"Remind me to kill you later." Brooke said under her breath to Rachel.

"You'll both thank me in the long run." Rachel smiled.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" Lucas said inching closer to Brooke.

"Do I have a choice?" she sighed.

"Peyton do you mind?" Lucas said.

Peyton gulped. "No." she couldn't protest.

Lucas moved closer to Brooke, their noses brushing. He slowly placed his lips on hers.

"1, 2, 3..." Rachel counted. The seconds continued going by.

As each second passed, the kiss became more passionate. Lucas put his hand on Brooke's face.

"10, 11, 12..."

Brooke put on hand on his neck and the other on his chest.

"16, 17, 18..."

Lucas moved closer to her and kissed her harder.

"21, 22, 23..."

"Time's up!" Lucas heard Peyton shout distantly. He didn't really care. He missed kissing Brooke.

"32, 33, 34..."

Brooke pulled back. "I, I gotta go." she said quickly as she got out of the hot tub.

"Wh-what?" Lucas stammered. "Okay."

He couldn't chase after her, Peyton was right there. And boy, she was not happy. He moved back over to her and put his arm around her. "It meant nothing," he forced himself to say and pecked her on the cheek.

"Okay, this is getting boring and I'm tired." Haley said. Everyone nodded in agreement realizing the game was spoiled by the awkward moment. "I'm going upstairs."

One by one everyone left the pool leaving Rachel by herself with Mouth.

"So Mouth, who knew you were really a 'package' deal?" Rachel said referring to Mouth's streaking around the pool. She raised her eyebrows seductively.

"Very funny Rach. I miss spending time with you." he said genuinely.

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Lucas and Peyton walked up to the floor with all the senior rooms in silence. There was nothing to say.

"Do you wanna come in for a little?" Peyton said tugging on his shirt. "Those clothes would look great on my floor."

"Sure..." Lucas said, his eyes wandering. Where was Brooke? Was she okay?

"Okay, clearly, you're not up to it." Peyton said dissapointed. "I'll see you in the morning."

"Yeah, I'm just tired. I'll see you in the morning." Lucas said distantly.

Peyton rolled her eyes, walked ino her room and slammed the door in Lucas's face. But he barely noticed.

He went up to Brooke's door and knocked.

"Who the hell is it?" he heard Brooke yell.

"It's Lucas, let me in Brooke."

"No." Brooke said stubbornly.

Her voice sounded close. Little did he know she was sitting with her back to the door, leaning against it, waiting for Luke to come find her.

Lucas sighed. "Fine Brooke, be stubborn. I'll talk to you later."

He walked away and went into his room to change into some dry clothes. It was 12AM already. Maybe he'd go read on the beach after he changed.

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It was 1AM and Brooke was staring at her ceiling listening to Rachel snore. She felt like she was going to go insane.

"I need to get out of here..." she threw on jean shorts and a big t-shirt and went down to the beach.

As she was walking toward the ocean, she saw Lucas sitting alone.

She stopped in her tracks and was about to turn around when Luke saw her.

"Brooke?" he said closing his book and getting up.

"I'm not Brooke, I'm her evil twin." Brooke said only half joking.

Lucas laughed. "What are you doing out here anyway?" he said.

"Couldn't sleep." They sat down. "How about you?"

"I was reading and Nathan was snoring and I needed silence."

"Yeah, I hear ya... Rachel snores louder than... someone... who snores really loud." Lucas couldn't help but laugh.

"I love the beach." Brooke said to break the silence. They had been looking into each other's eyes a little too long.

"Me too..." Lucas said looking out at the ocean. He laid back onto the sand.

"You're hair is gonna get all sandy Lucas!" Brooke pouted.

"Get over here!" he said pulling her to lay too. "Yuck!" she yelled. Secretly, she didn't mind.

"So, is this what broody boys do? They lay in the sand and look at the stars in silence, wondering the meaning of life?" Brooke teased.

"Well, sometimes we lay in the grass, or on the River Court, but that's the main idea." Lucas laughed.

"Brooke.." Lucas started. He wanted to talk about their kiss earlier.

"Don't Brooke me, Lucas!" Brooke said, but realized how it sounded. "I didn't mean Brooke me that way!" Brooke said pushing him playfully.

The two laughed.

"Do you remember when we sat on the beach all night with a few bottles of beer and fell asleep there? We woke up when the sun was rising and watched it half awake, half hungover?"

