SCHOOL

Brooke walks into the school hallway, dressed in a pair of black flat Dorothy shoes, a black knee length skirt and a red cotton vest over a white shirt. Her hair slicked back with a red headband. She smiles seeing Nathan down the hallway, she walks up behind him and leans up, resting her hands on his shoulders as she tilts her head kissing his cheek.

Brooke: "Hey Boyfriend."

Nathan smirks and turns around.

Nathan: "I like how that sounds."

Brooke leans up and wraps her arms around his neck, pressing her body against his.

Brooke: "Well if you like how that sounds…I wonder how you'll like the sound of this..."

She leans in closer and whispers in his ear. With each word, Nathan smile widens. Brooke pulls back and looks into his eyes, biting her bottom lip. Nathan lifts his hand up and strokes the back of Brooke's hair, grinning.

Nathan: "Well…I think we should go back to mine and discuss it further."

Brooke laughs and pulls back away from Nathan's grip.

Brooke: "All in good time, Scott!"

Nathan shakes his head.

Nathan: "OH come on!"

Brooke: "What?"

Nathan: "You can't say something like that and then just …take it away again."

Brooke: "Huh, I thought I just did."

Brooke smirks and bites her teeth together. Nathan shakes his head and takes a step closer to Brooke.

Nathan: "You're a tease."

Brooke opens her mouth shocked and shakes her head.

Brooke: "No, I'm just building up the anticipation…tonight, my place. Nine o'clock."

Nathan: "That sounds good but this sounds better; you, me, my place…now!"

Kate and Peyton walk down the hallway towards the two of them, talking. They stop a few feet away from Brooke and Nathan.

Kate: "Aw, Peyton look…isn't that Tree Hill's newest couple?"

Peyton: "You mean horniest new couple, yeah!"

Brooke turns around and looks at the two of them, raising her brow.

Brooke: "I'll have you know that my relationship with Nathan isn't all about sex! Right, Nate?"

Brooke turns around and looks at Nathan. Nathan looks from Peyton to Kate and then to Brooke. He closes his locker.

Nathan: "Well right now, it should be but its not!"

Brooke rolls her eyes as the bell rings.

Brooke: "Come on lover, walk me to class!"

Nathan takes a hold of Brooke's hand and they head off down the hallway together. Peyton and Kate watch them walk away.

Kate: "Aw that's so sweet!"

Peyton: "Yeah, so sweet…sickening sweet, I feel physically sick!"

Kate: "Oh come on, it's love. Love isn't sick!"

Peyton turns and looks at Kate and sighs

Peyton: "Yeah that's because you have it!"

Kate: "Is Peyton Sawyer wanting some action in the love department?"

Peyton: "Peyton Sawyer wanted to be alone...got what she wanted and now…wants what she had!"

Peyton shrugs

Peyton: "Guess my happily ever after is still waiting to be written."

Peyton walks away down the hallway. Kate watches her go, concerned. She goes to walk after her but Lucas appears by her side. She turns and looks at him.

Kate: "Morning you!"

Lucas leans down and kisses Kate on the lips. As he pulls back, he looks down the hallway watching Peyton walk away.

Lucas: "What was that all about…"

Kate: "Regret…"

Kate sighs and takes a hold of Lucas's hand and walks down the hallway.

MATH CLASS

Brooke lifts her head off of the table and turns to look at Peyton, sitting at the desk beside her.

Brooke: "Did I snore?"

Peyton laughs and shakes her head. She stops laughing as she turns and looks to the front of the classroom. Brooke follows her gaze curiously and sees a cute dark haired boy walk into their classroom. Her mouth drops open.

Brooke: "Whoa – who's the new guy."

Peyton turns and looks at Brooke, raising her brow.

Peyton: "You're with Nathan remember?"

Brooke: "Doesn't mean I can't look."

The cute guy makes his way down the little aisle separating the desks. Most fof the girls turn and watch him, as does Brooke and Peyton. He nods to the two girls before taking a seat behind Peyton. Brooke turns and looks at Peyton and starts to wave herself down as if to say she was hot.

Brooke: "Did it suddenly just get hot in here or is it just me?"

Peyton shakes her head at her best friend being so obvious.

