Author's note: This chapter is short, but really important to the story. I promise that you are in for a great treat with the next chapter.

Chapter 14- There Are Good Days…

Brooke was sitting at her desk one day anxious to go home. It was Wednesday, and she hated Wednesdays, they meant that it had been three days since she had seen Nathan and two more days since she would see him again. She knew that this long distance thing would be tough but these first couple of weeks hadn't been as bad as she thought they would. She had the hardest time in the middle of the week, when it felt like it would be forever until it was Friday again.

So far Brooke had gone to see Nathan both weekends that he had been gone. They had been doing stuff to make the house more Nathan, lots of painting and wall papering and stuff. They had also done lots of shopping, Nathan didn't have anything that he needed. He didn't have a single pot or pan or anything. She loved being there with him, helping him with all that stuff. It made her feel like she lived there. He made sure that she knew how much he valued her opinion about everything. Nathan was always telling Brooke that he wanted her to be comfortable there.

The best moment had been when, during the first weekend she went to visit him, Nathan had given her keys to his house. He said that he wanted her to be able to come there anytime and be able to get in, even if he wasn't home. Nathan never wanted Brooke to have to wait outside for him if he was running late. Brooke was thrilled, she had never been given a key to a boyfriend's place before. Brooke gave Nathan a key to her house as well. She felt the same way he did, she wanted him to always be able to get into her house.

Brooke let her thoughts go to the coming weekend. Nathan was coming to Tampa to see Brooke and she wanted to have a really special weekend. She was planning to cook for him Friday night and then she was hoping they could go see a movie. Brooke had always been a romantic and cuddling up to Nathan in a dark theatre seemed like the perfect way for them to spend their Friday night together. Saturday she was thinking they could go to Busch Gardens for the day, she knew that they would have tons of fun there. Then Sunday morning she planned on bringing Nathan breakfast in bed and then spending most of the day there, together, watching movies or whatever until he had to leave.

Alison walked into Brooke's office and interrupted her daydreams, "I have great news Brooke."

"Oh I am excited? What?"

"We have a fashion show we want you to attend, out of town."

Brooke was getting really excited, "Where?"

"Los Angeles. We will be putting you up in a fabulous hotel, flying you first class, and you will have a driver to take you anywhere you need to go. Speaking of which, we need to get you set up with one of the company cards. We can take care of the paperwork for that tomorrow. How does that sound?"

"Do you even have to ask? It sounds great! When do you need me to go?" Brooke could bearly contain her excitement.

"A week from Monday, you would be there for five days."

"Sounds great, I can't wait!"

"Now, it is quitting time, see you tomorrow, we can discuss it all then." Allison walked out of her office, Brooke couldn't wait to talk to Nathan that night and fill him in.

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"I had the best day ever at work today." Brooke was on the phone with Nathan. "I get to go away for a fashion show in LA and I get to be there for five whole days. They are putting me up in a fancy hotel and I fly first class and I have a driver. Doesn't that sound great?"

"It does. I am so excited for you. I am so happy you love your job."

"I do, it is great. I am already learning so much. I am thinking that within two to three years I will have the contacts I need to start designing my own stuff." Brooke got excited just thinking about when that day would come. "What about you? How was your day?"

"It was fine. Tiring. They are really kicking our butts to get us into shape. The guys still haven't really eased up on me." Nathan was one of only 3 white guys on the team. The team was really welcoming him with open arms. It reminded him of how he and the team treated Lucas when he joined the Ravens back in high school. It made him feel pretty bad.

"I wish I could be there to give you a massage or something." Brooke hated not being able to see him whenever she wanted.

"I wish you could be here too. But I will see you soon enough. Have you decided what you want to do this weekend?" Nathan was already counting the days until he would see her again.

"Yep, I have it all planned, but it will be a surprise. Just make sure that you have some sneaker with you. Oh, and a bathing suit. The rest you will just have to wait to find out."

"Okay, sounds good. I am going to get going now, I want to go and soak in the tub to relax my muscles, but I will talk to you tomorrow night right?"

"Of course." Brooke looked forward to their nightly conversations all day.

"Good. Oh yeah, one more thing Brooke, I love you. I know it is soon but I have known it for a couple of weeks now, but I didn't want to scare you and way it, I wanted to…."

"…..ssshhhh Nathan, I love you too."