-1Thanks so much for the kind reviews…I hope you guys like this next chapter…also I'm kind of having a little bit of writers block and am open to hearing any ideas that you guys might have…I know that a few of you want an "Old Smokey's Campground" flashback and I am going to put it in I'm just not sure how to do it. Making a long story short any idea you have I'd like to hear just let me know….by the way I don't know if I said anything about the season finale of OTH but I was kind of bummed out…I have a really bad feeling that Lindsey may be pregnant and I really hope that she isn't. Lucas always gets seems to get himself in these situations. I mean how many pregnancy scares is he going to have in his life? I just hope that he doesn't pick Peyton although I know that more than likely he's going to. It's ok though I'll deal with the whole "Leyton" thing because Lucas is just saving the BEST for last..Brucas is endgame Mark's not going to let us down.
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Brooke slowly opened her eyes and looked at the clock, she groaned when she saw that it was only 6:00 am. She ran her hand across Lucas' arm that was draped over her stomach, she could feel his rhythmic breaths against the back of her neck as he slept. Brooke lifted his arm and slid out of bed, she put on her robe and walked out of the bedroom and down the hall to the kitchen. She turned the corner and found Peyton sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee.
"Hey early bird what are you doing?" Brooke asked leaning up against the doorframe.
Peyton looked over at Brooke "Nothing couldn't sleep…you're up early"
Brooke walked over to the table and sat in the chair beside of Peyton "Me either"
Peyton took a drink of her coffee "I'm just so used to getting up with Emily and Hayden that I don't remember what it's like to sleep in….Jake sleeps like he's dead…he has this stupid smile on his face like he's a kid in a candy store…I think that the cabin is a bit too much for him"
Brooke laughed softly "He was just so excited about the ATV's and the hot tub…it was nice to see"
Peyton laughed "Yeah…not that the hot tub that we have at home isn't good enough"
"Yeah but your hot tub only has enough room for like 4 people…this hot tub fits like 10" Brooke replied pouring herself a cup of coffee.
"We should do something tonight…..maybe got out to a club or something like that….just to get out of the house….I mean it'll give us all something to do" Peyton took another drink of coffee and ran her hand through her hair.
Brooke nodded "Yeah…considering I'm not on the top of Luke's "to do" list that'll be just fine"
"Yeah…..I really believe that" Peyton joked rolling her eyes
Brooke furrowed her brow "It's the truth….I practically threw myself at him last night and he shot me down like I had some kind of disease"
"Brooke…you just had surgery 2 and a half weeks ago…I could see why he is hesitant when it comes to you two and being intimate….don't worry he'll come around" Peyton assured
"It just sucks…I mean if he's going to play hardball I'll play" Brooke said pushing herself up from the table.
"What are you going to do?" Peyton asked looking up at her
"You'll see….Lucas isn't going to know what hit him" Brooke told her before walking out of the kitchen.
"This should be interesting" Peyton said to herself before taking a drink of her coffee.
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That evening everyone was getting ready to out to shop and then to dinner and if they had time a small club that was in town. Everyone was in their rooms getting ready. Lucas was in the bathroom fixing his tie, while Brooke was sitting on the edge of the bed trying to fasten her high heels, she had borrowed a dark burgundy dress from Rachel. It had thin straps and clung to her hips and fell just above her knees. Ever since she'd put it on Lucas hadn't been able to keep his eyes off of her. He didn't think Brooke had noticed him catching peeks at her but she did…it was all part of her plan.
"These stupid shoes….I don't know why I ever got them" Brooke complained as Lucas walked into the room.
"Feel better?" Lucas joked
Brooke looked up at him and pushed her hair back out of her face she had curled it loosely and was kind of regretting that she hadn't just pulled it up. Brooke stood up and walked over to Lucas. She wrapped her arms around him and looked up at him.
"Can't we just stay here tonight?" Brooke pouted as she looked up at him and she ran her hands along the back of his neck.
