Summary: What happens when Haley has Nathan and Brooke has Lucas. What about the fifth friend? The third wheel if you will.. All of the sudden Peyton finds herself feeling very alone. In a search for something to make her life better she runs into trouble in the process. Eventually, Brooke, Haley, Lucas, and Nathan have to help her get her life back on track. Can they convince her that she'll never be alone? Or has Peyton already lost herself completely? A story of lies, trust, betrayal, and friendship. (A Brucas and Naley story, with Peyton on her own).

Disclaimer: We do not own any person or part of One Tree Hill. Everything belongs to The WB and Screen Gems Studios. Although according to our doors, Erin owns the Laffertys (yes, all of them) and Abbey owns Chad, HUC, and Tyler... and, kids, by no means do we condone this behavior. Abbey and Erin both agree: CRACK IS WHACK

Chapter 1- Lonely World

"Hey man, good game tonight. 46 points? I think that even beats Dan," Lucas said to Nathan, as Nathan opened the door to his and Haley's apartment.

"And he looked hot doing it too!" Haley laughed as she, Brooke, and Peyton followed the boys into the living room. Nathan turned around, and smirked the famous Scott Smirk at Haley as she continued to laugh. The girls took a seat on the couch while Nathan and Luke went into the kitchen.

"And you, Lucas Scott, didn't look too bad yourself," Brooke said to Lucas, while he handed her a Sunkist and sat down, rather close, beside her. "That short skirt and tight top didn't look too bad on you either, Brooke Davis," Lucas replied as Brooke smiled and leaned against his chest.

"Yeah, you too Hales," Nathan said from the kitchen and nodded suggestively in Haley's direction, causing her to grin sheepishly. Peyton glanced back and forth between Nathan and Haley, and Brooke and Lucas, her eyes lingering on Lucas. All of this cuteness couldn't help but remind her that once again she was alone.

"Peyton? Earth to Peyton!" Haley said as she waved a hand in front of Peyton's face. "Wh- What?" Peyton stuttered, snapping out of her daze. "You were staring into space," Nathan said while he placed a bowl of chips on the coffee table and took a seat next to Haley, "What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, uh, nothing important," Peyton responded and plastered her overused fake smile on her face. "So, uh, what movie are we watching?" she asked, trying to compete with Brooke and Haley's cheeriness.

"How about The Notebook?" Brooke asked excitedly. What was there not to love about The Notebook? It was the perfect love story.

"Uh, no way," Nathan stated. "Ever since Skills told me about Bevin 'notebooking' him, I've been afraid to watch it."

"It's true," Haley confirmed, as everyone laughed. "Hey, what about Serendipity?" she suggested while taking a sip of her Sunkist.

"Ooh, that's a good one! I vote Serendipity," Brooke said, trying to get a movie started. After all, Lucas was looking very hot.

Nathan and Lucas groaned. Of course they didn't really mind watching these kinds of movies, but they had to at least act like they didn't want to.

"Good, it's settled then," Haley said getting up to put in the DVD.

"Oh god. Another one of their stupid love movies," Peyton thought. "This is ridiculous. They don't even watch the movies anyway. They use these fake love stories as excuses to cuddle and makeout."

"Wait, what about you, P Sawyer? Is Serendipity ok?" Brooke asked her best friend.

"Yeah, whatever you guys want is fine," Peyton said. She didn't really feel that way, though. Whatever you guys want always has to be fine, anyway.

About half way through the movie Peyton decided she couldn't take it anymore, after having lost interest only 10 minutes into the cliché love story about fate and destiny. "Gag me," Peyton thought to herself.

"Hey, you guys, thanks for everything but I'm kind of tired, I think I'm going to head home…" Peyton said yawning a fake yawn.

"You sure P. Sawyer?" Brooke asked, most of her attention still fixated on Lucas.

"Yeah, I'm sure, I'll see you all later," Peyton said and left Haley with Nathan, and Brooke with Lucas. She wasn't sure where she was going, all she knew was that she wasn't saying in that apartment another minute.