Chapter Thirty Five

What is Charlie gonna think?

Lucas sat in his room waiting for the phone to ring. He was curious as to what was going on with Brooke and Peyton. He looked at his watch and saw that it had been over an hour and a half since he left Brooke's house. He was becoming anxious. Sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring was becoming tiresome so he needed something to do, especially since it didn't look like Brooke would be calling anytime soon. Lucas grabbed his mom's car keys and after making sure he had his phone he made his way out the door and to Haley's house.

He felt like he hadn't been spending much time with her. Lately it had been only him and Brooke. They were spending a lot of time together, probably to make up for the time they were apart, even though they weren't really apart for that long. It had just felt like forever, so he wanted to spend as much time with her as possible, but now he was realizing that he needed Haley too. He really needed to talk to her. She probably had no idea what was going on. He needed to let everything out. Sure he had talked to Brooke and she had been great, but he couldn't really talk to her about the Peyton stuff because even though the weren't really talking they were still best friends and obviously nothing could come between those two. He knew that now after having Brooke make him leave so she could be with Peyton. He wasn't complaining or anything, Peyton seemed pretty upset and looked like she really needed someone. Brooke being the great person she was, was willing to be that someone even after everything that had happened, but he needed someone too. He needed his best friend. She would understand and let him get everything out. Yep, he definitely needed Haley.

Lucas got out of his car and walked up to Haley's door and let himself in as he always had."Haley? You here?"shouted Lucas after seeing that she wasn't downstairs.

"Yeah, just a second."Haley came down the stairs and stopped in front of him."Sorry. I was just organizing my closet. I was bored after Nathan left. What's up?"

Lucas sighed."Well a lot of stuff is going on right now. I just found out something huge and needed someone to talk to."

"Okay, well I'm here. Is this about Peyton?"

Lucas gave her a look."How do you know about that?"

"Nathan told me. He was with Brooke when he was supposed to be here and it just slipped out in his explanation."

"So let me get this straight, Peyton told Brooke, Brooke told Nathan, Nathan told you, and then they told me? What the hell is that about? I should have been the first one to know, but no, everyone knew before me."

"Don't be upset with Brooke, she only told Nathan because she needed his advice. She wasn't sure if she or Peyton should be the one to tell you. They of course went with Peyton since it was her doing."

"Yeah, can you believe what she did? I mean I know she says that she didn't know, but how do I know that for sure? She's done a lot of lying lately. How do I know this isn't another lie? I can't be as trusting of her as Brooke is."

"So Brooke does believe her?"asked Haley walking into the living room and sitting down.

Lucas followed her and also sat down."Yes. She believes her. It's not that I exactly think she's lying. It's just that I don't know for sure. Brooke just seems convinced though."

"Well have you talked to Brooke about this?"

Lucas shook his head."No. I told her that if she thinks that Peyton is telling the truth, then so do I."

"So you lied to her?"

"No, not exactly. I guess I know deep down inside that Peyton is telling the truth, but she admitted to knowing something was in that Vodka. She was willing to do anything to make sure her plan to keep me away from Brooke worked. How am I supposed to just get over that?"

"Your not."

"But Brooke did."cut in Lucas.

"No, she didn't. Brooke didn't just get over it Lucas. She's been battling with her feelings toward Peyton for a while now. You have to realize that they have been best friends for a really long time. That doesn't just go away because one of them does something stupid. They will be mad at each other for a while, but eventually they'll get over it and make up. They really shouldn't let a guy, even if that guy is you, come between them. Them staying friends after all of this just goes to show they have a really strong friendship. I kind of envy them a little."

"So you don't think it's weird that Brooke wants to talk to her again?"

"No I don't. I'd think it was weird if Brooke was able to cut Peyton out of her life without thinking twice about it."

"Brooke's too good of a person to do something like that."

"Exactly."

"Which brings me to something else I found out today."

"What?"asked Haley.

"Okay if I tell you, you have to promise not to say anything. Brooke told me this and I don't know if she wants anyone else to know. I just need some advice. I don't know what I'm supposed to do."

"This sounds pretty serious. I promise I won't tell anyone."

"Okay well I guess I should start off by saying I know who drugged me."

"Who was it?"Haley knew Peyton's part in it, but she still hadn't said who actually gave it to her.

"I don't know who he is, but his name is Rodger. He's the brother of one of the cheerleaders."

"So Peyton gave you a name?"

"Yeah and Brooke believes her because she knows the guy. She has a past with him."

"What does that mean? Did they used to go out?"

"Not exactly. They talked for a while when she was a freshman and he was a senior."

"So he's older then us?"cut in Haley.

