Nathan opened his eyes and jumped out of bed. He was going to be late for school, again. Today however was different. Today was his high school graduation. He heard a knock on the front door and knew immediately that it was Haley. She had promised him she would come by before school to make sure he made it on time. "Morning," she smiled when he opened the door in his boxers. Her heart sank. She had returned to Tree hill a year ago, and Nathan wouldn't take her back.

Amazing as It sounded, they were friends. The best part of it was they were good at it. Of course Haley wanted more. She had married him, and she loved him, but Nathan had sworn it could never happen again. She had hurt him. The worst part about it was, she had slept with Chris. Nathan was quick to forgive her. He had once loved every amazing quality she had, but even though he forgave her, he would never forget. Haley let herself in and sat down on the bed. It was finally to the stage where it was not awkward for her to be there. He had never imagined it could be that way.

"I can't believe you are not ready yet!" she exclaimed watching him throw a shirt over his head. "We're graduating from high school and you're just rolling out of bed late, and not even showering!"

"Haley," he said turning to face her. "Save it." Haley shut up and looked out the window. She thought back to the day they got married. They were so happy. How could things have gotten so bad? It was her. It was nice that they were friends, but of course she couldn't be happy at just that, she still loved him.

Nathan opened the car door and let Haley in the passenger side. She thanked him. They drove to school together in silence.

Brooke was walking toward her car when she noticed Nathan and Haley coming into the parking lot together. She sighed. They had the strangest relationship. She hated Haley. She would never forgive her for what she did to Nathan. As much as she wanted to she couldn't. It hit her close to home. She had done almost the exact same thing Lucas had done to her. Only Haley had been married.

It was surreal for Brooke. It was her graduation and nobody was going to be there to witness it. Of course Deb would be sitting in the crowd cheering for Nathan, and Karen would be doing the same for Lucas. Even Haley's parents had come back into town to witness their youngest child walk across the stage to get her diploma. And of course there was Larry Sawyer who would obviously be at his daughter's side fixing her cap and gown. Brooke parents however were still in California.

It took a lot of convincing for them to let Brooke come back. And when she did, she had no where to stay. She was once so cozy, sleeping in Lucas' former bed. Staying under Karen's roof was no longer an option. Lucas was no longer her friend.

He had kissed her before she left. He had promised he could never do to her what he had once done with Peyton. When she came back, Peyton's blonde curls were at his side.

She missed her best friend, but knew it was impossible to ever reunite with her again. She had so easily dismissed her twice for Lucas. The worst part, she even dismissed Jake.

Jake had come back. Jenny was in his arms, and he was now happily her legal guardian. He had won custody. Only when he came back to Peyton, he found that she too was once again with Lucas. The only difference, he wasn't mad. He just wanted to see her happy.

Brooke was forced to live with Erica. It was the last place she had planned to go, but it was quickly transformed into home for her. She was surprised to see just how much she and Erica had in common. Erica too had the poor little rich girl role. Her parents spent most of their time on business trips, and didn't even know that Brooke had been living along side their daughter, in their home.

She had quickly fallen back into the role she once played. She was a tease. Her and Erica spent a lot of time partying but the only difference was Erica was with Mouth. It kept her grounded. After a long night of drinking she would go home and spend the night with him. Brooke however continued to hook up with which ever random guy looked good that night. And lately, she had been spending a lot of time with Nathan.

The two of them had a great friendship. Ever since he left Haley he had become a lot of fun. The two of them were a lot of like. They both stayed up to all hours drinking and partying, but deep down both of them knew, they were incredibly lonely. The only problem was, nobody knew. The two of them hung out alone, and they kept it a secret from everyone. They weren't about to let anyone intrude on their friendship.

Haley climbed out of the car and walked up the stairs with Nathan toward Brooke. She was getting nervous. She hadn't seen the two of them together since they were, well, together. She knew Nate was going to try out the whole friendship thing, but she thought it was impossible. At least with Lucas it was.

"Hey," smiled at Nathan and flashed a fake smile at Haley. "Ready for the last day of high school life?" she asked attempting to find exactly what he was thinking as he stood next to Haley. "Sorry tutor girl, no more books for you."

Haley rolled her eyes and laughed. "Contrary to popular belief Brooke, I'm not too upset about that."

Brooke nodded and waved her hand over her head. She quickly took off away from them and toward her group of cheerleader friends at the front door. She joined them like a group of minions and walked away from the school.

Peyton sighed as she watched her former best friend join the cheerleading squad. She had quit the team shortly after Brooke came back. She thought she would miss it, but she didn't really miss it at all. She had given up all attempts to stay friends with Brooke, and lately, it was killing her. She missed her desperately.

Things with Lucas hadn't been planned. Her heart was with Jake when he left before summer, but somehow once again, things just happened. She honestly didn't think Brooke would be upset. She should have known. However, it didn't make sense. Brooke was the one that left Lucas when she went to California.

Lucas joined her now and the two of them walked to their English class for the final time.