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[Lucas’ Hospital Room] KAREN: Hey, easy there tough guy, you’ll pop a stitch. LUCAS: It’s just a drawer, Mom. I’m not helpless. KAREN: You will be if you keep this up. What are you looking for? LUCAS: The book Keith dropped off. (She hands him the book) I don’t get it. You know, Dan does one decent thing and you cut him some slack. And yet Keith makes one mistake and you cut him out. DOCTOR: How are we doing today? LUCAS: Like I had my spleen ripped out. DOCTOR: You’ll be sore for a while. LUCAS: What about basketball? Will I get it back? The way it was? DOCTOR: Your shoulder was pretty badly damaged. Full recovery may not be possible. (Lucas is disappointed) [Scott House] (The phone rings) NATHAN: (looking at the I.D.) It’s him DEB: Don’t pick up. (The answering machine picks up, Dan is talking, trying to get Deb to pick up) Your father is refusing to cooperate with the attorneys. So, this custody thing may end up in front of a judge. If that happens, things could get ugly, sweetie. But I want you to know, I’m only trying to protect you. Nathan. NATHAN: (pushing off on the machine) How great is it that dad has an off button now? Look, Mom, I think you’re doing the right thing for yourself. Even for him. DEB: It’s you I’m worried about, Honey. NATHAN: Well don’t. I get it. You and dad splitting up is a good thing. [Lucas’ House] (Karen and Luke are coming in from the hospital) KAREN: The nurse said you set a new VWU record. Visitors While Unconscious. You know Whitey came to see you, and Deb, and the guys from the River Court. LUCAS: Anybody else from school? Peyton? KAREN: Once. I saw her holding your hand and talking to you. LUCAS: And she never came back? KAREN: I don’t think so, why? (Opens Lucas’ bedroom door to see Brooke inside) BROOKE: Surprise! (They look around at many plants and flowers around his room) KAREN: Oh wow. BROOKE: What? Bad idea? LUCAS: No, no you just surprised me. BROOKE: Then mission accomplished. I Fung Swayed your room. It promotes healing. I just wanted to say, Welcome Home, Boyfriend. (kisses him) LUCAS: Can we have a minute, Mom? KAREN: Keep it short, you need to be in bed. (leaves the room) BROOKE: Hey I want you to know I’m here for you. Whatever you need. And if she’s not home, I might even give you a sponge bath. LUCAS: Actually I can’t do that for a while. BROOKE: What? Bathe? LUCAS: No. You know. Sex. BROOKE: Oh. That sucks. A little cardio might just be what you need though. What? LUCAS: I’m just going to need some time to figure some stuff out. BROOKE: Whatever you need, I’m here for you. LUCAS: Yeah see that’s the thing. BROOKE: Are you breaking up with me? LUCAS: I just think it’s the best thing for right now. BROOKE: Maybe for you. LUCAS: Brooke, I’m sorry. BROOKE: Apparently not enough. (Leaves the house crying) [Lawyer’s Office] CYNTHIA: Dan, Deb has made it more than clear that she intends to divorce you. DAN: Or mrder me. Did she tell you she thrat to sab me in my sleep? DEB: It was a figure of speech. DAN: Your client’s trying to shut me out of my son’s life and I won’t let that happen. DEB: Dan. DAN: And you know you can’t throw me out of the house without a court order. CYNTHIA: You already moved out. DAN: That’s because I was thrat with physical bodily harm. I did what I had to do to protect myself. And now that things have calmed down, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll move back in. DEB: I’ll get a restraining order. I’ll prove what an abusive son of a @#%$ you really are. DAN: The gloves are coming off, huh, Deb? Fine. See you’re calling the shts here, I’m just following the lead. All that stuff from your past may have to come out, Deb. DEB: Do you really want to do that to Nathan? DAN: No, Deb the question is, do you? [Lucas’ Room] (Checking his messages) PEYTON: (Voice) Hey it’s me. Peyton. Where are you? I really want to see you. Give me a call. [River Court] (Lucas takes off his sling and starts playing basketball. Peyton catches the ball and they kiss. When they pull away Brooke is standing behind them) [Lucas’ Room] (Lucas is sleeping) HALEY: Lucas. Lucas? What hurts the most? LUCAS: All of it. HALEY: So you broke up with Brooke to be with Peyton? LUCAS: You think that’s wrong? HALEY: Oh I’m not in any position to judge, but the heart wants what it wants. Right? At least Brooke knows the truth now. Anyway, I should let you get some rest. (Hugs him) LUCAS: You look good. HALEY: Thank you. By the way, you’re lucky you didn’t die cause I would have klled you. LUCAS: I Love you too. (Peyton comes into his room) Peyton? HALEY: Hey I’m going to go elsewhere. (She leaves. Peyton rushes over and starts kissing Lucas) PEYTON: I was so afraid you weren’t going to wake up. LUCAS: What? And miss out on being with you? When you never came to the hospital, I started to worry that maybe you changed your mind. PEYTON: No it was just all too weird with Brooke there. I started to tell her about us, the night of you accident, but then Haley called and everything changed. LUCAS: I figured. That’s why I ended things with Brooke today. PEYTON: You did? Did you tell her why? LUCAS: I told her I needed to focus on getting well. PEYTON: Maybe I should tell her the rest. LUCAS: Sure could you just give me a few days to straighten up? Okay? Then we’ll tell her together. Like we said. Besides, we’re not exactly going to be dating in the mean time, you know? (They kiss but Peyton’s phone rings. The I.D. says “Brooke’s Cell” She pushes end to stop it from ringing) [River Court] (Lucas is walking around looking at Peyton’s heart drawing) KAREN: Am I going to have to tie you to your bed to make you rest? LUCAS: I’m sorry KAREN: The next time you leave the house, I’ll be cashing in your life insurance. Want to tell me what’s going on? LUCAS: What do you mean? KAREN: Brooke’s waiting for you when you get home from the hospital. Peyton’s there when I show up after work. What happened when I went to Italy? I thought you were interested in Peyton. LUCAS: I was. It just got too complicated. You know I don’t know where she stood with me, and so I started dating Brooke. KAREN: You know when I first met Brooke I thought she was a little nutty. But the way she looked after you. She proved me wrong. She’s crazy about you and I think that’s a good thing. LUCAS: Actually I broke up with Brooke yesterday. KAREN: What? Why? LUCAS: I’d rather not talk about it. KAREN: Okay. But when you want to I’m here alright? [Inside the Mall] (Haley and Peyton walking) HALEY: Peyton, what’s the matter? PEYTON: Um. (They end up right in front of Brooke sitting alone on a bench) BROOKE: Peyton? I looked all over for you. You didn’t get my messages? PEYTON: Really? Oh no my phone’s been whacked out all day. Are you okay? BROOKE: (Crying) Not really, no. I said I wasn’t going to do this and I said that it wasn’t worth it but it is. Lucas broke up with me. PEYTON: I’m sorry. BROOKE: (Crying) I was looking forward to getting a chance to show him how much he means to me and he said he just wants to be friends. And every idiot knows that that’s just code for go away. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. PEYTON: Look if Lucas said he wants to be friends, I’m sure he means it. BROOKE: How do you do that with Lucas? (Peyton looks to Haley) HALEY: You just sort of do everything that you’ve been doing without the sex part. BROOKE: There’s a first time for everything, right? [Haley’s Room] NATHAN: Wait a minute, is this… HALEY: What? NATHAN: Is this a new outfit? HALEY: He noticed. Yes, it is, it’s all part of the new me. Do you like? NATHAN: Yeah but what’s wrong with the old you? HALEY: Nothing, I just thought I’d branch out into some new things. NATHAN: This could be good. Like what? HALEY: I don’t know there’s a lot of stuff I wanted to try that I never did. NATHAN: Like fooling around with me. HALEY: (Playfully slaps him) Like snowboarding. NATHAN: Okay well I can teach you how to do that too. HALEY: Yeah? Cool. NATHAN: What else? HALEY: Singing. NATHAN: Do you sing? HALEY: I, no, I mean I sing when no one’s around. NATHAN: Well I think you should sing for me sometime. HALEY: Okay, right yeah. I’ll catch you on the slopes. NATHAN: You know. I don’t know how I’d deal with all this crap with my parents if you weren’t around. HALEY: Well you’re welcome. NATHAN: I’m serious. It’s like the worst things get with my parents. The better things get with you. HALEY: Are things really awful with your parents? NATHAN: It’s a wr zone. And I’m stuck with whoever’s got the best lawyer. HALEY: Oh that’s…you should know your rights. NATHAN: It’s not like I have any. HALEY: No, you do, let’s find out. Knowledge is power. (gets on an internet search) [Lucas’ House] (Jake puts a paper bag in front of Lucas) LUCAS: What’s that? JAKE: This is a playstation 2. From the team. Even Nathan kicked in. We got you NBA sht Out, And NCAA Final 4. Keep you in the game till you get back. LUCAS: Yeah, well the doctor says I might not be back. JAKE: Well don’t listen to them. I mean ultimately that’s up to you right? LUCAS: I guess so. JAKE: Hey so I had a…I had a question for you. Do you know if your mom’s hiring at the café? Because I have to get a part time job and I was thinking maybe… LUCAS: You want me to talk to her? JAKE: You know if you wanted to put in a good word for me that’s cool. (Someone knocks on the door) You’re popular today, huh? (Keith comes in) LUCAS: Keith (they hug) It’s good to see you. KEITH: You too. Hey Jake. JAKE: Glad to see you’re okay. Anyway I got to head out so, hang in there, Luke. LUCAS: Tell the team thanks for me. (Jake leaves) So where’ve you been? KEITH: I was just waiting for a chance when your mom wouldn’t be here. So how you doing? LUCAS: Alive. You look pretty banged up. KEITH: I got off easy. Luke, I, um, I want you to know how sorry I am about what happened. LUCAS: I know that. Keith come on. KEITH: I should have had those beers. I just freaked out about your mom coming home. I just kept thinking, what if Italy changed her? What if after having that experience she doesn’t want to settle for a guy with permanent grease stains? LUCAS: It happened. Alright? I know you weren’t drunk, so… KEITH: Yeah I wish your mom believed that. LUCAS: She’ll get over it. I’m working on her. So Dan actually saved me, huh? KEITH: Yeah. I have to say most of the time he’s an @#%$ but that night, he was definitely a hero. LUCAS: Where am I supposed to put that? KEITH: Just be grateful I guess. (Karen comes in) Hey. I was just leaving. I’ll see ya. LUCAS: Mom. KAREN: Get back in bed. [Scott Body Shop] (Keith is on the phone) KEITH: Well I can’t pay unless I make the repair and I cant’ make the repair unless you send me the part. Cash up front? Since when? Alright, fine, fine. Bye. (Karen comes in) KAREN: Here’s the stuff you left at the house. KEITH: You didn’t need to do that. KAREN: And I’m going to pay you back. Every penny of Lucas’ medical bills. It may take me a while, but I’ll get the money to you. KEITH: It wasn’t a loan, Karen. KAREN: Yes it was. KEITH: I made a mistake. KAREN: Keith, I nearly lost my son because of that mistake. I’m sorry but I can’t change what happened. KEITH: I wish I could. (She walks away) [Scott House] (Dan tries to unlock the door and it won’t work) DAN: What the hell? (Knocks. Deb comes to the other side) DEB: What do you want? DAN: What’d you do? Change the locks? DEB: My attorney’s advice. DAN: That’s great, would you open the door please? We need to talk. DEB: Not going to happen, Dan. You have something to say, you say it to my lawyer. (Nathan comes up behind Dan) DAN: Damn it, Deb, open the…(looks back at Nathan) NATHAN: What’s going on? DAN: Your mother’s on crack, she changed the locks on my house. Will you open the damn door? DEB: No! You have to leave. DAN: Fine. Come on, Nathan I’ll buy you breakfast. (Deb opens the door) DEB: Nathan. DAN: Hey do you mind? I need to talk to my son. DEB: Yes I do mind. I mean it Dan. DAN: Okay this is what I’m talking about, it’s sad to see that the lady… NATHAN: Stop! Stop! You guys don’t get to decide who I live with, alright? I do. DAN: What are you talking about? NATHAN: Look it up. It’s not your decision. All I have to do is take my case to the judge. And right now I don’t know if I want to live with either of you two. (He goes into the house) DAN: Okay. (He leaves, Deb shuts the door) [Karen’s Café] JAKE: Hey I really appreciate this, Ms. Roe. KAREN: Oh please, call me Karen. And don’t worry about it. Lucas put in a good word for you. You got your first table. (Jake goes to clean a table when his phone rings) JAKE: Everything okay, dad? You’re kidding, well I just started. No. Okay, no, I know. Yeah. (hangs up) Ms. Roe? I’m really sorry about this but I got to go. KAREN: Is something wrong? JAKE: Well my dad just got called into work so there’s no one to watch Jenny. KAREN: Is that your sister? JAKE: That’s my daughter. Lucas didn’t tell you? KAREN: Apparently not. JAKE: I’m really sorry to do this but I… KAREN: No it’s okay. Just give me a call. JAKE: Okay. [Peyton’s room] (She’s sitting at the computer drawing. Lucas sends her an instant message) LUCAS: Where’ve you been? I’m going nuts! PEYTON: Sorry. Got a strip due. (She goes back to drawing Brooke crying with the words “He said he just wants to be friends” over here. Lucas writes back) LUCAS: You could work on it here. I love to watch you draw. (We see Lucas watching Peyton on her web cam while she types back) PEYTON: All my stuff is here. LUCAS: C’mon…. I miss you! PEYTON: I can’t. Sorry. Gotta go. (She signs off line; Lucas is disappointed) [Lucas’ House] (Brooke knocks. Karen is sitting at the table) KAREN: Come in BROOKE: Hi. KAREN: Oh, Brooke. Hi. BROOKE: Lucas told you we broke up? KAREN: Actually, yeah. BROOKE: Okay. I know he said he needed some space but I was on the internet and I found this website about Splenectomies and it recommended this herbal tea so, I picked some up for Lucas. KAREN: That was very sweet of you. He’s asleep right now but I’ll brew him a cup when he wakes up. BROOKE: Will you tell him I said hi? KAREN: Yeah. BROOKE: (Noticing the table covered in pictures) What is all this? KAREN: Oh I was putting together a scrapbook from my trip. You want to see? BROOKE: Great. [Scott House] DEB: I am sorry to put you through this, the divorce I mean. NATHAN: It’s a little late for that, Mom. DEB: And I know I wasn’t always there for you. I guess it was easier to avoid going head to head with your father. And I’m sorry you had to pay the price for that. NATHAN: Yeah DEB: Can you tell me where you’re at? NATHAN: I’m kind of tired of all the lying and the fighting. I’m feeling like I’m caught in the middle of it all. DEB: That will end. As soon as the divorce is final. I just, I want you to stay with me, Nate. NATHAN: Things are going to change? DEB: I promise you. NATHAN: Okay. DEB: I love you, Nathan. NATHAN: Yeah. You too. [Lucas’ House] (Karen and Brooke are still going through the pictures) BROOKE: So did you ever actually do any cooking while you were there? KAREN: Are you kidding? It was culinary boot camp. But we had our Sunday’s free. So it was all about fitting the entire country into 6 days. BROOKE: Where was this one taken? KAREN: Oh that’s Piazza of San Marco in Venice. It was so beautiful. BROOKE: I’d love to go there someday. (Lucas opens his door behind them and listens) KAREN: I don’t even know how to describe it, Brooke. I got to be an entirely different person for a little while. I almost didn’t want to come back. BROOKE: Yeah. When things are really special it makes it that much harder to let go. KAREN: Lucas is going through a pretty tough time right now. BROOKE: I know. I’m hoping that maybe when he feels better he’ll take another chance on me. (Lucas goes back into his room. He takes off his splint, grabs his coat and goes out the door) [Peyton’s room] (She’s drawing, Lucas knocks on the door) PEYTON: Lucas what are you… LUCAS: I wanted to see you PEYTON: The doctor said you shouldn’t be out. What are you crazy? LUCAS: Probably. I just had to get out of there, you know? I can’t get you out of my head. I wish we could just fast forward these next 6 months. This messed up thing with Brooke. So we could just be together. What’s going on Peyton? You sign off fast. You…Ah PEYTON: What? Are you okay? LUCAS: Can I just lay down? PEYTON: Lucas. Oh my God you’re burning up. (She picks up her phone) LUCAS: What are you doing? PEYTON: I’m calling your mom LUCAS: She’s with Brooke. [Karen and Brooke in the Kitchen] KAREN: Well I should go check on Lucas. BROOKE: Will you let me? KAREN: Yeah. BROOKE: (In Lucas’ room) Lucas? (The phone rings) KAREN: Hello? Peyton. What?! Can you get him to the emergency room I’ll meet you there. Brooke. It’s Lucas. I got to go. BROOKE: Yeah I’m coming with you. [Hospital room] (Peyton is pacing around Lucas’ bed. He starts to wake up) PEYTON: Hey. You’re back. LUCAS: How long was I out? PEYTON: Just a couple of minutes. Luke what are we going to do? (Karen and Brooke come in) KAREN: My God Lucas are you alright? LUCAS: Yeah I think so. PEYTON: The doctor said his fever’s going down. KAREN: Where were you? BROOKE: Peyton. LUCAS: I was down at the river court. I know I shouldn’t have but I had to get out. I guess I over did it. I started feeling pretty bad and Peyton drove by. PEYTON: So now that you guys are here I should probably go. KAREN: Thank you, Peyton. PEYTON: Sure. I’ll see you guys later. LUCAS: I’m sorry. KAREN: Yeah you should be. Honestly, Lucas… LUCAS: Mom, just wait and not yell at me now. Until we get home. BROOKE: You going to be okay? LUCAS: Yeah (Brooke leaves) [Beach House-outside] DAN: You want a drink? NATHAN: Since when do you let me drink? DAN: You’re old enough. NATHAN: Look, Dad. DAN: I know things haven’t been easy on you lately. To be honest, when you told us that it’s you who gets to choose who you’re staying with, I was relieved. NATHAN: You were? DAN: Absolutely. Cause you’re a smart kid. And you know what’s best for you right? NATHAN: Yeah, yeah and that’s why I came… DAN: You know I’ve been there for you your whole life. And I admit, sometimes too much. But, it’s only because I care about you. And I’ve been trying to pick up the slack for your mom whose been focused on her work all these years. I wish she wouldn’t go through with this. But she’s doing what she feels she has to do. So I’m just going to have to do the same. NATHAN: Meaning what? DAN: I’m going to have to make some tough choices where she’s concerned. But you should know, this is all in service of you. NATHAN: What are you planning on doing, Dad? DAN: She’s trying to steal you away from me, Nate. So I’m going to fight her. By making things as difficult for her as I can. And the sad part is, and you know how lawyers work, they’re going to make her out to be an unfit mother. By using all the time she was absent against her. And there’s other stuff as well. NATHAN: What other stuff? DAN: Anything they can find out about her. NATHAN: Like what, Dad? DAN: Come stay with me, Nate. I’ll back off and let this divorce go through as quickly as possible. You’d be better off with me. You’d be doing your mother a favor as well. NATHAN: Dad look I just want to know what you’re talking about. What other stuff with mom? DAN: Go live with her and find out. [Lucas’ House] (Karen and Lucas are coming inside) KAREN: Sit down. Now, tell me why you and Peyton were really together. LUCAS: I told you. KAREN: Lucas, you’re lying to me. And you wouldn’t be unless you’re doing something you’re not proud of. LUCAS: I went to see Peyton. We want to be together KAREN: Behind Brookes back? LUCAS: I broke up with Brooke. KAREN: But apparently you didn’t tell her about Peyton. And that’s a shabby way to treat someone who’s really been there for you. LUCAS: Kind of like the way you’re treating Keith. KAREN: Don’t change the subject. LUCAS: Mom I heard you talking to Brooke, about Italy. You know, I know you had this great time. It was amazing. But you know what I think you’re blaming Keith for taking that away from you. KAREN: I blame Keith for nearly klling you. LUCAS: No you weren’t there, Mom! You don’t know how excited he was to see that you were coming home. KAREN: Lucas. LUCAS: No, he had a couple of beers because he was nervous about you coming back the way you guys left things. He wasn’t drunk. Why are you pushing somebody out of your life who really and truly cares about you? KAREN: Why are you? [Bank] KEITH: That doesn’t look like a yes face. WOMAN: I’m sorry Mr. Scott, your account history is working against your loan application. KEITH: What does that mean? WOMAN: Well, given your average monthly income and what your new mortgage payment would be, it’s not a very reassuring picture. KEITH: Well look, business is good. I mean, you know, it’s… WOMAN: We’re also concerned that withdrew virtually all of your savings. That’s usually a sign of trouble. KEITH: Look my nephew nearly died in a car accident. I paid the medical bills, I just… WOMAN: I wish I could help you. [Karen’s café] (Jake comes in with Jenny) HALEY: Hey. Hey sweetie. I’m glad you brought Jenny. JAKE: Yeah. Hey Ms. Roe. Can I talk to you for a sec? KAREN: It’s Karen, remember? Oh she’s beautiful. What’s up? JAKE: Well look I’m really sorry about this but I don’t think this is going to work out. Because now my mom, she’s got the flu, and you know she can’t watch Jenny and I can’t keep flaking out on you like this. KAREN: It’s okay, Jake, I understand. Come here I want to show you something. (They go behind the counter to a crib) This was Lucas’. And I can’t throw anything away so, when you need to bring Jenny, it’s fine. JAKE: You’d let me do that? KAREN: I wasn’t much older than you when I had Lucas. I know how hard it is to ask for help. But sometimes it’s okay to have someone give you a hand JAKE: I don’t know what to say KAREN: Say thank you, and get to work. [Scott House] DEB: You were out late last night. NATHAN: There was some stuff I had to take care of. DEB: Try to remember to call, honey. (Nathan puts a suitcase on the table) What’s that? NATHAN: Look, mom, you and I both know that no matter what we do, no matter what happens, dad’s not going to let up until he wins. It’s just the way he’s wired. So I’m going to save us all one huge headache. DEB: Nathan what did he say to you? What did he do? NATHAN: No, mom apparently the question is what did you do? DEB: If your father is thr*at you, you have to tell me the truth. NATHAN: Why am I the only one who has to tell the truth around here? DEB: Nathan what did he say. NATHAN: He told me that there’s some things that you don’t want people to know about you. And that he’d use it against you in court. Maybe you can tell me he’s bluffing. DEB: I made some mistakes in the past. NATHAN: What kind of mistakes? DEB: The kind that should stay in the past. None of it had anything to do with you or how much I love you, Nathan you have to trust me. NATHAN: I already tried that. I’ll be back later to get the rest of my stuff. DEB: Nathan please listen to me. NATHAN: You want to keep your secrets, Mom? Fine. I’m gonna help you do that. (They go outside and Dan is sitting in the car. Nathan gets in; They drive off) [Scott Body Shop] KAREN: Keith, you got a minute? I don’t want to dance around this. KEITH: Dance around what? KAREN: Us. Where we’re at now. I left you with the most important thing in my life and you let me down at a time when I really thought we had something. KEITH: We do. Those 6 weeks were amazing to me. For once I felt like I was in Lucas’ life in a real way. I mean you have to know how much that meant to me. KAREN: I don’t doubt that, but. KEITH: I know. It doesn’t change what happened, right? I wasn’t drunk, Karen. KAREN: I know that. But that’s not what this is about. KEITH: Well I want you to know, one of these days, you’re going to look at me and you’re going to see the person you used to see. KAREN: Where does that leave us now? KEITH: I guess it doesn’t. [Lucas’ house-Outside] (Peyton knocks on his back door) PEYTON: How you feeling? LUCAS: Okay I guess. And not so okay. PEYTON: Me too. (they both walk outside and sit on the porch) Lucas LUCAS: Peyton PEYTON: When I saw you lying there in the hospital right after the accident all I could think about was how my mom wasn’t was luck as you. And then I remembered, after she died, it was Brooke who was there for me. We were just little kids and she would come over, every single day, to make sure I was okay. She’s been my best friend ever since. LUCAS: Well life’s short, Peyton. PEYTON: Too short to live it as a bad person. I cant betray her, Lucas. LUCAS: You mean even more than we already have. (She gets up to leave) Peyton. I’m sorry. PEYTON: Me too. But it‘s better this way, right? LUCAS: Yeah. (she walks away starting to cry) [Karen’s Café] (Nathan comes in after they’re closed to see Haley) HALEY: Hey NATHAN: Hey you’re still here. HALEY: How are you? I’m always here. Are you okay? NATHAN: Whatever I said last time you asked me that question probably still applies. HALEY: Want to get some coffee? There’s some left if you want to talk about it. NATHAN: Actually I’m kind of tired of talking about it. HALEY: Oh, okay. Well if there’s anything I can do to help, let me know. NATHAN: Well I was thinking about what you said, about living in the moment. Well I realized, that if I’m going to live in the moment, then I just want to live in it with you. (kisses her) So were you serious? About doing something for me? HALEY: Well that depends. What is it? (He looks towards the piano) Nathan…no. NATHAN: Here’s your chance. Come on you said you do anything to help me and this would really help me take my mind off things. HALEY: You asked for it. NATHAN: Yeah, I did. (She sits down and plays Elsewhere by Sarah McLachlan) I love the time and in between the calm inside me in the space where I can breathe I believe there is a distance I have wandered to touch upon the years of reaching out and reaching in holding out holding in [Karen sitting at the table looking at pictures of her, Keith and Lucas when he was a baby] I believe this is heaven to no one else but me and I'll defend it long as I can be left here to linger in silence if I choose to would you try to understand [Nathan and Dan moving into the beach house] Oh the quiet child awaits the day when she can break free the mold that clings like desperation [Keith putting his business up for sale] Mother don’t you see I've got to live my life the way I feel is right for me say it’s not right for you but it's right for me... I believe this is heaven to no one else but me and I'll defend it as long as I can be left here to linger in silence if I choose to would you try to understand [Peyton’s room] (She’s drawing on the bed. Brooke comes in) BROOKE: Hey PEYTON: You’re out late. BROOKE: Lucky thing you finding Lucas like that. If you didn’t come along, who knows what might have happened. PEYTON: Everything turned out okay. BROOKE: No, not really. I don’t know what hurts worse, you and Lucas sneaking around behind my back or you lying about it to my face. PEYTON: Brooke BROOKE: No. The next time you want to steal my boyfriend, you might want to turn that thing off. (Looks to the web cam) I went into his room to check on him and his computer was on. I know you two were together. He meant everything to me, Peyton. And I was ready to try and be his friend if that’s what he needed. And now I don’t really care if I see either one of you again. (She walks out. Peyton looks at the web cam. 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[Outside School] (Brooke and the girls are practicing their cheer) BROOKE: Ready? GIRLS: You can’t sh*t. You can’t score. You will bat us nevermore. Go Ravens Go… (Haley and Lucas are walking near them) HALEY: Well I guess you should feel pretty lucky you get to hang out with me like this. Do you have any other wishes I can grant? LUCAS: Yeah. HALEY: What? LUCAS: Why don’t you come to the tournament this weekend. HALEY: Ugh. Alright. Yeah. You’re on. LUCAS: Alright? HALEY: Yeah. LUCAS: Alright. Thank you, genie. (Nathan comes up behind her and Lucas leaves) Catch you later. NATHAN: How’s it going? HALEY: Well, in a startling new development, it looks like I’m going to be joining you at the classic. NATHAN: You and me in the same hotel? This weekend just got interesting. HALEY: Down boy. Plus it’s probably better if I don’t leave you with all those cheerleaders anyway. So how’d it go? NATHAN: I got the apartment. HALEY: Ah, that’s great. NATHAN: I drained my savings, paid first and last month’s rent. It’s mine on Sunday. HALEY: So cool! (They laugh and walk off) [Cheer Practice] (Brooke is looking at each girl in the line) BROOKE: Okay. Theresa, terrible posture. Pinch that penny. Bevin, you need…a breath mint. Peyton. Nice form. And excellent betrayal of a best friend. (She keeps walking past each girl) Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. You guys! This weekend is the Classic. It’s our biggest cheer competition. Aren’t you sick of Clair Young and Bear Creek Warriors taking home the trophy every year? Because I am. We need to get it together here and I’m not just talking about our routine. I’m talking hair, nails…underarms, Theresa. BEVIN: Brooke, cheerleading is supposed to be fun. BROOKE: Yeah? Well winning’s funner. And if you don’t like it you can go cheer for the wrestling team. Take five. PEYTON: Okay, you know what? You hate me, I get it. Fine. Just don’t take it out on our squad. BROOKE: Everything is not about you, Peyton. Did you ever think that maybe I’m being a psycho-hose-beast because I want us to do well this weekend? Those judges are not going to be as forgiving as I am. PEYTON: Funny, I didn’t know you were forgiving at all. (She walks away and Mouth walks past Brooke) BROOKE: Hey, Lips! Come here. MOUTH: It’s Mouth. BROOKE: I know. You’re going to be at the Classic this weekend, right? MOUTH: Ravenshoops.com, never miss a game. BROOKE: How’d you like to be my scout? Scope out the competition for me and I’ll pay you 20 bucks. MOUTH: Spy on cheerleaders? BROOKE: Mm Hm. MOUTH: I’ll do it for free. BROOKE: Really? Excellent. (Mouth leaves) Break’s over, girls. GIRL: You said five minutes. BROOKE: Yeah well cry me a river. Let’s go. [Whitey’s Office] (Lucas walks by his door) WHITEY: Lucas! Come in here. LUCAS: What’s up, Coach? WHITEY: How’s that shoulder? LUCAS: Therapy’s going kind of slow. WHITEY: Well that’s too bad. We could use you this weekend. LUCAS: Ah come on, man. The Greyhounds suck on D. We’ll get your 500th win easy, Coach. Just wish I could do my part. WHITEY: Well, maybe you can. One of your teammates needs a little extra coaching. LUCAS: Okay. Sure, I’ll help whoever. (Nathan comes in behind him) NATHAN: You wanted to see me? WHITEY: I did. With Lucas on the injured list, you’re going to see a lot more double teams. Now Lucas is damn good at creating space for open shts. I want you two to work together. NATHAN: There’s nothing he can teach me about my game or anything else. WHITEY: He can teach you to listen when I tell you to do something. I’d start now if I were you. (The boys walk out) [Karen’s Café] (Deb is wiping down the counters) KAREN: You know if those countertops get any cleaner we’re not going to need plates. DEB: Sorry. But how terrible of a mother am I that my own son wants to divorce me. KAREN: Deb, you’re not mommy dearest. Nathan’s hurt but he’ll forgive you. It’s just going to take some time. (Keith comes in) DEB: Keith. KEITH: Hey. Karen. I just wanted to get a cup of coffee to go. (He puts a dollar on the table and Karen looks at it) DEB: Oh sure. We haven’t seen you in a while. KEITH: Yeah, I’ve been pretty busy at work. KAREN: Well that’s good. KEITH: Yep. Okay thanks. See you, Deb. Karen. KAREN: Keith. Why don’t you come by some night for dinner. Like we used to. KEITH: How about tomorrow night? KAREN: Okay. KEITH: Okay. (He leaves. Deb looks at Karen) KAREN: Baby steps. (A woman walks in) WOMAN: Karen. Deb. So glad I found two booster moms in one place. Look, Judy Johnson backed out of the classic at the last minute and I need a fill in chaperone. EB: Oh, I have a meeting with my attorney. I can’t cancel. WOMAN: I heard about you and Dan. How awful. So…Karen? How was Italy? You know we really missed you at the silent auction. And the pancake breakfast, and the bake sale, and - KAREN: Okay, when does the bus leave? [Scott Body Shop] KEITH: Hey, Matt. What are you doing? MATT: Making room for the new equipment. DAN: Hey, don’t let this guy get away with half days cause he’s related to the boss. (he is carrying a life size cardboard cut out of himself) KEITH: Oh my God, I thought one of you was bad enough. DAN: That jumpsuit looks good on you, Keith. How’s your day going? KEITH: Well let’s see. You changed my sign, you make me wear this monkey suit, and you’re replacing all my equipment. What’s next? You going to start fixing bicycles too? DAN: If it would turn a profit. Remember, Dan Scott is a name people trust. KEITH: Yeah, maybe people don’t know him. DAN: Listen, this equipment in this place is obsolete anyway, I feel like I’m stuck in 1982 in here. KEITH: The machines work fine. DAN: Not as good as the new ones. Now I told you I was going to help you with your shop. This is part of the agreement. You got to start thinking like a business man, bro. KEITH: I think you do enough of that for the both of us. Bro. [River Court] (Nathan sht and misses and Lucas gets the rebound) NATHAN: If Whitey wants you to feel like you’re part of the team, fine, I just, I don’t understand why I have to baby-sit you. LUCAS: He just wants to make sure you’re going to be able to get open. NATHAN: I don’t have a problem with getting open. LUCAS: Well you will with me out of the line up. Okay? The Fade-away is a great sht for creating space. You want to work on it or what? NATHAN: I don’t need to work on it. LUCAS: Okay, show me. Come on. (He blocks Nathan as he sh*t and misses again) Try it again. NATHAN: I’ll tell you what. I’ll ht your fade-away, when you can do this. (He dunks the ball right handed) Thought so. LUCAS: Nathan, the point is you’re not going to be able to do that. NATHAN: Excuse me? LUCAS: You’re not going to be able to get to the rack like that. You’ll be double teamed. NATHAN: You know what? I don’t need your coaching. (He starts to leave) Just watch me get to the rack this weekend. [Outside School] (The bus is there and Lucas and his mom are at the car getting their bags) KAREN: Well I just don’t want you to think I’m trailing you like some paranoid mother. LUCAS: But you are. KAREN: Ohh. LUCAS: It’s cool. (Brooke walks past them) KAREN: Silent treatment. LUCAS: Like a mime. (Peyton and her dad are getting out of their car) PEYTON: Okay with the way you drive this thing we could have gotten there in 45 minutes and not had to deal with this whole bus mess. LARRY: Yeah but I’ve got to embarrass you as much as possible in front of your friends. Make up for lost time. Which one are you dating again? PEYTON: Try no one. (Peyton keeps walking and Larry stops to talk to Whitey) WHITEY: Larry Sawyer meet Karen Roe. KAREN: Hi. WHITEY: You two are my chaperones. A lot of these kids think that the Classics is an excuse to party all weekend. It’s your job to see that that doesn’t happen. (He walks off) KAREN: Oh we don’t have a prayer. I used to be one of these kids. LARRY: You? I’ve got a beer bong in my over night bag. [At the bus] (Whitey throws a pom-pom down and is yelling at Brooke) WHITEY: I don’t care how important this tournament is, people trump pom-poms. We can’t fit all that crap on the bus. BROOKE: Fine! You be responsible for ten very pissed off cheerleaders. NATHAN: Coach, if we’re short on room I can drive. WHITEY: No, no, no, forget it. NATHAN: Why not? I can fit all that crap in my trunk. WHITEY: Alright. But you stay right behind the bus. BROOKE: Thanks. NATHAN: Sweet. Come on, Hales. HALEY: Oh, uh, Lucas is saving me a seat. NATHAN: What are you in third grade? Come on, we’ll ride in style. (He walks away and Haley stops by Lucas’ window) HALEY: Hey, um, I’m going to ride with Nathan. Is that cool? LUCAS: Yeah, no problem. (He looks a little upset as she walks away) [Hotel] (Everyone is in the hall getting their rooms) WHITEY: Listen up. We’ve got a team meeting in the conference room right after dinner. Lights out at nine o’clock. (He hands Lucas a paper) Consider your room assignments final. (Lucas and Nathan are left looking into the same room) LUCAS: You’ve got to be kidding me. WHITEY: (Laughs) Alphabetical order. Scott. Scott. Unalterable. NATHAN: You should have changed your name. [Hotel Room] (Lucas is sitting on the bed exercising his shoulder and listening to music. Nathan turns on the TV and shuts off the music) LUCAS: I was listening to that. NATHAN: Not anymore. Watching TV. (Lucas stands up and turns off the TV) LUCAS: Not anymore. [Brooke and Peyton’s room] PEYTON: So which bed do you want? The window or the door? BROOKE: Whatever. PEYTON: Brooke can we just make the best of this? BROOKE: Fine. But I’m not doing it for you, I’m doing it for the squad. Call it a cheer truce. (Peyton throws her stuff on the bed and opens the connecting door just as Jake opens the other one. They all look at each other) JAKE: Bam Chica Da Na (Peyton laughs) So you ladies order room service? (Brooke rolls her eyes and falls onto the bed. Peyton laughs and pushes them back into Jake’s room, closing the door behind her) PEYTON: God. Good to have an escape route incase she tries to smoother me with her pillow. How you doing? JAKE: Jenny withdrawal. PEYTON: Yeah. No but you need a weekend away, just to relax and have a good time. Doesn’t happen too often. JAKE: That’s true, but, there’s been some new developments. EYTON: Oh really? What are they? (Brooke knocks on the door) BROOKE: Peyton, it’s an emergency, get in here. PEYTON: Ugh. Sorry. Cheer nzi calls. See ya. (They slap hands on her way out) JAKE: Right. [Brooke and Peyton’s room] (The squad is already there) BROOKE: Guess who’s in the lobby, I’ll tell you. Claire Young and her little hoe posy. We are going down there. PEYTON: Okay. And if an angry dance-off breaks out I got your back. BROOKE: Great. Just don’t stick another Knfe in it. (She tosses a stick of deodorant at Theresa) Theresa, I want you to ht those pits and cover that zit. Points off for complexion. Let’s go. (They walk out and Theresa examines her zit on her head) [Hotel Lobby] (The girls approach Claire and her squad) BROOKE: Hi, Claire. We just wanted to wish you good luck this weekend. CLAIRE: Um, we’ve won four years in a row. GIRL: Including Claire for best choreography. CLAIRE: Yeah so maybe you should keep your luck for yourself. By the way. Who are you again? BROOKE: You know who I am. Brooke Davis. Captain of the Tree Hill Ravens. We roomed together last summer at spirit camp. CLAIRE: Right, right. Don’t the Ravens lose every year? See ya. (They leave) BROOKE: Oh it is so on. [Hotel Hall] (Haley is walking alone and Nathan pulls her into the room and kisses her) HALEY: You scared me. NATHAN: Well we’re not allowed to have girls in the room so I had to keep it covert. Hang out for a little bit. HALEY: Oh I can’t. I’ve got to meet Lucas for pizza in the lobby. I think I’m already late. NATHAN: So be later. We’ve got a whole hotel room to ourselves. (They kiss again but Lucas walks in on them) LUCAS: Sorry, I thought we had plans. HALEY: We do. LUCAS: Naw just do your thing. (he walks out) HALEY: I’m sorry. Lucas. (She walks out after him) Luke. Will you just wait - LUCAS: Haley. It’s cool. Okay? Go be with your boyfriend. (He walks off and Haley goes back inside) [Karen’s Room] (She is on the phone) KEITH: Hello? KAREN: Hey, Keith, it’s me. KEITH: (In his room at home) Oh hey, Karen. KAREN: Look one of the booster moms trapped me into chaperoning the Classics, so now I’m in Charlotte. Um, can I get a rain check on dinner? KEITH: (He is wearing a new shirt with the tags still on it) Oh, sure. We’re pretty backed up at the shop so I was going to have to cancel anyway. KAREN: Okay, well, I’ll see you when I get back. KEITH: Hope so. KAREN: Bye. KEITH: Bye, bye. (he hangs up and tosses the phone on to the dresser and pulls off the shirt) [Hotel Lobby] (Brooke and Peyton are walking) BROOKE: I cannot believe the nerve of that little third rate Britney trying to pretend like she doesn’t recognize me. PEYTON: Are you still obsessing over this? You made out with her boyfriend at camp. BROOKE: I didn’t know they were dating, unlike some people. And besides he was a yell leader, he was gay anyway. TIM: Hey, ladies. We’re sneaking out after curfew, spread the word okay? (Brooke grabs his ear) BROOKE: Tim, stay away from my squad we need to be fresh for tomorrow. TIM: Okay. (he walks away and Brooke goes up to Theresa who is surrounded by the squad) BROOKE: Theresa I thought I told you to lay off the chocolate. (Theresa’s face is covered in “zits”) It’s a really good thing I have an acne medicine. PEYTON: Brooke this isn’t acne. THERESA: It’s chicken pox. Karen called my parents. I’m out. Thank God. (She walks away) BROOKE: Okay could this get any worse? PEYTON: Brooke, it’s okay. We’ll rework the routine. BROOKE: It’s perfectly crafted for ten girls. PEYTON: Okay so we’ll find a replacement. BROOKE: Great idea, genius. Who are we going to ask? [Hotel Room] HALEY: No way! PEYTON: Haley, come on. Do you remember when I made you those flyers for open mic night? HALEY: That is weak, you’re a born artist. I’m a born klutz, okay? I almost drowned in the balls at chucky cheese. PEYTON: Okay but if we don’t find a replacement we’re going to have to forfeit. HALEY: Don’t you guys, like, lose every year since grade school anyway? What’s the big deal? PEYTON: It’s important to Brooke. Do you know how terrible it is to be disconnected from your best friend? (Haley looks like she understands that) Look I really hurt Brooke. And I just don’t want her to be disappointed again. [Scott Body Shop] DAN: Hey, Matt, how’s it going? MATT: Good, we’re just about to close up. We’ll finish the rest tomorrow. DAN: Not tomorrow. Tonight. We’ve got a whole new slate tomorrow. What’s taking so long? MATT: We’re just getting up to speed on the new equipment. (They look at Keith who is on the computer and looking at a manual) DAN: Uh huh. I’m sure you are. Thanks. (He walks over to Keith) Hey, Keith, how’s it going? KEITH: Great. Just finished my taxes and I’m about to download some tunes. DAN: You know the junior college offers manufacturers training. Might help you learn the system. KEITH: It’s not about the system, Dan, it’s about the mechanic. A car is still a car. DAN: Anyone who drop out who takes high school shop knows more about these machines than you do. You should really think about enrolling. KEITH: You should really think about stepping three feet back. DAN: If you had gone to college in the first place, you might not have to get your hands dirty at all. [Hotel Hall] (Karen and Larry are walking around doing room checks) KAREN: Well I think that’s everybody. LARRY: Yeah. KAREN: 8:59, that’s not bad. LARRY: Yeah, except for that Tim kid peeing in the ice machine, this was easy. KAREN: Too easy. Think we should check again at ten? LARRY: You want to grab a cup of coffee in about a half hour? Sounds like it’s going to be a late night. KAREN: Yeah. I’ll meet you downstairs. LARRY: Alright. (They go separate ways and as soon as they are gone all the kids stick their heads out of their rooms and sneak down the hall) [Brooke’s Room] (She is eating ice cream out of the pint while sitting in bed. Someone knocks on the door) BROOKE: Just leave the cake and go. (Karen walks in) KAREN: Well we’re safe. All the other girls have had chicken pox. BROOKE: Theresa always was a bat behind. (Karen sits on the other bed) KAREN: How you doing? BROOKE: Pretty crappy. I put all my energy into this competition and it made me feel really good for a few days. Took my mind off everything, but now I’m just back to square one. KAREN: You know, we haven’t had a chance to talk since you and Lucas broke up. I’m really sorry. BROOKE: His loss, right? KAREN: He probably knows that. And I know it doesn’t seem like it, but I bet you and Peyton will get through this too. And now, from a former Ravens cheer captain to another, I think you have taken these girls too far to give up. BROOKE: Our routine is for ten girls, Karen. Without Theresa we’re only nine, so unless I can pull a cheerleader out of my @#%$ - (Peyton and Haley walk in) PEYTON: Hey. Haley said she’d fill in for Theresa. HALEY: I make no apologies for my lack of coordination, it’s genetic. BROOKE: It’s impossible. PEYTON: Brooke, you’re a captain. We can still do it. You just need to get off your @#%$ and stop pouting. BROOKE: We’d have to practice all night. (She looks at Karen) And it’s past curfew. KAREN: If anyone asks, I was never here. (She leaves) BROOKE: Okay. Okay. I’m going to get the rest of the girls. We’re going to need coffee, black, sleep is our enemy. (She points at Haley) And we’re going to need to do something about that hair. (She walks out. Peyton laughs and grabs Haley’s head) PEYTON: Let’s go. [Hotel Lobby] (Everyone is walking out) JAKE: So I thought you were hanging out with Haley. LUCAS: Yeah, me too. She’s probably hanging with Nathan. (Nathan walks up behind them) NATHAN: Tim. JAKE: Or not. NATHAN: We’re good. Whitey’s in for the night. TIM: So you ladies finally escaped psycho Brooke, huh? (Brooke walks up behind him) BROOKE: Psycho Brooke told you to leave her squad alone. (She pushes him out of the way) Raven’s we’re back on. TIM: Come on, Brooke. (the girls walk back inside) JAKE: Sad state of affairs when our own cheerleaders ditch us. TIM: Not really. I know this club. They’re a little loose on checking ID’s. That’s not the only thing that’s loose. NATHAN: Tim, just say it’s a strip club. JAKE: How are we going to get in? TIM: Everybody chips in ten bucks and I grease the bouncer. NATHAN: And after that you can bribe him. [Cheer Practice] BROOKE: 5...6...7...8. (They start doing the moves and Haley is struggling to get it) No, no, no. Tutor girl. It’s feet together, apart, then clap. HALEY: Okay, I’m really trying. BROOKE: Try harder cause we’re on in 12 hours. (Claire and her girls walk up behind them) CLAIRE: Aw, cute routine girls. Too bad those moves are so ‘03. Where’d you find your choreographer anyway? In the yellow pages? Under ‘S’ for Sucks? BROOKE: No actually that’s where I found your boyfriend. CLAIRE: Oh, you know if I were you, I’d get some beauty sleep. I think it’s the only thing that’s going to help. PEYTON: (Getting between them) If I were you, I’d step back from my friend. (Brooke looks at her) CLAIRE: Whatever. Oh and remember, ladies. Jazz fingers! (Brooke and Peyton roll their eyes as they walk away) HALEY: I’ll give her a jazz finger. (Brooke and Peyton look surprised and laugh) BROOKE: Well, she’s obviously scared cause their routine probably sucks. (Mouth comes on stage) MOUTH: Actually it’s good. I’ve seen it. BROOKE: How good? MOUTH: Lots of spins. Some tumbles. BROOKE: Okay, no, give me information I can use, Mouth. What are the moves exactly? MOUTH: First they do this. (He starts imitating their routine exactly. He does all the moves and jumps and the girls watch him. Brooke looks nervous at how good the routine is. Peyton looks shocked that he can do the routine so well. Haley is trying hard not to laugh and covers her face) BROOKE: That is good. Do you want to replace tutor girl? MOUTH: No, thanks. Oh and by the way. Three other team are using Junior-Senior. (Brooks gets really nervous) BROOKE: Okay. (Mouth starts to walk away and Haley stops him) HALEY: Dude, what’s up! (They slap hands) MOUTH: Thanks. BROOKE: It’s time for plan B, we’re going to find Claire Young’s room and pull a Tonya Harding. We’re just going to ht her in the knee with a big stick. PEYTON: Okay Brooke. You’re a better choreographer than Claire has ever been. Okay? We still have time to win it, just teach us some new moves. BROOKE: Well what about our song? PEYTON: You handle the moves. Let me take care of the song. (She walks away and slaps Brooke’s butt on her way past) [Strip Club] NATHAN: I got to hand it to you Tim, for once. TIM: Mm hmm. (Luke sits at a table alone with Jake who is drinking something) LUCAS: Vodka? JAKE: Water. (The rest of the guys get a front row seat at the stage) Although the last couple of days I’ve been tempted. LUCAS: Tough week? JAKE: Yeah. Jenny’s mom popped up unannounced. LUCAS: Wow. How’d that go? JAKE: Oh, not good. But you now what, I don’t really want to talk about her. I don’t really get nights like this too often, so she’s not going to ruin it. What’s going on with you? Brooke? Peyton? LUCAS: Nothing anymore. JAKE: And then there’s Nathan and Haley. LUCAS: Haley could be with anybody and I’d be happy for her. I mean even…(They look at Nathan and Tim and Tim is doing something like a monkey impression)…Tim. But Nathan. JAKE: Luke, I mean Nathan is not my favorite guy but I don’t know, if Haley sees something in him, there’s probably something there. She’s got pretty good taste in people, right? ANNOUNCER: Welcome to the Peppermint Zebra. (The crowd is all women cheering) LUACS: Is something a little off about this crowd? ANNOUNCER: It’s ladies night! (Male strippers come on stage and all the guys try to look away) NATHAN: What? (A guy pulls off his pants in front of Tim) TIM: Ohh. JAKE: Wow. LUCAS: Oh God. [Cheer Practice] (Peyton is burning a cd on her laptop as the girls practice) BROOKE: 5...6...7...8...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8... 1 and 2...3...4...5...6...7...8. Okay. Bevin, I want you to go into a high kick. Tutor girl, I want you to do a diagonal. HALEY: What’s a diagonal? (Mouth does one for her) BROOKE: Thank you. PEYTON: Alright, alright. Ripped and brned. It’s a remix. Trust me, nobody else is going to have this. (She hands Brooke the cd) BROOKE: This better be good. PEYTON: You’re welcome. BROOKE: We get this right to the music, I’ll spring for escorts, guys. (She puts the cd in) [Outside] (The guys are walking back to the hotel and Nathan keeps going straight when the others turn) LUCAS: Hey. Hotel’s this way. NATHAN: Yeah I’m just gonna go check out the gym. LUCAS: Hey you mind if I come? NATHAN: Uh yeah. Whatever. [Gym] NATHAN: I’m gonna wipe this place up tomorrow. My dad’s not going to be here so I figured I’d go for season high just to piss him off. LUCAS: Where is he this weekend, anyway? NATHAN: The lawyers told him to skip a game. Show he’s not controlled by basketball. So he bought a satellite dish to bring in the live feed. LUCAS: Man I wish I was out there. The way I feel like I'll be back. NATHAN: There’s always other sports. You don’t need arms to suck at soccer. I busted my elbows once a couple of summers ago. I was playing again in like six weeks. LUCAS: What’s the secret? NATHAN: There is no secret. You just start sh*ting one day and deal with the pain. Somewhere along the line it will get easier. LUCAS: So you been working on your fade-away? NATHAN: Fade-away’s soft, man. Look if the game is on the line and the rock is in my hand, I’m going to the hole. Every time, that’s my game. (He walks away) [The hotel pool] (The squad and Mouth is sitting in the hot tub) BEVIN: How’d you get him to open the hot tub? BROOKE: I sweet talked the night manager. I figured you guys could use it after reworking our entire routine tonight. Feels good doesn’t it. MOUTH: Yep. This is great. (Brooke laughs. Peyton walks in with Haley hiding behind her) PEYTON: Ta Da. (She reveals Haley wearing the cheerleading uniform and she spins and the girls clap) BROOKE: Tutor Girl you look bitchin’. HALEY: Yeah I kind of do, don’t I? BROOKE: Now get your suit. Hot tub therapy. Both of you. (She smiles at Peyton. Nathan comes in) NATHAN: Haley? (Peyton leaves them alone) HALEY: I’m kind of filling in for Theresa. NATHAN: Works for me. I got a thing for cheerleaders. HALEY: Oh yeah? (They kiss. Tim grabs Nathan and throws him into the pool with the rest of the team and squad following them. Haley and Peyton are left laughing on the side while everyone is jumping around in the water. Lucas comes up to Haley) They needed an extra. What do you think? LUCAS: I think you look kind of ridiculous. HALEY: You do realize that both your former girlfriends are cheerleaders. Oh right, excuse me. I guess I’m not allowed to have any fun. LUCAS: That’s not it. HALEY: Yeah, that is it. I’m having a good time, I’m happy. I’d think that my friends would be happy for me too. TIM: Haley get in! (Haley walks away) Nathan stop it! (Nathan pulls him under. Whitey walks up behind Lucas and looks at all the kids in the pool who are looking back at him and Whitey looks very angry.) [Hotel Lobby] (Whitey is yelling at Karen and Larry) WHITEY: How in the hell am I going to win a ball game with a bunch of hung over idiots? I don’t know why you got on the damn bus in the first place if you weren’t going to take this serious. You call yourselves chaperones. It’s pathetic. Ugh. (He leaves them and Larry and Karen start laughing) [Nathan and Lucas’ Room] (Nathan is sitting up in bed playing a game boy and Lucas is sleeping. The bell on the game wakes him up and he looks up at Nathan) LUCAS: Dude, you got to be kidding me. It’s 4 A.M. NATHAN: If I go to sleep now I’ll never wake up. I’ll be a total waste for the game tomorrow. (He shows him the game he’s playing) It’s classic basketball. I’d give you next but you’d probably hurt yourself again. LUCAS: What is Whitey doing? Putting us together on the court and in this room. NATHAN: He’s just bored. And evil. LUCAS: You know, when I was younger I always wanted a little brother. Then I found out about you. Got over that in a hurry. NATHAN: What have you been doing to Haley, man? You were kind of a dick to her tonight. LUCAS: You know she used to be this totally original…Haley. Then you came along. NATHAN: And as far as I can tell she’s still the same person she’s always been. The only difference is now she’s with me. So maybe the problem’s not with her. Maybe the problem’s with you. (Lucas turns back over to go to sleep) [Cheer Competition] ANNOUNCER: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Secret Sparkle Classic. First up, The Bear Creek Warriors. (The Warriors start their cheer) CHEER: 1...2...3...4. Bear Creek, Warriors. Champions to bat let’s hear it. Better than the Ravens. You’ll see. (All the Raven’s watch them with bad looks on their faces. The guys are in the stands watching too. Brooke looks nervous and angry as they finish and the crowd cheers) ANNOUNCER: Four time champions Bear Creek Warriors. Led by captain Claire Young. (The Raven’s get up) BROOKE: Okay. I want you guys to think about Theresa. Lying at home, itchy, and gross and covered in calamine lotion. The last thing she said to me was, “This Sucks”. And this will suck unless we win. (Peyton and Haley look at each other) ANNOUNCER: Next up at this year’s Sparkle Classic by Secret, the Tree Hill Ravens. BROOKE: (Everyone huddles and puts their hands in before going on) 5...6...7...8. RAVENS! (They all run out leaving Brooke and Peyton alone) Peyton. I just want to say thanks, for your help with Haley and the music. PEYTON: It’s important to you. So it’s important to me too. Come on. (They go on to perform) BROOKE: Let’s Go! CHEER: The one, and only. Blue, black and white. The best of the best. That’s right. (The Kung Foo Fighting song remix comes on. Mouth is moving along with their moves in the audience. They finish and run off. Haley runs towards Nathan right past Lucas and jumps into his arms) NATHAN: That’s great. HALEY: Can you believe? NATHAN: You did awesome. HALEY: Thank you. (The awards are being given out to the squads) ANNOUNCER: And second place this year goes to the New Hanover Wild Cats. And first place in this years Sparkle Classic by Secret goes to…The Bear Creek Warriors. Five years in a row. Way to go. BROOKE: (To Peyton) Can I borrow you car, hose, and your garage? PEYTON: Brooke you did a great job. Okay? We all though so. BROOKE: Not good enough. ANNOUNCER: And our final award of the competition, for best original choreography, goes to…Brooke Davis. Captain and Choreographer of the Tree Hill Ravens. PEYTON: That’s you! (Brooke hugs her and gets her trophy) ANNOUNCER: Congratulations. BROOKE: Thank you. (She gives Claire a smirk) PEYTON: Yeah Brooke. ANNOUNCER: And we want to thank all of this years cheering teams on behalf of Secret and their entire sparkle collection. Thanks for making this years Classics a success. And Cheer on. [Haley’s Hotel Room] (Lucas knocks on the door and she answers it but doesn’t look too excited about seeing him) HALEY: Hey. LUCAS: Hey. You were really amazing out there. HALEY: Yeah? I thought maybe I looked ridiculous. LUCAS: Look. So I was thinking. Things have been different since you started dating Nathan. HALEY: I don’t spend anymore time with him than you did with Brooke. LUCAS: I know. I know and he’s…your boyfriend. Of course you’ll want to be with him. It’s just, I guess I miss my friend. HALEY: Luke. I miss you too. But have you thought about how hard this is on my juggling the two of you guys? Luke, you’re really important to me. I care about you. But Nathan is important to me too. And if you want to be a part of my life, eventually, sooner or later, you’re gonna have to be a part of his too. LUCAS: You’re right. (She holds out her hands and he slaps them) Alright well the game starts in a minute. Want to sit together? HALEY: Hell Yes! LUCAS: Alright. (She touches his shoulder as they stand up and he grabs it) HALEY: Oh I’m sorry! I am sorry. LUCAS: It’s okay. [The Game] MOUTH: Fifteen seconds to go, the Tree Hill Ravens are down by one and could be on the brink of their first loss this season. WHITEY: Tim, you’re in bound to Nathan up top. We’re going spread offense. Nathan you find your open sht. If you can’t we’ll go with Jake. At least he’s not hung over. TIM: Let’s go fellas, come on. Raven’s on three. 1...2...3...Ravens! MOUTH: Get out the Tupperware folks. If the Raven’s don’t score we’ll have to save Coach Durham’s 500th win cake for another night. HALEY: Go Nathan! MOUTH: Fifteen seconds left and the Ravens need a basket to win it. The inbound to Nathan Scott and he is immediately double teamed. He’s gonna have to give it up. He does. Finds Tim Smith. Tim with the ball. The time is running down. Back to Nathan. Eight seconds now. Now seven. Nathan dribbles and tries to drive but he can’t get through the double team. LUCAS: Come on. Come on. MOUTH: He’s gonna have to do something. Three seconds. Now two. Nathan spins up top and puts up the fade-away. It’s Good! (The buzzer sounds and everyone cheers) Unbelievable! In a season of impossible finishes, Nathan Scott nailed the fade-away jumper. The Ravens reign undefeated and Coach Durham’s won 500 games. HALEY: Hey. Were you rooting for Nathan? LUCAS: I was rooting for the team. HALEY: Whatever you say. (Nathan points at Lucas in the stands and they kind of smile at each other. Everyone starts hugging Whitey) [Scott Body Shop] (All the workers are playing basketball outside the shop. Keith makes a basket and Dan comes out and grabs the ball) DAN: I make this sht, you get your asses back to work. (he sh*t and makes it) Let’s go. (To Matt) Hey. I expect this from Keith but you’re supposed to be me when I’m not here. Get back to work. KEITH: Why don’t you just lighten up, Dan? We were taking a break. DAN: Well break’s over, Axel Rose. You never had a strong work ethic. If you did, it would still be your name up on that sign. KEITH: You know what? I’m done. DAN: We close shop at six. KEITH: No, I’m taking Nathan’s lead and I’m getting the hell away from you. DAN: What is the matter with you? I do everything I can to help you keep your business and all you do is give me attitude. KEITH: And all you do is lorded over me. Well thanks for the help, Dan. But I don’t want it anymore. You can take the shop. I quit. (he throws the basketball at the cut out of Dan and knocks it over) [At School] (The kids are unloading the bus. The cheerleaders are around Mouth) BEVIN: Thank you so much . MOUTH: Alright. (one of the girls kisses his cheek) Hey. Wow. BROOKE: Hey Mouth. (She holds up the trophy) Part of this belongs to you, you know. MOUTH: Well we could share it. Trade off weeks? BROOKE: Uh, let me think about it…No. (they laugh) MOUTH: Bye. BROOKE: Bye. (Haley runs up to her) HALEY: Brooke. Hey. You’re uniform. (She hands her back the uniform) It didn’t fit all that well anyways, so. BROOKE: You really saved us this weekend. Thanks, Haley. (she walks away leaving Haley looking confused) HALEY: Did she just call me Haley? (Lucas is closing his trunk and Nathan comes up to him) NATHAN: You know I would have ht that sht with or without you. LUCAS: Not if I was guarding you. NATHAN: Get your @#%$ back and we’ll see. LUCAS: Alright. (Haley stands next to Nathan) HALEY: Hey guys. This is a first. (Some guy behind Lucas calls out to Haley) GUY: Haley! Hey what’s up? HALEY: Hey. NATHAN: Who’s that? HALEY: I have no idea. LUCAS: Well I guess that’s a first too. Alright I’ll see you guys later. HALEY: Okay. (she hugs him) Bye. LUCAS: Bye. (He nods at Nathan and leaves) HALEY: Hear that? He said you guys. NATHAN: Easy, match maker. So I’m headed back to the apartment. You sure you don’t want to get that cheerleading uniform back? HALEY: Shut up! (Karen and Larry are putting things into her trunk and Lucas stands next to Peyton watching them) PEYTON: Okay. Is my dad flirting with your mom? Could he be any more obvious? (Karen and Larry are laughing together) This is too weird. LUCAS: Yeah, weird. (Brooke sees them standing together and looks upset. Peyton notices and walks over to her) PEYTON: Think Claire Young is still in shock? BROOKE: Look, Peyton, it was really fun to get caught up in the weekend and forget about all the crap between us. PEYTON: Yeah, it was. BROOKE: But it doesn’t change what you did. Okay? We’re not friends anymore, we’re just on the same squad. PEYTON: Brooke, you might not be my friend, but I’m still yours. And I’m going to prove it to you. I’ll see ya. (Everyone is walking away with their parents and Nathan is looking around for his. He looks disappointed and gets into his car with Haley next to him) [Karen’s Café] (Larry and Karen are drinking coffee together and Keith comes in) KAREN: Oh hey. KEITH: Hey. KAREN: I’m sorry that I missed our dinner. LARRY: Oh you must be Keith. KEITH: Hi. (they shake hands) KAREN: This is Larry Sawyer. He’s Peyton’s dad. We chaperoned together this weekend. LARRY: More like Whitey chaperoned us. She’s trouble if you keep her up after midnight. (They are laughing and Keith looks uncomfortable) KAREN: So how was your weekend? We miss anything in Tree Hill? KEITH: Not really. KAREN: You want some coffee? KEITH: You know I, just remembered I have to, uh, pick up an oil filter so, it was nice to meet you Larry. See ya. (Karen watches him leave) [Outside School] (Whitey is looking at the sign that says “Congrats Coach Durham on your 500th Win!” He smiles and walks away) [Scott Body Shop] (Keith is putting his keys into the box and has a box full of stuff then leaves) [Brooke’s Room] (She is standing in front of her dresser with her trophy in front of her. She takes down a picture of Lucas, her and Peyton and rips Lucas out of it, then rips off Peyton. She starts to cry) [River Court] (Lucas sh*t a basket and makes it but grabs his shoulder) LUCAS: That’s one. [Nathan’s Apartment] (He turns on the light and stands there looking around at the empty room)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "01x17 - Spirit in the Night"}	foreverdreaming
[School Gym] (Annual Boy Toy Auction) WHITEY: Come on, let’s get those bids up, it’s the Annual Boy Toy Auction. Alright I’ve got $25, do I hear $40? Oh come on people, this is for charity. $40? GIRL1: $40 WHITEY: $40. Coming up right there. Anybody got $50? How about $50? $50? GIRL2: $50 WHITEY: $50. And remember for the next five hours, till midnight tonight, these boys are at your call. How about $55? GIRL3: $55. WHITEY: $55. Going once. Going twice. Sold for $55. Pay your money and get your boy. [At the “Pick up” table; Brooke is standing with the boy she bid on] BROOKE: Look, I have credit cards, okay? Gold? Platinum, for crap sake. WOMAN: I’m sorry. Auction rules say cash only. Okay? BROOKE: Here’s the thing. I’m kind of coming out of a dark place right now and I could really use the distraction. I need this boy and I need him tonight. WOMAN: I understand. But by rule, I have to give him to the next highest bidder if she has the money to give. (A girl sticks money in their faces and the woman takes it. Brooke grabs the boys name tag that is being handed over to the girl) BROOKE: Oh no. No, no. WOMAN: Brooke. BROOKE: Uh uh. WOMAN: Brooke. BROOKE: No WOMAN: Brooke. (She slaps her hand and Brooke lets go of the name tag. She gives it to the girl) Thank you. GIRL: Thank you. (She and the boy leave) BROOKE: Okay that did not just happen because I had an entire evening planed, so what am I supposed to do now? WOMAN: Well, there are four boys still up for auction, and a cash machine right down the street. BROOKE: Okay. (she leaves) [At the Auction] (Haley meets up with Peyton and all the cheerleaders) PEYTON: Hey. HALEY: See anything you like? PEYTON: I’m seeing everything I like. HALEY: Really? PEYTON: But I think I’m going to bid on Jake. HALEY: You guys are really hitting it off, huh? PEYTON: Just friends, really. What about you? Ready to fight off these rabid skanks for Nathan? HALEY: Actually, I think I’m going to bid on Lucas. PEYTON: Really? HALEY: Yeah, I haven’t gotten a chance to spend time with him much lately and I get Nathan for free. (Peyton laughs and nudges her) WHITEY: Alright folks, here we go. HALEY: Who is up next? (They look at the program) Oh no. ALL THE GIRLS: Tim. (Tim comes on stage dancing and taking off his jacket. He swirls it around his head then shakes his butt in front of the girls. Peyton and Haley cover their eyes. Deb and a woman are laughing) WHITEY: Do I hear $30? (Tim does some really bad dance moves and the girls are laughing at him) How about $20? WOMAN: That boys going to pull something. WHITEY: Can I get a ten spot? DEB: I suppose I have some chores around the house. $8? WHITEY: Sold! (Tim smiles at her and Peyton and Haley laugh) HALEY: Oh Jake’s up next. How much money do you have? PEYTON: $87.53 HALEY: Okay. (Jake comes out in the Ravens mascot outfit with his jersey over it. Everyone cheers and laughs. He takes off the head and gives it to Whitey.) PEYTON: $20. WHITEY: I have a bid for $20. Do I hear $30? VOICE: $30. (Jake starts taking off parts of the costume) HALEY: Take it off! WHITEY: $40? VOICE: $40. WHITEY: $40. Right over there. PEYTON: $50. WHITEY: $50. Going, going. VOICE: $75. WHITEY: $75. HALEY: Bet it all. PEYTON: $87.53 WHITEY: Going once. VOICE: $100. (The girls look around for the girl) WHITEY: $100.Going once. HALEY: Who’s bidding on Jake? WHITEY: Going twice. Sold! For $100 American. The highest man of the night, Good job Jaglieski. [Back Stage] LUCAS: You dirty bird. Who bought you? JAKE: I don’t know. But whoever it is it will be fun. It’s for charity, right? LUCAS: Yeah man. JAKE: Go get ‘em. WHITEY: Okay let’s have our next boy. LUCAS: Well, here goes. (He steps out on stage looking nervous) HALEY: Yeah! I got you. WHITEY: Alright, let’s start the bid at $20. GIRL: $25. GIRL2: $35. GIRL3: $50. GIRL: $75. GIRL2: $100. GIRL3: I’ll go $101. HALEY: $105. $110. Oh what the hell. $115. WHITEY: Sold! HALEY: Café savings. No way he’s worth it though. (Peyton laughs and Lucas leaves the stage) WHITEY: Alright, we’re down to our last boy toy, so loosen up those purse strings, pucker up those lips and remember, this is for a good cause. (Nathan comes on stage wearing sunglasses and everyone cheers) You’re on, Nathan. (He tosses his glasses to Mouth who is the DJ and walks downstage. He pulls off his pants and Haley looks surprised) Okay, do I have a first bid? GIRL: $80. PEYTON: Wow. (Nathan takes off his shirt and his chest says “BOYTOY”) GIRL2: $85. PEYTON: It smells like sex in here. GIRL3: $90. HALEY: $91. PEYTON: That’s a creepy threesome. WHITEY: Do I hear $92? GIRL: $92. HALEY: How much money do you have? PEYTON: Well with the five you gave me, $92.53. HALEY: Okay bid it. PEYTON: What? HALEY: You have to bid it, I want you to buy Nathan. PEYTON: Why? HALEY: To keep him away from them. WHITEY: Going twice. HALEY: Please, Peyton, please. PEYTON: $92.53 GIRL: $109 and 40. (Haley looks angry and searches through her purse) WHITEY: Going once. HALEY: Where’s that emergency 20. Come on. Where are you? WHITEY: Going twice. HALEY: Ah. (She pulls out her money and gives it to Peyton) PEYTON: Oh! $112.53. HALEY: Ha! WHITEY: Sold! HALEY: Yes! (she hugs Peyton) Thank you. (Brooke comes running in with money) BROOKE: Wait, wait. WHITEY: I’m sorry we’re fresh out of flesh. I want to thank you all for coming this evening supporting this good cause. Now all these young men belong to the highest bidders till that midnight kiss. Let’s try to keep things legal this year. (Mouth climbs on stage to collect all the microphones) GIRL: I’ll give $5 for the microphone boy. GIRL2: I’ll go 10. WHITEY: Do I hear 20? GIRL3: I will. GIRL2: $25. BROOKE: Oh no, I’ve got $200. WHITEY: Sold! (He laughs and pats Mouth on the cheek) All sales are final. [Karen’s Café] (Karen is cleaning and Larry comes in) LARRY: I didn’t see you in detention. KAREN: Can I get you something to eat? LARRY: Actually I was wondering if I could get you something to eat. Unless you’ve got plans after work. KAREN: No. LARRY: Great. We could go to my place. (Karen doesn’t answer) Karen. I’m not a serial kller. It’s just a couple of new friends eating food. KAREN: Sure. Okay. LARRY: Good, then it’s a date. [Auction] (Brooke is walking around with Mouth talking out loud to whoever they pass) BROOKE: Okay, I’ve got $50 cash on the Mouth-Boy for trade. Who wants him? (Mouth looks at her confused) (They pass and Deb is left standing in front of Tim) DEB: Well, Timmy. Looks like you’re all mine tonight. How about you grab a change of clothes and I’ll meet you at the house. TIM: Change of clothes? DEB: Well you’ll probably want to take a shower after I get through with you. I plan on getting dirty. So I’ll leave the door unlocked. Just come in and get me. (He watches her leave. Jake is walking around looking for the girl who won him. Nikki comes up behind him) NIKKI: Well, well, Jake. Once again, looks like I own you. (Jake starts walking outside and she’s following) Come on, Jake, wait up. JAKE: I’m not kidding, Nikki. I’m not falling for your crap. NIKKI: At least talk to me? (He stops and faces her) JAKE: About what? Where you’ve been for the last 8 months or how my daughter doesn’t have a mother? NIKKI: I understand you’re upset, but there are things you don’t know. Please. Jake, come on. I don’t want to mess with your head. But, the least you could do is hear me out. After that you can ditch me if you want. JAKE: What, like you did me? [Outside] (Mouth is standing through the sunroof of a limo talking to Brooke who is by the car) MOUTH: This things is awesome. Where are we going first? BROOKE: Here’s the thing, Lips. MOUTH: Mouth. BROOKE: I know. And I know I owe you for the whole cheerleading competition, but I had this whole night kind of perfectly planned out and it’s a waste of a Brazilian wax. (He looks upset) MOUTH: Okay. That’s cool. I can take off. (He climbs out of the car) At least let me give you some of your money back. BROOKE: Oh, no, no, no. I don’t want that. Please. MOUTH: No, no I understand. I just thought the car was cool. Um, I’ll see you later. (He starts to walk away) BROOKE: Wait. Fine! I’ll take you to once place. MOUTH: Really? BROOKE: What the hell. It’s for charity, right? With the night I have planned I might need you to carry me home anyway. MOUTH: Sweet. (He gets back in the car and Brooke gives the limo driver a look) [Outside] (Haley walks up to Peyton) HALEY: I am so excited to have Lucas all to myself for an evening. We have not had a night to just hang out in forever. (Nathan walks up to them) PEYTON: Yeah, same goes for me and Nathan. NATHAN: I know you’re still into me, but $112? (Haley laughs and hits him with the papers) Hey you. HALEY: Hey. NATHAN: How about you come see me around midnight? HALEY: Sounds good. (They kiss) Don’t have fun. NATHAN: I wont. (Peyton jokingly looks hurt) Alright, come on. Let’s get this over with. (He walks away) PEYTON: Funny. That’s what he’d say before we used to have sex. (Haley fake laughs and Peyton walks away and jumps on Nathan’s back. Haley watches them looking a little hurt) [Nathan’s Apartment] (They come in and everything is covered with plastic and there is hardly any furniture. Peyton looks around) PEYTON: So you’re planning to kll me? NATHAN: The painters must have left it. So what do you think of the new place? PEYTON: You really moved out, huh? NATHAN: Yeah. Judge declared me emancipated. PEYTON: Good for you, Nate. NATHAN: Come on. Check it out. (They walk into the back bedroom) PEYTON: So what, you got your big cool apartment but you don’t believe in furniture? Where are we supposed to eat? NATHAN: We got the bed. (He sits down and pulls out food from the bag) [Checkers Restaurant] (Jake and Nikki are outside eating) JAKE: Still doing that whole desert before the meal thing, huh? NIKKI: You used to think it was cute. (She tries to feed him something but he doesn’t take it) JAKE: Yeah. That was before you abandoned my child. NIKKI: Okay. I guess we’ll do this now. I made a mistake. I didn’t know what kind of mother I’d be. All my friends were going off to college, my parents…well you know they felt. I just wasn’t ready, Jake. Is it that hard to understand? JAKE: Yeah, Nikki, it is. She was a part of you. You held her in your arms. I spent every night asking myself how you could just leave her behind. NIKKI: I couldn’t. I hated myself for leaving, that’s why I came back. I want to be in her life, Jake. And yours too. I missed you, you know? I wanted to call you a thousand times over the last 8 months. JAKE: Yeah but you didn’t. Did you? [Sawyer House] (Larry and Karen are having dinner) KAREN: Well, that was a great dinner, Larry. LARRY: Thanks. Single parent cooking class. I’m glad you decided to come. Not too painful? KAREN: No, not at all. LARRY: But you don’t date much? KAREN: I don’t date at all, really. At night I work or I’m at home with Lucas. Sometimes with Keith. LARRY: Keith seems like a good man. KAREN: He is. (clears throat) He’s a good friend. Well…(She starts to clean up) LARRY: Oh no. Absolutely not. You’re off duty and not allowed to touch anything but your wine glass. Tour the house, make a long distance phone call, whatever, it’s called relaxing. (He gets up and takes the dishes away) KAREN: Well you know I do have some friends in Florence. Maybe I should give them a call. LARRY: Uh oh. [On the Roof] LUCAS: Haley, now this was a great idea. HALEY: I know. LUCAS: Did you fill any with milk like we used to? HALEY: Yeah I did. Some of them. I can’t do this stuff with Nathan. It just seems, I don’t know, does it seem childish? LUCAS: Well, yeah. HALEY: Great! LUCAS: But in a good way. HALEY: So, what’s your situation now? LUCAS: What do you mean? HALEY: With Peyton? Or Brooke. Or bar-slut that I heard about. LUCAS: Okay. What’d you hear and who’d you hear it from? HALEY: Just stuff…from people. LUCAS: I just want to play ball again. You know? Get over this damn drama. You know it wasn’t long ago I was happy playing hoops with the guys and hanging out with you. HALEY: Yes, life was much simpler then, wasn’t it? I think I’m going to go call Nathan. (She starts to walk away and Lucas throws a water balloon at her) Ohhh. You are so dad. LUCAS: I guess that one was a milk balloon. (Haley grabs one and throws it back at him) [A Club] (Mouth and Brooke are sitting at a table with a girl dancing above them) BROOKE: I think she likes you. (Mouth laughs) MOUTH: So thanks for bringing me out tonight. I’ve never been to a real club before. BROOKE: I’m glad I brought you. MOUTH: Yeah? BROOKE: Yeah. I enjoy corrupting America’s youth. It’s kind of one of my hobbies. MOUTH: So was Lucas one of your test subjects? BROOKE: Can we not go there tonight? MOUTH: Okay. Sorry. That girls practically naked up there. BROOKE: So you don’t like naked girls? MOUTH: Well I’ve never actually seen one up close. But from what I’ve found online I’m thinking they’re okay. (Brooke grins at him) What? BROOKE: Want to find out for sure? (She gets up and takes his hand) Let’s do some damage. [Sawyer’s House] (Karen is flipping through Peyton’s sketches) LARRY: Kind of severe, huh? (She sees the one of her, Brooke and Lucas shting the #3 heart.) KAREN: Kind of familiar actually. You know when I was a cheerleader we buried a time capsule midfield of the football stadium. I bet if you dug it up you’d find a version of the same thing our kinds are going through now. LARRY: Well, I got a couple of shovels in the garage. Want to find out? KAREN: Yeah. [Pool] PEYTON: Sweet. You got a pool? NATHAN: Yeah. You want to go swimming? PEYTON: No, you are the boy toy you do what I say tonight. NATHAN: Oh just like old times. PEYTON: Please. You did whatever you wanted and most of the time it was either sucky or mean. NATHAN: I know. But you let me. PEYTON: Well maybe I kept thinking you’d change. Live and learn, right? Is this thing heated? NATHAN: I don’t know, why don’t you check it out? (She bends down to touch the water and he grabs her and they fall in. Nathan is laughing) PEYTON: Oh my god! NATHAN: I slipped. PEYTON: What?! NATHAN: I slipped. Hey, at least it’s heated. (Peyton pushes him under) [Rooftop] (Haley and Lucas are throwing water balloons at each other.) [Pool] (Nathan and Peyton are still splashing each other in the pool) [Club] (Brooke and Mouth are lying on a bed in a back room with two strippers dancing on top of them) BROOKE: Real thing sure beats the internet, huh? MOUTH: The internet sucks. (Brooke laughs) [Skipping back and forth between Peyton and Nathan having a good time in the pool and Lucas and Haley on the roof with water balloons, showing the two couples on their dates] [Deb’s House] (Tim slowly opens the front door) TIM: Hello? Deb? Miss Deborah? DEB: Come on in, Timmy, I’m in the bath. (He smiles and puts his bag down. He gets to the bathroom) TIM: Ready or not, here I come. (Deb is sitting by the bathtub cleaning the hair out of the drain. Tim comes in wearing zebra stripped underwear. They start screaming as they see each other.) Sorry! DEB: Timmy! (Tim is running around gathering his clothes) I am so sorry. I don’t know what gave you the impression that- TIM: It’s okay. I’m fine. (He is trying to put his pants on and falls. Deb comes over to help him) DEB: It’s just that you startled me and - TIM: Where’s my shirt? (Deb bends down to pick it up. Dan walks in and sees Deb on her knees in front of Tim who has his pants half way down. Dan laughs) DAN: The lawyers are gonna love this one. (He walks out) [Rooftop] (Haley is hiding behind a tree) HALEY: Luke? I’m all out of balloons. Can we please call a truce? LUCAS: Is it a real truce or a trick truce? HALEY: It’s a real truce, I promise. LUCAS: Okay. HALEY: Okay. (She comes out from behind the tree) Or not! (She pulls out one last balloon but Lucas throws his at her first. He grabs her) No Luke, you’re going to hurt your shoulder. (She drops her balloon and it breaks) Oh you are so lucky. (Lucas notices something on her back) What? LUCAS: What’s on your back? HALEY: Nothing. LUACS: Haley, is that a tattoo? HALEY: No. It’s nothing. LUCAS: Haley. (He turns her around and there is a small 23 tattooed on her lower back) 23. That’s great, Hales. You see, that’s why I don’t like the guy. HALEY: Lucas. LUCAS: No, that’s just like him! To get you branded with his jersey number right above your @#%$? HALEY: He doesn’t even know about it. I just, I just did it. LUCAS: By yourself? HALEY: Yeah, by myself. LUCAS: Haley, why would you do that? HALEY: Because I’m in love with him. (She walks away) [Karen’s Café] (Haley is drying her hair then throws the towel to Lucas and she gets out two mugs and hot chocolate) LUCAS: Look, I didn’t mean to freak out on you up there, okay? But, a tattoo? HALEY: You got one. You got one with a girl you’re not even dating anymore. LUCAS: I know. How stupid do I look? HALEY: You hold me to a higher standard than everybody else, Luke, and it’s not fair. LUCAS: Look, I know it’s not fair, okay? But that’s because I’ve seen you be better than most people. Let me see it again. (She turns around and lifts up her shirt) How long ago did you do it? HALEY: A few days ago. LUCAS: And Nathan had nothing to do with it? HALEY: No, I told you, Nathan doesn’t know. Ugh, God, what am I going to do, Luke? I’m so, I hate being away from him, I think about him constantly. I was in the middle of a history quiz yesterday and I just totally zoned out on him. Maybe we’re not going to be together for the rest of our lives, but right now I’m in love for the first time and if I look at this tattoo 20 years from now, and it reminds me of how I feel today, I think I’ll be okay with that. LUCAS: Then why didn’t you buy Nathan at the auction? Why hide out with me? HALEY: Because, I wanted to remember for a night the way that things were. Everything was so much simpler when it was just you and me. And I’m used to being self-confident, and sensible and, I just really feel like a mess right now. LUCAS: You’re not a mess. You’re just in love. HALEY: And I’m not sure if he is. [Pool] NATHAN: What happened to us, Peyton? We used to be good together. PEYTON: No, we weren’t. We just had sex a lot. NATHAN: You sure about that? PEYTON: Trust me. You’re the only guy I’ve been with. You knew that. NATHAN: Yeah, I know, I just, I figured since we broke up, maybe- PEYTON: No. NATHAN: Yeah, me neither. It’s just sex, right? PEYTON: Okay, you know what, Nathan? Haley really deserves better than that. She really, really likes you and she’s good for you and more than that, she trusts you- NATHAN: I know that. PEYTON: And okay, fine. We could do it, right here in the pool, and nobody would know. NATHAN: Peyton… PEYTON: But I would know, and you would know, but I wouldn’t do that to Haley. Or myself. Or even you for that matter. Cause you know what? If you screw things up with your relationship with her, than you’re a bigger jackass than even I thought. NATHAN: I know it would hurt Haley. The only reason I mentioned it, was to let you know that I’m not pressuring her. PEYTON: Right. I knew that. NATHAN: You said I was good in bed. PEYTON: No, I didn’t. NATHAN: Oh yes you did. PEYTON: Oh, God, kll me. [Checkers] (Jake and Nikki are walking to the car) NIKKI: So I left school for good by the way. Thought I might transfer here. Will you at least tell me how she’s doing? (He gets in the car) Right. (She gets in) So I guess asking you how you’re doing is out of the question. (She takes the keys out of the ignition) You look good. JAKE: Give me the keys, Nikki. (She is leaning over onto his shoulder) Stop it. NIKKI: Come on. I missed you, Jake. NIKKI: Remember how good we were? (She has her face against his neck) I know it’s been hard for you, I do. Let me make it easier. (She kisses him and he returns it.) Come back to me. We could be a family. (They kiss for a few seconds then Jake throws her off) JAKE: Damn it. Damn it, Nikki. You almost had me again. You want to impress me with your Maternal instincts? Get out. (They both get out) Why don’t you go buy all the things you think Jenny might need. I’ll wait. NIKKI: Okay. JAKE: Hey, by the way. She’s 9 months old, just incase you forgot. NIKKI: I’ll be fine. [Whitey’s Office] KEITH: Hey. WHITEY: Hey, Keith, come on in. KEITH: I saw your car. So how did pimp duty go? WHITEY: That’s charity coordinator. KEITH: Right. Assuming you’d raffle yourself off, huh? WHITEY: Nobody could afford me. I’m glad you came by, Keith. I’ve been wanting to ask you a question. (he pours them drinks) When do you plan to start living? KEITH: Well, I am living, coach. WHITEY: No you’re not. You’re dying. I for one think it’s a damn shame. You know what I’d change in my life if I could? I’d have Camilla back. Just to spend one more day with her. When we were young and in love. You love Karen, don’t you? KEITH: Yeah, I do. And I plan on telling her that it’s just, things have been kind of messy since the accident, you know? WHITEY: I understand. There’s something you need to understand. Everyday you wait, is another day you’ll never get back again. Trust me on that, son. I know. [Brooks and Mouth’s Limo] BROOKE: So why don’t you have a girlfriend? You’re a nice guy. MOUTH: Well that’s the problem. I’m too nice. Girls like jerks. BROOKE: Yeah, tell me about it. MOUTH: You mean Lucas? BROOKE: I thought we weren’t going to talk about Lucas tonight, but I could just throw your @#%$ out at the next light. MOUTH: Okay. So let me ask you a question. What do girls want? DRIVER: Half your paycheck. (Brooke rolls up the window between them) BROOKE: Here’s my philosophy on dating. It’s important to have somebody that can make you laugh. Somebody you can trust. Somebody that, you know, turns you on. And it’s really, really important that these three people don’t know each other. (They laugh) [Jake’s Car] (He’s waiting for Nikki to come back. She comes walking up and takes things out of the bag) NIKKI: I got the cutest little stuffed animal. JAKE: She has a purple monkey that she can’t sleep without. Anything else she ignores. (He throws the stuffed animal onto the car. He takes things out of the bag) You got the wrong formula. She needs a special kind because, well she wasn’t breastfed. The alcohol in these wipes are bad for her skin. I buy her a special vitamin because she was a little underweight at her six month checkup. She doesn’t read. She sure as hell doesn’t smoke. Oh well look, at least you got the most expensive kind of ice cream. NIKKI: I got that for you. Cause on our third date you said that all you needed for life to be good was a pint of this ice cream. I want your life to be good, Jake. I want to be with the boy that told me those things. Where did he go? JAKE: You left him. Damn it, Nikki, it’s not fair for you to come back here and do this. It’s not fair to me, and it’s not fair to Jenny. NIKKI: I still love you, you know? JAKE: It’s funny. I can’t tell you how many times I spent wondering when I was going to hear you say that again. Just hoping the next time the phone rang it’d be you, calling to say those words. NIKKI: Jake. JAKE: And now that you’re here, I, I cant even remember why I needed to hear them. You should recognize this next move, Nikki. You perfected it. It called turning my back and leaving you behind. (He get in the car. Nikki has a tear go down her face) [Football Field] (Larry and Karen are walking on the field with flashlights) KAREN: I don’t know about this, Larry. We’re trespassing. LARRY: No we’re not. Our taxes paid for this place. KAREN: Oh, okay, let’s try vandalism, theft… LARRY: We loosen dirt, on a field we paid for, get property that belongs to you, and we put the dirt back. What could they charge for us? KAREN: Immaturity. (She hands him her beer) LARRY: There’s a difference between growing up and growing old, Karen. KAREN: Give me the shovel. (She starts to dig) [Another Club] (Mouth and Brooke are dancing together) MOUTH: I can’t believe you do this every night. You have the greatest life. (She looks around and makes eye contact with a guy at the bar. She walks over to him. Mouth continues to dance with other girls) BROOKE: Hi. GUY: You look hot tonight. BROOKE: Thanks. (She kisses him) So, what’s your name? GUY: You don’t remember the last time we did this. You were pretty wasted. You’re name is Brooke, right? (Brooke realizes what she had done and looks around the room at all the people hooking up) So, Brooke. Are we going to do this again, or what? (She looks upset and walks away slowly. Mouth notices her leaving and follows.) MOUTH: You okay? BROOKE: I need to go home. [Limo] (Brooke looks in scared and sad. They are sitting in silence with Mouth watching her) MOUTH: Brooke, did something happen? (She nods, almost crying) Do you want to talk about it? BROOKE: How long have you known Lucas? MOUTH: Since 4th grade. I transferred in. BROOKE: And you think he’s a good guy? MOUTH: I think he’s a great guy. Why? BROOKE: Remember when I told you what girls want? Girls just want somebody to want them back. At least I do. (She starts crying and leans on his shoulder) [Football Field] (Larry is digging and Karen is drinking and doing a cheer next to him) KAREN: If it’s action that you’re craving, go and get yourself a Raven. We said go. Ravens. Go mighty Ravens. If you really want to score, gotta dig a little more. We say go, Ravens, go mighty Ravens. (Larry hits something with the shovel) LARRY: Oh. We got treasure. (They pull out a big box) Oh yeah. Check it out. KAREN: Oh! (She pulls out a yellow shirt) LARRY: Bon Jovi. I saw that tour. Scorpions opened for them. KAREN: Yeah. Oh no! LARRY: Check out the hair. (They have a picture of Karen and Dan together) KAREN: Me and Dan. LARRY: Is that Keith? KAREN: Yeah. He was always very protective. (Keith is standing in the background behind them) You know I don’t think I ever noticed Keith in the picture before. LARRY: Well the kid in the background is definitely in love with the girl in the foreground. WHITEY: What in the sam hill is going on here? KAREN: Oh my God. WHITEY: Karen? KAREN: Hi, Whitey. LARRY: Offer you a beer, coach? KAREN: We were, um, having dinner and - (Keith comes up behind Whitey) Oh hey, Keith. (He turns around and leaves. Whitey follows him. Karen watches them and Larry laughs.) [Nathan’s Apartment] PEYTON: It’s nearly midnight. Looks like our date’s almost over. NATHAN: Yeah. I think I was hitting on you in the pool. PEYTON: You think you were? NATHAN: I don’t know anymore. This whole good guy thing, it’s new to me. I guess I’ll always have feelings for you, Peyton. But I owe it to Haley to be a better guy than I’ve been. I just don’t want to be the kind of guy that cheats no her. PEYTON: Then don’t be. Nathan, I’m proud of you. You know, standing up to your dad, and being a good guy for Haley. You’re turning into the kind of guy I always knew you could be. [Outside the apartment] (Lucas and Haley are coming up the stairs) LUCAS: So Nathan got his own place. HALEY: Yeah this is it. Oh crap. I left some cds for him in the car. I’ll be right back. LUCAS: No, I’ll come. HALEY: No, it’s alright. Um, why don’t you go ahead and go on in, apartment 11. Hey, ask him if he’s in love with me, and if he says no, break up with him for me, okay? LUCAS: Okay. HALEY: Great. Hey. Seriously. Say something nice, okay? I mean, he’s really a different person. LUCAS: Okay. HALEY: Okay. (She goes back down and he goes to the apartment) [Inside] PEYTON: I better get going. NATHAN: Okay. I guess by rule, I owe you a kiss. PEYTON: I guess so. (Lucas walks up to the door and sees in. Peyton and Nathan kiss for a second then smile at each other. Lucas backs away from the door so they don’t see him) [Outside the apartment] (Lucas came down to Haley before she could go up) LUCAS: He wasn’t there. HALEY: Are you sure? Apartment 11? (She calls his cell phone) LUCAS: Yeah. HALEY: Voice mail. Great. I guess he’s not done yet. I told you Peyton was easy. LUCAS: Come on, I’ll take you home. HALEY: Okay. [Limo] (The driver opens the door for them and they get out) MOUTH: I guess I should have told my parents I’d be out late. I’m not sure this was a good idea. BROOKE: Mouth, you’ve got to live a little. MOUTH: No, it’s not that. I mean, a night with you is like flying first class. My life is coach. It’s going to be hard going back to it. BROOKE: Thanks, but this gets old, pretty quick. Trust me. MOUTH: Listen, Brooke. I don’t know what’s going on with you and Lucas but he’s a really good guy. I’ve never been really good at sports, I mean, I’m little, you know. But when I decided I wanted to be a sports announcer, Lucas introduced me to the guys at the river court and it made me feel like I belonged. He has a good heart. And as far as I can tell, you do too. I’d be really surprised if you two couldn’t work things out. BROOKE: Thank you. MOUTH: Well, I should get home. That stripper might booty call me. (He starts to walk away) BROOKE: Mouth. (She gives him a kiss) MOUTH: Oh right. For the charity thing. BROOKE: Nah. Just cause. MOUTH: Hey, Brooke. Thanks. This was the greatest night of my life. (he leaves and she gets in the car) [Haley’s House] (Lucas pulls up in front) HALEY: Well, did you have fun tonight, sl*ve boy? Thanks for playing along. LUCAS: Look, Haley. I know we’ve grown apart a bit lately. And I know we have a lot a head of us. But, I just want you to know I’ll always be there for you. And if Nathan doesn’t see how special you really are, well, then he’s an idiot. Cause I think you’re amazing. HALEY: Thanks, Luke. Oh, technically you owe me a goodnight kiss. (She doesn’t look happy about it) LUCAS: Mm. Rules are rules, I guess. HALEY: Yeah, I guess so. (They start to lean in but she stops them) Here’s the thing, though, if your tongue comes anywhere near my mouth I’m just never speaking to you again. (Lucas laughs) (They have a quick peck on the lips then hug) LUCAS: Hey, Haley. You’re going to be okay. I promise you that. (She smiles and gets out of the car) [Jake’s House] (Nikki is at the door waiting for him. He open it.) JAKE: Nikki, don’t do this. (He tries to close the door) NIKKI: Jake, please. Keeping Jenny away from me because I hurt you is wrong. (She tries to look in but he comes out and closes the door behind him) Can’t you just forgive me? JAKE: It was a Wednesday. NIKKI: What? What was? JAKE: The day I realized that you weren’t coming back. I loved you. You knew I loved you. I would have done anything for you. But you betrayed me. So it was that same Wednesday that I stopped loving you. And I promised myself that my daughter would never feel the pain that you caused me. You want to hear me say it? Fine. You broke my heart, Nikki. But you will never break my daughters heart because you will never, ever have the chance to. NIKKI: I’m going to be in her life, Jake. With you or without you. [Lucas’ House] (Karen walks in with Larry) KAREN: So would you like some coffee? LARRY: It’s getting late, I should probably go. KAREN: I had a lot of fun tonight. I didn’t do much of this in high school. LARRY: Well maybe next time we could do something less juvenile. KAREN: Oh well, if we have to. LARRY: Karen, I know you have some history with Keith. I hope I didn’t cause any problems tonight. KAREN: No. LARRY: But I like you. For what it’s worth. KAREN: Well I like you too, Larry. And you’re right. I do have history with Keith. I’m just not sure we have a future. (He kisses her) LARRY: Goodnight. KAREN: Goodnight. (he leaves then the doorbell rings. Keith is there when she answers it) Keith. KEITH: It’s not too late is it? KAREN: No. Is everything okay? KEITH: Not really. These last few weeks have been the hardest of my life. Being without you and Lucas, on the outside of your lives. I felt, I felt like a shadow of someone I used to be. And I know I let you down. And , I put Lucas at risk, but you have to know, I love Lucas. And I’ve been carrying this around with me since the night of the accident. (he pulls out a ring box) I love you Karen. KAREN: Keith. KEITH: I always have. Marry me. [River Court] (Lucas is sitting on the picnic table. Brooke comes over to him) BROOKE: I need to talk to you. LUCAS: Okay. BROOKE: I spent the entire night trying to avoid this or ignore it, but I cant so I’ve just got to say it LUCAS: Brooke what’s up? BROOKE: I think I’m pregnant. (he looks at her shocked)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "01x18 - To Wish Impossible Things"}	foreverdreaming
[River Court] (Where we left off with Brooke and Lucas talking) LUCAS: What do you mean, you think? BROOKE: I mean I’m late. Like, late. LUCAS: Did you take a test? (She shakes her head no) Okay. Okay, um. Look, we have to know, okay? Maybe it’s a false alarm, you know? Come on. Drug Store’s still open. We’ll do it together. Okay? [Karen’s Front Porch] (Keith is standing in front of her with the ring box open) KEITH: Marry me. (Karen looks at the ring for a minute) KAREN: I don’t know what to say. KEITH: Well, yes would be a good start. KAREN: It just seems so out of the blue. KEITH: After 15 years? Look, Karen, when you left for Italy we had a future. We’re still the same two people who stood at that airport. I was the man who was in love with you. And I still am. KAREN: I love you too, Keith. You’re my best friend. You’ve been a wonderful father figure for Lucas. But the time away, the distance, it gave me a new perspective. KEITH: On us? KAREN: On everything. Tree Hill is such a small part of the world. And maybe it’s where I belong, but there’s so much more out there. Italy was the first time since Lucas was born that I’ve spent any time alone. I realized I only know my self as Lucas’ mother. I’ve got to find the rest of me. You mean the world to me, Keith. (She hands him the box back) But I’m sorry. I can’t marry you. (He nods) [Brook’s Room] (She comes out of the bathroom to Lucas who is sitting on the bed. She shows him the positive pregnancy test) LUCAS: It’s positive. BROOKE: Oh my God. (She starts crying and sits next to him) I’m pregnant. (Lucas puts his arm around her back and she pushes him off and stands up) LUCAS: Come on. I know you’re still mad at me. Okay? But I’m here for you. Alright, we’ll go to the doctor tomorrow. In the city. I’ll take you. BROOKE: I’ll take myself. LUCAS: Brooke. I’m just as scared as you are. But I want to help. Please. Just, trust me. BROOKE: Yeah cause that worked out so well for me the last time. (She walks away from him) [Nathan’s Apartment] (Haley walks into his bedroom and he is still asleep. She smiles at him and crawls onto the bed) HALEY: (Whispering into his ear) Hey you, wake up. NATHAN: Hey. HALEY: Hey. NATHAN: I didn’t even hear you come in. HALEY: Well you didn’t hear your alarm clock either. NATHAN: That’s cause it didn’t go off. Everybody gets up at six. Geez. HALEY: Well, time to get up. (She starts to get off and he grabs her back) NATHAN: I am up. Come here. HALEY: Oh yeah? (They start kissing then the alarm goes off) Oh, I’ll get that. (She bends over to turn it off and Nathan sees her tattoo) You want me to start your shower? NATHAN: Uh, yeah. Thanks. HALEY: Okay. (She leaves and Nathan looks confused) [Women’s Clinic] (Lucas is waiting outside for Brooke) LUCAS: So, what happened? BROOKE: The nurse said they’d call me in a few hours with the results, and then she asked me about the father. (Dan is driving by and sees her car and the two of them outside the clinic) LUCAS: What did you say? BROOKE: I told her the sorry bro hoe kicked my @#%$ to the curb. (She walks away) LUCAS: God. [Locker Room] (Nathan is at his locker and Lucas comes up to him) LUCAS: So this whole thing with Haley really was just your way of messing with me, huh? NATHAN: What’s your problem now? LUCAS: I saw you making out with Peyton last night. NATHAN: Look, maybe you’re a little slow, but we kissed because it was the auction rules. LUCAS: I know what I saw. (Nathan opens his locker and Lucas slams it shut) NATHAN: I’m about to bat your @#%$, man. LUCAS: I promised Haley I’d give you a break, that’s about the only thing that’s you right now. (Nathan shoves him) NATHAN: Look, I kissed Peyton like you kissed Haley. That’s it. What are you so tweaked about? LUCAS: Never mind. Sorry. (He leaves) [Jake’s House] (Nikki is at the door) JAKE: What do you want, Nikki? NIKKI: I think we covered that. (She looks in at Peyton holding Jenny) Let me hold her. JAKE: No, no she’s tired. Peyton, could you take Jenny to her room for me, please? PEYTON: Yeah. JAKE: Thanks. (She leaves) NIKKI: Is that your girlfriend? JAKE: She’s just a friend, okay? She sits for Jenny sometimes. NIKKI: Relax, I’m just asking. JAKE: Nikki- NIKKI: Listen, our little romantic outing to the grocery store got me thinking. You shouldn’t have to be using food stamps and paying for everything. I can help you. I have some tuition money left over- JAKE: I don’t want your money. NIKKI: Jake, this isn’t fair. Now you won’t let me be a part of my daughter’s life but you’ll hand her off to some babysitter? JAKE: Hey, Jenny loves Peyton. She’s got a lot of other people that care about her too. NIKKI: And none of those people are her mother. (She turns around to the mantel and looks at the pictures on it) JAKE: What are you looking at? (She picks up his basketball team picture) NIKKI: You’re life. (She sees Lucas in it) JAKE: Yeah, that’s my life. You notice who’s not in it? (Peyton is listening from the stairs) [Outside School] (Lucas is running up to Brooke) LUCAS: Brooke, hold on. Still no news? BROOKE: Did I come find you? LUCAS: Well where are you going? BROOKE: Away from you. LUCAS: Hey, come on, you can’t cut me out of this. I’m just as worried as you are. BROOKE: Oh really? Or are you just worried that having a kid might deflate your market value? LUCAS: That’s not it. BROOKE: Oh that’s right you’re not on the market anymore. You’re a one woman kind of guy. Speaking of which, how is my former best friend? LUCAS: Peyton has nothing to do with this, okay? BROOKE: Not yet. Maybe you can pull a Dan Scott and knock her up too. LUCAS: Brooke! BROOKE: Or maybe then you can move on to random bar-sluts. Oh wait you’ve already done that. Better be careful, Danny Jr., never know how many kids you’re going to end up with. LUCAS: Oh yeah, that’s real nice, Brooke. And by the way. It’s not like I’m the only guy you’ve ever slept with. BROOKE: What’s your point? LUCAS: How do I even know it’s mine? (her phone rings) BROOKE: It’s the doctor. Hello? Yeah, this is Brooke. Okay. Thank you. (She hangs up) Trust me, it’s yours. (She drives away) [Deb’s House] (She is exercising and Dan comes in behind her. She bends over in front of him and sees him between her legs) DAN: Oh, that reminds me. DEB: How did you get in here? DAN: Door was open. Why? Who were you expecting? Another high school boy with his pants around his ankles? DEB: What do you want, Dan? DAN: I want my son to come to his senses. Have you seen his apartment? DEB: Yeah, I dropped off some food. DAN: Did he ask you for any money? DEB: No, but I gave him some. DAN: Oh, that’s great. That’s great. Don’t you ever want him to come home? DEB: I want him home as much as you do. But for once in his life you need to let him make his own mistakes. DAN: Right, you bring him food and cash and I’m the one who needs to let him make his own mistakes. Oh and by the way, you can tell your friend Karen, her son was coming out of a family planning clinic. With a date. Is that the kind of mistake you had in mind for Nathan? (Deb leaves the room) [Nathan’s Apartment] (Haley and Nathan come running in in their bathing suits with Towels around them) NATHAN: You hungry? HALEY: Oh, I’m hungry for you. NATHAN: No I’m serious. We can heat something up, or go out and eat if you want to. HALEY: What’s wrong? NATHAN: Nothing, I’m just hungry. HALEY: I don’t buy it. Talk to me. NATHAN: I just don’t feel like making out, that’s all. HALEY: You realize you just said that, right? Since when? NATHAN: Since you got my jersey number tattooed on your @#%$. HALEY: Oh. Above my @#%$, actually. When did you see that? NATHAN: This morning. HALEY: Does that bother you? NATHAN: I’m just confused as hell. I mean you’ll do something that permanent, but you won’t have sex with me? HALEY: You can get a tattoo removed, Nathan. Sex is a really big deal for me. NATHAN: I get that. That’s why I haven’t been pressuring you into it. HALEY: The way you’re not pressuring me right now. NATHAN: I’m going to heat up some food. [Outside School] (Brooke is walking with the cheerleaders towards Lucas) LUCAS: Brooke. BROOKE: I’m busy. LUCAS: Look, don’t shut me out on this, okay? We can deal with it together. BROOKE: We’re not together, remember? You dodged the bllet just in time. (She walks away with the girls. Peyton comes up to Lucas) PEYTON: Hey. Nathan told me about the fantasy kiss scenario you thought you saw. Were you high? The kiss didn’t mean anything, I wouldn’t do that to Haley. LUCAS: Yeah, I guess I overreacted. (He keeps looking back towards Brooke who is walking into the gym with the girls) PEYTON: She’s gone, you know. LUCAS: Huh? PEYTON: Brooke. LUCAS: What? Why do you assume I’m looking for Brooke? PEYTON: Because you are. She still freezing you out? LUCAS: Yeah, sort of. PEYTON: Me too. Do you want to talk about it? LUCAS: I think I’ve screwed things up enough as it is. PEYTON: Yeah, me too. LUCAS: And worse than that. PEYTON: What? Worse than the death wish best friend love triangle? What’d you do? Tell her she was fat? (He shakes his head) Okay look she’s pissed at me too but she’s still my friend. What’s going on? LUCAS: What were we thinking, Peyton? PEYTON: You and me, or you and Brooke? LUCAS: All of us. PEYTON: I guess we weren’t. (He walks away) [Peyton’s Room] (Peyton is drawing and Haley is on the bed next to her painting her toe nails) PEYTON: I like that. What color is it? HALEY: Shag. Did Nathan ever cheat on you? PEYTON: Where’d that come from? HALEY: I just wonder if, maybe he’s going to start looking somewhere else for what he’s not getting from me. PEYTON: Hm, the big bad sex issue. (Haley tosses her the polish) HALEY: Yeah. (Peyton walks over to her black wall) I mean, we start making out, and it’s great, and I totally get into him, and then I just ht this point. PEYTON: I bet he loves that. HALEY: Yeah. I guess I just always thought I would wait until I fell in love, and got married, and then I met Nathan and everything got really confusing. It was never something I had to deal with right away, it was always a few years off. And then all of a sudden… PEYTON: It wasn’t? I’ve been down that road. HALEY: I don’t know if I’m ready, Peyton. PEYTON: Or maybe you’re just not sure if Nathan’s the right guy. HALEY: No, I’m, I can safely rule that out. He, I can’t breath when I’m around him and when I’m not around him I want to be. I’m just, I’m totally in love with him. (Peyton has written “HJ + NS” on the wall with a heart around it) PEYTON: Well then you’ve gone further with him than I ever did. [Weight Room] (Lucas is doing leg presses. Dan comes in) DAN: Be careful with those knees. Trust me, I know. I also know what it’s like to be sidelined with an injury. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone who’s serious about their game. How’s the shoulder? LUCAS: Fine. DAN: Good. You know I saw you at the clinic the other day with that girl. I don’t have to tell you, you’re turning into my area of expertise. You know, Lucas, one day I woke up and I was looking down the barrel of a life I couldn’t control. Maybe you find yourself in the same situation. I just thought you could use some advice. I can see that you’re scared. But don’t let that fear cloud your vision. You know I asked your mom to get an abortion. She said no. She was too emotional. If she was thinking clearly, she would have done what I said. LUCAS: So your advice is to have an abortion. The way you would have aborted me. DAN: You’ve got a lot of life yet to live, Lucas. Don’t let this girl make the same mistake your mother made. Cause if you do, you’ll be paying for it until the day you die. (he leaves) [Deb’s House] (She and Keith are sitting at the kitchen counter) DEB: I’m glad you came by, Keith. I’ve been so caught up in my own problems, we haven’t had a chance to catch up. KEITH: Well you might as well hear it here. I asked Karen to marry me. DEB: What? KEITH: Mm hm. She said no. DEB: Oh, Keith I’m so sorry. KEITH: You know, you never picture it. You run it through your mind a thousand times over fifteen years. You know how the moment will feel when your love agrees to be your wife. But you never see her saying no. DEB: Well, you’re still an important part of her life. That won’t change. She needs you. KEITH: Well maybe she needs me. But she doesn’t want me. DEB: I’m sorry. What did Lucas say? KEITH: I don’t even know if she’s told him yet. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Someone knocks on the door.) NATHAN: Dad. DAN: Ohh. (he looks around at his messy apartment) Looks like I missed the party. NATHAN: You weren’t invited. You should have called. DAN: Why? You don’t call back. I had to run a credit check to get your address. Your mother wouldn’t give it to me. (Nathan tries to shut the door but he stops him) Hey. You think you’re ready for this? I’ve got news for you, son. Playing house costs a lot of money. NATHAN: Okay, so I‘ll get a job. DAN: Oh great, what’s that going to do to your game? It’s okay to be irrational every once and a while. But have you thought this thing through? I give you a week out in the real world. NATHAN: You know what the best part about having my own place is, dad? I can ask you to leave. DAN: Fine. But the beach house will be there for you when you ht rock bottom. And you will. (he leaves) [Outside School] (Peyton is sitting alone with her cell phone and Nikki sits next to her) NIKKI: Who are you calling? Jake, maybe? Look, I know you baby-sit Jenny but, I’m back now, so Jake and I won’t be needing you anymore. Oh, and if there’s anything going on between you and Jake, well you’re not going to be a permanent part of my daughter’s life, so if I were you I wouldn’t get too attached. PEYTON: If I were you, I would walk away. NIKKI: You have to know you’re temporary, right? I mean, all the babysitting in the world isn’t going to make you Jenny’s mother. PEYTON: All the eyeliner in the world wont make you anything other than a psycho stalker @#%$. (She gets up and starts walking towards Brooke) BROOKE: Friend of yours? PEYTON: It’s Jake’s ex. All of a sudden she’s trying to deal with her issues and I think I’m one of them. BROOKE: Scary. PEYTON: So you’re talking to me? BROOKE: Yeah. There’s some stuff going on and I don’t know what to do. I screwed up, I can’t even say it. PEYTON: Is it about Lucas? Cause he was really upset yesterday. BROOKE: I thought you and Lucas weren’t together. PEYTON: No, we’re not. We were just, um - BROOKE: You know what, for get it, Peyton. You are the last person I should be talking to. (She walks away) [Jake’s House] JAKE: Damn. LUCAS: Yeah I didn’t want to tell anybody but- JAKE: Hey I didn’t want to tell anybody either but I felt a lot better after I did. What does Brooke want to do? (Lucas looks at Jenny) LUCAS: I don’t know. She won’t talk to me. JAKE: What do you want her to do? LUCAS: How do I answer that? I’m just walking around like a zombie right now. I guess I want whatever’s best for her. JAKE: Does she think she’s going to have it? You know, Nikki and I, we talked about not keeping the baby. LUCAS: Yeah, so did Dan and my mom. But how screwed up is that, huh? If she had listened to him I wouldn’t be standing here right now. JAKE: Well, Luke, I don’t want to lie to you. If Brooke has this kid, you’re life, it’s going to change. Where’s your head at? LUCAS: My head says we’re not ready to be parents yet. I can’t even take care of myself. Plus there’s college. Not just for me but for Brooke, too. God, my mom is going to freak out. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Nathan is filling out a For Sale sign for his Mustang. Haley comes in behind him) HALEY: Hey. NATHAN: Hey. (She sees the sign) HALEY: Are you kidding? NATHAN: I’ve got to sell the car to pay for the apartment. HALEY: What is your dad going to say? NATHAN: He can say whatever he wants, it’s still my car. HALEY: You know, if you need some extra money I could always be your sugar mama. (She kisses his neck and he doesn’t respond) What’s wrong? NATHAN: Nothing, it’s just I’m, you said you weren’t ready so I’m trying to respect that. HALEY: So we can’t even kiss now? NATHAN: No, I’m just trying to make you comfortable. HALEY: I’m sorry, Nathan, I know this is so not fair to you. NATHAN: No. Actually it’s not fair to you. HALEY: I just - NATHAN: Just, don’t apologize, okay? (he gets up and leaves) [Brooke’s room] (She is lying in bed at night looking at the ceiling) [Lucas’ Room] (He is awake in bed, too. He looks at the clock. It’s almost 4 am.) [Kitchen] (Karen is getting a drink and Lucas comes into the room) LUCAS: Mom? KAREN: Hey. Did I wake you? LUCAS: No. KAREN: Sometimes I can’t sleep. I just lie awake and worry. LUCAS: What are you worried about? KAREN: I’m a mother, Lucas. I worry about everything. What are you doing up? LUCAS: There’s something I have to tell you. You should sit. KAREN: Okay. I think I’ll stand. LUCAS: This is going to hurt you, mom. And I’m sorry. KAREN: What happened? LUCAS: Brooke’s pregnant. (She slaps him) KAREN: Oh my God, Lucas, I’m sorry. LUCAS: I guess I deserved that. (he walks towards his room) KAREN: Lucas. (They go into his room. They are both crying) Look, I didn’t mean it Lucas. LUCAS: I’m pretty sure you did. KAREN: No, I didn’t! It’s just that, do you understand? This is exactly what I didn’t want for you. Have I been talking to my self the last few years? You have so much left to do in life. So does Brooke. (She hugs him) Oh God you’re both just too young for this. LUCAS: Don’t cry, mom. KAREN: It’s just that I’m scared for you. I cannot believe that this is happening. (They sit on the bed) LUCAS: How close was I to not existing? Dan wanted to have an abortion, mom. Why didn’t you listen to him? KAREN: Because I realized that I wanted you in my future. What does Brooke want? LUCAS: I don’t know. KAREN: Oh she must be so scared. (She hugs him) Lucas. LUCAS: What are we going to do? [Karen’s Café] (Haley serves Lucas a plate of food) HALEY: Alright, hot off the grill, my friend. I super sized it. LUCAS: Not hungry. HALEY: Alright, more for me. So, uh, I’ve got to ask you kind of a personal question. Just out of curiosity. How many times per minute do guys think about sex? LUCAS: Per minute? HALEY: Yeah, Elle magazine said that guys think about sex like every, 30 seconds. LUCAS: You’re thinking about having sex with him. HALEY: Shh. LUCAS: Sorry. HALEY: Look, it just keeps coming up. And - (He looks at her weird) Sorry. Wrong words. LUCAS: Look, it’s not my place to tell you how to live your life, Hales. But for what it’s worth, I wish I would have waited. HALEY: Really? LUCAS: All I’m saying, is just look past the moment. If you’re not ready, then just wait. Okay? [Deb’s House] (Nathan is sitting in the living room going through a folder) DEB: I didn’t hear you come in. NATHAN: I didn’t make any noise. DEB: Your father stopped by, he wanted you address but I wouldn’t give it to him. NATHAN: He found me anyway. DEB: Sorry. Nathan, you can come home anytime, you know that right? I’m still here. NATHAN: I don’t want to come home. DEB: You know, I walk around this empty house and it doesn’t seem real. I wish I could go back and do things differently. NATHAN: I need to ask you a question. DEB: Okay. NATHAN: Why’d you do it? DEB: What? NATHAN: Cheat on dad. DEB: I was confused. We were married so young and suddenly I was a wife and a mother before I was my own person. But when we grew up, we grew apart. NATHAN: Why, mom? Why did you guys grow apart? DEB: I wish I knew, Nathan. But none of that makes what I did right. NATHAN: Cause you were married? DEB: Because I had a commitment to him. And to you. Those moments of what I mistook for happiness weren’t worth the cost of hurting someone I loved. And losing you over it now. (he walks out) [Outside Lucas’ House] (Nikki is waiting for him on his porch) LUCAS: Nikki? NIKKI: Hey, stranger. LUCAS: How’d you find me? NIKKI: I found out you were on Jake’s basketball team, after that it didn’t take a private eye. LUCAS: Oh, you know Jake? NIKKI: Pretty well, actually. Jenny’s my daughter. Small world, huh? LUCAS: Oh, look, Jake’s a good friend, okay? I had no idea. NIKKI: And neither did I and that’s why I don’t want you to say anything. LUCAS: I didn’t know who you were. NIKKI: Lucas, I’m trying to get my family back together, and it’s not going so well. Remember that night? What you told me about your dad? How you feel about him? I don’t want Jenny to ever say the same thing about me. I still have a chance to correct my mistake, Lucas. Please, don’t say anything. [Keith’s House] (Lucas walks in) LUCAS: Keith? KEITH: Hey, Luke. LUCAS: Hey. KEITH: I called you a couple of times. How’ve you been? LUCAS: Nah, I’m good, it’s just, I’ve been dealing with some stuff. KEITH: Yeah, me too. It’s really good to see you. How’s the rehab going? LUCAS: Oh, it’s good. It’s good. It should be ready for the playoffs. KEITH: Yeah you look a lot better. Sit down. How’s everything else. LUCAS: Like what? KEITH: Like the rest of your life. What’s going on? LUCAS: There’s something I wanted to ask you. KEITH: Sure. LUCAS: When my mom got pregnant, and Dan left, why didn’t you? Why’d you stand by her? KEITH: Well, it was the right thing to do. And I loved her, and I wanted to protect her. But, she really didn’t need it. LUCAS: She’s pretty tough, huh? KEITH: Your mom could have been anything in this life. LUCAS: Yeah, if it wasn’t for me. KEITH: Luke, you’re the best thing that ever happened to your mom. Trust me. LUCAS: Look, Keith, I just wanted to apologize. For the way I acted when my mom was in Italy. Brooke and all. KEITH: That’s water under the bridge. No damage done, right? LUCAS: Right. I should take off. KEITH: Yeah. Uh, Luke. You know I’m proud of you, right? LUCAS: Sure. KEITH: And I’ll always be there for you. You know, even if I’m not around as much. LUCAS: Yeah, I know. Is everything okay? KEITH: Yeah, everything’s good. LUCAS: Okay. KEITH: Alright, I’ll see you. LUCAS: See ya. (he leaves) [Outside] (Haley and Nathan are sitting on a bench) HALEY: Nathan, I know I’m driving you crazy. NATHAN: No you’re not. HALEY: Do you think that I’m a tease? NATHAN: Stop it. HALEY: Well what do you think? NATHAN: I think that you’re my girlfriend, and I like to spend time with you. Look I just don’t want to push you. HALEY: You’re not. NATHAN: But I am. Haley, you got a tattoo for god sakes. It just freaks me out a little bit, because obviously this whole thing with us means a lot to you. I just don’t want to do anything to pressure you. Or drive you away. Even though sometimes I can’t help it. Just like I can’t help that I fell in love with you. Cause I did. I love you, Haley. And it scares me, a little bit, but, there it is. HALEY: Wow. There it is. (She kisses him) I love you too. (They continue to kiss) [Dan Scott Motors] (Lucas comes into Dan’s office) DAN: Something I can help you with? LUCAS: Not really. I just wanted to thank you for filling in some of the blanks for me about how you felt when my mom got pregnant. DAN: Glad to be of help. How’s that situation with Brooke? LUCAS: None of your business. DAN: No? Isn’t that why you really came here? LUCAS: You know, before this happened to me, I never quite understood how you could be so selfish. Everyday of my life I wondered. Until now. DAN: Now you see the other side. LUCAS: Yeah I guess I do. DAN: Don’t be so quick to judge me, Lucas. It’s easy to have all the answers from a distance. But everybody makes decisions they regret. Me. Your mother. Keith. But we learn to live with it. It’s part of life. LUCAS: Not my life. Not yet. DAN: Yeah. Yeah, I felt that once. Then I grew up. (Lucas leaves) [Karen’s Café] KAREN: I was hoping you’d come by soon. We obviously need to talk. KEITH: I’m going to make a change, Karen. KAREN: What do you mean? KEITH: Well, I woke up this morning and everything just felt far away. And then I went outside and for the first time, Tree Hill didn’t feel like home. And I just thought, why am I still here? You know? I never planned on spending my whole life here, and I just needed someone to remind me. And you did that. And it’s okay. KAREN: Are you leaving? KEITH: There’s not time like the present, right? KAREN: Keith, this isn’t because of me. KEITH: No, it’s because of me. You did me a favor, Karen. By going to Italy, and by saying no to me. You woke me up. And I appreciate that. KAREN: Where are you going to go? KEITH: I don’t know. But I got to say. It feels really good to have options. (He gets up touches Karen’s shoulder on his way out) [Brooke’s Room] (She is on her bed watching TV. Lucas comes in) BROOKE: What part of stay away from me do you not understand? LUCAS: Just give me 60 seconds, okay? BROOKE: I’m sorry but argument cutoff was 9 o’clock. LUCAS: Well, I don’t want to argue. You don’t even have to say anything. Just listen. My dad didn’t want me, okay? Not just that he didn’t want to claim me, he didn’t want me to be born, I always thought that when I started a family I’d be, older, and settled, and I’d be - BROOKE: In love? LUCAS: Yeah. But so did my mom. BROOKE: Lucas- LUCAS: No, this whole thing scares the hell out of me, okay? But whatever you decide to do, I’ll be there. And if you’re not ready, then you’re not ready, but if you want to have this baby, then so do I. And whatever it takes for me to be a good father, I‘ll be there. Always. I promise you. I won‘t let you down. (She starts crying) Hey. BROOKE: I lied. LUCAS: What? BROOKE: I’m not pregnant. LUCAS: But I saw the test. BROOKE: I know. Then when the doctor called he said I wasn’t pregnant, he said that can happen. LUCAS: Okay, no, no, no. I was standing right there when he called. BROOKE: And you had just called me a slut. LUCAS: So you lied to me to punish me?! How could you do that? BROOKE: How could you cheat on me with my best friend?! LUCAS: Brooke. I never meant to hurt you. BROOKE: That doesn’t really matter, Lucas. Cause in the end it all hurts just the same. [Dan’s office] (He opens a box with a birthday card from Nathan. He finds an envelope with a lot of old pictures and newspaper cutouts of Lucas growing up.) [Jake’s House] (Peyton is holding Jenny on the couch and Jake is sleeping next to her. Nikki is standing outside the window watching them.) [Pawn Shop] (Keith stands outside and looks at the ring then goes inside) [Brooke’s Room] (She is on her bed crying) [Lucas’ Kitchen] (He is sitting at the table with his head in his hands. Karen comes in) LUCAS: Brooke’s not pregnant. (She looks relieved) It was just a scare. KAREN: Are you okay? LUCAS: Not really. (he hugs her) Mom, thanks. KAREN: For what? LUCAS: Everything.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "01x19 - How Can You Be Sure?"}	foreverdreaming
[Nathan’s Apartment] (There are many kids lying around sleeping on the floor, beds and tables with food and drink bottles thrown around everywhere.) [Haley’s Room] (Nathan is sleeping in her bed and wakes up. Haley is sitting at her dresser) HALEY: I had the weirdest dream, that there was this rapping at my window at 4 o’clock in the morning followed by my boyfriend, who has his own apartment by the way, asking if he can crash in my room. Wait a second. NATHAN: I had to get out of there. HALEY: Did I mention this is a recurring dream? This is, what? Like the fourth time in two weeks? Not that I’m complaining but it does defeat the purpose of having your own place. NATHAN: Tim keeps bringing over all these hot chicks. Which is a problem because none of them are you. HALEY: Uh huh. NATHAN: That place is like party central. It’s not even my party. HALEY: Well maybe it should be. Oh we should throw our own party, like a take-back-the-party party. NATHAN: Alright. Let’s do it. How about this Saturday? HALEY: Sounds good I’m free. NATHAN: Done. You’ve got to plan it though. And make sure it’s kind of low-key. Just a few friends, you know! HALEY: Okay. So much fun! Now crawl back out the window before my parents wake up and hear you. NATHAN: Hear what? This? (He pulls her onto the bed and Haley screams) HALEY: Oh sht! Just don’t tickle me! [School Hall] HALEY: Hey, Peyton. PEYTON: What’s up? HALEY: Nathan and I are having a little thing at his place on Saturday. PEYTON: Haley James, party girl. HALEY: Yeah it’s not going to be that big of a deal but he said that I could invite who ever I want, so do you want to come? PEYTON: Hell yeah! HALEY: Alright, I’ll see you there. PEYTON: Later. [Karen’s Café] KAREN: Hey, Keith. KEITH: That’s Mr. Scott. KAREN: What I can’t call you Keith anymore? KEITH: No I’m just trying it out. What do you think of me as a teacher? High School auto shop. KAREN: Well I think you’d be great. Why! KEITH: Because I have an interview tomorrow at a school in Charleston. KAREN: Wow. When you said you planned on leaving I didn’t realize it would be this fast. KEITH: Well, no reason to wait. Right! LUCAS: Hey, Keith. KEITH: Hey, Luke. Tell me you’re going to practice. LUCAS: Therapist says I’m ready to go. KEITH: Now that’s what I’m talking about. (Lucas leaves) You didn’t tell him about my proposal, did you? KAREN: I was kind of wrestling with that. Should I tell him you plan on leaving town! KEITH: No, I’ll do it. KAREN: He’s going to miss you. KEITH: Yeah. [Practice] (The guys are running drills) NATHAN: Knock it down, Lucas. (Lucas sht and misses. Nathan makes his sht.) Keep shting, man. It will come. (Lucas sht again and misses. He keeps shting as the gym clears out and he cannot make a sht. Peyton comes in with some other cheerleaders to get her things) PEYTON: See you guys later. LUCAS: Well, the good news is I’m back. Bad news is, I suck. (Hs is stretching his shoulder) PEYTON: You okay! LUCAS: Yeah, it’s just a little tight. PEYTON: Here. (She helps him stretch it) You’re just rusty. Pretty soon you’ll really suck. Just like before. Better? (He nods and Brooke walks in) BROOKE: You know I’d tell you two to get a room, but then you’ve already done that. (She gets her things and leaves) [Outside the gym] (Brooke is walking away and Peyton is trying to catch up) PEYTON: Brooke! Brooke, we got to stop doing this. BROOKE: Fine, I’ll stop talking to you and you can definitely stop talking to me. PEYTON: Okay. I mean we’re not really friends anymore, are we? BROOKE: You know, for a fake blonde you catch on slow. PEYTON: Alright, I tried apologizing to you and I’m done trying now. BROOKE: Good. I mean it’s really pretty pathetic. PEYTON: Fine, if that’s what you want. Fine. (She walks away and Brooke looks disappointed) [Nathan’s Apartment] (Nathan and Tim are playing video games. Haley comes in with groceries) HALEY: Hey. NATHAN: Hey. (He pauses the game and goes into the kitchen with her) HALEY: I got everything but the drinks. TIM: Make it BYOB. Or BYOT. Get it? Tim? “T”. NATHAN: You know, if you need some cash I’ve got some from selling the car. HALEY: No, this party’s totally on me. (Tim unpauses the game and continues playing) But listen, I ran into some extra people and I didn’t want to say no. But it’s going to be low-key, I promise. NATHAN: Okay. HALEY: Okay. (She reaches up to put things away and Nathan sees her tattoo again) What! NATHAN: You’re just lucky Tim’s here. Cause I’ve got a thing for girls named Haley James. HALEY: Really? Well you’re lucky Tim’s here too. BOTH: Tim, go home. TIM: What? HALEY: Um, I’ve got more stuff in the car, so go play. I’ll kiss you later. NATHAN: Alright. (She leaves and Nathan sits back with Tim) TIM: Damn, she sure was a surprise. It’s like everything you touch turns cool. You’re like King Midol, or something. NATHAN: Were you playing this whole time! TIM: Yeah. Your team sucks. (Dan walks in behind them) Hey, Mr. Scott. I win. See ya. DAN: How’s my wife? (Tim walks out behind him) You want to tell me why some guy I’ve never seen before came in to put a security system in a new mustang? A mustang I thought I had given to you as a gift! NATHAN: Cause I sold it. DAN: You had no right to do that. NATHAN: Dad look, I’ve got expenses now. Like rent. DAN: Uh uh, no, you don’t get that as an out. I’m offering you a home. You turn me down, you’re on your own. I want the rest of the money from the sale. I’ll take cash or a check. Or you can keep the money, and come home with me now. (Nathan writes him a check) NATHAN: Thanks for stopping by, Dad. We should do this more often. (Dan takes the check and leaves) [Outside School] (Haley is talking to two girls) HALEY: We’re just trying to keep it small, so don’t advertise. GIRL: Oh hey, are lips are sealed. Thanks for the invite, Haley. You rock. HALEY: Sure. (They leave and Brooke comes up) BROOKE: Hi, friend. HALEY: Hey, Brooke. BROOKE: So when’s the party! HALEY: Well, it’s Saturday night, but - BROOKE: Don’t worry, I’m not going to tip off the paparazzi. HALEY: Oh no, I’m not worried, we’re just trying to keep it small. So. BROOKE: Peyton said not to invite me. HALEY: No, she didn’t. Not exactly. BROOKE: Alright. You know, have your little party, and play your naked twister, and - HALEY: Brooke, it’s really just going to be couple of friends. BROOKE: Right, but I’m not one of them. Whatever. (She leaves) [Mall] (Nathan and Haley are walking around by the carousel and a food stand) NATHAN: What kind of experience do you have to have to work at a mall? HALEY: I don’t know. Some. Okay, you want a smoothie? On me? (They walk up to the smoothie stand) What do you want? A fruit frolic with protein! NATHAN: How about something with cash in it. HALEY: Actually. (They see a sign for Now Hiring and pick up the paper work) NATHAN: Food service? (Haley looks at him) Pen. (The worker, Gary, looks at the paper as he fills it out) GARY: Nathan Scott. Can you start now? NATHAN: Yeah. HALEY: Well that was easy. [Peyton’s Room] (She is drawing on the desk and Lucas taps on a CD case he is holding outside her door) LUCAS: Hey. I got your Blackout CD. I forgot I had it. PEYTON: Thank you. So you smell that? (She goes to her door and on the back of it is written ‘missing cds’. She goes down the list and scratches off the Blackout) LUCAS: What? PEYTON: That scent in the air. I think it’s called guilt. Brooke and I called it quits today. LUCAS: That sucks. PEYTON: Yeah. Usually girls don’t break up, we kind of just @#%$ and bicker until we can work it out. LUCAS: I’m sorry, Peyton. PEYTON: Yeah, me too. I’m going to miss her. Anyway I’m glad you came by, I was actually going to call you. LUCAS: Why, what’s up? PEYTON: Haley’s party. Are you going! LUCAS: Yeah. How great is that, huh? I don’t think Haley’s ever thrown a party. PEYTON: Do you want to go together? (Lucas looks at her confused) Not like a date or anything. LUCAS: Okay how exactly does that work! PEYTON: Let’s see, um, we don’t make out. But we don’t argue. I think we kind of just have fun. Look we’re friends, okay? And it would really be great if we could just be friends. LUCAS: What about Brooke? PEYTON: Hang out with her, date her, whatever. You know, but you and I shouldn’t have to avoid each other. LUCAS: Okay. Haley’s party. PEYTON: Great. LUCAS: So, what are you listening to, huh? (He goes back to her shelves of albums) PEYTON: Actually, I’m on this big 80’s metal kick. I just picked up this rat album. It’s outstanding. Check it out. [Nathan’s Work] (He is trying to make pretzels. He pulls out the dough and weighs it then drops it. He keeps trying to twist them around to make the shape. He puts one no the oven tray and burns himself. The pretzels coming out of the oven are all misshaped and ugly.) CUSTOMER: Excuse me, can I get a napkin, here! NATHAN: Yeah, just hang on a second. GARY: Here you go, sir, I’m sorry about that. CUSTOMER: Thank you. GARY: Customers first, Scott. Pulp. NATHAN: What! GARY: P.U.L.P. Performance Understanding Leadership People. Pulp. The Hot and Twisted way. NATHAN: Isn’t that what they used to call your mom? Hot and Twisted. GARY: You might be a big star at school but here I’m your boss. NATHAN: Wait you got to Tree Hill! GARY: I’m in your history class. Okay here’s some more recent history. Homecoming last year. You and a few of your Ravens buddies kicked my @#%$ just for fun. Ring a bell! NATHAN: Kind of. Sorry! [Karen’s Café] (Karen is wrapping a tie at a table. Lucas walks in) LUCAS: Who’s the tie for? KAREN: It’s for Keith. He’s got a job interview coming up. He’s thinking of moving, Luke. LUCAS: Why? He can’t get a job here? KAREN: I don’t think he wants a job here. LUCAS: Mom! KAREN: Keith proposed to me and I said no. LUCAS: I got to go see him. [Keith’s House] (He is getting dressed when Lucas walks in) KEITH: Hey, Luke, what’s up! LUCAS: Keith. (They hug) I’m sorry, man. KEITH: That’s okay. LUCAS: Mom told me what happened. Said you're leaving. KEITH: We’ll see. LUCAS: Why didn’t you tell me? KEITH: Well as hard as it was that your mom turned me down, the thought of leaving you is even harder. I don’t want to be the second Scott brother to do this to you. LUCAS: Yeah but you know that I don’t see you that way. Look I know that Mom said no. But does that mean that you have to go! KEITH: It’s time for me to move on, Luke. It’s just something I’ve got to do. Whether I get this job or not. But look, where ever I end up, you can always call or visit. I’ll always be a guy you can turn to. LUCAS: I know. And I want you to have what you want, you know? But, I wanted you to be my dad, too. [Karen’s Café] (Karen is holding Jenny) DEB: They were so much simpler then. KAREN: You nostalgic for sleepless nights? DEB: Well let’s see, my husband won’t divorce me, but my son didn’t have to think twice about it. KAREN: Oh, Deb, I’m sorry. DEB: You know, I was sitting alone in that big empty house and it occurred to me, on my long list of dumb decisions, turning down your partnership offers was one of the dumbest. Any chance it still stands? KAREN: Of course it does. DEB: Good. Then let’s do it. KAREN: Alright. DEB: Well, I’m off to tell Dan that he’s got 24 hours to clear out his things or they go to Good Will. (Keith comes in wearing his suit) KEITH: Or else I could help you burn them. DEB: You look nice. KEITTH: Thank you. (She hugs him) KAREN: Bye Deb. DEB: Bye. (Karen gives Keith his present) KAREN: I wanted to give this to you before your interview. KEITH: Oh thanks. KAREN: But employee daycare called. (He opens the tie box) KEITH: Oh, that’s great. KAREN: It’s for good luck. KEITH: I’ll get this off. (He pulls off his clip on tie and starts putting on the new one) KAREN: I already tied it up for you. KEITH: You know, Lucas came by the see me last night. KAREN: Yeah he said he was going to. KEITH: It really meant a lot to me. And I think he’s going to be okay. Even if I do get the job I’m less than three hours away, so he can always visit me. KAREN: Here let me help you with that collar. (She gives him Jenny and adjusts his tie and collar) KEITH: There you go. Aren’t you cute. (They meet eyes when she’s helping him and they smile) KAREN: There, that’s better. Perfect. KEITH: Well I guess I should be going. KAREN: You’re going to do great. KEITH: Thanks again. KAREN: Good luck. Bye. [Parking Lot] (Haley is pushing a grocery cart out and talking on her cell phone) HALEY: Hey. So how goes day two! [Nathan’s Work] NATHAN: Well, I’m mopping, Hales. And I look cool doing it. HALEY: I’m sure you do. GARY: I said no cell phones, you’ve got customers, Scott. NATHAN: Alright, I got to go. Duty calls. (He hangs up) GARY: Did you clean the blenders yet! NATHAN: No, but- GARY: I told you to do that half an hour ago. NATHAN: Okay relax. GARY: I can’t relax. Unlike you, I actually need this job. NATHAN: What does that mean? GARY: It means some of us don’t have a rich daddy waiting for them when things get tough. You know, if I want to go to college I’m going to have to pay for it, so if you’re just going to waste my time you might as well quit now. NATHAN: That’s not what I’m doing. GARY: Good. Cause Jerry called in sick. I’m going to need you to cover till 10 o’clock then we clean up and do inventory. NATHAN: Look, I have plans tonight, GARY: Alright, then you’re fired. Take your pick. [Interview] (School auto shop) KEITH: Well, selling the shop really couldn’t be avoided. MAN: I’m curious why you quit so soon after they hired you on. KEITH: Well, the new management was taking things in a different direction. MAN: And you had a problem with that? KEITH: The new management was my brother. And he’s an @#%$. MAN: I see. Mr. Scott, you may be qualified from a technical standpoint, but teaching teenagers is a whole other thing. Why do you want this job! KEITH: To me, it’s not about teaching them to change a spark plug. It’s about giving them the confidence to do something that maybe they think they couldn’t do before. And once you do that, you’ve earned their trust. And when you have that, you can really have an effect. MAN: My brother’s an @#%$ too. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Mouth is the DJ and Haley is putting on lip-gloss waiting for people to show up. The door bell rings) HALEY: Somebody’s early. (She answers the door and Tim is there with a keg) Hi, you know Nathan’s not even back from work yet so if you want to come back later. TIM: Somebody’s got to kick this mother off. What up, Nose? MOUTH: It’s mouth. [Peyton’s Room] (She is getting ready and Lucas stands in her door way) LUCAS: Wow. You’re kind of hot. PEYTON: Yeah? LUCAS: So look, I know we’re just hanging out, but I got you a gift. PEYTON: Dude, you shouldn’t have. LUCAS: I know, but I did. PEYTON: Alright, well good. Give it to me, I love gifts. LUCAS: Well I know how you’re into this whole 80’s metal thing. So I got you the first test of the record. (he hand her a record) PEYTON: Oh! This is sweet. Um, I got you a high five. Do you want it now or later! LUCAS: Now is good. PEYTON: Okay. (She gives him a high five) [Nathan’s Apartment] (Haley and Tim are sitting on the couch) HALEY: No one’s coming, I’m sure of it. TIM: Most people don’t want to be first at a party. (Haley looks at him and he looks away) HALEY: Nathan’s late too. (The doorbell rings) Oh finally! (Tim jumps up and answers it first) TIM: What’s up! (He hugs the people as they walk in) Party in the House. HALEY: Um, Tim? Do you know any of these people! TIM: Not really, but it’s a party, Haley. You wanted people to show up, right! HALEY: Yeah, sure. Yeah, cool. TIM: Cool, okay. [Bar] (Brooke is drinking alone. A guy sits next to her. She gives him a fake smile then looks away) GUY: Buy you a drink! BROOKE: Okay, guy in need of a clue. Here’s one. Women send signals. That was a brush off. Before you dip into your shallow pool of wit let me paint us a picture and save us both the trouble. Here’s your evening. You are going to slink back off to your buddies, laugh this off, get wasted, go home, and make nice with yourself. But don’t be thinking of me, because even your fantasy of me, isn’t interested in you. (He leaves. Nikki is standing behind him and sits with Brooke) NIKKI: Nice work. Extra points for style. BROOKE: I’ve seen you around. You’re Jake’s ex right! NIKKI: No, he’s mine. You go to Tree Hill? (Brooke nods) So what brings you out into the big, bad, real world? BROOKE: Anger, alcohol and a fake ID. NIKKI: Nice combo. Men? BROOKE: Dogs. Two of them. Ex boyfriend and backstabbing ex girly best friend. NIKKI: Typical. If you have a strand of hair and five minutes I can show you a great curse you can put on them. BROOKE: Okay. (She pulls out a strand of hair) Bring it on, witch. NIKKI: Okay. What are their names! BROOKE: Lucas, and Peyton. (Nikki looks at her) Mm. NIKKI: And where are they tonight? BROOKE: They are at a party that I was not invited to. Can you believe that? They sneak around like little mongrels and I get removed from the A list. BARTENDER: Can I get you ladies anything? NIKKI: Yeah, two vodkas. And two for my new friend here. BROOKE: Now you’re talking, witchiepoo. NIKKI: Mm hm. [Nathan’s Work] (He accidentally knocks over a tray of pretzels) GARY: Nice move, all-star. (Nathan bends over to pick them up and Dan comes to the counter) DAN: You know it’s a shame. I have pictures of you in your first bath, your first hair cut. The first time you walked. Here it is, your first job, and me without a camera. Of course if I did have a picture of you mom would most likely take it in the divorce. But that probably sounds bitter. NATHAN: Dad, I’m trying to work here, okay! DAN: I can see that. But come on, Nate. How long are you going to keep this job? A month? A week? Come home with me, this is embarrassing. NATHAN: No, dad, watching you and mom fight is embarrassing. This might be the ground floor but at least I’m doing it on my own. Unlike some. DAN: Meaning what? NATHAN: I could just live off mom's money like you did. DAN: Okay. Alright you’ve got a lot to learn, kid but when go ahead. Impress me. (He starts to walk away. Nathan picks up a pretzel off the floor) NATHAN: Dad. (He tosses the pretzel to him) Have a pretzel. It’s on me. (Dan eats it signals that it's good and leaves) [Nathan’s Apartment] (The house is crowded with kids and Haley is approached by two girls) GIRL: Nathan Scott and your own apartment. You have, like, the best life ever. HALEY: Well, thanks, I mean it’s not my apartment, but - (They walk away. Lucas and Peyton walk in) Hi! LUCAS: Haley, who are all these people! HALEY: Who cares? It’s a party. BROOKE: Sorry I’m late. Hope nobody minds, but I brought a friend. (She and Nikki are standing in the doorway) NIKKI: Let the games begin. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Nikki and Brooke are drinking together on the couch. Peyton, Haley and Lucas are sitting across from them watching) HALEY: Maybe if we just invited her. LUCAS: It’s not your fault, Hales. (Lucas is playing a handheld game) HALEY: Who is this Nikki person anyway! PEYTON: It’s Jake’s baby’s mom. Yeah. She’s a train wreck. (Something crashes in the other room) HALEY: That did not sound good. (She goes to see) Excuse me. Coming through. (Nikki walks up to Lucas) NIKKI: I like a guy who can keep a secret. LUCAS: You asked me not to say anything. NIKKI: So where’s Jake? LUCAS: Working tonight. NIKKI: Really? Then we’ll just have to have all fun. (They walk into the kitchen) Know if they have a carousel in this place! LUCAS: Look, Nikki, you asked me to do you a favor, and I did it. Okay? I didn’t tell Jake what happened. Now it’s your turn to do me a favor, okay? Take Brooke and get her out of here before she starts something. Alright? My friend, Haley, she doesn’t need this tonight, alright? NIKKI: Need what? Just having a little fun. (Peyton stands next to her) I thought I smelled something. PEYTON: Oh that’s skank. And I think it’s coming from you. (Lucas laughs) Come on, Lucas. NIKKI: Please. (She takes another sht) [Nathan’s Work] (The mall is empty and he and Gary are cleaning) GARY: You don’t remember it, do you? Homecoming. NATHAN: I remember it. I told you I’m sorry. GARY: What do you need this job so bad for anyway? NATHAN: You saw my dad, right? If I can't show a judge that I can support myself, I’ve got to live with that guy. GARY: Wow, then you better hope that I don’t fre you. NATHAN: Alright, here’s the deal, man. I’m going to work hard because I need this job. Not because you’re gn for me. So you can either let it go and accept my apology, or you can just fre me right now. GARY: Alright, I’ll let it go, but you’ve got to do better, man. NATHAN: I will. Pulp, all the way, man. GARY: Okay, you can take off. You’re having a party tonight, right? Well everyone at school knows about it. NATHAN: You can stop by if you want. GARY: Right, right. Pry your lips off my @#%$ and get out of here. I’ll see you tomorrow. NATHAN: Thanks, Gary. GARY: Whatever. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Brooke is waiting for a guy to fill her cup) BROOKE: It’s not gonna fill itself. (Peyton walks up to her) PEYTON: So, you’re hanging out with Nikki. BROOKE: Sorry do I know you? PEYTON: Look, Brooke, just don’t cause any trouble tonight, okay? BROOKE: Wait a minute, you’re that tallish lying person I used to be friends with. Why don’t you go crawling back to the boyfriend formally known as mine. PEYTON: Okay this whole not being friends with you thing, is getting so much easier every time I see you. (She walks away; Brooke is disappointed) [Bus Stop] (Nathan is sitting on a bench and starts to call Haley’s Cell and gets her machine) HALEY: Hey, you’ve reached Haley James, congratulations. (he hangs up) [Deb’s House] (She is drinking wine and putting Dan’s trophies into a box. He walks in behind her and starts to pour wine for himself) DEB: You’re late. DAN: Are you going to divide those up too? DEB: And deprive you of your glory days? Wouldn’t think of it. DAN: (Pouring the wine) Oh, may I? Or should I pour half back? Why are we going through this charade, Deb? You’re just going to have to unpack that stuff later. DEB: Time to move out of denial, Dan. DAN: Me in denial? You’re the one sitting here creating busy work for yourself while our son gets a job at the mall. A direct result of your irrational need to rip the three of us apart. DEB: I ripped us apart? You know, Dan if I wasn’t half drunk I’d tell you to go screw yourself. Here they are. Your trophies. (She takes the box to him and drops it in front of him) Congratulations. DAN: So this is what we’ve come to. Huh? Boxing up our lives, trading insults, drinking cheap wine. DEB: Oh no, the wine’s not cheap. DAN: This is our wedding crystal. DEB: No that’s yours. I broke mine. DAN: I don’t want to do this, Deb. I don’t want to divide up our lives. DEB: Dan you already did. You divided this family a long time ago. DAN: How? What did I do? What? By working hard? By building up the business? Giving you a nice life, a car in the driveway, clothes on your back. DEB: You know what, Dan? You know, keep it all. Here. You want the car? Here. (She throws the keys at him) Keep the keys. You want the house? Take the house. DAN: Deb, stop. DEB: Here you want the clothes off my back? Here, take the clothes off my back. (She takes off her jacket then shirt) DAN: Deb, stop. Will you stop!? DEB: What? What else do you want, Dan? DAN: You. I want you. DEB: Don’t say that. (he kisses her and she slaps him. He kisses her again) [Nathan’s Apartment] HALEY: Be careful, please. Be careful. (Guys are carrying Mouth across the room) Mouth. MOUTH: Little help. (Haley walks up to Lucas and Peyton) HALEY: I cannot stop the madness. (Peyton gets a quarter in the cup) PEYTON: Okay, you know what? Drink this, you look like you could use it. (Haley drinks it) Wow! (Brooke cuts in) BROOKE: So you two are playing games. Watch out for them, they look like they might cheat. NIKKI: Oh you’re still here. I thought that you’d be running off to tuck in my kid. PEYTON: Someone’s got to. NIKKI: Yeah well hopefully it’s not some slutty boyfriend thief. BROOKE: I’ll drink to that. PEYTON: Look, why don’t you do what you’re really good at and disappear. NIKKI: You have a problem! BROOKE: Wow, Nikki, she’s not worth it. NIKKI: Get off me. (She walks up to Peyton) I asked you if you had a problem. PEYTON: Yeah, I do. It’s called you, @#%$. (Nikki throws her against the refrigerator and slaps her. Peyton pushes her back onto a table and they fall onto the floor. They get up and start pulling on each other. Lucas pulls them apart.) LUCAS: Haley, help me out here. (Nikki throws a stool towards Peyton and it goes out the window. They grab each other and break the coffee table) Come on! Stop! (People pull them apart) BROOKE: (To Nikki) What the hell are you doing? NIKKI: Isn’t this what you wanted? (she is trying to get out of Tim’s arms to go back to Peyton) TIM: Stop! LUCAS: You need to go! NIKKI: Well isn’t this sweet? Lucas Scott coming to the defense of his women. Oh, but wait. Shouldn’t that include someone else? (Haley, Peyton and Brooke look at Lucas) Don’t worry, I can keep a secret too. (She walks away. Peyton faces Lucas) LUCAS: You sure you’re okay? PEYTON: What did she mean by that? Someone else? (Lucas pauses and looks around at her and Brooke) LUCAS: She’s the girl I met in the bar. BROOKE: Lucas Scott betrayal train, all aboard. PEYTON: Move. (She pushes past him) BROOKE: And you called me easy. (She leaves. Nathan walks in) NATHAN: Haley? What? HALEY: Nathan! Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry. (She hugs him. Cops walk in the door) COP: Whose apartment is this? It’s not going to be that hard to figure out so why don’t you just save us some time. NATHAN: Alright, it’s mine. COP: Everyone else, get out of here before we start checking ID’s. (Everyone starts clearing out) NATHAN: Wait, what are you doing? COP: Writing you a citation. NATHAN: Me? I didn’t do anything! COP: Underage drinking. Disturbing the peace. LUCAS: Look, sir, he had nothing to do with this. He just got here. COP: It’s his apartment, it’s his responsibility. NATHAN: Great, I’m impressed. You learn that in detective school! COP: So, you want to smart off. Fine. You can do that from a cell. (He puts handcuffs on him) LUCAS: Come on! COP: You want to join him? I didn’t think so. Come on, let’s go. (they lead him out) [Deb’s Room] (She and Dan are lying in bed) DAN: Do you remember Christmas break, first semester! DEB: Yeah we stayed on campus because I was afraid to tell my parents I was pregnant. DAN: We were in that dorm room for days. Everyone was gone. It was quiet. I remember thinking that maybe the world wasn’t out there anymore. Maybe it’s just the two of us. And all the trouble outside has just gone away. (The phone rings) DEB: Great. (Dan answers) DAN: Yeah? VOICE: Mr. Scott, this is the sheriffs department. DAN: What? VOICE: You’re son’s been arrested. DAN: Where? VOICE: He's down at the station. DAN: Okay. DEB: Who was that? DAN: That was the real world. It’s still out there. I got to go. [Police Department] (Dan and Nathan are walking out) DAN: Bang up job, Nathan. Every time I blink you seem to sink to a new low. Part of me thinks I should have left you in there. NATHAN: Maybe you should have. DAN: This experiment of yours is over. You’re coming home. NATHAN: Forget it! DAN: Now! NATHAN: No way. DAN: Hey, I brought you into this world, I promise I can take you out. LUCAS: Let him go. (He and Haley are standing behind him) DAN: And the disappointments just keep on coming. You stay out of this. LUCAS: Haley, go get an officer. DAN: Let me get this straight. Your mom runs off and has a fling, I get the cops to drop the charges and now I’m the bad guy here? NATHAN: Dad. LUCAS: You might want to think before you start trying to make a case for what a great father you’ve been. DAN: What do you know about me being a father? LUCAS: Exactly. DAN: You know what? Why don’t you shut up and go talk to your mom. Tell her you want to know what really happened between us back then. And you. You want to ruin your life, go ahead. I’m done here. (He walks away) LUCAS: Come on, it’s late. We’ll take you home. (Nathan nods and walks away with them) [Lucas’ House] (Karen is sitting at the kitchen table when Lucas comes in) LUCAS: Hey what are you doing up? KAREN: You know I can’t sleep until you’re home. (Lucas sits with her) You know it meant a lot to Keith that you went to go see him. Are we going to talk about that! LUCAS: It’s not really my place, is it? You deserve to be happy, mom. I mean, no body deserves it more. But so does Keith. I just thought that you could be happy together. KAREN: You know, I love Keith very much. I’m just not in love with him. LUCAS: Were you ever? KAREN: I guess I never really let my heart completely go there. In part because he has been a very good friend. And sometimes romance confuses a friendship. LUCAS: Yeah. Well I can’t tell you how to feel in your heart. It just sucks for Keith, that’s all. Goodnight, mom. [Nathan’s Apartment] NATHAN: Don’t worry about it. HALEY: I never thought this many people would actually show up. NATHAN: Why? HALEY: Because why would they? I mean, it’s just me. NATHAN: It kind of comes with the territory, you know? HALEY: What territory? NATHAN: Popularity. This was just your coming out party. [Peyton’s Room] (She is lying in bed. Brooke walks in) BROOKE: Who knew tutor girl could throw such a rager! PEYTON: Who knew. (Brooke lies down next to her) So thanks for sticking up for me. BROOKE: Nikki was kind of my responsibility, it was probably a mistake to bring her. PEYTON: You think! BROOKE: Judgment impaired by rage and cocktails, I admit it. I’m sorry. I want to call truce. A real one. PEYTON: Friends again? BROOKE: Just not enemies anymore. I was thinking about Lucas. You know, he’s just a guy, he makes mistakes like all the rest of them. PEYTON: Maybe. It just feels so much worse when you expect more from somebody. BROOKE: Yeah, I know. (She starts crying) So that Nikki @#%$ is crazy. (They laugh) PEYTON: You think it’s possible you and me will ever get back to the way we were? BROOKE: It doesn’t feel like it sometimes. PEYTON: Yeah. BROOKE: I’m so tired. PEYTON: Me too. [Karen’s Café] KAREN: Hey. KEITH: I got the job. KAREN: That’s great. I knew you would. KEITH: Yeah, I actually think it was the tie. KAREN: I’m pretty sure it was you. KEITH: Oh man, I’ll tell ya, I have felt for too long like everyone else is out there living their lives and when they said they wanted me, I felt good. KAREN: So when do you start? KEITH: A couple of weeks. KAREN: Wow, that soon, KEITH: Yeah, that soon. [Deb’s House] (She is sitting with her old yearbook. Dan walks in) DAN: Weird night. DEB: You can say that. DAN: You know I was thinking this morning that you should have this divorce. DEB: What changed your mind? DAN: I just realized the same thing I realized in the dorm room. The real world’s always going to be out there. And there’s no going back. (He leaves and Deb puts the yearbook in a box) [Keith’s House] (He is packing a box. Lucas walks in and sits down with him) [Nathan’s Work] (He is doing everything right and helping customers) NATHAN: Welcome to Hot and Twisted, how can I help you? [Outside School] (Lucas is standing alone then starts walking with Peyton) LUCAS: Hey. PEYTON: Hey. LUCAS: Look, I didn’t know about Nikki and Jake until I met her. PEYTON: So she was just some stranger in a bar you slept with? Lucas, you don’t need to apologize. Okay? It’s just that, after all the stuff that you and I had been through, where my head and my heart were at I couldn’t have gone and just slept with some stranger. You know when you and I first met? I was with Nathan. And he was a pretty bad guy, if you remember. LUCAS: Yeah. PEYTON: I’m not doing that again. Who knew that you two would switch places? (She walks away and he is left standing alone)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "01x20 - What Is and What Should Never Be"}	foreverdreaming
[Lucas’ Room] (Lucas is sleeping in bed. He get up and answers the door when Nathan knocks) NATHAN: Get dressed. LUCAS: Dude, it’s six am, what are you doing? NATHAN: We’re going running. LUCAS: No, I’m going to bed. NATHAN: I’ll just keep knocking. [Nathan and Lucas running] NATHAN: Playoff’s are next week. Got to get you ready, man. Workouts, studying game tapes, whatever it takes. LUCAS: Why? NATHAN: Cause I want to win. And I need your help. Besides, you stood up to my dad the other day. I owe you. LUCAS: So listen. There’s something that’s been bothering me. That thing Dan said, about asking my mom what kind of parent he was. Any idea what he meant? NATHAN: Probably just more of his mind games, man. That’s the way he is. [Peyton’s Room] (She is standing in front of her web cam. Her dad knocks) LARRY: You descent? PEYTON: Clothing wise. LARRY: Hey, you’re back online. PEYTON: Oh, damn, I got dressed in front of that web cam. LARRY: Don’t tell me that. (Peyton laughs) I thought you said that thing was evil, anyway. PEYTON: Yeah, well that was before I saw you pulling your duffel bag out of the closet. Were you going to tell me that you’re leaving? LARRY: I’m just going down to the keys. Boat leaves Saturday morning, I’ll be back in six days. PEYTON: Okay. Five nights to party. LARRY: And no time to talk, so, here comes. Are you comfortable with me seeing Lucas’ mom? If it’s too weird for you - PEYTON: No, it’s not that. I like Karen. LARRY: Something going on with you and Lucas? PEYTON: Not really. It’s cool. What if it was too weird for me? You dating Karen. LARRY: You’d just have to get used to it. PEYTON: You do your thing. LARRY: Shut that thing off. (He leaves) [Lucas’ House] (Lucas and Karen are sitting at the kitchen table) LUCAS: Hey, mom. The other night I saw Dan, and he said something. KAREN: What now? LUCAS: He said to ask you what really happened back then. Any idea what he meant? KAREN: Who knows. It’s Dan. LUCAS: Yeah, but, I don’t know. He was talking about what kind of father he was. Was he just messing with me? KAREN: Lucas, you know that I always have your best interest in mind. Since day one. You believe that, right? LUCAS: Yeah. KAREN: Well, um, after you were born, Dan asked to be in your life. LUCAS: You told me he never showed up. That he didn’t want anything to do with us. KAREN: He didn’t show up at first. But when he moved back to town with Deb he told me that he’d like to help raise you. And he asked for joint custody. I said no. LUCAS: Why? KAREN: I didn’t trust him. And Dan was ready to sue until his lawyer told him since he had left me and gotten another girl pregnant his chances weren’t good. You know what Dan is like. I had to make a decision. I had to do what was best for you. And I knew that someday we’d be having this conversation but that was a risk I had to take. LUCAS: I’ve got to go to school. KAREN: Lucas. (he leaves) [Outside School] LUCAS: Hey, Peyton! (Peyton shakes her head and starts to walk away) Come on, can I talk to you? PEYTON: That depends. Are you telling lies or things that aren’t true? LUCAS: Okay, I deserve that, but about the other night. PEYTON: Whatever, Luke. Explain it to your friend Nikki. (She walks away with Brooke and they look back at him) [Inside the Gym] (Brooke and Peyton are standing off to the side during practice) BROOKE: So, now that Lucas has out-slutted the both of us, are we back to hoes over bros? PEYTON: Okay, she’s talking to me, does that mean she’s shopping with me? I was thinking, maybe we could spend a little trial make up time at the mall. BROOKE: You know there may be hope for you yet. (Whitey blows his whistle) WHITEY: Gather around here, come on. Let’s move. (The guys run over) Alright listen up. Next week you boys are going to be winning your first playoff game. I however am going to be flat on my back in the hospital. LUCAS: What’s going on, Coach? WHITEY: Just a little eye surgery. I’ve got a paranoid doc who says I can’t put it off any longer. And since it’s important to me to actually see you guys win states, I’ve got to miss the first game. NATHAN: Who’s going to coach us? WHITEY: Coach McCallum most likely. And if you use this as an excuse to slack off I can promise you there’ll be hell to pay. Now ht the showers. LUCAS: You need anything, Coach? WHITEY: Yeah, my youth back. (Lucas walks away with Nathan) LUCAS: So, is McCallum any good? NATHAN: No, JV sucks. This one’s going to be up to you and me. [Keith’s Apartment] (Lucas knocks on the door and comes in) LUCAS: Keith. KEITH: Hey. Just ordered some pizza. You interested? LUCAS: Sure. Hey listen, I wanted to ask you something about Dan. About how he wanted to share custody. KEITH: Oh, is he spreading that lie again? LUCAS: Keith, mom told me it was true. KEITH: What do you mean? How he called her from college? LUCAS: No, after that. Dan wanted joint custody, I thought you knew that. KEITH: No, I didn’t know that. LUCAS: Do you think things would have been different? If mom would have given him a chance? KEITH: You mean like the chance he had with Nathan? LUCAS: Yeah but what was he like back then, anyway? KEITH: What are you thinking? LUCAS: I mean, it’s easy to see a guy that never cared. I mean it’s easier to hate him that way. Right? KEITH: Well maybe that’s why your mom kept it from you. LUCAS: Yeah, I know he’s a bad guy, but maybe he’s just made some poor choices, and it got out of control. I mean I’ve been doing that myself. KEITH: Luke, you’re not Dan. The man’s whole life is poor choices. LUCAS: Yeah, but that’s just it. Maybe this is the one that changed him. [Nathan’s Apartment] HALEY: You are totally saving my life. Thank you. I’ve got to get a cable modem. NATHAN: It’s cool. I’ve got to run to practice, anyway. Then I’m going to pick up an extra shift at the mall, try to pay for this cable modem. And after that, I’m working out with Lucas. HALEY: Well who are you and what have you done with my real boyfriend? NATHAN: Well, you said you wanted me to cut the guy some slack. HALEY: You sure it’s not also cause it’s a way to stick it to Dan? NATHAN: No, that’s not what it is. HALEY: Okay. NATHAN: I’m going to stick it to my dad by erasing him from the record book/s, alright? HALEY: Good. NATHAN: I’ve got to go. (He kisses her forehead ) I’ll see you. (He leaves. Haley opens up his laptop) HALEY: English class here I come. [Whitey’s Office] (He is using his glasses to look at the playoff schedule. Dan walks in) WHITEY: Dan Scott. They haven’t even cut me open yet and you’ve already smelled the blood. DAN: What’s this I hear about you not coaching the playoffs? WHITEY: First game of the playoffs. DAN: And the last if they lose. WHITEY: The teams ready. McCallum will do fine. (Dan laughs) DAN: McCallum, you’ve got to be kidding me. JV’s won what, five games all season? WHITEY: Well, actually 4. That other one was a forfeit. DAN: Exactly my point. Better let me do it. (Whitey laughs) WHITEY: I’m old, Danny, but I’m not senile. DAN: Come on, Whitey, you know I know this team as well as you do. Every game, every player. WHITEY: You ought to. You daddied a half of them. DAN: Okay. Look, I know you don’t care much for me, but you do care a lot about this team. WHITEY: I care enough about them to protect them from you. Over my dad body, Danny. DAN: Well if that’s the way you want it. WHITEY: Oh, by the way. I’m going to be just fine, thanks for asking. (Dan leaves) [River Court] (Lucas and Nathan are playing basketball. Nathan passes Lucas and makes a sht and Lucas limps away) LUCAS: My legs are dad. NATHAN: Come on, one more game, man, see what you’ve got. (Lucas sh*t and misses) Nice sht, Haley. LUCAS: So did Dan talk about me when you were little? NATHAN: Well, when I was younger I used to hear my parents argue about you. I knew you were out there. And I hated the fact so I hated you. I just thought what my dad wanted me to think. It sounds stupid but it made sense at the time. LUCAS: You know he wanted joint custody of me. That’s what he was talking about at the jail. NATHAN: Wow. I didn’t see that coming. The one descent thing the guy does and he buries it, huh? LUCAS: So you think if Dan would have gotten his way, you and I might have grown up together? NATHAN: What would that have gotten us? LUCAS: Well we could have teamed up against him. NATHAN: Or we could have klled each other. Trust me, man, you didn’t miss out on anything. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Haley is working on her paper) HALEY: Until the latter part of his life, Darwin was a naturalist and the author of the book “The Origin of Species” which was published in…(She goes to an internet search and types in Origin. “Original Sin - Hot, Nasty Girls!” comes up. She clicks on his favorites and sees more prn sites listed and she looks disappointed) [Lucas’ House] (Keith comes in to the kitchen where Karen is folding clothes) KAREN: Keith, hey. KEITH: Lucas came to see me last night. He had a lot of questions about what you told him. About Dan. And he wasn’t the only one. KAREN: You have a right to be upset. KEITH: You’re damn straight I have a right to be upset! You want to explain to me how you could keep that from me all these years? I had a right to know Dan wanted custody. KAREN: What would you have done differently? Would you have loved Lucas any less? KEITH: Of course not. But I might have had a different opinion of my brother. KAREN: Oh come on, Keith. Your opinion of Dan is based on more than just his behavior towards Lucas. KEITH: Back then, he told me that he approached you about joint custody, okay? And I called him a liar. And now I find out the person lying was you. KAREN: I was trying to protect Lucas! I was trying to give him the best life possible. I was a kid, Keith. And I was scared. I was scared I was going to lose you too. You and Dan are brothers there was always that chance. KEITH: What, that I’d take his side over yours? KAREN: Well yeah. KEITH: God, Karen, I thought you knew me better than that. (He leaves) [Whitey’s Office] (He walks in and Dan is sitting at his desk) DAN: I was just leaving you a note to call me. WHITEY: I thought you had to invite vampires in. I’m all talked out with you. DAN: That may well be but I’m still going to need your playbooks, stats, team rosters, but don’t you worry, I’ve got my own whistle. WHITEY: What the hell are you talking about? DAN: Looks like I’ll be coaching that playoff game after all. WHITEY: The hell you will, I told you my decision was final. DAN: So was the athletic committees. And I believe they trump you. We had a little session this afternoon. You really should get yourself a cell phone Whitey. (Dan gets up and takes the playbook) Just what I was looking for. Don’t you worry Whitey. The teams in good hands. (he leaves) [Mall] (Peyton and Brooke are walking and pushing Jenny) PEYTON: So I hope you don’t mind I had to bring Jenny along. Jake kind of asked last minute. BROOKE: Well it’s never to early to learn to accessorize, right? Want to go look at cds? PEYTON: Why? So I can listen to you complain as I check out all the new releases? BROOKE: Well we could go try on lingerie and you can listen to me whine about how fat I am. PEYTON: You’re not fat. BROOKE: I know, I just like to hear it. (They stop at a store window and look in) PEYTON: You know, I’ve really missed this whole girlfriend thing. BROOKE: Of course you have. NIKKI: Well, well, well. (Peyton and Brooke turn around and Nikki is holding Jenny) As a babysitter, apparently you suck. PEYTON: Nikki, what are you doing? NIKKI: Protecting my baby. While you two barbies were getting ready to make out, anybody could have taken her. PEYTON: Put her down. NIKKI: Right, I take orders from you. (She starts to walk away and they follow her) PEYTON: Where are you going?! NIKKI: Shopping with my daughter. BROOKE: I don’t think so. NIKKI: Yeah, I see you stopping me. BROOKE: Nikki! PEYTON: Go get security, okay? (Brooke leaves and Peyton follows Nikki through the crowd) Nikki. Nikki! Where is my phone? Damn it! Where is my phone? (She looks up and Nikki is walking into a video store) Nikki! (Peyton walks back to a cell phone stand and grabs one of the phones on display) Hi, can I use this? MAN: Sure. PEYTON: Thank you. (She dials) Karen, hey, it’s Peyton, is Jake there? No, he can’t call me back, I’m - well where is he? (She looks around and doesn’t seem them anywhere) BROOKE: Peyton. Where is she? PEYTON: I lost her in the crowd. This isn’t happening. (A security guard is with Brooke) GUARD: Police are on their way, miss, security’s been notified. If she’s still here we’ll find her. PEYTON: What if she’s already gone? What are we going to do? BROOKE: It’s okay, come here. (She hugs her) [Nathan’s Apartment] (Haley still has the Original Sin website up. Nathan and Lucas walk in) NATHAN: Hey, Hales. (She looks angry) Check it out, an entire afternoon together and no one threw a punch. LUCAS: You okay? HALEY: Can I talk to Nathan alone please? LUCAS: Yeah sure. Catch you guys later. (He leaves) NATHAN: What’s up. HALEY: I was just doing some research on the internet and I found what my boyfriend’s been studying. (She turns the computer to face him) NATHAN: This is, I just stumbled upon this, so, it’s no big deal. (He closes it) HALEY: What about the half a dozen other sites that you stumbled upon and book marked? It’s hard enough for me that I have to compete with the girls at school that just give it away, now I’ve got to be a prn star? NATHAN: Haley, look, you’re over reacting. HALEY: No, I really don’t think that I am. This hurts me, Nathan. NATHAN: Why? Haley these girls aren’t real. And plus, I’m a guy. Guys look at this stuff. HALEY: Well don’t be a guy, Nathan, be a man. You know, I’m not a prude, and I think you know that. But the thought that this is what I’m going to be compared to? NATHAN: So that’s what this is? You’re worried I’m going to compare you to them when we- HALEY: Yes! I’m afraid that’s part of it. Nathan it’s hard enough for me to even think about being naked in front of you. And the thought that this is the standard I’m going to be held to? Forget it. NATHAN: Haley. (She leaves) [Mall] (Jake comes up to the security station) JAKE: Peyton. Have they found her? PEYTON: Not yet. God, Jake, I am so, so sorry, okay? We only looked away for like two seconds. JAKE: You cannot do that! GUARD: You just need to calm down, sir, we have officers combing the mall. JAKE: Oh, calm down, take it easy? What do you think - NIKKI: Hey. What’s going on? JAKE: What the hell are you doing, Nikki? NIKKI: I took Jenny shopping then we rode on the carousel. What? What’s the big deal? PEYTON: You stole her out of her stroller! NIKKI: No I didn’t. I picked her up because you two weren’t watching her and then I told you I was taking her shopping. Besides she’s my daughter, not yours. GUARD: Is that true? JAKE: Well, yes, but- GUARD: Which one of you has custody? JAKE: Okay, look, she took off as soon as the baby was born. GUARD: As long as this isn’t a custody matter I’d advice you kids to keep your family stuff at home okay? You can call off the dogs. JAKE: You are unbelievable, you know that? NIKKI: Hey, if you’d let me see her once and a while. JAKE: That’s not going to happen, not after this. NIKKI: You think I’m such a bad mother? You’ve made some pretty bad decisions when it concerns Jenny. I’m not sure I can trust you with her. JAKE: Nikki. NIKKI: I’m going to get custody, Jake. She’s better off with me. I’ll see you soon, bunny! Yes! (She puts Jenny down and leaves) PEYTON: Jake. (Jake walks away) [Karen’s Café] (Dan walks in) DAN: Haven’t worn out your welcome yet? DEB: No, in fact Karen made me her partner. DAN: I hope you mean in the business. You said you had something for me. DEB: Yeah, you left this on the bedroom floor the other night. (She slides his watch over to him) DAN: What makes you think I didn’t leave it there as payment? KAREN: Excuse me, Deb. Dan, may I have a word with you? (They walk off) Is it just sport? This need to agitate Lucas any chance you get. Why on earth would you tell him that you wanted custody? DAN: I’m not the devil, Karen. I’m tired of being blamed for everything. KAREN: Not everything. Just your due. You suggest to me that I abort my child and then one day you grow this tiny sliver of conscience that has long since disappeared and you expect a metal for that? DAN: No I expect you to be held as accountable as I have to be. You’re the one who kept the truth from him. KAREN: This is not about accountability. You don’t regret missing out on Lucas’ life, you hate the fact that I bat you. And you’re punishing him because some lawyer told you years ago that you could never win this one and that is pathetic, Dan! So do me a favor, just stay away from him. DAN: I can’t do that. I’m his coach. KAREN: What are you talking about? DAN: Whitey’s off in surgery, I volunteered to step in and help. KAREN: You just can’t let this one go, can you? DAN: Well it beats lying about it. KAREN: Listen to me, Dan. If you use this coaching job to hurt my son, I don’t care who on that school board you sold cars to, I will bury you. DAN: You shouldn’t baby the kid, Karen. The boy needs to learn to fight his own battles. KAREN: Is that why Nathan left you? [Peyton’s Room] (She is on the bed drawing with her head phones on. Haley stands in the doorway knocking and trying to get her attention) HALEY: Peyton. Hello!? PEYTON: Oh, hey. Sorry I didn’t hear you. HALEY: It’s okay. You alright? PEYTON: Not really. I screwed up pretty bad with Jenny yesterday. HALEY: Sorry. Is she okay? PEYTON: Yeah, yeah she’s fine. It just potentially could have been so bad. I’m an idiot. What’s going on? HALEY: Oh, nothing, I was going to dump my problems on you but you’ve got enough to worry about. PEYTON: No, it’s cool. What’s up? HALEY: Okay, um, I was over at Nathan’s and I was on his computer, and I came across all this creepy prn. PEYTON: How creepy? Like she-male midgets? HALEY: No, like, Pamela Anderson wannabes. And, I’m right to be bothered by this, right? I mean you would be bothered by this if you guys were still together. PEYTON: Well, not really. But our relationship was nothing like yours. HALEY: Because you were having sex. PEYTON: No! Because I was never in love with Nathan the way you are. HALEY: You know, he says he’s totally cool with waiting until I’m ready, but if he’s filling up with cyber-sex in the mean time, I’m not going to measure up to that. PEYTON: Haley. But you don’t have to compete with anything. You’ve got something they don’t. You’ve got his heart, too. [Weight Room] (Lucas is benching and Nathan is spotting) NATHAN: I heard it only took my dad 15 minutes to BS the athletic committee. We’re so screwed, man. LUCAS: Only if we let him get to us. (Lucas stops gets up) So, you going to tell me what happened with Haley? I called her last night and she wouldn’t pick up. NATHAN: Let’s just say she found out I was looking at some websites that don’t exactly make me boyfriend of the year. Alright, not that it’s any of your business, but um, Haley and I, we’re not, I mean she’s not, you know, so, I’m just trying not to pressure her that’s all. (Nathan starts to bench) LUCAS: Yeah, sure. prn freak. (Nathan laughs) NATHAN: What? Shut up, dude. LUCAS: Just stay away from the sites with farm animals, alright? (Nathan laughs and starts to drop the bar) NATHAN: Oh man. What are you talking about. (Dan and Whitey walk to the door and watch them through the window) WHITEY: Most fathers would be touched by that scene. But I’m guessing it’s your worst nightmare. Coach. (He walks away) [Lucas’ Room] KAREN: Luke, can I talk to you? I owe you an apology. I shouldn’t have lied to you about Dan. LUCAS: No you shouldn’t have. KAREN: And I understand if you’re upset. LUCAS: I don’t think you do. I just can’t turn it off. All these years I was sure I should hate him, because he didn’t want me. I guess I’m mad at you, for making me question that now. I’m not sure I should hate him. I’m not even sure I know him. KAREN: Do you want to? LUCAS: You loved him once, mom. Was there ever something there? Was he ever a good person? KAREN: Once upon a time. He was. But he hasn’t been that person for a long time. [Gym] (The guys are doing footwork while Dan blows the whistles to change their directions) DAN: Hold your position. Where’s Jagielski? TIM: Sometimes coach lets him miss practice because of his baby. DAN: Sounds like Whitey. There’ll be no more special treatment for anyone, understood? Now this ball control offense Whitey’s running is out. From now on it’s run and gn. Players make plays. TIM: But we’re undefeated and we’re going to playoffs. DAN: By the way, you’re benched. Anyone else? Good. (Whistle: They are doing push ups) NATHAN: Is this bad for your shoulder? LUCAS: Probably. DAN: Alright, free throws. Make ten in a row, miss one, grab a weight plate and run and start over. Let’s go. (Nathan sht and makes it) Bend your knees, Nathan. NATHAN: I just made it, didn’t I? DAN: Hey. Whitey let you mouth off like that? Bend your knees. (He sh*t and misses) Grab a weight plate. Next. (Lucas misses) Go join your new pal. Next. (They are running sprints) DAN: Sprints, not runs! (Lucas is trailing behind) Lucas, keep moving! Let’s go, let’s go. (Lucas is bending over at midfield. LUCAS: I’m still a little weak from the accident. DAN: You’re a little weak all right. (Lucas throws up) NATHAN: Oh, dad! DAN: Coach. Now get a mop, clean that up. Let’s go, quit slacking, let’s go. [Haley’s Room] (She is reading on the bed and Lucas lies down) HALEY: What happened to you? LUCAS: First practice with Dan. HALEY: That brutal, huh? LUCAS: Uh huh. Especially for Nathan. Poor guy. HALEY: You’re concerned about Nathan? LUCAS: Well yeah. I saw first hand today how horrible it is with him and Dan. He needs you, Hales. Maybe you should cut him a break on this whole internet thing. HALEY: He told you about that? LUCAS: Yeah. I know, it’s weird, right? But we’re talking more now, and, at least he’s not cheating on you. HALEY: Ha! He’s looking at plastic bimbos. LUCAS: Hey, it could be worse. Did you ever think that maybe all this is just helping him so he can give you space, so he doesn’t have to hassle you about sex? HALEY: He shouldn’t need help giving me space, he should be better than that. Especially if he loves me. And I cannot believe that you’re defending him, whose protecting my heart in this, Luke? LUCAS: Okay, okay, I didn’t say it was okay. Alright? I’m just saying, after what I saw in the gym today, man, the guy just needs a little support. [Jake’s House] (Peyton knocks on his door and he comes outside) PEYTON: Jake, I feel so horrible, you have every right to be mad at me. JAKE: I’m mad at Nikki, okay? You I’m just, I’m just disappointed in. PEYTON: It was two seconds. JAKE: A lot happened in those two seconds. I just got off the phone with the legal aid attorney and she said that Jenny’s fair game and if it goes to court, that the judge usually decides with the birth mother. PEYTON: Even if you can prove what a horrible person she is? JAKE: You saw how she played that cop in the mall. She’s going to do the same thing to a judge in court. What if she wins, Peyton? I could lose Jenny. PEYTON: I’m so sorry. JAKE: I’ve got to get out of here. PEYTON: Where would you go? JAKE: I have a cousin in Savannah. Maybe? PEYTON: Won’t that just make things worse? JAKE: If Nikki comes after Jenny, this lawyer said it could end up costing me a fortune to fight her. And my parents, they’re already struggling as it is. This would wipe them out, I can’t do that to them. The only thing that I know for sure is that if I stay here, I’m screwed. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Haley is back on the internet doing her English paper) HALEY: Where did I put that picture of Darwin? (She opens up the pictures and sees 6 pictures labeled “Peyton” from her web cam. The first is Peyton sitting on her bed. Then a few of her with a towel on. Nathan walks in.) NATHAN: Hey. HALEY: You, um, said they weren’t real people. NATHAN: Haley, what are you doing? HALEY: I’m a real person. I have feelings, I have problems, I feel vulnerable, and self-conscious and I’m just like every other person. NATHAN: I know that. HALEY: Well what happened to sex just being magical, and being this amazing expression of how much you love someone? These cyber girls, they’re just like triple jointed and waxed, and always turned on, and it’s just a lie. NATHAN: I understand that. It’s just a fantasy. HALEY: Is Peyton a fantasy, too? (He closes the lap top. Haley nods and starts to leave) NATHAN: You know, it’d be nice if a guy could have a little privacy in his own apartment. HALEY: I can’t be Peyton for you. I can’t be those girls. I just, I won’t. NATHAN: I don’t want you to be. HALEY: Are you sure about that? Because - (She takes his hand and kisses it) I gave you my heart. That’s all that I can give to you. And if that’s not enough for you, then I’m not enough for you. (She leaves) [Jake’s House] PEYTON: So can I ask you a question? Were you serious about getting out? JAKE: Yeah. PEYTON: (To Jenny) I’m sure going to miss you. I’ve got a way for you to leave but you’ve got to go in the morning. JAKE: Whoa, whoa, slow down. What are you talking about? PEYTON: My dad’s transport is leaving for the keys. Did you ask your cousin about staying with him? JAKE: Yeah, but he’s in Savannah. PEYTON: Well my dad docks near there and a couple of other places on the way. Look, if you take your car Nikki can follow you, but this way- I don’t want you to go, Jake. But if you think it’s the best thing for Jenny. JAKE: I was thinking about how crushed my parents would be if I left. But Nikki. I mean she’s been so bad to my world, already. And not just to me but to you and to Lucas and Brooke. If I stay, she’ll win custody, Peyton. I can’t have that. PEYTON: The boat leaves in the morning. JAKE: And your dad’s cool with this? PEYTON: I’ll just tell him you’re visiting relatives. He’s a father too, Jake, he’d do anything for his daughter. Just like you. JAKE: What do you think, Jenny? PEYTON: I’ll be there in the morning either way. [Karen’s Café] MAILMAN: Package for Deborah Scott? DEB: I’m Deb. Thanks. (She signs and opens the envelope) KAREN: Is it bad news? DEB: Our divorce papers. Once they’re signed and filed it will all be over. KAREN: That’s what you wanted, isn’t it? DEB: Yeah, I’m just surprised. I never expected to feel sad. [Gym] (Lucas and Nathan are running sprints together. Dan comes and stands in front of them and they stop) [Deb’s House] (She signs the papers and is crying) [The docks] (Jake is walking towards the boat with Jenny and stops by Peyton) PEYTON: Hey. I was kind of hoping you wouldn’t show. Jenny you be good, okay? Take care of your dad. JAKE: Peyton PEYTON: Look, don’t say anything. You guys just be safe. (She kisses him and he hugs her. He walks away and gets on the boat) [Peyton’s Room] (She is lying on her bed. Lucas comes in behind her) LUCAS: Hey. You okay? PEYTON: I’ve got some stuff going on. LUCAS: I know. Look I just wanted to apologize, again, for not being a better person lately. I’m trying, Peyton. I don’t know what else to say. PEYTON: It’s not about what you say, Luke. It’s about what you do. You don’t like the person you’ve become? Then do something about it, cause no one’s going to do it for you. LUCAS: I know. That’s why I came by. I’m going to be making a few changes. And I just wanted to see you before I do. I’ll be seeing you, Peyton. (He leaves) [Keith’s Apartment] (Karen comes in while he’s packing) KAREN: Hi. KEITH: Hi. KAREN: I didn’t want this. KEITH: What’s that? KAREN: This. You’re moving away. You’re upset with me. KEITH: Well neither of us wanted it, but somehow here we are. KAREN: Did I trap you? Did I lead you on and trick you into loving Lucas? KEITH: No and you didn’t trick me into loving you either. But that’s what happened. KAREN: And the fact that I lied about Dan’s intentions, does that change all that? KEITH: It colors it differently, yeah. KAREN: How? Because no matter what I said back then, Dan would have been the same reprehensible person he’s become. And you still would have been there for Lucas and me. KEITH: And what for? So I could end up pushing 40’s still living in a bachelor apartment? Don’t you see, Karen? You got what you needed and so did Lucas. But what about me? I never said this before. But I will now. I stood by you, and I stood by Lucas, and I’m glad I did that. I just can’t help but think, why? What do I get out of it? KAREN: You get a boy who loves you. (Lucas knocks and comes in) LUCAS: I’m sorry to interrupt but we need to talk. KAREN: Okay, what’s up? LUCAS: Look, I know you did your best, mom. If you hadn’t kept Dan away, Keith and I probably wouldn’t have been so close. And I would have hated to miss that. So I understand now why you had to keep that secret to yourself. You just needed to find yourself on your own, right? KAREN: Yes. LUCAS: Well that’s what I want, too. To start over. I mean, that’s what you did when you shut Dan out. That’s what you’re doing by leaving town. KEITH: What do you mean, start over? LUCAS: I mean get away. Away from Dan. Away from this place. And away from all the mistakes I’ve been making. I want to go with Keith, mom. I want to leave Tree Hill.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "01x21 - The Leaving Song"}	foreverdreaming
[A raven flying in the sky] LUCAS (Voice Over): Some people believe that raven’s guide travelers to their destinations. Others believe that the sight of a solitary raven is considered good luck. While a group of ravens predicts trouble ahead. And a raven right before battle promises victory. [Basketball Game] (Mouth is giving his broadcast from the stands) MOUTH: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome Tree Hill Raven’s basketball, brought to you by web cast at Ravenshoops.com. I’m Mouth McFadden and the playoffs are finally here, so throw out the perfect record, if the raven’s lose this one, the season is over. [Locker Room] DAN: Tonight’s obstacle is Masonboro. If you win, you’re one step closer to a state championship, and undefeated season and greatness. Lose, and be losers. (Nathan and Lucas meet eyes and Nathan bounces the ball to him) [River Court] (Nathan and Lucas are playing basketball. Lucas misses a sht) NATHAN: You know, all this working out doesn’t mean anything if you can’t ht the sht. LUCAS: What’s wrong with you? NATHAN: I’m just saying, it’s a waste of my time to get you ready for this game if you can’t score when we need it. LUCAS: Huh. Give me the ball. (He makes the sht) Now, you going to tell me what’s really wrong? NATHAN: I guess, uh, I guess I’m just dealing with Haley. LUCAS: She’s still not talking to you, huh? NATHAN: No. [Outside School] (Haley is looking at pictures of her and Nathan on her cell phone) DAN: Don’t think I haven’t noticed your part in all this. You know, Haley, if you’re going to manipulate him, you should aim a little higher. And remember, pay back is hell. Oh, uh, by the way, nice tattoo. Real classy. [Basketball Game] MOUTH: Just moments away from the beginning of this playoff game. Winners advance. To the losers, well, their season is over. Dan Scott is standing in for coach Whitey Durham who is out with an illness. Not sure who signed off on that one, but let’s hope Coach Durham gets well soon. (Deb is watching Dan from the stands) [Deb’s House] (She is getting ready to sign the papers, Dan walks in) DAN: Really, Deb, tears. On the eve of our divorce. DEB: No, actually, I was sitting here having second thoughts. Until I considered what a hideous monster you’ve been for most of our married lives. (She signs them) DAN: Well since we’re frolicking down memory lane, let’s take a stroll back to the campus the night you told me you were pregnant. You know I came to you that night to tell you I had made a decision. I was leaving school at the end of the semester. DEB: Because of your fictional knee injury. DAN: No. No, Deb, that’s just what I told you. I was leaving because there was a girl I left behind. A girl who was carrying my child. And a girl that I loved very much. DEB: Karen. DAN: But when I told you I was leaving you told me you were pregnant. DEB: I didn’t know you were leaving for Karen. DAN: I know. All you knew is that I would do right by you and Nathan. Which is something I’ve tried to do every day since then. And if that makes me a monster, then so be it. [Basketball Game] (The team is still warming up) LUCAS: You alright? NATHAN: Have you seen Haley? LUCAS: No. [Outside Haley’s House] (Peyton drops Haley off. Nathan is waiting for her in the rain) HALEY: Nathan, you’re soaked. What are you doing? NATHAN: I just went for a run to clear my head, I guess this is where I ended up. Look, Haley, the picture of Peyton didn’t mean anything, okay? HALEY: It did to me. Clearly you still have feelings for her. NATHAN: I saved that picture back when we were still dating. The other ones too, you can go back and look. Her web cam hasn’t even been in her closet for months. HALEY: Why didn’t you tell me that last week? NATHAN: Because, I should have deleted those images a long time ago. I just felt bad because I didn’t do it. Besides, Haley, I don’t want Peyton. I want you. HALEY: Is that it? NATHAN: You know, my pride says yeah, that’s it. Just walk away and let Haley deal with the fact that she’s clearly thrat by a sexual relationship. But my heart says, just forget about your pride you idiot. You love this girl. And even if you’re going to catch pneumonia, your @#%$ is going to stand out here in the rain till you convince her to forgive you. So come on, Hales, just meet me half way here? HALEY: Why should I? NATHAN: Because I’m sorry. Because I love you. And Because you’re looking really hot standing out here in the rain, and I’m thinking, I have to kiss you. HALEY: Well, if you have to. (They start kissing) [Basketball Game] (Haley sits down in the stands with Keith) HALEY: Hey. KEITH: Hey. (Team Huddle) DAN: This is your night, this is your gym. Take no prisoners. Hands in. LUCAS: Let’s win this one for Whitey. DAN: Hey, forget the old man, you win it for yourselves. TIM: Come on boys, When are we going to lose? 1...2...3...Nevermore! (They break up and start to walk away) DAN: Hey, there’s no name on your jersey. LUCAS: Yeah there is. (He points to the Ravens name) Right there. MOUTH: So Ravens take the floor and we’re all set to go. [Whitey’s office] (Dan is at the desk. Lucas comes in) LUCAS: Listen, um, I talked to my mom. And I guess I’m sorry for resenting you for not wanting to be in my life. I didn’t know you wanted custody. I also never said thank you for rescuing me from the accident. DAN: You should be on the floor by now for practice. Go run 21 sprints. (Lucas leaves) [Basketball Game] (They’re getting ready to start. Lucas is standing next to another player) PLAYER: You better watch that bad shoulder. LUCAS: You better watch the score board. MOUTH: Here we go, ravens fans, the playoffs are underway. (The game starts) Ravens control the tip, Nathan Scott brings it up court to the pride of his hometown crowd. I’ll tell you, there’s a lot of love in the air tonight. (Brooke and Peyton smile at each other) [Bar] (Nikki sits down next to Brooke) BROOKE: That seat’s reserved for my friend Peyton. NIKKI: You’re friend, huh? BROOKE: As far as she knows. NIKKI: So where is Jake, Brooke? BROOKE: Buy me a drink and maybe I’ll tell you. [Basketball Game] (Brooke and Peyton are still smiling at each other.) MOUTH: Early in the second quarter, this Masonboro team, big underdogs, are giving the ravens all they can handle. PLAYER: All night, baby, all night. DAN: Shut up, you little punk. MOUTH: It could be the time away, or maybe Dan Scott’s influence, but whatever the reason, the players have dug themselves a whole and they’re looking at a long road back. (Keith and Karen meet eyes) [Keith’s Apartment] (He’s looking at a picture of himself and Karen with Lucas as a baby.) KEITH: Did you even love me, Karen? KAREN: Keith, I do love you. KEITH: Not like that. KAREN: I don’t know how to answer that. KEITH: You don’t know how to, or you don’t want to? KAREN: Keith, I don’t want you to leave like this. KEITH: It’s a little late for that. But at least let’s tell the truth. Okay? I’m not leaving for a job or some fresh perspective or because I wanted to get out of this town. I’m leaving because I can’t look at you anymore without my heart breaking. How many serious relationships have you had since Dan? I’ll tell you. None. KAREN: Why are you doing this? KEITH: Karen, it was a dark day when you said no to my proposal. But, you know, I can live with that. I don’t need you to love me. But you got to open up your heart to somebody. You got to let someone discover how staggering you are. Just don’t be alone, that I can’t live with. [Basketball Game] MOUTH: The ravens grab the rebound and push it up court. Tim Smith passes to Lucas Scott, over to Nathan Scott for the slam! I see the Ravens are finally working together. PEYTON: Go ravens! (Brooke smiles at her) [Peyton’s Room] BROOKE: You know you can trust me. PEYTON: Brooke, it’s really important to me that Nikki never finds out where Jake took Jenny. BROOKE: I know it’s important to you, Peyton. That’s why you can trust me with this. [Bar] NIKKI: But she still hasn’t told you? BROOKE: No, but she will. She thinks we’re tight again. NIKKI: Not that I care, but, you must really hate Peyton to betray her trust like this. BROOKE: Yeah, well, she’s got it coming. If Jake and Jenny meant anything to her, she’ll know what it feels like to have her heart crushed, won’t she? NIKKI: Fine by me. [Basketball Game] MOUTH: Coming up on half time and Ravens continue the lead. Lucas Scott with the ball that leads to Nathan. (Nathan makes a jump sht) Caw! The birds have taken flight. They look a lot sharper now, but something tells me Masonboro isn’t going away. [Lucas’ Room] LUCAS: You okay, mom? KAREN: I am having a problem letting you go. You’re just a kid, Luke. Part of me says that you are too young for this, I know I’m too young for it. LUCAS: You know this isn’t about me wanting to leave you, right? Because it’s not. KAREN: Then what is it about? Explain it to me again, why you want to leave. LUCAS: Do you remember when I first joined the team? The boosters treated you poorly. You wanted them to see who you’d become. And they could only see who you used to be. Or at least who they thought you were. I need a chance to start over. And I don’t want Keith to be alone either. At least for a little while. [Keith’s Apartment] KAREN: I told him he could join you in Charleston. KEITH: I want you to know, I’ll protect him with my life this time. KAREN: I know you will. Other wise I wouldn’t allow it. No one’s ever asked me if I would ever trust you again. And you need to know that if this was anybody else I wouldn’t let him go. KEITH: That means a lot to me. KAREN: I guess I should go then. I’m sorry, Keith. (She leaves and he looks at the picture of them) KEITH: Me too. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Nathan and Haley run into his room wet and grab towels) NATHAN: Want a towel? HALEY: Yes. Well that was a nice walk. (Nathan takes off his shirt and sits on the bed) NATHAN: Yeah. (Haley stops and watches him) What? (She takes off her shirt) Haley. HALEY: No, it’s okay. It’s okay. (She kisses him and they lie down) [Basketball Game] MOUTH: The ravens lead a close one by two as we come up on half time. Daniel Lawrence gives it to Tim who dribbles out top. Luke breaks free on the wing, puts up a three pointer, release rotation, splash, ravens lead it by five. Time for score at half time, ravens 34 and bears 39. This is web cast at ravenshoops.com. (One of the players bumps into Lucas’ shoulder and he falls to the ground.) Wow. (Nathan pushes the player) Masonboro just ht Lucas Scott with a cheap sht. (Both teams come into the middle and start fighting) Nathan comes to his defense and things are getting ugly as the refs hurry back to the floor to try and break up a brawl. Lucas Scott is still down protecting his bad shoulder. [Bar] BROOOKE: So Jake went to Savannah? PEYTON: He’s got family there. I don’t know if we would have been anything, you know, but I really loved Jenny. And I worry about them. BROOKE: I’m glad you told me, Peyton. You know I’m here for you. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Nathan and Haley are still lying in bed) HALEY: I know you are. What if we’re not good together? What if it drives us apart? NATHAN: It won’t. Look, Haley, I want to be with you. And if you don’t want to be with me, I guess I understand, but, this isn’t going to change anything. HALEY: Tonight then. After the game. [Locker Room] DAN: Already making plans for after the game, boys? Because this is a joke! You guys are up five points, you should be up fifty points. Oh and while you have your heads up your asses, why don’t you take a whiff of how you’ve been playing. Tim, turnovers. Nathan, focus. (He walks over to where the trainer is looking at Lucas’ shoulder) Hey, come here. (He and the trainer go off to the side) How are we doing? TRAINER: Coach, we should get him x-rayed. I think he’s done for the night. DAN: Whoa, whoa. Are you sure? TRAINER: Well I can’t be sure without the x-ray. But if he were my kid, I wouldn’t risk it. And considering the rehab- DAN: Shh. (He goes to Lucas) Hey. How you doing? LUCAS: It just feels a little weird. What’d the doc say? DAN: He said you’d be fine. But if you want to sit out, I can’t make you play. But your teammates are counting on you. LUCAS: I’ll be fine. DAN: Good man. Kid says he wants to play, doc. But I’ll tell you what, as soon as the game’s over, we’ll get him an x-ray, okay? (Nathan comes over to Lucas) NATHAN: You good, man? (He nods) Good. Cause all this means nothing if you can’t knock down that sht. [Outside] (Nathan and Lucas are walking together) NATHAN: Do you know about my dad’s state championship game? LUCAS: Yeah, Whitey benched Dan. NATHAN: Not exactly. That’s Whitey’s story. See, they were leading, and Whitey wanted to go into a stall. My dad didn’t want to, so at the end of the game, with everything on the line, he sat down. Refused to go back into the game. LUCAS: Really? NATHAN: Yeah. The way my dad sees it, he lost the game, but won the argument. LUCAS: I couldn’t do that to my teammates. NATHAN: Yeah, me neither. Although if we lose this game, I’m going back to hating you. (They stop in front of Whiteys house) WHITEY: Well, it’s the Scott boys. Together. My eyes really must be screwed up. LUCAS: Hey, coach. NATHAN: We wanted to catch you before you went to the hospital. WHITEY: Glad you did. How’s practice going with Danny? NATHAN: The same as with you. It sucks. Well, coach, the players, we all signed this ball for you. (He hands him a basketball signed by the team) Sort of a get well card. WHITEY: You know, I’ve been around this game practically my whole life. And there’s never been a day that I was as gifted as either one of you. Remember that. Don’t let Danny take that from you. You boys play with your whole hearts. You take your shts, no regrets. (He bumps fists with them) [Basketball Game] (Lucas passes to Nathan and he makes the lay up) MOUTH: Reverse lay up by the ravens for another two. Nathan and Lucas Scott have taken over, keeping the ravens in close, but it may be too little too late as Masonboro leads it by five, time running out in the forth. HALEY: Oh man, I’m scared. [Graveyard] HALEY: Lucas! Luke, I’m scared. Luke, this is so not cool. Come out here right now, Lucas Scott. (Lucas jumps out from behind a headstone and scares her. She punches him in the stomach as a reflex) LUCAS: Damn it, Haley. You’re going to kll me. You know Houdini died like that. HALEY: You deserve it, dumb @#%$. I told you, I didn’t want to take this shortcut. LUCAS: What are you whispering for? HALEY: Because. LUCAS: Haley, these people, they’re dad. HALEY: I know, but if you keep yelling, the stinking zombies are going to hear us. LUCAS: Haley. HALEY: What? LUCAS: Look, I’ve got to tell you something. HALEY: What is her name and what did you do that you regret? LUCAS: I’m going to Charleston with Keith. HALEY: Alright, for how long? LUCAS: For good. I’m moving there. HALEY: What are you talking about? LUCAS: Keith got a job in Charleston. And I’m going to go live with him there, after the season’s over. Haley, I need to go. (She turns her back to him) Come no, don’t do that. HALEY: Don’t do what?! You can not bring me out in the middle of a creepy cemetery and tell me that you are leaving Tree Hill for good, that is not fair! LUCAS: Haley, come on, it’s not that far. I’ll still see you. HALEY: Not like now. Who’s going to go thrift store hunting with me, Lucas? Who’s going to buy bad music or lie to the campus lost and found and claim dumb stuff? Who’s going to do that with me? LUCAS: Nathan. And me, too. Once and a while. Look, I’ve thought a lot about this, Haley. Okay? And I feel like I can be a better person if I go now. I am sure going to miss you. You’re my best friend, Hales. You always will be. HALEY: Idiot. LUCAS: Come here. (He hugs her) You okay? HALEY: No, I’m scared again. [Basketball Game] MOUTH: No going back now, folks. This is it. Down by two, less than a minute on the clock. The ravens need a stop/ NATHAN: You got anything left in that shoulder? LUCAS: A little bit. NATHAN: Well come on, man. Let’s take this thing. MOUTH: Masonboro inbound, full court pressure by the ravens with under 20 seconds. DAN: No fouls! MOUTH: Dan Scott calls for no fouls. Time is running out and he wants the birds to make a play. At half court, Lucas Scott pokes the ball free. Nathan Scott grabs it and time out. A sensational steel. The Ravens have it, down by two, 12 seconds left in the game. DAN: Okay, bring it in. Bring it in. Look at me, look at me. Who out there is scared? Who’s scared? Cause if you’re scared you sit your @#%$ on this bench I don’t want you on that court. Nathan, look at me. Get the ball in your hands, okay? Hold the ball tough till there’s five seconds left on the clock then you bang inside and tie this thing up. TIM: But they’re going to double him. DAN: I don’t care if they put five guys on him, Tim! Listen to me, five seconds, okay? Then you shove it down their throats. Great players make great plays, Nathan. Hands in. TIM: Let’s go. Win it on 3. 1...2...3.. Win it! (Lucas and Nathan walk away together) LUCAS: Hey, it means nothing if you can’t knock down the sht. MOUTH: So the Ravens break the huddle. 12 seconds left on the clock. They need a basket to tie, a three pointer to win, or their season is over. The standing room crowd is on their feet. Lucas Scott will throw it in. He does safety. Finds Tim Smith who immediately swings it to Nathan Scott. We’re at eight seconds. Now seven. Nathan works out top. Five seconds on the clock. Now four. He spins to the basket. Then passes to Luke for a three pointer and the win! (The buzzer sounds and the ball ht’s the rim and bounces off. Lucas falls to his knees. All the players silently walk off court. Nathan pats Lucas on the back as he walks by) [Locker Room] (Dan is clapping) DAN: Nice work, ladies. Undefeated regular season, conference champs and all for nothing. Look at me, Nathan. Cause I want to see your face when you explain to me why you didn’t run the play I told you to. Take off that jersey, you don’t deserve to wear it. None of you do! Do you have an answer for me yet? Because I can wait, I have no where else to be. And you don’t either, you want to know why? Because your season is over! Why did you disobey me and pass to Lucas when you knew- NATHAN: When I knew what, dad? That Lucas shouldn’t have been in that game because of his injury? Because we both knew that, didn’t we? DAN: Watch it. LUCAS: I should have ht the sht. It’s my fault. DAN: You’re damn right it’s your fault. You let your teammates down. Teammates you shouldn’t have had in the first place, by the way. NATHAN: At least he took a sht. Unlike you. DAN: What did you say to me? NATHAN: You heard what I said. I said at least he took a sht. That’s more than you did, right dad? DAN: I wouldn’t go there if I were you, Nathan. NATHAN: Why not? You’re talking about letting down our teammates. Lucas was there all game. He played in pain with an injury you knew about. But he wasn’t a coward like you were. DAN: Tim, go get security. Tell them my son has been beaten to death. NATHAN: We played hard. And we lost. We have nothing to be ashamed of. (He rips the name off his jersey and throws it to Dan’s feet) Except maybe our coach. (He leaves and bumps fists with Lucas on his way out) No regrets. [Whitey’s office] (Keith comes in) KEITH: It was a tough loss. DAN: Well if it isn’t the Fredo of the family. How’s that employment line, boozie? KEITH: I just came by to let you know that I’m leaving. DAN: Really? So what’d you do with the ring? I mean if you’re finally leaving town after all these years that means you proposed to Karen, and she said no. So what’d you do with the ring? KEITH: I’m driving it. ‘89 Land Cruiser. DAN: I could have given you a better deal. KEITH: Well, I’ll consider that your goodbye. DAN: Keith. KEITH: Yeah? DAN: Never mind. (Keith leaves) [Outside the gym] (Haley waits for Lucas to come out) HALEY: Hey. LUCAS: Hey. HALEY: I just wanted to make sure you were okay. LUCAS: I’m leaving tomorrow, Haley. HALEY: Already? LUCAS: Yeah. HALEY: Okay. LUCAS: Hey. It’s okay. HALEY: No it’s not, I really wanted to spend your last night with you, but Nathan’s waiting. LUCAS: Hey, go. I’ve got to get my shoulder checked out anyway. I’ll find you before I leave tomorrow, okay? HALEY: K. I’m really going to miss you, Luke. (She hugs him) LUCAS: I’ll miss you, too. HALEY: Okay, bye. (She walks away) [Outside] (Haley walks out to Nathan’s car and gets in) NATHAN: Hey HALEY: Sorry about the game. NATHAN: Yeah. (he looks over at Haley who is crying) Hales, don’t cry. Haley, we don’t have to do this tonight. HALEY: No, no I want to. More than ever. NATHAN: You sure? HALEY: Yeah. No regrets. [Deb’s house] (She is putting all of Dan’s things into the fre) KEITH: Hey. DEB: Hey. KEITH: I told you I’d help you burn Dan’s stuff if you wanted. Normally I sit with Whitey after every home game, win or lose, so I hope you don’t mind. DEB: You leaving tomorrow? KEITH: Yeah. With Lucas. DEB: You know, the first time I left Dan, I still believed that I could get out. I’d just pack my things and escape to a new life. But you can’t. You just put a new face on the same loneliness. What happened to us, Keith? How did we become so broken? KEITH: We fell in love. And at some point, the people that we loved forgot to love us back. [Hospital] DOCTOR: Well I’m sorry your season’s over, Lucas, but even if the team would have won, your season is over anyway. No basketball. KAREN: Maybe you shouldn’t go. I mean with your shoulder and everything. LUCAS: Mom, it’s time. I’m going to go see Whitey, okay? [Whitey’s Hospital Room] LUCAS: Hey, coach. WHITEY: Don’t tell me. You lost at the buzzer. They doubled Nathan and you missed a wide open look. (Lucas looks at him confused) Web cast. Ravenshoops.com. Well it was a good look. Let it go. Doc says this eye thing might be a little more complicated than they thought it was. LUCAS: Coach, you’re going to be okay, right? WHITEY: We’ll see. LUCAS: Look, um, I just wanted you to know, that I really appreciate everything you’ve done for me. You believed in me. And for that I will always owe you. WHITEY: You want to do me a favor? LUCAS: Sure. WHITEY: Take care of Keith. He’s a good man. LUCAS: So are you, coach. (He hugs him and leaves) [Deb’s house] (Dan walks in and sees Deb and Keith sleeping together on the floor. They wake up and see him and he walks back out) KEITH: Damn it. [Bar] BROOKE: Question. Who is sexy, talented, and knows where Jake is? Oh I know, it’s me. NIKKI: So where is he? BROOKE: Tell you what. I’ll play you for it. You bat me, I’ll tell you where he went. NIKKI: I don’t want to play games, Brooke. Just tell me where Jake took Jenny. (Brooke writes something on a napkin and hands it to Nikki) So that’s it, huh? (Brooke takes the napkin back) Betrayal of Peyton complete. How does it feel? BROOKE: It feels like you should be gone by now because you got your information. (She burns the napkin) NIKKI: You know, Brooke, you should really try to be a better person. No body likes a @#%$. (She walks away. Peyton comes up to Brooke) PEYTON: Was that Nikki you were talking to? BROOKE: Yeah. I told her where Jake went. And she bought it, just like we planned. It’s going to be a long road trip to Seattle. I told you, Peyton, I’m here for you. PEYTON: I know you are. [Beach House] (Keith and Dan pull up at the same time and get out of their cars) KEITH: Look, it’s not what it looks like. DAN: No? Because it looked like you were having sex with my wife. Unless of course you both tripped and fell. Your clothes fell off and somehow you ended up on top of her. KEITH: What I mean is, this hasn’t been going on, okay? It just happened. DAN: You listen to me, you son of a @#%$. Those are the last words you’re ever going to speak to me. You are no longer my brother. You understand that? You do not exist to me. (He punches out his window and walks inside) [River Court] NATHAN: I told you if you missed that sh*t it was all for nothing. I was wrong. I figured I’d find you out here. Word is you’re leaving town. LUCAS: Yeah. I’m just meeting the guys to say goodbye. NATHAN: You leaving because of the game? LUCAS: Nah. Keith needs to be with someone right now. I need a change. I figured since the season’s over, it’s time. Plus, I know I’m leaving Haley in good hands. NATHAN: Well, I got to tell you, man. I never thought, when we played that one on one game, that I’d end up back here, feeling like this. LUCAS: Like what? NATHAN: Like I’m going to miss you. You’ve got to do what you feel. I actually wish you weren’t going to leave. Because you’re one hell of a basketball player. And because you’re my brother. Take care of yourself, man. LUCAS: You take care of Haley. (They hug) I’ll miss you too, little brother. (Nathan leaves) [Lucas’ Room} KAREN: You all set? LUCAS: Yeah, almost. KAREN: Come here, I want to talk to you a minute. I know you’re searching for things, Lucas. And I hope with all my heart that you find the answers to your questions. But the answers that you’re looking for are closer than you think. They’re in your heart. And in the hearts of those who love you. And that is right here. At home. In your life you’re going to go to some great places, and you’re going to do some wonderful things. But no matter where you go, or who you become, this place will always be with you. There is only one Tree Hill. And it’s your home. I love you, my boy. LUCAS: I love you, too. [Keith’s Apartment] (He looks around at the empty room then closes the door. A picture of him and Dan is left on the wall) [Peyton’s Room] (She and Brooke are lying in bed) BROOKE: It looks like a beautiful morning. PEYTON: It’s perfect. BROOKE: Let’s do something great today. [Outside Peyton’s House] (An envelope is taped to the front door with Brooke and Peyton’s names on it) [Beach House] (Dan takes off his wedding ring. He gets a text message on his phone from Deb saying Please call me. He closes the phone and begins to sign the divorce papers. He stands up and grabs his chest and falls to the ground) [Whitey’s Hospital Room] (The doctor walks in) DOC: We have your test results. [Nikki’s Car] (She is driving down the highway) [Lucas’ Room] (Karen is sitting on Lucas’ bed) [Beach House] (Dan is lying on the ground. Deb comes in and runs over to him) DEB: Dan! Can you hear me? DAN: Deb, you better hope I die. [Nathan’s Apartment] (Lucas knocks on the door and Nathan answers) LUCAS: Hey, is Haley here? I promised her I’d see her before I left. NATHAN: Yeah, come on in. (He walks in and Nathan goes to the back. Haley walks by the open door holding the sheets around her) HALEY: Nathan, where’s your sweatshirt? NATHAN: It’s in the bathroom. (Lucas looks nervous and Haley comes out with just his sweatshirt on) HALEY: Hey. LUCAS: Hey, um, you know, I’m sorry to- I just wanted to say goodbye. HALEY: No, no it’s okay. I didn’t want you to go without- LUCAS: No, I’m sorry. I’m just going to go. HALEY: No, Lucas, please don’t. LUCAS: Haley! It’s cool, I just, I thought you weren’t ready. I thought that you were going to wait until you got married. (Nathan comes out and stands by Haley) I mean, I just figured, I didn’t expect you to- HALEY: Well we did. We did wait. LUCAS: What are you talking about, Haley? HALEY: Um, (She holds up her hand) we got married last night. (Lucas looks shocked and stares at them) [Keith and Lucas driving away] LUCAS (Voice Over): Some people believe that Ravens guide travelers to their destinations. Others believe that the sight of a solitary raven is considered good luck. While more than one raven together, predicts trouble ahead. 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LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. (Lucas is lying on the ground of the Rivercourt.) FADE TO: [INT. THE HALL – EVENING] (Lucas stands at the large fake ID with his mother.) LUCAS: Were you thinking about college? KAREN: It can wait. LUCAS: For what?! CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Brooke, Peyton, Tim, Haley, Nathan and Lucas are all in the school parking lot, talking.) PEYTON: He’s in shock, now that you’re officially off the market. BROOKE: It’s true ‘Dim’, Haley’s preggers. HALEY: (Shocked) Brooke! DISSOLVE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] (Dan is sitting up in his bed.) DOCTOR: (o.s) The Phoenix Effect isn’t uncommon in cardiac patients. They grow…remorseful…introspective, sometimes even joyous. (Dan smiles at Deb; she smiles back.) DISSOLVE TO: [INT. THE HALL – EVENING] (Keith talking to Karen.) KEITH: I’ve decided to run the dealership for Dan. KAREN: You’ve given up a lot for Dan. He doesn’t deserve a brother like you. KEITH: Actually, he deserves better. (Karen looks politely confused.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Deb and Keith are lying under a blanket on the floor. Dan sees them.) DEB: (v.o) We were two, lonely, people- CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Keith and Deb are standing in the kitchen, discussing what happened between them.) DEB: No one else needs to know. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] KAREN: (To Keith.) Hey, don’t be a stranger OK? DISSOLVE TO: [INT. THE HALL – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan walk up into the hall amidst cheers and clapping.) LUCAS: (v.o) You and Haley still married? CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Nathan kneeling in front of Lucas who is sitting on the ground.) NATHAN: Yeah, she hasn’t thrown me out yet. CUT TO: [INT. THE HALL – DAY] (Brooke holds a Polaroid camera as she addresses Peyton and Lucas.) BROOKE: I was thinking we could take the cameras, put them out, people can…(sht of Karen standing and watching as Lucas pins up a picture of Peyton on the wedding wall.)…take pictures, put them on the wedding wall. DISSOLVE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DOORSTEP – DAY] (Haley stands, holding a potted plant and looking at Deb who is verbally berating her.) DEB: I will not give you my blessing for destroying my son’s life, or, and you can trust me on this; your own. DISSOLVE TO: [INT. THE HALL – EVENING] (Lucas and Skills are standing to the side, conversing.) SKILLS: I remember the person that you used to be. Why not just be him again? (Camera pauses on Lucas’ face.) DAN: (v.o) Could you ask Lucas to drop by? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Dan is sitting up in bed. Nathan is getting ready to leave.) DAN: I’d really like to see your brother. (Nathan nods reluctantly. He knows that he is now the outsider.) FADE TO BLACK: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. NATHAN AND HALEY’S APARTMENT - THE WEDDING WALL - DAY] (We see the pictures that we saw at the end of the last episode. Ones of Peyton with a goofy face and Lucas and Karen together. Cut to a picture of Nathan’s head on cupid. Peyton is standing at one end of the wall while Haley stands at the other; Brooke is looking at it critically, directing where it should go.) PEYTON: I think it needs to come down on the left some. BROOKE: No, it’s gotta come down on the right. HALEY: Our left is your right. BROOKE: Oh…then why are we arguing? (Camera pans and we see Tim sitting at the counter looking through the yellow pages.) TIM: Hey Nathan! What do you think? (Haley and Peyton straighten the Wedding Wall and place it up against a wall.) TIM: Thai, Mexican, Chinese is always good. BROOKE: (Nodding at the position of the Wedding Wall.) Yeah. HALEY: Tim, you just ate! How is it possible that you’re still hungry? TIM: I’m not ordering food, I’m ordering strippers. BROOKE: (She, Peyton and Haley look at him.) Ooo. TIM: What?! (Haley and Peyton lower the Wall onto the floor.) You guys got married so fast, I got screwed outta being the best man and I am not getting screwed outta the bachelor party. (Nathan appears with only a towel wrapped around his waist.) HALEY: (o.s) Tim. TIM: (To Nathan.) I-I was gonna be the best man right? NATHAN: (To Haley.) He’s like a dog with a bone Hales. HALEY: (Half serious.) Great, lets get him neutered. TIM: Come on Haley! It’s just a stripper! It’s harmless fun. BROOKE: (Pleased) You know, Tim’s right. See…(She yanks Nathan’s towel off, he dashes off to the bedroom, embarrassed.)…fun! (The girls laugh, Tim looks away.) PEYTON: Yes, but so much more fun when you haven’t seen it before. BROOKE: Nice! (Slaps hands with Peyton.) PEYTON: (Realising his wife’s there.) Sorry. HALEY: Yeah. BROOKE: (Awkward for only a moment.) Haley, let the boys have their fun. (Dismisses Tim with a wiggle of her fingers.) Besides, what’s good for the goose is even better for you. They can have their little testosterone fest - autos and dial-a-date - but you get to have a bridal shower and rake in tonnes of loot from all the guests. This is so a fair trade. HALEY: (Sarcastically) Wow, I so don’t need loot. BROOKE: (Displays Haley’s hand towel.) OK, Sunny Hill Lodge? HALEY: It’s Kichey. (Brooke shrugs.) PEYTON: So’s this thing. (Holds up a dusty pink, silk top.) BROOKE: (o.s) Oh no. No, no, that is bridal shower code red. I’m on it. (Haley snatches it away as Peyton laughs.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] (Lucas walks into Dan’s room. Dan is reading a newspaper and looks up as Lucas pushes the door open.) DAN: I’m glad you came son. LUCAS: You wanted to see me? DAN: (o.s) Yes I did. I wanna do something I should’ve done a long time ago. (Lucas just looks.) I wanna apologise to you and to your mother. (pause) I’m sorry Lucas; for everything. (Lucas stares some more; both confused and disbelieving.) KAREN: (v.o) Hey, you OK? CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Lucas is leaning on the back of his chair.) LUCAS: Went to go see Dan. (Karen sighs wearily.) I’m not gonna hide from him you know. KAREN: Yeah, I know. (pause) How’d it go? LUCAS: He freaked me out. KAREN: What did he say this time? LUCAS: That he was sorry. (Karen is torn.) You know the scary part is that…it seemed like he meant it. KAREN: Do you want me to go talk to him, maybe go see him with you? LUCAS: No. No I’m OK. I’m just not gonna run from him anymore. Sometimes you just gotta let it go. (Karen nods.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN AND HALEY’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan is throwing balls into a wastepaper bin while Tim pressures him.) NATHAN: (sighs) Man you coulda told me about the strippers instead of just ambushing Haley with it. TIM: You knew about it. NATHAN: I knew you were talking about it. I didn’t know you were gonna…order them in front of my wife. TIM: Jeez! Did you get married or castrated? (Nathan sht another ball.) Fine; you want me to cancel the stripper? Tell the boys it’s off? NATHAN: (relenting) No. TIM: See? You’re just as excited as I am. I know you man. NATHAN: Whatever. TIM: Whatever? (He intones.) You’re telling me this girl shows up all hot and willing; you wouldn’t go there? NATHAN: Tim, I’m married. TIM: (laughing) Right. You keep telling yourself that. But that ring, doesn’t erase your past Nate. Some of us still remember who you used to be. (Nathan is uncertain as he dunks another ball.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – CAR PARK – DAY] (sht of new cars with two balloons each tied to the windshield.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (sht of Dan’s name on the desk. The camera pans up to show a smartly dressed Keith working around the desk; feeling out of place. He sees a life-size, cardboard, cut-out of Dan pointing up and mimics it with a silly face. Lucas appears in the doorway.) LUCAS: Ha, looking sharp. KEITH: Ah! Hey. LUCAS: You settling in OK? KEITH: Uh(!) Typical Dan, he um…did everything himself. Never let anyone help him with the big stuff. LUCAS: Anything I can do to help? KEITH: Yeah. You can come back and work for me like old times. What do you say? LUCAS: Well I would say thank you but I don’t know. I…you know, it might be a little strange; getting a cheque with Dan’s name on it. KEITH: No. Actually it feels pretty good. (Lucas laughs.) Well, the job’s yours if you want it. LUCAS: Thanks Keith. You know, I’ll let you get back to work. KEITH: Yeah, that’s exactly what I’ve been avoiding. I, uh, have to get Dan’s signature on these (picks up two white pages of paper.) and…despite me best efforts, I’m all out of excuses not to. LUCAS: Are you guys still having problems? KEITH: Um…actually no. I don’ know what drugs they’re pumping him full of but he’s kind of uh…(Can’t get his head around it.)…polite. LUCAS: (o.s) Yeah, I know what you mean. KEITH: (Laughing) I didn’t think that we’d ever be able to put aside our differences, like you and Nathan have, but um…well, who knows? (The phone rings.) Maybe they’ll keep him medicated. (Lucas laughs a little. Keith answers the phone.) This is Keith. Yeah. OooK, I’ll be right there. (He hangs up.) I um…gotta run. LUCAS: (Pointing to the papers that need signing.) You know, if you want, ah, I can take those papers to the hospital. KEITH: Are you sure? LUCAS: (pause) Yeah. (Pats Keith and walk to the desk.) No problem. KEITH: Alright. I’ll see you. LUCAS: OK. CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN AND HALEY’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Haley is attacking the counter tops with a bottle of spray and a rag; trying to get everything clean for the party, she is clearly nervous about Nathan straying after only a few days of marriage. Nathan walks in.) NATHAN: Need some help? HALEY: Nope. Just…straightening up for your…party. NATHAN: Haley you don’t need to, it’s just the guys. They’ve seen it like this. In fact, they made it like this. HALEY: (Laughs, a little bit too breezy.) Oh I don’t mind. Besides, if we’re going to have a skanky ho in the place at least it should look nice. (Nathan makes a slight noise.) I’m kidding…sort of…maybe. NATHAN: Haley, this bachelor party I more for Tim than it is for me OK? He’s thrat by the fact that Lucas threw a suerception so this is just his way of proving that he’s still my best friend. HALEY: Yeah, what’s next? Lap dances for world peace? NATHAN: Look, I’m not getting all tweaked about your shower. HALEY: It’s a bridal shower Nathan. It’s gonna be like the most boring thing ever! CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DAY] BROOKE: your shower is gonna totally kll. HALEY: Normally, klling’s not good. BROOKE: No, no, but this time, it is. (Takes a picture of Haley with her digital camera.) Eyes forward. HALEY: What’s that for? BROOKE: Don’t worry about it. Just leave the shower to me OK? I’m gonna teach Haley James…Scott…whoever you are right now, how to have some serious fun. Tomorrow night, I’m tutor girl. (Walks off. Haley smiles sceptically.) CUT TO: [EXT. STREETS – DAY] (Karen is walking down the sidewalk when she comes upon Keith getting out of his car.) KAREN: (to Keith.) Hey. KEITH: Oh, Hi Karen. (He is still uncomfortable around her.) KAREN: You look fantastic. It’s a whole new you. KEITH: Yep. Thanks. KAREN: So uh, how are things going at the dealership? KEITH: Go-good yeah, yeah. I think it, you know, it’s gonna be OK. KAREN: Oh good. (Pause) (She looks at the coffee cup Keith is holding and sees that it isn’t from her café.) KEITH: Oh you know what; I’d better be getting back. (Karen nods, hurt.) See you around, huh? KAREN: OK. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] (Lucas knocks on the door.) DAN: Hey, good to see you Lucas. LUCAS: (Walks in with a folder and pen.) Um…Keith needs some signatures from you. (He dumps them on his table and turns away.) DAN: (Opens the folder and the pen.) You know, I was thinking. My doctor’s put me through some cardiovascular rehab; I thought you might like to join me. LUCAS: (Smiles deridingly. Not looking at Dan.) So you wanna be workout buddies? DAN: Give us a chance to spend some time together. Get to know you. LUCAS: You had my whole life to do that. DAN: Well life’s given me a second chance. Maybe you will too. LUCAS: Do you think we’d even be having this conversation if you weren’t on the odds with Nathan? DAN: That’s not it. But I understand your trepidation (pause) I know I haven’t exactly given you a lot of reasons to trust me in the past. (Lucas looks down.) Look, would you do me a favour and put a copy of this in the lockbox in my bottom desk drawer. There’s a key taped underneath the drawer. LUCAS: (Standing and inhaling deeply.) Yeah. (Takes the folder and pen.) DAN: Lucas? (Lucas turns back.) (pause) You might not trust me…but I trust you. (Lucas is really unsure of what to make of Dan’s new personality.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (Lucas put the folder on the desk and takes the lockbox out. He opens it and puts the contents of the folder into it. A little pryingly, he goes through the lockbox and comes across the, now common, picture of Nathan as a child.) (Smiling, he goes through a little more and comes across an envelope we saw at the end of last season. He pulls out the contents and finds newspaper clippings and pictures of himself as a baby and little boy. Karen must have sent them to him in the hopes that he would accept a little responsibility for the child he fathered. Lucas flips through them; feeling more confused than ever.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BEDROOM – DAY] (Mouth is taped to a chair and wrapped in insulation tape while Fergie and Skills draw small targets all over him in red marker.) MOUTH: (Sniffing) My nose is starting to itch. (Haley walks into the room. Fergie uses a ball to rub Mouth’s nose.) LUCAS: Alright. HALEY: (Suppressing a laugh.) Ah h-hi, am I interrupting something? MOUTH: Hi Haley. HALEY: Hi. This is some…weird guy thing I’m never gonna understand right? LUCAS: Pretty much. HALEY: Great, well at least I came to the right place. Can I talk to you for a second? LUCAS: Yeah. SKILLS: (Stands up suddenly.) Yeah, we gotta go get eggs anyway. Let’s roll. HALEY: Eggs? (Skills and Fergie close the door behind them, leaving a prone Mouth in the middle of Haley and Lucas’ private conversation.) LUCAS: So what’s up? HALEY: Um ah (Looks at Mouth who tries to leave, or at least move, but he can’t.) LUCAS: Oh. Um uh, yo Fergie! (Fergie opens the door. Lucas points to Mouth.) MOUTH: Sorry. Hey, how bout you guys roll me down the street and see if you can ht me on the fly. (Lucas aims his ball at Mouth and gets him in the stomach.) Ow. HALEY: So you know bout this whole Bachelor party thing right? LUCAS: Oh Haley(!) Look, it’s just goofy guy stuff OK? HALEY: I know. I just wish he’d done his goofy guy stuff before we got married. LUCAS: Well he would’ve, if you’da gotten married ten years from now. (Haley gives him a ‘don’t start’ look.) Joking! Sorry! (Holds his hands up.) HALEY: (Having a hard time setting a spy on her husband.) Would you just (pause) look after him? LUCAS: I’ll tell you what; I will sacrifice myself and go to the bachelor party to take care of Nathan. HALEY: Oh, you’re so heroic. (Walks up to him and they slap hands.) Thank you. SKILLS: Hey yo, check it out, we got these trash can set up like bowling pins right. So I figured we just gonna roll Mouth’s squirrelly little ass right on into em. (Cue sound of crashing and Mouth laughing.) HALEY: (Laughing) Oh-ho, I so got next. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] DOCTOR: Medication will treat the symptoms but…the best treatment for you now is a radical lifestyle change. (Deb is standing next to Dan’s bed.) So we’re gonna put you on a physical therapy regiment and you can start that as soon as you’re released; the day after tomorrow. DAN: So what are we talking about doc? Weights? Treadmill? DOCTOR: More like, some stretching, short walks, you have to understand Dan, you’re looking at a long road back and the road is called the rest of your life. (leaves) DEB: Uh, the hospital gave me the name of their best physical therapist and there’s also a nurse who can move in with you at the beach house- DAN: I wanna come home Deb. (Deb looks at him but it doesn’t look like she’s protesting this time.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN AND HALEY’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Tim sits on the couch, next to Nathan, holding two bottles.) TIM: Dude, smell me. NATHAN: Dude, kiss my ass. TIM: No seriously. I wanna smell nice for the…talent that’s coming over later. NATHAN: Tim, just say the stripper. TIM: Fine, the stripper. Alright, which one makes me smell available? I’ve got ‘Flesh’ on this side and uh (Looks at his right hand.) this ‘Frink’ stuff on this side. (Shows his neck.) NATHAN: (Points to the ‘Frink’ perfume.) That’s not mine. TIM: Well it was in your bathroom. HALEY: (Comes into the sht.) Oh Tim. What’re you doing with my perfume. (Takes it and walks away. Tim rubs at his neck with his shirt as Nathan laughs.) HALEY: (Sprays the perfume of her wrist.) Alright. I’m off. All the important numbers are by the phone…police, fre, pimps. NATHAN: Thanks for worrying about us. HALEY: (Puts her arms around Nathan from behind the sofa.) I’m not worried about you. Have your fun, just remember (Kisses him.) You’re married now. (Knock on the door.) TIM: She’s here! (Jumps over the couch to get the door before Haley can.) (sings) Stripper time. (Opens the door to Lucas.) Oh it’s just you. LUCAS: Not the thrill it used to be huh? (Smacks his shoulder and enters. Tim looks out to see if she’s coming.) LUCAS: Hi HALEY: Hi (They hug.) (To Nathan) OK, uh, I left some ones on the counter, in case you don’t have any change don’t spend it all in one (quietly) place. LUCAS: (He and Nathan are on the sofa. Lucas looks over at a thoroughly depressed Tim picking at the money.) (To Nathan.) What’s wrong with ‘Dim’? NATHAN: Oh don’t take it personally. (Also looks at Tim.) He thought you were the stripper. LUCAS: Hey, we’d prefer to be called exotic dancers. NATHAN: (nodding) Nice. (They laugh.) (There’s a knock at the door and Tim rushes to get it. It’s Gary, the guy Nathan works with in ‘Hot and Twisted’.) TIM: Who the hell are you? GARY: (looking around) Where’s the stripper? (Tim shuts the door annoyed.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROAD – EVENING] (A large van like limo drives along on the road.) HALEY: Haha! I can not believe you rented this for my shower; CUT TO: [INT. LIMO – EVENING] (Haley and Peyton are sitting on one side of the limo as Brooke leans on the drinks box.) HALEY: Brooke this is crazy. BROOKE: Hmm (Shrugs.) PEYTON: And by crazy, she means thank you. HALEY: Oh yeah god, Brooke, thank you. I’m I-I’m blown away by all this. BROOKE: You’re welcome. (Opens the drink box lid.) PEYTON: I think someone feels a little guilty about the whole pregnancy rumour. HALEY: Oh. (Peyton nods.) Well, water under the bridge. BROOKE: (Handing Peyton and Haley champagne glasses.) Forget the water, lets have champagne. PEYTON: Yes. HALEY: Champagne? How much is that gonna cost? BROOKE: Who cares? It’s on my dad’s credit card. HALEY: I dunno you guys. Last time I drank, I…threw up in Dan’s lap. (Bringing up the memory somewhat fondly. Peyton looks at her.) BROOKE: Uh-huh. (Haley pauses and then mumbles as she holds out her glass.) PEYTON: That’s my girl. HALEY: Alright, a toast to…a nice normal bridal shower. PEYTON: To nice. (Holds up her glass.) BROOKE: And normal. (Her tone suggesting anything but. All three clink glasses and drink.) PEYTON: (Passes her glass over to Brooke after one sip and holds out a long, black piece of cloth.) Uh-hum. HALEY: What’s that? PEYTON: It’s just a, ah, nice and normal blindfold. HALEY: For what? BROOKE: For the nice, normal, guest of honour. (Peyton and Brooke laugh as Peyton blindfolds Haley.