Lucas was sitting in his mom's café reading a book when his phone rang. He checked the caller ID to see who it was but the number was unavailable. "Hello?" He answered cautiously.
"Lucas? Lucas its Anna." Anna sobbed into the phone from a payphone booth.
"Anna? What's wrong, you sound upset." Lucas glanced worriedly into the phone, wondering what was going on.
"I need to see you Lucas, where are you?" Anna asked desperately.
"I'm at my mom's café; I'll wait for you here." Lucas hung up his phone after Anna said she would be there soon. As he sat waiting for Anna's arrival he saw Nathan walking through the doors. He was about to call out to him when he saw that he was already making his way towards his table.
"Hey, what's up man?" Nathan asked as he took a seat across from Lucas.
"Not much. What about you? Where's Hales?"
Nathan ran a frustrated hand through his hair. "She's out with Brooke and Peyton. Which is probably a good thing since Hales isn't too happy with me right now."
"Why? What happened?" Lucas was surprised by this revelation. Haley rarely got angry, but when she did, there was a good reason why.
"We got into a little tiff this morning with my mom when she called. She started going on about how we were ruining our lives again, and put the blame solely on Haley." Nathan looked beseechingly at Lucas. "What am I suppose to do man? It's like I'm caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand it's my mother, and on the flipside of that is my wife."
Lucas gave his brother a look of sympathy; he knew how hard it has been for them when it came to Deb. He could only shrug his shoulders helplessly as he said "I don't know what to tell you Nate, but I'm sure Haley's going to be fine. She probably just needed some time to cool off. And if she's with Brooke, than you can bet she'll be fine. Brooke has a way of loosening people up." Lucas smiled at the thought. He knew if there was one person who could make Haley feel better it would be Brooke. She's always had that innate ability to make a bad situation better. It was one of the things he loved most about her.
Nathan just sighed as he said "Yeah, I guess you're right. Anyway, what are you doing here?"
Before Lucas could open his mouth to answer he saw Anna storming through the doors and right at him. Nathan looked up in surprise at the angry girl standing in front of him.
"That...that...Btch! Of all the nerves..." Anna started saying as she poked Lucas in the arm.
Lucas stood up and grabbed Anna's hand, trying to calm her down. "Anna, what the hell are you talking about?"
"Brooke!" she screamed, catching the attention of the other customers in the café. "Who else would I be talking about?" Anna looked at him like he was dense for not figuring it out.
Nathan also stood up now, embarrassed at the attention that was now directed at their table. He cleared his throat in an attempt to get Lucas' and Anna's attention, and was grateful when Lucas glanced in his direction. "Hey, maybe we should take this outside, you know, away from the business your mom is trying to run?"
Lucas nodded in agreement and led the way out of the café. Nathan followed just in case his brother needed back up. Just when they got outside, they saw Brooke's car pull up in front and watched as Peyton jumped out of the still moving car.
"Anna!" She exclaimed as she ran up to the girl. "We've been looking all over for you, why'd you disappear like that?"
Anna, seeing the apology in Peyton's eyes, decided to use Peyton's friendship to her advantage. "Oh Peyton," she cried as she laid her head against her shoulder, pretending to cry, "She was being so mean to me. I didn't even do anything to her, and the next thing I knew, she was bad mouthing me and calling me all sorts of names." She burrowed her head deeper into Peyton's shirt, only to smile in triumph as Peyton's arms came up to embrace her.
Peyton was confused as to what she was talking about. "Who Anna? Who said what to you?" She asked as she started rubbing the crying girls back.
Anna lifted her head off of her shoulder to point an accusing finger at Brooke, who had just gotten out of the car and was walking towards them with Haley. "Her!" She said with fierce disgust.
"Brooke?" Peyton, Lucas and Nathan all turned and looked at Brooke, all amazed at the accusations. "Brooke is the cause of you crying?" Peyton turned back to Anna for confirmation.
"Yeah, we were all having such a nice time, and than you and Haley disappeared into the dressing room, and that was when she attacked me." Anna explained, trying to sound as pitiful as she could.
That caused Lucas' head to jerk up in confusion. Brooke would never do that, would she? He thought. Before he could say anything he heard Brooke's voice.
"I what?" Brooke couldn't believe what she was hearing. She and Haley had just reached the threesome when they heard the last part of Anna's comment.
"You attacked me. When we were in the store. Don't deny it because no one will believe you." Anna spat out.
"What the hell are you talking about? Why would I attack you? You're worth neither my time nor my energy." Brooke stood there, hands on her hips, amazed at the lies that were coming out of this girl's mouth.
"Because you're jealous of me, because I had Lucas and you didn't." Anna yelled, her hands balling into fists.
Lucas, hearing this, snapped out of his trance. Did he hear her right? Did she say Brooke was jealous? He couldn't help but feel a flutter of hope. "Wait a minute Anna. You and I broke up, so that means you don't have me either." Lucas turned his attention to her, amazed at the girl standing before him. In all the time they spent together, he had never seen this side of her before.
"And whose fault is that? I'll tell you, hers!" Anna pointed an accusing finger at Brooke once again.
"Wait a minute..." Haley totally confused with the situation "you guys broke up?" She turned to Lucas, waiting for an answer.
"Yeah, we did." He confirmed.
"When the hell did that happen?" Nathan, also trying to figure out what was going on asked as he went to stand beside Haley. He reached her side and smiled tentatively at her, trying to figure out what her mood was, and breathed a sigh of relief when she smiled back at him and reached for his hand.
"You know what? It doesn't matter when it happened, it happened, what I want to know is why Anna is accusing Brooke of attacking her." Peyton yelled, as she too was trying to figure out the problem.
