It was an average saturday night , all the teens from tree hill high were at their usual weekend party at Rachel Gatina's over-crowded beach house.
In the corner of the room were two very drunk teenagers in the middle of a heavy make-out session, one of them knowing it was wrong still initiated
moving into the bedroom behind them. Little did she know that her boyfriend was just entering the party with his basketball team-mates discussing
last nights game against the Eat High Wildcats.
Lucas laughed " Hey any of you guys seen Brooke?" Skills joked "She gotta be somewere around here luke , Brooke Davis aint never missed a party"
"Yeah whatever" Lucas Laughed, "I'm gonna go look for her" He walked away slowly pulling off his Ravens letterman jacket and heading for the
alcohol table.
Brooke sighed as the drunken boy tried to pull her shirt off , she immediately jumped to the voice of her boyfriend lucas, she felt like her world was crashing down.
Here she was with another guy whilst her boyfriend is searching the room for her, asking everyone that passed , "Have You Seen Brooke?"
Haley James Lucas' trusted friend replied "I think she's in Rachel's Spare Room", Brooke resisted as the boy tried to kissed her neck, she could hear
lucas' footsteps approaching yet she didn't move, it was like she was frozen.
Lucas lightly tapped the door , "Brooke?" , as he slowly pushed it open he saw his girlfriend on the bed with a complete stranger, his face dropped, a sweet
smile quickly changed into the expression of a heartbroken boy.
Brooke looked up at lucas, " Lucas this isnt what... , before she could finish her sentence he cut her off "Brooke! , what are you doing?" , Brooke stood up
as the party went silent, "Lucas , let me explain" , Lucas turned around and looked at the people in the room behind him.
"Okay, Explain....
Brooke Stood In Silence , "Yeah I thought so..." Lucas said as he turned towards the door
he felt a clump in his throat as he left the party.
Brooke ran after him, and on the way picking up his letterman jacket he gave her to represent their relationship.
Haley stopped infront of her on the way out "You dont think he's been through enough?" Brooke looked at her "I'm sorry".
"It's not me you should be apologising to" , "Haley just please move , I need to go and talk to my boyfriend".
Lucas' mother passed away six months earlier , his whole world collapsed and Brooke was the one thing in the world he could count on, he was very
close to her and because Brooke said she would always be there for him no matter what, he was able to move on with his life.
Lucas and Brooke have been next door neighbours for 17 years , they pratically grew up together.
They were 13 when they had their first kiss and he was the only boy who ever bought her an ice-cream , not only were they dating,
they were also best friends.
Brooke stumbled out of the door and saw lucas sat down on the beach with his head in his hands, Brooke loved lucas there was no doubt about it
she was just insecure and she never once felt like she deserved him, she wouldn't admit she loved him to herself , let alone lucas.
Little did she know lucas had waited practically his entire life to hear the words 'I Love you' from brooke, but she never said it.
So he never believed it.
Lucas knew she was approaching him , in the quiteness of the night the only things he could hear were the ocean , Brooke's footsteps and his heart
racing as she got closer , what was he going to say to her?.
"Hey" she managed to blurt out, after a few seconds of silence "what do you want Brooke? Lucas replied bitterly
"What do you mean?" "I Mean what do you want from me?"
Brooke stood in silence looking at Lucas' dissapointed face.
Lucas stood up and looked her in the eyes , "Is this the first time?"
"Lucas...." , "Just tell me"
Brooke tried so desperately to hold back her tears, "Yes , it's the first time.... and the last i promise"
Lucas looked to the ground, "I don't....., as a tear rolled down Brooke's face lucas tried hard not to break the heart of the girl he loved,
even though she broke his.
He could see pain and hurt in her eyes, all he wanted to do was hold her in his arms and tell her he loved her.
But he couldn't do it .
Brooke felt tears burning her eyes , as she wiped them, Lucas stroked the back of his head , searching for something , anything to say.
