Nathan brushed the hair out of Brooke's eyes, "I never thought I
would say this to you, especially since we haven't really gotten along in
the past."
"Nathan, say whatever you have to say babe." Brooke said.
Nathan sighed and kissed Brooke, "Well I love you."
"What?" Brooke asked in disbelief, she didn't expect anyone, especially Nathan Scott, to say this to her.
Nathan chuckled at how surprised Brooke was, "Maybe this is too soon, but screw it I don't care I can't help how I feel for you."
"How can you love me? I'm the school slut and I'm dumber than a freakin' brick, I'm nothing like Haley." Brooke said still in disbelief.
Nathan held Brooke close to him, "That's why I love you so much. When we went on our first date I didn't want a clone of Haley, I wanted you."
"I don't know what to say," Brooke said trying to catch her breath.
"Well, I love you too could be a start," Nathan said flashing one of his famous grins at Brooke.
Brooke bit her bottom lip, "I really like you Nathan, I really do but I'm afraid that I'm going to hurt you."
Nathan sat up, "What do you mean?"
"I always mess up with these relationship things, and I always up getting hurt and the other person always ends up getting hurt too," Brooke explained, "I mean look what happened between Lucas and I."
"We're not talking about you and Lucas, we're talking and me and you," Nathan said raising his voice.
"Please don't yell at me Nathan," Brooke said almost in a whisper. She was trying to hold back the tears that she had been holding back for a long time, "I don't want to hurt you." she repeated this time a little louder.
Nathan rolled his eyes, "I think you're just afraid of commitment that's why you can't say I love you back."
Brooke got up from the bed, "Oh right, I'm afraid of commitment? What about you Nathan? You cheated on Peyton I don't know how many times..."
"God how long ago was that Brooke?" Nathan said interrupting her, "Why can't you just admit to someone that you care about them?"
"I do care about you, I just don't want to say something and then regret it later." Brooke said throwing her hands up.
Nathan grabbed Brooke's hands and kissed them, "Brooke, I'm sorry I shouldn't have said I loved you if you're not comfortable with it."
Brooke looked down into his eyes and knew that she had made a mistake by not telling him that she loved him too, but Brooke Davis didn't love any guy and no guy loved her. All through High School she thought of Nathan Scott as a big player. When he started dating Peyton she knew how much shit he put her through and how dysfunctional the relationship was. When he started dating Haley, Brooke thought that he was just using her but then they became very serious and Brooke knew that the big player Nathan Scott had changed...for the better, but when the whole Haley drama happened Brooke didn't know what to think, true she had always had a little crush on Nathan, but nothing too serious. Her crush for him started to get more serious when him and Haley broke up and Nathan was available, Brooke never thought a relationship between the two would work, but it is working and Brooke couldn't be happier, but she just could get out the words 'I love you' to him because she was intimidated and afraid of hurting him and hurting herself.
Brooke kissed Nathan passionately, "Baby, I'm going to go home and think about this and can we talk tomorrow?"
"Sure, I'm sorry Brooke for putting you in this position," Nathan said giving Brooke a long hug.
"Don't apologize babe, you didn't do anything wrong," she then smiled at Nathan, gave him another kiss, and left, "Get some sleep."
Brooke got in her car and started driving towards home, she saw somebody hitchhiking and a car beside them obviously broken down, Brooke was feeling generous today so she pulled over. Lucas got into the car.
"Hey," he said to Brooke, "My car broke down after I took Peyton home."
"Do you want me to take you home?" Brooke offered.
"Thanks," Lucas said smiling, "Why are you being so nice to me?"
Brooke laughed, "Let's just say I made a complete ass of myself tonight and for some reason I'm feeling generous."
"What happened?" Lucas asked.
"Well here's the Reader's Digest version. Nathan told me he loved me, I freaked out and said I didn't want to hurt him. We got into a little fight and he said he cared about me and I stood there like an idiot and then I told him I would talk to him tomorrow." Brooke said, "I am so stupid," she said hitting her head with her hand.
Lucas chuckled, "Brooke, you're not stupid. You're just scared."
"I don't want him to hurt me like..." Brooke said, but stopped suddenly. She didn't want to get into the whole Lucas/Peyton/Brooke thing.
"Like I did," Lucas said finishing her sentence.
"Sorry," Brooke said, "Didn't mean to bring that thing up again."
"It's fine, I should be the one uncomfortable about it not you." Lucas said as Brooke pulled into his driveway.
"Thanks for the talk," Brooke said, "I guess I'll see you around."
Before Lucas got out of the car he gave Brooke a hug which took her by surprise, "Nathan loves you, don't worry about hurting him or him hurting you. You two were made for each other."
Brooke winked at Lucas, "You know kid you're not that bad."
Lucas laughed, "Neither are you."
R&R (for all you Lucas/Peyton fans DO NOT WORRY! Brooke and Lucas will not be hooking up anytime soon! –Sorry to all you Lucas/Brooke fans but I'm keeping this one Brooke/Nathan, Lucas/Peyton, and Jake/Haley.
