Chapter Six

"Until The Day I Die"

"Until the day I die. I'd spill my heart for you." Story of the year sang loudly. Peyton jumped up and down in the crowd. Surprisingly Nathan invited her to the concert. He won tickets on the internet through some contest and new Peyton would love to go.

"I'm so glad you invited me." Peyton smiled after the concert as she walked to the car with Nathan. "Why did you decide to come with?" she asked eyeing him. "You hate my lame music remember?"

"You're right. I do hate your music, but I wanted to hang out with you." He told her. "I miss being friends with you Peyton, and I know that you're hurting with Jake leaving. Plus, if you found out that I took someone else to one of your favorite band's concerts you would kill me."

Peyton nodded. "It's nice to hang out with you too. I love hanging out with Brooke too, but when we're together all we do is talk about heartbreak. It was nice to hang out and get my mind off of things." She said climbing into the passenger seat of the car.

"Brooke's really upset over Lucas huh?"

"Yeah." She told him. "She told me she was just surprised. Even if she didn't have feelings for Lucas when she left I guess she's just hurt because he moved on so quickly. Again."

"That sucks for her."

"Can I tell you a secret?" Peyton giggled turning to look at him.

"Sure, spill your heart," he said making fun of her excitement.

"Brooke has a little crush on another Scott boy."

"Me?" Nathan asked surprised.

Peyton nodded. "No your dad, who did you think I was talking about? She told Aubrey and I yesterday."

Nathan flinched at his dad's name. He hadn't talked to anyone about his feelings toward his mom killing his dad. He tried to ignore it. "Aubrey?" he asked. "Brooke was hanging out with Aubrey?"

Peyton nodded again. "What has the world come to?" she asked. "Brooke Davis, and Nathan Scott. I should have seen that one coming. You two are perfect for each other. Now that I think about it, I don't see why you haven't hooked up before."

Nathan smiled slyly. "We have."

"What?" Peyton smiled. "She told me you weren't having sex!"

"It was before you." He laughed. "It was just a drunken night at a party. I don't think Brooke really even remembers because she's never said anything."

"Oh," Peyton laughed again. "Interesting, so do you think you could ever be into her?"

Nathan laughed. "I've never really thought about it actually."

"Think about it." Peyton told him climbing out of the car at her house. "Thanks again for taking me. It was awesome."

"Welcome!" Nathan called driving away from her house.

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Brooke sat down on Lucas' bed waiting for him to come home. Finally after hours of waiting he walked through the door. "Hey," she smiled. "Kind of late don't you think?"

Lucas stared at her as if he were surprised she wasn't his mother. "Does my mom know?" he asked looking at the clock which read two am.

Brooke shook her head. "She's been asleep for hours. I told her I went in to talk to you and you were sleeping, so she didn't check."

"Thanks." Lucas smiled. "That was nice of you."

"I'd expect the same in return."

"Always." He promised. "So what's up, why are you waiting for me?"

"I thought maybe we could talk for a little bit." She suggested. "About what you told me before I left, my summer, and where we're at right now."

Lucas nodded. He sat down on the bed next to her. "When I told you how I felt, I wasn't lying. It's just, I didn't hear from you all summer. I thought you just wanted to be friends. Then I met Aubrey, and," he paused. "I fell in love with her."

Brooke held back the tears forming in her eyes. As much as she wanted to be completely over Lucas it still hurt to hear those words. She nodded. "I just want to let you know first of all, when I left, I felt the same way about you. I just didn't know how to tell you. I wasn't ready to get my heart broken again. I didn't call you all summer, and I'm sorry for that. I was really busy. I didn't even talk to Peyton. My parents were dragging me around on stupid trips. I hated it. But even though I still had feelings for you when I came back, I've talked to Aubrey. She's a great girl, and I know what you see in her. I'm really happy for you Lucas."

Lucas smiled. "I'm so sorry Brooke."

Brooke nodded, "It's okay." She accepted. "Aubrey's great. Peyton and I hung out with her yesterday at the mall. She's really a lot like me."

Lucas laughed. "Shopping," he rolled his eyes. "What I'd give to be rich."

"Me too." She sighed. "If you haven't forgotten I gave up money to live here. My parents hardly give me anything. They gave my credit card back, but it has a limit now."

"That's right," Lucas remembered. "I'm glad we had this talk Brooke. Hopefully we can go back to being friends again?"

"Friends." She repeated. She hugged him and left him to go to sleep.

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Brooke sat down in her second day of her first class. She picked a desk next to Nathan and smiled at him. "Hello there." She giggled. "Whatcha doing?"

"Homework." Nathan told her.

"What a concept." She smiled. "Whatcha doing later?"

Nathan looked up from his paper and stared at her. "Nothing, why?"

"Thought maybe me and you could hang out." She suggested. "I know this great place."

Nathan thought about what Peyton told him. He shrugged it off the day before. Brooke was great. He thought about the day they watched a movie together. He hadn't thought much of it at the time, but her head on his shoulder must have meant at least something more than friends to her. "Like a date?" he asked.

"Nice try Scott. Like a friendship." She laughed.

Nathan suddenly felt stupid. He reminded himself to yell at Peyton for putting those ideas in his head. "Just checking." Nathan joked. "Sure, we can hang out tonight."

"Great." She smiled. "Pick me up at seven."

Nathan nodded. "Davis, you're something else."

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Brooke finished putting on her make up and smiled in satisfaction. "Am I hot or am I hot?" she asked Peyton who sat on her bed watching her.

"You're hot." Peyton laughed. "What would you have done if I told you you're ugly?"

"Told you, you were wrong," Brooke laughed. She was dressed in a short black skirt with boots up to her knees. She had a red sleeveless shirt which hung low in the chest over a red bra. Her hair hung curled in small ringlets below her shoulders. "I look like I'm going on a date."

"You are, aren't you?" Peyton asked.

Brooke shook her head no. "Well, yes, but I told Nathan it wasn't a date."

Peyton laughed. "Oh Brooke Davis, what am I going to do with you?"

"I don't know Ms. Sawyer, what am I going to do with you? We should get you a date." She suggested.

Peyton shook her head. "No way. I'm not ready for the dating scene."

"Oh yes you are," Brooke muttered. "Yes, yes, you are." She smiled. "We'll work on that later. Nathan is out front, I have to go." She kissed her friend on the cheek. "Wish me luck."

"Don't forget condoms!" Peyton called after her.