Brooke
"Go on...It's alright" she tells him with a smile.
They deserve each other and together perhaps they'll manage to heal themselves. Lucas will save Peyton every time she needs to be saved and Peyton will be his angel forever after. It's all probably been decided before any of them were born. Loving both of them it's the best gift she can give to Lucas, Peyton and maybe even herself.
Yet why can she feel her heart being crunched under his feet as he runs to Peyton.
Why does she still feel tears gathering in her own eyes when she walks in on them in their room in Honeygrove.
Why does her heart simultaneously soar and come apart at the seams when he kisses her the night after he breaks up with Peyton.
It's been years, then why does she want to crumble to the floor and cry for an eternity when she reads the words he wrote about her in his legacy. A few words in a long book. A fragment of a love letter meant for Peyton, for Brooke. Maybe that's all she's going to be in Lucas Scott and Peyton Sawyer Scott's grand liaison. A footnote.
Beneath all the layers of strength, party girl-defence mechanisms and girl power. Hidden from the rest of the world, in her heart. For once, Brooke Davis will settle.
"One day. Brooke Davis is going to change the world". Always perfect. Always Lucas