Alrighty, so i wasn't planning on posting another chapter on such short notice, but i was feeling up to it or whatever. Brooke's really battling with herself on what she should do, and where her heart truly lies. We all know it's with Kyle, but she just doens't know it yet lol. But yeaa like it said last chapter Kyle's gonna visit Brooke after school, but there's another twist that goes along with it. Believe me, it's pretty good lol. I like just came up with it as i was typing this A/N lol. I know the last chapter was really darn long lol. While i was reading through it i noticed that, which was kidna weird because nothing really happened, which i don't want to happen again because it's kinda going nowhere. I want every chapter to mean something. But this chapter is gonna have alot of stuff going on all at once.
So like i said before, if you have any ideas or suggestions, post a review. The main ideas i want is what to do with Lucas. I want him in as long as possible, but when he leaves, i want it to flow, yenno? Not just have him walk out for no reason. I know Jake was only in the fic like once, but most likely not alot more times. He's not really a important person in this story, he's just back together with Peyton so she's not hanging around Lucas, because i can't stand Leyton. I will write about Leyton, as long as it's Brucas in the end lol. Moving on now, also, i know it's kinda weird how Haley hasn't given birth yet, so i need ideas on how to have that happen. I know it's supposed to be about Haley giving birth to a new life and all, but i want some Kyle/Brooke/Lucas interaction also.
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Something was really weird about Monday. Mondays in general were pretty weird, even depressing. The beginning of the weeks were never someone's strong day, if you were a nerd, maybe, but not to any normal people. Everyone was tired and sleepy from the partying they did over the weekend. Some stressing over the test they didn't study for, due to the excessive partying they had did. And some were nursing a hangover, after drinking into a stupor the night before, because they were partying. It was known fact that nothing good ever happens on Mondays, whether people realized it or not. Actually bad things always happen on Mondays. Whether it be the latest hookup, latest breakup, or latest pregnancy. And then there was the fact that it was quiet, a little bit too quiet. There was no raspy giggling, or sarcastic remarks being heard in English class. ANd Kyle didn't smell the wonderful strawberry shampoo. Brooke wasn't here, therefore Mondays sucked.
He felt kinda bare sitting in first period. Brooke sat in front of him every morning, and now there wasn't anyone there. He was prone to being asked questions that he had no idea what the answer was. Plus, he couldn't sleep, not like he could when Brooke was there anyway. He was forced to pay attention, but all he could think about was Brooke, and what she was doing. She was the all knowing social butterfly at school, and now that she wasn't here, it felt kinda, gloomy. Kyle looked to his right and saw Lucas, writing something in his notebook, not paying attention to anything else. Nathan had the good seat in the back, so he was sleeping as usual. Peyton was drawing just like she always did, glancing out the window every so often before returning back to her sketchpad. Yeaa, things were pretty boring in first period. Good thing Weight Training was next, he could hang out with Nathan and do guy stuff.
With 10 minutes left until the bell, Kyle felt a vibration coming from his pocket. He cautiously pulled his cell out and propped his book up, so the teacher wouldn't see him. If he was caught, he would never get his cell phone back. It was Brooke texting him.
How's school? she texted.
Kyle quickly replied back, So boring. Not the same w/o B.Davis.
He set his phone on his lap so the teacher wouldn't see him. He turned around again and saw Peyton texting on her phone as well. Looks like Brooke was just as bored as everyone else. So much that she'd risk someone getting in trouble for having their phone on in class, but Brooke didn't care. As long as they didn't get caught, she wouldn't feel bad about it.
His cell phone vibrated again, Brooke was a fast typer.
Good to kno lol. R U still coming over?
He smirked, As far as i kno. Do u still want me 2?
Duhh. C ya then Brooke texted just as the bell rang.
Kyle sprang from his seat and walked out of the classroom, relieved to finally get out of there. Kyle saw Peyton lean against Brooke's locker as he was putting his books away.
"So, you were talking to Brooke too?" Peyton asked, chuckling.
