Another Saturday
Rated T for violance
Lucas sat on his bed typing away on his laptop. He was thinking about tonight. He and Brooke had yet another date. He had something really romantic planned. She said she wanted to know more about him so he was going to take her to his favorite camp grounds where he and Keith use to go when he was a kid. It was a personal place he was going to share with her. He wanted to let her in. In everyway her could. Just then Brooke came bouncing in like she had springs on the bottom of her feet. No wonder Haley called her Tigger.
"Hey boyfriend. I know. I know. Our dates not until 5:00 but I missed you and I had to come and see you."
"I missed you to cheery. Come here." He said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her down on the bed. HE leaned over her and put his hand to her face. He was drawing invisible circles on her face and looking into her eyes. It didn't matter how many times he had seen her. Her beauty still took his breath away. Not just her outer beauty either. When she let her guard down like she did with him, she had such a heart of gold. He felt lucky that he got to see that side of her. Just then he was pulled out of his thought by her laughing. "What?"
"You. You're practically drooling on me."
"Well I can't help it. I have thing for you Brooke Davis."
"Well I have a secret to tell you."
"What's that?"
"I have a thing for you too Lucas Scott."
"Well that's a definite good thing." He leaned down and began to kiss her. He ran his tongue along her bottom lip begging for entry. She gladly obliged. But soon they were pulled apart by a knock at the door. It was Karen.
"Lucas I need you to come down to the Cafe. I have a meeting to go to and I can't leave Haley there by herself."
"She there by herself now isn't she?"
"Yes but only for a few minutes. Oh by the way it's nice to see you again Brooke." Karen said with a wink as she walked out the door.
"I'm sorry Brooke but it looks like Duty calls."
"It's ok. I'll come bug you at the Cafe in a little bit. Then we can go on our date."
"I can't wait." He said while again kissing her.
Lucas headed for the Cafe while Brooke got in her car and drove home. She couldn't wipe the smile off her face. He really was a great guy. She was in love and she was on cloud nine. There was nothing in this world that could bring her down. At least that's what she thought. As she pulled in front of her house she got a feeling that something wasn't right. She slowly walked to the front door. It wasn't quiet closed all the way. She just figured maybe one of the maids didn't shut it completely on their way out. She knew her father wasn't home because then again when was he. She walked up to her room while pulling out her phone to text message Lucas.
"I miss you already." Was all she wrote. But then she heard something that stopped her in her tracks. It sent shivers up her spine.
"Well, well, well. It's good to see you again Brooke Davis."
Brooke swallowed the lump in her throat before turning around to face the person standing behind her. But before she had a chance to scream she felt something hit her head and then everything went black.
Lucas walked into the cafe. He had a smile that wouldn't stop. HE couldn't wait for Brooke to come see him here at work. Just then he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it out to see a text message from Brooke herself.
"I miss you already." Is what it read. But before he had a chance to write back Haley cam bounding up to him.
"It's about time you got here. Come on I'm swamped. Take this order to table three while I take this one to 5. "
Lucas took the plate out of her hands and took it over to where she said. Then he headed to the back to put his stuff down. The place was pretty busy at the moment so he understood why his mom sent him down here. Things were real busy for the next two hours and Lucas didn't have a chance to think about Brooke not being there yet. But once things slowed down and he was wiping down the counter he noticed the time was 3:30. HE was disappointed she didn't come but he figured she was busy getting herself ready for their date tonight. He put the cleaning stuff away and headed to the back where Haley was.
"Hey Hales. Do you think you'll be ok on your own now? I have to get home and get ready. I have a date with Brooke tonight."
"Yeah go ahead. I got it from here."
"Thanks Hales."
"Mmhmm have fun Luke. Don't get in any trouble."
"I'll try not too." He gave her a wink and walked out. But Hale noticed Lucas had left his phone behind. She ran out to try and catch him to give it to him but he was not where to be found. She slid the phone into her pocket and decided she would hold onto it for him until tomorrow. If Brooke calls she can tell her what happened. Haley walked back into the cafe not knowing that the night was about to take a turn for the worse.
Lucas walked into his room and sat down for a second. He was kind of tired from working but he wasn't going to let that get in the way of his night with Brooke. He decided he better go shower before it got too late. He was meeting Brooke at the River Court before they headed out. After he got out he decided to call Brooke to see how things were coming along. That's when he realized he left his phone back at the Cafe. He didn't have time to run and get so he just gave his phone a call to let Haley know to hold onto it for him until he could drop by and get it.
"Hello?"
"Hey Hales it Lucas."
"Oh no Shit Sherlock. I thought it was the Easter bunny."
"Ha-ha very funny. You know you should get your own show going you're such a comedian."
