A Love To Remember

Chapter 6 - Mistaken


"There is someone here to see you" Sam said from the doorway of Brooke's bedroom

"Who is it?" she said catching the annoyance on Sam's voice

"Owen"

"Oh, okay. Can you help me here?"

"Is Brooke Davis actually asking and accepting my help?" she asked sarcastically

"It would take me fifteen minutes to make it to the wheelchair and probably a few falls" she said

"I know, what I don't know is why you can't let me help all the time"

"Because I am not a cripple"

"I know" Sam said rolling her eyes and helping Brooke to get into the wheelchair

"Hi" Owen said as soon as she reached the living room

"Hey" Brooke said quietly

"Excuse me" said Sam leaving the room

"I am sorry I didn't come before. I don't like that Julian guy and he was there all the time while you were in the hospital"

"So I've heard" said Brooke quietly

"How do you feel?"

"Had better days"

"I wish I could do something to help you"

"Thank you, Owen, Sam is taking a good care of me"

"But she shouldn't. She is just a teenager, she should be at school"

"She will be on Monday, she wouldn't let me alone today, I asked her but she wouldn't change her mind"

"We have been very concerned about you Brooke, it was such a scare"

"Well it feels good to know people care about me"

"Some of us feel more than caring about you, Brooke" he said brushing her hair

"Err… thank you Owen" she said uncomfortable

"I was an ass to you before and I know you asked me to do not call you but now that I could have lost you forever I've changed Brooke, I changed for you" he said getting closer

"Owen, I am confused now, I can't remember everything that happened on my life and I want to figure things out"

"I know and I am sorry but everything happens for a reason. I am sorry you had to almost die for me to realize that you are the girl for me. I couldn't see myself with the baby and to be honest neither parenting a teenager but now I see all I need is you and whatever you want me to do, I'll do" he said getting even closer

"Owen" she said but before she could finish she found his lips on hers

"I just wanted you to know how I feel and also for you to know that this time you can count on me, now things will be different, I promise" he said with his hand on her cheek

"Thank you" she muttered and he kissed her forehead and left


Neither Brooke nor Owen heard when the front door opened. Julian decided to stop by to give Sam a magazine he got in the office this morning and he promised would lend her. He didn't want to disturb Brooke so he would open carefully the door and see if she was in the living room and let the magazine to Sam but what he has seen in front of him made him turn back without any further thought.

He wanted to give Brooke time and space for her to figure out what she wanted, how she felt and to heal her wounds of her body and heart. He didn't need her to remember, if only she could give him a chance to see her and who knows maybe start from zero with her but maybe he had given her too much space.

He headed back to the set on auto-pilot. He hasn't realized what he was doing until Dixon called him. He woke up from his trance only to say to Dixon he had to make some calls and later he would look for him. He then realized he hasn't drop the magazine and decided to call Sam to go take it.

She had insisted for him to come to the hospital and now to the house, she assured him Brooke wasn't avoiding him and hasn't ask for him to keep distance but he wouldn't pressure her when he knew she was so vulnerable and fragile. He also knew Sam was their biggest supporter and he wasn't sure if the teenager wasn't saying the whole story as an attempt to get them back together or to protect Julian of anything. He has learned to love the younger brunette almost as much as the older one but he knew things were more complicated than Sam could see and say and that Brooke certainly opened up about her feelings to someone else, she wouldn't put her daughter in the middle of their tension.

Flashes of the kiss popped on his mind again and the pain seemed to only torture even more his heart. Maybe it was a good thing she didn't remember. He thought as he sat on his desk. Everything was so fast anyway it couldn't end well. It couldn't end well when he has already lost control of his own actions. Julian has always been open to the idea of love and he fell in love a few times on his life. He never had a problem with it as long as he could keep control of his involvement. It was his self-defense system. He wouldn't avoid but he would control how much his feelings would influence his life. So maybe fate or something was taking care of sparing him of further pain.

He has been this way for a reason and the only time he couldn't control the situation and his feelings it hasn't end well, in fact it hasn't end yet because his parents were living reminders of what can go wrong if he loses control.

Also soon he would come back to Los Angeles and it could pose a problem for them. He couldn't move to Tree Hill and something told him that Brooke wouldn't move either. She kept the walls of her heart as high as she could and he has always felt that she was some steps behind him. But she has agreed to be steady with him. Was it an indication that she would finally let someone in?

He couldn't stay to find out especially when she was already letting someone around her. He really didn't like Owen. The short he heard from the guy in the night Brooke appeared looking for Sam proved Julian that he was just an insensitive moron. How could he say to Brooke that Sam wasn't even her teenager and that she shouldn't worry about the girl missing? Which kind of ass would think and say something like this? Brooke deserved better, way better than Owen and Julian felt compelled to say it to her but he wouldn't do it. He doesn't know which sort of story the two of them had before. He heard they dated for awhile but that was it, he never asked to Brooke nor to anyone else because when Brooke was with him it didn't matter her past, the only thing he cared about was her but now he was a part of her past, a part that she didn't care enough to remember and it hurt him.

Lost on his thoughts he was interrupted by his phone. He looked at the screen and for his surprise it was Brooke's number.

