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The 4 of us stayed in that room for the next few minutes talking or staying in a comfortable silence. We had been through so much together it was ridiculous, but having the most important people in the world to me there made the ache in my heart heal a little bit and at the time I couldn't have asked for anything else.

The room had fallen quiet again. We were all uncomfortable to a certain degree, me especially. The door opened and we all looked to see my nurse walk in with Karen.

"Oh god Brooke." She said walking over to give me a hug. It was gentle and comforting.

"Hey Karen." I said softly.

"I can't believe this I'm so sorry honey." Karen said sincerely.

"It was awful, but I can't say it's the first time." I said trying to hold back the tears.

"The nurse filled me in a little bit on the history you have with this man. I had no idea he had been doing that to you for so long." She said with worry in her eyes.

"No one knew I couldn't tell anyone. I was lucky Nathan was there this time." I said giving his hand a squeeze. He squeezed it back.

"I am just speechless I can guarantee he will go to prison for a very long time. He won't get away with this any longer." She said determined. I had to smile a little at her protectiveness.

"I hope so." I said quietly.

"Brooke you're obviously going to stay the night depending on how you feel in the morning and after your results come in we'll see when we can send you home." The nurse said.

"Okay sounds good." I said nodding. I was trying to not sound so miserable. It was my habit convincing everyone I was fine. I didn't want to stay here, but I didn't want to go home either.

"Well unfortunately visiting hours are over since it's almost midnight." She informed us. I couldn't help but freeze momentarily at the thought of Nathan having to leave.

"I'll be back right in the morning Brooke." Karen said.

"Okay." I whispered. I felt Nathan tighten his hold around me. I knew he had no intentions of leaving. I didn't want him to.

"Thanks Karen." I said as she turned to walk out.

"Sure Brooke." She said with a smile. I was surprised she could smile like that, but she was so sweet for trying to be the one person who wasn't crying or blind with rage about the situation.

"Can't we stay?" Peyton asked. She was holding my other hand and I could tell she had no intentions of letting it go either.

"I'm sorry I wish you could, but its hospital policy." She said with an apologetic smile. A moment later she walked out to give us a minute to say goodbye.

"Fine." Peyton said dejectedly. She leaned in and I leaned up and hugged her goodbye.

"It's going to be okay B. Davis I promise to be here in the morning when you wake up." She said and I nodded knowing she would be here.

"Bye P. Sawyer." I said softly hugging her tightly then pulling away. She looked like she really didn't want to leave.

"Sorry I can't stay." Peyton said getting teary-eyed.

"It's okay Peyton I'll see you in a few hours." I said wishing those hours passed already.

"Definitely we'll be here." She said backing up allowing Lucas to come over.

"Bye Pretty Girl." He said giving me a hug. I held onto him for a minute before letting go.

"Bye Broody I'll see you in the morning." I said.

"Yeah like she said we'll be here." He said repeating what Peyton said. They walked out and I could hear Peyton trying to argue her way so she could stay. I broke out into a small smile. I heard the nurse say she was sorry again then Lucas and Peyton left. She came back in the room.

"Nathan I'm sorry.-"Nathan didn't let her finish.

"I'm not leaving." He said instantly.

"I know you want to stay, but it's against the rules." She explained.

"I don't care I'm not leaving." He said in a final voice. He was so sweet.

"I don't know what to say to you." She said after a minute. She could easily tell how serious he was.

"I can have you thrown out." The nurse said in an unconvincing voice. She wouldn't do that.

"You are going to have to physically throw me out of here by someone who's a lot bigger than I am because I'm not going anywhere." He said keeping his arms around me. I bit back a smile at how cute he was being. I looked at the nurse with pleading eyes. She didn't understand how much I needed him here.

"Please let him stay." I said in a hoarse voice. She looked at me and I saw in her eyes that she was going to let him stay. She nodded with a small smile.

"Alright you can stay." She said I gave her my own small smile in appreciation.

"Thank you." I said gratefully.

"You're welcome. I just have to make sure no one else comes in here. Not everyone here is as understanding as me." She said laughing slightly I felt Nathan chuckle a little.

"I appreciate it." He said. She nodded at both of us turning off the light as she closed the door. We laid there silent and still. My head was on his chest.

"Do you think you can sleep?" He asked.