"I know but then everyone would know and my secret would be out."
"Yeah yeah. Anyway would you mind holding onto my phone until tomorrow. I don't have time to come get it tonight."
"Way ahead of you. Don't worry if Brooke calls I'm all over it."
"Thanks again Hales."
"Yeah I know I'm always saving your ass." They both laughed before hanging up.
Then Lucas dialed Brooke's number but he got her voice mail. He thought this was kind of strange. Brooke never didn't answer her phone. Maybe she can't hear it he thought. He dialed the house phone and again there was no answer. But then he remembered how serious Brooke was when it came to getting ready to go out some where. So he just laughed to himself and finished getting ready him self. Man did he love that girl.
Back at Brooke's house she was just coming around when she heard her phone ringing. She tried to lift her arms but found that she couldn't move. She looked down and saw that her arms were tied to her side and her legs were bound together. Then she remembered what happened. Chris Keller. How did he find her? Why was thins happening. Then Lucas came to her mind. What was he going to think when she didn't show up to the river court? HE would think she stood him up would he? No he would know something was up. He'll know there's something wrong and come and save her.
"Oh Brooke, Brooke, Brooke. I'm disappointed in you. I thought you would put up more of a fight that this. I mean after that night in the mall I thought you were tough."
"What do you want?" She said. But when she spoke she felt a pain in the corner of her mouth and she could taste blood. He must have hit her a few times after she passed out. Then she realized her whole face hurt. She knew there was a mirror behind her so she tried to turn her head to look but couldn't turn her head far enough.
"What do I want? Hmmm. What a good question." HE said mocking her. HE walked around to stand behind her. He leaned down to whisper in her ear. "Now Brooke did your forget? We have unfinished business." Brooke let out a whimper at the memory of that night. "I thought it turned you on when I took control." As he said this he pulled he head back by the hair to look up at him. "Now don't tell me that was a lie. You left me hanging Brookie. Now I am here to take what you were offering me."
Tears were stinging at her eyes. Her head was spinning. She couldn't seem to form any kind of thought. She felt like she just walked into a nightmare. Chris came around again to sit in front of her. His face was only inches away. He spoke at a whisper.
"I know you want me Brooke. I felt it that night."
"Go to Hell."
"Oh nice manners babe. Didn't your mom ever teach you how to talk to men?" HE said as he smacked her across the face. Brooke began to cry harder but not because of the pain. But because of a scum like him mentioning her mom. "Now you be nice now. I don't want to have to do that again."
Chris pushed himself between her legs and put his face next to hers and started licking her neck. He could practically smell the fear on her. This only made him more aggressive. He started biting along her collar bone. He was biting so hard Brooke had to fight to keep from screaming. She looked over at the clock and saw that it was 5:15. Lucas would be waiting for her. She had to think of something and fast.
Lucas was standing at the river court getting more nervous by the minute. Brooke should be pulling into the parking lot at any second. He looked at his watch once again. 5:15. Brooke was never late. Lucas was starting to get scared that something might be wrong. First she doesn't show up at the Cafe. Then she doesn't answer either of her phones. He decided to give it a few more minutes then he was going to drive over to her house. He knew there was no way she would stand him up. She loved him. He knew she did.
Meanwhile back at the Cafe Haley was getting ready to lock up. They were closing early tonight because Karen had business to attend to and she didn't want Haley there alone to late. Just as she was about to lock up Nathan jumped out in front of the door and scared her half to death.
"Nathan James Scott I am going to kill you. You scared me."
"I'm sorry baby but I couldn't resist. You should have seen your face though. It was priceless." He was laughing uncontrollably.
"It's so not funny."
"Oh I think it was."
"You would. Jerk."
"Oh come on now Hales you know you love me." He said as he gave her his puppy dog eyes.
"Now how can I stay mad at that?"
"I knew you couldn't resist me."
"Yeah well you're lucky I do love you Nathan Scott or your ass would be grass right now." She said as she put her arms around his neck and pulled him into a passionate kiss.
"I'd like to see you try Haley James-Scott." He said as he pulled away. At hearing those words leave his mouth Haley almost melted to night in his arms. She let out a small moan.
"I like the sound of that."
"So how long until you close up?"
"I was just getting ready to."
"Good because we have a date to get to."
"Dressed like this. You better think again."
"Don't worry I got it all taken care of. Now hurry up we got to get going."
"Ok let's go." She said grabbing the keys to lock up. "Oh wait I forgot something." She ran back to the back and grabbed Lucas' phone. She didn't want to forget that. "Ok all set."
Nathan and Haley left to go enjoy their evening together. Not knowing what was going to happen to one of their friends.
