A/N : aww, thank you guys so much for the great reviews. Here's the update. Enjoy!

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"I slept with Chris…"

Nathan stared right through her, his eyes full of hurt. Brooke tried to reed her boyfriend's features but his face was unreadable and empty.

"What…" he finally got out.

"I'm so sorry! I never should've told you, but…"

"…But you felt guilty! Trust me, you won't have to worry about that anymore" he spat on a clod tone.

Brooke was shocked. She swallowed and threw the jewel box which he caught just in the right time. Her, she left the restaurant with glistening tears in her broken eyes. Everyone else was staring at them. Nathan rolled his eyes and quickly found the really interesting sight he had of his shoes.

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Lucas had joined his bride in her apartment so they could have a great supper together. Lucas was setting the table whilst Haley was cooking the lasagna. The blonde came by behind his wife and wrapped his arms around her thin waist. She spun around to kiss him. After what seemed like hours, they finally pulled apart.

"I got this weird feeling like this is all a dream! It's just so amazing that I don't know if I ever want to wake up" Lucas said softly.

Haley smiled and replied "But I'm real. I'm no dream!"

He smiled back. "Of course you're real. But you're still my most beautiful dream!"

They shared another kiss before they were interrupted by a loud knock on the door. Lucas let go off Haley and opened the door on a grieving Nathan standing in the doorway.

"Nathan?" Lucas asked.

"I'm back from my date with Brooke…"

Lucas pushed himself from the way and greeted his brother in. Haley noticed the tears in his eyes and opened her arms to give him a hug. Nathan accepted it and they pulled in a tight embrace where Haley could hear Nathan heaving on her shoulder.

"What happened?" asked Lucas.

Nathan breathed deeply and said "She cheated…"

Lucas shook his head and found it really awkward before her too gave a hug to his brother. "With who?"

"Lucas!" Haley shouted to her husband after asking that question. She felt like it was out of place to ask since it wasn't really their business.

"It's ok, Hales..it's with…", he was cut off by another knock on the door. Lucas, who was still standing in the doorway, opened the door.

"Where's Brooke?" asked a weird looking man.

Nathan shot him a dead glare. "With him…"

Chris didn't get what Nathan said and kept staring at Lucas with his scrawny hands on his hips.

"You!" Nathan said, shooting fire with his eyes. He walked over to him, ready to break his jaw to get that annoying smile of his face. Haley stopped him on his way and place4d herself in front of him. She shot him a quick gaze and led Chris out. Before closing the door, she murmured for the ears of the two angry boys "I'll take care of that…". Then, the door was closed on her back.

Nathan and Lucas gave each other a look for a second but abandoned the cause. After all, Haley would solve that problem without their help. It was always better than beating the guys down. It seemed to take hours and Haley still wasn't back.

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"What is wrong with you?! You already risked ruining my marriage with Lucas and now you're doing it again with Nathan?!"

Chris still had that dumb smile on his face, same way it had been since he was there. Haley was getting pissed at that annoying smile and definitely wanted to wipe it away.

"And wipe that smile off your fucking face!" she spat. Chris just looked at her.

"…You're so sexy when you're angry!" he said.

She let out a loud sigh and slapped him. Chris got himself back together and got the top when he drove his lips toward hers and kissed her. She started debating but he kept tightening his grip, never letting her get away. She heard a weak, scuffed scream and felt like something was really wrong. When Chris finally let her go, she saw Lucas, hanging on the doorframe. His mouth wide opened in front of herself and Chris.

"Lucas…"

"I keep you from the hard task of apologizing…" he snapped, almost running down the balcony.

"Lucas, wait!" she shouted, running after him.

"Listen Haley, don't bother. Go back with your so-loved Chris"

Haley's mouth fell, the tears filled her eyes as Nathan joined them. Chris looked as they all ran away.

"Hey, what's happening? Is the party over?" Chris asked with his sarcastic voice.

Nathan turned on his heels and connected his fist with the man's jaw. Lucas couldn't keep his laugh in before he turned back. Nathan stopped Haley from going.

"I'll take care of it..." he said, running after his older brother. "Lucas, wait!", he stood in front of him.

"What do you want?"

"You know what, life sucks! Chris also took Brooke from me…"

"I need a drink!"

Nathan smiled. "Then let's go!"

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"How did you hear about this place?" asked Lucas, walking inside the crowded bar. The ambiance was rather good.

"During my first date with Brooke…", his tone froze when he mentioned the name of his ex-girlfriend, the one who broke his heart.

Lucas noticed the change in Nathan's voice so he tried his best to cheer him up, not being so good since he wasn't feeling much better. "Sorry about her…but that's exactly why we're here! To forget about the pain girls caused us. I'll tell you what, first round's on me!". He patted Nathan's shoulders.

"I'm not really used to drinking…" Nathan mumbled.

Lucas frowned. "Chris…"

"You're right, I need a drink" Nathan blurted out.

The youngest brother motioned to a woman and ordered two beers.

She stared at him for a second. "You got the age for that?"

Nathan got his fake ID out and gave it to the woman. A few minutes later, she came back with two beers. They were sitting at a table in the back corner. Both Scott were brooding over their issues whilst drinking their beer.

