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Chapter 2Lucas and Brooke were walking down the hallway together in complete silence. She wasn't sure if she should start talking. And if she did, what would they talk about?
"So Luke…how are things with Peyton? I mean I know you probably haven't really spent that much time together but I was just wondering." She said. She knew she was babbling.
"Were okay, I mean we really haven't gotten to spend much time with each other but so far everything's great."
"That's awesome." Brooke said and put her head down. She wasn't going to let this get to her. She let him go, so he was doing what she told him to.
"I really am happy for you guys." She said sincerely. She wanted them both happy and if they were happy together, then so be it.
Lucas looked at her, surprised.
"Thanks." He said quietly.
"So let's get off of the drama subjects and on to something fun." Brooke said and smiled wide.
Lucas looked at her, intrigued.
"Okay, deal." He said. "What do you have in mind?"
Brooke thought about it for a second.
"I say let's stop the talking and actually do something fun." Brooke said. "Are you tired of walking?"
"A little." Lucas admitted.
"Good. Then I will give you the tour of the hospital because, well, since I am afraid of them this is the perfect way to get over my fear. And I was thinking that since your tired I could get a wheelchair and wheel you around."
Lucas smiled.
"Sounds perfect."
Peyton walked into Haley's room, hoping to talk to her about Brooke.
"Hey Haley." She greeted.
"Hey." Haley said quietly.
"Look, I know that you and Brooke are really good friends and that's kind of the reason I'm here."
Haley sat up a little.
"I have been taking care of Brooke for a little while now, and she has always taken care of me back. But now, now I don't think I can do it anymore." Peyton said. She was nearly in tears.
"So I was just asking you if, if you could. She loves you Haley and Brooke and I have had our problems. So many problems that in her exact words 'like before is gone'. I just want her to have somebody there for her."
Haley nodded.
"Don't worry, I'll always be there for her."
Brooke was now wheeling Lucas around the whole entire hospital, including the nursery. They had gone just about everywhere and were laughing together, just like before. Brooke had missed this friendship she had with him, it didn't matter if they weren't 'together' anymore, just as long as she still had him in her life.
"And this right over there, is where I asked that little boy what's the matter and he coughed in my face." Brooke said, still a bit bitter about it.
Lucas just laughed. "I would have loved to see your face."
Brooke lightly slapped him. "Not funny Lucas Eugene Scott!"
Lucas winced.
"Ouch, did you have to put the middle name in there?"
"It was necessary." Brooke giggled and was wheeling him back to his room. They were both laughing until they saw who was waiting at the door. Karen and Peyton. Brooke immediately got uncomfortable.
"Oh I was just wheeling him around the hospital, giving him a tour." She quickly said without having them ask her where they had been.
Brooke took Lucas back into his room and helped him in bed.
"I'm going to go Lucas." She whispered in his ear.
"No, Brooke, you don't have to you can stay…"
"No, it's okay. I have to go check on Haley anyways. Get your rest." She said and left him lying there in his bed.
Brooke passed by Karen and Peyton and mouthed a 'sorry'. They weren't mad, she knew that. But she still didn't feel like it was right of her to do that to Peyton. I mean they were finally going out and then Brooke came waltzing in with him laughing. That was not a good start to a relationship. So she decided to cool things down a bit. She walked into Haley's room because she hadn't seen her all day and she loved talking to her. She knocked quietly on the door and let herself in.
"Hey Hales, how are you feeling this morning?" She said cheerfully.
"I see you've gotten your 'cheeriness' back." Haley grumbled.
Brooke shrugged. "Not really."
"You sure? You could have fooled me." Haley said and smiled.
"Hales, can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Okay say that you wheeled your ex boyfriend around the whole entire hospital having the best time and then came back to his room and noticed that his current girlfriend and mom were standing in the doorway. Should you feel guilty or not?" Brooke asked, hoping she would catch on.
"So your telling me that you wheeled Lucas around the whole entire hospital and then came back laughing until you saw Karen and Peyton in the doorway?" Haley asked and laughed. She loved Brooke's crazy stories, especially when there true like this one.
"Maybe…" Brooke said quietly.
"Well I mean Brooke it's not like you guys were making out or anything right?" Haley asked.
"Right."
"Okay then, you shouldn't feel guilty. You were just trying out the friendship with him."
"Exactly! You know me too well hospital girl." Brooke said and showed her dimpled smile.
"Oh no, are you going to be calling me hospital girl all the time now?" Haley groaned.
"Nope, just until your out of the hospital." Brooke said and laughed. She then grabbed some pudding off of Haley's tray.
Haley laughed and threw a pillow that she was holding at Brooke. Brooke laughed and then suddenly threw the spoon that she was holding. They were both laughing until they heard a knock at the door. It was Nathan.
"Hey Nate, come to check up on your wife?" Brooke asked, stopping the food and pillow fight that was taking place in the hospital room.
"Yes, I am. But I'm also here to tell you that Lucas was asking for you." Nathan said seriously to Brooke. He didn't want to see her get hurt anymore either.
Brooke frowned. Not now, she couldn't go back in there. He needed to be with Peyton, I mean he said so himself that he hadn't spent so much time with her so this was the perfect opportunity.
