BFF
Brooke was sitting on the beach. This was the only place where she could find peace. At least where she used to. Now even there she couldn't get rid of the pain and her own thoughts. But at least there was no chance to run to one of them. So Brooke just stood there, watching the stars and the sea, feeling the wind and the sand.
"Why is Brooke Davis sitting alone at the beach? Isn't she supposed to be at a cool party or making out with her boyfriend?"
Brooke didn't turn around, she knew who was there.
"Well, maybe she is, but now she just wants to be here. And why is the great Nathan Scott here alone at the beach? Isn't he supposed to be with his team or with his wife?"
Nathan sat next to Brooke and sighed.
"Well, maybe he is, but now he just wants to be here."
They didn't look at each other, both of them just stared at the sea.
"I caught Lucas and Peyton sneaking around behind my back."
"Haley kissed Chris Keller, left on a tour with him, but before that gave me Petition for annulment of our marriage."
Neither of them the stupid "I'm sorry" or anything else. For a few more minutes, they stood like that.
"How did that happen to us? We used to be the king and the queen of Tree Hill high. Nobody could break us. Lucas and Haley were just losers nobody noticed. Now, we are both hurt and miserable because of them. Peyton used to be like a sister to me and now I can't even stand her. How did we get here?"
"I don't know. I keep asking myself the same question. I guess we just gave them our hearts and they decided to break them and it hurts so much now because we have both never fallen in love before, we have never opened ourselves like that and when we did, the people we chose to do it for turned out to not be worth it."
Brooke's eyes were full of tears for the first time since she learned about Lucas and Peyton's affair the other day.
Nathan's felt like he was going to explode from all the pain he felt.
"Will you stay with me tonight? I just don't wanna be alone."
Her voice was trembling while she was asking him.
"Sure. I don't wanna be alone either."
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"Hey, Scott! Great game!"
"Thanks, Davis!"
The two best friends hugged.
It's been almost one year since that night at the beach. Now, Haley was a famous singer and she hasn't come back even once. Her relationship with Chris was official and they seemed to be great together. Nathan was glad she was happy, no matter what happened between them. Lucas and Peyton were officially together for 9 months and they were really happy. They didn't get together for 2 months after Brooke caught them because they felt too guilty, but when she gave them her blessing, they finally stopped denying their feelings and since then were inseparable. Brooke has forgiven both of them eventually and now was happy for them. But since the cheating, Brooke and Peyton's friendship just wasn't the same. Yeah, they were really close and Peyton was her best girlfriend, but Brooke's best friend in the whole world was now Nathan Scott. That night at the beach was the beginning of their friendship. Not that they weren't friends before, but they weren't that close. Actually, now they were closer to each other that they have ever been to anyone else. Maybe because they went through their heartbreaks together, maybe because their lives has always been a lot alike, but Brooke and Nathan had something very rare to see and special.
"So, what are you doing tonight?"
"Well, I was thinking we could watch a movie together and order a pizza at my place. What you think?"
"I'm in. But please, this time don't choose something like 'A walk to remember' or 'The Notebook'. I think I'm going to puke on the next romantic movie you make me watch."
Brooke punched him in the stomach.
"You agreed to both those movies. And they're both amazing!"
"Yeah, I agreed because I didn't know what I was getting myself into. And do not punch me, because you're going to pay!"
She laughed, knowing he could never hurt her.
"Really, Nate? You're going to punch me back?"
She punched him again and started running across the gym. He ran after her and started tickling her.
"No, Nathan, stop! You jerk!"
"Say 'I'm sorry for being rude, Nathan. You're the best shooting guard and the best friend in the whole world and I will never punch you again!' and then I'm gonna stop."
"I won't say that!"
"Really?"
He started tickling her harder.
"Nathan, please! Stop it!"
"The magical words."
"I'm sorry for being rude, Nathan. You're the best shooting guard and the best friend in the whole world and I will never punch you again!"
Nathan stopped and Brooke looked angrily at him.
"You're an ass, you know that?"
"Yeah, but you love me!"
"No, I hate you!"
"It's ok, I love you too, Davis. Come on, let's go to your place."
"You think you're still coming for a movie after that? No way!"
Brooke was pretending to be angry just to torture Nathan, but he knew she was just acting.
"Well, if you are so mad at me, then I'm gonna head home. But you know, if I was still coming to your place, I'd be bringing a lot of ice cream and I'd be making you a massage and maybe giving you a present… But since you don't want me to come over, I guess I'm gonna eat some ice cream by myself alone at home. So, I guess, see you tomorrow!"
He was looking at her with the puppy-dog look he knew she couldn't resist, especially when he had such good plans for the night. Nathan started walking toward the door of the gym and stared counting in his mind.
"3, 2, 1…"
"Nate, wait!"
He smiled and turned around.
"What do you think about the newest 'Too fast too furious'?"
"Oh, is that just about the ice cream, the massage and the present I mentioned?"
Brooke was smiling at him.
"Of course it's not, you know it. You're my BFF, Nathan Scott and even if there was no ice cream, massage or present, you still wouldn't be able to get rid of me tonight!"
They smiled and hugged.
"Let's go, Davis!"
And they went out of the gym still hugging and laughing.