Warning: From here on out there will be a lot of Lucas bashing. But don't throw fruit at me yet. Lucas is one of my favorite characters. It's just for the purpose of my story that there is Lucas bashing. Don't hate me!
Chapter One
Brooke had been in Tree Hill for a week and was surprised that she had not run into anyone that she had known once upon a time. She had often contemplated during that week if she had only gone to Tree Hill in hopes of running into a familiar face. Her life had been getting a little hectic and her love life was even worse. She had only just a week ago found out that the man she was going to marry was cheating on her with one of her colleagues. Brooke tried to tell herself that her trip had nothing to do with old faces or cheating fiancés. But deep down on some level it was all connected. Brooke realized that her late night walk had led her to a place that seemed to stand the test of time, the river court. It had been the one place she would go to when something bothered her back when she was living in Tree Hill.
"I heard you were in town," a familiar voice said from behind her. Brooke shouldn't have been surprised that her first encounter with the past would be the one person who had caused her so much heart ache. When she had found out that her ex-fiancé Jason Knight had been cheating on her everything that had happened with Lucas came rushing back. So she shouldn't have been surprised that the first person that she would encounter in Tree Hill would be none other than Lucas Scott himself.
"Lucas," Brooke said as she turned around. The word felt foreign on her tongue. Brooke couldn't help but shiver as an odd feeling ran up her spine. She knew what it wasn't, but she still couldn't place what it was.
"How have you been Brooke?" Lucas asked. She couldn't seem to place the emotions in his voice or on his face. Brooke could remember a time when she could read him like a book. Lucas was like an open book most of the time for anyone to read. But she had to remind herself that it had been six years since she last saw him and a lot could have changed in those six years.
"I've been fine. Started up Clothes over Bros," Brooke replied keeping with the small talk, "How have you been?"
"Alright. I got my first book published last year," Lucas replied, "My Mom had Keith's baby. She named him after Keith."
"Tell her I said congratulations," Brooke said hoping that an escape from this conversation would come and fast. Brooke thanked whoever or whatever that had been listening for that escape came in the form of a certain Marvin "Mouth" McFadden. Mouth walked over to the two holding a radio in one hand and his CD case in the other. His face turned to one of shock when he saw Brooke standing with Lucas.
"Hey Brooke," Mouth said shooting Brooke a smile, "It's good to see you again."
"Yeah it's good to see you too Mouth," Brooke told him shooting him a warm smile. She couldn't help but not notice the look of disdain that crossed over Lucas's face for a split second. Brooke took that as her cue to go back to her hotel room.
"It's been great to see you both," Brooke told them, "But I'm exhausted from today and I'm gonna go back to my hotel room to catch some z's." Than after another hurried goodbye and promises that she'd call them tomorrow Brooke headed back to her hotel room. As soon as Brooke closed and locked the door to the room she slid onto the floor with her back to the door. She had a bad feeling that something was about to happen, but she didn't know what it was. Was it going to be something bad? Did it have something to do with the odd feeling she got from Lucas and the strange look that crossed his face when she smiled at Mouth. Was he still into her? Brooke didn't need another jealous ex that was still pining for her.
"You're only here for another month and if it gets bad you can call someone in to finish the job for you," Brooke told herself out loud to make her believe it. But only a part of her believed that it was true. She knew that she had pride issues and that was how she had never backed down from anything. But could she know when a situation was getting so bad that she should call for help? Brooke only hoped that when the time came she would know.
Lucas wandered back to his apartment after a game at the river court with his friends. The meeting he had with Brooke was still in his head. He had hoped that the day Brooke returned to Tree Hill that he would be the first person she called. He had hoped that the very second her plane landed she would call him and when they met at the airport she would tell him that it had been a mistake to let him go. But that had not been the case and it made the blood in Lucas's veins boil with anger. He walked into his walk in close and locked the door behind him. Pulling a chain light flooded the ceiling revealing his dirty little secret. The walls were covered with pictures of Brooke and news clippings about her business 'Clothes over Bros.'
"She'll be mind," Lucas swore as he slid his thumb over a picture of her, "You'll be mine."
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter but I needed to get something things done.
