Over the past few weeks, Brooke had been making great progress in her rehab sessions with Katherine especially since Lucas would visit her afterwards, every single day. The two have gotten quite close but when they had their talks, it would only mostly be Brooke that did all the talking. All Brooke knew about Lucas was that he had gotten out of a bad relationship with some girl named Peyton before the summer started, he lives with his mom, Karen, who owns a small cafe, and that he has a half-brother named Nathan. The lack of knowledge of Lucas always bothered Brooke; it always kept her wondering and thinking more and more about him. Brooke also knew she was falling for him, hard. The only thing keeping Brooke away was fear; she gave her heart to somebody once before, and well, that didn't end too well.

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It was a little bit past 3:30pm when Brooke heard a knock on her door. Expecting it to be Lucas, she ran to open the door to find her ex-boyfriend.

"What are you doing here Julian, how'd you know I was even here" Brooke said to him in a bitter tone.

"Well hello to you too Brooke, your mother told me you were here. I've been trying to get a hold of you all summer. After going to your house a few times without anyone answering, I got worried. Two days ago, I was at the mall and saw your mother. I asked her if you were okay and she told me you left town for a rehab program. And now, I'm here and I want you back. I'm so sorry Brooke, I love you" Julian told Brooke with the most sincere voice.

"Listen Julian, I don't want anything to do with you. You betrayed me. I don't care if you still want me, if you're sorry or if you still love me. I don't want or love you. Get that through your head" Brooke said in an angry voice.

Right at this moment, Julian pushed Brooke up against the wall.

"You're hurting me Julian, what the fuck are you doing" Brooke yelled.

"I fly all the way here to tell you that I still love you and you treat me like a piece of shit. Am I not worth your time? HUH BROOKE? AM I?" Julian yells as he forces himself upon Brooke.

Suddenly, Brooke's door opened.

"Lucas! Help" Brooke cried.

"Who the fuck are you, get away from her!" Lucas screamed as he punched Julian right in the face.

Julian fell down, looked at Brooke and Lucas and said, "This isn't over"

Lucas looked down upon Julian and said, "Trust me. This is over. You won't be coming back to Tree Hill again. If I ever see you again, you won't just get punched in the face" and with that, Julian stormed out of Brooke's room.

"Luke, thank you. That was Julian. He was trying to..." as Brooke was trying to tell him what had just happened; Lucas wrapped his muscular arms around her and pulled her in for a warm hug. Brooke hadn't felt so safe and protected in such a long time. She loved every single moment spent with Lucas. She wanted to kiss him so badly right now, but the only thing stopping her was that she didn't know if he felt the same way.

Getting out of the hug, Lucas pulled Brooke in once again, and surprised her with a sweet and tender kiss on her perfect shaped lips. That first kiss they had just shared was the most amazing that had happened between the two. The two pulled away from each other and just starred at each other, right in the eye.

"I want to be with you Brooke" Lucas said, as he broke the silence.

Brooke just stood there, silently. She had been imagining this moment since a while ago and now it was actually happening.

"I know we're friends, it's just how I feel" Lucas said.

Without another word, Brooke crashed her lips onto Lucas'.

I know, it's a short chapter, but I just really wanted to get to the first kiss part haha! Anyway, review please, tell me what you think.