Chapter Three- Then I woke up with him.

Nathan stormed into the house and back up the stairs before anyone had time to react. The party was pretty silent by the point, minus a few people in the kitchen laughing since they didn't know what was going on.

"Nathan!" Lucas yelled attempting to follow him up the stairs. Peyton grabbed his arm and stopped him. "Don't." he snapped at her. He ran up the stairs after his brother.

Brooke stood next to Peyton and watched the scene play out. She turned around just in time to see Haley re-entering the house with Chris. "No way," she whispered to Peyton.

"I'm going to get her out of here," Peyton started to jump forward in fight mode. Brooke stopped her.

"Peyton don't. I got this." She said attempting to walk steadily to the door. "Tutor girl, take him away from here." She said directly in her face.

Haley nervously looked around at everyone staring at them. "What, I wasn't on the invite list?" Chris asked staring at Brooke. "Every other guy you slept with made the invite list."

"What?" Peyton and Haley both asked turning to Brooke who was now in shock.

"In your dreams!" she cried. "Get out! Tutor girl, this is not funny. Why would you do this to Nathan?"

Chris slammed the door and went outside to the car while Haley stood still staring at Brooke. "Do what to Nathan?" she cried. "We're divorced! I didn't do anything to him!" she turned around and followed Chris out the door.

Brooke stood steadying herself on the wall when Peyton turned at her angrily. "Did you sleep with Chris?" she asked. Peyton could feel herself turning red.

Brooke nodded, "When we went to see Haley in New York." She admitted.

Peyton shook her head and stormed upstairs to find Lucas. She was disgusted. She was so down on Peyton for getting with Lucas, when Brooke had been with Chris, the weekend she was with Lucas in New York.

The party calmed down and Brooke was wasted. She stumbled up the stairs of the empty house toward the room she had been staying in. Erica left with Mouth, and she was there by herself. She opened the door and saw Nathan lying on her bed. "Nate," she smiled stumbling over to him and falling next to him on the bed.

He reached over and grabbed her by the arm, pulling her on top of him. He pressed his lips to hers and kissed her. Surprised she gasped for breath and pulled away. "What are you doing?" she cried almost too drunk to realize what was going on.

Nathan reached over and pulled her back to him. "We can have a secret friendship, why can't we have a secret relationship too?" he slurred.

Brooke's eyes lit up. As wrong as it felt she was incredibly attracted to him at that moment. She had never really considered it before. Nate was, Nate. They had been too much alike for their own good. Maybe it wasn't such a bad thing after all. She let her emotions take control of her and she kissed him back passionately.

Sunlight rose threw the window and woke Brooke from a light sleep. She felt down for her blanket but realized it was missing. She touched her body and realized that she was naked. "Oh no." she said quietly to herself. She looked at the body lying next to her, also fully undressed. It was Nathan. "Wake up!" she cried, "Nathan wake up!" she shook him. She was covered in only a sheet.

Nathan rolled over and faced Brooke frantically shaking him. He jumped up quickly realizing he was fully exposed and reached for a pillow to cover him self. Brooke covered her eyes. "What the hell?" he asked grabbing his pants from the floor and putting them on.

Brooke shook her head, almost in tears. "I guess we.." she started.

"Well obviously." Nathan agreed. "But… how? Why?"

Brooke felt a little hurt by this. She didn't exactly remember what happened either, but the way he reacted to it showed he definitely didn't want it. "I don't know."

Awkwardly they both got dressed. Nathan was about to leave when Brooke stopped him. "Nate?" she called. "I'm sorry I guess."

Nathan nodded but didn't speak. He shut the door behind him and drove home.