Chapter 29
She Would Never Do That
Peyton's House
Brooke and Peyton sat on the bed talking.
"So what do you want to do about this?"asked Peyton.
"I don't know, but whatever we do it has to be bad. She is trying to ruin my relationship. I can't just let that go."
"Too bad nobody told her that Brooke Davis is the last person you should mess with."said Peyton laughing.
"Well she'll soon find out."
Peyton threw a pillow at Brooke."I was kidding when I said that."
Brooke picked up the pillow and threw it back at her."Well I wasn't. I can be a very bad worst enemy and you know it."
"That I do. She will definitely regret doing this to you. I know you'll make her."said Peyton putting her arm around Brooke.
"No,we'll make her."said Brooke wrapping Peyton in a hug.
Lucas, Haley, and Nathan walked into the room and saw the two best friends hugging.
"What's this? Did you two make up?"asked Lucas.
Brooke let go of Peyton and walked up to him. She gave him a quick kiss before answering."Yes we're friends again. We were just talking about who wrote that idiotic letter."
"So you know who did it?"asked Haley.
"Yes we do. It's Alison."said Peyton.
Lucas laughed."Your not serious, are you? She would never do that, but I think you would Peyton."
"Oh come on, Peyton didn't do this Lucas. I already told you that. Alison is the only person who we could think of that would do something like this."
"What has she done that would make you think that? I'll tell you, nothing, but your friend here."Lucas pointed to Peyton."She has done everything she can think of to keep us apart. How could you think someone who has been nothing but nice could do this, but Peyton never even crossed your mind."
"You don't know what I know Lucas."said Brooke getting upset that Lucas still thought it was Peyton."Peyton has come to me from the beginning, telling me to watch out for Alison."
"Exactly Brooke, this seems like the perfect set up to me. Peyton tells you all this stuff about Alison and then she sets her up. Then of course you believe her because you two used to be best friends."
Peyton laughed."Well thank you Lucas. Thanks for thinking I'm smart enough to come up with a brilliant plan like that, but I didn't write that note. It was Alison. What would I gain by making you all hate her? It just doesn't make sense Lucas."
"It's not about what you gain by us not talking to her, you weren't planning on us thinking it was her, you were planning on your plan working. You wanted us to believe it was all true. You wanted us to break up."said Lucas.
"Lucas please open you eyes. I love you and all, but your too trusting. Everything you just said was true, you just had the wrong person behind it. Alison was planning on us breaking up, but if we didn't she thought that everyone would blame Peyton. She just didn't think we were smart enough to know Peyton wouldn't do that."said Brooke.
"Brooke I think your the one who is too trusting. You still think that Peyton wouldn't do something like this, but she already has. Does keeping my letter from you ring any bells?"
It was Peyton's turn to speak up."Look Lucas you can hate me for that if you want and I won't blame because I did do that, but this I didn't do. You can believe that I want you and Brooke to break up, which I don't by the way, but why would I want to break up Nathan and Haley? They were the only ones who continued to talk to me after all that letter crap happened. I would never do this to them."
"I don't think you did this."said Haley.
"Neither do I."said Nathan.
"You see Lucas they are smart enough to know she didn't do this."said Brooke.
"Well they don't know Alison like I do."
"Lucas, Alison is in love with you. She hasn't come out and said it exactly, but I can tell by the way she talks about you and by the way she looks when she sees you kissing Brooke. Just the other day she was asking me all these questions about Brooke and Nathan. It just all makes sense now."
"Wait, she was asking questions about them. When and why didn't you tell anyone?"asked Haley.
"I did. I told Brooke right after I talked to her. It was that day I went up to you two at lunch and you left us alone to talk."
"She did tell me about it."said Brooke.
"I don't care what everyone says. Alison wouldn't do this."
"How well do you know Alison, Lucas?"asked Haley.
"Well enough to know she wouldn't do this."
"Quit being stubborn Lucas. What will it take to make you believe this?"asked Haley.
"I don't know some kind of proof maybe."
"Do we have any of that?"asked Haley looking from Brooke to Peyton.
"No, but we could get some."said Peyton.
"How?"asked Haley.
"We just get something that she's written and compare the handwriting."
"Do you think we'll be able to tell by the handwriting?"
