Tentative Title: From the Bar to the Bed and Beyond
Author: Moonlighter719 (aka Gaby of Everwood Scripts & Transcripts)
Pairing: Brooke/Peyton, third person POV
Inspired by: The loads of slashy subtext in "The Games That Play Us" (season 1 finale) for Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer (the winking at the game and Mouth saying "I gotta tell ya there's a lot of love in the air" right before cutting to B&P). Chapter 1 is mostly a reenactment of the last bar scene in the finale because I honestly didn't know how to start this fanfic. I figured I might as well start in "reality".
Rating: PG-13 (if you think it needs an R, lemme know by reviewing it. This is my first slashy fanfic despite loving all the subtext on the screen in various shows for last two years or so.) - anyway, there's some language, femslash (not really naughty but there is definitely an undercurrent that's more out in the open now), and that just might be it.
Disclaimer: Not my world. It belongs to people like the folks at Warner Bros. Television and that guy who created this show {I forget his name now - Sorry but I think the first name is Josh??). If I did own the show and the characters, then Nicki would have left town a long time ago (more like she never came in the first place) and Brooke and Peyton would be in bed together long before the finale.
Summary: Brooke reveals her true feelings towards Peyton and it leads to things you would never see on broadcast TV. At least on a show where they take themselves too seriously.

Again, note this is femslash. If you don't like the idea of girls with girls, then click on the button that will take you out of this fic 'cause you probably wouldn't like this one.

My thanks to Casandra on the Fan Forum for her continued encouragement for me to write this story.
CHAPTER 2 – The Bathroom

The hug ends. Brooke looks into the eyes of her friend Peyton and then says, "I have to talk to you about something, Peyton, and I'm not sure how you're going to react."

"I'm sure I'll be fine with it as long as it doesn't involve Nicki. So what's up?"

Brooke looks around, sensing just how many people are in the bar. She is, for once, completely and totally nervous. "I can't tell you here. It's too busy. It's kind of private. Can we, like, go to the bathroom or something?"

"Sure." They begin to walk to the bathroom. When they reach the door to the multi-stall bathroom, Peyton asks, "Are you okay? Because you seem really nervous."

Brooke thinks to herself, "Damn. She really does know you. She can totally see through you. It's like she's psychic," but on the outside, she says, "Oh I'm fine. Really."

They enter the bathroom. Almost immediately, Brooke scopes the place for anyone who might be there. But no one's there. It's just her and Peyton. Brooke counts to three to herself and then, quickly before she loses her nerve, asks "Have you ever liked a girl a lot?"

Peyton is stunned. She's speechless for a second and then stutters her answer out. "Wh-wh-what do you mean? Have I ever liked a girl? As in more than friends?"

Brooke slowly nods. "Yeah. So... have you?"

Peyton replies, "I don't know. Have you? Oh my God. You have."

Brooke slowly nods, "Uh huh."

"Well who is it?"

"You. I've told you plenty times that I love you. You know that." Brooke pauses. "Say something. Anything."

Peyton looks intently at the girl she thought she knew but didn't. Not really. But she leans in and is about to make a move when the door to the bathroom opens. Sherry, another Ravens cheerleader, enters and says, "Hey, guys. What's up?"

Peyton quickly pulls back and she and Brooke simultaneously say "Nothing."

Sherry senses something but brushes it off, "Whatever. Excuse me." She proceeds to go into one of the stalls and goes.

Brooke whispers, "Do you think she knows?"

Peyton whispers back, "I don't think so but we should get out of here. Wanna go back to my house?

Brooke nods and they slip out. Out of the bathroom and out of the bar.

TO BE CONTINUED....