So as a reward for me being lazy for the past 8 months, I'm updating two days in a row. Plus there's the fact that I was bored. Any who, I pretty much know where I'm going with the story, I just haven't worked out the details. Read, Enjoy, and REVIEW.

Brooke had managed to survive her first two months of school without anything major occurring. She had made cheerleading and quickly became the object of desire of many of the guys. Brooke and Haley had become fast friends, with Brooke often joining in with Haley and Nathan.

Brooke sat in the locker room with Haley before the first basketball game of the season. "Yippee. Another fabulous season of sore throats obtained from screaming on the sidelines of a smelly gym where boys are running up and down the court chasing a orange ball. I can't wait!" Haley said with false enthusiasm.

"Excited much?" Brooke laughed, "Why do you do cheerleading anyway?"

Haley shrugged, "It looks good on college applications." Haley was lacing up her tennis shoes when Peyton Sawyer walked into the room.

"C'mon girls! Five minutes!" She instructed. Everyone stopped talking and quickly finished getting dressed. "Everybody come here," Peyton said. She began talking about the season and giving effort, and typical captain stuff. Haley made a face at Peyton behind her back, which caused Brooke to let out a laugh.

"Excuse me? Did you have something to say, Brooke?" Peyton turned her eyes onto the brunette sitting in front of her.

"Nope, nothing at all to say," Brooke smiled sweetly at the girl. Peyton narrowed her eyes but said nothing and returned to her pep talk.

Haley and Brooke shared smiles and made their way to the gym along with the rest of the squad and greeted the yelling fans. The two made it through the first half and the half time performance, and sat down on the bench to have a break before the game started.

"Nathan's good," Brooke noted.

Haley nodded, "Yeah, he is. I know he loves the game, but has like, zero confidence." Brooke raised an eyebrow in question and Haley sighed. "His parents are basketball crazy and always encouraged him to play, but can you imagine playing when your brother is Lucas?"

Brooke had also noticed that Lucas was good. Not high school player good that perhaps had a chance at making a small college good, but NBA-prone good.

Haley sighed, "I think Nathan had pretty much come to terms that he will never be as good as Lucas and now just plays for the love of the game."

Brooke nodded, and turned to watch the boys shoot around while they were waiting for the game to start back up. As she watched Lucas continue to make his shots and grin with that cocky attitude she had come to know, she couldn't help the smile playing at her lips.

"What?" Haley asked, noting her friend's grin.

Brooke shook her head, "Nothing."

Brooke was about to meet up with Nathan and Haley when a figure stepped in front of her.

"Hey, Brooke."

"Todd, right," Brooke asked.

Todd nodded and smiled. He was tall and thin, with dark brown hair and green eyes. Brooke had noticed him on the basketball team. " I was wondering, could I take you out to dinner sometime in the near future?"

Brooke raised her eyebrows. "I don't know, can you?" Todd laughed. Brooke scribbled down her address on a flyer she pulled down from the wall. "Pick me up on Saturday at eight." She left him with a smile and ran to catch up with her friends.

"He's cute, Brooke," Haley grinned at her friend.

"Thanks, his name is Todd and were going out on Saturday," she grinned.

Nathan looked up sharply. "Todd? As in Todd Parker?" Brooke nodded and Nathan's eyes darkened. "Brooke, don't go out with him. He's a jerk. He goes out with girls just so he can brag about them to all his friends."

Brooke rolled her eyes. "Oh, Nate, don't be so overprotective."

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