A/N: Okay, so this chapter has been long awaited...I've been trying to update since the day after I updated last, and it wouldn't let me, I tried like a million times everyday with no luck! I was very very frustrated to say the least! Anyways, THANK YOU THANK YOU for your reviews, they pretty much made my day, week, whatever! I'm happy to see my dedicated reviewers still reading, and happy to also see new readers. It means a ton to me! You guys are amazing, did I tell you that! Here's your chapter...I hope its good, considering that sucky long wait...

Chapter 9-I'm Falling For You Fast Brooke Davis

Brooke was woken up from a knock at the door. She tried to ignore it at first and put a pillow over her head. But the knock turned into a bang, so she gave up trying to sleep and decided to answer the door.

"Coming" Brooke yelled frustrated, her hair was a mess, and so were her pajamas. She looked in the mirror and flattened her hair on the way to the door. She was never very observant and hadn't noticed that she was the only one in the hotel room, so when she opened the door and discovered Lucas, Nathan, and Peyton instead of room service she was surprised.

"Morning Brooke" Peyton smiled as she pushed past her friend and went straight into the bathroom.

"Hey Brooke" Nathan called as he also pushed past her and went and sat on Peyton's bed, grabbing the remote, and turning on the television.

"Good morning sleepy head" Lucas laughed as he ruffled her hair and went to sit down by Nathan as Brooke stood at the door with a confused face, pointing to the bathroom where Peyton had slipped off too and to the two boys sitting on the bed.

"Okay, so what's going on here? How are you all dressed, and have been gone aaannnd came back before I even woke up?" She said as Peyton walked out of the bathroom and flopped down on her bed.

"Well, you sleep like a rock for starters" Lucas started.

"And it's like 11 o' clock!" Peyton finished, as Nathan just stared at the TV and nodded.

"Oh Brooke, we brought you back a bagel" Lucas said as he pointed to a brown bag on the desk.

"Thanks Lukey" Brooke smiled as she grabbed the bag and went and sat by Lucas, immediately laying her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around her without thinking and continued watching whatever Spanish soap opera was on the TV.

"Brooke we decided to go scuba diving today! It's gonna be so much fun" Peyton exclaimed as she sat up and looked over at her tired friend.

"Peyton, you know I don't like sharks" Brooke said, obviously not as thrilled as Peyton was.

"It's okay Brooke, I'm sure we won't see sharks, and we're gonna have an instructor with us, we'll get to see all the cute little fishys" Lucas said as he traced circles on her arms.

"Yeah Brooke, we aren't gonna go 'Jaws' on you, it'll be fun" Nathan told her as he gave her a reassuring smile "And Lucas is a kick ass shark wrestler anyways!"

"I guess" Brooke shrugged as she hid her face in Lucas' shirt.

"It'll be fun Brooke I promise" Lucas squeezed her and kissed the top of her head.

"We have to be at the docks at 1, so you might wanna fit in a shower, your hair looks like a wild animal" Peyton laughed, causing a death glare from Brooke.

"Don't listen to her you look gorgeous" Lucas told Brooke as lifted her chin and kissed her to prove his point.

Brooke finished her bagel and went and took a shower as her friends continued watching TV. When she was ready to go it was time to go down to the docks for their scuba diving lesson.

Their instructor's name was Tobey, and he was very nice. He was in his late twentys and told the younger kids about his life in Cabo. He taught them about scuba diving and how to do so safely. Finally it was time to go out and do the real thing and they couldn't wait, well everyone but Brooke.

"Luke, I don't know if I can do it, what if my oxygen tank like just stops working, huh? Then what?" Brooke asked nervously as she bit her finger nails.

"Brooke, that's not gonna happen" Lucas laughed as he grabbed her hand out of her mouth and laced his fingers with hers "I promise you'll be fine, I'll be right there with you, but if you don't want to do it you don't have too."

"No, I think I want to, I'm just scared. Don't leave me ok Luke?" Brooke's eyes pleaded with him.

"I wouldn't dream of it" Lucas smiled at her as he put her hand up to his mouth and kissed it.

"Alright, are you guys ready? We won't be going very deep because it is your first time. You can take these underwater cameras with you if you would like too. You have a half hour under water at the longest, but you can come up sooner if you'd like too. I will be going down with you, and by the looks of it, the water is beautiful so this should be a great experience for you all." With that, Tobey smiled and climbed out of the small boat into the not so deep water. It wasn't long before Peyton and Jake were both in the water with Tobey, but Brooke wasn't so sure.

"Are you ready Brooke?" Lucas asked her as she chewed on her nail and stared at the water.

"You aren't gonna leave me right?" She questioned Lucas once more, still staring at the blue water.

