CH.8 Secrets
After that afternoon when Nathan had kissed Brooke, they didn't stop just there, they kept stealing kisses and touches every single time they could.
Nathan was still with Haley, and Rachel was in the dark. Brooke felt the guilt eating away inside of her, but every time she was with him it all disappeared, the only thing that mattered was being together in those rare moments they had to their selves.
Something was up with Brooke; it wasn't like a new haircut, more like some sort of big catastrophe secret thing. Rachel really didn't want to pry but she was dying to know. All that Nathan did was walk around the house like he was getting some….Rachel hit her slapped her forehead leaving a big red mark on it; Brooke and Nathan were fooling around.
Why hadn't they told her, Rachel wasn't really mad about it just hurt that they hadn't trusted her enough to say something? She needed a drink, she needed a drink now and she knew exactly who to go to.
The house smelled of pure weed, sex and alcohol, it was all Owen. She spotted the guy in the corner of the room with a girl rapidly talking his ear off. Rachel slunk towards him making sure to catch the girl's eye, and wrapped her arms around his neck and staying there. He didn't push her off or even wave goodbye to the girl that stormed away, he just wrapped his arms around her waist and held her, god he had missed her.
"What are you doing here Rachel? They finally cut your chain loose?" he couldn't help but to take a dig at her, she had left him after all because of Brooke and Nathan.
"Let's go upstairs." He didn't protest as she led him to his bedroom.
Haley was lounging outside by the pool as Nathan swam, they hadn't had an argument in two weeks and that also included that she hadn't seen the hazel eyed brunette or the feisty red head, it was so far heaven to Haley.
"Watcha doing Tutor girl?" the raspy voice scraped at her sanity, she turned her head to the right and there SHE was.
"I've done told you it's Haley." She took in just how beautiful Brooke really was; she had pale skin, long legs, flat tummy, perfect boobs and long chocolaty brown hair.
"Whatever" Brooke dismissed her with a roll of her eyes and walked past her lounge chair and continued to the diving board. Haley observed how the fading suns afternoon rays of light played across her face and was jealous; this girl was 24/7 with Nathan all the time.
All of a sudden water splashed all over her, Brooke had done a cannon ball." Brooke you got me all wet!"
Brooke just giggled childishly," That's what she said!"
Nathan really had no idea what to do, go help Haley get a towel, the girl he's suppose to be head over heels with or given in and be drawn to Brooke?
"Brooke are you awake?" Rachel poked Brooke with her toe, as they lay in their separate beds. Thunder crashed outside and the brunette barely stirred, she scrunched her nose and buried herself deeper in the cocoon of the comforter. Rachel gave her one final poke that made the brunette jump awake, "Rachel did it!"
What the fuck! Even in her dreams Brooke saves her own skinny ass? Touché.
Brooke squinted in the darkness, slipped off her bed and crashed on top of Rachel pinning her to the bed," Why are you molesting me with your foot in the middle of the night?" Rachel just wiggled around sliding Brooke off of her and turned facing her, "You know I'm scared of thunder storms" the girl scoffed and threw her arm around the red head," Bitch you're such a pussy!" Rachel just thumped Brooke on her forehead; the other girl just thumped her back.
"Can we go to Nathan's room, please?" Brooke silently got up, pulled Rachel after her and took hold of her hand, lacing their fingers together like when they were little kids and they had broken something expensive and had to tell their nannies.
They crept across the hall, opened the door and could make the form of Nathan sprawled out across his bed, like he was attempting to take up as much room as possible. Rachel went to his left and Brooke to his right, they slid under the covers, shoving him to the middle." Rachel? Brooke? What'd I do?'' He sat up looking at them confused and half asleep.
A crack of lightning lit up the room and Rachel snuggled to him even more," Oh." He slump back and wrapped an arm around Rachel and laced his fingers through Brooke's.
They peacefully slept through the night.
Nathan was the first to wake up, his arm was asleep, it had stayed in the same place the whole night around Rachel's waist. Brooke had her back to him, her hair spread out on the pillow; Rachel's head rested on his heart. They hadn't shared a bed in a long time…maybe even a year, God he missed his girls.
Rachel woke up next, Nathan was trying to maneuver his arm from underneath her so she lazily rolled over," Thanks Rach I thought my arm was a goner for a moment there." Brooke's hand flew out hitting him upside the head," Shut up, I'm sleeping." Nathan's only response was to shove her, she retaliated by kicking him, he popped her and in trying to stop her from punching his arm he accidently elbowed Rachel, pretty soon they were kicking, smacking, and popping each other like a bunch of five year olds.
" Either I need a bigger bed, a lock on my door or you guys need to lose a couple pounds." The girls looked at him with a you're so dead look. The bombarded him with their pillows, he crawled off the bed begging for mercy. They went after him and grabbed him by his feet, they dragged him down the hall and Rachel yelled," Rug burn bitch!"
He managed to hold on to his door frame and kick them off; he slammed his door on their faces. The pounding on the door did not persuade him one bit at all to open it to two crazy girls.
Haley walked the halls arm in arm with her best friend, Lucas Scott. They had known each other since they were eight, and were like brother and sister.
Lucas can still remember the day Haley confessed to him that she like his half-brother Nathan, shit had hit the fan. There had been a screaming match, a broken lamp and tears (mostly on Haley's) part; but he came to accept the fact that she was going to date him no matter what and he just needed to sit back and support her.
He listened as she gushed about him, bitched about Rachel, and cursed everything towards Brooke. He was so glad that Haley and Peyton at least got along, or there would have been a World War Three.
" So Hales you finally let go of your petty grudge against Brooke?" Haley felt herself bristle like a feline at the mere mention of Brooke's name.
" What don't I have against her? She's always coming between me and my boyfriend, and Rachel just looks at me like she could skin my ass and not regret getting the death penalty on that one." Lucas just chuckled." Haley you knew dating Nathan came with baggage and that included his girls."
" You're taking their side now?"Lucas just started to pinch the bridge of his nose, he really didn't want to get into it with her, in the middle of the courtyard.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw blond curls," Peyton!" he frantically waved her over with urgency.
Brooke's world was spinning and she soon found herself on the floor of the girl's bathroom with Bevin hovering over her.
"Omg Brookie you look sooo green!"