''Oh my god! How did I miss this? This is just crazy. Unbelievable. You guys have made my day, seriously.'' Brooke said with a squeal as she sat with the new Leyton at lunch.
''Not week? Wow, Brooke. Ouch.'' Lucas joked, taking a sip of his drink. He and Peyton have just announced to Brooke that they are together. And to be honest, they were expecting a better reaction than that. She squealed when Nathan and Haley got together, but what about them?
Brooke shrugged. ''Yes, you've not seen Julian in the bedroom that makes my day.''
Peyton and Lucas shuddered as Nathan took a seat.
''No, but I have.'' Nathan quipped with a glare. ''Oh by the way, you owe me money.''
Brooke's eyes widened in confusion. ''What for?''
''Dry cleaning bill for my letterman jacket.'' he told her with an eye roll, and then turned to his brother. ''They had sex, and Julian was wearing my jacket. And Brooke stole it over the summer.'' Nathan turned back to Brooke. ''I bet you knew he was moving to Tree Hill, so you stole it!''
''Who stole what?'' Haley asked, sitting down next to Lucas.
Nathan smiled when he saw her. ''My letterman jacket.''
Haley rolled her eyes. ''Oh, that was me.''
''Wait- what?''
''I gave it to Brooke.'' she shrugged. ''I didn't like it.''
Haley would normally feel bad, she would always say sorry. But right now, she doesn't really care. She meant what she said to Lucas, she feels numb. It doesn't really register when she says something that would hurt someone. She just doesn't really feel anything. And it's scaring her, because she doesn't want to lose everyone. She just can't help it.
Nathan just shrugged. He knew that she was still having nightmares, when he gave her the 'gun' it helped, but she's still not Haley. So he's not going to give her a hard time over a jacket. ''Oh, okay.''
Julian then approached the table; he sat down and kissed Brooke's cheek. ''Hey guys, what are we talking about?''
Brooke grinned at her boyfriend. ''Lucas and Peyton are together! Isn't that awesome?''
''Really? I didn't know you guys liked each other.''
''No, they love each other.'' Nathan corrected with a smirk. ''My older brother's in love with Curly. This is crazy.''
Lucas wrapped his arm around Peyton's shoulders and kissed the top of her head. ''I know. But it's awesome, right?''
''You've got that right,'' Brooke said with a huge smile. ''Now we're like a group of couples. Now we can triple date. Oh, and Routh and Mia and Chase can come. Wait, why don't they have a name? Mase? No. Um, Cia? Oh, so that is why.''
''Um, no thanks Brooke.'' Haley said instantly. ''I don't really wanna go out with the exact same people who were there with us that day.''
Brooke frowned. ''Hales, nothing's gonna happen.''
Haley glared at the green eyed, dark haired girl. ''Just drop it Brooke, I don't wanna go.'' and with that, she stood up and stormed away.
And of course, Nathan ran after her.
''She's not dealing with this,'' Lucas said with a sigh. ''She doesn't get why this happened to her. You know, she was nice to him. She's nice to everyone. And what does she get? Held hostage by a kid with a gun. That wasn't fair. I just don't think she wants to do it anymore.''
Julian squeezed Brooke's hand in comfort. ''It's gonna be okay.''
''It was supposed to be gone. Once we got out of that school and when Lucas was better, that was when it was supposed to end. It's not supposed to haunt us. Not Haley.''
''Hey Nathan,'' Julian shouted, running over to him. It's the end of the school day, and Brooke has a cheerleading meeting. It's not practice day, she just has to discuss some important things coming up. Julian had spotted Nathan walking to his car, so he decided to settle something with him.
''Yeah?'' Nathan asked, not stopping walking, he didn't even turn around when he heard Julian. He's not in the mood to deal with him today.
Julian held out some money, and handed it to the jock. ''Here's your money.''
Nathan looked at it for a moment. ''What's that for?''
