Author's Note: Okay, so wow. I got a lot of reviews for the last chapter. Thank you all so much for reviewing. I'm glad you're liking it. I've decided to take this story longer than my others. It may go up to thirty chapters. There is a lot of drama that I want to bring up and all.

Note: This is about a week after the last chapter. Enjoy!

"Brooke Davis!" Brooke groaned and threw the pillow over her head when she heard her name being called. "Brooke, get up." Her groan turned into a growl when she felt the sunlight hit her.

Peyton pushed Brooke. "Get up! Seriously, it was just a kiss." Brooke pulled the pillow from her face and sat up before pulling her hair into a ponytail and glaring at Peyton the entire time.

"He hates me now," she muttered. "He'll probably go back to stupid Jessica now that he didn't get a quickie in or something."

Peyton rolled her eyes. "You're being a drama queen. Lucas loves you Brooke and he wouldn't do that."

"Um…okay let's rephrase that. Lucas wouldn't do that again." Peyton groaned as she lay down next to Brooke.

"It's been a week Brooke. You should be back in school now but instead you're here moping around about a kiss." Brooke turned on her side to ignore her. "Brooke…just go talk to him or call him or something."

"Why doesn't he call me?" Peyton shrugged, already giving up. She knew that the brunette would drag out the argument until she would win. They both laid there until Brooke heard the doorbell.

"I'll be right back." She left the room muttering something along the lines of 'stupid boys and early'. She made her way downstairs and nearly ripped the door open. She needed someway to take her anger out, right?

"Lucas?" Her voice came out in a squeak. Lucas stared at her, slightly afraid. She had nearly broken the door off. "What are you doing here Luke?"

"I came to talk."

"Well, Peyton is here." He stared at her and she continued. "That means that we'll talk later." He nodded. "Come by around seven."

She shut the door before he could say another word. She really was becoming a bitch; she didn't know if it was from the lack of sleep or the anger. Either way, she needed to calm down.

She made it back upstairs and fell on the bed. "Who was it?"

"Lucas," she answered nonchalantly. Peyton sat up quickly and looked out the window. "He left already." Then Peyton hit her with a pillow. "What was that for?"

"Maybe it'll knock some sense into you."

Brooke shrugged. "He's coming back later."

"Why did you send him away?"

"You were over." Her uncaring attitude was starting to get on Peyton's nerves. "Friends come first."

"Lucas is your friend."

Brooke rolled her eyes. "Oh, do friends kiss each other now?" Brooke's sarcastic voice made Peyton want to hit her with another pillow.

"Brooke…"

Brooke held up her hand. "I'll talk to him when I'm ready." Peyton sighed. "I do have good news though. I wanted to tell you earlier but…"

"What's the news Brooke?"

"I'm going back to school?"

"When are you coming back?" Peyton was excited. She would have her friend back at school with her. Actually, everyone would have their friend back.

"This Monday," she answered before she stood up and began pacing. "What about Jessica? What about Lucas?"

"What about them? He hasn't talked to her since you went to the hospital, almost two months ago."

Brooke nodded. "What if she talks to me?"

"Then you can be your bitchy self. Seriously Brooke, what does it matter? You always upstaged her anyway."

"I know but what about Lucas? What if he hits on her to make me jealous or something?"

Peyton smiled. "Would you be jealous?"

"That…is so not fair. Peyton, what do you do when you love someone who hurt you so badly?" Peyton tensed and Brooke stared up at her. "You tensed."

"What about it?"

"That means you know something or something happened." Peyton sighed and looked sadly at Brooke.

"I know what it feels like to have your heart ripped out and torn to a million pieces." Brooke turned to fully face her. "I…I used to be in love with this guy. He was a little older than me but you know how it is." Brooke smiled sadly and nodded. "Well, we had sex. He was my first and I was scared afterward. A day later, when I went to his house, he was gone. Everything was gone."

Brooke nodded for her to continue. "He just left. We dated for forever and he just left. How could he just leave? I have no idea but it happened and I felt dead for weeks."

"How did you get over it?"

Peyton smiled. "I don't think I have. I'll always love him but there is that part of me that still hates him with everything I have. But then I met Jake and you forced us to dance." At that, Peyton looked at Brooke before laughing. "I think I may have fallen in love again."

"How do I deal with Lucas?"

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"I love Lucas still but I don't want to. If I do, then it will hurt even more if he ever hurt me again."

"As Haley said a while back, guys are programmed to hurt us. Your relationship doesn't have to be perfect but you can try."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Peyton smiled. "But what happens when it does happen?"

"You suck it up and deal with it." Brooke nodded and looked up. "How do I know he really loves me? How do I know he's not just using me again?"

Peyton looked over at her friend. "I have an idea."

"What's the idea?"

"How about you go on a date?" Brooke looked confused. "A blind date of sorts and I'll just happen to stroll by with Lucas and he'll see you."

"What good does that do?"

"Well, he'll get jealous and tell you everything."

"It just might work P. Sawyer."

"I know it will, B. Davis." Brooke smiled and the girls began to formulate a plan. Hopefully, it would work and Brooke would get what she wanted.

A few hours later, Brooke was at home, alone again. She was bored out of her mind but she couldn't help it when her mind shifted to Lucas. It was almost seven and she was hoping he would come by like she told him to earlier.

Her hopes were confirmed when the doorbell rang and she ran to get it. She opened it quickly and smiled at Lucas. She stepped out of the way and let him enter. They walked to the kitchen and she hopped up on the counter.

"What did you want to talk about?"

"Brooke, I'm sorry if I've made anything awkward for you. I know you're still dealing with everything and I just want to be there for you." His words came out fast but she caught it. She smiled at him.

"Thanks Lucas. I'm sorry about the kiss. I didn't mean for it to come so…suddenly. I was just in the moment." His disappointment didn't go unnoticed and she felt bad but she had to do it. "I just want us to be good friends."

"Just friends?"

"Just friends," she confirmed. "I hope you want that too."

"Of course," he lied. "Being friends would be good for us." She nodded and hopped down from the counter to hug him tightly. He didn't want to let her go but when she pulled back he had to.

Unknowingly to him, she didn't want to let go either. "So…"

"Do you want to go out tomorrow? We would go as friends, of course." She bit her lip. Lucas couldn't but smile at the way she did it; it pretty much turned him on like crazy. Just because they were friends didn't mean he couldn't think about her that way. He was a teenage boy.

Here goes phase one of the 'Get Lucas to break plan'. "I actually have a date tomorrow."

He gulped; all those thoughts just flew out the window. "Oh? Well, maybe another time." He looked down at his watch. "I have to go." He kissed her cheek and left without another word.

Her skin felt like it was on fire after he kissed her cheek and she couldn't deny her feelings anymore but she would have to go on with the plan. She only hoped it wouldn't backfire on her or everything would be a disaster.

She sighed as she went upstairs to lay down, the plan playing over and over in her head. She wished it would all just vanish.

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Another Note #2: I don't know when my next update will be. Hopefully soon and to those of you who review my other story, I'll update that as soon as I can. It'll be soon, I promise. :D

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