Ok, so this chapter's a little short, but I promise the next ones will be longer. Enjoy!

Chapter Two

Lucas can't remember a time where he had been more nervous. Considering what his life had encountered, that was definitely something. He drove straight to the hostpital, completely ignoring the midterm that he had previously been on his way to. After calling Haley, Nathan, Mouth, and then Haley again... he made sure that all of Brooke's friends were there. Well, he couldn't have called ALL of them, but he definitely called the ones that mattered. He told them all to meet him at the hospital, as Brooke's parents had instructed him to. Whatever was going on, he did not have a good feeling about it.

Lucas had arrived at the hospital before any of his peers had. He had never officially met Brooke's parents, he just knew them from being in the hospital so much . It was no secret to any of them that her parents were not around. He had resented them for abandoning Brooke when she was in high school, but he even disliked them more since her accident. He knew that even though they stayed in New York for a few weeks after her body had been transferred, they had left her and went back to California to go with their lives as if nothing had ever happened.

As he was walking down the corrider, he bumped into Dr. Stevenson, one of Brooke's primary doctors. He knew all of her doctors, and they all knew him. He appreciated this, because the doctors would share information about her condition, and update him from time to time.

"She's looking good today Luke." Dr. Stevenson said.

"Really? That's awesome!"

"Yeah, her brain activity was pretty high today. Maybe you were right and fooled us all. Maybe speaking to her really is keeping her alive. Although, I don't think I can write that down into a perscription or medical journal." He winked at Lucas

Lucas smiled at the fact that maybe he was saving her. Either way, he was saving himself. He couldn't stand the thought of losing Brooke. He knew that when she pulled through this, he wasn't letting her go.

"Lucas...?" he heard a woman's voice behind him.

He turned around to see a middle aged couple.

"Mr. and Mrs. Davis. It's really good to see you again." He lied. He knew there was something wrong about this visit.

"You too, Lucas. Where is everybody else?"

At that moment Haley and Nathan burst through the the double doors that stood behind Lucas.

"Sorry we're a little late." Haley said

"Us too.." they all turned to see Peyton walk in with Mouth. "There was no way Mouth would ever get here on his bike, so I picked him up." Peyton chuckled.

"Do you think we could all go down to the cafeteria and sit. There's something we need to discuss... with all of you." Brooke's father said to all of her friends.

Lucas really did not like this. He followed the group downstairs to the cafeteria, and made sure he was sitting as close to her parents as he could. He knew he didn't want to miss anything of what they had to say.

"So how is college going with everyone" Mrs. Davis piped up after everyone had sat down, very uncomfortably.

"Can you please just tell us what you came here to tell us?" Lucas hissed. He was not in the mood to play chit chat.

"Well, as all of you know, Brooke's been in a coma for almost two years now. As much as we want to believe that she's going to pull through this, we lose more and more hope everyday." Mr. Davis started

Haley glanced at Lucas. He wasn't looking anywhere in particular, but she knew he was avoiding eye contact with anyone. He always did that when he was getting choked up or emotional.

"And it's really costing us a lot of money to keep Brooke alive." He continued.

"What's the price of a life?" Lucas yelled. "Especially the life of your only daughter!"

Nathan put his hand on Luke's shoulder, and gave him a half 'it's ok' smile. Lucas shrugged it off and stood up and started pacing. He definitely did not like this.

"Son, I know that you care for our daughter. I just don't think Brooke would want to go on this way. I'm sorry, but we're going to terminate life support."

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT" Lucas felt like he was going to explode. He had never in his entire life, been this angry. "Did you not talk to her doctors today? They were hopeful and said things were looking up. Why would you go against that? What makes you think you can just terminate a life -"

"Lucas.." Peyton interrupted.

"NO PEYTON! STOP! ALL OF YOU JUST STOP!!!

"Look, we scheduled it for next Tuesday. At 1:00 p.m. We wanted all of you to come to say goodbye." Brooke's mom finished.

Lucas couldn't be here anymore. He felt like the room was caving in and he needed to get out. He burst through the double doors of the cafeteria and just started running. He ended up a small basketball court in the middle of the city. It was definitely no Rivercourt, but he had found this place brought him the same sense of peace that the Rivercourt did.

What the hell was he going to do? He had five days to convince everyone, especially Brooke's parents, that this was definitely the wrong decision. There was no way he was going to lose her for good. Especially without one hell of a fight.