The Search for Something More: What Should've Happened
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[PEYTON'S ROOM. There's a horror movie on the TV and BROOKE wakes up as someone screams]
PEYTON: [About something that happened in the movie] That's gonna leave a mark.
BROOKE: So what am I doing here?
PEYTON: Brooke, that's two weekends in a row you don't remember what happened the night before.
BROOKE: Oh, please tell me I didn't make a fool of myself with Lucas.
PEYTON: Nope, that would be me.
BROOKE: Wait. You two were totally hot for each other.
PEYTON: Were. Until about halfway through ripping each other's clothes off I bailed.
BROOKE: Because?
PEYTON: Because he got all serious. He was talking about this intense commitment or I don't know.
BROOKE: Uh. I don't want to live in a world where two fine and willing girls like ourselves can have such a lame Friday night. [Pause] I gotta change my karma. Maybe you should make some changes too.
PEYTON: I didn't wake up with a foggy memory.
BROOKE: Well, you didn't wake up with Lucas, either.
[PEYTON punches her playfully]
[MUSIC STORE. HALEY and LUCAS are looking through CDs. LUCAS is holding HALEY by her waist, protectively]
HALEY: (turns her head up to LUCAS) Luke, did you ever hear of a UHF or their SARA?
LUCAS: Yeah, UHF. They're from Portland, right? They're good. Um, but with SARA, they're great.
HALEY: Cool
[NATHAN walks in]
LUCAS: (holding her tighter) You okay?
HALEY: Yeah, I can handle it (then she kisses him lightly on the lips).
[LUCAS releaces HALEY but stays close "looking through CDs]
NATHAN: I called your house. Your mom said you were here.
HALEY: Crap. I should lie to her next time.
NATHAN: Look, I didn't know until Brooke read that note, okay? I didn't even know there was a note until later. I wouldn't do that to you.
HALEY: Whatever, I don't care.
NATHAN: (steps a little closer) But Haley...
HALEY: No, no.
[As soon as Lucas hears that, he steps closer to Haley, and puts his arm around her waist]
HALEY: Look, this whole tutoring, hanging out, whatever it is, thing. It's just a bad idea. I'm done. I'm just done. Besides, I think Lucas doesn't like the idea either, right Luke?
LUCAS: Right, so... Bye.
[NATHAN watches HALEY walk away with LUCAS, who watches NATHAN angrily]
[LINGERIE SHOP. BROOKE has on a black bustier with purple lace and PEYTON'S still wearing her normal clothes]
PEYTON: So explain to me how this fixes your karma again.
BROOKE: It doesn't but it's a total pick me up, don't you think?
[BROOKE lifts her breasts as if to demonstrate the bustier's "pick up" qualities]
BROOKE: Now, try this on.
[BROOKE hands PEYTON a leopard print top]
BROOKE: Now the karma thing comes next. I figured out a master plan. If I can fix the damage I've done to certain people's love lives, maybe the universe will kick in and fix mine.
PEYTON: [In dressing room] Pretty long list.
BROOKE: Yeah, and Nathan and Haley are at the top of it. I screwed them over royally last night. Double karma points if I can undo that one.
[PEYTON comes out of dressing room]
BROOKE: Fabulous! You know not everybody can pull off the sceezy in the jungle vibe. Now I can fix you up to.
PEYTON: No thanks. I am done with the drama of dating. I just wanna have fun.
BROOKE: Then you'll be happy to know that I got us invited to a party at Duke tonight.
PEYTON: So much for you changing your ways.
BROOKE: What? You promised to have fun, and I promised to indulge in boys, not booze. And now we have something to wear.
[PEYTON laughs]
[KAREN'S CAFÉ. DEB is sitting across the counter from KAREN]
DEB: My omelet was perfect, Karen.
KAREN: Oh, thanks. And it's on the house. It gives me and opportunity to repay you for your hospitality last night.
DEB: Oh, not necessary, I had fun.
