A/N: I really suck at this updating thing don't I? I'm sorry guys! But you are in luck. It's that dreaded time of the year again....EXAMS!! And seeing as I hate exams and I hate revising for them, I'll do pretty much anything to get out of it...this should mean more updates!! (I hope anyway!)

Chapter 5 – The Trick Is To Keep Breathing

"Most of our life is a series of images. They pass us by like towns on the highway. But sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens. And we know that this instant is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment, every part of it, will live on forever."

The sound of the TV was what woke Dean Winchester up. At first he thought Sam had turned it on, but after opening his eyes he could see that Sam had fallen asleep on the bed next to him surrounded by books. It was then that he realised he had fallen asleep while watching some old movie. The movie had more than likely ended a while ago; it had now been replaced with the local news. And Dean had come to discover that the news was never good.

Lucas Scott had headed over to Nathan and Haley's apartment about an hour after practice had ended. He'd gone home first to take a shower and check on his mom. It had been two months since Keith's death and in the beginning, Lucas was afraid Karen would never be able to recover. The pain of loosing the man she loved had been too much for her, and she had withdrawn from everyone and everything. The past week had been better. Lucas wasn't sure what had caused the change, but he didn't really care. All that mattered was that she was getting better.

Lucas and Nathan had spent most of the night playing video games while Haley did her homework and frequently mentioned to the brothers that they should be doing theirs as well. Finally, at ten o'clock Haley managed to convince the boys to turn off the game and watch a movie with her. If she had to endure basketball for half the night then the rest would be spent watching the saddest chick flick she could find.

She wasn't paying much attention to the TV and was about to put in the DVD when Lucas told her to stop. She glanced up at the screen only to see Tree Hill High on the news once again.

She'd been surprised when she received the text. Surprise had been replaced with confusion when she read it. After cheer practice, Peyton Sawyer had headed straight home. After showering and eating she had headed up to her room to update her podcast and do a little drawing. When her cell had vibrated it startled her. Looking around her room she realised how dark it had gotten. Normally she was never got that engrossed in a drawing, but this one was different. She looked down at the scene that had occurred hours before between her and Brooke.

Grabbing her cell she saw the message was from Haley. The reason she was surprised was because her and Haley hadn't been talking lately. It was obvious Mrs. Scott was on Team Brooke.

'TURN ON THE NEWS.'

Peyton frowned in confusion, but headed downstairs anyway and switched on the TV. A gasp escaped her lips as she sat on the edge of the sofa, watching the scene in front of her.

Mouth didn't believe it at first when Skills had rang to tell him. It just couldn't be possible. There was no way it could be true. Deep down he knew these thoughts were just him denying reality. He switched on the TV and turned to the news. Tree Hill High could be seen on screen behind a dozen reporters and blue and red flashing lights.

"Less than two hours ago, 18 year old Rachel Gattina was found dead at Tree Hill High School. The cause of death is still unknown at this time, but this is the fifth death to have occurred at this school in the past two months."

Mouth listened to the reporter not noticing the tears that had slowly begun to fall down his face.

"Sam wake up. SAM!!" Dean threw the remote at his brother, unable to tear his gaze away from the screen.

"What?" Sam mumbled turning over hoping to go back to sleep.

"There's been another death." Sam shot up, his eyes fixed on the TV screen. From what he could gather, it had been another Tree Hill High student that had died, but no one knew how. For the next ten minutes the two sat in silence watching the news, trying to see any clues as to how this might have happened. The camera suddenly moved from shooting the female reporter to showing two officers escorting a young, brunette girl away from the scene.

"Who's the girl?" Dean asked finally looking at Sam. Sam just shrugged in response still staring at the TV.

"As we have just seen, Cheer Captain and Student Body President Brooke Davis has just been escorted from the scene by the officers. It is possible that Miss Davis was the one who found the body..." Sam quickly got up and snatched the list of Tree Hill residents they needed to talk to from the table.

"What is it?"

"Brooke Davis. She's on the list."

"I guess we know who we've got to talk to first." Dean replied switching off the TV and laying back down on the motel bed.

Brooke didn't say anything to the officer who drove her home. She stepped out of the vehicle and walked up to the front door of Rachel's home and unlocked it. Stepping inside and closing the door, Brooke Davis once again fell to the floor. Tears rolled down her face as she pressed her hands to her chest repeating to words over and over again; she's gone...

A/N: Well I was planning on making this longer. I was going to include the next day as well but I'm really tired and I wanted to post this tonight so.... Anyway I hope you all enjoy and the next chapter will include Brooke's many visitors and the Winchester boys in monkey suits!