AU Lucas and Brooke
He Stopped Loving Her Today By George Jones
48 years, 3 months and 22 days... That's how long it took for Lucas to get over Brooke. Sitting on the porch, he revisits the day Brooke got married. He could remember it like it was yesterday. It was July 17th, the day Brooke walked down the idle and said 'I do' to a man that was not Lucas. He doesn't know what do. One side of him is happy for Brooke, for his friend. Another side is upset and angry that Brooke is moving on. And the other side... well it was full of sadness. The love of his life, the girl who use to be his and who he use to belong to is now married to someone else... Standing there watching her say her vows, he feels like he's being stabbed. His heart being ripped into tiny pieces and he doesn't know if it can ever be repaired. He remembers wanting to stand up and yell "Cheery" when the priest asked if there was any objections. She was his Cheery and he was her Broody... That's how it is suppose to go! Lucas and Brooke, growing old together... Having a bunch of kids... But instead he's here, sitting alone on his porch... And that's when it happened. A sudden lightness came about and consumed him. Suddenly he felt like he was flying, the air became so fresh, the sky was so blue. He was smiling, for the first times in years because he stopped loving her that day...