Brooke, having had enough of the bologna that Anna was feeding everybody, marched up to stand in front of Anna's face and pointed a finger at her. "Look, I don't know what the hell your problem is, or what mental asylum you escaped out of, but enough is enough. I never attacked you, so this crock of bull you're trying to feed everybody to make me look like the bad guy, stops now. I will not be accused of doing something I didn't do."
Brooke was about to continue with what she wanted to say when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked over to see that it was Lucas, and she saw the pleading look in his eyes, asking her to stop, and with great reluctance she kept her mouth shut and started to turn away, when out of the corner of her eye, she saw a hand headed straight for her face. The next thing she knew she had a huge hand print on the side of her face. Everyone looked up in amazement and shock at Anna.
Lucas, shocked by what had just happened, quickly reached for Brooke. "Brooke, are you alright?" He asked as he saw the red mark that was beginning to form on her face.
"Anna, what the hell did you do that for?" Peyton screamed as she ran over to Brooke.
"Yeah, what the hell is your problem?" Haley asked as she released Nathan's hand and reached for Brooke's.
"It's because of you that I'm the way I am. Why couldn't you just stay the hell out of Lucas' life and let him be? Why the hell did you feel the need to hang out every weekend, taking his time away from me?" Anna stood there, tears running down her face, her hands balled up into fists once again, as she started shaking with pent up rage.
Brooke, recovering from the shock of the slap, brushed off everyone's hand, and charged Anna with her body. Her fist landed squarely against the side of her face. And she took pure enjoyment at the look of surprise on Anna's face. The next thing she knew, they were rolling on the ground, each throwing punches, and pulling hair. Anna's fist connected with the side of Brooke's shoulder, as Brooke's fist connected with her nose, causing blood to spurt out.
Lucas and Haley made a grab for Brooke at the same time Nathan and Peyton grabbed Anna. After a couple minutes of struggling they managed to separate the girls, but not before Brooke's foot connected with Anna's shins, causing her to scream out in pain.
Lucas held firm to Brooke's body against his. Afraid that if he eased up on his hold, she would attack again! He had never seen Brooke fight before, and from what he had just witnessed, he made a mental note never to get in a fight with her himself. For such a small girl, she packed a powerful punch. As was evident in the damage she made to Anna's face.
"You btch," Anna screamed "you broke my nose." She held her hand up to her face, trying to stop the blood that was pouring out.
Brooke jerked herself out of Lucas' arms, and started to walk menacingly towards Anna again, only to be stopped by Haley's hand on her arm. "She's not worth it Tigger!" Haley told her softly. Brooke nodded her head in assent and turned to glare at Anna, who was still being held by Nathan.
"You know, before I just thought you were stupid, but now I can see you're just pathetic. You're lucky your nose is the only thing I broke, and if you're smart, which at this point I doubt you are, I suggest you stay the hell away from me. And if I so much as hear you spreading another lie about me, rest assured I'll be breaking more than your nose." With that, Brooke stormed off towards her car. And for the first time she noticed the crowd that had gathered to watch the fight. And all she could do was shake her head in disgust. Her hand was bleeding, whether it was Anna's blood or her own she wasn't sure. All she wanted to do was get home, and put this whole nightmare behind her.
Lucas, who had been watching Brooke's retreat, turned his attention back to Anna. "I'm sorry if I hurt you Anna, and I thought we could be friends, but it doesn't look like that's going to be the case. Brooke is my friend and somebody I care about very much, so the next time you attempt to do anything that will cause her to be hurt, I promise I won't be there to pull her off of you." With that said, he raced off to catch up with Brooke, and reached her car before she could pull off.
Nathan finally released Anna from his grip, seeing as there was no more threat of violence, and just gave her a disgusted look. "That goes for me too. Next time this happens, instead of pulling you off, I'll stand by cheering Brooke on." Nathan walked over toward Haley and puts an arm around her shoulder, as he kisses the top of her head.
Haley wrapped her arms around his waist as she stood there shaking her head. "You know, Brooke was right about you all along. I can't believe I didn't listen to her when she said you were no good. Guess I just wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt. But believe me, that won't happen again. And to think I invited you into my home." With that said, Haley turned towards Nathan and said "Come on hubby, let's you take me home. I've had enough excitement for one day. Now I just want to spend some time with you!" Haley and Nathan turned and started to walk away, arm in arm.
Peyton watched as her friends left. She turned to Anna and offered her a handkerchief for her bloody nose, which she took gratefully. All Peyton could do was shake her head in disappointment at the sight before her. She had truly thought her and Anna could be friends. That's why she tried so hard to involve her in the things that she, Haley and Brooke did. But that wasn't to be.
"Haley's right, you know?" Anna raised an eyebrow in question. "I did give you the benefit of the doubt. I tried to include you in the things we did, like with the sleepover at Haley's, and this is how you show your gratitude? I knew you and Brooke weren't the best of friends, but I thought you two could at least find some common ground." Peyton stopped, and took a deep breath as she gazed around them. The crowd was beginning to disperse now that the excitement was over.
"Peyton I..." Anna started to say, but Peyton held up her hand to stop her before she could finish her sentence.
"No, don't say anything. Your actions speak for it self! And to think, I accused my best friend of wrong doing, when it was you all along. Believe me, it won't happen again. So I'll tell you this, the next time you try to cause trouble with Brooke, it won't be her breaking your nose, it'll be me. Stay the hell away from us!" With that, Peyton left a pathetic Anna standing alone to fend for herself.
A/N: Okay guys, I hope you like this chapter. I was on an Anna hating high, so I wanted to have Brooke kick her butt. Let me know what you think! Next up we'll have some Brucas time! Yay! But we haven't seen the last of Anna and her meddling ways. What will happen when she goes to her brother and tell him what Brooke did? Will this be the end of Felix and Brooke? You decide whether you want me to break them up now or later. Thanks!