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[heart_bdavis]

An odd mixture of the pain caused by her friends's betrayal and comfort Chris had given her, had lead Brooke Davis once again in to the arms of Chris Keller. She spent the night with him in her apartment but, while he was in deep sleep, her thoughts bounced from Lucas to Peyton and then back again. She thought of all the moments she spent with

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[peytsawyer]

Peyton lay in the quiet hospital room as the early morning sunshine filtered through her window. It was too quiet. She missed all her albums.

But more than anything, she missed Brooke. Brooke who had stormed out yesterday with tears in her eyes before Peyton had even gotten a chance to see her. She had picked up the small phone next to her bed to call her best friend three times already. But she was afraid of what Brooke would say to her, and quickly placed the handset back in the cradle.

As she lay there, wondering if there was any coming back from it this time; if Brooke would be able to forgive her again, the door knob turned and she saw Brooke's large brown eyes watching her.

"Brooke!" She couldn't help the smile that spread across her face.

[heart_bdavis]

Brooke walked into the small room. She saw Peyton laying on a hospital bed. She wanted to run and hug Peyton but she wasn't ready for that yet. She questioned if she ever would be ready. She kept her distance while she observed Peyton. Peyton had looked sad and stressed when Brooke first walked in, but now she had a smile, happy that her best friend had come to see her. Brooke didn't know quite what to say

[peytsawyer]

Peyton's chest felt tight. She and Brooke had worked so hard the last year and a half to get their friendship back, and now here they were back at square one. With all the hurt and awkwardness. She shifted (albeit, painfully) in the hospital bed so that she was facing Brooke completely.

"Brooke, I'm so sorry. I...we didn't mean to hurt you like this again. We weren't intentionally going behind your back. We just weren't sure we wanted anyone to know at first." She took a deep breath and tried to gage the expression on her friend's face. "We were going to tell you." Her earnesty showed in her hazel eyes. "That's what I started to tell you before.....Jimmy." Jimmy had become her code word for what had happened at the school. It was too hard to say 'Shooting'. Tears were filling the corners of her eyes again. God, she really didn't want to start crying again. It felt like she had been doing nothing but crying for two solid days now.

"The last thing we ever wanted to do was hurt you again. You're my best friend Brooke."

[heart_bdavis]

Brooke saw the tears that soon flooded Peyton's eyes. She instinctively grabbed Peyton's hand to calm her. They locked eyes for a moment. Brooke looked at Peyton, the one constant thing in her life. She didn't want to lose her. She smiled and said, "Oh, what the hell," She moved in and hugged Peyton. "I'm here for you P. Sawyer." They hugged and both had tears running down their cheeks. They both knew that they would have to work hard to repair their friendship, but it was worth it.

When the hug ended, they looked at each others faces, tears running down their eyes. They laughed and wiped their tears. Brooke sat back down un the chair, "So, rough day yesterday."

[peytsawyer]

With Brooke's arms around her in a fierce hug, everything was alright in Peyton Sawyer's world again. Well, if alright meant just having a bullet removed from your leg. She scooted over to the other edge of the bed and made room for her best friend to come sit next to her. "Get up here B. Davis." She said smiling and wiping the tears off her cheeks.

Brooke moved off the uncomfortable hospital chair and onto the uncomfortable hospital bed. As she settled down next to her, Peyton wrapped her arm through Brooke's and lay her head on the other girl's shoulder. She was glad she had her best friend right now.

"I know." She said looking through the partially open door to the busy hospital halls beyond. "I've been afraid to turn on the news, or even look at the newspaper. I just don't want to believe that it really happened to us. How're we ever going to get back to where we were before?" Goosebumps prickled on her arms and she blinked back tears.

[heart_bdavis]

Brooke sat with Peyton. Back to where we were before? She frowned. "I don't know Peyt. I don't think we can. To much has happened." Brooke started twirling her hair between her fingers. "At least we have each other." She smiled at Peyton.

She didn't want to ruin the moment but she had to tell Peyton how she felt. She took a deep breath, "Peyton, this is going to take time. You, Lucas, me. I need some time, before I'm really okay with this." Peyton looked at Brooke, she nodded. Brooke took Peyton's hand and looked her in the eyes. "It's gonna be okay. We are gonna be okay." She hugged Peyton again and she felt safe. They would be okay, one day.

She was glad to feel safe. She thought about yesterday. The whole day pretty much sucked, she was scared out of her mind the first half and the second half she was heart broken.

Her mind quickly went to Jake. He was there with her, he had hugged her, making her feel safe, he was there when it happened. She smiled at the thought of Jake. He was a great guy. It was a shame it didn't work out

[peytsawyer]

Peyton nodded along with Brooke's words. She knew she was asking a lot of her oldest friend. To ask her to be okay with her being with Lucas after everything they had already gone through? She wasn't sure if it was something she would be able to do, and she loved Brooke Davis more than she could ever say for at least trying to work past it. The girls hugged again.

Peyton shook her blonde head at Brooke's question. "No, I tried calling him once and his mother said he wasn't home." She smiled, although it really didn't reach her eyes. "He was probably just avoiding me." She played with her hands in a restless sort of way, she really was worried about how Jake was taking things. Despite the situation she really did care about him...love him....and she didn't want him to be alone and hurting. An idea struck her then. "Hey, can you go check on him?" Her eyes meet Brooke's hopefully. "Just make sure he is okay, tell him how sorry I am?"

[heart_bdavis]

Brooke laughed. "You want me to check on your ex-boyfriend?" She smiled as Peyton looked at her. "Of course, I'll check on him." Peyton smiled and Brooke stood up she took a step towards the door and then turned back to Peyton.

"Besides, I have to go talk to him about how much you and Lucas suck!" She stuck out her tongue at Peyton who threw a pillow at her. "Hey now!" Brooke caught the pillow just before it hit her. "I was just kidding, and besides, this is a hospital! No rough housing!"

She walked to the door and then turned. "I'll see you later best friend!" She smiled and left.