***Listen, I know it's been difficult for you lately, losing Keith and your heart condition and giving up basketball. I feel like I've been keeping you close to me to try to protect you from those things. Like I'm hanging onto the two of us for you, but not for me.
Lucas: I'm sorry I kissed Peyton. I should have told you.
Brooke: It's not about that Luke. It's not, I mean I thought that it was, but this is not about her. This is about me. I love you Lucas, and I probably always will, but we go days without having a meaningful conversation. And I used to miss you so much when that happened but it never seemed like you missed me. And I guess because of it I stopped missing you. I mean look at today, there was a horrible accident and you haven't even called me...it shouldn't be like this, Luke. I'm sorry. I can't do this anymore"***
When Brooke arrived at her new home, Rachel house, stood Rachel in front of the mirror: „Where have you been so long bitch? I need your advice, in the hospital I´ve met this freaking hot guy and he wants to go out with me and…tell me which dress is hotter? The blue one or the red one?"
„give up Rachel…sooner or later you have to deal with the fact that Cooper left tree hill and then you´ll understand that true love doesn´t exist!"
„I think it´s a bit weird, that you are the one, telling me this, considering that you are dating „the only one, who is right for you" since 6 month and that you´re even faithful, so tell me why are you in a bad mood?"
„Well…it was a mistake to waste so much time, with dating Lucas." Brooke said cold and went upstairs, but her eyes looked a bit sad and Rachel recognized that, so she followed her.
„so Lucas broke up with you?" asked Rachel with a soft voice.
„Not that this is any of your buisness, but I broke up with him", Brooke said
„okay…okay so you broke up with Lucas ,are you feeling okay?"
„of course…so you should wear the red dress to your date", Brooke said, to change the subject
„Okay…I´ll wear the blue one , thanks Brooke", Rachel smiled a bit.
„I don´t think so, the blue one is mine", Brooke grinned.
„And the house is mine, so I will wear the blue one"
„hey…your date doesn´t have a hot big brother, right?" Brooke asked.
„Even if... the idea, to be on a double date with you is …kinda strange", rachel meant.
„You are just afraid that I´ll get both boys", Brooke smiled.
„yeah, because boys like fat girls, anyway I should get ready..."
„huney, you can use as much make up as you want, your face will always be visible ", brooke joked
Rachel snort and went to the door, but then she turned around: „Are you sure, that you are okay?"
„yes and now..go! And don´t do anything I wouldn´t do!", Brooke smirked and watched ,Rachel, leaving the room.
Meanwhile Lucas had just sat on his bed, he couldn´t believe that he had lost the only thing, that had made him happy, the only thing he had looked forward to when got up in the morning, Lucas was so preoccupied in his thought that he didn´t even recognize as Karen entered the room.
„kiddo, we wanted to cook together, have you forgotten…", she started, but when she saw his face, she interrupted herself: „Lucas is everything okay?"
Brooke broke up with me" , Lucas said simple.
„Oh Lucas I´m so sorry, but why…?" Karen asked and sat down next to Lucas.
„Well she said something, like she has stopped missing me, but probalby it is because Peyton and I kissed"
„That was one year ago, don´t you think, that Brooke...?", she paused, as she saw how Lucas looked at the floor „...You haven´t…please tell me that you didn´t cheat on Brooke again with her best friend, Lucas Eugene Scott, tell me this is not true!"
„Mum…I thought Peyton was dying and then she kissed me", Lucas justified himself.
„Luke…did this kiss mean anything to you?" Karen asked serious, she was disappointed by her son,she has been in quite a similar situation once and she knew how much it hurts.
Lucas looked her straight in the eyes: „I swear to god, I have felt nothing during this kiss, the whole time ...Brooke was in my mind!"
Karen nodded: „What are you going to do now?"
„I really don´t know…"
„You don´t know? This is not what I taught you ! You won´t melt in self pity, you´ll get Brooke back" Karen explained.
„How mum…it´s Brooke"; he swallowed.
„I don´t know how you can get her back I just know, that you can get her back, if you really want to!"Karen said.
„yes…yes I want to and I´ll fight till the end", he nodded his mother was right, he wouldn´t let Brooke go, he´d fight for her, he´d do that, what she expected from a boy.
„I wanted you to fight for me! I wanted you to say there is no one else that you could ever be with and that you would rather be alone than without me. I wanted the Lucas Scott from the beach that night; telling the world that he's the one for me. ***
Karen was about to leave the room, but when she reached the door, she turned around "She loves you, Luke", with these words, she left the room and he was alone again, but now he wasn´t just sad or disapointet anymore, now he got a little bit hope again.
Brooke went to Mouth and told him everything
„ and this is why I broke up with him, we just don´t belong together" .she shrugged her shoulders
Mouth nodded: "How are you feeling? Are you alright?"
„Yes…I´m good, I was the one ,who broke up, so this is what I wanted", she said and laughed.
„Brooke, it´s me…Mouth, you can talk to me, you can tell me how you honestly feel ,I understand it…I understand you!" he smiled a bit.
„Honestly Mouth I´m fine…yeah I´ve wasted 6 month on a boy, who cheated on me with my best friend, but at least now I´ll never fall for such a guy ever again!" she swallowed.
