A/n: Thanks for reviewing my prologue. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Eight months ago…
"Brooke, wake up. C'mon Brooke, we're late already!"
"What? Five more minutes, Haley" Brooke impatiently tried to wave away her roommate, her eyes still closed. "I was in the middle of this wonderful dream about Lucas."
"Ohh, and what could you possibly be dreaming about Lucas, hmm?" the voice asked her, amused.
"Mmm, I had a dream that I went to his house, and gave him all those letters, and he was so sweet to me. Now stop interrupting me from my awesome dream, and let me get back to sleep. Wake me up later, Haley."
"Okay, now that's twice that you've called me Haley. Last time I checked, I look absolutely nothing like her. And you're sleeping in my bed- I certainly hope you haven't slept in Haley's…"
"LUCAS!" Brooke bolted up from her, or rather his, bed.
"Wow, are you always this forgetful in the morning?" Lucas teased. "Good morning, girlfriend." Dropping his head, he brushed a light kiss on her lips.
The events from the previous night flooded back to her mind, and she smiled as she hooked her arms around his neck. "Good morning to you too, boyfriend."
"I like the sound of that," Lucas grinned.
Brooke peered into those green eyes that she had long ago fallen in love with. She never thought that he'd ever be able to look at her without any traces of hatred, disappointment, or sadness. And yet, last night, when she approached him, he had taken her back. Just like that. He was too good for her, she thought, and blurted out suddenly, "I'm sorry."
Lucas' gaze filled with concern as he saw the somber expression on her face. "What's wrong?"
"I'm sorry for everything that I did to you this year. I never meant to hurt you- I was just…scared, and I kept wanting you to prove yourself to me even though the things I made you do were unreasonable. I tried telling myself that I didn't care about you more than I cared about anyone else, but every time I wanted to have fun with other people, I couldn't. And that scared me so I pushed you away until when I finally lost you, I realized how much I wanted you." Brooke fiddled with her hands nervously.
Lucas smiled at her words. This was the second confession she had made to him within the past twelve hours about her feelings. He knew her- he knew how hard it was for her to admit her feelings; he knew that she always tried to laugh off everything, and then hide behind a cheery façade. "I know, Brooke, and I forgive you. I'm glad you told me how you feel, and I'm sorry I hurt you last year." Pausing slightly, he brushed a strand of hair from her face before continuing. "I know we've tried not to talk about what happened, but I just want you to know this- letting you go was the stupidest mistake I've ever made."
Smiling through tears, Brooke wrapped her arms around him, "I forgive you, and I love you, Broody."
"Oh, back to the nicknames now, aren't we?" Lucas grinned and breathed in the familiar scent of her hair. "I love you too, Cheery."
They held each other, and sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before Brooke pulled away, giving him a cheeky smile. "So, now that we've gotten everything cleared up and we've forgiven each other, can I have my letters back?"
His eyes widened in surprise, "What, why?"
Brooke looked down, "Because…" she whined, "there are some embarrassing things in there. I mean, I never thought you'd actually read them, so I kind of thought of it as a diary, you know, except it was written to you, so I put all sorts of stories in there that I'd much rather you not read because they're stupid and pointless and…"
Lucas cut her off with a deep kiss. God, all that time away from her certainly did not do any good, he thought.
Once Brooke snapped out of her reverie, she kissed him back thoroughly, as she allowed his tongue to creep into her mouth and explore all the hidden crevices. When had her Broody turned so horny? She giggled silently at the thought. Before, it had always been her who made the first move, but she kind of liked it this way.
Lucas pulled away slightly, and gazed down at the girl wrapped in his arms. Her cheeks were tinted a soft bright red. "You know, you look really cute when you get embarrassed and ramble."
Brooke yawned, "Now that you've woken me up for my morning kiss, I think I'm going to go back to sleep."
"Whoa, no way!" Lucas jumped up. "We're already late for school. In any minute now, my mom's going to come in, and see me still in bed, with you might I add."
"But I don't want to go to school," Brooke pouted.
"Oh come on, this is our first school day as an exclusive couple. Don't you want to show off your new boyfriend?" Lucas coaxed.
"Hmm, good point. Okay well boyfriend, I'm going to run home, change, and get ready. Pick you up in an hour!" Brooke sat up, and started to get out of bed.
"Wait what, an hour! We'll miss both first and second period!"
Brooke gave him a light peck on the lips, and was already halfway out the door, "No arguing, Broody! Oh, and no leaving without me!"
Lucas fell back onto his bed, and lay there, staring at his ceiling. Well, if Brooke was going to take that long, he might as well go back to sleep. He hadn't gotten very much sleep yesterday anyway; he spent most of the night staring at and dreaming about his girlfriend. Brooke Davis, he thought as he slowly closed his eyes, was definitely one of a kind.
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Brooke stopped in front of the door to her apartment. Oh crap, she hadn't told Haley that she was going to stay at Lucas' for the night. It was like an unspoken rule- if one of them didn't plan on returning home for the night, they would call so that the other would know. Please don't let Haley be too mad, Brooke prayed silently, as she stuck her keys into the doorknob, only to have the door flung open, and 'lo and behold, there stood her roommate.
