At 8.30 p.m everyone was down in the lobby in their party clothes, ready to have some fun.

"Let's get moving!" Brooke said.

"Hey guys," Felix said and walked up to the gang with one of his friends.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Haley called and invited us."

"Haley did what?" Brooke asked and looked at Haley.

"The more the merrier, right?" Haley said innocently.

"In this case no."

"Why did you invite him and why didn't I know about this?" Nathan asked.

"I just thought that it would be fun and I was afraid that if I told you then you wouldn't have come."

"Probably not…Do you know why? I don't like him."

"You should know better than anyone that you can't judge someone because of their past."

"Why not? He's a liar and a cheater and just an ass."

"It's funny…"

"What is?"

"I used to say the exact same thing about you."

"Very funny…"

"I know. Look, it's a big party right? You don't even have to see each other if you don't want to," she tried to reason with her husband.

"I guess…"

"Good. So let's just go and have a good time."

"Fine…" everyone else agreed but you could tell that they weren't exactly thrilled about the turn of events.

"Thank you."

With that everyone left, Peyton leading the others since she was the only one who knew where the party was.

"Here it is!" Peyton said when they stood outside a club.

"This is where the party is?" Lucas asked.

"Apparently."

"Okay, let's go in!"

When they went inside there was already many people there and you could hear loud music coming from everywhere.

"Broody, I want to dance," Brooke said.

"Now? We just got here."

"We have plenty of time to get wasted after we have danced."

"Fine," Lucas said, knowing that there was no reason to argue with Brooke because he knew that she wouldn't give up until she got what she wanted, so the two of them went to the middle of the dance floor and started to dance like there was no tomorrow.

"Honey, what do you want to do?" Haley asked Nathan.

"You see that couch right over there?" Nathan said and pointed on a couch in one of the corners.

"Yeah…?" Haley said, unsure about what her husband was suggesting.

"That seems like an excellent make out place."

"Oh, really?"

"Really."

"I guess we could to that…later. Let's go dance!"

"Haley…"

"Come on!" With that Haley and Nathan joined Brooke and Lucas on the dance floor. Haley and Brooke did most of the dancing however, since they all knew that the Scotts weren't really the most eloquent of dancers.

Meanwhile Peyton went to the bar to get something to drink when a guy came up and started talking to her.

"You're Peyton, right?"

"And you're a friend to the jackass, right?"

"It's John actually. And Felix isn't a jackass. At least not all the time."

"He could have fooled me."

"Look, if you want me to leave, I'll leave. Just say so but I really hope you won't."

Peyton thought about it for a moment. She had to admit that this John guy was kind of cute. In fact, maybe people were talking about him when people called someone tall, dark and handsome. And he didn't look like a jackass.

"Do you promise you're not a jackass?"

He smiled. "I promise."

"Good. Then I guess you can buy me a drink."

"Anything special?"

"Just make sure that it has alcohol in it."

After they had gotten their drinks, they went to sit and talk on the couch that Nathan talked about earlier.

"Okay, now I'm tired," Brooke said and stopped dancing.

"Finally!" the others exclaimed. When they had wanted to stop and do something else earlier, Brooke hadn't let them.

"Yeah, yeah let's go."

"Where are you going?" Felix asked from behind them.

"None of you business," Brooke said.

"You know what? I'm getting really tired of you shutting me out and making me the bad guy."

"That's because you are the bad guy."

"No, I'm not! I haven't been like that for a long time."

"Yeah, like I'm supposed to believe that."

"You can believe whatever the hell you want but it still doesn't make it any less true."

"Whatever…" Brooke said and started to walk away.

"We're not done."

"Oh, yes we are."

"No, we're not," Felix said and took a step closer to Brooke.

"You stay the hell away from her!" Lucas said and stood in front of Brooke.

"Or what?" Felix challenged.

"Or I will hurt you," Lucas threatened.

"I'm shaking…"

"You should be."

"Come on guys, not here," Haley said.

"Haley's right," Nathan said.

"How sweet…You agreeing with her when just a couple of months ago you didn't want anything to do with her just because she wasn't with you all the time like your used to. I'm not even that selfish."

"Felix!" Haley warned.

"What? It's true. You said it yourself."

"No, I didn't!"

"Maybe not the exact words but that is how you feel."

"No, it's not."

"Yes, it is and you know it."

"I think it's best if you shut up right now," Nathan said.

"What? Afraid of hearing the truth?"

"You know what? I'm not going to do this with you," Nathan said and started to walk away when Felix spoke again.

"See? Scared."

"On second thought, maybe I will," Nathan said and hit Felix with his fist.

It took a while for Felix to regain his posture but when he did, he spoke again. "I was hoping you would do that," he said and ran towards Nathan and tackled him to the floor.

"Stop it!" Haley yelled but the two guys wouldn't listen. They kept hitting and kicking each other while Lucas tried to pull them apart but with no luck. It wasn't until John came up to them who had seen everything from a distance that they managed to separate the two. John took hold of Felix and Lucas did the same thing with Nathan. Even though they managed to get the two of them apart from each other, it didn't stop them from going after each other.

"Hey! Calm down!" John said.

"Let me go!" Nathan said.

"Not until you calm down!" Lucas said.

"Nathan," Haley said, trying to get his attention. He didn't listen. "Nathan! Stop it, he's not worth it!" Nathan heard the plead in Haley's voice and started to calm down a bit.

"Are you calm enough that I can let you go?" Lucas asked and Nathan only nodded in response but it was enough for Lucas to let him go. At this time Felix had also started to calm down so John let him go.

"That's it? You're giving up?" he said.

"Felix. Do us all a favor and shut up!" Haley said. With that Felix left the club with John not far behind but not before John mouthed an "I'm sorry" but Peyton was the only one who saw it. She had to admit, he really wasn't as bad as she first had thought.

"Are you okay?" Brooke asked Lucas concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he reassured her.

"Thank God," Brooke said and gave Lucas a kiss.

"How about you, are you okay?" Haley asked Nathan.

"Yeah…"

"Good, now what the hell were you thinking?!"

"At the time? Kicking his ass," Nathan joked, trying to lighten the mood but when he saw Haley's facial expression, he realized that it was probably not the best idea. He tried a different approach instead. "I'm sorry. I let him get to me and I shouldn't have. I made a mistake."

"Just…Don't do it again. I don't want you to get hurt."

"I promise. Haley?"

"Yes?"

"Can we get out of here? I don't like being stared at," Nathan said when he noticed that the music had stopped and all the people at the club looked directly at them now.

"Yes, we can", Haley said and smiled.

With that Haley, Nathan, Brooke, Lucas and Peyton left the club without looking back, none of them saying a word…

Sorry it took a while before I updated but now that school has started again I can't update as often. But there it was and I hope you liked it. Please review! Until next time!

Micki