"Nope, we are gonna do this together" he smiled as she looked over at him. He grabbed her face and gave her a soft kiss to exaggerate his point.

"Okay Luke" Brooke half smiled up at him, "I think I'm ready."

The water was beautiful. It was nothing like Brooke had ever imagined before. She felt so free under the water. So this is how the little mermaid felt, Brooke thought as she smiled. The plants under the water were amazing. Not to mention the fish. Fish of every size, shape, and color had swam by her. She was glad that she got to take a camera under water with her because this is a memory she wanted to keep forever. She took pictures of her friends, and the underwater life.

Their thirty minutes was up a lot faster than they had wanted it to be. They climbed back into the boat and began to take off all of their equipment.

"So that was pretty much amazing" Peyton said as she continued to stare at the blue ocean all around her.

"Yeah it really was, I can't believe how awesome it looks under there, I think I even saw some Nemo fishes" Nathan laughed as he wrapped his arms around a wet Peyton.

"It was pretty cool, I've always wanted to do that, I can mark that off of my list of things to do" Lucas replied as he looked over at Brooke who had a huge smile on her face.

"That was beautiful, thanks for talking me into it Luke" Brooke said as she scooted over to Lucas and hugged him.

"Anything for you Pretty Girl" Lucas said as he kissed her wet hair.

By the time the four friends got back to the hotel, they were tired from their long day playing with the fish. They each went to their respective rooms to get showered and then see how they felt about what to do for the rest of their evening.

"Peyton, right when we get home we have to get our underwater camera's developed. I can't wait to see my pictures, I really hope they turn out, that was-"

"Let me guess, amazing!" Peyton finished Brooke's sentence for her. She was obviously getting annoyed at Brooke's continuous ranting about their day scuba diving, "Brooke, how about we talk about something other than fishys, cute Lucas, and anything else to do with scuba diving, or maybe I'll send you to spend the night with your beloved fishys."

"Oh Peyton, you know you love it" Brooke laughed as she walked from the bathroom towel drying her hair.

"Yeah sure" Peyton sighed as she tossed the magazine she was reading on the bed.

"So what should we do tonight?" Brooke asked as she came and sat next to Peyton on the bed and started to examine her finger nails.

"I don't know, I'm so tired I don't think I can move" Peyton whimpered as she layed down on Brooke's lap.

"Yeah I know the feeling, I think I wanna paint my nails."

"Okay random" Peyton laughed as she closed her eyes.

"So pink or red?" Brooke asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm gonna paint my nails, remember, for being a fake blonde you sure act like a real one" Brooke giggled which was followed by a lazy slap on the knee by Peyton.

Brooke moved Peyton off of her lap and went to sit down on the floor to paint her nails. She decided to paint them a coral pink color, just because it reminded her of scuba diving.

"Alright, done!" Brooke said feeling a sense of accomplishment. "Peyt, I'm hungry we should go eat."

When Brooke didn't receive an answer she turned around to see her friend sleeping on the bed. She was lightly snoring which meant there was no way Brooke would be waking her up. Brooke shrugged her shoulders and started to blow on her nails to help them to dry faster. She then went into the bathroom to blow dry her hair. After her hair was dry she pulled it up into a messy bun. She came out of the bathroom hoping that the blow dryer had woken up her friend, but no, Peyton was still fast asleep.

Brooke strolled over to the night stand and picked up her phone to call Lucas, hopefully he wasn't sleeping too.

She dialed his number and when he wasn't picking up she was getting nervous that she'd have to spend the night bored doing nothing. Finally Lucas answered the phone…

"Hey Brooke"

"Lucasss, I'm so glad you answered" Brooke squealed jumping up and down.

"Well I'm so glad you called, Nathan has chosen to become a permanent fixture attached to his bed, what are you girls doing?" Lucas smiled, excited that maybe he'd get to spend more time with Brooke.

"We came home and took showers and then Peyton decided to be a party pooper and go to sleep, and she won't wake up" Brooke complained.

"I feel your pain. So since we both have lame friends, wanna go do something?" Lucas asked, positive that her answer would be yes.

"I thought you'd never ask"

Brooke giggled into the phone, "I'm ready now, so come get me whenever you are ready."

"Sounds good Brookie, I'll be there in like ten minutes."

"See you soon, bye Luke."

"Bye Brooke." Lucas smiled and hung up the phone.

Brooke decided to change into jeans and a flowy pink tank top. She went into the bathroom and quickly applied some bronzer on her face and a light layer of soft pink eye shadow and mascara to her eyes. She finished off her simple look with her favorite Mac lip-gloss. Good enough she sighed as she looked in the mirror once more. Brooke went and sat on her bed to wait for Lucas to arrive. 5 minutes later there was a knock on the door.

