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Summary: Just a one-shot that begged to be written after I watched 5x10- Running to Stand Still. Rachel reflects.
AN: This is my first attempt at writing OTH. Hope you like it. After watching 'Running to Stand Still' I couldn't help but write this. It's not much, I know, but I wanted to play on the Rachel/Brooke friendship.
Her body hurt. More inside than out. What had happened? Why had she let herself spiral so far down? "Don't leave me Brooke." She whispered, her eyes filled with unshed tears. "I can't be alone again." She looked at Brooke, her one and only true friend. She hated this. Hated the vulnerability. Hated the lack of control. This was why she'd turned to drugs. She'd been alone and weak, with no one. The drugs fixed that.The drugs made her feel...whole. Made her feel like the good 'ol, party Rachel. The carefree Rachel. The problem free Rachel. She missed that Rachel.
"You're not going to be. You're coming home with me." She let Brooke pull her close. This wasn't supposed to happen. Things were supposed to be different. Better. Maybe Brooke would be able to help her. Maybe Brooke would be able to keep her from falling into the darkness again.