"Uhh…" Brooke stammered nervously, "Okay Haley, I'm sorry about not calling, but it just slipped my mind, and I'm really sorry if you were worried but…"
"Whoa Brooke, what are you talking about? And what are you doing here? When I came back, you weren't here so I thought you already went to school."
"No, I had to come back and get ready and, wait…" A realization suddenly dawned on Brooke. "What do you mean, when you got back?"
"I uhh," Haley looked down, and smiled sheepishly. "I stayed at Nathan's last night…"
"Oh my god!" Brooke squealed, and hugged her roommate, "That is so awesome! Details!"
Haley smiled shyly, "Well, you know Nathan called me, so I went, and we kind of talked. It was just really sweet, and I felt like we were back in the old days, you know? His mom left him again…"
"Ouch. That has to suck."
"Yeah, so I tried to comfort him as best as I could, and before I knew it, he was kissing me. I asked him if he kissed me at the masquerade ball, and he said he did…"
"See? I told you it was Nathan," Brooke interrupted.
"Haha not really. I knew it wasn't him once he actually kissed me; I mean, I know what his kisses feel like, and the guy who kissed me at the masquerade ball was definitely Chris, but it was really sweet how he lied to make me feel better. Anyway, I was going to leave because I didn't want to make him feel awkward, but he asked me to stay with him."
"Ahh, I am so happy for you!" Brooke gushed, "You and Nathan were like the perfect couple, and I always looked up to you guys…"
"Wait wait, so where were you?"
"I was at Lucas' house," Brooke grinned slyly. "We uhh patched things up…"
It was Haley's turn to squeal. "Wow Tigger, that's great! How did you do it?"
Brooke smiled, "I showed him the letters I wrote over the summer. I mean, I never thought he'd actually forgive me; I only went because I wanted him to know how I felt, but he chased after me, and said some really sweet things. I actually told him that I loved him…" Brooke blushed at the memory.
"Ohh, did Brooke Davis just blush!" Haley smirked. "Never thought I'd live to see this day."
"Shut up ," Brooke playfully pushed her, "I want to thank you though; if it weren't for you and Peyton, I wouldn't have had the courage to go and face him, and tell him my feelings."
"Aww, anytime roomie. I'm glad things worked out for you; I wasn't really used to coming home, and seeing you sulking on the couch instead of making out with Lucas on the couch, not that my eyes really appreciated the latter anyway…"
"Ha very funny, Haley. You're going to be seeing a lot of that from now on." Brooke gave her a sly smile. "You know, could you do me another favor?"
"What?"
"Well, now that Lucas has forgiven me, could you help me steal back those really embarrassing letters so that he can't read them, and I won't be embarrassed out of my mind?"
Haley laughed, and shook her head. Brooke would always be Brooke.
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"Oh, look who's back in school," Peyton grinned as she hooked her arm through Brooke's. "And wow, is that a smile I see on my best friend's face?"
"Hello to you too, Peyton," Brooke replied, as she opened her locker, and smiled at the decorations Lucas had put up for her at the beginning of the year.
Seeing Brooke's smile, Peyton smirked, "I bet that locker doesn't make you cry anymore, does it?"
Lucas closed his locker, and came up behind Brooke. "Who would dare make my Cheery cry?" he said as he wrapped his arms around her.
"A person named Lucas Scott, no doubt," Peyton said, as Brooke elbowed her in the stomach.
Lucas kissed her forehead softly, "I'm sorry for making you cry."
Brooke smiled as she nestled into Lucas' arms. "You're forgiven."
Peyton rolled her eyes good-naturedly, "All right, you two lovebirds. Care to explain why you guys and Haley decided to show up two periods late today?" Her eyes widened as she continued. "You didn't have a threesome, did you?"
"Peyton Sawyer! Eww, that's gross!" Brooke exclaimed as she whacked her best friend on the head. "Get that idea out of your mind right now! We were just tired so we slept in a little."
Peyton smiled knowingly. "And I wonder why you two were so tired…"
"Wow, I don't even want to know what you're insinuating about or why all of a sudden you've become very interested in my sex life!" Brooke said.
Peyton laughed, and slung her arm across Brooke's shoulder. "Aww best friend, you know I'm just happy for you and Lucas. I mean, now you can finally stop pigging out on cake all day and watching Spanish soap operas that no one even understands…"
"Alright, we get the point!" Brooke threw up her hands in mock defeat. "Geez, I never knew you and Haley loved to see me and Lucas make out so much…"
The three of them started walking to their next class, still bickering playfully. As they rounded the corner, Brooke bumped into someone. "Sorry, I wasn't looking…" she apologized quickly.
"Brooke?"
Brooke looked up, and standing in front of her, was the person she had never wanted to see again.
"Felix?"
---------------------------------------------------------------So sorry for not updating sooner, but this chapter took me a lot longer than expected because I kept going back to edit it and add more stuff. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it. Please review!