It was the worst timing possible but after Mouth's revelation that Brooke had amnesia, a nurse had come in and ushered everyone out of the room so that she could run some tests on Brooke and prep her for her evaluation with the doctor. Haley had been pacing the halls outside of Brooke's room for the last 45 minutes, while Nathan tried to calm his wife down and get her to sit for a minute. "I can't believe both Luke and Peyton haven't returned my call yet, I left a message on both of their phones. Where the heck can they be?" Haley said as she continued to pace the hallway. "Brooke has amnesia, and apparently she thinks we are back in high school. Oh no, Jamie is going to be so crushed that his Aunty Brooke doesn't remember who he is." Haley said as it dawned on her the huge impact this was going to have not only on her son, but also on everyone else involved in Brooke's life.
It was five minutes later that the doctor finally emerged from Brooke's room. He suddenly had four anxious faces looking up him anticipating what he would say next. "Well, as you may have guessed your friend has taken a hard hit to her head. She apparently is suffering from amnesia. In every person amnesia can affect them differently, some people may only remember certain people from their life, others may forget everything. It appears that the trauma that Ms. Davis has suffered has caused her to revert back to a time when she was most happy. She appears to think that she is still in high school. Now we can't say how long this will last, it could be for only a few hours, or even a few months, but we do expect that she will regain her full memory at some point. Until then, I would like to ask you as her friends to keep her as calm as possible. Hopefully there hasn't been any big life changes that would cause her more emotional trauma or else she may revert to an even younger age in order to protect herself. Do you have any questions?" he asked looking around at Brooke's friends.
They all began to talk at once and continued to speak over each other until the doctor held up his hand to silence them all. "Alright, I can see that you all have a lot of questions, and unfortunately I have to go, but as soon as possible I will either come back myself to answer your questions or send my nurse who may be able to help you" the doctor interrupted, "also, as I said, please keep Ms. Davis as calm as possible, and I would also like to ask you to please let her rest for the next couple of hours, she has been through a lot and rest is the best thing for her" he added as he started to walk away. "Oh yeah one more thing, are any of you Lucas?" he asked, "Ms. Davis wouldn't even let me start to examine her until I promised that I would try to find her boyfriend, Lucas Scott." This last question really silenced the four friends as they looked at each other not quite sure what to say. Haley was the first one to speak as she stepped forward and said "Doctor, actually Lucas and Brooke are no longer together. Will that be a problem? They are still friends though" she added. "Well" the doctor replied, "she seems pretty adamant about seeing this Lucas Scott, so if he is around, I think it may be best if she talks to him first. Then as she begins to feel comfortable and realizes that years have passed since her latest memory, that will be a good time to begin to inform her of the things that have changed over time."
As the doctor turned to walk away Haley couldn't help but curse under her breath. "I can't believe this, Lucas and Peyton better both get here, like, now! Where the heck are they? Oh my gosh what if they are together, oh this is going to crush Brooke, I won't let this happen to her. I swear I am so kicking their asses when the get here!" Haley continued muttering to herself as Nathan looked on with a half amused smile on his face. He knew when his wife got going like this it was best to stay out of her way. He even felt a little sorry for Lucas and Peyton, but a only a little sorry, he thought something must be up if they both weren't at the hospital yet. Just as Haley began to calm down a little, the elevator down the hall opened to reveal two very tired and distraught people. Lucas and Peyton ran down the hall as they saw their friends gathered near the waiting room. As soon as Haley saw them she starting walking towards them, ready to read them the riot act but as soon as she got close enough to see Lucas' face, she knew that he was already beating himself up inside for not being there sooner.
"Haley, what happened? I'm sorry my phone was off and as soon as I got your message we headed right over. Please tell me she is ok… she is ok right?" Lucas said as he choked out those last few words, hoping and praying that his pretty girl was going to fine. "Luke" Haley started, "she finally woke up about an hour ago, but it's not good."
"What are you trying to say Haley? What do you mean its not good?" Lucas asked as he moved to push past her and go into Brooke's room, he just had to see her, touch her, be near to her. "Wait, you can't go in there, the doctor asked us to let her rest for a while, and besides I haven't told you what the bad news is. Luke, she has amnesia. The doctor said she has reverted back to a time where she felt most safe, and that's high school. Also, from something she said before we were pushed out of the room makes me think that she thinks we were just at Rachel's parents house in the woods. Remember when Pete from Fall Out Boy came? So Luke she actually thinks that …" Haley said as Lucas cut her off. "That I'm here boyfriend, right? She thinks we are still together?" Lucas stumbled over his words trying to contain the excitement he could feel bubbling up inside him. "Haley I have to see her!" he said as he again tried to push past Haley to get to Brooke's room.
Haley caught up to him just as he was about to turn the handle. "Luke" she said, grabbing his arm, "what do you think you are doing? You aren't actually considering going in there and pretending that you two are still together, do you? Especially since I couldn't get a hold of you all night and you were so obviously with Peyton doing God knows what. This isn't fair to Peyton, and it sure as hell isn't fair to Brooke." Haley continued, lowering her voice as she realized nurses had begun to stop and stare at her as she yelled at Lucas. "Haley, you were right, I was with Peyton last night" Lucas said as Haley gave him an, I told you so look, "but it was for closure, I was feeling lonely because I thought I had another chance with Brooke, but she said that she didn't have feelings for me any more. So I ran to Peyton, I know it's not right and I'm not proud of myself, but nothing happened. In fact we had a long talk and realized that yes, while we both wanted to be with each other, it was for the wrong reasons. Peyton helped me realize that Brooke is the one that I want to be with, and now even though the situation sucks, I have a chance to make Brooke fall in love with me all over again. This is my third chance with her, and I swear Haley, I am going to fight for her, I am going to fight like you wouldn't believe. Brooke is my forever, and I just need you to let me prove that to her, please." Luke pleaded with her. "Fine" Haley said as she let go of his arm and took a step back. "But I swear if you hurt her, you are going be the one that we come visit in the hospital." Haley said as she winked at her best friend and turned to walk back to where Nathan and her friends were sitting.
As Lucas pushed open the door to Brooke's room, he could see her sleeping. She looked so small and frail, so vulnerable but so beautiful at the same time. Whether it was out of habit or the fact that he just had to touch her he leaned over and brushed a strand of hair off of her face. This caused her to stir a little and she slowly opened her eyes. Lucas continued to run his hands through her hair being careful to avoid the deep cut on the side of her face. "Hey Pretty Girl" he said. "Hey boyfriend" she replied as she fell back asleep, getting the most peaceful rest she had all night now that she knew Lucas was there watching over her.