It was 3 a.m. and Broke couldn't sleep. She looked over at Lucas passed out cold and carefully placed a kiss on his forehead before climbing out of bed. She meant to tell him tonight, but he asked if they could talk in the morning because he was beat and just wanted to cuddle. She felt guilty the entire time they laid in bed kissing. She wanted to tell him, but she didn't want him to be angry. She would never intentionally hurt him and she didn't want to be with Julian at all. Julian was an acquaintance and that's all. He even had a girlfriend that he told her he wanted to marry if they were still together in a couple of months. Why the hell did he kiss her then?
She poured herself a glass of water and sank don on the couch. She wasn't going to sleep with this guilt on her shoulders and she knew she had to tell Lucas. She just hoped he wouldn't be too angry with her. She put her cup in the sink and headed back up to their room. She closed the door and quietly got back into bed. She ran her fingers through Lucas's blond locks and felt him shift ever so lightly. 'Wake him up you idiot. You won't sleep until you tell him,' ran through her mind over and over.
"Lucas" she whispered. He didn't wake. "Lucas" she tried again. She heard him mumble and reach his arm out for her. She intercepted his arm and held his hand.
"Sleep Brooke. Tired. Cuddle with me" Lucas mumbled.
"Broody, please wake up," Brooke whispered loudly to wake him. She saw him squint his eyes and finally wake up. "Can we talk Luke?"
Lucas's eyes shifted to the alarm clock. "Brooke it's 3 in the morning" he whinned. "Can't it wait until morning" he said as he laid his head back on the pillow and shut his eyes.
She needed to tell him and she was determined to do it right now. She didn't know how to say it so she just blurted it out. "Julian kissed me."
That sure as hell woke him up. His eyes hot open and he just looked at her, wondering if he was hearing things. He kept his eyes locked with hers and asked her to repeat herself. When she did Lucas jumped out of bed. He wanted to yell at her and ask her what the hell she was doing when he was at home waiting for her, with their son. He was about to raise his voice when he remembered they had a sleeping child right down the hall. He looked back at Brooke, who hadn't moved from her spot on the bed. She looked frozen almost scared. He took a deep breath and walked back to the bed and sat beside her. "Tonight," he asked and she nodded her head. "That's why you were so long. Did you guys…" he trailed off not wanting to hear the answer that would shatter his heart and his world.
Brooke turned to him, feeling almost as if he'd slapped her. "No Lucas. I would never do that. I was thinking about something he had said and when I realized what was happening I pulled back." He wouldn't look at her and it hurt much more than she ever imagined.
"But you still kissed him. Do you want to be with him Brooke? You've been spending a lot of time with him and I thought it was just school related, so I kept my feelings on the subject hidden, but maybe you want something different" Lucas said through gritted teeth.
The tears finally started flowing freely from her eyes. "Luke he kissed me, I didn't want him to kiss me. I only want to be with you," she said as she reached for his hand but he pulled it away. She knew he'd be upset, but she didn't think he would shun from her touch and whispering "Only you Lucas," she tried again. Maybe Julian was right. Maybe they were just in a relationship for the sake of Alex and this was the push Lucas needed. She closed her eyes and whispered, "Do you love me?"
He closed his eyes when she asked him that question. Of course he loved her, but a part of him wanted to hurt her for letting Julian kiss her. Maybe this was how she had felt with Lindsey and the other girl. He waited for a minute because he wasn't going to lie to her. He felt her shift beside him and get off the bed. "Where are you going," he asked as he sat up.
She stopped at the door and controlled her sobs. "I'm sorry for kissing him Lucas. I know that you feel trapped by our situation and Julian told me that you didn't lo.." but she was cut off by Lucas.
"Don't you dare finished that sentence Brooke," Lucas said as he pushed off the bed and made his way over to her. He saw her shaking and crying in front of him and out of instinct he pulled her by the shoulders into him. "Julian knows nothing about us or how I feel. I swear I want to kick his teeth in right now," Lucas growled. He felt Brooke shutter. He pulled away from her and cupped her chin in his hand. "I love you Brooke. I love you so fucking much it hurts. I hate that you let another guy touch you; the thought drives me crazy. I'm yours and your mine Pretty Girl. Any one who tries to come between that is playing with fire" he said as his eyes burned a deep-clouded blue. It was the shade they turned when he was angry beyond words. Brooke had only seen his eyes that color once before---when he accused her of being pregnant with Alex by someone else in high school.
