The Second Circle

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Disclaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill. Or the nine circles.

Author's Note: I got some good reviews. And there are two votes for Julian, one for Chase, and one for Lucas. Julian is winning. Chase will be in the story. You still get to vote on who Brooke should be with. The story won't end with the nine circles. The nine circles are the downfall, after that is the pick up. Enjoy.

Update: August 21, 2014

There are nine circles of hell. The first circle is Limbo. The second circle is lust, carnal sinners who subordinate reason to desire

Brooke woke up, feeling warm. She sat up, and found two guys sleeping next to her. She got out of bed, got her clothes, and left the house. She drove home and got changed. She had not remembered the night before. She had not remembered the last few nights. She hadn't gone to school in days. The only place she went to was the bar, to pick up guys. She slept with who ever, as long as the void was filled. She would then sleep it off.

Brooke sat at her desk in her house. She thought about what she had and what she didn't have. She didn't have real parents, she just had people who threw money at her and left her. She thought about what her parents knew about her, what they really knew. Did they know that she was captain of the Ravens? Did they know that she just had her heart ripped out of her chest? Did they know she didn't have anyone to trust? They probably thought she was going to marry someone rich, and live off their money.

Brooke got her bag and walked out of the room. She walked to school, not wanting to drive. She wasn't feeling that well.

Soon, she arrived to Tree Hill, and stared at the school. She saw the people around her, not sure what to do about that. She saw Peyton with their, no her friends. Peyton waved her over, with a smile on her face.

Brooke sighed and walked over to them, throwing a fake smile on her face. She greeted the group, but stayed silent. Haley walked up to her, and gave her a smile.

"Hey Tigger," Haley greeted, sitting next to her.

Brooke looked up at her and smiled. "Hey Tutor Girl," she responded in the cheeriest voice she could muster.

"We haven't see you around, where have you been?" the tutor questioned, curious about the cheerleader's disappearance.

"Around," was all Brooke said. The bell rang, and she left. Haley watched her leave, her worry growing. Brooke didn't have the same energy; it was as if she was beaten. As if she had nothing left. Haley sighed, as she followed Nathan to her first class.

ONE TREE HILL

"You got with her?" he heard someone ask. He ignored it, not caring about what juvenile boys were talking about.

"Yeah, I hear she will sleep with anyone," the guy's friend responded, smugly.

"So I can get a shot with her?"

"Yeah, Blue Post. Get her drunk enough. Soon, you'll have Brooke Davis on your bed," was the last thing he heard before he stood up. He frowned, not liking what he was hearing.

He left the classroom, and bumped into the person he wanted to talk to. He grabbed her arm and pulled her away.

"What do you want?" Brooke snapped, as she glared at him.

"Is it true?" he questioned, anger seeping in his voice.

"Is what true?"

"You, being a slut. Are you sleeping with anything with a pulse?"

Brooke didn't answer. She just stared at him, in shock of what he just heard.

"Fuck you Lucas," she snarled.

She walked away.

Lucas groaned, having said the wrong thing. He didn't know why he said it; it just hurt him when he heard what the guys were saying. He followed her, and caught up to her.

"Brooke, stop please. I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking when I said that," he told her. He pulled her close and hugged her. "I didn't mean to say that. I care about you."

Brooke didn't answer. She didn't hug him back. She was still hurt about what he had just said.

"I'm sorry Brooke, but I'm worried about you," he whispered into her ear. People passed by, and stared. Nathan, Haley, and Peyton were watching, worry in their faces.

"I'm fine," she answered, looking away. She looked around but kept her eyes away from the blond boy in front of her.

"Look, Hales, Nate, Peyt, and I are meeting up at the River Court, want to join us?" Lucas asked, hoping that she would say yes.

"I-I have to study," she responded, as she walked away from Lucas, from the boy who broke her heart.

Lucas just watched her leave, not sure what else to say to help her. His friends walked up to him, wanting to know what had happened. They wanted to know if she was going to meet up with them. He told them that she wanted to study, and that he hoped she would meet up with them. He also told them about what he had just heard, about what she had been doing.

"That's how she has always dealt with things; alcohol and boys. She lost her virginity when her parents told her that they were going on a vacation, on her birthday. They forgot her birthday," Peyton explained, frowning at the memory.

Brooke arrived at her house at midnight. Her birthday was over. She was wasted, and her clothes where put on wrong. She told Peyton that she slept with someone, and the next morning, she didn't even remember.

Haley frowned after seeing the other girl in a new light. She always thought of Brooke as just a party girl, a girl that just loved sex, but know she saw her as someone who used sex to feel wanted, to feel wanted, but was left feeling used. She thought of how to help her see that there was more to it.

She wanted to help Brooke to find her potential in life, to find other ways to feel the feeling of want. To show her that she has people in her sides. She saw what the Brooke and Peyton thing was doing to her, and she wondered whose side she would have picked if she were to pick sides. She knew Brooke needed people. Ad she saw going to give her that. Her, Nathan, Peyton, Lucas, Mouth, and their friends were going to do that.