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SOOOOOOO SOOORRRRRRRYYYY THAT IT TOOK ME SO LONG.

Here is Chapter 9.

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Chapter 9: Heartbeats and tears

When Brooke, Nathan, Lucas, and Peyton finally got to the hospital there were people everywhere. The rooms were overly packed so kids that had less fatal injuries were treated in the hallways. Some had been shot in the arm and some in the leg. Families just stood around waiting all with tears in there eyes and heavy hearts. A cop had told them that it was over. The shooters were all either dead or in police custody but he was wrong. This wasn't over. It had just only begun.

Brooke ran up to the nurse's station. She had seen when they rolled Sam and Haley out of the school on gurney's. They had both been shot and neither one of them was awake. She needed to know what these people were doing to save them and if they were going to be okay. One of the paramedics had told her that it was a blood bath inside the school. Bodies of students and teachers were everywhere. It was the worst the paramedic had ever seen.

"Hello I need to know how my daughter and best friend are doing." said Brooke trying not to break down again.

When she had seen Sam's body practically lifeless she had lost it. She had broken down and tried to run to Sam's side but the paramedics wouldn't let her and Lucas held her back. Nathan just stood there in shock. His wife had been shot and he didn't know what to do. He had always been taught that he was the man of his family. He was supposed to do everything in his power to provide and protect them and he felt like a failure.

"I'm sorry Ma'am but were really backed up at the moment. If you could just be seated in the waiting room then I will call you when we know something." said the Nurse barely looking up at Brooke.

"No! I am not going to wait in the waiting room. I have been waiting for over three hours. That's my family you have in there and I want to know if they are okay or not. Right now!" said Brooke furious.

The nurse looked up at Brooke. She could see how much pain was on her face and the people around her. She wanted to help Brooke but the truth was she couldn't. She didn't know how Sam and Haley were so she couldn't tell Brooke anything. She knew that she couldn't get angry with Brooke because she would have acted the same way if it was her own daughter. She took a deep breath and talked in a calm voice.

"Look if I knew something about how they were then I would tell you but homestly I don't. All of the doctor's are busy right now trying to save lives including your daughter and best friends'. I know its hard but you have to be patient a little longer. I promise that when I know something then you will know something." the nurse explained.

Brooke opened her mouth to argue again but she felt the eyes starring at her. She turned and walked to the waiting room. The other people in the waiting room quickly took their attention off of Brooke and went back to what they were previously doing. They were all feeling just as lost as they were. Mothers, fathers, sons, Daughters, Wives, Husbands all stood around and waited for some news that would possibly change their lives forever.

"They will be okay." Peyton said monotonically.

She didn't know for sure that everything was going to be okay but some questionable hop was better than none at all. She knew that if she didn't have hope she would break down and someone had to stay strong. She was okay with that having to be her at the moment. Nathan was quiet. He spoke no words and made no eye contact. His face was buried in his hands. Lucas starred at the doors leading to the emergency room and just starred waiting for a doctor to come and tell him that he was all worried for nothing. That Sam and Haley were perfectly fine and they had nothing to worry about or better... that he would wake up from this nightmare and his best friend and niece would call him crazy for having such a dream but the pain was too real. He knew that this wasn't a dream. It was a living nightmare.

"They're okay." Brooke repeated softly as a tear escaped her eye, "Please be okay."

After what seemed like hours a creaking sound filled the waiting room and all heads turned up. Brooke and the others stood. They walked over and joined the group that had quickly formed around the doctor all of them shouting their own concerns, questions , and family members names. The doctor put his hand in the air.

"Will everyone please become silent for one moment. Please. If you want to know any new than I am going to have to ask for you all to remain calm." the doctor yelled over the crowd.

As the people began to calm down the doctor walked over to the board . He had pictures in his hands of victims.

