Chapter Two: I Can't Do That!
"And do what? Show up on Lucas' doorstep after 4 years of almost no communication? I can't do that Rach, he'll think I'm crazy!"
"Brooke, he wants you to come home, his letter, the song, he wants you to come back to him."
"Well…I can't." Brooke responded
"WHY Brooke?! He broke up with Peyton because he loves you what other proof do you need?"
"I can't go because I have a multimillion dollar business to run Rach."
"I can handle everything for a couple days, Lucas is more important than Clothes Over Bro's Brooke and you know that."
Brooke remained quiet for a couple minutes; Rachel was unsure what was running through her crazy head so she just stared at her waiting for some sort of response.
"I need a ticket to Tree Hill!" Brooke exclaimed, "I'm going to see Broody!"
"Okay, I'll handle the ticket and you pack your bags missy." Rachel told her best friend.
"Alrighty." Brooke ran into her room and drug out her large suitcase then opened her closet that could be someone's bedroom and screamed.
"Rachel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What Brooke, what is it are you okay??" Rachel ran into Brooke's closet and saw her just standing there.
"Yeah everything's fine, I just need to know how long I'm going to be in Tree Hill so I can plan my outfits accordingly." Brooke responded
"A week?" Rachel questioned, unsure if Brooke could handle being away from the company that long.
"A week sounds good I guess, are you sure you'll be able to hold down the company and not have 4 years of work go down the tubes in the 7 days I'm going to be gone?" Brooke asked, scared that she was making a mistake leaving Rachel in control, but then again she's been the only stable person in her life for the past 4 years, why shouldn't she be able to trust her?
"Yes, Brookie everything will be fine!" Rachel assured Brooke
"Okay so now I just have to pack!" Some may hate packing but Brooke Davis loved it, she packed for Rachel when they would go on C/B trips and Rachel was in awe about how much she loved packing.
"Yep, I'm going to order your ticket be right back." Rachel said.
Rachel sat down at the computer searching for tickets to Tree Hill, North Carolina with a plan.
"Brookie I got the ticket and it leaves in 5 hours." Rachel waited for Brooke's reaction.
"Rachel what are you thinking?! 5 hours?!? I'm not going to be ready in 5 hours!" Brooke was livid with Rachel for planning such an early flight.
"Because I know you, if I planned it for later you would find some excuse not to go because I know you're scared, and it's okay to be scared, but you need to do this. Now or never right?"
"Rachel, I still can't believe you know me like you do." Brooke enveloped Rachel into a hug.
"Okay now finish getting ready you need to be at the airport in 2 hours." Rachel told Brooke as she swatted at her butt.
Two hours later Brooke and Rachel were at the airport about to say goodbye to each other, this was the first time they would be away from each other since high school.
"I'm going to miss you so much Rach, please just take care of yourself and the company okay?" Brooke told Rachel with a few tears escaping her eyes.
"I'm going to miss you too slut." Rachel said with tears threatening to fall.
"Alright, now or never right?" Brooke asked her best friend.
"Right." Rachel answered.
"Rach, I'm so calling you every night to tell you what's going on okay?"
"Well, you may not be able to call every night, you may be busy with Luke." Rachel responded while kinking an eyebrow
"RACHEL, I'm going to go see him for the first time in 4 years and I'm not sleeping with him…well at least not right away." Brooke said with a smile.
"Okay, you better go or else you'll miss your flight and you wouldn't want that now would you?" The redhead asked Brooke
"Nope, see you in a week hoe!" Brooke waved to Brooke as she walked through the airport doors.
It's now or never Brooke kept repeating in her head, her head didn't feel like she was doing the right thing but her heart felt as though she was, and for the first time, in a long time, she listened to her heart.
Brooke boarded the plane and could not sit still. She knew she was doing the right thing but that didn't make the nerves go away. When the plane took off Brooke took a book out of her bag and began reading. Pretty soon she was asleep and she had a dream she would never forget.
"Morning Pretty Girl" Her husband exclaimed"Morning Broody" She responded
She awoke in her husband's arms a place she never could get tired of. She rolled over to face her husband and his and her hands made their way to her very pregnant tummy.
"Morning Baby" Lucas said to Brooke's stomach
"Want me to go start breakfast?" He asked her while getting out of bed
"That would be great, chocolate chip pancakes please with some pickles!" Brooke exclaimed her eyes lighting up while saying it.
"Anything for my wife." Lucas said with a smile
Half an hour later Brooke made her way downstairs after showering and getting dressed. She had just sat down to eat breakfast when a boy and a girl came running down the stairs.
"Morning mommy and daddy" they said
"Good morning angels" Brooke said to the two most precious things she had ever seen.
"Breakfast is ready guys!" Lucas yelled into the family room where the kids were watching Hannah Montana
"Yay! Pancakes!" The little girl exclaimed
She's just like Brooke, from the way she looks with wavy brown hair and dimples to her bubbly personality and the way pancakes can make everything better, Lucas thought.
A family breakfast, something Brooke never had because her parents were never around.
"This is it," she said to Lucas
"This is it." He said back to Brooke before giving her a kiss and her tummy a kiss.
Brooke awoke when the flight attendant's voice came over the speaker alerting people to return their seats to the upright position, for they were landing in Tree Hill in a couple of minutes. She looked down to find "An Unkindness of Ravens" lying on her lap, the book she was reading before falling asleep.
That was it. She thought, that's what I want with Lucas, I want everything with Lucas.
