We were sitting with our backs against the world
Saying things that we thought but never heard
Who would have thought it would end up like this?
-The Script

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"Tell us what?"

The two women froze as they heard a voice from behind them. Standing in the open doorway to the kitchen was Sophia Davis and Sawyer Scott, both with questioning looks on their faces, both demanding answers.

Brooke looked at Peyton helplessly as her eyes darted back and forth between the two girls. How do you tell two girls after 16 years apart that they are sisters? Especially when they don't even like each other.

"Should we tell them now?" Peyton asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence that had washed over them.

"Tell us what?" Sophia demanded anxiously, her eyes focused on her mother who seemed to be avoiding eye contact with her.

"It doesn't look like we have a choice does it?" Brooke spoke stiffly as she let out a long and deep sigh.

"Girls sit down please," Peyton ordered as she clasped her hands together awkwardly.

"Mom you're scaring me, what is going on? Is everyone okay?" Sawyer spoke for the first time since she'd entered the kitchen.

"Everyone is fine Sawyer," Peyton replied uneasily, as Sawyer plopped herself down on a chair.

"Sophia you should sit for this one," Brooke spoke up as she looked at her daughter nervously, scared of the reactions they were going to get.

Sophia shook her head stubbornly, "I think I'll stand."

"No matter what, we just want the two of you to know that we love you guys very much and…" Peyton started, carefully wording herself as she spoke.

"Mom, just tell us what's going on!" Sawyer snapped. She knew that whatever was going to be revealed was big. She had a feeling that it was going to change her life.

"The two of you share something in common. Something that you are both unaware of…"

"Well what is it?" Sophia butted in, looking at the two adults curiously.

"You two both share the same biological father," Peyton spit out quickly, shutting her eyes as the words rolled off her tongue effortlessly.

"WHAT?" the two teenagers cried out in unison at Peyton's revelation. She quickly opened her eyes to see the shock that crossed both of their faces.

"Nathan Scott is Sawyer's father and he's also your father," Brooke spoke cautiously to her daughter.

"So you're telling me that we share the same gene pool? As in we are freaking related?" Sophia questioned as she motioned between her and Sawyer.

Brooke nodded her head slowly, "Yes that's what I'm telling you."

She let out a deep breath, "Wow."

Both of their faces changed to anger in that moment as they stared the two women down.

"I can't believe you mom! I've had a freaking sister for 16 years and you never felt the need to tell me. All this time I thought I was an only child and you lied to me!" Sawyer screamed at Peyton. "I can't fucking believe this," she shook her head violently.

"Sawyer I… I didn't know how to tell you. It was complicating and I just…"

Sawyer held her hand up. "Save it mom. You and dad both lied to me." She sent her mother a cold glare before turning on her heel and rushing out the front door.

"Sophia…" Brooke turned to her daughter.

"No mom she's right. You lied to me too. I get that Nathan hurt you but why didn't you tell me that I had a freaking sister? It's been 16 years and I've thought I was an only child the whole time when I really wasn't. That's not cool mom."

Sophia looked at her mom and Peyton one last time before following Sawyer's previous actions and slamming the front door shut.

Brooke let out a frustrated sigh, "That didn't go over well at all."

"Hey kiddo," Lucas smiled as he opened the front door to reveal a very pissed off looking Sophia Davis. "Didn't I just see you like 15 minutes ago?" he chuckled as he let her inside the house.

"Did you know about Sawyer Lucas? Were you lying to me the whole time too?"

"Sophia, I just found out a few hours before you did. I found out just before supper and your mom told me that she would tell you when the time was right," Lucas answered honestly as he reached out and touched Sophia's arm comfortingly.

"Well I guess the right time came a lot sooner huh?" she laughed bitterly. "I guess mom lied to you too then. She never bothered to tell you about Sawyer either."

Lucas shook his head. "She didn't lie to you Soph. She just found out about Sawyer too."

"What? You mean to tell me that my mom had no clue Sawyer existed until just now?"

Lucas nodded his head carefully, "yes. She ran into them at the grocery store and that is how she found out."

"She saw my dad?"

"Yes she did. Very briefly but she saw him earlier today."

"I have to go make things right. I accused her of lying to me and stomped off angrily. I need to go talk to her. Thanks for setting me straight Lucas," she smiled quickly as she turned to leave. "Oh and I almost forgot. Before I leave can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Did something happen between you and my mom? Like today, I mean?"

