Lucas opened his eyes and Brooke Davis was staring back at him. At first he didn't comprehend what that truly meant and then he got it: she was back. The moment he had prayed for for weeks had finally occurred.
"Hey, you spent the night with me? I'm glad you did but even though I don't have a mirror I'm guessing I don't look too good right now." Brooke joked as if the accident had never happened.
"Brooke, I'm glad you're awake but I need to go get the doctor. He needs to come in here."
"The doctor can wait, Luke."
"Do you remember the accident?" Lucas asked.
"Of course, I don't have amnesia or anything. The highlights were :we had an argument, some stupid driver hit me, my car spun around and then it went black. I don't feel that bad though am I okay?"
Lucas answered this question carefully knowing she would not be happy to know she had been asleep for two weeks, "You had a broken arm and a few broken ribs but they're healing now and the doctors had to rush you into surgery but they were able to stop the bleeding."
"What do you mean my arm and ribs are healing. The accident just happened, Luke, I couldn't be healing already."
"Brooke, I'm sorry but you've been in a coma for over two weeks. We weren't sure if you were going to ever wake up and because of that I really think I need to get the doctor now."
"Maybe you should," Brooke answered back startled that she had been out for two weeks. How much had she missed?
Lucas went out in the hall and told the nurse Brooke was awake who then ran and got the doctor. Lucas couldn't believe she was awake and wondered about the coincidence of her waking up the one time he came to visit. He didn't think about it for long though because pretty soon her room was filled with her doctor and nurses checking her vitals, asking her questions and making sure she was fine.
When they were finally done, the doctor announced, "Ms. Davis against all my experience you seem to be in perfect health although you've been in a coma. In all honesty I can't really explain how you woke up but I'm glad you did. You must have found a reason to finally come back to us."
"Of course I did" Brooke said in all seriousness. "It was you Lucas. You were my reason to come back." But as she looked around the room she realized that Lucas had left and she realized that maybe things weren't back to normal yet.