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She didn't know what time it was when she woke up. Angrily tapping her watch for a while, she gave up after it refused to start again. Taking it off she threw it in no particular direction. After a little while, Brooke got up off the ground and looked around. She'd walked further than she thought she had and now she was awake, it was time to decide which way she was going to go. With one last look at the road she'd come down she turned and continued walking in the opposite direction. She wished she'd brought clothes or her car or money, but she guessed she had to accept the consequences of her spur of the moment runaway. Shoving her hands into the pockets of her jeans, she shivered as she walked along the side of the road. It was eerily quiet. No cars passed by and the trees seemed to be reaching out their branches to her, like long bony hands. Brooke never thought that the daylight was scary, but this time it was freaking her out, so she looked down at the floor, watching her feet as they moved one in front of the other. "All I have to do is keep moving." She thought to herself. "Soon I'll find somewhere to stay, get a job and start a new life." It was a provocative thought.

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As soon as she'd gotten in her car, Peyton picked up her cell phone and called Lucas.

"Lucas, she's missing," She said, as soon as Luke picked up his phone. "And I don't know where she is and neither do the cheerleaders and she wasn't in school and she wasn't at home and I don't know what to do!" Her voice was breaking with every word she was saying. Taking deep breaths she calmed herself and continued. "I'm in my car now, can I come pick you up?"

"Whoa, slow down and gimme a second to take this all in! She's missing? How do you know she's not just avoiding you?"

"That's not her thing Lucas, trust me. Just please come help me look?"

Lucas sighed. "Ok, meet me outside the caf

"Okay" Peyton hung up the phone and focused all her attention on getting to Karen's café. Once Lucas was in the car she sped off. "Which way?"

"Uh... I dunno, um... just go straight ahead." He said

The blonde nodded and turned her car. "What if we don't find her?"

"Are you always this pessimistic?"

"Lucas..."

"We'll find her"

They'd only been driving for a few minutes when something caught Peyton's eye. Slowing the car down to a stop she got out and ran over to where something gold and shiny lay.

"What is it?" Lucas asked, getting out of the car and joining his companion.

"It's Brooke's watch." Peyton said, fear in her eyes and in her voice.

"At least we know we're on the right track. Come on, let's keep driving." He turned around and returned to the car, getting in the drivers seat. "I'll drive, you're gonna get us both killed with the speed your driving."

Too scared and too emotional to argue, Peyton reluctantly got into the passenger seat, clutching the watch to her heart, as if it was the last thing she had of Brooke. "I can't believe we did all this!"

Lucas didn't say anything, just started the car and continued to drive.

Sorry my chapters are so short!