Lucas awoke in the morning to a sleeping Brooke beside him. He shuffled lightly so he was turning to face her. He didn't want to wake her, rather enjoy her peaceful slumber. They weren't touching but Lucas felt closer to her than he had in a while. She was on her side with her hand near her face, her features soft and glowing, and her brunette locks flowed down her back and over her shoulder. He gently brushed then off her shoulder and to her back. Every time he looked at her he was amazed that he could love someone so much. He knew that he was out of her league, but somehow destiny had intervened and let him have this goddess. He thinks back to the first time he knew he had feelings stronger than friendship for her.

Brooke had come over for dinner again at the Scott household. Brooke and Peyton were in the kitchen baking with Karen. Lucas had just come down from his bedroom with his over promiscuous girlfriend. His mother would ban him from ever having a female over if she knew what he was doing in his room in the 10th grade. He couldn't help it though. He was after all a teenage boy with raging hormones and an equally willing girlfriend.

They walked into the kitchen to find Brooke and Peyton having a brownie batter fight. Rachel rolled her eyes and scoffed. For the first time ever Lucas took in Brooke's appearance. She has on a short jean skirt and a black halter-top. Her hair was flowing down with light curls in it and she had a smile plastered on her face, her dimples extra deep. They hadn't noticed Lucas or Rachel yet and Peyton tried to make a run for it. Brooke dug the serving spoon in the batter and turned around flinging it directly in her direction. However, Brooke didn't see Lucas in time to stop herself. The batter flew right at him, splattering on his shirt, face, and hair.

Normally Lucas would be pissed, but Brooke's smile was contagious. She immediately ran over to him and tried to clean it off of his face. She was so embarrassed and kept apologizing. He told her not to worry about it, but didn't stop her from running her fingers across his face, making an even bigger mess. What she did next was what really surprised him.

"At least it tastes good," she said as she gently touched his lips with her batter filled fingers.

He knew she was teasing him so he felt it was his right to tease her back. He opened his mouth and used his hand to hold hers so that he could lick the batter off one of her fingers. He locked eyes with her and saw her turn a bright shade of red. "Mmmm Good," he said as he let go of her hand.

Rachel scoffed and slammed out the door and Brooke walked back to the sink to clean up without looking at him. There was something in that moment that he knew he would be in love with her eventually. She threw him a washcloth and apologized again. Peyton had to open her mouth and say it was only fair that Brooke cleaned his face since she made the mess. She had known that Brooke had a crush on him, but he was blind to it. His sister excused herself from the kitchen to go help her mom with laundry after Brooke had walked to Lucas to help him.

She gently cleaned up his face and told him that he needed to clean his own hair. They both shared a laugh and when Brooke went to walk away Lucas grabbed her arm and stopped her. He knew he was toying with a dangerous line, but he really didn't care. She still wasn't facing him so he walked up behind her and wrapped her in his arms. He felt her tense up so he thought he'd lighten the mood. He leaned down a little and whispered, "You know it's not nice to throw food."

With that he proceeded to stick his hands in the batter and rub it in her face. She wiggled out of his grasp, screeching and tried to chase him but he beat her up the stairs. When he got up to his room and slammed the door he couldn't shake the feeling of how bad he wanted to kiss her. To be able to feel her lips on his and what she tasted like.

Lucas smiled at the memory. That was the first time he ever had real feelings for a girl. A week later he had broken up with Rachel and got the courage to kiss Brooke. From that moment on they were inseparable. For some reason this horrible feeling crept up on him and he feared it the moment he felt it. What would he ever do if something happened to her? She was it for him and without her he couldn't function correctly. She gave him the motivation and inspiration to go on. When he was having a bad day he would just have to walk in the door and see her and his son and he knew nothing could be better. He was about to wake her just so he could tell her that he loved her, but Alex woke up.

He went into his sons' room and picked him up from the crib. "What do you say we go wake mommy? She thinks I am hogging you and never let her feed you," Lucas said as he watched his son smile and kick his little legs. Lucas grabbed the bottle from the fridge and brought Alex back to his room. He gently sat on the bed and talked to his son before waking Brooke up. "Hey buddy, I just want to tell you that I love you and your mommy so much. I don't know what I would do without you guys," he said as he rubbed noses with his baby.

"We love you too Broody," Brooke said groggily and sat up. Lucas wrapped her in his free arm and kissed her lips.

"I love you so much Brooke."

"I love you too baby. Now give me my baby and stop being a hog," Brooke giggled as he kissed Lucas one more time and took Alex. He nestled into her arms and ate like a good baby. They were a perfect family. They may not have been rich but they had a beautiful, healthy, and happy family. They were to be envied by anyone looking at them. Brooke and Lucas were dotting parents and Alex was such a good baby. Even at a young age they were teaching him manners.

Lucas looked down adoringly at his family and noticed a tear slip from Brooke's eye. "What's wrong baby," he said as he pulled her a bit closer.

"I can't believe my baby is going to be one soon. He's growing so fast," Brooke said and wiped the tear.

