A/n: Hey guys! Lots of Brucas is coming your way muah! Thank you for the reviews! Much appreciated!

When writing part two I was under the influence of this awesome song called "Run" by Matt Nathanson feat. Sugarland…listen to it guys it's an amazing song!

Chapter Seven

Run Right Into You

Part Two

"He's really cute." Peyton told Brooke a few minutes after Julian left the table. She started telling her about Lucas because she was actually pretty excited to let someone know. Usually Theresa would have been her first choice but her best friend was nowhere to be found. And besides Brooke was a great person and she didn't mind letting the brunette be the first to know about Lucas.

"Oh really? Wow Peyt! I've never seen you so be so interested in a guy like this before." Brooke exclaimed with excitement. At first she was weird out that Peyton started telling her about the guy she liked but then Brooke realized it was a perfect opportunity to bond with the blonde.

"He's like so sweet Brooke. At first I didn't want to go out with him because mother set me up with him but then it all changed when I realized we had so many things in common."

"Well if I were you I wouldn't let that hottie go." she lightly teased though she was also serious. She had known Peyton Sawyer for three years and never had she seen her so excited about a guy. Usually she was moody, the complete opposite of her, so she was happy that some guy was making her happy.

"Oh I already decided I'm not. He's so perfect for me and for once my mom actually approves of a man I want to date."

"Well that's great Peyton but you have to introduce me to this mysterious guy before the night is over, deal?"

"Deal." Peyton replied with a smile. She still didn't understand what her mom had against Brooke. She was really nice and so down to earth. She wasn't fake like the other girls Julian tended to date, but she supposed her mother had her reasons for not liking her. But for her though, she wouldn't mind getting to know Brooke better.

"I have to confess Lucas, I was kind of worry about my sister going out on a date set up by my mother but you're not such a bad guy." Julian said, patting his shoulder in a friendly manner.

"You know we've met before right?" Lucas asked rolling his eyes playfully.

"We've met like once or twice and those times were all in these kinds of functions so forgive me if I don't recall what kind of guy you are." Julian replied as both men shared a laugh.

"So tell me about your girl Julian. I've heard so many things about her." Lucas asked trying to keep the conversation going.

Julian scowled slightly. "Whatever you heard from my mother or Theresa is not true." he stated looking at Lucas with annoyance. He should have known it was going to happen sooner or later. Lucas was a friend of his mom so he should have guessed he was going to ask about Brooke since he knew his mother probably filled him in with her lies about her.

Lucas raised his hands defensively when he saw the look he had. "Hey man, I didn't mean anything by that. I was just curious because I've heard so much about her. And besides I don't judge people by what others tell me."

Julian looked at him with confusion. He wasn't at all like the people his mother usually befriended.

"What man?" Lucas asked when he saw the way he was looking at him.

"You're different. Not at all like these businessmen." Julian said, motioning to the room around them as they continued walking towards where his table was. "They usually don't give people like my girlfriend a chance and just judge them for what they don't have."

"I'm different." Lucas simply said. He knew what it was like to have no money or prestige so judging people like Julian's girlfriend would be hypocritical of him to do.

"I can see why my sister seems to like you a lot already."

"It's not like that between us." Lucas carefully said not wanting to upset him again. "We just met today and she seems like a pretty cool girl but you know the spark just isn't there."

Julian nodded understanding though he felt bad for his sister. "I know what you mean. When I first met my girl I felt something for her right away. It's actually kind of funny because at first she really didn't like me but I managed to convince her after constantly bugging her for a while." he said, laughing to himself as he remembered the day he met Brooke.

"You must really love her huh?" Lucas asked with a faint smile. He wondered if he was ever going to experience love the way Julian seem to have with his girl. His thoughts immediately went to Brooke.

"Yeah but I don't deserve her." Julian found himself confessing to Lucas who practically was a complete stranger to him. He got a distant look on his eyes remembering things, things he wasn't too proud of and wanted to forget. He immediately snapped out of these memories looking quite uncomfortable when he realized Lucas' face was showing confusion.

Before either of the men could make a comment on what happened, they soon found themselves reaching their destination.

Lucas noticed that Peyton was talking to a brunette who he was assuming was Julian's fiancée. They both had their backs to them so he couldn't immediately see what the brunette looked like. All he saw was that she was wearing a royal blue dress that seem to fit her perfectly and that her hair was up in an elegant bun.

