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Brooke and Julian walked into school a week later, Brooke having formed a close friendship with him, especially since the Nathan break-up
"Hes seeing someone else" Brooke said suddenly, upon seeing Nathan
"What evidence supports that?" Asked Julian, raising a eyebrow
"Hes...glowing" Brooke seethed
"Glowing?" Julian looked amused
"As in he looks frickin happy..he never looked like that with me!" Brooke moaned, looking at him with a pleading in her eyes
"Oh..well...erm" Julian bumbled awkwardly..what was he meant to say..
"Im gonna ruin that whores life" Brooke mumbled, curling her fist up
"What if shes not a whore?" Julian asked, innocently, not knowing the impact of this statement
"What if shes not a-Julian what team are you on!" Brooke asked, waving a pompom in his face
"When were we on teams.." Julian asked again, confused, why were girls so..competitive and teamy with eachother?
"Oh keep up Julian!" Brooke whined, and Julian mentally wished for someone else to appear, and like magic, Clay did
"Hey guys!" he said, smiling and shooting a grin at Brooke, who gave him a half hearted smile and strutted off in front slightly, Clay exchanged a "whats going on" glance with Julian
"Brooke thinks Nathans seeing someone else" Julian whispered, not very subtly, to Clay, who let out a loud "AAAAAH" in response, while Brooke turned around to look at them with a quizzical glare
"I can hear you, you goofs" Brooke laughed, and they all laughed, walking into school
Peyton grinned at Haley, she was in the library working on some art..it relaxed her, Haley writing and scribbling, her drawing, sometimes she had her headphones too..but she wasn't in the mood to work today, and there was something different about Haley..
"Your glowing" Peyton waggled her eyebrows for effect, while Haleys head appeared from above her book, looking bemused
"What?" she asked, looking confused,
"You look happy..so you've either saved the planet..or met a guy!" Peyton teased with a wink
"I think my blonde friend should shut up and focus on Lucas!" Haley poked her tongue out, knowing that her best hope was switching the subject
"Crafty..avoiding the subject..who is he?" Peyton grinned, leaning forward, wanting to know the gossip, and knowing that out of her and Brooke, Haley would be more inclined to tell her, especially as Brooke had been hanging with the guys alot since her break-up with Nathan
"Nobody, and Peyt I have to finish this essay, cant you save question time for someone with a real scandal?" Haley responded, and Peyton grinned
"Its someone your tutoring isnt it...extra sessions is it?" she whispered, as she saw Haleys head disappear then reappear,
"Peyton!" she hissed
"Sorry..." she grinned, continuing to draw mindlessly on her piece of paper, laughing to herself
Brooke, Peyton and Haley were at cheer practice , Clay and Lucas had conspired to piss off Nathan and both become Ravens, while a laughing Julian watched in the stands, knowing that Nathan would beat him to a pulp if he attempted the same thing
"Oi, Evans, watch this or you'll never learn" Nathan snarled, showing him a technique to shoot a goal
"Oh really, you think I cant shoot a goal?" Clay smirked and raised his eyebrows, grabbing a ball and pulling it to his chest
"Well, not as well as me" Nathan hit back, and started doing free throws again, before one from way behind them both went into the goal
"Lucas Scott" Clay grinned, fist pumping his buddy, as Luke retrieved his ball and bounced back gleefully
"Nathan never was good at the three pointers..more of a defence guy" Lucas grinned, watching Nathans pissed off face contort into a scowl..Haley and Brooke were nearby, and Haley, oddly was defending Nathan
"I know he can be a handful, but it doesn't help those two always baiting him...especially Luke.." Haley said, thinking out loud
"Hales, he deserves baiting or whatever you just called it, he just tried to teach Clay a free throw..anyone can do a free throw! And Lukes only giving before he receives, Nathans horrible to him!" Brooke argued, looking at her friend
"Yeah but maybe he was actually trying to help Clay.." Haley frowned, watching the two guys lay into eachother as they started shooting again
"The only person Nathan helps is himself..he helps himselfs to ho-bags at my partys..change subject" Brooke snapped, and Haley smiled and laughed, watching still as Nathan finally seemed to of got a comeback
"Well at least my dad wants to know me" Nathan frowned, feeling that this was all he had to hit back with, and Haley and Brooke both shot him a frown, Haley rolling her eyes at him, and Brooke sighing obviously and heavily, stomping off to another part of the court
"Oh really, using that one now? And to be fair, I wouldn't want to know Dan Scott" Lucas replied, with a raised brow throwing another ball in, and high fiving Clay and Skills as the 2 next throws of his succeeded
"Whatever" Nathan said, before getting hit in the face with a ball, while a very wide eyed Clay was trying to conceal his laughter, looking from the ball, to the fibreglass..to Nathan
"That fibreglass certainly reacts quickly; sorry man.." Clay simply quipped, looking at Nathans very annoyed face while Lucas laughed..the amusement of everybody else, this got to Nathan, and he immediately shoved Clay, who quickly narrowed his eyes at Nathan while he spoke
"You wanna do that again punk?" Nathan asked, shoving him for the second time
"If your trying to piss me off it wont work" Clay told him, moving back in small steps
"Im not trying" Nathan hissed, shoving him again, while the girls suddenly realised there was a commotion, and started to walk over
"Nathan stop it!" Brooke shouted, agitated, did he have to always be attacking people?