"Yup, she's really getting in the way of my studying," Kyle said sarcastically.
"Yeaa, she was super annoying this morning. She begged me to stay home with her, but i have a Chem. quiz today. I love Brooke, but i really studied for that," Peyton laughed.
"Well i'm coming over after school to see her, hang out for a bit. YOu coming?"
"I would, but i'm hanging out with Jake and Jenny after school. I'm coming by later," Peyton explained.
"So, how are things with you and Jake?" Kyle asked as they walked down the hall.
"PRetty good. WE're not rushing, whihc is a good thing. Brooke says we're boring," Peyton laughed.
"Yeaa well, Brooke has crazy opinion, doesn't always mean she's right."
"That's for sure. I'll see ya at lunch," Peyton said before walking to the art room.
"See ya."
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Kyle walked into the gym to see all the boys sitting on the bleachers with Coach Harrison in front of them. All the boys seemed confudsed as to wht they were there i nthe first place. They were supposed to be in the locker room changing out, getting ready to deal who could lift the heaviest, who was the toughest, stronest, basically everything a man was supposed to be. Male ego and bravado was alive and well in second period Weight Lifting class.
Kyle sat down next to Nathan on the bleachers.
"What the heck is going on?" Kyle asked quietly, staring at Coach Harrison.
"I have no idea. We were walking to the locker room when he stopped and said for everybody to sit down," Nathan shrugged.
"This can't be good." Kyle sighed.
"Ya never know," Nathan said as everybody quieted down.
"Okay, so i know how normally you guys would be working out right about now. But Principal Turner says that we have to have some type of research project to do, since we haven't had one this year, so we're staring on it. Instead of going to the weight room, you're gonna go to the library and look up research on how weight lifting started, who made it a sport, and so on, everything you got. It's due Friday so get started now," Coach Harrison explained before going back to his office.
All the boys groaned. Every other class they had was boring, so second period was always fun because you got to rest your brain for an hour and just chill with all the guys. But now their time would be spent in the library, using their brains.
"Dude this sucks," Nathna said as they set their gym bags in the locker room, they wouldn't be needing it anytime soon.
"I know. Now we're gonna have to actually research crap," Kyle said as they crossed he quad to the library.
"I suck at projects, except when Haley's my partner."
"It can't be that hard can it? I mean, all we have to do is research stuff, Coach didn't say exactly how many pages it has to be or anything. So we can just copy and paste," Kyle laughed.
"We could try that," Nathan nodded, agreeing.
"Yeaa, but let's not go on the same websites as each other. That'll completely give it away," Kyle said as he pulled open the door to the library.
There was no one there basically, except for a few people trying to complete homework for the next period. And the occasional couples scurrying out of different aisles. Kyle didn't think anybody even read half the books that were in the library. Kids didn't want to learn how to cook, or read about the Civil War.
"So, where do we start?" Nathan asked, looking around like he had never seen it in his life.
"How about you try the books and i'll go on the computer and try to find somethings," Kyle suggested as he sat down at the humungous computer desks the school had. It was so big, a student could use the desk and not bother wit the computer, you'd have room no matter what.
While Nathan wandered the aisles, looking in the W aisle, Kyle logged onto Google and started typing in random stuff about weightlifting. He was never good with computers, that was always his dad's thing. The only thing he ever did was Myspace and Instant Messanger. Guys were supposed to know alot about electronics, but that wasn't Kyle's department.
Clicking on the results, he scrolled down this website with every bit of information about weightlifting and how it came to be in America. It looked like he would only need one website for the project. He didn't know if they were supposed to turn it in with a bibliohraphy, but he would add this website just in case. One problem, he couldn't copy and paste, but he dind't think it would be that hard. Now he would just have to find Nathan a website.
Kyle clicked back to the results page and continued to scroll down, looking for possible sites for Nathan. He clicked on this one site and started to read it. He pushed his seat back so it was standing on it's back legs. He continued to read down the page, until he saw something else that caught his attention. Below the computer was a little slit, and he saw a folded up piece of paper stuck right in it.