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN AND HALEY’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Gary and Tim are sitting on the couch, Nathan and Lucas are on the floor, playing a video game. No one is saying anything and they all look immensely bored.) TIM: (To Nathan about Gary.) Sure you know this guy? NATHAN: He works with me in ‘Hot and Twisted’. GARY: (Sees Tim looking at him.) Great. Even losers don’t know me. TIM: Just read the damn quiz. GARY: (Reads from the magazine.) When your boyfriend kisses you (Lucas looks a mixture of confused, disgusted and amused.) he; A. LUCAS: What the hell are you reading? TIM: Cosmo Girl. (Lucas still looks puzzled as Nathan shakes his head.) GARY: When your boyfriend kisses you he; A, Looks deeply into your eyes. (Tim mimics what Gary is asking.) B, Closes his eyes. (Tim closes his eyes.) C, Cradles your head softly. (Even Nathan looks.) D, Unhooks your bra. TIM: (Eyes still closed.) It’s D. It’s definitely D, you go for the bra. NATHAN: Now Tim, you realise you’re supposed to be answering as a girl. TIM: I know, and I’d want a boyfriend who isn’t afraid to go up my shirt. LUCAS: And hopefully, someday, you’ll find him. GARY: OK, this sucks. What kind of bachelor party is this? Hmm? No booze, no strippers. (Lucas points to Gary from behind.) I thought you guys throw, like, the best parties. This is…lame. TIM: Dude, my brother’s settin up the stripper so we aint gonna be disappointed. LUCAS: I just hope the stripper’s not a guy, I remember the last time you were on stripper duty. TIM: Alright. I wasn’t gonna crack this out till later but what the hell. (Reaches over and picks up a tape.) Let’s set the mood with a little something from my dad’s prn stash. (Jumps off the sofa and walks over to the TV.) I was up late one night (Inserts the tape.) and I heard my dad watching this. (Sits back on the sofa.) The chick in it goes absolutely nuts. GARY: Sweet! (Brooding as Tim presses play. We hear a lot of moaning. Tim looks on open mouthed.) NATHAN: Tim, is that your mom? TIM: Step mom. (Moaning gets louder. Lucas’ gets more grossed out. Nathan looks away.) GARY: (o.s) Dude, your mom’s a slut! TIM: Hehe, step mom! (Holds up his hand for Gary to slap but he doesn’t. Moaning continues.) CUT TO: [INT. LINGERIE SHOP – EVENING] (Brooke, Peyton and a blindfolded Haley walk into a dark lingerie shop.) PEYTON: Can you see? HALEY: What is going on? (Brooke and Peyton laugh.) (The light is turned on and Brooke takes the blindfold off. Haley just stares.) HALEY: What is this? BROOKE: This is a lingerie fashion show girlie. (Haley gasps.) We figured that since you’re married now, you need to wear something a little less conservative for Nathan. Something a little more…(Looks to Peyton for help.) PEYTON: Slutty. (Haley cringes.) BROOKE: That’s it. (Walks up to four changing cubicles.) ht it girls! (Out come four girls dressed in skimpier and skimpier lingerie.) BROOKE: (o.s) Woah, sugar, spice. Look, that’s cute. (Haley laughs off-screen.) PEYTON: (o.s) Oh my. Go baby, go baby. (The girls spin and show off the lingerie as Haley, Peyton and Brooke make various exclamations off-screen. Teresa comes out last in red lingerie with silk robe.) BROOKE: Yeah, Teresa! I call that red hot! (Laughs.) (The girls line up on either side of Peyton and Brooke while Haley continues to cringe.) BROOKE: (Stands next to Haley.) OK. HALEY: (Shocked) How’d you. (Gestures at the place.) BROOKE: After all the money that I spend in this place, they owed me a few favours. (Peyton and Brooke take Haley by the arms and walk her off-screen.) CUT TO: [EXT. KARENS CAFÉ (EST sht) – EVENING] (Keith walks into the café.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Karen is at the coffee machine as the bell rings. She turns and sees Keith enter.) KAREN: Hey. KEITH: Hey. KAREN: (Taking her apron off.) Want some coffee? It’s not the fancy competition but- KEITH: I love your coffee Karen. You know that. KAREN: So, it’s not the coffee you’re avoiding. KEITH: I’m just (pause) having a hard time being around you right now. KAREN: But, before the proposal we were friends Keith I mean can’t we at least try to go back to the way we were then? KEITH: (Knows that it’s too hard for him.) I don’t think so. (Karen can’t understand why.) You know, sometimes it’s just…better to move on. You know, kinda like you did with Peyton’s dad. KAREN: I haven’t seen Larry in ages. There’s nothing there. But even if there was, I mean, your idea of moving on; does it mean cutting me out of your life completely? KEITH: I don’t want to, but I have to. (He exits the shop. Karen is upset.) FADE OUT: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. LINGERIE SHOP – EVENING] (Peyton and Brooke put their heads close to the changing cubicle curtain.) BROOKE: Haley. Are you coming out kitten? HALEY: I am not coming out. (Peyton and Brooke have changed into some lingerie also.) PEYTON: See, if you don’t come out, then we’re coming in. (Brooke and Peyton pull back the curtain. Haley is standing there in lingerie and her hair up in two high pigtails. The girls cheer and laugh.) ONE OF THE GIRLS: Sexy schoolgirl look. HALEY: I don’t know. PEYTON: Nathan Scott, is going to blow a fuse when he sees you in this. HALEY: Guys, there is no way I can pull this off! (Turns away.) BROOKE: (Grabbing hold of Haley.) No, actually, I’d leave that up to Nathan. (Girls laugh.) Specially after our next stop. (Haley looks at her. There is clearly more.) CUT TO: [EXT. OUTSIDE NATHAN’S APARTMENT – EVENING] (Skills, Fergie and Mouth are walking with some other guys. Skills and Fergie are holding a beer keg between themselves as they walk.) SKILLS: (to Mouth.) I still can’t believe you pulled off this keg dawg. MOUTH: Well you can thank Brooke and the fake ID she made. FERGIE: Tell the truth, you get with that or what? MOUTH: A gentleman never tells. SKILLS: Man, that’s just ‘Mouth’ for NO! (They walk up to Nathan’s apartment.) (Cut to a police car with two female cops sitting there watching the take the keg up.) OFFICIAL GRASSO: Are you seeing what I’m seeing? (I.e. the boy taking up the keg.) OFFICIAL BERNSTEIN: What is wrong with youth of America today? OFFICIAL GRASSO: Hm, time to protect and serve. (The get out of the car.) CUT TO: [INT. THE LIMO – EVENING] (The girls are all in normal clothes now and dancing in the back of the limo.) BROOKE: OK! Ok, ok, ok everybody. This is a very important moment in our little Haley’s life. (Haley stands.) The moment when she becomes a woman. (Pulls out a fake ID.) At least, according to the State of North Dakota! (o.s) It’s your very first fake ID. HALEY: (Takes it and looks at the name.) Trudy Gill. Oh I get it, Trudy Gi- Tutor Girl. (The limo suddenly pulls to a halt.) BROOKE: Woah! Hey, why are we stopping? CUT TO: [EXT. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE – EVENING] BROOKE: (Leaning on the limo.) What do you mean it’s gonna take at least an hour to send somebody out? Let me explain to you the law of supply and demand; if I supply the credit card, I get to demand that you get somebody out here to fix the car! HALEY: Brooke. I really-I could just call Lucas. BROOKE: (o.s) No! PEYTON: I already tried, his phone’s off. (Horn beeps. A mechanics truck pulls up. The mechanic gets out with his toolbox.) HALEY: (relieved) Oh good! (Brooke smiles happily.) MECHANIC: What seems to be the trouble? HALEY: Um…it’s probably the engine. MECHANIC: Oh, I see exactly what the trouble is. HALEY: (slightly confused.) Great, can you fix it? MECHANIC: Sure, I gotta tool that can fix anything. (Leans down and turns on a stereo. Brooke tries to hold back a laugh. He rips his pants off. Haley yells and Brooke and Peyton laugh. Haley covers her eyes. He begins to strip.) HALEY: (Accusingly to Brooke.) I am gonna kll you. BROOKE: Nice performance Cameron Diaz. PEYTON: Hm, you too Gwyneth. (Haley closes her eyes.) CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (There’s a knock on the door and Tim, once again, rushes to answer it. Mouth opens the door to the cops. Skills puts a towel over the keg and he and Lucas try to look innocent.) TIM: (o.s) Oh sweet, they’re in costume. Did my brother deliver or what! OFFICIAL BERNSTEIN: We witnessed a keg being brought up to this apartment. Are you boys of age? OFFICIAL GRASSO: Let’s see some ID. TIM: Let’s see some hot girl on girl! (Smacks Official Bernstein’s ass. The cops grab his arms and push him up against a window.) Damn these strippers a strong! (Official Grasso looks at Lucas who hold his hands up.) I can feel your breasts against my back! OFFICIAL BERNSTEIN: Better yet! Forget the keg! Arrest the perv. (She handcuffs him.) TIM: Ow! You’re hurting me! Does that cost extra? CUT TO: [INT. THE LIMO – EVENING] (The girls dance with the stripper. Haley, Peyton and Brooke are sitting down. Haley is still embarrassed.) PEYTON: Hey. (She points up at the sunroof.) A moonroof. (Haley sticks her body out of the roof. She laughs appearing to be on her way to ‘very drunk’. Two other girls also stick themselves out of the sunroof.) HALEY: WooHoo! CUT TO: [EXT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (Official Bernstein writes something on her notepad.) NATHAN: (Trying to console the situation.) Officer, there’s been a misunderstanding. LUCAS: He thought you were a stripper. TIM: (Sticking his head out of the window.) I can see your thong strap foxy brown! (Makes an animal like noise. Official Bernstein turns back to Nathan; all the guys are laughing.) LUCAS: Never mind. NATHAN: Yeah, take him. (Official Bernstein pulls her baton out and twirls it, walking away. Lucas looks at Nathan who shakes his head.) TIM: (out of the back car window.) I’ve never been so horny! (They drive away. The guys continue to laugh. Lucas holds his hand up as they depart.) (The limo drives past with Haley still out of the sunroof. Only this time, the stripper is also there.) MOUTH: Hey, its girls gone wild! NATHAN: (squinting) Haley? (Haley mimes the song paying…badly.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Deb enters while Karen is carrying a tray.) KAREN: (not seeing her.) Sorry, we’re clo-. (Stops as she sees her. Deb smiles.) Oh. (Puts the tray down.) Hey. Is everything alright? Is Dan OK? DEB: (Sits) Oh, the doctors are ready to release him. KAREN: Well that’s good news. DEB: Yeah. KAREN: Let me grab some coffee. DEB: Dan says he wants to come home. KAREN: (Reconsiders and lets go of the coffee jug handle.) Let me grab some liquor. (Takes out a bottle of alcohol. Deb smiles.) I’m confused. I thought the divorce went through. DEB: Well technically no. Dan had the heart attck before signing the paper. While signing the papers actually. KAREN: You know Dan has a team of doctors who are taking care of him. Who’s taking care of you? DEB: Right now, whoever’s name is on that bottle. (Drinks from the mug.) You know, maybe the heart attck is a sign. KAREN: It is a sign. It’s a sign that…you’ve gotta stop doing what’s best for Dan and start…doing what’s best for you. (Deb looks down.) Maybe it’s moving on. Maybe it’s trying to put the pieces back together but either way, do it because it’s right for you. (They hold their mugs up.) CUT TO: [EXT. PINK PEARL – EVENING] (The limo pulls up outside the ‘Pink Pearl’ strip club. All the girls get out. Brooke and Peyton hold up a drunk Haley.) HALEY: Oh, if I wanted a lap dance, I would have stayed at home. BROOKE: No, tonight’s gonna be a little different. I rented out the back room and hired an instructor. HALEY: An instructor for what? (They take her through the VIP entrance.) CUT TO: [INT. PINK PEARL – BACK ROOM – EVENING] (The instructor moves around on the stage as she talks, holding onto the pole.) INSTRUCTOR: Stripping is not just about taking your clothes off, it’s about getting in touch with your own body. (Haley has her head in her hand, staring at the instructor wide eyed.) Once you do that, (grab the pole again and swings around it.) You’re gonna find an inner confidence that you never…had…before. (Peyton and Brooke stare open mouthed.) I think you’ll be amazed at just how…empowering it is. (Brooke doesn’t look convinced.) PEYTON: Clearly(!) INSTRUCTOR: So. Where’s Haley? (All the girls point to her.) PEYTON: She’s not gonna go for this. INSTRUCTOR: Haley, just take it nice and easy. HALEY: (Jumps up completely drunk and runs for the pole.) Show me the pole! (She misses the pole, goes straight across onto a chair and falls headfirst onto the floor.) Woah! PEYTON: (Brooke and Peyton half stand with their hands out.) HALEY! BROOKE: (Peyton gapes, horrified.) That’s (beginning to laugh.) gonna leave a mark. PEYTON: (Begins to laugh.) Oh my god. (Covers her face with her hand.) CUT TO: [EXT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – EVENING] LUCAS: So look, I know ah…we haven’t really taken the training wheels off this whole brother thing, (Nathan smiles.) but I wanna ask you something. I went down to the dealership today and…found some pictures. NATHAN: (Nods. He obviously already knows about them.) The ones of you in his desk. LUCAS: Y-you know about those? NATHAN: Its part of the reason I hated you all those years. LUCAS: (sighs) Well, he said he wants me to help him with his rehab. NATHAN: And what’d you say? LUCAS: Said I wouldn’t be a stand-in Nathan. (Nathan nods.) FERGIE: Night man. SKILLS: Take it easy. NATHAN: (Waving) Alright guys. MOUTH: Yeah, we should probably go bail Tim out. NATHAN: (Standing) Well, it looks like we got ‘Tim’d again. LUCAS: Yeah. NATHAN: You might as well head out too man. LUCAS: You sure? NATHAN: Yeah, don’t worry about it. LUCAS: You know what? (Picks up his backpack.) Actually, I have something for ya. (Hands his backpack over.) (Nathan smiles and opens it. He pulls out one of the jumpsuit like things that Dan’s employees probably wear. It says ‘DSM Dan Scott Motors’ on the back.) It’s for your new job. Look, Keith needs some help down at the dealership, he’s a good boss so I figured…probably pays better than what you’re making now right? (They laugh.) NATHAN: Thank you man. LUCAS: (They slap hands.) Later. NATHAN: Alright. (Stops Lucas as he’s about to leave the apartment.) Hey Lucas? (Lucas turns.) Look uh, I understand if you have to…find out about Dan yourself; whatever you decide to do, it’s not gonna affect you and me. (pause) He’s come between us before…let’s just not let it happen again. LUCAS: Thanks man. (leaves) (Nathan sighs and looks back down at the uniform.) CUT TO: [INT. PINK PEARL – BACK ROOM – EVENING] (A woman holds onto the pole and walks around the multicoloured platform. We hear Brooke laugh. Cut to a table where Brooke and Peyton are sitting. Haley is between them, holding a glass of ice to her head. Someone who looks like the boss walks up to Brooke.) BOSS: Excuse me, Miss Davis. Your credit card’s been declined. (Peyton and Haley stare. Brooke rolls her eyes, opens her wallet and pulls out another card.) BOSS: Thank you. (He swipes it through the machine and it comes up as ‘rejected’.) Well then…looks like we have a problem. BROOKE: (Slightly scared.) Um…so what’s your policy on IOU’s? (She looks nervously at the dancing girls.) CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is going through a red bag when there is a knock at the door. He opens the door to the stripper.) STRIPPER/SIMONE: You must be Nathan. I’m Simone. Sorry I’m late. (Unties her pink coat.) NATHAN: Oh no, it’s OK but uh…the party’s actually over. (Trying to get rid of her before he does something stupid.) SIMONE: Oh I don’t think so. Party’s just getting started. (Nathan is clearly uncomfortable.) FADE OUT: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Simone puts her coat over the back of the couch and approaches Nathan in a black dress.) SIMONE: Wild night? NATHAN: (sitting on a stool.) More like a long night. SIMONE: Hope it’s not too late to give you a show. NATHAN: Oh thanks but uh, it’s OK. SIMONE: (Coming on to him.) You sure? I’m already paid for. NATHAN: No um…I think I’m (looks at her touching his shoulder) good. SIMONE: Or at least you’re trying to be. (Nathan laughs.) It’s fine. I can call a cab to pick me up. NATHAN: (nods) OK. SIMONE: (Draping her arms over his shoulders.) In the meantime, I have an idea about what we can do while we wait. (Nathan looks at her nervously.) CUT TO: [INT. PINK PEARL – BACK ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is looking at the credit card bills.) BROOKE: I can not believe my stupid parents didn’t pay the credit card bill. (Even she knows that something’s wrong.) PEYTON: We’ve got a hundred and forty in cash, at most. (Puts some notes on the table. Brooke sighs.) So what’re we gonna do? BROOKE: I’m gonna take care of it. PEYTON: How? BROOKE: Little negotiation. PEYTON: Brooke, you can not talk your way out of a thousand dollar bill. BROOKE: Don’t be silly. A girl can do anything she puts miles to. (Walks to the boss. Peyton stares unconvinced.) (Flirts obviously.)Hi. I was wondering if there might be an…alternate way to settle this ball. BOSS: (Laughs cruelly) It’s a strip club honey. BROOKE: …Um-hm. BOSS: How dirty you willing to get? (Brooke laughs nervously.) CUT TO: [INT. PINK PEARL – KITCHEN – EVENING] (sht of dirty dishes on the worktop. Pan to show Brooke standing over a sink, in an apron.) BROOKE: How dirty are you willing to get? PEYTON: (Enters in an apron also, holding a cup of water.) Well I hope this is dirty enough for you. Hey! (Whistles and jostles Haley who is sitting on top of the counter – not wearing an apron – with her head down.) Here, drink this. (Haley takes the cup and drinks.) It’ll help you with your hangover tomorrow. (Haley chokes on the liquid as she tastes it.) HALEY: What’s in it? PEYTON: You don’t wanna know. Drink up! HALEY: You sure you guys don’t want me to help you wash the dishes? I totally can. BROOKE: Absolutely not(!) The guest of honour is not doing the dishes. PEYTON: Look, we’re probably gonna be here for a while so you should just take that limo home. (Haley nods and yawns.) I think Mrs Scott’s had a long night. HALEY: Hm (Smiles.) Mrs Scott. (Peyton and Brooke laugh.) You guys probably think I’m crazy for getting married. PEYTON: No! (reconsiders.) Alright um, maybe a little. BROOKE: You guys totally have the whole Nick and Jessica thing going on just…without…stockaratsi and chickeny-tuna. (Peyton laughs.) HALEY: (Smiling) Yeah well, I guess I can’t really help it if I found the guy I wanna be with my first time out. (Peyton’s face falls but she still has a smile.) Isn’t that what it’s all about? Maybe if we’re not out there looking for the one we wanna be with forever then what are we doing? BROOKE: (She and Peyton are not smiling now. Haley ht a cord.) (Trying not to sound sad.) Having fun? HALEY: Oh, love is fun! This kind of love is anyway. Actually, I’d really like to go home to my husband if you don’t mind. BROOKE: (Holding up green gloved hands.) Class dismissed. HALEY: Thank you. (They help her off the counter.) PEYTON: Woah! HALEY: Thank you so much for tonight. (Hugs Brooke.) Thank you guys. PEYTON: You won’t be thanking us tomorrow. (Smiles.) HALEY: Yeah. (Brooke laughs) PEYTON: Bye! HALEY: (Turns and leaves.) Bye. BROOKE: (Giving Peyton a pair of gloves.) Come on goldilocks. Grime is money. CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan and Simone are playing NBA Live. Nathan isn’t as hot on the console as he is in the Field House.) SIMONE: I thought you’d actually be good at this game. NATHAN: I was going easy on you before, I’m about to take the safety’s off now though. SIMIONE: Oo, I’m shaking. (Looks at his ring.) Funny, people usually call me before the wedding. So what’s it like? Being married. NATHAN: I love it. And Haley, she’s great and well she’s the one for me. SIMONE: Even if one’s all you get? (She slam-dunks.) Yeah(!) Game over for you baby. (Her double meaning is obvious.) CUT TO: [INT. THE LIMO – EVENING] (Haley lies back in the limo.) HALEY: Driver! Take me home to my guy. (sht of the limo pulling out of the drive of the ‘Pink Pearl’.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – EVENING] (Lucas walks into the shop looking for Keith. He finds him in the office.) LUCAS: Hey! KEITH: Hey Luke. What’re you doing here so late? LUCAS: You know, I could ask you that very same thing. KEITH: (they laugh.) I’m just trying to catch up. Even though it’s ‘Dan Scott Motors’, I still wanna do well. You know? LUCAS: Yeah. KEITH: So what’s up? LUCAS: Well um…I wanted to thank you for the job offer…and tell you that I can’t accept it. KEITH: (is disappointed.) Oh…OK. LUCAS: But I offered the job to Nathan. (Keith smiles.) I hope…that’s OK with you. KEITH: Yeah well, I know he could use the cash. LUCAS: And the guidance too. Look Keith, you’ve always helped me out…well now its Nathan’s turn. (That makes Keith happy.) Alright, well I’ll get outta your way. KEITH: Oh no, you’re fine. I’m just trying to find those inventory printouts. (He puts the lockbox on the table. Lucas looks at it.) CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is looking out of his living room window.) NATHAN: How long ago did you call that cab? I (He looks at his watch.) think it shoulda been here by now. SIMONE: (Stands up.) Um…I have a confession to make. I didn’t call a cab. (Pulls the straps of her dress down. Nathan is beyond scared.) My car is outside. You’re really cute Nathan. You’re young. (Walks to him.) You’re athletic. You suck at video games. I was paid a lot of money to show you a good time tonight and if your idea of a good time is getting your butt kicked by a girl on Playstation, I’m fine with that but there’s also a lot of other things I’d be fine with. (Circle him like a bird does its prey.) There’s a lot of things I’m good at Nathan; keeping a secret is only one of them. I’ll be in the bedroom. You decide what you want. (Walks into Nathan and Haley’s bedroom in only her underwear.) CUT TO: [EXT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – EVENING] (The limo door opens and Haley steps out. She’s relieved to be home again. She skips up to the apartment.) FADE OUT: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan walks into his and Haley’s bedroom. The lights are off and he’s looking a little nervous. He takes his shirt off and walks up to the bed.) NATHAN: I want you. (Camera switches to show that he’s talking to Haley.) HALEY: (Shaking her head in awe.) God I love you. (Nathan shakes his head slightly, pushes her back on the bed and kisses her.) HALEY: How was the stripper? NATHAN: Pretty good; at NBA Live. (Haley laughs.) Other than that, I had no interest in her. I actually had to ask her to leave. (Haley laughs again.) How was the shower? HALEY: Um…it was educational. NATHAN: Oh yeah? What’d you learn? HALEY: What I already knew. You are the one that I want. NATHAN: Yeah, me too. (She kisses him and gets off the bed.) Hey, where you going? HALEY: Well, you know how I said tonight was educational? (Picks up the bag.) Honey, you’re gonna love the homework. (Slinks off into the bathroom and closes the door. Nathan’s lost.) CUT TO: [INT. THE LIMO – EVENING] (Peyton is staring out of the window.) BROOKE: (o.s) I was thinking about what Haley said. (Shrugs) You know how it’s all supposed to be for love. PEYTON: Kinda scary huh? BROOKE: Yeah. (pause) Do you think she’s right? PEYTON: I know she is. (o.s) But…that’s not the part that scares me. BROOKE: So what does? PEYTON: People are gonna disappoint you; I get that, I kinda expect that but…I dunno, what if you wake up one day and realise that you’re the disappointment? (Brooke turns away thinking and it is pretty much obvious that there was more to last seasons ‘pregnancy’ than she ever told Lucas.) PEYTON: What’s on your mind Brooke? BROOKE: I was just thinking about…how we’re gonna pay for this limo. (They laugh) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – EST sht – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DANS ROOM – DAY] (Deb is messing around with flowers on Dan’s bedside table.) DEB: I spoke to the lawyer about the situation with Nathan and Haley. He says it’s gonna be a lot tougher than he thought. (She sits down.) It doesn’t look like there’s any way to invalidate their marriage. DAN: There’s nothing we can do. DEB: Legally. (Dan smirks.) What, you look surprised. Why, because it’s something you would say? DAN: No. No, I was just thinking that…maybe we don’t have to take such drastic measures. DEB: (Frustrated) Oh, snap out of it Dan! Phoenix Effect or not, I need some help. DAN: They’re teenagers Deb. Once the newly wed sex wears off, they’ll realise the only thing keeping this marriage afloat is a minimum wage job pushing pretzels with no benefits. Then money problems will kick in…and they’ll start to wonder why they rushed into the whole thing. Their marriage will probably self-destruct and we won’t even have to lift a finger. DEB: (Sceptically) And what if it doesn’t? DAN: (Already scheming) I had a heart attck Deb, not a lobotomy. (Oh dear, they are now two of a kind.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Karen walks into the kitchen where Lucas is at the counter.) KAREN: Thought you had to be at work. LUCAS: Oh um…not gonna take the job at the dealership. I offered it to Nathan, he needs it more and besides, (hinting) I’m gonna have my hands full at the café. KAREN: The café? LUCAS: Well, seeing as you’re gonna be so busy with college and classes. (Karen smiles.) Somebody’s gotta take care of things at the café. Right? KAREN: Maybe so. (Lucas smiles and tosses an apple.) CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan, wearing the uniform and looking mighty spiffy, kisses Haley. Haley is on the laptop.) HALEY: Bye. Hey um, do me a favour; don’t change when you come home from work. (smirking suggestively) I’m kinda into the whole mechanic thing. NATHAN: No problem ma’am. CUT TO: [EXT. STREETS – ATM MACHINE – DAY] (Brooke puts her card into the ATM machine and types in her PIN. Peyton stands next to her, bored. The screen flashes ‘INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. PLEASE SEE BANK PERSONNEL TO RECLAIM YOUR CARD’.) BROOKE: (Bangs the machine.) What’s going on(!) (Peyton looks.) Come on! (Bangs it again. It seems that Brooke doesn’t have money anymore.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAY] (Nathan enters the shop for his first day of work. Keith looks up and they smile at each other.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL COLLEGE – DAY] (Karen is walking up to the college, laden with books. She is a cross between nervous and happy. She walks past a fountain and into college grounds.) FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DOORSTEP – DAY] (Apparently Deb has allowed Dan to move back in as she is helping him up the drive. Lucas drives up in the car and gets out. Deb sees him. Lucas nods and holds up a hand. Dan turns to look.) DEB: I’ll be inside. (She walks into the house.) LUCAS: (Walks up to Dan) Those pictures in the lockbox…don’t change anything. Don’t even thing for a second that they do. DAN: I know I can’t change our past Lucas…but I’m hoping I can change our future. (He turns to walk but still finds it a little difficult. Realising, Lucas steps up to help him and we just have to hope that Dan doesn’t use Lucas to break Nathan and Haley up. Dan puts an arm around Lucas, smiling to himself, and they walk into the house). The end	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x03 - Near Wild Heaven"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] (Lucas pushes the door to Dan’s hospital room open.) DAN: (o.s) I’m glad you came son. I wanna do something I shoulda done a long time ago. LUCAS: (v.o) Went to go see Dan. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] KAREN: What did he say this time? LUCAS: That he was sorry. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Karen and Keith stand in the empty café.) KAREN: Before the proposal we were friends Keith, I mean can’t we at least try to go back to the way we were then? KEITH: I don’t think so. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] (Dan is signing some papers.) DAN: My doctor’s put me through some cardiovascular rehab; I thought you might like to join me. LUCAS: (Smiling sardonically.) So you wanna be workout buddies? DAN: Give us a chance to spend some time together. Get to know you. LUCAS: You had my whole life to do that. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Karen and Deb are in the café enjoying some alcohol.) KAREN: I thought the divorce went through. DEB: Well technically no, Dan had the heart attck before signing the papers. While signing the papers actually. CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (Lucas opens the lockbox and sees pictures of himself at various ages.) DAN: (v.o) Look, would you do me a favour and put a copy of this in the lockbox in my bottom desk drawer? (Lucas flips through the pictures.) CUT TO: [EXT. STREETS – ATM MACHINE – DAY] (Brooke stands with Peyton as she tries to get her money out. The screen flashes ‘INSUFFICIENT FUNDS, PLEASE SEE BANK PERSONNEL TO RECLAIM YOUR CARD’.) CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan lie on the bed in the dark room.) HALEY: You are the one that I want. NATHAN: Yeah, me too. (She kisses him.) FADE TO BLACK: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Camera pans to show Brooke lying on her bed sleeping. A distant splash is heard and she opens her eyes, slightly confused. She gets up, pulls back her gauzy, yellow, curtains and sees a guy swimming naked in her pool. She hurriedly leaves her room.) (The guy continues to swim as Brooke comes into view.) BROOKE: Excuse me! (He ignores her and continues swimming.) Hello?! (Uncertainly) Hola? FELIX: (smiles) Hola. BROOKE: OK (Attempting to stay calm.) Look, I don’t know what my mom told you, but here’s the drill, pool boys don’t get swimming privileges. FELIX: (Speaks Spanish and I won’t translate because, mainly, I don’t know Spanish.) BROOKE: Right I…ciento you too. Um…(Attempting very bad fake English.)…get aye outay. (Makes hand gestures to emphasize her point.) (Felix Gets out but not before showing her all of his naked glory. Brooke looks on, half impressed but still trying to stay calm.) BROOKE: What? You lose your suit? FELIX: (Speaks more Spanish.) BROOKE: OK (pause) I ditched Spanish the day they covered the naked verbs. (here here) You (points to him.) no (Shakes hands) swim (Imitates swimming.) here. (Points to her house.) OK? FELIX: (In a heavy Spanish accent.) OK. (Speaks even more Spanish.) (Brooke stares flummoxed and rolls her eyes.) CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Haley is singing.) HALEY: #Every night I watch you sleep, Peace in dreams I hope you’ll keep. (Nathan smiles impressed as he listens to her. Haley moves around the kitchen.) HALEY: Until your death, With your last bre- (Stops and tries a different note.)Breat-brea. (Shakes her head and opens the fridge.) NATHAN: (Eating breakfast.) Are you writing a song or are you planning on klling me? HALEY: Uh, officially I’m writing a new song, unofficially; I’d watch your back. (Nathan smiles.) By the way, I found a new car on the internet. It’s great. NATHAN: Hm, define great. HALEY: Five-hundred bucks great, which is actually thirty-six bucks less than we’ve got in the wish dish (laughing) so we could probably spring for a full tnk of gas. NATHAN: Well you know; my wish was more along the lines of TeeVO…surround sound. HALEY: Well a car will get you off the bus before Keith fires you for being late. (Nathan smiles, nodding.) Will you just take a look at it? If it’s a piece of junk we’ll keep looking. NATHAN: OK. HALEY: Deal? NATHAN: Deal. HALEY: (Kisses him) And um…make sure the trunk’s big enough to fit your body. (Coughs slightly.) Just in case. (Nathan laughs.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Dan is sitting in front of the TV, his stubble growing worse than ever, just lazing about.) DEB: Dan? Are you OK? DAN: Yeah. I’m gonna order some lawn gnomes. Front yard looks a little bare. DEB: It’s a nice day. You wanna try a walk? DAN: Maybe later. (Deb looks at him and then leaves.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DAY] (The café is full as Peyton walks in. Karen sees her.) KAREN: Hey Peyton. PEYTON: Hey. KAREN: You looking for Lucas? PEYTON: Um…actually I was looking for you. (Something’s obviously on her mind.) I just wanted to say I’m sorry things didn’t work out between you and my dad. I was (pause) really enjoying getting to know you. KAREN: Yeah I liked that too. PEYTON: So I was hoping maybe we could keep in touch. (Hurriedly) Unless that’s weird. KAREN: (Shakes her head.) No. That wouldn’t be weird at all. PEYTON: OK. Great. Can I ask you for some advice? You’re just the only woman I know that runs a business and I’ve got this crazy idea. KAREN: Well I like crazy ideas. What is it? PEYTON: OK. It is impossible to see good live music in this town without a fake ID so I went to THUD and I suggested they sponsor an ‘all-ages’ night. You know, not like here at the café but…like a club night. KAREN: That sounds great. PEYTON: Yeah, I thought so too but (shrugs) no takers so far. The club managers find out I’m in high school and it kinda ends there. KAREN: It only takes one person to say yes Peyton. If you believe in it, see it through. Eventually someone else will see it too. (Peyton bites her lip and smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT SERVICE ANNEX – DAY] (Nathan is polishing up a car hood in what was formally ‘Keith Scott Body Shop’ and is now ‘Dan Scott Service Annex’. Keith is standing at the back talking to somebody. The cardboard cut-out of Dan is there.) NATHAN: (Talking to the cut-out and mimicking the hand gesture.) Hey dad! How’s it going? (Pretending to be Dan.) Oh, pretty good son. You know I’m proud of you. How’s Haley? (Shakes his head and walks back to the car.) KEITH: Well at least the cardboard one’s polite. (Nathan smiles.) You know, Nathan, you’re not gonna be detailing cars forever. I’m gonna find you something, you know, better. NATHAN: No, you know, it’s cool. Whatever I have to do. I mean just…treat me like any other employee who has no skills and whose last name isn’t Scott. KEITH: (Happy) OK, I will. (Starts to walk away.) NATHAN: Oh yeah, Keith? Uh…I have a-a favour to ask. KEITH: Oh see now you are like any other employee. NATHAN: Well…me and Haley have been saving up for a used car and uh…well she found one she likes but I don’t know anything about cars. (pause) So I was wondering if you could, check one out for me tomorrow? KEITH: I’d be happy to. Long as you don’t spread that ‘I don’t know anything about cars’ around the dealership. (Nathan smiles and nods.) Look I know this isn’t exactly glamorous…but you’re doing a good job. I’m glad you’re here. It’s a-it’s nice to be around family. (Nathan sighs happily.) CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EST sht – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DAY] (Deb is behind the counter sorting out receipts. Lucas comes up from the back.) LUCAS: Alright, I’m gonna take off. DEB: Oh Nathan. (Lucas gives her a look. He doesn’t look anything like Nathan.) DEB: (Apologetically) Sorry. Force of habit. (Gives him his backpack.) Lucas. LUCAS: It’s OK. Actually that reminds me. I left my history book in the kitchen. (Walks to the back again.) KAREN: I’m gonna be late for school. First day. DEB: You’re gonna do great. KAREN: You sure you’re gonna be OK here? I mean if Dan needs you, I can get Lucas in after school. DEB: Oh no, it’s fine. I don’t think I’m what Dan needs anyway. KAREN: What do you mean? DEB: Oh he’s withdrawn, he’s depressed. KAREN: Well the doctor did say mood swings were pretty common after a heart attck right? DEB: Oh well, it’s more than that. He just…he sits around watching TV. He won’t do his rehab. I can’t reach him. And, without Nathan around; I don’t know who can. (Cue the sht of Lucas eavesdropping.) KAREN: (o.s) I’ll see ya. DEB: (o.s) OK, bye. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Dan is still sitting in front of the TV, writing something down on a red book.) DAN: (Looking up as Lucas enters.) Lucas. LUCAS: Um…door was open. DAN: Wanna have a seat? LUCAS: Actually, I was wondering if you wanted to go out. DAN: Um…not thanks. I’m not really up for it today. LUCAS: Listen, you said you wanted to rehab together; here I am. DAN: well maybe later. LUCAS: (Putting his foot down.) Today only. Take it or leave it. CUT TO: [EXT. STREET – DAY] (Dan and Lucas are walking down the street. Dan is still finding it hard.) LUCAS: You think you can make it to the corner? DAN: Of course. (pause) You been sh*ting around at all? LUCAS: Some. You know, this isn’t a race. You know, we can slow down if you want. DAN: Easy for you to say. LUCAS: What is that supposed to mean? DAN: Nothin. It’s just…it’s hard to be less than what you once were. You might not understand that. LUCAS: Yeah, I do. You know, I’m not sure I’ll ever play basketball the same level ever again. Think about it every day. DAN: Nathan doing OK? LUCAS: You really wanna know? DAN: Yeah, I do. After all that’s happened, he’s still my son. LUCAS: He’s good, you know. He and Haley are happy. He…really likes it at the dealership. DAN: (Stops walking.) My dealership? LUCAS: Yeah, uh, Keith took him on. I thought you knew. DAN: (Not pleased.) (Harshly) We’re done here. LUCAS: Hey come on. It’s not that far to the corner. DAN: I said I’m done. My health, my call. LUCAS: OK. Well let me at least take you back to the house. DAN: (Puts out a hand to stop him.) Lucas, go to school. (Turns and walks away.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL COLLEGE – BUSINESS 101 – DAY] (Karen sits at her desk with a laptop. Someone sits next to her.) MAN: So, Business 101 huh? You a business major? KAREN: I’m not sure yet. It’s uh, my first college class. MAN: Are you taking it with Hargrove? This guy’s tough. KAREN: Really? (Worried) How tough? MAN: I heard he sht a guy, it ‘B’ school, just to watch him die. KAREN: You’re kidding? MAN: Yes. (They laugh.) Well about him sh*ting someone. Not about him being tough though. Good luck. (He picks up his briefcase and heads to the front.) Morning folks. My name is Andy Hargrove, (Karen looks at him shocked.) welcome to my class. When I was twenty-one I made my first million with a B2B search engine. The next year, I tripled it and then I tripled that. Did an IPO, got really rich, cashed out and wound up here. Well there’s a couple of hangovers in this side trip to Nepal between there and here but that’s not important right now. (A few murmurs from the class, Karen smiles.) OK. (Claps his hands) Let’s talk about…(Grabs a chalk and begins to write ‘greed’ in the board.)…greed. Can’t run a business without it. Anyone disagree with me? (Karen puts her hand up.) There’s one in every class. OK. So, what’s your name? KAREN: Karen, and granted, I run a small café but I’ve found that if your treat people well, they come back. If you price things fairly, if you make a…quality product; you don’t have to be ruthless to be successful. HARGROVE: Does uh…does anyone agree with her? (Karen looks around but nobody puts their hands up.) HARGROVE: Well that’s too bad coz she’s right. Guy co-look, I know that this class is titled Business 101, but I like to think of it as Zen Business. Who here wants to do well? (Everyone puts their hand up.) HARGOVE: Everybody. Who here wants to do good? (Karen smiles and they all put their hands up again.) HARGROVE: Coz there’s absolutely no reason why you can’t do both. And since I’m the teacher, let’s just presume I’m right about that for now OK? Alright so uh, everybody flunks today’s lesson, except for Karen. (points to her.) (Karen looks shocked as he smiles at her. There is the distinct impression that he is flirting with her in front of the entire class.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING LOT – DAY] (A speeding BMW nearly mows Lucas over. He moves just in time. The drives races into Brooke’s parking space. She gets out angrily.) BROOKE: (To Lucas.) Are you OK? LUCAS: Yeah, unless we’re both dad. BROOKE: Hey buddy! That’s my spot! (She stops as she sees it’s the pool boy.) What are you doing here? You’re the pool boy. FELIX: You (points to her.) no (Waves a finger at her.) park (Imitates a wheel) here. (He smirks, laughs and walks off.) LUCAS: Do you know this guy? BROOKE: No. I’ve just seen him naked! (Gestures and gets back in her car.) (Lucas looks between the pair.) FADE OUT: COMMERCIAL SET: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Brooke runs in her heels.) BROOKE: Pool boy! Wait up! FELIX: Running and gn baby. You gotta keep up with me. BROOKE: You speak English(!) FELIX: Figured we wouldn’t get very far if you kept trying to speak Spanish. BROOKE: Who the hell are you anyway? Hey! Buddy these are two hundred dollar shoes (Grabs his arm) don’t make me speed walk! FELIX: I’m your new neighbour which makes you, the girl next door. And in the movie, she was a prn star. BROOKE: Ha, well I don’t believe you coz if you were my neighbour, you’d know that house has its own pool. FELIX: I like yours better. Look, this thing between us, it’s inevitable. BROOKE: What thing? (Gestures between them.) There is no thing. FELIX: Come on! We fight, we flirt. Maybe even slap me but eventually, we end up in the sack together so how bout we skip the anger and cut right to the sex? BROOKE: How bout we cut right to the slap? FELIX: OK. It’s part of the sex. MOUTH: Hey Brooke. Who’s your friend? BROOKE: He’s no friend of mine. (sh*t him a dirty look and walks away.) FELIX: (Watches her walk off.) Girl I love it when you’re sassy! Haha. (Turns back to Mouth.) Oh how you doing man? (Shakes his hand.) I’m Felix; the new guy. MOUTH: I’m Mouth; the been-here-forever guy. FELIX: Right, so tell me something man; how’s the talent around here? MOUTH: Sports? FELIX: Keeps up with me Mouth; women. The girls. How’s the stock? Are they all like your friend Brooke? MOUTH: Oh um…I don’t really… FELIX: Oh you don’t know. That’s OK. I need someone to show me around. You up for that? MOUTH: Sure, guess so. FELIX: (Checking out girls at random.) Great. Look here’s the thing; we gonna act strong now. We’re not gonna hurt anyone but we’re gonna break a few hearts, it happens. They live, (Points to a girl) you learn. (Claps Mouth on the back.) Occupational hazard. Alright, who do you like that’s available? MOUTH: Who do I like? FELIX: For me Mouth. OK? Don’t be selfish. MOUTH: (Looks at some girls whispering.) How bout her? FELIX: (Eyes them.) Nah, too young. You wanna ht it, not baby-sit it. (Mouth nods.) Look, onto of that, I’m the new guy. I mean my game is strong anyway, but new guy status is hardcore. (They stop at Haley and Peyton.) MOUTH: Peyton, Haley. This is Felix. PEYTON: Hi. FELIX: How you doing? (Looks at Haley, he likes her.) HALEY: Hi, nice to meet you. (Shakes his hand.) FELIX: Girl, you are totally fine. HALEY: (Laughs stonily.) Dude I’m totally (The smiles fades.) married. (Shows her ring.) FELIX: (surprised) Really? (Looks at her stomach.) Who’s the father? NATHAN: (Approaches from behind) Little close aren’t you? FELIX: Oh, guess it’s you. (Nathan and Haley turn and leave.) MOUTH: She’s not pregnant but they are married. FELIX: Yeah yeah, I saw the ring. Guess she likes poor guys. (Smiles at Peyton and walks away.) PEYTON: (To Mouth.) This should be interesting. (Pats Mouth and leaves.) MOUTH: Yeah! MOUTH: (v.o) So I showed him around and he seems pretty cool. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DUSK] (Lucas, Fergie and Mouth are there shting hoops.) MOUTH: His family, they move like almost every year. FERGIE: Witness protection? MOUTH: Uh-uh, doctors without borders. They’ve been all over the world. His parents are opening up a private practise over here. NATHAN: (Walks onto the Rivercourt.) Who we talking about? MOUTH: Felix, the new guy. LUCAS: You met him? NATHAN: Sort of, he was hitting on Haley. (Lucas sht a basket.) (Concerned) I thought you weren’t supposed to be playing. LUCAS: Hey look, a little pick-up every now and then aint gonna kll me. Wanna run? NATHAN: I was on my way home. Got a tonne of studying to do and I gotta work tomorrow. (Catches a basketball.) One sht. (He aims, he sh*t, he scores.) Yes(!) LUCAS: How’s work anyway huh? Boss not riding you too hard? NATHAN: No man, Keith’s cool; a lot cooler than my dad ever was. It’s kind of weird how…my closest contact with him now is a cardboard cut-out. LUCAS: Oh yeah, listen, I may have screwed things up…for you, with Dan. He asked about you…and I kinda…mentioned the dealership gig. NATHAN: (Smiling) But you talked to him? LUCAS: Yeah. (pause) Look, your mom’s having trouble getting him to rehab. So I figured maybe I’d…give it a sht. If that’s cool with you. NATHAN: Honestly; after everything you know about the guy are you sure you wanna let him in? LUCAS: (pause) You know, when Dan had his heart attck, I figured; well that’s it. You know, we’re never gonna know each other. But…he didn’t die. So it kinda makes me wonder if-if I don’t take a chance now, will I regret it someday? NATHAN: You do what you need to do man. You should know who he is. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Dan walks into the kitchen, talking to someone.) DAN: I want you to fre Nathan. Name over the front door still says ‘Dan Scott Motors’. KEITH: (walks into the kitchen behind Dan.) As long as I’m running things, I’m gonna make hiring decisions as I see fit. You know, word is you actually got a heart in your chest Dan; why don’t you try thinking of Nathan. DAN: You know Keith, if Nathan can support a wife, he’ll never realise what a colossal mistake this marriage is. KEITH: He’s emancipated Dan! (Softer) That’s his mistake to make and if you want him fired, then you’re gonna have to look him in the eye and do it yourself when you come back to work. Until then…he stays. (Close in on Dan’s face.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] FELIX: It’s all attitude Mouth. It’s gotta work with the vibe you got. MOUTH: (Laughing) Geeky and shy are not a vibe. FELIX: Packaging my man; you’re not geeky, you’re sensitive. You’re not shy, you’re mysterious. (Laughs and opens his locker.) Girls love that. Anybody special you looking to impress? MOUTH: (Looks at Brooke.) Nah, nah, I’m just um…you know, I’m playing the field. (Lucas approaches.) LUCAS: Sup Mouth? (Pats him on the shoulder.) MOUTH: Hey Luke. (They bang fists.) LUCAS: (To Felix.) Run anybody over today? FELIX: I feel you man. It’s hard when the big dog comes to town. (Lucas smiles annoyed.) Not sure where you stand anymore. I get that. Hang tough bro. (Punches his shoulder.) It gets easier. (He watches Brooke and Peyton approach.) (To Brooke.) Still mad? BROOKE: (Loses her smile.) (Snarks) Still here? FELIX: (Laughs and then eyes Lucas.) So what happened between you and Brooke? Or was it Peyton? Tell me it was both at the same time. (Lucas looks at Felix like he wants to punch his face in. He looks at Mouth accusingly.) MOUTH: (Defensively) Dude, I never said a word. I swear. He’s got like…psychic super powers. FELIX: (Giving Lucas a disturbing look.) Nah…I just been in eighty schools in the past ten years. You learn how to read people. So; Brooke? Peyton? LUCAS: We’re all just friends. FELIX: If that’s your story. (Walks off.) MOUTH: (Uncomfortably) Um…see you later. (Follows Felix.) (Lucas watches Mouth and Felix.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Haley walks in tired. Nathan comes up behind her.) NATHAN: How much do you love me? HALEY: Do we get the car?! NATHAN: Close you eyes. HALEY: (Confused) It’s a car in our apartment? NATHAN: Haley, come on. HALEY: Come on, let m-alright alright, I’m closing my eyes. NATHAN: Alright, come here. (He turns her around) Wait a second. HALEY: Wha-uh. NATHAN: Wait a second. (Stop her in front of a huge keyboard on a stand wrapped in red ribbon. Haley opens her eyes, expecting to be surprised and stops dad.) (Uncertainly) You love it? HALEY: (pause) (Turns to him.) What did you do? NATHAN: Now you have something to compose on. HALEY: But you were going with Keith to look for a car. NATHAN: Yeah we did but Keith said it was no good so…(Points to the keyboard.) HALEY: (Emotionally) Oh. (Turns back to it.) (Tearfully) Nathan um…you have to take this back. (Walks into the bedroom. Nathan stares after her.) NATHAN: You don’t like it. HALEY: Of course I like it. It’s beautiful. But we need a car. NATHAN: Haley, we can get a car anytime. HALEY: With what?! Magic beans? I mean. Look, I know. I know you’ve never had to deal with money before but things are different now. You can’t just go out an-and buy a…keyboard because you feel like it! We agreed on a car! NATHAN: Haley! You are a really good musician! OK? I have a feeling about your music. It’s gonna take you places. HALEY: (Turns back to him.) It means a lot to me Nathan. It does but what is gonna take you to work? NATHAN: Alright, you know what; I was just trying to do something nice for you. OK? HALEY: Fine. You wanna do something nice for me? Get us a car like we talked about. (Leaves the bedroom.) CUT TO: [INT. LINGERIE STORE – DAY] HALEY: It’s a beautiful gift but…we worked so hard to save that money. (Hangs some lingerie up.) BROOKE: Hales, boys are clueless. I swear to you, I’m thirty years away from giving them up for good. PEYTON: (exits the changing cubicle in a black and white suit with jeans on.) OK, so, what about this? Does this say…‘let me promote and all-ages club night’? BROOKE: No. Not enough skin. Try…this. (Throws a small top that matches the suit at her.) (Peyton sighs and re-enters the cubicle.) BROOKE: (Picks up a bra.) Oh god. That much for two doilies and a piece of wire? (She puts it on the mirror.) HALEY: You’re not gonna try it on? BROOKE: Not today. PEYTON: (Sticks her head out.) Not today? Brooke Davis, this is a shopping day you will never ever get back again. (Throws the suit top at her. Brooke makes a face as she catches it.) Hey listen, if you’re still waiting on your ATM card, I can front you the cash. BROOKE: Nah, it’s cool. My dad just…spaced a deposit to my account. PEYTON: OooKay! (Pulls back the curtains. She is wearing a black top and black, with white stripe, jacket.) BROOKE: Ah, now we’re talking. If this band manager is a guy, you are golden! HALEY: You know, speaking of guys, can we just do five minutes on this Felix person? (Brooke is disgusted.) PEYTON: Yes! He is hot and totally vibing on you married girl. No wonder Nathan’s jealous. HALEY: It’s kinda weird, I’ve-I’ve never had anything like that happen before. BROOKE: OK, but guys, how can he make Nathan jealous? This boy is repellent! I mean he’s been here what, five seconds and he’s already butting in everybody else’s business, bossing people around and acting like he owns the place, come on! (Haley and Peyton laugh.) BROOKE: What!? PEYTON: Earth to Brooke, he’s you…in pants. BROOKE: (Throws a pink top at her.) He in not! HALEY: (laughs) Kinda is. BROOKE: Argh! Argh I hate you both! (Looks at the bra and laughs.) CUT TO: [EXT. RIVER WALK – CAFÉ – DAY] (Karen is sitting outside a café, putting sugar into her coffee. Andy Hargrove comes up behind her.) HARGROVE: Any verdict on college yet? KAREN: Well my teacher’s a little unorthodox. And younger than I expected. HARGROVE: Ahh, so you’re one of these ah, maturity…likers. (Karen gives him a look. He laughs.) Sorry, I suck at grammar. KAREN: So, why did you pick me out of the class? I mean you-ah, always find somebody to torment? HARGROVE: I like to find the student who can give me a run for my money. KAREN: Ah, which is a lot of money of my google search is correct. HARGROVE: (pause) Yeah, it is. KAREN: What kind of guy cashes in on a fifty million dollar business? HARGROVE: A guy who wasn’t happy. Oh no look I mean I-I started with a small business you know? Like your café and uh…I got bored, I took some risks, business picked up and when I ht fifty million, obviously I realised I could just…coast on that forever. (pause) What’s the point you know? No getting challenged. KAREN: And teaching is that challenge for you? HARGROVE: Yeah. Yeah, scares me to death. I just know that one of those weasels in the front row is gonna ask me a question that I can’t answer. So what about you? You ever thought about growing your business? KAREN: Oh sure. I even drew up expansion plans but it was never the right time. HARGROVE: Never is you know. Just gotta figure it out ask you go along. But if you ask me, the object of the game is to make a difference. (Karen nods.) CUT TO: [INT. STUDIO – DAY] (Peyton is badgering the manager of a band.) PEYTON: OK, all I’m saying is that a lotta kids would support live music if they had a night of their own. Now you manage more than one band. OK, so if you would just work with me on this, I know we could get a club owner to agree to try it out. MANAGER: Look. My band doesn’t play to kids. We play to sht and beer crowds, not high school proms. PEYTON: OK but what I’m saying is that an all-ages club could work in this town. MANAGER: Sorry, no dice. I’m just not interested. (Two artists come into the camera sht.) ARTIST 1: Swear to god, this is the last time I hire a singer off a flier at Kinko’s. ARTIST 2: You know nothing, absolutely nothing about music man. I went to Berkley ass-face; studied a little something called composition. You might want to look into it. ARTIST 1: Yeah I will, the next time I look in the audience and they’re ignoring us. PEYTON: (laughs) Plant and Page. ARTIST 2: Have we met? ARTIST 1: Who’s this? PEYTON: I was in the crowd the night that you guys played together the first time. ARTIST 1: (looks) Go on. PEYTON: There were what, like twenty people in the crown that night? But your energy was…I mean it was so real! You know, you guys looked like you were gonna explode up there on stage but that’s what made it work. That’s the tension that made Led Zeplin work and it’s the same tension that sets your music apart. ARTIST 2: The Key Club. PEYTON: Um-hum. ARTIST 1: That was a good night. PEYTON: Well…yeah, they could all be good nights if you guys would just quit your bitching and…focus on what matters. But then again, what do I know you know I’m just a kid. But if I were you guys I’d put my energy into the music otherwise…you’ll be lucky to play at the high school prom. (Waves to them as they leave. She looks at the manager.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DRIVEWAY – DAY] (Dan is checking through a maroon convertible.) DAN: Hey, thanks for coming back. (Lucas appears in the sht.) Sorry about the crappy mood the other day. Shouldn’t have taken it out on you. LUCAS: It’s cool but if it starts to become a habit; find yourself another trainer. New car? DAN: (Polishing it.) Dealership. I like to drive all the new models so I can tell the customers what they’re getting. Problem is, the doctors won’t let me drive yet. (Looks at Lucas.) You mind? LUCAS: Mind what? DAN: Taking it for a spin. Tell me how she handles. Any kind of feedback would help. We can stop somewhere along the way and do some rehab. You game? (Lucas looks away laughing, trying to say no.) Lucas, I can barely take a walk without gasping for air right now. At least I have my work. (Takes the keys.) You’d really be helping me out. (Holds them up for Lucas to see.) (Lucas looks at the car trying to contain his excitement. He holds his hand out. Dan drops the keys into it.) CUT TO: [INT. STUDIO – DAY] MANAGER: The job doesn’t end getting the band you know? You gotta take care of them. You gotta be part cheerleader, part babysitter, part therapist. (Holds up a beer but Peyton declines.) PEYTON: It’s no problem, I can handle that. MANAGER: What I’m saying is…you gotta look after all their needs; food, drink, drugs. (Peyton stops, shocked.) PEYTON: Um, drugs? MANAGER: Oh don’t worry, I’ll set you up with the guys I buy from. (Places a square of glass on the table and takes out the drugs.) They’re reliable. I mean, they’re drug dealers, you don’t wanna mouse it or anything…(Peyton really doesn’t want to do it.)…but…they won’t burn you. (Splits the drugs with a blade.) I got a good sense about people. You’re young but you…might be worth the risk. (Holds up a rolled dollar bill for her to inhale it through.) PEYTON: (Uncomfortably shaking her head.) No thanks. MANAGER: Here’s your sht kid. (Pushes the glass to her.) What do you say? (Camera freezes on her troubled face.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton enters Brooke’s bedroom while she’s painting her toenails.) PEYTON: Brooke? (Brooke looks up tearfully.) What’s wrong? BROOKE: I just keep screwing up this toe. (Rubs at it with cotton wool.) PEYTON: (coaxing) Brooke. BROOKE: You know how I told you that my credit card got declined because the bill got paid late? (Peyton nods. Brooke shakes her head.) It’s a load of crap. PEYTON: Well what happened? BROOKE: (crying) I’m broke. (Peyton’s shocked.) My dad’s company went under and…doing this stupid bankruptcy thing and my mum’s telling me we might have to sell the house. PEYTON: God Brooke. I’m so sorry. BROOKE: Yeah me too. I love being rich, I’m good at it. PEYTON: So is that why Felix is getting under your skin? Coz he’s…the rich guy next door. BROOKE: I dunno, maybe. PEYTON: Brooke, its just money. You know. There is so much more to you than that. BROOKE: Yeah but that’s my favourite part. I don’t wanna talk about it anymore. How was your meeting? PEYTON: (pause) It’s not gonna work out. BROOKE: Really? PEYTON: (Shakes her head.) Um-um. BROOKE: I’m sorry. PEYTON: Yeaaah…me too. (Smiles at Brooke.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROAD – DAY] (Dan and Lucas are in the car, driving along a deserted road.) DAN: gn and Roses, Whitesnake, Metallica, Aerosmith. LUCAS: (laughs) Please tell me you’re kidding. You didn’t actually listen to metal? DAN: Even had my own spandex. LUCAS: (Groans loudly.) Man that is not a vision I wanted to have in my head. (They laugh.) (Felix pulls up next to them in his BMW.) FELIX: Lucas right? LUCAS: (pause) Yeah. FELIX: Nice wheels. LUCAS: (Wishing he would leave.) Thanks. You know you’re on the wrong side of the road right? FELIX: Yeah I know. Wanna air it out? (Revs his engine.) LUCAS: (Turns to Dan and smiles, shaking his head.) Maybe some other time(!) FELIX: Come on. Race your for that girlfriend. What’s her name? Brooke? (Revs his engine again.) LUCAS: (Coldly) Ex girlfriend. FELIX: Which was inevitable once I got to town. Don’t hate the player; hate the game. (Revs his engine.) DAN: Hey, tell me you’re gonna wipe the smirk off that punks face. Come on, my T-Bird coulda taken him. (Lucas glares at Felix, gn his own engine and off they go. Lucas starts off behind Felix.) DAN: Go go go go go go! Woah! (Felix stays in the lead, looking at Lucas in his rear view mirror and smirking. Lucas moves to the side to overtake. Felix sees and moves in his way, Lucas moves to the other side.) FELIX: (laughs) (Dan’s annoyed by the cut off and sighs. Lucas puts him flip-flopped foot down on the gas and the car goes up to 80 mph. Lucas pulls up level with Felix and Dan grins cockily at him.) DAN: (Laughs as Lucas overtakes.) Woah! (Lucas moves in front of a pissed Felix. Felix moves to the side, level with Lucas again and suddenly they’re playing ‘chicken’ with an oncoming truck. Lucas looks to Felix, the truck and then back at Felix, realising that he’s not going to move.) LUCAS: What the hell are you doing?! FELIX: Come on chicken! (laughs) (Lucas doesn’t know what to do.) Yeah baby! (Finally, Lucas slows down. The truck beeps and Felix moves off the wrong road. They both pull to a stop and Lucas bangs on the wheel annoyed.) DAN: You did the right thing. LUCAS: (nods) Yeah. FELIX: (Walks up to them.) Don’t sweat it. (Nastily) Chicken’s not for everyone. (Lucas shakes his head.) Who you got riding gn? LUCAS: Uh…this is uh…(Doesn’t know what to say.) Uh, this is my- DAN: Dan Scott. Scott Motors. When you’re ready to trade up, come on down to the dealership. (Felix smirks and walks off.) (Lucas shakes his head, trying to explain.) DAN: (laughs) We probably should get going. (Lucas smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Karen opens the door to Deb.) KAREN: Hey. DEB: Hi, uh, the printer dropped off the proofs for the new menu, I-I wasn’t sure if you were coming by the café today so… KAREN: (Looks at them.) These are great. DEB: Yeah. (Looks at the plans of extending the café.) What’s this? KAREN: Café expansion plans from million years ago. DEB: Oh. KAREN: I was gonna add a bar. DEB: (They sit.) Why didn’t you go through with it? KAREN. Ah, you know, the timing was never right. I was…busy all day at the café and I didn’t wanna give up my nights with Lucas too. DEB: Are you reconsidering? KAREN: I’m writing a business plan for class. A start-up for a new venture. The more I play around with these fake companies, the more I’m thinking…maybe it shouldn’t be just an exercise. I’d always hoped to branch out some day. Is that nuts? DEB: No, not at all. In fact, I’ll be one of your investors. KAREN: (Shocked) You don’t even know what I’m proposing. DEB: But I know you and I know how hard you’ll work. Ah besides, what’s life without a few risks. (Laughs and looks at the plans again. Karen smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. LINGERIE STORE – DAY] (Brooke is back in the lingerie store. She picks up the bra she was looking at before and, looking around, slips it into her bag. She walks to the door, straight through the barcode detectors and sets the alarms off.) ASSISTANT: Excuse me! (Brooke turns around looking exceptionally guilty.) ASSISTANT: I need to check your bag. BROOKE: (Takes her bag off her shoulder.) OK. Sure. ASSISTANT: (Looks in and pulls out the bra.) What’s this? (Felix comes up beside her.) FELIX: It’s a birthday present, for me. She’s shy about buying stuff like this. But hey, I guess that’s part of the turn-on right? (Brooke, trying to look like it’s not news to her.) I would have come in to check it out sweetie. (Puts his arm around her shoulders.) BROOKE: I was just…gonna take it outside to show him. FELIX: Blue’s perfect, that’s your colour. We’ll take it. (Turns the assistant away so that he can pay for it.) (Brooke leaves the store.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DRIVEWAY – DAY] (Lucas skids to a halt smiling.) LUCAS: (Turns off the engine and takes the key out.) I gotta admit…it’s a great car. DAN: (laughs.) (seriously) You want it? LUCAS: (pause) You can’t buy me. (Gets out of the car.) DAN: Come on Lucas, it’s not like that. (Gets out of the car too.) This is what I do for people I care about. LUCAS: (Doesn’t believe Dan.) What, you care about me now?! You don’t even know me! DAN: I want to. More than you know. We both know I owe it to you. LUCAS: (Laughs, hurt.) You almost had me, you know that? Shame on me, right? I mean I actually (pause) enjoyed a day with you. (pause) Till now. (Walks away.) (Dan looks down. He’s blown it.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [EXT. OUTSIDE THE LINGERIE STORE – DAY] (Felix approaches a despondent Brooke holding a paper bag.) FELIX: Some town you’ve got here. (Laughs, looking her up and down.) I mean, all the relationships are inbred. One of the hottest girls get married, if that’s even legal and the rich girl shoplifts for kicks. (Shakes his head.) BROOKE: What were you doing in there? FELIX: I needed the new catalogue. Besides, you meet the trashiest girls in lingerie shops. BROOKE: Look, I don’t…I mean I’ve never done anything like that before. FELIX: Well clearly. You suck at it. Have fun? BROOKE: No(!) It’s just (Pause. She’s not gonna tell him.) It was a mistake and I’d like it to stay between us. FELIX: I can keep a secret. BROOKE: Promise? FELIX: You’ll just have to trust me. BROOKE: I don’t know you well enough to trust you. FELIX: You will. (Holds up the bag.) You might as well have it. I’m planning on seeing you in it soon. BROOKE: (Snatches the bag away.) Not a chance in hell(!) (Looks at him appalled and leaves.) FELIX: You’re welcome Winona. (Brooke waves and he watches her.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DRIVEWAY – DAY] (Nathan gets into the maroon convertible, pulls down the eye guard and the keys drop down into his hand. Dan comes out.) DAN: You weren’t even gonna come inside and say hello? NATHAN: (avoiding) I’m working. We got a call to pick up the car. DAN: Oh sure, you’re working. You’re emancipated now right? Course your old man still sets the table. NATHAN: I gotta get back. DAN: Hey, I had a heart attck. I coulda died. NATHAN: Dad, we both know that’s never gonna happen. You can’t jerk anybody’s chains if you die. (Looks at him. Gets ready to leave.) DAN: OK, just wait. Let’s just talk. NATHAN: Bout what? DAN: I dunno. How’s your wife? (Nathan looks as him mom steps out of the house and looks at them.) NATHAN: Lot happier than yours. (Starts the engine and pulls out. Deb walks back into the house.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT SERVICE ANNEX – EVENING] (Nathan is sweeping the floor.) KEITH: Hey Nate, come here, I wanna show you a couple of the basics. (Nathan puts down the broom and walks over.) Alright, you see this battery clamp? Well, if it gets corroded, then the current can’t get through to the starter and then you get that ah, that noise when you crank it. NATHAN: Yeah the (Makes a very embarrassing screechy noise.) noise. KEITH: And everybody thinks it’s a big deal but it’s not. You just, uh, (Picks up a wire brush.) you just clean it, with a wire brush and…you’re good to go. NATHAN: That’s so cool(!) My dad never taught me this stuff. He didn’t want me to be- (Stops when he looks at Keith.) KEITH: He didn’t want you to get grease under your fingernails like me. (smiles) NATHAN: Look, that’s my dad Keith. That’s not me. KEITH: So how did it go at the house? NATHAN: Uh…pretty much what you’d expect. As a matter of fact, I think I had so much fun, I’m gonna go back tonight and I’m gonna disappoint Haley some more. KEITH: Haley didn’t like the keyboard? NATHAN: Oh no, she liked it, she just wanted it to have four wheels and a trunk. KEITH: Huh. (Smiles and then thinks about something.) I think I might be able to save your marriage. (sht of a pretty bat-up car.) What do you think of this? NATHAN: I think it was probably a pretty sweet ride back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. KEITH: (laughs) Yeah, I was gonna sell it for parts but, you know, we could work on it together. Fix it up and…then you can have it. NATHAN: So it’s like a family project? KEITH: Yeah, you bet. (Throws a rag on it and the side falls off. They look at it, bewildered.) We’ll fix that. (Nathan smiles happily.) CUT TO: [INT. HALEY AND NATHAN’S APARTMENT (which will now be called the JAMES-SCOTT APARTMENT) – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Haley is playing on the keyboard. The ribbon is still on it. Nathan enters. Haley gets her keys wrong and mopes.) NATHAN: If I’da known you couldn’t play any better than that, I wouldn’t have bought it home. (Haley smiles and begins to say something.) I wanna apologise. Alright? That was your money too. HALEY: Oh it’s not that Nathan. I totally overreacted. Partly because I love this gift and I love you for getting it for me. But partly because we just can’t be as careless as we used to be. Not if we wanna make this marriage work. NATHAN: I know, you’re right and…I don’t know the first thing about managing money, it was just always around. HALEY: (laughs) Yeah well…at least you don’t have that problem anymore. NATHAN: (laughs) Hales. (pause) I want you to keep this keyboard. OK? You have a talent, you need to use it. HALEY: Nathan I- NATHAN: We’re keeping it. (smiles) Besides, there’s an old car that Keith said I could fix up. HALEY: (astounded) He’s gonna help you?! NATHAN: Yeah. HALEY: (Looking open-mouthed at the keyboard.) Oh! I really wanted to keep it! (Hugs Nathan.) Thank you. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan is looking through some old pictures of Nathan and some not-so-old ones of him in basketball gear. He smiles.) DEB: He didn’t wanna see me. DAN: He didn’t wanna see either of us. (Deb looks down.) Remember when he was little? I used to take him to work with me on Saturdays. He’d have to get up early but he didn’t mind. He wanted to hang out with his dad. (Deb smiles.) Now I’m thinking it was all a lie. What if I spent my life chasing the wrong things Deb? Success, money, respect. What if it turns out none of it matters because I lost my family along the way? (pause) (Looks at Deb searchingly.) Can I get it back? Is it too late? DEB: (Lost) I don’t know(!) (Puts her hand in his.) (Dan stands, kisses her on the head and leaves the living room.) FADE TO BLACK: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is sitting in her chair, harshly drawing. It’s a picture of the manager offering her drugs. The speech bubble on it says ‘Here’s your chance, kid whaddaya say?’. Her phone rings. The last time we saw that phone was when Brooke was taking a picture of Peyton’s behind so either they have the same phone or the show has used it on two different people and hoped we wouldn’t notice.) PEYTON: (Answers) Hey Karen, what’s up? WIPE TO: [INT. THE HALL – EVENING] (Peyton and Karen are in the hall which held Nathan and Haley’s party.) KAREN: You know it was such a good…space for Nathan and Haley’s party? And I think, it would make a great club. (Peyton’s getting it.) The only thing is, I’m gonna need someone who can run…my all-ages night. (Peyton stands shocked.) You had a great idea Peyton and I know you’d be worth the risk. What do you think? PEYTON: (Looks around amazed.) WIPE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan sits in the armchair and looks off at nothing. FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is looking at an Aerosmith CD.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Andy Hargrove walks into the café. It’s deserted except for Karen.) HARGROVE: I’ll give you a thousand dollars…for a decent cup of coffee. (Karen looks at him and smiles.) FADE TO: [EXT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – THE POOL – EVENING] (Brooke is skinny-dipping in her pool. She looks up.) BROOKE: You’re right. (She gets out and Felix gives her a towel for our innocent eyes’ benefit.) BROOKE: My pool is better. (She holds it to her front and walks off, not bothering to cover her behind but the camera doesn’t go that low.) (Felix looks and smiles, probably his first normal one ever.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x04 - You Can't Always Get What You Want"}	foreverdreaming
[INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Lucas is at his locker, Haley and Nathan round the corner holding hands and talking to themselves. Brooke and Peyton open their own lockers, next to each other. Nathan opens his locker as Haley inspects an envelope.) NATHAN: (Looking at Lucas.) What’s up man? (Lucas pulls a rectangular envelope, with his name printed on the front, out of his locker and, wordlessly, shows it to Nathan. Nathan pulls one out of his own locker with his name printed on the front. Haley’s looking at hers.) HALEY: Brooke? (They all look at Brooke and Peyton; they both have their own envelopes. They’re as confused as everyone else. Felix walks past and smiles at them all.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Felix puts an invitation on the table which reads; ‘You are cordially to a night to drama, excitement and intrigue. Be at Karen’s Café tonight at 7:00 p.m.’) FELIX: It’s called ‘Dare Night’. One night, two teams, multiple dares. (Brooke, Peyton, Haley, Lucas, Nathan, Skills, Fergie, Mouth and Tim are gathered around the table. They are all staring at Felix.) FELIX: (Holds up and envelope.) Each envelope contains a two-part dare. Part one is on the front; part two is on the back. Each dare is worth a certain number of points. This cell phone (Holds up the phone.) has picture and video. TIM: Oh sweet(!) (Reaches for the phone. Felix sh*t him a look and he stops.) FELIX: You do the dare; you send proof of it to the other team. At midnight, time’s up. We meet back here and declare the winner. MOUTH: And what do we win? FELIX: You Mouth, win an excuse to be out till midnight. (Mouth laughs.) The rest of you, get a night to remember. LUCAS: And you get to humiliate us. Why would we do that? FELIX: Look guys, there’s nothing in these envelopes that’s harmful to you or anyone else. It’s all about having fun, testing your limits. Every once in a while, you gotta wake yourself up. (Looks at Brooke.) TIM: You wanna do it Nate? All anybody does in this town is brood and…pout, get married. HALEY: (laughs) I’ll play. (Throws her envelope onto the table.) PEYTON: Yeah, what the hell. (Puts hers on the table too.) I’m up for something daring. (Felix looks at Nathan who throws his on the table.) FELIX: Who else is in? (Mouth, Fergie and Skills throw their envelopes on top of the others. Tim throws a beige envelope with his name, which he wrote himself, onto the pile. Felix picks up the envelope and looks at it inquisitively. Everyone laughs.) TIM: (pleadingly) Come on! I wanna play. I didn’t get invited. FELIX: Tell you what; you can play if…Brooke and Lucas play. (Points to them.) (Everyone looks at them. Brooke begrudgingly puts her on top of the pile and after a few moments, so does Lucas.) BROOKE: Pick the stupid teams. FELIX: Alright. Boys against the girls. You six guys against the three girls…plus me. I count as three anyway. TIM: (stupidly) Yeah, three girls(!) (Everyone looks at him.) FELIX: Sweet. Teams are set. (He puts a key on Lucas’ envelope.) LUCAS: What’s this? FELIX: That my friend…is your first dare. (Lucas raises one eyebrow at him and Felix smirks.) FADE TO BLACK: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – EVENING] (Lucas opens a locker and pulls out a bag. Nathan, Tim, Skills, Fergie and Mouth are standing around him. He pulls out a gold envelope and reads.) LUCAS: Return these clothes to stores in the mall. NATHAN: What’s so hard about that? LUCAS: (Reads the back.) (Laughs) While wearing them. (The guys laugh. A cell phone rings. Lucas opens a bag and pulls the phone out.) LUCAS: Hello? FELIX: (Through the phone.) You guys ready to forfeit yet? (Rounds the corner with Brooke, Peyton and Haley.) SKILLS: You talk a big game little booty, but we about to light your ass; up. FELIX: Game on. (Walks off with the girls.) LUCAS: Alright. (Hands Nathan a gold envelope.) Nate you got your picture phone? NATHAN: Yeah. LUCAS: Beautiful. Skills. (Gives him a picture phone.) SKILLS: I got one. LUCAS: Alright boys, that game is to divide and conquer. (Nathan hands out gold envelopes.) Alright, I’ll catch up with you guys later. If not, we meet at the café at midnight. NATHAN: You really gonna do this dare? LUCAS: Yeah. You know why? Coz he doesn’t think I will. NATHAN: Strong. (Bangs fists with Lucas.) Tim, you’re coming with me. TIM: (happily) I’m in it to win it. NATHAN: Just say yes, Tim. (They walk off.) SKILLS: (Holding up a black bra with pink lace.) Damn, he is good. LUCAS: But I’m better. (Skills puts the bra back and gives the bag back to Lucas.) LUCAS: Catch you guys later. (Leaves) SKILLS: Let’s do this. (Lucas walks past Felix and smiles.) FELIX: OK, hate to break up Charlie’s Angels but…(Hands Peyton the phone.)…you guys take the Cingular phone and do these. (Gives Haley some gold envelopes.) There’s nothing too crazy on there. BROOKE: Why do I have to go with you? FELIX: Because this (Holds out a gold envelope to her.) is your first dare. BROOKE: (Takes it with a roll of her eyes. She opens it to look and laughs.) Pleas(!) I could do that in my sleep. FELIX: Great(!) Prove it. (Snatches the envelope back and walks away.) (Haley, Peyton and Brooke laugh and walk off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL COLLEGE – HARGROVE’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Andy is putting up a picture of ‘The Constantines’ on his bookcase.) KAREN: (o.s) A little to the left. (She’s standing in the doorway. Andy turns his head and sees her. She smiles and he shifts it to the left slightly. Laughs approvingly.) HARGROVE: You like ‘The Constantines’? KAREN: Sure. (Walks into his office.) I mean as much as anyone can like a band they’ve never heard of. (They laugh.) HARGROVE: So um…how’s it going? Um…is everything OK? KAREN: You’ve stopped in for coffee every morning this week and well I-I-I enjoy seeing you it’s just, well I’m-I’m not sure it’s appropriate. HARGROVE: Well you know, in some cultures ah, you can buy coffee without actually having to have sex with the café owner. Um, you know, those cultures aren’t nearly as much fun for me but what you gonna do? (He laughs.) KAREN: (Mortified) I-I have, I’ve jumped to conclusions. (pause) I’m sorry. Um…forget that I came by. HARGROVE: Absolutely. Won’t mention it again. (Stands) KAREN: Thank you. (Make moves to leave.) HARGROVE: (hurriedly) As long as you have dinner with me. (Karen’s shocked and all she can do is stare open-mouthed. Andy smiles.) FADE TO: [INT. THE MALL – SHOP – DAY] (Lucas stands at the entrance to one of the clothes shops. He’s wearing a red, girls, top and leather pants. The cashier sees him and stops.) LUCAS: (Unbuttoning the top to reveal the bra.) I’d like to return this shirt. (Nods) Oh, I happen to have the receipt. (Gives her the receipt.) Here it is, yeah. (Straightens out the bra and groans, trying not to look embarrassed.) CASHIER: Can I ask you why you’d like to return it? LUCAS: Um…wrong size? CASHIER: (Smiles and looks at the bra.) Can’t we get you another size? LUCAS: (quickly) No, thanks, no I’m good. I’m good. (Looks around.) Oh um…(To a shopper.)…excuse me? (She looks up.) LUCAS: Would you mind taking a picture? (Shopper smiles as she takes the phone.) SHOPPER: Smile! (Laughs and takes a picture of Lucas and the cashier.) CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – EVENING] (Peyton and Haley are at the front of a food court.) PEYTON: (To the worker.) Hi, can we have five pickled eggs please? (Makes a disgusted face.) HALEY: So I had an idea, why don’t we just get a picture of you eating one egg and then tell them you ate five. PEYTON: Haley James-Scott, we don’t cheat. HALEY: Well you did with Lucas. PEYTON: Don’t make me smack you! (Haley smiles.) Here! (Gives Haley the phone.) (To the worker) Thank you. HALEY: Alright, are we doing this now? PEYTON: Here we go(!) HALEY: Do it, do it. Go go go. (Peyton hesitates and then takes a bite out of the red egg. Haley takes a picture and makes a grossed-out sound.) HALEY: Four and a half more to go! (Peyton retches and grabs a napkin to spit the egg out into.) HALEY: Oh, make the five. Mmmm(!) Not cheating tastes good(!) (Peyton shoves the napkin under Haley’s nose.) (laughing) Get that away from me you crazy- (Peyton looks disgusted.) CUT TO: [INT. BEAUTY PARLOUR – WAITING ROOM - EVENING] (Nathan and Tim walk in to the beauty parlour. It is lit wit candles.) NATHAN: Well this is it. Massage and Spa. TIM: What’s the back say? NATHAN: (Flips the card over.) Ask for the special. TIM: (Grabs the envelope.) It’s the Happy Ending. (Nathan’s confused. Tim furiously rings the bell.) CUT TO: [INT. RESTAURANT – EVENING] (Felix and Brooke are standing near the entrance of the dimly lit restaurant.) BROOKE: OK, so all I have to do is get a table? FELIX: With no waiting. It’s the hottest restaurant in town. BROOKE: (Walking with him to the reservation table.) If you insist on wasting my time, at least come up with better dares. (To the waiter.) Hi, I was wondering- WAITER: (Without looking at her.) Name? BROOKE: Brooke Davis. WAITER: No. BROOKE: You didn’t even check your list. WAITER: (pause) Perhaps there’s another name. BROOKE: Angelina Jolie. WAITER: No. BROOKE: The Queen of Sheeba. WAITER: No. BROOKE: The Queen of Hearts. WAITER: No. BROOKE: How about Queen Latifah? WAITER: I’m afraid not. (Looks back down.) (Felix smiles and takes the waiter away from Brooke’s line of hearing. He whispers something to him and Brooke looks smugly.) WAITER: Table for two. Right this way sir. (Walks to a table.) BROOKE: (astounded) How did you do that? FELIX: I made a reservation for two last week. (Walks to the table.) (Brooke stares open-mouthed as she realises that he planned it all.) FELIX: (o.s) Come on team mate. FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – EVENING] (A woman is looking around at the cars. Keith comes up to her.) KEITH: Can I uh…help you? WOMAN: (hurriedly) forty-one thousand four hundred and sixty seven dollars. KEITH: OK… WOMAN: (hurriedly) I know exactly what the dealer invoice on this car is. MSRP, tax, freight. I don’t wanna haggle over scotch or…floor mats or anything. (Breathes deeply.) (slower) Take it or leave it. KEITH: And you’re sure you want this car? WOMAN: Absolutely(!) KEITH: (Nods) Hmm. Well maybe you wanna test-drive it before you over-pay me. (She just stares at him as he smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – CLOTHES SHOP - EVENING] (Lucas walks out of the clothes shop. People are standing around looking at him in his leather pants and bra and laughing. He looks down at his phone and smiles. He walks off-screen to find the next shop he has to strip in. a security guard stops and looks at him.) SECURITY GUARD: (Into a walkie talkie.) Cameras, are you seeing this? (Lucas enters the bra shop.) CUT TO: [EXT. BASEBALL FIELD – EVENING] (Skills, Mouth and Fergie look at people practising hitting baseballs against machines.) MOUTH: (Reading from the card.) It says we have to get a ht on the fastest pitching machine. SKILLS: (Putting a helmet, he is holding, on.) Oh man, this all good, back up. MOUTH: Using your head. SKILLS: (Stops. Takes the helmet off and pushes it at Mouth.) Well come on man, get in there. We aint got all day. Let’s go. CUT TO: [INT. THE RESTAURANT – EVENING] (Brooke and Felix are sitting at a small table eating.) BROOKE: So what, you can’t get a date. Move to new towns and trick people into eating with you? FELIX: Wow, you totally exposed me. Seriously, I mean mostly naked here. (Brooke smiles snidely.) How bout you? What’s your story? BROOKE: Bored and ignored. FELIX: Bored maybe…but you never been ignored by a guy in your life. BROOKE: I meant at home genius. Guys are easy. They usually fall for me over the first…pathetic…little…dinner. FELIX: Yeah? What do they fall for first? The shoplifting or the eating disorder? BROOKE: (Laughs and calls a waiter.) Excuse me(!) (He comes over.) Hi. Just curious; what’s your most expensive entrée? WAITER: Well, we have- BROOKE: (Cuts him off.) Sounds great. I’ll take two. I’m really hungry. FELIX: (Smiles and claps.) Nicely played. (Wipes his mouth.) I’ll be right back. (He gets up and walks away.) (Brooke glares at him, crosses her arms and leans back in her chair.) CUT TO: [INT. MASSAGE AND SPA – THERAPY ROOM – EVENING] (Tim is lying on one massage table and Nathan is lying on the other.) MASSEUSE: OK(!) Full body treatment. TIM: (Assuring her.) The special. We want the special. NATHAN: What exactly is the special? MASSEUSE: Oh the special is very nice. Who’s first? TIM: (Puts his hand up.) Me(!) MASSEUSE: (Pats him on the back) OK. I’ll just peel back your sheet. TIM: (moaning) Oh yeah(!) NATHAN: So this is legitimate right? This is…like a massage? TIM: Dude, shut up! I am concentrating. NATHAN: (anxiously) Yeah, you know what, I-I really don’t think I need to be here for this. (Makes to get up.) MASSEUSE: Oh…it won’t take long. NATHAN: Yeah, I’ll bet. (Sits up.) MASSEUSE: OK, one special(!) Full…body…wax! (Yanks a wax strip off Tim.) (Tim yells in pain.) NATHAN: I’m out(!) (Wraps the sheet around his waist and runs out of the room. Tim, in pain, reaches out Nathan as he runs past.) CUT TO: [EXT. BASEBALL FIELD – EVENING] (Mouth stands in front of the pitching machine, waiting for it to release a ball. One comes sh*ting out, Mouth dodges.) SKILLS: Come on Mouth, toughen up dawg! MOUTH: It’s gonna hurt! SKILLS: So what? Be a warrior. FERGIE: Yeah, take one for the team Mouth. MOUTH: But what about you guys? SKILLS: Man, I’m takin the pictures. FERGIE: I’m helpin him. (Mouth prepares himself as a ball flies at him and hits him on the head. He reels back in pain, hanging onto the netting. Skills takes a picture a little too late.) SKILLS: (whispers) Dang(!) (Louder to Mouth.) Man I missed that one. You gonna have to do it again. Come on, back on the plate. CUT TO: [INT. CLOTHES SHOP – EVENING] LUCAS: (Gives the cashier his receipt.) Uh…I need to return some pants. CASHIER: OK...do you have them? (Lucas, humiliated, pauses before reaching to unbutton the leather pants. A girl stops and looks at him.) CUT TO: [INT. THE RESTAURANT – EVENING] (Felix’s phone, on a gold envelope, rings and as he’s not there, Brooke answers it.) BROOKE: Hello? FELIX: (At Karen’s Café.) You know, you shouldn’t be answering my phone. BROOKE: Where the hell are you? FELIX: I’m at the café. BROOKE: (astounded) What(!)? FELIX: Flip the dare card over, and read it. BROOKE: (Reaches for the dare card and flips it over. It says ‘Dine and Dash’.) You did not just leave me here(!) (Felix laughs. Brooke looks around at the full restaurant and waiter.) BROOKE: Look, I don’t have the money to pay for this and I am not walking out on the cheque(!) FELIX: Why not? I’ve seen you steal before. (Through the phone.) Besides, I dare ya. (Hangs up.) (Brooke gawps and shuts the phone.) CUT TO: [INT. CLOTHES SHOP – EVENING] (Lucas pulls down the leather pants, leaving him in his boxers and nothing else. The cashier looks over to see. Lucas looks up and she laughs embarrassedly. He puts the pants on the counter.) SECURITY GUARD: (Standing and watching.) OK. Just stay put son. (Reaches for his walkie talkie again.) (The girl who was watching him earlier pushes down a clothing rack to distract the guard and begins to run.) ANNA: (To Lucas.) Follow me! Hurry up! (Lucas flips his phone open, quickly takes a picture of himself and the cashier and runs for it. Two guards run after him.) CUT TO: [INT. THE RESTAURANT – EVENING] (Brooke sits at the table, taking deep breaths. She picks her bag up and slowly walks away. A waiter sees her going.) WAITER: Excuse me Miss! Your bill! (Brooke doesn’t slow down. She walks past the attendant and out of the restaurant.) CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – EVENING] (Anna and Lucas are running through the mall.) ANNA: My car’s outside! LUCAS: (Stops) ANNA: (Walks back to him and grabs his arm.) Trust me. (She runs again.) (Lucas looks around at the shoppers, sees the guards and runs after her.) CUT TO: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. ANNA’S CAR – EVENING] (Anna gets into the drivers seat with a bag of Lucas’ clothes.) ANNA: Ha, mission accomplished. (Hands the bag over.) (Lucas takes his clothes out.) ANNA: (Holding out the key.) You want the locker key back? LUCAS: No thanks(!) Look, I’m sorry about all of this. I…just…dare night thing. Just didn’t wanna back down. (Puts his shirt on.) ANNA: Oh yeah. I-I saw you earlier and I figured it was something like that. I didn’t want you to get busted for just having a little fun. LUCAS: (laughs.) Thank you. So what’s your name? ANNA: Anna. LUCAS: I’m Lucas. You from Tree Hill? ANNA: Yeah, but…we…wouldn’t have met. LUCAS: Why not? ANNA: Oh, I tend not to roll with guys in bras and leather pants. LUCAS: (laughs) You’re funny. (Half serious.) (Anna smiles. Lucas climbs into the front seat.) LUCAS: Oh sorry. Anyway, I owe you one. ANNA: Well…how bout you pay me back by letting me play too. LUCAS: (shrugs) OK. ANNA: So? What’s next? LUCAS: (Reaching for his back pocket.) Um…I don’t know. (Pulls out the envelope.) Lets find out. (He reads it and laughs.) CUT TO: [INT. MASSAGE AND SPA – EVENING] (Nathan looks at their next dare.) NATHAN: (o.s) Sell a box of cookies. (Smiles at Tim.) TIM: Great. (Finishes putting his clothes back on.) I get my…crack waxed and you get…cookies. MASSEUSE: (Smiles and holds out a box.) Felix left this for you. (Nathan opens the box and he and Tim look inside.) NATHAN: You know, I really don’t like this Felix kid. CUT TO: [EXT. RANDOM RESIDENT’S DOORSTEP – EVENING] (The door opens and we see Nathan and Tim standing on a woman’s doorstep wearing a green checked hat and skirt with a white shirt and a green sash that says ‘Lady Leprechauns’ in gold. They are also wearing white, knee-length socks and heels. Tim is holding out two boxes of cookies.) NATHAN: (Reading from the card.) Good evening Mr and Mrs Tree Hill resident. We’re selling these delicious cookies to raise money for ‘Lady Leprechauns’. (Tim holds the boxes higher and smiles widely.) NATHAN: (pause) An organisation that empowers us girls to be strong, beautiful, independent women of tomorrow. (Lowers the card.) (The woman slams the door in their faces.) (Nathan and Tim walk away from the house. Nathan takes off his hat and throws it.) NATHAN: Screw this dare night crap! Can’t believe I’m wearing a skirt(!) TIM: Yeah, in public. NATHAN: When we get back to the café, I’m gonna bat on that kid. Felix(!) TIM: I think he’s kinda cool. NATHAN: You would. (Reads the dare card.) TIM: I’m just saying. One week it’s Lucas, now it’s Felix. Just tell me who we’re hatin on next week Nate coz…I’m kinda having trouble keeping up. NATHAN: Yeah well you wouldn’t have that problem if you got a life of your own and quit living mine. (Tim, hurt, looks at him for a while.) TIM: Whatever(!) (Turns and walks away.) NATHAN: (regretful) (sighs) Tim, I didn’t mean that. Wait up man. (Tim has difficulty walking after the waxing.) Come on(!) (Keith and the woman drive by in the car. He looks at Tim and his nephew in disbelief.) KEITH: So, um…where was I? WOMAN: You’re trying to force me to get the CD changer(!) KEITH: I wasn’t forcing you. It’s just an option I thought you might like. (She isn’t convinced.) There’s um…also the leather interior, the…optional touring package…and (Watches her pass a stop sign.) option to pause at stop signs! (She drives onto the pavement. Keith stares at her.) WOMAN: OK, that wasn’t my fault. The thing just jumped out at me. KEITH: The stop sign? WOMAN: It practically pounced! KEITH: OK(!) Um…I think maybe I should drive us back. WOMAN: No, I’ll be fine. I just get a little nervous. I only have so much money and this is a big decision for me. Besides, car sales men are always such jerks. (Keith smiles.) Why are you smiling at me? KEITH: My brother owns the dealership, I’m just helping out. I’m actually a mechanic. WOMAN: Oh. (pause) (smiles) I like mechanics. (Keith grins at her.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Brooke runs of to the café entrance. Felix is sitting down at a table, writing something. Brooke opens the door and advances on him.) BROOKE: Oh, you are such a jerk! FELIX: Come on, it was just a dare. You got us big points for that one. Lock it up! (Holds out his fist.) BROOKE: (Throws the phone and envelope onto the table.) You should be locked up(!) (Turns to exit.) FELIX: (hastily) Brooke, I’m sorry! Don’t go. (She stops and turns.) FELIX: It was just part of the game. I promise. (She just glares at him.) I didn’t know you’d be so upset. OK? (Scoffs and looks away from him.) How bout you read the next one? (Holds out an envelope to her.) (She snatches it and yanks the card out of the envelope forcefully.) BROOKE: Go to the cemetery. Hm! (Turns the card.) And take a photo in an open grave(!) That’s perfect. Since I plane on klling you, (Shoves the envelope and card into his chest.) anyway! FELIX: I think we get bonus points for that. BROOKE: (Stops and turns at the door.) Great! (Felix follows her out.) FADE TO: [EXT. CLUB – EST sht - EVENING] (‘Karaoke Night’ is written in big letters outside of the brightly lit bar.) SKILLS: (v.o) Hey yo, Fergie, what’s the next dare? FERGIE: (v.o) Karaoke. SKILLS AND FERGIE: Mouth! CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Mouth is on the stage with a mic.) MOUTH: #I like big butts and I can not lie, You other brothers can’t deny, (Skills and Fergie are standing behind Mouth on the stage.) MOUTH: When a girls walks in with an itty bitty waist And a round thing in your face You get sprung! (The women in the audience look a little shocked.) Wanna pull up front Cuz you notice that butt was stuffed CUT TO: [EXT. THE FOUNTAIN – EVENING] (Lucas and Anna are taking money out of a fountain.) ANNA: (Counting the money in her hand.) OK, I got three dollars aaand…eighty cents! LUCAS: Alright, we need five dollars. (Counting his own money.) ANNA: Oh, a quarter! (Reaches into the water again.) CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – THE STAGE – EVENING] MOUTH: #Fellas SKILLS AND FERGIE: (yeah), MOUTH: Fellas SKILLS AND FERGIE: (yeah) MOUTH: Has your girlfriend got the butt? SKILLS AND FERGIE: (hell yeah) MOUTH: Well shake it, SKILLS AND FERGIE: Shake it, MOUTH: Shake it, SKILLS AND FERGIE: Shake it, MOUTH: Shake that healthy butt Baby got back (Mouth does some strange and hilarious butt shaking. The females are enjoying it.) CUT TO: [EXT. BASEBALL FIELD – PITCHING MACHINES – EVENING] (Peyton is standing in front of the pitching machines with a helmet on, waiting for it to release a ball. Haley holds the phone out.) HALEY: OK, hold on a second. (The ball flies out and hits Peyton on her helmet covered head. She falls down, dazed.) HALEY: Oh, oh my gosh! Are you OK? It look- (Another one flies out and hits Haley on the back.) Oh(!) (Another ball comes flying.) Ooh. (She runs off the field.) CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Mouth is doing a weird dance and the audience is going crazy.) MOUTH: #So ladies AUDIENCE: (yeah), MOUTH: Ladies AUDIENCE: (yeah) MOUTH: If you wanna role in my Mercedes AUDIENCE: (yeah) MOUTH: Then turn around (Turns to the side.) Stick it out (Sticks his butt out.) Even white boys got to shout MOUTH, SKILLS AND FERGIE: Baby got back(!) (Skills takes footage of the audience going nuts. Mouth is still dancing crazily.) MOUTH, SKILLS AND FERGIE: Baby got back. (Mouth continues to dance.) FADE TO: [EXT. RIVER WALK – EVENING] (sht of the river and a hotdog stand near it.) KAREN: (o.s) So this is dinner. HARGROVE: I want you to have anything you want. I’m rich you know. KAREN: Well I’m getting chilli on mine(!) HARGROVE: (To the man.) Thank you. (They slowly walk to the rails.) HOTDOG SALESMAN: Thank you. HARGROVE: So uh…I know that my class is obviously the highlight of your week (Karen laughs) but what else do you like to do? KAREN: Mostly school and the café and my son. HARGROVE: (Looks at her.) You have a son? Nice. KAREN: (Eats) Yeah. (nods) LUCAS: Well he’s got a tough mom. I think it’s so great that you went back to school in your late twenties you know. (Gives him a look.) Early thirties? KAREN: Hmm. (Shakes her head. They stop at the rails, overlooking the river.) HARGROVE: My god, how old are you? KAREN: Old enough to have never heard of that band, ‘The Constantines’. HARGROVE: Ah, but you see, now you’re one of the hip kids. KAREN: (laughing) Hardly. So I was uh…thinking about what you said last week; about challenging yourself, moving forward. Well I had a plan that I would open another business here in Tree Hill and I discussed it with my business partner and…we decided to take the plunge. HARGROVE: Can I invest? KAREN: (Pretends to think.) No(!) But what would you say to some ice-cream? HARGROVE: (joking) Oh it’s fine but I’m not really made of money Karen. KAREN: (Laughs) My treat. (Turns and walks slowly.) HARGROVE: (following) Well I love ice-cream but…if you bought me ice-cream, ah-you, does this mean that uh… KAREN: You know, there are some cultures where you can actually have ice-cream- HARGROVE: Yeah, I get it. KAREN: Yeah. HARGROVE: I-I get it. CUT TO: [INT. RESTAURANT – EVENING] (Lucas and Anna are sitting at a table in some restaurant, eating.) LUCAS: (Throws a napkin onto the table.) How much do I owe you for the pizza? ANNA: Nothing. (He gives her a look.) I took a little extra from the fountain. (Lucas laughs.) This is…weird. Isn’t it? Oh I mean, people don’t just meet and hang out like this. Unless it’s a hook-up. (He laughs again.) And it’s not? LUCAS: (Shakes his head.) I didn’t think it was. Besides, not doing that anymore. ANNA: (Smiling) Anymore? LUCAS: (Stops drinking.) Long story. Trust me. ANNA: Do you think two people can get to know each other…without ever going into their long stories? LUCAS: Sure. (He’s not telling.) ANNA: But isn’t who you were a part of who you are? LUCAS: (Sighs) Maybe, but I guess I’m saying that; I don’t really need to know the person that you used to be. As much…as the person that you’re trying to be. ANNA: (Smiles) Yeah…me too. (They look at each other for a bat.) You ready for our next dare? LUCAS: (Catching himself.) Oh, yeah. Um…(Pulls out the envelope and gives it to her.) Do the honours. ANNA: (Reads it.) Take a photo, with a stranger…(Obviously meaning herself.)…in a photo booth. LUCAS: Hmm. (They look around and Anna spots one.) ANNA: Come on. (They walk inside it and sit down together. Lucas struggles to reach for his money while in the small booth.) ANNA: So. (pause) I have a confession to make. (Lucas looks at her.) The card doesn’t say take a photo with a stranger in a photo booth. (Lucas laughs and puts four quarters into the slots.) LUCAS: No? (He pushes the slider and the money disappears.) ANNA: No. it says…make out with a stranger in a photo booth. (Lucas grins and one photo is taken.) LUCAS: Ah, here’s the thing, ah- ANNA: Look, it’s just a dare, right? I mean…it’s no big deal. (Lucas kisses her and another photo is taken.) LUCAS: There’s a part two right? ANNA: (Reads the back.) Ah; bonus points. You’re gonna have to get out for this one. (Lucas groans and makes to leave but she grabs his shirt – there are still two more pictures left to take. She pulls him back and kisses him. The third photo is taken.) LUCAS: Mm, (Slightly dazed.) enjoy. (Walks out of the booth.) (She moves into the middle, and Lucas waits outside. Anna closes the curtain all the way. He waits for a moment and the last picture is taken. She step out, straightening her top.) ANNA: OK(!) What’s next? LUCAS: You gonna tell what it was? (The pictures come out of the slot but the fourth one is covered. She pulls it out, hiding the fourth one, and puts it into her belt strap.) ANNA: Maybe(!) (Walks past him. Lucas laughs sardonically and follows.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE CEMETERY – EVENING] (Brooke and Felix walk through the cemetery. Felix is holding a flashlight.) BROOKE: (Whispering) OK, so I’m kinda thinking that…maybe we don’t really need these points so much. FELIX: Come on(!) I’ll protect you. (Holds her arm.) BROOKE: (Pulls her arm free.) Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m counting on. FELIX: Well maybe you prefer Lucas. BROOKE: (Stops and turns to face him.) What did Mouth tell you?! FELIX: (Stops too.) Nothing. We move around a lot, school cliques are easy to read; who rolls with who, that kinda thing. You and Lucas obviously had something. BROOKE: Yeah we had something. (Her pain is still evident.) (Pause) We had something fake and painful that I’m not gonna discuss with you and a bunch of dad people. (Pause) What about you anyway? I can’t imagine anyone would actually date you. FELIX: The question is; why would I date them? When I could just hook up with them instead. (Brooke glares.) You know, friends with benefits. No strings attached. BROOKE: I don’t think that works. Somebody always ends up getting hurt. (Begin to walk again.) FELIX: Not if you’re upfront about it. Think about it; you had sex this year, and so did I (Pause) but I didn’t end up in a cemetery talking about how painful it was. (Brooke looks at him. He’s right, it might not be ethical, but he’s right.) FELIX: Oh perfect(!) (Walks up to an open grave and shines a torch down into it.) This one will do. (Looks at Brooke.) in you go. BROOKE: Oh no! You haven’t done anything tonight. Why do I have to go? FELIX: I gotta work the camera phone. Besides, you wouldn’t be able to pull me out. (Brooke looks into the grave.) BROOKE: (Miserably) I really don’t like you. (He smiles.) OK. Eurgh. (Kneels down.) FELIX: Be careful. BROOKE: (Sits at the edge of the hole. He takes her hands, she holds on and he lowers her in.) Argh! (Lands on her feet with a thump and grumbles angrily.) FELIX: (Rubs his hands to free them of dirt.) OK. See you later. (Begins to walk away.) BROOKE: FELIX, DON’T YOU DARE LEAVE ME HERE! (Felix takes a few steps and stops. He turns back laughing.) FELIX: I’m just playing. (Brooke sneers.) FELIX: Hold on. (Takes out the phone.) Let me get a picture. (He holds the phone out, Brooke makes a face. A cop car drives past, shining a light into the cemetery and at them. Felix jumps into the hole before they can see him and pulls Brooke to the side, against him.) BROOKE: What’re you doing!? FELIX: (Switches the torch off.) Sushhh. (The car drives away.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. THE ZOO –SNAKE HOUSE – EVENING] (Camera pans to show snakes of all sizes and types in glass tnk. Fergie, Mouth and Skills creep into the snake house. Skills is looking very uncomfortable and just a little bit scared.) (Skills bumps into Mouth.) MOUTH: (Whispering) Stop it(!) SKILLS: Yo man, this dare is totally screwed up dawg. FERGIE: Borrow a wild animal for the zoo? MOUTH: It’s like that movie where they try to steal the cougar but… SKILLS: (Scared) But what? FERGIE: Cougar ate their ass didn’t it? MOUTH: Sort of. (Fergie nods.) SKILLS: (Looks at a cobra rears its head up.) Mouth man, I said a bird man. We in a damn snake house! Man, I’m not stealin no snake, dawg. Nothing with teeth, fangs or claws. Man forget it(!) (Fergie and Mouth look behind them to a snake that’s climbing its glass house. They walk off. Skills follows quickly. We hear snakes hissing and rattling.) MOUTH: I guess we could try for a fish. SKILLS: Uh-uh. Too slimy. (Mouth and Fergie just look at him.) SKILLS: Look, I got a problem with animals OK? I’ve never had a pet. I bet you Felix knows that too. I mean that dude is psychotic. FERGIE: (Correcting) Psychic. SKILLS: Yeah, dat too. (They nod and walk off-screen. Close up of a yellow and white snake hissing.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE CEMETERY – EVENING] (The cop car flashes it’s light and drives off.) FELIX: OK, I think they’re gone. Gimme a boost. BROOKE: Are you kidding? Your shoes are muddy. FELIX: It’s either you give me a boost or be buried alive girly girl. BROOKE: Huh(!) Fine(!) (She puts one hand one top of the other, and holds it out.) (He puts a foot on and boosts him out while making disgusted noises. He climbs out.) BROOKE: OK. Get me out. (Holds out her arms.) (They struggle as he helps her out. He laughs. She angrily brushes dirt out of her hair.) BROOKE: Stupid dare night. Where did you come up with this ridiculousness anyway? I mean, what is the point!? FELIX: (Seriously) The point is simple; see how far you’ll go. You face your fears. And sometimes you’ll do things you wanna do because calling it a dare makes it OK for a night. BROOKE: Things like what? FELIX: Like spending time with me. (Brooke scoffs and turns away from him.) CUT TO: [INT. CHURCH – EVENING] (Haley and Peyton stand at the front of the church, looking at the cross and stained glass windows.) PEYTON: So we never really talked about the wedding. Like…how you got there. HALEY: I told you; I got dressed, I…threw up at my parent’s house, brushed, flossed and…went to the beach. PEYTON: OK, hard image to forget. (Haley laughs.) Uh, but, I meant more like, uh, I don’t know; how your heart got there. Marriage is big. I don’t know how you trust somebody for your whole life. I can’t even…date somebody with that escape hatch. HALEY: (Pause) I don’t know if it was so much about trusting Nathan - which I do - it was…more about trusting myself. PEYTON: Yeah, my old friend; self doubt. I dunno, sometimes everything seem…really simple and then- HALEY: It’s not? PEYTON: (Pause) Yeah. (bat) HALEY: Alright, so what does this card say again? (She’s holding an envelope.) PEYTON: Uh, we’re supposed to…go to the confessional and read whatever’s on the card except you’re not supposed to read it until we get in there. HALEY: Right, right, right. So um…OK, so here’s the deal; I’m actually trying to avoid eternal damnation (Peyton smiles.)…so…I’m gonna pass. PEYTON: Alright. (Takes the envelope that Haley holds out while laughing.) Give it. (Peyton walks into the confessional. Haley sits in one of the seats and Peyton sits inside the booth and sighs. The priest opens the window…thing.) PEYTON: (Reads from the card.) Bless me father for I have sinned. (She turns the card over and it says; ‘Bless me father for I have sinned. You see, lately I’ve been having impure thoughts about my neighbour’s dog.’) You see, lately I’ve been having impure thoughts about… (She trails off. We see a sht of her eyes, red and filled with tears.) PEYTON: (Ignoring the card.) Um…actually, I haven’t been doing very well lately. This is…the first time I’ve been in a church since my mom died. (She looks down desolately.) (Whispering) I think about her every day(!) I just…I wonder what she would say to me right now if she could see me and see how I’ve been living. (Pause) And I wonder if she knows and most days, I fall short of being the person that she wanted me to be. Or…(Crying) I wonder of she saw me do that line of coke last week(!) And the thing is…I don’t even know why I did it. You know, my life is pretty good, (nods) it is. Um…but…I was just searching for something to make it great. S-something to make it matter (Pause) so…I don’t know, I guess last week when I had the chance to change that and it was…it was right there in front of me, I guess I was just scared to let that go. Um…but I know it was wrong. And I want my mom to know that and um…I want her to know that I am not that person. And I’m not going to be. PRIEST: I’m sure she knows. (Peyton looks down crying. sht of the outside of the confessional.) NATHAN: (v.o) Tim, wait up(!) CUT TO: [EXT. GOLF COURSE – EVENING] (Nathan is trying to get Time to stop.) NATHAN: I said I was sorry. I didn’t mean to tear you down(!) TIM: Then why did you? NATHAN: Because I was pissed at Felix alright? And you were defending him. I just don’t like him flirting with Haley. Tim: It’s always about Haley. NATHAN: No it’s not always about her. Tim, what do you want me to say? She’s my wife now. TIM: (Stops and turns.) You know, we used to be tight(!) It was always you and me. (Nathan sighs.) Now you’re constantly with Haley or Lucas, and there’s never any time for us to hang out. Don’t you miss your ‘Tim Time’? NATHAN: Do I miss hanging out with you? Yes. Do I miss you saying things like ‘Tim Time’? No. (Tim looks away.) Look, Tim, I know a lot of things have changed but us being friends isn’t one of them. We’ve been boys a long time now. I wouldn’t trade that for anything. Especially now that everything’s so crazy. Alright? TIM: (Looks down.) Can we at least finish ‘Dare Night’? NATHAN: Yeah absolutely. TIM: Good. Coz this next one’s great. (Turns and walks over the rope bridge. Nathan smiles and follows.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – EVENING] (Keith walks back into the shop with the woman – who is now called Julez.) KEITH: Well I’d, uh, point out the safety features but I think that fact that uh, you know, we got back in one piece speaks for itself. (He enters the office. She stands in the doorway.) KEITH: Look Julez; you picked a good car. But um…the price you offered me was a grand too high and uh…I couldn’t take a penny more. JULEZ: (Squints at him.) Is this some new car selling trick? KEITH: How would I know? I’m just a mechanic. JULEZ: (Smiles.) How bout if I think about it? KEITH: Was my counter offer too low? JULEZ: No, I just figured that if I wait a few days, then you’ll have to call me. (Smiles) You have my number. (Walks out.) KEITH: Wow. FADE TO: [INT. CHURCH – EVENING] (Peyton walks up to where Haley’s sitting and sits down.) HALEY: Eternal damnation for you? PEYTON: (Pause) I-I think jury’s still out on that one. HALEY: Are you OK? PEYTON: (Thinking) Yeah. (Pause) Thanks for hanging out with me tonight Haley. (Haley nods.) You’re a good friend. HALEY: (Laughs, slightly confused.) Thanks. This was fun. I’m glad we did this. I needed a night like ‘Dare Night’. PEYTON: Yeah, me too. (They look at each other. Peyton smiles.) FADE TO: [EXT. GOLF COURSE – EVENING] (Nathan and Tim walk onto the course. sht of a tiki god.) NATHAN: Steal the Tiki God from the second hole right? TIM: (Gives Nathan the envelope.) Here, check out part two. (Pulls his pants down.) (Nathan looks at the card.) TIM: Get it? Dude, the hole’s number two(!) (Tim bends down and Nathan looks at him.) NATHAN: There is something wrong with you. You know that right? (Tim struggles. Nathan looks away.) NATHAN: Oh(!) TIM: (o.s) What? I didn’t write the dare card. (Nathan sighs but can’t hold back a smile.) TIM: Dude, hand me the camera and give me some leaves alright? FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL COLLEGE - ANDY’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Karen and Andy enter his office.) HARGROVE: Thanks for hanging out tonight. KAREN: Well thank you. (Pause) Well um…I better get going. I’ve got a business class in the morning and my teacher is a tyrant. HARGROVE: Yeah, I heard about that guy. (He smiles as she starts to leave.) Karen, um, (Pause) I think you’re doing a great thing; going after you new club. It’s a (Points to The Constantines picture.) ‘Loosen up your collar’, ‘Run like a river’, ‘Glow like a beacon fre’. KAREN: Constantines? HARGROVE: Oh, see how cool you are? KAREN: (Laughs) Um Andy, what I said earlier…I did misread the café visit right? HARGROVE: (Nods) Absolutely not. I’ll see you in class Miss Roe. (Karen nods and leaves. Andy smiles.) CUT TO: [EXT. STREET – EVENING] LUCAS: So, it’s almost midnight. The dares are done, we should head back. ANNA: Actually, I can’t. I need to take off. LUCAS: You know, uh, I had this…weird history of meeting girls and them…disappearing at the end of the night. (She smiles.) You sure you can’t meet my friends? ANNA: (Pause) Not tonight. (Lucas is disappointed.) But how bout…you give me your number? (Give him her phone so he can save it in the phonebook.) (He saves his number.) LUCAS: Can I have yours too? ANNA: Luke, it was just ‘Dare Night’, right? (She takes the pictures out of her pocket and tears it in half, giving him one half and keeping the other. He laughs; she’s not going to show him what the second part of that dare was. He takes the pictures.) No bonus points for you. (She opens her car door.) LUCAS: Anna? (Pause) I dare you to call me. (She smiles, gets in the car and starts it up. Lucas watches her drive off and looks at the picture. He smiles.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EVENING] (Everyone except Mouth, Skills and Fergie are around one table. Felix is counting up the points.) FELIX: The guys trail by a hundred and fifty points. PEYTON: (Claps) Yes(!) (Sniggers at Tim.) MOUTH: We’re here. (Mouth, Skills and Fergie enter with a box.) LUCAS: What is that? (Skills and Fergie put it on the table.) MOUTH: We had to capture a wild animal from the zoo. SKILLS: (Seriously) Yeah, you might wanna back up. This thing is kinda ferocious. (Partially hides behind Mouth.) (Fergie lifts the lid to reveal a saltwater turtle. Everyone yells and laughs. Haley laughs.) SKILLS: Go ahead and laugh, but you shoulda seen this thing before we tamed it. I’m telling you, it was vicious. I mean it was snapping and-and…oh man! (Everyone laughs again. Haley pets the turtle.) FELIX: Well, well. With your other dares, it appears to be a tie. TIM: Oh no, no. Wait, don’t forget this. (He pulls out the phone and shows Felix his last dare.) (Tim smiles.) FELIX: (Shocked) DUDE! What the hell are you doing?! TIM: (Shows the card.) It says it right here on the dare card. FELIX: (Laughs) Man, that’s a typo. It’s supposed to say take a sht on the second hole. (Tim is mortified, everyone back away from him disgusted.) HALEY: Tim(!) BROOKE: Gross(!) FELIX: (Laughing) No dice. It’s still a tie (Tim throws the envelope onto the table.) and I just happen to have a tie breaker. (He gives Brooke an envelope.) BROOKE: (Takes it with a roll of her eyes.) (Laughs sarcastically.) Kiss a team mate on the mouth. NATHAN: Well I guess you guys win. (He’s not kissing any guy.) TIM: Damn it(!) BROOKE: Convenient(!) (Throws the letter onto the table.) OK. (Stands up, puts her arm on Felix’s shoulder and leans across him, kissing Peyton on the mouth!) (Peyton yells.) BROOKE: Sorry! (Peyton shoves Felix and laughs. Tim is amazed.) NATHAN: (Stunned, grinning.) OK! (Clapping) Alright. FELIX: (Smiles and shakes his head.) (Shrugging) Unless any of you guys…kissed a stranger in a photo booth…that’s the only dare you didn’t do. (Lucas looks shifty while all the other guys shake their heads and shrug.) PEYTON: (o.s) Anybody? (sht of Lucas’ jeans pocket. He half takes out the picture of himself and Anna.) PEYTON: (o.s) Come on(!) (Peyton has her arms around both Brooke and Haley. They wait in anticipation.) (Lucas covers the picture and puts it back into his pocket.) LUCAS: Sorry guys. Guess they win. (Haley, Peyton and Brooke jump and yell excitedly. The guys shrug and mope slightly, Tim does. Nathan and Lucas smile.) FADE TO: [EXT. RIVER – EVENING] (Mouth, Skills and Fergie take the box with the turtle to the river.) MOUTH: You know Skills, you could always keep him. He could be your first pet. SKILLS: (Holding the box.) Man, I’m not bout to keep some creepy looking turtle, dawg. (Mouth laughs.) Besides, caged up aint living. He need to be free. (He opens the box and takes it out. He puts it on the ground and it scuttles off into the water.) SKILLS: There you go. FERGIE: You realise that was a saltwater turtle right? (Mouth and Skills give him a ‘now you tell us’ look.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Haley, Nathan and Tim enter the apartment and Haley turns a light on.) HALEY: (To Nathan.) Hey, did you have fun tonight? NATHAN: Eventually, missed you though. (He kisses her.) (Haley opens the fridge and hands out beer.) TIM: (Dejectedly) I guess I’ll see you later then. (Turns away.) NATHAN: Tim. (Tim stops.) How bout a game of NBA Live? TIM: (Happily) Alright. (Jumps onto the couch.) (Haley winks at him and walks into the bedroom. Nathan sits next to Nathan.) TIM: You see, the ‘Tim’ is on the house and you better recognise th- NATHAN: (Interrupting) Just say you’re gonna bat me Tim. (Nathan smiles at Tim. Tim smiles back and Nathan shakes his head.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton sits on her bed with her sketch book out. She stares at the blank pages, pen in hand.) FADE TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Keith looks at Julez’s test drive form. It shows her phone number and age – which is 26. Keith smiles.) FADE TO: [EXT. STREETS – EVENING] (Felix and Brooke walk to their houses.) FELIX. Admit it; you had a good time tonight. BROOKE: By a good time, you mean wasting an entire evening of my life that I can never get back? Then sure. (They stop at her doorstep.) I have a question for you. (Felix raises his head.) You said you read people and that’s how you knew to invite all of us tonight. (He nods.) So how’d you read me? FELIX: (Pause) I don’t know about you yet. (Pause) Gonna have to watch you a little more. (Smiles and she smiles back.) (Brooke turns to enter her house.) So I guess this night makes us friends(!) (She stops and turns smiling.) Right? BROOKE: (Pause) Maybe. FELIX: Friends with benefits? BROOKE: (Gives him is jacket.) I’ll think about it. (He takes it and she walks into her house. He smiles as he watches her.) FADE TO: [INT. ANNA’S HOUSE – ANNA’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Anna is on her bed, looking at the pictures of herself and Lucas, her thumb is covering the last picture. Someone walks in front of the camera.) FELIX: How was the mall? (Anna sees him and covers the picture.) ANNA: You don’t know? FELIX: (Leans on her door, confused) How would I? ANNA: Fine. So, what’d you do tonight? FELIX: (Shakes his head.) Not much. Just explored really. (He smiles.) Trying to figure this place out. ANNA: I think we’re gonna like it here Felix. FELIX: Yeah. (Pause) Me too. (Anna smiles.) OK. Goodnight little sister. (Walks out of her bedroom.) (Anna looks at the picture again.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ ROOM – EVENING] (sh*t of Lucas’ pictures with Anna. Cut to Lucas looking at them. He smiles. Karen walks to his doorway.) KAREN: Hey. (Lucas hides the picture.) How was your night? LUCAS: Was good(!) Yours? KAREN: It was good. (Lucas smiles.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x05 - I Will Dare"}	foreverdreaming
[INT. BACKSTAGE AT A CLUB – DAY] LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. (The band manager is spreading out coke onto a glass with a blade.) MANAGER: You passed the band’s test, (Holds out a rolled up dollar bill for her to inhale the drugs through.) Now you gotta pass mine. (Peyton looks at the money anxiously.) CUT TO: [INT. CAR – EVENING] (Keith is in a car with Jules as she takes it for a test drive.) JULES: Car salesmen are always such jerks. KEITH: I’m actually a mechanic. JULES: (Smiling) I like mechanics. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL COLLEGE – BUSINESS 101 – DAY] (Karen talks to her teacher, not knowing it’s him.) KAREN: It’s my first college class. ANDY: And you’re taking it with Hargrove? This gut’s tough. (Cut to Andy at the front of the class.) ANDY: My name’s Andy Hargrove, welcome to my class. (Karen looks on stunned.) CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – CLOTHES STORE – EVENING] (Lucas puts his red girls shirt on the counter and adjusts his bra.) FELIX: (v.o) It’s called ‘Dare Night’; one night, two teams, (sht of Tim and Nathan at a residents doorstep, holding out boxes of cookies, dressed in girl scouts uniforms.) multiple dares. (sht of Felix talking to all of them.) CUT TO: [EXT. BASEBALL FIELD – PITCHING MACHINES – EVENING] (Peyton gets ht on the head with a baseball and falls.) HALEY: (Aghast) Oh! My gosh! CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Mouth, Skills and Fergie stand on the stage, singing ‘Baby Got Back’ by Sir Mix-A-Lot.) MOUTH: (v.o) What do we win? FELIX: (v.o) A night to remember. CUT TO: [INT. LOCKER ROOMS – LOCKERS – EVENING] (Tim stands by the lockers with the rest of the guys, smiling.) TIM: I’m in it to win it. CUT TO: [INT. MASSAGE AND SPA – TREATMENT ROOM – EVENING] (The masseuse rips a wax strip off of Tim’s ‘underneath’ as he yells in pain.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE FOUNTAIN – EVENING] (Anna and Lucas are fishing for money in the wishing fountain.) ANNA: (Counting) Three dollars aaand…eighty cents. CUT TO: [INT. THE RESTAURANT - PHOTO BOOTH – EVENING] (Lucas pushes four quarters into the slots of the photo booth. The camera takes multiple shts of Lucas and Anna kissing.) FADE TO BLACK: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: [EXT. THE SKY – EVENING] (sht of the waning moon and then the sky filled with tiny stars.) LUCAS: (v.o) Katherine Anne Porter once said; There seems to be a kind of order in the universe…in the movement of the stars and the turning of the Earth and the changing of the seasons. (Camera pans across the starry sky. Fade to Lucas walking up the River Walk in the morning, thinking and smiling.) But human life is almost pure chaos. Everyone takes his stance, (Lucas stops at a square of concrete filled with muddy water.) asserts his own right and feelings, mistaking the motives of others, (He pulls a bag of money out of his pocket.) and his own. (He drops all of the money into the water, takes more money out of his pocket, looks at it for a bat and flips it in too.) (Lucas smiles and looks at the cloudy sky.) CUT TO: [EXT. FELIX’S HOUSE – DOORSTEP – DAY] ANNA: Felix, let’s get going! I don’t wanna be late! (She walks down the front, stone, steps.) (Felix walks out of the front door smiling.) FELIX: Your skirt’s a little short isn’t it? (Anna turns and gives him a pissed off look.) I’m just looking out for you. (Points to the house.) ANNA: Can we just go? (Turns back.) FELIX: Sure, as soon as you discover pants. You know why? Because first impressions are important Anna. (She turns to him, royally annoyed.) And yours says (something Spanish.) all night. ANNA: You know what, I’ll ride the bus. FELIX: (o.s) Anna OK! (She ignores him and continues walking. Brooke is leaning against her dads car, smirking.) Come on! ANNA: (o.s) NO! FELIX: (o.s) I’m just playing. (Brooke is enjoying this.) ANNA: (o.s) You’re being mean! (sht of Felix.) BROOKE: (o.s) Let me guess. (She walks up to him, giving Anna a look first.) One of your ‘Friends with Benefits’ hoes didn’t wanna pay her deductible? FELIX: Gross, that’s my sister. BROOKE: (Laughing) Wait! You mean after they had you, your parents rolled the dice and kept breeding? (Looks after Anna again.) It’s risky. FELIX: (Pointing at her.) Funny! You know, I was thinking about this whole ‘Friends with Benefits’. (Brooke looks questioningly.) Felix with Brooke. FWB. BROOKE: Hmm…IYFD…In Your Dreams. (Walks off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – PHYSIOTHERAPY – DAY] (Dan is running on a treadmill, hooked up to machines while Deb sits and watches.) PHYSIOTHERAPIST: (Pointing at Dan.) I saw you in 87; against Williamsburg. You put up, what, thirty-five points? DAN: Thirty-seven. PHYSIOTHERAPIST: Man you were unstoppable. You play college ball? (Dan glares furiously at the therapist.) DEB: (Intervening) Uh, how long until we have the results. PHYSIOTHERAPIST: Uh, the doctor will call in a day or two but…his numbers look…(Flips open his chart.)…good for a guy who just had a heart attck. (Dan starts to struggle.) I tell you what I’m gonna put this on warm-down for you OK? (The treadmill beeps as he pushes buttons.) There, better? (Presses some more buttons.) How bout that? DAN: (Slowing down to a walk.) Good, it’s good. PHYSIOTHERAPIST: Alright, hey you take your time man. (Dan nods and the therapist leaves. Deb gives him a look.) DAN: How am I supposed to pass a stress test with some orderly reminding me my best days are behind me? DEB: (Trying to make light of the situation.) (Standing) Come on, he says you’re doing fine. (Hands him a towel.) DAN: Thanks. (Looking at the towel.) You must be happy; in forty-eight hours…you won’t have to wait on me anymore. (Perspires and breathes erratically. He stops the machine.) Well I’m not going to put my mind on waiting for a phone call. (Steps off the treadmill and unhooks himself from the machines.) Word in the paper, there’s gonna be a meteor shower this weekend. Thought maybe I’d got out and watch it from the beach house. DEB: (Hoping he isn’t implying what she thinks he is.) Good for you Dan. DAN: (Looks down.) (Pause) Maybe we could watch it together. (Deb looks down sighing.) You’ve been with me every step of this recovery Deb. We could go out there and…I could make you dinner. Just to say thanks. That’s all. (Deb looks at him. She doesn’t believe him.) CUT TO: [INT. RECORD STORE – DAY] (Peyton walks into the record store with some flyers. Chris the shop assistant is putting new music out along the rows. Peyton enters and knocks.) CHRIS: (Without looking up.) Sorry, we’re closed. PEYTON: Yeah, I know, um…(Chris looks at her.) I was just wondering if I could post this flyer on your board. (Shows it to him.) I’m…auditioning bands for a local talent night. CHRIS: (Reading) ‘All-Ages’ night. (Peyton nods.) Tell you what, you can post it if you take your shirt off. PEYTON: (Stunned) (Her shirt has ‘Finding Emo’ written across it.) Excuse me?! CHRIS: Emo’s crap. Gives punk a bad name. PEYTON: You think? CHRIS: I do. PEYTON: (Insulted) Huh, well I guess those who can’t do, sell records(!) you insult all your customers this way? CHRIS: Well since we’re not really open, you’re not really a customer. PEYTON: (bat) Whatever, I’m going to school. (Walks to the board.) CHRIS: Don’t forget your Get-Up-Kids lunchbox. PEYTON: You know, its real punk to be up at seven a.m. doing inventory. (Pins the flier up.) CHRIS: I never went to sleep. (Peyton looks at him and sab the flier onto the board, possibly imagining his head or heart. She turns, glaring, and leaves.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – CAR LOT – DAY] (Keith is standing next to the new cars, on the phone.) KEITH: Hello? (Cut to Jules sitting in her house on the couch looking confused.) KEITH: (Through the phone.) Jules, its Keith. Uh…(Cut to the dealership.) (Uncertainly) Keith, you know, the guy who took you on that drive. (Cut back to Jules sitting on her couch.) JULES: (Remembering) Gotcha. KEITH: (Smiling) W-well the reason I’m calling is the uh…follow-up customer satisfaction survey. (Cut to Jules.) KEITH: (Through the phone.) On a scale of one to ten; how happy were you with the service at ‘Dan Scott Motors’? JULES: (Smiling) Well the guy who helped me was nice and…kinda cute. (Cut to Keith smiling.) JULES: (Through the phone.) But he waited a whole week to call me (Cut back to Jules.) and when he did, he came up with some lame excuse about a survey. (Cut to Keith.) JULES: (Through the phone.) I’d give him a seven. KEITH: Well you think we could, uh, bump that up to an eight or a nine? Maybe over…dinner tomorrow night. JULES: Maybe if he…comes to my place and cooks for me. (Smiles.) KEITH: (Through the phone.) OK. (Keith smiles and snaps his phone shut. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL - WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE – DAY] (Whitey covers one eye with a piece of paper and looks at last seasons match schedule. He covers the other eyes and does the same. Lucas knocks on the open door.) LUCAS: Hey Coach. (Enters) WHITEY: (o.s) Scott(!) LUCAS: How you feeling? WHITEY: Oh, like a school girl in springtime. (Smiling) What can I do for ya? LUCAS: Well, uh…I just wanted to talk to you about your surgery. (Whitey’s smile drops.) LUCAS: (o.s) Keith had told me tha- WHITEY: (Harshly) Who gives a damn what Keith says? (sht of Lucas’ poker face.) (o.s) It’s not his life. LUCAS: (Slowly) OK, uh…I-I just don’t know why you’re not going through with the surgery. WHITEY: (Sad and scowling.) Lucas, do you know how my wife died? (Lucas shakes his head slightly) In surgery. Like twenty thousand other people a year and I don’t plan to be one of them(!) LUCAS: (Willing some patience.) Look, Coach. WHITEY: (Slams a fist on the table and gets up angrily.) No, you look! We are not in season, there’s no practice. Now I want you to turn around and get out of my office and mind your own damn business! (Lucas, stricken, walks out of the office. Whitey looks down dismally.) FADE TO BLACK COMMERCIAL SET: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – EST sht – DAY] (sht of people walking into the school.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – HALLWAY – DAY] (Brooke and Peyton, still holding fliers, walk into the school.) BROOKE: This club night, is gonna rule(!) PEYTON: Not according to the jerk at the record store. (Sticks a flier up onto the school notice board.) BROOKE: (Confused) Huh? NATHAN: (Looking at the flier with Haley.) What are these auditions? HALEY: Oh, um…I think Peyton’s having like an ‘All-Ages’ night at the…at Karen’s Club. She’s kinda looking for bands or something. (Touches a flier.) NATHAN: When do you go on? HALEY: Not! Stop it. NATHAN: Hales! (Sighs) HALEY: It’s one thing to play at home for you, it’s another to get up in front of a crowd to do it and there’s no way. WHITEY: (Approaches Nathan.) Nathan, (Holds a letter out to him.) letter came for you through my office. NATHAN: (Looking at the envelope.) What is it? WHITEY: (Scowling) How the hell should I know?! Do I look like the damn postmaster general?! (Nathan watches Whitey walk away, Haley smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SCIENCE CLASS – DAY] (The science teacher stands in front of the class, talking.) TEACHER: A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through the cloud of dust left behind by a comet, in its orbit of the sun. (Cut to Lucas who is looking at the picture of Anna and himself, again. He has it hidden between the pages of his science book. The teacher opens the door to a student.) STUDENT: (Handing the teacher a note.) Here you go. TEACHER: (Looks at it.) Lucas, you’re wanted in the office. (Lucas looks up from the picture, slightly confused.) TEACHER: Take your books. (Gives the note to Lucas. Lucas looks at it.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – OUTSIDE – DAY] (Lucas opens the door and exits. He looks forward.) ANNA: (o.s) Hey. LUCAS: Anna? (Camera pans to show her standing there.) What are you doing here? ANNA: I’m sorry I didn’t call you after ‘Dare Night’. Give me a chance to explain. I mean, you owe mw that. LUCAS: (Laughs falsely.) I owe you? ANNA: I got you out of Science didn’t I? LUCAS: (Looks down at the pass.) Where did you get this Hall Pass anyway? ANNA: (They walk.) I swiped it, when I met the principle. Look, I’m sorry I blew you off. (Explaining desperately.) My brother’s kind of…overprotective. Because we haven’t gone to the same school in a few years and- LUCAS: (Stops) Wait, Felix is your brother? ANNA: Um…(Slightly awkwardly.)…yeah. I figured you’d connect the dots sooner or later. (Lucas sighs and looks at her.) Anyway. (Pauses, trying to find the words.) I told Felix that I hadn’t met any guys and…I don’t know, I just didn’t wanna have to deal with him so I didn’t call you. I’m sorry. I-I figured when Felix saw those pictures of us in the photo booth, he’d let you know who I was. You know, I still can’t figure if he’s screwing with me or what. LUCAS: I never gave him the pictures. ANNA: (Surprised) Why? LUCAS: (Pause) Because it wasn’t just about ‘Dare Night’ for me. (He smiles.) ANNA: …Me neither. (They smile and walk together.) FADE TO: [EXT. MARKET STREET DOCK – DAY] (Karen is sitting at the table Haley and Nathan sat at on Nathan’s first ever tutoring session. She’s writing something. Andy puts coffee in front of her.) ANDY: That’s a decaf latte with one sht of Irish cream. (Karen looks up.) KAREN: Thanks. ANDY: Ah, you’ve been pouring me free coffee in the café a week, I figured I’d return the favour. KAREN: Well unlike you I need an ‘A’, consider that coffee my apple. (Takes the coffee.) ANDY: Um, so look. I-I was wondering if you were available tomorrow night, to um…to watch the meteor shower. KAREN: (Pause) Just the two of us? ANDY: …Well I could…schedule a…class…felid trip if it makes you feel safer. KAREN: (Quickly) Oh no no no. That’s not it. (Clears her throat.) it’s just that…going back to school was a big step for me. ANDY: And you’re afraid that you’ll screw it up. Like um…I don’t know, dating your professor. (Karen nods.) Yes. (Andy sits.) Karen, um…I wouldn’t ask you to ah, hang out with me if I thought it was gonna compromise your studies, (Pause) or my job. (Pause) You know, un-unless…un-un-unless you, you know, simply don’t wanna ha-hang out with me because that’s OK too. KAREN: Oh no, no no, I do. That’s…that’s not it. ANDY: (Smiling) Good. So uh, so what do you say? Tomorrow night? KAREN: (Deciding) OK. (Nods) ANDY: (Nods) Well I’ll leave you too it. Oh and uh, hey, I know it’s kinda short notice so uh…bring Lucas along if you can’t find a sitter. Love to meet the little guy. KAREN: (Laughs) Oh I don’t think that’s gonna be a problem. ANDY: (Confused) OK. (Walks back.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SCIENCE CLASS – DAY] (The same teacher is standing in front of the class in a now darkened room, talking about a picture on the projector.) TEACHER: Stars. To the human eye they appear very close together but as you know, in reality- (They teacher’s voice id drowned out as Nathan talks to Haley quietly.) NATHAN: ‘High Flyers’ is like this Allstar basketball boot camp. And this guy (Points to the letter.) Milt West, he scouts the best players in the country and invites them down to Florida so they can work on their skills. HALEY: And invited you. Wow. (Sincerely) Nathan, I’m really happy for you. You deserve this you’ve…you’ve worked really hard. (Camera pans to Brooke and Peyton. Felix is openly looking at Brooke. She leans over, covering her face, to address Peyton.) BROOKE: OK, could it get any worse? My love life is non-existent, my parents are having a yard sale to sell everything that we own and I had to beg them to keep my car. PEYTON: OK. You might not be rich but you are still Brooke Davis; the most popular, least studious girl in school. BROOKE: Maybe so, but being poor and horny is no way to go through life. How am I supposed to have fun?(!) PEYTON: Boys won’t care about the poor part, just as long as you tell them about the horny part. BROOKE: To top it all off, if my parents go broke, I might actually have to study to get into college. PEYTON: (Sarcastically) My God the horror(!) BROOKE: I know(!) How the mighty have fallen. (She flips through her book and comes across a picture of herself and Lucas when they were still together. She looks at it and then up at Felix.) (Felix is smiling. He glances down at the picture and then back up at her.) BROOKE: I think I need a little recess. (She and Felix exchange looks.) TEACHER: What do you get when two, flaming, stellar bodies collide? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Brooke forces Felix into the closet and up against the shelves.) BROOKE: OK, here’s the thing; we are not dating, we are not going out, we are nothing. (Starts to unbutton his shirt.) I am not your wife, your shrink, your mommy. There’s no romance, no crappy poetry, no PDA and no spooning. This is purely physical. If we have sex, it’s gonna be safe sex; we’re ‘Friends with Benefits’ (Finishes unbuttoning his shirt.) and in fact, we don’t even need to talk. FELIX: I can live with that. BROOKE: Great(!) (Kisses him and they fall off-screen.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. DAN SCOTT SERVICE ANNEX – DAY] (Nathan and Lucas are in the garage, working on a car.) NATHAN: So uh, there’s this new girl, named Anna, in my algebra class. (Lucas looks and smiles.) She be the ‘Dare Night’ mystery girl? LUCAS: (Prolonging) (Wiping the car with a cloth.) Yeeaah. Also happens to be Felix’s sister. NATHAN: (Pause) Nice(!) D’you know bout that? LUCAS: Just found out this morning. NATHAN: Well don’t hold it against her man, she can’t help it if her brother’s an ass. (Looks at Lucas pointedly.) LUCAS: (laughs.) (Pause) So ‘High Flyers’? I mean, what I wouldn’t give, three months in Florida, playing basketball at that camp. NATHAN: (Surprised, stops.) Is it three months? LUCAS: Yeah, I think so. Why? NATHAN: That’s all summer. I mean, we can’t live for three months off Haley’s café paycheque. And even if we could, I mean I don’t wanna be apart from her that long. LUCAS: You guys will figure it out. (Pause. Nathan looks uncertain.) Nathan, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity…you know that. (sht of Nathan looking sad.) FADE TO: [EXT. RIVER WALK – DAY] (Whitey is sitting on a bench, looking down. Lucas walks up to him, basketball under one arm. Whitey takes his cap off and holds it in front of his face to get the sun out of his eyes. He scowls miserably when he sees Lucas.) WHITEY: What are you doing here? LUCAS: I just wanted to say hello. WHITEY: (Nods, not looking at him.) You’ve said it. LUCAS: (Sighs) Nathan got into ‘High Flyers’. (Whitey looks at him quickly and then turns away again.) And he couldn’t have done it without you so I…I just thought you’d care to know. (He knows it’s hopeless so her turns away.) WHITEY: Son(!) (Lucas turns back.) The mistake you’re making is - you think I care; bout you, bout the team, about anything. (Pause) I lost the only thing I cared about a long time ago. LUCAS: (Pause) You know, I have this picture in my room of the team…from your five-hundredth win. (Pause) And the man in that photo still looks like a guy to me that still cares about something. (Lucas is getting to Whitey.) We need you Coach. (Louder) Not just to win games, we need you in our lives! (Long pause. Lucas broods.) Have the surgery. (Lucas turns and walks away. Whitey stubbornly averts his gaze, wiping his eyes discreetly.) CUT TO: [EXT. STREETS – DAY] (Haley and Nathan are walking down the street. Nathan is holding the envelope in his hands.) HALEY: Oh, I figured this summer out. I thought I would call Karen - see if I could stay with her and Lucas for a little while, till you get back or like, rent a room from her. We’ll save a ton. NATHAN: Think she’ll go for that? HALEY: Oh please(!) Before you came along, I practically lived there anyway. Then I’ll pick up some extra shifts at the café- NATHAN: Haley, you work enough already. HALEY: Hey, you’re gonna go to this camp if I have to sell a kidney. It’s only three months, I just…(Loops her arm around his.)…wish I could go to Florida with you. (Smiles at him.) (Looks at the yard sale going on, recognising the house.) Isn’t this Brooke’s house? BROOKE: Hey! (Pointing to someone off-screen.) Be careful with that. It’s Venetian and I’m not talking Vegas(!) (Walks to Mouth.) You finding anything? MOUTH: (Holds a picture frame, only the back facing Brooke.) Uh, just this picture frame. BROOKE: (Softly) Just take it. MOUTH: No, I insist. (Gives her the money.) BROOKE: (Takes it.) Thanks Mouth. (Mouth turns the picture and puts it into his bag. It still has a picture of Brooke in it.) HALEY: (o.s) Hi(!) BROOKE: (o.s) Hey. HALEY: (o.s) I didn’t recognise the address. We won’t buy anything. BROOKE: (o.s) It’s OK. We sold my pride around eight thirty. (Smiles) I’d rather see you wearing my clothes than any of these fifty year old wannabes. So I’ll give you the ‘Good Friend Discount’. HALEY: (Smiling) OK. Thanks. (To Nathan.) I’m gonna go look around. NATHAN: OK. (Haley walks to the sale and Brooke turns to Nathan.) BROOKE: How do you do it? NATHAN: Do what? BROOKE: You gave up your family’s money to be poor Nate. NATHAN: You know what they say Brooke; money can’t buy love. BROOKE: (Nods) Maybe so. My mom sure had a good run; renting it for a while. Excuse me. (Her scowl makes it obvious as to who has arrived.) (To Felix.) What are you doing here? Pool’s closed today. FELIX: (Smiling) You didn’t get my text message? Thought you might wanna…hang out. BROOKE: (Scoffs) OK; amendment to the rules – hook-ups will be initiated by me where and when I say and I say not here, not now(!) WOMAN: (o.s) I’d like to buy this dollhouse. BROOKE: (Turns around. We see a beautiful dollhouse, a replica of her house, in the center of the sale.) Oh no. It’s not for sale. WOMAN: But there’s a price tag on it; one fifty. BROOKE: Well it’s a misprint. The one should be a four. (The woman’s young daughter looks at her.) WOMAN: (Writing on a cheque.) Four…fifty(!) (Tears it off the book and holds it up to Brooke.) (Brooke snatches the cheques and the woman starts taking it away, piece by piece. A doll falls out of the back of the house. Brooke picks it up sadly.) FELIX: (Watching her.) You OK? BROOKE: (Standing) My room - five minutes. (Felix smiles as he watches her walk to her house.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Lucas throws the basketball. It misses the net and bounces off. He runs after the ball.) ANNA: (Walking onto the court.) You gotta hang your wrist. You know? Freeze after the release. Like Jordon did when he bat Utah in the finals. LUCAS: (Shaking his head.) What about following the ball? ANNA: Following the ball is following your miss. LUCAS: Right. You play? ANNA: A little bit. We bat the crap out of our lady of peace every year. (Pause) So…what d’ya say? (Lucas looks at her probingly.) Quick game of hog? LUCAS: (Considering) How bout this; for every sht I ht…you tell me something about yourself. ANNA: OK. And what do I get when I win? LUCAS: What d’ya have in mind? ANNA: I win…we watch the meteor shower together. LUCAS: (Smiles) And if I win? ANNA: If you win, (Pause) We watch the meteor shower together. (Lucas considers, smiles and then walks onto the court, dribbling the ball.) CUT TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – DINING ROOM – DAY] (Keith sits at a small dining table. The lights are very low.) JULES: (Walks back from the kitchen.) Smells good in there. KEITH: Oh I uh…brought some wine. JULES: Nah(!) I’m more of a beer girl. (She puts the table edge between the cap and bottle and bangs down, the top comes off. Keith is impressed. She sits down.) KEITH: So this place is uh, it’s nice. JULES: Thanks(!) It’s early…American…garage sale. (Keith laughs.) I have to say, you really know your way around a kitchen. Which is impressive since it’s not even yours. KEITH: Thanks. You know, I uh, would have invited you over to my place but everything’s still in boxes from when I moved back so- JULES: Charleston right? (Keith makes a noise of consent and Jules nods.) KEITH: I guess I keep thinking if I don’t unpack then, you know, maybe the move still happens. (A beeping goes off in the kitchen. Keith looks around.) KEITH: Is that you oven timer? JULES: (Laughs) Actually…it’s the smoke alarm. (Laughs again.) KEITH: (Stands up.) Oh boy(!) (Jules is amused. Keith disappears into the kitchen. We hear the over door open, a little bit of noise and Keith walks in with the burn food. He coughs, wafting away the smoke. Jules continues to laugh.) JULES: You know what I’d love? (Pause) I-HOP. (She nods.) KEITH: Perfect. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Lucas throws the basketball, Anna standing next to him, and it goes straight into the basket.) ANNA: OK…my confession is; (Pause) I didn’t tell Felix I was coming here tonight. (Lucas looks away.) But I’m going to. I swear. (Lucas hands her the ball.) ANNA: (Accepts the ball.) Granny. (Moves to the free-throw line.) From the free-throw line. (She throws the ball granny style and it goes straight into the basket. She smiles.) LUCAS: (Catches the ball.) Nice sht(!) ANNA: Thank you. So whatta you got? LUCAS: (Sighs) I confess that I’m sometimes selfish. I don’t always give back as much as I get. (Anna’s smiles fades.) (Lucas sh*t and misses, possibly deliberately.) ANNA: Well, well. I believe that’s…H…O…G. And um…did I win? (They laugh.) ANNA: Looks like you owe me one meteor shower. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CLUB – DAY] (A girl is singing, awfully, on the stage. Peyton and Haley sit in the hall, in front of the laptop.) PEYTON: (Quietly, so only Haley can hear.) Why don’t we just call it ‘Club Suck’? (Addressing the girl in a fake cheery voice, Haley looks embarrassed for her.) Hey thank you, that was, that was…uh. HALEY: Really…something. PEYTON: Great. (sht of the girl on stage.) That was great. Um…we’ll…let you know. (The girls walks off the stage upset.) PEYTON: That was the last of them. HALEY: (Tiredly) Well, we can go with the balding wedding band, or the bad ballad guy. PEYTON: (Smiling) Great, so club no-name has no acts. (The laptop tinkles and Peyton looks at it.) Huh, Nathan just sent me an MP3. HALEY: (Frowning) Nathan? (Realises as her voice sounds on the laptop.) Oh that’s ah, that a virus(!) (Tries to turn it off.) You don’t (Peyton grabs Haley’s hands to stop her.) wanna. PEYTON: (Pushes he back.) Stop(!) (Peyton smiles as she watches the laptop. The singing continues. Haley looks embarrassed, like she wants to die.) Why did we even bother having auditions? Haley this is awesome(!) HALEY: It’s- (The back door opens and Chris comes in, carrying a crate of CDs.) PEYTON: (o.s) Oh, it’s the rude record store guy. Um, can you just put the CD’s by the side of the stage? Thank you. (Haley’s song continues to play.) (To Haley.) How many other songs have you written? HALEY: (Stops the recording.) I dunno. A few(!) PEYTON: Alright, well you’re gonna open. HALEY: Uh, NO! I’m not(!) I have…major stage fright. (Chris gets onto the stage.) PEYTON: You learned an entire cheer routine in three hours and, you rock the house. HALEY: OK, with a group, I can not do it by myself. NO! You’re gonna have to find someone else. I’m sorry. (A guitar strums. Peyton and Haley turn to the stage. Chris is sitting there with a guitar, on a stool with a mic in front of him. He plays the guitar. He sings.) CHRIS: #Everywhere you go, perfection (Haley and Peyton exchange astonished glances.) CHRIS: Follows you the wrong direction, And you will never see it for, You get all that you need and more, You see it, (Peyton looks at Haley who is paying attention it Chris.)you want it, You find it, it’s yours But you can't say what you want or, Take what you want or, Choose the moods that you fake when you want, You said your life needed something special, Which you don't have, Yeah, well aren’t you glad, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeaaah,# HALEY: (Impressed) I think you just found your man. (Peyton doesn’t look pleased.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. KAREN’S CLUB – DAY] (sht if Chris still on the stage.) HALEY: (WALKS UP WITH Peyton behind her.) Hey, this is Peyton and you’re (Points at him.) great(!) CHRIS: Yeah I know. When do I play? HALEY: Um…well sev-seven thirty- PEYTON: (Rudely) You’re OK but we had a lot of really good people show up today. (Looking at Haley.) So…we’ll call you. CHRIS: Whatever. Not Emo enough for you? (Peyton frowns.) (To Haley.) Hey, I heard your song, it’s not bad. The key of ‘A’s kinda crap but…you pulled it off. (Walks off-stage.) HALEY: (To Peyton.) OK, are you out of your mind? He’s clearly the best. PEYTON: Yeah, he’s good but…he’s a jerk! And…he’s like…arrogant and self-righteous. HALEY: Peyton, you’re not dating him. Just put the club first. PEYTON: I am. I don’t need him Haley, I’ve got you! (Haley doesn’t look happy.) Think about it OK? You can do this. (Haley just stares at Peyton.) CUT TO: [EXT. BACK YARD – DAY] (Karen and Andy walk through what can only be described as a park.) KAREN: So I thought you said we were gonna watch the meteor shower from your yard. ANDY: (Looks at her.) Um…(Long pause.)…actually, this is my yard. KAREN: (Laughs) You’re kidding. (Andy just looks at her, poker faced.) You’re not kidding? ANDY: (Shakes his head.) No. I um…I bought it a year ago. Its real-estate right? It’s good business. (nods) My house is about half a mile up that way. (Points straight.) KAREN: Wow. Well it’s…its very beautiful. ANDY: (Nods) Yeah. Yeah it’s a little of the south island and North Carolina you know? KAREN: So how does a New Zealander end up here anyway? ANDY: (Pause) Wow um…let’s see, uh, my dad died when I was fourteen (Pause) and uh, my mom figured we’d better move to the states before I turned into a rugby bum like him. (Karen smiles.) And um…did you know there’s a One Tree Hill in Auckland? KAREN: Yeah, I’ve heard that. ANDY: Yeah. It’s a volcano. Or it was twenty thousand years ago and uh, now it’s a park. We used to picnic in it sometimes so when mom saw this tree Hill on the map - (shrugs) figured it was meant to be. KAREN: So she raised you all by herself in a foreign country. (Pause) She must be quite a woman. ANDY: Yep, she is. I dunno, um, thinking back, I would have loved to have seen her do something like go back to school after dad died. You know? So she could get to live her own life rather than…always having to, uh, sacrifice so I could live mine. (They come to a fountain. Karen stops and looks.) ANDY: (Walks forward, one arm out.) Table for two? (Camera pans to show a small table set up elaborately on the deck, in front of the river. Karen is awed by the scenery. Andy pulls a chair out for her and Karen sits. Andy sits and they talk. The speech is drowned out by the soundtrack.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Felix pulls his shirt over his head and put it on. Brooke is lying in her bed, cocooned in her blankets.) BROOKE: Can’t believe they sold my dresser. FELIX: Got anything to drink? BROOKE: (Humourlessly) Water, if the plumbing’s still hooked up. FELIX: (Frowns at her.) You sure you’re OK with this whole…’Friends with Benefits’ thing? BROOKE: Why wouldn’t I be? FELIX: You know, it’s just most girls I know – unable to hook up without the emotional entanglements. BROOKE: Well, (Sits up, holding the covers to her.) try having your boyfriend hook up with your best friend and see if that’s not tangled enough for you. FELIX: Lucas and Peyton? BROOKE: (Scoffs) God, why am I even telling you this? I thought I made it clear; we don’t talk(!) (leans back on her bed.) If I wanted to have a conversation, I’d find someone with half a brain. FELIX: (Obviously hurt but doing a good show of hiding it.) Did I mention its ‘Friends with Benefits’? BROOKE: Hmm…don’t kid yourself. Your only advantage is that you live thirty seconds away. FELIX: (Nods and breaks eyes contact.) So, (Looks back at her.) no friends. BROOKE: Not for me(!) Just ‘benefits’. (Felix turns away.) Close the door on your way out. (She turns away from him.) (Felix gets up and walks out. Brooke stares for a bat.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE – EVENING] (There is an envelope on Whitey’s desk. It has ‘Coach Durham’ written across the top in big, capital, letters. Whitey picks up his glasses and puts them on before opening the envelope. Inside is a framed newspaper clipping of Whitey’s five-hundredth win. The heading says ‘Durham Wins 500th’. Whitey looks at it sadly. He puts the frame onto the desk and throws his glasses on top of it. The Whitey in the clipping is very happy, surrounded by his players.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (Lucas and Anna are sitting on the court.) LUCAS: So now uh…Nathan and I are cool. ANNA: (Nods) And that makes Haley your…sister-in-law? LUCAS: (Laughs) Weird, but yeah. ANNA: I thought I had a complicated relationship with my brother. LUCAS: Yeah, what is Felix’s deal anyway? ANNA: (Trying to explain.) He’s not as bad as he seems. (Pause) LUCAS: So why didn’t you tell Felix about me? ANNA: It just…never came up. LUCAS: (Pause) Look Anna, (Pause) I like you. (She smiles.) And…I think…if we hang out…I’m just gonna like you more. (Pause) But I don’t wanna sneak around. You gotta talk to Felix. (Anna considers.) CUT TO: [INT. CAR – EVENING] (Keith and Jules are sitting in a car, talking.) KEITH: You know, I never thought I’d have my brother, Dan, to thank for a night like this. JULES: Must be pretty different going from fixing cars to selling them. KEITH: Nah. Truth is, I always had it in my plan. JULES: What d’ya mean? KEITH: Well, I had the idea to open a dealership…long before Danny ever came round to it. (Jules is intrigued.) I just didn’t have the capital. Then when I saved enough, Dan decided to open his own place, with his wife’s money. JULES: He stole your idea. KEITH: Well you know, he had a family by then and um…I hoped he would do right by his other son Lucas. (Jules nods.) So, I taught him everything I knew about cars. JULES: Well that was pretty selfless of you. KEITH: Yeah well, I’d never have done it if I knew what an ass he was gonna become. JULES: (Smiles) Well, being a good guy has its own rewards. KEITH: Hmm. (Jules leans over and kisses him. The camera zooms out and we see that they are actually in the parking lot of the dealership, propped up on a display stand so that they can watch the meteor shower.) CUT TO: [EXT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – BALCONY – EVENING] (Nathan is leaning against the rail, looking out at the dark, star speckled sky. Haley walks up to him, putting a hand on the railing.) NATHAN: How were the auditions? HALEY: You should not have given that music to Peyton. NATHAN: She liked it didn’t she? HALEY: Yeah! But I’m mad(!) NATHAN: (Sighs) Hales, you wouldn’t hear it from me. Besides, I’m supposed to believe in you when you don’t believe in yourself. It’s what you’ve always done for me. HALEY: (Softens and shrugs.) (Whispers) OK, I’m not mad anymore. NATHAN: So then you’ll play? HALEY: (Sighs. bat) I will, OK, maybe I will. Um, you know, when you get back form camp this fall? NATHAN: (Face drops.) Yeah, about…camp. Uh…I didn’t get in. HALEY: (bat) Well, what do you mean?(!) They said it was a sure thing(!) NATHAN: Yeah I know but…it turns out they made a mistake and, uh, there’s some other kid they have to give the spot to. HALEY: (Pats him on the back.) I’m sorry. NATHAN: Yeah, me too. But hey, since I can’t go to this camp, that means you…can start playing your music now. (Haley takes her hand off his back and breathes deeply.) Tell me that you will. HALEY: (Pause) (Quietly) OK. (Nathan smiles and nods. Haley sighs and looks at the sky.) OK. I’ll try. (Jumps and nudges Nathan.) Oh did you see it! NATHAN: (Looking at the sky also.) No. HALEY: (In wonder.) Ohh, blink and you’ll miss it. (They both look at the sky, the camera zooms out.) FADE TO: [EXT. STAR FILLED SKY – EVENING] (The sky is filled with bright silver stars.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE YARD – EVENING] (Karen and Andy are still sitting at the table, looking at the sky. Karen reaches over and touches his hand. He looks down. Zoom in to them holding hands.) FADE TO: [EXT. STAR FILLED SKY – EVENING] (sht of the starry sky again, a meteor zooms past.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH HOUSE – FRONT PORCH – EVENING] (Dan and Deb are sitting on a swing, watching the sky, smiling. Dan’s hair looks strange, as though somebody cut it witch hedge clippers. Camera pans around them as he looks at Deb.) FADE TO: [EXT. OUTSIDE – EVENING] (Whitey is frowning as he stands outside watching the sky.) (sht of the sky and stars another meteor zooms past.) FADE TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – PARKING LOT – EVENING] (Keith and Jules are in the car, still kissing and missing every sh*ting star that zooms by.) FADE TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CLUB – THE STAIRS – EVENING] (Peyton sits out on the stairs. She looks dismally up, thinking about the auditions. She looks up at the sky and sees a meteor pass overhead.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (Lucas and Anna are lying on their backs on the court, looking up at the sky. They are talking and laughing amongst themselves. Lucas points up to the sky. sht of the starry sky but no meteor.) FADE TO: [EXT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (sht of Brooke’s front door. The door opens and Brooke steps out. She sits on the stoop and looks up. Felix walks out of his own house, looking up. Brooke turns her head and looks at him. He hasn’t noticed her yet. Feeling eyes on him, he turns his head and sees her. Brooke turns away and looks at the sky again. Felix smiles kindly, to himself before averting his gaze to the sky again.) (Camera fades out and we see both their houses, Brooke’s light and Felix’s dark. The sky above is littered with stars.) DAN: (v.o) The meteors always streak from north to south. FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH HOUSE – FRONT PORCH – EVENING] (Dan and Deb are now standing, leaning on the posts) DAN: Right near Percius. DEB: Where’s that? DAN: (Points) Next to Andromeda. (A few Harry Potter names creeping up.) He’s protecting his wife. Right there, you see the figure of a woman? DEB: (Looking) Oh, yeah. I see it now. DAN: She’s chained at the wrist, just like in the story. Hmm. (He, not-so-discretely, puts his arm around her.) DEB: (Uncomfortably) Um, it’s late. We should get back home. (Shies away from him.) DAN: Well, we’ve had a lot to drink. Maybe we should spend the night here. DEB: I don’t have my things. DAN: (Smiles) (Pause) I threw our overnight bags in the car. (sht of Deb, she knows he planned this.) Just in case. (Deb nods and looks down.) DAN: (Realising) I’ll take the guest room, of course. (Deb looks up at him, eyes hardened.) CUT TO: [INT. LUCAS’ CAR – EVENING] (Lucas drives up to Anna’s house and stops. He looks at it and sighs heavily.) ANNA: So. What time do you wanna sneak around tomorrow night? (Lucas turns away.) I’m gonna talk to him OK? I promise. LUCAS: You understand where I’m coming from though, right? I mean, at a certain point, I gotta stop talking about wanting to be a different guy…and start being that guy. ANNA: I do understand. (Pause) And…I know you think you have to work at it, but you’re already a good guy Luke. (Lucas smiles.) At least I think so. (She kisses him. He looks at her.) (sht from outside of the car. The camera zooms out until we can see Felix’s shoulder. sht of Felix, angry. The camera zooms in on him getting angrier by the second.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. FELIX’S HOUSE – ANNA’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Anna walks into her bedroom, unaware that Felix is standing in her other doorway.) FELIX: Get anything at the mall? ANNA: (Stops) (Doesn’t turn to face him.) Not really. FELIX: Hm. (Walks into her room.) That’s a first. ANNA: (Pause) I went out with a friend. FELIX: You kiss all your friends? ANNA: (Annoyed) You’ve been spying on me? FELIX: So you like Lucas? ANNA: I don’t know Felix. It was just a first date. FELIX: Half of the kids in this town were conceived on the first date. (Anna rolls her eyes and looks away.) Look, I don’t know how much you know about him…but he’s done some things. ANNA: That’s no secret. He told me that he screwed some things up(!) FELIX: Yeah, Peyton – while he was dating Brooke. (Anna continues to look, hurt.) Look, he’ll do the same thing to you Anna. He’s a bad guy. ANNA: No, he might have made a mistake but he’s not a bad guy. And I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. It’s be nice if you’d do the same for me. FELIX: (Smug) (Pause) See, that’s how guys like that get away with this stuff. Girls like you, giving them the benefit of the doubt. (Anna walks out, leaving him in her room.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Karen walks into the kitchen late. She flips the light on and sees Lucas sitting there, one hand on his head, drumming his fingers on the table and looking very worried. She starts, shocked.) KAREN: Oh(!) (Stops and rolls her eyes. Lucas drums his fingers again.) You just took ten years off my life. LUCAS: (Sternly) It’s one o’clock in the morning. (Pause) I have been worried sick(!) Where have you been? KAREN: I-I’m sorry, it ju- LUCAS: No, (Karen closes the door and pauses.) After midnight, you call. (Karen gives him a look and he drops the act, laughing.) KAREN: Ha ha ha(!) I really hope I don’t sound like that(!) (Lucas, smiles, shrugs and intertwines his fingers.) KAREN: How long have you been home? LUCAS: Oh, bout five minutes. KAREN: (Looks at her watch.) Well then we’re both grounded. LUCAS: (Shakes his head disappointedly.) Clearly a rookie mom. (Leans back in the chair.) Next time, (Points to the window.) try sneaking in the window. (Karen looks at him and smiles, walking around the table.) So, did you have a good time? KAREN: …Yeah, I did. (Pats him as she walks past.) LUCAS: (Looks at her.) Good. FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH HOUSE – EST sht – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. THE BEACH HOUSE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Dan is making pancakes. Deb walks in.) DAN: Hey. I’m making pancakes. DEB: Oh, I’m sorry, Dan, I’m going home. DAN: (Looking up.) What’s the hurry? We’ll go back in a few hours. DEB: (Packing a bag.) Oh, no we won’t. Coming out here was a mistake. I can’t…keep pretending that things are normal. You’re better now, so uh…I’ll send your things over. (Turns and Dan’s phone rings.) DAN: (Looking at the screen.) It’s the doctor. (Deb turns to listen. Dan answers the phone.) Dan Scott! DOCTOR CONNELLY: (Through the phone.) Hi Dan, this is Doctor Connelly. I just received your test results back from the lab. You’re doing really well and we can now start talking about a more strenuous exercise programme. DAN: (Looking at Deb, fake worry written all over his face.) I see. DOCTOR CONNELLY: (Through the phone.) So uh, call my office and set up an appointment. DAN: Thank you doctor, I will. Thank you. (With his back to Deb, he smiles and shuts the phone. He turns back to Deb, fake worry etched all over his face again.) (Pause) It’s not good. I’m gonna have to stay with you for a while. (Deb is not pleased.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – ENTRANCE – DAY] (There is a knock at the door. Only Nathan’s at home.) NATHAN: Come in(!) (The door opens.) Hey man. LUCAS: (Enters) Hey. NATHAN: (Points) wanna help me with this table? I’m rearranging so Haley has more room to practice. LUCAS: Yeah man uh, (Looks behind.) where do you want it? NATHAN: (Points behind Lucas.) Right there. LUCAS: (they lift and haul the table.) So Haley told me you didn’t get into ‘High Flyers’ after all. Tough break. NATHAN: Yeah, it’s too bad. LUCAS: (Sees right through it.) You did get in. (Sighs) Nathan, man you’ve been working for your whole life for this. (Pause. Nathan sighs.) You can’t say no. NATHAN: You know what it’s like to ht a game winning sht. The whole crowd loves you…everybody treats you like you’re a star. (Pause) I get to feel that every time I play. I mean, you know, you’ve felt it. (Lucas nods.) Now, it’s Haley’s turn. I mean she’s an incredible musician, Luke, and she’s ready to give it a sht. So if I got to camp now, for three months, (Shrugs) who knows where her head’s gonna be. I just really want her to feel, like, the thrill of the crowd. (Smiles at Lucas.) She deserves it. LUCAS: (Understanding what Nathan’s giving up.) Well what about your future? NATHAN: I already know my future. (Pause) It’s with Haley. (Sighs and smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CLUB – DAY] (Peyton is messing with a rusty plug. She puts the plug into the wall socket and flips the switch. Part of a huge, old, sign lights up. The word ‘tric’, in electric, lights up in red and a few white lights too. She looks at it.) PEYTON: (Nodding) Welcome to ‘TRIC’. (Smiles) (The back door opens and in walks Rick, the band manager who made Peyton take drugs. Peyton swivels and gapes when she sees him.) RICK: Nice space. PEYTON: (To herself.) Oh, Rick. RICK: Here you’re looking for bands. (Peyton nods.) Suppose we’re working together after all. (Looks at her.) I guess…we’ll be partying together too. (Peyton stares stunned and turns away. She doesn’t want him there.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – DOORSTEP – DAY] (The doorbell rings and Brooke opens her front door. Mouth is standing there.) BROOKE: (Questioningly) Mouth(!) MOUTH: I um…I knew this meant a lot to you. So, I got the address off the woman’s cheque and…I bought it back. (Brooke moves closer to him. Mouth steps aside to reveal her dollhouse, without two wings of the house. Brooke stands there, touched and then walks to Mouth and hugs him.) BROOKE: (Whispers) Thank you. (Mouth smiles.) (Phone rings.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Dan is sitting in his car, watching someone play basketball. His phone rings and he answers it.) DAN: Yeah(!) MILT WEST: (Through the phone.) Hey Dan, Milt West from ‘High Flyers’. Uh…your son, turned me down. DAN: (Frowning) So, what? You saying he’s not going to the camp? You told me you could make this happen. MILT WEST: (Through the phone.) Says he doesn’t wanna be away from his wife. Sorry. (sht of Dan watching Nathan sht hoops by himself on the court. Dan shuts his phone and continues to watch his son. It’s gonna be harder than he thought. Nathan bounces the ball and sht again. Dan is pissed.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT PORCH – DAY] (Camera pans to Karen and Lucas sitting on the outside swing. Karen is looking through post.) KAREN: (Not looking at Lucas.) So I uh…I want you to know that I met somebody. LUCAS: (Pause) Well that’s cool. So did I. KAREN: Well, mine’s younger than me. (Pause) I mean a lot younger. LUCAS: (Stares, laughs.) OK. (Pause) well if he’s younger than me, I’m not calling him dad. (They laughs and Karen resumes going through the mail.) KAREN: Oh, (Gives him a yellow envelope.) this came for you. (Lucas takes it.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HOSPTIAL – DAY] (sht of Whitey’s bag with the top of the framed newspaper clipping showing from the bag. He pauses for a moment before walking to the entrance of the hospital.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT PORCH – DAY] (A close up of Lucas’ hand pulling out a card with two words written on it; ‘THANK YOU’. Lucas smiles and then, looking off into the distance, slowly puts the card back into the envelope. Karen continues to look through her mail.) (Camera slowly zooms out and then fades into the night sky again, littered with stars, one sh**ting star zooms past.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x06 - We Might as Well Be Strangers"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan walks into the house and sees Keith and Deb under a blanket on the living room floor. Deb sees Dan, Keith sits up.) DEB: (v.o) No one else needs- CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – THE KITCHEN – DAY] (Deb and Keith are in the kitchen alone.) DEB: to know. KEITH: (Knowingly) You mean Karen. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Brooke shoves Felix up against some shelves.) FELIX: You know, I was thinking about this whole- CUT TO: [EXT. FELIX’ HOUSE – FRONT – DAY] (Felix and Brooke are at the front of the drive. Brooke is sneering at him.) FELIX: ‘Friends with Benefits’. Felix with Brooke… CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Brooke kisses Felix.) FELIX: (v.o) FWB. CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – DAY] PEYTON: How many other songs have you written? HALEY: (Clicking a button on the laptop and sitting back.) (Embarrassed)I dunno, a few. PEYTON: Alright, well you’re gonna open. HALEY: No, I’m not(!) I get…major stage fright. CUT TO: [INT. THE RESTAURANT - PHOTO BOOTH – EVENING] (Anna and Felix are in the photo booth.) ANNA: You’re gonna have to get out for this one. (Lucas groans. sht of the photo coming out of the slot.) LUCAS: You gonna tell me what it was? (Anna rips the photos in two, giving him the top half and keeping the bottom.) ANNA: Maybe(!) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – DAY] (Haley and Peyton walk up to Chris who is sitting on the stage with his guitar.) HALEY: You’re great. CHRIS: Yeah, I know. (To Peyton.) When do I play? PEYTON: (Interrupting Haley.) You’re OK, but…we had a lot of really good people show up today, so…we’ll call you. CUT TO: [EXT. MARKET STREET DOCK – DAY] ANDY: (Putting coffee in front of Karen.) Hey, look, I know it’s kinda short notice so, uh…bring Lucas along if you can’t find a sitter. Love to meet the little guy. CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – SHOWROOM – EVENING] (Keith walks up to Jules while she inspects a car.) KEITH: (v.o) My brother owns the dealership. CUT TO: [INT. CAR – EVENING] KEITH: (To Jules.) I’m just helping out. I’m actually a mechanic. JULES: I like mechanics. CUT TO: [INT. CAR – EVENING] (Keith and Jules sit inside a car outside ‘Dan Scott Motors’, propped up on a car display stand so that they can watch the meteor shower. Jules leans over and kisses Keith.) RICK: (v.o) I got a good sense about people. CUT TO: [INT. BACKSTAGE – DAY] RICK: (Sections drugs out onto a glass.) You’re young, but you…might be worth the risk. (Rick the band manager holds out a rolled up dollar bill to Peyton. Peyton looks torn.) RICK: Here’s your sht kid. FADE TO BLACK: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: [INT. TRIC – DAY] (sht of a horseshoe nailed to a post inside the club. Lucas is looking at it.) LUCAS: (v.o) Oliver Wendell Holmes once said; (Lucas looks around at the dark club lit with neon lights.) Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live…Before they know it…time runs out. (He smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke walks out of her bathroom and into her bedroom. She’s looking at her nails, glances at her bed and laughs sarcastically. Felix is in her bed, covers over his bottom half.) BROOKE: You’re still here. I thought we had an understanding; once the hooking-up is over, you go home. (Puts earrings on.) FELIX: Damn. You can make a guy feel used. BROOKE: (Sarcastically) Oh I’m sorry. Well you could just cancel our little arrangement and save your pride. FELIX: (Smiling) Nah. Being used is fine. BROOKE: Yeah, that’s what I thought. So why don’t you get your used butt up outta my bed, ‘Pool Boy’(!) (Throws his top at him.) I have a big day ahead of me and you’re in my way. (Gives him a dirty look and re-enters her bathroom.) (sht of Felix smiling slightly.) CUT TO: [INT. RECORD STORE – DAY] (Peyton walks into the record store. Chris is on a step ladder, pining things to the wall.) PEYTON: (Reserved) Hi. CHRIS: (Looks at her then continues his pinning.) I-I-I think you got the wrong store. ‘Forever 21’s just down the street there. (Peyton rolls her eyes and looks at the wall.) CHRIS: (Examining what he just put up.) That’s Jeff Buckley. You heard of him? PEYTON: Who hasn’t heard of Jeff Buckley? CHRIS: That man’s the reason I became a musician. You know why? (Peyton waits.) Because he never sold out. PEYTON: Why stop there? Didn’t he also drown in a river? CHRIS: (Giving her his full attention.) Listen, if you want me to play your show, you’re gonna have to ask nicely. PEYTON: (Pause) I don’t need this. (Turns away.) CHRIS: Sure you do. Why else would you be here at eight a.m. on a school day? PEYTON: (Turns back against her better judgment.) …OK, here’s the deal; the turn-out for auditions was kind low so…if you want- CHRIS: (Gets off the ladder and interrupts her.) Read my Writer. (Gives her a piece of paper.) PEYTON: What is this? CHRIS: It’s like…a list of artist’s demands. PEYTON: (Takes the paper.) I know what a Writer is. (Unfolds the paper and reads.) Camomile tea…one small vegetarian pizza…Oh! One box Magnum, extra large sized condoms. (Insulted) Are you kidding! CHRIS: The regular ones cut off the circulation. We got a deal here or what? PEYTON: (Unable to think of a decent comeback.) You go on at nine. (Turns and walks to the door.) CHRIS: (Grinning) Have fun at school. (Peyton looks at him once then continues walking. The door shuts behind her.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – DAY] (sht of a poster with a girl looking ill. The caption underneath reads ‘Give Generously’. Brooke stands there holding a plastic jar with the same picture on it.) BROOKE: Come on, pony up people! There’s kids in this world a lot more miserable than you! (A girl puts money in the jar.) (Smiling) Thank you. God bless. PEYTON: (Walking with Haley, showing her the Writer.) Look at this; one over-ripe cantaloupe, two number three pencils, what kinda Writer is this?(!) (We can see Brooke’s shoulder and somebody else putting money into the jar. Peyton looks at Brooke in confusion.) BROOKE: (To the guy.) God bless you. (Addressing Peyton while shaking the jar.) Change for the needy? HALEY: Brooke, I had no idea you were so…charitable. What’s the cause? BROOKE: (Blagging) Just…needy people. (Someone puts money into the jar.) (To the person.) God bless you. PEYTON: Brooke. (Amused) I recognise the photo. It’s from an add for cramp medicine. (Haley looks at Brooke accusingly.) BROOKE: Wow(!) Homeless and PMSing…poor girl. HALEY and PEYTON: Brooke(!) BROOKE: Alright. The money’s for me. I’m the needy one as in I need some things for your club opening. (Peyton and Haley exchanges significant looks.) HALEY: Do you realise how wrong that is?(!) BROOKE: (Awkwardly) Sort of, but…you know, what am I supposed to do for money? PEYTON: Try getting a job. BROOKE: (Laughing) Right, doing what? HALEY: Anything, a number of things. What are your skills? BROOKE: …I dunno. I’m good with guys. Dates, dating. HALEY: Yeah, and? BROOKE: Sex but… PEYTON: (Seriously) That would make you a hooker. (Brooke makes a noise and shrugs. Somebody else gives her money. She takes it with a smile.) BROOKE: (To the person.) Thank you. (Peyton shakes her head, smiles and slaps Brookes shoulder as she walks past. Haley does the same.) HALEY: I’ll take you shopping on a budget. (Brooke slips the money into her bra and shakes the jar some more, smiling.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Mouth walks up to Felix who is a few paces ahead.) MOUTH: Hey Felix. FELIX: (Turning his head slightly.) Mighty Mouth(!) (Mouth falls into step with him.) MOUTH: You going to the club opening tomorrow? FELIX: That’s the plan. MOUTH: You taking Brooke? FELIX: Nah, I like to alternate my cheerleaders. This week - Theresa. MOUTH: But I thought you and Brooke were together. FELIX: It doesn’t really work like that. MOUTH: So…she’s not gonna be there with anybody? FELIX: (Shrugging) Not that I know of. (Hits Mouth lightly on the chest before leaving.) (Mouth stops and smiles to himself.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – LOCKERS – DAY] (Lucas is putting things inside his locker when Anna shows up.) ANNA: Hey you. LUCAS: (Surprised) Hey you(!) (Leans against the lockers as her talks to her.) You know, I had a great time the other night. ANNA: (Sincerely) Me too. (Pause) Listen, can we talk? LUCAS: (Breathes deeply.) That doesn’t sound good. ANNA: It’s not like that. It’s just…I love spending time with you. You know that…but…being dropped in a new place is hard enough without jumping into a new relationship too. LUCAS: (Shuts his locker and walks, Anna following.) You must really hate me. ANNA: (Grinning.) Stop it(!) I’m just saying, let’s not rush things. Let’s hang out, see where it goes. LUCAS: (Sighing) did Felix say something? ANNA: (Shaking her head.) No, it’s not that. Promise. (Looks down the corridor she’s supposed to go down.) LUCAS: OK, friends. (Anna walks down the corridor alone.) ANNA: (Turns) With potential. (She smiles and walks away.) (Nathan and Haley walk down the corridor towards Lucas.) HALEY: Hi(!) LUCAS: Ready for your big debut rock star? HALEY: (Anxiously) Pleas don’t remind me. NATHAN: She’s ready. (To Haley) You know, didn’t you once tell me that there was such a thing as over preparation? HALEY: Yeah, for a math midterm. This is like…avoiding public humiliation. LUCAS: (Consolingly) Hales, you’re gonna do great. (Haley isn’t convinced.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – BENCHES – DAY] (Students are sitting around on the benches. Anna walks around alone. She has no friends and no one to sit with. She sits alone on an empty bench and puts her tray of food on her lap. Peyton is walking around, handing out flyers.) PEYTON: (Giving a flyer to a passing student.) Hey. (She sees Anna and walks up to her.) PEYTON: (To Anna.) Hey. (Holds out a flyer which Anna takes.) Saturday night, three bands. Bring your friends. (Turns to continue handing out flyers.) ANNA: (Reads the flyer.) Adrian Tomine fan? PEYTON: (Turns back to Anna, impressed.) You know his stuff? ANNA: Yeah(!) Oh, I love Optic Nerve. PEYTON: Really?! (Anna nods.) Wow, a fellow comic book geek. (Sits on the top of the bench.) ANNA: Well, closeted. (Peyton laughs.) I’m Anna. PEYTON: (Shakes her hand.) I’m Peyton. You’re Felix’s sister right? ANNA: …On the days that I claim him, yeah. PEYTON: Oh. (They laugh.) So how’s uh…Tree Hill treating you? ANNA: OK. (They nod.) But I-I think someone for not giving me the secret password. PEYTON: Yeah, people in this town tend to stick to their own crowd. (Shrugs a shoulder.) (sht of Nathan and Lucas chatting together and laughing.) ANNA: At least the guys are cute. (Peyton sees who Anna’s looking at.) PEYTON: OK. (Sits on the bench properly, next to Anna.) Tree Hill rule number one; people in this town tend to have really complicated histories. (Anna looks at Peyton tensely.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DAY] (The bell rings and Dan walks into the café. Karen looks at him, unsure of how to behave.) KAREN: (Carrying a coffee jug.) Dan(!) How’re you feeling? DAN: Good. KAREN: Good, um, Deb’s not in till four. DAN: I came to see you. KAREN: (Suspiciously) OK. DAN: To apologise. (Karen looks down.) I was hoping you’d forgive me for the things I’ve done to hurt you. KAREN: (Looks at him disbelievingly.) Can I be honest with you Dan? (Dan leans down and waits for her to continue.) You’re creeping everybody out(!) This Phoenix bird thing, this sensitive thing that you’re pulling; no one’s buying it. DAN: I’m sorry you feel that way. (Nods) But I understand. (Straightens.) Oh, by the way, Deb says Keith hasn’t been hanging around here lately. (Pause) I hope it’s not because of what happened. (Karen’s confused.) You should know that I’ve chosen to forgive him. KAREN: For what? DAN: (Straight faced.) For sleeping with Deb. (Karen is obviously hurt by this. He ‘realises’ what he’s done.) Oh, I’m sorry Karen…I really thought that you knew. (He nods once and leaves, his job is done.) (Karen watches him, upset.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – BEDROOM – DAY] (Jules is sitting on her bed painting her toenails. Her cell phone rings.) JULES: (Answering the phone.) Speak(!) KEITH: (Through the phone.) Hey(!) It’s uh…it’s Keith. JULES: Sorry, I know a lotta Keith’s. Could you be more specific? (Cut to Keith at the dealership.) KEITH: The Keith you kissed the other night? (Back to Jules’ house.) JULES: Nah, you gotta give me more than that. (Back to the dealership.) KEITH: Uh…in a convertible. On a car ramp at Scott motors. (Cut back to Jules’ house.) JULES: OK, that uh…that narrows it down to about a half-a-dozen or so. (Keith laughs.) KEITH: You’re funny. Uh…hey look, I know its last minute but um…there’s a club opening tonight. You wanna go? JULES: Wow, I dunno. I think I already have a date. (Keith waits patiently.) (Through the phone.) Besides, don’t you know about the Wednesday rule? KEITH: The Wednesday rule? JULES: (Through the phone.) A girl can’t accept a weekend date if the offer comes after Wednesday. It’s a rule. KEITH: (Through the phone.) Yeah, well you know who follows those rules? (Jules smiles.) Girls who sit at home on the weekends. (They laugh.) JULES: (Through the phone.) Well you may be in luck. I’ve never been a big fan of rules. eight o’clock? CUT TO: [EXT. MARKET STALL – DAY] (Peyton is shopping for the things on Chris’ Writer as Brooke tags along.) PEYTON: (Holding a cantaloupe.) Does this look overly ripe to you? BROOKE: (Looking at her as if she’s crazy.) Sorry, that’s not my area of expertise. PEYTON: (Puts it back and pick another one.) So what’s going on with you and Felix now? (They walk.) BROOKE: (Groans) I don’t know. I mean the whole point of ‘Friends with Benefits’ is that there’s no strings attached, right? PEYTON: Right. BROOKE: Well lately he’s been getting really stringy on me. PEYTON: Ooo. (They stop at bananas.) BROOKE: And why are we looking for…overly ripe fruit again? PEYTON: (Consulting the Writer.) Chris’ Writer. Basically, I have to give him everything on this list or he won’t perform. BROOKE: (Getting ideas.) So wait a second, he makes a list and you have to do everything on it to get what you want? PEYTON: …Exactly. (Brooke raises an eyebrow and smirks.) BROOKE: Interesting. (Smiles at Peyton.) CUT TO: [EXT. FELIX’S HOUSE – DRIVEWAY – DAY] (Felix is polishing his car when Brooke approaches holding a bag and paper. She gets onto his car.) FELIX: Just in time. Just let me finish here and then we can go upstairs. BROOKE: (Glancing at his house.) You can go upstairs and…finish yourself. I just came by to give you this. (Holds out the paper to him. He takes it.) It’s a Writer. List of artist’s demands. Peyton told me about it. FELIX: (Reading it.) What’s it for? BROOKE: Well, yesterday you seemed a little sketchy on he terms of our agreement so I figured I’d clear it up for you. FELIX: With a bunch of rules? BROOKE: Um-hum. And you better follow them if you ever want me to…perform at your (pointedly looks down.) venue again. FELIX: (Gives her a look.) (Reading) No sleeping over. No sleeping late. No non-sexual bathing, is this necessary? BROOKE: You’ve been getting a little needy. FELIX: Needy? (Brooke makes a noise of assent.) Please, I have a date tonight. You are OK with that? BROOKE: (Laughs snarkily.) Item 12. FELIX: (Flips the page and reads.) No asking if it’s OK to date other people. BROOKE: (Nods once.) So we’re clear? FELIX: Crystal. (Brooke gets off his car and walks back to her house. Felix stares after her and then back at the list incredulously.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – WHITEY’S ROOM – DAY] (sht of the room number ‘635’ and ‘Patient Room’. Camera pans to show Whitey sitting up in bed, with glasses on, reading a book. Nathan opens the door and enters.) NATHAN: That’s an odd sight. WHITEY: (Closes the book.) What, you thought I’d be blind? NATHAN: No, I just didn’t think you could read. (Smiles) WHITEY: (About the book.) Five hundred things a person should see before they die. (Sets it aside.) I’ve seen twelve of them. (Takes his glasses off and smiles.) NATHAN: You gonna do something about that? WHITEY: Well that’s the plan. At least until practice starts. I always wanted to die with the matarays in Tobago. (Nathan smiles and nods. Whitey chuckles.) NATHAN: So, uh, Coach…(Plays with his wedding ring.)…I turned down ‘High Flyers’. WHITEY: Is there a reason you turned them down or…should I even ask? NATHAN: Well it’s just…Haley’s pursuing this whole music thing. (Pause) She’s done a lot for me Coach. It’s her turn now. And me going to camp is just standing in the way of that. WHITEY: (Sighs) Sometimes…marriage is about sacrifice. (Pause) Maybe you’re not taking a step forward as a basketball player…(Smiling)…but you’re taking two steps forward as a man. (Winks) NATHAN: (Smiles and looks down.) Thanks Coach. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DUSK] (Deb walks past with a tray of dirty dishes. Karen watches her as if seeing her for the first time. Keith comes into the café.) KEITH: (To Karen.) Hey. KAREN: (Looks at him.) Oh hi. KEITH: (Sits at a table.) Hi. I um, just dropped by to…wish you good luck tonight. KAREN: (Happily) Thanks. You’re still coming right? (sht of Deb working.) KEITH: (o.s) Of course, yeah. (Deb looks up at them.) KAREN: (o.s) Oh, good. KEITH: Um…I also wanted to talk to you about something else. KAREN: (Looking down uncomfortably.) OK. (Waits) KEITH: Um…I know that you and I were never…an item (Pause) but I thought you should know…(sht of Deb looking uncomfortable.)…I’d like to um…bring a date to the club tonight. KAREN: (Nodding, he’s not telling.) Anyone I know? KEITH: Uh…her name’s Jules. I uh…I met her at the dealership. KAREN: (Nods) Is…that it? KEITH: (Pause) Yeah. KAREN: (Smiling) Good(!) I look forward to meeting her. (Doorbell rings.) KEITH: OK. (Gets up.) (Andy walks in with a box full of t-shirts.) ANDY: Beware of strangers bearing gifts. (Holds the box up.) KAREN: What is that Andy? ANDY: (Takes on t-shirt out.) Well look uh, every…cool club needs its own t-shirt right? So uh…here you go. (It’s a black t-shirt with ‘T’ ‘R’ and ‘C’ in white and the ‘I’ in yellow shaped like a lightening bolt. More Harry Potter references.) KAREN: (Takes one.) There are sweet. ANDY: Oh, Lucas. That reminds me. Uh, I got him one too. (Gives the t-shirt to Karen. She holds it up. It’s big enough to fit a child of about eight at the most. Keith squints at the t-shirt and Karen rushes to hide it.) KAREN: Oh, um…Keith, this is Andy. (Looks at him.) M-my professor. (Andy visibly restrains himself form arguing. He looks at her.) ANDY: Nice to meet you Keith. KEITH: (Shakes his hand.) Yeah. Yeah you too. (The three share a very uncomfortable silence.) CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – CLOTHES SHOP – DUSK] (sht of a bag in a glass display case. Brooke pops up from the other end looking sulky.) BROOKE: But I want it so bad(!) (Haley pulls her away and links arms with her.) HALEY: No. It’s not in the budget. Besides, if you get the purse, then you can’t afford the outfit for the opening. BROOKE: (Petulantly) Screw the opening. I’ll stay at home with the purse. (She’s holding gold shoes.) (Haley looks at Brooke worriedly, she seem to be dozing off.) HALEY: What’s going on, you alright? BROOKE: Yeah, I just feel a little light headed. HALEY: Why? BROOKE: (Evasively) I…sold some stuff. HALEY: What stuff? BROOKE: Some…blood. HALEY: Blood!? (Pulls her to a stop.) You sold blood? Brooke, you really think that’s a good idea? You actually don’t look very well. Kinda…pasty. BROOKE: I’m discount shopping(!) I’m gonna have to get used to looking like crap. And besides, I needed some extra money for the dress. HALEY: Which is only thirty-six bucks. BROOKE: (Points to the shoes.) Shoes. HALEY: Eighteen dollars. BROOKE: Eyeliner to go with the shoes. HALEY: (mentlly calculating.) Seven fifty, which is what? Sixty-one fifty with tax. I mean please, you have plenty left over for- BROOKE: Alcohol(!) We’ll stop by the liquor store on the way home. HALEY: I really don’t think you should be drinking after you just gave blood. BROOKE: No(!) The woman told me to re-hydrate myself and besides, if I’m gonna be seen in these shoes, (Holds them up.) I’m gonna need a drink or two. (Haley laughs.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (sht of a neon light. The camera pans to show Peyton at the bar with some purple paper, Karen double checking things on a clipboard and Haley frantically pacing.) KAREN: OK, we’ll have a DJ downstairs. The bar is stocked. Wristbands? (She puts big ticks on the list.) PEYTON: Uh…they are down front with Junk right now. KAREN: That’s it(!) (Looks at Peyton.) It’s out of our hands. LUCAS: (Enters) Oh no, you forgot something. PEYTON: (On the verge of panicking.) What!? LUCAS: (Grinning) To take a deep breath. (Peyton tilts her head, smiling.) Just for a second. Look around, I…you guys did this. (The bar is dark but lit with blue neon lights. There are lightening bolt lights strategically placed around the club.) And it’s great. (People are walking around, still working.) PEYTON: (o.s) Yeah. (Lucas is proud, Peyton is smiling and Haley is panicking.) PEYTON: Oh god, but what-what if I didn’t make better flyers, what if I didn’t put up enough and then what if nobody shows up outside and- LUCAS: Come here. (Beckons her out.) (Peyton, Haley and Karen follow.) LUCAS: I don’t think that that’s gonna be a problem. (They stop at the top of the back stairs and look down. Haley sees it and looks like she’s going to be physically sick. A lot of people are milling around on the street, waiting for it to open and more people are arriving. Karen and Peyton smile happily. Haley sighs and rests her forehead against the doorframe.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Close up it a circular neon sign saying ‘TRIC’. The camera zooms out quickly to show the club in full swing. The DJ plays and people are having a great time. The camera fast pans to show various different groups. It stops on Haley who definitely wants to be anywhere but there. (Brooke walks up behind Haley in a green dress and links arms with her.) BROOKE: OK, my thighs are itching… and not so much in a good way, I think I’m allergic to polyester. (Haley looks away.) But it’s fine; I’ve had a few drinks. (Smiles drunkenly.) HALEY: I should have a few drinks because… do you see all these people? BROOKE: You’re gonna be fine(!) (Haley grabs hold of the bar for support. Brooke pats Karen on the shoulder.) BROOKE: Hey, Miss Roe(!) Club looks great. KAREN: Uh… let’s see the wrist Brooke. (She takes a pair of scissors and cuts the green band off of her wrist.) No alcohol(!) (Brandishes the scissors at her.) Are we clear? BROOKE: (Nods once.) Yes. KAREN: Good. Now go have some fun. (Brooke smiles and holds her hand out to Haley. Haley gives Brooke her hand and they mingle. Peyton smiles after them.) ANDY: This is definitely the first time I’ve felt like the oldest person in the bar. KAREN: (Smiling) Second oldest. (Peyton looks between the two, waiting to be introduced and curious. She coughs slightly.) KAREN: (Realising) Oh, Andy, this is Peyton. Peyton, this is… my friend, Andy. (Peyton holds out her hand to shake his.) PEYTON: (Shakes his hand.) Hi. ANDY: Hi. Um…(Looks at Karen.) well I’ll try to keep out of your hair. You d-you didn’t happen to bring little Lucas tonight did you? (Peyton gives Karen the same look that Keith did.) KAREN: Oh, well. Yeah, um… he’s wondering around here somewhere. ANDY: (Smiling and nodding.) Great, great. I can’t wait to meet him. (Turns and walks away.) PEYTON: (Looking at his retreating back.) Little Lucas? KAREN: (Evasively) His words, not mine. PEYTON: (Deliberately slowly.) So, what’s the story with you and your…(Karen looks at her) friend. (Peyton puts one earphone to her ear.) KAREN: (Smiling but just as evasively.) You know, I’m not sure how to describe it. PEYTON: Put it this way; are you two getting…? KAREN: (Warningly) Peyton(!) PEYTON: …Cos if you were, I’d… I’d describe it as pretty lucky. (Looking innocent.) He’s a fox(!) (Karen is a mixture of embarrassed and delighted.) CUT TO: [EXT. TRIC – EVENING] (The camera shows plenty of people outside. Pan across the people until we see Keith and Jules.) KEITH: So, how was your other date before the cancellation? JULES: Why? You wanna ask him out? KEITH: No, just didn’t know you were seeing other people. JUNK: (Stands there with headphones, giving out wristbands.) If you’re one of them, I’d shut up. KEITH: OK, you know, that’s a good point. (Jules laughs and holds out her hand for Junk to put the band on.) KEITH: So how’s it going Junk? JUNK: All good. Here you are, Mr Scott plus one. (Puts the wristband on Keith.) VIP - over twenty-one wristbands. (Gestures up the steps.) JULES: I didn’t know you were so hip Keith. KEITH: Yeah, well neither did I. CUT TO: [EXT. TRIC – EVENING] (Brooke sits outside, alone, with her drink. She picks up a tiny bottle of alcohol and empties it into her plastic glass with a sigh on contentment.) BROOKE: Karen never said anything about drinking outside of her club. (Mouth walks around the side of the stairs and stops when he sees Brooke. She is not sitting within hearing distance of him. He’s nervous.) MOUTH: Hey Brooke(!) I like your dress. (Shakes his head and sighs.) So… I was wondering if maybe you wanted to do something some time. (Sighs again.) Hey, you wanna catch a movie some time? (Nods and begins to walks.) (Sees Felix and stops.) FELIX: (Walks by and pats Mouth on the shoulder.) Sup Mouth? (Disappointedly, Mouth steps back a little. Felix and Theresa walk past Brooke.) BROOKE: Hmm… hey Theresa(!) Nice dress. THERESA: (Holding Felix’s hand.) Um… thanks. (Felix does not look impressed.) BROOKE: Why does it look so familiar? (Pause) Oh I remember, cos it used to be mine. THERESA: Brooke, I asked you before I bought it. You said it was OK. BROOKE: Yeah, well that’s before I knew how your ass would look in it. FELIX: Theresa, why don’t you go up, I’ll be right there. (Theresa nods and with one last look at Brooke, leaves. He glares darkly at Brooke as he steps closer to her.) FELIX: I’d have to check the list but I’m pretty sure acting like a jealous girlfriend is against the rules. BROOKE: I’m not jealous(!) I just figured you’d have gone for someone with a little more class. FELIX: (Pause) Why? (Long pause.) I went for you didn’t I? (He walks away, leaving her there to stew. Brooke’s pissed.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Camera focuses on the ‘TRIC’ logo before it moves down to the DJ. Pan across people dancing and having fun.) (Haley walks up to Peyton.) HALEY: (Painful pause.) Hey. PEYTON: (Shouting about the noise.) Hey! HALEY: (Upset) I can’t do it. PEYTON: (Takes the headphones off.) What? HALEY: I can’t do it. PEYTON: Do what? HALEY: Play. (Peyton’s eyes widen.) At all. I-I have to back out. PEYTON: And you’re telling me this now?! HALEY: I’m sorry! It’s just all these people and-and-and, I told you this might happen OK? So please just… don’t hate me. I’m sorry(!) PEYTON: Haley, you can’t do this OK? You’re name’s already on the poster, there are people here expecting you to play. HALEY: Well so what? I mean, who’s gonna know the difference, right? You’ve already got two acts and a DJ, right? PEYTON: (Sighs) I’ll figure it out. HALEY: (Sadly) OK. PEYTON: But you’re gonna have to get on that floor sometime. (Pats her on the arm.) (Haley continues to look distraught.) (Camera focuses in on the ‘TRIC’ Sign. People drink and mingle. Karen stands behind the bar. Deb comes up behind her.) DEB: Hey Karen(!) This crowd; you must be thrilled(!) KAREN: Oh, try crazy. Seems like every teenager in the town showed up. DEB: So Andy made it. KAREN: Yeah, I’m still trying to figure out how to introduce him to Lucas. DEB: Uh-uh well… think fast. (Nods to a part of the club.) (The camera pans quickly and comes to a stop and Andy sitting next to Lucas.) LUCAS: So ‘Kings of Convenience’? I just got their album last week. It’s great. ANDY: Oh, you should see them live. LUCAS: Oh god, I bet. So how’d you find out about the club? ANDY: I’m actually kind of-uh, dating the woman who’s responsible for all this. LUCAS: Really? You dating Peyton? ANDY: She’s got the curly hair right? LUCAS: Yeah. ANDY: (Laughing) Yeah, the cops’ll love that. (Pause) No, no, no, no, her name’s um…(Looks sideways and sees her.) (Pointing) Karen. KAREN: Andy. (Uncomfortable pause.) LUCAS: Mom? ANDY: (Confused) Mom? KAREN: (Guiltily) Oh boy(!) (Andy’s finally getting it.) Lucas, this is Andy. Andy… this is my son; Lucas. ANDY: Um… little Lucas? (Karen nods. Lucas smiles. Andy laughs) I uh… I thought you were six. (Shakes his hand.) Not…(Points up.) six one. (Lucas laughs and looks at his mother. Karen doesn’t know what to say.) (Camera pans across to more dancing people enjoying themselves. Stops at Keith and Jules.) KEITH: Oh hey, there’s, uh , someone I want you to meet. (Jules bits her lip.) Deb! DEB: (Turning at the sound of her name.) Oh Keith, I was hoping you’d make it. KEITH: Uh… Jules, this is… my sister-in-law, Deb. (Jules nods.) Deb, this is Jules, my uh… JULES: Girlfriend. Nice to meet you. (Shakes Deb’s hand.) KEITH: This is my girlfriend, Jules. DEB: Nice to meet you too. (Smiles at Keith.) JULES: Thank you. I’ll uh, get us some drinks? KEITH: OK. I’ll just, uh, take a water. JULES: (Holds two fingers up and looks at Deb.) Two tequilas it is. (Smiles and leaves.) DEB: (Laughs) She seems fun. KEITH: Yeah, she’s really great. (Pause) DEB: It’s nice to see good things happen to you Keith. (Looks at him.) You deserve it. (They hug. Karen looks at them from a little way back where she is sitting at the bar. What Dan said is still bothering her, unsure of whether to believe him or not. Camera pans around a bit. Chris comes up to Nathan and Haley.) CHRIS: (In his usual rude attitude.) Previously on ‘Saved By the Bell’. HALEY: Hey, Chris, this is my husband Nathan. (Nathan shakes his hand.) CHRIS: Married in high school. Yeah, that’ll work(!) (Nathan blinks.) Peyton told me you bailed on the gig. Guess I was wrong about you. (He leaves them.) (Haley’s troubled by her decision and sadly puts her head in her hands.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Lucas stands against a pillar, alone. Somebody taps him on the shoulder, he looks around but no one’s there, he looks the other way and sees Anna emerge from behind the other side of the pillar.) LUCAS: (About her outfit.) Woah! ANNA: Appropriate response. So, ready for our first dance? LUCAS: I don’t know. Are friends supposed to have a first dance? ANNA: They are when the have potential. (Take his hand and pulls him on to the dance floor.) (More shts of people dancing and having fun. Keith and Jules dance. Anna and Lucas dance until Felix comes up behind Lucas and pulls him to a stop.) FELIX: Yo! You wanna explain this? (Holds up Anna’s half of the photo booth pictures.) My sister’s topless. LUCAS: (Looking at the pictures he’s never seen before.) You wanna get that outta my face? (Felix’s fingers cover the bottom picture.) (Jules and Keith are watching.) ANNA: Lucas, just walk away. Please(!) (Lucas doesn’t budge.) ANNA: (Angrily pointing at her twin.) Outside! Now! (Felix looks at Lucas, pissed, for a moment and then complies, walking away. Anna follows behind him. Lucas watches them anxiously.) CUT TO: [EXT. TRIC – EVENING] (Felix opens the back door and descends the steps, Anna following closely behind.) ANNA: Are you out of your mind?(!) FELIX: Are you out of yours? It’s because of crap like this, we had to move again… and you know what? I liked my last life. (Stops half way down.) ANNA: Oh, great(!) This again. You- FELIX: You want people to talk? Keep it up, oh cos they will. Just like the last time. ANNA: (Tensely) Just because people say something, doesn’t make true Felix. Those were rumours! FELIX: Yeah? Well how do you think rumours get started? (Gives her the picture and walks back into the club.) (Anna looks at the picture and sighs.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Peyton stands on the stage and talks into the microphone.) PEYTON: Hey, what’s going on Tree Hill?! Uh… I’d like to welcome you guys to the opening night of TRIC. It’s a night we like to call… House of Freaks. You guys ready?! (The audience cheers.) PEYTON: Yeah? OK, great! (Crowd cheers some more.) Well then please help me in welcoming, to the stage, Chris Keller. (She walks off stage and Chris walks on with his guitar.) (Chris sits on the stool and looks at the crowd. They are all talking amongst themselves and paying no attention to him. He plugs the lead into his guitar. Peyton watches nervously.) BROOKE: (Approaching Peyton, completely drunk.) Hey P. Sawyer. PEYTON: (Hugs her.) Hey(!) BROOKE: It’s your big night. I’m sorry I didn’t get you anything un-(Mumbles the rest.) PEYTON: OK, sush, sush. It’s OK. BROOKE: (About Chris.) Boy’s a fox. (Peyton looks at her.) BROOKE: (Covering the side of her mouth with one hand to project her voice.) HEY, SHOW US YOUR TE-! PEYTON: (Grabbing her hand.) Hey! (Gives her a ‘what for?’ look.) (Brooke shrugs and claps. Guitar strums.) CHRIS: (Into the mic.) Alright, here we go now. (He starts playing the guitar but when he sees that people still aren’t paying attention, he stops, looking around at the ignorant people.) (Peyton looks up anxiously. Chris taps the mic to make sure it’s working.) CHRIS: Uh… hey! (Pause) You guys aren’t ready for this! (Unplugs the guitar, gets up and leaves the stage.) (The crowd moans and yells, booing him off.) PEYTON: (Disbelieving) What! CHRIS: (To Haley who’s watching.) Ah, what’re you gonna do, Right? HALEY: Hey, wait a second. What about Peyton? CHRIS: Tough break(!) Least it bat being screwed over by a friend right? (Haley watches him, hurt.) (Karen walks on stage amidst the booing.) KAREN: (Into the mic.) Sorry, sorry everybody. Uh… w-we just had a little… uh-I’m not… whatever that was. Uh, but while we’re sorting it out, the D-the DJ’s gonna play and… how bout a… a free round on the house? (The crowd cheers.) PEYTON: (Shouting while indicating the crowd.) NO! ALL-AGES! KAREN: (Catching herself.) Oh juice! Of juice! Of juice. A free round of juice. (The crowd groans again.) (Chris walks past Peyton. She advances on him.) PEYTON: Hey! What are you doing?! CHRIS: Not playing. PEYTON: WHY?! CHRIS: Because playing to a bunch of mallrats who hate anything they can’t PoGo to aint what Chris Keller’s about. PEYTON: Really? (Points to the stage.) That would have been really nice for you to tell me before I put you up on stage! Also it would have been nice to know you talk about yourself in third person! CHRIS: OK, I get it; Curly’s pissed but look at it this way, if I hadn’t done what I did, (Looks at the stage) would she be up there right now? (Peyton looks at the stage and sees Haley sitting there with her keyboard.) HALEY: (Obviously terrified) (To herself) Don’t think. Just play. (Haley closes her eyes and starts playing on the keyboard.) HALEY: #It’s October again, Leaves are coming down, One more year’s come and… gone, (Opens her eyes.) And nothing’s changed at all, Wasn’t I, Supposed to be someone (Peyton watches and hen looks at Chris.) PEYTON: So… you’re saying you went through all this just to get Haley up there to play? CHRIS: Who knows? Chris Keller aint telling. (Pick his case and leaves her standing there.) HALEY: (o.s) To face the things that I’ve been running from, (Peyton watches Haley and smiles.) HALEY: Let me feel, (Everyone has stopped to listen.) I don’t care if I break down, Let me fall, Even if I ht the ground, And if I, Cry a little, Die a little, (Nathan stands and smiles. Lucas comes up behind him.) LUCAS: You did a really good thing for her Nate. HALEY: (o.s) At least I know I lived, NATHAN: (Proud) No, she did it all by herself. HALEY: Just a little I’ve become much too good, At being vincible, I’m an expert, I play it safe and keep it cool But I swear, (Brooke watches, smiling slightly.) This isn’t who I’m meant to be, (Brooke reaches over and grabs a bottle of alcohol.) I refuse to let my life roll over me, (Mouth approaches Brooke as she’s pouring herself a glass.) Let me feel, MOUTH: Hi Brooke, I like your dress. Is it new? HALEY: (o.s) I don’t care if I break down, BROOKE: (Turns to face him.) Unfortunately, it’s discount. HALEY: (o.s) Let me fall, Even if I ht the ground, MOUTH: Well it’s hard to believe. Cos you look… beautiful. HALEY: (o.s) And if I, Cry a little, Die a little, At least I know I’ve lived BROOKE: (Laughs good naturedly. She watches Felix and Theresa walk past.) Why can’t guys be more like you Mouth? HALEY: (o.s) Just a little, BROOKE: I mean, you’re loyal… sweet… and you bought my dollhouse back for me. (Haley continues to sing in the background.) MOUTH: It wasn’t that big a deal. BROOKE: Yes it was. You know what you are? You are like… a really great… little brother. (Smiles) (Mouth’s smiles slips. Brooke stands and kisses him on the cheek, looks at him and then leaves. Mouth is upset. He knows that he’ll never have her.) HALEY: I wanna be somebody, Who can face the things that I’ve been running from Let me feel, I don’t care if I break down, (Jules smiles.) JULES: (To Keith.) She’s really good. KEITH: (Smiling and whispering.) Yeah(!) She’s really great HALEY: (o.s) Let me fall, JULES: I gotta bring my other boyfriends back to see her next time. HALEY: (o.s) Even if I ht the ground, And if I, Cry a little, Die a little, At least I know I lived… It’s October again, Leaves are coming down, One more year’s come and gone, And nothing’s changed at all. (She stops playing, looking unsure of the response she’ll get. There’s a moment pause before the club breaks out into loud applause. Haley smiles happily.) NATHAN: (Proudly, clapping.) Alright! PEYTON: (Clapping) Alright Haley! KAREN: (Clapping) Woooow! (Lucas smiles and claps.) HALEY: (Shyly) Thank you. (Anna comes up to Lucas wearily.) ANNA: Hey. (Lucas looks at her.) I’m sorry. I had no idea that was gonna happen. (Lucas smiles.) (Anna’s upset.) And you don’t deserve any of it. LUCAS: It’s cool. Don’t worry about it. (Smiles at the stage.) ANNA: Are you sure? (Lucas nods and smiles at her.) ANNA: What? LUCAS: I just… wouldn’t mind seeing that picture again. (Anna smiles and he laughs.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Felix is sitting at the bar with Theresa, smiling. Mouth comes up to him, angry.) MOUTH: What they hell are you doing to Brooke?(!) (Felix looks at Mouth and then back at Theresa.) FELIX: (To Theresa.) One second. (He gets up and drags Mouth away by the arm.) Is there a problem? MOUTH: Brooke is back there, wasted and alone. FELIX: So? MOUTH: So why aren’t you doing something about it? And don’t say you don’t care because you do. Otherwise, why did you pay for the dollhouse? FELIX: (Looks around to make sure nobody overheard.) Look, I don’t need you to understand any of it Mouth. And the dollhouse is our secret. Now if you don’t mind, I’m having a crummy night. Theresa’s about to change that. (Felix turns to leave. Mouth tries to stop him but Felix pushes him into some bystanders.) FELIX: Stop it Mouth(!) LUCAS: Hey! (Stops on front of him.) You got a problem with my friend? FELIX: (Looking him up and down.) Maybe I got a problem with you. LUCAS: (Smiling) Yeah, I think you do. (Looks at his mom watching them. He won’t do this to her.) You’re lucky… I’m not gonna do this in here. FELIX: That’s too bad. (Steps back and turns as if to leave. Turns back.) Coz I am. (He punches Lucas who goes flying into the closest bar.) (Karen sees and stops what she’s doing. Felix grabs Lucas and Lucas throws his own punch. Felix charges Lucas and Anna arrives.) ANNA: Felix! Stop it! (They fall to the floor, still struggling.) ANNA: Stop it! Felix! (Andy grabs a hold of Lucas and Keith grabs Felix.) FELIX: (To Keith.) Get you damn hands off me! KEITH: Not until I get you outside. (And keeps a cursory hold on Lucas.) FELIX: Oh right, everyone here’s related. I get tossed cos you’re the guy’s uncle. KEITH: No, you get tossed because you’re an ass(!) (Hauls Felix out of the club. Anna watches distressed.) (Andy lets go of Lucas. He looks at his mom who shakes her head disappointedly and turns her back. Lucas, with a bleeding lip, doesn’t know what to say.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (sht of the ‘TRIC’ logo. Camera cuts to the floor. The club is now empty, people are moving around, clearing up. Lucas is sitting at the bar and Karen is behind it, looking pissed.) LUCAS: So did you have fun tonight mom? KAREN: So if you… don’t count the part where my son started punching people. LUCAS: (Holding his phone and looking down.) I’m sorry. (Honestly) I didn’t mean to ruin your night. KAREN: Yeah, well I didn’t mean to screw up your week. Then again, without the use of your cell phone, MP3 player and the car… it could suck for you. (Hold out some ice wrapped in a cloth.) KAREN: (Looking stern.) Trade(!) (Lucas frowns. Karen persists.) (Lucas gives her his phone and takes the cloth full of ice.) KAREN: One week. Two, if you complain. (Points at him and leaves him alone.) (Lucas grimaces and puts the cloth to his lip. Anna comes up behind him.) ANNA: How’re you doing? LUCAS: (Laughs humourlessly.) You should see the other guy. ANNA: (Smiles) (Pause) Well I’ve got my mom’s car so… I’m gonna take off. LUCAS: Are you sure? ANNA: Yeah, (Nods) but… thanks for punching Felix(!) (Grinning) I’ve wanted to do that for years. LUCAS: Anytime(!) (Laughs) ANNA: Call me tomorrow? LUCAS: (Pause) You tell me. (bat, Anna kisses him on the cheek.) ANNA: (Nodding) Call me tomorrow. (Smiles and leaves.) (Lucas sighs and turns to his mother.) LUCAS: Alright, well I’m gonna go home mom. (Puts the cloth on the counter.) And don’t worry, I’m going straight home. KAREN: Alright, no street fighting. (Andy comes up and puts some glasses on the counter.) LUCAS: Right. (To Andy.) Uhh… nice to meet you Andy. (Holds out his hand.) ANDY: Yeah, yeah, you too. (Shakes his hand.) (Lucas gets up and walks out. Andy shakes his head and sighs.) ANDY: So I guess that t-shirt I bought him is gonna fit a little snug. (Karen looks at him and then resumes cleaning the counter. She struggles for words.) KAREN: (Quietly) Ohh, right, that. (Turns to him.) ANDY: Why didn’t you just tell me Karen? (She looks down.) I mean you’re… you’re son’s a teenager. W-why do you think that would matter? KAREN: (Strained) Because it matters to me(!) (She looks at him for a long moment.) Andy, I like you… but tonight, seeing you sitting there with Lucas, it just seemed so normal. Like friends. ANDY: (Shrugs) So? KAREN: Well… so that makes sense to me. (Turns him around to the mirror.) Look at us(!) (We see them reflected in the mirror, Karen just staring at their reflections.) I mean, does this picture look right to you? ANDY: (Looks for a while before nodding and saying honestly.) Yes. To me it does. (Karen looks at him. He turns to her.) But I think the uh… the more important question is… does it feel right? (He kisses her.) KAREN: (Looks down.) (Pause) That feels good. ANDY: (Laughs) Yeah. Yeah it does. (They nod.) The rest doesn’t matter. (Pause) G’night. (He looks at her and then leaves for home. Karen watches him off with a smile.) (Haley and Nathan are still there.) MAN: (Shakes Haley’s hand.) Good job! HALEY: (Overwhelmed) Thank you. WOMAN: You were great. (Haley sits next to Nathan on the stage as more people pass. WOMAN: We loved you. HALEY: (Shaking her hand) Oh, thanks so much(!) (Laughs at Nathan.) CHRIS: (Comes up.) Predictable sappy ballad. How’s it feel? HALEY: (Looks at Nathan who’s smiling.) Uh… great till ya just… dissed me(!) (Laughs) CHRIS: No, look, you’ve got a good sound. And watching you tonight, I can definitely see us doing something together. HALEY: (Shocked) Really(!)? (Nathan looks at Haley.) CHRIS: Yeah, I never joke about music. Here’s my number. (Gives her a slip of paper.) I got some studio time coming up. HALEY: Oh… wow OK. (Looks at Nathan again.) (Laughs) (Nathan’s looking a bit worried.) HALEY: Oh(!) I just remembered THUD Magazine wanted me to do a… interview with them. It’s probably gonna take a little while and- NATHAN: Nah, it’s cool. HALEY: OK. NATHAN: This is your night. Go, enjoy and I’ll see you at home. HALEY: Are you sure? (Chris smiles, shaking his head.) NATHAN: Yeah, I gotta work early tomorrow anyway. HALEY: OK. (Kisses him.) I love you. (To Chris.) Thanks. (Gets off the stage and walks away.) (Both Chris and Nathan watch her leave.) CHRIS: You have any idea how many guys in the room wanna nail your wife right now? (Grins, picks up his case and leaves.) (Nathan looks back the way Haley left and considers.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (The lights are on in Brooke’s dollhouse. Mouth opens the door and helps Brooke into her bedroom. She is completely incoherent and can’t tell where she is or who’s with her. Mouth puts her onto her bed and she collapses onto it.) (He covers her with a duvet and she turns to him, eyes closed. Mouth sits there for a while.) MOUTH: G’night Brooke. (Sighs) I love you. (He looks at her a little more before her bedroom door opens and Felix enters. Mouth looks at him.) FELIX: Hey. (bat) I was just checking on her. MOUTH: She’s fine. (Stands up and walks up to him.) FELIX: (Understanding) You like her, huh? MOUTH: (Nods) Yeah. (bat) But guys like me don’t get girls like her and… guys like you don’t care. FELIX: (Being sincere for the first time.) That’s not true. (Pause) Look man… I owe you an apology. (Mouth looks down, Felix holds his fist out.) FELIX: Friends? (Mouth looks at Felix and then at Brooke.) MOUTH: Just treat her right. (Ignores Felix’s hand and walks out of the house.) (Felix watches Mouth close the door and drops his hand. The bruise where Lucas ht him is evident. He sighs as he looks at Brooke and slowly walks over to her, lowering himself onto the side of her bed. He watches her and brushes hair out of her face. She opens her eyes, recognising him.) BROOKE: (Whispering) Felix? FELIX: (Smiling) Hey girl. (Shakes his head.) You’re a mess. BROOKE: (Surprised) You took care of me? FELIX: (bat) Yeah… sometimes you gotta break the rules. (Brooke closes her eyes. Felix shifts some more hair out of her face.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Karen is still there, counting money and writing in a pad.) DEB: (o.s) So(!) (Coming into the sht.) How’d we do? KAREN: (Shuffling money.) Well… it’s a little early for exact numbers but… a few thousand nights like this and I think we can retire. DEB: (Smiles) Ah, works for me(!) (Karen puts the money aside and hesitates. Deb notices.) KAREN: Ah… Deb, I need to ask you a question. DEB: Of course. KAREN: I mean, it’s-it’s stupid and considering the source, I shouldn’t even ask I mean, I probably don’t even have the right ask but – DEB: (Interrupting) Karen, we’re friends. KAREN: (bat) Right. (Pause) Yesterday, Dan told me that you slept with Keith. (Deb looks up.) Is it true? DEB: (Stares, unable to say anything. Karen’s worried. Finally.) No(!) Of course not(!) (Karen smiles and nods. The camera pans down and fades out of focus.) CUT TO: [EXT. JULES’ HOUSE – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (Jules and Keith are standing on the front porch.) JULES: (Smiling) Well… that date had everything. Good conversation, dancing… fisticuffs. KEITH: (Smiles) Yeah, I’m sorry about that part. (They smile.) JULES: So… I was thinking. You called me your girlfriend tonight. KEITH: Yeah. JULES: Well… if we were exclusive, (bat) just you and me… would you be OK with that? KEITH: I’d be great with that. (Jules smiles.) JULES: Good. Me too. (They kiss.) So what do you say boyfriend? Wanna sleep over? (She walks to her front door.) KEITH: (Pleased) Boy(!) (Jules is waiting for him, they enter the house together and Keith shuts the door.) FADE TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan it awake and alone in bed. He’s lying on his back and repeatedly throwing a basketball up. He stops and looks at the clock. It reads 2:38 a.m. in big, bright red, numbers. Haley still isn’t home.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Peyton walks with Haley as they head to the back room.) PEYTON: So… hell of a night huh? HALEY: (Jittery) Yes, I’m still shaking! (Peyton laughs.) Thank you so much for everything! And I’m sorry about earlier. PEYTON: No, dude, you totally redeemed yourself after indie-boy flaked on me(!) HALEY: Ha! You wanna get outta here? PEYTON: Yes but, I gotta clear out some stragglers. (Peyton pushes open a door with ‘Private’ painted across it in Peyton’s hand. Inside are a bunch of people, and Rick, doing drugs.) RICK: (As he sees Peyton.) Hey(!) Relax, they’re cool. In fact, Peyton and I did a couple lines the other night. Aint that right Peyton? (Peyton has her hands in her pockets and looks guilty. Haley turns and looks at her accusingly. Peyton doesn’t know what to say. Not only has Peyton done drugs but she’s also let them people into Karen’s club.) FADE TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (Lucas walks up the steps to the front porch. Felix comes up from down the street and stops at his house, walking up the slabs. Lucas turns at the noise.) LUCAS: (Watches for a bat.) What do you want Felix? FELIX: (bat) You like my sister? LUCAS: (Sighs but still on guard.) You know I do. FELIX: (Evilly) Too bad. Stay the hell away from her. LUCAS: (Not thr*at.) Is that an order? FELIX: No… it’s a warning(!) (Off Lucas’ poker face.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x07 - Let the Reigns Go Loose"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SCIENCE CLASS – DAY] (Brooke leans over to whisper to Peyton while the teacher talks.) BROOKE: OK, could it get any worse? My love life is non-existent, my parents are having a yard sale to sell everything we own. Being poor and horny is no way to go through life. CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – BENCH – DAY] ANNA: (To Peyton) I’m Anna. PEYTON: You’re Felix’s sister right? CUT TO: [EXT. FELIX’S HOUSE – FRONT YARD – DAY] FELIX: (To Brooke) You know, I was thinking about this whole ‘Friends with Benefits’. Felix with Brooke. FWB. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] BROOKE: Come here. (Kisses him and they fall off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] DOCTOR: (o.s) Dan has a… heart condition known as HCM. It’s a… genetic mutation. CUT TO: [EXT. JULES’ HOUSE – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (Jules and Keith stand at the doorstep.) JULES: So what do you say boyfriend? Wanna sleep over? CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE BAR – EVENING] (Karen and Andy stand behind the bar at the empty club. He kisses her.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Haley finishes playing her song and the crowd breaks out in applause. Haley looks embarrassed.) CHRIS: You have any idea how many guys in the room wanna nail your wife right now? (sht of Nathan’s face.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC - BACK ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton, with Haley, opens the door marked ‘Private’ at the back of TRIC and comes across Rick and his friends doing cocaine.) RICK: Relax, it’s cool. Peyton and I did a couple lines the other night. Aint that right Peyton? (Haley looks at a guilty Peyton accusingly.) FADE TO BLACK: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: [EXT. FELIX’S HOUSE – DAY] (The camera pans slowly from Felix’s house to Brooke’s.) BROOKE: (v.o) Someone once said; it’s the good girls who keep diaries. (Brooke’s head and then Felix’s pop out from the back of Felix’s house. Brooke inclines her head, indicating that they go to her house.) The bad girls never have the time. (They run across the gap between the houses, clothes falling everywhere. We only see their legs.) Me… I just wanna live a life I’m gonna remember. (They stop to pick up their clothes. (She yells giddily.) Even if I don’t write it down. (They run so hard at Brooke’s door that they almost break it down. They open it.) BROOKE: If I’d known your mom was gonna come home, I never would have stayed the night. FELIX: (Kissing her as he turns her.) I mean, not that I’m complaining but since when do you spend the night? BROOKE: That was a onetime only bonus for you getting me home from the club. Now come here. (They fall hard on what should have been Brooke’s bed only it’s not there anymore. They grunt.) BROOKE: Where the hell is my bed?! (She picks up a note on the red shaggy rug where the bed should be.) BROOKE: (Reading) Got a good price on the queen-size. Single bed on its way love mom?! (Angrily drops the paper.) (Looking towards the door.) I STILL LIVE HERE YOU KNOW! FELIX: You know. (Plays with the rug.) We could always shag on the shag. BROOKE: (Scoffs) Moments past Pool Boy. Besides, I have to meet Haley. (Gets off him.) (Felix lifts his head, shirt half on, and gives her a ‘What For’ look but she doesn’t see it. His head drops back onto the rug.) CUT TO: [EXT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – PAVEMENT – DAY] (Lucas and Nathan put some overnight luggage into the back of Nathan’s car.) LUCAS: Gotta say, good call Nate. Road tripping to Charlotte. NATHAN: Love that NBA expansion. (Lucas laughs and they shut the boot.) NATHAN: Third row, floor, right behind the bench. CUT TO: [EXT. STREETS – DAY] (Birdseye view of Haley and Brooke getting out of Brooke’s car. Brooke is holding a box.) HALEY: (Laughing) Anyway, so you take the CD’s that you’re sick of or never should have bought in the first place and you bring them back and they – BROOKE: And they give me cash? HALEY: Yeah. BROOKE: Maybe I can buy my bed back. (Laughs) HALEY: So, Nathan’s going to Charlotte tonight with Lucas and this is my first night alone in the apartment. BROOKE: (Gasps) Do you know what we should do? We should have a slumber party. HALEY: Oh. BROOKE: Seriously, we haven’t done that since like, junior high. HALEY: (Reluctantly) I dunno. I haven’t done that since… ever. (Laughing it off.) BROOKE: Haley! HALEY: I wasn’t popular in junior high. BROOKE: No! Then we have to. This is like a rite of passage. I mean, when did you learn to put on eye shadow and stuff your bra and make out? HALEY: (Smiling) I don’t know. BROOKE: OK, I’m calling Peyton. This is going to be great. HALEY: Well, look I-I was kinda looking forward to having a night alone in the apartment. BROOKE: And I was kinda looking forward to being rich but we all adjust don’t we? (They laugh and enter the record store.) (Haley nods at Chris.) HALEY: Hey, what’s up(!) CHRIS: Hey. (Moves behind the counter.) Alright, what you got? (Drops the pricing tool.) BROOKE: (Passing the box over.) Here you go. CHRIS: (Sets the box down.) Alright. (Flips through the CDs, stopping at intervals.) Crap. (Flips some more.) Crap. (Looks at a CD.) Crap. (Gets to the end.) Crap(!) (Brooke and Haley exchange looks.) CHRIS: (To Brooke.) Lucky for you, crap sells. (Brooke scoffs.) D'ya listen to my demo yet? HALEY: Um… yeah I did. It’s – CHRIS: (Pompously) Good; I know. (Brooke looks away, aware that he’s flirting with Haley.) I’m working on this other song I could really use some female vocals on. Maybe you could come by the studio and lay something down for me. BROOKE: (Looks at him.) Huh(!) CHRIS: Track. Lay down the track. BROOKE: (Not believing.) (Whispers as she looks away.) Yeah. (Chris switches his gaze to Haley.) HALEY: OK. Yeah… sure. That sounds fine. How’s – CHRIS: (Quickly) Tonight. Let me get you the address. (Brooke gapes at Haley.) BROOKE: Hello(!) Tonight, slumber party. HALEY: Oh, I’m sorry. Um… I can say no. (Makes to call Chris.) BROOKE: (Quickly) No(!) It’s fine. I’ll come over early and set up. HALEY: (Suspiciously) What do you mean ‘set up’? BROOKE: (Smiling evasively.) You have no idea. (The camera pans to white.) WIPE TO: [INT. KEITH’S HOUSE – BEDROOM – DAY] (Keith feels space beside him and finds it empty. He sighs and looks over.) KEITH: Oh great(!) (Sits up on his elbows.) (Jules walks in with a smile on her face.) JULES: Hey(!) You’re awake. (She has a bag in her hand as she sits at the foot of the bed.) KEITH: I uh… saw you were gone. I thought, maybe…(Shrugs) maybe it was a one-night-stand. (Jules groans and kisses him.) KEITH: But it felt good. You can one-night-stand me anytime. (She laughs.) KEITH: Where’d you go? JULES: (Lifts the bag.) Breakfast. KEITH: Ohhh. Well how’d you get back in? The door locks. JULES: I jimmied it with a credit card. KEITH: I should be afraid, right? (Jules laughs. Keith looks into the bag.) KEITH: Ahh… chocolate croissants. JULES: (Pulling the bag back.) Those are actually for me. KEITH: Uh, there are two. JULES: I know. (Pulls out a bar.) Energy bar’s for you. Trust me (Smiles) you’re gonna need it. (Throws it at him.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – DAY] (Peyton throws CDs on top of each other and turns around. Karen walks up into the club and Peyton smiles.) PEYTON: Oh hey! You look bat. KAREN: Oh, I was up all night. First college paper. PEYTON: (Laughs) What are you doing here? Go home. (Turns around with some CDs.) Sleep. KAREN: (Smile fading.) We need to talk. PEYTON: (Smiles at her.) OK. (Turns her head back.) KAREN: Haley told me about the drugs. (Peyton stops and freezes, looking straight ahead like a deer caught in headlights. Karen moves around to stand next to Peyton.) KAREN: Opening night. (Peyton is looking extremely guilty.) This guy Rick was doing coke. PEYTON: (Open-mouthed, realising Karen doesn’t know it all.) Oh, uh… yeah. KAREN: Why didn’t you tell me? PEYTON: (Pause) I don’t know. I’m sorry. KAREN: Look, I know he’s got a lotta music connections and I know how important that is to you. (Peyton looks down.) But I won’t have drugs in my club Peyton! PEYTON: (Whispering) Of course. KAREN: And I don’t expect you to handle everything on your own… but you have to come to me if… anything like that ever happens again. PEYTON: (Stares and then nods.) I will. KAREN: Promise? PEYTON: I promise. KAREN: Good. (Pause while Peyton continues to look guilty.) You know you can always talk to me Peyton. (Peyton looks down as Karen leaves.) CUT TO: [EXT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – PAVEMENT – DAY] (Reflection against the car of Haley and Brooke approaching, arm in arm. Lucas drops the hood and they come into view.) BROOKE: It’s another mechanic stripper! (Lucas stares.) No… (To Haley) just Lucas. (Haley smiles.) NATHAN: (Comes from the other side.) OK(!) Guess we’re off. HALEY: (Claps and walks to Nathan.) Alright! Well go… whoever they are! NATHAN: Bobcats Haley(!) HALEY: Alright, well, I love bobcats. They’re so cute. NATHAN: You’re such a girl. HALEY: I know. (They kiss.) LUCAS: Can we go now? (Nathan gives Lucas a look.) You saw her, she’s back, let’s go(!) NATHAN: Come on, man(!) Look, this is the first night we’ve spent apart since we got married. (Haley smiles and kisses him.) BROOKE: Well…(shrugs) girls are having a slumber party. LUCAS: Really? NATHAN: Oh, that’s cool. (Looks down at Haley.) So you won’t be alone tonight. HALEY: Yep. NATHAN: What’re you gonna do until then? HALEY: Uh…Probably just gonna… hang out with Brooke. (Looks at Brooke, desperately hoping she’ll cover.) Right Brooke? BROOKE: (Pauses for a moment.) Yeah(!) (Pause) Just us girls. (Haley smiles but it isn’t real. It slips.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. TRIC – DAY} (Peyton walks across the club.) PEYTON: So, find anything good in the lost and found?! (Stops at the bar where Anna stands, looking through a box.) ANNA: Not really(!) (Peyton takes out a pink flower patterned shoe.) PEYTON: OK. (Holds it up.) How wasted does one have to be to go home with one shoe. (Anna laughs.) It’s like, at what point do you look down at your foot and say ‘hmmm’. ANNA: Eww, I was thinking the same thing about the two thongs in here. (Holds them out with the tips of her fingers before dropping them again.) PEYTON: Eww, two thongs?! (Anna laughs.) Now that is what I call a successful club opening. (The phone rings. Anna laughs and closes the box as Peyton gets out her phone.) PEYTON: (Laughs as she answers her phone.) Hello?! (Cut to Brooke who’s in her bedroom on the carpet with a lot of beauty essentials spread around her.) BROOKE: What’s so funny? PEYTON: (Through the phone.) oh, hey Brooke. Are you missing any underwear? BROOKE: (Amused) What!? PEYTON: (Through the phone, laughing.) Nothing. Anna’s just helping me clean out TRIC. BROOKE: Thanks for the phone call. (Drops nail varnish into the basket.) (Cut back to the club.) PEYTON: What, did you really wanna get up and work this morning? (Cut to Brooke’s house.) BROOKE: (Drops more things into the basket.) OK, good point. Well, tonight; Haley doesn’t have a husband, I don’t have a bed, so we’re having a slumber party. (Cut to the club.) PEYTON: Oh, how retro. (Cut to Brooke’s bedroom.) BROOKE: I KNOW! You bring the music and your ouija board, I’m bringing the beauty arsenal. (Puts more things into the basket.) (Cut to the club.) PEYTON: How about Anna? (Anna looks at her before continuing to clean up.) Can I bring her too? (Cut to Brooke.) BROOKE: Whatever. Nine o’clock. (Hangs up the phone and puts more things into the basket.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – DAY] (Nathan and Lucas drive by in the newly fixed up car.) CUT TO: [INT. THE CAR – DAY] NATHAN: (Smiles) This car runs great, man. LUCAS: (Looks at Nathan.) Yeah, not bad right? NATHAN: The best part is; Dan had nothing to do with it. (Lucas laughs.) Do need to replace this tape deck though. LUCAS: Oh, god, definitely. (Reaches into his bag.) But, for now, I got my…(Holds it up.) trusty IPod and cassette adaptor. NATHAN: Nice(!) fre it up. LUCAS: (Presses the eject button to take the tape out. Nothing happens.) It’s stuck(!) NATHAN: What? (Lucas looks at him.) You telling me you didn’t check the stereo before we left? LUCAS: (Affronted) I was busy working on the engine. (Nathan smiles and Lucas presses play. A really strange tune plays.) SINGER: #A holiday, (Lucas raises an eyebrow and Nathan looks at him.) A holiday NATHAN: What is this? SINGER: Is the best day, LUCAS: I have no idea. SINGER: An ice-cream day, (Nathan looks at the tape deck.) I am only happy, (Lucas scowls, slightly amused.) SINGER: When I have, A holi- CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL COLLEGE – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Karen runs across the ground with her assignment in her hands.) ANDY: I thought I was gonna have to fail you. KAREN: (Panting) I know(!) (Gives him her assignment.) it’s been one of those days. ANDY: (Touching her cheek.) You’re flushed. KAREN: Well I ran all the way form the parking lot. And um… I’m a little nervous. ANDY: Bout the paper? KAREN: (Looks at it.) That too. (Smiles.) (She looks around to make sure nobody’s watching and then kisses Andy on the cheek. They smile.) ANDY: Well look, the paper’s in now. So um… how bout dinner tonight? (They walk.) I know this great place. And we past the hotdog stage. KAREN: I like the hotdog stage. ANDY: I know. That’s why I liked you. (She laughs.) I’m ready for an upgrade if you are. KAREN: (Nods) OK, tonight. ANDY: Good, so it’s a date then. WIPE TO: [INT. KEITH’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Jules lies on Keith’s lap as they watch TV.) KEITH: Where did you come from? JULES: (Smiles and sits up.) Me? KEITH: (Quietly) Yeah. JULES: Durham. (Sighs) Got a husband and three kids there. KEITH: No, I’m serious. (She laughs.) We never talk about you. JULES: (Smiles) What can I say? I’m from the Midwest, I like my parents, I sell real-estate now and again and uh… oh, I have terrible taste in guys. (They laugh.) There is… one thing you should know about me though. (Seriously.) Very important. KEITH: (A little worried.) OK. JULES: (Pause) I’m starving! (They giggle and hug.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton and Anna get to Haley and Nathan’s apartment door and find it open. Peyton gapes as she pushes it the rest of the way and walks in, Anna at her heals.) PEYTON: OK, that’s weird. (Whispering) Haley?(!) (Peyton flips the switch, lighting the room. It’s a mess. The light is on the floor and the cushions are everywhere.) PEYTON: Oh my god(!) (Peyton drops her bag and the games and Anna takes a baseball bat out of the rack beside the door. She gives it to Peyton.) PEYTON: (Talking quietly but forcefully.) OK, I think you should know I have a bat(!) ANNA: And, we dialled 911. PEYTON: (Looks at Anna.) Yeah, that too. (Anna holds onto Peyton’s arm as Peyton signals that they move into the house. They walk quietly to the bedroom door.) PEYTON: (Quietly) OK, on the count of three. (Holding the bat at the ready.) ANNA: One… two… three(!) (They push the door open and Brooke screams. She’s in Nathan and Haley’s bed with Felix. Peyton screams as does Anna.) PEYTON: Brooke! BROOKE: Peyton! FELIX: Anna! ANNA: Argh, my eyes! I’m blind! (She quickly moves away from the doorway.) (Peyton glares at Brooke, Brooke groans and covers herself with the covers and Felix smiles. Peyton sighs and leaves the room. The camera freezes on Brooke and Felix still in the bed.