Nathan stood in the door angry, watching his wife and Chris Keller holding hands. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. Haley was going to leave him again. His blood boiled. He had just thrown away a chance to be with Brooke, a girl he never stopped caring about, just to see Haley agree to be with Chris.

Haley looked over and saw Nathan and she instantly went pale. She pulled her hands away from Chris and looked at Nathan, "Nathan…this isn't what it looks like."

Nathan put up his hand, "No this is exactly what it looks like, you holding hands with Keller, and agreeing to go back on tour with him, is that what this is."

"Nathan…" Haley began.

"Is it or isn't it?" his voice growled, he couldn't control how angry he was. He wanted to punch Chris Keller and he wanted to go back in time and never marry Haley.

"It is," she looked down sad with tears in her eyes. She knew that this was it for them. He was going to leave her.

"Then I will set up the divorce papers," Nathan said before turning and leaving. He walked out the door and as he did it started to rain hard. He had heard a storm was coming but he completely forgot. He had to get back to his house but it was far away. He decided to go to the closest house.

Rachel walked into the bedroom and saw Brooke laying on her bed smiling. Rachel couldn't help but also smile. Brooke hadn't been smiling like that in ages. She looked like a girl who got her first kiss. Then Rachel's jaw dropped and she jumped onto Brooke's bed. "YOU KISSED NATHAN SCOTT!"

Brooke shot up, "no I didn't!" She couldn't believe that Rachel could tell that it was Nathan she was thinking of.

"You look like it, and Nathan was the last guy here," Rachel pointed out. "I can't believe you kissed sort of married guy." She was nearly jumping on the bed.

"Rachel I didn't kiss him. I almost did though…I wanted to," she looked down guilty. She wanted to kiss Nathan so badly. She knew it was wrong though. He was taken, by his wife. Then the door bell rang. Brooke got up to answer it. Then she turned back to Rachel, "I wouldn't kiss my best friend's husband." She kept talking to Rachel as she went to answer the door. "I mean it's bad enough to kiss someone's boyfriend like a certain blonde hair skank named…" she opened the door and there stood the said blonde hair skank named, "Peyton…what are you doing here."

Peyton was soaking wet. Her eye make up was running, but not from the rain. She had been crying. She let out a meek hi then started to ball. She couldn't stop sobbing.

"Peyton come inside," she brought Peyton inside and let her up to her bedroom. Rachel sat there shocked when she saw Peyton. Peyton sat on the bed then realized she was still wet and got up right away.

"Sorry, I shouldn't sit," Peyton said between sobs.

"Don't be stupid Peyton, these can be washed and dried," she pulled Peyton back down. She put her arm around Peyton's shoulders as she cried. After about 10 minutes she started to stop crying.

"Brooke…I'm so sorry. For everything. I was such a bitch. I didn't know I had it so good with you as a best friend. I ruined it for a guy who doesn't love me," she wiped her tears.

Brooke was shocked at Peyton for saying that, "Why do you say that Peyton? Of course he loves you. He is your boy friend."

"I went to go see him now…" Peyton cried. Rachel handed her a box of tissues. "Thanks"

"Peyton, he is drunk right now. You can't take anything he says seriously," Brooke said carefully.

"Remember the phrase you told me awhile back, there is truth in wine. You don't lie when you are drunk. You always say the truth. Anyways, I know his mom is out of town at the small business league thing so I wanted to see him and make sure he is ok for the storm." She blew her nose. "And I found a letter on his dresser; I didn't mean to read it. Well, I did but I thought it for me." She handed Brooke the letter.

Dear Pretty Girl,

I want to tell you how I truly feel. That every time I see you my heart stops. You eyes suck me into a world that I can't get out of. A world that I don't want to get out of. I love you more than anything in this world. I am horrible at showing it. You know I love you but once you asked why I don't show it. I am afraid to show it because I don't to get hurt again. But if you are willing to be with me again, I will treat you like a queen everyday. I will hold you in my arms and never let go. I will tell you each and everyday how much I love you and need you. I hate that I hurt you. I made a mistake.

I have said this to you before and it's truer than ever, you're mine forever.

Love Lucas

Brooke stares at the letter she couldn't believe Peyton was showing this to her. "Peyton…this was probably from months ago…."

Peyton shook her head and blew her nose again. "There is a date on it, he wrote it three days ago! He still loves you Brooke. I think the only reason he was with me is because he thought it would make you happy."

Brooke felt horrible. She had pushed the two together after the basketball game. She thought they should be happy together. Now she realized that it hurt Peyton even more. "Peyton…"

"I don't blame you Brooke…you can't help how awesome you are," Peyton smiled weakly. "I told you one night, you are the best company. And you really are. Lucas is lucky to have you."

Brooke shook her head, "Lucas doesn't have me…what he is doing…it's the same thing he did to me…he loved you behind my back last year…now he is doing the same to you. It's not right!"

"Lucas doesn't know what he wants," a voice came from the doorway. The three girls looked over and saw Nathan standing there. He was completely wet more so than Peyton.

