Hey everyone i was really proud of myself for having such a fast update. Remember to comment after you read and next update Brooke will tell Lucas.

A/N:

One thing i would like to say is i also post this story on the CW and im letting them vote whether they want this to end up Brucas or Leyton. I didnt think it would be fair if they got to vote and you didnt so when you review just let me know. Just to let you no right this second over there is 21 Brucas and 20 Leyton. Very close, so if your a Leytoner here you better speak up and if you a Brucaser better keep them in the lead.

Another is to address Mosie1213. I know its kind of unrealistic that she would have heart failure at 4 and i thought about doing like a hole in the heart because my sisters 4 and shes about to have her second open heart sugery but i didnt see how i could tie that to the HCM and this just made for sence. So were just going to pretend 4 year olds can get heart failure somtimes ;)


Chapter Seven

It had been three days since the accident and Brooke had not even left the hospital yet. Her hair was greasy and all she had eaten was hospital food but she didn't care as long as her little girl would wake up. While Brooke was trying to concentrate on her new People magazine, she heard Haley walk through the door with Jamie and Anna.

"Brooke Penelope Davis," started Haley. "It's been three days you need to go home and shower and get a real meal." Brooke started to object but Haley interrupted her before she could start. "I don't want to hear it. Jamie and Anna wanted to visit for awhile anyway. They'll keep her entertained."

"But I want to be here in case she wakes up," Brooke said. "I couldn't stand her waking up without me by her side."

"If anything changes I will call you right away," Haley said. "Now please, go, you smell worse than this hospital," she joked and Brooke gave her a little smile. She stood up and gave Ellory a kiss on her forehead. She wished she could just get some kind of signal that her daughter was still in there. Then she grabbed her purse and was practically pushed out the door by Haley.

The first thing Brooke did was go to her hotel room. The front desk told her there were messages from her work and Brooke remembered she had never called them to tell them she would be staying in Tree Hill longer. She decided the call could wait after she took a shower though.

She didn't feel like putting much make-up on after her shower because she didn't want it to smear when she cried. Brooke put on one of her original clothes over bro's sweat suits that she had made in high school and remembered that she was hungry. She was defiantly sick of hospital food. She was in the mood for something homecoooked and since she couldn't cook very well she decided she would go over to Karen's Café.

When Karen saw Brooke walk through the door she looked a little surprised. "What are you doing her, Brooke?" wondered Karen. "Not that I'm not happy to see you," she quickly added.

"It's ok Karen I know what you mean," laughed Brooke. "Haley kicked me out. She said I needed to shower and get some real food and where better to go than Karen's Café?"

"Well, you have defiantly come to the right place," Karen said. "Why don't you sit at the bar and we can talk a bit. It's not very busy right now." Brooke did as she was told and made her way over to the bar and Karen brought her a cup of coffee.

"How are you holding up?" wondered Karen.

"Not very good," admitted Brooke. "I just keep thinking what if she doesn't wake up, you know?"

"I know exactly how you feel," Karen said. "I felt the same way that one time Lucas got in that really bad car accident. I don't think I ever left his bedside either. If I recall right you were there a lot, too."

"I remember that," said Brooke. "That was the first time he left me for Peyton." Karen made a face like she was sorry she didn't mean to bring it up. "It's ok, it's all in the past," explained Brooke.

There was kind of an awkward silence for a second. "So, what would you like to eat?" asked Karen with a warm tone in her voice.

"I guess just a chicken salad," Brooke answered. "As I recall those are very good here." Karen nodded and disappeared into the back.

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Peyton and Lucas were around the poolside at their hotel in Tampa Bay, Florida. Peyton remembered she hadn't checked her messages since she had gotten there and saw that there was one from Haley. From the start of the message she could tell there was something wrong by her voice.

After she heard the message she was stunned. She turned to Lucas. "What's wrong?" he asked with a bewildered look on his face.

"Ellory is in the hospital," Peyton answered. Lucas's face immediately went from confused to worried to scared.

"Is it serious?" he worried.

"She's in a coma," answered Peyton. A little tear rolled down her cheek.

"We need to go back," said Lucas. Now it was Peyton who was confused. "Peyton, I know you want to go and see her I can see it in your face. Florida can wait and Brooke needs you. Besides I'm really missing Anna."

"Thanks Luke," Peyton said and gave him a gentle kiss on the lips. "You always know what I'm thinking." After that she left to go to the hotel room and pack to go back to Tree Hill.

X-X-X-X-X

Brooke had finally convinced Haley she was ready to come back. She was once again sitting there watching the feeding tube feed her baby. It was the thing that was keeping her alive. Suddenly, she heard a small knock on the door and was surprised to find Peyton standing in the doorway.

"I thought you were on your honeymoon," said Brooke confused.

"How could I ever relax when my best friend's daughter is sitting in the hospital in a coma," answered Peyton. "Of course I'm here."

"Thanks," said Brooke with a tear down her face. The tear wasn't necessarily because Peyton came it was because she knew Peyton wouldn't be feeling that way for long. She would soon find out why Ellory was in a coma and she would soon find out who Ellory's father is.

"So, how's she doing?" wondered Peyton who had been out of it since she was on her honeymoon.

"She's hanging in there," Brooke answered truthfully.

"She's tough," Peyton said taking one of Ellory's little fingers in hers. "She gets that from her mother," Brooke smiled. At least for now she was being nice. "Did they ever figure out why it happened?"

Oh, no, thought Brooke. Exactly the question she did not want Peyton to ask. But she couldn't lie and she couldn't change the subject, she was trapped. She could feel her heart start to beet faster so she took a deep breath before starting. "She has, um, HCM," Brooke kind of mumbled. "And since she's so small and hadn't been taking medication her heart couldn't take it."

"What do you mean HCM?" Peyton asked. "Like HCM, like Lucas HCM?" Brooke nodded without saying anything. She could see the anger coming across her friends face. "You mean she's…" Brooke nodded because she knew what Peyton meant. Peyton picked up her things and walked out the door, but Brooke had to chase after her she didn't even give her a chance to explain.

"Peyton, hold on!" Brooke yelled down the hall. She had tears welling up in her eyes and she knew people were staring at her, but she didn't care. All she wanted to do was explain to her best friend.

She finally caught up to Peyton outside in the front of the hospital. She grabbed Peyton's arm so she couldn't walk away this time. "Just please let me explain," she said and saw that Peyton was crying, too.

"Fine," Peyton said and made Brooke let go of her arm.

"I found out after you two started going out and after we had broken up. I couldn't tell him and break you two up, you were too happy, so after graduation I went to New York. I was always scared to see you in person because I never told you about Ellory. When you had broken up that one time I went to tell him, but I chickened out. Then I was about to tell him again, but you told me you were back together and pregnant and that complicated the situation more. I just thought it would be better it I disappeared, but Rachel talked me into coming to your wedding, which was a mistake because now you hate me." Brooke took a deep breath from saying all that.

"I don't hate you, Brooke," Peyton said. "I'm just disappointed that you could never tell me. I mean you went through your whole senior year with Rachel being pregnant and you never thought to talk to me."

"I wanted to Peyton, but I knew you would tell Lucas and we weren't the best of friends senior year anyways," Brooke explained. Peyton nodded her head.

"This is a lot to digest for one day," she said. "I just need to go think about it." And with that Brooke watched her walk down the parking lot to her car.