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Chapter 3: Moving On

Brooke watched the sun sink into the water, flames spread across the horizon like the phoenix rising again. Wiping a tear from her cheek, she decided that she'd cried enough, time to plan the funeral.

Walking up the beach, she looked up and saw him standing there. "Nathan, what's up?" walking past him casually towards the beach house.

"Brooke, I need to talk to you," Nathan stopped her with his hand on her shoulder.

Turning in the cold wind, brushing a lock of hair out of her face. She looked at him, "What is it, I'm tired and I want to go to sleep and dream of something other than death and planning funerals."

"This." Nathan bent and kissed her softly on the lips.

Pushing him back, Brooke looked at him. "No, Nathan I just want to be friends, we can't do this."

Nathan stood there silently looking at her, "Okay, not now." Taking her hand, he walked back to the house with her.

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Brooke walked out of the beach house dressed in gray sweats, hair in a ponytail and with no makeup. Climbing into her silver VW, she drove to school.

Sitting in her usual spot in the back of her history class, she sat there and stared straight ahead at the blackboard.

Theresa and her posse sauntered up to Brooke's desk, "Davis what is wrong, pregnant?" snickering at her smart-assed remark. The girls looked expectantly at her.

Ignoring them, Brooke took out her book and started reading. Theresa sat in the chair in front of Brooke and pushed the book aside. "What's up, Mommy to be?" laughing at her own witty joke.

Brooke put the book down and stared at Theresa as coldly as she could. She kept staring till Theresa got up and walked away.

"Bitch," Brooke muttered under her breath.

"What's wrong sunshine," a sexy voice mocked her from behind.

"Shut up Scott," Brooke turned around in her seat and smiled like an idiot at Nathan. "Do I look like Theresa now, or Nathan you're so cute and so muscular," batting her eyelashes she giggled hysterically and looked pointedly at Theresa with a smirk on her face.

Theresa narrowed her eyes and gave her a death stare. Brooke tossed her hair and turned back to Nathan.

"That's more like it Davis, so what are you doing after school?" Nathan asked.

"Packing up my house, since I'm selling it, I'm moving out to the beach house," Brooke told him.

"Wow," Nathan looked shocked.

"I know, it's gonna be lonely, but it'll be a nice change to live in Gray Point, I'll still go to school here, but I am looking forward to some self time," Brooke looked into Nathan's eyes with a faraway look in her eyes.

"Well if you need company, call me," Nathan put his hand over hers.

"I know," Brooke smiled at him. Patting his hand, she turned to pay attention to the teacher as he started his lecture, missing the wistful look Nathan cast upon her.

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