CH.9 Truths

Bevin's big child like eyes stared at her with worry as she helped Brooke up from the floor.

"Brooke do you need Rachel or Nathan? Maybe I can go find Peyton in the art room-"Brooke cut her off" No no no Bevin I'm fine, I guess is shouldn't of have skipped breakfast…" Brooke trailed off as she stared at her reflection, something was off.

She had rushed home probably breaking many laws and earned herself lots of enemies considering how many mad driver's had flipped her off as she recklessly drove home.

"Where was it? Where?" oh great she was talking to herself like a lunatic. She frantically searched in all of the kitchen cabinets and still didn't find it; she almost broke her neck when she tripped twice going up the stairs. She searched in the bathroom closet and sink cabinet and AH! There it was: a pregnancy test.

Her hands shook and she dropped it, the boxed just tumbled down to the floor and it mocked her suspicion. She didn't pick it up, she couldn't, and she was scared.

Brooke left the unopened pregnancy test on the floor and she climbed in the tub and counted in her head trying to see if she had just simply skipped or was late.

"Ok let's see the last time…two weeks… three times…the 5 of August… it's the 28 of October…shit!" she was two months late. With trembling legs she climbed out of the tub and bent down to pick the test up, she didn't open it she just stuffed it back from where she got it.

Nathan came home to find Brooke sitting at the kitchen table with her sketchpad, the one that Rachel had bought her, pencils and charcoal laid out and balls of paper littering the floor. `

"Watcha got there cookie?" he came up behind her chair and leaned over her shoulder to take a peek, she slammed the sketchpad close so fast it took him a minute to realize that she wasn't going to show him.

Brooke looked over her shoulders to meet Nathan's curious eyes full of hurt, oh well dipstick.

"Have you done it with Haley?" the sudden question was like whiplash to his brain," Um…uh, um…no, I haven't touched Haley." He looked in her eyes; he wasn't going to lie to her.

"Oh, well then what the hell am I? Am I like a punching bag to get your frustrations out on, you know just a fucking bag?" she threw her words out with disgust.

What was she to him? She held her breath as she watched him struggle to come up with an answer. She pushed back her chair, conveniently hitting him with it because he was still standing behind her, and flounced out of there.

He was dumstruck, he was a dumbfuck.

Rachel reveled in the feeling of numbness as Owen caressed her body and whispered sweet nothings in her ear as she continued puffing away on the blunt that they were sharing.

Nathan kissed her with newfound fever, trying to drown himself in Haley and forget about her… hazel eyes…dimples… dark brown hair… fair skin. He opened his eyes and only saw Haley with her honey blond hair, warm brown eyes, and golden skin. Disgusted with himself he pulled away from her.

"Haley we need to talk." Worry filled her face and she gently clasped her hands with his," Are you ok? Your parents?" guilt and remorse twisted his insides, it was getting a bit difficult to breathe and the room was just really really warm.

"I cheated on you, I cheated on you with Brooke-" SLAP- her hand print was etched on the left side of his face, tears of anger started to prickle her eyes.

"How could you!" her screeching was followed with blow after blow that Nathan blocked.

"Listen to me, please listen to me" he had maneuvered himself behind her on the couch and he cradled her against his chest as he tried to calm her down.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry…listen to me please…Hales.." she tried to ignore his pleas, her heart was shattered and trampled on by his insensitive boy feet.

Rachel was stupid drunk when she stumbled up the driveway to her house; Owen had given her a ride back so she wouldn't end up with her car wrapped around a tree. Her keys wouldn't cooperate and she kept dropping them, "Shit!" she had finally managed to open the door but she had been leaning against it so she fell in landing on her face.

"I really don't think that the floor looks good with your face plastered all over it." Brooke stood before her with a smirk on her face; she helped her drunk friend up and shut the door. Man Rachel was not just a clumsy drunk but a heavy drunk also, they were maybe on the seventh step when Brooke dropped her.

