I DON'T OWN ANYTHING SO DON'T SUE ME I'M JUST TELLING EVERYBODY HOW THIS SHOW SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED SINCE SEASON 3 & BEYOND

One Tree Hill

My Version of Season 3... But when Brooke comes back she doesn't just 'date' Lucas she wants to just be friends with him... Why? Because during the summer Peyton talked to her telling her she had major feelings for Lucas. So Brooke immediately put her feelings aside so Peyton and Lucas could be together. But Peyton has been telling Brooke that she knows Lucas has feelings for her so that way Brooke wouldn't think that Lucas wanted to be with her anymore. Lucas has tried contacting Brooke but can't get through, while busy helping Peyton with finding her birth mother. Haley James-Scott is back in town and Chris Keller has followed her! Brooke and Haley are now living together and Nathan is having a hard time adjusting to having his wife back. Meanwhile a certain face that everybody thought was gone shows back up again...

Thank you EVERYONE for reviewing and alerting and favoriting and following this story! It means a lot. So here's the thing. I even know I rushed that everything with Peyton and Jake and even though I explained it last chapter I'm going to make them work out their problems. Maybe... I still have mixed feelings about that even though I LOVE Jeyton... But yeah. And another thing? I don't think I want Brooke and Rachel enemies for how long they were in the show. Maybe this chapter and the next one but that's it? Lemme know how you feel about that. Oh and sorry if this chapter is weird and that it took me so long to do it. I just couldn't sit down and write for my life! I just wasn't in the mood. But today after class I made myself sit down and write this entire thing! So next chapter? I honestly have no clue. But don't think I have abandoned this story! It's just I don't have time to write, or I can't figure it out. I'll tell you if I stop writing this. I don't even have Chapter Eight started yet.. YIKES! So I reallly need to know who you guys want Peyton and Jake with, or if you want them together! Rachel is going to be with Uncle Cooper like I said! ANYWAY HAPPY READING!
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Chapter Seven: Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends

Brooke Davis was walking towards her locker when two hands covered her eyes. She smiled.

"Broody, what are you doing?" She asked with a smile on her face.

Lucas smiled down at her and kissed her. "How are you?" He asked brushing her hair back.

"I'm fine as I can be seeing as how you have to go out with a slut tonight. But other than that no." Brooke said losing her smile, bitterness taking its place.

Lucas shrugged, clear that this information didn't bother him. "Yeah, but I told you that this could happen and you decided to be stubborn and went ahead with your ideas." He told her smirking.

Brooke narrowed her eyes at him angry. "You better watch how your talking Mister. Or you won't be getting any all week." She said smiling sweetly.

Lucas smirked. "Well, if you want to play that game I'll happily ask Rachel to help me with my needs."

Brooke gasped and stormed away to her locker, ignoring his irritating laugh behind her. What a jerk! She had ever right to be upset! He would be upset if some man-whore bought her and went on a date with her. Maybe, Lucas wasn't the jealous type. He was the brooding type.

Just then she felt somebody tap her shoulder, and saw a familiar blonde biting her lip nervously. Peyton. One of her best friends. Ex-best friend? She didn't really know these days, sure she helped her a ton because Haley was busy fixing things with Nathan but Brooke didn't really think about her friendship with Peyton. But Peyton did have a point, if she could forgive Lucas why could Brooke forgive Peyton?

"Hey P. Sawyer. What's up?" Brooke asked smiling slightly getting her change of clothes from her locker.

"Hey Brooke. And nothing really I just wanted to know if we were okay?" Peyton asked nervously. "I mean, we were great setting everything up for the auction and now I was just wondering if we would stay that way?"

Brooke nodded linking arms with Peyton as they walked down the hall. "Sure P. Sawyer. You were right. If I could forgive Lucas why couldn't I forgive you?"

Peyton smiled relieved she had her best friend back. "So, tell me what's going on with you and Jake?"

Peyton lost her smile a little. "I don't really know, he's been on the phone a lot at night. Sometimes he seems really into the conversation and other times he's yelling and almost wakes up Jenny. And he's been real distant lately. It's just not how it used to be between us." Peyton told Brooke sadly.

