I'm back! Here's the next chapter. This is the climax of the whole story or at least the Madison part. Do you guys want me to keep writing after Madison is gone? Let me know! To my one reviewer, no I have never seen Swimfan and it is just a coincidence that the main characters are both named Madison. Hope you all enjoy and please review!

"Lucas, I need to talk to you." Madison's eyes were bloodshot and there were trails where tears once flowed.

"What's the matter?" Lucas was genuinely concerned.

"My boyfriend and I had a really bad fight last night." Madison's chest began heaving.

"What happened? Did you guys break up?" Lucas couldn't help her if he didn't know what was going on.

"I don't know. It all happened so fast." She wiped some tears away, "I just love him so much."

"I'm sure you can work it out." Lucas reassured her, "If you really love each other, it will all work out."

"I don't know if we are." Madison shook her head forcing more tears out, "This was really big."

"Don't stress over it." Lucas didn't know how to handle a situation like this.

"I think I'm going to kill myself if we don't work it out." Madison's tone became deathly serious just like she practiced.

"Madison, this is not worth killing your self." Lucas was shocked. He never had to deal with someone threatening suicide before, "You'll work it out, that's great, but if you don't there is someone out there that needs you."

"Who needs me? My own boyfriend doesn't want to deal with me anymore." Madison was setting up the trap and Lucas was falling for it.

"Don't sell yourself short because one boy doesn't want to be with you. If that's the case, you deserve better." Lucas lightly touched her arm.

"Life just isn't worth living anymore, Lucas." She had used these lines so many times but never had it worked so well.

"Don't say that." Lucas was getting scared. She was seriously considering suicide.

"Why not? It's not like I'm going to be missed. I've got no one to live for anymore." Madison's tears subsided and she was getting angry now, "I have no friends, no family and now no boyfriend!"

"I would miss you." Lucas said even though he didn't truly mean it. He barely knew this girl and he was talking her out of suicide.

"You're just saying that." Madison knew exactly how to manipulate the situation in her favor, "As soon as you're back with your girlfriend and your friends you're going to forget about poor little Madison. Most likely you're going to laugh about how screwed up my life is."

"That's not true Madison. My friends like you." Lucas didn't know what else to say. What do you say to someone that's suicidal? "Just give them a little time to adjust to you. Give them a chance."

"I thought you were smarter than that. You don't see the way they look at me. Especially the way Brooke treats me. The looks and the threats." Madison added the threats part for even more dramatic effect, "Why don't I just save her the trouble?"

"What are you talking about? What threats?" Lucas couldn't believe that Brooke had threatened Madison.

"She told me that if I didn't stay away from you, I'd be sorry." Madison was running out of lines. She had to get out of this fast, "if that's what you say to someone that likes you than I must be crazy."

Lucas stood there shocked and angry as Madison ran away. Everything had gone just the way Madison planned. Checkmate, she had won.

Lucas stormed through the hallway looking for Brooke. He couldn't believe she'd be so cruel. How could she do that to him?

"Brooke!" Lucas spotted her talking with Peyton and Haley.

"Hey handsome." She said giving him a peck on the cheek, "What's wrong?"

"What did you say to Madison?" He yelled and heads began to turn. The bustling hallways stopped bustling and stopped to watch.

"What are you talking about?" Brooke didn't like the tone Lucas was using on her.

"You threatened her to stay away from me!" Lucas was screaming and bright red in the face now.

"What are you talking about?" She began yelling louder.

"Don't play dumb, Brooke, I'm not falling for that anymore." Lucas lowered his voice some hoping the crowds would leave.

"Lucas, I have no idea what you're talking about!" Brooke's voice was shaky and her face paled, "Why would I threaten someone?"

"That's what I want to know!" Lucas lost all his respect for Brooke from this.

"Peyton, take Brooke to the bathroom. She doesn't look good." Jake the turned to Lucas, "What the hell are you doing man?"

"Stay out of this Jake." Lucas clenched his fists, ready to fight.

"Lucas just walk away." It was Haley's turn to step in. She had never seen Lucas this and it scared her.

Lucas obeyed but never unclenching his fists.

"Nate, go after him. I've never seen him like that before." Haley pleaded before checking on Brooke in the bathroom. Nathan followed Lucas into the bathroom. Nathan watched in horror as Lucas began punching and kicking the stall door.

"What's going on Lucas?" Nathan finally asked as Lucas' fury subsided.

"I can't believe Brooke would do this." Lucas finally said, "It's not like her to be jealous of anyone."

"What exactly did this Madison girl tell you?

Nathan felt that things didn't match up.

"I don't think I can tell you." Lucas didn't want to go around given out her personally information.

"Lucas, you said it your self. This doesn't sound like Brooke." Nathan wanted to make Lucas realize what he had just said, "Just go talk to her."

"How did we switch roles?" Lucas laughed knowing Nathan was right.

"Why does he think I'd do that? I'm not an evil person." Brooke cried sitting on the counter with a cool paper towel on her neck.

