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Omg i cant believe i havent updated in about a month or more D: im so sorry, i completely lost inspiration but im kind of getting into it again, plus im working on another story that should be done soon, so hopefully i will get that up in a week or so :) and if you guys have any ideas, feel free to message me, if you have a request, go for it :) i hope everyones doing well and i hope this chapters not so bad, i will try my best to get the next chapter on !

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"Hey sluts" Rachel made a dramatic entrance when she opened the apartment door, pretending to choke and gag at the sight of Nathan and Haley sitting on the couch, cuddling "oh why don't you two get a room and f*** each other" She joked and the married couple laughed.

Although at first they didn't get along, Rachel showed them that she wasn't just a conniving b*tch, just misunderstood, like Brooke used to be. She just needed someone to direct and help her find herself.

"So where is my best friend?" She asked, tying her red hair into a messy ponytail, walking into the kitchen and grabbing juice out of the fridge as if she owned the apartment. Instead of pouring her a glass to drink, she simply chugged the whole can.

Haley rolled her eyes and pointed to the direction of Brooke's room "in there, but be careful, she bites"

After finishing her drink, she walked in the room, Skills following her track. This confused her. Since when did Skills become Brooke's friend? She knew that they met each other from Lucas, but she didn't know that Skills was so close to Brooke that he even bothered to take time out of his "busy" Schedule to visit her.

"Brooke?" Skills and Rachel said in unison, both of them turned to each other and raised an eyebrow

"Hey guys, come in" she smiled broadly, shifting herself slightly to make room for her two friends to sit

"How you feeling?" Skills asked softly, putting a hand on her knee as a friendly gesture. Skills and Brooke never really spent a lot of time together, they did become close friends after Brooke helped Skills get Bevin to finally ask him out, and he goes to her for advice, but other then that she was either too busy with Lucas, or he was too busy with Bevin, but no matter, they were still good friends. She even went to him for help too when she had doubts about Lucas when they were still dating.

"Better now that you guys are here" she winked and giggled, causing both of her friends to join in. She had such great friends, even though some friendships start off rocky, they always seem to manage and get better in the end.

"So I saw Luke-ass walk out, what was he doing here?" She asked, her tone of voice sounded as if she were talking about something she saw scraped off of the ground, or, more likely in Rachel's case, an ugly guy asking her out!

Brooke knew that Rachel had a lot of resentment towards Lucas now, after everything that happened. "He was just checking up on me" she smiled, keeping her eyes glued to the TV screen, not exactly knowing what she was watching.

"Yeah, that's what good friends and boyfriends do" Skills butt in, defending Lucas. Of course he knew what Lucas did was wrong, and he knew that Lucas was stupid when he said that he wasn't the guy for Brooke, but he also knew that he regrets all of that and he loves Brooke right to the core.

"Good boyfriends don't kiss your best friend, twice" Rachel reminded him, glaring at him slightly. Honestly, she would rather have Brooke with some stranger then with Lucas, the guy who broke her heart one too many times, the guy who didn't know what he wanted until he lost it, god that man can be so confusing.

At the mention of the incident, Brooke cringed, she didn't want to relive the moment, she had been so hurt and she hated that feeling, the feeling of vulnerability, the feeling of being weak.

"Whatever, I'm still team Lucas, Brooke should give him another chance" Skills broke Brooke out of her trance, causing her to knit her eyebrows together and stare at him

"He's had way too many chances and he blew it, its time for someone else to be with her, someone who will treat her right and love her with everything he's got. You know what, I'm team Jake!" Rachel blurted, crossing her arms.

"Jake? Jake Jagielski?" Brooke finally broke out of her silence. That was really random, I mean sure she thought about Jake in that way, but she never thought that anyone else would think about her and Jake together. How would that look? Brooke and Jake. Jake and Brooke. Actually she didn't hate the sound of that. But no, no, she shouldn't even be thinking about this, she wasn't over Lucas yet, not until she did something about it, she had to get him off her mind or else she was stuck forever in love with the boy she can't have.

