Hi everyone,
Sorry about the enormous delay. It is official, the time gaps between my updates is practically eternity.
I've included a little previously on seeing how it has been a while (complete understatement, I know) since I have updated.
A huge shout out to Brucas2006!! Thanks so much for having faith in the story and thanks for all your messages, I would have totally kept putting it off if it weren't for your messages. Thanks hun!
Without further ado...
Previously on A Series Of Tragic Events
Brooke fiddled with her hair, debating whether or not to say anything, she wasn't quite sure whether she felt like talking about it. "I… we… something happened last night?"
"Something good or something bad?" Mouth asked
"I think good, I mean… it felt good" Brooke said quietly almost blushing.
"So why are you avoiding him?" Mouth asked slightly confused
"I'm not avoiding him"
Mouth just looked at her "Please, you couldn't have wanted to get out of there faster when you saw Lucas coming down the hall"
"You saw that?" Brooke asked
"Yeah, it wasn't exactly subtle"
Brooke shrugged her shoulders not knowing what to say.
"Brooke, Lucas is a good guy, his hearts in the right place. You know there is a difference between good people who do bad things and bad people who do bad things"
"I know it's just I just can't talk to him right now"
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"Class, Mr Scott has come to talk to us about inspiration and determination, he…"
Brooke couldn't focus on what Mrs Harper was saying; all she could see was Dan staring at her. It was beginning to get really hot in the classroom. Was she imagining it, or was Dan just staring at her. Brooke looked back at Mouth who had the same worried expression on his face. She had to get out of there, she felt like she couldn't breath.
"Mrs Harper" Brooke interrupted, standing up "I've got to…"
"Let me guess, you've got to go to the lavatory AGAIN. Well I'm sorry not this…"
"No" Brooke interrupted rather harshly but at this point she couldn't concentrate on being polite, all she could think about was breathing and how hot it was in that room. "I've got to go to the gym… the locker room... to get my asthma pump"
"You have asthma?" Quite a few heads turned; people looked rather surprised at the revelation that the captain of the cheerleaders had asthma, even Dan looked surprised but not in the way the others did, as if he was rather impressed by her on the spot lie.
"I do now" Brooke muttered to herself.
"Okay" Mrs Harper nodded, although she might not have been completely convinced that Brooke had asthma, Mrs Harper had to admit that Brooke did look rather pale "As long as you're…"
Brooke didn't wait to hear the rest of Mrs Harper's sentence; instead she walked out of the classroom as fast as she could.
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"Okay, slow down Lucas. What happened last night after you kissed her. Did she back away…?"
"Well no, she kissed me back" Lucas replied
"So then what's the problem" Haley asked slightly confused.
Lucas sighed "Dan said she regretted it"
"What? Wait, how does Dan now how she feels?"
"He's in school today making a speech about inspiration and determination or something like that and he said, he over heard Brooke talking to Mouth this morning. He said she regretted it" Lucas said sadly.
"So Dan came and spoke to you about how Brooke felt about kissing you" Haley asked a little unconvinced by the whole situation.
"No" Lucas laughed a little "He told Nathan and Nathan told me"
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"Is that your cell vibrating?" She said a little too loudly as the teacher looked up.
Lucas smiled apologetically at the teacher as he tried to check his text discretely.
"It's from Brooke" Lucas whispered to Haley.
"Well, what does it say?"
Lucas opened the text.
Meet me in the locker rooms. We really need to talk.
"I've got to go" Lucas said to Haley. "Erm Mr Peterson" Lucas said raising his hand
"Just be quick" Mr Peterson mumbled without even lifting his head.
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Brooke was absolutely and completely stunned. Dan had managed to manipulate everything. He'd wormed his way into their school, he'd lied to Lucas indirectly, saying she had regretted last night when she had said nothing of the sort and he'd used her cell to get Lucas here, in the locker rooms where Dan knew she'd be, just to spite her; when he heard her tell Mouth she wanted to avoid him. The more Brooke thought about it, the more she thought that there had to be another reason why Dan had gone to all this trouble, a reason which she couldn't figure out, not at this very moment.
"Lucas, listen to me, I never said that and I don't have my cell, I didn't text you. Do you get what's happened?" Brooke asked, hoping he'd understood and managed to put the pieces together himself.