"Yeah, well one day Brooke went over to that guys house to talk to his sister, they were friends, but she wasn't home and he ended up trying to force her to sleep with him. Nothing actually happened because the sister came home, but it was close."Lucas closed his eyes and shook his head. He felt himself getting angry all over again. He hated having to repeat that, but he knew he needed to talk it out so he could get passed everything he was feeling. Brooke needed that from him and he needed that too.

Haley covered her mouth with her hand. She couldn't believe Brooke had to go through something like that. It must have been awful."Oh god Lucas. She must have been so scared. Is she okay?"

"Yeah, she seems okay. This happened to her like 2 or 3 years ago. I think she's over it, at least she seems that way, but for me it's all new. I just found out about it and I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Am I supposed to find the guy and beat the hell out of him? Am I supposed to treat Brooke differently now? Earlier she wanted to..."Lucas trailed off not knowing exactly how to say this to Haley."Well do stuff, but I couldn't. I didn't think it was right after what she just told me. She seemed fine with us kissing and stuff, but all I wanted to do was hold her and make sure she was safe. Was that wrong? Am I being stupid about this whole thing?"

"No, your definitely not being stupid Lucas. Your having the normal reaction a boyfriend should have when hearing something like that happened to his girlfriend. The thing is, it didn't just happen. Brooke has probably worked through all of this. It's not something she'll ever forget, but I'm sure it doesn't hurt or scare her like it used to. So my advice to you would be to be yourself, act the way you two always have. She didn't have a problem with it before she told you so she's not gonna have a problem with it now. The only difference with you two is that now you know she truly trusts you. That is a huge step for her to take after what you did to her Lucas."

"I know and I'm happy about that. So your saying just be myself, right?"

"Yes. I bet that's what Brooke wants."

"So should I go and beat the crap out of that guy? If not because of what he tried to do to Brooke, then because of what he did to me?"

Haley shook her head."Lucas, what is beating him up gonna do?"

Lucas shrugged."Nothing I guess, but it sure as hell would feel good."

"Yeah, for a while, but then what? Brooke would be worried if she thought you wanted to go after that guy."

"Your right. I guess everything is in the past. I don't feel comfortable letting it go, but I will."

"Maybe you should talk to Brooke about how your feeling."said Haley.

"Maybe I should."

"Good. You should find her and talk to her now."

"I can't. She's with Peyton right now."

"So they're like hanging out? I knew she was thinking about forgiving her, but I didn't think she was ready to hang out with her."

"They aren't hanging out. Peyton showed up at Brooke's house earlier crying and Brooke wanted to find out what was going on."

"Is everything okay with Peyton?"

"I don't know. Brooke was supposed to call me, but she hasn't."he looked at his watch."She's been with Peyton for more than two hours now. She should have called me by now."

"Well have you tried calling her?"

"No, she said she would call me. I don't want to seem overly eager to talk to her or bug her."

"But you are overly eager Lucas."said Haley with a laugh.

"Yeah, but she doesn't have to know that."

"Just call her and say you wanted to make sure she was okay. She'll think your sweet. Now hurry up, you know you want to."

Lucas pulled out his phone. Haley was right, he definitely wanted to. He quickly dialed her number and listened as it rang and rang, then went to voice mail. He decided to leave her a message."Hey baby, it's me. I was waiting for you to call and check in, but you haven't, so I decided to check on you. I hope your okay. Call me when you get this. I love you. Bye."he shut his phone."She didn't answer."

"I know. She's probably still busy with Peyton. You said she was crying earlier, right?"

"Yeah, she was almost hysterical. I just hope it didn't have anything to do with what I did to her."

"What did you do to her?"asked Haley wondering what it could be.

"Well after she told me her part in my accident she tried to leave, but I was so upset and I stopped her by grabbing her by the arm. She tried to get away from me, but I wouldn't let her. Brooke had to pry her away from me. It was pretty bad."

"That sounds awful."

"It was. Brooke wants me to apologize to her and I was going to even before she said to. I just hope that's not what had her so upset."

"I don't think it was. For her to be hysterical it had to be worse than you grabbing her."

"Your right. I just wish I knew what was going on."

"I'm sure Brooke will tell you if she can."

"I just hope she calls me soon."Lucas looked down at his phone as it rang."Maybe it's her."he answered."Hello? Oh, hey mom. No, I'm just at Haley's. Are you serious? Yeah, sure I'll be there. I'll leave right now. Okay. Bye."he hung up."That was my mom. She said a friend of hers is in town and wants to check out my shoulder. He specializes in this stuff. I have to go, but I'll call you later."Lucas leaned in and gave her a hug."Thanks for listening. I really needed this right now."

"Any time. Bye Luke."

