Brooke and Nathan walked hand in hand down the street. They were headed to Felix's house, because Brooke being Brooke, she wanted to know what was going on with Lucas and Haley.

She and Nathan had been…busy. So to speak. And in the aftermath of their…business, Brooke remembered about Felix and the information he had, so she decided that she could reacquaint Nathan with Tree Hill and take him to her best friend's house so she could grill him.

"So where does he live anyway?" Nathan asked, turning to look at her.

"He's about a block from here," she answered nonchalantly.

Nathan nodded and his mind went elsewhere. He tapped his phone unconsciously through his jean pocket, he chewed his cheek, he was just fidgety all around. He was afraid of the inevitable phone call he was gonna receive from his agent. He realized that he didn't really think this trip through.

What was he going to do? Was Brooke going to travel with him? Would she have to put her business on hold for him? Was he gonna have to put basketball on hold to stay in Tree Hill?

Everything was just so overwhelming and he was trying to prolong it for as long as possible.

"Hey," Brooke's voice cut through his thoughts. "You okay?"

"Yeah," he answered quickly.

"You sure?"

"Yup."

She eyed him suspiciously but let it go. "Okay then," then she pointed to a house that was coming into view as they continued walk. "There's our destination."

Nathan nodded, but then something struck him, figuratively of course. "Hey…how did you and Felix end up being friends anyway?"

"Best friends," she corrected.

"Whatever," he replied impatiently, just wanting her to explain.

"Well, I don't know," Brooke sighed thoughtfully. "I knew he went to school in Tree Hill so I decided to talk to him while I tried to get the company started and then when…" she averted her eyes to the ground. "When I was really missing you, on one particular night, I was crying so hard and I called Felix, he comforted me and since then we've just been close."

Nathan ignored the pang of sadness he felt when he heard that she was crying over him and the jealousy that surged through him when he heard that Felix comforted her. "Okay," he said.

"Okay," she said, glad that the subject was being dropped. She didn't like to feel vulnerable and for some reason Nathan had a way of making her feel exposed.

They both stayed silent as they walked up to Felix's door.

Brooke rang the doorbell and Nathan stood idly by.

Felix opened his door, wide smile on his face as he saw who was at his door. "Brooke Davis and Nathan Scott," he said putting a hand to his chest. "What a pleasure."

"Whatever Tagarro," Brooke said, her own smile in place. "You know what I'm here for."

"Ah yes…the gossip queen never sleeps," Felix laughed as he motioned them in.

Nathan just followed Brooke into the living room, sitting down on the couch next to her. Felix sat down on the love seat next to them.

"What do you want to know?" the latino asked.

"Why are Lucas and Haley together now? Last I checked, Lucas was with Peyton, and Haley was with Jake," Brooke said.

"You go straight for the money questions don't you Davis?"

"Answer me, Felix."

"Ugh, fine," he groaned before continuing, "Lucas and Haley were having problems with their significant others and are using each other to make them jealous."

"What?!"

"Yeah I know, stupid right?" Felix said, getting into gossip mode. These were the things that made his sister question his sexuality.

"Hell yeah, especially for Hales," Brooke said. "So how are Jake and Peyton taking it?"

"Oh, this is where it gets good, you see, Jake and Peyton had the same idea and now Jake and Peyton are pretending to be together just like our favorite super dorks, Lucas and Haley."

Nathan couldn't believe what he was hearing. Haley and Lucas? First of all, Lucas had always said if he ever kissed Haley that it would be like kissing his mom. Second, Jake and Haley had always been the power couple at Tree Hill High, they even won cutest couple, just narrowly beating him and Brooke, what kind of problems could they be having that would lead Haley to do such a thing with Lucas?

"Well, what are they fighting about?" Brooke asked, voicing Nathan's thoughts.

"Who? Jake and Haley or Peyton and Lucas?" Felix asked.

"All of them."

"Well I have been told that Lucas thinks that he saw Peyton with some dude in a bar, but Peyton is denying it all the way. Lucas just wants Peyton to admit what she did and Peyton just wants Lucas to admit that he's wrong."

"And Jake and Haley?"

"I don't know."

"Felix!"

"What!?"

"Come on."

"I seriously don't know, they won't tell me."

"Fine," Brooke said as she stood up.

"Where are you going?" Nathan asked, speaking for the first time since entering the house.

"I'm gonna go scavenge, I'll be right back," then she was gone, leaving Felix and Nathan alone.

"She's gonna come back with a plate full of vanilla ice cream covered in chocolate syrup, then after she eats it she's gonna complain about us not stopping her because we want her to get fat," Felix explained with a smile.

"Then why not just tell her to stop?" Nathan asked, intrigued. Normally, he would have gotten jealous that this guy knew more things about Brooke than he did, but instead he wanted to hear more.

"Nah, she would just say that you're only telling her that because you want it for yourself," Felix chuckled.

Nathan smiled. "That is so Brooke."

"Yeah…" Felix sighed. "Hey Nathan?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't hurt her."

"I don't intend to."

"I know you don't but…that doesn't mean it's not gonna happen," Felix said. "You're a good guy Nate, I know that. But I'm just saying, you hurt her, and I'll kill you."

"Is that a threat?" Nathan said, slightly offended that he wasn't trusted with Brooke.

"It's a promise."

They eyed each other for another minute before Felix spoke again, "Look, its just that Brooke is like a sister to me and I don't want to see her get hurt."

"I understand."

And he did.

If he was in Felix's shoes he'd probably do the same. He'd probably be just as worse.

"I'm baaack," Brooke sang as she entered the room with, sure enough, vanilla ice cream covered in chocolate syrup.

"We've could've gone another hour or two without you," Felix said, indifferently.

Brooke stuck her tongue out in response as she sat down next to Nathan. She hummed happily as she scooped up some ice cream with her spoon. She closed her eyes as she stuck the spoon in her mouth, savoring the taste.

"Hey Brooke can I have some of that?" Felix asked, reaching his hand over to her spoon.

She growled, making him retract his hand as he laughed. "See Nate? She's vicious."

Nathan smiled, trying to imprint this moment in his mind.

Then his cell phone rang.

He looked at the caller id and frowned.

It's now or never, he thought tiredly.

He reluctantly answered the call.

He knew he was gonna regret it.