Chapter Five: Here Without You
Lucas paced the hallway in the waiting area. Brooke had tears in her eyes, watching Lucas pace only made it worse.
"Luke, please sit down," Brooke asked.
"I can't, I love her, and I can't," Lucas said, as he broke down to tears again.
"Oh, Luke, come here," Brooke said.
Lucas managed to get his legs to walk him the short distance to were Brooke was sitting.
"She's gonna make it, she's gonna be okay," Brooke said.
"But what if she doesn't, I never got a chance to tell her," Lucas said.
Brooke brushed a couple of his tears away.
"She'll wake up, you'll be able to tell her," Brooke said.
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"Do you remember what to get?" Haley asked.
"Yeah, it wasn't too awful much, Larry and Luke didn't feel like eating. Brooke only wanted a sandwich," Nathan said.
"Okay, good, cause I'm hungry," Haley said.
"Well, that could possibly be, the extra person your carrying around," Nathan said.
"Shut up," Haley said, playfully punching him.
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Larry sat in the chair next to Peyton's bed. His hand holding tightly to her hand. He swiped a few tears from his eyes. The sight of seeing his baby girl in a hospital bed, was too much for him to bare.
"Peyton honey, I need you too wake up. I can't sit here, and think about you not waking up. I can't lose anyone else in this hospital. I've already lost your mother here, I will not lose you too. Please baby, all I need, all I want is to here your voice. Please, honey just open those eyes for me. Lucas needs you too, that boy is so in love with you, it actually hurts me to see him in such a mess. He hasn't stopped crying since he got here, he needs you Peyton, I need you. All your friends need you, and they're all here for you. Brooke, Nathan, Haley, and that Rachel chick just got here. So if you could just open your eyes, that would be great," Larry said, as his head fell down on the bed and he laid there for a while surrounded in his own tears.
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"Hey guys were back," Haley said, as she walked into the waiting area.
"Hey," Rachel said really low.
Haley saw the two sleeping figures on the floor. Brooke had her arm around Luke, in an attempt to comfort him. They both had fallen asleep.
"I didn't want to wake them, especially not Lucas," Rachel said.
"That's understandable," Haley said.