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"Oh my god. What exactly did Drunk Brooke do?" Brooke still had a throbbing headache on the way to school the next day. She had been dragged to Peyton's house by her bestfriend and Bevin, both of whom were seated infront of her in the convertible. They looked beat, partly from the party and partly from carrying Brooke. Who knew that such a petite girl could be so heavy.

"Oh, nothing much."

"Yup, you did what Drunk Brooke does best, danced with Mouth…" Bevin started, in a manner which suggested that a recount of Brooke's adventure last night was going to be a long one.

"In an extremely skanky manner."

"Kissed Rachel…"

"The guys really loved that."

"Hugged Lucas…" Brooke's head immediately hurt more on hearing this.

"Tad bit weird, but Lucas seemed to enjoy it."

"Oh, god, I did all that?"

"Among others, we got to you a bit too late this time."

Brooke groaned. She couldn't believe that had effectively proven to Lucas that she was a loser who couldn't even hold her drink properly.

"Want to hear something weird? Luke actually followed us home last night."

Brooke turned to Peyton, all ears.

"He tried to be inconspicuous about it too. Brooke, I think you have a secret admirer."

Brooke coughed to make herself stop blushing. She had no idea if it worked, but Bevin and Peyton didn't seem to see her glow, so it must have.

"God, Peyt, what are we, 5?

"Hey, Luke's kinda hot… In a brooding kinda way."

"Yeah, it's kinda weird that we've never thought of dating Lucas before."

"Why is that anyway?"

Brooke didn't know. She did know that a string of girls always stood by the school's hallway when he enters the building everyday, gawking openly at him. She also knew that Rachel tried to catch his attention, but he showed no signs of being interested.

"Maybe, it's because he gives off a gay vibe." Bevin suggested, earning looks from her two friends.

"Bevin, we eat with him during lunch. Does he seem gay to you?" Peyton said rolling his eyes.

Brooke looked across the lawn to see Lucas and Haley strolling in, oblivious to everyone around them. They seemed to be in the middle of quite a heated conversation. She wondered what it would be like to stroll into school with him like that. But Brooke had to tear her gaze away. Lucas had just looked towards their direction.