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If It Wasn't Meant To Be

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"Tom," Brooke said as she shook him lightly, "Wake up." Tom groaned slightly and dug his head further into his pillow. "Babe, you have to go to practice. You have the big game in two days!" She told him. Finally getting him to turn around so that he was facing her. Brooke looked at him and started laughing.

Tom smiled, "What?"

"Your cute when you wake up in the morning," Brooke said before leaning over and placing a kiss on his forehead, "Now wake up."

"Why? its not like I have to fly to practice or anything. We're playing here in New York remember?"

It had been almost a month since Brooke, Tom and Ian had returned from Tree Hill and in two day's Tom and the Patriots would face The Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl.

Brooke looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "I said wake up."

Tom rolled his eyes, "Yes ma'am." He said as he sat up.

"I'm going to go wake up your son," Brooke said as she walked out, "And don't roll your eyes at me!" She yelled back joking with him.

"Yes ma'am!" He called after her.


"Nathan," Haley said as she shook her husband awake.

"Huh?" He said groggily wiping his eyes.

"I'm going to go to Karen's I promised I'd pick up Lily," She told him sitting at the edge of the bed, dressed and ready to go.

"Ok do you want me to go with you?" He asked sitting up.

She shook her head, "No its ok, just watch Jamie." She told him as she leaned over and lightly met her lips to his.

"Bye Hales." He told her after returning the kiss.

"Bye."

Haley went into Jamie's room and kissed him goodbye as she always did when she left the house. when she got to the front door Nathan called her from the kitchen where he was now standing, "I love you."

She turned to face him, he stood there wearing nothing but his pajama bottoms. "I love you too."


"Mom its not like that I promise." Lucas told his mom as he took a sip of his coffee.

"So then you flying out to New York in two days has nothing to do with going to see Brooke?" Karen asked as she sat her daughter Lily on the counter.

"Lucas wuvs Brooke!" Lily yelled excitedly.

"I know he does honey." Karen whispered in her ear.

"Ma?!"

"Ok, my son the writer/basketball player is flying out to New York to meet a new Editor when he had a perfectly good one already?" Karen questioned as she wiped Lily's mouth.

"I already told you I fired Lindsey because Peyton didn't like her and nothing was getting done," Lucas said.

"Yeah and I'm a famous musician," Haley said as she walked into the cafe. She placed a kiss on Lucas' cheek as well as Karen and Lily's.

"Haley you are a famous musician." Lucas said.

"Was. I was a famous musician," She corrected as she poured herself a cup of coffee. "So what are fighting about?"

"Were not fighting about anything."

"Lucas is flying down to New York in two days." Karen said.

"To meet with an editor for my new book!" Lucas corrected.

"Huh," Haley said as she took a seat next to Lucas on the other side of the counter. "Doesn't Brooke live in New York and isn't Tom playing in the Super Bowl which conveniently happens to be in New York in two days?"

"Yeah what does that have to do with anything?" Lucas questioned.

"Oh I don't know maybe the fact that the 'girl for you' will be in New York the same time you will, is a little coincidental?"

"Haley," Lucas started.

"I'm, just saying if you're going over there to win her over you better succeed because I've dealt with both of you guys when you have broken hearts and its not something that I want to deal with." She stated matter-of-factly.

"I'm not going over there to win her back I'm going to find a new editor. Lindey didnt want the job back after i chose Peyton over her so I need a new editor. besides I probably won't even see her." He told his best friend as he stood up, "Now I got to go I have to pack." He leaned over the counter and kissed his mother and sister on the cheek, "Trust me Haley," he told her as his placed a kiss on her cheek before he left.

"So what do you think Haley?" Karen asked.

"I think that must be a record." she sipped her coffee, "Lucas taking a month to fly out to Brooke."

Karen laughed a little, "That's my boy."

"Yeah" She chuckled too, "Well you ready Lily? I'm sure Jamie is waiting for you." The little girl nodded her head quickly. "Ok lets go!"

"Ah hold on!" Karen said as she grabbed on to her daughters face, "Behave and do what Aunt Haley says."

"Yes ma'am."

"Ok I love you." She said as she placed a kiss on Lily's forehead.

"Love you too mommy."

