She knew he was going to be angry. She hadn't called him all day and she had been with Lucas. She had a good reason on why she was with Lucas though. Maybe he would have sympathy for her and especially for Lucas, who could die, because he had the same heart condition as his father. The thought of Lucas dieing made her want to cry again for the five hundredth time that day alone. Brooke imagined that she would be all out of tears by the end of the next day. If she didn't run out tonight. Hopefully he wouldn't hit her if the realized that she had been crying.

Yeah, you heard right. Felix hit her. Brooke was in an abusive relationship. Her, Brooke Davis, the Brooke Davis who didn't take crap from anyone was in an abusive relationship. The Brooke Davis that if anyone messed with they wouldn't get away with out any bodily injury. Well, Felix did. I bet you are wondering why she stayed with him. She knew why, he had threatened someone she loved. No it wasn't Peyton, her parents or, Tutor wife, who was off gallivanting with that Chris guy, it was Lucas. You are probably saying that Lucas can take care of himself; she just couldn't stand the thought of Lucas getting hurt because she wasn't strong enough.

At first the threats just started out as beating Lucas up, then it turned into death threats. It sounds dramatic she knew this for sure, but Felix had threatened to kill Lucas. She did not understand why, all she knew was that Felix was a sick and twisted person.

After Brooke had left Lucas at the hospital, which was after the fell asleep, it was well into the night. She found herself driving down the highway praying that Felix would be at his home and not at her's. She was scared for the second time today.

Brooke pulled into her driveway hoping her prayers would be answered. Her prayers obviously were not heard because when she got out of her car she heard a pounding on her door. She knew who it was and how angry he was going to be. She knew if she kept him waiting it would be ten times worse.

He knew her parents were not home and he could do what ever he wanted because no one would realize what was going on, he could break down the door and no one would care.

She slowly walked down the stairs, still afraid of what he would do to her. She looked out the window praying it wouldn't be him, trying to give herself a false hope. She wanted it to be anyone but him, Nathan, Mouth, or hell; even Dan would have been better than Felix at the moment. And that was saying a lot if she would rather see Dan than Felix. Again her prayers were not answered because she opened the door to a very angry, seething Felix. Immediately after she opened the door he pushed her back inside and started yelling at her.

"Where the hell have you been, I have been calling you all day and you didn't answer the damn phone." He yelled grabbing her by the arm.

"I was at the hospital, Lucas passed out at his basketball practice, and I wanted to make sure that he was okay, he isn't." She almost yelled this at him, but deciding that this was not the right time.

"I don't care, you were with him until ten at night. How do you think I feel knowing my girlfriend was with her ex and my enemy all night? I bet he wasn't at the hospital, I bet you were over at his house and were both having a good laugh at gullible Felix, who knows nothing of what you are doing. You had sex with him didn't you?" Felix yelled, by now he had tightened his arm a lot more. She was sure he would leave a bruise.

"No, he was at the hospital. He has his father's heart condition and he could die from it. He needed me to be there for him, I'm his best friend and I was not about to leave him alone when he needed me the most." Felix didn't look very sympathetic or compassionate when she told him what happened. He just looked angrier than before.

"Do I look like I care, you still spent you whole day with your ex, who I hate with a passion. How do I know you are not lying to me?" By now Felix had her backed against a wall. She couldn't get away no matter how much she struggled.

"How do I know you and him were not over at his house having sex and laughing at me not having a clue on what is going on? How do I know that you were at the hospital with him, how do I know if you are lying to me?" He couldn't get angrier than he already was.

Felix suddenly shoved Brooke against the wall and slapped her. The slapped sent her reeling back, and causing her to hit her head on the wall. The slap had caused her to start to struggle in his tight grasp. This only seemed to aggravate him even more. He continued to hit her for a terribly long amount of time. Her tears of agony and pain mixed with the blood that was pouring down her face.

When Felix finished taking his anger out on her body, he left her in a bloody mass on the hardwood floor of her own home. He signaled he was gone by the loud slamming of her door. She slowly, with what little strength she had left, stood on her shaky legs and started to walk up the stairs to her bathroom.

When she made it to the bathroom she started the water to her bath. She slowly lowered herself into the scalding hot water. She washed the blood and tears off of her face and body.

When she got out she took a good look at her self in the mirror. Seeing her reflection in the mirror made her cringe and flinch away. She wanted to run screaming out of the house after she saw herself in the mirror. This is what he had done to her. He had made her afraid to look at herself in the mirror.

She made her way to the bed. She pulled back the covers and hugged her pillow to her body as the lay in a fetal position on her bed. She wanted to cry, but she knew the salty tears would sting the fresh cuts on her body.

Brooke lay in bed for hours, and she still couldn't fall asleep. She knew when she went to see Lucas tomorrow he would know something was up, and he would want to kill Felix, and he just might do that if she told him what happened, but she couldn't let him hurt himself especially now since he had the heart condition.

Brooke wondered what life would have been like if Lucas had not cheated on her with Peyton. If she had told Felix she didn't want to date him. She knew Lucas had come to see her that night that she and Felix had gotten together. She knew why he came over too. He was going to tell her he loved her. She wished now that she had waited, that she could go back in time and yell at herself not to date Felix that Lucas was coming to tell her that he loved her. If she had waited she would be with Lucas right now and he would probably be telling her how much he loved her, and if she had waited she would surely be telling him how much she loved him too. If only she had waited for him to come to her. If only she had waited.

Hey guys sorry it has been so long since I updated. I really don't have an excuse as to why, but I think you will all be happy to know that my football team won STATE, 47-49. The first time ever. Yeah, Go BUX. I'm from Gilmer. Well I hope ya'll liked the update. Thanx to all of you who updated. So please keep it up.

Paige