I'm sorry. I really am. I hope you enjoy this chapter though. Not much Naley. More of a Brucas chapter. So question for you guys, do you want Jeyton in this? Lemme know.

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Nathan slowly opened his eyes. Where was he? Then, quickly everything hit him. He was at the hospital. He had gotten in a car accident. He tried hard to recall what had happened but failed to remember. It was probably one of his usual night drives. When everything got hard, or when he needed a break, he would drive. Driving calmed him down. He had been doing a lot of it in the past ten years. He had loved Haley with his whole heart, and she had betrayed him. Sadly, that had scarred him. He hadn't been in a serious relationship since Haley. What was worse was the fact that they had seen each other many times afterwards. He was famous, and a great basketball player, and she was an amazing signer. The pop star and the athlete. They completed each other. But neither was ready to admit it. Nathan hated seeing her with Chris. It hurt him exactly as it had ten years earlier, and Haley felt that she had no other choice. The person whom she had loved completely had turned her away. And Nathan felt the same. When he came back from High Fliers that summer, he wanted to be with her. He had decided that he had forgiven her, and all he wanted was to be with her, but then he got to Tree Hill and found out.

She had left. Again.

That was the end of Nathan. He didn't show any emotion, and decided to go back to his old ways. Brooke had been there to help him out. She had been watching him, making sure that he would do something that would leave permanent damage. Many times Nathan had wondered why she had been so helpful and caring. She had never had a great friendship with him. But Brooke wasn't doing it for him. No, Brooke had other reasons. Reasons that Nathan would have killed to know. Brooke was helping out a friend. A friend that was stuck thousands of miles away, in a big city with little money, and a broken heart.

"Nurse," Nathan managed to get out. Just then Lucas entered the hospital holding a cup of coffee.

"Nathan," He shouted, "You're awake!"

Nathan simply nodded his head as it hurt too much to talk. If he was feeling better, he would've made a sarcastic comment at Luke's obvious statement. Instead, he just pointed to the water.

"Oh, sorry." Lucas said, with a guilty look on his face.

After taking a sip of water, Nathan was able to whisper without it hurting too much.

"Hey, man. What are you doing here?"

Lucas looked at him as if he had grown a second head.

"Well, there was a party down the hall, and I figured I'd drop in before heading over there. What do you think dumba-?

"Hah, funny Luke." Nathan replied, not amused at Luke's response. Lucas chose to ignore him, and said that he was going to find a doctor so that he could check if everything was all right. As soon as he left Brooke walked in, looking extremely tired and troubled.

"Boytoy!" She squealed, "You're up!"

"And you," Nathan paused, "Are hurting my ears!"

Brooke just rolled her eyes, and went to give him a big hug; when she noticed that Nathan had gotten uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?" She asked, curious because this wasn't the first time she had given Nathan a hug."Did you have another dream, Nate?" She asked with a twinkle in her eyes, referring to a dream Nathan had about her junior year. Nathan looked appalled at the idea, as Brooke had become like a sister to him.

"Ew," He said shaking his head.

"Don't look so disgusted, Boytoy, you know you want me," She teased him, enjoying it.

"Uh huh, Brooke. Keep thinking that. Listen, um, is this the first time you've been here?"

"No, are you kidding me?" Brooke asked confused, "I've been here quite a lot. Why?"

Nathan didn't answer but looked at her. It took a while, but she understood.

"Luke." She said simply.

"Yeah?" Lucas said, as he entered the room. Brooke looked up shocked, and pleasantly surprised.

"When did you get in?" She asked, avoiding his eyes. As soon as Lucas had found out who had called his name, he had frozen. It was her. The one. And she was talking to him as if the last ten years hadn't happened. Nathan just lay there, amused at the two people that were clearly in love, but did not realize it.

"Um, uh" Lucas was dumbfounded. He couldn't answer, instead he just stood there, hands sweating, and staring at Brooke. Nathan saw that Luke would not be able to talk, and decided to change the topic. Maybe Brooke would be easier to talk to.

"So, Brookie, what have I missed?"

"Well, uh, yea." She answered. Great, Nathan thought. They were both gone in their own private world. He felt so relieved and happy when the doctor came in.

"Hello, Mr. Scott. It's so nice to have you awake."

Nathan simply smiled. It was going to be a long day.