Peyton who just happened to turn was the one to notice them and her face immediately lit up when she saw her brother and Lucas.

"Well hello big brother, it's nice to see you're back and look you brought my date back with you." she exclaimed happily.

Smiling, Brooke turned around to have a look at the new arrival. She had heard so much about him already that she was curious to meet the nameless man. She wondered if he was as cute and charming as Peyton claimed or if he indeed had the most striking blue eyes ever like she swore he did.

However when Brooke saw who Peyton's date was her smile instantly dropped. Her eyes widen in shock, her mouth dropping slightly. She couldn't believe what she was seeing and hoped that her eyes were simply playing a trick on her. Standing right in front of her beside Julian her fiancé was Lucas Scott, the man that she had been ignoring for the past couple of days. She couldn't believe that Lucas her Broody was standing right in front of her at this moment.

Lucas on the other hand though he was surprise, he was also confused. What was Brooke doing here of all places? Then all of a sudden something clicked inside of him and just like that his confusion was cleared when he realized who Brooke was supposed to be.

"Brooke?" Lucas questioned slowly, not at all believing what he was actually seeing. This must have been a mistake because there was no way that she was the girl that Julian loved so much. This couldn't be happening, it just couldn't.

"Lucas." Brooke gasped still surprised to see him here. But not only because of that, she was also surprised that he was Peyton's date, the date she kept talking about. This had to be an unpleasant dream because there was no way that Lucas knew the Bakers.

It was too surreal…impossible.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Julian asked, his forehead creasing with confusion.

However both Lucas and Brooke remained silent, their eyes were locked with about a million things running through their heads. They were looking at each other as if a spell had been put on them completely ignoring Julian's question along with everything else in the room.

Julian cleared his throat feeling uncomfortable with the way they were just looking at each other and ignoring everyone else. Soon enough the spell was broken and both Brooke and Lucas broke their gazes and turned to look at both Julian and Peyton, looking awkwardly at them.

"Well?" Peyton questioned wanting to know the answer to her brother's question. "Do you two know each other?" she asked though it was more than obvious that they did. She didn't know how she felt about that but with the looks they were giving each other she knew she should at least be worried.

"Umm we actually met a couple of weeks ago." Lucas was the one to answer. To say he was uncomfortable was the biggest understatement of the year. He didn't know what to say, what to do and he could tell that Brooke was feeling the same way.

"Really? It's strange because Brooke never mentioned anything about that before." Julian stated coolly not at all happy with what he was hearing. Sure Lucas seem like a really nice guy but if there was a chance that he was interested in Brooke there was no way he was going to sit back and let him take her away from him.

Lucas felt like someone had just punched him on the stomach. Brooke never told her boyfriend about him. She told him Julian was fine with them being friends . Why was she keeping him from Julian? And why did she feel the need to lie to him about it?

"So are you guys like good friends or something?" Peyton asked with curiosity.

Brooke looked at Lucas wanting to know what he thought but he refused to meet her eyes. He was having conflicting feelings from the new information acquired and he wasn't sure if he would be able to keep inside what he was feeling at the moment.

"Yeah we're friends." Brooke finally answered keeping her eyes on Lucas who still refused to look at her.

"Brooke I think we need to talk…privately." Julian said pulling her by her elbow forcefully into a much more secluded area. There was something more between them, something more than the friendship they claimed to have and he didn't like it one bit. He had to find out what was going on between them.

"Luke are you okay?" Peyton asked when she saw that he was just frozen on the spot.

"Y-Yeah I just…crap, can you excuse me? I need some fresh air." Lucas said not bothering to wait for Peyton's response as he made his way to the nearest door.

Peyton looked at his retreating form feeling more confused than ever. What in the world was going on here? She didn't know but what she did know was that things were about to get complicated.

"I'm leaving mom." Nathan whispered roughly to her ear.

"Nathan don't be rude. The actual function hasn't even started yet." she tried reasoning although she knew it was a lost cause. When her son made up his mind there was nothing could convince him otherwise.

"Don't care. I didn't even want to be here in the first place in case you forgot."

