" He's coming after me!!" she screamed while driving crazy trough the night.
"Ok, just hang on all right! Look, where are you?"
"I just took the road off town"
The other car arrived right next to her's. The window slid down.
"Brooke! Stop your car! We need to talk!"
She didn't answer as she looked at him, her phone still on her right ear.
"C'mon! I'm sorry!" he screamed trough the window.
Brooke wasn't watching the road. First thing she knew was that a flashing white light surrounded her. She screamed.
"Brooke!!"
One week earlier…
Brooke ran over to Nathan as she put her plate on the table next to him.
"Hey you! What's up?"
"Hu—I'm working on something"
"What about?"
"Nothing special"
"C'mon you know we're friends. You can tell me! Promise I won't tell the medias!"
"Promise?"
"You know me! I won't tell. You have my word!"
"Ok—I'm trying to figure out who shot Keith"
"What?!"
"Yeah! I'm not sure that Jimmy did it"
"How can you say that?"
"Jimmy had all a chance to hurt us but he didn't. He would never have shot anyone."
"Maybe it was an accident!"
"No Brooke. I heard Keith talking after the first gunshot. He was alive after Jim was dead"
Brooke looked down at her pizza and juice from the cafeteria and looked back at Nathan.
"Have you told anyone about that?"
"Not yet. I'll keep it low until I'm sure. Will you?"
"Sure!"
"Especially Luke. Don't say anything to Lucas. Not a word. It would hurt him more than anything"
"He's already been trough a lot!"
"That's the point"
Lucas was a couple of steps behind his brother and ex girlfriend. They obviously didn't see him walk by. He stood there a second before turning his back and walk away. None of the two friends noticed his presence. Nathan went quickly into all of his papers.
"What's all this?"
"Notes, thoughts, all I need to find who ever did it and when that day comes, I swear heat is gonna grow high!"
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Lucas went trough his locker searching for his maths book. Someone went next to him.
"Hey stranger!" said the brunette girl.
"Hey Brooke. How are you doing?"
"Really good! Actually, I needed to talk to you."
"Sure. What's up?" Lucas said knowing about the conversation she just had with Nathan.
"Nathan and I talked and we had a really good idea"
"What's that?"
"I just felt like lately we didn't have a lot of time being friends. I—We decided to throw a little party at Naley's apartment. It's going to be just a couple of close friends having fun. We thought about a night to talk. It felt like we were all tearing apart and that's sad…what do you think?"
"Sure! That's a good idea. I'll be there."
"Nice. Be there at 7 and bring your best friends."
Lucas smiled back at her as she left him to go join Haley. He looked at her 'till she was gone. Of course he missed her but he was with Peyton now. He really loved Peyton. She was his only sunshine. There was only one point that kept boiling in his mind you never forget your first love. He often thought about Brooke. He really wanted to be his friend again. He wanted to be the person she could count on if something went wrong. They had a good experience being just friends and that's what he wanted all over again. He felt someone touch his right shoulder and he turned back to see who it was.
"Hi boyfriend!"
"Hi sunshine! You look nice!"
"I know" the blonde said laughing. Lucas couldn't help but laugh too.
"How's your day so far" asked Lucas.
"Well, I'm killer in English!"
"Really! Hey Peyt, I have good news for you!"
"What? Oh wait...You're pregnant?!"
"Seriously Peyt! Brooke invited us to a party tonight"
"Brooke?"
"Yeah, she had an idea to bring all of us back to the way we were before"
"Meaning what?"
"I mean there's gonna only a couple of really great friends having fun together"
"Sounds cool…but—I don't know…"
"Peyton! You're not gonna let me go there all alone?"
"What would it do? I mean you just wanna go there to see Brooke!"
"No! I wanna go there with you"
"And what if I don't wanna go and I let you by yourself?"
"Well, that would make my heart ache—stop —and there would be nothing to keep me here. After that you would feel guilty all your life for leaving me behind…"
"Hum—that's something I can handle!" she said as she looked Lucas who was shocked. She grinned.
"Pick me at 7" she said starting to walk away. She stopped a second right next to him and whispered slowly in his ears. "I would never let you down! You know I could never live without you! If you ever do that to me I swear I kill you myself!"she said and then put a kiss on his cheek. "Love you!" she whispered before leaving. Lucas stayed there smiling. "Love you to Peyt..."
Ok this was the introduction. I know it was kinda short but much more is coming up. The story is gonna look like a really good Smallville episode "Reckoning". Just a note, there was no accident with Haley and no heart attack but this story takes place around this time in season 4. Tell me if you like the idea. Have comments? Good? Bad? Leave it and be sure I'll read. Enjoy the next chapters.