"I'm only yours Broody," Brooke said as her hands covered the ones currently holding her face to look at him. "I'm so sorry. I didn't want to lie to you Lucas and I know I hurt you….I….I just…." She stuttered out.
"Two things Brooke," Lucas said cutting her off. "I've never felt trapped. I wanted to be here okay. You and Alex are the only things that matter to me okay, Julian doesn't know shit about my feelings" he said and watched her nod. He felt that urge come back to him to go and beat Julian to a pulp. "Second. If he ever touches you again, I will not be responsible for my actions. I need you to do something for me Brooke," he said gently and ran his hands through her now messy hair.
"Anything Lucas," she almost sounded like she was pleading. She clung to his wife beater and inched herself closer to him.
"If you need to work with him again, I want to be there or I want him to come here." He knew he was being unreasonable but he couldn't help it. Brooke was an hour away at school and if she wanted to lie and cheat she wouldn't have told him about the kiss. She could have snuck around with Julian and he probably would have never known about it, but she didn't. A few hours ago he had kissed her and she woke him up just to tell him. Something in Lucas just couldn't stand the thought of him anywhere close to Brooke now that he knew he had kissed her. Maybe Lucas would take a drive to Duke this weekend so he could see his baby sister.
Brooke didn't get much sleep so she got up early to care for Alex. She let Lucas sleep, although she could still see the tension on his sleeping form. She knew he had been angry, but she thanked everything that he didn't storm out. Usually when that happened one of them would say something they regretted or do something to make the situation worse. She just wanted to forget about everything and live a peaceful life. Her decision to go to Duke seemed to be causing more drama than she had bargained for.
She was sitting on the ground playing peek-a-boo when Lucas came down from their room. The two of them were perfect and beautiful in every way. Neither had noticed him come down, so he took the opportunity to lean on the doorframe and smile at Brooke's antics.
"Where's momma," Brooke said as she hid behind the chair. She watched Alex try to run faster than his legs could carry him to find her. When he got close enough she got out from behind the chair and surprised him. He fell on his behind in a fit of giggles. Brooke layed him against the ground and leaned over him. She lifted up his shirt to blow on his belly, which caused a new round of giggles. "Is momma silly," she said as she gave him kisses. She looked up when she heard Lucas laugh behind her.
Lucas walked up behind her and leaned over. "Mommas always silly," he said and rubbed his hand over his sons belly. He gave Brooke a gentle kiss on the head and stood up. "Morning," he said and smiled at her. He could tell she was still apprehensive and a bit nervous. He didn't want things to get weird between them. They had always been honest with eachother and even if what happened last night upset him, she had still been honest. "You hungry Pretty Girl?"
"No I'm good. I already made breakfast and fed Alex. We left you some though," she said as she picked up Alex and did airplanes with him. She almost tripped over her own feet and Lucas steadied her and laughed.
"Always the klutz," he said as he smacked her on the butt and headed to the kitchen. She yelled to him from the living room telling him that his parents were on their way over to take Alex out for a little while. He grunted at the thought of his father, but let her know he heard her. Brooke was going shopping with Haley for baby stuff this afternoon and Nathan and Lucas were going to visit their baby sister on a surprise visit.
"Okay please tell me why we are at Duke on a Saturday morning because I know it has nothing to do with you missing our baby sister," Nathan asked as they parked outside of Peyton's place.
"I told you I just wanted to visit," Lucas said and shrugged. Of course this wasn't why he came. He wanted to beat Julian to a pulp. When he saw Nathan give him a look that said I don't think so, he gave in. "Okay fine," he said and threw his hands up. "Julian kissed Brooke and I want to have a conversation with him."
"Luke this is a bad idea. If I had known this I would not have come up here. If you lose your temper Luke you could lose everything," Nathan said and sighed loudly.
"Let's go see Peyt," Lucas said as he got out of the car, avoiding the rest of this conversation. He wasn't going to do anything stupid.
