All 5 adult faces froze as they heard the innocent boys words come out of his mouth. Haley glanced at Nathan, who glanced right back to her. Lucas' eyes had still been glued to Brooke, who currently had her eyes directed at the floor. And Lindsey Strauss, Lucas' new fiancé, stared at Lucas. Everyone was just waiting for someone to break the silence.

"Jamie honey, I think Chester still needs to be fed…" Haley smiled down at her son, who slowly nodded her head.

"Chester is my bunny. You can come see him if you want to!" He told Brooke excitedly, causing Brooke to let out a smile.

"I'll come find you in a bit, kay buddy?"

Jamie smiled and said a quick okay before bouncing off to his room to feed his bunny, leaving the adults right back into their awkward silence.

"Brooke…" A voice finally spoke up. Brooke smiled, knowing it was Haley's voice that had just said her name. "Get over here!" She exclaimed with a laugh before pulling Brooke into a tight hug. "Where the hell have you been?" She asked, a bit of bitterness creeping into her voice as she pulled back from the brunette, staring into her eyes.

Brooke bit her lip as she looked from Haley, back down to her feet, over to Nathan, and finally back to Haley. "It's a long story…" She scoffed, shaking her head.

"We've got time." A sudden voice spoke, causing all four adults heart to skip a beat once they realized how dark and angry that voice had sounded. All heads turned to Lucas as he stared directly at Brooke.

"Let me go turn the stove off and then we can all sit down and have a discussion like adults…" Haley finally interjected, causing the intense stare down between Brooke and Lucas to terminate.

Nathan quickly followed, definitely not wanting to be in a room with such tension without his wife by his side.

"Well, are you surprised?" Nathan asked quietly with a smirk on his face as he met his wife in the kitchen.

"Let's just say surprised would be an understatement." Haley scoffed, shaking her head still in disbelief as she turned off the stove. Maybe it'd be better just to order in tonight. "Where did you find her?"

"Jamie did actually. We ran into her at the park… You should have seen it Hales. I've never seen Jamie fallen in love with someone so quick."

"Yeah, well he's not the only one…" Haley smirked, leaning out to look to the living room at Lucas before turning back to Nathan with a smile.

Back over in the living room, things were still pretty rocky. Finally, Brooke couldn't take it anymore. Taking a deep breath, she spoke up. "Hi, I'm Brooke." She said, smiling at the girl occupying the seat next to Lucas.

"Lindsey." She smiled back a tight smile. Lindsey had heard a lot about this girl… which were mostly good things. That being said, meeting Brooke Davis scared her a bit. She knew this was the first girl Lucas fell in love with. And the first girl who truly broke his heart.

"Nice to meet you." Brooke added, not being able to help notice the ring on Lindsey's left finger. She felt a knot in her stomach knowing Lucas was engaged. This was supposed to be her and Lucas. He said it himself.

"Don't worry, you will marry me. This whole broken up thing is just a momentary lapse of judgment…"

"Momentary lapse of judgment…" Brooke repeated to herself quietly as the memory flooded through her mind.

"Excuse me?" Lindsey asked, raising her eyebrows after hearing Brooke say something to quiet to hear.

Brooke's head shot up from her hands as she realized she'd said it out loud, not just in her head. "Sorry, I was just uh—thinking of something…" She stuttered, shrugging her shoulders with a small smile as she looked up and saw Lucas staring at her.

Lucas heard exactly what she said, and knew exactly what she meant. She had to of seen the ring he'd just given Lindsey a few days ago, on what would have been his and Brooke's anniversary had they stayed together.

Just the thought made his blood boil. 'Had they stayed together.' It was her fault they didn't. She's the one who ran, she's the one who gave up and left no way to get in contact with her. He'd tried, god knows he'd tried several times. But after so many failed attempts, he had to stop trying. There was no point, she made it clear she wasn't coming back.

"Okay, now then." Haley said as her and Nathan reentered the room, both pulling up two chairs from the kitchen. "Where were we?"

"Brooke was going to tell us where she's been the past four years." Lucas' deep voice returned, once again startling everyone. Lindsey set her hand on his lap, as if to make sure everything was okay. But when his hand didn't reach for hers, she knew it definitely wasn't.

All eyes locked on Brooke as she nervously bit her lip, not knowing how to start this. Where would she begin?

