The next week or so went by slowly, during which the time capsule was released. Brooke and Haley had gotten closer than Peyton and she ever were. Brooke knew it was because they had each other's backs. When Haley got back from her tour and almost everyone had turned on her, Brooke was there. Now it was Haley's turn to have her back.
Brooke had not talked to Lucas, though he tried. He called her quite a few times and even came by but Haley always told him to give her time.
Peyton also came by but Brooke talked to her. "Rachel got me drunk" Peyton said. "I highly doubt that she forced drinks down your throat" Brooke said. "Basically, she got me drunk then dumped me in Lucas's bed. You have no reason to be angry" Peyton said.
"Look, Peyton, I am sorry for all that you have been through but recently I realized a few things. I deserve a boyfriend who loves me and only me. I deserve a best friend who would never hurt me, only protect me. I've always put others first, usually you but I need to put me first for once" she said. "What's that mean?" Peyton asked. "It means that I'm done. I'm done letting myself get screwed over" she said. "Are we still friends?" Peyton asked. "Sure, we always will be but not like before. We can't go back to what we were. The second you kissed my boyfriend, that was gone" Brooke said then shut the door on her ex best friend.
Brooke was in the student council room before school, she was going through all of the suggestions from the box the student body could write in. Most were ridiculous or jokes, the rest seemed to be about prom.
Suddenly there was an announcement. "Code red, code red. This is not a drill. All students to a designated lock down area. This is a code red, please go to a designated lock down area or exit the school" the principle's voice said. Brooke began to panic, there was no lock on this door and all the exits were too far.
She was in practically worst spot to be. She shut off the lights and went to a corner. She waited quietly for a while but heard nothing outside. Time ticked by while she just sat there hoping that no one came to the door. She wanted to make it out of this. She wanted to see Lucas, she didn't want to die leaving things so bad with the people who were once the most important things in her life.
She decided she couldn't just sit here anymore. She needed to get out of here, if she stayed where she was there was a big possibility she would be found. She found her phone and dialed Haley, no answer. Nathan and Mouth, nothing. She took a deep breath and called Lucas.
"Hello" Karen's voice answered. "Karen, where's Lucas?" Brooke whispered. "Brooke? He went in after you. Where are you?" Karen asked. "The student council room" she whispered. "If your calling, I'm guessing Lucas didn't find you" Karen said. "No I'm in the middle of the school and-" Brooke was cut off by her phone dying. Dammit.
Brooke went to the door and opened it a bit and saw an empty hallway. She took a deep breath and built up her courage and walked out of the room silently. She walked as quietly as possible. She heard a shot and stopped moving.
When she looked in the direction of the sound, she saw Keith crouched over the boy who went off on the time capsule; Jimmy Haley said his name was. She saw Dan reaching down and grab the gun. "He's gone, Danny" Keith told his brother. Dan raised the gun and Brooke ran over. Keith seemed to be in shock, not moving to do anything. When she reached them, she pushed Keith into a locker as she heard the shot and a pain spread through her abdomen.
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