Jake sat on Nathan's floor, eating half of a frozen pizza, listening to his friend.

"So, you guys had sex?" Jake asked, while flipping through the channels on Nathan's TV.

"Yeah," Nathan said quickly.

"And, then she asked you if you thought she was boring?" Jake asked, now looking at his friend.

Nathan shrugged, "Well, kind of. Not really. She as-"

"And, then you fought with her. And, left. After, she broke up with you?" Jake asked.

Nathan raised an eyebrow at him, "Are you done?"

Jake shrugged, "I'm just trying to get the story right."

Nathan rolled his eyes and sighed, "That's pretty much what happened."

Jake shook his head and smirked, "You're skrewed."
…

"So, are you dropping Tutor Girl off first?" Brooke asked, while sitting in the passenger seat of Lucas' Ford Expedition.

"I'm actually going to drop you off first, and then go hang out at Haley's for a bit," Lucas said, before making a right on to Brooke's street.

Brooke pouted, "But, why? If you drop her off first, you can come hang out with me."

Haley rolled her eyes, while sitting in the back seat, "Lucas and I had plans, Brooke."

Brooke groaned, "Fine."

Lucas pulled in to Brooke's driveway and Brooke sighed loudly.

"Call me later, Lucas. See you later, TG," Brooke yelled, slamming the door shut.

Haley gave her a fake smile and wave, "What the hell is her problem?"

Lucas' eyes widened, "Whoa. Haley. I thought you liked her…"

Haley sighed, "Yeah. Me too."
…

Jake shrugged, "Well, you could always just wait till she gets over it."

Nathan shook his head, while laying on his bed, throwing a basketball in to the air and catching it, over and over again, "Then, I'll have to wait awhile. You know how Peyton is. She's not that forgiving."

Jake nodded, "Well. What if you hooked up with someone else to make her jealous?"

Nathan caught the ball and sat up on his bed, and looked over at Jake, "What?"

…

Peyton pulled the comforter over herself, and finally tried going to sleep. Nathan was just a boy. A boy she loved. Her first love. But, nevertheless he was still, just a boy.

And, she wasn't going to let herself cry over him. Well, she didn't want to. But, she couldn't help it.

…

"Wouldn't she get even angrier?" Nathan asked.

Jake shrugged with a small smile on his face, "Yeah. But, she'd get pretty jealous. Really jealous."

Nathan sighed, "I don't know, man. I don't want to piss her off even more."

Jake smirked, "Whatever. It's not like she's not going to go out with other people. And, anyway, you're doing it to get her back. She'll get so jealous, and she'll realize that she needs you."

Nathan looked around his room, "But, isn't that the reason she got angry in the first place?"

Jake rolled his eyes, "Do you want her back or not, Nate?"

Nathan nodded, "Fine. I'll do it."

Jake grinned and nodded, "Nice. So, who are you going to pick?"

Nathan shrugged, "I don't know. Here, why don't you pick?"

Jake shrugged, "Eh. I don't know, Nathan. This is like your one chance to date another girl before you get back together with Peyton. Because then you're going to get married an-"

"To Peyton?" Nathan asked quizzically.

Jake shrugged, "Well, yeah. And, I'll be your best man."

Nathan shook his head, "Shut up."

Jake smiled, "Whatever. What about the new girl?"

Nathan stared at him and furrowed his eyebrows, "Brooke?"

Jake sat up and shrugged, "Well, first off, she's new. Second off, she's kind of friends Peyton, but not good enough friends to say no. And, she's pretty hot."

Nathan shrugged, "Okay. I'll ask her out tomorrow."

Jake rolled his eyes, "What the hell, man? I know you've been with Peyton since you were like two…So, you may have forgotten how you do things… But, you have to woo her."

Nathan threw the basketball at his friend and shook his head, "Woo her? Shut up."

Jake started laughing and turned his attention back towards the TV.

…

Haley awoke the next morning, rolling on to her side, to look at her alarm clock. It was nine, and there was a slight chance that Peyton could be up. She slipped out of her bed, brushed her teeth, and grabbed a pair of her newest, navy blue, Juicy sweats, slipping them on as she ran down the stairs.

After a ten minute drive, Haley walked in to Peyton's relatively large home, and climbed the stairs.

"Morning!" Haley yelled happily, opening the door to Peyton's room.

Peyton groaned, recognizing the voice of one of her best friends. She turned to her side and opened one eye.

"I come baring gifts," Haley stated, opening a box of Krispy Kreme donuts.

Peyton rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands, and grabbed her comforter, wrapping it around her body before sitting up against the headboard.

Haley noticed her bare shoulders, and smiled, "Okay. So, you're not wearing a shirt. Which means you're probably not wearing pants. Which means you're naked. Which means you had sex. Which means Nathan was over."