Peyton: "It's just you."

Brooke turns and looks at Peyton and scoffs. Brooke turns her head slightly more looking at the cute new guy.

Brooke: "Hi…I'm Brooke and this is Peyton."

Brooke says nodding her head towards the blonde curly head girl sat at the desk beside hers. The guy looks up from his desk to the brunette talking to him.

Logan: "Logan Sheppard…and you must be the welcoming committee!"

Brooke: "Something like that…so new cute guy known as Logan" She says with a smirk, "What's the deal?"

Logan raises his brow

Logan: "The deal?"

Brooke: "Yeah…we're like 4 weeks away from finishing junior year and in walks fresh meat. Did your family just move here or is it something more…devious; like getting kicked out of school?"

Peyton: "Brooke…"

Brooke turns and looks at Peyton, she shrugs.

Brooke: "What? I'm curious!"

Logan laughs and rolls his eyes.

Logan: "It would be the latter of the two."

Brooke turns and looks back at him, raising her brow.

Brooke: "Interesting…" She turns and looks at Peyton and smirks, "This is here is my best friend, Peyton. She's single and she loves bad boys!"

Peyton turns and looks at Brooke, shocked.

Peyton: "Brooke!"

Brooke shrugs as it to say opps before turning back and facing the front of the class. Peyton turns and looks at Logan sat behind her, she shakes her head and goes back to drawing in her notepad. Logan smirks and stands up.

Logan: "Uh excuse me…miss. I'm sorry, I don't know you're name. I was just wondering it's my day, first class…and to make things a little less confusing, I was wondering if I could get a tour of the school."

The teacher looks up from the desk.

Teacher: "It's Miss Applegate and I suppose that would make sense. I could organise someone from the office to come down and-"

Logan interrupts her.

Logan: "Actually I was thinking that the blonde girl sitting in front of me could act as my tour guide."

Peyton turns around and looks up at Logan and watches as he smirks looking down at her. She turns around looking back to the teacher.

Teacher: "Fine…Miss Sawyer, would you mind acting as Mr Sheppard around?"

Peyton: "Whatever."

Peyton gathers her notebook and throws it into her brown backpack. She stands up and throws the bag on her shoulder and heads out of the classroom. Logan grabs his bag and follows. The two of them walk down the hallway.

Logan: "So you're into bad boys huh?"

Peyton rolls her eyes.

Peyton: "Yeah…what can I say, bad boys do it for me…"

Logan stops outside of an empty classroom and smirks.

Logan: "Really…"

Peyton turns and looks at him.

Peyton: "Oh yeah…" She takes a step closer to him. "Bad boys are such a turn on! I mean coming out with words like, the latter of the two. Ooo baby" She says sarcastically.

Logan laughs.

Logan: "You don't like me do you?"

Peyton: "I don't know you."

Logan: "Right, but you still don't like me. Can I ask why?"

Peyton: "You can ask…doesn't mean I'll answer"

Peyton turns and begins to walk down the hallway. Logan turns and watches her.

Logan: "Ooh you're sassy!"

Peyton turns and looks at him. She folds her arms across her chest.

Peyton: "And you're full of it!"

Logan: "How so?"

Peyton: "You're the new guy in school, trying to gain a rep. Got kicked out of your last school because you're a badass? Huh, interesting…I don't know many bad boys who say words like latter."

Logan laughs.

Logan: "Well maybe I'm just a smart badass."

Peyton shrugs.

Peyton: "Funnily enough, I don't particularly care... You want this tour or not?"

Logan smirks: "Lead the way."

Peyton turns around and begins to walk down the hallway. Logan watches her for a second and follows.

CHEMISTRY CLASS

Kate and Lucas are working on an experiment together, both of them are standing in front of the buns and burner. Kate turns and looks at Lucas.

Kate: "Hey…so you wanna sleep over tonight?"

Lucas looks at Kate through his goggles and raises his brow.

Lucas: "Right…yeah, I'm sure Whitey would love that!"

Kate smirks and walks around the desk to stand beside him.

Kate: "He's leaving tonight for a weekend in Charlotte…for some basketball related thing. So I thought…maybe you and I could have a little quality time together."

Lucas nods: "Yeah sure…I suppose we haven't really got much quality time left."