"We are doing the best we can to help all of your loved ones but we need a lot of cooperation from you all. These pictures were just given to me from the police. These are of the patients that died on the scene despite all of the efforts from EMT's. I know that this is going to be hard but we need to identify these people so that we can make accommodations according to the families. Please take your time." said the doctor and he began to put up the pictures.

Families gathered around the board with heavy hearts as they began to identify the bodies. Brooke watched as a mother gripped a picture of her son. Brooke had never seen him before but he looked a little younger than Sam. The mother cried hysterically as her knees gave out beneath her. Her husbands arms were wrapped around her as she sank to the floor crying "Please god not my baby!".

"Brooke we have to check." said Nate speaking for the first time since they had got to the hospital.

Brooke didn't speak. She merely nodded her head and walked over to the board as the large group began to disperse. She began to scan over the pictures stopping suddenly when she reached on. She felt the tears rack her body. It was one of the girls that had bullied Sam the previous year. Brooke didn't know why she had gotten so emotional. She just remembered when this girl had pushed Sam to her brink and now she was dead. Sam and Haley's pictures weren't on the board but a lot of Sam's close friends were. Brooke knew that if Sam made it through this that the recovery was going to be extremely difficult. But she had to stop herself from thinking like that. She had to first know if Sam and Haley were even going to be okay.

Brooke walked back to her friends and Peyton enveloped her in a hug.

"They weren't on the board." said Brooke hearing Peyton let out a relieved breath.

"Because they are going to make it." said Peyton.

Brooke nodded against Peyton's shoulder.

"Umm excuse me?" said a small voice behind Brooke.

Brooke turned to the direction of the voice. It was Addison's sister. She was only fourteen years old and in eighth grade. She had a tear stained face and was heaving. Brooke could tell that she had ran to the hospital. She also had blood on her.

"Lori! What are you doing here? Are you okay? Where's your mom?" asked Brooke.

"She didn't come to pick me up. I saw the news in school and saw the school and I knew that Addy was there so I ran to the school because I got scared and I thought I could help but when I got there the cops were everywhere. They told me that I had to call my mom or I couldn't leave because I was a minor. I tried but she didn't answer because I think she's drunk again. Because she started to drink again even though we asked her not too. It was the divorce with my dad I think. And I didn't know what to do." said Lori rambling.

Brooke could tell that the young girl was freaked out and she pulled her close as she began t break down. She sobbed hard into Brooke's shoulder. Brooke rubbed the girls back as she tried to calm her. Brooke had known about her mothers drinking problem because Sam had told her but she had honestly thought that it was all over. She had obviously been wrong.

When Lori calmed down she began to talk again.

"I told the cops she didn't answer because I knew she would get in trouble if I told the truth. Thats when the shots started. There was a lot of noise and a cop covered me when the glass broke. He got shot. I fainted because of the blood. When I woke up I was in the ambulance. The paramedic wasn't around so I got out and I just ran here. I didn't know where else to go." said Lori.

"Okay honey you need to call your dad. I haven't heard anything about your sister but as far as I know she's alive." said Brooke honestly.

She hadn't seen Addison's picture on the board so she automatically assumed that she was still alive and she honestly hoped so. She had grown close to Addy over the years. She took her phone out of her pocket and handed it to Lori.

"Is Sam okay?" asked Lori taking the phone in her hand.

"I don't know honey." said Brooke putting her hand to the girls chin.

Lori looked at her with sad eyes. She liked Sam a lot. She was cool and was like another big sister. She liked how Sam had helped her learn to tie her shoes using the bunny ears like Brooke had taught her. She really wanted Sam to be okay.

Lori dialed her dads number and walked towards the entrance so that she could hear better. Brooke watched her for a second then looked back at the doctor who was still talking to the families of the people who had died. When it looked liked he was done speaking she walked over to him while the others were preoccupied.

"Excuse me." said Brooke.

The doctor turned towards her.

"May I help you ma'am?" asked the doctor.

