Jamie was shaken awake by his father as he heard, "Get up James! It's time to wake up…"
"Hmm?" Jamie groaned as he placed the pillow over his head to block out his father's voice.
Lucas tried again, shaking him slightly, "Come on Jamie get up! It's almost noon kid!"
"Come on Dad it's the summer I'm allowed to sleep in!" he whined, unable to force himself to get up.
"Up! You got five minutes to get in there or I'm dragging you out of bed." Lucas left his son alone and went into the kitchen to find Brooke eating cereal in her jean shorts that ended at her upper thighs and his button down shirt that she tied just below her breasts.
He sidled up behind her and gave her neck a kiss saying, "Good morning Pretty Girl. How was your night?"
Brooke giggled, "You know damn well how my night was. I barely got any sleep because of you and your mouth."
"You weren't complaining. Not. One. Word."
"Who would complain about hot oral?"
Lucas suckled on her earlobe then said, "Sounds like somebody wants a repeat."
"Tonight…oh yeah." she said before kissing him thoroughly. "Mmm, enough! Did you wake Jamie?"
"I tried. The kid is stubborn. Speaking of I need to go drag him out of bed. It's been five minutes."
Brooke pat his chest then said, "This is a job for a woman."
"Like you can do any better."
"Fifty bucks says I can!"
Lucas smirked, "You're on."
Brooke entered Jamie's room and sat on his bed then said, "I will give you fifty bucks if you get out this bed—"
"Alright I'm up!" Jamie said, groggily getting up out of bed.
She gave him a kiss then slid him the fifty and said, "Good boy. Now get dressed." Brooke walked out with a smile on her face. "He's getting dressed right now. Pay up!"
"Ah ah! Not a cent until he walks out here."
Thirty minutes later Jamie walked out of his room and into the living room, turning on the TV to Nicktoons. Lucas chuckled as he took out his wallet and paid her, "I can't believe you did it."
"Maybe he loves me more." she cackled, putting her empty bowl into the sink.
"So I was thinking about taking both of you to the new Ultrazone downtown." Lucas said nonchalantly.
Jamie turned his entire body to look at his dad and asked, "Are you serious?"
Lucas smiled, pleased to see the excitement in his son's demeanor. "As a heart attack."
The smile that appeared on Jamie's face made Lucas proud that he was able to break him out of the funk he's been under. It's been a week since Nikki's unwanted visit and ever since then Jamie's been withdrawn and had been oversleeping as well as him wanting to stay in his room all the time.
Jamie jumped off the couch and was in front of his dad within minutes. "This is awesome! When are we going?!"
"In an hour."
"Sweet! I always wanted to go there!"
"Wear dark colored clothing, minimizing bright logos or things that will stand out in the darkness. Since the black-lights will make whites and other light colors glow."
Brooke looked down at her outfit then said, "Ooh then I have to go change!"
"Me too!"
Lucas hid a laugh as he watched Brooke and Jamie runoff in different directions to dress for the occasion. Since Lucas was wearing his black T-shirt and jeans he was already set. He sipped from his water bottle and reclined against the countertop.
An hour later the threesome were receiving instructions for the upcoming game.
Once suited up, Lucas went into the arena as early as possible to adjust to the low light. If he had a chance to shoot his enemies right away as they enter the arena, he was going to take it.
Lucas took in the lay of the land. In the arena, he needed to find himself a good position to start off with. Something covered or protected, not out in the open.
They started at a base, he was determined to not be the first or the last to leave. Leaving first poses the risk of not knowing where the enemy is. By leaving last, the enemy may have found your base or the good spots may have been taken.
He was very competitive in nature.
"Let the games begin." he said with a smirk.
-x-
"That was soo much fun!" Jamie said happily after an intense game of laser tag as they walked out of the building having won against a group of other people.
"I know right! We kicked so much ass in there buddy!" Brooke said after high-fiving the eight year old. She turned back having heard a commotion then screamed, "Jamie lookout!"
"OH MY GOD JAMIE!!!!" Lucas shouted as the situation played out all too fast and yet it went in slow motion through his eyes. Lucas watched with panicked dread as he saw the oncoming car jump the curb and headed straight for Jamie. Then all of a sudden the love of his life pushed his only child out of the way of the out of control car and took the brunt herself, sending her flying and landing hard. "BROOKE!!!!"
"AUNT BROOKE!!!" The boy cried in horror as he watched her fly back from the from the force of the impact.
Lucas rushed to her side, tears flooding his eyes at the sight of the gash on her temple, oozing blood. "Goddamnit somebody call an ambulance!!!" he screamed, while checking over her injuries with his eyes, not wanting to move her and make the situation worse. "Please!!!"
"Brooke, baby…open your eyes…please stay with me…" Lucas cried while kissing her scraped hand.
"Is she gonna be okay dad?"
