Authors Note: Hello all!! Sorry it has been so long without an update, but I have been very busy with work and life and reconnecting with old friends. This chapter pretty much wraps up the Brulian date, and even has some Brooke/Haley interaction. I know a lot of you guys love the sisterhood I've created with them, and I don't want to disappoint.

As always, tell me what you think in a review, and I suggest you looke up the song I used for this chapter. It's amazing, and so completly BJu!!

Song: Sparks Fly-Taylor Swift

-Krystle

Get me with those green eyes, baby
As the lights go down
Something that'll haunt me when you're not around
cause I see, sparks fly whenever you smile

When they break the kiss, they both are speechless. Once she catches her breath, Brooke smiles at Julian who smiles back at her.

"Wow," she breathes out, and smoothes his now wrinkled shirt.

Julian grins at her, "So, I'd say you're happy?"

Brooke nods, "Yeah, I am. Tonight was amazing. But I have to know something, before this goes any further."

He brushes a strand of hair out of her face, and rests his hand on her cheek. "What's that?"

"Why doesn't Nathan like you? He may be younger than me, but ever since Lucas and my ex from high school, he's very protective."

Julian chuckles, remembering when he first arrived in Tree Hill, "When I first came here, I may have flirted with Haley."

Brooke's eyes grow wide, and her eyebrows shoot up in shock, "You WHAT?! She's married! Not to mention, she's my baby sister!"

"I know that now. And Nathan let me know it then too. First I did it because, lets face it, beautiful women run in your family; but then I made a game out of it with Nathan."

Brooke shakes her head. If there is one thing Nathan is more protective of than her, its Haley and Jamie.

"Julian, you can't be doing things like that. Nathan will kill you. I'm not kidding either. Promise me, that if we do this," she motions between Julian and herself, "that you will quit pissing Nate off. My life as well as yours would be so much better if he could just like you and trust you. Please, Julian; for me?"

Julian momentarily thinks about what Brooke has asked of him. Sure, he gets a good laugh out of tormenting Nathan, but he would do anything for Brooke. He knew from the moment he met her that he would do whatever it takes to make sure that she'll get whatever her heart desires.

He nods gently at her, "Anything for you, Brooke."

She smiles happily at him, "Thank you."

"Now, lets get you home before Nathan sends out a search party for you," Julian stands, pulling Brooke up with him, holding her hand tightly in his own.

Julian leads Brooke out of his small production company and back to his car. He opens the car door for her and once she's in he closes the door and walks to the driver's side. He can't believe how perfect this night turned out to be. He knew tonight would be amazing, but he had no idea that it would turn out like this.

A few months ago, Julian could have only dreamed of kissing the world's most famous fashion designer, and tonight he fulfilled his boyish fantasy. The kiss that he and Brooke shared was so much better than the fantasy.

As he pulls the car onto the road, Brooke reaches over and laces their fingers. She knows that she shouldn't be feeling this way about Julian, having just met him. She doesn't know all that much about him, and surely not enough to be in love with him already. No, she's not in love with Julian Baker. She is just, what's the word she's looking for? Infatuated, that's it. She's infatuated with Julian, and doesn't know why.

She hasn't felt like this in a long time. The last time she felt like this was with Lucas. Lucas was her life for so long, and she was head over heels in love with him. She knows that a part of her will always love Lucas. Without Lucas, she wouldn't have Emma, and she can't imagine life without her daughter.

Everything in her life has changed her. After her break up wit h Chase in high school, she learned that she deserved more than someone beating her up just because she said the wrong thing. With Lucas she knew what it felt like to be so deep in love, and then having your heart stomped on because of something that was unplanned, but had a beautiful outcome.

When the car stops, she is pulled from her thoughts. She's back home. The night is over and for some reason she doesn't want it to end.

Julian turns his head and looks at Brooke. The way the moonlight falls on her face makes her even more beautiful than she already is. She's perfect, and he is at a loss for words to describe this moment. He wonders what he did in a previous life to deserve to be in her company.

"Home sweet home," Julian says breaking the silence. Brooke turns and looks at him. He smiles at her, "I had a really great time tonight, Brooke."

She smiles back at him, "So did I. Thank you for showing me around your office; and for telling me about your past. I know it must have been painful for you to relive it."

