A/N- So I really have nothing to say except for the last episode was amazing.

As It Comes

Chapter Eight

Let's Play

The awkwardness of having two couples within the group of friends had lessened but Haley was still the most out of it. Brooke and Lucas had each other and now Peyton and Nathan had each other. Haley and Peyton over the last three years had become close friends and now Peyton was dating her ex-boyfriend. Not that Haley still liked Nathan because that wasn't what it was about. She missed her girl time with Peyton and now it was going to get worse. Tonight was the first basketball game of the season and they were playing rivals, the St. Joseph Cougars, the school that junior high friends attended. Brooke and Peyton were cheerleaders and Nathan and Lucas played. Haley being the good friend she was went to watch. She sat with Karen, Lucas' mom. The game was an easy win. Everyone on the team played well and everything was great. At the final whistle blew and they had won, Tim Smith announced that he was hosting a post game party. After the guys changed, all three girls greeted Nathan and Lucas outside.

"Are we going to Tim's?" Peyton asked Nathan.

"I think so," Nathan said, taking her hand pulling her closer until he could comfortably wrap is arm around her waist.

"I'm not going," Haley said, "I'm sick of being the fifth wheel."

"Hales," began Lucas before he was cut off.

"Don't try to make excuses, it's in the math, there are five of us, four out of five are dating each other, leaving a single person to themselves, me," Haley interrupted.

"Okay then," Lucas smiled, she could such a smart ass, "I'll see you tomorrow for coffee." The pair of them had coffee every Saturday morning, no matter what. Brooke would join them often but they always had coffee.

"Of course," Haley said, "have fun and good job tonight." She gave each of her friends a quick hug and with that she left.

"Let's go," Brooke said she was ready to have some fun. Brooke, Lucas, and Nathan all went to their separate vehicles and Peyton jumped in with Brooke. They all went Tim's house. He lived on the same street as Brooke, further away from most of the houses, in old Tree Hill. The houses the neighborhood, were old in the classic way. The houses were large and expensive. Brooke and Peyton parked outside Brooke's house and walked over to Tim's. Brooke the devil she was drove super fast so they still beat Nathan and Lucas to the party. Brooke and Peyton entered the room; they had both changed from their cheerleading outfits into Raven color themed outfits. Peyton being forever casual wore a simple royal blue t-shirt with a black jacket and blue jeans. Brooke pulled it up a notch, she wore a royal blue spaghetti strap with an empire waist camisole with a white sweater overtop and simple black dress pants. No what way they were dressed people would notice them.

"Peyton," a voice said accusingly, "how's that boyfriend of yours?"

"Huh," Peyton said turning around to face Kady O'Grady.

"I said…" Kady said before she got interrupted by Brooke.

"Kady, don't go there," Brooke said pleadingly. They didn't need to fight.

"My boyfriend cheated on me with her," Kady said beginning to yell.

"How did you know about that?" Peyton asked. Nathan told her that he never told Kady he cheated just that they needed to break up.

"People talk," Kady said mysteriously. Kady had found out about the cheating part from Eric Down and he heard from Brooke Davis, herself.

"Kady, we used to be friends, tell me who told you," demanded Peyton.

"Eric Down," Kady said looking directly at Brooke.

"Eric," Peyton said flipped her head to face Brooke and say, "Eric, really, wonder who told him."

"Peyt," Brooke protested. She and Eric had a close relationship; Brooke hadn't thought twice when she was ranting to him about her two best friends hooking up.

"Don't bother," Peyton said angrily, putting her hand in Brooke's face and walked away.

"Peyton," Brooke called after her. Peyton just ignored her. "Thanks, Kady," Brooke said, "You damn well that Eric found out from me and decided to be a bitch and tell everyone, really, truly, thanks!"

"You had it coming," Kady snarled and walked away, leaving Brooke standing in the middle of the room alone. She decided to go and find Lucas.

"Luke," Brooke whined when she finally found him in the kitchen, chatting with his basketball buddies.

"Come here," she said, putting on her puppy dog face. Brooke had finely tuned manipulation skills. She knew how to get what she wanted.

"Okay," Lucas said, taking her hand and walking with her to another more private room. They ignore the snickers of his friends calling him whipped and what not. Once they were by themselves, Brooke explained how Peyton was mad her again because of her big mouth. "Brooke, she will get over it."

"I know, I'm just sick of fighting with her," Brooke said solemnly.

"Want to go to the café or something," Lucas asked. As much time as he spent at parties, he didn't really like them, it was Brooke's thing. He loved just hanging out with his close friends.

"Your house, movie maybe," Brooke proposed.

"Movie, popcorn, and fun," Lucas replied, leading her towards the front door. They drove separately to his house where they then curled up together watching the movie.

After Peyton and Brooke got into their fight, Peyton did her usual post fight ritual, she drank. She had gone from the girl who rarely left her room to the most popular guy in school girlfriend, in a matter of days. Peyton and Nathan after the party ended decided they needed some alone time and thought they should go to her not supervised house. Both drunk, they decided to call Lucas for a ride. Nathan clumsily called Lucas, after a quick conversation, Nathan hung up.

"He won't come," Nathan said.

"Why not?" asked Peyton.

"Because he's with Brooke and you and Brooke are fighting," Nathan explained.

"Did you tell him we are drunk and are trying to be safe," Peyton said.

"Yeah," Nathan replied, "I'll try Haley."

"Don't bother, she'll be sleeping, you can drive us to my house," Peyton said, "We'll be fine."

"Peyton, it's kind of stupid," Nathan said trying to be reasonable.

"I live five minutes from here," Peyton argued, "how much trouble can we get in."

"Okay," Nathan said reluctantly. They both grabbed their jackets and went to his car. They drove done the street carefully. Nathan knew that this was a dumb idea. They stopped at a red light. It turned green and Nathan pressed on the gas pedal. The car made its way into the intersection and another car ran its red light and hit Nathan's truck. Both were knocked unconscious.

A/N- Sorry for the slow update. Please review!