So another chapter is finally complete. I apologize for the long delay,school has been crazy insane and I barely have time to sleep let alone write! But,I do work the over-night tonight so I will have another chapter posted later! Please review and give me your thoughts on this!

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Brooke walked through the halls with her eyes straight ahead,not wanting to talk to anyone. She could feel the stares as she passed,by now it was no secret that her brother was in a coma and no sign of him waking up anytime soon.

"Hey sweetie,how ya holding up?" Leighton asked as she fell into step with Brooke.

"I'm fine."

"Honestly?"

Brooke stopped and veered off towards the bathroom with Leighton right behind her. Once they were in she slid down against the wall, "I'm not fine. I'm not fine at all."

Leighton sat down next to her and pulled her into a hug, "Has there been any change?"

"None."

"Not even when they moved him back to the local hospital?"

"Nothing. I hear them talking,they want to pull the plug. Ultimately it is up to Aaron Hotchner but he won't do anything without my consent."

Leighton hugged Brooke a little tighter, "No one would blame you if you wanted to take some time off from cheering you know."

"I know but I need cheer. I need to do something. Either I cheer or I sit at the hospital."

"Where are you staying at until he gets better?"

"With Hotch. He has extra room and he promised Spencer if anything ever happened either he or Rossi would take me in."

"Well,if you ever need a break just give me a call. You can always stay with me."

"Thanks."

"What are friends for? Now,are you sure you can handle cheer because we can find a replacement for you just until you feel up to cheering."

"Cheer is what keeps me going. Is it alright if I don't come to practice today though? I kinda want to get situated at Hotch's."

"Not a problem,I'll let Christina know you cleared it with me."

Leighton stood up and pulled Brooke up with her and gave her hug, "We got your back,flyer."

"Thanks, I seriously don't know what I would do without you."

"Good thing you'll never have to find out," Leighton said as she led Brooke out of the bathroom and back into the hallway.

Brooke followed Hotch down the hall to drop her stuff off in the room she would be staying until Spencer got better. She set down the last suitcase and then sat down on the bed.

"You want to unpack first or eat or..." Hotch trailed off,not quite sure what Brooke wanted to do.

"Can we go to the hospital?"

Hotch was unsure of what to say. Brooke had been there every morning and every night until the nurse kicked her out, "Maybe later. Brooke,I get that you want to be with Spencer every moment you can but kiddo,I think he would want you to do other things."

"You don't know what he wants."

"No,I don't but I know Reid pretty well and I know he wouldn't want you spending every moment at the hospital."

Brooke clenched her fist trying to keep her anger in check,yelling would get her nowhere with Hotch, "I'm not there every moment. You make me go to school,remember?"

Hotch gave Brooke a half smile, "That's because it is mandatory for you. Tell you what,you eat some supper and you can go for an hour tops,deal?"

"Deal," Brooke said,knowing full well Hotch would let her stay longer once they actually got there.

"That wasn't so bad now was it?" Hotch asked as they left the restaurant and headed towards the hospital.

"No,it wasn't."

"I feel like that was painful for you to admit," Hotch said as he looked at Brooke out of the corner of his eye.

"It was."

Hotch laughed,causing Brooke to smile just a little bit.

Hotch parked and the two of them got out and walked towards Reid's room.

"You don't have to stay,I'm sure you have better things to do," Brooke told Hotch as he held the door open for her.

"Nope,I have nothing going on all night. Let's go check on that brother of yours."

They were just about to Reid's room when a loud beeping noise went off and a nurse started yelling, "We have a code,get a doctor."

Hotch pulled Brooke back as a doctor came running past them. Brooke was about to follow when she realized that they were going in Spencer's room. She turned to Hotch and he saw the terror on her face, "Sit here,I'll find out what's happening," he told her as he gave her should a reassuring squeeze.

"Come on kiddo,let's go."

"Why can't I see him?Is he okay?" Brooke asked as she crossed her arms in defiance.

"There was a problem,he needs to be monitored closely and visitors aren't allowed for seventy-two hours."

