A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys, they really meant a lot to me, some of you said you were worried about everything being almost word for word from 6.02, I did that intentionally, I will move on from there though so here's Chapter 2! I hope you like it! Don't forget to review
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Brooke pushed open the doors to Clothes over Bros and willed back the tears that threatened to fall when her eyes met the destruction before her. Clothes were strewn everywhere, mannequins lay in pieces on the floor, and her cash register lay empty on the counter. She had seen it all before but that didn't make it any easier. She walked to the back of the store and put her purse underneath the counter. She began picking clothes up from the floor and separating them into piles. Clothes that could be used again and clothes that were ruined and had to be thrown out. Jus t as she finished putting the last shirt in the pile to be thrown away the door of the shop opened and she looked up to meet Nathan's concerned gaze.
"Brooke" he said quietly
"Hi Nate" she said letting herself be pulled into his embrace.
"You should have called, you don't need to be doing this by yourself"
"I can handle it" she said stuffing clothes into a large garbage bag.
"I know you can handle it Brooke" he said "What I'm telling you is that you don't have to handle it by yourself.
"I know" she said leaning over to place a kiss on his cheek "But this is something that I need to do on my own, I won't let this defeat me" she said lifting her chin. He looked around the shop then his eyes met hers.
"You need anything you call me" he said walking towards the door "I mean it Brooke" he told her quietly closing the door behind him. She tied the garbage bag and kicked it to the side; she then set out to fix the mannequins when the door opened again
"Nathan Scott, I said I was fine" she said looking up "Oh….Lucas, it's you"
"Hi" he said walking towards her "I guess I just wanted to see what that asshole did for myself"
"Here you have it" she said as she stuck a mannequin's head back onto its body.
"Brooke are you sure you don't want to go to the police?"
"Lucas, I told you I don't want to" she said
"O.K, O.K I was just hoping you'd change your mind after you slept on it"
"I'm not going to change my mind on this" she said stubbornly
"You know who did this to you don't you?"
"W-What do you mean, how would I know" she asked not looking him in the eye.
"Brooke, look at me, do you know who did this?" he said his eyes never leaving hers
"I-Well-Victoria is trying to take the company, she needs my sketches to do that, and she knows it. I had them in a safe in the back, and they're gone too" she said quietly
"Oh Brooke" he said pulling her into his arms "I'm sorry…but this is even more reason to go to the police"
"I won't" she said pulling away from him "I'll handle it"
"You'll handle it!...Brooke, if your own mother is willing to hire someone to beat you up like a rag doll, who knows how far she'll go, you can't handle this alone"
""Yes I can" she said brushing back a tear "Shouldn't you be with your fiancé anyway?"
"I'm here for you Brooke, pleas e don't shut me out" he said gently touching her bruised face and ignoring her question "You want some help with this?
"I need to do it alone Luke….but thanks for asking…and thanks for coming"
"Call me if you need me" he said kissing her on the her forehead
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Lucas knocked on the front door of Nathan and Haley's house, and immediately heard running footsteps on the other side of the door
"Uncle Lucas!" Jamie shouted as Lucas picked him up putting him on his back
"What's up Jim Jam?"
"You know Daddy didn't like you?" Jamie told him
"When"
"When he was dating mama"
"Good looking out" Lucas laughed putting him back on the floor as Haley entered the room. He pulled her into a hug
"Where you been Luke…………….with a certain blonde maybe?" she said winking at him
He smiled "We're engaged Hales"
"You're what!"
"I proposed to her"
"Luke are you sure you want to spend the rest of your life with her?" she asked
"Of course I do, I love her"
"But are you in love with her" she asked him
"Of course I am, Haley what are you trying to say exactly?"
"Nothing, I'm sorry, Congratulations Luke" she said pulling him into a tight hug
"I want you to be my best man" he said smiling
"I'd love to" she laughed
"I gotta go, I'm meeting Peyton for lunch" he said walking towards the door "I'll call you later, Tell Nate for me will you" he called out
"I hope you know what you're doing" she whispered under her breath
"Mama, can I tell you a secret" Jamie asked playing with his mini basketball.
"Sure honey…what is it? Haley asked bending down in front of her son
"I always wanted Uncle Lucas to marry Aunt Brooke" Jamie whispered. Haley touched her forehead to his
"Me too buddy" she said "me too"
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