"Because I always get what I want and I want Lucas." Madison emerged from the stall she'd been sitting in. It was just luck that Brooke had ended up in the same bathroom.

"Oh my god!" Brooke's jaw dropped, "What did I ever do to deserve this?"

"You stole him from me," Madison smiled sweetly Brooke, Haley and Peyton, "And now I'm going to get him back."

"He was never yours Madison." Haley jumped in to the verbal war.

"And he would never be yours. He doesn't like whores." Peyton wanted a piece of the action too.

"Doesn't like whores huh?" Madison laughed, "Then what's he doing with her?"

"You bitch!" Brooke yelled and lunged at Madison who readily took the challenge. Madison let Brooke bruise and mutate her face not defending herself. Haley and Peyton tried to contain Brooke but she was like a wild beast.

"Jake!" Peyton yelled out into the hallway.

Jake cam into the girls bathroom unsure of what to expect. At the sight of the fight he pulled Brooke away off of the battered Madison.

"Brooke stop," Jake yelled, blocking her path to Madison, "This isn't good for the baby."

"The baby?" Madison asked out loud before fleeing the scene.

She kept running and running but she felt like she wasn't getting any where. As she was running she retreated into her world. Everything was perfect in her mind; she had Lucas.

Madison smacked right into Lucas and Nathan as she was rounding the corner.

"What happened?" Lucas examined Madison's broken face.

"I have to go." Madison didn't sound like Madison anymore. She sounded so small and distant.

Lucas wanted to go after her but if Madison looked that bad, he was afraid to see what Brooke looked life.

Madison had scared them all but they still couldn't believe how psycho she sounded. This was the quiet girl that sat with them at lunch who didn't talk that much. How did she become so...crazy?

"What happened?" Lucas threw open the bathroom door.

"Lucas, she's crazy." Haley said before anyone else could answer.

"What are you talking about?" Lucas didn't understand what they meant.

"She's obsessed with you. She's trying to get rid of Brooke so she can have you. She told us that." Peyton was still in shocked from w hat had just gone down.

"What are you talking about? She has a boyfriend back in Bridgewater." Lucas wasn't sure who to believe anymore.

"Lucas! Why don't you believe us?" Brooke was near in tears. They were his friends and he didn't believe them.

"Lucas, why would they all lie about something like this?" Nathan put in the word of reason.

"I just don't know who to believe anymore." Lucas nearly broke down too. He was being pulled in some many different directions and he was on the verge of snapping.

"Believe Haley and Peyton and Jake and Nathan. But most of all believe me." Brooke said letting her silent tears flow down her face.

"What have I done?" Lucas finally snapped out of his crazy world. He moved closer to Brooke and wrapped her in his arms.

At first she accepted the gesture then she slapped him hard across the face. Everyone was not surprised by this motion but wished they could just work everything out. They were meant to be together and they were the only ones that couldn't see the obvious.

"You make me sick Lucas." Brooke spoke through a clenched jaw.

"Brooke," Lucas tried to find the right words, "I made a mistake. I should have believed you from the start but I didn't but I'm so sorry."

Brooke ran into the stall and began throwing up everything that had been inside her stomach, which was just yogurt. Peyton held her hair back for her and Haley wiped her mouth with a paper towel.

"This might be a stupid question but are we still getting together at my place tonight?" Nathan broke the ice between everyone.

"I don't see why not?" Haley shrugged her shoulders, "We've grown so far apart lately and we need to catch up and work out our issues."

"Okay Dr. James." Lucas tried to make a joke, "So you're going to solve all of our problems, huh?"

"Yes, Mr. Scott and you'll be my first patient." Haley punched his arm playfully.

"Okay, everyone at my place at seven o'clock." Nathan announced before leaving the bathroom with Haley.

"Come on Brooke," Lucas held out his hand, "I'll drive you home."

"No thank you Lucas," Brooke's eyes were full of flames.

"I'll take her home," Peyton reassured Lucas and Brooke.

Lucas walked out with his fist clenched. He wanted a wall to punch but he couldn't let himself go again.

"Lucas, don't sweat it man. She loves you and you love her so you guys will work it out." Jake patted Lucas' shoulder hoping it was true.

Lucas had a lot to think about as he drove home. He couldn't wait until he got to this "healing get-together" tonight. He had so much to get off his chest.

Nathan and Haley weren't sure if this party would be the perfect time and place to tell everyone their exciting news. There were so many problems everyone had to work through and they didn't really need to pretend to feel happy for them.

Peyton wanted to tell Jake how she really felt about him. She'd held it all in long enough and it was driving her crazy. He needed to know the truth.

Jake had so much on his mind. All the drama was adding up and pushing him over the edge. He had so much to tell everyone and he knew the party might be the only time the whole gang was together.

Everyone had something to get out in the open during the party and none of them could wait until that night to have that weight lifted off their shoulders. They needed to come clean before they drove themselves crazy. Especially Madison, minus the whole driving herself crazy part. She didn't need to be driven crazy; she was born that way.