A/N: Okay guys this was meant to be a ONESHOT but I wanted to make it longer. So I know I have two other stories out there, but I have to admit, I am a little bummed out by all of my depressing stories that I figured I would do a slight AU fun, light story (with the occasional sappy moments)! A lot of inspiration came into this story for me. This will be a mini story….like less than 20 chapters, maybe fewer!
So here's what you need to know…
The original five are all 21.
Brooke, Nathan, and Haley live together in Durham, NC where they all attend Duke University together.
Brooke is an aspiring fashion designer, Haley a teacher, and Nathan a basketball player with a minor in history.
Nathan and Haley are NOT married so sorry no little, sweet Jamie, but they have been dating for four years.
After a year of modeling around the world, Rachel moves to Durham and attends Duke as well and lives two streets away from BNH. She plays the same storyline as she did on the show in season 2…and after Brucas breaks up, Rachel and Brooke become best friends.
Peyton lives in LA interning at a record label company.
Lucas left senior year to become an aspiring writer and moved out to New York and attends NYU.
Brooke, Lucas, Nathan, Haley, and Peyton all pretty much knew each other when they were in middle school. Brooke and Peyton have the same story about their childhood from the show as well as Lucas and Haley. Nathan and Lucas have always been good brothers but with different mothers and lived with Karen...I'll get into that later.
Brooke and Lucas became best friends when they started high school and tried to date senior year. It ended badly due to the fact that he cheats on Brooke with who else? Peyton. (I know ass hole)
Lucas is a little more edgy in this story….I am kind of crossing him with Chad M. Murray based solely on his looks and personality with a mixture of Nick from House of Wax. (Can I just say I am EXTREMELY excited to write Lucas this way WHOOP).
Brooke is Brooke…minus the whole sleeping around but with the same personality…so pretty much the way we all love her!
Also for the sake of this story…Duke is near the beach, just because I said so!
I hope all of that was clear as other things will be revealed in the story.
Okay let's get this masterpiece started! ENJOY!
Chapter 1: Come Together
"You can feel his disease
Come together, right now
Over me
He roller coaster
He got early warning"
–Come Together, The Beatles
"What!" I couldn't believe this. This was not happening.
"Oh Tigger, come on. It's been nearly four years. You're going to have to get over it. I mean he's Nathan's brother and my best friend."
"And my ex-boyfriend." I couldn't believe this was happening.
"Come on Davis. Stop whining like a little bitch. You two were pretty much best friends before you crossed over into the dating world. You knew better!" Nathan came pounding down the stairs and stole one of my pancakes and I smacked his hand with my spatula.
"That's not the point! Were either one of you going to discuss this with me before you three decided to plot against me?" I went back to my pancakes and went searching for the chocolate chips.
"No." They said together.
I turned around and my mouth dropped.
"Hey! I live here too and might I add pay rent here as well."
"Yes, but majority rules on this one Brookie." Nathan said with his mouth full of pancakes.
I walked over to him, threw my arm around his neck, and grabbed his mouth.
"Spit it out, Scott! My pancakes don't go to traitors!" I tried to make him spit it out and I was failing big time.
"Children!" Tutor girl snapped into mom mode on us and Nathan and I pulled away from each other.
I glared at him.
"Brooke, it is going to happen sooner or later, I mean you will be my maid of honor and he will be Nathan's best man one day. Better rip off that band-aid sooner rather than later." Haley had a point.
I hated that they were both right. They were always right. I knew better than to let things get the way they did between Lucas and me but I couldn't help my stupid heart that had always been madly in love with him. I fell for his charms, fell head over heels in love with him just to have him rip my heart out and stomp on it! It also didn't help that he cheated on me with my best friend who I haven't talked to in months. Just thinking about all of it made my body shutter.
"Well ladies, I am off to the gym. Honey, I love you. Brooke, take it easy. He's going through some shit." He ruffled my hair and I pushed him away from me.
"I can't believe you two are doing this to me." I said drawing my attention back to my pancakes.
"Did you not just tell me a little while ago that you were over him and I mean you were dating Chase for the longest time."