"No, I don't Brooke. You're going to have to give me a little more to go on here. What does this have to do with Dan?" Lucas asked frustrated, he wanted to understand, he wanted to help but for the life of him, he just couldn't see a connection between these series of events.
"Everything Lucas, everything… it all has to do with Dan…"
"Well as the mayor…" Dan spoke calmly but clearly "I'd have to agree with you Miss Davis…"
Brooke spun around to see none another than Dan, standing by the lockers looking awfully smug with himself. Brooke mentally kicked herself for allowing him to catch her talking about him for the second time that day and wondered how long he had been standing there.
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"I do know what happened" Brooke whispered, trying to gain momentum "You killed Keith. You shot him and you watched him die. And I'm going to tell Karen and Lucas. I'll tell them how you murdered your own brother" A tear rolled down her cheek, as hatred spewed from her every word.
For once, Dan was speechless. He didn't know what to say or what to do. Brooke noticed this and made the mistake of relaxing a little, as she became slightly more confident, trying to wriggle free. Dan seized that moment of weakness and grabbed her face, digging his fingers into her cheeks. "You shut up, you shut up now!" Dan shouted completely losing control as he spun her round pinning her against the locker.
The lockers crashed with Brooke's back, causing her legs to give way but as they did Dan held her up, pinning her against the locker. Brooke was shaking, tears streaming down her face. If he'd ever thought before that Brooke was fearless he had thought wrong. It had become a survival of the fittest and right now the only person jeopardising his chances of survival was Brooke Davis.
"Hey!" A voice shouted "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Dan let go of Brooke instantly causing her to fall to the floor. Dan didn't turn around, instead he paused for a moment trying to match the voice he'd just heard to any familiar face but, he couldn't. Dan frantically ran his hands through his hair, trying to come up with a "logical" explanation for what this witness may have just seen.
Dan turned around slowly. In front of him stood a familiar scrawny blonde;
Peyton Sawyer.
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Chapter Twenty-Six: Three hours and forty seven minutes
Mouth sighed with relief as the bell for the end of fifth period went. A double lesson with Mrs Harper anytime of the week was bad enough but last period on a Friday was just torture. Not to mention their special guest speaker Mr. Mayor Scott.
Mouth walked over to Brooke's desk. She hadn't retuned since she had left earlier that lesson in search of an imaginary asthma pump. Mouth glanced over to the front of the classroom to see Mrs Harper and Dan laughing, as she no doubt thanked him for such a moving speech.
After all this time, knowing Dan's secret, watching him lie to his colleagues, friends, family... watching him lie to everyone; Mouth was still surprised at how he managed to do it all. How he managed to go out everyday and lie without so much as flinching, without slipping up or without saying the wrong thing. Where credit was due for being the most heartless, evil, manipulative villain, Dan Scott definitely deserved it.
Mouth began collecting Brooke's things and putting them in her bag, he thought back to earlier that day when Dan had returned from, ever so kindly offering to go and check if "Miss Davis" was alright.
"And is Penelope going to bless us with her presence anytime today then?" Mrs Harper asked as Dan walked into the classroom.
"I'm afraid not, I couldn't seem to find her anywhere but her close friend Peyton Sawyer reassured me that her parents have picked her up and she's arrived home safely" Dan said flashing one of his infamous evil grins over at Mouth before walking back over to the front of the class. "So, where was I…"
The entire situation was odd, from Dan being in school to Brooke not returning to class. There were three things in particular about Dan's excuse that Mouth couldn't help but question.
The first, being Dan's use of the words "close friend" when describing Peyton Sawyer. Sure Brooke and Peyton had been best friends for a long time but recently 'friends' or even the word 'civil' wouldn't be used to describe the relationship between the two. Secondly Brooke's parents didn't exist or at least it seemed that way, they weren't in Tree Hill and when they were they were never there for Brooke. If they couldn't come and pick her up from school the day of the school shooting, Mouth highly doubted they'd come for a mild spell of asthma.
And lastly was Dan's use of the word "safely". It's the way he'd said the word as if he were mocking it, as if he knew it wasn't true and could not be bothered to put on a sympathetic, reassuring tone to convince the entire class, especially Mouth.
