AN: Hey thnx for da reviews. surprised i got so many in 2 days xD well daz a good thing, dat means people like da story sorry i didn't update in a few days i was going to but then something was wrong w/ my comp and it kept freezing, i just had a sleepova and my friends just left so now im updating the chapter Well enjoy this chapter

No ones POV

When they were done cleaning her, putting medicine, and putting on bandages, 2 hours past already. Now it was 3 am and they were all lying down in Brooke's room trying to sleep.

Brooke was in the middle, haley was on her right, and Peyton was on the left.

"I can't sleep!" Brooke said for the thousanths time that 5 minutes.

"Brooke stop complaining! I was almost sleeping!" Peyton yelled annoyed by her.

"Well it's not my fault! It's hard going to sleep wide awake!"

"Well too bad! if you lay down you should eventually get tired."

"If you haven't noticed, I'm not like you Peyt! I can't just be all drunk then sleep after 2 seconds just because I lay down on a comfy bed!" Brooke complained again. She kicked her legs up and down kicking off the blanket.

"Ehh! Stop fighting geez!" Haley hit them both on the head. Then she took the blanket and wrapped it around her again.

"Ow! T-G you hit hard!" Brooke said rubbing her hand.

"Deal with it!" Haley yelled again. She snuggled into the blanket again before Peyton pulled half of it and put it over herself.

"Thanks for part of the blanket." she said.

"no problem." Haley answered. "Hey! I don't have any now!" Brooke said.

"It's your house tigger just get something else." Haley said laughing. That was the first time she laughed that whole night.

They finally stopped talking and tried going to sleep. After about... 5 minutes they all sat up at the same time. they bursted out laughing.

"Can't sleep?" they all said at the same time... again, which made them laugh even harder. Then the doorbell rang.

"Oh, that might be Nate and Luke." Brooke said jumping out of bed.

"What!?" Peyton and haley yelled.

"Relax. Yeesh, Nate wanted to check up on you Hales. If you haven't noticed, he really likes you, and Peyton, I know you like Lucas to, so GET OVER IT!" She left the room and went downstairs. When s he opened the door, it was Lucas and Nathan. "Hey guys. come in." Brooke said smiling.

"Hey." Nate said but Lucas just looked at her and looked away. They stood there for a minute not knowing what to do.

"Okay, this is confusing to you guys. I'm going to say it in a minute length so listen to me. Me and haley used to be best friends. Started to drift apart when High school started. I recently found out her mom died a few years ago, then her dad lost her job and is not beating her. That's why she's like that. but don't bring her dad up. Got it?" Brooke said pointing a finger at them.

"yeah. Is she okay though?" Nathan asked.

"yea she is. We all couldn't sleep. Go up stairs to my room." Nate started to go up but then saw Lucas and Brooke glaring at each other at the bottom of the stairs.

"uh... what are you--" But was cut off when they started to glare at him. "Okay, I can take a hint." He went up the stairs to Brooke's room.

"Okay Luke. Since you came over, you didn't say anything! I'm sorry about saying--" "No Brooke! No one knew except for you and Nathan! Do you know what you've done!? Jake is my friend. He was the one that stuck up for me when I first joined the basket ball team! (AN: da whole dan thing happened but earlier in high school now Nate and luke are close)"

"Lucas I'm--" "Brooke! Jake was nothing but nice to me! And all i want is for Peyt to be happy. She's not going to be happy now that she knows that i have feelings for her!"

"Yes she is Luke! You have no idea!" Brooke said amazed that Lucas was THIS mad.

"Look, listen to the whole thing. I like Peyton. We're close friends. She's dating Jake. Then she finds out that I like her. Then, she starts getting confused and wouldn't know how to be friends with me anymore, or she would tell me that we would never be and she would try to ignore the whole fact."

"Lucas!"

"Then we're not close friends anymore, she can't come to me for anything, she can't talk to me like the way she used to. Jake is obviously going to find out. I mean... c'mon is there any secret that hasn't gotten out bef--" SLAP

Lucas and Brooke tood there stunned. Brooke's hand was still in the air. and Lucas's cheek started to turn pink.

"Will you just shut up!?" Brooke yelled. "you're really stupid... you know that?" She said calmly.

"She likes you so much! It is so obvious. She liked you before she started dating Jake. but that's when you and I were dating, so she didn't do anything. But then the started to date Jake, her feelings for you were so close to gone, but then me and you broke up. And you and her started becoming closer friends. I could see by the way she looked at you from across the hall that she still really liked you!"

She started to hit his head over and over again, "so get you fucking stupid mindless head out of the shitty gutter! She knows now! And you! All you have to do is talk to Jake about it, and talk to Peyton about it. Ask her if she wants to be with you... or him. I garentee you she's going to choose you!" She punched him on the shoulder.

She huffed and sat down at the island put her head i her arms.

He stooded there shocked for a second of what she just said. Then he sat down next to her and put a playfull arm around her.

"heyyyy!! rough day?" He asked seriously.

She dragged her head up and looked at him like he was stupid.

