In This Chapter: Closure between Brucas, things get hot and heavy for Leyton, and someone from Brooke's past shows up unexpected…

Chapter 14 : Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters, and The Story of A Lonely Girl

Brooke and Rachel Room

Brooke sat on her bed, looking at pictures of her and Lucas. How could they be together and not tell her? It had been a couple weeks and neither Peyton nor Lucas had told her anything about them dating. Of course she hadn't mentioned anything about her walking in on them kissing. She was just so hurt; she thought that maybe Lucas and she still had a chance.

She looked down at the picture. It was of the three of them last year at a party; when she and Lucas started dating, before the drama, before everything had happened. Lucas had his arm around both her and Peyton. She wiped away a tear before ripping the picture to pieces. Brooke then moved to those letters; all those letters that Lucas had given her. She had read them all, even the one that make her "Brooke" herself and Rachel to walk in that weekend in the country. She loved that weekend. It was perfect; she and Lucas really connect that weekend. But soon after that they had somehow lost that connection. She put the letters back into the box she kept them in and hid them under her bed.

Brooke decided to go for a walk to clear her head. She didn't know where she was going, she was just walking. Somehow she ended up at Peyton's. She walked up and entered the house. She walked up to the bedroom that she and Peyton had once shared. She cried as she sat in the bed. The room was completely white. All that Peyton and Brooke had once shared in the room was painted over. She looked over to the closet where she laid out who was available in the beginning in the year, how Lucas was on her side of the door. Not anymore. Brooke wiped the tear that had slowly trickled down her cheek. Brooke sat up and walked out of the house. She needed to talk t Lucas and soon. Even though she and Lucas could never be together, but she needed to tell him how she felt. Maybe he will tell me about him and Peyton. Brooke found herself outside of Lucas' door. She walked up and knocked on the door.

"Hey Peyton, what took you," Lucas opened the door, "Oh hey Brooke, what brings you over here?"

"We need to talk. Can I come in?" Brooke asked pushing the door opened.

"Okay? What did you wanna talk about?"

"Us," Brooke said sitting on his bed.

"Uh Brooke, I kinda wanted to talk to you about that."

"I love you." "I'm dating Peyton." They both say at the same time.

"I know," Brooke says calmly. "I walked in on you and Peyton kissing in the hospital." Lucas looks down.

"I'm sorry Brooke. When you and I broke up, I was devastated. The only person that made me feel happy again was Peyton, and things just evolved from there. Look we didn't start dating until after the whole Derek thing. When that happened and I thought I lost Peyton, I realized something that I had been trying to hide from everyone even myself, but right then and there, I didn't care. Look Brooke I love you and I probably always will, but I love Peyton more. I have loved her since I first saw her and no amount of bottling could hide those feeling." A tear slid down Brooke's face.

"Wow, I don't know what to say to that. Here I come to tell you that I love you and you tell me you love Peyton. How screwed up are we?" Lucas leaned over and wrapped an arm around her.

"I'm sure there are plenty of guys who would love to be the guy for you. I thought I was but I guess I wasn't. Brooke, I don't wanna fight with you about this anymore. I just want us to be friends, all of us, me you and Peyton."

Brooke looked over at him, "We are, when I went to go talk to see Peyton I apologized for acting this way and told her I missed her. I just haven't talked to her because of the kiss I saw you share. Look I am not mad that you and Peyton are dating. I kinda new it was going to happen, I mean Haley is taken so who else would you date after me and you ended?" She smiled as she looked at Lucas who was smiling back. "I'm glad that you are happy Luke, I'm just sad that you're not happy with me." Brooke smiled again at Lucas and squeezed his knee. "Take care of her Luke, she needs you." Brooke stood up and walked over to the door, opened it and stepped outside leaving Lucas' head spinning.

Peyton walked into Lucas' room with a bag of food and sat down on the bed. "What's up Broody Guy?"

"Brooke came over; she told me she loved me." Peyton looked over at Lucas.

"What did you tell her?"

Lucas thought about it before answering, he decided to tell Peyton the truth. He had learned with Brooke that not telling the whole truth had its consequences. "Well I told her I loved her…"

Peyton looked down, "Look Luke if you don't wanna do this, just say so…"

"But I told her I loved you more. I wanna be with you Peyton. And nothing in the world is going to change that." Peyton smiled and leaned over to kiss Lucas. Lucas pressed his lips hard onto Peyton and the kiss deepened. There lips moved in one and Peyton opened her mouth and there tongue collided. Peyton dropped the bag onto the floor spilling the contents out as Lucas pressed her against the bed. Lucas reached under Peyton's shirt and undid her bra. They broke there kiss and Peyton pulled off Lucas' shirt. He came back down and she kiss behind his earlobe and the side of his neck. There lips met again and Lucas kissed behind Peyton's earlobes and moved down to her stomach where he kissed around her belly button before Peyton took off her shirt. They looked at each other breathing heavy before. They kissed again, falling back onto the bed…

Brooke walked back to Rachel's house trying to hold back the tears. What Lucas has told her hurt, but it was the truth. She needed to here the truth. She thought back to all the time they had spent and she couldn't hold back the tears that she knew were coming. She decided to call Haley to tell her that she finally told Lucas the truth, and the news that I'm sure neither her nor Nathan knew.

"Hello?" A cheery yet tired sounded Haley answered.

"Can I come over?" Brooke asked trying not to cry but it was not working.

"Sure, are you okay?"

"Yeah," Brooke whimpered, "I talked to Lucas. I'll be over in a couple seconds. Brooke hung up the phone and walked toward the apartment.

Naley's Apartment

Haley opened to see a crying Brooke staying on her stoop, "Come in Brooke, what happened." Haley walked Brooke over to the couch.

"He told me he loved me." Brooke whimpered.

"Well that's a good thing right?"

"But he said he loved Peyton more." Brooke wiped her eyes with the tissue Haley handed her. Haley was confused. He knew that he liked Peyton before but didn't know that he still loved her.

"He said they were dating." Brooke said after she stopped crying. Haley and Brooke talked for a while about Lucas and Peyton and how Haley couldn't believe he hadn't told her about him and Peyton.

"Well in his defense, you have been spending a lot of time with your husband."

"Yeah that is true. I need to go and talk to him."

"Well hey, I'm going to go. Call me when you talk to Luke." Brooke stood up and walked over to the door.

"You sure," Brooke nodded, "okay, don't be a stranger. Brooke waked over and opened the door to see a handsome, tanned guy standing there ready to knock on the door.

"Brooke!" The handsome stranger said.

"Landen." Brooke said in total shock…