Peyton rolled her eyes, and pushed the comforter off of her body, exposing her body to Haley, who grabbed Peyton's short, teal, satin robe off of the hook behind her door, and handed it to her.

"Thanks," Peyton mumbled, before reaching for a donut.

Haley grinned as she walked towards the bed, sitting down on the foot of it, "So, what happened?"

Peyton sighed and sat next to Haley, "Um. He dropped me home."

Haley nodded, "That's sweet."

Peyton shrugged, "And, then…I noticed it was raining pretty hard, so I said he could stay over."

Haley grinned at her and playfully slapped her arm, "Peyton Sawyer."

Peyton sighed, and a small smile played on her lips, "And, he kissed me. And, we had sex."

Haley clapped her hands together excitingly, "Does this mean you're back together?"

Peyton looked down and tapped her foot nervously against the hard wood floor, "Well, we kind of had a fight."

Haley's smile fell, "Oh, honey. What happened?"

Peyton sighed, "Well…I just couldn't forget his thing with Theresa. I mean…"

Haley placed her hand on Peyton's shoulder, "Well, that's understandable. It was only a couple days ago."

Peyton nodded, "I know. And, he got kind of annoyed. And, then, later he told me he was scared because he loved me."

Haley stared at her blankly, "Scared?"

Peyton sighed, "I guess. Maybe he thought…I don't even know. So, I kind of got really upset. And, then I told him that we should see other people. Or, break up. I don't know. I forget, really. I just…I think I just said it. I didn't mean it, you know?"

Haley nodded and hugged her best friend, "Peyton, it's okay. It's Nathan. He loves you. He's not going to hurt you on purpose."

Peyton gave her friend a small smile and nodded, "Thanks, Hales."

Haley nodded and smiled, "So, I think we should go shopping. Rachel's birthday party is tonight. And, I don't have anything to wear. At all."

Peyton rolled her eyes, "Right."

Haley raised her eyebrows, "Is Peyton Sawyer turning down a shopping opportunity? And, lunch on me?"

Peyton smiled, "No way in hell.

Haley grinned, "So, what the hell are you doing just sitting here?"

Peyton shook her head and smiled, standing up and walking towards the bathroom. Haley watched her and frowned, deciding that talking about Brooke would just have to wait. Right now, Peyton had much bigger problems.

…

Nathan awoke to the ringing of a cell phone, and groaned, reaching for the phone on his bedside table. He smiled when he saw the name Peyton emerge on to the screen.

"Hello?" he asked groggily, his voice slightly hoarse.

"Jake?" Peyton asked in to the phone, not expecting Jake's voice to sound that way.

Nathan furrowed his eyebrows and pulled the phone away from his ears, frowing when he realized that he had picked up Jake's phone, "Um. Actually, it's Nathan. Jake's sleeping right now."

Peyton rolled her eyes subtly, knowing Nathan couldn't see her, "Oh. Okay. Having a little boys night? That's cute. Listen, tell Jake he needs to call me when he wakes up."

Nathan heard the change of tone in her voice and sighed, "Yeah. Sure. Listen, Peyton, I ne-"

Peyton quickly, "I have to go. Bye."

Nathan sighed loudly when he realized she hung up, and threw the cell phone on to the part of the bed next to him.

"Who was that?" a half asleep, Jake asked.

"Peyton," Nathan answered simply.

"Oh. Why'd she call you. I th-" Jake began, but was cut off by his cell phone ringing again.

Nathan grabbed the phone and read Rachel on the screen, and sighed, throwing the phone to him, and then climbing out of bed.

"Getina? What's up?" Jake asked in to the phone.

"Hey. Jake. I wanted to call and thank you for last night. I owe you. Big time," Rachel said perkily.

Jake smirked to himself, "Oh really? And, how are you going to make it up to me?"

Rachel rolled her eyes, "Um. By letting you take me to formal. Which is only two days away."

Jake rolled his eyes and feigned a gasp, "And, Rachel Getina doesn't have a date?"

Rachel laughed, "Well, I did get a lot of offers. But, no one I was too fond of. And, I mean-I owe you. So, you can take me."

Jake laughed, "Fine. I guess it'll balance out somehow."

Rachel smiled, "Okay. So, Haley called, and I have to meet her at the mall, because Peyton doesn't have a dress yet. Nathan was supposed to take her today, but, for some reason Haley said that we were going with her."

Jake's eyes narrowed, did Rachel know that Nathan and Peyton broke up?

"Really?" Jake asked.

Rachel shrugged, "Yeah. Weird, huh? Well, I need to get you a tie, or shirt, whatever you prefer, that matches my dress. So…I'll pick you up…Like in ten minutes?"

