A/N: Sorry it took so long….i was hoping to have it out in like three days. Sooooo here is the next chapter. And no, Peyton and Anna are not together. But Anna is sooo pining for Peyton. And ummmm there shall be surprises….many surprises.
Chapter 3: Was it true?
"What in the hell's going on?" Peyton had just walked into Haley's hospital room. Brooke and Haley were still in bed.
"Oh hey, how's it hangin' James?" Brooke had woken up a few minutes ago but Haley was still asleep.
"How's it hangin? How's it hangin?" Peyton cast Brooke an incredulous look. "You're lying in Haley's hospital bed. SNUGGLING!" It's not that Peyton had a problem with it…she just couldn't believe that they would keep something like this from her.
"Soo…" Brooke didn't quite catch what she was getting at.
"Are you screwing my sister?" Peyton said it so quietly Brooke hardly heard it.
"No Peyton, I'm not 'screwing' Hales. Why would you even ask that? I mean…I know I'm a whore but Hales is most definitely not the kind of person to just have…meaningless sex?" I wouldn't even consider treating her like that.
"I don't know…it's just. I found something in her room and I figured it…never mind."
"Okay…so. How's the whole 'Anna' thing going?"
"I'm here to see my sister right now and I just really don't want to talk about Anna right now cause I am soooo fucking confused so can we just like drop it for right now please because I just really don't want Haley to hear and I want to talk to her alone so do you think you could leave?"
"Sure…Babble Queen." Brooke slipped out of the bed and kissed Haley on the forehead.
"Make sure to tell Hales that I'm just out in the waiting room."
"Okay."
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Lucas had been knocking on the door of Nathan's house for a good ten minutes. Right when he went to turn around the door opened.
"Hey Luke, Sorry I didn't hear you. I've been cleaning the house and I had the radio on."
"Hey Dad, do you know where Nate is?"
"No he hasn't been home since before the bonfire last night. Is there something wrong?"
"Yea, he's in a lot of trouble." He said it with a slight crack in his voice.
"What did he do?"
"He stabbed Hales."
"Haley was stabbed!"
"Didn't you know?"
"Damnit, no one ever bothers to tell me anything!" Dan threw the cleaning supplies that he had in his hands behind him and ran to his car.
"I'm going to go to the hospital. I'm sure the police are already looking for Nate. I'll just let them find him."
"Well…can I get a ride?"
"Of course Luke come on."
"Hey, where did Jason go?"
"He has a double shift. He won't be back 'til late."
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Brooke walked into the waiting room and was greeted with a sea of questions.
"She's fine. She's fine. Everything's okay. They just want to keep her here for a few days to make sure there isn't any internal bleeding."
"Good""Great""Thank God""Hallelujah""Let's hope it doesn't take a turn for the worse…"
"Hey Brooke come here." Anna patted the seat next to her near the back. Brooke sat down next to Anna.
"So…why did Haley call you back and not Peyt?"
"That's for me to know and you to not."
"Oh come on. It was soo obvious. Hales has been crushin' on you since I got here. Who knows how long before that?" Brooke's jaw dropped.
"How'd you know?"
"For real…she told me. It was still obvious though."
"So…is there a reason she told you?"
"Yea….don't really want to talk about it though." Anna looked to her feet.
"Well…how about you just answer something for me?"
"Sure I guess I could do that."
"Are you in anyway close to being gay?" Anna's eyes shot open and she looked like she had seen a ghost.
"Okay so I'll take that as a yes." Brooke decided to put an end to Peyton's problems once and for all.
"Can we talk in the other room?" Anna really didn't want anyone else to hear whatever it was Brooke was going to say next.
"Sure."
"Okay so…Do you have feeling for James?"
"If by James you mean Peyton….yea."
"Thank God! Now when she comes back in here…just run up to her and kiss her with all you have."
"Why?"
"Because I am getting tired of her moping around all the time because the girl she likes doesn't know how much she means to her. It's bullshit."
"Okay….No I can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Then everyone will know!"
"So! I'll have your back. And so will Hales, Karen, Dan, Jason, Tim, Peyton, and…hell most people we know!"
"Whatever. I'll think about it."
"Good."
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"Peyton? Where's Brooke?"
"She's in the waiting room."
"Oh okay. Why'd she leave?"
"I told her to."
"Oh okay."
"Where are Mom, Scarlet, and Taylor?"
"They're still out of town. They'll be here in a few hours." Haley started fiddling with her hands at looked towards her feet.
"Where's Nathan?"
"They haven't found him yet. Don't worry though because there are two police officers outside your door." Haley started crying.
"I can't believe he did that. All because I told him that I loved Brooke; which he pretty much forced me to say."
"Was it true?"
"Maybe…" Haley started to cry one of those gut wrenching cries.
"It's okay…come here." Peyton hugged her as tight as she could without hurting her.
"Shit…Oh my God!"
"Hales…what's wrong?"
"It's hurting really, really bad." At that very moment nurses came running into the room.
"Please help her!"
"We'll do the best we can." The nurses began to work on her. The only thing Peyton could hear was Haley screaming. When they started to wheel Haley out of the room Peyton jumped up from her seat on the floor in the corner.
"Where are you taking her?"
"She's suffering some internal bleeding and she is being taken straight to the OR."
"Will she make it?"
"It can be fixed, but I will not promise you anything." And with that statement Peyton fell to her knees crying.
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Will she live? Will she die? Will Anna kiss Peyton? Will Scarlet, Taylor, and Their mother die in a horrible tractor accident? Who knows? I do….so tune in for the next installment of TTGTB&TEW.
Peace outties!
!Toxic!