Lucas eventually woke up about three days later. Brooke was
first to see his eyelids flutter. She called the doctors immediatly.
They took the tube out of his throat pretty quickly. Lucas' face lit up
when he realised that it was Brooke who was holding his hand. He
struggled to sit up. "What are you doing here?" He asked, his voice
husky.
"I'm here to see you, obviously." Brooke replied kissing his hand. "I missed you"
"I missed you too" Lucas replied.
They
sat in silence for a few minutes before Karen came in. She was ecstatic
to see her son awake. She hugged him tightly. Brooke was eager to leave
them have their mother-son moment. "I'll just go phone Peyton, Nate and
Haley, they've been really worried about you."
Brooke left Karen and Lucas alone and went out into the hall. Tears started streaming down her face. She had never felt so relieved in all her life. This feeling confirmed what she had been trying to deny since she left Tree Hill. She was in love with Lucas. There was no doubt anymore. She stood there for well over half an hour thinking about how she was going to tell Lucas and even if she should. The more she thought about it the more the doubt started to creep back. She kept reminding herself of the sense of relief. Eventually to try and get her mind off it she went to phone Peyton, Nathan and Haley.
Meanwhile back at the Scott house Nathan and Haley were sitting on the couch together with Dan looking on with disgust. Nathan had his arms wrapped around Haley. Everything had happened so fast. Lucas' illness had brought them back together so fast. He wasn't so sure it was a good idea but he wasn't going to discuss it with Haley now. He was looking at her, she looked so fragile, her eyes tear stained and she looked as if she hadn't slept in days, which was true. Nathan didn't look much better himself. He hadn't slept well either. He felt so guilty about what he had said to Lucas. How could he have said those things to his brother. He was starting to think too much. The phone ringing snapped him out of it. Nathan answered it quickly enough
"Hello"
"Nathan"
"Brooke? Is Luke okay"
"Yeah he's awake"
"Great! Is he okay? Have you been talking to him"
"He is fine as far as I know, I haven't been talking to him really because Karen has been in with him"
"Oh okay, me and Hales will head in as soon as possible. Have you phoned Peyton yet"
"Yeah, she is on her way in too"
"Cool, talk to you soon"
"Talk to you soon."
Just as Brooke hung up the phone she saw Karen walking towards her.
"Hey Brooke, Lucas is asking for you"
"Oh okay I'll head in now." Brooke's mind started to race, 'what am I gonna say'kept going through her mind.
"He is still kinda groggy"
"Alright. Have you been talking to the doctors? Is he going to be okay"
"The
doctors said it will take him a couple of weeks to recover but that he
will be fine once he takes his meds as perscribed." Karen said the last
few words with a hint of bitterness. She was obviously annoyed that
Lucas had lied to her.
"That's good to hear. I'm gonna go in and say hey now. Talk to you soon Karen"
"Bye Brooke."
Brooke opened the door quietly. Luke looked very pale and tired.
"Hey" He greeted her with a smile that reassured her that he was going to be fine.
"Hey you" She replied, "How are you feeling"
"I'm okay, I'll be fine"
"Why
didn't you tell me? I never would have left if you had told me. I would
have given you the money." Tears began to well in Brooke's eyes.
"I couldn't tell anyone Brooke. I know I was wrong, but at the time I felt I had to deal with it on my own"
"You told Dan though. You told Dan and you couldn't tell me"
"Brooke..."
He started taking her hand. "I had to tell Dan, I had no choice. I
wanted to tell you honestly but I couldn't. I almost did remember the
night at the fundraiser for Nathan, I was about to but then I just
couldn't. I can't explain why Brooke. I'm sorry"
"I know you're
sorry and I do forgive its just I want to be there for you now. I want
you to be able to tell me stuff, tell me everything. I want to be with
you Luke." She rushed the last sentence, she felt if she didn't tell
him now she never would.
"I want to be with you too Brooke." With that Brooke leaned in and kissed Luke tenderly on the lips.
Little did they know that Nathan, Haley and Peyton were watching outside...
AN: I'll update soon...please read and review. Thanks.