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Chapter 4- Answers in Unexpected Places

Brooke was mortified at the way she had acted as she walked away from Lucas'. She hadn't meant to walk in there screaming like a mad woman. Sure, she was upset and everything, but that total freak out was not what she planned on. But, as she stood there knocking on his door, her anger was fueled on. When he finally answered his door, looking all hot in only his boxers, yelling at him was all she could do to keep from jumping on him and screwing his brains out.

Admittedly though, as uncalled for as her yelling might have been, she did feel a little better. She had gotten out everything she wanted to say, and gotten answers to everything she wanted to know. She knew she shouldn't be that embarrassed, after all, Lucas had seen her freak out before and he did still love her.

Getting into her car Brook realized she had no idea where to go. She couldn't go home, her parents were fighting non stop these days. Considering Peyton's house she remembered that she needed to give her best friend plenty of alone time with Jake. She knew that Haley's was out of the question to, the girl usually went to bed around 10 every night, so after being up all night she knew that she had gone home and crashed. Plus, she needed some time to talk to Nathan about what had happened between her and Chris. Then it hit her, she knew where she could go.

Pulling up to the river court she thought of all the memories she had here. She had first found out about this place when she used to come and watch Lucas play. She loved the river court for those memories, but also because of its beauty. It looked over the river, and across the river you could see Tree Hill's Main Street. Brooke loved to go there and think. Looking out at the town made Brooke feel so small, it helped her realize how insignificant her problems really were.

As Brooke got out of her car and walked towards the court she noticed a tall dark figure also walking that same way. "Nathan, is that you?"

"Brooke? What are you doing here?" Nathan was surprised to see Brooke here, he had only ever seen her at the river court back when he and Lucas dated, she would come and watch him play.

"I come here sometimes when I need to think. What about you? You don't have a basketball so I know it isn't to play."

"Yeah, I came here to think too." Nathan's mind was reeling, the river court always helped him relax and gather his thoughts.

"Well, I know that I may talk a lot, but I am also a really good listener. So spill, what's going on?"

Nathan looked at Brooke, she had a look on her face that told Nathan she really cared what was going on. He had known Brooke for years, the two had never been that close. However, they had grown closer since Nathan and Haley had gotten married. It was that, combined with the fact that Lucas had pointed out how Brooke could be a great friend and amazing listener, that made him open up. "Well, you probably already know, but Haley kissed Chris. Not once, but twice. I cannot even believe it. I thought that she loved me."

"Nate, she does love you. She may have kissed Chris but she came home to you, remember that Nate. That is the part that really matters, at the end of the day she came home to you." Brooke could see that he was in pain, she knew that Nathan knew Haley loved her, he just needed to hear someone else say it.

"I know she loves me, but that doesn't make this hurt any less."

"At least she told you. She could have just hid it. That had to have been really hard for her." Brooke knew how much courage it took Haley to come clean.

"It was really hard for her. She talked around it for a while before she finally spit it out. How do I look past this Brooke?"

"Well, the only time I have really been hurt by someone I loved was when Lucas cheated on me, but that was nothing like this. I think all you can do is forgive her, that way she knows that when she does something or something happens that she doesn't want to tell you about she knows that she can. This is small Nathan, you guys can work through it. I am sure of that." Brooke hated to see Nathan upset by something like this.

"You're right. This is small. And, Chris is gone. He left for New York last night," Nathan laughed a little, "You probably knew that too though huh?"

"There aren't many secrets between us." Brooke reached out and patted Nathan's knee, "I think things are going to be okay."

"I know. So what about you? What is going on in the mind of Brooke Davis?"

"Lucas. He came to my room last night telling me that he loved me, but, well, you probably already knew that." Brooke laughed to herself.

"Wow. I didn't know that he had come to your room and all, but I do know that he loves you. That was obvious. It has been obvious for a while now. I am pretty sure that you know that he loves you as much as I do, so what is the problem?" Nathan knew it went way deeper.

"It is that I don't know if I can trust him, he hurt me so bad before. I don't know if I want to put it all on the line again."

"One thing I have learned from being with Haley is that the rewards of love weigh out the risks of putting yourself out there. It outweighs the risks. Obviously I am biased, since he is my brother, but I think that you should give him another chance, you owe it to yourself." Nathan started to stand up, "I should head out. I have a wife to go and make up with. Thanks Brooke, I really needed someone to listen."

"Anytime Nathan. Same to you." Brooke smiled at Nathan.

"So are you going to head over and make up with Lucas?" Nathan turned around and asked.

"Nope, not right now. I think I have a little more thinking to do, but go, make up to your wife. Just promise me one thing?"

"Sure, what?"

"Promise me that you will have really hot make up sex." Brooke's trademark smirk crossed her face, she winked at Nathan.

"I will try my best." With that, Nathan walked away. Brooke pulled her knees up to her chest and stared out at the world in front of her and lost herself in her thoughts.