Chapter Twelve: The Deepest Blues Are Black
Waiting Room
Lucas was stuck waiting back into the waiting room with Karen and Brooke. All Lucas could think about was Peyton, their kiss, and Peyton. He was so happy that he finally got the chance to be with her. He had waited so long. Lucas couldn't help but smile. He then looked over at Brooke. She weakly smiled back and decided to walk over to see Lucas. Maybe they could finally talk. "And what are you in all smiles about?" Brooke asked as she sat down on the chair next to him.
Lucas looked at her warily. It had a while since she had talked to him, and now, out of nowhere, they were talking like nothing had happened. "I'm just happy that Peyton is awake and that she is okay. I am glad that Derek will no longer bother us." Us, the word stuck in Brooke's mind. Is he talking about everyone or just him and Peyton? Is something going on between them that he isn't telling me? She ignored those thoughts. She was being selfish when Peyton was still in the hospital, what was wrong with her? Brooke looked over at Lucas who just couldn't get his goofy grin off his face. I know you too well Lucas, something is definitely up with you and Peyton. There you go again Brooke, Lucas and Peyton just almost got killed and you are wondering if they are hooking-up. Peyton and Lucas are just friends, nothing more. "So what did they do with Derek's body?"
Lucas looked over at her, "I don't know, the police chief hasn't come by to inform us f what has happened to it." Lucas then got up and began to talk to his mom. Brooke's mind was still spinning with Lucas and Peyton. Then Peyton's doctor came into the room.
"Peyton is going to be fine. There was no brain trauma and she responded well to every test we gave her. We cast her leg, but because of the severity of the break, she is going to have to go through a week or two of physical therapy." The doctor smiled. "In other words, you're girlfriend will be out of the hospital in a couple of days." Lucas didn't correct the doctor, so Brooke did.
"They are just friends, we are all friends." She looked over at Lucas who was just staring at her.
"Can I see her?" Lucas asked, the doctor nodded as Lucas rushed out the door to go see Peyton.
"Doctor, another one of our friends was just admitted because of stomach pains, Haley James Scott. She is like my daughter can you please tell if everything is alright with her and her baby." The doctor walked over to Karen and told her he needed her chart and exited the room to get it. He came back into the room and told Karen exactly what he had told Nathan. Karen dropped her coffee which spilled all over the floor.
Lucas ran into Peyton room and over to her where he and Peyton began passionately kissing. When they broke, Lucas smiled. "Oh God did I wanna do that. Did you hear the news; you should be out of here in a couple of days." He smiled and kissed her again.
"Oh God, Lucas, do you know how long I wanted this? I cannot wait to get out of here. But I am definitely not staying in my house after what happened, twice. Got any suggestions of where I could stay?"
Lucas pretended to scratch his head, "Oh I could think of a few." He smile and they kissed. They held the kiss for as long as they could. They broke and Lucas saw a smile spread across Peyton's face. "You're so beautiful when you smile. I really missed your smile Peyt. I am glad we got out of there okay." Payton looked over at the blood on Lucas's shirt and pulled it up to expose the bandage covering the area he got shot.
"Some Superman you are, Superman don't get shot." Lucas pulled down his shirt and made a face at Peyton. She laughed and Lucas sat down and held onto her hand.
"So now here comes the complicated part, how do we tell Brooke?" Lucas looked at Peyton who just shrugged. "Well we can't sneak around like we did the first time, look where that got us." Peyton made a face and then got serious.
"We'll tell her, we will; when the time is right. But for now, I want you all to myself." Peyton reached up and pulled Lucas down and began to kiss him.
Brooke couldn't take it anymore. She had realized that she still had feeling for Lucas and wasn't acting upon them. That was not the Brooke that she knew herself to be; Brooke went for what she wanted and got it no matter what. Brooke then decided that she needed to talk to Lucas and tell him how she felt before it was too late. She loved Lucas more than life itself and was about time she acted like she did. She exited the waiting room and began to walk toward Peyton's room. She got there and with out knocking opened the door, "Lucas I need to talk to you," was what she was going to say, but instead she stood speechless. There in front of her, was Peyton and Lucas kissing.
Nathan had been sitting in Haley room waiting for her to wake up. A millions things were running through his mind, what was Haley thinking, she could have killed our baby. Why is she taking caffeine pills anyways?
Haley opened her eyes. She was still groggy and looked around to see that she was not in her bedroom. "Nathan." She called and Nathan sat up and grabbed her hand. "Why am I in a hospital bed?" Nathan looked at her, he decided to leave the Rachel kiss out of the equation,
"You were walking down the hall and then you just cried out in pain and passed out." She looked at her with anger in his eyes, "Why are you taking caffeine pills." Haley's eyes got big and she got really quiet. "The doctor said the reason you passed out was because the baby's heart rate was too high, it could have died. What were you think Hales?"
A tear slid down her face," I was just so tired al the time from school and work and just being pregnant, so I decided to take a half a pill every once and a while so I wouldn't fall asleep. I didn't think a half a pill would do anything…"
"No you just didn't think." Nathan said angrily.
Haley just began to cry and tears streamed down her face, "I'm sorry Nathan, I didn't mean to hurt our baby, I didn't, I wouldn't want anything to happen to it, you have to believe me." Haley sobbed. Nathan picked up her head and pulled her into a hug.
"Shh, shh; it's alright, we're fine, I believe you." Nathan rocked Haley back and forth until she fell back asleep.
Brooke stood there for a minute before turning around. She ran back to the waiting room with fresh tears building in her eyes. She passed a police officer who was waking toward Peyton's room. The officer walked up to the room and opens the door to see Lucas and Peyton laughing and talking.
"Lucas Scott?" The officer asked. Lucas raised his head. "When you contacted us, you sad that there were two people besides yourself in that room, Miss Sawyer being one of them right?" Lucas nodded, "Well when I swat team got to the room the insides of the room were empty."
Lucas shook his head, "You mean that…"
"Yes this Derek that you mentioned body could not be found…"
