A small picture fell out and Brooke nearly died when she went to put it back in. "Oh my god Haley!" Brooke dropped the yearbook and stared at the picture of Ashley.

"What Brooke," Haley said looking to where Brooke was sitting shell shocked. "There really was no cheerleading..." Haley slowed her speech as she saw what Brooke had seen. The picture was of Ashley kissing a boy, not just any boy, Felix.

Ashley and Payton walked into the room to find Haley and Brooke staring at the old picture. Ashley immediately ran and picked up the picture and put it in a drawer. She turned around to see the three girls staring back at her. She looked back with a blank look on her face. Felix was literally going to kill her!

"Ashley, is that.." Brooke began to ask but was interrupted with a nod from Ashley, who was now almost in tears.

"Yeah, it's Felix. We used to date, a long time ago." Ashley replied twisting the ring on her left hand.

"But I don't understand. You said you didn't know him. If you used to date, than why did he pretend that you had never met before." Brooke was very confused, and wanted answers. Ashley just looked out the window and continued to play with her ring.

Haley and Payton watched like they were watching a lifetime movie or something. After Brooke sat on the bed and looked at Haley and Payton, Haley finally noticed Ashley's lack of eye contact. She did however, notice her ring. "Ashely," Haley began, very quite and genteel, "The ring on your finger. Is it from Felix?"

Ashley just kept looking out the window. She couldn't risk telling them, no matter how bad she needed to tell someone. "Oh my god," Payton said walking up to her, "Are you and Felix married?"

Ashley looked at Brooke who was staring at her. "Brooke, it's not what you think!" Ashley ran to the door to block Brooke from leaving. "I didn't want to, it wasn't my choice."

"What!" The three girls said in unison. Brooke almost fell down, but Haley caught her.

"I'm confused. Start from the beginning. A. How do you know Felix. B. How long did you date. C. Why did you pretend not to know him, and D. Why is it that you moved here, just after Felix and I broke up?" Brooke stopped, out of breath.

"Ok, let me see," Ashley began, sitting down and taking out the picture, a large scrapbook, and a shoe box. "Ok. I know Felix from my brother Tommy."

"But I thought Tommy was your cousin?" Payton asked, suddenly very confused.

"Let her talk!" Shouted Haley. "Sorry, go ahead"

"Ok, so like I was saying, my brother Tommy and I lived near Felix, before he moved here. We went to the same school and Tommy and Felix were best friends. Freshman year, we started dating." Ashley opened up the scrapbook of beautifully decorated pictures and memento's of her and Felix. "We were in love. I thought he was the perfect guy. Then, things started to get weird. He began to get extremely possessive of me. One night we were making out on his bed like usual. When he started to take off my shirt, I stopped him. I told him that I really wasn't ready for this. I loved him, I really did, but I didn't want to be a teenage mother. I knew that once he started, there was no stopping him. I was wrong." Ashley took a deep breath and Brooke moved to sit next to her. Brooke really liked her, and the story about Felix was beginning to sound all too familiar. "One night I told him that I wanted to wait until I was married until I had sex. It really wasn't true, but I was scared shitless of him. He said that we should get married. When I said that we were too young, he took it well. He offered me a drink and the next thing I knew," She opened up the box and took out a few crumpled pieces of paper, and a postcard. "We were in Mexico. I was in a room with Tommy and he took out a gun. Felix came in with a gorgeous dress and the ring." She said while looking at her ring. "They told me if I tried to run away, they would kill me. We went to the beach and got married by a priest. It' s official, and legal" Ashley handed Brooke the marriage license.

Brooke felt like she was going to cry. How could he do this to her, to such a sweet girl. "Why, why would he do this to you?"

"His parents got tired of him throwing his money everywhere. They told him that they would put it in a trust fund and that he could only access it when he got married, and stayed married. If we had gotten it annulled, his parents would consider that the wedding did not exist." Ashley lowered her head. She waited for it, for them to storm out and never speak to her again.

Instead, she was greeted with a hug, three hugs to be exact. "Honey," Payton said. "I'm so sorry."

"Me too." Said Haley.

"I am too. Why can't you go to the police, someone. There has to be some way." Brooke started brainstorming. "We could..."

Ashley stopped her. "We could, and will, do nothing. If I go to the police, who knows what he'll do not only to me, but to anyone that helped me. I'll be fine guys, it's nothing I haven't done before."

"But wait, why did you move here?" Brooke asked, but than realized the way that Felix's sick mind had worked. "He MADE you move here after I chose Lucas didn't he?" Brooke asked and watched as Ashley, with tears running down her faced nodded her head a yes. "But why?"

