Thanks for the reviews guys, exciting times ive never got so many on a story! Keep reviewing with your ideas! :D Italic - flashback. Its more of a Brooke centric chapter. I may of over-exaggerated the arguments but in real situations like these there is alot of tension!
A week had came and gone, and Clay wasn't getting any better
Quinn, Haley, Brooke and Nathan all took turns to stay with him, because the last time they were all together, things got a bit heated
It was day 3 of waiting, and none of them wanted to leave
"So whats going on?" Nathan asked, looking at Quinn and Brooke, who had just re-entered the room after a lengtly discussion
"What?" Quinn asked
"You know whats up with Clay Quinn, and I know you do too Brooke" he shortly breathed, trying not to get angry
"If you never ask you never know" Brooke snapped back
"Look Brooke you obviously have something to say so just say it" Nathan decided
"Why did you have to be such a a ass to him..he was your best friend" Brooke said, angrily
"And when have you seen Clay and me together huh Brooke..you met him like what a couple of months ago?" Nathan said, rising to the bate
"Nathan.." whispered the voice of the mediator, Haley, putting her hand on Nathans arm, which he dragged away
"No Hales, shes been making digs about me ever since we came, so lets have it" Nathan said, and Brooke looked at him, her eyes narrowing
"What does it say about you that I know more about him in a couple of months then you have in a COUPLE OF YEARS" Brooke croaked out, trying not to choke up
"Maybe you used your assets I dont know" Nathan cruelly hit back
"And whats THAT meant to mean" Brooke stood up
"As in Brooke you are never just friends are you!" Nathan replied, standing up himself, while Haley looked on in despair
"Oh and you would know how, because your there for everyone so much you got accused of getting another woman pregnant!" Brooke shouted
"Brooke!" Haley gasped, mortified that this was being brought up
"Im sorry Hales but if he sticks the knife in my back i'll stick it in his front" Brooke replied, putting her head to one side
"At least I don't use Clay to get over my own little relationship problems" Nathan taunted
"Used?" Brooke asked, seething
"Julian had Alex as a friend so you had to have one over on him..well done Brooke you have it, you have a friend who wants to die too" Nathan spat
"You are not blaming this on me Scott!" Brooke screeched
"Who knows, he wasn't so deep before he met you!" Nathan said, knowing his argument was fading
"No Nate, I was the only one who bothered to ask him about him instead of..." She started
"What Brooke..say it if you mean it" Nathan said, stepping closer
"Instead of being the most self-involved ass ever, Nathan. What have you ever done for him..he turned his life around for you..you would do well to remember that, what was it he wanted from you, the benefit instead of the doubt? Well he never got that from you did he?" Brooke shouted, knowing this was her closing line, and starting to walk out
"Yeah Brooke, just like every friend of yours doesn't end up listening to only your problems..Peytons gone, and did Rachel not try and top herself?" Nathan asked
"At least I had friends Nathan, having a brother prop you up is a completely different ball game" she said, pausing in her step
"Oh great, bring Lucas into things, because we all know your still bitter and insecure about him" Nathan sniped, and Haley decided she wanted to stop things before Brooke thought up a even nastier reply
"STOP" shouted Haley, and the warring pair turned to Haley, who threw her hands up
"I don't know about you, but Clay wouldn't want this!" Haley shouted, loosing her rag and walking out
"What, Hales?" Nathan said, and Brooke looked at the floor
"So your sitting in Clay's room tearing strips off eachother to see whos the best friend..nice, thats really what he wants, the two people who mean the world to him destroying eachother" Quinn simply said, walking out the room, while Brooke and Nathan both sat on opposite sides of the room
"Sorry" Nathan said, shortly
"Me too..I didn't mean it" Brooke replied, looking sad
"Either did I, I just want to know whats going on" Nathan said, and Brooke nodded
"Your not a crappy friend to him" she reassured him, suddenly feeling horrible
