"BROOKE!" Her name rang clear through the night but she wouldn't come. Brooke was now 16 and the truth came out and it hurt. The tears rolled down her face as she ran farther away from the house.

"Brooke honey come home!" Kelly yelled.

'I'll never go back.' Brooke kept telling herself.

Everything had happened so fast. All the lies opened new wounds her trust had been trampled. Her father and mother and everyone else she knew had known but her.

Out on the beaches Brooke dropped down to the cool sand.

"WHY!" She screamed.

She knew that they would hear and come running. Brooke didn't want to talk or listen to anyone.

"David why did you have to leave me?" Brooke cried into her hands.

David had been pulled from her with such force. Brooke kept telling herself that if she would have gone with David that day he would be here and not her. Or perhaps they would both be here.

"Brooke." Scott's breathless voice came.

"Go away." Her cold reply came.

"Brooke your sick come inside." Scott walked over to her.

"I'm not sick." Brooke said frustrated. Getting up she spun around to face him.

"Brooke your fever."

"Stop it Dad!" Brooke screamed.

"Brooke I'm sorry I never meant for you to hear like that." Scott said the fear building in his body.

"BUT I did! How could you do this to me?" Brooke yelled. Scott stood there looking at her he then reached out for you.

"Don't Touch me!" Brooke screamed fighting the tears in her eyes.

"Brooke we didn't want you to learn about this but you did." Scott said.

"It's all a lie no one in this family would kill David." Brooke said holding her ground.

"Brooke the Hood is Tin Tin-"

"NO!" Brooke screamed she then stumbled forward.

"Brooke." Scott said stepping forward to her.

Brooke put her hand to her head and everything went black. She fell but Scott catched her and held her tight.

"Oh Brooke." Scott said putting his hand to her face. His face turned to pure terror when he felt how hot his daughter was.

"Kelly!" He shouted as he reached the house. He laid Brooke on her bed and ran to the bathroom. Getting a damp clothe.

"Dad." Brooke said painfully.

"I'm here honey." Scott said grabbing her hand. By now the rest of the family was in the room.

"it hurts." Brooke said and then closed her eyes.

"I know honey just hold on." Scott said as he laid the clothe on her head.

"Oh Brooke baby." Kelly cried as she rushed to her daughters side.

Brains was soon in the mix of people getting liquids put into Brooke.

"Well she is spent she'll be out for awhile and have quite a headache when she comes to but she should be fine." Brains said to the whole family.

"Thanks." Scott said as he walked back over to his daughter. He sat up all night with her and in the morning Brooke's eyes finally opened.

"Brooke!" Scott's tired face showed delight.

"Dad." Brooke said quietly.

"Brooke I'm so sorry I never meant to hurt you like that." Scott said a single tear falling down his cheek.

"I had a lot of time to think about it." Brooke finally spoke.

"I felt alone in the world after David died and now I feel anger." Brooke continued.

A soft knock came to the door and Brooke's face saw a male figure enter the room.

"Brandon you came home." Brooke's weak voice spoke.

"I couldn't let my favorite cousin be sick without me."

"Hey what about me!" A female's voice came.

"Kristi!" Brooke said now very happy.

Both Brandon and Kristi had been sent off for schooling and weren't supposed to be home for another week.

"Well mom said that I could come home for my 15th birthday and Kristi tagged along." Brandon started.

"Glad to see you up." Rachel said as she walked into the room.

"I feel better already." Brooke said smiling.

"Well if your totally better by Friday maybe you would like to go shopping with us." Rachel said smiling.

"I'd love to!" Brooke said almost jumping out of bed.

"Oh no you don't lay back down." Kelly said frowning.

"I'm old enough to take care of myself." Brooke said pouting.

"That's why your in bed sick." Kelly said giving Brooke a cup of tea.

"Worry wart." Brooke muttered under her breath.

"What was that missy?" Kelly said looking at Brooke hard.

"Nothing Mom." Brooke said settling back into the bed.

"We are going to go work on some things will come visit later." Brandon said grabbing Kristi's hand and leading her out of the room.

Soon after Rachel followed and then Kelly, Virgil and finally Brooke snapped at her father and he left.

Brooke got up out of bed and walked over to the window to see outside. She smiled and then quickly frowned.

"Pretty huh?" A man's voice came.

'That sounds like. No it can't be.' Brooke said as she spun around.

"Uncle John?" Brooke asked.

"Who else would it be?" John said playing around with his niece.

"But I thought you where on TB5." Brooke said now gawking.

"Well I had Alan trade off with me." John said smiling.

"That's good. How's space?" Brooke then said happily.

"I didn't come down here for nothing I came to see you about something." John said the tone in his voice turning stern.

"What can I do for you?" Brooke asked.

"You can talk about David for me." John said.

"Why would I want to talk about him?" Brooke said.

Kelly and Scott came up from the living room and heard John's voice in Brooke's room. When David's name had come up they both froze and listened to the conversation.

"Brooke you need to talk about it-" John pushed.

"I won't so change the subject." Brooke said almost as stern.

"Brooke talk about him!" John said more strongly now.

Scott was kind of shocked John never raised his voice to anyone least of all Brooke. Brooke was a little shocked too when her Uncle raised his voice.

"No I won't he is in the past forget it." Brooke said walking over to her dresser where pictures of her and the family sat. One sat in the back of the cluttered dresser and Brooke picked it up. It was one of Brooke and David when they where very young. Brooke and David sat playing prince and princess and Kelly had snapped the shot. Brooke had grown to love this picture of her and her best friend.

"Brooke." John said looking over her shoulder at the picture. Brooke quickly placed it back in the far corner of the dresser.

"Why can't things just stay the same." Brooke said turning back to John.

"Things change that's how the world works." John said. It was hard for John to tell her this but it was the truth.

"He shouldn't have died like that not that young." Brooke said the pain beginning to show on her face.

"Your right but we can't change the past." John said now grabbing Brooke by the shoulder.

"But David would never want you to live your life like this." John said.

"How else should I live?" Brooke asked her anger now showing.

"I can't answer that you need to find that on your own." John then turned and walked out of the room.

"Uncle John!" Brooke called. He turned around, "Yeah."

"Thanks." Brooke said quietly.

A smile crossed John's face "Don't worry about it." He then walked out of the room.

Brooke crawled back into her bed and went to sleep.

'Brooke!' The voice called.

'Who is it?' Brooke heard her voice call

'Brooke he is coming after Kristi.' The voice sounded so familiar.

'David is that you?' Brooke called.

'Brooke get up and get Kristi they are coming for her!' The male's voice screamed ather.

Brooke sat up right getting up out of bed quickly and running down the hall. It was dark in the house which gave Brooke the impression it was mid night. As she rounded the corner a dark figure grabbed her. She screamed out but was silence with a sharp knock to the back of her head. The world once again went black and she felt herself fall into a firm grasp.

'Oh no! Help someone help!' Brooke screamed but no one came for her.