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Chapter 7: Secrets

Tammy, Alex, and Layden walked into the party. There were people already drunk and high as a horse. Tammy promised herself she wouldn't drink or smoke anything, not even water because she knew that people loved to put roofies in girls drinks. She suddenly had a bad feeling about being there. She told herself that she had nothing to feel guilty about. She wasn't Brooke's responsibility. Brooke wasn't her mother or anything to her. She couldn't tell her what to do.

"You sure you don't want to at least call Brooke and tell her that you are okay?" asked Alex.

"You should she's probably worried." said Layden.

"I'm not her kid what's there to worry about. I just want to have fun so if you two are going to bring me down then I am going to have it alone." said Tammy, "Are you guys in or out?"

"Were in I guess. We can't just leave you alone here." said Alex.

"Okay then let's have some fun." said Tammy.

Tammy looked around for something to do. She saw people dancing, smoking, playing bear pong, and doing other crazy and illegal stuff considering that everyone was well below twenty one years old. She was starting to feel the effects of not taking her medicine but she pushed it all away. She knew that she was being an absolute idiot but she did not care.

"How about we dance?" said Layden.

"Okay." said Tammy.

Layden, Tammy, and Alex joined everyone else at the part who were dancing. They were having a ball. Some guy came up to Alex, Layden, and Tammy. He just looked at Tammy. Tammy stopped dancing.

"Can I help you?" asked Tammy, "You know its really not polite."

"Hmm polite, never heard of the word. I like to think of myself as a rough around the edges kind of guy." said the guy.

"Well is their a point to all this?" asked Tammy.

"You wanna dance?" asked the guy.

"I already am. Just not with you." said Tammy.

"So you won't dance with me but you will dance with two nobody's." said the guy.

"These are my friends. I think you need to go find someone else to talk to." said Tammy.

"Yeah buddy. Either you go away or I make you go away." said Layden.

The guy gave Tammy a dirty look and walked away. Tammy couldn't believe that that had just happened to her. There were some crazy people in Tree Hill. Tammy had to admit that. She felt her phone vibrate for like the fifth time and took out her phone. She had two text messages from Haley and three from Brooke. She read them.

Haley: Tammy where are you? Brooke and Sam are worried out of their mind. You have to go home.

Tammy you need to get to Brooke's. You can be mad about whatever you want but you cannot do this to yourself.

Brooke: Where are you Tammy? Why did you run off like that?

YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR MEDS COME HOME

Tammy I'm worried about you honey. Please come home. Please.

Tammy just put the phone. She knew it was wrong to be doing what she was doing but it wasn't right for Brooke to be doing what she had either. Tammy wasn't stupid. She understood what she was doing to herself and the people who cared about her but she didn't want Brooke to care about her. Brooke wanted Sam there not her. Now she could have that because Tammy was not going back.

"Tammy we should get out of here." said Alex.

"Okay then go ahead but I am staying." said Tammy.

"It's getting too out of hand here Tammy. You should just go home to Brooke and talk to her, work everything out." said Layden.

"That's not my home and I don't have to work anything out. This is all her fault anyway. I don't want to be there anymore. She is not my mother. She is nothing to me." argued Tammy.

"Hey are you okay?" asked Alex, "you look really sick."

"I'm fine. Just go and leave me alone." said Tammy.

Tammy walked away from Alex and Layden. She was acting so weird and it shocked them. She hadn't been like that when they first started talking to her in biology but after she had left the class early everything had went south. They both could tell that something was wrong with her physically too. She was getting really pale.

"What do we do?" asked Alex.

"We have to go to Brooke's and tell her that Tammy is here and that she needs her." said Layden, "She's going to get hurt if she doesn't go home."

"That's a good idea except for the fact that we don't know where it is." said Alex.

"I saw her sneak out of a window down the street when we were at the river court." said Layden.

Brooke sat at the kitchen table with her phone in her hand. Sam was pacing around the room. They had decided to wait a little bit before they started driving around, just in case she happened to come home. Brooke was worried. It was obvious that Tammy was ignoring her text messages. Brooke was really worried. Tammy was almost two hours late for taking her medicine. She was in danger.

"Okay I can't take this anymore. We have to go look for her Brooke. Sitting here waiting is obviously not going to work. She's sick Brooke we have to find her." said Sam.

"C'mon. I will call Haley and see if she could come over and wait here just in case." said Brooke.

"I'll get one of her shots." said Sam.

Sam went in Tammy's book bag. She found the needles. She noticed that their was a bear on the sofa. She walked closer and she could see exactly what bear it was. It was the one that she had given her. Sam picked up the bear and hugged it tight to her chest as the tears began to fall. She felt like a failure. Time and time again she tried to protect Tammy and time and time again Tammy got hurt. Tammy suffered because she couldn't hold up to her responsibility. She felt like a horrible sister.

Brooke called Haley and impatiently waited for her to pick up the phone.

"Did you find her?" asked Haley.

"No she still hasn't come home. Me and Sam are going out to fin her. Can you come to the house just in case she comes back when we are gone?" asked Brooke.

"Yeah Brooke I will be right there." said Haley, "And Brooke don't worry you are going to find Tammy."

