Final Chapters all...hope you all enjoyed the story... I look forward to all the reviews...Thanks to all of those who stuck with me along the way...I know sometimes my updates were severely overdue....like this one...I have been extremely busy and my sister was in the hospital so I had no time to write...well I hope you all enjoy this chapter....Peacce All... Alexa

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Chapter 8

It was silence in the room around us. The only noise audible was the breathing of Brooke and me. Our breathing was in unison at the moment. I lie there in the silence not wanting to get up for fear that it had all just been a dream, but even if it was a dream there was no way that I would ever want to wake up. I knew however it was inevitable to open my eyes and find out whether or not it had been real. Before I would sink into reality I ran last night's even through my head again.

As I deepened the kiss even more I felt as though we were the only two people left in the world and none could ruin this for us. We could do what we wanted when we wanted and it wouldn't matter. I moved my hand into her hair grabbing a fist full of her hair and pulling it back exposing Brooke's neck. I leaned in a left kisses down her neck then up to her jaw. I found her lips again not holding back one bit. All the fear was gone. It was just the two of us...exactly the way I needed it to be.

I shook myself out of the dream and finally opened my eyes. I glanced over to the alarm clock to see what time it was. The red lights burned by eyes, so it took a moment for me to focus and see what the actual time was. It was 6am, but I didn't have to be awake for another hour and a half. I sighed and turn around so that I would be facing Brooke. I had to prove to myself that what had happened last night actually happened and that it wasn't just another crazy (but amazing) dream that I had had countless times before.

Her back was to me, but I could still tell that she was sleeping. Her steady breathing calmed me in letting me know that everything was still perfect at this moment. I had gotten everything I had ever dreamed with Brooke and that was only the first night. I couldn't even push my mind to think of what more I could have that I did not deserve.

I moved my hand up to her hair and lightly stroked it, careful not to wake her up. I never wanted to leave this bed I thought to myself. I knew however this was not possible because I had just noticed that I really needed to use the washroom. I slowly got up trying not to wake up Brooke. It seemed to have worked because when I walked around the bed to see her face, she was still sound asleep. Her face was soft, but she was snoring quietly. A small smile spread across my face. I had just thought of what Brooke would do to me if I told her that she snored. I then tip toed over to the bathroom and shut the door behind me.

I just stood there and stared at myself in the mirror trying to find some clue that would make me realize that I was still dreaming. There was no way that happened last night, but I couldn't find anything that would tell me that it was just all a dream. Once I was one hundred percent sure that I was awake that the event that had occurred the night before were one hundred percent true I let out an squeal of happiness.

I had always wondered what this would feel like. I never thought that this could ever happen. After my "high" was over something crossed my mind and I stopped dancing right at this thought...what if Brooke never wanted this to happen again...what if she was using me only to get over Lucas...what if... I couldn't even pull myself to think of the last thing...it just hurt too much. I could feel that tears welling up in my eyes. I fought them back however, there was no way I was going to let my mind ruin this for me.

After I gained my composure I decided it was time to go and face Brooke. I turned around and went out the door. When I rounded the corner to the bed Brooke was sitting on the bed with a confused look on her face. I slowly walked over to her and sat beside. Although I made sure I gave her some room because I still didn't know what kind of reaction I was going to get from what happened the night before.

"Are you ok...is something wrong?" I asked in a serious tone. It took her a moment to answer, but her confused face was gone immediate. It turned into a smile, a smile that I didn't think I had ever seen before. She was the most beautiful person I had ever seen in my life. This was the most beautiful I had ever seen her and I didn't even know why.... I mean her hair was a mess, her makeup was smudged and old from last night and her lips seemed to be swollen. None of that mattered though. She was still the most beautiful person I had ever laid eyes on.

"Nothing...now." She said in a quiet tone as a smile spread across her face. I felt as though a million pounds had been lifted from my shoulders. All of my worry was gone and had now turned into happiness. I tried to hold back the geeky grin, but I knew it was inevitable.

"Do you want to talk about what happened last night?" I said in a serious voice. Brooke seemed to hesitate for a moment. As if she was trying to decide what the right thing was to say.

"Umm...Kind of." She said quietly.

"What do you want to know?" I asked.

"Well first off...why didn't that happen sooner?" She asked as a grin spread across her face. I knew she was trying to make a joke. I forced myself to smile because that was a ridicules question. Although I don't know how convincing I was when I rolled my eyes as well. I had been trying to get her to realize just how much she meant to me for months now, but she always miss took my actions for a friend.

"Seriously though...What do you want to know?" I asked. Brooke hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

"Well...When did you know...You know?" She asked. I couldn't help but laugh at her question.

