It was a few days later and Brooke was finally being released from the hospital. Lucas had spent the last 48 hours either at the hospital, or at home trying to get things ready for when Brooke was released. She had been excited after hearing that she now owned her own home but, she didn't think she would feel safe being at home all alone. Of course Lucas could have easily told her that Peyton would be there, after all, she was Brooke's roommate but he left that little bit of information out, happy that Brooke would be staying at his house, and hopefully in his bed. He wasn't going to take advantage of the situation and have sex with Brooke, but the thought of waking up every morning next to his pretty girl was something he was really looking forward to.
"Yes Haley" Lucas said into his phone as he walked down the hospital corridor to Brooke's room. "I will make sure Brooke knows that you wanted to be here, and that Jamie wasn't feeling well but that he hopes his Aunt Brooke will come visit soon. I will call you once we get settled at my house." Lucas said as he hung up the phone.
"Hey pretty girl, you ready to go?" Lucas said as he pushed open the door to Brooke's room. She was just shoving the last of her things into her duffle bag. Lucas ran over and grabbed the bag from Brooke. "You know" Brooke said smiling up at him, "I don't think I've heard you call me by my name the whole time I've been in the hospital. It's always Pretty girl, or Beautiful, or Cheery. I do have a name ya know?" she said, her eyes twinkling, revealing that she had no problem with the names that Lucas had chosen to call her. "Well what can I say" Lucas murmured into her hair as he pulled her in for an embrace, "I call it like I see it, and you are my pretty girl."
"Well come on then Jeeves, don't forget to grab the flowers and balloons too" Brooke said as she playfully gave him a tab on his butt and bounced out of the room. Lucas grabbed the rest of her things and made his way out, looking back at the place that had brought Brooke so much pain, but hopefully a place that had also brought them together, for good.
It took them a good three or so hours to get back to Lucas' house. About 20 minutes of that was spent driving, and the rest was spent trying to get Brooke to leave the Clothes Over Bro's store after she insisted on just driving by, and then insisted that she just go in for a minute to see her store. It was a good thing that she remembered nothing about the attack, or else the store may have been a hard place to visit. However, because of her amnesia, she bounded around the store like any 16 year old girl would, amazed that she had created these clothes, and more importantly, that she owned everything in there. It was only after Mili and Lucas agreed that Brooke could take one of the dresses home, and after Lucas agreed to bring her back the next day, that she finally got into the car, headed towards Lucas' house.
"Pretty girl, I know you are excited, but the doctor said that you still need to rest." Lucas said as he turned the car onto his street. "Actually Luke, I have lots of energy" she said, smiling at him. "You are the one who is going to need to rest after I get through with you" Brooke teased, as she ran her hand slowly up his leg. Lucas pulled the car into his driveway and turned off the car. He took a deep breath, preparing for the coming conversation. "Brooke" he started. "Uh oh" she interrupted, "you called me Brooke, this can't be good" she said still smiling at him but with a little bit of worry in her eyes.
"Pretty girl, my pretty girl" he said grabbing her hand and placing it on his chest. "I was thinking, it wouldn't be fair to you if we had sex while your memory was still gone. I would feel like I was taking advantage of you, and as much as I want to be with you, believe me I really do, I want us to wait. Is that ok with you?" He said putting his hand under her chin, drawing her eyes towards his.
"Yeah, that's fine with me" she said opening the car door and getting out, "we'll see how long that last after you see me in the lingerie I grabbed from my store when you and that assistant girl weren't looking." And with that Brooke began walking towards the door that she knew led to Lucas' room. She stopped when she saw that it was painted red. "You painted the door red, for me" she said getting a little choked up as the words came out. "Any thing for you pretty girl" he said as he led her into his room, hoping that one day, it would be their room.