Lucas shook his head "Nope….besides I'm starving and the whole point of this trip is for us to spend time with our friends"
Brooke leaned into him and nuzzled his cheek slowly, she smiled softly as the scruff on his cheek tickled her smooth one. She placed a soft kiss there before moving to nuzzle his ear. "Please Lucas…I'll do anything"
Lucas brought his hands up and put them on top of Brooke's shoulders and pushed her back and cleared his throat "Brooke, I think that we should go"
Lucas walked to the door leaving Brooke in the bedroom by herself. Brooke sighed and looked into the mirror before following Lucas out the door. She walked down the hall and stopped at Rachel's door. She watched her for a minute, Rachel was sitting at her vanity while she finished putting on her makeup. Her black cocktail dress was quite modest for Rachel's taste Brooke thought.
"What are you looking at Slut?" Rachel asked looking at Brooke through the reflection in the vanity's mirror.
"Nothing….I was just thinking that I don't think I've ever seen you wear so many clothes before" Brooke replied as she walked into the bedroom and sat down on Rachel and Mouth's bed.
Rachel shrugged her shoulders "Well I figured since I'm getting married I owe it to Mouth to be more wife like"
Brooke snorted "Oh God Rachel you kill me"
"Well how's your conquest with Lucas going?" Rachel asked as she stood up and turned to look at Brooke.
"It's…going" Brooke sighed looking down at her manicured nails.
"Yeah…I believe that" Rachel laughed
Brooke stood up "Well maybe I should just give Lucas some time…I mean he's been under a lot of stress lately and he doesn't need me on his case all the time about having sex"
"I think it's all the more reason to give him some stress relief" Rachel acknowledged
Brooke rolled her eyes "I don't know I felt good about this stupid plan and now I'm not so sure"
Rachel turned and looked at her "Brooke we have tonight and tomorrow night then we're going home…and trust me with that baby of yours you and Lucas aren't going to have much alone time"
"For your information Rachel…Hannah does go to sleep…so Lucas and I do have time to be romantic" Brooke informed her.
"So that's why he was "taking care" of himself this morning" Rachel teased
"How do you know what he was doing this morning?" Brooke asked folding her arms and raising her eyebrow.
"Well, I went into your room to borrow your Brittany Spears "Curious" perfume and since I knew you had went with Peyton and Haley to McDonald's to get some breakfast for everyone I knew you wouldn't mind…" Rachel started
"So you stole it?" Brooke scoffed
"Stole…borrowed it's all the same" Rachel told her as she moved to sit down on the foot of the bed and slip her shoes on.
"That cost money…it's like 28" Brooke sighed and sat down on the bed next to Rachel.
Rachel shook her head "Do you want me to finish my story or not"
Brooke looked at her for a minute before nodding. "Yeah…go ahead"
"So like I said I was in your room minding my own business and I heard the shower running and yeah I thought "Mmm…a naked Lucas…hell if he looks that good dry I can only imagine how good he looks wet and soapy" so I walk up to the bathroom door and I hear him groan your name…it doesn't take a genius to figure out what it is that he was doing" Rachel stood up and smoothed out her dress.
Brooke was going to reply to what Rachel had just told her but was interrupted by Haley who knocked on the door.
"Hey…you guys ready?….The mall closes at nine and it's almost 6 and I want to check out a few things at Victoria's Secret while we're there…so if you guys would hurry I would appreciate it" Haley pleaded
"Yeah we're ready" Brooke smiled and walked to the door and past Haley.
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After a little while they all finally made it to the mall. Nathan, Mouth, Jake, and Lucas all went to the CD store and a few other places leaving Brooke, Peyton, Haley, and Rachel to do their own thing. They had spent to last 20 minutes in Victoria's Secret looking over random lingerie. Rachel had her arms full of underwear and bras, while Peyton and Haley had a few things. Brooke looked through the racks over some of the things that the store had.
"You better find something before Rachel buy out the whole store" Peyton joked walking up beside Brooke.
"Shut up Peyton…like you need any sexy underwear….you'll just get pregnant again" Rachel scoffed and walked over to another rack.
"Well at least we don't have to worry about Haley getting pregnant…cause she already is" Peyton teased
Haley smiled and tilted her head to the side "Yeah but I think I should get some use out of these things before I'm so fat I can't get my legs in it"
Brooke smiled and shook her head "Tutor Wife you know that's not true…you didn't gain much weight with Jamie"
Haley shook her head "That's what you think…I was big as a house"
"I was too" Peyton added
Brooke shook her head "You guys are such liars"
"No we're not…now if we're talking about you miss Davis-Scott you gained like what…15 pounds and then you have the baby and you don't even realize that you were even pregnant" Peyton said truthfully.
