prologue:K leyton never happened(eww cause that's gross.) It was lanna(Lucas Anna)but they were never in love. Brooke grew up in california(no OC crossover)with middle class parents-who cared. Her mom was a physical therapist for Dan when he got his knee surgery. Everything else is pretty much the same. Naley happened same way..Only difference is Brucas never met and NO LEYTON all jeyton!!IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EMAIL/PERSONAL MESSAGE/OR LEAVE IN A REVIEW..

Brooke sprawled out on her bed..It'd been a week since she got the phone call. The one that destroyed her..

flashback

Brooke stumbled in the door drunk as hell from the graduation party. She looked around..

'that's weird usually their waiting up'she thought wondering where her parents were. That's when she heard it, ringgg ring.

'UGH that noise who the fuck is calling at this time of night'

"Hello"Brooke said groggily

"Miss Davis?"

"Yea"

"Were your parents Micheal and Penelope Davis?"

"UH yea why?"

"We need you to come down to the hospital."

end flashback

And that was it. Her parents had got into a car accident. Her dad died on contact, but her mom she fought. Racking up a huge bill not even the insurance company could deal with.. She died anyway and now Brooke was stuck with the bills. It was to much.

'what am I gonna do?'Her parents had never been rich. Her mom a nurse and her dad a teacher they were comfortable, but Brooke has spent all the extra money on the hospital bills, funeral, coffins, extra bills, and she owed the other family 100,000 dollars. The accident had been her parents fault.

'sell the house'she thought'but then how the hell do i pay for college'she argued 'you'd be bill free'her self conscious argued back. That's when she heard it. Not knowing then that god was throwing her a lifeline, ringggg Ringg. 'yea I'm gonna get that, answering the phone has gone so good for me lately' Hello you've reached the davis's leave a message and we'll get back to you she heard her mothers voice sing. She cried knowing that was the last time she'd ever hear it. Hi Miss Davis I heard about your incredible work from a friend..I was wondering if maybe you could help me and my son, hes been in a car accident and well.."Brooke was intrigued 'what the hell lets see what you gotta say..'

"Hello"Brooke said into the receiver

"Hi! I'm so happy you picked up.."

"um yea"

"look I'm sure you busy but you see I heard about you amazing physical therapy, and I was wondering if you could help my son he got in a car crash"-the words echoed through Brooke's ears "and I heard that you've been able to heal the worst cases"

"well actually..."

"I'd be willing to pay and house you!"she begged, Brooke thought about it; 'what if I impersonated my mom. I mean I know all her techniques..And her son means he can't be old and gross..Right?'

"Well where are you guys?"

"Tree Hill, North Carolina" 'so paid,housed, and far away from here. Can I even leave California? Yea forget these memories. Ok"

"Alright I'll do it, but you can call me Brooke."

"I thought your name was Penelope." 'fuck'brooke thought

"Um well um actually that's my middle name some people call me that though.."

"ohh i apologize."

"so where did you get uh my information?"

"well my fiance gave me you name and number, before he passed."

"Oh I'm sorry.."

"Its okay, but when do you think you can come?"

"well I have some things to sort out, but maybe two weeks"

"Great I'll leave you my number and call me about your flight details and I'll pick you up at the airport.."

"Alright great, but I have you number, caller id"

"Great see you soon then!"She sounded ecstatic

"K bye"Brooke's stomach turned upside down


In the next two weeks Brooke was crazy, she got someone to buy her California ranch right away; 350,000 dollars around. Then she paid the bills everything, she was done. Bought her plane ticket and a brand new hot wardrobe-just for fun. She took her car that was extra money to get flown over, and she was left with about 15,000. All in the bank for college. Not even close to what her dream school was averaging. Yale was 35,000 a year. So Brooke decided to work all year reapply and get a student loan. The time had flew. All the sudden she found herself boarding the plane. She dialed Karen.

she waited a few rings before she heard a deep voice

"Hello?"a dark deep voice echoed

"Umm Hi can I talk to Karen?"

"Yea hold on.." "Mom the phones for you"she heard someone yell

"Hello"Brooke heard a cheery voice reply

"Hi its Brooke, I'm boarding the plane so I'll be there in like six hours"

"Great I'm gonna be wearing a blue shirt that says Keith's Motors"

"Alright"


Brooke slept through most of the flight waking to hear

"The plane will land in 2 minutes please exit towards the front."

Brooke walked off the plane grabbed her stuff at baggage claim and looked around spotting Karen quickly. She didn't bring her son. 'what if she doesn't believe me?'