"I hope so Hales." said Brooke.

Brooke hung up the phone. She saw Sam hugging the teddy bear. She walked over and put her hand on Sam's shoulder.

"She'll be okay." said Brooke.

Sam pushed Brooke's hand away.

"Don't touch me, I'm fine." said Sam wiping the tears away and putting the teddy bear back on the sofa.

Brooke was thrown aback by Sam's actions. Sam didn't even look at her. They walked to the car and got in. Brooke started the car and began to drive. Layden and Alex were running down the street. Layden ran into the middle of the street and waived for Brooke to stop the caar. Brooke slammed on the breaks and got out of her car.

"Are you freaking crazy kid?" asked Brooke furious.

"Look I'm sorry. I'm Layden and this is my sister Alex. We are Tammy's friends." said Layden.

"Do you know where she is?" asked Brooke.

"We went to a party but things started to get a little crazy and we decided to leave but she wouldn't. She's kind of mad at you. Both of you" said Alex.

"She looked really sick." added Layden.

"Where is the party?" asked Sam impatiently.

"55 Macarthur street." said Alex.

"We want to come with you." said Layden.

"You guys should really get home." said Brooke.

"She's our friend and considering that she's mad at you two at least she will talk us." said Alex

"Fine get in." said Brooke.

They all got in the car and Brooke drove to the party.

Tammy was feeling really tired and sick. She walked into the backyard away from the noise of the party. Suddenly she felt woozy and threw up by a tree. She heard someone come up behind her and put their arms around her waist. She turned around. It was the guy that had tried to get her to dance with him.

"What are you doing?" asked Tammy dizzy.

"Helping you out. You seam to be a little drunk." said the guy.

"I'm not drunk get away from me." said Tammy.

"Why? I though we could have some fun." said the guy.

The guy pulled her closer to him and began to kiss her. Tammy pushed the guy away.

"Leave me alone." said Tammy.

The guy pushed her against the tree. Tammy was scared. She wished she had never ran away from Brooke's. This was her punishment. All she wanted was for Brooke and Sam to show up. She missed them and she needed them. The guy began to feel up on her. She was getting more and more tired buy the second but fought to stay awake.

"Stop!" yelled Tammy.

The guy slapped her.

"Shut up you stupid Bitch!" the guy yelled at her.

"HEY!" yelled a voice behind the guy.

Layden, Brooke, Alex and Sam were running over. The guy let Tammy go. He walked towards Layden.

"Back off Dude." said the guy.

Layden punched the guy in the face and he fell on the floor knocked out. Tammy was on the floor leaning against the tree unconscious. They all rushed to her side.

"Tammy oh my gosh." said Alex.

"Tammy honey wake up." said Brooke, "Sam give her the shot."

Sam took the shot out of her pocket and gave it to Tammy. She still wasn't awake.

"Okay we have to get her to the house so she can rest up." said Brooke.

Layden picked Tammy up. She stirred a little. She was getting some of the color back in her cheeks. Layden carried her back to the car. Layden sat in the front with Brooke. Alex sat in the back with Sam and Tammy.

"Why is she mad at us?" asked Sam holding Tammy.

"That is not for us to tell you. You have to ask her about this." said Alex.

"She really loves you Brooke I can tell you that and Sam the way she talks about you, your like her role model." said Layden.

"Really?" asked Sam.

"Yes. She cares about you two so much. She's just scared and lost." said Layden.

The car was quiet for the rest of the ride to Alex and Layden's house. When they got there Alex and Layden got out of the car, thanked Brooke and went into the house. They both changed into their pajamas. Their dad wouldn't be home until at least one in the morning. Alex walked into Layden's room and sat on his bed. He was organizing his gym bag.

"So when are you going to tell Tammy that you have a crush on her?" asked Alex.

Alex knew her brother so well. From when he first saw Tammy he got all weird. She knew that he really liked her because he didn't try any stupid pick-up lines or try to act cool. He just acted like himself. Honestly she had no problem with it. Having her friend go out with her brother would be kind of cool she guessed. Plus she knew that Tammy liked Layden also and Tammy deserved to be happy.

"I don't know what your talking about." said Layden rummaging around his bag nervously.

"Yes you do." argued Alex.

"No I don't." denied Layden.

"Okay I'll tell you what. If you can look me in the eyes or even at me and tell me that I am wrong then I will back off." said Alex.

Layden sighed.

"I can't." said Layden turning to his twin.

Layden hated how well his sister knew him sometimes. Although he did like the fact that it went both ways. Alex was right. He did have a crush on Tammy. He thought she was different then other girls. She didn't lie or try and be someone that she wasn't and he liked that she got shy sometimes.

"I knew it." said Alex proudly, "So..?"

"I don't know Alex. I mean right now she's going through some stuff and I don't want to push it. Plus I don't even know if she feels the same way about me. What if she doesn't? I am going to look like a complete idiot." said Layden.

"And what if your wrong and she does like you. Then you are going to feel like an idiot too." said Alex.

