WEDNESDAY
The morning had gotten off to a good start for Brooke and Peyton. They were actually out of bed and on time for school. But figuring that skipping first period had become a good habit, the duo decided to stop off for a quick breakfast.
"Tasty Donuts! What you like?" The little Asian lady behind the counter asked
"Hi! I'd like two chocolate covered donuts with the little sprinkles, and…" Brooke turned to where Peyton had been standing two seconds earlier. Looking around, she found her girlfriend standing by a fridge with drinks in it. "Hey, Babe! What do you want?" She called out
"I'll have a jelly filled and half a dozen donut holes." Peyton said coming back over to the donut counter and setting down two chocolate milks.
"Aw. You two good friend?" The donut lady asked
Peyton and Brooke smiled at each other. "The bestest." Brooke replied while taking Peyton's hand in her own.
"Oh. You two very cute!" The lady smiled
After paying for their donuts and milk, the two girls drove up to school and just sat in Brooke's car with the top down. It was one of those beautiful fall days.
"You know, I don't think that it is possible to eat a donut without having chocolate milk to wash it down. It's just unethical." Brooke said after chugging the last of her milk.
"I don't see how you eat so much chocolate and stay so thin Brooke. Plus, it's just to damn sweet for me."
"Please! I'd eat chocolate with anything!"
"Yeah, well Chocoholic; you ready to face the lovely people of Tree Hill High?"
Brooke checked her reflection in her mirror, and deciding that she looked decent enough, she nodded her head.
The girls walked up to the front of the school building hand-in-hand. As the reached the doors, Brooke turned to look at Peyton.
"Ok. So let's remember that we are trying to be inconspicuous. We can't do anything couple-like in public."
"Yes please! I don't want to have to deal with people's shit. Especially when you get to be off in New York." Peyton agreed
"Ok." Brooke dropped Peyton's hand. "Un-coupling now." She sighed as she and Peyton walked into Tree Hill High.
At lunch, they typical group was seated around the table, minus Haley.
"Hey Nate, where's Haley?" Peyton asked halfway through lunch
"Aw. You miss your other girlfriend baby?" Brooke asked playfully
"Wait. You and Peyton are actually dating?" Tim asked
"Wow man. You are slow!" Lucas said shaking his head
"Awesome!" Tim exclaimed
"You tell anyone Smith, and I'll personally tear your balls off and feed them to you." Brooke said nonchalantly
"Ok. Back-up. What about my wife?" Nathan asked Peyton
"Yeah! What about me?" Haley asked walking up to the table
"Oh. Brooke was just about to tell about your little lesbian moment inside Wal-Mart last nig…Oh. Um, hi." Peyton stopped suddenly when she noticed another girl standing with a now bright red Haley.
Haley, still blushing, cleared her throat. "Umm…guys. This is Sydney. She's new here to Tree Hill."
"Hi everyone." Sydney said with a little wave
"Hi Sydney, I'm Brooke. Welcome to Tree Hill. Hope you brought something along to keep you occupied, because our small town is has a high death rate. Cause- boredom." Brooke flashed a dimply grin at Sydney
Everyone laughed as they went around introducing themselves.
"So Haley, about this so-called 'lesbian' moment? Should I be worried that you are cheating on me with another chick?" Nathan asked as he put his arm around his wife
Brooke, Peyton, and Haley all blushed after Nathan had asked and was now looking towards them for the answers. Sydney, after noticing the uncomfortable silence that had descended on the table, decided to make herself useful in breaking the silence.
"You know, I've seen a lot of things in my life. Nothing that you can say will shock me. I've seen it all. As a matter of fact, I bet I could nail each and every one of you right here. I guarantee that I know more about you than you think I do."
"Is that so?" Lucas asked, his usual broodiness replaced by genuine curiosity.
"Yep. Ok. Starting here." Sydney turned to Nathan and Haley. "You married young, obviously, probably just a little while ago too. You did it for a number of reasons, but you did it nonetheless. Nathan, you're the typical jock turned soft, and Haley, you're the quite, intellectual type. Everyone's best friend." Sydney then turned to Brooke and Peyton. "Now you two. Best friends turned lovers. Brooke, you're the typical cheerleader, probably captain. You love to have to spotlight on you. Peyton, you're more the artistic type. Into music and drawing and such. But you're a cheerleader too. Weird, because you hate the spotlight unless its about a issue you want people to really hear." She then turned to Tim. "You. Class clown. The typical funny guy. People see that, but not much more. You're pretty misunderstood huh?" Tim nodded and Sydney smiled. She then turned to Lucas. "And last but not least…Mr. Broody. Stands back and observes everyone else. You don't show that you cares for much, but there are many things you are passionate about. You only open up to a select few that you feel you can be honest with. There's not much more to say about you. Oh yeah, except the fact that you were, and probably still are, in love with Ms. Cheerleader over here." She pointed to Brooke.
Seeing everyone sitting there squirming when she finished analyzing them all, Sydney just leaned back in her chair and laughed. "How'd I do?"
"Who the fuck are you?" Peyton asked, disbelief written all over her face
"You guys, anyone could see all that!" Sydney explained. "It's all how you guys carry yourselves. Nathan and Haley have on wedding bands. Nathan has on a varsity jacket while Haley had like 80 books with her earlier. Brooke has the typical cheerleader composure, no offense, and Peyton has a sketch book and she has on a band tee. I saw them holding hands as they walked into school today; I was late also. Plus, they have an unspoken comfort between them that usually comes from being best friends. Tim tripped over a chair earlier, enough said. And Lucas is just your obvious broody personality. Plus he kept looking at Brooke every chance he got with regret filled eyes. You guys used to date huh?"