Curious, he pulled it out and stared at it for a second. Normally, Kyle wasn't a nosy person, but reading someone's note was better than doing research on something that he really didn't want to do. It was neatly folded, most likely a girl's.
He didn't have to read all of it to figure out it was Brooke'a handwriting. It was in her regular penmanship, written in purple pen ink of course. He didn't know if it was homework that she folded in half or what because he saw numbers and questions followed after. It really wasn't any of his business, but he was curious to know what thie piece of paper said. He quickly folded it back up and stuck it in his back pocker and continued looking through the site as Nathna came back with books in his hand.
"Find anything?" Nathan asked, setting the books down.
"Yeaa, i found different websites for both of us. That way we won't get in trouble or anything," Kyle said, printing out the research information.
They sat down at a regular table and started writing down all the facts that they needed, Brooke's paper burning a hole Kyle's pocket.
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BUt the Weight Lifting class weren't the only people being assigned a project. Peyton sat in second period Advanced Art, listening to Ms. Halker droan on and on about the project that they had to do. The assignment was to draw something, anything that has meaning, tell what that meaning is in a two page essay. It was due Friday as well, so Peyton had to get a move on. Mrs. Halker said they could work on their things in the art room or in the library, becuase it would be quiet and stuff. Katie Spalding, the scab picking licking girl, sat next to Peyton, therefore she decided on the library. Grabbing her bag, she quickly exited the room.
As soon as she heard the directions, she knew exactly what she wanted to draw. It had meaning, and it would definitely make it easy for her to write a two page essay about it.
Walking around the empty hallway, it kinda reminded her of the school shooting, except without books and things laying all over the hall. She was way past the shooting, and things had gotten better in just about every way. At first she thoughts she needed Lucas to get through everything, but it turned out she never really needed him as much as she thought. Sure, he was always saving her, but she was learning to stand on her own. Lucas was out of the picture for the first time in awhile. All Peyton needed was herself to get by.
She was surprised when she saw all these guys in the library, typing on the computers or looking through books. If anything, you would almost never see a jock in the library, unless he was meeting his girlfriend or something. This wasn't really normal. She spotted Nathan and Kyle at a table, looking through books.
"Well, this is a first, what are you guys doing here?," Peyton asked, sitting down at their table.
"Project for Weight Lifting, how gay is that?" Nathan said annoyingly, writing down facts in his notebook
"Okay, that's really weird. So what are you guys researching?" She asked, taking her sketchpad out of her bag.
"The history of weight lifting basically," Kyle said, highlighting things from his research information.
"Yeaa that's pretty gay. I coudn't have gotten a better art project," Peyton said smugly.
"What's your project about?" Kyle asked, taking his eyes off his paper.
"Draw anything you want that has meaning to you and write a two page essay explaining it all. That leaves tons of possibilties. This whole town has meaning for me."
"Aww you suck. You got the easy project," Nathan huffed.
"Yeaa except the fact that you can't draw worth a crap Nate," Kyle laughed.
"Alright, i enjoyed talking to you guys but i gotta go look for this art book that was supposed to get in last week," Peyton said, leaving her stuff with them.
"You keep track of art books that come in?" Kyle asked.
"Yeaa, like you don't keep track of all the draftees on NBA seasons," Peyton said sarcastically.
Looking through the art book aisle, she was surprised to see Lucas sitting on the floor, staring into space. After Peyton and Lucas had broken up, there was no time to have awkward tension in the rooms or anything like that. Immediately after, Kyle had his accident, then Lucas and Brooke got back together. Peyton personally didn't harbor feelings for Lucas anymore, so it shouldn't be awkward between them. But it was still weird how they used to be so close,and they havent spoken in at least a week.
"Lucas? What are you doing here?" Peyton asked, confused.
He shrugged, "Hiding out until the bell rings."
"I figured. Heard about that project you guys have to do," Peyton said, scanning through the shelves.
"Yeaa, it really sucks too. There's not really a point," LUcas laughed.
