer to Julian to kiss him.
"I told you, everything's going to be perfect." He whispered, kissing her back.