Tree Hill

"Calm down!" Rachel said while Brooke ran up and down in her room in panic.

"Calm down? How could I calm down now? I…I have to make a plan…but…shit shit shit." Brooke went through her hair. Tears appeared in her eyes. Lately everything was so hard and she just wished that everything would go back to normal. She took a deep breath and then called her other big brother. She was prepared to lie again, something she was not proud of but had to do.

New York

"Oh it's Brooke!" Nathan looked at Haley. "I can't believe she's lying to us."

"Hey big bro!" Brooke said into the phone when Nathan picked it up.

"Baby girl. What's up?" Nathan smirked knowing that she had come up with a plan. He knew her very good.

"I just wanted to let you know that I'm not at Lucas' any more. There is this summer camp that Rachel and I want to attend and mom said that it's okay. It's not like those usual boring camps with hiking and stuff."

"Oh, okay. We were already planning your birthday party. We even wanted to come to Australia as a surprise." Nathan lied satisfied. He somehow knew where is little sister got the lying from. Sometimes he felt like he had not been the best influence on her during his own teen years.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that. But…well, maybe next year, okay?" Brooke suggested and hoped that Nathan would not hear the panic in her voice.

"Okay, can you give me the address of the camp?" Nathan asked and pushed Haley aside when she whispered that he should just stop this game and tell his sister that he knew that she was lying.

"Um…I don't have it here right now but I call you later, okay. Love you!" Brooke shut down her phone and fell on her bed exhaustedly, "That was close. Now I just tell Lucas the same story and we're off the hook and the party can begin!" The girls high fived and turned on the TV.

"Why didn't you just tell her the truth?" Nathan packed his luggage in rage.

"Why? Because I want to yell at her when I'm standing right in front of her. Haley, she lied to my face. To our faces. She's 13 years old and not supposed to be alone and…"

"Nathan. Yes, she's thirteen. She's a teenager and her father just went to jail because of killing Keith at her school and Deb obviously left before she took care that Brooke is with us or Lucas and…"

"I know all of that, Hales. I grew up in this family but that doesn't justify her behavior! She knows better and she definitely knows that she should never lie to us. She's probably already planning a party", Nathan said madly and couldn't believe that his baby sister grew up that fast.

Sydney

"Wow. She's so much more like Nathan!" Peyton laughed and packed her stuff.

"Don't say that!" Lucas rolled his eyes jealously. He remembered how mad and jealous he was when he found out that Nathan had gotten a new sibling, their baby sister Brooke. The truth was that only because of Brooke's birth Nathan and Lucas had finally gotten over their hatred and started to interact more and more with each other, realizing that they weren't that different from one another. He looked at a picture where the two teenaged boys held baby Brooke a little clumsy on their lap.

"Oh c'mon Lucas. We were her age once too and…", Peyton tried to defend Brooke but her daughter came inside the room.

"What did aunt Brooke do?" the six years old Sawyer asked confused. She admired her aunt very much and would defend her no matter what.

"Well, she's in trouble for wanting to spend the summer all alone. That's why we're going to visit her now", Lucas tickled her a little and then they all drove to the airport.

Tree Hill

"Hey sweetheart!" Rachel opened Brooke's house door and kissed her boyfriend on the mouth.

"Hey sexy!" Jim said and squeezed her butt. "So baby Brooke got the whole house for herself? Sounds like fun!"

"Jimbo, stop calling me baby Brooke!" Brooke gave him a hug and a beer.

"Then start growing!" Jim teased Brooke and went inside. Jim was sixteen and dated Rachel for three months now. They had been friends before but the older they got, the more they realized the sexual tension between them.

"I brought a friend! That's Brian!" Brooke and Rachel smiled at him and gave him a beer too.

An hour later six teenagers were sitting on the floor playing truth or dare. "Rrrrachel", Brooke couldn't even talk normally any more. The alcohol made her see double and feel tipsy. It wasn't the first time that she had tasted it but definitely the first time that she had drunk that much, knowing that no one would be at home to lecture her tomorrow. Tonight she just wanted to enjoy her forced freedom and forget about everything that had happened. Tonight she just wanted to have fun.

"Dare", Rachel chose although knowing that her best friend loved giving others mean dares.

"I dare you to…to kiss Felix with tongue!" Brooke laughed and leaned against Brian who put his arm around her.

"Don't be jealous." Rachel said to her boyfriend Jim and then slung her arms around Felix, "Well, I said there would always be a second time, cutie."

Felix smirked and opened his mouth.

"That was easy!" Rachel said and took away Brooke's bottle.

"Heeeey bitch!" Brooke whined, hiccuped and tried to get it back but only fell onto her stomach making everyone laugh including herself.

"You've got enough", Rachel just said bossily and continued playing.

A little later all of them were sitting on the floor in their underwear. "Did you have to start dares with loosing clothes?" Brooke whispered to her best friend and tried to hide her chest. Contrary to Rachel she felt like she was still flat like a small kid.

"Don't worry. You got a sexy body", Rachel whispered back and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Brooke, I dare you to dance your new cheerleading choreography on the street. In your underwear", Jim said.

"Jim!" Rachel slapped him with a smirk. "That's kinda mean", she laughed drunkenly.

"Whatever. Easy task. No one will see me. It's already dark", Brooke jumped up and started running outside. She tried not to look at the cars while she was dancing the new sexy choreography.

"Oh my god!" Peyton whispered when she looked out of the window. She could not believe what she was seeing. She was glad that her daughter was sleeping besides her and did not see what she was seeing: a half naked Brooke dancing clumsily on the streets.

"What is it?" Haley followed Peyton's view and then held a hand in front of her mouth. Haley looked down at Jamie and was also glad that Jamie didn't see his aunt doing whatever she was doing. Suddenly she heard the car behind them stop abruptly. She knew immediately that Lucas and Nathan now knew what was going on. "Brooke, what happened to you?", Haley whispered sadly, shook her head and knew that screaming and tears would arise.

How will her brothers react? Thank you so much for your reviews. They make me happy!