Brooke sat in a chair next to Peyton's hospital bed. They again were waiting for the doctor to come, but this time she'd be bring the test results with her.

"What is taking so long? We've been waiting here for forever."Brooke pulled herself out of her seat, getting restless she began to walk around the tiny room snooping through all the drawers.

"If you want you can leave Brooke. You've already done more than I deserve."said Peyton hoping with everything that Brooke wouldn't actually leave. She needed her there when the doctor came back with the results, but if Brooke wanted to leave she wasn't going to make her feel guilty for it.

Brooke stopped her searching and looked at Peyton."Look, I'm not going anywhere. Whether your willing to admit it, you need me and I'm gonna be here for you. Whatever happens with us after we leave here, happens, but until then I'm here. So stop saying I can leave because I'm not."

Peyton smiled at her."Thanks Brooke. I was hoping you would say that."

"No problem, now be quiet so I can go back to my snooping."she turned around and continued to look through drawers."This is a very expensive hospital, you'd think they'd have some stuff worth stealing in here."she reached for the last drawer and found that it was locked."Ooh, jackpot! Peyt do you have something I could pick this lock with?"asked Brooke turning to face her.

Peyton looked at her like she was crazy."No, I'm sorry Brooke, but I think I left my lock picking tools in my other purse."said Peyton with a laugh.

"Damn it Peyton. Didn't I tell you to always keep it with you for emergencies like this? What is Charlie gonna think?"

"I don't know, maybe that we're no angels."at that they both started to laugh.

The door opened and they turned to see the doctor walk in.

"Well it's good to see you you laughing Ms. Sawyer. How are you feeling?"asked the doctor.

"Better thanks to Brooke."said Peyton with a smile.

"Yeah, I have a knack for making everybody feel better."

"That's good. So I have the test results back from the lab."she looked them over."I'm afraid I have some good news and some bad news. Which would you prefer to hear first? I'm also assuming your okay with your friend staying. Is that correct?"

"Yes, I want her here."

"Very well. So what will it be, good or bad?"

"Good."said both Brooke and Peyton. Normally they both would have burst into laughter at saying the same thing at the same time, but this was too serious.

"Okay. Well the good news is that we find no evidence that sexual intercourse of any kind took place last night. Though we can't be 100 percent sure since you've been sexually active in the past, but I think it's safe to say nothing happened."

Peyton and Brooke both let out the breath they were holding. This was what they were hoping for, but they still had the bad news to hear.

"Okay, what's the bad news?"asked Peyton.

"Well the other results came back positive. There was definitely drugs in your system. To be specific, Xanax."

Brooke shook her head. That was the same thing they found in Lucas."That son of a bitch."

"Wait, do you two know who did this?"asked the doctor.

"Yes."said Peyton.

"But we have no proof."said Brooke.

"You should still go to the police. Let them investigate. Even if there is no evidence, maybe the police will scare the person who did this into never doing it again."

"Maybe she's right Peyton. We could go and tell them about what he did to me, Lucas and now you. He needs to be stopped."

"Please listen to your friend Ms. Sawyer. This is a serious matter. It seems to me after what your friend just said, this person has done this before."

"Yes. He drugged my boyfriend over a month and a half ago and he ended up in a serious car accident, not to mention what he did to me, but I don't want to get into that."said Brooke.

"Oh my. I can't make you all go to the police, I can only tell you, you should. Now Ms. Sawyer, I advise you to get some rest. Make sure you stay hydrated. I think we are done here if there isn't any questions."they both shook their heads."Okay, well you can get dressed now and please talk to the police."the doctor left the room.

Brooke turned to Peyton."She's right. We need to go to the police. He has hurt all of us and he needs to be stopped."

"It's my word against his. Nobody is going to believe me. We both know there's no way Debbie will say a word against her brother."

"I know and you might be right about nobody believing you, but like Dr. Thomas said maybe they will scare him enough to where he stops."

"I don't know. You'll come with me?"

"Of course I will and even though it was a long time ago, I'll tell them what he did to me. I'm not sure what it will do, but I'll still tell them."

Peyton finished dressing and grabbed her purse."Okay, lets go."

Brooke nodded and they both walked out together.

Thanks for all the reviews. They mean everything to me. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I'm sorry about the wait. I had a few ideas on how I wanted to end this story and I wanted to write them all down before I forgot. I put some Lucas and Haley in this chapter because like a few of you pointed out they haven't really spent anytime together. I hope this makes up for that.lol. Now I have to say that this story is almost finished. There are only two chapters left. Please let me know what you think. Read and review. Thanks.

Coming Up:

Lucas and Peyton talk.

Lucas gives Brooke some good news.