Chapter 16

It's been an hour since Brooke and Lucas left with Sarah. The rest of them we're still at jakes and Brookes house waiting for them to come back. Jake kept on pacing around the living room, he was restless, he loved Sarah like as if she was his own daughter, he hoped nothing would happen to her.

"Jake you're giving me a headache with all your pacing man" said Nathan. "Quit worrying nothing will happen to her, she's Scott, we're strong blooded people"

"Well Lucas and Dan are Scotts, and look at them they've got friggin HCM" snapped Jake

"yeah well Luke was always the wimp in our family, and well Dan's Dan something bad had to happen to him at least once" replied Nathan.

"Argh how long are they taking" exclaimed Jake sitting down on the sofa. It was only them three in the living room. Peyton took Maria out for a walk, Jake seemed stressed out and Maria wouldn't stop asking questions about Sarah.

"Jake check ups take there time, your just going to have to be patient" sighed Haley. "Now stop worrying, we know she will be fine, she's all Brooke, there's not much of Lucas in her"

Jakes closed his and rest his head on the sofa; he had a hell of a day yesterday and now this. Jake kept his eyes closed and let darkness wash over him. Nathan and Haley watched him for a while and both of them decided to leave as well, it looked like he was stressed and really worn out. Jake seemed to be in a deep sleep, and it looked like he was dreaming.

Jake walked down a black corridor that his imagination seemed to have conjured. He carried on walking down and opened a door, bright seared through his eyes; he carried on walking in to the room to find a woman staring out the window beyond. He walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder, she turned around to smile at Jake.

"I've been waiting for you Jake" smiled Rachel.

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Brooke and Lucas were sitting outside the room where Sarah as getting checked they have been there for nearly two hours, and Brooke seemed to be getting paranoid by the minute. Brooke kept shaking her leg and every now and then she would look up at the door. Lucas was sitting beside her and watched her quietly; neither of them said a word to each other ever since Sarah went in. Lucas slowly put his on Brookes knee to stop her from shaking it anymore.

"Brooke, calm down everything will be ok" assured Lucas,

"How do you know, you're not a doctor, im not a doctor" exclaimed Brooke. "Omg what will happen to my baby?"

"Brooke, nothing wills happened to Sarah" said Lucas.

"Man Luke, I gave her my great looks and all the happiness in the world and you had to give her a disease" snapped Brooke, "you know normal dad's give teddies or toys"

"Hey it's not my fault my disease is genetic, if you wanna fight with anyone then do it with Dan" said Lucas.

"Argh what am I gonna do" sighed Brooke. "She's too young for this"

"We're here for her okay don't worry" consoled Lucas. He so badly wanted to hug Brooke and calm her down, but he couldn't, firstly he didn't know how Brooke would react.

"How long are they taking?" exclaimed Brooke

"My god, I've never met an inpatient woman in my life, Brooke check ups take there time" said Lucas. "Please have a little patience in you"

"Ok listen here Luke my daughter inside there, there's 50/50 chance she can have a heart condition and your telling me to have patience" snapped Brooke. "Clearly you have no idea what it feels like"

"Actually I do, but im calm about this" said Lucas.

"Well I can't be calm about this, coz she's my life" said Brooke close to tears. "Im scared Lucas". Lucas didn't care about anything and just pulled Brooke into a tight hug, he was even surprised to find Brooke hugging him back.

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"Jake, stop worrying, everything will be fine" said Rachel.

"How do you know im worried about something" asked Jake.

"Well first you get these horrible wrinkles on your forehead and you always dream of me" smirked Rachel. "Listen to me nothing is going to happen Sarah"

"And how do you know that" said Jake.

"Well first of all the im dead, the deads know everything" said Rachel in a spooky voice. "And of course im up there with the big guy, so I know everything so stop underestimating me" Jake laughs and pulls Rachel into a hug.

"I miss so much" said Jake.

"Yeah same here, but its cool we party with all the angels up there" joked Rachel. "Who knew the big guy can throw a hell of a party" Jakes looks at her weirdly. "Ok anyway how are things going with my daughters?"

"And I thought the 'deads' knew everything" said Jake raising his eyebrows, Rachel whacked him on his arm. "Ow… anyway you know everything about Sarah, and Maria great, I think she's started to like Peyton"

"That's good and what about my favorite daughter" said Rachel

"Huh I thought Maria was your favorite daughter, who am I forgetting" said Jake a little confused.

"Jenny you jack ass" said Rachel hitting him again

"Ow okay woman stop hitting me, I swear you weren't this violent when we were together" said Jake. "Jenny is ok, I talked to her on the phone couple of times but she seems to spend more time with nickie nowadays"

"Jake are you sure she's fine, have you seen her or when you're talking to her, do you actually listen to her" said Rachel.

"Okay Rachel what are you on about" asked Jake. "Why are you talking in riddles?"

"All im saying is you have to listen to her properly when you're talking to her on the phone" explained Rachel. "Instead of waiting for her to tell you to get her, go to her you're self"

"Ok Rach you're seriously confusing me here" said Jake.

