One week later, Cassie and Lucas were to be released from the hospital. Lucas had his arm in a sling and other then that the only remnants of the accident he had was a gash on his forehead, covered with a small bandage.

Cassie on the other hand had a large cast on her left leg, so big she could hardly lift it. She had bandages wrapped around her torso as a result of the broken ribs. It was a wonder she could move around at all. The doctors had given her plenty of pain medication which helped out alot.

Karen entered the room followed by two nurses with two wheel chairs. Lucas would only be in a wheel chair until he exited the hospital, Cassie was forced to be in a wheel chair for 2 weeks.

"You two ready?" Karen asked as she helped Cassie slide into her coat without moving too much.

"Yeah mom." Lucas answered. "Have you seen my book? You know the one Uncle Keith left for me?" Keith had left two presents with one of the nurses, one for Lucas and one for Cassie. He had given Lucas a copy of Shakespeare's Comedy's and he had given Cassie a cd of her favorite band: Jimmy Eat World.

Karen nodded and handed Lucas his book from the drawer. Lucas flung the book into his bag and winced as pain shot up his arm and into his shoulder.

"Luke, be careful, your going to hurt yourself even more." Karen warned out of concern.

"Mom, is Uncle Keith coming to give us a ride?" Cassie asked pretty much already knowing what the answer to her question would be.

Karen shook her head. "No honey, I already told you Keith and I are taking a break from each other."

"So that means me and Cass have to as well?" Lucas asked angrily, his mom was taking this a little too far. Sure Keith had had one drink, but it was just because he was excited and nervous about Karen coming home.

"Mom, I agree with Luke. It's not fair that your shutting out Keith, someone who was there for you. What happened was an accident." Cassie tried to reason.

Karen ignored her daughter and son's comments and took a wheel chair from one of the nurses. She wheeled it over to Cassie's bed and helped her daughter climb in. Cassie had been complaining for the past week about having to spend so much time in a wheel chair. She justed wanted to get her physical therapy overwith so she could move on with her life.

Lucas noticed one of the nurses wheel a chair over to him.

"Oh come on, is this really necessary?" He asked as he watched his mom shoot a glare his way.

"Its standard procedure Lucas. I'm sorry." The nurse said.

Lucas nodded and rolled his eyes as Brooke walked in.

"Hey boyfriend!" She greeted Lucas and kissed his cheek. She walked over and hugged Cassie and smiled at Karen. Karen and Brooke had really gotten to know each other over the past week. Karen found herself at first weary of the girls intentions towards her son, finding her to be a bit to wild...and well a bit to much like herself at that age. But Brooke had proved her wrong fast. She had cared for Lucas and Cassie and Karen found herself liking the girl.

"So what do you say Karen? Ready to get these two out of here?" She asked as Karen laughed and nodded.

Twenty minutes later the four walked into the house. Karen had rented a van with wheel chair access for the next two weeks. She wheeled Cassie into the house and Luke walked in with Brooke holding onto his arm to keep him steady, the medication still made him a little groggy at times.

Lucas walked into his room and immediately noticed the drastic change. He gasped as he saw his bed in a completely different position than he had left it and there were some sort of plants scattered everywhere.

"Do you like it?" Brooke asked. "It feng-shued."

Lucas gulped and turned to his girlfriend and then motioned for his mother and sister to leave the room as he shut the door to talk to Brooke...alone.

Karen wheeled Cassie into her room. It, much like Lucas' room had been changed around and had plants everyone. She laughed and shook her head as she noticed all the teddy bears that now surrounded her shelves. It was obvious by the large posters and pom-poms scattered around that the Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad had been busy. She smiled when she saw the big sketch of her and Peyton on the far corner of the room. Both were laughing and wearing some sort of band t-shirt.

"Mom did you know about this?" Cassie asked.

Karen shrugged and the nodded. "Kind of. Brooke and Peyton asked permission and I said yes. I just hadn't seen the finished product, I must say I'm impressed." She smiled at her daughter. "Why don't you follow the doctors orders and get some rest?"

"I guess I am kind of tired." Cassie agreed as she attempted to wheel herself over to her bed. She yelped as she felt shooting pains in her sides, as a result of her ribs.

Karen sighed. It was going to be a long recovery for her daughter, but at least Cassie was willing to follow doctors orders and didn't mind bed rest. Lucas on the other hand, hated being taken care of. Karen knew she would have trouble convincing him to rest. She carefully helped Cassie into her bed and drew the covers up around her daughter and kissed her forehead.

"Mom, you don't need to tuck me in. I'm not five." She complained.

"Humor me ok?" Karen asked.

"Fine." Cassie said. She drew her curtain away from the window and noticed Brooke running out the door that exited her brother's room. "Hmm wonder what happened there?"

Karen looked at Cassie confused. "What do you mean?"

"Brooke...she just took off. I couldn't tell whether she was crying or not." Cassie said still looking out the window.

Karen decided that maybe she should take the time to check on her son. "Get some sleep would ya."

Cassie nodded and then noticed Peyton run into Lucas room. She didn't really think much of it at first, but then again Lucas and Peyton hardly knew one another, so why would she be visiting Luke?

Karen exited the room and Cassie saw Haley enter.

"What is this?" Cassie laughed. "All of a sudden everyones hanging out here." She said as Haley hugged her and gave her a confused look.

"What do you mean?" Haley asked.

"Its just first Brooke leaves without warning and then Peyton shows up to visit Luke, and now your here visiting me." Cassie explained.

"Well I am your best friend, I figured it was my right." Haley laughed.

Cassie smiled. "I know, your right. Do you know whats going on with Brooke and Lucas?"

Haley shook her head but then stopped shortly. "I might."

"What?" Cassie asked. She knew Haley almost as well as she knew herself, she could tell when her best friend was keeping things from her. "Haley whats going on?"

Haley drew in a deep breath, not sure where to begin. "Your brother and Peyton...their kinda seeing one another."

Cassie's jaw dropped. "Behind Brooke's back?" She asked as Haley nodded.

"I think Lucas may have told Brooke the truth, or maybe he finally broke up with her. He wants to be with Peyton. He told me." Haley said.

"And you've been keeping this from me?" Cassie asked getting angry.

"Cass, I'm sorry. Lucas made me promise not to tell. He said he was going to break things off with Brooke before the accident."

"Wait, is that why you were so pissed at him before the accident?" Cassie questioned. "How could he do that to Brooke? How could Peyton do that to her best friend?"