"Of course, now where did I put that napkin. There it is."said Peyton looking at the napkin and studying it."There. Do you see the T's? All of them slant to the right. Now if we get something written by her we could compare the two. If the T's are the same then we know for sure she wrote this and then we can let Brooke kick her ass."
"I'm all for that."said Brooke smiling.
"I thought you would be."said Peyton laughing."Now we just need to figure out a way to get something written by her."
"I think I can help there. Everyone in the office loves me. All I have to do is go in there and tell them that I left my car keys in her locker and I really need them. I'm more than sure they'll give me her combination."
"Way to go Haley that sounds like it will work."said Peyton.
"Do you two hear yourselves? You sound ridiculous."
"Oh shut up Lucas. I don't hear you trying to help us come up with a plan. Why are you so closed minded when it comes to Alison?"asked Haley.
"No, he's right."said Brooke. Both Haley and Peyton looked at her."I don't mean that I think your ridiculous, I just think that plan is ridiculous. It's not so much ridiculous as it is complicated. You two are talking about going into the office and getting locker combinations. I'm more about handling things myself."Brooke took the napkin and headed to the door.
"Brooke where are you going?"asked Lucas.
"To take care of this thing myself."Brooke walked out.
"I guess she wants us to stay out of it now. Maybe we should wait for her here."said Peyton.
"Like hell I will. I'm not staying out of anything. I'm all the way in this. She tried to ruin my marriage. I'm going. I want to be right there when Brooke confronts her."said Haley walking to the door.
Peyton nodded."Okay then lets go. Are you coming Lucas?"
"Yes, if she is the one behind this I want to know."
Everyone walked out of the house and got in their cars and drove to school.
Tree Hill High
Brooke quickly parked her car and walked into the building. She headed straight for Mr. Kelsner's class. She saw him sitting at his desk grading papers.
"So how is my favorite teacher this morning?"
"Why Ms. Davis, what is it that you want?"
"Are you implying that the only reason I came to see how you are is because I need something?"said Brooke placing a hand on her heart.
"Well I know you Ms. Davis."
"I forgot how smart you are. I do need something Mr. Kelsner."
"How did I know that."
"Like I said your smart. Anyways I know I shouldn't be asking a teacher for a favor, but I'm desperate."
"What is it?"
"Okay the thing is, your quiz yesterday was really hard and I sort of made a bet with Alison Jennings from your first period. I said I would get a higher grade then her. Well we both know I did horribly and Alison called me this morning and said she wasn't going to make it to school today, so I was wondering if you could maybe give me her test so I could see her grade."
"Now Ms. Davis you know I can't do that."
"I know this isn't something you would normally do, but I have a hundred dollars riding on this. I don't know if I can wait until tomorrow to see who won our bet. Besides you know that Alison and I are really good friends. You see us together all the time."
"That is true."
"I'll give Alison her test later when I go to her house. I promise. Please."begged Brooke."I mean it's not like I'm asking for it to be able to cheat. They are already graded."
"I guess no harm can come from this. Sure. Let me just find it. Oh here it is."Mr Kelsner handed her Alison's test.
"Thank you so much. From now on I promise to come to class everyday."
"You should already be doing that Ms. Davis."
"I know. Bye, and thanks."
"Ms. Davis?"
"Yes."
"I assume that you already saw that you lost the bet right?"
"Yes I see that. Thanks."
Mr. Kelsner let out a hearty laugh as Brooke walked out of his class. She walked out into the hallway and stopped when she turned Alison's test to the essay page. She scanned the writing for any T's. She saw that all the T's slanted to the right. She now had Lucas' proof. Brooke began to search the halls for Alison and stopped when she saw her at her locker. She walked up to her and tapped her on the shoulder.
Alison turned around and saw Brooke. She smiled."Oh, hey Brooke what's up?"She searched Brooke's face for any trace of sadness. She didn't see any.
"Hey, you want to here something funny?"
"Sure. I could use a laugh."
"Couldn't we all."said Brooke with a smile."Okay well Haley found this note this morning."Brooke handed her the napkin.
Alison pretended to have read it for the first time. She acted completely stunned." This isn't true is it?"
Brooke laughed."No. You know all morning we were trying to figure out who would write this and only one name came to mind."
"Let me guess, Peyton."
"No, actually the only name that came to mind was Alison."
"What? You can't really think I wrote that."
