Title: Friends with Benefits

Author: Steffie

Category: One Tree Hill

Rating: PG-13

Characters: Nathan, Lucas, Haley, Brooke, Peyton among others

Summary: What started as simple bet between 2 brothers turns into a bigger sexual exploration than either thought possible.

Notes: Throughout the story, I shall be placing lyrics from songs to fit with the scene.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the said characters and/or songs mentioned in this story, they belong to their creator. Sue me and you get old coconuts and a dirty hula skirt.

In a flash, the things you hold close can disappear.

Vanish like a lost thought.

Lifelong trust can turn on you, blood can betray you. And the future you foresaw, GONE.

I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight

"We need another doctor in here! Severe internal bleeding," a nurse yelled over the hectic clatter and chatter in the operating room. The Emergency room was crammed; 3 doctors and 5 nurses were running around the 2 bodies that were occupying their attention.

"Get Dr. Williams in here right now! Dr. Benton as well!" Dr. Petite yelled. The French doctor had his hands full and it was becoming evident that he needed more help for the severity of the night. A nurse ran outside to follow his orders, 2 seconds later 3 more nurses arrived.

"Nurse I need that I.V." Dr. Petite ordered.

"Somebody fill me in," Dr. Nicolas said, who had just scrubbed in.

Nurses were running around, doctors were frantically trying to do their job, and helplessly on the stretchers lay their patients. Tonight was the night that Tree Hill's doctors were being tested, as they never had a case like this before. Never before in Tree Hill's history has there been an incident this severe.

Blood was everywhere…

Too much blood…..

"Damn it, how long am I going to have to wait for that I.V.?"

And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain

"Lucas? Lucas? Can you hear me?" a voice echoed. Lucas lazily opened his eyes, though as soon as the light hit them, he shut them tightly. "Lucas honey, please open your eyes," the voice pleaded. Recognizing the voice as his mother's, he tried to open his eyes once more. "Mom," he croaked out, but soon as he did he regretted it, as a painful sting surged through his lungs. He hissed, which caused an even greater pain to surge through him.

"Honey calm down, try to breathe," Karen said, her voice breaking at every word. "Your right lung collapsed again," she said. Lucas looked around and soon came to the realization that he was in the hospital. Looking to the side, he searched the room for any other occupants. But there were no others.

"Where's Brooke?" he asked. Karen took in a breath at the question, knowing that he eventually would ask. Leaning forward, she kissed his forehead, stroking his hair softly. "You need to rest, we'll talk about it when the doctor gets here," she softly said. Lucas noticed that his mother's eyes were starting to tear up, causing panic to take over him. "Mom, what happened to her?" Lucas asked, ignoring the sting that was taking over. Karen shook her head and pressed her lips together. Now was not the time to explain to Lucas what happened to Brooke, or the others.

The others…..

"Honey, please," Karen began. The pain on her face had Lucas thinking the worse. "No! Brooke!" he yelled, he started to fight, yanking the I.V. needles out of his arms. Karen tried to stop him, but to no avail. "Brooke!" he screamed. The pain in his throat was unbearable, but he ignored it, continuing to try and get free. "Lucas stop!" Karen yelled, trying to push Lucas down on the bed.

"Brooke!" he continued to yell. He was trying to fight his mother off so hard that he didn't realize the doctor that came running in, or that they had given him an emergency sedative to knock him out.

"Brooke," he mumbled drowsily before drifting off.

How could this happen to me. I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run. The night goes on
As I'm fading away. I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream. How could this happen to me

Nathan sat up in his hospital bed, a bewildered look on his face. Of all his friends, he was the only one conscious. He had been told that Lucas had been conscious as well, but he had been transported to his half-brother's room after Lucas was sedated.

Nathan's neck was in a neck-brace, and he was on a respirator. He couldn't feel the lower half of his body, but the doctor told him that it was probably only temporary paralysis. The news nearly gave his mother a heart attack, but it didn't seem to affect Nathan. Quite frankly, nothing seemed to affect him at all at the moment. The only thing he could think about was Haley.

Haley…..

He didn't know where she was, nobody had told him anything. And he couldn't get himself to ask anybody. He was too lost to really do anything at the moment. All he could really think about was the last few hours that they had experienced. It had been quite a night for the Tree Hill clique, a night they would surely never forget for the rest of their lives.