"I bet. It even sounds boring."
"So, uh, have you talked to Brooke lately?" Lucas asked lightly, picking up a random book and flipping through it.
Peyton glanced at him from the corner of her eye. She could either say, yes, she had spoken to Brooke. In fact, Brooke had sent her at least 12 text messages since arriving at school this morning, and she had also sent some to Kyle as well. It was obvious Lucas hadn't gotten anything from Brooke, and frankly Peyton felt bad for the guy. Brooke was building a relationship with Kyle, and Lucas didn't even know it. So she decided to just go along with it.
"I talked to her this morning because i slept over last night. BUt not since i got to school? Why?" Peyton asked innocently.
Lucas breathed a sigh of relief, "Nothing really. It's just that she hasn't called me since she got out of the hospital so i was just asking."
"Yeaa, but you know Brooke, she's probably still sleeping as we speak," Peyton chuckled.
"Yeaa, i bet she is. So, how are things with you and Jake?" Lucas asked, changing the subject. Peyton rolled her eyes at the amount of times she's been asked that in the past 24 hours. Not that it was annoying, but because she only had one answer every single time.
"We're good. Just taking things slow," Peyton repeated for the second time that morning.
"That's good. YOu don't wanna rush into anything yenno," Lucas said.
"No offense Lucas, but you and Brooke had sex before you even knew when her birthday was," Peyton pointed out.
Lucas winced, "Yeaa nevermind. Forget i said anything."
"It's fine, i just found it kidna ironic, that's all," Peyton said, trying not to laugh.
She walked out of the aisle and saw that Kyle was the only one at the table. She guessed Nathan was getting more books or something. Peyton stopped about two and a half feet away from him and saw what Kyle was doing. He was staring at this folded piece of paper, like he was thinking about opening it or something. Peyton squinted her eyes to try to see what had him so interested in it. First off, it was just notebook paper, and it was folded kinda nicely, which meant it wasn't Kyle's. Peyton cautiously extended her neck further to try to see what it said. But all she could see was purple loopy handwriting indented in the paper from writing so hard.
Peyton automatically knew who's it was. For her, it didn't take long, because she had seen this handwriing for years. She couldn't beleive it was Kyle who had the questions all along. After hours of searching, and completely frying her brain and Brooke's as well. She wondered if he read it already, but from the looks of it no. Right now she could either do two things. One, being she could snatch it from behind and hell at him for taking it. Or two, she could keep quiet and talk to him about it later. The way Peyton looked at it, she already did one thing she wasn't supposed to today, lying to Lucas. SO she might as well come off with it. But either way, she would find out why and how long he had Brooke's paper.
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After about five minutes more of reading, Nathan closed his book shut. Except when Haley was tutoring him in Junior year, he had never done so much reading before in his life. And it wasn't interesting to him at all.
"Alright, i can't take this anymore man. I'm gonna go get a snack or something. You want anything?" Nathan asked, standing up.
"Uhh yeaa just get me a soda or something," Kyle said, eager to have Nathan go away.
"Alright, but you owe me," Nathan said, pointing at him. Kyle just laughed. In an hour Nathan wouldn't even remember buying him a soda.
Kyle waited until Nathan completely left the library before taking the paper out of his pocket. He examined it some more, it really didn't look all that old. Probably a week or something. He really wanted to open it, see what she had written, if it was something personal or just a homework assignment. But there were too many people around, and Peyton would be coming back soon, he didn't wanna have to explain what he was doing with Brooke's stuff.
He heard the dragging of feet and quickly slipped it back into his pocket and bowed his head into the book he was looking through, copying down dates. Peyton collapsed back in the seat across from him with a white book in her hand.
"Find what you were looking for?" Kyle asked, glancing up at her.
"Yup, it took me awhile to find it though, what with Lucas talking in the backround," Peyton said annoyingly.
"You talked to Lucas?" Kyle asked, his eyes still focused on the book in front of him.
"Yeaa, Lucas is hiding out in the art section," Peyton said.
