Chapter Eight- "Ain't No Fooling Me"
Brooke sat at the bar trying to pretend she didn't just see Lucas and Peyton coming out of the store. What hurt most about it was that it was her and Peyton tradition. Now here was Peyton using it as a way to get Lucas back. She was going to forget about it tonight. Rachel was right and she needed to let loose and have fun, it was her birthday after all. She halfway done with her third drink when she heard a familiar voice in the bar. She turned and saw Dan talking to some people. She tried to hide her face so he couldn't see her, but it failed and she was caught.
"Brooke," Dan said to her. "I think we both know how this is going to end."
"I was just leaving," Brooke said as she got up from the table.
"I can't let you drive home," Dan said to her. He then held out his hand. "Keys Miss Davis."
"I'm perfectly fine," Brooke said to him. She started to walk away, but he stopped her.
"I'm serious Miss Davis, keys," Dan said to her. Brooke had a feeling she wasn't going to win this round, after all he could get he in trouble of drinking underage. She pulled out her keys and handed them over to Dan. "Lets go."
"I'll walk," Brooke said before leaving the bar. Brooke started on her journey home but a hand grabbing her arm stopped her.
"It's my duty to make sure you get home safely," Dan said to her. He then started to pull her in the direction of his car. Brooke gave up and let him drag her until they got to his car. She figured it couldn't hurt getting a ride home, but she knew she'd never come here again. Once Dan had started driving things where starting to get a little fuzzy. She knew she had drank a lot before, but she had never left like this. She started to think maybe it was a good idea that Dan was driving her home. She couldn't help but remember what almost happened at the college party and always tried to me aware of everything and everyone around her. Before she knew it her eyes were closing.
When she came to she realized she was in a bedroom, but it wasn't hers. She was trying to remember what was said the night Peyton was drugged but her head a dizzy and she couldn't think straight. She had no idea where she was and what was going on. She tried to help herself up and once she was up she was meet with Dan Scott standing there.
"You aren't going anywhere," Dan said and he pushed her back onto bed so she was lying down again. He then climbed on to the bed and got on top of her.
"Let go of me," Brooke said softly trying to break free, but he was just too strong for her and she was far to weak.
"Shh" Dan said as he brought his finger to her mouth to tell her to be quiet. "You're going to enjoy this," Dan said as he ripped her pants and pushed them down. She then heard the sound of his belt buckle and tried harder to push him off, but every attempt failed. He then took a hold of her wrist and pinned his arms approve her head.
"Please," Brooke begged. She knew the type of person Dan could be, but this was far worse then she ever thought possible. He just laughed at her and the next thing she knew he was inside her. She wanted to scream but nothing came out.
Brooke woke up screaming and the first thing she did was try to figure out where she was. Everything from the night before was all a blur, and she was starting to freak out thinking she was back in that room with him. In wasn't until Peyton came into her room that she realized she was in her own apartment.
"Brooke it's okay," Peyton said rushing to her side. Brooke was still trying to process everything. The more she calm down, the worse her head started to feel. "You got kicked out of the bar last night and I brought you home."
"I'm fine now," Brooke said to her. It was the first time she had really drank since everything happened. She was relived to know Peyton had brought her home. If she had blacked out this bad, she knew if Peyton wasn't there things could have ended up worse.
"Really?" Peyton asked her. "You're skipping school, practice, games, drinking almost every day, and now you wake up screaming. Brooke you are far from okay and I don't care if you hate me, but you're my friend. Whatever is going on, Brooke you need help."
"I don't need anything," Brooke said as she got up and out of bed. She rushed out of the room and to her kitchen, Peyton following after her.
"You can tell me you're fine, but what I witnessed last night is far from it," Peyton said. "Brooke I am worried about you, we all are."
"Can you just not shout," Brooke said to her. She was trying to find something, but at this point she was just making it look like she was busy to ignore Peyton.
"We're your friends Brooke, we all care about you," Peyton said. "Watching you pull away from us and do this, it's killing us. I can understand why you would pull away from me and Lucas, but what about Haley and Nathan?"
"Just shut up," Brooke snapped at her. She stopped what she was doing to turned to face Peyton. "You think you know everything Peyton, but you don't know a damn thing. So just go back to wherever it is you came from and leave me in peace."
"Brooke," Peyton said.
"Go Peyton," Brooke yelled to her.
"You know as well as I do that I'm not leaving," Peyton said. "You would do the same thing for me if the roles were reversed."
"No if you asked me to leave I would have left, because that is who you are Peyton," Brooke said. "You sit alone in your dark room and you shut everyone out. I want to be alone and now you feel the need to care. Where was that caring when you kissed my boyfriend, not once but twice?"
"Brooke I told you that I stopped being friends with him. I wanted to show you that I want us to be friends again," Peyton said to her.
"You think that fixes everything?" Brooke snapped at her. "You think that erases everything? It doesn't and it never will."
"I am trying here," Peyton said.
"It's too little too late," Brooke said. "Please Peyton just go." Brooke brought her hand to her head and slightly started to move. She was no regretting everything she had done the night before. Peyton rushed over to her to steady her.
"Brooke, are you okay?" Peyton asked as she brought Brooke over to her couch.
"I told you I'm fine," Brooke said.
"Right now you look like you're about to pass out," Peyton said.
"That's because I currently have someone nagging me," Brooke said as she got up. "Just leave Peyton." Brooke walked away from Peyton and into her bathroom. Peyton pulled out her cell phone and called Nathan and Haley, hoping they could be helpful or get through to Brooke.
"Haley it's Peyton," Peyton said into the phone. "I'm at Brooke's and she really needs her friends right now…. Thanks Haley. I'm really worried about her." Once Peyton hung up the phone she started looking around Brooke's place. She was hoping maybe something around her could tell her what was going on. She walked into the bedroom, knowing Brooke would hate her more, but if Brooke wasn't telling her what was going on she was going to figure it out for herself. Peyton looked through everything and wasn't noticing anything out of character for Brooke. She knew something around here would tell her what was going on, but she just wasn't finding it. She wasn't going to give up; it was here she just needed to fit everything she knew together.
AN: Italics are flashbacks.
