Finally, he walked closer to her "That was a lot of because's" he said with a smile "But I'm so glad you said them." He kissed her slowly.
"I love you Broody." She said quietly.
"I love you too Pretty Girl." Lucas said "I always will, we'll be together until the end of time."
Brooke walked in the door to Haley, with Lucas trailing a few feet behind her.
"Brooke?" Haley asked with a smile "Where were you last night?"
"I was….tired." Brooke started, thinking something up "And I….didn't feel like coming all the way here. So I slept at Lucas'."
"Brooke." Haley grinned "We live right across the street."
Brooke just smiled at Haley, who smiled right back at her "We were…..busy."
Haley laughed at her two best friends, then remembered "Um, your fiancés stopped over, they're in the living room."
"Shit.' Brooke said, walking in first.
"Brooke!" Ryan said standing up "Where were you?"
"I went out early this morning. Sorry I didn't call." Brooke lied.
Emily got up and walked into the kitchen where Lucas was, and Brooke went on "Ry, can we go outside and talk?"
Ryan agreed and followed Brooke into the backyard.
"Ryan." Brooke started, taking a deep breath "I think….that we should postpone the wedding."
Ryan got mad "What? Why the hell would you want to postpone the wedding?"
Brooke kept her temper "Well not really postpone….."
"You want to break up?" Ryan asked
Brooke looked at her feet and nodded "I just think we'd be better off."
The next thing Brooke knew, her face was burning.
Ryan towered over her, and as soon as he turned to leave, he got punched in the jaw.
Brooke ran over to Lucas and Ryan, who were now rolling around on the ground fighting.
"Stop it!" she said, when they didn't stop, she yelled louder "Lucas! Ryan! Stop! Now!"
With that, the two boys stopped fighting and got to their feet, Lucas wiping blood from his lip.
"Ryan, leave." Brooke said sternly, after he left, Brooke walked inside and Lucas followed "I'll get you some ice." She mumbled.
Lucas followed Brooke into the kitchen, and she handed him an ice pack.
"Is your face okay?" he asked.
Brooke nodded "He really didn't hit me heard. It's fine."
"Sorry I hit him. I just don't want anyone to hurt you." He told her.
"I know." She said quickly "Where's Emily?"
"In the living room still. Haley and Nathan ran out" Lucas sighed "I better tell her."
"Lucas!" Emily said "What happened to you?" she was still smiling though.
"Nothing." He told her "Can we talk about that wedding?"
"What honey? I already picked the color of the flowers! I love the white roses and I guess we can-----."
"I don't want to get married." Lucas said.
"What?"
"Well, to you anyways. Look Emily, I thought that I could give my heart to someone else, but there's only one place my heart belongs, and that's with Brooke." Lucas said to her.
Emily stood up and smirked at Lucas, before smacking him, grunting, and walking out the door….oh, and not before stepping on his foot with her heel.
Brooke leaned against the doorway and leered.
"What's so funny?" he asked, as she walked over towards him.
"You just got punched and slapped and your foot stepped on." She informed him like he didn't already realize it.
"And….?"
"And you did it all for me." Brooke smiled.
"That's because you're my pretty girl, and I love you." Lucas told her before kissing her.
"Brooooooooke!" Nathan yelled from the front door "Lucassss!"
"What?" Brooke and Lucas jumped up
"Haley's in labor!" Nathan said.
Brooke and Lucas dropped Jimmy off at Karen's and went over to the hospital. When they got to the waiting room, it was hours before Nathan came out.
"How is she?" Brooke jumped up
"She wants you two in the room, the baby's almost here." Nathan said happily as Brooke and Lucas followed him into the hospital room.
"Brooke!" Haley yelled as soon as Brooke walked over to the bed.
"Tutorgirl, you're doing so great!" Brooke said happily as another contraction came.
A few minutes later, they heard a baby cry "It's a boy!"
Brooke and Lucas left for a moment to give Haley and Nathan alone time.
"I'm so happy for them." Brooke told Lucas out in the waiting room.
"Me too." Lucas agreed.
When Nathan came back out, he looked much more relaxed.
"What's his name?" Brooke asked
Nathan smiled proudly "Cole Jacob Scott."
"Awwww! He's so cute Nate!" Brooke said from the window of the hospital room.
Nathan smiled and walked back in the room to his wife and new son. A few minutes later, Karen came and Jimmy ran in with his parents and little brother.
Brooke and Lucas stood a few inches apart, staring in the window at the happy family, their hearts yearning for something like that.
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Brooke and Lucas went back to Karen's house for dinner, when they were sitting outback, watching Lily play basketball, Brooke's cell phone rang.
Brooke sighed and put the phone to her ear "Hello?" words were mumbled for a few moments, and Brooke closed the phone, her eyes looking down at the ground.
"Who was it?" Lucas asked
"I….I need to go back to California tonight." Brooke told him.
"I thought we had another week together?" Lucas asked.
Brooke felt the tears in her eyes "Me too. But they need me back for a really important shoot."
"Damn it." Lucas mumbled.
"I'm so sorry Lucas." Brooke said truthfully.
Lucas stood up "Yea, me too. I mean, I missed you so much Brooke, and I love you, I always will. But the past few days I chose not to remember that in another few days we'll have to go back to our normal lives."
Brooke didn't know what to say "I better go pack my bags." She said, walking quickly across the street and back to Nathan and Haley's in the pouring rain.
Brooke left Haley and Nathan a note and called the limo. Just as the limo was pulling up, and Brooke was walking to the car, Lucas ran out of the house.
"Brooke!" he yelled loudly "Brooke, wait!"
'I love him.' Brooke told herself 'But it's not gonna work.' Why didn't she figure that out before?
"Brooke, please!" Lucas begged as Brooke stepped into the limo and shut the door. Lucas ran up and tapped on the window, so she rolled it down.
"Brooke, please don't leave." He pleaded.
"Luke, I love you. " Brooke said quietl.
Lucas stood in the rain. This moment, this unrelenting pain. Just as the limo is about to pull away, he calls out to her "I'm sorry." He should've said something more, something a little better then that. Something that was actually true. Because honestly? He wasn't sorry, not at all. He wouldn't take back a single moment with her for anything. He things of the distant memories, starting to fade away over the weeks…months….years.
Brooke sat in the limo, tears rolling down her cheeks "The pieces just don't fit anymore." She told herself, trying with all her heart to believe it.