"Okay pretty girl, explain please." Brooke made eye contact with each one of her friends before beginning. She wanted to build the suspense. Nathan gave her a grateful look, Lucas just smiled at her lovingly, and Haley smirked and gave her a 'while we're still alive please' look. She giggled.

"Okay." She clapped her hands together for emphasis. "Well when I went to talk to 'Naley' over here this morning, I accidentally over heard them saying they wanted a place of their own."

Lucas grinned. "And by accidentally you mean you were eavesdropping?"

Brooke crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out at him before continuing her story.

"So here it is." Brooke did her best Vanna impression before handing Nathan a key. Nathan wrapped Brooke in a bear hug and gently whispered a thank you into her hair. When Brooke broke free of Nathan, Haley enveloped her into a hug. When they pulled apart, Haley held Brooke by the arms.

"Thank you SO much Brooke. But uh, one question."

"Yeah?"

"Where are you going to live?" Brooke smiled sweetly at her friends.

"At Peyton's." A confused Lucas turned to face Brooke.

"But I though you said she left." Brooke smiled at Lucas. Sometimes Lucas just didn't get it.

"She did but…" Brooke was interrupted by an even more confused Haley.

"Wait…Peyton left?" Brooke jokingly smacked herself in the head. In all of her excitement Brooke had forgotten to tell Nathan and Haley about the great Jeyton adventure.

"Oh yeah. Duh. She went with Jake to find Jenny. They left this morning." Nathan's jaw dropped. He knew Peyton and Jake were in love, but for her to just uproot right before graduation…well, good for them. He tried to say something but all he could manage was a wow. Brooke laughed. It was often that you could make Nathan Scott speechless.

"Yeah, anyways, I talked to her and she said to make myself at home because she might be gone for a while." Brooke looked into the faces of her friends. They all looked happy and content.

"Is it possible that something as horrible as the shooting could have led to everyone being so happy?" Haley asked as she wrapped her arms around Nathan's neck and placed her on his chest. Nathan hugged her tighter and smiled down at her.

"Seems like it," he said with a smile. He turned to look at his brother.

"Yeah. I think we're all going to be okay."