Brooke Davis looked around the University of Illinois campus. There were people everywhere some returning and some just arriving. She smiled to herself as she thought of all the new friends she could make and all the hot guys. She was so excited to escape Tree Hill which included her former best friend and her ex boyfriend who were now madly in love.

Lucas was not a bad guy he actually had the decency to tell her that he wasn't in love with her but Peyton had just out lied to her trying to deny it. Then after graduation Brooke spent the summer in Hawaii with her cousins and for once was having fun and now she was starting college in a place where no one knew her. She looked down at the cheer uniform in her arms and smiled. She got a full ride for cheerleading something she was awesome at.

She followed the directions on her hand to her dorm excited to meet her roomy who was also a cheerleader and head down to practice to meet the team. When she reached her door she didn't know whether to knock or just walk in and after debating within herself she knocked and then opened the door. She saw a girl who reminded her of Hailey sitting at a desk in front of a computer.

"Hey roomy I'm Brooke." The girl turned around and smiled a big cheer smile matching Brooke's.

"Hi I'm Kayla."

"Its nice to meet you Kayla, how about we chat on the way to practice?" Brooke looked the brunette up and down noticing her bright green eyes and slender frame on the way to practice. Today was the day that the cheerleaders met the players for the season and Brooke was really excited to see her eye candy during the games.

Cheerleading was always the something that kept Brooke sane at times when Lucas was being all broody and 'don't talk to me' she would just go to the game and let the crowd cheer her up. She and Kayla walked into the gym arm in arm laughing like they were old friends.

They sat in the chairs with the rest of the cheerleaders as some of the team members filtered into the gym. Brooke scanned the team for possible hook-ups when Kayla poked her arm.

"What?"

"Look at that hottie!" She hissed in Brooke's ear as she followed Kayla's finger towards a certain tan brown haired boy who seemed familiar. "It can't be." Brooke thought to herself as she smiled. She stood and up and ignored Kayla's calling after her as she made her way towards her old friend.

"Jeez Scott, you can't even give a girl a hug!" Brooke exclaimed as Nathan turned around from the person he talked and looked at her smiling.

"Well Davis you would always give me a hug." She laughed and threw her arms around Nathan.

"I didn't know you went here."

"Yeah well you left right after graduation." Brooke looked down at the shiny wood floor.

"I wanted to give the new couple space and Hawaii seemed the right distance away."

"Yeah I went to Costa Rica, they were so disgusting."

"How's Hailey?" It was Nathan's turn to lock eyes on the floor.

"She um…well she took off with Chris after graduation right after the papers were signed. I thought she wanted us to get back together but I guess he is more her type."

"I'm sorry Nathan, I really am." Kayla cleared her throat behind Brooke grabbing both of their attentions.

"Are you going to introduce me to your friend and his equally hot friend?"

"Oh Nathan Scott this is Kayla Mason and this is…."

"I'm Jordan Howard."

"Nice to meet you."

"Cheerleaders! Attention front and center!"

"Hey Nathan I'll talk to you later, here's my dorm thing and my number. Call me some time so we can catch up." She shouted over her shoulder and ran towards the other cheerleaders.

"Dude who was that?" Nathan looked towards Jordan unsure of who he meant. "The chick that gave you a hug,"

"Oh that was Brooke Davis from back home. She's my brother ex-girlfriend."

"She seems cool."

"Yeah she's pretty cool." Nathan went towards the court with the rest of the players after stealing another glance at Brooke. She looked like she fit in with the cheerleaders and it was like freshman year of high school all over again. But this time they had someone to get through it all. Nathan looked down at the piece of paper in his hand and smiled. 'This is the time to get to know the real Brooke Davis and not the fake one from Tree Hill.' Nathan thought to himself as the coach rambled on.