Here is another chapter. I am on a roll.lol I hope you like it. It's a little short, but I needed to end it here, sorry. Anyways here's the next chapter. It's a Brooke and Peyton filled one. Thanks.
Chapter Thirty Four
Worst Day Of My Life
Suddenly Peyton walked into the living room with tears streaming down her face."I'm sorry to interrupt, but Brooke I need you."
Brooke quickly got up from her position on top of Lucas and ran over to Peyton."Peyt what is it? Are you okay?"Brooke didn't know what she was doing or what this meant to their friendship. She was just doing what came naturally, doing whatever she could to help Peyton.
Peyton continued to cry."I really need to talk to you."she turned to Lucas."Alone. Please."Peyton saw Brooke also turn to Lucas hesitantly."Look, I know you don't owe me anything, neither of you do, but I don't know what to do. I didn't know where else to go. Your the only one I knew I could come to with this. Please don't make me leave."said Peyton through sobs.
Brooke too found herself near tears. She hadn't seen Peyton like this since they were little and her mom died. Sure she had seen Peyton cry a lot lately, but it was nothing like she was now. She was about hysterical now. Brooke turned to Lucas."Can you give us some time alone please. I need to find out what's going on."
Lucas looked between the two girls who both had tears in their eyes. He himself wondered what was going on, but knew this was none of his business and they'd let him know if they wanted him to know.."Yeah, sure. Do you want me to go upstairs or something?"
Brooke shook her head."No, this might take a while. Why don't you go home and I'll just call you later."she said with a half smile. The last thing she wanted was to send Lucas home. They were supposed to spend the rest of the day and night together without interruptions, but obviously that wasn't going to happen now.
Lucas nodded."Okay. Don't forget to call me though. I'll be waiting."he walked over to Brooke and gave her a quick kiss before leaving. He thought about apologizing to Peyton for the way he acted earlier, but felt that the time wasn't right. He'd have to do it later.
Brooke turned to Peyton."What's wrong? What happened to you? It's been a long time since I've seen you like this."
"Karma. That's what happened to me."
Brooke looked at her confused."Peyton sweetie, your gonna have to give me more than that."said Brooke with a slight smile, wanting to lighten the mood if she could.
"Last night I got payback for every horrible thing I did to you and Lucas."
"What are you talking about?"Brooke waited for an answer, but all she got was more tears from Peyton. Brooke grabbed Peyton's hands and led her over to the couch."Peyton your gonna have to actually tell me what going on if you want me to help you."
"Rodger drugged me last night and I can't remember a thing. What is wrong with me? Do I have a sign somewhere on me that says 'Easy Target'? This is the second time this has happened to me. Am I that stupid that guys think they can do this to me and get away with it?"
Brooke couldn't believe what she had just heard. Rodger, the slime, who had tried to hurt her, had now drugged Peyton and she was blaming herself."Peyton your not stupid and this isn't your fault, but what exactly are you talking about?"she hoped that for Peyton's sake she was wrong.
"I don't remember anything about last night Brooke."
"Well that's understandable, you were really drunk."
Peyton shook her head."No, I remember only having one drink. There is no way I was drunk. Lucas doesn't remember anything from the night of his accident because he was drugged. That's also why I don't remember."
"I don't get it. If you can't remember anything, then how do you know he drugged you?"she wanted to help Peyton, but first she needed to understand herself.
Peyton wiped away her tears and looked at Brooke. She had expected Brooke to kick her out, especially since she looked like she was busy with Lucas when she came in, but she didn't and now as Peyton looked at her she expected to see anger, but she didn't, all she saw was sadness and concern."Okay, well after I left Lucas' I went to Debbie's. I didn't feel like going home. When Debbie opened the door she was furious at me. I didn't know why. That's when she told me about seeing me with Rodger. She said she saw us kissing and that I left with him. Brooke I swear I don't remember kissing him or leaving with him and I know I wasn't drunk."
"Did he make you a drink?"
Peyton shook her head."Not that I remember. He might have after I was out of it."
"Well did you set your own drink down at any time?"
"Only when I went to use the restroom."
"Why didn't you take your drink with you?"
Peyton shrugged."I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. I guess I just didn't expect for something like this to happen."
Brooke placed her hands on top of Peyton's and held them tight. She really wanted to pull Peyton to her and hold her, but she couldn't bring herself to. She wasn't ready for anything other than this, so for now this would have to do."So Debbie said she saw you two leave together?"
"Yes, she said we were all over each other. I think he was probably holding me up since I bet I was out of it."
Brooke hated to have to ask her next question, but knew she had to."Do you feel like you had sex last night?"
"I don't know. I have no idea if anything happened last night and that's the worst part. How am I supposed to move on without knowing what happened?"
Brooke wiped away a few tears that had fallen. She knew Peyton must be feeling horrible, not knowing what happened. It had to worse knowing that Rodger didn't have a problem sleeping with a girl who didn't want to."You know what Rodgers capable of."Peyton nodded. Brooke stood up and pulled Peyton up with her."Come on lets go."
"Where are we going?"
"To the hospital, you need to get checked."
Peyton pulled away from Brooke."I don't want to go. I don't need to know."
"That's not true and you know it. You just said not knowing was the worst part and you couldn't move on not knowing."
"But I'm scared."cried Peyton.
"Don't be. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. Now lets go. We need to do this."Brooke pulled herself and Peyton through the door.
Brooke and Peyton waited in the hospital exam room for the doctor. Things were still a little awkward for them."Are you okay Peyt? Your pretty quiet."
