LUCAS:

I walked out of my bedroom door to find Brooke sitting on the doorsteps. My heart stopped dead in it's tracks. I wanted to run to her, I wanted to pull her in and say that everything was going to be okay. That we will find a way to be okay. But all I could say was her name.

"Brooke?"

She didn't look up at me. She kept her focus on the ground in front of her. "Can we talk?"

"Yeah, of course." I placed my back pack on the porch rail and walked over taking a seat by her on the steps.

She looked so beautiful sitting there, with the wind blowing her auburn hair into her face. "Lucas, I'm keeping the baby." She paused. "Someone told me that I would make a great mom. And I want that. I want to know that I am loved unconditionally. I want the chance to be better than my mom ever thought about being."

I swallowed hard. The truth of how much pain she was in, was a slap to me. It woke me up, making me realize just how much I really loved her. "If that's what you want, Brooke, w-well then, it's what I want too."

I reached out to take her hand. She jerked it away, and stood up walking away from me. My heart sank to the pit of my stomach. How could I have been so selfish and stupid. She never deserved to be hurt.

"I am going back to school today. I would appreciate it if you stayed away from me."

I stood up and walked over to her. "Brooke, please. I know how bad I hurt you, but you have to understand that it was never my intensions."

"The sad thing, Lucas, is that I still love you." She cried, turning to face me. "I will always love you. But I can't play this game with you and Peyton. And I know that you will always love her. I deserve someone to love me."

I nodded in agreement. She was right. How could I deny her that? "I do love you, Pretty Girl. And you will always be my pretty girl. If you want me to stay away, then I will. But, Brooke, I won't let go so easy. I will be there waiting when you're ready to let me back in."

"What if I'm never ready?"

"I don't care. I will still be there, Brooke, and it will be my loss."

"I don't think that I will ever be able to be your friend, Lucas. I wish that I could, but…I have to go."

I watched as the one I loved truly got away. She got into her blue car and drove away, leaving me there to fully drown in my own pain.