Title: In The End...
Rating: T
Summary: "People who are meant to be together always find a way to each other." -Brooke Davis. BRUCAS! I'm going with an idea from a friend of my that Brooke can't concieve because of injuries sustained from when she was attacked.
Disclaimer: I don't anything One Tree Hill related because if I did the disaster that is Pucas wouldn't have made it past the first season!
Chapter 1
It was two years after they got married that Brooke heard about the fertility treatment. She wanted to try it, Julian didn't. That was their first real, big fight as a married couple. Eventually Julian gave in, mostly because he didn't think it would work. They tried to get pregnant after that, for months. And each time the test came back negitive Brooke's smiles got a little bit dimmer and Julian felt a little bit better.
A year later Brooke started noticing the changes in Julian, he would leave town on business and come back showering her with gifts and attention. At first she thought he just missed her but one day a thought slapped her across her face "What if he's cheating?" She laughed it off at first, looking at her self in the mirror and calling herself crazy. Because Julian would never cheat on her, he worked too hard to get her to trust him, to love him for him to ever cheat on her. Even as she tells herself all this, the thought still nags at her in the back of her mind.
So when he comes home after a week in New York City and he desperately wants to make love she asks him if there is another woman. He looks shocked. She not sure if he's shocked that she knows or shocked that she would even think he would cheat on her. And then he smiles at her and tells her she's the only one. So Brooke let's it go for the night and pretends that she still doesn't doubt him.
Eventually Brooke gives up on getting pregnant because she just can't handle having her heartbreak over and over again. She still thinks about all the time and it's always in the back of her mind (along with Julian's maybe cheating) but she stops talking about it, stops having pregnancy tests done, and stops hoping. That's around the time Peyton calls and says they are coming to Tree Hill for a month in the summer. Brooke is over joyed, so is Julian.
On their first day back in town, the whole gang gets together and has a barbeque. They talk and drink and laugh, oh do they laugh. The next day Brooke, Haley, Peyton, and Sawyer have a girl's day out while Nathan, Luke, Julian and Jamie have a boy's day in. It's days later that find Brooke at home alone, working on designs when the knock sounds at her door. It's Lucas and he's got that sad boy turned happy man smile on his face and then they are hugging because it's been months since they've seen each other and even in the days since he's been back in Tree Hill they haven't spent much time together.
They walk around town for hours, talking about nothing and everything. He tells her about Sawyer and how much his daughter has made his life better, and that he and Peyton have been having problems but are trying to work through them. She finally tells someone that she fears Julian is cheating. They don't say much after that for a long while. Later, she calls him Broody and he laughs like he used to with her and calls her Cheery.
On the walk back to her house, Brooke passes out. Luke takes her to the hospital. He calls Julian and Peyton, both of whom don't answer but he leaves a message. Lucas is holding her hand when the doctor tells her she's pregnant and she almost faints again. She's released that same day, only a few hours later. Neither Lucas or Brooke bring up that Julian and Peyton have yet to call back.
When they get to her house Peyton's car is parked out front. Brooke feels her stomach drop in dread but passes it off as nerves. They walk up the driveway together, Brooke gripping her keys with shaky hands. The door opens and the world stops. There, on her couch, in her livingroom, in her own fucking house is her husband and best friend screwing like horny teenagers. They don't even hear the door open but then Peyton looks up and meets Brooke's eyes and the world starts up again. They scramble for clothes while Lucas and Brooke run to her car. They're out of the driveway before Peyton or Julian are out of the house.