"I've uh..well I…" Brooke took a deep breath. "When I left Tree Hill…I um… I moved to California…"

"With your parents?" Nathan spoke up, raising his eyebrows. He knew Brooke would never want to live with her parents again, not after the way they treated her like crap her entire life.

"Not exactly…" She said softly, her eyes going down to the ground.

"Well then where'd you stay down there?" Lucas asked, leaning up on the couch, Lindsey's hand slowly sliding off of his leg.

"I was living in San Fransicso…"

"With who?" Lucas immediately was onto the next question.

"That's a little complicated…" Brooke said softly as she met his eyes.

Lucas could tell by the look in her eyes that she was uncomfortable with the questions, but he couldn't help it. He had a right to know why she ran away from him and never came back.

"How so?"

"Lucas please, don't do this." She finally spoke up to him, staring him in the eyes.

"Do what Brooke? Don't we have a right to know where you've been hiding all this time? Why you left us all at a time where we needed you! You knew Haley was pregnant and you left her!" He shouted, standing up from the couch. "You left me the day after we got back together! Did you know Peyton had a half brother? Did you? Did you know that it was DAN who killed Keith! Our own father! Where were you then Brooke? Off slutting around! Did you resort back to your old ways, is that it?"

"Lucas that's enough!" Nathan finally stood up, raising his voice a bit at his brother as he watched Brooke try to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes. Sure she'd just gotten back, but Nathan already felt his big brotherness kicking in for Brooke.

"Is it enough Nate? Really though, how much is enough these days?! Because I thought having a guy you supposedly were in love with and some pretty great damn best friends was enough! But no you had to—" Lucas stopped midsentence as he saw the first tear roll down Brooke's cheek.

It was then he came to the realization of why she left. "Nick." He said, ever so softly.

Brooke took a deep breath before standing up, face to face with Lucas. Nathan and Haley both took deep breaths as they saw Brooke face up to Lucas. They hadn't even thought about Nick. But now, it all made since.

"You don't know one damn thing about me." She stared at him, her eyes overtaken by fire. "You obviously didn't know me enough to know that I wouldn't go 'slutting' around. Or that if I could I would've called you every damn day. You would know that I DID know about all that stuff, and I was here when Dan was convicted of killing Keith. God Lucas, you don't think I cared? I went to the rivercourt to find you and you were with Peyton…and you were happy. I wasn't going to fucking interfere when that was all I wanted for you! For all of you!" Brooke's eyes were now releasing the tears she'd been trying to hold by the bucket.

Everyone just sat there in silence, wondering what the next move was going to be Brooke was wiping her eyes, praying the tears would stop coming. Nathan sat there staring at Lucas, looking like he was about to kill him for making Brooke cry again. Haley looked over to see a confused Lindsey, and Lucas stared at Brooke, trying to think of something to say.

"Bullshit." He finally spat out, causing Brooke's eyes to widen along with everyone elses.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. You're hiding. I don't not believe that that's not true, but this has something to do with Nick and I know it, I can tell by the look in your eyes. What happened with him Brooke?"

"I'm not talking to you about this. Matter of fact, I'm not talking to you at all. Nate, thanks for bringing me here. Hales, I'm sorry I couldn't stay longer. I gave Nathan my number, so give me a call; kay?" Brooke asked, trying to hold a sob as she walked over to Haley, giving her a hug.

"Are you staying in Tree Hill then?" Haley asked, hopeful.

Brooke nodded, a small smile on her lips. "Yeah, tell Jamie I'll see him later kay? I don't want him seeing me as a mess…" She said with a laugh, causing Haley to nod before saying she would.

"Nate, think you can give me a lift back to my hotel?"

"Yeah of course. Hales I'll see you soon." Nathan gave Haley a quick kiss on the lips before wrapping an arm around Brooke's trembling shoulder.

"Lindsey, it was nice meeting you…" Brooke managed to get out before exiting the house with Nathan.

Lucas stood in the same spot he'd been in, unable to move. How did his whole world get turned upside down within the hour?

Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! As I promised, this was a MUCH quicker update!! I know this seemed a little intense and all upfront, but I think it would've happened with Brucas…with the way they ended things.

And don't worry about this story ending soon, it's nowhere near over!!

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