A/N: The song is "I'm Already There" by Lonestar. Please read the lyrics, that's the whole point of this chapter.
Brooke sat on her bed, crying. Everyone had left to go back to Tree Hill. Everyone including Lucas.
She had hugged them good bye, being strong and efficient Brooke, settling back into her boring California self. She had briskly kissed Lucas on the cheek and squeezed his hand. Their real goodbye had been last night, with lots of tears and promises filling the air.
A few hours earlier…
"I promise I'll see all of you in June" Brooke said. "Expect me!"
"We will" Peyton said, hugging her best friend tightly. "B. Davis, be strong"
"I will…strength is my new forte" Brooke laughed, though she really felt like crying.
Everyone shifted away to give Brooke and Lucas privacy and made their way to where the flight was boarding.
"So, Cheery" Lucas said, hugging her. "We'll see each other soon"
"We will" Brooke whispered, fighting the tears. "I love you"
"I love you too, pretty girl…here, I made a CD for you" Lucas said.
"Thanks, I'll listen to it when I get home" Brooke said, kissing him. "Now go, your flight is boarding"
"I love you…never forget that"
"I wont" Brooke blew him a kiss and smiled, so his image of her would be a smile on her face, not the tears that she felt welling up in her eyes.
Brooke remembered the CD, and got it from the bedside table. She opened the cover and read the note Lucas had written:
Cheery-
You know I'm not much of a country person, but I know you are. Every time you miss me, listen to this song. I heard it on the radio and thought it'd be good. And every time I miss you, I'll listen to this song too. I love you!
Broody
P.S. Don't turn this note over until after the song!
Brooke played the track and as she listened to the song, she felt tears building back up.
He called her on the phone
From a lonely cold hotel room
Just to hear her say I love you one more time
But when he heard the sound of the kids laughing in the background
Had to wipe away a tear from his eye
Little voice came on the phone
Said "Daddy when you coming home?"
He said the first thing that came to his mind
"I'm already there
Take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind
I'm your imaginary friend
And I know
I'm in your prayers
Oh, I'm already there"
She got back on the phone
Said "I really miss you darling
Don't worry about the kids they'll be alright
Wish I was in your arms, lying right there beside you
But I know that Ill be in your dreams tonight
And Ill gently kiss your lips
Touch you with my fingertips"
So turn out the light and close your eyes
I'm already there
Don't make a sound
I'm the beat in your heart
I'm the moonlight shining down
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share?
Oh I'm already there
We may be a thousand miles apart
But I'll be with you wherever you are
I'm already there
Take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share?
Oh I'm already there
Oh I'm already
There
Now tears were freely running down Brooke's face. She turned the note over and read it.
I'm always with you, Brooke. Always.
Somewhere over the US…
"Luke, you ok?" Karen asked her son.
"Yeah, I will be"
"You miss Brooke, don't you?"
"I do" Lucas sighed. "A lot"
"I'm sure she misses you too"
"I just don't want her to be upset and sad"
"She won't be. She's a brave and strong girl…and always remember what I said"
"If God brings you to it, he'll bring you through it" Lucas repeated.
Back in California…
"Brooke, you ok?" her mom's nurse asked. She had moved in after Brooke's mother's condition had deteriorated, but with her mother feeling better each day, the nurse was no longer needed and was packing things up.
"Yeah"
"Do you need anything?" she had also assumed role of housekeeper.
"No…I'll be ok…you know what someone really wise once said?" Brooke said, a smile spreading across her face.
"What?" the nurse asked.
"If God brings you to it, he'll bring you through it"
"Amen"
A/N: If you guys don't review, I'm not gonna update. Plain and simple.