Okay well here's Chapter 4! Sorry that it took so long for me to update, I've been extremely busy! Okay well enough talk enjoy Chapter 4! And thank you so much to all that reviewed my last chapter they were great!

Chapter 4

The next day Brooke went to the hospital. Haley was getting out today and she promised that she would be there to help her. Little did she know, Lucas was going to be there too.

"Hey hospital girl!" Brooke greeted when she walked into the room. Nathan was helping Haley out of bed and into a wheelchair.

"Only 15 minutes until you can stop calling me that." Haley said.

Brooke rolled her eyes and grinned.

"I've missed you Hales, school has been so dull…" Brooke began.

"Oh you mean besides your new love named Chase?" Haley joked.

Just then Lucas came in.

"What new love?" He asked as he walked in.

"Oh nothing…" Brooke began again. She wasn't sure if she wanted Lucas to know.

"Brooke's new guy. His name is Chase Matthews. She didn't tell you?" Haley asked.

Brooke knew what she was really trying to do and Brooke didn't like any of it.

"Oh was that the guy that you were talking about who was in the Clean Teens club?" He asked. He remembered how he felt when he saw her prance after him. He hated it.

"Yeah." Brooke said shyly.

"How are things going with him?" Lucas asked. He knew he was basically grilling her, but he wanted to know all about this Chase guy.

"Well were not in a relationship or anything but so far things are going amazingly well actually. I mean, we talked for a while yesterday and today were going to study together." Brooke said with a smile on her face. She didn't even know it was there.

Lucas saw her smile, it was the genuine smile that she used to give him. He missed it at that moment. He was mad at Chase for making her so happy when all he did was cause her pain. Then he realized she said 'studying'.

Haley must have noticed too because they were both looking at Brooke suspiciously.

"Studying?" They both asked at the same time.

"Yeah, after school. Don't look at me like that I want to study with him!" Brooke exclaimed still feeling their confused stares.

"Are you sure it's just studying?" Haley asked with her eyebrows raised.

Brooke picked up a pillow and threw it at her.

"Yes Haley we are just studying. He's a Clean Teen for goodness sake!" Brooke yelled as Haley and Lucas kept laughing.

"So Luke how are things with Peyton, have you slept with her yet?" Brooke asked. The laughter stopped and Lucas looked at Brooke with seriousness.

Brooke smiled, happy that her comment made them go quiet.

"Uh huh, I thought that would shut you two up!"

"Okay Hales, are you ready to go?" Nathan asked walking into the room.

"Oh yes!" Haley exclaimed and Nathan wheeled her out. Brooke and Lucas trailed behind them, whispering.

"So Luke, how are things with Peyton really?" Brooke asked.

"Really good. Things are going really great."

And Brooke knew it was true. She had seen them kiss in the hallway, she knew they were hanging out constantly, and she also knew that everybody thought they were great together. She just sometimes felt like she was forgotten about. And she hated being forgotten.

"I'm really happy for you Luke." Brooke said sincerely.

"Thanks, me too." He replied.

"So how are you holding up Broody?" She asked to try and lighten up the mood.

"I'm fine. It's just… were friends right?" He asked. For some reason he hated saying friends.

"Right…" She said still confused as to what he was getting at.

"So I can tell you something that's really serious then?"

"Yeah, go ahead, I'm all ears." She said.

"Okay you have to promise not to tell anyone and your probably going to think that it's really weird and suspicious but…"

"Luke, you're rambling. I won't tell and I probably won't think it's weird. You can trust me." Brooke said.

Lucas took a deep breath.

"I don't think Jimmy killed Keith."

Brooke at first was floored, but then she thought about it and thought that if Lucas thought so, he probably wasn't crazy. I mean yeah, he did come up with some weird conclusions but for some reason, she knew this wasn't one of them.

"I don't think it's weird Lucas." Brooke whispered after a couple of minutes.

Lucas was relieved. Everyone that he had told had said that it was just in his head and that he needed to move on. But not Brooke, he should have expected her to understand a little.

"Thanks. It seems like people have been telling me that every time I talk about it."

"I'm not saying your wrong, but…why do you think that?" She asked, careful not to act like she thought he was lying. She didn't think he was, but she just needed a reason.

"I had a dream when I was in the hospital Brooke. I saw Keith and he was trying to get me to open my eyes. I was confused at first but now I know what he was talking about. I don't think Jimmy killed Keith."