"Oh uhm, can you tell him that I might be by later?" She asked.
"Brooke…" Haley began.
"No Haley, trust me, I know what I'm doing."
"And that is…?"
"I'm keeping my distance so he can be with Peyton. I mean we can always be friends but he needs to have Peyton now."
Haley sighed.
"I'm going to go in the lobby. I'll catch up with you guys later." Brooke said and walked into the lobby while Nathan went into Lucas' room, promising Haley that he would be back soon.
Nathan walked into Lucas' room and saw him lying down, confused.
"Where's Brooke?" He asked.
"She's uh, not coming." Nathan replied.
Lucas looked more confused.
"Why not?"
"She was busy." Nathan said quickly. He knew he shouldn't say what the real reason was, Brooke would have killed him. So he made up a lie, which Lucas didn't believe, but he didn't fight it.
"So where's Peyton?" Nathan asked.
"She ran to my house to grab me a few things. I'm leaving here tomorrow." He replied.
"Dude, that's great!" Nathan exclaimed.
"Yeah. So when's Haley getting out?"
"Two days. Brooke is coming back here to help us with her. Then Brooke is going to basically be the maid around the apartment until Haley can get back on her feet." Nathan replied.
Brooke. She was going to be around them for a while. He thought of maybe spending some of his time at Nathan and Haley's apartment.
"That's good that Brooke's going to be helping her. I mean I would, but if you haven't noticed I'm still attached to all these wires and I bet I won't be able to do much after I get out of here." Lucas said with a laugh.
Nathan laughed. "Don't worry about it. I think Brooke has it covered. Who would have known that Brooke Davis would actually know how to take care of someone besides herself?"
Lucas knew. He knew how Brooke was when people were in trouble or hurt. She was always there for them, ready to do something for them. But he guessed he and Peyton were the only ones that knew that. And maybe Haley now.
"She's actually really good at it. She helped a lot around my house when Keith died." Lucas said.
Nathan nodded, not really wanting to get further in this conversation about Brooke.
"Alright well I told Haley I would get back to her. I'll check up on you later, okay?"
Lucas nodded and Nathan left the room.
Peyton was coming back from Lucas' house when she saw Brooke sitting in the lobby by herself. She came up and sat down next to her.
"Hey Brooke." Peyton greeted.
Brooke jumped.
"Oh, it's just you. Hey Peyton, you scared me!" Brooke exclaimed and then laughed. Peyton laughed too.
"So what are you doing out here?" Peyton asked.
"Oh I was just tired. I saw Haley and then just decided to come and sit."
"Do you want to go and get some coffee together?" Peyton suggested. She was taking the first step to mending their friendship.
"Sure."
They both walked down to the cafeteria to get some coffee and talk about the current events in their life.
Lucas was lying in bed when he saw Brooke pass by his open door.
"Brooke!" He called out, not very loud but she still heard it.
She walked backwards and looked in his room.
"Did you call me?" She asked.
"Yeah, why didn't you come in here earlier?" He asked.
Brooke felt that uncomfortable ness again. She looked at her feet and tried to think of a good excuse.
"I just figured that you needed some rest. I mean you didn't exactly get any earlier." Brooke said and laughed.
Lucas smiled. "No, I didn't. But you could still have come in."
"Well I just thought that Peyton would be in here keeping you company anyways so I just decided to give you two some time. I really want you guys to have a good relationship Luke."
"Brooke I can still have a good relationship with Peyton while being your friend."
"Yeah, and look how great our relationship turned out when you were friends with Peyton." Brooke said and rolled her eyes.
Lucas grew silent. He knew any response would be wrong to that statement. Luckily, Brooke changed the subject.
"So I heard your getting out of here tomorrow." She said.
"Yeah. My mom and Peyton are going to help me. Do you want to come too?" Lucas asked.
"I'll probably be here. I mean I'm looking after Haley when she gets out."
"Yeah, I heard about that. I think it's great that you are."
"Yeah well, Haley and I are great friends. I wouldn't just abandon her like that. I care about her too much." Brooke said sincerely. She really did care about Haley, she was her best friend.
Lucas nodded, understanding everything that she said. He wanted to have some more fun with her and possibly visit Haley, so he got an idea.
"Okay, so you know how you wheeled me out of here earlier?" He asked.
"Yeah…" Brooke said. She had fun, but she was trying to forget what happened when they came back.
"Well, do you think you could wheel me to Haley's room so I can talk to her?" Lucas asked with a pleading smile.
Brooke wasn't sure she should let him do this. I mean look how great it went last time.
"I don't know Lucas…I mean when we came back Peyton and your mom looked kind of mad…" Brooke began.
"Please Brooke?" He begged.
"Alright, fine. But Lucas Eugene Scott you have to be on your best behavior!" Brooke exclaimed now looking extremely happy.
"Only if you promise to not use my middle name anymore." Lucas said. He hated it when she said his middle name because he himself didn't like it.
"Deal."
Brooke got him into the wheelchair and peeked her head out of the room to make sure the coast was clear.
"Okay, I think were good to go." Brooke announced and quietly wheeled him out of the room.
