Brooke pulled into the driveway of Jake Jagielski's tiny brick home. The brunette teenager climbed out of her baby blue BMW and headed up the three stairs leading to Jake's small home. Before she could get out one knock off against the wooden front door, Jake answered. In his arms was a crying baby girl.

"I told Peyton you were just a baby sitter not a creeper!" Brooke said with a laugh, "Hey cutie!" She squealed at the adorable, crying baby.

Jake sighed heavily, "What are you doing here Brooke? As you can see I'm kind of busy!"

Brooke threw both of her petite hands up into the air and smiled, "I'm here to apologize for snooping through your car like a noisy person and I also came to fix things between you and Peyton. She really likes you a lot Jake and…"

Jake interrupted Brooke's train of thought, "Peyton likes me?"

"Are you two being serious?" Brooke gave her chocolate brown eyes a roll, "Anyone with a pulse can see how much you two like one another. You practically ripped my head off at school because you wanted to carry her bag for her."

Jake laughed in disbelief, "I didn't do it because I wanted to carry her book bag!" He began to bounce his crying daughter in his arms to calm her down, "I did it because you left her standing by herself with a heavy bag to carry around in the court yard this morning."

Brooke's mouth dropped opened at the realization of what she had done to her best friend that morning. "Oh shit." She said as she thought back to the awkward morning in the court yard with Peyton, Lucas, Haley, and Nathan.

"Please don't curse around Jenny!" Jake bit down on his bottom lip as his words played back in his mind. He hoped Brooke wouldn't figure out that Jenny was his daughter.

"You act like this is your daughter!" Brooke took the crying baby from Jake's stiff arms and she cradled the baby girl in her arms, "Tell this mean man that your parents won't know that I cursed in front of you because they aren't here!"

Jake fought back the urge to pull his daughter from Brooke's skinny arms. He usually didn't allow for anyone to care after his daughter besides himself and his parents.

After several moments of silence from Jake, Brooke glanced up and caught the worried expression written across his face as he watched protectively watched over Jenny. He looked like any father would after handing their daughter over to a stranger. The image of the dirty pink pacifier flashed in Brooke's mind as she put two and two together.

"Oh. My. God!" Brooke gasped at Jake, "Is Jenny your daughter? Don't try and deny it either because it is written all over your nervous pink face." Brooke placed Jenny back into Jake's arms, "I wasn't going to kidnap her or drop her or anything."

Jake took his now sleeping daughter back in his arms and smiled nervously, "Thank you Brooke!"

He walked inside and left the front door to the house open so Brooke followed him inside.

"So why don't you tell anyone about Jenny? Why keep her a secret?" Brooke stood with her arms crossed across her chest.

Jake placed Jenny in her wooden crib that was set up in the tiny living room. "Because I don't want the pity some people give when I tell them that I have a daughter at sixteen."

"You also don't want your daughter growing up thinking you're ashamed of her." Brooke leaned against the wall, "Trust me! That is how most of us girls get screwed up now a days."

Jake winced at the thought of his daughter turning out like the girls he had to grow up with, "How do you tell people that you have a daughter?"

Brooke gave her shoulders a shrug, "How about this? Hey I have a daughter and her name is Jenny! She is about blank months old and she is the reason I can't hang out with you guys all the time. So no hard feelings?"

Jake laughed and scratched the back of his neck, "That actually sounds pretty okay! Except Jenny is not blank months old she is six months old."

"Well you're her parent not me!" Brooke playfully teased him with a solid nudge to the side, "You shouldn't be afraid to tell Peyton. She likes you and I think she will be relieved to know that you're just a father not a creepy guy who collects baby items in his car!"

"You don't think she'd see Jenny as a huge responsibility?" Jake was nervous about telling Peyton about Jenny in fear that he'd lose her before he even fully got a chance to be with her.

"It's not like you're asking her to marry you and become a stepmother to Jenny!" Brooke turned for the front door but stopped and looked over her shoulder at Jake, "Step up and tell her before she finds out like I did."

Brooke left the tiny house and drove back to Peyton's large brick home. Peyton was sitting on the couch that was snuggled into the smaller part of her porch.

"Hey !" Brooke casually took a seat next to her best friend on the wooden bench.

Peyton searched Brooke's brown eyes for an explanation of how things went with Jake. After several moments of silence Peyton finally nudged Brooke.

"So what happened?" Peyton asked nervously, afraid of what was about to come out of Brooke's mouth.

