Okay, here is chapter 8...enjoy!!
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Brooke and Lucas had been sitting in that room, in silence, for an hour.
"That's it, I cannot take this anymore!"Brooke yelled
She got up and started pounding on the door
"Help, let me out of here! Hello! Let me out!"
"You might as well save your breath. Nathan and Haley are gone. No one can hear you but me."
"I can't believe they did this to me."
"To you! I am locked in here to ya know!"
"Whatever. I have got get out of here, Evan is going to wonder where I am."
"Evan! Is he all you care about?"
"He's my boyfriend! God, ever since we got here you have been on his case, why?"
"I just don't like the guy, that's all."
"Well, guess what? You don't have to like him! You don't get to give me your opinion on Evan. You gave that right up a long time ago!"
"I will always care about you and I will always want what's best for you."
"God, Lucas you can't keep doing this to me!"
"What? What am I doing?"
Brooke took a breath and just looked at Lucas for a moment. When she spoke again her voice was steady and calm.
"I don't know. That's just it, I knew coming here and seeing you would throw me. You have this way of..."
"Of what?"
"Of bringing me back to the past. When I am around you a thousand memories come flooding back of when we were together."
Lucas just looked at her, waiting for Brooke to continue
"I have tried so hard to put our time together behind me so I could move on with my life."
"Brooke, do you think of our time together as a mistake? As a bad period on your life?"
"...Don't you get it Luke? I was never happier than when I was with you. When we were dating I felt like nothing bad could ever happen...I felt safe. Ever since we broke up I have been searching for that feeling again."
"If you felt like this why did you break up with me?"
"I broke up with you because I gave you my whole heart but..."
Brooke began to well up with tears
"But, you never gave me yours" she finished.
Lucas took a moment to choose his words before he spoke.
"I was afraid to."
"Why? You were the one who fought to be with me...who wanted an exclusive relationship"
"I know, I just...got scared. After Keith died, everything changed and I was afraid of giving my heart to someone who I knew would leave."
"What do you mean leave? I wasn't going anywhere."
"Of course you were. You might not have seen it, but I did. I knew you were going to go to fashion school and become a huge designer and move to New York City. Brooke, I knew that this town was too small for you and you would out grow it and you would out grow me. Tree Hill is and always will be my home and I didn't want to hold you back. The truth, I was so in love with you it almost killed me when you broke things off."
"If you loved me so much then why did you go running to Peyton?"
"I didn't. I just thought that I had to let you go so you could move on and so I could move on as well."
"But, you have been with her for years!"
"I guess I things just got comfortable with Peyton, so we stayed together. But neither of us are happy anymore; Brooke I have never had the intense love and passion for her the way I had for you...the way I still have for you."
"What?"
Lucas moved closer to Brooke and wiped a tear from her cheek.
"Brooke, when you first walked into James' party my heart skipped a beat. Evan after all these years, just seeing you still makes my stomach do flip-flops."
"Lucas, I...I have never loved anyone the way I loved you and I don't think I ever will."
Brooke and Lucas just stared into each other's eyes and after a minute Lucas took Brooke's face in his hands a placed a gentle kiss on her lips.
"Lucas..."
"Shh, you'll ruin it."
Again they kissed only this time the kiss was more passionate. Lucas began to kiss Brooke's neck and then worked his way to her shoulder. He gently took off her jacket and kissed the skin around her the strap of her tank top.
Even after all these years, Lucas' touch still gave Brooke goose bumps. She couldn't believe this was happening but she didn't want to fight it and she didn't want to stop it. It felt too good and too right.
Brooke pulled Lucas's shirt off and pushed him onto the bed. She began kissing his neck and then moved to his stomach. She worked her way down to the top of his pants and began to unbutton them.
Once Brooke was down to just her bra and panties and Lucas his boxers, he asked her one final question.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I have never been more sure of anything."
That was all Lucas needed to hear.
He removed his boxers and she removed her lingerie. Lucas entered Brooke and she moaned. The two made love like they had never been apart and when the climax came Brooke uttered one word,
"Lucas."
They both collapsed onto the bed, needing a moment to catch their breath.
"Wow, that was amazing." Lucas said
"Yeah, it was."
Lucas put his arm around Brooke and she rested her head on his chest.
"I can't believe that just happened." Brooke said
"Do you regret it?"
"No, not even a little bit. It's just...this is the last thing I thought would happen while I was here."
"I know. It was unexpected, but great."
"Definitely. Luke I hate to bring this up but..."
"Brooke, don't. Tonight, it's just you and me, okay?"
"Okay."
"Do you remember the time when you convinced me to have sex in a stranger's hot tub?"
"How could I forget? But, as I recall you didn't need that much convincing."
"Well, you're hard to resist."Lucas said as he placed a kiss on Brooke's lips.
"That has got to be one of my favorite memories." Lucas said
"I don't know, I think my favorite was when I got you drunk and tattooed."
"Oh yeah, how could I forget? Keith nearly killed me."
"But wasn't worth it?"
"Yeah. Whenever I look at that tattoo I think of you and how much fun we have together."
"Especially when we're in bed."
"Yeah, especially then."
Brooke and Lucas began kissing again and before they knew it they had made love a second time and fallen asleep wrapped in each other's arms.
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It was 10:00 am and Haley and Nathan were walking up to their door
"Do you think it's safe to go in?" Haley asked
"I don't know. I'm almost afraid to go in."
"Well, here goes nothing."
Haley turned the key and she and Nathan walked in
"I don't hear any screaming." Haley said
"Alright, let's go check on them."
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Brooke and Lucas were wrapped in each other's arms when Brooke awoke and saw Lucas looking at her.
"Good morning Pretty Girl."
"Hey Broody. What are you looking at?"
"You. Do you know how beautiful you are?"
"Do you know how happy I am right now?"
Lucas and Brooke looked into each other's eyes and began to kiss when they heard something at the door.
"Did you hear that?" Brooke asked
But before Lucas could answer the door opened and Haley and Nathan walked in...
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Okay that was chapter 8. I hope you guys liked it. I tried to take everyone's suggestions into account and it seemed that everyone wanted Brucas to sleep together so I wrote it in and I hoped you enjoyed it! I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible. As always...please review!!
