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Brooke was woken up from her sleep by her phone going off. As she opened her eyes and reached over to it, she noticed it was 2am. "Hello?" She sleepily answered, not bothering to see who was calling.

"Brooke Davis?" A woman asked.

"Yes this is she, who's calling?" She replied.

"I'm a nurse at Tree Hill Memorial Hospital, your friend Peyton Sawyer was brought in earlier, you're down as her next of kin." The nurse explained and Brooke suddenly shot up in bed feeling very much awake.

"Is she ok? What's happened?" Brooke asked in a panic.

"She was involved in a car crash, she's in surgery right now, but you should come down as soon as..."

"I'm on my way!" Brooke cut in before hanging up.

She felt confused and was on the verge of breaking down in tears, she didn't know how bad the situation was or how this had happened, but she knew she had to stay strong and get to the hospital as soon as possible, all her questions and queries would be answered when she got there.


An hour had gone by since Brooke arrived, she'd been shown to a family room and a doctor explained to her the extent of Peyton's injuries. It didn't sound too bad at first, just a broken leg which she'd had surgery on and a few bruised ribs, but then she heard the words 'head injuries', 'coma' and 'possible memory loss'!

"I'm sorry what?" Brooke asked, checking that she'd heard right.

"Due to the head injuries Miss Sawyer has suffered, there's a chance that she may have some memory loss if and when she does wake up." The doctor explained.

Brooke zoned out for a bit, taking in what he'd said and then she looked at him.

"Will." She said and the doctor looked at her confused.

"I'm sorry?" He questioned and Brooke looked him in the eyes.

"She will wake up." She told him and the doctor just gave a sympathetic smile.

"A nurse will let you know when you can go and see her, it shouldn't be too long, we're just getting her settled first." He then explained and Brooke nodded.

"Thank you." She said before his pager went off and he got called away to another patient.

While waiting for the nurse, Brooke went and called people to let them know what had happened, she managed to get hold of everyone except Larry.

Haley and Nathan were the first to arrive, Brooke had told them on the phone that they didn't need to come, but they insisted.

"Where's Jamie?" Brooke asked after she'd hugged them both and Nathan looked at her confused.

"He's sleeping round Chuck's tonight remember?" He asked and Brooke let out a breath before nodding.

"Sorry, I keep forgetting that we were all out together earlier, it feels like it was ages ago." She answered.

"Did they say what happened?" Haley then asked and Brooke shook her head.

"All I got told was that it was a car crash, I don't know if anybody else was involved, nothing?" She explained.

The door then opened and Lucas walked in looking extremely pale and worried. Lindsey followed in behind also looking concerned. "Has there been any more news?" She asked as Lucas went over and hugged Brooke who then broke down in his arms.

"Sorry." She said as she pulled away and then she shook her head before looking at Lindsey. "No, only that a nurse will be along soon to tell us when we can see her." Brooke answered as she wiped her tears away. It was only then she realised that Lindsey was actually here! Peyton obviously hadn't gone to get her man back before this crash had happened or she'd been on her way to when it did?

"Erm...this might sound a little odd, but did Peyton come to see you at all tonight...after she'd been at TRIC?" Brooke asked Luke and just as he was about to speak, a nurse walked into the room.

"You're welcome to go and see Peyton now." She said with a smile. "Just two at a time though please and don't be alarmed by the machines or tubes, they're just there to help her." She added and then told them where she was.


"Who's going in?" Brooke asked once the nurse had left.

"I think it should be you and Luke first." Nathan said, but Lucas shook his head.

"No, you go man." He told his brother and Nathan and Brooke both looked at him confused.

"You're her two best friends, she wouldn't want to see me." He explained, not being able to forget what Peyton had said to him earlier. "Besides, someone's going to have to keep trying Larry." He added and although they both looked confused by what he'd said about Peyton not wanting to see him, they just nodded and walked out of the room.

"I think I'll go get everyone a coffee." Lindsey then said and also left the room, leaving Haley and Lucas alone.

"I don't think you should be here." Haley suddenly told him.

"Well they said it's only two at a time so..." He replied, but she shook her head.