"Nathan…"

"No mom seriously you know I didn't. I actually had other plans but you made me come with you to this stupid charity. So I'm out, there's something more important I have to do." Nathan said as an image of that Haley girl appeared in his mind. Although his brother had so kindly warned him to not ever come to the bar again he was today. There was something about that waitress that made him want her. It was probably because she was the first girl that didn't fall for his charm but he was close, he could feel it. She was going to cave in today to him whether she wanted to or not.

"Nathan your father-"

"Don't care mom. I'm taking a cab so don't worry about your ride back home." he said and gave her a sloppy kiss on the cheek before quickly leaving towards the front entrance.

"Nathan!" Deb yelled not caring she was probably making a scene. "Nathan Royal Scott! You get back here!" she yelled again.

Most of the people on her table and around were whispering among themselves and giving her looks but she just didn't care. A waiter was passing by with a tray filled with glass flutes of wine and she took two of them drinking them instantly. It was going to be a long night and alcohol was the only way she was going to be able to get through it.

"Do you mind explaining what the hell that was back there?" Julian angrily asked, spinning Brooke around to face him.

Brooke pulled away from him. "What are you talking about?" she asked, not getting why he was so angry. Okay so she had an idea but still he had no right to be this mad. After all her and Lucas were just friends.

"Lucas freaking Scott that's what I'm talking about! Why wasn't I aware that you knew him?"

"I don't know okay! It just slipped my mind! I don't get what the problem is Julian."

"The problem is that my girlfriend has been friends with a guy for weeks and I had no idea until just now!" he yelled at her completely livid.

"We're just friends! And besides it's not like you don't have any girlfriends!" she screamed back.

"Where did you two meet?" Julian asked completely ignoring her statement.

Brooke rolled her eyes. "We met at the park one day and then weeks later we saw each other in this coffee place and we became friends."

"Is this the same coffee place that you started going to every Sunday?" he asked as everything came together like pieces of a puzzle. It made sense now why she always seem to be busy and how lately they never had time to go out like they used to.

"Yes but-"

"Have you been seeing him a lot then?"

"Yeah but-"

"So he's the reason why I haven't been able to spend time with you?" he asked seething with anger as everything became apparent to him.

"No!" she shouted angrily shaking her head with irritation. She knew she had been spending most of her time with Lucas but there was no way Julian was going to blame her for something that wasn't her fault. "If we don't spend time together it's because you're always working!" she yelled clenching her jaw. "You're the one that never has time for me! And when we do, five minutes don't pass when you're getting a call from work!"

"Oh please not this again! It's my work Brooke! What do you want me to do? Drop everything so that we can spend every single day together? Is that what you want?"

"No of course not! I understand that your work always comes first before anything else. Believe me I've learn that from the three years we've been dating, but would it kill you to actually want to spend time with me without me having to ask?"

"I can't deal with this right now." Julian said starting to back away from Brooke. He couldn't believe how quickly their conversation went from talking about Lucas Scott to his work.

"So what you're just going to leave?"

"Yeah because if I stay here any longer then things are only going to get worse between us." he told her in a matter-of-fact tone. "I love you Brooke I really do but honestly sometimes I feel like I can't even talk to you."

"Fine then leave!" Brooke yelled at Julian's retreating form not believing he would just give up on them like this. If there was something she hated about him it was that when things got hard he would walk away. Then he would wait for her to make the first move but not this time. This time she was going to stand her ground.

"Oh and Julian?" He turned back around briefly wondering what more she had to say. "For your information blue is so not my color." Brooke said before she turned to walk the opposite way he was going, not noticing the way his face fell.

She was so mad right now that she just wanted to hit someone, namely Julian. And she probably should have instead of letting him walk away but honestly she was so tired right now of everything. Taking a deep breath she headed back where they had left Lucas and Peyton only to find that he wasn't there anymore and that Peyton was now talking to Theresa. Not wanting to have an encounter with the brunette, Brooke began searching for Lucas knowing they needed to talk.

She hoped he hadn't left yet but she knew he didn't owe her anything. Not after the way she had been ignoring him and how she lied to him too.

"Oh shit, sorry." Brooke immediately apologized when she felt the broad shoulder of a man bump into her.

