Here's my story. I really hope you all like. You need to know that the story is based on after season 3 finale and it's mainly focusing on Brucas and Naley. One chapter ends the trauma from the finale and then forwards 5 years into the teens (now adults) lives. Who are friends and who are enemies? Are our beloved couples still together, or is there trouble in paradise? Thanks to Cass for being a great beta!Please Read and Review.

For everyone who read this before, this is the revamped part of the story. :)

Jess 3

Through Thick and Thin

Chapter 1

Have your ever felt like you were simply choking? Your own saliva clogging your throat as the oxygen tries to pass threw. Something or someone was keeping you from breathing. If it was somebody, they now had the power over you. They had won but you can fight back, you have to. To survive for your own sake.

Brooke closes the door to her now unknown friend. Strange how things work. They were best friends, yet Brooke felt like she hardly knew the blonde. That person you kept close to you was now coming out of her shell and now becoming a strange. A stranger Brooke was afraid of.

She places the last of her things in the trunk of her cars as she lets her fingers linger on it for a second. She quickly looks away, wanting to erase the thoughts from her mind that bring tears to her eyes. She couldn't show she had won. Angrily think about her friend's action, she closes the trunk door and walks along the damp cement.

She opens the driver's door, quickly glancing at the leather interior and gets in. She closes the door behind her instinctively and looks around as she locks the outside world from her. She tries to take a death breath, gripping the wheel before she starts the engine. She doesn't even take a second to think about it, that she steps on the pedal and goes for her destination.

A few minutes later she arrives, but quickly wants to turn back, run and hide. She knew she couldn't leave without saying goodbye. He was her best friends, her companion and that made it much more difficult for her. Every step of the way as she gets out of the car seems harder and harder. Like if her feet were cement, drying adding more weight every second. She reaches the stairs and goes to the back door, not wanting to see Karen is she was there. She knew Karen would convince her to stay, but she didn't want that. Hell, it was a risk to go see Lucas. She knew how good he was with words.

As her turn dry and red from the coldness, she brings her hand up and knocks softly as she waits for Lucas to come and open the door. A few moments later, the door opens with a creek and Brooke looks up.

"Hey Luke," she says with a dry voice, which didn't hide her sadness. He didn't notice it though his mind was on something else. She continues, disappointed that he didn't greet her back. It's like he knew what she was going to say and he wasn't fighting it. She really wanted that old Lucas, who would do anything for her. She guessed it was her fault. She let him hang too long during the non-exclusive dating and the Chris Keller thing. She didn't blame the fact that they had somehow ended here, on her. He didn't let her in and because of that he lost her. "I'm leaving today. I need some time to think about things." She looks up to see a reaction on Lucas' face, but for once he was unreadable. Slightly taken she starts babbling. "I'm leaving and I can't tell you where I'm going. I need to get away from all of this and think and just…" She drifts into silence as the tears form in her eyes as she speaks, blinding her vision. She was half-expecting, half-hoping he would kiss her, tell he loves her and tell her not to leave, but he didn't. Brooke felt her heart break. She turns around slightly and a few tears trickle down her face. Now she was leaving, but the worst thing was that it felt like it had no affect or it didn't matter to Lucas.

"Are you pregnant?" He asks to her finally looking up for the first time in minutes. Brooke looks at him taken back from hearing his voice, but also because of what he asks.

"What?!" She retorts confused. How could he have gotten that idea?

"Are you Pregnant?" He asks again and you could hear him getting frustrated.

"No, why would you think that?" She arches her eyebrows, not ignoring the fact that he thought she would keep something like this from him.

"You kept on saying you have a lot going on and then I found a pregnancy test in a purse, which I assumed was yours…"

"I'm not pregnant Luke. Anyways I have my purse with me in the car. There are just a few things which I want…need to get away from…" She doesn't look at him anymore.

"Like what Brooke?! Here you keep telling me to let you in and when you can't even do it. I know I haven't been open to you since Keith's death, but I'm willing to work on it, if it's going to keep you here I will. The only thing I ask you is to be open with me to. I keep asking what's wrong, but you simply kiss me or shrug. We can get through whatever you are going through…"He wanted to work this out. Brooke was the best thing that had ever happened to him and everyday he regretted his choice of going for Peyton, when he had Brooke. Now he was gladly trying to move on with the both of them, but these problems kept coming up. He knew it wasn't going to be sunny, but he could try right?!

"No, we can't." Brooke says as tears threaten to spill once again. She doesn't want to look at him in the eyes, knowing he would be able to make her talk with those blue eyes.

"Why not?" He pauses to think about what he could say. "We've been through so much in the past year Brooke. Love triangles, pregnancy scares, high school shoot down; deaths…please let me help you." He begs and again tries to find out what was bothering her so much. "…Is this about the fight you had with Peyton?" He says softly out of nowhere. The only thing that could have been bothering her in his mind was that. He knew they had a fight, but didn't know the reason for it. She stands silent for a while and then she nods. "Come here." He says not wanting to push it right now. He embraces her in his arms and wipes away her tears with his thumb and brings her inside.

She sits in the living room while he goes to get them some steaming coffee. He comes back and sits across her. They let the silence absorb in the room as they sip their coffees, looking around at the familiar settings.

"Are you going to tell me what your fight was about?" He asks breaking the silence and he looks at her wanting for her to talk to him.

"I…I…can't Luke. It's too sensitive…" She says not wanting to think about it. She knew she had too, but she didn't want to deal with it. Not right now.

He goes over to her and sits beside her, rubbing a comforting hand on her leg as shivers pass through her body. "Tell me." He whispers.

At that point Brooke couldn't stop herself. He looked so calm and so nice that she wanted to tell him but tried to keep it in. It was too late though, she told him"Peyton still got feeling for you." She blurts out. Once she realizes what she had just done, she covers her mouth with her hand. Lucas takes a few minutes to take that in. He hadn't expected that one. Taking the silence into account, Brooke speaks to him quickly bringing down her coffee cup and getting up. "Looks it's ok, just go with her and have a happy life, you won't have to worry about me…" Lucas looks up and sees her going out, but he grabs her at the last minute and brings her down to the couch so they could talk face-to-face. It was the first time that Lucas, had done such a violent motion, which wasn't during them having sex. He quickly lets go and she brushes it off as she waits for him to speak, tears already covering her cheeks.

"Shhh…I love you Brooke not her. I want you not her and there isn't any second in my life now or ever that I would chose her over you. I need you---" He says as he brings her closer to him.

"But-"

"I need you, not her. I wouldn't be right her with you if I wanted her. I have already lost you and I can't do it again. I won't do it again, because I would be giving away my life." He lifts her chin with his finger so she is looking in his eyes and he's looking in hers. "You are my life, only you nobody else. I love you Brooke Penelope Davis."

She leans towards him and gives him a soft kiss on the mouth. Short but passionate as ever. "Thank you. I love you too." She leans her head back down, so it's resting on his chest. He puts his arms securely around her and kisses her on the head. "You do realize now that I'm going to need somewhere to stay right?" She says and they both erupt into laughter.

5 years later…