Peyton knocked on Lucas' door, hoping that he would open the door. It was getting cold and she didn't want to stay for long. Peyton wanted to talk to him and see where his mind was at. It's been a long time since she has seen him and all the feelings were rushing back, she just wanted to know if he was feeling the same. That she wasn't here for nothing. She pressed her hand against the door, he wasn't coming to answer it. She was thinking that she might go back home but she should fight for something that she needs.

"Peyton?" She heard a voice behind her, a familiar voice that made her shiver. She turned around with pain in her eyes and could see the pain in her best friends eyes. Even though Peyton doesn't show it or even if Brooke doesn't know it, Brooke would always be Peyton's best friend. Peyton was hurt when she found out that Brooke was the reason that Lucas fell out of love for her. She couldn't really blame Brooke for that, she was really just looking out for her friend when she left him but it still hurt.

"What?" She asked coldy, standing the conversation with Brooke Davis. Brooke began to feel uncomfortable by the tone of Peyton's voice. She could tell that this wasn't going to end well.

"I just wanted to say…thank you." Brooke said, not even sure that she wanted to thank Peyton. Peyton looked confused and so did Brooke.

"For what?" Peyton asked her.

"For…being Lucas' first love. As his best friend, thank you." Brooke shrugged her shoulders, trying to make a conversation with her. Brooke didn't want Peyton to go just yet. Peyton squinted her eyes in frustration.

"Alright, I'm leaving." Peyton said walking past Brooke.

"Wait!" Brooke shouted. Peyton sharply turned around. She was going to let Brooke have it. She had all this feelings and she wasn't going to let it go until she tell Brooke how she feels.

"What? What do you want from me?! You have everything you want. You have the perfect house with the perfect guy! What else do you want?! To rub it in my face? Your already doing that." Peyton raised her voice, getting closer to Brooke.

"I'm not rubbing my friendship with Lucas in your face. I wouldn't do anything like that." Brooke told her.

"Friendship? Seriously?" Peyton chuckled. Brooke realized that this friendship was gone. The friendship that they had was out the door and they could never look at each other the same. Suddenly, all the memories with Peyton and her flushed down the toilet in Brooke's brain. Brooke saw Peyton as an enemy now.

"You left Peyton…you left and I stayed. You broke his heart, he was sad for weeks, months. He was so in love with you, you should have seen the way he looked at you…and you threw it all away-" Brooke was going to say more but Peyton stopped her.

"No, no don't." Peyton said. "I didn't throw it away." Peyton swallowed. Peyton turned around and walked away.

"You left Peyton. He had to move on." Brooke telling Peyton that Lucas could never tell her. Peyton whipped the tears from her face and started to build up boarders. She wasn't going to let Brooke have the man that she wanted. Brooke watched as Peyton left. It started to pour down raining but Brooke still stood there. She didn't know why she couldn't move a muscle, she just didn't want to. She saw a car pull up; she could see Lucas and Lindsay. They talked for a moment, there were a few smiles and Lucas said good-night. Lucas walked out and noticed Brooke was standing outside the door. He covered his head with his jacket and ran over to Brooke.

"Brooke, what are you doing?" He yelled over the loud rain. Brooke stared at him but still didn't say a word. She had this certain smile on her face. "Come on." Lucas walked Brooke inside the home and looked at the time. It was past midnight. Lucas tossed Brooke a towel and wrapped it around her to keep her warm. "What are you doing out here…it's two in the morning?" Lucas asked her but still Brooke didn't say a word. Brooke stared at him and felt happy, she felt like she was alive again. When she looked at him as he spoke about how sorry he was, she already forgave him. The memories of him and her replayed in Brooke's head and she knew that she was always in love with him. She had always had these feelings for Lucas, she just didn't want to admit them. Now she was ready.

"I know what happened with you and Peyton were terrible, I take full responsibility…" Lucas started to say.

"I love you." Brooke quickly told him, shutting Lucas up. Lucas stood in front of her, standing still with nothing to say. He was confused but he felt a little spark of happiness start up I his heart but he didn't know what to do.

They stood in silence for a moment; Brooke was trying to figure out what she just said to Lucas. If she really said what she was thinking? She had this feeling for a long time but she didn't want to tell him. She was too afraid. Too scared to understand what love made her feel again.

"I love you too, Brooke." Lucas told her, confused at her. Of course he loved her, she was his best friend. He would always have love for Brooke. Lucas didn't want her to think that he didn't love her. "You're my best friend." Lucas grabbed her hand. Brooke sighed, that's not what she was talking about. She looked down at their hands, she wanted him to be all hers but she knew that couldn't happen. Brooke already thought it was a bad idea, so she just let it go.