"Oh I more than think you did. I know you did."
"Brooke.."
"Don't even try to lie Alison. Do you think I would come up to you and accuse you with out some kind of proof? I'm not stupid you know."
Alison just stared at her."I don't know what proof you think you have, but I didn't..."
"Didn't I just say to stop lying? I went to one of your classes and got a sample of your handwriting and guess what? I'll give you three guesses."Brooke waited." Oh come on take a guess."
Alison looked at her not saying anything.
"Fine if you won't guess then I'll just tell you. The handwriting was exactly the same as this napkin. Are you still going to deny it?"
"No, okay fine you caught me. I did it."
Peyton, Lucas, Haley, and Nathan walked up just in time to hear her confession.
"I guess Brooke got her proof."said Peyton."Did you hear her Lucas? She said she did it. It wasn't me."
Lucas looked from Peyton to Alison."Why?" was all he said.
"I did it for you Lucas and you too Haley. Everything I wrote was true. They are seeing each other. I saw them together kissing. I wanted to tell you Lucas, but I didn't want Brooke to hate me. I figured if I left a note you'd still find out and I wouldn't have to lose Brooke's friendship. I know it was wrong, but you both deserved to know what was going on."
"That is a bunch of bull!"said Nathan stepping forward."I have never kissed Brooke."
"You don't need to say anything Nate. Nobody believes her crap."said Brooke.
Alison looked at Lucas."I'm not lying Lucas. It's all true. I saw them kissing in the hall by his locker and then another time in the morning at your mother's café. Please say you believe me."
"I have never been more sure of a person lying then I am right now. Every word that just came out of your mouth is exactly what Brooke called it. Crap. I swore to everyone that you didn't do this, but you made a liar out of me. Thanks. Can you at least tell me why you really did this?"
Alison looked down."I did it because I love you Lucas. I have since the first day I saw you. I know you feel the same way about me. We just needed to get rid of Brooke."
"Your completely crazy, you know that?"said Lucas.
"And your stupid if you think that Brooke, what did you call her again Peyton, oh yeah, the slut won't cheat on you."
"Look you little bitch, I never called Brooke a slut and anything bad I said about her I only said to keep you close. I didn't want you to think I would say anything about what you said to her and it worked."
"No, it didn't. Everything I told you I wanted you to tell her."
"Sure you did."
"Hey, you can believe what ever you want."Alison looked at Brooke."What about you Brooke? You wanted me to stop lying. I told you the truth and now your all quiet. What's that about?"
"I've been trying to think of something to say to you, but I just can't. There really isn't anything you can say to such a crazy pathetic person, such as yourself."
"Oh you think you are so much better than me. I just admit to trying to break you and Lucas up and all you can do is stand there and say absolutely nothing. Now that's pathetic. If it was me, they wouldn't be able to pull me off of you. I guess I just care more about Lucas then you do."
"I could go all crazy psycho bitch on you, but your just not worth it. Seeing you lose is enough for me. Your little plan didn't work. I still have Lucas and Peyton and I are friends again. I guess I should thank you for the last part. Seeing you all alone and miserable everyday is enough for me. Lets go everybody. She's not worth us wasting our time."Brooke linked her arms with Peyton and Lucas ready to walk away.
"Wait, I didn't get to say anything yet."
Everyone turned to look at Haley.
"Normally I'm the bigger person, but right now Brooke can take the high road if she wants, but not me."said Haley walking up to Alison. She raised her hand and slapped her clear across the face. The sound seemed to echo all the way down the hall and the small group of people who had stopped to see what was going on gasped. Nobody had seen Haley James Scott slap anyone before."You tried to ruin my marriage for the fun of it. If you ever do something like that again, trust me you will regret it. Now get the hell out of my face. I'm tired of looking at you."
Alison who was still holding her cheek, closed her locker and walked away embarrassed.
Brooke let go of Peyton and Lucas and walked up to Haley."Way to go Tutor Girl. I didn't think you had that in you. I now know to stay on your good side."
Haley laughed embarrassed."I know I shouldn't have done that, but when I saw that you weren't going to hit her. I had to. So this is all your fault Brooke."
"Oh is it?"
"Yes it is."
"Well I wanted to hit her, but I figured I'd let you take care of this one."
"That's what I figured you were doing too, so I did it."
