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Nathan Scott… in a library. He looked around self feeling conscious and knowing that people where looking at him. He spotted Brooke across the other side of the room and smiled. He headed in her direction but stopped when he saw who she was sitting with.

"Lucas! No fair! How come you get the blue pen?" Brooke whined.

"Brooke we're not seriously going to argue about this are we?" Lucas laughed. She could be so funny sometimes.

"Yes! My heading is pink so I can't use a red pen! Doesn't mix," she looked at him like it was the most obvious thing in the world and he was the only one who didn't know it.

"Okay here, take the stupid red pen," he sat it in front of her and noticed the grin on her face. "What?" he asked.

"I've got you wrapped around my finger," she said giving him her trademark dimple smile. He realized that she had played him and for a moment Lucas Scott was speechless.

She realized he was staring at her and found herself staring back.

"Brooke?" he said

"Yeah?"

"What are you doing Friday night?" he said not breaking their stare.

"Well that depends" she said smiling.

"On what?"

"On what your doing Friday night" she looked down at the red pen and noticed it had bite marks on the end of it. "Ewww!" she said spontaneously.

"What?" he said snapping himself out of his stare mode.

"You chew your pens? How 4th grade is that?" she asked holding up the pen and looking at it closely.

"I only do it when I'm nervous and there is nothing else to do," he said feeling embarrassed.

"Oh… well… that's kinda cute," she grinned.

"So you think I'm cute?" he said looking at her hopefully.

"No!" she saw his head fall. "I mean yes! God, I don't know," she looked around for a desperate way out. "Hey look there's Nathan!" she said standing up and waving him over.

"Hey guys," he said glaring down at Lucas.

"Umm… I should probably go…," Lucas mumbled as he gathered his books.

"No, you don't have to--," Brooke started.

"Yeah I probably should… you know… go," he tilted his head towards Nathan who pretended he didn't notice.

"Well we're still on for Friday right Luke?" Brooke asked.

"Yea--," Luke was cut off by Nathan.

"We're working on out assignment then Brooke, remember?" It was Brooke's turn to glare this time.

"You know what, its okay. I'll see ya around Brooke," Lucas nodded in her direction and walked off.

Brooke sat down and sighed. "Why do you always have to be such an ass?" she asked Nathan looking up into his baby blues.

"Because… guys like that…," he looked at her and saw her eyes filling with tears. "Guys like that only want girls like you for one thing," Brooke's head snapped up.

"Girls like me?" she stood up her voice getting loud.

"I didn't mean it like that," he stated.

"Oh really? Then what did you mean in like?" she cried/

"You know what Brooke?" "I'm going to tell her" he thought.

"What!" she yelled.

Suddenly the librarian stood in between them. "As cliché as it sounds if you two don't keep your voices down I'm going to have to ask you to leave,"

"Don't worry Miss Miller, I was just leaving anyway…" Brooke said. Satisfied the teacher walked away, followed by Brooke.

"Brooke wait!" Nathan grabbed her arm and spun her around.

"Yes Nathan?" for the brief five seconds that he was holding her arm she looked up into his eyes and hoped that he would say something to make her stay. Something she'd been waiting for him to say for years.

"You forgot your books," he stated, pointing to the table.

She looked up at him and sighed. She walked past him, quickly grabbed her books and walked away, not looking back.

He watched her walk away, knowing he should have said something. He sighed and watched her go.

"Hales! Wait up," Lucas yelled running up to his best friend.

"Hey Luke, what's up?" she replied, looking up at his stressed face.

They continued walking side by side down the corridor, passing students and teachers.

"I kinda need to talk to you about something…" he said in a friendly tone.

"Well I'm late for a tutoring lesson right now so how about I meet you at the café at say… 5:30?" she stopped out the front of the tutoring centre.

"Yeah thanks Hales," he said thankfully.

"No problem," she smiled.

Lucas turned to walk away and bumped into someone.

"Sorry," he said trying to regain his balance.

"Yeah you should be," Nathan replied. "You're going to have to work on your balance if you want us to make it to finals," happy with his smart ass comment he walked into the tutoring centre leaving Haley and Luke to an awkward silence.

"So… I'll… see you later?" Haley asked

"You know what, don't worry about it, I'm sure you and Nathan have a lot of things to do… without me," Lucas sneered and might has well have ran away.

"Luke wait!" Haley yelled, but he didn't stop.

She sighed and thought "Life is hard. The Scotts… are harder,"

"Hey P. Sawyer," Brooke said in a quiet tone as she entered her best friends room.

"Hey… not-so-cheery-best-friend. What's wrong?" she said putting down her sketching pad and patting a spot on her bed where her best friend sat.

"Nathan is what's wrong, or Lucas… or both," she whined.

"Aah… boys! This calls for some depressive music," she smiled and walked over to her computer. She opened "I-tunes" and clicked on "Recently Added". Nickelback's "Hero" started playing softly in the back ground as Peyton went back to her bed and lay down next to her best friend. "So… tell me Brooke Davis… which Scott has captured your heart this week?" she asked, worried for her friend.

"Well you know I like Nathan right?" she watched Peyton nod and took that as a sign to continue. "Well he's never made a move, not once… and we both know he always goes for what he wants… so I'm starting to think that maybe I'm not what he wants. But Lucas… here is this great guy, funny, sweet, and totally hot… and he asked me out today," Peyton's eyebrows raised but Brooke didn't notice. "I said yes… but then Nathan showed up and…" she took a deep breath as her eyes filled with tears, but she still continued, "He cancelled our date and he said that… that guys like Lucas… only want one thing from me," and she burst into tears.

Peyton sat up on the bed and hugged Brooke. "Brooke… they're just guys… look at me," Brooke did as she was told. "Do you like Lucas?" Brooke nodded. "Do you like Nathan?" Brooke nodded again. "Well here is what I think you should do. Talk to Nathan. We both know he doesn't like to show his emotions, and if he doesn't feel the same way then you have Lucas. We already know he likes you," she stroked Brooke's back as she spoke and stopped when she had finished talking.

Brooke had mascara running down her cheeks but quickly wiped them away. "So, you think I should talk to Nathan?" Peyton nodded. "Okay, you're right, god what am I saying, you always right," they both smiled. "Okay… well I'm gonna go… talk to Nathan," she got up off the bed and so did Peyton.

They hugged and shared a look and then Brooke left.

Peyton smiled. "My little girl is growing up!" she laughed and fell back on her bed. Her phone rang and she jumped up to grab it.

Okay so I wrote Chapter 2 and it turned out a lot longer than I thought it would. I'll post the second half as soon as I get some reviews! Thanks for reading guys!

Mwa, Love Cait

Next up:

Peyton receives a phonecall
Brooke talks to Nathan
Lucas and Haley will talk about Brooke and what Lucas should do