"Oh Brooke," Lucas said as he laughed and kissed the top of her head. "Babies grow up hunny."

"Shut up Lucas Scott," Brooke laughed and playfully pushed his arm away. "I'm not an idiot, I know they grow up. It's just I can't believe how fast he has grown. When I first had him on my own here I used to cry and wish he was older so it wasn't so hard."

Lucas tensed when she spoke about how hard it was for her when he was gone. He knew it was hard for her and he carried that guilt with him every day. If he could go back in time, he never would have left them. If he was smart he would have stayed and Brooke Davis would be Brooke Scott. But it was too soon for that still. He knew she didn't trust him fully and he wouldn't ask her until he knew she fully trusted him again.

Brooke grabbed Peyton by the arm and dragged her into the 10th store that day to try on another "must have" dress. Brooke had gone through numerous dresses but each one had some kind of flaw. She just wanted to find something perfect. She hadn't gotten all dressed up in a long time and she wanted to look really pretty for Lucas. For one night she wanted to pretend they were a real high school couple with no problems.

"I swear Brooke, if you don't find something here than you are on your own," Peyton groaned. "I can't take any more of this."

"Always complaining Scott. It must run in the family," Brooke teased. "Besides I think I finally found it," she said as she grinned and grabbed the green dress from the rack and headed into the dressing room.

The dress was classy and beautiful. It was a silky material and went just below her knees. It was strapless and had a strap under her bustline. Brooke smiled at the dress. It was perfect; almost like the one that she wore when her and Peyton dressed up and Lucas first kissed her.

"Brooke go and show Lucas your dress," Peyton teased.

"Shut up Peyt. I don't even like him so why would I show him my dress you idiot," Brooke snapped.

"Oh Puhleaze B. Davis. You have been in love with my brother for years. Deny all you want but I see the way you look at him."

"I do not look at him any way. Lucas Scott is…" but she was cut off when a voice spoke from the door.

"What is Lucas Scott," he asked with a smirk on his face. "Damn Davis who knew you could be so pretty and girly," Lucas snickered when he saw her blush.

"Lucas Scott is an arrogant, self-centered.."

"Brooke," Peyton snapped. She had had enough of her brother and best friend snickering and skirting around the fact that they liked each other. "Just tell him you like him already." Peyton gave her brother the evil eye when he laughed out loud. "And you Lucas. I see the way you always look at her and I've heard you talking in your sleep," Peyton said and smirked when she saw her brother turn a deep shade of red and dart from the room.

Peyton went to shower and Brooke was embarrassed and wanted to tell Lucas that Peyton didn't know what she was talking about. She didn't want things to be awkward with him because she spent a lot of time there. She went and gently tapped on his door and let herself in when he told her to come in.

"I'm sorry Luke. Peyton was just trying to be funny. I don't want things to be weird." She noticed that he wouldn't look at her so she just gave up and started to walk for the door. She stopped when he called her name. When she went to turn around she was stunned at how close he was. She was even more stunned when she he didn't say anything, but planted a kiss on her. It wasn't a hard kiss but sweet. When he gently tried to pry her mouth open she allowed it. His hands held on to her hips and she put her hands around his neck. They kissed for a good two minutes before she pulled back from him.

"Luke, what was that?"

"I was embarrassed because I do like you Brooke. And by the way, green is definitely your color. You look really pretty," he said and smiled. He kissed her lips quickly again and then headed out.

She didn't think twice about the dress. This was the one she had to have. Peyton bought a matching white one and together they would be the knockouts of prom, Brooke had no doubt. She linked arms with Peyton and they headed back to casa-de-Davis/Scott to have dinner and catch up.

Brooke and Peyton arrived at the apartment and Lucas and Nathan were in painting the bedroom, so they didn't hear the girls come in. Brooke decided to be a little nosy and surprise them. She stopped in front of the closed door to listen to what they were saying, and shushed Peyton with a wave of her hand.

"What's the big deal Lucas, if you don't want to go just tell her," Nathan said as he rolled the green paint on the wall.

"I can't Nathan. She was so nervous to ask me and I couldn't disappoint her. I've put her through enough and she deserves to have a good night."

"You under-estimate Brooke. I'm sure she's not worried about the prom. As long as she has you and Alex that is all that matters. Why is it such a big deal to you anyways? Its just prom."

"Well you know how I agreed to tutor some of the high school students a while back," Lucas asked and watched his brother nod. "Well one of them came on to me. She tried to kiss me and then asked me to prom. When I declined and told her I was in love with Brooke she got all huffy. She said she'd make sure Brooke knew what kind of guy I was and I'd learn what it was like to be made a fool of. I quit tutoring after that and I don't want to run into her again. Brooke deserves a good night and I don't want Molly to ruin that for her. We have been through enough."

"So here is an idea. Tell Brooke the truth. You know if she finds out that someone else tried to kiss you and you didn't tell her that she would think you are lying to her. Is that really what you want after everything has been going so well," Nathan asked seriously.