"My daughter and my best friend were involved in the shooting. They both were shot and I don't know how they are. I know that you are really backed up and I am sorry to bother you but please. I need to know how they are doing. Please?" begged Brooke.

The doctor was silent for a moment but then looked down at his clipboard.

"How old is your daughter?" asked the doctor.

Brooke smiled and thanked god that this doctor was finally going to give her some answers that she truly needed.

"She's 16." said Brooke, "She has brown hair and brown eyes. Her name is Samantha Davis and she's about five feet tall three inches."

Brooke went into her purse and pulled out her wallet. She showed the doctor a picture of Sam and Haley on Christmas. It was the most updated picture she had. The doctor looked at the picture and searched through his papers.

"Um Sam sustained a bullet wound to the head. The bullet was lodged in her temporal lobe. The bullet did not travel too far so she is in surgery getting the bullet removed and we are doing some major repairing. This is a serious surgery and there is a risk that her memory might be affected. We aren't sure yet of anything and only time will tell." said the doctor.

Brooke swallowed hard. She had to keep herself together. "Not yet" she told herself.

"And my friend?" asked Brooke.

"You're friend was put into a medically induced coma. She sustained a severe gunshot wound to the abdomen with ruptured her spleen, pierced her lung, and kidney. She was placed on a breathing machine and just got out of surgery to repair her lung and kidney. We removed her spleen and a good part of the kidney. Also I am sad to inform you that the fetus did not survive." informed the doctor.

"Fee...fetus?" stuttered Brooke shocked.

Brooke covered her mouth with her hand. She had never known that Haley was pregnant. She didn't even know if Haley had known herself. She was so confused. Brooke could only imagine how Nathan was going to react when he found out that his unborn child was dead.

"I'm sorry. I thought you knew." stated the doctor.

"How far along was she?" asked Brooke.

"Nine and a half weeks." said the doctor.

"She wasn't even showing." said Brooke still in shock.

Brooke wasn't sure how to take any of this. Her best friend was in a coma and had lost her baby and her daughter had been shot in the head and could possibly not even remember who she was. The sad part was that Brooke kind of wished that Sam would lose her memory so she didn't have to remember all the horrible things that she had endured.

"Every pregnancy is different ma'am. I'm so sorry. I will keep you updated and as soon as your friend is in the ICU you and her family will be able to see her." said the doctor.

"Thank you" was all Brooke could say.

Brooke walked back to her friends with tears in her eyes and they immediately knew that something was horribly wrong.

"Brooke what's wrong?" asked Nathan.

"Sam is in surgery and she could lose all her memory if she even survives at all and Haley. Haley is in a coma and she lost the baby." said Brooke.

Nathan's face fell when he heard Brooke say that Haley had lost the baby. He had known that she was pregnant and they were waiting to tell all of their friends. They were going to do it at Sam's birthday party the next day because Haley thought it would be nice for Sam to be the baby's godmother. Now that was all ruined. His baby was gone and his wife's life was hanging in the balance. He hated his life so much at the moment. He thought that god was punishing him in some way.

"Nate I' m so sorry bro." said Lucas.

Nathan was inconsolable. He got up and left the hospital. Lucas was about to follow him but Peyton grabbed his hand and shook her head no.

"He needs time to think Luke. He just lost his baby. He's probably going to see Jamie. He will come back." said Peyton.

Lucas knew that she was right. Nathan would not go and do anything rash because he knew that he still had his wife and son who needed him greatly and he could not risk leaving them alone at a time where they were so vulnerable.

"Hello I'm looking for Samantha Davis." Brooke heard a voice say.

She stood in her place. She hadn't heard this voice in years. She was in complete shock. She looked at the person who was at the nurse's station. He hadn't changed a bit the last time she had seen him. The man turned towards her.

"Julian." said Brooke.

There you go.

Okay I need a little help. I'm contemplating whether or not Addison should die and if I should make it so that Haley wakes up now or later. She won't be waking up for Sam's birthday though. So tell me any of your suggestions.

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