Lucas looked again at the time. It was going on 6:00. He waited around long then he wanted to. He jumped in his car and headed over to the cafe. He thought maybe Brooke had called him. He got there just as Haley and Nathan were about to jump in his car.
"Haley."
"Lucas? What are you doing here shouldn't you be with Brooke?"
"She didn't show up."
"Well maybe she's just running late."
"No Haley. I have a bad feeling. Where's my phone?"
"Right here." She handed him his phone and gave him a look of concern.
"No missed calls. She didn't call did she? You didn't answer any calls did you?"
"No. No one called. Lucas is everything ok?"
"I don't know. I'm scared. I'm going to her house. Will you guys let me know if you hear from her?"
"Yeah we'll look for her. I'm sure every will be ok?"
"Yeah man we'll help you find her." Nathan said. Even though he planned on really purposing to Haley tonight, Brooke might be in trouble and he couldn't turn his back on a friend like that.
"Ok. Will you guys go wait at the River court just in case she turns up there. And give Payton a call? Maybe she's heard something."
"Yeah. Go Lucas. WE have it under control."
"Ok." He ran off and jumped back in his car. His heart was pounding. Something was wrong. He knew it. He this sinking feeling in the bottom of his stomach. He was beating himself up for not taking her home before heading into work.
"6:15 Lucas where are you?" Brooke thought to her self. She was scared he wouldn't be there on time. Chris was going to rape her or worse. She was afraid she was going to lose her life. Chris was busy still biting her in place here and there on her body. She could swear he even drew blood in some places. She tried to push him away but when she would resist he would just hit her. She thought she heard a bone crack once when he hit her in the stomach. Plus she was having trouble breathing under the pain. Then she felt Chris reach behind and untie the rope around her waist so he could lift her to the bed. Brooke caught a glimpse in the mirror. She looked bad. But how bad she wasn't real sure. She only saw herself for a second. She felt him untie her feet and then tie one foot to each side of the bed post. This was it. How could this be happening? She tried to scream again but Chris Hit her again the the stomach. This knocked the air out of her. She struggle to draw breath. She could feel her lungs burning for air. Finally Chris got off her long enough for her to draw in as deep a breath as was possible given the circumstances. It was then that she heard it. She thought it was her imagination but just in case she let out a blood curttleing scream. This shocked Chris who must not have heard it. It was a knock at the door. After she finish her scream she went to do it again but Chris hit her so hard it made her head spin and soon she fell into darkness once again. Before she passed out she could have sworn she saw Lucas run in behind Chris.
Lucas pulled up in front of Brooke's house. He was in a state of panic. He ran to her door. He tried to open it but it was locked. HE started pounding on it. HE even yelled her name. Then his heart stopped and his blood when cold. He heard her scream. "No. no no no. BOOKE." He yelled again. He started throwing himself at the door. Finally it burst open. He went running up the stairs to her room. He threw open the door. He almost froze in fear at the sight of Brooke. He didn't know if she was dead or alive. Then he saw Chris. He lunged at him and started to beat him. How could he do this? To my Brooke. I'll kill him. That's when Nathan ran in. He decided to leave Haley at the court and go help Lucas just in case something happened. He pulled Lucas off Chris.
"Luke he's not worth it. Go tend to Brooke. I'll take care of him."
All Lucas could see was red. His mind was reeling. He could think strait. He turned to Brooke who lay lifeless on the bed. He quickly untied her and pulled her into his arms. HE tried to wake her.
"Brooke? Baby. Come on. Open your eyes baby. Please open your eyes." He was getting no response. HE picked her up into his arms and carried her down to his car. He somehow managed to open his back door and lay her down before jumping in the front and rushing off the the hospital.
Nathan knocked Chris out then called the police. He thought about Haley. He understood why Lucas wanted to kill him. If it were him and Haley was in trouble he would want blood. He called Haley and told her what happened. He told he was going to wait for the cops but she needed to get to the hospital and be with Lucas.
Lucas pulled up in front of the ER and rushed Brooke in as fast as he could. She was so badly beaten he could recognize her.
"I need help. Somebody help me."
Almost at once there was a Gurnee pulled up along side of her and she was rushed away. Lucas was in tears by now. He didn't even notice that his own hand was broken from hitting Chris over and over.
"She's in bad shape son. She is going to need surgery most likely. We need her parents to give their consent." Lucas knew there was no way to get in touch with Brookes dad. He did the only he could think of. He called his mom.
A/N I am super sorry it's taken me so long to update. I have had a lot going on. I just returned from California so I should have more time on my hands. Next chapter Nathan makes a choice that may or may not be a surprise. We will find out what happens to Brooke and Lucas has to go to the police station and see Chris. What will he do? R&R please. I hope you liked it. I was getting chills writing it. Enjoy.