Lucas moves around the desk and stands at the opposite side. Kate watches him walk around the desk, concerned.

Lucas: "Hey…can you grab some alkaline?"

Kate looks over at him and nods. She turns and walks away from the desk over to cabinet which keeps all chemicals. She picks up the last bottle of alkaline and sees that there's hardly any left. She looks back over to Lucas and then down at the bottle. She makes her way over to the sink and pour the remainder of the bottle down it. Turning around she walks back over to the Lucas, holding the empty bottle.

Kate: "It was the last bottle…uh, do you know where Mr Lead keeps the other bottles"

Lucas nods. He turns off the buns and burners and takes off his goggles, leaving them on the desk and heads out of the classroom. Kate takes off her set of goggles and follows Lucas out of the classroom. She catches up with him in the school hallway.

Kate: "Hey…"

Lucas turns and looks at her with his brow raised, curious.

Lucas: "Yeah?"

Kate looks around and grabs a hold of his hands and pulls him into the empty classroom and closes the door. Lucas turns around and looks at her.

Lucas: "Kate…"

Kate walks up to Lucas and throws her arms around the back of his neck and kisses him passionately. She takes a step back and pulls her top off over her head.

Lucas: "What are you doing?"

Kate shrugs: "Spending some quality time with my boyfriend…"

Kate walks up to him again and throws herself at him, kissing him. Lucas kisses her back, cupping her hands with his face. He pulls back, looking into her eyes. He licks his lips and pulls his hands away from her face and sighs.

Kate: "Lucas…what's wrong? You've been distant lately…"

Kate wraps her arms around Lucas's waist and looks up at him. Lucas shrugs

Lucas: "I just – I can forget that in four weeks, you aren't going to be here anymore."

Kate: "But I'm here now…that's what important right?"

Lucas: "I know it should be…but it's just driving me crazy. I just can't get past it all."

Kate looks up at him saddened.

Kate: "Maybe it would have been best if I would have just left with my dad a couple of days ago…"

Lucas: "What…no, that's not what I'm saying."

Kate: "I know what you're saying Lucas…or what you're trying to say…but if I had gone then…you wouldn't be here right now feeling the way you do."

Lucas: "You're right…I'd be feeling a whole lot worse. I love you, you know that…I don't want to lose you and its killing me inside knowing when you're going."

Kate: "Don't you think it's killing me too…I've made great friends here, I've gotten closer to my grandfather and I've found a guy that I'm completely in love with and I would love to stay, you know that right? I would stay…but my father is my family and I don't want to look back in thirty years and regret not taking a chance to be closer to him…either way, I lose."

Lucas wraps his arms around Kate and hugs her.

TUTORING CENTER

Haley walks into the tutoring centre and stops seeing Logan sat at her desk. She walks over to the desk and places her bag down.

Haley: "Um…hi, do you need help?"

Logan: "Are you Haley…Haley James Scott?"

Haley: "Actually it's just Haley James…but yeah, I am. Can I help you with something?"

Logan shakes his head.

Logan: "No…I heard you actually needed the help."

Haley: "Really and what do I supposedly need help with?"

Logan: "Well this is the tutoring center right…so I guess you need help with…come on, take a guess!"

Haley sighs and tilts her head looking at him.

Logan: "Okay, so apparently people in this school don't like my sense of humour. I'm Logan Sheppard…and I'm here to help delegate the responsibility of tutoring."

Haley nods understanding.

Haley: "Right…it's all coming back to me now. Logan Sheppard, honour student – kicked out of private school for what was it, burning down the science building?"

Logan laughs and leans back in the chair.

Logan: "You mean accidentally burning down a science lab, singular."

Haley: "Right. You don't see many honour students with transcripts like yours."

Logan: "Like what?"

Haley: "Best way to put it…colourful. Yeah, I read your school transcript, buddy. Don't think you can fool me with you're act, you're just a smart kid who likes to cause trouble…"

Logan: "Jeez what is it with the girls in this school, so quick to analyse. Listen, I'm not here to make trouble. In fact I'm only here for four weeks until summer break and after that I'm long gone."

Haley: "Really?"

