A/N: So I have to thank sobreyra274 for reviewing pretty much most of the day, whose reviews made me want to update the story sooner. This chapter is dedicated to you sobreyra274, thank you for your awesome reviews!


Brooke smiled her eyes scanning the pieces of clothing hanging in front of her. It had been a long 8 months to get to this point, it was only weeks before the line launched and Brooke could already feel the butterflies growing in her stomach. Reaching out she fingered the material wishing that someone were here to share in this moment with her. Just as the thought popped into her head the door of her newly acquired office, Brooke turned still holding onto the fabric of the dress hanging in front of her. "Jake?" Brooke asked unsure if Jake was actually standing in front of her, or if her mind was playing tricks on her. Jake smiled and stepped further into the office. "Jake!" Brooke exclaimed rushing over to him and throwing her arms around him. The last time she had actually seen Jake had been a few days after graduation, that was before he and Jenny decided to take some time for each other and took off on a vacation, family bonding time they called it. "What are you doing here?" She asked pulling away her smile growing on her face.

"I wanted to see you." He replied, as if it was the simplest explanation in the world. Truth be told, he had run into Nathan while he and Jenny were visiting Duke and Nathan had expressed his concerns over Brooke being by herself.

"When did you get back? Where's Jenny? Where is baby Jenny?" Brooke fired off pulling Jake over to the sitting area in front of her desk that was usually used for catching up with Cooper and reports with the investors.

"I got back last night. Jenny is at Yale during the college thing and baby Jenny is with my mom."

"How are you handling that?" Brooke asked curious to see if they were having the same problems that Brooke and Nathan were having.

"Well I'm handling it the best I can. I can go see her since she's not that far away. How are you holding up with Nathan being at Duke?" He asked wanting to see if Nathan's worries were legitimate or if Nathan was just overreacting.

"It's hard, a lot harder than neither of us imagined. I mean he's got basketball and classes and I have meetings and charity events, so it's hard to find time to see each other. We call and text each other every day if we can, but there are some days where either I'm really busy or he is and we don't talk." She replied the smile slipping from her face as she thought about the last time that she had actually seen Nathan. Jake sighed and reached over placing his hand on top of hers and gently squeezing.

"Well then it's a good thing that I'm back now isn't it? We can weather the long distance storm together. So tell me, how's the line doing?" Jake asked standing up and pulling her up with him walking towards the racks of clothing.

"It launched two months ago and it's doing pretty well in the department stores, but I'm thinking that I want my own store." Brooke admitted shyly, it was first time that she was admitting to someone besides herself about her dream of having her own clothing line in her own store. She looked at Jake trying to gage his reaction to what she had said.

"That sounds like a great plan Brooke." Jake encouragingly replied wrapping his arm around her shoulder.

"Really?" She shyly asked cursing herself for sounding so vulnerable, but she had learned that in this business she had to be careful who to trust with her plans.

"Yes Brooke, you would have a fantastic store." Jake repeated smiling down at her, his mind flashing back to when they were younger. Jake's trip down memory lane was caught short by the simultaneous ringing of two phones. Brooke sighed and pulled away from Jake walking over to her office and picking it up leaving the cell phone to ring. Jake shrugged and walked over to it and picked it up. Brooke sat down at her desk with the phone attached to her ear looking at the same design that her pattern maker was looking at it, watching Jake sit down and take a message for her. She smiled as the idea suddenly popped into her head.

"Jake?" Brooke asked moments later after she hung up the phone and walked over towards where Jake was sitting.

"Cooper called and wanted me to remind you about his visit this weekend. He said he'd call back later." Jake told her handing her the cell phone.

"Thanks." She replied sitting down and flipping the phone over in her hands. "I just got an idea."

"Really what about?"

"I thought that maybe you could come work for me." Brooke suggested now nervously playing with the phone in her hand. Jake looked up surprised at her offer. "Think about it for a minute, will you? I need help around here and you're the only person I really trust out here. Plus we could set up a place for Jenny to play so she could be here too. Please Jake?" She asked sticking her bottom lip, hoping that Jake said yes. Jake looked at her and thought about what she was offering. If he took the job, he could keep a careful eye over Brooke for Nathan while making money for his family.

"Alright." He agreed a couple of minutes later after giving it serious thought. Brooke squealed and jump out of her seat throwing her arms around Jake thanking him over and over. Jake laughed and hugged her back also thanking her.

Later that afternoon as Jake sorted through the mass amounts of boxes in the back of Brooke's office; her cell phone began to ring in his pocket. Swiftly pulling it out of his pocket, he answered while returning to sorting through the box. "Clothes Over Bros." Nathan pulled the phone away from his ear to make sure he dialed the right number and shook his head.

"Um, Brooke?" He asked scratching his head. Jake stopped sorting the clothes in front of him.

"Oh hey Nathan, it's Jake."

"Why are you answering Brooke's cell phone?" He asked still confused and wondering if he misdialed and can't read the screen of his phone correctly. Maybe he took too many shots to the head at practice.

"I work for her now and she put me in charge of her cell phone."

"You work for her?" Nathan asked sitting up on his bed, convinced that he had definitely taken too many basketballs to the head during practice today.

"Yeah I came by to check on her like you asked me to and she offered me a job."

"Wow." Nathan replied rubbing his forehead. "That's cool, now you can make sure she doesn't work that hard and that makes me feel a little bit better. Do you think that I could talk to her?" Nathan asked laughing silently at himself.

"Let me just see if she's free." Jake put the phone against his shoulder and made his way towards the front where Brooke was sitting at her desk sketching. "Hey Brooke, Nathan's on the phone." Jake called making his way over to her desk. Brooke looked up and smiled holding out her hand for the phone. Jake gave her the phone and looked over her shoulder at the designs she had just sketched. "Looking good." Brooke blushed and swatted him away putting the phone to her ear.

"Hey babe!" Brooke cheerfully greeted pushing away from her desk looking where Jake had just vanished to. She listened to Nathan talk about his day and laughed when he got to the part about Jake answering her phone. Looking back towards the store room Brooke smiled; her new assistant was going to work out perfectly.


A/N: Okay so this chapter may seem a little random but I wanted a way to bring Jake back into the story. I hope you guys liked this chapter. I'm going to start on the next chapter tomorrow and hopefully update by the end of the week.