Thanks again to everyone for reading and reviewing! I know the last chapter was a little out there with the Rachel and Owen thing, but they can't just be together and make it easy! I personally hated Brooke with Owen and I never liked Rachel, but I'll use them to cause a little trouble. Anyway… I'll apologize now for make lack of knowledge about casts and broken legs. I tried googling it, but I decided authenticity just wasn't worth it!
Ch. 11
"Julian! Wait!" Haley was screaming after Julian as he made his way to the door. She worriedly watched him as he grabbed the bottle of tequila and headed out the front door. "Damn it!" Unable to catch Julian before he jumped to the wrong conclusion, Haley turned her frustration to Owen and a sleeping Brooke.
"Owen! What the hell!?" Haley ran back into the bedroom and closed the door to figure out what she and Julian discovered. "Julian is with Brooke and now he thinks you're with Brooke and now he's with tequila and probably the skanky ho, Rachel, by now." Haley was glaring at Owen with her hands on her hips. She nodded her head to the completely passed out Brooke, "Is she breathing? How the hell can she sleep through this?"
Owen chuckled and managed to unwrap himself from Brooke's limp body. "Haley, come on you know me. I love Brooke, but she's not my type." Owen couldn't help but give a little shudder as he reached for his t-shirt and pulled it over his head. Haley was relieved to see he was still wearing his jeans as he sat on the bed and pulled on his boots.
"So not answering the question Owen! What the hell happened?" Haley demanded in her best angry school teacher voice while her hands motioned for emphasis. "Don't make me go get Nathan!" Haley finally threatened.
"Haley, relax!" Owen stood towering over Haley and rubbed her arms. He kinked his eyebrow, "But then again, you know I'd love for you to go get Nathan." Haley slapped his chest and laughed, "Eeewww gross, Owen! That's my husband!"
Owen and Haley laughed and sank down to the floor. Clearing her threat and folding her arms across her chest, Haley gave Owen a pointed look to remind him he owed her an explanation. Sighing deeply Owen began to fill Haley in on just how he managed to wind up in Brooke's bed. "I came by to tell Brooke I was leaving and she was all crying and upset about Julian and the hootchie. I got her some water so she could take her pain medication, but that along with the wine made for one sleepy combination." He laughed as he looked over to the slightly snoring Brooke. "She didn't want to be alone and she asked me to stay with her until she fell asleep. I made myself comfortable and guess what – I fell asleep, too." Haley looked Owen dubiously and he held his hands up as if defending himself from an attack, "Seriously Hales… I swear."
Haley laughed and allowed Owen to pull her to her feet. She pulled the blanket higher over Brooke and turned out the light as the two left Brooke alone and sleeping. The party seemed to be finally dying down and Haley made her way over to Nathan and Lucas. Peyton was asleep on the couch and Millie was in a deep conversation with Chase. Haley was a little anxious to find Julian before he did anything stupid, but Nathan confirmed he hadn't seen him in a couple of hours.
Grabbing the bottle of tequila, Julian decided he needed to get away from the incestuous Tree Hill group of friends. After several beers and glasses of wines, he knew he was in no shape to be driving as he began walking in the direction of the beach. Hell, I'm in no shape to be walking. Julian thought as he unscrewed the top of the bottle and took a long gulp of tequila.
"Save some for me." Julian turned his head to see the same smirking redhead he had rebuked earlier, but that was before he had found Brooke in bed with Owen. Rachel sauntered towards Julian, swaying her hips and unbuttoning her shirt as she made her way closer to him. Each button she popped revealed more creamy flesh. Julian swallowed angrily as he looked at her red bra and toned stomach, She isn't Brooke and I want Brooke, but Brooke doesn't want you. Reaching out to take the bottle from Julian, Rachel's eyes never wavered from Julian as she dared him with her gaze to take this to another level.
Julian just stared at Rachel and watched her swallow from the bottle. She pulled the bottle from her lips and then rubbed her bra clad breasts against his chest. She licked his neck and then reached down into his pants. She nibbled on his ear and continued to touch him as he got hard in her hands. Rachel giggled against Julian's lips, "I knew you weren't gay. Come on, the beach is just a block over."
Julian hated that he was unable to control his physical reaction to Rachel's touching, but he nodded at Rachel's suggestion and began to follow her to the beach. He fell back behind her a few steps and watched her walk in front of him as his id and superego battled for supremacy. What the fuck are you doing Baker? What the fuck am I waiting for – she's a freaking supermodel! She isn't Brooke, you know the one you came down here for? You mean the one who is ignoring you and sleeping with some other guy – that Brooke? Yeah the one that I've loved since I was freaking 18 years old and finally found, I'm not going to fuck it up by fucking a friend of hers who I care nothing about!
