Ok, so far. This is definitely MY favorite chapter. Thanks for the reviews guys! Keep em coming :) Here it is. I should probably have a few more up soon

Chapter Six


Peyton and Jake laid quietly in her bed, her heard on his chest with his arm around her.

"Just don't leave me alone here
It's cold baby

Come back to bed.."

"Ok, so how perfect is this song?" Jake asked Peyton.

"How perfect is is that you're here?" she said smiling.

"Pretty perfect." he said kissing her.

"Wow." he said.

"What?"

"It doesn't matter where you live, your room always has it's 'angry Peyton Sawyer' look." he joked.

"Hey! You stick to your music, and I'll be the interior decorator." she joked back.

"Works for me."

They both laughed, and sat quietly for a moment.

"Jake. I can't lose her tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Peyt. We'll figure something out. It's going to be ok."

"But it's not Jake. I feel like should be preparing something to say goodbye, but it's like I finally got her back. I've been so stupid for so long. I can't lose her now."

"I know Peyt." he pull her closer and hugged her tighter, and sent out a silent prayer hoping everything would be ok.

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"Slumber, my darling, the birds are at rest,
The wandering dews by the flow'rs are caressed,
Slumber, my darling, I'll wrap thee up warm,
And pray that the angels will shield thee from harm."

"Um, Haley. I know you love to sing Alison Krauss. But Luke will be here in like 10 minutes, and I'm not sure that's a song he wants to hear." Nathan said quietly.

"Oh God Nathan! I didn't even think about that. I'm such a bad person!"

"Hales, stop. You were just singing a song, I'm just looking out for Luke. I'm not sure how he's going to handle anything for the next twenty four hours." he said and kissed her. "It sounded really good though."

She smiled softly. "So what are you and Luke doing this afternoon?"

"Well, I think I'll take him to the practice gym. Maybe shoot some hoops, play some one-on-one. Grab a pizza."

"That's great Nathan. I hope he has a good day."

"I just know it won't be for long."

"What do you mean?" she asked curiously.

"How long do you really think he's going to stay away from her today, honestly?"

"Good point."

"Ok, Luke's here so play something happy." he joked.

Lucas walked through the front door. 'He looks awful' Haley thought.

"You ready man?" he asked Nathan.

"Just about. Let me get some shoes on."

"Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear- "

Both Lucas and Nathan gave Haley weird looks. Lucas' was confused, while Nathan's was more amused.

"What?"

"Nothing, Hales. I'll see you later. I love you." he said kissing her.

"I love you too. Bye Lucas!"

"Bye."

As they left, Haley prayed that Lucas would be ok.

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After playing for about an hour and a half, Lucas and Nathan went to a little pizza shop called "Marconi's Pizza."

"Dude, this is seriously, like the best pizza I've ever had." Nathan said with a mouth full of pizza.

"Yeah, well that's because the owners are real Italians. Look at the big one, I bet you he's in the mob." Lucas replied, laughing slightly. Nathan was glad that was laughing just a little bit. These last couple days he had really lived up to Brooke's nickname for him.

"Ouch, maybe we shoudn't be eating here. I don't think I want to die today" he said the last part slowly, realizing what he was saying. 'Damn it,' he thought, 'don't talk about death.'

Luckily, Lucas went on with the conversation. "Well, unless you're dealing with something illegal that I don't know about, I think we're fine."

Nathan was glad he didn't totally bring down Lucas' spirits, but he could tell Lucas was definitely quieter after that last statement.

"I think tomorrow we should all go the hospital to say goodbye, Nate."

"Luke-"

"No, I think she would want us all to come and say 'bye' to her."

"Look Luke, don't give up yet. But if you want us all there, we'll all be there. For you, and for Brooke."

"Thanks, Nate. There's just nothing else I can do."

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After the cab had dropped Nathan off, Lucas went straight to the hospital. No one was getting him to leave for the rest of the night. When he arrived at the hospital, he got, paid the driver, and headed up to Brooke's room. He was startled to see a woman on Brooke's bed, and it was not Brooke's mother or any of her friends. He couldn't believe who it was.

"WUCAS!" Keira came running out from behind Brooke's bed. Karen turned around, startled by Lucas' arrival.

"Mom, what are you doing here?" he said while picking up Keira.