"Doesn't surprise me. I would be too, except that i don't wanna be doing this Thursday night."
"Yeaa, we had a weird conversation. He asked me if i had talked to Brooke lately, because apparently she hasn't called him since yesterday," Peyton said lightly.
Kyle's head snapped up, "And what did you say to him?"
She sighed, "I lied of course. I don't want Brooke getting into trouble. I told him that i hadn't talked to her since i left her house this mroning, so she's probably sleeping. He got over it quickly."
"That's good, wouldn't want him to know the truth," Kyle said, nodding his head.
"Speaking of the truth," Peyton began, closing her book. "Are you gonna tell me what the hell you're doing with Brooke's paper in your back pocket?"
Kyle froze. Okay, he was busted. What the heck was he gonna tell Peyton? That he accidentally found it, which was the truth, but he wasn't sure she would just let that go. This would take alot of explaining to do, not just on his part but on Peyton's. Whatever was written in this piece of paper, it probably wasn't meant for him to read, let alone know about. He brought his head up to meet Peyton's amused expression.
"Okay fine. But i seirously just found it like fifteen minutes ago," Kyle said, sighing.
"Where'd you find it at?" Peyton asked. SHe really wanted to know, seeing as she spent most of hte night looking through Brooke's house, going through trashcans, dirty laundry, every nook and crany. And it turns out Kyle wasn't even looking for it, he found it.
"I was at the computer and i saw it lying in this slit between the desk and monitor. Don't worry, i didn't read it or anything," Kyle said reassuringly.
"Damn. Okay, you better not have read it. Brooke's been looking for that since yesterday. She'll be pissed if she found out you read it."
"Why would she be pissed? IS it something about me?" Kyle asked, pulling out the paper from his back pocket.
"Yes! I mean no. I mean, come on Kyle! You can't read that, it's for Brooke's eyes only!" Peyton whined.
"Peyton, what the hell is this about? I know it's something about me, i can tell. And if it's for Brooke's eyes only, then why did she leave it here?"
"Because she was in a hurry, she left it here the day of the accident. She just remmebered it yesteday, but couldn't figure out where she put it because everything before the accident she couldn't remeber. So we've been looking for it all yesterday," Peyton explained.
"Peyton please, can't i just read one thing?" Kyle begged.
"Kyle you can't. It's very personal, and whatever's in it will really give Brooke some answers right now," Peyton said.
"Looks Peyton, if its about me, i need to know what's going on. I'll give it to you, but you have to let me read one thing. If i let you see it and you don't give it back, i'll get it some other way, and i wont' give it back," Kyle warned, holding the note between his index and thumb.
Peyton considered this for a second. If Kyle gave it to her now, then she could look over, and decided on what he could read. If he gave it to her and she didn't give it back for him to read, then she didn't doubt for a second he would take it back, and Brooke would never get the answers she was looking for.
"Alright fine, i'll let you read part of it. Just give it here," Peyton said holding her hand out. Kyle slowly placed it in her hand, like it was his most prized posession. In this case it might as well be.
Peyton unfolded it, anticipation pulsing through her veins. She had wondered and hoped that she would be able to find it, and if not then Brooke, because Peyton felt like she was on a game of clue or something. She smoothed it out and scanned through it. Brooke had memorized every single question Peyton had asked her, and copied it down with a lengthy answer after every one. But Peyton frowned as she read the answers because every single one had Lucas and Kyle, and explanations. Brooke was pretty confused, so confused that she had siad Lucas and KYle made her feel every single question she copied, even the last one was in favor of both Kyle and Lucas, sort of.
6) Which one can you not live without? I have no idea, because i haven't had to live without either of them.
It was clear that Brooke was really confused right now. But she would deal with her later. Right now she had to give the paper back to Kyle. What she really wanted to do was hide it, hell even eat it, but she dind't want to give it to him. Kyle would feel a bit awkward and kinda hurt that Brooke couldn't distinguish her feelings at all between him and Lucas. It would hurt any guy, but he wanted to know, and there was ntohing Peyton could do to stop him from wanting to.