"Yeah... I do." Brooke said remembering the time. Everything was so perfect for awhile...

Brooke faked a yawn. She didn't feel like walking down Lucas-Brooke Memory Lane. Not now. Not ever.

"I'm gonna head up to bed and hope they have a pair of ear plugs for me in the lobby. I'll see you tomorrow." She got up and started to walk away.

"Aright evil twin, tell Brooke I say hi." Lucas winked.

"Very funny Broody."

"Bye Brooke."

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Haley and Nathan had the first good night for the two of them in awhile. No fighting, no crying-Haley, no drama.

"Hey Haley James?" Nathan said to her curled up on his chest.

"Haley James Scott." she corrected.

"You know I love you, right?" he said.

"Yup, I do. I love you too." Haley said. "You look really sexy right now Nathan Scott."

She got up from her position and leaned over to kiss him.

"Come here, you." he said pulling her in.

"Do you think Lucas is gonna be pissed when he comes back and I'm here?"

"Na, we'll just make Peyton take care of him."

"Actually, I think Peyton must be mad that him and Brooke had that intense kiss earlier. I'll leave when he gets here."

"Well, knowing Lucas, he'll be out for a little while more."

"I can think of something to pass the time..." Haley winked.

"Oh? And what would that be?" Nathan said playing dumb.

"Just kiss me." Haley said.

They had sex for the first time in a while. An hour later, Lucas came back to the room and Haley left.

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Lucas was in his room when there was a knock at the door. 'Who could it be at this hour?' he thought looking at the clock that read 3AM. He got up wearing just boxers and answered. It was Brooke.

"Lucas, I miss you." She was wearing a red silk robe over just a red lacey pair of underwear.

"B-B-Brooke..." he stammered.


She wrapped her hands around his neck and began to kiss him. Lucas pulled her in closer to him. He couldn't believe this was happening. She pushed Lucas to sit on the bed and then straddled him. They continued to kiss. He started to undress her and she began to move her hand toward...

"Lucas! Answer the damn door!" Nathan yelled from the bathroom. Lucas woke up sweating. 'That was a dream?' he thought to himself. It had felt so real. He ran to the door.

"Hey." Peyton said, "Clearly you're ready for breakfast," she laughed moving into the room.

"Yeah," Lucas laughed and gave her a kiss as she sat on his bed. He was hoping that it was Brooke at the door.

"I'll throw on some clothes and we can go to the lobby for some food. I'm starving." Luke said.

"I'm hungry too, but for something different," she said grabbing him and pulling him down to her by his shark tooth necklace.

They began kissing. "Mmm, let's just get room service." Peyton said between kisses.

Lucas wasn't in the mood to have sex. Not with Peyton at least. Brooke, well that was a different story. Not that he even had a shot.

"Let's just go downstairs and eat." Lucas said getting up fast.

"Why?" Peyton whined. Lucas hadn't turned down sex in a while.

"Everyone's downstairs, c'mon. We'll come back up here later." Lucas gulped. He didn't want to finish this later. He threw on a shirt and shorts and grabbed Peyton's hand.

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Brooke was sitting at a table with Rachel and Mouth when she spotted Lucas and Peyton coming down the stairs hand in hand.

"I think I just lost my apetite." Brooke muttered.

Rachel saw the couple coming down the stairs too. "Agreed. Mouth, wanna come and go all Mary Kate Olsen with us and throw up our meal?"

"Tempting..." Mouth joked. "I think I'm gonna go hit the pool. Call me and we'll meet up later?"

"Definetely." Rachel and Brooke both replied. They got up and Rachel made sure her and Brooke passed Lucas and Peyton on their way to their room.

"Lucas, you look a little tired this morning... Dreaming of Brooke keeping you up?" she said just to piss Peyton off.

'How does she know!?' he thought to himself. He gulped.

"Rachel, you look a little too skanky this morning... Wait, that's every morning." Peyton retaliated.

"Ouch Peyton, that hurt. I think I just might cry." Rachel smirked.

"You can't cry... Witches melt when they touch water." Peyton sneered.

"Enough!" Brooke yelled.

"I was just getting started though." Rachel made a fake sad face.

"Let's go Peyton..." Lucas said, pulled Peyton away before she socked Rachel in the face. "Brooke, try and keep Rachel on a leash?" Lucas laughed.

"I'll try my best sir," she said saluting Lucas as a joke.