Peyton went to the lunch room of the hotel and saw Jake sitting alone at one of the tables, looking outside through the window. She was really nervous about the whole thing but she wasn't going to let Jake see that.

"Hey," Peyton said when she came up to Jakes table.

He turned away from the window and looked up at her, smiling. "Hi. Sit down."

"Thanks," she said and took her seat in one of the chairs.

"You look amazing by the way," he complimented.

"You can thank Brooke for that."

"Huh?"

"Never mind. So…"

"Yeah…"

"What was it you wanted to talk about?"

"Um…I…"

"Yeah?"

"I sort of broke up with Gina last night."

"Why would you do that?"

"I just…When I saw you last night all these old feelings came rushing back. I figured that if I had those kinds of feelings for someone else then I shouldn't be with her. She deserves better than that. We both do."

"Jake…"

"What?"

"I can't do this right now…"

"Do what? You can't tell me you don't feel the same way I do."

"I don't! I'm with someone who I really like and…

"Who? John? Come on…"

"What? He's really nice and he makes me laugh and he doesn't have all this drama constantly surrounding him all the time. It's easier and…"

"Boring?"

She sighed. "He's a good guy, Jake."

"Maybe that's true but I liked Gina just like you liked John but it doesn't mean that it's true love."

"First of all: it's like, not liked and second of all: who said anything about true love? And third: I want to be with him. You can't just come back into my life and tell me that you still have feelings for me and expect me to feel the same way, especially after months of not calling or writing or anything!"

"I realize that that was a mistake but it's not like it doesn't go both ways!"

"It doesn't matter anyway. What matters is that I'm happy right now and I'm not going to let you screw it up."

"I don't want to screw anything up, I just thought you should know how I feel."

"Well, now I know, and you know what? You should just call Gina and tell her that you made a mistake and let me live my life."

"Is that really what you want?"

"It is," Peyton said with a little hesitation.

"Well if that's really how you feel then I'll leave you alone."

"Good."

"Call me if you change your mind. I can wait," Jake said and then left without looking back, leaving Peyton questioning herself if she had made the right decision or not…

"Ain't life good?" Nathan asked Lucas when they were sitting in the strip club, watching the dancers move along to the loud music.

"If you say so…"

"What's wrong now?"

"Nothing. I just want to make sure that you know what's gonna happen to us if the girls finds out we've been here."

"They're not going to find out."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I know because I'm not gonna tell them and you're not gonna tell them. And besides, it's not like we're doing anything."

"What if they see us coming out?"

"Then we can tell them the truth. Or come up with some kind of an excuse."

"You mean lie."

"I don't want to lie but I don't want to hurt Haley either, just like you don't want to hurt Brooke."

"True…"

"And since we're already here, we might as well enjoy it right?"

"I guess…"

"Didn't I make you pretty?" Brooke asked Haley, proud of herself of what she had done.

"It looks…different."

"Of course it does, silly. That was what I was going for."

"I can see that."

"But you like it, right?"

"Sure, but don't you think that the dress might be a little short?"

"Not at all! You look great! You look…like me!"

"That was what I was afraid of…"

"Hey! I resent that!"

"I'm kidding! It looks really good, Brooke," Haley said so she wouldn't hurt Brooke's feelings. She prayed to God that Brooke didn't know she was lying through her teeth. 'This is so not me!' she thought.

"So you wanna go find the guys?" Brooke asked.

"Like this?"

"Of course. We look kinda like twins now, almost anyway, and we might as well enjoy it."

"I see your point."

"Good! Let's go!"

"Maybe we should go find the girls, huh Nate?" Lucas suggested.

"Yeah, it's probably for the best. The girls might soon start to wonder where we've been."

"Besides, you already got your lap dance."

"That I did, and so did you."

"Right. I was kind of hoping you would have forgotten about that…"

"Not a chance, big bro."

"Great…"

"You know, I really liked that one girl…Candy?"

"Of course you did. She was working you like no man has ever been worked on before."

"Please, do not ever under any circumstances use the words she and worked reffering to me ever again."

"What, she did…"

"Hide!"

"What?"

"Hide!" Nathan repeated and dragged Lucas behind on of the slot machines.

"What the hell are you doing, man?"

"Haley and Brooke two o'clock."

"Oh…"

Meanwhile…

"Was that Nathan and Lucas?" Haley started.

"Coming out from that strip club?" Brooke said.

"And then went into hiding?" Haley finished.

"They are so going to pay…Big time!" Brooke said and walked towards the guys, Haley not far behind. And the both of them looked pissed…

"Lucas Eugene Scott!"

"Uh oh, they saw us…" Nathan said.

"You think?" Lucas sarcastically said.

"And Brooke used your middle name…"

"I know…"

"Nathaniel Royal Scott!"

"I guess I'm not the only one who's in trouble…" Lucas said.

"Well, it was nice knowing you man."

"Right back at you."

"Boys! Care to explain? Now!"

"That depends. How much did you see?" Nathan asked, playing the dumb card but he knew in the look in Haley and Brooke eyes that they weren't buying it.

"We got lost and ended up at the strip club?" Lucas tried.

"Try again."

"Uh…"

"Time's up. You were at a strip club?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah…" Lucas and Nathan said at the same time.

"And you lied to us about it?" Haley asked.

"Yeah…"

"I just need to know one thing. Did you or did you not get a lap dance?" Brooke asked, looking between the guys.

"No…?"

"You did! How could you?"

"I…" they both tried.

"I need to get some air…" Brooke said and started walking away from them.

"Me too. And you better not follow us!" Haley said and left, catching up to Brooke.

"Brooke!" Lucas yelled.

"Haley!" Nathan tried but the girls didn't even turn around. "So…That went well don't you think?"

"Shut up!" Lucas said.

"Are you really that mad at them?" Haley asked Brooke when they were outside the hotel.

"No. You?"

Haley shook her head. "We're evil, aren't we?"

"A little bit, yeah."

"I thought so. But I got to admit, that was so much fun!"

"That's my girl!"

So what did you think? Sorry it took a while for me to UD but I've been busy with school and stuff but better late than never right? I want to thank everyone who have read and reviewed and I hope you'll keep doing it! Until next time!

Micki