Brooke entered the house to find Peyton and Lucas in each others arms. She couldn't believe that after everything that had happened they would do this to her again. She frozen, not able to move. Her eyes swelling with tears as Lucas softly caressed the back of Peytons head. She bit the her bottom lip until she felt the blood rise, breaking through her skin.

Lucas pulled back from Peyton's lips as he felt a gaze upon them. He turned to Brooke; his heart sinking. He knew there was no way to talk himself out of this. How could he explain away what she just saw? "Brooke,…"

Brooke through up her hand stopping him from wasting anymore of her time. She had been in this exact place too many times to count and she already knew how the story would end. "It's a rerun, Luke, I'm pretty sure I know what your going to say next."

Lucas wanted to take her in his arms and tell her that it meant nothing. But the truth was he felt something move inside of him when he kissed Peyton. He didn't know exactly what and he didn't know what it meant. He just wanted to crawl beneath a rock and hide. "Brooke, let's just talk about this. Okay."

Brooke wiped away her tears. "The day you asked me to marry you… I was scared to death when I said yes. Because a part of me knew that there was a chance for this to happen. A chance that you would remember just how much Peyton meant to you. But I honestly thought that you were in love with me, Lucas. That I meant everything to you and you were ready to make the family that we always dreamed of. How could I have been so stupid." She didn't know what-else to say. She knew she had to run as far away as she could. She turned to walk back out the door.

"Brooke,…" Peyton said.

Brooke turned to look at the woman that was suppose to be her best friend. The woman that promised that she was happy for Lucas and her. The one that had moved on and was now in a serious relationship with Jake. "What would Jake say if he knew his best friend and his girlfriend were making out behind his back?"

"Brooke, I never wanted to hurt you. Your like my sister. You know that. Let Lucas explain everything to you. Don't throw away what you guys have, because of what you think you saw here today. And don't you dare try to ruin what Jake and I have." Peyton snapped.

"Yeah, well I think you did a great job on that one yourself." She slammed the door as she left the house.

--

Brooke sat on the beach with her sandals in her hand. She watched as the waves splashed on the rocks. She hated the feeling that she felt when she saw Lucas and Peyton. How could they make her feel lost and vulnerable again? Since the first day she saw Lucas Scott she fell in love with him. She had dating many guys but none of them even came close to him. And when she thought that she finally had him mind body and soul he let her down. He slapped her around like the rocks did the waves and yet they kept coming back for more.

She felt a hand upon her shoulder as she turned to see Jake. She squinted to keep the sun from her eyes as she looked up into his beautiful eyes.

"Is this seat taken?" He asked.

She shook her head and quickly turned her attention to the waves again. There was silence for a few moments. She was hurting so much that she couldn't speak. How was she ever suppose to move on with her life. She had tried before and fell miserably.

"Peyton told me that you walked in on her and Lucas today." He looked over at her.

Shock filled her face. She couldn't believe that Peyton would tell him about her kiss with Lucas. "She told you."

He nodded. "Brooke, Peyton is too proud of a person to tell you and as much as I would like too, I think that you need to talk to Lucas. You need to hear everything that he has to say."

"How can you be so calm? You've been back in town for what three months and she's kissing her ex. Which is my fiance. Which is the father of my unborn child." She paused. Did she just say that out loud? She hadn't told anyone that she was pregnant. The day that Lucas asked her to marry him they made love. And she hadn't been on birth control since she wasn't making love to anyone at that time in her life.

Jake smiled. "Your pregnant. Wow, Brooke. Does Lucas know?"

"No. I just found out today. I planned this big dinner and I ordered all this baby stuff to tell him with. But it doesn't matter now, does it!" She looked away once more. Just when everything she ever wanted came true it vanished like the sand each time the waves came ashore.

Jake reached over and took her hand. "Brooke, talk to Lucas."

"Why, Jake?"

"Trust me." He stood up and disappeared from her sight.

She didn't know if she could face him right now. She had called and made arrangements to go back to New York for a while. She really needed to put Tree Hill behind her.

--

The house was dark when Brooke opened the door to Lucas's house. She slowly made her way into the kitchen to find Lucas sitting alone in the dark. There was one little candle on the table. She could tell that Lucas had been crying from the flickering of the candle.

"Lucas,…"

He stood up and hurried over to her, pulling her into his chest, cradling her in his arms. "Brooke,… baby girl."

She pulled back and walked around him taking a seat at the table. He took a deep breath and joined her.

"Jake told me that I should come her and listen to what you have to say. That's the only reason that I'm here."

"Okay. Brooke, the truth is I still love Peyton. I always have. But and when I kissed her today I felt something…"

Brooke leaned back in her chair. Her heart was being ripped apart with each word he said.

"But it wasn't that I was in love with her. That kiss didn't mean what we share, Brooke."

"Do you realize what your saying? It doesn't make sense, Lucas."

"Brooke, I kissed Peyton today…"

"Yeah, I was there." She cut him off.

He reached across the table and took her hand. "Brooke, Peyton came here today to tell me something. And when she did I felt this feeling. This feeling like I was loosing her and I'd never get the chance to hold her in my arms again or kiss her the way I did before. And as stupid as that sounds… I can't help that I did what I did. But I'm in love with you Brooke and that kiss, that kiss told me that the feelings I thought I had for Peyton, well they were nothing more than friends. You're the one for me Brooke Davis. You've always been."

Brooke leaned up were she could see Lucas's eyes in the candlelight. "What did she tell you?" She needed to know why Jake and Lucas were so secretive. "Why are you and Jake acting so strange?"

Lucas stood up and walked around the table helping Brooke up to her feet. He knew the words he was about to say would literally kill Brooke. "Peyton has cancer. Brooke, she's dieing."

Her knees buckled like a coke can under a two hundered pound press. She fell into Lucas's arms. How could this be? How could she have cancer? She thought to herself. Was she about to loose the only friend she'd had since kindergarten?