Chase and I were serious, but he had to pull a dick move too and just say that he didn't love me anymore.
"Whatever." I said under my breath. I felt her get closer to me and I turned to look at her.
"There's more." She said.
"Please…tell me he isn't bringing a chic with him." I said.
"Haha…no, but since Nate is going to be at practice and I'm going to do my observing at the high school…someone needs to pick him up from the airport."
I dropped my spatula and turned to look at her. I sent daggers piercing through right through her.
"You have got to be kidding me? So not only do you make plans without me, but you want me to be his chauffeur as well? Get him a cab!" I spat out.
"Brooke, come on, be the mature one here. Maybe it will help you. You have to start somewhere." She said placing her hand on my shoulder.
She was right. Yet again she was always right. How they became best friends was beyond me, they barely have anything in common except for their love of literature, but she would always look out for him.
"Fine." I scowled.
She handed me his flight information and kissed my cheek.
"Love you Tigger." As she grabbed her keys and purse.
"Love you tutor girl!" I called back out to her.
"Great." I breathed out.
I walked upstairs to the guest room and noticed that they already had it set up for him. Nathan had some of his old basketball gear sprawled out on the bed and Haley had his Steinbeck collection as well. How in the hell did they plan all of this without my knowledge? I grabbed the door and slammed it shut behind me. This was bull shit. Of course they know I would not have agreed to any of this, which makes sense why I was never brought into the conversation which made it all completely unfair. I realize that no matter what, that in this household I would always be outnumbered by Naley. Always…unless it had to do with girl problems and Haley always had my back.
I read over the flight information and scolded myself for giving my shift away at Bella Rue. His flight would be landing in about three hours. I had three hours to make myself look absolutely breathtaking and make him realize that he was a moron for cheating on me and destroying what we had.
I took a long bubble bath letting the vanilla and jasmine bath salts caress and exfoliate my skin. I washed my hair and shaved my legs, as well as maintaining other parts of my body. My luscious locks were chopped off about a few months ago and were now a hint of burgundy. It was the new me once and I loved it. I transitioned from that naïve high school girl to a hard-working aspiring fashion designer.
I curled my hair so that my curls bounced around my face and shoulders. I winked at myself in the mirror and strode over to my closet and pulled the white doors back and stepped inside. I wanted to keep it simple and casual, but sexy and independent. So I pulled out a black shirt that covered everything in the front and had an intricate braided design to show off the entirety of my back.
"Perfect." I said and reached for a pair of cute white shorts and put on some casual wedges to accent it off.
I looked down at my flashy watch and noticed that by the time I grab my purse, keys and head to the airport and become face to face with him for the first time in years.
"Just breathe, Davis. You are a strong, independent woman who can show just by looking at ya, that Lucas Scott lost the best thing that ever happened to him." I nodded at myself in the mirror.
I glided down the stairs, grabbed my red clutch, my Gucci sunglasses, and keys to my blue Beetle that is still running perfectly. As I drove through town, I found myself relaxing; I didn't need a man to make me feel amazing. I especially didn't need to impress myself to anybody the least of all him, even though I spent forever finding the perfect outfit.
I looked at the radio clock and the traffic was keeping me from being on time.
"Whatever." I breathed. He can wait on me if I show up late.
It was surprisingly a slow day at the small airport and I managed to swipe a parking space close to the entrance. I grabbed his flight information and started walking towards his gate. I took a deep breath and a few guys I walked past nodded or winked at me. Looking good so far Davis, I said to myself.
I got to the gate and people started to disperse and I arrived just in time. I held my purse close to me with my glasses resting on top of my head. I still didn't see him but I really didn't know what he would look like now either. The crowd started to die down and I was beginning to think he missed his flight, but then I saw him and I wasn't surprised at what I saw.
He had his arm around the waist of one of the stewardesses who looked about as dumb as a pile of bricks sitting along the side of the road. I found myself gawking at him, I smirked and shook my head. He had absolutely no idea that I was standing in front of him as he dropped his bag down by his feet and took that hand and let one of his fingers glide down from her chin, neck, and to the front of her blouse as his finger rested on the space between her breasts.
