It's You and Me, BL

[Brooke Davis]

"You okay?" Brooke took a small sip of the water, continuing to 'fake cough' her way out of the answer to Karen's question. "Yeah..Fine.." She promised, holding onto her throat just for good measure. Brooke smirked slightly at Lucas and sent him a quick wink before picking her fork up and taking a small forkful of food. She continued to swish the food around on her plate, looking up at Karen with a bright and cheerful smile.

"I don't even wanna know." Karen decided. Brooke nodded her head in agreement, giving the older woman a 'no, you don't wanna know' kind of look before picking up her fork once again and beginning to eat. There was silence at the table as they all ate, but Karen was once again the one to break it.

"So, Brooke, I need some help at the cafe' tonight. You think you can do it?" She asked, setting her fork down and looking at the small brunette. Brooke clenched her jaw for a moment, but forced a smile onto her face and nodded her head all the same.

"Yeah, sure." She decided, a small huff escaping her lips. So much for a romantic night with her boyfriend. Karen nodded and picked up her fork once again before putting it back down on the plate with a sigh.

"Have you two..Been...Intimate?" She questioned bluntly. This time, Brooke didn't have to fake cough. Her ziti slid right down her mouth without her even chewing it, causing her to begin coughing abruptly. "Ex--Excuse me?" She questioned in between coughs, looking at Karen like she were crazy.

"Well, you are teenagers..One male and one female..You have..Feelings for one another..There's an obvious attraction between you. I just wanna make sure that you're...Not.." She explained, making a motion with her hands.

Brooke's eyes widened and she set her fork down, her mouth opened in shock. "Ah!" Was all she was able to come up with, letting out a loud, girly squeal.

[Lucas Scott]

Lucas looked over at Brooke when she winked at him and put his hand up partially covering his mouth to hide the smile on his face. Lucas tore off a piece of his roll and popped it in his mouth. Lucas let out a small sigh when his mom asked Brooke if she could help her out at the cafe. Well, so much for a romantic night. Nearly the only time they could have a romantic night is when his mom was off somewhere or at the cafe working. Lucas's eyes widened when his mom asked if they had been intimate. What kind of question was that? Especially if Lucas's girlfriend, also a guest in the house, is sitting at the table. "Well, mom you don't have to worry about that," Lucas said and looked over at Brooke across the table with a defeated look on his face. Why couldn't the two of them just have one night alone with each other? Away from everyone else and all the drama. It was like physically impossible.

[Brooke Davis]

"Well, mom you don't have to worry about that," Brooke forced a smile onto her face and nodded her head, sending a quick glance towards Lucas. "Yeah, Karen..Nothing to worry about." She repeated, standing up and grabbing her plate. She walked over to the sink and began to wash the dishes, one of the things that were on her 'chore list'. Every week, Karen posted a chore list for both Brooke and Lucas. Although she had never before done a chore in her life, she was most definately beginning to learn.

She turned the water on in the sink, hastily washing the dishes so that she wouldn't flip out on someone. "I mean..It's not like we do anything wrong." She said, more to herself than to her boyfriend's mother. "..And, even if we did, hypothetically, have sex..Hypothetically, of course, it wouldn't be so awful." She decided, nodding her head as she slammed the knife down into the sink. "I mean.. We're almost adults..And we...Care about eachother." Brooke paused, knowing that she had to chose her words carefully. She didn't want to blurt out, 'I'm in love with your son' even though she was tempted to do so.

[Lucas Scott]

Lucas sighed as he finished his dinner. He wasn't all that hungry anymore. Lucas loved his mom so much, but why did she have to bring that up? And at the dinner table at all places? Why did she have to embarrass Lucas and not to mention Brooke too? He took his plate over to the sink and set it in the sink. Seeing that his mom was finished as well, Lucas walked over and grabbed her plate as well setting it in the sink too. Lucas grabbed the wash cloth and washed the table after he had cleared everything away.

[Brooke Davis]

Brooke washed the dishes that Lucas placed in the sink, a small frown on her lips. "It's not like we haven't before though." She told Karen, still hastily washing the dishes in the sink. "I mean..I did think I was pregnant last year and, last time I checked, you can get knocked up without having sex." She rambled on, her eyebrows crinkled together in deep thought. "Well, I guess maybe you could..Like the chick from Step By Step did, but that was just some crazy freak accident thing that's probably never really gonna happen again. Did you read about that, by the way? It's amazing what you learn in Health class now.." She continued to speak, slamming the knife down into the sink and running a hand through her hair.

"Okay, here's the thing." She decided, turning around to face both Lucas and Karen. "You have nothing to worry about because the truth of the matter is that Lucas and I have become pod people." She said, shaking her head. "..I love you so much for taking me in.. I do, Karen..But..He's my boyfriend." She explained, pointing to Lucas. "..and we never do anything together because it would be weird. So, in a way, having me live here has really turned me into a part of the family.. Like..Luke's sister..So I'm now his sister instead of his girlfriend." She once again crinkled her eyebrows together in thought, trying to think of what she was going to say.

"Okay..Ew..But..Besides the point." Brooke decided, her hands resting on her hips. "Really, right now, all I wanna do is this." Brooke grabbed Lucas's neck and brought him towards her for one hell of a passionate lip lock. After a couple of moments, she pulled away, her chest rising and falling heavily. "Because, sometimes, it doesn't even feel like we're dating anymore."

[Lucas Scott]

Lucas listened to Brooke as she talked to his mom. He agreed with her. Ever since Brooke moved in, they haven't been able to do anything together, especially have sex or even be intimate without his mom barging in on them. The fact of the matter is that they were about to graduate and they were almost adults now. They had the right to their privacy. Lucas loved his mother so much and was going to miss her when he went to college and when he moved out of the house, but he wasn't nine years old anymore. Lucas was taken by surprise when Brooke pulled him in for a very passionate kiss. He returned the kiss just as passionately and then looked at his mom. "Mom, it's true. Everything that she said. I understand that you just want to protect....both of us....but we're about to graduate. We're nearly adults now," Lucas said with a sigh looking at his mother.