Going Home

Summary: When Brooke's dad got the new job she moved away to California, but instead of coming home for senior year she stayed. Now she runs a fashion company (Clothes over Bros), while Lucas helped the team win states and became a writer. When Brooke returns to Tree Hill for the first time in five years she finds things aren't the same anymore. Can Brooke make things right away or has she lost everything and everyone she once loved?

Characters: Brooke Davis, Lucas Scott, Peyton Sawyer, Nathan Scott, Haley James Scott,

Disclaimer: I do not own OTH or its characters.

Chapter One - "Times Change"

Brooke stood in front of her mirror trying to decide what to do with her hair. She had four dresses laid out on her bed and she was nowhere near ready to leave. She had accomplished so much in the last five years and now she was ready to tell the world or rather tell them what was new. It had been her dream to work in fashion, but this was never something she thought was possible so soon. Now here she was with her won company and it was expanding more and more as time went on.

"Miss Davis you're going to be late," a soft voice said. Brooke turned to see her assistant Millicent enter the room.

"I can't decide if I want to wear it up or down," Brooke said to her.

"Down always looks best, but you know what Victoria says," Millicent said.

"That isn't Victoria's night now is it," Brooke said. She turned back to the mirror, played with a hair a bit more. "You're right. Down it is."

"You should get dressed," Millicent said.

"About that," Brooke said as she turned back to Millicent. "This is a party for Clothes over Bros, so why do I have clothes from other designers?"

"Because they want their clothes to be seen on you," Millicent said unsure of what to say really.

"I have another dress in mind," Brooke said she walked over to the closet. She pulled out two dressed and then back over to Millicent.

"This one," Millicent said, pointing to red and black lace dress Brooke was holding.

"No I wasn't asking you to pick. This one is for you," Brooke said handing Millicent the other dress. It was pale blue dress that had a wrap around tie in the front.

"I'm not allow to go, you heard Victoria," Millicent said.

"I'm telling you, you can go," Brooke said. "I made this dress just for you, please come."

"For you Miss Davis," Millicent said.

"It's Brooke," Brooke said. She handed Millicent the dress and headed to get changed.

"Go fish," Lucas said. He sat on the floor across from his nephew, James Lucas Scott and his best friend Haley. This had been their Thursday night routine since they had graduate high school. Lucas had been trying to help out with Haley and Nathan since Jamie was born, so they didn't have to worry about everything. Sure they also had Deb, but even she needed some time for herself too. After Nathan and Haley bought their house, Lucas and Haley made it a tradition to have dinner with each other once a week. With Nathan on the road most of the year with basket, Haley needed some company.

"Do you have any 3's" Haley asked Jamie.

"Go fish," Jamie respond.

"Have you talked to Peyton?" Haley asked Lucas.

"That's out of a blue," Lucas responded.

"Do you have any 6's Uncle Lucas?" Jamie asked.

"I do," Lucas said. He pulled out the six and handed it to Jamie.

"Do you have any 6's momma?" Jamie asked.

"Go fish," Haley said. Jamie picked up a card from the card pile. "You still haven't answered my question."

"I have not," Lucas said. "She's only in town for a couple days for business, there is no need to discuss anything."

"You should still talk to her," Haley said. "We all know how senior year went. Avoiding her forever isn't going to change things."

"She lied to me Haley," Lucas said to her. "I can't forgive that."

"It came from a good place," Haley said.

"I don't want to discuss this," Lucas said. "I'm here to spend time with my Nephew."

"It's your turn Uncle Lucas," Jamie said. Before Lucas could say anything the doorbell rang.

"Excuse me," Haley said. She placed her card face down and got up. She walked out of the room and to the door. Once the door opened before she could say hi she heard Jamie scream. "Daddy!" He came running right towards Nathan. Nathan caught him and picked him up for a big hug. Lucas followed behind. "Welcome home Nathan," Haley said with a smile.

"Jimmy Jam," Nathan said hugging Jamie. He then placed his back on the floor, turned and kissed Haley. "I missed you."

"I miss you too brother," Lucas said. "Oh you were talking to Haley."

"Nice to see you too," Nathan said. He took Lucas hand and then two hugged before Jamie started dragging Nathan to the living room.

"We were playing Go Fish, you want to play too?" Jamie said.

"I think Daddy's tired. I'm sure he's been traveling all day," Haley said. She had closed the front down and followed Jamie and Nathan into the living room. Lucas followed behind as well.

"Maybe another time," Nathan said. "There is something I want to show you." Nathan led Jamie to the couch. The two sat down and Nathan turned on the TV. He flipped through the channels till he found the one he wanted.

"This weeks play of the week Settle Sonics Nathan Scott," The sports announcer said.

"You got the play of the week?" Haley said. "Nathan that's amazing." Haley rushed over to Nathan pulled him into a hug and kissed him.

"Congrats Nate," Lucas said.

"Thanks," Nathan said. The two bumped their fists. "How awesome is that?"

"So cool," Jamie said.

"I think this deserves some ice cream?" Nathan said and then looked at Haley.

"Okay but only one scoop, it's almost someone's bedtime," Haley said.

