Chapter 1: The câu hỏi that started it all

“Sam will bạn please stop skating in my store. I can’t concentrate with bạn whishing bởi every second,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến in frustration is she looked up from the sketch she was trying to finish for the past hour.

It had been 2 weeks since the kidnapping incident, and Brooke and Sam were finally moving on from the nightmarish experience. Currently Brooke and Sam were spending the afternoon at Clothes over Bros. Brooke had been trying to finish one of her sketches and since summer vacation had started, she had dragged Sam along with her to the store. 2 weeks were too soon for Brooke to feel comfortable in leaving Sam alone. But since the phút ticked on, she started regretting her decision. With Sam skating all around the place, it was becoming incredibly hard for her to concentrate on her work.

“Still annoying bạn huh?” đã đưa ý kiến a playful voice from the door, and Brooke looked up to see Julian walking in the store.

After the ‘incident’, Brooke and Julian had starting becoming increasingly closer as friends. After that night, Brooke had realized that there was much thêm to Julian than the cold, blustery façade he keeps up all the time. His caring attitude towards Sam had also done a lot into bringing the close together, and since Sam always kept bringing him around, Brooke couldn’t help but feel attracted to him.

“Oh bạn have no idea,” Brooke moaned, “I have been trying to work on this sketch for hours and it’s still not done.”

“Would that sketch be one of the costumes for my movie?” Julian probed.

Another surprise that came after the ‘incident’ was that Brooke had agreed to make the costumes for Julian’s movie. When Julian had come to her again last week and asked her to rethink her decision to thiết kế the costumes for the movie, Brooke decided that it would the best interest for all of them if she took the project. After all, she needed work to get back Clothes over Bros on its feet, and Julian would be getting one of the best designer’s of town in his crew. Of course Sam’s insistence played a major part in influencing her decision, and for that, Julian would be eternally grateful to her.
“It’s supposed to be when I actually finish it,” Brooke complained.

“Well we can’t have that can we?” Julian asked teasingly with his signature smirk strictly in place.

“It’s your loss because if I can’t work then I can’t meet the deadline, and if I can’t meet the deadline then the production of your movie would be delayed,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến superiorly knowing that she had just won the conversation.

“Oh that won’t happen, because I am going to put a stop to it-now,” Julian đã đưa ý kiến as he easily caught Sam bởi her arm as she was about to giày trượt băng, skate past him, completely bringing her to a stop.

“Hey, what the hell was that for?” Sam asked angrily as she took out the ipod earplugs out of her ears and stared angrily at the smirking man in front of her.

“No wonder she doesn’t hear bạn screaming at her,” Julian đã đưa ý kiến amusedly as he pointed to the âm nhạc blaring from the ear plugs.

“Pshhh like bạn wouldn’t do the same thing if bạn were in my situation. No one wants to hear Brooke scream,” Sam đã đưa ý kiến smiling wickedly knowing that her bình luận would piss Brooke off.

“Uh excuse me. This is my store, bạn do what I tell bạn to do, and that means no skateboarding when I am working on my sketch,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến severely.

“But that’s totally unfair. bạn drag me here against my will and then bạn tell me to sit quietly in one corner like some priss? There’s no way in hell I am doing that. Come Julian don’t just stand there, back me up her,” Sam đã đưa ý kiến looking towards Julian for help.
“I would tình yêu to save bạn from the strict ruling of your dictatorship of your foster mother, but I am sort of helpless at the moment. Since she is working on the costume designs for my movie, I will have to ask bạn to go bởi her rules hoặc I am the one who’s going to suffer,” Julian đã đưa ý kiến apologetically.

“Jeez, I never thought I would see the ngày where Julian Baker would be sucking up to Brooke Davis. But miracles happen, I guess,” Sam đã đưa ý kiến disgustedly as she tried to pry her hand away from Julian’s grasp, but all it did was made Julian tighten his hold on her arm.

“I am not sucking up Samantha. I am just looking out for my back like I always do. bạn of all people should understand that,” Julian đã đưa ý kiến playfully.

“Okay first, never call me Samantha, and second, there is no way I am as self-centered as bạn are. bạn have the biggest ego I have seen in this town,” Sam đã đưa ý kiến shuddering in disgust.

“Whatever Sam I know you’re jealous,” Julian đã đưa ý kiến seriously.

“Jealous? Of you? Wow that’s rich,” Sam scoffed rolling her eyes.

“You know what Brooke? I don’t think Sam’s being very nice. I think bạn should do what bạn were telling me about yesterday,” Julian đã đưa ý kiến mysteriously as he looked at Brooke.

