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"Lucas Scott! Get your idiotic ass out of bed and answer this door!" Brooke screamed as she banged on Lucas's door. Just when she was about to turn around and go home, Lucas opens the door looking like he was hit by a bus.

"Why good morning, it's nice to see your happy face." He says sarcasm dripping from every word

"Wish I could say the same Scott, I really do, but that would be a lie."

"And why are we so happy this morning?"

"Don't even pull that sarcasm crap with me Broody, did you really have to hurt her again? I mean you've broken her heart so many times, why couldn't you just stay away from her and let her move on? Do you like hurting her? Because if you do--"

"Woah woah, slow down Brooke! Hurt who? What did I do?"

"Don't play dumb with me, although that may be rather difficult for you!" She spat out venomously

"OK will you please just tell me what I did wrong and yell at me for it or just leave because I have a killer headache and I just want to go back to sleep."

"How can you sit there and act like nothing's wrong after what you said to Peyton last night?" Upon hearing Peyton's name Lucas's head flys up so fast that it should have given him whip lash.

"What do you mean after what I said to Peyton last night? I didn't even see her did I? Wait a minute..." Lucas continues to wrack his brains about the events of the previous night.

"I always knew you were a little slow Scott, but this is rediculous!" Brooke said as she watched the boy her best friend loves think about it.

"Look, I'm sorry Brooke. I was really wasted last night and the only person I remember seeing was Skills. I just woke up this morning and I was at home, I don't know how I got here and I really don't remember seeing Peyton."

"So you don't remember saying anything about you hating her? Or the fact that she's the reason your life is such a mess? Or that you wished that she never came home? Because I know my best friend and I don't think she would make something like this up."

"What?! I would never say anything like that! Atleast not intentionally, you've gotta believe me Brooke, I don't hate Peyton, I really don't. I lo--"

"You what?!"

"I care about her a lot." Lucas lied. He wasn't ready to face his feelings for Peyton just yet. He was suprised that the statement he had almost made had flown out of his mouth so easily. Especially after months of denying it.

"Sure...that's exactly what you were going to say. Well I can't say that it's been fun Broody, but I need to go check on Peyton." With that Brooke gets into her car and drives off. Leaving Lucas to think about what happened last night when suddenly it hits him!..

MEANWHILE

"I don't know what to do you guys, the love of my life just told me that he hated me!" Peyton said to the married couple sitting across from her. When she woke up this morning to find Brooke gone she had a pretty good idea of where she went. She had to get out of the house becuase she didn't want to hear what Lucas had said to Brooke. So the first place that she thought of going was to her other best friends' house, Nathan and Haley.

"Peyton it's going to be OK I know it is. Lucas probably wasn't thinking when he said it that's all." Haley said. Even though she felt horrible for Peyton she still felt the need to stick up for her best friend.

"No Haley, I think for the first time in a while Luke was thinking clearly. He finally told me what I've been suspecting since Lindsey walked out of that church. He blames me, and I don't disagree with him one bit. It is my fault." She couldn't take it anymore, she broke down into silent sobs. Haley immediately runs over to comfort her. Nathan looks on as his wife comforts his best friend and he knows what he has to do.

"Nathan! Where are you going?!" Haley asks in a nervous voice as she sees her husband grab his car keys.

"I'm going to pay my dear big brother a little visit, I won't be lon--"

"NO!" Peyton's sudden outburst shocked Nathan and Haley to say the least. Nathan dropped his keys and Haley spilled her full coffee down the front of her shirt. "I need to get over Lucas Scott once and for all. Which means that I need to talk to him, when I'm ready. I'm not going to let everyone else fight my battles for me."

"Peyton I'm not fighting your battle for you. I just need to talk to my brother and get his side of the story OK? But I have no control as to whether or not this little chat leads to fists." Nathan says with a smile on his face.

"It won't lead to fists if you ever want to get laid again." Haley said with a warning look on her face.

"Eww! Married people are so gross!" Peyton says with a smile on her face, the first one since last night. "But Nate, please don't hit him, I want that pleasure." She says with another smile and with that Nathan picks up his keys and heads out the door.

"Well Hales, I'm gonna head out OK? I've got a lot of work to do."

"OK Peyton, I'll see you later." Haley hesitates for a second and then adds, "Just do me a favor OK?"

"Sure. Anything."

"Don't hide out in your work to keep your mind off something else."

"I won't Hales." And Peyton leaves the same door Nathan just left leaving Haley to her own thoughts.

"Lucas Scott, you make it so hard to be your best friend sometimes!" She says to no one in particular as she cleans up the coffee she just spilled.

Well here it is Chapter 2! Tell me what you think.

Up Next: What will happen when Nathan goes to see Lucas? Will we ever figure out what happened the night before? Will Peyton actually talk to Lucas? What does Haley have to say about the situation?

Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome R&R please.