Eventually Brucas!

After 6x01.

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Chapter 1

"Brooke?"

She froze. Of all days, someone's here today. Why today?, She thought. Who is it anyway?

She inched herself closer and closer to the door until the person called out again.

"Brooke?" The person said a little louder.

Fine. She slid on her sunglasses and slipped into her robe, and pulled the door open slowly.

"Hey, I knew you were here and.." Haley trailed off, taking in Brooke's appearance. "You're wearing sunglasses?"

Brooke still didn't answer, she just stared at Haley blankly, under the sunglasses.

"Why?" Haley questioned, when she was sure Brooke wasn't gonna answer.

She took off the sunglasses cautiously, forming a plan in her mind. "Don't freak out." Her voice raspy and monotoned, very unlike Brooke.

"Brooke, oh my god what happened?" Haley's eyes widened when she saw Brooke's horribly bruised eyes.

"I was..doing laundry and I got all tangled up..and fell down the stairs." She tried to be convincing.

Haley looked in disbelief. "Brooke.."

"Yeah, it hurts really bad, remind me to never do laundry again." She attempted a joke.

"Brooke."

She stared at Haley blankly again, Brooke knew she didn't believe her.

"Why don't you try telling me the truth this time?"

"I just did."

"You expect me to believe that you..got all banged up like that from falling down stairs?"

Brooke stared down at the floor.

"And those markings on your neck? Where'd that come from?" Haley asked softly.

"Haley.."

Haley noticed the scared and far away look in her friends eyes and became really worried.

"Sweetie you can tell me anything." She touched Brooke's arm supportingly, only causing Brooke to flinch away from her.

"Can you leave? Please..I need to be alone." Her tone didn't change at all.

Alone. The fact is, she hates being alone. But she didn't know how to deal with this.

Haley nodded, giving Brooke one last look and walking out the door.

Alone.

"Brooke is acting strange, and her face is all bruised up, her neck too. But she won't tell me why, I asked why and she snapped at me." Haley said to Nathan, then turned to find Lucas on the other side of her.

"Woah what?" Luke tensed up at the thought, and Nathan sent Haley the same questioning look.

When Haley began to tell him again, Lucas shook his head and started out the door.

"Luke, where are you going?"

"I have to go see her."

Lucas knocked on the door. Peyton answered.

"Luke? Did you come to help me pack?" Peyton asked, she wasn't expecting him to show up at that time.

"Yeah..where's Brooke?" He asked, trying to sound casual.

"I don't know, she hasn't answered her phone all day, she's probably at the store."

"Yeah..yeah, probably so."

They both froze when they heard a noise come from Brooke's room. As they turned their head, they were both shocked to see what was in front of their eyes.

"Brooke? What happened?" Peyton asked, concern etched all over her face.

"I..I fell." Come on Brooke, you can make something up. fell from..what? "Yeah, I fell... from the stairs."

"Really? Oh gosh I'm so sorry I wasnt here!" Peyton said.

Oh my god are you really believing that load of crap, Peyton?, Lucas thought. He started to examine Brooke more, and noticed the markings that Haley was talking about on her neck.

Brooke glanced at Lucas, he looked like he was in one of his broody moments. She didn't dare look him in the eyes, because the look on his face made it clear that he didn't believe her.

Peyton spoke again, "Me and Lucas are engaged!"

"Really? I'm happy for you P, Sawyer.." She said, no change in her tone.

"I'm gonna miss it here with you."

"Yeah me too.."

"Well I'd love to stay here and chat but I have work to get to, see you guys later.." She walked out the door, leaving the two alone with their thoughts.

Some thing is going on with her, Peyton thought.

She is acting beyond strange, yeah and she got two black eyes, marks on her neck, and bruises on her forehead from falling down the stairs? I don't think so. Plus, that look in her eyes.. like scared or lost. It's just not her. I'm gonna find out what's wrong. Lucas thought.