Lucas used the key Peyton had given Brooke to let them in. It was nearly noon and it looked like she was probably still sleeping. Deciding they would giver her a surprising wake-up call they burst through the door of her bedroom. Boy, were they the ones who got a surprise. Their baby sister was definitely up and she was not alone. They quickly closed the door and waited for her to come out.
"Oh my god, I am scarred for life," Nathan said and sat on the couch. "First you and Brooke now my baby sister," Nathan huffed. Much to his dismay Lucas laughed.
All of a sudden a fury of curls was in front of them shrieking. "What the hell are you doing here? Don't you know how to knock? I am in college now, so I think that constitutes some privacy damn it. A call would have been nice so I could have prepared better," Peyton huffed and slung her arms on her hips.
"Bright idea Lucas," Nathan said and smirked. "Look Peyt, I didn't want to come, but Lucas needs to talk to some Julian guy."
Peyton's gaze snapped to her blond brother. "What do you want with him Lucas? I swear if you start trouble for me I will kill you," she hissed and pointed her finger at him.
"You? What are you talking about Peyt," Lucas asked quizzically.
"Julian came to me last night and asked to be exclusive with me. If you are here to start trouble go back home."
"Was that him in there," Lucas asked standing up. She gave him a warning glance and he assured her he just wanted to talk to him for a minute about the project. She let him go and went to grab coffee with Nathan.
Lucas stepped in to the room and came face to face with Julian.
"I'm Julian. Sorry not the best way to meet your girlfriend's family," Julian joked and held out his hand for Lucas.
Lucas gripped his hand, probably tighter than necessary. "Lucas. Lucas Scott." The look that came to Julian's face made Lucas aware that he knew who he was now.
"Look Luke, I don't want any trouble," Julian said and pulled his hand back.
"It's Lucas to you and you're the one who made this visit possible. Do not fuck with my sister and do not ever touch my girlfriend again, understood," Lucas said and clenched his fists at his sides. When Julian chuckled Lucas almost lost his cool.
"I like Peyton. She's who I want to be with. Brooke is a great girl, but she's not ready for someone like me."
"Someone like you," Lucas scoffed.
"Yeah, Lucas. Someone who would commit to her after four years and a child together. You have that girl so caught up in you, but you can't commit to her. She's beautiful, intelligent, sensitive, and has such a bright future, but she is so insecure because of you," Julian said and grabbed his keys to leave. "Commit to her or let her go and live to her full potential."
Lucas was pissed. Who the hell did this guy think he was? He knew nothing about his and Brooke's relationship. Julian blowing him off like this pissed him off and before he knew what he was going he had him pinned to the wall with his hands clasped tightly on his collar. "Fuck you. You don't know anything about how I feel for her. If you ever touch her again I swear I will hurt you. If you feel the need to be near her you, I will be there and if I so much as see you look at her inappropriately, it will get ugly," Lucas said and stomped from the room, stopping at the door to say one more thing. "You hurt my sister or play games this conversation will not be so friendly next time."
Lucas grabbed the keys from the counter and met Nathan and Peyton coming back from outside. He talked to Peyton for a few minutes, not bringing up the conversation with Julian, and then the boys headed home. Nathan to his wife who was giving birth in the next few months and Lucas to Brooke—his life.
When he arrived home Lucas went and took a shower and Brooke was putting on her make-up. She decided that she wanted to look extra nice tonight, even though her and Lucas had no plans. She hadn't really gotten dressed up or put on make-up in a while. When Lucas walked into the bedroom with his towel draped dangerously low on his hips Brooke smirked to herself.
"Baby, have I ever told you how incredible gorgeous you are," Brooke said leaning back in her chair. She watched him smirk at her and shake his head. "Well just in case I haven't told you enough, you are so incredibly sexy," she said in an extra raspy tone.
He walked over to her and leaned into her chair. He gave her a soft, but sensual kiss. "You're sexy too baby," he mumbled on her lips. He felt her run her fingers through his damp hair and pull his mouth harder into hers. He roamed her mouth, rediscovering every inch as if it was the first. Every time he kissed her he got a dizzy feeling, and felt the sparks run from his mouth down to his toes. Her touch calmed every part of his body and being. She pulled back and smiled at him. Her eyes had a soft and thoughtful look to them. He was sure that the kiss had been a distraction so that she could talk to him while he was in a dazed state.