She sighed, "Alright, just read the last one," handing him the paper.
Kyle took it from her and scanned all the way down at the bottom. Peyton saw his reaction go from calm to confused in about 3.5 nano seconds. His eyebrows were knit together and he was pouting. Not only was Brooke confused, she was making everybody else lose their minds. Kyle folded the paper up and handed it back to her.
"Well, there's definitely alot going through her mind," Kyle said awkwardly.
"Totally. She's been battling it all with herself for some time now. I guess, the day of the accident, she thoght she had an actual answer, but i guess now," Peyton said, shrugging.
"I don't get what i'm supposed to do. I want to still have a relationship with her, but she can't decide if me and Lucas are always gonna be around whenever she needs us. It'll just confuse her even more, and she still won't know what to do," Kyle explained, running a hang through his hair.
"Yeaa i know what you mean. But, i'm afraid that if she does lose one of you guys, she'll just break down," Peyton said, causing Kyle to roll his eyes.
Before he could say anything, the bell rang signaling lunch time. And for Peyton, it couldn't have came sooner. She would have alot of things to mull over.
Kyle picked up his bag and tossed the paper towards Peyton, "Maybe that's what needs to happen for her to realize it."
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He didn't even bother to wait for Nathan. As soon as the bell rang, he was out of the library and far away from Peyton and that note as possible. Kyle had always prided himself at being a patient, even tempered person, slow to anger. But right now he was frustrated and confused. Turns out that all the while he was trying to be the guy for Brooke, she didn't even know what kind of guy she wanted. He was seriously thinking of just walking away from the situation. It was confusing, and it just got more bizarre each day. Like everytime he felt like he was getting somewhere, someone dragged his feet back to where he started, and it wasn't a good feeling.
Kyle wondered if Lucas knew about it, but most likely not, Lucas didn't really know anything that was going on. He kinda felt bad for him, since it was his girlfriend he was crazy about. BUt that was Brooke's fault, not telling him when he thoght she should've. No point going back now. Peyton would give Brooke the note and eventually tell her that he had read it, which wouldn't go too well with Brooke. And Kyle was supposed to go over there today and hang out. How would be be able to do that, with what he knew now?
"Kyle!! Slow down!" Nathan yelled, running with his backpack on his shoulder. Kyle slowed down a few paces, waiting for Nathan to catch up.
"Sorry about that. I just wanted to get out of that library," Kyle said.
"I know what you mean, but you left pretty quickly," Nathan chuckled.
"Yeaa, well i have alot of things on my mind at the moment."
"Hmm, this can't be good," Nathan said, sitting down at a table. Knowing Kyle, when he had things on his mind, it couldn't be good at all.
"No not really. I'm thinking you already guessed it's about Brooke," Kyle assumed, causing Nathan to nod.
"Dude, most of your problems have something to do with Brooke."
"Yeaa. Anyways, i was sitting at the computer earlier when i saw this slit between the monitor and the desk. Turns out it was tihs folded piece of paper, with Brooke's handwriting on it. I stuck it in my pocket just when you came. When you and Peyton left, i started looking at it, not opening it, but just checking it out. Peyton caught me and started asking me all these random questions. It turns out that Brooke's been looking for that piece of paper since yesterday, and she couldn't remember where she put it because it was before the accident, so she coudln't remember. Peyton only let me read one question, but after that i could pretty much figure out what it all contained," Kyle explained.
"Wow, talk about a coincidence. So what did the question say?" Nathan asked.
"Who could you not live without was the question. At first i didn't really understand it, but then i knew it had to do wtih me and Lucas, which one she couldn't live without."
"And? What did she say?" Nathan asked, sitting at the edge of the bench.
"Not even she knows. She wrote, 'I have no idea, because i haven't had to live without either of them," Kyle quoted.
"Wow, it's only lunch time and you've entered the mind of Brooke Davis," Nathan said, shaking his head.
"Not technically. That doesn't even make me feel the least bit better. I just feel like i've been doing this all for nothing," Kyle sighed.
