So here's part two. Dedicated to the one person who actually favorited this. You know who you are! Thanks so much :)

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"I love you..."

And what exactly has made her say that?

Gorgeous brunette with an amazing energy and smile…

He is no one special. Far the opposite, he is just like all her crushes before: Peyton had him before her: He loved her best friend before ever having set his eyes on Brooke.

Funny – Intelligent – Kind-Hearted…

He doesn't even look all that different than some of the boys she dated previously. She knows all too well what people murmur behind her back: that she is forever living off of the scraps Peyton leaves for her. That she is merely choosing him because she has never gotten over the infamous Lucas Scott.

Julian? He is just the type, isn't he? Blond hair, slim built, cute smile… A pretty face, sure, just nothing special, really.

Strong-Headed – Simple – Complicated…

Nothing special about him… Especially not considering what she had with Lucas. With him and her, there was magic involved. And her heart had been broken. (Maybe just one time too many…)

She isn't going to let that happen ever again. She doesn't think she is strong enough for that. She is not strong enough…

Motherly – Childish – Tough…

… and she isn't ready, yet, to dare love someone again. Definitely not someone like him. A guy in the movie business; are those people even capable of true love and commitment? After all, this is not High School anymore, and Brooke is no longer the girl she used to be back then. She just wants to be loved, too, just like anybody else. Truly and honestly loved for who she is…

Sensitive – Beautiful…

No, Julian Baker doesn't seem to be the guy who is capable of that. He doesn't seem to be the kind of guy to bare all his feelings to her, to let her in completely, and at the same time show her what it means to be loved. And yet he did. He does

Way cooler than she was in High School…

He just somehow managed to sneak his way into her heart, unbeknownst to her until it was too late to kick him out again. (And she has tried that, mind you. She has tried.)

So here she is now, finally giving in to her feelings, daring the scariest thing: to let him in…

… by asking him to let her in again as well.

That girl has been nearly impossible to find – but worth every second of the wait…

A few whispered words and a kiss. That is enough for both of them—and yet it is merely the beginning…

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