Chapter 1-

It was like any other day when Nathan, Haley, Peyton, Brooke, and Lucas would have the same table outside of Tree Hill High. But, today he realized it wasn't going to be like that. Nathan and Haley were home with the new baby and that would leave it just to Peyton, Brooke, and Lucas. They all knew it would be awkward ever since Brooke and Lucas broke up because of the little love triangle between all of them. She didn't hate them anymore. They actually became friends again. Even though they were friends, they were never alone together without Nathan or Haley. Lucas wanted to avoid this and it didn't help that she was bringing her boyfriend, Chase, to hang out with them.

Lucas couldn't say he didn't feel anything for Brooke anymore, because it wasn't true. He still loved her more than anything. After all, she was his Pretty Girl. He never did forgive himself for letting Peyton get in the way. He and Peyton were just friends now and that's all they would ever be. Now his Pretty Girl moved on and was now with Chase, and as the jealous ex-boyfriend he now was, he watched Brooke and Chase share a passionate kiss.

"Luke, are you okay?" Peyton asked as he made his gaze to her.

"I'm fine," Lucas replied.

"Thinking about Brooke again?"

"Yea."

"Don't worry Luke, you're not the only one who wonders about what could've been," Peyton said talking about Lucas.

"Sorry," Lucas started to say but was cut off by a familiar voice.

"Hey guys," Brooke said as she appeared with her arm around Chase's waist and his arm around her shoulders.

Brooke gave Chase a full dimpled smile. Lucas missed that smile and that look. He remembered when she used to give him that smile and that look. But that was the past and he only wished for it back.

"Chase and I are going to the café; do you guys want to come?" Brooke asked.

"Umm, I have to pick my dad up from the airport," Peyton lied finally looking up from her artwork and standing up to walk to her car.

"What about you Luke?" Brooke asked. That was the first time she called him Luke since the break-up.

"I can't I told Haley and Nathan that I would go there to see the baby and hang out."

"Oh," Brooke said disappointed.

"You wanna get going then?" Chase asked Brooke.

"Sure boyfriend," she replied and gave him a quick peck on the lips.

That comment hit Lucas. He recalled all the times that she called him 'Boyfriend'. Like the time where they first got back together and they were by the Rivercourt. He had everything at that very moment. A girlfriend he loved and who loved him, Keith was back, basketball, and his friends. He had it all until Peyton. Of course he had feelings for Peyton, he always would. Not as much as he loves Brooke though. He went out with Peyton but never felt like she was for him. He also saw the hurt it caused Brooke and decided that if she was hurt seeing them together, maybe she would be happy with him. He was wrong. Brooke couldn't even talk to him without tearing up. It was too late now. She was happy with Chase and he didn't want to take that away from her.

Lucas now watched Brooke and Chase walk to her blue beetle hand in hand as he sat there alone.

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Lucas left Nathan and Haley's apartment and decided to avoid the café just in case that Brooke and Chase were still there.

-Cause you gave me the best mixtape I have
And even all the bad songs ain't so bad
I just wish there was so much more than that
About me and you-

Lucas saw the caller id on his phone and it said it was the café. 'Oh great,' Lucas thought.

"Hello," Lucas said.

"Lucas, Haley isn't coming in and I need your help."

"Is Brooke still there with a guy?"

"Yes, why?"

"No reason," Lucas said with a sigh, "I'm on my way."

"Thanks Luke."

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Peyton sat on her bed sketching a picture of Jenny from what she looked like the last time she saw her. Peyton missed Jake like crazy too. But Jake was never just a friend to her in her mind. She really had feelings for him. She thought she had those feelings for Lucas. She thought she could love him with all her heart, but she was wrong.

Peyton couldn't believe that she gave up her best friend for a guy. She and Brooke's friendship had changed entirely. It was never the same. That is after all what Brooke said, that it could never be the same. But, what really killed her was the fact that Lucas left her for Brooke. Peyton knew it was selfish but Brooke had Chase and was finally happy. Now she had Chase and Lucas.

"Finished," Peyton said to herself. She put the new picture of a smiling baby girl on her wall.

If Peyton didn't have her art or her music she would be all alone. She and Lucas weren't as close anymore, Haley and Nathan now had the baby, Brooke had Chase, and both of her moms died. Peyton was alone.

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Lucas walked into the café dreading to see Brooke and Chase sitting on the same couch that he had sat with Brooke on. He would put his arm around her and she would sit into him.

"Lucas, I thought you weren't coming," Brooke said getting up from her seat and greeting him.

"I'm here to help out with my mom because Haley is with the baby."

"Oh yea, well we were just gonna leave anyway. So, bye Lucas," Brooke said as she and Chase left.

Lucas watched them leave and realized how jealous he was of Chase. He had it all but didn't even see it. Lucas saw the way he looked at Brooke; it was the way he looked at every other girl. But Brooke looked at him with love in her eyes. Lucas didn't want her to get hurt…again.