Heya everyone first off I would just like to thank everyone for your reviews and support in this story. I never thought so many people would end up liking this story, so again thank you to all my loyal people who come back to read my new chapters and don't get mad at me for being a bit slow at times. So anyways back to the story... This chapter is going to be in two parts, so chapter 6 and seven are together. I just wanted to be able to give you all an update sooner than later. I think you will all enjoy this chapter I had this chapter almost written out and then I had a dream a couple of nights ago and I thought it would be really good for the story so basically I just changed the names lol. So again let me know what you all think. I look forward to your reviews and feedback.

Alexa

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Even if I leave you now and it breaks my heart. Even if I'm not around I won't give in, I can't give up, on this love. You've become a piece of me. Makes me sick to even think of mornings of waking up alone, without you here beside me. Searching for you in my dreams, please don't fade away. I can't just close the door. I never felt anything like this before. Tell me the truth no matter what we're going through, will you hold on too?

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What they thought is true, they are not mistaken. I had neither the courage nor the strength for confrontations, but now is the right time to face your opposition. I know this may seem drastic, but such a necessary step to wrestle my demons and deal with your judgment. Someday even without my consent you may find out the truth, but just like you I am also a woman of integrity, both honour and nobility reside in me. So with this, I prefer to tell you face to face. I would rather that you hear my own words than rely on the possibility.

What I feel for you is not to be played with. It is very real. I am not the friend you want me to be because I wish for so much more than that. Our fate was not solely sealed by friendship, but of something more profound. Never wanted to be just a companion, I secretly aspired for something more. My true motives have been suppressed, carefully hiding my doting stares. It may seem of me selfish, it was purely out of my control I am not making excuses trickery was not my intention.

If after this, you decide to change and speak to me never again, I would try to understand. If you resolve to cut me off and remove me from your view, I would attempt to comprehend. If you choose to forget about me and remove my traces from your memory, I would sadly accept my destiny.

However, if you should choose to have me then I will make a promise to you right now...well perhaps more than one.

I promise to never let you down. I promise to never leave you. I promise to always be there for you when you need me. I promise to give you your space when you need it, but most of all I Promise that I will always love you no matter what.

Nothing you could ever do or say will ever change that. So there you have it. The choice is yours completely, your decision it is out of my hands. I have done everything that I can think is possible to make you comfortable and to want me back.

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I stood there in the hotel room alone. Brooke basically just grabbed her purse and went out the door not speaking another word to me. I stood there in shock. I didn't want to move for fear that I would forget what had just happened and there was no way in hell I was allowing that to happen. I didn't even know if I wanted to go out to dinner now. I just didn't feel in the mood to be around all of my "friends".

All I wanted was to curl up in my bed with Brooke beside me. We didn't even have to do anything, just to have her close it all I really needed. Just to stare at her in silence at and take in every inch of her beauty. I don't think I could ever get tired of watching her. I just wanted to breathe in her scent and let it fill my lungs and keep it there forever. I just wanted to be lost in her. I was so close to getting what I have been craving that it's killing me even more now. I don't know how I have even held up until now, but I know it will probably just end up getting worse.

Just as I was in deep thought my stomach growled. I rolled my eyes in annoyance now realizes that I would have to join my friends for dinner. I went to my bag and grabbed the tequila and limes that I had brought and put them in the mini fridge for later. Hopefully both Brooke and I would end up drinking together tonight, rather than me by myself in this lonely hotel room. I grabbed my coat and purse and headed to the front doors where I assumed everyone would be waiting for the lagers.

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We all ended up at some diner a couple of blocks away from the hotel. It didn't seem that busy, but it was extremely loud with our entire basketball and cheerleading teams now in the small diner. We ended up taking up 5 tables that we pushed together so that everyone could hang out together. Brooke of course was at the opposite end of the tables that I was at. She had gone right back to being scared and was just completely ignoring me now. I really just wish she could make up her mind already, but then again if it just took her time to give in and let her emotions take their course then I would wait a lifetime for her. I could tell she was doing everything in her power to keep away from me. I knew it was getting harder and harder for her. I could only hope that she would give in soon.

