Everyone was quiet on the car ride there ( Read more... )

Marvin McFadden sat quietly on the bench at the Rivercourt. He felt bad about what had happened at school earlier in the week. His once best friend, Jimmy Edwards gone. Rachel's words burned in his brain. 700 days.

Mouth remembered how years before, he and Jimmy had sat together watching as the other guys played basketball. Just take it all back. ( Read more... )

He had left early the other night from Brooke's...he really wasn't sure why, but he just wanted to get out of there. He didn't go home, he went to the studio. And surprisingly, he was able to get out a good song. He wanted to let Brooke hear it, since it turned out to be about her. Chris wasn't sure what was going on, but he knew he might be ( Read more... )

Peyton leaned heavily on her crutches as she got out of her dad's old mustang. Larry Sawyer looked concerned and moved to get out of the driver's seat to help her. "Dad." She gave him a patented look. "I'm fine. Let me do it." He sighed unhappily and slumped backward in the seat as she managed to get to her feet and stood in the driveway of Lucas' ( Read more... )

Lucas felt bad when he missed Peyton actually being online. He had been sitting with Karen and Keith in the living room, just talking about life, really. But mostly they were avoiding talking about the shooting, and Jimmy. So when he came in and saw her message, he grinned. And then he saw her journal. So there he was, first thing in the ( Read more... )

Brooke Davis left the hospital and drove to the Jagielski House. She had never been exceptionally close with Jake even though they both had lived in Tree Hill forever. They had gotten closer when Jake was dating Peyton but since Peyton was now with Lucas, Brooke doubted Jake would hang around as often. She doubted if she would hang around as often ( Read more... )

He hadn't gone home directly after leaving the hospital. He knew that he should because his mother was probably worried, but he still couldn't help it. He just wanted to be with Peyton. He thought about sneaking in after an hour, but then he knew that she needed sleep and if he was there, they would just...talk. And maybe kiss. So instead, he ( Read more... )

After going to the hospital and making sure Peyton was okay, Haley and Nathan headed home. They had been through so much today; being held hostage, seeing Jimmy and Keith, being interrogated by the police, and then Peyton being shot. All they needed now was each other and lots of sleep. Both were still visibly shaken and drained from the days ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

As all this was happening out in the corridor, Peyton Sawyer was finally coming out of the anesthesia from her surgery. Her mouth and throat were dry and she couldn't move her leg. "Lucas?" Her bleary voice carried softly out of her hospital room, to where Lucas was standing.He watched Jake go. He felt bad. Worst than bad. He knew that he and ( Read more... )