A/N Hey guys, so I know I'm writing "Only one tree Hill" go check that out if you haven't, I'd actually be willing to get a co -writer to help me out on that if anyone wants to cause I'm kinda stuck, but anyhow, I watched Monday's epi, and I hate what they did to Brooke, so I thought I'd write a fanfic on after 6.02 so here it is, I think I'll make it a one-shot, we'll see how it goes, I'm not sure yet, Read and review!
"She was fiercely independent. Brooke Davis. Brilliant and beautiful and brave. In two years she had grown more than anyone I had ever known. Brooke Davis is gonna change the world someday and I'm not sure she even knows it"
As Brooke Davis lay in a pool of her own blood, the words of Lucas Scott replayed in her head like a broken record. She tried to move as she had so many times before in the last hour but the pain was unbearable. She let hear head fall to the ground and Brooke Davis wept.
Brilliant, and beautiful and brave? Yeah right.
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Brooke stood in front of the mirror in her hallway staring at her reflection. She had been standing in the same position for the past half an hour.
"I'm hideous" she whispered
She flipped open her cell phone and dialed the number she had so many times before.
"Hi, it's Brooke, I know this is out of the blue but do you think you could meet me at my store?" she said into the phone
"Yeah, I'll be right over" the voice on the other end replied
Brooke stood in front of the store counter playing with the rings on her fingers.
The front door opened and she heard the sharp intake of breath "Oh my god, Brooke"
"Hi" Brooke said softly
"Honey, what happened were you robbed?" Nathan asked walking quickly towards her
She turned to face him, slowly pulling off the oversized sunglasses hiding her face
"Last night" she whispered
"Oh my God" Nathan muttered, He pulled her into his arms
"I'm not gonna cry" Brooke told him leaning her head on his shoulder "I'm not gonna cry". She pulled away and walked to the counter pulling her compact out of her purse trying to cover up her bruises with her face powder.
"Did you call the police?" he asked her
"No, I don't want to"
"Brooke, you have to file a police report, or your insurance company won't accept a claim."
"I don't want to" she said harshly "I have plenty of money for this"
"Look do you know what's missing" he asked gently
"Computer, cash from the register, and the sketches from my new line"
"Oh Brooke, I'm so sorry, I really think we need to call the police" he said resting his hand on her shoulder
"No, I don't want the press involved in this, so you can't tell anyone OK? Not Lucas and Peyton, not even Haley, or anyone…..please" she said quietly
"O.K" Nathan said pulling her into another hug
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"Brooke, I'm home" Peyton called out
"O.K, don't freak out" Brooke shouted back to her emerging from the shadows
"Oh my god" Peyton whispered "Brooke, what happened? She said walking towards her
"Lindsay came by, and she said Peyton's a bitch, and I said Peyton's not a bitch, and she said yes she is, and I said maybe you're the bitch, bitch and…" she trailed off pointing to her face "but you should see her face"
"Brooke"
"I was doing laundry, and I got tangled up in one of the sheets and I fell face first down the stairs" she mumbled
"Honey, I'm sorry I wasn't here, Why didn't you call me?"
"I did, but you said you were getting married"
"Is that why you sounded so bad on the phone? Oh Brooke I'm so sorry" Peyton said reaching out to pull her into a hug
"Oh, it's OK" she said pulling back "I'm too sore to hug…..but Congratulations"
"Oh Brooke"
"I really am happy for you P.Sawyer" Brooke told her
"Thanks Brooke, I'm gonna miss this though"
"Me too" Brooke replied.
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Brooke sat on her sofa eating Ben & Jerry's from the container when the doorbell rang. She dropped the carton and curled into a ball.
"Brooke, you're car's outside so I know you're here…its Lucas, open up!"
"Great" she said to herself…Maybe he'll think I'm sleeping
"I know you're up, you never leave the lights on when you go to sleep."
"Damn it" she muttered "I'm coming!" She pulled open the door and stood face to face with Lucas
"Oh my God" Brooke he said pushing past her and closing the door behind him "What the hell happened?" he said gently caressing the side of her face
"Didn't Peyton tell you, I fell down the stairs"
"Look, Peyton may have fallen for that piece of crap but I won't" he said "Now what happened Brooke"
"I-My store-Somebody broke in, and he-well-he took a few swings at me"
"A few swings at you, Brooke have you seen your face? He took more than a few goddamn swings at you" he shouted "He beat you to a pulp…Do the police have any leads?"
"No, because I didn't go to them"
"You didn't- You didn't go to them..Brooke are you crazy? We have to go to the police, get your stuff, we'll go right now."
"No, I don't want the press involved and I don't want anyone else to know, The only people that know the truth are you and Nathan and I want it to stay that way" she said
"Brooke" he said quietly
"Please Lucas" she whispered
"O.K"
"I'm tired Luke, I wanna go to sleep" she told him
"Will you call me, if you need me" he asked her
"Of course" she said
He kissed her on her forehead. "I'm so sorry pretty girl" he said walking towards the door.
She bolted the door behind him and walked slowly to her room. She smiled at the use of the familiar nickname he had used. Pretty girl.
"God, I love him" she thought
She had never stopped loving Lucas Scott. But she knew she would never be his comet. She would never be his Peyton, so time after time she put her feelings aside so that her best friend could be with the man she loved. She closed her eyes, she knew she would never love anyone like she loved Lucas, and that was fine, she had no problem living on her own, it only gave her more time to get her store running again and to fight Victoria. She wasn't giving up Clothes over Bros without a fight.
"This means war mother" she said out loud before drifting off to sleep.
Yeah, so I decided to make it a short story after all, I'm thinking five chapters but lemme know what you think and If I should continue! Review my loves!