"That movie was the dumbest thing I think I've ever seen." Haley said.

"Well I'm not gonna argue with you Hormone Girl." Brooke laughed. Haley went from laughing, to crying, to being angry more in the two hours they were together than she ever did in their three year friendship.

"Very funny Mrs. Scott," Haley teased. "How are things going with him anyway?"

They walked up the stairs to Brooke's apartment. "Theyre..." just as Brooke opened the door she saw Peyton laying in Lucas's arms on the couch. They were sleeping. "...great," Brooke whispered.

Brooke turned around in the doorway and ran out of the apartment crying. Haley walked in and hit Lucas on the arm. He jolted awake.

"What the HELL do you think you're doing?" Haley screamed at him. Peyton woke up.

Lucas observed the scene. Peyton was laying on his chest.

"Haley, this isn't..." he stuttered.

"Well you might want to tell your girlfriend, Brooke, that." She pointed out the door. Lucas ran out after her.

"Brooke!" he yelled. He caught up with her and grabbed her arm.

She spun around with a mix of tears and mascara running down her face.

"You swore you wouldn't hurt me again," she whispered. She grabbed a key with a basketball shaped keychain out of her bag and threw it at him, then stormed off.

He picked up the key and chain from the floor. "It wasn't what you think it was Brooke," he said as he continued after her.

"So then what was it Lucas?" she said still walking straight ahead.

"Would you stop running and talk to me?" Lucas said chasing after her.

"Lucas," she stopped and turned around, "if you don't recall, you're the reason I stopped running from everything. You were the person who showed me that I didn't have to run from my problems, from my feelings. But here we are, I give you my heart and you break it. For the second time. So I'm doing what I do best, and I'm running."

"Brooke... nothing happened between me and Peyton."

"It didn't look like nothing to me," she said softly.

"We were watching TV, we fell asleep waiting for you. Yes, waiting for you because I wasn't going to leave that apartment until I asked if we could move in together, whether Peyton was there or not."

Brooke began crying again.

"Brooke, I love you. I always have. Peyton, she means nothing to me. She was a mistake then, she's nothing to me now. She's the last thing I'd let come between us."

He moved toward her and put his hands on each of her shoulders.

"I told you I wasn't going to hurt you again, and I'm going to keep my word."

"It's funny, it took me so long to build my trust in you again Lucas Scott, but in a matter of seconds you shattered it. Well, good luck starting again." Brooke said angrily.

She started walking back in the direction of her apartment. Lucas bent his head down and sighed. He was losing the only girl for him and there was nothing he could say to change it.

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"Brooke?" Rachel called into the apartment. She hadn't been home in two days. She'd been sleeping at her newest boy toy's house.

She saw Peyton sitting on the couch.

"What the hell are you doing here, you whore?" Rachel sneered at Peyton. She never liked her, she knew she wasn't a real friend to Brooke and that she was trouble.

"It's a long story. I should go..." Peyton got up.

"Get your slutty self out of my apartment before I physically kick your bony ass out." Rachel stepped toward her as a threat.

Peyton stormed out of the apartment. She saw Lucas standing a few blocks down. She ran over to him. "You okay?" she asked.

"Not really." Lucas said plainly.

"Well, I'm really sorry Lucas. And I know this isn't the best time to ask, but does the living-with-you offer still stand?"

"Sure." Lucas sighed. "Let's go."

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Brooke walked into her apartment in tears. Haley and Rachel were standing there.

"Come here Brookie." Rachel said. She hugged Brooke. Haley even put her hate for Rachel aside and joined in.

"Let me just call Nate and tell him I won't be home when I told him I would." Haley went into the other room to call Nathan.

"What was that dumb bitch doing in our apartment?" Rachel asked. She still didn't know the full story.

Brooke explained how she found Peyton walking drunk, how she asked Lucas to watch her and how she had walked in on Lucas-Peyton Cuddle Fest.

"Davis, you know sometimes you're too nice. It makes me wonder if you're really a bitch." Rachel smiled trying to make Brooke feel better.

Haley walked back in. "You and Lucas are gonna work out, Brooke. Your hearts fit together, you know? And hey, aren't you the one who tells everyone that 'people who are meant to be always find their way in the end?'" Haley hugged her best friend.

"Yeah, I guess so. It just hurts so much, letting him in and everytime I think things are going great to be let down like this." Brooke leaned on Rachel's shoulder.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'm sleeping home tonight. So we can talk until whenever." Rachel said.

"And if you want, I can sleep here too," Haley chimed in. "But I have to warn you, I'll be making approximately 5 stops to the bathroom per hour. It's that pregnancy-bladder thing." The three laughed.

"Thanks you guys. You're the best." Brooke forced a smile. But, for the first time in 5 months, she wasn't sure everything was going to be okay.