"Oh come on Haley, he just got home. Do you really have to put Nathan to bed already?" Lucas teased. Haley lightly hit him.

"You get no ice scream," Haley said. She then walked with Nathan and Jamie into the kitchen. Lucas started picking up the cards when a voice caught his attention.

"We're here with Brooke Davis of Clothes over Bros. So Brooke tells us what this launch party all about," The reporters voice asked. Lucas walked over to the couch and sat down to watch. There was Brooke on yet another red carpet. He could still remember the night she left.

Brooke sat there talking to her self. She sat alone in the room and the cab honked letting her known it was there, yet no one else seemed to want to say good by. Lucas stood at the door just watching her.

"Talking to yourself?" Lucas asked.

"What is your summer job driving a cab?" Brooke asked. Lucas closed the door and slowly walked over to her.

"I put your stuff in the car," Lucas said to her.

"So I guess this is goodbye," Brooke said to him. Lucas reached out his arm, Brooke got up from the bed and then two hug. The two knowing this would be the last time they might ever see each other again. When Brooke pulled back she gave a fake smile a small laugh and Lucas pulled her into a kiss. When the kiss broke apart Brooke looked at him uncertain of what just happened.

"Tell me that was a goodbye kiss," Brooke said.

"I want to be with you Brooke," Lucas confessed.

"What?" Brooke said as she slowly backed away from Lucas.

"I'm sorry," Lucas said. "I know we're friends, It's just how I feel."

"What about Peyton's stuff?" Brooke asked.

"I keep that stuff as a reminder of how badly I screwed up things, with you." Lucas said to her. "To remind myself that if I ever got a second chance, I'd never let you go again."

"I don't know what to say," Brooke said. She was leaving and here was confessing how he felt for her. "I um…" Brooke started to say then the cab honked once again. "I got to go." Lucas was trying to tell her not to go, Brooke was trying to cry. She started to head towards the door.

"Brooke," Lucas said as he turned to face her. Brooke stopped at the door and looked back at Lucas. "You think you could ever…"

"Lucas… I'm sorry," Brooke said interrupting Lucas. "I got… I got to go." Brooke turned back to the door and opened it. As she walked out she turned back to Lucas. "Bye" She said before walking out the door.

"Have a nice summer Brooke," Lucas said as he just stood there knowing she was gone.

"This to launch my summer line," Brooke's voice, said. Lucas continued to watch, Brooke was still was gorgeous as every. "It's very important to me because these were inspired by my best friend. I wanted to do something that would work for everyone, because we all come in different shapes and sizes and we all like different things. I wanted to be able to bring all these elements together."

"We look forward to seeing what your new line has in store," the reporter said.

"I also have a surprise in store as well. I look forward to announcing that," Brooke said to the reporter.

"I don't see a ring on the finger, so I'm guessing marriage isn't the announcement," the reporter said with a laugh.

"If it was, I would have told you first thing," Brooke said with a laugh. "It's going to be good. I want to make sure everyone gets it the moment I say it, so I'm counting on you."

"We look forward it," the report her.

"Brooke, Victoria's here," Millicent said softly, but was caught by the mic.

"I will see you all inside," Brooke said before working off with Millicent. Lucas just sat there still staring at the screen.

"Luke?" Haley's voice said. Lucas turned to see Haley had turned off the TV and was standing next to him. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah," Lucas said. "I should head out. I have a meeting with Lindsay in the morning." He got up from the couch and started looking for his jacket.

"You don't have to leave," Haley said. "Nathan is putting Jamie to bed, but you can stay."

"I should go," Lucas said. He grabbed his jacket and headed out. Nathan came down the stairs just as Lucas was leaving. He walked over to Haley.

"What was that about?" Nathan asked.

"Brooke," Haley said. "They just did a segment on her party tonight."

"Oh," Nathan said.

"You know he went to go see her," Haley said. "It was right before his book tour started. He had just gotten the news and he wanted to share with her. He told me he proposed to her, but she turned him down. He left and the two haven't spoken since. "

"He never mentioned anything," Nathan said.

"He doesn't let talking about it," Haley said. "I wasn't even supposed to tell you that. Please don't mention it to him."

"I won't," Nathan said.

"Thank you," Haley said. Nathan pulled Haley into a hug. "It's good to have you home."

Brooke stood in the back of the room watching everyone as they enjoyed the party. This is what she lived for now, yet here she was standing away from the crowd. She knew there was something missing, there had always been something missing. This new line had been telling her what she was missing from the minute she had started designing it. She knew what she had to do. She put her drink down and headed out of the building. She had done what she wanted with the line, now it was time to do what she needed to do for herself.

AN: This is my first fan fiction for OTH in a long time. I had created this trailer ( It's called ((Going Home Trailer)) Add in OTH you should find it.) wasn't sure if I was going to make it a video series or fan fiction and in the end I decided to go with fan fiction. We'll see how this go. Please note this takes place are the time Season Five starts, but everything that happened leading up since Season Three is different. It starts with the end of season two when Brooke leaves, so have to figure out how things have changed with Brooke not there for season Three and Four. So please bare with me, some things might seem a new OC, but remember changing things in history.