Okay! So here is the story I was telling you guys about. Here's the first chapter. I hope you like it! Takes place from 4.10 and on.
"Friends With No Benefits"
Summary: Brooke and Lucas are finally becoming friends and they stay friends…but for how long? When Brooke gets involved with a new guy will feelings resurface or will Lucas stay with Peyton?
Chapter 1As Brooke Davis walked out of the hospital room, she felt lonely. She leaned against the doorway and felt her eyes begin to tear up. She didn't want to cry in front of everyone, she didn't want to show how she really felt. The truth was, she would have to get over it because that's how she did things. When they didn't work out, she would either get over it or go out and party. At least, that's how she was now. Before she would fight for what she wanted…like Lucas. She fought for him but he just didn't fight back. So she gave up, she was fed up, and now she had to go through the pain of seeing her best friend and her ex boyfriend walking down the hallway together. She knew she did the right thing but she just wished she didn't feel so wrong about it.
Brooke then saw Peyton come out of Haley's room, ready to go back into Lucas'. They both half smiled and walked right past each other, heading into their friends and boyfriends room. When Brooke walked in the room and saw Haley hooked up to all of those monitors, she began to feel the tears come back to her eyes. But this time, she let them fall. Haley, her best friend was hooked up to all these wires and monitors, and she looked so pale. She hated seeing her best friend this way, she wished she didn't have to. But she stayed a loyal friend and sat next to her bedside, waiting for her to wake up from her sleep so she could see how she was doing.
A couple hours passed and Brooke fell asleep. When she woke up, she saw Haley staring back at her smiling. Brooke jerked up and smiled, rubbing her eyes and yawning.
"Hey hospital girl." Brooke said with a raspy tired voice.
"Hey Brooke." Haley said and smiled.
"How are you feeling?"
"Pretty good, just tired." Haley replied with a crooked smile.
"Nathan stopped by." Brooke commented.
"Yeah, I saw him. He stayed with me the whole night." Haley said and smiled.
Brooke was really happy for Haley when it came to Nathan. She just wished she could have the same thing. Besides the whole going on tour, repairing the marriage, and now the accident.
Brooke looked down at the floor, she felt like crying but she wouldn't let herself.
"Brooke, what's wrong?" Haley asked.
Brooke looked up and put on a smile.
"Nothing, I'm just really happy you're okay." She said.
Haley grabbed Brooke's hand.
"I know what's really wrong Brooke, you can't fool me."
Brooke laughed.
"I guess not." She said.
"Brooke, it's going to be okay. I know him, maybe you just need to talk to him." Haley suggested.
"Look at me, you're the one in the hospital and were still talking about my problems!" Brooke exclaimed.
Haley laughed.
"That's okay, it's been really boring around here so it's good to hear some drama."
"Well then trust me, you're going to get an ear full."
Peyton walked into Lucas' hospital room. She took a deep breath and sat down next to him. He then woke up.
"Sorry to wake you." She said apologetically.
Lucas smiled.
"You didn't." He said.
Peyton smiled. "Well good. So how do you feel?"
"Not that bad, I just really want to get out of here." He said.
"Yeah well I would break you out but then I think your mom would break me."
Lucas laughed but soon stopped when he saw Brooke walk past his door. She looked like she had been crying, but he couldn't tell. He figured that since he and Brooke were trying to be friends he should ask about her.
"Hey, uh what's going on with Brooke?"
Peyton then looked up at him, surprised. A tinge of jealousy picked at her. She tossed it aside because she knew Lucas loved her.
"I think a lot actually, but I haven't talked to her…you know what I mean." She said and looked back down.
"Yeah."
He knew what she meant. And everyday he felt bad for it. He basically ruined their friendship. He would take it back if he could but he couldn't. So for now, he would just have to live with the guilt.
"You know, at Nathan and Haley's wedding she said that she was dealing with some stuff…do you think she meant something serious?" He asked.
Since when did this turn into a conversation all about Brooke? Peyton was getting annoyed that he kept asking questions about her. He was with her now, shouldn't he just want to hold her and talk to her about everything instead of worrying about Brooke?
"She told me that too, but I don't think she meant anything by it." She answered truthfully.
