Chapter 25- Decisions

"It was great to meet you Brooke, I look forward to hearing from you." Tonya said as she showed Brooke out of her house.

"Thank you, for everything, I will be in touch soon." Brooke headed towards her car.

As she drove away she thought of how well the meeting with Tonya had gone. Tonya had loved Brooke's designs and the two women had the same views as to how they would want the business to run. All the details though, the actual running of the business and running of the store, would be up to Tonya. Brooke's part of the deal would be designing the clothes and getting them made and out on the shelves. Brooke thought that it almost seemed too good to be true.

Tonya's mother had recently passed away and Tonya had used nearly all the money she got from her mom's passing towards the building of the store. Any left over money she wanted to put into materials to get the first clothing line done. Brooke wouldn't have to invest any of her own money into getting things off the ground. If Brooke decided to sign on as Tonya's partner she would be an equal partner from the minute the partnership papers were signed.

Brooke had her concerns though, but most of them weren't concerns about the business. Tonya knew what she was talking about, Brooke had all the faith in the world in Tonya handling the business end of things. What Brooke was concerned about was moving to Miami and living with Nathan. She didn't want anyone to see it as her giving up, as her not being able to make it on her own. She didn't want it to seem as though she was running to Nathan to give her a better life, then she would be no better than her mother.

Brooke's mother had met Brooke's father while he was in college. Her mother, Sara, had been a waitress at a diner that Brooke's father Neal frequented with his friends. When Sara heard that Neal was going to school to become an architect her eyes widened with visions of a life in the lap of luxury, the two had quickly started dating. Neal's senior year of college his parents had agreed to pay the rent on an apartment for him and Sara moved in with him. She hadn't had to pay anything towards the rent or expenses so she cut down her hours drastically at the diner. The only thing she needed to pay for was her car, above that, everything was taken care of for her. Neal and Sara had gotten married shortly after Neal graduated college. Neal had been offered a job with a firm in Tree Hill and they had moved there. When they moved Sara did not get another job, she hadn't worked a single day since the move. From that day forward Sara reaped the benefits of Neal being a successful architect. She lived in the lap of luxury and didn't lift a finger to contribute. Once they had Brooke it was obvious that she would never return to work.

Brooke didn't want to be her mother. She didn't want to marry for money, that was what her mother had done. Brooke saw her parents together, she knew that they didn't love one another. She knew that the only reason her mother was with her father was for his money. Brooke didn't want to do the same thing.

Then Brooke realized it, she realized that she is nothing like her mother. Brooke graduated college and got her own job and her own house. She had made it on her own for months now. She wouldn't be moving to Miami to live off of Nathan, she would be moving there to start on the path to her dream with Nathan. Nathan being there was just a bonus. Being able to live with him was just icing on the cake. After all, they couldn't carry on this long distance relationship forever. At some point one of them would have to move. Brooke knew that Nathan couldn't just go anywhere, he had a contract with the Heat and he had to honor that. Brooke felt better realizing that she wasn't going there just to be with him, she was going there for her career.

With that thought in mind Brooke headed towards Nathan's house. She wanted to make him dinner and let him know what she was thinking about with all of this.

Brooke pulled into the driveway and took in the beauty of the house in front of her. As she let herself in she looked around and realized something. This wasn't just Nathan's house, it was Brooke's too. So what if Nathan had bought it with his money? She was the one who had made it a home. She had been there from the beginning, helping pick out the furniture and any decorations. Maybe the two knew from the beginning that they would end up this way, together in this house.

She did love the house, it was perfect. There was so much room, so many things they could do with all the space. It had the most amazing view. But most importantly, Brooke was comfortable there. She had always felt as though, when she was at Nathan's, she was home. It felt as right being there as it did being in her house in Tampa.

Exhaling Brooke knew that it was going to be okay. She and Nathan would work it out. She decided to go and grab some groceries to start making Nathan and her a nice romantic dinner.