"Right, thanks." Brooke smiled slightly, trying to hold back her tears. She was fighting the urge to tell him, tell him everything that's going on. She took her hand back, backing away slowly from him. "I just came to…tell you that I'm alright. I'll be over Iris'." Brooke quickly turned around and shut the door behind her. She took in a deep breath, the rain had stopped and clouds moved to show the full moon. She felt like she couldn't breathe when she was near him. She felt tears coming down her face, she sobbed as she walked into her car. She took in another deep breath and stopped her tears. She couldn't cry anymore. If she wanted him, she would have to get him.

I was confused at what Brooke wanted to me to do about it, at what she wanted from me. She just told me that she loved me and I said it back but she still left. Was there something that I was missing? Was she trying to tell me something? I can't understand girl. I started to think back about Lindsay, how much fun we had with each other. I didn't think it could happen but I was glad that Lindsay and I went on the date. It filled this hole in my heart, now I can feel a little comfortable when I talk about her or when I see her. I felt my phone vibrate, so I answered it. Speaking of Lindsay, she was on the other line.

"Mr. Scott," She said with such power in her voice. "How was your amazing date with me?" She giggled a little but waited for my answer. I smiled, widely.

"Well, I have to say…" I paused for a moment. "It was the best night of my life." I told her, we both laughed for a moment.

"Do you want to make another date, maybe this weekend?" Lindsay asked me, I was going say yes but I forgot that this weekend was Brooke's birthday. If I didn't come to celebrate with her, she would hate me for it. I huffed, not knowing what to do. I couldn't do both, something would go wrong. "It's okay if you don't want to go." Lindsay told me, I was sure she was smiling.

"No, no, no." I quickly said, not wanting her to think that way. "It's just…It's Brooke's 24th birthday. I have to be there for her." I hoped that she would understand, there was a giant pause.

"So, what are you going to do for her birthday?" Lindsay's voice changed, it was deeper and angrier. "Maybe I could help." Lindsay said, making her voice a little higher.

"I don't think that's a good idea. You know Brooke-" I tried to tell her but she cut me off.

"I know Brooke doesn't like me…I just want to make it up to her. I want to do this…as an apology." Lindsay said to me. I had to think for a second, I could have all the extra hands that I could get.

"Okay but you can't tell her anything. I want this to be a surprise." I warned her, she laughed and hung up the phone. I guess I would be with Lindsay all week. It was Sunday night, Brooke's birthday isn't until Saturday, what could go wrong?

6 Days Later…

Everyone sat on the dirty curb outside of a empty building. The friends of Brooke's and random people have gone home after they heard the cops coming. There hundreds of cops surrounding the building, trying to figure out what happened. The lights blinded the group. The sheriff walked over to the group that looked the worst. He knew that this was going to be a long ride.

"Alright, tell me what happened." The sheriff sighed. He opened his pad and pulled out his pen. Lucas was on the end on the right, he had nose bleed and cuts on his face. He didn't know it yet but he was going to feel it in the morning. He was all bruised up on his side and his shirt was ripped. He had food all over his pants and red juice stains as well. Nathan was right beside him, giving Lucas dirty looks. Nathan's face was completely red, he had a black eye and a busted lip that was still bleeding. He felt like his ribs were cracked, it was hard for him to breathe. His hair was messed up, food and other materials were in it as well. Haley was next to him, she was okay but she didn't know where her shoes were. Her makeup seemed runned down, she had tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry." She said to Lucas and Nathan but they couldn't even look at her. They had this disgusted look on their face. Next to Haley was Millicent and Iris. Millicent hair looked puffy and wet at the same time, she looked like a complete mess. Her clothes were ripped and dirty. Her nails were broken and so was Iris'. Iris' hair was okay but she had a busted lip and bruised cheek.

"It was-" Iris started to say but Millicent interrupted her.

"Shut up, bitch." Millicent quickly said to her, Iris cleared her throat and didn't say another word. Next to Iris was Lindsay and Skills. Lindsay held her jacket close, holding onto it tightly. She was okay and so was Skills but they weren't okay emotionally. Lindsay was emotionally broken inside.

"I can't do this anymore." Lindsay said but everyone could hear her.

"No one asked you to." She heard someone say, she looked down and Peyton was sitting with her arms crossed. Brooke was sitting next to her, looking away from everyone. Some of Peyton's hair was missing, her face was a little beaten up and she lost her right shoe. Brooke's eyes was red, her eyes were dark, she had scratchs on her face and bruised ribs.

"It was supposed to be my birthday party." Brooke looked up at the officer, her voice was raspy and she could barely speak. Lucas looked at her for a second and then turned away.