1Nathan noticed that Lucas wouldn't look at him. "Dude, what's wrong?"

"Listen, I just want you to know now, that it was a mistake. And it only happened once. We never meant to hurt you." Lucas told him seriously.

"You're making me nervous." Nathan took a sip of his coffee.

"Ok. Well there's not other way to say this so..." Lucas paused. "Four years ago, things got heated between me and Haley. Um we had sex. Haley got pregnant. Jamie...I'm sorry Nathan. But Jamie's my son."

Nathan's jaw dropped. "Are you...are you positive?"

"Yeah. We had a paternity test done shortly after he was born." Lucas admitted.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't she tell me?" Nathan was beyond angry now.

"We didn't want to hurt you. Haley loves you. She wanted to be with you." Lucas was slightly scared of Nathan right now.

"So you're telling me, that for four years, I raised him thinking he was my son when really he is yours?" Nathan stopped for a minutes. "He's my nephew?"

"I'm so sorry Nathan. I just...There's nothing I can say." Lucas still couldn't look at Nathan.

"I can't even look at you right now. I have to go." Nathan walked out of there quickly. He needed to talk to someone so he went to Brooke's.

"Hey Nate...what's wrong?" She let him in. He took a seat on her couch. She sat next to him.

"I just talked to Lucas." Nathan paused. "He told me that Jamie's his son."

"WHAT!?" Brooke exclaimed. "Are you kidding me?! Nate I'm so sorry."

"Me too. I just can't believe it." He held his head in his hands.

"I'll be right back. You're welcome to stay here." She grabbed her keys.

"Where are you going?" He asked her.

"I have to go see someone." She walked out the door and got into her car. First she drove to River court knowing that when Lucas is upset he goes there. He was playing basketball when she got there. Skills and Mouth were there too. Brooke got out of the car and walked over towards him.

"Brooke? What are you doing here?" Lucas asked her.

"How could you?!" She yelled at him.

"Look, Brooke, maybe we can talk somewhere else?" He grabbed her arm and took her away from the others. "So tell me what this is about."

"How could you do that to Nathan?! How could you do that to me?!" She yelled.

"Nathan told you. And what do you mean how could I do that to you? You turned me down." He told her.

"We weren't even going out. I'm not going to get married in a chapel by Elvis! And we were going out at the time! Not only did you cheat on me with my best friend! But you cheated on me with Haley too! How could you?" She asked him in a quieter voice.

"I never wanted to hurt you. Or Nathan. It's just, Haley and I have known each other for a long time. It just happened. And she got pregnant. After Jamie was born we got a paternity test done. He's my son." Lucas looked Brooke in the eyes. "I never meant to hurt you.

"You shouldn't be concerned about me. We're not together." She told him. "You should be worried about your brother. And how he's taking this. And you should worry about how Peyton's going to handle this."

"I know. I know. I'm sorry." He apologized to her.

"Don't apologize to me. This has nothing to do with me now. It did then, but that's the past. Goodbye Luke." She got into her car and drove off. She drove back to her house. She was shocked that Nathan was still there. "Hey you're still here."

"Yeah. I don't feel like going to the beach house. Where'd you go?" Nathan asked as she sat down on the couch.

"Talk to Luke. Yelled at him. You know, the usual." She sighed and turned on the TV.

"Brooke, you didn't need to." Nathan told her.

"I know. But, it needed to be done." She ran her hand through her hair.

"I sent Haley the divorce papers. More like, I stuck them in her mail box." Nathan looked down at the beer on the coffee table.

"Oh...you should talk to her about the Jamie situation." Brooke suggested.

"Yeah I know. I will. Soon. For now, lets watch TV." Nathan sat back and watched the television. They just hung out for the rest of the day. The next day Brooke was at her work.

"Hey Mill, when's your last day again?" Brooke asked her.

"Two days. I'm going to miss you." Millicent hugged Brooke.

"I'll miss you too. I'll stand at register for a little while. You can go out and meet Mouth for lunch." Brooke smiled as she watched Millicent say thank you and leave. Brooke's phone rang. She saw it was Nathan. "Hey Nate."

"Hey Brooke. What's up?"

"Nothing much. Just at work. You?"

"Just thought I'd let you know. Haley signed the divorce papers. I'm now single." She could hear the smile in his voice.

"I don't think I've ever known anyone to get a divorce and be happy." She mentioned.

"Yeah, well most people don't have what I have." He said.

"Oh yeah? What's that?" She asked.

"You. You're a great friend." He told her.

"Yeah. I've been told." She smiled.

"I mean it. I don't know how I would've gotten through this without you." He said seriously.

"Yeah well I'm here for you anytime." She knew what was coming next.

"Well yeah. Remember? I'm divorced now. You said it yourself. We couldn't do anything before because I was married. But now, I'm a free man." She could tell he was happy.

