Never Gone
She sat outside his apartment in her new Mazda Miata that her parents had given her as a birthday present. She had tears slowly rolling down the side of her face, her mascara was running and the worst thing about it, she didn't care. She had bigger things to worry about now.
Brooke had never experienced so much pain in one day, she never figured this would happen to her. Maybe to one of her friends but not her. Hell, she never even thought anyone would find out about Nathan. But now that they had she couldn't stay here, it wouldn't be long until Lucas found out.
It hurt worse though that when people found out Nathan had told her that it couldn't last with them, he loved Haley and hadn't ever meant to hurt her and that it was a mistake he hadn't meant to make. She was a mistake to him.
She loved him so much though, more then she loved Lucas.
"What did I do?" She cried softly to herself as tears kept flowing freely from her eyes.
A song came on the radio that caught her attention and her eyes darted to the ring she had thrown across her car onto the passengers seat.
She looked so beautiful, Nathan thought as he helped her out of his brand new corvette. Her jeans rode just on her hips and his hand brushed her skin as he put his arm around her. She had on a dark red top that didn't show too much but enough cleavage and he loved that shirt. She knew it.
"Aren't we Mr. Nice guy today?" Brooke laughed, kissing him and taking his hand and then seeing the blanket spread out on the beach ahead of them.
"Oh Nate its so romantic!"
He smirked, "only for my lady. And maybe hopes of having a bit more fun later…" He laughed as she smacked him and then took off running and he ran to catch her.
"Let me down!" She screamed playfully and smacked his ass as he picked her up and slung her over his back.
"No way missy." He said carrying her over to where he had their food on a blanket beside the one he had put out for them to lie on. The sun was setting and it looked perfect out there, no hotels or houses around, just them.
"Nathaaan!" She whined just as he put her down onto the blanket, laying beside her and pulling her to him before kissing her passionately so she couldn't say anything else.
"I love you." He whispered against her lips.
"I love you too." Brooke whispered back smiling at him.
"Brooke Marry me."
She laid there, stunned for a second, forgetting all about Haley, her friend and Nathan's wife… She thought of how much she loved him and he had grown on her over the past 6 months they had been together, how much he cared about her and he loved her.
Nathan sat there, getting more and more nervous as time went by, looking at Brooke trying to read what she was thinking.
She looked back at him and had tears in her eyes. "What's wrong baby are you ok?" He asked getting worried that this wasn't the right time, he wiped a tear away that had fallen on her cheek and he gently kissed her forehead. "If you not ready…"
"I'm sorry Nate you just shocked me that's all." She said and smiled through her tears, her happy tears. "Of course I'll marry you!"
He got up and pulled her with him and swung her around, truly happy for the first time since earlier that summer. Both of them forgetting about Nathan's wife and Brooke's boyfriend…
A/N Sorry I haven't updated any of my other stories for a while, its just I really don't have any idea of where to go with them. So I decided in the meantime I would write another story, I don't know how much it will get updated but I'll try to finish it. Please tell me what you think and if I should continue or not. Oh and Flashbacks are in italics.