"I swear I didn't kiss her back. I pushed her away. I am so in love with Brooke that it is insane. But I guess you're right. I need to tell her the truth," Lucas sighed. This really wasn't a conversation he wanted to have, but he knew it was inevitable.

Brook crept away from the door and walked to the front door and stood on the porch gathering her thoughts. Peyton followed and Brooke explained what she had just heard. Peyton was beyond angry and explained to Brooke that Molly had done the same thing to Jake. Brooke tried to push the thought to the back of her head as she opened the door and shut it loud enough for the boys to hear this time. They came out of the room and Lucas walked over to Brooke.

"Hey baby, you guys have fun," he asked as he bent down to kiss Brooke. She smiled and avoided his kiss as best she could. She trusted Lucas, but something about him not telling her bothered her. She sidestepped around him and linked arms with Peyton.

"You guys hungry? I was going to order a pizza," she said as they all happily said yes in unison. She saw the looks Lucas was giving her every time he tried to touch her and she moved away. She was glad that Karen had decided to take Alex for the night, but she wasn't looking forward to when her friends left and it would just be her and Lucas.

Lucas was glad when his brother and sister decided to leave. He loved when they visited, but right now he was more focused on what was going on with his girlfriend. They never shied away from even in front of others, so Lucas knew something was up. When they waved Nathan and Peyton goodbye Lucas shut the door and tried to talk to Brooke but she avoided him by saying she wanted to shower. He was going to give her the space, but he decided he wanted to know what was going on. Alex would be home in the morning and Lucas wanted to get to the bottom of this before than. He let Brooke have a few minutes alone and then snuck into the bathroom.

He quietly shut the door and stripped away his clothes and opened the curtain.

"What the hell Lucas," Brooke shrieked.

He smiled at her sudden shyness and pulled her to him, even though she tried to resist him. "Now are you ready to tell me what's wrong," he asked while he wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"Nothing," she said coldly.

He kissed her shoulder up to the side of her neck and nibbled on her ear. He whispered, "your lying to me," in her ear.

Her head snapped up at this and she pulled out of his grasp. She turned around and faced him with the hot water beating down her back. "That's where you're wrong Lucas. I don't lie, that's more your thing."

"What are you talking about Brooke?"

"One word Lucas…..Molly," she said and watched his face drop. She scoffed and went to get out of the shower, but he grabbed her arm to stop her.

"I swear Brooke, nothing happened. She kissed me and I pushed her away. I would never do that to you. Don't you know how much I love you," he asked pleadingly. His was mentally kicking himself for not telling her, but he didn't want to hurt her and he had NO feelings at all for the girl he had tutored.

"If it was nothing than why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I wanted to avoid fighting with you. It…she means nothing. I was going to talk to you about it tonight actually, but you kept avoiding me."

"Don't turn this around on me Luke."

"I'm not, I'm not baby. Please believe me. I wouldn't do anything to screw things up with you," he pleaded as he pulled her to him. He felt her shoulders drop in defeat and she put her arms loosely around his waist.

"No more secrets Luke," she mumbled into his chest.

"No more secrets baby," he said as he put his hand under her chin and captured her lips with his own. The kiss quickly turned from sweet to passionate. Lucas moaned into Brooke's mouth and pushed her against the wall. She ran her finger up and down his back and sucked hard on his neck, clearly leaving her mark.

He lifted Brooke off the ground and she instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist. Lucas ground his hips into her hard and she gasped out loud. "Please Luke," she begged.

He locked eyes with her and moaned. "I want you so bad baby,' he said as he quickly devoured her mouth.

She mumbled into his mouth, "I want you too." With that Lucas moved his hand south and positioned himself inside of her. Brooke pushed herself off of the wall and into Lucas harder. He grunted and held on to her hips firmly. With each thrust Brooke would dig her nails into Lucas's back and he would moan out in pleasure. His soft thrusts soon turned rough and fast and both were begging the other for a final release.

Lucas, mmmm, I'm so….uggghhh, close," Brooke panted out.

"Come for me baby…..mmmm…yeah. Tell me..mmm..you never want me to….mmm…stop. Tell me that…uhhh…you only want…mmm..me" Lucas panted and pushed harder into her.

"Don't stop baby. It's only you Lucas….mmmm…only ever you," Brooke panted.

Within moments Lucas pushed hard into her and her back arched and she threw her head back and let the water run all down the front of her, while panting Lucas's name over and over again. Lucas just stood with her in his arms for a few moments until they both regained their composure. When both of their breathing calmed Lucas leaned his forehead against Brooke's and kissed her lightly.

"That was so good baby. I love you," Lucas said.

Brooke smirked and kinked her eyebrow. "I'm always good Lucas. I love when you get all possessive baby." Brooke laughed and then mocked Lucas. "Tell me..mmm..you only want…mmm….me."

"Shut up," he teased back and gently pulled her hair. "You never complain when you're screaming my name baby," Lucas smirked.

Sorry for the delay. Last week was spent in the hospital with my friend and I've had to play catch up with work and school. So sorry that this took longer than expected. Hope you enjoy. Thank you for all of the reviews last chapter. You guys rock and review again, Please!