Chapter 11
Girl's room
Back in the girl's room. Brooke and Peyton didn't know where to start.
P-"Brooke why didn't you tell me?"
B-"I thought it would be easier on everybody."
P-"How could you think that."
B-"It's not like any of you noticed. You had each other."
P-"That doesn't mean we would have let you do this alone."
B-"It was alone. So alone last night. I wanted to die. I felt the same
way this morning. When Haley asked me if I was lying about being sick."
P-"Yeah I know. Nathan really laid into her after he found out. She
lied about seeing you."
P-"Brooke I've never seen Nathan like that before ever. He was totally
freaked out. When he found out you were missing. I won't lie to you.
But I also thought you could be lying. About being sick. And ashamed of
it. Nathan even said. And you call yourself her friend. That is when he
called your mom. Nathan was the one that knew you weren't lying. Then
a while later he got a call from your mom. When he got off the phone
with her. His face turned white. And slid to the floor. Covered his face
with his hands. I knelt down next to him. When I pulled his face up. I
saw tears in his eyes. First he called me your name thinking it was you.
Then he hugged me. I mean really hugged me. He never hugged me.
Even when we were dating. That is when I asked him. If he loved you.
He said he loves you. And from what I can tell. You love him too."
Brooke didn't know what to say.
B-"Yeah Peyton I do."
P-"When did you realize you love Nathan?"
B-"Peyton apart of me always have. I never saw Nathan more that my
best friend. Peyton he was my first everything. First real friend, first
crush, first boyfriend. But at the time we didn't want to ruin our
friendship. That we never pursued it more. He was my first real kiss.
He is a part of me. We are so much alike in so many ways. He is the
one that believed me that I was sick. He is the one making me want to
live."
P-"Then don't give up." They both sat and talked some more.
End of Chapter 11
Next chapter
Brooke talks to her parents about everything.