Author's Note: So here it is the first chapter of the new Secret Admirer story and I'm hoping that this one will be a little bit better and little bit longer.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea for the story.

Background for the story: Luke and Haley are dating and have been forever. Peyton and Nathan are together but not for long. Brooke and Peyton haven't really spoken since Peyton and Nathan started dating and Brooke is in love with Nathan.

Brooke sniffed and wiped at the tears that were falling down her face. It was the umpteenth night that she was crying over him and she was tired of it. She was tired of watching him and her "best" friend happy and having what she didn't have. She wished that she could be the one that he was always smiling at and being all touchy feely with. She sighed and sat up figuring she might as well get some homework done since she had nothing else to do on a Friday night since she stopped going to the weekly party. She picked up her bag but lost her grip and her bag fell to the floor everything spilling to the floor. Sighing she got up and began picking up her school books and various papers that had fallen out of her bag. She picked up her poem for English and began to read it. She looked at the grade and wasn't surprised she got an 'A' because it was about Nathan. She was sitting in gym watching him play with the other basketball guys and whenever she thought about Nathan was when she did her best work for English or her Creative Writing class. She sighed and leaned back against her bed still holding the piece of paper in her hand when a light bulb went off above her head. She went to her computer, redid her poem, and printed it off.

She grabbed her bag and left her room in search of a certain Scott household. On her way out of her house she ran into Luke. "Wow you're smiling! What happened?" He asked wondering what she was on that would put her in a good mood after being in a bad mood for almost a year. Brooke smiled at her best friend and threw her arm around his shoulder.

"Well best friend, I have come up with a plan to finally tell Nathan how I feel about him so I can in your words, 'get on with my life.'"

"Really do tell."

"I need to stop by his house and drop this off." She replied holding up the pink envelope with Nathan's name written in cursive.

"Who wrote that?" He asked looking at it and knowing that it was not Brooke's handwriting.

"It's this awesome font I found while I was writing him my note."

"So how is this plan going to work?"

"I'm going to send him notes telling him how I feel and after a while I tell him."

"So you're going to play like a secret admirer game?"

"Exactly."

"How long are you going to wait until you tell him?" She opened her mouth to reply but shut it and looked at the calendar on her phone checking the dates.

"I'm going to tell him in a month and half from today."

"Okay."

"And please don't say anything to him if he asks."

"I won't say anything."

"I'm serious I have to do this." He nodded and pulled in front of Nathan's house.

"You know he's not home right?"

"That's the point. Here's where you come in."

"Okay?"

"Go to the door and tell his mom that you found this in your locker and it had Nathan's name on it. " Luke nodded and grabbed the envelope from her and began walking to the door. Brooke watched him talk to Deb and smiled when Deb let Luke in to hopefully put the note in Nathan's room. Moments later Luke returned and they drove off towards the café were Haley would be finishing up her shift and helping close up so they could have some coffee and cake like they did every Friday night since Brooke stopped partying.

Later that evening Nathan came home feeling a little depressed when he should've been in a great mood but no Peyton had finally decided to end it and then got drunk and began telling everyone how shitty of a boyfriend he was and how she never really cared about him. He peeled off his shirt and threw it in the hamper but it missed and landed on his dresser. When Nathan picked up the shirt he saw the pink envelope with his name on it on his dresser. He looked around the room wondering who had come into his room and dropped off the letter. He placed the shirt in the hamper and went over towards his bed turning the envelope over a couple of times in his hands. He gently ripped it open and unfolded the paper inside.

Nathan-

I got your runaway smile in my piggybank baby
Gonna cash it right in for a new Mercedes
You were worth the hundred thousand miles
But you couldn't stay awhile
I got your little brown shirt in my bottom drawer baby
And your little white socks in the top drawer
You were always leaving your shit around


And gone without a sound

Yeah I'm the first to fall and the last to know
Where'd you go?

Now I'm heels over head
I'm hangin' upside down
Thinking how you left me for dead
California bound

I got a first class ticket to a night all alone
And a front row seat up right by the phone
Cause you're always on my mind
And I'm running out of time
I've got your hair on my pillow and your smell in my sheets
And it makes me think about you with the sand in your feet
Is it all you thought it'd be?
You mean everything to me

But I'm the first to fall and the last to know
And where'd you go?

Now I'm heels over head,
I'm hangin' upside down
Thinking how you left me for dead
California bound
And when you hit the coast
I hope you think of me
And how I'm stuck here with the ghost of what we used to be

You're burnin' bridges baby
Burnin' bridges, making wishes
Yeah you're burnin' bridges baby
Burnin' bridges, making wishes
You're burnin' bridges baby
Burnin' bridges, making wishes
Yeah you're burnin' bridges baby
Burnin' bridges, making wishes

You're a chance taker, heartbreaker
Got me wrapped around your finger
Chance taker, heartbreaker


Got me wrapped around your finger

I got your runaway smile in my piggybank baby
Gonna cash it right in for a new Mercedes
If I drive a hundred thousand miles
Would you let me stay a while?

Now I'm heels over head,
I'm hangin' upside-down
Thinking how you left me for dead
California bound
And when you hit the coast
I hope you think of me
And how I'm stuck here with the ghost of what we used to be

-Secret Admirer

Nathan looked at the note and scratched the side of his head. Who in the world would have a crush on him and send him a love note? He pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialed Luke's number. "Hello?"

"Hey are you busy?"

"Nope just got home."

"Can I talk to you about something?"

"You know you can always talk to me little brother."

"Alright I'll be over in like 10 minutes."

"Okay?" Luke pulled the phone away from his ear and looked at it wondering what Nathan could have to talk to him about. Nathan walked up to Luke's door and knocked running a somewhat shaky hand through his hair. 'It can't get any worse right?' He thought to himself as Luke opened the door moving so Nathan could come in before shutting the door behind him. "What's up?"

"Well first Peyton and I are done."

"Yeah okay." Luke automatically replied not believing that it would last that long.

"No I'm serious for good. She's too much for me and I need someone who's not depressed all the time."

"That's all you came over for?"

"No, actually I was wondering if you had any idea about this." He replied pulling the letter out of his pocket and handing it to Luke. Luke put on an interested look and unfolded the paper reading over the note. 'Wow who knew that Brooke had this in her.'

"Wow little brother you're lucky. Some pretty awesome sounding girl has a crush on you."

"Any idea who it is?"

"No." Luke watched his face fall a little bit and Luke instantly started debating if he should tell him or keep his promise to Brooke. "What are you going to do about it?"

"I don't know who it is and maybe it's just a practical joke, so what should I do?"

"Just wait it out maybe you'll figure it out." Nathan nodded looking at the clock.

"Well I let you get some sleep and I'll see you tomorrow at the café." Luke nodded watching Nathan leave before pulling out his phone and sending Brooke a text message. Brooke was sitting at her computer working on her homework when her phone buzzed in her pocket. Hey Nate just stopped by and got your note I think he liked it, he and Peyt are done too btw.-Luke. Brooke smiled and set her phone down going back to the screen in front of her.

Nathan lay on his bed looking at the letter in his hand wondering who would go to all the trouble of sending him a love note. He reread the letter over and over hoping that it would give him a clue as to who it was and fell asleep with the letter in his hand and a small smile on his face. Brooke also for the first time that night went to sleep with a smile on her face for the first time in a over a year. Maybe this little game was going to work out in her favor.