Thanks again for reading and for the reviews everyone, they mean a lot. And I'm sorry if it takes time between every update but it's just because I really want this fic to be good and I really take my time writing it. Anyway, hopefully you'll like this chapter! Xxx

"Brooke, are you sure that this is a good idea?" Lucas asked for the twentieth time that day, Brooke sighed deeply as she walked towards Nathans house, she could already hear the loud music, the screaming voices of almost the entire school from inside the house.

It had been one week sense the car accident, she had moved back to Peyton's place even though Lucas had pretty much begged her to move in with him, he wanted her close because how else would he be able to save her from everything? Brooke had remembered when she told him that she wanted him to save her, but she never thought that he would take it this seriously, and she never thought that he would actually try and save her from everything. Sure she still wanted him to, but not like this, it was the wrong time and the wrong way to do it.

"Yes Luke" she simply replied walking next to him, as usual he had the brooding look on his face, his hands put in his pockets and he looked really concerned about her, something that made Brookes heart melt. "I am sure that this is a great idea, this is exactly what I need"

And with that she opened the door, revealing a house full of booze, and drinking kids in their age that ran around acting like idiots, according to Lucas anyway, but Brooke only saw a bunch of kids trying to have a good time without their parents intruding. She saw people trying to get away from the real world, who were looking for a fantasy world that would be better than the world that they were currently stuck in. And if it weren't for baby Brooke, she would have done the same thing, shut her feelings off with the help of tequila and vodka, but not even Brooke Davis wanted to party and risk injuring her unborn baby. She was only there to get away from Lucas, he wanted to be in her life again, and every day he would call her and tell her that he was sorry, he were constantly trying to make everything okay again, but that wasn't what Brooke needed. She knew that he was sorry, and she didn't need him to tell her that every day, she knew well enough that he was hurting and that the kiss between him and Peyton were a mistake. All the sudden she saw Peyton standing with a blond guy next to her, who apparently was her brother, smiling broadly at her best friend she waved before turning to Lucas who looked uncomfortable, he never liked being at parties, and they made him feel insecure and vulnerable. For a second Brooke just watched him stand there, looking around in the room with a look on his face that were pretty much screaming how frightened he was.

"I am going over to Peyton okay?" she said, he looked at her, startled by the sound of her voice, and then nodded his head, Brooke took a few steps away from him, but then turned around and saw that he was still standing in the same place as before looking just as nervous. "Hey Luke"

She screamed over all the people and he looked over at her again, this time having a small smile on his face, almost hopeful, and because of that he reminded of her a puppy. A small and adorable puppy that only needed love and attention, and Lucas were probably even easier than a puppy, because he didn't need the love part, he just needed the attention part.

"Relax dude" she screamed and he smirked at her. "Go talk to Haley or Nathan"

Lucas nodded and then walked away from the spot that he had been standing only five seconds earlier and started looking for Haley or Nathan, and that were easier said than done. The whole house were filled with people, and wherever he turned he thought that he could see Haley, or Nathan but it would always be someone who just happened to look exactly like one of them. Brooke on the other hand walked over to Peyton who had a huge smile on her face, she still didn't know what to do about the love triangle, she spoke regularly to Pete, and she spoke to Jake too, who had left that very day with Jenny. And with the return of the long lost brother you could pretty much say that Peyton Sawyers life was filled with heavily exposed drama, because seeing as Tree Hill was such a small town everyone already knew. No one can keep a secret in Tree Hill, bad news, good news, everyone knows everything about everyone, and if there's someone who doesn't know anything, then he just moved there. Brooke had never met the infamous brother of Peyton Sawyer, but when she got there she saw that they looked much like each other. The same dirty blond hair, the same color of eyes but for some reason Brooke felt uncomfortable as she saw Peyton's brother eying her up and down.

"Hey P. Sawyer" she said as she walked up to her friend and pulled the blond haired girl into a hug, sense Brooke had woken up at the hospital they had been closer than ever, and this time they were sure that no one would be able to break them apart. "So, I guess that this is the infamous Sawyer brother?"

Peyton laughed and then smiled at Brooke, she was used to Brooke being very forward, and that's always a good thing. She never ends up in akward situations, and if she does, well than it must be on very rare occasions and for very special reasons.

"Derek this is my best friend Brooke Davis" Peyton said pointing at Brooke who smiled. "And Brooke Davis, this is my half-brother, Derek"

Derek reached her hand towards Derek who took it and they shook hand, saying their hellos before letting go of each other and started looking at Peyton whom didn't know what to do. And that was a regular problem with her, feeling split in both soul and body, now even the simplest of choices was hard, she didn't know whether or not she were going to eat chocolate ice cream or vanilla, because they both taste great, and in the end just so that she won't have to make the choice, she take both of them and mix, the best solution according to her, but sometimes you can't solve something by not choosing.

"You okay Peyton?" Brooke asked, waking her friend up from her thoughts, Peyton just smiled at her and nodded, Brooke knew very well that it meant that she wasn't fine; she knew her best friend good enough to know when something was wrong.