"Well, Lucas. I know you needed me. But more importantly, I think this young lady here needs us all. " she said patting Brooke's bed.

"Thanks, Mom. You've been so great through all of this. I really couldn't ask for a better mother." he said with tears in his eyes.

"Now Lucas, listen to me. We're family. There's no way we wouldn't have been there through all of this."

"Hey Keira," Lucas asked. "How would you like to meet Brooke. The princess that Mommy was telling you about?"

"Sure!" she replied in a high pitched voice.

"Keira this is Brooke" he said walking over to Brooke's bed.

"SHH! Wucas, she's sweeping." she put her finger to her lips.

"That's right baby, she is. How about we let her rest for now." Karen said taking Keira from Lucas. "We're going to go back to our hotel room now Lucas. We will stop by in the morning to see you."

"Mom, don't stay in a hotel. You can stay at my apartment."

"Lucas, I've have called your apartment like twenty times in the last few days. I know you're not staying there."

"Well, that doesn't mean no one can, Mom. Please, we're family. Remember?"

"Ok, Lucas. If it's not a burden."

"It's not, Mom. I promise." he said handing her the key. "Now go get some rest, ok?"

"Ok, Lucas. Take care yourself ok?"

"Ok, Mom. I love you guys. Bye"

"Well, we love you too. Bye Lucas, bye Brooke." she said softly as she exited the room.

Lucas pulled up his favorite chair, and laid his head down on Brooke's bed. It had really been a long day.

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Walking into Lucas' apartment, it made Karen sad she had only been here twice, and even that was helping him move in. She hadn't even seen it finished. She never came here, he always came home, knowing how hard it was to travel with Keira. She noticed he had painted all the walls and decorated it. The living room had old music and movie posters. All framed in black. All the furniture was black, and the walls were a charcoal gray. The couch was a deep red. 'Wow' she thought 'My son can surely decorate a room!'

She moved into the other parts of the apartment. Everything had been decorated very simply, very Lucas, but still it all looked great. Then she walked into one of the bedrooms. He had painted it a shade of dark dark purple. Everything else in the room was Brooke's. Her vanity with all it's pictures. Her bed, her wall decorations. Everything. Even her dollhouse. She knew Lucas had asked Brooke's parents if he could put it into storage, she just didn't realize this was storage. She did notice a beautiful cedar chest on the side of the room. She opened it up. All her uniforms, and formal dresses were inside. Old notes from Lucas, and pictures of the two of them. Taped to the top was a note. "For everything special." was all it said.

"I've really taught him well, Keira. Now let's get you to bed!"

"Can I sleep in the princess room Mommy?"

"No, we're going to sleep in the other room sweetie."

"Otay."

They walked into what Lucas had originally planned to be a game room. Instead, he turned it into a guest room. Karen tucked Keira into bed, and slid under the covers on the other side. In a few moments, they were both asleep. It was a long day for them as well.

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Lucas woke up with a horrible headache. He felt as if he had had a horrible nightmare. Waking up and seeing Brooke lying in front of him, he knew it was no dream. Brooke Davis was going to die. Today. Lucas started to sob uncontrollably.

"Pretty girl, what are you doing to me?" he cried "We were supposed to be old and gray when this was happening. We were supposed to have kids and grandkids and have traveled the world on all of our retirement money! Not now Brooke! You can't leave me now. Remember how I promised to save you? It was right after Keith's death. Do you remember? Well, I tried Brooke. I put everything I had into saving you. But Brooke, you have to save yourself. Don't leave me alone Brooke. We have so much to do together still. I love you, Brooke. SO MUCH. Please, just come back to me. I'm not sure I can go on without you. You're the one for me, Brooke Davis. I need you."

One of Brooke's nurses walked into the room. "Mr. Scott?"

"Yes?" he answered wiping away tears.

"The rest of Brooke's family and friends will be here in little less than an hour. I just thought you should know."

"Oh, ok. Thank you."

The nurse walked out. Even though she worked in a hospital, and had seen some really sad things, that one was definitely one of the worst things she had had ever seen.

"Brooke..."Lucas whispered. He put his head into his hands. It was really happening. He was really losing her.

He sat there for what felt like forever. His head in his hands, lost in thought. He knew he finally had to let her go.

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"Lucas? What are you brooding about now?" a weak voice said.

Lucas looked up. He couldn't believe what he had just heard.