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One Tree Hill
Season Four
Summary: Nathan and Haley are now married, and on their way to having a baby. But what if a something tries to get in between their happily ever after? Lucas and Brooke are happier than ever, but something always ruins that doesn't it? Peyton's brother is now in town and Jake and her are no long together, what happens when Jake starts to have feelings for someone he knows he shouldn't? What happens when Peyton starts to develop feelings for somebody she shouldn't? Someone other than Haley is pregnant, but who? Brooke, Rachel, or Peyton? Brooke is having some issues with the future, what will become of her and Lucas. What will she do with her life? Will her and Lucas really stay together? Will her mother finally come around? Drama never seems to end in Tree Hill...
You guys are amazing! seriously but i'm only updating this chapter this fast because I have this saved onto my fanfiction. My charger for my laptop is shot... I have no idea when I will be getting a new one and on top of that my laptop is giving my problems. I'm trying to get it fixed as fast as I can but i have like no money! so if I am not updating this as much as usual it is not because I abandoned this story! I am still trying to write it's just hard doing it on wordpad on my desktop. So yeah not abandoned I actually have I think almost six chapters done but I won't be updating them all at once because I really need to go through and spell check.. Please don't give up on this story! It is not whatsoever on hiatus!
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Chapter Twenty-One: Over The Hills and Far Away
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Same Deep Water as You
Rachel woke up in her hospital bed disoriented at first and looked over to see Brooke sitting on the chair beside her bed and smirked over at her when Rachel woke up.
"Well, it took you long enough." Brooke said closing her magazine and stared at Rachel as she sat up more.
Rachel wince and looked over at her. "Wow Davis, already being bitchy to me when I first wake up." She told her a bit out of breath from sitting up.
Brooke shrugged. "It's a gift. How you feeling?" She asked her getting up and fixing her pillows.
"Like shit, where's Cooper?" Rachel said quickly.
Brooke sighed and smoothed out Rachel's hair. "He's still sleeping." She said quietly.
"You mean, he's in a coma?" Rachel asked her tonelessly.
Brooke shook her head quickly. "No I really mean sleeping. He ate like an hour ago, but he's hurt and tired."
"But he's okay?" Rachel asked for confirmation.
Brooke nodded. "Yes, I promise."
Rachel sagged back into her pillows and released a breathshe had been holding. "Alright, good, that's good."
Brooke sighed and looked at her. "Do you remember anything that happened?" Brooke asked her.
Rachel shook her head and shrugged. "Nothing really, I just remember hearing a horn and then I hit my head off of something, and I woke up to find your shrill face here."
Brooke narrowed her eyes. "You know I could kill you right now." Brooke threatened with a small smile on her face.
Rachel smirked and tilted her head back and closed her eyes. "Yeah, Brooke Davis kill somebody. That'll be the day. Now do me a real favor and get a doctor."
Haley was sitting in Nathan's room still in her wedding dress holding onto his hand. This had to be the worst wedding day ever, her husband gets severely hurt their wedding night and can't even share their morning together properly.
Lucas walked in carefully and his heart broke at the sight of his best friend in her wedding dress holding Nathan's hand tightly.
"Hales, come on." Lucas said quietly walking over to her. "It's not good for the baby." He told her watching as her teary eyes stayed on her sleeping husband.
Haley shook her head slowly. "You know, I thought that everybody's wedding was supposed to be perfect. And it's a bunch of bullshit." She told him as tears cascaded down her cheeks. "It's so unfair." She choked out as sobs racked her body.
"Hales, he's gonna be okay." Lucas told her sitting down next to her.
"You don't know that." Haley said quietly. "He's isn't responding to anything Lucas, hell he isn't even breathing on his own." She told him sadly looking at the ventilator that was keeping him alive.
"I still don't get how he got shot." Lucas whispered.
Haley sighed and shook her head, looking at his chest where the bullet was. "You know, at this point I don't care how it happened. I just need him to be okay."
