Summary: "Brooke Davis, dead, Finally!" Brooke Davis's life has been taken away, some are grieving, and some have turned to ignorance, while others are celebrating in joy. Based around the loopholes in the show that I thought were never really insured. Two shots, mainly Lucas.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill, and right now, I don't think I want to.

Author's Note: So this is more of an anger filled story towards Mark Schwann because I know, and some of you know that he is a really, really, bias guy. So no offence to the One Tree Hill fans, (god knows I'm a die hard OTH fan as well), and to those who are fans of Lucas or Brooke (and in my defense, I like Brooke, just as much as the next person (who obsessively can't get enough of her)) but this idea just came up to me, and I had to write it.

It's basically based around the many loopholes in the show that I thought would manipulate into a result like this. I could be wrong with some of the context but that's because I stayed off of Season 4, (some may guess why), any who, no beta for this one, but enjoy.

Chapter One: Is it wrong to be joyful at a funeral?

Here rest,

Brooke Penelope Davis

(1987-2009)

Loving daughter, friend, and fashion designer.

Brooke was rich, it was purely known by everyone who was anyone. So it is no wonder her coffin would be half as impressive as her physical aura. It wasn't made of glass or diamond, or that sort, but instead, it was simple. Mahogany wood that matched her long brown hair and the intricate words of wisdom that ever came out of her mouth in twenty-two years of her life were etched on the sides, and the surfaces shined under the sunlight with perfection. Her plot of land was half as good, a four by six meters of land, surrounded in a perfect square by manicured bushes. Though her grave stood out from the many others, it was bare, blatantly mediocre, and all around lonely.

Brooke was famous, it was a known fact. The clothes she designed were worn by celebrities alike. Everyone who had ever worn underwear would have her name and her company's name engraved in the back of their heads. But everyone knows too, that it is lonely at the top, and Brooke Davis' funeral was a clear evidence of that. Her parents were absent, as they were all her life, Haley was grieving so much she couldn't even look at her door and be instantly reminded of the dimple brunette. Nathan, was in between helping his wife to grief, and trying to explain to Jamie how he would never be able to see his favorite godmother again. Her former part-time assistants and full time friends Millicent and Mouth have yet to hear the news of their dead boss and friend. Peyton and Lucas were the two of the few people that Brooke knew in Tree Hill that came.

Brooke was loved. People knew that, and everyone, if not most, have given their love to her. But they knew, no matter how much they give, they shouldn't expect her to love you back instantly. This was Brooke Davis. But once she loves you back, it is to the utmost extremity. She doesn't give in too less, or just right, she gives everything, and because of that, her heart is so fragile, that with the flimsiest squeeze, it will break, and she would falter. Lucas, one of many knew that. Afterall, he had probably done the most damage.

He stood there, black slacks, white shirt and tie. It was the same outfit he had worn to his uncle funeral. But four years later, he was in Brooke's. People had started to leave by this time, and they were gone within a blink of an eye seeing they were so few in attendance. Lucas stood over the excavated grave, his facial features reflected through the coffin cover. A hand touched his shoulders, and Lucas turned around to find his brother standing in front of him.

"Lucas, don't beat yourself over her death…" he trailed, lowering his hands to both sides of his body. "I know how much you cared about her, we all did Lucas" he said, "but she wouldn't want you to dwell like this forever." Nathan shrugged his head to Brooke's grave, then turned to the black land cruiser parked on the path "Look, Peyton's in the car, take the keys and enjoy the rest of your honeymoon" Nathan took Lucas' outstretched hands and planted the car keys onto them, and the folding his fingers back "…you'd have to come back by the end of the week, Brooke's lawyer is coming to give out her assets"

Gently, Lucas turned round, clutching the car keys in his hand and laughed out loud. "You're kidding right?" He paused to say, shocking Nathan slightly.

"What are you talking about Luke?" he questioned his brother.

He smiled and made sure he returned the key back into the safety of Nathan's hands. "I've been waiting for this day all my life!" Nathan pulled away, and wondered what the hell Lucas was on. "Brooke Davis, dead, Finally!" he yelled out loud in pure enjoyment.

