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"What's going on?" A young man stepped out of the kitchen, "Where's Madison going?"
"I don't know." Brooke said finally coming out of the bathroom, "She just ran out."
"And who might you be?" The guy asked as if he were interrogating her.
"Brooke, Brooke Davis." Brooke held out her hand for the guy to take. She was practicing her professionalism.
"Shane Smith." Shane took Brooke's outstretched hand and shook it, "What happened with Madison?"
"There was a bit of a blow out, which is probably my fault but it was just too much I guess and she bolted." Brooke really didn't know what had happened. Everything happened so fast that she wasn't able to comprehend.
"God, she was doing so good." Shane rubbed his temples with his hands, "What exactly happened?"
"Who are you anyway?" Brooke was not sure why she was telling this Shane guy all this information, "Are you like her boyfriend or something."
"I'm her brother." Shane said flatly, "Now tell me what happened."
"Madison has a brother. She never told us that." Brooke thought out loud.
"She doesn't share a lot of things with strangers." Shane said clearly annoyed with Brooke's sidetracking mind.
"We're no strangers to Madison. Obviously she doesn't share much with you either." Brooke really didn't like this guy. He was such a snoop.
"Okay, Madison doesn't share a lot with anyone. She has issues with the truth." Shane shook his head thinking about his little sister and how messed up she had gotten, "How do you know Madison anyway?"
"When she lived in Tree Hill. We shared something in common." Brooke said thinking about what they had in common. Lucas was the only thing they had in common; a share interest.
"Oh, the Tree Hill incident." Shane was the one who thought out loud this time.
"We're an incident now?" Brooke was not really sure what's going on.
"Well yeah. Madison had another, um, nervous breakdown, there and that's why she's here with me." Shane sat down at the counter and rested his head in her hands, "She was doing so well here too and then this happens."
"Okay, you're making me feel like this is all my fault." Brooke said flatly. She guessed Shane needed someone to blame for this little problem so why not blame Brooke. It wouldn't be the first time she'd been blamed for something.
"You said it was your fault." Shane really didn't care at this moment all he needed to do was find Madison before she snapped again.
"But you're supposed to tell me it's not my fault. That's like rule number one in the male handbook." Brooke tried to lighten the mood.
"Sorry I must have skipped that chapter." Shane had to smile. This girl was very beautiful and she already knew about his nutcase of a sister.
"That's alright, I'll let you slide this time." Brooke didn't know what else to say to Shane.
"God, I've got to find her." Shane said breaking the silence that fell over them. He felt like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders ever since he agreed to take care of Madison, "It's like she's a ticking time bomb that could go off at any moment."
"I know that already." Brooke said a matter-of-factly.
"Brooke Davis, bad girl." Haley said coming up behind the duo, "What would Lucas say if he saw this little flirt fest?"
"Haley, this is Shane, Madison's brother." Brooke glared at Haley.
"Madison like the Madison Peyton's raging about right now?" Brooke nodded, "Madison has a brother?"
"Yes she does." Shane answered for Brooke, "Did you say Lucas?"
"Yeah, as in Brooke's husband Lucas." Haley made sure to drop the 'husband' part letting this Shane guy know Brooke's unavailable.
"Would this Lucas be Lucas Scott?" Shane pried.
"The one and only." Brooke added cheerfully.
"This wouldn't be the one that Madison had been talking about non stop for about the past year?" Shane could not believe this was the guy that made Madison crazy.
"Probably." Brooke added casually, "We kind of fought over him when she was in Tree Hill."
"What exactly happened in Tree Hill?" Shane was never informed on what his sister had done to be sent to live with him so why not learn about it now.
"You don't know?" Haley couldn't understand why Madison's own brother didn't know what happened. Haley found that a little weird.
"It was one of those things no one wanted to talk about." Shane shrugged his shoulders.
"Well let me get Peyton over here to get that full affect of this story." Haley disappeared and reappeared with a really pissed off Peyton.
"Shane, this is Peyton Sawyer." Brooke gestured to her very ticked off friend.
"Hello," Shane said giving her the once over, "Okay so on with the story."
"Well I don't really know what happened in the beginning, you'd have to ask Lucas about that because well he started this whole thing," Brooke was getting sidetracked.
"Anyway, Madison, Lucas and Brooke had this big blow out at party and it just built on from there." Haley added.
"Brooke and Lucas had been broken up at the time, details to that not needed," Peyton didn't feel like adding any guilt to her name, "But they got back together when Brooke found out she was pregnant with Luke's baby."
"Then Madison didn't like the fact that we were together again because she had developed this thing for Lucas, but I don't blame her. He's quite a catch." Brooke again let her mind wander.
"Madison made up a boyfriend from before she moved and then also faked a break up." Haley took over for Brooke.