"You stupid?" she asked as she plopped her head back down.

Nathan stood at the door way of Brooke's room smiling. Before he slowly walked up so that no one would hear him. They didn't know he was there so they kept doing what they were doing.

"Do you know the handgame miss lucy?" Haley asked.

"Yeah! Wonna play it?" Peyton asked. "Yea it's stuck in my head."

"Miss lucy had a baby--" "Miss lucy had a steam--"

"What?" they both asked at the same time.

"There's no baby." Haley said laughing.

"There's no steam or whatever you were about to say." Peyton said.

"yes there is!" Haley exclaimed.

"Okay, lets do you're version, then we'll do mine." Peyton said laughing.

"Okay. Ready? Go.

Miss Lucy had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell ding ding, miss lucy went to heaven, and the steamboat went to

hell-o operater please give me number 9, if you disconnect me i will chop of your behind

-the frigerator, there was a peice of glass miss lucy sat upon it and she cut her big fat

--ask mi no more questions i'll tell you no more lies, the boys are in the bathroom pulling down their--

flies are in the meadow the bees are in the park, miss lucy and her boyfriend are kissing in the--

dark is like a movie, a movies like a show, a show is like a tv set and that is all i know." Haley finished. They started laughing.

"Okay okay, now yours."

"Ready? Now.

Miss lucy had a baby, she named him tiny tim, she put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim

he drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap, he tried to eat the bathtub but it wouldn't go down his throat

miss lucy called the doctor, the doctor caled the nurse, the nurse then called the lady with the alligator purse

in then walked the doctor, in then walked the nurse, in then walked the lady with the alligator purse

'measles' said the doctor 'mumps' said the nurse 'nothing' said the lady with the alligator purse

miss lucy kicked the doctor, miss lucy kicked the nurse, miss lucy paid the lady with the--"

"Alligator purse!" Nathan finished for them. "Oh My--" Haley jumped and almost fell off the bed but Nathan caught her.

"Geez you are a huge klutz." He said picking her up putting her back into the bed.

"Thanks." She said blushing.

"So... Nate why are ya here?" Peyton asked as he sat down on the bed next across from them.

"Wanted to check up on Haley... and I was bored being with Lucas alone." Nate said lying down on the bed.

"Aww poor baby." Haley said petting his hair. They started bursting out laughing when he made an eiiihhh sound. they sat there for a little while. Nate shut his eyes, while haley was still running her fingers through his hair.

This feels good... Nathan thought.

But he was cut out of his thoughts when Haley said, "You're hairs really soft."

"It is?" Peyton asked. "When I dated him a few years ago it was like... hard and waxy."

"Ew. Well now it's really soft... it's like I'm petting a dog or something!"

"Gee thanks." Nathan mumbled but they heard him and they started laughing.

"lemmi see..." Peyton said crawling over to them. She ruffled his hair and her mouth went huge in a smile.

"Oh my Fucking God you're right!" She got off the bed and went to the other side of the bed, she took a bean bag and sat on it and started to play with his hair too.

Nathan sighed just as Brooke and lucas walked into the room. They saw Haley and Peyton playing with Nathan's hair laughing, while Nathan was just laying there with his eyes closed.

"What is going on?" Brooke asked laughing.

"Natey boy's a doggy now!" Haley said in a baby voice.

She's so cute Nathan thought.

"What?" Lucas asked.

"His hair is so soft!" Peyton yelled ruffling his hair a lot. Brooke and Lucas ran over and started to play with his hair too.

"Okay that's it!" He said sitting up again.

They spent the rest of the night joking around, and knowing each other better. Haley learned the whole story of the Scott brothers, How Dan got Karen pregnant then left her and got Deb pregnant, and that nathan and lucas used to be enemies, and they used to beat each other up, and that now Nathan got emancipated, and now lives with Karen and Lucas. She also found out that Peyton's mom died too, when she was 8 years old. Now her dad is home 1/2 the time, but the other 1/2 he's out at work because he goes on short trips.

Later on, at like 5 am. Brooke was passed out on the couch because she was so tired, Nathan and haley fell asleep while Haley was playing with his hair. Nate's head was on Haley's stomach and Haley's hand was still in his hair. Peyton went downstairs to eat breakfast. 5 minutes later Lucas went too.

They were both downstairs eating in complete silence.

"Lucas?" Peyton asked.

"Yeah Peyt?" He looked up at her and saw that she was playing with her cereal.

"do you like me?" she asked finally looking up at him.

"Of course I do." he said smiling. He knew what she meant, but he was doing it the other way.

"No Lucas. Stop joking around." She stopped eating her cereal and stared him down.

"do you like me?" She asked again. They sat there in silence... until he finally answered.

"Yes... i do Peyton." he said looking back up at her.

"Now Peyton... I want to ask you. I know you're with Jake... but... do you like me?" Again... silence in the room.

"Yes." She finally said. With that he knew what he had to do.

He got up.

Walked to the other side of the island where she was.

She turned and faced him.

They looked into each other eyes.

And he slowly leaned down, and placed his lips on hers.