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The next morning Brooke spent hours walking into every restaurant and store she could find applying for jobs as a cashier or waitress. Brooke had a lot to think about; seeing Lucas had stirred up so many feelingsshe had tried so hard to move past since high school. Just a couple minutes after she saw him again all the memories of how good they were together came flooding back. She knew she still loved him even after everything they had been through. But when he found out about Jason he just jumped to conclusions reminding her how much he had hurt her too. That was something she would never be able to forget no matter how much she loved him. After wandering around the streets of Tree Hill Brooke ended up at one of her favorite places to come think, the Rivercourt. She took a seat on the bench and just thought for a while until she was broken out of those thoughts by the sound of a basketball and footsteps approaching. When she turned around she was shocked to see Lucas standing there.

Lucas had no idea what to say to Brooke. He was such an ass the last time that he saw her. "Hey."

"Hi." Brooke answered timidly, not really sure of what to do.

"Ummm well I guess I just wanted to say that um I'm sorry for last night." Lucas looked down at his hands and fumbled around with the basketball trying not to make eye contact. "I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions and should have given you a chance to explain first."

"Yeah. You should have." Brooke was still angry from last night and wasn't going to let it go that easily.

"Can we pretend like that never happened? Rewind and start over?"

"No. We can't Luke. You said some really mean things last night and you're supposed to be one of the few people that know the real me so hearing the boy I love rip me apart just made it hurt so much more." Brooke stood up getting ready to walk away. She was done with this conversation.

"The boy you love?" Lucas couldn't help but smile. Even though she was mad at him Brooke still reffered to him as the boy she loves not loved. This just made Brooke walk away faster realizing what she had done. "Come on Brooke, talk to me about it."

"Talk to you Luke? What do you want me to say? Do you want me to sit here and tell you how I spent the last year trying to get over you but no matter what I did the pain you caused me just wouldn't go away? Or how the second I saw you the other day all my old feelings I had finally started to get over came rushing back to me? And how I hate you so much for what you did to me, but I hate that fact that I still love you no matter how hard I try not to? Is that what you want to hear Luke? You broke my heart, but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't love you. And that is the worst part." Brooke was trying hard not to cry because she knew the second she let one tear slip away, they'd all start flowing.

"Brooke." Lucas reached out to touch her arm and comfort her but she pulled away. "I wish I could go back in time. I really do. I wish I could take back all that stuff with Peyton because in the end, none of it was worth loosing you. Nobody will ever compare to you and I will never be able to love anyone the way that I did you."

"That's nice Lucas, but what you did is unforgivable. Peyton was my best friend and you were my boyfriend. You two were the most important people in my life and I lost you both in one day. You can't even begin to understand the pain that I felt. I have never felt so alone in the world. I was never good enough for my parents and you taught me that that didn't matter, that I was still good enough for you but then you slept with someone else and that just confirmed all I had felt my entire life." Brooke had lost it at this point, tears were streaming down her face.

"You were always good enough for me Brooke. You are gorgeous, loyal, smart, dedicated, responsible…" Lucas started walking towards Brooke as he continued. "You can be stubborn and worry too much about what other people think but I've never met someone with a bigger heart." Lucas reached Brooke and tipped her head up so she was looking him right in the eye. "You are the perfect girl for me Brooke Davis. I know you can't trust me right now but I will do everything I have to to earn it back. I promise I won't hurt you again, but I need you take a chance on me."

"I..I don't think I can do that Luke, not now." Brooke didn't know what to say. Lucas always had the right words and could be so charming but she couldn't let herself just jump back into a relationship with him and besides she had Jason to think about too.

"What do you want from me, what can I do to prove I've changed since highschool?"

"I just need to see it." Brooke sighed. "We can be friends Luke. That's all."

"I'll take it." Lucas smiled and pulled her into a hug. "It's a start."