"Brooke , I'm sorry "
Brooke sniffed up and wiped her face , she knew were this was going, "I Just , I can't do this anymore"
"Dont say that Lucas, you don't mean it" Brooke said , as tears filled her eyes.
"I can't do this, Brooke please don't cry" , Lucas walked towards Brooke and kissed her Forehead.
This was the first time Lucas had ever seen Brooke cry, she held his jacket so close and gradually extended her arm to give it back to him.
Lucas grabbed the jacket, as he moved behind Brooke's back he slowly placed the jacket over her shoulders, and softly whispered in her ear "I want you to keep it".
Lucas softly kissed brooke cheek , she began crying as she turned around and placed herself in Lucas' arms repeatedly telling him "I'm so sorry...
" Lucas Please dont do this" Brooke begged , Lucas stepped back "I Cant pretend it didn't happen, It's too late"
He turned around and walked away with a heartbroken look on his face, he turned back to her and gave her a smile.
It was just like when they were 13 he saw the girl he fell in love with all those years ago, he turned back and continued walking.
Brooke stood on the beach alone taking in everything that lucas had just said to her.
As Lucas walked home Brooke's voice echoed in his head , he checked his watch which read 10:15, which meant his dad would still be awake,
Lucas opened his front door and found his dad slummed on the sofa watching old action movies, "Hey Dad" Lucas said sadly
"Lucas , You okay buddy?"
"Uh , actually no i'm not" said lucas as he sat down next to his dad on the sofa.
Keith sat up , turned the tv off and listened to his son "what happened?" , "It's Brooke , we broke up"
"oh you kids will work it out" joked keith , "You've been with Brooke seven years , you've had your fights and always worked it out"
"not this time dad , it's really over", Lucas looked at his dad hoping he could say something to heal his pain.
Lucas slowly stood up and smiled at keith "Goodnight Dad" , "Night Son"..
Lucas closed his bedroom door and collapsed on his bed , he stared at a picture of himself and brooke he picked it up stroked brooke's face and
turned the picture around on his night stand.
There was a quiet knock on his door , "Dad , i just wanna be alone" Lucas said whilst diving his head into his pillow
"It's Haley" said a voice outiside the door , Lucas stood up and opened the door for Haley. he was immediately attacked by her arms and enveloped into a hug,
he put his arms around her and sank his head into her shoulders with a painful look on his face.
"I'm so sorry Luke" said haley with a sympathetic tone in her voice.
Haley released her grasp on Lucas and sat down on his bed, "So what happened with Brooke?"
Lucas walked over and sat down next to Haley , "Well you saw her with that guy right?" Haley nodded
"Well i sat down on the beach and she came over , i told her i couldn't be with her anymore"
"You broke up with her?"
"yeah , I feel....... lost haley i don't know what to do without her"
Haley pulled lucas in and gave him a hug as she reassured him , "It's gonna be okay.....
The Next morning Brooke lay awake in bed holding the jacket Lucas gave her the night before , she rolled herself out of bed and went into the bathroom.
It seemed everything in her house had some memory of Lucas , her toothbrush that he had bought for her, the blue towel that she gave him for when he
spent the night which was often, she picked it up and inhaled the smell , it smelled like luke .
Brooke got in the shower and used his towel when getting out, it seemed he was the biggest part of her world, without him she didn't feel complete.
Brooke took her phone off the dresser, and input speed dial number 1 - Lucas , or as he is called in her phonebook 'Boyfriend', the phone rang for a while then
went straight to answer phone "Hey it's Lucas, & Brooke... , I'm not here right now leave a message and I'll get back to you" , Brooke hung up the phone and remembered
when she interrupted him recording his voicemail, they stayed awake all night looking at photos and watching movies together.
Lucas was playing basketball down at rivercourt, he remembered the last time he was there with Brooke. They ditched Nathan & Haley at the movies so they could
just be together , of course he didn't get one shot in because she kept asking him questions about the rules of basketball. Lucas threw in the last shot and his
attention was stolen by a loud beeping sound behind him , as he turned around he saw his older brother Nathan approaching him, "Lucas, Haley told me what happened
I'm sorry man" Nathan said as he gave his younger brother a much-needed hug.
