Lucas is sitting in his room he had been growing frustrated the rehab wasn't going near as fast as it should in his opinion especially with the medication. Brooke was increasingly busy with cheer practice meaning the hardly saw each other in fact the last time they spoke two days ago all they had done is yell and now Lucas wouldn't even answer her calls. Suddenly he gets a knock at the door and Brooke walks in.
"Hi Luke" she says softly.
"Hi" he replied.
"Look Luke I'm sorry I've been busy so much and I'm sorry we fought because of that" she said. "I really miss you baby I never want to be away from you ever"
"Brooke" Lucas sighs. "I'm sorry too I've just felt like ever since I had my heart attack you don't seem to want to be near me and that kills me"
"Lucas…..It's not that it's just….." she tried to reply.
"It's just what Brooke are you breaking up with me?" he asked.
"NO…NO it's not that its just I'm afraid of causing you to be stressed and causing you to have another one you may not wake up from" she said by now she was crying.
"Cheery please don't cry come here" he said as he held out his arms. She fell into his arms crying hard.
"Shh Brooke don't cry" he said as he strokes her hair. "You're not going to lose me I promise, I just don't want you to be afraid of being around me I love you too much for that" Brooke looked up into Lucas' eyes and smiled.
"I'm so sorry Luke I love you so much" she replied.
"Why are you sorry?" he asked.
"Sorry because I love you more than my own life and being away from you these last two days has been killing me" she said.
"Brooke I love you too, it's just I can't shake this feeling that you don't want to be with me" he responded.
"Lucas….of course I want to be with you that's just what has been my problem lately I'm scared to death I'm going to cause you another heart attack" she said and began to cry again. Lucas pulled her close kissing her forehead.
"Brooke sweetie I love you and I'm never going to leave you ok please just tell me you don't want to break up with me" he said.
"Lucas how could you even think that!" she exclaimed as she pushed away from and got up to leave.
"Brooke I'm sorry please….don't go" he said as he touched her arm.
"Lucas please let me go, I can't deal with you right now" she said. Lucas obliged after she had left he got up and went out knowing he didn't plan on returning.
The next morning Karen was sitting at her table she had clearly been up all night since Lucas had not come home. She knew she had to call Brooke but for some reason couldn't bring herself to do it, finally she picked up her phone and dialed the number.
"Hello?" Brooke said as she answered.
"Hi Brooke its Karen I'm sorry for bothering you its just that Lucas hasn't come home and I don't know what to do" she said nearly breaking down.
"Don't worry Karen I'll find him" she said then hung up immediately regretting what she had said last night. She got up grabbed her keys and headed out the door. Two hours later she still hadn't found Lucas anywhere she had drove about a mile out of town when she saw Lucas' car parked in a ravine but him nowhere in sight. She got out of her car and began to look for him, not too far off in the distance she found him lying against a tree bleeding.
"Oh my god Lucas what happened" she panted trying to wake him realizing it was no use she dialed 911 trying hard to stay calm.
"911 emergency" the lady answered.
"Yes hi it's my boyfriend I was driving and I kind of found him bleeding unconscious and bleeding" she said hysterically.
"Ok calm down just tell me where you are?" she asked.
"I don't really know it's a little ravine about a mile out of town" she replied.
"Ok I'll have someone there fast just keep calm" the operator said.
"I will but right now I need to call his mother" Brooke answered.
"All right they'll be there soon" she said and hung up. Brooke began to frantically dial Karen's number.
"Hello?" Karen said as she answered the phone.
"Karen its Brooke I found Lucas I think he was in an accident the ambulance is on its way ill ride with him meet me at the hospital" she said and quickly hung up since the ambulance had arrived. Karen grabbed her keys rushing out the door tears in her eyes "This can't be happening again" she thought.
Haley and Nathan are sitting at Haley's place studying when the phone rings a hysterical Brooke on the other line.
"Brooke what's wrong?" Haley said clearly worried.