"Thanks you Haley, I really have to get some stuff done here and at the house." She said extending her arm out.

Haley grabbed her hand, "Don't worry about it."


"Hey baby wake up." Brooke said lightly shaking Ian.

The little boy slightly opened his eyes.

"Come on," Brooke said as she placed a kiss on his head. "If you hurry you'll get to say bye to daddy before he leaves to work."

The little boy opened his eyes and jumped out of bed, "Daddy!" He yelled as he ran towards his parents room.

Brooke shook her head, "Of course he wakes up for him." she got up and made her son's bed and picked out his clothes before she followed her son into her bedroom.

"Daddy can i pway too?" Ian asked as he pulled on Toms shorts.

"Sure buddy, here put this on." Tome said handing him a jersey.

"COOL!" Ian yelled.

Brooke leaned against the doorway and just watched them. For a second she was happy because she had a family then she remembered that the paternity of Ian still hung in the air.

Ian slipped on the jersey, "Can I keep it?!"

Tom got down on his knees so he was almost eye level, "Well I need this for work but you have one remember?"

"But I want yours!" Ian pouted.

Tom looked around his room. He got up and walked over to his bag that he usually takes to practice, "Here you can have this one instead." He said handing him an old blue game day jersey he had put in there a while ago.

"COOL! this is way better!" He said jumping up and down. Tom helped him take off the practice jersey he was wearing and put on the game day one.

"Now you look like me!" Tom yelled happily.

"Daddy can i go wif you?" Ian asked.

"eh you wouldn't like it. Plus who is going to keep your mommy company if you come with me?"

"Auntie Hawey?" Ian offered making Tom laugh and Brooke drop her jaw.

Tom looked over to Brooke and winked at her receiving her famous eye roll in return, "You stay here and maybe next time you can come with me."

"Pwomise?"

"I promise son." Ian nodded his head. "Ok, Daddy has to leave now but your going to be a big boy for mommy right?" Ian nodded his head. "Ok I love you son." He told him as he hugged him tightly.

"I love you too daddy" Ian said latching on to his father.

Tom placed a kiss on Ian's head and stood up. "Bye baby." He told Brooke.

"Can I go wif you?" She pouted.

Tom threw his head back, "You too?" he asked laughing.

"Have a good day hun," She said.

"I will, I'll call you when I get a chance."

"Ok," She kissed him lightly but passionately on his lips "I love you."

"I love you too," He responded. He kissed her forehead, grabbed his bag, and left.

"Ok kiddo time to take a shower and put some clothes on." Brooke said extending her hand to her son.

"Mommy can I wear dis pwease?" He pleaded.

"We'll see," She said taking his hand and leading him to the bathroom.


"So Lucas is going to New York," Haley said sitting down on the couch with Nathan.

"Finally," he said as he wrapped his arm around Haley. "You think that anything will happen between them?"

"I think something already did He just didnt tell us about it."

"Yeah?"

"I mean isn't it obvious? Those two were crazy about each other. He never really loved Peyton."

"I don't know, he wrote a book about her and fired his editor when Peyton thought something was going on between them since he spent a lot of time in New York" Nathan suggested.

"Are you kidding me? Everyone was in that book and Lucas even said it he wanted Brooke by him when his dreams came true. Besides No one really liked Lindsey anyway, she had a man face and I really do agree with Peyton she totally had a thing for Lucas."

"Ok, but what about that manuscript he wrote like two years ago?" He asked

"What about it? It was horrible. It was about a damn scientist and a comet."

"Yeah but the Boy saw a comet and everything was ok remember? Peyton drives a Comet."

"So Lucas is in love with her car? Bid deal. Lucas didn't wrote that book about Peyton. He just put that in there so she wuold think it was about her and besides she'd never guess the book was about Brooke. That was probably the last thing on her mind since Lucas hadn't seen Brooke since she moved. Think about it, Peyton never left Lucas. Brooke did. And if i remember correctly Lucas was able to write more after he had that book signing in New York. What are the odds that Brooke didn't show up to that? She loved him remember. The Comet that came back was Brooke not Peyton or her damn car."

"So Lucas has been in love with Brooke this whole time?"

