Streets

Lucas and Brooke are walking down the street they stop outside of Brooke's house.

Brooke: "Thanks for walking me home, Lucas."

Lucas: "That's what friends are for right? So you sure your gonna be okay?"

Brooke: "Please this thing was barely acknowledged on my radar."

Lucas: "Right." Lucas says disbelievingly.

Brooke: "Honestly, I'm fine. So again thank you for walking me home and treating me to an ice cream."

Lucas: "No problem, just – if you need to talk to anyone, it'll probably be Peyton." He laughs. "But if not then…my doors always open."

Brooke: "You're right it'll probably be Peyton, I mean I know we're friends but you're a Scott and well we have history…so."

Lucas nods. Brooke smirks and turns around walking towards her house. Lucas turns and walks down the street. As Lucas walks further down the street, he reaches the crossroads and sees Nathan and Kate walking. He looks over and crosses the street, continuing to walk.

Kate and Nathan come to the cross road and walk straight down.

Kate: "You really think that Will and Grace is better than friends?"

Nathan: "Hell yes."

Kate: "Your deluded…what's the appeal to you exactly? Gay men, I knew you were batting for the same team."

Kate winks at him, Nathan sighs.

Nathan: "It's just the programme itself is funnier."

Kate: "Again, deluded."

Nathan sighs.

Nathan: "Okay so we're half way home and you still haven't mentioned it yet."

Kate: "Figured you'd talk when you were ready."

Nathan: "I don't know what to do Kate, I mean…everything is so messed up."

Kate: "You mean with the tutor girl and cheerleader. Yeah, that was messed up…but now after that letter it's unfixable Nate."

Nathan: "You think so?"

Kate: "Your ex wife accused your girlfriend of writing a hateful letter in front of the entire cheerleading and basketball squad not to mention my dear grandfather and to top things off you sided with Haley."

Nathan: "I didn't side with Haley."

Kate: "But you didn't stick up for Brooke – which technically means you sided with Haley."

Nathan: "I didn't know what to do. I mean Haley was practically in tears."

Kate: "I know – but Nathan, Brooke was your girlfriend."

Nathan: "Was?"

Kate: "You don't really think you can get her back do you?"

Nathan shrugs.

Kate: "Now you really are delusional. Nate, you're gonna have to do some pretty good sucking up to get back into her good book. I mean is that what you really anyway?"

Nathan: "I don't know."

Kate: "Boys"

Kate shakes her head and walks behind Nathan, jumping on his back. He carries her down the rest of the street.

Peyton pulls up outside Haley's house. Haley sighs and leans against the door of Peyton's car.

Haley: "How could I have been so stupid?"

Peyton: "PMT?"

Haley turns and looks at Peyton, shaking her head with a half smile.

Haley: "You think what I did could pass for that?"

Peyton: "It's a long shot."

Haley: "I screwed everything up Peyton. I completely humiliated myself, broke Nathan and Brooke up and worst thing, I actually thought Brooke wrote the letter because she was jealous or something?"

Peyton: "Jealous?"

Haley: "Nathan and I have been spending some time together because I've been tutoring him again and well for me it was more than tutoring but it wasn't for him."

Peyton: "Wow"

Haley: "I'm such a bad person."

Peyton: "Haley you're not a bad person, you're just in love…"

Haley: "Yeah."

Peyton: "See now that's why I try not to go there…it makes everything complicated, the single life is the way to go."

Haley: "Do you think Brooke will forgive me?"

Peyton: "Well she forgave me for the whole complicated Lucas thing."

Haley: "What do you think I should do?"

Peyton: "Apologise? I mean, it's a start right?"

Haley nods and gets out of the car.

Haley: "I'm sorry Peyton."

Peyton: "You were upset."

Haley: "That was no excuse…I didn't mean to just…"

Peyton: "Haley, you're telling the wrong girl."

Haley nods and turns around and walks into her house. Peyton sighs and drives off.

Brooke's House

Brooke is in her bedroom, applying makeup to her face. Peyton knocks on the bedroom door and walks in, her eyes widen.

Peyton: "Whoa – I expected you to be listening to All By Myself or something heartbreaking and eating Ben and Jerry's but your …putting make up on and dressed for a night out. What's going on?"

Brooke: "I'm hitting the town, painting it red."

Peyton: "Brooke do you really think that's a good idea?"

