Were you wondering how Lucas and Brooke got back together? This is the 'prequel' of Brucas in this NALEY ficTHIS IS NOT A NEW CHAPTER! One is coming soon, thoughThis mini-story is also a fic called Not lonely for long

Brooke sat in her cab, tears running down her face. He loved her? He LOVED her! She had obviously been way off target with the Peyton box. Oh god. She had just made a huge mistake. Crap. Crap.

"Crap."

"Excuse me, miss?" The driver called back to her.

"WAIT!" She sputtered.

The driver turned back to her in alarm.

"Turn back!" She cried exasperatly.

"What?"

"TURN BACK! Hurry up, too, I'm not paying you an extra 10spot to ponder my directions!"

The driver looked at her like she was insane. Brooke figured she probably was, and settled into her seat. She had 150 some-odd miles to figure out, what, exactly, she was going to do.

Lucas could not think straight. The second time he had blurted out his feelings to someone, and once again it blew up in his face. He laced up his basket ball shoes, and sighed. This summer was going to be a pretty lonely one. Brooke in California, Nathan going to High Flyers, and Haley chasing her dream. He only had Peyton, but she was a miserable wreck because of her creepy stalker mom. Lucas grabbed his basketball, and looked around his lonely house. His mother was gone, to New Zealand. He didn't have anyone to care for, and that hit him smack in the face.

Lucas walked to the door, and opened it. His mouth fell open in shock. Brooke stood there before him, her tear-stained face glistening in the light of his porch.

Brooke climbed out of the cab and walked to Lucas's front door. She burst into tears and started pacing back and forth, rehearsing what she would say to him. She heard the door open behind her. She whirled around. There he was.

They stared at each other for a beat. Brooke felt a new flood of tears coming on. She put her face in her hands and cried. Lucas walked to her and put his arms around her, holding her, as he wished he could for so many weeks before.

"Luke?" Brooke whispered.

"Yeah?"

"I love you, too."

Lucas smiled, and pulled her closer to him, as she continued to cry on his shoulder.

The reunion was interrupted by Lucas's cell phone ringing.

"Uh…Hello?"

"Peyton?"

Brooke turned away, biting her lip.

Lucas reached out and held her arm, while listening to Peyton with a concerned look on his face.

"She's back? And he… oh,God… Which hospital? Okay…thanks, Peyton." He turned to Brooke.

"C'mon…we have to go."

"Where are we going?"

"To the hospital…for Dan…and Haley."