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A/N- Thank you all for the reviews. They were great.
Hey yeah
Will I close me eyes?
Will I hold my breath?
Will I wanna cry?
Will our souls connect?
I've been thinking about it when I go to bed
At night I wonder-wonder.
-OTH-
It was a morning that greeted you with the sun's rays penetrating the atmosphere above. It was a morning that you wanted to wake up, so you could feel the warm blades of grass tickle the soles of your feet. It was a morning where anything was possible and the limits were nonexistent.
It was Lucas and Anna's first year anniversary. It was a year, today, that they became "official" and it was a year, today, that they had their first kiss.
-OTH-
"Brooke, wake up," Peyton yelled, shaking her friend awake until the brunette hair shot out of bed, covering Brooke's face.
"I'm sleeping," Brooke yawned, throwing her head backwards, hitting the soft pillows.
"No, you were sleeping. Now, you are awake," Peyton laughed as she took the covers and piled them on the end of the bed, far from Brooke's reach.
"I hate you," Brooke groaned as she dropped one leg to the ground and picked herself up off of the bed.
"I love you too B. Davis. Now get dressed."
-OTH-
"Want to go for a run?" Nathan asked Lucas as he approached him at the breakfast able, alone.
"Not today bro. I am going to spend the day with Anna," Lucas smiled, taking a bite of his waffle.
"Why the hell would you do that?" Nathan asked, grabbing a bottled water from the fridge and unscrewed the top.
"Oh I don't know Nate. Maybe because she is my girlfriend and today is our anniversary?" Lucas replied sarcastically.
"Sucks for you. I don't think I have ever reached an anniversary," Nathan chuckled, bringing the plastic to his mouth, drinking its contents.
"One day you will find a girl and it will be my brotherly duty to make fun of you, just like you did to me," Lucas laughed.
"Yeah, one day," Nathan thought out loud, his eyes wandering to one of the bedroom doors.
"Don't mess with her Nathan." Lucas said, all to quickly.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Nathan countered, snapping his head back towards his brother.
"Brooke, Nathan. She is Peyton's friend and I have noticed the two of you flirting or whatever you want to call it. Just, don't be an ass, leave her alone," Lucas sighed.
"Do you want Brooke?" Nathan asked, curios as to whether there was some underlying reason as to why Lucas was so quick to judge.
"No, I have Anna. Do you even remember the conversation we just had?" Lucas asked aggravated.
"Hey Luke," Nathan said after a moment of silence.
"Yeah?" Lucas acknowledged.
"I'm not messing with Brooke," Nathan said softly, taking a bite of an apple.
"Nathan," Lucas sighed once again, "Just don't go after her."
"Why the hell not!" Nathan yelled.
"Because she is Peyton's friend. Do you remember the last time you screwed Peyton over by screwing her friend?" Lucas countered back.
"Because Brooke is her friend, or because you want her?"
"Let go of your god damn theory that I want her. I have Anna!" Lucas yelled, his voice full of emotion.
"I'll let go, once you show me that you don't want her," Nathan replied simply.
"That will be easy," Lucas scoffed as he walked out of the room, pushing Nathan with his shoulder, aside.
-OTH-
"Hey Lucas," Brooke smiled as she sat down next to him, her feet dangling in the pool, but the rest of her, fully dressed.
"Hey Brooke," Lucas smiled back.
Will you hold me hand?
Will you speak of my love?
Will the stars be shining in the sky above?
Will it be all I've been dreaming of for so long holding on?
"Have you decided what you are doing with Anna, yet?" Brooke asked, her hands supporting her as she reclined back on her elbows.
Lucas looked back as he saw Nathan playing basketball with Dan. Although Nathan was not looking at them, and probably could not even see them through the trees that separated the two areas, just seeing his brother reminded him of the morning. He didn't like Brooke, and more so, he couldn't like Brooke. What they had was in the past, when they were younger. They had a past, but no future. They couldn't have one.
"Yeah," he answered, unadorned.
"Is it a secret?" Brooke questioned, chuckling at his secrecy.
"Listen, I got to go," Lucas said scrambling to get up as he walked away, leaving a confused Brooke.
-OTH-
"Hey Haley," Brooke greeted as she found the girl reading a book in her bedroom.
"Oh, hey Brooke," Haley replied with a genuine smile.