"It's nice to know that some things never change." I finally snapped him out of his gaze towards the blonde bimbo and she glared at me.
"I got your number." He said to the other girl as she blushed, giggled and walked away from him. Her attention went back to me and she glared at me for breaking them up from their moment.
I turned around to watch her leave and turned back to face him. He was definitely different. He was wearing a baggy grey beanie, a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and were those Toms? His facial hair was longer than I remembered him ever having it and his eyes were roaming my body.
"Pretty girl." He grinned.
My breath caught in my throat. I can't believe he had the nerve to call me that.
"Dick." I said.
He walked towards me and for a brief moment I saw the boy I fell in love with looking back at me.
"It's good to see you." His eyes were only focused on my face, nowhere else.
"Yeah." I found myself actually missing him just by having him so near.
He held his arms out and I couldn't help it. After everything we've been through, our friendship was more important in the beginning. Damn him for making the first move towards being more than friends all those years ago. I caved and allowed myself to fall into his arms. He enveloped me and lifted me off my feet. I had to tighten my grip around his waist. Some of his fingers managed to slip through the fabric in the back of my shirt and he began to rub them against my skin. I shivered.
"Okay, okay." I swatted his chest after he put me down.
"Come on." I started walking away from him and I could hear him following close behind me.
"You look good. I like the hair."
"Thanks." I said.
"It nice to see some things never change." I said as he dressed the exact same.
"Yeah well you know me."
He tossed his bag in the small trunk of my bug and we got into the car with our sunglasses on and started back towards the house.
"I have to admit I was a little surprised to see you." He said and I turned to look at him.
"Oh yeah? Why is that?"
"Nathan told me Haley was picking me up." He looked over at me and I could feel his blue eyes piercing through me.
"Well I am not surprised by that. I just learned this morning that you all went behind my back and plotted your move-in without my knowledge."
"What!" He said and it was my turn to be the surprised one.
"They told me you were okay with this."
I laughed out loud.
"Okay Scott, now I know you're lying."
"Davis, we both know I'm an ass, but if I knew you weren't on board with this, I would have made other plans."
My glasses were hiding the smile behind my eyes.
"It's okay, I mean it's not, but we were friends before everything that happened and I don't see why this can't work. We are both two different people now, or at least you're a different person." I said to him as we got closer to the apartment.
"Well I don't know all about that, but I'd like to think my experience in New York has put a few things in perspective for me. I'm sorry for what happened back in high school. I was a dick and I felt that we were getting too serious and I didn't want that."
Yeah, he didn't want that with me. It hurt to hear him talk about it, but I knew better. I always knew better but I had been in love with him ever since I was thirteen years old.
"It's fine." I said not sounding too convincing.
"So why are you here?" I asked him.
I happened to look over at him and his face hardened, probably not the best time to bring it up.
"Maybe…I just really wanted to spend time with my favorite girl." The same finger he used on the blonde girl earlier started to glide up my thigh.
"In your dreams." I said pushing his hand away.
"You forget…I've already had the real thing." He grinned, licked his lips, and turned to look back outside.
I rolled my eyes at the fact that he ignored my question…but at the same time his touch always makes my insides melt.
"We're here." I chirped.
We both got out of the car and started towards the door.
"This is a nice place. I'm glad you guys are doing well." He walked in behind me and it was refreshingly cool throughout the apartment.
"Yeah. I'd like to think everything is going well for us. Rachel lives two streets over from us. She'll be over for dinner later." When I looked back at him, he had this huge grin on his face.
I shook my head. I remember that he had a little fling with her after she moved here at the end of junior year. It was purely sex between them. I remembered being crushed to know that he was fucking her when I absolutely hated her back then. But there was nothing I could do about because I was just his best friend then.
"So you're room is upstairs on the left across from mine." I sat my purse down and grabbed the latest fashion magazine from the pile of mail on our counter.
