"Morning." Brooke said as she walked into the kitchen

"Hey. I'm making breakfast." Peyton smiled

"I see that. Breakfast is good." Brooke yawned. "What time is it?"

"10:30."

"Ugh. I just want to sleep for a year."

"Tell me about it." Peyton set a plate down in front of Brooke

"Umm…Pey? What is this?" Brooke asked as she examined the food before her

"Pancakes."

"Why are they black?" Brooke made a face as she poked one

Peyton looked at the plate, and burst out laughing. "I guess I wasn't paying much attention to my cooking."

"Apparently not." Brooke laughed

"Well let's get some food. My treat since I burnt the pancakes." Peyton smiled

"So did you sleep at all last night?" Peyton asked Brooke as she took a bite of her food

"You mean after you woke me up at 2:30 in the morning to talk?" Brooke joked. "Yeah, I did actually. Did you?"

"Yeah. Talking took a load off my shoulders." Peyton set her fork down. "I thought for a long time, and I decided something. Let's just put all of this behind us Brooke. Let's just move on from all of this, and try to be happy again."

Brooke's heart broke at the hopeful look on Peyton's face. She sighed and set her fork down also. "Peyton, I thought a lot too."

"Really?"

"I'm going back to New York." Brooke said. "For good."

Both girls sat in silence for a long time. In fact, they ate the rest of their meal in silence, and they drove home in silence. When they pulled up in front of Peyton's house, neither got out of Larry's car.

"Why?" Peyton whispered

"Peyton, look at everything that has happened. How are we supposed to rebuild from this disaster?"

"You're going to give up without even trying?"

Brooke nodded. "Faith is on her way to get me."

"Faith." Peyton said slowly. "That's why-

"No! No Peyton. Me making this decision had nothing to do with her."

"I'm so sorry."

Brooke turned to look at Peyton for the first time. "Why?"

"If I hadn't of done all the things I did, we wouldn't be talking about this right now."

"This isnt about just you. It was both of our choices that brought us to this point." Brooke sighed. "This is for the best Peyton. I'm sorry." Brooke got out of the car and walked inside

Peyton was left alone in the car, a feeling of loss and regret washing over her. "Maybe this is what's best for you, but I need you." Peyton whispered

That night, Faith had arrived to pick up Brooke. The tension in the house between Brooke and Peyton was so unbearable, Faith had gone to the hospital to see Taylor while Brooke got ready to go.

"You all packed?" Peyton asked as she stood in the guest room hallway a couple hours later

Brooke zipped a bag closed. "Yep." She turned to look at Peyton, and opened her mouth to say something

Before Brooke had the chance to form words, Peyton walked away. Brooke stood there, her mouth still hanging open, and after a moment snapped out of it. She grabbed her bags and made her way to the living room where Peyton was talking to Faith who had just walked through the door.

"You ready B?" Faith asked Brooke when she saw her

"Yeah," Brooked nodded

"I'll take your stuff out to the car." Faith grabbed Brooke's bags. "Bye Peyton. See you sometime."

"Yeah."

When Faith left, Brooke and Peyton turned to face each other.

"I honestly don't know what to say." Brooke said

"This is it, huh? This means that we're really over." Peyton said sadly

"We can still-"

"No. If you leave here tonight Brooke, that's it. It would be to hard to only be friends with you. Our relationship is not the only thing over; our friendship is too."

Brooke sighed. "I want you to know that I forgive you for everything. I hope that you can forgive me too. I wish things were different for us, but they're not. This really is the best thing for us both."

"Yeah." Peyton said quietly

Brooke walked up to Peyton and gave her a hug. "Goodbye P. Sawyer."

Peyton held onto Brooke and tried not to cry. "Goodbye B. Davis."

The embrace broke, and with one last sad smile, Brooke walked out of the door, and out of Peyton's life for good.