Brooke stood in front of her apartment building a mixture of feelings in her stomach. She wanted to see Nathan but then didn't want to see him, it was hot and cold kinda thing. Staying with her boss for a week her whole, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder" finally got annoying so Brooke packed up her belongs and decided to head home. She didn't know if Nathan and Haley would be there she hoped they weren't because that would make it even harder, she didn't want to see the man she loved with another girl especially his ex wife. She just wanted to be happy with someone that loved her without all the drama; she left Tree Hill because of the drama and she didn't want Boston to be like Tree Hill.
She slowly made her way up the stairs telling herself she could do it over and over in her head. She stopped in front of her door taking a few deep breaths before finally walking in and smiled a bit when she saw Nathan sitting at the kitchen table but frowned when she saw his head in his hands. She was still a little mad about the whole kissing thing but she was determined to make their relationship work, she loved him and knew after numerous calls from Deb that it was Haley who kissed Nathan not the other way around. She cleared her throat a smile fixated on her face; she hadn't smiled a real smile since she came back until she saw Nathan. She sat there waiting for him to lift his head the butterflies multiplying her stomach. Finally getting a little annoyed she put her finger under his chin and lifted his head. She gasped when she saw the state of Nathan's face. "Nathan what happened?" He turned away from her ashamed to tell her what had happened the night before. He didn't even remember what happened last night; he had been too drunk to remember. He pushed himself away from the table; he couldn't handle being that close to her knowing that he hurt her so bad. "Nathan what happened?" She repeated her eyes watering he finally looked at her and his face softened and his hands flew out cupping her face wiping the tears away. She put her hands on his cheeks inspecting his face as they sat there for a few moments both not saying a word.
"Nathan," She whispered looking deep into his eyes. "Talk to me." She looked away from his eyes focusing on the ground beneath her. He sat shocked, he thought she hated him, never wanted to him and here she was sounding almost concerned.
"Why are you here I cheated on you? I mean you deserve better than me." She looked up at him disbelief written all over her face, she didn't think that he would say that. She thought that he wouldn't own up to what happened but deny it and play the blame game. He just looked at her watching as his words sunk in; he had cheated on her when he let Haley kiss him and he wasn't going to deny it he was going to own up.
"I love you okay and I'm willing to make this work if you are." She yelled standing up and looking at him. "I'm came here hoping to see you and fix things with you because I'm miserable without you Nathan. I need you and you need me. We're all we have out here and excuse me all the hell for just trying to be happy!" She finished her screaming her chest heaving and new tears falling. She just wanted to hit him for being so difficult and just so like her.
"I want you to be happy too Brooke more than anything but do you really trust me? I'm not trying to tell you that you shouldn't trust me but I want you to be 100 sure that you love me. I don't wanna get hurt again so excuse me for trying to safeguard my heart from getting broken again!" He stopped to control his breathing and calm down before he did something he would regret later, his abdomen was started throbbing and suddenly the night's events came rushing back. He fell back into the chair his chest heaving from the pain. Brooke watching him fall back and rushed to his side.
"Come on Nathan let's go." She helped him up and out the door, she was going to make sure that he was okay not bleeding to death or something. As they waited in the ER Nathan put his head on Brooke's shoulder tired and feeling a little nauseas and she just put her arm around him, it was like the fight earlier didn't happen. It was just like it was before the awful trip back to Tree Hill.
Hours later Nathan was released from the ER with some pain medication and a stern warning not to drink and start fights with people bigger than him. Brooke helped Nathan to the car relieved that it wasn't anything serious and smacked Nathan's arm for being so stupid. She stopped at a stop light and looked up to the skies above, "Thank you for watching out for him." She whispered before driving home emotionally and physically drained.
Brooke helped Nathan into bed wrapping the blanket around him and kissed his forehead, it was weird for Brooke to be taking care of Nathan usually she was always being taken care of but things were different in Boston. As Brooke got up to leave to get something to eat and some water for Nathan he stopped her grabbing her wrist and looking straight in her eyes. "I love you Brooke Davis." He whispered before drifting off to sleep and Brooke smiled and kissed his forehead again and walked out of the room. The radio played in the background and Brooke stopped and listened for awhile.
So I'm standing here
Arms wide open
Ready to give my heart
I'm sure this time
Love's gonna last for life
Baby I know things change
And there might be some rain
But the clouds are gonna clear
And the sun is gonna shine again
Shine light on our love baby
So let's make it last forever
She smiled singing that part as she grabbed a bottle of water for Nathan. That song was her new favorite song.
A/N: So Nathan got drunk the night before got into a fight and obviously lost…..I didn't think that I would put that in there but it kinda works I guess and the part of the song is Never Say Goodbye by JoJo, it's a good song. I hope you guys like this chapter and review!