She didn't really think anything serious was going on with her. Well, at least she didn't want to believe there was anyways. Even though they weren't friends, as long as she stayed away from Lucas or just remained friends with him, she wanted to repair the friendship they had lost.
Lucas nodded and decided to change the subject.
"So you know, I'm getting out of here soon." He said and smiled.
"Uh huh, I've been thinking about it all day." She said and walked over to his bed. She kissed him on the lips and just laid there with him.
Brooke was getting ready to tell Haley everything that had gone on for the past few months with her side of the story.
Brooke took a big breath and looked down at her hands.
"Okay, well it all started after your wedding coincidentally." Brooke began and laughed.
Haley nodded, urging her to go on.
"And well, I had just found out that Peyton had kissed Lucas so I was basically freaking out your whole wedding. Lucas and I had a huge fight before the toasts and then after we just danced…but I wasn't okay."
"Brooke…what do you mean you weren't okay?" Haley asked worriedly.
"I mean I wasn't okay with Lucas and mines relationship." Brooke said reassuring Haley nothing was wrong.
"That's understandable…I mean you even said so yourself that he didn't open up to you. One of his biggest regrets I bet."
"But that's the thing, I don't think he regrets it because he's with her now." Brooke said looking down.
"Yeah, because of you." Haley said.
"No, I just helped him realize his true feelings." Brooke said sadly.
"You still love him don't you?" Haley asked softly.
"I might…but I haven't really thought about it." Brooke said and shrugged.
"Since when have you had to think about love?" Haley asked.
Brooke thought about it. You didn't really have to. I mean you just knew when you loved someone, you didn't have to analyze it or think about it and decide.
"I guess never." Brooke replied.
"Exactly. Now go on."
Brooke nodded.
"Okay and then I broke up with him because I didn't want to get sucked into that triangle thingy again so before it could happen, I let him go."
"First mistake." Haley said in a simple tone.
"Ignoring that…"
"Okay. So anyways like I was saying I let him go but then we went to the banquet together and afterwards we said it was a mistake." Brooke continued.
"Second mistake."
Brooke cleared her throat, trying to ignore Haley's side comments.
"And then at the basketball game I congratulated him and we hugged but then I said 'go and get her'. So he did and they ended up kissing and then the accident happened and now here we are."
"Third mistake." Haley said. Now Brooke was angry. Haley was making her think this over and she really didn't want to think it over! She just wanted to be friends with him and try and be normal again.
"Haley please stop it. I know what you're doing and it's not going to work! I need to get over him just like he has me and I can't do that if your constantly in my ear saying I made a mistake."
"Not just one mistake…three!" Haley laughed.
Brooke sat and pouted.
"Look Brooke, I'm just kidding about what I just said. Not about the mistakes though. I really think you should try talking to him about the whole thing…maybe, I don't know, come clean?" Haley suggested.
"Come clean about what? I can't tell him what I just told you. He's finally happy!" Brooke exclaimed.
"You don't know that until you talk to him."
Brooke was now tearing up. She was just supposed to come into Haley's room and have a best friend talk but this ended up as a 'analyze Brooke's life' talk. Just then Nathan walked in.
"Hey Hales, I got you some water." He said and sat down on the other side of Haley's bed.
"Thank you." Haley said and he bent down to kiss her forehead.
"So did you see Lucas and Peyton? Their finally together, how cool right?" Nathan asked.
Brooke started tearing up even more and she didn't want Haley or Nathan to know why.
"I'm just…I'm going to go." Brooke said and rushed out of the room.
Haley was going to call her but she knew it would be no use. So instead she turned to Nathan.
"Nathan!" Haley yelled.
"What?" Nathan asked confused.
"Don't say that in front of Brooke! It's still early and she's adjusting!"
"Okay, okay, I promise I won't do that anymore. I'll keep the relationship status subtle." Nathan said.
Haley smiled. "Thank you."
"So how are you feeling?" Nathan asked drifting away from their past conversation.
"Well, I'm good really, I like the company I'm getting so that makes me feel better." Haley said simply.
"Well you know you always have my company." Nathan said and smiled.
"You're my favorite." Haley said and kissed him.
"Always?"
"And forever." Haley said and smiled wide.
