A/N: I had a hard time writing this chapter because I'm not exactly sure what I wanted to write, but here is what I got so far and I hope you enjoy it.

And yes, you will get an update for I Need You Now tonight. Hope you are excited!

Chapter Twenty-Six: Missing

The soon to be Baker household was full with Julian and Brooke's friends. They were all gathered around waiting to take orders from Julian who was worried for his little girl.

Julian and Brooke had went to bed early last night knowing that Sam would be just fine, only to wake up this morning and it had appeared that Sam had not been home.

"Is there anywhere else that you would like us to check?" Haley questions her friend with a sad expression. It appeared that Brooke and Julian were handling the situation well. Haley knew what it had been like to have a missing child and for those few short hours she was a wreck. Deep down she knew Brooke and Julian were barely keeping it together.

Brooke wipes her tears and shakes her head when she realizes that Julian was not going respond to Haley.

"No, you've done enough. You've searched everywhere. It's okay, we got it from here."

Julian gets up from his seat on the couch and walks outside. He hated feeling like this. He hated all of it. He had no idea where his daughter was. Sam was not answering her phone and Julian was now truly worried about her.

Julian pulled out his phone and dialed a number as past memories flooded through his mind.

-WLOM-

Sara and Julian were sitting in the Bryce kitchen talking about their daughter. Lately, she hadn't been herself and it was scaring both parents.

"I feel like a failure," Sara whispers as she looks at the granite counter top. "I hate feeling like this Julian. I don't even know what is going on with my own child."

"Sara, it's not just you, okay?" Julian shrugs his shoulders sadly. "I don't know what is going on with her either. I turned down that movie offer because I needed to know that my daughter, whatever she is going through, that she was going to be okay. I don't want to leave her like this."

Sara smiles kindly at her ex. From the start, Julian had been a great father. If his daughter really needed him he would drop everything just to fly away from his job to see her.

"You're a good father Julian. You're better then my father is and you're better than your father is. But I'm beginning to think that maybe Samantha is just going through that awkward start of a teenage year's stage."

"It's possible."

The phone rings and Sara gets up to answer it.

"Bryce residence, Sara speaking…yes, this is she…"

Julian watches as his ex's facial features change dramatically.

"I'll be there right away," Sara stated quickly before hanging up the phone and turning her attention to Julian. "We have to go NOW! Sam was just brought into the hospital."

Julian is at his feet in an instant.

"Did they tell you why?"

Sara shook her head.

"They wouldn't tell me over the phone."

"Let's go!"

It didn't take long for them to reach the hospital with Julian breaking every road law known to man.

Julian and Sara rush to the front desk out of breath from running from the parking lot.

"My name is Sara Bryce and someone from this hospital called me to tell me that my daughter Samantha Baker was brought in here. Can anyone tell me what is going on?"

"I'll page the doctor for you."

-WLOM-

"Why don't you guys go on home? If we hear anything, we'll give you a call. I promise," Brooke says as she stands up from the couch.

Haley looks towards Peyton and they both stand up from their chairs.

"I'm going to look some more before heading home. If I find her, I'll give you all a call."

Brooke smiles and nods her head to Peyton.

"Thanks. I'm going to go check on Julian."

Brooke leaves Haley and Peyton in the house. Haley turns her attention to Peyton.

"Would you have any idea on where she would be?"

Peyton shrugs her shoulders.

"No, I wouldn't be sure, but from what Brooke had told us of Sam's past and what I already know, right now then I have a possible idea, but I have to go alone. You wouldn't understand," Peyton explains gently before grabbing her jacket and walking towards the door.

"I hope you find her Peyton, but being a fifteen year old teenage girl, she may not want to be found."

-WLOM-

"Drugs?" Julian asks in disbelief. "My daughter had a drug overdose. Is that what you are trying to tell me?"

"The results are there Mr. Baker. Samantha came in because of a drug overdose. We ran the tests and it's confirmed that her apparent drug overdose was from Cocaine. We did all the necessary procedures and she is going to be fine. I suggest you get her some help though."

"My daughter is not a drug addict!" Julian shouts.

Sara had walked away from Julian and into the room where her daughter was sleeping in the hospital bed with tubes and wires were sticking everywhere.

"Drugs," Sara whispers as she shakes her head. "Why drugs?"

After talking with the doctor Julian found his way into his daughter's hospital room and his eyes were instantly in tears.

"I didn't know. How did I not know?" Julian cried as he fell into the chair.

"I didn't know either," Sara whispers with a sniffle. "I didn't either."

-WLOM-

"I'll let you know when we find her Kadyn…yeah, I know. I'm worried about that as well," Julian turns around when he hears the door open. "Ahem, yeah. I'll talk to you soon. Alright, bye."

Julian closes his phone and sighs loudly.

"I have a bad feeling Brooke. I have a really bad feeling."

Brooke settles into her fiancé's lap.

"As long as Sam knows we are here for her then everything will be fine. We can get through this Julian. I promise you that."

-WLOM-

Peyton had walked to her spot under the bridge where she and Brooke would spend most of their time when they were little. She wasn't surprised to see Sam sitting there appearing lost. As Peyton closer she noticed something lying on the ground next to Sam and she sighed. It was a coke vial and it appeared empty. Everything in her wanted to throttle the girl because no matter what was going on, drugs were never the answer, but she wanted to know how the girl was.

"Samantha," Peyton said gently as she sat down next to the girl. "You have everyone worried sick. Look at me please."

Sam turned to look at Peyton and even though Peyton could see her dilated pupils, it wasn't that, that worried her. It was the bruising around Sam's neck.

"What happened to your neck?"