A/N- Thank you all for your reviews. They are greatly appreciated. I was like we don't have an episode this week so I guess I have to get my One Tree Hill fill from writing and reading. So here we go.

As It Comes

Chapter Six

Found Out

As soon as Brooke got outside and to her car she flipped her phone open and hit the number one key to call Lucas. Lucas picked up after the fifth ring. "What took you so long?" exclaimed Brooke as Lucas said a mumbled hello.

"I spent half of the night with you, awake, so I was sleeping because I'm tired," Lucas shook his head. That girl was crazy.

"Whatever," Brooke mumbled realizing how ridiculous she sounded. "Guess what I just walked in on?"

"What?" Lucas played along.

"Nathan and Peyton in bed together, well sort of, he was in the shower and his clothes were on the floor and she was in bed," Brooke explained, her voice was high pitched and she was speaking extremely fast.

"What!" Lucas said, waking up completely. Peyton and Nathan, their best friends, hooked up. "Peyton and Nathan," Lucas said with disbelief.

"Peyton and Nathan," Brooke repeated. Brooke was still in shock; Peyton and Nathan were so close they were practically brother and sister not lovers, like sick.

"I don't know what to say," Lucas managed to say. He sat alone in his bed looking around his room, there were pictures everywhere, some of Brooke and he, and lots of everyone. Peyton and Nathan were in lots; they were mostly laughing and having fun. This news was unbelievable.

"I know," Brooke said slowly, "okay here's a question, does Haley still like Nathan?" Haley and Nathan had broken up over a year and a half ago but she had never dated since so Brooke was completely sure if she was over him. Lucas still was the closest to Haley so if anyone knew, it would be him.

"I don't really know," Lucas said. "She hasn't cared about the other girlfriends so I don't think so."

"Okay, good," Brooke said in relieve, "because that would be bad."

"Fuck, what about Kady?" Lucas exclaimed, catching a look at a picture taken a month ago at the reunion party.

"He told me he would deal with it," Brooke said.

"Okay," Lucas said. "Want to come over?" asked Lucas. It was eight thirty in the morning and his mom would be making breakfast anytime. Karen loved her son's girlfriend; she didn't understand why they had broken up and was pleased when they got back together.

"Yeah, your mom making breakfast?" asked Brooke. Karen's pancakes were to die for.

"Of course," Lucas said.

"Yum, so you in five," Brooke said hanging up.

"Five," Lucas simply replied, shutting his phone. A knock was heard at his door and it was opened a crack.

"Luke," Karen said quietly, "who were you talking to?"

"Brooke, I invited her over for breakfast," Lucas said getting out of bed and grabbed a loose shirt lying on top of his laptop.

"Okay," Karen replied sweetly, "what's wrong, you look awful?" Her son looked as white as a ghost. It obviously wasn't Brooke so she wasn't sure what to assume.

"Friend, brother drama," Lucas vaguely explained.

"More detail possibly," Karen asked. She and Lucas normally had a very open relationship. She knew most of the details in his life and he knew most of the details about her life.

"Um," Lucas said reluctantly, "maybe later after I have some time to process all of it." Accepting the answer Karen exited the room and made her way to the kitchen to begin to make her famous pancakes. Brooke surprisingly showed up on time. Exactly five minutes after she called a soft knock was heard on the side door leading into Lucas' room. Lucas jumped off his position on the end of his bed and opened the door. Brooke was standing behind it; he opened the door wider allowing her to enter the room.

"Hey you," Brooke said sweetly giving her boyfriend a sweet kiss on the lips.

"Hey you too," Lucas smiled. Brooke was amazing. Today, she had caught her best friends in bed together and she was still poised and sweet, not taking her anger out on him.

"Did you tell your mom I was coming over?" asked Brooke. She sat down in the wooden chair in front of Lucas' laptop and turned the machine on.

"Yeah," Lucas said, "she's making pancakes."

"Yum," Brooke laughed, "she knows me too well." Karen and Brooke were tight, with Brooke's parents gone lots Karen had become an almost honorary mother to her. Brooke carefully typed in her email address signing into her instant messenger.

"Brooke, of course she knows you," Lucas said shaking his head, "you spend a lot of time here. Look at you now, just all casual sitting at my computer without asking." Lucas laughed and shook his head at Brooke. She was confident in herself and that was what he most liked about her.

"Your mom is pretty much amazing," Brooke said. The computer screen flashed and beeped notifying Brooke she had received a message. Brooke glanced over the message. It was from Peyton. "Oh my god," Brooke exclaimed reading the message.

"What?" Lucas hesitantly questioned. Brooke's face was filled with anger, her eyes focused on the screen and her body tensed up.

"They are in love," Brooke snarled, "they had a one fucking night stand and now they are in love, yeah right."

"Brooke," Lucas said, giving a hug from behind, "don't let this bother you, they don't care we are dating." Lucas was surprised by Peyton and Nathan being together but he didn't understand why it bothered Brooke so much.

"Luke, we were never just friends, they always have. It's just a lot to wrap my mind around," Brooke explained. "Plus he has a girlfriend and she knows he is a cheater and doesn't have relationships and we both know he is going to break her heart."

"What if," Lucas began, "she is the one for him, and maybe he'll change."

"You know that's not true," Brooke grumbled.

"Sorry to interrupt," Karen said opening the door slightly, "breakfast is ready."

"Thanks mom," Lucas said gratefully. He closed his laptop and took Brooke's hand and led her out of the room. Brooke bent her head onto his shoulder and followed him from the room. The kitchen was filled with amazing smells, pancakes, bacon and fresh fruit where sitting on the dining room table waiting to be devoured.

"Oh my, Karen, it looks amazing, just what I needed," Brooke said taking a seat next to Lucas. Brooke quickly began piling food onto her plate.

"What's wrong with you two?" Karen asked letting her curiosity get the best of her. Karen and everyone else knew that Brooke had loose lips and she pretty much blabbed all gossip she heard.

"Um," Brooke said looking towards Lucas, who had bent his head downwards and was examining his food in great detail. She kicked him from underneath the table and when he looked up she raised her eyebrows and bent her head towards his mother, asking what to do. He just shrugged and went back to eating his food. Brooke decided that she would tell Karen maybe she would have some advice. "Well last night, Peyton was really mad about this guy she likes girlfriend being pregnant so her and Nate were hanging out and they kind of hooked up last night and its messed up because I know he such an ass to his girlfriends and technically he has a girlfriend and I think its going to screw up everything with everyone, with us," Brooke rambled.

"Oh," Karen replied in shock, she was taken completely off-guard by the information. Wow, the group was in for something, it may be good or more likely bad, but Brooke was right, that even would change their group dynamic. "Maybe…" Karen began.

"See, there is no way to make this normal," Brooke interrupted, seeing Karen's blank expression.

"You all, you, Lucas, Nathan, Haley, and Peyton, as a group need to talk about this, don't ignore it," Karen said sensibly. "Does Haley know?"

"No," Brooke said. "Should I tell her?"

"Give Peyton the chance, but if she doesn't tell Haley yourself," Karen directed.

"Okay," Brooke said nodding her head slowly. She was taking in Karen's advice, it was a good choice to tell Karen, she had been in high school, popular and dealt with the drama, plus she wasn't a million years old either. They sat there discussing different ways to deal with the new found drama for a long while; Lucas had left the home long ago. Karen and Brooke spent most of their day like that.

A/N 2- My grandma is in the hospital and its messed up so updates are sure to be slow. Please review.