"Come on Brooke open your eyes…" he sobbed, clearly distraught. "Please open your eyes!"
A complete stranger ran up and said, "The ambulance are on their way."
"Thank you." he said as he tried to hold himself together. He looked to his left and saw that the car had crashed into a fence and was now smoking. "Go and see if you can help whoever's in that car."
"Dad…is she gonna be okay?!" Jamie sobbed.
"She's still breathing so that's a great sign…" Lucas assured, not sure if he was saying it more to himself or to Jamie.
The ambulance finally arrived after waiting ten excruciating minutes. After telling the two men all of her information, the EMTs carefully lifted Brooke onto the gurney and into the back of the ambulance. Lucas wanted so badly to ride with her but he had Jamie to look after.
"Which hospital are you taking her to?"
"Presence Saint Joseph Hospital." The EMT said as he closed Brooke in.
"Okay…Thank you!" Lucas shakily grabbed his keys and said, "Come on Jamie…we have to go!"
After a twenty minute drive Lucas and Jamie stood in line in the waiting room, both anxiously waiting to get called upon. Jamie received a text from his mother and forgetting about everything but what he was feeling now told her all of what happened and how Brooke saved his life.
"Welcome to Presence Saint Joseph Hospital how can I help you?"
"My fiance was just brought in. Her name is Brooke Davis she was just a victim of an out of control vehicle."
The receptionist typed in her name and said, "She should be getting an x-rayed at the moment. I will call you once she's assigned to a room."
"Thank you!"
It seemed like hours since they received any word on Brooke's condition. Unbidden tears were running down his face but he angrily scrubbed them away. Brooke and Jamie needed him to be strong, he knew that but his emotions were making it impossible to be strong.
Jamie looked up and saw Nikki walking towards them and said, "Mom?"
Lucas cursed, that's the very last person he needed to see at the moment. He stayed seated as Jamie walked to his mother saying, "You didn't have to come! I told you I'm fine!"
"Jamie! I had to see for myself if you were OK!" she said shakily as she hugged her son close, "The fact that I almost lost you…"
"She saved me mom!" Jamie cried, taking comfort in his mother's arms. "She pushed me out of the way so the car wouldn't hit me! Now she could be dying—"
Nikki exhaled and comforted him saying, "Shhh! She's not going to die!" she then forced him to meet her eyes and said with a confidence she wasn't sure she actually felt, "Listen to me. Brooke…Brooke's a tough cookie. I'm positive that this isn't what will take her out."
"You think so?" Jamie sniffles, feeling a smidge better.
"I know so. Brooke's strong-willed and she wouldn't want to leave you or your dad. She loves you so much. So now you have to feed her all the love you feel for her so she can get better. OK?"
Jamie nodded and hugged Nikki again. Lucas got up from his seat and went to his ex and his son. "Nik."
"Lucas…I'm sorry—"
Lucas shook his head, "I bet you're glad she's fighting for her life in there!"
"No. She may not be my favorite person but I would never wish this on her."
Lucas bit off what he wanted to say because of the presence of their son, so he settled on saying, "Right. I'll be sure to pretend to believe that."
"Lucas Scott?" The doctor called, breaking the growing tense moment.
He walked over to the man and asked anxiously, "So is she gonna be OK doc?" Tears were threatening to escape again due to his nerves being shot to hell by everything that's happened.
"Are you a relative?"
"I'm Lucas Scott…her fiance. Is she going to be okay?"
"Ms. Davis has a moderate concussion and a couple of broken ribs as well as a fracture in her right leg. But other than that she's completely fine. Right now she's resting."
"Can we see her?"
"Of course. She's in room 237."
Lucas called Jamie to him and they went towards the elevator. Nikki followed after them and stood next to Jamie as soon as they entered the lift. Lucas pressed the button for the second floor and prayed that what the doctor said was true. And he almost believed it. Except every time he closed his eyes he saw her getting hit by that fucking blue Sedan!
They entered the room and saw that Brooke was resting, her body hooked up to monitors and IVs. She looked so pale, her body had a few bruises here and there, lacerations and scrapes.
"Lucas can I have a moment alone with her? Please?"
Something in her coffee colored eyes made him relent. So he and Jamie remained outside of the room.
"Oh my God…" Nikki whispered, having never seen the spunky brunette so fragile. She hesitantly went to her bedside and held her hand. "Hey, bitch…looks like I owe you. Not everyone would take a hit like you did over a child that's not theirs."
She sniffles then continued on, "Well technically Jamie is your son too. This whole thing proved that point to me." Nikki sighed then said honestly, "I can't promise I won't be jealous of your relationship with Jamie but I won't stop you from seeing him anymore. Without you doing what you did I would be crying at his bedside right now instead of at yours. So from mother to mother thank you."
"You're…welcome…bitch." Brooke said slowly, having heard every word she said.