Lucas couldn't feel his heart beat anymore, and for a second, there was no air to inhale and he felt like he was drowning. His. Brooke. Bridge. Water. Save
"BROOOOKE!" Lucas finally yelled, his car skidding to a stop in front of the break in the bridge before he stumbled out, and without a moment of hesitation, he found himself jumping in after her.
The cold water hit him like a brick wall, and he had to come back up for breath right away, gasping for air, water sputtering out of his mouth and nose as gravity pulled him downwards, if he couldn't breath, Brooke…
Lucas dived back in and he saw the car floating downwards in the freezing water, so… cold… so… cold; Brooke Brooke Brooke, determination set in as Lucas swam towards it. Lucas could feel the lack of oxygen in his draining mouth and knew he had to go back up, but he couldn't, every second he wasted could be a second too late.
"I was afraid of getting my heart broken again, like before... You hurt me so bad, I was afraid to be vulnerable. And I was afraid of you and the way that you make me feel."
Her teary vulnerable face entered his mind, and he found himself kicking his legs harder against the water, Brooke, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!
Lucas found the door to her car and he saw an unconscious Brooke inside; He pulled at the door desperately, his fear building as his oxygen decreased, it was locked!
"It's just that, you're the first great guy I've dated and that really scares me because I never gave a rat's ass before. Ok, but I do now."
Cold, need air, cold, need air! His body and mind screamed at him, as he felt energy drain from his body slowly. But his heart had a plan of its own, and it ignored all rational thought and pulled at the door with all the power he managed. She wouldn't leave him mind, even when he was freezing in ice water and had no oxygen to breath, why was she still haunting his thoughts now, why couldn't he stop thinking about her.
Her face, her words… they came at him again and again, making him swim faster with every second that passed…
"I'm the guy for you. I know we're just part-time, that's cool. You know, do whatever, have your fun. But one of these nights you're gonna realize it; I'm the guy for you Brooke Davis…. You'll see"
I won't let you go Brooke, I promise, I am the guy for you, and I'm going to save you, I'm not going to let anything happen to you… I promise.
Lucas struggled with sticking his hand through her open window to unlock the door before finally throwing it open and pulling at Brooke only to find her strapped in her seatbelt.
"What I wanted? I wanted you to fight for me!"
Lucas pulled at her seat belt, his body begging for oxygen, commanding him to swim back up before it was too late for him, I will fight for you Brooke, until my dying breath… I swear.
But the seat belt wouldn't budge, her body was floating away from the seat, but her belt was keeping her in place, and the car pulling them downwards was making it hard for Lucas to find the buckle, Fuuuuuck! Lucas felt his eyes sag closed momentarily,
"I'm not pushing you away Lucas, I am holding on for dear life, but I need you to need me back."
He had to get her out; he felt like he was drifting in and out of consciousness as he faintly registered trying to take off her belt as the car pulled them deeper and deeper down; he needed her…
He felt the belt loosen and he quickly pulled it off her, glancing toward Brooke's unconscious face, hold on Brooke, just hold on, and he felt a glimmer of energy, nothing could take his Pretty Girl from him, he wouldn't let it!
"I love you Broody,"
Lucas pulled her floating body towards him, a hand under her knees and another gripping her back as he pushed himself upwards with his foot against the windshield, before struggling to swim towards the surface, his clothes heavily weighing on him now.
He couldn't even see the light at the surface, how deep down were they?
"…And sometimes I just wish you could rescue me."
Lucas was struggling for the last bit of oxygen his mouth held, ..Brooke.
His legs kicked and pushed harder then he thought humanly possible, holding Brooke close, the surface, he saw the light, he saw the surface of the water, just get Brooke there…
And that's when his eyes closed, all he saw was white, he felt like he was having an out of body experience, as if he had no control on his body anymore; and his mouth fell open to let in all the water that had been threatening him for so long, and with the last ounce of energy he pushed Brooke up to break the surface right before gravity sucked his limp form back down.
" People that are meant to be, always find their way back in the end..."
And then everything went blank…
Max ran onto the bridge, after abandoning his car in the filled parking lot at the church nearby. Oh shit, oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck! Brooke wasn't supposed to- his baby wasn't supposed to- he hadn't meant to…
Max squinted at the police cars, ambulances, fire trucks that crowded the bridge within minutes, and a crowd of cars formed around the broken bridge as he pulled his wool hat tighter around his bleeding head, before throwing his hoodie over it. Max quickly scanned the place, they hadn't gotten Brooke out yet, and neither had Lucas.
Max frowned, remembering the sight of Lucas's car driving onto the bridge from the opposite side just as Brooke had dodged the little boy, for a second his heart had stopped beating, but when he realized that Lucas's shocked eyes were glued to Brooke's car only, he had luckily been able to reverse off the bridge quickly, and Max doubted Lucas had spared him a glance as he had flung himself off the bridge after her, but he couldn't be too sure… what if Lucas had recognized him?
Max watched nervously at the stilled water beneath them, waiting for a sign of Brooke, or even Lucas. Please god let Brooke come up, let her and my baby be okay! I didn't mean for that to happen, I didn't want something bad to happen to her, I just wanted her to listen to me, to be with me, I didn't think things would get this bad… I wasn't thinking at all, but Brooke has to be okay, she has to!