After first having a few drinks before he left, Nathan was about to go off on her when he saw who it was. Standing right in front of him was probably one of the sexiest girls he had ever seen. She was everything he could have ever wanted from a girl and that was saying a lot since he was usually very picky when it came to them.

"Well hello there beautiful." Nathan said smirking, eyeing her form up and down. He licked his lips; surely the waitress could wait another day or two right? If he was lucky enough (which on most occasions he was), he was going to bed the brunette in front of him tonight.

"Are you…? Ugh never mind I don't have time for this…if you'll excuse me." Brooke said trying to make her way around him but the man wouldn't let her.

"Can you move?"

"Now hold on sweet thing, what's the rush?" he asked leaning closer to her.

"I'm looking for someone now move!"

"Now why would you do that when you just found me?" his alcoholic breath washing over her.

Brooke cringed with disgust pushing him away from her. "Seriously I don't have time to waste with the likes of you so again move!"

"Aww come on! I betcha we can have ourselves some fun." he drawled out somewhat drunk.

"Okay guy in need of a clue, get it straight." she pointed to herself. "I am in no way interested in someone like you who is in an obvious need of a shower." she said crinkling her nose in disgust. "So why don't you just back away and go back to whatever hole you crawled up from and leave me alone!"

"Come on babe, I'll make it worth your while." he promised ignoring what she said.

"Oh I feel so bad for the unlucky woman who ends up with you." she muttered to herself before looking at him in a serious way. "Listen here bud, there's no way I would reduce myself to sleeping with a pig like you so move!" she yelled, shoving him hard and leaving him laughing like a maniac.

"I'll be waiting for you!" Nathan yelled at her retreating form which earned him the middle finger from the brunette.

"Feisty, just like I like them." he smirked once again as he saw the brunette heading towards where he assume was the balcony. He was about to follow not wanting to miss on what he assume was going to be a good lay but decided against it when he remember his earlier plans. As much as he would have loved to continue his ways with the mysterious brunette, he knew it would be a waste of time right now. He would see her again though, that he promised. With one last look he finally made his way outside the building into the crispy night.

When Brooke stepped outside to the balcony she was still annoyed with that guy from a few seconds ago. She couldn't believe that guys like him were even allowed to come to a place as fancy as this. She shook her head wanting to forget about the whole ordeal and just wanting to relax before she continued to look for Lucas.

She was silently leaning against the balcony's railing looking over the beautiful view in front of her when she heard the voice of a man that sent chills running through her spine. She would recognize his voice anywhere.

"Small world isn't it?" Lucas asked, chuckling a bit. He stood behind her, his hands in his pockets while she had her back to him.

Brooke simply shook her head laughing drily as she briefly looked at him before turning back around again.

"I mean seriously, who would have thought I knew your fiancé?" he said shaking his head at how ridiculous this situation was. "Not me, hell no not me." he continued when he saw that she remained quiet. "Man this situation is kinda twisted isn't it?" he rambled off giving her a nervous smile even if he knew she couldn't see it.

She sighed deeply. "Why aren't you mad at me Luke?" she timidly asked, still not looking at him.

Lucas took a deep breath, walking towards Brooke and standing next to her. "I thought I was but the more I thought about it the more I wasn't. In fact I wanted to be so mad at you, trust me I did. After all you have been completely ignoring me for the past couple of days and on top of that I find out today that you have been lying to me."

"Then why aren't you?" she asked finally looking at him.

"Because…" he started to say, linking his right hand together with her left as his eyes connected to hers.

"Because?"

He rubbed the back of his neck nervously with his other hand. "Honestly? I have no idea." he chuckled slightly at the absurdity of his answer. "All I know is that there's something about you Brooke Davis, something real special. And I don't think I could ever get really mad at you and even if I did, I know I wouldn't be able to stay mad for long." he softly said caressing her cheek with his free hand. She leaned into his touch savoring the way it felt against her cheek.

She missed him so much.

"God Luke, I'm sorry." she said as a silent tear made its way down her face.

"Don't cry Pretty Girl, please." he begged, not at all liking when she cried. In the time that they've known each other he had only seen this once and since then he swore to himself that he would always try and make her happy.

He pulled her into his arms trying to comfort her, her head resting on his chest comfortably. Sure things weren't back to normal between them, hell they still had so much to talk about but for now he would allow himself this moment with her.

