Ok, it's kind of short but I wanted to build a little suspense. Hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 48: We don't belong here… or do we?

Peyton and Brooke are sitting in their alcohol class looking around at all the other parents who are there. All the kids are sitting next to their parents. Brooke is texting away while Peyton keeps checking her e-mail.

"I don't understand why we need to come to these classes" Brooke whines "I mean I'm old enough to drink"

"The judge told us to come, Brooke, so we came"

"Fine but I don't have to like it"

"Do you think I like it?" Peyton answer

Sam just sighs. She didn't think her mothers would whine so much about a few hours and a stupid little class. An older woman walks into the room.

"Good evening and welcome to the parent component of the minor in possession class. I'm Jane your leader."

"Hi Jane" The group says all at the same time

"The first thing we're going to do tonight is take a quiz. Please make sure to answer the questions honestly because you're only hurting yourself if you don't."

Peyton and Brooke both take the paper and start reading the questions.

"Number 1" Brooke says "You are home, and it's around dinner time. You feel tempted to drink but you do not have any alcohol. Do you ...A. Eat dinner and resist going out for a few drinks?
B. Eat dinner and then perhaps go out later for a few drinks?
C. Immediately go out the liquor store and buy some alcohol to bring back home with dinner?
D. Immediately go out for a few drinks and get something to eat at a local bar or restaurant?
E. Skip dinner altogether and go out drinking?"

Peyton thinks for a minute and then looks at Brooke.

"We immediately go out and get some wine or something to go with dinner" she says looking at Brooke.

"I know. I wonder if that's bad?" Brooke answers

"I don't know I guess we should keep reading the questions and figure this out" Peyton says "Number 2. You are out shopping, and you notice that your favorite alcoholic beverage is on sale. Assuming you have the money, do you ...
A. Notice the sale but feel no desire at all to buy alcohol?
B. Notice the sale and, although you are tempted, you resist the temptation to buy alcohol just because it's on sale?
C. Buy a small quantity to save a little money?
D. Buy a medium quantity so you can save a fair amount of money, and also have extra at home?
E. Buy a large quantity so you can save a lot of money, and also have a large supply at home?"

Brooke thinks about it "I'd buy a small quantity to save a little money" she says

"So would I" Peyton says looking at Brooke

"Ok number three" Brooke says "You are out with friends, you've had a couple of drinks, and you're thinking about leaving so you can drive safely. Your friends want you to stay and continue drinking. Do you ...
A. Avoid the situation in the first place by not drinking alcohol before driving?
B. Tell them that you've had enough, thanks anyway, and then leave?
C. Stay longer, but only have non-alcoholic drinks?
D. Tell them that you'll stay for just another couple of drinks, but then you need to go?
E. Stay as long as any of them do, knowing that you can out-drink them and still get home safely?"

Peyton and Brooke both smile "E" They say in unison

Sam looks at them "You guys I don't think these are good things…"

"We'll find out when we're done" Brooke says

The girls finish answering the questions on the test and add up their score.

"Oh my gosh" Brooke states "I scored a 31" she adds

"Me too" Peyton says and then she looks at what that means and reads it out loud "Caution! You are fighting an addiction to alcohol. Some areas of your life may seem to be 100% normal, but other areas cause you a great deal of pain, and it's due to your abuse of alcohol. You probably realize that you have a problem but you have yet to take the steps necessary to improve your life. You often lack the energy to do the things that inwardly you know must be done, and you wish that somehow things could be different. Alcohol has sapped the energy and happiness out of you, and you are beginning to recognize that things need to change. You may, or may not, need to quit drinking - but you definitely need to drastically CUT BACK immediately."

Sam starts laughing "Maybe you guys do need this course more than you thought you did"

Brooke and Peyton both give her a dirty look. They then turn their attention to the woman in the front of the room.

"I always give this test at the beginning of these courses. You are all thinking that you don't need to be here and you're only here because the judge told you to be. Now after taking this quiz how many of you can still say that you don't need to be here?"

No one in the room raised their hand and Jane continued. "You're your children's role model. How you behave is what they're going to follow. If you drink all the time then they're going to believe that drinking is ok. Now some of you may say that you're only social drinker and some of you may only drink at dinner or before bed but you do it every day and your children watch that. You drink so they think it's ok. Remember it's not what you say it's what you do that your children will remember."