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – EVENING] (Camera focuses on the TRIC logo and pans to Karen standing behind the bar. Rick walks to her.) RICK: Hey, I’m looking for Karen. KAREN: That’s me. (He nods.) You’re Rick. RICK: (Nods again.) Yeah, what can I do for you? KAREN: You could stay the hell away from TRIC. (He straightens up.) You’re not welcome here. (Rick scoffs.) I won’t have drugs in my club. RICK: Yeah, well you won’t have any customers either. (Karen isn’t wavered.) I control every major band on this circuit. You cut me off, you’re cutting off your talent. KAREN: (Angrily) We’ll be fine! And by the way, the place was full of kids. What’s wrong with you? (A bouncer appears behind Rick.) RICK: (Scoffs again.) Dumb move lady. KAREN: (He leaves.) (To herself.) Actually, it’s the smartest move I’ve made all day. (The bouncer glares at Rick and shows him out. Karen smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Peyton pours a glass of water and sets it in front of Anna.) BROOKE: (o.s) What do you want from me? OK, I have no bed and rope burns are so last season(!) (Sits on the stool.) PEYTON: I don’t know Brooke; backseats, hot tubs, closets. You’ve never had a problem before(!) BROOKE: We were horny OK? ANNA: (Groans) Eww. BROOKE: (Looks at Anna for a second and the back to Peyton.) Just promise me you won’t tell Haley. PEYTON: You are so washing the sheets. BROOKE: Yeah(!) (Nods) (Felix comes from the back room.) FELIX: OK, who saw me naked? ANNA: I said ewww! Sister in the room, hello! (Felix picks up a tub of one of Brooke’s beauty essentials.) FELIX: (Teasing) Huh, hey, I this gonna work for me? You know, coz I got that (Rubs his cheek.) combination skin. BROOKE: (Gets up and pushes him.) No, you have to go! Go! FELIX: Hey, whatever you say. Just give me a second to get my stuff. (Brooke turns and puts the tub back. Peyton glares at Brooke and Anna doesn’t know what to do.) BROOKE: (To Anna, cattily.) Hi(!) I’m Brooke. We haven’t officially been introduced… but you’re dating my ex boyfriend and I’m sleeping with your brother so it looks like we have a lot in common. ANNA: (Unsure) Yeah. PEYTON: (Warningly) Brooke(!) BROOKE: Oh, And you’re Peyton’s new best friend. (Peyton sighs and looks away.) Sorry, I forgot that part. (Peyton sht Brooke a look, Anna doesn’t know where to look and Brooke just stares. Suddenly, water is heard running from the bathroom. Brooke turns, shocked, in the general direction.) PEYTON: Is that the shower? (Brooke gapes.) Unbelievable(!) (Peyton stands.) FELIX: (From the shower.) Oo, that water is hot and so is Felix, Oo, the water is wet and so is – CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – EVENING] (Music plays and Haley stands, with earphones, in front of a microphone, waiting for her part to come. She’s slightly nervous.) HALEY: #Dancing when the stars go blue, Dancing where the evening fell, (She shows Dancing in my wooden shoes, I a wedding go – (Chris appears and stops the music.) CHRIS: Alright Haley, hold up. I’m just not feeling it. (Haley sighs and takes the earphones off.) CHRIS: Hold up a second OK? (Comes into the recording room.) Alright Haley, listen. A lot of girls can see on-key OK? (She collapses onto a chair.) I’m gonna need something a little bit more from you alright? Something… a bit further south than your brain. You know what I saying? Listen, it’s not about technique. It’s about giving me something of yourself. Something that no one else gets to see. You can’t play it safe in here Haley, I’m not gonna let you. HALEY: OK, well, I’m trying(!) CHRIS: No you’re not! HALEY: Yes I am! CHRIS: No you’re not, you’re really close to something. You know, and you’ve got the talent but for some reason, you won’t go there. (He walks around her.) If you won’t go there, (shrugs) maybe you’re just wasting my time. HALEY: (Stares at him and then caves.) (Whispers) OK. CHRIS: Come here. (She stands up and sighs.) CHRIS: (To the woman controlling the music.) Play it back. (She walks over to the controls.) Put me in this time. (The music plays.) Just follow along OK? (Haley nods.) HALEY: (Whispers) OK. (Sighs) (The music starts and the camera pans down before cutting back to them.) CHRIS: # Laughing with your pretty mouth,# (To Haley.) Try this one now. HALEY: # Laughing with your, broken eyes, CHRIS: OK, yeah. # Laughing with your, lovers song, HALEY: (Lovers song) TOGETHER: In a lullaby, CHRIS: Alright, now sing with me on this one Hale. TOGETHER: Where do you go when you’re lonely, (She looks at the sheet but he takes it from her.) Where do you go when you’re blue. HALEY: Where do you go when you’re lonely, Where do you go when you’re blue, (Chris smiles.) TOGETHER: Where do you go when you’re lonely, I’ll follow you, Haley: Follow you, CHRIS: Follow you, HALEY: Follow you.# FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Close up of Brooke using a burner to burn a marshmallow on a metal rod. Peyton closes a cupboard, turns and sighs.) PEYTON: What the hell is Felix doing in there? BROOKE: I dunno. (shrugs) Shaving? (Anna mixes something in a bowl.) PEYTON: What, his legs? He’s been in there forever. BROOKE: (Smiling) Yeah, cos your look is so wash and go. PEYTON: (Pulls a face.) Heh(!) BROOKE: Heh(!) (They smile and make more faces.) (All three look to the door as it opens and Haley walks in.) HALEY: Hey you guys. PEYTON: (Guilt written all over her face.) Oh! Haley! BROOKE: Hi(!) HALEY: (Taking her coat off.) Smells good. PEYTON: (Trying to stall.) Where you been? HALEY: Nowhere, I’m just gonna go take a shower. (Takes her tops off as she heads to the bathroom.) PEYTON AND BROOKE: Um! PEYTON: Haley?! (There’s a moment where the door opens and Anna, Peyton and Brooke wait. Then suddenly, Haley screams. Brooke cringes. Haley comes running back on-screen, her top still on.) HALEY: (Stops and looks at the three of them.) What?(!) (Points to the door.) Ah! (She runs to them and hisses as she waits for Felix to emerge.) (Felix exits, a towel around his waist, using another one to dry his hair.) FELIX: Ahh… I love slumber parties. (Smiles) (Anna looks down. Haley and Peyton look at Brooke while Brooke scowls. Felix rubs his hair, smiling.) CUT TO: [INT. RESTAURUANT – EVENING] (Andy is sitting at the bar, drinking. Karen comes up behind him.) KAREN: I’m not always late. (Kisses him on the cheek.) I promise. ANDY: No worries. (She sits.) You’re worth the wait. KAREN: Thank you. (Keith and Jules show up next to them. Jules is laughing at something Keith just said. Karen sees him and her eyes widen.) KAREN: Keith! (Jules and Keith look at the pair, Andy turns and looks at them.) KEITH: Karen. (An uncomfortable silence follows, punctuated by exchanged looks.) JULES: (Waves at Andy.) Hi. ANDY: Hi. (More silence.) JULES: So… this sucks huh? (Karen smiles stiffly.) JULES: What. (Pause) What the hell, I got first round. (Keith smiles.) Drinks? KAREN: (Quickly) Yes! (Andy looks between the two. Karen smiles again.) KEITH: Yeah. (Holds a finger up for service.) FADE TO: [EXT. CHARLOTTE – EVENING] (Nathan and Lucas are in Charlotte. They are driving across the busy roads.) NATHAN: Charlotte Bobcats, here we come. FADE TO: [INT. BASKETBALL STADIUM – EVENING] (The camera focuses on the lit sign showing ‘CHARLOTTE BOBCATS’ with a cat as a mascot. The mascot, dressed in a red cat suit, rides a tiny motorcycle across the court. The players do back flips, stretches and sht hoops before the game actually begins. Cheerleaders cheer and Nathan and Lucas find their seats.) (They smiles as the lit signs blink, flash and change. The sign says ‘MAKE SOME NOISE’. Lucas puts both arms up, he’s the only one doing it, and Nathan claps.) (The game gets underway. Nathan and Lucas watch and clap as the players score basket after basket.) LUCAS: (As one team scores.) Oh! (More playing. Basket after basket is scored and it is obvious that the Bobcats are winning.) LUCAS: That could be you someday. Well… actually, it could be me. You’re not good enough. (They laugh as the game continues and the Bobcats score another one. Nathan and Lucas make some noise. Lucas shakes his head, impressed.) NATHAN: D’you see that?! (Camera follows ‘Okafor’ run across the court.) FADE TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke, with a nose strip on, finishes putting the face mask on Haley and Haley frowns.) HALEY: You know, I’m just not clear on this. So the shower at your house is broken and you (Looks at Anna.) had to have Felix come all the way over here and use mine? ANNA: (Paining her toenails.) Um… BROOKE: (Nods) Uh-huh. PEYTON: Brooke(!) (Brooke looks at Peyton and makes a ‘shut up!’ face. Peyton make one right back.) HALEY: Wait a second. Y-you don’t have a bed do you? (Getting it as Brooke looks guilty as hell.) Did you… tell me you didn’t have sex in my bed. Brooke. (Brooke’s mouth stays open for a little too long.) BROOKE: I’m already washing your sheets. HALEY: (Looking like she’s going to retch any second.) Oh my god(!) Eurgh! Brooke! Eurgh! BROOKE: They already yelled at me, what is the big deal?! HALEY: The big deal is that first of all; you did not thank me for helping you with the CDs. (Brooke opens her mouth to protest.) Second of all; you had sex IN MY BED! (Brooke point to Haley’s bedroom but can’t get a word in.) And third; you ate all the brownies. (Brooke puts a piece in her mouth.) ANNA: Actually, I had a couple. HALEY: (Looking at Brooke but pointing at Anna.) That’s not the point. (Anna frowns and continues with her nails.) BROOKE: (Smugly) Haley’s right. The point id that I’ve been deceptive. It’s not so much that… I lied to anyone’s face. (Talking pointedly at Haley, Haley scowls.) It’s more about what I didn’t say. HALEY: (Throws her head back and groans.) Urgh! OK. There is a big difference between a lie and a little white lie. BROOKE: Really! HALEY: Yeah! PEYTON: (Lifting her green gel eye mask.) OK, wait, what white lie? HALEY: Nothing! BROOKE: (Standing) Haley lied to Nathan! HALEY: (Standing) Not exactly! BROOKE: Yes you did(!) PEYTON: About what?! HALEY: Nothing. PEYTON: Haley. HALEY: (Turning to Peyton.) You know what, if we’re talking about bad behaviour, you might wanna sit this one out! (Brooke scowls at Peyton.) PEYTON: (Standing from the couch and approaching.) What is that supposed to mean? HALEY: That’s supposed to mean that Peyton’s the one you should be looking at, not me. (Anna watches from the couch, intrigued.) BROOKE: Why?! She not the one acting like a perfect-little-Stepford-wife(!) HALEY: (Outraged) Oh! ANNA: Why are you picking on Haley? She’s throwing us a slumber party. BROOKE: Actually, she was throwing us a slumber party, (Points at Anna.) you just butted in! PEYTON: Brooke! LEAVE HER ALONE! BROOKE: WHY!? HALEY: What’re you gonna do? Snort her? (Brooke looks shocked and Peyton gasps.) HALEY: Listen, I didn’t throw this slumber party for you, you threw it for yourself and (Points at Brooke.) you know it! BROOKE: Well, at least I didn’t lie to my husband about hanging out with Chris! PEYTON: WOAH! HALEY: Brooke, well… Peyton did cocaine with that Rick guy. PEYTON: Haley! BROOKE: (Turns to Peyton outraged.) WHAT! PEYTON: (To Brooke.) You had sex in her bed! ANNA: (Trying to bring calm.) OK – BROOKE: (Fuming at Peyton.) WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? CRACK WHORE! PEYTON: SLUT! BROOKE: (Turns to Haley, pointing.) LIAR! (Haley grabs Brooke’s nose strip and rips it off. Brooke yells, Peyton screams and Anna laughs.) ANNA: Man, Tree Hill’s got some drama. (Open another nail varnish bottle.) (Peyton, Brooke and Haley exchange furious looks.) CUT TO: [INT. BASKETBALL STADIUM – EVENING] (The stadium is clearing out but Nathan and Lucas stand there, smiling. Lucas with his hands behind his head and Nathan rubbing his hands.) LUCAS: That was awesome. NATHAN: Yeah. It was man. LUCAS: You know, if you want to drive back tonight man, I’m so wired I’m not gonna go to sleep for hours. NATHAN: (Looking shifty.) No, nah it’s cool. LUCAS: Oh come on. You can see Hales, I can… crash the slumber party. (Laughs) NATHAN: Nah, we can’t. Gotta stay the night. LUCAS: OK. (Pause) Why? NATHAN: This trip wasn’t just about the game. (Looks at Lucas.) There’s something else. (Nathan sighs and Lucas knows that it’s serious. Lucas nods.) CUT TO: [INT. ANDY’S HOUSE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Andy and Karen walk through the dark kitchen with wine glasses in hand. KAREN: Sorry about dinner. ANDY: Oh please. (Karen chuckles.) I’m hoping to break bread with all your ex boyfriends. KAREN: (Pause) He wasn’t my boyfriend. ANDY: (Smiles) And yet he asked you to marry him. Interesting. Seems like a nice guy though. KAREN: He is. (Stops and looks up at a painting hanging about his fireplace.) Wow. ANDY: You like? KAREN: What’s not to like? You know, I have this print too. ANDY: (Looks at her. bat, before pointing at it.) It’s not a print. KAREN: (Eyes widen and she gasps.) Oh(!) (Andy smiles at looks at it again.) Well, I feel like I’m back in Italy. ANDY: Yeah. I have a house there too. You wanna go? (Karen laughs.) I could blow off school for a week. (Karen yawns unexpectedly.) Or not(!) Is it my company? KAREN: (Quickly) Oh, no, god it’s the paper. I… kinda pulled an all-nighter. ANDY: Spoken like a true co-ed. (Smiles and nods.) Since you mentioned it though, come here. (Karen follows him to his office.) Let’s just take care of this right now shall we? (Takes off his jacket.) KAREN: (Laughs) Oh boy(!) (He smiles, dumps his jacket and leans to the pile of assignments on his desk.) ANDY: Let’s see uh, (Flips through them until he sees Karen’s.) right. (Pulls in out and puts it in front of him. He takes a red marker and writes ‘A’ in capital letters.) (He picks it up and shows it to her. Karen’s smile drops as she sees what he did.) ANDY: Congratulations. (He kisses her.) (Karen looks at it for a long time.) ANDY: You need more wine. Stay put, get comfortable. (He starts to head for the kitchen.) KAREN: (Her back to him.) You know, I think I should probably go. (Still looking at it.) (Andy turns back. She looks up, hurt reflected in her eyes.) ANDY: Why? KAREN: (Looks at it again.) I just… (She walks to him, slams her assignment against his chest and walks away angrily.) ANDY: Karen! FADE TO: [INT. BASKETBALL STADIUM – BLEACHERS – EVENING] (The stadium is now empty except for Nathan and Lucas. They sit a quarter of the way up on of the bleachers.) NATHAN: You know about Dan’s heart condition. It’s called HCM and it’s genetic. LUCAS: (Nods knowingly.) Which means we might have it. NATHAN: Yeah. This is serious Luke. It’s common among athletes too. LUCAS: (Nods, troubled.) What do we do? NATHAN: Well, first of all; if we have it, that’s it for basketball. Or any sport really. LUCAS: But what does this have to do with Charlotte? NATHAN: Well the test costs a thousand bucks. There’s a hospital here that does free student-athlete screenings once a month. LUCAS: (Sighs and laughs.) And that’s tomorrow. (Nathan nods slightly.) And why didn’t you tell me about this upfront? NATHAN: I dunno, I… I didn’t wanna ruin it; the game, the road trip… us hanging out. (They smile, Lucas nods.) We have appointments tomorrow morning. LUCAS: Ah, come on man, what are the odds of us even having this thing anyway? Huh(!) (Smiles) NATHAN: Fifty-fifty. (Lucas stops and looks at Nathan. Nathan looks at him.) One in two. (Lucas looks at Nathan miserably. sht of people cleaning the courts and chairs.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton and Anna are sitting on the floor not doing much. Haley stands at the kitchen counter, depressed and with marshmallows and Brooke is sitting in a chair, reading a magazine. No one is saying anything.) (Haley walks past Brooke, holding her marshmallow, a towel wrapped around her. She falls into the chair next to Brooke and sighs.) HALEY: (Not looking at Brooke.) I’m sorry I freaked out on you about the bed. At least I have one. (Brooke still looks sad. Haley looks at her.) BROOKE: (Pouting) I’m sorry I called you a liar. (Haley smiles.) You fibbed to Nathan; it’s not a big deal. HALEY: No, it-it is a big deal. BROOKE: (Pause before talking to the room at large.) OK, cease fre! (Anna and Peyton look before putting down CDs and standing.) Girl talk. (Haley lies down in the couch and Brooke taps her on the leg.) BROOKE: Come on. HALEY: I should have told Nathan that I was gonna be with Chris (Peyton and Anna join them on the couch.) and I don’t know why I didn’t cos, like, the words started coming out of my mouth and then it was just… too late to take it back. PEYTON: OK, you don’t have feeling for Chris, do you? HALEY: (Smiling honestly.) No. It’s just the first time I’ve ever wanted something for me. It’s not for my parents, it’s not for Nathan, it’s just... for me and Chris can… help me get it. PEYTON: (Smiles) So… what’s wrong with that? HALEY: Exactly! I-I don’t know why I should feel embarrassed for saying that I know what I want and I’m gonna go after it like… ANNA: (Sadly) Like a guy. (Everyone looks at Anna.) HALEY: Nathan never apologises or… or lies for what he wants. I mean… I don’t know why I feel like I had to. BROOKE: Haley, trust me, you can go after what you want and still be a girl. HALEY: I know. I totally know and that why this is so stupid(!) (Anna nods and Peyton looks down.) BROOKE: On the topic of stupid, (Sits up and sighs as she looks at Peyton.) cocaine, P. Sawyer? PEYTON: (Sadly) I’m an idiot. BROOKE: (Shakes her head slightly.) Well you’re not gonna do it again, right? PEYTON: No! No. Um… I don’t want to. But… (Anna looks, Haley’s sad and Brooke waits.) I’m not going to. BROOKE: OK. (Nods) (Peyton nods.) HALEY: I’m really sorry. (Peyton looks up.) Sorry I just blurted that out. I… (Shakes head) I should have talked to you about it at the club but I just… I just didn’t wanna handle it. PEYTON: No. It’s um… It’s my fault. But I just… really want us all to be… good enough friends that we can talk about stuff. You know? Even when it’s ugly… especially then. HALEY: (Softly) Yeah. (sht of Brooke still sad. She sticks her hand out to Peyton and she takes it. Peyton smiles but it’s sad and she’s close to tears.) CUT TO: [EXT. BASKETBALL STADIUM – EVENING] (Fans queue up outside of the stadium, behind metal railings, waiting for the stars to come out. Nathan and Lucas walk down, past the groups of people and stop at some railings.) LUCAS: So just like that? Get the test, find out we can never play again. NATHAN: (He’s holding a red jersey.) Yep. (A camera goes off. Lucas laughs.) What? LUCAS: It’s just Dan! You know?! NATHAN: Oh, tell me about it. I can emancipate myself all I want but… the guy still finds a way to control my life. (Lucas smiles and shakes his head.) (Okafor comes down to where Nathan and Lucas are standing.) NATHAN: (Holding out his jersey.) Hey, Emeka, you played a great game man. OKAFOR: (Takes the jersey.) Thanks. LUCAS: So, how does it feel to be out there? You know, finally making it to the league. OKAFOR: (Looks at them for a bat.) It was a dream-come-true. (Signs the jersey.) What I was born to do. You guys play? LUCAS and NATHAN: (Both nod.) Yeah. LUCAS: We love it. OKAFOR: (To Lucas.) You gotta bulk up a little bit if you wanna play in the league. (Lucas laughs.) NATHAN: (Smiling.) Yeah, he’s skinny. OKAFOR: (To Nathan.) You too. (Nathan freezes and looks at Lucas who makes a ‘ha ha’ noise and covers his mouth.) NATHAN: Yeah, well he’s got no left. LUCAS: (Looking ‘up’ at Nathan.) You got no range. NATHAN: (Frowns) What(!) (Okafor laughs and shakes his head.) OKAFOR: Please tell me you guys aren’t team mates. (Nathan stares open-mouthed as he takes his jersey back.) LUCAS: Nah, it’s worse; we’re brothers. OKAFOR: Right, well, (Pats Lucas’ shoulder.) you guys… roll strong and ht those weights. NATHAN: Thanks man. (Nathan and Lucas look at the jersey that Okafor signed.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton, Brooke and Anna are on the floor amidst a lot of pillows and duvets.) PEYTON: OK, so… are we going to talk about your little ‘arrangement’ with Felix? The ‘Friends with Benefits’ thing. ANNA: (Looking down.) Do we have to? It’s kinda foul. (Haley appears with a bowl of heaped popcorn.) BROOKE: What’s foul about it? I mean, besides… Haley’s linens. (Haley, Anna and Peyton makes equal sounds of disgust. Peyton slaps Brooke’s leg.) PEYTON: Come on! BROOKE: Sorry(!) PEYTON: No. But seriously, like, I know you’re gonna give me your whole… ‘I can have sex like a guy’ speech but… its crap. BROOKE: (Defensive) Why? You think I’m gonna let myself get hurt again? PEYTON: I dunno, maybe. BROOKE: At least I’m having sex. I d- PEYTON: Yeah, with a guy that doesn’t even respect you enough to have a real relationship with you. (Turning to Anna.) Anna, I’m… I’m really sorry, OK, but everything is on Felix’s terms. BROOKE: I gave him the Writer so they’re my terms. PEYTON: But it was his idea! (Brooke looks away saddened.) HALEY: Brooke? Don’t you wanna fall in love? BROOKE: Yeah, I do. Some day, OK? HALEY: (Soberly) Why not now? (Peyton looks at Brooke.) BROOKE: Look, Tutor Wife, I love you but if it was up to you, we’d all be getting our marriage licence with our drivers licence and I- HALEY: I’m not talking about marriage. I’m just talking about… falling in love. BROOKE: And I’m tired of feeling bad! OK? I’d rather feel nothing. It’s… better, it’s easier. PEYTON: (Interrupting) No. it is not better Brooke! Like… it’s not you! Ok, I admire you so much for the chances you take but… this just doesn’t seem like you. (Brooke looks on, sad.) It’s less than you. BROOKE: It’s just about sex- PEYTON: OK, we both know… sex is never just sex. ANNA: I love my brother but there is a double standard for girls and there always will be. BROOKE: Yeah, and I’m saying screw the double standard! ANNA: That’s good Brooke. You should say it. And so should I and every other girl who is tired of playing their game… by their rules. Don’t be too fat… or too thin or too… dark or too light… don’t be too sexual or too chased or too smart or too dumb! Be yourself. (Looking sardonic.) But make sure you fit in. (Everyone looks around, not talking, speechless. The camera pans for a bit.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – HALLWAY – EVENING] (sht of framed pictures of a younger Lucas. The phone rings. Karen answers it.) KAREN: Hello? ANDY: Whatever I did, I’m sorry. KAREN: (Sighs) Look, Andy, I’m exhausted and I don’t wanna say something I might regret. ANDY: Obviously I already have. Let me come over. KAREN: No(!) It’s late and by the time you get here… (Shakes head.) No. (There a tap at her window. She turns and sees Andy standing there. Hanging up the phone, she opens the door. Andy walks in, her assignment in hand and no phone in sight.) ANDY: Now I’ve been trying to figure out what happened and, uh, I’ve narrowed it down to, like, this paper or… I don’t know; you’re psychotic or something. (Karen looks at him.) And I don’t think you’re psychotic. KAREN: (Still upset, takes the paper.) Yu didn’t even read it and you gave me an ‘A’! In your bedroom! ANDY: I did read it. KAREN: Then you should know it doesn’t deserve an ‘A’! I mean, I banged this out in one night; it is practically my first draft! ANDY: Karen(!) KAREN: Look, Andy, (Pause) This is important to me! Going to school, (Pause) and I have to know that I can do this and I’m not gonna compromise it by seeing you. I can’t! ANDY: Your paper is good Karen! And you instincts are great! OK, so maybe you haven’t memorised every stupid text book principle but you already… have two successful businesses up and running, right now. KAREN: Yeah, but I was rushed, I was distracted! ANDY: OK, so maybe it isn’t gonna be as hard as you think. Maybe being a-a mom and a business woman has prepared you for this in ways that you don’t even recognise. And maybe… maybe you just need to have a bit more confidence. (Stops and takes a deep breath.) In yourself… and in me. (Karen looks at him, deflated.) Now I’ll have one of my colleagues grade that paper if that’s what you want. (Pause) But you deserve that ‘A’ Karen. (Pause) And I know how important that is to you, I-I know. (Steps closer.) I would never do anything to compromise that. (Karen rushes forward and kisses him.) ANDY: Lucas home? KAREN: (Whispering) No, he’s in Charlotte for the night. ANDY: (Looks at her for a second.) Where’s this print of yours? KAREN: It’s in my bedroom, it’s in my bedroom. (Drags him to her bedroom while kissing him.) CUT TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Jules and Keith sit on the floor, in front of the open refrigerator with food and bowls spread around them.) KEITH: (Opens a beer bottle.) Some night, huh? JULES: It was pretty great wasn’t it? KEITH: No, it was awful. (Jules laughs.) But… somehow, with you it wasn’t so awful. JULES: Awww, you’re such a sweetie. KEITH: I just… I feel so much better… lighter somehow. JULES: (Smiles) Good. (Pours cereal, on top of her ice-cream, in a bowl.) Cos you’re gonna need room… for my strawberry ice-cream and coco pebbles. KEITH: (Looks at the concoction.) Yikes. (She holds out a spoonful to him.) CUT TO: (Brooke feeding Anna some ice-cream.) BROOKE: OK, I’ve never had a problem that ice-cream couldn’t solve, and I’ve had some problems. HALEY: (Shuts the refrigerator, syrup in her hands.) OK, I’ve never had a slumber party (Puts the syrup on the table.) so I’m gonna say this (Uses a remote to turn the music on.) sob-fest is over! PEYTON: Alright, we’ll see, what d’ya wanna do? HALEY: (Smacking Peyton from behind with a pillow.) Pillow fight! PEYTON: (Pauses, eyes wide.) Oh, it is on now! (Turns and runs for a pillow, Haley hits her again.) (Peyton takes Haley down. Brooke and Anna join in and they have an all out pillow wr. The popcorn goes flying, pillows tear and feathers go flying everywhere.) HALEY: Oh, my head! (More pillows tear and happy screams fill the room.) PEYTON: Oh my… god! (they all collapse and Brooke looks up happily as feathers come down around her.) CUT TO: [INT. CHARLOTTE - HOTEL – EVENING] (Lucas lies down on the bed. Nathan is in his own bed and the room is dark.) LUCAS: (Sighs twice. Looks at Nathan) Sleeping? NATHAN: (Pause) No. LUCAS: I keep thinking about Haley. (Pause) She must be scared about all this. NATHAN: (Pause) I haven’t told her yet. (Lucas and Nathan look at each other before turning back and looking at the ceiling.) NATHAN: (Sighs) Till I get the test results and figure out what I’m gonna do… I wanna protect her. She’ll probably be pissed about that but… I think it’s for the best. (Birdseye view of Nathan and Lucas lying in their respective beds.) FADE TO: [EXT. CHARLOTTE MEDICAL CENTER – EST sht – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. CHARLOTTE MEDICAL CENTER – HOSPITAL ROOM – DAY] (Nathan sits on the doctor’s chair as he sticks heart monitors to Nathan’s chest. Nathan looks down and watches him.) DOCTOR: We’ll do this first, then you go for the blood test. (Nathan nods.) Just relax. (Turns to the monitor.) LUCAS: (Worriedly) You OK? NATHAN: Yeah, you? LUCAS: (Looks away.) Yeah, just… thinking about my life. Basketball’s such a… big part Nate. I… I don’t wanna give it up. NATHAN: (Shrugs) I felt the same way before I got married. Basketball was the most important thing to me… it was the only thing. (Pause) But now Haley is. (Smiles) And I owe it to her to find out. (Lucas smiles.) DOCTOR: (Turns back.) OK, go ahead and lie back. (Nathan lies back on the chair. The doctor is holding an internal scanner in one hand.) (To Lucas.) You’re next. (He puts the scanner right on Nathan’s heart and looks at the screen. Nathan looks down at it.) LUCAS: (Anxious before saying, resolutely.) I’m sorry… (Nathan looks at him, startled.) I don’t wanna know. (Looks at the doctor and then at Nathan before turning to the door. He opens it and is half way out before he turns to look at Nathan for a long moment. He turns and exits, closing the door behind himself.) (Nathan looks at the door.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. CAR – DAY] (Nathan and Lucas are back in the car and heading for Tree Hill.) NATHAN: It’s a big risk, Luke, not taking this test. (Lucas is looking out of the window.) You know the odds. LUCAS: And what about the risk of never feeling alive again? NATHAN: As opposed to never being alive again? (Looks at Lucas.) (Lucas shakes his head, smiling sardonically.) NATHAN: There’s more to life than sports. Trust me. LUCAS: After my accident I promised myself… (Shakes his head.) I wouldn’t be afraid anymore. NATHAN: (Looks at him sympathy written all over his face.) Of dying? LUCAS: (Looks at him.) Yeah(!) Dying… living too. (Nathan looks at him. There’s no way he can argue.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BEDROOM – DAY] (Karen is in her bed, asleep. She turns around and bumps into Andy. He’s in her bed with his chest uncovered and his arms about his head.) KAREN: Oh! I’m sorry. (Laughing) I’m not used to having someone else in my bed. ANDY: (Smiles and sighs happily.) Sleep well? KAREN: (Makes a noise of assent.) Like a baby. (Looks at him.) ANDY: What? KAREN: I dunno, you just… you seemed more attractive last night. Huh, must have been the wine. (Makes to turn around.) ANDY: (Props himself up on an elbow.) Is that right? KAREN: (Laughs) Yeah. ANDY: That’s too bad, you’re stuck with me. (Puts his hand under the cover to tickle her.) KAREN: (Laughing) No, oh. (Laughs) Oh I hope so! (They kiss.) (The camera pans up to show the print of the painting in Andy’s house. It is from the ‘Leone Museum of Art’.) CUT TO: [INT. KEITH’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Jules opens Keith’s door and sneaks into his house, credit card and bag in hand.) KEITH: (Coming into the sht.) OK, stop thief(!) JULES: (Smiling) A thief break in to steal, (Ha laughs.) I break in with treats. KEITH: Well… I’ve got something for you too. JULES: I’m training you well. (He pulls open a drawer and takes out a key, holding it out to her.) JULES: Wow, a key. KEITH: You can use it to come see me, or… burgle the place, (Shrugs) whatever. JULES: (Turns slightly and smiles.) Big step! KEITH: Oh well, it doesn’t have to mean anything. But it’ll keep my landlord from asking about the hot cat burglar who comes and goes. (Stops in front of her.) So to speak. (Jules smiles and they kiss.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Birdseye view of Haley lying on the floor with feathers in her hair and on in her mouth. She fidgets and moans, opening her eyes and spitting the feather out disgustedly.) HALEY: (Groaning) Oh… my gosh(!) (Brooke sits on a stool at the kitchen counter, smirking at Haley, with a tub of ice-cream.) HALEY: Urgh(!) Do you think there’s such a thing as a sugar hangover? (Brooke shrugs and makes a slight noise before getting up.) BROOKE: I think what you need is a little taste of the snake that bit ya(!) (Kneels in front of Haley, smiling.) HALEY: Ice-cream for breakfast? BROOKE: It’s Butter-pecan. HALEY: (Smiles and gives in.) Alright. (Brooke gives her an extra spoon.) (Brooke eats a bit.) (Anna is standing on the balcony and Peyton approaches from behind with a cup of coffee.) PEYTON: So… weird night, huh? ANNA: Actually… it was fun. (Peyton smiles.) Thanks for inviting me Peyton. (Peyton nods) I was really worried about not making any friends here, but… I think… I might have made some good ones. (Peyton laughs.) And, if you ever need someone to talk to. PEYTON: (Nods) Thanks Anna. I’m glad you came. (Brooke and Haley also enter the balcony, Peyton sees them.) PEYTON: Uh-oh(!) (Laughs) BROOKE: (Walks to Anna.) So, neighbour girl… (Stops next to her.) Looks like we have a few things in common after all. I’m sorry I was kind of a witch before. ANNA: (Smiles) It’s OK. It’s hard to let new people in sometimes. I’m used to it. BROOKE: Well, don’t get too used to it. (Indicates Peyton and Haley.) You’re with us now. (Peyton laughs and Anna smiles. Peyton pulls a feather out of Haley’s hair. She holds it out and blows it away. Haley blows too and Brooke uses her hand to waft it away. They laugh.) PEYTON: (Messing Haley’s hair up.) You’re a mess! FADE TO: [INT. CAR – DAY] (Nathan and Lucas are still on the road. There is a bit of tension between the two.) LUCAS: (Frowning) I know you don’t understand what I’m doing, but I need to ask you a favour. NATHAN: (Sighs and nods.) OK. LUCAS: (Looks at Nathan.) If my mom ever asks, I got the test and I’m fine… and the same goes for Haley alright? NATHAN: (Looks at him.) If that’s what you want. LUCAS: Thanks. (Nathan is obviously struggling with that. Lucas puts the music back on and Nathan smiles. They sing/talk along.) SINGER: #Holiday, NATHAN, LUCAS and SINGER: Holiday, It’s the best day, It’s an ice0cream day, (That camera pans up.) NATHAN, LUCAS and SINGER: I am only happy, When I have, Holiday, holiday, holiday# FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BERDOOM – DAY] (Peyton and Brooke enter Peyton’s bedroom, laden down with games and whatnot. Brooke yawns. They groan as they unload onto Peyton’s. Peyton dumps her bag onto her computer chair and presses her answer phone button.) ELECTRONIC VOICE: Saturday, nine thirty-two p.m. RICK: Hey, TRIC, we need to talk. (Peyton’s eyes widen and Brooke’s head lifts. ELECTRONIC VOICE: End of messages. (Brooke looks at Peyton, Peyton turns away, mouth open.) FADE TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Haley sits in the dark room with the laptop on, she’s listening to the song she and Chris recorded.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – EVENING] (Chris and Haley stand in front of the microphone, singing.) CHRIS and HALEY: #Where do you go when you’re lonely, Where do you go when you’re blue,# (Chris snatches her papers and tosses it aside, pointing at the mic.) END OF FLASHBACK: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (The song continues to play as Haley sits there, frowning, with her head propped up on one hand. The door opens and Nathan enters.) HALEY: (Discreetly shutting the laptop.) My husband! NATHAN: Hey(!) (Drops his bag and takes his shoulder bag off.) What was that? HALEY: (Evasively) Oh, just a works in progress. (Waves it away.) I don’t want you to hear it yet. (She stands and walks around the counter.) NATHAN: (Smiling) OK. HALEY: Well? Did you have fun with Lucas? (Hugs him.) NATHAN: (Pause) Yeah(!) Yeah, we had a great time. HALEY: Good. NATHAN: How bout you? HALEY: Hmmm, good. (Kisses him and puts her head on his chest.) Really good. (She frowns, depressed, but he can’t see her.) (Nathan smiles and rests his chin on her head.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Lucas walks into the kitchen, scratching his head.) LUCAS: Mom!? I’m home! (He walks to her bedroom door and makes to knock but stops when he heard her inside, laughing. He frowns as he listens. He hears Andy’s voice inside and smiles while any normal kid would be emotionally scarred. He back away from the door.) KAREN: (From inside the bedroom.) Roe. Yes professor? FADE TO: [INT. FELIX AND ANNA’S HOUSE – FELIX’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Felix stands in front if his mirror, messing with his gelled hair. Ana comes up behind him and he sees her in the reflection. She crosses her arms and stops at the doorjamb.) FELIX: (Smiling) Hey, how was the slumber party? ANNA: (Smiles) As a matter of fact, it was great. Not thank to you. FELIX: (Frowning slightly.) What?(!) ANNA: You caused a lot of problems Felix. FELIX: Ah, they’ll get over it. (Looks down.) ANNA: You know, Felix, you do this everywhere we go. (He turns to her.) And girls fall for it because they think that you’re cute… or funny or that they’ll actually… get something out of it… other than a bad reputation. (Felix scowls at her and turns back to the mirror.) I like these people. (Pause) I like Brooke. (He looks at his twin through the mirror.) And I really don’t like you for not caring about her. (She turns and starts to walk away.) FELIX: (Softly but honestly.) I do care about her. (Anna stops and turns back to him. He’s still looking at her through the mirror. Long pause.) I really… like her Anna. (Pause) For real, OK? (Anna looks on.) But it’s against the rules. I don’t know what to do. FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE - BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke walks tiredly into her bedroom with a red pillow in one hand and covers in the other. She drops everything, including her bag, and looks at her single bed. There’s a throw pillow and some cover on the bed. She sits on it and falls down, the rest of the way, miserably. Sighing, she turns and looks straight ahead.) (Camera pans up to her see-through yellow curtains.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (That camera pans down from the sky to Lucas who stands on the court, sh*ting hoops. Nathan walks onto the court and Lucas catches his ball, stopping. He throws the basketball at Nathan. They look at each other as Nathan walks up to him.) NATHAN: I got the test results back. (Lucas nods once, waiting nervously.) I’m fine. (Lucas continues to look at Nathan and nods. There’s a long pause.) LUCAS: One in two right? (Nathan nods slightly and Lucas loses even the tiniest of smiles. Nathan gives him his basketball back and Lucas accepts it.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x08 - Truth, Bitter Truth"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [EXT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – DOORSTEP – DAY] (Brooke opens her front door, looking out.) MOUTH: (Standing there.) I knew this meant a lot to you. (Brooke stares.) I bought it back. (Steps aside and we see the dollhouse.) (Brooke smiles, stunned.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Mouth helps Brooke onto her bed. She’s drunk and doesn’t know where she is or who she’s with.) FELIX: (v.o) You like her, huh? MOUTH: (v.o) Yeah, but guys like (Cut to Mouth and Felix in Brooke’s bedroom.) me don’t get girls like her. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke comes around and Felix is on her bed, looking at her.) BROOKE: (Whispering) Felix, (Pause) you took care of me? FELIX: Yeah… sometimes you gotta break the rules. CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Peyton pushes the door to the ‘Private’ room in the back open. Rick and his buddies are inside doing coke.) RICK: Relax, it’s cool. Peyton and I did a couple of lines the other night. (Peyton looks guilty as Haley looks at her accusingly.) Aint that right Peyton? CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – OFF-STAGE – EVENING] (Chris talks to Haley as she sits on the edge of the stage with Nathan.) CHRIS: You’ve got a good sound… and watching you tonight, I could definitely see us doing something together. (Haley’s happy.) CUT TO: [EXT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – PAVEMENT – DAY] (Haley, Nathan, Lucas and Brooke stand outside the apartment as Nathan and Lucas get ready to go to Charlotte.) NATHAN: So you won’t be alone tonight. HALEY: Nope. NATHAN: What’re you gonna do until then? HALEY: Probably just gonna… hang out with Brooke. (Looks at Brooke, desperately hoping for conformation. Brooke just looks at her.) HALEY and CHRIS: (v.o) #Where do you go CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – EVENING] (Chris and Haley stand in front of a microphone, singing.) HALEY and CHRIS: when you’re lonely, I’ll follow you.# CUT TO: [INT. CHURCH – CONFESSIONAL BOOTH – EVENING] (Peyton sits inside the confessional booth during ‘Dare Night’.) PEYTON: (Tearfully) This is… the first time I’ve been in a church since my mom died. (Crying) I think about her every day(!) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – DAN’S ROOM – DAY] (Dan is unconscious and hooked up to machines.) DOCTOR: (v.o) Dan has a heart condition known as HCM. (Deb looks at him worriedly.) DOCTOR: It’s a… genetic mutation. CUT TO: [INT. CHARLOTTE MEDICAL CENTER – DAY] (Nathan is sitting on the doctor’s chair, hooked up to machines and getting tested for the genetic mutation. Lucas stands there watching.) LUCAS: (v.o) Come on man, what are the odds of us even having this thing anyway? (Nathan lies back on the chair.) NATHAN: (v.o) Fifty-fifty. LUCAS: (Watching Nathan worriedly.) I’m sorry. I don’t wanna know. (Nathan looks at Lucas as he turns and walks out of the room.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – DOORSTEP – DAY] (Felix confronts Lucas as he is about to enter the house.) FELIX: You like my sister? LUCAS: You know I do. FELIX: Stay the hell away from her. CUT TO: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] (sht of Nathan sleeping, in bed. The camera pans to the door.) HALEY: (Entering with a tray loaded with breakfast.) Goood morniiing! (Gets onto the bed.) Rise and shine! (Nathan wakes up and Haley puts the tray in front of him, smacking him.) HALEY: I slaved, all morning, over the toaster, making my famous raisin waffles so eat up. NATHAN: (Sighs) Somebody wants to go to that… crummy Formal. HALEY: Crummy?(!) (Smacks him on the arm.) How could you say that? We get to hang out with our friends and get all dressed up and slow dance. How can you not be excited? NATHAN: Because my parents are chaperones. HALEY: (Pause) OK, well there’s that. (Pause) So what? Safety in numbers; I got your back. NATHAN: (Sighs) Do we really have to go to this stupid dance? HALEY: Alright, well, maybe not. I mean, (Pause) once I get you in that tux, maybe I’ll decide we should stay in… (Whispers something in his ear.) NATHAN: (Laughs) Just ah… don’t leave me alone with them. HALEY: OK. (Holds up her hand.) I promise. (Nathan holds the fork, with a bit of food on it, out to her and she eats it.) HALEY: So (Kisses him.) good. NATHAN: My turn. (Haley laughs.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE MALL – EST sht – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – CLOTHES SHOP – DAY] (Brooke and Peyton are looking at dresses for the Formal. Brooke grimaces as she looks at a baby pink one.) BROOKE: Think of all the taffeta that had to die to make this thing(!) (Peyton smacks Brooke in the face with a part of the dress.) BROOKE: Eww! (Peyton laughs.) (Brooke walks along a little further and stops, awed.) BROOKE: Ohhhh, look(!) (Looks at the price tag.) Oh! Maybe I could just buy it, keep the tags on and return it the next day. (Peyton looks at her.) I mean it’s a Formal, I’m not gonna be wearing it for that long anyway. (Peyton laughs.) I hope(!) (Brooke takes it off the rack and holds it to her, turning to Peyton.) BROOKE: What do you think? PEYTON: (Shaking her head.) No. BROOKE: Really? (Peyton shakes her head and grimaces. Brooke sighs.) BROOKE: Just as well, it’s too much anyway. (Pats it and walks away.) (Peyton watches her and then grabs the dress, walking to the counter. Brooke turns to Peyton and sees her with the dress.) BROOKE: (Gasps) You are so not my best friend anymore! (Peyton turns to her smiling.) PEYTON: And what if I told you I was buying it for you!? BROOKE: (Giddy) You are so my best friend again! (Fade to them now exiting the shop.) BROOKE: (Holding a green bag.) So, P. Sawyer, thank you for buying me the dress (Peyton laughs.) and if you try and take it back, I’m gonna have to bite you. But what are you gonna wear to this thing? PEYTON: (Evasively) Oh, I got it covered. I just came on this little outing for you! (Smacks her on the arse.) BROOKE: Oh(!) Well you are gonna be the best Formal date I’ve ever had. PEYTON: And not Felix? BROOKE: Against the rules, but Felix… has been kinda sweet lately. I might have to start giving him the benefit of the doubt instead of just the benefit. PEYTON: (Laughing) OK. (Checks her watch.) Hey look, I gotta go (Points behind her.) to the club and pick some stuff up. (Brooke nods.) But I’ll call you later. BROOKE: (Whispers) OK. Thanks for this, Peyton. PEYTON: Hey, anything. (Pats her and walks away.) FELIX: (o.s) I don’t hear any shoplifting alarms. (Brooke looks to the side. Cut to Felix leaning against a counter, smiling.) FELIX: New dress? BROOKE: My Formal date, Peyton, bought it for me. FELIX: Hmm. BROOKE: I don’t suppose you have a date to this thing? FELIX: I was thinking about asking you. BROOKE: Ah(!) FELIX: But, that would’ve violated rule number two. BROOKE: Hmm. Well, you know what they say – it’s not who you take to Formal, it’s who you take home. (Pats him on the chest, takes a few steps, turns to him smiling and then walks away.) (Felix smiles as he watches her.) CUT TO: [EXT. FELIX AND ANNA’S HOUSE – DOORSTEP – DAY] (Lucas is sitting on the porch steps as Felix drives up in his BMW. Felix gets out of the car and sees Lucas.) FELIX: (Not impressed.) Stay away from my sister… means stay away from me too. LUCAS: Just wanna talk to you. FELIX: (Looks at him sideways.) We got nothing to talk about. (Walks past Lucas, nudging his shoulder as he goes.) LUCAS: (Persisting) I’m taking Anna to the Formal. (Felix stops and looks at him.) LUCAS: Look, (Pause) I don’t have a sister, but I’ve got Hales and I know how protective I am of her. (Felix smirks and looks away for a second.) So I get why those pictures set you off. (Puts his hands into his pockets.) But the one you found… (Shakes his head.) I never even saw it until you showed it to me. FELIX: But you had the other half. You coulda used it to win ‘Dare Night’. Why didn’t you? LUCAS: (Shrugging) Anna isn’t a game to me. (Pause) I’d never do anything to hurt her. FELIX: (Pauses before approaching him.) Fine… take her to Formal… but you screw up with her, I’m cutting in. It’s you and me who are gonna dance. (Lucas nods slightly, Felix smirks and walks away. Lucas watches him and then discreetly rolls his eyes.) FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – EST sht – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Dan is doing push ups on the living room floor. The door opens and closes. Dan hears and quickly stops the exercise, scrambling onto the couch and picking up a newspaper to read. He’s still breathing a little heavily and sweating. Deb enters with suit bags and her purse.) DEB: Hey(!) Dan: (Turning his head slightly to look at her.) He-hey. DEB: I picked up your tux. (Hangs it on the door handle.) Uh, I still think you should stay home. DAN: (Pretending to read the paper.) Oh, and miss a chance of seeing Nathan? DEB: Dan, the doctor said – DAN: (Looking up.) It’s a Formal Deb, not a marathon. (Deb stands at the doorway for a bat before turning.) DAN: Hey, (Deb turns back.) what’s really bothering you? (Puts the newspaper down.) DEB: (Walking slowly into the living room.) Karen… is chaperoning too. DAN: (Looks straight and sighs.) How many times do I have to say it? I’m sorry I told her about you and Keith. Honestly, I thought you would have told her yourself; you two being friends. DEB: (Stiffly) That’s exactly why I didn’t tell her. DAN: You lied to spare her feelings, I understand that. (Pause) But sometimes lies have a way of catching up with us. (Looks seriously at her.) (Deb looks at him for a long time, not knowing how to respond.) CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EST sht – DAY] (A phone rings.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DAY] (Lucas is sitting at one of the tables, reading a book. His phone is ringing. He puts the book down and picks his phone up, looking at the front screen to see who it is before flipping it open.) LUCAS: Hello? DOCTOR MITCHELL: (Through the phone.) Hello, Lucas Scott? This is Doctor Mitchell, your father’s cardiologist. (Lucas leans forward.) The doctor I referred your brother to notified me that you refused your HCM test. Can you tell me why? LUCAS: (Struggling) I guess I’d… rather risk a short full life than… (Smiles self-deprecatingly.) have a long empty one. DOCTOR Mitchell: (Through the phone.) Well, with the right treatment, you won’t have to do either one. Look at your father. LUCAS: (Nodding) Yeah, he practically needs a… twenty-four hour babysitter. DOCTOR MITCHELL: Well that’s not true. He’s had a clean bill of health for weeks now; passed every test with flying colours. I urge you to reconsider Lucas. Please think about it. (Lucas stares into nothing, frowning, and shuts his phone.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE BAR – DAY] (Peyton works at the bar, writing down some information from the back of a CD case. Rick enters with a small box. Inside are a few CDs. Peyton turns to see who it is.) RICK: Hey(!) PEYTON: (Uncomfortable) Hey. RICK: So, I had a little brush with your friend Karen. PEYTON: (Turning back.) She found out. RICK: Hey, look, it’s cool. We’ll work around her, that’s all. (Peyton looks back at him with reserved dislike.) RICK: (Puts the box on the bar.) Here’s some bands I think that might work for your club. Like what you hear, just give me a shout. (Peyton looks at the box and nods.) I gotta go, alright? (Stops at the door.) There’s a little something in there… (Points) for you too. (Peyton looks at him, he waves before exiting. She waves back a little before nervously taking the box. She flips through the CDs before taking out a small glass bottle with cocaine inside. Peyton’s torn.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERICAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – EST sht – DAY] KAREN: (v.o) Andy, that’s fine. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DAY] (Karen and Haley are behind the counter. Karen is balancing a phone between her ear and shoulder as she speaks into it.) KAREN: (Pause as he replies.) Alright, I’ll see you when you get back. (Hangs up the phone.) HALEY: (Turns her head.) Andy down-under? KAREN: Oh, New York for a seminar. (The bell above the door jingles as somebody enters. Karen turns to the noise.) KAREN: Hey, there she is(!) (Peyton stands at the doorway and waves as she walks further into the shop.) KAREN: Give my trusty club promoter a sack on the house. She’s earned it(!) HALEY: Alright(!) (Grabs the coffee pot before approaching Peyton.) Sup girly?! PEYTON: Actually, this trusty club promoter needs a favour. HALEY: (Pouring coffee.) Alright. PEYTON: How would you feel about playing TRIC next weekend? (Chris is seen by the entrance, Peyton talks quickly.) And I don’t mean just… one or two songs. (Chris enters.) I mean… like a whole set. HALEY: Oh, wow, I’m flattered but I can’t. PEYTON: Why not?! HALEY: Cos I don’t have a set(!) CHRIS: (Butting in.) I got plenty of songs. PEYTON: Really(!) See, that’s weird cos I wouldn’t know that. I’ve never even heard him play one. CHRIS: Ah, but you know, let’s just skip to the track where you tell me you want me to play. PEYTON: How do I know you’re not gonna screw me again? (Haley watches the pair.) CHRIS: Been there, done that. PEYTON: Are you gonna have a list of crazy demands? CHRIS: Yeah, but just one; Haley (Inclines his head to her.) plays with me. HALEY: (Shocked) Uh… do you really think I’m ready for that? CHRIS: Uh, no. But you will be if we rehearse tonight. HALEY: Oh, I can’t tonight. Tonight’s the Formal. CHRIS: Hmm, just as well; I don’t really wanna play with someone who’s not… totally committed. Not with record labels in the audience. (Haley rolls her eyes and looks at Peyton.) CHRIS: I have interest. But you just went off that prom. (Haley is not happy.) HALEY: Alright, fine, I’ll be there. (Chris smirks, self satisfied, and leaves. Peyton smiles to herself.) CUT TO: [INT. SUIT SHOP – DAY] (Nathan and Lucas enter a suit shop.) NATHAN: (Voice low.) Check it out. (They walk further in and Lucas shuts the door.) I got tipped off – Haley is gonna get crowed queen tonight. (Nathan smiles.) LUCAS: Wow, that’s great. Does she know? NATHAN: (Looking down for some suit.) No. I’ve totally been acting like I don’t even wanna go. (Lucas picks up a hat and puts it on.) NATHAN: I’ve actually got a pretty incredible night lined up for her though. LUCAS: (Laughs and takes the hat off.) Haley, queen of the Formal. Now that’s hard to believe – NATHAN: Yeah – LUCAS: considering… last years Formal, we spent playing miniature golf and making fun of the whole thing. (Laughs) NATHAN: Now I’m hanging out with you losers. (Laughs) LUCAS: (Semi seriously.) Hey. (Felix stands by the changing rooms, looking at his watch, as Mouth exits. Mouth has trouble putting on his cummerbund. Felix smiles when he sees Mouth. Mouth sighs as he turns his back to Felix. Felix smiles and helps him.) MOUTH: (Standing straight.) I feel stupid; going without a date. FELIX: (Smiles) Events like these are loaded with emotionally vulnerable girls. Ripe for the picking. (Mouth looks ahead, unimpressed.) Some other sucker buys the flowers… and you pluck the petals. MOUTH: (Laughs) I think petal-plucking is more your style. FELIX: (Looks at him seriously.) What’s that supposed to mean? MOUTH: (Uncomfortably) It means… I want something more with a girl. FELIX: (Nodding) Yeah, well maybe I do too Mouth. (Mouth looks at him. Felix nudges him good heartedly.) Or not(!) (Laughs slightly.) (Mouth smiles and shakes his head, Felix pats him on the back. Mouth continues to adjust his cummerbund.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton sits at her computer. She clicks a little and then searches her email folder. The search finishes, showing no new messages. Peyton sadly clicks one more time before turning her head to look at the picture she drew of Jake and Jenny at the dock before they left for Savannah.) BROOKE: (Entering Peyton’s room.) Hey! (Takes her backpack off and puts it on Peyton’s bed before turning and looking at Peyton’s Formal dress, mouth open.) Oh, is this your dress? (Touches it.) (It’s light green, a little frilly and made of silk.) PEYTON: Yeah. It was my mom’s. She wore it to her Formal. BROOKE: (Crosses her arms and walks to Peyton.) Ahhh, so your mom was wearing vintage in the eighties. PEYTON: (Shrugging) No. (Laughs) BROOKE: (Honestly) I know she would have loved to have seen you in it. PEYTON: (Nods.) Thanks. (Pause) Well at least some part of her will be with me tonight. (Smiles) BROOKE: (Nods) It’s gonna be a great night. Just the two of us. (Peyton laughs. Anna knocks on the side of the doorframe.) ANNA: Hey! BROOKE: (Happiness slipping.) (To herself.) Or not(!) (Waves to Anna half-heartedly.) PEYTON: (Explaining) Its Anna’s first Formal so… I thought maybe we could all get ready together. (Anna walks in with her dress in plastic, draped across both arms.) BROOKE: Cool. ANNA: Besides, Felix is at home, hogging the mirror. (They all laugh.) (Peyton sits on her bed. Anna puts her dress on the bed.) ANNA: Um… I could use some help with my hair. (Walks to the mirror.) What do you think Lucas prefers? (Touches her hair. Brooke stands there, arms crossed.) Straight… or curly? (Both Peyton and Brooke approach the mirror and stand behind Anna – Brooke with her straight hair and Peyton with her curly.) (Compromising) Half and half? (Anna squirms as Brooke and Peyton exchange a look.) FADE TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Close-up of the laptop screen as the cursor clicks on the ‘CD Burner’ icon. The window comes up and ‘HALEYS_SONG’ is the disc name. The data begins to record and Nathan smiles as he watches it. The song starts to play.) HALEY: #Dancing where the stars go blue, Dancing –# (Haley appears and turns the song off.) HALEY: (Short of scolding.) Nathan(!) NATHAN: Ha-Hales, come on, it sounded amazing! HALEY: That is a work in progress and you have a habit of sending out things before they’re finished! (Nudges him.) NATHAN: Well, you see how well that turned out. (Haley smiles.) And when… when did you find the time to record this? HALEY: Oh just… when you were in Charlotte; over the weekend. (Starts to walk away before she remembers something and stops.) Oh… sh*t. Um… OK, so something’s come up. (Pause) Peyton wants me to play the next TRIC night… with… with Chris. NATHAN: (Unhappily) Haley… come on, you don’t need that guy. HALEY: He’s got connections and they’re gonna see me play and… it’s just really important that I rehearse with him. (Deep breath.) Starting tonight. NATHAN: (Looks at her.) Hales(!) HALEY: Well, come on, I’m just gonna be a little bit late. We won’t miss anything. I promise. OK? Promise. (She walks into the bedroom. Nathan watches her and the looks down at the computer screen. It says ‘DATA SUCCESSFULLY RECORDED TO DISK’. He presses exit and then takes the disc out, smiling.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Anna puts some lip gloss on her lips as Peyton watches.) ANNA: So… whaddaya think? Do I like it? PEYTON: You love it! (Grabs the gloss and walks to her bag.) And… it’s gonna be in here, you know, just in case you need a post-Lucas touch-up. ANNA: (Gasps) Stop it(!) (Smiles at Peyton.) By the way, your room is… incredible. PEYTON: Ah, thank you. (Peyton looks at Jake and Jenny. Anna does too.) ANNA: So… (Pointing to the picture.) who’s that? PEYTON: Oh, that’s uh… that’s Jake and Jenny. Or at least it was. They… had to move away. ANNA: Do you… keep in touch? PEYTON: No, not really. (Pause) I mean, I’ve rung him a couple of times but he hasn’t responded so… I guess he has his reasons. (Bites her lip.) (Anna smiles.) BROOKE: (o.s) OK. (Walks in, slightly conserved.) If you were a guy, would this dress do it for you? PEYTON: You look awesome. ANNA: Yeah! PEYTON: Spin! (Circles with her hand.) (Brooke spins, stops and smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – ‘DREAMS DO COME TRUE’ FORMAL – EVENING] (Mouth stands outside, looking at his watch. Lucas and Anna approach him.) ANNA: (Reading) ‘Dreams… Do Come True’. (Looks at Lucas.) LUCAS: Well… (Looking at his ticket.) One per ticket. ANNA: Then I’ll be careful what I wish for. (They reach Mouth.) LUCAS: Mouth, you coming? MOUTH: Ah, in a sec. Felix told me to wait five minutes before going in so we don’t look like a couple. LUCAS: Come on. (They open the curtains and walk into the Formal. There are lots of tiny lights everywhere, over bushes and an Eiffel Tower replica. Food is laid out on tables and the lights are very dim. Anna looks at it all and smiles, awed.) (Lucas holds out his hand, Anna accepts and they walk into the crowd. People are around, dancing, sitting and enjoying themselves. Lucas pulls out a chair for Anna.) ANNA: (Puts her ticket on the table and pulls up her skirts.) Thank you. (Sits down.) BROOKE: OK, let’s get a table and do a laugh. (Brooke and Peyton stand there. Peyton has styled her hair in the same fashion as the eighties.) PEYTON: Oh, Anna’s saving us seats at her table. BROOKE: (Pause) That’ll be cosy. Do you forget who she’s here with? Do you wanna sit with him? PEYTON: We’re gonna have to if we’re hanging out with Anna! BROOKE: Keep this up P. S. and I might just get jealous(!) PEYTON: Get? (Makes a face.) (Felix and Mouth stop in front of Brooke.) BROOKE: (Looking at Mouth.) Wow, look at you Mouth. Looking like James Bond MOUTH: (Happily) Thanks! But I feel more like I’m about to pull a rabbit out of something. (Peyton laughs.) (A song begins to play.) BROOKE: (Turning to the music.) Well, first dance of the night goes to… (Grabs Mouth’s front.) Double-o-seven. (To Peyton.) Thank you(!) (Peyton waves at them. She’s left standing there with Felix.) (Camera focuses on a blue curtain with silver, paper, stars stuck to it. Pan to people dancing a slow one. The camera stops on Anna and Lucas.) ANNA: I’m really glad we did this. LUCAS: (Smiles) Me too. (Camera pans to Brooke and Mouth.) BROOKE: (Complaining) I mean I like Anna enough and all… but I feel like I just got my friend back and now somebody’s horning in on her and I don’t feel like I should have to share her! Know what I mean? MOUTH: I know exactly what you mean. BROOKE: That’s why I love you Mouth; you totally get me. You’re not like the rest of the guys here. MOUTH: Thanks. (Pause) But, sometimes I wish I was like all the other guys. (Brooke silently asks why.) They have dates. (Smiles) BROOKE: Are you kidding?! Girls totally fall for the sensitive guy. Look at Felix; none of his lame lines did anything for me, but what did… was when I got wasted at TRIC and he took me home and took care of me. (Mouth is hurt by this blatant lie that Felix obviously told.) (Pan to Peyton sitting at a table, alone and looking depressed. Felix sits down next to her.) FELIX: You don’t approve of me with Brooke do you? PEYTON: (Refuses to look at him.) ‘Friends with Benefits’ is crap and you know it. FELIX: (Smirks) Wow. Hard to believe you don’t have a date. PEYTON: (Finally faces him.) I’m here with Brooke. FELIX: Yeah… but at the end of the night… I’ll be with Brooke. Who will you be with? (Felix smiles and gets up. Peyton just stares at the space he was sitting.) HALEY: (v.o) #Where do you go when you’re lonely, CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – EVENING] (Chris stands and watches Haley sing.) HALEY: (o.s) Where do you go when the stars go blue.# (Haley stops singing and takes the earphones off, looking unsure of the reaction she’ll receive. Chris stands and enters the recording booth, leaning against the doorjamb and watching her.) HALEY: (Messing with her hair.) What?! CHRIS: Nothing, it’s fine. HALEY: OK, are you sure? CHRIS: Yeah. The only problem is… you know… labels don’t spend millions of dollars promoting fine. Radio stations don’t put fine into their rotation. (Haley pulls her hair back.) So record execs aren’t gonna come see fine, Haley. HALEY: I thought you said you had interest(!) CHRIS: I do, and if I had a great demo I can get them to come to TRIC… but right now the demo’s not great Haley. (Pause) It’s just… fine. HALEY: (Shrugs) Well… I don’t know, maybe we can just pick it up tomorrow. I’ve gotta go! CHRIS: Oh, sure… well that’s fine. (Exits the booth.) (Haley’s phone rings and she answers it.) HALEY: Oh hey sweetie, I’m sorry. This is taking a lot longer than I expected. (Cut to Nathan standing outside of the apartment with a corsage in one hand and his phone in the other.) NATHAN: Well how much longer? (Cut back to the booth. Haley looks at Chris, upset.) HALEY: Why don’t you go ahead and I will meet you there not a second later than eight-thirty. (Cut back to Nathan.) NATHAN: Haley?! HALEY: (Through the phone.) I’m sorry(!) What’s the big deal, I mean, so we miss a few minutes, you didn’t wanna go anyway, right? (Cut back to Nathan.) NATHAN: (Not happy.) OK. Alright, I’ll see you there. HALEY: OK, love you. (Smiles sadly and hangs up the phone.) (Cut back to Nathan. He hangs up the phone and then walks up to a man in a horse-drawn carriage with lights decorating it.) NATHAN: Sorry, uh… you go ahead and take off. I’m not gonna need you after all. (He gives the man some money. Nathan sighs and the horse clomps away.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – ‘DREAMS DO COME TRUE’ FORMAL – EVENING] (Nathan walks in, corsage still in his hands. He looks around. Tim walks up to him.) TIM: (Nudges him.) Bout time you showed up! Where’s the whip and chain? NATHAN: Ball and chain Tim. She’ll be here. (Leaves Tim behind as he walks off.) TIM: (Persistently follows.) Whatever, so how long we gotta hang here until operation ‘Reets the Beach’. NATHAN: Until you finish operation ‘What the Hell Are You Talking About?’. TIM: The party man. Your parents beach house? NATHAN: You gotta get the key first. Remember the plan? TIM: You know it! (Looks behind.) Uh-oh (Hisses) Phoenix and Psycho… (looks back again for a second.) on your twenty. NATHAN: (Looks around.) Tim… just say my parents are here. (Faces them as they approach.) DEB: (Nodding at her son.) Nathan. Hi Tim. You two look very handsome. (Tim smiles widely.) NATHAN: Thanks mom. (Dan stares.) Dad. DAN: Nice corsage. Where’s the girl to go with it? NATHAN: Haley’s… recording some music right now. She’ll be here soon. DEB: Well I’m… I’m sure she’s making an effort. NATHAN: Which means that my first dance is with you. (Smiles at his mom.) DEB: (Happy) I’d be delighted. (Deb gives her bag to Dan and Nathan gives the corsage to Tim. Deb takes Nathan’s arm and leads him onto the dance floor. Tim walks up to Dan and looks at him.) DAN: (Looks sideways.) Don’t ask me to dance, Tim. (Walks away.) (Tim continues to watch him.) (Mouth walks up behind Felix as he’s getting some punch and forces him around by the shoulder.) FELIX: (Stunned) Mouth?! What the hell? MOUTH: That’s what I wanna know. (Pause) You told Brooke you were the one that got her home the night of the TRIC opening. FELIX: So? (Shrugs) you took first shift, I was the closer. What difference does it make? MOUTH: Why would you do that? FELIX: (Looks around before speaking quietly.) The same reason I gave you the money for the dollhouse. MOUTH: So, what? You’re saying you’re really into her? FELIX: It’s like you said Mouth; (Pause) I want more too. (Pause) With Brooke. (Felix walks away, leaving behind an extremely hurt Mouth. The camera zooms out slowly.) (Nathan is dancing with Deb.) DEB: You know, I-I… I always thought I’d have the first dance at your wedding. (Nathan looks at him mom.) DEB: Sorry(!) I’m not here to give you grief, I just… I wanna make sure you’re happy. (Nathan looks at Tim who is desperately going through Deb’s purse.) NATHAN: When’s the last time you were happy mom? DEB: When we were a family. And taking shts at me won’t (Nathan sighs loudly.) make Haley get here any faster. (Nathan looks at Tim taking things out of Deb’s purse.) DEB: I-I don’t get it Nathan, I-I try to show some concern… and all I get is attitude. (Looks at him.) And Haley abandons you at your Formal (Tim holds the keys to the beach house up.) and she gets a pass? NATHAN: (Pointing at Tim.) Yes! DEB: What?(!) NATHAN: Whatever. Uh… thanks for the dance, mom. (Makes to move away.) DEB: The song is not over Nathan. NATHAN: Yeah but… the dance is. (Looks at her for a bat before he walks away.) (Deb watches him sadly.) FADE TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – RECORDING BOOTH – EVENING] (Haley’s sings.) HALEY: (Her eyes are closed.) #Glow when the stars go blue.# (She smiles at Chris.) HALEY: That was good! (Takes the earphone off.) CHRIS: (Presses a button and his voice echoes in the room.) That sounded better. HALEY: Better than good? CHRIS: Well, better than crap. HALEY: Oh, that’s nice, that’s what I think I’ll name my first album; ‘Better than Crap’. (They smile.) CHRIS: (Smiling) Nah, it sounded good. (Nods) HALEY: (Looks at the clock and her smile drops.) Is that clock right? CHRIS: (Looking at the clock.) Uh, no, I unplugged it. HALEY: You what?! CHRIS: You were (Makes an inch of space between his index finger and thumb.) that close to nailing it. HALEY: (Appalled) What time is it?! CHRIS: Nine and change. HALEY: Oh my god! I can not believe you did that. Nathan is gonna kll me! CHRIS: No, just play him the track. He’ll understand. HALEY: No, trust me, he won’t. (Slings her bag over her shoulder and walks out.) (Chris looks at her.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – ‘DREAMS DO COME TRUE’ FORMAL – EVENING] (Felix is sitting at a table by himself. Brooke walks up to him.) BROOKE: Having fun yet? FELIX: (Smiles up at her.) Depends. (She raises an eyebrow.) Will I see you later? BROOKE: (Shrugs a shoulder.) Maybe I’ll have a couple of drinks and let you rescue me again. (She walks away.) (Mouth is watching from the side, frowning. He turns and leaves just after Brooke does.) (Anna walks up to Tim who is sitting alone at his own table.) ANNA: Hey, have you seen Peyton? TIM: Yeah, she’s looking pretty fine. ANNA: (Laughs nervously.) No, I need to borrow her lipstick. Which one’s her purse? TIM: Oh, it’s the fake findy baguette… (Anna looks pointedly.) I mean, I guess. (Gets up and leaves.) (Anna laughs as she goes into Peyton’s purse. She finds the drugs quite easily and just stares at it. Unhappily, she looks around at the people and puts the drugs back.) (Nathan stands around, still holding the corsage and waiting for Haley. Tim comes up to him with a flask.) TIM: Hey Nate, you mind standing watch? NATHAN: Watch what, you mean the lightweight (Looks down at Tim’s flask.) or the flask. (Continues to looks around.) TIM: (Laughs) I just thought like… with Haley. NATHAN: D’ya see her here? (Takes a swig from the flask.) (All the guys cheer.) (Lucas is pouring himself some punch when Dan walks up behind him.) DAN: (To someone off-screen.) I’ll have what he’s having. (Points to Lucas.) (Lucas turns his head to look at him.) DAN: Say a… death wish isn’t it? (Lucas drops the punch ladle.) LUCAS: (Miffed) I can pretend to know what you’re talking about, (Shaking his head.) or you can just tell me. DAN: My cardiologist told me you backed out of your HCM test. LUCAS: (Caught) Better than lying about the results. (Smiles slightly as he drinks.) DAN: And what does that mean? LUCAS: Your doc told me you aced the test. Guess you were… planning on keeping that to yourself. DAN: (Smiles) Alright, I deserved that. (Pause) But I lied because I’m trying to get my wife back and I can’t do that if I’m not in her life. LUCAS: (Not buying it but humouring him.) Sounds like a good way to rationalise… but even though you can blow the lines, it’s still a lie and you don’t lie to the people you love. DAN: Is that right? (Lucas nods.) Well then tell me something – does you mom know? That you backed out of your heart test? Or is that part kind of blurry? (Dan walks away and Lucas turns slightly, torn.) (Peyton and Anna sit at a table.) ANNA: Can I talk to you? PEYTON: Yeah, what’s up? (The camera moves and we see that they are not alone. Felix is there too.) FELIX: Hey, no secrets… unless they’re juicy(!) (Peyton looks at Anna.) I guess I’m not used to seeing my little sis… in anything other than a Catholic school uniform. (Anna glares at him.) PEYTON: I think she looks gorgeous. (She touches Anna’s hair innocently. Anna smiles her thanks.) FELIX: Wow, I didn’t know this was a lesbian mixer. (Felix, Tim and some other guys laugh.) ANNA: (Smile drops.) Yeah! (Shoves Peyton’s hand away.) Don’t be so gay Peyton. (Peyton looks at her open-mouthed. People, including Felix, get up and walk onto the dance floor as the music begins playing. Anna’s a little uncomfortable as she looks up slightly. Lucas approaches their table and holds his hand out to Anna. Peyton is still sitting there dumbfounded.) LUCAS: Care to dance? (Anna takes his hand and they walk away. Peyton is left sitting there, alone again. She watches people dance and looks on sadly.) (Brooke is standing near the DJ. Felix stops in front of her and holds out his arm. She smiles and links with him. They walk away. Peyton looks down at her bag.) (Karen is in the ladies, touching her hair up in front of the mirror. Peyton walks in.) KAREN: (Spotting her.) Peyton! (Peyton stops and turns to her.) KAREN: (Sees Peyton’s expression.) Oh no. Bad night? PEYTON: (Obviously sad.) No, um… I’m OK. It’s just… KAREN: Not exactly a ‘Dream Come True’? PEYTON: (Smiles and all but whispers.) Yeah. KAREN: (Smiles) Well it could be worse. My Formal, I went with Dan(!) (Laughs) (Peyton smiles tearfully.) Well there’s a smile. (Peyton nods, almost crying.) Now come on, get out there and have some fun. You… (Looks down.) can’t let a stunning dress like that go to waste. PEYTON: (Looks down.) Thanks, it was my mom’s. (Karen looks at her, lost for words. Peyton is on the verge of crying her heart out and Karen finally realises. Karen gasps.) KAREN: (Hugs her, whispering) Oh Peyton(!) Oh(!) (Peyton hugs her.) KAREN: You know. (Lets go of Peyton.) I don’t know what it’s like to have a daughter… but I do know what it’s like to be a mother and… yours would be so proud of the woman you’ve become. (Puts a hand to her cheek. Peyton cries a little.) Oh, I didn’t mean to go make you sad. (Wipes a tear off her cheek.) PEYTON: No, no. Um… I’m gonna be fine. (Nods and sniffs.) KAREN: I know you are. (Peyton looks at Karen with very red eyes.) (Sincerely) I know you are. (Peyton smiles and looks down. Karen leaves the toilets.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – ‘DREAMS DO COME TRUE’ FORMAL – EVENING] BROOKE: (o.s) Excuse me. (Brooke appears, about to exit the Formal.) MOUTH: Brooke! (Mouth dislodges himself from the crowd and hurries to catch up with her.) (Brooke stops and turns.) MOUTH: I need to talk to you. BROOKE: Um… can it wait, just a second? Cos I’m running to the ladies. MOUTH: (Ploughing on.) I didn’t buy your dollhouse. BROOKE: (Smile changes to a look of confusion.) So what, you stole it? (Playing) Why Mr Bond, you are a scoundrel(!) MOUTH: Felix bought it. (Brooke’s smiles fades.) He just wanted me to say I did so he wouldn’t break your stupid rules. (Brooke looks for a bat before looks down with a disbelieving sigh.) And after the club opening I’m the one who took you home(!) I took care of you, not Felix, me(!) And I did it because I- BROOKE: (Interrupting him, angry and hurt.) So you both lied to me?(!) MOUTH: Brooke– BROOKE: Mouth, I can not believe you, I thought we were friends! (Mouth is lost.) Guess I was wrong(!) (She turns and walks a few steps before turning back.) Oh, and by the way, congratulations, you got your wish because you are just like every other guy! (Mouth stares after her, miserable. He turns and walks away.) (Lucas stops in front of Dan.) LUCAS: So I guess you’re gonna tell my mom about me not taking that test right? DAN: (Smiles, laughs and turns his head for a second.) Don’t worry Lucas, your secrets safe with me. (Holds his hand out. Lucas shakes it, nodding his thanks. Dan pulls him slightly closer.) For now(!) Cos I’m not gonna tell your mother, you are. (Lucas looks at him, face set.) I know you Lucas; you’ll do the right thing. (Nods) (Karen stands on the stage, in front of the microphone.) KAREN: Alright, if I could have your attention please! (Everyone stops and turns to look at the stage.) NATHAN: (On the phone, slightly pissed.) Call me back as soon as you get this Hales. KAREN: (In the background.) Everybody, if you could gather around. NATHAN: I’m starting to freak out a little bit. KAREN: The votes are in for Tree Hill High’s king and queen. (She smiles. Haley walks in, desperately searching for Nathan.) As you know, over the last week, the student (Nathan sees her.) body was asked to cast a vote for one king and one queen. HALEY: (Over Karen talking.) Nathan! I’m so sorry I’m late. I just… NATHAN: Come on, come on we gotta hurry, we gotta hurry. (Takes the corsage out and attempt to pin it on her.) HALEY: Clock at the studio stopped and… (The pin pokes her.) ow! (Looks at him closely.) Have you been drinking? NATHAN: Just a little bit. (Mumbles the rest.) KAREN: (o.s) This years, Tree Hill High, (Cut back to Karen.) king and queen are… Nathan and Haley Scott! (Haley looks at the stage, dumbfounded. Nathan smiles. Haley turns back to him, overjoyed, and kisses him. They walk to the front. Her song starts to play. Haley smiles at the people congratulating her before the song clicks and her smile vanishes.) HALEY: Nathan! NATHAN: Surprise(!) HALEY: But this- NATHAN: Come on, come on. HALEY: I told you, this song isn’t ready yet! NATHAN: I know, but you’re too critical. Everyone’s gonna love it. (They get onto the stage.) NATHAN: (Smiling) I told the DJ to play it if you won. (Haley looks up, waiting for what she knows is coming.) NATHAN: (Holding her hand.) This is your night Hales. I want it to be perfect. (Karen puts the tiara on top of Haley’s head. Chris’ part comes on and he starts to sing. Nathan freezes as Karen puts the crown on his head.) NATHAN: Wait, is that… is that Chris? (Haley moves some hair out of her face as she smiles guiltily at the crowd. She looks at him uncomfortably.) You told me that I was in Charlotte when you recorded this. (Pause) You were with Chris then and you didn’t tell me? (He’s hurt by her lies.) HALEY: (Speechless) Nathan, I was going to tell you, I swear. (Nathan looks forward, disbelieving.) NATHAN: (The camera zooms out slowly.) Yeah? You’re a little late. (Sighs.) For the second time tonight. (Camera continues to zoom out as the tension between Nathan and Haley grows. Chris’ voice comes out over the speaker, loud and clear.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERICAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THE BEACH HOUSE – THE DOCK – EVENING] (A lot of laughter and noise is heard as the camera pans down to the beach house and then the dock.) (Nathan walks up the dock to Haley who stands there, looking over the edge and out at the sea.) NATHAN: (Pissed) You know, I’m having a hard time getting my head around how you could be pissed at me(!) HALEY: (Turning to him.) Because you deliberately did something I asked you not to! NATHAN: Whatever! I spent the whole night waiting for you; planning everything, dodging my parents… all while you were with Chris! HALEY: (Angry) Can we leave him out of this please? NATHAN: Why? Are you into him? HALEY: (Tearfully) You know what, it really hurts me that you even have to ask me that. NATHAN: (bat) Not as much as it hurts me. (Nathan turns and walks back to the house. The camera stays on Haley who watches his departure before turning back to looking at the sea, sighing. She looks back at him one more time.) CUT TO: [INT. THE BEACH HOUSE – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas opens the door and enters. Anna is inside, standing by a window, drinking. Lucas closes the door and walks further into the room, a smile on his face. He approaches Anna, hands in his pockets.) LUCAS: Still drinking? ANNA: (Twirling the empty cup.) Not anymore(!) (Laughs drunkenly.) (Lucas laughs a bit and she practically attcks him, kissing him.) LUCAS: (Breaking off.) Woah! (Anna laughs and walks to the side of the bed. Still standing, she drops one shoulder strap.) ANNA: Make sure the door’s locked OK? (Lucas walks forward as she tries to undo her dress from the back. He stops in front of her, sighing slightly. He smiles kindly as he pulls her dress strap back up.) LUCAS: We don’t have to rush this. ANNA: (Trying to fight off the embarrassment.) I don’t understand. Aren’t you into me? LUCAS: Oh, of course I am. (He pauses before trying to explain.) I just promised myself that… I’d be in love next time. (Anna averts her eyes.) And… I’d really get to know the person first. And we’re still doing that. And I love… where it’s going… but I’m… (Shakes his head.) just not ready. Anna, not yet. (Anna nods and sits on the bed.) ANNA: I’m such an idiot(!) LUCAS: (Sitting next to her.) Don’t say that. (Looks at her for a moment before continuing.) Look, Anna, (Pause) my parents rushed into things… look how badly I turned out. (They smile. Look, I just… I wanna make sure that this is right. (Anna nods.) You know? (He nudges her.) ANNA: (Smiling) I’m sorry. I am so embarrassed. LUCAS: Hey… (Puts his arm around her.) don’t be. ANNA: No, I know I’ve been sending you mixed signals. (Shakes her head.) First I’m telling you to go slow and then I’m… taking my dress off. I don’t know what I’m doing. LUCAS: (bat) I do. (He stands.) We’re going for a walk on the beach. (Smiles) Come on. ANNA: (Stands) Thank you Lucas but… I think I just wanna… go home. (Lucas looks at her for a long times before nodding.) LUCAS: OK. I’ll take you. ANNA: No! (With difficulty.) It’s not you, it’s just… (Sighs) I’m all over the place and I just need to… clear my head. (Pause) I’m sorry. (Anna walks away miserably and Lucas watches her, knowing that he’s hurt her.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH HOUSE – PORCH – EVENING] (Brooke steps up to Felix who is chatting with someone. She puts her hand on his shoulder.) BROOKE: (Quietly) Hey. (She inclines her head towards the house.) (Smiling, Felix walks with her. Mouth watches them, saddened. Peyton comes up behind Mouth, looking for someone.) PEYTON: Oh, hey Mouth, have you seen Brooke? MOUTH: Yeah, she’s um… ‘Benefiting’ with Felix. (Grabs a bottle off the table and walks out onto the beach.) (Peyton watches him and then starts to walk towards the house. Somebody walks straight into her and spills red wine all over her mother’s Formal dress.) PEYTON: (Disbelieving) Oh my god(!) GUY: I’m sorry. (Peyton excuses him with a wave of her hand and he leaves. She touches the stain, dejectedly.) (Brooke opens a door and she and Felix walk into a bedroom.) FELIX: (Closes the door and follows her further into the room.) I was wondering when you were gonna share the love. BROOKE: (Stops and turns to him.) There is no love(!) (Pause) We don’t do love. Do you know why? FELIX: Cos it’s against the rules. But I wanna talk to you about that Brooke because- BROOKE: (Interrupting.) You paid for my dollhouse? (Pain evident.) Oh, and then you lied to me; about taking me home that night after TRIC(!) (Waits) FELIX: Brooke I- BROOKE: Don’t! (Pause) I almost believed you were a decent guy; somebody that could care about me but you know what? I have been lied to before, Felix, and it almost klled me(!) (She glares at him and walks past him) FELIX: (Turning) Brooke(!) (She turns.) I’m not like Lucas. BROOKE; No, you’re not. You know why? Because I am not gonna let you in(!) You don’t get to have me; not my body and sure as hell not my heart! (Pause) We’re done! (Shuts the door behind her. Close-up of Felix’s sad face.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BATHROOM – EVENING] (Scrubbing and crying is heard as the camera pans up to show Peyton in her bathroom, at her sink, scrubbing the dress fiercely. The water runs and she continues to cry. She uses a toothbrush to try and get the stain off but it’s not working. The stain stays there.) PEYTON: (Crying) Please! (She turns the tap off and after a few more scrubs, forcefully chucks the toothbrush into the sink. She uses the sink for support, looking at the stain before throwing the dress behind her.) (Peyton opens her purse and rummages through it, finding the drugs and throws the purse aside. She opens it and pours it out onto a CD while separating it with another CD. She cries while looking at it, seeing her face reflected back at her. There’s a seconds pause before she throws it against the wall and collapses against the sink, crying more.) PEYTON: GOD! (Breaks down.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH HOUSE – PORCH – EVENING] (Nathan stands against the wooden rails, looking into his drink. The beach house is now empty. Haley comes to a stop next to him, hands on her hips, still lost for words. Nathan sees her but looks away.) HALEY: Listen, I want you to know something; I don’t have feelings for Chris, OK? (Nathan nods slightly.) The only reason I didn’t tell you about that song is because… I know you don’t like him. (Trying to explain.) I don’t get you Nathan, you know, you encourage me to do this music thing and than… now that Chris is involved you just- NATHAN: You don’t need that guy, Haley! HALEY: He helps me(!) (Nathan sighs.) You don’t need to feel thrat by that. NATHAN: You think I’m thrat? HALEY: (Pause) I know it must be hard for you; seeing me have something like this when you didn’t get into basketball camp but… (Nathan turns away.) it’s just not fair for you to take it out on me(!) NATHAN: I’ll tell you what Haley; (Pause) Go home… and look in my top drawer. You’ll see a letter, from High Flyers. Read that… then talk to me about fair(!) (He looks at her before walking past her. Haley sighs.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of the picture of Jake and Jenny as it is ripped in half. Peyton puts them together and then drops them next to her on the bed. She sits with her arms on her knees, staring into nothing. She rubs her eyes. The camera pans around her to show the doorway and Anna appears.) ANNA: (Smiling) Rough night? PEYTON: (Nods) Yeah, you could say that. ANNA: (Pause) Peyton, I’m sorry for what I said to you earlier. Everybody was laughing and… (Sighs) I don’t know what came over me. PEYTON: Don’t worry about it. ANNA: No, I do worry about it! We just started to be friends and… I blow it! PEYTON: It’s OK… Anna, we all do stupid things. (Pause) I’ve… done my fair share. ANNA: (Cautiously) Peyton, at Haley’s slumber party, you said you wanted to be able to talk about anything. (Peyton looks at her and nods.) Well… I went into your purse, earlier, to borrow your lipstick and… PEYTON: It’s OK, Anna; I already flushed it down the toilet. I’ve only done it that one time. I’ve just… (Breathes deeply.) been fighting it. (Nods) (Anna hesitates before sitting on the bed.) ANNA: (Picks up the torn picture of Jake and Jenny.) Does it have anything to do with this? PEYTON: (Looks at it.) Yeah, that and everything else. ANNA: I know what you mean. (Pause) I made a fool of myself with Lucas tonight. Why do relationships have to be so hard? PEYTON: (bat) Because the only thing harder is being alone. (Anna looks down.) Look, you can crash here tonight if you want to. ANNA: Are you sure? PEYTON: (Nods) Yeah. It’s nice to have some company. (Peyton lies down on the bed properly. Anna puts the ripped picture on the bedside table and does the same.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – EVENING] (Brooke sits on the beach, alone and lonely. Lucas walks up to her from in front, hands in pockets.) LUCAS: Is this beach taken? BROOKE: There’s plenty to go around. LUCAS: (Groans as he sits.) Don’t worry; I’m not gonna ask you if you’re OK. BROOKE: Thanks. LUCAS: (Sighs) (Pause) Know any good jokes? BROOKE: (Laughs miserably) …You’re looking at one. (Lucas just looks at her.) Why does everybody lie? You know, the bad guys lie to get in your bed… and the good guys… lie to get in your heart(!) (Looks at him pointedly. Lucas turns away.) And I’m the idiot that falls for it every time(!) LUCAS: (Softly) Hey… Brooke, you are not an idiot. Not even close. You know who you are. Most people don’t, you know. I mean, that’s why they lie. (Pause) They’re afraid people might find out who they are before they figure it out themselves. (He nods.) (Brooke looks at him and smiles.) LUCAS: (After a long pause.) Let me take you home. BROOKE: (Defensively) I can get home without a guy, thanks. LUCAS: (Smiles and nods.) OK. (Stands up and starts to leave.) BROOKE: Wait(!) (Lucas looks at her.) I really don’t wanna walk. (She looks at him before turning to get her bag. Lucas holds out his hand. Brooke looks at it for a bat, stunned, before accepting it and letting him help her up. They walk off-screen.) FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – EST sht – DAWN] CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – STAIRS – DAWN] (Dan walks down the stairs with packed bags and puts them in front of the door. Deb sees him and drops what she’s doing, confronting him.) DEB: Dan? DAN: (Drops his bags and faces her.) I’m going back to the beach house. I lied to you Deb; bout the stress test. (Pause) The truth is; I passed. But I lied so that I could keep you near me. (Deb just looks at him, hurt and speechless.) (He sighs and leans against the door.) After the meteor shower, I saw that you were slipping away from me… and my family was slipping away. And I know now that… nothing’s worth having that’s based on a lie. You deserve your freedom Deb and in spite of all that’s happened… I still do love you. (Turns and reaches for his bags.) (He picks them up and opens the door.) DEB: (Calmly) Wait(!) (Dan stops and waits but he doesn’t turn to her.) DEB: You say you want our family to be together again; so do I Dan. But damn you if you’re lying; because my heart can’t take much more(!) DAN: (Pause) Neither can mine. (Deb walks forward and closes the door. They look at each other. The sht goes blurry.) FADE IN: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAWN] (Haley rips open the letter from High Flyers. She opens it viciously and reads it. She cries as she reads further. It is a letter from the High Flyer director; Milt West, saying how sorry they are that he turned down the offer.) (Haley folds the letter back up and picks the phone up, calling Nathan. The sht blurs out.) FADE IN: [EXT. THE BEACH HOUSE – DAWN] (Nathan sits on the wooden rails out on the beach as his phone rings. Paper cups litter the railings. He ignores it for a while, looking out at the sea, before taking the phone out and looking at the screen. He frowns before cancelling the call.) (He gets off the rails and walks back to the beach house. The camera pans up to the dark, stormy clouds.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAWN] (The blurry sht focuses on Peyton, in bed, wide awake. She’s thinking and sht a look at Anna. Anna is also awake.) PEYTON: So, do you miss being in your old town? ANNA: (Pause) No. (Shakes her head.) The thing about moving so many times, it’s not the new places that are so bad; it’s like… not matter where you end up, it’s hard to be yourself when you get there. (Peyton doesn’t answer; she just lies there and looks at a space in her room.) (The sht blurs out.) FADE IN: [EXT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – DRIVEWAY – DAY] (Lucas pulls up in front of Brooke’s house.) BROOKE: So, thanks for breakfast. (Smiles) We should do this more often. LUCAS: Do what? BROOKE: (Shrugs) Be friends. LUCAS: (Smiling) We are friends. BROOKE: But we should be friends. LUCAS: (Nodding) I’d like that. BROOKE: (Smiles and nods.) But no benefits(!) (Lucas laughs and Brooke gets out of the car, smiling at him. sh*t of Felix in his bedroom, looking out of the window, spying on their exchange. He draws the net curtains and looks into his dark room for a second before walking off-screen.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x09 - The Trick is to Keep Breathing"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. JAKE’S HOUSE – JENNY’S ROOM – DAY] (Peyton sits on a recliner, holding Jenny as Jake tucks her things away.) PEYTON: (Looking at Jenny but addressing Jake.) I’ve got a way for you to leave but you’ve gotta go in the morning. CUT TO: [EXT. THE DOCK – DAY] (Jake stands at the edge of the pier, Jenny strapped to his front. He waves goodbye.) CUT TO: [EXT. ANNA AND FELIX’S HOUSE – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (Lucas stands at the doorway. Anna has the door open, listening to him.) LUCAS: Hey(!) ANNA: What’s wrong? LUCAS: You know how much I care about you… Anna. (Anna smiles.) LUCAS: But there’s somebody else. (Off Anna’s look of despair.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL - STREETS – EVENING] (Rick holds up a pouch of drugs to Peyton. Peyton glances around, shiftily, guilt written all over her face.) RICK: Is this what you’re after? (Peyton reaches for it but Rick pulls it back. Shocked, she looks up and stops.) (Jake steps forward, not smiling.) PEYTON: (To herself.) Jake(!) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Karen has just let Deb into the kitchen.) DEB: I lied to you. (Off Karen’s dubious expression.) DEB: I slept with Keith. CUT TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Keith walks while he talks on the phone.) KEITH: Hey, Jules, it’s Keith. CUT TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Keith continues talking but we hear it through Jules’ phone.) KEITH: (Through the phone.) I just realised something and I had to say it. CUT TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] KEITH: (Into the phone, smiling.) I love you. CUT TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Jules sits on her sofa, upset.) DAN: (o.s) Nice work, Jules. (Cut to Dan as he raises his glass.) Just like we planned. CHRIS: (v.o) Haley,- CUT TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY – EVENING] (Chris smiles as he sees Haley approach. She’s looking down and clearly upset.) CHRIS: -you owe it to your music(!) You owe it to yourself(!) CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – EVENING] (Chris is standing there, trying to convince Haley to leave with him.) CHRIS: Your dreams are a bus ride away. CUT TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY – EVENING] (Haley looks up at him sadly.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is sitting on her bed, crying. Felix is behind her.) FELIX: I know it’s scary… but just tell me if you can show me your heart. (Fade to Brooke looking at him.) FELIX: (v.o) If you do,- (Fade to Brooke and Felix kissing while Lucas appears in the doorway.) FELIX: -I’ll guard it with my life. (sht of Lucas’ heartbroken face.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: ‘ONE TREE HILL’ TITLE WITH LUCAS BOUNCING A BALL ACROSS THE BRIDGE: FADE TO BLACK: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke and Felix are still kissing. The camera pans to Lucas standing and watching the pair. Thunder rumbles overhead.) (Close up of Lucas slowly stepping back.) LUCAS: (v.o) Tennessee Williams once wrote… (Turns around and walks away slowly.) When so many are lonely… as seem to be lonely, (It starts to pour down with rain.) it would be inexcusably selfish… (Lucas stops and lets it rain down on him.) to be lonely alone. (Birdseye view of it raining on Lucas. He walks away.) CUT TO: [EXT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – WINDOW – EVENING] (More thunder rumbles overhead and rain lashes the windows. We can see Nathan through the window, sitting at the table, watching the rain and wondering where his wife is. He sighs, blows the candles out and gets up.) CUT TO: [INT. BUS TO NEW YORK – EVENING] (Haley sits on the bus with Chris, looking around nervously. Chris looks at her and smiles.) HALEY: I don’t even have a toothbrush(!) CHRIS: (Grinning) I think they have those in New York. HALEY: (Smiles nervously.) I can’t believe I’m doing this. (Her smile falls.) CHRIS: You did good married girl. (Haley stares.) FASH TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY – EVENING] (Haley breaks off her kiss with Chris looking stricken at the daydream.) HALEY: (With certainty.) I can’t do this. (Chris is disappointed. Haley pushes her hand through her hair.) HALEY: I’m sorry. CHRIS: (Hurt) Yeah, I figured. (Haley watches him as he slings his bag over his shoulder, picks up his guitar case and looks at her.) CHRIS: You’re not ready. (He turns away and walks to the bus. Haley closes her eyes and Chris gets on. The doors close behind him.) (He takes his seat and they look at each other through the window. Thunder rumbles and it starts to pour. He looks at Haley one last time before the bus turns and cuts off their view from each other. Haley watches him sadly.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE (STOCK) – EVENING] (It’s raining.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Karen just stares at Deb.) DEB: I’m sorry, Karen. (Pause) I should have told you about Keith, I- KAREN: (Cuts her off.) I think you should go. (Looks at Deb stonily.) (Deb doesn’t argue. Karen opens the door, saying quite clearly ‘get out’ while staring daggers at Deb.) (Deb walks slowly at first but runs when she sees the rain. It soaks her. Karen’s angry façade drops and she closes the door miserably.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Nathan is emptying the food into a bin and putting the dirty dishes onto the worktop when there’s a knock at the door. He looks at it.) NATHAN: (To himself.) Haley? (He opens the door but it’s not Haley looking back at him.) GIRL: Whoa(!) (Nathan squints at her.) Haley didn’t mess around. (She puts her hands on her hips, smiling.) You’re Nathan, right? NATHAN: Yeah, yeah, do I… do I know you? (Tries to remember.) GIRL: Well you should; I’m your sister-in-law. NATHAN: Oh, uh… (A sht in the dark.) Vivian? GIRL: Don’t make me smack you(!) NATHAN: (Guessing again.) Quinn? GIRL: Taylor(!) (Shakes her head amusedly.) Haley never mentioned me to you? (Nathan sighs and shrugs.) TAYLOR: Can I (Points inside.) come in? (Walks in uninvited.) (Thunder rumbles again. Taylor bends over to take her shoes off and Nathan sees a tattoo of a scorpion on her lower back. He frowns some more still trying to remember.) TAYLOR: (Still bent over.) You wanna grab that? NATHAN: (Stumped) Wha-excuse me?(!) TAYOLR: (Looks at him over her shoulder.) My suitcase. (Points) NATHAN: Oh(!) (Turns to pick it up.) Yeah. (Lifts it and brings it in.) So, uh, Haley never said you were coming. TAYLOR: Ah, she didn’t know. (Smiles) So, where is little sis? NATHAN: (Closes the door.) Out. TAYLOR: Well that’s vague. (Pause) Guess we’ll have to get acquainted till she gets home. (Pause) NATHAN: Yeah, sure, uh… just make yourself at home. TAYLOR: (Grins) Careful what you wish for, little brother-in-law. (Turns and walks away.) (Nathan sighs, still trying to figure her out.) CUT TO: [EXT. STREETS – EVENING] (Jake continues walking, scowl in place and glaring Rick down. Peyton’s too shocked for words, beyond ‘Jake’.) RICK: (To Jake.) Who the hell are you? JAKE: Who the hell are you? (Rick looks at Jake a bat before turning back to Peyton.) PEYTON: (Scared) Rick, never mind, I made a mistake. (Shakes her head.) RICK: (Appraises her.) High school girls(!) (Shakes his head and walks away.) (Jake glares at Rick before walking over to Peyton. She throws her arms around him and hugs him. Jake closes his eyes and hugs her back. Peyton smiles, disbelievingly.) (It starts to rain on them but they keep hugging.) (Thunder rumbles.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (The thunder wakes Peyton up. She’s in her bed and panicked. She looks at the clock; it reads 1:43am. She looks away sadly.) JAKE: (o.s) You were dreaming. (Cut to Jake, sitting in a chair by the window, smiling.) Think you’re OK now. PEYTON: Are you back for good? Where’s Jenny? JAKE: (Gets up.) I didn’t bring her. I’m only here a couple days to check on you. (Sits on her bed as she tries to hide her distress.) So what’s got Lucas so worried he’s gonna call my cousins in Savannah, huh? PEYTON: (Quickly) Nothing, now… (Shakes her head.) So… you never answered any of my emails. JAKE: Yeah, I’m sorry. (Pause) I didn’t wanna give Nikki any chance of tracking me down and… I just-I didn’t wanna get you caught up in this even more, just in case, you know. PEYTON: Have you heard from her? JAKE: (Shakes his head.) But she’s out there. PEYTON: She might still be in Seattle. (Jake squints at her.) That’s where Brooke and I told her you went. (He tilts his head slightly. They laugh.) Um… what are-are you gonna see Lucas while you’re here? JAKE: (Pondering) I don’t know. I’m gonna see my folks but… other than that, I just kinda wanna keep a low profile. (Peyton is clearly not happy though she tries to hide it.) Our secret, OK? PEYTON: OK. (Her smile is strained.) JAKE: Here, you go back to bed. We’ll talk about this in the morning. (Peyton smiles and falls back on the bed.) JAKE: (Gets up.) I’ll crash on the floor. PEYTON: Jake(!) (He stops and turns.) Don’t be stupid. (She pats her bed and turns on her side, her back to him.) (Jake gets onto the bed slowly and lies next to her, facing the ceiling. Peyton moves around a bit, trying to get comfortable. The noise dies away.) JAKE: Sounds like it finally stopped raining. PEYTON: (Pause while she looks at the ceiling too.) Maybe it finally did. (Smiles a bit.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Haley - soaking wet – enters the apartment and quietly shuts the door behind her, not wanting to wake Nathan. He’s sitting near the window, waiting up for her.) NATHAN: Where the hell have you been? HALEY: (Spins around in the process of taking her jacket off and puts a hand to her heart.) I just… I needed to clear my head, Nathan. (Starts to walk to him.) TAYLOR: (o.s) Little sis! (Haley’s stunned, spins around again to find Taylor in a nightgown with a towel wrapped around her head.) TAYLOR: Look at you(!) (Hugs Haley.) HALEY: (Frowning) Tay, what’re you doing here? TAYLOR: I’m on break. And I wanted to see the house before the new people moved in, and I haven’t seen you in forever(!) And mom told me that you got married so (Haley’s not pleased.) here I am. (Haley glares at Taylor.) TAYLOR: Nathan said I could stay for a couple of days. (Haley’s eyes widen and she looks at Nathan.) NATHAN: Actually, I- TAYLOR: (Interrupting) You won’t even know that I’m here. HALEY: Yeah, (Laughs humourlessly.) OK, um… (Takes Nathan’s hand.) can you give us a second, please? (She takes Nathan away into their bedroom and closes the door. Taylor watches them.) (Haley stands in front of the closed door.) HALEY: (Talking quietly but urgently.) You said she could stay? Do you think… maybe that was worth a conversation? NATHAN: I told her she could make herself comfortable because you (Points at her.) weren’t here(!) (She looks around.) You were with Chris again, weren’t you? HALEY: (Closes her eyes.) Yes, but I- NATHAN: (Cuts her off.) Great! Great(!) HALEY: Will you just listen to me, please? (Pause) It’s over, OK? He… left town… he wanted me to go with him. NATHAN: (Pissed) What?! HALEY: I said no because I-my life is here! (Nathan stares at her.) (Walks to him and says unconvincingly.) He didn’t mean anything to me, OK? (Nathan looks up and sighs.) HALEY: Besides, we’re gonna have to stick together if we’re gonna… survive ‘Hurricane Taylor’. (Nathan looks at the door and nods.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GROUNDS – DAY] (Felix and Brooke are sitting at one of the benches, looking at a book. Brooke feels eyes on her and looks up. Lucas is sitting at a table, not far away, looking at them. Brooke smiles slightly and looks back down. Lucas looks up, spots someone and stands.) LUCAS: Anna! (Anna stops walking and turns to him. Lucas walks to her, hands in pockets.) LUCAS: How are ya? ANNA: Well, I was confused, I mean, after you showed up at my door talking about other girls. LUCAS: Anna- ANNA: But, once I remembered you have a reputation for being a total ass-hat, it pretty much cleared things up(!) (Shrugs and walks away.) (He looks down and shakes his head. He watches Brooke stand, pat some random guy, and carry on walking.) RANDOM GUY: Hey, Brooke. (Brook walks towards the entrance of the school only to be immediately accosted by Lucas.) LUCAS: Nice necklace. BROOKE: (Pause) Thanks, Felix gave it to me. LUCAS: (Trying to act indifferent.) I thought you guys were done. BROOKE: (Shrugs) That was before we currented up to full-on dating. Thus, the loot. LUCAS: Are you sure about this? BROOKE: (Misinterpreting) Look, Lucas, I know you don’t like him but you don’t really know him. LUCAS: Look, Brooke… I just want you to be happy. BROOKE: (Pause) Well, if I’m dating Felix and you’re dating Anna, does that mean we’re somehow related? LUCAS: Well, actually, Anna and I- FELIX: (o.s) Hey Brooke! (She looks at him.) You forgot something. BROOKE: What? FELIX: This. (Leans down and kisses her, Lucas looks away. She looks at Felix.) See you after? (Brooke nods. Felix and Lucas exchange looks before Felix walks away. Lucas frowns at his back.) BROOKE: Lucas, I’m happy. (Sincerely) I hope you are too. (Lucas smiles and walks away. Brooke turns and stares after him, thinking.) CUT TO: [EXT. TRIC – DAY] (Karen skirts the club as she holds her phone to her ear, waiting for someone to pick up. She sits on the top step.) WOMAN: (Through the phone.) Hello? KAREN: (Surprised) Oh… Uh, I was looking for Andy Hargrove. Um… I must have dialled… (Shakes her head.) the wrong number. WOMAN: (Through the phone.) Actually, I grabbed his phone by mistake. He bought us both the same kind. KAREN: Is he there? WOMAN: (Through the phone.) He’s in the shower. Who’s this? KAREN: Um… A-a student. I’ll call back. (She shuts the phone and sits, contemplating.) (A car drives up and stops off-screen, the car door shuts.) DEB: (o.s) Karen? (Cut to Deb.) Are we ever going to talk? KAREN: (Shakes her head, smiling self deprecatingly, and stands.) What is there to say? DEB: That I made a mistake. KAREN: Maybe what you did with Keith was a mistake… but lying to me about it was a choice! (Deb nods and looks down.) One that I can’t accept from a business partner; or my friend. (Karen walks away and Deb watches her.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE BAR – DAY] (Lucas is sorting out bottles of drink and Jules is behind the bar.) JULES: (o.s) So, since your mom hired me to work here, Keith helped me do a crash refresher course on bartending last night. (Smiles) (Lucas laughs and looks up.) Ask me anything. LUCAS: OK, what’s in a… Long Island ice tea? (Leans on the bar.) JULES: (Frowns, turns and looks before looking back at him.) Wouldn’t you rather have a Screwdriver? (Lucas laughs again and Jules smiles. Her phone rings. Lucas looks down at her phone screen and sees ‘DAN SCOTT’ on it.) JULES: (o.s) Can you toss me that? (Lucas picks it up, frowning, and tosses it to Jules. She looks at the screen and turns her back to him, shting him one last, stiff, smile before walking away to answer it.) (Lucas can sense trouble.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. JULES’ HOUSE – DOORSTEP – DAY] (The door opens to show Jules. She sees Lucas and looks politely bewildered.) JULES: Lucas, Hey(!) (Opens the door further.) It’s early. LUCAS: Yeah, (Looks around.) I know, uh, (Pause) can I talk to you? JULES: Sure, I was just meeting Keith for breakfast and… as usual, I’m late, but other than that… let me grab my shoes. (Leaves the door open.) LUCAS: (Enters) Yeah. JULES: (Over her shoulder.) Everything OK? LUCAS: Well, uh… that’s what I’m here to ask you. JULES: (o.s) Is this about your mom? Coz Keith told me the whole story (sht of her slipping her shoes on.) and I feel like I’m horning in. (Pause) LUCAS: (Bluntly) How do you know Dan? (Jules stands, confused, and walks to Lucas.) JUES: Do I know a Dan? LUCAS: Dan Scott – Keith’s brother? (Accusingly) He called you on your cell yesterday at the club. JULES: (Smiling) Oh, that Dan. LUCAS: (Pushes when she doesn’t elaborate.) Why’d he call you? JULES: I bought a car from him. (sht of Lucas’ sceptical look.) And Dan had some questions about my credit references. (Frowning) What’s going on? LUCAS: (Pause as he looks away, embarrassed.) Eh-I’m just, you know… looking out for Keith. JULES: Keith’s all grown up Lucas. (Smiles) LUCAS: Right. (Pause) Can we just… forget this? JULES: (Amused) Forget what? (Jules smiles and Lucas nods gratefully.) LUCAS: Thanks. (Lucas leaves the house and Jules’ cool, indifferent demeanour falls. She crosses her arms worriedly.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – DAY] (The lights are switched and TRIC lights up. Spotlights move around. sht of Jake’s amazed face.) JAKE: Whoa! (Walks forward.) Peyton, this place is amazing(!) PEYTON: (Pleased) Thanks. It can be, it’s just… it’s harder than I thought. JAKE: Well when did you ever give up, huh? (Peyton looks at him, thinking.) PEYTON: Um… anyway, the uh, the big news is: Nathan and Haley got married(!) JAKE: Married? PEYTON: (Smiles and nods.) Um-hum. JAKE: For real? PEYTON: Yeah. And it turns out Haley is, like, this mega talented musician (Jake nods, impressed.) and she’s going for it. (Jake gives Peyton a veiled look. She catches on.) PEYTON: What’s the face? JAKE: …Well, when I got off the bus, I saw Haley kissing some guy. (Peyton gapes, astounded.) He was… kinda scrawny; had a guitar case; sort of… hell-t hair. (Peyton gapes and looks away.) Who’s he? PEYTON: Someone she shouldn’t be kissing. (Looks back at him.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DUSK] (Nathan sh*t the basketball into the basket and it goes in as usual. Lucas runs onto the court.) LUCAS: Hey(!) (Stands ready.) Open up top(!) (Holds his hands out for the ball.) NATHAN: (Smiling) Huh… see, I don’t know CPR and even if I did, I wouldn’t (Lucas looks away.) give you mouth-to-mouth so… try not to drop when I’m the only person around. LUCAS: I’m getting the stupid test, (Nathan shakes his head, Lucas holds his hand out.) give me the damn ball. NATHAN: Forget it. (Lucas stands for a bat before charging at Nathan and the ball. Nathan turns and throws the ball as hard as he can; at the river. They stop and watch as it flies across the air and lands in the water, far away from the bank.) (Nathan laughs.) LUCAS: Nice air-ball. (Pause) How bout Playstation? Nobody ever croaked from that. NATHAN: That would involve me going home. (Messes with his ring again.) LUCAS: (Frowning) You and Haley still fighting? NATHAN: Her sister’s here for a few days. LUCAS: (Groans) Which one? NATHAN: Taylor. LUCAS: (Leans forward slightly.) Taylor? (Nathan inclines his head. Lucas laughs.) Dude, she’s crazy. NATHAN: Perfect(!) Dude, the thing is… when I saw her, I got that… déjà vu thing. Like uh… like I’d seen her before. LUCAS: Well, when we were freshman she was a senior so you probably saw her around school. NATHAN: Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen more of her than that. (Sighs) (Explains) Two years ago, when they put me on varsity from the freshmen team… (Sighs) the seniors threw this, kinda, (Pause) out-there party at my parent’s beach house… Taylor was there. LUCAS: (Starting to grin.) This is ugly. NATHAN: (Nods) Yeah, I was… I was pretty wasted… and… she was… (Sighs again.) she was kinda the first girl I ever had sex with. (Lucas can’t help himself and starts laughing.) Great(!) Great. Laugh it up. You know what; the only good news about this is that I don’t think she really even remembers me. LUCAS: Oh, wow, you rocked her world, huh? (Laughs again.) NATHAN: This is not funny(!) LUCAS: You’re right, it’s hilarious! (Nathan tackles Lucas good-humouredly.) LUCAS: Whoa! Hey, hey, hey, heart patient, remember?! FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL STREETS – EVENING] (Felix and Brooke walk down a street.) FELIX: How bad is it? BROOKE: Well, let’s see – my mom threw our last piece of water fern at my dad last night… and it shattered where the hopper used to hang and now he’s sleeping in the pool house… while we still have one. So… FELIX: They talking about moving? Say no. BROOKE: Not so much talking as yelling, constantly. It’s kinda gotten to the point where I just don’t wanna go home, you know? (Felix shrugs and nods.) FELIX: Then we won’t. (Brooke smiles.) Come on, I’ll buy you a nice dinner. (Brooke looks up at the restaurant and falters.) BROOKE: (Whispering) No. No, no, no, no(!) Felix, we can’t go in there, are you crazy?(!) FELIX: Why not? BROOKE: (Hissing) Because this is the place that you made me do… do the dine-and-dash thing on Dare Night! (Hits him on the chest.) (He laughs.) What is so funny? FELIX: You. Do you honestly think I’d do that to you? (She squints at him.) I paid the matredee on the way out when I left you. (Brooke tries to hold back a smile.) I’m full of surprises. BROOKE: You’re full of something. (She smacks him again and enters the restaurant.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan enters his apartment, sees the candles situated all over the apartment and does a double take. Taylor enters from the bathroom.) TAYLOR: You’re home. Sorry (Points) bout the mess. I needed a major, hot, soak after my ten mile run. NATHAN: You run? TAYLOR: Well how do you think I got this great ass? (Nathan, doesn’t know how to respond, looks down.) TAYLOR: Are you blushing? (Laughs) Adorable(!) (Pause) Run with me tomorrow. If… you can keep up. NATHAN: If you can keep up. TAYLOR: (Smiles) I… bought some beer; you want one? (Heads to the refrigerator.) NATHAN: Uh… yeah… sure. (Drops his keys on the worktop.) TAYLOR: (Takes two beers out and throws him one.) Look at you – such a jock(!) So, come talk to me. (She sits on the couch, one foot on the table, and opens the beer.) TAYLOR: How bad is it? NATHAN: (Sits next to her.) How bad is what? TAYLOR: This thing (Looks at him.) between you and Haley. (sht of a bottle of baby oil as Taylor picks it up.) Dinner chucked in the garbage; little sis coming home in the middle of the night; hushed arguments behind closed doors. Though that and… she told me all about it. NATHAN: And she told you that Chris is out of the picture, right? TAYLOR: Chris… right. You’re pretty thrat by him, huh? (Pours baby oil onto her palm.) NATHAN: (Laughs humourlessly.) Only because Haley was buying his crap. (Taylor rubs the oil onto her palms and rubs it onto her leg.) TAYLOR: For a smart girl, Haley sure can be stupid. (Nathan swallows as he watches her and the oil. He turns away.) NATHAN: What’s… your issue with Haley? TAYLOR: I think she blames me for all the pressure she puts on herself. NATHAN: How so? TAYLOR: I dunno, she didn’t wanna disappoint our parents like I did, I guess. (Nathan nods.) I tend to screw up, a lot. (She puts her other foot on the table.) NATHAN: (Looks away again.) Yeah, uh, (Laughs) I know how that is. TAYLOR: Really? (Nathan looks away and finishes his beer.) NATHAN: (Taps the neck of the bottle.) Mind if I get another beer? TAYLOR: (Outright flirting.) No, I insist. NATHAN: (Whispering.) Yeah, OK. (Stands and walks to the refrigerator.) TAYLOR: You know, I still can’t believe little sis snagged such a hottie. (Nathan looks at her.) I mean, usually, I get them first. (She smiles at him.) (Nathan opens the bottle, it slips at her words and hits the floor; spilling its contents all over the place. He rubs his head and looks back up at Taylor. She bites her lip, amused.) CUT TO: [INT. THE RESTAURANT – EVENING] (Brooke and Felix are sitting at a small table.) FELIX: You want anything else; after-dinner drink, dessert, new shoes? BROOKE: (Smiling) You don’t have to buy me things. (Felix smiles and pulls his debit Mastercard out.) FELIX: (To the waiter.) Debit card ok? WAITER: Of course. BROOKE: Felix(!) FELIX: It’s OK, Brooke. You’re with me now. I’m gonna take care of you. (Brooke smiles, not entirely happy.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton’s bedroom door opens and Anna enters. Peyton is putting a lot of empty food cartons away, into a brown bag. She looks up as Anna enters.) ANNA: Looks like you were hungry. PEYTON: (Happy) Yeah, I had a friend over. (Shoves more cartons into the bag and looks up again.) You just missed him. ANNA: (Smile drops.) Him? (She closes the door.) PEYTON: Oh it’s… not like that. (Smiles and puts the bag onto the floor.) Um… I was gonna call you, it’s just… um, last time I saw you it was… (Sits on her bed.) pile-on-Peyton day. You know? So, um, sorry. ANNA: (Nods) Well, you had a right to be pissed at me. You needed a friend… and… I wasn’t there for you. (Peyton smiles.) Anyway, (Pause) can I, um… still take you up on that ‘we can talk anytime’ offer? PEYTON: Yeah(!) Come on, (Pats her bed.) what’s up? ANNA: (Sits) Lucas, kinda… broke up with me. I mean… I’m not sure if we were even dating but, now there’s not even a chance. PEYTON: I’m sorry, Anna. (Anna nods and looks down.) ANNA: I don’t know what I’m doing, Peyton. PEYTON: (Shakes her head.) None of us do. ANNA: (Sadly) Do you think there’s something wrong with me? PEYTON: What?! No! (Turns to her fully.) I think maybe there’s something wrong with Lucas; coz you are great. (Anna nods. Peyton smiles.) Come here. (They hug. Peyton pulls back and smiles. She touches Anna’s hair. Anna leans forward and kisses her. Peyton, shocked, breaks it off and stares, dumbfounded, at Anna.) PEYTON: I- ANNA: (Standing) On my god(!) PEYTON: (Quickly) Anna, that not really my thing ANNA: I’m sorry. PEYTON: But- ANNA: (Turning to the door.) I’m-I gotta go. PEYTON: But, it-it’s cool, Anna! (Anna shuts the door behind her, Peyton, mouth open, stares at the door before looking down.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. ANNA AND FELIX’S HOUSE – ANNA’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Anna is sitting on her bed, reading, when Peyton knocks on her doorframe. Anna looks up.) PEYTON: Hey, I-I hope this is OK. (Walks in slowly.) ANNA: (Sighs) Look… I don’t know what came over me. I was just… pretty upset and… you know, I wasn’t really thinking straight. (Stops and looks up.) (Quietly) You know what I mean? PEYTON: Anna(!) It’s cool… OK? I mean, now a lot of stuff makes sense like: how you acted at the Formal and… how you blew me off after the whole locker thing. ANNA: Can we please just forget the whole thing? PEYTON: (Smiling and shaking her head.) Absolutely not(!) (Pause) Don’t be afraid to be who you are. (Anna looks away.) We can still be friends, right? ANNA: I don’t know if I can do that. (Peyton raises her eyebrows.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – DAY] (sht of Nathan and Taylor’s legs as they run across the beach. The camera travels up; Nathan is clearly in the lead. He smacks the wooden structure of the lifeguard tower and holds a hand up in victory.) NATHAN: Mine(!) TAYLOR: (Holds her arms up.) bat the girl(!) Such a gentleman(!) (She’s out of breath.) NATHAN: (Smiles) Sorry. Good run. TAYLOR: (Sighs) Yeah. If I don’t run everyday, I got nuts. (Nathan looks at her.) Started when I left home; been running ever since. NATHAN: I know the feeling. TAYLOR: Now I am all about the future. Speaking for which – we haven’t had our mollocarian bathing ritual yet. NATHAN: A what? TAYLOR: The mollocars, are a tribe in the South Pacific who celebrate weddings with a family bath. NATHAN: They must have a big tub. TAYLOR: (Laughing) In the ocean dumbass. NATHAN: (Laughs) Ah, what(!) TAYLOR: It symbolises the washing away of past sins and the rebirth of the family’s soul. NATHAN: You have any idea how cold that water is? TAYLOR: Yeah, but I’m gonna appeal to you competitive side, sissy(!) (Smiles) NATHAN: Alright(!) (Pause) On three. (Taylor laughs.) NATHAN: One, (They crouch.) two- TAYLOR: (Shouts) Three! (Takes off.) NATHAN: What-get back here! (He runs after her.) (Taylor screams as the cold water touches her.) NATHAN: Oh(!) It’s cold! (He falls into the water. A wave crashes over them.) TAYLOR: Got you! (Laughs) Mollocai’s is a bar in Durham! NATHAN: What! (He tries so splash her but falls back instead.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Lucas is standing on the court drinking water. Felix comes up behind him.) FELIX: I warned you, man. (Lucas shakes his head as Felix continues to walk to him.) LUCAS: (Sighs and turns.) You know, this is really getting old. FELIX: Heh, not as old as you hurting my sister. She’s at home, crying, coz of you. LUCAS: I’m sorry man, but I don’t see how any of this is your business. FELIX: (Advances) Coz I make it my business. You hurt her, I hurt you. (Pushes Lucas hard.) LUCAS: (Backs up but stays standing.) You don’t wanna do that. FELIX: You’re right, what I wanna be doing is this. (Punches him hard in the face.) (Lucas groans, rights himself and punches Felix hard enough to knock him down. Lucas hovers over Felix, ready to ht him again but his groaning makes Lucas pull back.) LUCAS: (Stands up.) Forget it(!) (Lucas turns around and walks away. Felix sits up, lunges, and grabs Lucas’ legs. Lucas loses his balance and hits his head on the corner of the bench; hard. He grabs his head and moans in pain. Felix stands.) FELIX: (Still favouring his chin.) Yeah, one more thing. (Kicks him in the stomach.) (Lucas goes down, holding his head and stomach. Felix glares and walks away. Camera zooms in on Lucas rolling around on the ground.) CUT TO: [INT. THE BEACH HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan and Taylor enter the beach house.) TAYLOR: Damn, boy(!) Why aren’t we living here? NATHAN: It’s my dad’s. (Holds up the keys.) Got the keys though. (Puts them on the table.) Tell you what – I’ll turn on the fireplace (Uses the remote to turn the fireplace on.) if you grab the towels. (Points) They’re just- TAYLOR: (Interrupting) I know where they are. (Nathan pauses.) TAYLOR: Varsity basketball. (Nods) NATHAN: (Nods also.) (Quietly) Yeah. (Taylor grins and heads for the alcohol.) Um… I was pretty wasted that night. TAYLOR: Oh, what, you don’t remember me? NATHAN: No, uh, of course I remember you, I just… (Taylor smirks at him.) I didn’t think you would come back to bite me in the ass. TAYLOR: (Amused) Well this time I’ll only nibble. (Pours some alcohol for both of them.) NATHAN: (Sighs and shakes his head.) Why didn’t you say anything? TAYLOR: (Puts the top back on the decanter.) I was having too much fun watching you squirm. (Laughs and walks to him.) Does that make me bad? (Pauses before giving him the glass.) Here. (Nathan looks at her before they knock glasses. They sit on the rug before the fireplace.) NATHAN: So are you gonna tell me why you’re really in town? TAYLOR: (Sighs) I… screwed up at school. I got caught cheating on an exam… and then my professor and I got caught cheating on his wife(!) He was paying my rent; expenses. (Inhales) Yeah, until she found out and then that was that. (Nods) So, I… got kicked out. (Looks at him.) And, next thing, I’m… knocking on your door. (Nathan nods.) So how bout we make a deal? (Pause) You keep my secret… and I’ll keep yours. NATHAN: (Nods) That sounds like a good plan. (Taylor nods. Nathan sighs.) NATHAN: Speaking of Haley – uh, we should get back. TAYLOR: I guess we could do that. (Looks pointedly.) This time. (Nathan smiles and looks back down.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton is sitting on her bed. Jake is propped up on his side; facing her and listening to her speak.) PEYTON: You know… how you find a song and you just listen to it, like, over and over and over again, until it becomes this, like, soundtrack, until you find… a new one? JAKE: Or, till you wanna forget the things that it reminds you of. PEYTON: (Pauses and smiles sadly.) How’s you life, Jake? JAKE: It’s been hard. (Pause) You know, I’m not in school and… I’m working all these crummy jobs and the whole time I just keep looking over my shoulder thinking that Nikki’s gonna swoop down and snatch Jenny away. (Peyton doesn’t answer; she avoids his eyes, looking forward sadly.) JAKE: You know I have to go back, Peyton. PEYTON: (Smiles, trying to be strong.) I know. JAKE: I’d stay if I could. (Peyton looks at him.) I want you to know that. PEYTON: (Can’t reply.) So, when are you leaving? JAKE: Tomorrow. I promised my folks - I’d have dinner with them tonight. (Gets up and leans over to pick his things up.) But… I’ll stop by – in the morning, before I head out. PEYTON: (Sits at the end of her bed.) Jake, (Pause) can you stay here again, tonight? (Pause) Just to sleep. (Jake looks at her before dropping his things, nodding slightly.) JAKE: I’ll come back after dinner. (He smiles. Peyton stands and hugs him.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (sht of an orange cup as Karen walks over and picks it up. The door opens and Andy enters.) ANDY: I thought (Karen looks at him.) that since you wouldn’t answer my calls, maybe you’d been abducted or something. (Smiles) KAREN: (Evasively) I assume your mother has an accent? ANDY: (Confused) Ah… not to me but yeah. KAREN: And you said you don’t have a sister. ANDY: Just one loser brother. (Pause) What’s this about? KAREN: (Puts the dirty dishes down.) I called you in New York; and a woman answered and said you were in the shower. (He looks down.) Now this may not be fair to you but with everyone lying to me lately, (Pause) who is she? ANDY: Look, Karen, um… this is something that I’m not really proud of but- KAREN: (Holds her hand up and cuts him off.) Tell you what – from now on; I’m the student you’re the professor… and I’ll see you in class(!) (Picks up the dishes and walks away.) (Andy watches her and looks away.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Haley puts a tart into a tub. The door opens and a smiling Nathan and Taylor enter.) HALEY: Oh, nice, you guys finally decided to come home. (Puts a lid on the tub.) NATHAN: (Shuts the door.) I left you a note. We went for a jog. HALEY: To where – Atlanta? TAYLOR: (Uncomfortably) I’m… gonna… go take a shower. (Excuses them, walking into the bathroom.) HALEY: (Quietly to Nathan.) We are supposed to be working on our marriage. NATHAN: At least you knew where I was. HALEY: (Closes her eyes for a second.) This has to stop, Nathan. (He sighs.) I don’t wanna lose you and it’s obvious that we still have issues; only now it just feels like you’re avoiding me. NATHAN: I’m not avoiding you! HALEY: Then why are you spending so much time with Taylor? NATHAN: (Surprised) Wha-are you thrat by her? HALEY: (Turning to the refrigerator.) I don’t trust her. (Nathan looks down, sighs and nods.) CUT TO: [INT. ANNA AND FELIX’S HOUSE – FELIX’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Felix is sitting at his desk, writing. Brooke enters, closes the door and crosses her arms.) FELIX: Whoa girl, you look happy. BROOKE: (Walks to him, not smiling.) I can’t keep this. (Holds out the necklace that he gave her.) (Felix takes it. Close-up of the necklace.) FELIX: Why not? BROOKE: Because my mom married my dad for his money and you see how well that worked out. FELIX: (Sits up from his reclining position.) You think that’s all this is? BROOKE: I don’t wanna be like her. And you’re giving me nice gifts and buying me expensive meals and I don’t wanna do it anymore. FELIX: You’re breaking up with me? BROOKE: No(!) Just with your money. (Felix frowns.) I need to start feeling good about myself so I can start feeling good about us. OK? FELIX: OK. (Nods) (Brooke nods, crosses her arms and looks away.) BROOKE: I really don’t wanna go home. FELIX: (Stands) Spend the night with me. BROOKE: (Tiredly) I’m not in the mood. FELIX: So? Spend the night anyway. BROOKE: (Smiles) …You really are full of surprises aren’t you? (He hugs her.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is in bed asleep. She turns and the camera pans to Jake. He’s sitting up in bed, looking at nothing.) PEYTON: (Opens her eyes and looks at him.) Trouble sleeping? JAKE: (Shakes his head slowly.) Just listening to you breathe. (Peyton laughs, embarrassed.) Been thinking about stuff. (She looks at him.) Alright Peyton, I gotta ask you – the other night, when I found you… that was a drug deal. (Peyton looks away.) Am I right? I mean, Lucas called me for a reason a-. PEYTON: I-um… (Long pause. Jake waits.) I did coke with that guy… but it was… it was one time and… (Lamely) it was stupid. (Softly) I know. JAKE: You’ve got so much going on, why would you need a crush like that? PEYTON: (Pauses as she looks at him.) I was weak. (Jake closes his eyes and leans back. She shakes her head.) You don’t have to worry about me, Jake. JAKE: I know. (Pause) (Looks at her.) But what if I want to? (Peyton, smiles and looks away.) CUT TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Jules opens the door to Lucas, again. He’s standing there with a cut on his forehead.) LUCAS: Hey, Jules. JULES: Lucas, people are gonna start talking if you keep- LUCAS: (Cuts her off.) You lied to me about how you know Dan. (Her smile falls.) I checked you out at the dealership. JULES: (Sighs) Come inside, OK? (Lucas walks in, slightly slowly due to his injury. Jules closes the door.) FADE TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – DINING ROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is sitting at the table.) LUCAS: So, I know you paid cash for the car; which means, (Pause) there was no credit check. (Jules sighs and looks down.) JULES: Bout two years ago, I was engaged to this guy. (Pause) (Smiles) I was crazy about him; even after he ht me a few times. I thought it wasn’t gonna happen again… until he put me in the hospital for two weeks. He disappeared after that and… my welcome home present was finding out that I was over a hundred and fifty thousand dollars in debt; with no way to pay the medical bills. (Walks forward.) I was beyond desperate, Lucas. (Pause) So I posted an add on this website; saying I’d do anything, legal, for money. LUCAS: (Knowingly) And Dan answered. JULES: Said he’d help me out. He started paying my medical bills. (Lucas sighs, shakes his head and looks away.) LUCAS: So, (Pause) what did he ask you to do? JULES: (Miserably) Make Keith fall in love with me. (Pause) Then break his heart. (Lucas can’t deal. He shakes his head, looks down and sighs, rubbing his head.) JULES: I tried to tell Dan that I wasn’t gonna go through with it but its too late. (He looks up.) I never though I was gonna fall in love with Keith. (He looks at her disbelievingly.) But I did, Lucas. You have to believe me; I love him(!) (Lucas doesn’t believe her.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SAWYER RSIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton wakes up, the place beside her, on the bed, is empty. She looks forward, soberly.) PEYTON: Thought I was having a… (Jake’s shoving his things into a bag.) bad dream only to wake up and find out its real. (Smiles) But, I know that you have to go. JAKE: Last night, you said you were feeling weak. Well here, (Picks something up.) let me show you something I use when I’m feeling weak. (Hands her a piece of paper, folded into eighths. She begins to open it.) ‘If my hopes could bring you home, you and Jenny would be with me now’. (Continues to pack.) PEYTON: (Grinning) It’s the first email I sent you? (Smiles and opens it.) JAKE: It’s like, I’d be working one of those jobs or… (Shakes his head.) feeling like I was gonna be on the run forever and I would-I’d read those words and… it’s like this sudden calm… would wash over me. (Peyton looks away.) You’re so strong, Peyton. (Shakes his head.) You don’t even know it. I mean, you got me through some pretty dark days. (Nods) And… I’ve been thinking that, if I can get all that… from some words on a piece of paper… just imagine what it would be like to have the real thing every day. (Peyton gapes and smiles.) I’m just-I’m tired of running, Peyton; come with me, let’s bring Jenny back home. (Nods) PEYTON: (Disbelieving) Yeah? JAKE: Yeah. (Nods) PEYTON: (Nods happily.) Yeah. (Laughs) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Haley snatches Taylor’s things off the table.) TAYLOR: (Wakes up.) What are you doing? HALEY: I’m helping you pack(!) TAYLOR: (Sits up.) Am I packing? (Haley dumps her things into a bag.) HALEY: That’s where I’m sending you; packing. (Picks up more of Taylor’s things.) TAYLOR: (Takes the covers off her legs.) Wait a minute, Haley. HALEY: You know what; complain window is close, OK? It’s time for you to go back to school. TAYLOR: I’m… done with school. HALEY: Well, I’m sorry. I need to be here, working on saving my marriage and you’re getting in the way(!) TAYLOR: I need a few days to figure things out. HALEY: A few days is gonna turn into a few weeks. I know you, Taylor. By then, it might be too late for Nathan and me. NATHAN: (o.s) We have to let her stay, Haley. (Nathan is leaning against the wall, watching them. Both girls look at him.) (Close-up of Nathan.) She’s family. (Haley looks heavenward and shakes her head.) NATHAN: Just until you figure out what you’re gonna do, alright? TAYLOR: (Smiles gratefully and nods.) Sure. Thanks, Nathan. (Nathan looks at Haley. She’s very close to glaring.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL COLLEGE – BUSINESS 101 – DAY] (Andy enters the classroom. Karen is sitting in her seat. They exchange uncomfortable looks.) ANDY: Today, we’re gonna pick up with managerial ethics; where we left off just before my trip. (Looks at Karen, scratches his head and picks up a piece of chalk to write on the greenboard. He writes ‘ETHICS’ in block capitals.) (Pause) Actually, no, (Drops the chalk.) change of plan, forget that. Who can tell me the word that I wrote on the board on the first day? (Karen looks down.) ANDY: Karen? KAREN: (Looks up and says, reservedly.) Greed. ANDY: That’s right. It’s a motivating factor in business, religion, politics. (Pause) I mean, I know it sure as hell motivated me. (Pause) Or it used to. Three years ago, I was barrelling along in my SUV, on my way to yet another meeting with yet another financial group. At that point in time, my liquid assets totalled around thirty-one million. On my cell I had a broker… who could have, uh, pushed my net-worth up by another quarter of a million. (Pause) And I was so on my game this day. I mean, I was saying all the right things; I was turning all the right screws… when, um… (Looks down and sighs.) I didn’t even see her – until I got out of the car. (Karen looks at him, comprehending.) By that time, she was lying in a-in a pretty impossible angle and there was… so much blood that I-I was sure that I’d klled her. (Karen blinks and looks down.) ANDY: But she survived. Her name is Miriam… and, uh, (Sighs) she’s gonna carry that accident around with her forever. (Pause) As will I. (Everyone’s looking at him.) ANDY: Since then, I’ve tried to do right by her and… twice a year, (Pause) I visit her and her son. To make sure they’re OK. And some people say that I do that out of guilt; that may be but… there’s another reason that I do it; I do it to remind myself that in this life, (Pause) there’s a point when enough’s enough. (Nods at Karen.) Now if you’re haggling over money that you don’t even need; enough’s enough. (Pause) Just… believe me on that. (He looks at Karen one last time before walking behind his desk.) ANDY: So, if you’ll still have me, um… managerial ethics. (Camera zooms in Karen’s solemn face.) CUT TO: [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – SIDEWALK – DAY] (Jake puts his bag into Peyton’s car.) JAKE: Tunes for the road? PEYTON: Yep, right (Pulls out a CD.) here(!) JAKE: You got your bag? PEYTON: In the trunk! JAKE: Beef jerky? (He gets behind the wheel. Peyton stares, open-mouthed.) Oh, come on, you can’t have a road trip without beef jerky. (Shuts the door.) You’re buying. PEYTON: OK, how bout, (Pulls her mastercard out.) I got my debit card; we’ll just stop at the first truck stop! JAKE: Now we’re talking. (Peyton gets in.) Top up or top down? PEYTON: (Smiles) Down. (Takes her bag off.) I don’t think it’s gonna rain today. (She smiles and Jake starts the car. They drive off.) CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ (STOCK) – DAY] CUT TO: FOCUS TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – DAY] (Deb is sitting at the bar, waiting for Karen. She turns when Karen enters.) DEB: I know you have no reason to believe anything I say, but, I feel awful about this, Karen. (Pause) Our friendship has gotten me through some pretty dark days. I never meant to betray that. But… I can have my lawyer drop off the papers to dissolve our partnership, if that’s what you want. KAREN: (Shakes her head and smiles.) It isn’t, Deb. Just… please don’t lie to me again. (Deb smiles.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (High angle sht of Lucas who is playing basketball by himself. The ball misses and he runs for it.) ANNA: (o.s) Felix told me what happened. (She walks into the sht.) LUCAS: (Scoffs) I’ll live. ANNA: I kind of owe you the biggest apology in the world, Lucas. LUCAS: (Confused) Me? ANNA: Yeah. (Pause) Coz, um… I’ve been blaming a lot of stuff on you that isn’t your fault. (Lucas inclines his head.) The last place we lived, the all-girls school I went to, there were these… rumours that got started and… (Breathes deeply.) my family found out and… I made a big deal out of it all… and we moved. Felix was pissed at me because of that. (Sighs) But the thing is, Lucas, those rumours, weren’t just rumours. (Looks away.) They were true. LUCAS: What were the rumours? ANNA: That I like girls. (Looks away.) You’re the first person I have ever said those words to out loud. (She’s clearly upset.) LUCAS: OK. ANNA: (There are tears in her eyes.) I mean, I’m into guys too so its a-it’s kind of confusing and… I guess I put all my hopes on you; (Shakes her head.) which wasn’t fair. (Lucas looks away, smiling humourlessly.) I thought since… you liked me and I liked you, maybe… that would make it go away. (Lucas smiles at her.) Until you broke things off and then… there I was – right back where I started. (Lucas can’t take all of the information he’s been getting today.) I’m not proud of it but that’s why I was mad at you. Only I guess I was really mad at myself. LUCAS: Wow, huh, this is a new one. ANNA: I’m not ready for people to know; especially Felix(!) LUCAS: (Sincerely) I won’t say anything. ANNA: (Smiles) Thanks. (He nods.) And, I won’t say anything about you and Brooke. LUCAS: (Busted) What about me and Brooke? ANNA: (Smiles knowingly.) She’s the girl you like, right? I mean, it’s kind of obvious. LUCAS: (Trying to find the words.) …I thought I was cooler than that. ANNA: Well, apparently not(!) LUCAS: (Smiles at her and nods.) Come here. (He walks over and hugs her. He still can’t believe it.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – PEYTON’S CAR – EVENING] (Peyton is asleep again. Jake is driving. Peyton moves over and rests her head on his shoulder. Jake looks at her a bat before looking back at the road and smiling.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke is looking through some of her snapshots of Peyton and herself and smiling. Felix comes up behind her.) FELIX: I want you to have this. (Puts the necklace around her neck.) BROOKE: Felix- FELIX: (Talks to her through the mirror.) It’s a gift. It’s not a payment. And I didn’t buy it for you as much as I bought it for me. (Rubs her shoulders.) Coz seeing you wear it makes me happy. (Brooke smiles reluctantly. Felix rubs her shoulders again.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL COLLEGE – ANDY’S OFFICE – DAY] (Andy is sitting at his desk, typing onto his laptop. Karen walks up, knocks on the door, holding a brown bag from her café. Andy looks up.) KAREN: (Holds the bag up.) Sandwiches? (Andy puts his pen down and stands.) KAREN: You like crow? Coz I’ve been craving it lately. ANDY: (Laughs) Don’t worry about it. It’s about time I owned up to my mistakes. KAREN: (Smiles) Me too. (She takes a sandwich out and gives it to him.) ANDY: (Accepts it.) This isn’t really crow, I hope. KAREN: (Takes her own out.) Turkey with Swiss. (Smiles) Apologies on the side. (Andy laughs and they sit down with their respective sandwiches. He takes his out and smiles at her.) FADE TO: [EXT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (Keith opens the door to Lucas; in a suit.) KEITH: Hey(!) LUCAS: Keith, uh, can I talk to you? KEITH: Sure. (Steps aside to show Jules on the couch.) Come on in. LUCAS: You know, um, (Stops when he sees her. Jules’ smile falls.) did I happen to leave my… MP3 player here? KEITH: Uh, no, haven’t seen it. LUCAS: (Still looking at Jules.) Right, um… KEITH: Oh, what, you wanna come in and hang out? (Jules knows why Lucas’ really there.) LUCAS: No, I’m OK. See ya. (Turns and leaves.) (Keith turns to Jules who just smiles stiffly at him. Keith closes the door.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – OUTSIDE – DAY] (Students walk around outside before the start of school. A couple holding hands walk by in slow motion. Anna watches them. Lucas walks up to her, looking at them too.) LUCAS: Feeling left out? ANNA: A little. LUCAS: Well, you wanna be left out together? (Holds his arm out.) (Anna smiles and takes his arm. They walk down together.) FADE TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Nathan is sitting at the worktop, on the laptop. Haley is working away at the counter and Taylor is in the bathroom, the door is open. She wipes steam off of a part of the mirror and watches Nathan through it. He looks up and she smiles. He stares for a moment.) NATHAN: (To Haley.) Hey, uh, do you need some help? HALEY: (Looks back and nods.) Yeah, sure. (Nathan nods, looks back at Taylor once more time before heading over to his wife. She hands him a spoon, they kiss and the camera zooms out slowly.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x11 - The Heart Brings You Back"}	foreverdreaming
[INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke is sitting on her desk, hair tied up in a bun, legs crossed and holding a blue flag that reads; ‘TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL’ with their ‘R’ and mascot raven.) (The camera zooms in and a series of snapshot sounds are heard. The picture turns black and white. Three are taken of Brooke on her desk and four are taken of her behind her desk, holding her pen and looking much like a female president.) (The sht returns to colour and the camera zooms out of a close-up of her holding a Latin book – upside-down. She’s holding more books in the other hand and posing.) (She looks at the Latin book for a bat before smiling for Felix and his camera.) FELIX: (Scoffs and lowers the camera.) I think the Latin book’s upside-down. BROOKE: Like I could read it if it was right-side-up. (Lowers the book and moves away.) (Felix grins and looks at the pictures on the screen of the digital camera.) BROOKE: How long’s it gonna take you to get these fliers done? (Brooke pulls her hair tie out and ruffles her hair loose.) FELIX: Just gotta download the pics to my computer. You got a slogan in mind? BROOKE: Yeah, ‘Brooke Davis for President’. (Smiles) Short enough for even the stoners to remember. (Felix smiles and turns around.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (Dan walks around with some papers. Lucas enters the building and walks straight to Dan.) LUCAS: You gonna leave Keith and Jules alone? DAN: (Looking at a car.) I’m thinking about it. LUCAS: Look, he’s happy for once. (Pause) He’s getting married. Don’t screw that up. (Dan looks up, genuinely shocked.) DAN: They’re getting married? (Lucas didn’t know that Dan hadn’t been told. Dan smirks again.) DAN: I’ll tell you what – I’ll leave them alone… if you give me a chance to prove that I can be a good father. LUCAS: (Smiling) Well, how you gonna do that, huh? Get a lobotomy? DAN: No. (Walks up to him.) You move in with me. (Lucas looks at him and scoffs disbelievingly. They hold gazes for a while.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Clothes are strewn all over the place. Nathan walks into the kitchen in only a lilac towel.) NATHAN: (Sighs) Haley, we seriously have to hide the matches from your pyro sister. (Taylor exits the bathroom, not completely dressed as she dons a top. Nathan blows out candles.) TAYLOR: (Taunts) Be grateful it’s just candles. When we were kids, I set fre to our bunk beds. NATHAN: Look… where is Haley and, does she know that you’re wearing her shirt? TAYLOR: (Gets things out of the fridge.) At school (For, like, the third time this season.) and no, I needed a beach cover-up. (Puts things into her bag and lifts the bag.) Hey, I borrowed some cash, for beer, I hope you don’t mind. (She walks off-screen. Nathan watches her exit the house and sighs.) (The laptop pings.) NATHAN: (Looks at it.) And, she left the computer on. (He walks to the laptop and sits in front of it with a massive sigh.) NATHAN: (To no one.) Love having you, Taylor. (Waves) Come visit anytime. (He looks at the message: ‘HellInKeller: Got your message. Don’t think I can leave you alone.’. Nathan frowns at it and clicks on Haley’s ‘sent items’ folder. He sorts the messages by name order and sees many messages to Chris. The titles are: MISS YOU! THINKING OF YOU! Don’t waste your talent Got a great gig… you should be here! I had a dream about you I WANT TO KISS YOU! The worst bus ride ever I’m glad you are thinking about me You are too talented… be with me Come sing with me! Your audience awaits! The camera zooms in on the titles.) (Nathan is shocked by what he sees and exhales hard.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Students roam around the grounds before school begins. Camera pans to follow Mouth as he runs across to Lucas.) MOUTH: Hey, Luke(!) I’m taking a poll for the next issue of the paper. (Flips open a pad. Brooke appears behind them.) What is your biggest concern for the upcoming student government election? (Brooke runs up to them cheerfully but they haven’t spotted her yet.) LUCAS: Having to answer polls. BROOKE: (Links arms with both boys.) Well, well, well. If it isn’t my favourite two voters in the same place. You two can be the first to know I’m running for president. (Lucas looks at her.) Do I have your support? LUCAS: Well, do I have any choice? BROOKE: Ah, let me think about that – no(!) (To Mouth.) And if you’re still doing you newspaper dig, Mighty Mouth, I’ll give you an exclusive on my campaign. MOUTH: (Somewhat reluctantly.) Um… yeah, we should set that up. BROOKE: Good. (She smiles.) (Nathan walks up to them – also in school for the first time in a while.) NATHAN: You guys seen Haley? LUCAS: (Squints as he looks around.) Uh… I think she’s tutoring. (There’s a blurry sht of Jake as he’s seen in the background over Lucas’ shoulder.) LUCAS: You OK? (Nathan looks behind himself.) NATHAN: (Turns back.) I gotta go. (Walks off.) LUCAS: Alright. (Mouth looks back as Brooke and Lucas continue to watch Nathan.) MOUTH: No way(!) Is that… Jake? (Lucas and Brooke turn in the direction Mouth is looking. Jake and Peyton walk to them.) LUCAS: (To Jake.) Hey! (Brooke is obviously pleased to see him. She smiles widely and holds her arms out. Mouth grins.) LUCAS: When’d you get back? JAKE: Couple days ago. BROOKE: (Walks to him.) How’s Jenny?(!) JAKE: Hey. BROOKE: Hi(!) (Hugs him.) JAKE: She’s great. She’s getting bigger every day. (Lucas and Jake shake hands in a manly way.) LUCAS: You’re getting scrawny, man. You better ht that weight room before camp. JAKE: Yeah. (Smiles and nods.) MOUTH: Will you still be here then? JAKE: (Nods) Yeah, yeah. I’m back for good now. I mean, I got some messes to clean up. (Brooke gives Peyton a look.) I gotta get a lawyer; see if I can… keep Nikki away, but… I’m done running. (Smiles) LUCAS: (Seriously) Good. (Pause) We need you here. JAKE: (Looks ay Peyton.) Thanks. BROOKE: (Takes Jake’s arm and walks forward with him.) Oh, Jake, I’m so glad you came back. You can still vote here, right? (Jake looks at her and they walk off-screen.) (Lucas stands next to Peyton.) LUCAS: You good? PEYTON: (Smiling) Yes. Thank you, for calling him. (Hugs him.) You’re a good friend, Luke. (She walks away but her parting words obviously pleased Lucas.) (Lucas walks forward slowly, by himself.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – LOCKERS – DAY] (Haley takes off her coat and puts in into the locker. Peyton walks up to her.) HALEY: (Smiling) Hey(!) I heard you were out of town. Fill me in on all the dirt. PEYTON: I… think you’re the only one who has any. (Haley makes a face.) PEYTON: Um… I have to ask you something. HALEY: Yeah. PEYTON: …Did you kiss Chris? HALEY: (Smile drops and she exhales. She pauses before saying guiltily.) How did you know about that? PEYTON: (Sighs and looks away for a second.) That is seriously not important. HALEY: It was, like, a goodbye kiss. PEYTON: (Voice deliberately low.) With tongue(!)? Haley, what’s going on with you? You know how ugly everything got with me and Brooke and Lucas and… there were no wedding rings in that scenario. HALEY: (Looks around before shutting the locked.) Look, he just… (Whispers) he just kissed me. And… I let him and it was a really stupid thing to do. But… It’s-it didn’t mean anything, you know? (Pause) PEYTON: A kiss always means something. (Peyton frowns at Haley. The school bell rings. Peyton walks away, leaving Haley to stew in her guilt. Haley sighs.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – DAY] (Camera is focussed on the window as Jake walks along on the other side. He knocks on the doorframe. Whitey’s at his desk – we’ve all missed him – in his dark office with only a lamp as a source of illumination. Whitey looks up and answers with his usual cutting remark.) WHITEY: (Drops his pen.) Well, I never though I’d see you darken my door again, Jagielski. (He takes his glasses off and ends with a smile.) JAKE: (Hands in pockets.) Yeah, I wasn’t so sure myself, coach. WHITEY: Where the hell’ve you been, son? (Jake smiles and takes that as an incentive to walk into the office.) JAKE: Just looking for a safe place in a non-safe world. WHITEY: You find it? JAKE: I don’t think it exists. (Smiles) So I figured I’d just have to create it myself. WHITEY: (Asses him.) How’s your game? JAKE: Well, haven’t had much cause to use it. (Nods) (Whitey gets off his chair and stands level with him.) WHITEY: How bout your grades? JAKE: (Looks down and sighs.) Well, I’ve been working a lot of hours; just to keep me and Jenny afloat so I sorta stopped going to school. WHITEY: (Scowling to high heaven.) That’s a damn fools plan. (Walks around his desk to Jake.) Jenny deserves a whole lot better than a high school drop-out for a father. JAKE: (Nods) I know, I know. That’s why I’m here. I was-I was hoping that you could speak to Principle Turner on my behalf coz… well he wasn’t really happy last time I talked to him. WHITEY: (Pause) You gonna disappear again? JAKE: (Shakes his head.) I don’t plan on it, coach. (Whitey smiles – ever so slightly – and puts his hand on Jake’s shoulder.) WHITEY: (Steers him to his door.) We got a faculty meeting tonight. I’ll corner Turner and see what I can do. JAKE: I appreciate that. (They stop at the doorway.) WHITEY: Oh, and about that safe place you’re building; don’t do it alone. There’s a lot of people here ready to help. (Whitey pats him on the back – hard – and sends him on his way.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – BENCHES – DAY] (Nathan walks to the benches with a lot of papers in his hand. Haley is sitting there working. He sits on the seat next to hers.) NATHAN: Talk to your folks lately? HALEY: Uh, yeah actually, my mom sent me an email. Said dad is dragging em all over Wisconsin looking for, like, the Gouda museum or something. NATHAN: What about Chris? (Hands the papers over.) HALEY: Did you go through my emails? (Takes the papers.) NATHAN: What is this, Haley? HALEY: Nothing. I sent him one email to say good luck on your music. (Flips through the papers.) NATHAN: It looks like more than one email to me. (He waits for an explanation.) HALEY: (Annoyed) Taylor, must have sent these on my account because- (Nathan looks away, smirking bitterly.) yeah, look at the dates; They all start after she got here. (About a particular email.) And this one was sent when I was at the café. NATHAN: So you didn’t kiss Chris? HALEY: (Lying pretty well.) Taylor is just stirring up trouble like always. NATHAN: (Nods) OK. I’m gonna tell her to leave then. That cool with you? (Pause) HALEY: Yeah. She should go. NATHAN: (Nods) Alright. (He stands and leaves.) (Haley looks away guiltily. She’s just placed all the blame on her sister.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – STUDENT COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM – DAY] (Whitey walks in.) WHITEY: Good afternoon folks. (Closes the door.) Welcome to the first student government information session. I’m gonna pass out these sign-up sheets for the various offices. (sht of Brooke as she tries to look interested but is obviously out of her league. She’s nervous.) WHITEY: And once you’ve filled these out we’ll talk about scheduling. (Hands them to a student.) ERICA MARSH: Hi. (Holds out her hand.) Erica Marsh. (Brooke shakes her hand.) I never pegged Brooke Davis for student government. BROOKE: Well, I am captain of the cheerleading squad… and a former homecoming queen. (Smiles) Can’t be that different, right? ERICA MARSH: Actually, government is a lot more than just a popularity contest. Everybody, in this room, has at least a 3.8 GPA and a tonne of outside interest. (Brooke smirks to herself.) Take me; I’m president of the National Auto Society; head of the French club and co-chair of Tree Hill Big Sisters. BROOKE: (Sarcastically) Wow(!) You do all of that and yet you still have time to talk to us little people? ERICA MARSH: Maybe I can help you, Brooke. Have you thought about running for secretary? Nobody serious ever wants that job. BROOKE: (Cattily) Actually, I’m running for president. ERICA MARSH: President? You realise I’ve been president since seventh grade. BROOKE: Really?(!) What’s was your name again? ERICA MARSH: Erica Marsh. BROOKE: No, doesn’t ring a bell. ERICA MARSH: Don’t worry, it will. BROOKE: (Holds out the form.) Will be in one, Vivica. ERICA MARSH: (Takes the clipboard and pen.) Erica. BROOKE: (Takes her pen back.) Whatever. (Brooke smirks at her. Erica turns back around and Brooke’s smirk turns into a glare. She flips through her pad savagely.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Lucas enters the café.) LUCAS: (To Karen.) Oh, hey. KAREN: (Relieved) Oh, hey. You’re a lifesaver. (They walk around behind the counter.) KAREN: Deb’s out of town and I’m backed up on deliveries. LUCAS: (He’s holding a piece of paper.) OK, uh… no problem, I’ll pack up the car. But first… (Holds out the paper to her and sighs.) the test results came. (Karen unfolds and looks at it.) LUCAS: I don’t have HCM. (Karen gasps in relief.) Keith’s OK too. KAREN: (Hugs him delightedly.) Thank god(!) (Closes her eyes.) Oh, I don’t think I could take it if anything were wrong with you. LUCAS: (Smiling) I know. KAREN: Well, we should celebrate; anything you want. LUCAS: (Nonchalantly) I wanna… move in with Dan. KAREN: (Handing the paper back, thinking he’s joking.) Right, (Turns away to work.) and I wanna drive metal spike into my eyes. (Karen puts things away and turns back to him.) LUCAS: (Walks forward.) Look, I-I know it sounds crazy. OK, but college is gonna start in a few years- KAREN: You’re serious? LUCAS: (Pauses for a while as he looks at his mother sadly.) Yeah(!) (Pause) I wanna move in with Dan. KAREN: (Exhales) Over my dad body(!) What’s this really about, Lucas? What’s going on? LUCAS: Nothing(!) (With a shake in his voice.) And I know this comes as a surprise to you,… and I’m sorry mom, but… it’s what I want. OK? (He walks past her and Karen watches him, confused and saddened.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Keith walks up to the entrance of the dealership. Dan walks up.) DAN: (Pissed) You’re late! (Keith opens the door and enters.) DAN: Where the hell were you?(!) KEITH: (Nonplussed) I… stopped by to check on Jules. DAN: You should have called. Your office, right now(!) (Keith follows him, kinda worried. Dan enters Keith’s office, a smile on his face.) CO-WORKERS: (Holding glasses up.) Surprise! (Keith’s office is decorated in celebratory style. They are candles up, plates and sterling silver food platters. The workers are holding up glasses of Champaign.) (Keith is dumbfounded.) KEITH: (Shocked) What? DAN: (Laughs and puts an arm around Keith’s shoulder.) Congratulations, big brother. I hope Jules makes you as happy as Deb has made me. (Takes a glass and clinks it with Keith’s.) KEITH: (Still stunned.) But, how did you know?(!) DAN: (Evasively) Good news travels fast in this town. (Holds up his glass.) A toast; to Keith and to Jules. (Everyone holds their glasses up.) Two people lucky enough to find each other. (Looks at Keith.) And I hope your lives together… are filled with many more surprises. KEITH: Oh no, this is just about the number of people we’re inviting to the wedding, so… DAN: What’re you talking about? KEITH: Oh, you know, we’re just gonna… do something small. DAN: Out of the question(!) You deserve a big blow-out. No expense spared. It’s my gift. I wanna give you a day you’ll remember for the rest of your life. (Keith smiles and everybody watching (us) starts to worry.) DAN: Besides, it’s not for you. (Looks up and sees a very pissed off Karen striding up to the entrance and pushing the door open.) It’s for Jules. Every woman deserves to be a queen for the day. (Dan walks out of the office so that he can greet Karen.) KAREN: What the hell are you doing with Lucas?! DAN: So he told you? KAREN: Only that he’s moving in with you, not the real reason why! DAN: He wants to get to know his father. KAREN: That’s crap and we both know it(!) You’re manipulating him somehow! DAN: No, I’m letting him make a choice. He’s a big boy, Karen. (He begins to turn away.) He may need something more than just his mommy(!) (Walks back to the office.) KAREN: (Following him.) DON’T YOU DARE WALK AWAY FROM ME, WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR FIN- (She quietens down as she sees the celebration.) –ished(!) (Karen looks at Keith in bewilderment.) KAREN: What’s going on? DAN: It’s just a little party to celebrate Keith’s engagement. (Dan smiles at Karen, knowing perfectly well what he’s doing. Karen looks at Keith, hurt.) (Dan walks forward with a glass flute. Keith looks away.) DAN: (Holds it out to her.) Champaign? (Karen looks down at the glass but doesn’t move to take it.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SIDE WALK – DAY] (Peyton’s walking down the pavement by herself. Haley runs behind her, trying to catch up. People are milling all around.) HALEY: Hey(!) PEYTON: (Stops and looks back.) Hey. (Haley catches up.) HALEY: So,… Nathan found out that I kissed Chris. PEYTON: You told him? HALEY: No, my idiot sister has been emailing Chris under my screen name because, apparently, the drama in her own life isn’t enough, and Nathan found the emails. PEYTON: How’d he take it? HALEY: (Sighs) I just told him Taylor made it all up. PEYTON: So… you lied to him, again? (They stop and look at each other.) HALEY: (Running a hand through her hair.) Yeah, and I feel awful about it, but what’s the point of telling Nathan? Chris is out of my life, OK? Nathan would feel worse if he knew the truth. PEYTON: (Raises her eyebrows.) What is the truth? HALEY: That Chris… and I are connected through music. (Pause) He understands that part of me in a way that Nathan doesn’t. (They start walking again.) PEYTON: (Links arms with Haley.) OK, Haley, if… if Chris were in town… would you be into him? Coz I mean you-you-you kissed him(!) HALEY: I know I kissed him and it was a mistake. PEYTON: So this whole connection is strictly music? HALEY: That’s all it is. I love Nathan. (They continue walking.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (The bell is heard and the door opens. Camera pans as Keith steps into the café. Karen looks at him for a bat before continuing with her cleaning. She walks to him as he steps up to the counter.) KAREN: So I guess, uh, (Looks at the money in her hand.) congratulations are in order. KEITH: I-I-I’m sorry about this morning. That’s not how I wanted you to find out. KAREN: Why didn’t you just tell me? KEITH: (Sitting at the counter.) You know, for as long as I can remember, Karen, (He looks at her.) I wanted to be with you. (Smiles) And then I proposed- KAREN: Keith(!) KEITH: No, really, it’s… it’s OK. (Pause) When you turned me down, I, uh,… I thought I’d never have any love in my life. (Pause) But now I’ve found the love of my life. (They smile.) KAREN: (Looks down.) Jules is a lucky woman. KEITH: I guess I didn’t tell you because (Pause) I needed to say this first; I’m glad I loved you all those years. (Smiles as Karen’s face is overcome with a curious expression.) You know, even if it didn’t work out. My heart knew what it wanted. (Smiles) So I was ready when Jules came along. (Karen nods.) KAREN: Did you guys set a date yet? KEITH: (Inhales) No, it’ll be soon though. Um… Lucas has already agreed to be my best man. KAREN: Really? (The tension from the whole situation is apparent.) I didn’t know. (Coughs) We haven’t talked about anything but Dan since Lucas asked to move in with him. KEITH: Hang on, what?(!) KAREN: Yeah, there’s something going on that he’s not telling me. (Keith nods, more to himself, and looks down.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke is putting up posters of herself – looking like the president – at regular intervals along the same wall. There’s no space for anything else and she even puts them over fliers.) (Haley and Peyton come walking down the corridor, smiling.) HALEY: (To Brooke.) Hey. BROOKE: (Turns her head.) Hey(!) Like my new campaign posters? (Points to them.) (sht of a poster with the heading ‘BROOKE DAVIS FOR PRESIDENT’. The pictures is of her holding the Latin book upside-down. The camera pans to one of her behind her desk with a pen and a smile.) PEYTON: I have never seen you looking so- BROOKE: Presidential? PEYTON: Funereal. BROOKE: (Puts her arm around Peyton’s waist and all three of them walk down the corridor.) Funny word coming from you; miss happy, goofy grin queen. What’s going on with you and Jake anyway? (Haley and Brooke try to tickle her good-humouredly. Peyton gets embarrassed.) PEYTON: (Trying to get away.) I don’t know, stop! (They laugh.) We’re playing it by the ear. BROOKE: Is that all you’re playing? (Peyton’s eyes widen at Brooke’s tactlessness. Haley smiles.) BROOKE: OK, fine, don’t tell us. I’ll just keep my fingers crossed and expect juicy details later. (Brooke turns away from them and her smile disappears. She looks at her posters; they have all got a red banner stuck across them. One says ‘Want a President with a 2.3 GPA?’ another one says ‘Brooke Davis Skipped 4TH Period 30 Times Last Year!’) BROOKE: Who did that? (Sound is heard overhead from the TV.) ERICA MARSH: In our great democracy, anyone can run for president. (A video segment she taped is playing on the school TV.) But you deserve a leader you can trust. I have evidence that Brooke Davis- (A scene with Brooke stuffing ballots into the box – for homecoming queen - is shown for the whole school to witness.) ERICA MARSH: -stuffed the ballot box to win homecoming queen. (Brooke bends down and picks up more ballots, putting them into the box.) BROOKE: (Outraged) I knocked it over by accident! I was just putting the ballots back in! (Cut back to the TV.) ERICA MARSH: And that might not be all she stuffs. (A scene of Brooke walking down the corridor plays. The camera zooms on the region of her ‘chest’.) BROOKE: (Pissed) Oh, please, I haven’t stuffed since puberty(!) I can’t believe that little @#%$ went negative(!) PEYTON: (Pokerfaced) I can’t believe she bat you to it. (Brooke spares her a tiny glance before looking back at the TV.) ERICA MARSH: This election, choose honesty; vote for me – Erica Marsh. (Erica smiles, Brooke glares, Peyton stares.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Lucas walks around the café, helping out. Karen is at the counter with Andy. She watches Lucas. Andy sits at the counter, eating.) ANDY: Little frosty in here, today, no? KAREN: You here to eat or give a weather report? ANDY: (Confused) …OK, what’s going on? I-I-I thought Lucas took the HCM test and was fine. KAREN: Yeah, but now he wants to move in with Dan,… and I haven’t been able to get him to budge so I’m gonna get Keith to try. ANDY: Keith. KAREN: Who’s getting married to Jules(!) (Andy looks at her for a bat before sitting up straight.) ANDY: Wow, that’s great. KAREN: Is it? (Lowers her voice.) I mean, how well does he know this girl? What if he’s just blinded by a pretty face and a hot body? ANDY: Well, (Shrugs) some would say the same about you. (Grins) (Karen rolls her eyes and Andy laughs.) (The door opens again and Brooke and Felix enter.) FELIX: You can’t let Erica get away with smearing you like that. You leave this stuff unanswered, it becomes the truth. (They find a place to sit. Lucas comes up to them – in a tight black top J - and hands out menus.) BROOKE: (To Lucas.) So what do you think I should do about Erica’s ads? LUCAS: Uh… are they true? BROOKE: (Awkwardly) Some of them. LUCAS: Well don’t deny it. (Smiles) Politicians always get caught when they lie. FELIX: That’s brilliant, genius(!) Stick to slinging hash. (Brooke gapes at Felix. Lucas laughs and holds up a hand to Felix.) LUCAS: Look, people like you, Brooke. (Shrugs) Just be who you are. (Brooke smiles, Felix looks on evilly and Lucas walks away. The door is heard opening again.) PEYTON: (Enters with Jake, holding a flier and completely beside herself.) OK, it’s official, Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp are playing at TRIC tomorrow! (Jake walks up beside her, smiling.) BROOKE: (Ecstatic) NO WAY! PEYTON: YES! BROOKE: That’s awesome! (Thinking.) That will be perfect for my campaign launch party! PEYTON: (Answering before thinking.) YEAH! (Pauses as she processes what Brooke just said. Tilts her head.) Wait, what? CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (sht of the living room – strewn with clothes. Taylor is standing over them. Nathan enters and Taylor turns her head to him.) TAYLOR: (Smiling) Hey, can you… zip me up, brother? NATHAN: (Closes the door, walks to her, arms crossed and sighs.) You’re busted, Taylor. TAYLOR: (Nonplussed) I’ll take that for a no. (Makes to zip herself up and turns to him fully.) NATHAN: Where the hell have you been? TAYLOR: I met some people at the beach and we partied all night. (Smiling) What’s your problem? NATHAN: I know you pretended to be Haley and emailed Chris. And what kind of a sister does something that twisted? TAYLOR: The kind who’s hoping the baby of the family doesn’t screw up like she did. NATHAN: Oh, right. Is that why you made up all that stuff about a kiss? TAYLOR: (Puzzled) You think I made it up? NATHAN: I talked to Haley. There was no kiss. (Taylor breaks eye contact, understanding.) Make whatever phone calls you need to find a place to crash. You’re outta here(!) (Nathan walks off-screen and Taylor watches him. She can’t believe her sister did that to her. She sighs.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Taylor opens the door and enters the apartment. She walks up to Haley who’s at the counter with a mug and in a robe.) HALEY: I was beginning to think you’d skipped town and left all your stuff. (Drinks from the mug.) (Taylor sits opposite Haley and puts a box down. Haley stands to get herself some coffee.) TAYLOR: What do you care if I haven’t been around? You’re kicking me out, right? HALEY: Drop the attitude, Tay. (Pours herself a mug.) you brought this on yourself. You’ve pulled a lot of crap over the years but emailing Chris as me… I just, I can’t believe you’d be such a conniving little @#%$(!) TAYLOR: (Annoyed) Hey(!) You’re the @#%$ who’s kissing a guy that isn’t your husband. You need a scapegoat, fine, let Nathan think that this is all on me, but you and I both know the kiss happened. (She shuts up as Nathan enters the kitchen.) (Haley gets up and kisses him.) TAYLOR: Hey! Have a Bear Claw, brother. (Moves the box near him.) We’re celebrating. I’m leaving tonight. (Taylor glares subtly at her sister. Somebody knocks on the door and Taylor gets up to answer it. Nathan reaches into the box.) (Taylor opens the door to Dan, holding a box of Nathan’s things. Dan – with his weird haircut – looks Taylor up and down interestedly – gross.) DAN: (Smirking as he makes a sound of approval.) Upgrade. I’m Dan. (Taylor licks some syrup off her finger.) TAYLOR: And I’m out of your league. (Nathan walks forward. Taylor turns away.) DAN: Wanna bet? (Nathan walks to the door.) NATHAN: What’re you doing here? (Dan throws the box at him.) DAN: That’s the last of your stuff. Need to make some room; Lucas is moving in. HALEY: (Unable to keep quiet.) Lucas is moving in with you? (Nathan just stares, wide-eyed.) DAN: Yeah, guess I’m not the devil after all. Enjoy your breakfast. (Nathan just stands there, wondering, as Dan leaves.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Brooke is sticking up posters of herself again, only this time; they are telling the truth and also quite amusing. One poster has a picture of her on a couch, laughing, with an empty cup in hand. The caption reads; ‘BROOKE DAVIS FOR PRESIDENT, ERICA MARSH NEVER PARTIES THIS HARD!’. She sticks another one up saying; ‘YES BROOKE DAVIS HAS A 2.3 GPA, AT LEAST SHE NEVER CHEATS!’ ‘Cheats’ is underlined three times. The picture is of her holding up an assignment with ‘D+’ in red on the top.) (Erica walks up to her.) ERICA MARSH: Are you implying that I cheat for my 4.0? (Smiles cattily.) BROOKE: (Fake smile.) Absolutely not(!) Just like you weren’t implying that I have a double digit IQ(!) (Erica smiles – Pleasantville style – and walks away. Brooke laughs and does the same.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Nathan is walking down the corridor, alone. Lucas is talking to somebody but says bye when he spots his brother.) LUCAS: Hey, Nate(!) (Runs forward and catches up with him.) What’s going on, man? NATHAN: …Is it true you’re moving in with Dan? LUCAS: (Sighs) Yeah. NATHAN: Great(!) What happened to ‘He can’t make me a substitute Nathan’? LUCAS: It’s just… it’s more complicated than that. NATHAN: Whatever, man. (Nathan walks off.) (Lucas watches him sadly.) BROOKE: (o.s) Lucas(!) (Brooke appears around the corner.) Hey, I have to write a kller platform speech if I’m gonna win this election… but I have no idea where to start. LUCAS: Well why don’t you try asking Felix? (Makes to walk away but Brooke stops him.) BROOKE: Because Whitey told us to read speeches by world leaders – and then he mentioned this Charles Dicko guy who I… thought was that exchange student that’s always… smelling his fingers in class… (Lucas laughs and looks away.) so obviously this is your area of expertise and not mine. (Looks at him pleadingly.) Can you help me? (Lucas looks at her and smiles.) LUCAS: How bout tonight, right before TRIC? (Brooke smiles at him.) BROOKE: You’re the best, Lucas. Thank you. CUT TO: [EXT. DAVIS RESIDENCE (STOCK) – EVENING] (Brooke’s voice is heard.) BROOKE: (v.o) Maybe I should do a contest- CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESDIENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is sitting, reading a book while Lucas lies on his side on her bed.) BROOKE: -you know, ‘vote for me and win a date’ or offer a makeover. (Flips a page.) LUCAS: (Sits up and scoffs.) You don’t need a gimmick, Brooke. (Brooke looks and listens to him.) Alright, just,… tell me why you wanna be president. BROOKE: I am who I am… no excuses. But I’d like other people to know that there’s a lot more to me than just some party-girl. (Lucas smiles and holds up a hand, silently asked for her to wait. He reaches down and picks up an ‘OXFORD’ book. He opens it and holds it out to her.) LUCAS: This is from a speech, by John F. Kennedy. (She takes the book and reads it.) I think it could work for you. (Lucas watches her as she reads.) BROOKE: This is all about courage. (She looks up, amusedly.) Nobody is gonna believe this, coming from me. (Lucas smiles and nods.) LUCAS: (Sincerely) …I would. (They look at each other. Brooke ‘seeing’ him for a moment… then the door opens and Felix enters. Lucas and Brooke continue to look at each other. The tension builds.) FELIX: (To Brooke.) Hey. (He’s carrying a box.) BROOKE: (Surprised) Hey(!) FELIX: (Indicating the box.) Brought you some… campaign buttons. (Lucas looks away.) BROOKE: (Takes the box.) Oh(!) Wow thanks, Felix, these are great(!) (Picks one and looks at it.) FELIX: Um… (Gives Lucas a glare.) you wanted me to pick you up before TRIC. BROOKE: (Shocked) Is it that late already? (To Lucas.) I totally lost track of time. LUCAS: Ah, (Brushing it off.) we’re done anyway. (Lucas stands and walks for the door. He stops before he gets to it and turns his head slightly.) LUCAS: Everything you need to say… (It really looks like he’s talking to Felix who is only refraining from thumping him because Brooke’s there.) is already in your heart. (Brooke looks at him for a bat before smiling. Felix can feel the tension and closes his eyes. Sound of the door closing.) CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Taylor is dumping her clothes into her suitcase.) HALEY: (Walks into the room.) Alright, we’re gonna go out to TRIC. Are you gonna be here when we get back? TAYLOR: No. My ride’s coming tonight. (Haley feels guilty again, like it seems to be the norm for her nowadays.) HALEY: Well where’re you gonna go? TAYLOR: I… met some guy starting a surf shop down in the Keys. I’ll crash there for a while. HALEY: And then what? TAYLOR: I don’t know, Haley(!) I don’t think that far ahead. HALEY: Well maybe you should. TAYLOR: Like having a plan has worked so well for you. (Taylor continues to pack.) HALEY: Well, listen, uh… (Takes money out of her clutch.) it’s not much but… here. (Holds out the notes to her.) It’s all I’ve got. (Taylor stares at her sister and the money.) HALEY: I want you to have it. (sht of Haley and Taylor’s hands as Taylor takes the money.) TAYLOR: (Sadly) Thanks… but this won’t make you feel any less guilty about Chris. (Haley looks down.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – MAIN FLOOR – EVENING] (Loud music and strobe lights move around the club. The place is packed. The camera moves around as Jake appears, walking to Peyton.) JAKE: Hey. PEYTON: (Furiously flipping through the music and talking to herself.) Are you kidding me?! DJ Bobo? Where are The Executioners or-or The Chemical Brothers or anything(!) (Jake smiles at her.) JAKE: (Takes the CD off her.) Peyton(!) DJ has got this under control, OK? (Puts the CD back, still smiling at her.) The night’s gonna be great. (Takes hold of her arm.) Come on. HALEY: (Come on-screen.) Hey(!) (She’s looking at Jake.) JAKE: Oh, hey! (Haley laughs and hugs him – as everyone seems to love doing this episode.) HALEY: Welcome back(!) PEYTON: Where’s Nathan? HALEY: Uh… Karen needed help with some boxes. JAKE: Oh, well, I’ll go help them out. I’ve been wanting to say hi to Karen, so… (Points behind.) I’ll see ya. HALEY: See you(!) (Jake leaves and Haley walks to Peyton.) Hi. PEYTON: Hi. HALEY: So… OK, this is gonna sound really weird and groupie but… I’m a huge Michelle Branch fan- PEYTON: (Not surprised.) Oh. HALEY: -I was wondering if you could introduce me. PEYTON: (Puts her arm around Haley’s shoulders.) Yes, I will introduce you. (They laugh and walk off screen.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp are in the backroom, rehearsing before the go live.) THE WRECKERS: # And I would like to think so, But do you know that when you go # (Peyton knocks and enters with Haley.) PEYTON: Hey, guys, I’m sorry. MICHELLE BRANCH AND JESSICA HARP: Oh, hey. PEYTON: Um… I just wanted to introduce you to a friend of mine. Michelle Branch, Jessica Harp (Points to Haley.) this is Haley. (Haley smiles and shakes their hands.) HALEY: Hi. MICHELLE BRANCH: Hey. JESSICA HARP: Hey. Haley James? HALEY: Haley James-Scott actually. (Peyton is confused by the reception Haley just got.) MICHELLE BRANCH: Oh, you know what, we’ve heard a lot about you. HALEY: (Confused) Uh… I-I don’t think that’s possible. (Looks at Peyton.) MICHELLE BRANCH: No, (Jessica Harp nods.) our opening act gave you rave reviews. (Looks at the doorway.) Didn’t you? (Chris walks into the room, bag slung over his shoulder and acting like he owns the place.) CHRIS: I said she was OK. (Haley watches him. She looks like her life is passing before her eyes. Peyton obviously neglected to tell her that he was coming. Chris stops at the mirror, his back to them all. He turns his head and looks at them once. Haley’s smile is strained.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Peyton stands there, Haley beside her as she talks to Chris.) PEYTON: So… you’re the opening act? CHRIS: Not for long. I’ll be headlining soon. MICHELLE BRANCH: So, Haley, um… Chris played us your duet and it sounds really great. (Jessica Harp nods.) You should join him on stage tonight. HALEY: Oh, uh, thanks… but, (Looks down.) I don’t think, um… (Chris looks at her.) (Inhales) I’m just-I gotta head out, but it was really nice to meet you guys. (Haley nods and exits.) JESSICA HARP: (Nods) Nice to meet you too. (They smile and walk off-screen, leaving Peyton and Chris in the room. Peyton heads to Chris, annoyed.) PEYTON: What the hell do you think you’re doing? CHRIS: Giving you the biggest break of your life. You’re welcome by the way. PEYTON: (Quietly) No, no, no, no, no, (Points at him.) you did not do me any favours, OK? I busted my @#%$ to get The Wreckers here. CHRIS: Yeah, but I sealed the deal. PEYTON: Why? So you could see Haley? (Chris nods to himself.) I know that you kissed her. CHRIS: Listen, it takes two, OK? (The camera focuses on their reflection as they turn to it.) She didn’t exactly push me away. PEYTON: (Unsurely) You’re wasting your time, you know? She’s over you. CHRIS: (To her reflection.) Then you got nothing to worry about(!) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Peyton stands on stage as she talks into the mic. She is also now wearing one of Brooke’s buttons.) PEYTON: Hey, you guys(!) Thanks a lot for coming out tonight to check out The Wreckers. We have a lot of great music coming your way… and, we also have… Chris Keller. (There is some clapping in the crowd but also a lot of booing. They probably remember him from the last time he dumped on them. Peyton walks off-stage and Chris walks on, with his guitar.) (Nathan looks down at Haley.) NATHAN: What’s he doing here? HALEY: (Defensively) I… I didn’t know he was coming, I swear. (She turns back.) CHRIS: (o.s) You guys still aren’t ready for this. But I’m in a forgiving mood. (Just to stick it to Nathan.) This one’s for you Haley. (Haley looks down and Nathan looks mrder.) CHRIS: # I started up my hollow, A piece of wood to follow, A day that doesn’t come to the lucky. And I realise there’s tomorrow, But I would rather wallow in the rain, Than moods that seem so potlucky. # (Lucas walks to Mouth.) LUCAS: You told Brooke about the windshield? MOUTH: (Shakes his head.) I’m working up to it. (sht of Brooke giving out buttons.) BROOKE: Vote for me. CHRIS: # Well I’m cruisin’ El Paseo. In my off-white coupe back ’65, Oh, I'm cruisin' down my own street, And my hoopty says to me, "You better hang on to your benchseat, I'm gonna take you for a ride", And I'll let you know, When it comes, when it comes, I'll let you know, But don't stay up for me, Don't wait up for me if I'm not home, yeah, So wait for fate to find me, A ball of string unwind me # (Haley looks away. Chris continues to sing in the background.) HALEY: (To Nathan.) Maybe we should go. NATHAN: No. No, I’m gonna waste that guy. (Taylor steps up net to Haley.) HALEY: (To her sister.) I thought that you weren’t coming. TAYLOR: (Shrugs) My ride’s running late. (About Chris.) Who’s the stud? NATHAN: (Stiffly, seeing if he can get a reaction out of Taylor.) Chris(!) (Taylor gapes, laughs and turns back to watch.) TAYLOR: Well this evening just got interesting. (They stand and watch him.) CHRIS: # Well, I'll be gone tomorrow, Yes, I'm on the road tomorrow, So, next time that I see you in school, (Nathan turns around and leaves. Haley watches him and then turns back around worriedly. Taylor turns to see.) It won’t be for too long, And I'll let you know, When it comes, when it comes, I'll let you know, But don't stay up for me, Don't wait up for me if I'm not home- # FADE TO BLACK: FADE IN: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Chris finishes playing his song as he strums his guitar.) CHRIS: (Into the mic.) Thanks a lot guys, you’ve been… acceptable. (The crowd cheers. He nods.) CHRIS: The Wreckers up next. (He looks at Haley and smiles. Taylor smiles, loving the tension. Haley isn’t impressed.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Chris enters the backroom, looking down. He looks up and sees Nathan standing there. A dangerous looking Nathan.) CHRIS: (Smiling) Looking for an autograph? NATHAN: No, actually, I was looking to kick your @#%$. (Pause as Chris looks around.) But then I realised; (Shrugs) why bother? There’s nothing here for you. Haley sees what you really are; pathetic poser. Just wanted to let you know. (Nathan moves to the exit.) CHRIS: You’re wrong(!) You’re just trying to silence that voice inside your head. Yeah, you know the one. (Nathan stops and turns to him.) That’s growing louder every day. It’s saying ‘we’re drifting apart’, ‘I’m losing her’. NATHAN: Actually, it’s saying ‘shut this guys up, once and for all’(!) (Approaches Chris again.) CHRIS: OK, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe she does love you. NATHAN: She does. CHRIS: What if that’s not enough? (Chris heads to the exit, leaving Nathan standing there, thinking. Nathan turns, head shaking, and exits.) PEYTON: (v.o) OK you guys, the wait is over.- CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Peyton leans on a stool as she talks into the mic.) PEYTON: Please join me in welcoming, to TRIC, recording artists; Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp – The Wreckers! (Peyton gets off stage and the crowd goes wild. The Wreckers get on stage.) MICHELLE BRANCH: Hey, thanks you guys. It’s so great to be here in Tree Hill. (Somebody hands her a piece of paper. She reads it.) and (puzzled) vote for Brooke. (Brooke stands there, next to Felix.) BROOKE: (Yelling) Wooow. (Felix and Lucas laugh, clapping along with the rest of the people.) (The Wreckers start to play.) (Camera pans to Lucas, behind the bar, smiling interestedly. Pan to Jake, sitting on a stool, also watching and wearing a button that says ‘BEING GOOD IS OVER RATED!’. Peyton walks up to him, smiling. He holds an arm out to help her onto the stool next to him.) (Brooke and Felix watch, happily.) THE WRECKERS: # Do you want to run away together. I would say it was your best night ever, Too bad I fell for it. And I walked alone Waiting for you to come along Take my tortured heart by the hand And write me off (Haley nods along to the music.) Do you know I cry Do you know I die Do you know I cry And it's not the good kind (Nathan watches Haley sing along to the song – from afar – with a heavy heart.) Though you force me to become strong (Lucas looks to the side, at Brooke. She looks back.) Though you force me to become strong When I just can't be that way And you think you know And I would like to think so (Karen watches The Wreckers as Keith steps up to her.) KEITH: Hey. (Smiles) But do you know that when you go KAREN: I have a confession to make. I fall apart KAREN: I’m jealous of Jules. (Smiles) Do you know I cry KAREN: (Keith looks away for a bat.) Ever since I’ve had Lucas - before that, even – you’ve… been the one person that I could count on. Do you know I die Do you know I cry KAREN: It’s gonna be hard to lose that. KEITH: Karen, we’ll still be in each others lives. That would never change. And it's not the good kind No it's not the good kind KAREN: I know. It’s just… taking some getting used to. I'm sick of living behind these lying eyes I'm tired of this fight (Karen smiles and Keith hugs her. There is some underlying tension there too and Andy senses it as he watches them hug.) Even I don't recognize [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Haley shuts the door to the backroom softly. The Wreckers can still be heard but it’s very low. Chris is putting his coat on.) Do you know I cry DO you know I die Do you know I die Do you know I cry DO you know I die Do you know I die HALEY: Hey. (Walks forward.) And it's not the good kind HALEY: Um… you played a really great set. CHRIS: Yeah, I know. HALEY: (Smiles and shakes her head.) Alright, well,… good luck. CHRIS: (Turns to her.) You wanna know about it, don’t you? The tour; the music. (Haley turns back to him.) It’s all happening for me now. (Walks up to her.) It could still happen for you, Haley. HALEY: It will, someday. CHRIS: Well, someday is here. (Pause) I talked to Michelle, she wants you on the tour. HALEY: (Shocked) What?(!) CHRIS: People love the duet. It’s real. You know, Jessica started off as Michelle’s back-up singer. Look at them now. The difference between wannabees and successes is grabbing opportunity. (Haley looks down, sad.) CHRIS: Our tour bus leaves in a couple of hours and you know you should be on it. (Haley looks at him.) CHRIS: You brave enough? (Haley frowns, eyes bright, but she can’t answer.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley enter the apartment.) NATHAN: You know, now that Taylor’s leaving, maybe we’ll have enough hot water for our own showers. (Haley smiles and closes the door. She eyes him a couple of times before climbing onto the counter with a sigh.) (She hugs him sadly.) NATHAN: Haley, what’s wrong? (She lets him go.) HALEY: Um… Michelle Branch likes my voice. She thinks I could be a singer. A real one. (Nathan smiles.) HALEY: …Chris said that she wants me on tour. (Nathan’s smiles drops.) I’m so far ahead with classes and I’d be back in time for finals. NATHAN: (Nods but not in approval.) So says the great Chris. HALEY: No, this isn’t about him, Nathan. This is about… opportunity. I have, my entire life, been the reliable one and the dependable one and I’ve always done… precisely what’s expected of me. NATHAN: Till we got married. HALEY: Exactly. And then I finally did something for me… something that I wanted… and the world didn’t end. (Smiles, sadly.) And I have that chance again. (Nathan raises his eyebrows.) NATHAN: If you leave me. HALEY: This is not the end for us. This is my sh*t to find out if I am good enough to have a life in music. Or if nights at TRIC are all I get. NATHAN: And this has nothing to do with Chris? HALEY: (Quietly) No. Absolutely not. NATHAN: (Snorts softly.) Then why haven’t you asked me to come with you? (Haley can’t answer it because that’s the question, why didn’t she ask him?) NATHAN: (Brokenly) Did you kiss him? HALEY: (Pauses for a very long time.) Yes. (Nathan is beyond hurt.) HALEY: (Wraps her hands around his neck.) I’m sorry. You have to believe me. That’s not what this is about. Nathan- NATHAN: Haley, listen; if you wanna go, you should go. (Pause) If you do… (He steps back.) we’re done. (Haley gasps. Nathan turns and leaves the apartment. She’s torn by what to do.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is packing his clothes up. He looks at his top before putting it into the bag. Karen appears in the doorway. She walks in.) KAREN: Unpack! LUCAS: …I can’t. KAREN: I said unpack! LUCAS: (Waits for a long time before looking at his mother. He inhales and resumes packing.) …No. (He closes the flap over his backpack and slings in over his shoulder. He begins to walk to his door.) KAREN: (Rushing forward and grabbing his arm.) Lucas, Lucas(!) (Pulls him to a stop.) If you just tell me what Dan has said or done, we can fight him together. LUCAS: No. (Pause) Mom, we can’t. (He looks at her sadly before walking to the exit. Karen tries to say something but she can’t. He looks back once before closing the door. Karen looks around, desperately lost.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is asleep in bed. The room is dark and Jenny’s cot can be seen at the far end of the room. Jake finishes checking on her before standing straight. He starts undoing the buttons of his shirt and takes it off – revealing a very white wifebeater – he’s looking at Peyton. He smiles fondly.) (Peyton opens her eyes and smiles at him. Jake smiles back. They don’t say anything and we have the distinct impression that Peyton’s looking him up and down. There is also a lot of sexual tension, which is going around this episode.) (Jake laughs, softly, and Jenny starts crying. They both look at her cot.) JAKE: Go back to sleep. I’ve got her. (Peyton smiles and nods slightly.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke sits in front of her mirror, rehearsing her platform speech. She has flashcards and is whispering the words. There’s a knock at her door and she looks up. Mouth enters.) BROOKE: Hey, Mouth, you are just in time. I am so buzzed from the reaction to my campaign that I am gonna practice my speech. MOUTH: (No trace of a smile.) I’m the one who threw the brick through your car window. (Brooke stares.) I was drunk and… I was angry. BROOKE: (Politely confused, bordering on annoyed.) Angry about what? MOUTH: Being a little brother to you. (Shrugs) And everyone else. (Brooke’s buzz has left her. She looks down, dejectedly.) BROOKE: …I’m not sure we can be friends anymore, Mouth. (Close-up of Mouth’s heart-rending expression.) MOUTH: Me neither. (Pause) (Shrugs) It’s too hard. (He waits for a second before leaving. Brooke wants to say something but she refrains. She’s clearly sad.) BROOKE: (To herself.) I thought I knew you. But I guess it’s easier… to see what we want, (Looks at the flashcard before looking back at the mirror.) than to look for the truth. (Pause) You think you know me but you don’t; and that means you don’t know what I can do. (Camera pans and then fades.) FADE TO: [EXT. STREETS – EVENING] (Nathan is walking down the deserted streets, sad and alone.) BROOKE: (v.o) You see me as someone who’s popular… and has all the answers; that’s not true. (Nathan walks onto the pavement.) FADE TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley is on their bed, hugging a pillow and crying. Taylor enters the bedroom, hands in her back pockets. She sits on the bed behind Haley.) TAYLOR: (Rubs Haley’s shoulder.) I know what it’s like to search for something more, Haley. (Smiles) That’s why I’m always running. (Runs her hand through Haley’s hair.) But then, I’ve never had a Nathan to come home to. (Haley stares ahead.) BROOKE: (v.o) I may not always know what I’m doing… FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVER WALK – EVENING] (Nathan continues to walk.) BROOKE: (v.o) …but I’ll try make things better. (Nathan comes to a halt at the benches that look like the ones he and Haley sat at such a long time ago.) FLASHBACK TO: [EXT. MARKET STREET DOCK – BENCHES – DAY] (Nathan opens the gift and pulls out a bracelet. He looks up at Haley.) NATHAN: It’s for you. Come on. (Haley tries to protest but he takes her hand and slips it around her wrist anyway.) NATHAN: (Smiling) Don’t say I never gave you anything. END OF FLASHBACK: [EXT. STREETS – EVENING] (Nathan comes to his senses and turns, running back home.) BROOKE: (v.o) And when I make a mistake… FADE TO: [EXT. ANDY’S HOUSE – DOORSTEP – EVENING] (Andy opens his door to Karen.) BROOKE: (v.o) …because face it, we all do… (Karen looks at him, wretchedly.) KAREN: He left. (About to cry.) And I don’t know what to do. (Andy moves forward and hugs her.) BROOKE: (v.o) …I promise I’ll ask for your help. (Karen can’t believe it. She cries into his shoulder. Andy feels awful for her.) FADE TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Nathan opens the door and rushes in. He stops, looking around. He sees a shadow move in their bedroom and makes for the door.) NATHAN: (Expectantly) Haley? (Taylor exits the bedroom, she looks at Nathan sympathetically.) TAYLOR: I’m sorry Nathan… she’s gone. (Nathan looks away. He looks at the lamp. The camera pans to the lamp and moves down to the table. The bracelet he gave her at the Market Street Dock is next to the base of the lamp. He picks it up and looks at it, lost and alone.) BROOKE: (v.o) I can’t do this alone… (Nathan’s head drops. Taylor stops at the front door, bag in hand. She turns to looks at him one last time before opening the door and leaving.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton and Jake are asleep in bed. Jenny is between them and Peyton has a protective hand of her.) BROOKE: (v.o) …But if you’ll take a chance on me, we can do great things together. (Jake – in his sleep – moves across and puts his arm around Peyton’s waist and Peyton does the same. Jenny’s still in-between them and in fear of being crushed – I’m sure.) (The camera zooms in on them slowly.) FADE TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY – EVENING] (Chris descends the stairs and walks to the bus. He puts his bags into the luggage hold. Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp walk onto the bus.) BROOKE: (v.o) I promise, if you believe in me, I’ll find the courage to reach for your every dream. (Haley walks forward, laden down with two bags. She stops in front of Chris. He turns to her. She sighs and gives him her bags. Chris smiles at her. Haley puts her hands in her pockets and continues forward and onto the bus as Chris puts her luggage with his.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ NEW BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas unpacks and takes out a pack of leaflets, the topmost one says; ‘LIVING WITH HCM’. There are two medicine bottles next to the pack and he takes out one more. Dan enters the room, about to knock but drops his hand instead.) DAN: You got everything you need? LUCAS: (Looks at him.) Yeah. (Lucas drops the bottle of pills on the bed.) LUCAS: Listen, uh… thank you for paying for my medication. (Smiles tightly.) I don’t want my mom to know, so… I need you to keep funding the bill. DAN: Sure… it’ll stay our secret. (Walks forward.) But tell me something. (Lucas looks at him.) How did you convince her that you didn’t have HCM? (Pause) LUCAS: …I used Keith’s… negative results letter. DAN: (Impressed) Really? (Pause) I wouldn’t have pegged you as being so… duplicitous. LUCAS: (With what can only be described as an evil look.) Well I guess I’m your son after all. (Dan smirks, turns and leaves the room.) BROOKE: (v.o) John F. Kennedy said the courage of life is a magnificent mixture triumph… and tragedy. (Lucas continues to look at his belongings dejectedly.) BROOKE: (v.o) A man does what he must, in spite of personal consequences… FADE TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Camera pans across the wedding board that Brooke and Peyton made for Nathan and Haley at their after-wedding-party. It has snapshots of everyone on it.) BROOKE: (v.o) …in spite of obstacles and dangers… (Nathan stands and looks at the board.) BROOKE: (o.v) …and pressures… (Nathan looks at the pictures of himself and Haley as children. He’s breaking down.) BROOKE: (v.o) …and that is the basis of all morality. (He sighs and turns his head to look at the keyboard that he bought for her.) (In slow motion, Nathan walks to the keyboard, lifts it and throws it at the board. It hits the board then the dresser where is smashes all the things on it and then breaks before hitting the floor. The board breaks completely in half – between himself and Haley - and falls forward, off the wall.) (Nathan sits on a chair and the slow motion ends. The broken keyboard is at his feet. He looks around at his now empty life and puts a hand to his mouth before burying his head in his hands.) (The camera pans out slowly through the window and we watch as Nathan shows the first signs of a breakdown and the return of the old.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x13 - The Hero Dies in This One"}	foreverdreaming
[INT. SCOTT REDISENCE – BATHROOM – DAY] (There’s a green towel wrapped around Lucas’ waist and he’s wearing a white t-shirt. He’s standing in front of a steamed up mirror and looking down into the sink basin.) LUCAS: (v.o) Octavio Paz once wrote; Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition… (He wipes the steam off the mirror with a hand. He studies himself.) man is the only being who knows he is alone. (Lucas continues to look at himself. His hair’s grown. He turns to exit. FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (sht of the table with breakfast on it. Dan is standing and reading the paper. Lucas walks in, rubbing his eyes.) DAN: (Folds the paper and puts it away.) You know, if Bogans keeps drilling threes, the Cats will be tough to bat. How’d you sleep? LUCAS: Fine. DAN: Great, grab a plate. LUCAS: Ah, actually, uh… (Points back.) I usually grab something on the way to school. DAN: Come on, sit. We’re civilised here. (Smiles and raises his mug to drink.) (The door opens.) DEB: (Still outside. Lucas looks back.) Dan? (She walks in.) I’m home. DAN: We’re in the kitchen, Deb. (Deb sees Lucas as she walks in.) DEB: Oh,… Lucas. LUCAS: (Looking down.) Hey. (Deb is extremely confused.) DEB: Uh,… where-where’s Nathan? DAN: Nathan’s not here, Deb. Lucas is gonna be staying with us for a while. DEB: Wh-what?(!) (Lucas glares at Dan.) LUCAS: You didn’t tell her. DAN: (Smirking) You better get to school. (Lucas scoffs and turns to leave.) (They wait until he’s gone before speaking.) DAN: Nice work, Deb. That should make him feel right at home. (Drinks from the mug.) DEB: This isn’t him home, Dan. (Walks into the kitchen so she can drop her bags.) What were you thinking? I’m gone three days and you invite Lucas to stay in our son’s room without asking me?(!) DAN: Hey, Lucas is my son too, Deb. And before you start getting upset, there is some good news. DEB: Like what, Keith’s moved into the guest room? DAN: (Pleased) Haley left Nathan. DEB: (Pause) When?(!) DAN: A few days ago. Its happening, Deb. Just like we hoped it would. DEB: Well, how is he? He must be devastated. DAN: Well, ask him yourself. When he moves back in. DEB: (Daring to hope.) He’s moving back in? He said that? DAN: Not yet, but trust me,… it’s just a matter of time. (Smiles widely as he drinks.) (Deb tries to hide her delight but it’s not working too well.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Brooke and Peyton walk toward the school.) BROOKE: OK, I still can not believe Haley left Nathan for Chris. PEYTON: She didn’t, OK? She left for herself. The tour is an amazing opportunity. BROOKE: Yeah, to screw up her marriage. PEYTON: OK, just because she is married does not mean she has to give up her dreams. OK? She’s really, really talented. BROOKE: I know she is and that’s great but you don’t think Chris has anything to do with this? PEYTON: (With certainty.) No, I don’t. She is not into him. She told me. BROOKE: OK, let’s think about what Nathan was when Haley met him; (Ticks it off her fingers.) good looking, rude, sexy, arrogant and talented. PEYTON: OK, right, like Chris. BROOKE: Yeah, and then Haley changed Nathan, for the better, but I’m thinking maybe she misses that challenge. PEYTON: You really think she changed Nathan? BROOKE: Yeah(!) I mean, before Haley, Nathan was, like, the ‘bad-boy of Tree Hill’… and now he’s just… (Frowns) ‘Pod Nathan’. CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan sits on the couch playing on his Playstation. He hasn’t shaved, the place is a pigsty and Nathan’s clothes don’t look very clean. He’s barely moving at all. The camera zooms in on him. His hair is lying flat for a change.) (Nathan’s playing NBA sh*t.) (The doorbell rings and Nathan looks back. He stops that game and stands to answer the door with a sigh. Lucas stands there, leaning on the doorjamb – his favourite position.) LUCAS: (Gives him a once-over.) …Dude,… you look like @#%$. NATHAN: You should smell me. (Laughs a little.) LUCAS: Um… you know, I haven’t seen you around school lately. You mind if I come in? NATHAN: Actually, Um… now’s not really a-a good… good time. (Looks up at him with a frown.) (Lucas nods and looks around the apartment.) LUCAS: You know, man, I… I’m really missing Haley. She aint even bothered to call me. (Nathan glares at him.) It must be harder for you. NATHAN: Yeah, it’s twelve weeks. I’ll be fine. We’ll, uh… we’ll work it out when she gets back. LUCAS: (Nods) I’m just concerned, man. NATHAN: …Yeah, well don’t be. (Shuts the door right in his face.) (Lucas looks at the door before walking away.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – LOCKER – DAY] (Jakes locker opens and he takes things out of his bag. Peyton walks up behind him.) PEYTON: So, you left early this morning. JAKE: (Turns to look at her.) Yeah, well I had to drop off Jenny at my mom’s and then… stop by the café, talk to Karen. What’s going on? PEYTON: Well, um… Ted Leo is doing an in-store-run rally tonight; do you wanna go? JAKE: (Regretfully) I can’t. PEYTON: Come on, it’s gonna be fun. JAKE: Yeah, well, fun’s not really an option these days. I mean, other than Jenny; school, finding a job, there’s not really room for anything else. PEYTON: (Sadly) Yeah. (Nods) Sure. I understand, it’s cool. (She nods and he turns and closes his locker.) (Peyton looks down as Jake walks away. She doesn’t move. Jake stops and looks back.) JAKE: You coming? (Peyton smiles awkwardly, nods, and walks to him. They walk off-screen together.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke walks down the corridor. She is not smiling.) ERICA MARSH: (Sticking a CD in her face.) Campaign CD? BROOKE: No, I’m more of an MP3 girl(!) (Brooke rolls her eyes and walks away. The camera follows Erica. Whitey comes into the sht, looking down at some pages.) ERICA MARSH: Coach Durham! (Whitey looks up.) I was wondering if the election week schedules were out yet. WHITEY: (Smiling) Yeah, hot of the press. (Hands her a schedule.) ERICA MARSH: (Taking it.) Thanks(!) (Looks at it.) Oh, if you want, I could give Brooke Davis hers next period. We have Health together. WHITEY: Well, that’s nice of you, Erica. (Gives her Brooke’s.) I was afraid you girls’d be pulling each others pigtails by this time. (Whitey laughs as he walks past and Erica laughs forcedly.) (She turns to his retreating back and her smile falls. She folds Brooke’s schedule up and puts it into her bag. With a last backward glance, she walks away, still handing out her CD.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke and Peyton bump into each other at the door.) BROOKE: Oh, (Takes Peyton’s arm and they walk.) I know I’ve been a little busy with the election but how could you hold out on me like this? PEYTON: What? BROOKE: Don’t play dumb with me, blondie. You’ve been playing house with Jake Jagielski- PEYTON: Oh. BROOKE: -and you weren’t gonna tell me? PEYTON: (Dismissively) That, that’s nothing. BROOKE: Oh! I would say that living in a house together, with a baby, is definitely something. (Peyton laughs nervously.) BROOKE: Next thing I know, you’re gonna tell me you two have been sharing a bed. (Peyton stays silent, eyes open and trying to avoid Brooke’s eyes.) BROOKE: (Shocked) P. Sawyer! (Peyton smiles to herself.) (Brooke almost attcks a young student.) BROOKE: (Gasps) Hey, Freshman, hang these up for me, (Tosses her posters at him.) thanks. (She takes Peyton’s arm again.) BROOKE: OK, gimme details. (Peyton laughs.) PEYTON: Sadly, there aren’t any. Jake’s made very clear that he doesn’t have time for anything detaily. (Brooke refuses to accept that and shakes her head.) BROOKE: OK, no, forget what he says because I have seen the way that that boy look at you(!) PEYTON: (Puts her arms around Brooke’s shoulders.) OK, don’t you have Health class? BROOKE: I think I’m healthy enough(!) I have watched you mope over this guy for weeks; now you have him… in your bed. (Looks at her curiously.) PEYTON: So? BROOKE: So take a chance. (Peyton gapes and sighs as they walk off-screen. The bell rings) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SCIENCE CLASS – DAY] (Lucas is sitting in his chair, looking down.) TEACHER: OK, so we’re gonna pick up where we left off, discussing the process of mitosis. (She walks to the front of the classroom and Nathan’s standing in the doorway.) The- (She stops when she sees him. He walks to his chair.) TEACHER: Well, Mr Scott, long time no see. (Nathan looks at her, smirks and sits in his seat in front of Lucas.) TEACHER: OK, so as we discussed last time, mitosis is the process by which a single cell separates- (Her voice is drowned out as Lucas leans in to talk to Nathan.) LUCAS: (Quietly) It’s about time you pulled yourself together. NATHAN: (Goes through his bag.) Whatever. I’m only here coz my Playstation broke(!) (Pulls out a can of malt liquor and puts it onto the desk.) (Lucas stretches forward and grabs at his shirt. Nathan pops the can open.) LUCAS: Hey, man, are you nuts?(!) (Girls near the front turn at the noise of the hissing can.) TEACHER: (o.s) Prophase. (Lucas looks at Nathan who takes a swig of his drink. Lucas looks up at the teacher, uneasily.) TEACHER: (o.s) Pro-metaphase, anaphase and t- (She stops as she sees Nathan. Some people giggle.) (She walks up to him, arms crossed.) TEACHER: OK, please tell me you are not drinking beer in my class(!) (Nathan looks down, into his bag.) NATHAN: Technically, it’s malt liquor. TEACHER: Nathan! NATHAN: It’s OK. (Smiles up at her, another can in his hand.) I bought enough to share. (He sets it down onto the desk of a Chinese guy with very thick glasses.) (The teacher stomps forward to grab the cans as Lucas covers his eyes.) TEACHER: (Taking the cans.) Come with me please(!) NATHAN: (Laughs and picks up his bag.) That’s a nice skirt Miss. Ham. You know, I bet if more teachers dressed like sluts, attendance in this place would skyrocket. TEACHER: (Stiffly) Funny(!) Principle Turner’s gonna love that one. (She turns around and walks out of the classroom. Nathan shrugs and follows her. Lucas watches them miserably.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is on the bed the phone to his ear, looking desperate.) LUCAS: Haley, it’s me. (Pause) I don’t know if you’re even getting any of these messages but please call me. It’s… Nathan. I’m worried about him. (He shakes his head. Not knowing what else to say, he shuts the phone.) (He sighs and looks at the screen.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BATHROOM – EVENING] JAKE: (o.s) Hey, Peyton, you ready? (Peyton is standing in front of the mirror, messing with her hair.) JAKE: (o.s) Let’s go. (She continues to mess with her hair.) PEYTON: Yeah, just one second. JAKE: (o.s) (Amusedly) I just saw you, you look great. Come on. (Peyton stops messing with her hair and smiles delightedly. She looks at her reflection one last time before walking into her bedroom.) (Jake is sitting on her bed with Jenny. She’s fussing and Jake is trying to calm her down. He looks up at Peyton. She watches the pair.) JAKE: (Frowning) She feel a little warm here. (Stands) (Peyton walks to them.) JAKE: You think she caught something? PEYTON: (Looks down at Jenny.) I don’t know. (To Jenny.) Hey, come here. (Jake hands her over, still worried.) How you doing, girly-girl? (Peyton holds her up.) PEYTON: (Smiling) How you feeling? (Jenny throws up on Peyton’s jacket and top – which is kinda difficult seeing as how Jenny was facing away. Peyton gapes down at her clothes.) PEYTON: OK, not good, I guess. (Jenny grabs at Peyton but Jake takes her back.) JAKE: Here. (Takes Jenny.) Here, here. PEYTON: You’ve got her. (Jenny starts to fuss again.) JAKE: Oh, it’s OK. It’s OK. Here… uh… (Holds up a baby wipe to Peyton.) you- (Peyton laughs and takes the wipe. Jake groans. Peyton wipes at her top.) JAKE: You go ahead. She can’t go out like this. (Wipes Jenny’s mouth.) PEYTON: (Still wiping the top.) Stop it, I will go with you. We’ll take her to the doctor. JAKE: With what?(!) (Peyton looks at him.) I don’t have health insurance. (He looks back down.) (Peyton looks before turning away and picking up a box on her desk.) PEYTON: You know what, um,… (She opens the box.) here. (She takes money out and walks to Jake.) PEYTON: It’s the emergency money my dad left me. (Holds up the money.) JAKE: Peyton, I can’t- PEYTON: Jake(!) Come on, what’s a bigger emergency than a sick baby? (She smiles and waits for him to take it.) (Jake doesn’t want to but he takes it.) JAKE: You’re pretty great, you know that? PEYTON: Yeah, I have my moments. (Smiles) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – DAY] (Andy sits at the counter, grading assignments. Lucas enters the café. He looks around before approaching Andy.) LUCAS: Hey, Andy? (Andy looks up.) Uh… you seen my mom? (Andy looks to the back as Karen walks through, carrying a plate of washed glasses. She pauses briefly as she sees her son.) KAREN: (Continuing forward.) (With reservation.) Lucas. (Lucas watches her as she continues on her way. Andy, feeling uncomfortable, closes the assignments.) ANDY: (Closing his pen.) I think I’ll grade these somewhere else. (Takes his things and leaves.) LUCAS: (Forcefully polite as he indicates the glasses.) You need help with those? KAREN: (Shakes her head.) Got em. (Looks up at him with hostility.) I didn’t expect to see you today. (Pause) Sit down, have a drink. (Lucas smiles and leans over the counter. He’s not sure what to say.) LUCAS: I just wanted to see how you were doing. KAREN: What does Dan have over you? LUCAS: (Sighs and looks away.) Mom- KAREN: It’s gotta be something because I’ve gone over this a million times and there’s… not other explanation… as to why you would choose to live with that snake. So, unless you wanna tell me… (Lucas tries to speak but he can’t do that to her so he struggles but keeps quiet. Karen gives up.) KAREN: That’s two bucks for the soda. (She turns and walks away. Lucas looks around, torn.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (The doorbell rings incessantly and Dan answers the door. Jules stands there, a wedding dress in one had and a livid expression on her face.) JULES: (Holding the bunched up dress up.) You wanna explain this?! DAN: (Snarkily) Looks like a wedding gown. JULES: No one asked you to pay for my dress! DAN: You know, most women woulda just sent a thank you note, but if you’re gonna yell at me, at least come inside. (He steps aside and Jules stomps in while throwing glares at him.) (They walk into the living room and Jules turns to him.) JULES: I want you to stay away from our wedding! DAN: Speaking of your wedding, (Sighs) what exactly were you planning to do about guests? (Pause) I mean, considering this whole thing is just an elaborate ruse designed to bring down my brother. (Pause) I’m guessing that having your parents there might be a bit of a downer. (Pause) I could lend you mine but… nah(!) JULES: I love your brother, Dan. Why won’t you just leave us alone?! DAN: (With an evil look.) Because Keith slept with Deb. (Pause) Besides, I didn’t pay you to fall in love with him. JULES: You know what? (Throws the dress behind.) Screw it! I’ll just tell him the truth. (She walks to the door.) (Dan walks further into the room.) DAN: Yeah, you could do that. Risky though. (She stops and turns to him.) Uh… Keith’s no catch but I’m guessing even he’d have trouble dealing with this one. (Smirks) (There is a prolonged pause as Jules evaluates her position.) DAN: Hm. (Nods) You like chess, Jules? (Walks to the chess set.) Keith and I used to play all the time; until he got tired of losing. (He sits in front of the set.) There’s a manoeuvre, it’s called the Fork. (Picks up a piece.) Where you take one of your pieces and attck two of your opponents’ pieces. (Smiles) Basically, forcing him to choose which way he wants to lose. (Jules, arms crossed, closes her eyes. She knows that she’s stuck. There’s nothing she can do but see this through.) DAN: Makes it fun coz you get to watch them squirm. Sorta like the situation you’re in now. I mean, you could tell Keith about our arrangement, break his heart… which of course, was my plan all along. JULES: (Disgustedly) What is wrong with you? DAN: Or you could go through with the wedding,… put on the pretty dress,… and spend the rest of your married life, knowing I have the luxury of telling him anytime I want. Either way, in the end, I win(!) (Dan stares her down.) (Jules waits for a bat before turning, grabbing the dress and walking out, without looking at him.) DAN: (Looks at the chess set.) Checkmate. (Zoom in on Dan’s evil face.) FADE TO: [EXT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT (STOCK) – DRIVEWAY – EVENING] CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (sht focuses on Nathan’s notice of suspension before panning to show him rummaging through the underwear drawer. He takes out the clothing he bought for Haley at the lingerie shop when Brooke organised their serial date last year. He looks at it and sighs.) CUT TO: [EXT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – SIDE – EVENING] (Lucas is walking around the side of Nathan’s apartment, intent on visiting his brother in his time of need.) DAN: Lucas? (Deb and Dan emerge from the back. Lucas turns to them.) DEB: (Walking faster.) We got a call from the principle. LUCAS: Yeah, I was just checking on him. Uh,… but since you guys are here. (Begins to leave.) DAN: Stay(!) You’re his brother; you should be here for this. (Walks to the door of the apartment. Deb follows him after giving Lucas a brief smile.) (Lucas shakes his head slightly as Dan knocks.) (Nathan opens the door and looks at them all.) NATHAN: (Snarkily) Look who it is; the Scott family. DAN: Sorry, I thought my son lived here. Kinda looks like you, (Enters) only less pathetic(!) DEB: (Trying to act like the caring mother.) We heard about Haley, honey. What happened? (She enters too.) NATHAN: (Stops and turns around with a frown.) Like you care(!) (Lucas moves behind him.) (The door slams closed.) DEB: We do care, Nathan… all of us. NATHAN: Right, mom, and you just showered Haley with hugs, didn’t you? (Deb looks away.) Well I hate to disappoint you guys but she’ll be back in a few weeks. LUCAS: Look, Nate. NATHAN: You can shut up(!) By the way. DEB: How can you live like this, Nathan? This place is a pigsty(!) Eh, you’re skipping school, you’re drinking in class. DAN: (Playing the fatherly card badly and knowing it.) It’s not worth it, son. Pissing your life away over some girl. NATHAN: (Offended) Some girl?(!) (Walks to hid father.) She’s my wife, dad! DAN: (Smirking) Really? Well someone may wanna tell her that(!) (Nathan pulls back and punches his father hard in the face. Dan crouches in pain. Deb makes various sounds of distress and Lucas moves forward to stop Nathan.) LUCAS: Hey, come on! (Puts his hands out to separate them.) (Dan touches the blood that has appeared on the side of his mouth with equal parts interest and bemusement. He stands up straight and nods to his son.) DAN: Nice punch, son. It’s good to see there’s still a man in there somewhere. (Nathan sighs and leaves him own apartment. Lucas is caught in the middle of it all, not knowing what to do. He looks at Dan in exasperation.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Deb opens a pizza box and sees half of a pizza inside.) DEB: (To herself.) Oh, Nathan. (She sighs and puts it into a big, black, garbage bag. There’s another one sitting by the door.) (She cleans up after him, picking up all the mess he’s left behind. She picks up a picture of Nathan and Haley and looks at it before putting it in a picture frame of them at the beach on their wedding day.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Her face is set as she walks past people, many of whom are sporting stickers that read ‘I Slept With Brooke Davis But I’m Voting For ERICA MARSH’. Brooke walks forward to a guy in a letterman jacket – also wearing the sticker – and grabs him.) BROOKE: Come here! (Pushes him against the grate.) First of all; (Takes the sticker off.) No, you didn’t, and second of all, (Waves it in his face.) where did you get it? GUY: It’s a joke(!) BROOKE: (Puts a hand under his jacket and twists.) Spill! (He cries in pain and inclines his head to somebody behind her.) (Brooke turns her head and spots Erica. She rushes to Erica angrily.) BROOKE: ERICA! (Erica stops and turns.) BROOKE: (Stops in front of her.) Veeeery clever(!) ERICA MARSH: Thanks, cleverness does come in handy in politics. Unlike, say, cheerleading which is about, what, short skirts and who can make the bitchiest pyramid? (Smirks) BROOKE: (Scoffs) Oh, that is it. Tomorrow, you’re going down(!) ERICA MARSH: (Mock worriedly.) Are you sure? Coz, from what I’ve heard, ‘going down’ is really more your style(!) (Erica pauses as Brooke stares. Erica walks off.) (Brooke screws up the sticker and walks the other way.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – DAY] (Jake enters Whitey’s office with Jenny. He knocks on the door. Whitey looks up.) WHITEY: Oh, sorry. This is the athletic department. Mommy and me classes are around the corner at the ‘Y’. (Walks to his desk and takes his glasses off.) JAKE: Good to see you too, coach. (Enters) WHITEY: Jagielski,… for someone who’s eager to get back in school, you’ve got a funny way of showing it. JAKE: Oh, sorry. Jenny’s been sick. I had to stay home with her. WHITEY: (Looks at Jenny with concern.) Sick, huh? Here, do you mind? (Takes Jenny off Jake.) (Jake frowns suspiciously.) JAKE: You know anything about babies, coach? WHITEY: Oh, I know more than they know bout me. (Looks at Jenny.) JAKE: (With a laugh.) Right, look, I know that you’ve done a lot to get me back in here but… any mistake I make with Jenny could just make it easier for a judge to give joint custody to Nikki. WHITEY: Mistake, huh? You mean like dropping out of school? JAKE: (Smiles) I know. (Evaluates and sighs.) You’re right. WHITEY: Hell yes, I’m right. Now get your- (Stops as he looks at Jenny.) A-S-S back to class, I’ll take care of little Miss. Jagielski here. (She starts to fuss.) Shush. JAKE: (Thinking for a moment.) OK. WHITEY: Go, get outta here. (Whitey turns to his desk again.) JAKE: Thanks. Thanks, coach. (Jake waves and leaves the office.) (Whitey lowers himself into his chair.) WHITEY: Well, I hope you didn’t inherit your daddy’s free-throw percentage. (Kisses her on the cheek.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton is going through her records when Nathan enters. She looks at him.) PEYTON: Nathan(!) (Looks down.) Hey. (She puts the record back.) NATHAN: (Hollowly) You heard from her? PEYTON: (Shakes her head after a lengthy pause.) No. (Nathan walks into her room and sits on her bed. Peyton follows him and sits next to him.) PEYTON: I would have never booked that show if I’d known that Chris was gonna be there. NATHAN: (Shakes his head.) Not your fault. Haley’s a big girl; nobody made her get on that bus. (Sighs) Except for, maybe me. (Peyton puts her hand on his shoulder, trying to comfort him, but he stands. Peyton looks away.) NATHAN: So, uh,… you and Jagielski. (Peyton raises her eyebrows.) What’s the deal? You two, uh,… you together? (Peyton’s uncomfortable discussing the topic with her ex-boyfriend.) PEYTON: (With a strained smile.) No. W-we’re just… (Frowns) I don’t really know what we are. (Nathan looks at her and picks up Jake’s shirt.) NATHAN: Looks, uh,… looks pretty serious to me. PEYTON: (Shakes her head.) Not really. I don’t… think there’s a possibility for me and Jake for… a lot of reasons. NATHAN: (Nods) Yeah, trust me; you’re better off anyway. Love sucks. PEYTON: Nathan. NATHAN: No, think about it; Dan and Karen,… you and Lucas,… (Peyton looks away.) me and Haley. (He sighs and looks at the drawing of the traffic lights she did last year. The caption above reads; ‘PEOPLE ALWAYS LEAVE’.) NATHAN: You got it right, Peyton. People always leave. (He leaves the bedroom. Peyton stares, open-mouthed, unsure of what to do. She contemplates and looks at Jake’s shirt.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is lying in bed, awake. A car horn beeps outside, repeatedly. Lucas looks to the side.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DRIVE – EVENING] (Nathan’s car is parked outside. Lucas walks out and finds Nathan, leaning against his car and waiting for him.) LUCAS: Hey. NATHAN: I just had to see it for myself. LUCAS: (Walking up to Nathan slowly.) See what? NATHAN: This, you, here. LUCAS: (Trying to explain.) Look, Nathan, it’s complicated. NATHAN: You’re a fraud, Lucas. There’s nothing complicated about that. (Lucas nods.) LUCAS: Look, why don’t you just come inside, man? NATHAN: Oh, so now you’re going to invite me into my own house? LUCAS: (Trying to calm Nathan.) It’s not like that. NATHAN: No, it is like that, Lucas. It’s exactly like that! (Pause) You realise I wouldn’t be in this situation if it wasn’t for you? (Lucas looks at him sadly.) If you would have stayed in your place at the Rivercourt, I would have never met Haley. (Lucas knows he doesn’t mean it.) …You ruined my life, man. LUCAS: Nathan(!) NATHAN: You better watch your back. (Gets into his car and drives away as Deb comes out of the house.) DEB: (A little way from Lucas.) What did he want? (Lucas watches the road for a while before turning to his stepmother.) LUCAS: Haley. (They exchange saddened looks. Deb walks back into the house as Lucas turns back to where Nathan drove off.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke is handing out coupons for a free makeover if people vote for her. Girls are sitting in front of round mirrors with lights, putting on make-up and such.) BROOKE: (Handing out coupons.) Vote for Brooke! Get a make-over. Let’s put a whole new face on Tree Hill High, people. (She smiles and continues walking.) BROOKE: (To a random student.) Here you go. (Holds out a coupon.) (She smiles until she comes upon one of her cheerleaders.) BROOKE: Damnit, Bevin! (Bevin is talking to Erica who leaves quickly. Bevin looks at Brooke guiltily.) BROOKE: (Watches Erica walk off.) What was that? Did Erica just convince you to vote for her?(!) BEVIN: No, but… she made some good points. BROOKE: (Hurt) Bevin(!) BEVIN: She said that if you were elected president, that you wouldn’t have time for the cheerleading squad and you are… like the best captain ever(!) BROOKE: (Smiling) So? BEVIN: Brooke, the cheerleading squad needs you; so much more than America does. BROOKE: (Frowning sympathetically.) Bevin, you realise I’m not running for president of the United States, right? (Bevin straightens and walks away, clearly confused.) (Brooke gapes at her, shaking her head. Lucas walks up to her.) LUCAS: (Indicating Brooke’s campaign.) Wow, make-over… booth looks very popular. BROOKE: Yeah, but it doesn’t matter because Erica is so much better at the dirty politicking than I am. LUCAS: Oh, come on, you can get dirty. BROOKE: (Shoving him playfully.) Lucas! LUCAS: (Laughs) Don’t worry. (Brooke crosses her arms.) You’ll be great. BROOKE: How do you know? LUCAS: (Shrugs) Ah, it’s just a feeling. (Lucas watches him as he leaves. Whitey walks up at the back of the sht and stops just before entering his office so he can talk to Brooke.) WHITEY: Time to wrap up the beauty-bar Miss. Davis. (Brooke turns to him.) The Peer Endorsement Assembly starts in ten minutes. (Brooke smiles.) BROOKE: (Nodding) Will do, coach. (She stops him as he turns to enter his office.) BROOKE: Wait! (Whitey stops.) The what? WHITEY: Peer Endorsement. You know, where you introduce somebody who, uh, speaks on your behalf. (Off Brooke’s bewildered expression.) Oh, you didn’t forget, did you? (Annoyed) It was in the schedule that Erica gave you! (Enters his office.) (Brooke watches Erica trying to get a vote out of a guy in a wheelchair, completely flirting with him.) ERICA MARSH: You’re gonna vote for me, right? (Guy nods.) OK. (She helps him with his books.) That is so- BROOKE: (Fuming) Oh, it was, was it?(!) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Andy walks into the dealership, set look in place. He’s wearing a suit and walks past a cardboard cut-out of Dan. He sees Dan in his office and walks to the door of it. Dan turns his head to look at him.) DAN: (Flipping through papers.) It’s Andy, isn’t it? (Andy is so completely dwarfed by Dan and it’s obvious. Andy is out of his league.) ANDY: (No smile visible.) That’s right. DAN: What can I do for ya? ANDY: Well, it’s a little awkward, actually. (Sighs) Kind of a favour, I guess you’d call it. DAN: (Smiles and puts his papers down.) OK. (Shrugs) ANDY: Let Lucas go(!) It’s the right thing to do. And it needs to happen… now(!) (Dan doesn’t know how to respond and smirks.) DAN: (Walking forward.) You got some balls, kid. (Grins widely.) But this is none of your concern. ANDY: Was none of my concern, until you hurt the woman I love. DAN: Oh,… it’s love is it? ANDY: (Nods) That’s right. DAN: Well, congratulations. (Eyes the door.) Now get outta my dealership. ANDY: Well, just so you know, mate, (Pause) I do tend to get what I want. (Dan walks right up to him, clearly showing their height difference.) DAN: Is that so? ANDY: (Nods) Yeah. It’s the strangest thing; it just seems to happen that way. DAN: (Raises his eyebrows.) Hmm. (Nods once.) (Andy smirks and leaves. Dan suddenly doesn’t look so confident. He turns away slowly.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PEER ENDORSEMENT ASSEMBLY – DAY] (Erica stands up on stage, behind a podium, with the principle speaking on her behalf. A huge banner for council is hung behind them. A lot of students are sitting in chairs, listening to the speech. Many are holding signs.) PRINCIPLE TURNER: (Into the mic.) It was a thrill to be asked by Erica to be her peer advocate. (Erica smiles widely.) Because, in addition to being her principle,… I also consider myself her friend. (Camera pans to Brooke standing way behind.) PRINCIPLE TURNER: Now, of course there’s a considerable age difference between us- BROOKE: That little @#%$(!) Double-crosses me and gets the principle to be her peer advocate(!) (Claps her hands and turns.) Great(!) PRINCIPLE TURNER: (o.s) -But in addition to being my friend, Erica is also a great friend to Tree Hill High. From organising food drives to raising money so- (Brooke smiles as she spots a guy working behind the curtain. The camera travels up.) PRINCIPLE TURNER: (o.s) -our folk dancing team could travel to the regional finals- BROOKE: (To the guys behind-the-scenes.) Hi. (He looks at her.) I’m gonna need you to do me a… little favour. (Cut back to the stage.) PRINCIPLE TURNER: And that’s why I encourage you to vote for this marvellous young lady… who wasn’t afraid to say; (With a cheesy smile.) hey world, get a load of me. (Lucas and Mouth sit and listen.) PRINCIPLE TURNER: I’m proud to endorse, your president, Erica Marsh. (Steps back and claps. A lot of claps are heard. Erica’s smile hasn’t left her face at all.) (Erica hugs the principle and people in the crowd hold up their signs. Lucas and Mouth clap politely.) WHITEY: Thank you, principle Turner. (Whitey steps up to the podium as Erica and the principle step away.) Now,… to introduce her peer advocate; here is candidate, Brooke Davis. (Whitey turns and waits for Brooke to step up. Brooke walks forward, waving with one hand while the other is behind her back. Bevin is in the crowd, clapping. Brooke steps in front of the podium, fake smile in place.) BROKE: Hi. Due to an… unforeseen circumstance, (Looks accusingly at Erica. Erica smirks cattily at her.) I arrived today without anyone to speak for me. (Smiles) But,… luckily, I had a volunteer, backstage(!) (Looks at Erica again.) And that person… (Brings her other hand forward to show a sock on her hand with a face drawn on it.) is Erica; the backstabbing sock puppet(!) (Smiles some more.) (The audience laugh sparsely. Whitey and the principle exchange looks. Whitey shrugs and Erica frowns, a little pale.) BROOKE: (Imitating Erica.) Hi, I’m Erica(!) I sure do stiiiink(!) And did you know that I have to cheat to win my elections, too? (Erica looks at the principle.) BROOKE: (Gasping as she addresses the puppet.) Oh, really? (The audience laugh more; Mouth and Lucas don’t.) (Whitey walks up.) WHITEY: (Covers the mic.) I appreciate the attempt, hun, but you’ve got to have an actual person. BROOKE: (Hissing) I know that but I don’t, because of Erica(!) MOUTH: (Standing up and walking forward.) I’ll speak for her. (The crowd murmurs and Whitey turns to Mouth. Erica and the principle look around. Whitey asks Brooke, silently, if it’s OK. Brooke doesn’t know what to do; he smashed her window after all.) (Whitey and Brooke walk to the side.) RANDOM GUY: (From the crowd.) Do your thing, Mouth! (Lucas listens, curiously. Mouth steps up behind the podium. Brooke shoves the sock in Erica’s face before dropping it.) MOUTH: (Sighs) We just heard principle Turner read a list of Erica’s accomplishments. I could try to do that for Brooke but it would be kind of a short speech. (There are a few scattered laughs and Brooke eyes Mouth. He looks at her before turning back.) MOUTH: As you know, Brooke’s probably one of the most popular people in school. Something I’m definitely not… and yet, she’s my friend. (Brooke watches him.) She never cared what clique I was part of, the kinds of clothes I wore or… the fact that I have to ride the bus. (Brooke smiles slowly.) MOUTH: She looked past that stuff. (Pause) And when you think about it, isn’t that what we want in our president, someone who can see past the superficial differences and bring us together? (The camera slowly zooms in on Brooke.) (Pause) This year, Brooke’s had her share of ups and downs… just like all of us. (Pause) But most of you never saw it, coz even when life got hard, Brooke never let it in. (Lucas ponders Mouth’s words.) She was just… (Smiles and shrugs.) Brooke; tough, smart, one of a kind. (Brooke smiles tearfully, Erica looks at her.) MOUTH: And I don’t know about you but those are things that I look for in a leader. (Nods and looks at Brooke.) Brooke Davis is my friend. (She smiles happily. He looks back at the crowd.) But that’s not why I’m voting for her. I’m voting for her because of her heart… and her spirit… and because she’s the best person for the job. (Mouth leans back from the mic. Whitey smiles delightedly and starts clapping. The crowd claps too and it’s deafening. Lucas smiles as he joins in.) (Mouth turns to look at Brooke. She mouths ‘thank you’ to him. She looks around with a big smile before winking at Mouth. He nods.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke is using a ladder to take down all of the campaign posters. She moves it from on side of the corridor to the other and climbs it. The school is deserted.) (Erica emerges from around the corner. Brooke pulls at a poster.) ERICA MARSH: (Walking forward.) You look pretty in that one. (Brooke pauses briefly and rolls her eyes.) BROOKE: Votes are in, Erica. You can stop bagging on me now. (Erica stops at the foot of the ladder behind Brooke.) ERICA MARSH: I mean it(!) You look pretty. (Brooke stops, holding her poster.) You always do. BROOKE: (Turns to her, almost.) Thanks. (Puts the poster on the ladder’s platform.) What’re you still doing here? ERICA MARSH: Just doing some work in the council office. (Brooke makes a face.) ERICA MARSH: Sometimes a job keeps you here late. (Erica laughs and Brooke rolls her eyes some more.) (Lengthy pause.) ERICA MARSH: Do you know why, every year, I have a faculty member speak on my behalf? BROOKE: Oh, I don’t know, maybe because you’re a hideous suck-up?(!) ERICA MARSH: Because I don’t have any friends that would speak up for me like Mouth did for you today. (Brooke looks at her.) I mean, after all the great things he said, I almost voted for you. (Looks at her, eyebrow raised.) ERICA MARSH: (Scoffs) I didn’t. BROOKE: Please, Erica, you know a ton of people, I’m sure there’s someone. ERICA MARSH: Council president is who I am(!) It’s all I am. (They look at each other.) ERICA MARSH: Anyway,… good luck tomorrow. (Smiles and turns.) BROOKE: (Uncertainly) Thanks(!) (Erica walks away. Brooke turns back, feeling slightly bad. She smiles a little.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Jake lowers Jenny into her cot. She’s sleeping. He puts a cover over her.) JAKE: (Quietly to Jenny.) Looks like someone’s finally getting sleepy, huh? (He stands up straight and turns to Peyton. She’s in bed, smiling. He takes his short off.) JAKE: I guess we should try to grab some sleep while we can, huh? (Looks back at his daughter.) PEYTON: (Shiftily) That’s probably a good idea. (He starts to get into bed and Peyton panics.) PEYTON: You know what, I’m… gonna spend the night in my dad’s room tonight. (Jake stands back, confused.) JAKE: Why tonight? (Peyton can’t explain because it would be too much like forcing herself onto him.) PEYTON: (Mouth open.) …Actually, from now on. (Looks away.) JAKE: What, is Jenny keeping you up? PEYTON: Yeah, it’s… not that. I’m just… really tired. (The tension is blatant.) (She smiles stiffly.) JAKE: You know what, this isn’t fair. We’ll go to my parents’ house, OK? PYETON: No, don’t go. (Pause) Really, it’s fine. Please stay. I… (She pauses for too long and Jake finally seems to be getting it.) PEYTON: …I’ll see you in the morning. (She grabs a pillow and leaves the room.) (Jake watches her. She closes the door. He looks back down at Jenny and sits at the end of the bed before looking back at the door again.) (A phone rings.