Chapter Three: The Reason
Brooke was finishing her breakfast as Peyton and Lucas walked to the kitchen hand in hand.
"Good morning," Peyton said happily.
"Morning…" Brooke replied. She walked over to the sink to wash her bowl as Lucas came over and reached over her to grab two bowls. Their faces were three centimeters away from each other. Brooke turned her head slightly and could see the blonde hair of his. She felt his breath on her face, and he turned his head and their eyes grabbed each other's attention.
"Sorry," Lucas mobbed a little away from her. Brooke smiled, and turned her attention back to the dishes. It took everything in her to stop herself from kissing him. She exhaled hard.
She finished washing her bowl and coffee mug, and sat on one of the stools.
"So how did you sleep last night?" Peyton asked.
"Fine, thank you. It was really comfortable." Brooke smiled.
"That's good. I'm so glad that you were able to come this year." Peyton motioned her head over to Lucas. "We haven't seen each other in three years. I've missed her so much."
Brooke didn't know what to say, she just sat there smiling.
"Well, I gotta get to work. I'll see you guys when I get home." Peyton kissed Lucas, and waved goodbye to Brooke. Brooke waved back.
"I gotta get going too, bye," Lucas smiled at Brooke, and followed Peyton out the door.
Brooke walked out of the kitchen and made her way up the stairs. She didn't notice the pictures on the wall the night before. She saw pictures of her and Peyton when they were little kids. She passed pictures of her family, and as she progressed she saw pictures of her and Lucas. She got to the top of the stairs and saw more pictures of her and Lucas. She was happy for her cousin. But there was an ache in her heart where Lucas used to be. She was hurt that Lucas moved on, and it hurt even more that he moved on to her cousin. But nothing compared to the pain she felt that Lucas forgot about their summer together.
The time flew by so quickly. It was 7 o'clock when Peyton came home. "Hello?!" Peyton yelled. "I'm home!"
"Hey, I'm in here." Brooke screamed from the living room.
Peyton walked to the living in her Burberry trench coat. She looked over at Brooke who was sitting on the white leather couch watching a little television.
"Brooke, thank god you're home, I have this work party I need to go to and I have nothing to wear. Can you help me out?"
Brooke jumped off the couch and followed Peyton up the stairs. They went into Peyton's bedroom and walked Brooke sat on her bed, while Peyton went inside her walk-in closet.
"So what's this party for?" Brooke asked.
"Oh, it's for my boss' birthday. They want me to say a speech which I've been preparing for days, I totally forgot about going shopping for a new dress. All these dresses I've worn, and I want them to see me in something new." Peyton began panicking.
Brooke got an idea, "I'll be right back." She left the room, and went into hers. She found a dark grey evening gown. She brought it to Peyton's room and showed her. "You think this would work?" Brooke smiled.
"Is that from the 2006 summer collection from Luca Luca?" Peyton said taking it from Brooke's hands
"Yup, it was $4200; I just had to have it." Brooke continued to smile.
"I can't wear this." Peyton couldn't stop looking at the dress. "It's too pretty."
"Yes you can, and you will, and you will look beautiful in it."
Peyton went into the washroom and changed into the dress. Brooke laid on the bed looking at her finger nails. She sat up and took a picture off Peyton's nightstand. It was a picture of Peyton and Lucas. Lucas was kissing her neck, and Peyton was giggling. It was a beautiful picture, showed how much they loved each other. Brooke stood up and walked over to the washroom door. "So how long have you and Lucas been dating?"
"Um…almost a year now. We met last September."
Brooke was confused. Brooke met Lucas last May, and he left the last week of August. He couldn't have forgotten her in a week or two. Something must have happened. All she needed to do was find out what it was.
"Do you know what he was doing before you met?" Brooke asked
"What do you mean?" Peyton questioned.
"Um...You know, what he was doing before school started."
"Oh. What happened was terrible. He got into a car accident. He lost part of his memory. But the doctors said it was only temporary. It would come back little by little, he just has to wait until something reminds him of something else…."
Brooke looked shocked. She didn't realize that he was in a car accident. That must be the reason why he didn't remember her, or last summer.
"So how do I look?" Peyton walked out of the washroom and twirled around in a circle.
Brooke lost her train of thought when Peyton started talking. She looked at Peyton, and smiled. "You look beautiful."
Author's Note: Okay, from the comments, it seems as if people are confused of why Lucas doesn't remember anything. Hopefully this clears it up. Please review on this chapter and post any comments you may have.