"I know we haven't really had a conversation, before, but I was just wondering…" Brooke began.
"Yeah?" Haley asked, setting her book down next to her, making room for Brooke to sit down beside her.
"Did Lucas tell you if I had done something? Anything?" Brooke asked, confiding in Haley.
"No, Brooke, why?"
"Nothing really, just something small."
"Ok, well it probably means nothing. He has a lot on his mind," Haley smiled and Brooke felt a bit more comforted.
"Have you and…you know ever?" Brooke asked, alluding to Haley and either of the brothers.
"Oh God no!" Haley exclaimed. "I mean Lucas is basically my brother and Nathan and I don't have much in common."
"Opposites attract," Brooke offered.
"Maybe, but not in this case. How about you and Nathan?" Haley asked.
"Well, it's a long story," Brooke chuckled.
"We have a few hours…" Haley said, pointing to the clock.
"Well if we only have a few hours, I will give you the Spark notes version." Brooke smiled and continued to tell Haley about how she and Nathan met
-OTH-
Peyton rested her head along Jake's shoulder, her curls falling against his shirt.
The stars shone in the sky, the summer day ending, just like it began, without limitations.
"Are you happy?" Jake asked, rubbing Peyton's opposite shoulder, keeping her warm from the slight summer breeze, which cooled down the earth.
"I am," Peyton smiled, lifting her head up to face Jake as he captured her lips with his own.
Our first kiss won't be the last
Our loves too deep to end that fast
And good things come to those who have to wait.
I believe its only time that keeps us from the thing divine,
And when it's here you I'm gonna say, lay it on my lips.
Dan wrapped his arm around his wife, both of them sitting on the balcony of their cabin.
"Thank you Dan," Karen said softly, resting her head against the back of the bench.
"For what?" Dan asked, his voice full of love.
"For everything," Karen marveled as Dan kissed the top of her head and they relaxed, settling into the sunset.
-OTH-
"I love you Lucas," Anna said sweetly, as she sat across from Lucas in their own private table near the lake, a few miles from the cabin.
"I love you too Anna," Lucas replied, his voice void of emotion, although, neither realized.
"Do you think it is possible to love someone for your whole life and never realize it? Or, to love someone your whole life, but never really love them?" Anna asked.
"Yes," Lucas answered, his mind wandering back, years before he had even reached 5 feet tall.
Will it taste like candy?
Will it be that sweet?
Will our hearts be racing to a heavenly beat?
Will the moment sweep me off my feet, and draw me under- under.
Flashback
"Mommy, why does Brooke have to move?" Lucas asked his mother at the dinner table, his mouth full of empty spaces.
"Her parents job is in California. Don't worry, you will see her again," Karen smiled sweetly at her boy.
"What if I don't?" Lucas asked.
"How about you get her a little something so she will remember you?" Karen suggested.
"Like what?"
"Think hard, and it will come to you," Karen finished, collecting the plate from her and her son, the rest of the family elsewhere.
-OTH-
"Brooke," Lucas called, his blonde hair poking through the bush from which he was hidden.
"Luke, what are you doing?" Brooke giggled, her small features sparkling under the sun's rays.
"I came to give you something," he spoke shyly.
"A present?" Brooke asked, her eyes enlarging.
"Yes," Lucas smiled, handing Brooke a gift, wrapped in messy wrapping paper.
"Thank you Luke. Bye," Brooke waved turning around, the gift, still wrapped, in her petite hands.
"Hey Brooke," Lucas called out, running from towards her.
"Yeah?" Brooke asked.
"Bye," he said, kissing her lightly on the lips, just a small peck. After all, they were no more than 1st graders.
Our first kiss won't be the last
Our loves too deep to end that fast
And good things come to those who have to wait.
I believe its only time
That keeps us from the thing divine,
And when its here you know I'm gonna say...
End Flashback.
"Lucas," Anna said, snapping the broody blonde out of his remembrance.
"Yes Anna," he smiled, focusing his attention back onto her.
"When you think of the future, am I in it?" she asked, love pouring from her eyes.
"I think that it is not the future that is important, but the past and the present. The past are facts and events that came from who you were, while the present is who you are becoming and strive to be. The future is only hope. The future is who you hope to be and how you hope to end your life," Lucas pondered.
