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Chapter Two: Welcome to the Family

"I don't know, Haley!" Brooke yelled into the phone as she paced back and forth outside the sliding doors of the hospital. She took in a deep breath, "I don't know what I'm going to do." She said a bit more calmly. "You were the one who told me to go ask him out."

"Don't blame this on me, Brooke." Haley said from the other end. She sighed loudly. "Look, we have a lot of customers. I got to go. Call me if you need anything."

"Alright." Brooke closed her cell phone, placing it in her back pocket. She didn't have time to go back to the café and grab her purse since she was embedded into the ground by a larger body lying on top of her. She had grabbed 'prince charming' just before the car was able to hit him. The fall, however, left him unconscious.

She took another deep breath before walking back into the hospital and towards Lucas' room. She had never even known his name before today. She overheard a few members of the staff that were attending to him say his first and last name while going over the stats on his chart.

She reached the room, but was shortly stopped by one of the nurses. "Can I help you?" She asked.

"Um, I was just coming to see how he was doing." Brooke replied.

"Are you family?"

Brooke shook her head, "No, but I – " She was cut off by the raising of the nurses' hand.

"Family only." The nurses' words were clear and overruling, which didn't allow Brooke to get a word in edge-wise. The nurse walked away from the situation, closing the door behind her.

"But I was going to marry him." Brooke whined to herself. She was cursed. She, Brooke Penelope Davis was a curse to any member of male species. How could someone be so unlucky? She had finally found what she thought would be her perfect guy, and what did she do? Almost got him killed, that's what! She turned around only to see another nurse staring back at her.

"Why didn't you say you were his fiancée?" She exclaimed, with a wide smile. "You're the one who saved him to, right? Aww! How romantic!"

Brooke's eyes widened as the nurse opened the door to the room and pulled her inside. "You must have been so scared, huh? You don't need to worry! He hit his head pretty hard on the sidewalk, but he should be awake within a few days."

"I'm sorry, but -"

"Oh! You don't even have to ask. I'll leave you two alone." And with that, she was out the door.

Her mouth dropped slightly as she looked around the room not knowing what had just happened. The nurse thought she was his fiancée? She mentally cursed herself for what she had said just moments before. What was she, an eleven year old girl? Of course she wasn't going to marry him! Haley was always telling her she didn't need to be so vocal all the time; maybe she was right.

Brooke's gaze turned to the bed. He was lying there, unconscious; her heart broke. Why did he have to be so nice and carry on a conversation after helping that girl? Because he's perfect. Clearly.

She took a seat that was placed on the right side of the bed. She shook her head. This was crazy. "Take care of yourself." She whispered to Lucas before getting up from her seat.

The door to the room swung open as a group of people rushed to the bedside. The 'mean' nurse, as Brooke thought of her as, from earlier also came in. She glared at Brooke, "What are you doing in here? I told you family only."

"I'm sorry. I was just leaving." She looked once more at Lucas.

"I would appreciate it if you respected our policy, miss."

Brooke turned around to face her. She could respect their policy, but not when the nurse was being a big bitch. She opened her mouth to speak.

"She's his fiancée." The nicer nurse from earlier said.

"Fiancée?" A woman exclaimed that was standing by Lucas' bedside, holding his hand.

"Fiancée?" Another person asked. This time, it was from a man; a rough, stern looking man.

The two others, the older couple that had accompanied them, just stood in silence, until the woman gripped at her chest and took a seat in the chair closest to her.

"Is she okay?" Brooke asked out of concern.

"She has a slight heart problem." Her husband answered for her.

Brooke smiled sadly. This was just great. She didn't want to add anymore stress to the situation.

"Lucas has been busy with work. We haven't talked to him for quite some time." The younger woman of the family said.

"So, he simply forgot to tell us he was getting married? Open your eyes, Deb." The rough looking man said. "Have you talked to Nathan? Maybe he knows about this." He added, glaring slightly at Brooke.

A chill shot down her spine. She had to get out of there. "I should go." She walked towards the door.

"So soon?" Deb asked, walking over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder. "You're his fiancée after all. And, we'd love to get to know you." She smiled.

Brooke took a moment to look at the woman standing before her. Her parents were never around so it was unusual for a parent to look at her with so much care in their eyes and intrigue to get to know her. Her "parents" could care less about who she really was. She looked back at the older woman sitting in the chair. She was smiling and nodding, urging her to stay.

"Okay." The word escaped from her lips before she had any time to process it. Deb hugged her. She genuinely hugged her. Brooke had to say that was a first.

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It was just Brooke, Deb, and Mae; who Brooke had learned was Lucas' grandmother, in the room. They were all sitting around the bed.

"So, how did you two meet?" Deb asked her.

"Um," Brooke paused momentarily. What had she gotten herself into? "I work at a café downtown. He comes in every morning."

"And you two fell in love?" Mae asked. "How sweet."

"Yeah." Brooke said in an unsure tone. She smiled before looking down at her intertwined fingers.

"Mom?"

This caused Brooke to look up. She saw a man, around her age, walk into the room. He was wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase in his right hand.

"Nathan, you made it!" Deb got up and walked over to him, hugging him tightly.

Brooke got up from her seat as well, but she stood still. Her uncomfortable feeling was coming back, and once again, she wanted to leave.

"I took the first flight I could get once I heard the news. How's he doing?" He pulled away from his mother slowly.

"The doctors said he's going to be fine, but I'm still really worried."

"He's going to be fine, Deb." Brooke said to reassure her.

Nathan and Deb both looked in her direction. Deb had a smile on her face, but Nathan, on the other hand, looked utterly confused. "Who are you?" He asked.

Brooke smiled uneasily. "She's Lucas' fiancée." Mae said.

"Lucas' what?" He looked to his mother, who only shrugged.

Brooke shook her head, taking a step towards him, and reaching out her hand. "I'm Brooke." She said, truthfully.

Nathan looked down at her hand for a few seconds before bringing his eyes back up to hers. He gently grasped her hand, "I'm Nathan, Lucas' brother."

I couldn't remember Nathan's grandmothers name, so I just guessed...it sounds right, but then again I don't know. So, in this story her name is Mae. ;) Please review! Thanks for reading!