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Chapter 6

Lucas walked into Tric to talk to Peyton. He could only hear loud music and the sound of objects being thrown around.

"Peyton?" Lucas asked as he went up the stairs.

No response.

"Peyton?" Lucas asked louder.

Finally Peyton heard something and she turned the music off. She turned around and saw Lucas standing there.

"Oh hey Lucas, what's going on?" She said calmly trying to hide what she had been doing.

"Looks like a lot." He said.

"Oh this? It's nothing." Peyton said and faked a laugh.

"Come on Peyton I know you, there's something wrong." Lucas said seeing right through her.

Peyton sighed.

"It's just…its Jake."

"Peyton, he's been gone for a while now." Lucas said.

"I know, it's just remember when I told you that I loved you?" She asked.

"Yeah…"

"Well I realized that I didn't, really. I mean I do love you Lucas but I just…miss Jake. My feelings are so messed up right now because at this time last year he was here…with me. I guess that I just really need him right now and I realized that I couldn't, so I kind of freaked out." Peyton said.

"Well it's okay to freak out sometimes." Lucas reassured her.

"Yeah, I think so too. So what were you and Brooke doing? I saw her walk away." She said trying to change the subject.

"Oh, we were just uh, hanging out but then she had to go meet Haley and I heard noises in here…"

"So you guys really are friends then?" She asked.

"Yeah I guess you could say that…" Lucas said and smiled.

Peyton smiled and they hung out for a little while just talking about everything.

Brooke met up with Haley, a little upset. She knew that she and Lucas were getting more serious every time they were together. It wasn't just physical, their feelings were getting in the way, and she was afraid of this. She just wanted it physical and simple, because she was hurting too much to have it actually mean something.

"Hey tutor girl." Brooke said when she came into the café.

"Hey Brooke." Haley greeted.

"So, what's up first for our girls day out?" Brooke asked clearly excited.

"I was thinking shopping…" Haley began.

"Perfect!" Brooke exclaimed. The more shopping, the less she thought of Lucas.

Brooke pulled Haley out of the café and into a bunch of stores. Haley was just about wiped out by the time they had dinner.

"So tutor girl, how are you and Nathan?" Brooke asked. She and Haley really hadn't spent much time together lately, so Brooke wanted to catch up.

"Great actually. I mean we've gotten through a lot of things and now with this new baby coming…I think were going to be okay." Haley said and smiled just thinking about it.

"I'm so excited that you're having a baby!" Brooke exclaimed.

"Me too. I just…at first I was a little worried because were still in high school, but I'm so ready for it." Haley said fearlessly.

"Then good for you tutor girl." Brooke said and smiled. She loved having Haley as a best friend. It looked like things were turning around for Brooke Davis, and she was finally seeing that she did, in fact, have a lot of friends that cared about her. And a boy that she adored was hanging out and making out with her. She loved life so much sometimes.

They spent the rest of the night talking about cheerleading, Nathan, Peyton, and just about all of their friends except for Lucas.

"You know Brooke, I'm really glad that you're okay with the whole break-up with Lucas." Haley said randomly. Haley was really happy that Brooke seemed to be fine with it.

Brooke smiled. Nobody had a clue what was going on between them.

"Yeah well, I just think we needed some space." Brooke said and nodded her head.

"I also heard about how Peyton told Lucas that she loved him." Haley said.

Brooke didn't hear about this. She knew that she shouldn't feel so sad but she couldn't help it. He hadn't told her about that and what if they were dating? She would be doing the same exact thing that Peyton did when her and Lucas were dating. Life can be a bitch sometimes.

"Are they dating?" Brooke asked.

"No, Lucas told her that he only saw her as a friend, nothing else." Haley said reassuring Brooke that nothing was going on between them.

"Oh." Brooke said. Okay, so he wasn't going out with her but still. He should have told her…right?

They both left the restaurant and walked back to the café. They were laughing all the way into the café until they saw someone sitting on one of the stools. No, it couldn't be…could it?

"Jake?!" Brooke and Haley screamed at the same time.

Okay so that was Chapter 6! Sorry it's short but don't worry the next chapter will be longer I promise! Like it? Love it? Hate it? Please r&r to tell me what you thought!