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is sitting on his bed, reading a book, as his phone rings. He looks at it, sees who it is as he picks it up and practically throws the book aside. He answers.) LUCAS: Hey(!) What, you don’t call for… three days and then when you do it’s at (Quickly looks at his phone screen.) one in the morning? CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – TOUR – EVENING] (Haley walks around while talking on the phone. There are people everywhere backstage.) HALEY: Oh, Luke, I’m sorry. I just finished my set. It’s-it’s crazy here, there’s so much to tell you(!) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] LUCAS: Yeah, wanna start with why you left without saying goodbye? CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – TOUR – EVENING] HALEY: Ah, yeah, I fell awful about that(!) Um… everything just happened so fast. (She pauses as her guilty look puts in another appearance.) …How’s Nathan? CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas sighs, shakes his head and sits up.) LUCAS: …He misses his wife! CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – TOUR – EVENING] (Haley closes her eyes.) HALEY: Lucas, don’t do this(!) LUCAS: (Through the phone.) Do what?! He needs you. HALEY: He said that we were done. LUCAS: (Through the phone.) He didn’t want you to leave. He’s- CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] LUCAS: He’s so in love with you, Hales. (Shrugs) You gotta come back. CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – TOUR – EVENING] (Haley doesn’t say anything. A guy comes up behind her.) GUY: Haley, Michelle wants to see you in her dressing room. HALEY: (To the guy.) OK. (Pause) (To Lucas.) I gotta go. (Shrugs.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas glares.) HALEY: (Through the phone.) I’ll, um… CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – TOUR – EVENING] HALEY: I’ll call you later, OK? (Smiles but Lucas doesn’t say anything. She hangs up, sighs, and turns away, walking off.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas looks at his phone after Haley hangs up on him. He looks at it disbelievingly and shuts it, shaking his head. He sighs and puts his head in his hand.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL (STOCK) – DAY] (Students walk around the school before first bell.) WHITEY: (Through the speaker.) Good morning Ravens,- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke walks the corridors with a smile until she hears Whitey.) WHITEY: (Through the speaker.) -The ballot has been counted; the results from yesterday’s student council election are in. (Brooke stops walking and waits with a sickening feeling washing over her.) WHITEY: (Through the speaker.) In the race for council treasurer, the winner is Vaughn Leiberwich. (Brooke can’t take it and exits the school so that she can hear the results outside, alone.) WHITEY: (Through the speaker.) Council secretary; Tina Stone. (Brooke walks to the speaker, shaking he hands nervously. She leans against the nearest pillar.) WHITEY: (Through the speaker.) Council vice president; Salmon Sakajahari. (Brooke waits, squinting.) WHITEY: (Through the speaker.) And finally, your new council president;… (Brooke closes her eyes.) Brooke Davis. (Brooke opens her eyes, lets it process, before yelling to herself happily. She does a funny little jig before righting herself.) BROOKE: Oh! Thank you! (Rushes back to the school’s entrance.) (She opens the door slowly and a lot of clapping and cheering is heard as students congratulate her. She slaps people’s hands as she walks past. She smiles ans looks around, delighted at the reception.) (She sees Bevin and hugs her.) (People chant Brooke’s name. Erica stands there, sad that she’s lost her position. She smiles at Brooke before turning away. Brooke feels bad but turns away and laughs some more.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PRESIDENT’S ROOM – DAY] (Erica is loading her things into a red box. Brooke enters the office which is decorated to look a lot like a real president’s room.) BROOKE: Erica. (Erica looks back at her.) Hey. ERICA MARSH: I was just… packing up. (Laughs shakily.) (Erica puts a lid on her box.) ERICA MARSH: I’m sorry… about not giving you the campaign papers. I guess it worked out for you anyway, huh? BROOKE: I guess. (Pause) Listen, I’ve been thinking about what you said yesterday, how being the president is all that you have. ERICA MARSH: …Yeah…? BROOKE: (Smiles) Well it turns out that I have some experience in that arena. (Pause) Trying to define yourself as just one thing. ERICA MARSH: (Shakes her head, not understanding.) What d’you mean? BROOKE: I was always the rich girl. You know, with the nice car and the expensive shoes and the fancy house with the pool. (Pause) So when my parents lost their money,… figured my identity would disappear with it. ERICA MARSH: (Smiling) You mean, you’re not rich? BROOKE: Eighteen bucks at Bargain Mart; my heels are practically bleeding. (Laughs sullenly.) I’m just saying, high school is not over. You know, there’s other things to look forward to. There’s friends and guys. And… (Raises her eyebrows.) the guys. (Erica nods and turns away.) ERICA MARSH: (Smiling at her.) There’s a proposal in the top drawer; wireless internet for the cafeteria. (Smiles) I think it’d be great. (Nods.) BROOKE: (Nods along, expression puzzled.) Thanks. (Erica takes her box and heads for the exit.) (Brooke turns to her.) BROOKE: To tell you the truth, (Erica looks back.) I’m totally intimidated by this job. ERICA MARSH: (Smiling kindly.) It’s funny;… you’re scared of what’s in here, I’m scared of what’s out there. (Erica smiles and leaves the room anxiously.) (Brooke stands in the office - the desk behind her and pictures all over the walls. She sighs and looks around.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KAREN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Karen and Andy are in bed.) ANDY: You thinking about Lucas? KAREN: What else? ANDY: I’ve been thinking about what I can do to help you. KAREN: That’s sweet, Andy. (She’s all but given up.) But I’ve looked at every angle… I’m gonna have to go through the courts. There’s no other way. (Andy lies there, contemplating.) ANDY: Actually,… there is another way. (Karen looks at him but he doesn’t elaborate.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Jake is holding Jenny as Peyton enters her bedroom cautiously.) PEYTON: Hey(!) JAKE: (Looks up.) Sorry, the crying keeping you up? PEYTON: (Shakes her head.) No. (Walks into the room.) (Jakes puts Jenny down.) JAKE: (To Jenny.) It’s OK. It’s OK. (Jenny continues to cry.) (He straightens up and stands before Peyton.) JAKE: You know, um,… I wasn’t entirely honest with you, before. PEYTON: (Studies him.) About what? JAKE: The reason I came back. PEYTON: You said you were tired of running. JAKE: …Yeah, but… that’s not the only reason. (Peyton waits, not replying.) See, the whole time that I was gone, I kept… thinking about all this stuff that I should have… done… when I had the chance, but didn’t. PEYTON: (Expectantly) Well, like what kinda stuff? (Jenny still cries in the background.) JAKE: …I don’t know. (Peyton looks at him for a bat, hoping against hope with a gut wrenching look.) Mostly being with you. (bat before he leans in and kisses her. She puts her hands on his neck and it seems to go on forever. Peyton pulls back after some time, a happy expression crossing her face and Jake gasps a little.) (Peyton looks down.) PEYTON: Wow. (Laughs) JAKE: (Slightly dazed.) Yeah(!) PEYTON: No. (Jake frowns, hurt.) (Explaining giddily.) No-yeah-I mean, that too, um… Jenny. (Jake looks at her.) (Peyton puts a hand in her hair.) She stopped crying. (Jake laughs. Camera pans to Jenny who’s lying there, all adorable and laughing approvingly.) (Peyton laughs, as does Jake.) (There’s another pause before they kiss again, just as long as the last, Peyton bites his lower lip.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DUSK] (Nathan is playing basketball by himself. Karen walks onto the court. Nathan runs to get his ball.) KAREN: Nathan(!) (Nathan walks to her slowly.) NATHAN: Ms. Roe. What’re you doing here? (They stop about three meters apart.) KAREN: Looking for Lucas. NATHAN: Why would Lucas be here? He’s got his own court in Dan Scott’s driveway. (Karen looks away sadly. She didn’t need to be reminded of that. She lowers herself onto the bleachers. Nathan waits before sitting down next to her, putting the ball on the floor between his legs.) NATHAN: (Sighs) Ms. Roe, I’m sorry my dad was such a dick to you. (Karen nods.) I haven’t really thought about it much until lately. (Sighs) I know that it must have really hurt you. (Karen looks out desolately.) KAREN: (Almost whispering.) I got over it. (There’s a long pause as they sit there, contemplating. Nathan looks so lost.) NATHAN: When Haley told me about the tour,… I got mad at her. (Karen looks at him, feeling her own and Nathan’s pain.) I told her that if she left with Chris, (Shakes his head, almost crying.) it was over. (He looks down and sniffs.) NATHAN: (Looks at her.) I didn’t really mean it. (Looks away.) She left anyway. (Karen puts her arm around his back.) KAREN: (Whispering) Nathan(!) (Rubs his back as he shakes his head.) NATHAN: She’s not coming back. (Looks at Karen for guidance.) What am I gonna do? KAREN: (Rubs his back some more.) Nathan, (Pause) I-I know what it’s like to have the person you love walk away. Trust me. (Nods) But I-I know Haley and she’s a good person. (There are tears in the corner of her eyes.) She’ll do the right thing. (Nathan nods, sniffing.) You just have to have a little faith. (Nathan looks down and nods again.) (The camera zooms out as Karen pulls him in to her and hugs him from the side. She rubs his shoulder and looks down at him.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – ROAD – DAY] (Andy is sitting in his car as he talks on the phone.) ANDY: (Into the phone.) Bob? It’s Andy. I’ve got a job for you. (Camera zooms out slowly to show the dealership. Andy looks at it.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Lucas and Dan sit at the table, eating breakfast. Lucas reaches for his glass.) DAN: (About the book near Lucas’ breakfast bowl.) ‘Call of the Wild’. You know, I’ve had that since high school? LUCAS: I hope it’s OK that I borrowed it(!) DAN: (Nods) Please, it’s nice to have someone around who cares about literature. (Lucas smiles and looks down.) London’s great; a man’s author. LUCAS: (Smiles) kll or be k*lled. DAN: It’s the way of the world. LUCAS: You know,… if you ever need any help down at the dealership, I could… come by after school sometime. DAN: (Nods) Thanks, son. (Pause) I’d like that. (They smile and continue eating breakfast.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – LOCKERS – DAY] (Mouth shuts his locker and Brooke is leaning against the one next to his, smiling.) BROOKE: Hey, Mouth. (Mouth smiles as he sees her.) MOUTH: Miss. President. BROOKE: (Giddily) I know, it does have a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? (Mouth laughs.) BROOKE: But, you know what? (Shrugs) My friends just call me Brooke. (Mouth smiles happily and Brooke takes his arm. They walk down the corridor together, talking.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton sits on her bed. Jenny’s on her knee and they are playing with bricks. Peyton holds Jenny still as she shoves a corner into her mouth. Peyton looks up and Jake sits down on the bed on Jenny’s other side.) (Peyton picks up a red brick and imitates eating it. Jenny reaches for it and giggles. Jake takes the brick and joins into the playtime. Jenny grabs the red brick and Peyton picks up a green one, laughing.) FADE TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Nathan walks into the kitchen from the bedroom. He’s cleaned himself up and shaved. The apartment’s clean. He spots something on the floor and walks over to pick it up. It’s a brown envelope.) (He opens it and takes out one of Peyton’s arts. It is of two hands, one on top of the other. One hand is a woman’s and the other is a man’s. They are both wearing wedding rings. The caption reads: ‘Sometimes they come back’.) (Nathan studies it and the camera zooms in on the picture. He ponders for a while before putting it down and taking his phone out of his back pocket. He dials and holds it to his ear, sighing.) (The phone rings once before an answer machine picks up.) HALEY: (Recorded message.) Hi, this is Haley; I can’t get to the phone right now. Leave a message and I will call you back. (Nathan closes his eyes dejectedly.) (A beep sounds as the credits roll, the signal for Nathan to talk.) 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[INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Camera pans to Nathan sitting in a room, alone, with a black backdrop. He is looking straight into the camera.) NATHAN: (Sighs) So you want me to tell you something about myself? (Shakes his head slightly and shrugs.) I don’t have anything to say. Even if I did,… you’d be wrong to believe me. (Pause) Trust is a lie. Nobody ever knows anyone. FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GROUNDS – DAY} (Camera pans down from the sky. Students are roaming the grounds of the school.) PAST TEACHER: (v.o) What does a young fella like you do for- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CLASSROOM – DAY] (A TV is on in the classroom and a black and white video is being played. The date behind the boy in a Tree Hill jersey is 1955.) PAST TEACHER: -recreational activity? PAST STUDENT: Well… (Smiles) I like athletics,… horsing around with my pals. (The camera pans across the class as they watch the tape. Nathan has his arms crossed, annoyed. Lucas is almost lying on his arm and other kids show varying signs of boredom.) PAST STUDENT: I suppose most of the fellas like to chase girls. (Grins) (The class laughs.) PAST TEACHER: And does that go for you too? (Camera focuses on Brooke as she smiles fondly.) PAST STUDENT: Ah, no sir- (Cut to Jake as he sits watching. He seems to be the only one truly interested, with the exception of Brooke.) PAST STUDENT: -I have a steady girl. (Cut to Peyton.) PAST STUDENT: Some kids find it difficult; having a steady. (Nathan glares.) I don’t. (Camera focuses on Mouth.) PAST STUDENT: I guess the key is, just finding someone who feels the same way you do. (Whitey switches the TV off and adjusts the blinds, letting light in.) WHITEY: In 1955, (Walks to the front of the class.) students at Tree Hill High School created a… time capsule which was to be opened in fifty years. They were simply asked to… talk about their lives. (He grins at the class.) WHITEY: Isn’t it interesting how things haven’t changed much? (Brooke is still smiling.) WHITEY: Within the next week, each of you will go into our… converted supply closet… push the green button in front of you… (The camera pans around the class.) and videotape your thoughts. NATHAN: (Annoyed) Do we have to? WHITEY: (Surprisingly mild.) Yes, you have to. (Nathan blinks and looks away.) WHITEY: I won’t see it. Nobody will. Not until twenty fifty-five; by which time, I’ll be dad and buried. (The bell rings. People pick up their bags and get up.) WHITEY: Nate, you got a second? NATHAN: No. (Without missing a bat, he walks out of the classroom.) (Whitey heads to Lucas instead.) WHITEY: Are you looking after him? LUCAS: (Watches Nathan before turning back to Whitey, bothered.) I’m trying. (Whitey stays put as the class filters out. He sighs.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – LOCKERS – DAY] (Peyton walks to her paint-less locker – standing out amongst the rest – and works the combination, opening it.) JAKE: (o.s) I need to move out. (Peyton turns to Jake who is walking up behind her.) PEYTON: What?(!) JAKE: (Stops in front of her.) (Regretfully) I’m gonna move back in with my folks. PEYTON: Why, coz we… (Having a slight problem saying the word.) kissed? JAKE: (Hands in pockets.) Well… yeah! (She gapes for a bat before looking down.) PEYTON: OK, you know what- JAKE: And I wanna ask you out, Friday night. (Peyton looks at him, expressionless, before a smile tugs at her.) JAKE: I talked to Karen. She agreed to watch Jenny. (Peyton smiles.) PEYTON: (Whispering) Oh. (Nods) Well, that kinda presumptuous, don’t you think? JAKE: I don’t know, you tell me. (She laughs.) JAKE: Oh, and… (He leans in.) by the way… (Into her ear.) you smell insanely good today. (He smiles and walks away. Peyton doesn’t know how to respond and turns away, embarrassed.) PEYTON: Hey! Um… (He looks back.) Friday night - eight o’clock. (Smiles) JAKE: (Nods) Eight o’clock. (Walks away.) (Peyton opens her locker with a grin, looks back once, and grabs her books.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (A finger reaches out and pushes the green button. A red light turns on.) PEYTON: (Sits and looks directly into the camera nervously.) OK, first-off, I wanna say happy sixty-seventh birthday to Peyton Sawyer. (Nods and grins.) You were pretty cool back in the day. Um… (Giggles) and to… Jenny Jagielski, who is… (Cuts off as she thinks for a bit.) wow, um, like in her fifties now. Uh… your dad… sure loves you. (Smiles and nods.) (Inhales) Plus, he’s a total fox. (Her eyes widen - a wicked, playful, gleam in her eyes.) CUT TO: [EXT. STREETS – DAY] (The camera is focussed on the sky.) KAREN: (o.s) I’m not gonna let him out-fox me. (Pan down to Karen and Andy walking along outside, holding hands. Andy looks down at her.) KAREN: My lawyer called. The state requires a mediation before they’ll let me remove Lucas from Dan’s care. (Laughs grimly.) But you know what, I’m not gonna let him rattle me. I will present my case… calmly… and rationally… and let justice prevail. ANDY: (Nods) Well you’re wise to use the system. (Karen smiles.) But just in case, (Smirks) I mad some calls. (They stop walking.) KAREN: (Smiling) And…? ANDY: (Shrugs) Well, if Dan’s the man I think he is,… my guy should have something soon. (They exchange smiles. Karen kisses him.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GROUNDS – DAY] (Lucas approaches Brooke.) LUCAS: What’s up, Ms. President? BROOKE: (Smiles) Please don’t remind me. It was really fun to win and all but now I actually have to do something. What was I thinking? LUCAS: Ah, you were thinking that you’d be great at this and… everyone who voted for you, including me, was thinking the same thing. (Brooke makes a noise of approval and Lucas laughs.) LUCAS: But… (Lifts the hand carrying a big silver bag.) I got you something. A present… for the president. BROOKE: A present(!) Maybe this was a good idea. What did I get? (Lucas pulls out a big book.) LUCAS: It’s the book (Hands it to her.) where I found the quote for you. (She looks at the cover, the title is ‘Familiar Quotations’.) There’s a lotta… great stuff on leadership in there. (Brooke opens the front cover.) BROOKE: Oh… Lucas, thank you, it’s perfect. LUCAS: I also thought you’d like these too. (Holds open the bag for her.) (Brooke pulls out some magazines. Anna and Felix are seen in the background.) BROOKE: I am so warming up to being the president! FELIX: (He and Anna finally reach Brooke and Lucas.) There’s my girrrrl! (Holds out his arms.) BROOKE: Boyfriend, (Hugs him.) hi. How was your cruise? FELIX: Oh, it sucked(!) Wasted time away from you. (Grins) (Lucas looks away, shaking his head.) BROOKE: Yeah, even the topless beach? (Felix looks at his sister.) FELIX: Imagine the buzz kll when I found my sister there. (Laughs with Brooke and shakes his head.) (Anna smiles but it’s very forced.) FELIX: (Indicating the magazines.) What’s this? BROOKE: Oh, Lucas got me a gift; for being the president. FELIX: (Feeling thrat, looks at Lucas.) A gift, huh? (Lucas doesn’t move.) FELIX: (Pause) Well I was gonna wait and surprise you but what the hell, I’m throwing my baby a party to celebrate; Friday night. (Lucas looks away again, annoyed.) BROOKE: A… party with… presents? (Hopefully) FELIX: You know it. BROOKE: OH, I so love being the freaking president! (Felix laughs, puts his arm around her and looks Lucas up and down in disgust.) LUCAS: (Ignoring him.) Well, look, congrats again, Brooke. (Gives her the bag.) (Brooke takes it with a smile.) LUCAS: (Looking at Anna and Brooke.) See ya later. BROOKE: Thanks, Luke. (Lucas smiles at her and walks away. Anna watches him.) ANNA: Uh, OK, I’ll… let you guys… (Makes various hand gestures.) make out and… (Waves her hand a bit and walks away.) (Felix looks down at Brooke and laughs. She smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Anna sits in front of the black backdrop, looking directly into the camera.) ANNA: My name is Anna Tagaro and I’m a junior at Tree Hill High… and… (She struggles slightly.) since it’s twenty fifty-five, I guess it’s OK to say that… I’m bisexual. (There is a very long pause.) Although, if I still haven’t found the nerve to come out to my friends and family… by twenty fifty-five,… (Smiles tightly and shrugs.) surprise(!) CUT TO: [INT. NEW HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Close-up of Keith’s smiling face.) KEITH: Surprise! (Jules walks through the doorway, looking around wearily.) JULES: Keith,… what is this? (The place is empty with white walls and highly polished, wooden floors.) KEITH: This, my beautiful bride-to-be, (Holds his arms out.) is your new home. JULES: You bought a house?(!) (Keith nods.) JULES: Keith, (Looks around again.) you can’t just buy me a house, this is too much(!) KEITH: It’s not too much. The truth is - it’s not nearly enough. (Jules stares.) KEITH: I love you, Jules. (He kisses her on the cheek and Jules continues to stare, wide-eyed.) FADE TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS (STOCK) – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAY] (Nathan walks around the dealership in his jumpsuit, holding a rag.) DAN: Nate? (Nathan stops and turns to his father.) DAN: How ya been? NATHAN: (Shrugs) Drunk, bitter,… (Smirks) kinda like mom. (Dan laughs slightly.) DAN: Listen, I wanna apologise to you, son, man to man. (Smiles) It was a hell of a punch you ht me with. (Nathan sighs and nods, Dan does too.) DAN: Guess I probably had it coming. (Nathan nods and turns, uninterestedly.) NATHAN: (Almost to himself.) OK. DAN: Hey, (Nathan stops again.) don’t shut me out, or your brother. Especially since we’re all working together now. (Lucas walks out from behind – on cue – with a clipboard and the exactly the same jumpsuit as Nathan’s. He’s writing something down. Nathan turns his head and sees Lucas. They all look at each other and Nathan scoffs.) NATHAN: Nice try, dad. It’s not that easy. (Dan glares.) I quit. (He throws his rag at his father.) (Dan catches it, Nathan walks out and Lucas watches him with a sigh. He turns to glare at Dan some more.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Lucas sits in front of the camera, staring straight at it.) LUCAS: My best friend, Haley, left town recently. (Pauses as he thinks.) And it’s… been hard. You know,… until this year, it’s-it’s always been us against the world. (Smiles fondly.) We pretty much grew up together and… now she’s just gone. (Pause) You know, I… I understand the leaving part. Trust me,… (Laughs sardonically.) I just wish she woulda called me; before she left. (Nods) I wish… I coulda talked to her about it. (Pause) I mean, not to change her mind… or to tell her what to do, but,… just to say (Smiles and shakes his head.) I love you… and I miss you. (Pause as the emotion is wiped from his face.) Just to say goodbye. (Lucas stares into the camera for a long time.) FADE TO BLACK: FADE IN: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Lucas opens the apartment door and enters.) LUCAS: Nathan? (Nathan stops his endeavours to turn to his brother. He’s in the process of painting the opposite wall bright pink.) LUCAS: (Looking at the wall critically.) What’re you doing? NATHAN: (Slightly crazy.) Haley hates pink(!) (Lucas crosses his arms.) LUCAS: Yeah, so? (Nathan paints over the picture of Haley – that Peyton painted for the after-wedding party – in the same pink. Lucas wants to stop him but there’s nothing he can say.) LUCAS: Look, Nate. (Nathan stops and looks at what he’s done.) LUCAS: Haley’s my best friend. (Pause) You know, I know it’s not the same but… (Nathan picks up a picture frame that is facing the wall.) I get what you’re going through. (Nathan turns the picture and hangs it up, covering Haley’s picture. It is of a freakishly big clown.) LUCAS: (Confused) A clown. NATHAN: Yeah. (Turns to Lucas and shrugs.) They creep her out. (Lucas is worried about his brother’s sanity.) LUCAS: Man, you gotta call her. NATHAN: I did that. (Pause) (Coldly) I got her voicemail. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Nathan is sitting in front of the camera again, looking at it.) NATHAN: Voicemail; I hope you don’t still got that crap. CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke sits on Peyton’s bed with a big smirk.) BROOKE: So you’re having sex with Jake Jagielski tonight. PEYTON: (Walking out of her closet with a top.) (thrat) Brooke, it’s our first date(!) BROOKE: Please(!) You are sharing a bed, you have history, (Peyton looks down.) he’s clearly experienced; see ‘Skanky Ho’, otherwise known as Nikki… (Peyton laughs and Brooke smiles accordingly.) BROOKE: Seriously though; sex. You. Tonight. (Peyton looks down. Brooke stands up.) I have to go. (Brooke heads for the door.) PEYTON: Wait. (Brooke smiles and turns. Peyton holds up the tops.) PEYTON: Which one? BROOKE: (Lists off quickly.) Black bra, black sweater, leather jacket, Calvin’s, condoms, (Squints) underwear; optional. (Peyton lowers her arms exasperatedly.) BROOKE: Have fun(!) (Continues her journey to the door.) PEYTON: Brooke. (Brooke turns her head back.) PEYTON: …You don’t think I’m crazy for wanting to take it slow, do you? BROOKE: (Hand on hip.) No. (Pause) I don’t think you’re crazy. (Peyton’s unsure.) Now he might. (Peyton raises her eyebrows worriedly.) You’ll be fine; you’ve got good hips. (Peyton scoffs. Brooke looks at her before she exits.) BROOKE: I’ll see you at the party(!) (Brooke manages to leave this time.) (Peyton raises her hand in leaving, still worried.) PEYTON: (v.o) Fifty years, huh? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Extreme close-up of Peyton’s face. She laughs.) PEYTON: OK. Well, if you’re young and you’re watching this, uh,… you guys know what you’re up against, especially if you’re a girl, it’s… (Reservedly) sex, right, and,… and even fifty years from now, I’m guessing it’s still a really big deal. You know, it’s awkward… and… thrat… and thrilling. (Pause) But, in a way, it’s like sex is the easy part. You know, it’s… giving your heart to somebody; that’s the scary part. (She stares at the camera, smiling unsurely.) CUT TO: [INT. MEDIATION ROOM - DAY] (Dan sits at the table with Karen, Lucas and Karen’s lawyer. He has a grotesquely smug look about him.) DAN: Trust me. (The camera zooms out.) DAN: (To Karen’s lawyer.) I understand this mediation’s a formality. (Camera zooms out to show everybody present in the room.) But in my defence, I’m providing a safe and sab environment for Lucas; two parent, loving. (Camera cuts to Karen, she’s just holding back from shouting.) DAN: That said, I understand, sometimes, things aren’t always as they appear. (Karen takes a deep, claming breath.) DAN: Your name is Roger? DOUG: Doug. DAN: (Smiles smarmily.) Doug. (Lucas shakes his head. Karen holds herself from sighing.) DAN: Doug,… I’m not sure there’s a courtroom in the country that’d have a problem with the home I’ve made for my firstborn son. DOUG: (Not bothering to look at him. Reads his papers instead.) Yeah, of course, Dan. Uh, but, I do have a couple of questions. DAN: (Kissing @#%$.) Um-hum. DOUG: Can you tell my why you’ve never paid any child support to Karen (Karen looks away.) or offered any financial help for Lucas. (Lucas looks away.) DAN: I did offer. (Karen glares at him.) But, uh, Lucas’ mother forbid my involvement; financially and otherwise. DOUG: (Floored) I see… (Looks back down at his papers.) KAREN: (Suddenly) @#%$! (Dan looks at Karen, as does Lucas.) DOUG: I’m sorry? KAREN: (Can’t take it anymore.) (Calmly) He’s an @#%$. DOUG: (Looks between the pair.) OK. KAREN: I didn’t take his money because to him, money is power (Looks back at his calculating face.) and power is control. (Facing Dan.) AND HE WOULD HAVE USED IT IN THE SAME MANIPULATIVE MANNER THAT HE ALWAYS DOES! (Lucas looks away from his angry mother.) Lucas is my son! And he has been every day of his life and there’s not a COURT IN THIS COUNTRY, DAN, THAT’S GONNA FALL FOR YOUR… @#%$ OF A SUIT AND YOUR… (Off his smile.) CROOKED-@#%$ SMILE AND YOUR… ASSY FRAT BOY HAIRCUT! (Karen is just about holding it together. Lucas sighs. Dan continues to smile. Karen finally lets emotion take over as she sighs sadly. Doug processes the scene.) DOUG: Lucas? (Lucas looks at him.) Where do you wanna live? (Dan turns his smirking face to them. Lucas is caught. Karen looks at her son, praying silently.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Karen enters the house and shuts the door. Andy is in the living room with Jenny, holding a toy close to her. The door slams.) ANDY: Whoa, we got a baby here. KAREN: (Desolately) (Sighs) I’m-I’m sorry. I lost track of the time. ANDY: (Smiles) That’s alright. (Looks down at Jenny.) Me and Jenny have been bonding, hey? (Shakes the toy on front of her.) (Karen tries to laugh but she’s holding back tears. Andy looks up at her before lowering Jenny into her crib.) ANDY: (To Jenny.) Come on. You go to sleep. (Looks up at Karen.) How’d it go? KAREN: (Breaking) …He chose his father(!) (She starts to cry and rushes out of the room. Andy follows her.) ANDY: Hey. (She stops.) (Karen has a hand over her mouth as she cries. Andy reaches out to her and puts his hands on her shoulders, slightly uncomfortably.) ANDY: We’re gonna fix this. (Karen turns to him.) ANDY: I promise you. (She cries as he hugs her.) ANDY: I promise. KAREN: (Whispers as she inhales hard.) Oh, God(!) CUT TO: [INT. TAGARO RESIDENCE – HALLWAY – EVENING] (The party is raging. There are empty cups everywhere and people milling about. Brooke walks around looking, for once, intimidated at a party, especially in one thrown for her. She has her hands in her pockets.) FELIX: Hey, that’s my girl! BROOKE: (Fake smile.) Hi(!) So,… (Pulls him into a room.) I love a party… but… do I know any of these people? FELIX: (Looks around.) Sure. Look, (Points) there’s Mouth. (Mouth is sitting on a table, a drunk girl on either side. He stands and walks, over a wasted guy, to them.) MOUTH: Hi. (Continues walking.) BROOKE: (Confused) Hey. So… everybody looks… really drunk. FELIX: Nah, most of them are just stoned. (Brooke gapes.) FELIX: Come on. (Makes to leave the room.) BROOKE: Um,… (Felix stops and turns.) you go. (Felix frowns.) I’m gonna… find a drink. FELIX: Uh, OK. In the tub. (Her smile is strained as she watches him retreat. She gives him a thumbs-up. Felix winks and leaves.) FELIX: (Bumps into a girl.) Oh, sorry. (Brooke walks around slowly and nervously as she searches for somebody she knows. She hears laughing and people chanting in the background. Her eyes widen in shock.) (Erica is dressed how you’d expect Brooke to dress. She’s drunk and holding a tube with a section at the top where beer is poured.) BROOKE: (dumfounded) Erica Marsh? (Erica yells drunkenly and slaps the hand of a guy.) BROOKE: ERICA?! (Erica turns to her unsteadily.) ERICA MARSH: Oh, Brooke, congratulations! (Holds up the beer-bong.) (Erica giggles and suddenly, Brooke seems to be the most rational person at the party – for once.) BROOKE: Do you… drink? ERICA MARSH: (Looks at the bong.) I do now. Besides, you said I should find other activities. (Waves the bong about.) BROOKE: Yeah, I meant, like,… pep-club… not… beer-bong club. (Erica laughs.) GUY: Come one, Marsh, we’re doing shts! ERICA MARSH: (Holding her arms up.) Whoooo! BROOKE: Who is that guy? ERICA MARSH: I dunno, but he called me by my last name. I mean, how great is that?(!) (Brooke nods speechlessly as Erica walks away.) (Nathan walks into the room behind her.) BROOKE: (Turning to him as he looks around the room.) Nate, thank you for coming. NATHAN: Whatever, I just ran out of alcohol. (He walks away and Brooke just wonders at the mess her friends are.) (Cut to somewhere in another room. Lucas, Mouth, Anna and Tim are sitting in a circle in the middle of the room.) MOUTH: What’d you seal in the time capsule, Luke? LUCAS: …Nothing, really. (Frowns and shakes his head.) I didn’t have much to say. TIM: (Drinking) I did. (Everyone looks at him.) What?(!) It’s important. Some day the kids are gonna need to know the truth about how I really was. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HIGH SCHOOL - CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Tim stands with one foot on the stool, the other on the ground and looks into the camera. He’s leaning on his leg.) TIM: Pretty much been with all the hot girls; freshmen, seniors. (Nods) Yeah, it’s good times. Currently I’m dating, um,… Brooke Davis. CUT TO: [INT. TAGARO RESIDENCE – ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke sits with the group.) BROOKE: (To Tim.) What’s with you? TIM: (Nervously) Nothing. (Lucas frowns at him, as does Brooke.) MOUTH: We were just talking about the time capsule; about what we said. (Brooke rolls her eyes.) BROOKE: Does it really matter? By the time they open that thing, we’re gonna be old. (Lucas laughs.) MOUTH: Maybe not. Sometimes they open time capsules early; when a building moves or there’s a fre. (Anna looks at Mouth worriedly.) (Shrugs) You never know. (Nathan walks into the room with a blue cup. Lucas stands and attempts to converse with him.) LUCAS: Hey(!) (Nathan turns to him.) NATHAN: Nice wheels outside. Gift from daddy? (He smiles at Lucas. When he doesn’t say anything, Nathan turns and leaves.) ANNA: (From behind.) How’s Nathan? LUCAS: (Turns) Uh,… (Sighs) not good. ANNA: Well, I know it’s none of my business but that’s your jacket in Felix’s room, right? LUCAS: (Nonplussed) Yeah. ANNA: Well,… Nathan was going through the pockets a few minutes ago. (Lucas pauses as he realises what Nathan’s done.) LUCAS: (Turning) Thanks. (He leaves the room.) MOUTH: (Coming up behind Anna.) What’s going on? ANNA: Brother stuff. Hey, Mouth, you’re like, in the AV club or whatever, right? MOUTH: Media club, yeah. (Looks down smiling.) ANNA: Well,… I said something in the time capsule that I need to erase. (Expectantly) You think you could help me do it? Like,… tonight? MOUTH: You mean break into the school? (Anna shrugs. Mouth is hesitant.) MOUTH: Anna, I can’t. ANNA: Mouth, haven’t you ever done something that you wished you could take back? (Mouth looks at Brooke who is looked very bored.) MOUTH: (Turning back.) Sure. (Nods) Not too long ago, actually. ANNA: What if you had the chance to erase it? (Mouth inhales and nods as he gives in.) CUT TO: [EXT. TAGARO RESIDENCE – DRIVEWAY – EVENING] (Nathan walks down the lawn with his drink and Lucas’ car keys. Lucas is walking up behind him, quickly, and they head for the car.) LUCAS: Hey, Nathan! (Nathan drinks and ignores him.) LUCAS: Nathan, stop! (Nathan walks around the car to the driver’s side and opens the door. Lucas walks to the front of the car.) NATHAN: (Pointing) Move or I’ll run you over(!) (Nathan gets in.) (Lucas puts his hands on the bonnet.) LUCAS: Give me the keys! (Nathan grins and starts the engine. Lucas hurries around and opens the passenger side of the car, getting in also. Nathan gn the engine.) LUCAS: Nathan, you’ve been drinking. NATHAN: You just better hold on. (gn the engine some more.) (Nathan takes off, fast.) LUCAS: (Calmly) Pull the car over, Nate. (Nathan shakes his head and takes another swig.) LUCAS: (Annoyed) Hey, don’t be a dick and drink drunk! NATHAN: (Frowning) I’m not even buzzed(!) LUCAS: (Nodding at the drink.) It’s still an open container. NATHAN: Fine(!) (There’s a bat before Nathan throws the cup out of the car. Conveniently, it smashes right onto the windshield of a cop car. The window wipers sway and they turn their lights on. One cop looks back and the car takes off after them.) (Nathan carries on driving, laughing along. Lucas looks back.) NATHAN: (Laughing) Huh, god I love my life! Think we can outrun them? LUCAS: Look, just pull over. Don’t make it worse(!) NATHAN: Alright, Luke. Seeing as how I’ve already been arrested once this year, (Smirks) It’s been nice knowing ya. (Nathan pulls over. The police car stops behind them and the cops get out, shining their flashlights at the car. They reach the sides and shine their lights in. Lucas and Nathan have switched places – somehow.) NATHAN: (Looks at the cops and smiles.) Evening officer. Buy us some beer? (Lucas smiles tightly.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Jake is sitting in front of the camera, looking at us.) JAKE: OK, so,… I’m a single father… and… until recently, a high school dropout… and… I’m going on my first date since my daughter was born… (Pauses as he considers.) Am I a great catch or what?(!) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVER WALK – EVENING] (Jake and Peyton walk down the street.) JAKE: You warm enough? PEYTON: (Nods and smiles.) Um-hum. JAKE: That’s good. Coz I had to call in a few favours to get the breeze just right. (Peyton makes a noise of wonder.) JAKE: (Nods) Um-hum. How bout the stars? (Looks up.) I told them not to go too heavy so they didn’t look all ‘Movie Moment’. You know, more than a million less than a billion. (Peyton makes various sounds of approval.) PEYTON: (Amusedly) Right, you know, you wouldn’t think just a stroll down the river would take so much planning(!) JAKE: What are you kidding?(!) Romantic lighting, (Peyton laughs out loud.) couple scattered about, music in the distance. PEYTON: Hmmm, you’re just lucky I’m a cheap date. JAKE: Yeah, I know. (Peyton laughs and looks down.) JAKE: And I am lucky,… (She smiles and they look at each other.) to be with you tonight. (Camera cuts to their hands intertwining.) JAKE: (Lifting their clasped hands.) You know, some guys charge extra for hand holding. PEYTON: (Turns and grins.) You know, some girls charge extra for this. (She pulls him forward and kisses him.) (Fade out to a full-sht of them kissing.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELLS – EVENING] (The jail door closes noisily. Nathan and Lucas are in the same jail. Lucas smirks as he watches them get locked in.) LUCAS: Perfect(!) (Walks away from the door.) LUCAS: Nice work, jack-hole(!) (Nathan’s lying on the bed in another part of the cell.) NATHAN: (Sighs) Hey, you’re the one who was driving. LUCAS: (Laughs harshly as he leans against the bars, his back to Nathan.) Yeah(!) You either thank me, or shut up(!) NATHAN: Whatever. I didn’t ask to you take the fall. (Lucas sees a phone that has no right being inside of a jail cell. He walks to it, reaches into his pockets and pulls out some quarters.) NATHAN: (Sarcastically) Hey, call for a pizza. I’m starving. LUCAS: (Counting money.) Oh, you’re hilarious. Someone’s gotta bail us out. NATHAN: No problem; call my wife. Oh, wait a minute, scratch that. (Lucas looks down dejectedly. Nathan glares at anything – which in this case, happens to be the ceiling.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – HALLWAY – EVENING] (Mouth looks around the side of the wall, wearing a ski mask. Anna appears above him. She looks around and then down at him with a sigh.) ANNA: Mouth, I really- (Takes the mask off.) I don’t think this mask is necessary. (Mouth stands and looks at her.) MOUTH: I just don’t want to get into trouble. I’ve never done anything like this before, you know? (They open the door to the converted supply closet. Mouth turns the light on. He looks at the huge machine that is the store of their time capsule and sighs.) ANNA: What do you think? Can you erase it? MOUTH: I don’t know. I gotta figure out if I can take this thing apart first. (Takes his backpack off.) Here, there’s a coffee machine in the teachers lounge (Gives her some money.) this might take a while. (Removes his coat.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Andy dangles a teabag over his mug.) ANDY: So it’ll take a little longer than you thought. (Looks at Karen.) But Lucas will come around. KAREN: (Thinks) He was like a stranger today. He actually chose Dan over me(!) ANDY: Karen, come on. There’s more to this than meets the eye. You know that. KAREN: Well then he’s lying to me… and he should trust me Andy. I mean, what’s next, life of crime? (Andy picks his mug up and drinks. The phone rings. Karen starts and walks to it.) KAREN: (Answering) Hello! CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] LUCAS: Hey, mom. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Karen looks confused.) LUCAS: (Through the phone.) Mom, uh, look, don’t freak out- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] (Lucas is holding the phone with his fingertips.) LUCAS: -OK, but I’m in jail… and I need you to bail me out. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] KAREN: (Worriedly) What-what happened? Is it Dan?! (Andy turns to look at her.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] LUCAS: No. No, mom, its not. It’s… (Pauses) I was with Nathan (Cut to Nathan who shifts slightly, listening.) and we had some beer in the car. KAREN: (Through the phone.) Lucas, Listen- CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] KAREN: -are you OK? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] LUCAS: Yeah, we’re fine. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Karen nods.) KAREN: OK, you got a quarter in your pocket? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] LUCAS: (Baffled) …Yeah. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] KAREN: Good, call the father you love so much. (She slams the phone down hard enough to break it – it doesn’t. She turns to Andy who looks away. She sighs.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] (Lucas lowers the phone. Nathan looks at him.) NATHAN: What happened? LUCAS: (Incredulously) She’s not coming. NATHAN: (Puts his head back on the pillow and looks at the ceiling.) Wow,… even you own mom can’t stand you. (Lucas looks at some bricks sadly.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – EVENING] (Mouth plugs his laptop into a connection on the wall. He lifts the screen and Tim is on it. Mouth presses ‘space’ and his recording plays.) TIM: See, what else, um,… oh yeah, there’s this new girl, Anna, who’s into me but… I’m all ‘girl,… be patient, (Mouth grins.) you know, ‘The Tim’ will get to you eventually’. (Anna gapes at Mouth.) ANNA: What did he just say?(!) (Mouth quickly pauses the recording.) MOUTH: OK, I think I got it. ANNA: (Holding coffee cups.) Did that creepy Tim guy say I was into him? MOUTH: Um… (Nods) sorta. ANNA: OK, first of all; gross, (Mouth laughs.) second; we shouldn’t be watching these. We’re just here to erase mine. MOUTH: I know, you’re right. Um… (He clicks around.) let me find it. (He fast forwards but plays when he gets to Brooke.) BROOKE: (Grinning self-consciously.) Let’s see, in ten years, I’ll probably be married to someone like Marvin McFadden. (Mouth freezes as he watches.) ANNA: Who’s Marvin McFadden? (Mouth doesn’t answer, he just watches the screen, shocked.) BROOKE: Of course, you all probably call him Senator McFadden or something… but, we just call him Mouth. (Mouth pauses it.) MOUTH: It would be really wrong to watch this, right? ANNA: …Maybe just a… couple of minutes. MOUTH: …Two minutes, tops(!) (Anna mouths ‘OK’ and turns to set the cups down as Mouth grabs a chair.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Payton and Jake enter the bedroom.) JAKE: (Leaning against the doorjamb.) Well I know tonight’s date was kind of … PEYTON: (Takes her coat off.) Perfect? JAKE: …Yeah. Well,… I guess this is goodnight. (Points back.) PEYTON: Well, it wouldn’t have to be if you were still staying here. (Grins) JAKE: OK, that’s not fair. The only reason I moved out is because if I stayed here- (Peyton walks to him.) PEYTON: (Nods) Uh-huh JAKE: -we’d. (She kisses him.) JAKE: Never. Stop. Doing. That. PEYTON: (Nods) Uh-huh. That’s a… that’s a problem (Pokes him in the chest.) why? (Pause as Peyton questions and Jake thinks.) JAKE: …Right. (Peyton nods.) PEYTON: Uh-huh. JAKE: I guess I can move back in, huh? (Peyton nods.) JAKE: Come here. (He grabs her and kisses her. They fall back onto the bed.) CUT TO: [INT. TAGARO RESIDENCE – PARTY – EVENING] (A guy is carrying Erica who is draped over him, completely plastered. Brooke sees him and stands quickly.) BROOKE: Whoa, no(!) (To the guy.) Whoa, is she OK? GUY: (Slightly drunk too.) She’s good. She’s good. It’s cool. I got her. BROOKE: (Aware) I don’t think so, buddy. It’s Rosey Pom for you tonight, kay? (She takes Erica’s arm and puts it over her shoulder.) Go away. Go away. (He leaves.) (To Erica.) Come here. Whoa, Erica? (Makes Erica face her.) Er-Erica? ERICA MARSH: (Almost unconscious.) It’s Marsh. Call me Marsh. (Breaths on Brooke.) BROOKE: (Turning away at the smell.) Oh, OK Marsh. Let’s get you home, OK? Come here, come on, I got you. Whoa, there we go. (They struggle as they leave the room.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] (Lucas is sitting at one end of the jail while Nathan lies at the other. Nathan laughs.) LUCAS: (Hand on head.) What is so funny? (Nathan gets off the bed.) NATHAN: You. What, do you need me to, uh, connect the dots for you? LUCAS: I just need you to shut up(!) NATHAN: When I first met you, I figured the best way to hurt you was to take Haley away. (Lucas looks away, uninterested.) Now she’s gone, isn’t she? LUCAS: And is it any wonder she left a stroke like you? (Nathan looks away.) (Maliciously) Look at yourself, you’re pathetic(!) NATHAN: Oh, I’m pathetic? You’re chasing after a father who doesn’t even want you and I’m pathetic?(!) (Walks to his brother.) LUCAS: (Rolls his eyes exasperatedly.) Would you just let it go!? Why are you so thrat by that?! (Nathan doesn’t answer.) LUCAS: Afraid daddy will like me more than you? NATHAN: (Shrugs) You mean kinda how he liked my mom better than yours? LUCAS: (Pissed as he stands.) No,… I mean kinda like how your wife likes Chris better than you(!) (Nathan punches Lucas. Lucas tries to ht back but Nathan’s too quick for him and can’t get one in edgewise.) OFFICER: (o.s) Hey! Hey, you two, stop! (A bell rings.) (They struggle and Lucas pushes Nathan against the bars and punches him. Nathan drives Lucas into the opposite bars.) CUT TO: COMMERCIAL BREAK: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – EVENING] (Brooke looks into the camera.) BROOKE: So you’re probably looking at this and making fun of my outfit, right? (Mouth and Brooke watch her on screen and laugh.) BROOKE: Anyway, (Laughs) here’s all you really need to know about today; if… you fat, dumb, sexual, and a guy, you’re OK. If you’re a girl, (Shakes her head.) not so much. Please tell me that’s changed in the future. ANNA: Don’t bet on it. (Mouth looks at her.) BROOKE: Somebody tell me you’ve got love figured out, because I got news for you; it’s pretty darn messy right now. (Shrugs) But I guess it’s always been that way. Wanting to be loved, to find somebody that makes your heart ache in a good way… feel understood. (Anna nods and looks down.) So… if you’re robots, or aliens, or something and you’re watching this (Mouth smiles.) right now and that feeling no longer exists; well,… you missed it… and I feel sorry for you. (Smiles) Coz as far as I can tell, that’s what it’s all about. And that’s what I know it should be about. (Mouth and Anna look at the screen.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL JAIL – CELL – EVENING] (Lucas and Nathan are handcuffed to separate ends of the jail. A cop walks past them.) LUCAS: (Looking at his handcuff.) Dan wanted revenge on Keith. (Pause as Nathan looks at him.) That’s why I’m staying with him. NATHAN: (Moves his cuffed hand about.) Revenge for what? LUCAS: Keith slept with your mom. (Nathan looks at Lucas and laughs. He has a cut upper lip.) LUCAS: It’s true. NATHAN: Course it is(!) Nobody’s faithful anymore, nobody can be trusted. LUCAS: (Sighs) Yeah, well, Dan also hired Jules to make Keith fall in love with her. NATHAN: (Looks at Lucas for a bat before laughing.) It’s outstanding(!) What else you got? LUCAS: That’s it. Stay with Dan,… Keith and Jules get to be happy. NATHAN: (Doesn’t believe that.) Yeah, till she sings a duet… and goes on tour. (Turns away.) LUCAS: She’s got a dream, Nate. NATHAN: No,… no, she left to be with Chris. (Sighs) She kissed him, before she left. (Lucas is floored.) LUCAS: I’m sorry. NATHAN: Well, that’s what she said when I called her. LUCAS: I thought you said- NATHAN: I lied! (Pause) She said she was sorry. Said she loved me and it wasn’t about Chris. She just… needs some time to figure everything out. (Nathan doesn’t understand that.) You believe that? Because, if I love her… and if she loves me, (Shrugs) what’s there to figure out? (Neither responds.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton and Jake are on her bed, kissing. The candle blows out. They both turn to look at it.) JAKE: Do you have ghosts? PEYTON: (Laughing) Only nice ones. (Laughs) There are matches in the top drawer. (Jake laughs and moves over to the side of the bed. He turns the lamp on and opens the top drawer.) JAKE: (Looking in.) Wow! PEYTON: (Pulling her top up.) What?(!) (Holds his hand up and there’s a blurry sht of a line of condoms. Peyton gapes.) JAKE: So there are condoms in Tree Hill. (She looks at him and he grins.) PEYTON: (Moving over.) Oh, God, um, (Takes them.) those are… so not a plan. (Puts them back.) They’ve been there since- JAKE: (Cringing) Oh… PEYTON: What? JAKE: I just pictured you and Lucas. PEYTON: No! (Shakes her head.) No, no, no. I never slept with Lucas. Those are Nathan’s. JAKE: (Nods) I just pictured that, too. PEYTON: (Embarrassed) OK, well stop picturing things coz it’s not like that. It’s… I’m not like that. I… I’ve only been with one guy and so I’m kinda freaking out a little bit, coz you’re here. And… you’re way more experience than I am, hence your daughter; Jenny. JAKE: (Quietly) Yeah. PEYTON: And,… It’s still a big deal to me. JAKE: (Pauses) Come here. (She moves closer to him.) JAKE: I’m so happy to be with you right now. (Peyton smiles.) I mean, I could barely think straight most of the week. PEYTON: Yeah, me too. JAKE: Right then, listen to me. I haven’t felt like this in forever… and… I know that I might lose cool points by saying this, but,… let’s just… go slow. OK? PEYTON: (bat before she nods.) OK. But… well it’s just that you never really had any cool points. JAKE: What- PEYTON: (Laughs) But, baby,… (Nods) you do now. (He smiles and they kiss.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL CHURCH – SEATS – EVENING] (Dan walks down between the seats. Jules is at the front, head bowed as she prays. Dan stops where she is.) DAN: (Looks slightly abashed.) Praying for a miracle? JULES: (Head straightens a bit.) I’ve decided to tell Keith the truth. (Turns her head to him.) I won’t walk down the aisle before I do. (She turns back, depressed frown in place.) (Dan looks at the front of the church before sitting behind her.) DAN: Well, (Jules wipes her eye.) maybe you won’t have to. (Pause as she looks straight.) DAN: I don’t know, Jules. Maybe I’m getting soft in my old age,… maybe it’s this church. (Looks around.) Or just seeing you two crazy kids in love… but I think I’ll just let this one go. (Jules turns to him again.) DAN: Keith doesn’t ever have to know. JULES: If I do what? DAN: Nothing. Call it my wedding gift. JULES: …I don’t believe you. (Dan stands and hovers above her.) DAN: I’ve kept my word so far, haven’t I? (Jules looks at him worriedly as he leaves the seats. His back’s to her as his phone rings. He takes it out.) JULES: (Disgusted) You couldn’t turn your cellphone off in a church?(!) DAN: It might be God. (He smiles and walks away as he answers the phone.) (The camera pans back to Jules as she looks extremely worried.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – EVENING] (Mouth shuts his laptop and looks at Anna.) MOUTH: OK, Anna. I have it cued up. I didn’t watch it. (Anna smiles gratefully.) You just need to press this button to start it and stop, OK? (Anna nods. Mouth walks to the door.) ANNA: Do you wanna know what I said? MOUTH: (Shakes his head.) You don’t have to. ANNA: (Rushing on.) I said I was bisexual. (Mouth looks at her and nods.) ANNA: It’s just… I thought it would feel liberating,… but, it didn’t. Instead, I just,… ended up here. (Laughs) Back in the closet. MOUTH: (Shrugs) Then why’d you tell me? ANNA: I don’t know. I guess it’s easier to tell one person than it is to tell your whole world. (Mouth smiles and nods. He reaches for the door, closing it behind her.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Erica is lying, unconscious, on Brooke’s bed while Brooke types away on her laptop, her back to Erica. The camera pans from Erica’s legs to her head and she jerks awake, sitting up.) BROOKE: (Grinning, she doesn’t even need to turn.) You’re OK; just go with the bed spins. (Twirls her finger.) (Erica looks around, confused.) BROOKE: It’s me. (Turns and holds her hand up, laughing.) Pick the one in the middle. (Erica shakes her head.) ERICA MARSH: What happened? BROOKE: (Turns back to her laptop, amused.) You got a little sideways. I brought you home. ERICA MARSH: (Hand to her head.) This your room? BROOKE: (Nods) Yeah. ERICA MARSH: It’s nice. BROOKE: (Smiles and shrugs.) Well it was until my parents sold everything. Last week they sold one of the ‘O’s in my first name, so now I’m officially ‘Broke’ Davis. (Erica frowns and looks away uncomfortably.) BROOKE: (Turns away awkwardly.) (To herself.) OK. (Brooke stands and walks to her bed, sitting on the end.) BROOKE: You ht it pretty hard tonight. ERICA MARSH: (Laughs) Yeah(!) Didn’t you? BROOKE: (Shakes her head.) Not tonight. ERICA MARSH: How come? BROOKE: (Shrugs) Just didn’t make sense for once. So instead I carted you here then, (Looks at her laptop.) came up with a pretty kller idea for a safe-ride’s program. (Looks back at Erica.) Your cab will be here soon. You are my first client. ERICA MARSH: (Smiles) You’re gonna make a great president. BROOKE: (Nods gratefully.) Thanks. (Erica nods for a bat before her face contorts and she looks set to throw-up.) BROOKE: (Quickly) Waste can, behind you. (Erica bends over and vomits into it. Brooke smiles kindly and looks away.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL JAIL – EXIT – EVENING] (Dan waits at the exit while Lucas and Nathan leave the jail side by side.) DAN: You should have your mail forwarded here. They give you the same cell as before? NATHAN: I don’t know. (Shrugs) They redecorated. (Lucas sighs at the constant hostility between the pair.) DAN: (Smirks) Great(!) Make jokes. You know how much it’s gonna cost me to get you two idiots out of this mess? NATHAN: Then don’t! Alright? Don’t cut any deals with me (Looks at Lucas.) like you did with Lucas. (Lucas looks at Nathan, wishing he’d kept his mouth shut. Dan stares, Nathan smirks.) (Nathan walks past Lucas. He stops at his father.) NATHAN: Oh, tell mom Keith says hi. (He continues past his father.) DAN: (Watches Nathan.) (To Lucas) You told him? LUCAS: Yeah, I did. DAN: (Conceding) You should have. You’re brothers. (Looks at Lucas.) Go on. He could use a friend tonight. (Lucas looks at Dan, bemused, before nodding and walking past him.) LUCAS: (Stops and turns.) Thank you… (Dan looks at him.) dad. (Dan smiles and they nod. Lucas continues to walk away.) (Pan back up to Dan. Karen exits the jail and stops when she sees him. She’s obviously hurt. Dan just smirks and leaves. Karen doesn’t move, she stands and watches the place he was just occupying.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Peyton is in the closet, looking at the camera again.) PEYTON: I lost my way, a little bit, this year. But… lately it’s been better. You know, um,… it’s pretty amazing how… temptation can be silenced by a ray of hope. But… when the face to that hope is a boy’s face, I guess, for me, hope comes with trust issues too. (She smiles tensely at the camera.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (sht of the pink paint tray and roller. The camera pans up to Nathan who is standing in front of his masterpiece. He sighs and his – never locked – front door opens. Lucas stands in the doorway.) LUCAS: She still loves you. You know? (Nathan looks to the side. He pauses but doesn’t say anything.) LUCAS: Look,… it sucks… that she kissed Chris… but Haley married you. I kinda think that that wins out over some confused kiss. (Nathan looks down and turns to Lucas fully.) NATHAN: Maybe I was the confusing part for her. LUCAS: Nathan,… (Nathan looks away.) Haley fell for you when you were a different guy; a lesser guy. Maybe you should remember the real Haley, even when she’s lesser, too. (Nathan looks at Lucas.) LUCAS: Let’s get outta here, man. Come on, little brother. Let’s go. (Nathan smiles and looks down.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is lying on her bed, reading the book Lucas gave her. Felix opens her door and enters. Brooke looks at him.) FELIX: How much do you hate me? BROOKE: (Smiles and lowers the book.) I don’t hate you. FELIX: (Walks into the room.) But you hated the party. BROOKE: Umm… (Sits up.) I liked my presents. (Felix smiles and sits on the bed. Brooke shrugs.) BROOKE: I was sitting there at a perfectly decent party, like I have a thousand times before and… maybe, for the first time, I just felt like I was meant for something more, you know? FELIX: More than I planned for you? BROOKE: (Smiles) …‘Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past, let us accept our own responsibility for the future’. JFK said that. FELIX: (Proud) Look at you go. (Laughs) I’m proud of you, girlfriend. BROOKE: (Nods) Thanks. I’m proud of me too. FELIX: (Whispers) Come here. (Hugs her.) (Brooke frowns slightly as she thinks.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (Nathan and Lucas walk onto the court. Lucas is holding a basket ball; they are just walking in silence.) LUCAS: You know, after my accident, I asked you what the secret was to getting back. (They stop walking.) You remember what you told me? (Nathan shakes his head and shrugs.) LUCAS: You told me there is no secret. (Looks down at the ball.) Just start sh*ting one day and… deal with the pain. (Nathan smiles and nods as he remembers. Lucas bounces the ball at him and Nathan catches it.) LUCAS: Somewhere along the way… it gets easier. (Nathan smiles and looks up, tossing the ball from one hand to the other.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Andy has finished his phone conversation and looks at the phone’s screen. Karen walks in.) ANDY: (Gets up and walks to her.) Hey. Lucas OK? KAREN: I’d say far from. ANDY: (Looks at his phone for a bat.) Well, my investigator found something interesting about Dan. (Karen looks at the phone before looking up at Andy hopefully.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – EVENING] (Mouth and Anna walk down the corridor together.) MOUTH: I just want you to know that I won’t tell anyone. (They exchange looks.) About you and… you know, girls. ANNA: (Smiles) Thanks, Mouth. MOUTH: But could you, maybe, not ht on Brooke, coz I got enough competition for her already. (Smiles) (Anna and Mouth laugh.) ANNA: (Whispers) OK. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – EVENING] (Anna sits in front of the camera and amends her recording.) ANNA: My name is Anna Tagaro and I’m a junior at Tree Hill High. And… I’m gay… and straight… and a Latina (The camera begins to zoom in on her as her voice gets stronger.) and I hate labels! And I hope by the time you see this, those things won’t be an issue. For now,… all you need to know is this; my name is Anna… and I’m just trying to find my way… like most kids. I guess that part is timeless. (She smiles sadly at the camera.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton and Jake are on her bed, kissing. The camera zooms in on them as they break apart and smile at each other. Pan to her candles and trinkets.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Jake is in front of the camera again.) JAKE: So, I’m seeing this girl and (Laughs) I think our experience levels are a little different, you know, but… even so, I’m doing something with her that… I’ve never done before; (Shocked) I’m falling in love. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (Nathan and Lucas are on the court, playing one-on-one basketball.) LUCAS: Bring it. Bring it(!) NATHAN: Here we go. (Nathan bounces the ball, Lucas tries to take it off him but Nathan jumps and sht.) (Lucas groans as it goes in. Nathan holds his hands up in victory.) LUCAS: (v.o) My brother’s been going through a tough time lately. (Lucas smiles, catches the ball and tosses it back.) LUCAS: (v.o) I wish there was more I could do to help him. (Nathan catches it and gets ready to sht again.) HARD CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] (Lucas is back in the closet. He alternates between looking at the camera and looking away.) LUCAS: I mean, just getting along is kinda new to us. (Smiles reminiscently.) But I guess that’s how brothers are. CUT TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Jules enters the apartment with a smile. She shuts the door and Keith walks into the room.) LUCAS: (v.o) Better to each other and worse to each other than anybody else. (Keith hugs Jules.) (Camera pans to the mirror; it shows the reflection of Jules who is smiling happily.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CONVERTED SUPPLY CLOSET – DAY] LUCAS: I also wish I could make things easier for my mom. (Pause) I mean, even though it’s been a tough year for us, (Nods) I want her to be happy more than anything. (Smiles and shakes his head.) But that doesn’t change the fact that I need to get closer to my father (His face hardens.) because if I can get closer to him, maybe I can find a way to bat him. (Looks at the camera.) Once and for all – set the people that I love free(!) (The camera zooms in on him slowly.) LUCAS: (Stiffly) I just hope I have the strength to tear him down for good(!) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Whitey has put the tape from 1955 on again.) PAST STUDENT: I suppose, a fella just wants to fit in; find a good girl, maybe, one day, do great things. PAST TEACHER: Tell us about that steady girl of yours, Brian. PAST STUDENT: (The camera pans down.) Well her name is Camilla- (The camera stops at the framed picture of Camilla Durham.) BRIAN DURHAM: -and my wish is that one day she’ll agree to be my wife… and we’ll grow old together. (Camera rotates to show Whitey at his desk. He’s smiling.) BRIAN DURHAM: I’d like to have a boy of my own one day. Maybe lotsa kids. (Fade to the row of pictures on Whitey’s desk. It’s of his past basketball players. Some pictures are black and white, others are in colour.) BRIAN DURHAM: I’d like to try to teach them; right from wrong, good from bad. I’d like to let them teach me. (Camera fades back to Whitey but you can still see a sh*t of his most recent team. Whitey’s smiling but also has sad tears rolling down his face.) BRIAN DURHAM: I think I have something to offer them. (Whitey nods.) (Cut back to the TV.) BRIAN DURHAM: Well, I hope so. I guess only time will tell. (Fade back to Whitey who is crying. He tries to smile.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x15 - Unopened Letter to the World"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – BEHIND THE COUNTER – DAY] LUCAS: I wanna move in with Dan. KAREN: Over my dad body(!) (Lucas stares with his mouth open.) KAREN: (v.o) What does Dan have over you? CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas empties his stuff onto the bed, including his HCM medicine and leaflets.) DAN: (Entering the room.) How did you convince her that you didn’t have HCM? LUCAS: I used Keith’s negative results letter. CUT TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY – EVENING] (Haley has her hands in her pockets as she walks past Chris, towards the bus door.) NATHAN: (v.o) She left to be with Chris. She kissed him, before she left. (Chris puts her luggage away as he watches her.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT HALL – EVENING] (Andy has his phone in his hand as he talks to Karen.) ANDY: My investigator found something interesting about Dan. CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton and Jake are sitting on Peyton’s bed after their first date.) JAKE: Let’s just… go slow. OK? PEYTON: (Considers before nodding.) OK. CUT TO: [INT. JAMES SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] NATHAN: You know there’s a girl you had feelings for. LUCAS: Nathan- NATHAN: Look me in the eye. Tell me I’m wrong. (Lucas looks at Nathan but can’t say it.) NATHAN: You need to talk to her, Luke. (Nathan walks away.) CUT TO: [INT. CHURCH – FRONT SEATING – EVENING] (Jules sits in the church, Dan behind her. She was praying before he entered.) JULES: (Her back to him.) I’ve decided to tell Keith the truth. DAN: Maybe you won’t have to. I think I’ll just let this one go. (Jules turns to look at him.) DAN: Keith doesn’t ever have to know. FADE TO BACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [EXT. THE RIVER WALK – DAY] (A white boat with white sails moves slowly past.) LUCAS: (v.o) Kahlil Gibran once wrote: (Lucas comes into the sht, bouncing a basketball while listening to his Ipod.) You’re reason and your passion are the rudder… and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; (sht fades to that of a church with Keith standing by his car, looking up at it.) and passion, unattended, is a flame that burn to it’s own destruction. (Lucas continues to bounce the ball as he comes upon Keith.) KEITH: Hey! (Lucas looks up, holds the ball steady and takes an earphone out.) LUCAS: Hey! (They clap hands.) LUCAS: You’re a… (Looks at him.) little early… (Takes the other earphone out.) and underdressed. (Laughs) KEITH: (Looks down at himself.) Yeah well, you know, I’m just… making sure everything’s OK. (Smiles at Lucas.) LUCAS: Anything I can help you with? KEITH: (Shakes his head.) No, no. You’ve done enough. Everything is perfect. (Hugs Lucas.) I’m getting married today. (Lucas looks past Keith’s shoulder, slightly worried.) (A phone rings off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] (Nathan sighs as he picks his phone off the floor. He answers his cell in his tnk top, on his stomach, half off the bed.) NATHAN: Didn’t know rock stars were such early risers. CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – BACKSTAGE – DAY] (Haley walks around a deserted backroom.) HALEY: (Tiredly) We just finished rehearsing all night. (Laughs to herself.) NATHAN: (Through the phone.) Yeah- CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] NATHAN: -don’t let me stop you from falling into bed with Chris. HALEY: (Through the phone.) It’s not like that and you know it. NATHAN: (Scoffs and moves.) I don’t know anything, anymore. (Gets off the bed.) CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – BACKSTAGE – DAY] HALEY: (Exasperatedly) You know, I was just calling to tell you that we’re gonna be on TV. We’re doing this live interview and I was hoping you’d watch. CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] (Nathan is sitting on the edge of his bed.) NATHAN: (Sceptically) That’s why you called? CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – BACKSTAGE – DAY] HALEY: Nathan, none of this means anything if I can’t share it with you. CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BADROOM – DAY] NATHAN: (Sighs mockingly and stands.) Keith’s wedding’s today. CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – BACKSTAGE – DAY] HALEY: (Surprised) He’s getting married? NATHAN: (Through the phone.) Yeah- CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BADROOM – DAY] (He stops at the window.) NATHAN: -It won’t last. CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – BACKSTAGE – DAY] (Haley closes her eyes and sighs.) HALEY: What, what can I say to make things better because I really want to. You know? NATHAN: (Through the phone.) You can’t,- CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] (He smiles.) NATHAN: -see, (Sighs) it’s a part you have to live with. CUT TO: [INT. CLUB – BACKSTAGE – DAY] (Haley sighs.) (Half the sht fades into the apartment with Nathan standing and looking out at the balcony, he sighs too.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (The camera pans down from the window, across Jenny, to the bed where Peyton and Jake are lying, kissing.) (Jake pauses as Jenny mumbles.) JENNY: Dada. JAKE: (Shocked) That was a word(!) (Points behind. A door opens somewhere.) That was definitely a word. (Sits up and turns to his daughter.) PEYTON: (Smiling) In what, Swahili? JAKE: She said ‘dada’! (Peyton sighs.) My baby’s a genius. (Peyton laughs and Brooke comes rushing in, ecstatic and completely ignorant to the fact that Jake is the bed too.) BROOKE: OK, major news; (Peyton turns to her. Jake does too.) Brooke Davis is officially twenty-four hours away from being student council president and rich again! PEYTON: (Clearly embarrassed with her position.) What, you and Felix getting married, too? BROOKE: Please(!) My dad has this final job interview with this giganto company today; they’re taking him to play golf… (Peyton turns to Jake, laughing.) and while my dad may not be the brightest tool in… the wherever they keep tools, he can play golf like freaking Michael Jordan(!) PEYTON: (Laughs) OK… BROOKE: (Finally noticing Jake.) And hello, Mrs Jagielski, you two are totally in bed together(!) (Backs up.) (Jake smiles at Jenny.) PEYTON: (thrat) Brooke(!) BROOKE: This is great, I am gonna go… and do… almost rich girl things and you are going to call me later with the details. (She smiles, jumps about a bit and leaves.) (Jake turns and points at Jenny.) JENNY: Dada. JAKE: (Joyfully) She’s saying ‘dada’! (Peyton laughs loudly.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Nathan takes yoghurt and some more things out of the fridge and puts them into his bag. He turns back to the fridge to get more things. Lucas walks to the fridge and takes out a bottle of water.) LUCAS: Just leave the caviar. I’ve acquired a taste for it. (Smiles at Nathan.) (Lucas laughs and turns to sit at the table while Nathan continues to rummage around the fridge.) LUCAS: You know, there’s gonna be free food at Keith’s wedding today. NATHAN: (Looks at him and smirks.) No thank you. I’m not going to that. (Puts some cans in his bag.) LUCAS: You really gonna do that to Keith? NATHAN: Look who’s talking. I can’t believe you’re actually gonna let them go through with it. LUCAS: He loves her… and she loves him. She just made a mistake. (His double meaning is quite obvious.) You gonna crucify her for the rest of her life? NATHAN: Haley called this morning. LUCAS: (Pleased) That’s great. NATHAN: Yeah, to tell me she’s gonna be on TV today. You believe that? LUCAS: (Shrugs) It’s still awesome for her, man. NATHAN: (Turning back to the fridge.) Yeah, whatever. (Takes a bottle.) LUCAS: Look, Nate, I think you should come to the wedding, man. A lot of people miss you. (Nathan looks at his brother but doesn’t reply.) DEB: (o.s) Nathan(!) (Smiles as she enters the room, pleased to see her son.) I’m so glad you’re here. Um,… let me make you some eggs? NATHAN: (Barely looking at her.) I think you’re out. (He shuts the fridge.) (He sighs and turns to his bag as Deb watches him, heartbroken.) DEB: It’s so good to see you. (Nathan takes his bag and walks past Lucas and out of the house. Lucas feels bad for Deb. She sighs.) LUCAS: Sorry. (He stands and walks in the same direction.) (Deb stands and sighs for a while before turning to the cabinet on her right and opening it. She rummages around and takes out a bottle of pills, throwing a quick glance behind her to make sure that no one’s looking. She opens it with shaking hands and takes out two pills.) (She pours herself a glass of water and takes one pill, then takes the other. The camera pans to show Lucas leaning against the far wall, looking at her but keeping out of her eyesight. His expression is set and he backs away slowly.) (Deb sighs.) CUT TO: [EXT. JULES’ HOUSE – FRONT PORCH – DAY] (Dan is sitting oh the porch chair, smiling. The door opens and Jules stands there, in a red robe.) DAN: (Barely turning to look at her.) Great day for a wedding. (Smiles) JULES: What do you want? DAN: (Reaches out in front and grabs something.) Bought you a present. (He opens a jewellery box and hold out a sapphire and diamond necklace to her.) DAN: Something blue, right? (Jules takes it from him for a closer look. She shuts the box.) JULES: I’m not taking it!(!) (Holds it out to him.) DAN: (Holds a hand up.) Come on, it’s your final payment. JULES: You said we were done. DAN: And we are. (Turns to her and smirks.) Just wanted to say ‘welcome to the family’. (He stands.) JULES: So easy for you, isn’t it? (Dan pauses. He looks forward as he listens to her.) JULES: (Mockingly) Dan Scott; king of the world. (Smiles) But someday, somebody’s gonna bring you down and I’m gonna watch. DAN: Don’t hold your breath, sweetheart. (Jules glares at him as he walks away.) CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ (STOCK) – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – KITCHEN – DAY] (Karen takes cookies out of the oven as people work in the kitchen. She places them at the front. Andy enters the café, holding a folder and looking down at it.) (Karen sees him and hurries to him.) KAREN: Did you talk to your investigator? ANDY: I did. KAREN: (Expectantly) Anything I can use to get Lucas back? ANDY: (Nods) Yeah. Have you ever heard of Emily Chambers? KAREN: No, why? ANDY: I think Dan’s having an affair. (Karen looks at Andy, stunned. She looks at the folder.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ (STOCK) – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – DAY] (Karen’s looking through the folder. She flips past a photocopy of a cheque for two thousand dollars, made out to Emily Chambers and signed by Dan.) (She smiles and walks to Andy.) KAREN: Emily Chambers? I’ve never even heard of her. ANDY: Well, Dan sure has. He’s paying her rent, (Karen looks back at the folder.) her bills; personal cheque. KAREN: (Scoffs) Well, why am I even surprised? (Looks up at Andy, eyes wide.) Poor Deb(!) ANDY: Karen, I-I know you care for Deb but… Dan’s not fighting fair here. If we wanna get Lucas back, we have to bat him at his own game. My guy’s working on a photo; we should find Emily first. (Karen looks at him sadly.) CUT TO: [INT. LIQUOR STORE – DAY] (Whitey’s looking at bottles of alcohol. He’s unsure of which one to buy. Nathan walks in behind him and pauses.) NATHAN: (Cockily) Little liquid courage for the groom? WHITEY: (Not turning) Hello, Nathan. NATHAN: It’s not too late to stop him, you know? (Whitey puts the bottle back and picks up another.) Tell him what kind of hell he’s really in for… like someone should have done for me. WHITEY: (Laughs) You’re getting pretty good at the moody, broody bit, aren’t you? Plan to give Lucas a run for his money? (Puts that bottle back, too.) NATHAN: Whatever(!) (Turns and walks to the fridge full of beer cases and bottles.) Let’s have it. WHITEY: And what’s that? NATHAN: (Opens the door.) The inspirational story. (Takes out a case of beer.) Isn’t this the part where you tell me everything’s gonna be OK? (Shuts the door.) WHITEY: (Turns to him with a mocking smile.) I’m sorry; the pity store’s closed today. (His smile turns into a glare. He turns back.) Besides, I’m not sure you’re worth it anymore. NATHAN: (Shrugs) Great(!) WHITEY: (Picks his bottle and heads for the checkout.) Look son, you took a big risk and I admire you for that, (Nathan follows him.) but it’s easy to be happy when things are going well. (Nathan puts his case up too.) Marriage is about making it through, staying together even when things turn to crap. (He counts his money.) NATHAN: Looks like I got my story anyway. WHITEY: (Turns to Nathan.) Will you grow the hell up?! You might not like Haley very much right now, but she’s still your wife and where I come from, that still means something, whether like it or not! (Nathan stares and Whitey smiles viciously.) WHITEY: There’s your story. (To the shopkeeper.) By the way, his ID’s fake. (Nathan sighs as the shopkeeper takes his lager away.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Lucas opens the cupboard and takes out the bottle of pills. He looks behind, much like Deb did, before reading the label.) (The pills are prescribed to Deb and come with a warning of schedule II control abuse liability. They are basically, very powerful painkillers.) (A door opens off-screen.) BROOKE: KNOCK KNOCK! (Lucas almost drops the bottle in his surprise. He puts a hand to his head. Brooke appears in the doorway, laughing. He puts the bottle back.) LUCAS: Jeez! Uh… (Shuts the cupboard door and sighs in relief.) crazy girl, what are you doing to my heart? (Brooke walks forward.) BROOKE: Good thing you don’t have that genetic defect(!) (Jumps up and sits on the worktop.) LUCAS: (Evasively) Yeah. What’re you doing here? BROOKE: Well, I just came by to let you know that my safe ride’s program; ‘DW not I’, is officially up and running so pass the word at the reception. (Lucas opens another cupboard door, all the while looking at her.) You know, drunk and bitter bridesmaids and… (Shrugs) Deb. LUCAS: (Confused) Yeah. BROOKE: (Very obviously.) It’s a shame I’m… not gonna be there myself. (Lucas looks at her, raising an eyebrow.) BROOKE: (Quickly) To let everyone know… about the program. LUCAS: Uh-huh(!) BROOKE: (Smiling) What? LUCAS: (Shuts the cupboard.) I don’t know; big… romantic ceremony,… (Brooke sighs longingly.) followed by a big fancy party. Wow(!) BROOKE: (Groans sadly.) Oh,… I know. (Lucas walks around her and she turns to watch him.) And then there’s the flowers and the dresses and the vows(!) LUCAS: Not to mention my best man speech. BROOKE: Come on, you’re klling me. You know I’m a sucker for weddings! Any (Gets off the counter.) chance you could use a date, in a just friends sorta way to pal around with? LUCAS: (Eyes her.) What about Felix? BROOKE: Grounded; his parents found out the ‘Bash for Brooke’… and besides, we said we were gonna try to be friends. (Smiles) LUCAS: Yeah, we did. (Nods) BROOKE: (Looking at him, short of begging.) Please. Please, Lucas(!) Please, please, please, I wanna go so bad! (Lucas looks away, laughing silently.) LUCAS: (Giving in.) OK. BROOKE: Yay! (Holds up her arms in victory.) LUCAS: It’s a date. (Off Brooke approaching objection.) Kinda - sorta - not really. BROOKE: Yeah, whatever, I’m in. Just… pick me up early. (She smiles and leaves the house.) FADE TO: [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE (STOCK) – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton is standing in front of the mirror, holding a top to herself, she’s trying to see how good it looks. Brooke walks into the room, Peyton sees her through the mirror.) BROOKE: (Smirking) Hello, hottie! PEYTON: (Turning) Oh,… yeah, well, (Holds the dress up.) this one wasn’t my mom’s, so… (Smiles) BROOKE: Yeah, well,… (Opens her coat to show her dress.) neither was this one(!) (Peyton gapes at the sparkly multicoloured dress.) PEYTON: Whoa(!) BROOKE: (Laughs) I know, I kinda Anne Frank’d a couple things in the attic before the yard sale. PEYTON: So you’re going to the wedding? BROOKE: Um-hum. (Uncertainly) With… Lucas. (Pause) Just as friends. (Sits on Peyton’s bed.) PEYTON: (Humouring her.) Really? BROOKE: (Smiling) Come on, love triangles are so last season. PEYTON: (Shrugs) So, I mean, Felix is totally cool with it, right? BROOKE: (Guiltily) …I actually haven’t, um… told him yet. PEYTON: (Wide-eyed) Brooke(!) BROOKE: I know, it’s just, I’ve never just been friends with a guy before except Mouth and… that’s different. PEYTON: (Putting on earrings.) Well how’s it going? BROOKE: Good(!) Felix is my boyfriend, Lucas and I are just friends. I promise. (Smiles thankfully.) But I love you for looking out for me. PEYTON: OK. (Turns back to the mirror.) BROOKE: (Walks to her.) On the subject of boys; how are things going with Jake? (Crosses her arms.) PEYTON: (Shrugs) You know, still taking it slow. BROOKE: Oh, slow’s good, (Nudges her with her hip.) fast is better(!) (Peyton laughs.) PEYTON: (Pushes her lightly.) Shut up(!) (They laugh.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DAN AND DEB’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Deb is sitting at her vanity. She’s getting ready. Lucas is seen through the slightly open door. He knocks. Deb turns to see who it is.) DEB: Lucas, hi. LUCAS: (Enters slightly.) Hey. DEB: You better get dressed. (Turns back to the mirror and combs her hair.) LUCAS: Yeah, I know. I know Nathan was kind of abrupt this morning,… just wanted to make sure you were OK. DEB: (Looks at his reflection.) I’m fine. (Smiles) LUCAS: Deb,… after my accident,… the doctors prescribed me some… really powerful painkillers (Deb stares at her reflection.) except for they gave them to my mom… because they knew how easy it would be for me… (Deb turns to him, slowly and angrily.) or anyone for that matter to become addicted. DEB: (Forcefully calm.) Have you been spying on me? LUCAS: I was just- DEB: You are a guest in my house, Lucas… and as long as you’re living under my roof, I would appreciate you not snooping around in my life(!) LUCAS: (Shakes his head.) Deb, I’m just trying to help. DEB: Oh, go-yeah, that’s just what I need; an adolescent boy to solve all my problems. LUCAS: Deb(!) DEB: (Stands) Get the hell outta here, Lucas. (Walks to him.) You are way outta line, and way out of your league(!) (Lucas backs up as she slams the door in his face. He looks down and turns away from the door. On the other side, Deb looks around, worriedly.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KAREN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Andy finishes zipping Karen’s dress up. She smiles appreciatively into the mirror and smoothes the dress down.) ANDY: (Donning his jacket.) So you, uh, (Indicates the both of them.) still think this looks weird? KAREN: Uh-um. (Shakes her head.) And it feels pretty good, too. ANDY: (Laughs) (Without thinking.) I love you. (Andy halts as he realises what just slipped out. Karen is staring forward, her back to him; worry etched into her face.) ANDY: …Oh god, that,… that kinda came out, didn’t it? (The worry’s gone as Andy continues to struggle.) ANDY: Not that I,… not that I don’t mean it, coz,… I’ve been dying to say that for a-for a while now, it just, it just never seems like the right time. (Karen turns to him.) You know, what with Lucas being thrown into jail an-and me-me getting a private investigator, it’s just… well, uh, (He walks up to her.) I love you. I love your mind, I love your heart, I love picturing our future together. (Karen gives him a look.) I mean, I-I hate the thought of you… (Shrugs) ever not being in my life. KAREN: Andy- ANDY: An-and, I don’t want you to say anything. You… know, I just… I just had to get that out. (Tries to turn.) KAREN: (Smiling) I love you too. (He turns to her, delighted.) ANDY: I was hoping you’d say that! (They kiss.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Jake walks into Peyton’s bedroom.) JAKE: Peyton! PEYTON: I’m so sorry, I’m not ready yet. Just give me two seconds. I’m being a total girl. JAKE: (Checking his watch.) That’s OK, we got time. (He stands and waits. Peyton’s bathroom door opens and she exits. She wearing a green, strapless, dress and smiling.) JAKE: (Speechless) Wow(!) (Scoffs) ‘Total girl’ is right(!) (Peyton smiles as he approaches her.) JAKE: It’s a, uh,… good thing that we’re taking it slow, right? PEYTON: Yeah. (Whispers) Slow. JAKE: Yeah. (There’s a bat before they kiss. She takes his suit jacket off.) FADE TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM –DAY] (Keith puts his suit on and looks in the mirror. He straightens his clothes and picks up the box with the ring. He looks at if before closing the box and pocketing it.) FADE TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan stops walking and looks down their wedding picture and the Polaroid snapshot that Deb put in it. The camera fades back to his face and then back to the picture.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – HALLWAY – DAY] (There’s a framed picture of Dan and Deb on their wedding day – it’s a very bad fake. Deb is leaning on the shelf and looks at it. She looks up into the mirror in front of her.) FADE TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Jules stands in front of the mirror and looks at herself in a lace wedding dress. She smiles at her reflection.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton and Jake’s clothes are strewn all over the floor. The camera pans across it before moving to the bed where the pair are very much naked. The bedcovers barely cover anything. There are a series of fade outs as the viewers get various shts of their faces as they go at it – they are going to be late.) FADE TO: [EXT. DAVIS RESIDENCE – FRONT DRIVE – DAY] (Lucas walks up to Brooke as she walks down the path smiling.) LUCAS: Hi. BROOKE: Hi. LUCAS: (Looks at her.) You know you look amazing, right? BROOKE: (Laughs embarrassedly.) Thanks. (They walk to Lucas’ car and he holds the passenger door open for her. She gets in and he closes the door. Brooke looks on, smiling.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton and Jake have finished and are just lying in bed.) JAKE: How’re you feeling? PEYTON: (Looks at him.) Happy. JAKE: (Smiles) Yeah, me too. (He picks up his watch from the bedside table and looks at the time.) JAKE: Man, we’re gonna be late. PEYTON: Weddings always start a little bit late anyway, right? JAKE: At least half an hour. (The camera zooms out slowly.) PEYTON: …Works for me. (They go at it again.) FADE TO: [INT. CHURCH – SEATING AREA – DAY] (Brooke and Lucas walk into the place where the party will take place. There is an ice statue of two swans, with their heads bowed and touching, as the centrepiece.) BROOKE: (Awed) Oh, it’s beautiful(!) Thank you for bringing me, Lucas. LUCAS: (Smiles at her.) You’re welcome. (Brooke touches the ice statue and grins.) LUCAS: So,… how are things with Felix? BROOKE: …Good! Great(!) LUCAS: Yeah? BROOKE: Yeah. (Nods) He helped me with my campaign and… threw me a party. (Smiles) LUCAS: So you guys are good. (Looks at her.) BROOKE: I don’t know. He’s been… so sweet. (Pause) Really, but,… lately, I just kinda find myself feeling… (Grins at him.) independent(!) Amazingly. I don’t even know if I want a boyfriend right now(!) LUCAS: I guess we’re both… finding a new way… for ourselves, huh? BROOKE: (Smiles) I guess so. (They smile at each other.) CUT TO: [INT. STUDIO – BACKSTAGE – DAY] BACKSTAGE GUY: OK, listen up, you go out, they’ll ask you a couple of questions. (Walks up to Haley and Chris.) Now keep it positive. You’re thrilled to be on TV. It’s all about living the dream. (Shakes Chris’ hand.) CHRIS: (Nods) Yeah. HALEY: Absolutely. BACKSTAGE GUY: Oh, (Clicks his fingers and turns back to Haley.) take off the wedding ring. HALEY: (Dumbfounded) What!? BACKSTAGE GUY: It’s a love song, Haley. Look, you and Chris, I mean, look, you sound like a couple, you look like a couple, (Chris smiles.) let them think you’re a couple. HALEY: But we’re not a couple(!) BACKSTAGE GUY: Details. CHRIS: Yeah, come on, Haley. (Haley sighs and looks at him.) BACKSTAGE GUY: Alright, look,… the girls should wanna be you and the guys should wanna be with you, alright, the wedding ring kinda gets in the way of it all. CHRIS: For some people. (Haley looks at him.) BACKSTAGE GUY: OK, well, you guys can figure it out but… trust me, I’d lose the ring. (His phone rings and he answers it.) (Into the phone.) I’m leaving right now! HALEY: (Trying to stop him.) Listen, I’m not- (He walks away. Haley sighs and stops.) (To Chris.) I can not believe you’re asking me to do this! CHRIS: (Playing with her naivety again.) Haley, this is our sht(!) Nothing else matters. HALEY: Nathan matters! CHRIS: Then what are you doing here? Listen, you made a decision. Don’t blink now! (Apparently, nobody taught him that pointing is rude.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan is lying on the couch, tapping the remote on his leg. We can clearly see his wedding ring. Deciding, he sits up and turns the TV on to Gavin DeGraw singing Chariot.) (It is quite obvious to see that the video was sht during last season at Karen’s café during the open mic night.) NICK ZANO: Alright, I’m Nick Zano and this is Totally Live Week. That was Chariot, the new one from Gavin DeGraw who’s on tour right now with The Wreakers, otherwise known as Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp. Also on that tour are two newcomers who’s single, When the Stars Go Blue drops next Tuesday, (Haley and Chris are chatting.) we’re here live with Chris Keller and Haley James. HALEY: (Quickly) Haley James-Scott. (Nathan smiles as he watches.) NICK ZANO: Uh-oh, three name roll. Girls with three names are always trouble. (Haley laughs.) CHRIS: Ah, this one’s no different. NICK ZANO: Oh, OK. Now, you guys have great chemistry; obviously a great sound, (Nathan’s smile drops.) now tell the truth, you a couple in real life? (Haley and Chris laugh.) HALEY: Um, actually- CHRIS: (Talks over her and pts his arm around her shouldre.) You know, the music never lies. (Grins) (Haley looks straight at the camera. Nathan blinks and looks away.) NICK ZANO: Say no more! You heard it here first. (Nathan can’t believe what he’s hearing.) Alright, let’s take another look at those tour dates and we’ll be back, right after this. (Nathan looks back at the TV, betrayed.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THE CHURCH – FRONT ENTRANCE – DAY] (The camera is focussed on the church before panning down to Dan and Deb greeting guests.) DAN: Same colour as that shirt. You know where you’re sitting, right? (Dan shakes a woman’s hand as she nods.) DAN: See you inside. (He shakes the hand of a man who was just talking to Deb. A photographer approaches Dan and Deb.) PHOTOGRAPHER: (Clapping Dan on the back.) Can I get one of you two? DAN: Absolutely. (The photographer takes a picture and the frame freezes, turning black and white, for a bat. He nods at them and walks away.) DAN: Well, well, well, my son cleans up good. (Lucas walks up with Brooke.) LUCAS: (Stopping in front of him.) Thank you. (Smiles) How are you, Deb? DEB: (Tension palpable.) Great(!) The place is beautiful. LUCAS: I think we’re gonna head inside. (Lucas and Brooke walk away.) DAN: Save a slow dance for me Miss. Davis. BROOKE: OK(!) (Under her breath to Lucas.) You old perv(!) CUT TO: [INT. THE CURCH – WALKWAY – DAY] (Lucas and Brooke walk down a side together.) LUCAS: I’m sorry. BROOKE: It’s OK. I get worse than that from drunk high school boys every Saturday night. LUCAS: Yeah, but it’s worse when it’s not drunken high school boys but your dad(!) BROOKE: (Looks at him, surprised.) I’ve never heard you call him that before. LUCAS: (Evasively) I’m trying it out. See how it sounds. BROOKE: And? What do you think? (They come to a halt in front of the signing-in book. Lucas groans.) BROOKE: (Rubbing her arms.) OK, it’s freezing in here. LUCAS: (Rubs her arm.) Yeah, that’s probably by design; Keith’s kind of a sweater, especially when he’s nervous. BROOKE: (Amused) OK, things I never needed to know. (Lucas takes his jacket off.) LUCAS: (Nods) Sorry. (Brooke laughs.) LUCAS: Look, here you go. BROOKE: Thank you. (He puts his jacket around her shoulders.) LUCAS: So look, I have to go see Keith, you know, start being the best man. (Laughs) You gonna be OK? BROOKE: Well, can your ego handle it if I tell you I just needed someone to get me in the door? LUCAS: (Shakes his head.) Not really. BROOKE: Then, boy, I am gonna miss you. LUCAS: (Laughs) Yeah. (He walks away as Brooke laughs. She hears a rustling as she moves and inspects. She takes out a folded up piece of paper. She looks back at where Lucas left before looking down at the paper and unfolding it.) CUT TO: [INT. CHURCH – SEATING AREA – DAY] (Keith is standing around, alone, with a Champaign glass in hand.) LUCAS: (Approaching from behind.) Old habits die hard, huh? KEITH: (Turns and laughs.) It’s-it’s just water, smart ass. LUCAS: (Laughs) Yeah. KEITH: It’s just so damn hot in there. (Tugs at his collar.) LUCAS: You’re gonna be fine. KEITH: Yeah, yeah, I know. But, uh, I’m still glad you’re here though. Even if you are still living with the Devil. (Lucas groans again. Keith smiles and nods.) KEITH: Hey, listen, I don’t-I don’t wanna get mushy but, um, I just wanna say thanks. LUCAS: For what? KEITH: Just… for being you, and for being my best man. You really are it, you know? And I’m real proud of the man you’re turning out to be. (Lucas smiles.) LUCAS: Nah, (Slaps him arm.) who do you think I learned it from? (Keith looks to Lucas’s side slightly and sees Karen at the dining table with a bowl of roses, laying them out. Karen looks up, sees him, and smiles.) KEITH: Um, just… give me a second, huh? (Puts the glass down and walks to Karen.) LUCAS: Yeah, I’ll be inside. (Keith walks to Karen and she looks up.) KAREN: (Smiling) You look amazing. KEITH: (Smiles proudly.) Thanks. So do you… (Shrugs) as always. KAREN: (Smiles) It’s good to see you so happy. Jules is great. KEITH: (Nods) Yeah, she is. It’s like I finally found my place in the world and it was, uh, it was right here all along. KAREN: (Tensely) I’m glad. KEITH: (Sighs and holds out his arms.) Come here. (Karen walks to him and hugs him. They smile and let go.) KEITH: Also, I really appreciate you and Deb standing up for Jules, you know? She really doesn’t have anybody else. KAREN: Of course. (Nods) KEITH: Thank you… and, um, now I’ve got some vows to go make. KAREN: Yes you do(!) (Smiles) I’ll see you up there. KEITH: OK. (Turns and leaves.) (Karen picks up the basket of roses again and walks into the back where people are cooking. Andy shuts his phone, looking worried. Karen looks at him.) KAREN: Is everything OK? ANDY: (Still looking down.) Yeah. I just gotta go pick something up real quick. KAREN: Right now? ANDY: Yeah, I’ll be right back, trust me. I wouldn’t miss seeing you walk down that aisle. (Kisses her.) (Karen smiles and turns away after he leaves.) CUT TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – WALKWAY – DAY] (Brooke is reapplying her eye make-up. She sniffs. The shadow of someone appears as they sit next to her.) BROOKE: (Looking away.) Don’t look at me. (Sniffs some more.) (Lucas doesn’t listen and nudges her.) LUCAS: (Concerned) Have you been crying? BROOKE: Just tearing up a little. (Sighs) I read your speech. LUCAS: Brooke(!) BROOKE: (Smiles and hands his jacket back.) Don’t leave your journal where I can find that, either. (Lucas smiles.) It was beautiful. (Lucas looks at her and she recites.) ‘Remember tonight for it is the beginning of always’. LUCAS: …That’s Dante. We read him last semester. BROOKE: (Embarrassed) And I need to pay more attention in English. (They laugh.) LUCAS: The rest is me. (Smiles at her.) BROOKE: (Completely taken.) The part about taking chances and believing in the possibility, even when life has given you every reason not to believe… (She smiles happily.) LUCAS: That’s what’s so great about weddings; you know, two people come together… and even if it’s just for one night, they make us believe again. BROOKE: (Smiles) Stop(!) I don’t have anymore tissues(!) (Laughs) LUCAS: (Reaches into his pocket and takes out a huge handkerchief.) Here. (Shakes it open.) BROOKE: (Rubbing gently at her eyes. She accepts it.) I just hope at my wedding, someone says something that nice about me. LUCAS: I think you can count on that. (Brooke takes one look at the couple descending the stairs and stands with a gasp.) BROOKE: (Open-mouthed) Oh my god(!) (The photographer comes up behind her.) You guys totally did it(!) (Snapshot sound effect and the frame freezes, black and white, on Peyton and Jake’s dumbfounded looks. They’ve been caught.) PEYTON: Um,… (She straightens Jake’s tie and looks at Brooke embarrassedly.) Uh, Brooke, we’re – we’re in a church(!) BROOKE: (Whispering forcefully.) So?(!) If I can tell, (Looks up and points.) so can He(!) (Peyton and Jake laugh embarrassedly.) CUT TO: [INT. OUTHOUSE - CHANGING ROOMS – DAY] (Keith walks into the room. Whitey’s straightening his bowtie.) WHITEY: Black tie; I haven’t worn one of these things since Dick Nixon was in office. (Turns to Keith.) Look what happened to him. KEITH: (Straightens Whitey’s tie.) Well, I, um, I appreciate the effort. (Smile happily.) WHITEY: I feel like a penguin(!) (Frowns and turns away again.) (Keith laughs.) WHITEY: Where’re your folks? KEITH: Oh, um,… (Amused) they’re on safari, believe it or not. Dad’s off, uh, klling big animals or something. WHITEY: What has happened to the world for god’s sake; their son’s getting married! KEITH: (Shrugs) Yeah well, you know, they offered to cancel but I knew Royal would just pout about it the whole time so I - I just told them to come on down next month and meet Jules. (Whitey shakes his head.) So, for right now, you’re all I got. WHITEY: Lord help you if that’s true. (Takes out a flask from his pocket and unscrews the top.) Maybe you’d like a little boost from Mr J.D. (He holds up the flask. KEITH: (Hesitates) Um… actually (Smiles) I think I’m gonna do this one sober. (Whitey nods and takes a swig.) NATHAN: (o.s) True love! That’s a good one. (Whitey and Keith turn to look at the widow, where Nathan’s drunken voice is coming from.) NATHAN: (Tipsy) Don’t… do it, Keith! Just get out while you can! It’s all a lie! (Nathan is standing outside, looking into the window with beer in one hand. He’s holding his arms out. He takes a drink and staggers about. Whitey and Keith walk to the window.) NATHAN: There’s no such thing as forever(!) (He throws the bottle and it smashes off-screen. He looks at it.) DAN: (o.s) What the hell are you doing?(!) (He comes rushing out of the main church.) This is a church for god’s sake! (Deb appears behind him.) NATHAN: Oh, shut your hole you freaking hypocrite(!) (Points at him.) I know what you did. DEB: (Rushing forward.) Nathan, it’s OK. Let us help you. NATHAN: Do what? DEB: Be happy again. NATHAN: (Laughs) Happy? You don’t even know how to be happy, mom. Haley and I never stood a chance with you. DEB: Is that what you think? NATHAN: (Through an epiphany.) You, (Points at Dan.) you hire Chris too? (Walks to him.) Huh? DAN: (Low but harsh.) Don’t make me knock you out, son. NATHAN: (Wavering on his feet.) Screw you, you sick son of a bitch(!) (Dan makes to grab him but even in his drunken state, Nathan can keep his father from grabbing him. There’s a lot of scuffling before Lucas gets in the middle.) LUCAS: Hey, come on! Come on. (To Nathan) Hey(!) (To Dan.) Hey(!) (He looks at Nathan as he struggles to hold him back.) Don’t do this to Keith. Not here. (Nathan stops struggling.) You alright? (Nathan looks at Dan.) LUCAS: Come on. (They walk past Nathan’s parents.) DEB: Nate- (Nathan throws his arms out, dismissing her as he and Lucas walks away. Deb watches him sadly.) LUCAS: (o.s) What’re you doing, man? (Nathan is holding onto Lucas to keep himself from falling.) NATHAN: (Struggling to speak.) She said she was with Chris… on national TV. LUCAS: I don’t believe it. NATHAN: Neither did I. It’s really over, huh? LUCAS: Only if you say it is. NATHAN: (Adopting a lost puppy look.) I’m hurting, Luke. (Sighs) LUCAS: (Uncomfortably pats his brother.) It’s gonna be OK. NATHAN: (Face screwed up as he touches his chest.) No, I mean I think I’m gonna puke(!) (He pushes Lucas away as he falls.) LUCAS: Hey- (Nathan throws-up off-screen. The sounds are disgusting. Lucas frowns at the mess and looks away.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE CHURCH – ROAD – DAY] (A taxi with a sign on top that reads: ‘DW not I, SPONSORED BY TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL’ is parked at the side of the road. Brooke is standing there.) BROOKE: (o.s) ‘DW not I’ at your service(!) (Laughs) LUCAS: OK, watch your head. (Lucas puts Nathan into the back of the taxi while Brooke watches.) (Lucas shuts the door.) BROOKE: OK, this is perfect; and I don’t mean what happened today, just for ‘DW not I’, it’s so great that Nathan got smashed(!) (She’s giddy at her new service.) (Lucas laughs and walks to the driver who just happens to be a Tree Hill High student.) LUCAS: (Exhaling) Just make sure he gets inside, OK? (Gives him some money.) STUDENT: Thanks. (Lucas walks back to Brooke who waves at the car.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE CHURCH – FRONT ENTRANCE – DAY] (Karen rushes forward.) KAREN: (Relieved) Oh, thank god you’re back(!) ANDY: Yeah, we have a problem. (He’s holding an envelope.) KAREN: I know, Nathan’s a mess and we have to start- ANDY: (Rushing on.) I’ve found Emily Chambers. KAREN: What(!)? (Andy opens the envelope and takes out some papers.) ANDY: Emily Chambers is Jules. (There’s a photocopy of her drivers licence. Her birth date shown makes her 30, not 26 like Keith believes.) (The camera pans up to show Jules getting out of the back of a limo and walking forward.) (Birdseye view of Karen and Andy’s shocked faces. The camera zooms in on them.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. THE CHURCH – BACKROOM – DAY] (Karen opens the door and enters, stern expression obvious.) KAREN: (Forcefully calm.) You all set? (Jules turns to her, smiling.) JULES: Yeah, just gotta get my veil. She bends down and picks it up. KAREN: Sure, let me help you with that, (Pause) Emily. (Jules looks up like a deer caught in headlights. She stands up straight.) JULES: Did Lucas tell you? KAREN: (Scoffs disbelievingly.) …He knows that you’re having an affair with Dan?(!) JULES: (Frowning) I’m not having an affair with Dan. KAREN: Oh, really? (Walks forward slowly.) then tell me, why would Dan put you up in an apartment and pay all your bills… and seemingly control every detail of your life unless…? (Understanding) (Jules looks away in anguish.) KAREN: Oh my god(!) It’s Keith. (Jules looks down.) He’s paying you to get back at Keith(!) JULES: (Closes her eyes painfully.) He was. KAREN: (Distressed) You’re a whore(!) JULES: No. I was in trouble. The wedding was never part of the plan. It changed. I told Dan I wanted out. I fell in love with Keith for real. KAREN: How could you do that to Keith? After everything that he has been through(!) JULES: You mean after everything you’ve put him through? (Karen lunges and slaps Jules hard on her face. Jules turns back slowly.) KAREN: (Voice throbbing with anger.) How dare you(!) JULES: How dare you. (Pause) You didn’t want him. Now that he’s actually found someone who loves him back,… you wanna take that away from him, too? KAREN: (Her voice is calm but there are tears in her eyes.) I want him to know… who you really are. (Karen just stares Jules down. There’s a knock on the door and it opens to Deb.) DEB: Moment of truth(!) (Smiles and shuts the door.) (Jules looks at the door, panicked. She looks back down at Karen.) JULES: He’s happy, Karen. (Pause) Can’t you just let him be happy? (Karen considers but doesn’t answer.) CUT TO: [INT. CHURCH – MAIN ROOM – DAY] (sht of Jake, Peyton and Brooke sitting on the bench seats. Brooke leans into Peyton.) BROOKE: (Mumbling) Was it awesome? Just give me a hint. (Peyton looks at Brooke, unable to believe that she could be so one tracked.) PEYTON: Brooke(!) (She doesn’t elaborate.) BROOKE: I know we’re in a church. So blink once if it was good and twice if it was better than that. (Straightens up.) (Peyton looks at Jake before turning to Brooke and blinking once, twice and then rapidly, blinking incessantly.) BROOKE: (Giddily) Ooo, my god, I love weddings(!) (Claps her hands.) (Jake looks at them curiously. Peyton and Brooke laugh nervously at him. Brooke waves. Jake whispers something inaudible to Peyton.) (Keith, Lucas and Whitey enter from a side door and walk down. Brooke waves at Lucas. They stop at the front and turn to face the guests. Dan is sitting at the front on his own seeing as how his wife is a bridesmaid and his son is drunk. He nods at Keith.) (Deb walks down from the end and bumps into Andy. She smiles at him and walks on. Karen walks down behind her.) ANDY: You OK? KAREN: I don’t know. ANDY: What’d she say? KAREN: It’s not Dan. She loves Keith. ANDY: And you believe her? (Karen pauses and looks down the aisle to Keith who is standing there, grinning.) KAREN: (Sighs) I think I have to. (Deb walks up with two bouquets of flowers.) DEB: That’s our cue, gotta go. (Smiles and gives one bouquet to Karen.) CUT TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – BACKROOM – DAY] (Jules stands in front of the mirror, ready to go down. She smoothes her dress down and adjusts her straps. The camera rotates to her face as she puts the veil over her head.) CUT TO: [INT. CHURCH – MAIN ROOM – DAY] (Deb walks down the aisle alone, holding the bouquet and smiling.) (Peyton whispers something to Jake and laughs. Brooke whispers something to Peyton.) (Keith, Lucas and Whitey stand there, smiling.) (Deb walks past and Karen enters, holding the same bouquet and walking down the aisle slowly. Deb walks past Keith and stands in her rightful place.) KEITH: (To Lucas.) Your mom looks beautiful. (Lucas smiles at him and looks back at his mother. Karen walks slowly, the worry still on the surface. Karen avoids his gaze as she stands beside Deb. Dan watches her. Karen smiles slightly.) (The wedding march starts up and Keith faces forward. Dan smirks and stands when everyone else does but he doesn’t turn to the entrance like the guests do, he watches his brother. The music plays and everyone waits patiently. Karen is looking worriedly at the door.) (The music keeps playing and Jules doesn’t appear. Karen looks at Keith but he’s facing the door, still waiting but his expression has changed to fear. He shuffles and people start to turn back around, muttering amongst themselves.) (Keith looks at Lucas nervously. Karen looks at Keith and then at Dan. He’s smirking enough for everyone up front to see, but none of them are paying any attention to him. Keith frowns and Andy runs into the hall. He stops before walking up the aisle.) ANDY: (Walks slowly.) (Hopelessly) I’m sorry. She left. (There are gasps of shock and disbelief. Keith looks down. He doesn’t understand. Camera cuts to Dan who is still smirking.) (Jake, Peyton and Brooke turn as one to look at Keith as do Karen and Deb.) KEITH: (To Lucas.) Give me your keys(!) LUCAS: Keith- KEITH: Just give me your keys(!) (Lucas hands the keys over. Keith walks down the aisle quickly.) KAREN: Keith(!) (He doesn’t stop. Karen gives her bouquet to Deb and follows Keith.) KAREN: Keith! (Lucas rushes after the pair as Dan stands and smirks the world to hell. He looks at Deb before looking away.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE CHURCH – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Lucas runs out as Keith starts the car, Karen behind Lucas.) LUCAS: KEITH! (He gets to the car just as Keith drives off. Dan walks out behind the pair. Lucas and Karen watch the car. Lucas sees Dan and stalks up to him.) LUCAS: You said you were done(!) That you’d leave them alone. DAN: I didn’t do anything. I promise you Lucas; I wouldn’t jeopardise my relationship with you again. LUCAS: You – sick – bastard(!) KAREN: (Looks away.) I thrat to tell Keith. (Lucas turns to look at his mother.) KAREN: (Sorrowfully) (To Dan.) I found out about your arrangement and I went to Jules. (Sighs) And I thrat to tell the truth. (Lucas can’t believe it. Dan can’t believe how well his plan came together and we see the beginning of another world class smirk form. Dan walks to Karen.) DAN: Nice work, Cupid. (Nods) This one’s on you. (He looks at her then turns and leaves. She looks down dejectedly then back up at Lucas. He takes his speech out of his pocket and looks at it. Without a word, he crumples it, bins it and walks away.) (The camera pans into the bin where Lucas’ miraculously not-crumpled speech is lying.) LUCAS: (v.o) Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always. FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – TREES – DUSK] (Nathan, sober, has lit a bonfire and stands over it.) LUCAS: (v.o) A promise. Like a reward for persisting through life so long alone. (Nathan throws the broken bits of the Wedding Wall into the fre. He throws the last piece in and pulls out the Polaroid’s of him and Haley.) (The camera pans to the right.) FADE TO: [INT. JULES’ HOUSE – FRONT DOOR – DUSK] (Keith opens the door to Jules’ house and rushes in.) KEITH: Jules?! (He walks into the middle of the room and looks around.) Jules?! (Jules’ wedding gown is lying there. Keith walks up to it and looks at it desolately.) LUCAS: (v.o) The belief (Keith’s head drops.) in each other and the possibility of love. FADE TO: [INT. JULE’S CAR – DUSK] (Jules sits in her car and cries.) LUCAS: (v.o) A decision, to ignore or simply rise above the pain of the past. (She is still wearing her engagement ring.) FADE TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – FRONT SEATING – DUSK] (The camera pans slowly around Karen who sits there, staring.) LUCAS: (v.o) The covenant, which at once binds two souls and yet severs prior ties. (Andy walks to her and sits in the seat behind her. He sighs.) KAREN: What have we done? ANDY: (Reaches out to touch her but stops short.) Karen- KAREN: I’m sorry, (Pause) I need to see Keith. (Andy doesn’t argue as she stands and walks out of the church. He feels bad about what he’s done. He shakes his head.) CUT TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – SEATING AREA – EVENING] (Close-up of a bottle of Champaign as it’s opened and poured into a glass.) LUCAS: (v.o) The celebration, of the chance taken, and the challenge that lies ahead. (Dan can be heard laughing as he walks towards the cake. He puts the bottle down but holds onto the Champaign glass. He takes a taste of the cake.) DAN: Hmm… (He walks around behind the two little Keith and Jules statues on top of the cake. Taking his finger out of his mouth, he knocks the Keith statue down.) DAN: One down,… (There’s a blurry sht from his point of view. The frame focuses and Deb comes into view. She stops and looks at Dan, taking keys out of her bag.) DAN: …one to go. (Drinks some more. He looks at his wife. She smiles, nods and leaves the room. The camera pans to the exit and the ice statue of the swans gets in the way of a proper view. Dan laughs evilly.) FADE TO: [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT WALK – EVENING] (The camera pans down from Peyton’s house to show Peyton looking into her car.) LUCAS: (v.o) For two will always be stronger than one. JAKE: Hey, baby. (Gets out of the car with Jenny.) LUCAS: (v.o) Like a team, braced against the tempest’s of the world. JAKE: Can you say ‘dada’? Can you say dada? PEYTON: (To Jenny) Hey, Jenny, who’s that? Who’s that?(!) (Points at Jake.) JENNY: Mama. (Grins) (Peyton looks forward, open-mouthed, to somebody standing just off her porch.) PEYTON: (Panicked) Nikki(!) (Jenny coos and Jake worries.) (Nikki walks forward, a malicious look in her face – surprisingly without the eyeliner. She smirks much like Dan.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – TREES – EVENING] (Nathan puts one Polaroid into the flames and looks at another one. The one Deb put in his and Haley’s wedding picture frame.) LUCAS: (v.o) And love… will always be the guiding force in our lives. (Nathan is close to dumping them in the fre when Deb walks up to him. She’s sad but smiling.) NATHAN: (Seeing his mother.) (Sighs) What’re you doing here? DEB: Making sure you find the kind of happiness… I can barely remember. (Nathan looks at her, confused. She holds out money to him.) DEB: Go get Haley. She’s your wife. (Deb smiles encouragingly. Nathan looks about to cry. He ponders and then reaches for the money. He hesitates for a b*at before walking away. Deb stands near the bonfire and hugs herself.) FADE TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – SEATING AREA – EVENING] (Brooke is sitting at a table, having just got off the phone.) LUCAS: (v.o) For tonight is mere formality… only an announcement to the world for feelings long held. (Lucas walks up to Brooke as she looks at her phone.) LUCAS: (v.o) Promises made long ago- (Lucas sits down on a chair, next to her.) LUCAS: (v.o) -in the sacred space of our hearts. LUCAS: (Looking at Brooke’s face.) What, more bad news? BROOKE: My dad got that job. LUCAS: Brooke, that’s great(!) BROOKE: It’s in California(!) (Pause) We’re moving next week. (She doesn’t know what to say. Lucas rubs her back.) BROOKE: (Close to tears.) I don’t wanna go. (She starts to cry and Lucas holds her hand. LUCAS: What’re we gonna do? (Brooke looks away and cries. Lucas pulls her forward and she rests her head on his shoulder. She continues to cry as he holds her.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x16 - Somewhere a Clock is Ticking"}	foreverdreaming
[INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – OPERATING THEATRE – DAY] (Camera pans up to Nathan in the operating theatre, picking up where they left off.) NATHAN: (v.o) Douglas Adams once wrote: ‘He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream,… (The nurse pulls his coverings up.) NATHAN: (v.o) and he sometimes wondered whose it was,… (The camera zooms in on him.) NATHAN: (v.o) and whether they were enjoying it. (There are beeps in the background which signify Nathan’s heart rate.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Its 6:59 am, Lucas alarm clock beeps and he reaches over, turning it off.) (He sighs and sits up, putting his earphones on and turning his music on. He exits his bedroom and shuts the door.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Pills are tipped into a glass of yellowish water. The camera pans up to show Dan. He’s looking at the glass, transfixed.) LUCAS: (Appearing) Breakfast of champions, Dad? DAN: (Smiling) You were out late. You have fun? LUCAS: Ah,… you know, I was… out with the guys. DAN: (Expectantly) I thought maybe we could work out after school; do some weights. LUCAS: Yeah, whatever. KAREN: (o.s) We should be offering organic entrees in all our locations. (sht of her as she walks to the sink, talking on the phone.) (Lucas’ eyes harden and he puts his earphone back in.) KAREN: We’ll talk about this when I get in. (Pause) Yeah, I’ll see ya in ten. (She looks at Lucas.) KAREN: Good morning, honey. DAN: Morning, wife. You’re outta here early. KAREN: Meetings all day. (She kisses Lucas on the cheek.) KAREN: Good morning, Lucas. (He takes his earphone out but doesn’t even turn to her. She looks at Dan.) DAN: (Changing the subject hopefully.) Will you be home for dinner? KAREN: I’ll call ya. I better go. (Smiles and walks up to him.) (He kisses her on the cheek.) KAREN: Got my eye set on a new location. DAN: (To Lucas.) How many café’s can one person own? KAREN: (Turns to look at them.) Even dozen should do it. (She leaves and Dan looks at Lucas. Lucas picks up an empty bottle of alcohol from the bin.) LUCAS: (Looks at it before showing Dan.) Late night for you too, huh dad? (Drops the bottle back in the bin and walks away. Dan smiles demurely. He tries to say something to Lucas but can’t find the words.) CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Nathan, wearing a hoody with ‘Deb’s Den’ on the back, bounces his basketball on the tarmac as he heads to his friends.) SKILLS: (o.s) Oh, man, I’m telling you, I’m telling you, I’m telling you. MOUTH: (Watches Nathan as smiles before talking into his mic.) Finally taking the court – ladies and gentlemen – is the Rivercourt’s own Nathan Lee,- (Nathan pulls his hood down and sighs.) MOUTH: -star player and recent applicant to the prestigious High Flyers basketball camp. (Nathan greets all of his friends.) SKILLS: Oh, you forgot, uh,… ladies usual. (Fergie laughs.) NATHAN: Had to stop by the post office. (Pulls out an envelope from his pocket and shows it to them.) FERGIE: High Flyers, baby. What’s the word? NATHAN: I dunno; I haven’t opened it yet. JUNK: (Snatching the envelope.) Dude, what is wrong with you? NATHAN: (Laughs) That’s a felony. (Junk opens it, not caring.) SKILLS: Yeah, whatever, turn us in. (Junk finally gets the letter out.) Come on, what-what’s it say? (They all read it.) FERGIE: (Pointing to the letter.) Say’s he’s a finalist. (Nathan exhales and his panicked expression fades.) MOUTH: Nathan, that’s awesome(!) NATHAN: Alright, I’m just a finalist(! ) It’s not the same thing as me actually getting into the camp. JUNK: (Giving the letter back.) Uh-huh, act like you don’t want it. NATHAN: (Takes the letter.) What I don’t want is to get my hopes up. There’s no way they’re gonna pick some guy that’s never played organised basketball. MOUTH: They’ll pick a guy who played like you did on my videotape. SKILLS: Nate, uh, I’m your best friend, right? So I feel like I can tell you this; uh,… stop being so damn modest and come out here so we can keep you humble. (Nathan smiles.) (They laugh.) NATHAN: sht for teams, huh? SKILLS: Exactly. (Nathan bounces the ball. Fergie bounces his to Skills who catches it. Nathan sht and it goes straight through the hoop.) SKILLS: Oh, OK, OK. (Skills takes his position.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE STREETS – LUCAS’ CAR – DAY] (Lucas comes racing down the road with Peyton sitting in the passenger seat.) LUCAS: So, you wanna hang with the guys tonight? PEYTON: (Bored) Oh, gee, there’s a unique idea. LUCAS: Come on, Peyt, what, I can’t bond with the team? PEYTON: What about bonding with your girlfriend? (Lucas sneers and turns away, shaking his head. Stops her CD.) PEYTON: I was listening to that(!) (Turns in back on.) LUCAS: Fine! You don’t wanna hang out with us?! (Peyton looks away in exasperation.) Why don’t you just sit in your room; listen to your loser rock… and do live sex shows on your webcam for all I care! (Peyton turns to look at the road and her eyes widen.) PEYTON: (Pointing) Lucas, LOOK OUT! (Lucas grabs the wheel and presses the brake, hard. The car skids to a stop, inches from Nathan who is listening to music and bouncing his basketball.) (Nathan stops, shaken, and turns to look at them. He pulls his hood off and takes an earphone out of his ear. Lucas revs the engine thrat.) NATHAN: Daddy teach you how to drive? (Peyton looks between the pair, worriedly.) LUCAS: (Smirking) Yeah, he sends his love. Now get outta my way, loser(!) (Nathan doesn’t move. Lucas inches the car forward; just touching Nathan. Nathan looks down at the bumper; Lucas smirks and does it again.) (Nathan looks up at Peyton.) PEYTON: (Mouthing) ‘I’m sorry’. (He puts his hood and earphone back on and walks away.) PEYTON: (Turning to Lucas.) Why do you have to treat him like that? (Lucas looks at her, eyebrow raised.) Could’ve easily been you, you know? If your dad had married his mom instead of yours. LUCAS: (Sneering) Yeah, like that was ever gonna happen. (He shifts the gear down, presses on the gas and they speed off.) (sht of the sign on the back of the car that reads: ‘I Got Mine At Keith Scott Motors’.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF TEASER: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. KEITH SCOTT MOTORS – MAIN – DAY] (Camera pans across the sign inside the building and a cardboard cut-out of Keith; grinning toothily and pointing.) KEITH: (Selling to a customer.) You see, it’s this… retro style and the, uh, leather interior package; makes this one-one powerful sexy machine. (Pause) And when you factor in the Keith Scott service guarantee and that elusive thing that we call the, uh, (Grins) the cool factor; this car is definitely gonna get you laid. (The customer considers and then grins, nodding.) (Dan enters the shop, late and out of breath. He checks his watch.) KEITH: (Spotting Dan.) (To the customer.) Uh, do me a favour; have a seat in my office and think about that leather interior, huh? (The customer walks in that direction and Keith turns his attention to Dan. He’s struggling to get his jacket on.) KEITH: Oh, let me guess: Doug ate your work ethic. DAN: Nah, I had to go by the uniform place; sign off the new Ravens logo. KEITH: (Snarkily) Yeah(!) Like Whitey’s actually gonna let you make a decision. DAN: Come one, Keith, it’s early, don’t start. KEITH: I’m the boss here. Maybe you shoulda married Deb; you mighta gotten her parent’s money, things’d be different. DAN: Can we just leave the past in the past? KEITH: Yeah, that’s what you’re best at, isn’t it? (Looks out of the window and indicates it.) See that lady out there eyeing the convertible? (Dan turns to see a woman looking into a black convertible.) KEITH: She’s ready to deal. (Dan turns back.) Try not to screw it up, huh? DAN: I’m on it, Keith. (Heads for the exit.) Oh, hey, I gotta cut out early for basketball practice, OK? KEITH: Just about the time the bars open up, (Smirks evilly.) right boozy? (Dan doesn’t answer or react.) KEITH: Huh? (Sniggers cruelly.) (Keith walks away and Dan exits.) CUT TO: [INT. DEB’S DEN – COUNTER – DAY] (Deb is leaning on the counter, writing.) OTIS: (o.s) How bout I buy you a cold beer, Miss. Lee. (Deb looks to the side and smiles.) OTIS: Huh? (He drinks from his own beer.) DEB: (Amused) Otis, you’ve been offering for ten years; you know I don’t drink. (Walks across to him with a cup.) OTIS: Doesn’t hurt to try, does it? (Deb smiles and nods. The door rings and Nathan enters the den, holding his letter.) DEB: Hey, sweetie(!) NATHAN: What’s up, mom. I got the mail; some, uh, bills, a letter from uncle Cooper and, uh,… (Drops an application to college, on the counter.) this. (He sits at the counter. Deb takes the leaflet and looks at it.) NATHAN: Thinking about taking some classes? DEB: If they offer a course in making ends meet. (Nathan looks at the leaflet.) NATHAN: You ever regret it? Your folks cutting you off. DEB: (Looking him in the eye, seriously.) Not for one second, Nate. (Puts her hand on his.) Otherwise, I wouldn’t have you. (Nathan smiles and nods.) DEB: Besides, money buys you nothing but misery. (Looks through the mail.) I mean,… look at Dan and Karen and Lucas. (She takes the letter out and looks at it. Nathan smirks knowingly.) NATHAN: Well, you know, you could up the traffic in here by hiring some… hot girls to dance in the bar. OTIS: (Pointing at Nathan.) There you go. Yeah. NATHAN: Just saying. (Smiles) (Deb mumbles nonsense and smiles.) HALEY: Speaking of hot girls (Haley enters with her Snoopy hat.) sorry I’m late. (Smiles at Deb.) School bus driver ran out of gas. NATHAN: Where were you today? HALEY: I told you, Mr. Hirshfield took us to the planetarium. If you ever listen to me, maybe you’d know that. NATHAN: OK, alright. I just can’t believe you went out in public with that hat. (Deb turns to Haley and Haley glares kindly at Nathan.) HALEY: Remind me why I’m friends with you again. (Deb opens the High Flyers letter.) DEB: Nathan, this is from that basketball camp. NATHAN: Yeah, I’m a finalist. (Looking modest.) It’s no big deal. DEB: Well, it’s a huge deal, honey, I’m really really proud of you(!) (Nathan smiles.) HALEY: Yeah, me too! (Nathan looks up at her.) HALEY: (Looking at the letter.) Congratulations. Well, we’ll have to celebrate later. Right now, (Flings the dishtowel over one shoulder.) dirty dishes are beckoning. (Sternly) You rock, don’t let it go to your head. (She leaves and Nathan smiles, heartened.) DEB: You know, you two are gonna end up married some day. NATHAN: Stop it(!) We’ve known each other forever; we’re just friends. DEB: Good place to start. (Takes a drink from her cup.) NATHAN: (Pause) Keep dreaming. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (The camera focuses on the court as many feet walk across it.) SKILLS: Nah, for real, man, I’m serous, dule here really got bigger. NATHAN: Skills(!) (Junk, Fergie, Mouth and Skills laugh.) SKILLS: Nah, I’m serious(!) (Their smiles freeze on their faces as they come up to the Ravens basketball tem on their court, using their hoop. Lucas and the gng are all there.) NATHAN: You guys must be lost. (Lucas looks at Nathan while the others keep playing. Tim turns with Lucas as he scoffs girlishly.) LUCAS: (Advancing) Well, Whitey closed up the gym; We gotta have somewhere to run. (The rest of the team back Lucas up.) SKILLS: Well, you ain’t bout to do it up here. TIM: (Scoffs) Oh contraire- LUCAS: (Exasperatedly) Tim, just say ‘yes we are’. See, I’m in training for High Flyers. (Tilts his head.) You wouldn’t know anything about that now, would you? Street trash. MOUTH: (Glaring) You wanna bet? (Nathan looks at Mouth.) JUNK: Nate’s a finalist, too. NATHAN: Guys. SKILLS: It’s true LUCAS: (Laughs amusedly.) Pipe dream, much? (Tim continues to laugh.) Coz they only take… (Walks up to him.) one player from each high school. Now who d’ya think they’re gonna pick, huh? Star sh*ting guard… of the undefeated Ravens… or the Rivercourt bastard. (Lucas snatches Nathan’s ball from his hands. He glares before turning and bouncing the ball away. He jumps and dunks the ball through the hoop, grabbing the ring for a bat before letting go and hitting the ground with both feet, landing with ease. He turns to smirk at Nathan and the team back away to follow him off the court.) (sht of Nathan.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. STREETS – DAY] (Nathan runs along a bridge, headphones in his ears as he listens to music and works out.) (The camera pans down to show Brooke, standing beside her car as she watches him with her arms crossed.) (Cut back to Nathan as he finishes crossing the bridge.) (Brooke smiles conspiratorially.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – BOYS SHOWERS – DAY] (Nathan is alone in the shower room, having a wash, his back to the camera. Brooke enters, dressed only in a towel. She looks around before walking around the partition and silently approaching Nathan. She looks him up and down and grins.) BROOKE: So I guess the rumours are true; (Nathan starts and grabs the nearest towel; trying to cover himself.) Mr. Size 14. (He looks at her embarrassedly.) NATHAN: Wh-a(!) Uh,… I think… you’re in the wrong locker room. BROOKE: (Mock confused.) Well,… (Turns and holds one side of the towel out.) the… sign says ‘Boys’… (Deliberately drops the towel.) doesn’t it? (Nathan looks away as she exposes herself.) NATHAN: Ohhhhkayyy, Whoa(!) BROOKE: (Not nearly embarrassed.) Oops(!) (Nathan doesn’t meet her eyes, red in the face.) BROOKE: I’m Brooke; but I bet you already knew that. NATHAN: Yeah, I-I gotta go(!) (He rushes out of there as fast as he can without slipping.) (Dan is standing there, having witnessed the entire thing. Brooke walks to the exit and, without missing a bat, smiles innocently at him.) BROOKE: Hi, Coach Scott(!) (Dan follows her exit with a curious look.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GYM – DAY] (Lucas is pushing weights and groaning slightly with the effort. Dan comes up behind him.) DAN: Ah-ah, I got you. Come on. (Lucas struggles to push the weights up.) Push! (Lucas finally gets it done and sits up, pissed.) LUCAS: God, I had it, dad(!) DAN: (Laughing) Right(!) What’re you slinging? LUCAS: Bout 160. DAN: Wow, didn’t know I had a daughter. Let’s kick it up. We’re gonna have to start 200 a day if we’re gonna impress the High Flyers scout. (He adds some more weights.) LUCAS: Why, coz you couldn’t, back in the day? DAN: I’m trying to help you. I don’t want you to make the same mistakes that I did. LUCAS: What do you know about your other son applying for High Flyers? DAN: Don’t call him that. Don’t worry, he’ll never make it. (Lucas looks off and scoffs.) LUCAS: Well, he made finalist. Which means Whitey must have signed off on his application. (Lucas gets up and leaves while Dan glares.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILLH HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – DAY] (Dan stomps into the office.) DAN: You’re not seriously considering Deb’s son for High Flyers spot. WHITEY: Well he’s your son too, Danny. (Picks up some papers.) And good morning to you. (Smiling) DAN: That kid’s just trying to sabotage Lucas’ sht(!) WHITEY: (Smile drops.) That ‘kid’ sent in a tape that impressed the scouts so much that they made him a finalist. All I did was sign the papers. I’m an equal opportunity instigator. (Grins) DAN: You did this just to get me. (Turns to the exit.) WHITEY: Danny(!) Maybe it didn’t make the nightly news but this is not about you. (Dan turns to him.) DAN: Nathan’s never played for a real team. He’s a street-ball player, Whitey(!) WHITEY: (Angry) And apparently, a pretty damn good one! Least he got something from you. DAN: (Shakes his head.) What’re you up to? WHITEY: Just fairness. I wouldn’t expect you to understand that. (Pause) But if Lucas is the better player, he’s got nothing to worry about. (Grins evilly.) Till then, let the best man win. (Dan turns back to the exit.) WHITEY: Oh, and, uh, (Dan stops.) be sure and let the door ht you in the ass on the way out. (Whitey laughs as Dan shuts the door behind him. The camera pans to a framed picture of Dan and Whitey. Whitey’s holding the trophy in front of Dan’s face so it can barely be seen.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE MARKET STREET DOCK – THE RIVER – DAY] (Camera pans down from the trees to the small table and benches that Nathan and Haley are sitting at. They are eating Crackerjacks.) HALEY: She was totally naked? NATHAN: As the day she was born. (Haley groans and looks away.) NATHAN: Only a lot more… curvy. HALEY: Well what happened then? NATHAN: (Shrugs piteously.) I got the hell outta there(!) HALEY: (Amused) You and Brooke Davis. (High voice.) Captain of the ‘CheerSluts’(!) That is hard to picture. NATHAN: (Nods as he looks into the Crackerjack box.) Yeah, I’d say ‘hard’ is the right word. HALEY: Eeew(!) (Smacks him on the arm.) (They laugh. He pulls out the gift from the box.) NATHAN: OK, what’s this? (Rips it open and pulls out the purple bracelet; the same from last season.) HALEY: Oh, score, a bracelet. Last time I got some fake tattoo with a random number. NATHAN: Well, here. (He stretches out the bracelet so that she can put her hand through it.) NATHAN: It matches that, uh, thing you call a shirt. HALEY: (Pointing to her poncho.) My mother made this for me, and shut up(!) NATHAN: You shut up. HALEY: You shut up. (She smacks him on the hand and puts her other one through the bracelet.) NATHAN: (Pointing) Don’t say I never gave you anything. (Smiles) (Haley smiles and eats another Crackerjack.) CUT TO: [INT. LEE RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is sitting in his bedroom, working, when there’s a light knock on his door. He looks for a bat before standing and walking to the door. It opens to Whitey.) NATHAN: I think you… have the wrong son’s house. WHITEY: …I need to talk to you about your game. (Cut to Whitey putting a picture of Nathan and Deb back onto the shelf. Turns and sighs.) WHITEY: I didn’t know you were that good a player till I saw that tape. You’re a little rough round the edges but you got the makings. NATHAN: (Leaning on his desk.) If this is about me joining the team, you can forget it. WHITEY: (Laughs) Son, I’m a lot smarter than you give me credit for. (Pause) Asking you to play alongside Lucas, when that, uh, ass-crack (Nathan smiles agreeably.) of a father of yours is my assistant coach; I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. (Nathan nods. Whitey sits in Nathan’s bed.) WHITEY: Tell me, why did you apply to the High Flyers? NATHAN: Coz I love the game. (Pause) Coz all the messed up… history in this town has kept me from being able to play. (Shrugs) This camp might give me a sht at playing college; where I don’t have to… live in anybody else’s shadow. (Whitey looks down.) NATHAN: I know I’m good, I just wanna prove that I’m good enough(!) WHITEY: Nathan, I’m gonna level with you: you getting into that camp is a long sht. (Nathan’s hopes die.) WHITEY: I can only pick one athlete from this school… normally, Lucas’d be a shoe-in… (Sighs and looks back up.) but I was impressed by your tape. NATHAN: (Shrugs) Then… pick me. WHITEY: (Torn) It’s not that easy. (Stands) I have to be sure you can hold your own with a real team: passing, defence,… running picks. NATHAN: (Shakes his head.) Well, I can’t play in that gym, Coach. WHITEY: (Laughs) Well, then play at the Rivercourt. NATHAN: (Smiling) You want me to play against Lucas? WHITEY: (Seriously) Technically, I want you to bat him(!) (Smiles) That’s up to you. (Nathan smiles as he assesses Whitey.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (The sound of a basketball match is heard in the background as the camera pans across pictures of Karen and Dan to a picture of Lucas in a ‘Clarence 41’ shirt.) (sht fades to Dan watching the TV of his long past glory days and smiling.) LUCAS: (o.s) Want me to cue Springsteen’s glory days? (sht cuts back and shows Lucas standing over Dan’s shoulder.) LUCAS: Take the picture? DAN: So, I’m nostalgic. LUCAS: (Lifts an eyebrow slightly.) That’s one word for it. Sweet dreams, dad. (Leaves the room.) DAN: Hey, cut me some slack, son. (Stands) I look at you and I see… I see myself twenty years ago. It reminds me of all that promise. (Lucas looks at him.) If I ride you, (Pause) it’s because I wanna see you feel all the triumph that I never had. But I’m telling you, this ‘kid’ is a risk to all that. LUCAS: Oh, you mean you other son? DAN: Only biologically. He means nothing to me, and you mean everything. (Lucas laughs and looks away.) DAN: I saw his tape today, and I was wrong when I said that he’s no thrat to you. So you’re gonna have to do whatever it takes to bat him. LUCAS: Don’t sweat it, dad. (Looks at him.) I’ll protect what’s left of your good name. (He looks at the TV. The tape that Dan has of his and Karen’s prom night is playing. Karen speaks about how they will be married and live in a big house.) LUCAS: You got bigger problems anyway. (Lucas smirks and exits.) (Cut to the TV.) PROM KAREN: Come visit us in ten years and… I bet you can meet the kids and… get a tour of our big house… and see how happy we are. (Dan turns away and looks down before turning the TV off.) FADE TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARMTENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Karen and Keith are in bed, doing what most naked people do in bed.) (She reaches over to the clock and turns it so that she can see the time.) KAREN: What time is it?(!) God, I gotta go(!) (She sits up and takes the covers with her.) KEITH: Oh, no(!) KAREN: Oh, I’ve already worked late a lot these past few weeks. (She puts her shirt on and sighs.) KEITH: Dan is not gonna be suspicious, trust me. (Leans against the headboard.) (Karen walks to the rest of her clothes and looks back at him, sighing.) KEITH: Why don’t you stay the night? KAREN: (Looks at him.) You know I can’t do that. KEITH: Well, you could if you leave him. (She turns to him and smiles. She gets back onto the bed and they look at each other.) KAREN: Who would protect Lucas? KEITH: From what? Becoming a jack-hole like his father? I think it’s a little late for that. KAREN: (Sternly) Keith(!) KEITH: OK, I-I’m sorry. (They exchange looks.) You know, I would raise Lucas like he was my own. (Karen looks at him for a bat before getting off the bed.) KAREN: (To herself.) Sometimes I think he is. (Keith leans up on one elbow as he watches her leave.) FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE (EST) – EVENING] CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Karen enters the kitchen to find Lucas there.) KAREN: Lucas, you’re up late. LUCAS: (Distant) Makes two of us. KAREN: Meetings, you know. LUCAS: (Smirking) Yeah, I know. (Walks past her, drinking from a bottle of water.) KAREN: Hey, wait(!) (He turns to her, glaring.) KAREN: I thought I’d make some coco. We could sit and talk like we used to. LUCAS: You want a late night chat, mom? Why don’t you just try calling Uncle Keith? I’m sure he’ll come running. (The hurt is evident in his eyes as he leaves. Karen doesn’t know what to say to him.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SCIENCE – DAY] (sht of a slide of the stars.) MR HIRSHFIELD: (o.s) As you see, class, galaxies come in three main- (Camera pans to Nathan and Haley.) HALEY: Of course you’re gonna do it, you’ve gotta play this game(!) NATHAN: Haley, (Struggles) it’s Lucas. HALEY: So, you can’t let him stop you from chasing after your dream(!) NATHAN: (Sighs) That’s easy for you to say. HALEY: Dude, nothing is ever gonna happen for you if you don’t put yourself out there(!) (Amused) You gotta sh*t for the stars(!) (They laugh.) NATHAN: What about you? What’re you’re dreams? HALEY: (Instantly) Chocolate. NATHAN: Seriously? HALEY: Yea, chocolate. (She laughs.) Um,… well, I never told anybody this… but, I kinda wanna be a singer. NATHAN: A singer? HALEY: Yeah, you know, like, tour the country and play concerts and wear really cool clothes and then release an album. (Nathan turns away, laughing.) HALEY: Oh, you think that’s funny? NATHAN: No,… I just,… Haley, I’ve heard you sing. HALEY: (Gasps and slaps him.) Shut up(!) Just because I’m tone-deaf doesn’t mean I can’t dream, OK? NATHAN: No, yeah, you’re right. You’re right, I guess it doesn’t. (Haley laughs. Nathan looks at her and sighs, smiling warmly.) (The camera pans back to Lucas and Tim who are sitting at the back of the class.) TIM: I got it. Seduce the tutor girl. You know, like, get inside her head and… steal her away from him. (Lucas frowns and sighs.) TIM: Then dump her; crush her heart. LUCAS: Tim, that’s the dumbest idea ever. TIM: (Looks back at Nathan and Haley.) What’re you talking about? It’s genius(!) LUCAS: (Sighs) You wanna hear genius? Tonight’s the game. (The camera cuts back to them.) LUCAS: He can’t win if he doesn’t show up. TIM: You’re gonna kll him?(!) (Lucas sighs and closes his eyes, begging for a little intelligence. He leans over and whispers in Tim’s ear. Tim grins giddily.) TIM: You got mad things, yo. (Hold out his fist for Lucas to knock.) LUCAS: (Studies him stoically.) …Tim, just say it’s a good plan. (Lucas ignores the fist. Tim turns away and sighs. Lucas glances back at Peyton who’s studying him, completely aware that he’s up to something.) (The class has ended and Haley is packing up her things. She puts her book into her bag. Peyton approaches her.) PEYTON: Um,… (Smiling) you’re a tutor, right? HALEY: (Smiling) You’re a jackasses girlfriend, right? (Stands up.) PEYTON: Guess we’re both right. Uh… look, I’m Peyton… and… I know you’re friends with Lucas’ brother. HALEY: Half-brother, his name’s Nathan. PEYTON: He’s, like, you’re boyfriend or- HALEY: (Annoyed) He’s, like, my friend(!) Why do you people always assume that? God(!) (Looks down and then up again.) Look, let me just save you some time, OK, Goldilocks, he’s really not into cheerleaders(!) PEYTON: (Not backing down.) OK, first: retract the claws(!) (Haley stops and looks up.) PEYTON: Second: Lucas is planning on doing something to Nathan tonight. Before the game. HALEY: What’s he gonna do? PEYTON: I don’t have any specifics… but, he will do anything to get to that stupid basketball camp. So you might wanna warn Nathan. (Haley, disheartened, looks down.) PEYTON: Just thought you’d like to know. (Exits the classroom.) (Haley blinks.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (sht of the hoop and sky. Nathan suddenly appears as he dunks the ball and grabs the hoop. Pan down to Nathan bouncing and throwing the ball again.) (Dan’s there. He gets out of the car and shuts the door. Nathan, not knowing, takes the ball and walks back, bouncing it again.) DAN: I thought it was time to break the ice. NATHAN: (Turns to him, ball still in hand, and scoffs.) After seventeen years? (Inclines his head and throws the ball again.) Nice try. (Dan watches him and grins.) DAN: That’s my DNA, you know? NATHAN: If that’s what you need to believe. DAN: Let’s get right to it. (Pause) I’ll give you five-hundred bucks to withdraw your application. NATHAN: (Amused) Well, I’d give you this weeks allowance… (He throws the ball. It goes in and Dan catches it and does a silly little move.) DAN: You really think you’ve got a chance to win this thing? You’re kidding yourself. Just like your mother was kidding herself when she moved to Tree Hill. NATHAN: (Shakes his head, angry.) You know what? I wasn’t even sure if I was gonna go through with this game… but now I am gonna play. (Takes the ball back.) And I’m gonna win. (Dan grins, impressed.) DAN: I guess you are my son after all. (Dan smiles and nods as he walks away. Nathan throws the ball and it goes through the hoop again.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. DEB’S DEN – BAR – EVENING] (Deb walks around behind the bar.) DEB: OK, it’s, uh, (Counts the money handed over by a customer.) eight bucks for the beers, ooo, twenty dollar tip(!) MAN: Hey, the twenty’s on the Rivercourt team. DEB: (Stops short of putting the money in her top.) Ah, good man. (Smiles at him.) (There’s a lot of cheering as Nathan enters the bar. Nathan looks to his mother for an explanation.) DEB: (Waving) Hey, honey(!) NATHAN: (Shouting to be heard.) What’s going on? DEB: We’re starting the victory party a little early. (She looks up as Nathan walks to her.) DEB: What, bad idea? NATHAN: No, it’s just, um,… (Looks at her.) Dan came to visit me. He offered me cash to drop out. DEB: (Smiling to herself.) Oh, honey, (Puts her hand on his.) Shut him out(!) You’re good. I don’t know if I tell you this enough, but I,… (Shakes her head.) am so proud of you. (Nathan smiles.) Even more so when you kick that kid’s butt tonight. NATHAN: Yeah. That’s the plan. (Nathan leaves and Deb thinks. She grabs the empty glass off the bar.) GUY: (As Nathan passes.) Good luck, Nathan. (Haley walks out of the back, relieved.) HALEY: Thank god(!) Where have you been and why aren’t you answering your phone? NATHAN: Right here and I’m… recharging the batteries. Why, what’s going on? HALEY: Because Lucas is gonna try something tonight, OK? (Nathan looks away before facing her again, resolute.) NATHAN: Let him. I’m not scared of him. HALEY: Will you just be careful, please? NATHAN: I’m gonna be fine, alright? I promise. (He smiles and walks past her. Haley squints, still worried.) CUT TO: [EXT. DEB’S DEN – THE ROAD – EVENING] (Nathan exits the building and walks alone, head down and hands in pockets. A car is heard zooming before it stops behind him and the doors open. Guys from the basketball team jump out.) TIM: Yo, Nate! (They charge at him and grab him from behind.) NATHAN: What the-! Get off of me! (They put a sack over his head. Nathan manages to elbow Tim in the face and he goes down; not surprisingly.) TIM: Let’s go(!) (Shuts the door and gets into the driver’s seat.) (They drive off.) FADE TO: [EXT. SWAMP – EVENING] (The car stops at the swamp and they pull Nathan out. His hands are tied behind his back and the sack is taken off.) NATHAN: (Seeing where they’ve bought him.) Oh, come on(!) (He struggles but they continue to drag him forward. He’s dropped into it.) (Lucas and Tim appear, smirking.) LUCAS: Oops(!) (Nathan gets to his feet as the pair advance on him. He struggles as he walks up to them, staring them in the face.) LUCAS: I warned you. It seems you and me have something in common. (Nathan looks up at him.) LUCAS: (Smirking) We don’t quit. NATHAN: You and I, moron. LUCAS: (Raises an eyebrow and leans forward.) What? (Nathan sighs and shakes his head dismissively.) LUCAS: Look, (Pause) I have been working towards this camp since junior high… and nobody’s gonna screw it up for me. Especially not you. So I’m gonna be nice and let you walk away from this game. TIM: (Grinning) We should take his clothes. (The two guys holding Nathan look confused and Nathan just frowns at Tim.) LUCAS: (Sighing) Tim, what is wrong with you? You pitch that every time we kidnap a guy. TIM: I mean, i-i-it’ll make it harder for him to get home. LUCAS: (bat) And so will this; (Walks forward.) (The guys continue to hold Nathan as Lucas walks up and puts his hand into Nathan’s pocket.) NATHAN: (Eyebrow raised.) Getting your jollies? (Lucas smirks and takes Nathan’s phone out of his pocket, throwing it into the water. Nathan turns back, pissed, but there’s nothing that he can do; he’s held tight.) LUCAS: You tell anybody about this,… and you’re dad. (Nathan glares.) LUCAS: Let’s go. (They leave Nathan there, hands tied and stranded, with no phone and no car. He struggles to get his hands free.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of pictures of many many eyes on Peyton’s wall. The camera pans down to show Peyton’s drawing. It’s of a closed door and a welcome mat which says ‘P. SAWYER’ and has a sketch of herself on the mat.) (Lucas enters the room. Peyton looks at him before turning away.) LUCAS: You ready? PEYTON: Nope. I’m not going. (Continues drawing.) LUCAS: Oh, come on, Peyt, I thought we were gonna work on… you know, getting back to normal. PEYTON: (Scoffs and gets up.) OK, trust me when I say that normal is the last thing I want with us because – in case you haven’t noticed – normal sucks with us, Lucas. And I hate it when you call me ‘Peyt’. LUCAS: (Smirking) Is this about Nathan? PEYTON: No(!) It’s about you(!) I’m starting to see who you really are and I may be late to that party but… better late than never. (She spots a stain on his jacket.) PEYTON: You did something to Nathan, didn’t you? (Lucas looks at it.) What, your stupid kidnapping thing? LUCAS: I thought you said this wasn’t about him. Hm? (Peyton looks away.) LUCAS: You know, I’ll just come back when you’re not so… PMS. (Walks away.) PEYTON: Don’t bother(!) LUCAS: Peyton- (Turns back.) PEYTON: Luke, I mean it(!) We’re done. (Looks him straight in the eyes.) LUCAS: …Your loss. (Pause) Peyt. (Exits) (Focus on Peyton.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (sht of the hoop. The camera pans down to show all of the gathered people. Lucas is throwing practice shts at the hoop. Junk, Fergie and Skills enter the court and look at Lucas.) SKILLS: Hey, where’s Nate, man? LUCAS: (Turing to them.) Maybe he chickened out(!) (Tim laughs.) FERGIE: Maybe you’re a dick(!) LUCAS: What? DEB: (Concerned) Where’s Nathan? JUNK: That’s what we’re trying to find out. (Deb looks around. Lucas looks at her, smirking.) SKILLS: Hey, how’d you get that shiner on your eye, dawg? (Cut to Tim.) What, you and your boyfriend here like it kinda rough? (Tim laughs and looks down before shoving Skills. Skills backs up a bit before swinging back and punching Tim in the face.) LUCAS: Hey! (Comes between the pair.) (Dan appears and holds the pair apart. People struggle all over the court, trying to start something.) WHITEY: Break it up, break it up. Come on, what’re you trying to do? Get thrown outta the game before it starts? (Pushes Tim.) Get over there. (Lucas backs up. Whitey passes glares all around.) (Karen is there, standing beside Dan.) DEB: (To Karen and Dan.) My son better be alright. (Karen looks at Dan accusingly as Deb turns away.) DEB: (To herself.) Where are you, Nathan? FADE TO: [EXT. THE SAWMP – EVENING] (Nathan is walking down the road when Peyton drives up to him. She pulls up next to him and he looks at her.) PEYTON: (Unlocking the door.) Get in. NATHAN: How’d you find me? PEYTON: (Amused) You think you’re the first guy he’s done this to? NATHAN: I can see why you stay with the guy. PEYTON: Actually, I broke up with him tonight. NATHAN: So you’re helping me just to piss him off? PEYTON: That, and you seem like a decent guy. Plus, I think everybody deserves a sht. If you really want something bad enough no one has the right to stand in your way. (Nathan looks away.) PEYTON: What? NATHAN: Nothing, I just… I got that weird… déjà vu thing. PEYTON: I don’t believe in past lives. I think we’ve got one life, one chance and what we do with it is up to us. (Nathan smiles.) PEYTON: So get it. I’m your only hope of making it to the stupid game on time. (Nathan concedes and opens the door, getting in. They drive off.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (People are hanging around, still waiting for Nathan. Lucas is still taking shts at the hoop. Haley walks up from behind.) MOUTH: Well, ladies and gentlemen, the game’s looking like a forfeit, with Nathan Lee a no-show- HALEY: Not so fast, Mouth. (Lucas walks past and she confronts him.) HALEY: What’d you do?(!) LUCAS: What, it’s not my fault your boyfriend finally grew a brain. (Touches her chin.) Sweetie. HALEY: Peyton said that you were gonna try something. H- (People start converging in the opposite direction. Haley turns to look. A car is heard. Deb turns too and Peyton’s car pulls up.) (Lucas eyes it and Nathan gets out. Haley and Deb walk to him.) DEB: Are you alright? NATHAN: Yeah. (Kisses her on the cheek.) I’m fine, mom. (To Haley.) Hey. HALEY: Hey. (Nathan greets a few other people and Peyton shuts her car door, walking forward. She looks at Lucas sternly. He turns and walks onto the court.) (Whitey approaches, looking at his watch, ball in hand.) NATHAN: Am I too late? WHITEY: (Throws the ball at him.) Almost. (Nathan catches it.) Get this game started. (Lucas walks up, not in the least bit pleased.) WHITEY: Four on four. Let’s hustle(!) NATHAN: No(!) (Whitey stops and turns back.) Me against him. (Points to Lucas.) It’s the way it’s always been, right? (Lucas doesn’t argue.) NATHAN: Why should tonight be any different? LUCAS: (Smirks) Your funeral. WHITEY: Game to eleven by one. (Looks at the pair.) LET’S GO! (Claps and walks off the court.) (Nathan throws the ball at Lucas.) NATHAN: sht for ball. LUCAS: (Scowling) Fine by me. (Throws the ball and is goes through the hoop.) (Lucas holds his arms out as the crowd cheers. Nathan bounces the ball and passes it back to Lucas. He walks to him and Lucas tosses it back. Nathan walks up, holds the ball out and gets ready.) (There’s a moments pause before Lucas makes a move, dodges and jumps, throwing the ball. Nathan jumps too but it sails high and goes through the hoop.) (The cheerleaders cheer, decked out in gear though there’s no need for it. Dan claps and Karen smiles.) (Bouncing the ball, Nathan takes Lucas’ previous position and moves about slightly, trying to put Lucas off.) (Lucas crouches and waits for Nathan’s move. He bounces the ball, spins, and jumps, letting go of the ball. It flies and goes through the hoop.) (The crowd cheers and Haley whoops whilst clapping.) (Lucas runs with the ball and dunks it, too quick for Nathan.) (Nathan runs jumps and gets a basket.) (Deb smiles happily, silently praying for her son.) (Nathan tries to block Lucas’ attempt but it’s in vain as the ball eventually goes in.) (Nathan jumps and sht but it hits the edge, missing the basket.) (Cut to Whitey who is scowling for all he’s worth. He looks away.) (Fade to the game. Lucas jumps and hits it. The crowd cheers every time either one makes it. He gets another one and another in a series of fades. Nathan’s hands aren’t enough to stop him.) (Lucas passes him the ball. Nathan runs and jumps, getting the ball in three times with a series of fades.) (Lucas sht and scores as does Nathan.) MOUTH: (o.s) So, rank my last two girlfriends and you’ll have the score folks; it’s ten-nine, Nathan Lee. (Nathan blocks Lucas all the way down the court. Lucas deliberately turns and elbows Nathan in the face. Nathan almost goes down with the force of it. Deb stands, anguished.) MOUTH: Oh, and that’s a foul by Scott. (Lucas gets another basket while Nathan’s down.) MOUTH: That’s gotta hurt. (Bevin’s eyes are wide and Brooke gapes at the indecency of it. Lucas takes the ball and watches Nathan. Peyton glares. Haley waits, worried.) (Nathan spits out and Lucas approaches him.) NATHAN: (Touches his mouth to make sure that he’s OK.) No foul,… the basket counts. (Lucas nods smarmily and advances.) MOUTH: And Lee calls it good(!) It’s ten-ten, game point. Next basket wins. (Whitey shakes his head and looks away. He can’t watch. Karen looks at Dan. Peyton watches tensely.) (Lucas tosses the ball.) LUCAS: (Leaning forward.) You know, he’s never mentioned you once; (Gives him the ball.) not in all these years. (Nathan looks at him as if he’s crazy.) NATHAN: And you really think things would have been different if he’d married my mom? If you do, you’re a fool. LUCAS: (Tense-jawed) You’re the fool,… and after you miss this basket, a loser too. NATHAN: (Exhales) Whatever(!) This is for my mom. (Nathan crouches, dodges right, then left, moves forward – Lucas keeping track the entire time – before turning and hitting the fade away. The sht moves into slow-motion as he jumps and gets the basket. Lucas can’t stop him. Nathan hangs onto the basket as he realises that he’s won.) (Nathan’s feet ht the ground. Mouth, Deb and Haley scream with the rest of the crowd as they jump up delightedly and cheer for their lives.) (The cheerleaders look on, stunned.) (Lucas gapes as he looks around, unsure of what happened.) (A crowd of people converge on Nathan and grab him in a many-armed hug. Nathan hugs his mother. He slaps hands with many people.) (Peyton smiles happily.) WHITEY: (To Dan and Karen.) Looks like Nathan’s going to High Flyers after all. (Whitey smirks and walks away. Karen and Dan don’t say a word.) KAREN: (Off Dan’s look.) It’s just a game, Dan. (Walks away.) (Lucas looks at his father but Dan shakes his head and walks off. Lucas approaches Nathan and holds his hand out. Nathan looks down at his hand cautiously before shaking it.) LUCAS: Good game. You deserve to go to that camp. NATHAN: (Confused) Thanks. LUCAS: You’re gonna be OK. Just… (Smiles and bumps him on the shoulder.) come back to us soon. (Backs up and walks away.) NATHAN: (Still confused.) What’s that-? HALEY: (Walks up to him.) They haven’t invented words for how much I love you. (Smiles) (Nathan smiles happily.) HALEY: Doesn’t look like I’ll be needed this anymore. (Holds out her hand.) (She drops the bracelet into his hand. He closes it and looks up at her.) HALEY: Don’t say I never gave you anything. (She smiles and backs away too; leaving him there alone.) (Nathan frowns and looks down at his hand. Close-up as he opens it to reveal, not the bracelet but Haley’s wedding ring. He looks back up and everybody’s gone. He is completely alone.) NATHAN: (Looking around.) Haley?! (Looks down at the ring and then up again.) HALEY?! HALEY!? (Birdseye view of Nathan as the camera slowly zooms out.) NATHAN: (v.o) HALEY!? WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Camera pans down to Nathan who’s in the bed with a tube in his nose.) NATHAN: (Still dreaming.) Haley? Haley?! (Lucas gets up from his chair and leans over Nathan.) LUCAS: Hey, Nate? (Nathan sighs and opens his eyes.) LUCAS: (Quietly) Nate. (Nathan looks at him.) Hey, it’s me. Don’t worry. (Nathan is distressed.) It’s OK, it’s me. (Nathan looks at his hand.) LUCAS: Hey,… (Nathan glances back.) welcome back little brother. (Obviously pleased.) (Nathan doesn’t know what to say. Lucas smiles and shakes his head; pleased that his brother’s OK.) (The camera zooms out slowly as neither one says anything.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is back in the chair.) LUCAS: How’re you feeling? NATHAN: Like I ht a brick wall. (Lucas laughs and shakes his head.) LUCAS: Well, the doc says you’re gonna be fine. (Nathan sighs heavily.) LUCAS: (Long pause.) You know, what was this anyway, huh? Some sort of messed up… anything Lucas can do, I can do better? NATHAN: No… you wanna hear something really messed up though? (Finding it hard to breathe.) I thought I died, went to heaven. LUCAS: (Nodding) No kidding. NATHAN: Yeah. (Pause) Only,… heaven was a place where… Dan chose your mom… over mine. (Lucas looks away and laughs.) NATHAN: Then Haley was tone-deaf. (Lucas nods.) NATHAN: But that was only a dream. I did kick your ass on one-on-one, though. LUCAS: Well, I guess it was a dream then, huh? (Laughs) (Nathan tries to laugh but it hurts too much. Lucas’ smile falls as he thinks about how to phrase what he did.) LUCAS: I know you… you asked me not to, but… I called Haley. (bat as Nathan looks at Lucas.) LUCAS: She’s your wife, Nate. And she loves you. She needed to know. (Lucas waits for a reply but Nathan gives nothing.) LUCAS: Nate? (Nathan faces him.) I have to ask you something. (Long pause.) When you ht the wall… (Shakes his head.) there was no brake marks on the track. (Nathan just looks at him dispassionately.) NATHAN: You’re asking me if I did this on purpose? (Lucas nods but there’s no time for a reply as the door opens and Deb enters.) DEB: Nathan(!) (Lucas turns to look at her.) DEB: (Shuts the door.) Oh, thank god(!) (Lucas is disappointed as he makes to stand up.) LUCAS: I’ll let you two, uh… (Stands up.) DEB: (Sighs as she takes Lucas’ seat.) Nathan, I- NATHAN: (Cutting her off.) I love you, mom. (Nods) (Lucas makes a hasty exit. Deb sighs happily.) NATHAN: I mean that. And I-I know I’ve been a jerk lately; to you, to everybody else. (Deb touches his arm.) NATHAN: (Looking at her.) I’m sorry. DEB: You’ve been hurting. NATHAN: It doesn’t matter. (Pause) I know you’re just trying to be a good mother. (He reaches out and holds his hand open for her. Deb takes his hand and smiles happily, tears in her eyes. She stands and sits on the edge of his bed.) DEB: I haven’t been a good mother, Nathan. But that’s going to change now. NATHAN: (Looks at her confused.) What’re you talking about? DEB: …I need to be stronger for you… and for myself. (Pause) So, while you’re healing from this,… I’ll be healing too. I promise you. NATHAN: (Smiles) Whatever it is,… I got your back. (They smile at each other.) NATHAN: Do you ever… wonder what life would be like… if Dan had married Karen… and just stayed out of our lives? DEB: (Pause) All the time. (Inhales) Why? (Again, Nathan doesn’t get to reply as the door opens and Dan enters. They look at him.) DAN: Glad to see you’re awake, son. (Deb turns away from him. The tears have fallen over. Nathan just scowls at his father. Dan exits the room and Deb looks down. Nathan smiles at her.) (sht of their hands before the camera pans left.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (There is less shredded paper on the bed and Brooke is still hard at work, sorting out every tedious little piece. She has almost finished piecing together the invoice. She smoothes it out with her fingers and looks at it closely.) BROOKE: (Sighs) A receipt for a car. FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – SEATING AREA – EVENING] (Karen is on the phone, clearly upset. She looks at it and shuts the phone slowly. Whitey sees her and takes the seat beside her.) WHITEY: Were you able to get in touch with Keith? KAREN: (Shakes her head.) His voicemail is full. (Choked up.) He… needs to know what’s happened to Nathan. (Close-up of her distraught face.) KAREN: But I… can’t even leave him a message. (Whitey puts his arm around her and she leans her head on his shoulder.) KAREN: (In tears.) Where is he, Whitey?(!) WHITEY: (Almost whispering.) I wish I knew. (Karen cries on his shoulder as the camera panes right.) FADE TO: [EXT. BRIARWOOD RECOVERY CENTER – FRONT ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Deb walks up to the clinic. Dan is behind her, watching with an indecently bright gleam in his eye.) (She turns back to look at him.) DAN: It’s OK, Deb. I’ll be here when you get out. (Deb looks at him with as much pride as she can muster before pushing the door open and entering.) (sht of the sign which reads: ‘BRIARWOOD RECOVERY CENTER: PRIVATE’.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is sitting – propped up – in the bed. Peyton and Brooke are on one side of the bed and Lucas is sitting at the other side, on the actual bed.) NURSE: (o.s) Sorry guys, (They turn to look at her.) visiting hours are over. (Smiles) LUCAS: (Turns back and smiles at Nathan.) You need anything? NATHAN: No, I’m cool, man. (Lucas pats him on the arm and stands. Peyton stands and kisses him on the head. Brooke kisses him on the cheek and smiles at him.) NATHAN: (Amused) I know you both want me. (Brooke and Peyton scoff at him.) BROOKE: Yeah(!) In your dreams(!) (Peyton mouths ‘bye’ and they walk to the door. Brooke waves and exits, Peyton smiles and exits, Lucas waves and exits. Nathan smiles. The nurse turns the lights off and closes the door.) (With the streetlights as the only source of illumination, Nathan reaches over for the phone; wincing as he irritates his injuries. He sets the phone on his lap and sighs before lifting the receiver.) CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (A phone rings.) HALEY: (Answering her ringing phone.) Hello? (Haley is rushing to board a plane that will take her back to her husband.) NATHAN: (Through the phone.) It’s me, Nathan. HALEY: (Obviously relieved.) Thank god(!) What happened? (Sets her bag down.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: I’m gonna be OK. HALEY: (Through the phone.) Well, I’m glad. CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] HALEY: I’m coming home tomorrow, OK? NATHAN: (Through the phone.) Actually- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: -no, (Scoffs) it’s not OK. (Pause) Don’t come home, Haley. CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] HALEY: Nathan, I have to come home. NATHAN: (Through the phone.) No, you don’t. (Her smile falls.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: You have to go after your dream; just like I have to go after mine. (Sighs) Coz if we don’t, then,… we’re just gonna end up regretting it… then we’re gonna end up resenting each other. CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] HALEY: (Shocked) Nathan, I wouldn’t- NATHAN: (Through the phone.) Yeah, but we don’t know that. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: Nobody knows what’s gonna happen. CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (Haley listens to him, hurt and astounded.) NATHAN: (Through the phone.) (Sighs) Whatever choice you make today,… is gonna affect the rest of your life. (Haley can’t reply.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: So,… don’t come home, Haley. CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] HALEY: Nathan, listen… CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (There’s hurt evident on his face.) NATHAN: Coz I don’t want you to. CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (Haley’s eyes widen in shock, she can’t believe it.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan slowly hangs up the phone. He looks out of the window, desolate.) FADE TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (Haley takes the phone from her ear and looks at it as if hoping that it will give her answers. She gapes at it.) (Fade to the camera zooming out as Haley stands there. Finally, she bends down and picks up her guitar case, running her hands through her hair.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x20 - Lifetime Piling Up"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. NATHAN’S CAR – RACE TRACK – DAY] (Nathan is racing the car unbelievably fast.) CUT TO: [EXT. COOPER LEE ENTERPRISES, INC. – RACE TRACK – DAY] (Birdseye view of the car as it collides with the wall repeatedly.) DAYTONA: (v.o) He aimed for the wall. CUT TO: [EXT. COOPER LEE ENTERPRISES, INC. – RACE TRACK – DAY] (Lucas and Daytona are out on the track. It’s quiet and they are talking after the aftermath of Nathan’s accident.) DAYTONA: Like he tried to crash. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – WAITING ROOM – DAY] (Lucas is sitting by himself. Brooke is hovering over him, having just arrived.) BROOKE: Hey. (Lucas stands and she hugs him.) BROOKE: It’s OK (Cut to Lucas’ distressed face.) BROOKE: (Rubbing his back.) I’m here for you. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – SEATING AREA – DAY] (The doctor looks at Deb accusingly.) DOCTOR: Mrs. Scott, how long have you been abusing prescription drugs? (Dan glares at Deb as she stares ahead, embarrassed.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan has woken up from his coma and is talking to Deb.) NATHAN: I love you, mom. (Deb’s eyes are wide and red. She blinks.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – SEATING AREA – EVENING] (Karen is sitting with Whitey after tying to get hold of Keith.) WHITEY: Were you able to get a hold of Keith? (Karen shakes her head sadly. Whitey puts his arm around her.) KAREN: (Crying into his shoulder.) Where is he, Whitey? CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – VISITORS ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is talking to Jake through the phone. A glass partition separates them.) PEYTON: I love you. JAKE: I love you, too. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Close-up of the piece of paper being put into the shredder. Lucas watches Dan from just outside of the office. Dan looks up shiftily and spots him.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Lucas removes the bag of shredded paper.) CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (Haley stands in the airport, on the phone to Nathan.) HALEY: I’m coming home tomorrow, OK? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan sits up in the bed with a tube in his nose, taking on the phone to Haley.) NATHAN: Don’t come home, Haley. CUT TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (Haley listens to him, disbelievingly.) NATHAN: (Through the phone.) Coz I don’t want you to. FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (The front door opens and crutches appear in the camera’s line of view. Nathan struggles past the door, Lucas behind him, ready in case he falls. There is a notice on the door which Nathan spares a glance. It says: ‘NOTICE TO PAY RENT OR QUIT’.) NATHAN: (o.s) Welcome home. (Lucas takes the notice off the door and walks in. Nathan sits at the counter and Lucas follows suit. He hands the notice to Nathan.) NATHAN: (Groaning as his picks up his mail.) Bill. Bill. Final notice. Way final notice. (Shakes his head.) You ever robbed a bank, Luke? LUCAS: Hey, you got friends. We’ll help. NATHAN: Yeah, that sounds great. All I need is the money for these bills and, uh… (Looks at the letters.) a hundred-thousand dollars to pay the hospital. LUCAS: (Evasively) Wow, woulda been a lot cheaper if you’d just… (Looks at him pointedly.) ht the brakes, huh? (Nathan stares ahead desolately; Lucas follows suit.) LUCAS: (Frowns) What happened out there, Nathan? (Nathan remembers.) FLASHBACK TO: [EXT. COOPER LEE ENTERPRISES, INC. – RACE TRACK – DAY] (Nathan’s car skids and hits the wall forcefully.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] NATHAN: You were there. Why don’t you tell me? (Lucas nods, still disturbed.) LUCAS: Look, did you… you know, feel like… (Sighs) I mean, did you wanna- NATHAN: Did I wanna, what? LUCAS: (Pain behind his eyes.) kll yourself. (Nathan stares straight at Lucas.) LUCAS: Coz, if that’s what happened, you need to see somebody. NATHAN: I’ll check out Dr. Phil this afternoon. LUCAS: (Angrily) How long are you gonna dodge talking to me about this?! NATHAN: How long are you gonna dodge telling me you knew my mom was a pill-head?(!) (Lucas looks up, caught.) NATHAN: Now, look, I screwed up; I ht the wall. That’s all there was to it. OK? (Lucas moves imperceptibly, he has to accept the half answer. Nathan looks down.) FADE TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS (EST) – DAY] (sht of the building.) LUCAS: (v.o) Hey, Brooke, what’s going on? BROOKE: (v.o) Um,…- CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – SALES FLOOR – DAY] (Brooke is standing with Lucas as he leans on a car. She has a bag slung over her shoulder.) BROOKE: (Slightly nervous.) -total hypothetical here; say you had a friend living in your room aaaand she was going through your closet looking for her favourite pair of Jimmy Choo’s (Lucas’ look deepens.) but all she found… was this freaky bag of shredded paper that you said was a puzzle? (He looks away.) And, let’s say she got bored. (He immediately looks back at her.) BROOKE: You know, or… nosey… so… She kind of put the pieces back together? (Nervously) Would… you be ticked off? LUCAS: (Restrained) Only if this hypothetical (Makes air quotations.) ‘friend’ didn’t bring me the finished product. BROOKE: (Relieved) Well then(!) (Opens her bag and looks in.) (Lucas stops her from taking anything out. She looks at him questioningly. He looks up at the camera with the flashing red light.) LUCAS: Come here. CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – BACK ROOM – DAY] (Lucas walks into the room cautiously. Brooke follows, a little miffed. Lucas locks the door behind her.) BROOKE: (Grinning) OK, paranoid much? (Lucas walks to her as he sighs and nods.) LUCAS: Just enough. (Looks at her bag.) So what you got? BROOKE: It’s a bill of sale. (Opens her bag and pulls the pieced together paper out.) For… a used car. (Looks at it.) Sold to some lady named Christine Gersio? (He takes it.) BROOKE: Who is she? LUCAS: I don’t know. I think Dan might be running some kind of scam, and this bill could be tied to whatever he’s doing. BROOKE: (Impressed) Oh, you go detective-boy. In the mean time, I am off to do a little recon at my favourite clothing store. (Moves to the door and unlocks it.) LUCAS: Hey, Brooke. (She faces him.) LUCAS: Thank you for this. You really helped my out. BROOKE: No problem. Every Sherlock needs a doctor Watsit, right? LUCAS: (Amused) Watson. (Brooke smiles and shrugs before walking out of the door.) BROOKE: (Whispering) Bye. (She closes the door.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – SOUND UNIT – DAY] (Peyton is shuffling through some CD’s in a box. She pulls one out and looks at it. Lucas walks in and looks at her.) LUCAS: Making a mix? (Peyton looks at him and smiles.) PEYTON: No, just… sorting CD’s. LUCAS: Any of those contenders for the next… All Ages night? PEYTON: I don’t know. I’m not really into hustling bands these days. (Lucas frowns and straightens up a bit.) LUCAS: Have you seen Jake? (She dumps a CD back into the box.) PEYTON: He doesn’t want me to. (Pause) I just wish that there was something I could do for him. LUCAS: Oh, you mean other than riding his lawyers to stay on the case? PEYTON: It’s not enough. (Lucas straightens and walks to her.) LUCAS: Well,… how about I distract you from something that sucks with something that sucks? PEYTON: (Laughs) And what’s that? LUCAS: …Nathan’s having some… pretty serious money problems. So… I was thinking that maybe if… we got everybody together, we could… figure out a way to raise some cash. PEYTON: Cool. I’m in. LUCAS: Yeah? PEYTON: (Nods) Um-hm. (Lucas is pleased but doesn’t say so. He turns to the exit.) LUCAS: Oh, by the way, remember, um,… right before Jake came back… and you accused me of being a crappy friend? PEYTON: (Meekly) Yeah,… lo-I’m really sorry, I- (Shrugs) LUCAS: No(!) You were right. (Pause) I don’t ever want that to happen again. (Peyton nods.) LUCAS: So if you need anything… I’m around, OK? PEYTON: (Nods) OK. Thank you, Lucas. LUCAS: (Straightens) Alright. (He walks to the stairs and looks at her for a bat. His image is blurry. Peyton continues to stare ahead and Lucas descends the stairs.) FADE TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ (EST) – DAY] CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Tim gets into his seat at a table that is already being occupied by Lucas, Junk, Brooke, Peyton and Fergie.) TIM: We could have a car wash. LUCAS: (Laughs harshly.) Nathan and cars, not a good combo. (Mouth walks across and sits next to Brooke.) MOUTH: Bake sale? BROOKE: (Reluctant expression.) Speaking for the girls, bikini season is right around the corner (Peyton laughs.) so no(!) JUNK: What about TRIC? Peyton could hook up a benefit or something, right? PEYTON: Uh,… well that’s where Haley met Chris so… I doubt Nathan’s gonna wanna go anywhere near there. TIM: But I bet he’d be down with a brothel(!) (Everyone looks at him with varying degrees of speechlessness. Fergie shakes his head. Junk throws a chip at him.) TIM: What(!)? (Junk shakes his head.) It worked for Tom Cruise in ‘Risky Business’(!) PEYTON: (Agreeing) That’s it(!) BROOKE: (Astounded) Peyton, don’t encourage Dim! PEYTON: (Smiling) No, we-we throw a movie night, OK? And we can… take donations and sell concessions- LUCAS: Yeah, no, we can… do it at the Rivercourt(!) You know, we could bring a big screen(!) MOUTH: And rig the AV closet for films and a projector. LUCAS: (Slyly) You mean the same closet I caught you making out with Erica last week? (Everyone laughs and Brooke nudges him, impressed.) MOUTH: (Grinning widely.) It’s good to be an AV geek with keys. (Laughs as Brooke pats him.) But, I’m flying solo this weekend; Erica’s visiting her grandmother. (Brooke looks at the phone and laughs.) TIM: What if it rains? BROOKE: (Still looking at her phone.) I’m already on it. (The weather on her phone is not good; with a 60% chance of rain.) BROOKE: Oh,… no, we need a plan B, it’s gonna pour all weekend. (Peyton’s enthusiasm dies and she looks away. Cut to Lucas’ saddened face.) PEYTON: We could do it at TRIC. If you convince Nathan to go. (Looks pointedly at Lucas.) (Lucas smiles.) FADE TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Nathan hops around, unsteadily, with a saucepan as he talks to the hospital on the phone.) NATHAN: I’m gonna pay the hospital bill; it’s just that… right now I’m… completely tapped out (Drops the pan in the sink.) and I can’t go back to work yet. RECEPTIONIST: Let me pull up your file. (Nathan hops over and grabs a crutch.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – RECEPTION – DAY] (The receptionist clicks on the computer and then pauses with a frown.) RECEPTIONIST: Uh, Nathan, your bill’s paid. CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan stops struggling and stands straight, confused.) RECEPTIONIST: (Through the phone.) The insurance must have covered it. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – RECEPTION – DAY] RECEPTIONIST: (Pen hovering over pad.) What kind of plan do you have? CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan sighs.) NATHAN: I don’t know. My, uh,… my wife usually pays attention to that stuff. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – RECEPTION – DAY] RECEPTIONIST: (Impressed) Well, apparently, you’re all set. CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan shakes his head, thinking.) RECEPTIONIST: (Through the phone.) She sounds like a keeper. Don’t let her get away. NATHAN: (Seeing the irony.) Yeah,… thanks. (He hangs up the phone and turns his head as his front door opens. He turns around completely and Dan enters. Dan shuts the door.) DAN: Nathan, why didn’t you tell me they were releasing you today? NATHAN: (Hopping away from him.) Coz it’s none of your business. (He drops the phone and then bends down to pick it up. Dan smirks.) DAN: Why don’t you move home, son? At least until you’re back on your feet. NATHAN: Forget it, alright!? I don’t want your help, I just wanna move on with my life. DAN: (Pause) In that case, I can help. (He gives Nathan the envelope he’s holding. Nathan snatches it from him and opens it. Dan has a sick smirk on his face. Nathan pulls up the papers, exposing the title which says: ‘Petition for Annulment’) NATHAN: (Angry) What is this, divorce paper?! DAN: Annulment. Any judge who sees how young you are will say you weren’t in your right mind when you married. NATHAN: Oh, so now I’m crazy? DAN: You are if you don’t sign those papers. (Nathan looks away, pained.) DAN: Why drag Haley down with you? (Nathan looks back up, pissed.) DAN: As long as you’re married to her, she’s also responsible for you debt. NATHAN: You don’t give a rat’s ass about Haley. This is what you want(!) DAN: It’s also what’s best for you. (Nathan listens to him, however reluctantly it is.) DAN: She made her choice and it wasn’t you. Why hang on? (Nathan pushes the papers back at him.) NATHAN: Get out(!) DAN: (Grabs the envelope.) You have a chance, right now- NATHAN: I ht you once, dad, alright? I don’t have a problem doing it again. DAN: Listen, you wanna wallow in self-pity, fine(!) (Pause) But she’s ready to move on, I think you know that. (Nathan just looks away. Dan can’t leave without another jab. He puts the envelope on Nathan’s counter.) DAN: Just in case. (He exits and Nathan looks at the annulment form. He turns it slightly and reads the heading again.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. RIVERWALK – THE RIVER – DAY] (The camera pans down from a sht of the bridge to Lucas and Brooke walking by the river.) LUCAS: So,… (Sighs) the bill of sale you pieced together was for twelve thousand. But the one on file at the dealership… said the woman paid nine. BROOKE: A counting mistake? LUCAS: Well, that’s what I thought, too. So I called her… she said she paid twelve, in cash(!) BROOKE: So, Dan destroyed the bill with the higher price and pocketed three grand. LUCAS: Seems that way. (Pause) BROOKE: Alright, I’m not math wiz, but it doesn’t seem like such a major scam. LUCAS: (Scoffs) Depends on how many times he’s done it. (They walk straight past the camera.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (sht of Nathan’s hand and the fridge door as Nathan holds it open.) NATHAN: So that’s why you’re still staying at the house? (Lucas is sitting at the counter with an anxious look. Nathan shuts the fridge door.) NATHAN: Trying to figure out what he’s doing? LUCAS: I need all the access to him I can get. (Nathan sits opposite him with a bottle of water.) NATHAN: Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner? LUCAS: I… didn’t know how you’d feel about my trying to take down Dan. (Lucas looks at him, waiting for a response.) NATHAN: It’s fine by me. (Lucas nods and looks down, smiling. Nathan laughs and drinks from the bottle.) (There’s a long pause as neither says anything.) LUCAS: Listen, uh,… about your mom,… I did see her take some pills. Once(!) (Holds up a finger.) OK? I confronted her… and she told me to mind my own damn business. I’m sorry, I should have mentioned it. NATHAN: Nah, it’s OK. My dad and I should have noticed it anyway. LUCAS: Ah, don’t worry about it. You know,… she’ll get through it. (Laughs) Deb’s tough. NATHAN: She has to be; look who she married. (Lucas inhales and holds his fist out.) LUCAS: So, we good? (Nathan knocks fists.) NATHAN: Just, uh, make sure you keep me posted on my dad. I need all the entertainment I can get these days. (Lucas nods.) NATHAN: By the way, uh,… my insurance paid for my entire hospital stay. So… I don’t even really need a fundraiser anymore. (Lucas makes noises of protest.) LUCAS: You know, you still got, um,… (Picks up some letters.) bills(!) Rent(!) NATHAN: Yeah, I’ll figure something out. LUCAS: COME ON! It’ll be fun(!) (Pause) Besides, everyone really wants to help out. NATHAN: (Pauses as he considers.) Rig up the dart board with Chris’ face on it and I’m in. (They laugh quietly.) CUT TO: [INT. CLOTHES SHOP – SHOP FLOOR – DAY] (Brooke rushes to a top on the shelf and picks it up.) BROOKE: I love this… (Walks forward with it.) (Peyton looks up from browsing the rack.) BROOKE: And I have got to have… (Picks up a yellow top from a different shelf.) this! (She picks up a green top.) BROOKE: And I need this. (She stops in front of Peyton and looks in awe.) BROOKE: Oh,… (Picks up pink spotted shoes.) look at these adorable wedges(!) PEYTON: Brooke, pace yourself. You gotta sh*t for gradual ramp up to your full shopping speed. (Brooke grins giddily and shakes her head, walking past Peyton.) BROOKE: Just don’t let me lose track of time, OK? I promised Lucas I would help him cook dinner for Nathan, although, (Turns to the rack.) when I say cook, I actually mean order pizza(!) (Peyton grins.) PEYTON: (Discretely) Seems like you and Lucas have been spending a lotta time together lately, huh? BROOKE: (Nonchalantly) Yeah. I think this whole ‘friends’ thing is actually working out. PEYTON: (Not believing.) Um-hum! BROOKE: And he’s been taking such great care of Nathan. PEYTON: (Amused) Ummm-hm(!) BROOKE: (Grinning) OK. (Turns to her.) Enough with the ‘um-hm’s’ already(!) (Peyton hold up her hands in surrender.) PEYTON: Fine(!) But, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were vibing on him again. (Grins) BROOKE: (Turns to her with a set face.) Seriously, we are just friends. (She doesn’t seem too pleased about the fact.) PEYTON: OK, all I’m saying is on the off chance that… you wanted more… (Pause) I think it would be great. BROOKE: Really? PEYTON: (Nods) Um-hm. BROOKE: You’re not afraid the three of us will get… sucked back down into the Bermuda Triangle of drama? PEYTON: No. (Shakes her head.) Not this time. (Smiles) BROOKE: But we said ‘Hoes over Bros’. PEYTON: Well that doesn’t mean no ‘Bros’ ever(!) (Brooke laughs.) PEYTON: The thing I’ve learned from all this Jake craziness is we’ve gotta grab every second you have with the people you love. (They smile.) PEYTON: Just don’t forget about your ‘Hoes’. (They laugh.) BROOKE: Come here. (Hugs her.) You are the best friend ever, P. Sawyer, but… honestly, if Lucas and I couldn’t make it as a couple before… (Shrugs) what makes you think we can now? PEYTON: Well, for one thing, I wouldn’t make out with him this time(!) (Looks at Brooke pointedly.) BROOKE: Heh(!) PEYTON: Heh(!) (Laughs) And another, he’s not the same guy, and you are definitely not the same girl. (Peyton smiles and walks past Brooke, touching her lightly on the arm.) (Brooke watches Peyton before turning to the mirror and holding the tops and wedges up to it. She considers and looks down at them, thinking.) FADE TO: [INT. THE TOUR – SEATING AREA – DAY] (The place is very dark. The backstage guy talks to the people on stage who are setting up equipment.) BACKSTAGE GUY: Looks good fellas. Let’s just keep an eye on the clock. (He walks down the aisle.) HALEY: (Appearing) Hey, uh, do you have a second? BACKSTAGE GUY: Yeah, yeah, sure, listen, listen. You know I love you, right? (Haley listens.) BACKSTAGE GUY: But you have got to lose that fluffy top you wore last night. (Haley smiles.) BACKSTAGE GUY: I mean, come on this is rock n’ roll princess. This is not the senior prom(!) HALEY: Listen, um,… I need some time off. There’s some things going on with my husband- BACKSTAGE GUY: (Laughs) Again? (Haley glares at him.) BACKSTAGE GUY: Haley, look, I like you… I mean you’ve been a major pain in my ass, but in a good way. So, I mean, if you gotta go, I can’t stop you. But… I may need to replace you. HALEY: (Torn) Are you serious?(!) BACKSTAGE GUY: The question is ‘are you’? (Pause) Come on, I mean, you got talent. I mean, you could be more than just a duet girl(!) HALEY: I know but I’ve- BACKSTAGE GUY: Look, this is a business, Haley, and I will work like hell to make you a star, but you gotta make a decision; how bad do you want the big time?! (He gives her a final look and walks off, leaving her to stew and think.) BACKSTAGE GUY: Jimmy, move that. Let’s go guys, come on, you’re on my clock, not yours. (Haley sighs and puts her head in her hands. She has no idea what to do.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (The camera pans from a sht of a ‘Karen’s Café’ mug to the far table where Lucas and Andy are sitting.) LUCAS: What d’ya think? (Andy’s holding the stuck together pieces of paper.) ANDY: (Flips through them.) It’s pretty clear; (Pause) any cash transaction over ten thousand dollars gets reported to the government. (He looks at the papers and shows Lucas.) ANDY: Dan changes the transaction amount from, like, twelve thousand to nine thousand… LUCAS: (Finishes the thought train.) Which allows him to keep skimming profits and pocketing the extra cash. ANDY: Exactly. If that cash you found in the ceiling at the dealership is any indication, he’s shredding a lot of invoices. (Andy gives him a quick look.) LUCAS: Well then I need to pull all the files for cash sums just under ten grand. ANDY: No, no, no, no, no, you’ve done enough. LUCAS: …Andy, I’m so close(!) ANDY: Yeah, and we’ll get him, Lucas, I promise. (Pause) Just let me find where he’s hiding this money. (Pause as Lucas sighs.) We’ll have everything we need. (Andy drinks from the mug and Lucas nods, sighing again.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – MUSIC DECK – EVENING] (Mouth starts the music and moves across the floor. The camera pans to Peyton who’s setting out the chairs with a little help. Somebody walks past with balloons and Nathan struggles along on his crutches. Peyton turns to watch him.) (Tim and Brooke are sorting out another corner.) TIM: (Spotting Nathan.) Yo, dude, (Nathan stops and looks at him. Tim throws a camera at him.) check out this awesome footage I swiped from my mom’s garden club. (Brooke smacks him on the arm and walks to Nathan. She holds out her hand and takes it from him.) BROOKE: (Smiling) Here. (Nathan looks at her slightly embarrassedly before breaking eye contact.) BROOKE: (Confused) What’s wrong with you? (Nathan barely looks at her.) NATHAN: …Nothing, nothing, uh,… I just… you were in this… weird dream I had during surgery. BROOKE: Yeah? And? NATHAN: And, uh, (Still red.) we were… kind of… showering together. (Tim looks wide-eyed and Brooke gapes. Nathan laughs and nods.) BROOKE: (Grins) Don’t be embarrassed, (Pats his arm reassuringly.) everybody has that dream about me(!) (Nathan looks up. Brooke laughs and looks at Tim who is looking like he’s in heaven.) BROOKE: (Hitting him on the chest.) Don’t have the dream now, Tim! (Brooke takes Nathan’s arm and they walk off-screen.) (Camera cuts to Nathan, on his own again. He walks to the stage; Peyton’s there still setting out chairs. She looks up at him. He throws an empty bottle at a bin labelled ‘Nathan Fun’. It misses.) (Peyton grins as she sets the chair out.) PEYTON: Nice air-ball. (Nathan smiles at her.) PEYTON: You haven’t learned anything, have you? NATHAN: What’re you talking about? PEYTON: (Sighs and stands straight.) Freshmen year: you rolled your ankle and your doc said ‘no basketball for a month’, and you didn’t listen(!) (Nathan pauses before sighing and hobbling over to a chair. He sits down.) NATHAN: Do you believe in dreams, Peyton? PEYTON: What d’ya mean, like,… do I… think there’s some kinda message? (Nathan shakes his head.) NATHAN: More like warnings. (Peyton considers.) NATHAN: About… how every choice you make… shapes your future. (Peyton still doesn’t say anything.) NATHAN: Like, if I hadn’t turned down High Flyers, or if I hadn’t gone after Haley,… or if my dad hadn’t married my mom. (Looks at her.) PEYTON: I know what you mean. (Looks back up at Nathan.) If my mom had left five minutes earlier to pick me up, she’d still be alive. (Nathan looks away and Peyton sits next to him.) PEYTON: (Pause) Was your accident and accident, Nathan? (Nathan looks away but Peyton waits for his answer patiently.) NATHAN: …I don’t know if I aimed for that wall, Peyton. (He looks at her and she looks back, eyebrows raised.) NATHAN: Maybe I was thinking about Haley right before the crash; (Sighs) about how we got off-track. I mean, I feel different now. (Laughs and Peyton’s eyebrows go higher.) I know what’s important; my mom, my friends,… basketball. PEYTON: And Haley? NATHAN: …Lately, I’ve been wondering if… all the energy we used trying to hold our marriage together could have been better spent on other things. (Peyton looks down and shakes her head.) PEYTON: Nathan- NATHAN: How’re you and Jake doing? PEYTON: (There’s pain in her eyes.) …He, uh,… (Smiles sadly.) is really not up to seeing me these days. NATHAN: I’m sorry. (Peyton just looks at him.) He’ll change his mind. (Nods) What about you and this place? I mean, you bringing any new bands in? PEYTON: Actually, I was thinking I was gonna drop that. (Nods) You know, it’s just caused so many problems. NATHAN: What happened with Haley and Chris is not your fault. You love music, Peyton, don’t back away from your dreams. (Pause) You’re gonna end up so bitter you’ll just destroy all the people around you. (Peyton nods at him. After a bat, Nathan returns it.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TRIC – BAR – EVENING] (The camera pans up from the bar. The lights are off and everyone is sitting in front of the stage, looking at the big projector where the movie will be played. Nathan is putting bottles into an ice bucket and Lucas helps him.) (Junk appears.) JUNK: What’s up, Luke? (They greet each other.) LUCAS: What’s up, Junk(!) JUNK: (Looks at all the things around him.) Um,… I’ll take some pretzels, (Puts money into a bucket that Lucas holds out.) soda,… got any Crackerjack? (Nathan looks up at Lucas and Lucas understands somehow.) LUCAS: (Looking at Junk, pained.) Don’t… say Crackerjack. JUNK: (Confused) Alright. (Junk takes his food and drink.) (Cut to Mouth at the sound system again. He turns the music off and looks at Peyton who’s standing off to a side.) MOUTH: (Through a mic.) Hey, Peyton? (She looks at him and he gives her the thumbs up. Peyton returns it and walks to the stage.) PEYTON: (On the stage and with a mic.) Hey everybody, you guys ready for some movies?! (The crowd cheers and claps. Some are sitting up while others are lying on the floor in sleeping bags.) PEYTON: OK,… (Points) well then grab some snacks, stretch out and we’re gonna kicks things off with a couple of cartoons. (She walks off the stage as the crowd cheers again. Everyone settles down and Mouth turns the projector on. The screen lights up and it’s not cartoons but a man behind the wheel of a car.) DRIVER: The number one kller… of young people is traffic accidents. (The screen cuts to a sht of a horrific car accident.) DRIVER: (v.o) And that’s… that’s gotta be… one of the biggest (A guy gets pulled out of a car.) and grossest waste- (A sht of someone lying on the ground with blood all over the ground and their beaten head.) (The crowd groans in disgust.) DRIVER: -of human life. (The crowd continues to moan in disgust while Lucas broods and Nathan smiles.) DRIVER: About… forty percent of fatal and injury accidents- (Lucas is not pleased.) DRIVER: -involve people in the age group of fifteen to twenty-four. (Cut to the screen as the title ‘RED ASPHALT II’ is written in big red letters and the camera pans across a road of blood.) (Mouth tries to turn it off but he can’t seem to find the switch. Peyton rushes to him.) PEYTON: (Panicked) Mouth, we can’t show this to Nathan(!) MOUTH: I know, I know. (Rushes around.) The-the film cans are all mislabelled. (Peyton sighs and starts picking up the cans, searching for something that they can show Nathan.) LUCAS: (Groans) Ah, Nate, I’m sorry, man. This isn’t what we planned. NATHAN: (Looks at him.) What, are you kidding me, this is awesome(!) (Lucas looks at him confusedly.) NATHAN: (Turns back.) COME ON! (Cups his hands around his mouth.) TURN IT UP! (Suddenly the crowd is cheering and Nathan claps. The camera cuts back to the screen where that movie continues to play with scenes of blood and gore. Lucas doesn’t know what to make of it.) (The sht fades to the end of the movie.) (Cut to Peyton who’s looking through Nathan’s bills. Nathan and Tim are sitting in couches nearby.) PEYTON: You spent thirty bucks on pay-per-view prn?(!) (Nathan looks at her with raised eyebrows. Tim looks shifty.) TIM: (Stretches and grabs the bill.) That’s mine. (He takes the bill and Nathan and Peyton squint at him.) TIM: What? You were out of town. I was lonely. (Nathan scoffs. Brooke and Lucas approach the trio.) BROOKE: (Kneeling in front of Peyton.) Um,… I got you cookies and liquorish. LUCAS: (To Nathan.) Hey, I got you another soda and… (Sighs) some popcorn. Uh,… want me to scrounge up a pillow so you can elevate that knee? NATHAN: No, no, I’m good. (Pats his leg and smiles.) LUCAS: Alright. (Nathan nods.) BROOKE: OK, Well, uh, send up a flare if you need anything else, guys. (Peyton nods and Brooke and Lucas leave.) PEYTON: Brooke’s been really great since Jake’s been gone. NATHAN: Yeah,… Luke’s really had my back since the accident. (Peyton smiles tightly and nods.) PEYTON: (Deathly serious.) She’s driving me crazy(!) (Nathan and Tim laugh.) NATHAN: I hear ya. Luke’s this close (Holds a finger and thumb a millimetre apart.) to tucking me in and singing me a lullaby. PEYTON: (Amused) Oh(!) TIM: If you want, I could- NATHAN: Tim, stop it(!) (Tim grins and Nathan smiles.) PEYTON: (Holding out an envelope.) Looks like you got a letter mixed in with your bills. (Nathan frowns and reaches for it. He sits back and studies the handwriting.) NATHAN: It’s from my mom. (Peyton looks at him. Nathan waits for a bat before inhaling and standing up. He walks away slowly on his crutches.) (The sht fades to the projector before cutting back to show that the people are watching another movie. The sht fades to Brooke and Lucas sitting together, smiling at each other.) LUCAS: Thanks, Brooke. BROOKE: (Pauses, confused.) For what? LUCAS: For letting me vent about Dan. (Pause) For helping… Nathan out so much. (Brooke shrugs.) LUCAS: I just don’t know what I’d do without you. (They smile at each other for a long while before turning back to look straight ahead.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Karen is sitting alone and going through the photo album of her, Lucas and Keith with a sad smile on the face. There’s a picture of Keith and Lucas during Halloween and one of Keith on his own, smiling. Karen smiles at it fondly and flips the page. Her smile grows.) FADE TO: [EXT. TRIC – STAIRS – EVENING] (Nathan is sitting around the back of TRIC. He unfolds the letter and reads it.) FADE TO: [INT. THE TOUR – DRESSING ROOM – EVENING] (There’s a picture of Nathan and Haley’s wedding amongst all the shts of Haley and Chris. Haley reaches out and pulls it off the mirror. She thinks hard as she studies it.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – FLOOR – EVENING] (Nathan hops up the steps and uses the crutches to walks across the floor. He stops and stares at Brooke and Lucas who are talking and laughing with each other. He looks sadly at the movie which is of fighting and alien wr. He looks at a bunch of people messing around, throwing popcorn and having a lot of fun.) (He looks at Peyton who is looking through his bill but with no sign of a smile on her face.) (The sht fades half and the other half is a sht of Haley, wiping tears from her eyes. They are a sht in a sht. It stays for a second before the sht of Haley fades and Nathan turns, hobbling away.) (Peyton looks up, keeping her tears at bay. Through his laughing with Brooke, Lucas turns to look at Peyton as she puts her hands to her face. Lucas stands and walks to her slowly. Peyton looks up with tears in her eyes and tries to laugh it off, to no avail.) (Lucas kneels in front of her and holds out some chocolate.) LUCAS: You look like you needed some chocolate. (Peyton smiles and takes it from him.) LUCAS: Don’t give up on him, Peyton. (Peyton smiles sadly at him.) LUCAS: Jake’ll let you back in. (Peyton nods and after a bat, Lucas hugs her. The camera focuses on Brooke watching the pair from where she’s seated, behind the counter. She looks the personification of last season when she found out that Lucas had cheated on her with Peyton.) (Lucas lets go and stands. Peyton smiles thankfully. Lucas nods and walks away. Peyton still has tears in her eyes as she picks up the bill again.) FADE TO: [EXT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT (EST) – EVENING] (There’s a knock on a door off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: Come in. (Nathan’s sitting there, folding a blue shirt. The door opens to Peyton.) PEYTON: Hey. Tim told me he drove you home. You OK? (Shuts the door behind her.) NATHAN: Yeah, yeah, I just, uh,… I was reading that letter from my mom and I didn’t… really feel like being in a big crowd anymore. (Peyton walks into the apartment.) PEYTON: How’s she doing? NATHAN: (Long pause.) Rehab sounds tough but she’s hanging in there. (Peyton nods.) NATHAN: Part of her therapy is to make amends; so she, uh,… she apologised for all the times she used work or pills to avoid problems at home. PEYTON: I’m sure that was hard for her to say. NATHAN: (Contemplating) Yeah. (He looks down for a bat.) She’s hoping all three of us can be together again. (Peyton looks aptly shocked at the news.) NATHAN: I mean, she seems to think that if she can change… maybe we all can. I… (Sighs) I don’t know if I can do it, Peyton. (Peyton moves around to the front of the couch so that she can sit on it.) PEYTON: I’ve been trying to believe the best in people, lately, you know? (Nods) Like, hoping Nikki will just back off,… or that Jake’s lawyers will find a way to get him out,… so I’d like to believe that… even somebody as assy as your dad could be different if he really wanted to. NATHAN: Yeah, but… you know all the crap that he’s pulled in the past. I mean, doesn’t it sound crazy to try to be a family again? PEYTON: Um,… (Laughing to herself.) I’m probably not the right person to ask. NATHAN: Well, I mean, I-I wanna know what you think. (Peyton looks at him, reluctant to say anything.) NATHAN: Tell me. (She nods once.) PEYTON: I would give anything to have one more day with my mom and dad together. (She smiles tightly and nods; tears in her eyes.) (Nathan looks down and nods too.) NATHAN: (Whispering) Yeah, um,… (Shakes his head.) I’m really sorry Peyton. I-I wasn’t even thinking- (Peyton smiles and shakes it off.) PEYTON: It’s OK. Really, it’s… (Pause) Truth is,… you have bigger things to worry about. (She pulls out a folded letter from her pocket.) PEYTON: (Holds it out.) I opened this letter from your insurance company and your premium hasn’t been paid. (Nathan takes it and looks up at her.) PEYTON: So… you don’t have any coverage. (Nathan squints and opens the letter, confused.) NATHAN: That’s not possible. I mean I just talked to the… (Points back.) lady at the hospital and she said Haley paid this. PEYTON: Oh! OK, well… maybe it was a mistake. (Smiles) (Nathan nods and thinks, frowning. He looks at her and sighs.) NATHAN: Unless it wasn’t insurance who paid. (Peyton gets it and nods slightly.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (There’s a loud bang as the door slams off-screen. Dan is looking through some papers and turns his head when he hears it. Nathan struggles into the room.) DAN: Nathan, what’re you doing here? You’re not supposed to drive(!) NATHAN: My insurance got cancelled; it didn’t cover my accident. (Off Dan’s face.) NATHAN: So I called the hospital and I found out that you paid my bill; and then I called my landlord… and I found out you paid my rent, too. DAN: (Laughs it off.) Well of course I did; you’re my son, you needed my help. NATHAN: (Pissed) Help from you always comes with strings attached, dad! So what’re you looking for this time, huh? Gratitude?(!) Respect?(!) Love?(!) (Dan doesn’t say anything.) NATHAN: Forget it(!) DAN: (Advances) You think I paid your bills as a ploy to get you to love me? (Nathan glares at him.) DAN: I know I’ve ruined any chance for that; with you and you mother. (Nathan looks at him in disgust.) But don’t make my mistake; don’t push her away. (Nathan hold his anger in well.) NATHAN: You save it, alright, dad? (Tries to leave.) DAN: Listen to me! (Nathan looks at him.) DAN: It’s my fault you emancipated yourself, I know that. (Nathan doesn’t buy it but he doesn’t have a chance to interrogate him.) DAN: It’s my fault your mother’s in rehab! (Nathan adamantly refuses to look at him.) DAN: Somewhere along the line, I started hurting the people closest to me. (Pause) And I haven’t figured out how to stop. NATHAN: (Bluntly) You wanna stop being a dick, dad? Then just do it(!) DAN: …I want to. (Nathan waits for him to continue.) DAN: I figured if Lucas moved in, I’d be my best self. (Pauses and then turns away.) The funny thing is,… he’s a better man than I’ll ever be. (Pause) All these years I’ve been the bad guy for abandoning him. (Shakes his head.) Seems I actually did him and Karen a favour. (Nathan is two seconds away from sighing. Dan – practising for dramatics – puts his fingers to his eyes to stop the fake tears. Nathan watches him, completely thrown and shaking his head in disbelief.) (Nathan scoffs and laughs before clapping slowly. Dan looks at him.) NATHAN: Nice try, dad. (Pause) What else you got? DAN: This is how far we’ve come? (Pause) You don’t believe when I’m sincere. NATHAN: (Smirking) History’s on my side, dad. DAN: No matter what you think, I would do anything for you. That’s what family does for each other. Even if you wife doesn’t understand that. NATHAN: Leave Haley out of this(!) DAN: You almost died; she didn’t even come to the hospital! NATHAN: I told her not to! DAN: And you were right(!) Don’t you see? (Pause) This is a chance, a clean break for you and her to be the people you were meant to be. NATHAN: This conversation is over(!) (Makes to leave again.) DAN: (Adamantly) No, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! (Grabs hold of Nathan’s arm.) THIS IS YOUR FUTURE, IT STARTS RIGHT HERE! (Nathan blinks at him.) DAN: Hey, you wanna hate me, fine! I can live with that(!) But don’t you become me(!) NATHAN: That will never happen. DAN: (Convincingly serious.) Yes it will. (Nods) (Nathan can’t respond to that.) DAN: If you make the wrong choice… you’ll spend the rest of your life wishing you were a different man. (Nathan shakes his head and sighs; actually believing him.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM –DAY] (sht of the laptop screen. An email page is up; it’s to Keith from Karen. The only thing written in the message box is ‘Dear Keith,’.) (The cursor flashes and Karen sits there with a mug in her hands, staring at the screen. She’s at a loss on what to write. She sets the mug down after a few moments and begins typing.) KAREN: (v.o) Dear Keith, I don’t know if you’re looking at e-mail, but I need to say something. It’s hard for me not to march in and take charge when the people I love are hurting. (Pause) But I get it now:… that’s not what you need. If you have to go through this alone, I’ll respect that,… even if it’s not what I want. (sht of her typing the message onto the computer.) KAREN: (v.o) I won’t call or write again. Just know that I’m here for you. Now and always. Karen. (She looks at her finished product for a long time. sht of the screen again. She pauses before eventually clicking the mouse button and sending the e-mail. It sends and she just sits there.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – FLOOR – DAY] (The floor is a mess of confetti, empty packets and rubbish. A broom is dragged across the floor. Cut back to show that it’s actually Lucas, sweeping the floor. Brooke enters the club slowly.) BROOKE: (Uncertainly) Hey. (Lucas looks up at her.) LUCAS: (Grinning eventually.) Hey, thanks for coming. (Leans on the broom and pauses.) Uh, I got some extra garbage bags. BROOKE: You’re kidding, right? LUCAS: (bat) (Laughs) Yeah. (Brooke laughs too and they sit.) LUCAS: (Setting the broom aside.) Yep. We did really well for Nathan last night. (Brooke nods.) LUCAS: Particularly since you… snuck in your allowance cheque from your folks. BROOKE: Oh, don’t think of it as an allowance; think of it as… three skirts, four tops, two bags and… (Thinks) a lot of… really hot lingerie. LUCAS: I thought that’d be tough for you. BROOKE: Just seemed like it was time to spread the karmic well. LUCAS: (Nods) That’s gonna mean a lot to Nathan. (Brooke nods again.) LUCAS: I’m just sorry you had to give everything back. BROOKE: Well… not everything. (She puts her feet on the counter so that Lucas can see.) Do you think I’m terrible for keeping these really cute wedges? (Lucas laughs which causes Brooke to laugh too.) LUCAS: No(!) (He looks down and smiles.) LUCAS: Listen,… we’ve been so caught up with Peyton and Nathan that I, that I feel like I haven’t… (Brooke waits expectantly.) really checked in with you. (Pause) How’re you doing,… without Felix around? BROOKE: (Scoffing) Oh, fine(!) He was not the guy for me. (She gives him a significant look.) LUCAS: Well, I’m sure the guy is out there somewhere. BROOKE: Maybe. (She looks at him hard.) But I’m scared to open up my heart like that, again. LUCAS: Isn’t the alternative… even scarier? BROOKE: Sure, I get lonely sometimes. (Pause) That’s hard. But,… I guess that’s the price you pay for figuring out what you really want, right? (sht of them looking at each other.) CUT TO: [INT. THE TOUR – BACKSTAGE – DAY] (The backstage guy is there again. He’s talking on his phone to somebody.) BACKSTAGE GUY: Yeah. (Pause) No, that’s perfect. That’s great. (Haley walks on-screen and rushes to him.) BACKSTAGE GUY: We won’t let you down, take care. (He hangs up.) (He turns to her.) BACKSTAGE GUY: Great news: Gavin’s manager is excited about you as a solo act. (Haley is delighted and speechless.) BACKSTAGE GUY: We should record a demo. HALEY: (Uncomfortable) I’m sorry, um,… tonight’s my last show. (She picks up her guitar.) BACKSTAGE GUY: (After a bat.) No, no, Haley, no, no, you gotta think about this. HALEY: I have thought about this. (bat) I’m going home to my husband. BACKSTAGE GUY: What if you’re making a mistake? HALEY: Well,… (Shakes her head.) the mistake was leaving him in the first place. (She walks past him.) BACKSTAGE GUY: (Trying to stop her.) No, Haley. HALEY: (To turning back or stopping.) I’m sorry! BACKSTAGE GUY: (Hissing) Haley(!) (He sighs.) CUT TO: [EXT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT (EST) – EVENING] NATHAN: (v.o) Hey, mom. CUT TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is sitting on a stool as he talks to his mother on the phone.) NATHAN: (Pause as he listens to her.) Yeah, (Pause) yeah, it’s good to hear your voice, too. (There’s a lengthy pause as Nathan listens, saddened.) NATHAN: Mom, please don’t cry. Things are gonna be OK, alright? (He pauses and sighs.) No… I’m the one who’s sorry. (Pause) Listen, I shut you out… I was so sure that I was right… only you couldn’t see it or (Struggles) you didn’t care to see it. (He listens some more and then scoffs lightly.) NATHAN: I was wrong to do that. I understand, now, that you had dreams too and things weren’t easy for you. (Sighs heavily.) I know how I didn’t make them easy. (His frown deepens as he continues to listen.) NATHAN: (Sadly) I love you, mom, for pulling it together. (Pause) I just wanted to tell you that… things are gonna be different when you get home. (He nods.) NATHAN: …I promise. (Pause) I’m gonna make sure you get the life you want. (He continues to listen as a lot of cheering sounds off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. THE TOUR – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Haley stands in front of the spotlight and jumps lightly as she says good bye to the crowd.) HALEY: (Into the microphone.) Thank you, goodnight(!) (Haley walks off-stage, grinning and hands the mic to somebody, slapping hands with him. The curtains close behind her.) HALEY: Thank you(!) (Laughs) See ya later. (She rushed past and a woman walks past her.) WOMAN: Hey, Haley? (Haley turns to her.) WOMAN: There’s a tall, dark, hottie waiting in the Green Room. Say’s he’s your biggest fan. (Haley smiles delightedly.) HALEY: Thank you(!) (She smiles thankfully and walks out into the Green Room. She grins, hoping to see Nathan but stops short when she sees her father-in-law. Her smile freezes in place.) DAN: (Not looking at her.) Caught the show. (Pauses before turning to her.) Who knew you actually had talent? HALEY: (bat before she sighs.) What’re you doing here, Mr. Scott? DAN: I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. (Pause) And since you’re clearly gonna be a big star… (He reaches down and retrieves the annulment papers.) I want your autograph. (Haley reads the heading.) HALEY: (Reads disbelievingly.) Petition for annulment?(!) (She snatches the papers.) DAN: It’ll be like the marriage never happened. HALEY: (Looks at him, a mixture of pain and anger in her eyes.) My marriage is none of your business(!) And when Nathan finds out that you went behind his back to get this- (Dan helps Haley flips the page to the second one. She looks at it and sees Nathan’s signature.) DAN: I’m not hiding anything from him. (Haley looks at it, gob smacked, before gaping at him.) DAN: It’s over, Haley. (Haley doesn’t move a muscle.) DAN: Why else would Nathan have asked me to come? (Haley has tears in her eyes as she considers the truth and implications of the annulment. She doesn’t say anything as she looks back down at it.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] (Nathan is in his room, putting things into a box. His front door opens and Lucas enters of his own regard.) LUCAS: (Calling out.) Hey(!) (Nathan carries on moving around without missing a bat.) LUCAS: Good news: Brooke came through with the phone, the rent, you name it! (Pause) And Andy says as soon as finds out where Dan’s stashing the skimmed money, we can nail him. (Lucas enters the bedroom and stops as he looks around.) LUCAS: (Confused) What’re you doing? NATHAN: (Sighs) I’m moving back home. (The whole room is in various degrees of disorder. Everything is being moved into boxes and bags.) LUCAS: And what is that, Dan’s bright idea? NATHAN: He’s right. Haley and I have been kidding ourselves this whole time. I’ve tried so hard to convince myself of otherwise but… I can’t pretend anymore. (Looks at Lucas.) LUCAS: Nah, this isn’t you talking. NATHAN: It is, Luke. I don’t wanna end up some bitter man who punishes Haley for what I could have been. (Lucas looks at him hard.) NATHAN: She deserves better than that(!) (Pause) So do I. LUCAS: No, you love Haley, Nathan! NATHAN: It’s not enough! (Pause) Alright? Listen, I thought this marriage was gonna make both of our lives better… but all it ended up doing was getting in the way of our dreams and… Lucas, it’s time for me to focus, now; on basketball and my mom’s recovery. (Nathan can barely look at Lucas as he preaches it.) NATHAN: (Unconvincingly) It’ll be better this way. LUCAS: (Shaking his head, upset.) Just don’t do this, man. Don’t let him win. I’ll do anything I can to help you. NATHAN: Then stop going after Dan. (Off Lucas’ face.) NATHAN: Lucas, I know the man’s no saint… (Sighs) but I think my mom’s ready to give him… ready to give our family another try. (Lucas smirks, more at Dan’s power over everything than at anything else.) LUCAS: Nathan, you’re not that naïve, you know Dan’ll never change. NATHAN: You may be right, but… I owe it to my mom to give this a try. So can I count on you to back off? (Lucas doesn’t answer. He considers how close he is to destroying Dan and also about how much his brother means to him. After a lengthy pause, he replies.) LUCAS: (Almost whispering.) …Yeah. (Nathan nods his gratitude.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke is talking on the phone while looking out of the window.) BROOKE: And since all that cool new stuff went back to its home,… my closet’s looking pretty bleak so I’m gonna shove all Lucas’ junk back in- (Cut to a framed picture of Lucas and Jake, taken when Jake had a lot longer hair. Brooke picks it up.) BROOKE: -and then head to a movie. (Pause) Hey, Peyton, was it worth it? (Another pause.) Giving your heart to Jake? CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – COUNTER – DAY] (Peyton’s sitting in front of her laptop while on the phone.) PEYTON: (Smiles and considers before nodding.) Absolutely. BROOKE: (Through the phone.) Even with the way things turned out? CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] BROOKE: He’s in jail and you’re alone and hurting. PEYTON: (Through the phone.) But- CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – COUNTER – DAY] PEYTON: -I’ve also been happier than I thought possible. So,… I don’t know, I mean, being in love; that’s how you know you’re alive, right? CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] BROOKE: (Looks down at the box.) Maybe. I’m starting to wonder how much one heart can take. CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – COUNTER – DAY] PEYTON: Well, there’s only one way to find out, so just… (Nods) call Lucas. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] PEYTON: (Through the phone, laughing.) It’s just a movie. Plus, wouldn’t you rather- CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – COUNTER – DAY] PEYTON: -take a chance than always wonder what could have been? CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (She smiles and looks down at the picture again, lightly touching Lucas’ image.) BROOKE: (Smiles) I’ll call you later, OK? CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – COUNTER – DAY] PEYTON: (Whispers) OK. (She hangs up the phone and looks back at the laptop.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke sets the picture down and sighs as she turns to her phone, trying to garner some strength.) CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK - CAFÉ – DAY] (A phone rings and Lucas walks out of a café, holding a cup of coffee. He reaches down and grabs his phone. He smiles as he sees who it is.) LUCAS: (Flips the phone and listens.) Hey, Brooke? CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] BROOKE: (Trying to act cool.) Hey, back atcha(!) You busy? LUCAS: (Through the phone.) Nah, I’m- CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] (Puts sugar into the cup.) LUCAS: -just grabbing some coffee. What’s up? CUT TO; [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] BROOKE: (Grinning) We’ve been doing really well with this whole friends thing, right? CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] LUCAS: (Amused) Yeah, we have. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] BROOKE: (Happy) Yeah, I think so, too. (Pause) So, I wanted to ask you something. (She backs away and the box of Lucas’ belongings falls to the floor.) CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] (Lucas hears the crash through the phone and raises an eyebrow.) BROOKE: (Through the phone.) Um,… CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (She reaches for the things that have fallen.) BROOKE: Ah, hold on. (She sits on the floor and her smile dies. There’s a shoebox full of his personal belongings and Brooke takes them out. She shuffles through them: a picture of Lucas and Peyton, a card with Lucas’ name on the front that Peyton obviously did. It says: ‘Hola Lucas, Tengo en cama. Sorry, I’ve been doing Spanish homework for a while now and I think I’m starting to go slightly insane. So I took a break to color you a card, which turned out to look like a Christmas/military card. Well, back to h/w’.) (She flips past that, to a letter Peyton wrote to him.) CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] LUCAS: Hey, Brooke, you still there? CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] BROOKE: Yeah. (She shuffles past a CD that Peyton made him.) LUCAS: (Laughs) OK. CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] LUCAS: What’d you wanna ask me? CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (She sorts through another picture of Lucas and Peyton.) (The last thing she looks at is the picture Peyton drew. It’s of Lucas and Peyton. A speech bubble hangs over Lucas’ head and written in it is: ‘I’ve wanted this for so long’. The slogan reads: ‘And now we can have it’. It’s the picture that Peyton drew after Dan’s annual Basketball appreciation party.) (Brooke is completely depressed as all the feelings of pain, inadequacy and betrayal from earlier in the year return with surprising force.) BROOKE: Let’s not screw this up, now, OK? CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] LUCAS: (Confused) …OK. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] BROOKE: (Throws the pictures back into the box, on the verge of a breakdown.) Bye, Lucas. (She struggles to get the words out.) (She cuts the connection.) CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] (Lucas looks at the phone, confused; sure that he’s missed something.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke puts a hand to her mouth as she cries. She exhales harshly.) FADE TO: [EXT. RIVERWALK – CAFÉ – DAY] (Lucas, still confused, turns and comes face to face with Andy.) ANDY: You OK? LUCAS: Yeah, I think so. (Pause) Uh, why’d you wanna meet? (Indicates the barrier.) (They walk to the barrier.) ANDY: Well, I’ve found out where at least ninety-five thousand of Dan’s skimmed money’s going. (He’s holding a folder.) LUCAS: That’s great, where? ANDY: (Pulls out something from an envelope.) Seems he’s been making a lot of, uh, small cash deposits… into a college fund. (Shows him the paper.) for you(!) (Lucas squints and reads the letter. Sure enough, it is for a college fund in his name. It has a sum of $95,000.00 already in it.) LUCAS: I don’t get it. Why would he do that? ANDY: He could be using the fund to hide the cash before he moves it elsewhere. Or,… in some screwed-up way, maybe Dan really does care for ya. (Lucas lowers the paper and looks out ahead, shaking his head.) ANDY: Look, Lucas, nobody knows about this, yet. If you want, I can just destroy the papers and call it a day. LUCAS: (Squinting) You wanna quit going after him? ANDY: (Shrugs) That’s your decision. (Pause) I don’t know what I’m gonna turn up and I really don’t care. Dan’s nothing to me. LUCAS: (Shakes his head.) Somebody’s gotta end it. He hurts everybody he touches. ANDY: But he is your father. (Pause) So, you tell me: do I keep digging? (Lucas is struggling with his morals. Does he let Andy continue and go against Nathan’s express wishes or does he bury the guy who has caused his family so much pain. He thinks hard before coming to a decision.) LUCAS: …Yes. (Andy nods and Lucas goes all-out.) LUCAS: Don’t stop until you have everything. (Nods and taps Lucas with the paper.) ANDY: OK. (Andy walks away. Lucas looks behind and sighs.) CUT TO: [INT. THE TOUR – BACKSTAGE – EVENING] (The petition for annulment is on a keyboard. Haley sits at it, depressed and playing slowly. The backstage guy comes up behind her.) BACKSTAGE GUY: I thought you were going to see your husband. (Haley wipes her nose, tear streaks on her face.) HALEY: What husband? (He walks past her and away. Haley looks on mournfully. She wipes more tears away and continues playing.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (The laptop makes a noise and Karen rushes to it, another cup in her hand. She sits on the chair and sees one e-mail; from Keith. She clicks to open it. His reply is three simple words: ‘Thank you. Keith’.) (Karen looks at it, content for the moment.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Nathan walks into the kitchen, slowly, one bag in his hand. Lucas is sitting at the counter.) LUCAS: Sure this is what you want? (The door opens, Dan enters and Nathan drops his bag.) NATHAN: Yeah. (Dan is holding a box of Nathan’s belongings.) DAN: It’s gonna be great having you both here. (Smiles) You’ll see. (Drops a bag.) (Lucas gets that Dan, Deb and Nathan can’t be a ‘family’ if he’s there so he stands.) LUCAS: Uh,… actually, uh,… (Nods) I’m moving home. DAN: (Disbelieving) What?(!) (Nathan glances at Dan.) DAN: Why? There’s plenty of room for all of us. (Lucas looks at Nathan. Nathan nods.) LUCAS: It’s just done(!) (Picks up his bag.) (Nathan nods once and Lucas walks out of the house; Dan staring after him. Dan looks back at Nathan.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Brooke is laying out cutlery on the dining table and Karen brings in some candle sticks. Brooke isn’t smiling. Karen smiles and walks to her.) KAREN: Thank you. BROOKE: (Does smile this time.) Any time. (They smile at each other and Karen walks to the cooker. The back door opens and Lucas enters. Karen makes a sudden detour and hugs him.) LUCAS: I’m home(!) KAREN: (Delighted) Oh, I’m so glad(!) (Cut to Brooke who’s keeping her emotions at bay.) LUCAS: (Groans) Me too, mom. (Karen lets go and they look at each other for a bat.) LUCAS: (Looking at Brooke.) Hey, Brooke. (Brooke looks up at him, emotions held fast.) BROOKE: (Smiles slightly tightly.) Hey. (Lucas slings his bag over his shoulder again and walks to her, helping out with the placement of the plates. Brooke barely looks at him. The tension is obvious.) (Karen looks back every few seconds whilst mixing the salad.) KAREN: (Clears her throat and brings the salad over.) Well, now that we are all here together, we need to set some new ground rules. I know that the two of you had a history. BROOKE: (Almost icily.) Oh, don’t worry, Karen, we’re just friends. (Shrugs) Nothing more. (She smiles tightly and walks past Lucas, to her bedroom. Lucas looks at his mother; she’s quite aware that that’s not the case for her son. She looks away, Lucas looks at her and Karen looks back.) (Lucas picks up his bag and walks to the living room where he deposits it on the couch.) (There’s a close-up of Lucas’ face as the pain shows clearly. His eyes are unusually bright and he’s breathing hard.) (The camera pans slightly and focuses on Brooke who is back in the kitchen, giving her attention to the salad. She looks back at him but he has his back to her.) (The camera focuses back on Lucas; his eyes closed as he lets her words sink in. He opens them slowly.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x21 - What Could Have Been"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [EXT. MOTEL – NIKKI’S ROOM – DAY] (Jake is standing outside Nikki’s room.) NIKKI: I have a right to my daughter. JAKE: You’re not getting her. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke looks through Lucas’ belongings; he still has pictures and sketches that Peyton made for him when they were cheating on Brooke.) (Brooke puts a hand to her mouth and cries.) CUT TO: [INT. THE TOUR – GREEN ROOM –EVENING] (Close-up of Dan holding up the annulment papers for Haley to see.) HALEY: (Dumbfounded) Petition for annulment? (Takes the papers.) DAN: (Silently pleased.) It’ll be like the marriage never happened. (Haley flips the paper and sees Nathan’s signature.) HALEY: There’s… no way that he signed this(!) DAN: (Coldly) It’s over, Haley. (Haley gapes at him.) CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE STATION – INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY] (Jake is sitting in a chair. A lot of cops are in the room.) COP: Jake Jagielski. (Jake stands, determined.) COP: You have the right to remain silent. (The cop behind him puts cuffs on his wrists.) FADE TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE STATION – VISITOR’S ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is talking to Jake through the phone.) PEYTON: (Painfully) I love you. JAKE: I love you, too. CUT TO: [EXT. MARSH RESIDENCE – FRONT PORCH – EVENING] (Mouth stands with Erica on the front porch. He’s grinning as Erica says that she was pretending that their time together was a date.) MOUTH: Did we have fun? ERICA: You tell me. (She kisses him.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Lucas finds the bag of money stashed away in the ceiling of Dan’s office. He examines it.) DAN: (v.o) It’s OK, Deb,… CUT TO: [EXT. BRIARWOOD RECOVERY CENTER – FRONT ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Dan speaks to Deb, just as she’s about to enter the clinic.) DAN: -I’ll be here when you get out. (Deb looks at him for a bat before entering the clinic and leaving him behind. The camera pans to the sign.) FADE TO: [EXT. COOPER LEE ENTERPRISES, INC. – RACE TRACK – DAY] (Nathan’s car races down the track, scraping against the wall. He shakes in his seat. The car squeals loudly before hitting the wall repeatedly.) FADE TO: [INT. AIRPORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (Haley is on the phone to a recently conscious Nathan.) HALEY: I’m coming home tomorrow, OK? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan looks desolate; he’s in the dark room with a frown in place and a tube going into his nose.) NATHAN: Don’t come home, Haley. CUT TO: [INT. AIRORT – DEPARTURES – EVENING] (Haley listens, upset.) HALEY: Nathan(!) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – NATHAN’S ROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: Coz I don’t want you to. FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – ROOFTOP – EVENING] (Lucas is leaning on a broom, looking at nothing in particular. Haley smiles and flips the light switch. The rooftop lights up with a lot of multicoloured light bulbs. Lucas starts and looks around at the illuminated roof. Haley walks forward, nodding. She stops in front of him. This scene is from the first ever episode in season one.) LUCAS: (v.o) And Hansel said to Gretel,… (Lucas studies Haley.) LUCAS: (v.o) let us drop these breadcrumbs… (Lucas is still smiling but as the camera zooms out, the light bulbs are gone and Lucas is alone.) LUCAS: (v.o) so that together we find our way home. (The camera continues to zoom out and Lucas looks around.) LUCAS: (v.o) Because losing our way would be the most cruel of things. (His hands are in his pockets.) LUCAS: (v.o) This year… I lost my way. FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE – EVENING] (Nathan stands on the court, alone, bouncing the ball. Close-up of his face. The scene is in slow motion.) NATHAN: (v.o) And losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. (He runs forward, bouncing the ball.) NATHAN: But, losing your reason for the journey… (Nathan jumps and fades out before he can ht the sht.) NATHAN: (v.o) is a fate more cruel. FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (sht of Peyton’s sketch of the traffic lights with the title ‘PEOPLE ALWAYS LEAVE’ scrawled above.) PEYTON: (v.o) The journey lasted eight months. (The camera pans to her sketch of Rick offering her drugs in order to ‘become’ somebody. The title across this one is ‘Here’s your chance kid. Whaddaya say?’) PEYTON: (v.o) Sometimes I travelled alone,… (Cut to Peyton, examining her sketches.) PEYTON: (v.o) Sometimes, there were others- (sht of the sketch of Jake and Jenny at the dock; about to board the boat which will take them to Savannah.) PEYTON: (v.o) -who took the wheel… (sht pans down to a sketch of Brooke, Lucas and Peyton; all aiming rfles at Peyton’s red, flaming, heart.) PEYTON: (v.o) and took my heart. (Cut to Peyton as she looks up in slight shock. Her wall begins to drip black paint.) PEYTON: (v.o) But when the destination was reached… it wasn’t me who arrived… (Close-up of one of her sketches as it is covered by the paint.) PEYTON: (v.o) it wasn’t me at all. FADE TO: [INT. HOUSE – PARTY – EVENING] (Brooke is at one of her many parties, completely drunk. She falls over, laughing. Somebody reaches down and helps her up. She grins stupidly as she is dragged away.) BROOKE: (v.o) And once you lose yourself, you have two choices: BROOKE: (Waves at someone off-screen.) Bye(!) (Brooke is put into a car. The camera cuts to the person who put her inside; it’s Brooke; present day Brooke.) BROOKE: (v.o) find the person you used to be,… (Brooke looks at herself for a while; examining her past. The camera pans up to the sign on top of the car. It’s her ‘DW not I’ Safe Rides programme car.) BROOKE: (v.o) or lose that person completely. FADE TO: [EXT. TRIC – STAIRS – EVENING] (People enter the club.) MOUTH: (v.o) Because, sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you’ve been. (The camera zooms up to the entrance.) MOUTH: (v.o) And remember the person you were meant to be. The person you wanted to be. CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – FLOOR – EVENING] (There’s a big crowd chanting.) CROWD: Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, MOUTH: (v.o) The person you are. CROWD: Jimmy… BROOKE: (Talking to herself, nervously as she practises what to say.) Tree Hill student council is pleased to welcome- (Inhales.) No. As president of the student council, I promised you guys a good time… (Pauses as she frowns, annoyed.) I’m Brooke Davis and I’m an idiot, but, please welcome- WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGHT SCHOOL – LOCKERS – DAY] (Brooke and Peyton are standing beside Peyton’s locker. Brooke is ecstatic.) BROOKE: Jimmy Eat World, that’s a great idea(!) PEYTON: Brooke, it’ll probably never happen. BROOKE: (Undeterred) Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer, you got The Wreakers and Pelthead to come and play; you can totally land Jimmy Eat World and when you do, I promise I won’t break up with you to run off and join their tour. (Smiles) (Peyton’s face drops and she looks into her locker sadly.) BROOKE: (Understanding) That’s it, isn’t it? (Peyton looks at her.) That’s why your heart’s not totally in to finding a great band for the end of the school year. Haley and Nathan. (Peyton stares for a bat longer.) PEYTON: (Nods) Yeah. That, and- WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE STATION – VISITOR’S ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton’s at the jail again.) PEYTON: Jake. JAKE: (Looks at her amusedly.) You’ve been calling my attorneys a lot. PEYTON: (Abashed) I thought I could help. JAKE: Well, you just pissed them off. (He looks at her. Peyton looks down, tears in her eyes again.) TEACHER: (v.o) There are two tragedy’s in life:- WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – ENGLISH – DAY] (The teacher stands in front of the class.) TEACHER: one is to lose your heart’s desire. (Pause) The other is to gain it. (Everyone is sitting in the classroom, with the exception of Nathan and Haley.) TEACHER: Now the little that Shaw realised at the time that his words would be the basis of your final. (Lucas looks at him.) I’d like you to write an essay on the meaning of Shaw’s quote. It’s due on Monday… and then your school year will be over. (Lucas looks over at Haley’s empty seat. Brooke looks too and smiles tightly before reaching out to him. He turns to look at her.) BROOKE: I guess Haley’s not coming back after all, huh? (Lucas looks at her sadly. The person he started the year out with is the only person who’s not there.) (He looks back down at his paper.