Lucas sighed and kissed her forehead. Haley James was the last person who deserved this.
Karen was sitting at her house with Keith. Keith brought her a hot cup of tea with a smile on his face.
"You know what I just thought of?" He asked her while sitting down next to her on the couch.
"Hmm?" She asked while taking a careful sip of the hot liquid.
Keith slightly grinned. "That if Brooke is pregnant, at least you can be pregnant together." He said rubbing her still flat stomach lightly.
Karen let out a dry laugh and put down her cup on the table. "Yeah, 'cause that will be so great." She said sarcastically and looked at Keith seriously. "This is the last thing I want for Lucas. I never wanted him to have to grow up so fast. I wanted him to be able to experience life first."
Keith shrugged and softly stroked her hair. "I know, but Lucas is eighteen now. Any decision he's made he has to deal with the consequences."
"Well, if she is he will be dead by my hand." Karen told Keith seriously.
Keith just chuckled and kissed her forehead. "And so the hormones begin."
Peyton had gotten a text message from Derek that morning. She smiled a bit when he asked when and where she'd like to meet. Although she really wanted to meet with him and see him she couldn't. She didn't want to even, not with everything going on. Especially now.
Peyton was sitting in the waiting room with Mouth. Mouth was very upset with what happened to Rachel, he wouldn't say anything though. He just sat there, immobile. His gaze was towards the ground and he was playing with his hands. She couldn't leave him like this.
"Hey, Mouth. She's gonna be okay." Peyton told him and rubbed her hand on his shoulder.
Mouth nodded with a small smile. "Yeah, I know." He told her before looking back towards the doors.
Brooke came out with a small smile on her face and walked over to Mouth and Peyton and sat down with them.
"Rachel's awake." She told him smiling a bit and pat his back. "You're allowed to see her."
Mouth smiled and nodded. "Thanks." He said as he got up and walked through the doors that Brooke had previously taken.
Soon it was only Peyton and Brooke and Peyton let out a dry laugh. "Isn't it strange that we seem to be here a lot?" She asked her smiling a bit.
Brooke nodded her head. "Yeah, kinda weird it seems like we never get a freaking break."
"I know."
"Oh, where's Jake? I thought he would be here." Brooke said frowning noticing the brunette's absence.
Peyton looked down sadly. "Oh, we um, we broke up last night." She told Brooke.
"Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry." She said and moved closer to her and gave her a hug.
Peyton shrugged and got out of Brooke's hold. "It's fine. I mean, we both kind of knew we were together for the wrong reasons. But it still hurts." Peyton told her, hating the looked of sympathy in her eyes.
Brooke sighed and played with Peyton's hair. "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Peyton laughed and stared at her. "Give me luck with guys."
Brooke chuckled and put her hand down. "So, can I tell you something as my best friend, and not somebody who is in love with my boyfriend?" She asked Peyton carefully.
"Brooke, I'm not in love with Lucas." Peyton told her and at the disbelieving look Brooke gave her Peyton sighed and shook her head. "I really don't think I am. I mean, I do know I did love him, and I probably always will. But it's just not as strong as I thought it should have been."
Brooke nodded and a small smile splayed her features. "Good then I really can tell you this." Brooke said excitedly.
Peyton laughed and shook Brooke playfully. "Tell me."
Brooke bit her lip and looked at the blonde. "Lucas kind of proposed." She told her.
Peyton's eyes widened, and a smile came across her lips. "What? When was this?"
"Last night." Brooke said sheepishly. "God, Peyton, the ring is perfect."
"So where is it?" Peyton asked quickly, noticing Brooke's hand was bare.
Brooke shrugged and looked at Peyton with a small smile on her face. "I didn't want it yet. He told me it's mine when I want it."
Peyton stated at Brooke shocked. "Well, why didn't you want it?"