He couldn't believe Lucas had jumped after her, why didn't he jump after her? He had a child and the mother of his child down there, not Lucas, yet Lucas jumped? Max knew Lucas had some obsession or possessive feelings towards Brooke, but he hadn't known it was to this extreme, he jumped in the freezing deep water after her, and Max wasn't even sure if he would've done that.
But Lucas shouldn't make it. If Lucas made it, then if he saw Max, he could get Max into a lot of trouble. He could deal with Brooke, heck she hadn't even told anyone about the rape, he could get her to keep her mouth shut about him chasing her, but Lucas; Lucas would never let Max off the hook, he would make things worse even. Lucas couldn't make it, because Max couldn't risk it.
And every second that ticked, he prayed for Brooke and baby to be okay, and for Lucas to not make it.
"Why aren't they up yet?" Max muttered under his breath, as he saw search teams jump into the water, what the fuck took them so long!
But just as a few of them jumped in the water, a few feat away he saw Brooke break the surface, and he heard yelling of instructions and directions from the policemen, but he wasn't listening, Brooke would be okay!
She went back down in the water, and Max stepped forward, but he saw a search member bring her back up again, and Max noticed that she was unconscious and had a deep cut to her head. Brooke!
And no Lucas, exactly what he wanted.
Maybe no one knew about him being down there, maybe-…
"A boy jumped in after her!" He head a policemen shout towards the other men, as he got up from kneeling in front of the little boy that had gotten in Brooke's way.
Max didn't pay attention after that; his eyes followed the unconscious Brooke being placed on the stretcher and into the ambulance. He had to get to the hospital!
"Oh shit, I think there's a bad crash on the bridge…" Nathan muttered, glancing at Peyton who sat in the passengers seat, "It's causing the cars to all stop because the police and ambulance is almost blocking the whole bridge," he sighed, shit, all he wanted to do was go home and get a good nights rest so he could go back to the hospital when visiting hours started the next morning. But of course, not thing ever went as planned. "I don't know how long it's gonna take, fuck fuck fuck!"
"Shit." Peyton muttered, as Nathan slowed down behind the crowd of cars, before looking out the side window, how could Lucas dump her last night? After everything they have gone through together, after how much they loved each other… how could he just stop loving her? For someone who was pregnant with another man? What the hell was going on with him, he was turning crazy. And it hurt so much, because even though he had been a really crap boyfriend, she still loved him and wanted to be there for him to help him back up from his fallen place. She loves him so much, how could he ignore that, and walk away…
She felt Nathans sympathetic hand on her thigh, and she looked up at his eyes full of pity, "Peyton-…"
"I'm fine, Nate I'm fine, don't worry about me," Peyton said quickly, realizing for the first time that there were tears pooling around her eyes, and she embarrassedly brushed them away.
"It's okay to feel sad," He whispered, glancing up when a car in front of him moved and he let go of the breaks to fill in the gap with his car, "What happened to you was unfair, but wouldn't you rather it end then to drag meaninglessly, because you deserve so much better! And it might not feel like what happened was for the best, but it was, you deserve so much better!" He insisted.
Peyton shook her head, "But I loved him, I don't want better," She sighed shrugging, "Because as bad as he was these last few months, he was still the guy that had the heart of gold, he was still the guy that I fell madly in love with, he was still the guy I lost my best friend for, twice,"
Nathan winced, "I know,"
"And I know that it was a horrible thing to do, and that I hurt Brooke really badly, and I really do feel bad about that, but it was my heart, really, in my heart, I always felt like he was the one… and I still do," Peyton mumbled, brushing the tears off her cheeks again, "I'm sorry Nate, I know I'm going all emo on you, I'm sorry," She laughed in embarrassment as she brushed both of her eyes.
Nathan shook his head, "Peyton, its okay, honestly. You're my friend, and you're allowed to break down and be emo, or bitch, or vent, it all comes with the friendship thing," He smiled, causing Peyton to smile back.
"Thanks, but let's drop it for now. I need a good nights cry to slowly pull myself back together, and I will be so embarrassed later if I totally go soap opera on you,"
Nathan nodded, as they neared the ambulances slowly, "Shit, the bridge is broken, I think a car went through the side," Nathan gasped, straining his neck to try and look around some cars, "The person must've gotten fuuucked,"
Peyton nodded, looking in the direction as well, "I wonder who it was?" Before she groaned, "Oh my fucking god, turn off these fucking love songs!" She groaned, fiddling with the radio station.
Nathan laughed, "That's Haley's favourite station-…"
Peyton switched to the next station, 'It's a love story, baby just say yes!' And she groaned louder, before switching it again, "Stupid fucking stations, do they not have any normal ones that play songs about independence, loving yourself… or stupid fucked up asshole ex boyfriends?"
Nathan didn't respond, "Hey you said I could vent!" Peyton declared, looking up at Nathan, but trailed off when she noticed his shocked face, his whole body stiff, his chest heaving up and down quickly, and his mouth hanging open slightly in agony, Peyton gasped, grabbing onto his arm, "Nathan, what's wrong, oh my god Nathan?" Peyton asked, trying to get him to look at her, but he didn't budge.
Peyton frowned, following his eyes back towards the accident, some cars had cleared so that now they had a perfect view of the scene, what did Nathan see? A few people stepped back to allow the stretcher to make toward the ambulance, and that's when Peyton's face drained and her heart fell in her chest.
It was Lucas… and he wasn't moving.
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