Nathan could barely make out what had happened that night. "I just can't believe that Brooke did this to me!" he said, then sipped what was left in his glass.

Lucas let out a nervous laugh. "I just can't believe that Haley did this to me…again!"

"Sorry for your wedding"

Lucas sighed then another laugh escaped him before he could scuff it. "I should've known it was a mistake! We were too young…my mom told me that and she was right! I feel like…like Dan"

Nathan looked at the empty bottom of his glass. "You think we're like him?" he asked before waving to the barmaid for two more beers.

Lucas sighed and drank what was left of his own beer. "I don't know…we're lonely like him but at least we didn't go after it", he said as he immediately started the other glass.

Nathan stopped dead in his own one. "Love sucks!"

Lucas grimaced and raised his glass in the air. "To the pain! Death to love...it doesn't exist anyways"

They cheered and drank to the bottom of their second beer. Lucas waved for another round.

"Don't you think you should slow down a bit?"

"Calm down, little bro. Let the liquid kill the pain. You'll see, you'll quickly forget about your little Brookie"

Nathan accepted the third drink that was set in front of him. He wasn't really used to drinking and he could already feel a little boozy. Lucas was the total opposite. He was drowning his sorrow with alcohol. He had grown himself a shell to stop the pain from getting him and the only thing that he let through was the glasses of beer. Even behind the mask Lucas was wearing, Nathan could see his sadness. He could definitely tell his brother was not doing well. In fact, he had rarely seen him so devastated.

The last time was when Haley left to go on tour. Lucas had been so devastated that he crashed his car in a concrete wall. He could remember everything from that day. The sight of Lucas' car swerving and crashing, the fire and the fear…what he saw now was Lucas starting his fourth beer.

"You should really slow down on that" Nathan pointed out.

Lucas got mad at him "Ohh, stop being the perfect little kid! Your girlfriend didn't love you enough and she ran into someone else's arms, you should be annoyed…not annoying!"

Nathan rolled his eyes and let out a breath of anger. "For your concern, Haley left you too…twice!"

Lucas's look went from distress to anger. He washed the lump in his throat down with another drink then grabbed Nathan's untouched beer. He drank it in one swallow and put it back down. He tried staring ahead but the room started spinning madly. For a second, he thought he was hearing voices but he couldn't make out what they were saying. The voice started low then it grew louder and the more and more he heard, the more and more he recognized Brooke. Why would Brooke be talking to him? She was Nathan's girlfriend.

"My day was horrible without you! I couldn't stop thinking about your smile. You don't know how much I'd love to see you smile!", he heard. The voice was coming from a feminine voice, a weeping voice. "I can't live since that day! I miss you so much! Please, please baby, open your eyes.Do it for me…open these beautiful eyes and tell me you still love me!"

He shook his head. Or he was becoming really crazy or the alcohol was really kicking in. Inside, he felt really bad and his brother had a severe looked posted on him.

"I…I…Th…Think we sh…should go home" he stuttered.

Nathan couldn't help but smile before helping his brother out.

Nathan helped his brother walking straight on the sidewalk. He had always been the wiser and the smarter one, anyways. On his side, in a night, Lucas had gotten all his old bad habits back from the time when he didn't know Haley.

Lucas started muttering some words. "That's not fair! We're the good guys and we are the one that are broken and alone", he complained. "It's your fault, Nathan! You shouldn't have let her go with that asshole!"

Nathan stopped in his tracks and stared at Lucas. "My fault?! I'm not the not who trusted her went she spoke with the devil!"

"They weren't speaking, they were kissing!!"

"He slept with Brooke! The fact that he kissed your precious little Haley is nothing compared to that!" he spat with the most anger in his voice that Lucas flinched.

"I understand why she left you! Just look at yourself man, you're pathetic!" he shouted.

Nathan pointed both thumbs toward himself. "I'm pathetic? I'm not the one who crashed a race car just to get everyone's attention!"

Lucas didn't answer. He was boiling inside and his anger toward his brother was getting unbearable to keep inside before it burned him. That didn't stop Nathan though. "…So why don't you just give us that same favor?! Just get back into your little hole and play with your dolls and for god's sake, help us forget about you because you're not even worth it anymore!" the younger Scott spat. He was red from anger. Lucas stayed there, his mouth wide opened and his eyes full of pain.

"Why don't you just drop dead, Lucas! We'd be better off without you!" he added. Lucas felt the pain of as stab. Nathan had hurt him more than he thought and his mouth stayed opened. He only got the time to look on his side but it was too late for the headlights that were coming way too fast toward him.

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iii. Cliffhanger. Hope you guys bear with the time I put in between my updates but just know that I'm so sorry it happens, I'm just extremely busy with school. Hopefully, this story will be over soon. There are only 2 chapters left so stay tuned and let me know what you guys thought.

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Take care of yourselves, guys!

PS. the line 'wipe that smile off your fucking face' was borrowed from a song :) i love that song! its called 'one and only' and i suggest you check it out. its a bit explicit but for a hiphop song its amazing!