[KAREN sifts through mail]
KAREN: Gotta love the mail service.
[She stops when she sees a letter]
DEB: Is everything okay?
KAREN: I just um, I had applied to this amazing cooking circle in Florence and they just had a last minute opening.
DEB: Oh, well congratulations.
KAREN: I've not even been waitlisted before.
[DEB takes the letter]
DEB: Wait a minute. Six weeks in Italy? Aren't you excited?
KAREN: Starts next week. It's not like I can go.
DEB: Then, why did you apply?
KAREN: As a lark. It's just not a good time with Lucas and the café.
DEB: It's the opportunity of a lifetime.
KAREN: Yeah, well, I guess it will have to wait until some other lifetime.
[OUTSIDE THE SCOTT'S HOUSE. NATHAN is lifting weights as BROOKE walks up.
NATHAN sits up]
NATHAN: What do you want, Brooke?
BROOKE: To apologize. For what I did to you. You and Haley.
NATHAN: You're apologizing?
BROOKE: Yeah, I know. Kinda weird, right? But I'm trying to appease the gods so... I'm sorry.
NATHAN: Whatever... It's not important anymore.
BROOKE: what do you mean? So you and Haley...?
NATHAN: Not gonna happen. She made that pretty clear this morning, being with Lucas and all.
BROOKE: What?!?!?!?
[NATHAN looks up]
NATHAN: That's right.
BROOKE: OMG!, No time to waste. I'll call you later with details. (and runs as fast as she can to talk to Peyton).
[KAREN'S CAFÉ. KEITH sits at the counter and KAREN walks up with a pile of boxes]
KEITH: What's with the boxes?
KAREN: Oh, bookshelves. And they were supposed to come assembled.
KEITH: You gonna put them together all by yourself?
KAREN: Actually, I was going to offer you dinner to help me.
[KEITH grins]
KEITH: Sold.
KAREN: Perfect. I'll be closing the café around seven. So it's a date?
KEITH: It's a date.
[KEITH gets up and walks away]
[HALEY in the café. She's working as BROOKE walks in]
HALEY: We're closed.
[BROOKE looks at the door, not having seen a closed sign]
BROOKE: Oh, I get it. Closed to me. I don't blame you. I'd be a bitch to me to after last night.
HALEY: Knock yourself out.
BROOKE: You're feisty. I see what Nathan likes about you. [Pause] Look, I know that it doesn't matter anymore, you being with Lucas and all, but still...you're blaming Nathan for something that I did and that's not fair. I was drunk and I was pissed and I found your note and you know the rest...I want to tell you that I'm really sorry.
HALEY: (thinks a moment) It's OK.
BROOKE: Great! How can I make it up to you? Anything you want?
HALEY: Watching you get hit by a bus.
BROOKE: And that sense of humor... I now can really see why Nathan and Lucas like you.
[BROOKE leaves]
[LUCAS' HOUSE. He's listening to the voice of an Italian man on the answering machine as KAREN walks in]
MAN: Bonjouno. I am Marcello Vivari of the Genoculudidian Institute in Florence. I call for Seniorina Karen Roe.
LUCAS: When's that 'do not call list' kick in?
MAN: Excuse me, but we haven't heard from you. We sent a letter inviting you to start next week and, uh, we haven't heard a word so would you be call enough to call me back.
[KAREN deletes the message]
LUCAS: Isn't that that school you've been talking about forever?
KAREN: Yeah...
LUCAS: Mom, that's great!
KAREN: It's no big deal. I'm not gonna go.
LUCAS: It is a big deal, Mom. Come on, it's a huge deal.
KAREN: Well maybe I'll just go some other time.
LUCAS: No, Mom. Now's the time. Come on, you've put your whole life on hold for me. Every choice you've made has been about me.
KAREN: That's the way it's supposed to be. I'm your mother.
LUCAS: And I want you to have this. [Pause] It's time for you to do something for yourself.
KAREN: I'll think about it.
LUCAS: Don't think about it, Mom. Do it.
