1Brooke walked arm in arm with Haley through the doors of Tree Hill High as they made their way toward their lockers where they would meet Nathan.

"Hi husband," Haley reached up to give him a quick peck on the lips.

"Hey babe! How you doing Brooke?" Haley had informed him of what had happened between Brooke and Peyton the other night, and from the looks of the brunette girl in front of him, he could tell the situation was still weighing heavily on her shoulders.

"It's going Nate, nothing too exciting." Brooke warily rubbed a hand to her temples, between Haley, Nathan and Rachel, she's had her fill of people looking at her sympathetically. It was great that they cared enough to ask, but she just wanted to forget the matter completely.

Nathan opened his mouth to say something else but was stopped by a jab to his stomach. Glancing down, he could see his wife shaking her head at him.

"Well, that's good right? Excitement is so overrated." He offered lamely.

"Hey hoe..." Brooke had never been so happy to see Rachel in her life.

"Right back at ya Barbie..." Brooke always enjoyed bringing up the fact that Rachel had plastic surgery.

"Ha, Ha, aren't we just the jokester today..." Whereas once the two girls would be at each others throat, they now settled into harmless banter. Her smile quickly turned into a frown when she noticed two blonde heads walking their way. "Brooke, why don't we skip today? Lets go, like right NOW!"

"What's the hurry Rach? We just got into school."

"Rachel, you know you shouldn't be skipping when the school year almost over and graduation just a few weeks awa..." Haley trailed off when she caught Rachel's eyes and the direction she was trying to indicate. Following her trail of sight, Haley also caught sight of the two getting closer. "You know what? That's a great idea, come on Brooke, I'll go too." Quickly releasing Nathan's hand, she linked her arm through Brooke's again at the same time Rachel did as they forcefully tried to nudge Brooke towards the exit.

"Hales, what's gotten into you?" Now Brooke was suspicious. Rachel she expected such an attitude but not Haley. Haley would never willingly skip school unless something was up.

"Nothing Tigger, can't a girl be excited about spending the day together with her best friend?" Haley mentally scolded herself for not coming up with a better response.

"Then shouldn't you be looking for he who shall not be named?" Brooke asked bitterly.

"Brooke..." To say that Haley wasn't hurt by her words would be a lie.

"I'm sorry, that was a low blow..." Offering her friend an apologetic smile, she released her arm from Rachel's hold on her and ran a hand through her hair. "I guess this whole situation is bothering more than I care to admit."

The three girls were stopped from saying anything further by a loud commotion that was going on behind them. Brooke turned around to see Nathan desperately trying to steer Lucas and Peyton in the other direction, to no avail.

Rachel and Haley both glanced nervously at Brooke, awaiting her reaction. But instead of the anger they were expecting, Brooke said nothing. Her eyes were blank and her stance rigid.

"Nathan, what's the matter with you?" Lucas couldn't understand why his brother was trying so hard to get him and Peyton to turn in the other direction. Suddenly, he felt his girlfriends body stiffen beside him. Glancing up he followed the direction of her eyes only to land on Brooke's impassive face.

"Hey guys..." He greeted, oblivious to the tension in the air.

Brooke refused to offer Peyton the satisfaction of seeing just how unnerved she was at seeing the two of them together. She turned to Haley and Rachel, "So, are we cutting or what?"

Nodding their heads in the affirmative, they quickly turned to go in the opposite direction of Lucas and Peyton.

"No, my car is parked on the other side." Brooke pointed to the doors that were behind Lucas and Peyton's back. "Lets go that way."

Brooke squared her shoulder back, held her head high, plastered on an indifferent smile and floated past the blonde couple, not even bothering to glance at her former best friend.

"Hey Lucas..." Rachel smiled briefly at him as she passed by him. "P.Pathetic..." She missed the scowl that formed on Peyton's face at hearing her words.

Lucas watched as the three girls retreating backs disappeared out of view. Not even a greeting from Haley, who he thought was his best friend.

"What the hell was that about?" Lucas turned his attention back to Peyton, but got no response. "Peyton?"

"I don't want to talk about it Lucas..." the warning bell rang indicating that class would start any minute. "I'll see you at lunch." She hurriedly made her escape, leaving a dumbfounded Lucas with a bemused Nathan.

"You really have no clue do you?" Nathan patted his brother's shoulder as he tried to contain his laughter.

"What are you talking about?"

Nathan watched his brother intently, trying to gauge whether or not his cluelessness was sincere.

"You mean Peyton didn't tell you what happened between her and Brooke?"

"Something happened between Brooke and Peyton?"

"You should really talk to your girlfriend." Nathan shook his head as he started to walk toward his own class.

"Wait, Nate, what happened betwee..." Lucas didn't get to finish his sentence as Nathan quickly disappeared into one of the class rooms.

Making a mental note to pull Peyton aside later and find out what the hell was going on, Lucas grabbed his things and ran to class.

A/N: Sorry guys, not a lot happening in this chapter. But don't you just love how clueless Lucas seemed? You know, as much of an observer the writers of One Tree Hill make him out to be, I honestly do think he's more clueless than anything.

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Also, I need some help thinking up a guy for Brooke.

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