Come to think about it, Dan's whole excuse was messy, right from the beginning. He knew Peyton and Brooke weren't friends, he'd commented on it enough and he knew Brooke had invisible parents. Why wasn't he trying to cover his tracks more cleverly? I mean, he had to have something to hide, this was Dan Scott after all; his days consisted of lies and false pretences, why should today be any different?
Mouth was disturbed from his thoughts by none other than the devil himself.
"Mr McFadden… Mouth is it?" Dan called
"It's Steve, my friends call me Mouth" Mouth replied harshly
Dan smirked, amused by Mouth's attempt to be rude "Tell Miss Davis, I hope she gets better soon" Dan grinned.
Mouth simply rolled his eyes, picked up Brooke's bag and walked out the classroom; not making any attempt to hide the fact that he didn't for a second believe Dan's fake sincerity. Instead Mouth quickly made his way to the gym hoping to catch Brooke before she started practice. He knew things had gotten a lot worse but, Dan coming into their school was a one time only thing. All he and Brooke had to do was; get back her cell phone and avoid Dan for the rest of their lives… that or tell Lucas the truth.
All Mouth wanted to do now was check that Brooke was okay and sort out a way for things to go back to normal. Mouth got out his cell phone to try and call Brooke. He had to call Rachel's house phone seeing as a certain someone had Brooke's cell.
Ring ring. Ring ring. Ring ring.
No answer.
She must be at practice. Mouth thought to himself.
As Mouth entered the gym he saw all of the cheerleaders packing their gym bags. "Hey Bevin" Mouth called as he walked over to her "What's going on with practice?"
"Brooke's not in, apparently she's sick or something" Bevin said shrugging her shoulders
"Dan said that. Trust me; you can't believe a word he says. Brooke might have gone home early but she'll be back for practice, she always is" Mouth said, not quite sure who he was trying to convince himself or Bevin.
"Oh ok cool" Bevin smiled "Hey girls" Bevin said turning to face the rest of the cheerleaders "Practice is on, Brooke's on her way"
"No she's not" A voice said.
Everyone turned to face the gym doors, as Peyton walked in ever so calmly. "Has anyone seen Rachel? We must have switched gym bags by accident, I've got hers so she must have mine" Peyton said, casually as she walked across the gym.
"No she left with Josh" Theresa replied.
"Whatever" Peyton muttered turning around to leave.
"Hey Peyton wait up" Bevin called "So is practice on or off?"
"It's off. Brooke's sick… she went home early today and she's not coming back" Peyton answered apparently annoyed by the question before turning around and walking out of the gym.
"Peyton" Mouth called as he followed Peyton out of the gym and into the hall "Peyton"
"Yes Mouth" Peyton spun around clearly annoyed but then again what was new.
"Brooke never skips practice, is everything okay?"
"How should I know?" Peyton shrugged defensively.
"You just said she was sick"
"Look Mouth I've got to g…"
"Wait Peyton" Mouth interrupted "I know that you and Brooke aren't exactly friends right now..."
Peyton laughed bitterly.
"But…" Mouth continued "I'm worried about her. She left class early today and she didn't even come back for any or her stuff, don't you think that's a little odd"
Peyton played with her hands uncomfortably "Well have you tried calling her?"
"Yeh and she won't answer"
"I don't know what you expect me to do Mouth?" Peyton said placing her hands on her hips
"I don't know… I... maybe..."
"You know what I do know and I think that I should leave you to sort out whatever melodrama Brooke has whipped up this week, because I'm pretty sure she wouldn't want my help anyway" Peyton spat and with that she turned around walked out the school.
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"Mmmm" Rachel moaned softly, as Josh wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her neck.
Rachel fumbled with her house keys, trying to get her keys in the door lock and open the door.
"Any slower" Josh whispered, caressing Rachel's lower back.
"Calm down tiger, I'm trying but it would be a lot easier without you all over me"
Josh raised his eyebrow, amused by the sheer suggestion that she wasn't enjoying every second of Josh's "smooth" version of foreplay.
"I get it" Josh smirked, stepping back and gesturing for Rachel to open the door without his seductive distractions.
"Thank you" Rachel smiled sarcastically as she attempted to open the door again. "Okay…" Rachel huffed, running her hands through her hair. "The key isn't working"
"The key isn't working?"