"I doubt it. I'm exhausted but if I close my eyes honestly I'm terrified of what I might see." I said listening to his heartbeat. He ran his fingers through my hair and kissed me on the forehead.

"You're safe." He said seriously. "I won't let anything happen to you."

"I know." I said knowing how true that was. I remembered when we were 12 and this boy named Bobby was picking on me.

"Just leave me alone." I said annoyed at Bobby. He always bothered me and I hated it.

"Come on Brooke don't you want your bracelet back?" He asked dangling my favorite bracelet in front of me. It was the one Nathan had given me for my last birthday.

"Give it back!" I demanded. I hadn't noticed he had taken it from me.

"Nope." He said taking off running.

"Bobby give me my bracelet!" I yelled chasing him. We ran right by the basketball courts where Nathan was playing at recess with his guy friends.

"You're too slow Brooke." He said mocking me running ahead and I stopped and started crying. Nathan saw me and ran over to me immediately.

"B what's wrong?" He asked worriedly.

"My bracelet." I said crying. "He s-stole it."

"Who?" Nathan demanded.

"Bobby." I said wiping my eyes and pointed across the school yard to him with his friends looking at my bracelet and laughing because he stole it.

"I'll be right back." He said and ran over there before I could say anything. I watched him go up to Bobby and start yelling at him. Then I saw Bobby grab both of the ends of the bracelet and start trying to stretch so it would break. Nathan actually punched him in the face. Bobby fell down and started balling. Nate picked up the bracelet and ran back over to me ignoring the yells coming from Bobby's friends.

"Here you go." He said putting the bracelet back on me like he had when he gave it to me.

"Thanks Nate!" I said enthusiastic and jumped into his arms for a hug.

"No problem B." Nathan said smiling.

"You're going to get in trouble." I said looking at Bobby laying there with teachers hovered over him.

"I don't care I wasn't going to let that punk steal something from you then break it." He said heatedly. I thought he looked really hot right there. He was so sweet the way he stuck up for me.

"Aw thank you." I said softly wrapping my arms around him again. We stayed in the hug for a few minutes. I always felt so good in his arms. He made me feel safe.

"You know I'll always be there for you. I won't let anything happen to you." He said seriously as we pulled away. I leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. I blushed a little and noticed he was to.

"I didn't keep my promise." He said intensely interrupting my thoughts. I looked up at him and through the moonlight I could see his tortured expression. He was having the same exact flashback I was.

"How did you know I was thinking about that?" I asked hoping his expression would change I hated when he was in pain.

"I know you." He said simply tortured expression frozen on his face.

"That was the first time I ever punched someone. It was the first time I ever got sent to the principal's office, it was the first time you ever kissed me, and it was the first time that I made that promise to you. And it was also the first promise I ever broke to you." He finished emotionless.

"No you've already done this tonight Nate you can't keep shutting down and blaming yourself for this. It wasn't your fault none of it was." I said sitting up. I couldn't have him doing this again I don't even think he understands how much I need him here, but I need him here okay and somewhat emotionally stable.

"I'm sorry." He said looking at me. His damn expression still didn't change. He was never going to forgive himself for this.

"Nathan how many times do I have to say it?" I asked looking him right in the eyes. "Do not blame yourself. I hid it from you because he threatened to kill me if I told. I pushed you so far away that I never thought you would come back to me and now that I have you again I'm not letting go. You have to learn to live with the fact this happened and not waste your time being miserable." I finished staring him down making sure he got the message.

"I can't help it B. If only I paid more attention to you instead of basketball…" He trailed off.

"You can always play the what if scenario, but it won't change anything." I explained. He was still staring at me and I couldn't help but notice how my pulse sped up.

"I just can't forgive myself Brooke. I don't think I ever will knowing how much pain you went through, and knowing how much pain you're in right now. That is literally killing me." Nathan said in agony. My eyes started watering.

"Okay." I said softly.

"No it's not okay!" He said suddenly raising his voice a little bit. I ignored it as he continued.

"None of this should've ever happened to you. I know for years you felt like you were alone because I was a shitty friend, but that's not the case anymore. I thought after you told me we would have a clean slate after all the stuff with Haley got settled, but now I'm always going to carry this guilt around with me knowing I should have been there for you and I wasn't. I broke the promise again after making you trust me again after making you love me again." Nathan said helplessly.