"Oh, Peyton." Brooke said sighing. "I'm sure everything will get better for you two." She said reassuring her.

"I don't know Brooke." Peyton said as they walked into the gym. "He is being real secretive. Like he still won't tell me about Nicki." She told her.

Brooke frowned. Skank. "I'm sure he will tell you. Maybe this is a really confusing time for him. He just doesn't want to drag you into it." She said as they walked into the locker room.

Peyton shrugged. "I don't know. It's just I shared everything with him. Everything. And for him to just not want to tell me something because he doesn't want to drag me into it doesn't make sense. I mean I've been in whatever this is since the summer."

Brooke shrugged changing. "I don't know P. Sawyer." She told her truthfully. "Well today Lucas has a date the a slut." She said changing the subject.

Peyton nodded remembering that, something she wasn't too happy about either. Although she wouldn't tell Brooke that. "Yeah I know, so how is Luke taking it?"

Brooke scoffed putting her hair up. "He finds this hilarious, he's just teasing me about this." She told her angrily fixing her shorts.

Peyton couldn't help but chuckle at Brooke's anger, but stopped when Brooke glared at her. "Peyton it is not funny! She could try to seduce him."

Peyton laughed at that part. "Brooke he won't sleep with her, he loves you too much." She told her ignoring how much it hurt to say that. But she needed to get over this thing she felt for Lucas.

Brooke sighed, remember when Lucas said that he wouldn't be with anybody else but her. And he did, with Peyton. "Yeah. Let's go." She said quietly as she walked out of the locker room, Peyton following her.

"Do you know if Haley is gonna be here for practice?" Peyton asked, completely unaware of the mood change.

Brooke shrugged. "I don't even know if Nathan is here. I tried calling her last night and she wasn't answering and Lucas has been calling Nathan but he hasn't answered either." Brooke said stretching with the rest of the girls.

"Are they okay?" Peyton asked stretching.

"Probably having some really good make-up sex." Brooke said giggling slightly at Peyton's disgusted face.

"Yeah who doesn't love that?" A new feminine voice said.

Brooke turned around and saw the familiar red-head from the auction yesterday. "What are you doing here?" Brooke said bitchily.

Rachel shrugged. "Thought I'd wanna try out for the team."

Broke scoffed. "You kinda can't the first game is tonight. Good luck next season." She told her smiling sweetly.

Rachel shook her head chuckling. "Cute, but you still have to let me try out. Since I wasn't here for try-outs you need to let me try out now."

Brooke sighed and stepped back. "Alright, show me what you've got."

Rachel smiled and began her routine, consisting of splits, handstands, and backflips.

Brooke stood shocked and Peyton came up next to her. "Brooke she's really good."

Brooke shook her head. "Peyton, she's slutty."

Peyton sighed. "Brooke if she's good we need her on the team."

Brooke was frowning when Rachel stopped and stood up, panting a little. "So did I make the team?" She asked smirking like she already knew the answer.

"We'll let you know." Brooke told her coldly.

Rachel smiled walked off out of sight.

"Brooke you know we are gonna have to let her on the team." Peyton told her like she was stupid. "We have no idea how Haley and Nathan are right now and it might be while before she starts practicing again."

Brooke angrily put her hair in a ponytail. "Let's start practicing."

Lucas Scott had just finished his suicides and was sweating. Panting heavily he drank his water that was on the bleachers when a familiar red-head came sauntering up to him.

"Hey Luke." Rachel said smiling.

Lucas frowned. Sure he teased Brooke about Rachel but that didn't mean he would really do it. "Hey Rachel, what's up?"

"Oh nothing, it's just fun to tease your little girlfriend." She told him laughing.

Lucas sighed. "Listen Rachel. I really don't think that's a good idea. It might be fun for you but then she gets pissed at me."

Rachel only smiled and shook her head. "Please Lucas. She wouldn't be that way if you didn't cheat on her. I mean really I'm only in this town a week and I find out everything about the famous Lucas, Brooke, and Peyton love triangle."

