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Nathan looked down at the beautiful girl laying in his arms and couldn't help but smile. "Come on, we should probably head home."
She nodded and reluctantly got up. "I just don't want to see him."
"Well then stay with me tonight. You don't have to go back to his house."
"Okay." She grabbed onto his hand as he walked them back to his car. Once they got back to his house he gave her an old shirt and some basketball shorts to wear for the night and she changed in the bathroom. They got in his bed together and she cuddled next to him.
"I don't know what to do, Nate."
"I know what you mean, Brookie." He sighed and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, "But we'll figure it out."
"Do you miss Haley?"
He sighed and held on to her tighter, "I don't know. I mean I miss parts of it and I care about her and probably always will but I think when she left I gave up hope. I moved on and I don't think I want to go back to that or her again. I mean she was a nice girl and an amazing girlfriend but I think I can do better and I could be happier with someone else. What about Lucas?"
She shrugged her shoulders and nustled into his arms, "I think I feel the same as you do with Haley. He just hurt me too bad and I don't even know if I want to bother with him again."
"And you have a right to be upset. What he did was lower than low. I never thought he was capable of that."
"Yea me either. Same with Peyton."
He sighed and kissed her forehead again. "Why don't you try getting some sleep, okay? I'll wake you up in the morning."
"Okay, night Nate."
The next morning, Brooke was the first to wake up. Since she stayed at Nathan's and he'd done so much for her over the last few months she decided to make him breakfast in bed, plus no one else was home so she was free to raid the kitchen. After a few minutes, she managed to get herself out of Nathan's tight grasp and tip toed downstairs to the kitchen. About a half hour later, she had made him all his favorites from chocolate chip pancakes to scrambled and coffee.
Slowly tip toeing back upstairs she sat all his food on the bedside table and jumped onto the bed straddling his lap. "Wake up Natey!"
He slowly stretched and rubbed his eyes when he caught sight of the girl sitting on his lap. "Brookie, what are you doing?"
"Well as a thank you, I decided to make you breakfast in bed," she said with a huge smile on her face.
He sat up and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist, "a thank you for what?"
"Just for being there when no one else would. I never gave you a proper thank you for that."
"Brooke, I'd do anything for you. I made a promise to you all those years ago when we first met and I plan on keeping it for the rest of my life. You're my everything, Brooke, whether you know it or not."
She couldn't help but smile remembering the day they first met.
"But there's something you should know." He said a little quietly almost in a whisper.
"What's that hot shot?"
He took a deep breath and looked her deep in her eyes. He held on to her as tight as he could without hurting her and slowly leaned forward giving her a gentle kiss full of love. After a few seconds he pulled away and took another deep breath. She looked at him shocked. "I know it's crazy and a little confusing, trust me my head is split in nearly thirty different directions right now, but it's you, Brooke. It's always been you since the first day I met you. And I know we kind of lost our way once we got to high school but I want to make it up to you. I want to be there for you now. I want to be yours and only yours forever."
All she could do was smile her heart out. "Well, it took you long enough." She giggled as he held her closer and pulled her in for another loving kiss. She pulled away but when he kept kissing her she playfully slapped him on the arm. "Nate, your food is getting cold."
"So. All the food I need is right here." He smiled as he flipped her and laid her down on the bed laying on top of her kissing her neck.
"Nathan!" She laughed as she hit him again. "I have to go back to Luke's to get more clothes. I'm out. Plus you haven't practiced in weeks! We have to get up."
"I don't care about basketball right now. And why do you have to go back there. Just wear my clothes like you always do."
"As much as I love looking like a hobo, I miss my clothes. I miss looking hot."
"You're not hot you're beautiful."
She smiled and kissed the tip of his nose. "Spare the crap. I'm going. And you're practicing while i'm gone."
He whined and moaned at the sound of practicing. "Do I have to?"
"Yes you do. Now go get dressed and i'll be back soon."
"Well while you're there, you might as well pack up everything."
She looked at him a little confused. "Wait, why?"
"Because you're moving in with me." He said to her matter of factly.
"And when did you decide this?"
"About thirty seconds ago when we were kissing and I realized you were still going over there."
"Oh okay then," she couldn't help but laugh at him, but she got up and off the bed and grabbed two shirts from his dresser, a cut off for him and a regular shirt for her. She threw hers on really quick and grabbed her cell phone off the bedside table. "Eat your breakfast, get dressed and go practice."
"Yes, mommy." He said jokingly, as she leaned over and kissed him goodbye.
Brooke had taken the short walk down to Lucas' house. Her plan was to pack up everything she had brought with her and call Nathan once she was done so he could pick her up so she wouldn't have to carry her luggage all the way back to Nathan's house. Then later that afternoon they would go apartment shopping so they could move in together and finish the year in Tree Hill. After an hour or so of packing up her things and finishing her laundry and Karen's dishes, she didn't hear the front door open and close.
"So where'd you go last night?" Lucas said as he walked into the kitchen watching Brooke clean the dishes.
"Nathan's." She said almost coldly with her back still turned to him.
"I was worried about you, you know."
"Oh."
"Okay, what the hell happened, Brooke."
She dropped the dishes in the hot bubbly water and turned to face him. "You happened, okay. I'm done playing games, Lucas. I'm with Nathan now, and he makes me happy. Happier than you ever did and i'm leaving and I don't plan on coming back unless Karen wants me to."
"Why won't you give me another chance, Brooke!"
"Because you don't deserve one! Nathan did nothing unlike you!"
"Yeah, yet." He said as he crossed his arms as she chuckled at his childishness.
"Really, Luke. This is pathetic." She threw her rubber gloves off and grabbed her phone and texted Nathan.
New Text Message to: Natey ;)
SOS!
"So this is it? This is really how you want to end it?"
"Well, I don't know. I mean we can try to be friends I guess but i'm not leaving Nathan. I'm standing my ground and i'm not backing down anymore."
He sighed as he walked out of the kitchen to his room and slammed his door behind him which made Brooke flinch. A few minutes later, she had finished the dishes and Nathan sprinted through the front door and went straight to her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, i'm fine. He's just an ass."
"Well let's get your stuff and get out of here before I kick his ass."
"Sound like a plan to me." He wrapped his arm around her waist and led her out of the kitchen grabbing her suitcase and bags and took them out to his car and loaded them in the trunk. She knew she needed a fresh start and this was exactly where she wanted to start.
