Hey everyone, I know it's been a long time. Here's the new chapter and I think there is more to come, like some getting hurt again... No more talking, here we go.

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"Thanks for coming Peyton, it means a lot." Lucas said.

"Yeah, sorry Brooke saw us. I thought she would be gone longer than that." Peyton replied.

Lucas sat up in his bed and said: "I have to go after her."

Peyton stopped him and said: "You can't walk Luke, you have to lay down."

He sighed and said: "Help me to get into that wheelchair, please."

Peyton nodded and helped him, she knew that if she didn't help him, he would have walked or worst, ran, after Brooke so she helped him to get into the wheelchair.

"I'm glad you're okay." Peyton told him.

"Thanks Peyton." He replied, they both went out of the room and Lucas started to look for Brooke.

He found her outside, she was sitting on a bench near the main entrance of the hospital, looking down. Lucas could she tears in her eyes, it broke his heart.

When she saw him in his wheelchair, she sighed loudly and yelled at him: "God Lucas, what are you doing here?"

"Are you mad at me?" He asked.

"Don't you know what rest means?" She yelled in answered.

"Are you mad at me?" He asked again.

"Stop answering with questions." She snapped.

"Start answering my questions." He said calmly.

"I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at that backstabbing slut." She explained, she had tears in her eyes but they were tears of anger now.

"And that's why you have a cigarette in your hand." Lucas commented.

Brooke looked down and realised that she was indeed holding a cigarette.

"It's nothing, I was just angry and I saw this guy smoking and I asked for one. I didn't even light it up." She said.

She looked down. She was feeling butterflies in her stomach and shivers running down her body. All this mixed up emotions, love, anger, jealousy, guilt, fear, despair were going over her heart, mind and soul. She just wanted to pretend that nothing bad had ever happened, that she and Lucas were insanely in love, that he hadn't a heart condition, that Jimmy, Keith and Cooper were alive and that Peyton was her best friend. She wanted to be a teenager again, not a grown up. She didn't know what to say, what to think or what to do anymore. She was so exhausted. She just wanted to lie down, sleep and cut herself from all the crazyness of her world.

Lucas knew that something was going on with his girlfriend, he knew she was strong, she was a fighter, she was determined and stubborn but enough was enough, she couldn't endure all these things happening to her, to both of them.

He laced his fingers with hers and whispered: "It's okay."

"I'm gonna kill that bitch." Brooke said angrily.

"She's not a bad person you know." Lucas told her.

"So what now you're defending her! Again!" Brooked exclaimed. She tried to get up and walk away but Lucas held her hand tighter and stopped her.

"I am not defending her Brooke." He said.

She turned back to face him and he explained: "Just twist things around for a sec. What if she was with Jack and that you were in love with him?"

Brooke rolled her eyes and said: "Like I could be in love with Jack."

"Alright, then just imagine that I'm with her and that you are in love with me. I'm at the hospital and she is mad at you because you told her that you were in love with her boyfriend. What would you do? Would you just wait for Haley to call you and give you news about me or would you come to the hospital to check on me?" He asked, trying to make his point.

"I would get in my car and drive far far away, because I would be so ashamed of myself for being in love with my best friend's boyfriend that I couldn't stand being near her anymore." She replied.

"You know that's not it. You would come to the hospital and make sure that I'm okay, no matter if Peyton's here or not." He said.

"She's just concerned about me Brooke, just like you are." He added.

"The only difference is that I'm the one who get to kiss you, not her." She said.

"That was a small kiss on the forehead, nothing more." He said.

"Maybe it was nothing more for you, but what was it for her?" She asked.

"At Nathan and Haley's wedding you asked me why I wouldn't let you all the way in... That was just because I was scared of losing you, I was scared of hurting you. I still am." He added.

She looked at him in the eyes, waiting for him to make his point.

"Thing is that, I realised that life is too short to repress our feelings. I am sure about my feelings, I know with all my heart that I love you with every fiber of my body. I know I won't hurt you because I will never leave you." He continued.

"Peyton may love me, but I love you more. You have all the way in Brooke, all the way in." He finished.

Brooke smiled and said: "You know what Broody, you're not much of a talker, but when you do, you're awesome."

"Kiss me." He asked with his special handsome smile of him.

They shared a kiss and Brooke whispered: "I love you Luke."

"Love you too pretty girl." He replied.

"Now, let's go back to your room before all the nurses and the doctors start searching for you." Brooke told him.

"Yup." He nodded and they went back in his room.

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"Here's the deal..." Brooke told Lucas who was now back in his hospital bed.

"I'll give you hell of a kiss and then you'll get to sleep." She finished, running a finger on his lips.

"Okay." Lucas replied smiling.

Brooke smiled back at him. She bent down and their lips met in a passionate kiss. Lucas carresed her cheek with his thumb, Brooke always loved it, it was feeling so good. Each second, their kiss grew more and more passionate, both could feel how much they loved the other. None of them wanted this moment to stop but Brooke finally pulled apart, she knew that if they didn't stop now, this would get uncontroled, and they were in an hospital... Lucas let out a huge dissapointed sigh.

Brooke gave him a small peack on the lips and wispered: "Keep your eyes closed and get to sleep. I love you."

"Love you too." Lucas replied, keeping his eyes closed.

"Hey you guys." Karen said as she entered the room.

Brooke greeted her with a huge.

"Mom!" Greeted Lucas, his eyes wide open.

"You had a deal Lucas, keep your eyes closed and get to sleep." Karen told him.

Lucas rolled his eyes and Brooke blushed, it meant that Karen had witnessed the whole scene.

"You know I'm not the one who should be getting sleep." Lucas said, his eyes closed this time.

"That's right." Karen said, she turned to Brooke and said. "Why don't you go home and get some rest?"

Brooke looked down and said: "It's best to be here than to be in my hotel room."

"I meant 'home' Brooke." Karen said, handing her the keys to her and Lucas house.

Brooke smiled and Karen explained: "Just go home, get some rest in Lucas's bed and we'll meet you there. That young boy will be allowed to go home soon."

"Just don't feng shui my room again." Lucas mumbled, half asleep.

"Can't promise you anything, boyfriend." She replied with a wink.

Both of Karen and Brooke laughed. Brooke hugged Karen and thanked her. She walked next to Lucas and whispered: "Sleep tight baby."

With that she drove to Lucas' house and felt asleep in a matter of time in his bed. She was feeling warm and safe there. With Lucas' scent on the pillow it was almost feeling like he was laying next to her and she knew that soon he'll get home and they will both cuddle in each other arms, cut from the rest of the world, cut from all the problems of being almost a grown up.

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