Author's note: Thanks again to everyone for reading. I just wanted to let you know that I have started another story, a Brooke and Lucas this time. Check it out, it is called When the Heart Won't Let Go. The intro of it describes it all.

Chapter 13- House Hunting

"Brooke, we have to go like five minutes ago." Nathan was starting to get impatient, he didn't want to be late meeting his real estate agent.

"I am coming, hold your horses." Brooke came out of the bathroom in a pair of pair of pinstripe capri pants and a white wife beater.

Nathan took in her outfit and noticed her shoes. "Brooke, we are going to be doing a lot of walking, are you sure that those shoes won't hurt your feet?"

"Nope, I am a pro at stilettos, plus, these heels are nothing compared to what I normally wear." Brooke always believed that sometimes you had to deal with a little pain to look good. "I am starving, do we have time to stop for breakfast?"

"Nope, but don't worry, I ran downstairs and grabbed us some muffins and coffee, we can eat them in the car on the way."

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Later that day they were driving towards what seemed like the hundredth house that day. "I think that you will really fall in love with this one Mr. Scott. It is on the higher end of your price range and absolutely gorgeous. The best part, the owners have already moved out so assuming there are no problems with your paperwork you could close on it as early as next week."

"Wow." Brooke exclaimed as they pulled up to a two story white house. It had the thatched roof that all of the houses in Florida had. It had a long driveway and huge, screened in wrap around porch. "This place is gorgeous."

"Lets go take a look inside." The real estate agent got out of the car, "If you are impressed by this just wait a few minutes."

They walked in to a huge entryway, there was a winding staircase leading to the second floor. There was the most gorgeous chandelier in the middle of the ceiling. "If you will follow me I will give you the tour. Here we have the kitchen, it is slightly small but it attaches to this enormous dining room. If we go through the dining room here we have the living room, and if you follow me through the entryway we will come to the family room."

Nathan eyes looked like they would pop out of their head as he walked into the family room. It had french doors leading to back deck. Right off the deck there was a pond and if you looked past the pond there was a view of the city that went for miles. He could already imagine Brook and himself grilling out on the deck together.

"Now, we can go and take a look at the upstairs. There are two bedrooms and a den, the master bedroom connects to its own bathroom. There is another full bathroom up here as well."

"All this space is great. I don't know if I would know of anything to use it for though." Nathan didn't want to have more than he needed, even if it was perfect.

"I am sure that we can come up with a use for all the rooms." Brooke reassured him, she hated to see him turn down a gorgeous house like this. They walked into the master bedroom and then into the bathroom, there was a Jacuzzi bathtub and a separate shower. The ceiling over the tub was all glass, Brooke knew that it would afford a beautiful view of the starry sky at night.

After looking through the rest of the upstairs they headed down into the basement. "Now this basement is fully furnished. Down here you have one large room and then a second smaller one which has the washer and dryer hook up."

Nathan looked at the huge space, "Wow, this would make a great workout room."

"Yes it certainly would." They headed back upstairs. "So what do you think of it."

"Well, it is a little more space than I imagined having, but it is too nice to pass up, start on the paperwork, I will take it."

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Dinner that evening was full of Brooke and Nathan shooting back ideas about what he could do with the house. "You could always turn the second bedroom into a guest room. The den will be a nice spot for your computer and stuff."

"I don't really use a computer all that much."

"Yeah well you had better get used to it, I expect a lot of e-mails from you while I am slaving away at my desk." Brooke knew that he would be just fine in that house. He just had to adjust to the idea of all that space.

"It is great that I will be able to close on the house before I move here, I didn't want to have to live in a hotel, even if it was only for a week."

"Do you have furniture and stuff?" Brooke wondered.

"No, but I was hoping that we could go and look at some stuff tomorrow. I don't have much to move on my own, just clothes and my tv and some other stuff. I figure I might as well just buy all of the furniture new and have it delivered right to the house. They they will put it all together for me and put it right where I want it. It just seems like that would make the move ten times easier."

"Definitely. Your house is going to be gorgeous, it puts my little house to shame, with all of my second hand furniture and stuff." Brook pouted for a minute.

"I like your house. It is nice and homey. It is perfect for you. Not only that, but it is all yours. I know how important that is to you. After all, you are just starting out. For all you know you could have a house like mine in a few years." Nathan didn't want Brooke to ever feel bad about the things she had attained all by herself.

"Yeah, I know you are right. Wow, I already can't wait to visit just so I can sit out on your back deck."

"Yeah, it will be great for grilling. I will have to get a nice patio set. So tomorrow, we will go and pick out all the furniture?" Nathan knew that his taste wasn't all that great when it came to home furnishings, he really valued Brooke's opinion.

"Yep, it sounds like it will be a lot of fun."