The sound of Wedding Bells rang in the air. There were hundreds of cars parked in the parking lot near the St. Mary's church. Inside it was packed with men, women, and children. They all waited anxiously for the bride to come walking through the doors and down that long aisle and marry one of the most wanted bachelors in all of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jerry Benson was his name, and he was an extremely handsome man. Dark locks of hair covered his tan head. His eyes were a mixture of blue and green and were an absolutely memorizing. He stood with a big smile on his face, taking deep breathes, just waiting until he would see his bride. His palms were sweaty and he kept wiping them on his pants. He looked over his shoulder to see his best man and best friend, Alex, gave him a thumbs up and a wink. He returned the wink and looked at the doors. And waited...

Outside the church a man and his wife walked by, hand in hand, smiling at the site and sounds of a wedding.

"Some ones getting married." The wife smiled.

The two looked on at the beautiful church and the wife jumped when the doors swung open and out ran a frantic bride. Still in her wedding gown she ran down the stairs as quickly as she could with her heals on and took off running down the street. The wife let out a gasp as they continued to watch the bride running for the nearest bus stop.

She ran as she felt the tears starting to form in her eyes. She had to hurry, she could not miss this bus. If she did, she would defiantly be screwed. A whole 400 people were back at the church waiting for her to walk down that aisle and there she was running for a bus.

"Brooke! Brooke wait!" she herd a familiar voice behind her.

She rolled her eyes but didn't look back, she just kept on running.

"Brooke! God dammit Brooke I'm on the track team if you forgot, and you run like a damn chicken, and it doesn't matter you got a head start, and it doesn't even matter about what I'm wearing because even in these damn shoes I can still run faster then you."

"I forgot how much you talk."

"Thank god, gosh If I didn't know any better I'd say your pulling a Julia Roberts and being a runaway bride."

"Alexa." Brooke started sadly.

" you forgot this." Alexa handed Brooke, her purse which included her license, credit cards, and cash. "Didn't mother ever tell you never to leave the house without your purse?" she joked.

"What are you doing?"

"I've told you from the beginning Brooke, you and Jerry just didn't make sense. I mean I got to admit you finally realizing that now, three minutes before you had to walk down the aisle is kind of shitty but hey better late then never."

"Tell that to Jerry and my family." she sighed. "But Thank you Alexa. Please tell him how sorry I am-"

"Woah, what do you mean me tell him? Brooke I'm going with you."

"Um, no you aren't."

"Brooke, I'm not letting you go alone. You can whine and yell all you want but the fact is, that bus is going to be getting here any minute, and when you don't walk down that aisle they are going to be looking for you , and you can either agree to let me come and we can be out of here before they find you, or we can continue to argue, let them find us, and you be in a shit load of trouble. You decide."

Brooke through her hands up in frustration.

"Fine."

Alexa let her lips curve into a smile.

"Okay then, lets go sis."

Together they ran and barely made the bus. OF course they got lots of looks, and whispers from all over but they just ignored it. Being who they were they were used to the attention. They took a seat in the back and sat in silence. They just rode the bus not really sure of where to go, not really sure what the hell they were going to do. They were just going to let the bus control their new location.

Brooke shook off the urge to cry and kept telling herself she did the right thing, just at the wrong time. She felt awful about hurting Jerry, and her family. But she just couldn't do it. She didn't love him. She just did not love him.

She looked over to see Alexa's eyes lids getting heavy and her trying to avoid falling asleep. Brooke smiled, besides the fact she was the complete opposite of her and she was eleven years younger , for the past six years she was Brooke's best friend. Her rock, the one person she could count on almost everything for.

When Brooke graduated high school she just wanted to get away. So when her mother told her, her father and her were divorcing and Brooke's mother was moving to charlotte Brooke jumped at the chance to go with her. Without a good bye to anyone she left within a week and started to make her new life in Charlotte. New town, New Brooke..Well sort of.

Brooke loved her new life, she was dating, making new and fabulous friends, even her mother and her were getting along great. Then one Monday afternoon Brooke's mother, Mary, announced she was in love and was getting married. Not only was Brooke going to have a new dad, but a new sister as well. Brooke wasn't pleased because she her mother had a bad habit of acting on impulse and regretting the decision later. But she swallowed her opinion and met her new family. As soon as she saw young Alexa her heart absolutely melted. She was in ripped jeans, a big tee shirt, and a baseball cap. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a pony tail and she had a angry look on her face.

After that they were hardly apart. The two grew to be best friends, despite the age difference. They grew to be sisters, and Brooke never let anyone in as she did with Alexa and Alexa had a very dark childhood. It was hard for her to open up, and Alexa struggled at first making friends, she was always picking a fight, always in trouble, it was Brooke who helped her.

The two saved each other, as they always liked to say.

Brooke jumped up and looked out the window. She had fallen asleep and it was now very dark out and they were the only two on the bus. She got up and walked to the front to the bus driver.

"Um excuse me?" She asked sweetly. "Where are we?"

"Exactly where you want to be."

"Um, what?" she asked confused.

"That girl back there." he pointed to Alexa. "She told me she'd pay me extra if I Brought you here. She said it's the one place where you would want to be."

Brooke rolled her eyes.

"Oh and where is that?"

He pulled over and opened the door. "Right here."

Brooke looked over at the sign and gasped. The place she hadn't been in 10 years . The secrets she left. The friends she left. The life she left. It read...

Welcome To Tree Hill