Chapter 8

Nathan was outside playing basketball with some of the guy when he heard a scream. He recognized the voice and ran over to see what happened and whose voice it was that he recognized. It was Haley's.

"Haley what happened?" Nathan asked very concerned. Haley pointed to the black SUV in front of her and said, "I'm sorry Nathan, I swear it was an accident."

When Nathan looked in the car he saw Brooke. Her head was bleeding and she wasn't breathing. Nathan started crying and didn't care who saw because if he lost Brooke then he lost himself. Brooke meant the world to him and he would be nothing without her. Nathan cried as the ambulance got Brooke, he cried on the drive there, he cried in the waiting room and he cried for days and days waiting for her to wake up.

Brooke had been in the hospital for four days now and Nathan hadn't left the hospital. He didn't go to school, he didn't go home, he didn't go to any parties all he did was wait and cried. Peyton had come by everyday because even though Brooke hated her right now she had to be there for her. Haley had come by to apologize and talk to the police about what happened since she was the one who hit Brooke and Lucas came by once but Nathan told him to leave so that if Brooke woke up she didn't have to see Lucas.

Nathan was sitting along thinking back to the time when him and Brooke met. They were 7 and Nathan wanted Brooke to be his princess and in his dreams she always was. She was finally his princess and now she was lying in the hospital bed. Nathan still saw his princess, but that wasn't good enough for him. He wanted to hear her voice, to hear her sing, to hold her and most of all to explain to her what happened.

"Brooke I know you can't hear me" Nathan started saying, "But I love you and what you saw between me and Haley, it was nothing. She tried to kiss me but I pulled her away. I know you can't hear me right now Brooke, but I love you and I don't want to lose you. I have never loved anyone as much as I love you and I never will. Because the truth is I'm the guy for you Brooke Davis. The only guy for you, and no other girl has ever been more perfect for me then you are. When you're with me its like a I'm this whole other person. When I'm around you I'm me and I can't be that around anyone else. You're the only person who understands me and listens to me talk, really listens to me. That's one of the things I absolutely love about you. That and your smile, your laugh, that's you can me yourself around anyone, the way you smile whenever I make a lame joke, the way you sing..."

"Nathan" Brooke said opening her eyes.

"Brooke?" Nathan said, "You're awake. Thank God."

"Nathan everything you said, was it true" Brooke said as a tear rolled down each cheek.

"Every bit of it" He said wiping away the tears.

"It felt good to hear all of that" she said.

"It felt good to say it" Nathan said smiling.