Disclaimer: All the events and character description taken place in this story is COMPLETELY FICTION. No copyright infringement intended. All characters are copy written to their respective owners. No profit is being made from this story. It should be viewed only as entertainment.

This story takes place right after Season 4 episode 1. Right where Brooke tells Lucas she can't do this anymore. So everything before that episode happened for the sake of this storyline. I hope you all like this story, as it is my first One Tree Hill (Brucas) story base. So please let me know what you think of my work. It is much appreciated. Thanks!

I recreated two scenes from season 3 episode 21 and season 4 episode 1, just to refresh your minds of what happens. After this I will be using some of the same scenes and scenarios but everything will be done different from the show.

Also, I'm looking for someone to make a youtube preview/trailer for my story. If you are interested please let me know!

Against All Odds

Chapter 1

I Have a Girlfriend, At Least I Used To…

Brooke Davis sat in her baby blue convertible Volkswagen parked outside of Lucas Scott's house. Her hands gripped the steering wheel as she looked out the window at the window of his bedroom. The shades were down, but the light illuminated the room letting Brooke know he was home. She clenched the steering wheel tighter as she fought back the tears that dared to fall from her eyes. Her thoughts took her back to the other night.

Brooke walked back onto the stage, where her best friend Peyton Sawyer sat on the make shift bed. They were cleaning up from the surprise wedding party that they had for Nathan and Haley. A group of them had acted out the love story of Nathan and Haley. Peyton and Lucas were the last scene of the night. It was the proposal scene. Peyton had a hard time getting through the scene, but was able to pull it off. The show was a great hit with everyone.

"Way to go with the tears P Sawyer, you brought down the house!" Brooke smiled as she took a seat next to Peyton on the bed, who was wiping away her tears.

"Brooke," Peyton turned to face her best friend.

Peyton paused for a long moment. In the moment she contemplated telling Brooke what was on her mind. The possibility of loosing her best friend, and what it seemed like, her only friend. She stared into Brooke's deep brown eyes, as tear began to well up in her own eyes.

"I think I still have feelings for Lucas."

There was an even longer pause between the two girls' conversation. Brooke was speechless. She wasn't sure if she had heard Peyton correctly. She searched her mind for any words that she could form together to speak. There was no way Peyton could do this to her, again! She could forgive her the first time this happened, but not a second time. Peyton knew that, didn't she? Would Peyton really throw away the friendship they worked so hard on to repair from the first Brooke-Lucas-Peyton love triangle?

"You mean you care for him, as a friend?"

"No," Peyton shook her head no. "I mean more than that."

The two girls stared at one another, for what seemed to be the longest five minutes of both of their lives. Peyton waiting for a response from Brooke. Waiting for her to say something. Anything. She needed to know what Brooke was feeling. Brooke couldn't muster up anything to say to Peyton, other than the obscenities that ran through her mind. Brooke felt like a pile of bricks were placed on her shoulders, while Peyton looked to have had just got the weight off of her shoulders. It was as if Peyton passed the weight of the situation to Brooke. The ball was in Brooke's court now, and it was her move.

Brooke ran a hand through her hair as she took a deep breathe. She stepped out of her car and made the walk up to Lucas' side door to his bedroom. Standing there, she debated on if she was making the right decision by doing this. She knew it was something she needed to do, in order to protect her heart from being broken all over again. Brooke knocked once on the door and opened it walking right in. Her eyes fell on Peyton who was sitting on Lucas' bed and on Lucas who sat on a chair next to his bed with his laptop resting on the bed. She stood there staring at the two of them with her hand on her hip waiting for some sort of explanation from Lucas.

"Hey." Lucas spoke from his spot on the chair. He made hand gestures between himself and Peyton. "We were just…"

"I'd like to talk to my boyfriend." Brooke stated cutting Lucas off from finishing his sentence. She then looked over at Peyton. "Alone."

Peyton looked over at Lucas as she slowly got up off of his bed. She gave him that "I'm sorry" look. He looked at Peyton as he took a deep breath as he prepared himself for the wrath of Brooke seeing the two of them hanging out together. Lucas knew that Brooke was still rather upset with both Peyton and himself about the kiss that took place between them. He thought that Peyton was dying, and he kissed her. It meant nothing to him, even though he had no clue that it meant everything to Peyton. As Peyton walked over to the door to leave Brooke stepped in front of her before Peyton could leave.