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE – DAY] (Nathan is off his crutches and trying his best to train up enough so that he can go back out and play basketball like he used to. A door bangs. Nathan runs, catches the ball and throws it.) (Lucas walks into the sht.) LUCAS: (Nathan looks at him.) Game to eleven? I’ll give you ten and the ball. (Nathan looks at him for a bat before throwing the ball into the basket again.) NATHAN: Game. LUCAS: See? (Points to the basket.) You’ll be back in no time. NATHAN: sh*ting weak-ass jump shts: that’s your game. (Lucas tilts his head at him.) NATHAN: (Sighs heavily.) I can hardly jump, man. LUCAS: Look, I know you don’t wanna hear this, but if you blow off this English final, you’re not gonna even be eligible to sh*t the… ‘weak-ass jump shts’. (Nathan doesn’t need to say anything for Lucas to understand.) LUCAS: It’s about loss. I can help you if you want. NATHAN: (Nods) You don’t think I can write about loss? (Throws the ball at Lucas.) (Lucas catches it, completely aware that he’s just put his foot in it. Nathan walks out of the building.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – BENCHES – DAY] (Mouth is sitting at the benches, alone, picking at the wood. He seems depressed.) ERICA: (o.s) Hey sexy(!) (She sits down beside him as he looks up at her. He sighs.) ERICA: (Takes his arm.) What’s wrong(!) MOUTH: I’m dad(!) (Nods) I tnk my calculus final. ERICA: Are you sure? Maybe you did OK. MOUTH: Erica, we hung out all week and I was totally unprepared. And you can’t exactly bluff your way through math, you know? (Erica doesn’t know how to respond.) MOUTH: God, my parents are gonna kll me(!) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – SEATING – DAY] (Brooke is sitting at a different table and bench, writing. Lucas approaches, smiling.) LUCAS: (Taking a seat.) Hey(!) BROOKE: (Looks up.) Hey. LUCAS: (Grinning) You wanna go on a road trip this weekend? BROOKE: (Amused) OK, where? LUCAS: New York, to see Haley. BROOKE: Alright, odd I know, coming from me, but we do have finals. (Taps her work.) The essay. LUCAS: I’ll bring my laptop(!) Whoever sits gn can do the typing; whaddaya say, huh? BROOKE: (Considers) And why Haley? Why now? LUCAS: Because we started the year together… (Shakes his head.) and I can’t end it without seeing her. (Brooke nods and looks around. Peyton walks past and waves.) BROOKE: (Turning back.) OK. I’ll go, we can talk. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Andy stands in front of the camera.) ANDY: We need to talk. (Sighs) KAREN: What’s wrong? ANDY: Well, I don’t want you to be alarmed, but, uh, my mother took a spill in New Zealand. (Karen looks sincerely saddened by the news.) KAREN: That’s terrible. ANDY: (Pause) She’s asked me to come home. KAREN: Well, you have to. ANDY: (Pauses as he looks away.) And I don’t know how long for, coz there’s a bit more to it. (Karen waits for the bad news. Andy sits down and sighs.) ANDY: I may have a problem coming back into the States; I’m not a citizen and, uh, well, (Pause) Dan’s trying to get me deported. (Karen looks at him and Andy looks at her seriously.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (Karen storms into the building and straight into Dan’s office.) KAREN: DEPORTED!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? WHY CAN’T YOU SIMPLY STAY OUT OF MY LIFE?! DAN: (Calmly) Why can’t you? KAREN: Oh, please, I’ve been ignoring you for the last seventeen years! DAN: Have you? (Smirks and stands.) Coz you’ve been coming around quite a bit, Karen. I mean, with all your anger and outrage. (Looks at her sleazily.) Some would call it… passion. KAREN: (Strictly calm.) Don’t flatter yourself. Just back off Andy and Lucas. And leave my world alone(!) (She turns to leave but he pulls her back. He grabs her head and kisses her forcefully. Karen struggles and finally manages to break free.) DAN: Isn’t that what this is really about? KAREN: (Disgusted as she shoves him away.) GOD! (Dan laughs evilly. Karen wipes her mouth and stomps out of the office. Dan adjusts his tie. Karen stops and considers what he just did. She rushes forward, grabs a steel chair and spins around, throwing it forcefully through his glass office window. Dan cowers away, trying to fend off the glass. He looks up at her.) KAREN: (Coldly) Next time,… that’ll be your face(!) (She crushes the glass as she leaves. Dan watches her, amused again.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Brooke is on the stage, standing in front of the mic.) BROOKE: You guys ready for the summer?(!) (The crowd cheers an affirmation. Brooke claps.) BROOKE: Yeah, me too. But, first, let’s give it up for the girl who made this happen tonight; my bestest friend: Peyton Sawyer. (Claps again.) (The crowd cheers.) CROWD: (Chanting) Peyton, Peyton, Peyton… CUT TO: [EXT. TRIC – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Peyton is looking out over the balcony and crying. The crowd continues to chant in the background.) WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE STATION – VISITOR’S ROOM – EVENING] PEYTON: Jake… JAKE: You’ve been calling my attorneys a lot. PEYTON: I thought I could help. JAKE: Well, you just pissed them off… (Peyton looks down, saddened.) JAKE: at first. (Peyton looks back up, smiling.) JAKE: Then, you clearly weren’t going away, so they went over Nikki’s testimony line by line. (Nods) And they found something. (Peyton’s eyes widen.) JAKE: (Smiling) She lied, Peyton. (Peyton laughs, relieved.) JAKE: She said that she’d been away at college but she wasn’t. She hadn’t been there in months. PEYTON: (Unwilling to hope.) Well does, does that even matter, you know? Is that enough? JAKE: Well, yeah, any lie is a lie under oath. (Pause) Once my attorneys get a hold of her transcripts, the judge is gonna lift the court order; I’ll have sole custody of Jenny for a new hearing. (Peyton and Jake smile.) JAKE: And a chance to testify against all her other lies. PEYTON: That’s… that’s so great, Jake. (Jake grins.) PEYTON: When d’ya get out? JAKE: A day or so, probably. (Pause) And I’m gonna come find you as soon as I do. (Peyton still looks really sad.) JAKE: You did this, Peyton. (She about to cry.) You’ve given me hope; and I love you so much for it(!) (Peyton looks down, laughing through almost crying.) JAKE: Hey, hey, come on, don’t cry. PEYTON: Haven’t you ever cried when your happy? (Jake laughs.) WHITE FLASH TO: [EXT. TRIC – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Peyton stands against the wall, crying. She doesn’t move even though she can hear her name being chanted over and over. She looks - for the most part - lost.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – DAY] (Whitey is looking at some papers.) WHITEY: (Without looking up.) Come in, Nathan. (Cut to Nathan who’s standing at the doorway.) NATHAN: (Entering) How’d you know it was me? WHITEY: I can smell the confusion. (Whitey looks at him as he takes a seat.) WHITEY: (Takes his glasses off.) That was a joke by the way(!) (Whitey gets no response and sighs in defeat.) WHITEY: Nobody ever laughs at my jokes. NATHAN: That’s coz they’re not funny, Coach. (Whitey frowns at him.) WHITEY: Little bird told me you were moving back home. NATHAN: That little bird’s name Lucas? (Whitey gets up slowly.) WHITEY: He cares about you. (Pause) So do I. (He sits on the desk next to Nathan.) WHITEY: You’ve come quite a distance this year. I think moving out of that house has been good for you. NATHAN: Coach(!) Look at me(!) (Laughs at himself.) I’m a mess. WHITEY: (Laughs) Nah, you’re just a little bit broken. (Pause) But it’s nothing that a… summer at High Flyers couldn’t fix. NATHAN: Could’ve fixed. WHITEY: Still can. Dan Scott’s not the only one with pull in this town. The only thing that held you back as a player last season was heart… and I’ve watched that change over the past year. (He pauses as he says sincerely.) WHITEY: And I’ve been so proud of you(!) (Nathan looks down, heartened.) WHITEY: That camp has world class trainers. They can mend the physical part. I have a hunch, once that happens, (Pause) the game will heal your heart. NATHAN: I dreamt about it; in the hospital… about going to that camp. (Pause) I don’t know. My mom’s coming home soon. Gotta think about it. (Whitey stands up and leans towards him.) WHITEY: Promise me you’ll do that. (Whitey pats him on the shoulder and walks back around his desk. Nathan nods and reaches for his bag.) (Nathan stands and walks out of the office slowly. It’s as fast as he can go.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – BACK YARD – DAY] (Dan takes the steaks off the grill and turns to Nathan who’s sitting on a bench.) DAN: How great is this? Dinner together, steaks on the grill. (Drops a steak onto Nathan’s plate.) You not punching me(!) (Nathan grins. Dan sits down.) NATHAN: So I got some good news today. DAN: What’s that? NATHAN: Whitey thinks he can get me back into High Flyers. (Smiles) (Dan’s good mood dies a bloody death. He just stares at Nathan.) DAN: Well, as much as I love hearing you talk about basketball again, I really don’t think camp’s a smart play for you right now. NATHAN: Dad, its High Flyers. DAN: Exactly my point. You’re injured Nathan. You don’t want the scouts to see you like that. Plus, there’s your mother to consider. (Nathan doesn’t know what he means.) DAN: Listen, I don’t like to burden you with these things but you’re a man so I’m gonna be honest with you. (Pause) Your mother’s pill addiction started when you moved out. (Nathan’s hurt by the implications of the revelation.) DAN: Now, in no way does that mean you’re to blame, coz you’re not. But,… she’s gonna be vulnerable when she comes home. (Nods) And she’s gonna need you more than ever. (Nathan considers.) (A lot of cheering sounds off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Brooke steps up to the mic.) BROOKE: (Grinning) OK, guys, as student council president, I have one final duty before the summer begins and this is it(!) Tree Hill High, school is out and it is time to party! Please welcome Jimmy Eat World! (The crowd cheers, Brooke claps and the lights dim. Jimmy Eat World take to the stage. The crowd goes crazy as Jimmy Eat Word start with ‘Work’.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: #If you only once would let me, Only just one time, Then be happy with the consequence, With whatever's gonna happen tonight. Don't think we're not serious, When's it ever not, The love we make is klling its take, A game to play along. (The crowd sings along to the chorus) JIMMY EAT WORLD: All I can say, I should of said, Can we take a ride? Get out of this place, While we still have time.# FADE TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – LUCAS’ CAR – DAY] (The car drives along the road.) CUT TO: [INT. LUCAS’ CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] (Cut to the inside of the car. Lucas is driving and Brooke is in the passenger seat. ‘Work’ is playing on the stereo.) BROOKE: So, it’s kinda weird; (Lucas inclines his head to her.) us… living under the same roof. LUCAS: (Smiling) Isn’t that weird. BROOKE: Yes it is. (Pause) I mean, who would have thought this could have happened back when… (Her smile falls.) we were together? (Lucas nods in agreement and laughs slightly. Brooke’s waiting for a conversation starter but she’s getting nothing from Lucas.) BROOKE: (Evasively) You been talking to Peyton much? LUCAS: Little bit. (Brooke looks at him.) I wish I was in her life more, you know? BROOKE: Guess I know what loss you’ll be writing about for your essay. (Smirks and looks away.) LUCAS: I lost myself this year, Brooke. And what I did, I lost the people I truly care about. (Pause) Oh, by the way, um,… when we get to New York,… I hope you’ll understand if we spend most of our time with Haley. It’s just… important that I focus on her today. You know? BROOKE: (Smiles tightly and nods.) Of course. (Pause) Everything else can wait. (They smile at each other. Brooke turns away and her smile fades.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Jimmy Eat World continue to sing ‘Work’.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: #Get out of this place, While we still have time, Yeah - We still have time.# (The instrumental plays.) FADE TO: [INT. NEW YORK – THE TOUR – DAY] (Brooke and Lucas walk up to the doors and open them. The camera focuses on the door explaining what the tour is. It’s sold out.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE –EVENING] (The instrumental ends.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: #Can't say I was never wrong, But some blame rests on you. FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – BASKETBALL HOOP – DAY] (The song continues to play in the background.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (o.s) Work and play but never okay, (sht of Nathan as he looks at the hoop, considering High Flyers and his mom.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (o.s) To mix the way we do. FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] JIMMY EAT WORLD: All I can say, I should of said, Can we take a ride?-# FADE TO: [INT. THE TOUR – BACKSTAGE – DAY] (Jimmy Eat Word continue to play in the background as Lucas and Brooke open the door and enter the dressing area. Haley is on the couch, Chris on top of her while he tickles her.) (Lucas is pissed at the scene and to some degree, so is Brooke.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] JIMMY EAT WORLD: #oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh, oh# (The song ends.) FADE TO: [INT. THE TOUR – BACKSTAGE – DAY] (Chris continues to tickle Haley who laughs like a maniac. Suddenly she spots Lucas and Brooke. Brooke smiles politely, refraining from saying anything rude. Lucas glares at his best friend.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. THE TOUR – DRESSING ROOM – DAY] (Lucas has his arms crossed, looking at his best friend who is supposed to be his brother’s wife. Brooke is keeping out of it as it’s not her place to say anything.) (Haley looks back at Chris for a bat before turning back and shoving Chris off.) HALEY: (Smiling as she gets up.) Lucas! (Laughs) Oh my gosh(!) (Hugs him.) Hi. (Lucas hugs her.) CHRIS: Oh, well, it’s about time the tribal leaders came to collect their squaw. HALEY: (Looking at him.) Oh, shut up, Chris. LUCAS: (Glaring) Yeah, (Crosses his arms.) shut up, Chris. CHRIS: Alright, I’m going. (Stands and walks to Brooke.) Oh,… I see you couldn’t stay away from me. (Brooke looks on in disgust as Haley shoves him.) HALEY: Out(!) (Haley laughs as Brooke’s look deepens.) HALEY: I’m sorry. (Hugs Brooke for good measure.) Oh, it’s good to see you too, Brooke. (Haley looks at Lucas while pointing at Brooke’s back in confusion.) BROOKE: Yeah, you too, fugitive girl. (Brooke laughs and so does Haley.) HALEY: Well, so what’re you guys doing here? LUCAS: We bought your English assignment. HALEY: My- (Shocked) Oh my gosh, finals! (Puts her hands to her face.) Oh, god, that just feels like a totally different life. (There’s a knock on the door. It’s the backstage guy.) BACKSTAGE GUY: Let’s go, diva(!) (He moves into the doorway and sees Lucas and Brooke.) HALEY: Hey, Joey D, this is, um, my friend Lucas and my friend Brooke. (Brooke holds up a hand in greeting.) JOEY D: What’s up, guys? Ah, sorry I gotta drag her away but we’ve got three meetings and a satellite radio interview. You ready? HALEY: Um,… (Coughs falsely.) I’m just feeling a little… (Walks past Brooke and Lucas to him. Coughs again.) flu…ish. JOEY D: (Grinning) Haley(!) HALEY: Yeah, I- (Brooke coughs too. Lucas looks at her.) BROOKE: It’s totally going around. (Grins) (Haley shrugs at him.) HALEY: Cover for me? JOEY D: Um- HALEY: (Walks to Lucas and Brooke and grabs them.) Really, because I’m just, I’m sick as a dog here. (Coughs again as she pulls them out of the doorway.) JOEY D: No, no, wait Haley, no, no, wait… guys? (They exit.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Karen sits on the couch.) KAREN: I’m gonna be sick(!) (Puts a hand to her head.) ANDY: It’ll be OK. Dan can’t actually affect me legally. KAREN: Yeah, but if you leave the country, then- ANDY: (Sits beside her.) Yes, it could create a bit of red tape that would hold up my return to the states. (Sighs and looks down.) KAREN: (Sadly) I’m gonna miss you. (Pause) ANDY: Unless you come with me. (Pause) Bring Lucas. (Smiles) Take the summer… few years beyond that. (Karen smiles.) KAREN: Oh, Andy, I would love to. Honestly, there is nothing I would want more… (Her smile fades.) but… (Sighs) with Deb’s troubles and the businesses and- ANDY: (Getting it.) Keith. (Karen doesn’t answer but Andy knows it’s true.) CUT TO: [INT. HOTEL – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Haley opens the door and they walk in.) HALEY: (Smiling) Come on it(!) What do you think? (Brooke smiles and nods appreciatively.) BROOKE: No this is what I’m talking about(!) (The room is big and sparsely decorated. Lucas takes the bag off his shoulder.) HALEY: So,… what-… what do you guys wanna do today? (Lucas spots the papers for annulment and sits down.) HALEY: Wanna… take a limo to see the city? You wanna- LUCAS: I was thinking maybe we could just talk(!) (Haley sits down.) HALEY: (Unsurely) Yeah(!) (The atmosphere is suddenly uncomfortable and even Brooke can feel it.) BROOKE: Um,… I’m in New York city and my parents have resumed allowances; I would be crazy not to shop right now so I’m gonna leave you two alone(!) (Smiles) OK? (Stands and quickly says.) Good luck, see ya, bye(!) (She exits quickly. Haley stands and then sits on the couch. Lucas waits and Haley smiles.) HALEY: What you walked in on in the dressing room was innocent. LUCAS: (Not impressed with how she’s treated his brother.) Sure(!) HALEY: It was, look, I’m not with Chris, OK? We were just kidding around like… LUCAS: (Bitterly) We used to do? (Haley pauses as she sees that she didn’t just leave her husband behind but also the best friend who shared everything with her.) HALEY: (Whispering) Yeah. (Lucas breaks eye contact and smiles to himself. Haley gets up, sighs sadly, and walks to him.) HALEY: (Whispering) I miss you so much. (Lucas stands and hugs her. He smiles contentedly.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (There a ring at the door. It opens to Whitey just taking his cap off. Dan stands in the doorway. Dan smirks as he watches him.) WHITEY: I’m sorry, Danny. DAN: (Amused) Oh, this oughta be good. For what? WHITEY: Whatever you need me to be sorry for. DAN: Well, that’s a long list of screw-ups, Whitey. WHITEY: I take the blame for all of them… if it’ll help get Nathan into High Flyers. DAN: Ah, I see. (Pause) You didn’t come here to apologise; you came to negotiate. WHITEY: (Seriously) I came to say I’m sorry. Dan, you were a great player… maybe I was a lousy coach… maybe I shoulda listened to you more and eased up a little bit. (Pause) But,… we can bury all that now and do what’s best for Nathan. (Smiles hopefully.) DAN: And you think High Flyers is what’s good for him? WHITEY: I think… he needs to get away… and bathe himself in the game that you taught him to love. (Pause) The game that… gave you all the hopes and dreams that it gave me. (Pause) If saying ‘I’m sorry’ will help your son; a kid who, by the way, I- (Laughs happily.) I think the world of… then I’m sorry. I was wrong. And I mean that sincerely. DAN: (Pauses before nodding.) You know what, Whitey, you’re right. (The evil glint returns as he looks at Whitey.) I was a great player… (Whitey smiles and nods.) DAN: … and you were a lousy coach(!) (Smirks) You still are. (Whitey glares at him as Dan laughs and shuts the door in his face.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – STUDY CENTER – DAY] (Mouth is at the laptop, working. Erica sneaks up behind him and covers his eyes before kissing him.) MOUTH: (Laughing) Erica(!) ERICA: Come on, Mouth,… give me some… mouth. (Grins) MOUTH: You’re supposed to be helping me. ERICA: Take it from someone who was obsessed with trying to be perfect: (Pause) It’s not about perfect. It’s about living your life and doing the best you can. (Smiles) MOUTH: (Grins) You’re pretty great, you know that? ERICA: Yes(!) (Mouth laughs.) ERICA: I’m so great… that I’ll make you a deal: for every sentence you write of your essay,… I’ll give you a kiss. (Mouth smiles and nods approvingly.) MOUTH: You think I could get an advance? (Erica raises her eyebrows and kisses him.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – TUTOR CENTER – DAY] (sht of the ‘Tutor Center’ sign. The camera zooms out slowly and pans left to Nathan who is looking at the sign sadly. He sighs. There are signs of rushing footsteps and Peyton practically jumps him, putting her hands on his shoulders.) PEYTON: (Grinning) Jake’s getting outta jail(!) NATHAN: (Looks at her for a bat before it registers.) Ah, that’s… that’s great, Peyton. PEYTON: (Nods) He’s getting Jenny back, too, so I’m gonna go see him right now. (Smiles) NATHAN: Tell him I said ‘hey’. (Peyton nods and leaves. Nathan thinks about his own life.) PEYTON: Hey, Nathan? (He looks at her.) PEYTON: (Sincerely) I’m sorry I’m happy. NATHAN: (Smiles, brushing it off.) Sometimes they come back, right? (Peyton nods and walks away slowly. Nathan smiles at her retreating back and looks back at the sign.) CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE STATION – VISITORS ROOM – DAY] COP: Jagielski, long window. (Jake walks through the cell and to the other bar-door.) JAKE: Peyton, you don’t have to- (He stops short as he looks ahead. A buzzer sounds and the door opens. Jake takes his time as he looks at the person there, behind the glass; it’s Nikki. He sits down.) (Nikki smirks and lifts the receiver. Jake shakes his head and does the same.) NIKKI: Hi, Jake. (Smiles) How’s your sex life in there? JAKE: (Coldly) What d’ya what, Nikki? NIKKI: I just came to say goodbye. JAKE: You’re leaving before the hearing? NIKKI: Yeah,… this game’s gotten old. JAKE: Well, I guess it’s just as well. Once the judge hears my side of things, it’s not gonna matter if you’re there or not. You know it(!) NIKKI: (Pause) Do you know how it feels, Jake? Knowing that you’ll never see your daughter again? (Jake looks down.) NIKKI: Knowing that she’ll never be a part of your life? (Pause) You’ll never see her walk… hear her laugh or watch her grow. (Jake scoffs and pauses.) JAKE: Goodbye, Nikki. NIKKI: (Smiles) Goodbye, Jake. (Pause) Oh, one more thing. JAKE: Yeah. NIKKI: The next time you wanna hide my daughter,… you’ve gotta do better that Florida(!) (Nikki sets the phone down and Jake’s eyes widen in worry. Nikki reaches over and pulls Jenny onto her lap. Jake’s trapped, there’s nothing he can do. Nikki takes the receiver again.) NIKKI: Do you know how it feels, Jake? Never to see your daughter again? Because you will. JAKE: Nikki(!) NIKKI: (To Jenny) Say goodbye to daddy, bunny. (Hold the receiver to her.) Forever. (She looks back at Jake as Jenny reaches for the phone.) JAKE: Nikki(!) (Nikki replaces the receiver and stands with Jenny.) JAKE: (Standing too.) Guard! Nikki! (Bangs on the window as Nikki takes Jenny and the carrier away.) Somebody stop her! Nik-She’s got my baby! Nikki, come on! NIKKI! NIKKI! (He bangs forcefully on the window but she’s gone.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [EXT. NEW YORK – THE PARK – DAY] (Haley and Lucas are walking along the path in the park. A horse drawn carriage trots a little ahead of them.) HALEY: I’m guessing you’re here because of Nathan. LUCAS: Kind of. HALEY: You know that he told me not to come home, right? You know that? LUCAS: … Look, mostly, I’m here because of us, Haley. (Pause) You know, I was… sitting in class… and… (Shrugs) I looked over and saw your empty seat… and it struck me; that not too long ago, it was just you and me. HALEY: Yeah. (Takes his arm.) LUCAS: Suddenly, it felt wrong; that you weren’t there. (Haley stops and so does he.) HALEY: You think I was wrong for leaving. (Lucas pauses and sits on a bench. Haley follows.) LUCAS: Here’s what I think: you stood by me when I left the Rivercourt (Pause as he nods.) because a voice in my head told me that it’s what I had to do. (Pause) So I’m here for you, Hales. (Smiles as he looks at her.) And I always will be. (Pause) Even… when I don’t understand it. HALEY: (Sadly) Thanks, Luke. (Whispers) Thank you. (Exhales harshly.) Because… sometimes I don’t understand it either. FAN1: Um, oh my god, Haley James? (Lucas looks up at two girls who have approached them. Haley looks up too, confused.) FAN1: We just saw you play last night, could we get an autograph. HALEY: Um,… (Hesitates slightly at the shock before standing.) yeah, sure. FAN1: Oh, thanks. HALEY: What’s your name? FAN1: Jennifer. (Lucas frowns sadly as he understands that Haley’s life is undeniably different now. He isn’t happy about it.) CUT TO: [INT. HOTEL – BEDROOM – DAY] (Chris is sitting on the bed, playing his guitar and practising a song. Brooke walks past the open doorway, loaded with bags.) CHRIS: (Singing) Lucas and Haley aren’t back yet(!) But you can come in to the Devil’s lair. (Brooke steps back and stands in the doorway, rolling her eyes at him.) CHRIS: (Singing) Drop your things… have sex with Chris Keller(!) (Brooke lowers one hand and glares hard at him.) CHRIS: (Singing) Whatever. (He smiles and finishes playing his guitar.) BROOKE: (Smirking nastily.) Here’s the deal: Brooke Davis thinks Chris Keller can self-serve Chris Keller; in other words, you can go- HALEY: (Interrupting) Oh hey, Brooke. (Enters the room.) (Brooke stops and sighs while still glaring at Chris.) HALEY: (Hinting) What’s going on(!)? CHRIS: She was just hitting on me. (Brooke scoffs. Lucas leans on the doorjamb.) CHRIS: Hey, we missed you at the on-air. How’s the flu bug?(!) HALEY: Oh,… it’ll pass, thanks. How’d it go? CHRIS: Well, without you, there’s more time to talk about me. It went great(!) BROOKE: Huh! (Look of disgust. Suffocates.) HALEY: (Looking at Brooke.) What? BROOKE: (suffocating) I can’t breathe… there’s no room with Chris’ ego(!) Can we go?! HALEY: Yes, let’s go. You can show me what you got. CHRIS: Hey, you can show me what you got, too. BROOKE: Eh heh heh! (Haley exits. Lucas waits for Brooke.) CHRIS: (Points) Lucas, it was good seeing you, buddy. (Nods) (Lucas watches the girls leave before turning back into the room and slamming the door shut. He stalks up to Chris.) CHRIS: Wow, yo-you angry or you just hitting on me? LUCAS: (Glaring) You ever tried singing with you jaw wired shut?(!) CHRIS: I guess you’re angry. LUCAS: Do you think this is a joke? (Chris looks away.) LUCAS: Because it’s not(!) (Chris sets the guitar down.) LUCAS: You’re messing with people’s lives; people I care about(!) CHRIS: Messing how? (Stands) You mean having sex with Haley? (Lucas scoffs and shakes his head, one step away from hitting him, hard.) CHRIS: Coz I never did that. (Pause) OK? Is that what you needed to hear? (Lucas eyes him coldly.) CHRIS: How’s Nathan doing, anyway? LUCAS: Don’t go there(!) CHRIS: Oh, come on, man, you don’t think I think about the guy? (Lucas turns to him.) CHRIS: I’m a song writer; I carry all that crap around. LUCAS: WELL, THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW HE’S DOING! HE’S TERRIBLE! CHRIS: Well, he should be. Haley’s a great girl. It would suck to lose her. LUCAS: AND YOU DON’T FEEL THE SLIGHTEST BIT GUILTY ABOUT THAT?! CHRIS: No, and I’ll tell you why: this is a one in a million chance we’re taking here. You gotta be selfish as hell; you’re either all in… or you’re out. (Lucas looks away, smirking.) You don’t think I’ve tried to talk to her about it? In the middle of the night on some random bus ride? Hell, man, I’ve talked to her a lot more than you have these past few months. (Lucas looks away, knowing that he’s right about not talking to Haley.) CHRIS: Listen, Luke, I know she’s your friend, so… you can hate me for helping her chase her dream, but… I’m just trying to help her, now. You know? (He sits on the bed again.) CHRIS: That same way you are. (Grabs his guitar.) The rest, it’s up to her. (He begins to play again and Lucas walks to the door. Before he can walk through it, Chris point at him.) CHRIS: Hey(!) Tell Brooke I said ‘hi’. (Lucas opens the door and just leans against the frame, his back to Chris. He smirks and continues playing. Lucas walks out slowly.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Andy enters the building and walks straight to Dan’s office. He stands in the doorway.) ANDY: (Pointing to the entrance) You don’t lock your door at night. DAN: No one can hurt me. ANDY: Now, that’s where you’re mistaken. (Andy looks up at Dan who smirks.) DAN: Is that right? ANDY: That’s right. You see, I know about your little tax evasion scam… and more than that,… I have proof of it. DAN: (Laughs and walks to him.) You know, I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about. ANDY: Really? (Looks up at the camera.) I see you’ve got a, uh, (Points) new security system installed. (Dan looks up at it.) ANDY: Who installed it? (Dan shrugs.) ANDY: Gotta diversify your portfolio, Dan. Security’s good business; I should know, (Pause) I own the company that put your system in. (Dan nods, slightly nervous.) ANDY: I have your ledger. DAN: You’re bluffing. ANDY: Well, we’ll see about that. (He exits and Dan looks down, torn. He grabs an award of his on his desk and throws it through the glass. It shatters and showers Andy who’s still walking past. Andy bends, avoiding the shards, but straightens quickly enough.) ANDY: (Smirks and walks to the yet again destroyed window.) You know, leave all this. I plan to redecorate when I buy this place, anyway. (Andy crushes glass as he leaves. Dan stares after him; scared.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Jimmy Eat World start another song; this time it’s ‘Polaris’) JIMMY EAT WORLD: #I'll say it straight and plain, I know I've made mistakes, (Fade to the crowd who are listening quietly) JIMMY EAT WORLD: I've always been afraid, I've always been afraid. A thousand nights or more…# FADE TO: [INT. HOTEL – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley and Lucas are lying on their backs on the bed.) HALEY: Oh yeah, sorry about today with the fans, earlier. We were talking and, I just, I’m sorry- LUCAS: It’s OK. It’s OK; actually, it was kinda cool to… see how far you’ve come. (Pause) You know, I-I-I’m proud of you. HALEY: But? LUCAS: (Sighs) It’s klling him, Haley. (Haley closes her eyes and sighs.) LUCAS: I guess I just don’t understand why it has to be one or the other: music or Nathan. (Sighs) I noticed you weren’t… wearing your wedding ring. (Haley looks at her vacant finger and Lucas looks at her.) HALEY: It’s not because of the record label. (Pause) And it’s not because I don’t love him. (Pause) I just,… (Sighs) I feel like I don’t deserve to. (They look at each other for a while.) HALEY: Things were so much simpler when it was just the two of us. (Lucas lifts his hand and takes Haley’s.) LUCAS: But it’s not. FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] JIMMY EAT WORLD: #When you go, I'll let you be, But you're klling everything in me, (Erica is watching the band. Mouth comes up behind her.) MOUTH: Hey. ERICA: Hey(!) How’d your essay go? MOUTH: (Shrugs) I did the best I could. (Erica smiles and they watch Jimmy Eat World together.) JIMMY EAT WORD: I'm done, there's nothing left to show, FADE TO: [INT. HOTEL – BROOKE’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is lying on her side on the bed, awake and a little sad.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) Try but I can't let go, Are you happy where you're standing still? FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE – EVENING] (Nathan is looking at the basketball hoop.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) Do you really want the sugar pill? (Nathan bounces the ball and heads for the hoop.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) I'll wake up tomorrow and I'll start, (Nathan jumps and falls, his knee giving out in the process. He holds it and winces in pain, angrily.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) To another, it feels so hard. FADE TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan lifts down the huge painting on the back wall. Behind it is a safe.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) As a train approaches, getting on, As I'm sure your kiss remains employed, (He taps in the unlock code and the camera zooms out to show Andy watching from the car.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) Am I only dreaming? (Dan pulls out the ledger and grins.) DAN: Nice try, Hargrove. JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) You say that love goes anywhere, (He puts it back in and shuts the safe. Andy looks back, content.) JIMMY EAT WORD: (v.o) In your darkest time, it's just enough to know it's there, (He shuts the laptop.) FADE TO: [INT. HOTEL – HALEY’S ROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is in the bed alone, sleeping. Haley is up at the laptop, frowning.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) When you go, I'll let you be, But you're klling everything in me. When you go, I'll let you be, (Haley has assignment papers with her.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] JIMMY EAT WORLD: But you're klling- FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE – EVENING] (Nathan jumps and gets the ball in finally. There are three shts of the ball going in.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) -everything in me. (Nathan looks down and sees blood on his shirt; he’s popped a few stitches. He frowns as he looks back up.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) When you go, I'll let you be. FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (The crowd cheers as the song comes to an end.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: But you're klling everything in me.# (There is a lot of whistling and clapping as they walk off stage.) FADE TO: [EXT. NEW YORK – HOTEL (EST) – DAY] BROOKE: (v.o) Lucas,… we’ve got to get out of town before I- CUT TO: [INT. HOTEL – BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke is loaded down with more bags.) BROOKE: -spot another sale(!) (Haley walks forward and Lucas stirs in the bed.) BROOKE: (Smirking) I’m gonna go find somebody to carry these. (She raises her eyebrows at Haley and leaves. Haley laughs. Lucas looks at her.) (Haley holds out some papers to him.) HALEY: Here, um,… it’s my English final. Pulled an all-nighter. (Laughs) (Lucas takes the papers and looks at it.) LUCAS: Aren’t you… supposed to be trashing hotel rooms or something? You know, what kind of a rock star spends the entire night doing an English final? HALEY: Well,… I am still Tutor Girl. (Smiles) Right? Besides, it was… it was a pretty easy topic for me. (Looks down.) LUCAS: (Sets the papers aside.) So,… maybe this means you’re coming back soon? (Haley looks at him sadly.) HALEY: No. (Pause) I’m not coming home, Lucas. (Looks up and shrugs slightly.) This is my life, now. (Lucas doesn’t say anything. He is definitely not happy.) HALEY: (Remembering) Oh, um,… (She walks to a table and picks up some more papers. Lucas squints and she turns back around, stuffing papers into an envelope.) HALEY: I need you to… give this to Nathan for me, please. (Lucas looks at her as if he doesn’t know her.) HALEY: Please, Luke. (There is pain in his eyes as he snatches the annulment papers from her. He can’t look at her and instead stares at the ground. Haley wipes tears from her eyes.) (Lucas stands up and looks around. Haley waits.) LUCAS: (Painfully) So I guess this is goodbye? HALEY: Yeah, I guess so. (Smiles) (He hugs her after a bat.) LUCAS: I… will always be there for you, Haley. (Haley cries.) LUCAS: (Whispers) You’ll always be my best friend. (Haley nods.) (Cut to Lucas who is still upset that she’s left his brother and him.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [EXT. TRIC – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Peyton leans over the balcony and looks down, crying hard. The crowd are still cheering.) WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton turns around, delighted, and stands.) PEYTON: Hey(!) (She rushes over to Jake and hugs him.) PEYTON: Come here. (He hugs her.) PEYTON: It’s all gonna be OK now. JAKE: Peyton,… (Lets go of her.) I have to go. PEYTON: What?(!) No, don’t. Stay here. JAKE: Nikki found Jenny. (Peyton looks at him, eyes wide.) PEYTON: What d’ya mean? JAKE: She has her, Peyton. PEYTON: What(!)? (Desolately) How? JAKE: I don’t know how. (Walks past her.) OK, but I have to go, I have to find her. PEYTON: I’ll go with you(!) JAKE: No, you can’t. PEYTON: (Sits on her bed.) But… JAKE: Peyton(!) (Sighs sadly.) You can’t. (Peyton is completely desperate.) PEYTON: Why not? I mean, what’s the point of school and grades and all of this if I’m not… (Pause) God Jake, I can’t be without you, I love you(!) (Jake looks away, sadly. Peyton looks down brokenly.) JAKE: (Sighs) You’re meant for better. PEYTON: (Instantly) I’m not(!) (Shakes her head.) JAKE: You are. (She cries.) JAKE: Hey, look, I don’t know, maybe I’ll find Jenny sooner than later. Maybe I’ll be back- PEYTON: (Angrily) YOU WON’T! You won’t! JAKE: Come here. (Holds out his hand.) (She takes it and stands.) JAKE: Listen to me. (Peyton shakes her head and looks away.) JAKE: I need you… (She looks back up at him.) JAKE: to get past this. PEYTON: (Vehemently) No(!) JAKE: I need you to forget about me and move on(!) (Pause) OK? (Peyton wants to argue.) JAKE: (Wipes her tears away.) You’re too amazing to carry this around. Y-you’re too full of greatness and… (Sighs) I love you too much. (Peyton can’t take it anymore and cries harder. She hugs him again. He holds her tightly before letting her go.) JAKE: But I have to go. PEYTON: No! JAKE: You know, I can’t have Jenny be with Nikki. (Jake looks at her and Peyton looks at him, realising that he’s right and his daughter comes first. She kisses him. He walks past her.) PEYTON: (Turning to the door.) Jake(!) (He stops at the doorway and looks back at her. It’s hurting him too.) PEYTON: (Looks at him and sniffs.) Thank you. JAKE: (Desolately) You know, I coulda held you in my arms forever. (Pause) It still wouldn’t have been long enough. (Peyton looks down and covers her eyes. His parting words do not help to ease the pain. He walks away. Peyton looks back up at the empty doorway and sighs brokenly.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (The music starts up again. Jimmy Eat World start another song, it’s ‘Hear You Me’.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: #There's no one in town I know, You gave us some place to go, I never said thank you for that, (Brooke watches them, no hint of a smile on her face.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: I thought I might get one more chance. (She moves to the side and looks at Lucas who is watching the band.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: What would you think of me now, (Lucas looks at her slowly and smiles. Brooke smiles back at him.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: So lucky, so strong, so proud? WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. LUCAS’ CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] (Lucas is driving again, desolate. Brooke looks at him, not knowing what to say.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) I never said thank you for that, now I'll never have a chance. BROOKE: You miss Haley, don’t you? (Lucas nods.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) May angels lead you in. BROOKE: You gonna be alright? JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) Hear you me my friends. LUCAS: Yeah, it’s just hard to let someone go, you know? (Broke nods knowingly. Jimmy Eat world play in the background as Brooke and Lucas talk over them.) BROOKE: (Stiffly) It’s OK that you’re into Peyton. (It takes a while for the sentence to register with his clogged up brain. He looks at her, frowning.) BROOKE: I’ve been avoiding it the whole trip, but I found the things in your closet; and its fine. (Looks at him, smiling.) (Lucas understands and looks at her again. He wants to explain but she just smiles and shrugs it off. She looks out of the window.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE CROWD – EVENING] (Brooke smiles and turns back around. Lucas looks at her; finding it hard to say nothing. He sighs.) (Fade back to the stage where Jimmy Eat World are still playing.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: So what would you think of me now, FADE TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT PORCH – EVENING] (Andy walks up the step and to the front door.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) so lucky, so strong, so proud? (Karen opens the door and smiles.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) I never said thank you for that, ANDY: I just wanted to say goodbye before I left. KAREN: (Frowning) You’re leaving now? Tonight? JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) now I'll never have a chance. ANDY: (Nods) I think it’s best. For mum,… and for you. JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) May angels lead you in. (Karen hugs him. Andy closes his eyes and hugs her.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) Hear you me my friends. On sleepless roads the sleepless go. KAREN: (Whispering) Andy(!) (She lets go and looks at him.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) May angels lead you in. ANDY: Oh, and, uh,… (Holds out a big jiffy bag.) I need you to give this to Lucas. KAREN: (Confused) Of course. (Andy smiles and kisses her on the cheek.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) May angels lead you in. May angels lead you in. (Andy turns to walk away.) KAREN: Andy. (He stops and waits.) KAREN: I love you, you know? (Andy nods and looks at her.) KAREN: I do. ANDY: And I love you, Karen. (Pause) But, somehow, it just… doesn’t seem to be enough. (He smiles tightly and walks down the steps.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Jimmy Eat World continue to play.) FADE TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT PORCH – EVENING] (Karen watches as Andy opens his car door and gets in. He looks back once before disappearing inside. Karen looks on helplessly.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) And if you were with me tonight, BROOKE: (v.o) George Bernard Shaw once wrote;- FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] JIMMY EAT WORLD: I'd sing to you just one more time. (The song is drowned out buy Brooke’s voice.) BROOKE: (v.o) -‘There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart’s desire,… the other is to gain it’. Clearly, Shaw had his heart broken once or twice. JIMMY EAT WORLD: May angels lead you in. FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE – EVENING] (Nathan is still playing single person basketball, trying to get better. He jumps and hits successive baskets.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) Hear you me my friends. (Lucas walks into the field house and Nathan sees him. He stops and sighs.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) On sleepless roads the sleepless go. NATHAN: (Out of breath.) Where you been? LUCAS: (Shakes his head.) Went to see a friend. NATHAN: Yeah? Anyone I know? (Throws the ball.) LUCAS: (Considers before answering honestly.) Not really. (Nathan sighs and Lucas sees the blood on Nathan’s shirt. Nathan looks down at it.) LUCAS: You know you’re bleeding, right? NATHAN: (Looks back up.) Yeah. It should probably hurt, but, uh,… it’s kinda weird; I don’t feel anything. (Nathan bounces the ball twice and throws it into the hoop.) NATHAN: (v.o) As far as I’m concerned, Shaw was a punk(!) (Nathan does a few smart moves and hits the basket again.) Coz you know what? Tragedies happen. (Lucas watches his brother with worry.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE CROWD – EVENING] (Jimmy Eat World sing but Nathan drowns them out.) NATHAN: (v.o) What’re you gonna do, give up? Quit? No. FADE TO: [INT. NATHAN’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan walks around, picking up the last of his things.) NATHAN: (v.o) I realise now that when your heart breaks, you gotta fight like hell to make sure you’re still alive. (He takes of his shirt.) NATHAN: (v.o) Coz you are, (Looks down at his bleeding wound.) and that pain you feel:… it’s life(!) (Nathan looks up at the pink wall.) NATHAN: (v.o) The confusion and fear… that’s there to remind you that somewhere out there is something better. (Nathan walks past it.) And that something is worth fighting for. FADE TO: [INT. HOTEL – HALEY’S ROOM – EVENING] (Haley walks out of the closet and into the room.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: (v.o) Hear you me my friends. (She has her golf club and picks up a cup from the table. She takes out two balls and sets it in front of the glass.) HALEY: (v.o) This year, I got everything I wanted and everything I wished for… but, in a way, I lost even more. (She gets ready to ht the ball. Joey D comes up behind her.) JOEY D: Haley, the new tour posters are here. (Haley turns her head, smiling. Joey D kicks her glass away and her smile falls.) JOEY D: What’s this? (Indicating the amateur golf set-up.) HALEY: (Brushing it off.) Um,… nothing, you know, just… stupid kid stuff. (She walks up to see the poster.) JOEY D: What d’ya think? HALEY: (Impressed) Wow(!) (The poster has Chris and Haley set professionally into the poster under The Wreckers. Haley’s smile becomes strained.) FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE STAGE – EVENING] (The camera revolves around the stage.) LUCASL: (v.o) Shaw was right: as we strain to grasp the things we desire,… the things we think will make our lives better:… money, popularity, fame… we ignore what truly matters…- FADE TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – ROOFTOP – EVENING] (Back to the beginning, Lucas is standing on the roof, thinking.) LUCAS: (v.o) -the simple things: like friendship, family, love. (The camera moves up above him and zooms out. Lucas looks up and directly into it.) LUCAS: (v.o) The things we probably already had. FADE TO: [INT. TRIC – THE DANCE FLOOR – EVENING] (Mouth is standing with Erica. They kiss.) MOUTH: (v.o) So, Mr. Shaw thinks that getting your hearts desire is a tragedy? I say he’s wrong. (He and Erica look at each other.) MOUTH: I mean, clearly, Shaw never kissed Erica Marsh. (He kisses her again.) JIMMY EAT WORLD: A song for a heart so big, god wouldn't let it live. May angels lead you in. Hear you me my friends. FADE TO: [EXT. TRIC – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Peyton looks down, still sad but the tears have gone.) PEYTON: (v.o) Yeah, losing your heart’s desire is tragic. (The sht finally cuts down to where she’s looking. Jake is down below; on his motorbike and looking up at Peyton.) PEYTON: (v.o) But gaining your heart’s desire… (Close-up of Jake looking at her. The tears start to form again.) PEYTON: (v.o) It’s all you can hope for. (She smiles. Jake nods.) PEYTON: (v.o) This year, I wished for love. (Pause) (Jake puts his helmet on.) PEYTON: (v.o) To immerse myself in someone else and to wake a heart long afraid to feel. (Pause as they look at each other.) PEYTON: (v.o) My wish was granted. (Jake turns his lights on.) PEYTON: (v.o) And if having that is tragic… then give me tragedy. (Jake starts the engine and rides away. Peyton starts to cry again.) PEYTON: (v.o) Because, I wouldn’t give it back for the world. (Her body shakes as the cheers sound again.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "02x22 - The Tide That Left and Never Came Back (1)"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Peyton opens the door to Ellie.) ELLIE: My name is Elizabeth. I’m your mother. (Peyton gapes.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE DOCK – DAY] (Peyton stands in front of her father.) PEYTON: Is this woman my mother? LARRY: Your mom is gone, Peyton… but… your biological mother is alive. (Peyton looks up in surprise.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] BROOKE: You and Haley fighting? PEYTON: My problem is with anybody who just vanishes and then waltzes back in and expects to be instantly forgiven(!) (Brooke looks back in slight surprise.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke takes her things out of the closet.) BROOKE: You know, we could totally have a summer-like fling, just… in the fall. (Lucas is kneeling by the bed.) BROOKE: And… non-exclusive. (Lucas inclines his head.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley is speaking to Nathan in his bedroom.) HALEY: There wasn’t a moment when I was away… that my heart wasn’t with you in Tree Hill. NATHAN: I’m going to High Flyers, and unlike you, I’m taking my heart with me. (Haley blinks.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Nathan confronts Lucas.) NATHAN: We’re not brothers. We’re not even friends. (Lucas squints.) CUT TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – CONFESSIONAL – EVENING] (Dan sits in the confessional, confessing to sins he intends to commit.) DAN: Three months ago, someone tried to kll me. CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (sht of someone flicking a lighter on and throwing it onto the alcohol. The flames race along.) DAN: (v.o) And when I find out who did this to me- (Dan falls out of the chair, suddenly conscious.) DAN: (v.o) -and I will find out soon… CUT TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – CONFESSIONAL – EVENING] DAN: (Glaring angrily.) -the sins I commit then could turn this place to rubble(!) FADE TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan is lying on the floor as the fre burns. The camera pans down to his hand, holding the brned note. Close-up of the words: ‘For everything you’ve done’.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas holds the same note and looks at it.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: FADE IN: [EXT. THE BEACH – DAY] (The camera moves along the beach.) LUCAS: (v.o) Henry David Thoreau once wrote: ‘Live each season as it passes;- (Lucas is standing on the beach, alone. He is building a large circle out of big rocks.) LUCAS: (v.o) -breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit- (He drops the rock into place.) LUCAS: (v.o) -and resign yourself to the influences of each.’ (He claps the sand off his hands.) DAN: (o.s) Well, well- (Lucas looks up with a frown.) DAN: (o.s) -look who’s starting a fre. (Dan moves into the sht. Lucas doesn’t speak. Dan smirks and continues jogging. Lucas picks up another rock and drops it – finishing the circle.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton is splayed across her bed, sleeping with her mouth half open. She wakes up to sounds in her room. She sits up in bed and looks to her closet. Brooke is standing there with a grin on her face.) BROOKE: Rise and shine. (Brooke writes something on the door.) PEYTON: Nice of you to knock. BROOKE: I didn’t wanna wake you, Sleeping Bitchy(!) Besides, I had to get the list ready. PEYTON: What list? (Brooke opens both of the closet doors wide.) BROOKE: (Grinning) This list. (One door has Brooke’s name on it and the other has Peyton’s. Under their names is a list of boy’s and men’s names. Brooke is very pleased with herself.) PEYTON: (Apprehensive) What is that exactly? BROOKE: Since you and I are both officially available again and tonight is the end-of-summer beach party, which means partial of not total naked nudity, (Grabs Peyton’s toothbrush from her bathroom.) I have made a list of all the available guys so that we can avoid the pain and hardship of another ‘Lucas love triangle’. (Brooke gives Peyton the toothbrush and Peyton puts it into her mouth before getting off the bed and trying to talk coherently.) PEYTON: (Mumbles unintelligible words while walking into the bathroom.) BROOKE: (Confused) Ok, I’m sorry, I didn’t get any of that. Did you just say something about me puking in a rave? (Peyton washes her mouth out and pauses.) PEYTON: (Sticking her head out.) I said ‘the Lucas you’re supposedly dating’. BROOKE: (Shrugs while smirking.) Non-exclusively. PEYTON: (Rolls her eyes.) Huh. BROOKE: What ‘huh’? I have dated multiple guys before(!) PEYTON: Yeah, I know. In fact, you are queen of the multiple-boy dating scenario, I’m just surprised you’re doing it with Lucas. (Brooke shrugs again.) BROOKE: Well, you know what they say; when it comes to boys, I’m full of surprises. (Peyton walks out of her bathroom.) PEYTON: But I thought you were the new, responsible, (She slaps her on the arse.) Brooke(!) BROOKE: Eurgh, so last season – responsible Brooke is good but party Brooke is gooder. (Walks back to the door.) Check it out; I get Lucas, Mouth, half the guys on the team – I put my first choices her but we can totally mix and match, any and all lifeguards, Nathan’s uncle Cooper’s so hot, Larry- PEYTON: (Interrupts) Whoa(!) Larry, like… my dad Larry? BROOKE: (Unabashed) Of course, he’s my hot dad fantasy(!) (Peyton groans and lies back down on her bed.) BROOKE: Peyton, he is a total dilf(!) And besides (Points to a name on Peyton’s list.) I gave you Dan. (Peyton makes a face at her.) BROOKE: And I get Dave Grohl from the ‘Foo Fighters’. (Peyton flops back onto the bed.) BROOKE: You get; (Points them out.) Jake – as promised, Nathan – but he comes with an asterisk because nobody knows what the hell is going on with him and Haley in ‘high school married’ limbo, the other half of the guys on the team, Anna – because… well… you never know, and she was totally into you, and all the Rivercourt boys – Skills, Fergie and Garbage. (She looks at Peyton proudly. Peyton looks at her exasperatedly.) PEYTON: Junk. BROOKE: (Abashed) …Right(!) And finally, the rest of the Foo Fighters. PEYTON: (Whining) Why do you get Dave Grohl, I want Dave Grohl(!) BROOKE: No way! PEYTON: So I get a fugitive and a married guy(!) BROOKE: (Considering before rolling her eyes and sighing.) Fine. You take Dave Grohl, I’m taking Anna. PEYTON: Deal. BROOKE: Deal. (Starts to walk out.) OK. Nighty-night, thanks, bye(!) (She rushes out of Peyton’s room.) (Peyton gapes at her before collapsing back onto her bed.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Birds-eye sht of the basketball hoop. A basketball goes through it before Nathan appears under the camera. He grabs the ball and puts it through again. Lucas walks onto the court.) LUCAS: You’re back. NATHAN: (Turns to look at him.) Maybe. (Pause) Maybe you’re just high and seeing things. LUCAS: (Rolls his eyes.) So I guess you’re still pissed at me. Which, personally, I think is crap. But you tell me… are we friends? NATHAN: Tell you what; I’ll play you for it. Game to eleven. (Throws the ball at Lucas.) Make or take it. For our friendship. (Lucas frowns before sighing and walking properly onto the court. They pause as they get ready. Lucas waits before jumping and trying to sht the ball. Nathan jumps and grabs it from him before it leaves his hand.) (Nathan sht and scores. Lucas throws the ball back at him and tries to stop him but it doesn’t work. Nathan feints and gets another basket. Lucas takes the ball again and gives it back to Nathan. Nathan shows off for a few moments – dribbling the ball between his legs – before shting and scoring again. Lucas gives the ball back and Nathan gets another basket.) (There is a succession of shts as Nathan keeps scoring whilst Lucas gets nothing. Nathan gets the last basket and wins.) NATHAN: (Turns back.) Game. (Lucas is too tired to respond. Nathan leaves the ball and walks away.) LUCAS: We’re you going?! NATHAN: You lost. Guess that means we’re still not friends. (Lucas lets Nathan leave. He breathes harshly and looks at the basketball hoop. The camera zooms out.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF TEASER: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (The room is purple and red, looking a lot like the inside of a genie’s lamp. Haley is sitting in a far corner on a small bed with her head in her hands.) BROOKE: (o.s) Hiya, new roommate(!) (Brooke walks in holding two cups of coffee.) BROOKE: Getting all moved in? HALEY: Uh,… with the six feet that you gave me, yeah, sure. BROOKE: Good. (Hands a cup of coffee over.) HALEY: Thank you. BROOKE: (Looks at Haley’s hand.) Hey, great idea(!) (Walks to a couch and sits down.) HALEY: (Confused) What? BROOKE: Wearing your wedding ring. It’s like a total aphrodisiac for some guys(!) HALEY: I just needed to be an aphrodisiac for one guy. BROOKE: Why, do you have a new guy?! HALEY: (Pause) For Nathan, Brooke. (Brooke takes a moment to digest this.) BROOKE: I see, about him, I notice you haven’t unpacked. Little naive, don’t you think? HALEY: No, (Shakes her head.) no. I’m just… stalling. I mean, it’s like, if I unpack, my split with Nathan will be… more real. BROOKE: I hate to say it but it’s real enough already. HALEY: Yeah. (Sighs and pauses before beginning to groan in sadness.) BROOKE: OK, no, no, none of that(!) (Stands and walks to Haley’s bed.) Come here, I have a surprise for you. (Haley moans and Brooke grabs her hand, pulling her off the bed.) BROOKE: Come on, come on, this’ll be fun(!) (She pulls Haley out of the room.) BROOKE: This is totally gonna cheer you up(!) (She drags Haley into the living room which is now purple and decorated into more of the genie’s lamp style.) HALEY: (Looks around, shocked.) Whoa! Wh-ah! This is amazing! When did you do this?! BROOKE: Last night while you were sleeping. You totally sleep like a dad person(!) HALEY: (Slaps her on the arm.) Shut up. (Brooke laughs.) This looks awesome. BROOKE: Thanks. By the way, I’m kinda gonna need to ask for… next months rent now coz I sorta spent this months rent on the couch and the rugs and things. (Looks at Haley apprehensively.) HALEY: (Grinning) OK. Although, you really shouldn’t have to pay for this stuff yourself. I mean, we’re roommates now, I’ll go half. BROOKE: (Pleased) Really? HALEY: (Nods) Yeah. BROOKE: Oh, I was hoping you’d say that coz I kind of ate half your rainbow sherbet last night while I was hanging the wall mural. HALEY: (Smiles) Where’d you get it, anyway? BROOKE: (Looking at her as though she’s thick.) The freezer. HALEY: The wall mural. BROOKE: (Getting it.) Oh, Peyton made it for me. It’s the French Riviera. (Smiles) HALEY: Gosh, I haven’t talked to Peyton in like… forever. (Brooke’s smile falls.) Lucas filled me in on her mom situation. What the heck? BROOKE: (Uneasily) Yeah, the mom situation’s on high-alert right now coz Ellie-mom’s back in town. HALEY: How’s Peyton taking it? BROOKE: (Unsure of what to say.) Well…- (There’s a beep on the laptop.) BROOKE: There she is now. She’s sending me a last minute flyer for the party tonight(!) (Rushes to the laptop excitedly.) Speaking of which – you are not allowed to sulk tonight. HALEY: (Offended) I don’t sulk! BROOKE: You sulk! You’re a sulker. But tonight, you’re gonna have fun. After all, it’s a party. It’s supposed to be (Looks at the picture and her eyes widen.) dark and depressing! (The picture says ‘End of summer beach party: 9pm’ on it but the pictures are of demons dancing around a bonfire.) BROOKE: Well, you asked how she’s talking it. There you go. GRAPHIC MATCH TO: [EXT. CAFÉ – DAY] (Peyton is sitting in front of her laptop. It has the same picture on it that Brooke’s does. She looks at it. A waitress shows Ellie to one of the seats behind Peyton. Peyton looks back and spots her. She shuts the laptop and walks to Ellie.) (Ellie smiles as Peyton sits.) ELLIE: Hi, Peyton. (Peyton doesn’t offer a smile. She just glares at her.) ELLIE: Last time I saw you, you were slamming a door in my face. PEYTON: So, let’s have it. ELLIE: What’s that? PEYTON: The heart wrenching yet inspirational tale of a young girl’s complex decision to part with the daughter she desperately loves. ELLIE: Actually, it’s not that complex. At the time I got pregnant, I liked drugs more than I liked you. That’s it. (Peyton looks at Ellie, realising how close she was to becoming that very person.) ELLIE: (Leans forward.) I’m a different person now, Peyton. (Pause) But those decisions are still mine. I can’t change that. PETON: And what, so you… you just come to make peace with yourself? (Nods) That is so screwed up(!) You can’t just… crawl outta your hole after seventeen years and cause a plague like some kinda locust(!) ELLIE: For what it’s worth, I crawled outta my hole a long time ago. (Pause) Your father wouldn’t let me see you. PEYTON: I don’t believe you. (Ellie smiles and looks off into the distance.) ELLIE: You used to sit under a bridge by the river. (Peyton looks away, shocked.) ELLIE: You and a brunette girl who wore… a little too much eye make-up for a ten year old. (Ellie nods and Peyton can’t respond.) CUT TO: [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – BACK YARD – DAY] (Peyton pushes the back door open and stalks out to her father.) PEYTON: She tried to see me! (Stops in front of him as he fixes the lawnmower.) Like seven years ago, but you sent her away! LARRY: (Sets the wrench down.) That’s right. PEYTON: How could you do that?! LARRY; Because I’m your dad and it was my call. PEYTON: Unbelievable(!) (She walks away.) LARRY: Peyton- PEYTON: FORGET IT! LARRY: PEYTON! (Peyton runs back into the house and slams the door behind her. Larry angrily drops his tools and turns to the house.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Larry walks into Peyton’s room. She’s in her closet.) LARRY: Hey! I understand you’re upset but don’t be slamming doors and stomping your little chicken ass around this house while I am talking with you. I am still you father. PEYTON: (Turns around.) But you’re not my father, are you?! (He pauses and Peyton walks to her records.) LARRY: When Ellie gave you up, she agreed not to see you. Had your mother lived, we would have told you. It would have been up to you. (Peyton grabs a record.) LARRY: But when she died, I decided it would be too hard, too confusing for you. Maybe that was a mistake. PEYTON: (Almost crying as she nods.) Maybe it was a mistake. (Pause) You know what, dad (Pulls out the Dashboard Confessional record.) this, this is you, OK? (She smashes the record against the doorframes and it breaks into a lot of pieces.) PEYTON: Kinda of a broken record lately, don’t you think?! (She drops the record and replaces the now empty record cover.) (Larry walks closer to her.) LARRY: You know, Peyton, one of these days you’re gonna grow up… and you won’t have all the answers. (Peyton sighs and turns away.) LARRY: You weren’t even ten years old when Ellie showed up. She had a drug habit, she moved around a lot it wasn’t even a year after your mother had died and you were in a pretty rough place – emotionally. (Pause) And if you ask me, you still are. (Peyton turns to argue but he cuts across her.) LARRY: And guess what, so am I. I could not… risk exposing you to her. No way. Not then. (He turns and walks away.) PEYTON: Fine(!) Fine, not then, OK. But what about some time in – oh, I don’t know – the last eight years?! (Pause) What about then?! (Pause) Or like… what about now? LARRY: (Looks at her.) I suppose now is up to you. (They look at each other before he walks out and shuts the door behind him. Peyton holds back from crying.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Lucas enters the apartment and looks slightly confused.) LUCAS: (Looking down.) Hey, you. BROOKE: (Grins) Hey back atcha! LUCAS: 1972’s outside and it wants its furniture back. BROOKE: (Stands from her chair.) You mock but you don’t know. (Drags him like she did Haley.) Try out the couch. (He sits and pats it.) LUCAS: Nice. (Brooke smiles.) BROOKE: No. (She straddles his lap.) I said… try out the couch. (They kiss.) LUCAS: (Pause) I like this couch. BROOKE: (Nods) I thought you would. (She kisses him again. Haley enters the room.) HALEY: Oh, waaay too early in the day for me to see this. BROOKE: (Laughs) Well what hour would you prefer to watch us? HALEY: (Laughs) How about never o’clock? Or maybe, ah, I don’t know, quarter after sab-out-my-eyes. Either one’s really good for me. (Shuts the refrigerator.) (Brooke laughs.) HALEY: By the way, that couch has not been stain guarded yet. You may wanna get a room instead. (She takes a glass out of the cupboard.) BROOKE: Well, of we get a room, then you’re gonna be stuck on this stainy couch. HALEY: (Walks to the counter.) That’s a good point. (Brooke turns back to Lucas.) BROOKE: Give me a minute. We’ll go to the beach. (Brooke gets off the couch and leaves them too it.) (Lucas sits there uncomfortably.) LUCAS: Brooke asked me to help her out. HALEY: And by Brooke you mean… your part-time girlfriend, Brooke? (He shuts the front door.) LUCAS: We’re gonna set up for the end-of-summer thing. HALEY: (Nods) Hmm, what’s up with that anyway? LUCAS: (Frowns) Well, you see, there’s a season called summer, Haley, and when that ends, another season called fall starts right up. (Haley mock glares at him and he smiles.) HALEY: Oh, OK, rephrasing – what’s up with the part-time girlfriend stuff? LUCAS: (Pause) I don’t know yet. Right now, we’re on Brooke’s terms. HALEY: Hmm. LUCAS: But I’ll keep you posted. HALEY: (Sarcastically) Oh, gee, thanks. LUCAS: I also came to check on you. You know, I was worried about you. Nathan was in a pretty bad mood this morning – at the Rivercourt. (Haley stops and lowers the glass.) LUCAS: I thought that might have something to do with you. HALEY: (Pause) Nathan’s home? LUCAS: (Pause) You… didn’t know he was back? (Haley waits for a second before setting the glass down, clearly hurt.) HALEY: No. No I didn’t. LUCAS: I’m sorry, Haley. (Haley turns around and opens the closet door.) LUCAS: I thought you knew. (She slings her bag over her shoulder.) HALEY: Can you just, um,… tell Brooke that I’ll… see her tonight? (She smiles tightly and walks past him. Lucas watches her before turning back to look at Nathan’s ‘pain stain’.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Haley rings the doorbell and waits. Dan opens the door and acquires his patented expression.) DAN: Well, well, if it isn’t my beloved daughter-in-law. (Haley enters the house and Dan shuts the door behind her. She sighs.) DAN: Haley, so nice of you to come by and check on me following my accident. (He walks into the living room.) DAN: Oh, by the way, I think I found a pair of your black gloves. Leather, right? HALEY: (Completely confused.) Uh,… No, I-I don’t own any… black gloves, Mr. Scott. (She looks around.) DAN: I know your parents aren’t around… so call me dad. (Haley looks at him as if he’s lost it.) HALEY: I’d really just like to see Nathan. DAN: He didn’t tell you he was coming home. (Haley doesn’t answer but its answer enough for Dan.) DAN: (Indecently pleased.) Sometimes I’m so proud of that kid(!) (He turns around and walks to his alcohol.) DAN: Can I fix you a drink? (Haley shakes her head.) DAN: I hear you rock stars are big drinkers, right? (He picks up a bottle and tests the rim to see if there’s any white residue on it before pouring some.) DAN: Well,… suit yourself. HALEY: Deb said you moved out. DAN: Yeah, sucks, huh? (Sits on the couch.) My marriage is over. (Pauses before smiling at her.) Who knew you and I would have so much in common after all? HALEY: Could you please just tell Nathan that I’m here? DAN: (Plainly) Oh, he’s not home. (Haley looks at him before standing abruptly and walking a few steps. She looks back at him, shakes her head slightly and walks out of the room – straight backed.) (The door opens and closes as Dan smiles.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERWALK – RIVERSIDE – DAY] (sht of the bridge before panning left to Ellie who is leaning on the bars, looking out over the sea.) LARRY: We had an agreement! (He walks into the sht.) ELLIE: (Looks at him.) Hi, Larry. Long time. LARRY: Not long enough(!) You’ll forgive me if I skip the love and go straight to the ‘you gotta lot of nerve’ part. Peyton is a real mess right now. ELIIE: Well, I’m sorry about that. LARRY: You caused it. ELLIE: No, I think you caused it by not telling her about me. LARRY: Don’t even go there, Ellie! You agreed to stay away. ELLIE: (Angrily) YEAH, WELL THINGS CHANGE! (Larry looks at her knowingly and she looks away, abashed.) ELLIE: You have a right to be pissed. I said I’d stay away but my situation has changed, and now, I would like to get to know Peyton. (Pause) With your blessing of course. LARRY: That is not going to happen. (Pause) You gave her up… you have to live with that. (He stops just before leaving.) And now, thanks to your change of heart, so does Peyton. (He starts to walk away.) LARRY: Stay away from us. (Ellie turns back after he leaves and sighs. She’s torn.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – UNLIT BONFIRE – DAY] (Camera travels up the unlit bonfire to Lucas and Brooke who are throwing sticks into the circle, ready to light it.) BROOKE: You think this is enough? LUCAS: For a campfire. (They stand back with hands on hips.) Not a bonfire. I’ll get some more before I pick you up, alright? BROOKE: Oh,… (Embarrassed) I was… thinking about riding in with Peyton and… playing the field tonight. (Lucas laughs and looks down, taking his sunglasses off.) LUCAS: (Not looking at her.) The field, (Nods) right. BROOKE: We said non-exclusive. LUCAS: Yes, I know, but… (Brooke puts her hands back on her hips, smiles and waits for him to explain.) LUCAS: Well, I’m not sure you’re gonna be able to handle this whole ‘non-exclusive’ thing. BROOKE: (Gapes at him before laughing.) Oh-ho(!) You don’t say? LUCAS: Well, I mean, you know, pretty soon you’re obviously gonna fall me and then you’re gonna have to break up with all those other guys and that’s just gonna get ugly. BROOKE: (Playing along.) I see. (She pauses before looking at him.) LUCAS: (Hands up.) Just looking out for ya. BROOKE: Well thanks, I think I’ll be fine. LUCAS: (Semi seriously.) You’re sure? BROOKE: I’m sure. (Lucas smiles but doesn’t argue.) BROOKE: Well, since the work’s done, (Pulls her top off.) I think I’m gonna go for a little swim. (She has a bathing suit on underneath.) BROOKE: You, uh… wanna come and look out for me some more? LUCAS: (Watches her.) Sure. (Pause) I’ll catch you up. BROOKE: K. (She turns and runs at the sea, turning back briefly before carrying on.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – DAY] (Close-up of a cake in its jar. The camera pans right so the front door is visible. Lucas enters.) LUCAS: (Walking to Karen.) Hey, what’s up, mom? KAREN: Can I ask you a question? LUCAS: Yeah, sure. KAREN: (Looks down and reads from the newly decorated table.) What does ‘whoot’ mean? LUCAS: (Laughs) ‘Whoot?’ KAREN: Yeah, you know, I have this hip new café I need to be sure that my vocabulary is current. (Smiles) LUCAS: Right. Well, uh, ‘whoot’ would be like… (Thinks) ‘yahoo’. KAREN: Oh, OK, so I would go like (Pause) ‘WHOOT’! (Lucas jumps back slightly in surprise.) LUCAS: No, (Looks around embarrassedly.) mom. You would never go like that and as a matter of fact, never do that again. (Karen laughs.) KAREN: But, if ‘whoot’ is ‘yahoo’, (Looks over his shoulder.) then what is ‘what-what’? LUCAS: (Laughs) You wanna know the difference between ‘whoot’ and ‘what-what’? KAREN: Yeah, you know, like (Makes some really dodgy hand movements.) ‘WHAT-WHAAAT!’ LUCAS: (Mortified) Mom,… (Shakes his head.) seriously. (Pause) Never again. (He points at her as she moves away with the dirty dishes.) LUCAS: You gotta lay off the hip-hop. This is Andy’s influence, isn’t it? (Karen walks to the counter and Lucas follows her.) LUCAS: When’s he coming back anyway? KAREN: (Evasively) Well, I’m not so sure that he is coming back. LUCAS: Why not? KAREN: Because, Lucas,… Andy wanted kids. He wanted to start a family and I’m… not sure that I want the same. LUCAS: Oh, so, what, your first kid was soooo rotten that I scared you from trying again? KAREN: Essentially yes, that’s it. (Laughs) (Lucas squints at her in mock betrayal.) KAREN: Andy’s a wonderful guy. He deserves a family. (Lucas looks at her to continue.) KAREN: And… then there’s Keith. LUCAS: What about Keith? KAREN: Well I’ve been… thinking about him a lot. (Pause) As a matter of fact I, uh, thought I saw him in town the day I left for New Zealand. You know, the day of the fre at Dan’s dealership. (Lucas absorbs that information. His eyebrows draw together and he gets fidgety.) LUCAS: You know, maybe I should go. (He gets up.) Gotta lot of errands to run before this beach party tonight. KAREN: (Fake deep voice.) End-of-the-summer beach party, what-whaaaat! (Makes the dodgy hands movements again.) (Lucas stops at the door and pauses for a moment before looking back, smiling at her, and walking out.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GYM – DAY] (Nathan is pushing weights in the gym. Haley enters.) HALEY: Hey. (Nathan sighs and sets the bar on its hooks. He sits up.) HALEY: I saw your car. I… I didn’t know you were home. NATHAN: (Pauses) Yeah, I know. (Dabs the sweat off his face with a towel.) HALEY: Did you get the letters I sent? NATHAN: (Sighs heavily again.) Yeah. (Wipes his arms.) HALEY: It’s good to see you. NATHAN: Look, Haley, I can’t do this, alright? HALEY: What? You can’t do what? You can’t talk to me? (Walks closer to him.) (He doesn’t face her or answer her.) HALEY: You didn’t even tell me you were home, Nathan. What were you gonna do, pass me in the hallway at school and not say a word? NATHAN: (Stands) I didn’t even know of you’d be in school(!) HALEY: I told you, I’m back for good. (He looks down.) HALEY: Anyway, um,… I don’t know if you heard but I’m staying in our apartment. (Laughs) Brooke rented it and asked me to be her roommate. NATHAN: (Raises his eyebrows.) You and Brooke, huh? HALEY: (Smiling) Yeah. I did not see that coming. Oh, by the way, if this basketball thing doesn’t work out, you may have a future as a painter. (Looks at him pointedly.) (Nathan realises what she’s talking about and looks down again. Haley just smiles.) HALEY: Nathan,… we have some decisions to make. NATHAN: Yeah,… yeah, we do. HALEY: (Whispering) Yeah. (Close-up of her hands as she plays with her wedding ring.) HALEY: Well, um,… I guess I’ll… ht the beach tonight. End-of-summer party. (Nathan smiles and puts his bottle aside.) NATHAN: (Whispers) OK. (Haley walks to the doors and looks back. Nathan goes back to his weights and takes them off the pole.) HALEY: You’ve changed. NATHAN: Yeah. (Pulls weights off.) I guess I have you to thank for that. (Haley sighs and leaves.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERWALK – SHOPS – DAY] (Ellie is standing outside, talking to a tall kid. She slips him some money. He looks around, making sure nobody’s watching.) (Lucas stands in the distance, watching them. He pulls his earphones off in the hopes of hearing what they’re saying. He frowns as he sees the guy slip something into her hand under the pretence of shaking it. Ellie walks past him and spots Lucas watching.) (Lucas looks away. Ellie pauses before carrying on to wherever she’s going. Lucas turns around and walks away.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (A door closes off-screen. The camera pans right to Peyton who is on her bed, sorting through her records. Brooke walks into her room.) BROOKE: (Frowning) OK, not exactly your finest hour in party attire but who knows, somebody might go for the homeless girl look. PEYTON: You know I don’t even wanna go to this thing. BROOKE: I know, but because Mouth is throwing himself his own personal pity-party over Erica Marsh, you P. Sawyer, as you know, are my DJ. (Peyton groans and turns to her.) BROOKE: Besides, this is the last end-of-summer beach party we’re gonna have before we’re seniors. (Pouts) PEYTON: Oh, come on, you know you’re gonna have another chance next year after you flunk out and have to repeat a grade(!) BROOKE: See, that’s the spirit! (Her smiles falls.) Sort of. (Peyton nods.) Little mean but it’s a start. Speaking of mean; please don’t be to Haley tonight, OK? Let’s party. (Slaps her on the arm.) (Peyton carries her basket of records and follows Brooke out.) BROOKE: Come on. (They walk out. Camera pans to Peyton’s bed where there are still a few records lying in a pile.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – DAY] (Pan up from a sandcastle where the drinks are being served from. A guy hands them out. Tim runs across the frame to Brooke.) TIM: It’s about time(!) (Brooke frowns at him.) TIM: (Holding a box and jumping around.) Can we light the bonfire now?! Can we? Can we? BROOKE: Oh, look, it’s Tim. I had a dream you died. Darn(!) (Tim looks into his box.) TIM: Look, check it out; I brought some really cool stuff to burn. I got, um,… cleaning supplies, some army men, some rotten fruit. Oh, and there’s this dad animal down the beach that would burn really cool. BROOKE: Come to think of it, Tim, you might burn really cool. Let’s sacrifice a virgin. TIM: (Clueless) Sweet(!) Like who? (Brooke just looks at him. A siren sounds and Tim drops his box.) TIM: CRAP, COPS! (He smacks the cups out of a line of big, tough looking, half naked, guys and stands beside them, arms crossed. Two guys approach them.) GUY 1: Hey, Brooke, what’s going on? You got cups for us? BROOKE: (Smiles) Sure, boys, right this way. (They follow her and the guys look at Tim, completely pissed off.) TIM: (Picking up their cups for them.) I’m sorry, I thought they were five-oh, I- (Picks up each cup and gives them back to the people.) I-I’m sure there’s still… (Points) some… (He turns and runs away.) (Camera pans along to shts of random people having fun.) FADE TO: [EXT. BEACH HOUSE – FRONT PORCH – EVENING] (Dan is sitting in a recliner, reading the fre investigation report that was made for the fre in the dealership. He frowns and flips another page. The one word that sticks out is ‘ACCIDENTAL’. It is not being treated as arson. The last line reads: ‘This fre investigation is CLOSED’.) (Dan leans back and flashes on the fre again.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (The fre covers the place. All of the shapes are blurry. Camera pans hard right to a pile of flames. Focus on Dan’s face as he opens his eyes and sees a blurry figure approaching him.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (sht of a burning torch.) BROOKE: (o.s) People have had fre rituals (Pan down to Brooke holding the torch.) since the beginning of time. (Pause) For some people it’s witchcraft; for others, religion; but for us, it marks the beginning of our senior year! (Everybody raises their cups and yells in approval. Lucas and Haley look at each other.) BROOKE: I know we have to go back to school soon, but tonight, as long as this fre burns, summer is still ours. (Brooke lowers the torch onto the bonfire and the flames spread quickly over the accelerant. The crowd roars again. Brooke sticks the touch into the ground and turns to Peyton. Peyton nods her head, earphone to her ears and puts the music on.) (The crowd’s enthusiasm dies painfully as they hear the sad, slow song Peyton puts on. Brooke turns around, exasperated and completely annoyed. She walks away without complaining.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (Dan walks across the café and straight to Karen.) KAREN: Look who it is – the kissing bandit. Did you fondle anyone while I was away? DAN: I should apologise. I won’t, (Grins) but I should. That kiss was a reckless mistake. (Pause) Sorta like Lucas. (Sits down.) (Karen watches his every move closely.) DAN: That was a joke. KAREN: Funny(!) No wonder you’re getting a divorce. (Harshly wipes the counter in front of him.) How’s that going, by the way? DAN: Why, you ready for round two? KAREN: (Makes a face and coughs a little.) Sorry, I just… threw up a little in my mouth. (Smiles) DAN: Can I just have a coffee, please? KAREN: Sure, just… let me spit in it first. (Smirks and turns her back.) DAN: Or, maybe you could drug it. (Karen stops but doesn’t turn back to him.) DAN: You know, Karen, as I recall, you were pretty angry with me the day of the fre. (Karen scoffs and pours the coffee.) KAREN: You know what, Dan? (Turns back with a smile.) You looking for people who were pretty angry with you, you might start at ‘A’, in the phonebook. DAN: You mean ‘A’ as in Andy? (Pause) Or maybe ‘B’, as in Boozy. (Pause) What do we hear from rag doll Keith these days anyway? KAREN: What’re you trying to say? The fre wasn’t an accident? DAN: Why? (Pause) Is that what you’re saying? KAREN: …You know what, I think I’m gonna play the old ‘right to refuse service’ card. You can get out. (Points to the door.) DAN: You said I could have a coffee. KAREN: Well, let’s just call that a… reckless mistake. DAN: Hmm, fair enough. (Pause) Say hi to Andy for me. (Stands) That is if you ever see the little guy again. KAREN: You know what? If someone… did try to kll ya, I’m sorry they failed, Dan. (Camera zooms in on his annoyed face.) KAREN: (Smirking cruelly.) Maybe next time they won’t. (Pause) Whoever they were. (Karen smiles and Dan walks out of the café. The camera focuses on Karen’s conspiratorial expression.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (Tim is sitting down. People are there but are wearing sickened expressions. He is naked with only a guitar covering his privates.) TIM: (Singing) # Who wants to swim, With naked Tim? Who wants to get drunk, And have sex with him? # (The girls turn and leave. One woman stops to look at him, her hand on her belly.) TIM: (Frowning) I know they call it skinny dipping but… you wanna try anyway? GIRL: I’m pregnant you idiot(!) (She continues walking past him as he thinks.) TIM: I’m cool with that! FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – LIFEGUARD TOWER – EVENING] (Lucas is leaning against the lifeguard tower, watching the party from the distance. He watches Brooke as she talks to about four different guys, laughing and enjoying herself. Haley comes up from behind.) HALEY: Hey, (Lucas looks at her.) how’s that… casual dating thing working out for ya? LUCAS: So-so. HALEY: Could be worse – Nathan didn’t even show up(!) (She walks past him, depressed.) (Lucas looks at her before looking back at Brooke. He turns his back and walks to Peyton.) (Peyton’s drinking from her cup.) LUCAS: I don’t blame ya. PEYTON: What’s that? LUCAS: This music. (Pause) It’s enough to drive anyone to drink. (Peyton turns away and drops the earphones.) LUCAS: Mom stuff? PEYTON: I don’t know. I don’t feel like I owe Ellie a thing. You know? But… I still feel guilty sometimes; for freezing her out. LUCAS: Yeah? PEYTON: I mean, is trusting someone always gonna be impossible in my life? (Pause) Maybe I should at least try with her. (Lucas looks away, holding it back.) PEYTON: (Looks at him.) I see that look again. LUCAS: What look? I don’t have a look. PEYTON: Dude,… you’ve got a tell the size of JLO’s ass. (Lucas looks away and scratches his head.) Whaddaya got on Ellie? (Lucas tries to say it but he can’t.) PEYTON: Luke,… if I’m a bout to make a huge mistake, please just… help me out. (Lucas waits.) LUCAS: The thing is… I saw her buying drugs in the park today, I’m sorry. (Peyton looks down.) PEYTON: Oh, god(!) (Pause) You know what, it… it makes all the sense in the world, you know? She said she was clean but so far all she’s done is lie anyway, so… (Both of them look down – equally depressed.) BROOKE: Is this a funeral? Will you please play something that doesn’t make me wanna sht-up and die? (Lucas looks at her delicately. Peyton shifts the needle of one record and puts one on the other. Normal, Peyton music, starts to play. Brooke smiles and nods.) BROOKE: Thank you. (Peyton looks at Lucas before grabbing her cup.) PEYTON: I need a drink. (Lucas looks at Brooke who shrugs, takes her own cup and walks back off to the party. He sighs and leans on the deck.) (People are having fun, letting off steam before returning to school. Guys are chasing girls with water gn and making out.) (Camera cuts back to Lucas who is making fun of them by dancing like a po-go. Haley stands beside him. Tim is standing by the fre, still playing his guitar in all his nudity, and sweating.) (Brooke walks up to Lucas.) BROOKE: If I were looking for a guy to go skinny-dipping with, would you be that guy? (Smiles and wiggles her eyebrows.) (Lucas laughs before seeing Haley sitting there; upset and alone.) LUCAS: Can I be that guy in twenty minutes? BROOKE: Hmmm… I’ll give you fifteen and then I’m going wide with the offer. (She smiles and runs off in the opposite direction. Lucas looks at Haley again before making a decision and walking off-screen.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – EVENING] (Nathan is shting hoops by himself on the court. Lucas walks up.) LUCAS: How come you’re not at the party? NATHAN: (Pause) How come you’re not in the gym? You know, that little one-on-one game, that was a joke. And you better get yourself in shape, otherwise you’re gonna be completely worthless to me this season. (Pause) Instead of mostly worthless like you are now(!) (He jumps and throws the ball at the hoop again.) LUCAS: I know why you’re here, Nathan. (Pause) Haley’s not going away, you know? NATHAN: Dude, for once, could you just mind your own damn business? LUCAS: As soon as you forgive her(!) (Nathan looks away.) And try to work things out. (Nathan scoffs.) She loves you, Nate. NATHAN: And is that supposed to make everything OK? LUCAS: (Thinks before answering honestly.) Yeah, it is. NATHAN: (Grins without humour.) You’re an idiot. (Nathan chucks that ball again and gets it through the basket. Lucas takes it and groans in annoyance – one step away from punching his brother.) LUCAS: YOU KNOW SOMETHING, NATHAN?! I’VE TRIED WITH YOU! (Pause) BUT SOMETIMES, I WONDER WHY I BOTHER! NATHAN: Then don’t. LUCAS: FINE, I WON’T! (Calms down and walks up to him.) You wanna… be a coward? Fine. Stay here and hide(!) Don’t go to the party. (Pause) But if you think I’m gonna let you mistreat Haley, you’re wrong. Don’t try it for a second, because if you do, I’m gonna hurt ya. (Nathan looks away and shakes his head, aware that Lucas’ completely serious.) LUCAS: Jackass. (He drops the ball and walks away, leaving Nathan standing there with his hands on his hips.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (The camera pans up to a pile of clothes. Lucas stands over them and realises that they are Brooke’s. He puts a hand to his head and looks out at the sea. He spots Brooke there with a few guys.) (Haley walks up to him.) HALEY: (Frowning) Well, at least she won’t drown naked. (Lucas frowns and looks back. Brooke’s with the lifeguards. He’s not pleased as he turns and walks away again.) (Tim has thankfully donned some clothes. He’s carrying his guitar as he approaches Haley.) TIM: Hey, Tutor Girl, (Points to the sky.) check it out – the stars are blue. (Holds his guitar out to her.) TIM: Do your song. HALEY: Ah, no, thanks. TIM: Why not? (Haley shrugs.) HALEY: Because I don’t want to. TIM: Oh, come on, don’t be stuck-up. Look, I’ll sing the Chris Keller part- (Nathan comes up behind them.) HALEY: Tim, I really don’t wanna sing- TIM: Just do it. Please(!) HALEY: I don’t know- oh(!) (Nathan grabs the guitar and throws it onto the bonfire then continues walking. The crowd cheers. Tim looks up at him.) TIM: Nathan’s back(!) (Rushes off after him.) (Haley looks at them with a smile.) (Cut to Lucas who is standing there, a frown back in place.) (Haley looks at the burning guitar. It’s clear how Nathan feels.) (Brooke is out of the water with a blue towel wrapped around her. She grabs her clothes and stops at Lucas.) BROOKE: Lucas. LUCAS: (Says bye to who he was talking to and turns to Brooke.) Hey. BROOKE: You having fun yet? LUCAS: Are you? BROOKE: Yeah. (Smiles) You know, we’re never gonna be here again, Luke. Senior; summer; you gotta enjoy it. LUCAS: No, you’re right. We should enjoy it. Don’t you think that… if we’re never gonna be here again, then maybe we should make it mean something to us? (One lifeguard powers up his speaker.) LIFEGUARD: Brooke Davis, do not put your clothes on! (Brooke smiles and looks at Lucas.) BROOKE: Um… LUCAS: (Smiles) Joe calls. (Brooke smiles and leaves. As soon as she’s gone, his smile drops and his eyes sadden.) (Cut to Peyton who is back at the deck with her drink. Haley walks up behind her.) HALEY: Hey, girly. (Smiles) I left you like a million messages. Where you been? PEYTON: (Uncaringly) Around. (Haley quickly gets that Peyton is not happy with her. She looks away.) HALEY: Drinking, huh? I should probably join you with the night I’m having. It’s like… Tim wants me to play; Nathan won’t even talk to me. PEYTON: Well it’s not like you don’t deserve it(!) (Haley looks at her, hurt. Peyton puts on a different record. ‘When The Stars Go Blue’ starts up by Haley and Chris. Peyton walks away, past Nathan who is approaching Haley.) (Haley doesn’t see him as she sits there, thinking about the husband and friends she has lost.) NATHAN: (Stops) Hey? (Haley looks at him.) NATHAN: Can I talk to you? (Haley smiles and nods as the song continues to play. They walk off onto the beach.) NATHAN: I wanted to say I’m sorry. I should have told you I was back in town. HALEY: (Happy that he’s talking to her again.) It’s OK. NATHAN: Not really. (Pause) Look, I’ve been avoiding you because I’m still mad, Haley, about everything. (Pause) And I don’t see that changing anytime soon. (Haley nods but doesn’t say anything.) NATHAN: You know the last two times I came to the beach? (Looks at her.) For our wedding, and to burn the Wedding Wall. HALEY: So that’s what happened to it. NATHAN: Well, first I broke it in half with the keyboard I bought you. And then I brned it. (Haley gets that he’s not there to even try and mend the rift.) NATHAN: I’m sorry. HALEY: …Nathan,… I need to ask you something and I really don’t want you to take it the wrong way. (Nathan stops and waits.) HALEY: I need to know what you want from me, or from us. (Thinks) Where are we now? NATHAN: I don’t know. HALEY: What do you want us to be? NATHAN: I don’t know, Haley. I can’t answer that right now. HALEY: I can. I want us to be together. NATHAN: Why? (Pause, off Haley’s hurt face.) I mean, we’re so far away from… who we used to be. Why even fight for it? HALEY: (Completely sure.) Because I love you. (Nathan looks away and sighs.) NATHAN: Well, listen,… basketball season’s coming up and I’m… I’m gonna concentrate on that. So,… you should do your thing, whatever it is; school, music. Something other than me. (Pause) Because,… I really don’t know when I’m gonna be ready for us again. (Shrugs) Or even if… I’ll be ready for us at all. HALEY: (Distraught) Oh, Nathan, don’t say that, god(!) NATHAN: Haley, I’m not saying it to be mean… OK? I don’t… I don’t like hurting you. I’m just trying to be honest. (Haley doesn’t look at him. She barely moves.) NATHAN: (Uncomfortable) I’m gonna head back. Alright? (He walks off. Haley gathers some strength before calling out to him.) HALEY: Nathan!? (He stops and turns back.) HALEY: …I’m not going anywhere. (She looks at him. He takes a moment.) NATHAN: … OK. (He walks away. Haley sighs sadly and looks at the stars.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (People are still having fun at the party. Lucas walks to Haley and sits beside her. They are separated from the fun and enjoyment.) LUCAS: And then… (Leans back.) there were two. (Pause) Hey, it’s not so bad. This is how we started last school year and look how good that turned out. (Haley laughs humourlessly.) LUCAS: (Shakes his head before taking her hand.) Let’s take a walk. (Haley looks at him and nods. He hugs her and they walk. Lucas stops as he sees Brooke dancing with the lifeguards.) LUCAS: Give me a minute. (He walks to Brooke who’s laughing with the guys. They stop when they see him.) LUCAS: What’s going on, guys? LIFEGUARD: What’s up? LUCAS: (To Brooke.) You gotta second? BROOKE: Sure, what’s up? LUCAS: I’m the guy for you. (Pause) I know we’re just part-time, that’s cool. You know, do whatever, have your fun. (Smiles) But one of these nights, you’re gonna realise it: (Pause) I’m the guy for you, Brooke Davis. (Brooke looks at him, surprised. Lucas turns away but turns back.) LUCAS: You’ll see. (Brooke’s expression remains the same.) LUCAS: (To the lifeguards.) You guys take it easy. (He walks away. Brooke walks away from the lifeguards, to where Nathan is standing. They watch as Lucas puts his arm around Haley again and they walk off.) (Cut back to Nathan and Brooke. She smiles and nods slightly.) FADE TO: [INT. CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (Ellie is sitting at the table, writing something. Peyton enters and walks up to her. She set a phial in front of her.) PEYTON: Here. It used to be my cocaine phial. (They look at each other.) Thought you might like it considering you were buying drugs today. (Peyton looks at her with pain in her eyes before turning and leaving. Ellie doesn’t try to deny it. She looks back down at the paper.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (The party is still raging.) LUCAS: It’s gonna be OK, Hales. As a matter of fact, I… think it’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship. (Haley looks at him steadily.) LUCAS: Again. (She laughs and they walk out of the sht.) (Dan walks onto the scene with his own alcohol. He looks at Haley and Lucas near the fre. He smiles and raises the glass to his lips but pauses as he sees Lucas behind the flames.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (The fre rages and a figure rounds the corner. The figure is burry as the shts cut between the head and body as well as the flames. Suddenly, the sh*t comes into focus and Lucas is standing there with an evil gleam in his eyes.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (Close-up of the glass in Dan’s hand as he squeezes it too hard and it shatters. He looks back up at Lucas with betrayal shining in his eyes. Lucas continues to laugh and joke with Haley as they watch the bonfire.) (Dan seethes with suppressed rage.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x02 - From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Ellie stands at the door with Peyton.) ELLIE: I’m your mother. CUT TO: [EXT. THE DOCK – DAY] (Peyton is talking to her father.) PEYTON: Is this woman my mother? LARRY: Your mom is gone, Peyton, but… your biological mother is alive. (Peyton gapes at him.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – THE PARK – DAY] (Ellie and a shifty looking guy are secretly exchanging money and drugs.) LUCAS: (v.o) I saw her buying drugs in the park today. I’m sorry. (Lucas watches them with his mouth open.) CUT TO: [INT. BROOKE’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke and Mouth are sitting on her bed.) BROOKE: (Shocked) You and Erica broke up? MOUTH: She got popular. (Nods) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan stand on the beach, a little way apart from everyone else.) HALEY: I love you. NATHAN: I really don’t know when I’m gonna be ready for us again. Or even if… if I’ll be ready for us at all. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke takes clothes out of the closet whilst talking to Lucas.) BROOKE: We could totally have a summer-like fling, just in the fall. And… non-exclusive. (Looks at him carefully.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (Lucas stands in front of Brooke whilst she’s with a bunch of lifeguards.) LUCAS: I’m the guy for you, Brooke Davis. (Pause) You’ll see. (Brooke smiles at him, shocked.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of the charred piece of paper.) DAN: (v.o) Three months ago, someone tried to kll me. (sht of Lucas’ face.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (fre covers the dealership.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – EVENING] (Dan stands a way off, unseen by the people enjoying the party. He watches Lucas and Haley talking and laughing behind the bonfire.) DAN: (v.o) And when I find out who did this to me, and I will find out soon. (He pauses as he sees Lucas’ form behind the flames and his memory kicks in.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Lucas’s face comes into focus as he stands there, evil gleam in his eyes.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – EVENING] (Dan stands on the platform, watching Lucas with betrayal shining in his eyes.) DAN: (v.o) The sins I commit then could turn this place to rubble(!) (Dan squeezes the glass too hard and it shatters under the grip. The camera pans up to his disbelieving face.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – THE ROOF – EVENING] (Focus on the view from over the wall of the café roof. The camera pans down slowly. Lucas is at one wall, pulling a brick out.) LUCAS: (v.o) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: ‘All are architects of fate… living in these walls of time’. (Lucas finally yanks the brick out and takes out a small metal box. He looks at it and smiles before sitting down. He wipes the dust off the tin and opens it. Inside are two folded up pieces of paper, he sets them aside.) HALEY: (v.o) Looks like we’re gonna have to go to Augusta (She walks into the sht.) to get in a decent nine holes, huh? (She looks around; it’s not how she left it.) LUCAS: (Smiles regretfully.) I didn’t think you were coming back so I… took the course down. It didn’t feel right, letting it fall apart. HALEY: You’re just tired of me schooling your sorry butt. (Lucas smiles and hands her one of the papers.) LUCAS: I didn’t think you’d remember. HALEY: Are you kidding me? Tomorrow’s the first day of school. Every year we try and predict what the next year’s gonna hold and… every year I realise how out of touch I was with the year before. (Lucas laughs.) HALEY: Unless of course this says that I’d be married and separated by now. (Haley unfolds the paper and reads. She coughs.) LUCAS: Well, zero hour. HALEY: You first. LUCAS: ‘This year, I’m going to kiss a boy’. (Nods) HALEY: That’s mine! (Snatches it away.) It’s from seventh grade! LUCAS: Well, it finally happened for you then. (Haley laughs and smacks him.) HALEY: Shut up(!) (She reads then one she’s holding.) HALEY: What about you? (Reads) ‘This year I’ll talk to Peyton Sawyer(!)’ LUCAS: It doesn’t say that(!) (Takes it back.) HALEY: It does, look at it. (Lucas reads it.) LUCAS: Oh. HALEY: (Reading.) ‘This year, I’ll volunteer at the tutor center’. LUCAS: ‘Mom and Keith will finally get married’. (Haley looks at him and smiles sadly.) HALEY: ‘I’ll date a (Slows down and frowns.) musician’. (She frowns and Lucas looks at her.) HALEY: Why do we do this again? LUCAS: It’s supposed to be fun. HALEY: How bout this year we wait and see how the first day goes before any predictions? (Lucas nods and they refold the papers.) LUCAS: It’s good to have you back, Haley. (Pause) Couldn’ta done the senior year without you. FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL (EST) – DAY] (sht of the sign which reads ‘TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL: WELCOME BACK STUDENTS’. People walk past the sign.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Haley and Lucas enter the corridor. It is instantly obvious that Haley is getting a lot of muted attention. Lots of girls look at her.) HALEY: (To Lucas.) OK, I know in high school you always feel like everyone’s staring at you but this is ridiculous(!) LUCAS: Well, they’re not used to having a celebrity in their mi- (Haley slaps him.) LUCAS: Ow(!) (Looks at her annoyed.) Get over it. HALEY: Let’s just find our lockers. (Looks through her book.) I’m 141. (Looks around.) What are you? (He looks at his hand.) LUCAS: Uh… 143. (Raises his eyebrows.) It must be alphabetical. HALEY: Which means… (Haley’s eyes widen.) (They point and sure enough, Nathan shuts locker 139. He turns and looks at her.) NATHAN: (Indifferently) You shoulda used your stage name. (Turns and walks away.) (Haley watches him, upset. Lucas looks down at her.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke and Lucas are now walking together.) BROOKE: I waited for you this morning. LUCAS: What d’ya mean? BROOKE: I just figured since it’s the first day of school the ‘guy for me’ would… pick me up; bring me flowers, maybe a bagel. (Shrugs) Just saying, (Stops at her locker.) not that impressive. (Lucas looks at her and smiles.) LUCAS: I had a couple things to take care of. BROOKE: Hmm. (She takes the lock off and opens the door. She gapes at the tiny disco ball, fairy lights, streamers and pictures stuck up in there. He’s written ‘Lucas and Brooke forever’ on her mirror in pink lipstick.) BROOKE: You totally pimped my locker. (She smiles, speechless.) LUCAS: (Over her shoulder.) Yeah. (Sighs) It’s very exclusive. (Brooke looks at him open-mouthed. He walks away and she puts her things in her locker with a big grin before shutting it again.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – DAY] (Brooke exits the school and walks on quickly. She sees someone off-screen.) BROOKE: Hey, roommate, you were out early this morning. You know, it’s the first day, you have to pace yourself. HALEY: (Scoffs) I’m usually one of those people who likes the fist day of school. You know, new pens; new book; new backpack. BROOKE: A nerd. HALEY: Exactly. (Brooke laughs.) HALEY: I found out that I’m behind for the first time in my academic career and I’m gonna have to work twice as hard if I wanna graduate by June, so- (Shrugs. Peyton walks up behind them,) And everybody here’s giving me the zoo treatment except for Nathan who of course wont… really look at me. BROOKE: Right. PEYTON: You could always run away and join a rock tour. (They look at her.) Oh, wait, you already did that. (Grins and waves at Brooke before walking away.) (Haley looks away, annoyed. Brooke smiles just to keep the peace.) BROOKE: (Uncomfortably) She’s had a complicated… year. (Nods) I’ll talk to her. (Brooke leaves Haley alone to walk past a gng of girls who make no show of hiding their curiosity and cruelty. Sue mimes an air guitar and mouths ‘Rock star’. Haley walks past them, rolling her eyes.) SUE: Hey, you got a problem? (They laugh as Haley ignores them and walks into the school. Nathan is watching them from a far-off table.) (Mouth comes up behind Nathan.) MOUTH: Nathan, you think I can get a quick interview? (Sits next to him.) I’m podcasting a preseason Ravens report. NATHAN: (Distracted) Podcasting? MOUTH: Yeah, it’s kinda like a radio but fans can download it and listen to it on their iPods. (Nathan nods.) MOUTH: (Begins recording.) We’re here with number 23: Nathan Scott. Nate, what’s your prediction for this Ravens team? Is this the year that you’ll finally claim that elusive championship trophy or will it once again end up in the arms of someone else? (His smile falls.) Someone more popular; better looking; possibly a surfer, (Nathan’s brow creases.) leaving you empty and angry with only that final buzzer of regret ringing in you ears! (His harsh breathing subsides and he waits for a second before holding the Dictaphone out to Nathan.) NATHAN: (Lost for a moment.) I… think we’ll have a great season. (Looks at Mouth weirdly.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – DAY] (Whitey is in his office polishing a big basketball trophy. He stares at it as Dan stops in the doorway.) WHITEY: Oh no, (sht cuts over his shoulder, Dan is reflected off the trophy.) sometimes I wish I had gone blind. DAN: Easy, old-timer. (Smiles) I just came by to congratulate you on your four-hundredth year at Tree Hill High. (Smirks) (Whitey laughs humourlessly.) WHITEY: Well, I see, uh,… Nathan ranked, nationally, ten spots ahead of you (Looks at the paper.) if memory serves. DAN: Yeah, well, it would have been higher if they’d gone off last years records of his weak play at that damn camp. WHITEY: Does anything ever make you happy, Danny? DAN: (Smirking) Actually, yeah. (Walks forward.) It’s the agenda for this weeks school board meeting (Hands a blue folder over.) take a look at item three. I put it in twenty-four point font so you can read it. (Whitey looks at number three before shutting the folder harshly.) WHITEY: ‘Replace Whitey Durham’. DAN: It’s nothing personal. (Pause) Oh, wait a minute, who am I kidding? Of course it’s personal. WHITEY: (Glowering) You know, it’s a shame you didn’t burn up along with your dealership. (Pause) But, of course, Dan Scott can survive anything, can’t he? Like a cockroach(!) (Whitey flicks a lighter on. Dan stares at it and his gusto fades quickly. He backs up slightly.) WHITEY: What’s the matter, Danny? (Picks up a candle.) I’m just lighting a candle. (Lights it.) Good for the… Feng Shui. (Amused) You look a little skittish. I thought fre was supposed to be Satan’s friend. DAN: (Smiling again.) It is. (Pause) If you see Lucas, that is if you’re still able to, tell him I’d like to speak to him. (Turns his back and leaves. Whitey is still grinning and he flicks the lighter closed.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Ellie opens the door and enters. She sees Lucas and walks to him.) ELLIE: Lucas. (Lucas slings his bag over his shoulder, basketball in hand. He looks at her.) LUCAS: What do you want? ELLIE: I need your help. LUCAS: I’m sorry; I’m fresh out of heroine. Try the park. (He starts to walk past her.) ELLIE: (Stepping in front if him.) Wait, Lucas. (He stops.) ELLIE: You did see me buying drugs… but it was for medical reasons. LUCAS: (Smiling to himself.) Let me guess, you’re going blind. (Walks away again.) ELLIE: (Stops him again.) Actually, no. I have cancer. (Lucas looks away, frowning.) ELLIE: I didn’t want Peyton to know. (Lucas listens.) ELLIE: Marijuana helps with the nausea. LUCAS: (Wrong footed) How far along? ELLIE: Far enough. LUCAS: I’m sorry. ELLIE: I came back here coz I needed to know that Peyton was OK. (Pause) That she’d be OK. LUCAS: She deserves to know. (Pause) You have to tell her. ELLIE: I know, but I want her to get to know me first. On her own terms. Not because she feels sorry for me. I thought maybe… you could tell her you made a mistake. (Pause) Encourage her to give me another chance. (Lucas looks away without replying.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Lucas is playing a bit of basketball by himself. Dan walks onto the court and catches the ball when Lucas misses the basket. Lucas can’t believe his luck.) LUCAS: (Uncaringly) Can I help you? (Dan puts the ball through the hoop before answering.) DAN: Taking a walk. Seems I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. LUCAS: How bout taking a hike? Done that lately? (Dan smiles to himself.) DAN: Did I ever tell you about the dog I found in this park? (Walks forward.) I took him into my home, gave him the best of everything. Some might say I even spoiled him. (Pause) and then, one day,… he bit me. LUCAS: Smart dog. (Dan walks around him.) DAN: Point is,… (Leans in close.) that dog never bit me again. (Lucas watches him.) DAN: (Continuing to walk.) I get why you come out here. (Pause) Fresh air; solitude. (Pause) Gives one clarity. (Turns to face Lucas.) That’s important. Something I’ve been trying to grasp at all summer but it just kept slipping through my fingers. (Pause) Until I saw you the other night at the beach. At the bonfire. CUT TO FLASHBACK: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE BONFIRE – EVENING] (Haley and Lucas stand behind the bonfire and it roars with life.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] DAN: I know it was you, Lucas. LUCAS: (Smiling unsteadily.) I don’t know what you’re talking about. DAN: I saw you at the dealership that night. CUT TO FLASHBACK: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Lucas is bent over, struggling.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] DAN: (Snarling) You think I wouldn’t remember?! (Throws the ball at him.) (Lucas catches it but his expression is hardened. He isn’t going to take crap from Dan. He throws the ball back, harder. Dan catches it.) DAN: Careful now… (Smirks) don’t wanna get the heart rate up. Especially since you stopped taking your meds. It’d be a shame if you collapsed right here on the court and no one to call an ambulance. (He looks at Lucas thrat before throwing the ball back at him. Lucas catches it again.) LUCAS: (Practically hissing.) Thanks for your concern. (Throws the ball back, Dan barely catches it.) LUCAS: (Viscously) Dad(!) DAN: I didn’t raise you so… maybe you didn’t get the lesson… but if you’re gonna start something… you sure as hell better finish it(!) (He throws the ball again, hard. Lucas holds his arms up and it hits him squarely on the chest. Lucas shakes his head.) LUCAS: I’m not playing this game anymore. (There’s a pause before Fergie, Mouth and Junk walk onto the court. They are looking shocked and confused. Dan looks at them before turning back with a plastic smile.) DAN: Good talk son. (Winks) We’ll finish it soon. (Dan walks away. Lucas, unnerved, does a full 360˚ before looking back at Dan’s retreating back.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GROUNDS – DAY] (Peyton is walking by herself before Nathan joins her.) PEYTON: (Grinning) What’re you doing on this side of the school? NATHAN: (Smiling) P.E. PEYTON: (Amused) Whoa, what, by way of Florida? You’re dodging Haley. NATHAN: Well, how’d you deal with it when we first broke up? Besides from immediately trying to hook up with Lucas. (Peyton smacks him. Nathan laughs.) NATHAN: No, seriously, I mean… how did you deal with having to see each other every day? PEYTON: Really, the only thing I missed was skipping algebra and making out in my car. As much as I loathed kissing you, algebra was worse. (Cut to Haley and Brooke walking along outside in another part of the school.) HALEY: (Annoyed whilst struggling with her bag.) Oh, do you have any idea how annoying it is to only go to your locker once a day? I’m gonna need a good chiropractor. BROOKE: Let’s talk about something happy. Like how we’re gonna get evicted if we don’t find money for rent. HALEY: Wait a minute; I thought your parents sent you money. BROOKE: Well,… it barely covered my back-to-school wardrobe. HALEY: You spent your rent money on clothes? BROOKE: I can’t come to school naked! It wouldn’t be very presidential. Although I suppose I would never have to worry about re-election. HALEY: Oh my god, it’s so good that you’re not treasurer. (Brooke shrugs agreeably.) HALEY: By the way, have you talked to Peyton? I get why Nathan’s freezing me out but it’s not like I put Peyton up for adopti- (She stops as they look up and practically walk over Peyton and Nathan who are coming right at them. Peyton looks at her, daring her to continue.) HALEY: -on. (Mouth walks up to them.) MOUTH: Star forward, Nathan Scott and wife, Haley, face-to-face. (Peyton looks at Haley and it’s clear she doesn’t like her. She looks at Brooke.) MOUTH: How will her return affect his game? Will she destroy his average like Erica Marsh (Nathan sighs.) thrat to destroy this reporters GPA?! (All of them look at Mouth in varying degrees of exasperation. Haley raises her eyebrows questioningly. The bell rings. Mouth continues to hold out his Dictaphone. They disperse. Haley and Brooke walk forward and Peyton and Nathan go the opposite way.) (Mouth is left standing there on his own. He sighs and walks away.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – DAY] (Whitey’s on the phone.) WHITEY: I DON’T CARE HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS GOT THEIR CARS AT COST! Forty years of coaching should count for more than that! (Haley stops at the doorway. He hangs up the phone and looks up.) HALEY: (Sighs and walks in.) Hey, coach. WHITEY: Well, well, Avril Lavigne. What can I do for you? HALEY: I… wanted to talk to you about Nathan. I’m not exactly his favourite person right now. (Whitey searches for something.) WHITEY: And you’d like for me to talk to him? HALEY: I was hoping. He really listens to you. WHITEY: Listen, girly, I’m a basketball coach, not Dr. Phil. I don’t have time for anybody else’s problems right now. I got plenty of my own. (Haley understands and waves him off.) HALEY: I-I understand. WHITEY: Besides that, I should be happy that my star player’s focussing on the game rather than on his love life. (Haley looks at him sadly.) WHITEY: (Finishes writing something down.) We got a championship to win this year. (Passes her a pink slip.) Here. (Haley reaches for it immediately.) HALEY: What’s this? WHITEY: Called a detention slip. HALEY: (Annoyed) Detention for what?! WHITEY: Last time I checked, this was the boys’ locker room. (He nods once and Haley gapes at him.) WHITEY: Now take it and go. (Haley walks out, open-mouthed and disbelieving.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Karen and Larry are sitting at one of the tables, talking and drinking coffee.) KAREN: So, how’s, uh,… everything going with Peyton and Ellie? (Larry shakes his head.) LARRY: I don’t know. I told Ellie to stay away. (Pause) But… a part of me thinks it might be a good idea for those two to talk. (Karen nods.) KAREN: How much do you know about her? LARRY: Not much really. We met her when she was pregnant with Peyton, looking for an adoptive couple, she chose us. KAREN: What about Peyton’s father? (Correcting herself.) Uh-biological father. LARRY: Well, we asked about him but she would never talk about him. (She smiles.) I don’t know, Karen,… half the time I’m floating in the Atlantic trying to keep a roof over our heads and Peyton’s scratching her way through adolescence – alone. KAREN: Peyton knows that you love her, Larry. LARRY: I know she does. (Sits back.) I just don’t wanna see her hurt again. KAREN: You know, I don’t-I don’t know Ellie. I don’t know her intentions… but this may be the one opportunity that Peyton has to find out. (Larry just stares at her.) KAREN: (Smiling) I know you wanna protect her but maybe what she needs protection from is regret. (Larry nods slowly.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – DETENTION – DAY] (Haley walks into the classroom and sees Whitey standing there, waiting.) HALEY: (Walks in holding the slip.) Coach Durham, if I said something to upset you earlier, I’m really sorry. (He takes the slip and puts it on the table.) WHITEY: Take your seat. (Haley sighs and walks to a desk just as Nathan enters the classroom. He sees her and sighs.) NATHAN: What’re you doing here? (Haley turns and sees him.) WHITEY: She’s got detention, just like you. NATHAN: What, are we the only two people that got in trouble today? (A guy walks to the door with earphones in his ears and holding a half eaten bagel. He holds his slip out. Whitey takes it and shoves him back to the door.) WHITEY: Get lost, kid. (Pushes him out of the door.) You’re pardoned. (Nathan shakes his head and takes his seat, not near Haley. Whitey shuts the door. Haley looks at Nathan as he avoids eye contact and stares straight ahead.) WHITEY: Today, we’re gonna allow talking. I believe you two have some catching up to do. (Whitey winks at Haley and she gets it. She smiles her gratitude.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GROUNDS – DAY] (Pan across the school bus before stopping at Haley and Lucas who are walking back into school.) LUCAS: So, how’d detention go? HALEY: Oh, it was exactly what it was supposed to be: punishment. Nathan looked at me exactly once when my stomach growled funny and then stared at the clock for the rest of the hour. LUCAS: Well, gave you time to work on those prediction though, right? HALEY: Are you kidding me? The way this year’s going, I predict I’m gonna get my GED. LUCAS: (Sighs) I’ll see you at lunch. (He veers off in another direction.) HALEY: Alright. (Pats him as he leaves.) (Haley walks past the same bunch of girls. They look at her again and laugh. One of them turns and calls out to Haley.) SUE: Excuse me! Um, aren’t you Kelly Clarkson? (Haley stops, keeping her back to them. They laugh.) SUE: (Under her breath.) Bitch! (Haley turns back around, irritated.) HALEY: You wanna try saying that to my face? SUE: (Stands) You like to sing about stars? Maybe you’d like to see some. (Pushes Haley hard.) (Haley stumbles back before moving forward and pushing her back.) HALEY: I have never done ANYTHING to you! (Whitey intervenes quickly.) WHITEY: Hey, hey, hey, break it up! (Forcefully separates them.) Break it up now! (Sue grins and she and her friends leave. Whitey looks at Haley.) WHITEY: I’m not gonna have any catfights on my watch. (Haley breathes harshly and watches them.) WHITEY: Fighting in school – that’s a detention. HALEY: (Outraged) Coach, she started it! WHITEY: Talking back to a teacher – (Nods) that’s two. HALEY: (Closes her eyes.) Whitey, I really appreciate it but I don’t think it’s gonna work. WHITEY: Calling me Whitey… is three. HALEY: (Depressed) OK, I think two’s enough. WHITEY: I’m serious about that third one. I’ll see you in detention. (Haley sighs and grumbles harshly before stomping off to the school.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – DETENTION – DAY] (Haley is sitting in detention, resting on her schoolbag and staring off into nothing. The camera zooms out to show Nathan there too. He has his books out. He looks over at Haley.) NATHAN: (Laughs to himself.) Did you really, uh,… knock out Sue Garvey’s front tooth? (Haley looks up at him, surprised he’s talking to her.) HALEY: Wh-what? Where did you hear that? NATHAN: It’s all over school. (Grins) HALEY: Great, add ‘bully’ to my resume now. (Groans and runs a hand through her hair.) You know, I’ve played for some tough crowds on the road… nothing compares to the hostility I feel walking down that hallway. (Nathan nods.) HALEY: What’d I even do to make those girls hate me anyway? They don’t even know me. NATHAN: It’s high school. They don’t need a reason. Try missing the winning sht at a home game; you’ll feel hatred at a whole new level. (Smiles) (Haley smiles back.) HALEY: Yeah. I guess I never thought of it that way. (Nathan turns back around. Haley wants to keep him talking to her.) HALEY: Nathan- NATHAN: I should get back to this. (Flips pages in his textbook.) I don’t have a tutor anymore. (Haley’s happiness disappears again and she sighs before leaning on her bag and resuming her position.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – BACKYARD – DAY] (Dan is playing basketball by himself. Nathan shuts his car door and walks to him.) NATHAN: Let me guess – mom’s not home; she doesn’t know you’re here. DAN: Well, technically, we haven’t divided our assets yet. NATHAN: Well, technically, hanging around the house when your wife’s kicked you to the curb makes you a loser. DAN: Well, I guess you’d know, right? (Smirks before turning back to the hoop.) Come on, get suited up. We’ll play one-on-one. Where you been, anyway? NATHAN: (Squinting as Dan scores a basket.) I had detention. DAN: Nathan, you can’t afford to be a discipline case. This stuff gets back to the scouts- NATHAN: No, it wasn’t like that. Whitey’s just… playing games with me and Haley. DAN: (Nods) Whitey, huh? Well you won’t have to worry about him much longer. NATHAN: (Looks up at him.) What does that mean? DAN: I’m looking out for you, son. (Smirks) I’m going before the school board tonight, we’re gonna get you a real coach. (Nathan looks on, distracted. He’s not happy with the news.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Peyton and Lucas enter her house.) LUCAS: I’m only saying, maybe I was wrong about Ellie. (Peyton gives him a look.) LUCAS: Who knows what I saw? I mean, it could have been any number of things. PEYTON: What, crack, speed, maybe she’s huffing model aeroplane glue. (Lucas sighs.) LUCAS: That’s not what I mean(!) PEYTON: Lucas, I confronted her about it – she didn’t deny it. LUCAS: There could be some explanation. PEYTON: There’s always an explanation with her. It’s called lying! (They walk up the stairs on their way to her bedroom.) PEYTON: Why are you on the Ellie train all of a sudden anyway? LUCAS: (Seriously) I’m not. I’m just saying, maybe you should give her a chance. (Peyton sighs and continues up the stairs. She opens her bedroom door and stops suddenly.) LARRY: Hey. (Larry is leaning on her desk and Ellie is looking through Peyton’s sketches on her bed. Larry straightens when he sees Peyton.) ELLIE: Hi, Peyton. PEYTON: (Shocked) What’re you doing here? LARRY: I invited her. I-I thought, maybe we could all… talk. ELLIE: (About the sketches.) I had no idea how gifted you were. (Peyton ignores her and looks at Lucas.) PEYTON: (Betrayed) You set me up(!) LUCAS: (Just as confused.) No, I- LARRY: Hey-hey, Peyton, wait-wait, listen. PEYTON: NO, YOU LISTEN! THIS IS MY WORLD, OK? That’s my music, (Grabs the pictures out of Ellie’s hands.) this is my art. (Larry tries to stop her but she backs away.) PEYTON: Art that has everything to do with mom(!) My real mom, OK? (Crying) I can’t believe you’d do this to me(!) (Larry can’t find the words. Ellie looks on uncomfortably. Peyton turns back to Lucas.) PEYTON: Did you know about this?! LUCAS: Wh- LARRY: Peyton. PEYTON: No, jus-just stay out of my life, OK?! (Pause) All of you! (Leaves them in her room as she exits in tears. Ellie doesn’t say a word.) LARRY: (More to himself.) It’s my fault. (Lucas looks at them, feeling sympathy for Peyton.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BATHROOM – DAY] (Haley stomps out of the bathroom with an arm full of clothes and dumps them onto the bed. She turns around and heads back the way she came.) BROOKE: (Appearing) Good news(!) Our money troubles are over. I am a working girl. HALEY: Is that legal? BROOKE: I am now the newest employee at Suburban Filth. It’s a clothing store. HALEY: (Walks out of the bathroom with more clothes.) Suburban filth, that’s… perfect. (Brooke makes the catty noise and finger motions she did with Peyton.) HALEY: What’ve you got there? BROOKE: (Holding up scrunchies.) These, my dear roommate, are hair scrunchies, Circe 1995, and they are what’s going to make this little living arrangement bearable. HALEY: (Hands on hips.) Brooke, I know you never liked my hair, but it’s just- BROOKE: No, well… true, but… no. When either of us has a boy over, (Hold up the red, yellow and black scrunchies.) these scrunchies will be our first line of defence. Observe. (Walks to a door.) Red scrunchy, (Puts it over the door handle.) means occupied; some serious action going on in here. The yellow scrunchy means; we’re just making out but one or more of us may be topless. HALEY: (Closes her eyes.) And the black one? BROOKE: (Smiling) Hmmm, you’re gonna have to leave the apartment. HALEY: (Grabbing more clothes.) Well, I’m not sure I can handle thinking of you and Lucas hooking up in the same room where I’m sleeping. BROOKE: (Crossing her arms.) Lucas and/or others. HALEY: Brooke, it’s, uh,… it’s a really good… system, um, but I-I just really don’t think I’m gonna be needing any scrunchies any time soon, so… (Walks forward sadly.) BROOKE: Oh, no, no, roommate, come here. (Hugs her.) Come on. (Forcefully puts Haley’s arms around her shoulders.) Nathan’s gonna come around. He just needs to know you’re here for the long-haul. (She’s talking about herself as much as Nathan. She looks at the board depicting how she spent her summer vacation. The camera cuts to a close-up of her and Lucas kissing on the beach. She rubs Haley’s back and lets her go.) BROOKE: You know, (Pause) sometimes people play hard to get because they need to know… the other person’s feelings are real. (Haley looks at her, tears running down her cheeks. She wipes them off.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – BACK – DAY] (Karen is putting CDs back into their holders. She walks to the counter and the front door opens. Nathan enters the café.) KAREN: (Looks to the doorway.) Oh, Nathan. It’s been a long time. NATHAN: Yeah. Have you seen Lucas? KAREN: Oh, not for a few hours. NATHAN: OK, thanks. (Turns and walks to the exit.) KAREN: Nathan! (He stops at the doorway and turns back around.) KAREN: Haley came back. NATHAN: (Quietly) Yeah. (Karen walks closer to him.) KAREN: Do you, uh, do you remember that day on the Rivercourt? When you told me that you would give anything to have her home? NATHAN: Yeah. Yeah, you told me to have faith. KAREN: (Nods) Yeah, well, faith is believing when there’s nothing else you can do. (Nathan smiles and nods.) KAREN: She’s here now. (Pause) What’re you gonna do about it? NATHAN: Haley’s here. I just… don’t know if the guy she left is ever gonna come back. (He smiles and shrugs before walking away.) Oh, and, uh, if you see Lucas, tell him he might wanna come to the school board meeting tonight. KAREN: School board? NATHAN: Yeah, my dad’s trying to get Whitey fired. And, uh,… we both know he usually gets what he wants. (Shrugs again.) (Karen frowns as Nathan leaves.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – THE ROAD – DAY] (Birds-eye view of the crossroads as Peyton sits on the bench at one corner - watching the empty road. The camera pans up to the traffic light as it switches from green to amber to red. Peyton stares at it, thinking. She looks to the side and sees her father approaching. She doesn’t move as he takes a seat beside her.) LARRY: I thought you might be here. (There’s a pause and Peyton sits uncomfortably.) LARRY: Ever since your mom died I’ve been… guessing a lot. Sometimes I guess wrong. I shouldn’t have… brought Ellie into your room without asking you. (Pause) But, she didn’t have anything to do with it. Neither did Lucas. (Peyton pauses before caving.) PEYTON: Sometimes you guess right. (Larry looks at her.) PEYTON: You guessed where to find me. (She smiles weakly and Larry puts an arm around her. He kisses her on the head as she looks down sadly.) LARRY: This has all been a lot to take. (Peyton nods.) LARRY: I want you to know you can always talk to me. PEYTON: But sometimes I can’t, dad. LARRY: Yeah, I get that. (Pause) If you’re not always comfortable talking with me, maybe we should find you someone. PEYTON: Like a shrink? LARRY: Well, it might help you to get some of this out. (Peyton thinks as she puts her head back on her dad’s shoulder. He kisses her on the forehead again. Cut back to the traffic light as it switches from amber to red.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – BOARD MEETING – EVENING] (A lot of students are gathered outside the hall where the board meeting which will decide Whitey’s fate is being held.) MOUTH: (Back on his Dictaphone.) Just beyond these doors, Coach Durham’s fate is being decided as we speak. The tension is palpable. (Lucas looks at him as he approaches.) MOUTH: The only audible sounds are the heartbeats of this Ravens team, beating in unison for its beloved coach. (Lucas looks at him with his eyebrows drawn.) MOUTH: (Angry) My heart would be beating too but it’s been ripped out and stomped on by one Erica Marsh(!) LUCAS: (o.s) Mouth! (Mouth turns to him.) LUCAS: You got a second? (Mouth nods and sits beside him.) LUCAS: (Shaking his head.) Look, I know what you’re going through, man, but at a certain point, you gotta stop wearing your heart on your sleeve. (Mouth looks at him and then looks away.) LUCAS: (Looks at his shirt.) In fact, your whole shirt’s getting a little ripe. MOUTH: That’s easy for you to say, Luke. (Pause) You get your heart broken, there’s a dozen girls waiting to put it back together. (Lucas sighs.) It doesn’t work like that for me. You know, and even if it did, I don’t want it to. (Pause) I just want Erica back. (Lucas nods understandingly. Mouth gets up and walks away.) DAN: (v.o) To the school board,- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – HALL – EVENING] (Dan stands in front of the school board and addresses the teachers and mayor.) DAN: -concerned parents, Mr. Mayor. I think coach Durham’s record speaks for itself. (Pause) He’s never won a state title. In fact, the closest he ever came were those years where myself and my sons were on the team. And let’s face it – Whitey’s running out of my DNA. (He grins and the people in the seats laugh. Whitey looks around, annoyed.) DAN: This is Nathan’s final year at Tree Hill – and a lot of the other boys too. (Pause) We may not have another chance like this for decades. (Looks at Whitey.) Now, I love Whitey. (Pause) He’s an institution in this town… but this is bigger than just one man. This is about civic pride. This is about driving into Tree Hill in the middle of the night… and seeing your headlight splash that sign: ‘Welcome to Tree hill, home of the Ravens: North Carolina State Basketball Champions’. (He looks at the directors and grins widely.) DAN: Gives me chills just thinking about it. (The Mayor nods.) DAN: Now, our kids deserve to have that feeling too. Hell, so does all of Tree Hill. Now, if we make the change, by replacing Coach Durham, we can get there - this year. (Smiles) I honestly believe that. (Pause as he grins annoyingly.) Thank you. (Dan walks off the podium. The Mayor leans forward.) MAYOR: Well, thank you Mr. Scott. (Coughs) Time to call this to a vote. KAREN: (Stands up from behind.) I would like to say something. (She looks at Dan in exasperation.) DAN: Uh, Mayor Mullins, Miss. Roe’s not a member of the school board. (Karen walks to the front, ignoring him.) DAN: As a matter of fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her at a meeting before. I object. MAYOR: Well, this is not a court of law, Dan. We go by my rules. (Pause) Sit down. (Dan doesn’t argue, even though he wants to. He sits.) MAYOR: Please go ahead, Ms. Roe. KAREN: (Steps up to the podium.) Thank you. Most of you know me – I am Lucas Scott’s mom, I run a café down town and Lucas joined the Ravens last year. What you don’t know is that I was against it. Whitey knew that but he recruited him anyway. (Pause) Um,… I was against it for good reason; because I have seen what this game can turn people in to. (Dan shifts slightly and looks at his watch.) KAREN: And I was worried that that would happen to my son… what I didn’t realise… is how what Whitey teaches these boys goes beyond the simple game. (Pause) I have seen his influence in my own son beyond the X’s and the O’s. And so have all the other parents in this room. Our boys are becoming men (Smiles) and I cannot put that into statistics. It may not translate into championships… but if you put too much focus on those things,… in the end, all you’re gonna end up with is a sad bunch of boys who never learn to leave the game (Looks pointedly at Dan.) behind. (Dan doesn’t respond to the silent jibe.) KAREN: Unlike Dan Scott, I don’t believe that our sons deserve anything. You get what you earn… (Turns to look at Whitey.) but Coach Durham, he deserves better. (Whitey smiles.) KAREN: He’s already earned it. (Karen turns around and walks away from the podium. She shakes Whitey’s hand as she passes him.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – BOARD MEETING – EVENING] (Lucas walks up to Nathan who is sitting on a bench, waiting.) LUCAS: So, my mom told me you came looking me. NATHAN: Oh, it wasn’t ‘bout you. (Looks away indifferently.) Just wanted to make sure everyone knew about Whitey. LUCAS: So you do care about something besides basketball. NATHAN: Whitey gets me touches. He knows it’s my team. Pretty soon the scouts will too. LUCAS: Your team, huh? (Nathan nods.) LUCAS: Yeah, I guess we’ll see about that when we get back on the court, won’t we? (Lucas pats him on the arm and walks off, shaking his head. He stops at Peyton.) LUCAS: Hey. PEYTON: Hi. LUCAS: Listen, about earlier, I-I’m sorry, I didn’t know that she- PEYTON: I know. (Smiles) My dad told me you weren’t on the grassing hole. (Lucas smiles and looks down.) PEYTON: Luke, I’m sorry. You’re actually one of the few people that’s been honest with me through this whole thing. LUCAS: So, what’re you doing after this? (Peyton starts to answer but the door of the hall opens and cuts her reply short. Everyone looks sideways and sees Whitey lead everyone out. There is nothing but a rumbling murmur from the students. The team wait for the verdict. Lucas and Peyton turn expectantly.) WHITEY: (Not smiling.) Bad news, gentlemen. (Lucas looks at Whitey, gloomily.) WHITEY: (Smiles) You’re stuck with me. (Everyone cheers and claps. Nathan smiles. Lucas walks up to Whitey and hugs him. Karen watches them with a smile. Dan walks up behind her but stops. Karen looks back and he walks away. She smiles triumphantly.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – THE GYM – EVENING] (Lucas and Peyton walk into the deserted gym.) PEYTON: Been a while since we’ve been in here, huh? LUCAS: I’m in here every night. (Pause) In my mind, anyway. PEYTON: (Knowingly) You’re playing the sht you missed. The sht that ended our season; the sht you probably made, what, like a thousand times. (Grins) LUCAS: (Holds his hands up.) OK. (Sighs and walks a few steps away from her.) PEYTON: So, whaddaya have to tell me? LUCAS: How’d you know? PEYTON: Well, I figured you either brought me in here to talk, to make out, or to kll me. And since we’re not gonna make out… I guess its talk or die, right? (Lucas smiles.) PEYTON: Is it bad? LUCAS: Yeah. PEYTON: Let me guess, I’ve got three moms. (Smiles and looks down.) LUCAS: Ellie was buying marijuana… but not for the reasons you think. She’s sick. (Pause) She has cancer, Peyton. PEYTON: She told you that? (Lucas nods.) PEYTON: Come on, Luke, that’s just another one of her lies. LUCAS: I don’t think so. (Pause) I think she was afraid that if you knew the truth… you’d feel obligated, or some way. You know, then it would change things between you for the wrong reasons. PEYTON: Kinda like… your little secret about Dan and the fre. (Lucas smiles.) DAN: (o.s) And what little secret is that? (Peyton’s smile drops and she turns around. Dan is standing there.) DAN: Sorry to interrupt your little melodrama but Lucas and I have unfinished business. (Peyton gapes and takes a few steps back.) LUCAS: Peyton, you should go. PEYTON: (bat) Yeah, we’ll both go. (Peyton drags him away but Dan follows.) DAN: Bit Oedipal, don’t you think? Trying to kll daddy. (He stops in front of them, halting their departure.) DAN: Someone should tell mom she’s in for some action. LUCAS: You don’t know what happened that night. CUT TO FLASHBACK: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan’s eyes are open as he lies on the floor of his burning dealership and someone moves around outside of his office.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – THE GYM – EVENING] LUCAS: (Harshly) You can’t remember and it’s klling you(!) (He walks forward and Dan stops him. He puts his hand around Lucas’ neck.) DAN: Enlighten me! LUCAS: Let go! (Peyton moves between them and tries to prise his fingers off.) PEYTON: (Tugging at Dan’s arm.) Leave him alone. DAN: (Looks at Peyton.) This is a family matter. You’d understand that if you had one. (Dan puts his hand on her head and shoves her away hard. Lucas looks at him.) LUCAS: You son of a bitch! (Punches him hard.) (Dan goes down for a moment. He straightens and laughs.) DAN: My record on this court’s a little better than yours, Lucas. (Lucas tries to ht him again but Dan blocks him.) LUCAS: Don’t, ah- (Dan grabs him by the throat again, a lot harder than before. Lucas struggles to breathe under the pressure.) DAN: YOU REALLY THINK YOU COULD TRY TO kll ME!? PEYTON: (Comes up behind Lucas, panicked.) STOP IT! DAN: You think you could get away with this? (Lucas’ mouth is wide open, trying to get some air.) PEYTON: LET GO! (Hits him but to no avail.) DAN: There are easier ways to kll a man, Lucas. PEYTON: (Still struggling to separate them.) HE WASN’T TRYING TO kll YOU! DAN: LIKE CHOKING! (Squeezes harder.) PEYTON: (In his face.) HE SAVED YOUR LIFE! (Dan looks at Peyton but doesn’t ease the pressure. Lucas continues to choke as Dan thinks. He looks back at Lucas.) CUT TO FLASHBACK: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan lies on the floor as Lucas stands there, shielding himself from the flames.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – THE GYM – EVENING] (Lucas continues to choke as Dan remembers. Finally he lets go and Lucas falls to the floor. Peyton rushes to him to see if he’s alright. Lucas coughs, trying to get air back into his lungs.) PEYTON: (Urgently to Lucas.) Lucas, please, you have to tell him. (He continues to struggle and Dan stands there waiting, eyes wide.) LUCAS: (Harshly) I was there(!) (Breathes hard.) But not to kll you! FADE TO FLASHBACK; [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (sht of the flames before we see the doorway from Dan’s point of view. We see legs as someone rushes in. Dan opens his eyes wider and we see Lucas’ shocked face. He holds his arms up against the flames. Dan’s back is on fre.) (Lucas takes his hoody off and starts to bat at the flames on Dan’s back with it. They keep growing and the office burns more but Lucas keeps at it. Finally, they’re out and he pulls Dan out of the dealership.) (At that moment, the window in Dan’s office explodes as the office is completely destroyed. Lucas pulls Dan a safe distance away and checks his pulse.) (He sees the note that Dan’s still holding. He takes it and reads the message, realising that the fre was deliberate. Lucas cowers as the fre explodes again but looks at the road when he hears sirens. He stands and Dan stirs, opening his eyes.) (Dan’s view of Lucas is blurry.) LUCAS: (v.o) (Voice distorted.) I saved your life… but I should have let you burn(!) (Lucas turns and runs away - note still in his hand.) (Dan’s head drops back to the floor as consciousness gives out.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – THE GYM – EVENING] (Dan looks around, dazed, as he remembers. Lucas is now sitting up, looking at his father coldly. Breathing is still an issue.) DAN: Well, a stronger man would have. (Lucas squints at him.) DAN: This’ll be our secret, Lucas. (Looks at Peyton.) And that goes for you too, Miss. Sawyer. (Peyton’s eyes jerk and she looks at him equally as coldly. Dan’s breathing is hard and Lucas’ head drops. Dan shakes his head but leaves without apologising. Peyton doesn’t dare move until he’s gone.) PEYTON: (Moves closer to Lucas.) Luke, I’m sorry. I had to tell him. LUCAS: It’s alright, I know. PEYTON: Are you OK? (Lucas closes his eyes weakly.) LUCAS: That’s my father. What do you think? (Looks up at her.) (Peyton sits back and they both look off sadly.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan stands above his boxes and takes out a heart shaped bottle filled with sand that was on the beach the day he and Haley got married. He looks at it. On the bottle, it reads: ‘Our Wedding Day’. With little flowers painted on it.) CUT TO FLASHBACK: [EXT. THE BEACH – DAY] (Nathan puts the wedding ring on Haley’s finger as they get married and she smiles.) END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is looking down, thinking.) DAN: (o.s) If I were you, I’d keep those boxes packed. (Nathan looks sideways and sees Dan standing in the doorway.) NATHAN: (Sighs) What’re you still doing here? DAN: You mean other than paying the bills? (Smiles) (Nathan sighs again.) NATHAN: It’s over, dad. Let it go. (Dan nods and looks down.) DAN: Can’t blame a guy for trying to hold on, can you? (Nathan looks back down at the bottle. Dan walks away.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FORNT DOOR – EVENING] (Lucas opens the door and enters the apartment.) LUCAS: I hear this place is open all night. (Haley is sitting on the couch with glasses on and a pen in her mouth. She’s looking through some papers.) HALEY: (Laughs) You heard right. (Lucas shuts the door.) BROOKE: (On the phone.) OK, thanks. (Hangs up.) (Lucas sits on the couch next to Haley.) BROOKE: And, now that I have a new job, we eat too. (Stands) Pizza’s on the way. I’m gonna change, you guys hang. (She walks away.) HALEY: What happened to you? LUCAS: Oh, (Examines his shirt.) this pick-up game got a little rough. (Looks at her.) What’re you doing? HALEY: Eurgh, (Takes her glasses off.) I’m just… looking through this list of predictions of dreams and wishes I made over the years. You know, I really think that maybe, back then, I was a better person LUCAS: You’re the same person you’ve always been. That’s not a list of who you are, it’s a list of… who you’re gonna be. That’s still up to you. HALEY: Yeah, well,… whatever I want to happen this year, I’m gonna just predict the opposite coz life always has a way of figuring out how to surprise you. (Lucas smiles and shakes his head. There’s a knock on the door.) HALEY: (More to herself.) That’s fast. (She sets the papers aside and stands up to answer the door, expecting a pizza delivery.) HALEY: You pitching in, you mooch? (Lucas looks at her in amusement. She opens the door, smiling. Nathan’s standing there. The smile dies.) HALEY: (Surprised) H-hey(!) NATHAN: Nice place. (Smiles) Can I talk to you? HALEY: (Shrugs) Yeah. (Cut back to Lucas who watches them silently.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – THE STREETS – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley walk through town slowly and silently.) HALEY: (Sighs and breaks the silence.) I’m glad it’s you that stopped by. Living with Brooke, you never know who’s gonna come in for a late night booty call. NATHAN: (Uncomfortably) Look, um,… I’ve been doing some thinking about us. (Pause) About what we’re gonna do, and, um,… I still have the annulment papers but- (Haley looks away sadly and Nathan talks quickly.) NATHAN: -if we get an annulment; that means that our marriage never happened. That’d be a lie. I mean, we had a lotta great times together, Haley. I don’t wanna pretend like we didn’t. HALEY: (Looking up at him.) Neither do I. (Nathan sighs.) NATHAN: So, instead of an annulment, I’ve looked into a divorce. (He keeps his eyes away from Haley and on the ground. Haley stops as he continues walking. He pauses a few steps ahead of her and looks back.) NATHAN: The state says we have to be separated for a year. HALEY: What- (Tries to find the words.) Uh,… what’re you saying? (She’s struggling to get her head around it.) NATHAN: I’m saying that I (Long pause.) think we should see what happens between now and then. HALEY: (Walks forward.) Nathan, I love you. (He looks down.) HALEY: I know that we can work this out, and a year from now, things will be good for us again. NATHAN: Maybe… and maybe not. (Pause) I guess we’ll just have to see. (Haley shakes her head disbelievingly.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Lucas is sitting on the couch. He finishes his drink. Brooke is sitting opposite him, watching him.) LUCAS: (Puts the glass down.) I should probably go. BROOKE: What, you’re just gonna eat Haley’s half of the pizza and then run? (Lucas looks down and laughs.) BROOKE: Let’s be optimistic. Nathan and Haley have a lot of problems; they’ll probably be out all night. (Smiles) And you know I hate to sleep alone. (Lucas groans, torn between want and need. He stands.) LUCAS: I would love to spend the night, Brooke. BROOKE: (Smiling) Yeah? LUCAS: Yeah. (Pause) As soon as we’re exclusive. BROOKE: Oh, you’re good. But, before you go, (Stands) did I mention that one of the perks (Unties her bathrobe.) of my new job is that I get to take home the free samples? (She unfolds the bathrobe and shows off a yellow t-shirt with matching yellow underwear. Lucas looks at her. Brooke looks at him knowingly.) LUCAS: (Struggling) You’re better. (Smiles) Much better. BROOKE: So, are we staying yet? LUCAS: (Steps closer.) Are we exclusive yet? (She doesn’t answer and Lucas lowers his head to her neck. She smiles triumphantly.) LUCAS: (In her ear.) Game on, Brooke Davis. (Brooke gapes as Lucas turns and exits the apartment without a backward glance.) (The camera pans back to Brooke who still can’t believe it.) BROOKE: Well that’s a first. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – WHITEY’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Whitey finishes his own drink and Mouth knocks on the door. Whitey turns and looks at him.) WHITEY: Mouth McFadden – news man extraordinaire. What’re you doing out so late? MOUTH: Well, I was hoping I could get a statement about your first win of the season. (Smiles) (Whitey smiles and gets off his desk.) WHITEY: I’ll go you one better than that. I’ll give you an exclusive. (Sits in his chair.) (Mouth grins and eagerly walks into the room, sitting opposite Whitey. He holds his Dictaphone out.) WHITEY: This’ll be my final season. (Pause) The end of this year – win or lose – I’m retiring. MOUTH: (Speechless.) But… why? WHITEY: That’s it. (Holds a hand up.) That’s your scoop. Oh, and do me a favour - (Mouth turns the Dictaphone off.) keep it under wraps until… after the first game. (He smiles and turns his chair to the side so that he’s looking at Camilla’s picture. Mouth sighs and walks to the door.) MOUTH: (Turning back.) Hey, Coach? Um,… could I ask you one more question? (Whitey watches him.) MOUTH: Off the record. (Whitey nods.) MOUTH: How do you… deal with losing someone you love? (Whitey gathers himself for a bat before pointing to the door.) WHITEY: Shut the door, son. Pull up a chair. (Mouth closes the door carefully. sht of them through the window as Mouth resumes his seat opposite Whitey.) FADE TO: [INT. KARENS CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (Lucas is sitting in the empty café with a pen and a pad. He’s writing his new prediction for the coming school year. He writes: ‘This year… I will try again with-’. The camera cuts back to his face as he continues to write. He looks up.) WIPE TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Haley is seen through the curtained window of her apartment. Her glasses are back on and she is writing.) LUCAS: (v.o) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: ‘All are architects of fate… (sht cuts inside the room as Haley concentrates on the page and her predictions.) LUCAS: (v.o) so look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again.’ (Haley has written: ‘Nathan and I will be together again’. She looks to the side.) (The camera cuts back outside and pans right.) FADE TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – THE ROOF – EVENING] (Lucas and Haley stand together as he puts the lid back onto the green tin box. Haley smiles as he puts it back into the hole and replaces the brick that she hands him.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is leaning on her bed.) PEYTON: My dad said I should talk to someone… so I’m talking to you. (She holds up a microphone.) PEYTON: All of you. (Pause) Where do I begin? Um,… well, I guess, until a few day ago, I thought… my mom was my mom (Cut to the computer screen where her speech is being recorded.) and my dad was my dad. (Fade to Peyton as she continues talking but the sound’s muted.) WIPE TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is seen through the bedroom window.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Cut inside to a envelope on Brooke’s bed. It’s addressed to Lucas. She turns it around and slips a folded piece of paper in and turns it back around. She caps the pen and opens a small compartment at the foot of her bed. Inside is a shoebox full of letters addressed to him, all with different coloured envelopes and different sizes. She puts the letter in the middle and continues flipping past the envelopes.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE CAR – EVENING] (Dan is sitting in his car, thinking. Blue lights flash on the vehicle behind him.) (Someone walks across the path to his car – it’s a cop. He hands Dan an envelope. There’s a cold look in Dan’s eyes as he nods his thanks. He looks at it as the cop walks away and he gives it a little flick.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (It’s a new day and students are milling around the corridors as usual. Haley walks in, moving aside for a rude guy who shoulders her as he passes. She pauses and looks back for a b*at before looking forward. Sue is there again, whispering to her friends about Haley and avidly looking at her.) (Haley stands there, not moving, just watching them. Nathan walks up behind her and stops when he sees what she’s so distracted by. Sue and her friends pause when they see who Haley’s with.) NATHAN: (Kindly) Come on, we’re late for class. (Nathan smiles and walks forward. Haley gives a weak smile and walks beside him. They walk past Sue. The camera cuts behind to a close-up of Nathan putting his hand on her lower back and guiding her down the corridor. She looks at him and smiles.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x03 - First Day on a Brand New Planet"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke and Lucas are alone in the apartment. Brooke is propositioning him to stay.) BROOKE: So, are we staying yet? LUCAS: (Looking at her longingly.) Are we exclusive yet? (He leans in to her neck and she smiles widely.) LUCAS: (In her ear.) Game on, Brooke Davis. (Brooke gapes as Lucas leaves.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – BOARD MEETING – EVENING] (Karen stands up after Dan says his piece in an attempt to get Whitey fired.) KAREN: I would like to say something. DAN: Uh, Mayor Mullins, I object. MAYOR: Well this is not a court of law, Dan. (Dan’s annoyed.) MAYOR: Sit down. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DAY] (Lucas stops playing basketball, by himself, and holds his chest; finding it hard to breathe. He leans down, still struggling.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas tips his medicine container upside-down and out falls his last pill. He looks up worriedly.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton is in her closet, having just run away from her father. He’s at her door, shouting at her.) LARRY: I’m still your father(!) PEYTON: (Distraught) But you’re not my father, are you?! CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Dan and Deb are in Nathan’s bedroom.) DAN: A divorce is fine, Deb. (He looks down. Deb doesn’t dare to hope.) DAN: You seem surprised. CUT TO: [INT. RESTAURANT – DINING AREA – EVENING] (Peyton places the cocaine vial Rick gave her last season in front of Ellie.) PEYTON: Here. It’s my cocaine vial. (Ellie looks at her.) PEYTON: I thought you might like it considering you were buying drugs today. (She smiles unkindly.) LUCAS: (v.o) Ellie was- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – THE GYM – EVENING] (Peyton and Lucas are in the gym, talking.) LUCAS: -buying marijuana… but not for the reasons you think. (Pause) She’s sick. She has cancer, Peyton. (Peyton’s smile drops.) CUT TO: [INT. HIGH FLYERS – CHANGING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is alone in the changing room.) NATHAN: (v.o) Always and forever. (He puts the chain, which holds his wedding ring, around his neck.) NATHAN: (v.o) That’s what sucks, Haley. (The camera zooms in on it and the scar he got from his car accident.) NATHAN: (v.o) I still do love you- CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is talking to Haley who is off-screen. He’s in his bed, propped up on one elbow.) NATHAN: -I just can’t trust you. (Haley stands by the door with her hands at her neck, miserable.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. COSTUME SHOP – DAY] (Lucas stands behind the doors of the changing room. The camera focuses on his bare feet.) LUCAS: (Sighing) Now way, Hales! HALEY: (o.s) Let me see it(!) LUCAS: I look… like an idiot. (Cut to Haley who is standing next to a big stuffed bunny and trying on a clown hat.) HALEY: Dude, I saw you in your headgear. (The hat falls down around her ears, her head inside.) LUCAS: Don’t call me dude and I thought we promised not to talk about that in public(!) HALEY: (Pulls the brim of the hat up.) Whatever, dude. (Pause) Look, I’m counting to three and then I’m coming in there. One, two- (Lucas pushes the doors open and walks out – with a withdrawn expression. He dressed as a caveman and holds the plastic club up, embarrassed.) (Haley takes one look at him and starts laughing. She can’t help herself. Lucas, mortified, walks back into the changing room. Haley continues to laugh.) (Lucas comes out dressed as a cowboy, holding fake money.) (Haley waves her hand, saying no.) (He comes out dressed like a bull tamer.) (Haley does a few dance moves and Lucas puts the cloth around his shoulders. She adamantly mouths ‘no’.) (He comes out dressed as a cowboy, Stetson and all. She makes motions of sh*ting a gn and his tips his hat. He aims his fake gn and Haley pretends to get sht. She laughs and he walks back into the changing room.) (He exits again, this time dressed all in black, like a ninja and holding a fake plastic sword. Haley does a few karate moves and Lucas shrugs before changing again. She dances while he changes.) (He opens the doors, wearing a fake afro and a fake necklace with the ‘peace’ symbol. He holds up two fingers in a peace sign and Haley shakes her head.) (He tries again, dressed as Elvis. Haley pretends to be a mad screaming fan. Lucas pulls at an invisible string and the corner of his top lip moves up and down. Haley continues her fake screaming. She laughs.) (He opens the doors and walks out dressed as Johnny Depp/Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. He does the moves well.) HALEY: (Impressed) Who-ho-ho(!) OK, this is hot! LUCAS: (Straightening) Excuse me? (Raises an eyebrow.) HALEY: Well, I mean, oh-ew-no, I mean, not that I noticed or I could possibly think of you that way. I just (Giving up.) OK, ew, eurgh(!) (She turns away.) LUCAS: Look, this party’s my one chance to get Brooke to finally rethink this whole ‘non-exclusive’ thing. (Haley looks at a scarf made of feathers.) LUCAS: And, just be,… well, exclusive. (Smiles sadly.) Do you think she’ll like it? HALEY: I don’t know. You’re asking me to enter the sexual mind of Brooke Davis? LUCAS: She’s your roommate. HALEY: She’s your girlfriend. (Wraps the blue feather scarf around her neck.) Sorta, kinda. (Lucas turns away in defeat.) HALEY: Alright, let me see what I can find out. I’ll do a little ‘roommate recon’ for ya. LUCAS: Thank you. HALEY: You’re welcome, darl. LUCAS: Now it’s your turn. (Haley looks behind to a mannequin in a costume.) LUCAS: (Great imitation of Jack Sparrow.) I see a belly-dancer costume with your name on it, love. (Haley closes her eyes and sighs.) LUCAS: (Normal voice.) Nathan won’t know what ht him. (Haley groans and takes the scarf off.) HALEY: Please, I could go naked to this stupid party and it wouldn’t make a difference. (Walks away.) LUCAS: (Tosses the gn.) OK, ew. (Follows her.) CUT TO: [EXT. HOTEL – ROOM 751 – DAY] (The door is opened and someone is on the bed with two hookers.) DAN: (o.s) Well, well, well, Mayor Mullins. (The Mayor yells, his tie in his mouth, and separates the women so that he can see who’s walked in.) DAN: (o.s) What have we here? (Close-up of the camera Dan’s holding. He’s recording what he’s seeing.) DAN: Sex scandal 101? (Long sht of Dan standing over the bed, pleased with himself.) DAN: Handcuffs, (Moves the camera to the bedside table.) cocaine, (Moves it back to the bed.) skanky hookers. (One of them smirks unimpressed.) DAN: No offence ladies. (To the Mayor.) So, what’s your preference: video or stills? (Pause as he zooms in.) Then again, I’m a business man; we could make a deal. (He shuts the camcorder screen.) You drop your bid for re-election… and resign immediately… and this video goes away. (There’s a bat before Mayor Mullins nods.) DAN: Good boy. At least you’re a smart pervert. (Makes to walk out before turning back.) Oh, by the way, (Grins) You’re gonna endorse me for Mayor. (He walks to the doorway as Mayor Mullins struggles with his bindings. Dan shuts the door behind him.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (sht of the doorway.) LARRY: (v.o) Hey, knock-knock. (Walks in holding laundry.) I’m making lunch. You hungry? (Peyton is standing in front of white wings. She turns to her dad.) PEYTON: (Withdrawn) Not really. LARRY: Come on. I’ve seen enough after-school-specials to know that you gotta eat. PEYTON: (Looking at him.) I know. I will. I just… not right now. LARRY: (Nods) OK. What’re you going as? PEYTON: (Points to the wings.) An angel. (Pause) Brooke’s gonna be the Devil. LARRY: Oh, imagine that. PEYTON: I’m just… not really feeling it. LARRY: (Nods) Alright, well, if you get hungry, let me know. PEYTON: (Calling him before he leaves.) Hey, um, (He turns to her.) Look, I know, alright; about Ellie. LARRY: (Confused) What? PEYTON: (Raises her eyebrows.) The breast cancer. Did you think like I-I could handle it or…- (Larry looks down.) PEYTON: -coz if you were keeping it from me then- LARRY: (Shakes his head.) I wasn’t. PEYTON: -I- (Peyton pauses and her smile freezes before falling.) LARRY: (Shakes his head before repeating.) I wasn’t. (Pause) I didn’t know. PEYTON: Oh. (Looks down before looking back up with a strained smile.) Well, now you do. LARRY: I’m sorry. PEYTON: No. (Tearful) Guess my mom’s are just dropping like flies, huh? (She looks back at her wings. Larry doesn’t know what to say to her and he leaves the room. Peyton holds a feather and moves it along the wings she’s made.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – BACK GARDEN – DAY] (The back door opens and Deb hangs out of it. The camera pans across a recliner to show Dan on it.) DEB: What the hell are you doing here?(!) DAN: Just savouring the Indian summer. DEB: Well savour it at the beach house, Dan. It’s what you’ll get in the divorce if you’ll just sign the damn papers already. (Dan smiles and reaches for the folder on the end table beside him.) DAN: You mean these papers? (Deb looks.) DAN: I’ll sign them for you right now, sweetheart. (Deb walks out eagerly. Dan signs them.) DEB: Thank you. (Hold her hand out for them.) DAN: (Gives them to her.) I just need you to sign these for me. (He gives her his own yellow papers. Deb takes them and reads over it.) DEB: Declaration of candidacy? DAN: (Smiling to himself.) I’m running for Mayor. (Drinks from his glass.) DEB: (Laughs amusedly.) You’re running against Mullins, a ten year incumbent? Fat chance. (Signs it.) DAN: Guess you didn’t hear – Mullins resigned this morning. (Grins) Shocking. DEB: (bat) Fine. Run for Mayor. Run for Miss Teen, North Carolina for all I care. (Drops the papers and pen on his lap.) At least I won’t be around to watch. (She turns and heads back for the house.) DAN: Don’t be so sure. (Deb pauses.) DAN: Check the date. (She opens the folder with the divorce papers and reads.) DEB: You post-dated this for two months from now. (Dan inclines his head.) DEB: Dan, why don’t you just go and quit torturing me? DAN: I will, in sixty days. (Pause) After we play house and show the Tree Hill voters what a great family man Dan Scott is. (Deb laughs to herself.) DAN: Appearances are everything, right Deb? DEB: Why are you doing this? DAN: Because Mullins got in my way with Whitey and I don’t like it when people get in my way. (Deb nods.) Besides, I’ve got money and I’ve got freedom. At least I will when I get rid of you. (Lies back and closes his eyes.) The only thing left is power. (Deb smiles and drops the folder with the divorce papers onto his lap too.) DEB: Forget it. (Walks to the doors.) DAN: And what about Nathan? (Deb stops at the door.) DEB: You stick around for the next two months… I’ll leave him alone. (Pause as Deb considers.) I could turn him against you, Deb. But if you stay, with me, (Pause) I’ll back off. For as long as you like. Who knows,… after sixty days, you may fall in love with me again. DEB: You want us to live together, fine. I’ve been pretending to love you for a long time, now, Dan. Sixty days is nothing. (Opens the door and walks in.) (Dan grins and rests his head back on the recliner.) DAN: Mayor Dan Scott – I like it. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Haley is sitting on the revolving couch, playing her guitar. Brooke is at the table, sewing.) BROOKE: New tune? (Haley moves her head slightly in agreement.) BROOKE: (Nods) Sounds pretty good. Speed it up a little. (She speeds it up slightly.) BROOKE: (Nodding) Faster. (Haley goes faster.) BROOKE: Faster. (She goes even faster.) BROOKE: (Nodding along, annoyed.) For he’s a jolly good fellow(!) (Haley rolls her eyes and stops playing. She groans in frustration.) BROOKE: (Barely sincere.) Sorry. (Brooke returns to her sewing.) HALEY: (Sighs and puts her guitar aside.) You know, the Devil doesn’t have sequins, or feathers or… breasts for that matter. BROOKE: Well, in my universe, she does. (Sticks her tongue out.) HALEY: (Standing) Did you even follow the pattern? BROOKE: No. HALEY: Brooke, you have to do that(!) BROOKE: Says who?! HALEY: Says like every sewing teacher ever. Otherwise you’ll end up with something like… BROOKE: Like this? (Brooke holds the corset-like top to her chest. It’s red and has feathers and sequins on it.) HALEY: (Wrong footed.) That… looks really good. BROOKE: Thank you. I just whipped it up. Now what’re we gonna do for you? I was thinking… (Haley waves her arms in frustration and sits back down.) sexy nurse, catholic schoolgirl, Playboy bunny- HALEY: Uh, no, no and forget it(!) BROOKE: Haley, it’s a costume party – you just go as a sexy whatever. HALEY: Alright, well sexy, not slutty. BROOKE: Fine. (Gasps) Oh, I know. The classic ‘get my man to see me in a new light’ costume. HALEY: How about a glass of ‘get my man to come to this thing’ costume? You got one of those? Coz I’m not even sure Nathan’s showing up at this thing. CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – BACKYARD – DAY] (Close-up of the hoop as Nathan jumps and puts the ball through. Brooke walks up behind him.) BROOKE: Well, you’re gonna make my job easy this year; nothing worse than cheering for a bunch of losers. (Nathan turns and smiles.) NATHAN: Well, it’s all about you, Brooke. (She smiles and curtseys.) NATHAN: What’s up? BROOKE: Are you going to this masquerade party at TRIC? (Nathan hugs the ball and shrugs.) NATHAN: I wasn’t planning on it, why? BROOKE: Just figured it might be the perfect occasion to stop punishing your wife. (Smiles) (Nathan looks down.) BROOKE: Haley’s really hurting, Nathan. (Pause) I mean, come on, how hard would it be to stop by and smile at her and tell her she looks cute? NATHAN: Harder than you think. BROOKE: (Shrugs) Well, she hasn’t written a song since you guys split up. (There’s a pause as Nathan processes it.) BROOKE: Guess her talent was tied to you; no Nathan, no music. (Nathan looks down again.) NATHAN: She put you up to this? BROOKE: No… but if I here one more accidental cover of ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’, I am going to slit my wrists(!) So please Nathan, do it for me. (She steps up to him. He smiles.) BROOKE: Besides, you might get through with her. She’s gonna look hot as hell. (Smiles) You can trust me, I’m the Devil. (Nathan laughs.) NATHAN: I’ll think about it. BROOKE: K. (She pats him on the arm, waves and walks back to her car. Nathan puts the ball though the hoop again.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Lucas enters the café and looks around. He spots Haley quickly.) LUCAS: Hey(!) So did you talk to Brooke about my costume yet? HALEY: Yeah, um, how do you feel about head-to-toe tattoos and a nose ring? LUCAS: (Uncertainly) Not good. HALEY: OK, well, think about it, Tommy Lee. (Grins and laughs.) (Lucas watches her before closing his eyes.) HALEY: (About the bucket of dirty dishes.) I gotta dump these. (Walks around the counter.) LUCAS: What is this, some kinda California thing Brooke picked up in the OC? HALEY: I’m sure it goes back further than that. (Lucas checks to make sure Haley isn’t looking before walking to the cash desk and opening the till drawer. He looks back again before taking out a lot of 20 dollar notes.) LUCAS: Hey, since when is Brooke such a metal head, anyway? (Haley turns back and stops when she sees what he’s doing. She just stares at him, completely stunned, as he counts the money.) HALEY: (Quickly) Um, I-I don’t (Turns back around.) know. I guess (Camera cuts to her disappointed face as she keeps her back to him so he doesn’t know she saw him.) even after all this time, people can still surprise you. (Lucas takes the money in his hand and carefully shuts the drawer again. He pockets the money and the camera cuts back to Haley’s face. She can’t believe what she just witnessed. Lucas walks back around the counter.) CUT TO: [INT. THE HOTEL – ELLIE’S ROOM – DAY] (Ellie is on her laptop. There’s a knock on the door and she looks at it. She walks to it and looks through the peephole before opening the door. Larry is standing there, arm on the doorframe. He stares at her.) LARRY: Is it true, do you have cancer? ELLIE: (Sighs) Yes. LARRY: Is Peyton at risk? ELLIE: She might be. But only ten percent of all breast cancers are genetic. LARRY: Is yours one of them? ELLIE: I don’t know(!) So at some point down the line, you should get her checked. (Larry shakes his head slightly and sighs.) LARRY: And what about you? ELLIE: I was in remission… for a while. (She turns around and walks into the room.) Not anymore. (Larry enters.) LARRY: I’m sorry. ELLIE: Yeah, it’s not how I pictured my life turning out, that’s for sure. I know it’s crazy but I can’t help feeling like it’s some kind of karmic payback, you know? LARRY: Yeah, I don’t think it works like that. (Pause) Is this why you came back, to make things right with Peyton? ELLIE: I wanted her and you to be aware of her genetic history. (Larry nods, unconvinced.) ELLIE: And, sure, I wanted to get to know her; I wanted her to get to know me. (Larry nods.) LARRY: So she could lose another mother. ELLIE: No, that is exactly what I didn’t want! I was still in remission when I first got here (Pause) and don’t worry, I am not about to let her watch me die. LARRY: Look, Ellie, I am sorry for everything that you are going through but you understand that I have to think about Peyton first; last; always. ELLIE: Oh, you mean now that you’re back in town? Like me? LARRY: No, nothing like you, actually. (He turns to leave.) ELLIE: Larry! (Steps forward as he stops.) I’m sorry. (Pause) If you want me to leave for good this time… just say the word. (Nods) She’s your daughter now. It’s up to you. (She has tears in her eyes.) (Larry looks at her whilst thinking.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. THE MALL – SUBURBAN FILTH – DAY] (Brooke is behind the cash desk at work, still sewing her top. One of the workers walks up to her and looks down at the top.) WOMAN: Is that one of ours? BROOKE: Inspired by, but I made a few modifications. WOMAN: Like what? BROOKE: Well, if you cut the leg higher, it’s less coverage but it’s actually more flattering and a halter is way better for faking buff, Madonna, arms. WOMAN: (Smiling) Interesting, but the Devil doesn’t have feathers. BROOKE: (Exasperated) What is with you people, so she’s a feathery Devil(!) (The woman smiles and walks away. Lucas walks up to Brooke and she quickly hides her costume under the desk.) BROOKE: (Smiling) Hi(!) LUCAS: (Pointing) Was that your costume? BROOKE: Uh,… (Looking at his bag.) is that yours? LUCAS: Maybe. I think you’ll like it. BROOKE: (Grinning) I know I will. LUCAS: You might wanna warn your other boyfriends if they plan on seeing you at the party, I think you’re gonna be all tied up. So to speak. BROOKE: Really? Well a girl can dream. But I thought you were playing hard-to-get. LUCAS: Actually, I believe you’re the one playing hard-to-get. BROOKE: Doesn’t mean we can’t have a whole lot of fun in the meantime. LUCAS: Just means we’ll be wearing a whole lot more clothes while we’re having it. BROOKE: Right, commitment thing. Think my costume’s gonna help you change your mind. (Lucas laughs. A woman approaches them with a blue bra.) CUSTOMER: Um… I’m sorry to interrupt but do you have a matching thong? (Holds up the bra.) (Brooke looks at Lucas and smiles.) BROOKE: Oh, you know it, sister. (She smiles mysteriously before stepping down to help the woman. Lucas smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (sht of wheels as they move across the floor. Cut to the side as a whole trolley full of clothes is wheeled along the hallway. Dan is reading a newspaper which he lowers when he hears the noise. He’s not smiling.) (Deb walks in carrying a lot of bags and another man enters, holding a tower of boxes.) DAN: (Annoyed) What the hell is this? (She turns to him and smirks.) DEB: New campaign. (Holds up the bags.) New wardrobe. (Pause) (Walks forward.) And, that ‘candidate’s wife’ look doesn’t come cheap. (Dan frowns and she gives him the bill.) DEB: Appearances are everything, right Dan? (She turns around and points down the hall.) DEB: Bedroom’s this way, boys(!) (She looks back and smiles before following them. Dan looks to the side before sighing and holding the bill up.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Birds-eye view of Peyton kneeling on the floor in a black and blonde streaked wig. She’s wearing black wings. She looks up, wearing heavy eyeliner and red eye shadow.) LARRY: (o.s) Peyton? (Peyton stands and the camera slowly moves to eye level.) LARRY: (o.s) Peyton, listen- (He appears at the door, sees his daughter and stops dad.) LARRY: I thought you were going as an Angel. PEYTON: I am. I’m… the Angel of Death. (She claws her hands and bares her teeth. She’s dressed al in black.) PEYTON: (Smiles sadly.) I though it was appropriate. LARRY: (Sighs and enters.) Honey… (Her smile falls as he walks up to her.) LARRY: You know the worst part about your mom dieing? PEYTON: I have to pick just one? LARRY: How suddenly she was gone. (Pause) I mean, it was like… one minute she was there talking about what we were gonna have for dinner and then the next, she was just… (Shakes his head as he remembers.) gone. (Looks down.) PEYTON: Forever. LARRY: I kept thinking about all the things I would have said to her if I had known. (Peyton looks down sadly.) LARRY: And then I realised what I really had to worry about was all the things I was gonna say to you. PEYTON: (Whispering) Daddy. LARRY: No, honey, you were so little and there was so much left to talk about with mom and… so many things she would have told you as you grew up. (Peyton looks away.) So I-I started writing it all down, wha-whatever I could think of, you know; her favourite colour, her favourite food,… her first date, first kiss. (Peyton smiles.) LARRY: But… all that did was make me realise all the things I didn’t know. Things I couldn’t know – girls stuff. Like… what she would’ve said to you about sex or… (Peyton looks away, embarrassed.) LARRY: the day you got your first- PEYTON: (Trying to stop him.) Dad, I just- LARRY: I know, honey, but… don’t you ever just wonder? PEYTON: (Whispering) Yeah. (Tearful) All the time. LARRY: Well, now… Ellie has the one thing… your mother didn’t – she’s got a fair warning. (Peyton looks away; she doesn’t want to hear it.) LARRY: There’s time. (Pause) Time for no regrets. No… wondering. (Pause) Maybe you should go see her, talk to her. (Peyton opens her mouth.) LARRY: Let her answer any questions that you might have. PEYTON: Like what? LARRY: Like… who your real father is. (Larry stands there, waiting for something. Peyton looks at him but doesn’t respond.) LARRY: (Nodding) I think you make a very pretty Angel of Death. Have fun. (He leaves and Peyton stands there, arms crossed and a deeply depressed expression on her face.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (sht of the computer screen. There’s a picture of a lot of guys playing basketball in the High Flyers gym. There’s a click and the sht cuts to a picture of Nathan and his friend. It changes to a picture of Nathan jumping with a ball in his hand, about to dunk it. The next picture is of Nathan and a girl sitting on a bench and looking at the camera.) (Nathan looks at the picture and smiles. He reaches for his wedding ring which is around his neck, on the chain, and sighs. He thinks before picking up the phone and dialling a number.) NATHAN: (Into the phone.) Hey, it’s Nathan. (He listens for a second.) NATHAN: We should, uh,… should get together, tonight. There’s this costume party, we can meet up afterwards. (Listens.) And, yeah, there’s just one thing; Haley can’t know. (He listens some more.) NATHAN: Alright. FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TRIC – HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE – EVENING] (sht of the TRIC sign. The party’s underway. The camera pans across with shts of a lot of people in costumes who are having fun. They are drinking and dancing. Haley and Brooke walk up the stairs. Brooke is dressed as the Devil, with bright red hair. Haley is dressed as Sandy from ‘Grease’.) BROOKE: Remember, no tugging(!) HALEY: (Failing miserably.) OK, but I’ve got a major- BROOKE: NO tugging! (Haley sighs and they continue onto the floor.) HALEY: God, you’re tough(!) Any chance I can… lose these heels half way through the night? (Finding it difficult to walk.) BROOKE: No pain no gain, girl. Now get your game face on. (Puts a hand on her hip.) (Haley, unsure, smiles widely.) BROOKE: Other game. (Haley tries for a sexy look.) BROOKE: (Looking away.) OK, we’ll work on that. (Haley looks down at her costume. Mouth walks up to them dressed as Tony Manero from ‘Saturday Night Fever’.) MOUTH: (Grinning) Hellllo, ladies. (Brooke and Haley gape.) HALEY: Mouth! (Laughs) BROOKE: (Impressed) You look incredible(!) MOUTH: Thanks, so do you. (Brooke grins.) MOUTH: Wow. (Flirting) It’s a good thing you and Lucas are, uh, non-exclusive. BROOKE: (Amused) So I guess you’re over Erica. (Haley’s confused.) MOUTH: (Explaining) My girlfriend. (Amends) Ex-girlfriend. HALEY: Oh, I’m sorry, Mouth. MOUTH: Nah, nah, I’m OK. I’m not gonna spend my senior year chasing after someone who doesn’t care about me anymore. (Brooke smiles.) HALEY: (Uncomfortably) Yeah, that’s… (Tugs at her top.) that’s really smart. (Brooke looks at her uncomfortably and then looks away as the awkward pause drags.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – HALLWAY – EVENING] (Dan walks into the hallway and loosens his tie. He stops as he hears Deb moaning and groaning from his bedroom.) DEB: (o.s) Oh, god! I’m so sore(!) (Dan glares as he rushes to the bedroom.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Deb is on the floor with a guy on top of her.) DEB: Oh, thats it. (The door opens and Dan stands there. He sees that a personal trainer is exercising her legs and that there is equipment all over what used to be his bedroom.) DAN: Where the hell is my bed? DEB: Oh, hi, Dan. Nice to see you too. DAN: Where is all my stuff, Deb? DEB: I gave it away. DAN: You what?! DEB: I had to. It was all wet and smelly. DAN: And how did that happen? DEB: The sprinklers came on… by accident after I tossed everything out the window. (Grins happily.) DEB: That part was on purpose. Besides, I had to make room for Hans to whip me (Laughs as he exercises further.) into shape. A politician’s wife has to look the part. (Smiles) Right, Dan? I guess you’ll have to find someplace else to sleep. (Dan leaves and shuts the door. Deb moans some more.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE – EVENING] (Brooke and Haley are standing off to one side as Brooke helps Haley with her costume. She won’t stand still and keeps fidgeting. A guy dressed as Batman walks past them, straight to Peyton.) NATHAN: Nice wings. PEYTON: (Shocked) Nathan? (Laughing, impressed.) I couldn’t even tell it was you. NATHAN: This is how I can see everything and pretend like I was never even here. PEYTON: Mmmm, very sneaky Bruce. (Smiles) (Cut to Brooke and Haley looking over at them. Brooke waves.) PEYTON: Hate to say it but… your wife looks pretty hot. (Nathan looks at Haley who is saying bye to Brooke and heading over to them.) NATHAN: Haley always looks hot. (He smiles and walks away. Peyton stays put.) HALEY: (Walking up to her.) Hey(!) (Smiles) You look great. Are you talking to me yet? PEYTON: Not really but I guess you’re talking to me. (Smiles stiffly.) HALEY: Peyton, I don’t understand why you’re so pissed off. PEYTON: Really? You come back to town after months of being away and try to pretend like nothing happened. HALEY: (Annoyed) I’m not pretending anything. I’m just… I’m sorry I didn’t stay in touch with you. It was hard to keep up with people. PEYTON: Haley, it wasn’t me, OK? I’m not that needy but you didn’t even call Nathan. HALEY: I did call. PEYTON: And, anyway, I just don’t like what you did(!) But you know what, you’re husband just said you look hot, so if you do still love him, there’s you’re hint. (Peyton glares for a bat before walking away. Haley looks around, trying to see if she can spot what her husband came as. Peyton walks to the bar and leans against it. She watches everyone. Mouth walks up.) MOUTH: Hey, Peyton, I love your costume. PEYTON: (Delighted) Mouth, look at you, you’re like the hottest guy here! (Mouth blushes and looks down. She pats him on the chest. Her mouth falls open as she spots Lucas who has a lot of tattoos, wig and is dressed in leather.) PEYTON: Oh, no. MOUTH: (Approving) Oh, nice. PEYTON: (To Mouth.) Wait till Brooke sees him. MOUTH: She’s gonna love it, right? PEYTON: Uh-uh, no, she’s thinks Motley Crew’s, like, the least sexy band of all time. MOUTH: W-We gotta tell Lucas. (They look as Lucas spots Brooke and walks to her.) PEYTON: Er. (She shrugs.) (Brooke’s at her phone but looks up when Lucas approaches.) BROOKE: (Amused) Oh, no you didn’t. LUCAS: I did. BROOKE: You are so gullible. Tommy Lee? LUCAS: (Looks down for a bat.) What? BROOKE: He’s, like, forty and looks like that(!) (Grins) LUCAS: (Disbelieving) You set me up? BROOKE: You should have been a pirate; you know, nothing like a little Johnny Depp to make a girl wanna commit. (She takes a picture of him with her phone.) (Lucas holds his hand up, trying to fend her off. A girl walks up behind him.) RACHEL: I heard we got back together again. (He looks at her, confused.) RACHEL: (Explains) Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson. LUCAS: (Looks at Brooke.) Right. RACHEL: Or, at the very least, we did just have a hot weekend together in Vegas. (Smiles) You wanna dance? (Lucas looks back at Brooke.) RACHEL: Unless you’re seeing someone. LUCAS: (Shakes his head) No, not exclusively. (He holds his hands out to her. She puts her own in his and he pulls her onto the dance floor.) (Brooke scoffs and walks to Peyton.) PEYTON: You OK? BROOKE: (Cattily) Peachy. (They watch Lucas and Rachel dance. Rachel’s moves can only be described as raunchy. Brooke scowls at them, turning her nose up. Peyton smiles uncertainly.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DEB’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Deb opens the door to her bedroom and enters. She unties her nightgown but stops when she sees Dan in her bed, his arms over his head. He’s grinning at her.) DEB: (Hands on hips.) Excuse me? DAN: Hiya, wifey. You told me to find another place to sleep. (Deb smiles to herself, refraining from shouting.) DAN: In the buff, actually since thanks to you, some homeless person has all my clothes. Great way to kick off my humanitarian campaign though. Forgot to thank you for that. (Smiles) Would you care to join me or would you rather sleep on the floor? (She kicks off her shoes and takes her nightgown off.) DEB: Fine(!) (She gets into bed, sighs, and turns the light off. She reaches over and pulls open the drawer to her bedside cabinet, taking something out. She puts her arms under the covers. There’s a bat before the sound of electricity is heard and a bright blue light shines beneath the covers. Dan screams, shakes, and falls off the bed.) (Deb sits up and sighs happily, pulling her hand out of the cover again.) DEB: (Grinning) Sweet dreams, Danny Boy. (She presses the button on the tazer twice and the blue electrical current appears again. Her grin widens. She puts it back into the drawer.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE – EVENING] (Karen walks around dressed as a cop, handing out glasses. Haley walks up behind her.) HALEY: Hey, have you seen Nathan? KAREN: What’s he dressed as? HALEY: Uh,… I don’t know, actually. I know he’s seen me but he’s like the invisible man or something. KAREN: Um,… Haley? Are you OK? (They stop.) HALEY: Yeah, if OK’s, like,… heels that are klling me and underwear that’s digging into my ribcage and I’m about five minutes from going home and binging on cookie dough. KAREN: That’s not what I mean. (Haley’s smiles falls.) KAREN: There’s money missing from the register at the café. Now, I’ve noticed a pattern the past couple of weeks and it always finds its way back right after payday but that’s not the point. HALEY: Karen, I- KAREN: Look, I know your parents are gone and I know that things are a bit tight (Pause) was it you? (Haley closes her eyes and lies through her teeth.) HALEY: Yeah. I’m… (Shakes her head.) I’m really sorry. KAREN: (Sincerely) So am I… that… you didn’t feel that you could come to me and ask, if you needed help. I thought we were closer. HALEY: We are. It won’t happen again. KAREN: Good. (Pause) I want you to know that I am always there for you, no matter what. HALEY: (Smiles sadly.) Thanks. (About the tray of glasses.) Why don’t I take this? Consider it interest. KAREN: OK. (Haley smiles forcedly as Karen walks away. She walks forward and trips over someone’s feet with her high heels. She falls on her front, the tray hits the floor and the glasses smash.) (There’s a bat as the people stand around, shocked, then they start laughing. One guy points and other people laugh and clap. Haley looks around, upset, as she uses her arms to push herself up.) (Nathan comes around in his Batman outfit and picks her up. She looks at him as he puts her in a chair and walks back around the table so it’s between himself and her. She still doesn’t know it’s him. He takes the mask off.) HALEY: (Mouth open.) Hi(!) NATHAN: Nice costume. HALEY: (Looks down.) Do you like it? (Smiles) NATHAN: Not really. (Haley’s hurt again.) NATHAN: I mean, it’s just not… really you. HALEY: Yeah. I… Brooke thought I could… (Trails off and smiles some more.) I just wanted you to… want me again. I… (Looks down and shakes her head.) NATHAN: That’s not the problem, Haley. Trust me. (She looks up at him, eyes bright.) NATHAN: I mean… the sexy makeover’s not gonna fix us, right? HALEY: (Nods) Yeah, you’re right. I mean, I… (Looks down and laughs. There are tears in her eyes when she looks back up.) I look ridiculous, don’t I? (She’s laughing to cover up her pain.) NATHAN: (Realising what he’s done.) Haley, no- HALEY: (Shakes her head.) I’m sorry. (She jumps off the chair and runs away. Nathan watches her.) (Cut to Mouth who is walking along. He spots Peyton and smiles. She’s at the bar, bored.) MOUTH: Having fun? (Peyton looks at him.) PEYTON: Not really. I mean, I’m syked to see the band but I still had to force myself to come here tonight. MOUTH: (Nods) Me too. PEYTON: (Annoyed) I’m just dealing with some personal stuff. MOUTH: Yeah, me too. PEYTON: And someone spilt soda on my wings. MOUTH: I… think that was me. (Peyton looks down at him before looking away.) (Disco music – Burn Baby Burn – starts up and Mouth grins.) MOUTH: I’ve got an idea how we could make this night less sucky. PEYTON: (Grinning) Are you propositioning me, Mouth? MOUTH: Ah, yeah. To dance(!) (He holds out his hand and Peyton takes it. He pulls her forward.) (Cut to the revolving disco ball. Cut to Mouth’s feet as he moves onto the dance floor and does a few dance moves. He dances by himself for a while before Peyton comes up behind him. She looks at him before joining him in the 70’s disco moves. The crowd are at the edges of the floor, watching them and cheering them on. They are completely in sync with each other.) (They end and the crowd cheers louder. Peyton puts her hands to her head in embarrassment. Brooke approaches them.) BROOKE: (To Peyton.) Oh my god, you were amazing! (They hug.) KAREN: (o.s) Alright. (Karen’s on the stage.) KAREN: Are you guys all ready for Fall Down Boy? (Brooke’s smile drops.) PEYTON: (Quickly) Fall Out Boy(!) KAREN: Oh, oh, um… right-right. Uh-hum, anyway… do I hear a whoot-whoot? (The crowd is silent. Lucas looks down, mortified. He smiles like a little boy. Peyton looks around, unsure.) KAREN: (Stands straighter.) Guess not. (Louder) Alright, well, (Moves the microphone to the middle of the stage.) without further ado,… Fall Out Boy. (The crowd cheers and claps as Karen walks off stage and Fall Out Boy walk on. They play ‘Dance, Dance’.) (Brooke smiles as they play. She looks sideways at Lucas who is clapping along. She looks at Rachel who’s dancing along beside him and turns back around. Peyton is having fun for the first time. Brooke turns and walks away. Lucas tries to stop her but there’s nothing he can say.) (The band continues to play.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Haley sits in front of the lit mirror and takes her wig off. She slams it down and sighs. Brooke enters.) BROOKE: What are you doing?(!) The band is playing, you’re missing it. HALEY: (Shakes her head and wipes her face with a tissue.) This is… such a bad idea. BROOKE: But Nathan totally talked to you. He… swooped in like some kind of knight in… Batman armour- HALEY: It’s not the point, I look like an… idiot! BROOKE: Well… OK, maybe now that you’ve messed up your hair, but- (Haley looks away, exasperatedly.) HALEY: This Grease thing is a lie. I mean, what, you turn into some spandex wearing, cigarette smoking hussy and you get your man? That doesn’t work. BROOKE: You were smoking? HALEY: Even if it did, (Looks down again.) this is not who I am. I’m a tutor. I’m-I’m a… nerd(!) BROOKE: (Kindly) You’re a rock star. HALEY: (Smiling tearfully and shaking her head.) Not anymore. (Shrugs) I’m just Haley. (Sighs and talks to the mirror.) That really should be enough. (She shakes her head and looks back at Brooke.) HALEY: I’m done playing games, Brooke. I’m just gonna go home. BROOKE: (Nods) OK. HALEY: And there better be cookie dough. (She laughs sadly. Brooke puts her hand on Haley’s arm for a bat before exiting the backroom again. Haley smiles and looks at her feet.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE – EVENING] (The band is still playing and the crowd are still loving it. Brooke’s back in there and she yells out loud, cheering them on.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Haley walks to the exit slowly. She stops when Nathan enters in his Batman outfit, flapping his cloak, and walking through the mist covering the back exit.) HALEY: (Sincerely) Hey, thank you for helping me earlier. I’m sorry I… freaked out like a baby. I just want things back the way they were. (He leans down and kisses her. The camera pans around them.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE – EVENING] (Quick pan across the crowd and band.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (They are still kissing. He pulls away.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE – EVENING] (Fall Out Boy finish the song. The crowd goes wild again.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Nathan turns around and exits the way he entered – through the mist – without having said a single word. Haley opens her eyes and looks a little lost. She can’t believe it.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (sht of the front door as someone knocks incessantly on it.) (Haley bounces to it and opens the door. She sighs happily and turns away.) LUCAS: Hey. (He enters. He’s taken his wig off but everything else’s the same.) LUCAS: (Shutting the door.) I wanted to make sure you were OK. (Haley has her back to him and her hands to her head.) LUCAS: I saw you… take the plunge and- HALEY: (Interrupting) Nathan kissed me. (Smiles proudly.) LUCAS: What? HALEY: I didn’t even know what was happening. It just, it happened and then he was gone(!) (Laughs incredulously.) LUCAS: Did you go after him? HALEY: No. It was just so romantic and perfect and I just wanted to come right home and not mess it up, you know? (She’s like a schoolgirl with her first crush. She yells silently and grabs her head again. Lucas smiles happily.) LUCAS: Well, then I guess you’re OK. HALEY: Yeah. It was like… a totally out-of-body experience for me. LUCAS: Then, maybe I should get Nathan to kiss me. HALEY: Oh, shut up(!) (Slaps him on the arm.) (Lucas laughs.) LUCAS: Alright, then, uh… (Looks at his attire.) I’m gonna head home. HALEY: (Laughing) OK. LUCAS: (Points) Thanks for the costume advice. (Pause) Remind me to never have you spy for me. HALEY: (Amused) I’m sorry(!) (Lucas opens the door and is halfway out before Haley remembers and stops him.) HALEY: Luke, uh,… (He backs up.) there’s just one more thing that I’d… (She struggles to find the words and Lucas shuts the door.) HALEY: (With difficulty.) Your mom thinks I stole money from the café. LUCAS: (Slowly) Why does she think that? HALEY: Coz I told her I did. Coz I… was covering for you. (Lucas looks down, caught.) HALEY: I saw you take it and… what’s going on, Luke? (Lucas looks up and realises that he has to tell her. He walks forward, against his better judgment and sits opposite her.) LUCAS: I needed to buy some medicine. HALEY: (Sighs, not wanting to know.) For what? LUCAS: (Pause) For my heart, Hales. (Nods) I have HCM. (Haley’s speechless.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE HOTEL – ELLIE’S DOOR – EVENING] (Peyton stands outside Ellie’s door and knocks. Ellie opens it and her eyes widen.) ELLIE: Angel of Death. You’re a little early. (Peyton smiles slightly.) ELLIE: (Kindly) How was the show? (Peyton looks down.) ELLIE: You wanna come inside? PEYTON: I’m… I’m not staying. ELLIE: Well, I’m still glad you came. You, not the death part. PEYTON: Look, I… I don’t wanna be curious about you but I can’t help it, I am. ELLIE: Well, selfishly, I’m glad that’s one battle you’re losing. PEYTON: … I’m just scared. ELLIE: Of what? PEYTON: Of… forgetting my mom, OK – Anna. (Ellie nods.) PEYTON: I actually have one of her t-shirts that smelled like her and I slept with it every night… until one day, it started to… smell like me than it did her. (She is gradually getting more tearful.) And so I took it out and I tried every detergent I could find… just trying to find that smell and I couldn’t(!) It was gone and… and so now, sometimes, I test myself; you know, just to see if I can find that smell (Pause) and once in a while I can… but it’s getting harder and harder. ELLIE: I understand. PEYTON: (Smiling desolately.) It’s bad enough that you’re, like, really into music, OK? I don’t wanna find out you’re an artist, too. ELLIE: Peyton- PEYTON: Because there are some things I know I got from her. I had to(!) (Pleading) (Ellie nods.) PEYTON: And, I don’t… I don’t wanna change that. ELLIE: W-well, uh, the tendency towards drugs – which I would love to yell at you about – that’s from me. (Peyton looks down.) ELLIE: But I can’t draw to save my life. You know, those sketches I saw in your room… that’s from your mom. Know that. (Peyton nods.) ELLIE: And as far as your dad’s concerned, when he sent me away all those years ago, it was the right move. (Smiles) I’ve done so pretty questionable things in my life, Peyton. I would have sent me away too. (Peyton looks at her reservedly.) PEYTON: But you’re here now. ELLIE: That’s right… and if you wanna know things, then I want you to know them. I’ll tell you anything, everything. (Pause) And if you don’t wanna know, that’s OK, too. (Nods) It’s up to you. (They look at each other and Peyton opens her mouth.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THIRD AND LONG (EST) – EVENING] (A car speeds past.) CUT TO: [INT. THIRD AND LONG – DINING AREA – EVENING] (Nathan is sitting at a table, eating.) CHRIS: (o.s) Well, well, we meet again. (Sits opposite Nathan.) NATHAN: Thanks for coming. CHRIS: How could I not? You musta got my letter. NATHAN: Yeah, I got it. CHRIS: D’ya like the perfume? Kinda sexy like that, sometimes. (Nathan scoffs and looks away.) CHRIS: So what can Chris Keller do for you? NATHAN: (Sighs) He can help Haley with her music. (Chris laughs, unable to believe him.) NATHAN: No, I’m serious. Apparently, she’s ht some kind of slump. CHRIS: And you care, why? NATHAN: Because she loves it… and I love her. CHRIS: Wow, how heroic. (Nathan blinks repeatedly and looks away.) CHRIS: Or maybe just completely stupid(!) I mean, why call me? NATHAN: Because even though you’re an ass, Haley’s music came a long way with you. (Pause) Now, you said in that letter that you’d do anything to help her. This is it. CHRIS: (Pause) Look, not that I don’t love second chances, but what makes you think you can trust me? NATHAN: Oh, I don’t trust you. (Pause) But Haley does. Besides, if you touch her… I’ll crush you. (There’s a bat as Chris digests that simple fact.) CHRIS: (Smiles and sits back.) Well, this is gonna cost you. I mean we’ve got… studio space; first class accommodations; my time, which is worth a lot (Pause as he looks at Nathan’s wrist.) and I’m kinda digging that watch. NATHAN: Don’t screw with me, Keller. CHRIS: … Alright, tell you what, give me the rest of this sandwich (Takes it off Nathan’s plate.) I’m in. (Chris looks at it happily and starts to eat it.) NATHAN: Alright, it’s a deal then. And this stays between us. (Chris holds his hand out and Nathan shakes it. It’s clear that Nathan really doesn’t trust him. Chris grins conspiratorially and sits back in his chair.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DEB’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Deb is asleep in her bed. Dan’s nowhere to be seen. The phone on her cabinet rings. She sighs, picks it up, presses receive, and holds it to her ear.) DEB: (Sitting up with a groan.) Hello? DAN: (Through the phone.) It’s me. (Deb doesn’t say anything, she waits.) DAN: (Through the phone.) I’m sorry, Deb. I never meant for it to come to this. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan is lying across the couch in his clothes.) DAN: I mean, we loved each other once, didn’t we? (He grins slightly.) DAN: I know I loved you. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DEB’S BEDROOM – EVENING] DEB: (Exasperatedly) Uh, Dan, what’re you doing? DAN: (Through the phone.) I just had to talk to you. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan finds it harder and harder to hold back a smile.) DAN: … Because… I’m waiting for the glue to dry. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DEB’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Deb becomes more alert. She figures it out and pulls at the phone. It’s stuck to her face. She yanks at it harder, struggling to get it off.) DEB: YOU SUPER GLUED THE PHONE?! CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] DAN: (Viciously) You wanna play with me – game on, bitch! (He pulls out an air horn and holds it close to the receiver before pressing the button down.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DEB’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Deb jerks around in bed, screaming. She’s unable to get the phone off and the noise practically deafens her. She shakes her head in pain.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan quits with the trture and puts the phone back to his ear, laughing.) DAN: Good night. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DEB’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Deb seethes in bed.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (The camera pans up from Haley‘s blanket covered legs. Fade out to a full sht of her. She’s awake and worried. Brooke walks into the bedroom, annoyed and still in costume, wig in hand.) HALEY: Hey, how was the rest of your night? BROOKE: Well, Lucas thought he could make me jealous with that ‘Baywatch bimbo’. Two can play at that game. (She smiles and turns away.) HALEY: (Still distracted.) Brooke,… (Sits up.) (Brooke walks back to her, having put her things aside.) HALEY: Be careful. (Pause) His heart’s more fragile than you think. (Brooke doesn’t respond but she considers it seriously. The camera pans right until Brooke’s ‘Vacation Wall’ is visible – the picture of herself and Lucas kissing in the middle.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton’s painted one side of his wall to greatly resemble the Rivercourt. He puts a box down in front of the mirror and looks into it. He shakes his head.) LUCAS: (v.o) Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: (Lucas holds one of Brooke’s red feathers up.) ‘There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. (He puts the feather into the open box which also houses his HCM pills. He puts the lid back on and looks into the mirror.) LUCAS: (v.o) No secret can be kept in a civilised world. FADE TO: [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Peyton walks up to her door and opens it. She’s holding her wings. Her dad is on the sofa, reading a newspaper and waiting up for her.) LARRY: Hey. PEYTON: (Smiling) You’re still awake. (Shuts the door.) LARRY: Of course, that’s what fathers do. They wait up for their daughters. (Peyton laughs and sits next to him.) LARRY: Did you talk to Ellie? PEYTON: Yeah. LARRY: Good. (She looks at him with a smile.) PEYTON: But I didn’t have to ask who my real father is. (Smiles at him.) I already know. (She leans on him and he puts his arm around her.) FADE TO: [INT. THE HOTEL – ELLIE’S ROOM – EVENING] (Ellie is lying on her bed, drawing. She’s drawn Peyton as she was while also displaying the fact that she lied to Peyton about not being able to draw.) (She turns the pad so it faces her straight and continues shading it in.) LUCAS: (v.o) Society is a masked ball, where everyone hides his real character, (The camera pans left and unfocuses.) LUCAS: (v.o) then reveals it by hiding.’ FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is seen through his window. He walks around his bed and sits on it. He thinks before taking off the chain with his wedding ring and putting it on the bedside cabinet. He switches the light off.) FADE TO: [INT. CHRIS’ APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Chris walks in and switches the light on. He throws his keys onto the couch and stops to look at said couch. The camera cuts to the couch and pans along a Batman costume until the sht reaches the mask.) (Cut back to Chris who smiles to himself.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x04 - An Attempt to Tip the Scales"}	foreverdreaming
FADE IN: LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GROUNDS – DAY] (Haley and Nathan walk together just outside of the school building.) NATHAN: (v.o) I’m here to talk about- CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – RECORDING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is talking to Chris.) NATHAN: -Haley and her music (pause) not Haley and me. CHRIS: They’re the same thing. CUT TO: [INT. THE MOTEL – ELLIE’S ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton looks down at the chest of drawers with a pained expression.) PEYTON: (v.o) I think you’re just a lying junkie (cut to a sht of the cancer survivor bracelet) who probably doesn’t even have cancer. CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton glares at Ellie, her expression closed and her arms crossed.) PEYTON: Just get out, Ellie. ELLIE: (bat) OK. CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – WINDOW – DAY] (Karen stands in the café, putting up her signs for her mayoral campaign when a vehicle pulls up and the reflection is seen in the window. Karen slowly lowers her sign. Dan gets out of the vehicle which has a huge billboard of himself, smiling, on the side. He turns to look at Karen and Deb standing at the window.) DEB: (v.o) You’re gonna need a bigger sign. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GILRS LOCKER ROOM – DAY] (Brooke shakes a bag full of compacts and holds it out to the cheerleaders.) BROOKE: (v.o) Here’s how the Fantasy Boy Draft works: (Bevin and Rachel take compacts.) BROOKE: Once you pick a guy, he is yours for the season, which means he is off the market and on one else can touch him (looks pointedly at Bevin) got it, Bevin? CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (All the cheerleaders sit in front of a white board as each girl shouts out which ‘Boy’ they pick.) BROOKE: P. Sawyer, you’ve got the first pick and you are on the clock. PEYTON: Mouth McFadden. BROOKE: I pick Chris Keller, (to Rachel) ha! ASHLEY: Chris goes to Brooke! (writes it down) BROOKE: Bevin, you’re next. BEVIN: (anxiously) Uh, actually, I- RACHEL: There’s been a trade. BROOKE: (stunned) What? RACHEL: And I pick Lucas. ASHLEY: Lucas Scott to Rachel. BROOKE: But, she can’t- HALEY: I pick Nathan! ASHLEY: Nathan Scott to Haley! BROOKE: Wait- BEVIN: (holding a hand up) I get Skills. ASHLEY: Skills to Bevin- (Bevin claps and stands.) BROOKE: Wait! BEVIN: This is awesome; we all got who we wanted! (Brooke glowers at Rachel as the camera zooms in on Rachel’s smirking face.) BEVIN: (v.o) Great idea, Brooke. (Brooke narrows her eyes.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (The camera travels up Brooke’s legs and carries on to her face. She’s asleep. She opens her eyes, smiles and closes them again. Someone inhales from behind her and Lucas’ head pops up. He sighs happily and moves over to her.) LUCAS: Morning, babe. (Brooke sighs tiredly.) (The alarm clock rings and the music falters.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Lucas wakes up, frowns, and reaches over, turning the alarm off. He sighs and lies back in bed.) (Chris is beside him and reaches over.) CHRIS: Morning, baby. (Chris puts his hand around Lucas and snuggles. Lucas doesn’t make a noise.) (The music falters again. Another alarm clock sounds.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Haley wakes up from her dream, sighs and slams her clock shut. Brooke sits up in her bed.) BROOKE: Bad dream? (Haley groans, throws her covers off, grabs a pillow and walks to Brooke’s bed, falling on it. Her back is to Brooke.) BROOKE: Well, how bad was it? HALEY: I dreamt that Lucas was in bed with Chris Keller. (Brooke groans in understanding.) BROOKE: That’s pretty bad. (Haley sighs.) BROOKE: So, you wanna make out? HALEY: (bat) Yeah, OK, sure. (She turns around and Brooke holds her arm out.) (The music cuts out.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Nathan jerks awake and sits up. He remembers and smiles in approval.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Haley and Brooke get out of Brooke’s car.) HALEY: (rushing to keep up with Brooke) Oh, hey, what did Lucas say about you, uh, not picking him for the draft? BROOKE: (cautiously) Not much… mostly coz I haven’t told him yet. You didn’t say anything, did you? HALEY: No. I… haven’t said a word. BROOKE: (relieved) OK, good. Oh! But did I mention that my designs were a total ht with the corporate big-stuffs over at Suburban Filth? They may pick the up for a fashion line(!) HALEY: Oh my god, Brooke, that’s incredible! (Brooke does a happy jump.) HALEY: You must be so happy. (sees Brooke’s face fall) Or not…? (Haley looks at what Brooke’s spotted.) (Cut to a table where Peyton is sitting along with some cheerleaders. She’s talking to Rachel.) BROOKE: (almost growling) What is she doing talking to that troll?(!) HALEY: (scoffs) By troll, do you mean Peyton? (There’s a bat before Brooke stalks to the table. Haley follows.) BROOKE: Hi, (looks at Peyton accusingly) backstabbing supposed-to-be-best-friend-and-all. PEYTON: Hi, forgot-to-say-good-morning-sneery-grouch-a-lot. RACHEL: (Laughs) I’m outta here, over-possessive-best-friends-with-weird-lesbian-energy (pause) and Haley. (Haley smiles tightly.) TIM: Lay us or trade us! (Tim walks on with his arms out and a lot of the guys from the team, including Nathan and Lucas.) BROOKE: What are you babbling about?! TIM: The boy draft. We know all you girls got together and drafted us to be your little love-dolls, so… we just wanna know the results. BROOKE: It was a fantasy draft, Dim. You know, like that fantasies you have about Nathan – not real. RACHEL: What d’ya have in mind? (Brooke looks at Rachel, annoyed.) TIM: Dates, tonight, you pay. (Brooke scoffs.) BROOKE: Look- RACHEL: OK, sounds good. (Brooke is very close to hitting Rachel.) TIM: Sweet(!) BEVIN: (beaming) I’m gonna go get Skills. (leaves) TIM: So, who picked me? (Nobody answers him.) TIM: Come on, who wants some Tim? (Brooke is silently fuming.) TIM: Is it you, Brooke? BROOKE: You didn’t even get drafted, you little… (tightly) Tim(!) (Brooke turns and leaves. Tim looks around. Lucas looks slightly sympathetic before leaving too.) (Haley rushes to Nathan.) HALEY: Hey, are you… OK with this? NATHAN: Yeah, sure, why not? I mean, it’s a group thing, right? HALEY: (covering) Yeah. (nods) Yeah, sure, OK. Um,… you wanna come by at like… eight? NATHAN: OK. (Haley smiles and mouths ‘OK’. She smiles delightedly after Nathan walks away.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – GROUNDS – DAY] LUCAS: (o.s) Hey, Brooke! (Brooke stops and turns.) BROOKE: (smiles strained) Hey, looks who it is. LUCAS: So what time should I be ready? BROOKE: Um,… (laughs) you know it’s the… craziest thing. (pause) I sorta got mixed up and… didn’t pick you. LUCAS: (not sure he’s hearing right) What? BROOKE: (quickly) It was all Rachel’s fault. She tricked me LUCAS: S-so let me get this straight: you coulda picked me… but you didn’t? BROOKE: It just… sort of happened wrong(!) RACHEL: (o.s) She picked Chris Keller (comes up behind Lucas) and I picked you. (Brooke tries to come up with something to say but she can’t. She decides to just glare at Rachel.) LUCAS: Well, (pause) at least somebody wanted me. BROOKE: (upset) No- (Lucas leaves. Rachel smiles, shrugs and follows Lucas.) (The bell rings and Brooke sighs in defeat.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – THE BENCHES – DAY] (Peyton walks to the benches.) PEYTON: Hey, boyfriend. (sits) (Mouth is sitting on the bench.) PEYTON: Looks like we’re supposed to go out on a date tonight. MOUTH: I know you were just doing me a favour when you drafted me, Peyton… but there’s something I have to do tonight. PEYTON: You’re a tough guy to ask out, Mouth! MOUTH: (laughs) Well… you could come if you want. (pause) It’s just… kinda un-cool. PEYTON: OK, trust me, I’ve had enough supposedly cool nights, un-cool sounds… great. MOUTH: (smiles) OK,… un-cool it is. (Peyton nods and smacks him on the leg before standing and walking away. Mouth grabs his backpack and Tim drops himself next to him.) TIM: (depressed) Can’t believe I didn’t even get drafted. (looks at Mouth) (Mouth looks ahead, not saying a word.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Karen is sitting on the front stoop, opening letters. Deb walks up to her.) DEB: So, Dan put up another campaign billboard. Over the highway just outside of town. KAREN: (amused) Yeah, I know, I saw. (pause) But, if he’s gonna buy the election, there’s really nothing I can do about it. (smiles) DEB: Actually, (reaches into her shoulder bag) there is. (Deb walks forward and pulls out a spray can.) DEB: Have I ever told you how ridiculous Dan looks… with a moustache? (Karen is interested. Deb throws the can at her and Karen catches it. They look at each other conspiratorially.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Haley examines herself hard in the mirror. She’s completely dressed for her date and her hair is tied up.) HALEY: (to Brooke) Whaddaya think? BROOKE: The same thing I thought ten seconds ago; you look great(!) (Brooke is lying on her stomach, depressed.) HALEY: OK, well, I’m sorry if I’m a little nervous. I just have the perfect evening planned for Nathan and me (puts a necklace around her neck and holds it there) I can not believe you’re not going on your date, by the way. BROOKE: Why should I? HALEY: Hmmm, I don’t know, you can pick between ‘this whole thing was your idea’ or because you physically thrat every person that didn’t follow the rules(!) (Haley turns back to the mirror and messes with the necklace again. The doorbell rings.) HALEY: (drops the necklace) Oh, sh*t, that’s Nathan. I’m not ready; where are my shoes?! BROOKE: On your feet! Relax. (Haley stops and sighs.) BROOKE: I’ll get it. (jumps off the bed and walks to the front door) To finish our conversation, I would rather tongue kiss a puss infected sore than ever… go out… with Chris- (She harshly opens the door to Chris.) CHRIS: Well, well. My date’s already dressed for bed. (Brooke glares at him) Looks like someone’s a little horny for some Chris Keller. (He walks in. She scoffs.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. ROE RRESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Rachel opens Lucas’ door and enters.) LUCAS: Hey, Rachel, come on in. (She shuts the door behind her.) RACHEL: Thanks, you ready? LUCAS: (wincing) Uh… actually, if it’s cool with you, I was gonna go see Brooke. RACHEL: (sighs and sits on his bed) Luke, you know I was messing with Brooke when I drafted you, right? (Lucas laughs.) RACHEL: And anyway, doesn’t she have a date with Chris Keller? LUCAS: No, she wouldn’t do that. RACHEL: I don’t know, I’ve seen the guy – he’s kinda fine. LUCAS: Yeah, (nodding annoyed) he’s kind of a jerk, too. RACHEL: Interesting… and (sits up) definitely my type. Well, I was gonna say we could get a workout at the Rivercourt… but instead, let’s go to Brooke’s house. (pause) And I’ll officially trade you. LUCAS: You’d do that? (pause) You’d trade me? RACHEL: Yeah, why not? I can’t trture Brooke forever. (thinks) Well, I could, but where’s the fun it that? Come on (throws the basketball at the painted Rivercourt basketball hoop) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Chris is sitting in a revolving chair and Brooke is standing over him.) BROOKE: Look, whatever you heard, you heard wrong(!) CHRIS: So you’re not into me? BROOKE: (forcefully) No! (Tries to pull him off the chair.) CHRIS: Wait, so you and Haley aren’t going on dates? BROOKE: (lying through her teeth) No. (She yanks him off the chair. Nathan walks to the doorway and sees them. Chris spots him.) CHRIS: Oh, hey-ey, Nate. Here for your (looks at Brooke who’s shaking her head) date? NATHAN: Yeah, what’s it to you? (Chris smirks at her.) BROOKE: (beyond annoyed) Haley, your boyfriends are here! (Chris grins as Haley enters. Nathan stands to attention when he sees her.) HALEY: (smiling) Hi. NATHAN: (shocked) Wow, you look so- CHRIS: Overdressed. (Nathan frowns at him and Brooke sneers at him.) CHRIS: So, you girls ready? BROOKE: I’m not going anywhere with you(!) CHRIS: Fine by me, I’m good staying in. HALEY: Well, we’re going out. Let me just get my purse. NATHAN: Actually, um,… maybe Brooke’s right. I mean, if she’s not gonna follow through with this, what’re the odds anyone else is? (Brooke continues to scoff at Chris. Haley approaches Brooke with a fake smile.) HALEY: (to Nathan) Could you just, um,… just… one second. (She grabs Brooke’s arm and forcefully drags her away.) BROOKE: Ow(!) That hurts. (When they are a good distance away, Haley lets her go.) HALEY: (voice low) OK, listen, sister; I joined cheerleading and I sat in this stupid draft because of, OH, you(!) Now I am this close to getting an actual date with Nathan so if you don’t suck it up, and go out with Chris Keller, I swear the only puss-infected sores you’re gonna be licking are you own, when I get through with you, do you get it?! (Haley smiles and turns back to the guys.) HALEY: OK, great! We’re going! (smiles and walks to them) (Brooke stalks off to get changed.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – ROAD – DAY] (All four of them walk to the car. Chris holds the door open for Brooke. She smirks at him before getting in.) (Pan to Rachel and Lucas in Rachel’s car.) RACHEL: Yeah, Brooke’s definitely staying home tonight. (pause as Lucas watches) It’s Chris Keller, right? LUCAS: How bout we get some beer before that workout, huh? RACHEL: Now you’re talking. Let’s go. (She drives off.) CUT TO: [INT. BEVIN’S HOUSE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Skills stands at the door and knocks. Bevin opens the door.) SKILLS: (looks her over and smiles) First round draft pick, reporting for duty. (Bevin takes his arm and leads him in.) BEVIN: Hey, Skills, come on in. (Skills looks at the huge place.) SKILLS: Oh, yeah(!) This’ll do. BEVIN: My parents are out of town for the night (pause) so… I was thinking… we’d stay in and watch a movie, maybe have a couple of drinks? Is that OK? SKILLS: (not listening) OK? (pause) That’s better than OK. This is perfect. BEVIN: Thanks(!) (walks down and to him) So, anyways, I was thinking we could watch (bends and picks up a DVD) The Notebook. SKILLS: How bout I just watch you and… uh,… you can watch whatever it’s called. BEVIN: The Notebook. (stands in front of the TV) Oh my god, you haven’t seen it? It’s only like… the best movie ever. (Skills is too preoccupied with looking at everything Bevin’s family owns to care.) BEVIN: (grins) Trust me. (She bends to put the DVD in.) SKILLS: A’ight. Whatever you say, Devon. BEVIN: (correcting) Bevin. SKILLS: Yeah,… yeah that too. CUT TO: [INT. RETIREMENT HOME – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Peyton walks in with Mouth.) PEYTON: Gotta hand it to ya, Mouth. I’ve been on some kinky dates before but no one has ever bought me to an old folks’ home. MOUTH: (laughs) You’ve been on kinky dates? PEYTON: OK, not the point. (Mouth laughs some more.) PEYTON: What’re we doing here? MOUTH: This is the thing I had to do. I come once a week and I read to Mel. (Mouth walks off screen.) PEYTON: Wait, who’s Mel? (follows confusedly) CUT TO: [INT. RETIREMENT HOME – MEL’S ROOM – DAY] (Mel is sitting in a recliner, watching TV. Mouth walks to the doorway and knocks.) MOUTH: Hey, Mel. (Mel looks at him before turning back to the TV to switch it off. Peyton stands in the doorway.) MEL: Oh, hi, Joe. MOUTH: No, it’s-it’s me, Marvin. Mouth. MEL: Oh, sure, Mouse. Come in! Come in. (He gets off the chair.) MOUTH: I, uh, bought you the sports page. (Mouth sits and Mel takes the bit of newspaper. He looks at the doorway and spots Peyton.) MEL: Wow(!) What do we have here? PEYTON: Um,… (walks in, unsure) we have a Peyton. Hi. (shakes his hand) MEL: Peyton? That’s a pretty name. PEYTON: (smiling) Well, you’re not so bad yourself. MEL: Come in, sit down, sit down. PEYTON: Oh- (He takes Mouth out of the chair, forcefully. Peyton laughs.) PEYTON: Thank you,… um… you’ve got a really great place here. (sits) MEL: Oh, not really. It smells like old people. (Peyton laughs and makes a face at Mouth.) MEL: Take a look at this. (He rushes to his drawer and pulls a framed photo. He brings it to show Peyton.) MEL: Did I ever tell you that I used to race cars? (The picture is of him as a young man, holding a helmet and standing beside a racing car.) PEYTON: (takes the picture and looks at it) Well, you were a handsome devil. MEL: They called me Fireball. I was kinda fast with the ladies. (Peyton laughs out loud and looks at Mouth. Mouth smiles fondly at Mel.) MEL: I’ve got some more pictures around here somewhere. (rushes to his closet) PEYTON: OK. Alright. (stands and walks to Mouth) I have an idea… let’s spring him. MOUTH: (shocked) What?! PEYTON: Just for the night. This place is depressing, Mouth. MOUTH: Peyton, we can’t. PEYTON: (to Mel) Hey, Fireball? MEL: Hmm? (turns back with a helmet in his hands and walks to them.) PEYTON: How would you like to do a little driving with us tonight? MEL: Oh, young lady, I’d rob a bank for you if you asked me nicely. (Peyton laughs and turns back to Mouth.) PEYTON: (nudging him) Come on, Mouth, it’s just a couple of hours. What harm could it do? MOUTH: I don’t know, Peyton, a lot. (Peyton walks to the door. Mel walks to Mouth.) MEL: Joey, if you blow this for me, I’m gonna bat you to death with this helmet(!) OK? (Mouth nods.) MEL: (delighted) OK, let’s go! Ladies first! (Mouth grabs his coat. The camera zooms in on a picture of the beach.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – DAY] (Nathan, Haley, Brooke and Chris walk on the beach.) CHRIS: Am I the only one who doesn’t get the whole beach thing? BROOKE: It’s the beach. What is there to get? CHRIS: Yeah, but it’s such a big tease. I mean, think about it; girls strip down, sometimes they go topless… never nude. You can’t touch them. It’s like a… strip club. (looks at a girl in a blue bathing suit) Hey, babe. (He puts money into her underwear, slaps her on the arse and continues walking. She takes the money out, looks at him and then turns back.) CHRIS: So, so what’re we doing here, anyway? NATHAN: This is where we got married. HALEY: I thought we’d be alone. BROOKE: You guys got married here? HALEY: It wasn’t exactly here. It was (looks far ahead) just over this ridge. It’s so beautiful! (She runs to the ridge and climbs up it. The rest follow.) HALEY: I’m telling you, it is completely untouched. It’s like… (She stops and looks out.) HALEY: (sadly) Paradise. (Brooke walks up behind her and sees that the once untouched paradise has now become a place of construction. Vehicles move around and a new development is being built.) HALEY: (distraught) It’s gone! (Brooke gapes. Nathan doesn’t say a word.) CHRIS: Paradise gone – seems appropriate. (Brooke glares at him.) HALEY: There were all these little… purple wildflowers and… trees and… (Nathan looks down.) BROOKE: It’s OK. Come on. (touches Haley’s arm) Let’s just go to the mall. (Haley takes Brooke’s hand and lets her steer her down. She looks at Nathan who still doesn’t say anything. Nathan looks back at it and sighs.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. OUTSIDE OF TOWN – THE BILLBOARD – EVENING] (It’s completely dark and the billboard of Dan is lit up from below. Karen and Deb move into the sht, holding a ladder. They talk in whispers) DEB: Ready? KAREN: Deb, I don’t think we should. What if we get caught? DEB: Karen, quit being so responsible! KAREN: I can’t help it - that’s who I am! DEB: Oh, well, not according to Dan’s campaign commercial! You know, the one that makes you look psychotic! (Karen gives her a look.) DEB: Besides, it’s harmless fun. We-we’ll paint a moustache on him, some black teeth- (exasperated) You said u wanted to do this. KAREN: Well, yeah! That’s when I was stuck in construction traffic, staring at his fat face! (sht of the billboard and Dan’s annoying grin.) KAREN: (pitifully) Now I’m chicken(!) DEB: Fine(!) But I’m going up, and tomorrow, when you’re stuck in traffic, you’re gonna wish you’d joined me. (She struggles to take hold of the ladder. Karen rolls her eyes in acquiescence.) KAREN: Fine(!) (helps with the ladder) I can’t believe I’m doing this. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – BENCH – EVENING] (Lucas is sitting on the bench, pondering.) LUCAS: I can’t believe she’s doing this. (turns his head to look at Rachel) RACHEL: (rolls her eyes) So she’s on a date with Chris. It doesn’t mean anything. LUCAS: No, it does! This guy’s caused a lot of trouble. Brooke knows that. RACHEL: OK, so, what is the deal with you and Brooke anyway? LUCAS: (shrugs slightly) She’s just not ready to commit. RACHEL: Right, that’s usually what I tell guys I’m not really in to. LUCAS: (laughs humourlessly) And, she wants to make sure I’m serious about her, you know? Plus,- RACHEL: Plus, what? LUCAS: (without hesitation) She’s the ‘one’. RACHEL: Why? LUCAS: (pause) She just is. I feel it. You know, Pascal says: ‘the heart has reasons that reason cannot know’. RACHEL: What did Pascal say about Chris Keller? (Lucas looks away, peeved.) RACHEL: Sorry, cheap sht. (stands) OK, here’s the gig: you miss a sht, and you drink. (He grabs the ball, stands on the bench and throws the ball.) RACHEL: You make a sht- (the balls goes through the hoop) (Lucas turns and looks at her expectantly.) RACHEL: (frowning) I drink. (opens a can) OK, this was a bad idea. (drinks) CUT TO: [EXT. GO-KARTING – RACE TRACK – EVENING] (Close-up of Mouth strapped into a go-kart.) MOUTH: This was a bad idea! (The camera zooms out to show Peyton and Mel strapped into go-karts too.) MEL: Oh, quit complaining and grow a pair! PEYTON: You ready, Mel? MEL: That’s ‘Fireball’ to you, Trixie. (Peyton laughs and waits for the lights to go green. They finally do.) PEYTON: Go! MOUTH: Here we go! (They move off. The camera fast-tracks with them. Peyton yells her pleasure. Mouth winces at the speed.) MEL: YOU WANT SOMA THIS?! (laughs) MOUTH: Mel, be careful! (Peyton sees Mel gaining on her.) PEYTON: Hey! (Mel laughs and overtakes.) CUT TO: [INT. BEVIN’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (sht of the TV as The Notebook plays. Skills is on the sofa, watching Bevin.) BEVIN: (sparing him a glance) Are you gonna watch the movie? SKILLS: I would but I can’t stop watching you. BEVIN: (considers) OK, here. (kisses him) There’s more of that if you watch the movie. (She grins at the TV.) SKILLS: OK. (pulls her back against him) Let’s watch this damn movie, then. (Bevin smiles. Long-sht of them watching the movie.) CUT TO: [EXT. OUTSIDE OF TOWN – THE BILLBOARD – EVENING] (Karen and Deb make it onto the platform of the billboard. Deb helps Karen up.) KAREN: OK. DEB: Alright. KAREN: You do it. (Deb moans.) KAREN: And then let’s get out of here. Go, go, go. DEB: OK. Um… (runs to Karen, the can in her outstretched hand) OK, you do it. KAREN: No! You said you would do it. DEB: (sighs) OK. (Karen nudges her on. Deb runs to the far left of the billboard and begins to spray over the writing. Karen watches her and grins. Deb sprays ‘IS’ then turns to Karen and laughs before continuing. She continues with an ‘N’. Karen jumps up and down, clapping.) (Deb finishes spraying ‘IS AN ASS’ on the billboard and gives the can to Karen.) DEB: (laughing) You do the moustache. Go(!) (Karen sprays one half, goes to do a second one and a pigeon flies in front of her. Karen screams, drops the can and falls, knocking the ladder as she goes. Deb tries to reach for it but it gets stuck in the braches, out of reach. Deb puts a hand to her mouth and Karen looks up at it.) KAREN AND DEB: Uh-oh(!) CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – THE FOUNTAIN – EVENING] BROOKE: (frowning) Uh-oh(!) (Brooke walks to Haley with all of her shopping bags and sits beside her on the bench.) BROOKE: Not exactly the magical night you had planned? HALEY: No, I wouldn’t say that: crowded mall, Nathan ignoring me- (sht of Nathan playing on an arcade game.) HALEY: Chris Keller, stealing change out of the fountain. (sht of Chris taking money from the fountain, very obviously. Brooke looks at him disgustedly.) HALEY: My night with Nathan was supposed to be a dream-come-true, not this nightmare. BROOKE: (thinks) Well, keep the dream alive, sister. I’ll talk to Nathan. (gets up) (Haley watches Brooke stomp over to Nathan. Brooke pulls the plug out of the machine, effectively klling it. Nathan turns to her, annoyed.) BROOKE: OK, two-part question, Nate: A. why the hell haven’t you beaten the stuffing out of Chris Keller yet, so I can go home, and B. if you were just gonna ignore Haley all night, why did you come? (Nathan looks away for a bat.) BROOKE: Haley still loves you. All you have to do is take her back! NATHAN: Right, kinda like with you and Lucas. (Brooke doesn’t respond because she knows he’s right.) NATHAN: You see, it’s not so easy, getting back in the ring; especially with the one that knocked you out in the first place. (Brooke looks away. Haley walks to Chris.) CHRIS: Well, well. Haley James. (She holds her hand out. Chris gives her the money. She sits beside him and throws all the money back in. Chris looks over his shoulder at it.) CHRIS: What’d you wish for? HALEY: (seriously) That Nathan would bludgeon you. Brooke and I were actually kinda wondering why he hasn’t already. CHRIS: Maybe he’s afraid of me. (Haley laughs loudly.) CHRIS: (forcefully) Or… or, maybe he doesn’t care anymore. (That wipes the smile off Haley’s face.) CHRIS: Let’s find out. (puts his arm around her) HALEY: Hey, stop it(!) (brushes his arm off) CHRIS: Come on, either he gets jealous or me, you and Brooke have a three-some. Either way, it’s win-win for you. (puts his arm back around her) HALEY: Chris, seriously, don’t! (Her voice finally catches Nathan’s attention and he looks over with a frown.) NATHAN: What the hell is this?! (He stalks to the pair.) CHRIS: Oh, well, good news for you, bad news for me. HALEY: I told him not to. (stands innocently) NATHAN: You better back off, Keller. CHRIS: Hey, I just thought someone should be nice to her tonight. NATHAN: Oh, yeah? BROOKE: (pulling Haley away) Haley, what are you doing, are you crazy? Nathan is vulnerable and you are practically giving the enemy a lap-dance(!) HALEY: I didn’t do anything! BROOKE: You mean besides kiss Chris and run away with him? (shakes her head) You know what, I’m outta here(!) This whole thing has gotten way beyond the point of bizzaro! HALEY: Oh, you mean ‘bizzaro’ like messing with Lucas and then hiding all those letters under your bed? CHRIS: (nudges Nathan) Wait, check it out; catfight. (Nathan looks.) BROOKE: (outraged) What were you doing snooping through my things?! HALEY: I wasn’t snooping through your things! I bumped into them when I was trying to maximise on the two feet of storage space that you so generously offered to me! BROOKE: Oh, you know what, I’m-I’m done! (turns around and picks up her shopping) CHRIS: (goes after her) Brooke, wait. HALEY: (following her closely) There is no way that you get to waltz outta here when this whole stupid night was your idea(!) CHRIS: Don’t go! NATHAN: Come here, Keller. HALEY: I am not through with you! BROOKE: Yeah, well I am through with you(!) CHRIS: Come on, Brooke, the nights still young. NATHAN: Your night’s gonna be over if you touch Haley again. (Brooke gapes and stops in front of the windows at Suburban Filth. There are mannequins dressed in halter tops.) BROOKE: Oh my god! HALEY: What? BROOKE: My clothes(!) HALEY: Have you not spent enough rent money for tonight, Brooke?! BROOKE: No, these are my designs. (Close-up of one of the tops. It says: ‘chase dreams, chase boys, chase dreamy boys’.) BROOKE: (gob smacked) My sketches. They told me to draw up some things. They said they liked them but I guess I… I just never dreamed. (Brooke is completely in awe.) BROOKE: You guys, I’m in the window. CHRIS: OK, how cool is this? (puts an arm around her) Now we have to celebrate, right? (Brooke smiles tearfully.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. OUT OF TOWN – THE BILLBOARD – EVENING] (Deb and Karen stand on the platform, looking at the ladder.) DEB: No doubt about it; (pause) we’re stuck. KAREN: Well,… he’s probably gonna ground me but (reaches into her pocket for her phone) I’ll call Lucas on the phone. (Karen searches for a bit before stopping.) KAREN: Which I left next to yours in the car(!) DEB: Oh no(!) God! (she flaps her arms, distressed) (Deb runs to the end of the platform and leans over, screaming.) DEB: Help! KAREN: Deb! Deb! (runs after her) DEB: HELP! KAREN: Deb, you cannot do that! DEB: Why not!? We’re stuck! KAREN: Because we’ll look like a couple of jack-holes and Dan will win the election for sure! (Deb calms down) Besides, they’ve… closed the highway at night because of the construction so no one’s gonna hear you! (Deb drops her arms and sighs.) DEB: I’m sorry, Karen. (sits at the edge of the platform) This is my fault. KAREN: (relents and sits beside Deb) No, look, (sighs) I wanted to come. DEB: No, I mean, all of it. (pause) I never should have agreed to stay with Dan during this race. I just… I-I wanted so badly to believe that he’d actually leave Nathan alone. But now I know it’s… probably a lie. KAREN: Gotta get outta that house, Deb. DEB: I know. (Karen nods.) DEB: Guess I’m just… afraid to be on my own. I’ve always been that way. KAREN: (smiles) You’re not gonna be alone, Deb… you’re gonna be independent. Now although you might not see it in yourself, I see that strength in you every day. (Deb smiles.) DEB: Thanks. KAREN: Stupid ladder. DEB: (thinks) OK, I’ve got an idea. (stands) KAREN: What? DEB: We’re getting down. KAREN: How? (stands) DEB: (looks around) Take off your clothes. (Karen laughs, eventually seeing the look of seriousness Deb gives her.) KAREN: (dumbfounded) Huh!? CUT TO: [EXT. GO-KARTING – RACE TRACK – EVENING] (Mel continues to race by himself whilst Peyton and Mouth stand on a platform, watching.) PEYTON: You’re a good guy, Mouth. It’s really nice of you to spend time with Mel. It says a lot about you. (Mouth looks down, smiling.) PEYTON: I bet you’re gonna have it all someday. MOUTH: Yeah, I’m thinking of running for senator. (Peyton frowns at him.) MOUTH: (laughs) I got the idea from Brooke. PEYTON: Oh. MOUTH: Sorta. MEL: (o.s) Yahooo! PEYTON: Well, Fireball’s on a tear. I bet this is a night he won’t forget for a while. MOUTH: Actually, he probably won’t remember it. Mel has Alzheimer’s disease, Peyton. PEYTON: (gapes) Oh. MOUTH: He’s forgotten huge parts of his life. He was married for fifty years but… he doesn’t remember it. His mind just… opened up over time and everything slipped away; (pause) the woman he loved, the house he lived in. PEYTON: His youth. (Mouth nods sadly. Peyton watches Mel, still racing.) MOUTH: We should probably take him back. (smiles) (Peyton nods and doesn’t say a word.) CUT TO: [INT. BEVIN’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (sht of the TV again as The Notebook continues to play. Bevin is kissing Skills’ neck.) SKILLS: (engrossed in the movie) Wait, he’s building that house and he don’t even know if she’s coming back? BEVIN: Um-hm. (Skills just watches the movie in wonder. Bevin turns his face to her but he stops her.) SKILLS: Wait, wait, wait, wait. BEVIN: I’m gonna get a drink. (She takes her glass and Skills doesn’t even notice she’s gone.) SKILLS: (to the TV) Yeah, you write those letters, dawg. Write em! CHRIS: (v.o) So, what about the letters to Lucas? CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke and Chris are sitting on the couch, each holding a glass of champagne.) BROOKE: Are we talking about me or celebrating me? CHRIS: Oh no, we are definitely celebrating you. (holds up his glass) To your sketches. BROOKE: We already drank to that; like twenty times. CHRIS: No. We drank to your designs like twenty times. BROOKE: Hmm. CHRIS: Then we drank to your clothes. Now we’re drinking to your sketches. (Brooke grins.) CHRIS: In the window. Totally yours. (Brooke squeals.) BROOKE: (holds out her glass) To my sketches. (They clink glasses.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – THE BALCONY – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan stand on the balcony.) NATHAN: Any meteors up there? HALEY: (laughs) Oh, that was a great night. Remember that; watching the meteor shower together? NATHAN: (looks at her) You look nice tonight, Haley. HALEY: (embarrassed) Thanks. NATHAN: I just wish we coulda spent some more time together without all this. HALEY: Hmmm. Chris and Brooke? NATHAN: I mean the beach… this balcony. (Haley looks up at him.) NATHAN: I haven’t forgotten about our past, Haley. I know where we got married. I know this is where we made love in the rain. I still feel our past, just like you do. (Haley looks at him, tears in her eyes.) NATHAN: I just thought it might be nice to hang out in the present for a night. (Haley looks away and leans on the balcony.) NATHAN: What’re you thinking? HALEY: (laughs and shakes her head) Nothing. (sighs) Just praying for rain. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – BASKETBALL HOOP – EVENING] (Lucas throws the ball and it goes through the hoop. Rachel catches it.) RACHEL: Well, (throws a can aside) that’s the last of it. Nice shting, Tex. LUCAS: (holds his arms out) So we gonna call it a night? RACHEL: Or we could play a new game. (smiles) How ‘bout strip basketball? LUCAS: You know, I always figured if I met the devil, she’d be hot and holding the basketball. (leans forward) But I’m gonna pass. RACHEL: Because of Brooke? (pause) Who’s on a date(!) (Lucas looks away.) RACHEL: (stops in front of him) OK. Take your shirt off. (Lucas squints at her.) LUCAS: Rachel. RACHEL: I’m not gonna touch you, you sissy-virgin-boy! I’m trying to make a point. Take your shirt off. (Lucas scoffs disbelievingly and shakes his head. He takes his shirt off.) RACHEL: (tosses that ball at him) Alright, you say Brooke’s the ‘one’; your soulmate. (walks behind him and takes his shirt) Well, if that’s the case,… call upon destiny or… providence… or whatever forces are gonna bring you two together (Lucas looks away and laughs) and make the sht. (pause) Blindfolded. (She covers his eyes with his shirt.) LUCAS: (laughs) This is ridiculous! RACHEL: Come on! It’s your destiny. (pause) You can’t miss. OK, can you see me? LUCAS: No. (She does an embarrassing dance. He doesn’t make a single move.) RACHEL: OK, I trust you. Now follow my voice. Brooke’s the ‘one’, make the sht. (Lucas takes his time. He bounces the ball once, aims, and sht. The ball goes through the hoop.) LUCAS: Wh-what happened? RACHEL: It went in. (He pulls the blindfold off and looks at the hoop, then down at Rachel. She’s standing there, topless, with only a basketball to cover her modesty.) RACHEL: Nice sht. (He looks at her, smiling slightly.) RACHEL: Make or take it(!) (She bounces the ball at him. He catches it, watching her uncertainly. Lucas shakes his head and Rachel continues to smile.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – BASKETBALL COURT – EVENING] (Lucas walks to her, his shirt held out, and covers her with it.) LUCAS: Get yourself dressed, Rach. (He turns and walks back to the benches.) RACHEL: OK, that’s the second time this month you’ve said that to me. You’re gonna give me a complex. LUCAS: Come on. (holds out her own shirt to her) Why sell yourself short like this, huh? RACHEL: You guys are unbelievable! (puts her shirt back on) We don’t give it up, you pressure us, we do give it up, now we have self-image problems or… we’re sluts. (He walks away and she turns around, putting her pants back on.) RACHEL: You know, at my last school, we had names for guys like you, Luke: gay. (Lucas laughs and shakes his head as he puts his shirt back on.) RACHEL: I mean, non-exclusive dating is a dream-come-true for most boys. So, what’s with the dorks of Tree Hill? I mean, every guy is tragically hung-up on somebody. (pause) It makes it kinda hard for a girl. LUCAS: (nods) Well, not is she’s thee girl. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is still on the couch, completely drunk.) BROOKE: Lucas… is the one for me. CHRIS: (moves in closer) Actually, my name is Chris. (Brooke scowls and pushes him away.) CHRIS: (muffled) Don’t be like that, come on, listen, have another beer. To your sketches. BROOKE: (shakes her head) That’s a nice try but you can go now. CHRIS: Fair enough, it’s late, I’m attractive, it scares you. Let me use your restroom. (He gets up and Brooke sits there, smiling drunkenly.) CHRIS: You know, I envy you, Brooke. (pause) Having found someone… to trust and confide in, like Lucas; someone that won’t take advantage of it. Sorta like Haley found Nathan. (nods) I’m sure it’ll work out for them, too. (He smiles and enters the bathroom. Brooke frowns.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – THE BALCONY – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are still standing there.) NATHAN: I just wanted you to know that I don’t blame you for any of this. (shrugs and laughs to himself) You didn’t wanna get married. HALEY: Wh-wh-wait a second(!) (jumps off the banister and follows him) Of course I did. I was just scared. NATHAN: Yeah, and I promised you everything would be OK. I shouldn’t have. (Haley’s too saddened by his words.) NATHAN: I think about it a lot. You know; how this isn’t the life you would’ve had if I hadn’t come along. It’s not the life you should’ve had. HALEY: It’s more(!) NATHAN: No, it’s not. You’d still have your music. You’d be on tour. You’d probably be a big star by now(!) HALEY: Come on, you’re… (She sighs and just looks at him for a while.) HALEY: OK. You know the moment that I left the tour? (pause) We were playing this club in Illinois… and Chris decides to do a cover of an eighties song called, um, ‘Missing You’… and everybody starts singing along, the crowds loving it and they turn the house lights up (pause) and I could see every face out there… and I… fell apart. (She looks up at him.) HALEY: On stage, in front of three thousand people; I lost it. I couldn’t sing, I couldn’t hear the music. Nothing. (pause) Because… that was the moment that I knew… that none of it could ever be enough without you. (Nathan looks down.) HALEY: All of the celebrity and all of the applause and all the pretty melodies… couldn’t fill your void in my heart. (She pauses and thinks.) HALEY: So… yeah, I guess you’re right; it’s not the life I would’ve had… coz ever since I met you, it has been so much more. (They both sigh and look down.) HALEY: There’s no chance that, um, you’d wanna go to the last place I had planned for us, is there? NATHAN: Well, let’s see, it’s either take my chances with you or hang out with Chris Keller. (smiles) HALEY: Thank you, let’s go. (Nathan follows her.) CUT TO: [INT. BEVIN’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (The movie’s over. Skills reaches over and turns the lamp on. Bevin turns the DVD player off.) BEVIN: Did you like the movie, Skills? SKILLS: (sadly) There’s just so much love, (pause) just so much love. (Bevin laughs amusedly.) BEVIN: It’s OK. (pulls him to her) That’s just the power of The Notebook. Do you want me to drive you home? (pause) Or… we could go upstairs and make out. SKILLS: (seriously and sadly) Can we cuddle a little, first? BEVIN: Sure. (smiles and pulls him with her) CUT TO: [EXT. OUT OF TOWN – THE BILLBOARD – EVENING] (Deb stands there in her bra.) DEB: (holding a long length of tied-together clothing in her hands) OK, here goes. (She throws the clothes and they miss.) DEB: (reeling it back in) Oh, sh*t, just a little short. (Karen holds her head in her hands.) DEB: OK, we’re gonna need more clothes. (looks down at Karen) KAREN: Yeah, well, forget it, Annie Oakley. I already gave you my jacket and my shoes. (Deb sighs) And I made a promise to myself that I would never be naked in front of that (points behind) man again. DEB: (looks at Karen for a bat) The things I do for you. (Starts to takes her pants off.) KAREN: (surprised) Oh, oh, oh, (stands) keep your pants on! (Karen unhooks her bra and takes it off, whilst keeping her top on. She gives it to Deb.) DEB: Oh, (looks at the bra) that’s pretty cute(!) Where’d you get that? KAREN: (smiles) Oh, didn’t I tell ya, there was a sale at- (smile falls) would you just tie it on! (Deb hurries and ties it on.) DEB: Here we go, come on. (Karen claps nervously.) DEB: OK, ready? KAREN: Come on. DEB: And… (Slowly throws the clothes and the catch) GOT IT! (Deb begins to pull the ladder back.) KAREN: Easy… easy… (They squeal as it comes and squeal louder when the ladder finally lands on the platform.) KAREN: Uh, get dressed and I’ll gather up all the evidence. Let’s get the heck off this thing. DEB: Alright. (Deb unties the clothes and Karen looks at the billboard. Deb notices the look.) KAREN: I don’t-I don’t wanna leave it like this, Deb. This- (Deb sighs.) KAREN: We’re better than this, Deb. I don’t wanna sink to Dan’s level. DEB: Well you coulda said that before we climbed up here. KAREN: Ye-we… what fun would that have been? (Deb groans and laughs, putting her sweater back on. They laugh and start to pull the sprayed part of the billboard off.) CUT TO: [EXT. RETIREMENT HOME – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Peyton pulls the car up. Mouth and Mel get out.) MOUTH: OK, Mel, you’re home. (Mel nods and shuts the car door. Peyton spots his helmet.) PEYTON: Oh, HEY, wait! Don’t forget your helmet, Fireball. (Mel laughs and stops. Peyton grabs it and gets out of the car.) MEL: Thank you, sweetheart. (looks up at her) What’s your name, anyway? (Peyton’s smile falls and pain crosses her eyes.) PEYTON: It’s Peyton. MEL: Peyton, that’s a pretty name. (Mouth looks at her with understanding.) MEL: Did I ever tell you I used to race cars? (Peyton struggles.) PEYTON: No, no, you never told me that. (her smile is infinitely sad) I bet you were great. (Mouth looks away, just as sadly. Peyton hugs Mel. She lets go and smiles at him. Mel turns and walks back to Mouth.) MEL: Take your time, Joe. (walks back into the retirement home) (Mouth smiles at Peyton, completely understanding how she feels.) PEYTON: He deserves better. How long have you known him? MOUTH: All my life. (pause) He’s my grandpa. (Peyton gapes) He just… doesn’t remember. (pause) You know how he’s always calling me Joe? (Peyton nods.) MOUTH: Well, Joe’s my dad’s name… but, they had a falling out… so I come to see him instead. (Peyton looks down) Anyway, I’ll be back. (Mouth walks into the retirement home and Peyton watches them, desolate.) CUT TO: [INT. RETIREMENT HOME – MEL’S ROOM – EVENING] (sht of the framed photo of a younger Mel holding his helmet and standing next to his racing car. Mouth opens the door and they enter.) MOUTH: OK, here we are. You’re probably tired, so… I’ll see you next week. MEL: (turns) Joe? (Mouth stops and turns back.) MEL: I, uh,… I know I made some mistakes with you… but one day, you’re gonna have a boy of your own… make sure he’s a good man. (Mouth nods, tears in his eyes.) MOUTH: I will. (Mel nods.) MOUTH: I love you. MEL: I love you too, son. (Mouth smiles and closes the door behind him.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET; FADE IN: [EXT. RETIREMENT HOME – PEYTON’S CAR – EVENING] (Peyton is back in her car. She looks at Ellie’s cancer survival bracelet which she’s wearing. Mouth opens the door and gets in.) PEYTON: You all set? MOUTH: (quietly) Yeah. PEYTON: Hey, Mouth, can I ask you a question? (He nods.) PEYTON: Why do you keep coming to see him if he’s just not gonna remember? MOUTH: (unhesitatingly) Because I will. (pause) Besides, he probably doesn’t have that much time left and… I don’t know,… nobody should die alone. PEYTON: (ponders) This bracelet, (shows it to Mouth) is, like, my birth mother’s. It’s a cancer survivor bracelet. (Mouth nods.) PEYTON: But… I told her I didn’t wanna see her anymore and I sent her away. (pause) You know, I know Alzheimer’s is this… terrible disease… but at least Mel doesn’t have to live with his regrets. You know? And all the mistakes he made and… the stuff he wishes he could take back. MOUTH: (nods) Yeah, that’s true. (pause) But I say give me regret… as long as I can keep the good memories too. (It isn’t what Peyton wants to hear, even though she knows he’s right. She turns away and puts her head in her hand.) MOUTH: We all have regrets, Peyton. (pause) But some of us still have enough time to erase them. (Peyton faces forward.) CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – ROOFTOP – EVENING] (Haley opens the door and walks out onto the roof with Nathan.) NATHAN: I thought you were dragging me out here to play miniature golf! What happened? HALEY: No, no, that’s gone. (huffs) Kinda like our wedding site. NATHAN: Yeah, look, I know tonight wasn’t what you wanted it to be, Haley. HALEY: No, you were right, I had some unrealistic notions about tonight and I think I just… I had a silly idea that everything would work out perfectly and I would end up in your arms and… (shakes her head) I’m sorry. I-I guess I just wanted to hear you say that everything was gonna be OK even if it was just for one night. (She groans.) HALEY: I’m sorry. Anyway, um,… (walks to the wall) every year, Lucas and I come up here (pulls the brick from the wall) and we make predictions about what’s gonna happen or what we wish would happen… (replaces the brick) during the next school year. (She has the tin box in her hand and walks to Nathan.) HALEY: And I wanna show you my prediction. NATHAN: Don’t. (Haley’s smile falls.) NATHAN: I mean, if you show me then it won’t come true. It’s a wish, right? HALEY: Please, Nathan. NATHAN: (bat) OK, give it to me. (Haley opens the lid and takes the top paper out. She hands it to him.) NATHAN: You got a pen? HALEY: Uh, of course I have a pen, I’m tutor girl. (gives it to him too) Why? NATHAN: Turn around. HALEY: What’re you-? NATHAN: I need your back. HALEY: (smiles) OK. (turns) (Nathan uses her back to lean on as he writes.) HALEY: What, what’re you doing?(!) NATHAN: I’m writing my own prediction for this year (pause as he writes) a year from now,… we’ll see. (Haley turns back to him with a smile.) HALEY: So what’s to keep me from sneaking up here and reading what you wrote? NATHAN: (shrugs) I guess I’ll just have to trust you. (Haley smiles, puts the paper back in the box and shuts the lid.) FADE TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – ROAD – EVENING] (Rachel drives up to Brooke and Haley’s apartment and stops the car.) RACHEL: Brooke’s house. (sighs and looks at him) Honestly, Lucas, have I taught you nothing? The end-of-the-night, drunken booty-call is the last act of a desperate boy. LUCAS: It’s not a booty-call. (pause) It’s the opposite of that. RACHEL: Why? Because she’s the ‘one’? Do you realise how screwed-up that logic is? LUCAS: I made the sht. RACHEL: So you made a lucky sht(!) Do you really think there’s only one person in this entire planet that’s right for you? LUCAS: (nods) I do. RACHEL: OK, what about Peyton? I hear you once had the same feelings for her. Maybe she’s the one. (Lucas looks away.) RACHEL: Or, being that we’re still in high school, maybe you haven’t met the one. LUCAS: But I have… and she’s in that apartment. (He smiles and opens the door, exiting. Rachel looks ahead exasperatedly.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – BESKETBALL COURT – EVENING] (Fergie and Junk are playing basketball on the court. Fergie sh*t the ball and scores. Junk catches the ball and walks away. Skills walks up to them. Junk and Fergie stop playing when they see him.) JUNK: Hey, look who it is. How’s your date with Bevin? SKILLS: Hey, you guys ever see a movie called The Notebook? (Junk and Fergie exchange looks. Fergie looks at Skills.) FERGIE: (flabbergasted) She ‘Notebooked’ you? (Junk starts to laugh and Fergie joins in. Skills frowns at the pair.) CUT TO: [INT. BEVIN’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of the roaring fre in the fireplace. Bevin walks into the sh*t, on the phone.) BEVIN: He was really sweet. (pause) I totally ‘Notebooked’ him. (She laughs and the camera focuses out.) FADE TO: [EXT. OUT OF TOWN – THE BILLBOARD – EVENING] (Close-up of Dan’s half-moustached face. The camera zooms out to show that Karen and Deb uncovered the poster underneath. The title now reads ‘DAN SCOTT FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION’.) FADE TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – ROOFTOP – EVENING] (Haley replaces the brick with the box now inside again. She’s sad as she walks back to Nathan.) HALEY: Thanks for tonight. (smiles sadly) So I know it’s a little out-of-the-way, um,… actually, I promised Lucas that I would meet him afterward so we could… talk about how the dates went and stuff. NATHAN: (covering his disappointment) Yeah, yeah, I’ll just, uh… take off. (smiles) HALEY: OK. NATHAN: Listen, Haley, (pause) don’t be worried about the beach… or our wedding spot. HALEY: I know, Nathan. I’m sorry (shakes her head) I just hate that it’s all gone. You know, the trees and those little purple flowers and… (shakes her head some more) (Nathan walks up to her and takes her hand.) NATHAN: Here. (He puts a little purple wildflower on her open palm. Haley looks at it in wonder.) NATHAN: The roots are still there. (She looks up at him.) NATHAN: It just takes time. (pause as he looks down at the flower) Don’t say I never gave you anything. (Haley smiles tearfully and puts her arms around his neck, hugging him. He hugs her back and she holds on to the flower tightly.) (The camera zooms out to a birds-eye view of the couple before panning up to the skyline.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Lucas lets himself into Brooke and Haley’s apartment. He closes the door and looks around the dark apartment. A few lamps and wall lights are on. He opens her bedroom door and looks at her sleeping form.) LUCAS: (smiling) Brooke?! (She turns around, wide awake and panicked. Lucas walks further into the room with a shy smile. Suddenly, Chris rises from beside her and looks at Lucas cockily.) (Lucas’ smile falls and betrayal shines brightly from his eyes. Chris smirks and Brooke’s face is beyond mortified.) (Cut to Lucas’ face as he inches back, hurt.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x07 - Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends"}	foreverdreaming