That is, if they lived to remember it.

The door creaked open and in walked Dan Scott, father to both Lucas and Nathan. He slowly walked in, not wanting to scare Nathan. "Son?" he quietly called out when he reached the bed. Nathan didn't respond, he was still staring into distant space. "Nathan, can you hear me?" Dan asked, but he didn't get a response. Dan sighed. He felt a little at ease knowing that atleast one of them was awake.

Taking a seat in between both beds, Dan turned from side to side, looking at both of his sons. The last few hours had really shocked him to say the least, and he didn't know what to think , or what to do.

It was silent in the room, the only noise to be recorded was the beeping of the contraptions to which both of Dan's sons were connected. The natural sound of Nathan's steady breathing was the only thing that was keeping Dan remotely calm. The mayor was trying to be the strong one here, seeing as Deb and Karen had already completely caved in. But he was starting to lose his composure, and losing it fast.

Burying his face in his hands, Dan sighed, his eyes filling with tears.

"God, please don't take my sons, not yet," he sobbed.

Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again

"Where the hell is Dr. Williams?" Dr. Nicholas groaned. He was having trouble on his patient and the other doctors were too busy on the other.

"Nurse, I need that clamp," Dr. Petite ordered over on the other table. He was surrounded by 5 nurses along with Dr. Michaels. "Ok, easy now," he said as he carefully lowered the clamp into the split stomach of his patient. Being careful was crucial at this point.

"Doctor, she's hemorrhaging," the nurse called out. "Dr. Petite groaned, frustration taking over him. "Block off the artery," Dr. Michaels ordered to one of the nurses as he still tried to angle the clamp the right way.

Just then Dr. Williams emerged, already scrubbed in and ready to start.

"The 4 lower ribs here are broken, we need to bind them," Dr. Nicholas explained as he carefully started to slice open his patient's stomach. "Nurse, I need you to suck out the excess air in her lower stomach," he ordered. "50 cc of morphine now," he ordered.

"Doctor, we have a problem," the nurse piped in, injection ready in hand.

"What is it?" he asked.

"She's pregnant,"

So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't

Karen, Deb, Keith, and Dan sat in the waiting room, anxiously awaiting any type of news from the doctors. They had been waiting there for over 2 hours, and they didn't know how long they could stand being in the dark about the situation. Nathan was still not responding, Lucas was still sedated and no news on the girls had been given to them yet.

"I don't think I can handle the wait anymore," Karen sighed. The tiny brunette looked completely disheveled and exhausted. She was extremely exhausted and deprived of sleep, and almost deprived of her sanity as well. Keith put his arm around her shoulder, trying to give her some type of comfort. "Everything is going to be fine," he whispered before laying a kiss on her temple. She squeezed his hand to show her gratitude and laid her head on his shoulder. "I hope so," she whispered.

Deb stood up and paced around slowly, her arms folded over her chest. Sitting down was not helping her nerves very well. She was scared out of her mind, just like all of them were. Dan looked at her, hoping that seeing her this upset could somehow calm him.

"What about Peyton?" Deb suddenly asked.

Keith sighed and bowed his head. "They still cant find her body," he said.

How could this happen to me. I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run. The night goes on
As I'm fading away. I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream. How could this happen to me

"Doctor she is still hemorrhaging," the nurse said, adding pressure to the artery. Dr. Petit was trying to stop the internal bleeding while Dr. Michaels was attempting to clamp her. "Got it," Dr. Michaels sighed, as he continued procedure.

"Doctor, what should we do?" the nurse asked. "Lower it to 25 cc. It wont affect the fetus," Dr. Nicholas replied as he continued procedure to bind her ribs.

"Heart rate is dropping, she lost too much blood," a nurse said of one patient.

"Blood pressure is dropping," said the nurse at the other table.

"Doctor she's going,"

"Shock em. Charge to 100,"

"Clear," Her body jolted, nothing happened.

"Charge to 150,"

"Clear,"

Nothing.

"Charge to 200,"

"Clear,"

Nothing.

And then it happened.

They both flat-lined.

Dr. Petite sighed.

"Call it. Brooke Davis and Haley James-Scott. Time of death, 3:52 a.m."

To be Continued.

Song by Simple Plan.