Jake smiled to himself, an idea formulating in his head, "I actually am hanging with Nathan. Can you pick us both up?"

Rachel nodded, walking to her car, after closing the door to her house, "Even better. Peyton can get Nate a tie to match her dress."

Jake grinned, "Great."

Rachel rolled her eyes, "Ew. And, Brooke is coming. Sorry if that grosses you out."

Jake laughed, "Why would it gross me out?"

Rachel gasped, "Jake. Do not tell me that you actually like her."

Jake laughed, "She's okay. So, you'll pick me up at Nathan's in ten."

Rachel smiled, "Oh. Nathan's? I'll be in like a minute."

Jake grinned, "Okay. Later."

About thirty seconds later, Nathan walked in to his bedroom, towel drying his hair, wearing a pair of jeans and a blue polo shirt.

Nathan stared at him, "What?"

Jake grinned, "You are going to love me."

Nathan raised an eyebrow at him, and stared at him questioningly.

…

Peyton walked by numerous racks of dresses in Neiman Marcus, and Haley looked through many as well.

"Found any yet?" Haley asked.

Peyton sighed, "Nothing yet."

Haley gave her a smile, "Pey, we'll find you a perfect dress. No worries."

Peyton laughed, "I'm not worried. I could always just borrow one of yours right?"

Haley nodded, "Yeah. But, where's the fun in that?"

Peyton laughed and shook her head. The truth was, she found a lot of cute dresses. Cute and simple dresses that she usually went for. The cute, chic, designer dresses, that were absolutely gorgeous, that, anyone with half a brain could realize, were incredibly expensive. But, she was looking for something different. Something that screamed, "I'm a vixen," in a subtle way. And, Peyton was starting to believe that she could never find that dress.

Haley rolled her eyes, "Okay. Rachel is late again. Should I call her?"

Peyton shrugged and adjusted her tie dye, Hardtail wife beater, and smoothed out her very fitted Seven jeans.

"Rachel?" Haley asked in to the phone.

"Hey. Just got here. Later," Rachel said, before hanging up.

Haley rolled her eyes as she shoved her light blue, MotoRazr in to her large, Coach purse.

Peyton smiled widely as she grabbed a dress from off of the wall. It was a jungle green, silk dress, with thin, double straps, one set which extended straight down the back, while the other set fromed a V. A sash was tied firmly around the waist, and hung low after being knotted under the left breast. With an extremely low v-neck, that would certainly expose all of her cleavage, and a high-low hem, which ended right below her knee, in the front, and flowed down, so it appeared as a long gown from the back.

Haley grinned as she saw it, "Wow, Pey. It's absolutely perfect."

Peyton grinned and nodded, "Yeah. It comes in that red, too. Do you see it?"

Haley nodded, grabbing it, "Yeah. It's almost like a chili-ish red."

Peyton laughed, "Okay. Um. Should I wait for Rachel to try it on?"

"Nah. Let's go," Haley said, pulling her best friend towards the dressing room.

…

Nathan rolled his eyes as he stepped on to the second escalator, "So, where exactly are they?"

Rachel sighed, "Formal section, Nathan. For the twentieth time. And, it's not even really a formal section. It's just the dresses in the women's department. Wait, we're here."

Rachel said, walking towards the dresses, "Ugh. They are not here."

"What?" Jake asked, rolling his eyes. How long were they going to look for these girls for?

Rachel shrugged, "They're probably trying something on."

Rachel walked towards the fitting rooms, dragging the two boys in with them, explaining to the saleswoman that her friends were inside.

The saleswoman smiled at the three of them, allowing them to go inside.

Nathan and Jake sat on the sofa infront of the largest fitting room, as Rachel glanced at the feet of the people in the many changing rooms. She grinned as she saw Peyton's leather flip flops, and knocked on the door.

"Okay. So, you guys couldn't of waited for me?" Rachel asked, pretending to be angry.

Haley rolled her eyes and smiled, "Okay. Well, Peyton found the perfect dress, and you're like forty minutes late. So…No."

Rachel grinned, shaking her head, "Okay. Well, let me see it. Oh, and guess who I brou-"

Haley opened the door, "Wait. Just look at Peyt."

Haley opened the door, revealing Peyton standing inside of the room, facing the mirror, adjusting the dress.

Peyton smiled at herself in the reflection, and squinted slightly, when she saw Nathan staring at her through the mirror. She turned around, and was incredibly shocked to see him sitting on the white sofa next to Jake.

"Hey," he said softly, giving her a nod.

Peyton gave him a weak smile, "Hey. What's up?"

Nathan shook his head and shrugged, "Nothing."

Peyton nodded and turned to Haley, "Um. We should probably get going. I'll just slip out of this."