"Do you want to head out?" Lucas asked quietly rubbing her back soothingly. She lifted her head from his chest looking at him with a confused expression. "I'm kinda over this."

"Umm what about Peyton?" she asked awkwardly taking a step back from him. She didn't like that she had to ask him that. In fact she shouldn't have to because he wasn't supposed to be with Peyton in the first place. But she supposed it was a conversation that they were going to have later on.

"She texted me and told me she was going home with Julian." Lucas said, raising an eyebrow at her. When he received that text earlier he assumed Brooke went with them but when he saw her on the balcony that raised some questions. "Do you want to tell me what happened or is that a talk for later on?"

"Later please?" she pleaded in a quiet tone looking at his deep blue eyes.

"Later." he agreed kissing her forehead before grabbing her hand and leading her outside.

He was buzzed but not drunk he kept telling himself as he made his way inside the bar. He knew he shouldn't be here, that his brother was most likely going to kick his ass but he didn't care. Fixing his hair a bit and straightening his clothes, he walked towards his favorite table winking at one of the waitresses as he sat down. Immediately that said waitress went to him blushing slightly.

"What can I get you today handsome?" the curly blond waitress asked him with a smile.

"Just a beer for now." The waitress nodded enthusiastically and quickly left to get his order. Not a minute later she return with his beer at hand and gave it to him.

"Anything else?" she asked still smiling at him.

"Yeah I have a question…is Haley here yet?"

"Umm yeah but she's with Owen right now." she replied with a small frown, not liking how the sexy stranger was asking about Haley.

Nathan smirked at the look she had. "Want to do me a favor beautiful?"

"Y-Yeah of course!"

"Why don't you get your cute sexy ass," Nathan tilted his head slightly to look at it. "to the bar and call Haley for me." He saw her frown again. "Hey don't give me that look, I promised I'll make it worth your while." he whispered against her ear, making her shiver with delight.

"O-Okay." she replied, giving him a sexy grin which he returned. She quickly headed towards where the honey blond was and rolled her eyes when she saw her laughing with Owen. Why that sexy stranger wanted plain ordinary Haley James she would never get.

Haley was sitting on a bar stool occasionally talking to Owen when they both had the free time. When they had come to the bar earlier she wasn't in the best of moods but soon enough Owen had managed to make her laugh like he usually did. Of course she was still worried about Brooke but there was nothing she could do about it. Earlier on she found out from Victoria that her friend had left her cell phone at home so for now Brooke was on her own.

"Haley?" a blond girl said tapping her shoulder.

Haley turned around smiling as she usually did. "Hey Kelly! What's up?" she wondered. Owen left when some guy called him over wanting a drink.

"Umm there's this guy who wants to talk to you." she told her.

"Some guy? Where?" she asked confused.

"Table twelve." Kelly replied and Haley's eyes widen in surprised. Table twelve was usually the table that Nathan always sat in but she knew not even he would be stupid enough to come here after Owen's warnings. Yet somehow she also knew that he would. So taking a deep breath and mumbling a quick 'thank you' to Kelly, she made her way to table twelve wanting to take care of this problem herself before Owen found out Nathan was here and asking for her.

"Nathan! What the hell do you think you're doing here again!" she angrily hissed at him once she reached the table.

He raised his eyebrows at her, amused at her apparent anger. She was actually looking really good right now but he figured it had to be the alcohol in him talking. There was no way he was actually interested in plain old Haley James.

"Well hello to you too sunshine." he greeted, instead of answering her question. "Looking mighty fine today."

"I see you're still the womanizing pig I've come to know." she responded wryly, annoyance clearly in her voice.

"Ouch! Womanizing pig? Now that hurt Haley." Nathan said in a mock hurt tone.

"What do want Nathan?"" she asked exasperated. "You know Owen told you-"

"Owen doesn't control me Haley." he cut her off taking a drink from his beer.

"Seriously Nathan just leave." Haley told him, looking back at the bar to make sure Owen was still kept busy. He was so she sighed with relieve before turning her attention back to the raven haired man.

"Now why would I do that when I ditched this lame-ass party to come see you?"

"What is your angle Nathan?" she asked curiously. Usually when he came to the bar he would grab a couple of drinks then spend the whole night trying to get into her pants. He claimed he wanted her but half of the time she would find him flirting with other girls.