Logan: "Yeah…you read my transcript, not only am I a private school misfit but I'm also an army brat. Combine the two sweetheart, I'm always on the move."

Haley: "Please don't call me sweetheart!"

Logan: "Okay doll face…" He smirks. "Where do I start, boss?"

Haley sits down opposite Logan and takes out a notebook from her bag.

Haley: "You start by staying exactly where you are. When the bell rings for lunch, people will walk through those doors for their tutoring session and as you, Mr Know It All will guess what…tutor them."

Logan nods

Logan: "Okay boss…so before you said it's just Haley James…no Scott, you ditch the rents name or something?"

Haley looks up at him

Haley: "That's none of your business!"

Logan: "I was just asking, doll face."

SCHOOL GYMASNIUM

Kate walks into the school gymnasium where the basketball team and cheerleaders are practising. She slowly makes her way across the gymnasium to Whitey.

Kate: "Hey grandpa…"

Whitey: "Hey girlie…"

Kate: "You gonna be home for dinner?"

Whitey: "No, I'm leaving straight after practise. You sure your gonna be alright for the weekend?"

Kate nods: "Yeah, I'll be okay. I might even throw a party…"

Kate looks up at her grandfather and watches his face turn from a semi-friendly smile to a frown.

Kate: "Just kidding...have a safe trip."

Kate leans up and kisses Whitey on the cheek. She turns around and walks over to the bleachers. She climbs up into the bleachers and watches as the guys practise. Lucas walks over to the bleachers and looks up at Kate.

Lucas: "Hey…you sticking around for practise?"

Kate: "Yeah, thought I could watch my boys suck at their three pointer shots."

Lucas smirks.

Lucas: "If your talking about Nathan's three pointer, you're right. Mine, not so much!"

Kate smirks and shakes her head. Lucas smiles and walks back over onto the court. Peyton and Brooke walk over to the bleachers and sit down for a moment while the other cheerleaders get refreshments.

Brooke: "So. P.Sawyer, did you hit it off with the new guy?"

Peyton shakes her head and rolls her eyes.

Peyton: "No and I have absolutely no intention to either. He's in love with himself and I'm not into vain guys like that."

Brooke: "You don't have to be into him…you just need to be attracted to him. I'm not saying I think you should fall in love with this guy or anything, I just think you need to loosen yourself up a little. Since Jake went away to god knows where, you've been single and I don't like it when you're single because you're broody!"

Peyton turns and looks at Brooke.

Peyton: "Jake went to visit his cousin in Florida…"

Brooke: "I thought he just up'ed and left …no word?"

Peyton: "I got an email from him last night."

Brooke: "and…"

Peyton: "He's coming home tomorrow."

Brooke: "Alright…okay, so he comes back into town and then what? I mean you broke up with him because everything was getting too much… are you regretting breaking up with him?"

Peyton shakes her head.

Peyton: "I don't know…I mean I know I said that everything was getting too much but when we broke up, it's like…it went to the other extreme. I just want him to be here…"

Brooke wraps her arm around Peyton's shoulder, comfortingly.

Brooke: "Well, I guess between now and when he comes back you have something thinking to do."

Peyton nods

Next on ONE TREE HILL

Kate walks into the house and picks up a pile of letters. She looks through them and stops at one of the envelopes. She drops the others to the floor. She opens the envelope and begins to read the letter…she sits down on the bottom of the stairs and begins to cry.

Haley and Lucas are in the supermarket.

Haley: "Okay so what's the plan?"

Lucas: "I'm going to cook Kate a romantic meal…I've been kind of distant with her lately and I wanna show her that I want to make each day special."

Haley: "Aw, you're such a romantic at heart Lucas…you're kind of a girl that way!"

Lucas rolls his eyes.

Lucas: "What about you?"

Haley: "What about me?"

Lucas: "Well it's just – since Nathan you haven't really put yourself out there…maybe it's time you did."

Haley looks at him and nods.

Peyton opens her front door and sees Jake standing in front of her.

Peyton: "Hi…"

Jake: "Hey Peyton…"

Peyton smiles.

Brooke and Nathan walk into the café and both stop seeing Logan the new kid with Haley.

Brooke: "Whoa…tutor girl and new kid."

Nathan looks at the two of them, annoyed.