"That's what I said genius, the key isn't working"
"Let me try" Josh said, placing his hand out, only for Rachel to ever so reluctantly hand over the key. Josh brushed passed Rachel trying adamantly to turn the key.
"It's like jammed" Josh said as he continued to struggle with the key getting more and more impatient.
Rachel leaned back against the wall laughing at Josh's apparent growing frustration "I know I'm hot baby, but chill" Rachel smiled
"Shut up" Josh laughed "We can just…" Josh began, gesturing over to his car.
"Nope. No way. No bed, no sex"
"As if we would have made it upstairs anyway" Josh smirked still trying to turn the key
"Well aren't you confident. I don't care what you say, no bed no sex. I'm not doing it the back of your car again, it stinks and…"
"You idiot" Josh interrupted
"Like calling me names is going to get me in the mood"
"No" Josh laughed, gesturing at the door which was now open "Look, the door wasn't even locked" He said, simply turning the handle and opening the door.
"Oh" Rachel burst out laughing, followed by Josh "Like you're any smarter" Rachel said hitting Josh on the shoulder "You were about ready to knock the damn thing down"
"Just shut up and come here" Josh smiled; pulling Rachel towards him "So you said something about a bed?" Josh smiled cheekily.
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Lucas rang the door bell to the house he always couldn't believe was home to only two girls and yet was probably the biggest house in Tree Hill. Lucas hadn't exactly thought of what he was going to say to Brooke, he hoped seeing Brooke would be inspiration enough to come out with what he so desperately wanted to tell her. After the way things had been left earlier today, Lucas felt even more unsure than he did this morning, I mean they hadn't really spoken about what the kiss meant and now there was something she was scared of, something that she wasn't telling him.
The door swung open to reveal a certain red-headed cheerleader. Both Lucas's and Rachel's expressions of disappointment mirrored one another. "Oh, it's you" Rachel said plainly.
"Nice to see you too Rachel" Lucas said sarcastically, slightly taken back by her bluntness "I was just here to see…"
"Look, if you're looking for Brooke then you're out of luck… she's not here and if you're not looking for Brooke…well then you've come to the wrong girl, Peyton might be into her best-friends sloppy seconds but I'm not so you can just…" Rachel said reaching for the door.
"Wait" Lucas said trying to process and separate the information from the catty insult. "When you see her, could you tell her that I…"
"That you're sorry? Because that's original coming from you" Rachel smiled sarcastically
"Look Rachel I don't know what you're problem is but..."
"My problem? That's funny because from where I'm standing it seems like you're the one with the problem… the whole good guy verses bad guy complex. When are you going to get it Lucas, you can't be the guy of her dreams and the guy who cheats on her with her best friend... the two don't go together, they just don't"
"Your right, I screwed up…"
"Twice"
Lucas sighed "Twice but I'm trying, I'm really trying and when I say I'm sorry it's because there are no other words created to describe how I feel. Okay, I have to live with the fact that I hurt the one person I…" Lucas took a deep breath, taking a moment to compose him as he realised that he was probably just about to spill his heart out to the person who didn't deserve to hear it.
Rachel could see the guilt written all over his face but when she looked into his eyes, when she looked beneath his seemingly tough exterior, she saw a sadness, a slight desperation causing her to feel a slight sympathy for Lucas. Maybe I should hear him out after all. Rachel thought to herself. I mean this couldn't have been easy for him. Sure he'd hurt Brooke but they both needed to stop doing this to each other. They needed to stop tearing holes in one another just to test how much they loved each other. Brooke was hurting, Rachel knew Brooke was, but the boy standing in front of her right now, didn't look any happier.
"Rachel, Brooke and I are meant to be together…" Lucas said, seeing his words were either confusing or annoying Rachel "You were there when I made the shot"
"You're basing all of this on the shot?"
"Yes… no…" Lucas stuttured
"Well, which one is it? Yes or no?" Rachel asked confused by where this was leading.
