Crash
Author-Emily-Grace Mendes (brookebynature)
Disclaimer- I on't own any of the characters except Madison. I don't even own the title.
A/N-First;y, thank you for the reviews you guys. I didn't get as many that chapter, so I hope to make it up this chapter. This story will be a few chapters longer than I orginionally thought, maybe two or three more. Secondly, I should have metioned this earlier, but the gang didn't go to school together. That's not how they know each other.I won't say anything more or it will ruin it. Anyways, i'll let you read now lol.
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Crash
People say it's the small things in life that matter. They're wrong. It's the big things that matter, because they over shadow our everyday routines. It's the big things that stick in our minds, it's the big things that we remember. Sometimes, the small things are insignificant in comparison. Life is a big thing. Death is a big thing. Love is a big thing, and hate is a big thing. But there's a very fine line between them all.
"Mommy why are we still stuck here?" Madison asked, rubbing her tired eyes.
"Because there's been a big accident baby" Brooke replied, looking down at the little girl laid in her lap.
"Why?"
"I don't know, maybe it was the ice on the road"
The car was silent for a few minutes until Madison asked "can we sing Christmas songs Mommy?"
"What song do you want to sing?" Brooke laughed
"Um, I don't know, maybe…" Madison paused while she thought of a song "All I want for Christmas is you"
"You like that song?" Brooke asked surprised. Madison nodded and Brooke smiled. "Well how about we sing to it then?"
She pulled a c.d out of the glove compartment and Madison squealed in her lap, clapping her hands in approval.
"I love you Mommy"
"I love you too baby" she whispered, tears forming in her eyes. Lucas was never there to hear his daughter say things like that. Usually, he only got a 'good morning Daddy' or 'nighty night Daddy' and Madison rarely even got an acknowledgement in response.
The ambulances made their way to where the police tape was, the flashing sirens helping illuminate the road even more.
"You got information on her?" the paramedic asked the officers who nodded their heads.
"Just came through. Peyton Sawyer, age 25. From Tree Hill"
The paramedics radioed back to the hospital, indicating the number of estimated casualties while two technicians strapped the body on a stretcher, covered with a black sheet.
"Mommy what's under there?" Madison asked, pointing to the stretcher. Brooke looked and instantly covered her mouth with her hand.
"It's the person who was in the crash" she whispered.
"Oh"
Brooke felt a searing pain tear through her stomach, and she clutched it with her hand, her face twisting in pain.
"What's the matter Mommy?" Madison asked
"Nothing baby, just a bit of tummy ache"
"Are you o.k? It looks like it hurts?"
Before Brooke could answer, her world went black, and then there was nothing.
"Mommy!" Madison screamed, shaking Brooke's limp body "Mommy!"
Lucas turned the key in the ignition, attempting to start the car up again to warm himself.
"Damn it!" he tried again, and hit the steering wheel when the car failed to start. Could anything else happen to him tonight?
Nathan looked out of the window once again, staring at the sky. It was that kind of sky you get when it's just about to snow a lot. 'White Christmas' he thought to himself. Thinking about snow made him think about Haley, and how much she loved this time of year. He loved the way that she got excited just by the first flurry. He loved how she would laugh hysterically if she managed to hit him with a snowball. He loved…..he just loved her.
"Let me out here please" Nathan said to the bus driver.
"You sure? It's cold out."
"It's fine" Nathan said through gritted teeth. He just needed to get off that bus and walk for a while, although he wasn't sure where he was going. Traffic was at a stand-still, and by the looks of it, the police weren't letting any walkers past the accident scene. Still, Nathan got off the bus and started to walk past the cars, rubbing his arms to keep warm.
Madison climbed off Brooke's lap and opened the door, shivering as she felt the cold air hit her small, thin arms. Running past the window of the driver's seat, she shouted "Mommy!" one last time, and upon seeing that it didn't wake Brooke up, Madison ran down the road, stopping at a beat up Corolla.
Haley wound down the window when she saw a scared little girl running to her car.
"Please help my Mommy, she won't wake up" Madison cried.
"Okay, where's your car?"
"Down there" Madison pointed to near the front of the long line of traffic.
"What's your name?" Haley asked as she slammed the door of her car shut
"Madison Rose Scott"
"That's a pretty name" Haley said as they made their way past the parked cars. "My name's Haley"
She looked at the little girl running next to her, who didn't seem to have listened to anything she had said.
"There's Mommy's car" she said, pointing to the steamed-up silver Mercedes.
"Right Madison, you stay in the car with your Mommy, and I'll go and ask the paramedics for help."
Madison nodded, her eyes wide with fear as she watched Haley run to the ambulance.
Lucas opened the door of his car widely, hitting a man walking past as he did so. He shut the door quickly and helped the man up, apologising as he did so.
"It's o.k man. I'm Nathan" he laughed holding out his hand for Lucas to shake, before brushing off some dirt from his jacket sleeve.
"Lucas. What a day" Lucas sighed, running his hands through his hair. "Now I think my car's broken down, which would be typical. Brooke's gonna kill me."
"Brooke?"
"My wife"
Nathan nodded and forced a smile. "What's up with the car?"
"I don't know, the engine cut out and now the heater won't work." Lucas replied.
"Open the bonnet."
Lucas looked at him like he was crazy.
"I'm a mechanic" Nathan explained. Lucas just nodded and pulled up the front of the car.
"Please help, there's a woman passed out in a car over there" Haley pointed to Brooke's car as she explained to the paramedics about what Madison had told her.
"What's your Mommy's name?" The paramedic asked Madison, who had tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Brooke Penelope Scott"
"Okay, well we're going to take your Mommy to hospital in the ambulance Madison." the paramedic explained.
"I don't want you too, I want to stay with her." She cried harder.
"You can come too" he said "But we really need to make your Mommy better, so we're going to get a stretcher and take her to the ambulance."
Madison nodded silently, but screamed as she watched the ambulance team put Brooke on the stretcher. Haley picked her up and carried her to the ambulance, trying to calm her down.
"What the…" Lucas looked up towards the ambulance as he heard a child screaming. "Madison!"
People live their lives is so many different ways. Some go by the philosophy 'live for today' some plan their whole lives ahead of them, knowing exactly what they want to do, and exactly what they want. But you can never plan for the big things. We have no control over life, or death, or love or hate. They are things that happen to us whether we want them to or not, whether we expect them, or whether they come out of the blue. But the unexpected things in life, are often the best. They are real.
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