"Nathan…what's wrong?" Brooke could tell something was wrong. He sat down next to her on the bed.

"Nate, what is it?" Peyton said. She looked as concerned as Brooke.

Nathan looked between them, he was a bit confused. He thought they hated each other. "are you two friends again?"

The girls looked at each other, then Rachel spoke, "yes these two have there weird lesbian energy back, now whats wrong with you Nathan?"

Nathan chuckled lightly, then he got serious, "it's Haley…"

Brooke gasped. "Is she alright? Is she hurt?"

Nathan shook his head. "Nothing like that…but she is gone. She left me to be with Chris. She is going on tour with him again. I told her if she left we are getting a divorce. She agreed and left. We are done. And since we have technically been separated since her last tour, we are going to be able to push a divorce through quickly." He sighed and laid down on the bed.

"Nathan…I'm sorry. Haley shouldn't of done that to you," Brooke held his hand. She felt horrible because a part of her was happy. Now Nathan and Haley weren't together, maybe they could. Then she shook her head, no it would never work.

"It doesn't matter…it's been over for awhile now. Now she just made it official," he sighed and looked at Brooke like she was the only other one in the room. Then the power went out. The girls all screamed, and Brooke moved closer to Nathan. He put his arm around her. "Girls, it's a black out. We have had them before. We just have to stay put till the storm passes." The girls nodded. "We are probably going to all have to stay the night…" he looked at Brooke. He liked having his arm around her. He liked being close to her.

"ok, me and Nathan will go get together some food, and we will bring it back up here. You two get candles and stuff together," Brooke said getting up. She hugged Peyton, "I'm glad you are here."

She and Nathan went down stairs. He was surprise she wanted to be alone with him after everything that happened. She went to the pantry and started to find things like cereal and crackers and other things that they could eat. She turned around and Nathan was right there. He was less than a foot in front of her. "Nathan…"

"Brooke, what's going on? I mean I tell you I still care about you, but since I was with Haley we didn't do anything. And now…Haley is gone Brooke." He reached up and stroked her hair.

Brooke closed her eyes. She loved his touch. "It's not that simple, Haley is my friend. Yes, she isn't on my Christmas list at the moment but she is still my friend. You two are divorced yet."

"That didn't stop her from kissing Chris Keller…I saw them. After the apartment, I went back to try and talk her out of it. Then I saw them on the couch kissing. It's over for us."

"Nate I am so sorry," Brooke said weakly.

"Don't be," he said softly. "It made me realize what is important." He moved closer to her.

"Nathan we can't…" Brooke looked away.

"Is this about Lucas?" he was a bit angry. Lucas hurt Brooke, and now he was ruining a chance for him and Brooke.

"No, it's not…" it was completely about Lucas, but she knew it was on some level. Lucas wanted her back, and Peyton was ok with that.

"Then why Brooke? I have liked you for so long! The tape made me remember that feeling," he rubbed her hair. She was so close to him, he could smell her hair. "I know you feel the same."

"Don't tell me how I feel Nathan," she sighed. She wanted to kiss him. She inched closer to him, she was about to kiss him when Rachel showed up.

"Oh, am I interrupting something?" she raised an eye brow. She looked at both of them. Nathan's hand was on her arm and they were an inch apart.

Brooke blushed and stepped back, "what do you need Rachel?"

"I need your help getting some stuff out of the attic, Brooke" Rachel said. Brooke knew her way around the attic; she was one of the only people. Brooke sighed and nodded. Then Peyton came down.

"I'll help bring up the food," she said. Then Brooke and Rachel went to the attic to get some stuff. Nathan sighed and leaned against the wall. Things kept getting messed up, he wanted to kiss Brooke. He always cared about her. When he was with Haley, he cared about Brooke just as a friend. He did truly love Haley. He wasn't going to lie to himself about that, but Brooke was always there for him. He couldn't just give up on that.

"I keep thinking about freshmen year, and how easy it was at first then…it got hard when relationships started. I remember when you liked her in high school, but since she said she didn't like you, I went after you," Peyton sighed. "She was so mad at me I could tell, but she didn't say anything. She didn't tell me how she felt about you. She didn't want to make it weird. She is a better friend than me. But I really had no clue she liked you."

"I know you didn't Peyton…" he sighed. He knew Peyton felt bad. Peyton went out with him, who Brooke really liked. He really liked Brooke, but they didn't do anything about it. Yes, he was an ass hole and did shitty things but he never did anything with Brooke. Then Brooke goes out with a guy Peyton liked. Lucas liked Peyton, so the two of them got together behind Brooke's back. It made him angry because he remembered how hurt Brooke was. He saw her at cheerleading and she was all pissed off. Then one day he heard her crying. He hated it. He worried about Brooke.

He and Peyton started to bring stuff upstairs. He realized he and Brooke would be sleeping in the same room. He smiled to himself. He couldn't wait to cuddle with her in the dark.