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[PEYTON'S ROOM. There's a horror movie on the TV and BROOKE wakes up as someone screams]
PEYTON: [About something that happened in the movie] That's gonna leave a mark.
BROOKE: So what am I doing here?
PEYTON: Brooke, that's two weekends in a row you don't remember what happened the night before.
BROOKE: Oh, please tell me I didn't make a fool of myself with Lucas.
PEYTON: Nope, that would be me.
BROOKE: Wait. You two were totally hot for each other.
PEYTON: Were. Until about halfway through ripping each other's clothes off I bailed.
BROOKE: Because?
PEYTON: Because he got all serious. He was talking about this intense commitment or I don't know.
BROOKE: Uh. I don't want to live in a world where two fine and willing girls like ourselves can have such a lame Friday night. [Pause] I gotta change my karma. Maybe you should make some changes too.
PEYTON: I didn't wake up with a foggy memory.
BROOKE: Well, you didn't wake up with Lucas, either.
[PEYTON punches her playfully]
[MUSIC STORE. HALEY and LUCAS are looking through CDs. LUCAS is holding HALEY by her waist, protectively]
HALEY: (turns her head up to LUCAS) Luke, did you ever hear of a UHF or their SARA?
LUCAS: Yeah, UHF. They're from Portland, right? They're good. Um, but with SARA, they're great.
HALEY: Cool
[NATHAN walks in]
LUCAS: (holding her tighter) You okay?
HALEY: Yeah, I can handle it (then she kisses him lightly on the lips).
[LUCAS releaces HALEY but stays close "looking through CDs]
NATHAN: I called your house. Your mom said you were here.
HALEY: Crap. I should lie to her next time.
NATHAN: Look, I didn't know until Brooke read that note, okay? I didn't even know there was a note until later. I wouldn't do that to you.
HALEY: Whatever, I don't care.
NATHAN: (steps a little closer) But Haley...
HALEY: No, no.
[As soon as Lucas hears that, he steps closer to Haley, and puts his arm around her waist]
HALEY: Look, this whole tutoring, hanging out, whatever it is, thing. It's just a bad idea. I'm done. I'm just done. Besides, I think Lucas doesn't like the idea either, right Luke?
LUCAS: Right, so... Bye.
[NATHAN watches HALEY walk away with LUCAS, who watches NATHAN angrily]
[LINGERIE SHOP. BROOKE has on a black bustier with purple lace and PEYTON'S still wearing her normal clothes]
PEYTON: So explain to me how this fixes your karma again.
BROOKE: It doesn't but it's a total pick me up, don't you think?
[BROOKE lifts her breasts as if to demonstrate the bustier's "pick up" qualities]
BROOKE: Now, try this on.
[BROOKE hands PEYTON a leopard print top]
BROOKE: Now the karma thing comes next. I figured out a master plan. If I can fix the damage I've done to certain people's love lives, maybe the universe will kick in and fix mine.
PEYTON: [In dressing room] Pretty long list.
BROOKE: Yeah, and Nathan and Haley are at the top of it. I screwed them over royally last night. Double karma points if I can undo that one.
[PEYTON comes out of dressing room]
BROOKE: Fabulous! You know not everybody can pull off the sceezy in the jungle vibe. Now I can fix you up to.
PEYTON: No thanks. I am done with the drama of dating. I just wanna have fun.
BROOKE: Then you'll be happy to know that I got us invited to a party at Duke tonight.
PEYTON: So much for you changing your ways.
BROOKE: What? You promised to have fun, and I promised to indulge in boys, not booze. And now we have something to wear.
[PEYTON laughs]
[KAREN'S CAFÉ. DEB is sitting across the counter from KAREN]
DEB: My omelet was perfect, Karen.
KAREN: Oh, thanks. And it's on the house. It gives me and opportunity to repay you for your hospitality last night.
DEB: Oh, not necessary, I had fun.
[KAREN sifts through mail]
KAREN: Gotta love the mail service.
