Chapter 1

Chase stood outside Jonathan's room banging on the door.

"Jonathan!" Chase shouted. "You can't just keep locking yourself in your room after school and work like this! It's been two weeks!"

"I'm doing my homework!" Jonathan shouted.

"You already did your homework!" Chase shouted. "Let's go see a movie!"

"I just want to be alone!" Jonathan shouted.

"He would've killed you!" Chase shouted. "It was self defense! Stop beating yourself up over it!"

"Go away!" Jonathan shouted.

"Fine!" Chase shouted.

Meanwhile at Baker Man, Brooke, Beth, and Lydia worked on a dress. Lydia wore the dress while Brooke and Beth sewed it.

"Thanks for modeling the dress for me, Lyd," Brooke said.

"You're welcome, Aunt Brooke," Lydia said.

"And thanks for helping me sew, Beth," Brooke said.

"You're welcome, Brooke," Beth said. "Thanks for giving me a job here."

"Thank you for suggesting my new hair color," Brooke said, pointing at her freshly dyed red hair.

"No offense," Lydia said. "But these thank you's are getting on my nerves."

"I'm getting hungry," Brooke said. "Want me to run over to the café?"

"Hamburger," Lydia said.

"Salad," Beth said.

"Okay," Brooke said, walking out the door.

"And extra cheese fries!" Lydia hollered.

"You don't need to be eating all that unhealthy junk," Beth said. "Not if you want to keep up this healthy figure."

"I'd rather be fat and eat hamburgers," Lydia said.

"I haven't had a burger since I was pregnant with Jacob," Beth said.

"Oh really?" Lydia asked. "Because the other day I saw you scarfing down a triple-decker…. Ow!"

"Sorry," Beth said in a fake sincere tone. "I didn't mean to poke you."

Lydia and Beth suddenly heard a honk, tires screeching, and a crashing noise. They stopped everything and ran out to see Brooke lying unconscious on the road, bleeding from her head, with a car turned around and parked in the middle of the street with a shattered windshield. A dark blonde-haired man stood over Brooke. Lydia and Beth ran over to them.

"Brooke!" Beth screamed.

"I'm so sorry!" the man shouted freaking out. "She walked out in front of me! I slammed on my breaks, but it was too late!"

"Stay calm," Beth said. "Did you call 911."

"No!" the man shouted.

Haley ran out of the café.

"Brooke!" Haley screamed.

Haley kneeled down over Brooke and Beth dialed 911.

"911" the operator said. "What's your emergency?"

"There's been an accident in the crossing between Baker Man and Karen's Café," Beth said. "Brooke Davis has been hit by a car. She's unconscious and bleeding from the head."

"Okay, ma'am," the operator said. "An ambulance is on the way. You need to stop the bleeding. Use a piece of clothing to make a tourniquet."

Beth tore a piece off the dress Lydia wore and carefully tied it around Brooke's head. The ambulance arrived a few minutes later and took Brooke to the hospital.