Brooke turns and looks at Peyton and smirks.

Brooke: "Why wouldn't it be? I've moved on, from what's his name."

Peyton: "You mean Nathan."

Brooke: "Right, he and tutor girl can get back together, not get back together…I don't care."

Peyton: "Right – so why are you going out?"

Brooke: "To celebrate being single – to be honest…what's his name, oh Nathan, was bringing me down."

Peyton: "Brooke-"

Brooke: "Listen Peyton, this is my way of dealing. I'm not ready to talk about it, I'm not ready to say everything is okay…I just wanna go out and have some fun."

Peyton: "Okay – where are we going?"

Brooke: "Sorry – P.Sawyer, this isn't a duet…it's a solo mission."

Peyton: "Brooke come on, I wanna be there for you."

Brooke: "No you wanna be my chaperone and I'm big enough girl to take care of myself."

Peyton: "It's not like that."

Brooke: "Whatever, I've already got a date and he's here so…"

Brooke walks over to the dresser and opens it up, taking out a bottle of vodka half full. Brooke walks past Peyton and out the door. Peyton follows her but stops as she reaches the door, seeing a car waiting for Brooke.

Peyton: "Brooke."

Brooke turns around and looks at Peyton as she opens the car door.

Brooke: "Don't wait up!"

Brooke gets in the car and shuts the door. Peyton watches as the car drives away.

Lucas's Bedroom

Lucas and are Kate are on Lucas's bed watching a movie. Kate has her head resting on Lucas's chest watching the TV. Kate sighs.

Kate: "This is a bad movie."

Lucas: "You picked it."

Kate: "Yeah because I hadn't seen it…but it's a bad movie!"

Lucas smirks.

Kate leans across Lucas and picks up the dvd remote and pauses the film.

Lucas: "Hey I was just getting into that!"

Kate looks up at Lucas, with a raised brow.

Kate: "Sure and I'm Alice in Wonderland."

Lucas: "Well hello Alice."

Kate shakes her head and sits up, sighing.

Kate: "Everything's different…"

Lucas: "How do you mean?"

Kate: "..it's just, I can't believe Nathan thought Brooke wrote the letter."

Lucas: "I know – Brooke can have her bitchy moments with the best of them, but not enough to hurt Haley like that."

Kate: "and it sucks for Brooke, I mean she finally found someone other than you that she thought she could open up to."

Lucas: "Wait, how did I get brought into the conversation."

Kate: "You told me how heartbroken Brooke was when you guys broke up."

Lucas: "Yeah, I think the fact of what happened between Peyton and I was more of the cause of heartbreak than the break up."

Kate: "You know what I mean – it just, it's suck for her."

Lucas: "Yeah it does – but she's Brooke, she's strong. She'll bounce back."

Kate sighs and rests her head against Lucas's chest again, turning pressing play on the dvd remote.

Kate: "Of all the ways I thought that screwed up love triangle might end, I didn't think the way it ended would be one of them."

Lucas nods and looks over at the window, into the darkened street.

Brooke's House

Nathan is sat on Brooke's porch waiting for her to come home. Haley walks up to him.

Haley: "Hey…what are you doing here?"

Nathan: "Being a pathetic loser."

Haley half smiles.

Haley: "Room for one more?"

Nathan nods and Haley sits down next to him. Nathan sighs and looks around.

Haley: "So I take it Brooke's not home?"

Nathan: "What gave you that impression?"

Haley: "The fact you're sitting on her porch…" They joke.

Nathan: "Even if she was home, I don't think she'd let me in…I'm probably the last person she wants to see right now."

Haley: "Oh, I wouldn't be too sure of that…I mean I was the one who accused her of writing a hateful letter, I'm pretty sure I'm at the top of her not to see list."

Nathan: "Yeah – but you weren't her boyfriend, her boyfriend who was supposed to defend her."

Haley: "You can't blame yourself Nathan, I mean it was a complicated situation…I shouldn't have burst in like that and accused her…it's so unlike me to be so rash."

Nathan: "You were upset."

Haley: "I was angry and upset but that's no excuse."

Nathan looks at Haley and nods.

Nathan: "Yeah that's true."

Haley leans into Nathan and hits his shoulder playfully.

Nathan: "We both shouldn't have done what we done."

Haley nods and looks out to the street as does Nathan.

Kate's House

Kate turns and looks at Lucas and half smiles.