"I just want to get to know her more first before I decide to ask her out or anything." said Layden

Layden thought back to the party. When he had seen that guy all over Tammy he flipped and when the guy had slapped her he had wanted to beat the crap out of him. He knew that Tammy had a troubled past. He could tell by the way she acted. The way she jumped when she heard loud noises and was quiet a lot and wouldn't talk about certain things. Layden wanted to help her. He was determined to because she deserved it and even if she never did feel the same way about her he would still fight to protect her and for her because she was worth it.

Brooke laid Tammy on Sam's bed. She sat beside her and stroked her hair. She was relieved that Tammy was home and safe now but they were going to have to have a long talk in the morning. For now she was just happy that she was okay. When she had seen that guy on Tammy she had wanted to kill him. She didn't understand why there were people in the world like that guy who hurt innocent people. It just made no sense to her.

Tanny looked so peaceful sleeping. Brooke couldn't help but worry about what was going on with her and why she was mad at her and Sam. Whatever it was she knew that it had to be bad or else Tammy would have never left without taking her meds. Brooke tried to think of what it could possibly be.

"Is she okay?" asked Sam at the door.

Brooke turned towards Sam. She got up and they went to the kitchen. Brooke closed Sam's door. She didn't want Tammy to wake up yet. She needed to rest.

"Well she's sleeping. I wanna say that we got her the medicine in time but I really can't. We will just have to wait and see what happens." said Brooke.

"I want to kill him." said Sam.

"Who?" asked Brooke.

"The guy that hurt Tanny at the party. I know who he is. Richard Thomas. He likes to mess with the freshman and sophomore girls at parties because they are younger and more naive. I heard rumors of him slipping girls roofies. If he did anything to her." said Sam.

Sam's hands were in fists. She was angry. Richard had hurt her little sister. She wanted to get back at him and make him feel sorry for what he did. Brooke saw how she was acting and gently took Sam's hands in hers.

"Sam, Tammy is okay now. I am sure that he didn't do that to her because you know as well as I do that Tammy would never drink anything at some random party. She is safe now. She is a smart kid just like her big sister. Remember what Layden said. You are her role model. How do you think hurting some worthless piece of trash and getting sent away will effect Tammy? She needs you." said Brooke.

Sam knew that Brooke was right. Tammy needed her. She had a lot of time to make up for in Tammy's life and she couldn't do that in juvi. She had to try and be better for Tammy. She had to be how she was before she changed, before she left to be with Rebecca. Sam didn't want that for Tammy. She didn't want her to ever know Rebecca. She would not let her suffer too.

Brooke looked at Sam who was in a daze. She hugged Sam. Sam was caught off guard and flinched. Brooke was confused. She knew that something was seriously wrong with Sam. Sam had never ever so much as been afraid of anything that Brooke did, especially hug her and yet she had just flinched.

"Sam what was that? Are you okay?" asked Brooke worried.

Sam didn't answer.

"Sam talk to me baby. Please. I love you Sam. Nothing is different. I still want to be here for you, i still am here for you. No matter what you will always have me. I will never leave you. I can help you Sam. Please let me" said Brooke.

"I have to go." said Sam, "Tell Tammy I will call her in the morning. I got her number out of your cell."

"Sam you don't have to leave." said Brooke, "You can come home."

"I can't. I'm sorry." said Sam.

With that Sam left leaving Brooke alone in her house. She felt like she was losing Sam all over again. She had seen Sam for the first time in over a year and already Sam was trying to avoid her and leave. Brooke knew deep down that this was because she wan't hers anymore. But seeing her leave again brought it all back.

Sam walked into Rebecca's house quietly. It was already dark and odds are she was passed out in her room asleep. Sam would have climbed through her bedroom window but Rebecca had sealed it shut when she had tried to run away. When she had first tried to go back home to Brooke, her real mom. Sam tried to be as quiet as possible. She knew that if Rebecca woke up she was going to get it bad. Sam made her way through the dark living room tip toeing. She didn't notice the beer bottle on the floor and accidentally kicked it. It slid across the floor and crashed into one of the legs of the wooden coffee table in the living room. The bottle broke. Sam saw the light go on and Rebecca staggered drunk into the living room.

"Where the hell were you?" she asked pointing at Sam with a bottle of alcohol in her hand.

"I was with some friends. I just lost track of time. I am really sorry." said Sam.

"LIAR!" yelled Rebecca.

Rebecca through the bottle across the room and it broke against the wall. She grabbed Sam by the hair. Sam cried in pain. She could smell all the alcohol on Rebecca and she knew that there was absolutely no way to reason with her. She was going to hurt again.

"YOU WERE WITH HER!" yelled Rebecca gripping Sam'a hair tight.

"No I wasn't I swear. You're hurting me. Please stop." pleaded Sam.

Rebecca through Sam to the floor and began to kick her. Sam tried to protect herself from getting any broken ribs or anything. She was scared of Rebecca. She hated that. She hated that she was so damn weak. If Tammy knew how she was now she wouldn't want anything to do with her. She wouldn't love her anymore and neither would Brooke. She had lied strait to Brooke's face. How could she ever forgive her for that?

"Brooke..." cried Sam.

"Brooke can't save you now." said Rebecca as she kicked Sam again.

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