Both girls laughed.
"I hate to break up this beautiful moment, but I think we should all get to class."said Nathan.
"Wait. Look Peyton, I'm sorry. I jumped to the wrong conclusion. I should have known you wouldn't do this to Brooke, Haley, or Nathan. They're your friends."
"I wouldn't do it to you either Luke. Even if you don't, I still consider you a friend."
"Thanks, but seriously I'm really sorry and I do consider you a friend, if you'll still have me that is."
"Apology accepted Luke and you better believe I'll still have you. As a friend Brooke so don't get all worried okay?"
"I'm not. Now this is great, I have my wonderful boyfriend on one side and my even more wonderful best friend on the other. Life can't get any better."
"Hey, what about me? What am I?"asked Nathan.
"Your the guy who needs to keep an eye on his wife. You need to make sure she doesn't start slapping random people because she thinks I should have. We should make her our new body guard."
"We had an old one?"asked Lucas.
"You know what I mean Broody."
"Oh stop Brooke. It's not funny. You know I never resort to violence and the one time I do your not going to let me forget."
"That's right."
Everyone walked down the hall talking and laughing as they went into their separate classes.
Tree Hill High
(Gym)
The end of the school week had finally arrived. After the confrontation with Alison, she had kept her distance. Any time she would see one of them coming she would turn and walk the other way.
It was now Friday. Game night. Tonight would be Lucas' first game back. Whitey agreed to let him play. He hadn't admitted he was wrong he just said that Lucas had improved since they had last talked.
Brooke and Peyton were on the other side of the gym stretching with the other cheerleaders. They were becoming closer than ever. It amazed them how easy it was to go back to the way things used to be without it feeling the least bit awkward.
Haley sat in the bleachers with Karen and Andy. They talked as they waited for the game to start. They talked about how Deb asked for permission to make changes to the dealership. Lucas and Nathan used their 50 percent ownership to stop her from making any changes to the dealership. They simply told her no. They could stop her from changing the dealership, but they couldn't stop her from moving Keith into the house. They were now a thing.
The game started with Nathan tipping the ball in to Lucas, he passed it back to Nathan who shot his first basket, a three pointer. The game continued with Lucas and Nathan tearing up the score board. The Scott brothers were unstoppable tonight. If it wasn't Nathan making a shot it was Lucas. Whitey looked on at the two with joy and surprise. He was glad they were getting along. With each brother shooting and not missing the game ended with the score being 102-49, Ravens. The game was over even before it started.
When Brooke saw Lucas approaching she ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck.
"You were amazing tonight, you know that?"
"Of course, I'm always amazing."said Lucas slipping his arms around her waist.
"Don't I know it and it's not just basket ball your amazing at if you know what I mean."said Brooke giving him a sexy wink.
Lucas looked down at her and smiled. He kissed her.
"So are we still going to this party tonight?"asked Brooke.
"If that's what you want."
"I want."
"Okay well let me go change. I'll be right back."
"I'll be waiting so hurry up."
Lucas leaned in to give her one more kiss before he left."I love you."
"I love you too."
Lucas disappeared with Nathan into the locker room.
Brooke walked back to Peyton and Haley.
"You two look so cute together."said Peyton to Brooke.
"I never thought I'd hear that come out of your mouth."said Brooke.
"Hey, I really am happy for the both of you. Honestly. I can tell he really loves you. Hell anyone can, just by the way he looks at you."
Brooke couldn't help, but smile. She was really truly happy for once.
"You deserve this Brooke."
"I know you mean every word, but you just seem so sad Peyt."said Brooke looking at her best friend.
"I guess I kind of am. Don't get me wrong. I'm really happy for you and I'm not sad because your with Lucas and I'm not. I just keep thinking where's my happy ending. I see how happy Lucas makes you and then there's Haley and Nathan and they too are deliriously happy. I guess because of all the wrong things I've done, I don't get to be happy. This must be my punishment."
"Oh Peyt don't talk like that. You'll get your happiness soon. I promise."said Brooke taking her best friend in her arms hugging her.
Haley looked passed her friends to the figure approaching."Hey you might get your happy ending sooner than you think."said Haley with a smile.
"What are you talking about?"asked Peyton.
"Turn around."
Peyton turned around and saw what Haley was talking about."Jake!"
The End
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