"I'm fine."said Peyton looking up at the ceiling from her bed."I was just trying to make things easier for you, you know, being quiet so you don't have to put up with me. I know I'm the last person you want to be spending the day with, especially seeing how I barged in on you and Lucas earlier."
"That's not true, well it kinda is, but can you blame me? Peyton you have been awful to me for almost two months, hell longer if you count all the time I didn't know about you and Lucas."
"I know and I hate myself for that. I have been the worst kind of friend and what makes me feel even worse, if that's possible, is that even though I have done nothing but hurt you, your still here with me now. Your still helping me out on the worst day of my life, when I was the one that made the worst day of your life possible."
Brooke shook her head."Finding out about you and Lucas wasn't the worst day of my life, it was a close second, followed by finding out about Lucas' accident."rambled Brooke."The worst day of my life was all Rodger's doing. When I was with him I didn't know what was going to happen. He wouldn't stop when I asked him to. I have never been more scared in my life and you were there for me through it all. Now it's only fair that I'm here with you now. I just hate that Rodger hurt you like that too."
"It's my fault Brooke. I shouldn't have gotten involved with him in the first place."
"No, this isn't your fault Peyton. Yeah, you never should have gotten involved with him, but Rodger is a sick and twisted guy. I swear when I told Luke about what he did to me, he looked like he wanted to kill him."
"You told Lucas?"asked Peyton surprised. Brooke had told her a long time ago that she would be the only one she ever told about that because she didn't think that anyone would believe her, but now she had told Lucas.
Brooke nodded."He was so sweet afterward."she smiled at the memory.
"You really do love him, don't you?"Brooke again nodded and looked away."Which makes everything I did to you that much more unforgivable. I am truly sorry Brooke. Having done what I did to you and having you still be here with me now in spite of it, makes me see that you are the best person I know and I need you in my life. I hope that in time you are able to forgive me, even if I can't forgive myself."said Peyton wiping away a few stray tears.
Brooke too had to wipe away a few tears. Peyton really seemed sincere and she wanted more than anything to take Peyton into her arms and tell her she forgave her, but she couldn't, not now at least. She wasn't ready for that yet, right now all she could do was be here for her. Not knowing what to say, Brooke changed the subject."So Lucas is really sorry for this afternoon. He knows he shouldn't have grabbed you and he hates himself for it. He's gonna apologize for it later."
"He doesn't have to. After everything I did to him, he's the last one that needs to say their sorry."
"Yeah, well even so, he still is. He doesn't usually get that angry. He now knows that everything is Rodger's doing. I think Rodger was so eager to help you get Lucas because of me. I'm not trying to sound like I think everything is about me, but that's what I believe. I think that he is still mad that nothing happened with us and wants me to suffer for it. He doesn't want me to have anyone. He is that sick and twisted and he used you Peyton."
"Brooke I know you hate him, hell I hate him, but that isn't necessarily true. I was the one talking to Debbie about what I could do to keep you and Lucas apart. It was all me, he just helped me with it, that's all. I don't want you to shift all the blame on him, it was me too."
"I know that. I just don't want to hate you as much and I know Rodger."
"Brooke do you think you could ever forgive me?"Peyton felt herself holding her breath, waiting for an answer.
"I don't know. It doesn't feel like it sometimes, but then I start to miss my best friend and I find myself wanting to go to your house and talk, but then I remember everything you did and I have to stop myself. So I don't know, I guess we're just going to have to find out in time."
Peyton was about to say something when the door opened and the doctor walked in."Hi, I'm Dr. Thomas. What exactly are we doing today?"she turned to Peyton who was lying on the bed.
Peyton opened her mouth and tried to speak, but nothing came out. Talking about this to someone other than Brooke was a lot harder than she though it was going to be.
Brooke saw that Peyton needed help and spoke up."Well she's here because she thinks she was drugged last night."
"Is that so?"asked the doctor.
Peyton nodded.
"So I brought her here to get checked, to see if there is any way you can tell if she had sex last night and to see if there are any drugs in her system."
The doctor nodded."You seem like a really great friend to be doing all this."Brooke smiled."So..."the doctor looked over her chart."Ms. Sawyer, I don't know if we can do anything to see if sexual intercourse occurred last night. When was the last time you had intercourse?"
"God, I don't remember. It was Nathan. Five or six months ago, maybe."
"Oh."said the doctor a little surprised."Well then there might be something we can do after all. Let me get my gloves on and we'll start the examination. We should probably do the blood work first though."said the doctor writing something down on Peyton's chart.
Brooke got up from her seat."Well I'm going to wait out in the waiting room."
"No, Brooke you don't have to go. You can stay."said Peyton.
"Yeah, but I should really call Lucas. I said I would remember? I'll just be right outside."Brooke turned to the doctor."Will you please let me know when your done so I can come back in?"
"I sure will."
Brooke smiled at her and then at Peyton before walking out. She opened her purse and started to search for her phone. It wasn't in there. She remembered placing it down on the kitchen counter when she went to make popcorn earlier."Shit. Well I guess your just gonna have to wait Broody."said Brooke out loud.
Thanks for all the reviews. I know this chapter was short and not much happened , but I thought this was necessary for their friendship, if there's still one.Let me know what you think about Brooke and Peyton talking. Is it believable? Would Brooke ever talk to Peyton after everything she did? This was a very hard chapter for me to write. I wanted to show that Peyton was truly sorry for everything she did and now realizes what she's lost. I also wanted to show that Brooke misses her best friend and wants to forgive her, but she can't really do that yet, because of everything that happened, but she's still a great friend. I hope that's what came across to you all. Let me know what you think. Please read and review. Thanks.