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TREE HILL
"So you don't want to resume the arrangement that we had? I thought that it was working out nicely." Rick smirked as Peyton held out some cash
"Cut the shit Rick. I don't want to play games with you. I'm not in the mood to deal with you right now." Peyton snapped
"Whoa. Someone needs to chill out." Rick laughed. He walked into his room and came out with a box. He sat and opened it, and handed Peyton what she wanted
"Thanks." Peyton said as she turned to walk out of the house
"Peyton." Rick said to stop Peyton. "It eventually goes away."
Peyton turned back around to look at him. "What does." She asked impatiently
"You name it. Eventually, nothing will be left."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because it doesn't matter if I do; you're past the point of no return kiddo. Good luck." Rick winked as he walked into the kitchen
Peyton stood there dumbfounded. After recovering, reality hit her. What the hell am I doing? Peyton dropped the drugs where she was standing, and turned and left the house in a daze.
NEW YORK
Brooke and Faith were in Brooke's room, laying on the bed watching TV, when Brooke's phone rang. Brooke ignored it and Faith sighed.
"You gonna get that?" Faith said, not looking away from the TV
"No."
Faith rolled her eyes, and leaned over Brooke to answer it. "B's phone. Uh huh. Yeah, she was ignoring you. Hold on a sec." Faith handed the phone to Brooke. "It's Luke."
Brooke sighed and took the phone from Faith. Faith laid back in her spot, and turned her attention to the TV again.
"Hey Lucas." Brooke said into the phone
"Hey Brooke. How are you?"
"Good. Just watching some TV. And I was not ignoring you. Don't believe anything Faith says."
"I usually don't." Lucas laughed. "So she made it home ok, I see."
"What? Oh, umm…yeah." Brooke said, confused
"Good. So how are you?"
Brooke looked at Faith and Faith looked at her with a raised brow. Brooke shook her head, and Faith got a mischievous look in her eye.
"This is what, the second time this week that you've called to check on…on, umm…me." Brooke said, suddenly distracted by Faith nibbling on her ear
"Are you sure you're ok Brooke?" Lucas asked hesitantly
"Great. I'm, uh, umm…great." Brooke said, trying to keep her composure as Faith stopped nibbling Brooke's ear and began to kiss her neck. "Hey Lucas, I have to go." Brooke hung up on Lucas and tossed the phone aside.
Faith immediately stopped kissing Brooke's neck and turned her attention back to the TV.
"Faith! What the hell?"
"I was bored." Faith shrugged
Brooke leaned over and kissed Faith. Faith immediately pulled away.
"B! We're not supposed to." Faith scolded
"Are you kidding me? You can't get me worked up like that and then shoot me down! You tease!"
"And that's what cold showers are for." Faith winked
"Shut up." Brooke kissed Faith again, and this time Faith didn't pull away
"We can just stop doing this tomorrow." Faith mumbled
"Definitely." Brooke said as she pulled her shirt off
TREE HILL
"Hello?" Peyton answered her phone
"Come outside." Taylor said
"Huh?"
"Get your skinny ass outside." Taylor said again and hung up
"Ok?" Peyton said to herself
Peyton slipped her cell in her back pocket, grabbed her jacket off her desk, and made her way outside.
"Hey hot stuff. Want a ride?" Taylor winked from the front seat of a brand new Ford Mustang
"Tay! What the hell is this?" Peyton said walking up to the driver side window
"Our wheels for the night." Taylor smiled. "Hop in."
"But where did you get it?" Peyton asked hesitantly
"Let's just say that Dan let me borrow it." Taylor wiggled her eyebrows. "Now get your ass in the car. We've got places to be."
"Dear Lord what am I getting myself into." Peyton mumbled to herself as she jumped in the car
NEW YORK
"So where did you say you went again?" Brooke asked Faith as they laid in bed
"To visit a friend." Faith said as she played with Brooke's hair
"Oh really?" Brooke lifted her head up from Faith's shoulder to look at the other girl
Faith looked at Brooke with a weird look. "Yeah." She said slowly. "Why? Where did that come from?"
"No where." Brooke paused. "So how is my former best friend slash girlfriend slash love of my life slash I cant believe you didn't tell me that you went to Tree Hill!" Brooke said as she sat up from the bed and began to put her clothes back on
Faith recovered from her shock, and sat up in the bed also. "How did you…oh. Lucas."
"How could you keep something like that from me?" Brooke asked, hurt
"I'm sorry B. Lucas asked if I would go down there to talk to Peyton. I agreed because I thought it would help."
