It was game night, this what was going to take them to championships, Lucas felt a lot of pressure but he felt like he would succed. He believed that this would be the moment that everything will change. Lucas walked up to Nathan who was watching other team warm up on the court.
"I would apperciate that your wife wouldn't share my businness to hormonal teenagers." Lucas warned Nathan. Nathan didn't care what Lucas was saying to him. Nathan was still angry about what Haley told him but Nathan had something up his sleeve.
"I'd apperciate if you wouldn't yell at my wife, your best friend." Nathan told him.
"I had one best friend and now she's dead-"
"See, this is what Brooke didn't want to happen. You being so angry and bitter that you tear yourself from the people that love you." Nathan raised his voice a Lucas. "Sooner or later your going to have face the sound." Nathan infromed him, moving past him. Lucas was furious that Nathan would always turn things around on him. Lucas just wanted to live his life and move on from something that could hurt him and in his family. The old man walked up to Lucas, aftering seeing the conversation that Nathan and him had. Lucas saw the old man and he couldn't help but smile.
"I thought you'd never speak to me again." Lucas chuckled a little, glad that the old man was here. The old man didn't say a word, just stared at Lucas. "I know it's going to take a lot to forgive me but...I'm glad that your here." Lucas said to him.
"I want to tell you, Luke." The old man said to him, sitting down next to him. They sat on the bench, people starting walking into the gym as they took their seats. The old man pulled out the letter, it was opened. Lucas knew that he was going to tell him what it said.
"No, you don't have to." Lucas said to him.
"I have to." The old man handed Lucas the letter. The old man knew the words.
"Dear old man, I'm sorry that I left you. I'm sorry that all I have is this letter. But I'm not sorry for meeting you and sharing these beautiful moments with you. You are the most important person in my life, you taught me how to love and let someone in even when I didn't want to. You are the reason for who I am today. You are the reason for everything good in my life and I think you for that. I'm going to miss you the most but I will see you again old man and you can catch me up about my boy and Lucas. While I'm gone, take care of them. Lucas is going to need you. Teach him everything that you taught, teach him how to love again. Do it for me...Love, Brooke." the old man said to Lucas. Lucas felt the tears escaped his eyes. "Now, read that letter. I know you have it with you." the old man said to Lucas. Lucas pulled the letter from his pocket.
"I've tried to read this letter, I've tried not to write my book and i tried not to coach my team but i know that's not what she wanted." Lucas opened up the letter and scanned through it. Lucas read each word, his throat started to get choked up and he couldn't help the tears that were coming. Lucas nodded, this was it. Lucas handed the old man the letter, his hands were shaking and he felt uneasy. "That's it." Lucas mumbled.
"That's it." the old man whispered to him. Lucas didn't want to cry in front of everyone, so he had to swallow his emotion. He quickly stood up and walked over to his team. they had bright smile, ready for this game.
"Were going to win this game for you coach...for your wife." One of the team mates said to him. Lucas looked over at Nathan, he had a smirk on his face. Lucas agreed.
"Then you don't need a motivation because that's all the motivation you need. now get out there and kick some ass." Lucas said to them, they screamed in happiness. They parted ways and the team went out onto the court and played like they never did before. Lucas looked back and the old man was gone, he wondered why. With each shot, they made it, again and again. Lucas couldn't believe his eyes. Lucas looked over at the cheerleaders, they were cheering the boys on. Lucas glanced back at one of the boys, only a few seconds left and if they made this, they could win. "Shoot it!" They all said. Number 23 quickly shot the ball, it felt like an enternity. Lucas felt something brush against his shoulders but there was nothing there. He looked back at the cheerleaders, it seemed like they were all gone and it was just Brooke there. She was jumping up and down, clapping her hands together. Lucas knew that it was going to be last time that he might ever see her like this, a motion in his mind. Suddenly, the crowd went wild. Everyone rushed towards Lucas, hugging him but he didn't feel the same. He felt something was teared apart from him. Lucas walked out of the school, trying to breathe but he couldn't.