Brooke was on guard the whole time they were walking to Haley's room. She didn't want to get caught and she didn't want to cause any trouble. Whenever a nurse or doctor walked by she hit on them so they wouldn't have any suspicions. But for some reason, she could feel Lucas tense up every time she would talk to one of them.
"Has anyone ever told you that you look like McDreamy?" She once asked a doctor. He smiled and walked past her.
"Brooke, I think we'll be okay." Lucas said trying to get her to stop flirting with the doctors.
"No time for thinking!" Brooke yelled half crazed. Lucas laughed. They finally reached Haley's room, both smiling.
"Hospital girl, I kind of brought you a visitor." Brooke smiled showing her dimples.
She wheeled Lucas in the room and set him right beside Haley's bed. She smiled excitedly at Brooke and pulled her into a hug.
"Thank you!" She yelled.
"Hey, don't thank me, Lucas was the one who wanted to be here I just got him out." She said and was walking towards the door.
"I'm going to give you guys a minute." She continued as she slipped out the door.
Haley nodded and turned her attention back to Lucas.
"Hey." She said.
He smiled. "Hi Hales, how are you feeling?"
"Pretty good, I've had a lot of company. You'd think I was putting on a performance in here!"
Lucas laughed. "Yeah well I heard Brooke is going to be taking care of you until you get better."
Haley wondered why he wasn't talking about Peyton, or school or anything else but her and Brooke. I mean he comes in with Brooke, and just days ago he was laughing and talking with her like nothing happened between them.
"What's going on with you guys Luke?" Haley asked.
Lucas tensed up. "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that you guys broke up a few months ago and then just days ago you both are hanging out and acting like nothing happened between you guys when obviously, a lot did." Haley said. She could feel anger rising in her but she didn't want to start anything.
"Were trying to be friends Hales." Was all he said. He himself wasn't even sure if that's really what it was but he had to keep telling himself that.
"Alright, but don't play with her again Luke. Brooke and I are really good friends and I'll be there for her always. I just…I really don't want her to get hurt again." Haley was almost in tears. She knew how Brooke handled things; with drinking, shutting people out, and sex, lots and lots of sex and one night stands. She hoped that was the old Brooke, but lately she had been so worried about what she was going to do when she actually saw Lucas and Peyton going out in school.
"I know, I don't want to hurt her again either. But I won't." He said making sure Haley understood that it was the last thing he wanted to do. He knew he hurt her, a lot, but he was moving on and Brooke hadn't…yet.
Haley gave a reassuring nod telling him that she understood.
"So how's Peyton?" She asked trying to lighten the mood.
"Great, I just actually haven't talked to her today." He said realizing that he hadn't seen her at all today.
"Oh." Haley said quietly. She wasn't sure how she felt about them being together. She loved when he was with Brooke because they were such good friends. But when she came back from the tour, Peyton was cruel to her. And after that, they hadn't really talked. She wasn't sad or happy that they hadn't talked, she just noticed they hadn't.
"I get out tomorrow." She heard Lucas say. She immediately snapped out of her thoughts and turned her attention back to him.
"Lucky, I get out of here in two days. Want to break me out?" Haley said half serious half jokingly.
"I would, but I think your first call would be Brooke. She helped me break out of my room." He said and smiled, remembering how he had to practically beg her to get him out of there because she was afraid of getting caught. He knew that she was worried about what his mom and Peyton would think but to tell the truth, he wasn't. He didn't really care about what everyone else thought. He used to, but now he just wanted to live his life. After he found out about his HCM he just wanted to live the way he wanted.
"Yeah, she told me about when you guys basically got caught coming back from the tour of the hospital." Haley said laughing.
"Yeah, that's why it took me a lot of begging to get her to take me here. She didn't want the same thing to happen." Lucas said and smiled.
"That doesn't sound at all like Brooke." Haley said laughing. Lucas began laughing too.
"No, I guess not."
Just then Brooke came in the room.
"Hey you guys, sorry to break it up but your supposed to be in your room in about five minutes Luke, and it took us about 10 to get here so I suggest we go because I am not getting in any more trouble here!" Brooke yelled smiling and gently shut the door again.
"See, that's exactly how she was earlier." Lucas said still smiling.
Haley noticed. She noticed the wide smile that he had on and she knew that it was because of Brooke. What she didn't know or wanted to know was how he really felt about her. She was done with his games that he didn't even know he was playing.
"You're happy Luke." She whispered.
"Yeah, I am." He replied confused.
"No, I mean you're happy…with her." She said more clearly.
Lucas stared intensely at her. Haley was his best friend and could read him like a book. She knew what he really wanted and she knew who he wanted all along. Too bad he didn't know himself.
"I'll be by tomorrow after school." He said before wheeling himself to the door that was now open by Brooke. Brooke walked over to Haley to give her one last hug before returning the Lucas and wheeling him out the door.
"Ready for the ride of your life Broody?" She asked.
"Bring it on Cheery." He said and they both laughed.
None of them had even noticed they had said their nicknames. Maybe they didn't want to notice, or maybe they were too caught up in each other to even realize. Whatever it was, they were too scared to admit it.
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