"No, I am, I did only ever doubt him; and I never thanked him Brooke, he turned my life around and I never once said thanks" he sighed
"You'll get to tell him Nate, he'll come back" Brooke sat down by Clay, looking at the rain on the window
"Come back" she said to him, and looked over at Nathan "for both of us..before we kill eachother" she added, with a smile towards Nathan
"Yeah seriously man, is on my case" he laughed, knowing that they had a truce
Brooke sat by Clays bed with Quinn on the other side, both reflecting on the conversation that had taken place the other day
"Quinn" shouted Brooke, noticing the tall blonde who was walking somewhere
"Hey" she greeted her, with not much enthusiasm
"I need to talk to you" Brooke decided, and Quinn sat down; knowing the conversation ahead was going to be long
"I don't think he did this himself Quinn" Brooke sat down, but still stared into Quinn's eyes
"He must of" the other girl replied, looking at the focus in her companions eyes
"Why though..he just told us, he felt better, he said so" Brooke asked, looking so confused
"What could of happened?" Quinn asked, and this made Brooke think...it was like a series of flashbacks running a marathon through her head
Pizza night- that girl at the door..who was she; she said she was married to Clay..that was it..that was the hobag she saw leaving the other night...suddenly something clicked
"He had a stalker" Brooke quietly said to herself
"What?" Quinn exclaimed
"One night we had a pizza, a girl came to his door, she said she was his wife, then she started spouting crap about this time last year blah de blah" the amber-eyed girl brushed the hair out of her eyes
"So what he overdosed him?" Quinn asked, thinking how awful of a cover up this was
"I don't know Quinn but I saw that girl leaving his house that night, im almost certain" Brooke said, hugging her knees to her chest
"Its hard to accept, but the more you try and alienate the fact he tried to kill himself the less help your gonna be when he wakes up" Quinn kindly replied
"He didn't do it Quinn" Brooke sniffed, and Quinn suddenly snapped
"Brooke, this is hard enough already without you making up some stupidly placed conspiracy..Clay overdosed, theres nothing we can do, deal with it or leave" Quinn said harshly
"I thought you would know better" replied Brooke
"Whats that meant to mean?" Quinn was caught off guard
"As in you know him" Brooke said, and watched Quinn as she walked off sighing..she was on her own
"He didn't do it" Brooke reassured herself, as she woke up in her house alone, snapping her eyes open from the dream where Clay died, the consistent nightly dream
Brooke heard a knock on the door
"Julian?" she asked, opening it,leaving the door open and walking off
"Nice to see you too Brooke Davis" Julian smirked, before wading into the kitchen..Brooke shrugged at him
"I figured you hadn't eaten properly between all the hospital dashes" he hopefully suggested, and Brooke rolled her eyes and sat down
"Did you?" she simply said, and Julian shook his head
"A meal is a healthy mind, maybe some more positivity" Julian smiled, kindly
"Thats ok for you to say your skeevy ho wasn't in a coma" Brooke sarcastically said, before clapping a hand over her mouth
"Are we seriously comparing this?" Julian asked, leaning back
"No, im sorry that was out of line...I just hate it, you know?" Brooke looked into his eyes
"Well noone likes it Brooke" laughed Julian
"What if he never wakes up" she asked, sniffling in the way that she always did
"He will" Julian reassured her, putting a comforting arm around her
"He didn't do it Julian..im not crazy but he didn't..and he needs to wake up so everyone can know that" she decided, and Julian put a finger onto her lips
"Don't overanalyse, it just makes the time go slower" he replied, both of his strong arms tucked around her, how he had missed holding her
"I need to find out the truth Julian" Brooke stonily decided
"He tried to kill himself" Julian repeated, and Brooke suddenly decended on him
"No Julian, he didn't, I know him" she shouted, and picked up her bag and stormed out, slamming the door..he heard another faint shout
"Thanks for the food Baker"
"No problem Davis" he replied..what was making her so sure that Clay didn't overdose?