Brooke was overly excited for him to be there, she was very impatient and getting bored with her sleeping best friend. Brooke ran to the door as soon as she heard the first knock and threw it open only to jump into Lucas' arms.

"Whoa, looks like someone is excited to see me" Lucas laughed as Brooke squeezed his neck tightly.

"You have no idea" She sighed as she leaned her head back off of his shoulder to capture his lips in hers.

"What….do you…wanna do?" Lucas asked in-between Brooke's 'happy to see him' kisses.

"I'm hungry" Brooke said as she released her lips off of Lucas' and took his hand in hers.

"Well then let's go get you some food" Lucas smiled at her as she let go of his hand to grab her purse.

"Okay handsome, let me write Peyton a note and we'll get out of here" She flashed him her signature smile and went to write her friend a note. "Okay, done. Let's go" She smiled as she skipped over to him and grabbed his hand once more.

The two walked out of the hotel and on to the sidewalks when suddenly Lucas stopped.

"Did I mention how good you look tonight?" Lucas whispered in Brooke's ear as he grabbed her hips.

"Nuh-uh" She smiled as he cupped her face with his hands and he gave her a soft, slow, sensual kiss.

Brooke and Lucas went and got some dinner and were now walking down the beach. He had his arm around her shoulders and her head was leaning on his shoulder, she was carrying her sandals in her hands as she loved the feel of the warm sand beneath her toes.

"We always end up back at this beach at night" Brooke said as she looked up at Lucas and smiled.

"Yeah I know, it's gorgeous isn't it?"

"Yeah it really is, there are like a billion stars in the sky" Brooke whispered as she looked up into the sky and Lucas squeezed her shoulders.

Lucas couldn't be happier. He was walking down the beach under a beautiful sky, with the prettiest girl wrapped in his arms. He was what he considered a lucky guy.

"Lucas?" Brooke said with a hint of concern in her voice.

"Yeah babe?"

"We are leaving soon, what happens when we leave? I don't wanna leave you Luke" Brooke sniffled. Truth is Lucas was worried about the same thing and he knew they'd have to talk about it sooner or later because their week vacation in Cabo was almost up.

"I know Brookie, I don't wanna leave you either. Trust me; this has been the best week of my life."

"But what are we gonna do Luke" she looked up at him, and he didn't like the sadness he saw in her eyes. He knew he had to be strong for her, he had to be. They had stopped walking and she was now clinging onto him for dear life. He had his arms wrapped around her small body and was holding her as close as he possibly could.

"We will make it work, we have the whole summer. After we get moved into our new places, we'll have the rest of the summer together. I'll come visit you in California and you can come visit me in Texas. It'll work out Brooke, it has to." Lucas said, he was scared as well, but if he made it seem easy, then maybe it would be.

"Promise" Brooke whispered with a shaky voice.

"Yeah, promise" Luke said as he kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back soothingly.

"When did this go from just having fun to serious?" Brooke asked, still clutching the fabric of the back of Lucas' shirt.

"I don't know Brooke, but I'm glad it did, you are a great girl and I really like you."

Brooke pulled slightly away from him and gave him a small smile. She then grabbed the back of his neck and his lips came crashing on to hers. They let out all of the emotions they were feeling into this one kiss. At first it was rushed and rapid, they wanted to explore every centimeter of each others mouths. Eventually the kiss slowed down and they pulled away from each other. Brooke rested her head back onto his chest and he ran his hands through her hair.

"I'm falling for you fast Brooke Davis" he whispered into her ear.

They walked along the beach for a little while longer and talked about the day scuba diving. Brooke was back to her happy self as was Lucas.

"Luke, thanks for helping me today, I was so scared and it meant a lot that you were there for me because I had an amazing time" Brooke said as she swung their hands back and forth as they walked.

"No problem Brooke, I knew you'd like it! It was pretty awesome." He smiled down at her.

They returned back to the hotel and were both beat from the long day they had.

Lucas walked Brooke up to her door and they were standing in front of it when she pulled him into a hug.

"Have I told you how amazing you are?" Brooke asked.

"Nuh-uh" Lucas replied as she pulled him in for a small kiss.

"Will you stay with me tonight, I really don't wanna be alone, and Peyton's asleep."

"Anything for you Brookie" Lucas was happy to get to spend as much time with her as possible.

They went inside and cuddled in Brooke's bed. He wrapped his arms around her and she snuggled into his chest. Lucas rubbed her back and tickled her arms until she fell asleep.

"Goodnight Brooke" He whispered as he too closed his eyes.

A/N:Okay, go and review, and I know you will cuz you are the best! oh yeah, 20 reviews for the last chapter...that was a record for me! You guys rock my socks off!