"It's not all for nothing if it's for someone you love," Nathan pointed out.
"Yea i know, but i feel like i was spending all this time trying to be the guy for her, but she doesn't even know who that guy is, and i'm expecting her to be able to tell me? She's so confused in all this."
"Don't you think you should give her some more time. Peyton's probably gonna give the paper to Brooke, maybe when she reads through all her answers, she'll see things differently. Remember, this was from like last week. You never know, she could feel differently than she did before. Alot's happened since then," Nathan explained.
"You're right about that. I guess i'm just frustrated about the whole thing. I wanna be with Brooke so bad, it's just sucks that she doesn't realize it."
"Don't worry she will. Brooke's smart, she'll figure it out eventually. Love's not something she should take lightly."
Kyle rubbed his temples, "I feel like i'm way in over my head with this."
Nathan laughed, "Dude, you've been in way over your head."
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Peyton used to love to run red lights. She dind't really care if a car was fixing to cross or not, she just ran right past the red light. But after her little breakdown, she decided to be a sensible driver, a safe driver, something her mother never was. That was her biggest downfall.
This right now Peyton didn't really care. Screw the lights for today. SHe had to get to Brooke's house, give her the note, tell her that KYle read some of it, calm her down, comfort her, and then make it back to school in time for her Chemistry Quiz. It was alot to do, espeically when you're dealing with Brooke Davis, but Peyton was confident. Didn't mean that she could make Brooke feel any better, but she was gonna try.
Seeing Kyle storm out like that kinda brought her back down to reality. For awhile, all she thought about was Brooke. How this might affect Brooke, what Brooke was going through. It wasn't until last period she stopped and thought about what Kyle was feeling. She considered Lucas, but let's face it, Lucas was clueless as he's ever been. Kyle had been through hell and back to be with Brooke, but it seemd like he was getting nothing in return. Peyton didn't think Brooke was being selfish, but the girl was completely lost, that was for sure.
Her tires screeched against the concrete driveway, most likely to leave marks, but Rachel's parents were never home anyways. Peyton grabbed her bag and ran into the house. It looked like nobody was there, but she knew Brooke wouldn't leave the house this soon since she got back from the hosptial. Brooke was crazy, but she wasn't stupid.
"Brooke!!!!" Peyton called, running up the stairs, tripping every once in awhile on her bag.
She swung the door open and saw Brooke blowing on her toenails, still in her pajamas. If Brooke was doing anything else, Peyton wouldn't even have to walk up the stairs, Brooke would be down there in a heartbeat. BUt no, she was doing her nails, therefore she didn't get up for anybody.
"Hey Peyt, what's up?" Brooke asked cheerfully.
"Okay, i'm sorry, but weren't you clinging to my leg this morning, begging me not to go?" Peyton asked.
"Yeaa, but you know my nails are more important than you anyway," Brooke said sarcastically.
Peyton considered not even telling Brooke she had the paper with her. She could just ignore it and let Brooke go on, with her biggest problem at the moment wondering how many minutes she had to wait until her nails were dry. But no, she had done enough damage letting Kyle read it in the first place, and if he were to bring it up after school, and Brooke didn't know what the heck he was talking about, Peyton would be roadkill.
"Anyways, you'll never guess what i got ?" Peyton said sadly, taking the folded paper out of her pocket.
"What?" Brooke asked, turning around and stopping midstep, eyeing the paper like Peyton was holding a gun.
"Yup. I guess you've found your answers," Peyton said quietly as Brooke took it from her.
It only took a second for Brooke to start jumping up and down, before touching her side, "Oh my gosh Peyton, finally ! Where'd you find it at??"
Oh great. She might as well be telling Brooke she failed her senior year. People would think she'd be used to this by now, what with the problems her and Brooke had been through together. But it didn't get any easier, and this case was anything but easy, confusing, not difficult. Things could only get worse from here.
"Actually i didn't find it, Kyle did," Peyton winced, just waiting for the bomb to explode.