Brooke casually shifted her body so she was facing Peyton. "We talked and we resolved our issues!" She fought the strong urge to smile ear to ear. She wanted to tell Peyton what she found out about Jake but she wanted to give Jake a chance to tell her first.

"So it went great?" Peyton hands were balled into tight fists and her eyebrows were perked up on her pale forehead.

Brooke laughed at her friend's desperate facial expression. "He likes you too if that is what you're asking me."

Peyton smiled happily, "How do you know that he likes me?"

Brooke pushed her gushing friend. "You already know I asked him so I don't know why you even bother asking me how I know!"

"I just wanted you to make it all real for me!" Peyton smiled, "Jake Jagielski really likes me?"

"Oh gosh!" Brooke playfully whined, "I like single, lonely Peyton better!" She teased her best friend.

"Nathan? Nate! Nathan Scott!" Haley waved her small hands in the face of her boyfriend, "Earth to Nathan Scott!"

Nathan sat across Haley at their usual spot at a wooden table built by the railing that was leading to the shore of the river. He couldn't stop thinking about Lucas and Brooke in the gym after practice earlier that afternoon. He snapped out of his own thoughts to find Haley sitting across from him with a deep pout upon her face.

"What's wrong? He took Haley's hands into his own.

Haley laughed in disbelief and pulled her hands away from his gentle hold, "You didn't hear a word I just said, did you?" She held up the math book sitting in front of her on the wooden surface of the table. "Math!"

"I know you are math!" Nathan said with a roll of his eyes, "You are everything about math. I know math doesn't care and neither do you!"

Haley hit Nathan in the arm with the heavy math book. "I said that a month ago Nathan Scott!" She began to push her notes back into her book bag. "Since you aren't going to focus today we can just call it quits so neither of our time gets wasted."

Nathan gently grabbed Haley by her wrist and smiled up at his girlfriend, "C'mon Hales! I'm sorry I've just been thinking about the game in a few days." He lied to her face. "I am just nervous about the scouts coming to the game."

Haley softened up towards her boyfriend and sat down beside him at the wooden table. "Why didn't you just say that?"

He dropped his head and sighed heavily, "I didn't want to sound stupid or weird for being so nervous about the scouts."

Haley gently lifted Nathan's chin up. "Oh Nathan you don't sound weird! Even the best get nervous and in this situation Nathan you literally are the best."

"I thought you thought Lucas Scott was the best?" Nathan said with jealously thick in his voice.

She detected the jealously that coated Nathan's words, "I thought you and Lucas were doing better?"

"We are!" Nathan brushed it all off by pulling the math book open again.

Haley didn't seem to be convinced, "Are you mad that he is dating Brooke?"

Nathan became defensive when Haley brought Brooke into the equation, "Why would I be jealous of Lucas and Brooke?"

"No one said anything about jealously except you." Haley began to push her things back into her book bag.

Nathan tried to grab her wrist again but Haley managed to pull away from his grip. "Haley, where are you going?"

"I'll see you later." Haley swung her brown faux leather book bag over her shoulder, "Don't call me until you are completely and utterly over Brooke Davis!" She walked away from Nathan and in the direction of Karen's Café.

He sat at the wooden table and watched as his girlfriend walked away from him. He wanted to call after her but he couldn't find his voice in the moment. A shiny blue BMW pulled up on the street and inside was Brooke. He watched with a smile as the brunette jammed out to her loud music while she drove.

Nathan began to rise up from his sitting position at the wooden table but Brooke sped off down the street. He frowned as he watched the blue car zip out of sight. He gathered up his things and began his long walk home. On his way home Nathan had to pass by the River Court.

At the River Court were Lucas' friends; Skillz, Mouth, Junk, and Fergie. Lucas arrived at the River Court with his gray hood pulled over his sandy blond hair with his basketball in his hand.

"My man Luke!" Skillz greeted his blond haired friend with a simple pat on the back. Skillz pulled away from his embrace with his friend and he stared past Lucas' head.

"What?" Lucas followed Skillz' line of sight to Brooke's shiny blue BMW pulling up to the River Court.

"You here to cheer for me right?" Skillz called out to Brooke as she climbed out of the car.

Brooke laughed and waved at the young men standing around the court. "No sorry! Maybe if you were actually on the Ravens I could actually be your motivation and cheer for you but you're not!" She planted a soft kiss on the lips of her boyfriend but when she pulled away from the kiss she noticed Nathan watching them. "Nate?"

Everyone turned their attention towards the tall jock standing at the edge of the River Court. Nathan looked over his shoulder to see if anyone else was standing behind him. He pulled his head phones from his ears.