Haley nodded and closed the door, walking towards Nathan and Jake, as Rachel helped Peyton inside the fitting room.

"What're you guys doing here?" Haley asked softly.

Jake shrugged, "Rachel brought me. And, said it was okay that Nathan came."

Haley shook her head, and turned to Nathan, "And, you came?"

Nathan shrugged, "Whatever. I actually came for-"

"Hey Haley. Sorry I'm late. Where's Rachel and Peyton?" Brooke asked, walking in to the waiting room.

Jake, Nathan, and Haley looked at her, and Jake nudged Nathan.

Nathan stood up and walked towards Brooke, "Um. They're getting changed. Do you want to go grab something to drink?"

Brooke looked up at Nathan, slightly shocked, a small smile playing on her lips, "Um. Sure. Yeah."

Haley's eyes widened immensely, and Jake smirked from where he was sitting on the couch.

Peyton walked out of the fitting room, just in time to see Brooke and Nathan walking away together, and pretended as if she didn't notice.

"You ready to go, Hales?" Peyton asked, holding the dress in her hand.

Rachel grabbed her purse and slung it over her arm, "Where's Nate? And, Brooke. I swear I heard her voice, not that I care. But, still…"

Jake shrugged, "Um. They went to go get a drink, I think."

Peyton grabbed Haley's arm and walked out of the waiting room, "Um. Rach. Jake. We'll meet you guys for lunch at the court in like twenty minutes? You guys can finish buying Jake's tie by then, right?"

Rachel nodded and then turned to Jake, anger evident in her eyes, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Jake innocently, "What?"

Rachel slapped his arm, "You knew about Peyt and Nathan. And, you didn't even think to tell me. Or, decide to leave Nathan at home."

Jake shrugged, "Maybe it's a good thing they saw each other. Just to tie up loose ends, you know, before the party tonight."

Rachel shook her head, "Tie up loose ends? They'll be back together by like Monday."

Jake shrugged as he walked out of the waiting room and towards the escalator, and to the men's department, "I don't know. Nathan, told me he was kind of in to Brooke."

Rachel shook her head as she pushed a stray piece of hair behind her ear.

…

15 minutes later.

Nathan paid for the two lemonades and handed one to Brooke, before grabbing two straws.

"So, you and Peyton broke up?" Brooke asked, sipping the lemonade.

Nathan shrugged, "Yeah."

Brooke nodded, "Sorry."

Nathan shook his head, "Don't be. It wasn't your fault."

Brooke smiled at him, "So, are you going to formal still? You were probably planning to go with Peyton right?"

Nathan shrugged, "Yeah. Do you want to go with me?"

Brooke was slightly annoyed, realizing that he only asked her because he had broken up with Peyton, but shrugged it off, while giving him a sexy smile, "For sure."

Nathan nodded, a small smile on his face.

He hadn't planned on asking her out for awhile, and was slightly surprised at how fast this was going. He didn't really like her, he was just using her, as horrible as that sounded.

Peyton walked in to the food court with Haley at her side, "The skirt you bought at Bloomingdale's was gorgeous, Hales. You're going to look fantastic."

Haley smiled, "Thanks. Okay, so sushi or a salad?"

Peyton shrugged, "Sushi."

They were walking towards Yanagi, and they both recognized the two brunettes, six feet away, sitting at a near by table. Haley looked over at Peyton, whose expression was unreadable.

Peyton and Haley walked towards them, and Peyton gave them both a small wave.

"Hey, guys. We're all meeting here for lunch in like five minutes," Peyton said, causing them both to look up at her.

Nathan looked surprised and opened his mouth to speak, but Brooke cut him off.

"Hey Peyton," Brooke said casually.

Peyton gave her a small, fake smile, before walking towards Yanagi.

Haley looked at the two of them, "We'll be right back."

Rachel and Jake found Nathan and Brooke, and joined them at the table for six.

"Okay, so Jake found the perfect red tie to match my dress," Rachel said, as she placed the tray of pizza on the table.

"Oh, Nathan, we should probably go do that," Brooke said happily.

"Do what?" Haley asked, sitting down next to Rachel.

Peyton joined the table and sat in between Jake and Nathan.

Nathan groaned inwardly, realizing that now probably wouldn't be the best time to tell everyone that he was going to formal with Brooke.

"Go get Nate a tie so it could match my dress," Brooke said happily, getting up to go grab something to eat.

Nathan looked over at Peyton, who seemed unphased, he got up to grab something to eat as well.

Peyton rolled her eyes and looked over at Rachel, "Nate? She's known him for like a week. And, it took him like five days to learn her name."

Jake smirked, realizing that his plan was working. Peyton was already jealous.