"Look… the shot just confirmed what I feel in my heart. So I guess I'm not basing it on the shot but… I'm basing it on the way my heart beats a little faster when I see her walk over to me in practice, they way that I can't help but smile when I see her smile and the way in history when she sits two rows in front of me, I can't write one complete sentence without thinking about her. I know to you I'm probably the world's biggest jerk but I love Brooke, I'm in love with her and that's not going to go away not now or ever; no matter how many stupid things we do to each other. It's always going to be there"
Rachel smiled sadly; she knew she was being harsh on him it's just that she didn't want to see her best friend get hurt again. Brooke could pretend she was fearless and shock-proof when it came to guys but Rachel knew better. Rachel was the one who heard her cry herself to sleep the night after Tric when Lucas had basically accused her of carrying Chris Keller II, or on her eighteenth birthday when she'd made the mistake of going down to the mall to meet Peyton and instead she found Lucas and Peyton hanging out together.
"Lucas… she really isn't here but when I see her, I'll tell you came round." Rachel smiled.
Lucas nodded, smiling sadly at Rachel before turning to walk away.
"Lucas wait" Rachel called, taking a deep breath hoping she wouldn't regret sharing this little but the very significant piece of information "She didn't regret it?"
Lucas squinted his eyes slightly; unsure of what Rachel was talking about.
"The kiss, I over heard you talking about it to Haley"
Lucas looked a little uneasy, knowing that Rachel had over heard his entire conversation with Haley.
"Don't worry…" Rachel began, rolling her eyes at Lucas's belief that whatever he had to say was of any serious interest to her "Contrary to popular belief I'm not that great at ease dropping so… you don't have to worry, I didn't hear all of your sordid secrets, but… I know that you thought she regretted it so I just thought you should know… she didn't. She doesn't regret it"
Lucas looked at Rachel, wondering when exactly they had crossed into a parallel universe in which Rachel actually thought Lucas deserved another chance.
"She still loves you Lucas, god knows why… but she still does. Just don't screw up this time. If anything happens to her…" Rachel said, placing her right hand on her hip, clearly being serious.
"I won't screw up. I promise" Lucas nodded, smiling thankfully before turning and walking back down the steps of 'Tree Hill's biggest mansion'.
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It had been exactly three hours and forty-seven minutes, since Lucas had arrived home, taken a shower, had something to eat and pretended to start on some homework. Nathan had been round earlier asking if he wanted to play some ball down at the river court with Skills and the other guys but Lucas had said he'd pass.
"I've got an essay due tomorrow and if I don't get it done Mr Kendrick's is gonna make sure I don't play next week"
"Cool man. I'll see you later then" Nathan said before turning around and jogging back down the steps.
Three hours and forty-five minutes and Lucas had managed to write one paragraph, one measly paragraph which, for all he knew could have been the same sentence written several times. Truthfully, he'd spent the last three hours and forty-five minutes, looking over at his cell. Occasionally getting up to check it wasn't on silent, or if it had mysteriously run out of battery and gone dead. All countless times he'd seen the same thing, no missed calls, no text messages, nothing.
It's not like Brooke hadn't ever ignored him before or failed to call back when she said she would, it was just… something abut the whole day just wasn't right. How panicked and scared Brooke was, why she was so angry at Dan, what Dan was doing in school… everything.
The more and more Lucas thought about it, the more he realised that they had not once, discussed the kiss. Throughout the whole conversation is mind was concentrated on the kiss and trying to relate everything she said back to it, hoping she would give him some indication of how she felt. He had been so wrapped up in what had happened the other night that he hadn't really stopped to listen to what she was saying, what she was trying to tell him.
She was scared, she couldn't tell him something and it had something to do with Dan. Lucas's thoughts were cast back to that night at Dan's house, the night with the writing on the wall. He had tried to ignore all the questions that had arisen that night. Why Dan was shouting at Brooke? Why Brooke was so scared of Dan? And why neither of them would give him an actual explanation as to what the hell it was all about?
Lucas remembered making his way down the stairs, only to see Dan slam the door in front of Brooke preventing her from leaving. Dan had looked genuinely surprised when Lucas pushed him against the wall, demanding to know what he was doing and even though neither he nor Brooke ever answered his question, Lucas couldn't help but think back to what happened after Brooke had left…
Lucas made his way down the stairs. Although Brooke had been avoiding him all night, he couldn't help but feel happy that she came. That she was here, even though she wasn't taking to him, knowing that she was there, being around her, made him happy.