"Can you guys do me a huge favor?" she asked slowly, interrupting their odd conversation on who they wanted her to be with

"Anything" they both stopped bickering and once again said in unison "What is it?" Rachel asked curiously, following Brooke's eyes as she looked at her closet door

"Skills can you get me that box on the second shelf there, actually all the boxes" she pointed to the direction of her closet, indicating almost 20 boxes that were filled with all of Brooke's precious objects, well, the ones she's saved of course.

Skills did as she said and brang down 5 boxes from the shelf, placing them at the front door as she directed. She then asked for them to help her stand up properly and drive her to the beach. They did so, Haley and Nathan looking confused as they saw Skills and Rachel drag a limping Brooke out and into the car. Once they arrived at the beach, Skills help her to a specific spot while Rachel took the boxes and put them beside Brooke.

"Dare I ask?" she tilted her to the side, causing her ponytail to follow her movement and slide off her shoulders, curiosity written all over her eyes

"Just get some wood and light a match, please" she demanded in a polite way, begging them to not question and just do

As her friends they had to obey, she had been there for them through thick and thin, so it was time for them to return the favor, after all she was injured as well, and that would make them feel bad if they had disagreed and kept questioning her.

As a fire erupted in front of the trio, Brooke un-sealed one of the boxes that was taped up with the sharp end of her house keys and poured out what was inside it. It was all her pictures with Lucas, the ones she took of when they were together for the first time, the ones she took of them as they were friends, when she was living in his house and when they started dating again. They looked so happy in the pictures. She pulled out the picture of the both of them at the beach last summer, when they had first started non-exclusive dating.

We could totally have a summer mid fling, just in the fall…..and…..non exclusive

So when are we going to get to that kissing part anyway?

Oh, I'd say right about now if you know what's good for yah

I kiss a guy, you kiss a girl, I kiss two guys….

I kiss you twice

She shook herself from letting the tears run down her cheek, she wasn't going to cry, not now, not again, she had wasted too many tears for that boy. She took the picture and held it in front of her, about to drop it in the fire, if she was going to get over him, this is what she had to do, and it was the only way.

"Brooke….are you sure?" Skills asked her cautiously, Rachel keeping her mouth shut for the first time…well, ever. She was speechless, She knew that Brooke wanted to move on but to get rid of everything that involved Lucas was a huge step and she didn't know Brooke had it in her to do that, she knew how much Brooke loved the guy and this just proves how much he hurt her.

"I'm sure" And with that, she dropped the picture, watching it dissolve in front of her eyes, still trying to keep the tears flowing, but it was hard, she couldn't hold them back anymore. A tear trickled down her cheek, she knew soon she would be crying uncontrollably, but she had be strong.

Picking up another picture. It was the one with her and Lucas in the rain; the time she had gotten mad at him for writing a letter to her that had the exact same ending to the letter he had sent Peyton when they were sneaking around behind her back. She had been so furious that she walked out on him, into the stormy weather. Even though she didn't know how she had gotten the picture, she still cherished it, it was one of the moments she knew that Lucas was the one for her.

So you don't have to worry about getting hurt again

But the same words Lucas the exact same words

I never sent that letter to Peyton

And I never sent my letters to you either but they still meant something, just tell me why me, this time, why not Peyton?

I can't say anything bad about Peyton, she's my friend and she's your best friend!

That's okay you can say bad things about her

Oh Brooke, the truth is I care about Peyton

Then what is the difference?!

The difference? The difference is I love you Brooke, I wanna be with you not Peyton.

Oh how she wished he still meant that. She held her hand up high with the picture hanging from her thumb and forefinger; she didn't have the courage to throw it away.

Both Skills and Rachel stared at her, not making a sound, wondering if she would get rid of it or not, she had been standing still for a while now and it worried Rachel. Skills on the other hand didn't want Brooke to do this, he knows that Brooke still loves Lucas and they belong with each other, but she was just hurt and trying to get rid of the pain. But what was he to do? Stop her? No, only one person could do that and it was Lucas. So he did what he had to do, he walked a few foot away from the two girls and dialed a very familiar number. He pressed his ear tightly against the phone and heard it ring twice until a groggy voice answered it seconds later "Luke, it's Skills, man you gotta come to the beach pronto"