All righty, this will be a 3-shot, I think, I might turn it into a chapter story, but I hate doing more than one chapter story at the same time. This is an eventually Brucas, but starts out as a Brulian.
Disclaimer: I do not own ANYONE or ANYTHING.
Brooke's POV
I woke from a deep slumber, I felt a smile tug the corner of my lips as I reached out to skim my fiancée's bare back. As Julian turned around to face me, his smile widened and he leaned over to kiss me. I closed my eyes in utter bliss as I felt the flame roar in my stomach. His lips moved very gently over mine, the exact opposite of last night, but I loved his kisses. And...other stuff...
"Julian," I groaned as I moved away when he started kissing my neck, "We have to get up." Julian grumbled but got up all the same and headed over to his bathroom. Our bathroom, it would be in a few months. I gave a mind blowing grin at the thought and looked down at the ring on my finger. The small diamond shimmered and I took it off, setting it on the dresser as I got dressed. After I finished throwing on my jeans, I put the ring back on my finger.
It had been five years since high school ended and I and Julian were living in Tree Hill again. I have a successful company called Clothes over Bro's and Julian is a movie producer. Yeah life's great. Two years ago we moved back and I opened a C/B store in Tree Hill where Karen's café used to be.
Lucas spends most of the time at my store so I am not surprised when I see him on my couch locked on his computer.
"What you're writing broody?" I asked him and flopped down on the couch beside him. He opened his mouth to say something, when I heard a female voice shriek "Why didn't you tell me?"
I turned, startled, to see Haley, running her way to us. She looked confused, but thrilled. When she reached us, she smacked us both hard upside the head.
"OWW!" Both Luke and I cried in unison, and then she squeezed us in a bone-crushing hug.
"How can you not tell me that you two are engaged? I mean, I heard rumors that Julian and you had broken up, Brooke, but I had no idea why! I'm so happy for you two!" Haley rambled. When we heard what she was saying, we both jumped back in surprise.
"What?" We both cried in amazement. Lucas looked at me, then Haley, then me again.
"First off, no Hales, we are not engaged!" I said in an over-patient voice. Haley then looked confused, pointed at my left hand.
"Then why do you have a ring? And why were you hugging?" She challenged.
"I was hugging Lucas in hello, and I'm not engaged to him, I'm engaged to Julian." They both let out audible gasps and we stood in an awkward silence for about three minutes. That's when Haley pulled herself together and scooped me in a big hug.
"Congratulations then, I'll go call Julian and yell at him for not telling me," Haley said, and with that she hurried out of the store to her black convertible as if her life depended on it. I faced Lucas, I knew he would probably be angry for being kept in the dark, I was right. His face was slowly growing redder. I leaned forward and put my hands on his shoulders.
"Lucas, take a deep breath, I know you're mad, but calm down." Lucas shook out of my grip.
"What the hell Brooke? I mean, I thought you would have told me, at least before I found out from a frickin' ring," He snapped. I was a bit shocked at how angry he was, and I let him know it.
"What the hell Luke? It's my private life, I'm sorry for wanting two weeks to myself to get used to it!" I snapped. "And F.Y.I. this is my store and I don't want to see you here anymore. Get out".
After I closed the store I looked around and saw that Lucas was nowhere to be seen.
I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck. I knew it was partially my fault and I went and knocked on his door to apologize. When the door flung open, I could see past him a ruined lamp, and that his eyes were slightly red...from crying? I didn't get it. He stared down at me, crossing his arms.
"Luke, listen, I'm sorry, I over reacted, and I should have told you sooner," I said, he nodded, and stepped aside to let me in. When the door closed I pulled him over to his couch and sat him down, and sat down by him.
"Lucas, what's wrong? Really, I don't want any bullshit answers, I want the truth," I demanded. Lucas took a deep breath and looked deep into my eyes, and seemed to blurt out the next five words. The five words I thought I'd never hear from him. The five words that I would have died with happiness if he'd told me before I started dating Julian.
"I'm in love with you."