Chapter 6: Milkshakes Bring Boys To The Yard

Brooke was all smiles as she sailed into Spanish. She chose a seat towards the back and just as she sat down, Peyton walked in. Peyton looked gaunt and unfocused as she slowly entered the room.

"Peyt!" Brooke called, trying to get her attention.

Peyton looked up and gave her a small smile as she walked over to her best friend.

"What's wrong?" Brooke asked, concerned. As soon as she started to speak, the bell rang.

Peyton barely heard her and Brooke could tell by her questioning expression so she repeated herself.

"Nothing." Peyton said quickly, giving her a feeble smile.

"Peyton." Brooke replied, unconvinced.

Peyton sighed and the whole story spilled out. "And now, I don't know what to do!" Peyton finished with an exasperated sigh.

Brooke listened carefully and at the end had only one comment.

"Why'd you run away?" Brooke demanded, a curious expression on her face.

"I don't know." Peyton answered helplessly.

"No, why?" Brooke insisted.

"I guess it was just…weird. I mean one second, he's Lucas, the guy who's practically like my brother and the next thing I know he's kissing me." Peyton said after a thoughtful pause.

"So. That just means you know him really well and you can trust him." Brooke pointed out sensibly.

Their conversation was interrupted by a large woman with an angry expression on her face.

"Care to join the rest of the class?" The woman they assumed was Mrs. Gomez thundered.

"Sure." Brooke said charmingly causing the class to laugh.

Mrs. Gomez turned red and opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by the door opening.

A girl walked, no danced, into the classroom singing loudly.

"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and their like, is better than yours. Damn right, it's better than yours. I can teach you but I have to charge." The girl sang, slightly off-key.

The class roared with laughter and the girl took off her headphones.

Mrs. Gomez was immediately distracted from Peyton and Brooke and promptly threw the girl out her classroom.

"Think about what you're going to do because you know Luke's gonna want to talk about it." Brooke said discreetly, leaning closer to Peyton so she could hear her.

Peyton groaned and put her head down on her desk.

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The Scott brothers sat in their next class, clearly complete opposites. Lucas was paying attention to the teacher while Nathan was listening to his iPod.

Lucas gave his brother a look of disapproval which Nathan ignored.

"I'm surprised Haley hasn't rubbed off on you." Lucas said with a smirk.

"Shut the hell up." Nathan grumbled.

Lucas simply ignored him and went back to what he was doing.

"So have you talked to Peyt?" Nathan asked after a minute, an identical smirk on his face.

"No I haven't." Lucas said simply, refusing to take the bait.

"I saw her in the hall but I'm not sure she saw me. She was real messed up." Nate continued, half way serious now.

"What do you mean?" Lucas asked, now giving his brother his full attention.

"She wasn't paying attention to anything around her. It was like she was in her own world and no one else was there. She almost walked into this boy and still didn't seem fazed. I called her but she didn't seem to hear me." Nathan elaborated.

"I shouldn't have done that." Lucas groaned.

"You must be one hell of a kisser." Nathan said with a laugh.

Lucas glared at him and said the same thing Nate sad to him earlier.

"Shut the hell up."

The brothers sat in silence, not speaking to each other for the rest of the period.

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Haley was pleasantly surprised to see Jake in her class. She hadn't really seen him at all except at lunch.

"Hey Jake." Haley grinned, waving him over.

"Hey Hales." Jake replied, taking the seat next to her.

"What happened to Peyton?" Jake asked.

"Nathan told me but it's a long story. Basically, Lucas kissed Peyton and now their friendship is irreversibly changed." Haley answered.

Jake felt sort of weird about that. It wasn't like he liked Peyton, she was one of is best friends. But if Lucas and Peyton got together, that would be like everyone in their group would be paired off, leaving Brooke and Jake.

It was enough with Haley and Nathan. When they were separated, it was like they were all friends but when Haley and Nathan were together, it was like they were one person and no one else existed. The group affectionately called them Naley when they got like that.

"Where did that come from?" Jake wondered. There had never been any indication Lucas and Peyton felt anything more than friendly affection for one another.

Haley shrugged her shoulders and said "I have no clue. It started with David and ended with them kissing."

Jake looked at her curiously and Haley explained "That's part of the long story."

The bell rang and the two shut up.

Okay, okay, I apologize for taking so long. I'm really buckling down and working on this story now. I have the next chapter written, I just have to type it up. I swear, it won't take me forever to upload it. Please review because it really makes me work on it. I got a review not too long ago and it made me remember. So yeah, until next time.

P.S.: The "Milkshake" thing was because my friend started singing it and it wormed its way until the story. Weird, huh?