Title: Never Gone

Author: D. Sollers

Summary: FIRST THREE CHAPTERS REWRITTEN- AU. Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott were high school sweethearts with their whole future ahead of them. The news of a baby drives the couple apart and years later they must come to terms with the present, the past and the future. Couple: It's BL in flashbacks, BL in the future but BN in the present. Hopefully you'll be able to follow (slight Naley implications and Jeyton as well)
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Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with One Tree Hill except for a few overly played DVDs and a poster of Chad Michael Murray, who at the present time I would like to throw darts at. So…another words don't sue me

Author's Notes: This is AU so I hope I won't confuse anyone with the way things are in the story. Everything will work itself out, just keep reading. I hit writers block with all my stories and haven't been writing the last few months. But, with the presence of Brucas on the show, WHO couldn't be inspired to write? Hopefully no one has lost their interest.

Chapter One- GoodBye to You

"Is that everything miss?"

Brooke Davis was interrupted by the sound of movers knocking on the door. She nodded her head, and the man excused himself from sight. Taking a few minutes to look around the empty apartment she had called home for a year, she shut her eyes and fought back memories. It had happened over a week ago, but it still felt new to her.

/flashback/

Brooke was sitting on the bed, rocking their daughter to sleep when Lucas came home from work. He was exhausted and ready to go to sleep but couldn't help but notice the look on Brooke's face. She looked up at him and tears sprang to her eyes.

"This isn't working Lucas."

Even though it hurt her to admit it, she had seen it coming. Ever since their daughter had been born their relationship had seemed off track. It seemed so hard for her to believe after all they had been the perfect couple. But the relationship had been tested by endless hours of work and miscommunication and Brooke couldn't take it anymore.

He nodded sadly, knowing that the words she spoke were true."I know."

Brooke hadn't been expecting that. Lucas had been so supportive of their relationship, she didn't think he would agree with her. And even though he was agreeing with her she couldn't help but feel sad.

"What do we do?"

Lucas shrugged his shoulders and sat down on the bed beside her. He ran his fingers across his daughters arm and bent down to kiss her. As he stood there, he could see how much his daughter looked like her mother. As Brooke placed her in her crib, she turned to face Lucas.

"I'll move."

As he looked down at the floor, she burst into tears and walked towards the door. "I can't believe it's come down to this Lucas. We were supposed to be together. It's what we both wanted."

Lucas nodded sadly.

"We don't always get what we want Brooke. I don't want to go on fighting with you anymore than you do. All we do is fight. I don't want you to hate me."

Brooke sighed. After everything that they had been through, she knew she would never hate him. But she was tired of fighting. Tired of wondering what he was thinking, tired of raising her daughter alone. "Maybe everyone was right. Maybe we were just too young."

There had been a time, when everyone would have said that Lucas and her had the perfect relationship. They had been in love since freshman year of high school, and four years later that love was still strong. It wasn't until their daughter had been born that problems had begun to surface. Lucas was working odd hours, and Brooke was dealing with being a mother to their daughter something she wasn't sure how to do. After months of trying to make it work, they had both come to the end of the road.

She could tell by the look on Lucas's face that he agreed with her. Their friends and family had been right. The two of them, despite how much they loved each other would never work out. And here they were, standing in front of each other with tears in their eyes.

"I love you," Lucas said as he bent down next to her.

"That's the problem. I love you too..."

/flashback ends/

After the decision was made Lucas packed his bags and moved. Brooke had called everywhere trying to beg him to stay but her search had come up empty handed. For the first few nights, Brooke did everything she could to hold herself together for her daughters sake and her friends had been right there by her side. And here she was a week later moving out of her apartment as well.

"Izzy woke up, Brooke," Nathan said as he stuck his head in the room. Brooke turned to her ex boyfriends brother and smiled slightly. "You want me to give her a bottle? Or wait till we get back to my place?"

"Can we wait till we get to your place? I really need to get out of here Nate."

He simply nodded and picked up her suitcase. Nathan headed towards the door with Isabella in his arms. He turned back to her and smiled sadly. "You coming?"

"Give me a minute?" She asked him and watched as he walked out towards the front door. Brooke shut the empty bedroom door and made her way into the living room. That room too was empty, with only an old lamp in the far corner. She could see their keys sitting on the kitchen counter and shut her eyes.

It was over.

Lucas Scott and Brooke Davis, high school sweethearts were history. A whirlwind romance, one movies were made of had come to an end only this time there wasn't a fairytale ending. The prince hadn't saved the princess and they didn't ride of into the sunset with each other. The princess was left alone.

Well almost.

Her relationship with Lucas might not have lasted but it did give her one amazing gift, something she would never regret. Her daughter. She opened her eyes and walked towards Nathan taking her daughter from him.

"Isabella Rose Scott, I love you," Brooke whispered in her daughters ear. Her daughter grinned up at her mother, and pulled on Brooke's hair. Taking one last look into the empty apartment behind her, Brooke shut the door.

"Goodbye Lucas."

tbc...