''Your dry cleaning bill.'' he said, and then continued after seeing the confusion written on the younger Scott brother's face. ''We didn't do anything by the way. And I know you think that this is kinda creepy, me and Brooke making out while I wear your jacket. But we were just messing around and I put it on, she said something and then we started kissing. I was about to take it off but then you walked in... and then it got embarrassing.''
Nathan chuckled. ''You can say that again.'' he patted Julian's shoulder. ''But don't worry about it. I didn't really go to the dry cleaners, I just threw it in the trash on the way home. I didn't really wanna wear it, no matter how many times I washed it. It just creeped me out. No offence. Sorry for not bringing it back. You know, if that's what you're into.''
Julian glared at him and huffed. ''I swear I didn't have sex in your jacket.''
Unfortunately for them, Tim Smith walked past as soon as that comment was made. ''That's gross. Hey Nate, do you have sex wearing his jacket?''
''Shut up, Dim.''
''Hi Sylvia, where's Julian?'' Brooke asked as she walked into the kitchen. Classic is in a month, the cheerleading competition. So Brooke had to talk to all of the cheerleaders to organise extra's practices.
Sylvia looked up from the magazine she was reading at the breakfast bar and smiled at his son's girlfriend. ''He's at the store. He's been gone for a while, he won't be long.''
Brooke nodded. ''Um, okay. Can I just apologise again? I'm really sorry that you had to hear that.''
''It's fine, Brooke.'' Sylvia said with a small laugh. ''I know what it's like to be in love. And I know that my Julian loves you more than anything. So thank you for loving him.''
''He makes it easy.'' Brooke said with a smile that describes just how happy she is with him. ''He really does.''
Julian walked down the isle of the store, pushing the cart as he looked at everything on sale. His Mom had given him a list, but there wasn't much he needed to buy, so he should be back soon. He was also in a hurry because Brooke would be home soon, and he just hoped that his Mom wouldn't have another sex talk with her. That would be beyond embarrassing.
He turned around when he felt someone tap his shoulder and saw Alex Dupre smirking at him. ''Hey Julian.''
''Um, Hi Alex?''
Alex looked at him flirtatiously. ''Watcha doin' here?''
Julian pointed to the kart next to him. ''Grocery shopping.''
''Cool. So, how are you holding up?'' she asked softly, placing her hand comfortingly on his shoulder.
''What?'' he asked in confusion, taking a small step back so her hand would fall off. It was making him uncomfortable how she was touching him. Nathan had said something about her being up to something a few weeks ago. Maybe she is.
''With the Jason guy and the gun.''
Julian looked at her strangely. ''His name was Jimmy, and I'm fine. It was a month ago. You know, you could have asked then. Or you could have asked Lucas, he was the one who got shot.''
Alex smiled at him. ''But I was only worried about you.''
''Why?''
''I've seen you around,'' she said softly, taking a step towards him. ''And everyone says you're really nice. But you're dating Brooke Davis. You could do so much better.''
Julian felt his blood boil as he laughed bitterly. ''And who's better? You?''
''I think you're super hot.'' she continued. ''I can make you popular. I can make everyone love you. I can love you. So how about it? Be with me.''
Alex took another step towards him, and attempted to bring her face towards his. But Julian pushed her away instantly once she realised what she was doing.
''Well, this is a first.'' he mumbled, running a hand threw his hair. ''I know what you're doing. Nathan's right. I know what you're up to.''
''And what's that?''
''You want to be more popular than Brooke. That's why you trashed Haley when she and Nathan got together. That's why you hit on Lucas last month. And that's why you always like to hurt Brooke. You want to get to us, so then you can sit on our table. Then you're popular. You need that because you've been kicked off the squad. Stay away Alex, we all hate you.''
Not giving her a chance to respond, he grabbed his cart and walked away.
If he would have stayed around her any longer, then he would have done something he would have caused a scene. He would have started to shout, he would have gone mental. Because Alex Dupre is trying to hurt the girl he loves.
Well, not anymore.
AN: Sorry for the shorter chapter, but I had no time to right it. I really wanted to clear the Alex thing up, because I realise I've kinda left you all hanging. I know this chapter didn't have much Brulian, but I've missed writing some friendship.
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