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"Hey babe, what's cooking? It smells great. I am starved." Nathan exclaimed the second he walked into the house.

"Just some lasagna and garlic bread, no big deal." Brooke turned around to see Nathan approaching her. She walked over and wrapper herself in his arms. "Ew, boyfriend, you are so sweaty!"

"Yeah, well I came right from practice, I knew you would be here and I couldn't wait to see you. I'll go and hop in the shower." Nathan started to walk away.

"Okay, dinner will be ready when you get out." Brooke turned her attention back to the food. She had made some of her famous homemade meatballs, they were one of her very few specialties. Brooke didn't cook often, but when she did she really went all out. Glancing down at the meatballs simmering in the sauce she knew that she had a few minutes to spare. Pouring some wine into their glasses, and lighting some candles on the table, she knew that everything would okay for a few minutes.

Nathan heard the bathroom door open as he was midway through is shower. He figured Brooke just needed to grab something so he thought nothing of it. "I'm absolutely starving here babe, I'll be out in a few so we can eat."

Brooke pushed aside the shower curtain and watched at Nathan's eyes bulged out of his head when he saw her standing there in front of him naked. "If it is okay with you I was thinking we could start off with dessert tonight."

Nathan glanced down at his growing erection and knew that that spoke for him. Brooke climbed in and Nathan immediately threw her up against the wall and began kissing her. Brooke's hands ran frantically through Nathan's hair, she scratched her fingernails over his back. They both knew that this wasn't the time to take it slow, they both knew what they wanted and they weren't about to wait for it. Nathan knelt down in front of Brooke and lowered his mouth to her center. Her warmth aroused him even more, while the feel of his tongue made Brooke moan out loud in pleasure.

"Nathan, I'm sorry baby, I can't wait. I need you now."

That was all the confirmation Nathan needed. He lifted Brooke gently off the ground and she wrapped her legs around him hard. Once she felt secure between him and the wall she lowered herself on to him. As he filled her she could do nothing besides scream with pleasure. He felt absolutely amazing inside of her. Nathan cupped Brooke's ass in her hand as he began pushing himself inside of her deeper and deeper. He could not believe how good she felt, he wasn't sure he would be able to hold out very long. Looking into her eyes he knew that that wouldn't be a problem, Brooke was almost there.

"I'm holding out for you baby." Nathan whispered into his air as Brooke's breathes deepened. She began to grind her hips against Nathan harder and harder. In only a matter of seconds she could feel it building inside of her.

"Oh my god!" Brooke exclaimed as her and Nathan found their climaxes together.

Pulling herself even closer to him and wrapping her arms around his neck she melted against him as their breathing slowed. "I swear Nathan, if I knew you were this good I would have seduced you a long time ago." Brooke winked at Nathan.

"Really? Too bad then isn't it?"

"I'll go and make sure everything is done." Brooke said as she stepped from the shower, grabbing her robe she wrapped it tightly around herself.

"Okay I'll be there in a few minutes."

As promised, minutes later Nathan emerged from the bathroom. Walking into the kitchen his mouth watered as he eyed his heaping plate of food. Brooke was already sitting waiting for him. She was sipping her wine and just by the look on her face Nathan knew that she had something she wanted to tell him.

"So, I met with Tonya today." Brooke started slowly.

"Yeah, and?" Nathan prodded.

"The long and short of it, I am going to take her up on it, I am going to be her partner. I am going to move here, to Miami, and live with you."

Nathan was so thrilled at the news he jumped off his chair and ran over, scooping Brooke up right off her chair and into his arms. "That is great news Brooke."

"I know. I am so excited."

Nathan lowered Brooke back into her chair and returned to his. They sat there together, over their candlelit dinner, all smiles, while Brooke filled Nathan in on the events of the day and how she came to her decision. The details weren't what was important though, to Brooke what was most important was the look on Nathan's face when she told him. Right then she knew that she had made the right decision, for both of them.