"Brooke am I talking to you no" Nathan shouted back, focusing on Clay, who looked from him to Brooke, knowing he had to say something
"You need to stop being so rude to her" Clay narrowed his eyes, and Nathan gave him a "so what?" glance, and shoved him for the final time, and Clay finally retaliated
"You better stop that now man" he said, looking annoyed, while Nathan pushed him again, leading onto a full on fight
Brooke and Haley both went over, Haley sighing and Brooke looking angry, while Peyton stood with the rest of the girls, observing from afar, Haley instinctively ran for Nathan, pulling him off Clay, while Brooke managed to pull Clay away just after Nathan swung a punch at him
"Leave him alone you ass!" Brooke shouted at Nathan, and she didn't register Haley holding him from behind, or the fact she didn't look repulsed by him, she didn't register the fact that Haley was also whispering "calm down" into his ear
"He started on me!" Nathan snarled, looking Brooke in the eye and shocking her slightly
"Like anyone ever starts on you Nathan" Brooke retorted, getting over this, and Julian started to walk from the stands, looking at Nathan with distaste and annoyance, he wanted to defend Brooke, she was one of his new friends..plus she was a girl
"I know your upset because I prefer other girls to you but stop letting that control what you say to me! " Nathan rudely said, and Brookes mouth was open, Nathan also saw Julian approaching and instantly decided to respond before he opened his mouth "beat it nerd" he had said. Julian froze slightly and crossed his arms, looking annoyed
"You think I care that you prefer sleeping around to being with me..well I don't! and you leave Julian, alone, because your the nerd, hes a good guy! " Brooke shouted, and Nathan looked pissed off and shook his head, while Brooke threw her pom poms on the floor in frustration, before pushing Nathan
"your a jerk..and one day your gonna realise that" she said, jabbing a finger in his chest before going back to Clay, who was looking very much like he wanted to say more to Nathan
"can I get a lift home?" she asked, picking up her stuff, and looking into his eyes pleadingly
"Sure thing" Clay replied, before crossing over to Nathan one more time
"You talk trash to me all you want buddy, but leave her, and Julian, out of this" Clay warned Nathan
"Or what? You've known her for a couple of months, you don't know her" Nathan sniped
"Yeah well, either do you" Clay replied, before turning on his heel and starting to walk
"You have no chance!" Nathan shouted, getting in his last word
Nathan and Haley sat in the tutoring room, Haley had quickly lead him there as everyone started to gossip
She punched his arm
"Ow" he moaned
"Why did you do that?" Haley asked, everytime she seemed to grow to like him..he did something else stupid
"Do what?" Nathan asked, looking annoyed
"One, start a fight and two, bring Brooke into it!" Haley responded, looking at him with a heavy sigh
"One, he put the ball in my face, and two, she involved herself!" Nathan retorted, with a scowl
"Whatever..just stay out of trouble Nathan" Haley said, in a monotone
"Your actually annoyed aren't you?" Nathan asked..he didn't know why he cared so much about his tutors opinion, but he wanted to know
"Maybe" Haley said, taking a sip from her water
"I don't mean to be such an ass to people.." Nathan started
"Well don't be Nate..your not your dad...ive seen flashes of a good guy..just be him!" Haley said, putting a hand onto his wrist kindly, not even noticing the contact
"Ive got no proper friends, they aren't friends, they're just people who are scared of me" Nathan admitted, thinking of the few basketball guys that were on his side these days
"Its not too late to change that Nathan..." Haley looked at her watch and started putting her things together
"You gotta go?" he asked her, and she nodded
"Need a lift?" he asked her, sounding more sincere then usual
"No, but thanks for offering..and remember Nathan..you can change, you just gotta believe it first" Haley kindly said, stepping out the room swiftly, leaving him to ponder
Clay opened the car for Brooke and got in the other side, starting to drive