"What?He's my brother,I can help him. I can talk to him,please Hotch do something," Brooke pleaded.

"I can't. It's out of my hands. Let's go home. We can talk about it more then."

Brooke looked back one more time before following Hotch back out the doors. She was sick of this. She had no control over anything anymore,something needed to change.

Brooke brushed her teeth and then went back to the living room and curled up on the couch. Hotch was on the phone with Rossi or Mogan discussing what had happened.

She got up and started pacing. She couldn't just sit here while her brother fought for his life.

"You're going to wear a hole in my floor if you keep that up," Hotch said as he came into the living room to find Brooke pacing.

"Sorry,I just...Hotch,what if he doesn't pull through?"

Hotch wasn't sure what to say. The way it looked Reid wasn't going to make it, "I don't 's not worry about that right now,okay?"

Brooke nodded but didn't say anything,it was all she could think about.

"Want to watch a movie or something?You don't have to go to school tomorrow if you don't want. I'm sure they will understand."

"I think I'm going to go to bed and try and get some sleep."

"Alright,well if you need anything I'm just across the hall. I'll be up for awhile though if you can't sleep and want to talk."

Brooke nodded, "Thanks,umm good-night."

"Night,Brooke."

Brooke turned and started walking away but stopped and turned back around, "Thanks for letting me stay here and everything."

"It's my pleasure to have you here."

Brooke smiled and walked back down towards the hall and into her room.

Brooke was just about asleep when her phone started buzzing. She looked at the screen and saw it was Leighton.

"Hello?"

"Brooke? I'm sorry,I didn't mean to wake you."

"You're 's wrong?"

"I need to ask you something and be completely honest."

"Sure,go ahead."

"Remember the night of the party?"

"Yeah,why?"

"Did you kiss Jake?"

"Jake as in like cute Jake?"

"Yes,did you kiss him or anything like that?"

"No,why?"

Brooke heard Leighton sigh and could picture her running her hands through her hair, "He's...well..he's telling people that you guys made-out and yeah..."

"Are you serious? We talked yeah but that was it. That party was like ages ago,why is he saying this now?"

"I don't know but there's more..."

"What do you mean 'there's more'?"

"Christina is pissed,like seriously pissed off. She's had a thing for Jake and is claiming you knew and went behind her back and went for him anyways."

"Leighton,that's not true! You know that,you know that I only talked to him,right? You believe me."

"Of course I do,I just wanted to make sure."

Brooke could hear the forced words from her side of the phone, "You don't believe me," she said flatly.

"No,I mean yes I mean...I don't know Brooke. You guys were flirting and I don't know. I wasn't by your side the entire night,I don't know what happened."

"You're kidding,right?"

"I'm sorry,I just I wanted to hear your side of the story."

"Should I call Christina and tell her it isn't true?"

Leighton popped her gum, "I wouldn't. I would lay low for awhile."

"She's that mad?"

"Yeah,she is..."

"What do I do?"

"Nothing,Christina will get over it eventually or learn the truth..."

"But what?"

"I didn't say but," Leighton said.

"No,but it was implied."

Leighton took a deep breath, "But,if she thinks you wronged her you're done for."

"What do you mean by 'done for'?"

"She is going to make your life a living hell."

"Can't I do ANYTHING?" Brooke was suddenly feeling very faint,she couldn't believe this was happening.

"Not to my knowledge,but I'll let you know,okay?"

"Alright,thanks Leighton."

"No problem,I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Um no,I'm staying home. There was a complication with my brother and.."

"Oh gosh,okay. Well,I'll call tomorrow then."

"Sounds good,night."

"Night,flyer."

Brooke hung up and laid back down,she couldn't believe this. Why would Jake say that stuff and why would Christina believe him? She debated calling Christina when a text message came through from an unknown number. She opened it up to find one word 'Slut'. Brooke deleted it,it could have been a mistake. There was no way people actually believed Jake. She was the freshman sweet-heart. She would never do anything like that.

Brooke curled up and turned her phone on silent. She had no idea she was about to wake up to a bunch of messages accusing her of something she hadn't done and changing her life forever.