A/N: Again, I do not own one thing besides this fan fiction.

Lucas' phone rang at 4 am, and he struggled out of bed to answer it. Who could it be? He wondered as he made his way to the phone.

"Hello?" his curious voice answered.

"Lucas, it's me, Brooke." She informed him.

"Brooke? What are you doing calling me at 4 in the morning?" Lucas asked, a little curious.

"I know, I know, it's late. Or umm… early. But I really need to talk to you." She said.

"Alright, but at 4 am? C'mon Brooke, I need some sleep." Said Lucas, a little aggravated at the fact that she had called so early.

"Okay, I get that but me and you need to seriously talk. Right now."

"Babe, couldn't this wait till school?" It couldn't be anything that could not wait, Lucas was sure of it.

"Umm, yeah, yeah. I guess." She said.

"Okay, I'll talk to you later alright babe?" Retorted Lucas.

"Ok, thanks Luc." After hanging up with him, Brooke realized that all she needed to fall asleep soundly, was to hear her boyfriend's sweet voice. How could Peyton say that Lucas wasn't meant for her? She was wrong, and now more than ever Brooke was beginning to really fall for him. Hard.


The first bell of the day had rung and Haley James was missing from her seat.

"Does anyone know where Haley is today?" The teacher asked the class.

After about 30 seconds of silence, it became obvious that no one knew. One of the quiet ones was Brooke Davis, who was smiling as she drew hearts and wrote, 'I love Lucas', all over her notebook. She couldn't wait until she saw him later on in the day. What would she say to him? How would she tell him that she spent all night thinking about him? And after she called him and heard his voice, she fell right asleep? What words would she use to describe how much she cared for him and how happy she was that he was her boyfriend?


Back in Mr. Melendez's room, Lucas, Nathan, and Peyton were waiting on their names to be called for attendance.

"Peyton Sawyer?"

"Here." She said, thankful her name had been called before Nathan had the chance to talk to her.

"Lucas Scott?"

"Yep." A smooth Lucas replied.

"Nathan Scott?"

"Yeah. Hey Peyton! Wait up!" Nathan didn't waste time and that was for sure. However, Peyton had broken up with him, and she did it for a reason. She was not getting back with Nathan Scott. The only thing she knew at the moment was that she liked Lucas, and she had to find a way to tell him without Brooke finding out.

"Peyton, ... wait." An out-of-breath Nathan managed to squeeze out.

"What Nathan?"

"Please, just listen to me. I have a lot to say and you don't give me enough time to say one word of it."

"Look, Nathan, I broke up with you for a reason and I ..." Before Peyton could finish her sentence, Nathan moved in for a kiss. He got lips, but nothing more as Peyton pulled away in a hurry.

"Nathan!" She squealed. "I am not doing this again!" Peyton exclaimed.

"Peyton, I'm sorry! Just let me talk!" Nathan tried, but it was useless as Peyton was already halfway down the hall.


Haley was at home wrapped in blankets on her bed. Was she sick? Nope. She was too ashamed to go to school. The things that Lucas had said to her the day before had really upset her and she was too afraid to face both him, and Nathan. I mean, how could she like someone so much, and have her best friend not agree with it? She was just confused and she didn't know what to do.

"Haley?" She heard a voice call from the hallway leading to her room.

"It's Lucas." He called out.

Lucas!! She didn't know whether or not to be happy or embarrassed. He was going to come into her room and see that she wasn't sick. But maybe he was going to come in and offer them a chance to talk. Who knows? Maybe he would even apologize to her.

Lucas opened the door slowly, making not a sound.

"Haley! Are you okay?" Lucas asked astonished to see her looking somewhat healthy.

"Yeah, I'm okay. What are you doing here?" She asked her friend.

"When I heard that you weren't in school today I was concerned. I mean you were fine yesterday and you didn't show signs of being sick. I wanted to see what was wrong with you. So yeah, I cut class." Lucas was a bit ashamed of cutting class, but this was his friend, his best.

"Oh, well I'm okay. I just, I don't know. I didn't want to go to school today because... Well, if I'm being honest..." Haley stuttered a bit.

"Hales, just spit it out." Lucas flashed her that same sweet smile.

Haley nodded, smiling back. "Okay. I didn't come today because I was trying to avoid you and Nathan." It felt so good to be honest with Lucas.

"Yeah, about that... I'm sorry." Lucas needed to get this off his chest.

"The point I was trying to get across came out completely wrong, and it really just made me look like a big jerk. I guess that I just kind of look at you like a little sister and I guess I was protecting you?"

"Lucas, look, I appreciate that. I realize that I did ask you your opinion and I guess it wasn't what I wanted to hear. But you did come off as a jerk, you're right." Haley smiled at him jokingly.

"The truth is Luc, I don't know where I would be without you. Cause, you do guide me and help me through a lot. But, you don't have to be scared for me to go out with Nathan because he's a really nice guy."

"Haley, you barely know him outside of tutoring. I mean sure he's nice when..." Lucas began to realize he was doing it, yet again.

"Okay, so you don't like him. I get that, but please just let me make this decision for myself." She pleaded with the guy at her side.

"Alright, okay, I'm sorry. Go ahead and make this decision." With that Lucas stood up and exited the room.

"I'm out, bye."

"See ya Luc." She whispered to an empty room.

Okay, so hopefully you're getting a little bit more of the gist here. Chapter 3 should be up soon.