CHAPTER 5

Lucas immediately knew something terrible happened last night when Brooke walked into his hospital room. She had a large bruise on her face that she had tried to cover up with make-up. She had a large had print like bruise around her wrist. She was wearing a pair of sweat pants and his gray sweater that was way to big on her. All in all she looked like she seriously needed help.

"Hey how is my favorite Scott today?" She asked trying to act all cheery like she usually does.

"Brooke what the hell happened last night after you left? Why do you look like you get into a fight with Muhammad Ali, and lost?" He asked with concerned filled eyes.

"Nothing I just fell down the stairs." She said, her forced smile now missing on her face.

"Brooke I know that is a lie, you have a hand print shaped bruise on you face, and wrist." He said, wanting to know why she was lying.

"Felix and I just got into a fight," was the only thing she said before Lucas just exploded with anger.

"Felix hit you? That bastard, I'm going to kill him." Lucas started to get up and grabbed his clothes his mother had brought him.

"Luke, where are you going?" She asked with desperation in her voice.

"I'm going to kill Felix for what he did to you. That bastard, I can't believe he did this to you. Well he is going to pay." Lucas was now half way out the door.

"Lucas stop, please don't do anything stupid. You need to lie back down. Lucas you just found out you have a heart condition you can't go around beating the crap out of people." She was now sobbing hysterically, trying to get him to not leave the hospital. "Besides it was my fault anyways."

"Brooke how in the hell was this you fault?" He asked with anger and confusion in his voice.

"I was here with you and it made him angry that I was here with you and not him." She was now sobbing and begging him silently not to leave. Lucas looked at her, his anger slowly ebbing away. She looked at him; her eyes were red and puffy. "Come here," was the only thing she said before she ran into his arms. She held onto him like she was afraid that he would disappear and never come back if she let go. She sobbed into his shoulder while he rubbed small soothing circles on her back.

"Brooke if he hit you it is not you fault. He should not have hit you. God I just can't believe he hit you. I just want to kill him right now." He whispered into her hair.

"I just don't want you to get hurt Lucas. He could seriously do some damage; now especially since you just found out that you have a heart condition. Besides I've survived this before." Brooke suddenly realized what she had said when Lucas stopped rubbing circles on her back. 'Oh god I did not just say that.' She thought. She looked up into his face to see the anger return.

"Brooke has he done this before?" He asked with concern flashing in his eyes. She only nodded her head as a yes. "Why did you stay then, if he hit you why did you choose to stay with him?"

"I don't know I was scared to leave, scared of what he would do to me, of what he would do to my family and my friends." She said looking him straight in the eye when she said this.

"Brooke you know that if I knew what was going I would not let him do anything to you." He said with a passion in his voice.

"I know Lucas but he threatened some one that I love with their life if I ever tried to leave or if I ever told anyone what was happening to me, and I was scared for not only my life, but the life of the person I love." Lucas could really understand where she was coming from; if someone he loved was threatened he would do anything to make sure they were safe.

"I'm not going to let him do this to you again, I'm going to do anything within my power to make sure he never touches you, or looks at you wrong in anyway." Lucas promised. Brooke looked up at him and shook her head. She snuggled closer into his chest. Brooke and Lucas stayed this way until they heard a knock on the door. The door opened to reveal Karen. She gasped when she saw the state that Brooke was in.

"Brooke, honey what happened? How did this happen? Did someone do this to you?" Karen asked in a frantic voice. Brooke pulled away from Lucas so she could talk to Karen, but she stayed at Lucas's side with his arm wrapped around her waist.

"Felix did this. He got angry last night and he obviously took his anger out on me." She whispered.

"Why would he do this? Why was he mad? How could someone do this to another person?" All of the questions just flew out of Karen's mouth, but she wanted to know who could do this to such a sweet girl.

"He was angry that I spent so much time here with Lucas last night. He wants all of my attention, and he doesn't like to share, so when he found out I was here he just lost it."

"Brooke has he done this before?" Karen asked.

"Yeah, just a couple of times." Brooke answered.

"How long has he been doing this to you? Why didn't you leave him when he did it the first time."

"He's been doing this for about a month, and he threatened the life of someone I love. He said that if I told someone what happened that he would kill that person, and I couldn't stand the thought that he would hurt this person and it would be my fault that they were killed." Brooke was now crying hysterically. Karen opened her arms for Brooke. Brooke broke away from Lucas and ran to hug Karen. Karen held the sobbing girl in her arms and allowed her to cry on her shoulder. Lucas watched his mom calm down a girl who was so broken and scared, that he knew she was silently begging for help, something Brooke Davis never did.

A realization suddenly dawned on Lucas; Brooke's parents didn't stop what Felix did. Why didn't they realize that their daughter was in pain, that she was being beaten and hurt?

"Brooke why didn't you parents stop him?" He asked.

"They weren't home. They don't know what has been happening to me." She replied. Karen decided to speak up.

"Well if they aren't at home that means he has better access to you. You can't go back home tonight or until they get home. You can stay with Lucas and me until your parents get home." Karen said.

"No Karen, I can't do that. I can't impose on you. You just found out that your son has a heart condition. You don't need a teenage girl staying with you."

"Yes you wouldn't be imposing because I asked you to."

"Come on Brooke you know that it wouldn't be a problem." Lucas said. Brooke thought about the offer for a minute before she answered.

"Yeah I would really like to come stay with you. Thank you, you have no idea how much this means to me. Thank you so much." Lucas walked over to the two women that he loved that most and embraced them. They both wrapped one of their arms around his waist and hugged them back. He knew them that with everything that was going on, his heart condition and Brooke's abusive relationship, that everything was going to be okay.

Guys I am so sorry that I haven't written in such a long time. I have had a really bad case of writers block and I have started a new story, and I have devoted most of my free time to getting it off the ground. Plus with all of my school work and after school activities that I just haven't had time to work on this one, but now I am at home sick and I have nothing else to do so I decided to work on this story. I will try to work on the next chapter a lot faster than this one. I just hope you all don't hate me now. So please review my story and tell me what I should do for the next chapter.