Title ; Safe Within My Memories

Summary ; And yet, this is not the ending of such a relationship. This is merely the beginning. And as the puddle of sunlight on the lonely meadow shrinks into nothing, across the country, their story is waking up and struggling on. AU BrookeLucas.

Major Pairing(s) ; Brooke Davis & Lucas Scott

Rating ; I'm going to say K+

Author's Note ; It's been a looong time since I wrote this prologue, but I've finally given in and am ready to post it, lmao. I may not have started writing it at that time, but it was actually inspired almost a year ago. Ahem. Haha, says a lot about me, doesn't it? Lol, well, I really hope you guys enjoy.

With that said, I'd like to thank the faaabulous Ellie for being a faaabulous beta. I don't know what I would do if she didn't keep volunteering to beta for me! Haha, and (with the help of Emmy, of course) she did push me to post this, so if any of you turn out to like this, you know who to thank. Haha, thank you so much, Ellie! love you(: Also, Emmy because I've ranted so much about this fic to her and she's been amazing. She pretty much pwns. No, really, she does deserve credit on a major part of this fic, but more on that later. Haha, and she was also persistent in forcing me to post this. ILY. And Alli, too, because I miss her and her fics! Hehe, and I do remember that I've talked to her before a lot about this fic, though and even though it was a long time ago, back when I was still brainstorming, anndd I can't remember what exactly I talked about, I'm sure I talked a lot. Haha. Thanks hun. & thanks to everybody else who contributed in any way, and of course, thank you readers.

So let's get on with the story! Hope you guys enjoy.

Disclaimor ; I don't own anything. One Tree Hill belongs to Mark Schwahn and what a great job he's doing with it. rollseyes I don't own the lyrics in this chapter. That's from Sting. They're probably the ones your most familiar with, and their version is the one I listen to most of the time, but the one that inspired this story was actually the one by Eva Cassidy. I have no idea who actually owns the lyrics, but it's not me. Haha.

Prologue:

You'll remember me when the west wind moves

Among the fields of barley

You can tell the sun in his jealous sky

When we walked in fields of gold

The yellow-green grass always sways with the wind. The sunlight from the west always spills across the yellow-green grass. The summer weather is always warm, but breezy, the blue, blue sky void of clouds. And the never-ending meadow stands alone, yet calm as day.

The meadow spans across a good twenty acres of land in a small town in California, and is coincidentally situated right in between the two neighborhoods of the grandparents' of both Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott. The two young grandchildren met when they were only infants on this very meadow one fateful summer some fourteen years ago. Their grandparents' steady friendship with each other had Brooke and Lucas becoming fast friends during their long, annual summer visits.

Their story is classic. A childhood friendship strong enough to use each other as an escape from the world, but also a friendship unvisited for over three years. A friendship of both Lucas and Brooke's past, and yet a friendship never forgotten. It was no dramatic fight that had the two teenagers going their separate ways, but what often brought old friendships to the very back of one's mind: they grew up, and grew busy. They drifted away from each other. As high school began, summer classes and trips were scheduled, movies and parties entertained them enough, and visits to their grandparents' place became less frequent and much more brief than before. On most days, they would wonder if the other were in town, but the question left their minds before it could even be asked out loud.

And yet, this is not the ending of such a relationship. This is merely the beginning. And as the puddle of sunlight on the lonely meadow shrinks into nothing, across the country, their story is waking up and struggling on.

Many years have passed since those summer days

Among the fields of barley

See the children run as the sun goes down

As you lie in fields of gold

The actual chapters will be longer, lol. Please leave a review! I'd love you forever.

x Chloe