"Come here." I said leaning up and wrapping my arms around him to give him a hug. He wrapped his arms tightly around me. The truth is I was scared. I probably always would be, because of all that's happened but right now in this hug I couldn't have felt more safe and complete.

"I understand why you feel that way." I said into his ear. "You can blame yourself over and over feeling guilty and responsible, but no matter what I will never blame you and I will always love you." I finished feeling connected to him on an even deeper level.

"God Brooke I love you so much." He whispered as I held back a sob.

"I trust you no matter what happens in the future. We will get through this and someday we will get our happy ending." I said as my first tear fell knowing that day was very far away.

"We will. That is one promise I won't break ever." He said kissing my cheek. If I had been hooked up to a heart monitor it would be going crazy. This close proximity with him always made me like this.

"Are you planning on breaking any other promises?" I tried to joke.

"No." He said seriously as we pulled away. He wiped my tear and held my cheek in his palm.

"You are so much stronger than me." Nathan said running his thumb lightly across my cheek.

"I'm not." I said quietly.

"You are. After all of this you still have all this hope for the future and you've done nothing but take care of me since we got here because I can't stop freaking out." He said starting to get a little mad at himself.

"That's what we do Nate we always have." I said. "When one of us needs the comfort no matter how bad it is for us we don't stop until the other one is fine. We can't function and move on unless the other one is okay." I said shrugging.

"That's true." He said agreeing.

"You said we were in this together so no more shutting me out feeling responsible because truly Nate it's not your fault." I said making him understand. He looked at me for awhile before nodding. He still didn't fully believe me, but he was better.

"I'm sorry I won't do it anymore. At least I'll try I can't make any promises about that." Nathan said trying to smile. I returned it.

"Good so tomorrow we'll get the test results back and they can have the evidence they need to lock him up and I'm praying we can put this behind us." I said feeling overly exhausted thinking about it anymore.

"I want to." He said.

"Same we'll be okay." I said not sure who here I was trying to convince.

"Do you want to just lay here all night?" He asked. I nodded resituating myself to where I was before our talk. I put the blankets over us as we got comfortable. I leaned up to give him a quick kiss, but being Nathan he pulled me back for me. I didn't mind though. Just as mind-blowing as ever I had to reach up to pull him closer and deepen the kiss. He cradled me against him as the kiss intensified. My hand reached down to undo his pants when he put his hand on mine to stop me.

"What?" I asked breathless.

"I don't think we should do that here. And you're still hurt Brooke I couldn't take that chance and make it worse. I'm surprised you even want to do that." He said honestly. When it came to Nathan I could never think straight. The only thing I was ever aware of was how in love with him I was. If anyone else had been in this bed with me they wouldn't have stopped me they would let me do whatever I wanted.

"I don't know I just can't help myself when I'm with you." I said truthfully looking down embarrassed. He put his finger under my chin and made me look at him. He was wearing his cocky ass trademark smirk.

"So you just can't get enough of me can you?" Nathan asked smirk planted on his face. I rolled my eyes.

"I guess not Scott so when we get out of here I think you owe me." I said with a flirtatious wink. I was glad right now with how bad everything was we were getting back to what we used to be. Very affectionate and extremely flirty with each other. It made me fall in love with him all over again.

"Hmm I guess I could work something out." He said seductively before capturing my lips again.

"You better stop that or I won't even let you stop me when things start to escalate." I mumbled against his lips. He laughed and pulled back right before planting one more kiss to my lips and one to my forehead.

"Maybe you should try to sleep." Nathan said laying back down.

"I will." I said leaning my head on his chest. We were silent for awhile and I wasn't sure if he was asleep yet. His breathing was even, but so was mine and I wasn't asleep.

"Hey B." He whispered. He clearly knew I wasn't sleeping.

"Yeah Nate." I whispered back.

"In our happily ever after do you want kids?" He asked and all the butterflies in my stomach started fluttering like crazy. Kids with Nathan would be perfect. My first genuine smile in a long time broke out onto my face.

"Yes there are definitely kids." I said. And even in the dark I knew he was smiling.

Okay sort of lame ending, but there needed to be a little fluff and Brathan kids?! Omg they would be so cute!! Haha please review I will love you all so much!! Thank you for reading and to everyone who is still with this story it means everything!