Lucas pulled away , "Thanks , but i'll be fine"
Nathan slightly smiled "she made a mistake we all do", Lucas smirked and sat down on a nearby bench.
"Yeah ,my mistake was trusting her " Lucas said as he looked to the floor , Nathan came over and sat next to him, "Listen , why don't you talk to her"?,
"and say what? , I have nothing to say to her" , "Okay fair enough, but does she have anything to say to you?, think about that"
Nathan stood up and walked back towards his car, "I need to go and meet Haley but you need to talk to your girlfriend"
"Ex-Girlfriend , she's my ex-girlfriend Nate", Lucas didn't like the sound of that, but it was true , she was no longer his girlfriend.
Brooke sat at her computer looking at pictures of herself and Lucas, when her phone rang without even looking at caller ID she immedietly picked
it up "Lucas?!" , "No, Brooke it's Nathan"
"Oh , have you seen lucas he's not answering my calls" she asked desperately.
"Listen Brooke you need to talk to him" , "I know my little brother and he loves you", Brooke smiled.
"Were is he?" , "I saw him at rivercourt a few hours ago , he's probably home by now"
"okay , thanks i'm gonna go talk to him" , "bye". Brooke Hangs up.
Lucas collapsed down onto his bed as Brooke approached his bedroom door feeling nervous, which was strange for her because Brooke was always so
confident especially around Lucas, Brooke curled up her fingers and softly knocked on the door. Somehow Lucas knew it was her, he slowly got up and walked towards
the door and opened it coming face to face with Brooke Davis. She seemed different to him, she seemed vulnerable and fragile. She was wearing jeans , a plain white shirt
and his letterman jacket.
"brooke.....Hi"....
Brooke smiled and bit her lip anxiously , "Hi"
Lucas looked at her and extended his hand back in his bedroom "Come in"
"Thanks" She slowly walked in his room and looked around as if she was taking a mental picture, as if she hadn't been there before.
"So we need to talk" she said as she sat on the edge of his bed.
"About what?" as he slowly backed towards the door. Brooke sighed , she felt a distance had grown between them.
"About us" , "Us?" , Lucas said slightly louder than his previous tone ," There is no us , not anymore" Brooke looked up at Lucas , trying hard to
hold back tears that were forcing their way down her face.
Brooke wasn't sure how to approach Lucas anymore , he had never been this way with her before. Sure they had their arguments
in the past but he had never given her the cold shoulder like this before.
"You threw us away when you cheated on me" , "Lucas , Please" as she walked towards him. he pulled away
"I'm sorry Brooke , I Love you and i always will nothing will ever change that , but i can't be with you anymore" He cried out as tears filled his eyes.
"You really mean this?" , Lucas grabbed brookes hand and kissed it. "I'll never forget you , I promise".
Lucas walked to the other end of the room, "I'm going away for a while".
Brooke looked up at Lucas with tears rolling down her face, "For how long?"
"I'm not sure yet , but.... I need space , time to think we both do", "I mean maybe we just weren't meant to be"
Brooke exhailed deeply "Lucas , that's not true".
Lucas reached behind his neck and unhooked a necklace with the letter 'B' on it , he extended his arm and gave it to Brooke.
"You can have this back , it doesn't mean anything anymore" , Brooke had given Lucas that necklace when they were 14 to symbolise that they would
be together forever.
Lucas slowly placed the necklace In Brooke's hand as she cried. she closed her hand tight and looked at Lucas.
Lucas shook his head, "So much for Forever, Huh?", He turned around.
Brooke opened the door and slowly stepped out , "This isn't the end for us" she said quietly before she walked down the hall.
Lucas closed his eyes tightly, and closed his door watching Brooke leave his house.