I wasn't really paying any attention to any of the chaos around me. The only thing I was focussed on was Brooke. I watched her every move. I would catch her starring at me every so often, but as soon as our eyes would meet to would look away. Our food came quickly and I decided that I would just eat and not pay attention to anything around me. I kept getting the weirdest feelings though. I could feel her starring at me although, I didn't look at her. I knew that as soon as I would meet her gaze she would look away. I was about halfway through my dinner when I couldn't take it any longer. I needed to see her.

I looked up and my face went straight to confusion. Her chair was empty. I looked around the diner trying to see if I could spot her out. No one else seemed to have left their seat. As I was scanning the room I noticed the bathroom door was just closing. At that exact moment I stood up quickly and started to head for the bathroom. I walked into the bathroom and Brooke was starring into the mirror at her reflection. She looked up at me and rolled her eyes. She then turned around and tried to leave the bathroom, but I blocked the way.

"Don't you think that's a bit childish?" She asked in a serious tone with one eyebrow raised.

I shrugged my shoulders. "No...Not really. Not as childish as what you're doing anyways." I said back, maybe with a little too much force than necessary and a smirk on my face. I took a step towards her, again trying to close the distance that she was trying to put between us. I wasn't about to let her get away. Not this time. Brooke only rolled her eyes, but did not move away. We both knew that she wanted it. She was just scared. I then felt Brooke's hand at the small of my back. She was putting pressure on it; she was pulling me closer to her.

We were in the same position that we were in the hotel room before we were very rudely interrupted by Bevin. Again I could feel the heat of her breath. I could almost taste her lips again as now we were only maybe an inch away. I waited for her to close the gap between our lips patiently. It took her a good thirty seconds to convince herself that this was going to be the right thing to do I assumed. Her hand raised again as it had done before only thing time she grabbed me by the back of the neck and gave into her temptation.

Our lips met in that instant. I felt weak in the knees at once, but ignored it. The kiss started out sweet and innocent like, but I could feel myself loosing control. I wanted more. I needed more and there was nothing that could stop me now. I lifted up my arm and found the back or Brooke's neck and swung her around and pushed her up against the wall deepening the kiss. Her lips were so soft and she tasted of such sweetness. I never wanted to come up for air again, but I knew that was inevitable. Brooke finally broke the kiss after maybe twenty second to my disappointment. I just opened my eyes and starred into her brilliant green eyes trying to understand what was going through her minds.

In the back of my mind I was desperately wishing that she wouldn't freak out again. She starred back at me I don't know how long before she opened her mouth to say something, but quickly shut it again. Her expression was odd. It wasn't scared or panic; she just looked to be thinking extremely hard from the crease in her forehead. She finally broke eye contact with me and walked slowly over to the sinks and mirror. I just stood there. I didn't want to upset her in anyway, so I thought I would just wait for her to come around and to be able to talk to me.

After a couple of minutes she looked up at me though the refection of the mirror. She didn't look like she was scared or anything. So I decided to walk slowly up behind her. She was leaning over the counter and I walked up behind her and caressed her cheek from behind then pulled her hair on the one side exposing her neck. Then I rested my hand on her shoulder. She lifted up her hand and put it on mine and smiled into the mirror.

I never wanted this moment to end, but I knew that was impossible. Sooner or later someone was going to come looking for us. I darned not the break the silence for fear that if we talked she would go back to her original state of panic. Without one word or ounce of panic Brooke turned around, looked into my eyes, and walked out the door leaving me there with a million thoughts racing though my head at a million miles an hour.

