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Normally a Friday night meant having lots of fun at some party. Instead Rachel found herself arguining with Lucas.He a turned up at Rachel's house where there was currently a party that she wasn't enjoying. He had turned up demanding to see Brooke, when Rachel refused he then decided that he was going to stay untill he did get to talk to her. He was currentl sitting on top of Rachel's car.
"Get out of here!" She shouted causing even more people to stare.
He laughed "Not untill I get to talk to her."
"Come on man, call it a night." Nathan said trying to get his brother to move in return he got a shove from him.
"Lucas, please." This time it was Haley who was trying to reason with him
Lucas looked over to her and shook his head "Not untill I get to talk to Brooke."
Rachel scoffed "Like she would want to talk to you, get the picture she doesn't want you here and neither do I so fuck off."
"Are you going to make me?" Lucas asked with a smug smile on his lips.
"Your a jackass!" Rachel screamed moving forward only to get pulled back from Haley
"Just go over and make sure Brooke doesn't see him, I'll get him to leave" She whispered.
Rachel sighed and nodded her head, taking one last look at Lucas she rolled her eyes and began walking away.
"Slut!" He shouted
If she wasn't already pissed that had done it, she turned around and slowly walked back over to him before slapping him across the face. He looked at her, a small smile forming
"Enjoy your party."
"What's he doing here?" A voice interupted the scene.
Everyone turned around, already knowing who it was. A very pissed off Brooke.
"He's just leaving." Haley said glaring at him.
He smiled "I'm here for you."
"Screw you." Her voice was clam even though she was feeling anything but that. She started to move closer to him moving Rachel's arm from her as she tried to stop her. "Leave."
"Not untill you talk to me." He stood up towering over her sligtly.
Nathan grabbed Brooke and moved her to him, Rachel and Haley going to each side of the two.
Chuckiling Lucas shook his head "Is that how it is?" He turned his attention to Haley "We have been best friends all of lifes, and you Nathan." He said getting angry "Your suppost to be my brother!"
"And your suppost to be a man!" Nathan shouted back "Just leave no one wants you here"
"I told you, I'm not leaving untill I get to talk to Brooke."
"Then talk." Brooke said quietly. She hated that he had this affect on her. She wanted to be able to handle this on her own without everyone helping her. She didn't know what the hell she saw in him.
Lucas laughed bitterly "You want me to talk with everyone here? Are you sure that's what you want,
cause I'll tell them."
Haley shook her head "Lucas not here, this isn't the time."
"Well when is the time Hales huh? Everytime I try and talk to her I get nothing."
"That's cause your a dick." Rachel spat
Lucas glared at her "I'm getting sick of you putting yourself in my buisness."
"Your going to have alot more people in your buisness if you don't shut the fuck up." She replied bluntly eyeing him in disgust.
"I don't care, I had the right to know but she didn't tell me." He then looked at Brooke "You didn't tell me about it, I had to find out when it was too late."
"Lucas shut the fuck up!" Nathan yelled walking over to him "Unless you want me knocking you out I suggest that you walk away."
Lucas smirked and raised his hands in the air "Fine I'm gone." Once he got in the car Brooke looked at the three before her and managed to give them a small smile. She turned away from them when they tried to talk to her and walked back towards the house. Everyone turned their attention away from Brooke when they heard Lucas start yelling.
"You know what?" He shouted with a small laugh "I'm glad it happened, I wouldn't want to be a dad to your baby, who even knows if it was mine, after all you are the slut of tree hill!"
Everyones attention turned back to Brooke with shocked expressions on their faces. Lucas just chuckled and drove away, he done the damage he didn't need to stay around for the aftershock. Brooke just kept on walking, she just wanted to dissaper.
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Brooke sat against the wall in the dark room, her swollen eyes glued to the floor. By now she had stopped crying. Though, not because she was all right, just because she had no more tears left to cry. Everything was just so messed up. She had been sitting there for hours just staring at the ground. She could have sworn that she actually felt her heart break into tiny pieces and if someone had opened her up right there wouldn't be anything left of it.
Rachel managed to get everyone to leave without much trouble. She said her goodbyes to Nathan and Haley who had stayed and helped her clean up. Each one of them trying to talk to Brooke but it was no good.She wouldn't open the bathroom door. Rachel knocked on the door softly getting no reaction she frowned she tried again and again she got nothing.
"Brooke, please," Her voice low.
