Summary: AU. You know the story of how the assistant falls for the boss? What would happen if the roles were reversed and the boss fell for the assistant? Brucas.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill, or any other TV show, movie, song, etc. mentioned in this fic.

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Lucas Scott sat at his desk in his office. He was looking through applications for a new assistant. He had been trying to decide for the past two days. The last one he had moved to Buffalo with her new husband.

A man at his door gave a quick knock, then came in. "Decide yet?" He asked.

Lucas looked at his twin brother, Nathan Scott.

He and his brother had a loving mother, Karen and father, Keith, but their uncle, Dan, he wasn't so loving whenever they saw him. His wife, Deb, was a nice woman, and they enjoyed seeing her.

Lucas glanced down at an application in his hands, then nodded. "Yeah. I might have."

Nathan rolled his eyes. "Just decide already. It's not that hard."

Lucas raised an eyebrow at him. "You slept with every assistant you ever had."

"So?" Nathan asked smirking.

Lucas chuckled. "I had to pick the assistant you have now. Two years older than you and married. Even though I'm not you, I want to choose carefully."

Nathan walked over to sit down in one of the two chairs in front of Lucas' desk. "I don't see how that pertains to anything." He told him. "If you're not me, you don't need to choose carefully."

Lucas looked at him. "Fine." He picked up his phone. "I'll just pick this person…" He looked at the name on that application. "Brooke Davis."

"Sounds hot." Nathan said with a grin.

Lucas gave him a skeptical look. "What if I told you she was forty?"

"I'd say I know you're lying." Nathan said with the same grin on his face.

Lucas shook his head at his younger brother, by two minutes, before dialing the number on the piece of paper in front of him.

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"Hey Brooke. I left my phone in my car, can I borrow yours?" Haley James, Brooke Davis' very close friend and roommate, asked her as she picked up Brooke's cell phone.

Brooke looked over at her friend, then ran over to where she was before she could dial anything. "No! I'm waiting to see if I got that assistant job, and I need all lines open Tutor James." She told her.

Haley turned her gaze slowly to Brooke.

"What? You told me that we weren't in high school so Tutor Girl wasn't fitting… And I'm just making a new one. Tutor James!" Brooke said with a cheerful smile.

Haley laughed softly. "Five years too late."

Brooke nudged her friend's shoulder with her hand. "Better late than never as I always say."

"Brooke, that's what I always say." Haley reminded her.

"Oh, whatever Tutor James." Brooke said with a fake scoff. She looked at the phone vibrating in Haley's hands.

Haley barely handed it to her when she took it out of her hands.

Brooke cleared her throat before answering. "Hello?"

"Hi. I'm looking to speak to Brooke Davis."

Brooke smiled. "This is Brooke Davis."

"Oh, hi Brooke. This is Lucas Scott calling about the assistant position."

Brooke tried not to get excited, but it came partly through as she continued to speak. "What about it?"

Haley couldn't help but smile amusedly at her.

"I just wanted to call and tell you that you got the job."

Brooke bit her bottom lip and put her fist halfway up and mouthed to her friend the word 'yes.'

Haley gave her a thumbs up and a smile.

"I was wondering if you could start tomorrow."

Brooke nodded her head quickly as if he could see her. "Yes! Yes! Tomorrow would be great!"

"Great. I'll see you here seven tomorrow."

Brooke couldn't keep the smile off her face. "I'm already there."

"It was nice talking to you. Bye."

"You too. Bye." Brooke closed her cell phone and squealed cheerfully.

Haley smiled at her. "That's great. When do you start?"

"Tomorrow!" Just then, Brooke's face fell, just slightly. "At seven."

"Seven's not that early Brooke." Haley said seeing the look on her face.

Brooke huffed. "For you maybe."

"Just focus on your main goal." Haley told her.

"My date tonight, or shall I call it date to sex night." Brooke asked with a cheerful smile.

Haley laughed softly. "I meant the job at hand."

"Right, because I am not sleeping with the boss." Brooke said confidently.

Haley nodded. "Right. You work for him, you're his assistant, keep that in mind."

"Even if he's hot…" Brooke saw the look on her friend's face. "He's my boss." She thought for a moment. "It doesn't matter anyway. I don't fall for guys, so even if he's hot and we have sexual tension, it doesn't matter."

Haley furrowed her eyebrows at her, not completely getting what she was saying. "Right."

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Lucas hung up the phone in his hand. "There. It's done. She's starting tomorrow."

Nathan smirked. "Awesome."

Lucas rolled his eyes. "Don't hit on my assistant."

"I'm not going to, don't worry." Nathan said, trying to refrain from smirking.

Lucas leaned back in his chair. "How about a compromise?"

Nathan crossed his arms over his chest. "What do you have in mind?"

"How about…" Lucas started, thinking of something to come up with. "You don't hit on my assistant and I let you hit on her hot friends when they come to see her?"

Nathan nodded. "I can live with that."

"Good… Now get out of my office." Lucas said calmly, with a grin.

Nathan stood up. "You shouldn't talk to your brother like that." He said not seriously.

"I can if he's my little brother." Lucas told him.

"Dude! By two minutes!" Nathan exclaimed before walking out of Lucas' office.

Lucas chuckled with a shake of his head before starting to put away the assistant applications on his desk. He wouldn't be needing them.