"Brooke" Lucas called out, blocking someone's backpack as that person swung it off their shoulders, almost smacking Lucas's face. He knew that it was going to be hard talking to Brooke, she would either ignore him and pretend he wasn't there, or yell at him. Most likely the first option though as they were in school, but knowing Brooke, she was very unpredictable.
Oh great, she knew this was going to happen, it was Lucas, he always had to be on good terms with everyone. She didn't know what to do as he drew closer to her, taking the seat next to the brunette. She kept her eyes on the chalkboard in front of the classroom, wishing, hoping that the teacher would walk in and tell everyone to be quiet as he gave them work to do. But no luck.
"Look can we talk, please?" he asked with a pleading tone in his voice. When she didn't respond he knew that he was right about what she was going to do when he approached her "Brooke, I know that I've done some terrible things in my life and I regret them all, but this I regret the most, please just hear me out, I ----" He started but was interrupted by the school fire alarm
"Everyone stay calm and evacuate the building immediately" the principles low, harsh, yet worried voice rang through the hallways over the announcement as everyone scattered the school, cries and screams of fear echoing through the hallways.
Brooke grabbed her bag quickly and ran out of the classroom, sure she was glad that she didn't have to face Lucas, but she was also scared, scared that some students might not make it out of the school…like last time. Except it wasn't a school fire. But we don't have to recap on the whole school shooting do we?
"Help! Help!" she heard a distant voice call out for emergency when she was a few steps away from the front of the school door , her mind in a blur as people called her name, some even pushing her, trying to get her out of the school, but her conscious told her to help the person.
She ran back to where she heard the cries of help and ignored everyone else, she ran as fast as she could until she skidded to a halt at a classroom that was nearly on fire, the flames getting larger by the minute "don't worry, stay calm" she told the person on the other side of the fire, herself trying to do as she said.
She closed her eyes tightly, covering her head with her arms and took a deep breath, running quickly through the fire and the next thing she knew, she was in a hospital bed, her two best friends; Nathan and Haley on each side of her, a tall figure pacing around the room.
"Your pacing isn't helping my throbbing head" she called out groggily, her eyes squinted slightly as she tried flickering them to get a better look at everyone
"Oh thank god you're alive" his worried voice called out and instantly he ran to her side, his hand made a twitch to grab hers but he decided not to and put them in his pockets, he kneeled down beside her and wiped a lock of her hair away from her face
"barely" she managed to make out, attempting to lift herself with the palms of her hands, only to find herself being pushed back down onto the bed by her weight as everything to her felt so heavy while she was in this condition.
"You got Jake all worried, he's been by your side ever since you got pulled into the ambulance, he didn't even take the time to go home and shower" Haley informed, causing Jake to blush slightly as he was still resting on his knees, wondering what Brooke was thinking
"So that's what the smell was" she joked and laughed, although it came out as a cough "how long was I in here?" she asked curiously
"About a week or so" Nathan answered, sitting in a chair that was on the other side of Jake "you were lucky to get out of there" he added in, his voice with the tone of relief
"What about the other person, the one inside the classroom with the fire, how are they? They're ok right?!" she asked anxiously, awaiting for her friends to give her the details
"Yeah, he's fine, his name was Ben something, our grade, wonder why we haven't seen him before, but apparently he was listening to his music player and didn't hear the announcement go on" Nathan explained "Good thing Lucas pulled you out of the fire after you threw Ben out of the classroom, considering you had fainted after that from the heat"
"wait wait" she held up her hand to stop him from continuing "who pulled me out?" she raised an eyebrow
"Lucas" he said simply, resting his elbows on Brookes hospital bed.
Hearing that Lucas had pulled her out of the classroom made Jake a bit jealous, in a way he wanted to be the one to do that, he wanted to be her hero, but why? Its not like had feelings for Brooke Davis, right? After all they just actually got to know each other for only a week or so. But during that time, Jake realized how wrong he and everyone around her was, Brooke had shown him the other side of her, and not many people get to see that.
