Sorry we took so long to update again but we have been busy. Rose went to Washington last week to tour a school while I stayed here and toured another school. But were back now! Thats pretty much all there is to say, so enjoy the chapter.

A Bit of Everything

There were only a few times in her life that she regretted doing things and she had just added another one. Not only had she betrayed her best friend but now she had just stopped her from slapping her fiance. Peyton pulled her hand back and Jake went to stand behind her.

"Are you seriously defending him?"

Brooke stood her ground and stood in front of Lucas, feeling oddly protective. "Were all at fault here. It's not just him." Lucas couldn't stop glaring at Jake and Peyton but he grinned at her words.

"We need to talk," Peyton said while grabbing Brooke's hand and dragging her to her room.

"We'll be back." Brooke thought that leaving the two angry men out there was a bad idea but she needed to talk to Peyton. Peyton made it to the room in a few seconds before she slammed the door and let Brooke go.

"What is it now Peyton? What do we need to talk about?"

"Everything!" She yelled, obviously pissed off. She began to pace the room just as Brooke had done earlier. "Why did you do it?"

Brooke sighed. "Peyton..."

"And don't give me that bullshit. I want the truth this time."

"This time? What the hell is that supposed to mean? I've always told you the truth."

Peyton threw her arms in the air before turning to look at Brooke. "Yes, Brooke Davis tells the truth. What do you call that whole Nathan episode? Or the falling down the stairs? I'm not stupid Brooke!"

Brooke was shocked. She couldn't believe that Peyton would bring up the past like that. She glared at her before opening her mouth. "The Nathan 'episode," she said, using finger quotes, "was a long time ago."

"You still lied. You lie about everything Brooke. You couldn't even tell me what really happened to yourself. What did really happen?"

Brooke couldn't keep her anger in anymore. She walked up to Peyton and stared her right in the eyes. "You want to know what happened?" Peyton nodded. "I got robbed okay? I got robbed and he decided to hurt me in the process."

Peyton's mouth dropped a little. That wasn't the truth she was expecting. Anything but that.

"Do you want to know why I didn't want to tell you?" Peyton didn't say anything. "I didn't tell you because I didn't want to ruin things again for you and Lucas. I didn't want to mess up your wedding with my problems."

"Brooke I..."

"So, if you're going to tell me that I wanted to ruin whatever you guys had, then just leave because you know that I would never do that."

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"Why didn't you tell me in high school when I caught you two together? Would you have ever told me if I didn't confront you? What about the second time you did it?"

Peyton didn't know what to say. Brooke was right and she knew it but Peyton couldn't just let her yell at her like she had done nothing wrong. Both of the girls stared at each but neither moved.

"I'm not the only one who did something wrong."

"You're right," Brooke said. "You cheated on Lucas and he cheated on you." Peyton looked down, afraid of the truth that Brooke was throwing at her.

"I just wish you would have told me."

"It hurts, doesn't it?" Brooke didn't mean it but she couldn't control her words.

Peyton looked up at Brooke. "Where does this put us?"

"I don't know."

"What do you think is going on in there?" Lucas and Jake had decided to sit across from each other. Lucas wouldn't do anything to Jake because he knew that Peyton always held feelings for the guy.

"So you aren't going to kill me?"

"Why should I? We all made mistakes." Jake just nodded and looked out the window, seeming upset about something. "What's wrong?"

He looked back at Lucas momentarily. "I'm just thinking."

"What about?"

"Everything. You, Peyton and Brooke. You know I never was very good friends with her but she talked to me as though we had been best friends. She made me think about things."

"She can do that," Lucas said, laughing quietly.

"Then I thought about Peyton and I felt guilty because I knew you two were getting married."

Lucas raised his eyebrows. "Yeah. I don't think that's on the top of Peyton's list right now."

"Yeah," Jake said and he left it at that. It was too awkward for the both of them to talk to each other.

"So you liked him all of those years?" Peyton asked. The two of them had decided to calm down and talk it out. Brooke sat on one side of the bed while Peyton sat on the other side.

"Yes," she answered truthfully.

"Why didn't you ever tell me?"

"Why should I have? I didn't want to hurt your relationship when it just started."

"But if I knew..."

"I wouldn't have let you do anything about it." Peyton gave up, knowing how stubborn Brooke could be.

"So, is this it?"