"Nice job not hitting on him." Brooke spat as she looked at Peyton with hateful eyes.

"Luke, I'll get those cds later." Peyton smiled as she paused. "Thanks for the sex!"

Peyton smiled at Lucas and she then turned and smiled at Brooke. She laughed slightly and rolled her eyes. Brooke's mouth opened a gap not knowing how to respond to the blonde's comment. Leaving Brooke speechless again, Peyton smiled as she stepped out of the room and leaving Lucas and Brooke alone. Lucas cursed Peyton under his breath for her sarcastic remark. That was the last thing he needed in Brooke's head as they were on shaky grounds.

"She's joking!" Lucas quickly told Brooke as he stood up and pointed towards Peyton leaving.

Brooke remained silent after hearing Lucas speak. She shut the door as she stared at the wall for a moment. She still felt like backing down and caving in when she saw Lucas. This was going to be the hardest thing she'd ever have to do, but would turn out to be the best thing she would ever do in order to save herself a harder heartbreak.

"I was trying to call you." Lucas broke the silence that filled the room.

"You mean, when you weren't hanging out with Peyton?" Brooke replied, putting up her defensive walls around her heart.

"Come on Brooke, you never called me back." Lucas defended his actions of spending time with Peyton.

"Now you know how I feel." Brooke retaliated as she stood in the room with both hands on her hips.

Lucas and Brooke stood there staring at one another. He knew that she was right in what she had to say. Brooke had proved her point and there was no argument that Lucas could make against it. He stared at her, wondering if he should walk over to her and wrap her up in his arms and tell her how much he loves her. Something in his heart told him to refrain from doing so. Something wasn't right, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Why did he have this feeling that something horrible was about to happen, and that there was no way he could stop it?

Brooke waited for Lucas to speak on her point, but when all she heard was silence, she knew that he knew she was right. There was nothing Lucas could say to explain himself that would change her mind. She had her mind made up and there was no turning back. Brooke waited for him to argue his point, but as he continued to stare at her, she broke the silence.

"Listen," Brooke began. "I know it's been difficult for you lately, losing Keith and your heart condition and giving up basketball."

This time Lucas broke the eye contact that he shared with Brooke. Again, she was right in her point that she was making. He looked away from her. He looked down at the floor figuring that was the best place to look at the moment. He had to look anywhere but at her. A part of him deep down in his heart, knew what was going to happen at the end of this conversation, but he refused to believe that that would really happen. Not after everything they had been through together. Just like she named off, loosing Keith, his heart condition and having to give up basketball. Brooke was there for him through all of that.

"I feel like…" Brooke searched for the right words to say. "I've been keeping you close to me to try and protect you from those things."

Lucas now brought his eyes back up to Brooke and locked eyes with her. He could see sorrow and sadness in her eyes. He no longer saw the happiness that he once knew he made her feel in her sparkling brown eyes. He could tell she was holding back tears, that were fighting there hardest to spill over her eyelids. He still couldn't find anything to say, as he continued to stay silent. How could he say anything to her? She clearly had thought about this for a long time.

"Like I'm hanging on to the two of us for you." Brooke fought herself to speak. "But not for me."

The only thing that ran through Lucas' head was the kiss between Peyton and himself. This had to be about that. It couldn't be about anything else, could it? Lucas needed to make things right somehow. He searched his brain for something to tell Brooke. To let her know that he loves her, and only her.

"Look, I'm sorry I kissed Peyton." Lucas finally spoke after his long silence as he sat back down in his chair, his arms thrown up in the air for a brief second. "I should have told you."

"It's not about that Luke." Brooke breathed in. "It's not, I…"

Brooke was now at a loss of words. She knew that their last argument was about Lucas kissing Peyton. Even though a very small part of the kiss was about this, there was a much bigger picture here. This was going off of Lucas and Peyton, Peyton and Lucas. The two seemed to always be connected and drawn to one another. No matter how much time was put in between them. Brooke was tired of being the in between person for both of them. When Peyton had feelings for Lucas she'd stop at anything to be with him. When Lucas had feelings for Peyton, he stopped at nothing to be with Peyton. Brooke learned that the hard way, as she was the heartbroken victim of the disastrous relationship of Lucas and Peyton. She finally found some way of explaining her thoughts to Lucas, as she walked over to where he sat. She sat down on his bed, trying to forget that Peyton had been sitting on the bed previously.

