Hey guys!! I'm trying to update sooner and sooner because I'm going to be pretty busy during August so I'll finish before then. Only a couple more chapters left! Thanks for all the reviews! Here's Chapter 15. It's mostly Brooke and Lucas talking. Enjoy: )

Previously,

Ugh…this is going to be way harder than I thought. How can I do this when he made such a wonderful meal and is so happy?! I guess it's now or never, she thought.

This is the perfect moment to tell her! She's going to be so happy, he thought.

"I have something I need to tell you."

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Brooke looked up. Was his news the reason he cooked dinner? "Umm…I have something I need to tell you, too."

"Do you want to go first or…?"

"You go," she said, chickening out. A few more minutes couldn't hurt, right?

"I got offered to coach a college basketball team while I was away."

"OMG! Lucas! Baby, that's awesome!!" Momentarily all was forgotten as she jumped up into his arms and gave him a big kiss. "Which team in North Carolina is it?"

He looked down hesitantly, then slowly brought his gaze back up. "Actually, Brooke, it's not in North Carolina."

"Then, where is it? South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee?" Her tone showing obvious impatience.

"Uh, California."

"Wow…California?!" She stepped out of his arms and started pacing across the kitchen floor. "We really need to think about this. I know this is your dream, but California's across the country!"

"Uhh Brooke, I need to tell you one more thing and I know you're going to get mad but please understand that I did it for us and for the kids."

The pacing stopped. The smile dropped. And the concern rose. "Lucas, you can tell me anything. I promise I won't get mad." After everything I've done, I have no reason to be mad at you. He, on the other hand, wasn't so sure.

"Every truth has twosides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either." -Aesop

"I took the offer. A minute before you came home."

Her concern suddenly vanished and what seemed to be the deepest of all fury appeared. "You what?!" The venom was evident in her voice.

"I…I took the job." He tried to reach out of her but she slapped his hand back. Was this God's way of punishing her?

"Don't! Don't you freakin touch me! You took the offer?!? Did it ever occur to you that you have a wife and two children to think about?! Maybe consulting them would be a good idea! The kids love it here. I love it here. God, Lucas how can you be such an idiot! Do you seriously expect me to pack up my life and just go to California with you?" She was screaming by now and had probably woken up the neighbors ten doors down.

"Brooke, this is my dream! I thought you'd understand! I supported you when you wanted to become a fashion designer. I thought you would do the same for me. It's just one sacrifice!"

"Don't you dare! Don't you dare bring up my career! I never asked you to pack up everything and move across the country Lucas! And sacrifice! You want to talk about sacrifice? I've sacrificed so much for you already…traveling for my fashion line, going to shows across the country, having another kid! And you don't even realize it." She was crying silently by now, tears slowly cascading down her cheeks.

He was silent, dry of words to say. Absolutely speechless. What could someone say to that?

"God, Lucas…" She turned around and rested her head against the refrigerator.

She felt a hand slowly turning her around. Looking up she looked into her husband's eyes. Once they used to have that dreamy effect, making her feel as if she was falling deeper into them, deeper and deeper in love. Now, all she saw was blue. Dark gorgeous blue eyes. There was no falling. No dreamy effect. No deep love. When had it vanished? How come she hadn't realized this sooner?

"Brooke, I'm so sorry! I really am. Believe me, if I could take back not asking you, I would in a second. But this is my dream! I've always wanted to be college coach! You know that. Can't you just support me?"

She didn't know why but suddenly the anger rose back up. Five years ago, if he had asked her the same question, she would've probably given in. She would've probably have forgiven him and they would probably be celebrating right now. But this wasn't five years ago. A lot had changed. She wasn't that same girl anymore. She was sick of the sorrys. Sick of the pain. Sick of being that hidden woman who wouldn't show how she really felt.

"Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always painhidden somewhere." -Anonymous

So, she did one thing. She laughed. Confusion etched across her husband's face. "Lucas, I've supported you from the longest time. From the time we started dating to this exact moment. But I'm done being that wife that always agrees with her husband. Done hanging onto something that I know was never truly meant to be. Done lying. I'm done."

She extracted her arm from his hand. She felt his finger slowly brush down her hand as she made her way to the door. The loss of contact signaled the end of their marriage. They were done. His destiny lied in California, coaching a big college team. Hers lied here. In Tree Hill. With a man other than her current husband. The fate of the Scotts was finally unfolding.

"We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It's just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected" –Ben Okri

But before she put both feet outside the door, she had to tell him the real truth. He deserved to know. He wasn't the only one at fault here.

"Oh, by the way, I'm in love with your brother. I have been for a while. I just didn't realize it. I thought you might want to know."

With a slight smile, Brooke Davis-Scott closed the door and made her way down a familiar path, to a place where she knew she was destined to be.

Ah! The end! That was Chapter 15! Hope you liked it!!! PLEASE R&R!!! I love to know what you're thinking. Thanks!