"Come in!" Lucas yelled, after hearing a couple of knocks at the door. Brooke walked in and closed the door behind her. "Hey Brooke." He said, getting up from his original spot to give Brooke a kiss. "Hi, Lucas. I need to talk to you." Brooke said in a quiet voice. "Okay…" Lucas' voice sounded unsure. Brooke grabbed Lucas' hands and sat down onto his bed, signaling for him to do the same. "Brooke, what's wrong?"

"Okay. Uh, Lucas, you have been a great part of my life for the past 17 months. And I don't regret any of it, at all. I've loved every moment with you. I love you so much and I always will. But I can't do this to you."

"Do what, Brooke?" Lucas asked. Brooke could see the sadness in his baby blue eyes. She ignored his question and went on. "I think… we should break up. It's for the…best." Lucas looked down at their hands, laced together, trying to hide the hurt in his eyes. "I'm sorry Lucas. I really am." Brooke ran her fingers up and down his hand. "I-I just… I don't understand. Why?"

"I wish I could tell you. I'm just not ready yet."

"It's not…it's not anything I did, is it? Because I can—"

"No, no Lucas. You didn't do anything." She said. Then she gave him one last passionate kiss on the lips. "Bye Lucas." Lucas could see a tiny tear coming out of the corner of Brooke's eye. "Bye…Pretty Girl." After hearing that, it put Brooke over the top. Tears started rushing down her face. Brooke turned around, opened the door and walked out, leaving Lucas staring at the empty space in front of him.

The next morning, Lucas woke up, seeing a picture of him and Brooke- on their one-year anniversary date- on the nightstand next to his bed. Still upset about the previous night, he put a pillow over his head and faced the other way. "Lucas, get up! You have to get ready for school!" Karen yelled from the kitchen. Lucas did a small sigh and got out of bed, walking to his closet to pick out clothes for the brand new day ahead. "Hey sleepyhead. How was your night?" Karen asked handing Lucas a mug of coffee, "Oh, it was… painful." Lucas answered, taking a sip of his freshly brewed cup of Joe. "Why? What happened?"

"Brooke… broke up with me." Still painful to say. "Oh honey." Karen put down her mug and put her arms around Lucas. "Are you okay?"

"No, not really." Karen hugged Lucas even tighter. "Well did she… did she say why?" Karen questioned, "She said she couldn't tell me yet."

"I'm sorry, baby."

"Yeah. I've got to get to school." Karen let go of Lucas and smiled. Lucas tried to return the favor.

Lucas roamed the halls of Tree Hill High, trying to find his locker, which wasn't going so well considering he had other things on his mind. After 3 minutes of more searching, Lucas finally found his missing locker. Turning the combination to the next number and then the next, he got it open. "Hey!" Lucas heard a familiar voice behind him. "Hey Haley."

"I tried calling you last night. Why didn't you answer?"

"Just didn't feel like it."

"Luke, I know that tone. What happened?" Lucas turned his body towards Haley. "Brooke broke up with me last night."

"Oh my gosh, Lucas." Haley hugged him. "Are you okay?"

"Not really, but I can handle it. I hope." Lucas added softly. "Okay…But if you need me, for anything, I'm here."

"I know." Lucas replied smiling as best as he could. "I should get to class."

"Me too. I'll see you later." Haley said while walking off. To be truthful, Lucas was dreading his first class of the day: English. Not only did he have it with Brooke, but they also sat next to each other.

Lucas walked into the classroom and noticed Brooke was sitting in a different seat, but the spot she used to own wasn't empty. "Hi. Brooke asked me to trade her spots. What's going on?" Peyton asked, her being the one in Brooke's old spot. "Um…nothing." Lucas realized Brooke hadn't told Peyton what happened.

About 30 minutes later, after Ms. Vaughan was finished talking, Lucas snuck a glance at Brooke. She looked so beautiful, yet filled with pain Brooke was finishing the homework given, and looked over at Lucas. He was staring right at her. She looked back down and started writing again. 3 minutes later Brooke got up and asked Ms. Vaughan for the bathroom pass. As she walked by Peyton's desk, she dropped a not onto it and left the room. Peyton picked up the note and read it. It said:

P. Sawyer,

I really need to talked to you tonight. I'll meet you at your house around 8:00.

Brooke

Peyton folded the note up and put it in her pocket.

Brooked walked into Peyton's room and sat down on her bed. "Hey Brooke. So… what did you need to talk about?"

"Me and Lucas broke up."

"Ohhh. I'm so sorry Brooke. So that's why you traded me seats. Why did he break up with you?"

"Lucas didn't break up with me. I broke up with him."

"Why?'

"Because. I have to tell you something. But you can't tell ANYONE." Peyton walked over and sat on her bed with Brooke. "Brooke, what's wrong." Peyton saw the hesitation in Brooke. "I…I have…HIV.

A/N: Okay, I hope you like it. I wasn't really sure what to give her, lol. Okay, reviews are not necessary, but always appreciated. ;)