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Chapter 27: I Remember
Brooke opened her mouth like a fish and just stared at Nick. "Why are you here?" she asked.
"I've got some bad news," he sat down next to her.
"What?" she looked at him, still puzzled as to why he was there. It's been seven years since I've seen my brother why would he come back now, my parents pretty much banished him for……..
"Brooke, our parents died in a plane crash last night," Nick broke it as quietly as he could.
Shivers ran through her body, her heart seemed to stop for a minute, trying to comprehend their death. "Even though they fought all the time, I still loved them." Brooke cried into her brother's shirt.
"I know, it's okay, cause I'm here now, to take care of you," Nick soothed her.
Haley sat on her bed, trying to read, her mind racing with other ideas of stuff to do. Her parents were out of town again, they were always away, since she was the baby of the family, all her siblings were married or had moved away. She was free to do what she wanted.
"Maybe I'll go see Nathan?" she said aloud to herself.
Nathan sat in his room, thinking about the events of the past month. The camping trip, him being sick, Haley being sick, Brooke's amnesia, and everything else. And now his parents were getting divorced for real, no more pretend it was really going to happen.
And they were pressing him to pick who he wanted to live with. Pressure or what.
His door opened softly and Haley peeked in. "Hey Nate, can I come in?"
"Hales, you don't need to ask, you're my girlfriend, I've missed you lately, with the move to the new school, everything seems to have changed." He pulled her into his lap and hugged her.
Haley leaned up and kissed him softly. "I've missed you too, Nate, I love you." They sat there in quiet silence, remembering what was and what is now.
Lucas answered his cell phone, "Okay slow down, I'll be right there." Mind racing, he grabbed his jacket and ran to the door with his car keys jingling in his pocket.
He pealed away from the curb.
Brooke sat on the couch, her mind racing through the events that had come back to her, first when she'd seen Nick and then when she'd heard the news of her parents.
"I remember, I…." her face crumpled as she remembered her and Peyton's friendship and now her best friend was dead. "I'm all alone, I have no one except….." her hand reached for the phone.
Lucas knocked on the door, it was opened by a strange guy. "Who are you? Where is Brooke?"
"Lucas," she walked forward and into his arms. "Peyton's dead and my parents are dead and I'm all alone except for you, please don't leave me."
Luke looked down at her, vulnerability shone in her eyes and her stance was that of a defeated person.
"I'm here for you, you know that," he looked down into her eyes and then embraced her tightly.
Nick watched them, "I'm Nick, Brooke's brother." Holding out his hand to Luke.
"I didn't know Brooke had a brother," he said to himself, he shook Nick's hand. Moving slowly, he escorted Brooke to the sofa.
"Brooke, it'll be okay, I'm here for you." Lucas rubbed her shoulders.
More soon. The next chapter will be jumped ahead 3 months and focusing on the group, no more Manchester Prep, it's getting too confusing. Although Sam may remain in the story. Remains to be seen.