Chapter Two

Day One:

The main reason your marriage is ending is because of all of the bickering. So today and from every day on…no arguing. Do everything possible to control yourself from arguing with her, even if she is trying to argue with you.

Lucas closed the notebook and tossed it into the dresser drawer in the guest room. Today would only be day one of this whole plan that Nathan devised and day one already seemed impossible.

No arguing? That would probably be nearly impossible. Especially since it was Sunday and on Sunday's Brooke would work from home.

Lucas started out of the guest room and headed into the kitchen. He saw Brooke over at the kitchen counter sketching away at some designs that she was working on.

He opened the fridge to get the milk out and grabbed the cereal from the top and started making himself a bowl.

"Make sure to wash that bowl when you are done with it…" he heard Brooke utter not even looking up from her sketches.

Lucas glanced over towards her then sat across from her and started eating "So you're talking now?"

Brooke shrugged then glanced up quickly then back down "No, I still have nothing to say to you. I just don't want to spend my day off cleaning up after your lazy ass" she threw at him.

Lucas bit his lip hard to stop himself from shooting a smart remark back at her "well you won't have to…I'll make sure to clean it up" he said instead.

Brooke looked over at him "Good…" she replied a little confused. She had expected him to start a fight with her about it.

Lucas was quiet a minute then stopped eating and looked over towards her "were you serious about a divorce the other night?"

Brooke froze and put what she was working on to the side and then nodded slowly "Yeah I was…" she sighed and closed her eyes "it's just not working anymore, it hasn't been for a long time…I think you know that too"

"I know we have problems Brooke…" he said slowly "but not any part of you wants to make things work?"

Brooke just stared at him for a minute before shaking her head and getting up "No…I don't care anymore. Look I'll get the papers when I have a chance." she said sadly before walking into her bedroom and shutting herself away.

Lucas watched her walk away and sat there quietly thinking to himself. If Brooke didn't want their marriage to work then what was the point of even trying?

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Day Two

The object for today is to show her that you still care. So do something small just to show her that you were thinking of her.

The night before Lucas had decided that he was just going to give up on this whole thing and call it quits but when he woke up this morning he suddenly felt the need to not give up.

So now here he was reading the task for the second day. He should be busy writing away on his book but he knows at this very moment he couldn't concentrate for anything.

Lucas glanced over at the time and saw it was nearly noon. He grabbed his jacket and keys and headed out the door to catch a cab.

Once he caught a cab he headed over to Brooke's favorite Chinese restaurant to pick up lunch for her. That would be a nice enough gesture, he thought to himself.

After getting the food he caught a cab back to Brooke's office. When he arrived at Brooke's office he saw her assistant, Millicent, at the front desk and offered her a small smile "Hey Millie…is Brooke in her office?"

Millicent looked up shocked to see that Lucas was there, especially after hearing from Brooke what was going on between them, "Lucas…haven't seen you around here in awhile" she stuttered a little "um yeah…Brooke just got out of her meeting."

"Thanks…it was good seeing you" he said as he offered her a small smile before heading towards Brooke's office. Once he got to the door he knocked on it lightly before opening it "can I come in?"

Brooke's head shot up from her computer screen when she heard Lucas's voice "what are you doing here?"

Lucas held up the bag that had her food in it "I brought you lunch" he said as he forced a smile and walked over to her desk to set it down.

Brooke just stared at him confused "Why did you do that?"

Lucas shrugged lightly and stared down at her "I just figured you probably hadn't had a chance for a lunch break so I thought you might be hungry."

"I meant…well you never bring me lunch. Why now?" she asked him still confused with his intentions.

"No reason" he said with a light shrug "listen I should probably go but…I'll see you at home?"

Brooke just nodded slowly "Yeah…" she replied softly "thanks"

"No problem" he turned and walked out of the door.

As soon as Lucas left Brooke's office, Millicent came in "what's up with him?" she asked Brooke.

Brooke just shook her head "I have no idea…"

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Sorry this chapter was so short. I promise that the other ones will be a lot longer. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Please keep them coming. I would love to hear what you think!