Brooke looked up to the door and tried to speak but nothing came out. She couldn't get the words to function. Slowly she tried to stand but fell back down causing a small moan to come out of her lips. Hearing this Rachel pannicked.
"Brooke!"
Again, Brooke tried to get up. She put her arms on the wall and winced in pain as pain imediatly went to her bad arm. She shook it off and slowly lifted herself up from the ground. Her hand looking for the light switch. After a few failed attepmts she found it. The lights flickered on causing Brooke to flinch and close her eyes quickly. She opened them soon after and got used to the light again.
Rachel heard the door unlocking and sighed in relief. She waited a few moments thinking that Brooke was going to come out but she didn't. She just sat back down. Rachel turned the door handle and opened the door slowly. Her eyes widened once she saw Brooke.
She was sitting on the floor, her hands covered in blood, along with her clothes and the walls. Rushing to her she kneeled on the floor next to her.
"What have you done?" Rachel whispered.
Brooke didn't answer her she just continused to stare at the floor. Rachel looked around and saw the razors at Brookes feet and the empty tube on pills.
"Brooke." Her voice was full of concern and Brooke was aware of it.
"Sorry." Brooke whispered speaking her first words in hours.
Moving closer to her she put her arm around the brunettes shoulder "Why did you do this?"
"I just wanted to make it stop." She chocked out.
"Hey, come here." Rachel tightned her grasp around Brooke and ran her hand up and down her arm softly.
"Just like when I was in the car, I just wanted to make it stop."
Closing her eyes, Rachel nodded her head. No one had asked Brooke what had happened that night. No one wanted to upset her. Rachel swore that the next time she saw Lucas she was going to hurt him. He had no right to do what he did out there. She didn't get it, at times he was the sweetest most caring guy in the world, then he was the biggest jackass there was. She hadn't seen that side of Lucas much. Apart from Brooke, no one had. She knew all to well what he was like.
Brooke began to talk again "Did you know?"
Rachel opened her eyes "Yeah, look Brooke you know that I would tell you, the others told me not to. Besides it wasn't my place. They were going to do it."
"When?"
"Honestly, I don't know." Rachel winced looking down at Brookes hands. "I need to get you to the hopsital."
"No!" Brooke replied in a loud whisper
"Look at your hands, and your cast."
Brooke had managed to get the cast off with one of the razors. Brooke looked up at Rachel causing Rachel's heart to drop when she saw that the usual brown eyes that glistened full of happyness were now cold. She tried to read Brooke but she couldn't.
"I'm fine."
Not wanting to push her she gave up. "Atleast let me clean you up."
Slowly Brooke nodded, standing up with the help of Rachel. Her head pounding. Feeling like she was going to pass out she grabbed onto Rachel who was at her side.
"I've got you." The red head said softly.
Once Rachel had cleaned up Brooke she then took them upstairs and put Brooke in bed hoping that Brooke would have fallen asleep after the events that had taken place. Though she didn't she just sat up and looked around the room avoiding the stare of Rachel. Noticing this Rachel let out a small sigh.
"Why won't you look at me?"
Brooke spoke softly still not looking up "When you do something, like when you get a bad grade at school and you tell your parents and they say, I'm not mad at you I'm just dissapointed in you. That hurts a alot more then if they were just mad at you. They wouldn't be mad at you forever. It's like that, I don't want you to be dissopointed."
Rachel smiled "I'm not dissapointed in you Brooke, I'm just worried."
"I'm fine."
"Look at your hands."
The brunette let out a small smile "They are fine, I do it all the time."
She shook her head "You slit your wrists aswell."
Brooke nodded "I know." For the first time she met Rachels gaze "I never do it deep enough, it doesn't even leave a mark. I just want to get away sometimes, and it does that for me. It takes the pain away for a while."
Moving next to her Rachel took Brooke's wirst in her hands "You need to stop hurting yourself before you take it to far."
"I don't know how." Brooke replied honestly.
Whenever she was feeling low she would cut herself. Like she said it would take the pain away. She had all this pain inside of her and when she cut it was such a release for her. It all went away.
"I do know that I don't want to let him win."
Smiling Rachel rubbed the other girls hands "We wont let him."
Brooke wasn't going to let him ruin herself. She didn't need him and she was going to prove that to everyone.
With the sudden feeling of sleep taking over Brookes body she lay her head on Rachel's shoulder and shut her eyes. Smiling Rachel pulled the covers over the two and drifted off to sleep herself. The last thing she heard was Brooke's voice.
"Thank you."