A/N- I have nothing to report on, this is going to be the fourth chapter I have wrote and uploaded within 24 hours. That's kind of cool. This is going to be short, but the last chapter should be long and kind of sad, super fun to write, and definitely my favorite. This is mostly between Kady and Brooke. This all is pretty much all dialogue.

Chasing Dreams

Chapter 12

Realizations of Their Futures

The next month came fast, only two more months of life as they all knew it. The group as usual sat around in Kady's house. The discussion had landed on the topic of Nathan, Lucas, Brooke, Haley, and Peyton leaving early.

"You guys shouldn't leave," Kady exclaimed, "you are just running from your problems."

"Oh my god, you have heard us argue about this over and over again," Brooke yelled. "You were there when I ended up suspended over this."

"But we haven't ever said anything to you," Kady said.

"You all are living in a fake world, and its not going to help you in the long run," Brooke continued to argue, "you are too comfortable with everything, the people we know, we need new people. This world we have created it's not good for us, longer you stay in it, more its going to hurt us."

"You just following Nathan," accused Kady.

"Oh my god, I have been planning on leaving since grade six."

"Why didn't you talk about it?" asked Kady

"Why would I?"

"Because we are your friends," Kady said.

"You were a bitch to me until you and Nathan started dating so don't even say that," Brooke said accusingly.

"I'm leaving because they are leaving," Peyton piped up.

"See?" Kady said, glad her point had been proven.

"If I didn't leave I would have no friends left and I agree with Brooke, we are all too comfortable here."

"You have friends, we are your friends."

"No you aren't, you weren't my friend until I became friends with Nathan," Peyton said, "we have spent holidays together and we still weren't school friends, because you were worried about 'your reputation'"

"Why are you guys so hung up on the fact that we weren't good friends until this year, you guys are no better, look at Haley and Lucas, you only finally become friends with them because your not worried about your reputation," Kady pointed out.

"Let's face it," Brooke said, "we all are worried about something but that's what school is about."

"True," Kady responded, "you shouldn't go to THHS, it's a crap school."

"It's a fine school, I don't know what school I would go to if I was staying the extra year but I want to leave now so that's where I'm going."

"Proving to me that you are running away from your problems," Kady pointed out.

"What problem am I running from anyways?"

"Serena Hart," Kady said simply.

"I'm not running from Serena, I hate her but I'm not running," Brooke said. "She is the kind of person I don't want to get influenced by though."

"Avoiding problems," Kady said.

"No, staying away from the possible problem," Brooke explained, "you guys are just going to be hurt in the long run."

"Whatever this is going nowhere," Kady said, finally giving up and calling truce. "We have different ideas, but we still can hang out, even though you are totally ditching us."

"We'll see you in a year," Carter spoke up, "me, Shawn, and Eric are going to THHS too."

"We'll see about that," Kady said. She knew she had control over the guys and they would probably go wherever she said to go.

The end was coming; they were on the verge of becoming their own people. Separating from the herd, away from everything they had ever known. Fresh beginnings, new starts, and most of all no more old drama, Brooke and everyone was ready for change.

A/N 2- I said it was going to be short; I just needed to but that in because we did fight about leaving a lot. Last chapter is next. It should be a long one and its going to be sad for me to write. It should be up tomorrow. Watch for it.

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-Lauren