CHAPTER 2 And then there was Derek

After a while Lucas came in.

"Hey Hales, ready to go?" he asked.

"Shhhh!" Haley said while she nodded to Broke who was still lying on Haley's shoulder. She cried herself to sleep.

"What's wrong with Brooke?" Lucas asked.

"Nothing." Haley whispered. "Girl stuff."

"Oh, I get the point." Lucas whispered back with a smile. "C'mon, Nathan is waiting."

"I dunno Lucas. I think I stay with Brooke, just to make sure she's okay." Haley said.

"C'mon, she's asleep. What could happen while she is asleep?." Lucas said trying to make Haley change her mind.

"Fine." Haley said a little bit irritated. She gave Brooke a little kiss on her forehead and then slowly moved her trying not to wake her up. Haley and lucas went outside. Haley took a quick look at her right when she thought a man was standing between some trees, but she dicided it was nothing.

When Haley and Lucas arrived at the park, only Nathan was there. After a while Peyton came running to Haley.

"Where's Brooke?" she asked, out of breath from the running.

"She's home." Haley answered. "Sleeping."

Peyton took off as soon as she arrived. Haley threw a confused face at Lucas who was confused himself. Then Haley ran after Peyton.

"Peyton!" she yelled. "Peyton!"

She could grab Peyton by the hand and stop her.

"What's wrong?"

"It's Derek!" Peyton yelled. "He's back!"

"What?" Haley asked. She couldn't believe it."I thought he was in prison!"

"He escaped. I just saw him. He was yelling at me. He's going to kill the person I love!" Petyton yelled.

"But... but Luke is here and Derek is nowhere to be seen." Haley said.

"Yeah, but it's not Lucas I love." Peyton said while watching the two boys play basketball.

"You love Brooke too, don't you." Haley said.

"Yeah." Peyton answered. "Wait, too?" How do you know she loves me?"

"She told me everything when I was in a coma." Haley said. "C'mon, we have to save your lover and my best friend."

At the same time Derek entered Brooke's house. He went to the bedroom. He saw Brooke was asleep, but grabbed her and she woke up. A scream could be heard through the whole house.

"Hello Brooke." Derek said.

"What? No! You were in prison!" Brooke yelled.

"Yeah well, I was. Great time actually. But... I always had to think of Peyton, so I escaped." Derek answered.

He tied Brooke to the bed.

"No! I'm not the one who Peyton loves. It's Lucas! Peyton loves Lucas!" Brooke yelled.

"Shut up!" Dered yelled while he gave Brooke a slap in her face. "Do you really think she loves Lucas? She loves you, you bitch!"

"What?" Brooke asked. She couldn't believe what she just heard.

"I said shut up!" Derek yelled again. He gave her another slap in the face. "And as long as she loves you, she doesn't love me. So, I'm gonna stop her from loving you." He pulled out a knife. Brooke screamed. "Don't worry, I'll do it slow. Cut by cut."

Suddenly Peyton came in.

"Get away from my girl!" she yelled, but Derek already attacked Brooke.

"No!" Peyton yelled. Brooke screamed and bursted out in tears from the pain. She had a cut on her shoulder. Derek wanted to attack Brooke again but Peyton's fist hit him right on the cheek.

"Where did you learn that?" Derek asked, still dizzy from the hit.

"I took kickboxing classes, remember?" Peyton said.

"Oh, damn." Derek said.

Peyton hit him back on the cheek. Derek fell with his head against the bed and was knocked out.

"Oh my God, Brooke. Are you okay?" Peyton asked.

"No, I'm not. I'm tied up to the bed and I have a cut in my shoulder, so I'm not okay!" Brooke said. "Untie me, quick."

Peyton untied Brooke and grabbed her in a hug. Lucas and Haley came in. They saw Derek lying on the floor.

"Are you guys okay?" Haley asked if she wrapped her arms around the two girls, joining the hug.

"Yeah, we're..." Peyton was cut of by a smoke bomb. The room was filled with smoke and the girls were pulled apart. Everyone screamed and felt that they were tied up again. The smoke dissapeared. "Not okay." Peyton finished her sentence. "Great, I'm tied up to the bed."

"Me too." Haley said.

"Hey Peyton, can you try to come over here and untie me from this closet?" Brooke asked.

"What part of tied up to the bed don't you understand?" Peyton said.

"Oh, right." Brooke said.

"Where's Luke?" Haley asked.

"Somewhere he likes it." Derek said while walking in the room. He untied Brooke. "You're next."

"No!" Peyton screamed. "Not her! Take me instead!"

"Very brave, Peyton, but after these two it's your turn." Derek said.

While Derek was destracted by Peyton, Brooke grabbed a lamp and hit Derek on the head. She quickly untied Haley and Peyton and the girls walked, hand in hand, downstairs. They searched for Lucas. Suddenly Haley screamed. Brooke and Peyton ran up to her.

"What's wrong?" Peyton asked.

Haley pointed to the floor in the bathroom.

"Oh my God." Brooke said while she turned her head away.

Lucas was lying on the bathroom floor. Derek stabbed him pretty badly.

"Wait!" Peyton said. "He's still breathing! Call 911"

Brooke rushed to the phone and called 911 while Nathan came in. She pointed to the bathroom.

"Nathan!" Haley said. She gave her husband a kiss. "It was Derek. He did this to Lucas." She started to cry.

Five minutes later, the paramedics came in the house, put Lucas on a bracard and drove him to the hospital.

Nathan and Haley went outside. Brooke wanted to follow them but was stopped by a hand on her arm.

"Can we talk?" Peyton asked.

"Sure." Brooke said. They walked into the bedroom. Brooke sat on the bed.

"Brooke, I'm sorry about Derek." Peyton started the conversation.

"Peyton, there's nothing to be sorry for. It isn't you fault he came here." Brooke said.

"Yes it is." Peyton said. "It's because I love you that he came here."

"Love me? In a friend kind of way or in a lovers kind of way." Brooke said carefully.

Peyton came closer to Brooke and pushed her so she was lying on her back on the bed. Peyton sat on Brooke.

"Lovers way." she whispered. Peyton leaned in, their lips came closer to eachother and ended up in a light kiss. "Girlfriends?"

Brooke pulled Peyton's face closer and kissed her again.

"Is that a yes or a no?" Peyton asked with a smile on her face.

Brooke smiled and kissed her again. This time it was a passionate kiss. Peyton had never felt this way. It was such a good feeling. Brooke's lips were so soft. Brooke pulled her closer so she was not sitting, but lying on her. Peyton's hand was in the beautiful brown hair of Brooke and Brooke had her hands wrapped around Peyton's waist.

"Are you girls coming?" someone yelled from downstairs.

They broke the kiss.

"We're coming!" Peyton yelled. Peyton was getting up but Brooke stopped her.

"Do you think we can keep this a secret for a little while?" she asked.

"Sure." Peyton smiled. They went downstairs and followed Nathan and Haley to the hospital.