Brooke stormed down the hall. She felt the tears coming. They felt like searing bolts of memories that where about to come bursting out of her. She had come down hard on Peyton, not because of what she did but because of her own experience with Nathan. She looked desperately for the nearest bathroom. Brooke quickly pushed the door open and ran to the sink. She looked in the mirror. Her cheeks were stained with tears and her face was red. She was crying out of anger and sadness. She had tried so hard to forget that horrible day years ago. No one else new what happened and she wanted to keep it that way. It was a painful secret that would forever lie between her and Nathan. She knew how Peyton felt, she felt the same way a long time ago. There was a time where she loved Nathan, but now she hated him. And the news that he was Lucas' brother did not help accommodate her pain. And after all that happened that year, Nathan brushed her off like he never knew her.
The pain she felt that year was worse thing she had ever endured. Her life was changed that day. The day when she needed him most, he left. Brooke thought back to that day:
"I never really loved you" he told her after Brooke had told him the news
"Nathan please, you don't mean that. I need you now more than ever" she told him
"I just wanted to fuck you. I never loved you and I never will. You're a slut Brooke Davis. You are now and you always will be. You mean nothing to me" he told her coldly as he walked out the door
Brooke remembered that day all too well. She cried that day for hours. She had never felt so low, so meaningless, and so helpless. The questions began to haunt her again. How could he possibly say those things after what they shared? How could he say something like that to her?
"Nathan"! She remembered screaming out in desperation for him to stay
How could he leave me in my darkest hour? And to this day, does he even know the pain that he causes me?
"Nathan please don't leave" she remembered screaming
Does he know how hard it is for me to see him everyday? Does he care?
"Nathan"! She remembered yelling as he drove off and left her in the rain
Brooke took a deep breath. I am done crying she told herself. She slowly wiped her tears away and grabbed her books. She looked in the mirror one last time.
"No more Nathan, no more" Brooke said aloud as she left the bathroom