"Whose side are you on?" Brooke asked as she pulled her shirt over her head
"I'm sorry. I didn't know that I had to choose sides." Faith said as she began to get dressed also. "I figured it was worth a shot if it would help Peyton to get some perspective. To be honest Brooke, I'm not sure if she's going to get better. I don't know if she's willing enough to change everything."
"God." Brooke put her head in her hands
Faith finished dressing, and came up behind Brooke and wrapped her arms around Brooke's neck. "She misses you B." Faith whispered. "And I know that you are hurt, but maybe if you talk to her, it will help her focus."
Brooke relaxed in Faith's embrace. "I don't know Faith. It didn't help when we were together."
"True. But when you lose something, you tend to respect it a lot more if it comes back to you."
Brooke sighed. "I just need more time. I want to talk to her, try to help her, but I don't know if I can yet." Brooke turned around to face Faith. "Is that selfish?"
Faith cupped Brooke's face in her hands. "No, it's not selfish. You have to do what's best for you."
Brooke smiled. "Thanks Faith. Damn you got smart all of a sudden!"
Faith laughed and rolled her eyes as Brooke kissed her
TREE HILL
"I can't believe Dan lent you this car!" Sydney said with a laugh
"Uh huh." Taylor said
"Syd, I don't think that Dan knows he lent us the car." Peyton pointed out
Sydney poked her head inbetween Taylor and Peyton from the back seat and looked at Taylor wide-eyed. "Taylor! Do you know how much trouble we're going to get in if we get caught?"
"So we wont get caught. Big deal." Taylor shrugged
Sydney shook her head and sat herself back down in the backseat. "Lucas broke up with me."
"No way! Because of the other night?" Taylor said, looking at Sydney through the rearview mirror
"Yeah." Sydney confirmed
"What happened the other night?" Peyton asked
"Well, Lucas caught me and Taylor kissing." Sydney said
"Yikes! That sucks Sydney. I'm sorry." Peyton said
"It's for the best." Sydney shrugged. "I just hope he doesn't tell his mom about the coke."
"That would be really bad." Taylor said
"No shit." Peyton agreed. "So where are we going Tay?"
"My old roommates house." Taylor answered
"Isn't that while's away?" Sydney asked
"Your point? We're young, ladies! Learn to enjoy life while you can." Taylor laughed carelessly
"I'll try to remember that when we're in jail for GTA." Sydney sighed
"Syd, lighten up! You're not going to jail." Taylor said
"Hey Tay, you haven't by any chance been paying attention to your speed, have you?" Peyton asked suddenly
"Huh? Why?"
"Because jail might not be so far off." Peyton said as the car behind them flashed it's lights
The three girls shared panicked looks. "Fuck!" They all said together
"Girls!" Karen said as the policeman escorted them from their holding cell
"You called Karen? I'm going to get fired." Sydney moaned to Peyton
"There was no one else to call!" Peyton hissed back. "Karen!" Peyton greeted the older woman as they walked up to her
"Are you all ok?" Karen asked
"Yes. Thanks for bailing us out. We'll pay you back every penny, I swear." Taylor smiled sweetly
"You're damn right you will! What were you three thinking?" Karen exploded
"I, umm…I guess we weren't." Peyton said slowly
"Let's go. I'll take you all home." Karen sighed and shook her head
"Mom! Where did you run off to?" Lucas asked as Karen walked through the door
"To bail your friends out of jail." Karen said as she took her coat off
Lucas sat staring at his mother. "What?"
"Peyton, Sydney, and Taylor all decided to 'borrow' a car off of Dan's lot. Guess that will teach them to speed in a stolen vehicle."
"They're never going to stop, are they."
"What do you mean?" Karen asked
"Ruining their lives. How much worse can it get from here before they realize how stupid they are being?"
"I honestly don't know Lucas. Hopefully tonight made them realize something."
"Oddly, I don't think it did. God, what has happened to us all?"
"This is bad. Bad, bad, bad." Sydney said as she paced the floor of her and Taylor's apartment
"Really? Good observation Einstein." Taylor said sarcastically from the couch
"This whole situation is horrible. What makes you really think is how much worse it could have really been." Sydney said as she sat in-between Peyton and Taylor on the couch. "Think about if we had had drugs with us. What if we had crashed the car coming home from the party. This could have been so bad."
"But we're ok. Nothing like that happened." Taylor said
"Lucas said something to me the other day that kind of stuck." Sydney said softly
"And that was?" Peyton asked
Sydney looked between the two. "When's enough going to be enough?"