Chapter 6

"Accepting Reality"

Lucas's POV

A nauseous and revolting taste began to overcrowd the particles in my mouth. I could feel the butterflies in my stomach making summersaults and extreme flips and turns. My hands were becoming sweaty with every sentence that came out of the doctor's mouth. I took in a deep breath desperately not wanting the tears to consume my eyes. I swallowed back my tears. The girl he had been thinking about uncontrollably was lying in a hospital bed helpless and alone. But that was just a portion of the reason why his heart was aching. Brooke had been pregnant. And no one had found it considerably important to tell him that information. He then looked over to Haley and Nathan, and that's when he noticed they didn't have a sad face but a confused face. He then shifted his view to Peyton he could see passed the redness and puffiness that she had known. He could see her trying to slip away and make her way to the chair beside them.

He was then startled out of his thoughts by Haley.

"Wait a minute! Brooke was pregnant!" no one said a word; I quickly changed my gaze Peyton.

"You knew didn't you?" I said with no compassion.

"I tried to get her to tell you, that's what we were arguing about when she ran outside." She sniffled.

"Wait a minute-"Anna interrupted.

"What's the big deal? I don't mean what's the big deal in her loosing the baby I mean why is it a big deal that she didn't tell you?" she looked at me, and I was dumfounded. Did she not understand that that it was probably mine!

"Luke you said it yourself she didn't have the best reputation before you met her-"I couldn't believe what she was saying.

"You don't know Brooke she changed"

"Exactly if she can changed once then she can change again, how can you be sure that she didn't go back to her old ways! And didn't Peyton say that before Brooke had been hit she was coming back from a date! You told me you and Brooke hadn't been together like months!"

"Anna that's enough!" I said through my teeth.

"Whatever I'm going to get some coffee any body want?"" no one even acknowledged her. She then huffed and walked away. After she was gone Luke turned his gaze to Haley and Nathan.

"Umm can you guys do me a favor?"

"Yah sure anything!"

"Uh I want a few moments with Peyton can you give my uncle Keith a call and tell him I'm alright?" They silently nodded their heads and made their way to the elevator.

"How you holding up bud?" he sat next to Peyton and placed a hand on her back.

"She didn't think that you would care" she interjected. Lucas sat in silence allowing Peyton to talk.

"She told me that if you couldn't even say good bye, then you obviously don't care about her and you wouldn't care about your baby. And on that note it is your baby. Was your baby." She corrected herself.

"You know iv been going to her house every morning, for the past month, and every morning I find the same scene. Her curled up on her bed reading the letter you left her. The first time I caught her she stuffed it under her pillow thinking I hadn't seen her. When she went to the washroom to wash her hair I sat on her bed and took the letter from under her paper, not knowing what it was. And you know what i found?" not waiting for a response she continued.

"It was covered in tears Luke. That's when i started thinking… how many nights did Brooke stay up all night curled up on her bed crying. Thinking and believing she wasn't good enough to be loved by anyone. How could we have been so stupid! We hurt her so much I wouldn't have been surprised if she never spoke to me again. But she did. Why? I don't even know, all I know is that I will never screw up like I did that time." Lucas then stepped in.

"She would stay up all night telling me how amazing I was. Anything she would say would just put a smile on my face. And she was so afraid that she wasn't good enough for me. I would just laugh at her and tell her that I didn't know one person who was good enough for her. Ill never forget her face when she found out, I couldn't breathe. I was numb at first and then it began to sting, I had hurt someone who I loved so much. What am I going to do?"

"You need to talk to her, sort this stuff out. Oh by the way what the hell is going on?" Lucas looked at her confused.

"Anna?"

"Oh, I met her in Charleston we started hanging out as friends and then just yesterday things started escalading,"

"So you brought her with you?"

"She wouldn't take no as an answer"

"I can believe that" They smiled. Just then Haley Nathan and Anna came back.

"Hey you guys still need to talk?" Nathan asked just to make sure.

"No were done" Peyton rubbed what ever was left of her mascara off with a teary tissue.

It had been approximately an hour now, Haley had fallen asleep one side of Nathan's shoulder, and Peyton had fallen asleep on the other side. Anna was resting her head on Lucas's side when the doctor came through the hall. Lucas immediately stood up making Anna and the rest wake up.

"You can now see Ms. Davis" They all stood up and piled into the room. They followed the doctor to the end of the hallway. They walked in and as they did Haley quickly spun her head around and started crying into Nathan's shoulder at the site before her. Peyton instantly did the same. Lucas looked down at the petite brunette who was currently attached to millions of different units. The site was unbearable. Her soft and beautiful skin was torn and scraped and her arm was in a cast. When Peyton had talked to him he had controlled himself from crying but now it was hopeless. He brought his hands to his face and began to let the stinging in his eyes free. He felt Anna's hand on his back. But before anyone could continue a nurse burst into the room.

"Oh no, im sorry not all of you can be here right now, You may all come back tomorrow at 10 but for now me can only have 1 person stay with her, that is if anyone wants to stay. Ill give you guys 5 minutes but then I expect this room to be cleared out."

She then turned around and walked out the door. Luke had been so transfixed on Brooke that he didn't pay any attention to the nurse.

"Um you guys should go ill stay here" Peyton sniffled; Lucas then turned his attention to Peyton.

"No Peyton your exhausted ill stay," Peyton could see how desperate he was.

"Are you sure you want to?" she asked just in case.

"Yah…I want to…I need to" he whispered turning back to Brooke. "Haley, Nate do you guys think that you could take Anna back to your place."

"No im staying with you!" she interrupted.

"No you can't!" Peyton stepped in. Anna turned her head and stared at Peyton.

"Why not"

"…uhh you heard the nurse only one person can stay."

"Yah in the room...ill stay outside."

"Uh no Anna I think its better if you go with Haley and Nate."

"Yah I agree with Lucas!" all three responded.

"Argh fine."

She pouted but Lucas did not have time to deal with this, nor was he in the mood. He knew Anna was being overprotective, but right now all he was overprotective of was Brooke. They all slowly kissed Brooke on the cheek and made their way out. Anna stood their for a second.

"Are you going to be alright?" she asked sincerely.

"Yah ill be fine."

"Alright" she walked over gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked out with the rest of them.