They all sat there, confused at what Lucas was sharing with them and what they were sharing with Lucas. Lucas wanted to be angry but he was mostly scared. He was scared that the hope that he had in his chest would be crushed. They sat there in silence, thinking what if. They all wanted Brooke to be okay but it was up to her, everything was up to her. Haley sat in front of Lucas, wanting to talk more. She wanted to know why he was so afraid.
"Lucas, why didn't you tell me?" Haley cried, whipping Lucas' tears from his face. Lucas shook his head.
"Because if I told you, it would become more real to me that she was gone," Lucas confessed.
"But she was never gone, she was still here, at this hospital," Haley told him. Lucas nodded, sitting back in his chair. He made a lot of mistakes in his life and this was one of them. He had given up on Brooke, she had trusted him and he didn't believe that she could get better.
"I kept telling myself that she won't make it or that she was dead so that I could move on. Because I knew if I kept that hope and she didn't make it...I would never be the same again and my son deserves better than that." Lucas held Haley's hand. Haley understood, she understood everything now.
"I understand." Haley told him. "It's okay," Haley whispered to him. "And I'm sorry-"
"No, you did the right thing. I'm glad that you did." Lucas had a slight smile. Haley smiled at him, all she wanted to do was let Lucas be happy and have the life that he deserved.
"Let that hope in Luke," Haley begged him, staring into his blue eyes. Lucas nodded, knowing that he should. Lucas stood up, to let hope in, he would have to see it. He saw Victoria talking to the doctors, getting information about Brooke. Lucas couldn't believe that she was alone and that she might get better. Victoria turned around, she was curious to what Lucas had to say to her.
"I'm sorry," Lucas said to Victoria. Victoria accepted the apology. Lucas did something awful and Victoria was trying to find it in her heart to forget that he did this but she was hurt. "I tried to take your daughter away from you." Lucas continued to say. Victoria took in a deep breath, she didn't want to hear it.
"She's in room 203, across the hall." Victoria walked away from Lucas to the waiting room. Lucas looked back, Haley had her head laying on Nathan's shoulder. In that moment, he could see hope in Haley's eyes and he could feel it in his heart. It was like this rush, a spark and it woke him up. He turned around and walked into the room 203, the t.v was playing days of our lives. Then he looked over at the bed where Brooke was laying. Lucas grabbed the remote from the counter that was beside the door.
"You hate this show," Lucas changed it to family guy. "That's better," Lucas chuckled a little, he pulled up a chair next to Brooke. He grabbed her hand and placed it in his. She was so warm, she was alive. Lucas smiled, and a short laugh escaped his mouth. He was happy, he was surprised that Brooke was alive and that she could come back to them. "I'm so sorry, Brooke." Lucas cried. "I gave up on you," Lucas whipped his tears. "I didn't want to face a life without you in it, so I pretended like you were never here but...it was hard. Like you said, I was stuck with you. Everything reminded me of you, the trees, the bright blue sky...Davis. Oh, you should meet him. Hes-he's perfect," Lucas smiled brightly, he never smiled like this before. "He's perfect, Brooke." Lucas held her hand, sitting back in the chair. He wasn't going to leave this place, he wasn't going to move.
Haley walked into Lucas' house, seeing two girls sitting on the couch with one of them holding Davis. She was curious who these girls were until they turned around to see who walked in. It was her students.
"Claire?" Haley asked, she knew why Sarah was there but she didn't know why Claire was there. Claire stood up, holding onto Davis. Sarah stood beside Claire.
"I was just helping Sarah out," Claire said, Haley walked over to Claire and grabbed Davis from her.
"With a two months old?" Haley raised her eyebrow.
"Hey, they're a lot to handle." Sarah shrugged her shoulders. Haley knew why they were really here, they wanted to know more about Lucas and Brooke. Sarah and Claire followed Haley into the kitchen. "So," Sarah asked Haley. Haley looked behind her at Sarah and Clarie with a wide smirk.
"She's stabile," Haley informed him. Claire and Sarah jumped up and down, they quickly hugged each other. they had hope that Brooke would come back to Lucas. They didn't believe that Lucas would live forever without Brooke.
"Oh my god, I knew it." Claire said to Haley.
"And the only reason I'm telling you this is because of your project." Haley pointed at Sarah. Sarah nodded, understanding.
"I knew she was going to make it." Sarah looked over at Claire.
"I mean it's Brooke and Lucas. They always make it." Claire shrugged her shoulders.
"Your right, I mean, look what they've been through." Sarah grabbed her jacket, so did Claire. They walked over to the door, they still couldn't believe that this was happening. Sarah looked back at Haley. "Don't worry, Mrs. Scott. Brooke is going to be okay." Sarah opened the door and walked out.
"Keep us updated, k?" Claire waved good-bye to Haley and shut the door behind her. Haley laughed, she couldn't deny that she was really happy. She believed that this day would come. She looked down at Davis.
"Your mom is okay," Haley rocked Davis. "Brooke is okay," Haley told herself.