Lucas looked around watching everybody sitting on the bleachers taking a much needed break. "Listen Rachel, you weren't here. So don't start. And Brooke forgave me, she just doesn't understand nothing will happen between me and you." He told her truthfully.

"As if anything would happen." She said with a disgusted look on her face. "You're not my type. But I do look forward to out date tomorrow night." Rachel said winking at him as she walked away.

Lucas shook his head looking down before sitting down next to Skills. "She's fine." Skills said watching Rachel walk away. "But what you doing, you got Brooke?"

Lucas chuckled a little. "She lost me for a night at the auction."

Skills tossed his head back and laughed. "Man. So no Brooke has to be okay with letting you out with her."

Lucas shrugged. "She doesn't really have a choice. Rachel gave the money in already and Brooke cashed it on new uniforms."

Skills nodded, but clapped and rubbed his hands together. "Well, Miss Bevin gets a whole night of me." He said looking incredibly excited.

Lucas nodded smiling, patting him on the back as he stood up. "You have fun."

Skills smirked following Lucas back onto the court. "You know I will."

Haley James-Scott was lounging on the couch drinking a cup of coffee. She knew that she should be at practice but she didn't want to go. She didn't want to answer any questions Brooke or Peyton would have. Hell probably even Lucas. And how could she answer them when she didn't even know what was going on in her relationship. Just then Nathan walked out of the bathroom and into the living room, his hair was damp and he was wearing jeans and a blue t-shirt.

"Hales I need you to listen to me okay?" He asked her as he kneeled on both knees in front of her. Nathan set down her coffee on the end table and took both of her hands in her's playing with her wedding ring.

Haley nodded anxious to what he would say.

"I think we should re-new our vows." He told her quietly, gouging her reaction. "Let's just do it. It can just be me and you for the weekend, and we can finally put everything behind us." Nathan said smiling slightly.

Haley beamed down at him, but it slowly faded. "What about Chris?" She almost whispered.

Nathan shrugged. "Who the hell cares? It's not like you'll ever leave me for him, and he's fucking stupid for thinking he can break us up."

Haley nodded and smiled down at him again. She kissed him quickly but passionately. "Alright. Let's do this!"

The next night

Brooke Davis was lying in her bed looking up at the ceiling. She was frowning as Lucas didn't keep his promise to her and didn't text her.

But then her phone dinged and she got extremely excited but frowned when it was from Peyton.

Hey I'm on my way to your house. I'm not letting you mope around until Luke gets back. We're going to Tric.

Brooke smiled a little as she read the text message. Peyton was such a good friend...when she wanted to be.

She quickly changed into a short red cocktail dress and did her make-up appropriately. She curled her hair quickly when there was a knock at the door. Carrying her black pumps down the stairs Brooke yelled, "Come in."

Peyton walked in wearing A black-tank-top and a black skirt. "Hey B. Davis. Ready to go out and have some fun?"

Brooke nodded and she put on her shoes and grabbed her purse. "Yes, and what is with all the black Peyton? Liven it up a little, don't you?" Brooke asked sarcastically as they walked out the door and she locked it.

Peyton shrugged smiling sadly. "It's just.. Nothing no. We are out to have fun and forget about guys for a little bit."

They both got into Peyton's car, when Brooke asked. "Peyt, what's going on with Jake?"

Peyton shrugged, feeling tear burn her eyes. "A lot of things. He's just so different. And I don't really know how I'm feeling at the moment." She told Brooke quietly. She wouldn't tell her she was questioning things about Lucas and her feelings, she couldn't do that to her. Especially since Lucas was on another date right now.

Brooke frowned and rubbed her arm comfortingly. "Peyton, if you're having second thought, I hate to say it, but maybe you guys should take a break? I mean he came back and it seems like you guys just rushed into everything, and maybe because both of you have changed things are different now."

Peyton scoffed. "And what could happen in one summer?"

"A lot." Was all Brooke said.