Brooke sighed and shook her head. "I'm not ready. I mean, of course he's everything I want and he's promising me everything I have ever wanted but I'm still questioning everything." Brooke said quietly, she didn't want to talk or even think about Peyton and Lucas right now.
"Brooke, I will never do that to you again." Peyton said taking her hand in her's. "I can't hurt either of you like that again."
Brooke nodded. "I know. It's not just you though. If he could do that so simply with you, what's stopping him from doing it with someone like Rachel?" She asked her.
Peyton shook her head vehemently. "No, Lucas wouldn't be that stupid. Brooke, God, I wish you could see how he looks at you."
"Yeah?" Brooke asked her and grinned when Peyton nodded with a huge smile on her face.
"It amazes me and I'm always thinking, I want that. God, he looks at you as if you're the very reason he's breathing." Peyton said shaking her head and laughed a bit. "If that's not love I don't know what is."
Brooke laughed slightly and shrugged. "I don't know, I guess I'm just being stupid."
Peyton smiled again and shook Brooke's hand back and forth. "You're not. You're just worrying way too damn much. Do whatever you want to do."
"I know I should, and everything in me is screaming for me to just say yes, but I can't." Brooke said sadly. "I can't let him have that chance of hurting me again." She said softly as a tear fell from her face.
Peyton sighed and wiped away that tear. Peyton didn't know what to say, so she hugged her. She felt horrible that she had taken part in damaging her best friend, and the worst part was that she damaged Brooke's trust in Lucas, the guy she loves.
Lucas had finally managed to pry Haley away from Nathan's bedside. His arm was around her shoulders and he was leading her towards the waiting room, where he knew Brooke and Peyton were.
Haley's face was red and had dry tears on it, but she couldn't cry anymore. She didn't have anymore tears to shed.
Lucas let go of Haley for a moment when they entered the waiting room and he found Brooke crying on Peyton's shoulder.
He helped her stand and swept her into a hug and her head was buried in his chest.
"Pretty Girl, what's wrong?" Lucas asked her softly. But she just shook her head in his chest and sniffed a bit before letting go of him and wiping her eyes. "I'm fine." She said and laughed a bit.
Lucas looked down at her and frowned. "You sure?" He asker her, not willing to release her from his hold.
Brooke nodded and moved away from him and towards Haley. "I'm sure." She told him before hugging Haley. "Oh, Tutor Girl." She whispered and tightened her hold on her when she released a heart wrenching sob. "Your staying over at my place tonight." Brooke told her in a no compromising tone.
Haley nodded against Brooke's shoulder and Brooke looked at Lucas. "You drive us there?" She asked him.
"Yeah, I'm staying over for a bit too." Lucas told her and kissed Haley's head and kissed Brooke's cheek.
"Peyton, you wanna come?" Brooke asked her.
Peyton looked at Brooke for a moment and then slowly shook her head. "Um, actually I really wanted to go meet my brother." Peyton told her quietly. "He just got in from the bus and he's in Tree Hill."
Brooke nodded and sent her over a small smile. "Text me when you meet him. Let me know if he's hot." Brooke said and winked at her.
Peyton laughed a bit and stood up following them out. "Of course."
Later
Peyton was sitting in a diner with her half-brother Derek, she just met him yet she feels like she's known him forever. They were just finished eating when Peyton needed to get back home.
"Well, I had a really good time with you." Peyton said smiling at him.
Derek smiled back at her and nodded. "Me too, think we can do it again sometime?" Derek asked hopefully.
Peyton nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, I'd really like that."
Derek grinned and both got up. "Um, can we hug would that be weird?" Derek asked her laughing.
Peyton laughed with him and shook her head and hugged him briefly before letting go. "I'm really glad you came out here." She told him again.
Derek nodded and smiled. "Me too."
Derek and Peyton both walked out of the diner and went their separate ways, but somebody invited himself to go on the walk with Peyton home.
"Hey, Miss Sawyer." Chris Keller said walking with her without her invitation.
