Chapter Thirty Three

Peyton's Surprise

Nathan pulled up to Haley's house and quickly got out of his car. He was supposed to meet her hours ago, but completely forgot. Once Brooke had drug him out of the cafe his mind was focused on her and only her. He even waited at her house for her when she left to go talk to Peyton and then they sat and watched T.V. for a while, with Haley never crossing his mind. Nathan began to feel really bad. He was being a lousy boyfriend and he knew it. Nathan walked up the pathway to Haley's door and quickly knocked. The door swung open and Haley appeared with a huge frown on her face.

"Where have you been Nathan? You were supposed to be here hours ago. I was worried sick about you."she was happy that he was alright, but furious that he hadn't shown up earlier. Sure they didn't have specific plans and were only going to hang at her house, but still he should have been there.

"I'm really sorry Haley. Some stuff just came up. I should have called you, I know and I'm sorry. Please don't be mad at me."

Haley rolled her eyes at him, sure she should still be mad at him, but she wasn't. She could never stay mad at him. It had to be something important for him to stand her up. She opened the door wider for him to enter."So can you at least tell me what was more important than me or is it a secret?"she said with a smile.

Nathan sighed."Haley it wasn't that it was more important than you, nothing is more important to me than you."

"I know. I was just kidding Nathan, but seriously what's going on?"

"Well I guess your gonna find out sooner or later so I might as well tell you now. Peyton is partly to blame for Lucas ending up in the hospital."

"She got him drunk, yeah I already knew that."

"Yeah, but the thing is she brought the Vodka to the party especially for Lucas. She didn't know that it was drugged, but she knew that it had something in it."

"So your saying that she brought the drugged Vodka to the party and purposely gave it to Lucas? How do you know all of this?"

"She told Brooke this morning and Brooke told me. She said she needed my advice."

"So you were with Brooke?"

"Yeah, she didn't know if she should tell Lucas herself or let Peyton do it."

"What did you tell her?"

"To let Peyton do it. Peyton did this so she should be the one to tell Lucas."

"Your right, she should. Did Brooke agree with you?"

"Yeah, she went to talk to Peyton. I waited for her to get back and then we talked. She wants to for give Peyton."

Haley's eyes widened."She does?"

"Yeah, but she doesn't know if she can ever really trust her again."

"That's understandable. Peyton has done some pretty crappy things to Brooke, but then again she's still her best friend and they've been through a lot together. I get that she'd want to forgive her too."

"I just don't know if she should. I mean, I told her whatever she decided to do I'd be there for her, but I really don't know if she should."

"Well it's her decision to make Nathan."

"I know. It's just that she's been hurt so much. I don't want her to get hurt again."

"I don't want that either, but if it happens, we'll be here for her."

"Yeah, we will."said Nathan.

Peyton stopped outside of Debbie's house. She didn't know why she was there. They weren't even that close. She just didn't want to go home to an empty house. She needed someone to talk to. Peyton thought about calling Jake, but decided against it. She'd been relying on him too much lately and that needed to stop. He didn't need to hear her problems. Jake had enough of his own problems to worry about and then there was the kiss. It had been great. She'd never been kissed that way before, not even by Lucas, the person she thought she loved. There was just something about Jake. He made her feel safe. He made her feel like everything was going to work out. He sure was something special. She just didn't know if that kiss was out of pity or because he actually liked her. It was all too scary. The last time she thought she felt this way about someone, he ended up being in love with her best friend. No, there was no way she could call Jake. She just wasn't ready to take that risk. What if he decided he wanted someone else like Lucas had? She couldn't go through that again.

Peyton made her way to Debbie's door. Sure she wouldn't talk to Debbie about all of this, but Debbie would distract her from everything that was going on. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer.

Once Debbie answered the door her face grew into a scowl. That was the last thing she thought would happen. They were friends after all.

"What are you doing here Peyton?"

"Nothing I just thought we could hang. Some stuff has been going on and I need a distraction."said Peyton with a sigh.

"What? You couldn't get a hold of my brother? He seemed to be a pretty good distraction for you last night."

Peyton looked at her confused."What are you talking about? I wasn't with Rodger last night."

Debbie shook her head."Don't you dare stand there and try to lie to me. I saw you with him last night at the party."

"I don't know what you think you saw, but I wasn't with your brother Debbie. I don't even like him. In fact I can't stand him, so there's no way I was with him last night."

