Brooke opened the door to Lucas's hospital room, and tried to gulp down the lump in her throat that was threatening to choke her.
Lucas looked over at her and frowned slightly.
He knew! He knew she was a cheater, he knew she had been unfaithful!
"Brooke, where were you?" he asked.
"I-I j-just went to the b-balcony, to get some fresh air," Brooke responded, losing the composure she had tried to gather before entering the room.
"Brooke, what's wrong?" Lucas asked worried.
"Lucas, what are you talking about?" Brooke said, taking a deep breath.
"You look… are you sure everything's okay?"
"Yeah Lucas, I'm fine, just a little worried for my boyfriend," she explained, sitting next to him on the bed.
Lucas smiled, and brought his arm over her shoulder, giving her a slight squeeze, "Don't worry about me Brooke, I'm a fighter."
Brooke laughed slightly, "I know."
Lucas stifled a yawn, but Brooke caught it anyways, "Lucas, get some rest,"
"Damnit! Brooke, I wanna spend time with you!" Lucas whined.
Brooke smiled, as she stood up dodging his hands that were trying to pull her back down to him, "Lucas, I was here all day, you need your rest if you want to get outta here and back to the real world," Brooke explained gently.
Lucas mock-pouted, "Fine, but one last kiss for the night,"
Brooke smiled, leaning down to peck him on the lips, but his arms were around her before she could retreat, and he kept her there for a bit, deepening the kiss.
"Lucas," Brooke mock-scolded.
He gave her a slight smile, before lying on his back, fidgeting with his pillow to make it comfortable. Brooke smiled at him, before turning to leave the room.
"Goodnight Cheery," Lucas whispered, looking sideways at her.
Brooke smiled sadly, "Goodnight Broody," she whispered, before slipping out the door.
When she was out in the hall, Karen walked up to her, "Brooke is he sleeping yet? He was waiting for you, and wouldn't go to sleep until he got to talk to you again,"
Brooke smiled, "Yeah, he's sleeping."
Karen nodded, I'm just going to slip in for a second, I can't sleep until I see him sleeping," she explained apologetically, "Then we can leave,"
"Yeah, for sure, no problem,"
"Oh and um Brooke, one favour, I think I forgot my purse under one of the tables in the cafe, can you quickly run down there and check?"
Brooke nodded, and walked to the cafe. She couldn't help but wonder where Nathan was. Had he gone home? Was he still here somewhere?
Unfortunately, her questions were answered as soon as she got to the cafeteria, there he was … with Haley. They were sitting together, with Nathan's arm slung casually around Haley's shoulder. Haley was obviously ecstatic, and seemed to really enjoy having Nathan close again. But what ticked Brooke the most was the way he was leaning down toward her, and the intense way their eyes were locked, and whatever Nathan was saying seemed to make Haley smile a lot.
Brooke clenched her fist angrily, How could Nathan do that to her! After pleading for her love moments earlier, he was down here with his ex wife, and her best friend!
Brooke felt like striding over to them, just to break their locked eyes. She couldn't help be burn inside.
Brooke quickly found Karen's purse, and headed out the door quickly, not wanting her teary eyes to be visible to anyone. When she got out, she slapped her hand against the wall in anger.
She turned to bump into a hard chest. She looked up to find Nathan staring back at her. She turned to push past him, when he put both of his hands on the wall on both sides of her, blocking her from both sides. Brooke pushed herself against the wall, to get as far away from him as possible.
"I.Hate.You." Brooke grumbled between gritted teeth.
Nathan smirked, "Oh, and why is that?"
"How could you Nathan, how could you do that to me," Brooke accused, biting her bottom lip to keep it from trembling.
"You mean going back to my ex? Because we're both guilty of that."
"You bastard, you told me you loved me!"
"And you told me you didn't. You told me you were using me. You told me that you and Lucas are soul mates, like me and Haley," Nathan bit back harshly. "So, I don't know why you're getting so jealous, it's not like you love me or anything. Remember?"
Brooke gritted her teeth, "I'm not jealous, I had felt bad for you before, I didn't know you were such a dick. I'm just angry that I misunderstood who you were, and thought you were a good person, ha, isn't that funny, I thought you actually cared about me, you fucking asshole,"
"Oh shut up Brooke," Nathan hissed annoyed, "Here it goes again. You're such a self-centered bitch. You don't care that your best friend Haley is getting back her ex husband, you're just so fucking upset that you don't have me on the side yearning to be with you, while you go off living your perfect life with the guy that has cheated on you twice. You and he are going to live the perfect life Brooke. He's going to keep fucking Peyton on the side, and you're going to cry over it for a month, trying to gather everyone's sympathy, get back at him by getting someone close to him to fall for you, and then go back to him when he begs you. I might have understood if you had said you just wanted to be with him until he gets better, but I never knew you were just playing me, to get back at my brother! What kind of shit are you? The slut of tree hill can now add self centered bitch to her label."
Brooke knew the tears were going to spill soon. She shut her eyes tight; to keep them in, "Fuck You Nathan,"
When she opened her eyes, he was gone…
A/n Okay okay, maybe not the longest chapter! But it's a very important chapter that has a lot in it! I hope I'm not angering to many people with Brathan. I'm sorry, but there is a lot to deal with before they could ever be happy. But, do be happy with their interaction, you can tell that they have a lot to do with each others lives, and are influenced a lot by the other. Some would even see how much they care for each other with every fight. Anyways, pleaseeee review guys, pleaseeeeeeeee! I promise my next chapter will be longer!