Thinking about her own mother Peyton nodded. "I guess but I can't help but always think about you and Lucas. Once you came back and everything got settled you guys just picked up right where you left off." She told Brooke a little jealous.

Brooke took the jealousy in her tone as she was jealous that she and Lucas could just be together while her and Jake were already having problems. "Peyton, Lucas also don't have a kid." She told her softly. "It must be hard being a single parent, working out custody agreements at seventeen. I know you help a lot with Jenny, hell more than the girl's real mother, but it's not legal."

Peyton didn't say anything she just nodded. But that wasn't it. If she were being honest, she could swear Jake still loved Nicki. Even after all the shit she put him through he had to love her. Even a little. And she was still in love with Lucas. No matter how much she tried to deny it.

They pulled up to Tric and Brooke looked over at Peyton and smiled at her. "Peyton we are going to have a glorious time tonight! Wanna know why?"

Peyton looked over at her chuckling slightly. "And why is that, I seem to have forgotten."

The both got out of the car and looked at the club in front of them. They linked arms and Brooke said, "To forget about jerks, who have the nerve to call themselves our boyfriends."

Lucas Scott was sitting at the table across from Rachel at the River Court having a pretty decent time. She hadn't come on to him and he was actually pretty comfortable.

"So Lucas Scott, tell me about you and Brooke." Rachel said eating a grape.

Lucas smiled a little at the mention of her. "I met her for the first time when she was naked in my back seat." He told her chuckling at the memory. "It was the weirdest greeting I have ever gotten. And I even got the same tattoo as her on our first date."

"Oh Scott has a bad boy streak?" Rachel asked teasingly.

He shook his head laughing. "No not like that, we just got drunk. I can't really remember anything after that. Only that I asked her out and then we were together."

Rachel nodded. "So what about you and Peyton?"

"We slept together, that was it. I cheated on Brooke, something I'll never forgive myself for, and that was it. We are friends now. Kind of." He told her shrugging.

"And how does Brooke feel about that?" Rachel asked curiously. Hell if this guy was her boyfriend she would not let him anywhere near Peyton Sawyer.

Lucas shrugged again. "She told me she would love to tell me never to talk to her again and never be alone with her. But she also said she doesn't control me and that we need to trust each other."

Rachel shook her head disapprovingly. "Wow. She's one of those people who just give her trust out."

Lucas shook his head. "No, she just had a big enough heart to forgive my stupid mistake."

Rachel stood up without a word and got her sweatshirt and wrapped it around his eyes. "What are you doing?" Lucas asked her freaking out a bit.

"Testing fate." She told him smirking as she led him to stand up. Rachel gave him the ball and said, "If you get this in, you really love Brooke Davis. If not? Then you clearly don't love her as much as you say."

Lucas nodded but didn't say anything. He loved Brooke more than anything. What would a stupid basket prove? But never the less he threw the ball in the direction of the basket. A few seconds later he heard bouncing.

"Did it go in?" He asked anxiously.

"Yeah." Rachel said in a dazed voice. "It did."

Haley James-Scott found herself in a gorgeous hotel room laid down in the bed exhausted. Nathan had been relentless with her. Claiming to give her an even better honeymoon than the first. But now she was sated and waiting for him to come out of the shower. She wanted to sleep but needed to feel his arms around her.

A few minutes later he walked out in black sweat pants, shirtless. Nathan looked at Haley in one of his shirts staring at him tiredly he smirked. "Baby, I told you not to wait up."

She shrugged smiling as he came under the covers and waited for her to join him. "I wanted you to hold me."

Nathan smiled and kissed her head as he wrapped his arms around her waist. God he was so lucky to have her. Out of everybody in the world, he was the luckiest mane on Earth to say the love of his life was Haley James.

"I love you." She whispered as she snuggled into the covers.

"I love you too." He told her taking her hand in his holding it against her stomach.

"I don't wanna leave here." She told him savoring the feeling of him holding her.

"Me neither." Nathan told her truthfully. "But don't think about that now. We get to stay here until tomorrow night. Let's just enjoy this peace while we can."

Haley smiled as she fell asleep. She would enjoy this. Forever.