"Well you didn't seem to mind making out with him last night."

"I made out with Rodger?"Peyton shook her head."No, I couldn't have been that drunk."

"That's exactly what I said. You weren't drinking last night. I only saw you with that one drink we got together. You did what you did with my brother sober."

"That's impossible. I don't even remember being with Rodger last night."

"I bet you remember leaving with him though."said Debbie coldly.

"I left with him?"asked Peyton, now really confused. This was starting to get scary. She had left with a guy who was a major creep and couldn't remember anything. If she left with Rodger, then how did she end up at Brooke's?

"Of course you left with him. I saw you two all over each other as you left the party."said Debbie making a face."It was disgusting. You know I don't like my friends messing with my brother."

"I know that Debbie. I don't know what's going on. I can't remember a damn thing about last night. Your brother must have slipped me something."that had to be it. He must have given her what he gave her to give to Lucas. That would explain her not remembering, her feeling drunk and her being with Rodger. There was no other way she'd be with him after what he did to Brooke.

"Oh don't you dare try and cry rape like your slutty friend Brooke. It won't work. My brother doesn't have to force himself on or drug anyone. You two are unbelievable."

"I don't care what you believe. Brooke didn't lie about your brother back then. He is that sick and I wasn't with you brother last night willingly. Is he here? I need to talk to him."

"He's not here, but even if he was I wouldn't let you talk to him. Now get the hell out of here."Debbie slammed the door.

Peyton stood there stunned. She had no idea she had been with Rodger last night. She couldn't remember a thing. She figured she had just drank too much, but then again she didn't think she had drank at all. Did she sleep with him? Did he dump her at Brooke's when he was done with her? This must have been her punishment for everything she did to Brooke and Lucas. Maybe she deserved everything that had happened to her last night. No, no matter what she'd done, she didn't deserve someone sleeping with her while she was drugged, just thinking about that happening to her brought tears to her eyes.

Peyton quickly made her way to her car. What was happening to her? What was happening to her life? How could she ever get passed not knowing what happened last night? This must have been how Lucas felt, not remembering what happened, having to rely on someone to tell you what happened. She suddenly felt sick. She had been the one to help Lucas feel like this. No wonder Lucas hated her so much. Peyton turned on her car and drove away, not knowing where to go.

Brooke pulled Lucas into her house. Finally they were going to get to spend some time together and no one was going to have to leave at the end."So what do you want to do?"asked Brooke wriggling her eyebrows. She knew what she wanted to do.

Lucas looked at her and smiled. He knew what Brooke wanted to do and to be honest, he wouldn't mind doing that too, but he couldn't get passed what she had told him earlier about Rodger. That guy had hurt her and would have done more if his sister wouldn't have come home. Now as much as he wanted to be with Brooke, he wanted to hold her in his arms and make her feel safe more. Maybe she had gotten over this, seeing how it had happened years ago, but to him it was new and he wanted more than anything to just protect her. Lucas wrapped his arm around her waist."How about we just watch a movie?"

Brooke frowned."Watch a movie? What fun is that?"asked Brooke with a smile.

"Hey, watching a movie is a lot of fun. We can lie down, I can wrap my arms, well arm."he said pointing to his still broken arm Around you and hold you tight and we can just be together."

Brooke smiled at him."Your wonderful, you know that Broody? That actually does sound like fun. I love being in your arms, well arm."laughed Brooke mimicking his earlier statement.

Lucas smiled back at Brooke."Well I love having you in my arms."

"That's good to know."Brooke pulled the arm that was still around her tighter around her."So since we've decided what we are going to do, we need to decide what we are going to watch. Now I vote for the Notebook. It is by far the best love story ever told."

Lucas groaned."I should have known you'd pick a sappy movie like that. I change my mind, lets make out instead."said Lucas trying to kiss Brooke.

Brooke quickly got out of Lucas' hold."No, you said watch a movie and now that's what I want to do."

"Okay, well is it too much to ask for a guy to have a girlfriend that likes action movies?"

Brooke shook her head."No, it's not too much to ask, but unfortunately your not lucky enough to have one. Now come on Lucas, the Notebook is a really good movie. Noah is so sweet and hey, it has Rachel McAdams in it. She's pretty hot, that's a plus for you right?"said Brooke with a shrug, hoping she was winning him over. She really wanted to see that movie again.