"He cheated on me with Peyton." Brooke said immediately. "I'm not sure why I just told you that." She said with confusion in her voice
"Well, you do tend to be more open and vulnerable when someone tears you apart." Sydney smiled
"You're amazing! I cant believe you pieced that all together!" Haley finally spoke
"No shit." Lucas said, broodier than before.
Sydney stood up. "Well, I have to potty before next period. It was nice meeting you all. You guys seem really cool. And don't worry, your secrets are all safe with me." She gave one last smile and wave and walked away.
"Dude. She's hot!" Tim said, breaking the tension and making everyone laugh
"So that Sydney girl was something huh?" Brooke asked later that night as she, Peyton, and Haley were all packing Brooke's stuff.
"I cannot believe that she put all of that together. Who is that chick? CIA?" Peyton said from across that room
"She seems really nice." Haley said more as a question than a statement.
"Yeah, she's really cute." Brooke smiled at the look she got from Peyton. "What! You hid your love affair with Haley from me! I get to say another girl is cute. Now we're even."
Peyton pouted and Haley just rolled her eyes.
"I need something to drink. And to get away from the two of you!" Haley walked out of Brooke's room
"Hey." Brooke walked over to where Peyton was standing. "You know that I'm just kidding right? There's only one girl I care for."
The girls smiled at each other and Brooke softly kissed Peyton. Peyton, in return, pushed Brooke up against the wall and started kissing her neck.
"I've been wanting to kiss you all day!" She mumbled from her place at Brooke's collarbone
"Mmm. I can tell." Brooke responded
Peyton brought her head back up to Brooke's and started kissing her mouth again. The kiss continued to heat up as time went by.
"Ok. I brought… oh my dear LORD! You guys are unbelievable! You know that?" Haley cried as she walked back into Brooke's room. "Would you like me to leave you two alone. Forever!"
"No! Haley no! We're sorry." Peyton offered, turning away from Brooke.
"Yeah, sorry Tutor-Girl." Brooke agreed buttoning her shirt back up.
"Un-fucking-believable." Haley shook her hear, a small smile playing at her lips. "Well Brooke, what else do you have to pack?" She observed Brooke's room
"Nothing I guess." Brooke sighed as she sat on the edge of her bed. "You guys want to watch a movie or something?"
"I think I'll pass. I don't want to witness another make-out session. I keep saying that, yet I always seem to walk in on them. God, start keeping your hands to yourselves girls!" Haley said
"But Haley, that's no fun." Peyton said right before she tackled Brooke onto the bed and started tickling her. "See, so much funnier."
"Oh my. Ok. I'm gone. See you tomorrow." Haley said walking out the door, trying to ignore the couple on the bed.
"She's finally gone! Yay!" Brooke exclaimed
"Brookie! That's just mean!" Peyton scoffed
"I know. But I cant do this" she straddled Peyton and kissed her, "when Haley is here."
"Well yay for her leaving then!" Peyton agreed
Later that night, when the girls were sleeping, Brooke rolled over and tapped Peyton on the shoulder.
"Hmm?" Peyton mumbled
"Babe, wake up. I want to talk to you."
"Brooke, it's freaking 3 in the morning. Cant it wait till I'm actually awake and functioning?"
"I'm late Peyton." Brooke said softly
Peyton sat up quickly. "What? How can that be? Oh…Lucas. You're KIDDING me right?"
Brooke sat up too. "Yeah! Been there, done that! Never gonna happen again. I had to get you up somehow."
Peyton slapped Brooke's arm. "That's so not even funny. You, Brooke Davis, are a horrible person!" Peyton yawned. "You know, if you are even going to attempt talking to me anymore, you are gonna need to make some coffee or something."
"Fine. Get up and come with me." Brooke said dragging her girlfriend behind her
"Is it really that important that you drag me out of bed at 3 in the morning on a school night Brookie?"
"Are you gonna keep doing coke?" Brooke asked abruptly
"What? Where did that come from?" Peyton paused waiting for Brooke's answer, but Brooke was looking at Peyton still, expecting the answer to her question. "Well Brooke, I was actually thinking about trying heroin now. No Baby, I'm not going to do it anymore. I have no reason to."
"But you're not getting any withdrawals or anything?" Brooke asked, concerned for the woman she was falling in love with
"No. Really, I'm ok. I don't even think about it. And what about you? You scared the shit out of me the other night. All the bottles and broken glass. What the hell happened anyway?"
Brooke sighed. "My mother made me mad. There was some beer left from that party, so when I got mad, I just started chugging. Then I decided to ruin all my mother's nice expensive vases as a way to prove a point. I'm cool though."
"Listen to us. We're both denying that we have a problem when we both know that we need to just admit it."
"I know. Pey, I don't want to leave if you are still dealing with this. I want to be there to help you beat it. You understand that right?" Peyton nodded her head. "But baby, I'm leaving on Saturday for 4 months. I cant do anything to change that. Just promise me that my girlfriend will still be here when I get back. Clean and everything."
"Brooke, of course I will. I have people here to help me. It's you I'm worried about. Going somewhere new all alone. It scares me to think of the things that you could get yourself into if you keep drinking so much; the crowd that you will end up with. I want you to come back to me sober and healthy."
The girls smiled at each other and hopped down off the counters that they had been sitting on.
"So promise me you'll be ok when I'm gone? No more drugs?"
"Promise. Promise me you'll come back from New York with blood running through your veins and not alcohol?"
"Promise."
Brooke leaned in and gave Peyton a small kiss and then reached out for her hand.
"Come on Girlfriend. Lets go to bed."
"Thank God!"
Peyton yawned as they walked out of the kitchen and Brooke just laughed