"Yeah yeah. Hey I have to go. I am at work. I'll see you later?" She asked.

"Count on it. Bye." He hung up.

Brooke was just watching the customers shop when a guy came up to the register. "Hi welcome to Clothes Over Bros. How may I be of service?"

"You can help by putting the money in the bag." He pulled a gun out and pointed it at her.

"Oh shit." Brooke muttered.

"Open the register!" He yelled at her. She jumped.

"I...I don't have the keys." She stuttered.

"Well then get them!" He cocked the gun.

"It's in t-the back." She was scared out of her mind.

"Lets go!" He walked around the counter and pointed the gun at her back and led her into the other room. She stumbled looking for them. "Hurry up!"

She found them and walked to the register. She was shaking so she couldn't get the keys in right. The guy was getting impatient so he shot the ceiling. Everyone in the store screamed. Brooke tried not to but she couldn't hold her tears in anymore.

"How long does it take to put the damn key in the lock?!" He aimed the gun back at her.

Meanwhile Millicent and Mouth were walking back to the store.

"That was a great lunch Mouth, thank you." She smiled and gave him a kiss.

"You're very welcome My lady." He put his arm around her. As they were two stores away, they heard a gunshot. "Oh my..."

"Brooke!" Millicent and Mouth ran towards the store. They looked in the window and saw a guy pointing a gun at Brooke. Millicent pulled her phone out and called the police.

Inside the store. Brooke got the register open. He shoved the bag in her hands.

"Put the money in there." He ordered. She did. As he turned to walk out he saw the cops outside. "You called the cops!"

"N-no! I didn't!" She stumbled on her words.

"Then how did they get here? You obviously called them!" He was red from yelling. Brooke was fed up with this guys stupidness.

"How could I have possibly called them with you pointing that gun in my face the whole time?!" She asked outraged that he could be so stupid.

He seemed to have realized that and was quiet. "Where's the backdoor?"

"We don't have one." She answered him. The guy was facing the back of the store and didn't notice the security guard come up behind him. The guard quickly got the guys gun away from him and tackled him to the ground. The police soon came in and arrested the guy. Millicent and Mouth ran to Brooke.

"Are you ok? I'm so sorry I wasn't here." Millicent hugged Brooke, then Mouth did.

"I-I'm ok. Really. I am. Just a little shaken up." One of Brooke's employees put the money back into the register. Mouth and Millicent brought Brooke to get a coffee at Karen's Café.

"So..what happened?" Mouth asked.

"Some guy just came in with a gun pointed at my face and wanted the money. Simple as that. Listen, can we not tell anyone? I just...I don't want people feeling bad for me. Even though nothing happened, I just...I don't think it's a big deal and..." Millicent knew she was having trouble with her words so she cut her off.

"We won't tell anyone. But if you need to talk, we're here." Mouth agreed with her. For the next two days Brooke has been different and everyone's noticed. So as people were saying bye to Mouth and Millicent, Nathan decided to ask them about it.

"Hey guys. I was wondering, Brooke's been acting differently for the past couple days." Nathan said.

"She told us not to tell anyone. But since we're leaving, she won't have someone to talk to it about. Not that she has anyways, but I'm only telling you this so you can be there for her when she needs it." Millicent said. "Two days ago, Brooke was robbed at Clothes Over Bros. A guy held a gun to her and he took all the money. But the cops arrested him and we have the money, but she's still shaken up over it."

"Why didn't she tell me?" He asked shocked from what he just heard.

"She didn't want to make a big deal of it." Mouth shrugged.

"So while I've been here dumping my problems on her shoulders, she's gone through this." Nathan felt bad for all the times he's complained to her over the past few days.

"Nathan, believe me, she loves being there for you. She's told me. You don't have anything to feel sorry for. I've been friends with Brooke for quite a couple years now, and from what I've learned, is that she loves helping people. She pushes her own problems aside to help others. She's just that type of person. And she really cares for you. So don't feel bad." Millicent gave him a small smile. Then her and Mouth had to go.

Nathan and Brooke drove back to Brooke's apartment.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked her.

"About what?" She was confused.

"About what happened in the store the other day." He said. "I would've been there for you. Like you've been here for me."

"Nate, it's just, you're going through your own problems right now. You didn't need mine on tops of yours." She told him.

"And you have your own problems to. You should've said something. You can't take everyone else's problems on top of your own." He felt bad. "I'm sorry for never asking if you were alright. I'm sorry for dumping my problems on you. I'm so..."

He was cut off by Brooke kissing him. When she pulled away he was smiling. So was she.

"You have nothing to apologize for. I like helping with your problems. So don't worry about it. But for now, there's a movie on demand that I have been wanting to see." She grabbed them snacks and drinks. Then they sat on the couch like usual and she played the movie Prom Night.