And Peyton hadn't been fine sense she came to the conclusion that she was in love with either Jake or Pete, the fact that she didn't know herself enough to know whom she really was in love with scared her in a way, and she had to trust someone else, to help her, and even if she had only told Brooke and Haley she still felt stupid and nervous talking about her feelings. And Peyton wasn't the only one that wasn't okay, everyone knew that Brooke wasn't fine, her and Lucas hadn't broken up yet, according to some people it was just a matter of time, and Brooke kept telling herself to break up with him, but whenever she would try and do that, she saw a picture of the Lucas that Keith had shown her. The broken, upset and angry that thought that the world didn't understand him, who were wasting his life because she wasn't in it anymore. She didn't want him to be like that, she needed him to not waste his life and show her that you can accomplish anything if you just believe, because even though Brooke never said anything, she really needed to believe in that.

"Have you guys seen Nathan?" Brooke looked up startled at Haley whom was holding a glass filled with something that looked a lot like some form of alcohol, when Haley saw the look on Brooke's face she started shaking her head. "No Brooke, I'm not drinking any alcohol, this is actually orange juice, and I am not drunk, trust me you would have notice by now"

She took another sip of her juice before smirking at Brooke whom just looked at her with a confused face. She couldn't believe that tutor mum, aka Haley James Scott had ever been drunk before, she just wasn't the type to get drunk, but then again Brooke never thought she would live to see the day when Haley got married at the age that she did, and she never thought that she would get pregnant.

"To make a long story short" Haley started. "Nathan got me to skip school one day, and I got drunk and ended up throwing up on Dan Scott's pants, end of story, now I am going to find Nathan"

With that Haley James Scott had disappeared, leaving them all confused, Derek looked after her a weird smile on his face, and for some reason Brooke thought that he looked scary, there were something wrong with that guy, she just couldn't figure out what. Almost as if Derek could hear what she was thinking he looked over at her, the same freaky smile on his face. The only reason Brooke didn't say anything about it was because she didn't wanna ruin anything for Peyton, and because she knew that she would freak out on her and never talk to her again.

"I'm gonna get some air" she said, Peyton nodded and Brooke walked away from there, away from the people who were running around acting like crazy people, she really couldn't understand that she had been one of them once, she would probably even be worse than some of them.

She walked out of the room and soon found herself sitting on the ground, breathing in the cold air. She saw Lucas and Haley sit next to each other, he were holding his arms around her and she looked hurt, Brooke didn't move but simply sat there watching them. She knew that Lucas was a great friend, but she wanted to know why he was Haley's best friend, why did they get along so great together. Maybe it was because they had always been truth, or maybe because they were soul mates. Not the loving soul mates, but the best friend thing, Brooke would probably never know, but for some reason it felt good watching Lucas and Haley together, listening to everything they said to each other.

"I think that Nathan is cheating on me" she heard Haley say, almost whining, Lucas looked down at her with that brooding look on his face, the one they always saw whenever he had just heard something that confused him. "With Rachel"

Or when he just felt like it, like when he was thinking very deeply about whatever and that is almost all the time. But no one knows what he thinks about, he never tells anyone, and it's impossible to figure out just by looking at him.

"Why would you think that?" he asked her, obviously finding himself in a very complicated situation, he didn't know who he were going to back up, or agree with.

Haley is his best friend, but Nathan on the other hand is his brother, and normally that would be better than best friend, but Haley had known him for way longer than Nathan had, anyway he had no idea which side to be on.

"Look at them" Haley turned around and saw Rachel and Nathan sitting on the balcony drinking bears while talking about something, she leaned against Lucas shoulder and closed her eyes, not wanting to see anymore, Lucas couldn't deny that they looked like they got along, but that didn't mean that they were having sex, or that he were cheating on her.

"No worries Hales" he just replied, pulling her closer. "He's not cheating on you, and if he is, well then I am totally kicking his ass"

"Ha-ha" Haley laughed gently punching him on the arm. "Thanks' Luke, it's good to know that you're always on my side"

"I'm not always on your side" he just replied. "Like when it comes to that ugly assed poncho, Hales, that thing really us ugly"

"Shut up Lucas" she just replied, before looking serious again. "How did your mum take the news that you're going to be a dad?"

Lucas got the brooding look on his face again and shrugged, the truth was that Karen had taken the news fairly well, she had punched him again, but then said that she were going to be there for him, and for Brooke, she would help them. And even though Lucas knew that Karen was always there for him and would always love him, no matter what, he still thought that she would yell at him again, but when she didn't he got surprised, but happy at the same time. And knowing that his mum were going to support him made things easier.

"She took it pretty well" he just replied. "How about your parents?"

"They took it well, they sort of had it coming after the marriage thing" she just replied casually. "But yeah, they were actually eager and happy for us"

Lucas smiled at her.

"That's great for you Hales" he just said. "I'm happy for you"

She smiled at him, and then looked back and saw Brooke just watching her, she noticed the sad look on her friends face and knew very well what she was thinking.

"How are you and Brooke doing?" she asked, knowing that the answer was bad, you could see it on both of them that they hated being away from each other, Brooke was way too stubborn to admit that she was still in love with Lucas.

"Not to good" he replied. "But I'm going to make everything alright again Hales; I need her in my life"

Haley just looked at him smiling softly at her best friend knowing very well that he was telling the truth.

"I know Luke"

Yeah, this wasn't the best chapter ever. But I wanted to write something before going away tomorrow to meet my newest baby cousin, who was born today just a few hours ago. Please review and I will write soon again, some good news is that after next week I'm done working, and then I have a lot of time to write. Anyway, reviews are gladly accepted,

And I hope that everyone has a great weekend