"Whatever…you guys just feel sorry for me cause I'm the only one who's not going to have sex tonight" Brooke pouted.
"Aw…Poor Brooke…I'm sorry" Peyton teased and wrapped her into a hug. "Maybe if you get some sexy underwear he'll change his mind"
"Yeah right…he'll just be like "Pretty Girl I don't think we're ready yet…you shouldn't rush it" and I'll just have to cut my losses again"
"What happened to your big plan?" Peyton asked
"I think I'm chickening out" Brooke said softly
"Well what were you going to do…wait I don't think I want to know" Peyton stammered
Brooke looked at her and sighed "Nothing bad…I was just planning on teasing him a little bit…maybe make him jealous"
Peyton shook her head "I don't know about the jealousy thing…that didn't work out to well for you last time"
"Well…I was mad at him last time… this time I'm just trying to make him realize that two can play at his "no sex" game" Brooke announced before walking to the front of the store.
"Where are you going?" Haley asked as she watched Brooke.
"I'm going to call Karen and check on Hannah…I'll be back in a few minutes" Brooke told her friends as she dug through her purse for her cell phone.
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Nathan and Mouth were sitting on one of the benches in the mall, Lucas was sitting catty cornered. They all laughed when they saw Jake walking towards them with a pretzel and a drink.
"Jake, we're going to Outback Steakhouse in like an hour why don't you just wait" Lucas asked
"I'm hungry man….I haven't eaten…and besides I want to keep my energy up…Peyton and I are going to have a big night tonight" Jake informed as he sat down and took a bite of his pretzel.
"Oh man I didn't need to hear that…" Lucas said shaking his head
"Me either….besides your night won't be as big as mine and Hales" Nathan joked
"Nate…That's my best friend…don't talk about her like that" Lucas shook his head getting a little embarrassed.
"Whatever Lucas if you'd read what people talk about on the internet everyone would kill for a night with that fashion designer wife of yours" Mouth informed Lucas.
Lucas shook his head "They don't talk about Brooke like that"
"I bet you any amount of money they do and why so defensive…you're not jealous are you?"
"Why would I be jealous….those guys talk about being with her…I'm the one who gets to do it" Lucas raised his eyebrow as he talked.
"Gets to do what?" Haley asked as she walked over and sat down on Nathan's lap. Nathan wrapped his arms around Haley's lap and kissed her shoulder softly.
"Gets to eat the most blooming onion at Outback" Nathan covered up.
"Oh…me" Haley joked "After all I'm eating for two"
"Let's go eat I'm starving" Rachel announced as she and Peyton walked up to the bench.
"Where's Brooke?" Lucas asked looking around
"She went to call your mom" Haley told him
"Oh…Well I'll go and find her and we can get out of here" Lucas told everyone and stood up and walked down the mall.
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"So she's ok?" Brooke asked as she paced back and forth in a short line
"Yeah she's great…she was a little fussy earlier cause it was storming and she got woken up from her nap…but she's fine now…Andy and Lily are playing peek-a-boo with her right now and she's just laughing like it's the funniest thing she's seen"
"Really?" Brooke said sadly "Will you take some pictures for me?"
Karen laughed from the other line "Sure sweetie….I've already taken like 2 rolls and you guys have only been gone a day"
"I just feel like I'm missing so many things" Brooke stopped walking and stood with her hand on her hip.
"Brooke she's fine…she's still the same size she was yesterday when you left…you guys are going to be home Monday evening…and Hannah can't wait to see her mommy and daddy…why don't you take the rest of the weekend and enjoy the time you have with my son"
"I will…I have to go but I'll call you tomorrow" Brooke said to Karen.
"Bye honey" Karen replied
"Bye" Brooke shut her phone and turned around and saw Lucas walking toward her.
"Hey you ready to go and eat…I think everyone is getting cranky cause they're so hungry" Lucas teased and he walked over to Brooke and put his arm around her.
"Yeah…I'm ready" Brooke said sadly
"You ok?" Lucas asked a little concerned
Brooke nodded "Yeah…lets go" Brooke moved out of Lucas' embrace and Lucas watched her as she walked down the mall.
"What'd I do?" Lucas thought to himself as he followed her.