Mouth shaked his head: It´s not that easy Brooke, you can´t choose who you love, if you fall in love again, you fall in love again, you can´t fight against your own heart, just like you can´t talk away the pain you are probalby feeling right now!"
„Mouth, seriously I´m fine!" Brooke said energic.
"Then you are not, who I thought you were, because I thought you were unbelievable strong, strong enough to give vent to your feelings. I thought that you know who you are and what you feel, and that you are not ashamed of it!"
A tear streamed down Brooke´s face, while she was listening to Mouth: " I just don´t want to be so insecure again. I don´t want to be one of those girls, who cries over a boy and who can´t get over him, do you know what he said after I broke up with him? He said…he is sorry. If he´d really want to be with me, he would have said something different, but he wouldn´t have apologized…but probably he never wanted to be with me , he just used me to get over Peyton or even worse he just used me to make her jealous and now, he got a chance to get back together with her , so he´s probably relieved that he doesn´t have to break up with me , but I´ve really…I´ve really thought it´s different this time, that it´s real. I mean why did he tell me that he´s the guy for me? why did he promise me that he won´t hurt me again? Why did he do all of that and why did I believe him, if he doesn´t mean anything of it and if it´s all been about Peyton? Why was I so stupid and why does he do that to me? Why is he always there for everyone else , but never for me? Am I that horrible, that no matter what I do, I don´t deserve him?" she sobbed and broke down in Mouth arms and he stroked her hair.
"brooke ..if then, he hasn´t deserved you, okay..you know Lucas and I are friends, but I know that you deserve so much better and if he doesn´t see how amazing you are he is an asshole…but I also know that Lucas loved you, you make it everybody impossible not to love you", he held her and his anger on Lucas grew, how could he do this to her?
„just like you…Rachel loved you and now since Cooper is gone, you could…", Brooke started.
„I could what…? I could comfort her... use the fact that she is hurt, to make her want me? Brooke it doesn´t work this way, I won´t play games! Rachel hurt me…so much, but still ...she deserves a guy,who she really loves not a guy she just wants to love." Mouth looked at her.
Brooke nodded: „You are too good for this world, Mouth!"
"My biggest weakness.." Mouth sighed and Brooke laughed.
After about 15 minutes , Mouth asked :" Is it okay if I´ll leave for about a hour, if you don´t want to be alone, that´s cool, but…"
"Mouth…I´m a big girl, I can stay along for a short time." She answered.
Mouth nodded: okay I´ll hurry up!"
Brooke looked at him: "Go…it´s cool!"
Meanwhile Lucas had start to deliberate, how he could win Brooke back, suddenly someone knocked on his door and Peyton entered the room.
"hey Luke", she said.
"hey…"Lucas said, but he didn´t really want to talk, so he just sat there in silence after a short time, Peyton asked : „What´s going on Luke?"
"Nothing…", Lucas answered, Peyton wasn´t the person, with whom he wanted to discuss Brooke´s and his relationship.
"Come on Luke, we´re Peyton and Lucas, Lucas and Peyton, we can talk about everything."
„I don´t know Peyton…" Peyton was one of their problems, probalby the biggest one, but otherwise she was Brooke´s bestfriend and she knew her better than everyone else , so probalby she could help him.
"Luke…you know I´m always her for you", she smiled a bit.
Lucas sighed: „Brooke broke up with me…", he swallowed.
"Peyton looked at him, she felt a little bit guilty : "Oh Luke…I´m so sorry!" She paused, but then she hugged him.
And just in this moment, Mouth came in.
"I can´t believe this", he said in disbelief.
Lucas run after him: „Mouth…hey Mouth, what is yur problem?"
"Funny I wanted to ask you the same thing! How could you do that to Brooke, Dude?"
"What am I doing to Brooke? I don´t know what she has told you, but Brooke broke up with me , without giving me an explanation and Peyton just wanted to comfort me, she wanted to be there for me!"
"Peyton…wanted to be there for you? Just like you wanted to be there for her, when you cheated on Brooke the first and the second time? Maybe it´s time for you two, to be there for Brooke, and not just for each other.
"What do you want Mouth?" asked Lucas a bit surprised, but mainly annoyed.
"Actually I wanted to talk to you. I thought I would know you and Brooke did understand something wrong, but obviously I was wrong, Brooke just broke up with you and you have nothing better to do then run to Peyton immediately.
"Peyton came to me and nothing has happened. She just comforted me, because of Brooke, because the little, perfect Brooke hurt me, but obviously nobody cares about my feelings, as long as Brooke is happy!" he said angrily.
"Well…now you know how Brooke has felt, during you two were together. I´ve never thought you´d are such an asshole, you have just played with her, the entire time, even though you know, that I had feelings for her.
"This is it about, it´s not about brooke or peyton, it´s just about you and I am the asshole?!" Lucas almost screamed
"I just want Brooke to be happy and I´ve always just wanted her to be happy. I thought you would make her happy, but I was wrong, all you do is hurting her, I don´t even know why I came here ", he said and wanted to go."
„Mouth!" Lucas screamed „I am sorry!"
But Mouth didn´t even turn around.