FADE IN: LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas tips his medicine tub and only one pill falls out – his last one. He looks up worriedly.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – EVENING] (Haley walks to Lucas and talks to him quietly.) HALEY: I went on this website that said sluggish physical performance is one of the side effects of the HCM medication. Players have collapsed and died because of this! You need to tell Whitey about your heart(!) CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – WINDOW – DAY] (Karen is putting up her sign and lowers it when she sees Dan’s huge one.) DAN: (v.o) I want you to talk some sense into your mother. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Dan and Lucas are the only ones in the gym.) DAN: Tell her to drop out of the mayor’s race. LUCAS: You afraid of the competition? DAN: Just talk to her – that is if you can catch your breath. (Lucas scowls at him.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GIRLS LOCKER ROOM – DAY] (Brooke holds out her bag and each cheerleader takes a compact.) BROOKE: Here’s how the Fantasy Boy Draft works: once you draft a guy, he is yours for the season. CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – GROUNDS – DAY] (Lucas frowns at Brooke. Rachel comes up behind him.) RACHEL: She picked Chris Keller (pause) and… I picked you. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (The door I open to a gaping Brooke and an amused Chris.) CHRIS: My date’s already dressed for bed. (enters) Looks like someone’s horny for a little Chris Keller. CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – GROUNDS – DAY] (Brooke and Haley walk together.) BROOKE: Did I mention that my designs were a total ht with the corporate big-stuffs over at Suburban Filth? CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – THE WINDOW – EVENING] (Brooke stands at the window of Suburban Filth, looking at the mannequins wearing her clothes. She is in complete awe.) BROOKE: (v.o) They might pick them up for a fashion line! CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – BENCHES – EVENING] (Rachel and Lucas are sitting at the benches.) RACHEL: So, she’s on a date with Chris – it doesn’t mean anything. LUCAS: It does. She’s the ‘one’. CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – ARCADE GAME – EVENING] (Brooke is pleading with Nathan.) BROOKE: Haley still loves you. All you have to do is take her back. NATHAN: Right, kinda like with- CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke takes out a box from under her bed. It is full of letters she has written to Lucas over the summer.) NATHAN: (v.o) -you and Lucas. You see? It’s-it’s not so easy getting back in the ring. Especially with the one who knocked you out in the first place. (Close-up of a letter that Brook pulls out of the box. It has Lucas’ address on it.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – THE BALCONY – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan talk about their life, and music.) HALEY: All of the celebrity and all of the applause… couldn’t fill your void in my heart. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas opens Brooke’s bedroom door without knocking. She turns quickly and sees him smiling at her. Chris gets up from beside her and looks at Lucas cockily. Off Lucas’ hurt face.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [EXT. MARKET STREET (EST) – DAY] (Birds-eye view of a huge sign that says: ‘GO TREE HILL RAVENS’. It is hung between two posts. People run around, excited, including the mascot.) (Karen is by her café, hanging up her petition signs. People are way too excited for a simple basketball game.) RANDOM PERSON: (to Karen) Great time to be a kid, huh? (Karen smiles and nods. The soundtrack falters.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke is sitting on the couch, crying. Haley and Peyton move into the sht from either side.) PEYTON: Chris Keller?! (Brooke nods.) HALEY: And Lucas actually saw? (She nods again.) PEYTON: Whoa, Chris Keller, Chris Keller? BROOKE: Stop saying his name! (Peyton throws her head back in defeat.) HALEY: I don’t understand what happened – when Nathan and I left, you were like, pushing him out the door. BROOKE: I know, I know, I don’t know. We were… we were drinking and I was feeling really lonely and I was really upset (pause) my shirt made his pants feel tight. (Peyton looks away in disgust.) BROOKE: Oh god, I told you guys, I was-I was drinking but he said a lot of other things and… (sighs) BROOKE: (off Haley’s sympathetic look) Haley, don’t look at me like that! You know how charming he can be! (Haley gives her a look. In a strange act of civility, Peyton doesn’t say anything – just smiles tightly.) HALEY: Hey, he didn’t, um,… (laughs forcefully) he didn’t… sing to you, did he? (Peyton’s eyes widen. Haley’s smile falls at Brooke’s distressed face.) BROOKE: (crying) Oh my god, you guys, I’m a groupie(!) PEYTON: OK, have you talked to Lucas? BROOKE: He won’t answer my calls… and, I mean, I’m not gonna leave a pathetic apology on his answering machine! (Haley looks away. Brooke realises her slip-up and turns to her.) BROOKE: I’m sorry. HALEY: Hmm. BROOKE: Sorry. (Haley shakes her head, forgiving her.) BROOKE: Lucas is never gonna talk to me again. (There’s a knock on the door and Brooke looks up, expectantly. She rushes to the door and opens it. Chris stands there, holding donuts.) CHRIS: Chris Keller always springs for breakfast. (Brooke scowls at him. Peyton and Haley rush to the door.) CHRIS: Oh, (pause) you’ve company. (He looks down at the donuts.) CHRIS: Well, I guess we’ll have to share. (Brooke scoffs, grabs the donuts and Haley slams the door in his face.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – STREETS – DAY] (Lucas is listening to his iPod and jogging. He slowly stops outside his house and looks at his bedroom door. It’s red, from when he painted it to resemble Brook’s last year. He turns away from it before walking to the door.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERWALK – DAY] (Brooke and Peyton are walking.) BROOKE: Why are you making me walk? PEYTON: You need to clear you head. Leave the scene of the crime. (Brooke scoffs.) PEYTON: Besides, we have less of a chance of Chris Keller finding us if we’re moving targets. (Brooke mopes and Peyton laughs.) PEYTON: OK, come on. I know you think I’m not trying to help but I am. OK? I just… I don’t know what to say! (Brooke looks at her) I haven’t exactly been miss sunshine for the past seventeen years – you’ve always been the silver lining girl. BROOKE: That was before it was raining men in my apartment. I really, really messed up, Peyton. PEYTON: Brooke, you made a mistake, OK, we all make them. BROOKE: Not like this! OK, Lucas told me he wanted to be with me. It couldn’t be easier than that. PEYTON: Alright, honey, I don’t know why you’re being so hard on yourself. OK, it’s not like you cheated on the guy. You guys aren’t even officially dating. BROOKE: Yeah, another brilliant idea from yours truly. (leans on the railing) PEYTON: Brooke, it’s done, OK? You can’t change it but you can fix it. (pause) So just go and talk to him. He might be more understanding than you think. You know, he’s not exactly a stranger to mistakes. BROOKE: I can’t talk to him, Peyton. (Peyton looks away defeatedly.) BROOKE: (tentatively) But maybe you would. PEYTON: (raises eyebrows) Me? BROOKE: You’re good with words… and pain and Lucas. (Peyton frowns.) BROOKE: Please, Peyton. PEYTON: (shrugs) Fine, I’ll talk to him. BROOKE: Thank you. (hugs her) I love you. PEYTON: Yeah, yeah, no promises, OK, and u know what? In the meantime, keep yourself busy (Brooke nods) don’t sit around and feel sorry for yourself, OK? BROOKE: Deal. (Peyton grins.) BROOKE: I’m gonna go by Suburban Filth, anyway. I mean, at least I have my clothes. PEYTON: (without thinking) I bet you wish you coulda said that last night, huh? (grins and slaps Brooke’s arm) (Brooke looks at her steadily.) PEYTON: (smile drops) Too soon? BROOKE: (almost inaudible) Just a little. PEYTON: (nods) Sorry. (Peyton puts her arm around Brooke and pulls her away.) FADE TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – RECORDING ROOM – DAY] (Close-up of the deck as the wheels turn. Pan to Chris sitting at the controls, just watching. He fiddles around a bit. The door opens and Nathan enters.) CHRIS: (stands) What, you’re here to kick my ass coz I slept with Brooke? NATHAN: (shocked) You slept with Brooke? CHRIS: Why else would you be here? NATHAN: I came to pay for Haley’s studio time. (still reeling) You slept with Brooke?! (walks forward) CHRIS: I like to think of it as sleeping… without the sleep. (Nathan scoffs.) CHRIS: But yeah; until Lucas-interruptus walked in. NATHAN: You gonna keep doing this evil crap your entire life? CHRIS: What’s so evil about it? Two kids having fun. It’s cool. NATHAN: No, it’s not cool if other people’s feelings are involved. CHRIS: (grinning) Nah, it’s still pretty cool. NATHAN: Like when you were messing with Haley kinda cool? CHRIS: No, come on, see, that’s different – Brooke’s not Haley. Plus, you don’t even like Lucas, do you? NATHAN: It’s not about Lucas, it’s about you! (pause) You went outta your way to take advantage of a girl who obviously has feelings for somebody else… again. CHRIS: I didn’t go that far outta my way. Besides, how do you think I feel? (Nathan looks back at him.) CHRIS: I broke my cardinal rule about sleeping with cheerleaders. I don’t… unless there’s at least three of em. (Nathan’s poker face remains in place.) CHRIS: (taps him on the chest) I’m kidding, and don’t worry about Brooke, she’s not even my type. (pause) I like singers. (smirks at Nathan) (Nathan shoves Chris hard. Chris falls hard, knocking things over as he goes. Nathan laughs at him.) NATHAN: I like to think of that as hitting you (pause as Chris scowls at him) without the hitting. (Nathan shakes his head, turns around and exits. Chris struggles.) CHRIS: You didn’t even give me my money! FADE TO: [INT. WXTFI 101.7 – RADIO STATION – DAY] (Karen is sitting in the booth with the announcer.) RADIO ANNOUNCER: Alright, it’s morning on the Hill and we’re talking local politics. Our guest today is mayoral candidate; Karen Roe. Hello, Karen and thanks for being here. Tell us about yourself. KAREN: Sure, um,… I was born and raised in Tree Hill, where I have two local businesses. (pause) I went to school at tree Hill High and I have a son who’s about to graduate from there as well. RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well, great. Now tell our voters why they should vote for you over your opponent, Dan Scott. KAREN: Because… this town and the people here matter to me. Yeah, I find that some people … care more about being a leader than they do about the people they’re leading (pause) and I’m a big fan of the Tree Hill Ravens. Go Ravens! Woot! (The announcer laughs.) RADIO ANNOUNCER: Alright, let’s take some calls. Our first caller is Keith. He’s a… unemployed mechanic (Karen’s smile falls) from Tree Hill. Keith, hello and you’re on the air. DAN: (through the phone) Uh, yes. I have a question for Mrs. Roe. (Karen recognises the voice and looks away, rolling her eyes.) DAN: (through the phone) I’m sorry, I meant Miss. Roe. That’s right, you’re not married. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Close-up of Dan’s mouth as he talks into the phone.) DAN: What d’ya think about the fact that your business partner is supporting your opponent? CUT TO: [INT. WXTFI 101.7 – RADIO STATION – DAY] (Karen grins.) KAREN: Yes, uh, that is true. Ironically, my business partner is married to my opponent… so I will have to forgive her her misplaced vote- CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (The camera travels up Dan’s face as he listens to her.) KAREN: (through the phone) -and her lack of taste. Luckily, she has a better head for- CUT TO: [INT. WXTFI 101.7 – RADIO STATION – DAY] (Karen is still grinning.) KAREN: -business than she does for relationships. (The announcer laughs.) DAN: (through the phone) Speaking of relationships,- CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Close-up of Dan’s mouth again.) DAN: -didn’t you have a child out of wedlock? CUT TO: [INT. WXTFI 101.7 – RADIO STATION – DAY] KAREN: (pause) Right, well, I like to think of it as a single parent who is raising her child to be a responsible man, (glowers) unlike the boy who fathered him. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Close-up of Dan’s eyes as he’s stumped.) CUT TO: [INT. WXTFI 101.7 – RADIO STATION – DAY] RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well said. Alright, let’s move on. (Karen looks on, satisfied.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Dan hangs up the phone. Pan to show Deb standing in the doorway.) DEB: (annoyed) What’re you, eight years old? DAN: Oh, right, this coming from a woman who cut the ass out of all my pants. DEB: (walks into the kitchen) Too bad the one in my life won’t go away. DAN: (uncaringly) Good one, Deb. But, before you start getting all high-and-mighty, or in your case, just high, (pause) (Deb opens the fridge and takes out a bottle of water.) DAN: Maybe you should think about the deal we made. You’re supposed to be supporting me in public. (He stands and turns as she pauses at the doorway.) DAN: You wouldn’t want me going against our little bargain, would you? DEB: (turns to him) What could you possibly do to me that you haven’t already done? (On cue, the door opens and Nathan enters. He looks at them but continues up the stairs. Dan walks to her.) DAN: Who said anything about you? (Deb looks away as Dan walks up the stairs.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Nathan’s door opens and he walks in. Dan is close behind.) DAN: Hey,… just wanted to see how the star player was doing the day before his first game. (Nathan sighs, shakes his head and keeps his back to Dan.) DAN: Like a rock, atta boy. (pause) Well, Bear Creek is weak this year, lotta scouts will be there, though. How’s the knee? (Nathan finally turns.) NATHAN: Like a rock. DAN: …good. Anything else bugging you? NATHAN: Just you. DAN: I shoulda seen that one coming. (Deb stops in the doorway. Dan turns to looks at her.) NATHAN: (to Dan’s back) Yeah. (Dan walks out and Nathan sits on his bed. Deb walks in.) NATHAN: This doesn’t feel like we’re getting out, mom. (pause) It feels more like we’re staying. (Deb doesn’t reply.) FADE TO: [INT. THE MALL – SUBURBAN FILTH – DAY] (Close-up of a mannequin’s ass. It’s wearing pants with pinks letters that spell out: ‘FILTH’. Pan left to Brooke who stands at the window and smiles. The manager sees Brooke and waves. Brooke smiles widely and enters.) MANAGER: Brooke, you’ve got a real eye for fashion. Your designs are gonna be a ht(!) BROOKE: (giddy) That is… so great. You have no idea how much I needed good news. So, so, I mean, wh-what, what do I do from here? MANAGER: Well, I think you’re scheduled for the afternoon shift tomorrow. BROOKE: (grinning) No, I mean what’s next with my clothes! When do I get paid? How much do I get paid and… and do I need to, like, design my own label or put together a hot fashion show or- MANAGER: Brooke, I thought you understood; since you work for the company, any designs and profits that you made for the store belong to the store. (Brooke gapes, uncomprehending.) MANAGER: You signed a waiver when you took the job. BROOKE: … That doesn’t mean I read it. (The manager laughs.) BROOKE: This is not fair! These are my designs! (picks up a red top) I mean, they’re mine! I get squat?! MANAGER: No, you get the satisfaction of having designed something exclusively for Suburban Filth, and of course, your ten percent employee discount. (Brooke glares for a bat before turning, throwing the top behind her and walking out.) FADE TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ DOOR – DAY] (Pan across to Lucas at his back door, painting black over the red.) PEYTON: (walks up the steps) Painting while angry? That’s original. LUCAS: (cattily) Like cutting your hair. (Peyton’s amused. Lucas laughs nastily.) PEYTON: I’m guessing you don’t wanna talk about it. LUCAS: (bat) Good guess. PEYTON: Well, for what it’s worth, Brooke feels awful. LUCAS: To be honest with you, Peyton, right now… that’s not worth too much. (continues painting) (Peyton looks away.) PEYTON: OK, I know you’re upset. LUCAS: No, (turns to her) not really. (pause) I’m more… disappointed… than I am upset. (goes back to painting) PEYTON: Luke, Brooke made a mistake, OK? Kinda like we did and she forgave us. LUCAS: Yeah, well she has a really funny way of showing it. (pause) But, you know what? She made it perfectly clear that we were non-exclusive. I made the mistake of thinking we were meant to be with each other. (pause) I won’t make that mistake again. (Lucas finishes painting the door black.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CLASSROOM – DAY] (The Basketball team and the cheerleaders are all sat in a classroom. Whitey stands at the board. He has drawn up plans for their first basketball match. Tim leans over to talk to Nathan.) TIM: Hey, dude, (Nathan turns to him) did you hear? A bunch of the guys on the team are gonna get tattoos after school. NATHAN: (confused) Since when? I thought we were just shaving our heads. TIM: Well, yeah,… well you’re the first to hear about it but… it was my idea. (Nathan scoffs.) TIM: It’s pretty dope, huh? NATHAN: It’s stupid. TIM: (laughing) Hell yeah, it is(!) (puts his hand up) It’s crazy stupid! (Tim holds his hand there, expecting Nathan to slap it.) WHITEY: Got a question, Smith? (Tim looks for a bat before lowering his hand and turning back to his seat. Nathan follows suit.) (Lucas turns to Peyton.) LUCAS: (whispering) Hey? (Peyton looks at him.) LUCAS: I thought about it… and you’re right; (Peyton raises her eyebrows) I’m gonna talk to Brooke. (Peyton nods and smiles. He smiles back.) LUCAS: (looking at the empty seat beside him) Hey, Brooke. PEYTON: OK, you know what? She has never missed a game day so she must be in pretty bad shape. You know, she won’t be allowed to cheer in the game tonight. LUCAS: (snarkily) Nothing really to cheer about, anyway. (Peyton squints at him and he turns back.) BEVIN: Oh! (she raises her hand) Oh, old coach guy! (Whitey turns around slowly.) WHITEY: Coach Durham, and shhhh! BEVIN: OK, fine, but um,… WHITEY: But what? (crosses his arms and turns to her) BEVIN: Well, actually, what I was gonna say was, why don’t you have Nate cut hard to the strong side, Brain and Screen away on pressure release, and that’ll free up Lucas on the wing. WHITEY: I said, (heavily underlines the word ‘shhhh’ on the board) shhh! (Bevin’s smile drops and she looks back down. Whitey frowns and turns to the board.) WHITEY: Well, actually, that’s not bad. (Bevin smiles and the bell rings. Everyone stands and gathers their things. Lucas smiles at Peyton.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (A sign is strung up at the entrance. It reads: ‘GO RAVENS CAGERS!’. Nathan and Tim exit the class.) TIM: Dude, do not leave me hanging. Tattoo’s after school. (Nathan laughs and Tim walks away. He stops at Haley who’s just finished decorating his locker.) HALEY: (steps back) Whaddaya think? (Nathan spares the locker a glance.) NATHAN: I think it’s still weird that you’re a cheerleader. (She laughs. He touches the plant around the stuck-on basketball hoop.)_ NATHAN: Purple flowers, huh? HALEY: Hmmm. NATHAN: It looks great, Haley. HALEY: So do you? NATHAN: (looks down at his shirt and tie) Yeah, Whitey’s new rules. (lifts the tie and inspects it) Ties on game day, run till you puke. HALEY: Hmmm, won’t that ruin the tie? (Nathan shrugs and Haley laughs again.) HALEY: Alright, I’m gonna take off. I know you have to focus on the game but this was just, uh, (hold her arms out to her decoration) mandatory. You’re gonna do great tonight. NATHAN: We’ll see. (Haley slaps his arm before walking off. Nathan opens his locker. Lucas walks to his, which is all pink and girly. He has a pained expression as he turns his back on it.) LUCAS: Oh, uh-uh. (covers his face) (Nathan looks at him and the locker and smirks.) NATHAN: (walking past) Nice locker. (Lucas looks at him briefly. Rachel stops in front of him.) RACHEL: Surprise. Guess who decorated your locker. LUCAS: Let me guess; you or Tim. RACHEL: Well, after our so-called date, I thought you might like it. LUCAS: It’s very you. (Peyton comes up between them.) PEYTON: Could be worse – could say dke! (smiles and leaves) (Lucas groans and all three go their separate ways. The corridor empties and Brooke appears. She looks around, making sure nobody’s there before she heads straight to her locker. She opens it and sees everything the Lucas did for her on the first day. His decorations and pictures. She looks away tearfully and slams the locker shut before rushing away.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – BENCHES – DAY] (Peyton walks to a bench where Haley’s sitting.) PEYTON: Hey?! You seen Brooke? (Haley’s sitting alone, eating an apple. Peyton sits beside her.) HALEY: Hmmm, just this morning. She was late. PEYTON: Guess late turned into never. HALEY: (distant) What’d she skip? PEYTON: Normally I wouldn’t think twice about it but it’s the first game day of the season. She lives for this. (Peyton looks around, seeing if she can spot Brooke.) HALEY: Has she talked to Lucas yet? PEYTON: No, but we have to figure out a way to make her. HALEY: We? You want my help now? PEYTON: (smirks) Why so surprised? You are the resident expert on making things better after royally screwing them up. (Haley looks at her for a bat before turning away, disgusted.) PEYTON: (unconvincingly) That was a joke. (Haley’s look says it all – she doesn’t believe her.) PEYTON: Any ideas? (Haley sighs and thinks.) HALEY: Yeah, there might be one thing. (Peyton’s interested.) CUT TO: [INT. WXTFI 101.7 – RADIO STATION – DAY] (Dan and Deb are now in the radio station with the same announcer.) RADIO ANNOUNCER: For anyone just tuning in, mayoral candidate, Dan Scott is here with his lovely wife, Deb. Good to see you. (Deb nods.) RADIO ANNOUNCER: Thanks for joining us. Maybe you’d like to, uh, tell our listeners a little about yourselves. DAN: (gloating) Well, I think most people in Tree Hill remember me from my days in basketball. Either that or driving around in their cars courtesy of Dan Scott Motors. (Deb looks away. She can’t believe his gall.) DAN: But my platform is simple, Dave. Family values. It all starts at home – with good parenting; loving relationships. (looks at Deb) Deb, sweetie, is there anything you would, uh, you’d like to add? (Dan passes over a piece of paper for her to read from. Deb looks at it before gaping at the announcer. Dan winks at him. The announcer has no idea what’s going on.) DEB: Um,… (reads emotionlessly) Dan is everything to me. I trust him with my heart, I trust him with my son? DAN: Right. DEB: And I definitely tr- (can’t help laughing) trust him with this town. (The announcer gives Dan a look. Dan looks down.) DEB: (fake voice) There is no better candidate for mayor(!) (drops the paper) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (sht of the end table which has a framed picture of Lucas as a boy and a radio on it. Campaign posters are lying everywhere. The camera slowly zooms out.) DAN: (through the radio) Wow, that was beautiful, Deb. I think I’m gonna cry. KAREN: (annoyed) Me too. RADIO ANNOUNCER: (through the radio) Let’s see if we can get- (Karen switches the radio off. The door opens and shuts off-screen. Lucas walks to the couch, lifts the cushion and dumps himself onto it.) KAREN: (gasps) Is that Lucas Scott, star player of the Tree Hill Ravens? (Lucas hugs the cushion and doesn’t look at her.) LUCAS: No, how bout, Lucas Scott, star chump of the Tree Hill cheerleaders? KAREN: You wanna talk about it? LUCAS: Not much to talk about. The girl that I thought was the one for me went out of her way to prove that she wasn’t. KAREN: The girl being Brooke Davis? LUCAS: Am I that obvious? KAREN: About as obvious as a black door on the side of my house. LUCAS: Sorry about that. KAREN: (bat) Oh, Lucas. Look, it’s her loss. There are a ton of girls out there that would be lucky to have you. LUCAS: I’ll make sure to tell those girls my mom said so. KAREN: I’m serious. You know, a customer once told me that the best way to get over someone was to get under someone else. (She licks the seal of the envelope she’s holding. She stops when she realises what she’s just said.) KAREN: Oh my god! I just realised what that meant! (gasps and puts a hand to her mouth) Ooooooh my god. I… thought it was more philosophical. You know, get to know them, don’t get under them. LUCAS: (disturbed) Mom! KAREN: Ahh, scratch that. (She looks at him and Lucas looks down. Karen moves over to him and pats his arm.) KAREN: I, I know that you’re going through a rough time,… but you have the game tonight and basketball always makes you feel better. (Lucas looks at her.) KAREN: Well, that and cake. LUCAS: That was when it was fun. KAREN: Don’t let your heart… get in the way of the one thing you love most. (pause) just do your best. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Close-up of a partly eaten toffee cake. Brooke is sitting at the counter and eating it. There’s a knock on the door and it opens. Haley and Peyton enter. They stop when they see what Brooke’s doing.) PEYTON: (semi seriously) It’s gonna be OK, just… just step away from the cake. (Haley laughs.) PEYTON: (amused) You have too much to live for. BROOKE: (mouth full) Like what? HALEY: We missed you at school today. (Peyton and Brooke sit together on the opposite side of the counter.) BROOKE: Couldn’t handle it. (pause) You guys, how am I gonna face Lucas if I can’t even face the locker he decorated for me? PEYTON: Oh, just tell him how you really feel, Brooke! Nobody in this town deals with their problems head-on. BROOKE: And why would he care? HALEY: Because he cares about you, Brooke, but all he ever hears about is being non-exclusive and all he ever sees is boys on your wall and in your bed and… (smiles kindly) that’s not how you spent your summer, Brooke. PEYTON: The real way you spent it is locked away under your bed. (Brooke looks at Peyton briefly.) PEYTON: In the letters you wrote to Lucas. BROOKE: (to Haley) You told her about my letters? PEYTON: I can’t believe you didn’t tell me. BROOKE: I didn’t tell her (points to Haley) she Winona Ryder’ed them out from under the bed. (glares at Haley) PEYTON: OK, alright, not the point. The point is, you need to stop hiding. Just… talk to Lucas. (Brooke scowls, takes some cream off the cake and licks her finger.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – DUSK] (Lucas is on the court by himself, still in his shirt and tie. He gets the ball through the hoop. Dan walks onto the court, clapping.) DAN: Wow, you know, you’re really good when you play against, uh,… (looks around) nobody. (Lucas smiles humourlessly and walks away.) DAN: Whoa, where’s the fre? LUCAS: (turns back angrily and quickly approaches) What d’ya want, huh?! DAN: How bout a quick game of one-on-one? (holds his hands out) LUCAS: Yeah, I’ll pass. DAN: Good answer. (Lucas looks away.) DAN: And that’s exactly what I want you to do tonight – pass the ball… to Nathan. LUCAS: (bat) Mental note: Nathan’s daddy wants me to pass it to him. (rolls his eyes) Yeah(!) (turns and walks away again) DAN: How’s the heart? (Lucas pauses and turns around again.) DAN: Medication slowing you down? LUCAS: Don’t worry about it. DAN: Is that what you told Whitey? (Lucas’ evasive looks speaks volumes.) DAN: Oh,… you haven’t told him, yet. I can see why; (pause) if he knew that one of his players could drop dad at any minute, he wouldn’t let him play. (stops at Lucas) Well, I can’t see any reason why he’d need to know… as long as you do what I tell you. Pass the ball (smirks) to Nathan. (Dan walks away. Lucas waits for a bat but the anger wins and he throws the ball at the hoop. It hits the board hard.) DAN: (turns back) Oh, missed again! (Dan grins and exits. Lucas fumes.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Chris is standing outside Nathan’s house. He knocks and waits. Dan opens the door a crack and sticks his head out.) CHRIS: Hey, I’m Ch- DAN: Chris Keller(!) No need to introduce yourself, son. Come on in. (looks around before opening the door wider) (A red glass vase falls down and Dan just about catches.) DAN: Oh(!) (laughs embarrassedly) Little gift for the wife. (Chris frowns for a bat before smiling uncertainly. Dan steps aside to let him in.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Chris is sitting in a chair, watching Dan pour some alcohol.) DAN: You know, it’s nice to meet you. I’m practically your biggest fan. CHRIS: You have good taste in music. (Dan walks over with two glasses.) DAN: Music? Uh, no. I’m a fan of how you screwed up my son’s marriage. (hands a glass over) You see, you accomplished, with one kiss, what I was trying months to do. (grins) Nice work. CHRIS: (laughs) What can I say? I’m a good kisser. DAN: (studies him) You remind me a lot of myself. (pause) Maybe I know your mother. (Chris looks away and picks up a picture of Dan and Deb together on the beach.) DAN: So, you took Nathan’s wife, now whaddaya want? And if you say mine, be my guest. (laughs) CHRIS: Nah,… (looks at the picture) I mean, she’s definitely a MILF, (put the picture back) but for now… (puts the glass on the table and stands) I just need the five-hundred dollars Nathan owes me. DAN: Five-hundred dollars. (Chris smiles and shrugs.) DAN: Well, since I’m my son’s bank, do you mind telling me what I’m paying for? CHRIS: Haley’s studio time – Nathan’s idea. I’m helping her record again. (Dan looks at him, annoyed.) CHRIS: Still my biggest fan? (smirks) DAN: I didn’t realise I was producing her next album. CHRIS: Actually, I am… but I could see how you’d want to – it’s gonna be really good. (Dan smiles, takes some money out of his back pocket and gives it to Chris.) DAN: Make sure you thank me in the liner notes. (Chris takes the money and wordlessly turns away to leave.) DAN: (thinks for a bat) Hey, Chris? (Chris stops but doesn’t turn back.) DAN: Before you go, maybe you wanna talk about making some real money. (Chris looks around again, stoically. Dan grins evilly. Cut back to Chris’ face.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is at a bench, getting changed. Lucas walks up to his own locker and dumps his bag on a bench before turning to the locker. Nathan looks at him.) NATHAN: Heard about what happened Saturday night. (Lucas turns to him, exasperatedly.) LUCAS: And? NATHAN: (taking his tie off) And if all this stuff about Brooke is gonna make you play any worse, you should just take yourself outta the game right now. (Nathan pulls his tie over his head.) LUCAS: (bangs his bag down, pissed) Thanks for your concern but how bout you mind you own business. NATHAN: The game is my business, alright? And I don’t want you screwing it up over some chick. LUCAS: (scoffs) You’re one to talk! (steps over the bench to his brother) NATHAN: Yeah, I am. See, my game’s gotten better, your game sucks! Fix it. (Lucas glares at Nathan.) LUCAS: Well, your marriage sucks – fix it! (Lucas turns back to his locker.) NATHAN: (bat) I’ll tell you what; I’ll give you the same brilliant advice you gave me when Chris kissed Haley: (pause) just forgive her, man. She loves you. (Lucas shakes his head.) NATHAN: Doesn’t help much, does it? (Nathan unbuttons his shirt and steps to his own locker. Lucas turns back around and bangs the locker door.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (The buzzer sounds and the Ravens’ mascot runs to the bench. Pan to Mouth at his announcer’s table.) MOUTH: Good evening and welcome to the sold-out start of what could be the greatest season ever- CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – COUNTER – EVENING] (Close-up of the laptop as it’s on the webpage for the Ravens.) MOUTH: (v.o) for the Tree Hill Ravens. (Brooke is watching the webcast. She listens sadly.) MOUTH: (v.o) If you’re a fan of Ravens basketball, it’s gotta be klling you not to be here tonight. We’ll head to the locker room were I’ll- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] MOUTH: try to get a word with the players before the game. GIGI: (grinning) And I’m gonna hide inside the locker room to get a look at them after. MOUTH: (bat) Gigi Silveri, ladies and gentlemen. (He’s not sure what to make of her.) CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – RECORDING ROOM – EVENING] (Chris is sitting in the studio. The door opens and Haley walks in, in her cheerleading uniform. She’s not smiling.) CHRIS: Well, well. (stands) HALEY: Shut up! (picks up her bag and walks back to the door) I can’t believe you were with Brooke. CHRIS: Are you jealous? (Haley gives him a look.) CHRIS: I swear, I thought about you the whole time, Haley. (Peyton appears on the other side of the door, in the room beyond. She stops and hears what Chris just said. She walks to the door) HALEY: You’re a jerk, Chris! CHRIS: Careful, that’s what Brooke said right before we hooked up. (Peyton walks into the room and gets between Haley and Chris.) CHRIS: Hey, what’s up, blondie? (Peyton smiles misleadingly before slapping him hard. Chris’ head snaps back.) CHRIS: Oh! Hmm. (Haley gapes at Peyton, impressed. They wait for a bat before turning to the door. The both look back once, simultaneously, glaring before exiting. Chris looks away, rubbing his cheek.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. PEYTON’S CAR – EVENING] (sht of Peyton’s headlights before the camera pans up to show Peyton driving and Haley sitting in the passenger seat.) HALEY: Thanks for picking me up. PEYTON: Yeah, no problem. You needed a ride, I got to slap Chris; win-win. HALEY: (laughs) I can’t believe you did that. (Peyton smiles.) HALEY: Though, sometimes I feel like you wanna slap me. PEYTON: (looks at her a second) Look, I know I’ve been a bitch. HALEY: You haven’t been that bad. PEYTON: (grins) Please, Brooke’s been calling me… Peyton Marie Sawyer. (Haley looks at her, confused.) PEYTON: (elaborating) PMS. HALEY: (gets it) Oh! (laughs) PEYTON: Yeah. I’m just,… I’m so tired of everyone leaving. You know, they all have really great reasons but it still hurts. So I guess I’ve been taking out all my anger on you coz… you’re the only one who’s come back(!) (Haley smiles.) PEYTON: (pause) Welcome home. HALEY: (gratefully) Thanks. (Peyton nods.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – BOYS LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (Lucas walks around the corner in the locker room. He’s holding his medicine bottle and looks at one. He swallows it before walking back around where another player is standing. He slips the tub into his coat pocket before shutting the door.) (Nathan is sitting on a bench, getting his ankle wrapped. He knocks fists with the guy before standing and thinking. He reaches into his jersey and pulls out his necklace with his wedding ring hanging off it. He takes it off and looks at the ring. He puts both on the top shelf of his locker and closes the door.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – EVENING] (Chris opens the doors and walks into the school. He looks around, hears laughing and stops; eyes wide.) CHRIS: Nice(!) (Rachel, Bevin and another cheerleader are standing together, laughing.) RACHEL: I don’t get it. (Bevin laughs some more.) CHRIS: (delighted) Three cheerleaders. God loves Chris Keller. (He walks to them.) CHRIS: You’re Rachel, right? (Rachel looks at him.) CHRIS: You just made my ‘to do’ list. RACHEL: You’re on mine, too. (Chris smiles) RACHEL: Under ‘make fun of pathetic old guys combing high schools for girls’. (Chris looks up, his smile’s vanished. Bevin laughs.) RACHEL: I don’t talk to losers. CHRIS: Oh, you made an exception with Lucas then. (pause) You’re the Rachel he’s using to make Brooke jealous. (Rachel looks away, caught.) CHRIS: Oh, have fun with that. (He winks at Bevin and walks away.) BEVIN: (star struck) Bye. (waves) (Rachel looks at her accusingly.) BEVIN: (abashed) Sorry. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – BOYS LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (All of the team are sitting in the locker room, waiting for the game to start. Tim rushes to Nathan, pulls up his shirt and shows his lower back to Nathan.) TIM: Dude, check this out. (Nathan squints and backs away slightly.) NATHAN: Nice tramp-stamp, Tim. TIM: Huh? NATHAN: (laughing) I don’t know what’s worse: the fact that you got a tattoo above your ass or that it’s of a naked baby angel. TIM: It’s a cherub! (Nathan laughs.) TIM: Well, what’d you get? NATHAN: (points) Just a shaved head, Tim. That’s it. (Whitey walks into the locker room.) WHITEY: (seeing Tim) Put your clothes back on, Smith. TIM: (walking to Whitey and turning to show his back) I was just showing Nathan that I got my number 55 tattooed on my back to support the team, Coach. WHITEY: Oh, well, (bends and picks up a jersey) that’s too bad. (throws the jersey at him) Because now you’re number zero! (The team laugh and Tim looks down at the jersey.) WHITEY: Right, gather round! (The team complies and moves over to listen to Whitey.) WHITEY: Usually, before the first game of the year, I tell my players to get out there and do your best. I tell the seniors… that this is the last year they’ll play as Ravens… so make the most of it. (The camera pans across, showing all the players.) WHITEY: Well, that’s all true. (pause) Except this year, there’s one difference; when you leave… I’ll be leaving too. (The players look at each other.) WHITEY: At the end of this season, I’m… (struggles) retiring. (He smiles tightly. Nathan and Lucas look at each other.) WHITEY: (continuing bravely) Now you boys have worked harder than any team that I’ve ever coached. You’ve got the talent and the desire to be the best team I’ve ever coached. I know it; you know it, now it’s time to make everybody else know it. SO I WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND START THIS SEASON LIKE CHAMPIONS BECAUSE THAT IS HOW I INTEND TO END IT! LET’S GO! (The team clap and stand, exiting the locker room. Whitey follows them.) NATHAN: (lagging behind) Hey, (stops Lucas from passing) you know, if you screw us, you screw Whitey too. (Nathan walks out, leaving Lucas there staring at his shoes.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (It’s dark with only the spotlights on. The cheerleaders are on the floor, performing their routine before the game. It is instantly obvious that Rachel was the one who made the routine up. Brooke is conspicuous only by her absence.) (The cheerleaders pick their pom-poms and walk to the announcer’s table, forming two straight lines. The mascot walks between them first, then the players run on.) MOUTH: Starting for your Tree Hill Ravens; at point guard, number zero, Tim Smith! (Tim runs out and slaps hands with the reserve team who are standing beside the cheerleaders.) MOUTH: At center, number thirty-two, Jabar Kelley! (He does the same.) MOUTH: At power forward, number twelve, Brandon Roth! At shting guard, co-captain, number three, Lucas Scott! (Slow-motion as Lucas takes his turn running down between the cheerleaders.) MOUTH: And finally, co-captain and last years league high scorer, at small forward, number twenty-three, Nathan Scott. (There’s another slow-motion as Nathan runs out onto the court and slaps hands with his fellow team mates – with the exception of Lucas.) MOUTH: And now, to sing our national anthem, straight off his tour; Tree Hill’s own… (Mouth’s smile falls and he intones dully) Chris Keller. (Chris walks onto the floor and smirks at the screeches he’s getting from the female population.) CHRIS: (into a mic) Thank you, Tree Hill. (Nathan and Lucas can be seen in the sht.) CHRIS: (looking at Nathan and Lucas briefly) This goes out to all your girlfriends. (to the crowd) You know who you are. LUCAS: (to Nathan) I hate that guy. (sht of America’s flag as it is dropped, hanging from the ceiling.) CHRIS: #Oh say can you see, By the dawn’s early light# CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Dan is standing at the entrance to the gym. He looks at his watch, obviously waiting for Deb. She appears, walking down the path.) DAN: (hears her and turns to her) Where the hell have you been? You know we need to make an entrance as a couple! DEB: (uncaring) Oh, I’m sorry, Dan, I was cleaning up shards of glass from the vase that fell off the door and nearly klled me! DAN: (hiding his amusement) Well as long as you’re OK. DEB: I’m more than OK. (She turns to him at the entrance to the gym.) DEB: According to the radio, Karen’s making quite a come-back in the polls. Apparently, a lot of people think you come across as… egotistical. Imagine that. Maybe she’ll win after all. (Deb grins and goes to open the door. Dan grabs her arm, stopping her.) DAN: That vase must have ht you pretty hard. Now stick out your chest and try and look pretty. The public’s waiting. (He lets go and practically shoves her towards the door. Deb opens the door.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (The game’s getting underway. The ref blows the whistle.) TIM: (to the opponents) Ah, yeah, it’s Tim Time baby! (Lucas walks forward, clapping. He looks sideways and sees Chris standing there. He looks back repeatedly before finally hallucinating and seeing Brooke standing with Chris, kissing him. Chris looks sideways at Lucas and gives him a thumbs-up sign. Lucas straightens and Chris is alone again, shrugging.) (Lucas squints at him.) (The referee blows the whistle and throws the ball into the air. The opposing team gets it first. Lucas finally comes to his senses and starts moving. The opposition makes the first sht easily and Nathan barely moves to block it; Lucas is too late.) NATHAN: (running backwards so that he can talk to Lucas) Hey, quit looking at Keller. We already know he can score. (shoves Lucas) (Tim tosses the ball at Lucas. He sht but it misses. They run across the court and the other team sht, miss but get it in the second time round.) (Whitey waves his hand in distaste. Lucas stops running and bends over slightly, breathing hard.) (Fade to the other team getting another basket.) (Fade to Nathan throwing the ball and missing this time.) (The score board shows that the Ravens have scored two points and the opposition have scored seven.) (Nathan dribbles the ball across the court. The camera cuts to slow motion as he jumps and gets the ball through the hoop. The crowd jump up, screaming in delight. Whitey claps.) (Tim throws the ball at Nathan who dodges a player and throws the ball at Lucas. Lucas also gets it through the basket. The cheerleaders cheer.) (Fade to a Ravens player. He throws the ball to Tim who heads straight for the basket, jumps and gets the ball stuck at the side of the hoop. Whitey looks away in distaste.) (Slow motion as the opposition gets two baskets in. Lucas struggles and Mouth notices.) MOUTH: Scott having a little bit of trouble. He’s not looking too good right now. GIGI: (chipping in) Oh, he’s looking good. (Mouth looks at Gigi who’s clueless.) (Cut back to the game where Lucas misses another basket. The scoreboard shows the score’s forty-three to twenty-three, with the Ravens trailing.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is lying on her bed with the gauze curtains drawn. She looks over at her vacation wall. She gets up and walks to it. She pulls off every picture except the one of her and Lucas on the beach and walks away from it.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Lucas squints at Chris again. He’s chatting to some girls and eating popcorn. Lucas runs between Chris and Nathan who’s holding the ball.) LUCAS: I’m open, Nathan, (holds his hands out) ball! (Nathan spares Lucas a glance, turns away, reconsiders and turns back to Lucas.) LUCAS: BALL! (Nathan throws the ball hard. Lucas steps aside and it hits Chris on the head. He groans and falls backwards off his seat.) (Nathan laughs, impressed. Whitey throws his board on the floor, angrily. Lucas turns to look at Chris before slowly turning back to look at Nathan, a huge grin plastered over both their faces.) NATHAN: That’s the best pit you’ve made all night. (Lucas walks back onto the court and Whitey glares at both of them.) (Fade to a close-up of the scoreboard again. The buzzer sounds. The game is over. The score stands: Ravens – thirty-nine; guest – fifty-nine) MOUTH: (v.o) Well, you can forget that undefeated season, folks; the Ravens have lost their first game. FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – BOYS LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is leaning against a locker, desolate. Whitey is seen in the doorway. Lucas is also leaning against a locker. The rest of the team are on the benches, all bleak. Whitey walks slowly into the room and straight into his office without looking at any of them.) (Lucas closes his eyes and rests his head back against the door. Clapping is heard and Dan enters, smiling. Lucas isn’t looking but shakes his head anyway.) DAN: Well, so much for an undefeated season, huh, ladies? NATHAN: Get outta here, dad. (faces him) This is not your locker room anymore. You should find a job as a janitor. DAN: Sixteen points, Nathan, impressive. The scouts are thrilled, especially the deaf and blind ones. (Nathan looks away, shaking his head.) What a joke! DAN: (to the rest) You’re all a joke. (looks at Lucas) And it seems my mistake is the punch line. (Lucas finally looks at him.) NATHAN: You’re the punch line, dad. (Nathan begins to walk away but Dan grabs him and throws him against the locker he was leaning on and holds him there. There’s another bang and the camera pans to show Whitey who’s just emerged from his office.) WHITEY: (scowling deeply) Get outta here, Danny (Whitey lifts the baseball bat he’s holding.) DAN: Just a little father-son chat, Whitey. WHITEY: You get outta here right now before they have to carry you out. (There’s a bat. Lucas looks between Dan and Whitey. Dan looks at the bat, reconsiders and lets go of his son. He straightens Nathan’s jacket.) DAN: Oh and one. (winks at Whitey) Keep up the good work. (smiles and walks out) (Lucas shakes his head again.) WHITEY: (to the team) Practice, 5am sharp. Now ht the showers, you guys stink! (Whitey walks out. Mouth looks on, a frown on his face. The team take their jerseys off and get cleaned up.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Brooke is standing at the entrance to the gym and sighs. Lucas walks in and sees her. Rachel runs up behind him.) RACHEL: Luke! (She smiles and then sees that Lucas is looking at Brooke. She looks between them.) LUCAS: Hey, can I get a ride? RACHEL: Yeah, let’s go. (Lucas and Rachel walk away, leaving Brooke standing there, not knowing what to do. She nods, getting it.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. RACHEL’S CAR – THE ROAD – EVENING] (Lucas is sitting next to Rachel.) RACHEL: Let me be the first to say; great game. (Lucas looks at her) I own the first, right? Because, I mean, wow, you guys really sucked. LUCAS: My head wasn’t in it. RACHEL: No, I know. It was in Brooke’s bedroom – watching her ride Chris Keller. (Lucas nods and sighs. Rachel nods along.) LUCAS: You heard about that. RACHEL: I’m not one of those people who likes to say ‘I told you so’, Lucas. LUCAS: (disbelieving) Yeah. RACHEL: Who’m I kidding, I love it. I told you. (Lucas looks down.) RACHEL: You need to move on, Lucas. LUCAS: To what, Rachel, you? (Rachel rolls her eyes and stops the car.) RACHEL: To whatever makes you happy but do it now. Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain. Take advantage of what’s right in front of you. LUCAS: (scoffs) I’m not hooking up with you tonight, Rachel. RACHEL: (annoyed) That is not even what I’m talking about! And it’s me who’s not hooking up with you… and it’s also me who’s not gonna be used to make Brooke jealous anymore. LUCAS: W-wha- RACHEL: I’m better than that, and I know it. (pause) And you can figure it out too, on your long walk home. LUCAS: Look, Rachel, come on. RACHEL: Out you go. (Lucas scoffs again and grabs the door handle. When Rachel just glares at him determinedly, he opens the door and steps out. He shuts the door and looks at her.) RACHEL: See ya at school. (She drives away and leaves Lucas standing there, in pitch dark, with only his legs to get him home. He grins disbelievingly, throws his arms up and begins walking.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Brooke is sitting on the bleachers, amidst the mess of rubbish. The gym is empty. Peyton walks up to her.) PEYTON: (carefully) Now, that doesn’t look like the face of someone who had a good talk with Lucas. BROOKE: Then it’s a fitting face for me. PEYTON: (smiles) It didn’t go well? BROOKE: It didn’t go. He left with Rachel. PEYTON: I’m sorry, Brooke. (pats her good-heartedly) BROOKE: Why am I like this, Peyton? How come I only realise what I want when I don’t have it anymore? PEYTON: Lucas didn’t realise what he had when you two were together. People are just… I mean, they’re like that sometimes. BROOKE: Well, Rachel’s not.ow come How come She knew she wanted Lucas and she got him! She’s probably gonna take my squad from me, too. PEYTON: No. Hey, nobody can take anything from you unless you let them. BROOKE: Really? Tell that to the thieves at Suburban Filth. PEYTON: (grins) Yeah, about that,… let’s go see our filthy friends at the mall. BROOKE: No way(!) Those are the last people I wanna talk to right now. PEYTON: (pats her leg) Not exactly what I had in mind. (Peyton grabs Brooke’s hand and pulls her from the gym.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Haley is leaning against the wall next to the door, waiting. It opens and Nathan walks out. She pushes herself from the wall and faces him. He looks at her.) HALEY: Hey. You did a good job tonight. NATHAN: What game were you watching? (Haley laughs) HALEY: The game where you had the entire team guarding you and you still made, like, thirty points. NATHAN: Sixteen, Hales. (laughs) The whole team only had thirty-nine. HALEY: Well, it’s almost half. Plus, I gave you more coz your shts were really hard. That should totally be a rule! (laughs) NATHAN: It doesn’t work that way. HALEY: Well, it should. NATHAN: (sincerely) Thank you. (Haley doesn’t answer) Did you wait out here for me? HALEY: Yeah. I-I just wanted to make sure you were OK. (Haley scrutinises him when he doesn’t respond.) HALEY: Are you? NATHAN: Not really, but, uh,… I do this thing when I play like crap… where I… walk home alone and try to let go of it all on the way. HALEY: (nods) OK. Call me later if you wanna… talk or… (Nathan nods. Haley laughs again.) HALEY: OK. (They go their separate ways. Haley’s phone starts to ring. She stops and pulls it out. She flips it open and sees that it’s Nathan calling her. She smiles and turns around to see that Nathan’s also stopped and has his phone to his ear.) (Haley shows his the phone and they but shut theirs. Haley laughs and walks to him. They walk off together.) FADE TO: [INT. THE MALL – SUBURBAN FILTH – EVENING] (Peyton and Brooke walk into the shop with white sacks. They approach the place where her clothes are and stuff the sacks with all of Brooke’s clothes. The manager spots them and practically charges.) MANAGER: Hey, whaddaya think you’re doing?! (She tries to pull the clothes from Peyton’s grasp but Peyton’s too quick and strong.) BROOKE: Taking my clothes back. You can keep the naked mannequins. MANAGER: That’s stealing! BROOKE: Oh, really, like kinda what you did to me. Just think of it as me getting my ten percent discount, ten times in a row. PEYTON: (nods) Nice math. (They wave and run out of the shop. The alarms go off. The manager looks at the empty table.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (There’s a knock on the front door and Karen opens it. Mouth is standing there.) MOUTH: Hi, mayor Roe. (smiles) KAREN: (laughs) You might be the only person who will ever call me that. MOUTH: I wouldn’t be so sure. (He holds up his phone and presses play. It shows Dan viciously shoving Nathan against the lockers. Karen gapes and walks forward.) WHITEY: (recording) Get outta here, Danny. MOUTH: Not very mayoral, is it? (Karen looks at Mouth with new-found respect.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – THE RIVER – EVENING] (Lucas stands on some rocks, looking out at the river.) LUCAS: (v.o) Robert Louis Stevenson wrote: ‘you can not run away from weakness; (Lucas takes his medication out and looks at it. Close-up of the tub.) LUCAS: (v.o) you must fight it out… or perish. (Lucas grits his teeth and closes his fingers around the tub.) LUCAS: (v.o) And if that be so,… (He throws the tub into the river.) LUCAS: (v.o) why not now,… and where you stand?’ (Lucas looks out over the city for a bat before turning around and walking away. There’s a close-up of the medication as it topples over and sinks.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x08 - The Worst Day Since Yesterday"}	foreverdreaming
FADE IN: LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [EXT. GRAVEYARD – ANNA SAYWER’S GRAVE – DAY] (Close-up of Anna’s gravestone. Peyton lays a rose on the ground beneath it. The camera pans up to her sad face. She stands up slowly and we see two Peyton’s in the sht; Peyton in her red jacket and another one standing behind, dressed as the angel of death again. She’s wearing a smirk.) ANGEL OF DEATH (AOD) PEYTON: Better make room. (Peyton whirls around and faces herself.) AOD PEYTON: (bat) Your other mom should be dad soon. CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (There’s a knock on the door and Peyton jerks awake with a gasp. The knocking continues. It turns into bangs.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Haley opens the door tiredly.) HALEY: (confused) Hi, can I help you? (Cut to the people in the doorway. The manager from Suburban Filth and two cops stand there.) MANAGER: That’s one of our shirts. (Cut back to Haley who’s wearing a blue tnk top with ‘TEAM FILTH’ scrawled across the front. She looks down at the shirt.) COP: Young lady, you’re under arrest for the possession of stolen property. (walks into the apartment) HALEY: What?! COP: Yes. (He turns Haley around so that he can cuff her.) HALEY: No, no, no! I just needed something to sleep in! Brooke- (suddenly realises) BROOOOKE! END OF TEASER: CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – JAIL CELL – DAY] (A guard slams the door shut. Brooke, Haley and Peyton are seen through the bars.) BROOKE: (shakes head) This is so Broke Down Palace. HALEY: I can’t believe I got arrested for wearing a stupid tnk top! BROOKE: Well I told you you shoulda done your laundry. HALEY: (lowers her legs and faces Brooke) I got arrested for wearing one of your stupid tnk tops; that you stole! BROOKE: Well, sheesh! (to Peyton) I guess we know who the cell-block tough’s gonna be. HALEY: Brooke! This isn’t funny, this is going on my permanent record on my college transcript and I am (raises her hand) this close to beating your ass right now. (Peyton grabs Haley and pulls her away, off the bench.) PEYTON: OK, alright, calm down. (Peyton drags her to a part of the cell where another woman is sitting.) WOMAN: (warningly) Uh-uh! PEYTON: (lets go of Haley and they move away) Sorry. (They walk to the other end of the cell.) PEYTON: Look, I talked to them, I told them that the store ripped off Brooke’s designs so… all we have to do is pay them back for the clothes and we can go… so. (Brooke smiles and makes a face.) PEYTON: Whaddaya wanna do? HALEY: Well we should call somebody, like, our parents. BROOKE: Mine are in California. (rolls her eyes) HALEY: Mine are in an RV, somewhere. (sighs and paces) PEYTON: Mine’s out to sea… or… dad or… vanished. (Haley picks up the receiver.) OPERATOR: (through the phone) Operator. HALEY: Hi, collect call, please. (Brooke and Peyton watch her expectantly.) OPERATOR: (through the phone) Party’s name? HALEY: Nathan Scott. CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – VIEWING ROOM – DAY] (Nathan is talking on the phone.) NATHAN: Whaddaya mean you need money? (frowns and listens) You know what, you’re gonna rot in jail then… coz you’re not getting another dime outta me. (pause) Aren’t you supposed to be in the studio right now? (Chris leans over and knocks on the window.) CHRIS: (talks into his phone) I am. (Nathan turns to him.) CHRIS: I just figured it’d be better if I told you on the phone. (He holds his hands up.) CHRIS: Now, just relax, I’m coming in. (Nathan glares and shuts his phone. Chris walks in and does the same.) CHRIS: OK, here’s the deal; you gave me the money, I had the money… then I lost the money… playing poker. NATHAN: (turns away and groans) Forget jail, call the morgue! I gave you two-thousand dollars! CHRIS: I can get it back. I talked to the guy I lost it to. I just need a ride. It’s about… eighty miles from here. NATHAN: No way. CHRIS: OK, I figured you’d say that too and I guess it’s cool… it’s just that without the money, the studio won’t release Haley’s masters. (Nathan closes his eyes and sighs.) CHRIS: That’s the not-so-cool part. But listen, you give me a ride; I’ll get the money back. I promise. NATHAN: (sighs) Eighty miles… you don’t speak. (Chris grins widely.) NATHAN: Let’s go. CHRIS: Sweet! (raises his hand and follows Nathan to the door) Road trip, Nate. (pause) Right, road trip? CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – JAIL CELL – DAY] (Peyton is sitting, Brooke is pacing and Haley’s still on the phone.) HALEY: OK, thank you, oh, and Brooke keeps some extra cash under her bed in the drawer. (pause) OK, hurry, please! Thank you. (She hangs up. Brooke grins.) BROOKE: Great! So Nathan’s coming. HALEY: Um, yeah, I-I couldn’t get a hold of Nathan. I had to… call Lucas. (smiles and sits beside Peyton) BROOKE: Haley, if he goes in that drawer, he’s gonna find all the letters I wrote him last summer! PEYTON: (tired) Good. (Brooke glares.) PEYTON: It could be the best thing for you. BROOKE: It could be the worst thing for me! PEYTON: (shrugs and grins) One or the other. (Brooke sighs and turns away.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Close-up of a stack of tapes. The camera pans down to the TV where one of the tapes is being played. It is of an off-licence counter as people buy alcohol. The tape fast-forwards and the camera pans to show Dan standing at the TV. He pauses the tape and stares. The camera zooms in on him slowly.) DAN: (to himself) Well, well. So that’s who tried to kll me. FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – JAIL CELL – DAY] (The guard opens the door again.) GUARD: OK, girls, lets go(!) (Haley and Peyton exit. As Brooke tries to, the guard slams her arm between the exit, stopping Brooke.) GUARD: Not you, Martha Stewart. BROOKE: What? Why? GUARD: The kid with the cash; (shuts the door again) only paid for the other two. (She locks the door and walks away.) BROOKE: Wait! CUT TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Lucas walks forward when Haley and Peyton exit.) LUCAS: You guys alright? HALEY: (looking behind distractedly) Yeah, um, Lucas, did you not pay for Brooke? LUCAS: I paid for her; I just had them wait an extra ten minutes before they let her go. (Both girls gape at him.) PEYTON: (follows him) So, you’re just screwing with her? LUCAS: And you don’t think she’s screwed with me?! Non-exclusive dating, the costume for the masquerade party… that Fantasy Boy Draft (makes air quotes) misunderstanding. Look, I’ve done everything she’s asked me to do since she got back and what do I get? Oo, front row seat to her and Keller in bed together. HALEY: Well, (sighs) Luke, wait, just stop! OK? (he turns to her) It’s not like you don’t have a right to be upset but… at least wait five minutes and talk to her and then give her a ride home. LUCAS: Can’t do. Are you guys coming? HALEY: I-I gotta be at the studio right now and I can’t wait for her. PEYTON: It’s OK. I’ll wait for her. HALEY: (grateful) OK, thank you. (sh*t Lucas a nasty side-eye as she walks past) PEYTON: Lucas, what am I supposed to tell Brooke? LUCAS: (pause) Tell her to call Chris Keller. CUT TO: [EXT. NATHAN’S CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] (Chris and Nathan are sitting there in silence.) CHRIS: Dude, we seriously need some tunes. (Chris pushes the tape in.) NATHAN: No, don’t! (Too late. The tape’s already playing and the same song that played when Nathan and Lucas took the trip to Charlotte plays.) NATHAN: (groans) It’s jammed! CHRIS: (uncaring) Oh, come on, man, what’s a road trip without some road tunes! (Nathan brakes hard and the car squeals to a stop. He turns the radio off.) NATHAN: Listen to me; this is not a road trip. This is a business trip to fix your screw-up. Now we get the money, we get Haley’s song and if you’re lucky… I don’t rearrange your face. CHRIS: (sourly) Fine. (Nathan puts the car into gear again.) CHRIS: (groaning) Jeez(!) (turns the radio back on and the song continues) (Nathan continues to drive in silence.) CHRIS: By the way, how’s your poker game? NATHAN: Why? CHRIS: Just, that’s how we’re gonna get the money back. (pause) Playing poker. (Nathan waits a bat before braking again, harder. The car stops, Chris flies forward and then backward.) CHRIS: Oh, ow! (The tape flies out of the deck.) CHRIS: (distracted) Hey, I fixed it. NATHAN: All you had to do was keep your word and you couldn’t do it; take the money, pay the studio and help Haley! CHRIS: I am trying to help! (shows some money) Its a hundred dollar buy-in, I got about five-hundred bucks. (Nathan sighs and shakes his head.) CHRIS: OK, it either this or you can say goodbye to Haley’s demo. (They wait for a moment. Nathan angrily shoves the car into gear and starts driving again.) NATHAN: (confused) I though you said you lost all the money. CHRIS: Oh, I did. (nods) This is the money your dad paid me last week to seduce Haley. (Nathan hits the brakes again. Chris flies forward and backward harshly.) CHRIS: OW! Man, my head! I wasn’t gonna do it! CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – MAYORAL OFFICE – DAY] (Close-up of the TV as Dan’s face shows up on it.) MAN: (v.o) Dan Scott would have you believe that he’s the ‘family first’ candidate for Tree Hill mayor. (The clip of Dan shoving Nathan against the locker plays.) MAN: It’s a good thing his son can’t vote. (The add cuts to a picture of Karen shaking someone off-screen’s hand.) MAN: Karen Roe, the smart choice. (Karen walks into the room whilst putting her earring on.) MAN: The caring choice. (She stops when she sees Dan watching the ad. She walks to him.) DAN: You must be pleased with yourself. (Cut back to the TV as Karen shakes more hands. It finally fades to a picture of herself.) MAN: Brought to you by the people of Karen Roe. DAN: I guess I should thank you. I mean this… little commercial of yours; this could bring me a whole new batch of viewers – wife beaters, S&M freaks. KAREN: Who’re you kidding? You’re in trouble and you know it. (Dan smirks and waves a tape at her.) DAN: I wouldn’t be so sure. (He walks towards the TV.) DAN: This afternoon, when the polls open and we give our final speeches, you’re gonna concede. KAREN: Really? Or what? DAN: Or I’m gonna show the public who tried to kll me. (He bends down and inserts the tape into the VCR. He walks to her and plays the tape.) DAN: Notice the time and date stamp. Day of the fre, a few hours before. (He fast-forwards.) DAN: And wait for it, this is the good part. (Karen’s eyes widen and Dan smirks.) DAN: Gentlemen, we have a winner. (Karen is shocked as Dan continues.) DAN: I believe that’s the same brand of booze used to poison me. (pause) And I believe that’s someone you care about buying it – someone with motive. (Karen doesn’t say anything. Dan stops the tape and walks back to the TV.) DAN: Ah, the tangled web we weave. (He ejects the tape and takes it back. Dan walks back to her.) DAN: Oh, when you concede today,… make sure you say nice things about me. (Karen remains motionless as Dan exits.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke runs into her bedroom and throws the covers of her bed up.) BROOKE: (frantic) Oh, please be there, come on. (She pulls the drawer opens and takes the box out.) BROOKE: (sighs in relief) Oh, thank god(!) (She flips through them to make sure that they’re all still there. She finds what she’s looking for and sighs in relief again, thinking.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Close-up of Lucas’ phone. He’s brought up Brooke’s contact and presses the button to delete it. It asks him whether he wants to and he clicks yes. He shuts the phone. There’s a knock on the door and he looks at it.) (It opens and Brooke walks it uncertainly.) BROOKE: Hi. (Lucas looks away.) BROOKE: How are you? (He doesn’t answer.) BROOKE: … Right, OK. (She closes the door behind her and walks in.) BROOKE: I don’t know what to say other than I’m so sorry. LUCAS: (standing) You have nothing to apologise for. We weren’t together. BROOKE: Luke- LUCAS: I just didn’t know non-exclusive meant; hell,… I’m gonna sleep with Chris Keller. (laughs) Pretty skanky move, Brooke. BROOKE: (pause) I am sorry. I am sorry that I did it and I am sorry that you had to see it. (His expression says that he doesn’t believe her.) BROOKE: But you are looking at me, right now, like I am so much worse than you and you were with Peyton while we were dating! LUCAS: I didn’t sleep with Peyton. BROOKE: (hurt) No, but you slept with Nikki. LUCAS: (shrugs) I didn’t have feelings for you then. I guess that’s my answer. BROOKE: (tearfully) No, it’s not, Lucas. I care about you so much! LUCAS: Well, you have a hell of a way of showing it. (crosses arms) BROOKE: I don’t know why I did it, OK? I, um,… I mean, yeah, I-I was drinking and I was jealous that you were with Rachel but I think… it was really just because I was really afraid to get close to you again. LUCAS: (coldly) Well, you don’t have to worry about that now. (Brooke gapes.) LUCAS: Do you? BROOKE: I didn’t expect you to be kind about this but seeing you this way… it’s even worse than I thought it would be. LUCAS: … Good. (He turns his back to her. Brooke waits for a few seconds before turning and leaving his bedroom.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – RECORDING ROOM – DAY] (Haley is at a piano, playing. The phone rings and a guy walks in, holding it.) GUY: Haley, there’s a call for Chris. Is he coming in today? HALEY: (keeps playing) Uh, he’s supposed to be here right now. GUY: (waits a bat before speaking to the person on the phone) Yeah, can I take a message for Chris? (The guy listens.) GUY: Uh-huh. (pause) Yeah, well you’re gonna have to get in line coz he owes me money too. And trust me, I guarantee it’s a lot more than he owes you for some… batman costume rental. (Haley jerks and stops playing.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Haley kisses the person in the batman costume before he walks out. She looks on in wonder.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – RECORDING ROOM – DAY] (Haley looks down nervously as she realises what it means.) CUT TO: [EXT. RIVERBOAT (EST) – THE RIVER – DAY] (sht of the boat lit with lights.) NATHAN: (v.o) Great, riverboat gambling. Nice move, Tom Sawyer. CUT TO: [INT. THE RIVERBOAT – CASINO – DAY] (Nathan looks down at the guitar case Chris is carrying.) NATHAN: Let me guess, you got a gn in there or we’re gonna rob the place. CHRIS: Actually, that was plan B. (Nathan just looks at him.) CHRIS: Dude, this is a 1967 Gibson double. I wasn’t gonna leave it in that junk of a car of yours. (pause) Plus, I look cool carrying a guitar. Let’s go. (They walk forward.) CHRIS: Oh, uh, the guy I lost the money to – Marty – well,… he kinda scares me. NATHAN: Poker playing psycho named Marty, that’s perfect. CHRIS: Well, well, gng’s all here. Nate, this is Dexter- (Cut to a guy in sunglasses, a Stetson and long blond hair.) CHRIS: This is Emmanuelle- (Emmanuelle nods, heavily made up.) CHRIS: These are the cops- (The cops nod.) CHRIS: Hey guys. And this is… (nervously) Marty. NATHAN: (surprised) You’re Marty? (Cut to a sht of a little person.) MARTY: Yeah, that’s right. (pause) Who the hell are you? CHRIS: Oh, this is Nate. Big poker player. MARTY: Whaddaya mean ‘big’? Is that supposed to be some kinda joke? CHRIS: (caught off-guard) No, no. I just mean he… he-hey, can we play or what, right? (laughs nervously) MARTY: I don’t know, can you? You got your buy-in, Keller, or are you a little, uh,… (looks at his pants) short? (Marty laughs. Emmanuelle smiles and everyone else joins in. Chris dumps a hundred onto the table.) MARTY: Chris Keller, the human ATM. (Chris takes his seat. Nathan is sitting next to Dexter.) MARTY: It’s your loss. (grins) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (sht of the TV as a soap airs. It’s in a different language. Haley walks into the apartment and shuts the door.) HALEY: (puzzled) What are you watching? (laughs and dumps her bag) BROOKE: (shrugs) I don’t know but it seems sad. (She’s lying across the couch, watching.) HALEY: Did you talk to Lucas. (Brooke nods.) HALEY: (leans in close) Sorry. (sighs) Oh, where’d we go so wrong? BROOKE: Well, (turns the TV off) I slept with Chris Keller and you went on tour with him. HALEY: No, I mean… OK, yeah. But,… when did we start letting boys dictate our happiness? BROOKE: I was nine. (Haley laughs.) HALEY: Well, I-I don’t care, it has to stop. You’ve got too much talent with your fashion line. BROOKE: Not anymore. HALEY: Oh, so what, so they stole a couple of designs, they didn’t steal your talent! (smiles) I’m sure you’ve got more. BROOKE: (shrugs) Coupl’a unfinished dressed. HALEY: So finish em. (pause) Listen, we’ll, um,… we’ll put together a website and… we’ll sell them ourselves. BROOKE: (smiles) And you’d help me? HALEY: (kindly) Yeah, I’d help you. (nods) You have to help yourself first though, missy. (Brooke considers, smiles and holds her fist out to Haley.) BROOKE: Clothes over bros? (Haley laughs and knocks fists with her.) HALEY: (nods) Clothes over bros. (Brooke smiles and thinks to herself.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Pan up Peyton’s bed. She is asleep on it. She shifts slightly, opens her eyes and sighs.) PEYTON: OK, this is crap. (props up on one arm) (Angel of Death Peyton is at Peyton’s desk, eating ice-cream.) AOD PEYTON: What’s that? PEYTON: You, being here. It’s one thing for you to haunt my dreams but I’m awake now. (sits up) AOD PEYTON: (amused) You sure about that? (sets the bowl aside) Besides, (waves her off) guilt never sleeps. PEYTON: Guilt? Oh. Oh, OK, so that’s it, you’re what, my subconscious? AOD PEYTON: No, no. (looks up from the picture she’s drawing) I’m just like… the little voice inside your head. (pause) Only, I’m not so much on the inside now. (grins) PEYTON: Fine. I’m talking to myself. I’ll play along; hey, what’re you doing here? AOD PEYTON: (smiling) Hmmm, I’m having a snack see, it’s pretty great actually; (Peyton nods) I eat and you get fat! (laughs fakely) (Peyton’s smile drops.) AOD PEYTON: Oh, hey, I fixed this for you. (AOD Peyton picks up the picture and walks over to show Peyton. Peyton stands and looks at it. It’s her picture of the traffic lights with the caption: PEOPLE ALWAYS LEAVE, only it doesn’t say that anymore.) PEYTON: (snatches it) People always grieve? (turns it around to show her) you spelt it wrong. (smirks) (AOD Peyton has spelt it GREAVE.) AOD PEYTON: Well, if I spelt it wrong then so did you. PEYTON: Who knew my subconscious could be such a bitch! AOD PEYTON: No, no, we’re a bitch. Try to keep up, OK? (pause) Oh, hey, check it out. (AOD Peyton walks to Peyton’s closet and stands in the doorway, hands against the doorframe.) AOD PEYTON: Closet full of anxiety! Get it? PEYTON: Look, ghost of Christmas Goth, what do I have to do or say to get rid of you? AOD PEYTON: That’s easy; where’s your bracelet? (A door shuts off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton’s asleep in bed.) BROOKE: (o.s) P. Sawyer! (Peyton jerks awake.) BROOKE: (walking into the room) Oh, sorry, were you sleeping? PEYTON: I think so. (searches around her bed) I guess I lost Ellie’s cancer bracelet. BROOKE: (turns to her) Hmm? PEYTON: (shakes her head) Nothing, what’s up? (Brooke flicks through Peyton’s drawings.) BROOKE: I need some art work for my new fashion line. PEYTON: You mean the fashion line that Suburban Filth owns? BROOKE: No, I mean my new fashion line. Haley helped me see the light. Instead of making out, I should be making clothes. (Peyton nods, kindly.) BROOKE: Although clothes make you look hot and then boys wanna make out with you. (bat) Not the point; I’m moving on and I’m doing my own thing(!) (She shrugs and looks down at the pictures.) BROOKE: These are perfect, so sleep it up, come over tonight coz my stuff is gonna rock your socks. (Brooke walks out and Peyton resumes searching for the bracelet. She stops and sighs.) CUT TO: [INT. RIVERBOAT – CASINO – DAY] (Chris smirks.) CHRIS: (to Marty) You’re bluffing. MARTY: Then call me and find out. CHRIS: I’ll do more than that; I’ll raise you, Marty. (pushes more money towards the middle) All in. NATHAN: Dude, maybe you shouldn’t do that. CHRIS: Dude, he’s bluffing. (Marty sighs, nods and turns his cards over. He’s holding three red kings and two black queens.) MARTY: (eyes Chris) Read em and weep. (Chris’ smile has vanished.) MARTY: (giddy) It’s practically an orgy! (Chris flips his over and shows a red nine, three and seven and a black four and three. Marty laughs and claps.) NATHAN: A pair of threes?! You lost everything on a pair of threes?! (angrily) You suck at this, Chris. MARTY: Keller, you look like a toilet at the airport; broke and full of crap. (Chris lunges and grabs Nathan’s keys.) CHRIS: How bout these? (waves them in the air) This car’s worth at least two grand. (Smacks it on the table.) NATHAN: (reaches for the keys) Hold on. (Marty snatches them away first.) MARTY: I’ll give you fifty bucks for it. CHRIS: Done. NATHAN: (outraged) No way in hell. Dude, let’s just get outta here. CHRIS: You wanna get Haley’s tape back or what? (Nathan sighs and stops complaining.) MARTY: I’ll tell ya what; here’s fifty bucks, (puts a note on the table) and a condom. (puts it on the table too) (Chris leans back.) MARTY: You two can get a room. We’re playing poker. (The rest of the players laugh and put their money on the table. Chris gives Nathan a very discreet nod. Nathan shakes his head very slightly.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – COUNTER – EVENING] (Brooke is cutting out the flaming heart in Peyton’s picture.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of the charred piece of paper with the words ‘For everything you’ve done’ typed across it. Lucas looks up, thinking.) FADE TO: [INT. RIVERBOAT – CASINO – EVENING] (Close-up of the table with the money and cards on it. Another card falls across the money.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke stitches the Clothes over Bro’s sign onto one of her dresses. She pulls the thread tight and smiles.) FADE TO: [INT. RIVERBOAT – CASINO – EVENING] (There are a series of fades as more money and cards are thrown onto the table.) KAREN: (v.o) Hi,- FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (The café is deserted except for Karen who is on the phone.) KAREN: -it’s me. I, uh,… I need to ask you something. (pause) Did you try to kll Dan? (She waits and listens.) KAREN: Because, I, uh,… I need to know the truth. (Karen’s face remains sad as she listens to whoever is on the other end.) CUT TO: [INT. RIVERBOAT – CASINO – EVENING] (Nathan gathers all of the money he’s won.) MARTY: (glaring) Been on a hell of a roll, kid. (shakes his head) Nobody’s that lucky. NATHAN: (grinning) What’s the matter, Marty? Short temper? CHRIS: Oooo. DEXTER: No, something’s messed up. CHRIS: Yeah, your teeth. (Nobody laughs at that.) MARTY: He’s right. For the last two hours, every time you deal, he (points to Nathan) wins! NATHAN: No, not every time. (Marty bangs the table angrily.) MARTY: BUT FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS! CHRIS: Whoa, a-what’re you saying, Marty? MARTY: What I’m trying to say is this; if we turn over those cards and he has a pair of anything… your ass is as good as dad. CHRIS: Man, you know what, this is crap. Nathan, let’s go. (Chris stands and so does one of the cops. Chris stops short.) NATHAN: Alright, hold on, hold on. I’ve lost a lot tonight. MARTY: Not lately. (A guy walks up to the table.) GUY: We got a problem here? MARTY: No problem. CHRIS: Yeah, no problem here. (smiles nervously) (Marty turns one card over and it’s a jack of spades.) MARTY: (points) So long as that card’s not a jack. (The guy turns the card over to show that it’s a jack of clubs. Chris reaches down to stop him but is too late.) CHRIS: OK, look, Marty, I don’t wanna ht you because you’re- (mimes small) MARTY: YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, YOU SAY IT, KELLER! CHRIS: (groans) Ah, hell. (swings and punches Marty) (A fight breaks out. Nathan punches some random guy. Chris shoves the cops and grabs the money. He swings his guitar case around and knocks the cop out.) CHRIS: (to Nathan) RUNNING! (Nathan complies and they run out of the casino, knocking tables and chairs as they go. They burst out of the door, run up the stairs to the top of the boat. Dexter, the cops and Marty follow. Nathan and Chris come up to the end of the boat.) NATHAN: Dude, we gotta jump! CHRIS: No way, man, Chris Keller can’t swim. NATHAN: It’s either jumps or die! (Marty runs for them.) CHRIS: (drops the guitar case) You’re not hearing me, I can’t swim! NATHAN: Do you have the money? CHRIS: (distracted) Yeah, I got it right here but- NATHAN: OK, good. (grabs Chris’ guitar case and hauls it overboard) CHRIS: (outraged) WHAT THE HELL! NATHAN: GO! (Chris and Nathan jump overboard.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THE RIVER – EVENING] (Nathan and Chris trudge out of the river – Chris holding his guitar case. He sits on the bank, opens the case and takes his guitar out.) CHRIS: (coughs) Oh! (Nathan checks his phone but it’s waterlogged. Chris breathes heavily and empties the guitar of water. He plays it and it sounds fine.) CHRIS: (laughs relieved) Oh right, not bad. NATHAN: (annoyed) Are you serious?! My cell phone’s sht, we’re in the middle of nowhere and you check your guitar?! How ‘bout a thank you for not letting you drown? CHRIS: Whoa, Chris Keller was dog paddling just fine(!) NATHAN: Chris Keller was sinking just fine. (throws his phone into the river and stands) Give me the money. CHRIS: (replaces the guitar) Uh, (holds up a sodden note) oh, I must have lost it all in the river. (smiles at Nathan) NATHAN: I shoulda let you drown. (turns and walks away, leaving Chris alone) (Chris hurries and stands.) CHRIS: Wait up, man,… (follows) it’s spooky out here. (Chris runs up and walks with Nathan. Nathan looks at him for a bat before shoving him hard. Chris falls sideways.) CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Karen stands outside the room, nervous. Lucas walks up to her.) LUCAS: You OK? (Karen turns to him.) KAREN: Oh, just a little nervous. You know, polls are open in, uh, (checks her watch) in a few minutes. I give my final address. LUCAS: Mom, Dan just told me he thinks someone tried to kll him. KAREN: (stubbornly) The fre was ruled an accident. (Lucas sighs and looks away.) LUCAS: But what if it wasn’t? You know, and what if he does have proof? (Karen’s eyes are unfocussed as she thinks.) LUCAS: Is winning this election worth the risk… ? You know, maybe you should… concede, mom. (Karen looks at him, bewildered.) DEB: (walks up) Final statements, Karen. (She’s holding a bouquet of flowers. Karen turns to her. Deb holds them out.) DEB: These came for you. (Lucas looks down and crosses his arms.) DEB: And you know I have to stand by Dan tonight I-I just… (sighs) good luck. (Deb walks away. Karen reads the card accompanying the flowers.) KAREN: They’re from Andy. (Lucas smiles.) (Cut to the hall where Dan is standing on the stage. Karen walks up.) DAN: (quietly to Karen) Whatever you say, be sure not to stumble on the word concede. (Karen gives him a side-eye before walking to her place on the stage. She waves before stepping onto the podium and the various microphones.) KAREN: Thank you. (pause as cameras flash) A few minutes ago, my son asked me how important this election was to me… and my answer to him is that it’s very important. (Lucas smiles and nods.) KAREN: But what’s more important – believing in your fellow man; having faith in a persons character; trusting that a person is who we think they are and… defending that trust until we’re given proof beyond a reasonable doubt that we should no longer do so. (pause) With that said,… I wish to concede. (Dan grins delightedly.) KAREN: But not the election. I wish to concede that when I decided to run for mayor, I underestimated my opponent… and the depths to which he will go to hurt and to humiliate others. (Dan’s smile has vanished.) KAREN: You have seen the commercials… you have seen the real Dan Scott. Now do the right thing… and vote for Karen Roe. (The crowd claps; so do Lucas and Deb. Dan steps up to the podium. He holds up a hand and the clapping stops.) DAN: My opponent’s decided to write me off… based on a recent video that I’m sure you’ve all seen. (pause) Well, I’d like to tell you that that video is a fabrication – a fake. (Lucas looks away, disgusted.) DAN: I’d like to tell you that… but I’m afraid that would be a lie. It’s an accurate depiction of a man at his worst… and I’m not proud of it. And so, today, I ask for understanding; for forgiveness. (nods) For a second chance. (He flips to the next flashcard and at the top there is PAUSE TO CHOKE UP written in bold capitals.) DAN: (avoids the camera as he fakes choking up) I’m sorry. (pause) They say identification is the first step to recovery. I stand before you, a man who woke up. I am not perfect. I’m just a guy trying to be a good husband, and a father who sometimes comes up short… and if you elect me, you’ll be electing a work in progress… but you’ll also be electing a man who’ll never put himself above any of you! Or above the town that I love. (smiles) I woke up to be your mayor… and I promise never to sleep on the job again. (The crowd claps. Deb looks at him expressionlessly, Karen doesn’t move. Dan grins and nods.) DAN: Thank you. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Haley and Peyton are sitting on the couch, laughing.) PEYTON: Brooke, come on, just show us what you have so far! HALEY: Come on. (Brooke walks in with a box and a CD player.) BROOKE: OK, so these are just prototypes… but, I introduce you to my new line; (holds a top up which has Peyton’s heart embroidered on the front) Clothes over Bro’s. HALEY: Ooo. PEYTON: Brooke, that’s awesome! BROOKE: Thanks, but there’s more. (tosses the top at them) We’ve got the flaming heart ring-t. (She holds up a red t-shirt.) BROOKE: We have… C over B sweats. (Holds up a light blue sweatshirt. Peyton likes that one.) HALEY: I like that. BROOKE: And the tutor girl, P. Sawyer inspired, Clothes over Bro’s concert jerseys. (Throws it at them too.) HALEY: These are awesome, Brooke. These rock. BROOKE: I know. But, every designer needs her couture line, (throws some more tops) so I am now introducing you to Clothes over Bro’s; upscale. (She plays the CD in the player and Haley and Peyton exchange confused looks. Bevin walks out of the bedroom, wearing a dress.) PEYTON: Whoa! HALEY: Oh my gosh! Brooke! (Bevin spins.) PEYTON: You made that? BROOKE: Um-hm. HALEY: Brooke! BROOKE: I made that. HALEY: Brooke, that’s gorgeous. (Another girl walks in wearing dark form-fitting clothes.) BROOKE: It’s so cute, right? (She spins.) PEYTON: Oh, see, that’s more me. (Another girl walks in with a black dress.) HALEY: (longingly) Ohh… that’s so pretty. (Another girl walks in wearing a deep red dress.) PEYTON: Oooh, oh my(!) That dress equals danger! (Brooke nods.) BROOKE: Trouble. (Haley and Bevin laugh. Brooke turns the music off.) BROOKE: And they’re all available at Clothes over Bro’s dot com. (There a bat before they start clapping.) PEYTON: Good work, dude. HALEY: Yay! (Brooke smiles and curtsies delightedly.) CUT TO: [EXT. WOODS – EVENING] (Chris and Nathan are still walking through the woods in the middle of nowhere. Nathan’s trying his best to lose Chris.) CHRIS: Come on, man, slow down. (Nathan looks back briefly.) CHRIS: I’m not in shape like you – I’m weak. NATHAN: Dude, we’re eighty miles from home and you gambled my damn car away. CHRIS: (reaches into his pocket) No, not exactly. (pulls Nathan’s car keys out) Actually, I grabbed your keys right before Marty punched me in the crotch. (Nathan takes them back and pockets them.) CHRIS: In other news – um, I actually have about five hundred dollars left on me so… basically, we broke even. NATHAN: (annoyed) What, you call this breaking even? I thought we were actually winning! (They stop.) NATHAN: I shoulda known, you can’t be honest. CHRIS: (hurt) I can be honest. NATHAN: No, you can’t. CHRIS: … I kissed Haley. (pause) At the masquerade party. (Nathan punches him hard. Chris backs up in pain.) CHRIS: Ow. (Nathan looks down at him) Whoa, man, I was trying to help you! NATHAN: Wh- (punches him again) CHRIS: Argh! (straightens) See, this is why I’m never honest. And stop hitting me. NATHAN: STOP KISSING MY WIFE! CHRIS: I will, when you start kissing her. (Nathan punches him again and Chris goes down this time. Nathan groans in anger.) NATHAN: What the hell is wrong with you? CHRIS: (on the floor) Listen, the night you called me to come to town was the night of the masquerade party. I thought it’d be funny if we both went in the same costume; so I bribed the guy at the costume shop to tell me what you rented. (stands) But then I got there… and I saw you and Haley weren’t getting along… so I thought if I just kissed her, (Nathan advances, Chris backs up) and OK, it was stupid, alright? (pause) But I did it for you; I didn’t do it for me. (Nathan steps back.) CHRIS: So, we even? NATHAN: Even? (scoffs) You kissed my wife, you lost all my money, (Chris turns away) you lied to me about a poker game and you got me attcked by a munchkin and a trnsvstite. CHRIS: Whoa, whoa, (pause) you think Emmanuelle’s a dude? NATHAN: Emmanuelle has an Adam’s apple. CHRIS: (shocked) Oops. NATHAN: (disappointed) You wanna know the worst part? Haley’s the one that suffers the most. (shakes his head) She put her heart and soul into that song and you screwed her over. (pause) That’s nice work. You should be proud of that. (Nathan walks past Chris, leaving him standing there miserably.) FACE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Pan across to Brooke who is leaning against the sofa, looking at her top. Haley is sitting beside her.) BROOKE: Pretty great, huh? HALEY: (looking at a top too) Yeah. Hey, I don’t think you need the apostrophe though, in Bro’s. It’s not really very grammatically correct. BROOKE: (smiles and pulls the top back) It’s my fashion line and I’m keeping the apostrophe. HALEY: OK, well, good for you. You did it all yourself anyway. BROOKE: Not really, you got me there. HALEY: (scoffs) Yeah, I kinda feel like a big fraud. BROOKE: What!? Why? HALEY: Because I told you to put yourself before boys and I secretly spent the whole day thinking about Nathan. BROOKE: Why, did something happen? (grins cheekily) HALEY: (sighs) You know I told you that… Nathan kissed me at the masquerade party? BROOKE: Yeah. HALEY: It might not have been Nathan. (pause) I think it might have been Chris. BROOKE: Cringle? (Haley rolls her eyes.) BROOKE: No, I didn’t think so. (pause) Wow… how could you kiss Chris Keller and then think that Chris was Nathan? I- HALEY: Maybe I just wanted to believe that it was Nathan so bad that… (shakes her head) what if I was wrong, though? (Brooke doesn’t know what to say.) HALEY: He could just be trying to keep things pleasant until the divorce is final. BROOKE: I do not believe that. (Haley does) I don’t! (Only Haley’s eyes move.) BROOKE: But it’s hard, isn’t it? I mean, I… I love my clothes… but there is an ache in my heart where Lucas used to be and… I don’t think covering it up with a… stylish and smartly priced sweat top’s gonna make it go away. (Haley zips it up.) HALEY: It is stylish, though. (Brooke puts a hand on Haley’s shoulder and they smile sadly.) CUT TO: [EXT. MUSIC STUDIO – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Nathan is leaning against his car when Chris walks out of the studio.) NATHAN: (walks to him) Well? CHRIS: (throws a bundle at him) Whaddaya know, I got em. (Nathan catches it carefully.) NATHAN: (stunned as he looks through them) Get outta here(!) CHRIS: No, that’s everything. That’s the masters, demo… bought and paid for. NATHAN: You only had five hundred bucks. CHRIS: (evasively) I got a way with people, I guess. (Nathan frowns and looks down.) CHRIS: (uncomfortable) Listen, I’m… gonna be taking off. (Nathan nods.) CHRIS: I may not see you for a while, so, uh,… (catches himself) whoa, whatever. (He bends to pick up his guitar case. It opens and Nathan sees that it’s empty.) NATHAN: (confused) You sold your guitar? CHRIS: (covering as he snaps the case shut) The thing was waterlogged anyway. NATHAN: You love that guitar. (Chris stands and sighs, completely miserable.) NATHAN: Well hey, (pause) I guess this makes us even. (holds a hand out) (Chris shakes it.) CHRIS: Maybe so, but that’s not why I did it. (Nathan waits) You tell Haley that song’s a ht. (smiles) Or maybe don’t, unless you wanna lose her again. (Chris nods and walks away. Nathan lets him get a few steps before calling out to him.) NATHAN: Hey? (Chris stops and looks at him.) NATHAN: Where’re you going? CHRIS: (smiles) Chris Keller’s work here is done. (Chris continues walking. Nathan looks down at the tapes.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton turns the lamp off and lies back in bed with a sigh.) AOD PEYTON: (o.s) You find it yet? PEYTON: (annoyed) DAMN IT! (She turns the lamp back on and sits up in bed with a fake smile.) PEYTON: Let me ask you something: if I have a heart attck, do you die too?! AOD PEYTON: That’s… (nods) that’s really sweet. PEYTON: OK, I’m not (turns away) arguing with you. AOD PEYTON: Oh, come on, Peyton, (walks forward) that’s what we do, OK? We have these inner conversations daily. (mocks) Am I gonna look stupid? Am I pretty enough? (Peyton glares at her) Did Jake just wanna get in my pants? (pause) Should Lucas be with me instead of Brooke? PEYTON: No, OK, you’re wrong; Lucas and I are just friends… and Jake loved me. (her smile falls) AOD PEYTON: Whatever you say,… cheerleader. (smirks and advances) Poor me, whine, whine, mope, mope (puts her arms either side of Peyton on the bed and leans down) always the victim! My mum died; Jake left; Ellie lied, boo-hoo. (grins) PEYTON: (tears in her eyes) You really are a bitch. AOD PEYTON: I’m not the one that sent Ellie away. (She straightens and looks at Peyton’s traffic light sketch.) AOD PEYTON: People always leave… or Peyton always drives them away? (Peyton’s mouth opens but no sound escapes.) AOD PEYTON: Where’s the bracelet, Peyton? (Peyton still doesn’t answer. She doesn’t know.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (Close-up of a reporter on TV.) REPORTER: And it looks as though Dan Scott’s narrow lead will hold in one of the closest decisions we’ve ever seen. (smiles) Now back to you, Bill. (Karen turns the TV off. Lucas is standing right behind her.) LUCAS: (sighs) It’s still close, you never know. KAREN: (nods) I’m afraid I do. (They turn and walk to the counter.) KAREN: Dan Scott’s the frickin mayor. LUCAS: You did your best, mom. Don’t be sad. (Karen sighs.) KAREN: It’s not that, it’s Dan. (pause) And even though he might be wrong about the fre, if he thinks it’s intentional, he won’t stop until he finds someone to blame. (Lucas listens intently.) KAREN: I worry for that person, Lucas. (pause) I really do. SPEAKER: (v.o) Ladies and gentlemen, the soon to be- CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (sht of Dan at the top of the stairs, grinning. Deb is standing a few feet away, looking on uncaringly. He grins and walks forward.) SPEAKER: -mayor of Tree Hill, North Carolina, Dan Scott! (Dan holds his arms up in victory as he descends. The crowd cheer and clap.) DAN: Wow. (He grins stupidly, points at a person and shakes his hand.) DAN: (to the crowd) Hey, thank you, so much. (The camera pans across to Deb who hasn’t moved an inch. She watches from her solitary place. Lucas comes up behind her, crosses his arms and leans against the wall.) LUCAS: Make you wonder, huh? (Deb turns her head to looks at him.) LUCAS: Do the wicked never lose? DEB: Hi, Lucas. (smiles tightly) How’s your mom doing? LUCAS: … She’s worried about you. (pause) She just doesn’t know it. (looks at her) DEB: (bat) Whaddaya mean? (Lucas looks around, making sure nobody’s there, before handing her the charred slip of paper with: ‘For everything you’ve done’ written on it. Deb takes it and looks at it.) DEB: (reading) ‘For everything you’ve done’? (pause) I-I don’t understand. LUCAS: I think you do. (He looks at her steadily and Deb panics.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (There’s a flash of flames before the camera focuses on the paper again – before it brned. Close-up of Dan’s face as he realises he’s been poisoned. The telephone and alcohol fall to the floor.) END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Deb is staring off as Lucas waits.) LUCAS: That’s the last shred of evidence. FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (sht of legs as somebody walks into the office. Dan struggles at his desk.) LUCAS: (v.o) As far as I know,… there’s nothing else to tie you to this, Deb. (Dan looks up as the person stops.) (Close-up of a hand as a lighter is flicked on.) DAN: (v.o) Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please. END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Deb avoids eye contact with Lucas but her face shows that he’s got it right.) DAN: I have just received word that in a matter of minutes, the votes will be in, and VICTORY WILL BE OURS! (The crowd cheers again.) LUCAS: He knows it wasn’t an accident. (Deb’s eyes are red as she looks at him.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan pulls at his tie as he chokes. The lighter is dropped onto the spilt alcohol and the flames race along.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] LUCAS: But he doesn’t have proof. DAN: (o.s) They said we were beaten! FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan lies back in his chair and loses consciousness. The flames travel quickly up the cupboards.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Dan stands at the podium, all but ecstatic.) DAN: They said we were dad! CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (The person turns their back and walks out of the building, pulling the balaclava of as they go.) END OF FLASHBACK: HARD CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] LUCAS: Maybe this can finally set you free. (Deb doesn’t say a word.) DAN: (v.o) But they should know by now;- FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (sht of a framed picture of Dan, Deb and Nathan burning.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Dan continues to give his speech.) DAN: You can’t kll Dan Scott! FLASHBACK TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – STREET – EVENING] (The flame bursts through the windows and carries on up into the sky. Lucas gasps and backs away from it.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Dan grins and raises his arms again. The crowd cheers and Dan turns to look for Deb. She’s standing there, alone.) FLASHBACK TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – PARKING LOT – EVENING] (The camera follows as the person opens the car door and gets inside. Lucas moves around and watches. The door slams and Deb pulls off the balaclava. She sighs and leans her head back. The frame freezes.) DAN: (v.o) I didn’t do this alone- END OF FLASHBACK: FADE TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Dan stands at a podium and smiles.) DAN: (nods) -and to that end, I’d like to bring out my beautiful and supportive wife, Deb, to enjoy the moment with me. (He smiles and holds his arm out. He turns to look and his smile drops. The space where she stood is empty. He turns back around, empty handed.) DAN: I guess it’s true what they say; it’s lonely at the top. (grins annoyingly) (The crowd yells and cheers as streamers and balloons fall from the ceiling.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of the CD player that hangs on Nathan’s wall as he puts Haley’s song – Halo in. The players shuts, the CD spins and begins playing.) (Nathan steps back and listens. He walks to his chest of drawers and picks up a piece of card. He reads it and looks up, upset. He walks out of the sht.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton looks frantically through her CDs. She sighs wretchedly and turns around, leaning against them.) PEYTON: I can’t find it. (AOD Peyton walks out of the bathroom and advances on her, accusingly.) AOD PEYTON: Why do you think Ellie came to see us, Peyton? (Peyton refuses to look at her.) AOD PEYTON: She has cancer, she has regrets, She’s closing up shop(!) PEYTON: She’s in remission. AOD PEYTON: You know that’s a lie! She’s dieing! PEYTON: (in denial) No, she’s not! AOD PEYTON: Where is the bracelet, Peyton?! PEYTON: (almost crying) I LOST IT! OK? (She bangs through the pencil drawers and still doesn’t find it. She stops, extremely close to tears. AOD Peyton walks up close behind her.) AOD PEYTON: The last thing she wanted in this world was to get to know you… (leans in closer) and you sent her away. (Peyton sighs.) FADE TO: [EXT. EXITING TREE HILL – DEB’S CAR – EVENING] (Deb pulls out her phone and dials. There’s one ring before the phone is picked up on the other end.) DEB: Hi, it’s me. (pause) Lucas knows. (The sht zooms in.) FADE TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Dan’s holding his arms up again as he wins the election. The balloons continue to fall and Dan claps. His smile slowly vanishes.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is sitting on his bed. Haley walks in.) HALEY: Hi. (She waves as she enters further.) NATHAN: Hey, thanks for coming. HALEY: Yeah, thanks for calling me. (They’re walking on eggshells.) HALEY: (smiles and walks to him) What’s wrong? NATHAN: (bat) Your song is great, Haley. (pause) Chris played it from me. It’s a… it’s a long story but, uh,… it’s really great. (smiles) I just wanted you to know that. HALEY: Oh, OK. (She’s still confused as to why he called.) NATHAN: My mom left… for good, I think. (That shocks Haley and she walks closer to him.) NATHAN: Oh, and, apparently, my dad’s the mayor now. (scoffs) So,… yeah, today’s really sucked ass. HALEY: (compassionately) Oh, Nathan, (climbs onto the bed) I’m so sorry. (He shakes his head and they look at each other for a while.) NATHAN: You know, for most of my life, I would have gone through all this alone. (smiles) Then I met you, and I finally found someone I could depend on when life got like this… so I guess I called you… coz I wanted to know… if that was still there. HALEY: (heartfelt) Nathan, you can always call me. (pause) Always and forever. (grins) (They sigh.) HALEY: I wanna ask you something, um,… the night of the masquerade party, d-did we… did you kiss me? (Nathan doesn’t reply for a bat. He thinks.) NATHAN: (kindly) Of course I did. (Haley smiles, relieved and they kiss.) HALEY: (realising) Oh, no you didn’t. (Nathan laughs, bemused.) HALEY: That kiss wasn’t half as good as this one. (laughs and touches his face) But I love you for lying to me! (They smile.) HALEY: (whispering) Thanks for calling. (She kisses him on the cheek, gets off the bed and walks to his door.) NATHAN: Haley! (She stops and turns, smiling.) HALEY: (leaning on the doorframe) Yeah? NATHAN: Stay with me tonight. HALEY: (smiles relived) Oh, I was hoping you would say that. (They grin and Haley closes the door.) FADE TO: [EXT. EXITING TREE HILL – THE ROAD – EVENING] (Chris walks down the road, carrying his guitar case.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke stands in the room, not moving. She looks on, tears in her eyes. She takes down the last picture on the vacation wall; the one of her and Lucas. She looks at it.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (There’s a knock on Lucas’ door. The camera pans to it. Lucas opens his door and sees Brooke standing there. She’s holding the box of letters and walks just inside the door.) BROOKE: There are eighty-two letters in here… and they’re all addressed to you. (Lucas takes the box and frowns at her.) BROOKE: I wrote them all this summer. (choked) One a day, but… I never sent them because I was afraid… (Lucas looks down at them, not knowing what to say.) LUCAS: Brooke- BROOKE: I was afraid of getting my heart broken again. (cries) Like before. (pause) Coz you hurt me so bad and… I was afraid to be vulnerable and I was afraid of you and the way that you make me feel (looks up) and I know that doesn’t matter now, after what I did… but I just thought that you should know. (She looks down and cries some more.) BROOKE: This is how I spent my summer, Luke; (pause) wanting you. (Lucas has tears in his own eyes.) BROOKE: I was just too scared to admit it. (She turns and walks away. Lucas waits for a moment before dumping the box on his bed and following her out.) LUCAS: Brooke! (She stops and turns.) LUCAS: I’m sorry. (There’s a pause as she looks at him, tearfully stunned.) LUCAS: What you did with Chris; (pause) It’s OK. BROOKE: It’s not. It can’t be. It’s too much to forgive! LUCAS: (is in visible emotional pain) Well that’s too bad, because I forgive you. BROOKE: You can’t! LUCAS: I just did. (smiles) So you’re gonna just have to deal with it. (Brooke is still crying.) LUCAS: I’m the guy for you, Brooke Davis… and I know I hurt you last time we were together but- BROOKE: I love you. (laughs and sobs) LUCAS: (bat) I love you too. (Brooke smile and Lucas touches her face.) LUCAS: Pretty girl. (She walks forward and they kiss. The sht zooms out on them.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is on her computer, looking through EnterSearchFind411.com for Ellie’s name. It comes up with one address. Ellie lives at 408 Kenosha Club Road, River City, North Carolina.) (Cut to Peyton sitting at the computer, smiling.) PEYTON: I found her. (uncertainly) Are you happy now? (AOD Peyton walks into the room and leans on the doorway.) AOD PEYTON: No,… but you are. (pause) You can wake up now. (Peyton doesn’t move, she just stares at the computer. AOD Peyton turns and walks away but fades out before she gets past the doorway. The camera pans up from the computer screen to the taped-together article that Ellie wrote. It now hangs on her wall.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas and Brooke are on Lucas’ bed, kissing. He puts a hand on her face.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are on Nathan’s bed, doing the same thing… only a little more. Nathan pulls away and takes his t-shirt off. He’s wearing his wedding ring around his neck. Haley sees it and smiles. She pulls him back down by the ring and kisses him again. They interlock fingers.) THE END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x09 - How a Resurrection Really Feels"}	foreverdreaming
FADE IN: LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Dan stands in the middle of the court and bellows into a mic.) DAN: IS EVERYBODY READY?! (The camera cuts and pans to the cheering crowd and the previously has suddenly turned into a music video of Fall Out Boy’s – Sugar We’re Going Down. The song starts up.) DAN: (v.o) Let me here ya! CUT TO: [INT. COSTUME SHOP – SHOP FLOOR – DAY] (Lucas stands in the shops, dressed as Elvis.) DAN: (v.o) Five! CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – THE COURT – DAY] (Lucas turns and smiles at somebody off-screen.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – SAND – DAY] (Brooke walks forward smiling. She’s dressed in a black bikini.) DAN: (v.o) Four! CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke grins.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – DETENTION – DAY] (Nathan turns his head and smiles at Haley.) DAN: (v.o) Three! CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – DAY] (Nathan jumps at the hoop, the basketball in his hands.) CUT TO: [INT. COSTUME SHOP – SHOP FLOOR – DAY] (Haley makes some ridiculous moves while Lucas changes.) DAN: (v.o) Two! (She wraps a blue feather scarf around her neck.) CUT TO: [INT. GO KARTING – RACE TRACK – EVENING] (Peyton yells as she zooms around the track in her cart.) DAN: (v.o) One! CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – DANCE FLOOR – EVENING] (Peyton disco dances on the floor, dressed as the Angel of Death.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Dan continues to yell into the mic.) DAN: LET THE MADNESS BEGIN! CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Deb, covered head to toe in black, flicks a lighter on and drops it onto the alcohol. Dan’s head lolls back.) DAN: (v.o) When I find out who did this to me,- (The fre explodes out of the window. Lucas crouches on the ground.) DAN: (v.o) -the sins I commit then- (Close-up of Lucas’ face as he stands in the burning building, watching.) CUT TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DEB’S CAR – EVENING] (Deb pulls the balaclava off after having just set fre to Dan’s dealership.) DAN: (v.o) -could turn this place- CUT TO: [DAN SCOTT MOTORS – PARKING LOT – EVENING] (Dan looks ahead evilly, strapped to breathing equipment and in a wheelchair.) DAN: (v.o) -to rubble(!) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke stands with Lucas and takes her robe off, revealing her yellow clothes.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – THE COURT – EVENING] (Rachel stands there, topless, with a basketball covering her.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Deb stands at the doorway with alcohol and dressed in skimpy bed clothes as she pretends to be drunk.) DEB: Can you see my ass through this! (She looks down. sht pans to her legs.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – END OF SUMMER PARTY – EVENING] (Lucas and Brooke talk on the beach.) LUCAS: But one of these nights you’re gonna realise it – (pause) I’m the guy for you, Brooke Davis. (Brooke looks at him, astounded.) LUCAS: You’ll see. CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FLOWERBED – DAY] (Deb is passed out on the flowerbed. Dan stands over her. He scowls, turns and turns on the sprinklers. Deb jerks slightly and moves.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke’s in bed. Chris props himself up as they both look at Lucas who has just caught them in bed together. Brooke is distraught and Chris is triumphant. sht closes in on Lucas’ wounded face.) (Cut back to Chris as he smirks.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – PARKING LOT – EVENING] (Brooke confronts Lucas.) BROOKE: I wanted you to fight for me! LUCAS: How was I supposed to know that? BROOKE: (hurt and disappointed) You just are. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Ellie confronts Lucas.) ELLIE: I have cancer. CUT TO: [EXT. THE GRAVEYARD – ANNA SAWYER’S GRAVE – DAY] (Close-up of Anna’s grave.) AOD PEYTON: (v.o) Your other mom should be dad soon. (Peyton stands and Angel of Death Peyton is standing behind her, smirking.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is looking on, tears in her eyes.) PEYTON: You really are a bitch. AOD PEYTON: (leans in close) I’m not the one that sent Ellie away. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Haley and Brooke are in Brooke’s bed. Haley turns around and Brooke holds her arm out, a big grin on her face.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Chris is lying behind a sleeping Lucas. He reaches over and puts his arm around Lucas. Lucas opens his eyes and the camera zooms in jerkily on him.) CUT TO: [INT. BEVINS’ HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Bevin and Skills are watching The Notebook together.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke grins widely as Lucas leans in, over her.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Haley turns to Brooke again.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan kiss.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – LAWN – EVENING] (Lucas and Brooke kiss.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Lucas and Nathan break through the paper covering the entrance to the locker rooms as their fight gets out of control. They push each other forward as they ht each other.) CUT TO: [EXT. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE – FOREST – EVENING] (Nathan punches Chris.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Rachel pulls back and punches Brooke.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – BOYS LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan punches Lucas. Lucas punches him back.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Brooke slaps Rachel.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Peyton knees the Ravens mascot in the crotch.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Nathan throws the ball, Lucas steps aside and it hits Chris in the face. He falls off his seat.) CUT TO: [INT. THE TOUR – THE STAGE – EVENING] (Haley walks off the stage, the light shining on her from behind.) CHRIS: (v.o) You tell Haley that song is- CUT TO: [EXT. MUSIC STUDIO – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Chris stands with Nathan.) CHRIS: -a ht. (He smiles at Nathan.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Karen and Deb stand at the window. They watch Dan who has just gotten out of his vehicle. There is a huge billboard with his campaign poster attached to the back of it. He looks at them, grinning.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – BOYS LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (Dan grabs Nathan and shoves him against the lockers.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton is dressed as the Angel of Death. Birds-eye view of her. She looks up.) CUT TO: [INT. MOTEL – ELLIE’S ROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of the picture Ellie is drawing of Peyton – a drawing of her as the Angel of Death.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (The cheerleaders perform their routine.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (The Ravens play their first game of basketball.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (The cheerleaders continue their routine.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (The Ravens’ mascot slides across the floor between the two lines of cheerleaders.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (The cheerleaders are still performing.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE STAGE – DAY] (Rachel stands before Brooke and Peyton as she tries out to be a cheerleader.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – DANCE FLOOR – EVENING] (Mouth is dressed as Tony Manero from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ and disco dances by himself first. He’s soon joined by Peyton.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – DAY] (Karen stands behind the counter, holding a tray.) KAREN: What whaaaat! (does some embarrassing moves) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – BACKROOM – EVENING] (Haley kisses Chris, dressed as Batman, thinking its Nathan.) CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – SEATING – EVENING] (Nathan pulls his Batman mask off.) CUT TO: [INT. CHRIS’ APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of a Batman mask. Cut to Chris standing and looking at it with a huge grin on his face.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are walking on the beach together, away from the party.) CHRIS: (v.o) How’re things with Nathan? CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley in lying on her bed, looking at her wedding ring.) LUCAS: (v.o) You think I’m gonna let you mistreat Haley- PARTIAL FADE TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE WEDDING – DAY] (Nathan slips the ring onto Haley’s finger. sht of them smiling.) LUCAS: (v.o) -you’re wrong. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – THE COURT – EVENING] (Lucas confronts Nathan on the court.) LUCAS: Coz if you do, I’m gonna hurt you. CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – ROOFTOP – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are on top of the roof.) NATHAN: The roots are still there. (she looks at him) It just takes time. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] NATHAN: Stay with me tonight. (Haley stands at the doorway and smiles) HALEY: Oh, I was hoping you would say that. CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – GROUNDS – DAY] (Rachel kisses Lucas on the neck.) RACHEL: Yummy. CUT TO: [INT. THE MALL – SUBURBAN FILTH – DAY] (Brooke all but growls at Rachel who has entered the shop with Lucas.) BROOKE: I think you’re in the wrong store. You’re looking for Slut Barn. CUT TO: [INT. TRIC – DANCE FLOOR – EVENING] (Rachel is dressed as Pamela Anderson and dancing with Lucas who is dressed as Tommy Lee.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Peyton and Brooke stand together.) PEYTON: So, you two bury the hatchet yet? BROOKE: (viciously) If anything, I’m about to bury it in her throat(!) (Walks away.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Bevin has Ashley in a head-lock.) WHITEY: If I wanted to watch cheerleaders wrestle, I’d turn on pay-per-view! CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – EVENING] (Close-up of Chris’ shocked face.) CHRIS: Nice(!) CUT TO: [INT. RECORDING STUDIO – VIEWING ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton slaps Chris around the face.) CUT TO: [EXT. OUT OF TOWN – THE BILLBOARD – EVENING] (Deb goes to take her pants off and Karen stops her.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan takes his top off.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Mouth and Gigi are sat at the announcer’s table.) GIGI: This kinda turns me on! CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERBOAT – EVENING] (Nathan and Chris jump off from the top of the riverboat.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CLASSROOM – EVENING] (Brooke stands at the head of the class.) BROOKE: Fantasy Boy Draft. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Rachel smirks.) RACHEL: I pick Lucas. HALEY: I pick Nathan! BEVIN: (holds a hand up) I get Skills. BROOKE: Wait! CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas tips the HCM medication tub and his last pill falls out.) LUCAS: (v.o) If you tell Whitey… that I have a heart condition- (Pan up to his face as he looks on worriedly.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Lucas and Haley stand at the lockers, talking in hushed voices.) LUCAS: -I’m off the team(!) HALEY: Yeah, and if I don’t tell Whitey about your heart condition,- CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – ROCKS – EVENING] (Close-up of Lucas wrapping his hand around the medication tub.) HALEY: (v.o) you’re off the planet! (He launches it into the river.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE BEACH – THE PARTY – EVENING] (Haley looks serious but confused.) HALEY: I love you. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is propped up in bed.) NATHAN: I still do love you. CUT TO: [INT. RETIREMENT HOME – MAL’S ROOM – EVENING] (Mouth stands at the doorway and looks at Mal.) MOUTH: I love you. CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – LAWN – EVENING] (Brooke looks on, crying.) BROOKE: I love you. (Lucas looks at her, smiling.) LUCAS: I love you, too. (The camera zooms out slowly to a birds-eye view as they kiss.) FADE TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – THE ROOFTOP – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are standing on the rooftop, hugging.) FADE TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – JAIL CELL – DAY] (Brooke, Haley and Peyton are dressed in garish red jumpsuits as the cell door slams shut. They are seen between the bars.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GIRLS CHANGING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke looks mad as she fumes.) BROOKE: OK, what the hell just happened?! FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan takes his t-shirt off and looks down.) FADE TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas and Brooke are lying on his bed, kissing. He puts a hand to her face. The camera pans right.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan continue with what they’re doing.) LUCAS: (v.o) Ida Scott Taylor once wrote: ‘Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone;- FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – STREETS – EVENING] (Lucas and Brooke are walking down the street, hand in hand.) LUCAS: (v.o) -and do not be troubled about the future, for it has yet to come. (pause) Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will- FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Nathan lays in bed, awake and looking at the ceiling. He’s slightly worried. Haley’s asleep beside him.) LUCAS: (v.o) -be worth remembering. (His phone rings. It’s on the bedside table closest to Haley. He jerks and looks at it before reaching over and picking it up. He looks at the display before flipping it open and answering.) NATHAN: Hello? (He waits and listens.) NATHAN: Where are you? (pause) OK, OK. (He looks at the phone again before shutting it and looking at Haley.) (A phone rings.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Lucas and Brooke are still kissing. He waves the hand which is holding his ringing phone and pulls away from her.) LUCAS: (flips the phone open) Hello? (Brooke grins giddily.) (Lucas listens and frowns. He turns his head and looks at Brooke.) LUCAS: Yeah, no problem. (pause) I’ll be right over. (He shuts his phone and looks at Brooke uneasily.) LUCAS: I’m sorry, Brooke. (touches her face) That was Peyton. BROOKE: Peyton? As in… my best friend and your ex-girlfriend, Peyton? (He smiles tightly and moves so he’s hovering over her.) LUCAS: Something’s up… but we’re together now, right? You and me, hm? (kisses her) Means everything to me. We just have to trust each other this time. BROOKE: (nods) Yeah, I know, you’re right. Besides, I have things to do today. (pause) It’s pretty exciting, actually. Mouth set up a website for me so I can sell my new clothing line and it goes live in about an hour. (Lucas laughs.) BROOKE: So I figure I should make some dresses in case anyone wants to buy one. LUCAS: That’s really great. BROOKE: Hmmm. LUCAS: I’m proud of you. (They kiss again.) LUCAS: OK, (gets off the bed) see you in a little bit. BROOKE: OK. (She turns on her side and watches him.) BROOKE: See ya later, boyfriend. (Lucas stops and looks back at her.) BROOKE: (grinning) What? LUCAS: Nothing,… just… feels good to hear you call me boyfriend. BROOKE: (shrugs) Feels good to say it. (Lucas smiles and exits the room. Brooke turns on her bed and moves around giddily. She finally lays still and smiles widely to herself.) (sht fades to Brooke’s bedside cabinet. She reaches over and pulls her laptop off it. She opens it and starts typing away.) BROOKE: (to herself) And we are… live. (sht of the screen. Seven orders have been placed. She refreshes the page and there are now ten orders. She shakes her arms giddily and presses refresh again. There are now thirteen orders. Her smile gradually falls. She presses it again to find nineteen orders. She gapes and shuts the laptop. Brooke waits a bat before getting off her bed and running out of the room.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Haley’s still asleep. She turns and reaches over to the empty pillow beside her.) HALEY: (half asleep) Hi. (She opens her eyes and sees he’s not there.) HALEY: (still incoherent) Oh. (Dan walks into the room and sees her there. He smirks.) DAN: Well, well. (Haley jerks, gasps and holds the covers to her as she turns to face him.) DAN: Where’s the better half? HALEY: I don’t know! (pulls the duvet up too) (Dan circles her like a vulture.) DAN: Oh,… (reaches down and picks up her bra, looking at it) he always was a love-em-and-leave-em type. HALEY: Can I help you with something? As far as I know, this house doesn’t even belong to you, anymore. DAN: Trust me, little girl, (advances on her) this house and everything in it will always belong to me. HALEY: (bat) Mr. Scott, can you please leave? You’re really creeping me out. DAN: (bends lower) You know, at least Peyton was pleasant in the morning. (Haley glares at him. Dan smiles and discreetly grabs the note that Nathan has left for her; on the bedside table.) DAN: Oh, by the way, (turns back) I’m still waiting on those annulment papers. I hope you don’t think a one-night-stand’s gonna change that. (He walks out and Haley turns away from the door.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton’s in her closet, looking through her clothes.) LUCAS: (o.s) Hey!? (She turns to look at him. Lucas drops onto her bed and groans.) PEYTON: Looks like somebody slept in his clothes last night. (smiles) LUCAS: Yeaaaah. (grins) It’s a long story. So, what’s going on? PEYTON: Um,… (looks up) look, I hate to ask, OK, but… over the summer, you kinda promised that if I ever wanted to go find Ellie,… you would come with me. (Lucas props himself up on his elbows.) LUCAS: Yeah, I remember. Did you find her? (Peyton nods.) PEYTON: And I think I wanna go see her. LUCAS: Today? (Peyton finishes packing her bag and slings it over her shoulder.) PEYTON: (walking to him) Um,… right now, actually, coz if I don’t go, I never will and… I need to. (pauses nervously) Will you go? LUCAS: (smiles and stands) Sure. (He takes hold of her shoulders and looks steadily at her.) LUCAS: A promise is a promise. (Peyton smiles and walks out of her bedroom. Lucas follows her.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – NATHAN’S CAR – DAY] (sht of the bridge from beneath as a phone rings.) NATHAN: Hello? (sht pans down to Nathan’s car. Cut to the inside as he talks while driving.) NATHAN: Hey, I’m on my way. CUT TO: [INT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – ROOMS – DAY] (Deb is standing on her lodge room, talking into the phone.) DEB: OK, good, I can give you directions. CUT TO: [INT. THE ROAD – NATHAN’S CAR – DAY] (The phone buzzes and Nathan looks at it. It’s another incoming call from Haley. He presses busy and returns to talking with his mother.) NATHAN: OK, where am I going? CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Haley glowers as she shuts the phone. Brooke rushes in with the laptop.) BROOKE: Where were you last night? (sets the laptop on the counter) HALEY: Oh, uh,… (The door opens. Haley stops talking and turns to the door.) BROOKE: (sighs) To be continued. Mouth, you didn’t exactly break any speed records, driving over here, you know? MOUTH: You called me seventeen minutes ago and I drive a bicycle, Brooke. BROOKE: Well, I’m fresh outta medals. Just please come here because I need you to fix this stupid website(!) (Mouth walks to her.) MOUTH: It was supposed to go live an hour ago. (looks at the laptop) BROOKE: (panicking) Oh, it’s live. MOUTH: So, what’s the problem? BROOKE: (pacing around the kitchen) Click on ‘orders’(!) (Mouth does so.) MOUTH: Thirty-four orders, Brooke, this is great? (Brooke continues to pace and panic.) BROOKE: Hold the enthusiasm, click it again! (points) (Mouth clicks and the orders go up to thirty-six. Mouth smiles, not seeing a problem.) MOUTH: Make that thirty-six orders. HALEY: Brooke, thirty-six orders is incredible. BROOKE: Haley, I can’t make thirty-six dresses that fast. I can’t make six dresses that fast! HALEY: Wait, (scoffs) what’d you think was gonna happen? BROOKE: (speaks fast) I don’t know. I didn’t think people were actually gonna order anything and if they did, I just figured they’d order stuff I’d already made! (She looks at Mouth forlornly.) BROOKE: I mean, is that a bad plan? MOUTH: (delighted) Thirty-seven, thirty-eight! (Brooke sighs and resumes pacing. He clicks again and looks wide-eyed.) MOUTH: Dude, it just jumped to forty-three! (Haley gapes.) BROOKE: Mouth, I did not ask you to come over here to showcase your counting skills. I need you to make it stop! kll it; do whatever you have to do. I don’t have forty-three dresses! MOUTH: How many do you have? BROOKE: (thinks) Four. (Haley looks at her in pity. Mouth frowns. Brooke looks at them cautiously.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – PEYTON’S CAR – DAY] (Lucas and Peyton are sitting in the car as they drive to Ellie.) LUCAS: So, where’re we headed? PEYTON: River City. Have you ever been there? LUCAS: (smiles) No, but it’s on my list. PEYTON: So, how bout that long story? (looks at him cheekily) LUCAS: Spent the night with Brooke. PEYTON: Oh, (laughs) OK. (pause) Never mind. LUCAS: No, it wasn’t like that. You know, I mean we didn’t… actually sleep together. PEYTON: I thought you decided not to play her non-exclusive sleeping game. LUCAS: We’re together now – exclusively. PEYTON: (lets it sink in) Oh, no! Oh, God, I am an idiot! No, you know what, scratch that, (pokes him) you’re an idiot! I didn’t know any better! LUCAS: What’re you talking about? PEYTON: Lucas, you guys have been together, what, just like a couple of hours and you’re in the car with me!? Why didn’t you tell me? I wouldn’t have even asked you to come. LUCAS: Peyton, I made you a promise. (pause) Besides, you should be able to turn to me for help. I love being that guy for you. PEYTON: Well, does Brooke love you being that guy for me? (Lucas looks away.) PEYTON: No, I didn’t think so, OK, so call her. (He doesn’t move.) PEYTON: Call her and tell her we had plans, right now! (She shoves the phone at him.) PEYTON: Dial the phone! (Lucas concedes and calls.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke dumps a sewing machine onto the table. Haley’s right beside her.) HALEY: I got it. (Brooke sighs and pulls her phone out.) BROOKE: (walking away and talking into the phone) Thank god it is you, please tell me you are on your way over here(!) (She dumps herself into the couch.) CUT TO: [INT. PEYTON’S CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] LUCAS: Well, actually, I was just checking in to see how things are going. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke is at breaking point.) BROOKE: Like crap! (pause) Are you still with Peyton? CUT TO: [INT. PEYTON’S CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] (Lucas looks over at Peyton. She looks back at him.) LUCAS: Yeah, listen, I sorta promised her I’d go with her to see Ellie. (pause) We’re heading out of town right now. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke sits up, annoyed.) BROOKE: How long are you gonna be gone? CUT TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – PEYTON’S CAR – DAY] (sht of the back of the car. The back of Peyton and Lucas’ heads are visible.) LUCAS: (cautiously) I don’t know but I’ll call you when I do. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke thinks for a moment, not convinced and not half-way happy.) BROOKE: OK. LUCAS: (through the phone) Look,- CUT TO: [INT. PEYTON’S CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] LUCAS: -Brooke, I made her a promise. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] BROOKE: Luke, its fine. We’re, um,… we’re trusting each other, right? (her expression’s strained) So just call me later. CUT TO: [INT. PEYTON’S CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] (Lucas smiles.) BROOKE: (through the phone) OK? (bat) See ya. LUCAS: (nods) OK. (He hangs up, shuts the phone and looks down at it – smiling and shaking his head.) LUCAS: (looks at Brooke) See? She’s fine with it. (Peyton nods and looks back at him repeatedly. She doesn’t buy it.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Haley rushes to Brooke as she is sitting there, looking at her own phone.) HALEY: Hey, (points to the phone) is that Lucas? (Brooke nods.) HALEY: Is he coming over? Coz we need all the help we can get. BROOKE: No, he’s with his other girlfriend. (Haley walks away and Brooke reminisces.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton, with curly hair, looks at Lucas in her room and smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Lucas and Peyton kiss.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Lucas kisses Peyton’s stomach.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke looks on morosely as everyone around her gets to work.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: [EXT. ELLIE’S HOUSE (EST) – DAY] (Peyton pulls up alongside the house and stops.) PEYTON: (looks at the house) This is it. (She kills the engine and sits there.) LUCAS: You OK? (Peyton smiles at him.) PEYTON: Yeah. I guess I just didn’t think I’d be this afraid LUCAS: Of what? PEYTON: (takes a deep breath) I don’t know, like,… the truth, maybe. (pause) You know,… I think this is probably something I should do alone. LUCAS: OK. (nods) (She smiles slightly and gets out of the car. She reaches into the back and grabs her bag.) PEYTON: Look, I’m-I’m really sorry that you rode out all this way. I guess… (looks at the house) I just needed your help getting here. LUCAS: You never needed my help. (He looks at her steadily and she nods once.) LUCAS: Anyway, I’m gonna… go explore a bit. Just give me a call when you’re ready. (She nods again and looks at the house.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Peyton is standing at the door. It’s open to Ellie.) ELLIE: My name is Elizabeth. (The sht flashes to a close-up of her.) ELLIE: I’m your mother. END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [EXT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – PEYTON’S CAR – DAY] (Lucas is looking up at her.) LUCAS: Peyton? (She looks down at him quickly.) LUCAS: Good luck. (She smiles gratefully at him and walks away. Lucas sits there and watches her walk to the front steps of Ellie’s house. She stops and turns to face him.) PEYTON: Thanks, Luke. (holds a hand up) (Lucas nods and she turns back around and walks to the door. Lucas starts the car and drives off. The sht cuts inside the house. Peyton is seen approaching the front door, through the window.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton looks on, angrily.) PEYTON: Just get out, Ellie! Outta my house, outta my town… and outta my life. END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Peyton has stopped at the door and knocks cautiously.) CUT TO: [INT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – ROOMS – DAY] (Deb opens the door to Nathan.) DEB: Hi(!) (She reaches up and hugs him. Nathan is eternally confused.) NATHAN: OK, mom, (looks around) this is… pretty weird. (Deb shuts the door.) NATHAN: You leave me a note and sneak away in the middle of the night, (turns to her) and then I get this cryptic phone call. What’s going on? DEB: (sadly) You know how much I love you. NATHAN: Mom, y- DEB: Honey,… sit down. (Nathan waits a bat, completely confused.) NATHAN: OK. (He turns to find somewhere to sit and finally sits on the bed with a sigh.) DEB: Over the years,… since I met your father, I’ve changed… and somewhere along the line, I’ve become someone I don’t respect. FLASHBACK TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Deb is furious after finding out her son has escaped from the hospital.) DEB: Pack a bag and get out, or, so-help-me-god, I will sab you in your sleep(!) FLASH TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Deb is standing at the stove, pouring syrup into boiling water.) DEB: I’m boiling water to throw on you. DAN: (glaring) And what’s the syrup for? DEB: Oh, that’s so it sticks to you. (The sht fast-zooms into her eye.) END OF FLASHBACK: HARD CUT TO: [INT. THE LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] (Nathan sits there, confused.) NATHAN: Mom, what’re you- DEB: Let me finish. (Nathan waits, his eyebrows creased.) DEB: (walks forward) As far back as I can remember, I’ve had to rely on others. (pause) I’ve never… been able to be alone. I’ve never been very strong. (pause) But now, it’s time for me to try… I have to. (takes a deep breath sadly) I’m not going back to Tree Hill, Nathan. (Nathan doesn’t answer her.) CUT TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Peyton walks around the room which holds only one couch and a lot of music. She approaches the fireplace which has two large audiotape stands on it. They are completely full. She pulls out a CD from the plastic tub between them. She turns and reads the cover.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (An enraged Peyton is standing with Lucas by the door as she yells at her dad and Ellie.) PEYTON: THIS IS MY WORLD, OK!? That’s my music, (snatches papers away from Ellie) this is my art. (Larry tries to console her.) PEYTON: (distraught) Just stay outta my life, OK?! END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Peyton is still looking at the CD and Ellie steps into the room. She’s grinning.) ELLIE: That was their first single. (Peyton looks up. She’s caught and has no way of explaining herself.) ELLIE: Only a few thousand of those exist. PEYTON: I’m… I’m sorry. (replaces the CD) Your front door was unlocked. ELLIE: (shrugs) Hey,… if I’m allowed to go into your room and sneak around, you can do the same here. (Peyton frowns.) ELLIE: (sits on an armchair) Oh, wait, (grins unkindly) I wasn’t allowed to do that, was I? (Peyton looks down.) ELLIE: What’re you doing here, Peyton? PEYTON: … Well, I,… I mean I… tried to see you and… I went to your hotel room the night you left but… you were… gone. (laughs nervously) I don’t know, I didn’t know how to find you and I started to think – maybe you didn’t wanna be found. (Ellie laughs.) ELLIE: But that doesn’t really answer my question. (shrugs) What’re you doing here? PEYTON: (shrugs too) I… (thinks quickly) have a business proposition for you, actually, um,… I have this friend, (reaches into her bag and takes out a CD) right, and-and she’s a musician and she’s good, she’s really good, and… (gives the CD to Ellie) I wanna put out a record, I just,… I mean, I don’t know how. (smiles) So, I was thinking… maybe you could help me. (Peyton waits for the answer nervously. Ellie waits for a bat before smiling.) ELLIE: It’s good to see you, Peyton. (Peyton smiles, relieved.) FADE TO: [EXT. RIVER CITY – BASKETBALL COURT – DAY] (There is a girl sitting on a bench, reading a book. The outdoor basketball court looks a lot like the Rivercourt. The sht zooms in slowly from a birds-eye view. Pan around to show Lucas walking up slowly and carefully. Even though she knows someone’s there, she doesn’t move a muscle. Lucas tilts his head, examining the back cover of the book.) LUCAS: (scoffs) The mockery made him an outsider (sits beside her) and feeling an outsider… made him behave like one. (She smiles as she listens to him speak.) LUCAS: I think that’s my book. (She shuts the book and looks at him.) LUCAS: How’re you doing, Faith? (Faith laughs happily.) FAITH: Oh, my god, Lucas! (She gets up, reaches over and hugs him.) FAITH: It’s been like… a long time. LUCAS: Too long. FAITH: Wait a minute, what’re you doing here. H-how did you find me? LUCAS: Faith, if you still lived in Tree Hill, there’s only one place you’d be. (Faith folds her arms.) LUCAS: The only difference between here and there is, well,… (looks at the court) our court’s got a river that runs next to it. (Faith’s expression says that she doesn’t believe him.) LUCAS: (relenting) OK, your mom told me where you were. (Faith scoffs.) LUCAS: But I would’ve found you eventually. FAITH: Hmm, my mom always did have a soft-spot for you. (Lucas smiles and looks down.) FAITH: So,… how’s life as a big-sht Ravens superstar. LUCAS: Here we go. FAITH: Next thing, you’ll tell me you’re dating some bitchy cheerleader. (Lucas’ smile is too frozen and it gives him away.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – DAY] (Brooke, carrying a broom, stomps over to Haley who is sewing.) BROOKE: Move your ass, Haley! You are not setting a very good example! And I noticed you weren’t paying much attention during my tutorial! HALEY: (peeved) I know how to sew, Brooke! (Brooke grumbles and stomps off to a girl on the sewing machine. She taps it with the broom. Other girls are working around the room.) BROOKE: Come on, get the light out, girls, these dresses are not gonna sew themselves and where the hell is Mouth with my extra fabric!? (She stalks around some more.) HALEY: (standing in her way) Hey, HEY! Are you OK? You seem a little edgy. BROOKE: (forcing calm) I am just focussed. HALEY: Are you sure this doesn’t have anything to do with Lucas going off with Peyton? BROOKE: (stubbornly) No. It’s not like they when off on tour together, (Haley closes her eyes) and besides, it’s different this time. (Haley looks at her exasperatedly.) BROOKE: It is different, right? (Her front door opens.) HALEY: Yes. (Bevin enters with four children and a metal box.) BROOKE: Bevin, you’re late! (pause) And what are those? BEVIN: (grinning and looking at the box) Cookies! BROOKE: Not those; (looks at the children) those! Little… people thingys! (Haley grins.) BEVIN: This is my brother Tommy, my sister Tara and my nieces Jody and Kate. (Rachel walks into the apartment.) BEVIN: I promised I’d baby-sit them today. Aren’t they cute? (Brooke makes a disgusted face and sighs. She spots Rachel and her mouth drops open.) BROOKE: And what the hell is she doing here?! BEVIN: Well, I called her. You said to round up the squad. BROOKE: (furious) I didn’t mean Rachel! (points) You missed the tutorial. BEVIN: I missed the tutorial. (Brooke mimes for Bevin to shut up.) RACHEL: I think I can wing it. (Mouth walks in with the extra fabric.) RACHEL: These dresses look pretty simple. (Holds scissors up and opens and closes them.) BROOKE: (with a hard edge in her voice) Simple? (advances) HALEY: (holding onto her) Uh, Brooke, it’s actually a really good idea. We need all the help we can get. (Brooke turns and gasps.) BROOKE: Haley, you’re a genius. (She bends down in order to be level with the children.) BROOKE: Hey, kids, do you like to play dress-up? I bet you do. This is tutorial girl, she’s gonna teach you guys how to make dress-ups. Sound like fun?! HALEY: (panicked) Uh, Brooke, (turns her away) alright, this doesn’t seem terribly… right. BROOKE: Haley, you said it yourself; we need all the help we can get. (She turns to the children and ushers them forward.) BROOKE: Come on, here you go. We’ll go this way. Oh, this is gonna be so fun! (Haley smiles at Rachel and follows Brooke. Rachel turns to Bevin who opens the tin of cookies. Mouth is still holding the fabrics.) FADE TO: [EXT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE (EST) – ROOMS – DAY] (The camera pans down to show the sign of the lodge.) NATHAN: (v.o) I don’t get it. You-you finally- CUT TO: [INT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] (Deb is sitting on the bed and Nathan’s pacing.) NATHAN: -got your divorce. That’s what you wanted, mom. Why don’t you just come home? DEB: I can’t. NATHAN: Mom, I can’t just drop everything and move away. DEB: I know, and that’s why I’m not asking you to come with me. You have a wife, Nathan, and whatever it is the two of you are going through right now, that still means something. I-I don’t want you to make the same mistakes I did. (There’s a knock at the door. Deb stands, worried.) CLEANER: (through the door) Housekeeping! (Nathan looks at her.) DEB: (to the cleaner) I’m fine! NATHAN: Mom, why’re you so spooked? (Deb looks up at him.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – CONFESSIONAL – EVENING] (There are a series of still images. This one is of Dan glaring in the confessional.) HARD CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Still sht of Dan as he demands the ledger back from Deb.) HARD CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Deb, covered head to toe in black, flicks the lighter on.) END OF FLASHBACK: HARD CUT TO: [INT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] (Deb looks at him sadly.) DEB: I’m… so sorry, Nathan. (He shakes his head.) DEB: I am. (pause) But, the fre at the dealership,… it wasn’t an accident. (Nathan tilts his head, not believing. Deb touches his hand. She takes both of his.) DEB: We were going to get out,… remember? But your father wouldn’t have that. (She waits for a long moment before continuing.) DEB: It was me. (pause) I tried to kll him. (Nathan gapes and pulls his hands away. She looks up at him tearfully.) DEB: I was so miserable that day, because of your father. FALSHBACK TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – CONFESSIONAL – EVENING] (Dan fumes in the confessional as flames lick the sht.) HARD CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Deb empties pills from the vase on the counter.) (DEB: (v.o) I hadn’t been out of rehab long, and,… (The camera zooms in on the pills.) DEB: it’d been a difficult- CUT TO: [INT. THE CHURCH – CONFESSIONAL – EVENING] (sht zooms in on Dan’s furious face.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Deb lies down on the couch.) DEB: (v.o) -day. CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Realising he’s been drugged, Dan leans forward, struggling. Flames burst up from below.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Deb is still on the sofa, thinking.) DEB: (v.o) I had to find some strength… some- CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan sneers viciously, hate in his eyes.) DEB: (v.o) -courage,… CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Dan and Deb are standing at the entrance to the gym. He takes her arm, stopping her from entering.) DEB: (v.o) -to find a way out. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Deb looks at the red candles that are lit on the table.) DEB: And that’s when I found one. (Focus on the burning candles. She gets off the sofa.) FLASH TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Deb empties the pills into a mortar and grinds them into powder with the pestle. Pan up to her face as she works on the pills. The sht zooms in on her eyes.) HARD CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Dan stands there, grinning.) FLASH TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Close-up of the scotch as Deb pulls it to her. She pours the ground pills into the bottle. sht pans down the length of the bottle. There’s a hard cut to Deb re-capping the bottle.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – DAY] (Deb holds one of the candles over the tipped bottle and re-seals it with the red wax. Pan up to her face.) DEB: (v.o) There were just four things left to do: (Camera zooms in on her face again.) FLASH TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (The sht zooms out of Deb’s face as she sits at the table.) DEB: (v.o) The first;- (Zoom in on Dan’s face.) HARD CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – OFFICE – DAY] (Close-up of the newly printed note.) DEB: (v.o) -was to type the card. CUT TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – OFFICE WINDOW – EVENING] (The fre rages.) FLASH TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (There is a negative effect aspect as Deb looks at the card Lucas gives her.) HARD CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (Deb sets the scotch on Dan’s table.) DEB: (v.o) The second; was to deliver it. (She puts the newly printed card – inside and envelope – on the table, standing up, in front of the alcohol. It has his name printed on it. She turns and walks away.) FADE TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Deb has returned. She’s dressed in black with a hood over her head. She pulls it down.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (There is an unclear sht of Dan at his table.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HOSPITAL – WAITING ROOM – DAY] (Dan looks at Deb after the doctor has informed her that her blood is unusable due to her addiction to prescription drugs.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Dan kisses Deb and she slaps him hard across the face.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan is looking down, completely drugged. Close-up of Deb’s hand as she flicks the lighter on and drops it onto the spilt alcohol.) DEB: (v.o) The third… was to light it. (Deb watches for a bat before turning around, pulling the hood back up, and walking out of the dealership. Pan down to the flames as the sht focuses out.) END OF FLASHBACK: FADE TO: [INT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] (Deb is still looking up at Nathan.) DEB: (tears in her eyes) The fourth… was to ask god to take me far away from this person I’ve become. (Nathan sighs. He looks away.) DEB: I’m sorry, Nathan. I did it for both of us; (touches his shoulder) to free us. (Nathan shrugs her off.) NATHAN: No(!) (He holds his hands up and walks to the exit.) DEB: (distraught) Please, Nathan, wait. NATHAN: (stomping to the door.) No! You didn’t have the courage to leave him but you had the courage to kll him?! (Deb breathes hard and looks down. Nathan opens the door, walks out and slams it. Deb turns away from it, hands to her mouth, as she sobs.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. RIVER CITY – BASKETBALL COURT – DAY] (The sht pans across the ground and up to where Lucas and Faith have returned to their place on the bench.) LUCAS: You know how you were kinda joking about me… dating a cheerleader? Well,… FAITH: No, don’t say it(!) (Lucas sighs.) FAITH: Unbelievable. Who is it? FLASHBACK TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – BACK LAWN – EVENING] (Brooke looks at Lucas tearfully.) BROOKE: I love you. LUCAS: (smiling) I love you, too. END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [EXT. RIVER CITY – BASKETBALL COURT – DAY] (Faith looks at him disbelievingly.) FAITH: Brooke Davis?! Lucas, she is horrible! LUCAS: No, she’s not horrible. Actually, she’s a really amazing person. FAITH: Have you forgotten our freshman year? LUCAS: (nods) As much of it as I can, yes. FAITH: Morgan Finley; senior bitch, captain of the cheerleaders(!) (Lucas looks down.) FAITH: You know how much she tortured me and my friends… until, one day; some freshman boy came along and defended me. (smiles at him) Some boy named Lucas Scott. (Lucas smiles in return.) FAITH: After that, they tortured you… all year. LUCAS: Hmm, (nods) FAITH: But,… you took it. (pause) Cause if they were torturing you,… they wouldn’t pick on any of us. LUCAS: Oh, yeah, that was a fun year. FAITH: When I moved away, Brooke Davis was Morgan Finley’s most promising protégé. (Lucas shakes his head.) LUCAS: She’s different now. FAITH: (scoffs and looks away) Maybe you’re different now. (looks back) (Lucas raises his eyebrows at her.) FAITH: You said you would never join that club; the elite and the popular. So, tell me something, Luke; now that you’re basically ‘the king’ of that club… who’s looking out for the people like me? (Two basketball players have walked onto the court; unnoticed by Faith and Lucas. Lucas looks down and then up again.) FAITH: The ones who are afraid to go to school. LUCAS: (shakes his head) That’s not how it is, Faith. (Faith sighs.) LUCAS: Look, I’m not defending… who Brooke was. I am defending who she is. (nods) And trust me, she never became Morgan Finley. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Close-up of Brooke.) BROOKE: That’s it! No more cookie-breaks for anybody! Do you people wanna be here all night?! (She flaps around and yells at everyone, completely stressed out. Rachel has hung a dress on the lampshade and looks at Brooke’s retreating form slightly miffed. She spots Mouth sitting there with milk and cookies and sits beside him.) RACHEL: Hey, you’re Mouth, right? (He looks at her wordlessly.) RACHEL: You announce basketball games. I’m Rachel. MOUTH: Yeah, I know who you are. RACHEL: I’ve… listened to your interviews; on the school website. You’re really good. MOUTH: Really? (She nods.) MOUTH: Thanks. It’s just practice for,… hopefully, the future. RACHEL: So, what’s your thing? (His smile falls.) MOUTH: My thing? RACHEL Yeah, you know, every great sports announcer has a thing. Like, Phil Rizzuto has: (fake accent) ‘holy cow!’ and, um, Marv Albert has ‘yessss!’. (Mouth laughs and nods. Brooke walks up, annoyed.) BROOKE: Little more work, little less talk(!) (glares at Mouth) RACHEL: We were just… discussing Mouth’s thing. MOUTH: Yeah, it’s… (his smile falls) uh, not really what it sounds like, Brooke. (shakes his head) RACHEL: (grins and touches his arm) Isn’t he the cutest? BROOKE: (snarkily) Awww, well I hate to interrupt the (pointedly at Rachel) male bonding, but Mouth, I need you to watch the kids. (She pulls him off the couch.) MOUTH: I thought Haley was watching them. BROOKE: (grinning widely) Well, now you’re watching them, chop-chop! (She pats him on the back and forces him away from Rachel. In the process, she sht Rachel a nasty glare. She walks to Haley as Mouth approaches the children.) BROOKE: (anxiously) Haley, will you please go pick up more fabric? HALEY: I thought that was Mouth’s job. BROOKE: Will you please just do what I ask, Haley. My day has been a total crap-fest. HALEY: Guess Lucas didn’t check in then, huh? BROOKE: (defensively) So? It’s not like I don’t have problems of my own to worry about, and why are you so concerned with whether or not Lucas calls me? How’s that any of your business? HALEY: I just wanna know what would make a guy leave you first thing in the morning like that. It just doesn’t seem right. (She is obviously talking about Nathan now but Brooke doesn’t know that.) BROOKE: Thanks for rubbing that in, roommate. (Haley looks up at her as if just realising she’s there. Brooke turns and stomps away. Mouth walks past the sht as Bevin’s brother, Tommy, rides on Mouth’s back and slaps him repeatedly on the head.) MOUTH: Ow. Ow. Ow. FADE TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Ellie’s on the floor, looking at some of her records and vinyls.) ELLIE: So, I was wondering, (Peyton’s sitting on the couch) this song you wanna produce, what makes you think I could help with it? PEYTON: Well, I mean, mostly because you know a lot about music and the industry and… I mean, you do have (looks at Ellie’s music) a really nice little collection here. ELLIE: (looks hard at her) Little? (Peyton raises her eyebrows. Ellie stands, walks to her closet door and slides them open. Inside is filled, top to bottom, with music – a lot of music. It’s like Peyton’s collection only much larger. Ellie looks back and grins.) (Peyton’s eyes widen and she stands, walking to it slowly – completely stunned. She laughs.) PEYTON: (looking up) It’s like heaven. (There is a couch in the middle of the room.) PEYTON: Only, it probably sounds better. (Ellie pulls a record off one of the shelves.) ELLIE: Cure fan? PEYTON: (looks at the album) Oh, (takes it) up until this album. ELLIE: Come on, wish is a great record! PEYTON: No, ‘Disintegration’ is a great record. ‘Wish’ was pretty much the end. ELLIE: Oh, really? PEYTON: Uh-huh. ELLIE: You’re gonna tell me you don’t get chills every time you hear the violin on ‘To Wish Impossible Things’? PEYTON: Yeah, every time. ELLIE: But? PEYTON: But… I don’t remember the day. (She gives the record back and Ellie looks at the quizzically.) ELLIE: ThE day? (Peyton walks to the records on the opposite wall.) PEYTON: Yeah, you know, it’s like… like with ‘Disintegration’,… I remember the very first time I heard that record. You know, like, I remember everything about that day; the weather outside, and the smell in the air. I just… I remember all those things and that’s because… that day, I fell in love with something. ELLIE: (smiles) You fell in love with an album. PEYTON: No, (pushes a record back in. Ellie looks at her) I fell in love with music. (Ellie nods.) PEYTON: So, speaking of The Cure; um,… are you in remission. (Ellie smiles painfully and turns away to put the record back.) PEYTON: I’m sorry, I… (Ellie shakes her head.) ELLIE: No, no. (pushes the record back in) The truth is,… (turns around) I’m probably gonna be just fine. (smiles) PEYTON: (relieved) Oh, OK. That’s-that’s great. That’s,… I’m really glad for you, Ellie. (Ellie nods.) PEYTON: So, anyway, um,… I was thinking that if you are gonna help me with… Haley’s record,… that… well you could… maybe move into the house with me. (nervous) My dad, you know, he’s out to sea, (Ellie looks away) and, he said it’s OK. So… whaddaya think? ELLIE: I appreciate the invitation, Peyton. (nods) I just-I… (shrugs) I just really don’t have the time. PEYTON: (bat) Yeah. (disappointedly turns back to the records) ELLIE: But, stay a bit. (Peyton looks at her sadly.) ELLIE: There’s gotta be some other albums here that you are dad wrong about. (Peyton laughs and nods.) FADE TO: [EXT. RIVER CITY – BASKETBALL COURT – DAY] (The camera pans down from the sky. Lucas and Faith are walking.) FAITH: So, you rolled here with Peyton Sawyer? (Lucas looks at her. His look confirms it.) FAITH: (amused) Man, Tree Hill is trippin’ since I left. LUCAS: (laughs) Yeah, you’re right about that. (pause) So tell me bout your life, Faith – you happy here? FAITH: I guess so. It took me a little while to get used to it; leaving Tree Hill, changing schools,… but, now it’s basically – same life, different town. LUCAS: Yeah, your mom sounds good. FAITH: Yeah, she is; finally got a good coaching job. (Lucas smiles and nods.) FAITH: Not too many schools out there are gonna let a woman coach a boys’ basketball team. LUCAS: Yeah, well,… if anyone can do it, she can. FAITH: Hmmm, definitely true. (Lucas looks down as a basketball comes to a stop at his feet. He bends and picks it up. The two guys who walked onto the court earlier walk to Faith and Lucas.) GUY1: Look what we have here; one of the Tree Hill Ravens. (Lucas spins the ball in his hands and scoffs.) FAITH: Fan club? (Lucas gives her an ‘as if’ look. The second guy snatches the basketball back.) GUY2: You losers win a game, yet? FAITH: (eyebrows raised) You losers call next? GUY1: There’s nobody here. FAITH: Really? Coz,… (indicates her and Lucas) we’re here. (bat) Game to eleven by ones, win by two. Winners stay, losers walk. (The guys laugh.) GUY2: What, us two against him? (laughs) FAITH: No, (walks forward) you two (takes the ball) against us. (Lucas stands there as she throws the ball at the hoop – from the grass – and it goes in. The guys look back slowly and worriedly. Lucas smirks.) FAITH: Our ball. LUCAS: Same jump sht – different town. (The four of them walk onto the court. Lucas takes his shirt off. Faith takes her jacket off and ties her hair up. They slap hands and get ready. Faith runs to the other end as the ball is thrown at Lucas.) FAITH: Go! (Lucas dribbles the ball a few times before running to the hoop and dunking the ball. Faith dribbles the ball and gets it through the hoop.) (Guy 2 sh*t and scores. They get the next one too. Lucas gets the next one and so does Faith.) (Lucas and Faith have a better defence and are getting more baskets than the other team.) FAITH: (to guy 1) Nine to six. (She walks to Lucas.) FAITH: How’s my hair – still sexy? LUCAS: Um-hm. GUY2: (shoves his friend) She’s a girl, for god’s sakes, guard her. GUY1: You guard her. (walks away aggravated) (Cut back to the game. Faith throws the ball at Lucas. He jumps and throws it through the hoop.) LUCAS: Game. FAITH: OK, then, nice to see you guys. (pats them both on the back) Take care, see ya later. (grins) Bye. (walks to Lucas) Nice game, Luke. Brooke Davis would be proud. (He puts his arm around her and they walk out of the sht.) FADE TO: [EXT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] (Nathan is leaning against his car, looking down and thinking.) FLASHBACK TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (The fre is blazing and firemen are there, attacking the flames.) FASH TO: [EXT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – PARKING LOT – EVENING] (Dan is wheeled to face Deb, Nathan and Haley by a fireman. He’s strapped to breathing equipment. He looks at them coldly.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [EXT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] (Nathan is still thinking. Deb walks out to him.) DEB: (cautiously) Can I sit with you? (Nathan doesn’t answer) Please. NATHAN: (breathes deeply) How did it come to this, mom? DEB: (bat before she sits next to him) I ask myself that question every single day. NATHAN: (sadly) I’m sitting here, thinking about my thirteenth birthday; dad surprised me with Hawks tickets; front row, on the court. We drove all the way to Atlanta – the three of us. I remember that trip; how much fun we had as a family. I just wanted to replay that memory… just to remember it. (pause) Then I saw your face. It was always right there in front of me and I never saw it. DEB: (whispering) What? NATHAN: You were never happy. (looks at her) (Deb gasps and looks away.) NATHAN: Dad is a bad guy, mom,… but somewhere, deep down, he still just wants me to be the best that I can be. He doesn’t deserve to die for that! (Deb doesn’t know what to say. Nathan looks down again.) DEB: Two years ago, the coach from Oak Lake Academy came to see your father – to recruit you. The number one high school basketball program in the country… and your father sent him away. NATHAN: (squints and looks away) He wouldn’t do that. DEB: He did! (pause) And I told him i-it wasn’t his decision to make. You were gonna go to that school whether he liked it or not – and that I was leaving with you. NATHAN: (reluctantly interested) What’d he say? DEB: … He looked at me- FLASHBACK TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Dan looks ahead, annoyed.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [EXT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] DEB: He spoke calmly. (pause) He said that if I took you away, he would find us- FLASHBACK TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan is shouting at Deb.) END OF FLASHBACK: CUT TO: [EXT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] DEB: … And he would kll me. (Nathan looks up, frowning.) DEB: Don’t you see, Nathan? Your father will always try to control you. He’ll never let you go. FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (The fre bursts through the window and touches the framed family photo in one of the pigeon holes.) END OF FLASHBACK: FADE TO: [EXT. EVAN’S MOTOR LODGE – DEB’S ROOM – DAY] (Nathan is still frowning.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. RIVER CITY – BASKETBALL COURT – DAY] (Birds-eye view of Lucas and Faith walking off the court.) LUCAS: You know, thanks for reminding me of a few things today. FAITH: Like what? LUCAS: Well, how much fun we used to have; hanging out at the Rivercourt all day, playing ball. (laughing) Growing up. FAITH: Yeah, it was like old times, wasn’t it? LUCAS: Yeah, it was. No uniforms; no crowds; no cheerleaders – just you and me and the game. I almost forgot what it was like. Playing just to play. FAITH: (laughs) Speak for yourself. I wanted to crush those guys. (pause) I was right about you, you know? That you’ve changed, but, uh,… I think, maybe, it’s for the best. LUCAS: (turns to her) OK,… you’ve teased me all day about how much I’ve changed,… what about you, huh? FAITH: What about me? LUCAS: Well, for a girl who used to be, ah, afraid to go to school. FAITH: (nods) Um-hm. LUCAS: You sure stood up to those guys at the court. FAITH: (scoffs) Like I said: maybe it’s for the best. (pause) So you said, back there, I reminded you of a few things. What else? LUCAS: (reluctantly) How much I miss… seeing ya. FAITH: Ah, yeah, that’s like a no-brainer. (She laughs and they hug.) FAITH: Don’t be a stranger, Luke. LUCAS: Right, well, the phone goes both ways. FAITH: Yeah, I know, but,… I didn’t say keep in touch. (smiles) I said don’t be a stranger. LUCAS: (laughs) Alright. (He dumps his shirt on the front seat of the car and then gets into the drivers side. Faith walks away.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke walks to Bevin who’s sitting on the couch, sewing.) BROOKE: Bevin, (picks up the dress and looks at it) this is terrible, the stitching is all wrong! BEVIN: I missed the tutorial. (Brooke throws the dress back at her and walks away with a sigh. She gets to Rachel and holds her hands out. Rachel hands it over. Brooke examines it.) BROOKE: (amazed) This… is actually kinda perfect. RACHEL: I know. (stands) But it’s mine! (snatches it back) I ordered it online this morning. BROOKE: Wait a second; you came over here to make your own dress?! RACHEL: Well, I liked the design, I just,… didn’t trust the designer. (She walks to the door.) RACHEL: See ya, Mouth. Call me. (opens the door) MOUTH: (waves) Bye. (The door slams shut.) BROOKE: (raging) Well, great, thanks everybody; for wasting my time today! (She turns towards the bedroom but Haley intercepts her.) HALEY: Brooke, stop it! Everybody here’s been busting their butt for you and you’ve pretty much been a bitch all day long. BROOKE: We haven’t gotten anything done! I’ve been dreaming about this for so long! Don’t you understand? HALEY: No. Not if it changes you, Brooke, trust me. No dream is worth that. (Brooke straightens and realises that Haley’s right. She looks around the room at all the sad girls and children. Mouth is looking at her disappointedly.) BROOKE: Shut it down, Mouth – all of it. HALEY: Brooke, that’s not- BROOKE: -No, just… stop the orders and… give everybody their money back. (smiles tightly) MOUTH: We spent most of the money, Brooke. Well, how do you think we bought all the material and supplies? (Brooke spreads her hands.) BROOKE: Then I’ll finish it myself. (pause) It’s my problem. Everybody, just go home, please. (Mouth and Tommy look at each other.) BROOKE: I’m really sorry for the way that I treated all of you today. I, um,… I haven’t been myself. (Haley touches her back and Brooke walks forward.) BROOKE: Hey, kids, (reaches down and picks some CDs up) hey, here, will you take these? (She hands CDs out to the kids as the walk past. Haley stands in the background.) BROOKE: Thanks. I’m so sorry. (Haley urges the kids on before looking at Brooke.) HALEY: That was a really nice thing to do, Brooke. (takes the last CD) With my CDs. (walks away) (Brooke doesn’t say anything. She looks at Mouth who is watching her disappointedly. He shakes his head. Brooke looks away sadly.) FADE TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – CLOSET – EVENING] (The camera pans up from the records to the table. Peyton grabs a framed concert ticket.) PEYTON: I can’t believe you saw the first U2 tour in the states! (grins) ELLIE: (sitting on the couch) Yeah, they opened for the Psychedelic Firs… (sits up) and if you’re lucky, I might even have a t-shirt from that tour somewhere around here. (Ellie stands and walks away. Peyton watches her before replacing the frame.) PEYTON: (calling out) Hey, I’m gonna get some water, can I get you some? (When there’s no answer, Peyton shrugs and walks to the kitchen. She opens a cabinet door and looks in – it’s completely empty. She opens the one next to it and sees that it’s empty too. She walks across the kitchen and opens more. They are all empty. She continues to look through them… panicked.) (The refrigerator only has a carton of juice inside. Ellie walks in and Peyton shuts the door of the fridge. She turns around and sees Ellie looking at her accusingly.) PEYTON: (crosses her arms) So this is it? (She’s trying her best not to cry. Ellie tilts her head wordlessly.) PEYTON: There’s no food, Ellie! And there’s barely any furniture! (Ellie laughs to herself.) PEYTON: Nothing like, what, a bed and a rockin’ soundtrack to die to, right?! ELLIE: You don’t know what you’re talking about. PEYTON: (depressed) You came here to die. (nods) ELLIE: (coldly) Who the hell do you think you are? PEYTON: Don’t I deserve the truth? ELLIE: (hurt) The truth? The truth is I don’t have any furniture because I’m always on the road; I don’t keep any food in the house because I eat out! (pause) This is the way I’ve always lived, Peyton, except I usually get the added benefit of being alone. (Peyton looks at her, unable to believe her hears.) ELLIE: At least for the last seventeen years I did. (Peyton looks down; upset and ashamed. Ellie sighs and turns away restlessly.) ELLIE: You didn’t come here to seek music advice; (pause as Peyton looks at her) you came here out of guilt. (pause) And guess what; I don’t want it, and I don’t need it. In fact, get out! (Peyton gapes, speechless. She finally moves away towards the exit before turning back.) PEYTON: You know what, fine. FINE! Fine! You’re right, OK? So I came to see how you are! Is that so bad?! (pause) Am I such a horrible person because I was worried about you? I just,… I thought we could do something really good together, OK? Maybe even something, like,… great! (Ellie’s eyes are gradually becoming redder.) PEYTON: I wanted to sell that record so we could raise money for cancer research. (Ellie is crying, her back’s to Peyton the whole time.) PEYTON: Sorry I cared. (Peyton gives up and walks away. Ellie doesn’t look at the empty doorway as she puts a hand to her head and cries.) FADE TO: [INT. NATHAN’S CAR – PARKING LOT – DAY] (Deb and Nathan are sitting in his car, outside the lodge.) NATHAN: (sighs) So I guess this is goodbye, mom. (Deb is sitting there, thinking. She finally comes out of it and smiles.) DEB: Just for a little while. (smiles) I’ll never leave you for good. NATHAN: … You know, I’m not so good on my own, either. DEB: (turns to face him fully) The day you emancipated yourself… you broke my heart. (pause) And now, I realise; it was your strongest moment. Hopefully I can find that kind of strength. NATHAN: (looks at her sadly) I don’t wanna be alone. DEB: (smiles) You’re not alone. You have Haley. (puts a hand on his shoulder) Go home and deal with your marriage. (pause) Don’t avoid it until it becomes something you have to run from. (She touches his face and Nathan nods. They reach over and hug.) NATHAN: (reluctantly) Goodbye, mom. DEB: (close to tears) Bye. (She gets out of the car and shuts the door. Nathan starts the car and Deb watches him with tears in her eyes.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – PEYTON’S CAR – DAY] (Peyton sits in the passenger seat as Lucas drives home. He spares her a few glances.) LUCAS: I’m sorry about Ellie. PEYTON: (looking almost broken) I don’t think I’m ever gonna see her again, Luke. (He looks at her and then puts his arm around her shoulders, pulling her to him. They drive home.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of a lamp with one of Brooke’s dresses draped haphazardly over it. Bits of fabric, sewing equipment and food have been left all over the apartment. Brooke is lying on the couch, upset and looking at one of her dresses. The phone rings. She looks at the screen, rolls her eyes and answers it.) BROOKE: Hi, where are you? LUCAS: (through the phone) Hey, Brooke, I’m really sorry but it’s gonna be a little while; Peyton’s car broke down. BROOKE: … Great(!) (sits up on the couch) So the two of you are gonna have to spend the night in some seedy motel- (There’s a knock on the door. She stands and walks to it.) BROOKE: -Yeah, then one thing will lead to another and- (She opens the door and her eyes widen. Lucas is standing in the doorway. He shuts his phone.) BROOKE: (smiles) Pretty risky trick, mister. LUCAS: You weren’t worried, were you? (He walks into the apartment.) BROOKE: Totally, not for a second, worried. (He makes a distinct sounds of scepticism before kissing her.) LUCAS: What, bad day? BROOKE: I just really needed my boyfriend. LUCAS: Well, he’s here now. (looks hard at her) Put me to work. BROOKE: I don’t wanna work anymore. (laughs) Can we go do something you wanna do? LUCAS: (wincing) Actually, I… have something I need to go do. BROOKE: (nods unhappily) OK. LUCAS: (grinning) With you. (He takes her arm and leads her out of the open door) BROOKE: Wh- (She looks at him and grins as he shuts the door.) FADE TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of the phone on its cradle before the sht pans to the CD player. Ellie presses the ‘close’ button and the CD drawer slides in. The answer phone beeps.) ELECTRONIC FEMALE: You have one message. (Ellie’s doctor starts to speak.) DOCTOR: (through the phone) Ms. Harp, this is Dr. Gold calling from East Lake memorial. (she presses play and Haley’s song – Halo, plays) It is… extremely important that you call me back. As I said earlier, we need to talk about your decision to stop treatment. I really, really urge you to reconsider- (She turns up the volume, drowning out his voice over the machine. She leans back and listens to the song.) FADE TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – MAYORS OFFICE – DUSK] (Dan looks at his ‘MAYOR DAN SCOTT’ plaque before turning with a grin and placing it on the desk. He lines it up properly.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley is sitting on her bed, sad. She looks at her phone, flips it open and scrolls down to ‘Nathan’s cell’. She rethinks and shuts the phone again.) FADE TO: [EXT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (A hand knocks on Peyton’s door. Peyton opens it to Ellie and her expression freezes.) ELLIE: (smiling) You were right-… the song’s good. (holds up the disc in a blue cover) (Peyton grins.) ELLIE: Needs background vocals. PEYTON: Yeah,… um,… it’s just a demo. (smiles) ELLIE: It’s a business arrangement. PEYTON: (nods but doesn’t believe) Of course. (Peyton steps aside and Ellie walks in. Peyton has a huge grin on her face as she shuts the door.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (The door opens to Nathan.) HALEY: (relieved) Hey(!) (smiles and he looks down) What’s up? NATHAN: (shrugs) Just… wanted to see you. (smiles) (Haley smiles slowly. Nathan walks in and puts his arm around Haley. He kicks the door shut and they walk to the bedroom.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – THE COURT – EVENING] (The guys Lucas used to play basketball with before he joined the Ravens are there. Pan down to show Lucas standing at the edge of the court with Brooke.) LUCAS: This is my world, Brooke. (laughs) Or, at least it used to be. BROOKE: I have been here before, you know? LUCAS: I know,… I just never told you what this place is to me. (Brooke smiles and listens.) LUCAS: It’s not just a court… it’s where I came from, it’s where I belong… it’s my world. BROOKE: So do I get to be part of this world? LUCAS: The biggest part. MOUTH: (o.s) Ladies and gentlemen, what a treat we have tonight – Rivercourt legend, Lucas Scott. (grins) (Brooke laughs and waves at Mouth.) MOUTH: It’s been months since Scott’s won a full-court game here, so I guess the big question is… will he play tonight? (Lucas and Brooke look at each other. She motions with her head.) BROOKE: Go get em, boyfriend. (She smiles and they kiss. He walks onto the court and back to where he came from. Brooke walks to Mouth and sits happily next to him. They watch the game. Lucas throws the ball through the hoop.) MOUTH: (into the mic) Nice sht. (The guys continue to play the game.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x10 - Brave New World"}	foreverdreaming
FADE IN: LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke stands in Lucas’ doorway with a box in her arms.) BROOKE: There are eighty-two letters in here. (Lucas frowns at her slightly.) BROOKE: And they’re all addressed to you. (She gives the box to him.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Haley is consoling Brooke who is lying dejectedly on the couch.) HALEY: So they stole a couple of designs – they didn’t steal your talent. We’ll put together a website. We’ll sell them ourselves. (Brooke holds her fist out.) BROOKE: Clothes- CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – CORRIDOR – EVENING] (Bevin walks out of the bedroom and down the corridor in one of Brooke’s dresses.) BROOKE: (v.o) Over Bro’s? HALEY: (looks at Bevin, amazed) Oh my gosh! PEYTON: You made that? HALEY: (in awe) Brooke! BROOKE: Uh-huh. (Bevin twirls.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke holds up one of her red dresses that Rachel’s just finished sewing.) BROOKE: It’s actually kinda perfect. RACHEL: (stands and snatches it back) But it’s mine. BROOKE: You came over here to make your own dress!? CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Dan stands on the stairs with his arms out.) SPEAKER: Mayor of Tree Hill, North Carolina – Dan Scott! (The crowd claps and cheers. Balloons and streamers fall from the ceiling.) CUT TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (Close-up of the note with the alcohol that sits on Dan’s desk.) DAN: (v.o) I believe that’s the same brand of booze used to poison me- CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – OFFICE – DAY] (Close-up of the TV screen which is playing a security camera tape.) DAN: (v.o) and wait for it, this is the good part;- (Cut to Dan hanging over Karen’s shoulder as he pauses the tape.) DAN: that’s someone you care about, buying it. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – EVENING] (Karen is alone in the café and on the phone.) KAREN: I need to ask you something; did you try to kll Dan? CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – ELECTIONS – EVENING] (Close-up of the brned note that Lucas’ just handed to Deb.) LUCAS: (v.o) That’s the last shred of evidence. (Cut to Lucas on the steps beside her.) LUCAS: Maybe this can finally set you free. CUT TO: [EXT. LEAVING TREE HILL – DEB’S CAR – EVENING] (Deb is driving away from Tree Hill at night, while talking on the phone.) DEB: It’s me. (pause) Lucas knows. CUT TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – CLOSET – DAY] (Peyton stands next to Ellie’s vast collection of music and talks to her.) PEYTON: If you are gonna help me with… Haley’s record… - CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Ellie stands in the doorway, smiling.) PEYTON: -well, you could,…- CUT TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – CLOSET – DAY] PEYTON: -maybe move into the house with me. CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Ellie is still standing there.) ELLIE: It’s a business arrangement. CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley is lying on Nathan’s bed, looking at him.) NATHAN: (v.o) Stay with me tonight. (Haley smiles and Nathan hovers over her. She pulls him to her by taking hold of his wedding ring.) HALEY: (v.o) Oh, I was hoping you would say that. (They kiss.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – BOY’S LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (The camera pans slowly across the messy and deserted locker room.) LUCAS: (v.o) H. L, Mencken wrote: ‘every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.’ (Lucas walks into the locker room, dejectedly. He is closely pursued by Nathan and the rest of the team.) NATHAN: Great, oh and two. What the hell’re you doing out there? (throws his towel aside) (Lucas faces him, pissed off.) LUCAS: Me?! Why don’t you try passing the ball sometime! NATHAN: It’s called carrying you! I might as well be out there alone! WHITEY: (walks in) Alright! (takes out his glasses) Let’s see who won tonight’s pissing contest. (puts the glasses on) Lucas Scott: (Lucas looks up at him.) WHITEY: Sixteen points. Nathan Scott: twenty-two points. (Nathan looks down.) WHITEY: (takes the glasses off) Combined desists: TWO! I guess we skipped the part about sharing the ball. Basketball is a team game and there’s no ‘I’ in team! (Lucas and Nathan are aptly ashamed of themselves.) WHITEY: I assume you morons can spell. (He looks at them for a moment before walking away. The team don’t move.) RACHEL: (v.o) S-U-C-K, what’s that spell? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GIRL’S LOCKER ROOM – EVENING] (Rachel is standing at her open locker.) RACHEL: Ravens. (She shuts her locker door.) (Brooke steps over the bench to a grinning Haley who is brushing her hair.) BROOKE: (sighs) OK, I know you’re new at this, but the cheeriness stops when we lose. HALEY: (still smiling) Hey, I’m sorry we lost but Nathan’s gonna need ‘consoling’. (Brooke gapes at her.) BROOKE: And you’re the consolation prize? (Haley turns her head partially and smirks.) BROOKE: (nudges her) Oh, I like the way you think, roommate. HALEY: (turns to her fully) Good, because, um,… I’ve got dibs on the bedroom tonight. BROOKE: (surprised and impressed) Are you issuing a pre-emptive scrunchie? (Haley’s smile says it all.) BROOKE: Anything for love. HALEY: (pleased) Thank you, you’re the best. See you guys later. (Haley stands and walks out of the locker room. Peyton looks at Brooke accusingly.) PEYTON: I think you’re rubbing off on her. BROOKE: Why? Is being desperately horny contagious? (Peyton frowns at her.) BROOKE: Guess I’ll just have to sleep with Lucas. PEYTON: Oh, you mean sleep at Lucas’s. BROOKE: (frowns too) Unfortunately, that’s exactly what I mean; no sex till our hearts catch up with our hormones, (grabs her bag) but,… there’re other things we can do. (stands behind Peyton) PEYTON: (humouring her) Oh really, under Karen’s roof? (Brooke stares for a moment – open-mouthed.) BROOKE: (nodding) Being in love sucks. (Brooke pats Peyton and they walk to the exit of the locker room.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (The camera pans down from the sign above the gym. Nathan walks out of the boy’s locker room and sees Dan standing there, waiting for him.) NATHAN: (spots him) And the worst part about losing is seeing you afterwards. DAN: (walks with him) So then stop losing. (Nathan sighs and shakes his head.) DAN: By the way, I think I isolated your problem – it’s your ex-wife. (Nathan looks at Dan.) NATHAN: For your information, she’s still my wife. You leave her out of this. DAN: I would but I ran into her in your bed the other day. (Nathan frowns at him.) DAN: I know you usually pull ‘Cs’ in history so I’m gonna give you a little help here; it has a way of repeating itself. NATHAN: What’s that supposed to mean? DAN: You wanna bounce a basketball on the court or a baby on your knee? Haley gets pregnant, you stick around. How convenient for her. (Nathan scoffs disbelievingly.) NATHAN: It didn’t work for Karen, did it? DAN: It worked for your mom. NATHAN: Whatever, dad, Haley would never do that. DAN: I hope you’re right. But you gotta ask yourself – how far is she willing to go? (Nathan looks away at Dan’s knowing look. Dan spots Haley approaching.) DAN: Haley, wow, look at you; you’re absolutely ‘glowing’. (Dan smirks at Nathan before walking away. Nathan gives him a warning look.) HALEY: (looks at Nathan) OK, (pushes Nathan) hi(!) NATHAN: Hey. HALEY: I’m sorry you lost. You looked good, though. NATHAN: (laughs) Yeah, thanks. HALEY: Uh, listen, I-I wanted to know if maybe you wanted to come over and I could cook dinner and… maybe (pointedly) breakfast. (laughs) (Nathan shifts uncomfortably and looks at his father who is talking to a couple out of hearing range. Dan looks back at him.) NATHAN: (deciding) I’d love to. (Haley grins and they walk off together, their arms around each other.) (Brooke and Lucas walk out of the changing rooms) BROOKE: So, what if I start sleepwalking and my pyjamas accidentally fall off (Lucas frowns as her listens) aaaand, I end up in your bed(!) LUCAS: Well, as long as you’re there in the morning. (Brooke moans happily and hugs his arm which she’s holding.) LUCAS: When the sun rises on my heart. (Broke slaps him hard on said arm.) BROOKE: Lucas Scott, that is so unfair, you are not allowed to quote from my letters! (Lucas is looking the other way. Brooke turns her head in the same direction and spots it. She yells happily and runs into the car park, skipping delightedly.) BROOKE: HI! (She jumps into Keith’s arms. Keith gets off the car bonnet and catches her in a hug.) KEITH: Hey. BROOKE: Ohhh… (Keith imitates the noise. Lucas, recovering from the shock, finally walks to the pair.) KEITH: Hey, you. BROOKE: Hi. (turns to Lucas) Oh my god(!) LUCAS: Hey! KEITH: Oh and two; can’t you do anything right without me, huh? (Lucas laughs and hugs his uncle.) LUCAS: Keith. KEITH: Hey, nephew(!) LUCAS: Oh(!) (They let go.) BROOKE: (still in shock) It is so great to have you back(!) (frowns) Is Jules with you? KEITH: Uhh, no. BROOKE: Good. I never liked her, by the way. (Keith laughs and Lucas shakes his head.) BROOKE: I’m, um,… I’m gonna… crash on my couch – give you two some catch-up time. (smiles and hugs Keith again) It’s so good to see you. KEITH: (hugs her back) Hmmm, you too. (Brooke turns to Lucas.) BROOKE: You, on the other hand, I never want to see again(!) (Lucas laughs.) BROOKE: (to Keith) Bye(!) (She bounces away.) KEITH: I guess that makes you… oh and three, (puts his arm around Lucas’ shoulders) huh? LUCAS: Yep(!) (They start walking.) KEITH: So, how is it? LUCAS: Not bad. Oh, it’s good to see you. FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. THE RIVERWALK – STREETS – EVENING] (Lucas and Keith walk together down the street – drinking coffee that isn’t Karen’s.) KEITH: OK, so, what’s the story with Brooke? You’re back together and… (amused) and she says she never wants to see you again? (Lucas laughs.) LUCAS: Yeah, we’re back together. (pause) But she wrote… letters over the summer and I’ve been reading one a day and kinda teasing her. KEITH: Hmmm, love letters. Well, that’s uh,… one step up from tattoos. (Lucas points at him and they walk half way up some steps to a fountain. They stop.) LUCAS: (suddenly serious) Look, um,… I know you were upset with me when you left. I shoulda told you about Jules. KEITH: Yeah, you should have. (pause) But,… you know, that’s a tough one. (They sit on the steps.) KEITH: (laughs) Keith, your, uh,… lunatic brother hired you fiancé to sleep with you and break your heart. Up for a game of horse? (Keith smiles good-heartedly and Lucas laughs.) LUCAS: I know, but, I- KEITH: (heads him off) Hey, look, Luke,… I forgave you a long time ago. You were protecting me, you know? And… messed up as it was, you did what you thought was right. LUCAS: (smiles) So where you been? I mean, why’d it take you so long to find Jules? KEITH: Oh, it didn’t. (sighs) Once I knew her real name, it wasn’t that hard. (pause) But the woman that I found wasn’t Jules. (pause) Emily wasn’t the person that I thought she was. (pause) More importantly,… she wasn’t your mom; took me longer to deal with that. LUCAS: (nods) That why you came back? KEITH: … I came back because… Deb told me everything. (Lucas nods.) KEITH: You know, pulling Dan out of the fre was a brave thing, Luke. Stupid,… but brave. A lotta guys would’ve never gone in there. LUCAS: Sometimes, I wish I hadn’t. KEITH: Yeah,… who else knows what you did? LUCAS: Well, you, me and Deb… and Dan. He kinda choked it outta me. (Keith’s eyes widen angrily.) LUCAS: No, its fine, it’s… it’s OK. (pause) And Peyton! (pause) Knows too. (Keith scoffs) KEITH: You kept the Jules secret for two months. (grins) Nice work. (Lucas laughs.) KEITH: So, how’s your mom? LUCAS: She’ll be happy to see you. KEITH: (hastily) Oh, do me a favour,… let me surprise her. (Lucas laughs again and thumps him on the arm.) KEITH: (holds the cup up) Yep? LUCAS: Got it. (knocks cups with him) (They drink.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (The camera pans up from the foot of the bed. There is a lot of music lying on the bed. Ellie is looking through it all. Peyton walks in and stops at her doorway. Ellie looks at her.) ELLIE: Hey! How was the game? (Peyton’s still shocked that Ellie’s living with her. She just smiles and enters.) ELLIE: Oh, that bad, huh? PEYTON: No, it’s just… this is odd, right? Like… I don’t know, just odd having somebody else here. (Ellie nods and looks down at the music again.) PEYTON: It’s a good odd, though. (Peyton’s put her foot in it and knows it.) PEYTON: (cautiously) We got any bands yet? ELLIE: (shakes her head) I have calls out to everyone. (Peyton turns her head and looks at the door of her closet. The door she normally writes the names of bands on.) ELLIE: Nobody wants to be the first to commit… but all it takes is one band – the rest will fall in line. (She picks up a newspaper and stands from the bed.) ELLIE: Check this out. Nada Surf is playing in Charlotte tomorrow night. (grins) They’d be great for the album, don’t you think? (Ellie shows Peyton the ad where she’s circled Nada Surf’s name.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Close-up of a large bowl of pasta which Haley’s stirring.) HALEY: OK, just try a little bit of that. (She holds out a huge spoon with pasta on it for Nathan to try. He tries it.) NATHAN: Hmm, (pause) too much mac, not enough cheese. (Haley dumps the spoon back into the bowl. Nathan pulls a photo album towards him.) HALEY: So, uh, what were you and Dan talking about after the game? NATHAN: (avoiding eye contact) Oh, um,… just the, the usual – Dan trying to control my life. (He looks at a picture of a couple holding a baby and the same baby on her own, dressed in pink with a pink wand.) HALEY: (smiling fondly) Look how cute she is. (She is grating more cheese. Nathan looks at her worriedly. Haley continues to grate the cheese and gets a finger in the way.) HALEY: Ow! Oh! (She turns away and moans in pain.) NATHAN: You OK? Let me see. (He stands up and walks to her. She holds her hand out to him.) NATHAN: Oh, yeah, you just grazed it. Let me get you a band aid. HALEY: OK, in the bathroom. Kiss first. (He kisses her. She turns and walks away, sucking her thumb. She turns on the tap and runs her thumb under it.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BATHROOM – EVENING] (sht from inside the cabinet. Nathan opens the door and looks inside. He opens the one next to it and looks inside there too. He lifts out a pill tub and frowns at it. Brooke walks in and spots him.) BROOKE: What’re you doing? (smiles suspiciously) NATHAN: Oh, I was just… (looks back at the tub) (He smiles and replaces it.) NATHAN: looking for band aids. BROOKE: Well, buddy, you found my birth control patches. Those… fix a whole other problem. (points) Next cabinet. (She leaves the bathroom. Nathan opens the next door and finds the band aids but no more birth control. He reaches up and keeps on rummaging.) (Brooke is at the kitchen counter, looking through the mail.) BROOKE: OK, the bedroom is all yours! I’ll be sleeping on the couch all night; praying I don’t hear the boring married sex(!) (She pulls out a letter and reads it. Haley turns to her with a grin.) BROOKE: Oh my god! (Haley turns back to Brooke and listens.) BROOKE: (reading the letter) Congratulations, your designs have been selected to appear at this years Rouge Vogue showcase(!) HALEY: (impressed) Cool, what’s Rouge Vogue? BROOKE: It’s like a competition for emerging fashion designers in New York! ‘Your designs will be modelled for all the major labels.’ Shut up! HALEY: (shocked) Brooke, that’s so awesome! I didn’t even know you applied. BROOKE: I didn’t. That’s why this is so bizarre! HALEY: Wait a second. Remember last year; Lucas submitted Peyton’s artwork to THUD magazine? BROOKE: Oh, you’re right. (shakes her head and smiles) This has Lucas written all over it. He is so sweet! (She reads the letter again.) BROOKE: Unless, of course, he’s being a total jerk and quoting my letters to me which I am getting back, by the way! I’m gonna Google this. (holds the letter up) HALEY: OK, but not in the bedroom- (She stops and sighs when Brooke ignores her.) HALEY: Still bleeding, here. (Nathan walks in with the band aid and strips off the plastic backing.) HALEY: What took you so long? NATHAN: I, uh, I couldn’t find it. (pause) Haley, um, the other night when we were together, um,… (puts the band aid on her finger) I mean, we’re good with birth control, right? (She looks at him sharply.) NATHAN: You’re still on it? HALEY: Well, of course I am, but I wasn’t that night. (Nathan looks away.) HALEY: I’m sorry, I know it was stupid, I just, um,… NATHAN: (sighs) Yeah, I g-I gotta go. (He turns and walks away.) HALEY: What?! What-why-what is this? NATHAN: I can’t believe my dad was right. HALEY: You talked to Dan about this?! (Nathan opens the front door.) HALEY: Nathan! Nathan, please don’t walk out! You do it all the time! NATHAN: That’s because it keeps me from saying things you don’t wanna hear! (He slams the door shut and Haley sighs; throwing her arms up and shaking her head.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – SCHOOL BUS – DAWN] (Lucas walks around the school bus, to the rest of the team who are all tired. Whitey steps out of the bus.) WHITEY: (grinning) Good morning, gentlemen! (looks around at them) Well, five am comes awful early, especially when you’re oh and two! (He frowns at his co-captains who seem to stand awfully close to one another more often than not; even though they don’t like each other.) WHITEY: Get on the bus! Now! LUCAS: Where’re we going? WHITEY: To our gym. (smiles coldly) NATHAN: Coach, you’re getting senile – this is our gym. WHITEY: Not anymore. Come on, load up, go! (He blows the whistle very close to Lucas’ ears. Lucas puts a hand to his ear and winces as he follows the other players.) CUT TO: [INT. DECREPIT GYM – DAWN] (Focus on a broken basketball hoop. There’s an ungodly squeal as the door opens. Pan down as Whitey and the team enter.) WHITEY: I hope you boys have had your tetanus shts. (smiles to himself) Because you’re gonna be spending a lot of time here. (Lucas frowns as he walks in.) RANDOM PLAYER: What’s wrong with the other gym? WHITEY: Got my name on it, (walks in and turns to them) and I’m tired of you all disgracing it. (pause) So it’s either… find another gym or change my name… (pause as he glares at them) and I like my name. NATHAN: You really expect us to practice in this dump? WHITEY: (laughs) Oh, not only practice; till further notice, you’re gonna play all your games in here. (Nathan sneers at it. Whitey picks up a broom.) WHITEY: But first, (pause) you’re gonna clean it up. (There’s a squeal before a sht of the biggest rat in the world running across the other end of the court.) WHITEY: Here you go. (throws the broom at Nathan) Co-captain(!) (Whitey smirks and laughs. The guys look around at their ‘project’. Lucas nods and sighs.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADDE IN: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Lucas’ bed is a tip. There are books and clothes everywhere. Pan across to Brooke going through his drawers. She has turned his room upside-down in search of her letters. Lucas walks in and stops when he sees her. He coughs.) BROOKE: (looking at him) Where are my letters, I want them back! (He’s not bothered about what she’s done to his room, at all.) LUCAS: Oh, Brooke, seeing you like this makes… the sun go down on my heart. (She throws a piece of clothing at him.) BROOKE: Oh, I hate you! (He catches it and laughs.) BROOKE: This is not fair. You don’t get to tease me! LUCAS: (throws the socks back) OK, I’ll stop! (walks to her) You know, I missed you last night. (He corners her against the chest of drawers.) BROOKE: Well, I was gonna invite you to spend the night, tonight. You know, (he tries to kiss her and she puts her hand over his mouth) reward you for doing a little writing of your own. (Lucas thinks about her response, confused.) LUCAS: Reward me? BROOKE: But now there’s price for admission. LUCAS: (sighs) Let me guess; the letters. BROOKE: Yep. Bring them… (brings him forward slightly) or you’ll find out what it’s like to be teased. (She walks out of his room. Lucas looks around at the mess his room has become.) LUCAS: (yelling behind him) Oh, don’t worry, I’ll clean up! (The front door opens and closes.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – GROUNDS – DAY] (Brooke scowls and stomps across the grounds to where Rachel’s voice can be heard.) RACHEL: (o.s) So the guy told me he was twenty-six. (Pan across to Rachel talking to a group of girls.) RACHEL: But he was really twenty-two – big mistake. (Brooke takes her by the arm and drags her away.) BROOKE: You think that’s funny, don’t you? Wearing my clothes. (Brooke crosses her arms and so does Rachel.) RACHEL: Well, I made it. Besides, it’s free advertising. BROOKE: Oh, really? I thought you charge by the hour(!) (Brookes continues walking and grabs hold of Haley who’s at the notice board.) BROOKE: Hey. (Haley turns.) HALEY: Hm? (They walk together.) BROOKE: I’m officially confirming my room reservation for tonight. Lucas is coming over for his ‘thank you’ for submitting me to Rouge Vogue. HALEY: You, you do know there are other ways to paying someone, right? BROOKE: Oh, none so fun. HALEY: Well, I hope you guys have more fun that I did last night. BROOKE: Yeah, what caused the Naley Interruptus anyway? (Haley sighs harshly and indicates the bench so that they can sit down and talk. Both girls sit.) HALEY: OK,… when Nathan and I slept together, we kind of,… weren’t protected. (Realisation dawns on Brooke.) BROOKE: No wonder he was snooping through the bathroom(!) Haley, you’re usually little miss responsible. I am all for the sex part, but I kinda wanna slap you for the lack of protection part. HALEY: (grinning) Brooke, I know about birth control, OK? My mum sat me down a long time ago and asked me what I was more afraid of getting: herpes or pregnant. BROOKE: And what’d you say? HALEY: I said ‘I haven’t even kissed a boy, I’m only seven’. BROOKE: (impressed) Your mom was progressive. (Haley looks away. Brooke leans forward.) BROOKE: You’re not… pregnant, right? HALEY: No, and I’m on the pill now. BROOKE: OK, so what’s really the problem? HALEY: That’s what I said(!) BROOKE: You told him? HALEY: Yeah, well hence the walkout. BROOKE: Well, Haley, what’d you expect? There are deal breakers for seventeen year old boys, even married ones. There’s a time to keep your mouth shut and there’s a time to lie; that was a lie-time. HALEY: (shakes her head) I don’t wanna lie to my husband. BROOKE: (frowns) I guess that’s in the vows, huh? I wonder if you knew that when you signed up at the ripe old age of, like, twelve. HALEY: OK, the point is, I think Nathan thinks that I did this on purpose – like I was trying to trap him into something. BROOKE: … Did you? HALEY: Brooke, no. BROOKE: Look, I’m just saying, if you didn’t stop him then… maybe… somewhere, on some level… it’s what you wanted. (Haley’s eyebrows draw together and she frowns.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Keith is seen walking to the door through the glass. He looks inside, smiles and stops. He opens the door and enters. Karen’s at a table, pouring coffee.) KEITH: Still got the best cup of coffee in town? (Karen looks at him and then immediately drops the jug of coffee, eyes wide. She jumps back and looks down before looking back at him with a gasp.) KEITH: Guess not anymore. (He walks forward and so does Karen. They hug and laugh.) KAREN: (delighted) Oh, you shouldn’t have come back! Dan still thinks you tried to kll him. KEITH: (laughs) Yeah. Well, like I told you on the phone; he’s wrong. (They bend down to pick up the mess she made.) KAREN: Dan doesn’t care about what’s right or wrong. He cares about winning. KEITH: Well, don’t worry about that. (Karen dabs up the spilt coffee with a towel.) KEITH: I’m gonna see Dan, (she looks back at him) and I’m gonna straighten things out. (pause) He may be the mayor, sorry about that, by the way. (Karen grins.) KEITH: But I’m still his big brother. (They smile at each other for a bit.) KEITH: You know, I thought about you every day I was gone… and you’re even… prettier than I remembered. (Karen’s smile widens.) CUT TO: [INT. DECREPIT GYM – DAY] (Nathan bounces a ball and looks at the hoop while the rest of the team clean up. He gets the ball through the hoop. Lucas catches it and bounces it angrily.) LUCAS: (looking at Nathan) What,… too good to clean like everybody else? (He leans on the broom. Nathan watches him unwaveringly.) NATHAN: Yes. LUCAS: What is your problem anyway?! NATHAN: My problem is you and Whitey are both screwing up my sht at playing college ball. (walks to Lucas) (Lucas walks forward also and holds out the ball. As Nathan reaches for it, Lucas rethinks and throws it aside, hard.) LUCAS: What, you think NO ONE else wants to play in college?! NATHAN: No, I think I’m the only person who needs to! With my grades, if I don’t get a scholarship, I’ll end up playing in gyms for a living. LUCAS: Yeah, right! (Whitey spots them.) WHITEY: (approaching them) Well, well, I see my captains are setting another stellar example. (Lucas and Nathan continue to glare at each other.) WHITEY: Get back to work! (Nathan looks at Whitey, scoffs and turns around. He walks to the exit.) WHITEY: NATHAN! (Nathan doesn’t answer; he continues walking without a hitch. Whitey looks at Lucas briefly but isn’t spared a glance. Lucas shakes his head and continues sweeping.) CUT TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – DAN’S OFFICE – DAY] (Dan is sitting at his desk, writing. His door opens and Keith enters. Dan looks up.) DAN: … Well, well. The booze-hound returns. (leans back in his chair) (Keith smiles and walks forward.) DAN: Never thought you’d show your face around Tree Hill again. (pause) I guess you finally grew a pair. KEITH: Well, I always had a pair, Danny. (smiles) Just ask your wife. DAN: Hm. Hey, did you ever find Jules? I need an address to send her W2s KEITH: I, uh, hear you think I tried to kll you. (walks forward) Trust me, if I did,… you’d be dad. DAN: Oh, I doubt it. In fact, the attempt on my life has all the markings of the Keith Scott operation. Starting with the fact it was a failure. (Keith laughs.) DAN: You know, (gets out of the chair) I should have run for this office a long time ago; with it’s privileges, I get access to things. For instance - (He walks to one of the side drawers and pulls the top one open.) DAN: the official investigation into the dealership fre. It was ruled an accident. (He takes out a box and walks back behind his desk.) DAN: (sighs) But I know someone gave me a drugged bottle of scotch that night. (Dan holds up an evidence bag.) DAN: So it stands to reason – whoever bought the bottle,… also set the fre. (Keith smiles and laughs a bit. Dan puts the bag back in the box, takes the TV remote and plays the same tape he played for Karen. The screen switches on and Keith is standing there, the bottle of scotch in front of him on the counter. He’s getting ready to pay for it.) (Keith nods. Dan turns his head and looks at him.) DAN: I guess that means you. (Cut back to the screen as the sales assistant gives Keith his change.) KEITH: Man buys booze – call the FBI(!) DAN: I haven’t even started yet. KEITH: (uncaring) Well, you can’t find something that’s not there, Danny. Like, uh, your heart, for instance. (Keith walks to the door.) KEITH: Oh, (looks back, deadly serious) by the way,… (pause) you ever touch Lucas again,… you’ll wish I’d klled you. (Dan stands motionless as Keith exits, looking back once.) (Focus on Dan’s set face as the door slams off-screen.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – BACKYARD – DAY] (There’s a sht of the basketball net from underneath as the basketball goes through. Nathan catches it and looks at the ball with a frown. He turns around and walks up the court.) DAN: (walking up) What the hell is this?! Why doesn’t my key to the front door work? NATHAN: (walking to him) I changed the locks… and the alarm code so don’t even think about it. DAN: Funny. Almost as funny as a mother who deserts her son. (pause) At least your father checks in on you. (holds his hand out for the ball) NATHAN: (passes the ball) Mom’s better off without you. So am I. DAN: Really? Then why aren’t you at practice? (Dan throws the ball at the hoop, and as always, it goes in.) NATHAN: Whitey kicked us out of the Field House. (Dan picks up the ball again) Now we gotta play in that crappy old gym. DAN: Don’t worry. I’ll get my people to figure out some sort of health code violation. NATHAN: I don’t even know why you care. DAN: Because you’re a high calibre player; you deserve the best. (tosses the ball) (Nathan catches the ball.) NATHAN: You mean, like, Oak Lake Academy? (Dan looks down.) NATHAN: Yeah, mom told me they made an offer and that you kept it a secret from me. DAN: Ah, it’s nice to see your mother’s still using her mouth. (pause) There’s a reason I didn’t tell you about Oak Lake. (Nathan scoffs.) DAN: Listen, if you play there, you’re a small fish in a big pond, but at Tree Hill, you can shine for the scouts and that’s been the plan all along. NATHAN: Dad, the plan’s not working(!) There are no scouts, not with the way we’re playing. DAN: I can exert some leverage; get the offer back on the table! It’s not too late! NATHAN: Dad, that’s not the point. The point is, it should have been my decision, not yours. DAN: … You’re absolutely right. No one should determine your future but you. Not me, not your mom, not even your wife. (pause) By the way, is it just me or has she put on a little bit of weight? NATHAN: You’re wrong about Haley. She’s on the pill. DAN: (laughs) Is that what she told you? Well, it sounds like Deb. Well, you know what they say; we marry our mothers. (He grins and walks around Nathan.) DAN: (looking back over his shoulder) And trust me,… don’t take anything for granted. (Dan leaves and Nathan turns back to his basketball hoop. He misses the sht.) (He sighs.) FADE TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT DRIVE – DAY] (Karen walks down the steps to Keith who’s fixing her car.) KAREN: How’s it coming? (Keith shuts the hood and shrugs.) KEITH: It’s done. (Karen smiles and walks to him.) KEITH: You know, uh,… Andy could’ve probably hired a couple of guys to do this for you. (opens Karen’s door for her) (Karen smiles.) KEITH: How is he anyway? KAREN: Andy? Well, he’s handsome, generous, wealthy. KEITH: Ah, well, three out of the three ain’t bad. KAREN: Well, he wasn’t the one for me. (looks at Keith steadily) I travelled half way around the world and figured out that… everything I ever wanted was here all along. (Keith doesn’t reply.) KAREN: You know? (smiles) KEITH: (nods) Yeah, I do. (smiles) KAREN: (flustered) Well, I should,… get to the café. (She gets into the car and Keith shuts the door for her.) KEITH: I’ll see ya. (She starts the car and drives away. Lucas rounds the corner and watches his mother. As she disappears, he looks at Keith.) KEITH: When was the last time you gave that car an oil change? (Lucas winces and Keith picks up a ball.) LUCAS: I’ve been very busy. (Keith throws the football at him.) KEITH: You busy now? (Lucas catches it and drops his bag.) KEITH: (somehow ending up with the ball again) So, how was Brooke’s letter of the day? (Keith throws the ball hard and Lucas catches it.) LUCAS: Angry. (looks at the ball) Just reminded me of how much I hurt her last time, you know? (throws the ball back) KEITH: Well, that’s understandable. (pause) You know, you want your relationship to move forward; at some point, you gotta let go of the past. (pause) Start writing a new future (tosses the ball hard) LUCAS: (catches it again) Wait a second. Are we still talking about Brooke? Or you and mom? (throws the ball equally as hard) (There’s a loud thud as Keith catches it.) KEITH: (grinning evilly) Go long. (Lucas runs and Keith hurls the ball. Lucas runs and watches it. He jumps and catches it before pointing at Keith and throwing it back.) CUT TO: [INT. CHARLOTTE – NADA SURF CONCERT – EVENING] (Nada Surf are on the stage, singing ‘Concrete Bed’. There’s a large crowd listening.) CUT TO: [EXT. CHARLOTTE – BACK ALLEY – EVENING] (sht of the wet ground as Peyton and Ellie walk across it.) PEYTON: So, considering the show’s sold out and we don’t have tickets, how’re we supposed to get in? ELLIE: Oh, relax. Follow my lead. (She pulls out her phone and holds it to her ear, pretending to talk to someone.) ELLIE: (into the phone) No, Maurice, you’re not hearing me, I said room temp water for Matthew. (Looks at the bouncer.) ELLIE: (indicating Peyton to him) She’s with me. (The bouncer reaches over to open the door for her.) ELLIE: (into the phone) Well tell them to make it right or I’m gonna come down and crack some skulls. (Ellie and Peyton walk in.) CUT TO: [INT. CHARLOTTE – NADA SURF CONCERT – EVENING] (Nada Surf are still on the stage, playing.) (Ellie and Peyton move to the back area and Peyton still can’t believe it.) PEYTON: OK, how’d you know he wouldn’t stop us? ELLIE: First rule of a rock tour; nobody knows what anybody else is doing. (They climb over the barrier.) (Cut back to the stage and the band continues to perform.) (Cut back to Peyton and Ellie.) ELLIE: See that guy down there who’s on two cell phones at one time? (Peyton looks and sees for herself.) ELLIE: That’s the band’s manager. Go get him. PEYTON: (shocked) What?! ELLIE: I got you in here – the rest is up to you. (turns Peyton back to the manager) You can do this. Go! (Peyton looks ahead apprehensively. She turns her head to look at Ellie before turning back around and walking to the manager with a nervous smile.) (Cut to the stage where Nada Surf are still performing.) (Cut back backstage where the manager is hanging up his phones.) MANAGER: (into the phone) Look, I gotta go. PEYTON: (quickly) Excuse me, my name’s Peyton Sawyer. (he looks at her) Um,… I-I work a lot of bands for the club I work for; like, you know, Jimmy Eat World, and I’ve gotten Fall Out Boy and.. and now I’m putting together this compilation CD. MANAGER: That sounds cool, but the label doesn’t like the band to compete against themselves, you know? Record sales. PEYTON: OK, but,… this would actually be really good for the band coz all the proceeds are gonna go towards breast cancer research. (he looks at her) And, besides, when have you guys cared about the label anyway, right? (grins) (The manager looks to the side where he can see the band on the stage.) PEYTON: The band has a history of following their hearts and their own creative instincts. I mean, look at their second album, when the label wouldn’t release The Proximity Effect you guys just… you know, you put it out yourself and you were right, it was a great album. MANAGER: Benefit album, huh? (Peyton nods, her expression hopeful.) MANAGER: Alright. I’ll talk to the guys. No promises. (Peyton accepts that and nods, smiling.) (Cut back to the stage Nada Surf finishes the song and the crowd cheer.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Brooke opens the door to Lucas and her box. He hands her letters over.) BROOKE: (taking it with a smile) You may enter. (Lucas walks in and pushes the door slightly. Nathan walks up and stops it from shutting.) NATHAN: (peeking in) Is Haley home? BROOKE: (walking to the bedroom with Lucas) You mean the Haley that promised to get the hell outta here? (Nathan shuts the door. Lucas sighs and turns.) LUCAS: Whitey told me to tell you to get your butt back to practice. NATHAN: Tell Whitey I’ll be back when it’s practice – not spring cleaning. (Lucas opens the door, Brooke walks in and Lucas scoffs at his brother; shaking his head.) HALEY: (from inside the room) Wh-! (She’s shoved out of the door. It slams behind her and she sighs, looking at Nathan.) NATHAN: Did you think about it? Having a baby to stay together? (Haley glares at him before closing her eyes on it. She sighs and shakes her head slightly. Laughing to herself, she walks forward.) HALEY: Nathan, I am seventeen years old; we’re still in high school; you and I are totally in limbo. (opens the fridge door) No, I don’t want a baby. (She grabs a bottle and shuts the door.) NATHAN: You knew you weren’t protected that night. HALEY: Well, first of all, it takes two; guy without a condom. Second, the only thing that I was thinking about that night was being with my husband. The fact that you think I was trying to trap you into something is really insulting. (opens the bottle) NATHAN: Then why’d you go off birth control? HALEY: (annoyed) Because I was on tour and you weren’t with me, and contrary to what you were thinking, I wasn’t sleeping with Chris Keller! CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke and Lucas are making out on the bed.) LUCAS: You know, (thinks) I just promised myself the next time I had sex, that I’d be in love. (Brooke looks at him steadily. Lucas looks away.) LUCAS: (looking back) Well I guess it’s a good thing I’m in love. (kisses her) BROOKE: Oh! (She laughs and falls on top of him on the bed. She starts to unbutton his shirt. Nathan can be heard through the door.) NATHAN: (o.s) I never said that! (Brooke and Lucas stop and look towards the closed door.) NATHAN: (o.s) You still should’ve told me, Haley. HALEY: (o.s) Told you what?! That when you have sex, (Lucas groans and drops his head back) there’s a risk of pregnancy?! (Lucas winces and Brooke stops the unbuttoning, patting him lightly on the chest.) NATHAN: (o.s) Haley, I know! (Brooke and Lucas get off the bed.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are having a heated argument.) HALEY: You should have told me that having sex turns you into an ass! NATHAN: Haley, what if something would’ve happened,… huh? That would’ve changed our lives forever! HALEY: Like what, marriage?! CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas and Brooke have their ears pressed against the door, eavesdropping.) BROOKE: Ohhh, she’s good(!) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] NATHAN: I know we’re married. I’m talking about basketball, my career. HALEY: Oh, OK, so let me get this straight: you’re the one with goals and dreams and the only thing I want, apparently, is you back! (Nathan puts a hand to his head and looks down.) HALEY: I’m not that desperate, Nathan. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] LUCAS: Sounds about right. BROOKE: (frowning) I know. (Nathan and Haley continue to yell at each other.) BROOKE: Makes me feel like I’m still living at home with my parents. Without the… drinking and the death thrat. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] HALEY: And if you’re so worried about it then-then why didn’t you stop us that night. It’s just as much your responsibility as it is mine! NATHAN: You’re right; it is my responsibility. (pause) Let me see the pills. (Haley looks at him for a bat before sighing and walking around the counter.) HALEY: I can not believe you still don’t believe me(!) (She rummages through her bag and pulls out the tub.) HALEY: Here! (holds them out to him and slams them into his chest) Take em! (tearfully) I don’t need them anymore. (She turns and walks to the door.) NATHAN: Haley! (She opens the door and turns back.) HALEY: Your future as a basketball player is totally secure; you’re future as my husband, not so much! (slams the door) (Nathan looks at the door regretfully.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – EVENING] (The front door slams off-screen) LUCAS: (o.s) Second door slam – you think they’re gone? (Pan right to show Lucas and Brooke sitting on the floor, leaning against the foot of her bed. Brooke looks at him.) BROOKE: Unless she’s coming back to kll him. (Lucas laughs.) BROOKE: (pouting) I just wanted to have a special night with you to thank you for getting me into Rouge Vogue. (Lucas looks at her and his eyebrows crease. He looks at her, completely lost.) LUCAS: What’s Rogue Vogue? BROOKE: That fashion show in New York. (grinning) Hello, I know you sent my application in. (Lucas turns away from her and thinks. It’s obvious that this is the first time he’s heard of it.) BROOKE: … Unless you didn’t. (Lucas doesn’t reply.) BROOKE: But if it wasn’t you, who else would it be? LUCAS: I wish it was me. It sounds pretty cool. I should know you well enough to do something like that. BROOKE: (distracted) Well, don’t feel bad – I guess I’m not exactly encyclopaedia Luketannica – I thought it was you. LUCAS: You know, if you wanna get to know each other better, we could always talk about those letters. (looks at her) BROOKE: Or, we could cut out my heart and you could stomp on it(!) (Lucas laughs.) BROOKE: Luke, it’s embarrassing, you were never meant to read those. LUCAS: Brooke,… I love (looks at the box on her bed) those letters. The girl in them is so open and honest. BROOKE: I don’t know why it’s so easy for me to get naked one way and not the other. LUCAS: I do. (pause) I hurt you pretty bad. (Brooke smiles and nods.) LUCAS: I’m not gonna do it again. (Brooke smiles and kisses him. She takes a deep breath and pulls the box down from on top of the bed. She puts it on his lap and lets the breath out. He looks at her hard, eyebrows drawn.) LUCAS: You’re sure? BROOKE: (nods) Um-hm. (Lucas smiles and she puts her hand on his.) FADE TO: [EXT. THE ROAD – PEYTON’S CAR – EVENING] (Peyton’s car drives up.) ELLIE: (o.s) Peyton, you were great back there. (sht cuts inside the car where Ellie is sitting, looking at Peyton.) ELLIE: Whatever happens, you should be really proud. (Peyton nods, barely proud at all. Ellie smiles to herself.) ELLIE: Your mom would be too. (Peyton spares her a glance as she drives.) PEYTON: Thanks. ELLIE: She was great – she’s the reason I picked your parents to be your parents. (Peyton listens.) ELLIE: Day you were born,… was fourteen hours of labour. You kicked through the whole third trimester but then you didn’t wanna come out. (Peyton smiles.) ELLIE: You were stubborn even back then. (pause) When you finally did,… the nurses took you away; that was the policy of adoption. (Peyton nods sadly.) ELLIE: But your mom was there… and she bought you back to me. (pause) She wanted us to spend some time together. (Peyton doesn’t speak) She was kind. PEYTON: (hesitates) Can I ask you about the cancer? ELLIE: (thinks) Never had the surgery. I had chemo… it made me really sick… but the cancer went away… (nods) for a while. PEYTON: (tentatively) So what’re you doing now? ELLIE: (smiles) I’m spending time with you. (Peyton’s phone rings and she looks down at it. She frowns at the screen – completely taking her eyes off the road – and answers it.) PEYTON: Hello? (She listens.) PEYTON: Seriously?! (pause) No, you-you won’t regret it. No, I promise. (listens) OK. Thank you so much(!) (nods) OK, bye. (She hangs up the phone and waits a bat before looking at Ellie.) PEYTON: (silently pleased) Nada Surf is in. (Ellie yells happily.) ELLIE: Yeah! (Cut back outside as Peyton’s car zooms past.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – BACKYARD – DAY] (Nathan is outside again, playing basketball by himself. He gets the ball through the basket repeatedly. Lucas slowly walks up to him. Nathan grabs the ball after getting it through the hoop again and turns around. He spots his brother.) NATHAN: If you’re here to get me back in that gym, you can forget about it. (Lucas doesn’t say anything, he just nods slightly. Nathan looks away uncomfortably.) LUCAS: I heard your… fight with Haley last night. NATHAN: (annoyed) Why don’t you stop interfering with things that you know nothing about? LUCAS: (breathes deeply) You know Brooke and I had a pregnancy scare? (looks at Nathan hard) Yeah, your future flashes in front of your eyes; (Nathan looks down) everything you’ve always planned on… changes… and for a second… it puts you in Dan’s shoes. (Nathan doesn’t reply and Lucas waits a bat before continuing.) LUCAS: The team needs you back, Nate. You know, you and I aren’t the only ones with futures riding on this season. You know, but if we get a streak going,… if we take a run at state, these guys will feel what’s it’s like to win and that’s something that they will strive for long after high school basketball’s over. (Nathan keeps quiet but bounces that basketball once – hard. Lucas shrugs.) LUCAS: Think about it. (Lucas walks away. Nathan bounces the ball again) FADE TO: [INT. DECREPIT GYM – DAY] (Lucas is standing at the broken basketball hoop. He straightens it and Whitey holds out a tool to him. Lucas takes it. The door opens and Dan enters.) WHITEY: (glaring at Dan but addressing the team) Thought I told you boys to kll all the cockroaches. DAN: Whitey, you’re practically begging me to come in and take this team away from you. WHITEY: Well, since you’ve lost every game you’ve coached, it’d be a perfect match. (smirks) DAN: Go ahead, make jokes. I hope you’re laughing when Nathan transfers. (The door opens a second time.) DAN: Coz I made a few calls and we’re outta here. (Nathan enters.) DAN: You really think he’d play in a crap-hole like this? (Dan turns and looks at Nathan.) DAN: Come on, son, time to go. (Nathan looks at Lucas, Whitey and finally Dan.) NATHAN: For you maybe. (Dan stops on his way to the exit and looks at Nathan. Nathan spares another glance at Whitey. Whitey laughs at Dan.) WHITEY: Get outta my crap-hole, Danny. (Nathan smiles at Whitey and he returns it with a discreet wink. Dan catches it but follows commands and exits. Nathan turns and starts painting the wall a dark blue. Cut to Lucas at the hoop with his spanner. He grins amusedly.) CUT TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ (EST) – EVENING] CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – EVENING] (Karen and Keith are sat at the counter, smiling.) KAREN: You know, I shoulda told you about Jules when I found out. KEITH: Nah, (shakes his head) isn’t your fault. KAREN: We shouldn’t have secrets. (Keith lowers his mug and nods.) KAREN: I saw you the day of the fre – across the street. Didn’t I? (Keith hesitates and doesn’t meet her eyes. He looks back down at the counter.) KAREN: Why were you here that day? KEITH: … Well, I, um,… I came back to see you… and… (shakes his head) then I heard that, uh,… you were on your way to New Zealand to be with Andy… and so I, uh, did something I hadn’t done for a long time… I had a drink. (looks at her and nods) Then I had a few more. KAREN: Is that why you were buying the liquor? (Keith nods.) KAREN: The one that Dan thinks is some kind of evidence? (laughs nervously) KEITH: Yeah. (nods) After that, everything just… spun outta control. And that’s where… Dan’s half right. (Keith looks up at Karen.) KEITH: You know, I was in a drunken haze and… I did have a broken heart… and I wanted revenge. (Karen looks away, upset. Keith shakes his head.) KEITH: So, all my problems pointed right toward Dan Scott. (pause) And so I, uh,… decided to kll him. (Karen looks at him sharply.) KEITH: But, I didn’t do it. KAREN: What stopped you? (Keith turns away from her and faces forward. He exhales harshly.) KEITH: Deb. (nods) (sht pans down to his mug as he holds it.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. HOTEL – KEITH’S ROOM – EVENING] (Close-up of a glass. The alcohol’s almost gone. Keith drinks most of it and sets it on the bedside table. There is a very shiny, silver gn in the table. Keith gets off the bed and walks to more bottles of alcohol on the table in the middle of the room. There’s a knock on the door. He looks at it and it opens to Deb.) DEB: (shocked) What’re you doing?! KEITH: First, I’m gonna kll this bottle of scotch and then I’m… (looks at the bottle after uncorking it and laughs) gonna kll my brother. (Deb takes her bag off her shoulder. Close-up of the gn as Deb grabs it off the table. She stuffs it into the bag.) DEB: I can’t let you do this, Keith. (turns to look at him) You’re better than this. KEITH: It’s the only way. He’ll never stop, Deb. DEB: This is not your wr. KEITH: You know, (walks to her) Nathan’s next, Deb. (pause) Nathan’s next. (Deb looks away, fraught, as she understands that he’s right.) END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – EVENING] KEITH: (turns to Karen) She, uh,… (sighs hard) she came back later that night. FLASHBACK TO: [INT. HOTEL – KEITH’S ROOM – EVENING] (Deb frantically shakes Keith awake from his sleep. He turns to look at her.) DEB: Wake up! Wake up! (sobbing) Dan’s in the hospital. He’s been brned. KEITH: (tired) What’re you talking about? DEB: Like you said; it was the only way. (Keith sits up in bed.) KEITH: (quickly understanding) Deb, what’d you do? DEB: It wasn’t your wr, Keith(!) It was mine. FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Deb walks into the office and sees Dan there, struggling.) DEB: (v.o) I drugged him (There’s a chink of the lighter being flicked on. Close-up of it as the flame jumps to life.) DEB: (v.o) I set the dealership on fre. (Deb throws the lighter onto the alcohol and the fre spreads quickly.) (Cut outside where the flames burst through the glass window of Dan’s office.) CUT TO: [INT. HOTEL – KEITH’S ROOM – EVENING] (Deb looks at him desperately.) DEB: But, somehow, he got out. He’s alive(!) KEITH: Did-did Dan see you? (Deb sighs, she doesn’t know.) KEITH: Did anyone see you? DEB: No, I don’t think he remembers. Oh god, what should I do? KEITH: They’ll-they’ll think it was an accident. (pause) Just, uh, just let it go, Deb. (He touches her face.) KEITH: I’ll leave town again and we’ll… we’ll both pretend nothing ever happened. (pause) OK?! END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – EVENING] (Karen is looking away, trying to digest it all.) KAREN: It was Deb! (pause) She did it. (Keith sighs and nods.) KAREN: (looks at him) You’re talking about mrder! I-I-I can’t believe that Deb would do this and that you would help her get away with it(!) KEITH: Deb’s been in prison. (pause) Seventeen years with Dan. I mean, she’s done her time. KAREN: (shakes her head) I don’t know what to say. KEITH: Look, I know this is hard to take. (pause) I’ve made a lotta mistakes in my life but I can honestly say… that giving Deb a second chance isn’t one of them. (Karen frowns at him, unsure if she can accept that.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT: FORMERLY DECREPIT GYM – DAY] (Close-up of the newly varnished court floor. sht pans across it to Lucas and Nathan who are standing in the center of the well-cleaned gym.) LUCAS: (looking around) Cleans up… pretty well. (Nathan looks at him.) NATHAN: It’s still a pit. (Lucas laughs and Nathan snatches the basketball that Lucas’ holding.) NATHAN: Let’s see how it plays. (smiles) LUCAS: (shrugs) Alright. (Nathan bounces the ball and Lucas advances on him, forcing him into the side corner of the gym. Lucas manages to easily grab the ball off him. Nathan looks at him, wordlessly.) LUCAS: (whistles) You wanna know how I did that? NATHAN: (grinning) Luck? (Lucas laughs and walks to him. He holds the ball out to the spot where he and Nathan were standing when he stole it. He drops the ball. It doesn’t bounce properly and stays exactly in place before stopping.) LUCAS: It’s a dad-spot. I forced you into it. I found it when I was sweeping the floor. (bends and picks the ball up) (Nathan smiles at it and nods.) NATHAN: Just like the old Boston Garden. LUCAS: And the Rivercourt. (looks at the ball) You see, I know every square inch of that black-top. It gives me an edge. NATHAN: It didn’t last time. (Lucas laughs.) LUCAS: Just think about it – we map out this entire court, use it to our advantage,… it’s like the ultimate six-man. (Nathan considers and looks at Lucas.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Close-up of Peyton’s closet door. It’s painted black and red and is headed: ‘Bands We Have’. The names written under it are ‘Strays Don’t Sleep’, ‘Nada Surf’ and ‘Jimmy Eat World’.) HALEY: (looking at the door) Peyton, you got these bands to play on the CD? That’s incredible! PEYTON: Yeah, well, we still have a few slots to fill. (Peyton joins Haley at the door.) PEYTON: In fact, we’re expecting an answer from one musician a day. HALEY: Who’s that? PEYTON: (grinning) Haley James-Scott. (Haley smiles.) PEYTON: Whaddaya say? HALEY: I say hell yes! (laughs) PEYTON: Alright. (writes Haley’s name on the door) (Haley smiles.) FADE TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT PORCH – DAY] (Karen is sitting on the swing chair alone. Lucas walks up the steps and stops when he spots her.) LUCAS: Hey, ma. (She looks at him.) LUCAS: (walking to her) Everything OK? KAREN: Not for you. (He frowns at her and sits beside her.) KAREN: Skills called looking for you the other night. (Lucas winces.) KAREN: Hmmm… you could at least do me the courtesy of tightening your own alibi before you decide to check into hotel Brooke. (Lucas looks down.) KAREN: You are almost eighteen years old and I am almost thirty-six years old. Now, if you do the math, I think it’s pretty obvious what my concerns are. LUCAS: Mom, we didn’t do that. KAREN: Hmm. LUCAS: We’re being careful – more careful than you know. KAREN: It’s more than being careful with a chemistry, Lucas. (pause) It’s about being careful with your heart. LUCAS: Like you are with Keith? (she doesn’t answer) Look, I know… you’re right mom, and I get it. (pause) But,… I mean, if you’re always looking for reasons not to be with somebody… you always find them. (pause) And I guess, at some point, maybe you should… let go and… give your heart what it deserves. (Karen smiles at him.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – SIGN – DAY] (Nathan walks past the huge sign at the entrance to the school. Haley’s sitting at a table, working. He walks around her and sits down.) NATHAN: Hey. (She looks at him.) NATHAN: I’m sorry,… Haley. We lost two games and my dad was making me crazy. HALEY: You know, I am… really sick of hearing you say that. (pause) Here’s an idea – if you don’t wanna be like Dan, don’t. I don’t know what hurts worse, Nathan – that you think I was trying to trick you into having a baby with me or that having one with me is, like, your worst nightmare. NATHAN: It’s not like that… alright? I’m just not ready for- HALEY: Of course not, neither am I(!) I would like to think that if something happened— (They continue to talk.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke is sitting on her bed, reading the Rogue Vogue brochure. She looks at the letter and grins before reaching into the transparent folder and pulling out pictures of her designs. She gets to the picture of her red dress and her smile falters. The sht half fades and Rachel, in Brooke’s dress, merges into the sht. The scene’s silent as Rachel talks to Brooke and shrugs.) (Brooke looks sideways, open mouthed. Her eyes narrow and she looks back at the picture.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Ellie scrawls ‘Fall Out Boy’ across her door.) ELLIE: Fall Out Boy is in! (looks back at Peyton) How great is that? (Peyton’s on her bed, on her stomach, looking off sadly. Ellie walks away from the door.) ELLIE: And you should be bouncing off your artistically angry walls. (Ellie gets on the bed too.) ELLIE: Aren’t you excited? PEYTON: Yeah, I am, but… I want you to be here when the album comes out. ELLIE: (puts a hand to Peyton’s head) I will be here, Peyton. (nods) I promise. (Peyton smiles but can’t believe her.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – GROUNDS – DAY] (Brooke walks up and looks to the notice board. Rachel is sitting beside it, writing. Brooke walks to her.) BROOKE: It was you, wasn’t it? (pause) The dress I designed. (pause) The one you made. It got me into Rouge Vogue. (pause) Why’d you do it? RACHEL: You know the winner’s almost guaranteed an offer to design their own line. BROOKE: Yeah! (pause) But why would you help me? RACHEL: (sighs) Because… despite issues of quality control, your clothes are good. (nods) (Brooke looks at her confusedly.) RACHEL: But if you’re afraid to go- BROOKE: Oh no, I’m gonna go… and I’m gonna win. (Brooke shrugs.) BROOKE: So, thanks, I guess. (Brooke walks away and Rachel smiles to herself, none too kindly.) RACHEL: No, thank you. FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – MAIL BOX – DAY] (Lucas stands in front of the mail box, looking at the letter he has written to Brooke. He turns it around. On the back, he’s written ‘LETTER #1 PLEASE DO NOT BURN’. With a smile, he posts it.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Keith knocks on the door. Karen opens it and steps out.) KEITH: (smiles) Hi. I’m glad you called. KAREN: I have something to say. (Keith waits and Karen takes a deep breath.) KAREN: We’ve known each other a long time… and every time that we have gotten close, I have been… stubborn and scared and have found ways to let things get between us. And I… I-I can’t let that happen again. (She kisses him. They let go, she smiles and they kiss again.) (Blue flashing lights glance off them and fill the screen. Two cops walk up the steps.) COP1: Keith Scott? (Karen and Keith break apart and look at the cops.) KEITH: (confused) Yeah? COP1: Put your hands behind your head. (The second cop aims a gn at Keith. Keith does as he’s told.) KEITH: What the hell is this?! COP1: (stands behind Keith) You’re under arrest for the attempted mrder of Dan Scott. (Keith closes his eyes and exhales.) COP1: (handcuffs Keith) You have the right to remain silent. (Keith doesn’t speak.) COP1: Anything you do say can be used against you. (The cop continues to spout of his speech as he leads Keith away. Karen’s lost, not knowing what to do. The cops put him into the car. sht pans left to another cop who grins and turns around. Dan is parked well behind and nods at the cop. Karen sees him and steps forward, angry. Dan smirks at her and continues to nod.) (The sht zooms in on Karen’s fuming face before cutting back to Dan’s evil expression.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x11 - Return of the Future"}	foreverdreaming