[She stops when she sees a letter]
DEB: Is everything okay?
KAREN: I just um, I had applied to this amazing cooking circle in Florence and they just had a last minute opening.
DEB: Oh, well congratulations.
KAREN: I've not even been waitlisted before.
[DEB takes the letter]
DEB: Wait a minute. Six weeks in Italy? Aren't you excited?
KAREN: Starts next week. It's not like I can go.
DEB: Then, why did you apply?
KAREN: As a lark. It's just not a good time with Lucas and the café.
DEB: It's the opportunity of a lifetime.
KAREN: Yeah, well, I guess it will have to wait until some other lifetime.
[OUTSIDE THE SCOTT'S HOUSE. NATHAN is lifting weights as BROOKE walks up.
NATHAN sits up]
NATHAN: What do you want, Brooke?
BROOKE: To apologize. For what I did to you. You and Haley.
NATHAN: You're apologizing?
BROOKE: Yeah, I know. Kinda weird, right? But I'm trying to appease the gods so... I'm sorry.
NATHAN: Whatever... It's not important anymore.
BROOKE: what do you mean? So you and Haley...?
NATHAN: Not gonna happen. She made that pretty clear this morning, being with Lucas and all.
BROOKE: What?!?!?!?
[NATHAN looks up]
NATHAN: That's right.
BROOKE: OMG!, No time to waste. I'll call you later with details. (and runs as fast as she can to talk to Peyton).
[KAREN'S CAFÉ. KEITH sits at the counter and KAREN walks up with a pile of boxes]
KEITH: What's with the boxes?
KAREN: Oh, bookshelves. And they were supposed to come assembled.
KEITH: You gonna put them together all by yourself?
KAREN: Actually, I was going to offer you dinner to help me.
[KEITH grins]
KEITH: Sold.
KAREN: Perfect. I'll be closing the café around seven. So it's a date?
KEITH: It's a date.
[KEITH gets up and walks away]
[HALEY in the café. She's working as BROOKE walks in]
HALEY: We're closed.
[BROOKE looks at the door, not having seen a closed sign]
BROOKE: Oh, I get it. Closed to me. I don't blame you. I'd be a bitch to me to after last night.
HALEY: Knock yourself out.
BROOKE: You're feisty. I see what Nathan likes about you. [Pause] Look, I know that it doesn't matter anymore, you being with Lucas and all, but still...you're blaming Nathan for something that I did and that's not fair. I was drunk and I was pissed and I found your note and you know the rest...I want to tell you that I'm really sorry.
HALEY: (thinks a moment) It's OK.
BROOKE: Great! How can I make it up to you? Anything you want?
HALEY: Watching you get hit by a bus.
BROOKE: And that sense of humor... I now can really see why Nathan and Lucas like you.
[BROOKE leaves]
[LUCAS' HOUSE. He's listening to the voice of an Italian man on the answering machine as KAREN walks in]
MAN: Bonjouno. I am Marcello Vivari of the Genoculudidian Institute in Florence. I call for Seniorina Karen Roe.
LUCAS: When's that 'do not call list' kick in?
MAN: Excuse me, but we haven't heard from you. We sent a letter inviting you to start next week and, uh, we haven't heard a word so would you be call enough to call me back.
[KAREN deletes the message]
LUCAS: Isn't that that school you've been talking about forever?
KAREN: Yeah...
LUCAS: Mom, that's great!
KAREN: It's no big deal. I'm not gonna go.
LUCAS: It is a big deal, Mom. Come on, it's a huge deal.
KAREN: Well maybe I'll just go some other time.
LUCAS: No, Mom. Now's the time. Come on, you've put your whole life on hold for me. Every choice you've made has been about me.
KAREN: That's the way it's supposed to be. I'm your mother.
LUCAS: And I want you to have this. [Pause] It's time for you to do something for yourself.
KAREN: I'll think about it.
LUCAS: Don't think about it, Mom. Do it.
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