"Lucas, you can't be serious?!"

"Nathan, I've been planning this for five years!" he exclaimed, cupping the sides of Nathan's shoulders. "Don't you know, that slut deserves to die!"

Nathan relentingly let Lucas touch him, even though he felt somewhat heartbroken about Lucas' uncanny happiness at Brooke's demise. Somehow, he thinks Lucas will be explaining himself soon enough "But why Lucas?"

"She cheated on me!" He growled, letting one of his hand leave Nathan's shoulders and pointed angrily at Brooke's coffin. "I told her how much I loved her, played her stupid games, and what do I get in return?" he questions more to himself, "her in bed, with freaking Chris Kellar"

"Luke…"

"From that day onwards, I have been planning this, for four fucking years, but I was patient!" he rested his hands on his hips now, and nodded "Patience is what gets you what you want"

"You murdered Brooke?" Nathan sounded exasperated, but curious at the same time. He was sure Lucas wasn't around when Brooke died.

"In a way" he smirked

"How?"

"Remember when I found her in bed with Chris?" Nathan nodded, and Lucas continued "she wanted my forgiveness, and I gave it to her. It was part of the plan" he stepped backward and turned to face the six feet deep grave "I sacrificed my heart, and gave it to her, so she would give me hers" he smiled, "and she did"

Nathan shook his head in disbelief, this wasn't Lucas talking, he was sure of it. But he knew it all seemed to real to be faked.

"For days we cultivated out relationship, nearly lost out that day we had a storm" he shifted his feet from his leaning weight "but kept her for days, then I waited till after Peyton's charity concert to tell her that our relationship was going nowhere. But who knew Jimmy Edwards thought of bringing a gun to school"

Nathan turned his head as the memories of the day flooded back in, then he remembered Keith and wondered afterall he had done, fathering Lucas, that he would turn out like this?

"I could have broke up with her sooner, but I was just so confused with the Dan ordeal, and then before I knew it, Jimmy started shooting people, and Dan…" Lucas stammered, and Nathan could tell he didn't like the memories as much as Nathan did, "had to kill keith, and it complicated things more… much, much more"

Nathan couldn't believe the brother he had known, the best friend of his wife and this evil lurking within him the entire time. Lucas loosened his tie, and unbuttons his collar, and took a seat in one of the few portable chairs surrounding the grave. "I waited though, longer, but I sustained…" he trailed, "then at Haley and your wedding, I purposely let Peyton and I kissing in the library slip" Lucas smirked again, and Nathan, not handling the confession well, took a seat on another replica of the chair Lucas was sitting on. "She got angry just liked I planned, but what I didn't plan was Rachel and Cooper heading off the waters, my mother and Haley getting pregnant." He shrugged, "It would have all gone well if it weren't for all your stupid Scott sperms!" Lucas yelled, all of a sudden blowing his top off.

Suddenly, Lucas confession was cut short when Peyton's presence joined them. "What's going on, Lucas are you alright?" Nathan could see she had been crying hard, and Nathan couldn't help but feel angry at Lucas. Brooke gave people so much life, and here Lucas was talking about how he had successfully destroy her.

"Urm, me and Lucas are just reminiscing through some of our days with Brooke" he answered, but he knew if he wanted Lucas to continue, Peyton would have to leave. "we're just about to finish and head off to the river court to play some basketball… why don't we drop you at the house"

Peyton threw her arms in the air "No!" she exclaimed, "I don't think I can stand being there, after… after…" she stammered, and fresh tears began pouring out more and from the corner of Nathan's eyes, he could have swore he saw Lucas roll his eyes. Asshole.

"Okay, we'll drop you at my place… probably Haley and you can help each other over this" he suggested, and Peyton nodded. Nathan got up from where he sat, and waited for Peyton and Lucas to follow. He got into the car, and drove to his house, all the way quiet.

After Peyton was in the safety of his house, Nathan drove Lucas and himself to the river court. Cutting off the ignition, he sunk back into the drivers seat, and motioned for Lucas to continue.

