Hey guys.. This is my second fanfic... It's eventually going to be a mainly Brucas, but with a lot of Naley too.
Disclaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill or any of the music used in the fanfics.
"Too Far Gone"
Chapter 1: Their New Lives
His arms grasped her waist as he held her as close to his body as possible.. Her whole soul overflowed with joy, everything was perfect.
"Im never letting you go again." Lucas whispered into Brooke's ear. Just his soft voice made her whole heart leap.
" I Love You!" Brooke bubbled.
"I Love You Too, Peyton." Lucas replied. Brooke's body was then standing far from him, watching him as he held Peyton as he just did her, whispered to her. She felt herself get further and further away from them and soon they were just a distant image as the sun went down beneath them.
Brooke woke from the dream with an angry pain in her heart. Five Years. It's been five years since Brooke and Lucas broke up. Five years since Lucas admitted he still loved Peyton. He finished however, that he loved Brooke more, but deep down there was something there for Peyton. Five years since Peyton got pregnant. Five years since Brooke Left. Five Years exactly, today. And, Five Years, three months, 3 hours and 47 minutes since Brooke found out that she too was pregnant.
Five years and she still laid there in a beaded sweat, after dreaming of Lucas. Finally, after pushing the thought out of her mind, she jumped out of bed. Ready to start her day with the one person she truly loved, and the one guy who would always love her. Michael. Michael Nathan Davis. After highschool Haley had lost touch with Lucas. It was actually really sad. They had a pretty big fight and eventually they talked less and less frequently. A week would be between each call, then a month, or two, then... not at all. Haley and Nathan moved together into the same town as Brooke, while, from what they thought, Lucas stayed back in Tree Hill with Peyton. Ever since, Haley and Nathan were next to Brooke through thick and thin. They had finally grown up. They were all starting families. Brooke had her own small family, with her, Michael, Uncle Nathan and Aunt Haley. Haley and Nathan were getting ready to start their own too. They were the happiest couple Brooke ever saw. Still as married as ever, and Haley, as pregnant as ever. They seemed to never fight, when they did, it was small, cute and always ended with some kind of passionate remark or gesture. They were, and always would be, what Brooke was, and would always want to be, with Lucas.
"Oh my God, Sarah! That dress suits you perfect! Okay, Im going to put you on, round three, the yellow lighting will really add up. You'll do great!" Brooke smiled at the first time model. Brooke loved her job, it was the one thing she actually thought she was good at. Except of course, Michael. She didn't understand how she could raise a little boy to be so great, all on her own. But when she thought about it, she wasn't ever alone. She always and Haley and Nathan by her side. Speaking of...
"AUGH! I feel so fat!" Haley complained as she wobbled into Brooke's office, Michael in tow.
The little boy just stared up at her, eyes wide. He was so quiet, he barely spoke at all. But, times like this. He couldn't help but correct her. "Mommy doesn't like the word fat." He whispered seriously.
Both girls busted out in laughter. The confused boy didn't bother to ask, so quietly and shyly he slipped away from Haley and into Brooke's lap, remaining quiet as he curled into a ball, resting his head on his knees. They just stared at him. He was usually such a happy boy. But at the same time there was always something missing, something that had always reappeared when he spent time with Nathan. So Brooke knew exactly what it was.
"Hey Mikey, what do you say I drop you off with Uncle Nathan on our way home, and then you guys can go play soccer or get ice cream or something?" The boy's eye widened and his face filled with enthusiasm.
"Promise?" He asked excitedly.
"Promise" Haley winked at him as he cuddled back into his mom.
"And..." He started. "Promise we won't have to play basketball?" He asked nervously.
"Oh! Gosh! I Pinky swear!" Haley added extra seriousness to her voice. She knew how much Michael hated that game.
"YAY!" The boy squealed, bouncing in Brooke's lap. For awhile they just all sat and talked about random things. Brooke's new fashion line. Michael's first day of school. Haley's preparations for the arrival.