"Okay well I'm going to let you rest."
Haley nodded and her eyes drifted close as he kissed her forehead. He walked out of the room and headed into the lobby, after Brooke.
Lucas saw Nathan rush after Brooke but he didn't know why. What had happened in there that left Brooke in tears and Nathan consoling her? Whatever it was, he wanted to know.
Peyton had fallen asleep, which left Lucas wide-awake. He was getting used to this whole relationship with Peyton thing but it was still a bit complicated. He always thought they would get together in the end…until Brooke came along. But now it seemed like it was going to happen again and he wasn't sure if he wanted that.
He tried to think of something to take his mind off of the drama that was going on in this little town. But every time he did, his mind would drift back to both of them. Brooke, then Peyton, then Brooke, and then Peyton. Would it ever end? He hoped it would. Peyton stirred in his arms and her eyes slowly opened.
"Hey, your awake." She said groggily.
"Yeah, I just couldn't sleep." He replied.
Peyton nodded and heard a knock at the door. It was Karen.
"I'm going to go and get some coffee while you and your mom talk for a bit, okay?"
Lucas nodded and Peyton walked out of the room while Karen walked in.
"How are you feeling?" She asked.
"Like I just had a heart attack." He said and laughed.
Karen looked at him sternly.
"Too soon?" He asked.
"Way to soon." Karen replied, but her face turned soft. She got up and hugged him.
"I'm just glad your okay." She whispered.
Lucas hugged her back.
"Okay you need your rest, so sleep okay?" Karen said.
Lucas nodded.
"I'll have someone check in on you in a bit." She said and kissed his forehead before walking out of the room.
Lucas just sighed and tried to get some sleep.
Nathan saw Brooke in the lobby and sat down next to her. She wiped away tears after seeing Nathan and stood up.
"Brooke…" he began.
"Nathan really, I'm fine." She said and smiled, her dimples showing. She still had tear-stained cheeks though.
"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have mentioned it in front of you this soon. I mean, I basically yelled it." Nathan said.
Brooke laughed a genuine laugh.
"Well I can't argue there, you really did flaunt it in front of me." She giggled.
Nathan laughed.
"So, your okay then?" He asked.
"Yeah." Brooke said and for that moment, she was.
Nathan got up and pulled her into a big bear hug. She closed her eyes, liking the safeness she felt in someone's arms. They broke apart and Brooke sat back down in the lobby while Nathan went to go check up on Haley.
Lucas couldn't fall asleep, he just couldn't. He was too wide-awake and he kept thinking about why Brooke was crying. Maybe he could get someone to get her inside to talk to him. He buzzed the nurses and they came rushing in.
"Did you need something?" A nurse asked.
"Oh no, nothing serious I just wanted to take a little walk if that's okay."
"Sure, but you have to take someone with you." The nurse said.
"Okay, I think there's someone in the lobby that could walk with me."
The nurse nodded and let him walk into the waiting room but when he got there he saw something else. He saw Nathan and Brooke hugging. He felt his heart hurt, and he was almost panicking. Is this what would happen when he saw her with someone else? I mean she was just hugging his brother and he already couldn't handle it. He told the nurse that he would take a walk later and she nodded and walked him back into the room.
He woke up and realized he had fallen asleep. But when he woke up, he saw Brooke standing in the doorway.
"Finally you woke up! I've been waiting for two hours!" She exclaimed, the sparkle in her eyes.
Lucas smiled and suddenly forgot everything that was around him.
"Did you want me for something?" He asked with a playful smile.
"Actually yes, I was talking to the nurse…"
"You were talking to the nurse? Brooke I thought you hated hospitals."
"I do, but when it comes to my friends, I'm always there for them." Brooke said with a shrug.
His heart sunk at the words friends but he quickly thought of something else.
"So anyways as I was saying I was talking to the nurse and she said that you requested a walk earlier but never took it so I was thinking we should get you walking!" Brooke exclaimed excitedly.
Lucas' smile grew wider and laughed.
"I think so too." He said and she helped him get out of bed.
Alright! So that was the first chapter. It's longer then my other chapters on my last story, but I figured you guys wouldn't mind! So why don't you just hit the button and review?