Lucas shook his head at her. This was typical Brooke, trying to sway his decision, by throwing a hot girl at him. Didn't she know he'd have the hottest girl in his arms? He didn't need to see one on T.V."Brooke..."

"Oh, come on Lucas. Please. Please,please, please."she pleaded.

Lucas looked into her pleading eyes. How could he deny her anything? He knew he was going to watch that movie from the moment she had mentioned it, it was just fun making her work for it."Okay, we can watch that movie, but you owe me."

Brooke rolled her eyes. She knew they were going to watch that movie from the second she mentioned it, it was just fun letting Lucas think he had a choice."Fine, we can watch a movie that you pick next."

"I'm gonna hold you to that. Now go make us some popcorn."said Lucas as he swatted her behind. Brooke turned to face him, giving him a smile before walking into the kitchen. Man he loved that girl. He thanked God everyday for her forgiving him.

Brooke lied there on the couch still in Lucas' arms as she watched the ending credits roll and wiped away a few tears.

"I can't believe your actually crying Brooke."said Lucas shaking his head."It's just a movie. They aren't real."

Brooke turned from her position and now faced him."You can't seriously sit there and be that insensitive Lucas. Did you not get the movie? The whole thing was sad. They loved each other so much and couldn't be together in life because of her disease, so they went to be together in death."said Brooke wiping away fresh tears."They died holding and loving each other, now that is sad."

Lucas rolled his eyes."I'm not saying it isn't sad. I actually liked the movie, I'm just saying it's just a movie."

"That is such a guy thing to say."

Lucas shrugged."Well I am a guy."he pulled her closer to him and wrapped his arm around her."And this guy loves you."he kissed the tip of her nose.

Brooke could help but blush. He was always doing things like this, saying the sweetest things when she least expected him to or when they were having an argument and she loved it when he kissed her nose."Well I love you too, more now because you sat through the whole movie without complaining. I seriously can't believe you didn't complain once."

Lucas smiled."Well I knew you wanted to watch the movie, why would I ruin it for you? Now I expect the same courtesy from you when we watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

"Absolutely not. I refuse Lucas. You can pick any other movie and we can watch it, but I refuse to watch any movie with that home wreaking whore in it."

Lucas had to laugh. She seemed really serious."What are you talking about Brooke?"

Brooke gave him a look."What am I talking about? Where have you been? She is the reason why Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are no longer together. They were the perfect couple and she ruined it."fumed Brooke shaking her head. She had been so upset when she heard Jennifer and Brad were splitting up. She absolutely adored them.

Lucas continued to laugh. This was hilarious. Brooke was really upset by this."Brooke, baby, calm down."Lucas rubbed her back."It's not her fault they broke up. Nothing happened with them while he was with Jennifer and besides you can't only be mad at her. It takes two people to cheat, you know that."Lucas suddenly realized what he said and regretted it.

"Of course I know that Lucas. How could I forget."Brooke turned away from him and tried to get up, but he wouldn't let her.

Lucas felt her try to get up and held her firmly to him. The last thing they both needed was to drop this and move on. They needed to talk about it. Lucas placed his fingers on her chin and turned her back to face him."I'm sorry. I'm sorry about everything I did to you Brooke. I love you so much. I hate that it took me doing something that stupid to realize it. There is no way I would do anything like that to you again. You mean too much to me. I don't want you to ever forget that."

Brooke smiled at him."I know that Lucas and I love you too. You don't have to keep saying your sorry. I know that you are and I know that you would never do anything like that to me again."Lucas leaned in and kissed her. She quickly pulled away."But we're still not watching that movie."said Brooke with a laugh. He had to laugh too.

Their laughter stopped when they heard the front door open and close. Suddenly Peyton walked into the living room with tears streaming down her face."I'm sorry to interrupt, but Brooke I need you."

Thank you for the reviews. Here is the next chapter. I hoped you liked it. I've been on a Peyton kick lately, you can thank Ali213 and her story Under Your skin for that. I am not a big Peyton fan, but I am loving her in that story and I'm finding myself wanting to redeem her in mine.lol. Now when I was writing this chapter I had just finished watching The Notebook again, so I had to put it in here. I hoped you liked this chapter. Let me know what you think.I might have the next chapter up tomorrow. I'm really trying to post as much as I can. Let me know what you think. Please read and review. Thanks.

Coming Up:

Brooke and Peyton talk.

Brooke helps Peyton.

Pretty much nothing but Brooke and Peyton in this chapter.