Peyton leans over to Brooke "We're horrible role models"

"We sure are" Brooke says

"This is a two hour course. We're going to cover a lot of information. Then the kids will come back on Saturday for their 6 hour class." Jane continues "Tonight we're going to talk about the following topics" She says pointing to the board and reading the topics.

"1. Dangers of youth using alcohol and other drugs
2. Legal consequences and liability issues
3. Protective factors to lower risk of youth use of alcohol and other drugs
4. Adolescent Development
5. Strategies to move forward

Now we're going to take a 5 minute break and then get right down to business."

Jane leaves the room and a few of the parents start complaining. Brooke and Peyton look at each other.

"What the hell?" Brooke says "I know the dangers of youth using alcohol and we found out the consequences. I don't think we really need to sit through this shit!"

Peyton shakes her head "No, we need a real AA meeting!"

"We have our drinking under control" Brooke says rolling her eyes

"Ok sweetie" Peyton says "I think we better stay and listen to what these people have to say"

Brooke rolls her eyes at Peyton again and Sam laughs. "Well at least you don't have to come back for a 6 hour class on Saturday" she whines

"We weren't the ones at the party" Peyton says smiling at Sam

Sam just sighs and Jane walks back into the room. "Ok" she says "First on our list. The dangers of youth using alcohol and other drugs. I have some facts I'd like to share with you today." Jane says as she walks around the room handing out notes for a power point presentation

"Here is an overview of youth using alcohol and other drugs." She says as she flashes up a slide

"Did you know that about 10.4 million Americans between ages 12-20 had at least one drink last month; of these 6.8 million were "binge" drinkers (consuming five or more drinks in a row on a single occasion) including 2.1 million heavy drinkers (consuming five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least five different days)?"

Peyton leans over to Brooke "Did you know that?"

"I had no clue" Brooke answer

The instructor when on and on about the dangers and Peyton and Brooke couldn't believe the stuff they were hearing. They drank and never got addicted to other things. They looked at Sam and she was so bored. They knew she wasn't one of those kids she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Jane stopped talking and looked around at all the parents. "Any questions?"

None of the parents says anything and she nodded "Ok, then we'll take a 10 minute break and start talking about the legal consequences and liability issues"

Brooke, Peyton and Sam got up and walked out to the candy machine. Peyton gets bag of M & M's, Sam a Snicker's Bar and Brooke got a box of Milk Duds.

"Can we please just bail on the rest of this?" Brooke says whining

"No" Peyton says "Because then we'll have to come back another day"

"Can I leave?" Sam asks

"No!" Brooke snaps "You're the reason we're here"

"I know and I'm sorry" Sam says with a weak smile on her face.

"We know you are it just really sucks" Peyton says

Brooke looks at her watch "we better get back in there"

Everyone groans and walks back in. Jane has another slide show up on the screen.

"oh goodie" Brooke says "I feel like I'm back in health class"

"Me too" Peyton says taking her seat. Brooke sits next to her.

Brooke smiles at her. "You're hot"

Peyton smiles back "So are you"

"Wanna go out tonight?"

"After sitting here today I'm going to need a night out" Peyton adds

"I'm going to need a little something else" Brooke says

Peyton smiles at her. "You got it"

Jane clears her throat "Ok, now onto the legal consequences and liability issues"

Everyone sighs.

"First are the criminal charges parents can face. If you are caught supplying alcohol, even inadvertently, to minors you are facing serious liabilities. In some states, parents are subject to severe financial consequences, including fines and restitution to victims in the event of an accident. In addition, they may be charged in the criminal courts for, among other things, contributing to the delinquency of a minor."

For the next hour Jane went on and on about all of the consequences and liabilities, protective factors to lower risk of youth use of alcohol and other drugs, adolescent development, and strategies to move forward. Finally, the course was over and their names were checked off the list. Brooke and Peyton moved as quickly as they could out of that building.

"I need a drink" Brooke says

Peyton just looks at her "Are you serious? We need to clean up our act or we're going to end up in Alcoholics Anonymous."

"Oh chill, Peyt. I was just kidding."

"Well it's not very funny, Brooke. I mean we didn't have good role models growing up and look at all the shit we did. We need to set a good example for Sam"

Sam starts laughing "Seriously, Peyton, you're overreacting. I was at a party, I had a few drinks and I got caught. End of story. I'm not a rebel who needs rehab. I made a mistake. I know what I did was wrong and I doubt I'll do it again"

"Doubt?" Brooke says looking at her

"Let's go get Emma and go home" Sam says grabbing both her mothers by the arm

The three leave and go pick up Emma and head home for the evening.

