"What happened between you and Chase?" Luke asked Brooke as they drove to have a spare key made to his condo that afternoon.

"Does it matter?" she asked, feeling depressed about the subject.

"I don't know, does it?"

"Honestly, I just want to forget about him. I spent three years of my life married to someone and it's all over. I feel awful, maybe we were too young to say forever. How does anyone make it through?" she asked, looking out at the coast as they drove away from the beach house over the bridge to the mainland.

"I don't know. When Peyton dumped me for Nathan, for a long time I felt like garbage on a good day. Maybe someday you'll look back on this breakup as a good thing."

"Maybe, thanks for letting me crash with you for a while. You're a good guy," Brooke said.

"We've been friends for over a decade, right? Always there for each other?"

"Yes," she agreed.

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Party's over…help me clean up? Peyton text Jake

Sorry…working late at the hospital..the curse of being a surgeon he text back

You're no fun Peyton replied

Raincheck? U are always on my mind Jake text

That's y I love u Peyton text him

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"So this is your bachelor pad?" Brooke asked, walking through his front door.

"Yep," he said, watching Brooke walk around, feeling his pulse quicken. "Want a tour?"

"Sure," she said.

"Okay so living room, kitchen -we probably need to restock the fridge," he glanced into it seeing mostly leftovers and energy drinks.

"Laundry room is next to the garage there and then over on this side of the living room are the bedrooms and bathroom."

"Nice," Brooke said, it was a cute modern ranch style. Lots of dark masculine colors. "Lots of basketball trophies," she observed looking into Luke's room.

"Yeah, I guess. I hope you don't mind sharing a bathroom, a lot of time I'm away anyway."

"It's fine," Brooke promised.

"Yeah, the other bedroom is all yours…unless you want to share a bedroom too. It is a California king," he smiled mischievously.

"That's tempting," Brooke laughed, suppressing a smile, "but considering the ink on my divorce papers isn't even dry that's probably not the best idea."

"Well, I could be your rebound hookup, if needed."

"Thanks..that is very kind but maybe you should be looking for a girl who is a little less of a mess."

Luke leaned in and hugged her. "Right now, you're the only girl I'm thinking about and, if it makes you feel better, I'm sure Chase is more of a mess about losing you."

"I don't think so," Brooke said softly. "He actually met someone, a smart, beautiful attorney at work," she cringed as she said it. She couldn't even bring herself to tell Peyton or her mother the truth. She felt Luke wipe away the tear that fell down her cheek.

"I'm sorry Brooke," he kissed, the top of her head. "He never deserved you in the first place."

"You always know how to make me feel better," she said, looking into his eyes. For a moment, she felt a rush of something more than friendship.

"I don't know about always, but you know I get it right every once in a while," he pulled her closer his lips finding hers for a brief moment before breaking apart.

"Wow," Brooke said, touching her lips. "That was…"

"Sorry, I guess I got carried away," Luke said, trying to play it off. Maybe he's gotten too much in the habit of quick hook ups..maybe he's been wanting to kiss her way too long. "Hey, I'm gonna order us food and you can pick some lame movie to help us get over Chase," he said, trying to forget how unbelievable it felt to kiss her.

"Very funny," Brooke said, feeling like Chase was probably the farthest thing from her mind at the moment. She didn't see that coming for sure. She watched Luke go into the living room with his phone. She had a million thoughts running through her head…maybe he meant to kiss her cheek? Maybe he felt sorry for her that Chase dumped her? But..it was a good kiss..her phone vibrated from inside her bag and she saw a text appear from Peyton.

You caught Julian's eye today!

Who is that? Brooke text back