"Why do I feel like im the smart one for the first time in my life" exclaimed Rachel. "Im not going to tell you anything anymore you just going to have to figure out your self. And now lets get serious, when are you gonna go to Peyton"

"What… I am not going to Peyton, I think your forgetting something here she has a boyfriend" said Jake. "And plus im with you"

"Ok first thing im dead if you're forgetting and secondly when has that ever stopped anyone so what if she has a boyfriend" said Rachel. "I mean Haley was married to Nathan and I still tried getting him"

"Excuse me what" said Jake, shocked

"Ooh I didn't tell you that before didn't I" said Rachel.

"No… my god how many people want Nathan, I mean Brooke slept with him as well" said Jake.

"Ooh I remember that, wow I can't believe Nathan never erased the sex video" smirked Rachel.

"There was a video!" said Jake. Rachel nods, laughing. "Wow I so need to see that, man I missed so much"

"Yup it was so cool because the whole school saw it" smirked Rachel.

"The whole school! Whoa" said Jake.

"Yeah too bad Haley destroyed the tape" said Rachel.

"Great, why do bad things happen to me" said Jake. Rachel laughs at him.

"Ok back to business, we need a plan to get you and Peyton together" said Rachel.

"Ok I aint going to no one, im with you woman, we can always go on dream dates" said Jake.

"Ok there no such thing as dream dates and plus you have to move on" said Rachel. "Every one tried to make Brooke move on from Lucas but no one helped you so, im here"

"Rach you're crazy, there's nothing between me and Peyton plus she loves Lucas" said Jake.

"How do you know" smirked Rachel. "Are your sure about that?"

"Rachel im happy with my life, with OUR daughter, I don't need a woman to make myself complete" said Jake.

"Ok Jake lets go through this one more time" said Rachel. "Who is good a social life, me or you?"

"You"

"Right, and who knows best me or you?"

"You"

"And who will you listen to now"

"You"

"Good, I trained you well" laughed Rachel

"Look im not going to do anything to get Peyton, she's happy with Lucas and happy with my life" said Jake. "When the time is right ill do something but not now"

"You're a stubborn ass" said Rachel crossing her arms.

"Look who's talking" smirked Jake.

"Yeah and like before, listen to me wake up now Brookes going to phone" said Rachel.

"What, how do you know" asked Jake.

"Im dead I know everything" smiled Rachel. "Now remember you will always love me more the Peyton or I'll haunt you in life, you go that"

"Yeah, always… I love you" said Jake pulling Rachel in to a bear hug.

"Love you too"

Lucas still had his arm around Brooke, and they both stayed quite, neither of them would pull away from the other. They sat there for a while waiting for Kyle to come out. They had been there for nearly three hours but to them it seemed longer. Brooke slowly closed her eyes and rested her head on Lucas's shoulder and Lucas tightened his grip around her and watched her sleep. It had been like 10 minutes, when Kyle walked out the room; Lucas looked up and shook Brooke, to wake her.

"Huh… wh-what" said Brooke sleepily. She looked up and saw Kyle; she quickly got up and walked to him. "What happened is everything orite"

"Yes, there's nothing to worry about, there are no traces of HCM in Sarah" smiled Kyle as he saw relief swept over Brookes face and smile appeared on her face.

"Thank god, can we see her" asked Brooke.

"Yes, she's inside, and you can take her home now as well" said Kyle. Brooke gave him a quick hug, and she and Lucas walked in to find Sarah on the bed, Sarah looked up and smiled as she saw Brooke.

"Mommy can I go home now, I don't like the hospital anymore" whined Sarah.

"Yes sweetie common im gonna buy my pretty girl an ice cream" said Brooke picking her up in her arms. Lucas watched them two by the door and a smile crept on his face, he loved the sight of Brooke with his daughter. Sarah looked up at him and smiled.

"Mommy can I sit on Lucas's shoulders, he's taller" asked Sarah.

"err sure why not" said Brooke, she looked up at Lucas, he smile and came forward to them, he took Sarah off Brooke and put her on his shoulder and all of them walked out. They walked out the hospital and went to get ice cream for Sarah.

"Luke get me strawberry flavored cone, while I phone Jake," said Brooke, Lucas nods and he and Sarah go to the ice cream van. Brooke phones home and waits for some one to answer.

Jake: hello

Brooke: hey Jake it's me

Jake: omg Brooke thank god, how's everything

Brooke: good, Sarah doesn't have HCM and we'll be home in awhile ok

Jake: thank god, ok ill tell the rest I'll see you later…im gonna go to the hotel I think every one must be there, then ill meet you back at home ok… bye

Brooke: bye (shuts the phone).

Brooke walks up to Lucas and Sarah, she takes her cone off Lucas and starts to lick it.

"Orite common let's go home, the rest will be there soon" said Brooke, as she held Sarah's hand. All three of them walked back home. They got there to find it empty, Brooke guessed the guys must still be out. Brooke walked in to the living room to find Lucas and Sarah already playing with Jake's NBA live. Brooke decided to get her self some coffee and headed in to the kitchen, she heard the door bell go.

"Luke, could you get that" yelled Brooke.

"Yeah sure" he yelled back. Lucas walked to the door and opened it; he was shocked to see a little girl around the age of 10 who was badly bruised all over. She looked up at Lucas and then fell to the floor; Lucas quickly bent down and tried to wake her. "Omg… Brooke get here now" Brooke came running out the kitchen to Lucas.

"What Luke… omg jenny" gasped Brooke.