"You know, I once told her that this was my world" Lucas confessed staring onto the Peyton-inscribed pavement, and Nathan hopeful Lucas had been playing him this entire time, looked at him. Quickly erasing every bit he had confessed. "Part of me wanted to mean it, but another part of me didn't" Nathan sighed, there went his hope.

"Lucas, tell me your plans stopped after Cooper's near death experience" Nathan was almost begging now, but was turned down when Lucas scoffed at him.

"Please Nate, which was just the surface" he spat, "here comes the best part of all" he was leaning on the edge of his seat now, "I called Jake one day, told him that Peyton would be looking for him." He revealed, "he was always on my side, since the time I helped him with Jenny" he paused, "he said he'd made sure Peyton would have me as an idea – Jake sure was one hell of a bright boy"

It was then Nathan realized that Peyton had been part of the set up the whole time, played from the beginning. Jake would give her the idea that she still was into Luke, and being the gullible girl she is, she would believe Jake, and eventually go in between Brooke and Lucas. Something Nathan knew Brooke never dreamed of watching again. He was disappointed, disappointed at Lucas for this evil demeanor he held, and for himself to have believed him.

"Who knew Brooke would dump my sorry ass before I could cheat on her again" bastard was all Nathan could say in his mind. He kept his mouth shut though, letting Lucas continue "So unplanned, I pretended to fight for her. Afterall, she didn't prepare me for nothing" he chuckled, "that bitch just became her insecure self again, but with patience, I continued and before I knew it, she was pushing me to Peyton and I willingly accept, and hopefully, her seeing us make out all over the school would push her over the edge" he revealed, "but she was strong, very strong… and taking my mind off justice for awhile, so turned writing"

Through all that Nathan has heard, he was sure Lucas was at least lying maybe a quarter of a percent of it. Because he thought, if all of this were true, how could he have time to write and read, and be the man that he wanted to prove to Keith? But listening to Lucas, it became clear that even while planning to murder someone, one could still enjoy the little things in life. But it was a shame that Lucas was granted a successful book, especially when all of it were only masks of his true intentions.

"What happened in between Luke, you could have killed her any other day, why wait after four years?" Nathan was tired feeling angry at Lucas, for all he knew, this was probably a very bad nightmare and that he would wake up soon from Haley's morning kiss, and Jamie jumping on his bed, and that when he woke up, Haley would announce that Brooke was still alive, and Lucas is a normal and had never dreamt of hurting such a wonderful person.

"I focused on my writing, loving Peyton, and put the plans aside, for awhile. You see, if I don't have Brooke's heart, and her trust, it doesn't work" Lucas reveals. "I had to wait until the time was right, the psycho Derek Drama only pushed my plans back into it's envelope that it was so hidden, I almost completely forgot about it" he paused, "almost" and somehow, Nathan wasn't so sure he was dreaming.

Lucas shifted his body slightly, holding up his key ring that held a several numbers of keys of silver and gold color. He separated one from the other; it was small, gold, and very, very shiny. Nathan could barely recognize it, because for twenty-two years of his life, he had only had the chance to see it in person once. "The tutor room cabinet key" it escaped from his lips like second nature.

"I'd be dead right now If Haley knew I have a copy" he smirked, "and I'd be in a body bag if Rachel and Brooke knew I was the one who reported them" Lucas stuffed the key back into his pocket and ignore the glare that Nathan was giving him. He knew Nathan far too well to know he wouldn't think of telling this story onto anyone else. It was exactly why he had picked him to confess everything to. "It's too bad Brooke got out of that one, who knew Rachel actually had brains, and damn her for sacrificing herself!" Lucas shook his head, and laughed. "See that's where everything went wrong, the underestimating, and the overestimating…"

"Have no one ever told you that you can't predict the future?" Nathan mumbled, which went completely dismissed by Lucas.

"Sorry to hurt your relationship with Haley on this one, but it was just too good of an opportunity" Lucas stated, which got Nathan's attention. Had he been played along with his brother? He hated every minute of his conversation, but he knew he had to listen, he just had to.

