Chapter 23
Brooke stirred around on her bed and slowly opened her eyes, she looked around her room, and realized something, she felt a body next her and a pair hands holding her tightly around the waist, and she looked and saw Lucas sleeping peacefully. She just lay there for a couple of minutes, smiling but then it hit her, she couldn't put her self through this again especially with Lucas, so she began to ease her self away from him pulling his hands off her but instead he tightened his grip.
"Luke…Lucas…LUCAS!" said Brooke nudging him.
"Hmmmmm…whaaaaat…peyt just 5 more minutes" mumbled Lucas sleepily.
"Lucas you better let go of me in or my foot will be up your ass and it won't be pretty" snapped Brooke, clearly annoyed because he just called her Peyton
"Huh what…oh Brooke..." mumbled Lucas letting go of her and rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah Brooke not Peyton" snarled Brooke
"What time is it?"
"Err 8:30 why"
"Damn it Brooke why did you wake me up so early!"
"Oh boohoo Lucas…anyway you should be up early…finish your trip…you guys are leaving tomorrow morning"
"Yeah leaving…I think we should talk about this"
"No Luke I don't want to get in a fight with you especially in the morning"
"It won't be a fight if you don't yell at me all the time"
"I DO NOT…I do not yell"
"Yeah I can see that…but I think we should talk about this"
"Fine go on talk"
"Why don't you want to move back…you grew up there…we're all gonna be there Brooke"
"Lucas my life is here now…im not gonna move just because you found out about Sarah and want me every where you are"
"Hey she is my daughter…I don't want to miss out on anymore of her life then I've already have"
"yeah and I promise you that we will come to all the holidays and anytime I get off work but Lucas I cant just move"
"Brooke think about please"
"I will but I wont change my decision Luke…I love my job…I've finally made something of my self…I don't want to go back being dependant on someone…I don't want to be the dumb cheerleader I was back home"
"Fine…and you have to call me to all the basket ball games everything"
"Huh what basket ball…im gonna turn her to cheerleading soon"
"She is a Scott there is no chance in hell she will ever choose cheerleading over basket ball"
"Nahuh"
"Uhuh"
"Nahuh"
"Brooke we can go on for ever with this…you know im going to win in the end"
the gang were downstairs in the kitchen talking about they were going to do on their last day together before the other 4 left back for tree hill.
"Well me and peyt are going to hang with girls" said Jake.
"Aw I thought I could spend the day with Sarah if you don't mind Jake" said Lucas.
"Nah I don't"
"Hey hello what about me…am I the mother of the neighbors kid…don't think you should spend the day with me too Luke" pouted Brooke.
"Yeah sure you can come along…this could be like a family outing" said Lucas getting excited.
"Aww look at you…all strong and fit from the out side…but a pretty little blond girl in the inside" laughed Haley.
"Shut up hales"
"You think Lucas is strong and fit" asked Nathan
"Well duh…dude im better then you"
"Well yeah…" said Haley
"Oooh bad answer Haley" said Peyton
"So if you weren't married to me then you would have married my brother" asked Nathan, Haley stayed quiet.
"Answer faster answer faster" said Brooke
"I err well don't know" said Haley becoming uncomfortable
"Answer better answer better" said Brooke quickly
"Well I wouldn't technically marry him-" began Haley
"Oh god stop talking Haley" said Peyton
"Soo Nathan what are you gonna do" asked Brooke changing the subject
"I don't know play basket ball or kill my brother…which one comes first I don't mind" said Nathan menacingly.
"Common Brooke lets leave" said Lucas quickly grabbing her hand and dragging her out.
Jake watched Peyton play tag with the girls at central park, they just took another tour and shown places that Peyton would have never seen at the tourists place. He was happy watching them, he had never seen any of his daughters get on with anyone other then Peyton, and he now didn't want her to leave, but he knew she wouldn't stay here. He carried on watching them for a while smiling, when they all came up to him, then it hit Jake, he knew what he had to do, but also knew Brooke might not be happy with his decisions
"Daddy can you show me that jump shot again" asked Sarah, there were in the back garden playing basket ball while Brooke was flipping through, this was not her idea of spending her last day with Lucas, although she was happy to see Lucas and Sarah bonding.
"No, no more basketball…come on lets do something fun like shopping" said Brooke.
"No!" screamed Lucas and Sarah
"Argh she has so gone on to you Luke" screeched Brooke as those two laughed at her
The gang were back home and the girls were in bed, Jake and Peyton had something to tell everyone, but Jake was a bit worried because he didn't know how Brooke would react to it.
"Will you guys just tell us…it can't be that bad" said Haley, they we're all waiting eagerly for their two best friends to spill the beans
"Well it's gonna effect all of us" said Jake.
"And im sure in a good way too" said Peyton
"Will you two just get to the point" said Nathan getting impatient. "I want my sleep, were catching an early flight ya know"
"Well with your constant interruption will we ever get to out news Nate" snapped Peyton
"Well you are taking your damn sweet time" said Nathan
"Honey I think its better you stayed quite and let them do the talking" said Haley
"Thanks Hales…as we were saying before Nathan rudely interrupted" said Peyton
"Yeah err well we're…engaged" said Jake to shocked crowd
"What" they all said
"Yeah engaged you know what Nathan and Haley did but we're not eloping" said Peyton
"We know what engaged mean peyt" said Lucas. "This is just so sudden…congrats mate" hugging them both
"Err Brooke aren't you gonna say anything" asked Jake worriedly
"Err well im guessing you're gonna move to tree hill then" asked Brooke
"Yeah, im sorry"
"Why should you be sorry…you're in love…congratulations" said Brooke hugging Jake
"Omg I so glad your fine with this…for a minute I thought you were gonna hate me for leaving" said Jake relieved
"Oh I aint forgiving you for leaving mate" said Brooke. "Your punishment for this is…you're gonna spend every minute before the day of your wedding with me and that includes nights to"
"Deal"
"Err hello…hey your fiancé standing right here…don't I get a say in the nights bit too" asked Peyton
"Nope Jake is all mine…you can have him on your wedding day goldilocks" smirked Brooke to Peyton, hooking her self on to Jake.
"Hmmm I don't like the idea to that Brooke…a guy…a bed…and you" teased Peyton
"And what's wrong with that…me and Brooke shared a bed last night" chipped in Lucas. "Nothing happened between us"
"I was joking Luke and when did this happen…Brooke said she wouldn't go to you" said Peyton interesting
"nothing happened guys so stop getting idea…the sofa was lumpy…and I didn't want to bunk with Nathan and Haley, god knows what those to be doing" explained Brooke. "So I went to Luke…and plus it was my bedroom as well…and anyway I wouldn't get my self in to that again that too with Lucas"
"Hey why would it be so bad being with me" asked Lucas
"Luke aint getting in to this again" said Brooke leaving the room and heading upstairs, Lucas followed her into her bedroom.
"Brooke?" said Lucas
"What Luke" said Brooke
"Why don't you want to get back together?"
"Because Lucas…I don't want to get hurt again"
"I wont hurt you Brooke…I promise"
"That's what you said last time…and in the end it was still me who was hurt…I don't want to do this again…I can't"
"But this time is different…we have Sarah…we're parents"
"Yeah then what…we break up again…and this time Sarah will get hurt and I don't want that Luke"
"So what are we going to call this…what we're doing now"
"Friends"
"Friends?"
"Yeah…just friends"
"What about friends with benefits"
"Don't push it Luke"