AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hellloooo everyone!

I've decided my other story SUCKED, I was in 6th grade when I started it and it was going nowhere.

This story, I hope it goes better.

I really like this one.

Im such a major Brucas fan and I have so many ideas for the two of them that I'm deciding to give this story a REAL try.

I want to keep it updated rather frequently, and I'm really going to try to.

So go ahead and read and [hopefully enjoy!

I also DO accept criticism and help on my stories so feel more than free to do so :)

DISCLAMIER!: I DEFINITELY do not own One Tree Hill or any characters in this story. All rights are reserved for Warner Bros. and the CW.

Chapter 1- "All We Are"

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Lucas watched her.

4 years, 6 months, 2 days.

That's how long it'd been since he last saw her.

He couldn't understand how it was possible for him to forget how absolutely beautiful she was. Perfect, in so many ways.

In every aspect, she was a goddess.

Like a sweet poison. So incredibly bad for him yet so addicting. He could still feel her running through his veins after all this time.

He wondered if he would ever get rid of her memory, her scent, her amazing way of making him feel so loved like never before.

She wasn't his anymore. She hadn't been his for so long, he almost forgot that she ever was. But he could never forget. There was no way he'd ever be able to forget her. No matter how much he wanted to.

"Brooke."

"Lucas!"

The way she said his name still. Her raspy voice laced with such care and sweetness, yet still protective. All that she could say with just 2 syllables.

"When did you get back?" He walked over to her, determined not to touch her. He was afraid of what would happen if he did.

"Uhh, not too long ago actually. I'm actually supposed to be in Milan right now, but I just really thought I needed to be home right now. That and Peyton called me." Brooke was just as protective and devoted to her friends as ever.

"You talked to Peyton?" Even Lucas himself hadn't talked to Peyton. Not in 4 years, 4 months, and 2 days.

"Yeah. I still try to keep in contact with her, you know. And what about you, haven't you been seeing her?" Brooke was lost now.

She was sure that Peyton and Lucas were still together. Peyton had never mentioned that she hadn't talked to Lucas since that summer 4 years ago.

"No, I actually haven't. She came back for a few days when summer was over, you know after you guys left for L.A., but after that, it just-well it just didn't work out."

It was impossible for him to go into detail about it. How could he? The only people who knew why he and Peyton were no longer so in love were himself and Peyton.

Of course, Brooke should know, he knew that, but how could he tell her?

"Really? She never told me. I always asked her about you and she just told me you were fine." Brooke was curious about what could have possibly happened between Lucas and his precious Peyton to make them stop seeing each other and would normally have asked outright, but she didn't fail to notice how he had cut his words off, obviously trying to hide the reason.

"So how have you been? Well, I mean, I know how you seemed to have been. The biggest fashion label out there. I always knew you'd be great, there was no way you wouldn't be amazing." Lucas said with a slight smile.

He remembered the very last time he'd had a one on one conversation with her. He remembered telling her, or rather showing her what he had written in his novel. She was going to change the world. He believed it then as he believed it now. In his opinion, she still had more changes to make to the world.

Brooke chuckled.

"Yeah, it's great. It's a really busy lifestyle but not one I'm not used to. It's like back in high school, running around with loads of money and popularity only now, I'm doing it myself." The famous Brooke Davis confidence.

He never missed it. She had such a poise and cofidence in herself that made everyone else around her seem self conscious.

As he looked at her, he couldn't picture anything better than just kissing her like he had before. He wanted to feel the world melt around him and to think that it was just Brooke and him and their bodies and their hearts that existed in the world. He wanted to tell her how much he loved her, how much he'd always loved her, even when he loved Peyton too. He wanted to tell her how sorry he was that he'd ever caused her so much pain to make her break up with him. He wanted to take back the last four years where he sat and wondered if it was okay to be with Brooke now or if she would want him back.

He needed all these things to happen.

But the problem was, he couldn;t do that to Brooke. He couldn't break her heart again. As much as she would hate to live with that, he'd hate it more. So for now, he just had to deal with being friends and hope that she would realize they were meant to be all along.

So, he did the next best thing to what he really wanted to do.

"I missed you Brooke. Can I at least have a hug?"

She smiled and walked over to him. He wrapped one of his arms around her middle and the other around her neck while smoothing her hair. And of all the things in the past that he failed to notice about Brooke and her feelings, things that were so important they could make this moment be so much more than just a hug and a "Welcome back after 4 years", things that could have saved the two of them and made them even more in love without all the break ups, he failed to notice the small smile and the look of regret in his pretty girl's eyes.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Was it terrible? I mean, you can really tell me. I won't get mad. Criticsm is MORE than welcome. Just let me know :)

Jessica :)