FADE IN: LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Haley is sitting on the couch, playing her guitar.) PEYTON: (v.o) If you are gonna help me- CUT TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – CLOSET – DAY] (Peyton stands at Ellie’s music and talks to her.) PEYTON: -with Haley’s record… well you could… maybe move into the house with me? CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Ellie is standing in the doorway.) ELLIE: It’s a business arrangement. PEYTON: (humouring her) Of course. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – THE GYM – EVENING] (Mouth and Gigi sit at the announcer’s table.) MOUTH: With me tonight in my new colour announcer – Gigi Silveri.) CUT TO: [INT. DECREPIT GYM – DAY] (Whitey stands in the middle of the wrecked gym and smirks at his players.) NATHAN: You really expect us to practice in this dump? WHITEY: Not only practise. (Cut to Lucas’ confused face.) WHITEY: Till further notice- (Lucas looks down and sees a huge rat run across the other side of the gym.) WHITEY: -you’re gonna play all your games in here. (smirks as the rat runs along) (Whitey laughs.) CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – EVENING] (Lucas sits on his bed and empties out the last HCM pill he has left.) LUCAS: If you tell Whitey… I have a heart condition… I’m off the team. HALEY: Yeah, and if I don’t tell Whitey- CUT TO: [THE RIVERCOURT – ROCKS – EVENING] (Close-up of Lucas wrapping his hand around his medicine tub.) HALEY: (v.o) -about your heart condition- (Lucas pitches the tub into the river.) HALEY: (v.o) You’re off the planet! BROOKE: (v.o) It was you, wasn’t it? CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Brooke holds up her dress which Rachel’s just finished sewing and smiles.) BROOKE: (v.o) The dress I designed. CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – NOTICE BOARD – DAY] (Rachel is sitting on a wall next to the notice board, talking to Brooke.) BROOKE: The one you made. It got me into Rouge Vogue. RACHEL: Your clothes are good. (Brooke frowns at her, shocked.) RACHEL: But if you’re afraid to go… BROOKE: Oh no, I’m gonna go… and I’m gonna win. (She smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Nathan hovers over Haley. She takes hold of his necklace with his wedding ring on it and pulls him down.) NATHAN: (v.o) Did you think about it? (Haley and Nathan kiss.) NATHAN: (v.o) Having a baby to stay together? CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Nathan is sitting at the counter.) NATHAN: Let me see the pills(!) HALEY: (sighs and walks to her bag) I can not believe you still don’t believe me(!) (She rummages around, pulls them out and advances on him.) HALEY: Here, (slams them into his chest) take em! I don’t need em anymore! (stalks to the door) NATHAN: Haley(!) HALEY: (turns around) Your future as a basketball player is totally secure, your future as my husband, not so much! (She tearfully slams out of the apartment.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Keith and Karen are at the floor, cleaning up the mess she made.) KEITH: (smiling) You know, I thought about you every day I was gone. (Karen smiles at him.) KEITH: And you’re even… prettier than I remembered. CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Keith and Karen are standing at the front door, kissing.) COP1: Keith Scott? (Keith looks at the cop confusedly.) COP1: Put your hands behind your head. (Keith does as he’s told, still confused.) KEITH: What the hell is this?! COP1: You’re under arrest for the- (Karen sees Dan and glares.) COP1: -attempted mrder of Dan Scott. (Dan is standing far away, grinning and nodding at the scene.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (sht of the door which has GUIDANCE COUNSELOR stamped across the glass. The door opens and she steps half out.) COUNSELOR: You’re next. Haley? (Haley’s is sitting in the waiting room, dozing. She jerks awake and looks at the counselor.) COUNSELOR: (smiles) You’re next. HALEY: Oh(!) (She smiles, grabs her bag and follows the counselor inside. They take their respective seats.) COUNSELOR: So, have you given any thought to which college you’d like to attend? HALEY: Yeah, actually, um, I’ve been looking at Stanford(!) (smiles and holds up a Stanford leaflet) (The counselor laughs raucously. Haley’s smile falls.) COUNSELOR: (stops abruptly) Oh, you’re serious? (nods) Well, Stanford may not be too realistic for you, Faily. HALEY: … Haley. COUNSELOR: What? HALEY: I think you just called my Faily. I’m-my name’s Haley. (smiles tightly) COUNSELOR: My mistake. I must have thought that was your name because you failed every class. (She holds up a paper with a big red FAILED stamped across the front of it.) HALEY: (leans forward, stunned) I didn’t fail anything! COUNSELOR: No? What about your marriage? HALEY: Well, (scoffs and sits back, snatching her Stanford leaflet back) that is none of your business. COUNSELOR: Then there was the HCM test. (Haley looks at her) You failed that too. HALEY: No, I didn’t. COUNSELOR: Oh, that’s right, you failed the friendship test by letting Lucas play basketball with a serious heart condition. Such a shame. (Haley gapes. There’s a loud sound off-screen. Haley turns her head as the door swings open. Lucas is lying on a hospital bed with Dan standing over him acting as the doctor and Tim beside Dan, dressed as a nurse. Dan grabs the pedals Tim holds out. Haley’s eyes widen as she watches.) (Dan puts the paddles on Lucas’ chest.) DAN: (shouting behind him) CLEAR! (He shocks Lucas whose body wretches before falling back on the bed. His eyes are open and he turns to face Haley – his face devoid of emotion and life. The monitor flat-lines.) (Tim looks at Lucas over Dan’s shoulder.) TIM: Oh, he’s eighty-sixed, yo. DAN: (pulls his mask off) Just say he’s dad, Tim(!) (Tim pouts as Dan reaches over and shuts Lucas’ eyes. Cut back to Haley as she watches, distressed. Dan looks at Haley and smirks.) DAN: You’re next(!) (Tim sneers.) (The door slams shut and the scene blacks out.) COUNSELOR: (v.o) Haley? (Haley’s back in the waiting room; eyes closed as she dreams.) COUNSELOR: (o.s) Haley? (Haley jerks awake and the counsellor smiles at her.) COUNSELOR: You’re next. HALEY: Oh. (She grabs her bag and follows the counselor.) COUNSELOR: (sitting in her seat) So, have you given any thought to which college you’d like to attend? (Haley smiles at her self-consciously.) HALEY: (nervously holding up the leaflet) S-s-Stanford? COUNSELOR: (stops and looks at her) … That’s a great school for you. (Haley closes her eyes and sighs, relieved.) COUNSELOR: Are you OK? (pause) Coz you seem a little sketchy. KEITH: (v.o) Me? CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY] (Keith is sitting opposite the detective looking relaxed and uncaring.) KEITH: No, no, actually, I’m fine. I just… (smiles humourlessly) love sleeping in jail cells. (The sht cuts to the two-way mirror where the detective and Keith’s reflection are seen. The camera pans back to them as the detective leans forward.) DETECTIVE: You understand that we have you on tape… buying a bottle of liquor the day of the fre? KEITH: I-I-I’ve seen it, it was stimulating(!) DETECTIVE: Yeah, (nods) we also know that you bought a gn. KEITH: (fake stunned) Oh my god! Was Dan sht?! (gasps) Or, wait,… no, no, no, no, no, it was a fre, yeah. (He’s taking the piss out of the detective. He smiles. The detective leans back again.) CUT TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Lucas is leaning against the wall, waiting. He moves off, sighs, and walks to his mother, spreading his hands.) KAREN: (hands him coffee) It’s gonna be fine. You need to get to school. I’ll call you if I hear something. LUCAS: Oh, come on, mom, it’s Keith. This is important! KAREN: Your future is important. Don’t you have a meeting with your guidance counselor today? (he nods) Talk about colleges? DAN: (appearing) Oh, you wouldn’t wanna miss that! (They look at him.) DAN: I mean look; Keith didn’t go to college and look where he ended up. (Lucas shakes his head and Karen advances on Dan.) KAREN: (fuming) What the hell is wrong with you? He’s your brother, for god’s sake! DAN: (walks forward) Exactly. Someone shoulda told him that before he tried to light me on fre(!) LUCAS: Keith had nothing to do with that! DAN: How would you know?! Were you there? (Lucas looks down and steps away.) KAREN: Lucas, go to school. (turns her head and glares at Dan) Don’t waste your breath on him. DAN: You wasted more than that. (Lucas drops his cup and advances on his father.) DAN: Whoa, whoa, whoa, now come on, you don’t wanna get hurt before the big game tomorrow. (smiles) There’s gonna be scouts there. Oh, but then they’re there to see Nathan, not you. (tsks) Well, gotta run; don’t wanna be late for the Keith Show. (walks to the entrance) In today’s episode, Keith Scott learns – you play with fre, you’re gonna get brned. (Karen and Lucas watch him walk in – disgustedly.) DAN: (o.s) Dun, dun, dun(!) BROOKE: (v.o) Sorry,- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Brooke is sitting where Haley sat previously.) BROOKE: -why am I here again? I mean, not that I’m not grateful for the ‘get out of jail free’ card, but… what’s the catch? (The camera pans and continues to do so when it cuts to the counselor.) COUNSLEOR: You’re here so I can help you decided which college is best for you. CUT TO: [INT. HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Peyton has taken Brooke’s place.) PEYTON: I doubt I’ll even go to college so… (smiles) you’re wasting your breath. CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY] (The detective is still interrogating Keith.) DETECTIVE: And you’re wasting my time. (pause) Why do you think your brother would accuse you of trying to kll him? KEITH: Maybe he’s still mad at me for sleeping with his wife? (shrugs) COUNSELOR: (v.o) And is your wife gonna factor in to- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Nathan is sitting opposite the counselor.) COUNSELOR: -the college you pick? NATHAN: (frowning) That’s not really your business, is it? Anyway, colleges come to me, I don’t go to them. CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY] DETECTIVE: And why’d you come back to Tree Hill? KEITH: Coz I live here? COUNSELOR: (v.o) And do you wanna stay close to home? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Lucas is now being interviewed by the counselor.) LUCAS: Probably. I mean, I can’t really afford to go to college out of state. DETECTIVE: (v.o) Well, you’re not going anywhere- CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY] DETECTIVE: (o.s) -until we sort this out. KEITH: (putting his hands up) OK, OK, just stop, (smiles) alright? I wanna talk to my brother. I-I know he’s out there. COME ON, DANNY! COME ON IN! (pause) Danny! (The door opens and Dan walks in.) KEITH: (leans back and spreads his arms) Ah! DAN: You ready to confess? (The detective looks back at Keith.) KEITH: Yeah, OK. OK,… I confess. (Dan looks away and nods.) KEITH: I, um,… bought a bottle of liquor. I was… I was just so thirsty. (mocks) I’m sorry, Dan, can you forgive me? (Keith laughs. Dan leans down.) DAN: You think this is funny?! (Keith continues to laugh. Dan grabs him by the front of his jumpsuit and slams him against the wall.) DAN: Son of a bitch! (The detective stands and tries to pull Dan off Keith.) DETECTIVE: OK. KEITH: (struggling to breathe) There’s no need to bring mom into this, Danny. DETECTIVE: (trying to pull Dan off) OK, that’s enough(!) (Dan continues to talk.) DETECTIVE: That’s enough, I said. (Keith struggles more and the detective finally manages to pull Dan off. They stand back.) KEITH: (turning away and mocking some more) Help, police(!) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Peyton is back in the seat opposite the counselor.) PEYTON: Well, I guess I just don’t really get the point of college. COUNSELOR: The point is to find something you love and hopefully make a career of it. What makes you happy? PEYTON: (thinks) I don’t know. Music, I guess. FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton is standing in her room and talking on the phone.) PEYTON: But everyone loves your stuff, you know that, right? (pause) I just think this would be a great opportunity for you. (She listens, sighs and crosses a name off the board.) PEYTON: OK, we’ll talk later, then. (Peyton turns away from the board. Ellie’s lying on her bed.) ELLIE: Musicians can be so neurotic. PEYTON: (smiling and capping the pen) No, that was Brooke. She’s got this fashion show thing coming up (sits on the bed) and so she calls me every second she has a new idea which is pretty much every second. (pause) I didn’t think I’d hear from her again now that her and Lucas have stopped this whole ‘non-exclusive’ crap. ELLIE: ‘Non-exclusive’ meaning? PEYTON: Basically, friends with benefits. (Ellie thinks, gets it and laughs.) ELLIE: Friends with benefits. (shakes her head) Isn’t that just sleeping around? PEYTON: No, it’s like… it’s like being friends with someone you get to have sex with but… you can still hook up with other people too. (Ellie raises her eyebrows and looks at Peyton pointedly.) PEYTON: OK, (grins) so you’re right. It’s the same. (Ellie smiles to herself. Peyton puts her CD case down and gets off the bed. She walks back to the board.) ELLIE: And what about you? (Peyton looks back at her.) ELLIE: Do you have any beneficial friends? PEYTON: No. I dated this guy, Nathan, for a while but we were more benefits than we were friends. Um, (quickly) but we’re just friends – no benefits – now. (laughs) And then… there was this other guy but… but he was more than that. (Her smile is strained as she turns back to the board. Ellie smiles and walks to her.) ELLIE: Were you in love with him? (Peyton nods.) ELLIE: Hmmm. That’s the hard part. Sex – easy. (pause) But if you find someone you’re in love with who’s also your friend, wouldn’t that be the greatest benefit? PEYTON: I don’t know, it’s a fairytale, I guess. ELLIE: (shrugs) Well, there’s nothing wrong with fairytales. (touches Peyton’s shoulder) Everyone ends up happily ever after. (Ellie walks away and Peyton smiles.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Haley is back in the office.) HALEY: When I was little, my parents took us to California so my sister could look at colleges and Stanford was just one of our stops and… I was only eight but I just… fell in love. (smiles) I… I had never seen anything like it growing up in Tree Hill; all those different people in one place and I just thought to myself;… wow, this… this must be what the world is like. This is where I wanna be. (nods) And ever since then, I’ve just… wanted to go there. (There’s a pause.) COUNSELOR: Where does your husband wanna go? (Haley smiles, completely unsure.) HALEY: (v.o) Hey, uh,- CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – BENCHES – DAY] (Close-up of the table.) HALEY: (o.s) -this came to the apartment for you. Guess they think you still live there. (Cut back to show Nathan working at one of the tables. He turns the envelope and looks at it.) NATHAN: Thanks. HALEY: Two thousand, seven-hundred and ninety-eight miles. That’s how far apart our dream schools are. (She drops her bag onto the bench.) NATHAN: Yeah. (She sits.) HALEY: Nathan, I said some things the other night- NATHAN: I said some things too. (nods) I’m sorry. HALEY: … Me too. NATHAN: (sighs) I guess we can add this to the list of things we shoulda talked about. HALEY: (smiles) We can talk about it now. NATHAN: (v.o) I didn’t realise I was supposed- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Nathan is back in the seat.) NATHAN: -to figure out my entire future today. COUNSELOR: (looking up from her file) You should at least be thinking about it. NATHAN: Trust me, I’ve been thinking about it ever since I could sh*t a basketball. (Nathan looks at her seriously.) CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – OBSERVATION ROOM – DAY] (The detective and Dan are standing in another room. Keith can be seen through the two-way mirror.) DETECTIVE: Look, Mayor Scott, the arrest was a favour, but without anything solid, I can’t hold him. (pause) In fact, the only charges I could bring would be against you for asault your brother. (Keith takes his legs off the table. The door in his room opens and he looks at a cop.) DAN: (annoyed) Can I fre you? DETECTIVE: No. (Keith walks up to the two-way mirror and salutes.) KEITH: It’s good seeing ya, Danny. (Dan looks at the mirror.) KEITH: Oh, um,… could this visit take the place of Christmas this year? (Keith puts his hands in his pockets and smiles before exiting the room. The cops leave too. Dan is left alone to fume.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – GROUNDS – DAY] (Two girls walk across the grounds.) HALEY: (o.s) Stanford is, like, my dream school. It’s where I’ve wanted to go since I played… pretend SATs! (Haley and Lucas walk into the sht.) LUCAS: Man, I forgot how much of a nerd you were. (Haley scoffs and hits him.) HALEY: Oh, whatever, Rambo! LUCAS: No Rambo was cool! (Haley laughs.) HALEY: Ohh, I don’t feel like I’m picking… a college as much as I feel like I’m picking a future. LUCAS: Yeah, but didn’t you kinda pick a future when you married Nathan? HALEY: Watch it, mister(!) (Lucas throws his arms up in defeat.) HALEY: Hey, by the way, you’re, um,… like, feeling alright and everything, right? LUCAS: Yeah, I’m fine, why? HALEY: I just had this dream that you… had a heart attck and… you’re buying your medicine and you don’t need to borrow any money or anything, right? LUCAS: (holds her arm) Yes, I’m fine, but thank you. BROOKE: (appears) S’up, boyfriend? (takes his arm) (to Haley) Faily. HALEY: And I’m never telling you anything again, ever. BROOKE: Speaking of, though, what is the deal with these meetings today? I mean, college is like a million years away. HALEY: (sighs) And three thousand miles. (turns away cattily) Bye(!) (leaves) BROOKE: (turning to Lucas) OK, I don’t get it. LUCAS: She just realised that she and Nathan wanna go to college across the country from each other. BROOKE: They just figured that out? Isn’t that the sort of thing couples talk about? LUCAS: Yes,… so… what are your plans after high school? BROOKE: (considers) Well, I always figured I’d… marry a millionaire and he’d whisk me away to his private island (Lucas raises an eyebrow) in the Bahamas. Where are you going anyway? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Lucas is back in the chair.) LUCAS: How’s the fashion institute’s basketball team? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] BROOKE: Is there a good fashion programme at, like,… (frowns) basketball school? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Mouth is sitting outside the counselor’s office, writing quickly. Rachel approaches him.) RACHEL: Mouth! (He looks up and smiles.) RACHEL: (whispering) You’re totally screwed(!) (His smile falls.) RACHEL: Principle Turner wants to see you. (Mouth considers for a bat before picking up his stuff and following her.) MOUTH: I don’t think I did anything wrong. I mean, did he say what he wants? RACHEL: (frowning) No because he didn’t actually send me. (they stop) I just need your help. MOUTH: But I had an appointment with the guidance counselor. (makes to turn back) (Rachel stops him.) RACHEL: Why would you let some… burn-out in a dad-end job tell you where to go to college? (drags him away) I mean, college obviously didn’t work for her. MOUTH: (stops and turns to her) Rachel, that burn-out’s my mom. (Rachel looks away, speechless.) MOUTH: See, I can joke too. But, seriously, I need to get back. RACHEL: (sighs) OK, but seriously, just catch the counselor on her lunch hour at the soup kitchen. I need your help. (She drags him off-screen. The counselor’s door opens.) COUNSELOR: (stepping out) Marvin McFadden? (She looks around but he’s gone.) CUT TO: [EXT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Karen is sitting on a low wall, massaging her head. She looks left and stands.) KAREN: Keith,… (She walks to him and hugs him. He laughs and hugs her back.) KAREN: (letting go) Are you OK? KEITH: Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. Tree Hill Jail isn’t exactly Attica. (pause) Though, you know, you didn’t have to wait for me. (Karen looks at him for a bat.) KAREN: We can’t let Dan get away with this. (turns away to get her bag) We should probably sue him or call the news! (he walks up behind her) Or maybe even hi- KEITH: Go out? (She stops ranting and turns to him, perplexed.) KEITH: The Ravens are playing tomorrow night and… I was thinking that maybe we should go together. KAREN: (bewildered) You’re asking me out on a date? (Keith nods.) KAREN: (amused) Keith, Dan is trying to convict you of mrder! KEITH: I didn’t kll anyone. Dan is just trying to rattle me. Besides… nothing would make me happier than taking you out. (pause) And, nothing would make Dan angrier than seeing me happy. KAREN: Well, OK, then. I’d love to. But, for the record, I’ll be doing it for the first reason. KEITH: (considers) OK. (He holds his arm out and she takes it.) KEITH: The second reason will just be a bonus. (She laughs and they walk off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (The counselor is interviewing Brooke again.) COUNSELOR: So, you’re interested in fashion design? BROOKE: Yes, but, I’m… interested in a lotta things. (smiles) COUNSELOR: Such as? BROOKE: I’m student council president, captain of the cheerleaders, founder of ‘DW not I’ and girlfriend of Ravens star sh*ting guard – Lucas Scott. (smiles brightly) COUNSELOR: And what’re your plans after high school? BROOKE: (looking at the counselor as if she’s stupid) After high school I have cheer practice. (There’s a bat before the camera jerks left and pans.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – CEMENT QUAD – DAY] (Mouth is standing if front of the cheerleaders as he shows them some new moves. Brooke is not there.) MOUTH: Five, six, seven, eight - (starts jumping) cross front, cross back, (turns in a jump) turn around. (They move their arms.) MOUTH: Arms cross, crank it up. (Rachel looks back at him and smiles.) BROOKE: (appearing) Whoa, stop, halt, cut! (stops the music) Why is everybody here early? (Peyton and Haley frown at her.) BEVIN: (smiling) Early? You’re like an hour late. BROOKE: I don’t think so. (Mouth doesn’t meet her eyes) Unlike you, I’ve never thought there was a thirteen o’clock. (Rachel puts her hair behind her ear.) HALEY: Brooke, Rachel said you wanted us here an hour early. (Brooke looks at Peyton and Haley, hurt. She walks forward.) BROOKE: And, where did you two think I was this whole time? PEYTON: (cautiously) Late, as usual. RACHEL: Brooke, the classic’s coming up and we don’t have a routine yet. (pause) And I figured since Mouth helped you out last year, we could maybe come up with one and surprise you. (beams) So… surprise(!) BROOKE: (cattily) The only way I’d be surprised right now is if you were actually wearing underwear(!) RACHEL: (bites her lip) Guess no surprises, then. BROOKE: (scoffs) OK, I am the captain of this squad; it is my job to come up with a routine for the tournament w- RACHEL: (sickly sweet) But the tournament is the same weekend as Rouge Vogue. (Both Haley and Peyton look at Rachel.) RACHEL: You’ll be in New York City. (There’s a bat as Brooke absorbs the news.) BROOKE: (understanding) That’s why you submitted my fashion designs. (nods) (Rachel smiles and shrugs.) RACHEL: Surprise. (Peyton and Haley look back at Brooke, waiting for her reaction. Brooke’s face is filled with sharp betrayal as she turns and walks away. Mouth and the cheerleaders watch her silently.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Lucas is sitting in the chair, thinking.) LUCAS: I mean, I could probably get some… academic scholarship interest… (shrugs) but I’m really hoping to still play basketball. CUT TO: [EXT. THE RIVERCOURT – BLACKTOP – DAY] (Lucas jumps and throws the ball. It misses and he drops his arm.) LUCAS: (v.o) I guess I’m not ready to give it up. KEITH: (o.s) Hmmm. You know, (Lucas turns) in jail, a sht like that would make you will make you somebody’s girlfriend. (The camera pans around fast as Lucas turns. He smiles happily.) LUCAS: Yeah, we’ll you’d know. (Cut to Keith who’s standing there, smiling.) LUCAS: I was worried about you. Are you OK? KEITH: Yeah, I’m fine. Anyway, you’re a kid, Luke. You should worry about kid stuff. LUCAS: Oh, you mean like… school, money, mom,… (breathes in and picks something off Keith’s collar) college scholarships, scouts? KEITH: Wow, its tough being a kid these days. LUCAS: Hmm. KEITH: (walking to the ball) Since when do you worry about scouts? LUCAS: Since I realised if I get a basketball scholarship, my mom won’t have to worry. KEITH: (turning back with the ball) Well, she likes to worry about you. LUCAS: I don’t want her to. (pause) You know what, college is expensive. KEITH: We’ll manage. We always have. (Lucas laughs and looks away, nodding.) KEITH: What? LUCAS: You said ‘we’. (Keith doesn’t answer. He looks down at the ball in his hand.) KEITH: I, um,… (walks to him) asked your mom out on a date. (smiles) Hope that’s OK with you. LUCAS: I think it’s great. What’d she say? KEITH: Funny. (nods) I guess you had to ask the question. I mean, my track record with your mom is about as bad as the Ravens’. LUCAS: Argh(!) KEITH: Hm, so, (tosses the ball at him) do me a favour – win tomorrow night. I was gonna say score but I didn’t think that was appropriate. LUCAS: Oh. (He jumps and gets the ball through the hoop this time. Keith nods at him.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke walks across the living room, nose in the air. She opens the door to Mouth.) BROOKE: (turns and walks away from the door) Oh, hi, come on in. Have you seen my friend Mouth? He looks just like you only he has a skank attached to his hip(!) MOUTH: I’m sorry, Brooke. (shuts the door) I was trying to help all the cheerleaders; including you. BROOKE: Well, for the record, when you’re helping Rachel, you are not helping me. (She fiddles with a new dress she’s making. It’s on a mannequin.) MOUTH: I don’t think she tried to set you up. (Brooke gapes at him.) MOUTH: She said she had no idea it was the same weekend when she submitted your designs. BROOKE: (annoyed) And you believed her? Mouth, she is lying! OK, if you weren’t so busy trying to see through her shirt, you would see through her BS. (points) She’s using you. MOUTH: How? BROOKE: I don’t know. I am not a conniving bitch! But I know that if she’s being nice to you, it is for a reason and not a good one. I mean, if you want a new friend, why don’t you hang out with the raisin girl? MOUTH: (visibly hurt) Her name is Gigi. BROOKE: Yes. Gigi – good; Rachel – bad(!) MOUTH: So I should stick with my own kind. (nodding and glaring) BROOKE: I’m not saying that. I just know how someone like her sees someone like you. MOUTH: Someone like me? (Brooke inclines her head but doesn’t respond.) MOUTH: (shrugs forcefully) I get it, a hot girl would never hang out with someone like me unless she wanted something. (walks to the front door) BROOKE: (follows) No, Mouth, wait. Th- MOUTH: Why, do you have more furniture for me to move? (slams the door behind him) (Brooke gapes, trying to figure out what just happened.) COUNSELOR: (v.o) Your parents aren’t around? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Brooke shrugs.) BROOKE: No, but that’s not unusual for Tree Hill. (pause) (smiles) We should have milk cartons with missing parents on them. COUNSELOR: It must be difficult being alone. BROOKE: I’m not alone. (The counselor just listens.) BROOKE: I hate being alone. I have my roommate and… my squad, my friends; my Peyton, my Lucas. (smiles and shrugs) (A door shuts off-screen.) LUCAS: (v.o) Hey,- CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Lucas walks in carrying a brown bag.) LUCAS: -didn’t know what to get you so I got a little bit of everything. (sighs) (Brooke groans and he sets the bag in front of her – on the counter.) BROOKE: Is there a kick in the head in there, coz that’s what I deserve. (He laughs and takes food out.) LUCAS: What’s wrong? BROOKE: Mouth came over here earlier and I went all ‘Mean Girls’ on him. (Lucas closes his eyes and thinks.) LUCAS: Wait a second, you were mean to Mouth? BROOKE: I- LUCAS: (looks in the bag) Yeah, you know, there might be a kick in the head here somewhere. (reaches into the bag) BROOKE: It’s just, he’s gotten all buddy-buddy with that escort wanna-be – Rachel – who I found out only entered me in Rouge Vogue because it’s the same weekend as the classic! LUCAS: So, do em both. BROOKE: I can’t. I need you to help me decide. (pulls out chopsticks) I mean, this is my last year to take my squad to the classic and win but Rogue Vogue could be my only chance at showing my designs. LUCAS: (walks back with sauce) You know what I would do if I was you? (She grumbles in response. He sets the bottle down and leans down a bit.) LUCAS: Do em both. BROOKE: (irritated) You are not helping! (chews) LUCAS: OK, they’re in different states but… I mean, they’re during different times of the weekend. BROOKE: And I would still have to be in two places at once. I’m not supergirl, I can’t… (straightens as an idea strikes) (Lucas waits for it.) BROOKE: I could fly. (pause) Oh my god, this could totally work. I could win two trophies and keep one on my dresser and shove the other one up Rachel’s- (Lucas moves forward.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – ENTRANCE – DAY] (Close-up of Dan’s ass as he bangs on the Sunkist drinks machine, trying to get his soda. It drops out and he turns, bending to take it out. He looks up.) DAN: Hello, Peyton. (Cut to Haley, glaring at him.) DAN: Oops, I mean Haley. (laughing) It’s hard to keep all of Nathan’s girlfriends straight. You know, I’ll probably call the next one you. (Haley smiles misleadingly.) HALEY: So, what’re you doing here? DAN: Oh, just some official mayor business. Wouldn’t wanna bore you. HALEY: Oh, thanks. (walks past him) DAN: How’s my new song doing, anyway? (Haley stops and turns back.) HALEY: (playing along) What’re you talking about? DAN: The song you’re recording. Nathan’s paying Chris Keller to work with you and since I’m paying Nathan’s allowance for being such a good little boy, it’s kinda mine. (Haley’s expression slips and Dan understands what he obviously already knew.) DAN: Oh, (walks forward) you didn’t know where the money was coming from. Don’t you and Nathan talk about anything? HALEY: (straightening her bag) Yeah, mostly we talk about how happy he is to be away from you. DAN: You know, that’s not exactly the thank you I was expecting after dropping thousands of dollars on your career. (Haley scoffs, turns and walks away.) DAN: (leering) I’ll see you in class. (Haley looks back briefly but keeps on walking.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Nathan walks through the doors.) HALEY: Nathan? (Nathan turns and spots Haley who’s approached him.) HALEY: (not upset) Did you pay Chris to help me with my music? (They walk down the corridor together.) NATHAN: (evading) Good morning to you, too. HALEY: I just ran into your dad. Is that true? NATHAN: Yeah. HALEY: Why didn’t you tell me, Nathan? I want us to be honest with each other about everything. NATHAN: So, what, every time I wanna do something nice for you, I have to ask first? HALEY: No, that’s not the point! It was very nice but you, like, totally went behind my back, and it felt like something Dan would do. (Nathan looks away from her and spots his father talking to some people at the other end of the corridor. Haley turns her head when she sees Nathan’s attention averted. Before she can say anything, Nathan takes off.) NATHAN: (walking purposely to Dan) Do I have to change the locks at school now? DAN: (laughs) I’m the mayor, I have the keys to the city. (slaps him lightly with the folder) Besides, is that any way to talk to your new teacher? (Nathan frowns.) DAN: Principle Turner asked me to speak to your Political Science class. (Nathan looks away, annoyed.) NATHAN: You’re kidding(!) NATHAN: (v.o) I need to get away from my dad.- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Nathan is talking to the counselor again.) NATHAN: -And basketball’s the way out. (pause) The plan’s always been: high school, and then Duke… then the NBA. COUNSELOR: Who came up with this plan? NATHAN: (thinks and realises) … My dad. DAN: (v.o) Whoa,- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Nathan’s turned his back and is walking away.) DAN: -where’re you going? You just gonna skip class? NATHAN: (without looking back) I’ve heard you speak, dad – waste of time(!) (He walks past Haley. Haley looks at Dad, angry. Dan just leers at her again. She turns slowly and walks away. Dan, now standing alone in the corridor, smiles to himself. He turns around.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Peyton sits with her arms crossed, waiting.) COUNSELOR: Have you talked to your parents about college? PEYTON: … Well, I mean, my birth-mom’s really the only one that’s around right now and… (smiles) she didn’t go. COUNSELOR: What did she do after high school? CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Ellie is sitting on the couch.) ELLIE: Drugs(!) (She scowls and sits back. Peyton is sitting on the couch too, eating.) PEYTON: Well, you didn’t go to college and you’re doing just fine. ELLIE: I’m a free-lance writer who lives pay-check to pay-check. I’ve done okay, but I could have done better. (shakes her head) You don’t wanna go to college? PEYTON: Does that surprise you?! ELLIE: Actually, it does; I just assumed you’d go. (Peyton stops eating and sits back.) PEYTON: Why? ELLIE: Because you can. (Ellie sighs and grabs their plates.) ELLIE: I never understood people who had the chance to go and chose not to. (Ellie walks to the kitchen.) PEYTON: Well, I don’t understand people that waste four years in school when they could be out living life! (yelling to be heard) ELLIE: What’s the hurry? From what I hear, college is fun. I can see you majoring in art or music. Or business(!) PEYTON: Really? You see all that without tarot card or a Ouija Board? What else do you see? ELLIE: I see you being late for cheerleading. (Peyton looks at her watch and then looks up.) PEYTON: I guess you really are a psychic. (stands) Alright, well, how bout this? (picks up the board with band’s names on it) Do you, by any chance, see a name for this album? ELLIE: Hopefully something better than This Album. PEYTON: I don’t know, it’s kinda growing on me. (She smiles and puts the board down.) ELLIE: OK, have fun. Don’t benefit any friends… and do good cheering. PEYTON: (mocking) Go Ravens(!) (waves and walks to her door) ELLIE: You know, I’m starting to doubt my powers coz I never woulda see you as a cheerleader. PEYTON: (pauses and smiles fondly) My mom was a cheerleader. (Ellie nods and Peyton waves again – leaving.) LUCAS: (v.o) You know, I just want my mom to…- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] LUCAS: -stop worrying and enjoy life. (smiles and shrugs) She deserves that much. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – KAREN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Lucas enters the room, buttoning his cuffs. He looks down and laughs. Karen is sitting at her vanity mirror, putting make-up on.) LUCAS: (bends down) So, tonight’s the big night. Are you excited? I mean, Keith is like the most popular kid in school. (Karen looks at him for a long moment.) KAREN: Don’t make fun of me. (Lucas laughs.) KAREN: I’m too nervous. (Lucas pats her on the arm and walks further into the room. Karen puts lipstick on and Lucas sits on her bed.) KAREN: Right, now, (pause) how do I look? LUCAS: (shrugs) Like my mom. KAREN: (sighs forcefully) I’m serious! LUCAS: You look great, ma. (Karen smiles.) LUCAS: You looked great the last time you asked me and the time before that. KAREN: (bat) And, what about the time before that? LUCAS: (thinks hard) Oh, so-so. (Karen smiles and looks down.) KAREN: (nervously) Shouldn’t dating get easier? (The doorbell rings.) KAREN: (frantic) Oh, um,… OK. (gets off the stool) LUCAS: Do you want me to have a little talk with him? You know, make sure his intentions are… (massages his fists teasingly) honourable. (Karen stops the spraying of her perfume to look at her son exasperatedly.) KAREN: I got it from here. (She sprays the perfume and then puts it back on the dresser.) KAREN: Alright, um,… (takes her bag) good luck at the game. You will be joining us for dinner afterwards? LUCAS: I’ll be there. (Karen smiles.) KAREN: OK. (She walks out of the door.) LUCAS: (calling after her) You know, this is getting pretty serious, huh – bringing him home to meet the fam(!)? KAREN: (pokes her head in for a bat) Enough(!) (Lucas laughs and stands. She opens the front door to Keith. She smiles delightedly.) KAREN: Keith. You look… KEITH: You look… too. (smiles nervously) (Karen bites her lip and Keith laughs. She shuts the door behind her and walks down the front porch with him.) KAREN: I, uh,… have a confession; I was, uh,… pretty nervous about tonight. KEITH: Oh, yeah, me too. I actually changed my shirt three times and… I was gonna change again and then I realised I only have three shirts. (Karen laughs.) KAREN: Well, I like that one. (Karen looks at the car, stunned.) KAREN: This is yours?(!) KEITH: This is the car I’ve always dreamed about… which… makes it prefect for tonight. KAREN: What made you finally decide to buy it? (Keith holds open the door for her.) KEITH: Lately I’ve been… less about talking and more about doing. (They smile and Karen gets into the car. There’s a sht of the rear of the car as the red Mustang drives away.) COUNSELOR: (v.o) So, why don’t you like to talk about college? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Brooke smiles, strained, and shrugs.) BROOKE: Coz it… freaks me out,… (pause) OK? I, um,… I like high school. I’m good at high school. You know, I know who my friends are and who my enemy is. (shrugs again) Got this place down. (Brooke looks on, silently nervous.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – GROUNDS – EVENING] (Brooke is dressed in her cheerleader outfit with a heavy bag slung over her shoulder. She walks up with a fake smile in place.) BROOKE: Rachel. (Rachel turns from talking to the cheerleaders. The other girls leave.) BROOKE: Question: what do Rogue Vogue and the classic have in common? Answer: Brooke Davis. Nice try but I’m doing both. RACHEL: (uncaringly) How’re you gonna do that? BROOKE: It called ‘you’re an idiot’; one’s on Saturday, one’s on Sunday and there’s a flight smack-dab in the middle. So you’re gonna have to try harder next time you practice bitch-craft. RACHEL: (seething) Well, won’t you just be the busiest girl in hobusiness?(!) BROOKE: And you’ll be taking a backseat; but I guess you’re used to that. (Rachel looks over Brooke’s shoulder, smiles and waves. Mouth walks up behind, waves and smiles back. Brooke looks over her shoulder and spots him. He ignores her and walks past. Rachel smirks and follows him.) (Brooke watches them wordlessly.) CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Nathan jumps and puts the basketball through the hoop of the formerly decrepit gym. All of the team are practising before the game.) KEITH: Oh, this gym’s nearly as old as you are. WHITEY: Yeah, but I look better. (Whitey turns to look at Keith and Karen.) KAREN: (smiling) Hey Whitey. (Whitey walks to them.) KEITH: (grinning) Gonna win one for us tonight? WHITEY: Well, it depends; are you gonna stick around and watch? KEITH: (nods) Yeah, I’ll be here. (smiles at Karen) (Whitey laughs silently.) WHITEY: I bet you will. (Lucas puts a ball through the hoop as Nathan stands under it.) WHITEY: Good to have you home, Keith. All I need now is a win to make this night perfect. (Whitey scowls and walks forward as he watches Nathan put another ball through the hoop. The sht freezes before the ball goes through.) COUNSELOR: (v.o) Your basketball career could end, just like that. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] COUNSELOR: You need to think about your education, too. NATHAN: (sits up) No, you don’t get it – without basketball… I’m not gonna have an education. I’m not gonna get into college based on my grades. Basketball’s all I’ve got. CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (The frozen sht unfreezes and Nathan puts the ball through the hoop. All of the cheerleaders walk into the gym, laughing and grinning. Brooke enters with Peyton and they slow down to a halt. Brooke looks around at the gym in disgust.) BROOKE: This place is disgusting. I can actually see the germs in the air. (Peyton’s expression isn’t much better. Dan charges in and pushes his way between the pair. Brooke winces and glares at his back.) PEYTON: (watching Dan) Yeah, me too. (Peyton puts her hand to Brooke’s shoulder and they move out of the sht. Dan walks to Nathan.) DAN: Nathan. (Nathan looks at him as he takes his jacket off.) DAN: Good news. NATHAN: (poker face) What, I’m adopted? DAN: (pointing off-screen) David Shay is here. NATHAN: What?(!) (Nathan turns and sees David Shay talking and shaking hands with the referee.) DAN: You wanna play for any basketball powerhouse on the East Coast, that’s the scout you wanna impress. (Nathan nods and tucks his shirt in.) DAN: It seems all those phone calls I made on your behalf (grins) paid off. NATHAN: (irritated) This has nothing to do with you. If he’s here, it’s because of me. (appraises him) You can’t own this one. (He leaves Dan standing there and runs onto the court.) WHITEY: (clapping and talking to the players) Aright, come on, move, move, move, move. GIGI SILVERI: (at the announcers table with Mouth) This is Gigi Silveri. Now that the Ravens have stripped outta their street clothes (smiles fondly) and… put on tight shorts that… caress their firm buttocks… (Mouth looks at her mutely, not happy.) GIGI SILVERI: We’re ready to get underway. (looks at Mouth) Mouth? MOUTH: That was… good. (Gigi turns away, grinning.) WHITEY: Alright, here’s the deal: you wanna go back to playing in a gym that doesn’t smell like mouldy cheese,… well go out there and win a game for a change! (The team nod.) WHITEY: (holds his fist out) Alright, on three. (The team put their fists in.) WHITEY: One, two, three: THE TEAM: WINNERS! (The team move to the benches and Whitey stops Nathan.) WHITEY: Nathan, (Nathan stops and looks at him.) WHITEY: not tonight. You have a seat. NATHAN: (confused) What? Why? WHITEY: (staring hard) I understand you skipped Political Science this morning. NATHAN: Coach, my dad was there; he knew I was skipping. WHITEY: I didn’t. You know the policy – you miss school, you miss the game. No exceptions. (looks at a guy on the bench) Dustin, you’re in. (Lucas looks on unhappily. Nathan pursues Whitey.) NATHAN: No, no, no, Coach, there’s a big-time scout here. I have to play tonight. WHITEY: (stops and turns to him) Nathan,… SIT DOWN! (pause) Now. (The cheerleaders stop their stretches and watch. Close-up of Haley’s bemused face. Dan looks on, thankfully quiet for once. Nathan can’t believe it as he takes the bench. Dan looks between Nathan and Lucas. Lucas glares at Dan. Nathan looks at his brother.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. TREEHILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] COUNSELOR: What if basketball doesn’t work out? (Lucas moves around in his seat and laughs to himself.) LUCAS: Uh, I don’t expect it to. (looks down) But, if it can help me get into a good college, and help my mom out at the same time, I’m gonna throw everything I have into it. (Cheering sounds off-screen.) CHEERLEADERS: (v.o) De-fence! CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Pan down for the Ravens logo where the cheerleaders are standing off to one side, cheering.) CHEERLEADERS: De-fence! De-fence! (The players are getting ready.) CHEERLEADERS: De-fence! De-fence! (Tim passes the ball to Lucas. Lucas throws it and gets it through the hoop. The Ravens supporters jump up and cheer. As do the cheerleaders.) KEITH: (leaning forward) Yeah! Oh yeah! (Cut to the scoreboard, which shows Ravens with 29 points and Visitor with 37. The Raven’s points go up to 31.) (The opposing team get another basket.) (Dan discreetly walks up to Whitey.) DAN: Piece of advice for you, gramps - (Whitey rolls his eyes) most Coach’s play their leading scorers. Kinda helps them, you know (shakes his head) win(!) WHITEY: (sarcastically) Wow, Mayor’s talking to me. What an honour(!) (Whitey ignores him and walks away. Nathan looks at them disappointedly.) (The game continues through a series of fade-outs. Lucas gets the ball and gets another basket. Karen claps and Keith yells them to ‘come on’ again. Whitey claps too.) (Cut back to the scoreboard which now shows Ravens with 32 and Visitor with 37. Raven’s score bumps up to 34 and the buzzer sounds as time runs out for the second period.) (Cut to Mouth and Gigi at the announcer’s table.) MOUTH: And there’s the end of the first half. The Ravens trail on a close one: 37 to 34. We’ll be back in a few minutes with the start of the second half. (Mouth takes his headphones off and looks at the cheerleaders. Brooke smiles brightly and waves at him. He turns to Gigi.) MOUTH: I’ll be right back. (He gets out of his seat, steps off the stage and walks away from the cheerleaders – studiously ignoring the cheerleaders and Brooke. Brooke drops her hands and looks away sadly. The team are walking to the locker rooms. Lucas comes up next to Whitey and they walk together.) LUCAS: Can I talk to you, Coach? WHITEY: Not if it’s about your brother, Ferris Bueller. LUCAS: (exasperated) Look, the only reason Nathan skipped class was because of Dan and the only way to get him away from Dan is to let the scout see him play. WHITEY: It’s not your place to defend him. LUCAS: Yes, it is; (points at him) you made me co-captain, didn’t you? Well, he’s my team-mate and the team needs him. WHITEY: I appreciate your concern for your team-mate, but rules are rules and you’re gonna have to find a way to win without him. (Lucas looks down defeatedly and Whitey enters the gym. Lucas looks sideways and glares before following Whitey.) (A toilet flushes off-screen.) CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – TOILETS – EVENING] (Mouth walks to the sink and turns the tap on. Brooke walks into the toilet and locks the door.) BROOKE: (innocently) Funny running into you here. (Mouth pauses for a moment, completely lost and confused.) MOUTH: Am I in the right bathroom? BROOKE: Mouth, I’m really, really, really, sorry. (Mouth sighs and leans against the sink.) BROOKE: OK, I didn’t mean to hurt you. I just meant… a guy like you is… one of my very best friends. (Mouth nods, listening.) BROOKE: And I was just trying to protect you from one of my very un-best friends. (She waits and Mouth smiles.) MOUTH: It’s OK, Brooke. BROOKE: Can I make it up to you? (shrugs) Hang out after the game? MOUTH: (laughs) I never though I’d be propositioned in a men’s room. (Brooke laughs.) MOUTH: And like it, anyway. BROOKE: (smiling) Is that a yes? MOUTH: (smile falls) Well,… I kinda have plans. BROOKE: (bat) With Rachel. MOUTH: … I’d invite you,… but- BROOKE: It’s OK. (shrugs) Be careful, Mouth. (There’s a knock on the door. Brooke turns to it, winks at Mouth and opens the door. Mouth smiles.) BROOKE: Oh(!) (A few guys enter the bathroom. Brooke smiles and exits. Mouth turns back to the sink.) CUT TO: [EXT. THE GYM – ENTRANCE – EVENING] (Dan walks out of the gym and spots the scout.) DAN: (pointing) David Shay? (Walks down the steps and takes David Shay’s hand.) DAN: Mayor Dan Scott. Nathan’s father. DAVID SHAY: Oh, I was looking forward to seeing your son play. DAN: Well who wasn’t? (puts his arm around David’s shoulder and makes him walk with him) Uh, listen, David. The truth is, Coach Durham has a personal issue with me. Unfortunately, he’s punishing Nathan for it. It’s sad, really. DAVID SHAY: Ah, Lucas was playing well. DAN: That part’s even sadder. (Keith shoulder moves partially onto the screen.) KEITH: Are you talking about Lucas? (David Shay nods.) KEITH: Coz I’m, uh, (looks at Dan and shakes David Shay’s hand) Keith, Lucas’ uncle. DAVID SHAY: He’s having quite a night. KEITH: Yeah, he’s a really good kid and he’s got great grades too. DAVID SHAY: That’s nice to hear. Well, uh,… I gotta get back inside. It’s nice to meet you two. (Dan nods.) KEITH: You too. (David Shay walks back into the gym. Karen walks up to Keith and he puts his arm around her shoulders. Dan laughs.) DAN: Ohhh, (smiles) you both could do better. KAREN: (looks at him pointedly) God knows I’ve done worse. (She walks past him. Keith looks at her and his smile grows. He smirks at Dan and follows her. Dan waits a bat.) DAN: Hey, Keith? (Karen and Keith stop and turn.) DAN: (back to them) I wouldn’t leave town if I were you. KEITH: (laughs) Well, I’m not going anywhere, Danny. (beams at Karen) I wouldn’t dream of it. (Keith puts his hand at Karen’s waist and leads her back into the gym. Dan turns away, glaring hard.) CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Play has resumed on the court. The Ravens are scattered on it. Tim tosses the ball to Lucas who gets the ball through the basket.) KEITH: YEAH! (Karen claps. Nathan looks down, unhappy that he’s not part of it.) HALEY: (v.o) I-I feel like I can’t win. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] HALEY: I mean, d-do I-do I go on without him? Do I beg him to come with me? Follow him wherever he goes? CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Nathan looks around at the players, sadly.) HALEY: (v.o) I don’t think you ever realise how much you love something- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDNACE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] HALEY: -till you have to give it up. (She sits there.) CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Cut back to the gym where Lucas gets another basket.) BROOKE: (impressed) What is that boy on? HALEY: (worried) Or not on. MOUTH: (o.s) OK, time winding down on the fourth quarter. The Ravens need a basket. (Lucas bounces the ball into the wing.) MOUTH: (o.s) Lucas Scott drives into the wing, he puts a sht up and SCORES and the Ravens are down by one! (sht of the scoreboard which now reads Ravens 74 and Visitor 75 with nine seconds left on the clock.) MOUTH: (v.o) Nine seconds left in the game. (Whitey calls the team in, clapping. The players gather around him.) WHITEY: Move, move, move, move! Alright, now I want you guys to take a good look around you. Take a good hard look. Because once in a while, you have to ask yourself how you got to this place. O for 2; playing in this place… (scowls) crummy, sweat-box of a gym(!) (pause) Well, I’ll tell you how you got there – you got there by playing selfishly and losing. (Lucas looks down and nods.) WHITEY: But, for the next nine seconds, if you change the first thing, you’ll change the second. (holds his fist out) Alright, let’s go. (The rest of the team follow suit.) WHITEY: One, two, three. THE TEAM: RAVENS! (The whistle sounds. Nathan turns his head and sees his father looking at him. Dan’s frowning at him.) COUNSELOR: (v.o) Did your father go to Duke? CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Nathan thinks.) NATHAN: No. (pause) But I’m better than him. CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Nathan looks away from his father and turns to his brother.) NATHAN: Lucas! (Lucas stops and looks at him. He runs back.) NATHAN: The dad-spot. (Lucas leans in closer) Fleming has no left. (pause) Alright? He’ll go to his right. So if you force him into the dad-spot, you’ll be able to pick his pocket. (Lucas smiles and pats his brother on the shoulder before running back onto the court. Nathan looks at Whitey. Whitey looks and him and smiles before turning his head away, his smile growing more proud and fond. Dan’s having trouble figuring out what’s going on.) (Cut to a close-up of the clock on the scoreboard as it counts down. The opposing team has the advantage. The Ravens wait in a nervous huddle as Lucas blocks the opponent.) (The sht cuts to slow motion as Lucas forces the other member into the dad spot. The opposing player shoulders him but Lucas stays his ground. The other player turns with the ball.) (Lucas grabs the ball easily and runs the opposite way with it. Nathan holds his arms up in triumph and stands with the crowd.) (Close-up of the clock as it counts down from 5 to 4.) (Lucas runs with the ball. Dan watches him.) (The clock counts down from 3 to 2. Brooke waits in anticipation as Lucas jumps and puts the ball through the hoop as the count down ends and the buzzer sounds. The cheerleaders jump up ecstatically. The crowd jumps up ecstatically and a kid drops popcorn everywhere. Karen and Keith scream delightedly and look at each other.) (Cut to a sht from under the hoop. Lucas drops back to the floor.) LUCAS: (v.o) I never would have joined the basketball team if it wasn’t for my uncle Keith. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Lucas looks off to the side, contemplating.) LUCAS: You know, he wanted me to be a part of something. (pause) To feel like I belonged. (He looks at the counselor soberly.) CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (The cheerleaders are still screaming. Whitey is yelling, red-faced with delight. Mouth takes his headset off and hugs Gigi. Lucas is hoisted up onto the shoulders of him team-mates.) (Dan can only watch, wishing it were Nathan up there. He looks over at Nathan who’s clapping. Nathan spares an uncaring look at Dan before walking to his players. Lucas holds his arm up.) COUNSELOR: (v.o) It sounds like he really cares about you. (Cut to Karen and Keith who are hugging and kissing.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Lucas looks down and smiles fondly.) LUCAS: Yeah, he’s like a father to me. (He looks up and smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (The team walk with Lucas still on their shoulders. The cheerleaders surround the players and the frame freezes.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (The players walk out of the changing rooms and onto the deserted court. They have changed into their normal clothes. Lucas walks out as Brooke rushes to him, occasionally jumping. She puts her arms around him and kisses him.) BROOKE: You keep playing like that and you might have a chance with the captain of the cheerleaders. LUCAS: (looks beyond her) Really? She say something? BROOKE: Yeah, she said this: (kisses him again) (He puts his arm around her shoulders and they walk together.) BROOKE: Comin’ over tonight? LUCAS: I don’t know; I… I’m gonna have dinner with Keith and my mom. BROOKE: So,… how bout after that? I mean, you don’t wanna hang around and be a third wheel if they wanna get freaky. (Lucas cringes and groans.) LUCAS: Oh! That’s my mom. Not a visual I wanna have in my head. BROOKE: Then, so, how bout you come over… and I’ll give you a better one. LUCAS: Oh yeah? BROOKE: Yeah. (They kiss.) BROOKE: Have fun with your family. (Lucas laughs as she bounces away again.) (sht of Haley who’s been watching them from a distance. Nathan exits last and sees her. He walks to her.) NATHAN: You OK? HALEY: (smiles distractedly) Yeah. (looks back at Lucas) Just worried about Lucas. (laughs to herself) (Lucas is being patted and congratulated by a fellow player as he’s about to exit.) HALEY: Sorry you didn’t get to play today. I know you wanted to impress that scout. NATHAN: (grinning) Why? You don’t think he was impressed with my, uh, bench-sitting skills? (Haley laughs and Nathan sighs.) NATHAN: Haley, I’m sorry. (pause) I wish I had an answer for all this school stuff. It’s just,… if I tell you not to go to Stanford, I’m telling you not to follow your dreams, again. If I tell you to go, I’m saying I don’t wanna be with you. (pause) So whaddaya want me to say? HALEY: … Say you love me? NATHAN: (smiling) Of course I love you. (puts a hand on her shoulder) DAVID SHAY: (o.s) Scott? (Nathan and Haley look sideways as David Shay approaches Lucas.) DAVID SHAY: (holds out a hand) Dave Shay. (Lucas shakes his hand.) DAVID SHAY: You played a great game today. (Haley’s watching them but Nathan’s watching her. He can’t watch that scene.) LUCAS: (o.s) Uh, thanks, I, uh,… (sighs) had a lot of help. (Nathan smiles tightly and studies his shoes. Lucas looks over at Nathan.) LUCAS: … You know, you should meet my brother, (points) though. Um,… hey, Nathan! (Nathan looks over and Haley looks at Nathan, grinning. She silently urges him to go. They smile as Nathan complies. Haley watches him proudly.) NATHAN: Hey, how’re you doing? (shakes David Shay’s hand) DAVID SHAY: Alright. Good to meet you. (Lucas and Nathan stand together.) NATHAN: Pretty great game, huh? DAVID SHAY: Fantastic. FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] BROOKE: (looking directly at the camera) The truth is, I don’t really like to think about college. (pause) Coz that means high school’s over. CUT TO: [EXT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Brooke’s hugging herself and she walks out, alone. She watches Lucas, Karen and Keith getting into the car.) BROOKE: (v.o) After graduation, everyone will probably go play basketball. (pause) Or sing or start record labels,- CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] BROOKE: -and I’ll have to start all over. (pause) Alone. CUT TO: [EXT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Brooke smiles to herself and walks to her car. The sht rises until she is seen through a birds eye view.) BROOKE: (v.o) I’m sure I’ll be fine. (There’s a partial fade where Brooke is visible walking alone but also sitting in the guidance counselor’s office.) BROOKE: But like I said, I don’t like to think about it. (The sht of her walking pauses first. There’s a bat before the other sht freezes too.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (Karen and Keith are sitting at the table. Lucas walks over with another plate full of dessert. He hands them out.) LUCAS: (v.o) At the end of the day, I just… wanna be with my family and friends. I just wanna play basketball and- FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] LUCAS: -I wanna go to college. (pause) (grins) That’s… not too much to ask, is it? (The sht pauses.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] NATHAN: It’s just hard because… the game’s the only thing that ever mattered to me… until Haley came along. (The sht pauses.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – WHITEY’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Whitey is seen at his desk through his window. He has his glasses on and is reading. Nathan walks in.) NATHAN: Coach? (Whitey looks up.) NATHAN: I wanted to talk to you about not playing me tonight. (Whitey scowls, opens a drawer and discreetly put the glass of alcohol inside.) WHITEY: I’m not having this conversation again. (shuts the drawer) NATHAN: (nods) It was the right thing to do. (Whitey takes his glasses off and throws them onto the desk.) WHITEY: Well, that was a good tip you gave to Lucas. (pause) It may have won us the game. (Nathan smiles and looks down.) WHITEY: Tonight, you put the team ahead of yourself. (proud) That’s what a true leader does. (pointedly) And that’s something your father never learned. (Nathan nods.) WHITEY: Now don’t worry about that scout. (pause) I’ll see he comes back. You’ll get your sht. NATHAN: (smiles) Thanks Coach, but, uh,… I was hoping maybe… you could call somebody at Stanford. (Whitey waits a bat before laughing.) WHITEY: Alright, I’ll make a call. (nods) (Nathan smiles gratefully. The sht freezes.) HALEY: (v.o) It’s just hard- FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] HALEY: -because before I was married, I thought Stanford was my future. (Close-up of Haley writing down a list for pros and cons for Duke and Stanford. Under Duke, her pro is ‘Nathan’. Under Stanford, her con is ‘No Nathan’.) HALEY: But all those different faces I remember; all those different people, (pause) none of them are Nathan. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Haley is sitting up in bed, writing down her list. She looks down seriously as she thinks.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Peyton walks into the room, looking around. Ellie is sitting at the dining table.) ELLIE: Hey! PEYTON: Hi. ELLIE: How was the game? (Peyton leans on the doorframe and shrugs.) PEYTON: (smiles) Yeah, it was OK. ELLIE: (smiling with red eyes) Was it exciting watching the Ravens get their first win? (Peyton looks at her mutely.) ELLIE: (nods sadly) I was there. (Ellie is obviously upset.) PEYTON: Well, why didn’t you come say hi? ELLIE: Oh, I just wanted to watch you do your thing. (Peyton looks away, embarrassed.) ELLIE: You were great! PEYTON: Yeah, I can go pom to pom with the cheeriest. (smiles) ELLIE: I’m serious, Peyton. You’re smart, you’re funny, you’re beautiful and what I can see, there’s nothing that you’re not good at. PEYTON: (scowls) You want something? ELLIE: Except talking compliments, apparently. (Peyton laughs and looks down.) PEYTON: No, I’m sorry, I just… I’m not used to it. (Peyton walks forward and pulls a chair out.) ELLIE: As I watched you tonight, I thought to myself: (pause) ‘this girl has so much to offer the world. (pause) If only she could see it’. (Peyton looks at her worriedly. It’s painfully obvious that Ellie’s been crying.) PEYTON: (lightly) You sure you’re OK? ELLIE: Yeah, I’m fine. I, um,… I came up with a possible album title and took a sht at the cover art. (She passes the sketchpad over. Peyton takes it and looks at it. It’s a sketch of a dark background with Peyton dressed as the angel of death, holding pom-poms and with 2 pigtails. She’s sitting on the floor. There’s a tattoo of the breast cancer ribbon on her right arm. Her flaming red heart is at the top left of the sketch and the title reads ‘Friends with Benefit’.) ELLIE: (smiles sadly) Whaddaya think? PEYTON: (awed) Friends with Benefit. (nods) (looks up) I love it. (She laughs as the camera pans down.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE – DAY] (Peyton looks down and smiles.) PEYTON: So, I think I wanna study art and music… and maybe business. (pause) Any suggestions? (The sht freezes.) FADE TO: [EXT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Karen, Lucas and Keith can be seen through the door. Keith looks out of the window briefly. The sht slowly zooms out as they eat. Keith excuses himself.) (Someone walks past the door. Cut to Dan sitting in his car, watching the scene. He looks away and then back again. A shoulder appears on his side of the car, just outside of his window. Keith taps on the window.) (Dan looks at him a b*at before lowering the window. Keith isn’t smiling.) KEITH: I hope you got your pants on. (Dan doesn’t say anything. It’s pouring outside and Keith ignores it as he sighs.) KEITH: Go home, Danny. (pause) This isn’t you life. (Dan looks away and starts the car.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x12 - I've Got Dreams to Remember"}	foreverdreaming
FADE IN: LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill. [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Haley catches up with Nathan who has just entered the school.) HALEY: Nathan? (He looks at her.) HALEY: Did you pay Chris to help me with my music? CUT TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – CLOSET – DAY] (Peyton is standing next to Ellie’s collection of music.) PEYTON: If you are gonna help me with… Haley’s record- CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – DAY] (Ellie stands at Peyton’s doorstep, smiling.) PEYTON: (v.o) -well, you could,…- CUT TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – CLOSET – DAY] PEYTON: -maybe move into the house with me. CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Karen and Keith are kneeling, trying to clean up her mess.) KEITH: You’re even prettier than I remembered. (sht of Karen smiling.) CUT TO: [EXT. ROE RESIDENCE – FRONT PORCH – EVENING] (Karen and Keith are standing on the porch, kissing.) COP1: Keith Scott? (Keith looks at the cavalry.) COP1: (pointing and approaching) Put your hands behind your head. (Keith complies.) COP1: You’re under arrest for the- (Karen glares at Dan who’s standing there, watching happily.) COP1: -attempted mrder of Dan Scott. (Zoom in on Dan’s sadistic face as he grins and nods.) CUT TO: [INT. NEW BRUNSWICK COUNTY JAIL – ROOM – DAY] (Dan and the detective stand in a room where they can watch Keith through the window.) DETECTIVE: The arrest was a favour (pause) but without anything solid, I can’t hold him. CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – BENCHES – DAY] (Haley stands over Nathan.) HALEY: Two thousand, seven hundred and ninety-eight miles. That’s how far apart our dream schools are. CUT TO: [INT. THE GYM – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are talking after the game.) NATHAN: If I tell you not to go to Stanford, I’m telling you not to follow your dreams. If I tell you to go, I’m saying I don’t wanna be with you. CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Rachel has pulled Mouth away from the waiting area for the guidance counselor.) RACHEL: I need your help. (She pulls Mouth away.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Brooke is standing at a mannequin, making another dress as she addresses Mouth.) BROOKE: She’s using you! MOUTH: (shrugs) How? BROOKE: I know that if she’s being nice to you, it is for a reason and not a good one. (Mouth looks at her, hurt.) CUT TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – DAY] (Ellie has confronted Lucas at the café.) ELLIE: I have cancer. CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Ellie and Peyton are lying across Peyton’s bed on their stomachs.) PEYTON: I want you to be here when the album comes out. ELLIE: (touches her head) I will be here, Peyton. CUT TO: [INT. ROE RESIDENCE – LUCAS’ BEDROOM – DAY] (Brooke picks up Lucas’ stuff which she has accidentally dropped whilst talking to him.) BROOKE: (v.o) It’s OK that you’re into Peyton. (Brooke looks through Lucas’ collection of things he got from Peyton, and what he wrote to Peyton, when they were together.) BROOKE: (v.o) I found the things in your closet. CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke and Lucas are sitting on the floor, at the foot of her bed.) LUCAS: I hurt you pretty bad. (Brooke smiles tightly and nods.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – MAILBOX – DAY] (Lucas stands at the mailbox.) LUCAS: (v.o) I’m not gonna do it again. (Lucas looks down at the letter he has written for Brooke. He grins and posts it.) FADE TO BLACK: END OF PREVIOUSLY ON: OPENING CREDITS ROLL: FADE IN: [EXT. TREE HILL – STREETS – EVENING] (There’s a close-up of the wet ground. The lamppost is seen reflected in it. It’s raining. The sht cuts to the sky where lightening streaks across. A car drives past fast. Lightening lights the sky in another part of Tree Hill.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Lucas rushes into the apartment, soaked.) LUCAS: It’s crazy outside(!) (He groans and shakes his head.) LUCAS: You got a towel? (Brooke bounces into the sht, wearing a pink and red apron.) BROOKE: Uh, do you have my next letter? (She holds her hands out expectantly with a smile. He takes it out but holds it out of reach. He waits.) BROOKE: (pointing) Linen closet. (He touches her face and she grabs the letter, moving off-screen, to the couch. Lucas makes his way to the closet.) LUCAS: Well, I hope I don’t disappoint you – I know I set the bar (grabs the towel) pretty high… with the first two. BROOKE: Shush! I’m reading here. (Lucas dries himself as Brooke reads silently.) BROOKE: (fondly after reading a bit) Awww, Lucas(!) (She reads some more and raises and eyebrow.) BROOKE: (grinning at him) Naughty. (He laughs. She reads the end and her smile fades.) LUCAS: Is it OK? (unzips his jacket) (The fre alarm sounds and stops her from having to reply. Lucas turns to see where the sound is coming from. He looks at the oven which is smoking.) LUCAS: (groans as he runs to it.) Hold that thought! (Brooke gapes wordlessly as Lucas opens the door and grabs the oven gloves. Brooke turns back to the letter, annoyed.) CUT TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Peyton runs into her room, drenched.) PEYTON: (grinning) You better not have finished all the hot chocolate(!) (She stops and looks as Ellie stands at Peyton’s bathroom mirror, wiping her eyes. Peyton looks away, suddenly worried. Ellie turns away from the mirror and walks back into Peyton’s bedroom.) (Peyton is standing at the bed which is holding Ellie’s loaded suitcase.) PEYTON: (confused) What’s going on? ELLIE: (looks at her with red eyes) … It’s time. Record’s done; (nods) I gotta go. PEYTON: (looks away for a bat) It’s late, Ellie. There’s a storm, you know? What’re you rushing off to? (smiles tightly) ELLIE: (struggles to find the words) There’s just some things that I can’t do here. (nods again) PEYTON: So this is goodbye? ELLIE: (smiles sadly and shrugs) For now. (They look at each other until Peyton can’t take it anymore and looks away.) FADE TO: [INT. GATINA RESIDENCE – RACHEL’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Rachel is lying on her stomach on the bed, listening to ‘The State’ by Limbeck, on her phone. A message pops up saying that Bevin’s calling. She doesn’t answer it.) MOUTH: Hello? (Rachel’s gaze jumps to the doorway. Mouth walks into view.) MOUTH: Hello? (Rachel takes her earphones off.) RACHEL: (grinning) You braved the storm for me? (Mouth groans and looks down.) MOUTH: I braved the storm for you and (holds up the DVD he has) ‘Say Anything’. (Rachel grins and sets her phone aside.) MOUTH: Uh, your parents don’t mind you having a boy in your room? RACHEL: Under three boys is fine. Under three beers too. (She gets off her bad and walks to her fridge.) RACHEL: Although, I tend to beak both those rules from time to time. (Mouth smiles. She opens the fridge and takes out beer.) RACHEL: Want one? MOUTH: No, thanks. I don’t really drink. (pause) Much. (laughs) RACHEL: Suit yourself. (holds out a can of Sunkist) MOUTH: Yeah. (She walks over and hands it to him.) MOUTH: Thanks. (He takes his phone out, turns around so they are both in the sht, and takes a picture. She turns her head and sees what he’s doing.) RACHEL: What’re you doing? (He looks at her, completely embarrassed.) MOUTH: Sorry, I… I just wanna be able to prove I was really here. (She smiles and listens.) MOUTH: You know, like,… in your bedroom. (laughs at himself) (Rachel laughs too.) RACHEL: You’re so cute. (beckons him forward) Come on. (He walks to her) RACHEL: Let’s make it a good one. (They lean back on the bed and Mouth takes the picture.) FADE TO: [INT, KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (A blue bowl sits in the middle of the floor, catching the water that’s leaking from the roof. Keith picks it up and looks up at the incessantly dripping ceiling. Karen rushes over with another bowl.) KEITH: This is so bad. KAREN: Yeah, (takes the bowl from Keith) I never shoulda let Lucas and Haley build that golf course on the rooftop. (She walks away with the bowl.) KAREN: Oh, speaking of, (looks back) I got a hold of Lucas – he’s having dinner at Brooke’s! (speaks loudly in order to be heard) So I told him to stay put until the worst of the storm passes. (laughing) Even if it’s not until morning. (She tips the water down the sink. Keith walks into the kitchen, grinning) KEITH: You told Lucas to spend the night with Brooke? You’re like… every teenage boy’s dream mom. (She sighs and smiles as she walks to him.) KAREN: It’s not like that. KEITH: Oh, yes it is. (pause) Single guy; single girl; (pause) lots’a history. KAREN: Nothing’s gonna happen. KEITH: We’ll see about that. (They kiss.) FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE (EST) – EVENING] (Haley runs across the front of the house, her umbrella up. She’s not wearing a coat. She stops at the front door and knocks rapidly on it before banging.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (Nathan opens the door.) NATHAN: Haley, what’re you doing here? Aren’t the roads all closed? It’s, like, martial law, or something. (Haley wipes her face.) HALEY: I know, I know, but I had to talk to you. I decided to go to Duke! (She grins and waits for him expectantly. Thunder strikes again.) NATHAN: Whoa, OK, why do you come inside? HALEY: (enters) OK. (He shuts the door.) CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley can be seen at the front door, through the doorway of the living room.) HALEY: OK, (they walk to the living room) so I’ve been doing some research and (takes her scarf off) Duke has an amazing basketball programme. I mean, their coach, this guy, uh,… Coach Ker-Kretazuski is like, a legend(!) (Nathan looks at her, grinning.) NATHAN: Coach Krzyzewski? HALEY: (confused) Kersha-yeah, what? NATHAN: People call him Coach K. HALEY: (nods and stands) And so should you. I mean, you should have this opportunity. (sighs) Duke’s a really great school and I think I could be really happy there. Especially if I was with you. NATHAN: Well, you can’t go to Duke, Hales. (smiles) And I don’t want you to. (He moves aside as Haley stands there, too hurt to move.) HALEY: Y-… (nods hard) you don’t want me to. Right. (Nathan turns the TV off and she finally turns to him.) HALEY: (hurt) Right, what was I thinking? Because you told me that you love me after (stomps to her jacket) that basketball game and, silly me, I just thought that feeling would last for longer than, I don’t know, one night! (Nathan grins at her as she shoves her arms into her jacket.) HALEY: But, then again, I forgot; you’re the guy who loves to rip the rug out from underneath me, just when I feel like we’re getting some sort of sab ground(!) (She picks up her scarf and stomps back to the door.) NATHAN: Haley. HALEY: (turns back) And then you freak out after we have sex for the first time in god knows how long! And, by the way, I know exactly how long it was and, frankly, I’m still pissed off at you about that whole birth control thing(!) (Nathan refrains from saying anything. He just smiles widely.) HALEY: (puzzled) What? NATHAN: Haley, you can’t go to Duke… because I’m going to Stanford. (The last lightening shorts out the electrics and the lights go out.) HALEY: (after a few beats) Good sign or bad? (The lightening continues to light up the sky.) CUT TO: [EXT. TREE HILL (EST) – EVENING] (Lightening rushes across the sky again.) CUT TO: [INT. GATINA RESIDENCE – RACHEL’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Mouth is leaning at Rachel frozen. He has obviously stopped in the process of trying to kiss her.) RACHEL: Mouth(!) (She holds her phone up and the light from it lights up his face.) RACHEL: Did you just try to kiss me? MOUTH: … Sorta. RACHEL: (moves the phone back so it lights up her own face too) Wow, (laughs) ballsy. So, is that why they call you Mouth? MOUTH: No, but,… you’re the one who invited me over to watch a movie. (pointedly) In your bedroom. (pause) Then you offer me a beer and turn out the lights. RACHEL: (bat) It’s a blackout, Mouth. MOUTH: Oh. (sighs) Sorry. (Rachel laughs and Mouth collapses onto her bed, defeatedly.) MOUTH: Oh, don’t laugh. (covers his face with his hands) (She laughs again.) CUT TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Brooke is frantically rummaging through the drawers. Lucas puts his hands on her waist and leans over her from behind.) LUCAS: Don’t cry, it’s just a blackout. BROOKE: (annoyed) I am not crying, I am looking for a flashlight! (Lucas walks to the windows and looks out.) BROOKE: God, this has gotta be the worst nightmare! Where is my Powerpuff Girls nightlight when I need it. LUCAS: (turns back) We should probably call Peyton. (Brooke pauses in her rummaging. Lucas shrugs.) LUCAS: I mean, I’m not sure if Ellie’s around, and if the lights are out everywhere, I’m kinda worried about her being alone. BROOKE: (to herself audibly) Yeah, (bends down and open the cupboard under the sink) I’m sure you are. (Brooke finds the flashlight.) BROOKE: Oh(!) (She takes it out from the cupboard and turns it on.) BROOKE: Finally. (She taps it lightly against her palm, stands up straight and whacks Lucas with it.) LUCAS: Ow. (It goes out. She glares at him.) LUCAS: (pissed) What the hell’d you ht me for? BROOKE: (whispers viciously in his ear) Because you’re an ass(!) (She walks past him. He looks over his shoulder at her.) FADE TO: [EXT. COUNCIL OFFICES – WINDOW – EVENING] (Dan stands at the window, looking out at the downpour. An assistant comes up behind him.) ASSISTANT: Mr Mayor, I have contacted the department of power,… but it’s gonna take at least a couple of hours to fix. (Dan hasn’t moved. He continues to look out of the window.) DAN: And the entire city is dark? ASSISTANT: Yes, sir. DAN: (coldly) Perfect. FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (sht of the window as the rain continues.) ELLIE: (o.s) Wow, a blackout! (She strikes a match and holds it up.) ELLIE: (standing by the window) Looks like you got some pull with the woman upstairs. (Peyton laughs and looks at the ceiling. Ellie lights another candle with the match.) ELLIE: I guess you really don’t (shakes the match out) want me to leave, huh? PEYTON: I told you. (Peyton smiles at her as Ellie carries the lit candle to the other side of the room.) ELLIE: Well, assuming the lights don’t pop back on in a minute or two,… (lights another candle with the one she’s holding) are you in any way prepared to deal with this? PEYTON: Oh, (gets off the bed) totally. (She rushes past Ellie.) PEYTON: Hold on. (She climbs to the top shelf of her closet.) PEYTON: My dad got me this for my thirteenth birthday. (pulls things off the shelf) Right about the time he stopped knowing what a girl would want. (She pulls out a huge torch and climbs down.) PEYTON: Just been waiting for an excuse to use it. (She flicks a switch and it doesn’t come on. She smacks it and nothing happens.) ELLIE: And when was the last time you changed the batteries? (Peyton pauses a bat, grinning.) PEYTON: … When I was thirteen. (Ellie smiles and shakes her head. She looks up as thunder rumbles again.) ELLIE: OK. I’ll stay. But just this last night. (smiles) (Peyton smiles back but it disappears when thunder cracks again. She laughs and Ellie looks back at the ceiling.) FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE (EST) – BACK DOOR – EVENING] CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Nathan stands at the open cupboard.) NATHAN: Alright, we got Dip-n-Dots, no G. (Haley is standing at the counter, grinning as she squirts out syrup.) NATHAN: Snack-pack puddin’, no G. And my personal favourite, (pulls out a plastic tub) Cap’ain Crunch, no T. (Haley laughs. Nathan shuts the cupboard door and walks to her with the lamp.) NATHAN: Basically, foods missing consonants. (She laughs again. He puts the tub on the table and sits down.) HALEY: You know, I used to love snarfing down Cap’ain Crunch; watching Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid. NATHAN: What, was that, like, a year ago? (She laughs and licks her finger.) HALEY: How can I be so young… and feel so old. It’s like I-I never thought that I would have this many big questions on my plate (grabs a spoon) by now. NATHAN: Maybe this blackout is a sign. (She looks up at him.) NATHAN: How that we need to deal with everything; the future and all the decisions we have to make. HALEY: Do we have to? (laughs) NATHAN: No, but, until the lights come back on, it’s just you, me and the darkness, Hales. HALEY: Hmm. Sounds kinda nice. (smiles pointedly at him) (He grabs his own spoon and turns to his food.) CUT TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – WINDOW – EVENING] (There’s a close-up of the panes of glass as Dan breaks them with a torch. He breaks every bit of glass off before entering the apartment. He shines his torch around at the messy apartment.) DAN: (to himself) Keith, wow… I’ve gotta get the name of your decorator. CUT TO: [INT. GATINA RESIDENCE – RACHEL’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Rachel strikes a match and lights the candles that are on her chest of drawers. Mouth is sitting on the end of her bed.) MOUTH: I’m so sorry, Rachel. I-I… I mean about kissing you. I just… I thought maybe you’d invited me over here to… well… I’m just sorry. (Rachel grins.) RACHEL: Stop apologising, Mouth. MOUTH: Sure, sorry. (looks down) (Rachel shakes the match out.) RACHEL: Just take a breath. (turns back to face him) MOUTH: (does) I don’t really have a lot of experience when it comes to girls and bedrooms. (pause) Or… girls at all, really. RACHEL: What about… Erica Marsh? MOUTH: (quickly) Exactly. Look how well that turned out. (He scoffs and shakes his head.) RACHEL: OK, (climbs back onto her bed) you have got to be more confident, Mouth. More sure of yourself. (Mouth turns to her.) RACHEL: Like, um,… yeah, I tried to kiss you,… what’re you gonna do about it? MOUTH: (not getting it) Really? RACHEL: (shakes her head) And not so nice. (Mouth looks away disappointedly. She smiles.) RACHEL: You tell a girl she’s nothing; (pause) she’ll come running. You gotta pick out a little flaw and then blow it out of proportion. MOUTH: (shakes his head) I don’t know. RACHEL: (pats him) Come on, come on. Give it a sht; lay it on me. (squints at him) Say something… really mean. MOUTH: Well,… your neck looks… kind of… long. (Rachel frowns at him.) MOUTH: (quickly and earnestly) But pretty, really pretty. (Rachel sighs. Mouth does too.) MOUTH: I don’t wanna be mean to you, Rachel. Or any girl. It’s stupid. RACHEL: Are you calling me stupid? MOUTH: No, I just think- (She puts a finger to his lips to shut him up and it works.) RACHEL: (grinning) Coz if you are, (pause) you are getting sexier by the minute. (She moves her fingers away and Mouth is too speechless to say anything.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Brooke is at the counter, doing nothing. The front door is open and Lucas enters, once again drenched. He shuts the door.) BROOKE: (glaring with her back turned) Well? LUCAS: (walks to her) Well, I’d start a fre but all the wood’s soaked, I’d… turn on a flashlight but, you know, since it’s broken, coz you lost your mind and clobbered me with it, (shakes his head and drops his arms defeatedly) I mean, what got into you, anyway? (She sits down next to her. They face each other.) BROOKE: (astounded) What got into me? (pause) LUCAS: Yeah, I’m sorry your dinner got ruined. (Brooke scoffs harshly.) BROOKE: Right, (nods) the dinner I was making for you with my stupid apron (tosses fruit) and my stupid pie! (She puts her hands to her face.) LUCAS: (standing) OK, I’ll start a fre. I just have to find something else to burn. BROOKE: Great, (picks up his letter) why don’t you start with this? LUCAS: (nods) You want me to burn my letter? BROOKE: (coldly) You really are clueless, aren’t you? LUCAS: Look, I put a lot of heart into that letter. BROOKE: OK, read it, (opens it up) just… just skip to the last line. (shoves it at him) Go ahead. (Lucas takes it and reads it.) LUCAS: (laughs) What’s wrong with the last line: ‘you’re mine forever’. (drops the letter onto the counter) It sounds pretty damn good to me. BROOKE: Yeah, it sounds great. It sounded even better when I read it the first time, last spring, (stands) in another letter you wrote – to Peyton! (She snatches her coat off the back of her chair and stomps to the front door. Lucas looks down.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [EXT. TREE HILL – STREETS – EVENING] (Bird’s-eye view of Brooke fighting her way through the storm as she rushes down the street. Lucas is pursuing her.) LUCAS: STOP! THIS IS RIDICULOUS! BROOKE: (continues) RIDICULOUS? I FOUND THAT LETTER IN YOUR SAD-BOX TO PEYTON, WHATEVER, IN YOUR CLOSET! DEAR PEYTON, BLAH BLAH BLAH, YOU’RE MINE FOREVER, LOVE LUCAS! LUCAS: I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER WRITING THAT! BROOKE: (faces him and walks backwards) WELL YOU DID! LOOKS LIKE FOREVER JUST GOT A LOT SHORTER! LUCAS: BROOKE, (takes hold of her arm) I AM SORRY! (She shakes his arm off.) LUCAS: IT WAS A MISTAKE! BROOKE: (stops and faces him) WHICH TIME; WHEN YOU WROTE IT TO ME OR PEYTON?! LUCAS: YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WAS SNOOPING THROUGH MY CLOSET! BROOKE: (frustrated) SO NOT THE POINT! LUCAS: (holds her arms) LOOK, I KNOW YOU FEEL VULNERABLE ABOUT WHAT YOU WROTE TO ME IN YOUR LETTERS- (She shakes him off roughly again.) BROOKE: (angry) THAT IS NOT WHY I’M UPSET RIGHT NOW! AND FYI, I AM NOT YOUR RECYCLING BIN! (She stomps away again.) LUCAS: (yelling even louder) NO, YOU’RE PSYCHOTIC! (He waits a bat before running after her.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton’s on her bed, looking at one of her records. Ellie smiles and pulls one out from Peyton’s collection.) ELLIE: Ha, this is a great album. It’s good to know that kids still listen to Led Zeplin. (She walks to Peyton.) PEYTON: Well,… this kid does. ELLIE: Ten years gone, it’s one of the saddest songs ever. PEYTON: Yeah, but in like,… an awesome way. ELLIE: (smiles) What’s your saddest song ever? PEYTON: (pause) (smiles) Celebration,… Kool and the gng. (Ellie has her arms folded and absorbs for a bat.) ELLIE: Celebration? PEYTON: (nods) It was playing in the hospital when my mom died. (Ellie nods understandingly.) ELLIE: I’m sorry, Peyton. PEYTON: (shrugs her off and shakes her head) No, it’s,… (laughs) anyway, um,… happier song would be,… Happy Birthday. I’m partial to any song that ends with cake. What about you? ELLIE: (smiles fondly) Hmmm,… Here Comes a Regular. (pause) The Replacements. PEYTON: Huh(!) (pause) Not exactly an up-tempo number. ELLIE: Yeah, but there’s a great story behind it(!) (Peyton’s eyebrows rise as she waits.) ELLIE: Right before graduation, I went with some friends to this big outdoor music festival in Winston-Salem. (pause) It was in the middle of a field called The Meadow. (Peyton smiles and listens.) ELLIE: (walks to the window) Night comes,… this terrible thunderstorm rolls in. (looks out of the window) Thunder, lightening. (She looks sharply at Peyton.) ELLIE: None of the bands could play. (laughing) Thirty thousand people, mud up to our knees… waiting it out. (pause) Praying for the storm to break. (shakes her head) But it never did. (looks at Peyton) Power’s lost,… there’s nothing but the sound of the rain. (pause) Then, out of the blackness,… Paul Westerberg steps into center stage with an acoustic guitar. (Peyton looks down and grins.) ELLIE: And plays ‘Here Comes a Regular’. Thirty thousand people fall silent to hear that one… acoustic guitar. (pause) And the one voice that accompanied it. (Peyton shakes her head as she pictures it. Ellie sighs as she remembers.) ELLIE: (laughs) It was transcendent… standing there,… in the darkness, listening to that song with my best friends. (pause) I think that was the moment in my life where I felt most alive. PEYTON: (shakes her head) That’s amazing. I would kll to have seen Westerberg in his prime. ELLIE: Well, he finished in typical fashion; (pause) the song ended,… he smiled, he threw up. (Peyton laughs.) ELLIE: And then fell off the stage. (Peyton laughs louder.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Haley and Nathan are sitting at the counter. She drinks from her bowl and Nathan looks at her.) HALEY: (bat) What, yes, I had a second bowl, I was hungry! (smile widely and laughs) NATHAN: (shakes his head) No, it’s not that. I was just remembering. HALEY: Remembering what? NATHAN: Your hair. (Her smile doesn’t waver but she’s still confused.) NATHAN: You wore it that way the first day you tutored me. HALEY: (turns to him) You remember how I wore my hair the first day I tutored you? NATHAN: Of course. HALEY: What else do you remember? NATHAN: I remember the ugly-ass poncho that you wore. HALEY: (exasperated) Oh my god, yes, you’ve made you feelings for that particular item of clothing very clear! (laughs) (He laughs and she smacks him lightly on the arm.) HALEY: Come on, tell me really. (She puts her legs across his lap.) NATHAN: Well, um,… (looks at her legs) let’s see; these jeans- HALEY: Um-hm. NATHAN: You wore them the day we fell asleep in the park together. And, uh, these shoes, you wore these the day we got stuck at the DMV for five hours- (laughs) HALEY: Oh, god(!) NATHAN: -while we waited for your new licence with my last name on it. (She smiles up at him.) HALEY: What about my shirt? NATHAN: (smiles faintly) You wore that shirt one morning when you sat in the living room, and you were playing that Beatles song on your guitar. (pause) The sun just framed your face so perfectly. HALEY: (pause) Blackbird. (smiles) That was the name of the Beatles song I played. (Nathan smiles and shrugs.) NATHAN: I remember more than you think. (Haley smiles happily.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – KITCHEN – EVENING] (Karen walks in, holding a lantern high and looking at a frame she is holding.) KAREN: I can’t believe I didn’t notice this(!) (She walks to Keith who is standing at the counter.) KAREN: This is the first dollar I ever earned in this café. (sadly) And now it’s ruined. KEITH: (shrugs) Well, it’s just a dollar. (She looks at him.) KAREN: (smiling) Don’t you remember who gave it to me? KEITH: Of course I do. (walks around) I bought the first cup of coffee on the morning you opened. KAREN: (smiling) I had Lucas on one hip… a tray on the other. (laughs and looks up at him) My parents though I was crazy. As did the rest of the town. (pause) Except for you. (They look at each other for a bat.) KAREN: I’ll never forget what you said. KEITH: (thinks and remembers) Anyone who thinks this is more than you can handle… is less than the kinda person you need in your life. KAREN: (impressed) I can’t believe you remembered that. KEITH: Oh, please, I stayed up all the night before trying to figure out what I was gonna say. (pause) How bout a kiss instead of a coffee? (She nods and they kiss.) FADE TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan is walking around with his torch, looking at everything. He walks over something and hears glass break. Stooping, he picks up a framed picture of himself and Keith as children. He shakes the broken glass out of the frame and brings it closer so that he can look at it.) YOUNG DAN: (v.o) Keith, Keith,- FLASHBACK TO: [INT. OLDER SCOTT RESIDENCE – DAN’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Dan, as a child, is sitting up in bed, terrified of the storm and yelling for his brother.) YOUNG DAN: -Keith! Keith! Keeeeith! (Keith walks to the doorway.) YOUNG KEITH: Danny, shush! (Keith climbs onto Dan’s bed.) YOUNG KEITH: It’s just a storm, Danny. It’ll pass over soon. YOUNG DAN: I’m scared. (Keith thinks before reaching over and taking hold of the picture on Dan’s bedside table.) YOUNG KEITH: (gives it to him) Here. Hold on to this. (Dan takes it.) YOUNG KEITH: This way, I’ll always be with you. It’ll keep you safe. I promise. (Keith messes up Dan’s hair.) YOUNG KEITH: (getting off the bed) Now go to sleep. (Dan holds onto the picture and gets back into bed.) END OF FLASHBACK: FADE TO: [INT. KEITH’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Dan is still holding that same photo in its now broken frame. He takes the picture away and sees a key taped behind it, to the back of the frame. He pulls the key out and drops what remains of the frame.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – STREETS – EVENING] (Lucas is still pursuing Brooke who is adamant to get as far away from him as possible.) LUCAS: Brooke, I’m sorry I said that. You’re not psychotic. I mean, a little disturbed, maybe. (She stops and turns to him.) BROOKE: You think this is funny?! LUCAS: Know what I think? Is I think you’re trying to sabotage us. Find any reason you can end it. So that you don’t have to worry about getting hurt again. BROOKE: But the same words, Lucas? The exact same words?! LUCAS: (shakes his head) I never sent that letter to Peyton. BROOKE: And I never sent my letters to you either but they still meant something(!) (pause) Just tell me, why me this time. Why not Peyton? LUCAS: I can’t say anything bad about Peyton. She’s my friend, and she’s your best friend! BROOKE: That’s OK, you can say bad things about her. LUCAS: (shakes his head) Oh, Brooke. (He looks back at her, still shaking his head.) LUCAS: The truth is, I care about Peyton. BROOKE: Then what is the difference? LUCAS: The difference… the difference is I love you, Brooke. (Her anger ebbs away.) LUCAS: I wanna be with you, not Peyton. BROOKE: (sadly) But why? I need to know why. LUCAS: Because you… kink your eyebrow when you’re trying to be cute; because you quote Keimoo, even though I’ve never actually seen you read! (She smiles slightly.) LUCAS: And because… you miss your parents but you’ll never ever admit that. And because… I’ve given exactly two of these embarrassing speeches in my entire life… and they’ve both been with you. (She doesn’t answer.) LUCAS: I mean that’s… gotta mean something, right? (Brooke doesn’t say anything but she’s softening.) LUCAS: And because we’re both… gonna get pneumonia… (looks at her directly) but if you need to hear why I love you,… I can go on all night. BROOKE: (finally showing she’s cold and nodding) You did pretty good. (She steps up to him and kisses him.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. GATINA RESIDENCE – RACHEL’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Mouth is at Rachel’s table, playing with a candle.) MOUTH: Hey, Rachel, can I ask you a question? (He turns around to look at her. She’s on the other side of her room.) MOUTH: I get all that stuff about being confident, but… I’m still trying to figure out why you invited me over here in the first place. RACHEL: I thought we were gonna watch a movie. MOUTH: Well, I know but… our friendship; why me? (Rachel gets onto her bed and grins.) RACHEL: Are you kidding me? You are more honest and comfortable about who you are then most of the other guys in school. MOUTH: Is it that? (pause) Or is it because you thought it would make Brooke jealous? RACHEL: (smiles to herself and looks down) No offence, Mouth, but… I don’t need you to make Brooke jealous. MOUTH: (grinning) Great, I don’t even get that. (Rachel looks away sadly.) MOUTH: There’s something kinda cool about feeling like the pawn between two hot girls. RACHEL: (smiles) Look, um,… let me help you; give you the benefit of my expertise. I can teach you how to become one of the guys the elite girls drool over. MOUTH: By being mean to them? RACHEL: (shrugs) Sometimes. (He sighs and looks away for a bat.) MOUTH: But I’m not that guy, Rachel. (pause) And I don’t wanna be. So, maybe the elite girls just aren’t for me, then. But, one of these days, I’m gonna meet a girl who really loves me. (pause) And maybe she won’t be what you call hot but I’ll think she’s beautiful (she smiles) and I’ll tell her so. I won’t be mean to her because I won’t have to play games with her… I’ll just be the guy that she can always count on and… that’ll be enough. (Rachel smiles a little more.) MOUTH: And she’ll be… elite to me. FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton and Ellie are on Peyton’s bed, just sitting there.) ELLIE: You OK? PEYTON: (shakes her head dismally) Not really. What’re we doing? You know, you’ve been here three weeks, Ellie, and all we’ve talked about is music and… the CD and business. But it’s not just a business arrangement, is it? ELLIE: (smiles just as sadly) Of course not. (Peyton struggles for a few seconds before standing up straighter and looking at Ellie. She’s close to tears.) PEYTON: I need you to talk to me about you cancer(!) (Ellie looks away and sighs. She looks back at Peyton and smiles.) ELLIE: It’s OK. PEYTON: (crying) No! No, it’s not OK! (pause) How can you just act like nothing’s wrong? Aren’t you afraid? Because I’m afraid for you. (Ellie sits up and turns to her.) ELLIE: Don’t be afraid, Peyton. (Peyton sighs and looks down, shaking her head.) ELLIE: Every song has a CODA; a final movement. Whether it fades out or crashes away. Every song ends, but is that any reason not to enjoy the music? PEYTON: (sobbing) It doesn’t mean I can’t want it to not end. ELLIE: (smiles and touches Peyton’s face) Look at you. You’ve had more life changing events in the… first seventeen years of your life than I’d wish on anyone. You’ve got the surviving part down. (Peyton sighs and looks away again. Ellie forces her to look at her.) ELLIE: I want you to focus more on the living. PEYTON: (breathes deeply) Sometimes, surviving’s about all the living I can handle. ELLIE: I don’t buy that for one second. (pause) And if you keep this up – hiding in your art, and your sadness,… you’re really gonna miss out. Because the truth is,… there is nothing to be afraid of. (pause) It’s just life. (Peyton sighs again. Ellie takes hold of her arm.) ELLIE: Come on. (Peyton looks at her, puzzled.) ELLIE: (laughs) Come on. PEYTON: Where are we going? ELLIE: We are going in to life. FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE (EST) – BACK DOOR – EVENING] CUT TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Nathan is lying on the floor in the living room and Haley has her head on his stomach.) HALEY: (smiling) I really like that you’re telling me all these stories about… how much you remember. (laughs) It’s kinda scary though, and now I have to be like, super cute, twenty-four, seven or I could be imbedded in you memory for all of eternity. (Nathan laughs) HALEY: But, I have to say… I kinda feel like we’re cheating; we’re not even really talking about other big issues. NATHAN: (groans) Oh, I was this (holds a finger and thumb a centimetre apart) close to getting away with it, wasn’t I? (She slaps him playfully and laughs.) HALEY: I don’t wanna ruin our evening. I just don’t wanna miss an opportunity to, like, actually work things out. NATHAN: Well, how do you know a fun night together isn’t exactly what we need to work things out? Or, maybe a few fun nights, all in a row, no trouble in-between. HALEY: Yeah, bu-um- NATHAN: I know. It’s not in your nature. (She laughs again.) HALEY: It’s not really, and I’m sorry. I just,… I can’t help it, I have so many questions. (She sits up and lies on her stomach. Nathan shifts around to face her.) HALEY: (sighs) OK, (pause) why did you call Chris? NATHAN: I told you, I asked Chris to come back and help you with your music because you love it. I mean, it’s a huge part of who you are. HALEY: I know, but,… Nathan,… Chris? There are a million other people you could’ve called. Why open that door again? (Nathan sighs and doesn’t speak for a few seconds.) NATHAN: Look, I called Chris because I screwed up… and I wanted to try and fix it. (pause) Going to High Flyers made me realise how wrong I was to make you choose between me and the tour. I mean, wh-… what is this, the nineteen fifties? (Haley laughs to herself.) NATHAN: It didn’t have to be either or, you know? HALEY: (soberly) But it was, wasn’t it? (pause) I mean, if I didn’t ask you to come with me. (pause) Nathan,… (sighs) when I look back on the tour, I’m… I’m not, like, proud of it coz I know that you weren’t proud of me. (Nathan frowns as he digests her words.) NATHAN: Is that what you think? (pause) That I wasn’t proud of you? (Her silence is enough of an assent.) NATHAN: Let me show you something. (gets up) It’s in my car. (Haley sits up hurriedly.) HALEY: Nathan, it’s crazy out there! (She grabs her jacket and follows him.) CUT TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – FRONT DOOR – EVENING] (The front door opens and Nathan runs out. He’s not wearing a coat or a jacket. He runs to the car and opens the door which isn’t locked. Haley walks out of the front door.) HALEY: (yelling over the rain) Nathan, what’re you doing! (She runs down the steps after him. Nathan pulls a box out of the back seat. The lid flies off in the heavy winds. She tries to catch it but it sails past her. Clippings fly out of the box and Nathan tries to grab them. Haley helps him.) HALEY: What is that? (She runs to the car and picks up more. She opens it out and reads the title: ‘News From the Road’ and the subheading: ‘Haley James Scott: A Breath of Fresh Air’. She looks up at him in wonder. He has kept every article he could find about her and the tour.) NATHAN: I was hurt, Haley,… but I was still proud of you. (pause) Every day. (She kisses him.) NATHAN: (pulling away) Wait, wait, it’s all getting ruined. HALEY: No, you don’t need all that stuff. You’ve got me. (She laughs and they kiss again. He lifts her up and she laughs. He lowers her onto the bonnet of the car and continues to kiss her.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – COUNTER – EVENING] (Karen and Keith are standing behind the counter, kissing.) FADE TO: [INT. DAVIS SCOTT APARTMENT – BROOKE AND HALEY’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Brooke and Lucas are under the covers, making out.) FADE TO: [EXT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – DRIVEWAY – EVENING] (Nathan and Haley are still on the car, kissing.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – PEYTON’S CAR – EVENING] (Peyton and Ellie are sitting in Peyton’s car, laughing. Ellie is driving.) PEYTON: THIS IS CRAZY! ELLIE: This is alive! (Peyton laughs and they continue to drive with the top down on her convertible.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. GATINA RESIDENCE – RACHEL’S ROOM – EVENING] (Rachel sits next to Mouth on the chair.) RACHEL: You really surprised me, Mouth. (nods) That speech was pretty impressive. MOUTH: … Just being honest. (pause) The last part would’ve worked better as an exit-line but… I’ve watched enough hurricane coverage on CNN to know: you’re supposed to stay put until you get the all-clear. RACHEL: (nods) Then, I guess we’re stuck with each other. (turns to him more) And I’m pretty much all talked out. You got anything else to say? MOUTH: Not really. RACHEL: Well,… we could kiss. (Mouth laughs. She looks at him seriously.) MOUTH: Stop. (shakes his head) RACHEL: I’m serious. It’d pass the time. Whaddaya say? MOUTH: (bat) (leans closer) We could do that. (Rachel leans in a lot closer to him. Mouth pulls away and shakes his head.) MOUTH: But I’m not going to. (She freezes for a moment or two.) RACHEL: Good. (pulls back) You’re learning. (smiles) Play hard-to-get. MOUTH: (gets up) No, it’s not that. It’s just,… (turns to her) It’s easier in the dark. (pause) … But pretty soon, the lights are gonna come back on and… we’ll go back to being who we really are. Right? (Rachel avoids his eyes.) MOUTH: I mean, kissing might be… I don’t know, whatever, to you… but to me, it’ll mean something. And I’ll wake up tomorrow, wanting to do it again… and again, and… pretty much all the time. (pause) Somehow, I don’t think you’ll feel the same. (Rachel still doesn’t say anything. Mouth sits on her bed, facing her.) MOUTH: On the day that changes, (pause) on the day you wake up and have to call me; (smiles) then I’ll kiss you. (The lights spark and come back on.) MOUTH: Guess that’s my queue. (He stands up and reaches for his coat.) RACHEL: (miserably) Mouth, wait. MOUTH: It’s cool. I’ll see you later. (He looks back once as he walks out of the door.) FADE TO: [INT. KAREN’S CAFÉ – DINING AREA – EVENING] (The candles are the only things visible in the completely dark café. The lights come back on and Karen is found on the couch with Keith. Their clothes are littered all over the floor.) KAREN: Oh! (puts a hand to her eyes) KEITH: Mmm. KAREN: Uh, you know that lemon meringue was tomorrow’s featured dessert? (laughs) KEITH: Hmm, well, not anymore. (She smiles up at him and he kisses the top of her head. She turns and faces him.) KAREN: I love you, Keith. (He kisses her.) FADE TO: [INT. COUNCIL BUILDING – MAYOR’S OFFICE – EVENING] (Dan is on the computer assessing files from the ‘public records’ in ‘The City of Tree Hill Municipal Database’. He types in ‘Keith Scott’ into the search box. He looks at the result and finds that Keith has a safety deposit box. He grins.) DAN: Gotcha. (The lightening continues to flash outside.) FAD TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – EVENING] (Peyton walks out of the bathroom in a robe while towel-drying her hair. Ellie walks out of Peyton’s bathroom in her own bathrobe and holding a hairbrush.) ELLIE: So, if you catch a cold,… (Peyton sits and looks back at Ellie.) ELLIE: you can tell your father it’s all on me. (Peyton laughs as Ellie stops behind her. She brushes Peyton’s hair.) PEYTON: It’ll be worth it. Tonight was amazing. (Ellie nods.) PEYTON: Thank you. (They are silent for a moment. Peyton turns her head fully around and wipes the corner of her eye with her fingers. Ellie looks at her.) ELLIE: Are you OK? PEYTON: (sighs sadly) Yeah. (She doesn’t sound very convincing.) PEYTON: Yeah. (tearfully) This is nice. (Ellie smiles and nods.) ELLIE: Yeah. (pause) It is. PEYTON: You know, um,… I was thinking about… the stuff you said about living life and… jumping at opportunity; not being afraid. (Ellie finishes brushing Peyton’s hair and moves around.) ELLIE: Yeah? PEYTON: And… (Ellie sits) there was this guy – there… there is this guy. A guy that… I loved. (laughs) And… I let him go and now I’m starting to think that was a big mistake. (nods) But it’s too late. ELLIE: No. (smiles and shakes her head) It’s never too late, Peyton. That’s the one thing I learned from meeting you. (Peyton leans on Ellie, resting her head on her shoulder. Ellie rubs Peyton’s arm and sighs. Peyton cries.) ELLIE: I’m so sorry I missed those seventeen years. (pause) But I wouldn’t give back these three weeks for the world. PEYTON: (sighs and whispers) Yeah, me either. ELLIE: (shrugs) And the Peyton that I’ve come to know,… deserves to get whatever she wants. (Peyton sighs again.) ELLIE: She deserves to be happy – as an artist;… as a friend;… as a daughter;… (looks at her out of the corner of her eye) as my daughter. PEYTON: (smiles drowsily) I heard that. (Ellie laughs and touches Peyton’s head. A tear rolls down Peyton’s cheek. They sit there, holding each other.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Haley and Nathan are in bed. Haley is lying on her back, an arm over her head and eyes open. She’s thinking. Nathan shows all pretences of sleep.) NATHAN: (smiles) Stop it. (His eyes are closed and he isn’t even facing her.) HALEY: (turns her head to him) What? NATHAN: Whatever you were worrying about. Just stop. HALEY: (impressed) How do you know I’m worried? You didn’t even open your eyes. NATHAN: (smiles) You think I need to see you with my eyes to know what’s going on with you? What’s on your mind? (Haley looks straight up and sighs.) HALEY: I was just… wondering if maybe I should go home. (Now Nathan does turn his head and look at her.) NATHAN: And why would you do that? HALEY: Coz I don’t wanna wake up and have you not be here again. NATHAN: I’ll be here. (She turns her head to him.) NATHAN: (smiles) I’m not going anywhere. (She cracks a small smile.) NATHAN: Come here. (He holds his arms up and Haley moves in to lie on his chest. They sigh and he kisses the top of her head.) FADE TO BLACK: COMMERCIAL SET: FADE IN: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – PEYTON’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Close-up of Peyton who is lying on her bed, asleep. She opens her eyes as she hears a zip being pulled. Realising what the sound means, she doesn’t turn around. Finally doing so, she sees Ellie hoisting a bag onto her shoulder.) PEYTON: (smiling bravely) Every great song ends sometime, right? (Peyton pushes the covers off and gets out of bed. Ellie stands there and smiles.) ELLIE: Call me when you get the CD. (Peyton moves and sits on the edge of her bed, nodding and looking down sadly.) ELLIE: I’ll come see ya. We can listen to it together. PEYTON: (tearfully) Sure. ELLIE: You know, I came back here to make sure you had a good life. (Peyton sighs and looks down.) ELLIE: And you made sure I had a great one. (Peyton looks at her for a bat before standing and hugging her whilst crying.) PEYTON: I don’t want you to go(!) ELLIE: (looks forward and sighs) Oh, sweetie, (tears in her eyes) those words are gonna break my heart. (They hug hard. Ellie smiles and rubs Peyton’s back. They let go and Ellie holds Peyton’s head lightly.) ELLIE: We will see each other again some day. (Peyton nods.) ELLIE: (smiling) I promise. (Peyton nods again and Ellie kisses her on top of her head. They hold hands before Ellie finally backs out of the room.) FADE TO: [INT. SCOTT RESIDENCE – NATHAN’S BEDROOM – DAY] (Haley is asleep in Nathan’s bed. The camera zooms out as she jerks and wakes up. She’s alone in it. She puts a hand on the pillow beside her before looking out over the foot of the bed. Nathan’s standing there with a makeshift washing line. He has hung up all of the articles featuring her, to dry… using clothes pegs. He shakes one of the articles.) (Haley watches him and smiles affectionately.) HALEY: Nathan- NATHAN: Haley, I told you – the tour was a really big part of your life. (smiles) (He walks under it and back to her.) NATHAN: You deserve to have something to remember it by. (She smiles.) NATHAN: Besides, all the bad memories. (She groans, rushes across the bed and hugs him.) HALEY: Thank you. (The let go.) HALEY: What’re we gonna do about college? (sighs) NATHAN: We’ll apply to both. (pause) Then we’ll just wait and see. (Haley smiles as she considers. He tucks an errant hair behind her ear.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL HIGH – CEMENT QUAD – DAY] (Students walk across the quad.) CUT TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Mouth walks into the school and Rachel runs to catch up with him.) RACHEL: (grinning) Hey, you! (He looks back, sees her and smiles. They walk together.) RACHEL: I haven’t seen you in a couple of days. MOUTH: Yeah, I know, it’s been crazy. How’ve you been? RACHEL: (nods distractedly) Uh, I just wanna make sure that… (he opens his locker door) things are cool. You know, after what happened at my house. (He puts his things into his locker and gets other things out.) MOUTH: Listen, girls are always trying to kiss me – sometimes cheerleaders, mostly models. It happens. (Rachel smiles as Mouth locks his locker.) MOUTH: It’s no big deal, I don’t blame you. (smiles) In fact, um,… I got an hour to kll later on so if you want… RACHEL: (embarrassed) Stop it(!) MOUTH: You know, I’ve been thinking about what you said;… about being mean to girls and… (she nods) I want you to know… those sweatpants really make your butt look big. RACHEL: Mouth! (touches the sweatpants self-consciously) MOUTH: (laughing as they walk together) I’m sorry. I thought I’d give it a sht but who am I kidding? Your butt looks great. I mean, not that I noticed. (shakes his head) Sorry. RACHEL: Hey, rule number one; never apologise. Come on, I thought we talked about that. MOUTH: You’re right, I’m sorry. (Rachel looks back and sees Brooke watching her with her eyes narrowed. Mouth laughs with Rachel, not having noticed Brooke. Rachel puts her hand on his shoulder and they walk off-screen. Brooke scoffs, shakes her head, and continues to walk.) FADE TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Close-up of candles and the record player. Ellie, looking distinctly unwell, plays ‘Here Comes a Regular’ on it. She grabs onto the doorframe for support and puts a hand to her head. She looks at the frame, exhausted.) (The sht fades out to a long-sht of her as she repeatedly struggles against it.) (Fade to a close-up of her pale face as she struggles to breathe.) FADE TO: [INT. MANUFACTURING STUDIO – DAY] (A machine works as it copies many CDs of the Friends With Benefit album.) FADE TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING] (Ellie, now in a bathrobe, lowers herself to the floor and leans against her records as she listens to her song. The sht pans past her.) FADE TO: [INT. MANUFACTURING STUDIO – DAY] (The finished albums move across the conveyor one by one. They are picked up by workers and boxed.) FADE TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY] (Ellie looks at a picture in her hand and smiles. It’s a picture of herself and Peyton, taken the day Peyton was born. She smiles weakly and slips it back into the pocket she got it from. She takes a deep breath and lies down, haphazardly, on her bed.) (A white candle which flickers out.) FADE TO: [INT. SAWYER RESIDENCE – DINING ROOM – DAY] (Peyton is holding all of her mail. She sifts through it before putting it aside and putting the box she’s holding on the table. She rips the tape off and opens the box. She smiles as she takes out one of her albums, flips it over and reads the back.) FADE TO: [INT. PEYTON’S CAR – THE ROAD – DAY] (Peyton is smiling widely as she drives. She looks into the back seat where the box of CDs is sitting, along with her bag.) (She smiles more and continues to drive.) FADE TO: [INT. ELLIE’S HOUSE – HALLWAY – DAY] (Peyton knocks from the other side of the front door before peering in to the house. The door’s unlocked and she opens it.) PEYTON: Ellie?! (shuts the door) Hey, I got the CDs! (pause) They look awesome. (She waits uncertainly before turning her head at the scratching she can hear.) (Close-up of the record as it continues to go around. The song finished a long time ago.) PEYTON: (uncertainly) Ellie? (She walks into the room, dread on her face.) (Ellie’s hand is visible as Peyton steps into the room and sees her mother lying on the bed. Peyton looks as if she’s about to throw up.) (The box falls to the floor and the CDs scatter.) (The sht cuts back to her face as she cries. She puts her hands to her mouth as she sobs hard before slowly collapsing to the floor, a hand to her face. She breaks down and mouths ‘Ellie’.) FADE TO WHITE: FADE IN: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – CORRIDOR – DAY] (Brooke and Lucas walk down the corridor together. Peyton moves across the sht, to her locker. She turns the combination on the lock. Brooke lets go of Lucas’ hand and walks to Peyton.) (Brooke touches Peyton lightly. Peyton turns to her and cries as she hugs her best friend hard. Brooke reaches back and calls to Lucas. He walks over. Peyton sees him and smiles desolately. They both hug Peyton.) FADE TO: [INT. TREE HILL HIGH – TUTOR CENTER – DAY] (Haley and Nathan are sitting together at a table, working. They are filling out their application forms to college. Haley puts a cross on ‘married’ when asked for her marital status. Nathan does the same when asked for his.) (They look at each other and smile.) FADE TO: [INT. BANK – SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX ROOM – DAY] (Dan is led into the room by a member of staff. She inserts his key into the lock of his own safety deposit box.) DAN: (moving forward) This is kinda personal, do you mind? STAFF: (understanding) Oh, um,… of course. My apologies. Just let me know when you’re finished, Mr Mayor. (She walks out. Dan waits until he’s sure she’s gone before pulling the key out and setting it on the table. He walks across the room to the other wall where there are more boxes.) (He takes out Keith’s key and opens the door. He looks inside and pulls out the box. Setting it on the table, he lifts the lid and pulls out his ledger.) FLASHBACK TO: [INT. DAN SCOTT MOTORS – DAN’S OFFICE CEILING – DAY] (The sht is in black and white as Lucas lifts one of the ceiling tiles of Dan’s office and looks into the space between ceiling and roof. He searches through a bag full of money and pulls out Dan’s ledger filled with all of the money Dan has illegally taken off the top of his earnings.) END OF FLASHBACK: FLASH TO: [INT. BANK – SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX ROOM – DAY] (Dan opens the ledger and flips through it. It’s the same one. He grins at what he’s found.) FADE TO: [EXT. TREE HILL – THE ROAD – DAY] (Peyton’s car zooms past as she drives to Winston-Salem.) FADE TO: [EXT. WINSTON-SALEM – THE MEADOW – DAY] (Peyton stops her car on the meadow and gets out. She’s holding an urn full of Ellie’s ashes. She looks around before picking a spot. She takes the lid off and put it into her pocket. Tipping it sideways, Peyton watches the ashes fly out.) PEYTON: ( pause) (tearfully) Say hi to my mom,… (quietly) mom. (Peyton bends and sets the urn down in front of her before sitting down herself. She puts a hand to her head, defeatedly.) (The sh*t pans up to the blue, cloudy sky.) END	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "03x13 - The Wind That Blew My Heart Away"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill [GATINA Cabin-Docks-Day] (NATHAN down on one knee puts a ring on HALEY’s finger) NATHAN: Marry me, Haley (HALEY smiles, touched) Marry me again … [Outside Church Chapel-Day] (NATHAN and HALEY are walking towards LUCAS’ car, everyone throws rose petals at them and they laugh and smile) NATHAN: (v.o) … In front of all our friends and our family [Tree Hill Road-LUCAS’ Car-Day] (NATHAN and HALEY) HALEY: I can’t believe your uncle Cooper slept with Rachel [Tree Hill Road-NATHAN and HALEY’s Limo-Day] (RACHEL crying with COOPER driving) RACHEL: (voice breaking) I’m pregnant (COOPER stares at RACHEL in shock, then looks down at her stomach) [Molina Bridge-Day] (Limo and LUCAS’ car heading towards each other) HALEY: (to NATHAN) LOOK OUT! (NATHAN turns the wheel dramatically) (Cut to RACHEL pulling the wheel from COOPER, the limo looses control, heads towards the side of the Molina bridge and falls in the water upside down with both COOPER and RACHEL still in it) (Cut to NATHAN diving into the water where the limo fell, HALEY walks towards the bridge watching him) (Cut to NATHAN under water as he clicks the seatbelt off of COOPER) LUCAS: (v.o) You’re the one who saved everybody … [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-Emergency Room] (NATHAN on bed, LUCAS and HALEY at his side) LUCAS: … you’re a hero, Nate (NATHAN looks forward and thinks) [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-Emergency Room] (DAN pushes DEB to the wall holding her by the neck) (DEB screams) DAN: You tried to kll me … [DAN SCOTT Motors-Night] (Flames heading towards a passed out DAN, sht of the outside building as it bursts in flames, DAN lying on the ground with LUCAS attending him) DAN: (v.o) … in the dealership fre [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-Emergency Room] (DEB and DAN) DAN: So you be afraid, DEB. Be more than afraid (DEB looks at DAN, intimidated and scared) LUCAS: (v.o) It’s pretty cool that you and Keith … [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ Bedroom] (LUCAS on bed, KAREN by door) LUCAS: … are having a baby (KAREN listens) it’s kind of like a part of him’s coming back to us [Tric-Stage- Post NATHAN and HALEY’s Rehearsal Dinner] (PEYTON and BROOKE sitting on stage) PEYTON: (teary) I think I still have feelings for Lucas [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (BROOKE slaps PEYTON) BROOKE: (angry/points) You’re a back-sab, two-faced (points) bitch, Peyton! (PEYTON looks slightly down, sad) [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ Bedroom] (LUCAS stands across, BROOKE walks towards him) BROOKE: I know it’s been difficult for you (LUCAS listens) losing Keith and your heart condition and giving up basketball LUCAS: (heartbroken/whispers) Brooke BROOKE: (whispers/almost in tears) I’m sorry (motioning to heart) I can’t do this anymore [DOCTOR’s Office] (DOCTOR walks up with a folder) DOCTOR: (smiling) You’re definitely pregnant (Camera moves to a shocked BROOKE who turns to look at an equally shocked HALEY) [Tree Hill High-School Hallway] (Day of school sh*ting: KEITH, with a mixture of sadness and shock, looks at DAN who’s holding a gn) DAN: (v.o) You are no longer my brother (DAN sh*t KEITH and the camera fades in white, as it fades back DAN is at his home, as he walks in he sees that on his wall in big, bold red letters someone painted the word “mrder”) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON and LUCAS look at each other, sadly, for a moment before they share a hug. As they hug LUCAS is looking down upset and PEYTON closes her eyes, the camera sh*t to the computer where you can see them hugging from her web cam. An IM pops up from “WATCHMEWATCHU” who writes “Welcome back”) End of “Previously on” [Molina Bridge-day] (The camera is slightly above and under the water, it’s looking towards the bridge. NATHAN, underwater, swims in the limo from the windows and heads towards COOPER and RACHEL who are passed out sitting in the car. NATHAN tries to move COOPER and he fiddles with his seatbelt, as NATHAN tries to click the seatbelt off, COOPER’s hand grabs him. Scared, NATHAN looks up and sees COOPER facing him, a bright light behind him. COOPER’s eyes suddenly open as NATHAN stares) COOPER: We’re both dad (NATHAN screams, he’s underwater so it’s not loud, and swims backwards away from the front and passenger seats) (White flash) (Cut to NATHAN lying down he opens his eyes and gasps he looks around to realize it was just a dream then drops his head back down. Camera is in birds eye view from him as it zooms out) LUCAS: (v.o) There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at crossroads … (Camera zooms more out to show NATHAN lying down on the floor at the Molina bridge [night] By the broken guard rail) LUCAS: (v.o) … the choices we make in those moments (NATHAN begins to get up) can define the rest of our days … (NATHAN stands up completely to look at river. Behind him are these big orange booey looking things constructionist use with “caution” crime tape tied to them) LUCAS: (v.o) … of course when faced with the unknown (camera fades to a close up of NATHAN’s face) most of us prefer to turn around and go back [PEYTON’S Bedroom] (PEYTON sitting on her bed, LUCAS sitting on the floor leaning on her wall of records) PEYTON: (looking at floor by feet/confused) She broke up with you (looks at LUCAS) Well, did she say why she broke up with you? (LUCAS lowers lip with a “who knows” expression) LUCAS: She said she loved me but she didn’t miss me anymore (sighs) I don’t know--she said it was because of you PEYTON: Because of me? LUCAS: Our kiss in the library (PEYTON looks away realizing BROOKE didn’t tell him about her feelings towards him) she said it wasn’t that but if that’s true then there’s something that she’s not telling me PEYTON: You know what? Lucas, um … (LUCAS looks at her) the night of Nathan and Haley’s rehearsal dinner I said something to-- (The electricity crackles and the power shuts off, LUCAS looks up and moves his eyes from side to side. Camera quickly sh*t to the computer where “WATCHMEWATCHU” has the message “Welcome back” and the computer turns off) LUCAS: Whoa PEYTON: (sighs) It’s the fuse box LUCAS: (groans as he stands) Or maybe Brooke cut the power and she’s come to kll us both PEYTON: (laughs) Funny, It should kick back on in a second LUCAS: (looking around) Uh-huh PEYTON: Yeah, this (chuckles) this happens once in a while it still kind-a freaks me out (PEYTON leans a little forward to look out the window, she’s still sitting on her bed) LUCAS: (mixture of sigh and laugh) It’s okay, I’m right here (walks up to PEYTON and holds his hand out, sht of his hand reaching out) gimme your hand (PEYTON’s hand reaches out and holds LUCAS’ as he pulls her up off the bed. They stand a couple inches from each other and he stares at her and smiles, she smiles and stares back at him. LUCAS stares at her a second more before he speaks) LUCAS: (shakes his head) I’m gonna get her back (PEYTON, realizing LUCAS was thinking of BROOKE, looks down, disappointed but trying to hide it and nods. They still continue to hold hands) PEYTON: Lucas are you sure? … ‘Cause I mean, I--I know you’re really hurt right now but-- LUCAS: --You can’t … help who you love, Peyton (The electricity crackles and it turns back on. LUCAS looks around and PEYTON stares at there hands for a moment before they let go) LUCAS: (looking up then at PEYTON) You should probably get that checked PEYTON: Yeah (looks back at her bed and notices the clock) Oh, do you know what time it is? (sht of clock by PEYTON’S bed flashing “12:00”) LUCAS: (v.o) Oh, yeah, uh … (cut to LUCAS looking at his watch/squints) midnight PEYTON: (looking at clock/thinking) Uh … You know what that means, right? LUCAS: (confused/whispers) No PEYTON: (looks at LUCAS) It’s officially Brooke’s birthday (LUCAS and BROOKE stare at each other before he looks away) [RACHEL’S Bedroom] (Close up of a clock that shows “12:00” then changes to “12:01” There is a couple of suitcases by the bed and BROOKE stands by the bed and grabs her “Posh” mug which is a mug with a face that resembles her and the word “Posh” written on the handle. BROOKE stares at the mug for a second, sadly) BROOKE: Posh, it looks like it’s just you and me (BROOKE puts her “Posh” mug back in the suitcase and pulls out a photo album book, pink of course. She stares at it for a moment the camera points to album cover which is a picture of her as a child, black and white, smiling and underneath reads “Brooke” which looks designed on the album, there are also two butterflies by the upper left side. She opens the album to the first page where there is a birth certificate with a new-born baby picture on the lower right side and on the bottom of the certificate are to baby feet imprints circled in pink BROOKE: (inhales) Happy birthday, Brooke (exhales) Welcome to 18 … and you’ve certainly made a mess of it [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Living Room] (NATHAN walks in, morning, holding a jacket. HALEY lying on the couch in front of the TV with a blanket around her holding the remote control) NATHAN: Hey HALEY: (tired) Hey … I was worried about you (NATHAN puts his jacket on the seat by the couch and stands behind it) NATHAN: Well--I went to visit Cooper HALEY: How is he? NATHAN: There’s no change--still unconscious (HALEY looks away) HALEY: I saw Rachel grab the wheel from Cooper and if he doesn’t-- … If he doesn’t make it, she’s to blame NATHAN: (hesitant/looks down) Did you see anything else? HALEY: (looks at NATHAN) What do you mean? NATHAN: Like, maybe, uh …. someone else in--in the water? (HALEY turns the TV off and positions herself more towards NATHAN’S direction) HALEY: I don’t … I don’t understand. I mean, other than Rachel and Cooper you and Lucas were the only one’s in the water, why? (NATHAN looks down, telephone rings, NATHAN picks it up) NATHAN: Hello?… Yeah … (surprised) Oh, okay, great, thank you … (HALEY looking away looks at him when he hangs up) … (smiles) Cooper’s awake (HALEY changes her serious expression to one of relief and sighs happily, NATHAN smiles again) [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-COOPER’s Recover Room] (COOPER is awake and looking out the window, thinking) REEVES: Mr. Lee? (COOPER turns to look) I’m Detective Reeves (DETECTIVE REEVES is standing in front of the bed with Rachel behind him, she has am expression of worry on her face) REEVES: Welcome back (COOPER stares at them) Look, I--uh, I know you’re still weak, so I’ll, uh, keep this brief (takes out pad and pen from coat) we’ve been told that you were behind the wheel of the limousine when it left the bridge (shakes head) Is that true? (COOPER’S eyes move from REEVES to RACHEL and he stares at her in anger, she quickly looks at REEVES, who doesn’t notice, then she looks down, guilty) COOPER: (barley heard) Yeah REEVES: What happened? (RACHEL, scared, looks at REEVES then at COOPER ) RACHEL: (v.o) I said PULL OVER! (COOPER looks at RACHEL) COOPER: (v.o) NO! WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT! RACHEL: I SAID!-- Flashback-Tree Hill Road-Limo-Day (RACHEL and COOPER) RACHEL: PULL OVER! (As COOPER starts to speak RACHEL grabs the steering wheel) COOPER: IM NOT PULLING THE CAR OVER! (RACHEL pulls on the wheel as COOPER tries to take control of it as well. Camera moves out to show the limo pulling of the road and it quickly skids back on to the road. The limo drives towards the Molina bridge and LUCAS’ car is seen heading towards it but the limo is using there lane. Since the cars are both heading towards each other they spin there wheels to avoid a collision and as LUCAS’ car moves to the other lane, the limo ht’s the guard rails on the side of the bridge and it falls upside down into the water. RACHEL is seen on the passengers side, she is passed out with water filled all over the limo, COOPER next to her) End of Flashback* (COOPER continues to stare at RACHEL then looks at REEVES) COOPER: It was my fault (RACHEL looks down) REEVES: (looks away) Mr. Lee-- COOPER: --We were going to fast … and I lost control (RACHEL, teary, looks up at COOPER who has been looking at her) COOPER: I’m the one to blame (REEVES looks at COOPER with a feeling like he knows he’s covering RACHEL’s ass) REEVES: (to Cooper but looking at RACHEL) Okay (REEVES looks at COOPER once more then glances at RACHEL and exits. RACHEL, uncomfortably looks at COOPER unsure of what to say) RACHEL: (sadly) Hi (COOPER looks at her and then quickly looks out the window. RACHEL walks up to him) RACHEL: Cooper, I’m so sorry (COOPER doesn’t bother to look at her) COOPER: (cold-heartedly) Is everything okay? RACHEL: (smiles) Yeah, I’m fine. I was just scared that you-- (COOPER quickly turns to RACHEL annoyed that she didn’t understand his question) COOPER: --The baby … Rachel? I meant is the baby okay? RACHEL: (teary/sighs) Cooper, when we were arguing I was … (voice breaking) I was so angry, and I was hurt. So when I said I was pregnant, I was just … (RACHEL tries to speak but doesn’t know how to say it) COOPER: (cold-heartedly) Get out RACHEL: Cooper-- COOPER: I said, get out! (RACHEL, with tears in her eyes, looks at COOPER for a second before she begins to walk out. COOPER looks out the window. She turns to tell him something but she sees him take a big sigh and close his eyes with a mixture of hurt, angry and disappointed. She shakes her head negatively to herself and walks out) [City Hall-DAN’s Office] (DAN is at his desk looking through a pile of papers. A package delivery man, MESSENGER, walks in and stands by the door holding a package and under his arm is the electronic thing that companies like Fed ex, or the US mail use to sign away packages-sorry, I don’t know what it’s called) MESSENGER: Package for Dan Scott? (DAN motions for the MESSENGER to come in) DAN: (barley heard) Yeah (MESSENGER walk in and pulls out the electronic signer from his under arm and holds it out to DAN as he also hands him the package) MESSENGER: Here you are (DAN takes package) And sign this Mr. mrder? (DAN grabs the electronic signer to sign and as he’s about to he quickly looks up at the messenger) DAN: (paranoid) What’d you say? MESSENGER: (confused) Uh, you need to sign for it, Mr. Mayor? (DAN begins to sign) DAN: (mad) From now on I want you to leave all packages up front with one of thee assistants … (looks up) You got that? MESSENGER: Yes, sir (The MESSENGER walks out and DAN stares at him leave then looks away) [The River Court-Basket Ball Court-Day] (Close up of basketball net, basketball makes it and LUCAS catches the ball and throws it to SKILLS, who was the one that made the sht) SKILLS: So Brooke just broke up whi’ ‘chu? (LUCAS is leaning on the basketball pole) LUCAS: Yep SKILLS: Man, that’s cold, dawg LUCAS: Oh, yeah SKILLS: Although you did kiss Peyton (SKILLS makes a sht and LUCAS grabs the ball) LUCAS: You want me to get you a try-out with the Ravens, or what? (LUCAS throws the ball to SKILLS) SKILLS: Yes, I do, but that still don’t mean you didn’t kiss Peyton LUCAS: (sighs) I love Brooke, Skills SKILLS: I know you love her--so what? You gonna try and get her back? (A car is heard approaching the court) LUCAS: (looks away for a second) Yeah SKILLS: (looks a little farther from LUCAS) Mmm (PEYTON drives up and parks. LUCAS turns to look at her) SKILLS: Well, I’m not to sure that’s the way to do it, but hey (PEYTON walks out of the car. LUCAS and SKILLS watch her) SKILLS: (not meant in a rude or mean tone) WHAT’S UP, HOMEWRECKER?! PEYTON: (smiles) Hi, Skills (SKILLS winks and tosses the ball up) PEYTON: (walking towards LUCAS) I see words out LUCAS: Yeah, sorry about that (PEYTON laughs and stands in front of him) What’s up? PEYTON: Well … I have a question to ask you--but before … you give me an answer, I just want you to know there is a point to it, okay? LUCAS: (laughs while speaking) Okay (It seems like it’s hard or maybe hurtful for PEYTON to say the question but finally musters up the courage to say it) PEYTON: All right, uh … imagine a future moment in your life where … all your dreams come true, you know? It’s--it’s the greatest moment in your life (LUCAS looks away and thinks) and you get to experience it with one person (LUCAS looks at her)… who’s standing next to you? LUCAS: Hmm (smiles) Kate Bosworth-- PEYTON: --Shut up! I’m serious (laughs) LUCAS: Well, so am I (smiles) PEYTON: Luke … (looks down for a second) come on, I mean--It could be anybody, you know--your mom, Haley SKILLS: Yuh boy, skills (SKILLS, who has been by the court , motions to himself. LUCAS and PEYTON turn to look at him and SKILLS just smiles and plays around with the basketball) PEYTON: Who’s it gonna be? LUCAS: (turns back to PEYTON) Brooke? (For a split second PEYTON looks hurt like if she had wanted LUCAS to say her name) PEYTON: (smiles) All right … If that’s what you really want then I have away for you to get her back (LUCAS looks down then looks up and raises his eyebrow unsure of what she’s is up to) THEME SONG - Gavin DeGraw “I Don’t Want to Be” [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON, SKILLS and LUCAS enter) SKILLS: (referring to room) Niiiice … a little psychotic but … nice (notices wall of Records) ooh, you got some hip-hop in here? (PEYTON leans by her computer, SKILLS and LUCAS stand by her wall records) PEYTON: Um, just some old school stuff there’s (points towards SKILLS) “Public Enemy” and then uh, (points by door)“A Tribe Called Quest” (points a little more down) De La Soul SKILLS: (looking PEYTON up and down) Peyton Sawyer, (smiles) gettin’ sexier by the hour, mind if I look? PEYTON: Have at it (says next part like a run on sentence) But if you find a led Zeppelin album from my second dad mom telling me about a biological half brother (LUCAS closes his eyes and shakes his head negatively) I’ve never met--just go ahead and skip that one (smiles) SKILLS: You know? That sound like a whole lotta white-girl drama I really don’t understand but (looks her up and down) … okay (SKILLS starts skimming through the records) LUCAS: Speaking of that half brother, did you call him yet? PEYTON: Yes! But I hung up before (scrunches face) he answered LUCAS: (slightly stern) Peyton? PEYTON: Look, I was gonna call him back but you came in here crying like a school girl, (LUCAS looks down) So I just … (folds arms/shrugs) I haven’t (LUCAS folds his arms and starts pacing towards SKILLS and then back towards the bed) LUCAS: Look, Ellie--she was pretty sharp, Peyton, and there’s probably a reason she left you his number and there’s probably a reason that you called him (PEYTON looks down) and I did not cry like a little schoolgirl PEYTON: (laughs) You find anything good over there, Skills? SKILLS: Oh, I’m actually just pretending to be looking so I can … hear all yuh business (PEYTON laughs) I’m just waitin’ to hear the plan, how you gonna get Brooke back for this (looks at LUCAS) cryin’ little school girl here LUCAS: (inhales) Yeah, I’m waitin’ to here that plan too, (looks at SKILLS) and-I-was-not-crying-like-a-school-girl (At same time) SKILLS: Yes, you were PEYTON: (stands) Okay, all right, Hey (PEYTON walks towards both boys) PEYTON: Check it out, so, ever since Brooke turned nine we’ve kind a had this ritual on her birthday (SKILLS and LUCAS listen) where we go to her favorite store at the mall-half an hour before closing, (inhales) she picks out a gift and … I steal it for her LUCAS: You-shoplift … Brooke’s birthday present? PEYTON: Yeah, sort of, that’s-- … okay, my dad’s friends with the manager so I would just come home and tell him … what we took and then we’d pay for it--but we never told Brooke (slightly crosses eyes) she was all crazy for the juice so (inhales) I just figured, maybe if you go in my place this year (exhales) and you’re not a complete (bulges eyes out) bonehead in the romance department (smiles sadly) then maybe you’ve got a sht LUCAS: And you’ve done this every year for how many years? PEYTON: This would’ve beennnnn (thinks) thee tenth LUCAS: (thinks) Bet she’s pissed at you … (walks towards SKILLS) So “A” … why would you help her? And “B” (walks back to bed/claps hands) What makes you think she’s even gonna show up? PEYTON: (softly) I’m not helping her I’m helping you (normal) besides if she does show then not only is there hope for the two of you but maybe there’s some hope for me, too LUCAS: What’d you think Skills? SKILLS: … Man, you lost me at Led Zeppelin (PEYTON laughs) LUCAS: (to PEYTON) It’s worth a try (PEYTON looks at LUCAS and SKILLS, smiles then slowly looses her smile) [RACHEL’S Bedroom] (BROOKE is standing in front of the full length mirror wearing a pillow inside her blouse making her look pregnant [sort of] she turns side-ways to looks at it from a side angle as she holds the strings, that come down her blouse, back. RACHEL enters [holding a gym bag and flowers] but her image is seen through the mirror, she’s standing by the door, and BROOKE turns around in shock) RACHEL: (chuckles/confused) What are you doing? (BROOKE takes the pillow out) BROOKE: Seeing what it was like to be you before the surgeries (smug fake laugh) RACHEL: (fake smiles) Huh (serious face) You’re funny BROOKE: (throws pillow on the bed) No, I’m actually thinking of doing a maternity line for Clothes over Bro’s, you know, all the singers and starlets are preggers right now (shrugs) it’s very in RACHEL: (barley heard) Right (RACHEL walks into the room towards her bed by mirror as BROOKE stands there hoping she bought her little story. RACHEL drops the flowers and her gym bag on the bed and BROOKE notices the flowers) BROOKE: (touched) Rachel … you shouldn’t have, wow RACHEL: What? BROOKE: (points to flowers) My birthday, You’re the first one to remember RACHEL: (smiles) It’s your birthday? BROOKE: (smiles fades) Or not remember (looks away) (RACHEL looks at the flowers, sighs, and sits on the bed) RACHEL: There from my parents (sighs)(BROOKE sits on chair near bed) they came with a card that basically said “Glad you didn’t die, the Italian Riviera misses you” BROOKE: (shrugs) At least they sent flowers … (fake smiles) My parents forgot my eighteenth birthday (looks away angry) (RACHEL picks up the flowers) RACHEL: Here you go (throws BROOKE the flowers) Happy birthday … and you didn’t even have to almost die BROOKE: (bitchy/smiling) Second hand dad flowers, thanks (serious face) sh*t me now [KAREN’s Café-Register] (DEB is looking through her purse, she moves a sliver gn to the side and slightly pulls out a bottle of prescription pills and takes one. A women, slightly heavy, walks up to DEB who is behind the counter, holding a plate of food) WOMEN: Excuse me? DEB: Yeah WOMEN: (hands her food) No one’s waited on our table in about fifteen minutes (DEB has a “Oh, sorry” expression) I ordered the Ruben not the Tuna Salad (HALEY walks up behind DEB) DEB: (apologetically) Oh, gosh, I’m sorry (HALEY begins to leave with a plate of food, women smiles like it’s not a problem) but, um, judging from the size of your ass (HALEY quickly turns back) maybe you should try the tuna salad (WOMEN listens) and consider it a favor (WOMEN looks disgustedly at DEB and walks away and looks over at her friends) DEB: To go, then? WOMEN: (grabs her purse/to friends) Let’s go (As WOMEN exits, DEB grabs the sandwich and takes a bite out of it) DEB: Mmm (looks up/mouth full) To bad, the Tuna salad’s delicious! (laughs) Come again, fat ass! (DEB leaves smiling and laughing towards the back. HALEY stands there for a second and closes her eyes then opens them to look at the women who left) [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-COOPER’s Recovery Room] (NATHAN enters and knocks on the door to announce his presence) NATHAN: Coop? (COOPER who had his hand over his face takes it away and sees NATHAN) NATHAN: How you doin? COOPER: (chuckles weakly) Guess I’m still alive (NATHAN smiles sadly) Come here (NATHAN and COOPER hug) COOPER: Thank you (end embrace) They told me you saved both of us (NATHAN looks away and hesitates to talk) NATHAN: I, uh … I didn’t save anyone (COOPER groans like “alright then silent hero”) I tried to help you, Coop but, I couldn’t get you out of there … and then I-- … I ran out of air and I panicked … then everything went black just like it did for you (COOPER looks at him, then down) I didn’t save you, Cooper. I couldn’t even save myself COOPER: (weakly) That’s okay NATHAN: (upset) No, it’s not (COOPER quickly looks at him) People think I’m a hero but there wrong, you’re the hero (COOPER sighs and looks up) NATHAN: Look--I heard you told Reeve’s that it was you’re fault … and it wasn’t COOPER: (looking away) Sure it was NATHAN: Haley saw Rachel grab the wheel (COOPER looks at NATHAN) COOPER: Listen to me, no matter what happened on that bridge … it was still my fault (NATHAN listens) I knew how old Rachel was and I didn’t walk away--it’s not very heroic, is it? (NATHAN sighs) Anyways, I wouldn’t even be alive to say anything if it wasn’t for you NATHAN: Hey, I told you I didn’t-- COOPER: --Even if you don’t remember it, Nate, it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen (NATHAN looks down) you jumped in that river and you tried to save both of us … we’re here, we’re still alive. Isn’t that what really matters? (NATHAN looks at COOPER for a long pause and then nods) NATHAN: (softly) Yeah COOPER: (softly) Yeah (NATHAN and COOPER continue to look at each other) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (A sht of her wall where ELLIE’s “Hello, Goodbye” article hangs. The camera moves to the computer where you can see the web cam is on and on the screen you see PEYTON sitting in front of her desk holding a phone as she dials. The camera moves over to her as she closes her eyes until she hears a voice from DEREK, her brother) DEREK’s VOICE: Hello? (PEYTON, nervous, doesn’t speak right away then gathers her courage) PEYTON: Hi (closes her eyes) Um … I’m looking for Derek? DEREK’s VOICE: Who’s calling? PEYTON: (smiles) This is Peyton Sawyer … I’m sorry, this is gonna sound (laughs) so strange, um … my mom’s name was Ellie Harp and she--- DEREK’s VOICE: --Don’t call here again (The receiver clicks and PEYTON, realizing what happened, turns of the phone almost on the verge of tears) [The River Court-Parking Lot-Day] (sht of a flat tire, WHITEY is standing by the car leaning on it looking towards the basketball court. LUCAS drives up and goes behind WHITEY who hears the car and sort of smiles) LUCAS: Hey, coach, you need a ride? (sht of the basketball court where SKILLS is playing with FERGIE. LUCAS’ car is parked and WHITEY is now sitting on the passengers side as LUCAS stares at the guys play and WHITEY faces the other way) LUCAS: (looks at WHITEY) He’s quick, coach., He’s a great first step WHITEY: (not looking at LUCAS) You flattened my tire LUCAS: Look, just give him a look. All right--he’s a good guy, he can score off the dribble (sht of SKILLS making a basket) he’s way quicker than me on defense (WHITEY looks over) and you know defense wins championships WHITEY: You’re gonna change that tire LUCAS: (sighs) Look, state rules allow for roster moves until Friday--I looked it up. Look, coach (looks at SKILLS for a second) come on, he wants to go to college, this could really help him with that--Nathan’s a little banged up WHITEY: (looking away) Your hard-selling me and I don’t like it LUCAS: (shakes head) Just think about it, okay? (shakes head as WHITEY looks over) Please WHITEY: I don’t even have a damn spare for that car (LUCAS half smiles and sighs and looks down) [KAREN’s Café] (BROOKE enters to what looks like a very busy café and walks towards HALEY who is behind the counter) BROOKE: (whispering) Hey HALEY: (surprised) Hi (BROOKE starts heading towards the register and HALEY follows) BROOKE: I need to talk to you HALEY: Uh … Okay, well, things are a little crazy right now (takes out pad and pen) BROOKE: (leans in/quietly) Rachel caught me making maternity cloths HALEY: (looks up) Brooke! (HALEY and BROOKE quickly walk over to the back as HALEY grabs a firm grip of BROOKE’s arm) HALEY: On the list of people who know about this pregnancy (lets go of BROOKE’s arm) I’m thinking Rachel’s not really on the top BROOKE: I know! HALEY: Okay, well, calm down and …does she suspect anything at all?-- BROOKE: --No, I don’t think so HALEY: (relieved) Okay, so it’s just you and me that knows (BROOKE shakes her head) Good, so lets just keep it that way, I think that’s best don’t you? BROOKE: I think I’d feel better if I didn’t even know about it HALEY: (whispering/bitchy) It’s a little late for that, isn’t it? … (BROOKE looks away) Look, did--did you and Lucas ever talk about what would happen if you … BROOKE: (shakes head) Yeah … last year, um … you know? He--I mean, he said he’d be there for me and the baby but … I could tell he was scared and--and felling trapped and he’s just--he wasn’t ready HALEY: (looking up/softly) Yeah, I know BROOKE: And did you and Nathan ever talk about it?-- HALEY: --Yeah, don’t you remember, it was that night that--that we spent together and then he found out I wasn’t on the pill and he freaked out, it was the worst fight we ever had--Brooke, I got to get back out there, I’m sorry--It’s crazy and Deb’s out to lunch (HALEY starts to head back) BROOKE: This is an awfully late lunch HALEY: (scoffs) She’s here, she’s literally (hits head with pen) out to lunch, I’ll call you later (HALEY starts walking away) BROOKE: Haley (HALEY turns) It’s gonna be okay, right? HALEY: (sympathetically) Yeah, Brooke, it’s gonna--it’s gonna be okay (HALEY walks over and gives BROOKE a hug, BROOKE leaves as HALEY watches her) HALEY: I hope (As BROOKE leaves HALEY goes back out and walks over to DEB who is by the other side of the counter) HALEY: Okay, Deb, I don’t know if-- (DEB accidentally slides her hand across her purse and the gn flies off the counter, DEB gasps as the gn ht’s the floor and a bllet sh*t towards the customers but misses them and ht’s the glass window which shatters and the customers, DEB and HALEY, scream and everyone ducks down. DEB stands and half smiles, HALEY stands with her mouth wide open) DEB: Oops (HALEY exhales sharply as she stares at DEB who is smiling) [City Hall-Lounge Room] (On the TV screen is an anchorwomen and on the small TV screen by her is the footage of the limo being pulled out of the river) ANCHORWOMEN: The car crashed at a guard rail, rolled over and was completely submerged that’s when Nathan Scott came to the rescue (Camera moves to show DAN is watching the TV) ANCHORWOMEN: Nathan is the son of recently elected Tree Hill Mayor Dan Scott (screen changes from limo pulling out to Nathan playing a basketball game) who touted family as one of his campaign staples as you’ll see here (The screen changes to DAN in an office, DAN watches) DAN ON TV: I’m Dan Scott, local business man, school-board member and mrder (Dan’s eyebrows rise) family first--that’s my motto, making a better-- (DAN quickly grabs the remote and rewinds the segment) DAN ON TV: I’m Dan Scott, local business man, school-board member and father (DAN looks down) Family first--that’s my motto making a better Tree Hill for all of us (DAN looks away) ANCHORWOMEN: Now authorities tell us that if it wasn’t for Nathan Scott … [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital Building-Day] ANCHORWOMEN: (v.o) … this accident could’ve been much worse [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-COOPER’s Room] (RACHEL walks in and walks up to someone standing by the bed) RACHEL: Cooper … (RACHEL, surprised, realizes that it’s not COOPER, it’s NATHAN when he turns around) RACHEL: Nathan NATHAN: Cooper’s gone RACHEL: (chuckles) You mean released NATHAN: Gone from Tree Hill, Rachel (RACHEL looks down and NATHAN looks away) RACHEL: I’m really sorry (NATHAN turns to her) … Nathan, For the way I acted at the reception and … with everything else (NATHAN looks down) I know that you saved my life (NATHAN looks at her, then down) and I’m gonna find a way to thank you NATHAN: (slightly smiles) You don’t have to do that-- RACHEL: --No … I want to (RACHEL stays staring at NATHAN and his smile fades. RACHEL leans towards him and kisses him on the cheek. When she pulls back NATHAN stares at her with guilt as she stares into his eyes) RACHEL: (half smiling) You have Cooper’s eye’s (NATHAN looks at RACHEL and she watches him then she starts to leave, she turns around and stares at him this time looking at him as if she realized something then smiles and exit’s the door. NATHAN stands there thinking then looks over at the door as it closes) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON is fixing her web cam as she focuses it for her podcast. She is seen in her computer screen as well as the voice recorder she has set up for sound. Once she has it just right she sits on her bed) PEYTON: (to webcam) Hi, guys, Peyton here, uh, if you’ve been listening to my podcast’s then … you know a lot about me (leans head to side) But did you know I had a brother? Yeah, well, neither did I, um … his name’s Derek … same father, different mom, it’s kind of the Tree Hill way of life, (laughs) I guess. Anyway, I tried calling him today but he hung up on me--which is cool … You know, I, I fully understand inability to let people in because that’s exactly how I was with (looks at her wall with picture of her and ELLIE the reflection) Ellie at first (turns back around) But you know what? It does lead me to believe that Derek and I probably have some things in common. So anyway (stands and walks towards computer, computers eye view of her) Uh, Derek, from St. Flora North Carolina … maybe you’ll reconsider, you know? Maybe you’ll, um, you’ll listen to my podcast’s or you can go to my Myspace page, you know? It has everything you ever want to know about me there … except maybe this (camera to her) I would really like to talk to you sometime … about anything you want (smiles) and I hope your world is good to you (PEYTON stays staring at the computer) [ROE Residence-Front Of House] (KAREN is throwing pieces of a baby crib in a trash can, HALEY walks up to her) HALEY: (smiling) Spring cleaning? KAREN: Oh, no, just pieces from Lucas’ old crib (HALEY “Aw’s” and walk towards trash, KAREN holds her stomach) I was feeling sentimental and I thought I’d try and use them again and then I realized that thing is (thinks) third hand seventeen years ago HALEY: Well, congratulations, I haven’t seen you (they hug, KAREN “Aw’s”) and things have been crazy KAREN: Thank you so much (laughs) I know, I can’t believe I’m gonna have a child (HALEY laughs) HALEY: Um, well, it’ll be easier this time, right? (KAREN looks at her) I mean, being pregnant at seventeen was probably really difficult for … you and your family and your friends you had to confide in and … KAREN: (worried) Listen, Haley, um (exhales sharply) Normally I, I wound’s go behind Lucas’ back but … he found a pregnancy test in Brooke’s purse at the wedding--and he claims that she’s not pregnant but … (softly) you would tell me if you new other wise, wouldn’t you? HALEY: Um … I don’t (KAREN shakes her head relieved) but, um, listen, I came to talk to you about Deb KAREN: (confused) What about Deb? HALEY: Well, we had a little, um (puts arm around KAREN and they walk in the house) … we had a little accident at the café, today KAREN: (barley heard) What kind of accident? (The camera moves to the pieces of LUCAS’ old crib then to a car where DAN is sitting in and he stares at the pieces through his side mirror) [KAREN’s Café] (KAREN is walking in and notices the smashed door then walks up to DEB who is sitting at the counter in one of the stools) KAREN: (worried) Deb! What happened?! (DEB turns) Haley came by and told me that the-- DEB: Haley (laughs) I knew that little bitch couldn’t keep her big mouth shut (clears throat) I need the gn for protection, Karen KAREN: (shocked) gn? (Obviously HALEY left that part out, DEB shakes her head) Tell me you didn’t sht out the window … with customers? DEB: Karen-- KAREN: --(mad) You could’ve klled someone other than your ex-husband--what the hell is wrong with you?! DEB: (smiling) It was an accident KAREN: (holds hand out) Give me the gn? DEB: (chuckles) I can’t KAREN: Deb, I’m not playing games with your wacky ass, give me the damn gn! (DEB gives KAREN a look and moves her purse next to her away from KAREN) KAREN: Fine (KAREN quickly grabs DEB’s purse, DEB quickly tires to reach for it and as they struggle all the prescription pills fall on the floor. DEB’s mouth drops upset but then changes when she realizes that KAREN saw them) KAREN: (looks at empty bottle) Huh, okay, now I get it, how long? DEB: (closes eyes) It’s not what you think KAREN: Really?! ‘Cause you know what I think?! (slams purse down) I think you’re a recovering addict (DEB laughs and turns away) who’s returned to her former life of popping pills and brandishing firearms! DEB: (laughing it off) I just had a little slip KAREN: IT’S NOT A LITTLE SLIP! (DEB laughs and mouths “Oh, my god”) Little slips happen! … but getting wasted and sh*ting up the café during the noon rush is NOT A LITTLE SLIP! (DEB looks away not really caring) … Deb, you need to get back into rehab DEB: (taking it as a thrat) Or what? KAREN: Or I will dissolve our partnership DEB: Karen-- KAREN: --No, I will not have a gn-toting junkie destroy a 17-year-old business (KAREN and DEB stare at each other for a second) DEB: (angry/whispers) Fine … you can have your little café … (whispers) I quit (DEB grabs her purse, her prescription bottle and pathetically picks up all of the pills) KAREN: (in a “don‘t be pathetic” tone) Deb? (DEB stands up and looks at the floor to see one more on the ground. She looks at KAREN and then goes down to pick it up and stands to walk away) KAREN: It’s an Altoid (DEB stops but drops it in her purse and exits) [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Living Room] (NATHAN is sitting by the chair near the door. LUCAS opens the door as he knocks to alert his presence. LUCAS walks in and notices NATHAN’s expression) LUCAS: Hey (walking across to couch) You okay? You sounded a little cryptic when you called NATHAN: Yeah, yeah (LUCAS moves a pillow and sits on arm of couch) NATHAN: Look, uh, I guess there’s no easy way to do you this, so I’m just gonna do it … I need to know what happened at the bridge LUCAS: Okaaay, but you saw a lot more than I did NATHAN: (looking down) I’m not sure about that (LUCAS looks confused) Look, I swam into the car and I got trapped Flashback-Molina Bridge-River-Underwater* (Limo) (quick clip of NATHAN in limo swimming up to the roof of car gasping for what little air was left) End of Flashback NATHAN: I panicked Flashback-Molina Bridge-River-Underwater (Limo underwater) (quick clip of NATHAN once again gasping for air) End of Flashback <Note: These two flashbacks are really quick and missable> NATHAN: All right? I didn’t save anybody as a matter of fact, somebody saved me (LUCAS looks away then down) NATHAN: It was you wasn’t it? LUCAS: Oh, Nathan, I wish it was but it wasn’t NATHAN: It had to be. Look, I was trapped in that car, okay? I ran out of air and my lungs gave out--Now, unless we’re both dad right now there’s n-- LUCAS: --Nate, Nate … look, people black out all the time in situations of, like, crisis or terror of high stress situations … You know, it’s some kind of an adrenalin overload--okay, but that doesn’t mean that you didn’t somehow pull Cooper and Rachel from that car--even if you don’t remember (NATHAN tires to say something) doing it … there was no one else there, Nathan … (points to both of them) It was just us NATHAN: What if I saw someone in the car? LUCAS: You mean Rachel and Cooper NATHAN: (softly) No, someone else LUCAS: (chuckles) Who? (NATHAN looks at LUCAS) Flashback-Molina Bridge-River-Underwater* (Limo) (COOPER under water, trapped in limo unconscious then a close up of NATHAN completely running out of air as a white light shines over his face and he opens his eyes) End of Flashback NATHAN: Keith (LUCAS has a mixture of confusion and hurt in his face as he looks at NATHAN like he didn’t like that he brought his deceased uncle/father figure up) [Department Store Parking Lot-PEYTON’s Car-Night] (PEYTON in drivers seat, LUCAS in passengers seat parked in front of a store) PEYTON: Well you’ve been quite (LUCAS sighs and smiles) Gettin’ your game face on? LUCAS: (laughs and shakes his head) No PEYTON: (playfully) Working on your Brooke Davis mojo? (LUCAS, who has been smiling, sighs and starts to frown) LUCAS: I was thinking about Nathan … you know, he told me he saw Keith in the river (PEYTON’s smile drops) He says he was trapped in the limo and Keith saved him (looks away) PEYTON: Wow … Keith, huh? … what’d you say? LUCAS: (serious) Keith’s dad, Peyton (PEYTON doesn’t know what to say) It’s unbelievable how much our lives have changed since freshman year PEYTON: Yeah (little sad) it’s all gonna end soon, too LUCAS: (looking forward) Or begin (PEYTON looks at LUCAS for a moment before looking down) LUCAS: (cocky/folds his arms) You know, I use to watch you? (raises eyebrow) PEYTON: (smiles) When? LUCAS: Oh, Freshman year, (thinking expression) hm* yearrrr uh, both summers actually PEYTON: (smiles and closes eyes) Stop it …. (curious) What did you watch? LUCAS: (looks at her legs) Your legs mostly PEYTON: (smiles) What?! LUCAS: Nooo, I’m serious (playfully points) From up close, they’re a little chicken-y (PEYTON playfully hits LUCAS, insulted in a good-humored way) PEYTON: Shut up! LUCAS: (trying to block ht) But! I’m! Form where I was hiding they were pretty awesome (LUCAS laughs as PEYTON stares forward smiling) PEYTON: (looks at LUCAS) I’m not sure that’s a compliment LUCAS: Ooooh it is, trust me (PEYTON smiles and looks away) I think it sucks that your … brother hung up on you, Peyton PEYTON: (sighs) Yeah … I get it though. You know--the fear of letting people in (swallows) getting close to somebody and then it just not working out (LUCAS and PEYTON stare at each other) … anyway, um, … (playfully/sing-song voice) almost time for Brooke, (normal) you ready? LUCAS: (looks at store) You know, I’ve been thinking … (looks at PEYTON) why don’t you just go instead? You know, patch things up with her (PEYTON tries to speak) you guys have a lifelong friendship that’s at stake here PEYTON: Yeah … but you looove her (LUCAS laughs and shakes his head) LUCAS: I do PEYTON: (shakes her head) Well you said it yourself, you can’t help who you love, so … thank you for thinking of me but this is my birthday present for Brooke LUCAS: Are you sure? (PEYTON shakes her head and it seems like she’s trying to convince herself more than LUCAS that it’s all right) PEYTON: Yeah, go ahead, I’ll wait (LUCAS looks at PEYTON as he opens the door then turns away to head to the store. PEYTON smiles and stares at him then looks forward) PEYTON: (smile fading/softly) I’ll wait [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Bedroom-Night] (NATHAN is sitting on the bed putting his shoes on [he seems to have something wrapped around his right knee] and HALEY walks in and leans by the door holding her bag) HALEY: You think your mom’s a spy? (NATHAN looks up for a moment then continues with his shoes) Or a pimp, maybe? NATHAN: (chuckles) What? HALEY: She’s got a gn (NATHAN looks up in shock) Yeah, she’s packing heat NATHAN: What are you talking about? (HALEY walks inside the room and puts her stuff down) HALEY: Your mom! Brought a gn into the café today--oh, and it went off! NATHAN: What? Was anybody hurt? HALEY: No, thank God NATHAN: Unbelievable (HALEY grabs a piece of clothing or some kind of a towel and begins folding it, well more like trying to keep busy with it) HALEY: (barley heard) I know NATHAN: I’ll talk to her (NATHAN finishes putting on his shoes) HALEY: Now?! NATHAN: No HALEY: Okay, but she’s acting really wired and she’s strapped with a nine NATHAN: (tying laces) I get it Hales, but … playoff’s are next week and my mom’s an adult--both my parents are, supposedly HALEY: Well-where are you going then? NATHAN: (sighs/stands) The River court (NATHAN grabs a jacket) HALEY: Nathan, you’re knee’s all--you mom’s totally freaking out! NATHAN: (putting jacket on) I’m the kid, Hales and I’m sick a dealing with my parents problems. If it’s not my dad with a restraining order, it’s my mom with a glock, they’re unbelievable … (HALEY listens sympathetically) my one saving grace, my one way out is that if I play halfway decent in these playoff’s, I can get a scholarship and get the hell away from both those lunatics (NATHAN grabs the ball that has been sitting on the bed and walks towards the door where HALEY has been standing and he leans on the door frame as she moves closer to the door as well) NATHAN: Should my mom have a gn? No … but am I gonna let her stupidity or anything else stand in the way of my dreams? (shakes head negatively) Not a chance (NATHAN kisses HALEY on the forehead as she closes her eyes and smiles then rubs his shoulder) NATHAN: See ya HALEY: (softly) Bye (NATHAN walks out and HALEY leans by the wall a moment before giving a big sigh and then sits down) [ROE Residence-Kitchen] (DAN opens the door and walks in as KAREN is writing some checks, her back facing the door) DAN: Knock, knock (KAREN looks up more annoyed than startled and looks back towards DAN, but not completely, only to turn back around and continue with her checkbook) KAREN: Dan, you can’t keep doing this DAN: Doing what? (KAREN sighs, turns to look at him, then turns her back on him again) KAREN: (continues writing) Coming around like this (stops) Look--I know you said that you intend on being there for me with this pregnancy but the truth is, Dan, you’re not that guy … You were not that guy the first time with Lucas and you’re never gonna be that guy … You have to know that (DAN looks down then he walks away from the kitchen as if he’s about to leave. DAN comes back in pushing a baby rocking crib and we realize that it’s the same crib KAREN threw out in the trash only it’s put together and it’s painted blue and a wood color [it looks very cute] KAREN, who hears that something is being pushed in turns around and sees the crib as DAN pushes it in, she stares at it in shock for a moment before she walks up to both DAN and the crib) KAREN: (eyes never leaving crib) That’s Lucas’ crib (looks up) Dan, I-- DAN: --I did it myself (looks up at KAREN) I hope you like it (KAREN stares at DAN and he exits and closes the door. She looks at the crib and inside is a little teddy bear) [Some Bar] (People are drinking and having a good time there is a mechanical bull and a girl is on it and she’s wearing a cowboy hat as she hoots and hollers next to her is a sign that reads “Say, Hell YEAH” camera moves to were RACHEL and BROOKE are sitting. BROOKE doesn’t look like she’s having a fun time but she brought her “Posh” mug and there is a little umbrella in it, she looks around moody) RACHEL: (sighs) Okay, I bring you to this club (BROOKE sort of roll her eyes towards her) I fill your kitschy but hideous spice girl cup with alcohol and you haven’t touched it …Is this how you spend all your birthdays? BROOKE: (bitchy) Actually, no, I usually spend them with Peyton (frowns with an attitude) but not this year RACHEL: (smiles) What’s going on with that anyway?--I mean, I missed a couple things when I was hanging out at the bottom of the river BROOKE: (bitchy smile) Peyton likes Lucas RACHEL: Did she try to sleep with him? ‘Cause I did that, too BROOKE: She kissed him (RACHEL drinks from “Posh”) The day of the school sh*ting she kissed him in the library (RACHEL gives BROOKE a stiff look and puts the mug down) RACHEL: (scrunches face) Well, by default--if your about to die, or at least bleeding to death … I think you get a free kissing pass (BROOKE dramatically rolls her eyes away) what else did she do? BROOKE: Well, she had the nerve to say she’d back off if I loved him (smiles coldly)… can you believe that? She wanted me to declare my love for my own boyfriend RACHEL: Why didn’t you? (BROOKE looks at RACHEL for a couple seconds before she looks away not really trying to respond to her question) RACHEL: Okay, let me get this straight … You don’t have feelings for Lucas anymore … Peyton does (BROOKE looks at her) yet she’s willing to hide those feelings if you ask her to … (lowers lip/shakes head) sounds like a pretty great friend to me (BROOKE rolls her eyes and sighs, RACHEL looks away. Camera goes back to the girl who’s still riding the mechanical bull as two guys walk in front of the bull ride and RACHEL notices) RACHEL: (face lights up) Check it out, your birthday presents here (BROOKE looks at the guys for a second and the guys looks at them) well, at least one of them, you pick BROOKE: Isn’t that a little soon for you? I mean, is Coopers tux even dry yet? RACHEL: (inhales) Cooper’s gone, Brooke … so I’m using your birthday as an excuse to drown my sorrows in alcohol … and boy BROOKE: Rachel, a one-nighter is just gonna make it worse RACHEL: (thinks) Tomorrow it’ll make it worse. But tonight, trust me, it’ll make it much better (smiles and looks at the guys) So which one do you want? BROOKE: (looks down/sad) I can’t RACHEL: Suit yourself (grabs purse/smiles) Don’t wait up (RACHEL stands and walks away from the table to go to the guys. BROOKE sits there and sighs obviously not the best birthday she’s had. The guys looks at RACHEL who walks up to them, they smile and begin to talk. BROOKE looks around and thinks) [Department Store-Cosmetics] (LUCAS is leaning on a counter staring at his watch, the lights start turning off, the store is closing) LUCAS: (looking at watch/to self) Come one, Brooke (As more lights turn off footsteps are heard and then there’s a sht of someone’s legs walking up towards LUCAS [It’s suppose to make us all think for a second it could be BROOKE] LUCAS quickly turns, hoping that it’s BROOKE, the camera sht up to show it’s PEYTON who looks at him sympathetically. LUCAS stands straight and smiles at her sadly. The lights in the store turn off leaving only the display lights on) PEYTON: I’m sorry, Luke. I really thought she was gonna show (LUCAS walks up to her and shrugs) but look at it this way she didn’t know you where gonna be here so (shrugs) there’s still hope for the two of you (laughs sadly) just not so much for me and her (LUCAS laughs sadly and looks at PEYTON like if he feels more sorry for her then him since she and BROOKE have been life-long friends. He puts his arm around her and she does the same and rubs his back as they walk out together) [Department Store-Outside Entrance-Night] (LUCAS opens the door for him and PEYTON who is reaching into her purse and she pulls out a bottle of cologne and hands it to LUCAS but looks ahead) PEYTON: (smugly) Here (LUCAS takes cologne) I stole this for you (LUCAS looks at it confused for a moment then throws his head back and silently laughs. PEYTON smiles as he puts his arm around her and they cross the street to walk to the car, he holds the cologne near him as he and PEYTON stare at it, laugh and walk) (The camera moves a distance away from the store and BROOKE is standing there and has been watching them. As she hears them joking around with each other, she looks like she’s trying to fight back tears and tries to control herself) PEYTON: (v.o)(laughs) It smells good (PEYTON voice is heard giggling) LUCAS: (v.o) try it on (PEYTON voice is heard laughing) [Department Store Parking Lot-PEYTON’s Car-Night] (LUCAS and PEYTON sitting still waiting for BROOKE. LUCAS is looking away and PEYTON looks at him) PEYTON: (points) Best birthday ever LUCAS: (looks up/thinking expression) …. (inhales) When I was twelve (PEYTON makes a “really?” expression) My mom and … Keith surprised me with tickets to the Duke-Caroline game (PEYTON laughs in a “Oh God” way) I wuh--no--no--no, we drove up, made a weekend out of it … It was cool because it was the first time we were ever a real family (PEYTON smiles) and I’d give anything to have that back … you? PEYTON: My eighth birthday, my mom was still alive, that’s the last time we were a real family (LUCAS nods) I’d give anything to have that back (LUCAS looks away and PEYTON stares at him a moment) PEYTON: (sighs) You want me to drive you by Rachel’s? Maybe Brooke’s there? (LUCAS ponders for a moment and makes a thinking face) LUCAS: (v.o) There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at crossroads … LUCAS: (frowns) No, it’s okay … would you drop me by the river court? That’s were I do my best healing (LUCAS looks up at PEYTON) PEYTON: Sure (PEYTON starts the car and LUCAS looks away thinking) [Bedroom] (Back is facing the camera as a girl puts on her bra having only had on a pair of jeans. A guy is laying asleep, legs by headboard, in the bed as she grabs her blouse from under his legs and tugs it a little to get it out and walks away) LUCAS: (v.o) There are moments in our lives … (The girl walks over to where the guys head is and grabs her shoes, the guy is one of the guys RACHEL and BROOKE saw at the bar) LUCAS: (v.o) …when we find ourselves at a crossroads … (The camera sht up and it’s RACHEL who goes to the counter, grabs her bag and looks at the guy for a moment, like if she’s ashamed of herself and leaves the room) LUCAS: (v.o) … afraid … confused … without a road map [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (BROOKE is on her bed looking at her “Brooke” photo book looking at the first page with her certificate, footprints, and baby picture) LUCAS: (v.o) The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days [Tree Hill Intersection-Streetlight] (The light turns red and DAN, in his SUV, stops and looks around to see a big delivery truck, on the box part of the delivery truck painted in red is the word “mrder” DAN stares at it in shock and walks out of his car) (As the truck pulls out to make a left, DAN sees it was only in his mind because “mrder” is not written there this time) LUCAS: (v.o) Of course when faced with the unknown … (DAN mouths “what” camera changes to birds-eye view of DAN standing in the middle of the intersection and looks down, the lights still red) LUCAS: (v.o) … most of us prefer to turn around and go back [The River Court-Parking Lot-Night] (LUCAS walks up to WHITEY’s car and leans by the passenger window which is rolled down) LUCAS: Doing a little scouting (WHITEY, who has been sitting on the drivers seat has also been looking at SKILLS who is playing basketball but doesn’t notice either LUCAS or WHITEY) WHITEY: I’m puttin’ him on the team (LUCAS looks over at SKILLS, sht of SKILLS making one of those lay-up shts) LUCAS: (v.o) Really?! (LUCAS looks at SKILLS again then at WHITEY) LUCAS: Well that’s great, coach. What made you decide that? WHITEY: (looks at LUCAS) You did (LUCAS listens) Not long ago (points to court) I found a kid out on that very same court. If that young man (camera moves to SKILLS who spins quickly and makes a basket) turns out to be the kind of player and person (back to WHITEY) that scrawny kid turned out (LUCAS laughs) to be (laughs) It’s a no-brainer (LUCAS holds his hand out to WHITEY who shakes it. LUCAS looks at him with a “thanks, coach” expression. WHITEY smiles and looks back to SKILLS, LUCAS walks away) [The River Court-Basketball Court-Night] (SKILLS makes another lay-up sht and runs with the ball from the basket but stops playing when he sees LUCAS coming. LUCAS walks up to him with a serious expression on his face and they stare at each other for a moment) LUCAS: … (serious face) You just became a Raven (smiles) HA! HA! (SKILLS and LUCAS do the “Shake hug” where they grab each others hands and then lean in for a shoulder hug) LUCAS: (v.o) But once in a while people push on to something better … [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (BROOKE is still sitting up in her bed looking at her “Brooke” album. She flips the pages and actually starts smiling. Camera changes to show what she’s looking at which is a page where it shows a picture of a bunch of kids, then another one below of PEYTON and BROOKE in middle school both drinking. Next to those is a flyer that obviously looks like it was done by PEYTON that reads “Extreme” “In the zone” “Rend dent” “Kickin’ kickin”) (The next page shows a picture of BROOKE by herself and below is a picture of BROOKE and Peyton at her birthday “17 ” BROOKE has her head slightly turned and has one of those “Showin off the grillz” grins, PEYTON is frowning with a thumbs up) LUCAS: (v.o) … Something found just beyond the pain of going it alone … (BROOKE looks at the album and sighs sadly) [SAWYER Residence-Front Porch-Night] (PEYTON is walking up to the door but she’s looking in her purse trying to find her keys. As she walks up to the porch she doesn’t notice that a guy, DEREK, is sitting there. He’s a blonde-haired guy, her age) DEREK: Are you Peyton? (PEYTON looks up shocked) DEREK: (stands) I’m Derek (PEYTON stares at him with a mixture of happiness and sadness. DEREK hesitates to talk) DEREK: I guess I’m your brother (DEREK stares at PEYTON) LUCAS: (v.o) and just beyond the bravery (PEYTON stares back) and courage it takes to let someone in … [ROE Residence-Kitchen] (The baby crib is rocking and the camera moves up to see KAREN staring at it intensely) LUCAS: (v.o) … or to give someone a second chance [ROE Residence-Front Porch-Night] (LUCAS with laptop on his lap as he sits and types) LUCAS: (v.o) Something beyond the quiet (sht of his screen which is everything he’s written which are the voiceover’s, typing the following line) persistence of a dream (Camera moves back to LUCAS and then to the lamp) [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (There is a pink cupcake on a plate with a white candle that is lit. The sh*t is just of the hand holding the plate and walking into the room. RACHEL is the one holding the plate and also holding her purse, she walks up to BROOKE and stands in-between there beds. BROOKE now has a white blanket on her) RACHEL: Happy birthday, you boring old shrew (RACHEL puts the plate down on the table in between there beds) BROOKE: (half smiles) You said “Don’t wait up” (RACHEL sits on her bed) And you call this late? RACHEL: (shrugs) I wasn’t into it (opens purse/pulls out digital camera) the boys in Tree Hill are so boring compared to Cooper (RACHEL begins to fidget with her camera) BROOKE: Isn’t there anybody our age you think you could fall for? (RACHEL gives BROOKE a smile like if she’s up to something. Close up of her digital camera and there is a picture of HALEY and NATHAN at there 2nd wedding. It’s zoomed in so you can only see HALEY and NATHAN’s chest. RACHEL scrolls the picture up and focuses it on NATHAN then looks at BROOKE) RACHEL: (smiles) Maybe (BROOKE looks at her for a moment and smiles) [Molina Bridge-Night] (NATHAN is standing in the same spot he was in the begging of the show and he just stands there and looks out in the water. HALEY walks up to him) HALEY: I found your ball at home NATHAN: I was kind a hoping you would (HALEY smiles and walks up to NATHAN then puts her head on his shoulder and they look at the river for a moment then she puts her chin on his shoulder and looks at him) HALEY: I need you to talk to me NATHAN: Haley (puts arm around her) I’m not trying to shut you out, okay? (HALEY closes her eyes as if saying “okay”) I just don’t understand it enough to let you in yet HALEY: Whatever it is, we’re gonna get through it together (NATHAN looks at her) I’m right here, Nathan (touches his cheek ) I’m not going anywhere (NATHAN and HALEY hug, birds eye view as it zooms out) LUCAS: (v.o) Because it’s only when you’re tested that you truly discover who you are … [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (BROOKE is looking at her “Brooke” photo album and then grabs her “Posh” mug that was next to the cupcake) (BROOKE turns the mug upside down and the writing on it that says “To my POSH Best friend, Love always, Peyton”) LUCAS: (v.o) … and it’s only when you’re tested (BROOKE lightly rubs by the word “Friend” with thumb) that you discover who you can be RACHEL: Hey (BROOKE looks up) I’m sorry about your birthday. Did anything memorable happen? BROOKE: (thinks) … (smiles) Yeah, one thing (RACHEL smiles at BROOKE because she thinks the memory is a good one) LUCAS: (v.o) The person you want to be does exists (BROOKE puts mug by side of bed) somewhere on the other side of hard work (BROOKE flips album page) and faith (BROOKE grabs picture) and belief … (BROOKE places picture in album and stares at it sadly for a moment. Close up of her album page and it’s a picture of PEYTON and LUCAS walking down the street, his arm around her, laughing as they both looks at the bottle of cologne she stole for him) LUCAS: (v.o) … and beyond the heartache (BROOKE slams album shut) and fear of what lies ahead (BROOKE grabs the cupcake and stares at the flame for a moment, cupcake inches from her face. Close up of her mouth and the flame, the camera is focused more on her mouth and as she inhales it focuses on the flame, she lets out a soft blow and the candle blows out) The End	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x02 - Things I Forgot at Birth"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on one Tree Hill [Molina Bridge-Day] (HALEY looks at NATHAN who’s about to jump in the river) HALEY: (pleading) NATHAN, DON’T! (NATHAN dive’s into the river, head first, HALEY watches) RACHEL: (v.o) I know that you saved my life … [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-COOPER’s Recovery Room] (NATHAN and RACHEL) (NATHAN looks down) RACHEL: … and I’m gonna find a way to thank you [Molina Bridge-River-Day] (Limo underwater, NATHAN about to run out of air) NATHAN: (v.o) I swam into the car (swims to roof of limo to gasp for air) and I got trapped … [Molina Bridge-Night] (NATHAN looks out onto the river, HALEY puts her head on his shoulder) NATHAN: … (v.o) I didn’t save anybody … [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Living Room] (NATHAN and LUCAS sitting) NATHAN: … somebody saved me LUCAS: Who? NATHAN: Keith [Department Store parking lot-PEYTON’s car-Night] (PEYTON and LUCAS sitting outside store) PEYTON: What’d you say? LUCAS: Keith’s dad, Peyton [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (BROOKE in her bed, RACHEL on her bed fiddling with camera) RACHEL: The boys in Tree Hill are so boring BROOKE: Isn’t there anybody our age you think you could fall for? (close up of RACHEL’s camera, NATHAN and HALEY at there wedding, picture is zoomed into NATHAN’s face) RACHEL: (v.o) Maybe [Church-NATHAN and HALEY’s Wedding-Bridesmaid’s Room] (LUCAS and KAREN) (LUCAS holds out a pregnancy test box) LUCAS: Hey, ma? Are you … pregnant? KAREN: (smiles) Yes, I am [KAREN’s Café] (DEB behind counter putting a prescription pill in her mouth almost impatiently) KAREN: (v.o) Deb, you need to get back into Rehab … [KAREN’s Café] (A couple hours later with KAREN and DEB face to face) KAREN: … or I will dissolve our partnership [The River Court-Basket Ball Court-Day] (SKILLS and LUCAS) SKILLS: I was thinkin’ the Ravens could use another shting guard [The River Court-Parking Lot-Night] (WHITEY, in car, watching SKILLS play, LUCAS with WHITEY) WHITEY: I’m puttin’ him on the team LUCAS: (taken back) What mad you decide? WHITEY: (looks at LUCAS) You did [DAN SCOTT Residence-Living Room] (DAN walking up to the wall where the words “mrder” are painted on his wall) YOUNG KEITH: (v.o) Looks like I’m not the only one who knows you klled me (DAN looks at wall, YOUNG KEITH looks at DAN) DAN: Shut up you little smart-ass ghost [DOCTORS Office] (DOCTOR walks up with a folder) DOCTOR: You’re definitely pregnant (Camera moves to a shocked BROOKE who looks at and equally shocked HALEY) LUCAS: (v.o) I was trying to call you [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ Bedroom] (LUCAS and BROOKE) BROOKE: You mean when you weren’t hanging out with Peyton? [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (BROOKE slaps PEYTON cut to PEYTON, teary with red eyes, looking at BROOKE) BROOKE: As far as I’m concerned this friendship is over [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ Bedroom] (LUCAS and BROOKE) BROOKE: I feel like I’m hanging onto the two of us for you (LUCAS, looking down sadly, suddenly looks up to look at BROOKE) PEYTON: (v.o) If you’ve been listening to my podcast … [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON’s computer screen: one window is of PEYTON sitting on her bed, the other is the recorder recording her voice) PEYTON: … then you know a lot about me (PEYTON on her bed, turns her head slightly) PEYTON: But did you know I had a brother? [SAWYER Residence-Front porch-Night] (PEYTON is coming home searching for her keys in her purse, she hears a voice on the porch) DEREK: Are you, Peyton? (PEYTON stops suddenly to look at DEREK) DEREK: I guess I’m your brother End of “Previously on” [Breakfast Restaurant] (PEYTON, side profile angle, is wearing cheerleading uniform. She is sitting at a table, smiling, as the camera, from a far angle, looks wobbly like if someone is trying to focus it perfectly on her) LUCAS: (v.o) You ever look at a picture of yourself … (There’s a quick white flash and the screen freezes with PEYTON still smiling not noticing the picture sht) (DEREK, standing outside by a window, holding a picture camera, takes it away from his face, looks at PEYTON, who doesn’t notice him, and smiles) LUCAS: (v.o) … and see a stranger in the background (DEREK walks in restaurant) makes you wonder, how many strangers have pictures of you? (PEYTON looks up when DEREK walks in. In the restaurant are a couple people sitting behind her and a guy, his back facing her, sitting at the table next to her, DEREK walks up to PEYTON and stands in front of her) DEREK: Yeah, I’d figured the first time a cheerleader talks to me, were … related PEYTON: I haven’t actually talked yet DEREK: Well, you just did (PEYTON just stares at him) So this is a lot better than the other day when you … slammed the door in my face PEYTON: After you hung up on me when I called DEREK: Well, you caught me off guard-- PEYTON: --And you think I was expecting you to show up on my front porch? DEREK: According to your podcast, yes (PEYTON shakes her head with an “Ooookay” expression) I’ve known about you for a while now … didn’t know if I wanted to meet you, so when you called it freaked me out, but … I was curious PEYTON: Why didn’t you just call me back? DEREK: I was afraid you’d hang up on me (smiles) (PEYTON smiles when she realizes the purposely used irony in his last sentence) DEREK: I’m sorry, okay--look (sits in front of PEYTON) let’s start over Hi, (extends hand) I’m Derek … (playfully makes confused face) I guess I’m your brother PEYTON: (reaches for his hand) Hi, Derek (shake hands) I’m Peyton DEREK: So, Peyton, who’d you bring? PEYTON: What do you mean? DEREK: Well, you don’t strike me as a dumb girl, so … who’d you bring as backup? In case I turned out to be a (bulges eyes out/whispers) psycho? (PEYTON slightly smiles and looks over at the table next to her, the guy that has been facing his back to them turns around and it turns out to be LUCAS, who is making a “okay, you caught me” face) PEYTON: Derek, Lucas, Lucas … Derek (DEREK smiles and shakes LUCAS’ hand) [Tree Hill Streets-Outside Of Restaurant] (LUCAS and PEYTON walking on the sidewalk away from the restaurant) LUCAS: That guy seems really cool. I mean, you throw a skirt on him and he’s you PEYTON: We are not that much alike LUCAS: (playful “of course not” attitude) Oh, no, no, he’s a photographer, you’re an artist … you wouldn’t shut the hell up about that damn Mozella album--you both ordered the same breakfast. I mean, I thought that was cute PEYTON: We ordered scrambled eggs and toast (playfully hits LUCAS) same as you, same as everybody else (Lucas turns away and silently laughs) It was freakin’ special LUCAS: Okay, you know what? I quit … You have absolutely nothing in common with your brother PEYTON: I just don’t know if I want to do it anymore (LUCAS makes a confused expression) get close to somebody so they can … leave again LUCAS: Look, on the contrary to what might be written on your wall, people don’t always leave. All right, I mean, last time I checked I’m still here--so is Nathan, Haley … Brooke?--okay, maybe not Brooke, but-- PEYTON: --Yeah (laughs) I think she wishes we would leave LUCAS: Yeah (looks down) (PEYTON and LUCAS stop walking and stand on the sidewalk) PEYTON: Have you heard from her? LUCAS: Not since she broke up with me PEYTON: Well (puts hand on LUCAS’ shoulder a tad rough) get your game face on and talk to her, it’s playoff time--everybody should be in a good mood (LUCAS laughs as he and PEYTON begin to walk again) [Tree Hill High-Entrance] (HALEY, in her cheerleading uniform, stands on a chair as she puts up a big banner, posters are all around her on the ground. NATHAN walks up behind her, he’s wearing his collar-shirt and tie that players wear before the basketball game) NATHAN: I need to be tutored (HALEY turns to face him) I think I’m failing marriage HALEY: (hand on hip) Did you try sleeping with the teacher? (HALEY smiles and NATHAN laughs, he grabs her so he can put her down from the chair) HALEY: So … what’s gotten into you? NATHAN: I’m just tired of thinking about the accident. I need to get focused again and start thinking about basketball (HALEY makes an “aren’t you forgetting someone?” expression) HALEY: All right (HALEY moves a little to grab posters) NATHAN: (realizes her expression) And you HALEY: (smiles) Uh-huh, you really are failing marriage, aren’t you? NATHAN: You know I’m always thinking about you, Hales (HALEY turns back to face him) thank you for being so patient with me--I just needed some time … but after tonight … everything’s gonna be better, I promise HALEY: I’m really glad to see you so happy but … I just don’t know if everything that happened to you on the bridge is gonna go away so quickly NATHAN: You know--no matter what goes wrong in my life, every time I set foot on that basketball court it all goes away (HALEY looks slightly down from NATHAN like if she’s thinking) NATHAN: (smiles) You’ll see (NATHAN holds HALEY’s face and gives her a kiss) NATHAN: All right? (HALEY winks and watches him leave with a smile on her face) [Tree Hill High-Gym] (The gym is dim except for a few spotlights hitting the gym, SKILLS sits on the bleachers under one of the spotlights, he’s wearing his dress-up shirt and tie. LUCAS enters holding a backpack and walks towards SKILLS) LUCAS: You nervous? SKILLS: Nah LUCAS: You lyin’? SKILLS: (looks down) Yeah (LUCAS groans as he sits, they both look out towards the court) LUCAS: (sighs) Remember my first game as a Raven? SKILLS: Yeah … (looks at LUCAS) You played like crap … I remember walking around for a whole week talkin’ about “Man, I gotta take me a Lucas” LUCAS: (chuckles) Look, the point is … I let to much get to my head, you know? I mean, basketballs basketball whether it’s on the river court or … in here (shakes head) You remember that and you’ll be all right SKILLS: Yeah, I’d be better if you was out there with me though LUCAS: Well (reaches in backpack) I will be … (pulls out Ravens jersey) Sort of (LUCAS hands the jersey, that is balled up, to SKILLS who grabs it. When SKILLS opens it he sees that it reads “Ravens” with the number “3” on it, LUCAS’ number) SKILLS: Wait, this is yo jersey LUCAS: Not anymore (SKILLS, surprised, quickly turns the jersey over and instead of “Scott” it reads “Taylor”) SKILLS: (chuckles) Thanks, man (pauses as he stares at the jersey) …. Did you wash it? LUCAS: Aw, man (LUCAS laughs and pats SKILLS on the back, SKILLS playfully smells the jersey, he and LUCAS look at the court) SKILLS: Man, I’m-a make this place look good (they both nod in agreement) This jersey, too LUCAS: Oh, you better … it ain’t used to looking bad (LUCAS looks at SKILLS and they share a smile, LUCAS picks up his backpack and starts to exit the gym leaving Skills alone once again but this time he’s looking at the jersey) [Tree Hill-Graveyard] (YOUNG KEITH is sitting on top of KEITH’s tombstone and DAN walks up to the grave from behind YOUNG KEITH, there is an old man a little off to the side fixing plants. DAN stands in front of the tomb and stares at YOUNG KEITH who’s back is facing him) DAN: (upset) All right, Keith … enough already (old man looks up and looks at DAN, from his view YOUNG KEITH is not sitting on the tomb) DAN: (mad) Do you mind, (motions to tomb) I’m paying my respects! (Old man gets up and walks away. Close up of DAN looking at YOUNG KEITH) DAN: I know I mad a mistake (camera moves out to show him looking at Y.K who’s still on the tomb) but I can’t take it back … and since neither of us is resting in peace (close up of DAN) I have a deal for you … you stop haunting me … (looks away for a moment) and I’ll try to make things right with Karen, Lucas and your baby … (thrat) but if you don’t leave me alone (camera moves out to show him and the grave) … I think you know what I’m capable of (When the camera moves completely out YOUNG KEITH is no longer sitting on the tombstone) [Tree Hill High-Busses-Day] (BROOKE and HALEY walking from the buses to the school, both in there uniforms) BROOKE: I swear to God if we loose tonight, I am going to kll, Peyton HALEY: We will win, Nathan’s got that look in his eye--besides, even if we did loose it wouldn’t be Peyton’s fault BROOKE: (mad) Yes, it would, everything is Peyton’s fault, she’s like a cursed rabbits foot, she’s bad luck (Haley laughs) I am serious, traitor girl. Do not take her side--not against me HALEY: Hey! Wuh-wait, Do not call me traitor girl, okay? I’m not taking sides, I didn’t know there were sides BROOKE: (getting angrier by the second) Well, there are. You’re either on team Brooke or team Peyton and nobody wants to be on team Peyton because there captain is a big whore! HALEY: Okay, do you think that’s a little harsh? BROOKE: Oh, you mean “Harsh” like when they shove there tongues down each others throats? (BROOKE and HALEY stop in front of the outside lunch tables) HALEY: That kiss was so long ago BROOKE: Again, Haley, they kissed again! HALEY: (looks away, shocked) What? BROOKE: They’re sneakin’ around again, too. You should really check out Peyton’s Webcam sometime (BROOKE and HALEY turn around and they see PEYTON and LUCAS sitting at the outside lunch tables laughing and talking, both sharing the same bench seat) (HALEY gasps) BROOKE: (puts arm around HALEY) Welcome to team Brooke (BROOKE and HALEY walk away, PEYTON and LUCAS continue talking, never noticing there presence) THEME SONG - Gavin DeGraw “I Don’t Want to Be” [Tree Hill High-Bench-Day] (BROOKE is sitting on a bench outside of the school, LUCAS walks up to her holding a juice) LUCAS: Trade you my juice box for your bag of chips (sits on top of bench from behind) and I’ll throw in a cookie (BROOKE doesn’t bother to look at Lucas) BROOKE: Peyton must really need chips LUCAS: (rolls eyes) Okay, how can I make this any clearer? There’s nothing going on between me and Peyton BROOKE: (turns to LUCAS) And there’s nothing going on between us, either so why are you still here? (LUCAS looks away for second) … Do I need to make that clearer? LUCAS: You know what, Brooke? You broke up with me. Then you never even gave me a real reason why and you just walked away and I thought … we could at least still be friends (LUCAS stands and walks away leaving BROOKE there trying to fight back tears) [KAREN’s Café-Counter] (KAREN behind the register at what looks like a busy day) KAREN: (to customer) Here you go, thanks (KAREN hits some buttons on the register and looks up quickly to see DAN standing there, she quickly looks down to continue) DAN: Anything I can do to help? KAREN: Yeah (looks down/writes) Leave Deb alone DAN: Is she here? KAREN: (looks up) No, she quit (closes register) and I’m swamped (KAREN walks away to other side of counter and DAN follows) DAN: That’s Deb for you--never finishes the job KAREN: Deb is back on drugs and she’s carrying a gn DAN: (taking it as a joke) She didn’t have any matches, did she? KAREN: (upset) Look, she needs help, so stop whatever it is you’re doing DAN: I’m not doing anything KAREN: You’re always doing something and it’s never good. Look, you said that you wanted to be a better person--here’s your chance, take it DAN: (looks down) Okay, Karen, okay, I’ll stop (points to her) for you (DAN turns to exit) KAREN: Do it for you (DAN turns) and for the women you once claimed to love (KAREN watches DAN leave) DEREK: (v.o) That was the most … [Tree Hill High-School sign-Day] (DEREK and PEYTON are walking from the buses towards the school. They are towards the front of the school where the school activities board reads “TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL, ITS PLAYOFF TIME”) DEREK: … morbid tour I’ve ever been on PEYTON: Yeah, well not everybody gets to go on the Tree Hill death walk, so … you should feel honored DEREK: Oh, I do, uh … my favorite part was the bridge where your friends crashed PEYTON: You know, it’s just to bad I ran out of time ‘cause I really wanted to show you the place where I buried my prom date (DEREK gives her a weird look) kidding DEREK: Thank, God … be really weird if we had another thing in common (PEYTON laughs) so, I want to ask you something … you okay with me being here? You’ve kind of … had your guard up all day PEYTON: I’m sorry (pats DEREK) that’s just me, I … don’t let people in, really DEREK: Hey, it’s okay, I mean, I get it, I’m the same way … look, Peyton, I’d … like to hang around a little bit and get to know you but if you’re not comfortable with it I understand. I will …. check out of my hotel and head home, at the very least we had one great day together (PEYTON smiles) So … you just let me know, okay? (PEYTON nods) I’ll see you (DEREK starts walking away and PEYTON stands there hesitating whether to talk or not) PEYTON: There’s a game tonight (DEREK turns) and a party after, if you want to go DEREK: Yeah (smiles) Yeah, I’d--I’d like that (barley heard) cool (PEYTON waves and watches DEREK leave, then she smiles) [Tree Hill High-Boy’s Locker Room] (WHITEY stands in front of the “Ravens Basketball” drawn on wall, side profile) WHITEY: Crap! … (looks forward to lockers) That pretty much sums up this season. You started out this year with a crappy attitude. You played like crap (camera moves out to show players lined up each sides of lockers, NATHAN and SKILLS included) you took my crap, you cleaned up rat crap from a crappy gym (walks down the lockers passing players) well, all that craps over now, at least you made it to the finals. Some of you are seniors, this is your last chance for a state title. It’s my last chance … so get out there and play like the champions I know you can be! (WHITEY is no longer facing them, he’s reached the end of the line of the players and his back is facing them and he starts clapping as well as the players and they all huddle around each other, minus WHITEY) TEAM: One--two--three, RAVENS! (The team walks out of the gym and WHITEY is left there smiling and then he proceeds to walk out) (Cut to Gym) (The players are running in the hall towards the gym) MOUTH: (v.o) Ladies and gentlemen, lets make some noise for you’re Tree Hill Ravens! (There is a big paper banner that reads “Go Ravens! Championship bound” covering the door. It tears because NATHAN runs through it, SKILLS behind and the other players behind him. The Cheerleaders are all lined up by the door, cheering, as the players pass them, the crowd on the bleachers cheers and applauds Cut to announcement table: sitting from left to right: GIGI SILVERI, MOUTH and LUCAS) MOUTH: Okay, fans, you are in for a treat. Tonight, we are lucky to be joined by Lucas Scott--former Ravens shting guard GIGI: Very lucky … (smiles) and aroused MOUTH: (a little uncomfortable) Yes, very lucky … before tonight’s game Mayor Dan Scott is here to present an award … (DAN, with microphone and plaque, standing in middle of gym, spotlight) MOUTH: … (v.o) to one of our very own Ravens DAN: A week ago, my son, Nathan Scott, risked his life to save two people (LUCAS nodding in agreement) this act of bravery (back to DAN, all players and cheerleaders forming 2 lines from DAN to MOUTH and LUCAS) and selflessness in the face of grave danger … is a quality I most hoped to inspire in him … and I’m happy to say that I succeeded (MOUTH and LUCAS listen) on behalf of Tree Hill (holds award up) I’d like to present this award of valor (smiles) … to my son, Nathan Scott (The crowd cheers and applauds as NATHAN goes up to DAN to receive the plaque. All of a sudden RACHEL runs up to NATHAN jumps in his arms and kisses him on the mouth. NATHAN looks shocked, DAN smiles) RACHEL: (seductively) Thank you … hero (RACHEL walks back in line) DAN: (to NATHAN/without microphone) I’m proud of you, son (DAN sticks his hand out to shake NATHAN’s. NATHAN looks at DAN’s hand for a second then at DAN and looks away) NATHAN: (holds plaque up/to everyone) Let’s play ball (NATHAN leaves DAN there a little hurt, or angry, and the crowd cheers as the players and cheerleaders break. PEYTON and BROOKE are walking next to each other while HALEY and RACHEL, who is looking at NATHAN, walk in front of them) HALEY: (pushes RACHEL) Stay the hell away from my husband RACHEL: (bitchy) I was just giving him a proper “thank you” HALEY: (smiles) You’re thank-you’s send people to the free clinic PEYTON: HA! BROOKE: (mad) What are you laughing about? Your “I love you’s” send people to there grave PEYTON: (smiles) Well if that’s the case, then, I love you, Brooke (PEYTON looks at BROOKE and kisses her from afar) BROOKE: (to herself) Whore (The crowd is cheering and on the bleachers sits DEREK, with his camera, taking pictures. He focuses the camera on PEYTON who is holding her pom-pom’s and looking at the court, smiling, the camera clicks and the image of PEYTON stands still. He focuses it again on PEYTON and takes another picture and the image freezes, DEREK pulls the camera away and looks at the picture through the camera) (Helicopter view of players from the opposing teams at center going to shake hands, #33 Masonboro and #32 for Ravens) MOUTH: (v.o) Okay, here we go, it’s Tree Hill versus Masonboro (referee throws ball in the air) the winner advances in the post season (#32 for Ravens, reaches the ball and throws it to players) and the Ravens win the tip! (#1 throws NATHAN the ball) Nathan Scott has it out on the wing (NATE passes #2 of opposing team) Nathan drives past his defender (Slow motion as NATHAN jumps to throw the ball in the hoop) MOUTH: And he scores! (The ball goes into the hoop and the cheerleaders, who stand behind the hoop, cheer, From left to right: HALEY, PEYTON, RACHEL, BROOKE and BEVIN. HALEY is the only one not really in a cheering mood and gives RACHEL a dirty look, RACHEL gives her a look back and looks back at the game. Camera goes to announcing table as they watch the game, then it cuts to player passing the ball to NATHAN, who catches) MOUTH: (v.o) (NATHAN sht) Nathan has it out on the wing again, he puts up a sht (basket makes it in) and he scores (NATHAN running with ball) as some fans know, Nathan injured his knee in that heroic rescue but he’s feeling no ill effects tonight (slow-mo of NATHAN jumping in the air towards hoop) he’s playing like a man possessed (ball goes in) and he drives again! (The crowd goes wild and player #11 from Masonboro takes the ball) MOUTH: Masonboro with it now on the offensive end (#11 runs towards opposing net and fakes #1) they drive to the hoop (#11 makes the sht) and the baskets good (WHITEY yelling at players) Masonboro’s keepin’ it close (SKILLS is sitting on the bench, antsy, with a player to his left) SKILLS: Man--I can’t believe Whitey ain’t put me in the game, man PLAYER: Yeah, whatever, I’ve been on this team for two years and I haven’t played one game yet SKILLS: … Yeah, but I’m good (PLAYER looks at SKILLS with a “Whatever” expression, Cut to announcement table) MOUTH: Scott drives to the hoop and he’s fouled (LUCAS makes a “dang” expression) he’ll step to the line for a couple of free throws (LUCAS and MOUTH clap Cut to NATHAN in front of hoop with ball, facing the cheerleaders as he focuses on the net. Cheerleaders rubbing pom-pom’s together) MOUTH: (v.o) Nathan’s a perfect six for six tonight, he’s got twelve points (NATHAN sht) … and now thirteen! (HALEY yells and cheers, RACHEL puts one hand on hip and the other in the air and smiles) MOUTH: (v.o) Nathan has a second free-throw coming (NATHAN is thrown the ball for his next throw, he catches it and looks up at the net, the basketball glass is dripping with water and he stares, confused, at it as the crowds cheers fade out. As he looks back at the net, the whole hoop fills up with water and the net rises from the hoop. Nathan keeps focusing on it and the camera goes back to the hoop filled with water as he appears from behind the basketball glass and pounds on the glass like if he wants air, he pounds harder and it goes back to Nathan who is looking at the image confused and scared. He looks back at himself pounding on the glass and then it cuts to RACHEL in the water and she opens here eyes then it transcends to RACHEL looking at him from behind the basketball net smiling at him seductively as her hair flows. NATHAN looks from the net to look at her and HALEY looks at RACHEL and then NATHAN, she’s upset. NATHAN sht the ball) MOUTH: (v.o) Second free-throw’s up (ball hits rim and misses) Oh, and he misses (NATHAN closes his eyes disappointedly) that’s his first miss (RACHEL stares seductively) of the night (HALEY looks at RACHEL then at NATHAN, then looks down sadly) [Tree Hill High-Boy’s Locker Room] (The team is sitting in the benches upset with there heads down and some with there heads leaning on the lockers. NATHAN sits by the “Ravens Basketball” wall. WHITEY walks in and smiles) WHITEY: (comforting) Are you guys tired? … I know I am but then again, I’m old … and you guys are young and you’ve BEEN SLEEPIN’ THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF! (throws clipboard on the ground and startles players) WAKE UP! … WE SHOULD BE blwing THESE GUYS OUT, NOT DOWN BY FIVE! (turns to NATHAN) SCOTT! You haven’t ht a sht since you stepped up to the free throw line! (NATHAN looks away) At the first quarter! IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?! (NATHAN shakes his head negatively) NATHAN: I’ll be okay, coach (WHITEY looks at all the player, gives a big sigh and walks away) (Cut to Gym-Bleachers) (Since it’s half time, MOUTH, smiling, walks up to RACHEL who is by the bleachers tying her shoes she finishes and smiles back) RACHEL: Hey, big mouth MOUTH: (laughs) Other than you saying it--there is nothing that I like about that nickname (laughs) it’s good to have you back RACHEL: (smiling) Yeah, I’m much happier in my cheer uniform than I was in that hospital gown (nods) then again, the gown was drafty in different places (RACHEL walks away) MOUTH: I’ll bet (follows RACHEL) um, so listen (RACHEL turns) Cooper’s gone and, um … (looks down for a second) well, you know how I feel about you RACHEL: I know … I’m really lucky to have you, Mouth (smiles) you’re a good friend (MOUTH’s smile fades) MOUTH: (nods) A good friend RACHEL: (frowns) A great friend? (MOUTH walks away) You don’t want me, Mouth (MOUTH turns) … I’m a mess MOUTH: I gotta get back to my broadcast (MOUTH walks away heartbroken and RACHEL stands there watching him leave feeling bad for hurting his feelings) (Buzzer) (Cut to Boy’s locker room) (NATHAN and SKILLS sitting on bench behind “Ravens Basketball” wall. As they hear the sound of the buzzer, they stand and start heading towards the exit to the gym) SKILLS: You know, y’all are missin’ something out there, right? … You want to know what it is? NATHAN: (smiles) Let me guess--you (NATHAN and SKILLS stop by door) SKILLS: Psssh! Same old story, dawg. Whitey tryin’ a keep a brotha down (Camera turns to show WHITEY a couple feet behind from SKILLS who can’t see him. NATHAN smiles because he can see WHITEY) SKILLS: Look, somebody got tah tell the old man, they don’t call me Skills ‘cause I’m really good at picking splinters out my ass NATHAN: (to WHITEY) They don’t call him Skills (SKILLS turns to WHITEY) ‘cause he’s really good at pickin’ splinters out his ass (SKILLS turns back around to NATHAN, scared, as WHITEY approaches looking like he’s about to commit mrder. SKILLS waits as he hears his footsteps) WHITEY: All right, Skills (NATHAN looks down) Let’s see what you’ve got (NATHAN looks away uncomfortably or scared) God forbid Whitey should keep you down (WHITEY exits as SKILLS stays facing NATHAN) NATHAN: (smiles) You’re welcome (NATHAN exits leaving SKILLS there who looks up with an “Oh, Lord” expression) (Cut to Gym) (SKILLS is on the court by the side lines and then runs towards the net) MOUTH: (v.o) So Skills Taylor has checked into the game (they pass SKILLS the ball and he runs) for his first time as a Raven, he’s wasting no time (SKILLS takes a sht) !as he drives to the basket and scores! (Ball makes the net and SKILLS taunts #33 from Masonboro) SKILLS: Yo, man, you’re as easy to score on as your mom--oh, my fault, ain’t nobody that easy (to teammate) gimme the ball, I got mad “D” boy, better protect the ball (SKILLS is blocking #11 from Masonboro who has the ball and SKILLS manages to steal it) MOUTH: (v.o) Skills with the steal, he knocks the ball away (slow-mo of SKILLS throwing ball to NATHAN) picks it up and he throws it ahead to Nathan Scott. Nathan racing up court (slow-mo as NATHAN sh*t) and Nathan’s gonna lay it in for two (sht goes in) (BEVIN holds up her pom-pom) BEVIN: GO! SKILLS! GO! (SKILLS is looking at the basket and runs backwards Cut to announcement table) MOUTH: As most of you know, Lucas Scott was co-captain until he was sidelined for health reasons. It must be tough to go from playing the game to watching LUCAS: Aw, man, well I’d be lying if I say I don’t miss it but I’m really happy for my friend Skills Taylor … [KAREN’s Café-Counter] (KAREN, lights dim, sits as she does her receipts and her deposits for the day, listening to the game) LUCAS’ VOICE ON RADIO: … There’s nothing like that first night when you step out on the floor (Karen stops) feeling you have an-- … you don’t ever wanna give it back (KAREN sits there and thinks) [Tree Hill High-Gym] (Crowd cheers and SKILLS has the ball, taunting the players) SKILLS: You in my bedroom … ‘cause I can go all damn night (Slow-mo as SKILLS fakes #2 of Masonboro and runs to an empty spot, he sh*t and the ball fly’s through the air from the 3-point line and passes through the air towards the net) [GATINA Residence-After game party-Pool table] (There is a close up of a blue plastic cup and an orange ball goes in it) SKILLS: Like I said--all damn night, baby, now drink up (BEVIN is across from SKILLS and drinks from a cup, drops it and puts her hands in the air and smiles, people around them cheer. People congratulate SKILLS) [GATINA Residence-Driveway-Night] (HALEY and NATHAN walk from the car. NATHAN is wearing what he wore to school only his shirt is tucked out and the tie is un-done and hanging from his neck, they head towards the back of the house) HALEY: It’s like Rachel wants people to hate her (holds NATHAN’s hand) I mean, first of all, she goes after Lucas just to upset Brooke and then she gets drunk and nearly kills Cooper now she’s … throwing herself at you (NATHAN seems to be acting a little weird, a little out of a party mood. They enter RACHEL’s backyard) NATHAN: Yeah, that … sucks HALEY: That sucks? (sighs) What’s wrong, the Raven’s won, aren’t you happy? NATHAN: Yeah, I just think maybe you should go easy on her. I mean--she’s probably having a tough time with the accident HALEY: She caused thee accident NATHAN: (wanting to end conversation)Yeah, you’re right--lets go inside (barley heard) come on (NATHAN and HALEY start to get inside. There is a sht of the backyard and it’s more of a pool party, even thought it’s night, since people are at the pool and those who aren’t are wearing swim cloths. There is a ton of people hanging by the pool around the yard at the porch and on the second floor porch) [GATINA Residence-Living Room] (LUCAS is walking and looking around holding two drinks he walks to the living room and BROOKE is sitting and talking on a chair) LUCAS: (holds cup out) A piece offering? BROOKE: (looks at cup for a second) We’re not at wr (BROOKE stands next to LUCAS) LUCAS: Could’ve fooled me (LUCAS holds the drink up for BROOKE, it obviously contains alcohol) BROOKE: I’m on DW-not-I duty tonight LUCAS: Want some company? (The door opens and BROOKE rolls her eyes to see PEYTON and DEREK walk in sharing a laugh. PEYTON turns and looks at BROOKE who stares at her like if she crashed her very own party and walks up to them) PEYTON: (to DEREK) Uh-oh--here comes the Brookie Monster (DEREK gives BROOKE a sort of mean look) BROOKE: (to PEYTON/smiles) Welcome to my house (smiles fades) Did you come to steal it? PEYTON: Um … (smiles) It’s Rachel’s house and I’m pretty sure you stole it from her (BROOKE gives PEYTON a bitchy smiles) BROOKE: (to DEREK) Are you with Peyton? (BROOKE grabs DEREK and kisses him, he kisses her back as PEYTON stares and smiles with a “Come on”) BROOKE: Don’t worry, it’ll just make her like you more (BROOKE walks away and we see that LUCAS and MOUTH have been watching the whole thing) PEYTON: (to DEREK) Uh … (PEYTON tries to give an explanation to DEREK but she can’t so she just smiles and he laughs) [GATINA Residence-Dining Room] (PEYTON walks in and looks around to see BROOKE behind a counter, PEYTON walks up to her) PEYTON: (smiles) What the hell are you doing? (BROOKE looks at her like if she’s innocent but doing it in a bitch-like way) BROOKE: What? PEYTON: Kissing Derek? BROOKE: (bitchy) Oh, I’m sorry, Peyton, I can’t help who I like … new boyfriend? PEYTON: (grins) He’s my brother BROOKE: (not buying it) You have a brother? PEYTON: (smiles) Yeah BROOKE: Huh--Well, then I guess your mom slept around even more than you do (BROOKE walks away and PEYTON looks straight ahead hurt by her comment on her deceased mom) [GATINA Residence-Living Room] (SKILLS and NATHAN walk up to LUCAS) SKILLS: Yo! (to LUCAS) Look, I just got to thank the brother who helped a brother get on the team (to NATHAN) and a brother who helped a brother score once he got there (NATHAN gives a “no problem” pat on the should to SKILLS) LUCAS: I lost track, which one am I, again? (They start walking towards other side) SKILLS: So what’s up, man? How ‘bout some shts with the Scotts? NATHAN: Look, man, you blew up out there but it’s only gonna get tougher--so you got to keep bringing it, all right? SKILLS: Look, man, I’m-a be so tight out there, dawg, they ‘bout to be calling me Ziploc (LUCAS laughs) NATHAN: Just say you’re gonna bring it, Skills (they stop/to LUCAS) and you (shake hands) missed you out there, man LUCAS: Hey, you guys played great NATHAN: Still missed you (to SKILLS) all right, brother (NATHAN pats SKILLS on the chest and exits) SKILLS: Look, I just gotta thank you for going to the White man for me, dawg. So, look, just to show my appreciation (looks around) I send Bevin on a little spy mission for you LUCAS: Oh! (in a “you shouldn’t have” way) (LUCAS puts his hand on SKILLS head and kisses his hand as if he’s kissing SKILLS head, BEVIN runs up to SKILLS) BEVIN: Okay, big news but keep it on the BLT … Brooke (sing-song voice) broke up with Lucas LUCAS: Thanks, Bevin (BEVIN not really noticing or caring about LUCAS’ presence quickly glances at him but then back to SKILLS and blows SKILLS a kiss before she leaves. He looks awkwardly at LUCAS and points around. LUCAS motions that maybe he should go and SKILLS nods) SKILLS: Yeah (LUCAS goes one way, SKILLS goes behind him) [GATINA Residence-snack table] (MOUTH drinking and hanging around table. PEYTON walks up to him with DEREK behind her, MOUTH seems … drunk, well tipsy) PEYTON: Mouth, hey, how you doin’? (MOUTH turns) Um, I want to introduce you to Derek--Derek, this is my great friend, Mouth MOUTH: (tipsy/depressed) I’m everybody’s great friend PEYTON: Right, um, look, the line to the bathroom is longer than the line to the keg so would you mind hanging out with Derek for just a couple minutes? MOUTH: Sure, that’s what friends are for, right? PEYTON: (pats MOUTH) Thank you (PEYTON walks away) DEREK: (food in mouth) It’s good to meet you, man (DEREK extends his hand but MOUTH just drinks his drink) MOUTH: What’d you say your name was--Cooper DEREK: It’s Derek MOUTH: (looking at drink) Whatever, Felix (sighs/looks forward) You ever been a girls friend? It sucks. You know what else sucks--new guys (drinks) <Note: For those of you who don’t remember, FELIX was the guy involved with BROOKE in season 2> DEREK: My names Derek MOUTH: (not really caring) Right, look, if you want to get on my good side … (looks at DEREK) and you do … stop kissing Brooke (looks forward) don’t even look at Rachel and don’t move here ‘cause nobody likes new guys … new guy … what was I talking about? DEREK: (thinks) You don’t like new guys MOUTH: (inhales) Oh, yeah (looks DEREK up and down) Damn, new guys (MOUTH exits and DEREK stands there with a “weird-o” expression before he walks away) [GATINA Residence-Back Porch-1st Story] (RACHEL leaning by the door frame outside to her porch. NATHAN walks and stands from behind her and leans on the frame with her, she moves her back a little closer to his chest to talk to him) RACHEL: I was told to stay away from you? NATHAN: And--since when do you do what you’re told? (RACHEL turns to NATHAN, still leaning on frame) RACHEL: (flirty) Since never (NATHAN looks down) Let me guess … you liked my last kiss so much you want another? NATHAN: (laughs/holds wedding ring up) Guess again (NATHAN moves from behind her to the other side of the door) RACHEL: (moves close) So what then? NATHAN: When we were under water did you … see anything? RACHEL: (thinks) The last thing I remember is the limo going off the bridge … then, waking up in the hospital NATHAN: Nothing else? RACHEL: (flirty) Just you saving my life … why? (NATHAN mouths “forget it” and starts walking away on the porch, RACHEL follows) RACHEL: Nathan, wait (NATHAN stops) my memory’s still a little hazy (NATHAN and RACHEL are standing by a door, really close to each other. HALEY is walking from a distance and stops when she sees them, positioning herself in between them from afar. RACHEL grabs his tie and fiddles with it) RACHEL: But if I do remember something (NATHAN uncomfortably pulls her away) you’ll be the first to know NATHAN: (smug) Thank you (NATHAN drops his smile and heads to the house but doesn’t notice HALEY. RACHEL watches him leave then looks over at HALEY who looks at NATHAN before walking the opposite way, upset. RACHEL looks at her leave and smiles to herself with a “mission complete” face) [GATINA Residence-House Entrance Stairs] (HALEY walks up to LUCAS who is hanging by the stairs talking to a girl) HALEY: (to his ear) What are you gonna kiss her now, too? (HALEY walks a couple feet away) LUCAS: (to girl) Excuse me for a second (to HALEY) What?! HALEY: Brooke told me that you kissed Peyton again (LUCAS closes his eyes) … Luke, that’s the dumbest thing you’ve done since the first time you kissed her--what the hell where you thinking? LUCAS: (upset) I was thinking that she was dying … she’s lying in my arm--blood is pouring out of her leg and she kissed me, well, and anyway (smiles coldly) wait--do--you--know-- … do you really wanna go there? HALEY: What does that mean? LUCAS: What leg were you sht in when you kissed Chris Keller? (LUCAS gives her a “hypocrite” look and walks away. HALEY stands there mad before she finally walks away) [GATINA Residence-Backyard] (LUCAS walks from the porch down to the yard and sees BROOKE talking to a bunch of guys as he walks up to her) LUCAS: Brooke, got a second? (BROOKE turns) BROOKE: Uh … this kind-a feels like déjà vu LUCAS: No really … you told me to fight for you and I did … but you never fought for me BROOKE: And I’m not going to LUCAS: (looks around) Okay, then I guess I was wrong … (shakes head negatively) I’m not the guy for you, Brooke Davis (BROOKE stares coldly)(to guys) She’s all yours (LUCAS stares at her, mad, for a second before he walks away. BROOKE stands there staring at him with a cold expression on her face) [GATINA Residence-Porch-1st Story] (MOUTH, holding a drink, walking out from the house onto the porch, he heads out of the door just as a girl is gonna go in and he holds his hands out with a “whoa, I was here first” expression. He seems a lot drunker than before and he walks up to LUCAS who is sitting on a couch) LUCAS: What’s up, Mouth? (MOUTH goes to sit next to LUCAS) MOUTH: (cruelly, but in a funny way, mocks LUCAS) ‘Sup, Mouth-- ‘Sup Mouth (normal) that’s all you ever say (MOUTH sits and LUCAS points to his drink) LUCAS: You been drinking? MOUTH: (scoffs) This party sucks LUCAS: Yeah, I know what you mean MOUTH: (sarcastically) Yeah, I’m sure you do ‘cause every time you tell a girl you like her she says what a great friend you are, right? (LUCAS looks confused) Oh, wait, that’s me. You’re the guy they all throw themselves at … Brooke, Rachel, Peyton (LUCAS shakes his head negatively) probably even new guy (MOUTH sighs and drinks) LUCAS: How many of those have you had? MOUTH: (looks at drink) Counting this one? … One (LUCAS pats MOUTH like if he’s telling him its gonna be okay, MOUTH drinks) [GATINA Residence-House Entrance Stairs] (HALEY is sitting on the first step, feet laying across it, and two girls skip over her and head downstairs. LUCAS walks up to her and she scoots so he can sit with her) HALEY: I’m sorry (LUCAS sits) … I’m an idiot--I shouldn’t have come at you (LUCAS sighs heavily) like that LUCAS: I’m sorry, too-- HALEY: --I hate Rachel LUCAS: You know, she probably just-- (HALEY gives him a look) Oh, I hate her, too (laughs) HALEY: (sympathetically) I’m really sorry about you and Brooke LUCAS: (sighs) Me too HALEY: She’s probably going thought a lot right now LUCAS: Yeah, well, she’s just gonna have to go through it alone HALEY: Hey, Luke, will you promise me something? LUCAS: Mm-hmm HALEY: No matter what happens … you and I, we’ll always be friends (LUCAS playfully touches her knee) LUCAS: Always … (deep voice) and forever HALEY: (whispers) Shut up (HALEY playfully hits him on the shoulder with her elbow and he laughs but she doesn’t find it that amusing) [GATINA Residence-Backyard-Gazebo] (NATHAN is sitting at a table by himself and PEYTON walks up to him and sits herself down and he positions himself to face her) PEYTON: I saw you come over here by yourself … that use to be our signal (NATHAN smiles, RACHEL walks up to the gazebo and looks at PEYTON and NATHAN talking) PEYTON: (v.o) You okay? NATHAN: (v.o) Yeah … I was just … thinking (RACHEL stops) PEYTON: (v.o) About Keith? NATHAN: What about him? (NATHAN looks at PEYTON then looks behind her) PEYTON: Lucas told me you saw him the day of the accident (NATHAN looks down) there’s nothing to be embarrassed about NATHAN: No, I’m not embarrassed, I just-- … I just don’t know if I should believe it PEYTON: What don’t you believe--that it could happen? Or that it could happen to you? NATHAN: Either … both (NATHAN sadly laughs and looks away) PEYTON: I use to feel that way when my mom died … You know--what?