It only took Julian and Rachel a few minutes to walk the block to the beach and they were soon crossing the sand closer to the water. Julian collapsed onto the sand and laid his head back. Hearing the sounds of the waves crashing a few feet away Julian closed his eyes and thought of California. You can't really see the stars back home, too many lights. But here, Julian was amazed at the clarity of the cloudless night sky. He sat up on his elbows and looked for Rachel and saw her stripping out of her clothes. She grinned at him and crooked her finger towards him, inviting him into the water. Julian laughed, "No ma'am, I saw Jaws one too many times to enjoy a night swim."
Rachel shrugged and walked to him, her naked body illuminated by the moonlight. She sat on Julian's lap, and kissed his neck, but this time Julian pulled away. Memories of his first night with Brooke on the beach were running through Julian's head, and he knew with absolute certainty what he had to do. He sighed and looked up to her, "I can't do this Rachel. I'm really sorry, but I'm in love with Brooke." He pushed her gently to the side and began picking up her clothes and handing them to her with his eyes averted to the side. Julian was at once guilt stricken for leading Rachel on to this point, but relieved in the total clarity of what he had just said and what he felt for Brooke.
"What?!" Rachel screamed at him, "That's who you're taken with? What the hell, Julian?! I'd never have done this if I knew it was Brooke!" Rachel swiftly began getting dressed and continued to yell at Julian. "You're such an ass! What the hell are you doing out here with me if you're in love with Brooke?"
Julian turned to Rachel and agreed with her, "I am an ass! I shouldn't be out here with you, using you to make myself feel better, and to make Brooke feel shitty. But when I saw her with that guy in her bed, I just… I just couldn't stay there anymore thinking about her with Owen." Rachel shook her head and put her arm around Julian to comfort him from his hurt of Brooke's betrayal before she turned to slap him hard across the cheek.
"What the?!" Julian sputtered in pain, grasping his stinging cheek.
"Julian, you're a moron. She was in bed with Owen? Dude, he's gay." Rachel rolled her eyes and started walking back towards Nathan and Haley's house.
"Whoa! What did you just say?" Julian jogged in front of Rachel, stopping her from going any further. "Owen is gay?" Julian slowly enunciated every syllable and looked her with a mixture of guilt, confusion, disbelief, and oh shit. Julian then laughed bitterly and looked at Rachel, "Just because a guy says no to you doesn't mean he is gay."
"No but having sex with men does mean he's gay. I mean if he was straight, you know, I'd be doing him. He's way hotter than you" She laughed, "Look, he's one of my best friends and he's known Brooke for years. There is no way they were doing what you think they were doing. And for the record, saying no to me is a pretty good indication that a man isn't into women, just saying."
Julian shook his head and groaned, "I'm such a freaking idiot! Oh my G-d! Brooke is never going to forgive me for what almost happened out here. I got to get back to Brooke." Rachel chuckled wryly and promised Julian, "Julian relax and breathe. I'm not going to say anything to Brooke, especially the part that you love her. Something like that should really come from the guy first, you know." She winked at Julian and strutted towards her car. "Good luck Julian. I'll be calling Brooke for a full report tomorrow."
Julian barely acknowledged Rachel's goodbye as he bounded up the stairs into Haley's house. The party had mostly cleared and he quickly approached Haley and Nathan who were cuddled on the couch. Haley jumped up as soon as she saw Julian and stood to greet him. "It wasn't what you think…" She started to explain, but Julian was smiling broadly and interrupted her.
"I know, Haley, I know. Rachel told me, Owen is gay." Julian loudly exclaimed and chuckled triumphantly. "I've got to talk to Brooke."
But it was Haley's turn to interrupt Julian, "Not until tomorrow Julian. She's passed out from the wine and a pain pill. She has no idea what went down, so just let her rest and you can talk to her tomorrow." Haley was a little suspicious of Julian's long disappearance, especially now that she knew he was keeping company with Rachel, but she decided to let it go and snuggled back into her husband's embrace.
The next morning Brooke woke up to a throbbing headache, sunshine, and a man's bare back. Holding her head she remembered falling asleep with Owen after her former friend, Rachel, whored it up with Julian. She groaned softly and pulled the pillow over her head. At this moment, she wasn't sure which hurt worse, her head or her leg. She reached for another pain pill, but was startled with a gruff, "Good morning, Baby."