"Realize that I liked you as more than a friend?" I said interrupting her. She nodded, so I just continued to speak. "Not that much longer after we met." I said. She gave me a confused look.

"Then why did you try to steal my life away from me and a huge bitch?" She asked in a serious tone. I could only sigh. I couldn't understand why she needed to ask this question because the answer was so obvious.

"I had never had feelings for a girl before...so I guess it scared me a little bit. I thought that if I could make you hate me then the feelings would go away, but obviously that wasn't the case. I just found eventually that I loved to see you angry with me. It was the only way I thought I would ever get a passionate emotion from you...so I thrived on it." I said with a smirk on my face.

"I see...well you don't need to worry about that anymore." She said as she leaned towards me and placed a soft kiss on my lips. She then moved back to where she was before, put her hair behind her ear, and smiled. She seemed to be blushing a bit, but I would never tell her because I knew that she would be embarrassed. I looked over at the time and realized that I would have to jump into the shower and get ready for the classic otherwise we would end up being late.

"I'm going to jump in the shower." I said quickly getting up off the bed. I walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. I needed the shower. Not just to wash my hair...I really needed to think. There were millions of thoughts going through my head at the speed of light. I didn't know what Brooke and I were anymore. Were we still just friends? I hope not. Casual? Serious? Who knew? I was just so scared to ask because I didn't want to ruin anything. I wouldn't allow myself to mess anything up to the best of my ability.

The hot water was pounding against to back as I went deeper and deeper into thought. All of a sudden there was Brooke, right in front of me.

"Umm...Hey." I said with a surprised look on my face. She only smiled and walked up to me and kissed me, this time not as soft. It was more passionate than that. I pulled her closer to me feeling the craving again.

I moved my right hand to her waist, drawing her closer. I took control, sliding my tongue against her revelling in the taste, pressing my mouth, against her body, the fire of desire igniting to a blaze as the heat of our bodies intensified, thighs sliding against each other. The feeling was so unreal. The softness overcame me as I moaned grabbing her a pulling her in for a passionate kiss. After that she had lost any semblance of control. I stroked the roof of her mouth with my tongue, a smooth persistent rhythm that resonated throughout her body.

Knock Knock.

"Brooke? Are you in there?" A voice came from the hallway.

Knock Knock

"Come on Brooke I know you're in there." The voice said again.

"I don't think he's going to stop until you answer" I said between kisses. I pulled away from Brooke. Brooke just rolled her eyes and got out of the shower. I turned it off and followed her out. She passed me a towel that I then wrapped myself in. We both walked to the door and Brooke opened it.

"What do you want?" She asked in a serious tone starring Lucas down.

"I just wanted to make sure that you were feeling alright. Bevin told me that you were sick last night." He said. I rolled my eyes at his attempt to make her feel better when I was pretty sure the only thing that she wanted from Lucas was for him to go away. Or to stand still for a moment so that she could punch him for cheating on her with her best friend.

I started playing with the back of Brooke's towel caressing the skin underneath it. She took a step back into me. I couldn't help, but smirk.

"Yes I'm fine. No thanks to you." She said in a bitchy tone.

"O.k. fine, I just wanted to make sure you were feeling better...what's that?" He said with a confused look on his face. I looked where he was looking and my eyes almost came out of my head. There on Brooke's neck was hickie...although it could probably pass for a bruise at this point. I knew Brooke had no idea what he was talking about so I jumped in.

"We got into a fight last night...as you can tell from my black eye." I said trying to pull something together in my head. Lucas seems confused and I could tell he didn't buy the story, I was also pretty sure that he wasn't going to ask us any questions.

"Alright...but you guys are good now?" He asked with a confused face.

"Yup...we worked it out...you know how us girls overreact sometimes." I said bullshitting my way through an excuse.

"O.k. ...well I am going to go and get ready for the basketball game... See you both later." He said before turning around and shaking his head. Brooke closed the door and turned to dace me.

"What's on my neck?" Brooke asked curiously. I couldn't help myself, but laugh as I dragged her into the bathroom to look at herself in the mirror.

"What did you do to me!?!" She cried. Again all I could do was laugh. Brooke then removed her towel to see where else she had marks that I had left from our "fight". Sure enough throughout her body there were hickies and bruises. I even noticed a small circular bruise on her back that was no doubt from the door knob. We both stood in front of the mirror looking at our "battle wounds".

"How are we supposed to perform in the competition looking like this?" Brooke asked with a smile across her face. I just rolled my eyes and wrapped my arms around her.

"I love you Brooke Davis." I said. Brooke smiled at me. She placed a soft tender kiss on my lips.

"I love you too Rachel Gatina." She said in between kisses.

I wish that I could just be in this moment for the rest of time. Everything that I had always wanted I now had and I wouldn't have it any other way.

The End.

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