"Hey guys!" Nathan waved casually at the group of boys gathering on the court, "Hey Brooke."

"Aye Nate! You playing with us tonight man?" Skillz gave the jock a simple nod of the head, "You're more than welcome."

Both Lucas and Nathan answered in unison, "No!" Everyone frowned and looked around at one another.

"Well why not?" Brooke stepped away from Lucas and towards Nathan, "It could be fun for everyone!"

Nathan locked eyes with Brooke and Lucas had to clear his throat before Nathan peeled his eyes away from his ex-girlfriend's deep, chocolate brown eyes.

"Sure, I'll play!" Nathan dropped his back pack from his shoulders and he pulled his red hoodie off of his back, tossing it onto the silver bleachers. "One on one?" He offered his brother.

Lucas smiled widely and nodded once, "One on one!" He pulled off his gray sweatshirt and handed it to his girlfriend. "May the best win little brother!"

The two brothers faced one another in the center of the court as Brooke and Mouth took their places on the bleachers with Junk, Fergie, and Skillz.

"You know this is all your fault right?" Skillz said to Brooke as they watched the brothers serve one another the ball.

Brooke looked over at Skillz, "How is any of this my fault?"

"You know you're the prize at the end of this game." Skillz stood up on the bleachers, "Start the damn game already!" He shouted at the brothers.

Brooke turned her attention back to the brothers who stood facing one another in the center of the court. She bit down on her lip as she contemplated who she wanted to win the game because she knew Skillz was right, she was the prize in the end.

Lucas took the first shot and the ball went straight through the hoop. This did not make Nathan nervous but it made make him remember how talented his brother really was at the game of basketball. Nathan caught the ball and dribbled it around Lucas.

"Good shot!" Nathan complemented his older brother on his skills. He looked over his shoulder at Brooke, "I bet she's impressed."

Lucas tried to steal the ball from Nathan but Nathan threw the ball and ran to catch it mid-air, dunking it straight through the hoop.

"Now I bet she is really impressed." Nathan said with a smirk.

Lucas managed to steal the ball from his brother and he shot the ball over Nathan's head. As the hoop swished a smile stretched across Brooke's face. She was rooting for both boys but her boyfriend had the upper hand with her heart.

Nathan fetched the ball and threw it back to Lucas, "Go ahead man! No matter how many times your get that ball through the hoop we all know I'm the better candidate."

Lucas stood frozen with the ball in his hand.

Nathan smirked and got lower down, ready to stop his brother from scoring another basket. "I got all night!"

Lucas remained silent as he made another shot over Nathan's head. Nathan gave Lucas the ball back.

"What happened to you and Haley?" Lucas asked, "You just woke up one morning and suddenly realized your feelings for Brooke were back?"

Nathan gave his shoulders a shrug as he waited silently for his brother to make another shot. Lucas tried to dribble around Nathan but Nathan stole the ball from his hands.

"My turn!" Nathan smirked as he dribbled the ball. "This is going to be too easy!" With ease he dribbled the ball around his brother and dunk again.

Brooke bit down on her lips, fighting back the urge to shout out her praises for Nathan's smooth basketball skills.

The game grew more and more intense as the minutes ticked and turned into an hour. Nathan continued to dunk on his older brother but Lucas always found redemption in his free throws. Mouth had to constantly remind Brooke to breathe throughout the game.

By the end of the game the two boys were tied. Nathan started off the physical blows by elbowing his brother in the chest. Lucas bounced back quickly by tripping his brother and pushing him but Nathan got the last shot when he elbowed Lucas in the nose.

Brooke sat frozen until she saw Skillz stand up from his place on the bleachers. She grabbed the dark skinned boy and pulled him back from attacking Nathan. "I got this Skillz!" She stepped in front of the angry boy. "This is crazy! Why the hell are you two beating one another up over a tied score?"

"We all know this is about something more than just a tied score, !" Skillz snapped from behind the brown haired cheerleader.

"This better not be about me because that is disgusting behavior!" Brooke stepped down from the silver bleachers. At first the thought of two boys fighting over her sounded amazing but now that she saw what it was doing she was annoyed and angry. "You two need to grow up and at this point I don't want either of you so you both lose."

She pulled her car keys out of the jacket of her blue hoodie and climbed into her car. Before either boy could stop her from driving away she sped off, the sound of rubber burning echoing throughout the entire court. Both brothers watched in disbelief as Brooke sped out of sight.