"what are you going on about now?"

"Remember when I stayed with your dad, so I can figure out his weakness and then eventually pulling him down?" Lucas watched as Nathan nodded his head carefully. "Yeah, you shouldn't leave your dirty tapes where I can find them" he raised his eyebrows know as he watched the wheels in Nathan's mind whirling in action. "Nobody ever knew who put that sex tape on that day, and who could have known which one and where it would be?"

Nathan's eyes flared into a fiery orb, they were no longer the color of blue, but dark, and hurt, and full of confusion. "how could you?!" he said through gritted teeth.

"Nate, you have to understand that this was about Brooke, not you" he argued, pointing out the obvious. "It was just too bad though, I expected Peyton and that wife of yours to beat her to pulp, they didn't" he noted, sarcasm dripping through his words.

"That was the last in me, I thought I failed, put the plans away to oblivion, went on with my life" he rested on the side of the door, "even asked Peyton to marry me, which she so objectively rejected" he announced. "depressed little ole me went to the airport, and this editor called me to tell me that she was going to publish my book."

Nathan nodded as he had heard this part before, but what awaited him was something Lucas had told no one.

"Wanting to celebrate my success, and since Peyton was in LA, you two were chasing your basketball dreams, I looked through my phone book, and guess who I see" he narrowed his eyes now, "Brooke Davis, and all of a sudden, plans fell into place"

"And how Lucas? She wouldn't even date your sorry ass when she know you and Peyton are together"

Lucas laughed, "see little brother, that's where it gets complicated" he tells, "I reenacted my proposal to Peyton to Brooke because she wanted to hear it, and next thing we know, we were getting free drinks all over mid town" he smirked at the memory and thanked fate for giving him this opportunity, "she took me to my hotel room, I kissed her…"

Nathan turned his head, and sighed. Poor Peyton, fallen in love with a monster, a beast, and man with no remorse whatsoever.

"Don't worry Nathan, nothing happened"

Nathan zipped his head around at the news, and exhaled thankfully at Brooke's prudence.

"The girl could hold her alcohol, a slight miscalculation" he paused, "but without prevail, I waited… and when I couldn't wait any longer. Two years later, I say a little something to Peyton, and she comes running home… of course, with a moral support like Brooke Davis, and there marks the return of the two girls"

"You made them come back" Nathan hit his steering wheel with his hand, he should have know there was more to the sudden arrival of Brooke and Peyton, and it angered him more to know that Lucas was behind this, and it was all part of his plan all along. "What about Lindsey, part of your plan as well?"

"You see Nate, I tried to tell you, tell everybody for that matter that I truly loved Lindsey" Lucas' eyes faltered, and if one had looked closely a sense of sadness suddenly washed over lucas. "I fell in love with her, but all of you decide I was better off with Peyton" he shook his head, and Nathan couldn't help but feel like he had been one of the many that pushed him to the curly blonde.

"And Angie, What? Another scheme of yours?" Nathan growled angrily now

"Angie, Angie, Angie…" He repeated, "I hoped she had been part of the plan, because she helped a lot" Lucas motioned for Nathan to turned the ignition on, "bring me back to her grave, I want to feel the reality of Brooke's death before I never get to see her coffin again". Nathan was about to reject his brother's orders, but when he felt something cold and sharp against his hip, he surrendered and drove back to the graveyard.

Lucas retracted his knife back into his pocket, and made Nathan get out of the car with him. Slowly, Lucas walked to the edges of the grave, looking at his smirk through the reflection of the surface. "Angie was a gift for me from fate Brooke" he spoke out, "because of her, I got you to trust me, to have me back into your life… and I even got you to say 'I love you'"

Nathan shook his head and joins his brother by the edge, "so how did you do it? When Angie left, Brooke was pretty much alive" Nathan noted

"After that, it all just came naturally" the edges of Lucas' lips tugged into a complete smile

TBC

Next:

Lucas' successful revelation is finally revealed. But with the arrival of someone, tables will be turned.