No one knew that Brooke was coming back to Tree Hill, so they went back to their day. Lucas was talking to Bobby, a basketball player, in the courtyard one morning. Bobby was facing the parking lot, and sitting down, when Lucas was standing up and facing Bobby. It was a bright spring day, but that didn't stop Lucas from wearing Karen's Café sweater with his dark blue jeans.

Brooke got out of her new silver BMW and grabbed her bag from the backseat. She was wearing a tank top with a black cardigan and blue jean Capri's. She walked into the courtyard with the sun burning into her back. Her pink side strap backpack was full of her old binders; they still had all of her old notes in them. Brooke was dreading today, because 1. She had to get all new textbooks. 2. She didn't tell anyone she was coming back.

"Yeah, so the party is tonight on the beach if you would like to join us," Bobby said. "Bring Nathan along with Haley. Oh, and Jagelski and his girlfriend too. It should be fun."

Lucas nodded. "Okay, that sounds good. What time does it start?"

That's when the ultimate thing happened.

"Is that Brooke Davis?"

Lucas turned around. It was true; Brooke was back. In fact, she was hugging someone she had never met. He just stared at her. Then, before she could look at him, he walked away.

Nathan and Haley were walking down the hallway, holding hands, when Peyton walked up to them. "Hey Peyt. Are you going to Bobby's party tonight?" Haley asked.

Peyton shrugged. "I don't know yet." She breathed heavily. "I was looking all over school for you guys!" she said, a little louder.

Nathan smiled. "What's up?" he asked.

"Well—"

"Hey!" They all looked over. Haley and Nathan's jaw dropped, when Peyton nodded. She was just about to tell them. Brooke came up and hugged Haley first. "Oh God, I missed you guys so much," Brooke muttered.

Haley and Brooke broke up their hug and Brooke moved over to Nathan to hug him. "What are you doing here?" Haley asked, still shocked. "I mean, we haven't heard from you in—"

"Three months," Peyton said. Yes, she was happy that Brooke came back, because Brooke was one of her closest friends, but she should have called them once in a while.

Brooke shrugged. "My dad's got transferred again. For the last time, I'm hoping." Everyone just stared at her. "Okay, I'm so sorry I didn't keep in contact with you guys. It's just, ever since Lucas told me that he didn't want me in his life, I felt like I should have left Tree Hill behind. I—I couldn't deal with it, because I loved you guys, and Lucas so much. And now, I just want to stay here, and I want to be friends with you guys. I honestly really missed you guys. And I don't know what else to do. But if you guys don't want to be friends with me, I totally understand. I blocked you guys out of my life. And that was really rude of me. I'm so sorry."

Nathan looked at Peyton and Haley and smiled. "Brooke, don't kid yourself. We want to be friends with you," he said. Peyton and Haley both smiled.

Brooke sighed with happiness. "Thank you guys. I love you guys a lot." She exhaled. "Well, I gotta go get my textbooks again… they'll be glad to see me again," Brooke said with sarcasm.

Nathan and Haley stood in awe as Peyton nodded.

At the end of the day, Brooke took her bag, and started walking out of the school. She looked down and tried not to cry. Lucas had avoided her all day, she could tell. She saw him walking towards her to get to his class, but he dodged his normal way to not be near her.

"Brooke!" Haley said as she ran up to her. Brooke turned around and smiled at Haley. "You have to do something for me," she said quickly.

The next thing they knew, they were sitting on a doctor's bed, waiting for results. "Mrs. Scott?" a new nurse came in and wondered which one was Haley. Haley raised her hand. "Ah, okay." She looked through the charts. "The results came back positive."

"Oh God," Haley moaned.

The nurse nodded and left the room. "I can't believe you're pregnant," Brooke said with a sigh. They sat in silence for a little bit. "Well, Nathan's going to be ecstatic. It is Nathan's right?" Brooke joked.

Haley smirked. "Yes, it is Nathan's… but—I don't know how he's going to react."

Brooke was automatically confused. "What do you mean?"

"Well, he needs a basketball scholarship for college, and he'll be really preoccupied with a baby on his hands," Haley explained.

Brooke shook her head. "He'll be fine," she said with a little push to Haley's shoulder. Haley smiled. "Don't you worry about it Hales."

"I guess you're right," Haley said with a little more happiness.

They walked out of the doctor's office, and into Brooke's BMW. Brooke turned on the music and started moving in her seat a little bit. "So, can we make a little pit stop before I drop you off?" she asked.

"Go ahead. You've helped me so much already."

Brooke nodded, and they kept driving. They drove and drove, until they hit a sweet apartment near the river. "What're we doing here?" Haley asked.

Brooke didn't answer until she opened one of the doors with a key. It was on the top floor. "Welcome to my new home," Brooke said cheerfully. The apartment had a kitchen with an island in it, right when you walk in. It was connected to the living room, which had a great view of the parking lot, and the street. There was a hallway, and on one of the walls, was a door for the bathroom, at the end of the hallway was the bigger bedroom, and on the other side was the smaller bedroom. It was a purple color. "I was thinking I could get Peyton to paint the walls a pretty color, and get some furniture, and I'm done!" she said happily.

Haley's jaw was on the floor. "What about mortgage? And the food, and everything?" she asked.

Brooke scoffed. "Don't worry about it. I have a lot of savings, because my parents made a college fund, and a 'when she moves out before college' fund. Plus, they said they'll help me a lot," she said quickly.

"Brooke—"

"And I may need to clean up this bathroom, it's really gross!" Brooke called out from the bathroom.

"Brooke—"

"Oh, God! This bedroom needs a lot of help too!" she screamed from the smaller bedroom.

"Brooke!" Haley shouted from the living room. Brooke walked in and smiled. "What happened with Lucas? Are you guys…."

Brooke shook her head. "He avoided me all day."

Haley nodded. "Do what you did when you came into Tree Hill. It worked then."