He walked upstairs and was gone for a little bit. I figured he probably lied down to take a nap. I started getting things ready for dinner that night. Haley and I were going to cook some salmon fillets, roasted green beans and artichoke pasta with a side of rosemary potatoes. So I let the salmon thaw out in the sink. I started going upstairs silently and when I opened my bedroom door, Lucas was lying down looking through my sketchbook.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I stormed into my room and snatched my sketchbook away from him.
Just because he used to do this in high school didn't mean it was okay for him to do it now.
"Whoa pretty girl. I was just admiring your talent." He held his hands up and kicked his legs to the side of the bed.
"Look you can't just do the things you used to do with me. Things are different now, you and me, our friendship, relationship whatever it is now, is different." I put my sketchbook back in its rightful place and turned to look at him as he still sat on my bed.
"And don't call me that anymore." I didn't like him using my nickname he gave me in high school, the name he would purr in my ear during sex, the name he only called me.
He shook his head and got up from the bed. He was dangerously too close to me and he leaned down to my ear.
"I love that we share a bathroom." He pinched my butt and I smacked him on the shoulder.
He smirked and walked through my bathroom door and closed it behind him. My eyes squinted at the door in anger and I was livid. He had no right but yet he does it anyways. Hell, am I one to refuse him? No, never, that power is not in me to refuse his touch, let alone Lucas Scott no matter how hard I try to.
I was sitting next to my best friend, Peyton Sawyer, by my pool as the love of my life stripped off his shirt and his Greek God body was displayed for everyone. He had a twelve pack of beer by his side as he reached for one he looks over at me and winks, my heart flutters.
"You are in way over your head."
I snapped my attention to Peyton and she is looking down at her magazine while shaking her head.
"What are you talking about?" I looked over at her and she was just grinning.
"You're in love with him and everybody knows it including him." She said as she dropped her magazine to move her attention over to me.
"I am not."
"Please, you are basically eye fucking the shit out of him behind your sunglasses and I would bet money he is enjoying every bit of it." Her attention went back to her magazine and I was about to say something but I was interrupted.
Nathan and Lucas surprised us both when they grabbed us, tossed us over their shoulders, and all four of us were thrown into the pool.
"What the hell?" I screamed as I resurfaced. My glasses were somewhere in the pool and Lucas was standing in front of me with his eyebrow raised.
"Oh come on dimples, where's your sense of adventure?" He started moving closer to me.
No, Scott! NOOOOO!" I squealed as he wrapped his strong arms around my waist and pulled me under the water.
While we were under water as Nathan and Peyton had their own little water fight above, and Haley off to the side laughing, Lucas pulled me close and his lips were on mine. Before I could register what was happening his tongue found the entrance to my mouth successfully keeping water from entering. My eyes immediately shot open and his were open too and I felt him grin against my mouth. He pulled away and swam further from me.
What the hell just happened?
"Damn him to hell." I said.
I heard the front door close downstairs and God was I happy for someone else to be here in the house with us.
"Yo Luke!"
"Nathan!"
I heard the two brothers exchange their hellos. I took the stairs down and Nathan reeked of a foul stench. He noticed my crinkled up nose and made his way to me.
"No." I held out a finger.
The two boys exchanged a look. They both made their way slowly towards me.
"If either of you dare to touch me I'll chop your balls off among other things." I was seriously outnumbered and there was no way my threats would do me any good.
I screamed as they both ran towards me and I was trapped. Lucas's strong arms wrapped around my waist from behind and I was attacked by Nathan from the front. An extreme bear hug was taken place and I could barely breathe as his stench pierced my nose and I was now covered in his odor.
"LET ME GO!" I screamed and Nathan backed away but Lucas still held me close. His mouth went to my ear again.
"Hmm…" He said and I could tell he was taking in my scent.
I wiggled out of his arms and glared at the both of them.
"I hate you!" I screamed and pounded up the stairs.
I locked myself away in the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Deep down a part of me missed that. I missed having Luke around.
"What are we doing?" I asked him as he had me pushed up against the desk in one of the abandoned classrooms.
"Fun?" He said as his hot mouth was attached to my neck.