"He wanted to get you back, like he had me. He was going to get me to seduce Lucas, and get him to cheat on him with me. He thought that you'd go running to him, and he'd get you to fall in love with him. He said that he would divorce me and marry you. He's going to keep going, he'll never stop." Ashley finally collapsed, crying uncontrollably now. "What am I going to do guys?"

"Don't worry," Haley said, rubbing her back as Brooke hugged her, "We'll fix this somehow. I promise."

Just then Ashley's phone started to ring. She looked at the caller i.d. and saw it was Felix. "Put it on speaker," Brooke said shushing all the other girls, "I wanna hear this."

Ashley nodded and picked up the phone, trying to sound as natural as possible. "Hello."

"Hey. How's my wife." Felix asked. He really could care less, but he knew how much she hated being called that.

"You're wife is fine." Ashley said, feeling belittled and pissed at the same time. "What's up Felix?"

"Hey, stop giving the lip ok, or you're going to get a big fat one." Brooke covered her mouth. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Haley and Payton, however, were not as surprised. They always supported Brooke because they were her friends, but neither of them ever liked Felix, not from the minute they met him. "Now, did you get my note?"

"Yeah, I just didn't have a chance to call you yet, I was hanging out with Brooke, Haley, and Payton."

"They're not there now are they?" Felix asked, very panicky. "Because if they hear any of this..."

"No Felix. I'm not stupid" 'Although, I did date you' Ashley thought to herself. "What's up?"

"Well, I would like to tell you that I have come up with a master plan that will be a win-win situation for everyone involved. You'll get your divorce, I'll get Brooke, and Lucas will get nothing, just the way it's supposed to be."

"And what's the plan?" Ashley just wanted to get off the phone with him. She was now afraid to use the phone because she didn't know who was listening, and what Tommy, her so called brother, would do for the money Felix was paying him to keep her there.

"I'm glad you asked. Ok, so Brooke flipped out when she found out that Lucas and Payton were cheating on her. When they got back together, she made him promise that she would never cheat on her again. Well, you my wife, will brake that promise. You WILL get Lucas to cheat on Brooke with not just anyone, but a friend! I will be Brooke's rock when she's devastated, and we'll all live happily, or in Lucas's case, un-happily ever after." Brooke couldn't believe what she was hearing. Everything she ever told him, was being used against her. She couldn't wait to tell Lucas so he and Nathan could go beat Felix up. That way he would never hurt anyone again, especially one of her friends.

"That's great Felix. Brilliant. But one small detail. I don't think that Lucas will cheat on Brooke, especially with me."

"Oh don't you worry about that, I have it taken care of. Brooke won't be able to believe him, so even though he'll be telling the truth, she'll leave him and come to me. Now, I'm off to put this plan in motion. I'll see you later. Bye."

Ashley hung up the phone and was again overwhelmed with hugs from her new friends. "We have to do something. We can't let him get away with this." Brooke was outraged. No one, especially Felix, hurt Brooke Davis or any of her friends.

"Guys, I wish I could, but there's nothing I can do. He'll kill me if I fuck this up. I don't want to hurt any of you. You are the only real friends I've had since Felix came into the picture." Ashley really felt lucky to have them as her friends. She knew that they would help her the best they could.

"I have a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!" Shouted Brooke.

"Somehow Brooke and brilliant don't go together," Started Haley, but after a quick stare from Brooke she retorted. "But, I'll allow it."

"Thank you judge tutor wife. Anyway, so now that we know what he's up to, we have to go along with it. I say we let him think that his plan is working. I'll even "breakup" with him if I have to. I'll run to him for comfort and he'll think that he's won." Brooke was so proud of herself. She had actually done something good for a change!

"But Brooke, what's going to happen when he thinks he's got you?" Ashley said, praying that this would work.

"I don't exactly know yet, but we have to tell the boys, and they'll think of something. Ashley don't worry. You're not going anywhere. You're safe here. I promise." Ashley hugged Brooke and wiped her eyes. She felt safe here. She was safe here.

Meanwhile...

Felix hung up form his beloved bride. He was going to get everything he wanted. Brooke, his money, and Lucas out of his life. He had no idea what was going on, and that's how it was going to stay. Felix was sure that his plan was going to work. 'Brooke will run to me. She will forget Lucas forever and find comfort in me. She'll be mine again! I know it.'

Hey, i hope you guys are liking it so far. Anyway, i'm starting to get sick, and my parents are going out of town, so i'm all alone with the 2 puppies (well, one puppy and one brother). Hopefully they'll both cooperate and i'll get to update. Otherwise, i'll update on Monday. Please review, they've been really helpfull