Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to OTH, or the song Picture by Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock.
Backround Information: Nathan/Haley never got married, they broke up junior year and then Brooke and Nathan got together in the summer before senior year. At the end of their senior year Nathan found out Brooke was pregnant with his child, he left her. Now 2 years later they find themselves in two different states of mind remembering each other when they find a picture from the past.
I thought about you for a long time.
Can't seem to get you off my mind.
Brooke sat in her living room watching Natalie playing with her blocks, once she built something she'd knock it down and then smile at Brooke. She could watch her daughter play for hours, she just looked so happy so peaceful, that's something she hasn't felt for a long time. Her thoughts kept drifting back to Nathan, he looked just as he did before he left only a little older. When she saw him she thought he was just some fantasy that she concocted in her mind to make herself feel better, but when he turned out to be real, everything changed. Her life went on hold, the strange thing was…she was happy when she saw him, she wanted to kiss him so bad...but she couldn't let him just get away with leaving her for two years while carrying his baby.
I can't understand why we're living life this way.
I found your picture today.
Nathan talked to his mother, she hugged him for what seemed like years, she kissed his cheek about eleven times before he could get a word in. He asked Deb where Brooke was living, she told him where she used to, Nathan kissed his mother on her cheek and left. Nathan got into his car and sat there for a minute, he looked over at box sitting in the passenger seat, he opened the box and took out the picture that he hid in the closet, the one he couldn't look at but now he some how could. She looked exactly the same, the same face but was a bit more sad than he remembered, the same small body that fit into his arms perfectly, the same beautiful smile that he hadn't even seen yet but still knew it was there, things like that don't go away. He drove to Brooke's house, when he got there he just sat for a few minutes, remembering things about this house that he never thought he would think of again.
I swear I'll change my ways.
I just called to say I want you to come back home.
Brooke put Natalie in her playpen while she went to grab the phone that was ringing. "Hello?" She said in an exasperated voice, her heavily breathing didn't stop when she heard who was on the other line.
"Brooke I'm sorry." Nathan apologized. "I'm sorry for leaving you. I'm sorry for not being there to see Natalie's first step, for not seeing her say her first word. I'm sorry for being such an asshole to you, I'm sorry about they way we left things and most of all I'm sorry for putting you through so much pain." He took a long breath after apologizing non-stop to the woman he loved and never stopped loving.
Brooke swallowed the huge lump in her throat as Nathan's voice continued on and on apologizing for everything did wrong. "Wow that's a lot of apologies." She let out a slight laugh, it was the first slight laugh in a while, she never thought Nathan would make her feel this way.
"Will you forgive me?" He pleaded, loved her so much but he knew she wouldn't just forgive and forget. She was strong and wanted him to realize what he did, didn't just hurt her but his daughter too.
"I don't know—"Brooke sobbed into the phone. "I'm so confused Nathan, I don't know whether to hate you or love you!" She yelled, just as she passed the front door but it swung open.
I found your picture today.
I swear I'll change my ways.
"Look at this picture Brooke." Nathan walked into her house showing her the picture she found the night before. They both hung up their phones. "Tell me you wouldn't give anything to be this happy again." He pointed to their smiling faces, they were happy then.
"I wanna be that happy Nathan but it's never gonna be the same." Her tears came down in waterfalls they were constantly flowing. Nathan cupped her face with both of his hands wiping her tears away with both of his thumbs, she looked up into his eyes, they were pleading her to forgive him.
"Brooke I love you and I love Natalie." He told her but Brooke interrupted.
"You don't even know Natalie." She sniffed, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear nervous at what he was gonna say next.
"If she's anything like you then there's no doubt in my mind that I'll love her." As he said that a smile crept onto Brooke's lips, he smiled too, she directed her gaze at floor beneath her feet.
I just called to say I want you to come back home.
I just called to say, I love you come back home.
Nathan lifted Brooke's chin so that her eyes were looking into his, his hands holding each side of her face as his lips inched closer and closer until they finally met in a breath taking kiss. All the minutes, hours, days, months and years they were apart were put into that kiss, every emotion they were feeling was expressed in that one perfect moment in time. When that moment was over and Nathan was staring at Brooke waiting for her answer, Brooke couldn't speak, she was speechless, he had taken her breath away. No kiss had ever compared to that one, and she had kissed a lot of guys in her time, before Nathan of course. When she went from bar to bar no one had taken her breath away, nor did she ever think she'd have her breath taken away...let alone by Nathan Scott, the son of Satan, Dan Scott.
"Say something." He urged her, but she couldn't she mouthed the words but they didn't come out. She cleared her throat and bit her lip.
"I love you too." She saw a smile spread across his hansom face, she smiled too, dimples and all.
"I love those dimples." She blushed at his comment.
"I've always kinda hated them." He laughed and wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her closer to his body, this time she initiated the kiss. Her hand entangled in his brown hair that was identical to her baby girls. Just as that thought came to mind che pushed away. "I better check on Natalie." Nathan raised an eyebrow. "We…we better check on Natalie." She pulled him upstairs to her daughters bedroom, they stood there watching their daughter sleep peacefully occasionally rolling around and messing up her blankets, Brooke being a worried mother quickly fixed them so her daughter wouldn't get cold. Nathan stood behind Brooke his arms wrapped around her waist, and chin on her shoulder.
"I love you Brooke." He kissed her neck making her smile in pleasure.
"I love you too." Bringing her hands down to her waist where his were placed firmly. Hers slipped between his as they stood silently watching Natalie sleep. They were officially a family again, nothing could come in their way. Brooke finally got her happy ending.
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