Brooke opened her eyes and immediately shut them. The sun was glaring in to her bedroom window. She was definitely not a morning person but she couldn't help but laugh when she heard her aunt's voice.

"Haley James if you're not out of that bed I'm going to tie you to it!" She yelled.
"But mom"
"Hales now." Her voice was getting closer and then she entered Brooke's room.

"Wakey, wakey time for eggs and bakey." she said and laughed lightly as she opened the blinds and pulled Brooke's sheets off.
"Aunt Julie you have got to be kidding"
"No kidding, today's your first day of school, get a move on it or I'm going to tie you to your bed as well." She joked.
"If you think about it that would just prevent us from getting to school." Brooke answered slyly as her aunt exited her room.
"Brooke.." She warned. "Okay, okay I'm up." She said as she rolled out of bed.

Thirty mintues later they were sitting down at the table eating breakfast.
"Um Hales, I don't know if this is a good time but your dad called, he wants to see you this weekend." Julie said quietly.
"Well too bad, I don't want to see him." Haley said with a little attitude in her voice.

Haley's parents had been divorced since she and Brooke had been 4. It was a messy divorce, only because her uncle Mike was a cheater. But some how Julie had managed to forgive him and now the two were good friends. Haley was still having trouble letting it go since she only found out the truth about the reasoning behind the divorce a couple of months ago.

"But Hales he's-" She tried but was cut of by the honk of a horn.
"Oops, got to run, Peyton's here." Haley said as she got up and grabbed her bag. "See you later mom." She pecked her on the cheek.
"Later aunt Julie." Brooke said as she pecked her cheek as well.
"Bye, have a good first day." "I'll try." Brooke said as she made her way to the front door where Haley was waiting.

The two descended down the steps together and got into Peyton's car. "Morning girlies." Peyton said. "How can you be so cheery this early in the morning?" Haley groaned as she pulled her sun glasses over her head.
"I guess it's just a gift." Peyton laughed as she headed for their school.
"So Brooke, spill." Peyton gushed.
"Spill what?" She asked, trying to play dumb.
"Come on, what's the deal with you and Luke?" She asked looking at her in the rearview mirror.
"I'll let you know when I find out." Brooke groaned.
"I'll hold you to that." Peyton joked, which made Brooke laugh.

A couple of mintues later they pulled up to the school and parked in the school lot.
"Wow." Was all Brooke could manage. The school was huge compared to her old prepatory school back in New York.
"Yeah, it's a little intimidating but you will be fine." Peyton said as they got out of the car.
"Yeah, you got me, Peyton, Nathan, and I guess you could say Luke." Haley tried to reason.
"I hope your right." They approached a group of people standing in front of the school, Brooke guessed that they were jocks and cheerleaders because they all had letterman jackets on.

"Hey baby. Peyton, Brooke." Nathan said as he kissed the top of Haley's head.
"Hey" Brooke and Peyton said at once.
Brooke looked over at Lucas, who was staring at her. So she smiled but to her dismay he just turned around.

"Well, well, well, Nathan aren't you going to introduce us to your friend? Your very hot friend?" A boy spoke.

"Yeah, Brooke this is Tim. Tim, Brooke." Nathan introduced them.

"Well hello there, are you taken?" Tim asked with a smirk.
"No." Brooke stated with boredom, she knew what was coming next.
"Do you want to be?" Tim leaned closer.
"Not by you." Brooke said with confidence, which caused everyone to laugh except Tim of course.

"Well Brooke this is Skillz, Jake, Mouth, and the guys." Nathan stated.
"Hi." She said. They all just waved back.

"Okay, well we should go get your classes, see you boys later." Haley said as she pulled Brooke along, who pulled Peyton along with her.

"Well I'll be damned, could that chick be any hotter?" Tim yelled.
"Dude, was it me or did she just totally diss you?" Nathan laughed.
"What difference does it make? She's one sweet piece of ass." Tim joked.
That was it Lucas had enough trouble trying to hide his emotions from all of them. He wasn't going to be able to sit their quietly for a half an hour as they all gushed over her.

"I'm out." he said.
Nathan grabbed his arm. "Wait for me." "Hurry up." The two brothers started walking down the hall to their lockers, which were right across from the office. Nathan started putting in his combination but when he turned to look at Lucas, he saw that he was staring at Brooke talking to the secretary.

"If you like her that much why don't you just talk to her instead of ignoring her?" Nathan asked, he really didn't get his brother.
"It's like you said, I'm not good enough for her." Lucas stated as he opend up his locker.
"No, I...I didn't mean it like-" Nathan felt bad.
"No you were right, I would just hurt her and she doesn't deserve that. And I definitely don't deserve her." And with that he slammed his locker shut and took of down the hall way, leaving a stunned Nathan alone.

The rest of the day had went okay. Brooke's classes were pretty easy and she had a couple of classes with Nathan, one with Haley, and one with Peyton. To her surprise everyone was being really nice. She had one class before lunch and that was her French class. She found it with ease and entered. The teacher directed her to a seat. Brooke sat down and then she heard somebody calling her name.

"psst..psst..Brooke!" She turned around and there he was, smiling back at her like there was no problem so she just ignored him.

