Skylar sighs tiredly as she heads back to her brother's room still dressed in the same clothes as the other night and carrying a lukewarm coffee, her body aching from both sleep deprivation and from the crash. She rubs her eyes with her free hand as she turns the corner, she stops short when she sees a blonde sitting with her brother holding his hand.
"…But I'm with you Lucas you know that. And I'll wait forever if I have to." Skylar hears the girl say, Skylar clears her throat awkwardly drawing the attention of the blonde who she recognizes form the café.
"Hey. Its Peyton right?" Skylar says, the blonde nods
"Yeah…Hi." Peyton says as she stands up from the chair nervously "I'm sorry. Nobody was here." She says
"Its fine…he can have visitors." Skylar says giving her a small smile as she sits down in the other chair, both girls look to the door when they hear footsteps to see Karen come in. "Oh mom this is Peyton." Skylar introduces
"I know." Karen says as she places a basket on the table "Lucas has talked about you." She says as she lifts a cloth off the basket to reveal some fruit "Its nice of people to want to do something, but the last thing I can think about right now is food."
"You'll be glad you have it in a couple days." Peyton says "I swear the cook at this hospital gets a bonus for making people sick." Peyton says, the blonde and Karen both turn to Skylar when she starts coughing erratically with a disgusted look on her face.
"Tell me about it…." Skylar says glaring at her coffee as she sets it on a nearby table and pushes it as far away from her as she can. "I think I just drank poison." She declares, Karen rolls her eyes at her daughter's antics and turns back to Peyton.
"Sounds like you spent some time here."
"Yeah." Peyton says sadly "When my mom died."
"I'm sorry." Karen says, Peyton shrugs "How'd she die?" she asks, Skylar looks at her mother as if saying 'Why would you ask her that!?'.
"A car accident." Peyton says after a moment of hesitation, both Karen's and Skylar's eyes widen in thought of that happening to Lucas.
"You're a good friend to visit." Karen says "I've been expecting Haley to come by." She says as she walks over to Lucas, running her fingers through his hair.
"She and Lucas got into a fight." Skylar says, Peyton nods having heard from Haley.
"Yeah…She's really beating herself up over it." She adds
"They'll patch it up." Karen says "Best friends can forgive each other for anything." Karen says, Skylar looks at Peyton in confusion when she sees the other girl shift awkwardly. They all look to the door when they hear footsteps to see Brooke walk in carrying bags full of gifts.
"Hey stranger." Brooke says seeing her friend as she walks over and sets her bags on the table "Check it out. I dropped so much cash at the gift shop, I think they're gonna name it after me." She says before holding up two smaller bags "And um I got something for you guys too." She says, Both girls smile in thanks "Nothing makes me feel better when I feel blue than chocolate, and I figured couldn't be a better place if we dipped into a sugar coma, so…" Karen glances at Lucas at the word coma, Brooke sighs when she realizes what she said "I-I'm sorry. I'm such an idiot."
"Its okay, Brooke." Karen says, Brooke nods before walking over to Lucas
"Hey, baby." She says as she leans down and places a kiss on his forehead "How you doing?" she asks quietly. Skylar looks away from her brother to see Peyton staring at the couple with a pained look on her face before she turns around and begins to walk away.
"Listen I got to go." Peyton says
"Okay." Brooke says with a nod "I've got him now, but I'll see you later?"
"Sure." Peyton says, Brooke nods before sitting down in her chair "It was really nice to meet you." She says to Karen
"You too." Karen says, Peyton and Skylar give awkward smiles to each other before the blonde leaves.
After a few minutes the silence begins to get to much for Skylar, the blonde sighs as she stands up from her chair and walks over to the stuff Brooke bought.
"Hey Brooke…Which ones the bag with the candy it?" she asks looking at all the bags "I still got that horrible coffee taste in my mouth." She says, Brooke gives her a small smile before pointing to the small bag with a pink ribbon.
Skylar grabs the bag and grins excitedly when she pulls out a milky way "Yes…I needed this." She sighs happily as she munches on the bar, ignoring her mom rolling her eyes at her again. Skylar goes back into the bag, but stops her movements when she sees a t-shirt. She pulls the white t-shirt that has a picture of the handicap symbol on it and the words that say 'I'm in it for the parking'.
Skylar looks at Brooke with a raised eyebrow as she holds the shirt up
"I figured you might have wanted a new shirt…the one your wearing is kind of…ratty." Brooke says as she looks at the blonde's shirt
"Uh Huh…and the slogan?" She asks with a small smirk
"It was either that or a t-shirt that says 'Jesus loves you'" Brooke says with a shrug, Skylar gives her a small smile.
"Thanks for the shirt. You were right this one is getting pretty old." She says
"Your Welcome." Brooke says happy she helped, Skylar smiles before she stands up from her chair and walks into the bathroom to change.
_TIME SKIP: _
Brooke, Karen, and Skylar are all sitting in silence, watching and waiting for Lucas to wake up. That's all it seems that they have been doing, just waiting for something to happen, waiting for Lucas to wake up.
"Do you follow astrology?" Brook asks breaking the silence, Karen and Skylar shake their head
"Not really." Karen says
"Me either." Brooke says as she flips through her magazine before closing it "Its not as accurate as numerology." Karen gives her a surprised look while Skylar looks at her with a raised eyebrow, amused.
"You two been dating a long time?" Karen asks
"Little over a month now." Karen nods, she opens her mouth to say something but is interrupted by a voice.
"Ms. Roe?" A woman says from the doorway, carrying some files "I'm Amy Quinn from the billing department. I have a couple questions about your insurance."
"Sure. Come in." Karen says
"I'll just…go do something." Brooke says as she stands up, seeing the look her mother sends her Skylar follows the brunette out of the room.
"Hey Brooke…wait up." Skylar says as she catches up to the girl "So…Numerology huh?" she asks, Brooke chuckles
"My parents were kind of into it." She says, Skylar nods as they walk over to a couch in the waiting room and sit down.
"So…Brooke tell me about yourself." She says
"What?" Brooke asks with a small laugh
"Tell me about yourself. I mean don't I have a right to know the girl my brother is dating?" Skylar asks "I mean for all I know you could be some serial killer or something." She says, Brooke rolls her eyes
"Has anyone ever told you that you are very over dramatic?" she asks, Skylar grins
"Yes actually. In fact, a number of people have." She says "But I like to think about as part of my charm."
"I'm sure." Brooke says with a chuckle, Skylar laughs before nudging the brunette with her shoulder
"Come on. I want to know. Who are you Brooke?" she asks, Brooke sighs as she leans back into the couch.
"My name is Brooke Davis. I am the Raven Cheer Captain. My best friend is Peyton, she was the blonde here earlier and…yup that's about it."
"That's it?" Skylar asks, Brooke nods "I don't believe you."
"You don't believe me?" Brooke says with a raised eyebrow
"Nope." Skylar says popping the 'P' Brooke chuckle slightly as she shakes her head
"Well what about you?"
"What about me?" Skylar says as she stands up
"Well I shared some stuff…now you have to share some stuff." She huffs, Skylar smirks at the annoyed brunette.
"I am a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." She says before walking away, leaving the cheerleader to look after her.
"What does that even mean!?" Brooke calls frustrated after her, Skylar just laughs as she continues walking. Brooke shakes her head and lets out a sigh "That girl is something else." She mumbles before standing up and heading back to her boyfriend's room.