The old man walked into this bookstore, it felt like it would be the last time that he ever would. He looked around, seeing how this place reminded him of Brooke so much. He felt like he needed to move on but he couldn't, he wished that he did but he couldn't. The old man opened up the letter. He wanted to know what Brooke said, what her last words were going to be.
Dear Lucas,
This is going to be my last letter, I decided that I will only make thirty of them. Hopefully that's enough time that you will move on. So, this is good-bye. The last good-bye. I wish this was bitter-sweet but it's just awful. I know that you don't want to hear and you don't want to believe it but I am gone Lucas and I'm never coming back. It's sad but it's true. You have to let me go. But know this, you made me into a better person, a better wife. I couldn't imagine my life without you, I never imagined my life would be with you. I lived everyone moment with you and I'm happy. I want you to find something, anything. I need hope that your happy. There is no exit or second choice. This is it, Luke. It's time to say good-bye. I love you, I always will. Be happy, Luke...for me because I am. Somewhere in that bright sky I'll be there, looking over you and Davis. So, don't fret Lucas Scott. I'm still here.
Love, Brooke Davis Scott
The old man heard the door swung open and the bell that rung. He turned around, Lucas saw the tears in the old man eyes. Lucas looked at the letter that was in his hands, Lucas was lost for words. He didn't know how to feel about the last letter.
"She's gone," Lucas mumbled. The love of his life was gone, she was the reason why he woke up in the morning, she was the reason why he was so good. She was the reason for everything in his life and now she was gone. "What am I supposed to do?" Lucas cried, tears streaming down his face. "She was all that I had, All that I had! And now she's gone!" Lucas cried. The old man felt the world around him fall over, suddenly he was on the ground. He felt a sharp pain on his chest, Lucas ran to his side. Lucas grabbed his phone and called the police. In second they were here. They took him into the ambulance and they rushed to the hospital. Lucas stayed behind, wondering what the hell just happened. Lucas looked down at the letter that was crushed by the police and permetics from rushing in. Then he looked beside it, it was the old mans wallet. Lucas opened it up, looking at the I.D. He read the name next to the old mans picture. Davis Richard "Oh my god," The words escaped his mouth. That's where Davis' name came from, not from Brooke's last name but from the old man. Lucas rushed to the hospital, what happened to the old man and why he didn't tell him that Brooke named their son after him. Lucas walked upstairs, he knew the ICU too well. He turned the corner and saw Haley and Nathan standing in the middle of hallway. "Nathan, Haley?" Lucas asked them. Haley and Nathan looked up, curious to what Lucas was doing here.
"Lucas what are you doing here?" Haley walked up to him.
"Uh, richard had a heart attack...What are you doing here?" Lucas became angry, he had a thought to what they were doing here. Haley looked guilty, she knew that she wasn't supossed to do this behind his back.
"Mrs. and Mr Scott," The doctor walked up to them with a clipboard in her hand. They looked at the doctor curiously. "We tried the best that we could, we have her stablized but now it's up to her to come back." The doctor said to them. Haley and NAthan nodded, watching the doctor walk away.
"You didn't," Lucas said to them, Nathan and Haley turned around to Lucas. "You didn't!"
"Lucas, we had to." Haley tried to say to them.
"She wanted to die in peace!" Lucas yelled at them.
"How do you know what she wanted?!" Haley yelled at her.
"How could you even do this without my permission?" Lucas raised his voice.
"They didn't need it," Victoria walked out with a doctor beside her. Lucas didn't know what to think, he was feeling everything all at once. "Haley called me as soon as you left my house. I got on the next plane out." Victoria shrugged her shoulders. "My daughter is my number one priority." Victoria crossed her arms. Lucas turned around to Haley and Nathan, he wanted to hear from them. Haley had hope in her eyes, she was happy.
"Did you hear the doctor, Luke. She said that Brooke is okay." Haley said to him.
"She said that she's stabilized." Lucas corrected him.
"Jesus! Luke, what's wrong with you?" Haley shouted.
"Because if I don't move on, I don't think I'll ever will!" Lucas yelled back. "I can't do that to my son...I can't." Lucas calmed himself down.