The fact that she hadn't answered him hurt Lucas. His heart had leaped into his throat when she entered the room and he just couldn't resist the urge to talk to her. But she just ignored him. 'Let me try again' He thought

"psst...psst...Brooke"
"Oh so now you can see me?" She growled. Lucas knew what it was about now.
"It's not like -" He tried.
"No it's exactly like that." She turned in her seat and refused to answer him or accept any of the notes he passed her.

The bell rang signaling lunch. Brooke gingerly got up and exited the class room. She felt Lucas' eyes on her but she didn't care. She walked out into the hallway but yelped when she felt a pinch on her butt.

"What the hell!" She turned around and there was Tim. "What the hell is the matter with you?" She squaked.

"Nothing, just thought we could talk." He said with a smile.
"And what does talking have to do with touching me?" She questioned.
"Well I was hoping that maybe we could do a little more after we talk." He said, touching her arm but she pulled away.
"Come on." He said, trying to pull her into nearby closet.
"No get off"
"Hey! You heard her!" Brooke turned and there he was, her night in shining armor. Well more like night in shining lettermans jacket but what was she thinking? She was pissed at him! She was thankful for him saving her but did it really have to be him?

"Luke my man, I'm just trying to serve my self a piece of ass." Tim said. Brooke was appalled, her mouth just hung open.
"Well don't." He retorted.
"Why not? You already hit that or you like her or somthing?" Tim asked seriously.

'Oh god! Oh god!' This was the moment of truth she thought.

'Damnit! What was I thinking stepping in like that? Oh yeah, don't let her get raped!' he thought. Now what was he supposed to say?

"Uhh hell no! Please, she's a freaking sophomore. Even you could do better than that." And with that he grabbed Tim by the elbow and led him away. Brooke just turned and watched them walk down the hall laughing, she couldn't believe he could be so cold. She hoped she never saw him again. She ran into the nearest girls room and cried her eyes out.

"Tree Hill kids treating you bad?" Peyton asked as she came out of a stall from behind Brooke. She hopped on the counter and just watched Brooke.
"Nope, it's just one of them." Brooke stated sadly.
"Hm...let me think. He wouldn't happen to be blonde, about six foot, and a complete jackass? Would he?" Peyton added. "Maybe" Brooke cleared her throat.
"What happend?" Peyton pushed.
"Oh nothing, he just humiliated me in front of Tim by calling me a sophomore and saying how even Tim could do better. I wanted to slap him I swear." She finished.
"You should have and next time you better." Peyton said and Brooke just laughed. Peyton jumped down and hugged her.

"If he doesn't see how great you are then he doesn't deserve you. Now come on, let's go to lunch." Peyton said as she led her out of the bathroom and out to the courtyard where they sat at a picnic table.

They had been talking for about five minutes when Peyton gasped. "What?" Brooke asked with concern.
"Two Scotts at three o'clock." She just looked at her sandwich and Brooke straightened up. "Hey." Nathan said as he sat down next to Brooke and Lucas next to Peyton.

"So how is your first day?" Nathan asked.
"It's great, everyone is really nice." She said.
"Good or I would have had to kick some ass." He retorted.
"Aww thanks!" Brooke just laughed.
"So where's Hales now?" He asked when she stopped laughing.
"Oh, I think she has a double math period"
"Wow, sucks to be her." Nathan joked, causing Brooke to laugh.

Lucas was so angry at Nathan. He knew that Nathan had Haley and wasn't interested in Brooke but just the fact that they could have a normal conversation and that he could make her laugh made Lucas want to rip his head off. Why couldn't he work up the nerve to talk to her like that? He would turn into a basketcase around her. But the worse part was how mean he was being. And he knew it. He knew what he had said to Tim was wrong and it probably hurt her but he had to hide his feelings so she wouldn't get hurt in the long run. But it still hurt to see her and Nathan talk like old friends so he just looked at the bench.

Peyton noticed this and was ready to explode.
"Hey Luke, can you come with me to get a soda?" Peyton asked.
"Just go yourself." He looked up at her and saw the 'I want to talk to you look"
"No I don't have any money, you'll have to buy it for me." Peyton hinted.
"Uh fine, let's go." They got up and walked away.

When they were out of earshot Peyton let him have it.
"Lucas Eugene Scott! What the hell is your problem?" She asked as she shoved her snapple at him. He took it and paid for his and hers. "Nothing! Nothing is wrong, what would make you think that?" He asked, playing dumb.
"Oh don't play dumb Lucas. I know you like her and she likes you, so what's the problem?" Peyton asked.
"She said that?" His eyes lit up.
"See you just got all excited, now what's the deal?" Peyton begged.
"There's nothing, I don't know what your talking about." He said and lowered his head.

Peyton just sighed.
"Well you better figure it out because I found her crying in the girls bathroom and she didn't deserve what you said to Tim. You two should be thanking your lucky stars just to be in her presense. That was a real jerky move, especially since you supposedly like her. So you know what, you better shape up because if I catch her crying over you again you're going to pay the price." Peyton stalked back to the table, snapple in hand.

Lucas was ticked off but he knew she was right. He threw his soda against the wall of the school out of frustration.

"Scott!" He heard a teacher yell.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." He mumbled, he couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't watch her talk to everyone and laugh and smile and hell he couldn't even be in the same room without catching feelings. He needed out and he needed out now so he headed for the basketball court.