“Hmm…maybe I should. I mean there’s nothing for her to do here, I think ngày camp would perfectly for her,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến in a contemplative tone.

“Day camp?” Sam choked out in horror, “You’re thinking of sending me to ngày camp?”

“Well I have được trao it some thought, and who knows it might be good for you,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến with a straight face, but on the inside she was bursting with laughter at the horrified look on Sam’s face. She had no intention of sending Sam to any ngày camp. In fact, this whole conversation had been just made up on the spot. Julian and her had had no conversation yesterday and there had been no mention of a ngày camp either. But Sam didn’t need to know that did she?

“Oh no. Oh hell no. There’s no way bạn can send me to a ngày camp. I am not going and if bạn force me to, I’ll run away,” Sam đã đưa ý kiến threateningly.

“Now we both know that that’s an empty threat. After what happened, I don’t think you’ll be running anywhere anything soon. But if I were bạn and I wanted to convince my foster mother to not send me to the dreaded ngày camp, I’d put that skateboard in one corner and do as she says,” Julian said, his eyes twinkling in amusement at the indignant look on Sam’s face.

“You know it should be illegal to be so smug. Taking advantage of a vulnerable 15-year old? bạn guys should be ashamed of yourself,” Sam đã đưa ý kiến disdainfully, and after throwing Brooke and Julian the angriest glare she could muster, she picked up her skateboard and breaking free of Julian’s grip, she walked over to the corner and placed the skateboard against the tường like Julian had suggested.
When she returned, she found Brooke and Julian trying very hard to conceal their laughter.

“What? What’s so funny?” Sam demanded annoyed.

“Nothing. Absolutely nothing,” Julian đã đưa ý kiến in a controlled voice, but his eyes told her that he was lying.

“Liar. Tell me what’s so funny?” Sam asked again.

“Oh honey we were messing with you,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến trying very hard to contain her laughter, “There is no ngày camp. It was all a joke.”

“A joke?!? A joke?!?” Sam spluttered angrily, “Oh bạn guys are evil. Pure evil. I can’t believe bạn guys would do this to me, especially now that I am so vulnerable.”

“Oh hon that vulnerable trick won’t work with me. That sad face and pouty face is not bringing bạn any sympathy from me. We all know you’ve been using that sad girl technique to get away from things. I can’t even count the number of times Haley, Peyton and Lucas have fell into that trap in the last two weeks,” Julian said, deeply amused bởi the changes in Sam’s facial appearance throughout this tirade.

“You know what bạn can go to hell. And take Brooke while you’re at it. bạn guys will make the perfect couple, your evilness compliments each other perfectly,” Sam đã đưa ý kiến flatly.

And even though her words were meant to be playful, they caused the complete opposite effect. The implication behind her words made Brooke blush slightly and Julian was looking everywhere but at Brooke.

“Uh yeah,” Julian started awkwardly, “I should be going, it’s getting pretty late. I just came here to see if bạn got any sketches done but since they’re not completed yet, I’ll drop bởi tomorrow to pick them up.”

“Yeah sure, sounds great,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến quietly all the trước đó humor gone from her voice.

“Alright then, I’ll see bạn guys later,” Julian said, and with that he turned around and started towards the door.

But he hadn’t even taken two steps when Brooke stopped him.

“Wait Julian.”

“Yeah?” Julian inquired as he turned to face her.

“I was wondering, what I wanted to ask was ifyouwouldliketohavedinneratmyplacetonight,” Brooke đã đưa ý kiến in a rush, her cheeks tinged màu hồng, hồng from embarrassment. Why hadn’t she remained quiet? The một giây she saw Julian turn around, she had this strange urge to ask him to dinner, and before the rational side of her mind could kick in, the words had already escaped her big mouth.

“Um could bạn repeat that a little slowly?” Julian asked bewildered.

“Okay, I was wondering if bạn would like to have bữa tối, bữa ăn tối at my place tonight,” Brooke repeated slowly her face heating up with every word. But she had đã đưa ý kiến it, and now it all depended on his answer.

“Oh, oh,” Julian said, his eyes widening as he realized just exactly what Brooke had asked him, “Yeah sure. Sounds great. Does 8 sound good because I have to be at the studios till 7?”

“Yeah 8 sound perfect,” Brooke squeaked out, surprised that he had accepted without so much as a question.

“Cool. See bạn tonight then,” Julian said, and with that he turned once again and walked out the door but this time, he had a big đít, mông, ass smile on his face.

Julian’s exit seemed to have brought a stunned Sam out of her reverie. Was she dreaming hoặc had Brooke actually asked Julian out on a date?

Turning towards Brooke with a shocked face, she asked, “What the hell was that Brooke?”
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