"Ah, it's no big deal. I've had enough time to accept it, and I've told the story to many people. So I've had practice," he jokes with her.

She wrinkles her eyebrows at him, "Why do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Why do you joke about your past? What you went through was hell, and you're treating it like it happens everyday."

Julian shrugs; he's never had anyone question his joking manner before. "I don't know, Brooke. It's a defense mechanism. I guess it's just how I deal with the pain."

Brooke hangs her head. Now she feels bad, "I'm sorry, Julian. It's just you've been through so much, and you don't seem fazed by it. I was just curious. But I want you to know that no matter what comes of us, you can always come to me. I'm always around to talk. I don't know what Haley's told you, but I am a really good listener."

Julian chuckles and nods, "That is one of the first things Haley told me about you. She has basically given me every piece of information about you and your childhood, but she left the really big stuff out. Which is fine; you'll tell me when you're ready, and I will not push you on the subject of your past."

Brooke nods, "Thank you. I appreciate that."

"It's no problem at all, Brooke."

Brooke watches as Julian gets out of the car and closes the door quietly considering the late hour and Jamie and Emma asleep inside the house. He walks over to her door and helps her out. She closes the door softly behind her and leans with her back against it. She grabs for Julian's hands and laces their fingers. He steps to her and traps her against the car.

Looking into his eyes, Brooke says, "I don't want this night to end. Tonight was everything and more. I saw the real Julian Baker tonight, and not the façade that you put up. Is it crazy to be feeling like this after such a short time?"

Julian leans down and kisses her. She responds willingly to his kiss; unraveling their fingers so she can put her arms around her neck. Julian slides his arms around her small waist.

When they break the kiss, Julian answers her question, "I don't know if it's crazy, I just love the feeling. I want to take you out again, Brooke. When are you free?"

Brooke smiles, "Call me tomorrow and we can go to lunch. But we have to take Em. She wanted to go with us tonight."

Julian chuckles, "I would love to spend a day with two pretty girls. We'll take her to the park after lunch. Where does she want to go?"

"The place where a kid can be a kid," Brooke answers, using the famous motto.

"Chuck-E-Cheese it is then," Julian decides, and kisses Brooke once more. He takes her hand and walks her to the door. "I'll see you and Emma tomorrow."

Brooke smiles, "It's a plan."

Brooke watches as Julian walks back to his car and waves as he pulls out of the driveway. Smiling to herself, she turns and opens the front door. She walks inside and places her purse on the table. She walks into the kitchen and sits at the counter where Haley is.

"So, how was it?" Haley asks, eager for details of Brooke's night.

Brooke smiles, "It was amazing, Haley. The whole night was magical. The restaurant was perfect, the food was amazing, and after dinner he took me to his business, and let me roam around his office."

Haley is smiling, happy that her sister had a great time. "So I did good?" Haley asks her sister jokingly.

Brooke chuckles, "Yeah, you did wonderful. He's an amazing guy, who has had a complicated past. So he knows how hard it is for me to open up him about what happened between me and Lucas."

Haley nods, "Yeah, his past wasn't pretty. I knew he would understand about you being closed off."

"We kissed, Hales."

Holding back a girlish squeal, Haley exclaims, "You have been home for ten minutes and you are just now telling me this?!"

Brooke laughs, "Well, I figured I'd save the best for last. I knew he would be a great kisser, I mean, have you seen his lips? When we kissed, Haley, I swear I saw fireworks."

After a few more minutes gushing about her date, Brooke tells her sister that they are going out again tomorrow, and they are taking Emma along with them. "Julian seemed more excited about spending the day with us than Emma will be when I tell her that Julian wants to take her to Chuck-E-Cheese."

"Just wait until you see him with Emma," Haley tells Brooke, remembering the day she introduced him to her sister.

Brooke smiles at the thought of Julian bonding with her daughter. Without another word, she stands and hugs Haley and turns and walks up to the room she's staying in.

She dresses silently for bed, and slides in next to her daughter. Emma turns and cuddles into her mother's chest, and Brooke lightly kisses her head, the scent of her daughter's Johnson's & Johnson's shampoo still fresh on her head.

Her head is filled with thought s of tomorrow as she falls asleep, and her dreams only give her visions of what is to come.