Peyton rolled her eyes. "What do you want?" She asked, she didn't like anything about Chris, he brought nothing but trouble and that was the last thing she wanted.
Chris shrugged his shoulders and looked down at her. "Nothing, so was that your boyfriend?" Chris asked her with his famous smirk.
Peyton scoffed and shook her head. "Um, no, that was my brother."
Chris chuckled. "You're already that embarrassed of him you're lying and saying he's your brother?" He asked her laughing a bit.
Peyton nodded. "Yeah, um I'm sorry but, why do you care?"
"Wait he's seriously you're brother?" Chris asked looked a little shocked.
"Yeah." Peyton said now at her house she turns to look at him. "Why?"
Chris looked at her seriously. "With the way he was looking after you as you walked away from him was freaking creepy. Not to mention when you guys were hugging he was smelling you."
Peyton rolled her eyes and him. "You're being fucking stupid." She told him angrily.
Chris sighed and shrugged. "Fine, but when brother gets a bit too handsy give me a call. You have my number." He told her before walking off leaving Peyton alone.
That Night
Brooke walked out of her bedroom in her flannel pajama pants and Lucas' tee shirt and walked over to where he sat on the couch watching television.
"Well, she's finally sleeping." Brooke said cuddling into him and sighed content when he put his arm around her and kissed her head.
"Yeah?" Lucas asked putting the volume on mute and looked down at Brooke prompting her to pick her head up. "She seem okay?"
Brooke sighed and stared at him. "Luke, her husband is in a coma he got on their wedding night and she's pregnant." She told him as if he shouldn't need to ask.
Lucas nodded. "Right." He breathed out and kissed her forehead. "What was going on with you earlier?" He asked her quietly running a hand down her cheek.
Brooke shrugged and stared up at him. "Petty girl things." She told him.
Lucas chuckled and shook his head. "Don't lie to me." He said softly. "Come on, tell me what's going on. I can practically hear you thinking so hard and I feel like at any minute your gonna run away and never look back."
Brooke shook her head. "I would never run away from you. I love you." She told him softly.
"Then what's going on?"
Brooke sighed and moved away from him and sat Indian style so she could see him. "I told Peyton about the ring." She told him quietly.
Lucas frowned. "And what? She didn't approve?" Lucas asked her tonelessly. The point is that he didn't care whether Peyton approved of them or not.
Brooke shook her head. "No, she did, she heartily approved."
"So what's going on then?" Lucas asked her, she was confusing the hell out of him.
Brooke sighed and looked down at her hands. "I've been thinking on what you said. About being with me forever and that ring being mine whenever I want it." She said softly and looked up at him. "What if I want it now?"
Lucas smiled a bit and he patted his pocket. "Never leave the house with it." He told her softly but said, "First, gotta tell me why you want it."
Brooke smiled sadly and shrugged. "I just realized that I might not get a chance tomorrow to wear it. And I just have to get over my fears of you hurting me and do what I really want."
"Brooke, if this is about what happened to Nathan. I don't want that to be the reason why you accept my proposal. I want it to be because you want it and you're ready for it." Lucas said taking her hands in his.
Brooke looked up at him and smiled a bit. "I know. I really want that ring." She said moving closer to him. "I want to be able to stop calling you Boyfriend, and start calling you my fiancé. I want to one day be called Brooke Penelope Davis-Scott. And I really want you to just give me my ring." She told him holding out her hand palm front up, waiting for him to give her the box.
Lucas chuckled and got the black box out of his pocket and just when he was going to put it in her hand he stopped. "When I give this to you, we aren't ever breaking up." He told her softly.
"Okay." Brooke said and snatched the box away from him and smiled widely as she opened it and took out the ring. She put it on herself and smiled up at him.
"It's official." Lucas said smiling at her.
Brooke smirked and kinked her brow. "No, we make it official." She told him and kissed as she pulled him on top of her.