Brooke, Lucas, and Jake walked into Brooke's house, "It amazes me how my parents haven't been here for two whole weeks," Brooke said to herself as she looked at the untouched house.

Jake held Jenny in his arms, "I can already smell the drama in the air," he joked.

"Jake and I will unpack your stuff," Lucas offered to Brooke, "You can go see Peyton…"

Brooke rolled her eyes, "She's probably with Anna…"

"Anna?" Jake asked.

"A.K.A. Peyton's new best friend," Brooke said with jealousy, "Maybe you should go see her Jake…I'm sure she'd shit her pants if she saw you…"

Jake laughed, "Alright…Can you guys watch Jenny for me?"

Brooke and Lucas both nodded, "Go talk to her…" Lucas urged.

Jake smiled and left the house. "I'm not supposed to be here," Brooke said softly, "I finally got out of this place, and you come back just to drag me back to this shit hole."

"Brooke," Lucas said, "I tried leaving Tree Hill, but I couldn't do it…"

Brooke looked at him, "The only reason you came back was because of Dan's heart attack."

"True," Lucas said, "But I also came back because I missed this place…I missed the people…I missed my mom…I just missed everything."

Brooke sighed, "That's you Lucas. I don't miss this place, I don't miss the people, and my mom's never around so I sure as hell don't miss her…Getting out of here was the best decision I've ever made."

"You and Nathan are best friends; like me and Hales," Lucas pointed out, "Right now he needs you more than ever."

Brooke slammed down her hand, "No he doesn't Luke!" She exclaimed, "Nathan and I don't need each other; you don't even know the half of it!"

"What are you talking about?" Lucas asked, "You and Nathan are tight."

Brooke hid her face so that Lucas couldn't see the tears forming in her eyes, "We were tight," she corrected him; "Things happened…Things changed."

"What happened?" Lucas asked.

Brooke stopped herself; she knew that she had said too much, "Nothing…Nothing happened at all," Brooke said quickly, "You know, I've got this all under control…You should just leave."

"Brooke," Lucas pleaded, "I'm sorry for whatever I said…"

Brooke stood up and opened her front door, "Please leave…"

Lucas sighed and walked out the door. Brooke watched him walk out and slowly closed the door. When she closed the door she fell to her knees and began to cry.

Peyton woke up slowly and felt her head pounding heavily. She rested her palm on her forehead and groaned softly. She and Anna had gone hardcore last night with the coke and beers. Peyton opened her eyes up and sat up; which made her headache twenty times worse. She saw someone out of the corner of her eye and saw Jake sitting in the chair next to Peyton's desk.

Peyton was speechless, "Jake!" She squealed and got up from her bed; a little too quickly for her hang over to handle. Peyton stumbled over towards him and threw her arms around him, "Jake," she said once more.

"Hey," Jake said rubbing her back lightly. He broke the hug and showed Peyton the container with the coke in it, "What are you doing Peyton?"

Peyton's jaw dropped, "Where did you find that?" She asked.

"On your desk," Jake said, "What are you doing with this shit Peyton?"

Peyton's eyes began to tear up, "I've been having a hard time lately…With you and Jenny being gone…And my mom being gone."

"Look," Jake started, "I'm sorry I've been gone, but I wouldn't have left if I'd of known you were going to start being a crack head…"

A tear fell down Peyton's cheek, "Don't call me that," she said softly.

"Do you know how much this hurts me?" Jake said to her, "I care about you Peyton…"

Peyton snapped her head back up, "You care about me? Then why did you leave?" She screamed, "You left me here with no one!"

"Peyton," Jake said trying to calm her down, "I had to leave or else Nikki would've taken Jenny away from me…"

Peyton closed her eyes and sobbed quietly, "I'm sorry Jake…"

Jake wrapped his arms around her, "It's okay…I'm here to stay…"

"Okay," Peyton said softly and rested her head on Jake's shoulder.

Brooke was curled up in her bed and cried quietly to herself. She thought about her and Nathan, and how he had gotten mad at Haley for cheating on him. They had done the same thing, but it was a big secret. Everything between Brooke and Nathan was a big secret. They must not have wanted it enough. Not badly enough. Brooke wondered why she could be hurt by Nathan when she knew that he wasn't what she wanted forever.

She wanted Nathan to be the one hurt by all of this. There was sadness to when two people break up or stop hooking up, but what destroyed Brooke was the notion that she wasn't necessary to someone anymore. She was disposable. Brooke wanted to be the one to walk away, and then she knew she was worth something.

Lucas walked into Nathan's apartment and saw Nathan sitting on the couch. Nathan looked up and nodded at his brother, "What's up, man?"

"Nothing," Lucas said as he sat down next to Nathan, "How are things going with you?"

Nathan shrugged, "I'm just waiting for Haley to sign the divorce papers…"

"You sent them already?" Lucas asked in disbelief.

Nathan nodded, "I got them last night…"

"Are you sure about this?" Lucas asked.

Nathan sighed, "She was with Chris…She promised me that she wasn't going to see him anymore…"

"Hales made a mistake," Lucas said coming to Haley's defense a little, "I mean, you two love each other."

Nathan scoffed, "We thought we loved each other…We should've never gotten married. It was just all a big mistake. I love her, but I don't trust her enough to be married to her," he pointed out.

"Nate…" Lucas began.

"Look, I've done stupid things to Haley…And I know I have, but I've always loved her. And these stupid mistakes I made show me that Haley and I aren't meant to be married…"

Lucas sighed and nodded his head. There was no use fighting with Nathan about Haley anymore. Lucas walked towards the door and opened, "Brooke's back," was all Lucas said and then walked out of the apartment.

