Chapter 23 ~ "Now, take my hand and we will run away down to this place that I know. How did this night become the enemy?"

Previously:

"I'm Doctor Smith and I've been working on Peyton and her son since they were brought it. I'm so sorry…."

"…but we had to deliver him early. I know that it was almost a month before he was due, but I assure you he's fine. He will probably be released in a couple of days, but I want you to know that he can't be released without a name; a name so we could properly fill out the paper work for his birth certificate. Now, Miss Sawyer on the other hand is not so out of the woods. When we brought her in, she was already progressing through labor fairly quickly and lost a large amount of blood. And because of the blood lose; she has slipped into a coma. She still has brain function and is breathing on her own, but it seems as though she does not want to wake up. Essentially, we gave her anesthesia for the c-section and we are waiting for her to wake up. This took take any where from one day to two weeks. I know this may be all confusing for you right now, but you do have any questions?"

"Yea, can I go see her?"

"Of course, she's in room 119"

"Thank you doctor."

I took my time walking down the hall and into Peyton's room. I was nervous and scared to see my best friend like that. I knew that deep down in my heart I had to be strong for her and her son. While walking to her room, the nursery came into view. My original idea was to not see the baby until Peyton could, I wanted her to see him first. But I knew that someone should at least spend some time with him. Looking through the glass, I spotted little baby boy Sawyer. He was so cute, and a perfect mixture of Peyton and Jake; Jake's dark brown hair and Peyton's green eyes. From the moment I saw him, I realized that I was going to love this boy forever. After spending some time with him, I made my way over to Peyton's room. Walking in, I had no idea what to expect; so I did the only logical thing I could think of, I pulled a chair over to her beside, sat down, and started pleading her to wake up.

"Hey there P. Sawyer, I don't know if you could hear me, but I need you to wake up. You had a beautiful baby boy, I saw him on the way over. God, Peyt, you would be so proud. Heck, I'm so proud of you. You did a great job nurturing your son for the past eight months. But here's the problem, he needs a name; and if you don't wake up soon, then I'm going to have to name him. So you need to wake up. I need you to wake up. I can't survive on this planet without you. You are my best friend, I need you. So please wake up." I ended with tears coming down my face and my hand in hers. I decided to call Lucas since I promised him I would when I get information about the situation. I stepped outside into the hallway to make my call. When the phone continued to ring, I instantly became nervous; but those nerves went away went I realized by the tone in Lucas's voice that he was obliviously sleeping.

"Hey baby, I'm sorry to wake you."

"No it's fine, I'm glad to hear your voice Pretty Girl. What's going on?"

"Well, I have good news and bad news. Good news is that Peyton had a perfectly healthy baby boy, but the bad news is that she is now in a coma like state." I said really fast because I did not want to start crying again.

"Whoa, slow done there Cheery, and explain that again." Lucas calmly said, and I did as I was told, repeating exactly what the doctor told me less than thirty minutes ago. "So now what"

"That's the thing Luke, I just don't know. I don't know what I should do. It's all just so confusing and I'm lost; I'm afraid I'm going to loose my best friend." I spat out through sobs.

"Brooke you listen to me, you are not going to loose your best friend. She will pull through, you hear me?"

"Yea..." I said, I wasn't very convinced.

"I promise you that you guys will be friends till the end."

"I sure hope so Luke."

"I know so. Now I know that right now is not the time for this, but I was going to tell you at dinner that I found out who will be assisting me coaching basketball."

"Luke, you know that I love you with all of my heart, but you're right this isn't the time to talk about this."

"Just let me finish, I swear I have a point in bringing this all up. As I was saying, you may have heard of my assistant coach and his family. Do Nathan and Haley Scott ring a bell?"

"Yea of course they do, we went to high school with them. You and Nate are half brothers, and Haley and I were so close until they moved away for his basketball career. But I'm still lost, why is this so good now?"

"Well because they moved into town. And I know that you don't have the time to go over and see them, and catch up with Haley; but I was thinking that Haley could watch Lily and Landon while I bring the little ones down and I could check up on you and see Peyton and the baby."

"That's a really sweet idea Luke, but I'm not so sure right now. It's not like they are bad people, but I just don't trust the kids with them yet."

"I understand you completely Brooke, but I want to come down and be there for you, but like you said earlier there is no way to do that with all of the kids. And I thought this was the perfect solution."

"It's a great idea sweetie, but I'm not too comfortable with it yet. I'll call you in the morning, go get some sleep." I immediately hung up after that because I was not in the mood to hear Lucas plead his idea to me.

Haley, Peyton, and I were the closest group of friends. We were all like sisters. But then during college, about six months before I got pregnant with Lily, Haley and Nathan had to move across the country, so Nate could play on some great basketball team. But the consequence of me hanging up right then and there was that I missed Lucas telling me he loved me; one of my favorite parts in the day.

AN: ALRIGHT GUYS, THIS IS THE LAST UPDATE FOR 2 WEEKS, I'M GOING ON VACATION. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW, THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE REVIEWED, REVIEWS MAKE ME HAPPY. =)