<P> Two and half years later, Brooke and Chase have seemingly gone their separate ways . Brooke, now an up - and - coming fashion designer with Clothes Over Bro's, meets up with Lucas in New York to have drinks with him; showing her his engagement ring for Peyton, Lucas informs Brooke that Peyton turned down his proposal, much to the shock of an unbelieving Brooke . When she tries on the ring, everyone around them believes that they have become engaged, receiving free drinks and even a romantic horse - drawn carriage ride . When they arrive at his hotel room, Lucas kisses her in a drunken stupor; despite possessing feelings for him, Brooke pulls away from him as he is still in love with Peyton . </P> <P> Leaving Lucas with some words of wisdom, Brooke tells him to concentrate on getting his novel published and tells him that they probably won't see each other for a while . Returning home, Victoria confronts her about her "engagement" to Lucas . After clearing the air, Brooke tells her mother, "And Lucas Scott was the one boy I might have lost it for ." Brooke then agrees to her mother's offer to expand the clothing line, wishing to get lost in work in an effort to cure her broken heart from Lucas . </P> <P> Four years after high school and having become a multimillion - dollar household name, Brooke Davis now runs her own clothing line, magazine, and fashion channel . Becoming fed up with her life as a celebrity, Brooke decides to return to Tree Hill after a distraught phone call from her old best friend, Peyton Sawyer . Upon her return, she becomes a "fill - in nanny" for her godson, Jamie Scott, and buys the abandoned Karen's Café to refurbish into a C / B clothing store in order to run her fashion line from her hometown . Eager to settle back in Tree Hill, Brooke spontaneously buys a house (furniture and all) and invites Peyton to live with her . However, the CEO of her company, who also turns out to be her mother Victoria, is not happy about Brooke's choice to stay in Tree Hill and makes an unexpected visit to her house to take Brooke back to New York . </P> <P> Brooke and Victoria "bond" over the store opening, but she is oblivious that Victoria is running around insulting all of her friends . The store's opening is both a social success and a commercial failure, leading her mother to tear her down . She then reaches the breaking point after her mother attacks Peyton and rejects her daughterly love confession, beginning to rule her company her way and refusing to consider Victoria her mother any longer . Brooke considers dating Owen, a bartender, and sets Mouth up on a blind date with Milicent . She also tells Peyton to go after Lucas because they are meant to be and comforts her after she finds out he proposed to Lindsey . She uses her naked - in - the - back - of - the - car trick on Owen and successfully gets his attention but then refuses to sleep with him . Brooke then slowly becomes friends with Lindsey but after they get stuck in the library with Haley, Peyton and Mia, Peyton tells her that she's her best friend and will always be, stopping the awkwardness . She travels to New York with Owen after she challenges him since he thinks she does nothing for her job . She shows him a space she bought to expand and they find Rachel, overdosed on drugs . Feeling guilty for firing her earlier, Brooke takes Rachel back to Tree Hill with her so she can live in Brooke's big house with her and Peyton . She attends Lucas and Lindsey's joint bachelor / bachelorette party with Owen, who brings along a surprise guest Chase, whom she had unknowingly set Peyton up with . She finally fires Victoria from the company after she scares Rachel off for monetary purposes . She tells Peyton and Lucas that she came back to Tree Hill to have a baby, because there was a void in her heart only having a family could fill . Due to this decision Brooke gets interviewed by a woman from an adoption agency who Brooke finds out has spoken to Victoria . Because of her young age, busy life and party past, Brooke is turned down . Owen then immediately ends his potential relationship with Brooke, after finding out she wants a baby, calling her selfish . However, she gets to have a baby, as she gains momentary custody of Angie who is there to get her heart operated on and finds it immediately challenging, but finds comfort and help in the form of Peyton and Lucas Brooke is terrified and distraught over the possibility of Angie not making it through her surgery, but Angie comes out perfectly and everything in Brooke's world calms down . She then has to return Angie early making her distraught but strengthening her friendship with Lucas . In the season finale, Lucas calls someone asking that someone if she wants to get married at Las Vegas--the someone could be Lindsey, Peyton or Brooke . </P>

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