Thank you all for the reviews!!

ForcedSmile: Writing this in first person is going to be the hardest!! Tips are always welcomed!

Brucas2006: I liked Brucas once. Long ago. If I can make Lucas better LOL he'll deserve her. I love Brooke/Rachel BFF so much more than any couple!

B.P.Davis: Thanks!

FadeForever: I'm not a Layton fan so IF they were to get back together then it wouldn't be a big thing here. just FYI

justlikebrooke: I'd have to remake Lucas and repair Brooke and Peyton. I don't get how anyone would let some guy come between them. I'd rather have a BFF than a guy. Maybe that's why I'm single LOL LOL LOL

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I get to the house. The empty house. As I open the door I hope Rachel would come rushing down the stairs but when I look up the stairs are empty. I shut and lock the door behind me and slowly walk up the stairs. I sit down on my bed and let out a sigh that I felt like I was holding for a week. So much had come down around me the past few weeks that I wasn't sure how I was still breathing. I lay back on my bed staring at the ceiling. I miss her. I hated her once. She threated to take eveything I thought I loved. In the end, the end, she showed me what was truly important. Friendship. She's my best friend. I want Rachel back so much. She could make me laugh now when I had nothing to be happy about. I sit back up and decide to go for a run. I change into my jogging clothes. A run could do me good right? It releases stuff right? I walk downstairs with my cell in one hand and my iPod and strap in the other. I latch the iPod to my arm and turn it on. I can't help but smile. Peyton had hijacked it one day and put all of her music on it. I never could fix it. She knew that. I take a deep breath and open the door.

"What are you doing here?" I ask. I can't deal with them. I can't. Can I?

"I'm sorry Brooke." Peyton says to me. It's simple but I can tell she is.

"Me too," I tell her. "I hate this. We can use your car for the bodies...I'll dig the hole," I smile slightly.

"I can see the headlines. Scott boys fanished, no leads, no cares." Peyton smiles big.

"I was just going for a run but..." I start to tell her.

"No...go," Peyton insists, "I just wanted to tell you I am sorry. Lucas was wrong to leave you. I thought I loved him, he thought he loved me, we were wrong. And I know Nathan meant nothing to you."

I leaned over and hugged her tightly, "I hated not being able to bitch at you about anything."

Peyton hugs me back and it just feels right. We've been best friends for so long we shouldn't have let this happen.

I pull back, "I'll stop by later...help you burn some stuff," I wink.

Peyton laughs, "Yeah...bye Brooke." She turns to walk away.

"Bye P.Sawyer...my best friend.." I say

Peyton turns around smiling. She waves and walks toward her house.

I lean against the now closed door. Is this too good to be true? With the history of our little incestuous group Lucas will try to come back to me but what will I do? Do I still love him? It was just a few days ago that I was falling for..."Chase?"

As I look up Chase is walking up my sidewalk with his hands in his pocket. He looks hurt, confused, sad. I don't like him like that.

"Haven't you had enough?" I ask walking to him.

"Apparently not," Chase replies not taking his hands from his pocket.

"You weren't at school," I say trying to act like his presence doesn't bother me, when obviously it does, "Or you did good at avoiding me."

"I stayed home," Chase says simply, "I couldn't sleep all weekend. I couldn't stop thinking about you."

"Chase don't," I say walking past him, "I lost everything and everyone in just a couple of days. I'm not rehashing it all." I put my earbuds on and start jogging. I didn't turn to look to see if he ran after me. No one ever did before why would they start now.

I know it was short but that just seemed like a good ending place. R&R