He just hoped Brooke hadn't gotten the wrong idea with Peyton, I mean she'd seen them laughing as they made their way down the stairs, earlier that evening but that wasn't because they were back to playing the happy couple; it was because they'd finally been open and honest about their feelings, well… at least Lucas had and they were finally friends. The way they should have been from the start. As Lucas continued down the stairs, he saw Brooke walking towards the door really quickly. Before Lucas could get the words out to call her he saw; Brooke reach for the door knob, opening the front door followed by Dan who ran up behind her slamming the door shut in front of her.
What the hell is Dan doing? Lucas thought to himself but before Lucas had time to process the thought his reflex kicked in, as he ran down the stairs towards Dan.
"You tell me the truth right now, or so help me god…" Dan shouted in Brooke's face.
Before Brooke even had a second to react to what Dan had just done. Lucas grabbed Dan by his suit, pushing him away from Brooke against the opposite wall. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Lucas shouted.
Dan was completely taken back by Lucas. He clearly hadn't seen him coming; god knows if he had he would have chosen his words more carefully. Dan just looked between Lucas and Brooke not saying a word.
Lucas continued to look at Dan, his eyes demanding an answer as he didn't, for a second loosen his grip. But Dan didn't say anything, Lucas could here Brooke breathing heavily behind him, before he had the chance to look over and see if she was alright… she was gone.
"Lucas?" A voice called.
Both Dan and Lucas turned to see Haley and Karen standing in the hall way.
"What's going on?" Karen asked
Subconsciously Lucas relaxed a little. Dan seized the opportunity to push Lucas off him.
"Get off me" Dan said sternly.
"Luke?" Haley asked, clearly worried
"Dan…" Lucas began before being interrupted by Dan
"Don't you think we've all had a difficult evening? I think the most mature thing to do would be to put this down to everyone being tired and forget all about it" Dan said
"Yeah right, you..." Lucas tried again
"It's ok, I've forgotten all about it already and I..." Dan said, straightening out this suit
"For god's sake, will you let me speak" Lucas said, clearly getting angry
"It's already forgiven" Dan smiled, looking over at Karen
Lucas caught this and looked over at Karen hoping she wasn't buying any of this. "Ma…"
"Lucas" Karen began walking over to him and placing her hand on his shoulder "It's okay, I think that's enough for today. Dan's right you're tired, he's tired, everyone is tired" Karen said seemingly disappointed with Lucas.
"Your mother's right" Dan smirked at Lucas, walking over to Karen "She doesn't need any stress, especially in her condition" He said, smiling down at Karen.
Lucas just rolled his eyes with amazement, how on earth had Dan managed to make him the bad guy.
"Come on, I can drive you home" Dan said
"Lucas, are you coming?" Karen asked.
Lucas couldn't hide that he felt slightly betrayed by his mother. I mean, he knew she was tired but the least she could do was hear him out instead of believing Mr. Mayor Scott.
"No, I'll catch a ride with Nathan and Haley" Lucas replied.
Lucas shook his head, as he remembered that evening and how Dan had manipulated the whole situation without so much as a stutter. Why was Dan shouting at Brooke? Why was she so scared of him? All of these questions without a single answer.
He was missing something. Why was she in the locker room today? She looked surprised to see him? Why would she be surprised? And she was upset, he found her upset. And when Dan came in he wanted to talk to her… what was going on? Where was she? I mean why wasn't she home by now? Lucas was sure that Rachel would have told Brooke that he came round. Whatever was going on, Lucas didn't seem to be the one Brooke was mad at so, why wouldn't she just call him. They didn't have to talk about today if she didn't want to, all he wanted to know was that she was okay.
Lucas couldn't take it anymore, he'd try remaining calm, he'd tried waiting for her to call but something just didn't feel right he had to go, he had to find her.
Lucas stood up quickly, grabbed his keys and headed towards his bedroom door. He opened it, ready to step outside only to see a certain Raven's cheerleader, with one hand in the air, clearly just about to knock on his door.
Lucas stepped back, catching his breath.
"Hi"
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So there it is, hope you liked the chapter!
I will try and update as soon as possible, I'm just approaching exam season and I'm sure you all know what that's like, bear with me guys.