A/N: Thanks to those who have been reading this story, it really means a lot, here is chapter three!
CHAPTER 3
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She reached out to him but he pushed away, he didn't need her, no that was a lie, he needed her but he felt like he didn't deserve her, it was his fault, it was all his fault. He was the one who drove Haley away, he was the one who didn't give her a chance, everything he did was a mistake, he pushes everyone away and then they get hurt not him, for once he wished god could be fair and punish the right person, not those around him.
He punched a wall, he didn't feel a thing, he never did anymore, he had lost control a long time ago, the one thing he feared the most was happening to him, he was turning into his father.
She walked out of the room and covered her mouth, she hated seeing him this way, knowing there was nothing she could do to help him, she reached out but he wouldn't hold on, he was slowly breaking and all she could do was stand back and watch him suffer even if it was the last thing she wanted.
Things hadn't been the same between them, they hadn't had the closure, she returned the day of Haley's funeral and he had been avoiding her until now, until she cornered him a few minutes ago, but all that did was push him away more, making him continue u to drown into the darkness:
"Come on Lucas, you can't avoid me forever." She gently put a hand on his shoulder but he pushed away, that's when she noticed it, his expression, it was one of darkness, of coldness, a cold dark feeling and it sent chills down Brooke's spine.
"Get the hell away." Was the only words he spoke, and they were laced with hate, a true hate, she didn't know, filled with confusion and pain, yes. She looked past his act, his toughness, maybe it was because she loved him so deeply, yes she loved him and had acted a fool that fatal day before California, but she couldn't go back to the past and she desperately wanted to fix the mess she created, but he was unwilling, he wasn't the same person she left 3 months ago, and she wasn't the same person as that insecure girl a year ago.
She saw Karen from a distance and Karen spotted her straight away and walked away from the person she had been talking about and came straight to Brooke and Brooke accepted her warm embrace.
"I just want to help him, that's always what it has been about." Brooke whispered close to tears, Karen whispered, "I know sweetie, I know." Karen had just stepped off the plane a few minutes ago, she received the devastating news, it was amazing how such a good summer could make a total 360. Brooke let go of Karen, "Thanks, but I need to go." She whispered and ran out.
Andy came behind his fiancé and wrapped his arms around her, no words needed to be said; they both wanted the same thing, to help Lucas through this.
ENGLISH: Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.