Lucas looked at her strangely. Sophia had always been good at reading people, which could be used to his disadvantage in many situations. "Why do you say that?"

"I don't know, you guys just seemed tense. You seemed awkward and you and mom never seem awkward. You guys are always comfortable around each other and I just sensed that something bad had happened between you two."

"Well trust me Soph, nothing bad happened between us."

"Okay. Thanks Luke," she smiled politely as she headed out the door. She could see right through Lucas's little lie. Something had happened and she was bound and determined to figure out what exactly it was.

Sophia threw the front door open and called her mother's name out.

"In here honey," her mother called, her voice drifting from the living room.

Sophia entered the living room only to find her mother propped up on the couch with a photo album spread out in her lap.

"What's this?" she chuckled, sitting down beside her mother.

"Just looking at some old photos," she shrugged. "Where were you?"

"I was at Luke's. He told me that you didn't know about Sawyer until today. I'm sorry for accusing you of lying to me," Sophia said as she rested her head on her mother's shoulder.

"It's okay Soph. I understand why you would've been angry if I had lied to you but I swear that I had no clue Sawyer even existed until today."

"I believe you," she smiled at her mom as she flipped through the photo album.

"Was that you and Luke?" she questioned as her mother quickly flipped the page.

"Go back!" she demanded, reaching for the album and flipping to the page she'd spotted. It was of Brooke and Lucas during High School. They were on the beach and Lucas was giving her mother a piggy back. Brooke was kissing Lucas's cheek and they looked so incredibly happy. "Awe, mom that's so cute," she cooed as she examined the picture closely. "Wait a second did you guys date in High School?"

"No…" Brooke lied as she quickly flipped the page only to be met with one of her and Lucas kissing each other passionately on the lips.

"Holy shit," Sophia gasped as her eyes landed on the picture. "You guys did date. That picture certainly is not a friend's only picture. What happened?" she asked curiously, looking at her mother. She could see the pain in her mother's eyes and she felt bad for her.

"We uh… broke up. We dated from the time we were 14 until we were 16 and then we just sort of fell apart. It was a mutual break up and we agreed to remain best friends and then I started dating Nathan…"

Sophia smiled slyly, "I always knew that there was something between you guys. I just never knew that you two actually dated. You still love him after all these years. It must've been a pretty strong relationship."

"I don't still love him. That was a very long time ago and of course I still love him as my best friend but that's it."

As she glanced through the pictures, Brooke was transported back to High School. She would never forget the day her and Lucas broke up.

FLASHBACK

"Brooke. Hey, I was just going to call you pretty girl," Lucas smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist, encircling her in a warm hug.

"Lucas, what are we doing?" Brooke asked with a deep sigh as she pulled away from him and looked down at the floor.

"What do you mean what are we doing?" he asked curiously, trying to decipher the look in her eyes.

"This. Us. We've changed," she sighed ruefully as she motioned in between them. "We used to be the best of friends Luke. I could count on you for anything and then we started dating and things changed."

As much as Lucas didn't want to admit it, he knew that it was true. Dating had changed them and he missed his friendship with Brooke. Now he went to Skills or Mouth if he needed to talk to someone and she turned to Nathan, much to Lucas's dismay. He had learned to accept the fact that she and Nathan had become friends but he felt that Nathan and Brooke's friendship had driven a wedge in between them. Brooke used to confront him about everything and tell him everything that was on her mind but now she confided in Nathan instead and it made him feel like they were slowly drifting apart. His friendship with Brooke was something that would last a lifetime but his relationship, well that could crumble in the blink of an eye.

"I know," he sighed blatantly. Brooke looked at him in shock. She wasn't expecting him to agree with her like that. She was excepting him to protest and insist that they were meant to be and that nothing had changed.

"Our friendship feels strained," he admitted shamefully. "It's my fault Brooke. I wanted so badly for us to be together that I forgot what was really important, our friendship. Relationships will come and go but our friendship is something that will last a lifetime as long as we preserve it."

"I could live without us being together in a relationship but I couldn't live without our friendship," he smiled genuinely as he stared at the girl he loved more than anything. Sometimes you have to let the ones you love go, even if it is hard.

"Are you suggesting that we break up?" she asked bluntly, trying to blink back the tears that wanted so desperately to fall.

"If that's what you want, then yes. I just want to make you happy and if that's in a relationship then great and if not then so be it."