She walked to her with fear

"Hi I'm Brooke"She smiled brightly

"Oh well your younger then I expected.."

"Yea well I graduated early and since then dedicated my life to helping people." 'my own words sickened me'

"Ok well c'mon lets go

Karen started the car

"alright sweetie theres a few things i want you to know."

"k?"

"Well first my sons been very difficult lately. You see he us to play basketball he got a scholarship to Duke and everything, right before his graduation he got hit dead on by a couple really drunk teenagers. They died, and well left my son not being able to use his legs. So he's became pretty bitter over the last month. His girlfriend Anna dumped him right after, I don't blame her they wern't in love not even close, but they were friends, and he misses her."

"Did they tell you the chance of you son being able to walk"

"Lucas, that's his name um well they said there was a good chance, but playing basketball is well.."

"Reaching for the stars"Brooke finished


They pulled in the driveway to see a gorgeous blonde waiting in the sidewalk

"Well that's him"karen whispered "C'mon"

Brooke nodded

Lucas's pov

she was gorgeous. That's who's taking care of me. And then I remembered. I'm in god damn wheel chair. I'm a cripple that no one especially a girl like that would take a second look at and that was the sad part. She looked at me with pity.

Brooke's pov

his eyes were inviting at first, but within minutes he looked at me with hatred. Who knows why but hell I'd been giving a lot of those looks so I guess I could take a little of my own medicine.

/pov

"Hi I'm Brooke"I smiled like my mom us to to her patients

"Whatever. I don't need you and don't think that for one second I'm falling for that sweet girl next door act. I know your only in this for one thing, and that's money."

"Well obviously its a job."With that she grabbed her bags and headed inside leaving a shocked Lucas. No one had talked to him like that since the accident. He was always so fragile.

'well miss Davis i think I'm gonna like you' he thought wheeling himself inside


"alright"Karen yelled "Can you guys sit down?"they did as instructed awaiting Karen..

"Look theres an another reason I hired you Brooke, besides to help Lucas walk. I'm gonna have to go away for a little while"Brooke's jaw dropped and all Lucas could get out was

"WHAT?"

"I know its terrible timing but you see when you graduated Keith and I were going to plan a trip to New Orleans open a restaurant, well more like a food kitchen to help anyone who still was having trouble getting on their feet from Catrina and Rita.."

"Mom your leaving me alone with this girl you know nothing about, for god damn sake could be a thief or fucking murderer!!"

"Lucas just stop!Just because you are injured doesn't mean you can talk to me like that. Keith would have wanted me to finish our dream. I'm sorry, but Keith suggested Brooke, he wouldn't suggest someone who would hurt you, hurt us."

"Injured! Hah I can't fucking walk mom get it through you god damn head. You don't deserve to finish your dream when I can't fucking finish mine. You think it's ok leaving me with some god damn stranger why'll you go out and do everything you've ever wanted. Have a good time. Hell why don't you find someone you can replace with Keith and you guys can raise Keith's baby together and then you can come back and kick me out on my ass and live happily ever after with your walking kid." Brooke got goose bumps, Lucas scared her. Damn he was carrying around a lot of anger. She saw Karen's eyes burn with tears.

"Luke"she sobbed"this is why I have to go. How can I carry a child with this anger circling me? I love you so much you are my world, but I need this baby to live. For us so we have Keith's memory, and the only way I can do that is if I get away from all this. I'm so sorry. I'm gonna pack my things and leave tomorrow. k?"

"Fuck you"

'tomorrow?!I have to be alone with crazy man!!!'brooke screamed mentally

"Um excuse me I don't mean to intrude, but I wasn't aware of.."

"I know look I'm willing to pay you double." Karen spoke without a thought

"How long are you gonna be gone?"

"UMM HELLO DO I GET A SAY IN THIS?!!!"Lucas exploded

"about a year."

"No. Fuck this. You cant make me stay!" 'hes gonna cost me my job and my college funds'brooke thought

"Karen can I talk to Lucas for a sec?"

"no"Lucas yelled

"yes"karen fought as she walked out

"K look buddy I need this money and I may be your only chance to ever play basketball. K you can't walk that sucks, but I've seen a lot worse off. Be happy your alive, and stop trying to get peoples pity it's pathetic, and I'm not gonna give it to you. Stop being an ass to your mom because if I was her, and had to deal with your sorry ass, and not get paid I would a left ages ago."

"Don't judge me you stupid bitch your not confined to a wheel chair. Your dreams aren't crushed, all your plans ruined. So just shut the hell up"

"Stop acting like you know me cause you don't." and with that she walked into Karen's room.

"I'll help you pack."