"I think he's been trying, and failing, to get over Brooke this entire time. Something happened the last time they met. Something they aren't telling us." She said placing her head on Nathan's shoulder.

"So are we going to try and find out what happened?"

Haley picked her head up and looked him dead in the eye, "Your kidding right?"

"What I just thought that you'd want to-"

"Of course we're going to try and find out what happened. What kind of friends would we be if we didn't?"

Nathan smiled, "I got Lucas you got Brooke?"

"Sounds like a plan." Haley agreed.


"Hello?" Brooke said answering her phone.

"Hey you."

"Hi baby, How's practice going?" Brooke asked shutting her laptop.

"Its going good. I should actually be done here in like 45 min I was wondering if you wanted to go grab something to eat."

"Yeah i'd-" Brooke looked at her phone, "I'd love too, let me call you in a bit Haley is on the other line."

"Ok I'll text you."

"K Bye babe." She clicked over, "Hey Hales Whats up?"

"Nothing much just haven't talked to you in a while so I thought I'd call." Haley said stirring the batter for the brownies she was making.

"I talked to you last night Haley," Brooke laughed.

"Well that's a long time geez." Haley scoffed.

"So whats up?"

"Nothing I'm watching Lily for Karen."

"Lucas can't watch his own sister or what?"

"Oh he's writing I think, so I said I'd watch her. Plus she gets to play with Jamie where as with Lucas she'd be bored." She chuckled.

"True, so how is his newest book coming along?"

"Its going ok I suppose I mean i read some of the pages he had written and it wasn't anything special."

"Well I'm sure he'll get it eventually."

"Yeah," She turned around and saw Nathan standing there with a questioning look on his face, "Hey Brooke, this is going to sound weird but I'm just going to come right out and ask you. What happened between you and Lucas?"

Brooke was shocked at what her best friend had just asked, "What do you mean"

"I just i get the feeling that something we don't know about happened between the two of you."

Brooke swallowed, "We um, Well we have our history Haley."

"I know that, I do, Its just, is there anything else you haven't told me maybe?"

Ian walked into the room, "Momma can i have some milk?" Brooke's heart broke, "Yeah baby hold on." She took a deep breath, "We," she gulped, "We slept together a while back."

"What?! When? How?" Haley exclaimed.

"Along time ago before Ian was born and before Tom and I were together. It was at his book signing and we were really drunk and I didn't know he was with Peyton." Brooke said quickly in one breath, "Tell me you don't hate me."

"Brooke, Of course I don't hate you Im just a little shocked is all." Haley looked up at Nathan who was gesturing and mouthing the words 'what happened?'

"Look Haley, it happened a long time ago and we kinda buried it. its water under the bridge ok?"

"Yeah, I understand."

"Ok well I have to go Ian wants me."

"Alright, tell him I say Hi."

"ok I will, Bye tutor mom, love you."

"Yeah bye tigger, love you too." she hung up the phone. "They slept together."

"What?!" Nathan yelled.

"Yeah at his Book signing."

"Well that explains a lot." He said

"Yeah but it also leaves a lot unexplained."

"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea."

"Yeah maybe your right. Lets drop it and forget we found this out ok?"

"Sounds like a plan."


Game day...

"Ian come on babe lets go!" Brooke called from the door.

Her son came running wearing his daddy's jersey, "We gonna see Daddy now?"

Brooke chuckled, "yeah baby we're gonna go see daddy now."


Brooke sat with Ian watching Tom play. They were winning by 14 at the half.

"Ok come on baby 2 more quarters and this is yours."

Brooke felt as though she was a cheerleader again. It brought back memories of the state championship. The day she let Lucas walk away. The second quarter started and on the first play the Cowboys scored a touchdown.

"Dammit!" Brooke yelled loudly.

"Mommy you said a bad word," Ian told his mother

"Yes I did baby and you should never repeat what Mommy says ok?" The little boy nodded his head.

Tom stepped on to the field. He started the play and was quickly sacked.

"Shit!" Brooke yelled then turned to Ian "Sorry son." She turned back to the field and noticed that Tom wasn't getting up. "Come on Tom get up. Get up Tom" The Refs called out the Trainers. Brooke stood up worried about Tom. Thats when he saw her.

