She's The Blade

Promises and Lies

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Taylor got up slowly from Nathan's bed and picked up her clothes from the floor, and got dressed quickly. She walked into her apartment and got a hot bath. She walked into her living room and turned on the TV; she smiled to herself as she thought about her night with Nathan…

Nathan woke up and looked at the space beside him. Taylor was gone, and Nathan figured that she had gone home. He couldn't stop thinking about Haley, and their marriage. He was still married to her no matter if she had left or not, and he still loved her…

Lucas walked to Brooke's house and knocked on the door lightly. Brooke answered the door and smiled in confusion, "Hi Luke," she said and then let him inside, "What's up?"

"I just wanted to talk to you…" Lucas began.

Brooke nodded to herself and smiled, "Okay," she said as she sat down in the living room, "What do you want to talk about?"

"I just want to know how you're doing," Lucas said, "With Felix and everything…"

Brooke smiled, "I really care about him," she began, "I think I might love him."

"Oh," Lucas said with a hint of hurt in his voice.

Brooke noticed his tone of voice and her smile fell, "What's wrong?" She asked.

"It's just hard for me to see you with him," Lucas said truthfully, "You deserve better than him!"

Brooke looked down at the ground and began to cry softly, "I'm finally happy Luke; for once in my life I'm happy!" She exclaimed.

Lucas stood up and walked towards the door, "So you were never happy with me?" He asked, but left leaving Brooke looking sad and defeated.

Taylor walked down to the river court and sat on the bench and looked out into the river. She wrapped her arms around herself, and squinted her eyes as the sun beamed down on her.

"Hey baby girl," she heard someone say.

Taylor looked and saw the Latino boy that Brooke had been with the night before, "Um, hi?" Taylor answered, "Do I know you?"

"Well you should," Felix said with a grin, "You know…It sucks that the first girl I ever had sex with doesn't even remember me!"

Taylor's jaw dropped, "F-F-Felix?" She asked.

"Don't be so surprised to see me, doll," Felix said with a cynical smile, "You don't remember me do you?" Felix asked as he walked towards Taylor, "Because I sure as hell remember you…"

Taylor got up from the bench and backed away from Felix, "Get the fuck away from me," she said and then began to walk away.

"You're just going to leave me like that?" Felix screamed as he chased her down, "Come on!"

Taylor began to run, and Felix ran after her. Taylor felt her knee pop and she collapsed onto the cold, hard ground. Felix got on top of Taylor and pinned her hands down above her head, "Stop it!" Taylor screamed.

"Remember what I told you before," Felix said in a hushed, angry voice, "It's better when you don't scream and struggle..."

Taylor kicked Felix in the groin and got up and tried to run away, but her knee made her fall again, "Hey!" She heard Lucas scream as he came to Taylor and held her in his arms, "Are you okay?"

"…Yeah," Taylor choked out while tears streamed down her cheeks.

Lucas looked at Felix who was bent over in pain and kicked him in the stomach; hard. "You fucking pig!" He exclaimed, "You…You have no fucking right to put your hands on a woman like this!"

Even through all his pain Felix looked up at Lucas and sneered, "Brooke seems to like it," he said with a menacing laugh.

Lucas kicked him again in the groin and carried Taylor to his car, "It's going to be okay…"

"I need to go to a hospital," Taylor said through tears. Lucas nodded his head and quickly drove to the hospital.

Lucas sat in the waiting room and saw a doctor come out. The doctor walked over towards him and sighed, "Her knee is pretty beat up…But it's nothing that surgery can't fix."

"That's good," Lucas said with a sigh of relief.

The doctor looked down at his charts and then back up at Lucas, "She had some unusual scars on her…"

Lucas looked at the doctor in confusion, "What?"

"On her stomach theirs a small scar that is a perfect circle," the doctor explained, "And then there's scars on her arms, and it looks like she's had some severe beating, but not recently…"

Lucas bit his knuckles and looked down at the ground, "She's kind of new here, so none of us have really gotten to know her that well…"

"I see," the doctor said, "I'm going to go check on her…I'll be back out with more details," he said and then left.

Brooke walked in a minute later and ran up and hugged Lucas, "Felix told me about what happened," she said with a weak voice.

"He's an ass," Lucas said angrily.

Brooke gave him a confused look, "No Luke. Felix told me about how Taylor was trying to come onto him and he had to push her away, and she fell and popped her knee…"

"What?" Lucas screamed, "That's the story he told you?"

Brooke bit her bottom lip, "…Yes."

"Well he's a god damn liar," Lucas said, "He tried to…I don't know what he was trying to do, but I saw the whole thing and he was forcing himself on her! I-I think he was trying to rape her…"

Brooke put her hand over her mouth and fell into Lucas's arm, "Oh my god…"

"Shh," Lucas said as he comforted her, "Nothing happened…"

Brooke let out a stifled cry, "You saved her," Brooke said as she looked up at Lucas with watery eyes and then walked towards Taylor's room.