"Maybe it would be good for us. We could put our friendship back on track and focus on other things. We don't have to really break up, just take a little hiatus and see where that leads us," she suggested with a soft smile.

Lucas nodded, "that sounds fine Brooke."

"So I guess this is goodbye," Lucas said as he stood up and engulfed Brooke in a big hug. She nodded her head awkwardly, "I guess so."

"I love you Brooke and I always will. Remember that people that are meant to be together always find their way in the end so if it's meant to be, it will all work out in the end," he smiled confidently as she pulled away from his embrace reluctantly.

"Goodbye Lucas," she whispered painfully, tears slipping from her eyes slowly as she turned around to walk out the door.

"Bye Brooke," he whispered sadly as soon as he heard the door click shut. They were doing the right thing. Right?

END FLASHBACK

Brooke pulled out of the memory and noticed Sophia flipping aimlessly through the pages. Letting go of Lucas had resulted in the best thing she'd ever been blessed with, Sophia. Without Nathan, there would be no Sophia and if Lucas had still been in the picture there would be no Nathan. She sighed as she thought about the day she'd told both Lucas and Nathan that she was pregnant with Sophia.

FLASHBACK

He was standing in the middle of the gym, tossing basketballs at the hoop quickly, watching with disappointment as the ball would miss and elation when it would enter the hoop in one solid motion.

He finished tossing the last ball at the net and bent over, placing his hands on his knees as he caught his breath. "Looking for this?" she smirked as she handed him his water bottle.

"Thanks babe. What would I do without you?" he joked as he sat down on the bleachers next to his girlfriend and leaned over to give her a quick kiss.

"Nathan we need to talk," Brooke announced sternly, looking Nathan directly in the eyes.

Nathan gave her a small smile, "Actually, I'm glad that you mentioned that because there is something I need to tell you too."

"Okay, well go ahead," she motioned for him to go first.

"Brooke I love you okay and I would never do anything to hurt you. You know that right?"

"Yes," she eyed him suspiciously.

"Honesty is the best policy so I'm just going to say this right now. I did something Brooke. It's bad. Really bad."

Brooke gulped. "Well what did you do Nathan? Maybe we can fix it?"

Nathan shook his head, "It's not something that you can just fix Brooke. I sort of slept with someone else," he blurted out briskly, preparing himself for the worst.

"YOU WHAT?" she screamed at the top of her lungs, anger burning in her hazel eyes and coursing throughout her entire body. She stood with her fists clenched as she glared at Nathan coldly.

"I'm sorry Brooke. It was after we had that fight and I got drunk and it just sort of happened."

"You are a fucking asshole Nathan. I wanted to believe that you were a good guy and I put my whole heart into this relationship only to get it fucking stomped on!"

"Brooke, can't we work this out? You said it yourself maybe we can fix this," Nathan pleaded as he grabbed Brooke's hands and stared into her eyes, searching for some sign of forgiveness.

She jerked her hands away quickly, "Well isn't that ironic huh? Well guess what Nathan you can't fix everything. As if being pregnant wasn't bad enough, and now this!"

Nathan looked at Brooke with astonishment. "You're pregnant?"

"Yes I am. That is what I was going to tell you. It's okay Nathan, if you want to be like Dan I understand. I can do this alone," she grumbled harshly, picking up her backpack and getting ready to exit the gym.

"Wait Brooke!" he chased after her, pulling her arm around to make her face him.

"What?" she snapped coldly, yanking herself away from the tight grip he had on her arm.

"I don't want to be Dan okay? I will never be Dan and I promise you that I will be here for you. I understand that you don't want to be with me and I don't blame you after what I did but can you at least let me be in my child's life?" he begged, his eyes full of sorrow and pain.

"I'm scared Nathan," she admitted, a fresh batch of tears falling from her eyes. "I can't be a mom. I'm only 18 and I'm graduating in less than a month."

"We will figure something out okay Brooke?" Nathan offered with a small smile as he pulled Brooke in for a hug. "We will make it work."

Brooke found Lucas sitting by the rivercourt, tossing a basketball lightly in between his two hands, deeply consumed in thought.

"Well aren't you gonna throw it at the hoop you goof?" she joked with a smile as she plopped down next to her best friend on the bench.

"Just thinking…" he muttered as he turned to look at his best friend.

"About what?"

"College and stuff. I don't know where I want to go anymore after I graduate High School."

