That night lucas was on the phone to his brother Nathan , "Listen , Nate I Need to get away for a while".
"Were are you gonna go luke?" Nathan questioned , "I'm gonna go and stay with aunt Deb".
Nathan Laughed , "Atleast you'll eat well" , Lucas Replied "Yeah , I know"
"Okay , well i've got some packing to do i'll see you when i get back".
"Okay " , "Bye"
Lucas hangs up.
Keith came into lucas' room whilst he was putting the last things into his bag.
"All set Luke?" , Lucas turned around "uh yeah just about... listen dad can you do me a favor?"
"sure what is it?" , Lucas put his bag around his shoulder.
"I Never got a chance to say goodbye to Brooke , so could you tell her i'm sorry and....
Keith interrupts "and?.....
Lucas looked up at keith, "Just tell her i'm sorry and i hope she has a nice summer" , Keith replied "Okay".
Lucas hugged keith "Bye dad".
Brooke was walking down the street when she bumped into Haley .
"Haley , have you seen lucas, i havent spoken to him in a while?" , "Brooke , Lucas didn't tell you?"
Brooke looked at Haley , "Tell me what?" , Haley replied "Lucas left Yesterday morning , I can't believe he didn't tell you"
Brooke looked hurt and confused, "were did he go?" , "Brooke , i don't know".
" I've gotta go" , Brooke walked way from Haley and headed to Lucas' house.
Brooke walked towards Lucas' door when she heard Keith in the garage fixing Lucas' car .
"Keith?" Keith looked up at Brooke
"Brooke Davis , what a pleasant Suprise how you doin' kiddo?"
Brooke smiled at keith , "Not so good, were did lucas go?"
"He went to stay with Deb, he told me to tell you he's sorry and have a nice summer"
Brooke nodded her head whilst looking around, she looked in the corner and found a picture of Lucas covered in oil.
She let out a slight laugh , Keith looked at her "Oh you remember that day?"
Brooke drew her attention away from the picture and replied , "Yeah , he was so happy because whitey made him captain, he brought me here and
smudged oil all over my face", Brooke Laughed as she seemed more and more infatuated with Lucas' picture.
Keith walked towards Brooke , "Look i don't know what happened between you too , but you need to work it out"
Brooke fiddled around with the tools , "If only it was that easy , I miss him so much keith"
"I know you do sweetheart, trust me he misses you too" Brooke let out a slight smile and looked at Lucas' car
"I Love this car , you know i wouldn't let him sell it" , Brooke laughed
"Keith responded , "Why not?" , "Because , i was with him when he bought it. It's a memory"
Keith smiled at the smitten girl infront of him , he knew just how much Brooke Davis loved his son.
"Well i better let you get back to work" , Brooke said as she hesitated putting Lucas' picture down.
"Thanks Keith" Brooke said before dissapearing down the street.
When Brooke got home , she lay on her bed thinking how much of a misserable summer this was going to be when her phone rang ,
"Hello?" she said as if she didn't have a care in the world
"Brooke? , Said Nathan down the phone
"Yeah?" , "It's Lucas there's been an Accident" , Brooke's Expression completely changed , "What kind of accident?" she said not
really wanting to know the answer.
"A car crash , it doesn't look good" , Brooke stared into space trying to digest this information.
Brooke slowly pulled the phone away from her ear and dropped it on the foor , Nathans fading voice in the distance "Brooke?"
She covered her mouth as tears passed through her fingers.
Brooke quickly ran to her car and headed towards the hospital , she was completely oblivious to the cars around her, she just drove and drove.
When she arrived at the hospital she ran into keiths arms and cried on his shoulder ,"Is he gonna be okay?"
Keith sat down with Brooke , "They took him in for observation , we're wating for the results" , Brooke dove her head into her hands , as if she was trying
to block out reality.
A few hours later , a doctor came into the waiting room , "family of Lucas Scott?" , Brooke, Keith & Nathan all stood up.
