Next day Brooke and Lucas go to the detention center. There sits Heather looking depressed. Brooke speaks up.
" So tell me young lady, do you regret any of this ?"
" No, she had it coming."
Lucas loses it.
" My niece and your cousin ! Your not that damn stupid Heather ! Do you realize what's gonna happen if Sawyer dies ? !
I'll tell you. You'll spend your time in here till your eighteen, then you'll go to prison. That what you want ?"
" Of course not."
" Act like you got sense ! We seen her parents yesterday. They were beyond upset with you !"
" Don't care. Sawyer is a bitch."
" Ok, that's it. We're leaving. Bye Heather. See you in court Friday."
Brooke and Lucas walk out angry. Lucas cell phone rings.
" Hello ?"
" It's Nathan. They put Sawyer on a ventilator."
" What happened ? !"
" She can't breath on her own anymore."
" Oh God. We will be right there. Bye."
Lucas speeds to the hospital. Rushing into Sawyer's room, they a very pale, lifeless looking Sawyer. For the first time, Lucas begins crying. Brooke alarmed embraces him, sadness by his tears.
She looks at Peyton, seeing her eyes heartbroken and lost. Nathan's eyes filled with pain indescribable. Brooke speaks up.
" How long do you guys plan on keeping the ventilator ?"
Peyton looks up and speaks in a broken voice.
" Ten days, and if she don't improve then we will have turned off."
Brooke felt as if she would collapse from deep sorrow. Her best friend's daughter and her niece, would probably die. Sitting Lucas in a chair, she walks quickly to the hospital chapel. Taking a seat beside Haley, she begins to speak.
" How did things get this bad ?"
" I have no idea. All we can do is pray."
Nodding, Brooke begins saying a silent prayer
" God, please save my niece. She doesn't deserve this. Please forgive my daughter for doing what she did. Give us strength to pull through this.
I feel so lost and confused. I wasn't expecting this. Please make right again. Amen."
Walking toward the doors, the angel appears.
" He heard your prayer Brooke."
" Will he fix this, or will Sawyer die ?"
" That's up to you in a sense. Show God you understand why this reality isn't real but could have been."
" How do I do that ?"
" Go to your room, and read a letter you wrote Lucas in 2004. It's in your nightstand."
Then the angel disappears. Brooke rushes to the car and drives to their house. Going into the bedroom, she opens her nightstand. There lies a letter. Opening it, she begins reading.
Lucas,
If I'm pregnant please stay with me. I know I'm asking a lot but I need you more than Peyton does.
Help me raise the baby and learn to love me. We could learn to be happy. It doesn't matter who likes
it. I love you and I promise you won't regret it. It wasn't Peyton you slept with. It was me. I want it
to always be me. If I'm with your baby, you owe me that much. Don't leave me to deal with something
is both our faults. I love you Lucas.
Love, Brooke
She couldn't believe it. She was willing to hurt Peyton to be with Lucas. She had taught her daughter to
be the same way. That's why things were this way. She must apologize to Peyton and Lucas.
Getting back in the car, she goes back to the hospital. Getting to Sawyer's room, she tells Peyton to come to the waiting room so they can talk.
" What's going on Brooke ?"
" Peyton, have a letter you need to read. I made a mistake. I'm so sorry."
Taking the letter, Peyton reads it then look at Brooke in disbelief.
" So this is the reason ?"
" Yeah and I'm ashamed that it is. One night of sex changed everything. I wish I could take it back."
" Brooke..."
" No, Peyton. I had no right to do that to you or him. Please forgive me."
" I already did."
" Thank you. I love you Scott."
" And I love you B. Davis Scott."
Suddenly, Brooke is transport to a park where the angel appears.
" Brooke, love is what changed everything. There times you have felt that God let you down, but he didn't. He had plans for you."
" I appreciate that he didn't let it come to this reality. I'm ready to go back, and move on and be happy."
With that the angel transports her back to reality as it really is. Peyton married to Lucas and Brooke engaged to Julian.
Sometimes at the edge of sight, Something moves which isn't there, you turn to look, but its gone, its gone, was it ever really there?
Yet it touches you, softly touches you,and then it begins again,that scent of sound of the sea.A breath of wind on your face.
They take you take you there. To that place long ago and you want so much,to hear those words,to feel their touch.
But you can't go back.