"Well I'm sure you'll figure it out Luke."

"So what did you wanna talk about?" he asked with a light smile as he sensed the worry in Brooke's eyes. Something was up.

"What do you mean?"

"Well I can tell that something is bothering you so enlighten me," he grinned as he rested his chin in his hands.

"Nathan and I broke up," she shrugged as she grabbed the ball from Lucas and threw it at the net, watching it swish in.

"Well that's nice. For how long this time?" he questioned, the blatantly obvious sarcasm practically dripping off his tongue.

"For good this time. He cheated on me with a member of my squad. God I'm such an idiot for believing that just maybe underneath all the crap he was a genuinely nice guy. That's what I get for always trying to see the good in people," she laughed bitterly as she threw the basketball angrily towards the hoop, narrowly missing the basket.

"I'm so sorry B," Lucas smiled honestly. He did feel sorry for Brooke but in a way he was also relieving. Nathan was not the right for Brooke. That much was obvious.

"It's okay," she waved him off with her hand. "I'm not too worried about it. It was only a High School fling that wasn't meant to last past graduation anyways. I should've seen it coming."

"That's not the point Brooke! You've been through enough and you don't deserve to get your heart broken by insensitive assholes that act like they care about you when really they only care about themselves and having a secured future."

"Wanna play a game?" she asked in attempt to ease the tension.

"Sure, what kind of game?"

"I don't know. How about the secret game? We each get 3 shots and for every shot you miss, you gotta tell the other person a secret about you that they don't already know."

"Deal," Lucas smiled, sticking his hand out.

"Here you go Mr. Scott." She handed him the basketball as he positioned himself in front of the basket and shot, watching it swish into the mesh.

Brooke reciprocated the action and Lucas lined himself up to shoot when a hand reached forward and hit the ball, sending it spinning. "Oops my bad. Now tell me a secret Scott," Brooke smirked as she collected the ball and shot it perfectly at the net, watching it go in with ease.

"Not fair!" he protested but he knew arguing with Brooke Davis was pointless because you couldn't win.

"I wish I had Nathan's life," Lucas blurted out suddenly and Brooke turned to him with surprise.

"That's your secret?"

"Sadly yes but I wish I wasn't known as the illegitimate bastard son of Dan Scott. I wish I could be known as the captain, leading scorer and star of the Tree Hill Ravens like Nathan. I wish I could have a girlfriend like Brooke Davis and drive a fancy sports car. I just wish I had that life."

He scooped up the ball and quickly shot it at the net, watching it sink into the mesh victoriously.

"Your turn," he grinned, handing the ball to Brooke.

Brooke's shot hit the rim and bounced off. "Now tell me a secret Davis."

"Okay," Brooke shrugged casually. "I'm pregnant."

Lucas froze. "W-what?"

"I'm preggers. I have a bun in the oven you know?"

"Yes Brooke I'm not stupid, I know what pregnant means but wow are you seriously pregnant?"

"Yes."

"Well what did Nathan say?"

"He said that we would figure it out and stuff," she shrugged as she plopped herself down onto the picnic table.

"I'm scared Lucas," she admitted embarrassedly as she rested her head against his shoulder. "I'm scared of being a bad mother. I'm only 18 and I can barely look after myself. How the hell am I supposed to raise a child Luke?"

"Brooke look at me," Lucas smiled as he titled her chin up with his hand. "You're gonna be a great mom and any kid will be lucky to have you as a mom."

"You think so?"

"I know so. And besides you will have Nathan to help you and I will be there too. I will support you one hundred percent and I will love this kid with everything that I have."

"Thank you Uncle Lucas," she mocked with a wide smile.

"It has a nice ring to it mom," he joked back, receiving a playful glare in return.

END FLASHBACK

The last memory brought a smile to her face. Lucas had kept his promise and been there for her every step of the way. She'd never forget the day Nathan left, it was another memory, a bad one, that was imprinted in her mind forever.

FLASHBACK

"Lucas! Where the hell is Nathan? He should be here. He promised me that he would come to my next doctor's appointment since he missed the last one and the one before that…" Brooke screamed at her blonde best friend through the phone.

"I don't know Brooke. I'm going to stop by your house and grab a few things then I'll be at the clinic with you okay?" Lucas responded as she drove up to Brooke's house. "I gotta go. Bye." He hung up the phone quickly before she could protest and used his key to unlock her door. After he gathered the needed things, he was preparing to leave the house when he noticed an envelope with the name Brooke written across the front taped across the door. He scooped it up, tossed it in the bag and headed for the clinic.