Maybe Sam lost her phone. He said to himself remembering he completely forgot to call her about the magazine

"Julian Baker" he answered

"Hi" Brooke's voice was unsure

"Brooke?" he asked though he knew for sure it was her but the vulnerability on her voice let him worried

"Yeah, it's me, how are you Julian?" she asked

"Good but the question is how are you? You are the one who just got released from the hospital"

"I am fine, thanks, a bit sore but it will pass" she said

"I was going to stop by today but I am really busy, would you let Sam know I got the magazine she was waiting?"

"Sure, I'll ask her to get it"

"Okay" he said and there was a silence between them

"Or you could bring it here for her. She hasn't been in the school today"

"I know. I talked to her yesterday"

"Have you been avoiding me Julian?" she blurted

"No, I was just giving you some space. You have been serious hurt Brooke more than your bones can say and I am thankful you are recovering well. I wouldn't be a burden to you when you have so much on your plate already"

"You are not a burden, Julian. In fact I never got a chance to thank you for everything you did for Samantha"

"There is nothing there to thank. She is a good kid. You are doing a great job with her Brooke"

"She is. We had our ups and downs but I think we are fine now"

"I am happy you are"

"Me too" she answered and they were in silence again

"So I can say her you are coming to drop the magazine?" she asked

"Sure"

"Okay. Thank you Julian"

"You're welcome, Brooke"

"Bye"

"Bye"

He hung up and he stood rooted on his position for some minutes.

How can't you make it easier for me to just forget you, Brooke Davis? Why have you to kiss a guy and thirty minutes later call me to go see you?

It didn't matter what he seen, it didn't matter the conclusions he got, the moment he heard her voice everything was long forgotten especially because he had no idea of what happened before he opened her door and he was more than willing to see her at the end of day. Somehow he felt like he used to do before her accident when he would happily and anxiously work knowing that his day would finish on her house.

And as he expected his day rushed. In no time it was already 7pm and he was on his way to her house. All the day he has been thinking about the kiss she shared with Owen and if at first he felt it was a sign that he should let it go before it was too late now he only felt jealous. Jealousy was a new feeling for Julian Baker. He has never been jealous before but he also none of his girlfriends kissed another guys while they were with him. Suddenly it hit him, he and Brooke never broke up and maybe that's what she wanted with him. She was kissing Owen and though they haven't spoken since the morning she woke up they were still together.

In less than five minutes he would arrive at her house. If she wanted to breakup with him or not, he would be there in no time. He has always been someone to take or leave. It was hot or cold, nothing in the between. If she wanted to breakup with him, fine, she would breakup, he would be out of her life and they would move on.

Speeding up the gas, in no time he was there, knocking on her front door

"Who is it?" she yelled from inside

"It is me, Brooke, Julian" he yelled back

"It is open" she said

He opened the door but she wasn't in his view

"Brooke?" he asked

"In the bedroom"

"Hi" he said from her doorway

"Hey" she said from her bed

"I brought Sam's magazine" he said handing it to her

"She left, she said one of her classmates called her about this paper for Monday"

"And she would immediately leave?" Julian asked smirking

"Yeah but now that you are saying it, I think she planned to leave me alone with you"

"That would be Sam" he said showing his beautiful grin and leading Brooke's heartbeat to rise

"Well this I brought for you" he said handing some flowers and a small package

"I figured your house would be like the flower store but I wanted mine to be part of it anyway" he said grinning

"Thank you" she answered opening the package

"Chocolate chip pancakes?" she asked excitedly

"They are your favorite and I had no idea how long have it been since the last time you ate it so I thought I could replace the traditional flowers and chocolate boyfriend gift for something more Brooke Davis-ish"

"I haven't ate them for as long as I can remember" she said laughing and he joined her

"So it is a good thing that I am very special boyfriend" he grinned

"This grin should be illegal" she said as she ate

All Julian wanted was to kiss her. She was his girlfriend until anyone else said otherwise but she was so adorable eating her pancake and he loved her dimpled smile

"If it was a movie, the girl would kiss the boy right now and say that he is the best boyfriend in the world" he said instead of taking the action

"Really?" Brooke answered too distracted by her favorite food

"Yeah and then they would finish the talking on the girl's bedroom"

"Preferably without clothes" Brooke said still laughing

"Do you remember?" he asked shocked

"What?" she asked clueless

"We were kissing in the couch and I told you we should finish that in your bedroom preferably without clothes but you didn't think so but when I came the night before your accident you said me this before we have been together"

"Oh… I am sorry, I don't know why I said it, but I don't remember it, Julian, I am so sorry"

"Okay" he said clearly disappointed

"I really appreciate what you did to Sam and thank you for the flowers and the pancakes but we need to talk Julian"


AN: Well because I have the coolest reviewers in the world I was able to keep writing and why wait for another day to update it, right? Reviews really motivate me to keep writing. I wouldn't care about them before but now it feels good to know what you guys are liking it or not and also your thoughts and suggestions.

To clarify: Brooke can't walk by her own, she is on a wheelchair because her casts go up to her thighs. All the time you see her, she is either sat on her bed, on the couch or on the wheelchair.

I know there was Owen and he was kissing her - eew - but I think I made up with a cute Brulian scene. You won't see Owen for awhile - trust me I would use anyone else to be the other guy of this story but Chase is with Mia, Lucas is with Peyton. I ran out of options.

Next: Brulian conversation. It will be a whole chapter only about their talking.