Tom finally stood up. The Trainers led him off the field. Brooke let out the breath she'd been holding and sat down, "Thank god."

The back up quarterback came on and on his first attempt was sacked and fumbled. The Cowboys picked up the ball and ran it all the way back.

Brooke shook her head. She turned around and asked the waiter in the room to find out if Tom was ok.

He came in about 15 minutes later and told her that he had a sprained wrist but would be back on the field hopefully on the last drive. Brooke told him thank you and turned back to watch the game, there was 2 minutes left in the game and the cowboys were on their own 15 yard line leading the game by 3.

"Come on Fumble, Fumble" Brooke whispered. Ian mimicked her.

She turned and smiled at him. Romo snapped the ball and was quickly sacked dropping the ball. "YES!" she yelled jumping up and down. She exhaled deeply and looked out into the excited crowd as the Patriots took the field for their last drive. She thought that maybe she was going crazy when she spotted someone who looked exactly like Lucas. The man had his back to her so she just shook it off. The man turned around and she let go of yet another breath. "It's not him Brooke calm down." She looked back onto the field. The Patriots had gained only 5 yards on the last 3 downs. "Do or die." She whispered to herself. With only 12 seconds on the clock this was going to be the last play of the game. Tom took the shotgun snap, he took a couple steps back and looked deep to Moss. He threw the Hail Mary pass. The stayed in the air for what seemed like forever everyfan's eyes following it slowly. Moss stretched out his hands and dove catching the ball in the end zone. The Stadium erupted.

"YES!!" Brooke yelled loudly, "Daddy won baby!" She said picking up a happy Ian.

"Daddy! daddy!" he yelled loudly.

The last whistle blew and it was official the Patriot had won the Super Bowl, a perfect season. Brooke turned and was escorted by security down on to the field so that she could congratulate everyone and join in the festivities. She got down to the field and quickly found Tom.

"Congratulations Baby!" She said jumping into his arms, "Im so proud of you."

"Thanks Brooke." He said. He stared at her for a while then kissed her.

"Ew Gross your covered in sweat."

Tom laughed and took Ian from Brooke and put him on his shoulders. "We won buddy!"

"I know daddy! You pwayed Good!"

"Thanks son."

Brooke watched as Tom, Ian and the rest of the Patriots team celebrated the win. They had all already taken off their shoulder pads by the time she had gotten to the field and were now wearing their championship shirts. She was happy, but at the same time in the back of her mind she couldn't help but think about Lucas.

The team accepted their Trophy and when it came time to announce the MVP Brooke was holding on to Tom's hand when they said his name. A smile burst onto both of their faces he walked up the stairs pulling Brooke along with him and she wasn't sure why. He got to the stage and shook his coaches hand.

"So Tom is there anything you'd like to say?"

"Yeah, wow Thank you to all the fans, this is for you. The coaches We wouldn't be here and I wouldn't be here if you didn't believe in us and push us to be here. Hey guys we did it. This award means alot to me so thank you everybody. But this award wouldn't be half as special if i didn't have my family here with me and with that being said," He turned and handed the trophy over to his coach, "Can you hold this?" He nodded. Tom turned back around to Brooke and got down on one knee. Brooke along with the rest of the stadium gasped "I wasn't planning on doing this here but, Brooke Davis I love you. My dreams just came true and your standing next to me, you and our beautiful son. You're the only person that I can ever imagine spending the rest of my life with so," He turned Moss who was holding Ian and also a tiny box. He got the box from his hand and opened it, he took Brooke's hand and continued, "Brooke Penelope Davis, will you marry me? Will you make me the happiest man alive and be my wife, because none of this matters without you."

Brooke stood there still in shock at what was happening. She could feel the tears forming in her eyes.

"Yes Thomas Brady, I'll Marry you."

He placed the ring on her finger and stood up embracing her with the best best hug they had ever shared.

The crowed was filled with cheers and people saying congratulations. Tom and Brooke looked around, Brooke in tears showing off her ring and Tom yelling "Im getting married" to his team mates. It seemed as if everyone was happy everyone except for one person who looked on. One person who's dreams and heart had just been crushed. That one person was Lucas Scott.


AN: ok so i hope you liked it. Read and Review. Sorry for the long wait btw. lol

xoxo,

Steph