-1"Lucas" Brooke watched as Lucas shook his head and turned and walked out the door.

"Oh my god" Brooke said and she tried to walk past Chase and to the door. Her efforts were blocked when Chase stepped in front of her.

"Brooke I think we should talk about this" Chase said looking at her.

"There's nothing to talk about Chase…get out of my way" Brooke said trying to get around him.

"At least he knows the truth now" Chase said as he continued to block Brooke from the door.

"GET OUT OF MY WAY" Brooke screamed and slapped Chase as hard as she could.

Chase rubbed his cheek and sighed as he stepped out of Brooke's way "You know he's going to leave you after this"

Brooke didn't acknowledge his comment, instead she just ran out the door and down the street.

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Lucas couldn't even think he was so mad, he didn't know what he was going to do or where he was going to go. All he knew was that he had to get to his car and out of town. Then he heard her. She was screaming his name as she chased him down the sidewalk in a desperate attempt to catch up with him.

"Lucas please….stop" Brooke pleaded and ran faster, her high heels loudly slammed against the pavement as she chased him.

Lucas stopped and turned around "What….what could you possibly say to me Brooke?"

Brooke stopped running when she got closer to him and she walked the remaining steps up to him. "Lucas please let me explain…it's not what you think it is….it was nothing"

"I just don't understand how you can stand there and defend him" Lucas said getting even more angry.

"I'm not…I just don't want you to be mad at me" Brooke pleaded.

"You let him come into our house Brooke….everyone told you how he was and you still let him in our house…god only knows what he's done when we haven't been there" Lucas just didn't understand he wasn't really mad at Brooke he was just mad at the situation.

"He's the one that kissed me though…Luke you have to believe me" Brooke eyes frantically searched Lucas'. She'd never seen him look so angry and hurt in the entire time she'd known him.

"Like the time you slept with Chris…is that how it is too?" Lucas regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth. He watched as Brooke took a step back, almost as if someone had pushed her.

"Why do you always bring that up…you told me that you'd forgiven me for that" Brooke said her voice cracking.

"Yeah well you've told me a lot of things" Lucas said and he folded his arms as he looked at her.

"Luke…please….don't do this" Brooke pleaded.

"If you're in love with him…go…but I promise you Brooke….you will NOT take Hannah away from me" Lucas looked away from her and down at the ground.

"I'm not in love with him Lucas…you know that…and I would never do that to you" Brooke tried to fight the tears that threatened to fall as she talked to him.

"Yeah well…what the hell do I know anymore….tell me last night at Tric when we had sex were you thinking about Chase?" Lucas knew the answer to the question was "no" but right now he just needed something that would hurt her.

"How could you even say that to me?" Brooke asked and she let her tears fall freely now.

"I've got to get out of here" Lucas turned and started to walk down the street again.

"Lucas please don't go…please" Brooke's voice cracked as she called after him.

Lucas didn't listen to her he just kept on walking until he couldn't hear her pleas anymore.

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"So what happened after that?" Haley asked as she sat with a sobbing Brooke on the couch in Brooke's living room.

"He said that he had to get away and then he left….I tried to go after him but he just got in his Range Rover and left….I've tried calling him but he won't answer his phone…I've left I don't know how many voicemails but he still won't answer" Brooke cried into the tissues that she had in her hand as she talked to her friends.

"Maybe he just needs time to cool off…Nathan will find him Tigger don't worry" Haley assured trying to soothe her friend.

Brooke shook her head "Nathan can barely walk…how's he going to find Lucas?"

"Where did Chase go?" Haley asked as she ran a hand down Brooke's back.

"He left….I went back to the store to call Lucas and he was gone…I don't care though…I never want to see him again…Lucas is never going to forgive me" Brooke struggled to talk through her strangled sobs.

"Lucas will forgive you…he just needs time to calm down" Haley knew Lucas, although they didn't let it show often Nathan and Lucas both had the Scott temper.

"I didn't know he was going to kiss me Haley…I just don't understand how this happened" Brooke shook her head and folded her tissue that she held in her hand.

"Brooke you just see the good in people…you always have…especially when it comes to your friends…we all knew how Chase was but we didn't want to tell you…cause everyone knows how you are…you're too good of a person" Haley wiped away a tear that fell down Brooke's cheek as she comforted her.

"Do you think Nathan's found him yet?" Brooke asked with hope in her voice.

"Yeah…I'm sure he has" Haley sighed when Brooke rested her head on her shoulder.

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Lucas sat in Tric and drank his third beer, he regretted his fight with Brooke but he knew he couldn't go home and face her. He didn't even know where all those hurtful words came from. Chase was right, he was a loser and he wouldn't be surprised if Brooke did leave him eventually…he deserved it.

"You should switch to water"

Lucas turned around and saw his brother standing behind him. "No thanks"

Nathan shook his head and took a seat at the bar next to Lucas. "Are you going to go home?"