"Madison also told Lucas that Brooke threatened her life if she didn't stay away from him which ended with Lucas believe Madison and a fight broke out between Brooke and Madison." Peyton added to Haley's statement.
"Then Luke came to his senses and realized she had lied to him and I was telling the truth because why should I feel threatened by another girl?" Brooke was really not helping to stick to the story line.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Haley rolled her eyes, "Well Nathan and I were throwing a party and well she showed up with a gun."
"She started playing this little mind game with us but then her parent's showed up and she threatened to kill herself, which I knew wasn't going to happen." Peyton added in nonchalantly.
"Well we didn't know that and we were freaking out." Brooke remembered that night like it was yesterday.
"But Brooke here talked to her and everything was fine. We didn't see her after that but then Peyton brought us letters she left." Haley finished off the story.
"She just left without a goodbye." Peyton remembered that day and they all say the pain and hate in her eyes.
"So any questions?" Brooke turned back to Shane who was in utter shock.
"Nope I think you've covered it all." Shane still couldn't believe his sister was capable to do things like that.
"Well then last year Lucas, Braden and I stopped in here on our way back to Tree Hill and there she was. She told me not to tell anyone where she was so I didn't." Brooke paused before continuing, "Then we got lost and ended up back here and there was a major blow out between me, Madison and Peyton."
"Which could've been avoided if you just told me that you knew where she was." Peyton was still very pissed off at Brooke from keeping this a secret.
"I have to go find her." Shane said jumping from the stool.
"We'll come and help you." Brooke said and then turned to Haley and Peyton, "Right guys?"
"What about L.A. and the fashion thing?" Haley reminded everyone why they were here in the first place.
"I don't need some fancy fashion designer to tell me my sketches are good. I already know that." Brooke shrugged her shoulders, "Plus I'm still young. I have all the time in the world to become a fashion designer."
"No, you guys don't need to come." Shane said grabbing his keys from behind the counter, "You have your priorities."
"This is more important to me." Brooke said taking her keys out of her purse.
"Yeah us too." Peyton said referring to her and Haley.
"Alright, we got to think of places she'd go." Shane said heading out to his car.
"I think I've got an idea." Peyton said she got in the car with Shane.
"Lead the way." Brooke said jumping in her car with Haley.
Coming Up: Where is Madison going? What part will Shane play in this story? How are the guys handling the babies?
"What's going on?" A young man stepped out of the kitchen, "Where's Madison going?"
"I don't know." Brooke said finally coming out of the bathroom, "She just ran out."
"And who might you be?" The guy asked as if he were interrogating her.
"Brooke, Brooke Davis." Brooke held out her hand for the guy to take. She was practicing her professionalism.
"Shane Smith." Shane took Brooke's outstretched hand and shook it, "What happened with Madison?"
"There was a bit of a blow out, which is probably my fault but it was just too much I guess and she bolted." Brooke really didn't know what had happened. Everything happened so fast that she wasn't able to comprehend.
"God, she was doing so good." Shane rubbed his temples with his hands, "What exactly happened?"
"Who are you anyway?" Brooke was not sure why she was telling this Shane guy all this information, "Are you like her boyfriend or something."
"I'm her brother." Shane said flatly, "Now tell me what happened."
"Madison has a brother. She never told us that." Brooke thought out loud.
"She doesn't share a lot of things with strangers." Shane said clearly annoyed with Brooke's sidetracking mind.
"We're no strangers to Madison. Obviously she doesn't share much with you either." Brooke really didn't like this guy. He was such a snoop.
"Okay, Madison doesn't share a lot with anyone. She has issues with the truth." Shane shook his head thinking about his little sister and how messed up she had gotten, "How do you know Madison anyway?"
"When she lived in Tree Hill. We shared something in common." Brooke said thinking about what they had in common. Lucas was the only thing they had in common; a share interest.
"Oh, the Tree Hill incident." Shane was the one who thought out loud this time.
"We're an incident now?" Brooke was not really sure what's going on.
"Well yeah. Madison had another, um, nervous breakdown, there and that's why she's here with me." Shane sat down at the counter and rested his head in her hands, "She was doing so well here too and then this happens."
"Okay, you're making me feel like this is all my fault." Brooke said flatly. She guessed Shane needed someone to blame for this little problem so why not blame Brooke. It wouldn't be the first time she'd been blamed for something.
"You said it was your fault." Shane really didn't care at this moment all he needed to do was find Madison before she snapped again.
"But you're supposed to tell me it's not my fault. That's like rule number one in the male handbook." Brooke tried to lighten the mood.
"Sorry I must have skipped that chapter." Shane had to smile. This girl was very beautiful and she already knew about his nutcase of a sister.
