Her eyes started to close as she lay, on that unbelievably uncomfortable bed. She had been through so much in the past few months, so much worry, guilt and regret, but at that moment in time the chaos seemed to just stop, and everything around her seemed wonderful. The reason for this was that she'd done what she came to do…make peace, and let go. Her eyes began to open, as she reminisced over how her life had changed from bad to incredibly good over the past few months.
A young Brunette woman sat waiting for her fate to be decided. The next few moments were going to change her life, and all she could think about was how many mistakes she'd made. Her heart began to fill with regret, why did she leave the people she loved behind? The place she loved?…and the worst part about the wait of 12 and half minutes? was the fact that she had so many unanswered questions.
"Mrs. Jagelski…the doctor will see you now" Were the chosen words of the nurse, that had said them so many times to her over the past few months. She stood up and walked into the room that lay ahead of her, she saw the sympathetic look upon the doctors face and knew right there, right then, that her life was over.
After thinking very carefully, she decided to accept the invitation to Karen and Andy's wedding, but still worried about seeing the friends she'd left behind all those years ago. It's not as though she felt bad for leaving, they'd all gone there separate ways. Lucas was the only one that had stayed true to his heart, and true to the place he came from. The person she was agonizing over seeing the most, was her former best friend Peyton. She had, after all gotten married to the love of Peyton's life, Jake Jagelski. This, of course, was to spite Peyton for stealing the one person that ever understood her, the one person she ever truly loved, Lucas Scott. She sat, and wondered if she could cope with seeing her former friends, cope with the divorce she was going through, and, of course, cope with the cancer she had just been diagnosed with.
A few weeks later, the time had come to face the people she once knew so well. She hadn't seen them for over a year, and was nervous entering the gym she once loved to cheer in. Stood on the sidelines, shouting and blowing a whistle very loudly, just as Whitey use to do, was Lucas Scott. She caught his eye, and he immediately called time on the practice, as the young boys made there way to the changing rooms, Lucas walked swiftly towards her, holding his arms out for a hug.
"Man, have I missed you" he said, holding her tightly "It's been way to long pretty girl"
"…Tell me about it" she said, as Lucas broke the hug and they walked towards the benches on the sidelines of the court
"So, when did you get in?" he said, grabbing a bottle of water and taking a seat next to her
"About three hours ago, I went to the café, but your mom said you'd be here"
"Three hours in Tree Hill, and your wanting me already" he said, laughing. She always loved his smile, for one moment it made her forget about her problems, it always had done "So, where's Jake? I need to mock him on how badly his teams been playing this season?" Lucas joked
"Err, Jakes not here. Were getting a divorce, Luke" she said, quite bluntly. Lucas didn't look shocked exactly, he always knew that Brooke didn't love him
"…I'm sorry, Brooke. I didn't…"
"It's ok…really. We knew from day one that it wasn't meant to be, so, it's better this way, you know?" Brooke interrupted. Although Lucas felt bad for Brooke, he knew that it was best for her, and for Jake. "Anyway…what's going on with you?" she said, quickly changing the subject. She continued to talk to Lucas for hours in the same gym they spent most of there time growing up in, they reminisced of old times, good and bad.