Nathan just sighed as he sat iced his lip. He squinted looking in the mirror, at his black eye, and the bloody lip. He just couldn't help but laugh.

"You find this funny?" Brooke snapped at him, as she was bandaging his knuckles, stopping them from bleeding.

"We're ridiculous, you know that right? I mean, how could we ever thought that would work? It just boggles my mind Brooke. It really does."

Brook shrugged.

"We were mad Nathan. Hurt, and we wanted revenge. You can't really blame us."

Nathan nodded and shook his head. Sighing over how stupid they were, and the danger they put themselves in.

What did you just say to me kid.

"We want you to kill my father."

Without any warning the man struck Nathan as hard as he could in the face, and Nathan fell down so hard and so quickly he almost got whiplash.

"Hey!" Brooke yelled running over to Nathan.

The man shoved her and picked up Nathan and continued to hit him. However Nathan hit back. It was a down right brawl right in the middle of the hallway.

"Help, somebody, help!" Brooke yelled running down the hallway.

Thankfully she was herd and the fight was broken up, and Brooke and Nathan were thrown out.

"Well, lets just say, you can really hold your own Nathan." Brooke smiled.

"Yeah, I guess all that practice with Lucas over the years really helped."

Brooke's smile faded.

"We should go to him Nathan. I mean Haley is probably a worried mess. And maybe, if we're lucky, Lucas is awake."

Nathan nodded. They waited another fifteen minutes as Brooke finished cleaning Nathan up.

"Well this is going to be hell of a story to explain." Brooke smiled as she finished up.

"Well I was um actually wondering if you..we could um"

"Your secret is safe with me."

"Thanks. I just don't want any lectures or yelling or anything."

Brooke put out her hand. "Deal."

Nathan shook it as he got up and threw his ice away.

Brooke was getting her Jacket on when Nathan's cell started to ring.

"Nathan." She called out.

No answer.

Brooke shrugged as she answered the phone.

"Hello?"

Nathan walked back upstairs taking his time to look around Peyton's house. He hadn't been there in a while. He was wondering where Peyton was too. Brooke and him had been there for about an hour, and she wasn't here. He knew she was probably in the hospital but he was still curious.

He walked into the room seeing Brooke on the floor shaking, and the phone to her ear.

"Brooke, what's wrong?" he ran to her.

She opened her mouth to answer but all she could do was cry.

Nathan took the phone from her.

"Hello? Hello?"

"Hello! Damn, should I be curious why you are with my girl friend? And why I couldn't get in touch with her, and why she is answering your cell phone? I mean I know you think she is hot, but putting the moves on her while I'm unconscious due to a bullet wound? Come on that's a new low for you bro."

Nathan's lips curved into a smile.

"Lucas!"

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