September Rain.

Chapter 4 -Carrying Someone Else

"Are you ever going to tell Jake you like him?" Peyton asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Are you serious?" Brooke replied. "Why would I do that?" She looked at Peyton's newest purchase, a Travis CD.

Peyton took the CD from Brooke and pit it in the CD player on her desk. "Because...you...like...him?" Peyton stuck her tongue out at Brooke. "Besides, what are you scared of? It's not like any guy would ever deny THE Brooke Davis!"

Brooke smiled and leaned back on a pillow. "If ANYONE would deny Brooke Davis, that would be Jake Jagielski." She looked down at her shoes. "Besides, he's done it before."

FLASHBACK
Brooke: Lucas…
Lucas: Come on, Brooke. Not now. (walks away)
Brooke: (turns around) Jake… Jake, Jake, Jake.
Jake: Oh, Brooke, Brooke, Brooke.
Brooke: (grabbing his tie) I'm drunk. You'll do.
Jake: Oh, oh, hey, um, it's quite an honor, but I got to be somewhere.
Brooke: Oh, right-the big mystery.
Jake: (taking her hand off him) Yeah. Anyway, I should-
Brooke: What's going on anyway? Lucas turns me down. You turn me down. Oh, my god! I got it! You're both gay. That totally explains it.
Jake: Yeah, yeah, we are. We're actually-we're gay. laughs Whatever you say, Brooke.
Brooke: Then what is it? Come on, you can tell me. I won't even remember tomorrow.
Jake: You want to know?
Brooke nods.
Jake: (leans in) The truth would kill your buzz. (walks away)
Brooke turns after him, confused.
END FLASHBACK

Peyton frowned. "Yeah, because YOU were drunk and wanted Lucas. Remember?" Peyton sat next to Brooke.

Brooke closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. "Details, details." She gave a small smile. "Your music sucks."

Peyton grabbed the pillow from under Brooke's head. "Hey!" Brooke shouted. Peyton hit her with it. "You little! I'm watching TV!"

"Haley?" Chris called her back from her memories.

"What Chris?" Haley said annoyed. Chris pointed to the TV. There was a lady reporting about a fire in Tree Hill, NC.

"OMG."

Haley ran inside the store. "Can you turn that up please?" She asked the lady at the counter.

The announcer continued. "A fire has spread in Keith Scott Motors. Right now it is unknown how the fire started. Also, it is unknown if there was anyone in this body shop."

"What? Peyton! Turn down the music!" Brooke screamed as she watched the television. Peyton turned the music off.

"What?" Peyton said walking into the room she and Brooke shared. "Brooke! OMG, is that?" She just realized Keith's Shop was on fire. Brooke's eyes were locked onto the television. Peyton grabbed Brooke's shoulders. "Brooke! It's Keith's shop!" Brooke's eyes were still on the television.

"Jake's in there." She said in almost a whisper.

"Keith?" Lucas made his way over to Keith, he looked terrible. He had a deep cut on his forehead.

"Lucas?" Dan said still stuck in the car. He coughed.

"Dan?" Lucas said walking to him.

"Take Nathan out. Please. I can't see him. Find him. Please. Don't let him die." Dan said, he started choking on the smoke. Lucas looked around and couldn't find Nathan or Jake.

"But, Keith." Lucas said looking back at him.

"Nathan is your brother! Help him. I can't." Dan could barley breath.

Lucas ran to Keith. "I'm sorry."

Haley started crying. "Chris, that's Keith's shop! Nathan worked there! And Lucas. Oh no. This can't be happening. I can't lose them." She held Chris tightly. Chris watched the television; he wasn't sure what to do. He saw something moving in the fire.

"Haley!" He let her go. "Haley look! Look! Something is moving!"

Haley turned back to the television. Please let that be Nathan. Please.

Brooke and Peyton made their way to the shop. "What's going on?" Peyton asked the officer nearby.

"We don't know." He said. "Are you the family of the owner?"

"I am!" Karen said running to the officer. "My husband is the owner. What happened? My son works here too!"

"I'm sorry ma'am. We don't know anything yet." He answered. Brooke watched the shop as the flames grew higher and higher.

"Why isn't anyone in there?" She screamed. "You have to help them!" Peyton tried to calm her down but Karen was just as hysterical.

"She's right! Get in there and save my family! I'm not going to bury them! You save them! Do something!" She screamed. Peyton froze.

"Look! There's something moving!" She screamed. Everyone looked at the fire. Sure enough, someone emerged from the fire, and they were carrying someone else.

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