That evening, Peyton is sitting on the floor playing with Emma and Brooke and Sam are in the kitchen making dinner. Brooke walks into the doorway and sees Peyton. She stops for a minute and just watches her fiancé with their daughter. Brooke walks over and leans down kissing Peyton on the forehead.

"Hey beautiful"

Peyton looks up and smiles at her "Hi"

"Dinner's almost ready"

"Great" Peyton says

"So do you wanna go to Tric after dinner?"

"Yeah" Peyton says "We should see if Nathan and Haley wanna go too"

"Sounds good" Brooke says

Sam walks into the room "Dinner's ready"

"Cool" Peyton says getting up and picking up Emma. The family eats dinner and then Brooke and Peyton get ready to go out. Peyton comes out of the bedroom first. Sam looks at her.

"Damn!" Sam says "You look hot"

"Thanks" Peyton says with a funny look. She was wearing a black tube top, a pair of jeans, and heels. Her hair was curly and she had some make up. She also had a choker necklace on.

"You look like you're going out on the prowl." Sam continued

"What?" Peyton said in shock

Brooke walked out of the bedroom.

"Whoa!" Sam says looking at Brooke "You look hot too"

"In this old thing" Brooke says smiling She was wearing a red halter top dress.

"You two look hot!"

Both Brooke and Peyton smile at each other and give each other the once over.

"You do look pretty hot" Peyton says raising her eyebrows at Brooke

"So you do" Brooke says walking past Peyton and running her hand over her stomach

"Ok kids in the room!" Sam says

Peyton and Brooke both give Sam a funny look and the doorbell rings.

"It's the Scotts" Brooke says

Peyton walks over and answers the door

"Hi, Aunt Peyton" Jamie says wrapping his arms around her legs

"Hey Jimmy Jam. How are you?" Peyton asks smiling

"I'm great" Jamie says "I'm excited to be hanging out with Sam tonight. They're boring" he says pointing over his shoulders to his parents.

"Isn't he sweet?" Nathan says messing up Jamie's hair

"Yes, he is" Peyton says as Jamie runs past her into the living room where Sam is.

"He's been bugging us to come over since we told him Sam was babysitting" Haley says

Brooke walks over to the door "You guys ready to go?"

"I am" Nathan says

"Me too" Haley says "Bye Jamie. Be good"

"Ok, momma" Jamie yells from the couch

"He doesn't even care we're leaving"

"Yes, he does" Nathan says rolling his eye

Peyton and Brooke both start laughing

"Bye guys" they both say closing the door.

The gang head to Nathan and Haley's car and get in. They head to the club. They get inside and see that the place is packed.

"Busy night" Haley says looking around

"Sure is" Peyton replies

"I need a drink" Nathan says

"Me too" Brooke adds

They all head to the bar and Nathan orders their drinks. The gang finds a table in the corner to stay at.

"What's going on here tonight?" Haley asks looking at Peyton like she should know

"I don't know" Peyton says "Maybe just a busy night"

The music plays and the gang sits and talks for a little while. Peyton gets up and looks at Brooke.

"Wanna dance, baby?" she says smiling at her

Brooke gives her a funny look "Really?" she asks

"Yeah, why not" Peyton response

"Because you never want to dance with me"

"Well you look hot and I thought it'd be fun"

"Sounds good" Brooke says getting up

Haley looks at Nathan "They are so happy together"

"Yeah, they are" He says watching Brooke grind on Peyton. "I can't believe it took them so to figure out that they wanted to be together"

"I know" Haley says "I have never seen them so happy"

"Me either" Nathan says smiling "Would you like to go out there and show our stuff?"

"Sure" Haley says smiling at him.

They join Peyton and Brooke on the floor. The four dance and dance. They laugh and have a great time. Peyton and Brooke are dancing when another couple bump into them and Brooke falls into Peyton. The woman who bumped them turns around and looks at the two.

"I'm so sorry" the woman says gasping "Brooke?" she adds

Brooke's face fell "Olivia?" she asks in reply

"Oh my gosh!" The other woman says grabbing Brooke and kissing her.

Peyton just stands looking at the love of her life engaged in a kiss with a woman she has no idea who she is. Nathan and Haley notice and both their faces drop.

"Oh boy" Nathan says "I think things just got a little more interesting"

"I think you're right" Haley says

All that Peyton can see is that Brooke is not pulling away from the other woman. In fact, she engaged in the kiss more and Peyton's heart fell.