"Yeah but what does that mean about us?" I said trying to concentrate on getting my words out but his hands, his mouth, and his hardened dick was not helping me out.
He pulled away for a minute and his breath was against my face.
"It just means we're having fun, nothing serious."
I was going to say something but his lips attacked mine and I really didn't care anymore. I was finally getting what I wanted.
He was honest from the very beginning so I could never blame him for me falling in love with him, for letting it go as far as it did. He never really cheated on me even though that's what I always called it, but sleeping with my best friend is cheating…its crossing a line. I never should have opened my stupid mouth and told him that I loved him.
"Ass hole." I said.
I could not take the smell any longer. I stripped out of my clothes, turned the shower on, and let the hot water wash away the disgusting body odor Nathan just had to get all over me. I was going to prove to Lucas that he doesn't get under my skin anymore or at least pretend. Yes, that's exactly what I was going to do. I was going to drive him crazy. I cut the shower off and when I pulled the shower back I was not prepared to see what I did.
Lucas was standing in front of me shaving his beard and he was shirtless. He looked over at me and his eyes began to roam my body continuing his shaving and he smirked at me.
"What the hell!" I forgot to lock his bathroom door and I tried to reach for my towel but he took it off the rack and held it behind him.
I could not believe this was happening. He dropped his razor, wiped the remaining shaving cream from his face and I was hobbling trying to cover myself the best that I could naked in front of him as he was enjoying every bit of it, so I did the one thing I could think of to make him stop. I reached down and grabbed his dick and balls and squeezed them, he let out a hiss.
"Oooh…see there's the girl I've been missing." He twitched in my hand and I rolled my eyes.
"Scott, hand me the towel now." I squeezed harder and his eyes shut tightly.
"Only if you say please." He managed to choke out. He wasn't going to give up so I figured I would start my plan.
I leaned into his ear.
"Please." I said seductively.
He was putty in my hand. He dropped the towel as his head fell upon my shoulder. I reached for the towel hurriedly and rushed into my bedroom.
Ohmigodohmigodohmigod raced through my mind as I got a high from what just happened.
How was he able to sneak into the bathroom without me noticing it? I shook my head of it and just really wished that Haley would head home already. Maybe I could get Rachel over here quickly, ugh, I thought, I don't think I want her here yet either with the history between her and Luke.
I quickly pulled on a pair of jeans and an oversized t-shirt. No, I thought. I have to look good at all times. I grabbed a small tank and nodded towards myself. Looking good, I thought. I towel dried my hair to let it fall in waves above my shoulders.
I went downstairs and Haley was sitting at the kitchen island with the tub of ice cream in front of her.
"Whoa, rough day?" I reached for a spoon and started helping her.
"If you're digging in, I'm guessing your day wasn't any better." She scoffed and I smiled at her.
"Well it's nice to know that Luke is still Luke." I said.
"I'm sorry?" She questioned not sure if what I meant was a bad thing or not.
"What happened today?" I asked her.
"I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to become a teacher. I should have done something with music. High school kids are a nightmare." She scooped another large helping of the moose tracks ice cream and filled her mouth full of it.
"Do tell." I said digging in more of it myself.
"One of the boys in my class that I observe is always studying my body with his eyes and licking his lips. I finally had enough of it today and pretty much just called him out on it acting like a child myself." She shook her head at her disappointment in herself and I smiled.
"Well that actually sounds like my day but mine involved touching as well."
"Are you serious? I had a talk with him about that, I can't believe him." She said as she stuck her spoon back into the ice cream.
"It's okay, I mean it's not, but I handle Lucas." I said and speaking of the devil, he looked absolutely amazing.
"Haley Bob!"
"Lucas Eugene."
As he made his way over to her, she smacked him hard into the chest.
"What the hell was that for?" He rubbed the place she hit him.
"I told you no funny business with Brooke and you've been groping her all day?"
"And not to mention he just let himself carry on with his business while I was in the shower earlier and stole my towel." I loved it when Haley would get onto Lucas.
Like I said she was great at mom mode and everyone always listened to her.
