A/N: sorry I know I said that I would update sooner but school work and writer's block have prevented that from happening. No worries however because school has slowed down for awhile and I have tons of great ideas swimming around in my head.

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

Chapter 3: Secrets Revealed

Lucas had been home from the hospital for two days now and he was getting antsy. He didn't want to sit at home anymore. He finally had enough and decided to sneak out.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Karen asked Lucas' back as he made his way out the door.

"I need to get out of here." He whined.

"Luke, you need your rest, you cant go running around town." She answered.

"I wasn't going to go run around town." He mocked.

"I was just going to go see Brooke for awhile." He added.

"Okay, you have one hour then I want your butt back in this bed so you can rest." Karen ordered.

"Yes! Thanks mom you are the best." He said as he kissed her cheek and rushed out the door before she had a chance to change her mind.

The walk to Brooke's house seemed shorter than normal. He assumed it was because he was dreading her reaction to what he was going to tell her.

She needs to know he told himself

It's not right to keep this from her and its better if she finds out from me.

As he approached the door he began to have second thoughts. He turned around and was about to leave when he heard the door open and a familiar voice.

"Hey Broody, where you going?"

"I wasn't going anywhere, I just haven't really been allowed out of the house so I was enjoying the fresh air." He covered. Lucas didn't need Brooke to get suspicious about the reason for his visit. Brooke ushered him inside and he followed her silently through the house and into her bedroom. The whole trip he tried to play out the impending conversation in his head. He wasn't sure how Brooke was going to react but he was sure it wasn't going to be pleasant.

"Hey Luke where'd you go just now, I've been calling your name for like five minutes." She scolded playfully.

"Sorry, I was just thinking." He replied.

"Good or bad?" she queried

" Not sure yet. Maybe you should sit down. I need to talk to you about something." He responded. Lucas wasn't sure what Brooke would do with the information but he knew it was time to tell her the truth.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know how to tell you this, but I know that I need to. Its not fair to either of us to keep this a secret."

"What's up Luke?" Brooke was getting worried. Lucas was always a serious guy but today he was acting a bit more serious than normal.

"Remember when Peyton's dad was missing and we thought he might be dead so Peyton and I went to identify a body?"

"Yeah."

"The bride was out until morning so we couldn't get into town. We had to stay at a motel for the night. She was really upset about her dad and everything and I was trying to comfort her and things escalated."

"What do you mean escalated?"

"We kissed." He finally got it off his chest and it wasn't making him feel any better.

Brooke opened her mouth to respond but she couldn't get the word out. She tried to blink back the tears that were about to escape but it was no use.

"It meant nothing. We got caught up in the moment. There were all these emotions. We stopped before it could go to far." He added hoping it would make her feel even a little bit better.

"Is that supposed to make it better? Sorry I kissed your best friend, but hey at least we didn't have sex?" She was yelling now.

"Brooke that's not what I meant. I thought I wanted Peyton then but it made me realize that I don't. Not anymore." He tried to reason with her.

"You know what Luke, I don't want to hear it. You kiss my best friend and expect me to forgive you because it didn't mean anything. The fact is it still happened and that's not something I can just forgive. I think it would be best if you just left." Brooke responded trying to keep her cool.

"Brooke please listen, I just…"

Before he could continue Brooke cut him off

"Get out now Lucas!" She yelled this time and held the door open for him.

Lucas walked for the door and stopped just before walking through and looked back at Brooke

"I'm sorry." He said as he walked away.

"So am i." She replied to his retreating form before slamming the door closed and falling onto her bed and crying herself to sleep.

A/N 2" I know this chapter is short but I ad to end it here so that the next chapter would work. The next chapter will be up either tomorrow or Wednesday and will most definitely be longer. I can give you a small spoiler for the next chapter. There will be a confrontation between Peyton and Brooke. I haven't decided which chapter I will have Lucas and Brooke make up in so if you guys have an opinion I'd be glad to hear it. But it probably won't be the next chapter unless that's what everyone wants.