"I mean, I thought that it was, but this is not about her." Brooke finally was able to let the words spill from her mouth. "This is about me."

Lucas locked eyes with Brooke again as she paused. There were so many emotions flowing through both of them. Brooke could see the confusion in his eyes as to what they were trying to clear up. Her heart was starting to break as she stared into his icy blue eyes that were telling her that he loved her. This was going to be much harder for her to do then she thought. Lucas knew what was coming. He could no longer ignore what his gut was telling him. He listened to her, but was spaced out as he searched for something to stop her. To make her change her mind.

"I love you Lucas."

He smiled sadly up at her as he placed his hand on her thigh. His mind thinking that maybe he was crazy and that she wasn't going down the path of breaking his heart. He loved Brooke so much that it drove him crazy. He never loved anyone as much as he loved her. Call him crazy, but he truly believed that Brooke was "the one" for him. She just had to be "the one". How could he explain that to her. Just as he was about to try, Brooke spoke out.

"And I probably always will."

Lucas' smile turned into a frown, as now he was 100% percent certain that Brooke was about to break up with him. He searched his brain quicker for something to say. He had to say anything. He couldn't lose Brooke, at least not like this. They belonged together, not apart. Didn't Brooke realize that?

"But we go days, without having a meaningful conversation." Brooke continued. "And I used to miss you so much when that happened. But it never seemed like you missed me."

Brooke stopped talking, giving Lucas a chance to fight her point and opinion. She gave him a chance to fight for her. He stared at her, and as words stopped leaving her mouth, he knew this was his chance to speak. He had to find the perfect thing to say in order for her to stay and not leave him. Lucas broke their eye contact and looked to the ground as he racked his brain. For wanting to be a writer, you'd think that he'd know exactly what to say. But at that moment he forgot everything that he knew.

"And I guess because of it." Brooke fought back the tears that threatened to fall. "I stopped missing you."

Hearing Brooke tell him that she stopped missing him, he immediately looked back up at her. He locked eyes with her yet again. This couldn't be happening. Why was this happening?

"I mean, look at today." Brooke spoke sadly.

Lucas stared at her brown eyes as thoughts consumed his head. He began to tune her out as she spoke to him. His mind completely blank and not comprehending a word she was speaking. He mindlessly stared at her, almost as if he was staring through her. He was no longer there in the conversation as she was still speaking to him.

I guess I should have said something. Anything. I mean for a guy who wants to be a writer and suddenly it seemed like no words had ever been written. But when someone tells you that they somehow stopped missing you, you're pretty much screwed no matter what you say.

He shook his head no as he knew what was coming next, as if that would change her mind from walking out of his life.

"It shouldn't be like this Luke."

"Brooke…"

"I'm sorry." Brooke whispered out. "I can't do this anymore."

Hearing those dreadful words coming from her made his heart ache. Where did he go wrong? How did they manage to lose each other along the way. When did they stop being an "us" and started being "alone"?

See, but there had to be something. Right?

Lucas couldn't speak as Brooke kissed his cheek and stood from the bed. She slowly made her way over to the door. She placed her hand on the knob. She was giving him a chance to stop her.

Something that no one had ever said in the history of the world. Something that could change this.

"Brooke…" Lucas spoke as the words barely escaped his lips.

Brooke stood still for a moment as she turned around slowly to look at Lucas. Both were fighting back the tears that neither one of them wanted to shed in front of the other. They stared into one another's eyes for what seemed to be forever. She patiently waited for him to speak his mind. Even though she already had her mind made up and she was set. There was no turning back around. This was it and it had to be done.

"I'm sorry."

"Yeah, me too."

And with those final words, Brooke shook her head. A part of her wanted him to fight for her, and tell her she was wrong. But because he didn't do that, she knew that Lucas knew she was right. Her heart breaking piece by piece, she left Lucas' house with a few tears falling from her eyes. Lucas sat in his chair frozen. Staring at the empty space where Brooke had been standing only a few seconds ago. He couldn't believe that's all he could say to her. How could he not find something to say to the love of his life. He let her walk out of his life and he felt his heart shattering inside his chest. Somewhere a long the line, he messed up and he knew that. The words "I'm sorry" rang through his head.

That wasn't it.