Lucas stopped in his tracks outside Peyton's hospital room. Brooke looked at him questionably.
"What happened" she asked as she ran to stand next to him
Lucas looked down at his feet
"Did she talk to you"? Brooke asked
"Oh yeah" Lucas uttered
"I'm going to go see her" Brooke said as she began to walk toward Peyton's door
"I really don't think that's a good idea" Lucas warned cautiously
"What did she say" Brooke asked
"Basically-" he began
"No basically what did she say Lucas" Brooke demanded
"Just let her be" Lucas pleaded
"I'm going in there whether you tell me or not. So you might as well tell me" Brooke said as she began to calm down
"Brooke please don't go in there" he pleaded
"I have to Lucas" she said as she turned and walked toward Peyton's door
Brooke quickly opened Peyton's door.
Peyton quickly turned her head to see Brooke
"Peyton cut the act I know you can talk" Brooke said angrily
Peyton slowly turned her head and looked at the ceiling
"What do you want Brooke" Peyton asked in an aggravated tone
"The least you could do is say thank you" Brooke responded
"I don't believe you" Peyton said in disgust
"I don't believe you" Brooke snapped back
"Thank you Brooke for calling 911 and basically saving my life. The life that you ruined. Thank you also for taking everything that was going right in my life and screwing it over. Literally" Peyton snapped
"I ruined your life? Peyton. You're not even considering what I went through. I had a baby on my own. No support system, no one to fall back on, no help, no money. And after all that, I watched you date the father of my son who wouldn't even love me, the mother of his child. This isn't you, this attitude. You're not really like this. You don't understand what I went through" Brooke said with tears
"No you don't understand. I'm the one sitting on a hospital bed and you come in here demanding a thank for calling an ambulance" Peyton said through her tears
"You have to understand Peyton"
"No Brooke you have to understand" Peyton said
"Be honest with me" Peyton said flatly
"Okay Peyton. I didn't make you drink. I am sorry for my news and I know it hurt. But this accident is not my fault. And you keep pushing me away and I am trying. I'm trying to make this work and be honest with you. But it's hard Peyton. It's hard. Because I know you don't trust me. And even worse than that I can understand why. But it is ridiculous for you to treat me like this. And don't push everyone else away because you're mad at me" Brooke managed to say through her tears
Peyton closed her eyes and sighed.
"Brooke, you chose to make your life that hard. You left when you had the baby, because you didn't want to ruin your image and have people know what they thought about you was true. And you could have eliminated that with Nathan. I would have never done that to you if I had known. And here's a thought maybe Nathan wouldn't have either if he would have known he had a kid Brooke. I never blamed this accident on you. Never. But you have to understand, I can't trust you. And if you want me to be honest, we will probably never be the same" Peyton responded
"Peyton"
"Don't try. If it is so hard, don't try. You have to decide if I'm worth it, I can't decide for you" Peyton replied
"Our friendship has always been worth it" Brooke answered quickly
"Imagine me keeping the biggest secret of my life from you, my best friend. Then I leave you for a year, and I lie about where I was going. Then I come back and allow you to hurt me by being with the father of my child"? Peyton said
"Imagine me fearing losing the person I am closest too. Imagine my pain physically for 9 months and emotion for the rest of my life. I was scared. I didn't know what to do" Brooke responded
"But Brooke how could you let me hurt you like that? I will never be able to live with myself for being with Nathan in front of you like that" Peyton said as tears streamed down her face
"But I forgive you" Brooke reassured her
"But I don't forgive myself" Peyton said quickly
"Peyton, are we even still friends" Brooke said as tears trickled down her face
"We can be friends. In time. A lot of time. My wounds from the car accident will probably heal faster than ours will" Peyton said with a sigh
"Okay. I can accept that. But Peyton, you've told me everything. This, everything we've talked about, is the wound right" Brooke clarified
"Nothing else" Brooke asked directly
"Nothing else" Peyton lied
"Okay. Well in the mean time can we at least be civil" Brooke asked
Peyton took a deep sigh and then shook her head yes
"Okay" Brooke said as she wiped her tears
"Bye" Brooke said as she left the room