"LUCAS!" Brooke called frantically once she spotted her best friend enter the clinic. "Hey Brookie," he smiled widely as he handed her the bags. "There was a note for you on the door." He handed her the envelope and she opened it curiously.

Dear Brooke.

I love you more than words can say and that is why I am leaving you. You are too good for me and you and our child deserve a much better life that I could give you. I want you to go and live out your dream while I live out mine and forget I even exist. I know that deep down inside you still have strong feelings for Lucas and maybe that's how it's meant to be. Be a family with Lucas and the baby and erase me from your memory. I got my acceptance letter to UCLA a week ago and by the time you are reading this I will on a plane to LA already, to start the next chapter in my life. I love you Brooke but sometimes love just isn't enough. Have a good life, god knows you deserve it.

Love, Nathan

Tears poured from her eyes as she read the letter. "He's leaving," she whispered quietly. "He's fucking leaving me." She handed the letter over to Lucas and he scanned it quickly before throwing it in the trashcan and wrapping his arms around the shaking brunette.

"It'll be okay Brooke. You'll always have me," he assured her with a soft smile. There was still hope for them. Maybe someday they'd work things out.

END FLASHBACK

"Mom! Hello!" Sophia's voice called, breaking Brooke from her flashback. She was waving her hand like crazy in front of her mom's face, trying to capture her attention.

"I'm sorry Soph. I was just spacing out."

"I can tell," Sophia chuckled lightly as Brooke flipped the photo album shut.

"It's time for bed kiddo. I'm getting tired," Brooke yawned as she stood up and headed for the stairs.

"How about a movie marathon and a sleepover in your bed?" Sophia asked with a wide smile.

"Come on," Brooke laughed as she wrapped her arm around her daughter.

"Sawyer honey can we come in?" a faint voice asked from the other side of Sawyer's bedroom door.

"I want to be alone right now," she grumbled but Peyton didn't listen and pushed the door open anyways.

Sawyer looked up from her drawing and shot her parents a glare. "I thought I said I wanted to be alone."

Peyton perched herself on the edge of Sawyer's bed. "Look Sawyer we're sorry that we didn't tell you sooner but it just wasn't ideal."

"Were you ever planning on telling me?" she asked angrily as she pushed her drawing aside and stared her parents in the eyes.

"I don't know honey. Probably not," her mother admitted as she looked down shamefully.

"Well that's great mom. 16 years of not knowing I had a sister. It's the fact that you both lied to me that hurts. But now that we are here I want answers."

"Well what do you want to know?" Nathan spoke for the first time.

"How this whole thing works. Sophia and I are only a couple of months apart so I want to know the truth. Please don't lie, I've already heard enough of that for today."

"I dated Brooke in High School and she got pregnant with Sophia and I left for LA…" Nathan started as he paced the room back and forth.

"What a second you just abandoned them. I thought that Brooke had like kept Sophia from you or something but you left them?" Sawyer screamed, clearly outraged that her father would do such a thing. "What kind of a monster are you?"

"I wanted them to have a good life. Brooke and I were already broken up and we had such a dysfunctional relationship. I didn't want her or the child to suffer so I let them go," Nathan tried to explain calmly. "Then I met your mom in LA, we hooked up, had you, and the rest is history."

"You're unbelievable dad!" Sawyer grumbled as she got up from her desk. "You know mom for the first time in my life I can finally understand why you and dad don't get along. He's an ass and I was just too stupid to see it!"

"Sawyer wait!" Nathan called after her.

"I'll be at the mall. I just need some space," she mumbled as she looked at her father one last time and left.

"Nathan…"

"Peyton don't start with me. I'm not in the mood," Nathan growled as he pushed his way past her and into the bedroom across the hall, slamming the door shut behind himself. Peyton let out a frustrated sigh. When had her life become such a mess?

AN: Sorry that there was so many flashbacks, I just had to get them out of the way. There will be a few more to come and next chapter will have some Jamie/Sophia interaction and some Sophia/Nathan and Brooke/Nathan interaction. Also Jake/Peyton will have another encounter and Julian will enter the story. I had originally planned for that to happen this chapter but I changed it until next chapter. Please Review and let me know what you think!