She didn't get him one bit.

But hey it wasn't like she cared right?

Nathan got up slowly standing right in front of her. "No angle baby. I just want to have some fun." he whispered, wrapping his arms around her waist to pull her closer to him. She gasped at the sudden contact but tried to get his hands off her.

"Nathan please, Owen is going to kill you!" she try to warn him but it was no use. He had a firm grip on her and it looked like he wasn't going to let go anytime soon.

"Don't care." he said as he crashed his lips against hers forcefully. Haley was too shocked to do anything and for a moment she froze. Then she remembered why this kiss was wrong and she struggled against him but the feel of his lips on hers…God it felt so good! But this couldn't be happening so with some regret she pushed him away trying to calm her beating heart.

"What the hell are you doing Nathan!" she yelled wiping her lips with her hand.

"What I want." he simply replied smirking at her as he tried kissing her again.

"No, no, no!" Haley remarked pushing his body away. And although she wanted to feel those lips again, she knew she couldn't. She told Owen she wouldn't go there and she wasn't so she did the only thing she could do when she saw him leaning to kiss her again.

Smack!

Without thinking Haley had lifted her hand, her palm connecting with Nathan's cheek in a sharp slap.

Nathan's eyes widen with disbelieve. He couldn't believe that Haley James just slapped him. He touched his stinging cheek rubbing it slightly and just staring at Haley in awe before his expression hardened with anger. He took a step towards her and Haley backed away at the menacing look he was giving her.

"Walk away Nathan." a low and threatening voice ordered from behind. Nathan turned around and saw his older brother looking at him in a way he had never seen. His broad shoulders were stiff and he had his arms crossed against his chest.

"I don't want any trouble O." Nathan declared not taking is eyes off of Haley.

"Then I suggest you leave before I kick your ass to the curb." Owen threatened in a low tone. "I told you to stay away from the bar, to stay away from Haley."

Nathan scoffed in annoyance. "Seriously? All this for her." he snarled, pointing at Haley who was downright scared at this moment. "I'm your brother!" he yelled furiously. "She's nothing but a fucking waitress and you treat her better than me!"

"Leave Nathan and we'll talk later."

"Damn I was right wasn't I?" Nathan asked laughing dryly looking at Owen and Haley who was now behind him. "You're sleeping with her aren't you? I was thinking of actually fucking her too myself but looks like you beat me to it big bro. So tell me O, how is she? And this time tell me the truth. Is she as fuckable as I thought she was? Was she easy? Did she beg you? Or-"

Owen yanked his arm back and his fist flew forward hitting Nathan on his cheek. Nathan fell back a bit before Owen pulled him up.

"Don't you dare talk about Haley like that ever again you hear me!" he seethed with anger, grabbing him by his collar shirt. "Now get the fuck out of here or I swear I will forget you are my own brother." he once again threatened as he threw him on the ground.

"You're gonna regret this." Nathan warned and he took one last look at Haley who was cowering behind Owen. He furiously kicked the nearest chair and then to Haley's relieve finally left.

"Owen, God I'm so-" Haley tried to apologize as tears fell from her face.

"Shh Haley." Owen said as he pulled her in for a hug. "Not your fault sweetie."

"I should have just ignored him instead of-"

"Nathan would have found a way Haley. He's a resilient little fuck when he wants to be." he lightly teased trying to lighten the mood.

"Must take after his older brother then." she tried to tease back, earning a deep chuckle from the burly man.

"You okay?" he asked worriedly.

She wiped her tears away smiling slightly at her friend. "I will be." she whispered as she buried her face on his chest wanting to forget the way Nathan was looking at her.

They were standing outside her house looking at each other with awkward smiles on their faces. On their way to her home, they had talked some but for the most part they remained in silence. One thing they cleared though was what he was doing with Peyton. Much to Brooke's relieve Lucas told her that there wasn't anything serious happening between him and Peyton. Although Brooke felt bad for her because the blonde had told her she really liked Lucas, Brooke couldn't help but to feel happy that he wasn't reciprocating her feelings.

However, Lucas still didn't know why the brunette had been ignoring him since last Friday and he had a feeling she wasn't about to tell him. During the car ride he had tried to bring up that subject along with what happened between her and Julian but he knew when Brooke didn't want you to know something, you were pretty much left on the dark until she decided otherwise.

