"So how are we going to pretend to be mad at them?" Haley asked Brooke.

"We are mad at them, just not as mad as they think we are. But we are going to pretend to be really mad as long as necessary."

"And how long is that exactly?"

"I'll let you know," Brooke said when Peyton walked past them in a hurry. "Peyton!" she yelled out to get her friend's attention.

"Brooke, Haley, didn't see you guys there."

"That's obvious. Where's the fire?"

"What?"

"You looked like you were in a hurry."

"Not really," Peyton said, shrugging it off.

"So how did it go with Jake?" Haley asked.

"Well…"

"That bad, huh?" Brooke asked.

"Oh, shut up! So what have you guys been doing while I was with Jake?"

"Don't try to change the subject! Tell us what happened with Jake. Give us all the dirt."

"All in good times, Brooke."

"So there is dirt?"

"No! There's no dirt."

"Well, that sucks."

"I thought you were going to tell me what you two did today."

"We were. I mean, we are. Let's see…First I did a whole makeover on Haley."

"That I can see," Peyton said looking at Haley. "You look very…"

"Brooke?" Haley finished.

"Yeah! You noticed that to, huh?"

"Anyway…After that we went looking for the guys and guess where we found them?"

"I don't know. A strip club?"

"No, a strip…Wait. How'd you know that?"

"I was right?"

"Yeah."

"I guess I must be psychic. So what did you do then?"

"Well, the guys saw us and went into hiding," Haley explained.

"Hiding?"

"Yep. And then we went to confront them."

"And what did they say?"

"The usual. That they were sorry and so on…"

"And then what did you say?"

"Well, we pretended to be really mad at them, and I mean really mad and then we just left."

"You left just like that?"

"You bet," Brooke said. "They probably think that we're going to break up with them or something. That should teach them a lesson."

"Yeah, never to piss off Brooke Davis."

"You know it."

"So what now girly girls, are we going to do now?"

"Gee, Tutor Wife, I don't know. Peyton?"

"Don't look at me."

"I guess we could go and screw with the guys pretty little heads they have."

"They did go to that strip club…" Haley said.

"Let's go!"

Meanwhile, Nathan and Lucas were at the lobby thinking about how they were going to get in their girlfriend/wife's good graces again.

"What are we going to do now?" Lucas asked.

"I don't know…"

"What do you mean you don't know? You got us into this mess and now you're going to get us out of it!"

"How am I supposed to do that?"

"That's your problem now."

"Gee, thanks," Nathan muttered sarcastically.

"Brooke!" Lucas yelled when he spotted the girls walking right past them. He went after them with Nathan in toe.

"Brooke!"

"Lucas, I don't wanna talk to you right now."

"Just let me explain…"

"There's nothing to explain. You went to a strip club, you got caught, end of story."

"I'm sorry…"

"Yeah, for getting caught," Brooke huffed.

"Haley…" Nathan started.

"What she said," Haley said and started walking along with Brooke, still pretending to be mad.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Brooke said excited when they were out of earshot.

"What are you smiling about," Nathan asked Peyton.

"Nothing…"

"That's not a nothing smile."

"Yes, it is."

"No, it's not. I still remember that smile from back when we were dating."

"So do I," Lucas said.

"We never dated."

"Close enough. We made out either way."

"Tell that to Brooke and she's going to get mad for real."

"What do you mean "for real"?"

"Nothing."

"Peyton…Do you know something we don't?" Nathan asked.

"No…"

"Peyton…"

"They would kill me if they found out I told you," she tried to reason.

"So there is something we don't know. What is it?"

"It's nothing really…"

"Now!" Nathan and Lucas said at the same time impatiently.

"It's just…Don't you see it?"

"See what?" Lucas asked.

"That they're messing with you."

"What?"

"Haley and Brooke are not really mad at you. Well, they are but not as mad as they are pretending to be. They're just doing it because they want to get back at you for going to that strip club."

"You know about that, huh?"

"Yeah."

"So they were just playing with us all along? Are you sure because they looked really mad?"

"I'm sure. They told me and now I told you and you have to promise me you're not gonna do anything about it."

"That was just an act?" Lucas asked, still not convinced.

"Yes!"

"They are so gonna get it," Nathan said.

"No, no, no! You promised you weren't gonna do anything!"

"I promised no such thing. If they want to play, we can play. If they mess with us, we mess with them, isn't that right, Luke? Besides, it's gonna be fun getting Haley for ones."

"Men! Or in this case, Scotts!" Peyton said exasperated.

"Luke? What do you say?" Nathan asked.

"I say let the games begin!"