A week had passed and, each day had become a little easier for Brooke, but a little harder for the people around her. Her and Peyton had been shopping together for the day and she had reluctantly agreed to let Peyton take her back to the hospital. It's not like she didn't want to spend time with Peyton she just felt like she wanted to be alone right now, but knew that sooner or later her and Peyton were going to have to talk about the past, they were going to have to put old issues to rest once and for all, and now was as good of a time than any. Brooke's face winced as she rested lightly onto her bed, in the hospital room she had been appointed too, whilst Peyton watched from the chair at the end of her bed
"You ok?" Peyton said, in a panic after seeing the expression on Brooke's face
"I'm fine…I've just got a slight headache" Brooke explained, pulling the sheets over herself
"Well, you want me to get you some pills, or something?…a drink of water, come food?" Peyton blurted out all at once
"No, I'm fine, Peyton, really. You need to stop worrying" Brooke smiled
"Sorry" Peyton whispered, relaxing back down into her seat. There was a moment of silence, Peyton looked up and noticed Brooke's eyes set firmly on her "What?" she asked, wondering what she was thinking
"…Are we ever going to talk about them?" Brooke raised both of her eyebrows. Peyton looked down, and immediately knew who Brooke was referring too
"…It's not the time, Brooke. It's not the time, or the place" Peyton explained, looking around the room
"…That's the thing, Peyton. This is the time and the place, there is no other scenario…this is the only one I have left" Brooke replied, as Peyton looked upset
"…You still love him, don't you?" Peyton asked, not sure about what Brooke's reaction would be
"Do you?…" she replied, Peyton tilted her head slightly
"Depends which one your talking about" Peyton smirked, gently. Brooke laughed a little "…I done love Luke, Brooke" she admitted "…I don't really know that I ever did.." she smiled "We were young…naïve, kinda stupid, ya know?" Brooke shook her head at Peyton's words "Me and Lucas have always had a lot in common, you know that…but, was it love?…I'm not that sure anymore"
"And, with…Jake?" Brooke asked, awkwardly. Peyton looked at the ground for a second
"Now, he was a different story…" Peyton exhaled through her words "…I still think about him everyday, about him and Jenny. I try to stop myself, because I know I'm hurting but I just cant" Peyton explained "…There's like a million and one help lines for self harming…but, not this kind, not the emotional kind…because that's what I'm doing, Brooke. I mean, I'm not taking blades to my wrists, but I am making myself think about him, and that's hurting me" Peyton continued, Brooke looked over at her best friend
"…I'm sorry, Peyton…for what I did" Brooke whispered, seeing how upset Peyton was
"…Did I just hear, right?…an apology from Brooke Davis?" Peyton joked a little through her sadness
"I hope you heard it good coz you want be getting another…" Brooke joked back
"…Hey, its not like I've been innocent in this whole thing…far from it, in fact" Peyton said, smiling a little, Brooke sighed loudly
"…When the hell did girls start tearing each other down like this?" Brooke asked herself
"When boys came into the picture, maybe?" Peyton answered, quite obviously
"…Can you imagine, if we would have just known what we wanted back then?" Brooke said, shaking her head "If we would have realised what we had when we had it?" Brooke continued
"…I guess that's all part of the game of life" Peyton explained "It's always got a way of learning you a lesson…your mistakes make you stronger, I guess" there was a moment of silence "…I cant believe this is happening" Peyton shook her head in disbelief
"…Like you said, maybe this is just life's way of teaching me a lesson" Brooke sighed "…And hopefully after all this is said and done, ill be in a world of…shopping malls and buckets of cookie dough ice cream" she laughed "…And, If I get one wish…" Brooke said, holding up a finger on her hand "It'll be for you to get everything you want, P. Sawyer…whether that be Lucas, Jake or…" Brooke thought for a second "…Haley" Brooke explained, saying the latter with a smirk across her face, Peyton laughed "…I know we've had our differences, man…we've had fights that could have destroyed mankind…but, your still my best friend, and no matter what's happened I still want the best for you" Peyton manages to smile through the tears that have been formed from Brooke's words
"…I love you, Brooke Penelope Davis" Peyton said, wrapping her arms around Brooke's neck
"I love you too, Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer" Brooke smiled back
After Brooke's chat with Peyton, she figured she should maybe talk to the rest of the group as well. She did only have a week left to live after all, and she wanted nothing to go unsaid before she died. She decided to finally let the walls around her down and tell the truth, show her emotions and whatever that may result in she was ready to deal with the consequences. It was early morning and Brooke had just been woken by the noise of Rachel clattering about at the bottom of her bed
"…Still tryna piss me off I see" Brooke questioned, jokingly in Rachel's direction
"Well, your obviously full of joy and delight this morning…" Rachel rolled her eyes grabbed the clipboard from the bottom of Brooke's bed, she then walked over and stood at her bedside "Now, have you taken your morning dose of medication?" Rachel asked
"Seen as though I've barely opened my eyes…no, I haven't" Brooke answered
"…It's probably better that way, I've got time to slip some poison in it" Rachel smiled "It'd make my job a lot easier…"
"I thought you had to like pass a personality test before becoming a nurse, you know to see if you're a nice, friendly person" Brooke asked, sarcastically
"You do…I cheated" Rachel joked along with Brooke
"Really?…I thought that maybe you just slept with the manager?" Brooke quipped
"Oh, I did that too" Rachel answered, smiling. She then began to leave the room
"Hey, Rach…I've only got six days left…are you sure you don't wanna say anything nice to me while you've still got the chance?" Brooke asked "The next time you come in here, it could be too late" Rachel paused for a moment
"…I like your top" Rachel smiled, referring to the tank top Brooke was wearing. Brooke shook her head and smiled, Rachel left the room