Brooke on the other hand wasn't sure how she was supposed to act around him anymore. After her talk with Haley she had been feeling confused about her feelings for him. Just looking at him now made those butterflies flutter again in her stomach. Then on top of all that she lied to him about Julian. Despite what he claimed about not being able to be mad at her she knew he had to be, there was no way he wasn't.

Brooke cleared her throat. "Thanks for the ride Luke." she mumbled shyly, looking at him with a slight smile.

"No problem Brooke." Lucas responded with a smile of his own. He didn't know what else he was supposed to say so shuffling his feet a bit, he took a step back from her. "So I guess I'll see you around?"

"No wait I…" She grabbed his arm not wanting him to leave yet. Crap what was she supposed to say now? Why in the world did she stop him from leaving?

Apologize, she remembered. She needed to apologize for everything.

"Brooke?" he questioned, looking at her with confusion. "What's going on?"

"I uhh…I need to, to…God this is hard." she admitted with a sheepish smile.

"Just spit it out Pretty Girl." he said smiling a bit.

"I'm sorry I lied to you about Julian." Brooke told him as she looked at him with an apologetic expression. "I know I should have told him about you from the beginning instead of lying to you saying I had."

"It's fine Brooke." Lucas honestly said knowing he was over that. At first it kind of hurt she lied to him about that but after a while he decided he really didn't care much. Whether Julian knew or not about their friendship didn't matter to him in the slightest.

"No Lucas it's not. I should have never lied to you about that."

"Brooke I already told you it's fine." he insisted.

"But it's not; I saw the look you had when Julian so kindly told you about it and I-I hurt you."

"Brooke I don't know what you want me to say. I already said it was fine."

"Damn it Luke!" she yelled with frustration. "Why is it fine? You can't honestly tell me that didn't make you mad because it would have to me. I would have been so pissed at you but you-you aren't!" she exclaimed pointing a finger at him. "So tell me, why aren't you mad? And please don't give me that 'because I can't be mad at you' excuse again."

"What do you want from me Brooke? I'm not mad because I'm just not!"

"But why? I need to know why?"

"Because I don't care if you told Julian about me or not! Or that you lied to me about it!" he yelled out making her jump at his words. "Hell it was better for me because honestly? I didn't want to ever meet the guy but damn it Brooke…" Lucas turned around running his hand through his hair. Everything would have been so much better if she would have just let him go like he wanted to in the first

"Luke…"

"I'm more hurt than mad but not because of the Julian thing. When you stopped talking to me all together it really messed me up." he confessed to her in a hurt tone which made Brooke feel instantly bad about what she did. "Why did you stop talking to me?" he suddenly asked turning around to face her.

"Luke…" Brooke trailed off not knowing what to say. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to but…God I don't know what happened." she lied a bit. She knew what happened but she just wasn't ready to tell him yet.

He instantly moved closer to her putting both his hands on her cheeks. "Yeah you do so tell me what did I do? Because I've been thinking about that day over and over again and I just can't find an answer. So Brooke I'll ask you again, why did you stop talking to me?"

She closed her eyes. How was it that with just that simple touch she felt like she was on cloud nine? What was it about him that when she was with him she felt so complete? What in the world did she feel for Lucas Scott?

With all these questions going around her head she realized she still hadn't answered his question. Truth was she really didn't want to even think about answering him. She didn't want to tell him anything but she knew he wasn't going to back down.

If she was going to answer his question, Brooke knew she had to have a clear mind. It was hard for her to think straight with him that close so taking a deep breath she stepped back away from him.

"Something happened that day and I didn't know how to handle it. I still don't know how to handle it. I don't know what's going on with me. I'm feeling all these things and I'm not sure what to do."

"Pretty Girl," he said taking a step closer to her. "talk to me." he coaxed kindly.

"I'm just so confused right now. And you being close to me isn't helping!" she exclaimed as she reached above her head to let her hair down. She stepped away from him again. "I mean you come into my life and you turn it upside down. What am I supposed to do about that?"

"Brooke." Lucas said chuckling a bit at her flustered state. "I have no idea what you're talking about. And besides what does this have to do with what we were talking about?"

