Chapter 25

Brooke sat there, crying. What else was she suppose to do. She just let down everyone she knew. For all she knew, she had no friends. She heard a noise coming from down the hall so she looked up between her tear-filled eyes.

"Brooke, what happened?" Mouth asked as he walked through the bedroom door.

She just cried even more. She had been so mean to Mouth, and yet here he was, by her side, when everyone else had left. Well he would probably leave to once he found out.

"Brooke" he said as he walked toward her and put his arm around her. She leaned into him and cried.

"I messed up Mouth"

"It will be okay, it always is"

"Not this" she said shaking her head

"what happened?"

"I slept with Nathan"

"What?" he asked so shocked, he couldn't believe what just came out of her mouth

"I slept with Nathan, and the baby might be his" she repeated, crying into him even more. She expected him to slowly rise and leave her alone like the rest of them, but he stayed. He stayed with her until she finally calmed down and fell asleep. He covered up, and sat next to her. Yeah he was crushed, but by the looks of it, so was she. Yeah she was the one who caused this mess, but she still needed comforting. So he stayed.

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Lucas pounded on Nathan and Haley's apartment door. When no one answered he pushed it opened. He stormed through the hall to the bedroom, where Nathan was sitting on the bed.

"How could you man?" Lucas asked so hurt

Nathan a little startled stood up "I'm so sorry, it just kind of happened"

"How does something like that just happen"

"I don't know, we were both upset, and drunk, and…"

"That's no fucking excuse"

"I know…I'm sorry"

"What about Haley, man, your wife. What about her?"

"I wasn't thinking okay. Everyone makes mistakes. Like when she went on tour with Chris Keller." Lucas couldn't take it anymore. There was no reason for Nathan to bring that up, just because he slept with Brooke. He walked closer to him and punched him. Nathan fought back. The two went at it, both releasing all their pain onto each other.

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Peyton went to find Haley. She looked everywhere, when she finally saw her sitting at a bench by the river.

"Thank God, Haley I've been looking everywhere for you"

"How could they do that Peyton" she cried

"I don't know" Peyton said as she lowered her head. Just a year or so ago, her and Lucas were doing the exact same thing to Brooke. Although they never fully committed to it, it still hurt all the same. And she saw that now, in Haley's tears. She saw how this one act could literally kill someone. When she left Brooke, she was more mad at herself for doing the same thing.

"He was my fucking husband and she was my friend"

"I know Haley, I know. Some people just do stupid things when their weak"

"That's no excuse"

"I know its not, but its life"

"Is that what you thought when you and Lucas did….."

"I don't know what I thought, it just happened"

"How? How do you do that to the people you love"

"I don't know Haley, I don't know" They both sat there, not knowing what to say to the other.

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Once Brooke had fallen asleep, Mouth left to find Lucas. He knew his friend would be hurting right now. When he wasn't at home, he immediately thought of Nathan, and ran as fast as he could to the apartment. When he got there, he saw the door kicked open, and hurried through the apartment, hoping that what he thought was going to happen, didn't start yet. He walked into the bedroom to find them going at it. He tried to break them up, but was immediately pushed out. He knew that if he didn't stop it, one of them was going to kill the other. He picked up the phone and called the cops, they would take care of it.

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Once Peyton heard the sirens going, she immediately thought of Lucas and Nathan. She shot up and began to leave.

"What's the matter?" Haley asked

"We got to go. I have a feeling Lucas confronted Nathan"

"Oh my God" Haley said, the possibility triggering in her mind. The two ran to the apartment.

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Brooke was awoken by the sirens as well, the thought entering her mind too. She got out of bed, and hurried as fast as she could.

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Haley and Peyton arrived to find Mouth trying yet again to break the two up. Haley screamed for them to stop, but neither one of them were in the mood to listen. Mouth ran over to them and told them that he called the cops because he didn't know what else to do. As soon as he said this the cops entered the apartment.

"Their in the back" Peyton said, trying to remain calm. Haley was a mess and Mouth was, well, he was Mouth.

The cops walked back there and tore the two of them away from each other. Both were bleeding all over their body, and the fire in their eyes still burned with hate for each other. Lucas tried to act like he was cool, and as soon as the cop let him go, he charged for Nathan again. The police decided they would take them downtown with them. They were escorted out of the apartment and taken to the police station. About 5 minutes later, Brooke arrived at the apartment to find Peyton and Mouth trying to comfort Haley.

They all looked up at her, tears still visible in her eyes. She knew what had went on, without even asking. Haley got up and walked over to Brooke and slapped her.

"Why? Just tell me why?"

Brooke just looked at her, not knowing what to say. The truth was she didn't have an answer. There was no reason, they were both upset and drunk. Plain and simple. There was no love connection, no further implications. But, she couldn't tell Haley that because it would just be taken as an excuse.

"Why?" Haley screamed in her face

"I don't know Haley, I don't have an answer for you. It was stupid, and…"

"You're damn right it was stupid" Haley retorted. Peyton and Mouth just sat on the couch, knowing the two needed to talk it out.

"Haley I'm so sorry. I was depressed over the fact that I was all alone…"

"Brooke, you're never alone. You've never been alone a day in your life" Peyton interrupted

"But I was, I mean Haley had Nathan, you had Lucas, Mouth, you were with Rachel. I had no one, and I know that's no excuse either, but he came over after you told him about the pregnancy, and we had a few drinks. And one thing just kind of led to another" Haley's head turned away, she didn't want to hear anymore. The two people she cared about, and trusted, betrayed her.

"I'm so sorry Haley"

"I mean you of all people should know what it feels like. You were crushed when it happened to you. So how in hell could you do it to someone else, knowing how it made you feel."

This struck a nerve. How could she have done this to another friend. She did know what it felt like. Brooke began to cry. She didn't have any answers. At this point, she didn't have any friends. "You know what, I wish Rachel wouldn't have saved me that day in the kitchen. I wish I would have died, and then none of this would have happened." she cried as hard as her fragile body could. "is that what you want to hear? I don't know what else to say, this is all my fault, and I cant take it back." she cried, her body heaving with pain. The room around her began to swirl and she soon fell to the ground. Was she getting her wish?