"And I know your probably thinking that it was just a dream but it wasn't Brooke, it was so real and it really got me thinking. I just…I don't know what to do now."

"Have you told Peyton about it?" Brooke asked. She didn't want to, but she had to.

"Yeah, but she thinks that it might have just been a dream, nothing else."

"Well dream or no dream, it means something. I think dreams symbolize something all the time. I don't think your wrong Luke." Brooke said.

Lucas smiled. "Thanks for understanding Brooke."

"No problem." They looked at each other for seconds, but then they heard Haley yelling 'are you guys coming?' and realized that they had been standing there. They snapped back to reality and Brooke blushed while Lucas looked at his feet.

"Yeah, were coming." Brooke said breaking the silence. They both walked after Haley together, not mentioning the subject at all.

They all arrived at Nathan and Haley's apartment. Brooke and Nathan helped Haley inside while Lucas opened the door for them. Haley was whining the whole way home.

"Now can I go back to it?" She whined.

"Nope, just a few steps more…" Brooke began.

She helped Haley into the house and onto the couch. Brooke stood back up and clapped her hands together.

"Okay! Now I can start calling you Tutor Girl again." Brooke said and sat down next to Haley.

"Thank you!" Haley yelled with an exasperated sigh.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Brooke said and rolled her eyes.

"Okay, well I'm going to get going. I'm supposed to meet up with Peyton in 15 minutes. Hales, if you need anything just call me. Same goes with you and Nathan. And Brooke, we should hang out sometime." Lucas said and waved to everyone before leaving the apartment.

"Nathan, do you mind giving Brooke and me some alone time? I have to talk to her about something." Haley asked.

"Sure. I'll be in our room if you need me." Nathan said and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before retreating to their bedroom.

Haley turned and faced Brooke.

"Okay, you are so telling me what's going on between you and Chase!" Haley exclaimed.

Brooke smiled wide.

"It's different Haley, he's just so sweet and kind, and really funny. I've never really felt like this with anyone besides…"Brooke trailed off.

"Lucas." Haley finished.

"Right. And that makes me even more scared. I mean Hales, what if I'm falling in love all over again?" Brooke asked. She was really worried that if she did fall for Chase, he would end up breaking her heart just like Lucas did.

"I think if your falling in love again then you should be happy and enjoy it while it lasts. High school's ending Brooke. Have as much fun as you can." Haley encouraged.

"So your saying go after him?" Brooke asked.

Haley nodded. "Definitely go after him Brooke."

Brooke squealed. "Oh thank you Haley! I am so glad I got to talk to somebody about this. I was so worried I would have to just decide by myself and the last time I don't think I had the best judgment."

Haley smiled. "You can always talk to me Brooke, about anything. But you already know that."

"Yeah, I do." Brooke said sincerely. She knew she could talk to Haley about everything, and she did. Haley was the only one that she actually listened to and that was rare. The only people she listened to before were Peyton or Lucas, but right now she didn't really fully trust either of them. And then she just grew so close to Haley and now she didn't really want to go to anyone else.

"Okay well I have to go study with Chase but I'll be back tomorrow okay?"

"Don't worry about me, I've got Nathan to take care of me and you and I still have that hot chocolate and smores night. I'm holding you to it."

"And I'm sticking to it too." Brooke said and stuck her tongue out before hugging Haley and prancing out the door.

Haley laughed and said, "You gotta love her."

Brooke raced to the library. She was relieved when she found Chase sitting there reading a book. She felt bad for making him wait.

"Hey Chase, I am so sorry about being late I was just with Haley and I lost track of time…"

"Brooke don't worry about it. I only got here five minutes ago." He reassured.

Brooke sighed. "Okay good."

Chase just smiled at her. "So what do you want to start with first? We have History, Science, English Lit, or we could do Calculus." Chase suggested.

Brooke smiled, showing her dimples. "I say anything but Calculus."

Chase laughed and she did too.

"I like the sound of that." He said as he opened up a History textbook.

Lucas walked into Peyton's room and saw her on her bed drawing.

"Hey Peyt, sorry I'm late I was just checking up on Haley." Explained Lucas.

"It's okay, just as long as you're here now." Peyton said pulling him into a kiss.

"Oh yeah, I'm here now." He said and gave her another one.

