Nathan sat at the table the letters spewed on the table. He leaved through him only glancing at them for a second before his eyes landed on one for Brooke. He studied the letter for a few seconds before getting up and going into the bedroom. Brooke was taking a nap after her long day at school and for a few moments before deciding that she would want him to wake her up. He held in his hand the letter from her dream school in New York. He gently shook her and smiled as he watched her wake up. 'She's so cute when she's just waking up.' He thought as she slowly opened her eyes. "Hey sleepy head, I thought you might want to open this." He whispered handing her the letter in his hands. Her eyes lit up for a moment before tearing open the letter. Her eyes quickly scanned the letter before they started to tear up. Nathan's smile fell from his face as she put the letter on the bed and pulled herself up. "Brooke, what's wrong?"

"I didn't get in." She choked out as she turned towards him the tears starting to fall. He gently wiped at the tears gently pulling her closer to him. "I worked so hard to get in and now I what am I going to do?" She gently sobbed into his chest, he gently rubbed her back as the sobs continue. He pulled away from her and forced her to look at him.

"This is what you're going to do; you're going to keep trying. You can do anything you want Brooke. I know that you're going to bounce back from this and be better than this school could ever dream of." Brooke smiled and put her head on Nathans' shoulder. "Do you feel better?"

"A little bit."

"How about we head to Karen's and get some chocolate cake?" Brooke's face lit up and she shot up running into the bathroom to regroup before they headed over to Karen's.

"You always know how to make me feel better." She said as she bit into her chocolate cake a huge smile on her face.

"Well what girl doesn't love chocolate cake?" She laughed and lightly slapped his shoulder.

"That's a broad assumption." Karen joked as she walked up to the two teens.

"Well it's true." Nathan defended and Luke nodded from behind the counter where he was a safe distance away from his mom and Brooke who had shocked looks on their faces.

"I'm going to ignore you just said that." Brooke said in mock dramatics turning her head away from him and focusing on Karen who was still standing in front of their table. "How are you today Karen?"

"I'm doing just fine Brooke how about you?"

"Today's been a better day."

"I know it's hard but you'll preserve and come out on top. You're strong and do anything you want."

"That's funny Nathan says the same thing."

"Well maybe great minds think alike." Nathan interjected earning a funny look from both women.

"This coming from the guy who thinks every girl likes chocolate cake." Karen joked before heading off to attend to a customer that had just walked in.

"So did you hear back from Duke yet?" Brooke asked as a few moments of silence had passed between the couple. She had decided that her after high school plans would be determined on Nathan's. She didn't think she could handle being away from him after everything they've been threw the past couple of months.

"Actually I think there was a letter on the table, but I'm not sure."

"Well come on I wanna know." She pulled him up from the table and pulled him out of the café. She wanted Nate to get into his dream school, he deserved to have his dream come true. 'Maybe if he gets into his dream school one of my dreams will come true.'

Nathan looked through the letters on the table and found the one from Duke. Suddenly feeling nervous he slowly and shakily picked up the envelope. Brooke watched his hand shake with the letter in it and pulled the letter from his hand. A look of relief washed over his face as she slowly began to tear open the letter. She took a deep breath as she unfolded the letter exhaling slowly as she began to read the letter.

"Dear Mr. Scott," She started making Nathan grow even more nervous than he already was. "We would like to offer you a basketball scholarship." Nathan stopped breathing thinking that they had declined him and couldn't hear Brooke's voice. "Nathan! Oh my god! You got in!" He finally tuned back into the conversation and her words finally registering with him. He smiled and pulling her into a hug and lifting her in the air.

"I got in." He muttered as it slowly soaked in that his dream was finally coming true. He was going to his dream school. Then reality dawned on him, he was going to Duke while Brooke had nowhere to go. His smile fell and he put Brooke back on the ground feeling bad about getting into Duke.

"What's wrong?" Brooke asked worried about his sudden mood change.

"I got into Duke."

"Okay Nate not really seeing a problem here."

"We won't be together."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'll be starting at Duke in Durham and you still have no idea what you're going to do. So that means that you'll probably still be here."

"Hey don't let my predicament stop you from achieving your dream. I want you to go to Duke because it's your dream. I'll figure out a new dream because I'm Brooke Davis. Who knows I might just decide to try and just start working. I don't know, all I know is that I'm so proud of you, Nate I really am."

"You're amazing you know that?"

"So I've been told." His smile reappeared and he gently kissed her cheek finally feeling like things were falling into place.

Brooke sat in the living room, it was long after Nathan had fallen asleep. They had celebrated his acceptance into Duke and her finally braving the world. It had been an amazing night because Brooke finally opened herself up to Nathan and let herself be free. It felt amazing. She flipped mindlessly through the channels on TV one infomercial after another. She had to come up with a new plan. She stood up finally making up her mind she made her way over to the table where Nathan's letter from Duke sat and she scanned the letter when she found a phone number. She grabbed her cell phone and typed in the number saving it for the morning. She slipped into bed glad that tomorrow she had a check up with the doctor so she could call and see if her plan could actually work.

The next morning Brooke woke up and smiled into Nathan's chest. She wasn't going to let him in on her plan until she found out if it could work. So she set him to school with a hug and a kiss promising to see him after her check up with the doctor. Boy was she glad that her doctor cared so much about her to take care of her and make sure that her miscarriage didn't do any damage. She smiled as she sat in the waiting room planning out what she was going to say if she got through to someone.

Brooke sat in the apartment the phone sitting on the table in front of her. Deciding to throw caution to the wind, she picked up the phone and dialed the number. Her nerves grew with each long ring that seemed to just be repeating itself.

"Admissions Office, Debby speaking how can I help you?"

"Hi Debby, my name is Brooke Davis and I was wondering if I could talk to someone about applying."

"One moment please." Brooke smiled her confidence growing a little bit.

"Georgia Milton, how I can help you?"

"Georgia, my name is Brooke Davis and I was wondering if it was too late to submit my application."

"Well it's too late for the fall semester but not too late for the spring semester."

"Okay thank you."

"If you would like you can just fax over your application or submit it online."

"Thank you so much Georgia, you been a big help."

"No problem." Brooke hung up the phone and made a mad dash to the computer and quickly filling out her application. She hit the send button and waited a moment before getting up and heading to school with a new confidence. She still didn't know if she was going to tell Nathan about it or not because she didn't want to jinx it. She wanted this to work so they could be together. She walked into school feeling like she was on top of the world. The gray clouds that hung over her head being chased away by the sunshine. "Look out world Brooke Davis is back."