Lucas shook his head "No…I'm sure Brooke and Chase are packing her stuff up right now…or having sex in our bed…whatever"

"Luke why do you say things like that?" Nathan shook his head.

"It's true…I expect Brooke to leave me…I'm a lousy husband" Lucas took another drink of beer, but this time he chugged the rest of the bottle.

"Man you're not a bad husband…you just let your anger get the best of you" Nathan assured.

"Yeah…I guess so…who am I kidding Nate…Brooke and I have had an uphill battle since the day we said "I do" I don't know what I'm going to do" Lucas ran a hand through his chopped hair and sighed.

"Marriage is never easy man you know that…you just have to take it a day at a time…some day's you love each other…and other days you have to work at it…all that matters is that you love Brooke and she loves you…and the both of you love Hannah…don't let a good thing go man…go home and apologize to your wife…you're a better man when you're with Brooke…Haley told me once that you're exactly like Keith and Brooke is exactly like your mom…the two of you are a perfect match" Nathan patted Lucas' shoulder and turned to face him.

"I just can't get the picture of her and Chase out of my head" Lucas shook his head looked down at his empty beer bottle.

"She didn't kiss him man…he kissed her…come on and I'll take you home" Nathan hopped down from the bar stool and grabbed his crutches.

Lucas nodded and stepped down from the bar and followed Nathan out the door.

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Brooke sat in the nursery and she rocked a sleeping Hannah. She looked over at the clock and saw that it was almost midnight. Lucas had been gone all day long, she had no clue where he was. Around 10pm she'd finally given up hope that he was going to come home that night. She just hoped he'd come home eventually. Brooke stood up and placed Hannah in her crib and walked out of the nursery and into the living room to turn off the lights. She was just about to go back down the hall to go to bed when she heard the front door unlock and open.

"Hey" Lucas said and he shut the door and leaned against it.

"Hey" Brooke whispered without looking at Lucas.

"Brooke…I'm sorry…I know that you had nothing to do with that kiss…I just was it and got way too upset over it" Lucas looked down at the ground as he apologized he was almost ashamed to even look at Brooke.

"It really hurt me" Brooke finally looked at him and she shook her head sadly.

"Baby I'm sorry" Lucas finally walked over to Brooke and he stopped when he saw her take a step back.

"It seems like that's all you ever say to me Lucas" Brooke looked up at Lucas and her eyes welled with tears. "I don't know how much more of it I can take"

"I know…I don't know why I get so upset Brooke…I just jumped to conclusions…I know that sounds stupid but I know that he was into you…it just scares me cause I'm not sure that I'm enough anymore…Chase made some good points when I talked to him this morning" Lucas took another step toward Brooke but this time she didn't back away.

"What did he say?" Brooke asked taking a small step towards her husband.

"Nothing that I don't know as true" Lucas forced a smile and he looked at Brooke.

"Whatever he said…don't worry about it" Brooke walked down the hallway and to the bedroom. Lucas wasn't sure if he was supposed to follow her but he did and he leaned against the doorframe once he got to the bedroom.

"You deserve better than me" Lucas said simply.

"What?" Brooke asked turning around.

"It's true…we fight a lot Brooke…and I think it's cause we want different things out of life…it's like we're both going in different directions and the only thing that is keeping us here is our marriage" Lucas walked into the bedroom and sat down on the bed.

"What are saying?" Brooke's heart dropped to her stomach she was terrified of his answer.

"I think we need to take some time and really think about things…maybe we can…"

"What "Be Friends" I can't believe this" Brooke's whole body started to shake as she looked at Lucas.

"What?" Lucas asked standing up and walking over to Brooke.

"That's what you're trying to tell me isn't it…that you want a divorce" Brooke couldn't even get the last word out without her voice cracking.

"A divorce?…Brooke no…all I'm saying is I think that we should get out of Tree Hill…at least for a while…we should go someplace where we don't have constant reminders of bad memories. It seems like the last year has been filled with one catastrophe after another…I think things would be better if we could just get away for a while" Lucas walked over to Brooke and wrapped his arms around her.

"Our life is here Lucas…our family and friends…where would we go?…what would we do?" Brooke asked looking up at him.

"We could go to New York…back to the place where you came back into my life again…and we could try for another baby….we can work on it as we go" Lucas explained.

"I don't want Hannah to grow up in the city…and Haley's going to need help after she has Leah" Brooke protested.

"I just want us to be happy again…without all the stress of work and outside annoyances" Lucas explained.

"I know…it hasn't been easy Lucas…we just need to work harder and the both of us need to stop being stubborn….I love you and without you I'm incomplete" Brooke wrapped her arms around Lucas' body and held onto him tightly.

"I love you too baby girl…we'll work on things…and hopefully we'll fix them" Lucas kissed the top of Brooke's forehead and rested his chin on top of her head afterwards.

"What if we can't fix it?" Brooke asked.

"We will…cause I'm not going to let you go without a fight"