"It's Lucas Haley he's……he's been in another accident" Brooke said hysterically.
"Oh my god not again, we'll meet you there" she replied as she hung up.
"What's wrong?" Nathan asked seeing Haley tear up.
"It's Lucas……he was in another accident" she sobbed.
"Let's go" he replied and they headed out the door.
Brooke had ridden with Lucas in the ambulance but they had rushed him into surgery so now she was in the waiting room alone crying hysterically and blaming herself for what happened when Karen arrived.
"Brooke, Brooke where is he, what's going on?" Karen cried as she came in.
"I….I don't know they just took him into surgery" she could hardly get the words out through the tears.
"Brooke honey I'm here calm down" Karen said as she hugged Brooke.
"But Karen this is all my fault Lucas and I had a fight before he went out and I told him I needed a break he wouldn't have been out if I had not told him that lie" she replied.
"Brooke its not your fault you two have been through so much as a couple together you'll bounce back I promise" she said. A doctor had just stepped up to them.
"Who's here for Lucas Scott?" he asked.
"I am, how is my son?" Karen asked.
"Well he should be fine now he had a broken shoulder and a few broken ribs. He also lost a lot of blood we stabilized him he's in a drug induced coma now but he should wake up tomorrow" he replied.
"Can we see him now?" Brooke spoke up.
"I don't see why not" he answered. Brooke and Karen made there way into Lucas' room he was hooked up to what seemed like a million machines but he looked better than when Brooke had found him. Brooke collapsed by him took his hand and just cried. Karen comforted her as best she could. Eventually Brooke opened her eyes and spoke.
"I should go and see if Nathan and Haley have made it yet" she said then got up and left.
"Lucas baby we need you wake up" Karen said softly as Brooke left. As Brooke entered the hall she began to cry only this time an arm came around her one that belonged to her best friend Peyton.
"He'll be ok Brooke" she said.
"I know Peyton but what if he won't forgive me I can't live without him I just can't" she said continuing to cry.
"He will Brooke he loves you too much not too" she replied.
"She's right Brooke" Haley said as she and Nathan joined them.
"How is he?" Nathan asked.
"He's ok busted up but ok" Brooke replied. Karen had stepped out of the room.
"Brooke go see him for a sec before everyone else does" Karen said.
"Ok" she relied walking in his room. After Brooke had left Peyton spoke to Karen.
"Do you think Luke will forgive her?" She asked.
"Of course Lucas loves her more than anything the only reason they were having any problems is because she was scared and Lucas took it to mean she didn't want him anymore" Karen replied.
"How could he think that?" Haley asked. "We all know Brooke couldn't live without Lucas"
"Yes Haley we do, but you know Lucas he always rushes to conclusions about things" Karen answered. As they talked Brooke sat down by Lucas taking his hand. Crying she began to speak.
"Broody I'm so sorry I want you to know that I always want to be with you. When I think of our future I see us married with a family, I know it's cheesy but Lucas you're my life, you're my heart. I know I got busy before but it really was because I was scared I would put you here again and now I have" she buried her face in his chest unaware he had heard everything.
"Cheery" Lucas began. Brooke looked up to see him looking at her. "You didn't put me here I did that because I wouldn't listen to you, but there is one thing I can promise you I'm never going to leave you ever". Lucas began to tear up when Brooke leaned up and kissed him so deeply he could feel the love spilling from her. There friends watched through the window of the room.
"Finally" Haley said, they all nodded in agreement.
It had been three days since the accident and Lucas was about to be released he and Brooke had made up and now seemed to be more in love than ever she had even told him she would go with him to every rehab appointment. Brooke walked into his room as he was finishing his packing with his mom's help.
"Broody you ready to break out of here?" she said bouncing in.
"Definitely cheery now come here" he said. Brooke walked over and planted a deep kiss on him.
"Ok Broody time to move it" she said bouncing at the door Karen and Lucas just laughed.