"Where is he anyways?" she looked at Haley, since he was her best friend of course she would know where he was all the time
"He hasn't been here ever since he saved you, didn't want to come here, said he visited the hospital too much it should be his second home" she suppressed a laugh, shrugging her shoulders "But Jakes been here the whole time taking care of you" she added in
"Thanks Jake" she smiled at him and grab hold of his hand, which was now laying on her side.
"We called your parents, they said they would come and see how you were doing, but they're very busy with their company right now" Haley said, her head hanging to avoid eye contact, afraid of what Brookes reaction would be
"That's alright, I'm used to them being too busy for me" she said as if it were natural to just ignore the fact that your daughter was severely injured and put work before her.
Jake squeezed her hand apologetically and looked at her, he didn't have to say anything, just the look in his eyes told her that everything was going to be fine and he's going to be there every step of the way. He didn't know how much Brooke went through, he always thought she went to party's to get drunk and laid, but now he knew that it was just all an act to hide the fact that some of the people in her life tend to hurt her.
"The nurse said you'll be able to leave in a day or two, but your arm and leg were really damaged, you'll need a cast on your arm and a bandage on your leg " Jake tried to change the subject, feeling slightly uncomfortable, although that was the wrong subject to turn to
"That's great, too bad I'll probably have to give up cheerleading for a while" she said, her head resting on the back of the bed, her face showed signs of disappointment, but she wasn't as upset as she looked, because that gave her another excuse to avoid Peyton even more, plus she thought that would give her some time to just think and not have so much stress over her.
"You know what, forget a day or two, i wanna go home today" she looked at her friends, all three of them giving her a disapproving look "please" she puppy dog eyed them, causing them to groan in defeat
"I'll get the nurse and see if thats ok" Haley stood up "I'll come with" Nathan quickly went to her side and put his arm around her waist, walking out of the hospital room, leaving Brooke and Jake alone
"thanks" she gave him a dimpled smile
"For what?" he scrunched his eyebrows, staring into her eyes
"taking care of me while i was in here" was her reply as she looked at their hands, which were still intertwined with each others.
She quickly looked away as the door creaked opened and her two best friends walked in with the nurse. She almost let out a squeal when she saw that the nurse, was a guy, but that wasn't what scared her. He looked awfully grumpy. He had broad shoulder, tall figure, long black hair that covered his eyes, which were as dark as it already was.
"He knows what you did last summer" She whispered into Jakes ear, causing him to snicker, holding back a laugh "that was quick" she said out loud
"yeah he was just around the corner from your room, we asked if it was alright for you to come home and he said that it was ok, as long as you didn't do any major physical activity" Haley told her best friend
"Means no sex Brooke" Nathan joked, Brooke glaring at him, gesturing to stand up and punch him on the arm.
The nurse pushed the wheel chair in front of him to the side of Brookes bed. As he went to grab her to try and help her onto the chair, Jake picked Brooke up by putting his arm under hers and his other under her legs gently, making sure not to hurt her. He started pushing her out of the hospital.
"Why would they let him work at the hospital, as a nurse?! no offence" She giggled and the three joined her.
While the four were leaving the hospital, a certain blue eyed blond was entering.
"Hi, I'm here to see Brooke Davis" he said when he reached the front desk
"Oh, you just missed her, she left with 3 other people about 2 minutes ago" the receptionist told him and scrolled her swiveling chair to the other side of her desk, picking up the phone that just rung.
Lucas walked away and scratched the back of his neck, he should have gotten there earlier, but if she wasnt there, she must be back at the apartment. He stepped into the car, hoping that when he saw her, she wouldn't look as if she were just in a dogfight.
He knocked on the door when he arrived at the apartment, waiting patiently for it to open, tapping his foot against the cold hard pavement. When the door opened, he saw....
Cliffhanger :O
Wow, sorry this took like FOREVER to write, i was always babysitting and there was no internet for a while and plus school is back on track D: anyways hope this chapter didnt suck that much, i wrote it pretty quickly so yeah D: anyways next chapter will be up soon, hopefully.
P.S. what do you think Lucas saw? hmmmmm