"Lucas Scott. Are you kidding me?" Her eyes went wide and he looked over at me insulted that I would tell on him.
"It's fun." He said and received another smack from Haley.
"Leave her alone. Don't walk in on her when she's in the shower. Don't even touch her!" She pointed that finger in his face again and I just smirked at him as I put another spoonful of ice cream in my mouth.
He pulled Haley into a hug and held her close. I would never understand their bond but it was untouchable. I could not forget the moment he found out that Haley and Nathan…
Lucas and I went to get pizza, beer, and the movie we were all planning on watching. Peyton was running late as usual which meant code for doing it with Jake. Lucas and I even fooled around a little bit in his car. Once we were back at the house, Nathan and Haley were not in sight. We both looked at each other, but when we heard the loud thud upstairs, we rushed quickly up to Nathan's bedroom. When Lucas opened the door to Nathan's room we were both surprised to see the scene before us.
Haley was riding Nathan and my eyes were scarred for life.
"What the fuck are you doing?"
I tried to stop giggling behind him, but he shot me an annoyed look.
"Hey don't look at me. I didn't know this was going on." I held my hands up in defeat.
Nathan and Haley hurried to cover themselves up. Lucas went to charge out Nathan, but Haley was blocking his way.
"Lucas, calm down!" Haley said.
"How can I calm down? This is like watching my baby sister having sex with, fuck, my brother!"
Lucas always considered Haley family and seeing her with his brother was making his blood boil. Lucas didn't care, he reached for Nathan and yanked him out of bed. Nathan was completely naked and I tried not to stare at his junk.
"Lucas calm down!" Nathan was trying to calm Lucas down, but there was no doing that.
"Lucas, stop it!" Haley reached for his arm and he softly pushed her away.
"Lucas, let him go!" I yelled out to him.
He looked over at me and he scowled and released the naked Nathan.
"This is unacceptable."
"Lucas, damn it we're not just fooling around."
He looked at Haley and Nathan used part of the sheet that was wrapped around her to cover himself up.
"I'm in love with her, Luke."
"I love him too." She said.
Lucas looked over at me and then back at the couple in front of us.
"My brother and my best friend are together." He placed his hands on each of their shoulders and I couldn't believe his behavior.
It was like straight out of Friends when Ross found out Chandler was sleeping with his sister. I was trying not to laugh the entire time but a naked Nathan wasn't helping much then. It made me laugh once his attitude changed from anger to sincerity. He knew Haley better than anyone and if she was in love and truly believed that Nathan loved her back, then he knew it had to be real, but it didn't help the fact that I saw them having sex, a visual that I never needed.
"Whatever, get off me." She said and this time playfully smacked him on the chest.
"Where's my boyfriend?" She questioned.
"He's probably in the shower." I said and she smiled at me and skipped down the hallway to their bedroom.
I started getting out pots and pans to start dinner. I could feel his eyes on me and I just ignored him.
"By the way you look amazing...better than I remembered." He said and I couldn't help the smile that crept on my face.
"You are definitely different." He said behind me.
I kept my eyes on the food and he walked over and picked up one of the woks and put it on the stove.
"I'm sorry for how things ended for us back in high school."
I still attended to taking the plastic off of the salmon and just listened to him.
"I feel bad but I told you from the beginning that it wasn't going to end well. I didn't know you were in love with me."
I slammed my fist into the counter.
"Lucas, don't worry about it. I knew better from the beginning and I allowed myself to fall in love with you and let things get as far as they did and—"
"I knew better as well, I just…I wanted you for so long and I had no idea you felt that way."
"So because you wanted me you thought it would just be okay? Lucas, wow, you are more of an ass than I thought."
He had finally removed the beanie from his head and his hair was long and shaggy and pointing in every direction. I couldn't breathe for a moment and we were interrupted as the front door swung open and the hint of apples invaded the house.
"Well, well, well…look what the cat dragged in."
"Hmmm…if it isn't my favorite red."
I took the carving knife in my hand and brought it down hard as I began to cut the potatoes. Tonight was going to be a long night.
Thoughts? I am actually looking really forward to writing this one! :)