"Nathan, say whatever you have to say babe." Brooke said.
Nathan sighed and kissed Brooke, "Well I love you."
"What?" Brooke asked in disbelief, she didn't expect anyone, especially Nathan Scott, to say this to her.
Nathan chuckled at how surprised Brooke was, "Maybe this is too soon, but screw it I don't care I can't help how I feel for you."
"How can you love me? I'm the school slut and I'm dumber than a freakin' brick, I'm nothing like Haley." Brooke said still in disbelief.
Nathan held Brooke close to him, "That's why I love you so much. When we went on our first date I didn't want a clone of Haley, I wanted you."
"I don't know what to say," Brooke said trying to catch her breath.
"Well, I love you too could be a start," Nathan said flashing one of his famous grins at Brooke.
Brooke bit her bottom lip, "I really like you Nathan, I really do but I'm afraid that I'm going to hurt you."
Nathan sat up, "What do you mean?"
"I always mess up with these relationship things, and I always up getting hurt and the other person always ends up getting hurt too," Brooke explained, "I mean look what happened between Lucas and I."
"We're not talking about you and Lucas, we're talking and me and you," Nathan said raising his voice.
"Please don't yell at me Nathan," Brooke said almost in a whisper. She was trying to hold back the tears that she had been holding back for a long time, "I don't want to hurt you." she repeated this time a little louder.
Nathan rolled his eyes, "I think you're just afraid of commitment that's why you can't say I love you back."
Brooke got up from the bed, "Oh right, I'm afraid of commitment? What about you Nathan? You cheated on Peyton I don't know how many times..."
"God how long ago was that Brooke?" Nathan said interrupting her, "Why can't you just admit to someone that you care about them?"
"I do care about you, I just don't want to say something and then regret it later." Brooke said throwing her hands up.
Nathan grabbed Brooke's hands and kissed them, "Brooke, I'm sorry I shouldn't have said I loved you if you're not comfortable with it."
Brooke looked down into his eyes and knew that she had made a mistake by not telling him that she loved him too, but Brooke Davis didn't love any guy and no guy loved her. All through High School she thought of Nathan Scott as a big player. When he started dating Peyton she knew how much shit he put her through and how dysfunctional the relationship was. When he started dating Haley, Brooke thought that he was just using her but then they became very serious and Brooke knew that the big player Nathan Scott had changed...for the better, but when the whole Haley drama happened Brooke didn't know what to think, true she had always had a little crush on Nathan, but nothing too serious. Her crush for him started to get more serious when him and Haley broke up and Nathan was available, Brooke never thought a relationship between the two would work, but it is working and Brooke couldn't be happier, but she just could get out the words 'I love you' to him because she was intimidated and afraid of hurting him and hurting herself.
Brooke kissed Nathan passionately, "Baby, I'm going to go home and think about this and can we talk tomorrow?"
"Sure, I'm sorry Brooke for putting you in this position," Nathan said giving Brooke a long hug.
"Don't apologize babe, you didn't do anything wrong," she then smiled at Nathan, gave him another kiss, and left, "Get some sleep."
Brooke got in her car and started driving towards home, she saw somebody hitchhiking and a car beside them obviously broken down, Brooke was feeling generous today so she pulled over. Lucas got into the car.
"Hey," he said to Brooke, "My car broke down after I took Peyton home."
"Do you want me to take you home?" Brooke offered.
"Thanks," Lucas said smiling, "Why are you being so nice to me?"
Brooke laughed, "Let's just say I made a complete ass of myself tonight and for some reason I'm feeling generous."
"What happened?" Lucas asked.
"Well here's the Reader's Digest version. Nathan told me he loved me, I freaked out and said I didn't want to hurt him. We got into a little fight and he said he cared about me and I stood there like an idiot and then I told him I would talk to him tomorrow." Brooke said, "I am so stupid," she said hitting her head with her hand.
Lucas chuckled, "Brooke, you're not stupid. You're just scared."
"I don't want him to hurt me like..." Brooke said, but stopped suddenly. She didn't want to get into the whole Lucas/Peyton/Brooke thing.
"Like I did," Lucas said finishing her sentence.
"Sorry," Brooke said, "Didn't mean to bring that thing up again."
"It's fine, I should be the one uncomfortable about it not you." Lucas said as Brooke pulled into his driveway.
"Thanks for the talk," Brooke said, "I guess I'll see you around."
Before Lucas got out of the car he gave Brooke a hug which took her by surprise, "Nathan loves you, don't worry about hurting him or him hurting you. You two were made for each other."
Brooke winked at Lucas, "You know kid you're not that bad."
Lucas laughed, "Neither are you."
R&R (for all you Lucas/Peyton fans DO NOT WORRY! Brooke and Lucas will not be hooking up anytime soon! –Sorry to all you Lucas/Brooke fans but I'm keeping this one Brooke/Nathan, Lucas/Peyton, and Jake/Haley.