A/N: This was written as a Christmas gift for my friend Ella back in 2008 that was never posted. I thought that I'd post it so that everyone could read. Please read and review. The prologue is short, but necessary. From here on out the chapters will be what could have been for Brooke Davis and the men that have passed through her life.


Brooke poured herself a glass of wine, taking a sip as she leaned against the counter and looked at the Christmas tree with gifts piled beneath it. This was not the Christmas that she had been expecting, but then when was life ever what she had expected? This year at least she wasn't alone; she did have Sam to share it with her. At the thought of Sam she glanced at the closed door to the girl's room.

With a sigh she headed to the couch, curling up with her feet under her. She'd thought that by now she would have found someone to share her life with, but she was still alone. There was still no one special to share her life with and the baby that she so desperately wanted she still did not have. The company that she had spent so many years of her life building was gone, leaving her with nothing to show for it. She shook her head, trying to clear from her head the sadness that threatened to overwhelm her.

Christmas was supposed to be a happy time and here she was letting life get her down. What was wrong with her? She took another drink of her wine before setting it down and pulling a blanket over herself, staring out the window. There was just so much more that she'd expected to have from life by now. What would her life have been like if things had gone differently for her? What if she'd made different choices? How would she be spending her Christmas if she'd done things differently? With these thoughts running through her head she felt her eyes begin to drift closed.