NATHAN AND HALEY'S HOUSE
(Nathan is out by the pool.)
Haley: Hey, as soon as Brooke & Peyton get here, we're gonna take off okay?
Nathan: I'm not going.
Haley: What?! James is counting on you.
Nathan: I don't want anybody seeing me like this.
Haley: Has it occurred to you that this isn't about you?
(Haley walks inside.)
INSIDE NALEY'S HOUSE
Brooke: Haley we're here!
Haley: Hey.
Peyton: Hi.
Brooke: So, I have a surprise. You're gonna like it. I made Jamie a little something for his race.
Haley: Oh, okay.
(Jamie comes running in wearing a racing uniform.)
Jamie: Look momma!
Haley: Oh, my goodness! Look at this! This is a real racing suit!
Brooke: Mhm. And I even made you a sponsor P. Sawyer.
Peyton: Oh yeah? Oh?
(She looks at a patch on Jamie's uniform.)
Peyton: Peyton Sawyer, unemployed. Thank you… very much.
Brooke: Your welcome.
Jamie: I can't wait for daddy to see me.
Haley: Oh… baby listen, um… daddy's just not feeling very well today. I'm sorry…
Jamie: He's not coming?
Haley: No, I'm sorry… But everybody else is gonna be there.
Peyton: Oh yeah, I hear your uncle Lucas is coming, and Skills and Mouth and all the guys. I'm sure he's gonna have the biggest crowd there.
Brooke: Absolutely.
Haley: Yeah. Okay?
(Jamie nods.)
Haley: Okay, come on. Come on.
Peyton: Lets do it dude.
Brooke: Come on buddy, lets win a race.
(The girls and Jamie leave and you see Nathan inside, having overheard their conversation.)
THE RACE SITE
(Crowd cheers and you see some racing cars.)
Haley: Hey, here he is.
Skills: Here he is. Lightning Jamie Scott.
Mouth: Hey, cool outfit man!
Skills: So what's good man? You ready to win this thing or what?
(Jamie nods.)
BY THE LAKE
(Brooke is talking on the phone.)
Brooke: Okay, I'm going to need you to go ahead and stop yelling and listen to me. No, you are yelling. You are yelling and it's MY company. Why are you yelling at me? I… There is a boy here, yes a boy and he's… No I don't… just…
(She yells and throws her phone into the lake.)
Brooke: Gosh!
(Peyton laughs and looks at her dumbfounded.)
Brooke: Can I borrow your phone?
(Peyton hands her the phone.)
(Peyton looks up to see Julian walking around looking for her.)
Brooke: Hi Millicent it's me. No it's great, I uh, I'm just gonna need a new phone. Okay, thanks.
(She hangs up and hands Peyton back the phone.)
Brooke: You okay? You look like you have seen a ghost.
Peyton: Ok Brooke I need to tell you something and you have to promise not to freak out.
Brooke: Ok.
Peyton: The thing is I wasn't completely honest with you when you asked if I was seeing someone.
(Julian walks over to where Brooke and Peyton are stood talking.)
Julian: There you are. I've been looking all over for you.
(Julian wraps his arm around Peyton and kisses her on the cheek.)
Peyton: Brooke. This is Julian.
(Brookes stands there dumbfounded)
Julian: Brooke Davis. I've heard so much about you.
(Julian shakes Brooke's hand)
Brooke: Hi. It's nice to finally meet you. Peyton. Can I talk you for a minute?
Peyton: Yea. Um Julian don't you have some calls to make.
Julian: Yea I'll be right back.
(Julian kisses Peyton's forehead and leaves.)
Brooke: how could you not tell me?
Peyton: I'm sorry. It's just with coming back home I didn't know how everyone would react and it's really not a big deal.
(Brooke smiles and playfully nudges Peyton.)
Brooke: You have a boyfriend. It is totally a big deal.
RACE SITE
(Lucas watches with hurt in his eyes as Peyton and Julian walk over to the group holding hands)
Lucas: Hey buddy. So you're racing for Clothes over Bros now huh?
(Jamie points to his patch on the suit.)
Jamie: Peyton Sawyer, Unemployed.
(They all laugh)
Race Official: Racers, to your cars.
Haley: Okay, here we go.
Skills: Lets go get em Flash!
Brooke: Alright big guy, here you go.
Haley: Be careful alright? Uncle Lucas is gonna put you on.
Lucas: Alright, here we go.
(He puts Jamie in the car.)
Lucas: You good?
Race Official: Okay racers, when you're ready, place both hands on the steering wheel.
Skills: Lets go big Jamie baby! You can do it.
(Jamie looks down the racing course and remembers the manaquins fate.)
(Jamie raises his hands to stop the race.)
Race Official: Hold up, Hold up. Car 23, you okay?
Jamie: I don't want to.
Race Official: Okay, mom.
Haley: Hey baby, what's goin on?
Jamie: I don't wanna race Momma.
Haley: Well you don't have to, but are you sure, I think it's gonna be really fun.
Jamie: I wanna talk to Brooke.
(Brooke walks over to Jamie.)
Brooke: What's up handsome?
Jamie: I don't wanna do it, but I like my racing suit.