The doctor approached them , "How is he?" Keith blurted out.
"He has a few broken ribs , ripped tissue in his arm, but...he's stable ," Brooke sat back down and roughly ran her fingers thorugh
her hair. "So is he gonna be okay?" she said with no patience.
"I'm afraid we have to go into surgery , and in his current condition the chances of survival are slim"
Nathan sat down next to Keith , "Slim? , so there's nothing you can do?"
The Doctor replied , "Well we're currently doing all we can mr scott" , Nathan nodded "Right".
"Surgery's not for a while , you should all go home and we'll call you if there's any change"
Nathan and Keith replied "Okay" , Brooke However , "I'm staying" , Nathan looked at Brooke "You're staying?"
Brooke looked up , "Yeah .I'm not leaving him, not when he's like this" Keith Kneeled down to Brooke , "Brooke , I know you wanna
be here for him , but there's nothing you can do here" , Keith said trying to convince Brooke to leave with them , "Maybe not , but if he wakes up he'll want somebody here"
Nathan raised his voice , "and you think that person is you? , you're the last person he'd wanna see" , Keith "That's enough nathan"
Brooke wiped her eyes and watched Nathan walk away. "He didn't mean that , Brooke we're all just scared and saying things we don't mean".
"Okay , but I still wanna stay i've let him down before and i'm not gonna do it again" Keith stood up and smiled at Brooke.
"Okay , you wanna stay. just call me if there's any change" , Brooke nodded "Okay".
Brooke stayed in that hospital all night, she didn't get any sleep all she could hear in her head was Lucas saying , 'so much for forever',
she couldn't think about anything else .
The doctor approached Brooke the next Morning , "?" , Brooke looked up anyway , "Uhm...No it's davis"
"You're not Mr scott's wife?" , "No , I'm his.... , " Brooke searched for something to say...... "I'm his friend" . "Okay , well we're going into surgery in
a few hours if you want to see him before. now's your chance" , "Okay , Thankyou".
Brooke walked in and saw him lying there , helpless and alone. She sat down next to him , "Lucas?" she said as her tone lowered.
She lay down next to him and stroked his hair , "You're gonna pull through this , okay?". she said whilst crying.
"You're strong, just....... just please don't leave me" , she lay there next to Lucas for hours. Telling him to pull though , because she couldn't live
without him in her life.
Nathan and Keith slightly opened the door and heard Brooke talking to Lucas , "You know , i never fully understood why you loved me . and i stress
the word Loved , because you probably dont anymore"
Keith and Nathan listened in , "but i always loved you , right since we first met on the swings and you got me an icecream? , taught me how to play basketball"
she laughed , "Nathan teased you because you were best friends with a girl , but you told him to back off because Brooke Davis was the girl for you, that whole
day i walked around with a smile on my face, but i don't think you knew that i heard , but i did".
Lucas lay there , Brooke wasn't sure if he heard or not. But she carried on anyway "But i'm begging you , okay? you have to wake up because i need you.....
More than you will ever know". Brooke dove her head into Lucas' chest and cried.
Keith and Nathan listened to everything that Brooke said to an unconscious Lucas , they walked into the room and Keith cleared his throat.
Brooke pulled herself up and Looked at them , she smirked "Hi"
Nathan whispered , "Hey Brooke , can i talk to you for a second?" Brooke looked up at Nathan , "sure"
Nathan closed the door behind them , "Listen , im sorry about what i said. I really didn't mean it"
Brooke folded her arms , "It's okay , it was understandable" Nathan replied , "It's just you hurt him , bad. I mean who's to say this was an accident?"
Brooke looked at Nathan shocked , "What are you saying? , that Lucas did this on purpose?" ,
"No , what i mean is. He kept telling me he wanted the pain to go away. He wanted an escape"
Brooke began crying , "I've gotta go" , Nathan sighed , "Brooke?! , come back"
Brooke walked out of the hospital , wondering..... was it her fault????