OK I don't even know where to start. I am so amazingly sorry it has taken me this long to update. If no one is still reading this story I'll understand because I suck. But I'm kind of curious…is anyone still interested in any other story ive started like wonderful or Beautiful Disaster? Because I think I'm going to stick to updating this again but if I think people might still want to read the other ones….let me know.

And this chapter might have taken me so long because it is not a very happy brucas chapter and the show hasn't been very happy brucas either. Anyway, here's the next chapter. I hope its ok!

Chapter 8: Walk Away

I'm looking for attention. Not another question. Should you stay or should you go?

Mind over matter. That had always been the Brooke Davis way of keeping her heart safe. Love wasn't really something she believed in. Every example she had ever seen of it failed. Look at her parents. They didn't love each other, they loved the idea of the other. Her mother loved having a rich husband, so that she never had to work a day in her life and was pampered to no end. And her dad? Well, her mom was the perfect society wife. But they didn't love each other. And because of that Brooke never really knew what love was. She had thought she was in love with Nathan. She really did. In the back of her head though, she knew she was guarded. And then Lucas came along and it didn't feel so forced anymore, But no, things could never just go right for Brooke Davis.

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"Brooke it was Lucas. Lucas was the one that cheated on me."

"Lucas who?" Brooke croaked still holding on to the last thread of hope that it wasn't Lucas. Her Lucas.

Haley just stared at her confirming her thoughts.

"Brooke-" Lucas started but faltered when seeing the look on her face.

"Is it true" The look on her face was strange. It was completely emotionless. He didn't know if it was shock or she just didn't care either way. Somehow he didn't think it was the second one.

"Brooke," he tried again but it was so hard. He couldn't believe this was happening. "It was a long time ago. I was a completely different pers-"

"So it is true" she cut him off, her voice still void of any emotion. It was just dead like she was hearing what he was saying but not actually absorbing it.

"I trusted you," she chocked out this time her voice cracking. But she was going to stay strong. She was not going to be like last time.

"Hey baby I got out of work early and I just thought I'd" Her face turned a deathly white as she stared at the image in front of her. There was her best friend in only her bra and underwear straddled on top of her boyfriend with a guilty look on her face.

"Oh my God. I cannot believe you two. All this time you were supposedly my best friend and you've been screwing my boyfriend? How long?" Brooke glared at Peyton waiting for her to respond. "I said how long." Brooke cried no longer able to hold back tears. This was not how her life was supposed to be. She was supposed to marry Nathan. And Peyton was supposed to be her maid of honor. But honor was the last thing Brooke would associate Peyton with and she could barely look at Nathan anymore.

"Babe just calm down." Nathan tried to interject.

"Don't tell me to calm down Nathan! This is all your fault. No this is both of your faults! If I never speak to either of you again I'll be fine." She could barely make her way to the door her tears were streaming so far down her face.

She snapped back into the conversation only hearing key words from Lucas like "sorry" and "mistake". You know what? She couldn't take this. So she did what anyone in her situation would have done.

Well, if you don't have the answer

Why you still standin' here

Just walk away

"Lucas, honestly I just don't care." She said coolly knowing full well it was a lie. She grabbed her bag and headed for the door.

"It was so nice meeting you," she said in the same ice tone leaving Haley and Lucas to just stare after her. As soon as she shut the door behind her she let the tears fall. She was so blindsided that she didn't notice the figure on the ground until she gracefully tripped over a pair of crutches. And that was when she saw him.

Covered in casts was none other than the man she had been just thinking about.

"What the hell are you doing here Nathan? It's really not a good time."

"I heard Haley was coming and I just wanted to make sure you were ok."

"So I'm guessing you know. About everything?"

"Well it's a long car ride" she grinned and Brooke remembered why she had fallen in love with him in the first place.
"So do you want to go get a drink or something?" He asked never taking his eyes off of her.

"I don't think Peyton would be too happy about that," she answered walking away from him.

"Brooke nothing is going on between me and Peyton. I told her already I'm not in love with her; I'm still in love with you.

She couldn't exactly explain what she did next. She knew what Nathan was doing. She knew she shouldn't follow him and get that drink. Bu then again the new her was supposed to take chances. She just had no idea what she was getting herself into.

I wanna loveI want a fire

To feel the burn on my desires

I wanna man by my side

Not a boy who runs and hides

Next chapter: You Found Me

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