I don't own one tree hill.

"I miss it there," She looked out over the New York sky light even well past midnight the town was ablaze with light. This was nothing like the tiny town she grew up in.

"I miss you," The person on the other end of the phone told her. And her heart ached. She wanted to go back to her roots. She wanted to but she couldn't not with her business based here. Not with her mother on her back all the time. Or could she. Could she walk away from it all. The fame the fortune or maybe just delegate it. Was it really all worth it? And hearing his words echo in her brain. "I miss you she knew he was more important than anything else.

"I coming home." She whispered into the phone.

"What?" he was in shock. She hadn't came back Tree Hill since they all left four years before whenever he saw her it was him going to New York. She had an irrational fear that if she stepped foot back in Tree Hill everything from their past would come back to haunt them to mess with what they'd built in the future. Their family's didn't even know of their almost three year relationship. Hers because her mother would be a bitch about it and her father was never around. His because they didn't want the pressure of all the eyes on them. They had their bubble and they liked it that way. But now she realized that it was four years after high school and they had to come out of hiding if they ever expected to live a life normally.

"I'm coming home, Its time and we all promised we'd be on the river court four years later and three days from now it will be four years."

"So it will." He breathed thinking about how much had changed in that time. At that moment he'd been with Peyton. They'd all just graduated. Peyton and Brooke were headed to California. Haley Nate and him were headed to Maryland with baby James and everyone was separating. He remembered winning the big game and hoping on a plane to see Peyton to ask her to marry him. Remembering how he'd just wanted to feel that connection to someone anyone. Remembering how the ring box felt in his pocket. How he felt when she said no without even looking at the ring. He remembered how he'd found himself in New York. How he'd seen her in that bar and he remembered how they'd spent the night pretending to be engaged.

Though he hated it at the time he was now glad she'd left him that night in the hotel room and hadn't let things get out of hand. He was sure he wouldn't see her again after that night or at least not for a few more years. But the next morning he'd woken up with a text from her.

Brooke: Hey broody I had a good time last night, though you still have trouble holding your liquor :P just be glad I didn't talk you into another tattoo ;).

He smiled slightly his heart launched at being called Broody he missed that. He missed her he realized with a clarity he hadn't felt in years.

Lucas: Hey Cheery don't make fun of me its not nice :( I had a good time last night to we really should do it again.

That's how it had started texts back and forth and a visit from him to her from New York. After six months that they took to get their friendship back on to solid ground he finally told her he still loved her. He'd taken her back to the restaurant from their first night. He'd held her hand and he'd confessed that she was now and would forever be the only girl for him.

She'd been reluctant to go back she'd said she was scared that she didn't want to get hurt she tried to renationalize them both out of their true feelings.

"But just six months ago you asked Peyton to marry you." He couldn't deny that.

"You're right but I've never stopped loving you." He pleaded with her to listen.

"I want to believe you," she held his hand in hers and the connection was still there. They had went slowly. Very slowly and he still came to see her. It was now 2 and a half years later and finally she was coming back to tree hill. And Lucas couldn't wait to see her, but he wondered how Haley and Nate would take it. How Brooke would take back to Tree hill how their relationship would withstand Tree hill. He just hoped that they could work it out. He didn't think he could handle losing her again.

A/N I'm in a very Brucas mood right now so I started another story if you like it review. This is an AU season five as you can see.