"I was jealous Luke." she stated looking directly to his eyes.

He raised his eyebrows. "Jealous? Of what?" he asked truly feeling confused at the moment. What did any of this have to do with why she was mad on Friday?

"Of you and Haley." she clarified.

"I still don't know what you're talking about. Why were you…" he started to say but then stopped. She was jealous of him and Haley? But why? It just didn't make any sense.

"Brooke, what are you talking about?" he asked.

"Last Friday at the bar I saw how close you guys were getting and this feeling inside of me awoke. I was scared to admit it because of Julian but now I just want to be honest with you Lucas."

Although his face was blank, deep down he was feeling all kinds of things. Hope was one of those. What if he actually had a chance with her now? She told him herself she was jealous of him being with another girl. Did that actually mean something?

"And that's the reason you have been ignoring me?" he asked wanting to be sure he heard her right. She nodded her head. "Brooke you know my feelings for you haven't changed right? I still like you and I know we're just friends right now but I can't help but to-"

"I'm with Julian, Lucas." she interrupted not wanting to hear what he was going to say. It would only confuse her more and that wasn't what she needed to hear right now. And besides, although she was mad at Julian for acting like a total ass, she still was in a relationship with him.

"I know but what if-"

"Damn it Lucas!" she yelled pushing him slightly when he tried to get closer to her. "Everything used to be so simple before you came along and ruined it."

"Well what do you want me to do about it? You just told me you were jealous of me being close with Haley. How am I supposed to react to that Brooke, huh?"

"You wanted to know what happened so I told you. That doesn't mean anything can happen between us Lucas."

"Well that's just fucking great!" he growled angrily, Brooke instantly recoiling from shock. Since she had known him, Lucas had never sworn in front of her. He was usually the calm one, the one that was always cool and collected. "I mean seriously Brooke what did you expect to happen after your confession? You knew I liked you since the beginning, I told you for Christ sakes!"

"I-I didn't expect anything." Brooke told him not sure if she really meant that. "I just wanted to be honest with you." she mumbled timidly not liking the way he was looking at her.

He started pacing not sure what to think of this. Every once in a while he would stop to look at her and shake his head, not knowing what more he could say. Brooke bit her lip nervously, she had never seen him so agitated before and if she was honest with herself she was scared of what this could mean to their friendship.

Tension hung between them. And as Lucas looked at Brooke, at the way she was nervously biting her lip, the way her hair was now hanging in loose waves; he knew he had to do something. Deciding he was going to take a chance, Lucas all of a sudden stopped his pacing and shortened the distance between them. He put his hand up against her cheek looking into her eyes for a moment before he crashed his lips to hers.

Brooke surprised at his actions resisted at first knowing what was happening was wrong but to his surprise she immediately replied it with more passion than he expected her to. She had no idea what was going on but all she knew was that she liked it. She liked feeling his lips against hers. The way he held her with such longing and such care, it was all too much for her. She wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to her, wanting to leave no room between them.

When air finally became a necessity, they both pulled away breathlessly. Lucas still holding on to her pulled her in closer. He wanted to hold on to her and never let go.

"That shouldn't have happened." she said trying to catch her breath. She tried pulling away from him but Lucas held on to her kissing her once more before pulling away, leaning his forehead to hers.

"Tell me you didn't feel that." he whispered looking at her with such love that Brooke swore she never seen before on anyone else's eyes.

"Lucas, I'm engaged." Brooke pulled back from him as a tear trailed down her cheek. "It doesn't matter what I felt, I promised myself to another man and I'm not going back on that promise." She turned to leave, opening her door and giving him one last look before entering her house. Once inside her home Brooke broke down before running upstairs to her room.

Lucas stood outside looking at the closed door trying to hold back what he was feeling. He was a bit upset because she pretty much rejected him but he now had something he didn't think he ever have with her.

Hope.

He felt it in their kiss, the way she responded to it, how much she wanted him. He had a chance with her and he wasn't about to let her go after this.

No he was going to fight for her.

To Be Continued...

Sooooo? Lots of Brucas like I said along with Naley which I never thought I would enjoy writing so much. Don't worry about Nathan though, he will soon see the light...anyways thoughts?

Coming Up Next: I have no idea! I will be working on it though, hang in there!

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