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"This has been the worst year of my life Brooke, and I needed my best friend, but you, you cut me out of your life..." she took a deep breath and felt the tears fall "...you were there when my mom died, you cried with me and now you use it as a punch line to hurt me?..." she glared accusingly at the girl that was supposed to be her best friend "...and all because of what? Because I was honest with you?" She stopped and ran a tired hand through her hair. "You know what? I'm done...as of today you and whatever kind of a friendship we had, it's dead to me." She turned to walk back into her house only to be stopped by her angry voice.
Brooke quickly got up and dusted off her pants in an attempt to calm down her emotions. "I am so sick of your shit Peyton!" were the first words to come out of her mouth after listening to the blondes tirade against her. "You're right, I should've never used your mom as a means to hurt you, because I was there when it happened." She watched as Peyton just glared warily at her. "But, there's the difference between you and I Peyton." She took a step closer to her as her anger increased. "I never made any pretenses in what I thought or how I felt with you. You always knew where I stood, but you?..." she waved her hand in frustration "...you wrap yourself in your dark and lonely world, refusing to let anybody in, including me."
"You go on and on about how people always leave you, but guess what Peyton, at least when those people were in your life, they loved you and they showed you that they loved you. Both your mom's, your father, regardless of how much he's been away, you know he loves you, Jake and now Lucas? Who did I have? Absentee parents, meaningless relationships? And then, the one boy I actually loved? Had to be the boy that you loved to? And who loves you back and not me?"
Brooke turned her back and wiped the tears that were flowing freely down her face now. "I asked you Peyton, I asked you over and over how you felt, and told you that I would step aside if you had feelings for him, but you denied it and denied it over and over again."
"The difference between what happened between me and Nathan and what you and Lucas did while he was with me is that my judgement was impaired that night. I'm not using alcohol as an excuse and I'm sorry for hurting you, but you and Lucas were well aware of what you were doing when you snuck around behind my back. There was no alcohol clouding your judgement."
"The sad thing is, when Lucas and I were starting to build our friendship back up and there was the possability of it being something more, I asked you for advice about it. Do you remember what you told me Peyton? When I told you my fear of recreating that love triangle that day? You said that this time you wouldn't be the one to kiss him, but you know what? Admitting to me that you actually loved him was ten times worst."
Brooke turned around one last time to look at Peyton. "You're right when you said that this friendship is dead. You got the guy Peyton, another boy to love you in your so called miserable life. Reality check blondie, you're not the only one with problems in their lives."
"I'm done too. Call me all the names in the book you want, whatever will make you feel better, but know for a fact, that I HAVE been there for you. I am sorry for what happened with your psycho fake brother, but now you have Lucas right? He seems to be the only one you've always needed."
Brooke turned toward her car, but before you got in, her head hung in exhaustion and defeat she paused one last time and looked at her. "I sincerely hope that you both make each other happy Peyton, I sincerely hope it was worth a lifelong friendship over." With those parting words she got into her car and sped away, not once taken a second glance back.
Author's Note: Hey guys, sorry this is kind of a boring chapter, but I always felt that Brooke was given the raw end of the deal in this show. It's always "Poor Peyton, she's had such a tough life" I'm tired of it so I wanted to take a spin on Brooke's side of things. Not sure what the pairings are just yet, the only permanent one is Naley, because seriously, who would have it any other way. Let me know if I should continue this story.