Brooke walked along a little trail in the woods that she always went back to when she was sad or mad or just plain bored. She looked up at the sky and saw that it was turning gray; she didn't care though. Brooke liked the sadden look of the sky, it matched her mood completely.

She sat down on a blanket that she brought and looked out onto the river. The nice thing about this spot was that she could sit there and watch guys play basketball over at the court and they couldn't see her, mostly because they were never looking.

"You're back" she heard Nathan say behind her.

Brooke kept her eyes on the river and nodded her head slowly, "Unfortunately…"

"Did you come back because of what happened between me and Haley?" Nathan asked apprehensively.

Brooke rolled her eyes, "I came back because I was forced too, okay?"

"I know you hate me right now," Nathan began.

Brooke turned around and glared at him, "Hate isn't even the word to explain what I feel towards you…"

"We're best friends Brooke," Nathan said, "So we made some mistakes…"

Brooke scoffed, "I'm just finding it hard how I'm trying not to be mad at Haley for cheating on you because you did the same thing to her!"

"You told me you loved me," Nathan exclaimed, "And now you're just going to throw those feelings away?"

Brooke stood up, "I have to Nathan! We were sleeping together, and you were hurting your wife and I was hurting a friend!" She screamed, "I stopped it because I knew it was wrong!"

Nathan grabbed Brooke's arms gently, "Why can't we just go back to the way we were?"

"Because," Brooke said as she started to cry, "I've already hurt myself…I'm not going to hurt anyone else," she said and then got out of Nathan's grip and walked away.

Nathan watched her leave and walked in the other direction; feeling defeated and upset.

Lucas stood there watching from the river court. He had heard everything the two of them had yelled to each other. He stood there in almost disbelief; all he had running in his head was the fact that Nathan was mad at Haley for doing something he had done, and now Lucas knew the real reason Brooke had left Tree Hill.

Brooke sat at her kitchen table and drank some alcoholic drink she had mixed up at the spur of the moment. She knew that everything about what had done was wrong. Brooke heard someone walk into her house and was praying to God it wasn't Nathan.

Lucas walked into Brooke's kitchen and saw Brooke sitting at the table sipping her drink and her eyes looked red from crying.

"Lucas," Brooke said; her voice weaker from earlier.

Lucas chuckled to himself, "Now I get why you were upset when I brought up Nathan this morning…"

"What are you talking about?" Brooke asked. 'He couldn't know…He couldn't,' she thought to herself.

Lucas stood as stiff as stone and his eyes pierced Brooke's, "I heard you and Nathan earlier today back in the woods…Arguing about whatever," he said knowing he had caught them, "So Brooke, how long have you been sleeping with Nathan?"

"I can explain," Brooke said as she got up from her chair, "Thing's got out of hand one night and…"

Lucas didn't buy it, "And you just kept continued doing it?"

"Lucas you know what it's like!" Brooke exclaimed, "You did the same thing to me…"

Lucas rolled his eyes, "You know, I wish everyone would stop bringing that up."

"You made me come back Luke," Brooke stated, "I left because I knew what I was doing was wrong…"

Lucas crossed his arms, "Maybe I should've listened when you said that you didn't want to come back…" He said and then left the house.

Haley walked into what used to be her and Nathan's apartment…Now it was only Nathan's apartment.

Nathan walked out of the bathroom and was drying his hair, "Do you have the papers?" He asked her nonchalantly.

"I wanted to talk to you first," Haley said her voice said and empty, "I never wanted to hurt you, and I know how much I hurt you and it's killing me…"

Nathan shook his head, "It's not going to work out, Hales. When I saw you in bed naked, and him playing you a song, in my shorts. I lost control."

"I love you Nathan," Haley said, "I truly do."

Nathan sighed, "I love you too Hales…But I can't be married to you anymore…"

"It was all a mistake," Haley said finishing his sentence, "Nathan, I would've given up that night with Chris for you back in my hea-," Haley was interrupted by her cell phone ringing.

Nathan rolled his eyes as Haley got the cell phone out of her purse, "Hello," she said, "This really isn't a good time. I'll talk to you later…Bye," Haley said finishing the conversation.

"Was that Chris?" Nathan asked sternly.

Haley bit her top lip, "…Yes," she said apprehensively.

"Sign the damn papers Haley," Nathan said slamming a pen down in front of her, "And get out of my life…"

Brooke sat outside on her front steps and looked up at the stars. Her life was crumbling before her eyes and she had no idea what to do. Jake walked up to her and sat down beside her, "How was Jenny?" He asked.

"Sleeping like a lamb," Brooke said with a small smile.

"What's wrong?" Jake asked.

Brooke sighed, "Lucas heard Nathan and I arguing today…He knows about what happened…" She said sadly.

"I'm sorry Brooke," Jake said as he put his arm around the brunette, and looked up at the stars.

"Me too," Brooke said quietly to herself as she rested her head against Jake's chest and watched a shooting star.

"Are we going out tonight?" Anna asked as she hopped into Peyton's room giddily.

Peyton laughed, "Not tonight…I'm done with that crap," she said thinking back to Jake.

"Come on," Anna said as she sat down beside Peyton on her bed, "You're the party girl to the max!"

Peyton sighed, "Sorry Anna…"

"Fine," Anna said unwillingly, "I guess I'll just set this coke out on your desk in case you want to draw a stupid picture of it or something," she said setting down the drugs and walking slowly towards the door.

Peyton looked at the drugs and then the picture of Jake and Jenny, "Fine I'm coming…"

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