"I meant here in the hospital, I don't think you should be here." She repeated and Lucas looked at her surprised!

"What?" He asked.

"Why are you here Luke?" She questioned and he looked at her feeling mortified, why was she being like this? Where had this come from?!

"What do you mean why am I here? Where else would I be?! One of my closest friends has just been in a serious car crash...I care about her, just like you and Brooke and Nate." He explained, although he wasn't quite sure why he was having to?

"You care about her...right funny that because I saw you kissing her in the office tonight and I thought that was bad enough, but then you walk in here with Lindsey and I see an engagement ring on her finger?!" She almost yelled and Luke just closed his eyes, suddenly realising why Haley was being the way she was and the feelings of remorse and regret deepened in him.

"It's not how it looks ok?" He said.

"Really? Well you tell me how it looks, because from where I'm sitting this feels just like High School all over again when you were with Brooke and I caught you kissing Peyton in the library!" She told him.

"I love Peyton...you know that I've always loved Peyton and guess what, before you walked in and saw what you did, she told me she still loved me too." Luke said.

"Right and you just forgot that you had a girlfriend at this point?" A voice suddenly said and they both looked to see Lindsey stood there, they'd not heard her come back into the room.

"Lindsey..." Lucas started, wondering if this night could get any more fucked up?!

"No, you carry on with your story Luke, don't mind me." She told him and Haley sat there suddenly feeling bad for her, for him and for Peyton.


While all this was happening in the family room, Brooke and Nathan were sat at Peyton's bedside and Brooke had been finding it harder than she imagined. The nurse had warned them about the machine's and tubes, but there was a lot more than she thought there'd be. Her best friend didn't even look like her best friend, she had a thick white bandage wrapped around her head and skin the colour to match.

"I don't even know what to say to her?" Brooke's raspy voice said, full of emotion that she was trying to hold back.

Nathan reached over and took her free hand in his and gave it a loving squeeze. They'd been sat either side of Peyton's bed holding each of her hands and he'd been doing most of the talking.

"Just imagine that she's sleeping." He told her. "Think of this as a time to just talk...get anything of your chest that you know she can't answer back to." He added with a slight laugh and Brooke let out a small smile before looking at Peyton's face.

"I came home for Lucas too you know...game on bitch!" She joked and Nathan looked at her.

"Peyton came home for Luke?" He asked and Brooke nodded.

"Yeah, she denied and denied and denied it, but tonight she finally told me the truth." She replied with a happy smile, but then it dropped. "She was going to tell him tonight too, but I don't think she got the chance?" She added. "What if she never get's the chance?" She then asked and felt her voice breaking.

"Hey come on, this is Peyton we're talking about. She's been through a school shooting, two dead Mom's and a psycho stalker, I'm pretty sure she can get through this." Nathan said and Brooke blinked back the tears that were threatening to fall and just nodded.

"Yeah, she's P. Sawyer, she can get through anything." Brooke told herself.


It had been ten minutes since Lindsey had walked in and heard what Haley and Lucas were saying, and she'd now been told that the engagement ring she was wearing was the one meant for Peyton and that Lucas hadn't meant to propose to her tonight, infact at all and everything that had happened tonight had been a mistake, a misunderstanding!

"So that's why she came over earlier, it wasn't to run something by you, it was to get you back!" Lindsey said, clicking the pieces of the puzzle together. "Wait, you went out to catch her up after that, telling me you wanted to hear what she had to say...what did she have to say Lucas?" Lindsey asked and Haley sat there, wishing that she'd never brought this up with him earlier.

"She said she never wanted to see or speak to me ever again. Happy now?!" He replied in anger and sadness.

"Well that makes two of us." Lindsey said as she pulled the ring off her finger and placed it down on the coffee table in the room.

"Lindsey..." Haley started, but she shook her head before looking at Lucas.

"I'll pack the rest of my things up like I'd started and I'll be gone by the time you get home." She told him and with that she opened the door and left, just as Nathan and Brooke walked in.

"What's going on?" Brooke asked and Lucas let out a sigh, he thought tonight had already been bad enough, but he knew it was about to get a hell of a lot worse!