Nathan and Lucas waited for Brooke to finish saying whom she thought raped
Peyton.


"Well I don't know how true it is, but I heard it was Tim's brother"

"Oh my god, are you serious?" Teresa asked.

"Yep, I know that Tim's dad and uncle got into a fight with Nathan and
Luke's dad and uncle."

"So what are they like trying to get back at Lucas by raping Peyton?"
Teresa asked

"I guess so," Brooke answered.

Lucas couldn't take hearing this anymore; he was so mad he cut in the
conversation.

"Brooke who did you hear that from?" Anger arose in his voice.

"I don't remember." Brooke said.

"Brooke that's bullshit, who did you hear it from?" Nathan demanded.

"I don't know, some guy I was hanging out with the other night."

"Whatever" Lucas groaned in frustration.

***************

The day was finally over and Lucas and Nathan were making their way to
Tim's house.

"I'm going to kill him." Lucas explained to his brother.

"Okay Lucas, but you know Brooke might just be saying it was him, you know
how she is."

"I know." Lucas sighed, "Okay fine, I'll just confront him."

"Okay."

The two Scott brothers pulled up to Tim's house, where Tim and his brother
were sitting on the steps. Lucas and Nathan got out of the car and started
to walk towards them.

"Awe. Look its Lucas and Nathan Scott!" Tim said sarcastically.

"Tim your right, what are they trying to defended their dear daddy and
uncle?" Tim's brother smiled.

"No, not really were here to figure out if you raped Peyton." Lucas said to
Tim's brother.

"Yo." Tim laughed, shaking his head. "My brother could do A LOT better then
Peyton."

"Um, Tim you're white and second you and your brother are losers! So why
don't you just tell us the truth." Nathan was getting angry.

"So what if I did, not saying I did, but what are you two going to do about
it?" Tim's brother said laughing.

Nathan saw Lucas getting ready to hit Tim's brother

"Luke, lets just get out of here." Nathan said.

"No, Nathan I cant" Lucas said.

"Lucas lets go now." Nathan said

As they drove away, Tim looked at his brother

"You don't think their going to find out it was you, right?" Tim asked.

"And if they do, we can take them." Tim's brother smiled.

"Yea, but you could go to jail." Tim said

"No I wont, they have no proof, and it's going to be fine." He reassured
his older brother.

**************

"Lucas it was Tim's brother." Nathan looked down.

"I know, but why didn't you let me hit him?" Lucas sighed, his hands coming
to his face.

"Because were going to think of what were going to say to the cops, then go
beat the shit out of both of them, and then go to the cops," Nathan looked
at his brother; a smile came across his features. "It's payback time."

Lucas smiled, and sighed again. "I'm going to kill them."

*******************

"Peyton Sawyer?" A nurse entered the room, along with the deputy and
Sheriff.

Peyton stiffened up, opening her eyes to the voice. "Yes?" she replied
timidly.

"The Sheriff is here to ask about your test results, to see if there's any
sign of the person that did this to you."

Peyton turned away, looking at a spot on the wall. Silence.

"Peyton." The Sheriff sat down on a chair next to her bed, "I've known you
since you were two and I want you to know I'm here for you."

She gave a nod, but she didn't comply with what he said. She couldn't trust
him; she couldn't trust any man. "I would tell you the results, but I'm
afraid I haven't seen them yet." Her voice was dry, she didn't want to find
out who did it; she wanted to be left alone. For this to all be a dramatic
dream and she would wake up to Lucas telling her it was nothing,
everything's okay. Of course, in reality it was far from a dream.

"I know." He sighed, "I just came to ask if it's alright with you."

"Do what you want." She didn't show any emotion, not even the fear that
consumed her thoughts.

The doctor walked in and took a look at Peyton. "How are you feeling?" He
smiled.

She smiled slightly, he was a close friend of her families and he knew how
to leave things alone. She liked the way he left her alone; it was nice.
"I'm fine."

"Alright, well fortunately I was able to track down the sperm and send it
to a lab to be traced. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the criminal in this case,
is well known."

Peyton bit her bottom lip; she wanted nothing but to sleep. She wanted
everyone to leave and stop speaking. "Who?" She spit out, trying to get
this over with."

The doctor sighed, placed a hand on Peyton's trembling shoulder. "Timothy
Smith's little brother Zack Smith."

She shuttered at the name. Zack? How could it be? Disgust filled her body
and all she could hear was the name re-playing in her head. Zack. Zack.
Zack. With the annoyance and overwhelm of it all, voice's went un-heard,
faces got blurry, and she fell asleep.

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