Short Summary: He was her best friend and she'd been too blind to see that he wanted so much more. She never came to Tree Hill looking for love, quite the opposite in fact. She had a boyfriend in Seattle - of whom she was convinced she was in love with. But times had changed and so had she and she wasn't quite so sure anymore.

Disclaimer: I don't own the show or the song 'Boston' by Augustana

AN: Hope you like - this idea spawned in my head a few months ago and now I'm off school I finally have a bit of time to write it! This was originally going to be one of the later chapters. But i was lying in bed the other night and thought it would make a really good prologue, I know its short but my chapters will be longer, Promise! . Anyway please R & R and tell me what you think.

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Prologue

"So this is it?" Lucas asked softly, whilst gazing into Brooke's half moon shaped brown eyes that were beginning to well with tears.

"Yeah,I guess it is" Brooke paused. "Thanks Luke--for everything, you've been the greatest friend and I'll never ever forget you." Brooke replied sincerely.

"I'll never forget you either, pretty girl." he replied whilst stroking a stray bang away from her face.

She chuckled slightly, and he smiled at her as best as he could.

"You made the small time that I lived here so much more bearable and I'll always be grateful - you changed me Luke. You taught me to just be myself and to not care what other people thought of me. But more importantly you taught me that it's okay to grieve what you've lost and although the grief will always stay with you, that in time it will get better." She stated wholeheartedly.

"I didn't need to change you Brooke -- you had it in you all along"

Brooke smiled sadly and Lucas saw her bottom lip quiver slightly. "I'm going to miss you so much." She whispered whilst embracing him in her arms. He nestled his face into her hair and breathed in the faint smell of vanilla. In that moment he wanted to know so badly what shampoo she used - so he could buy it and keep it as a keepsake. Occasionally smelling it when he missed her most, because then if he closed his eyes he could pretend she was with him instead of two thousand miles away.

Brooke Davis had changed his life and without her he didn't know what he was going to do. She'd been Haley's distant cousin who had inconveniently moved in with her and her parents when Brooke's father had left Seattle for a job in England. To him she'd just been your typical bitchy cheerleader, but she'd proved so much more then that. Underneath she was just a vulnerable and hurt sixteen year old girl who was just crying out to be loved.

"I'll miss you too – more than you will ever know" Lucas said it meekly, trying and failing to hide the sadness in his voice. She was leaving; but there was still so much left unsaid and he couldn't bring himself to approach the subject. But she knew – deep down she knew. She had denied to herself how his eyes would light up when she walked into a room, and how he'd call her pretty girl and cradle her in his arms when she cried. How he'd travelled across town to pick her up drunk from his estranged brother's party. The party he hadn't been invited too. The times when he'd let her drive his car – although he'd cling to his seat because in reality she was a terrible driver. How he'd carpool her to school every morning when Haley refused too. Although he lived a twenty minute drive away -- and how he stayed out past his curfew, just so he could listen to her and watch her slowly unravel her deepest, darkest secrets; and he'd tell her how special she was and that she was going to change the world one day, whether she knew it or not. She'd neglected the thought of it, He was her best friend and she'd been too blind too see that he wanted so much more. She never came to Tree Hill looking for love, quite the opposite in fact. She had a boyfriend in Seattle – one whom she was convinced she was in love with. But times had changed and so had she, and she wasn't quite so sure any-more.

'Boston' by Augustana began to play softly on the radio and Lucas fixed his gaze on Brooke.

"This is the song that --"

"Was playing when we first met" Lucas said, finishing off her sentence.

In the light of the sun, is there anyone? Oh it has begun..

Oh dear you look so lost, eyes are red and tears are shed,

this world you must've crossed...you said...

"Luke," She began to say.

"Yeah?" He replied intently.

"Promise me you'll be happy. That you'll find someone and that you'll be happy." She stated, ignoring the pangs she felt in her heart as she said it.

Essential and appealed, carry all your thoughts across

an open field,

when flowers gaze at you...they're not the only ones who cry when they see you

you said...

Lucas pondered for a moment. "You know I can't promise you that." He replied quietly.

You don't know me, you don't even care,

You dont know me, you don't wear my chains

"You say that now, but you will." She said it softly whilst cupping his face with her hand.

He felt her soft thumb caress his cheek bone and it sent tingles down his spine. He moved closer to her, fighting so hard not to plant tiny kisses over her full, rose coloured bottom lip.

He was awoken – as if from a spell she had put him under – by the sound of a taxi cab beeping it's horn.

Brooke took a sharp intake of breath. "Well that's me" she stated sadly.

She pulled Lucas into a tight embrace and he felt her body shake as she tried to stop herself from breaking down. They were released from the embrace and he wiped a stray tear that was falling down her face, with his thumb. For a moment she looked at him expectantly – willing him to say something, but his throat had closed up and he could hardly breath. He watched as she smiled at him for the last time and walked out the door. Finally he caught his breath and he spoke in merely a whisper.

"I love you." he said, but it was too late and she had already gone.

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