Disclaimer: I don't own OTH or it's characters.
AU story, based into the future.
I'll Always Be There
She still cries every night. Nothing can stop that. Well, something can...
She looked down at the ground below her. She was standing on a cliff, looking at the pointy rocks below. The fall would hurt, and most likely kill her, but that couldn't compare to the pain she felt inside.
Her closest friends Haley and Nathan Scott couldn't help her. They tried to comfort her, but his death was uncurable. It all happened so fast, she barely had a second to breathe.
She was at home at the time, putting shoes on her little girl's foot when the phone rang. The little girl ran towards it with only one shoe on, and her mother laughed lightly at the sight.
"Hewo?" her little four-year-old asked, then pointed the phone at her. "Momma, it for you."
She ran for the phone, took it out of her daughter's hand, and sat on the couch, pulling the girl into her lap.
"Hello?" she asked politely.
"Mrs. Scott?" a man asked her, and she nodded, even though the man couldn't see her.
"Yes?"
"My name is Doctor Harrison, from the Tree Hill Local Hospital. I have bad news, Mrs. Scott. Your husband, Lucas Scott, was in a car accident." the woman's heart stopped. "We tried our best to save him, but...he died, ma'am."
The woman froze, and tears immediately poured out of her eyes. She dropped the phone, and ignored the calls from the doctor and her daughter. She put her daughter on the floor, stood, and before she could walk, she passed out.
She woke up in the hospital, with her friends Haley and Nathan at her side. They were both crying, and she realized those tears weren't just for her. It was no dream. Her husband was dead.
Haley told her when she passed out, her daughter Maggie told the doctor she fell asleep on the floor, and an ambulance was called right away. The woman barely listened. Her husband was dead.
Now here she was, on this dangerous peak. She hated her life now; it was heartbreaking having to tell her daughter her father was dead, and even harder to say it aloud.
It was even harder to live without her husband.
Her friends were even in a great state of pain, too, but everyone knew she was feeling the worst.
She didnt go to the funeral; she stayed home with her daughter and cried. No one blamed her; they had been together for eight years. But she wanted more.
She lifted her foot over the vast land below her. before she took her final step, however, she heard a voice behind her call her name.
"Brooke."
Brooke froze, and tears came to her eyes at the voice she heard. She was going insane. He called her name again, and this time, she turned around.
There he was, below her, standing at a safer spot on flat ground. He looked just like he did the last time she saw him before he died.
"Brooke?" Lucas called out, standing in front of the front door.
"Need your keys?" Brooke asked, emerging from their bedroom, dangling his keys tauntily. He grinned.
"You know me all too well," he said, coming towards her and wrapping his arms around her, engolfing her in a warm hug. She smiled into his chest, listening to his heart beat. She pulled away and kissed him with all the passion she could muster. While they were kissing, their daughter, Maggie, interrupted.
"Ewww! Gross!" she shrieked, and her parents puled away, smiling down at her and laughing. Lucas kissed Maggie on the cheek, making her giggle. He took the keys off Brooke and headed to the door.
"See you both after work!" he called as he opened the door. He turned back around and looked Brooke in the eyes. "I love you."
Brooke winked. "I love you too."
"And I wove ya both," Maggie added, and everyone laughed as Lucas exited the house.
"I am going insane," Brooke muttered. Lucas laughed. It sounded so real, just like his laugh.
"You're not going insane, babe. I really am here." Brooke shook her head.
"No, no. you're...you're dead," she choked out, tears forming in her eyes. Lucas smiled.
"Do I look dead to you?" he asked her. "I'm right here, with you. I've always been with you Brooke. And I'll never leave you."
Brooke cried harder, and Lucas began to cry too. "Come here, Pretty Girl," he said softly, extending his arms, and Brooke ran down the cliff to the safe ground. When she got near to him, she jumped into his arms, and was surprised when he caught her. They hugged, and Brooke felt like she was in heaven. His body was warm, his arms were soft. She leaned her head into his chest and continued to cry, and her head became wet, too. He was crying into her hair.
She stopped crying suddenly and listened into his chest. There was no heart beat. She wiggled out of Lucas's embrace and looked at him, square in the eyes. Lucas looked back and sighed.
"I am dead, Brooke, but I didn't lie when I said I would be with you forever. I'll always be with you, and our little Maggie, in both of your hearts. But you have to continue living, baby, because our daughter needs you. She already lost me; she can't lose you too. I know your hurt, but you have to live for our daughter. Don't forget about her. I need you to live too."
Brooke nodded, more tears spilling out of her eyes. Lucas smiled sadly. "Can i have one more kiss?" Brooke whispered, and Lucas nodded, smiling.
They both leaned in, and when their lips met, Brooke never felt more alive.
They kissed passionately for the last time, before Lucas pulled away. He began backing away slowly, more tears spilling out of his eyes. "Bye, Pretty Girl," he said, before he disappeared, for good.
Brooke smiled, letting a few more tears spill, before she said, "Bye Broody."