It was after Nathan and Haley's wedding and Brooke was sitting down at one of the tables taking a break from all the thinking and crying she was doing. She was content to just look into space and just have nothing in her head, for her head to be completely and utterly empty. She forgot for just a moment that her best friend had told her that she still had feeling for her boyfriends. For just a second she emptied herself from the mental image of her boyfriend kissing Peyton in the library.

Suddenly a shake on her shoulder broke her stare and brought her back to reality.

"Brooke," a voice called gently as if trying to make up a sleeping baby.

She didn't need to turn around to know who was calling her. Who else could it be? The voice was the voice that used to comfort her and make her feel good. This voice used to make her scared of her own feelings, and most of all this voice was the voice that she used to love to hear. Now this voice was just empty to her. This voice could belong to anybody, and it didn't make a difference.

"Oh...a sorry, I guess I kind of spaced for a second there huh?" Brooke said looking up at the boy who had shaken her.

Lucas smiled, he couldn't remember when Brooke had been so out of it.

"Ya, I was worried a little when you said nothing for so long." Lucas explained

"Is that the only reason you were worried?" Brooke questioned

"Uh.....no....I was also worried about you. You seemed really vacant today." Lucas answered without a second thought

"Yeah...I was just thinking,"

"About what?"

"I wanna break up." Brooke bluntly spitted out. She waited for his answer. She had no idea what he would say.

The answer took Lucas completely off guard. Did she just say the words that he was dreading and expecting through the entire wedding? The two word that broke his heart, the only thing that he was afraid of.

"Why?" Lucas asked clearly bewildered. He honestly wanted to know.

Was he serious? He really didn't know why?

"You know why" Brooke answered still not looking at him. She heard his intake of breath.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you right away about the kiss." Lucas pleaded

"I'm sorry too, but thats not the problem. I thought it was, I even tricked myself into believing that, that was the problem. But it's not. This is about us."

"What about us, I thought we were doing great until I told you about the kiss."

"I thought so too, I really did. But this whole kiss incident really made me examine our relationship." Brooke said softly

"What's wrong with our relationship? Lucas asked raising his voice unintentionally. He truly didn't understand what was happening.

"Luke...I can't do this anymore!" Brooke cried with both frustration and sadness thick in her voice. She had tried so hard to make their relationship work, yet nothing worked. She felt like she kept giving and giving in the relationship while Lucas just kept pushing her away ignoring her attempts to make things better for the both of them. She wanted this to work so bad, but it didn't, so the last thing she could do was surrender. To give up.

As he looked at her, seeing the pain in her eyes, he knew he couldn't make things better. He had ruined the best thing that had happened to him. The destroyed this just because of some issue he had with himself.

"Please, Brooke..." He trailed off not really knowing what to say, what to ask of, what to beg for. He just wanted things to go back to normal to where everything was safe and comfortable with her.

"Lucas, we go days without having a meaningful conversation...and I used to miss you so much when that happened, but now I just don't feel like I miss you anymore." Brooke said in defeat. Her voice was quieter now but still held traces of her disappointment and anger.

He felt as though someone had shattered his heart and stomped on it just to make sure he was completely crushed. It never feels good to hear that someone didn't miss you anymore, it feels worse when that someone is your girlfriend.

"Brooke, give me one more chance...Give us one more chance." He begged finally able to find his voice.

"I would if it didn't just waste our time." She said bitterly. "If us doesn't work now..it never will." The truth was, she wanted to give them another chance just as much as he did, but she wasn't about to let him break her heart again. As soon as Lucas finds out that Peyton still had feelings for him then he would with no doubt go back to her and leave Brooke standing there like an idiot. That wasn't going to happen.

"What do you mean?" Lucas asked

"You know very well what I mean! You never let me in! You didn't even call me while you were away."

"I didn't call anyone when I was away!" Lucas shot back

"I don't want to be anyone. I want to be your girlfriend."

"Brooke, you are my girlfriend."

"It doesn't feel like it." Brooke whispered finally unable to hold back her tears.

"What do you want me to do?"

"I want you to let me all the way in. I want you to love me. I want you to tell me you love me. I want you to call me. I want you to stop pushing me away. That's what I want you to do."

"I do do that!"

"Is that why we're having this argument now? If you truly did that, would we be doing this now?"

"Brooke, I really don't know what else to do," Lucas stated quietly "I only want you back."

"Let's just take a break, Ok? Believe me I love you so much. But this isn't going to work."

He nodded his head ever so slightly. Lucas was tired, he didn't want to fight anymore.

"I love you Brooke."

"I wish that were enough."

She got up and ran out of the white tents. Her tears everywhere. She tried to block them away with her arms, but it wasn't exactly working.

"BROOKE!" She heard Lucas yell right before there was a huge amount of pain followed by everything going black.