"Im sorry about that Brooke" he said, looking at her expression, one of upset
"Its not your fault Nathans a idiot" She said, with a screwed up expression, then she suddenly started talking again
"Its just..hard..seeing him at school; him being so mean now.." Brooke admitted, resting a cheek in her hand
"It'll be like that for a while..but your strong Brooke, you can do it" Clay replied, shooting her a crooked smile as they reached a red light
"Im not used to being without Nathan.." Brooke started again
"Well, thats something we'll just have to work on..you deserve more" Clay smiled again
Lucas and Peyton walked home together, after trying and failing to find Haley
"How can you be brothers with such an ass?" Peyton asked, laughing a little
"Funnily enough, I think hes an ass, but I always remind myself to be a bit nicer when I see Dan.." Lucas shrugged, and Peyton nodded
"That bad?" she asked
"That bad" Lucas repeated, with a hollow laugh "Everyone feels sorry for me not having a dad, but I dont..not anymore. When I see Dan I just realize I got a lucky escape" Lucas nodded to himself
Peyton nodded with him and softly smiled at him "You think hes a nice guy under all the bravado then?"
"I think when he gets the right person to bring it out, yeah" Lucas decided
"So that person wasn't Brooke?" Peyton pondered
"He needs someone who isnt like him.." Lucas smiled, knowingly
"Are you saying Brookes an ass?" Peyton laughed playfully
"Nope, im saying that we need a female Julian to tackle Nathan" Lucas laughed, and Peyton got it
"Fair enough.." Peyton grinned again..and Lucas suddenly felt a surge of confidence
"Peyton..do you..wanna go out some time?" he asked, watching her carefully
"Like a date?" she grinned, her eyes widening in a joking manner, relaxing him
"A date" Lucas considered, and nodded
"Sounds cool Scott, email me the details" Peyton winked and got to her front door, laughing at Lucas' bemused reaction..what had just happened..
"Thanks for the lift" Brooke smiled, as Clay stopped the car
"Anytime" Clay smiled back
"Thanks for..defending me aswell today..it was nice to know I have loyal friends..even if Nathan bitched out Julian before he got a chance" Brooke said, laughing slightly
"Don't worry about it, you deserve it..and don't worry, Julian will get his revenge! I'll make sure of that" Clay grinned, and Brooke kissed his cheek, and he gave her a questioning look
"The night where I was zoned out on the wine and you looked after me...the night Nate broke up with me..I never said thanks" she said, and hopped out the car
"Anytime wino, just..don't use it for all your problems yeah? if your feeling a bit low, give me a call, just don't connect problem solving with drink..ive seen it happen to too many good people..even though it starts out innocently..anyway that was a bit deep, see you tomorrow Brooke Davis!" Clay laughed, and drove off, leaving Brooke standing there for a while, before seeing Julian ride past on his bike
"Juju we really need to get you a new bike" Brooke grinned, as she crossed over to him
"Please do not let my mum hear Juju..she'll thinks its cool to say it.." Julian crossed his arms
"It is" Brooke waggled her eyebrows and giggled "thanks for coming over earlier.." she smiled, watching his eyes
"Any excuse to try and involve myself with Nathan Scott and im there!" Julian winked "just call me superman who didn't quite get in the picture"
"Don't worry about Nathan" Brooke smiled, and linked his arm "if you don't wanna see your mum yet, you can totally come watch a movie" she grinned, she didn't want to be alone right now
"Oh god, and wine?" Julian laughed, as they started walking
Brooke thought about this for a while, and thought of what Clay said
"No..im on the water for now on..you see, someone told me today that wine shouldn't be the problem solver. So im gonna try out solving problems by not drinking until I pass out" Brooke grinned, unlocking her door
"Im impressed..wanna watch Grease 2?" Julian gave a cheesy smile
"Really..for the 4th time in a month?" Brooke asked, laughing
"We can act it out next time" Julian smirked, and Brooke laughed again
"Grease 2 it is!"