Brooke: Well the suits yours, but are you sure you don't wanna race?
Jamie: It's my life, I'm taking a stand. Is that okay?
Brooke: Yes, that's okay Honey, come here.
(She picks him up out of the car.)
Jamie: Sorry Uncle Skills.
Skills: That's okay buddy.
NALEY'S HOUSE
(Nathan is on the couch and Haley walks in.)
Haley: Well, he didn't race. He was afraid. You might know something about that.
Nathan: We're all afraid.
Haley: Yeah, but he's four and he needed his dad, and his dad wasn't there. Nice work, Dan.
(She carries a plate and some bottles to the kitchen and sets them down. She pauses then throws them across the room towards Nathan.)
Haley: Are you going to say anything?! Or are you just going to sit there like you have for the last four months? You gonna get drunk, maybe pout a little, cry?
Nathan: You don't get it do you? I used to be somebody, Haley, do you understand that? Do you understand what that means? I used to be Nathan Scott, and I was great. And I should have walked away, okay, I know that, and I didn't do it. And now I'm nothing and I have nothing.
(he sighs and turns around.)
Haley: You have nothing?! You have a beautiful son who is here, I am here. You have got to figure out who you're going to be in this Nathan because this version of you does not work for us! I cannot keep living like this. Okay? Do you understand what I'm saying? One more night like this Nathan, and I promise you, you will have nothing.
TRIC
(Lucas is sitting at a table and Peyton walks up the stairs.)
Peyton: A little early don't you think? I usually don't start my hard drinking til at least noon.
Lucas: Come here, I want to show you something.
(He gets up and walks Peyton over to a door and slides it open to reveal a large cluttered space.)
Lucas: So I talked to my mom, and um, we decided we want you to have it. Rent free, under one condition, That it becomes office space for your new label.
Peyton: Luke.
Lucas: And I've already talked to Brooke, so I don't think you have anymore excuses.
Peyton: You know that four years ago I would have jumped at this?
Lucas: But what? Doesn't seem so cut and dry anymore? Cuz it's not. I wrote a novel and I can't write a second one. Mouth's boss apparently hates him, Nathan missed his dream by a breath. It's life. So you couldn't change the world from Los Angeles. Change it here. I know you can do it, and so do you. Just think about it.
(Lucas turns and starts heading for the door.)
Peyton: I was there Luke.
(He stops and turns to face her.)
Peyton: At your book signing in LA.
FLASHBACK BOOK SIGNING
(Peyton walks in and sees Lindsey kiss Lucas on the cheek so she leaves.)
TRIC
Peyton: I was there Lucas, and I was so proud of you. But we hadn't talked in a long time and I saw you with Lindsey and I figured you guys were together, which meant no more you and me. But do you remember when you first joined the Ravens and you took all my sketches over to Thud without asking and do you remember what you said that night when you entered the gym the first time?
Lucas: Your art matters… it's what got me here.
Peyton: Yeah. It's like you touched my soul and a few days ago, I was ready to quit again, but you saved me with the words you wrote about me in your novel. So if you're struggling to write the next one, you should know that your art matters Lucas… It's what got me here…
KAREN'S CAFE
(Jamie is throwing a ball at the wall and Brooke is talking to a real estate Agent.)
Brooke (on phone): I do love my company. I just wanna run it from here. I know it wasn't the plan. It's my life. I'm taking a stand. Bye.
(She hangs up the phone.)
Brooke: It's perfect, I'll take it.
(She shakes the agents hand.)
Brooke: Thank you. Help me with this. Come here.
(She and Jamie pull papers off the window revealing Karen's Café logo.)
LUCAS'S HOUSE
(Lucas stares at his book signing poster and then looks at his empty computer screen. Haley enters Lucas's room)
Haley: Hey. How are you doin?
(Haley walks up to Lucas and places a hand on his shoulder)
Lucas: Peyton's with someone. She has someone.
Haley: I know. I can stay and we can talk if you want.
Lucas: Actually, um. I think I'm going to write for a while.
Haley: That's great Luke.
(Haley kisses his cheek and leaves)
THE RACING SITE
(Nathan is in his wheelchair on the hill beside Jamie in the soapbox car.)
Nathan: You know son, there's gonna be a lot of times in your life when you're going to be afraid. Being afraid is okay, but work through that fear or you might miss out on some pretty great things.
Jamie: Are you afraid Daddy?
Nathan: Sometimes. You?
Jamie: Sometimes.
Nathan: Well, we'll do this together. On the count of three. One, Two, three.
(Nathan & Jamie race down the hill cheering.)
PEYTON'S HOTEL ROOM
(Peyton leaning on the balcony with 'An Unkindness Of Ravens' in her hands, staring aimlessly across the ocean.)
(Julian walks into the room and walks over to Peyton wrapping his arms around her. Peyton quickly hides the book.)
Julian: Hey. You ok? You seem sad.
(Peyton turns to face Julian)
Peyton: I'm better now you're here.
(Peyton kisses Julian.)
LUCAS' ROOM
(Lucas is sat staring aimlessly at his laptop, he reaches across the desk for 'An Unkindness Of Ravens' and pulls a photo of him and Peyton out from one of the pages. He starts writing.)