Chapter 13 anyone? (He, He, He.) Here it is.

General POV

"What! She cant be your..." Mercedes turned to look at Sandy. She walked over to her and she was pissed. "Why does it not surprise me that you cheated on my brother? I knew you were a slut, and with Michael!"

"Why are you calling me a slut! Look at you! You work fast don't you Z? Already found yourself a cute little white boy, didn't you?" Sandy said pointing to Nathan.

"Shut up Sandy, before I kick your ass! Leave Nathan out of this. How the hell did you get Michael! Cause I don't think the world is that damn small."

"You're right, it's not. I met him at the funeral. Well not met him but I did see him there. I thought he was cute. By the way... How does it feel coming back to this house? Bring back a lot of memories? Especially walking back into that living room?" Mercedes eyes began to water. "I can still remember when you called D that night. You cried forever. I just wanted you to shut up. But see... this is where you and I are different... Unlike you... I don't run away from my problems, you do."

"Get out." Mercedes whispered through tears.

"Stop being such a little bitch and own up to your mistakes. If you wouldn't have taken that modeling job your mom would still be alive. It's your fault she died."

Everyone was in shock. This was news to everyone except Brooke.

Flashback

The first night Mercedes was in Tree Hill and her and Brooke were getting ready for the party.

"Im so excited you're going to meet my friends." Brooke said as she fixed her hair.

"Me too... Brooke?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you not tell them why I'm here? I mean... I don't think I want to just yet."

Brooke looked into her eyes and saw so much sadness.She didn't know how Mercedes could stay so tough through all this. Mercedes had called her about two weeks after her mother had died and told her everything that had happened. Brooke wanted to be there for her so she asked her to move in, and Mercedes did. She wanted to start a new life in Tree Hill and whenever she thought of her mother it killed off another part of her soul. Brooke turned to her and gave her a hug.

"Don't worry. They won't get a thing out of me. I know you'll tell them when you're ready." She said smiling.

"Thanks Brooke." She said as she squeezed Brookes hand in appreciation.

End Flashback

Mercedes had had enough. Everyone could tell. Mercedes punched Sandy in the jaw and she fell to the floor. Nathan ran over to her and held her back before she could do anything else.

"Get out! And if you ever come near me, my brothers, or my friends again, I swear to God I'll...!"

Sandy got the picture and got up and walked out pulling Michael with her. After she was gone Mercedes fell into Nathan's arms sobbing. This picture brought tears to everyone's eyes. Peyton felt for her. And although she didn't know how her mother had died she knew what it was like to have her mother gone. She knew what it was like to go through and it hurt her to know she was going through the same thing that she had gone through so many years before. Some time passed and Mercedes began to calm down. D walked in the door and Mercedes wiped her eyes quickly. He had some red roses and a balloon that said 'forgive me'.

"Hey what's wrong baby sister?" He asked as he closed the door.

Mercedes distanced herself from Nathan and looked up at Darrel.

"We have to talk D."

"OK. What is it?" He asked walking closer to her.

"Umm... Sandy left."

"What! What do you mean she left!" he said becoming angry.

"D don't get mad. She..."

"What did you say to her Mercedes!" He said cutting her off.

"What did I?... I didn't..."

"No! You said something to her. Why do you hate her so much Z!" He cut her off once more.

"Darrel she didn't..." Brooked yelled at D.

"It's ok Brooke. D I'm sorry. I umm..." Mercedes said stopping Brooke from telling D what had actually with Sandy.

"You what!"

"I hit her. I'm sorry."

"God Mercedes!" He said turning his back to her

"D I'm sorry." She said as she touched his shoulder.

"Don't. Not now." He said pulling away from her.

Mercedes shut her eyes for a moment while her hand lingered in the air. Nathan looked at her and could tell she was shaken up. She turned and looked at Nathan for a moment before running up to her room. Nathan would have followed but her had some yelling to do first.

"Ok, Darrel..." Nathan said walking up to D.

Darrel turned around and looked at him.

"What?"

"Sandy was cheating on you with Mercedes' ex Michael. Sandy said that it was Mercedes' fault that her mom was dead. She obviously didn't want to see you hurting so she lied to you and told you it was her fault. But I'm not gonna let you hurt her any more than you have. That's more than she should have to take. And for you to just assume that it was her fault for Sandy leaving is more than messed up. She shouldn't have to take this. Especially from her brother."

D looked over at Brooke.

"Is what he said true?" Darrel asked.

"Yes it is, you idiot. You know Mercedes had never liked Sandy but she let you be with her anyways because she made you happy. Even though she was right about her all along."

"God." He whispered putting his face in his hands. He looked up at Nathan and Brooke and walked to the door and left.

Nathan turned to Brooke and looked at her.

"I should go check on her." He said walking to the stairs.

"She's in the shower, listen." The all stayed quiet and heard the water running upstairs. "Why don't you get ready for bed and then you can go check on her. Just give her some time to compose herself."

Nathan shook his head and walked into the room Brooke had given him. He took a quick shower and got dressed. After he was done he walked up to her room.

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