Disclaimer: Do not own any of One Tree Hill characters. The song is "I'm OK" by Christina Aguilera
Chapter 1: I'm Still Burning
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Once upon a time, there was a girl
It's funny how life surprises you unexpectedly. At the time when they were going out, Brooke thought she was in love with him.
How naive she had been, to think someone could actually love her. She had thought Peyton was her best friend, but that changed over some guy. But to Brooke, he was the one guy that was worth chasing after.
Brooke thought back to the first time she met Peyton.
In her early years, she had to learn
Flashback
7-year-old Brooke sat in the corner of the classroom, coloring by herself. Everyone else talked and laughed around her. The door opened and the principal stepped in with a little girl. The girl had hazel eyes and blonde curls. She was looking down at the ground, while the principal talked to Mrs. Smith.
A couple minutes later, the principal left and Mrs. Smith introduced the new girl to the class.
"Class, we have a new student. Her name's Peyton Sawyer and she moved here from Ohio. Please help her out." With that she ushered Peyton over to the seat next to Brooke.
Brooke looked up when she heard Peyton plop down in the seat next to hers. Brooke snuck a glance at the girl and turned back around until she heard the girl speak.
"Hi, I'm Peyton". The voice was soft.
"I'm Brooke Davis". She said, happy to have someone to talk too. She saw that Peyton had nothing to color with so she scooted her crayons toward her desk.
"Thanks".
After that, they became best friends. They spent all their time together.
End of Flashback
They've been best friends ever since, until Peyton had to go tell her boyfriend that she still liked him.
How to grow up, living a war that she called home
Brooke told Peyton all her secrets, the one's she promised herself that she would never tell.
Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm
She told Peyton how her parents were never around, always drinking and staying out late. On rare occasions, when they were home, they would lock themselves in their bedroom and argue all night.. She would lay in her bed listening to them fight. She could hear her mom crying and screaming, telling her dad to stop hitting her. She also told Peyton how her mom just left one day, and didn't come back.
It hurt her to see the pain across my mother's face
Every time my father's fist would put her in her place
Hearing all the yelling,
I would cry up in my room Hoping it would be over soon
It surprised her how great cover-up is to hide bruises and scars. The bruises she gets all the time at home. Peyton didn't know about that part, the part where her dad hit her for no reason. She keeps telling herself he doesn't mean to hit her, that he does love her. But the years went by and still no change, and her hopes quickly vanished.
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother, for all the love she gave
And every morning that I wake
And I'm ok
So, she drowned her problems in alcohol and sex. She knew she was known around school as being easy, and she really didn't care. She hasn't cared since that night she was 15. She was just starting out her freshman year and she was surprised that the most popular senior asked her out. They went to this nice restaurant and then they went to this club. Afterwards, they were making out in his car when he tried to unclasp her bra. She said no, but that didn't stop him. The next day he told all his friends how she put out on the first date, so naturally they all asked her out. She just went along with it, knowing no one would believe her anyway.
I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls
That all changed when Lucas became a member of the basketball team. She never felt that way about a guy before and she never wanted someone as much as she wanted him.
That was before he broke her heart into a million pieces. It was also before he cheated on her with her best friend. He was just like all the other guys, just wanted to have a good time. Just when you think you have a chance, another girl enters the picture. Now, she had no boyfriend and no best friend.
And she realized
That she's had enough of life's little surprises.
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