If some one had asked her what the color of the walls of the hospital were she couldn't tell you, if they asked her what Lucas's doctors name was, she couldn't tell you, she probably couldn't tell you her name at the moment if you asked her. All of her thoughts were on the fact that Lucas was sick. Her ex-boyfriend, new best friend, and her shoulder to cry on, was sick. He could die; he could have the same heart condition as Dan.

These thoughts scared her more than anything had ever scared her in her life. She wanted to yell, scream, kick, cry until her eyes couldn't cry any more tears. She wanted to yell how unfair it was. She had just gained him back as a friend and she had to risk losing him again. They might take him away from her when she had just reached out and pulled him back in as her best friend.

Brooke and Karen walked to Lucas's room in silence, with the occasional sob from Karen. She had to be strong for Karen; she couldn't show weakness in front of Karen. Karen was going through enough these days and she didn't need a sobbing teenage girl sobbing on her shoulder.

When they had finally made it to Lucas's room Brooke grabbed Karen's hand and gave it a small squeeze of reassurance

He was awake when they went into the room. His face was pale, and he looked scared, scared of what the doctor had to say to him about his condition. Brooke and Karen walked over to the side of the bed. Karen gave Lucas a motherly hug, when she pulled away Brooke walked over and held him tight against her body.

"You really scared me today, I thought I was going to loose you." She whispered into his ear.

"I'm sorry he said in a low, raspy, uneven breathes.

She pulled away from the hug a little bit and placed a small kiss on his cheek, whispered in his ear that it was okay, and returned to the hug. Karen smiled at them from the corner of the room.

Karen walked over to the side of the bed Lucas was in, and pulled up a chair. When Brooke pulled away, she pulled up a chair and sat on the other side of Lucas. They both held one of his hands in their own.

They sat in a comfortable silence until the doctor came in. They could feel the unease in their stomachs when the doctor approached them with a solemn and painful look on his face, painful because what he was about to tell them could change their lives forever.

The doctor cleared his throat and started to talk.

"Lucas came into the hospital today because he blacked out, am I right?" He asked. They all nodded in agreement with the doctor's questions.

"Ms. Roe asked me to give him his heart test to see if he had the same heart condition as his father." Brooke held her breath anticipating what the doctor was about to say next. "The blackout was a result of a strain on his heart. (I know nothing about this medical kind of stuff, so please don't flame me on me lack on knowledge on all things medical) I'm afraid to say he does have the same condition as his father. The condition could be fatal if it is not treated soon. The treatment is fairly hard to get through but if you get through the treatment you would be in clear water, unless you had a relapse. Lucas, I need you to stop playing basketball if you want to do the treatments. Not doing the treatments will be fatal. The condition could take as long as 30 years to take effect or 30 days. If you do choose to take the treatments, I will need you to come in at least twice a week so we can monitor you heart, and see how things are going." The doctor paused to catch his breath, and then continued, "Lucas we will need you to stay over night, so we can monitor your heart, but tomorrow, if all things go well, you should be able to go home."

The doctor left the room to give them time to process what they had just heard. Lucas had Dan's heart condition. Dan had not only left him when he was still in the womb, but the bastard gave him his damn heart condition.

Brooke knew she couldn't blame Dan. She knew he had no influence over what happened, but she wanted some one to blame and Dan was the logical one she could blame. They stayed quite for a good five minutes and the only thing that broke them from the silence was the sound of a strangled sob coming for Lucas.

She had never seen him cry, and now that he was doing it, she was scared again. Brooke Davis was scared; she wanted to scream now more than ever how unfair it was. He had never done anything wrong, save a few things from the past year, and god was punishing him. It was so unfair.

Brooke and Karen both got up from the chair, and wrapped their arms around him. Brooke started to sob for the second time that day. She could feel the sobs from Lucas at the same time; in rhythm with hers and Karen's. They pulled away from him slowly just as Karen was starting to sob harder. Karen didn't want Lucas to see her crying so hard so she left the room leaving Brooke and Lucas to themselves. Lucas pulled Brooke slowly back to his body. Brooke allowed him to cry on her shoulder while she cried on his.

Lucas was the first to pull back, and Brooke was the first to talk.

"I'm so sorry Lucas. I'm sorry this had to happen to you. It is so unfair." She said in uneven breaths. Also gasping for air.

"It's okay Brooke everything will be okay, as long as I have my best friend to help me through this." He said with a small smile on his face. Brooke gave him a small smile back. "Promise you will be here for me, I don't think I could do this without you, I don't think I could do this alone."

"I promise Lucas I will be here with you every step of the way, and I will let nothing stop me from helping you. I swear if you ever need anyone to talk to you call me or come to my house, it could be 2:00 a.m. and I will talk to you on the phone. If you ever just need to know someone is there for you I will be there any day or any time." She promised immediately, knowing she could keep this promise, She loved him, he was her best friend, and she was going to help him every step of the way.

They smiled at each other, and Brooke enveloped him in another Brooke Davis hug, just as her phone went off. She pulled away slightly and grabbed the phone from her pocket, it was Felix, and right now she really didn't want to talk to him, she just wanted to be with Lucas, her ex, her best friend, and Felix sure as hell wasn't going to take this well.

Hi guys think you so much for reviewing. I love all of you who reviewed. My football team is going to the state for the second time in twenty-three years and this year we have a chance of winning, and I'm with the band so I might not update until next week because the game is Saturday. I hope you liked the review, and again I love all of you who reviewed last time. So please review again. Oh yeah, I disclaim, I own nothing, but I do want Lucas. I didn't do that last time.