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Simply Twisted

Chapter 10: Withdrawals are a bitch.

Brooke let out a loud scream. She had been puking her guts out all morning. She felt like she was dying.

Her hazel eyes looked at Lucas, pleading, "Can't I just have one hit?"

He shook his head and held out the bucket in front of her. She groaned and threw up in the bucket.

Her skin crawled and the hot flashes were unbearable. Dying seemed like the way to go instead of enduring this. She got up and brushed her teeth.

"I know that it hurts, babe," Lucas said from the bedroom.

"You have no clue what it feels like!" she snapped.

She was right; Lucas had no idea the pain that she was going through right now. She didn't want to listen to his pep talks.

"Brooke, you are strong and you will get through this."

Her breaking point had been reached, she walked over to him, "and I don't want a pep talk, Lucas! This is painful and I am going fucking crazy!"

Lucas froze, "Baby, calm down."

She balled her hands into a fist, "Just stop talking to me because you are making me so pissed off right now!"

Obediently, he shut up and watched as she sat next to him. He had a grim expression on his face. He knew that this was extremely painful but he wanted to help her. There was no medicine, or nothing to say, that would make her feel better.

The pain was just too much for her to take, Brooke broke out in tears. Lucas wrapped an arm around her. He gently rocked her back and forth.

Kissing her forehead, "I need you in my life, Brooke. I need you to be healthy and happy."

Brooke nodded, "I love you, Lucas."

"I love you too, pretty girl. We are going to get through this."

Brooke wanted to believe him, but she didn't have enough faith in herself that she wouldn't slip up. She didn't want Lucas to monitor her like she was a patient of his. She pulled away and looked into his eyes, "I don't want you to worry about me and go to school tomorrow."

He scoffed, "I don't think that is a good idea, Brooke."

"Why not?"

"You…you are doing so well right now and I want to be here with you in case something happens. What if you black out or go into shock—"

"You're being dramatic," she said rolling her eyes.

He was getting tired of her attitude, but he knew that it was just the withdrawals talking, "I am not being dramatic, overprotective maybe."

"You haven't been to school in two days!" she reminded.

"I don't have basketball and I don't really give a shit, Brooke. You are way more important than two days of school!"

"Lucas, you need to go to school and I promise I will be here when you get out!" Brooke said irritated. She felt like she would do better if she was alone. She loved him being there but she was just too agitated.

"Brooke, you are going to be my wife someday and I cannot have the mother of my children be a junkie!" he snapped back.

She exhaled. He had never said that to her before. Sure, she had pictured their wedding and what their future would be like but they had never talked about it…out loud.

"What…"

"I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Therefore, I am going to be here whether you like it or not."

Brooke kissed him on the cheek, "Well, at least go for half of the day and Nathan can take care of me the other half."

He shook his head, not fond of the idea, "I don't know about that."

"Why not?"

"I know that you said he had nothing to do with it and we called a truce, but I can't. I knew that Nathan did it occasionally, but I didn't think that he would drag you into this…"

Her blood boiled, not this again, "Lucas, we already went over this! We are all to blame for a part of this disaster! Nathan isn't sitting here blaming you for your part, so don't blame him for his part!"

Lucas stood up, "I can't help it, Brooke. We have a future together and the fact that he had a part in your downfall pisses me off."

"So, Nathan introduced me to the guy unintentionally and we are friends. You say that we have a future together, yet you cheated on me with my best friend! So, I think that your part is way more fucked up than his!"

His eyes watered and his face turned red, "I know what I did was wrong!"

She stood in front of him, "You are blaming Nathan for your own mistake and my mistake. You don't want to accept the role you played in this, so you blame him. You beat the shit out of him for it."

He sighed, "You're right."

"I know!" she said still heated from the argument.

There was a knock on the door. They were both glad that something broke the tension in the room.

Lucas opened the door to see Nathan, "Oh, hey…"

Nathan nodded and walked right past him to Brooke. He handed her a big bag of food from one of her favorite corner bakeries.

She smiled, "Hey, Nate!"

"I brought you some food…" he said.

She giggled as she grabbed the sandwich. Oddly, she was hungry but she didn't want to throw it up. "Thanks!"

"Nathan, can I talk to you?" Lucas asked.

Nathan looked at Brooke, who nodded to him, "Sure."

Nathan followed Lucas to the living room and sat across from him. He was still upset that he fought him instead of talking to him about it. After talking to Brooke, Lucas realized that we really was in the wrong.

"Look, I know that you might not believe me, but I am truly sorry."

Nathan scoffed, "Sure you are. Why do you say it if you don't mean it?"

"I really do mean it. We got into a fight and she made me realize some things…" he trailed off as his eyes began to water. "I was upset with myself because I think that I had the worst role in this situation. I did the most damage and you didn't really do anything at all, but that didn't stop me from hitting you."

Nathan just sat there with his arms folded across his chest. He was just trying to read Lucas and take all of the information in.

"I was taking out the anger that I had with myself on you. Nate, I should have never hit you and I am so sorry. Brooke was right, she does need us. I know we went over this yesterday, but I didn't really care until today."

"Well, I appreciate that," Nathan said sincerely.

"You know, in another world, I think that you are the right guy for Brooke," Lucas admitted.

Nathan chuckled, "I know that I am the right guy for her. You two just have this connection that we don't have. No matter what happens, you guys come back together stronger than ever."

"I wish I knew what it was myself, but I am not complaining."

They both shared a laugh and then an awkward silence fell over them. Lucas was hesitating and Nathan sensed something was up.

"Something else?"

Lucas rubbed the back of his neck, "I am going to propose to Brooke once she is back to normal."

Nathan was truly crushed by the news. He always had hoped that Brooke and him would find a way. But as he said before, they had a connection that he didn't have with her. As painful as it was, Nathan had to say something, "I think that's a good idea."

Lucas smiled, "thanks man."

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