Tossing the pillow aside, Brooke looked up into the sleepy brown eyes of Julian. He grinned at her and reached out to caress her cheek, whispering apologies to her for not stopping Rachel sooner. She quickly lifted her hand to touch his face, mirroring his caress. "Good morning" her voice was a raspy breath and Julian couldn't remain guarded or resist kissing her.
She was surprised at the intensity of Julian's kiss and all thoughts of Rachel's attempts to seduce him were quickly discarded as Julian's hands touched her thighs. Brooke sharply sucked in her breath and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to her. She tried to move her body closer to him, but was instantly reminded of her broken leg and groaned, "Shit!"
Julian chuckled and kissed Brooke's neck, "Hmmm… not really what turns me on there Baby." His hand moved from Brooke's thigh past her stomach to grasp her breast through her nightgown causing Brooke to groan again. Julian smiled against her neck and began to kiss a trail down her neck so that his mouth could meet his hand at Brooke's nipple. Julian continued to suck and lick Brooke's breasts and sent his hands exploring further down Brooke's body. He lifted his mouth back to her lips as his hands moved between her thighs.
Brooke's eyes widened and she moaned softly, but then she abruptly stopped Julian with her hand. "I can't. I mean we can't. Look at this freaking cast!" Brooke threw her hands up in frustration and lifted herself up onto her elbows as she glanced down at her cast. Julian chuckled as she made a hissing sound directed towards the cast that reached up past her inner thigh.
"Hmmm… don't underestimate me." Julian teased Brooke, but he knew that the doctors had said to refrain from any vigorous activities until the cast could be removed in another week. Brooke gave Julian a small hopeless smile and shook her head. Julian lifted his eyebrow and began moving his hand again between Brooke's legs. Julian leaned into Brooke, pushing her back so that she was lying down on the bed again. He kissed her lips and then whispered to her, "I can do a lot of things with you in this position Brooke Davis."
"Good morning Tigger! You and Julian look, ahem, happy." Haley breezily waltzed into Brooke's room after she saw Julian leave to take a shower. Startled, Brooke pulled the covers over her naked body and hissed, "We are so reinstalling the scrunchie system tutor mom!"
Laughing, Haley plopped onto the bed with Brooke then looked at the rumpled sheets grimacing and jumped off the bed, "Eww, Ewww, Ewww! This is where my parents sleep when they come to visit. Oh my G-d, I totally bet they had sex here, too!"
Brooke laughed and then looked at Haley with a concerned and disgusted face, "Please tell me you changed the sheets! Tell me you changed the sheets!"
Haley slowly backed out of the room, "Yeah, but I think we need to burn that bed after you leave."
Brooke shuddered to think what Haley's parents did on the bed and then a sudden thought jumped into her head, "Haley where did Nathan's mom stay when she lived here?"
Haley's eyes widened and her mouth opened, "Oh my G-d! Skillz!" Haley shrieked and began laughing.
Brooke began floundering in the bed but was trapped by her broken leg and whined, "Gross Haley that's fucking gross! You've got me confined to your freaky parents slash in-laws' sex bed!"
Haley laughed "Don't forget to add slash best friend's sex bed, too!"
Brooke tossed her pillow, "So not funny tutor mom! Besides we can't even have sex, sex until the cast comes off."
"Awww… Tigger, I finally got you back for having sex with Felix in my bed!"
"Haley for real?! Me having sex once in your bed so doesn't compare to you keeping me hostage on your recycled middle aged sex mattress."
"Uh – did I come at a bad time?" Mille tentatively entered Brooke's room with coffee and her lap top, ready to begin the morning's work.
""Well, well, well! Ms. Millie you were quite cozy with Chase last night!" Haley teased Millie as she blushed a bright shade of pink.
"Shut up! Millie!" Brooke squealed and flapped her hands motioning for Millie to come to the bed, but remembering the bed's history stopped Millie from sitting. "Don't sit down on Haley's mattress of shame. You'd probably lose your virginity just from contact. We totally have to get a new mattress in here today."
"Uh, ok?" Millie questioned and pulled up a chair to Brooke's bed. "Chase is pretty cute. We're going out tonight!" Millie gushed excitedly to her boss.
Brooke quickly clapped her hands and then looked over at Millie, "Ok! Now I'm ready to work. What's first on the agenda?"
Millie pulled up Brooke's email on the laptop and handed it over to her. Millie began running down the list of people to contact that morning, unaware of the sudden change in Brooke's mood and demeanor. Brooke's eyes filled with tears as she flipped through the pictures and the story that was emailed to her from the head of her PR department.