He stood back up and walked back to the dresser to get dressed. "You look pretty tonight. Did you and Haley have fun today," he said as he shot her his famous Scott smile over his shoulder.
She smiled back at him. God she was so in love with him. She couldn't picture a day without him in her life. She wanted him to be with her every day and always know when she woke up that he would be right next to her. She wasn't even really paying attention to what he was saying to her. She had other things on her mind and without thinking she started to voice those thoughts. "Do you ever think about getting married one day Luke," she asked out of the blue.
He wasn't sure if he had heard her correctly. He froze in his spot and like an idiot said, "What did you say?" When he turned to look at her he noticed how she suddenly looked unsure of herself and mumbled "nothing" before turning back to the mirror. He finished getting dressed and walked over to her. He kneeled down in front of her. He noticed that she tried her hardest to avoid him, but he was having none of it. He pulled at her hand and forced her to turn herself in the chair and look at him.
"Everyday," he said and just looked at her looking at the floor. She didn't respond or say anything so he continued. "I think about marrying you every day Brooke." With that she looked up at him.
"Lucas, we've been together for four years. I just asked because I wasn't sure if it was something you ever thought about. I just feel like maybe you haven't asked because you aren't sure if I'm what you want for the rest of your life," she said and shifted her gaze away from him. When he laughed and pulled away from him she felt humiliated. She watched him walk to the dresser and felt the sting of rejection so she grabbed her purse while his back was turned and left the bedroom.
Lucas was so excited that she had brought up this subject. He had been so nervous on how to approach the subject, but now that he knew that this is something that she wanted he was ecstatic. His conversation with Julian put into perspective how important it was for him to let her know how committed he was to her and their family. He walked over to the dresser to retrieve the ring he had bought for her a few months back so he could finally ask her properly. When he turned around with the box in his hand he saw her retreating figure walking down the hall. Quickly realizing that she had thought he laughed at her he ran from the room towards her.
"Brooke stop," he said as he grabbed her arm to turn her towards him. When she looked at him he couldn't help but laugh. Her eyes were already brimming with tears and he loved how sensitive she got. "Where you going in such a hurry," he asked with a bit of humor in his voice.
"I uhhh….I'm going to…okay fine I'm stupid for bringing it up and I didn't want you to feel like I was pressuring you so I was going to go out," she finally huffed out.
"That's too bad. I guess I'll have to wait then," he said as he turned around. He knew her curiosity would get the better of her and he was having a little fun in the process. As if on cue she grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"Wait for what," she said and kinked her brow at him and pouted.
'God she is so beautiful when she tires to be all pouty' he thought to himself. He turned around and smiled at her. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the box. He heard her gasp and he got down on one knee. "Brooke Penelope Davis, I know this is not the most romantic setting, and I didn't plan on doing it like this, but I love you too much to wait any longer. Will you please marry me?"
'Oh my god, oh my god. He is finally asking me. Did I pressure him? Wait. He has a ring, so maybe he had been thinking about it' she thought. She was just starring at him and then glanced down at the ring. It was beautiful, nothing huge or over the top, but special.
"Brooke," Lucas asked nervously. She was just standing there looking at him. The tears were starting to come, but she still hadn't said anything to him and it was making him really nervous. Maybe it was the wrong decision to ask her now. Maybe he should have waited and done in when he had planned and not in the hallway. She was probably thinking that he felt pressured because she brought the subject up.
"No," she said. Of course she was going to say yes, but he had started this little game. She watched his face fall and he looked like he was on the verge of tears. She squatted down in front of him and placed her hands on his face. He was still frozen in the same spot, shocked. She smiled politely at him and then a huge grin crossed her face. "Of course I'll marry you Lucas Scott," she said and threw her arms around his neck, knocking both of them over in the process. She planted kisses all over his face. He rolled them over so he was on top of her. He finally took the ring from the box and placed it on her finger where it belonged. "Let's go get our baby, baby and celebrate as a family," he said and kissed her on the nose before pulling her up with him.
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