Rachel just slid down the rest of the steps and ended up in a slump at the base of the stairs," Ugh where the hell is Nathan when we need him?" she slowly walked down and propped Rachel up and dragged her by the arms up the stairs.

Nathan was currently holding a sleeping Haley when he got a text from Brooke asking him where he was, he ignored it and shoved the phone back in his pocket.

He had stayed trying his damnest to comfort Haley, but what kind of comfort was he really giving her if he's the one that put her in tears?

He had pleaded for her forgiveness and Haley only asked why should she? Why did it have to be Brooke of all people? When and for how long had he been with Brooke behind her back? She had fallen asleep crying as he held her.

Rachel knew what concrete felt like when it was being jack hammered, her brain was going to explode, she rolled over and ran into a warm body." Move over Owen," she pushed against the body and her ears exploded with Brooke's screeaching." You lousy lying bitch that does nothing else but lie!" Brook had jump so fast off the bed that she didn't even notice when the room spun a little bit on her.

"You told me you were done with Owen! You fucking lied to my face every time I asked where you were-"

"I lied Brooke? Huh, if you're looking for a betrayer look in the mirror, you and Nathan have done nothing but snuck around Haley and haven't even bothered to tell me!" Rachel had invaded Brooke's personal space and pushed her back," I don't need some sort of lecture from you about lying and who the hell I'm with." Both were breathing fast and had adrenaline coursing their veins. The ticking time bomb had exploded but on the wrong people.

Brooke couldn't defend herself because Rachel was right, she should have said something, she was the dirty lying bitch in this scenario but she wasn't going to admit to it, she was too stubborn and full of pride. She shoved her back, "Bitch.", she spun around and walked out of the room, Rachel wasn't going to just stand there.

Rachel was infuriated; she was going to have the last word in this argument, she followed Brooke and grabbed her wrist spinning her around, " Why didn't you tell me?" Rachel's growl made Brooke's eyes widen with surprise. Brooke snatched her wrist back," Why didn't you tell me about Owen huh?"

" I asked first!" Rachel's yelling didn't even make her bat an eyelash, she ignored her and turned around once again and continued walking, she was about to take the first step down when Rachel aggressively turned her around," I want an answer Brooke." The brunette pushed the red head back, she lost her balance. Brooke only caught sight of Rachel's horrified face.

Rachel tried reaching out to Brooke, to save her but only grasped air. She painfully watched as Brooke bounced down the stairs like a rag doll and landed in a heap." Brooke!" she ran to her, she was scared of touching her and hurting her even more.

Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard
When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard
Sippin sizzurp in my ride, in my ride, like Three 6
Now I'm feelin so fly like a G6
Like a G6, Like a G6
Now now now now now now I'm feelin so fly like a G6
Like a G6, Like a G6
Now now now now now now I'm feelin so fly like a G6

Rachel's ringtone went off scaring the crap out of him, he felt around in his pocket finally finding the damn phone and answered," Raye what the fuck it's like four in the morning!"

"Nathan it's really bad, it's Brooke." Nathan shot straight up, Haley mumbled something waking up."What do you mean Rachel." He could hear how his redheaded friend was crying and trying to pull it together to form complete sentences," We were fighting- you and her fucking-Owen and she fell down the stairs…Nathan there was blood everywhere!" He only managed to understand bits and pieces but the last part froze his heart. He untangled himself from Haley, almost pushing her off of him and onto the floor, he grabbed his shoes in one hand and his keys in another, he didn't glance back.

Rachel hated the sterile walls, floor and smell of hospitals. She couldn't keep still, the nurses couldn't give her any information and Nathan hadn't arrived yet. She spotted the doctor coming towards her way, she rushed to him bombarding him with questions and accusations," Now, now child stop fretting and go see her." Rachel didn't need to be told twice and hightailed her ass to Brooke's room.

Brooke was in oblivious numbness, she couldn't feel a damn thing and that was a blessing. She took in the room and was a bit scared, what the hell had happened? She closed her eyes once again and fell asleep.