I shook my head trying to get rid of the thoughts that were now clouded in my mind and turned around and headed out the door. I walked back up to our table and noticed that Brooke's chair was still empty. I scanned the diner, but she was nowhere to be seen. Maybe she did freak out I thought to myself, even though it didn't look like it when she left the bathroom a moment ago. This confused me beyond belief. I scanned the room and quickly found Bevin.

"Hey Bevin, do you know where Brooke went?" I asked trying to think of at what point was there any panic in Brooke's eyes. Was she just that good at hiding that sort of thing? I doubted that otherwise she would have been able to hide it all the other times as well.

"I think she went back to the hotel. She said that she wasn't feeling well and she wanted to make sure that she wasn't sick for tomorrow." I took a moment for Bevin find who had called her when she found me just smiled and answered me as she walked over to me.

"Oh, ok. I think I am going to make sure that she is alright, so I am going to go as well..." I said.

"Sure." She said as she turned back around and went back to the table where everyone was sitting.

I went out the door of the diner and stared into the darkness searching for Brooke. I noticed her silhouette about a block up the street. I started to run up to her trying to catch up to her. She didn't seem to be walking very fast. She didn't even seem to be paying attention where she was going. She was heading in the direction opposite of the hotel. I called her name a couple of times, but my voice was lost in the darkness. It took me a good minute of running to catch up to her.

When I got close enough I grabbed her shoulder and pulled her towards me. He body spun around at an alarming speed and her fist was flying at the same speed. She punched me with brutal force in my right eye and my knees buckled under the hit knocking me to the ground. I grabbed my face in pain wishing that the throbbing would stop. I don't think I have ever been hit that hard...and I have been hit many times.

"Damn it Brooke. It's just me." I said trying to hide how much the punch had actually hurt me.

"Oh my god Rachel, I'm so sorry. I didn't realize it was you. I'm so sorry I didn't mean it. Did I hurt you? Are you ok? Is there anything I can do? I'm so sorry!" She said as she was at my side in an instant, grabbing my hand and pulling me back to my feet. I was a little off balance, had she really hit me hard enough that my equilibrium was off? I thought to myself. She steadied me by keeping one arm around my waist and putting my arm around her shoulder so she could support my weight until I was able to stand up on my own.

Did she hurt me? I asked myself trying to hold in a laugh. She knocked me right one my ass in one punch. Of course she hurt me, but I wasn't about to let her know that. Besides I never would have thought that Brooke Davis could throw a decent punch. All the other times she hit me it barely registered with me that I had been hit at all. I mean it was like getting punch my your little sister or something. I smirked at this thought. I then realized that it had been a while since I had answered Brooke's twenty questions.

"I'm fine Brooke. I just need a minute for my head to stop throbbing." I said finally looking up at her. There was a look of worry in her eyes. I just smiled trying to tell her that I was going to be ok. I stood up straight so now I was looking down on her. She wouldn't meet my eyes. It was like she was ashamed to look at me. My hand rose from my side and I lifted her chin up to me with two fingers and smiled again. "I promise Brooke, I'm ok." I said trying to make her feel better.

I never would have thought I would be trying to make her feel better after she had hit me. It was kind of funny in a way, but I would never have let her know that. I would probably just make her angry and I was starting to like the remorseful Brooke a lot more. We both stood there in silence gazing into each other's eyes. I didn't want to speak or move ever again. All I wanted was to just be with her forever. Plus Brooke seemed to be unpredictable. Just when I think I might have her she may back away and leave me alone again. I slid my hand down her arm to her hand and lightly squeezed it.

"Come on, let's go back to the hotel...or would you rather go back to the diner?" I asked in a serious tone finally breaking the silence between us. It was getting a bit odd and anyways it was starting to get colder from the wind that had just picked up. I was starting to get goose bumps all over my body. She just looked up at me a smiled. I was very happy at her response as we both walked back to our hotel hand in hand.

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Ok everyone there you have it...part 1 of this chapter...I promise you the next part of this chapter will be up by the end of the week! Let me know what you all think.

Alexa