"Brooke, Im kind of scared." Haley admitted as she twiddled her thumbs on her belly.
"Aw, hunny! Why?" Brooke almost laughed, but felt bad for Haley as she watched her friend sip there nervously.
"Well, I don't know, it's just. Im not like you and-"
"Mikey, sweety, you want to go to the play room?" Michael nodded happily and got out of Brooke's arms, bouncing out the door. Brooke had set up a day care inside the studio for single moms who still wanted to live their dreams, just like her. Gently she got up out of her chair and went and sat in the chair next to Haley.
She didn't have to ask anything, she just waited for Haley to continue as she rested an encouraging hand on her shoulder. "Michael's great. You raised him all on your own and.. Well... look at him, I mean... Im not strong like you are, Im scared that I wont be able to raise a child like you did." Haley said pitifully, but truthfully. Brooke just shook her head and laughed.
"Hales, I did not raise Michael on my own! I had you! And Nathan! And you'll have us too! Don't worry tutor girl, you're going to be an amazing mom!" Brooke smiled at her.
"Promise?" Haley laughed, almost mocking Michael's technique.
"Pinky swear!" Brooke mocked back.
"Hey mom." Lucas greeted Karen dryly as he walked through the café door where his mother stood, Erica in her arms. Lucas looked at the little girl with admiration. His day had sucked. Business was hectic at the garage and nothing seemed to be going right, but when he walked through the door to see his little girl's face, her curly locks of golden hair and bright green eyes. "Hey baby!" Lucas smiled as she took the girl from Karen's arms, kissing her forehead and holding her tight in his arms. " I missed you today."
The little girl didn't respond. Instead she just looked at her daddy sadly. "Daddy?" She said quietly as Lucas sat on a stool, resting her on the counter.
"Yea?" Lucas asked worriedly.
"Where's my mom?" She asked, still sad, giving him a small puppy dog face, but with sincerity. " Vicky says that all kids have moms. Why don't I?" Peyton had left Lucas to raise Erica on his own. She said she couldn't handle being a mother, and it wasn't what she had wanted with her life, and then, just disappeared.
"She's gone away baby, I told you that already." Lucas tried to push it off, he didn't know how to explain the whole ordeal to a five year old, how to say her mommy didn't want her, because if Peyton could only see her now, she'd regret every part of it.
"She's not coming back?" The little girl's chin quivered and her voice went high.
"Im sorry sweety, but no, she's not." The little girl just nodded sadly. "Aunt Haley's not going to come and visit me either is she?" The little girl asked again, disappointedly. Lucas looked up, shocked. Then glanced at Karen who had silently slipped into the kitchen. " Grandma told me all about her. She tells me stories about her everyday. She said she was great, and she was smart, and pretty." The little girl's eyes opened wide and she looked at her dad with hope.
"No, she's not coming to visit Erica, Haley's far, far away." Lucas tried to explain, a little angry at his mother for telling her about Haley. But he understood it. Haley was his sister. Not by blood, but Haley's parents died in a car accident when she was twelve and Karen had adopted her. But since the big argument, the whole family in Tree Hill had lost touch with Haley, except Karen. Karen called her every night to ask her to come back home. But Haley always responded with, It's too hard... or... The day Luke asks me to come, I'll consider it. But Haley knew it wasn't going to happen, so did Lucas.
"Is she with my mom?" The little girl asked, as if she had finally figured it out.
"Umm..." Lucas almost laughed as Erica piled question upon question. " Not really."
"Aunt Haley's soon having a baby." Erica added, changing the subject completely. At first Lucas was relieved, until he processed what she had said.
"Really?" Lucas was saddened that their lives had become so separate. "I really wish I could be there for that." He said, trying to shake off the emptiness in the pit of his stomach. The same emptiness he got every single day since Brooke left.
Okay, there's the first chatper, hope you liked it... please comment...