A/N: Because I am so nice I am posting this chapter. And I also know what its like to get a cliffhanger. But when you're an author its really so much fun!! Well, Thanks to all of you for your reviews! It really helps me write when I get them.

Silence. That was all there was in the hospital. Lucas and Sydney had talked to the doctor and at the end of the conversation Sydney had her head rested on Lucas' shoulder. She was crying.

Lucas was obviously distraught and had called Haley to come. As soon as she walked through the doors of the Emergency Room followed by Nathan and soon Lucas was crying on her shoulder. Nathan had to be strong because he knew that even if he and Brooke had gotten closer there was no way it would help if he had been negative about the situation.

Sydney had gone with Nathan and Haley to get stuff for the hospital. She was also going to fly to Europe to get her mom. Sarah Davis-Harper (A/N: making up a little too much stuff) wouldn't know the impact of the situation if someone hadn't gone straight up and slapped her in the face.

Brooke's eyes fluttered open and she had no idea where she was. There was an IV plugged into her left and she was in a room that was no longer hers.

"Oh god." Brooke looked up at the ceiling.

"Why didn't you tell me?" A voice from the door asked. She struggled to see the face.

"Lucas," Brooke whispered.

"The doctor said you knew for over six months now." He looked like a little boy. His eyes were puffy from crying. "Brooke, why didn't you tell me?"

"I was going to," Brooke's heart broke. "But then I saw you with Peyton."

"I messed up more than I thought." He sat down beside her. "Cancer is hard to deal with." He kissed her gently.

"I prefer the term leukemia." Brooke laughed. "It got a more sophisticated ring to it, in an A Walk to Remember way."

"It's serious." Lucas looked at her. "I could've helped you."

"And what? Stayed with me because I was dying?" Brooke asked, her voice a little louder. "You have no idea what it's like to cope with something that could be the end of you."

"Did you really go to the doctor's office last Friday?" He asked.

"Yes, I did." Brooke nodded.

"He told me that you were taking a medication to stabilize your body." He asked.

"Yes, I am. It's for this thing that they want to test out." Brooke said. "I must have missed one and my system screwed up."

"How could you have missed it?" Lucas asked.

"That was Saturday, when you decided to turn back time." Brooke looked away.

"It was my fault." Lucas said.

"No it wasn't. I forgot all about it." Brooke said.

Lucas was quiet for a moment. "You're not going to die." He whispered.

Brooke's eyes filled with tears. "I didn't respond to the treatment."

"Brooke, how could the doctor's not know?" Lucas asked her.

"I thought it was my anemia." Brooke shut her eyes remembering the day she found out. "The doctor's said I've had it for awhile now and it's no surprise that I didn't think of it as a big deal."

Lucas just looked at her, as if he were never going to see her again. The sadness in his eyes broke Brooke's heart.

"Please don't look at me like that." A tear trickled down her cheek as she put her hand on his face. "I will still be here tomorrow."

"What about the day after that? And next week? Next month?" Lucas began to cry.

"Sorry, Scott, you're not getting rid of me that easily." There was a heaviness in her heart

"Don't leave me." Lucas whimpered and buried his face onto her chest.

"Not if I can help it." Brooke shut her eyes trying hard to fight the pain and sadness.

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