Peyton pulled away and Lucas sat down on the bed next to her.

"So how is Haley?" She asked.

"She's doing good. Nathan and Brooke are helping her all day so she should be fine." He replied.

"How's Brooke?" Peyton asked. She hadn't talked to Brooke since the hospital and she wanted to talk more but she just couldn't find the chance.

"Well she was pretty mad that we ignored her in the hallway. But I explained it to her and she understood."

"I'm glad you explained it to her. I felt bad for not talking but I just didn't know if she was going to lash out or talk to us."

"I'm guessing she would have talked to us. Brooke's over the angry faze. She just wants to be friends." Lucas said. He wanted people to believe that Brooke was trying to make peace and that she wasn't a jealous conniving witch people thought her out to be.

"That's good, because I want to be friends with her too."

Lucas nodded.

"But what about you? Are you okay with being friends with her?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'd rather have her as a friend then nothing at all."

Peyton nodded. She kind of wished that Lucas just didn't want to be friends with her at all. She just felt insecure when Lucas talked about Brooke.

Just then Lucas' cell phone rang. It was Brooke.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Who is it?" Peyton whispered.

He mouthed 'Brooke'. Peyton nodded. She wasn't sure if she liked how Brooke was calling Lucas this late at night.

"Okay, I'll be right there." He said and shut his phone.

Peyton snapped out of her thoughts when she heard 'I'll be right there.' She didn't like the sound of that.

"Brooke's car won't start. She's at school. She said she would have asked Nathan but he needs to help Haley and Rachel is out at a party. Do you mind?" He asked.

"No, and it's better if you go alone. I don't think I'm ready to face Brooke with you just yet." Peyton said truthfully. Even though she didn't want Lucas to go alone, she figured her thoughts were just a ramble. So she ignored them. She also didn't want Brooke to feel like she was being ambushed.

Lucas nodded. "Okay then, I'll see you tomorrow."

He gave her a quick kiss and was out the door to go and get Brooke.

He saw Brooke waiting outside next to her car. He pulled up and walked over to her.

"Hey." He said.

"Oh thank god you're here! I got into my car and then Chase left and then my car wouldn't start. I didn't want to call him back just so he could drive all the way back here. I'm sorry I called I know your were in the middle of something with Peyton…" Brooke began.

Lucas cut in. "Brooke don't worry, she understood."

Brooke breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh good."

"Okay, so what happened?" Lucas asked pulling up the hood of the light blue beetle bug he remembered so fondly.

"Well it just wouldn't start. I have no clue about cars, that's your area of expertise." She said and put her arms in the air.

Lucas laughed.

"Okay, I know what to do. I just have to connect these cords and…done. Good as new." He said and closed the hood.

Brooke looked at him and smiled. "Thank you Lucas! Your such a great friend!" She yelled and then hugged him. They stayed like that for a little while until Brooke caught herself. She pulled away and laughed nervously.

Lucas cleared his throat. "So tell me, how was the studying?"

"Amazingly good. He's just so sweet Lucas, and funny and nice." Brooke said and Lucas could tell she was falling for him. He didn't want to admit that she was because that would mean she was over him and officially moving on. Not that he didn't want her to; he just wanted her alone for a little while. But he was with Peyton now, so she could have someone too, no matter how much he hated it. And he also wanted to remain close friends with her and he figured that might be hard if she is wrapped up with Chase.

"That's great, I'm really happy for you Brooke." He said. It wasn't a lie but it definitely wasn't the truth either. He was jealous, he was jealous and he knew it. He couldn't deny it. But now he had to see it. They had studied together which meant that now they would be seen walking down the halls together. He remembered in the hospital when he saw her hugging Nathan. He couldn't handle it then, and he definitely wouldn't be able to handle it now.

"Thanks Luke. You know, I'm really glad things are finally going way for us. We deserve it."

Lucas smiled. "Yeah we do don't we?"

Brooke nodded. "Well thanks Luke. It was nice talking to you even if it's like ten o' clock at night." She joked.

Lucas laughed. "It's the best time to talk."

Now it was Brooke's turn to laugh. She enjoyed talking to Lucas, it was always fun.

"Well I should get going. I'll see you around." She said and gave him one last hug. Lucas savored it and then she let go and got into her car and drove away.

"I'll see you around Brooke Davis." He whispered as he watched her drive away.

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