Brooke woke up with this ache in her back, she turned over trying to find a better spot but nothing was working. Wherever she turned, something always hurts. Brooke quickly awoke from her sleep, knowing that she wasn't going to get any rest. Iris walked out from her room, making herself another cup of coffee. She was a little worried about Brooke, seeing her all scared like she is. Iris walked over to Brooke, checking to see if she was okay.

"Tell me that you're okay…or lie to me so that I could believe it." Iris said sitting down next to her, she had this sorry look on her face. Brooke chuckled, she covered her face and took in another deep breath. Since what was going on, she felt like she couldn't breathe.

"I feel like I don't want to do this anymore." Brooke said to her, Iris removed Brooke's hands away from her face. She wanted Brooke to understand something.

"Lucas is a dumb boy. Of course, he's not going to know what you're talking about. You knew what you were talking about and that's all that matters. You love Lucas, he loves you…now, you just have to make him fall in love with you." Iris smiled at her, making her feel a little better.

"I feel like I'm already losing and they're winning. Every chance I tried to have with him, Peyton and Lindsay would swoop in and take him." Brooke argued.

"Well, don't let them take him." Iris dared her, raising her eyebrows. Iris was dangerous but that's how It's going to have to be. Iris thought it was so easy to get Lucas, only if Brooke had a little confidence but she didn't. "Anyway, on another note….your birthday's this weekend." Iris smiled widly, standing up from the single couch. "What do you want to do?" Iris asked her. Brooke thought for a second, all she wanted was Lucas to be hers.

"I don't know… anything." Brooke shrugged her shoulders.

"I think Lucas is throwing you a surprise birthday party." Iris guessed. Brooke nodded.

"I know he is, that's what best friends are for." Brooke laughed, grabbing her a cup of coffee. Iris watched as Brooke poured the coffee into her cup. She just wondered the one question that Brooke hasn't said out loud yet. Not to her and not to Lucas.

"You love him right?" Iris asked, Brooke was surprised how quickly they were back on the topic.

"No." Brooke said to her, looking down at her cup. Iris hesitated, scared at what Brooke was talking about. "I'm in love with him…there's a difference." Brooke walked over to the couch. Iris placed her cup on the table and ran over to Brooke and jumped on the couch. She was extremely excited.

"You said it! You finally said it!" Iris cheered, Brooke was a little confused but she was getting excited as well. "How does it feel?" Iris calmed her voice down and stopped jumping on the couch with her knees.

"It's like this rush. When I'm around him, it's like I can't breathe but I feel safe and relieved at the same time. I think about him all the time, I wonder if he's thinking about me or if he's wondering where I am-"Brooke was going to continue but Mouth started to speak.

"If you're wondering, I can tell you that he thinks about you all the time." Mouth confirmed Brooke's wonder. Iris squeaked with excitement. Brooke looked at Iris with a large smile, happy that Lucas even thinks about her. Mouth chuckled a little, seeing the girls go wild.

"You can't describe love but honey, you just described it." Iris told her, Brooke contuined to think about how Lucas makes her feel and how happy she is that he's here. "Thank you, Mouth…for that information." Iris said calmly. Mouth raised his cup of coffee and nodded. Iris looked back over at Brooke. "Now, all you have to do is be there."

Nathan pulled Haley to the side, wanting to talk to her for a moment. Nathan's father had been staying at the house for a while, all was forgiven between them. There was nothing different, it was all the same. Nathan felt safer that Dan was here, there was so much going on in Tree Hill, he needed someone to take of Jamie for him but Nathan had something else to talk about with Haley. Things were getting a little intense with the girls, they were out for each others heads. He just didn't want anything to happen to his wife.

"oh, do you want have a quickie in the guest bedroom." Haley teased, smiling at him. Nathan chuckled, loving how his wife joked around with him. Nathan looked around the corners of the hallway, making sure that Jamie or Dan wouldn't appear, nor Peyton. He looked back at Haley, holding her close. "What's wrong?" Haley asked, holding his arms.

"I don't think we should do this anymore. I don't think you should do this anymore." Nathan corrected himself. Haley let go of him, she knew that Nathan would change his mind and try to stop her from doing anything else. "Lucas is a grown man. He knows what he wants." Nathan said to her. Haley didn't think so, if he was going to choose someone, it would have to be with Peyton. Peyton was the one for him, she knew him more, Haley thought. Haley didn't know what to say because Nathan was kind of right. "He needs to figure this out on his own." Nathan said to her. Haley huffed, listening to her husband. "And look at what this is doing to your friendship. You turned your back on Brooke and she's been there for you more then Peyton as." Nathan frowned at her. He wanted to know why she was rooting for Peyton.

"Okay." Haley said to him, looking away.

"Are you sure?" Nathan asked, trying to figure out if she was lying or not.

"I'm positive." Haley lied to him.