Taylor laid there in her hospital bed and hummed to herself. She never knew her past was going to come and bite her so hard in the ass. She saw Brooke entering the room with a weak smile, "Hey," Taylor said with a raspy voice.

"I don't even know what to say to you," Brooke said with guilt written all over her face.

Taylor gave her a comforting smile, "You didn't do anything Brooke…"

"Why did Felix," Brooke began, but his name brought tears to her eyes, "Why did he…try to…you know?"

Taylor sighed and looked down at her hands, "There's a lot of things that have happened to me that I'm not proud of Brooke…I have a horrible past," she said sadly.

"What happened?" Brooke asked as she put her hand on top of Taylor's, "Please…Help me understand…"

"Felix raped me," Taylor said, "When I lived in LA…Before Chris, before music, before everything…We were Freshman, and we both were at this party," Taylor said as she tried not to cry, "He must have gotten really drunk, because I was just standing there in one of the open rooms. He-he…He came in and just…" Taylor stopped herself and put her head in her hands, "He forced himself on me…Without protection…"

Brooke cried softly in her hands, "I had no idea Taylor…"

"Nobody did," Taylor said as she wiped her eyes. Brooke rubbed Taylor's hand and walked out of the room.

Brooke walked into the waiting room and saw Nathan and Lucas standing there. Brooke hugged Nathan, "She'll probably want to see you…"

Nathan nodded and walked into the room, "Hey," he said and smiled and Taylor. He sat down on the chair that Brooke had occupied, "How are you feeling?"

Taylor smiled, "It's just a knee injury…I'll be fine," she said.

"It seems like more than just a knee injury," Nathan said as he wiped one of her tears away, "Why would Felix try shit with you?"

Taylor put her hand on Nathan's cheek, "Just make me laugh, Nate," she said, "I don't want to talk about this anymore…"

Nathan gave her a weak smile, "Two guys walk into a bar…"

"No," Taylor said with a small giggle, and then looked at Nathan seriously, "What are we Nathan?"

"What do you mean?" Nathan asked, "We're friends…"

Taylor sighed, "What about last night?"

"It was all a mistake," Nathan said sadly, "You're a wonderful girl…"

Taylor put her head in her hands and then looked at Nathan, "I'm not a little girl Nathan," she said angrily, "Don't flatter me…" Taylor turned over on her side and cried while Nathan left the room.

Nathan sat in his house and thought about Taylor. He looked over at the mural of him and Haley from their wedding party at TRIC. He smiled to himself, but his smile faded when he thought about Taylor and everything they had been through since Haley left…Nathan's thoughts were interrupted by a hard, loud knock on the door.

Nathan got up and opened the door. He saw Chris standing there with an annoyed look on his face, "What the fuck are you doing here?"

"Haley says hi," Chris said with a cynical smile.

Nathan looked at him angrily, "Get the fuck out of here!"

Chris rolled his eyes, and then cleared his throat, "There's something you need to know about Taylor…"

Nathan sighed, "Shoot."

"She has a pretty bad past," Chris said, "I mean you name it, Taylor's done it…"

Nathan rolled his eyes, "Are you talking about drugs or something?"

"Before I met Taylor she was raped," Chris said, "She only had her dad, and he always beat the shit out of her…I mean, she still has the scars and some bruising…"

Nathan looked down sadly, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Because you need to know," Chris said, "To understand her…"

Nathan laughed sarcastically, "Let me guess the next part of the story…Um, she got into drugs and you saved her!" He said, "Congratulations!"

"I guess it's easy to be an ass when your wife leaves you," Chris said coldly.

"It's easy to be an ass either way," Nathan said, and then slammed the door in Chris's face.

Taylor walked into Lucas's room and saw him sitting in his bed, "Hi," she said weakly as she limped towards his bed.

"Hey," Lucas said as he sat up quickly.

Taylor lay down on his bed and began to cry softly, "I have to leave this place, Luke…I can't stay here anymore."

Lucas began to rub Taylor's back, "I want you to stay," he said sincerely.

"I know you do," Taylor said, "But I can't…"

Lucas brought Taylor's face close to his and kissed her passionately. Taylor returned the kiss and rested her hand on Lucas's cheek. Nathan stood in Lucas's doorway and watched them kissed; he looked down at the ground and walked back to his car.

On The Next One Tree Hill:

School:

Taylor: (Looking upset) You're still with him?

Taylor's Apartment:

Nathan: (Angry) I saw you kissing Lucas!

Taylor: (Throwing her hands up) We're not together Nathan! Remember? I was a mistake!

River Court:

Lucas: We kissed. That's all that happened…

Nathan: (Throwing the ball)

Lucas: What the hell is wrong with you? (Shot of Nathan walking away) Are you into her?

Nathan's Apartment:

(Knock on the door)

Nathan: Hold on! (Answering the door; beat) …Haley?

Park:

Nathan: I know about your past…With the beatings, and the rape, and everything…

Taylor: (Looks upset) Felix was the guy, Nathan…

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