"What?"

"Our friendship," Peyton muttered, not wanting to say it. Brooke looked over, hurt and upset. She didn't want to lose Peyton as her best friend; they had gone through too much together.

"It doesn't have to be."

"What about Lucas and Jake?"

Peyton sighed and looked down at her ring. "I know it's over between Lucas and I. When I'm with Jake, I just feel so..."

"In love?" Brooke laughed before she quieted down and thought about her words. Peyton looked over at her with a sad expression.

"You won't be alone Brooke." Brooke looked up and smiled at her but it still hurt her. Peyton scooted closer to her friend and laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Aren't we supposed to hate each other?"

"We'll skip past that part." Both of them laughed and sat in the silence as they tried to collect their thoughts.

"Should we check on them?" Lucas asked, not knowing what to do. As if they heard the words, the girls stepped out of the room. Lucas and Jake stood, hoping that they weren't going to get yelled at.

Peyton and Brooke stopped walking when they reached the living room where both of the men stood, waiting for one of them to say something.

Peyton looked over at Lucas before walking over to him and sticking her hand out. He held his out and she dropped the item in his hand. He looked at his hand and sighed when he saw the ring.

Peyton smiled sadly at him before she nodded to Jake and they left together, leaving Brooke and Lucas alone.

"Brooke..."

"I don't want to talk about it right now."

He grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to him. "We have to talk about it."

"Talk about what? How I almost ruined my relationship with my best friend of almost seventeen years or how I did ruin your relationship?"

"Brooke, its okay."

Brooke stepped away from him. "It's not okay. It's only okay because Peyton left with Jake. Is it only okay because shes okay with it?" Her voice had risen with each word.

"No, I guess it's not okay but we can try this out now."

Brooke sighed. "I was doing just fine with everything until you decided to come back into my life. Why couldn't you have just stayed with Peyton?"

"Because she's not the one I want." Brooke looked up at him and frowned. Did he even know what he wanted?

"What do you want Luke?" She nearly yelled. "Because I don't know. You like me, then you like her, then you love me, then you love her. What do you want?"

"I want you," he said. She tried to not look into his eyes but she couldn't look away when he forced her to look at him. "I want you Brooke Davis."

"Well, I don't want you. You've done enough damage," she said, getting out of his grasp and turning around to walk away.

"The hell you don't." He caught her elbow though and pulled her back into his arms, his lips meeting hers.

Her body took control and she held onto him tighter. His arms wrapped around her waist and he lifted her up to wrap her legs around his waist. She stared at him for a second before their lips met again in a passionate kiss. He carried her back to her room where he laid her on the bed.

He began to unbutton his shirt while she watched, her mind and body screaming two different things at her. When she finally got over her lust-filled shock, she sat up and stopped him from taking the shirt off.

When she placed her hands on his chest, she felt his muscles twitch at her touch. She could feel his abs through the thin fabric and tried to block out the images from her head.

"What's wrong?"

She sighed. "I can't do this."

"Why not?"

"It doesn't feel right."

Lucas looked down at her before he sat next to her on the bed and put his head in his hands. "Why doesn't it feel right Brooke?"

"I don't know," she muttered. He took her hand and to his surprise, she didn't pull away.

"Why are you so intent on being alone?" Brooke looked at him, confusion laced all over her face.

"You tell me you want me one day and then you don't. When we finally have a chance to be together, you don't want to be. You tell me that I don't know what I want but do you know what you want?"

Brooke, who was close to being in tears, stood up and looked away from him. "Will you leave please?"

"Brooke I didn't..."

Just go." He didn't say another word. He buttoned up his shirt and left, feeling hurt and rejected. He hadn't felt those feelings since high school. She waited for him to leave before a single tear escaped her eye.

She wished that she could tell him what she wanted. She wished that he just knew that what she wanted was standing right in front of her.

She just wished that he knew that she wanted him.

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Soo? What did everyone think about the newest chapter. Where do you think this leaves Peyton and Brooke? Or how about Brooke and Lucas? Haley and Nathan will be appearing a lot in the next chapter. Peyton and Jake are not so big characters anymore but they will appear a few more times. The next update should be sooner than this one but I'm not completely sure.

Game: Well it's actually more of a poll. Should Peyton and Lucas have a heart to heart or no? Just tell us over reviews and we might put one in.