"Well, when you hope, am I there?" Anna asked, once again.
"Yes," Lucas smiles, putting his hands on hers.
He then thought to himself that although she was there, she is not in his future as she hopes to be. When Lucas thinks of the future, kids running around the yard, his wife nestling into his chest in the morning, Anna is not there. When he thinks of high school reunions, Peyton's birthday, she is there. Anna is apart of Peyton's life, thus apart of his, but, never the other way around.
-OTH-
Nathan stood along the free throw line, his eyes closed as he breathed in deeply.
As his hands released the ball, floating it through the air, he felt arms wrap around his waist.
"Nice shot," the raspy voice said, tickling his neck.
"Want to try?" Nathan asked, taking the arms and pulling them off of him, but holding onto them nonetheless.
"I would rather try something else," Brooke said, her eyes glittering with excitement.
"What would that be Ms. Davis?" Nathan asked.
Brooke smiled as she wrapped placed her hands along his face, feeling his slight stubble against her fingers. She pulled him into her, her lips crashing along his, filling her body with no limitations.
His arms wrapped around her waist, picking her up, as her feet clung around him. He lay her down on a nearby picnic table, kissing her as if nobody was watching, and nobody was. At least, they didn't think.
Gonna say now
I can picture it all, inside my head
Just how it's going to feel
But a girl can only dream so much
Now she wants to make it real- make it real.
Lucas walked back with Anna, their feet snapping twigs and leaves as they walked through the woods to get back.
"Hey, is that Brooke and Nathan?" she asked, pointing to the two figured, hot against each other.
"No," Lucas said, shaking that idea out of his head.
"Yeah it is," Anna said, a bit excited, although Lucas had no idea why she would be.
"Huh," Lucas said as he let go of Anna's hand.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I forgot something. I will meet you back in there," Lucas said.
"I can go with you," Anna offered.
"No." Lucas objected.
"Ok, well, I will, just go back," Anna, stuttered and Lucas just nodded.
-OTH-
"Hey Lucas," Brooke smiled, sitting next to him, dangling her feet in the lake.
"Hey Brooke."
"Kind of like deja-vu from this morning" Brooke laughed.
"Yeah, except this morning you weren't making out with my brother," Lucas pointed out.
"You saw that?" Brooke asked, uncomfortably.
"Yeah," Lucas shrugged, throwing a rock in the lake.
"Why is this so awkward Lucas?" Brooke asked.
"Talking about my brother's sex life or us?" Lucas asked.
"Us. I mean I don't see why it should be," Brooke commented.
"Yeah, no reason," Lucas said softly.
"Please don't tell Nathan or Peyton about us," Brooke pleaded in a whisper.
"There isn't an us, not anymore," Lucas reminded her.
"That's not what you said 5 months ago when you came to California," Brooke smiled to herself as she got up from her place on the grass.
A/N- There might be some confusion, but don't worry…next chapter will clear everything up. So, have Brooke and Lucas seen each other periodically through the years? Coming up…
I would love to thank everybody personally, but I cannot, for I have a major test tomorrow and competition this weekend that I need to prepare for. However, two people stood out, in the reviews that I need to thank especially:
ChadAndSophie- Jelena, I am glad you liked the last chapter! I am not sure if I am going to make Dan the bad guy in this story, but more of a father. You never know, but what I do know is that he will always be "A legend" and he will refer to himself like that in chapters to come. Thanks again and I am glad you enjoyed.
BrookeD- Let me begin with "Most amazing review EVER." Thank you so much, it was great, and it definitely made sense. I know Peyton is a mess, I mean did you see her when she came out of her room when Lucas came over to see Angie…wow. Nobody should come out of his or her room looking like that, unless there is a fire alarm blaring. I wish Jake would come back too, because that is the only guy I liked her with. She mopes with Lucas and pines and nothing is ever bliss. At least with Jake she seemed in love and they were actually a really cute couple. Seriously though she is a selfish, obnoxious, fake blonde…the list goes on and on. I can't remember one time in the series that she allowed Brooke to be happy without meddling in it. Once, I thought she was close, but she went and told Brooke she was in love with Lucas in season 4. I hate her, if you couldn't tell. I look forward to tonight's episode. Seriously I agree with you, she looked like she was raping him. Thanks again!!