Kate: "Well thanks for walking me home."

Lucas: "I enjoyed the walk."

Kate nods and leans in and kisses Lucas.

Kate: "At least summer will soon be here and then hopefully everything will go back to normal."

Lucas: "Hopefully."

Kate leans in and kisses Lucas on the cheek. She then turns around and walks inside the house. Lucas watches her go and then turns and walks away. Kate walks into the living room to see Whitey sitting on the sofa.

Kate: "Hey grandpa."

Whitey: "Hey Kiddo."

Kate notices Whitey doesn't look very happy.

Kate: "Something wrong?"

Whitey: "You're father called."

Kate: "What did he have to say?"

Whitey: "That he's been doing something thinking…"

Kate: "About me going home?"

Whitey nods.

Whitey: "I told him, you were happy and settled here but he insisted you go home. Apparently he's going to make more time to see you, he misses you."

Kate smiles.

Kate: "Well looks like I'm going home."

Whitey sighs.

Whitey: "You know – you could stay? I kinda like having you around."

Kate walks up to Whitey and hugs him.

Kate: "and I like being around – but I think this summer with dad and see how everything goes from there."

As they pull apart, Kate has tears in her eyes.

Kate: "I mean – it's what I've wanted right, for him to make time for me."

Kate turns around and walks up the stairs, Whitey watches her go and sighs. He walks over to the drink cabinet and pours himself a glass of whiskey.

Brooke's House.

Nathan and Haley are talking on Brooke's porch, and suddenly a basketball comes out of no where and hits Nathan on the head. Nathan turns and looks at Brooke, who is drunk.

Brooke: "Oops."

Nathan: "Brooke…"

Brooke: "What? Your sitting on my porch!"

Brooke stumbles slightly. Haley and Nathan both stand up and walk over to her.

Haley: "Brooke are you okay?"

Brooke: "I wish everyone would stop asking if I'm okay…especially you tutor girl, why do you care?" Brooke turns and looks at Nathan. "And why do you care? Why are you here?"

Nathan: "Brooke let me take you inside."

Brooke pushes past Nathan and turns around to look at him and Haley.

Brooke: "I don't need your help. I can do it by myself!"

Haley: "Brooke!"

Brooke: "GOD HALEY, JUST SHUT UP. GO AWAY…BOTH OF YOU, GO AWAY!...Go home and play the high school married couple, don't do it on my porch!"

Nathan: "It's not like that!"

Brooke: "I told you to go – don't talk to me or even look at me again."

Nathan frowns and turns around and starts to walk away.

Brooke watches him go, sad. She then turns to Haley.

Brooke: "You too tutor girl…Follow your husband home, be the high school married couple, because that worked out so well the last time!"

Brooke watches as Haley turns and walks away also. Brooke sighs and walks into her unlocked door and walks into her bedroom…she stops seeing Peyton on her bed.

Brooke: "Peyton?"

Peyton turns and looks at Brooke.

Peyton: "Hey – thought I heard someone cluttering about."

Brooke: "That would be me, the clutterer. Is that even a word?"

Peyton shrugs.

Peyton: "So good night out I take it?"

Brooke shrugs and walks over to the bed, sitting on it.

Brooke: "Nathan and Haley were outside."

Peyton: "I heard them…Nathan arrived just after you left."

Brooke: "and you didn't let him in?"

Peyton shakes her head no. Brooke smiles and cries at the same time.

Brooke: "Because you're a true friend."

Peyton leans in and hugs Brooke. Brooke cries.

Brooke: "It just hurts – I didn't think it would - Lucas was the last guy who made me cry and I didn't wanna be that girl again, but I am."

Peyton: "Everything's gonna be okay. Hoes over Bros remember?"

Brooke: "Buds over studs…" Brooke turns and looks at Peyton. "It hurts so much! Why didn't he like me?"

Brooke cries as Peyton hugs her.

Next On One Tree Hill

Brooke and Peyton are walking through the school courtyard.

Peyton: "Feeling better?"

Brooke: "You mean since my emotional breakdown, yeah!"

Lucas and Kate are talking.

Kate: "So... I'm leaving."

Lucas shakes his head not understanding.

Nathan walks into the gym and pushes past Lucas.

Nathan: "Move."

Peyton and Brooke watch.

Brooke: "Someone's in a mood."

Brooke smirks.