"That's alright, I'll let you slide this time." Brooke didn't know what else to say to Shane.
"God, I've got to find her." Shane said breaking the silence that fell over them. He felt like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders ever since he agreed to take care of Madison, "It's like she's a ticking time bomb that could go off at any moment."
"I know that already." Brooke said a matter-of-factly.
"Brooke Davis, bad girl." Haley said coming up behind the duo, "What would Lucas say if he saw this little flirt fest?"
"Haley, this is Shane, Madison's brother." Brooke glared at Haley.
"Madison like the Madison Peyton's raging about right now?" Brooke nodded, "Madison has a brother?"
"Yes she does." Shane answered for Brooke, "Did you say Lucas?"
"Yeah, as in Brooke's husband Lucas." Haley made sure to drop the 'husband' part letting this Shane guy know Brooke's unavailable.
"Would this Lucas be Lucas Scott?" Shane pried.
"The one and only." Brooke added cheerfully.
"This wouldn't be the one that Madison had been talking about non stop for about the past year?" Shane could not believe this was the guy that made Madison crazy.
"Probably." Brooke added casually, "We kind of fought over him when she was in Tree Hill."
"What exactly happened in Tree Hill?" Shane was never informed on what his sister had done to be sent to live with him so why not learn about it now.
"You don't know?" Haley couldn't understand why Madison's own brother didn't know what happened. Haley found that a little weird.
"It was one of those things no one wanted to talk about." Shane shrugged his shoulders.
"Well let me get Peyton over here to get that full affect of this story." Haley disappeared and reappeared with a really pissed off Peyton.
"Shane, this is Peyton Sawyer." Brooke gestured to her very ticked off friend.
"Hello," Shane said giving her the once over, "Okay so on with the story."
"Well I don't really know what happened in the beginning, you'd have to ask Lucas about that because well he started this whole thing," Brooke was getting sidetracked.
"Anyway, Madison, Lucas and Brooke had this big blow out at party and it just built on from there." Haley added.
"Brooke and Lucas had been broken up at the time, details to that not needed," Peyton didn't feel like adding any guilt to her name, "But they got back together when Brooke found out she was pregnant with Luke's baby."
"Then Madison didn't like the fact that we were together again because she had developed this thing for Lucas, but I don't blame her. He's quite a catch." Brooke again let her mind wander.
"Madison made up a boyfriend from before she moved and then also faked a break up." Haley took over for Brooke.
"Madison also told Lucas that Brooke threatened her life if she didn't stay away from him which ended with Lucas believe Madison and a fight broke out between Brooke and Madison." Peyton added to Haley's statement.
"Then Luke came to his senses and realized she had lied to him and I was telling the truth because why should I feel threatened by another girl?" Brooke was really not helping to stick to the story line.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Haley rolled her eyes, "Well Nathan and I were throwing a party and well she showed up with a gun."
"She started playing this little mind game with us but then her parent's showed up and she threatened to kill herself, which I knew wasn't going to happen." Peyton added in nonchalantly.
"Well we didn't know that and we were freaking out." Brooke remembered that night like it was yesterday.
"But Brooke here talked to her and everything was fine. We didn't see her after that but then Peyton brought us letters she left." Haley finished off the story.
"She just left without a goodbye." Peyton remembered that day and they all say the pain and hate in her eyes.
"So any questions?" Brooke turned back to Shane who was in utter shock.
"Nope I think you've covered it all." Shane still couldn't believe his sister was capable to do things like that.
"Well then last year Lucas, Braden and I stopped in here on our way back to Tree Hill and there she was. She told me not to tell anyone where she was so I didn't." Brooke paused before continuing, "Then we got lost and ended up back here and there was a major blow out between me, Madison and Peyton."
"Which could've been avoided if you just told me that you knew where she was." Peyton was still very pissed off at Brooke from keeping this a secret.
"I have to go find her." Shane said jumping from the stool.
"We'll come and help you." Brooke said and then turned to Haley and Peyton, "Right guys?"
"What about L.A. and the fashion thing?" Haley reminded everyone why they were here in the first place.
"I don't need some fancy fashion designer to tell me my sketches are good. I already know that." Brooke shrugged her shoulders, "Plus I'm still young. I have all the time in the world to become a fashion designer."
"No, you guys don't need to come." Shane said grabbing his keys from behind the counter, "You have your priorities."
"This is more important to me." Brooke said taking her keys out of her purse.
"Yeah us too." Peyton said referring to her and Haley.
"Alright, we got to think of places she'd go." Shane said heading out to his car.
"I think I've got an idea." Peyton said she got in the car with Shane.
"Lead the way." Brooke said jumping in her car with Haley.
Coming Up: Where is Madison going? What part will Shane play in this story? How are the guys handling the babies?