--I’d go and I’d visit her grave all the time and I’d really like to think I’m not just talking to a (whispers) rock (NATHAN nods) It’s not crazy to think that someone you cared about and lost might still be watching you NATHAN: But--what if he did more than just watch? What if he actually saved me? PEYTON: Well, so what if he did? … Do you think he saved you so you could just sit here … all by yourself and pout? (NATHAN smiles) If you ever want to come with me to the cemetery sometime … maybe the four of us can have a picnic NATHAN: (smiles) All right PEYTON: (pats NATHAN) Come on (NATHAN mumbles something and they both stand to go back to the house, thanks to PEYTON’s talk he seems in better spirits as he walks away, a guy comes from behind them holding the plaque DAN gave NATHAN) PARTY GUY: Yo, Nate, don’t forget your award (NATHAN grabs the award and looks at it, it reads “Award of Valor, presented to Nathan Scott by the city of Tree Hill, N.C, For bravery and selflessness above and beyond the ordinary in the rescue of Rachel Gatina and Cooper Lee, 2006”) NATHAN: It’s not mine (NATHAN throws it in the trash and the guy pats him on the back. PEYTON and NATHAN go inside and RACHEL stands there watching him and playing with her hair, HALEY passes by her not really noticing RACHEL) RACHEL: If you’re looking for Nathan … (smiles) He’s in my bedroom HALEY: If you’re looking for a black eye it’s in my fist (RACHEL laughs with an attitude) why do you always go after guys that you can’t have? RACHEL: Let me know if you see any? HALEY: !I would! except I heard he left town RACHEL: I understand why you’re so angry, Haley (looks HALEY up and down) I use to be a fat chick with a little head, too (RACHEL walks away and HALEY stands there for a moment before closing her eyes) [GATINA Residence-Pool] (MOUTH sits on the bench in front of the pool and LUCAS, holding water, walks up to him) LUCAS: Hey, what’s up, Mouth (realizes he always says that) Hey, Mouth (laughs) you all right? MOUTH: I wish none of us ever left the river court … we were all happy back then …. LUCAS: … Well, look, I’m gonna take off … you need a lift? MOUTH: Naaah, I think I’m gonna stay for a while LUCAS: Okay … just call me if you need a ride MOUTH: Hey, you too (drinks) (LUCAS grabs the cup away from MOUTH and gives him a little bottle of water. MOUTH smiles and takes it. LUCAS smiles at him for a second then gets up and walks away. MOUTH sighs depressed, looks up, then at the bench and lies down) [DAN SCOTT Residence] (There is a knock on the door and DAN goes to answer it, he opens the door and it’s KAREN) KAREN: Can I talk to you? DAN: Not if you’re gonna yell at me (DAN walks back towards the house, KAREN clears her throat and walks in, closes the door behind her) KAREN: I wanted to … ask you about basketball DAN: (holding drink) Wow, if you had a cigar and a scotch in your hand--I’d think I was dreaming KAREN: (rolls eyes) Oh, forr---I knew this was a mistake (KAREN starts exiting to the door) DAN: Karen (KAREN stops) I’m sorry … What did you want to know? KAREN: (walks towards DAN/sighs) Why was having basketball in your life so important? DAN: It’s the only thing I ever new I was good at … people counted on me and I never let them down, it’s the best feeling in the world … and when that went away I didn’t know who I was anymore … it’s scary when you loose your way … I don’t know if you ever find it again (KAREN looks down, uncomfortable) but what brings you in here in the middle of the night to ask about a game? KAREN: … Lucas is missing it … and, uh, I just-- … wanted to be sure he was gonna be okay without it DAN: I’m not the right guy to answer that <Note: Obviously he’s not okay with missing it> (KAREN looks at DAN for a moment) KAREN: Thank you … and thank you for the crib (DAN and KAREN stare at each other for a moment before she walks out and exits. DAN watches her leave and turns to look at his basketball team picture and trophies) [GATINA Residence-Pool] (BROOKE and RACHEL cleaning up) BROOKE: Okay, I know that you were drunk at the wedding and in a coma for the honeymoon but just to keep you up to speed Nathan and Haley are still married RACHEL: Thanks for that update. I hate those cute couply newsletters BROOKE: Rachel … trying to steal a girl’s boyfriend is bad enough, trying to steal a girl’s husband is unacceptable! Especially when the couple is Nathan and Haley!--they’ve been through enough RACHEL: (bitchy) Well, I’ll make a note of that in my “Mind your own business” stationary BROOKE: No, because as one of Haley’s bridesmaids making sure they stay together is my business, so back off! (RACHEL making “oh, yeah?” expression) She might be to classy to fight you but I will kick you little ass RACHEL: Oh, I think you’re gonna stay out of it BROOKE: Really? Why is that? (RACHEL looks at BROOKE’s stomach) RACHEL: Because you’re pregnant (BROOKE looks in shock)(walks away to throw trash) So, who is the father? … Lucas BROOKE: You don’t know Jack unless he was one of those guys who’s beanstalk you climbed the other night RACHEL: You gonna kiss your unborn baby with that mouth (BROOKE tries to speak) you have been begging me to find out--you haven’t been drinking (looks at her clothes) you’re making maternity cloths and, uh, I found the pamphlets from planned parenthood in your night stand, what is that, bed time reading?-- “The story of the knocked up cheerleader” BROOKE: (smiling) You were looking through my drawers? RACHEL: My house! My drawers, and, uh--I was looking for condoms--something you probably should’ve been doing-- BROOKE: (mad)--I am not having this conversation with you! RACHEL: I was talking to your baby (RACHEL walks away and BROOKE, angry, walks the opposite direction. MOUTH opens his eyes, having heard the whole argument and lays there shocked) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (DEREK is looking at the walls of PEYTON and checking out her drawings. PEYTON at computer) DEREK: Being an artist must be really easy PEYTON: Excuse me? DEREK: (looking at pictures) Well--you can draw anything (PEYTON looks at him) If I wanted to … take a picture of a unicorn … (looks at PEYTON) I’d have to find one PEYTON: (sarcastic) Oooh, right, and then you’d have that ever-so-difficult task of pushing a button (looks at her walls) were are you seeing a unicorn, anyway? DEREK: Oh, this one’s amazing (DEREK is looking at her “Where are they now?” wall, sht of “Angel of Death Peyton” drawing) DEREK: (v.o) it’s so beautiful and tragic PEYTON: (walks to bed) Great, well you picked the one I didn’t do … Ellie drew that for me (PEYTON sits on her bed and looks at the picture for a moment before she takes if off her wall and hands it to DEREK) DEREK: (holds hands out) Oh, no--no--no--no, I--I, I can’t PEYTON: (holding it out) Ellie brought us together, I want you to have it … I’ve seen enough of the Angel of death, anyway DEREK: (frowns) Thank you, Peyton (smiles) (PEYTON smiles) DEREK: I’m gonna find a really special place for this (half smiles) Well, I should go (deep sigh) … hey, listen, I know you haven’t asked about our father and … I haven’t volunteered much because the truth is (shakes head) I don’t know anything, really (PEYTON nods) I mean--other than he skipped out on me at a pretty early age … I’m sorry but I can tell you what I do remember … if you want, maybe tomorrow? (PEYTON thinks for a moment) PEYTON: (smiles) Sure DEREK: All right (holds picture out) Thank you (DEREK walks backwards towards the door as he looks at PEYTON then turns and exits. PEYTON sits on her bed, truly happy, and sits there thinking … and smiling) [The River Court-Basketball court-Night] (SKILLS holding a basketball stands in front of the net, sh*t and the basketball goes in the hoop, he runs to grab the ball and throws it in the basket again as LUCAS walks up behind him. He quickly runs up behind SKILLS) LUCAS: Aah! (LUCAS jumps in air and tries to ht the ball away from SKILLS) SKILLS: (moves ball) Oh! LUCAS: (laughs) You played a hell of a game this time SKILLS: Yeah, but it wasn’t no Lucas Scott game, though LUCAS: No, it was a Skills Taylor game and that’s exactly what the team needed SKILLS: (smiles) … Look, man, I’m sorry about the way everything went down with Brooke (LUCAS makes a “Yeah, me too” face, then hesitates to talk) LUCAS: You know what … Mouth said? (SKILLS listens) He said that he wished we never left the river court (SKILLS looks away thinking) SKILLS: So you think he was right? LUCAS: I think things would be a lot easier … now I know if we never left … I wouldn’t have lost Brooke (SKILLS makes a “true” face) … twice and Keith and Jimmy would still be alive SKILLS: (sighs) Well that’s a real stupid way to think though, dawg …. I mean, considering … if you wouldn’t have left the river court (LUCAS listens) you would have never got with Brooke … twice, you’re brother would still be a stranger, and … rock star Haley Scott … she’d probably be still good ol’ bookworm Haley James (LUCAS laughs) you can’t hide from life, dawg … eventually you gotta live it LUCAS: Like you did tonight SKILLS: Don’t sweat it, man (LUCAS claps) Look, (points) I got a feeling there’s something about to happen to you … real big, right around the corner (LUCAS claps his hands for the ball) Check (SKILLS throws the ball to LUCAS who throws it into the hoop and makes the sht, SKILLS grabs the ball) [DAN SCOTT Residence-Living room] (Helicopter view of DAN lying on the couch with the ceiling fan on looking at one of his trophies. He sits up and YOUNG KEITH is sitting to his right, DAN places trophy on coffee table) DAN: (not bothering to look at Y.K) Thought I was rid of you? (little mad) Guess you’re not accepting my offer YOUNG KEITH: There’s only one way to get rid of me, Danny … (whispers) I think you know what it is (Camera moves to DAN and it slowly starts zooming out as he stares at the coffee table. It zooms out to his trophy and more out to show a gn lying on top of a book on the coffee table and DAN just stares at it) [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Bedroom-night] (NATHAN walks in and closes the door carefully. He walks over to the bed and HALEY is lying there, her back facing him, she is wide awake but I don’t think he realizes that. NATHAN stands by the drawer as he takes out his keys, miscellaneous items etc) HALEY: (back facing NATHAN/teary) You keep going to that bridge (NATHAN looks at her) I never thought I’d be jealous of a river NATHAN: (sighs) You know how much I like the water HALEY: I’m really trying not to be jealous and I want to be understanding but, uh (NATHAN leans on drawers) it’s really hard with you sneaking around NATHAN: (shakes head/whispers) I’m sorry HALEY: I don’t want you to be sorry, I want you to let me in … whatever it is, you know? … even if it has suh--something with Rachel … even if you like her (voice breaking) I just want you to tell me (NATHAN stands and walks to HALEY at bed) NATHAN: Do you think I like Rachel? Haley, I was just, I was just talking to her about the accident (NATHAN sits on the bed and HALEY moves to looks at him, still lying down) NATHAN: (looks down) I just wanted to know if she saw him, too HALEY: (confused expression) Saw who? NATHAN: (sighs) Keith (looks at HALEY) I think he’s the one that pulled me out of that car (HALEY lies on her back) I’m nobody’s hero HALEY: Why didn’t you tell me? NATHAN: Because I thought it would go away--I thought basketball would fix it, but it didn’t HALEY: Nathan (sits up) your problems are my problems … I want us to figure this out together (looks at NATHAN for a moment) … and you’re wrong (HALEY grabs NATHAN and pulls him down with her on the bed. He positions himself on top of her) HALEY: You’re my hero NATHAN: (sighs) So you don’t think I’m crazy? HALEY: No, I do not think you’re crazy (NATHAN plays with HALEY’s hair) HALEY: … You think I’m fat? NATHAN: What?! … Of course not HALEY: Do I have a little head? NATHAN: (reassuringly) No … I love your head (laughs) come here (NATHAN kisses HALEY on the forehead and she smiles) HALEY: … So that’s why you keep going down to that bridge? (NATHAN shakes his head with a “Yep” expression) NATHAN: For that and … (NATHAN reaches into his pocket and pulls out the crcker jack bracelet he gave her in season 1 which is also the bracelet HALEY put on him seconds before the limo was going to fall in the river) NATHAN: … this (puts it on HALEY) I love you, Haley HALEY: (smiles) I love you, too, Nathan Scott (NATHAN and Haley kiss) [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (A sht of someone holding NATHAN’s plaque that was given to him at the game. The camera moves out to show RACHEL looking at it, she is lying down on her bed in her room, belly down) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON is on her computer and gets a message that says its from “dsommers86@ th.na.net ” below that says “Subject: Hello Peyton!” and below that says “To: “ Peytonsgt@ th.na.net” it also shows a paper clip and next to it reads “1 attachment” titled “PetyonPic.jpg” there is a message below that reads “Had a great time 2nite. Thought yyou might like this pic.”) (PEYTON clicks. It’s a picture of her at the game that DEREK took) LUCAS: (v.o) You ever look at a picture of yourself and see a stranger in the background … (PEYTON looks surprised, but in a good way, and smiles) LUCAS: (v.o) … It makes you wonder how many strangers have pictures of you [The River Court-Basket ball court-Night] (LUCAS and SKILLS playing basketball) LUCAS: (v.o) How many moments (LUCAS passes the ball to SKILLS) of other peoples lives have we been in (SKILLS runs and makes the sht) [RACHEL’s Bedroom-Night] (RACHEL asleep hugging NATHAN’s plaque) LUCAS: (v.o) Were we part of someone’s life when there dream came true … (Camera moves to BROOKE’s bed who’s not facing RACHEL and she is crying) LUCAS: (v.o) … or were we there when there dreams died [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Bedroom-Night] (A close up of NATHAN’s chest with his hand on his heart. HALEY’s puts her hand on his hand, she’s wearing the bracelet. Camera zooms out to show HALEY asleep) LUCAS: (v.o) Did we keep trying to get in … (Camera moves out and NATHAN is also asleep, his arm around HALEY) LUCAS: (v.o)… as if we were somehow destined to be there … [DAN SCOTT Residence-Living room] (YOUNG KEITH sits there and looks over at DAN who is lying on the couch with a drink in his hand as he stares into outer space) LUCAS: (v.o) … or did the sht take us by surprise [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON is by her bed looking at something. She then goes over to her wall and puts up the picture DEREK took of her the camera zooms into the picture until that’s all the screens showing, “PeytonPic” when it zooms out there is a wall plastered with pictures of PEYTON, they are overlaid over each other so you can’t even see the wall color--you know the kind of wall that psycho’s have when there obsessed with someone? It’s DEREK’s Hotel Room) LUCAS: (v.o) Just think … you could be a big part of someone else’s life … (The camera moves over the wall to show all the many different pictures, the thing is most of these pictures where taken and PEYTON wasn’t aware of it, some of them are from a couple years back, there are a couple of “Angel of death Peyton” some in black and white, there is one with her and LUCAS walking that morning after breakfast with DEREK) LUCAS: (v.o) … and not even know it (DEREK stands in front of his “Psycho wall-Peyton pictures” and sits on the desk leaning on it, holds up a pair of scissors and the “AOD Peyton” picture that she gave him and starts cutting, the camera starts exiting and the door closes) The End	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x03 - Good News for People Who Love Bad News"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS: (v.o) Previously on One Tree Hill [GATINA Residence-Backyard-Night] (LUCAS is standing in front of BROOKE who is with a crowd of guys) LUCAS: I’m not the guy for you, Brooke Davis (BROOKE stares at LUCAS’ coldly) [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Living room] (NATHAN at chair by TV, LUCAS on couch) NATHAN: What if I saw someone … [Molina Bridge-River (underwater)- Day] (NATHAN in Limo tries to take COOPER’s seatbelt off but looks at him and suddenly gets scared) NATHAN: (v.o) … in the car? [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Living room] (NATHAN at chair by TV, LUCAS on couch) LUCAS: Who? NATHAN: Keith [Tree Hill High-Library] (Day of school sh*ting, PEYTON and LUCAS leaning on a bookshelf) (PEYTON leans over, her and LUCAS kiss) PEYTON: (v.o) I think I still have feelings for Lucas BROOKE: (v.o) As far as I’m concerned … [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (BROOKE and PEYTON by her wall of records, PEYTON’s eye’s red) BROOKE: … this friend ship is over [KAREN’s Café] (DEB looks away, for a moment, from KAREN finding it amusing) KAREN: (upset) I will not have a gn-toting junkie destroy a 17-year-old business [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-Emergency Room] (DAN grabs DEB by the neck and pushes her up agents the wall in anger) DEB: (v.o) I need the gn (DEB screams) for protection, Karen [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-COOPER’s Recovery Room] (RACHEL leans in to kiss NATHAN on the cheek] RACHEL: (v.o) You have Cooper’s eye’s HALEY: (v.o) Stay the hell … [Tree Hill High-Gym-game] (HALEY pushes RACHEL) HALEY: … away from my husband [DOCTORS Office] (Camera on a shocked BROOKE) DOCTOR: (v.o) Well (BROOKE turns to HALEY) you’re definitely pregnant (HALEY looks at BROOKE, shocked) [SAWYER Residence-Front porch-Night] (PEYTON trying to find keys in her bag as she heads to the front door) (PEYTON stops suddenly, in shock) DEREK: I’m Derek … I guess I’m your brother [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (“Where are they now?” wall, sht of “AOD PEYTON” that is at her wall, PEYTON takes it down) PEYTON: (v.o) Ellie brought us together, I want you to have it (PEYTON hands it to DEREK) DEREK: Thank you, Peyton … (PEYTON smiles) [DEREK’s Hotel Room] (sht of “psycho wall-Peyton pictures”) DEREK: (v.o) … I’ll find a (DEREK comes in the sht) really special place for this (He sits on top of a desk in front of the wall holding her “AOD PEYTON” drawing and looks at it) End of “Previously On” [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ bedroom-day] (Helicopter view of LUCAS in bed, eyes’ closed, close sht of face) (LUCAS opens his eyes and stares at something as the camera zooms out) LUCAS: (v.o) There comes a time when every life goes off course (sht of hoop over his head, that’s what he’s been looking at) In this desperate moment you must choose your direction [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Bedroom] (NATHAN doing crunches on the floor by the bed wearing a “Duke” shirt] LUCAS: (v.o) Will you fight to stay on the path? … (Camera moves to HALEY in bed who sits up slightly to see what NATHAN’s doing and looks on worried) [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (There is a close up of three pamphlets that read “You’re not alone”, “The choice is yours …”, and “Abortion”) LUCAS: (v.o) … Will other’s tell you who you are? … (Someone grabs all three of the pamphlets and then the camera is moved to show it’s BROOKE who is lying on her bed sideways to the desk and reads them, throws out a big sigh, and turns over to RACHEL who is sleeping away. BROOKE groans, frustrated, and turns back towards the desk, away from RACHEL, and looks at the pamphlets) [SHELLY’s Bedroom] (There are 3 piles of different colored shirts that read “Clean Teen” on a desk and on the wall is a framed bulletin on the top right of the bulletin reads “Forgiven” on the lower right of that says “Reach your goals” and underneath that says “True Love waits”) (A hand grabs one of the “Clean Teen” T-shirts, from the 1st stack) LUCAS: (v.o) … Or will you label yourself (The hand grabs the one below the one that was picked up and places the one its holding back onto the pile) [DAN SCOTT Residence-Bathroom] (As the water runs in the sink DAN walks over looking at himself in the mirror, he sticks his hands in the water. The faucet is throwing out blood instead of water and DAN obliviously cups a handful in his hands as he continues to stare at himself in the mirror. When he has enough he leans down to splash it in his face but when he realizes that it’s blood he drops it out from his hands, gasp and stares at his hands in terror) LUCAS: (v.o) Will you be haunted by your choice? … (DAN looks up and stares forward, concentrating and swallows hard) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (The phone rings, lying on the desk by her bed, and PEYTON grabs it opens it as it rings again and it says “DEREK, Main, Calling” then she presses a button that changes it to “Connected, DEREK” LUCAS: (v.o) … Or will you embrace your new path? (PEYTON puts the phone to her ear and smiles) PEYTON: Hey DEREK’s VOICE: Hey, sis [ROE residence-LUCAS’ Bedroom] (LUCAS on top of his bed taking the basketball net off of his wall) LUCAS: (v.o) Each morning you choose (stares at hoop when he removes it) to move forward … (Stares at the wall where it use to be and gets off the bed with the basketball hoop) [DEB SCOTT (LEE) Residence-Hallway to living room) (DEB comes downstairs and starts heading towards the living room in her pajamas) LUCAS: (v.o) … Or to simply give up (DEB suddenly stops and the camera turns to see a women, DR, a psychiatrist, standing by the side of the couch, NATHAN and HALEY sitting on couch and KAREN behind them) DEB: (to DR) Who the hell are you? DR: This is an intervention (DEB scoffs in a laughing way) KAREN: You have a problem, Deb (DEB looks down upset but smiling) and we want you to go back to rehab (DEB looks surprised when she sees DAN walk into the sht and he stands on the side of HALEY but more in front) DAN: Yeah, Deb, we’re only here because we care DEB: (looking at DAN) You invited Dan to my intervention? (NATHAN is looking down sadly) DR: Everyone important in your life must be here united against your addiction DEB: So you got four people, including my sociopath ex-husband (chuckling) Oh, yeah (walks towards them but to a table with a little box) I have a problem, all right (DEB opens it but sees nothing so she closes it and looks at the chair next to it and removes the pillow to looks in the sides) NATHAN: Mom? (DEB searches) we searched the house and, um (holds backpack up with a bunch of prescription bottles in a pocket) we found your pills … it’s over DEB: (impatiently) No, Nathan, my life was over the day you left me and decided to marry her (HALEY just stares at DEB) KAREN: It’s not there fault-- DEB: --Shut up, Karen … This was all part of your big plan. You’ve never forgiven me for sleeping with Keith (HALEY, shocked, looks at KAREN) DAN: No, it’s me who hasn’t forgiven you--the guy you tried to light on fre (HALEY, even more shocked, looks over at NATHAN who, for a moment closes his eyes more pained than embarrassed, then looks at HALEY who says something to him, quietly) DR: Okay, okay, listen, the first step is to admit you have a problem DEB: Oh, shove it up your ass, I know I’m an addict. Spend a week with these people and you will be, too (DEB starts walking out of the living room and heads to the front door across the hall, the DR looks at her, DEB grabs a pair of keys on the desk heading in the hallway, opens the door and exits. KAREN watches as the door slams, HALEY closes her eyes and NATHAN looks down. DAN walks more towards the living room to face the hallway) DAN: I think we’re making progress (Everyone stares at the door) [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (BROOKE is at her bed fiddling with something as her back faces the bathroom door which is wide open with RACHEL in there wearing a robe and putting on her make-up at the mirror) BROOKE: I told you--I’m not pregnant (BROOKE turns to RACHEL who turns to looks at her too) RACHEL: (scoffs) Whatever you say … but you can’t have the is baby, you’d be a terrible mother BROOKE: (somewhat hurt) Why would I be a terrible mother? RACHEL: We all turn into our parents (brushing hair slightly) I mean, as soon as Brooke Jr. hits puberty, Brooke Sr. hits South Beach BROOKE: (upset) I will not RACHEL: I thought you said you weren’t pregnant? (BROOKE puts her hands over her eyes, groans frustrated, since she feels like anything she says is wrong with RACHEL who walks into the room) RACHEL: All right (removes robe) Let’s sht this (RACHEL is only wearing a black lacy bra and matching underwear that look more like hot pants and walks over to lie on the bed, BROOKE holds RACHEL’s digital camera) BROOKE: Ugh, all right (RACHEL lies on bed on her right side and faces her) How many after photo’s does Jenny Craig need, anyway? (BROOKE focuses camera) RACHEL: This is practice (fixes hair with left arm) for the Maxim magazine sht this afternoon (BROOKE takes picture) There looking for (lies on stomach) Tree Hill’s hometown hottie BROOKE: (bitchy) Well, why not hometown hussy? ‘Cause you’ve got that one in the bag (BROOKE begins taking more pictures) RACHEL: This one, too. (BROOKE takes picture) You’re my biggest competition in this town and … you’re packing on baby weight (RACHEL makes a pose and BROOKE takes a picture with her mouth a little open, groans, and makes a small “enough” face then looks at the camera) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON is at her computer desk picking up a bunch of “Lupe Fiasco, Thursday 9pm, Tric” fliers with a drawing of someone skateboarding on the fliers and stacks them neatly to put them in her bag, her back is facing the wall of records were LUCAS is standing looking at her albums, one in particular, wearing his backpack) LUCAS: So, at the party I told Brooke (PEYTON looks up, back still facing him) that I wasn’t going to fight for her anymore (PEYTON looks happy but is trying to hide it even though LUCAS can’t see her face) PEYTON: What’d she say? LUCAS: Pretty much nothing (walks to PEYTON, holding album) You know, it’s funny (stands behind her only she still doesn’t face him) for the first time ever I feel like it’s actually over (LUCAS walks to her side to face her) PEYTON: (sympathetically) I’m sorry, Luke LUCAS: Thank you (PEYTON puts her book bag on her shoulder) … Hey, so tell me--how are things going with Derek, the instant brother? PEYTON: (smiles) Uh, well … (Horn honks from outside, PEYTON and LUCAS both look towards the window) PEYTON: Guess you can ask him yourself, he’s giving us a ride to school (PEYTON grabs LUCAS by the arm and starts pulling him towards the door, he walks backwards for a moment) LUCAS: Oh (PEYTON starts to exit and LUCAS quickly puts her record album on her bed and follows her to exit) [Tree Hill High-School parking lot-Day] (Tree Hill sign reads “Yearbook pictures” and DEREK’s car slowly drives up towards the sign parking a few spots away. DEREK gets out of drives side and leans by door, PEYTON gets out from sht gn and LUCAS from the back on PEYTON’s side) DEREK: (to PEYTON) So, I’ll see you at lunch and we’ll hand out those fliers for the show (PEYTON and LUCAS are on one side looking at DEREK who is on the other side of the car) PEYTON: (unsure) Uh, yeah, are you sure? ‘Cause (points) Lucas can help me DEREK: Peyton, until finals all I got is time PEYTON: (smiles) Cool (waves) (PEYTON and LUCAS start to walk to school) LUCAS: (turns/waves) Take care (PEYTON and LUCAS start walking and DEREK takes out his camera and takes a picture of PEYTON’s ass, LUCAS turns to DEREK and catches him, DEREK continues to focus the camera on PEYTON as her and LUCAS continue walking more towards the building) LUCAS: Don’t you think it’s a little weird that he’s always taking pictures of you? PEYTON: It’s for his photography class LUCAS: (not buying it) Yeah, right, (from afar DEREK gets in his car) what’s the assignment--pictures of Peyton’s ass PEYTON: (disgusted/playfully hits Lucas on the stomach) Shut up! HALEY’s VOICE: Hidy-ho, neighbors (HALEY walks up to LUCAS and PEYTON who puts her arm around her) PEYTON/LUCAS: Hey LUCAS: So how was the Manson family reunion? <Note: If you look closely he says Manson but mouths Camden> HALEY: Ugh, you know (DEREK starts his car from afar) it was kind-a like the end of Lion King (all stop) when all the Hyenas gng up and eat Scar (DEREK drives away) LUCAS: Ooh, how’d Nathan take it? HALEY: He stiffed me on a ride to school (A motorcycle pulls up just were DEREK had left and they all turn to look at it and the person takes the helmet off and, oh Lord, it’s NATHAN) NATHAN: What do you think? (grins) (LUCAS and PEYTON stay where they were standing but HALEY walks up to NATHAN) HALEY: (shocked) What--did you-- … did you buy a motorcycle? NATHAN: No, that’s the beauty of it. I traded the car for the bike (HALEY close her eyes then looks away) and I made two hundred bucks now we can pay some bills (LUCAS looks unsure as Peyton just watches) and we’ll have a ton of money on gas (NATHAN accidentally pushes the gas and the motorcycle skids a little forward and startles him) NATHAN: Whoa--jeez (NATHAN shrugs and smiles) HALEY: (v.o) Nathan … [Tree Hill High-Hallway-HALEY’s locker] (HALEY has her locker open the camera is pointing to the mirror in her locker so that we can see her from that view) HALEY: … bought a motorcycle (HALEY closes her locker and BROOKE has been leaning on the lockers and is now visible) BROOKE: Well, Rachel … thinks (whispering) I should have an abortion HALEY: Okay, yours is worse (HALEY and BROOKE walk away to a door to go to another hallway and SHELLY stands by the sides of the lockers, she overheard there conversation, and is wearing a “Clean Teen” T-shirt, the one from the scene with the pile of shirts, and quickly goes chasing after them) SHELLY: Brooke, hold on (HALEY and BROOKE stop and turn) I’d like to encourage you to have your baby BROOKE: (shocked) What? SHELLY: There are several outlets available to you, should you decide your not ready to be a mother--like adoption (HALEY uncomfortably fixes her hair) BROOKE: Okay, I don’t know what you think you heard but you heard it wrong because I’m not-- SHELLY: --Don’t worry, Brooke … we’ll be here (smiles) were not going to let you go through this alone (SHELLY walks away, HALEY and BROOKE look at her leave) BROOKE: (confused) What does she mean “we”? (BROOKE and HALEY look at each other for a moment then look back where SHELLY left towards) [PSYCHIATRIC Office-Day] (DR is holding a black folder and sits on a chair, DAN is sitting on a couch next to her) DR: I’m glad that you decided to come in DAN: Well, after your work with Deb I thought “Now here’s a women who probably won’t help me at all” DR: Well, lets give it a try, anyway (holds pen out to start writing) What’s on your mind? DAN: (serious) Everything we say in this room is completely confidential, right? DR: (looks at notebook) Mm-hmm DAN: (without taking a blink) I klled my brother (DR looks up in shock) THEME SONG - Gavin DeGraw “I Don’t Want to Be” [Tree Hill High-Outdoor Lunch Tables-Day] (There is a table with girls that are all wearing shirts that on the front say “Clean Teen” and on the back read “Virgin for life” Camera moves to someone (head not shown) holding one of the shirts and standing at the head of the table then walks over to a table behind them where RACHEL and BROOKE sit both on the same side facing the “Virgins” table. As the girl walks closer to them she moves away from the camera and it turns out to be SHELLY who puts the nicely folded shirt in front of BROOKE’s tray and pats it) BROOKE: What’s that? SHELLY: I’m inviting you to join our club and be a clean teen … virgins for life (RACHEL almost chokes on her food) RACHEL: (chuckles) Virgins for life? (BROOKE laughs with an “Unbelievable” expression) SHELLY: Well, maybe not for life but “Virgins until marriage” just … didn’t sound so good RACHEL: What exactly does a “Clean teen” do? SHELLY: Everything you guys do … except we abstain from sex RACHEL: (shocked) You’re completely celibate SHELLY: Pretty much BROOKE: What does “pretty much” mean? SHELLY: Well, we … “Brooke” ourselves-- RACHEL: --I’ll join (RACHEL and SHELLY smiles at each other) BROOKE: (annoyed) Okay, listen to me, who I am and how I choose to live my life is none of your business SHELLY: So your decisions are your own, then? BROOKE: That’s right SHELLY: What about you baby’s decision to be born?-- BROOKE: --What about my decision I’m making right now to kick your preachy ass? SHELLY: Brooke, If you don’t wanna raise your baby, someone will RACHEL: (raises hand) I’m sorry, um (BROOKE exhales annoyed with SHELLY) when you “Brooke” yourself, um, do you do that alone or is it a group thing?--because if it’s a group thing I’m totally in BROOKE: Rachel! (turns to SHELLY) Okay, Shelly, I understand that in your world everything’s black and white but real life is just a (holds thumb and index finger an inch apart) little more complicated SHELLY: Complicated as in you don’t want to get to fat to fit into your prom dress? BROOKE: (angry) Why don’t you come back to your group of “Clean teens” and leave me alone (SHELLY looks at BROOKE sympathetically for a moment) SHELLY: … Fine (SHELLY walks away to her table) SHELLY: (purposely loud so people can hear) Good luck with your pregnancy (SHELLY turns for a moment then walks back to her table and on the table next to her is MOUTH who overheard and shakes his head upset. DEREK walks up to MOUTH’s table and puts a “Lupe Fiasco” flyer on his table and pats it) [PSYCHIATRIC Office-Day] (DAN on couch, DR at chair facing him) DR: You say that you klled your brother, can you explain that? DAN: I let Keith go into the school that day … I could have stopped him (looks down) I should’ve stopped him DR: Tell me about you and Keith DAN: We never got along--not even as kids but at least back then we always had each others backs DR: When did that change? (DAN looks down) [Tree Hill High-Class room] (The students are taking a test, NATHAN and HALEY are sitting next to each other. There is a shadow on the door window to show someone is coming in. When the door opens it’s DEB who looks a mess) DEB: (whispers) Nathan? NATHAN: Mom, what are you doing here? (All the students, including HALEY, look up) DEB: You have something that belongs to me (HALEY, shocked, looks over at NATHAN) NATHAN: Mom, I’m not doing this TEACHER: We’re in the middle of a test DEB: I want my pills TEACHER: Mrs. Scott-- DEB: --Don’t! (NATHAN, embarrassed, closes his eyes then mouths “Oh, my God” covers his face with his left hand and sighs, HALEY watches as DEB desperately passes her and goes to NATHAN. She stands in front of his desk and they both looks at each other) DEB: I’m not leaving here until I get my damn pills NATHAN: (scoffs) Okay (NATHAN opens his backpack as HALEY watches DEB, he places a bottle of prescription pills on top of his desk on his test paper) NATHAN: Go ahead (DEB looks at them almost anxious) take ‘em but I’m warning you … it’s either the pills or me (DEB stares at NATHAN for a moment then snatches the bottle from his desk and walks away. HALEY looks at her and can’t believe she picked pills over her own son) TEACHER: Okay, everybody, back to work, back to work (The door slams shut and NATHAN looks down, upset and laughs sadly) [Maxim Photo sht building-Hallway] (RACHEL is walking in a dark hallway and opens a door. When she opens it a camera shutters and the bulb flashes, there is a big room getting ready for the Maxim photo sht there is a women moving a rack of clothing across the room, and a red background with umbrellas and cameras facing it. Towards the door is a table with a big screen TV of the picture of RACHEL that BROOKE took in RACHEL’s room and a photographer, back facing her, busy on the computer where there is the same picture of RACHEL) RACHEL: Hello? PHOTOGRAPHER: (turns) Hey, great test sht photo (RACHEL smiles) PHOTOGRAPHER: So, your ready to be in Maxim? RACHEL: Definitely (RACHEL smiles, walks in and passes her picture on the big screen Cut to Tree Hill Freeway, NATHAN’s motorcycle zooms by a bridge and the camera moves closer to NATHAN who is concentrating on the road) (Cut to RACHEL wearing white silk pajamas with one button holding the top together as the fan blows her way pushing the bottom part of the top back, she also wears white silk shorts about the size of boxers and the photographer photographs her, camera moves to her legs then to her face as the photographer takes a close up picture of her face, red background behind her) (Cut to NATHAN on the road riding) (Cut to RACHEL doing more poses air blwing her hair) (Cut to NATHAN turning a curve on the road then zooms by) (Cut to RACHEL who puts her hands on her hips and seductively smiles to the camera and laughs) (Cut to NATHAN as he continues riding his motorcycle) (Cut to RACHEL who is now wearing a tan spaghetti strapped mid-riff top with a white skirt that could almost be mistaken for a headband, camera shutters as she plays with her hair, she’s now in a white background) (Cut to NATHAN, close up of face) (Cut to a transparent sht of NATHAN as he rides mixed in with RACHEL as she continues to pose) (Cut to NATHAN riding) (Cut to RACHEL posing, photographer taking pictures, she looks one way) (Cut to NATHAN zooming by on the road) (Cut to RACHEL turning the other way and smiles) (Cut to NATHAN riding towards a turn, the camera quickly moves to show a garbage truck on the other side about to turn towards NATHAN’s side, NATHAN rides as the truck turns and suddenly honks which startles him, they both head towards each other, NATHAN turns and the truck misses him and he falls with the bike sideways. He falls to the floor and groans in pain) [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Bathroom] (NATHAN has his shirt off and he has his hand in a puddle in the sink that is filled with water, the water is pink since it has been mixed with his blood. When he pulls his arm out he holds his arm up and dabs on it, there is a seriously nasty cut on his arm) HALEY’s VOICE: Nathan (HALEY walks in the bathroom and quickly notices NATHAN’s injuries) HALEY: God! (puts book bag on counter of sink) What happened? (HALEY helps to attend his injuries) NATHAN: (trying to brush it off) It’s okay, don’t worry, these days they can … I don’t know--they can graft skin from my ass HALEY: (worried) Are you hurt anywhere else? (HALEY looks at his back, which is fine) NATHAN: No, I’m fine (looks at other side of shoulder which is really baldly injured) bike’s pretty messed up though <Note: His injuries have deep, deep cuts with a lot of scratches> (HALEY is preparing liquids to put on his arm) HALEY: (not thrilled) Bike, great (NATHAN stares at injury in mirror and makes an “ouch” face) okay, I want you (turns to NATHAN) to get the car back as soon as you can (puts cloth on his arm) because I need you on this planet NATHAN: Haley, nothing’s gonna happen to me HALEY: (stern) You are not invincible (groans) Nathan (turns to sink to grab tweezers) … I know that it’s really hard (turns) for you to explain (grabs NATHAN’s arm) what happened to you down under that water and … (takes stuff off of NATHAN’s arm as he groans) maybe Keith did save you, maybe you saved yourself, I don’t know (inhales) but the point is that either way it means that you are suppose to be here right now NATHAN: Hales, that’s not it (HALEY exhales) My mom came into school today and in front of everybody chose pills … over me (HALEY sighs) HALEY: Here (HALEY hands the tweezers to NATHAN and grabs her bag to exit) NATHAN: Wait, where are you going? HALEY: (by door) You take care of the bike … please? I will take care of your mother (NATHAN stares at himself in the mirror for a second, sighs and shakes his head) [DEB SCOTT (LEE) Residence-Front door] (HALEY pounds angry at the door with her palms, starts hitting it with one hand, rings doorbell with the doorbell. DEB answers a little taken back at the pounding) HALEY: Stay away from him--for all I care you can go to hell but I will not let you take Nathan with you DEB: (smiles smug) Talk to me in a few years, Haley … when your dreams are dad and your child betrays you … then we’ll see what kind of mother you’ll be HALEY: No, no--no--no, I will never, ever … be like you, Deb (HALEY starts walking away) DEB: You know (HALEY stops) pretty soon Nathan’s going to realize (HALEY turns) that college basketball is a lot more fun than playing house … I’ll save you some pills HALEY: (upset) Who are you kidding, Deb? … Junkies don’t save pills (HALEY walks away and DEB smiles and slams the door shut) [Tree Hill High-hallway] (BROOKE turns to walk to the main hallway and passes some girls) BROOKE: (barley heard) Hey, guys (SHELLY who was near some lockers at a distance runs up to catch her) SHELLY: Brooke (BROOKE rolls her eyes) BROOKE: (sighs annoyed) What do you want, Shelly? SHELLY: I want to apologize, I came on a little strong earlier and … I realized “Clean teens” isn’t for everyone BROOKE: (sighs) So you’re really never going to have sex? SHELLY: Not until my wedding night (BROOKE’s eye’s wide with an “Okaaay” face) why would a guy buy the cow when he can get the milk for free? BROOKE: (laughs) Okay, do you realize that you just likened yourself to a farm animal--one that is for sale, no less? SHELLY: It’s not just about that … it’s about keeping our bodies pure (BROOKE sighs and rolls her eyes away) have you ever had Chlamydia or Gonorrhea? … (makes face) Uh, not fun BROOKE: Uh, burn me at the stake but (points to self) I like boys and I like sex (BROOKE shrugs with an “I can’t help it” look) SHELLY: So did I but-- (SHELLY looks down) BROOKE: -- “So did I ?” (laughs) Wait a minute … (both stop walking) you have a virginity club and you’re not even a virgin? SHELLY: I am now, I’m a born-again virgin BROOKE: (upset) A what?! SHELLY: Just because you make a mistake doesn’t mean you can’t start over. I made a pledge (smiles) BROOKE: Shelly … I hate to break it to you but you’re either a virgin or you’re not and a pledge … does not a broken Hymen mend … sorry SHELLY: You can’t tell me what I believe … (smiles) I am a virgin BROOKE: (mad) You’re a hypocrite (SHELLY’s face drops) you are walking around here preaching celibacy to everybody and you’ve already sold your cow or your milk or … whatever SHELLY: Well, at least I’m not a baby kller BROOKE: I-- …. (SHELLY walks away and BROOKE stands there like if she’s ready to punch her) BROOKE: Ugh! (BROOKE walks away) [PEYTON’s Bedroom-Closet-Day] (PEYTON in her closet pulling out a leather and a small jacket and other things. DEREK by the closet painting) PEYTON: I still can’t believe I got Lupe Fiasco to play Tric tonight (walks out to bedroom as she passes DEREK) It’s gonna be awesome DEREK: Yeah, it’s great (notices leather jacket) Hey, cool jacket (PEYTON puts the small jacket on the bed) PEYTON: Thanks, Ellie gave it to me DEREK: Wish I could’ve met her PEYTON: It was tough (puts leather jacket on) to trust at first--you know, having somebody out there that you’re related to DEREK: (spins chair by bed and sits) Like your long lost brother? PEYTON: (laughs) Yeah (PEYTON is standing in front of the full length mirror and looks at herself in ELLIE’s jacket for a moment) DEREK: So … did it hurt when you got sht? PEYTON: (turns) Oh, my God--so bad DEREK: You got a scar? PEYTON: (inhales) … Yeah DEREK: (intrigued) Oh, is it gross? PEYTON: Yes DEREK: (looks at her leg) Oooh, let me see PEYTON: No! At same time: DEREK: Come on, I’ve never seen a gn wound before PEYTON: Come on, No! DEREK: Especially if it’s gross PEYTON: (hesitant) Come on (DEREK raises his eyebrows and gives her a “let me see” look) PEYTON: (widens eyes/quietly) Fine (PEYTON puts her leg on the bed and pulls up her sweat pant and from afar you can see her wound from the school shting episode) DEREK: (looks closely) Oh, that is so sweet (DEREK reaches over where he was painting and grabs his camera) PEYTON: What?! DEREK: Just be still (DEREK focuses the camera on her leg) PEYTON: You’re insane, you know that? (DEREK takes pictures) If this ends up on the web I’m coming after you (DEREK looks at his camera to look at photo) Tell you what (grabs cell from desk by bed) family photo (DEREK stands and PEYTON walks over to him and puts her phone from afar to take a picture. DEREK puts his head by PEYTON’s and leans slightly on hers) PEYTON: Ready? … Cheese (PEYTON and DEREK smile and the camera shutters) [ROE Residence-Kitchen-Night] (WHITEY is sitting at the table with KAREN standing pouring coffee in his cup, there are cookies on the table in front of WHITEY) WHITEY: To long KAREN: (chuckles) Yeah (WHITEY and KAREN laugh and they notice the door open and LUCAS walks in, unsure of what WHITEY’s doing there) LUCAS: (sarcastically) If you’re having an intervention … (points towards his back) You can have my heart pills KAREN: Um (WHITEY chuckles) I asked Whitey (LUCAS looks from WHITEY to KAREN) over here to (sits next to WHITEY) talk about you playing with the Ravens (smiles) (LUCAS keeps his eyes on KAREN) WHITEY: Your mom wants you back (LUCAS’ eyes turn to him) on the team (smiles) and so do I KAREN: And I, uh, I talked to the doctor this morning (LUCAS gives her a “you did?” expression) and there are some risks but it’s manageable … (touches chair next to her) sit down (LUCAS sits and chuckles surprised) KAREN: There are two conditions, you have to stay on your medication and (turns to WHITEY for a second) we limit you to fifteen minutes a night (LUCAS looks sad) WHITEY: I’ll be brining you off the bench but you know that benches win championships (LUCAS looks down) KAREN: Luke, I know it’s different than last time (LUCAS looks at her) But you’ll get to play LUCAS: (chuckles) I … No (KAREN looks surprised) look, mom, (stands) I appreciate everything you’re trying to do for me and I miss basketball everyday … but to have it halfway … it’s harder than not having it at all (LUCAS puts his backpack on and exits towards his room leaving KAREN and WHITEY sitting there) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON comes out of the bathroom, DEREK sitting on her bed) PEYTON: So, what do you think? (grins) (PEYTON is wearing a grey rock torn t-shirt, a green camouflage skirt, black spandex all the way down to her knees and black boots) DEREK: I guess I’m suppose to tell you, you have to much makeup on (PEYTON’s smiles drops) your skirts to short and (PEYTON folds her arms with a playful “anything else?” expression) the boys are only out for one thing but … (smiles) You look beautiful (PEYTON smiles) thank you, Peyton, for letting me in, for trusting me … it’s been great PEYTON: Well, then, it’s about to get better (walks to DEREK) ‘Cause this is something I haven’t told anyone … (sighs) Lucas and Brooke are done (DEREK gives her an “oh, really” face) So I’ve decided I’m going to tell him how I feel … tonight (PEYTON pats DEREK on the back and it seems like he doesn’t know how to take it or what to tell her. She walks away and puts on ELLIE’s jacket then heads back to the bathroom. She turns for a moment to look at DEREK as if she’s happy she found him and gives him a smile. DEREK forces a smiles back and looks at her, she walks back into the bathroom and closes the door. He looks forward and the music changes to this scary psychotic music intro and he sits there with his mouth a little open, tongue on roof of mouth and lets out a “huh” then sniffles, he looks angry then turns his neck slightly and stairs straight ahead, thinking) [Tric-Entrance Door-Night] (People are heading inside, very busy. Cut to Inside, HALEY and BROOKE sit by the couches then HALEY spots NATHAN walking towards them) HALEY: Hey, (stands) please tell me were going home in four wheels NATHAN: The guy wouldn’t give me the car back because the motorcycle’s to messed up (HALEY sighs frustrated) but look, I’ll figure something out, okay? It just … it might take me a couple days HALEY: Mm-kay NATHAN: Mm-hmm, I’m going to get a drink (NATHAN heads to the bar. BROOKE stands and walks with HALEY) BROOKE: Okay, just think about it this way--most guys buy a motorcycle ‘cause they’re compensating for … you know--Nathan wears size !fourteen’s! HALEY: (sarcastic) Thanks, I feel so much better now BROOKE: Well … (Camera moves to RACHEL who is by a table, she looks over at the bar and grabs her purse to head over there, when she does she sits next to NATHAN who doesn’t quickly notice her) RACHEL: Care to make the night interesting? (RACHEL pulls out a flask and hands it to NATHAN underneath the counter) NATHAN: (chuckles) After the day (takes flask) I’ve had, yeah, sure (opens top) I’ve got something for you, too, by the way, um, (pulls out a picture) Somehow, this ended up in my locker--Hometown hottie, right? (The picture is one that BROOKE took in RACHEL’s bedroom, she is on her knees on top of the bed with her hands on her hips) NATHAN: (puts picture on table) How was the sht? RACHEL: Well, you know … I could let you preview the whole spread (smiles) NATHAN: (chuckles/smiles sadly) Thanks for the drink (NATHAN stands to walk away) RACHEL: Nathan, wait (stands)(NATHAN turns) What did you see in the water? (NATHAN looks surprised) You saw something didn’t you? NATHAN: Why would you say that? RACHEL: (looks down/shrugs) Never mind (NATHAN, taken back, watches RACHEL leave) [The River Court-Basketball Court-Night] (LUCAS walking across the court from a distance the camera moves down to show DAN in a car at the parking lot watching LUCAS who doesn’t notice him) (DAN looks forward) DR: (v.o) Dan, I asked you … Flashback-PSYCHIATRIC Office-Day (DAN on couch, DR at chair facing him) DR: … when your relationship with Keith changed? DAN: (looking forward) I was away at school when I got the call Karen was in labor … I drove all night long to be at the hospital (shakes head negatively)… but she never knew I was there DR: Why not? DAN: I only got as far as the door … DR: What did you see? DAN: Keith at Karen’s bedside … holding my son (DAN stairs ahead, hurt) DAN: (v.o) How you doin’ son? End of Flashback (DAN walks up to LUCAS who is sitting on the table at the court. LUCAS sees DAN and slightly scoffs) LUCAS: What do you mean?--since the last time you were here and you thrat to kll me? DAN: Yeah, I’m sorry about that (DAN stands a couple feet from LUCAS) LUCAS: (laughs annoyed) What do you want? DAN: (smiles) I ever tell you about my final game? (LUCAS rolls his eyes away) ‘87 against Wake Forest--I was one rebound shy of a double-double and then there it was right in the front of the rim and I jumped up for the ball … and came down to my knee, right then I knew it was over ... I could’ve rehabbed (nods) but I decided if I couldn’t be the best I didn’t want to play the game at all … I was wrong (LUCAS scoffs through his nose and shakes his head negatively, he knows KAREN told him) I’d give anything to just be back out on the court for just fifteen minutes a night--hell, I’d take fifteen seconds LUCAS: (nods/laughs) You talked to my mom (sighs) you know what? (stands) It’s not just about being the player I was, it’s about my mom … she’s been though a lot and I don’t want he to worry about me DAN: Lucas, your mom worries about you every night. Game night’s might be the only nights she won’t worry … ‘Cause she knows you’ll be doing something you love (LUCAS swallows hard and continues looking at DAN) [Tric-Bar counter-Register] (KAREN is counting money, doing counts for deposits. DEB sits behind counter) DEB: (to waiter) Hey, Billy, scotch straight up (KAREN motions to the bartender, BILLY, not to help her, he walks away) DEB: What makes you such a tight-ass, Karen? … Is that what happens when you don’t have sex for (enunciates) seventeen years? (KAREN walks up to DEB) KAREN: Look, I know that you are upset about the intervention and I am sorry for the ambush but … it was the only way DEB: Oh, no, I completely understand, it’s called tough love--now I have some for you … your fired KAREN: I don’t have time for this (KAREN walks back to the register) DEB: Well you better get some, our, um (KAREN turns back to her) our partnership for the Café was never on paper but I am the majority owner of Tric … which means you can get the hell out … right now (KAREN stares at her in disbelief) … sorry to ambush you, Karen, it was the only way (to BILLY) Now pour the drink or you’re fired, too (KAREN throws the pen on the counter and walks away giving a cold stare to DEB who smiles like if she feel like she has more power over KAREN, BILLY puts her drink on the counter) DEB: (to tender) Thank you (PEYTON gets up on stage) PEYTON: Hey, Tree Hill! You guys ready?! (crowd cheers) All right?! Please welcome, Lupe Fiasco! (LUPE FIASCO [pronounced loop-ay Fee-ass-ko] and his entourage come out and PEYTON smiles and hands the microphone over to him as the crowd cheers, PEYTON walks offstage) LUPE FIASCO: What up, Tree Hill? What’s going on? (The crowd cheers and the intro to his ht “Kick Push” starts to play) LUPE FIASCO: Uh, what up, yall? Yeah, soundtrack, what’s poppin’, baby? Woo! Y’all ain’t know, I go by the name of Lupe Fiasco, Representing that (holds index finger up) first and fifteen, yeah, uh (Cut to HALEY and NATHAN watching from the crowd, NATHAN has his arms around HALEY’s waist and he has positioned his head so that his chin rests on top of her head, since he’s a foot taller then her it’s not a problem) LUPE FIASCO: I dedicate this one right here / to all my homies out there grinding / you know what I’m saying / legally and illegally, ha ha (Cut to BROOKE more towards the back of the crowd watching by herself) LUPE FIASCO: You know what I’m talking about? (BROOKE turns to the left to see SHELLY who is looking at her too) … so check it out, ugh … First got it when he was six / didn’t know any tricks (BROOKE looks away) matter of fact first time he got on it, he slipped … (Cut to LUPE FIASCO on stage) LUPE FIASCO: landed on his hip and bust his lip / for a week he had to talk with a lisp like thisss (Cut to PEYTON who is watching from afar) LUPE FIASCO: Now he can end the story right here / but shorty didn’t quit, it was something in the air (PEYTON walks to look towards entrance) Yeah, he said it was something so appealing (PEYTON suddenly stops and smiles) he couldn’t fight the feeling (from distance LUCAS walks in and says hi to someone) something about it / he knew he couldn’t doubt it / he couldn’t understand it (PEYTON continues to look at LUCAS) brand it (Cut to LUPE FIASCO on stage) LUPE FIASCO: Just the first kick-flip, he land it / uh, labeled a misfit, a bandit / kakunk, kakunk, kakunk, his neighbors couldn’t stand it sooo / he was banished to the park (Cut to RACHEL who is by a table watching) LUPE FIASCO: Started in the morning wouldn’t stop till after dark / Yeah, when they said … (LUPE FIASCO continues rapping as MOUTH walks up to RACHEL and stands behind her) MOUTH: I know about Brooke LUPE FIASCO: I’m sorry, young man, there’s no skatin’ here MOUTH: I know Brooke’s pregnant (RACHEL rolls her eyes) What are we going to do? (RACHEL doesn’t bother to look at MOUTH) RACHEL: (sighs) Tell you what? You drive her to the clinic, I’ll pick her up (looks at MOUTH who does not find it amusing) Oh, come on, there’s no way Brooke and Lucas are ready to have a baby LUPE FIASCO: Kick, push, coast / so come on and skate with me (camera moves to DEREK who has been listening) just a rebel looking for a place to be / so lets kick, uh (DEREK bobs his head to the music and looks straight ahead) (Cut to LUPE FIASCO on stage) LUPE FIASCO: And Push / and coast / yeah, uh, uh, uh / my man got a little older / became a better roller / yeah, no helmet, hell bent and killin’ himself / Is what his mama said (Cut to PEYTON sitting at a table, DEREK walks up to her) LUPE FIASCO: But he was feeling himself / Got a little more swagger in his style PEYTON: (to DEREK) How great is this?! (DEREK walks closer and nods, then stares at PEYTON for a moment) LUPE FIASCO: His girlfriend / she was clappin’ in the crowd / Love is what-what was happenin’ to him now (DEREK sits next to PEYTON) PEYTON: Sooo, I saw Lucas (Points behind her where LUCAS is watching the performance) DEREK: Now, Peyton, there’s something you should know … Brooke’s pregnant PEYTON: (surprised) She can’t be … are you sure?! DEREK: Yeah, I heard that angry kid Mouth talking to your friend Rachel (PEYTON stares ahead into space, sad) PEYTON: (depressed) Well, I have to go talk to Lucas (PEYTON stands and starts heading to LUCAS) DEREK: Peyton (grabs PEYTON’s shoulder) … (looks at LUCAS for a moment) the other night at Rachel’s party, I overheard Lucas talking to Brooke … he said if she’d take him back he’d never talk to you again (PEYTON looks heartbroken) PEYTON: (hurt) He said that? DEREK: I’m sorry (PEYTON looks down) I guess Lucas isn’t the guy you think he is (PEYTON keeps looking down then turns to look at LUCAS) LUPE FIASCO: My man got a little older / became a better roller (PEYTON walks to LUCAS) yeah, no helmet, hell-bent on klling himself PEYTON: Hey, can I talk to you for a second? (PEYTON pulls LUCAS away to exit and he looks a bit confused) LUPE FIASCO: Got a little more swagger in his style / met his girlfriend she was clappin’ in the crowd (DEREK stares at them leave) love is what-- … (Cut to LUPE FIASCO onstage) LUPE FIASCO: …--what was happein’ to him now / ugh, he said I would marry you / but I’m engaged to these aerials and varials / and I don’t think this board is strong enough to carry two / she said bow, I weigh … (Cut to PEYTON and LUCAS walking away from the stage) PEYTON: (worried-like tone) Okay, have you talked to Brooke, today? LUCAS: No, why? PEYTON: (looks at stage for a moment) There’s a rumor going around about her that she’s pregnant (LUCAS looks worried) I know you said you’re not going to fight for her but if she is pregnant then you need to be there for her LUCAS: I … (looks around) I gotta go find her, I-- PEYTON: --So I guess this is good-bye, then? (laughs sadly) LUCAS: Well, what do you mean? PEYTON: Derek told me what you said to Brooke at the party LUCAS: (confused) Oh, okay, wait--what did I say? (PEYTON stares at him for a moment trying to say something) PEYTON: You need to talk to Brooke … I can wait (LUCAS watches her leave and is still confused) LUPE FIASCO: Just a rebel looking for a place to be / so lets kick (Cut to LUPE FIASCO on stage) LUPE FIASCO: Ugh, ugh / and push / yeah, yeah / and coast (Cut to SHELLY and her “Clean teens” watching the performance, camera moves to BROOKE and RACHEL watching them from afar) LUPE FIASCO: Yeah, ugh / Yeah, uh / swing it / Yeah, yeah BROOKE: “Clean teens” more like “Mean teens” with big mouths. You know they told everyone RACHEL: Actually, that was me (smiles) BROOKE: What?! Why would you do that? RACHEL: This coming from the girl who put up posters of me (BROOKE’s mouth drops) circa 200 pounds all over school?--Consider it payback (stands) Hmm, see you at home, roommate (BROOKE scoffs and rolls her eyes, LUCAS comes up from behind) LUCAS: Is it true? BROOKE: (annoyed) Oh, that didn’t take long. Luke, I told you I wasn’t pregnant, all right? Do you think I would lie to you? LUCAS: That wouldn’t be the first time BROOKE: No, the first time, actually, I lied and said I was pregnant. !Also! the first time, you were sneaking around my back with Peyton LUCAS: (worried) Brooke, this is my decision, too BROOKE: As though you’re the only guy I’ve ever slept with? (LUCAS closes his eyes for a moment, almost relieved and slightly smiles) LUCAS: Chris Keller BROOKE: I (disgusted with LUCAS) … (stands) Unbelievable, You know what? Don’t talk to me (LUCAS stands there thinking if either he shouldn’t have said it like that or he’s still wondering about the pregnancy. The song ends, the crowd cheers, LUPE FIASCO looks around humbled, LUCAS looks around depressed) [Tric-Bar counter] (DEREK is sitting at the bar, LUCAS walks up to him bobbing his head as LUPE FIASCO starts another song, “I Gotcha”) LUCAS: (smiles) Lupe’s pretty great, huh? (leans next to DEREK) … So what’d you tell Peyton I said? <Note: His tone sounds like he’s mad but not trying to show it> DEREK: What? LUCAS: At the party, apparently you heard Brooke and me talking (mad) What did I say, Derek? DEREK: Look, all I said was … if you’re getting back together with Brooke, you’d have less time to spend with Peyton, that’s all (laughs) I got no problem with you, Luke, you’re a cool guy, man (DEREK holds his hand out to slap LUCAS’ but LUCAS just stares at him angry, never bothers to look at DEREK’s hand, and walks away. DEREK looks forward for a second then back at LUCAS, as if he finds it funny) (Cut to LUPE FIASCO performing) LUPE FIASCO: I hush puppies / the swans in the pond call my duck ugly / but now they hug me because is lovely (Cut to Restrooms: BROOKE walks out) LUPE FIASCO: They love the aroma of the roamer of the world (BROOKE spots SHELLY and the “Clean Teens” at a table) Got the shakers and the skaters and the players and the girls (SHELLY waves for BROOKE to join them) (BROOKE looks at her for a moment the hear a familiar voice, GLENDA FARRELL) GLENDA’s VOICE: Hey Brooke (BROOKE walks away from SHELLY and the “Clean Teens” and goes the other way, SHELLY looks upset) (Cut to GLENDA’s table: BROOKE walks over to her and is surprised, in a happy way, to see that GLENDA has changed, she’s more Goth-like than before) BROOKE: (smiles) Glenda? GLENDA: (laughs) Yeah, I’m trying something new BROOKE: Yeah, you look … good in black GLENDA: (smiles) Thanks, so, uh, you know Shelly? BROOKE: Oh (looks over her shoulder to look at the “Clean Teens” table for a moment) um, not exactly--I don’t really hang out with (makes quotes with fingers) “Fake Virgins” GLENDA: Yeah, you know what sucks about that whole born-again virginity thing? … (laughs) I am a virgin and Shelly was, like, the biggest slut at church camp last summer BROOKE: Wait a minute--you hung out with Shelly last summer? GLENDA: Well not all summer, Shelly’s parents came and got her halfway through BROOKE: (curiously) Really? (BROOKE sits there thinking) LUPE FIASCO: Welcome all of you all to my dark recesses BROOKE: Huh (BROOKE turns to face SHELLY and her table of “Clean Teens” and looks at SHELLY who is laughing hard with some of her friends, BROOKE turns back around and stays thinking) LUPE FIASCO: It takes half of your bubble bath to match the freshness (Cut to LUPE FIASCO on stage) LUPE FIASCO: The belly from the beast you know I’m from it / I’ll wrap it in a towel here go pal in the stomach / And I’ll be on my green like Irish spring and I coast … (Cut to NATHAN and HALEY sitting) NATHAN: So have you heard, about Brooke? HALEY: Nathan, I--I don’t think this is the place to talk-- NATHAN: (disappointed tone) --You knew about it, didn’t you? (chuckles) … you remember that fight we had about birth control? HALEY: Yeah, how could I forget it NATHAN: Brooke and Lucas both heard that entire thing. I mean, you’d think after something like that they’d use two condoms … and how could you just not tell me? HALEY: Because she’s scared to death NATHAN: Yeah, she should be. I mean, how do you just tell a guy that his life is over? (NATHAN looks at HALEY then he groans and drinks) LUPE FAISCO: Y’all want the realness?! CROWD: Hey, I gotcha! LUPE FIASCO: You want the realness (Cut to LUPE FIASCO on stage) LUPE FIASCO: Hey CROWD: Hey, I gotcha! LUPE FIASCO: You all want the realness , Hey CROWD: Hey, I gotcha! LUPE FIASCO: You want the realness CROWD: Hey, I gotcha LUPE FIASCO: (talking) You know I doooooo (The crowd goes wild as they cheer and applaud him) (Cut to Souvenir booth: There is a green “Listen Lupe” t-shirt on the counter that SHELLY is going to purchase and she hands cash to the cashier, she stares at the shirt a moment as BROOKE walks up to her) BROOKE: (sympathetically) Hey, Shelly? What happened last summer? SHELLY: I don’t know what you’re talking about (SHELLY quickly tires to walk away but BROOKE grabs her by the arm to stop her and SHELLY’s back faces BROOKE) BROOKE: I know your parents picked you up from summer camp (SHELLY slowly turns to her) … What happened? (SHELLY looks like she’s ready to cry) SHELLY: (voice breaking) You don’t think about it … you meet a cute boy and you’re having fun (fights back tears) … I couldn’t tell my parents, I mean, you don’t get pregnant at Church camp … Brooke, you have to have your baby, okay. You have to BROOKE: You had an abortion, didn’t you? SHELLY: (teary) You can’t take it back. You think it’s gonna make everything better but it doesn’t … (cries) You can never take it back BROOKE: (comforting tone) Shelly (SHELLY runs off and BROOKE, brokenheartedly, watches her run off crying) <Note: Didn’t SHELLY tell BROOKE earlier “At least I’m not a baby kller?”> [DAN SCOTT Residence-Living Room-Night] (DAN is standing in front of the couch looking at a year book “Raven, ‘86” and takes sips from his drink. He places the drink on the table next to him and sits on the couch, he turns the page and stares at it. The camera closes up on the page and it’s a main picture of him in a tux with KAREN sitting in front of him, he stands behind her, there are two smaller pictures on the upper right of them dancing together. On the caption in the bottom of the main picture reads “Snowball King & Queen, Karen Roe and Dan Scott”) (The camera zooms in on the main picture) DR: (v.o) Are you still in love with Karen? Flashback-PSYCHIATRIC Office-Day* (DAN on couch, DR in chair facing him) DAN: (small smile) Maybe End of Flashback (DAN continues to stare at the yearbook) DR: (v.o) So, in a way, now that your brother’s gone, you’ve won (DAN looks away from the book) maybe that’s why you feel so guilty [Tric-Lower stairs] (HALEY looks around then down the stairs) HALEY: (worried) Brooke! (sighs) Were have you been? (going down the stairs) Where have you been, I’ve been looking everywhere for you (HALEY can see BROOKE sitting at the very bottom, holding a drink) BROOKE: (slurring) Hello, Haley James-Scott (HALEY’s mouth drops when she realizes and asks …) HALEY: Are you drunk? BROOKE: Why wouldn’t I be … Tree Hill High thinks I’m a slut. Lucas thinks I’m giving birth to Chris Keller the second and my gossipy roommate thinks that I’d make a terrible mother--and she’s right (BROOKE takes a sip from her drink) HALEY: Okay, I’m going to take you home, okay? BROOKE: No, mmm (softly) I can’t do this, Haley … I can’t be pregnant anymore (HALEY looks away sadly, she knows what she must do) [Tric-Outside Entrance-Nigh] (NATHAN is walking down the stairs, RACHEL runs up to him) RACHEL: We need to talk NATHAN: Then talk RACHEL: (shrugs) Not here (RACHEL motions for them to get on his bike, NATHAN looks at it and chuckles) NATHAN: Thanks to your flask, I’m walking (NATHAN starts walking away) RACHEL: Nathan (she follows as he turns) I really need to talk to you about the accident … please--look, um … tell you what, I’ll drive (NATHAN sighs) NATHAN: (looks around) I left my helmet upstairs and you don’t even have one RACHEL: (bad girl smile) I won’t tell if you wont (RACHEL holds her hands out for the keys, NATHAN looks around for a moment then reaches in his pockets, he hesitates for a moment but gives her the keys. She gets on the motorcycle and, like a pro, turns on the bike, NATHAN lifts the bike a bit to loosen the brake and hops in the back, he wraps his arms around RACHEL’s waist, she smiles, and then they drive off together) [Tric-stage] (The place is empty and PEYTON is standing on the stage holding some cords, there’s an employee that walks by and DEREK walks towards the stage clapping loudly) DEREK: Tonight was … amazing, you did a great job (PEYTON walks to sit on stage by him) I’m sorry things with Lucas didn’t go as well as you planned (PEYTON sighs through her nose) You want to kll the messenger? (DEREK is leaning on the stage) PEYTON: Nooo, God knows if we did that in this town every time someone got pregnant there’d be nobody left DEREK: Well, don’t take it to hard about Lucas and Brooke … (PEYTON looks at him) there’s a guy out there for you, Peyton … I know it PEYTON: (smiles) Thanks (gets off stage) Come here (PEYTON and DEREK hug, PEYTON smiles and pats him in the back in a sisterly way, but he hugs her sort of sexually aroused and starts smelling her hair, his hands are by her hair so he pushes her hair up to smell it, LUCAS, who has been off to the side obliviously turns to glance at them and is facing DEREK so he sees how DEREK’s holding her and LUCAS changes from oblivious to worried. PEYTON and DEREK end there hug) PEYTON: So, see you later? DEREK: Yeah (DEREK walking backwards, exiting) PEYTON: (barley heard) Bye (PEYTON waves, LUCAS suspiciously watches DEREK leave and he walks up to PEYTON who is sitting on the stage again) PEYTON: Hey, did you talk to Brooke? Is it true? (LUCAS stares at were DEREK exited) LUCAS: (not really caring about the question) I don’t know yet (looks at PEYTON) listen--what did Derek exactly say to you about me and Brooke? PEYTON: (smiles) That’s-- … so not important LUCAS: No--no--no, I need to know (PEYTON’s smile fades) PEYTON: He said he heard you say you would cut me out of your life if she would take you back--and it’s fine, Luke, I get it, !I get it!-- (LUCAS scoffs at the idea that PEYTON would even believe that) PEYTON: --Okay?!-- LUCAS: --Oh, my God, Peyton! I would never say that--I would never cut you out of my life … Look, how much do you know about Derek, I mean--if he would lie about this (looks at the exit/sits)(suspiciously) I wonder what else he’s lying about PEYTON: You know, what? Maybe he’s not lying--maybe that’s just what he thought he heard you say LUCAS: (“come on” tone) Peyton PEYTON: Luke, come on. You’re the one who told me to be more trusting so don’t ruin this for me (PEYTON smiles sadly then turns to looks around the stage, she gets a confused look on her face, LUCAS stairs straight ahead) PEYTON: Great (looks around) my jacket--it’s gone LUCAS: Well (looks back) maybe you left it backstage-- PEYTON: --No, I left it here (sad) somebody, somebody took it (sits on stage/sad) Ellie gave me that jacket (LUCAS looks away sadly) LUCAS: (v.o) There comes a time when every life goes off course (Lucas thinks) in this desperate moment who will you be? [ROE Residence-Kitchen] (KAREN takes milk in tiny pitcher, for coffee, out of the fridge and there is a knock on the door, KAREN opens it and it’s DAN) DAN: (confused) I thought (points back) maybe you’d be at Tric KAREN: (sighs) Oh, yeah (walks to fridge) Deb fired me DAN: (walks in) fre is her specialty … sorry, I talked to Lucas, I don’t know if I got through. Maybe the only thing I can give him is an example not to follow (KAREN grabs her cup of coffee) KAREN: You just summed up my whole parenting strategy (laughs) DAN: (chuckles) I just thought you should know, good night (DAN starts to exit) KAREN: Dan DAN: (stops and turns) Yeah? KAREN: … Would you like some coffee? (DAN tires to hide the fact that he’s most likely thrilled) DAN: That’d be great (KAREN stares at DAN) LUCAS: (v.o) Will you let down your defense … [Molina Bridge-Night] (NATHAN and RACHEL are standing at the edge of the bridge looking down on the river) LUCAS: (v.o) … and find solace in someone unexpected NATHAN: Why are we here? RACHEL: I wasn’t honest with you, Nathan … (NATHAN looks at her) I do remember something from the accident (he looks curious) … something I saw in the water NATHAN: What is it, Rachel? What’d--what did you see? RACHEL: (scared) Keith (NATHAN stares at RACHEL in shock) [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (BROOKE and MOUTH enter, BROOKE sits on her bed) MOUTH: Tough night, huh? BROOKE: (shrugs) Stupid rumors MOUTH: Brooke, um, the other night at the party (sits next to her) you and Rachel thought I was asleep but I wasn’t … I heard you talking and … I know Rachel thinks you shouldn’t have this baby but she’s wrong … you are going to make a great mother (nods) I honestly believe that (BROOKE tears up at MOUTH’s words and hugs him) LUCAS: (v.o) Will you reach out … (Tears fill BROOKE’s eyes, then she pulls MOUTH away) BROOKE: I need to tell you something [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ Bedroom-Night] (HALEY walks in, LUCAS on his chair by bed) HALEY: I need to tell you something LUCAS: (looks up) Is it true … about Brooke? (HALEY sits on LUCAS’ bed) HALEY: Oh, don’t be mad at Brooke she’s been a great friend LUCAS: (worried) I just--I just can’t believe (stands) she wouldn’t tell me HALEY: Luke, it’s not Brooke … it’s me … (whispers) I’m pregnant (LUCAS gives her a “What?” expression and chuckles, really, really relieved. He sighs happily and sits next to HALEY) HALEY: Nathan’s just been working really hard and all of his dreams are so close and this … this just changes everything LUCAS: Well, Nathan isn’t Dan … he’ll understand HALEY: (voice breaking) I’m really scared, Luke (HALEY starts to cry and LUCAS hugs her) LUCAS: (comfortingly) Shhh, it’s going to be okay <Note: He’s making a face, which she can’t see, that looks like he’s trying hard to believe in the words he just said> HALEY: (tear rolls down) How do you know? LUCAS: ‘Cause this kid’s going to have a great Uncle (they end embrace) I learned form the best (HALEY close her eyes and nods) LUCAS: (v.o) Will you face your greatest fears bravely? … (LUCAS touches HALEY’s hair then hugs her) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON has her phone connected to the computer, the phone has the picture of her and DEREK from that afternoon before Tric. PEYTON clicks something and the picture is shown on her computer screen <Note: They both look adorable by the way> (PEYTON thinks for a moment then looks at the computer screen) LUCAS: (v.o) … or move forward with faith … [DEREK’s Hotel Room] (sht of “Psycho wall-Peyton pictures” the camera moves all around them, then to a girl, prosttute, looking at the pictures) LUCAS: (v.o) … or will you succumb to the darkness in your soul prosttute: (turns around) You got it bad, don’t you, baby? (DEREK, who looks a mess, mentlly, is smoking a cigarette and looks at the prosttute, she looks back at him then grabs a wad of money at the desk and sticks it in her purse. She walks up to him and he looks at the picture, the camera cuts to a picture of PEYTON in her cheerleading uniform but she’s cut into pieces so it looks mosaic, there are more pictures of her walking, not knowing the camera was there. DEREK takes a quick puff form his cigarette) prosttute: Well, here you go (The prosttute gives him a pose and she is wearing almost the exact same thing PEYTON was wearing at Tric that night. She’s wearing a different kind of rock t-shirt a bigger belt but she’s wearing a camouflage skirt black spandex and … ELLIE’s jacket, but she’s a brunette with curly hair so …) DEREK: One more thing (DEREK takes a blond wig out and throws it at the prosttute) prosttute: (smiles) Kinky (The prosttute bends down to put on the wig properly and DEREK continues to looks at the pictures of PEYTON on his wall, he smiles psychotically and the prosttute stands up with the wig on her hair) DEREK: Perfect (DEREK stands and faces the prosttute) (Cut to prosttute’s legs and it goes up to show her skirt and belt. DEREK stares at it with desire) (Cut to the wall of pictures, some are of AOD PEYTON and another one is this zoomed up picture where it’s black and white and only her eyes, others are of her in the River court) (Cut to DEREK who stares at the prosttute in a psychotic way) (Cut to the prosttute but from her waistline to her chest) (Cut to the wall with more pictures of PEYTON in black and white, colored but in none of them is she aware she’s being photographed) (Cut to DEREK still staring at the prosttute, he slowly walks up to her and she waits biting her bottom lip) (Cut to one of the pictures of PEYTON where she’s looking ahead with her mouth open, like when someone surprises you with something nice) (Cut to DEREK, who stays staring at the prost*tute but begins to remove the wife-beater he’s wearing) (As DEREK slowly takes of his shirt it reveals a big tattoo that covers his whole back, the tattoo is the “A.O.D PEYTON” drawing that PEYTON gave to him) (Camera fades out) The End	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x04 - Can't Stop This Thing We've Started"}	foreverdreaming
[Molina Bridge-Day] (Limo crashes through the guard rail) LUCAS: (v.o) Previously (Limo falls in river) on One Tree Hill [Molina Bridge-River (underwater)-Day] (RACHEL is in the limo unconscious) RACHEL: (v.o) I do remember something … [Molina Bridge-Night] (NATHAN and RACHEL looking towards the river) RACHEL: … from thee accident NATHAN: What did you see? RACHEL: Keith (NATHAN’s eyes widen in shock) RACHEL: (v.o) The boys … [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (BROOKE lying on her bed, RACHEL sitting in her bed fiddling with her camera] RACHEL: … in Tree Hill are so boring BROOKE: Isn’t there anybody our age you think you could fall for? (Close up of RACHEL’s camera, there is a zoomed in picture of NATHAN’s face) RACHEL: (v.o) Maybe [Tree Hill intersection-Streetlight] (DAN is at a red light and he looks to his right and sees that a truck has the word “mrder” written on it, DAN stares in shock and when the truck passes across him to make a left the words are no longer there) [Breakfast Restaurant-Day] (DEREK and PEYTON sitting at a table) DEREK: Hi (extends hand) I’m Derek (playfully makes confused face) I guess I’m your brother PEYTON: (reaches his hand) Hi, Derek [Tric] (PEYTON and DEREK are talking at the night of the concert) DEREK: Lucas isn’t the guy you think he is (PEYTON looks hurt) [Tric-Stage] (PEYTON is hugging DEREK and he grabs her hair to smell it, LUCAS turns to look at them, notices DEREK’s weird behavior, and stares at them suspiciously) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (PEYTON takes down her “AOD PEYTON” drawing from her “Where are they now?” wall) PEYTON: Ellie brought us together and I want you to have it [DEREK’s Hotel Room] (DEREK is slowly taking off his shirt to reveal a tattoo that basically covers all his back, it’s the “AOD PEYTON” drawing) DEREK: (v.o) I’m gonna find a really special place for this [DEREK’s Hotel Room] (The prosttute is looking at DEREK’s “Psycho wall-Peyton pictures” then looks over at DEREK who is sitting on his bed) PROSTITURE: You got it bad, don’t you, baby? (DEREK licks his lips in a psychotic way and stares ahead intensely) [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ bedroom] (HALEY is sitting on LUCAS’ bed and LUCAS stands by the side) HALEY: It’s not Brooke, it’s me … (whispers) I’m pregnant End Of Previously on <Note: This is one of the more darker episodes of One Tree Hill, so instead of playing the theme song like they normally do they instead show the “One Tree Hill” words> One Tree Hill <Note: Scary, suspenseful music is played as the words are shown> [Tree Hill Memorial Hospital-Waiting room] (LUCAS and KAREN, reading a magazine, sit in a couch) KAREN: Lucas, you know you don’t have to come to every check up with me LUCAS: (½ smiles ½ laugh) It’s okay, mom, I want to KAREN: Lucas, why are you coming to every check up with me? LUCAS: Would Keith be at every checkup? KAREN: Probably, yeah LUCAS: Well then, there’s your answer (LUCAS chuckles and looks away) NURSE’s VOICE: Karen? (LUCAS and KAREN look ahead) NURSE: (holding folder and pen) We’re ready for you? (KAREN puts the magazine down) KAREN: (clears throat/pats hand on LUCAS’ knee) Go to schools, kid (frowns)You’re makin’ me nervous (KAREN stands up and LUCAS chuckles) (Cut to Hospital halls: LUCAS is walking out of the room and in the halls, without thinking, he quickly glances at a room and starts walking away then quickly stops himself when he sees the prosttute that was with DEREK, only he doesn’t think it’s the prosttute because he can’t see her face and she’s still wearing PEYTON’s jacket, the wig, and cloths similar to PEYTON’s the night of the LUPE FIASCO performance. Her face is pretty banged up, she has bad scratches under her eyes on her forehead and on her upper lip, then it cuts to her leg to show she’s bleeding in the same area where PEYTON got sht) LUCAS: (worried) Peyton? (The prosttute doesn’t turn around right away but gets scared when she hears LUCAS’ voice, when she finally turns, she seems scared and anger) LUCAS: (surprised) Uh--oh, I--I’m sorry, I thought you-- … (notices her jacket) That’s my friends jacket (The PROSTITUE starts taking the jacket off) prosttute: (angry) Take it (throws jacket to LUCAS/voice breaking) Get out (prosttute takes the wig off and looks straight ahead. LUCAS stares at her thinking) LUCAS: (suspicious) Who did this to you? prosttute: Nobody, I’m just clumsy, that’s all (LUCAS knows she’s not telling the truth but just leaves it at that and heads out but looks at the prosttute) [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Kitchen] (NATHAN is sitting at the table eating breakfast) (Cell phone rings) NATHAN: Hello? … (shocked face) Yes, sir … (chuckles) a full scholarship, yes, sir, I, uh, tell Coach K. I won’t let him down, thank you (hangs up phone and takes it all in) Yes! (stands) Haley! (HALEY comes out of the bathroom and NATHAN stands in front of the hall) HALEY: (smiling) What? NATHAN: (big grin) I’m going to Duke HALEY: (shocked) I’m pregnant (NATHAN’s smiles drops, he looks at her stomach for a moment not believing what he just heard, HALEY laughs nervously waiting for his reaction) HALEY: (nervous) It’s not Brooke, it’s me NATHAN: What? Well, how long have you known? HALEY: (frowns) A few weeks NATHAN: (upset) A few weeks?! HALEY: I’m sorry, I didn’t know how to tell you NATHAN: (trying to take it all in) Oh (NATHAN walks towards the kitchen and sighs not really paying attention to anything, only to what is going through his mind, then sits) HALEY: Can you talk to me? Can you tell me what you’re thinking? NATHAN: Do you still want to go to Stanford? HALEY: (“where is this coming from” tone) What? NATHAN: Stanford, for college? HALEY: Um, yeah, I mean (cell phone rings) of--of course I do but I don’t-- (NATHAN checks his cell phone and it’s a call from “Rachel” ugh! NATHAN closes the phone) NATHAN: (thinking) I have to go HALEY: What do you--(NATHAN stands to exit) --Nathan, !Nathan! (NATHAN turns) HALEY: (smiles) I’m pregnant … (smile fades) were pregnant, at least just tell me how you feel about that? NATHAN: I feel like you should’ve told me a few weeks ago (HALEY still waits for his response to her question) that’s how I feel (NATHAN opens the door and exits, HALEY watches him leave and sighs disappointedly) [Tree Hill High-School Parking lot-Day] (LUCAS parks just as PEYTON starts heading to the school, when he gets out he’s holding her jacket and he spots her) LUCAS: (worried tone) Hey, Peyton! (PEYTON turns around, notices her jacket and gasps) LUCAS: (throws her the jacket) I found your jacket PEYTON: Luke! (searching through pockets) Oh, my God! (LUCAS and PEYTON are heading to the school, away from the bridge, and get on the sidewalk) PEYTON: Damn it, I kept a picture of Ellie in here, it’s gone LUCAS: That is your jacket, right? PEYTON: Yeah, where’d you find it? LUCAS: Look, does Derek know about … the scar on you leg, were you were sht? PEYTON: Yeah, why? LUCAS: Uh, your jacket was on a girl in the hospital PEYTON: What?! LUCAS: Yeah, she was bleeding in the same place that you were sht in the leg PEYTON: Okay, creepy and weird but what does that have to do with Derek? LUCAS: The other night at Tric, when he hugged you good night, he kind-a … he sniffed your hair (LUCAS touches her hair) PEYTON: (finding it funny) HA! At same time LUCAS: No, look-- PEYTON: (smiling) Come on LUCAS: And then your jacket goes missing PEYTON: (smiling) Stop! LUCAS: Ends up on some hooker wearing a blond wig who’s dressed like you?-- PEYTON: --Whoa, whoa, wait, how do you know she was a hooker? LUCAS: I don’t know, she looked like a hooker PEYTON: (playfully insulted) Thanks … look, I know you’re a little bit jealous of him and … LUCAS: Whoa--whoa--whoa--whoa--whoa, I’m not jealous of Derek PEYTON: Okay, fine, you’re not jealous oh him, so, instead of a girl stealing my jacket you think Derek stole it, put it on a women who may or may not be a prosttute and then sab her in the leg? (finding it humorous) Is that what you think?! (PEYTON and LUCAS stop walking) LUCAS: Honestly, yeah PEYTON: Luke, come on … this is important to me, okay? … having a family and having Derek and he’s been nothing but good to me so just don’t make me doubt him, please LUCAS: I’m just trying to watch out for you, Peyton PEYTON: (smiles) I know and I thank you but how about you just bodyguard me to English class (PEYTON pulls LUCAS off the screen and when they move DEREK has been standing on the bridge watching them from afar, the sht changes to DEREK’s point of view were you can see LUCAS and PEYTON walking towards the busses and this scary, suspense music starts playing, the camera closes up to DEREK’s face, he doesn’t look to happy as he continues watching them) [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (RACHEL lights up a candle and places it by a drawer that has more candles lit up, she starts unbuttoning her blouse a little so she can show more cleavage and she fixes it, the blouse not her boobs, she sits on her bed [facing the door] and crosses her legs] (RACHEL’s house door opens and she sits there very seductively, NATHAN enters and stands by the door) NATHAN: Hey RACHEL: (smiles) Hi NATHAN: Well, you said to just come in so I did RACHEL: Thanks for coming, I know we should be at school but, um …I really want to talk to you … about thee accident (RACHEL pats the bed in a flirty way. NATHAN looks sad and walks over to sit on her bed and lets out a big exhale) RACHEL: I feel … like we’re connected somehow, Nathan (he looks away) Like, we’re the only two people in the planet, you know, trying to understand this … and … well (moves closer) maybe we can help each other through it (RACHEL looks at NATHAN’s lips) NATHAN: Haley’s pregnant RACHEL: …You mean, Brooke? NATHAN: No … the rumors were wrong (inhales) It’s Haley (RACHEL turns away upset) NATHAN: You know, ten minutes ago I was (holds out index finger and thumb and inch apart) this close to my dream … for a moment, I actually knew exactly who I was gonna be and now (scoffs) RACHEL: I didn’t see Keith (looks down) … (NATHAN looks surprised) I’m sorry (scoffs) (RACHEL stands buttons her blouse and goes to blow out the candles) RACHEL: I heard you talking to Peyton at the party and I just-- … I--I’m an idiot NATHAN: (nods/stands) That figures (NATHAN starts exiting for the door) RACHEL: (sighs) Nathan (NATHAN turns) you’re gonna be okay NATHAN: Sure, I owe thousands of dollars in hospital bills, my wife is pregnant and I think my dad uncle saved my life (RACHEL rolls eyes, smiles and walks towards NATHAN) RACHEL: Your parents have money (inhales) your baby’s gonna be beautiful … and maybe your dad Uncle saved your life because you were destined for greatness (NATHAN smiles and starts walking away) RACHEL: Nathan (he turns once again but this time just a tad annoyed) If Haley wasn’t pregnant … did I have a sht? NATHAN: Not for a second (RACHEL, upset, watches NATHAN leave) [Tree Hill High-Quad-Day] (BROOKE passes by the news board and walks over to HALEY who is sitting at a table, she puts her bag on the table and sits with her) BROOKE: Haley (sees HALEY’s sad expression) … what’s wrong? HALEY: (sighs) I told Nathan that I’m pregnant and, um … he walked out (HALEY smiles sadly) BROOKE: (sympathetically) I’m sorry, buddy (thinks) Hmm, um … listen, now that Nathan knows, it wouldn’t be horrible exactly if news of your pregnancy just somehow sort of slipped out, right? HALEY: I don’t know, I,I guess not BROOKE: Okay (grins) Great (BROOKE stands up on top of the table) BROOKE: (to students) Hey, people! Listen up! (points to self) I’m not the one who’s pregnant, okay? (points to HALEY) Haley is! HALEY: (whispering) Brooke BROOKE: Haley’s got the roast in slow cook, not me! Haley! (The students gather around HALEY who just smiles at them, embarrassed, as the students congratulate her) BROOKE: (holds hands out) Thank you! (BROOKE gets down and HALEY smiles at people, humiliated) [Tree Hill streets-Newspaper machine-Day] (DAN puts some coins in the machine and opens it up to pull out a “Morning Examiner” paper, he closes the door of it then walks away looking at the paper and stops suddenly, scared. The paper reads in bold letters “Mayor Kills Big Brother” and there is a big picture of DAN, terrified, he looks around paranoid then looks back at the paper and is surprised once more, the title has changed to “Mayor Kills Big Budget” DAN makes a face followed by a “What?” expression, he starts walking and throws the paper in the trash) [SAWYER Residence-Front of house-Day] (PEYTON parks her car in front of the house and starts heading for the door, scary suspenseful music starts playing when she stops suddenly and looks at the door, it’s open and she pokes her head in a little, scared. She pushes the door open and it creeks as she continues looking inside the house from the outside, she looks around outside and walks in) <Note: Just think, teen horror movie’s music> PEYTON: HELLO?! (PEYTON proceeds upstairs with caution looking up, the music gets heavier and louder as she slowly walks to her room, she stares at it from the outside the looks away, the camera is now in the inside of the room as if it’s someone’s eye view and it moves from looking at her album’s wall to her looking away from the door as screeching terror violin music is played. PEYTON looks back at the door and screams in terror, the camera turns to the door and it’s … LUCAS, who holds his hands up with an “Calm down” expression) LUCAS: It’s okay At same time PEYTON: Damn it! LUCAS: It’s me PEYTON: (hits him on shoulder) You jackass! LUCAS: (laughs) I’m sorry, okay, I was worried about you. I wanted to check on the house before you got home PEYTON: Luke, the only one terrorizing me is you (walks in and sits on bed) Sooo, you find anything out of place? LUCAS: … No, everything’s fine PEYTON: (trying to make a point) That’s right, everything’s fine LUCAS: Other than your brother sniffing your hair (PEYTON makes a serious face) Okay, well maybe I saw wrong. I’m sorry … again. I’m going home (LUCAS starts exiting the room) PEYTON: (stern tone) Lucas Scott … (LUCAS rolls his eyes and turns around) thanks for caring LUCAS: (smiles) You’re welcome (LUCAS chuckles and exits, PEYTON watches him leave then laughs lightly to herself) (Cut to outside of PEYTON’s bedroom: LUCAS stops, suspiciously, and takes something out of his pocket, it’s the letter ELLIE put in the Zeppelin album. He opens it and this is the only parts I could read from it “Tell you, because …he is your brother. His name is Derek. And knowing how courageous you are. I thought you should know his number is (LUCAS’ thumb covers it) Go into the storm brave angel that’s were life is. I love you--Ellie”. LUCAS closes it and walks away) [RACHEL’s Bedroom] (RACHEL is on her bed, belly down, on BROOKE’s lap top, since it has a “clothes/Bro’s” sticker, I assume it’s hers. Anyway, she is typing something and when it closes up to the computer screen it looks like a profile page for BROOKE, there is a main picture of BROOKE and under it reads “Home Town: Tree Hill” with and “edit” button next to it, at the bottom of that is age with an “edit” button but there is nothing filled out, at the bottom of that reads “Interests: FASHION, I design a clothing line called CLOTHES OVER BRO’s that you can check it out at clothsoverbros.com” there’s a space and on bottom of that says “SECOND: BOYS” “THIRD: BOYS” there is a section titled “My Recent Pictures” with six photo’s, a couple by herself, one being NATHAN and HALEY’s wedding, a couple with her and PEYTON and some with her and HALEY at the bottom reads “Upload Additional photos” and it’s three pictures each with a different guy, lol. Camera zooms in closer to her main picture then moves down to the “Home town” and “Age” section, mouse arrow hits “edit” and RACHEL types in “23” she ht’s the edit button once more and smiles) [PEYTON’s Bedroom] (There is a close up sht of the “family photo” PEYTON and DEREK took together, PEYTON moves it away and looks at her computer screen, she’s sitting at the desk and her web cam is turned on and she receives an instant message from “LUKESCOTT3”) LUKESCOTT3: “heyy, it’s lucas” (PEYTON smiles and types …) PEYTON: “what’s up?” LUKESCOTT3: “just thinking of yyou” (a second after that …) LUKESCOTT3: “i love that smile” (PEYTON smiles, raises an eyebrow and types …) PEYTON: “what else do you love?” (PEYTON waits for a response and up pops …) LUKESCOTT3: “yyour ass” suspenseful music starts to play (PEYTON, worried, looks at the web cam a moment then stands to walk over to her cell phone which is on her bed, she looks at the computer for a moment before she dials) (Phone rings through receiver) (Cut to Police department-Outside entrance: LUCAS’ cell rings, he looks at it a moment then he answers) LUCAS: Hey (Cut to PEYTON’s Bedroom) PEYTON: Hey, perv … did you just I.M me? (Cut to Police department) LUCAS: (laughs) No, why? (looks up) (Cut to PEYTON’s Bedroom: PEYTON, worried, quickly glances at the computer) PEYTON: Nothing, it’s okay, um … I’ll talk to you later (PEYTON quickly hangs up) (Cut to Police department) LUCAS: Uh (realizes she hung up and pulls phone away) okay (LUCAS frowns not understanding what just happened) (Cut to PEYTON’s Bedroom: PEYTON walks over to the computer and turns off her web cam, sits on the chair and clicks on something, a box pops up that reads “Opening Mail Server” with a loading timer at the bottom the box changes to the title “Connecting” the loading timer is still empty, it changes to “Looking For Mail” and the timer looks about 20% full, as the timer fills up it changes to “Retrieving Mail …” an e-mail DEREK send her in Episode 403 with the picture attachment pops up “Had a great time 2nite. Thought yyou might like this pic.” it zooms in to the word “yyou” and then to the e-mail address section “dsommers86@ th.na.net” PEYTON stands up and walks away from the computer and the camera zooms in on the I.M “yyour ass”) [Tree Hill Police Department-Outside Entrance] (LUCAS stands out there a little worried mixed with impatience and DETECTIVE WILCOX comes out holding a pen and pad) WILCOX: Lucas Scott? LUCAS: Yes, sir? WILCOX: (extends hand) Detective Wilcox (shake hands) we’ve met before, haven’t we? LUCAS: Yeah, after the school sh*ting WILCOX: Ah, I thought so (inhales) listen, they filled me in on this whole “long-lost brother” scenario--what else can you give me? (LUCAS thinks but can’t come up with anything and frowns) LUCAS: … Unfortunately, not much (worried) Look, I just have a really bad feeling about this guy (voice trembles) and I’m worried about my friend Peyton (DETECTIVE WILCOX pauses a moment and realizes something) WILCOX: … (points) You carried her out--Peyton Sawyer (nods) You’re the one who carried her out of the school LUCAS: (nods sadly) Yeah WILCOX: Okay (smiles) We’ll bring him in (DETECTIVE WILCOX starts to exit to the building) LUCAS: So, you believe me? (D. WILCOX turns) I mean, you don’t think this sounds crazy? WILCOX: I didn’t say it didn’t sound crazy … (points/moves towards LUCAS) but that look in your eyes tells me that you believe it (LUCAS stares at DETECTIVE WILCOX a moment before D. WILCOX goes back in the building, LUCAS looks away worried) [City Hall-DAN’s office] (DAN is sitting behind his desk, drinking coffee and looking through some papers) (knock on door) HALEY: Mr. Scott? (DAN looks up as HALEY walks a little in) DAN: Haley, what a surprise, come on in (motions to the chair in front of him and HALEY walks over) what can I do for you? (HALEY stands in front of the chair) HALEY: (inhales) Um, I’m just here because … I don’t know who else can talk to Nathan (DAN looks at her as if he doesn’t understand, HALEY gathers some courage and sits) HALEY: (leans towards desk) I’m pregnant DAN: (taken back) … (nods) It seems to be going around HALEY: You have to know that … I would never plan something like this or try and trap him especially now that he’s got a scholarship offer to Duke … (DAN looks shocked then leans back on his chair and looks up) HALEY: Which you didn’t know … (softly to herself) sorry (DAN sighs happily holds his hand up as if to say “don’t apologize” then stands to sit next to HALEY) DAN: (puts hand on her shoulder) First of all … congratulations (HALEY smiles)(playfully) although I’m far to young and handsome to be a grandfather (HALEY laughs) and second, don’t worry … it’s not healthy (smiles) … have you told Nathan? HALEY: (nods/sadly smiles) He totally freaked out DAN: Mmm, Been there (playfully raises eyebrows with a “know what I mean?” expression) but, hey, it’s all gonna be okay (HALEY looks at him like she hopes to believe it) … I’ll talk to Nathan (HALEY nods) … okay? (DAN comfortingly touches HALEY’s cheek a little below her eye) HALEY: (really appreciating it) Thank you (HALEY looks at DAN for a moment, smiles and then stands up. DAN looks away and thinks, he may have seemed sincere but in the end he’s still DAN SCOTT) [DEREK’s Hotel room] (There is a knock on the door and PEYTON walks in, heavy scary music starts playing [like before something bad is about to happen] She looks over at DEREK’s bed which is messy with a blanket and some clothes, she looks over at his “psycho wall-Peyton pictures” but all the pictures that were on there are now gone, his camera is on the desk and PEYTON sees a chair with a table in front of it, there is a lap top on it that is slightly opened, she sits on the chair and slowly opens the computer and she taps a key, the picture DEREK took of her at the game in episode 403 is put as his computer wallpaper and PEYTON moves back, slightly horrified. She opens up “Document Composer v.11” and taps the “Y” button, when she does “yy” shows up on the screen. She exhales, scared and looks around and notices something under his bed, it’s the picture of baby PEYTON held by ELLIE that she kept in ELLIE’s jacket, Peyton stares at it horrified and looks around. Her back is facing the door and DEREK approaches the room) DEREK: Hi, Peyton (PEYTON gasps and quickly stands, scary violin screeches are heard as the camera moves closer to DEREK who stares at her. PEYTON tires to hide her fear and forces a smile) (PEYTON quickly puts the picture in her back pocket, DEREK doesn’t really notice and walks towards her but stands in front of door) DEREK: (suspicious) Who let you in here, Peyton? PEYTON: Uh, your (points to door) door was open DEREK: That’s odd (DEREK looks at the door) PEYTON: Yeah (laughs nervously) … so, um, here’s the deal (walks towards DEREK) You know, I’ve really enjoyed having you around … but schools gonna be really busy so (inhales) maybe you should just go back to St. Flora now (smiles) DEREK: It’s Lucas, isn’t it (PEYTON’s smile drops and she swallows nervously) He doesn’t like me PEYTON: No DEREK: (upset/verge of crying) He’s, uh (swallows) sabotaging our relationship PEYTON: No, Derek, it’s not Lucas (quietly laughs, scared) … it’s--I mean, it’s my dad. He’s back from sea now so I have to--I have to spend time-- (As PEYTON is saying “I have to” she starts to exit) DEREK: --HE’S NOT EVEN YOUR REAL FATHER! (PEYTON stops in terror) Um, I’m--I’m sorry, Peyton, I just-- (PEYTON, terrified, gives him a “don’t worry” scoff/laugh) I’ve always imagined what it’ be like to know you … (psychotically) you know, to really get inside you (PEYTON forces a smile) Now I can’t ever imagine not knowing you …(PEYTON smiles and looks down) not mattering to you (PEYTON starts to leave but in order to do so she must pass DEREK who is standing in front of the door) DEREK: I--I--I matter to you … don’t I, Peyton (PEYTON stands by his shoulder, mouths “yeah” and smiles, she starts exiting. DEREK’s back is now facing her) DEREK: (angry) More than Lucas? PEYTON: (soft, scared voice) Goodbye Derek (PEYTON leaves and DEREK stands there and closes his eyes, two tears roll down his face and he stares ahead angry) [DEB SCOTT (LEE) Residence-Stairs] (NATHAN enters and looks around towards stairs] NATHAN: Mom? (NATHAN looks in the living room and calls out “Mom” as DEB comes downstairs and NATHAN comes back to stairs) DEB: Nathan … is this a friendly visit or is the D.E.A outside? NATHAN: I’m not here to fight with you mom. You have a problem and you know that (DEB looks away) I’m here to tell you that, uh … Duke offered me a scholarship (DEB looks up surprised) DEB: (smiles) Oh, honey, oh (moves towards NATE) congratulations (touches his chest as he smiles) I’m so proud of you, Nathan <Note: This is the first time this season she actually looks happy> NATHAN: Well, there’s … gonna be a press conference tonight--I’ll let you know where but I-- … I really want you to be there, mom DEB: I wouldn’t miss it NATHAN: Sober … I want you to be there sober DEB: (inhales) I promise you … I’ll be there NATHAN: (smiles) Okay (NATHAN heads to the door and DEB watches him, NATHAN turns to look at her and he smiles then exits. DEB leans on the stairs and thinks) [SAWYER Residence-Outside of house-Day] (PEYTON’s car pulls up, she parks behind LUCAS’ car and gets out of the passengers side holding ELLIE’s picture. LUCAS is standing by the house stairs and she runs up to him) LUCAS: (quickly) Hey, hey--hey--hey, listen, don’t be pissed okay but I talked to the police and there’s not gonna be--(PEYTON, scared, hugs him) --whoa, hey, what’s wrong? (PEYTON lets go) PEYTON: No, you’re right, you were right, look (shows LUCAS the picture) it was in his hotel room LUCAS: (takes picture) Okay, what happened? PEYTON: Nothing, I lied and I said my dad was waiting but I haven’t been able to reach him LUCAS: It’s okay, it’s okay (hugs PEYTON) Look, you come stay with me, all right? (PEYTON nods and they head to the house) PEYTON: (whispers) Okay LUCAS: Lets go get your stuff PEYTON: I’m sorry I doubted you LUCAS: It’s okay (LUCAS and PEYTON head inside the house and DEREK’s car pulls up next to PEYTON’s and he watches them go inside, he looks like he’s been crying … or sweating, and pulls away) [The River Court-Basketball court-Day] (NATHAN is sitting on top of the table with the ball next to him, DAN has parked in the grass and slams the car door which gets NATHAN’s attention) DAN: Oh, for a second there I wasn’t sure I had the right son NATHAN: (looks away) What do you want, dad? DAN: I just came by to say congratulations … you’re gonna be a father (NATHAN turns) now get up and give thee old man a hug (DAN holds out his arms, NATHAN stands and gives him a hug) DAN: (still hugging) Oh, it’s a wonderful (NATHAN pats his back) thing son, sort of like a full ride form Duke (NATHAN pulls away upset) NATHAN: I knew there was a catch DAN: Oh, hold on, there’s no catch. I’m thrilled for you and Haley but how long have you loved Haley (sits) … a year? And--you’ve loved the game most of your life you’ve worked hard and Duke recognizes that--it’s a hell of an accomplishment, son NATHAN: Haley’s dream is to go to Stanford DAN: Interesting, I thought her dream was to go on tour--oh, wait a minute, you already let her do that, didn’t you? NATHAN: Dad-- DAN: --I like Haley, I was wrong about her, okay? But if she insist on going to Stanford then you gotta let her go … alone NATHAN: She’s pregnant DAN: … (stands with ball) I understand that, but if she loves you--I mean, truly loves you--than Haley will put her second dream behind you first and follow you to Duke (it seems like his poison is working on NATHAN) Hey, I played ball and had you, you can do it, too. The day I sighed my national letter of intent was the greatest day of my life, this could be that day for you (NATHAN thinks) but if Haley takes that away from you after you let her go on tour … then she’s not the person either you or I thought she was … think about that (DAN throws the ball to NATHAN who catches it and looks at it for a moment. DAN starts to head to his car but turns around) DAN: You understand it now, don’t you, son? … I wasn’t a monster back then. (shakes head negatively) I was just a kid chasing his dream his whole life and finally earned it … just like you (DAN walks away to his car, NATHAN throws the ball in the net just as DAN turns to look at him, the ball makes it in the net and NATHAN watches it) [Bar] (RACHEL, holding two margaritas-pink and green, walks up to BROOKE who is sitting at a table) BROOKE: Okay, I know this is a little odd coming from me but don’t you think it’s a little early? RACHEL: It’s never to early (puts drinks down, her green--BROOKE-pink) besides, you’ve been so unhappy lately I thought happy hour was the way to go (grabs drink) cheers (BROOKE and RACHEL clink there glasses) BROOKE: So, how did you find this place anyway? (drinks) RACHEL: It’s where I met Cooper (drinks) BROOKE: (sympathetically) Oh, I’m sorry, Rachel RACHEL: No, it’s okay. I mean, actually we met online first, I posted some pictures and Cooper replied (BROOKE looks astonished) a little lie about my age, some great sex, a stolen limo--a bridge--and a brief hospital stay later and here we are BROOKE: (shakes head negatively/smiles) I couldn’t do it, the whole lie-about-my-age-on-the-internet thing. Not to meet a guy, I mean … RACHEL: (smiles) You already did BROOKE: (smiles fades) What? No !No! Rachel, just because I am single does not mean you can pimp me out online. Is a guy coming here? RACHEL: (frowns) No (RACHEL turns around and an adorable guy, NICK CHAVEZ, comes in and looks around) RACHEL: (smiles/turns back to BROOKE) He’s already here BROOKE: What did you-- (RACHEL quickly looks at him once more, NICK notices them and starts walking up) RACHEL: (leans to BROOKE) He’s a part-time model, you are a 23 year old fashion designer … (looks at NICK quickly) named Peyton BROOKE: (gives RACHEL a look/whispers) Very funny (NICK walks up to them and stands behind RACHEL, he can’t takes his eyes off BROOKE who gives him a forced smile, RACHEL, looking at BROOKE, tires not to laugh and very happy with her “internet hookup” matchmaking NICK: Hi BROOKE: Hi, I’m B-- … Peyton (BROOKE smiles and quickly gives RACHEL a look) NICK: I know, I’m Nick (BROOKE smiles, scrunches her nose and has a smiley expression like “I’m going to kll this bitch”) RACHEL: Well, I’ll be going (BROOKE is still fake smiling but now it looks more like “ What?!” RACHEL stands and picks up her purse and drink) RACHEL: Have fun, use condoms (to NICK/whispers) Bye (NICK, looks slightly embarrassed and smiles) BROOKE: She’s-- (chuckles) … Nick, as in Saint Nick? (NICK leans in) NICK: (smiles) Not really (BROOKE laughs) [NATHAN and HALEY’s Apartment-Living room] (HALEY enters from the front door) HALEY: Nathan?! (looks at there bedroom) Hi (smiles sadly) (NATHAN comes out dressed up nicely fixing his tie) NATHAN: I’m having a press conference … to announce that I’m going to Duke HALEY: (sad/surprised) I thought we’d agreed that we’d make that decision together NATHAN: (walks to couch) Well, things change, don’t they? <Note: talking about baby> (NATHAN fixes his cufflinks and HALEY stands by the kitchen) HALEY: (sighs) You know, (smiles) everybody’s been congratulating me about the baby and telling me how wonderful it is, except you (HALEY turns her back and walks to the sink) NATHAN: (upset) A part of me thinks it is wonderful HALEY: (turns slightly for a second) Part of you? NATHAN: Haley, what do you want me to say? (HALEY leans on the sink and faces NATHAN) HALEY: I want you to say that, um … (inhales) whatever it is were gonna face it together and … you’ve never been so happy and everything’s gonna be okay NATHAN: (upset) Haley, I don’t wanna lie to you. This whole thing scares me to death (HALEY sighs) NATHAN: (sighs/grabs jacket on couch) Look … (puts jacket on) do you want to come with me? HALEY: (looks up) To Duke? NATHAN: To the press conference HALEY: (softly) No, I can’t (walks to counter) I can’t do it right now NATHAN: My dad said you would say that (HALEY, who has been leaning on the counter, stands as NATHAN starts heading to the door) HALEY: (sighs) You know what, Nathan? (NATHAN turns) It is really not about what schools we go to … or what dreams we have (he looks away upset) because whatever you want, I want for you … I just really … thought that the news of your child would affect you more than the news of a scholarship (NATHAN shakes his head negatively) NATHAN: I’m not gonna feel guilty about this … I’m not (HALEY, sad, tries to say something but can’t. NATHAN opens the door looks at her for a moment then exits. HALEY smiles sadly and watches him go) [ROE Residence-LUCAS’ Bedroom-Night] (PEYTON, with a gym bag, and LUCAS are entering his room) PEYTON: Can you believe this? Derek, is it any wonder I have commitment issues? (PEYTON stands by his bed near door to hall and puts her bag down on the bed) LUCAS: Yep (closes door) you’re pretty much the Bermuda Triangle of relationships PEYTON: Thanks (LUCAS looks out the window)(looks at watch) Crap, can you turn around LUCAS: What? PEYTON: Just turn around I have to change LUCAS: Oh (LUCAS spins around and sits on his bed facing the door that exit’s the house, back facing PEYTON who pulls out her cheerleading uniform clothes) PEYTON: You know, I just--I can’t believe what a creep he turned out to be, you know (puts skirt on) and I just let him waltz into my house like (low raspy voice) “Hey, I’m crazy psycho can I come in” (normal voice) and I’m like (California valley girl voice) “Yeah, sure you wanna see my bedroom” (PEYTON takes her pants off) LUCAS: Peyton-- PEYTON: --And he’s still out there LUCAS: (quietly) Oh, my God (normal) They’ll find him Okay? All right, the detectives--they said they’d call when they do and then we’ll finally have some answers. Until then, you’re safe with me, I promise (PEYTON has put her whole uniform on while LUCAS was talking) PEYTON: You’re always saving me (zips the side of shirt) Okay, you can turn around (LUCAS turns around to see PEYTON wearing her cheerleading uniform) LUCAS: (playful flirty-ness) Whoa (lies back on bed) is this, uh, you’re way of saying (raises eyebrows) “Thank you” PEYTON: Nice try (taking earring off) a few of the cheerleaders have to be at Nathan’s press conference LUCAS: (sits up) Oh, wow, I forgot about that … wouldn’t you be safer just to avoid the whole thing? PEYTON: (putting earrings on) No, I’m not gonna hide out ‘cause of Derek, no way LUCAS; Well, actually I meant because Brooke might be there (PEYTON looks up) [DEB SCOTT (LEE) Residence-bathroom] (DEB is all dressed and brushing her hair in front of the mirror, she looks down at the sink counter and picks up the prescription pills, she stares at them a moment, looks away, stares at them once more then looks at herself in the mirror) [ROE Residence-Living room] (KAREN opens the door and HALEY is standing there, She walks in and smiles sadly at KAREN who hugs her sympathetically while closing the door, she closes her eyes knowing exactly what she’s going through and they walk more inside the house) KAREN: (puts arm around HALEY) Welcome to my history, Haley James-Scott (HALEY sighs sadly) [City Hall-NATHAN’s Press Conference Room] (People are standing around as some adjust TV cameras, LUCAS and PEYTON are about to enter until LUCAS’ cell phone rings, he takes it out from his pocket and quickly reads who it is) LUCAS: (answers) Hello? … WILCOX’s OVER PHONE: Lucas, it’s Detective Wilcox … we picked up Derek LUCAS: (sighs relieved/to PEYTON) They got him (PEYTON looks sad mixed with relief) WILCOX’s OVER PHONE: Would you come down to the station … (Cut to Police department) WILCOX: … I’d like you to give a formal statement (Cut to City Hall) LUCAS: Sure (looks around) um, (looks at PEYTON) I’m on my way (PEYTON waits to hear what he has to say as LUCAS hangs up) LUCAS: They want me to go to the station PEYTON: Should I go, too? LUCAS: No, you know what? I don’t think so, um … would you apologize to Nathan for me? PEYTON: Yeah LUCAS: I’ll call you PEYTON: Why don’t you just come by my house when you’re done? LUCAS: (smiles) All right (They look at each other for a moment before PEYTON hugs him) PEYTON: Thank you (PEYTON hugs LUCAS a little tighter then lets go, looks at him and they smiles. He walks away and she watches him go) (Cut to NATHAN who has just arrived at the conference room, he stands at the entrance and looks around. RACHEL is talking to three cheerleaders and notices him, she says something to the girls and walks towards him) RACHEL: Are you all right? NATHAN: (shrugs) No, uh … (fake smile) No wife, no mom RACHEL: Just lying bitches like me (smiles) … (NATHAN looks down for a moment) I really wanted to help you, Nathan and most of the time … that means sex in my world (he chuckles) but that wasn’t fair to you or Haley, plus, there’s all this Cooper stuff that’s gonna take years of therapy (deep sigh) … How’s Haley doing? NATHAN: (shrugs) She hasn’t said it but I think she’s as scared as I am RACHEL: She shouldn’t be … unlike the rest of us (smiles) this baby’s gonna have two pretty great parents (NATHAN smiles) … Good luck (RACHEL walks away and NATHAN just stares. The room goes into an applause and cameras flash, when NATHAN looks on the other side, DAN has walked into the room waving, he walks up to the podium where WHITEY is standing with a few other people. People are sitting with cameras in the back and the Cheerleaders to DAN’s left and to the far right past WHITEY) DAN: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to City Hall. It’s my pleasure to host this press conference not just as your mayor … but as an awfully proud father (NATHAN listens) and now, without further ado, I’d like to … (Cut to ROE Residence-Living room: HALEY and KAREN are sitting on couch watching the press conference) DAN ON TV: … (v.o) present a young man with an enormously bright future (Camera turns to TV where DAN is, below it reads “Mayor Scott’s son to play at Duke”) DAN ON TV: … My son, Nathan Scott (As the crowd cheers KAREN sympathetically turns to HALEY who smiles sadly and then looks back to the TV) (Cut to City Hall: NATHAN is walking up and shakes WHITEY’s hand before heading up to the podium, when he heads to DAN they shake hands) DAN: (quietly) The greatest day of your life (nods) (DAN steps aside to the left) NATHAN: As, uh, many of you know, I called this press conference (people take photographs) today to announce where (teammates, who sit in the audience, listen) I plan to play basketball in college. I’ve had a lot of great offers but it’s always been my dream to play at Duke University (Crowd cheers, PEYTON claps and RACHEL smiles. DAN looks at PEYTON for a second, smiling and WHITEY smiles as well) NATHAN: So, uh, that’s--that’s were I plan to go (NATHAN sighs then looks over at DAN as he and PEYTON listen) (Cut to ROE Residence-living room: HALEY watches) (Cut to City Hall) NATHAN: But (sighs) … you know, my, uh, my father … said that today would be the greatest day of my life (looks at DAN) and you’re right, dad, it is (to crowd) but it’s not because of basketball, you see, today I learned that my wife, Haley, is pregnant (The crowd murmurs, WHITEY looks at NATHAN, shocked. PEYTON looks at RACHEL who smiles at her) NATHAN: And while it’s an absolute honor … (Cut to ROE Residence-living room: HALEY watches, touched and teary) NATHAN ON TV: … (v.o) to be recruited by Duke University (Cut to City Hall) NATHAN: I guess what I have to say to you today is this … where I play basketball--if I play basketball (DAN looks upset) is no longer a decision for me to make alone … it’s a decision that I’ll make with my wife … (Cut to ROE Residence-living room: HALEY slightly smiles) NATHAN ON TV: … (v.o) and my family’s best interest at heart (KAREN watches HALEY) and when I do I’ll let you all know (on TV bottom reads “Scott announces College choice”) and my wife couldn’t be here today so I just wanted to say one thing to her (NATHAN looks at camera so it can look like he’s talking to her) (Cut to City Hall) NATHAN: Haley (view point of recording camera) no matter what happens, we’ll face it together (NATHAN on podium) but I promise you this, I’ve never been happier (smiles) Everything’s gonna be okay, I love you (Cut to ROE Residence-living room: HALEY has tears down her face) HALEY: (softly) I love you, too NATHAN ON TV: (v.o) Thank you (Cut to City Hall: Crowd cheers as WHITEY walks up to NATHAN and puts his arm around him like if he’s telling him he’s never been prouder of him. RACHEL and PEYTON clap and DAN just looks at NATHAN who looks at DAN like he knows he disappointed his dad because he knows that’s not what “Dan Scott” would’ve done) [City Hall-NATHAN’s Conference room-sometime later] (DAN sits there next to the podium, the room is empty and he puts his head down) [City Hall-DAN’s Office] (DAN walks in to his dark office and when he turns on the lights he freezes because on the wall in bold red paint says “Genesis 4:10” he walks up to it and breaths heavily) DAN: It’s all in your head [Tree Hill High-Quad-Night] (BROOKE and NICK are walking, holding hands) BROOKE: So are you enjoying the tour NICK: Almost as much as the hand holding BROOKE: Oh, good, we’ll continue both … this is Tree Hill High, where I-- (catches herself) used to be a cheerleader like, years ago NICK: Cheerleader, nice, any chance you, uh, still have your uniform BROOKE: You know, I think there’s a pretty good chance I do NICK: Mmm, excellent BROOKE: What were you like, in High school? NICK: (sighs) Horny, mostly for cheerleaders BROOKE: (laughs) Well maybe we should get you back to high school NICK: Mmm BROOKE: Come on (BROOKE takes NICK to the school) [City Hall- DAN’s Office] (DAN is at his desk, reading and writing, WHITEY walks up to him) WHITEY: You ought to be proud of Nathan today--puttin’ his dreams on hold so history wouldn’t repeat itself DAN: (turns page) He acted like a child WHITEY: No, Danny, he acted like a man (DAN looks up and WHITEY smiles, WHITEY looks at the wall for a second and starts to leave) WHITEY: (turns/looks at wall) I didn’t know you were a religious person (DAN freezes in shock) Genesis four, ten (DAN looks at WHITEY and realizes it was not in his head, WHITEY smiles and leaves) [Tree Hill Police Department-Outside interrogation room] (LUCAS and DETECTIVE WILCOX are walking towards the Interrogation window) WILCOX: That number you gave us led us right to him LUCAS: Yeah, well I’m just glad he’s not out there (DETECTIVE WILCOX points at the window to an interrogation room. Sitting, is a guy very different then PEYTON’s DEREK, this guy is a black guy, REAL DEREK SOMMERS, a little older than them with two police men behind him and a detective interrogating him) LUCAS: (smiles) That’s not him WILCOX: Son, that’s Derek Sommers from St. Flora North Carolina (Inside it looks like REAL DEREK doesn’t look to pleased as the detective tells him things that can’t be heard) WILCOX: Same phone number as the on in the letter you gave us (Suspenseful music starts to play when LUCAS realizes what’s been going on) LUCAS: (scared) That’s not him (looks at D. WILCOX for a moment) Peyton (LUCAS runs out. DETECTIVE WILCOX looks at window) WILCOX: He’s free to go (The two policemen pick up REAL DEREK who gets mad and pushes there arms away) [SAWYER Residence-Front of House-Night] (PEYTON has gotten out of her car as her phone rings and she takes it out to looks at it before she answers and starts heading for her house, scary music gets a little louder) PEYTON: Hey (Cut to Police department: LUCAS walks out of the building on the phone) LUCAS: They got the wrong guy! (Cut to SAWYER Residence: PEYTON is walking to the house away from her car) PEYTON: (smiles) What? LUCAS OVER PHONE: Derek! He’s still out there! Don’t go home! (PEYTON freezes when she realizes what LUCAS said, screeching violin sounds are heard as she turns around and DEREK is standing by her car, she gasps but tries to control herself) PEYTON: (fake smiles) Hey, Lucas, I gotta go I just got home and my dad’s waiting for me, plus, Derek’s here LUCAS OVER PHONE: No--no--no! wait, didn’t you here me! (PEYTON quickly hangs up the phone and doesn’t take her eyes off DEREK) PEYTON: (fake laugh) Hey, Derek (DEREK walks up to her) (Cut to Police department: LUCAS still on phone impatient) LUCAS: PEYTON! (runs down the stairs as REAL DEREK follows) PEYTON! REAL DEREK: Hey--hey--hey, I wanna talk to you (LUCAS looks at REAL DEREK for a moment then runs off) REAL DEREK: Hey--hey! (runs down stairs) Hey! (REAL DEREK watches LUCAS run off) [SAWYER Residence-Outside of house-Night] (DEREK is slowly walking up to PEYTON, he looks very upset) PEYTON: (smiles nervously) Look, you know what--I told you my dad’s home now DEREK: No … he’s not PEYTON: (scared) Oh (PEYTON runs up to the door and tires to run in but the door is locked) DEREK: I locked it (PEYTON tries to grab her keys and open it, DEREK quickly runs up to her) DEREK: Peyton (DEREK runs up to stand behind her and he puts his hand on her arms a little below her shoulders and she screams as he smells her hair, sill behind her, he rubs his face through her hair and she stands still and terrified) DEREK: (eye’s closed/mouth to her ear/desperate tone) Don’t you know how much I love you (DEREK puts his face next to PEYTON’s upper cheek and closes his eyes) PEYTON: (gasping) Oh, God (takes pepper spray out of her bag) look, Derek … (PEYTON turns around and pepper sprays DEREK, he groans in pain and she grabs her keys and opens the door to quickly run in, she locks the door and he looks at it angry and pounds on door) DEREK: Uh, that wasn’t very nice Peyton (Cut to SAWYER living room: PEYTON runs to the phone, falls to her knees and starts to dial) PEYTON: You better get out of here! (tears in eyes) I’m calling the cops! (DEREK by window looking in, his face is red from the spray) DEREK: I don’t think so … You see, you dropped your cell phone on the porch (PEYTON listens to the phone/scared) and the home line, well (PEYTON tries dialing) is dad (She puts the phone down) PEYTON: (crying) LEAVE ME ALONE! (DEREK moves away from the window for a moment, all of a sudden the glass on the window by the door breaks and you see DEREK’s hand with his wife beater wrapped around it) (PEYTON screams in terror) (DEREK’s hand turns open the lock and PEYTON stares with her eyes wide open as DEREK comes in, shirtless, he walks towards her and she scrambles off the ground) PEYTON: Oh, God! (PEYTON quickly runs up the stairs screaming in desperation and DEREK follows her with a psychotic look in his face. She runs to her Bedroom door and quickly locks herself in it just as DEREK’s hand slaps the door. He pounds on the door as PEYTON stands in her room crying. She starts panting really hard when she sees her door is plastered with nothing but her pictures when she turns around, in all seriousness, her walls are all covered with her pictures [its honestly very disturbing] even in her closet and on her window, the bed is basically a bed sheet of her pictures, there is not one inch on the walls that isn’t covered. PEYTON gasps harder and tries to open her window by her bed closest to the door but it’s jammed and she hits it) (Cut to Outside PEYTON’s room) DEREK: Don’t you know were suppose to be together! (Cut to PEYTON slamming on the window impatiently) (Cut to DEREK pounding on the door) (Cut to PEYTON trying to lift the window up, crying as she hears the pounding, all of a sudden the pounding stops and she stays still. She quietly walks to the door and she puts her ear on the door) (I.M chimes on her computer) (PEYTON gets startled and on the computer screen is a message from “WATCHMEWATCHU” that reads “OPEN THE DOOR, PEYTON” she walks up to the computer and stares in terror to realize that it was DEREK all along. Another message pops up in the same window on the computer from “LUKESCOTT3” That reads “OPEN THE DOOR, PEYTON” another message from “WATCHMEWATCHU” pops up with the same thing and another one from “LUKESCOTT3” with the same thing. She starts crying out loud helpless and the door suddenly breaks open) (PEYTON screams) (WATCHMEWATCHU comes busting in and leans on the door, PEYTON’s eyes widen when she sees the tattoo on his back of “AOD PEYTON” and his wife beater is bloody from the glass breaking, she cries again) WATCHMEWATCHU: Don’t cry, Peyton, I’m here now (He walks up to her as she walks back towards her closet) WATCHMEWATCHU: I came here for you (He takes out a stun gn and it crackles. LUCAS runs in (yay!) but WATCHMEWATCHU’s back is facing him. PEYTON moves back as LUCAS tackles WATCHMEWATCHU to the floor, they both fall and PEYTON screams and starts crying harder. Both the guys are wrestling on the floor and LUCAS manages to go on top of WATCHMEWATCHU and hold his hand that has the stun gn and punches WATCHMEWATCHU twice) LUCAS: RUN, PEYTON! (LUCAS tries to punch WATCHMEWATCHU again but he grabs him by the neck and tasers him in the neck, LUCAS gasps and falls to the floor, WATCHMEWATCHU continues to taser him over and over and LUCAS lies there in pain and helpless) PEYTON: LUCAS! (PEYTON runs to grab a lamp and smashes it in the back of WATCHMEWATCHU’s head. He puts his head down but then picks it up like if nothing happened, he turns to PEYTON, very mad, she starts running and screaming but he chases after her, she bumps her knee and only manages to go out inches from her room until he grabs her by the legs and starts dragging her in the room, she cries and screams terrorized) PEYTON: No! Stop! (PEYTON goes on her back and tries to kick her legs loose, and cries harder. WATCHMEWATCHU picks her up by the back of her hair and she gasps and cries as he pulls her back into the room, slams her up against the side wall of albums and grabs her face and grunts as she continues to cry) WATCHMEWATCHU: I watched you, Peyton (PEYTON gasps) I listened to you (she tires to fight back tears) everything that you showed me on your web cam, the things that you shared with me online (he presses his face against hers and she cries out loud) you were talking to me, I know you were (PEYTON has her mouth open and WATCHMEWATCHU licks her upper lip, his thumb is a bit near her mouth and she grabs his thumb with her mouth and bites him, his bones crunch and he groans in pain. He holds her up by the neck and positions her to her bed, He head butts her and she falls to her bed on her back. WATCHMEWATCHU climbs on top of her and grabs her by both wrists with each hand. REAL DEREK comes up from behind and pulls WATCHMEWATCHU off of PEYTON and slams him up against the wall of albums, PEYTON scrambles onto the floor and hides on the opposite side of the guys, by her full length mirror and listens to the DEREK’s fight) WATCHMEWATCHU: Who the hell are you?! REAL DEREK: I’m her brother, bitch! Who the hell are you? (WATCHMEWATCHU throws REAL DEREK up against the wall and starts kneeing him in the stomach over and over, when REAL DEREK holds his stomach in pain and is bending down, WATCHMEWATCHU hits him in the back and REAL DEREK falls to the floor. WATCHMEWATCHU walks up to PEYTON and picks up the stun gn which was right by her, his back facing REAL DEREK and LUCAS) WATCHMEWATCHU: (to REAL DEREK) It’s been real good meeting you (WATCHMEWATCHU starts pushing the button so the electricity can crackle from the stun gn. LUCAS and REAL DEREK both start to awaken from unconsciousness) WATCHMEWATCHU: (mad) But there’s only room (talks through teeth) for one guy in Peyton’s life! (PEYTON stares at the stun gn in terror, and WATCHMEWATCHU looks at her. LUCAS stands) LUCAS: No way (WATCHMEWATCHU turns around and LUCAS with REAL DEREK charge at him and he falls out of the window by the computer, PEYTON sits gasping. WATCHMEWATCHU falls outside to the floor and turns over in pain. LUCAS and REAL DEREK watch and look outside the window to see him unconscious and the music returns to regular “One Tree Hill” broody music. PEYTON, with bruises on her face, quickly runs up and hugs LUCAS, scared and starts crying when she looks outside) LUCAS: Hey--Hey, It’s okay (They all look at WATCHMEWATCHU) PEYTON: (notices REAL DEREK forces a small/weak smile) Who are you? REAL DEREK: I guess I’m your brother <Note: That is exactly what the WATCHMEWATCHU said in Episode 402 when she first met him> (LUCAS and PEYTON stare in shock, but PEYTON looks scared realizing the other one was a fake, she gasps as the three of them watch WATCHMEWATCHU) [City Hall-DAN’s office] (DAN is sitting behind his desk with a bible in his hands) DAN: “And he said, what hast thou done, the voice of thy brothers blood crieth unto me from the ground” (DAN looks up, scared, and looks over at the wall that says “Genesis 4:10” then it moves over to his retired basketball jersey “33”) [Tree Hill High-Dark classroom] (NICK and BROOKE are making out and BROOKE is starting to unbutton his shirt) NICK: (pulls away) Are you sure about this? I mean, other than a few e-mails we don’t even know each other BROOKE: (smiles) I know, that’s half the fun (NICK sits on something and he and BROOKE continue to make-out) [DEB SCOTT (LEE) Residence-Living room] (DEB is asleep on the couch and a blanket is placed over her. The camera moves up to show NATHAN lean from behind and look at her in disappointment, he stands and exits as DEB sleeps. Camera moves to a picture of DEB and NATHAN) [Tree Hill High-Dark classroom] (NICK is buttoning up his shirt and BROOKE starts walking to the door) BROOKE: Sorry, I’ve gotta go but you can probably find your way out NICK: (smiles) I want to call you, can I have your number? BROOKE: (smiles) No (NICK smiles) But you can e-mail me (NICK watches BROOKE leave then looks forward, obviously infatuated with her) [NATHAN and HALEY’s apartment-Living room] (NATHAN walks in and HALEY stands there waiting) NATHAN: You know, I thought it was a miracle that I survived that accident. And I guess I never really felt worthy of it. Now I know that miracle wasn’t for me, it was for us--all three of us (HALEY looks at him like that’s the best thing NATHAN’s said all day and walks over to kiss him) [Tree Hill High-Hallway] (PRINCIPAL TURNER walks through the hall just as NICK walks out buttoning up his shirt) TURNER: (upset) What are you doing in here? (PRINCIPAL TURNER looks at the door then back at NICK) NICK: I was just making sure I’m prepared for my first day (PRINCIPAL TURNER eyeing NICK as he walks towards him) TURNER: (chuckles) Relax, Nick … you’re a great teacher. I have a feeling the students are gonna love you (PRINCIPLE TURNER walks away to one side of the hall, NICK smiles and walks the opposite way) [SAWYER Residence-Front of House] (Police cars, lights on, are parked by PEYTON’s car just as LUCAS, who has his arm around PEYTON, and REAL DEREK walk outside the front door) OFFICER: Police! (The officers point the lights to PEYTON, LUCAS and REAL DEREK who all put there hands up) PEYTON: (crying) It’s okay, I live here (points) he’s right out here (PEYTON walks to show the police were WATCHMEWATCHU fell but all she sees is broken wood and pictures, she quickly runs to it and so do LUCAS and REAL DEREK, who looks around) OFFICER: Where? (PEYTON is standing where WATCHMEWATCHU had fallen and landed but there is only broken glass. LUCAS hugs PEYTON as she looks at the floor horrified. REAL DEREK looks up to the broken window and so does LUCAS) (The camera cuts to the window point of view, there are four officers that make a circle pointing lights to the window, both DETECTIVE WILCOX and the interrogating Detective are in the circle of officers looking up, LUCAS is hugging PEYTON who is the only one not looking at the window, REAL DEREK has his hands in his pockets, looking at the window) (Fade out) The End	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x05 - I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill. [Beach] Lucas : I guess I was wrong. I'm not the guy for you, Brooke Davis. [High School] Nathan : I traded the car for the bike and I made 200 bucks. (we see Nathan's accident.) [Lucas & Karen's home] Whitey : Your mom wants you back on the team. Karen : You have to stay on your medicaton, and we limit you to 15 minutes a night. [Nathan & Haley's home] Nathan (on phone) : A full scholarship. Tell Coach K I won't let him down. (Haley comes.) Nathan : Haley, I'm going to Duke ! Haley : I'm pregnant. [Rachel's home] Rachel : You're gonna be okay. Nathan : I think my dad uncle saved my life. (We Dan at home and in his office with tag on the wall.) Dan : I klled my brother. [In a bar] Rachel : He's a part-time model. You are a 23-years-old fashion designer named Peyton. Brooke : Very funny ! (The man comes.) Nick : Hi. Brooke : Hi, I'm... Peyton. (We see them kiss.) (We see Derek in his room with a lot of pictures of Peyton.) Lucas : Look, I just have a really bad feeling about this guy. Peyton : Leave me alone ! (Psycho Derek breaks the window and enter in Peyton's house.) Peyton : Oh God ! (He catches her and pushes her on the bed.) Psycho Derek : Don't you know we're supposed to be together ? (The real Derek appears) Psycho Derek : Who the hell are you? Derek : I'm her brother, bitch. (Psycho Derek falls from the window.) End of previously on. Lucas (vo) : Life comes at us from out of the darkness. (He knocks on Peyton's door) Lucas : Peyton ! Peyton. (She throws keys at him. He picks them up and enter. Peyton opens all the bolts on her room‘s door.) Lucas (vo) : And at times, we can struggle to find the courage to face it. (Lucas enters in her room. Peyton takes a paint pot.) Lucas : Thanks for almost braining me with the keys. (he sees the new decoration. Her room is white now.) Lucas : Wow... it's bright. Peyton (painting) : Yeah, well, Psycho Derek's still out there. I really haven't be able to sleep for 48 hours. I thought maybe I'd try to paint the shadows away. (Lucas is looking at her.) [Nathan and Haley leave their home] Haley : Can you talk to your mom? Maybe she can help. Nathan : Come on, Hales. You've seen my mom. She can't even help herself right now. Haley : I hate to say it but what about your dad? Nathan : Look, Hales, I know that we're in trouble financially right now but I'm gonna take care of it, I promise. As soon as the basketball season end, I'm gonna get a job, but I'm not gonna go to my dad for anything. Haley : Okay, I'm sorry,. It's just... we're gonna have a family soon and I guess I just need that guy from the press conference to tell me everything's gonna be okay again. Nathan : It will. Oh, and I know that we're gonna eventually need to get a car so i figured until then, you can ride with me. (he gives her a helmet.) Haley : I know you don't expect me to wear this. Nathan : Come on, it's so Garden State. Besides, you were the one that needed a helmet to ride a motorcycle... (The bike is taken by the pround.) Nathan : Hey ! Hey ! [High School - Corridor] Brooke : Hey. Rachel : Hey, girlie. Brooke : You are a full-on Genius. Rachel : I don't know why you even doubt me. Just bow down to the master. Brooke : Oh, bowing. I am so crushed out on model boy, or should I say model man? (she shows her earring) You like? Real, cultured, Tiffany's, courtesy of Nick. Rachel : So, I'm thionine you might be ovr Lucas right about now. Brooke : Well, let's see, the last thing Lucas gave me was a mix tape. Mix tape, earrings. Mix tape, earrings. I totally owe you one. (They enter in class.) Nick (writing on blackboard) : Come on, take your seats. I'm your new English teacher, Mr Chavez. (he turns round) Brooke : Nick ! Nick : Peyton ! Peyton (raising hand) : Here. (Nick and Brooke look at each other.) Brooke : I have to go to the nurse. I'm gonna be sick. (She leaves.) [High School - In toilets] (Rachel makes up, Brooke is angry.) Brooke : This is all your fault ! Well ? You skanked me into this. How about you help me out? Rachel : Hey, I am not the one that ditched my boyfriend to have my horns trimmed by our High school English teacher. Brooke : Oh ! Rachel : Although, I am kind of jealous. Brooke : Thank you. That is very constructive ! What am I supposed to do about it now, genius? I have to see him every day until I graduate. This is so embarrassing ! Rachel : Ok, look, he's probable just as embarrassed about the situation as you are. (Brooke looks at her) Okay, maybe not that embarrased. But bottom line, Brooke, you have to deal with him. Brooke : Deal with him? Deal with him how? Car crash, drowning? What do you suggest? Rachel : Brooke, why don't you just wait till school is over and that way you can talk to him alone? I mean, you can't skip school forever. Brooke : Oh really? Says who? What do I need stupid English for anyhow? (silence) Okay. Would you do me a favor and check the hallway to make sure the coast is clear? (Rachel goes to see if Nick is not here and sees Lucas and Peyton) Rachel : Actually, you might wanna wait a second. [At the same time, in the corridor] Lucas : Are we expecting an outbreak of stalkerazzi photographers or you just ashamed to be seen with me? Peyton : No. Everybody knows. (people look at her) I guess bad new travels fast. Lucas : Are you gonna be okay? Peyton : Everytime I close my eyes, I see him there, watching me and now I've got to come to school and deal with all of them watching me? Lucas : Did you try calling your dad? Peyton : No ! Look, I know he would come home the minute I called. But what's the point, okay? It's over. And there's probable, like, 100 police officers out there looking for Psycho Derek, so what's my dad gonna do? Lucas : Protect you. Peyton : I can take care of myself. Lucas : Hey, I know that. But it's okay to be afraid from time to time. Peyton : Really? What are you afraid of? Lucas : This morning I asked Whitey if I could play again. Peyton : That's great, Luke. Lucas : Yeah but with my heart condition it still doesn't change the fact that it's scary. Peyton : Well, then why are you playing? Lucas : ‘Cause it's who I am. And you .. (he takes off her cap) need to be who you are. (Two girls look at her.) Girl: Close it. (They leave. Peyton gets back her cap and leaves too.) Peyton : I'm out of here. Lucas : Wait. Peyton, if you let this change you, he wins. Peyton : Maybe he wins. (She puts her cap back and leaves.) [High School - In courtyard] Mouth : Gigi. Gigi : Mouth, I was just thinking about you. Mouth : Good, you know, now that we made the play-offs, we got to step up our game for the webcast. Gigi : I'm gonna ask you out. Mouth : Huh did you just ask me out, like on a date? Gigi : No, not yet, but I'm going to. Just wanted to let you know. (She leaves. Mouth whispers.) [Out] (Nathan is waiting for bus. A car approaches and stops in front of Nathan. A man opens the window.) Man : What do we got here? The Raevns' star forward riding a bus. Someone wants to talk to you. (Another man opens back car's window.) Daunte : You know me? (Nate says no with his head) I know you. Nathan Scott. Tree Hill's best power forward in 15 years. You averags 28 points a game. You just recorded your 14th triple-double this year. That, plus a wicked jump sht puts your old man to shame. How am I doing so far? Nathan : Pretty good. Daunte : Daunte Jones. Nathan : Hey. Daunte : How come you're not signing with Duke? Nathan : I never said I wasn't. Daunte : Good anwser. The more important question is, are we gonna win State? Nathan : You can bet on it. (Daunte smiles) Daunte : I just might. You want a ride? Nathan : No, I'm good. Thanks. Daunte : All right, suit yourself. Let me give you some advice. Win State and go to Duke. This town's been waiting a long time for State title. Too long. Take care of that knee. (The car leaves.) [High-School - Coach's office.] (Dan arrives.) Dan : If you're not gonna coach, at least you could mentor the kid a little. It's a full ride to Duke. It's something he's been working for all his life. Whitey : I made that mistake with you I‘m not gonna make it with Nathan. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a State Championship to win. Dan : What do you know about the art on my office wall? Whitey : « And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cries unto me from the ground? » Cain and Abel, Danny. I know my Bible. Question is, what's it doing on your wall? Dan : Probable a prank. It seems someone thinks I mistreated Ketih while he was alive. Whitey : We all have to atone for our sins. Dan : What's that supposed to mean? Whitey : It means judgment day's waiting for us all. (Silence) Dan : It's a good thing you pray, Whitey. (Dan leaves.) [High School - Corridor] (Brooke is waiting in front of Nick's class. Rachel arrives.) Rachel : What are you doing? Brooke : Just praying that he won't kll me. How does it look? Does it look mad? (Rachel looks at Nick.) Rachel : Yes, but in a hot way. Maybe I should talk to him for you. Brooke : Would you? Thanks. (She tries to leave but Rachel catches her.) Rachel : Not so fast. All right, look, I sort of have a lot of experience in this. He's gonna say you should have never lied to him and that it can't work ‘cause of the age difference. Then he's gonna say there's no way you two can be together because he's your teacher, and then he's gonna yell a lot. But then it'll be over. Just remember, if he gets really mad, start crying. Works every time. See you in the quad. Good luck ! (She pushes her in the class. ) Brooke : Hi. Brooke Davis, 18, High school student. (she holds out her hand to him but he ignores her and goes to close the door. Rachel is disappointed.) Brooke : Okay hum. I know. I'm sorry. I should have told you the truth about how old I am and who i am but we met and we went out and I liked you. I just didn't know... (he kisses her.) Nick : You shouldn't have lied. Brooke : I know. Nick : We really can't do this, right? Brooke : Right. (She kisses him.) Nick : You said you were 23. Brooke : You said you were a model. Nick : Part-time but full-time, I'm your teacher, so we really can't do this. Brooke : Absolutely not. Nick : But if we were to do this, we'd have to make sure that no one knows. No one. Brooke : Not a soul.. If we were to do this. (they kiss) Nick : I won't tell if you won't. Brooke : Done. (They kiss again.) [High School - Gym] (Lucas is training, his guys enter in the gym) Skills : Look who all up in my house, dog. Lucas : Oh my God, you have one decent game and all of a sudden it's your house, huh? Skills : I heard a Rumor you might be coming off the benche in the play-offs. Fergie : Yeah, is that true, Luke? Lucas : It's true, my friends. I'm back. (Guys are glad) Skills : Okay. Me and my boy, back together again. Forty minutes a night in the big time. Lucas : Actually, Whitey's only giving me 15 minutes a game, you know, due to my heart condition. (Skills looks at Fergie and Junk then he takes jersey that Lucas gave him.) Skills : So, I guess you'll be wanting this back, huh? (Lucas takes it then he gives it back to Skills.) Lucas : It's a starter's jersey. You keep it. Skils : You sure? Lucas : Yeah, I'm sure. Skills : Cool. (he puts back the jersey in his bag) All right, look, game to 21. Make it, take it. (he throws his bag to Fergie) Or in your case, Mr 15-minutes-man, we gonna make the game 11. (He takes the ball.) Lucas : All right. (They start playing, Whitey is watching them.) [High School - Courtyard] (Mouth looking at Gigi who is with Rachel when Brooke arrives getting dressed again.) Brooke : Mouth, what are you doing? Mouth : Gigi wants to go out with me. Brooke : Gigi's cute. Mouth : Well, I don't really think about her in that way. I mean, I really don't even know her but I don't want to hurt her feelings. What should I do? Brooke : Oh, I'm not the Relationship expert these days, trust me. But you're smart, Mouth. You'll figure it out. Whatever you do, just be nice. (Gigi leaves, Brooke joins Rachel.) Rachel : So? Brooke : You were right. It was really intense. Rachel : So, it's over? Brooke : Hmm hmm. Yeah, it's over. (Rachel passes her hand in her back to comfort Brooke. Brooke is hiding to smile.) [Karen's Cafe] (Haley is on phone.) Haley : It's over the limit? (Karen looks at her) Are you sure? Can you just check again? Yeah. Okay. No, yeah. Hmm hmm. Thanks. (She puts the phone down) Karen : Everything okay? Haley : I tried t use our credit card this morning, and it was denied. And now the card company's telling me we're over the limit. (She sits down.) Karen : Have you talked about this with Nathan? Haley : Well, sort of, but he just says everything's gonna be okay. Karen, if we can't make ends meet now, what are we gonna do when the baby comes? Karen : Okay, all right, let's no panic. You know, if it's more hours of work you need, I can help you with that. You know, mornings before school and nights, whenever. Haley : Okay. Karen : If you need a shoulder to lean on or someone to talk to, I can help you with that, too. After all, I am the expert on teenage pregnancy. (Karen leaves. Haley is lost.) [Peyton's threshold house] (Peyton is drawing. Lucas comes.) Lucas : Pretty dark, don't you think? Peyton : I love you, Luke, but I've chosen darkness. Lucas : Well, I just wanted to come check up to you, girlie. How's your head? Peyton : Is it me? Am I the reason people always leave? Am I the reason all these things keep happening to me? Maybe I'm just destined to be alone. Lucas : It's not you and you're not alone. But eventually you're gonna have to be. Peyton : No, you're right. I can do it. Lucas : All right. But just in case, you have a key to my place and I'm just a phone call away. (She hugs him.) Peyton : Thanks. (Lucas leaves.) [Brooke and Rachel's house] (Brooke believes Rachel sleeps. She wakes up.) Rachel : Where are you going? Brooke : i just need to get a workout in, so I'm going for a run. Rachel : You're gonna have to run a marathon to take care of that ass ! (Brooke leaves and she exchanges clothes then she takes a ride with Nick.) [Lucas' room] (Lucas is spleeping when Peyton sits down on his bed. He opens his eyes.) Lucas : Hey. Peyton : Hi. I'm... I'm sorry. I tried. (she shows him keys, he smiles and takes her hand) Lucas : Have you talked to your brother? (She says yes with her head.) Peyton : He won't call me back. He's like a Marine or something. (Lucas smiles) Can I stay? (Lucas smiles again) Lucas : Sure. (She lies down close to him) [Rivercout] (Nathan's training. Two cars come. Daunte and his guy get out. Bear throws him the keys of Nathan‘s old car.) Daunte : Good thing the dealer was an old friend. Seems he was unaware that our star forward had a pregnant wife. Yeah, when he heard about your situation, he was happy to take the bike back in trade. (He shows him the keys) Nathan : Thanks, but I can't accept this from you, NCAA rules. Daunte : Nathan, it's your car. There's no money changing hands here. Just consider this the Tree Hill alumni lending a helping hand. Nathan : Is that what you guys calling yourselves these days, alumni? Daunte : Why'd you go ruin a perfectly good gesture by making me feel bad? Just take the car. (He throws him the keys) What am I gonna do with that piece of crap? (they smile) You know, Nate, us Ravens got to stick together. Nathan : Daunte. Thanks. (Daunte and Bear leave.) [Military Camp] (Soldiers sing their hymn when Lucas comes.) Derek : Squad, halt ! Left face ! Strauss, continue the run, please ! Strauss : Yes, Corporal ! (Derek joins Lucas) Lucas : I tried to call you. Derek : I know. Lucas : Look, it's Peyton. She's not doing well. Derek : And remind me why this is my concern? Lucas : She's your sister ! Derek : I don't even know her, and to be honest if the introduction was any indication of what her side of the family might be like, I'll pass. Lucas : Look, with Larry gone, you're the only family she's got. Derek : Look around you, Scott ! We deal with some pretty serious situations here, life-thrat type situations, so you'll have to excuse me if I don't have time for your high school drama. Lucas : Hey come on, man. She needs your help. I need your help. Derek : When I started my first tour overseas I made it a point to get to know all the guys in my unit because they also needed help. But it's a wr and people die. So, after a while, I learned to stop getting to know the new guys. It was just easier that way. I'm sorry you made the trip, but I can't help you. Lucas : you'll travel halfway around the world to fight for a complete stranger, but you don't have it in your heart to fight for your own flesh and blood. (Lucas leaves.) [High School - Near the bus] (Haley comes running) Haley : Hey, sorry. Brooke : Haley, you're late. And where is Peyton? Haley : I know, I'm sorry. I had to close up the café. Peyton didn't even come to school today. I think cheering's out of the question. Brooke : Oh, well, she lets one little stalker into her life and we all get screwed, that's nice. Haley : Look, some of us actually have real problems. Brooke : Fine. How is she doing? Haley : Hoeselt, I don't think she's doing that well and it would kind of be nice if you knew that. Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't you guys used to be, like, best friends? I mean, when are you gonna end this? Brooke : Don't ask me, okay? I'm not the bitch who started it. Haley : Okay, well, while we're dealing with all things, Brooke, somebody left a message for you at the apartment about styling a fashion show or something. Brooke : What? Well, why didn't they just call me? Haley : I don't know. Maybe because you move from house to house like a little nomadic camel. I saved the message. Brooke : Thank you. Oh, Haley ! Just don't tell Peyton I asked about her, okay? Haley : Okay. (They get on the bus.) [High school - Coach's office] (Lucas Knocks on the door) Lucas : You wanted to see me, coach? Whitey : Yeah. Come on in, son. (Lucas comes in. Whitey gives him a new jersey.) Lucas : This is Keith's number. Whitey : I'm pretty sure he'd want you to have it. Taking your médications? Lucas : Yes, sir. Whitey : Good. You know, it took every ounce of strengh your mother has to come in here and ask me to take you back. (Lucas says yes with his head) She loves you that much, enough to put your dreams ahead of her fears. You got 15 minutes of game to make her proud. And a lifetime to make them both proud. (Lucas smiles and put his new jersey on him.) [High School - Gym] (The game started.) Mouth : All right, fans, the possession is under way. If the Ravens can win the next five games, they'll be State Champions. But lose one and the season is over. (Nathan scores.) Nathan Scott with authority. The triple thrat of Antwon « Skills » Taylor and Scott brothers, Nathan and Lucas, are unstoppable. Ravens by 10. (Gigi smiles to him.) Lucas Scott has become the Ravens' secret wapon off the bench. They swing it over to Skills Taylor. Skills with the sweet River Court move, and he lays it in for two. (Skills scores.) Skills (to opposing player) : Smell like burnt white toast, baby. Mouth : Ravens, 84. Bear Creek, 62. The Ravens win and advance. Bear Creek's season is over. (We see Haley busy at the café. Brooke and Nick kissing in toilets.) [High school - Gym] (Next game. Girls encourage The Ravens.) Mouth : Folks, the Ravens look like the dominant force in these playoffs as the Scott brothers are on a roll. Luke works the ball to Skills. Skills with the alley-oop to Nathan, and Nathan drives it home. (Nathan scores. Daunte and Bear are here. Lucas scores.) Mouth : Long range from Lucas Scott. Ravens are up by 15 now, and is the magic number as Coach Durham calls it a night for number 22. (Lucas returns to the bench.) That also looks like the end of the road for the Cove City Cougars as the Ravens coast to an easy win. (Karen applauds) Gigi? Gigi : Dinner or a movie when I ask you out? (Mouth smiles) Mouth : And the Ravens advance to the State quarterfinals. [High School - Class] (We see Brooke and Nick in class. Rachel is watching them like she had understand their secret.) [Lucas' bedroom] (Lucas is with his computer on his bed. Peyton is lying down on the bed too. Lucas looks at her.) [High school - Gym] (Another game) Mouth : Skills Taylor brings the ball up court. He finds Nathan Scott with the no-look pass ! Nathan lays it in, and the Ravens have a huge lead. Whitey Durham can feel it. This one's over. (everybody is glad. Daunte and Bear are still here.) Don't look now, folks, but if Tree Hukk can win one more game, they'll be playing for the State Championship. (Daunte and Bear leave.) The fans are on their feet, and they should be. I'll tell you what, this could be the best Ravens team we've ever seen. (Lucas, Nathan and Skills hug each other.) [At Nathan & Haley's home] (They come in.) Nathan : Yes ! Haley : Yes ! One more game and we're in the State Championship. Nathan : Not so fast, Hales. I mean, we still got Verona and they're pretty tough. Haley : Oh yeah, but between you, Lucas and Skills, nothing can stop us now. (They hug, light goes off.) Oh maybe I spoke too soon. (she looks through the window.) Nathan, it's just our lights. What's going on? Nathan : Guess that was our third notive. Haley : Oh, God, Nathan. As much as I hate to say this, i really think it's time you talk to your dad. (She leaves, Nathan whispers.) [Dan's office](So Nathan goes talk to his dad...) Dan : I hope you're here to tell me you're signing with Duke. Nathan : I'm not here to talk about basketball. I'm having money problems, Dad. It's serious and I need your help. Dan : You know, Nathan, it broke my heart when you emancipated yourself and turned away from me as a father. God know I‘ve tried to be there for you. But you're married, and you're a man now. My solemn wish for you is that you find your way but you're gonna have to do that on your own. Nathan : So you're saying you're not gonna help me, not at all. Dan : No, what I'm saying is, whenever I invest money, I look at the potential for return on that money. Right now, you're not an investment I'm interested in. Nathan : But I'm your son ! Dan : Really? I thought you were emancipated. Nathan : Thanks for nothing, Dad. (He leaves, Dan whispers.) [Karen's Cafe] (Haley comes in tears.) Karen : Haley. Haley : I don't know if I can have this baby, Karen. (Karen goes near) Karen : What do you mean? Haley : They shut the power off last night (she sits down) and I'm the only one of us with a job. And I'm pregnant and I'm pregnant and I'm in high school. And Nathan is this close to getting his basketball scholarship which he can't do that and have time for a job. And I really have no idea how this is gonna work out, Karen. Karen : Haley, when I was your age and I was pregnant with Lucas I didn't have two pennies to rub together. I didn't have any friends. I didn't have college. Matter of fact, I didn't even have a family. Haley : That doesn't really make me feel better, Karen ! Karen : Look at you. You have a great support system in friends and family. You have a future ahaed of you in college, but most of all, you have Nathan. (Haley starts crying) Sure, it's not gonna be easy but you got to have faith. Trust me. You can do this. You can do this. [Lucas's room] (Skills is reading on the bed while Lucas arranges his bag.) Skills : So, let me get this straight. You and Peyton just friends, right? Lucas : Huh huh. (Skills shows him Peyton's panties) Skills : I wish I had friends like that. (Lucas drink some water then we Knock at the door. He smiles and go to open.) Lucas : Derek, hey. Skills, this is Peyton's brother, Derek. (Skills stands up) Skills : Damn, who would have guessed Peyton's brother was a brother? (Lucas smiles.) Derek : Lance Corporal Sommers. Skills : Big Daddy Skills. Derek (to Luke) : I wanted to talk to you about... (Peyton comes.) Peyton : Luke... Derek : Peyton. Lucas : I'll leave you to it. Thank you. (He pulls Skills out) Peyton : I tried calling you. Derek : I wasn't sure I wanted to see you. Peyton : Like the first time I called you and you hung up on me. Derek : A simple « thank you » would suffice. Peyton : I was the victim, okay? It wasn't my fault. Derek : Well, there's your first problem, right there, thinking like a victim. Peyton : Don't. Don't judge me, ‘cause you don't know the first thing about me. Derek : You're right. Let's change that. Take a ride with me. Peyton : Give me one good reason why I should. Derek : Because right now I'm the only family you got. And if you don't mind me criticizing your personal appearance, one of these days, you're gonna have to sleep. (She comes with him.) [Military camp] (They walk.) Peyton : You're not really what I expected. Derek : How do you mean? Peyton : Well, I don't know. I just expected someone... I thought you'd be more like... Derek : More white ! Peyton : No. That's not what I meant. Maybe it's the Marine part. Derek : My mother's African-American. And as far as the Marine go, this place saved my life. When I was just a little younger than you, my dad, our dad, he left me and my mom. Peyton : Well, figures. Psycho boy was right about one thing, got a deadbeat dad. Derek : It was Tough. She worked two jobs and that left me pretty much on my own. I started getting in trouble. Nothing horrible but nothing I'm proud of, either. What I didn't know at the time was that, I was just scared. This place showed me how to not be scared. Fear is like a disease, Sawyer. If you don't treat it, it'll eat you up. Peyton : All right, but guess what? The last Derek I trusted tried to kll me. Derek : I didn't say it would be easy. Do you think this is easy for me? I didn't ask for anyone new in my life. Peyton : Well, then why are you helping me? Derek : ‘Cause your friend, Lucas, cared enough to convince me. And looking at you, I see that fear. But I also see strengh. Come on. (She follows him.) [Brooke & Rachel's house.] (Brooke ends a dress. Nick helps her.) Brooke : Just hold it up, okay? Nick : Remind me why I'm doing this again. Brooke : Because it's one of my dresses for TART. Nick : TART ? Brooke : Textile Art Road Tour. It's a touring fashion show to showcase new designers and a designer dropped out, and now I'm in but I'm running out of time, so chop-chop. Nick : And what do I get in return? Brooke : Well, you're helping me with my work, so I could help with yours. I could grade your important papers, give Peyton an F. (she smiles) Nick : I was thinking something a little more physical. Brooke : Is that all this is about for you, sex? Nick : Of course not. Brooke : What is it, then? I mean nobody knows we're together, and all we do is sneak around. Not that there's anything wrong with sneaking around but... what's it about if it's not just sex? Nick : I know it's not fair to you, Brooke. Maybe you're right. Maybe we should stop this. Brooke : You could do that? Nick : I don't wanna hurt you. (she pricks him with her needle) Oh ! Brooke : Care to revise that answer? Nick : How about this? In three months, you'll be done with school and then it dosent matter what anyone thinks. Then the world can know, and it'll be just about us, you and me. Brooke : Yeah, that's a good answer. You get an A. Now hold this ! [Military camp] (Derek takes Peyton near to a ring.) Peyton : Looks like we're a little early for Smackdown ! Derek : We have a boxing team on base. Peyton : Well, you better Watch out for my right hook. (They come up onto the ring) Derek : You think so? Peyton : Hmm hmm. Hey, thanks. Derek : Okay. Let's see it. Peyton (she smiles) : Right. Derek : I'm serious. ht me. Peyton : Forget it. This is weird. Derek : The first step in Learning how not to be scared is knowing how to defend yourself. Come on, ht me. Peyton : I'm not gonna ht you, okay? (Silence. Derek pushes her.) Peyton : Derek. (he pushes her again) Stop ! (she tries to ht him but she misses him) Derek : Is that all you got? Punch me like you mean it, Sawyer. (she hits his hand) You ht like a girl. Peyton : I am a girl ! Derek : A weak, scared, defenseless little girl. (she hits him again.) Okay, Sawyer. So there's actually a real person in there. Again. Hands up ! Yeah, yeah. You scared, huh? You gonna act like a litlle baby and cry and stay in the house all the time? Peyton : No. Derek : Yeah? Peyton : Shut up ! Derek : Picture him, Peyton. Picture everything that hurt you and fight back. Yeah !(We see psycho Derek) Yeah ! Fight back ! Yeah ! Yeah ! Fight back. Yeah.(We see Ellie's death.) Yeah. Yeah ! (we see a draw with Jake and Jenny) Fight back ! Fight back ! Yeah. Yeah. Fight back ! (we see Brooke slaping her , Jimmy Edwards fring, and her mother's tomb.) Fight back. (We see Peyton and coke.) Yeah ! Fight back ! (We see Nikki slaping her and psycho Derek‘s attck) Peyton : Shut up ! (We still see the attck and Psycho Derek's fall. Peyton hugs Derek in tears.) [High School - Courtyard] (Gigi makes a wave to Mouth who doesn't know what to do with her.) Mouth (to Gigi) Hey. (to Brooke) : Okay, this Gigi thing is at DEFCON-5. You got to help me, Brooke. Brooke : Okay. The Blow-Off 101, let's review. One, you can't date her right now, but it's not her, it's you. Two, you're so messed up right now, she'd be miserable dating you. Three, there are way better guys she could have in her life. And four... Are you ready for this? Dating would ruin your really special friendship. (Mouth is looking at Rachel) But listen Mouth, if she gets bummed when you tell her you want to be good friends, then tell her you wanna be great friends, okay? Mouth? Are you listening? Mouth : It's okay. I've already heard this speech. (he joins Gigi. Brooke leaves.) Gigi : Hey, Mouth. Mouth : Gigi, I know you want to ask me out, but I don't want you to (Gigi seems disappointed) because I wanna ask you out. Gigi (she smiles) : Oh ! I'll have to think about it and get back to you. (She stands up, Mouth didn't expect that answer.) Gigi : Okay, I've thought about it, and I'd love to go out with you, Mouth. (Mouth smiles) Lucas (vo) : When life comes to rushing at you from out of the darkness, who will you choose to face it with? Will it be someone you trust? [Nathan & Haley's home] (Nathan joins Haley in bed.) Haley : What are we gonna do, Nathan, if we... (lights go on) Nathan : I took care of it. Haley : I know that must've been really difficult for you to talk to your father. Thank you for doing that for me. (she takes his hand and puts it on her stomach) Thank you for doing that for us. [Dan's office] (he receives messages from an anonymous person) RE : REDRUM : Burning the midnight oïl, kller? GreatScott33 : Who is it? RE : REDRUM : I know what you did. (Dan is choked.) [Karen's Café] (Karen closes up, Haley hugs her) Lucas (vo) : Will they be wise? Karen : Oh, what's that for? Haley : ‘Cause you were right. I have a great future and I have great friends. And I have the best husband. You know what I'm really thankful for? I have you. (Karen smiles. They hug again.) [Rivercourt] (Nathan is training when Daunte's car comes.) Daunte : How's our star player doing? Nathan : Good. And thanks, man. I know that was a lot of money but I'm gonna pay you back every cent. Daunte : Take your time. Just don't disappoint me out there, Nate. (Daunte leaves) Lucas (vo) : And will their love for you help them to guide you to the light? Or will they lose their way in the darkness? [Brooke & Rachel's home] (Brooke goes out secretly. But Rachel wakes up and sees her leave with Nick th rough the window.) Lucas (vo) : Will they make noble choices? Or that person be someone untested, someone new? [Peyton's room] (Peyton and Derek come in her room) Peyton : So you're leaving? Derek : I know we're related, Peyton, and maybe in another life we'd be closer, but I'm a Marine and you've got your own life. I can't be that guy for you. Peyton : Why not? Derek : I guess what I'm saying is I... I don't wanna be that guy. I'm sorry. (He leaves. Peyton closes the door and all the bolts. She looks scared.) [Ahead of Peyton's home] Derek : You can take a pass on tonight. She's gonna be fine. Lucas : You sure? Derek : No, but if you keep babying her, you'll never find out. Lucas : Look, you know, you should really get to know her. She needs someone special in her life, you know. Derek : She's already got someone special in her life. She has you. Thanks, Scott. (he gets into his car.) Lucas : So what, you're just gonna leave her? Derek : I didn't say that. I've got some experience with late-night guard duty, but she doesn't need to know that. She needs to know that she can do it alone. (Lucas smiles and looks at Peyton's room window then he leaves.) [Peyton's room] (She goes to bed...) Lucas (vo) : Life comes rushing at you from out of the darkness. When it does, is there someone in your life you can count on? (Derek is still in his car looking at Peyton's room window) Derek : Come on, Peyton, you can do this. Lucas (vo) : Someone who will Watch over you when you stumble and fall and in that moment give you the strength to face your fears alone? (Peyton finally turn the light off.)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x06 - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... LUCAS : You just became a Raven. NATHAN : I'm having money problems, dad. I need your help. DAN : Right now, you're not an investment I'm interested in. DEB : I am the majority owner of Tric... which means you can get the hell out. NICK : Take your seats. I'm your new english teacher... Mr. Chavez. BROOKE : Nick? NICK : We really can't do this, right? DEB : I'm not leaving here till I get my damn pills. NATHAN : It's either the pills or me. PEYTON : Leave me alone! PEYTON : Who are you? DEREK : Guess I'm your brother. NATHAN : I know that was a lot of money, but I'm gonna pay you back. Every cent. DAUNTE : Take your time. BROOKE’S FASHION SHOW Nick comes to see Brooke NICK (to security) : How you doing? BROOKE (to security) : He's with me. BROOKE (to Nick) : What are you doing here?! NICK : I came here to wish you luck. BROOKE : Somebody might see you. NICK : Oh, no one here knows me. Besides, there's nothing wrong with a teacher coming up to check on his most promising student... his most promising, sexy, irresistible student. (Brooke throws him in the fitting room when she hears Mouth) MOUTH : Uh, Brooke, where do you want these? BROOKE : Over there's... fine. Thank you again for helping me out today. I'd be totally lost if it weren't for you. MOUTH : That's cool. It gets me out of geography. It's a good thing you're student-council president. So, what do you need me to do next? BROOKE : Um, I need you to take these body jewels and paste them on Tia. I want them on her neck, her thighs, and her cleavage. (Mouth looks at Tia and cannot stop looking) BROOKE : Mouth. Breathe and paste. Okay. (She leaves him and return to Nick in the fitting room) THE APARTMENT Haley is trying to get a box on the to shelf in the closet when Nathan walks by NATHAN : Hey, come on. (He grabs Haley and gets the box himself) HALEY : Oh, hey. I'm getting that. NATHAN : You shouldn't be straining yourself. You can't risk falling and stuff. HALEY : Relax. I'm pregnant, not elderly. Oh, anyway, I'm glad you're up. NATHAN : Are you kidding me? The semifinal's tonight. I could barely sleep. HALEY : I want to go to Duke with you. NATHAN : What? I got my acceptance letter from Duke, and, um, it just made me think about what I want. And I want to make you happy more than anything else in the world, so I want to go to Duke with you! NATHAN : Oh, Haley. HALEY : You've been so supportive of me and my dream for music, and I just want to be supportive of you and your dream for playing at Duke. So I want to do this for us, okay? NATHAN : How did I get so lucky? HALEY : It helps that you're hot. NATHAN : Well... thank you. You're gonna be so happy there. I got to go 'cause I'm meeting Skills and Lucas for an early workout. (Haley starts unpacking the box, there are some toys) NATHAN : What's all this stuff for, anyway? HALEY : Babysitting. I thought the extra experience and money couldn't hurt. Besides, I just really don't want to be one of those moms that's, like, completely overwhelmed and unprepared and always screaming at her kids the way my mom used to be. Oh, it was crazy. Anyway... um, the kids are coming by after school. And, uh... you know what... you should stop by and say hi. NATHAN : Nah. I'll pass. I don't really like kids. (Nathan starts leaving and realizes what he just said) NATHAN : Uh, I'll like our kid. HALEY : Yeah, get out of here, you bum. BROOKE’S FASHION SHOW Mouth is putting the body jewels on Tia and he is really not comfortable TIA : Big hands... nice. MOUTH : I'm so, so sorry. I'm... I'm just not used to working this close to a girl... I mean, a woman who is, like... this hot. TIA : Oh, my god. You're so cute I could eat you! Please tell me you're a virgin. (Mouth just smile) TIA : Oh ! Oh, my god! I'm totally eating you up! MOUTH : I'm just gonna go kll myself now. (Mouth starts to leave but Tia stops him) TIA : No, no. It's so hard to find cute virgin boys. All my friends would love you. We're getting together tonight at a bar. You should totally join us. MOUTH : Me? Join you and your friends? TIA : Well, let's just say that there's a pretty good chance you won't wake up a virgin tomorrow. So, is that a "yes"? PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton is painting a bulldog over her bed. She hears the door and goes downstairs, scared. She finally find her real brother in the kitchen DEREK : Peyton. PEYTON : How did you get in here? DEREK : The question is, how didn't I get in? I popped open the back door, the basement window, and the window near the porch. Given your history, I thought you'd pay more attention to home security. PEYTON : Okay, what are you doing here? I thought you weren't interested in sticking around. DEREK : I'm not. I just wanted to make sure you're safe before I go back to my life. PEYTON : Well, I slept great last night... alone. So mission accomplished. DEREK : Is that why you haven't been to school in over a week? PEYTON : A lot of seniors skip class. DEREK : They skip school to do fun stuff, not hide in their room all day, afraid to step out onto their own porch. PEYTON : That's not what I'm doing. DEREK : Well, if you're really over getting attcked by that psycho, then there's no reason you shouldn't be at school. Unless you'd rather hang out here, not feeling sorry for yourself. PEYTON : Fine. If it'll get you out of my house, I'll go to school. DEREK : Fine. I'll drive you. PEYTON : Fine. (Peyton starts going to her room) DEREK : Get moving. It's 0800. PEYTON (to herself) : I like the other Derek better. RIVERCOURT Lucas is making free throws and Skills and Nathan are watching SKILLS : L. Scott... 20 in a row. The boy is on fre. LUCAS : You ready for tonight? NATHAN : I'd feel a lot better if I had you watching my back the whole time. LUCAS : I know, but I promised my mom not a second more than 15 minutes. SKILLS : It ain't like it's gonna take us half the time to bat the chumps we're playin' tonight anyway. Then we're going to states, so you know what that means. We're about to be V.I.P. around here, dawg. I'm about to have all the females getting my name tattooed all over their body. (Nathan sees Daunte’s car approaching) NATHAN : I'll be right back. Nathan talks with Daunte NATHAN : Daunte. Hey, man. Um... I don't have your money yet. I tried to get a loan from my mom, and it turns out she's not doing so good. I know it's 10 grand. DAUNTE : 15. NATHAN : What? DAUNTE : You don't make your payments on time, juice keeps running on the money. NATHAN : You said I could pay you back whenever. DAUNTE : Yeah. It goes without saying there's a price with that. I mean, this is the streets, Nathan. We're not bank of Tree Hill. NATHAN : What am I supposed to do? I can't come up with that kind of cash overnight. DAUNTE : Well, I could forget the amount. The Ravens are favored to win by 10 points tonight. A lot of people are betting on it. NATHAN : I think we're a lock to win by a lot more than that. We're gonna blow those guys out. DAUNTE : Uh, not if you want your debt to go away. Look, Nathan, you can win the game... just don't win it by more than nine points. NATHAN : No way. DAUNTE : Nathan, I'm not asking you to lose. The Ravens will still win and go to the state championship. You'll be debt-free. The way I see it, everybody wins. Look, Nathan, I'm trying to help you out, here. Before you get yourself in trouble, take the offer, or have my money tonight. Lucas and Skills, looking at Nathan and Daunte from afar LUCAS : Do you know those guys? SKILLS : Not personally, but I heard they're into a lot of bad stuff, so anything they want with Nate can't be good. ONE TREE HILL CREDITS BROOKE’S FASHION SHOW Brooke is looking at her models BROOKE : You look amazing... You look perfect... this looks really, really good. (Rachel is there too) BROOKE : And you look lost. The plus-size show is next door. RACHEL : Very funny. Let me ask you... if I am so fat, why am I on the cover of Maxim? (She shows Brooke the magazine) BROOKE : What?! RACHEL : For the first time ever, Maxim put a hometown hottie on the cover, and that hottie is me! BROOKE : Oh, my god! RACHEL : Okay, let's celebrate tonight after the game. BROOKE : Um... oh, I can't. I have plans tonight. RACHEL : Let me guess... you're going out with Mr. Chavez. BROOKE : I don't know what you're talking about. RACHEL : Don't play dumb. I saw you sneak out last night to meet him. You claimed it was over. BROOKE : And you claim you're not a slut, and that is such a lie. RACHEL : I never claimed I wasn't a slut. BROOKE : You know, you need to worry less about my love life and more about your own with, like, every guy in America, because you are so hot in this spread! RACHEL : I know. (Rachel leaves) INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Peyton is in the hallway and get scared by the bell. She opens her locker and sees Eli’s drawing, remembering her psycho Derek’s tattoo. She starts to freak out when Lucas arrives LUCAS : Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Peyton, what's wrong? Oh, come on. Let's get you home. DOCTOR’S OFFICE Deb is with her doctor DEB : I don't know what's wrong with me. My back problems just won't let up. DOCTOR : Perhaps physical therapy could help. DEB : Or those, um, those pills you gave me the last time. They fixed me right up. DOCTOR : To be honest with you, Deb, I am not comfortable prescribing you more medication. DEB : Okay, this is awkward. Um... I guess we both know I don't actually have back problems. My issues are far more complicated. I've lost my son, my husband, and I've realized that without my family... dysfunctional as it was... I'm a failure. DOCTOR : Deb, I'm sure these pills are making you feel better, but they are not the answer. You need to get your life in order, starting with therapy. DEB : You're right. DOCTOR : I will make the appointment for you. (The doctor leaves the office and Deb writes her own prescription) TREE HILL CLASS ROOM Students are taking picture of them with Rachel. Nick comes in NICK : Okay, everyone, settle down. People! Magazines aren't allowed in class. NICK (to Rachel) : And, you, stop making a spectacle of yourself. RACHEL : What's the matter, Mr. Chavez? I thought you liked high-school girls. NICK : After school, miss Gatina. BROOKE’S FASHION SHOW ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : And next, we presents the latest line from Hoes Over Bros by designer Brooke Davis. (Mouth is with Brooke watching the fashion show from backstage) TIA : Mouthy... can you come over here and help me put on my shoe? I don't want to chip my nails. (Brooke smiles at Mouth and he goes to help Tia) TIA : Thanks. (She starts leaving but stops and kiss Mouth) TIA : Now I know why they call you "Mouth." By the way, I'm really excited for tonight. (Tia leaves and after a few seconds Gigi arrives) GIGI : Hey, you. I heard you're helping out with Brooke's show. MOUTH : Yeah. Uh... came to check it out? GIGI : Came to check you out. And I had to ask you a question. Which do you like better, red or blue? MOUTH : Red, I guess. Why? GIGI : I was trying to figure out what to wear tonight... on our date. MOUTH : Right... our date... tonight. GIGI : Well, red it is. Okay, see you tonight. MOUTH : Yeah. Tonight. THE APARTMENT Haley is welcoming the kids, a boy and a girl HALEY : Hey, guys, come on in. Good to see you. Oh, I'm so excited to have the kids. HALEY (to the mom) : Um, listen, I don't want you to worry. I've read all the latest childcare periodicals, and I'm CPR certified, and I've stacked up on organicnacks and some really fun learning games for the kids. So if you have any questions, feel free. MOM : Just one. Do you have the numbers for the local authorities? HALEY : Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah. MOM : Super. I'll see you later. (The mom leaves) HALEY : Okay. Okay, kids, what do you want to do first? (They disappear in the apartment) HALEY : Kids? TREE HILL HIGH Rachel comes to see Nick Chavez after the class NICK : I'd say, "nice spread," but that's probably inappropriate for a teacher. RACHEL : Bet you wouldn't have a problem saying it to Brooke. Aren't you her teacher, too? NICK : I get it. You like to be the center of attention, get a rise out of people. It's the hallmark of insecurity. RACHEL : Wow. You're an underpaid high-school teacher sleeping with a student, and I'm insecure? Yeah, okay. NICK : You seem to be in the driver's seat, miss Gatina. So what do you want? RACHEL : Just one thing. I think we should close the door for this. (She closes the door) PEYTON’S BEDROOM Peyton is lying on her bed, crying when Lucas and Derek come in LUCAS : Hey. Peyton, uh... you have a visitor. I have to go to the café before the game, and I didn't want you to be alone, so I called him. DEREK : What happened? PEYTON : Nothing. I don't know. I had a panic attck, I guess. DEREK : So you weren't fine, but you went to school anyway, just to prove me wrong. PEYTON : Okay. Fine, I learned my lesson, and now I'm a mess. You got what you wanted, I guess. DEREK : What I want is for you to admit you have a problem so we can deal with it, instead of hiding and pretending everythg's fine. Everyday, people all over the world get bat down. They lose their families, they lose their friends, and every day, those people fight like hell to put their lives back together! They don't curl in a ball and give up. LUCAS : Look, you need to back off. She's had a rough day. DEREK : It won't get easier with you babying her every step away. You think you can protect her, but you can't. The sooner both of you realize that, the better. You know when the world backs off, Peyton? When you make it back off. PEYTON : Fine. Then back the hell off. DEREK : Okay. Guess I'm done wasting my time. (Derek leaves) LUCAS : I think I like the other Derek better. I'm... sorry. I shouldn't have called him. PEYTON : No, it's fine. He's a pain in the ass, but he's right. You should go, too. I'll meet you at the game. LUCAS : No, you can come with me. PEYTON : I can't keep letting you save me. Got to learn to get by on my own. I'll be fine. I've got my watchdog. LUCAS : Yeah, it's... kind of disturbing. PEYTON : He keeps the monsters at bay. (Lucas leaves) BROOKE’S FASHION SHOW Rachel comes to see Brooke BROOKE : Hey. RACHEL : How's it going? BROOKE : Amazing. Buyers have been coming up, saying they want my line in their stores. I'm so psyched I'd pass out, but I have another show in an hour. (Brooke sit down with Rachel. Rachel seems sad) BROOKE : What's the matter? RACHEL : I wish my timing was better on this, but, um... there's something you need to know about Nick. BROOKE : What? RACHEL : Well, he kept me after school today, and... when we were alone, he ht on me. You can't see him anymore, Brooke. He's a bad guy. Do you understand that? BROOKE : I understand that you don't have a boyfriend right now, and maybe you're feeling a little jealous. It's normal, but... RACHEL : All right, you don't believe me. You know what? Never mind. See you later. (Rachel leaves) DRUGSTORE The clerk is looking at Deb’s prescription, thinking DEB : Um, what's the holdup? CLERK : I... I think there's a mistake here. It looks like your doctor has prescribed three different sedatives. DEB : I have a complicated condition, and I'd appreciate a little sensitivity. CLERK : I'm still gonna have to confirm this with your doctor's office. (The clerk tries to reach the phone but Deb stops him) DEB : Listen, little man! I don't know what your problem is, but I don't have time for this crap! How hard is it to fill one lousy prescription?! Just walk your midget, little legs back there, put the pills in the bottle, and hand them over to mommy. Can you do that, stumpy? CLERK : Y-yeah, yeah. Yeah, y-yeah, fine. (The clerk leaves and gets a phone from the back shop) THE APARTMENT Haley walks to the bathroom door, with snacks HALEY : Randy, sweetie? Been in there a long time! I have some snacks! (The little girl bring Haley a mug) HALEY : Is this for me? Thank you, sweetie. (She starts drinking but spit it out immediately) HALEY : What is that? GIRL : Dirt and water. HALEY : Dirt and water? I don't know... (Haley is interrupting by Randy who’s running outside the bathroom) HALEY : Oh! Gosh. Wow! That's a... cool costume. (They start fighting with fake swords) GIRL : Slash her, Randy! Slash her! HALEY : Hey GIRL : Slash her, Randy! (Haley gives up and locked herself in the bathroom) SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan is alone NATHAN : Sorry, mom. I'll pay you back. I promise. (He opens the vault, but find it empty) (Behind him, the tv is on) TV ANNOUCER (voiceover) : And in local news, Mayor Scott's ex-wife, Deb Scott, was arrested today after attempting to purchase drugs, using a falsified prescription. NATHAN : Damn it, mom. DEB (from the tv) : You know who I am? THE CAFÉ Dan is there with Karen watching the news TV ANNOUCER (voiceover) : If convicted, Mrs. Scott could face up to ten years in prison. She is currently at Tree Hill County jail awaiting bail. DAN : Guess Deb won't be making the game tonight. TREE HILL HIGH Brooke enters Principal Turner’s office BROOKE : Principal Turner, they told me you wanted to see me, but I'm kind of in a rush, so... TURNER : Miss Davis, there are allegations that our newest teacher, Mr. Chavez, has been having sexual relations with a student, and we're told that student is you. BROOKE : That's not true. TURNER : It's a serious matter, and until it's cleared up, Mr. Chavez is suspended. If it comes to light any part of the allegations are true... he'll be fired. BROOKE : But they're not, and whoever said that to you is lying. Who would do that? (Rachel enters the room) RACHEL : I would. BROOKE’S FASHION SHOW Nick comes to visit Brooke NICK : I got suspended today. BROOKE : I know. NICK : Did you also know that Rachel's a conniving bitch? I thought she was a friend of yours. Why would she go to the principal? BROOKE : Because she said you ht on her. NICK : Brooke... BROOKE : Is it true? NICK : How can you even ask that? Especially since she ht on me. She made some snide comment about us in class. It got me worried. I tried talking to her, but she started coming on to me. Said she thought older guys were hot. BROOKE : I can't believe she'd do that... not to me. NICK : Brooke, people talk about her. Even the teachers. I get the sense that this behavior's pretty typical for Rachel. BROOKE : Yeah, but I'm her friend. NICK : Hey... I'm sorry about this. But I think you know me. I hope you do. How well do you know Rachel? (Tia is interrupting, holding the red dress she was wearing earlier for the show) TIA : Hey, Brooke? Oh, sorry if I'm interrupting, but do you mind if I borrow this dress tonight? I'm headed into town with my girls and I got to look fierce. BROOKE : Sure. You know, why don't you keep it? TIA : Really? Ahhh! Thank you! Aah. Hey, what do you think? Bitchin', right? NICK : Definitely. TIA : Okay. (Tia leaves) NICK : That's some dress. What do you think my chances are of getting such an amazing, talented designer to kiss me? (Brooke kiss him) POLICE STATION Dan comes to get Deb out of the cell DAN : So, which one of you whores is my ex-wife? Oh, right. The old one on the end. DEB : You came all the way down here just to rub it in my face? DAN : Yes. But I also have a proposition. I can get you out of this fix. But you have to sign Tric back to Karen. DEB : Go to hell. DAN : No, I don't think you understand. I can bail you out and use my clout as mayor to have the charges dropped. Hell, I'll even throw in a couple of painkillers for your ride home. Or you can risk spending the next two to four years in prison as some con's cell bitch instead of the regular old bitch you usually are. DEB : You make this go away, and I'm not going to rehab. DAN : O.D. for all I care, Deb, but you're signing Tric back over to Karen. I'll see you on the outside, boozy. THE APARTMENT It is a real mess; the kids are throwing stuffs at Haley, she is hiding behind the table. HALEY (on the phone) : Miss Dunbar? Hi. Yeah, everything's great. I was just wondering when you might be able to come pick up the kids. Well, it's just that I was expecting you... over an hour ago. Well, no, I can't because my husband's got... Hello?! (Haley is getting really upset, she stands up) HALEY : Hey! Who wants to go for a ride? INSIDE TREE HILL GYM The gym is full; the team is practicing before the game MOUTH : The crowd is electric tonight. One more win, and the Tree Hill Ravens will make the state finals for the first time in 18 years. More than ever before, all eyes are on Nathan Scott. Nathan runs to Whitey NATHAN : Hey, coach, I thought you should know... I made the call to Duke. I'm gonna take the scholarship. WHITEY : What about Haley? NATHAN : She's gonna come with me. WHITEY : Well, congratulations, son. You're doing the right thing. But more importantly... you're doing it the right way. NATHAN : Thanks, coach. (Nathan leaves Whitey and sees Daunte and Bear in the audience) LUCAS : Hey, what are those guys doing here? NATHAN : How should I know? LUCAS : Well, I saw you talking to them on the River Court. NATHAN : Mind your own business, Luke. The cheerleaders are warming up RACHEL : Oh! Well, nice outfit, Brooke. I am so jealous of it. Oh, wait, look. I'm wearing the same thing. I am so freaking full of jealousy. BROOKE : Yeah, I know something else you're full of. The game starts; Peyton enters the gym but freak out and leaves OUTSIDE TREE HILL GYM Peyton is running out side, Derek joins her PEYTON : I didn't make it five minutes in there. Go ahead. Call me a baby. DEREK : I didn't come to call you a baby. I'm here to apologize. Look, if I promise to quit being a damn jackass, you think you could forgive me? PEYTON : I don't know. I was kind of getting used to the yelling. DEREK : Look... I know this psycho's still out there, and I know what he did to you, but you have a choice. You can let it destroy you, or you can get up and fight. And if it feels like I'm beating up on you, it's only because I want you to get so pissed off you start swinging back. PEYTON : Well, I don't know if I'm strong enough. DEREK : If you feel like you're not strong enough, then fall back on me. Because I'll be here. Okay? I'll be here as long as you keep trying. PEYTON : You said you didn't want that. DEREK : I know. It's just I haven't let many people in, Peyton. So maybe I was the one who was scared. Five minutes, huh? Tomorrow it'll be six. PEYTON : Okay. DEREK : All right. INSIDE TREE HILL GYM The game is still on WHITEY (yelling) : Hold onto the ball, Scott! SKILLS : Come on, Nate, kick the ball out, man. What's up? NATHAN : Sorry. BOYS LOCKER ROOM Later, it is half time WHITEY : What is going on out there? Can somebody explain to me why we're only four points up when we should be blwing them out of the water?! It's like you guys are trying to give away points! Get out there and sh*t around! You need it! (The team start going back to the gym) LUCAS : Hey, Nate... what's going on? NATHAN : With what? LUCAS : Well, the way you're playing tonight. It's not nerves. I know you. NATHAN : You don't know anything. LUCAS : Well, I know you were having money problems. And I know Dan didn't help you out. Then suddenly you're talking to those guys out there on court, and now you're playing like crap. What do they want you to do, Nate? What... lose the game? Betray your teammates and your coach for a couple of bucks? NATHAN : All right, listen to me. Take the self-righteous attitude and shove it. Until you're drowning in debt, you've got a wife and a kid on the way, you can't begin to understand what I'm going through. LUCAS : You better help me understand, or I'm going to Whitey. NATHAN : Listen, I'd never lose a game, okay? We're still gonna win... just by less than 10 points. LUCAS : Oh... NATHAN : Lucas, don't, okay? The only reason we've gone this far is because of me. And besides, all anybody cares about is winning. Nobody cares if I gave it my all or not. LUCAS : Do you really believe that? NATHAN : Yeah, okay? I have to believe that. I got no other way out. Unless you got 15 grand lying around. (Whitey walks in) WHITEY : Is there a problem here? LUCAS : No. INSIDE TREE HILL GYM Brooke is walking by Rachel BROOKE : Gee, I really need to stop being roommates with boyfriend-stealing skanks, Peyton. Oh, I mean, Rachel. RACHEL : What are you talking about? BROOKE : I talked to Nick. He told me what really happened. You went in, shoved your magazine spread in his face, and ht on him. RACHEL : I wouldn't do that to you. BROOKE : Really? Let's go over the list of things you have done to me. You tried to seduce Lucas when he was my boyfriend, take my spot as cheer captain, and two weeks ago, you told the entire school that I was pregnant! I was just beginning to think you were a real person, but you're just a slutty, lying liar who lies. Haley is buying some snacks with the kids RANDY AND THE GIRL : Gimme, gimme! Gimme, gimme! HALEY : It's not polite, you guys. Here. Thank you. Sorry... sorry. Hey... Hey, you guys. Now, don't throw popcorn. Hey! Hey! That is not a nice thing to do. (Karen walks by) KAREN : Hey, Haley! How's the babysitting going? HALEY : It's horrible. These kids are driving me crazy. The game's already started. I'm completely stressed out. It's everything I can do... Karen, what am I doing wrong? KAREN : You want the truth? HALEY : Yes. KAREN : Nothing. You just got to hang in there. (The kids drag Haley to the court) HALEY : No, no! (Dan joins Karen) DAN : Glad you could make it. (Dan gives her a paper) KAREN : What's this? DAN : Ownership papers to Tric. It's all yours. KAREN : Dan, what did you do? DAN : Oh, I just bat some sense into Deb. I'm kidding. I caught her at a rare sober moment, offered to get her some help in exchange for Tric. KAREN : Look, uh, accepting an old crib from you is one thing, but this is too much. DAN : You'd rather Deb have it? You saw the news. She could barely take care of herself. Look, no matter your feelings for me, this is the right thing to do... for you and the baby... and for business. Tell me I'm wrong... I'll take it back. (Karen leaves Dan and keeps the paper) PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton and Derek are bringing a punching bag to her bedroom. PEYTON : Okay, it's definitely the strangest gift I've ever gotten. Not sure that I'm "Million Dollar Baby" material. DEREK : Trust me. If we share any genes, you've got some fight in you. PEYTON : Where'd you learn to box? DEREK : My dad... well, our dad... started me really young. That was before he left my mom and me. You know? Guess this is why I didn't want to meet you. You know, I always hated him for leaving and meeting Ellie... and having you... even though I didn't know you. That kind of anger used to eat me up, you know? Then I started punching it out. You know, taking the pain head on, driving it back. I'm hoping you could do the same, okay? (Derek helps Peyton to put on the gloves) PEYTON : "The world backs off when you make it back off," right? DEREK : Yeah. PEYTON : I don't... I don't know if I can. DEREK : I do. Come on. Now, you want to use your whole body, all right? You want to an on this foot here, all right? (Derek punches the mannequin) PEYTON : Okay. (Peyton starts punching too) DEREK : Yeah. TREE HILL GYM The game is still on MOUTH : Time winding down in the fourth quarter, and the Ravens have a 7-point lead... now 9 points. And the Cats are gonna call time-out. Time-out for the Ravens WHITEY : Nathan, take a seat. NATHAN : What? Why? WHITEY : Because we're up by 9, and I'm not gonna expose my best player to injuries. NATHAN : Coach, we only got a couple seconds left. WHITEY : It only takes one to blow out a knee. Now sit down. Luke, come here. Look, they're gonna be looking to foul. You're our best free-throw sht. Now, I want you to go in there and ice this thing. SKILLS : One, two, three -- Ravens! Daunte is with Bear in the gallery DAUNTE : If the Ravens score one more point, Nathan Scott doesn't leave this gym in one piece. The game starts again MOUTH : So, Lucas Scott checks in to the game. The Ravens are up by 9. Just five seconds stand between them and a trip to the state championship... Three seconds now. The Ravens pick up a quick steal! And that's gonna ice it. With two seconds left on the clock, the Ravens are headed to the state championship. All that remains is for Lucas Scott to seal it. What's his free-throw percentage, Gigi? GIGI : Well, he's 92% from the line... and 100% hot. (Lucas is ready to sht, looks at Nathan and miss the first sht on purpose) MOUTH : If Luke can make this free-throw, the lead will be 10 points, and that would be the Ravens' ninth double-digit victory of the season. (Lucas looks at Nathan again and sht) MOUTH : The sht is up. And it's no good! The Cats rebound, the buzzer sounds, and this one's over! We won! The crowd go on the floor and this place is going crazy. The Ravens have won by 9! They're headed to the state championship, baby! Yeah! Later, the gym is almost empty, Skills comes to see Mouth SKILLS : Yo Mouth! Great job on the play-by-play, dawg. But now that we going to state, I kind of want to pump up my profile a little bit. So... I was thinking... maybe you could start referring to me as... "Mad Skills Taylor." Everything cool, man? MOUTH : Actually, I need your advice. Um, if you had to choose a date between a super-hot model and her model friends or a nice girl who's kind of odd, who'd you pick? SKILLS : Hmm... that's an interesting dilemma. I say pick the girl that's the most beautiful on the inside. Man, is you crazy?! Look, first of all, models ain't just walking around handing out party passes to no too-short, no-ass kids like you. No disrespect, I'm just saying... don't blow it. I mean, opportunity only gonna knock once. And if you don't answer... I will. The cheerleaders are leaving the gym HALEY : I'm sorry, have you guys seen a little boy, a little girl, blond-hair, blue-eyed, really loud and...? (They shake their heads) HALEY : Great. (She starts freaking out and then sees Nathan with the children playing on the other side of the gym) NATHAN : All right, ready? Okay. So, I'm gonna teach you how to sh**t real quick, okay? Put this hand here, that's just for balance. Put your index finger right there. RANDI : Whoa, that was awesome! When I grow up, I want to be just like you. (Lucas walks by Nathan, just looks at him and leaves. Haley joins Nathan) NATHAN : All right, you try. NICK’S PLACE Brooke arrives to see him NICK : Brooke. BROOKE : Hey. Do you mind if I stay here? After all that stuff that happened with Rachel today, I just can't stay with her tonight. NICK : Sure, but I was just heading out to get something to eat. Want to? BROOKE : Yeah. Yeah, I'm starving. Let me just put my bag down. (She put her bag down and sees the red dress she gave to Tia earlier) NICK : Brooke. (Brooke opens the bedroom’s door and sees Tia in underwear) NICK : Brooke. BROOKE : Well, I don't know who I hate more... Mr. Chavez. You, for being a lying bastard or me for believing your crap and betraying my friend. (She slaps him, takes her bag, slaps him again and leave) LUCAS (voiceover) : Regret comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are small... like when we do a bad thing for a good reason. RACHEL’S HOUSE Brooke enters Rachel’s room BROOKE : Hi, friend. LUCAS (voiceover) : Some are bigger... like when we let down a friend. BROOKE : You were right. RACHEL : I'm sorry, Brooke. I wish I wasn't. OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT Mouth is waiting... Gigi arrives LUCAS (voiceover) : Some of us escape the pangs of regret by making the right choice. MOUTH : Hi. I'm glad I picked red. You look beautiful. THE APARTMENT The mom comes get the kids HALEY : Thank you. Goodbye. (The little girl hugs Haley before she left) HALEY : That's actually kind of sweet. (The little girl put a paper on her back witch says “kick me”, Nathan shows her) HALEY : Or not. NATHAN : You still think you like kids? HALEY : I'll like our kid. LUCAS (voiceover) : Some of us have little time for regret because we're looking forward to the future. Sometimes we have to fight to come to terms with the past. And sometimes we bury our regret by promising to change our ways. RIVERCOURT Lucas is playing alone, Nathan comes to see him NATHAN : Wanted to say thanks. I know how hard it was for you to throw those points away. Look... I'll make it up to you and the team at state, okay? The point-shaving was just a one-time thing. It's over now. LUCAS (voiceover) : But our biggest regrets are not for the things we did... but for the things we didn't do. Things we didn't say... that could have saved someone we care about... LUCAS : Nathan... you know I'll always be there for you. But never again. LUCAS (voiceover) : ...especially when we can see the dark storm that's headed their way.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x07 - All These Things That I've Done"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... LUCAS : This is Peyton's brother, Derek. SKILLS : Who'd have guessed that Peyton's brother... was a brother. NICK : I'm your new english teacher... Mr. Chavez. BROOKE : Nick? BROOKE : Well, I don't know who I hate more, Mr. Chavez... you for being a lying bastard or me for believing your crap. GIGI : I'm gonna ask you out. MOUTH : Like on a date? GIGI : Just wanted to let you know. LUCAS : There's nothing going on between me and Peyton. BROOKE : And there's nothing going on between us, either, so why are you still here? LUCAS : Give me your hand. I'm gonna get her back. You can't help who you love, Peyton. HALEY : I want to go to Duke with you. NATHAN : Oh, Haley. NATHAN : Daunte, I don't have your money yet. DAUNTE : I could forget the amount. The Ravens are favored to win by 10 points tonight. NATHAN : We're a lock to win by a lot more than that. DAUNTE : Well, not if you want your debt to go away. MOUTH : The Ravens have won by 9! They're heading to the state championship! NATHAN : I wanted to say thanks. I know how hard it was for you to throw those points away. LUCAS : You know I'll always be there for you... but never again. RIVERCOURT Nathan is playing alone when he receives a visit from Daunte and Bear NATHAN : There's no reason you guys should be here anymore. We're done. DAUNTE : Hear that, Bear? The kid says we're done. Maybe we should leave. NATHAN : I made sure that we won by less than 10 points. That was the deal. DAUNTE : Yeah. Well, I thought about it. I think I'm gonna extend our partnership. NATHAN : What are you talking about? DAUNTE : State championship... a lot of people think we're gonna win tomorrow night. NATHAN : Those people are right. DAUNTE : No, they're not. NATHAN : I'm not gonna lose that game. DAUNTE : Think about next year, Nate. You're gonna be a Duke Blue Devil, get to play on TV. Wonder what Duke would do if they found out that their star recruit shaved some points in a high school basketball game. NATHAN : Like anybody would believe you. DAUNTE : I got proof. Your last game was your worst game of the year. Eight turnovers? You missed three lay-ups in the fourth quarter. Even Bear thought that was a bit much. All it takes is a whisper, and your future's over. Would you risk your future and the future of your pretty little wife for a meaningless trophy? (Nathan doesn’t answer) DAUNTE : Yeah. That's right. Think it over. I'm sure you'll do the right thing. (Daunte and Bear leave) OUTSIDE RACHEL’S HOUSE Rachel goes get the mail and find a mid-term report. It looks like she got an F in calculus RACHEL : F... Mean... LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is packing his school bag when it knocks at the door. It’s Brooke BROOKE : Hey, stranger. LUCAS : Hey. Brooke, what are you doing here? BROOKE : I thought maybe we could ride to school together. (Lucas just stand there, looks surprise) BROOKE : You gonna invite me in? LUCAS : Yeah. Yeah. Come on in. Sorry. (She comes in, Lucas closes the door, still surprises) BROOKE : Lucas, I miss you. (Lucas sighs) BROOKE : Okay, I guess I thought you were gonna say you miss me, too. LUCAS : Oh. Brooke, of course I miss you. I'm just a little confused. You show up on my doorstep out of the blue after ignoring me for the past month. BROOKE : I've just been thinking a lot about you and us, and I thought that was enough. LUCAS : Brooke, I... I don't know. BROOKE : Because of Peyton? LUCAS : You're never gonna let that go, are you? For the last time, Peyton and I are just friends, okay? (Peyton enters the room, brushing her teeth) BROOKE : "Just friends"? Well, at least you're enjoying the benefits. (Brooke leaves the room) LUCAS : It... (Brooke slams the door) ONE TREE HILL CREDITS INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Peyton arrives at school and walks by Lucas LUCAS : Cutting it kind of close, huh? PEYTON : I overslept. LUCAS : No, you didn't. Are you forgetting? We sleep in the same bed. PEYTON : I know one person that's not gonna forget it anytime soon. LUCAS : Oh... Brooke. Yeah, I'm sorry about that. That must have been really weird for you. PEYTON : It's okay. I actually have bigger news to report. They caught him... Derek, or whatever his name is. He's in jail. It's over. (Lucas hugs Peyton) LUCAS : Oh, my god. Oh, that's great, Peyton. PEYTON : Thanks. LUCAS : Hey look, you can, uh, sleep in your own bed now, huh? PEYTON : Lucky me. Why did Brooke come over this morning... some kind of morning-dew booty call? LUCAS : She said she misses me. PEYTON : Do you want her to miss you? LUCAS : I don't know. PEYTON : Look, I know you can take care of yourself. Just be careful, okay? Rachel joins Brooke at her locker RACHEL : What happened to you this morning? BROOKE : I... kind of went to see Lucas. RACHEL : Should have seen that coming. BROOKE : Should have seen what coming? RACHEL : Well, it's obvious that you're rebounding from Nick. It's perfectly normal to want to re-tap an old keg after a breakup. BROOKE : That is not what this is about, and I don't even like beer. I'm just worried that I might have screwed up a good thing. You know, I do miss him. What if I made a mistake? RACHEL : Trust me, Brooke. You didn't. BROOKE : How I am supposed to be sure? What if I only broke up with him because I was mad at Peyton? RACHEL : What if you just realized you didn't love him anymore? (Brooke sighs. They start walking) RACHEL : Okay, look... what you need to do is focus. You are organizing tonight's basketball awards banquet. BROOKE : I can't wait to get out of here. I'm so excited graduation's coming. RACHEL : Yeah, for some of us. BROOKE : Hey, don't forget that you promised to help me decorate for the banquet today. RACHEL : Yeah, remind me to quit making drunken promises. I'll meet you there after school. I got to deal with something. BROOKE : Okay (Rachel walks by Mouth when leaving) RACHEL : Hi, Mouth. Bye, Mouth. MOUTH : Hey, Rachel. (Gigi joins Mouth and squeeze his butt. Brooke sees it and smiles) MOUTH : Gigi, hi. Didn't see you coming. GIGI : I'm sneaky like that. MOUTH : Good to know. GIGI : I just wanted to tell you I had a great time on our date. MOUTH : So did I. It was definitely not boring. GIGI : Walk me to class? MOUTH : Yeah. (Mouth take her hand and they start walking) Nathan arrives at Whitey’s office NATHAN : You wanted to see me, coach? WHITEY : Yeah. Come on in, Nathan. Have a seat. I just wanted to tell you that, uh, you're getting the most valuable player trophy at tonight's banquet. I'd like to ask Lucas to present it to you. NATHAN : Okay. WHITEY : I also found out the alumni are giving me some kind of a lifetime-achievement thing. NATHAN : Coach, that's great. You deserve it. WHITEY : I don't know. "Lifetime achievement"? Sounds like an obituary to me. It still hasn't sunk in that... tomorrow night's game is the last one I'll ever coach. NATHAN : Yeah. WHITEY : Can you keep a secret? I really want this championship. In the tutor center, a teacher is talking with a tutor. Rachel is watching from behind the door. TEACHER : Here, take Mr. Kelly's english quiz down to the tutor center and file it. Then bring me back my key, okay? Thanks. (The teacher sees Rachel) TEACHER : Miss Gatina? A little early for you to be at school, isn't it? RACHEL : Kind of. Um, quick question... if someone was failing calculus this late in the year, what would that mean? TEACHER : Well, calculus is a part of the school's core curriculum. So if one were to fail it, that student would not graduate with their class. RACHEL : That's what I thought. Thanks. (Rachel starts leaving) TEACHER : Can I give you some advice, Rachel? It's no secret you flirt your way through high school. You're a pretty girl, and you can bluff a lot of people. But you can't bluff math. Study for your final, okay? And graduate with your friends. THE CAFÉ Haley is working HALEY (shoving a customer) : Oh, I'm sorry. (Nathan walks in) NATHAN : You know, some people actually eat lunch during their lunch break. HALEY : Well, good for them. Unfortunately, we need money. I just figured I'd pick up a few extra shifts at the café. It might give us some extra breathing room. Check this out. (Haley shows him a $100 bill) NATHAN : What is this? HALEY : Breathing room. NATHAN : You made all this today? HALEY : Yeah, on one table. That's them leaving now. Hey, guys! Please come again. (It’s Daunte and Bear) DAUNTE : Count on it. NATHAN : Hey, uh, I'll see you back at school, okay? (He kiss her and leaves) HALEY : Okay. See ya. IN A SMALL ALLEE Daunte and Bear are walking and talking, Nathan arrives behind them NATHAN : Hey! This is over! Stay away from me, stay away from my wife, and forget about the state championship. It's not gonna happen. You can tell Duke whatever you want. Now we're done. DAUNTE : You really think all we're gonna do is tell Duke? BEAR : Come here! (Bear grabs him and push Nathan to the wall while Daunte grabs a steel bar) NATHAN : What?! No! Aah! DAUNTE : You want to mess around, huh?! DAUNTE (to Bear) : Hold his leg up! NATHAN : Wait! No! DAUNTE : Say goodbye to basketball! You won't play anywhere. Hell, you'll be lucky to walk again. It didn't have to come to this. (Daunte fakes hitting his leg with the bar) DAUNTE : Here's my final tip to you. Lose that game! (Daunte and Bear leave) PEYTON’S BEDROOM Peyton is sitting on her bed, eating lunch and thinking, while Derek is painting her room DEREK : You sure about the color? 'Cause this is starting to look like that scene in "The Shining" with those creepy little twins. (Peyton doesn’t answer) DEREK : Oh, am I boring you? Just say the word, and I can stop painting your room. PEYTON : I'm sorry. I'm just dealing with some stupid high school boy drama. DEREK : Lucas, huh? PEYTON : Is it that obvious? DEREK : Only to everyone. PEYTON : Everyone except Lucas. DEREK : So make it obvious to him. I don't understand why you're so afraid of your own feelings. PEYTON : Well, those feelings are what destroyed my friendship with Brooke. And I don't want to lose Lucas, too. DEREK : What have I been trying to teach you? You can't live in fear. Life is about taking risks, not being afraid to go after what you want. PEYTON : I'm just not sure this is the right time. DEREK : It never is. That's why it's called a risk. You got that banquet tonight. Ask him to go with you. PEYTON : Maybe I should. Look, I got to get back to school. But the room really is looking so much better. DEREK : I'll tell you what... I'll promise to have this room done by the time you get home if you promise to take a risk today. Deal? PEYTON : Okay. Deal. DEREK : All right. No fear! INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Nathan comes back to school and walks by Lucas LUCAS : Hey, Nathan. NATHAN : Luke, not now, okay? I'm not in the mood. LUCAS : Look, Whitey asked me to present you with the MVP award at tonight's banquet. NATHAN : If you have a problem with that, just say no. LUCAS : No, I'll do it, but before I do, I need to know if I'm presenting Nathan Scott the MVP or Nathan Scott the point shaver. NATHAN : Lucas, I don't need another lecture, okay? I didn't ask you to miss those free throws. If you don't want to give me the stupid award, then just don't. LUCAS : You told me this was over, Nathan. Just promise me that it is. (Nathan doesn’t answer and leave) OUTSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Brooke is walking with a to go box in her hand and stops in front of Peyton BROOKE : Peyton, I brought you something. Thought you could use it. (She gives Peyton the box who open it. It’s empty) PEYTON : Am I missing something? BROOKE : It's a to-go box... you know, since you're screwing my leftovers. PEYTON : Really, Brooke? You seriously went through the trouble of bringing me an actual to-go box? BROOKE : At least you're a dedicated bitch. PEYTON : Says the dedicated slut. For the record, I'm not screwing Lucas. I know you have trouble comprehending two people in bed together actually just sleeping. BROOKE : Remember, Peyton, I gave Lucas to you, and I can take him back whenever I want. PEYTON : Brooke, are you listening to yourself? If you decide to get back with Lucas, you better mean it, 'cause he deserves to be with somebody who loves him. BROOKE : Someone like you? (Brooke leaves her and walk to Lucas) BROOKE : Luke, can I talk to you? LUCAS : Well, that depends. You're gonnna bite my head off ? BROOKE : Uh, sounds like fun, but probably too many people around for that. LUCAS : Look, about this morning... BROOKE : Listen, you don't have to explain. It's none of my business. I shouldn't have interrupted. LUCAS : Well, you weren't interrupting anything. Peyton's been sleeping over 'cause that crazy stalker guy's been missing. But they finally caught him, so she's safe now. BROOKE : So she won't be sleeping over anymore. LUCAS : No. But even if she was, you know, why would you care? BROOKE : Luke, the reason that I came over this morning was to ask if you wanted to go to the banquet with me. LUCAS : You mean, like a date? BROOKE : Or as friends. We should be able to be friends, right? LUCAS : Yeah, I kind of remember asking you that same question once. BROOKE : And you were right, okay? I know that now. So, what do you say? LUCAS : Yeah. I'll go to the banquet with you. BROOKE : Okay. I'll see you later, then. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Rachel enters the tutor center and finds Haley HALEY : In case you were wondering, the nurse's office is still the best place to treat a venereal disease. RACHEL : That's good to know. Actually, I was looking for you. I need you to tutor me. HALEY : Oh, god, she's serious. RACHEL : I'm failing calculus, and if I don't pass, I won't be able to graduate with my friends. HALEY : Remind me who your friends are again. RACHEL : Look, Haley, I know we've had our differences. HALEY : You think? RACHEL : I've seen what you can do with some of those brain-d*ad losers at our school, and I'm actually smart. I've just skipped too many classes, and I can't catch up on my own. HALEY : Well, if you're really committed to this, I will be happy to recommend another tutor to you. But I can't help you personally. It's not possible. RACHEL : Oh, I figured you'd be all booked up. HALEY : No, no. I have plenty of time. I just can't stand you. THE CAFÉ Karen is working, Dan arrives KAREN : Five visits in one week... I think you've just become my most loyal customer. What can I get you? DAN : Actually, I came by to see if you were going to the awards banquet tonight. KAREN : Yeah, I wouldn't miss it. DAN : Well, in that case, how about we go together? (Karen seems surprise) DAN : Not as a date... just two people attending the same event, riding in the same car, possibly sitting at the same table. KAREN : Look, Dan, I appreciate everything that you've done for me lately, but I can't. I'm sorry. DAN : No, I understand. I'll see you there. (Dan leaves) INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Peyton is in front of her locker, Lucas joins her LUCAS : Hey, Sawyer. Thanks for diting me at lunch. PEYTON : Sorry. Derek's repainting my room. I figured the least I could do is keep him company. LUCAS : You two are getting pretty close, huh? PEYTON : Um, I guess so. He's still annoying as hell. He seems to have an opinion about everything. LUCAS : Remind you of anyone? PEYTON : Uh, if you mean you, then, yes... So, look, I was wondering. Do you want to go to the banquet tonight, like, together? LUCAS : I'd love to, Peyton... but I... I don't know. There's some weirdness going on between you and Brooke right now. PEYTON : What does that have to do with us going to the banquet together? LUCAS : I already told Brooke I'd go with her. PEYTON : Oh... LUCAS : I feel bad. It would just be great if we could all go together. PEYTON : No. No. It's... it's cool. Really, it's not a big deal. I just didn't know you two... LUCAS : No, no, no, no. I don't know if we are. I guess I'll find out tonight. Wish me luck. THE BANQUET’S ROOM Rachel and Brooke are there for the organization BROOKE : Look at this thing. (They look at some flowers) BROOKE : These are ugly. RACHEL : Yeah, they're pretty ugly. Who cares? BROOKE : I do. I don't want tacky flowers sucking the energy out of the room. RACHEL : Why are you so concerned about this stupid banquet? BROOKE : 'Cause I asked Lucas to go with me. RACHEL : Brooke, what are you thinking? Go sleep with him if you're horny. Don't go to the banquet with him. What you're feeling isn't real. BROOKE : Well, maybe you're wrong. These are wrong. RACHEL : You know what this means, don't you? You have a date for tonight, and I don't. BROOKE : Well, you may not have a date, but you have a seating chart you can help me with. RACHEL : Oh. Well, you've got a problem. Do you realize who you have sitting at this table? BROOKE : I know exactly who I have sitting at that table. RACHEL : Then we are in for a fun night. BROOKE : Yeah. (Mouth arrives) MOUTH : Hey. RACHEL : Oh, Mouth. I need you to be my date for the banquet tonight. I'll pick you up at 6:00. And don't wear the drakkar. MOUTH : Sorry, Rachel, I'm going with Gigi. In fact, um, I better go home and get ready. But the room looks really great, you guys. Those flowers are awesome. BROOKE : Okay, we are losing the flowers. And it looks like you're going solo. Sorry. (Brooke leaves) RACHEL : Or not. (Rachel writes something on the seating chart) PEYTON’S BEDROOM Derek is alone, his cell phone rings DEREK : Hello? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I understand. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. (He hang up, Peyton enters and watch the room, done painting) PEYTON : Are you kidding me? This place looks great! I can't believe you finished. DEREK : Just holding up my end of the bargain. The question is, did you? PEYTON : Yeah. I took a risk. DEREK : Are you gonna leave me hanging? PEYTON : He's going to the banquet with Brooke. DEREK : I'm sorry, Peyton. At least you put yourself out there. I'm proud of you. PEYTON : Thanks. So, I kind of need a favor. Um, will you go with me? And I'm not sure I can handle another "no." DEREK : I'd be honored to. PEYTON : Cool. DEREK : You got a special place for this? (Derek shows her her drawing “People always leave”) PEYTON : I used to. I don't think I need it anymore. THE CAFÉ Lucas enters, Haley is there, Karen too LUCAS : Hey. HALEY : Hey! I heard you're presenting Nathan with the MVP award tonight. That's awesome. Do you need a ride? We could swing by and pick you up on our way. LUCAS : Uh, actually, um, I'm going with Brooke. HALEY : Rewind. When did this happen? LUCAS : She asked me today. HALEY : Are you guys back together? LUCAS : You guys think I'm crazy. HALEY : No, I... KAREN : I don't think you're crazy, Luke. I mean, maybe Brooke thinks she's made a mistake. Everybody deserves a second chance. HALEY : I agree. I think you guys are good together. (Lucas laughs) HALEY : Oh, hey... Rachel asked me to tutor her. LUCAS : You're tutoring Rachel? HALEY : Hell, no. I said she asked me. LUCAS : Wait, wait, wait... What happened to second chances? HALEY : Uh, Rachel's had plenty of second chances, and every time, she's proven her true colors. LUCAS : I'm just saying. Look, people make mistakes. But if they're willing to put the past behind them, then maybe we should, too. Right, mom? (Karen is thinking) KAREN : Right. Right. (Karen leaves) OUTSIDE DAN’S HOUSE Karen rings the bell, all dressed up. Dan opens the door KAREN : It's not a date. INSIDE THE BANQUET Dan and Karen arrive, Tim’s mom sees them SHARI : Wow! Déjà vu! Dan Scott and Karen Roe, together again. I hear you're pregnant, too. It is just like our high school prom. KAREN : Shari, is your son Tim even on the basketball team anymore? SHARI : Actually, Timmy is doing really well. He's at a private institution that focuses specifically on each student's strengths and weaknesses. DAN : Just say he's slow, Shari. Inside the room, Mouth walks to his table with Gigi, Rachel is there MOUTH : Rachel, are we at the same table? (Mouth find Rachel’s name right beside his) RACHEL : Sort of. MOUTH : I think there's been a mistake. Where's Gigi supposed to sit? RACHEL : Oh, Gigi, I'm sorry. You were a last-minute add, so I had to seat you at another table. GIGI : That's okay, 'cause now I've got the best seat in the house. (Gigi sits on Mouth lap) RACHEL : Let me get you a chair. Peyton arrives with Derek PEYTON : We're at table five. (They walk to their table, where everybody is already there, Lucas, Brooke, Nathan, Haley, Mouth, Gigi and Rachel ) DEREK (whispers to Peyton) : No fear. Later, everybody is seated, nobody is talking. It seems awkward PEYTON : Everyone, for those of you who don't know, this is my brother Derek... the real one. MOUTH : Hey. DEREK : How you doing? NATHAN : Nice to meet you. DEREK :What's up? HALEY : Hey. (Brooke and Peyton look at each other, Brooke doesn’t say anything) DEREK : So, guys, is Tree Hill gonna win the state championship this year? LUCAS : I don't know. Hey, Nathan, are we gonna win tomorrow? NATHAN : We're gonna try. (It seems awkward again) PEYTON : Anybody else need a drink? (Gigi raises her hand, Peyton stand up and leave with Derek) BROOKE : Well, he seems nice... Derek. LUCAS : Yeah, he's a good guy. You should really get to know him. BROOKE : What's the point? Besides, tonight's about us, right? Dan and Karen are at their table, watching Nathan and Haley DAN : How's Haley doing? KAREN : She's, uh, grown into a strong woman. I can't believe she's gonna be a mom. It seems like yesterday that she was coming and asking Lucas to come out and play. DAN : You know, they're definitely young. But at least they have each other. Nathan's gonna be a great father. Karen, I realize you have no regrets, but I do. I just need you to know that. Everybody applause as Lucas starts his speech LUCAS : Good evening, everybody. Tonight, I've been asked to present a very important award to a very important person. The most valuable player award honors not only the best player on the court, but also a true leader off the court. An MVP leads a team not only in points or rebounds, but also leads by example. And we are very proud to follow in the footsteps of our leader and our most valuable player, Nathan Scott. (Nathan stand up and goes get his award LUCAS : You're our leader, Nate. NATHAN : I'm, uh, I'm not very good at speeches, so I just wanted to thank my teammates... guys... and, most of all, coach Whitey Durham for, uh, giving me a year that I'll always remember. Thanks, coach. I appreciate. Thanks. Later, Brooke comes to see Haley BROOKE : Hey, proud wifey. HALEY : Hi. Did Nathan look nervous to you at all? BROOKE : Well, he looked like the star of the basketball team. HALEY : Yeah, he did, didn't he? BROOKE : Yeah. Um, okay. Rachel told me she asked you for tutoring help, and you turned her down. HALEY : Yeah. Can you blame me? She's been hitting on Nathan for a month. BROOKE : I know. I know. She has flaws... big ones. But, deep down, I promise you, she's a really good person. HALEY : Oh, my god, you and Lucas with your second chances. I cannot help her! BROOKE : Okay. I'm not saying you have to tutor her. I'm just saying she's been really good to me lately. So think about it, okay? Outside the room, Peyton is sitting alone, Derek joins her DEREK : Hey, private, you hanging in there? PEYTON : Trying my best. Thanks for coming with me tonight. Without you, I would have left a long time ago. DEREK : Peyton, I need to tell you something. My unit is deploying in 24 hours. PEYTON : "Deploying"? I take it that's Marine for you're leaving? DEREK : I leave for assignment tomorrow. PEYTON : How long have you known? DEREK : I got the call today. I was waiting for the right time to tell you. I'm supposed to be back at the base by now. PEYTON : Why aren't you? DEREK : Because my little sister needed me. PEYTON : I guess I should have let you hang that drawing. Inside the room, Principal Turner is making a speech TURNER : As most of you know, tomorrow night is coach Whitey Durham's final game. And to show our appreciation for his dedication and excellence, we present him tonight with a lifetime-achievement award. So, without further ado, I give you your coach, Whitey Durham. (Whitey stand up, as everybody in the assistance, to give his speech) WHITEY : You do realize we have one more game to play. Let me tell you... this award means an awful lot to me. I might have given a lifetime to this team... but the players... the players have given me so much more. You know, basketball was my first love. And, as most of you in here realize, you don't forget your first love. My only regret is that I can't share this wonderful moment with the other love of my life... my late wife, Camilla. Camilla was the only person who ever fully understood me. Being with her made everything else seem less important. The moment I met her, I knew that I was looking at my future. And I knew no person could ever come between us. I know Camilla would have liked this group of boys. I want to thank them. And I want to thank all of you for allowing me... to spend a lifetime with my first love. Thank you. (Whitey is crying) (Nathan goes to see Dan) NATHAN : Dad, I need to talk to you. DAN : Excuse me. OUTSIDE THE BANQUET Dan joins Nathan NATHAN : I'm in trouble, dad. DAN : How bad is it? NATHAN : Bad enough that I need you. I borrowed some money from these guys, and I couldn't pay them back, so... they asked me to shave a few points in the last game. DAN : Tell me you didn't do it. (Nathan doesn’t answer) DAN : How could you be so stupid?! NATHAN : I came to you for help! I needed you, and you said no! I didn't have a choice! And now they want me to throw the state championship tomorrow night. You got to help me, dad. DAN : Tell me their names. NATHAN : Daunte and Bear. DAN : Damn it, Nathan. Go back inside. I'll take care of this. (Nathan starts leaving) NATHAN : Dad... I'm sorry. INSIDE THE BANQUET Dan comes back inside to see Karen DAN : I'm sorry, Karen. Something urgent came up. I have to go. KAREN : That's okay. I can find another ride home. DAN : Are you sure? KAREN : Yeah. I'll be fine. It's not like this was a date or anything, remember? DAN : If you say so. (Dan leave) Peyton is pouring some punch, Brooke joins her BROOKE : I just have one question. PEYTON : What, no props? BROOKE : If you're sleeping in Lucas' bed, why haven't you told him how you feel? PEYTON : Brooke, I told you I was not gonna say anything to Lucas until it was over between the two of you. So, yes, if you had moved on, then I probably would have said something by now, but... you haven't dated anybody since Lucas. BROOKE : You had your chance, Peyton. You should have said something. PEYTON : It doesn't matter now, does it? Looks like the two of you are getting back together. BROOKE : I was mad at you when I asked him to come with me tonight. PEYTON : So you invited him out of spite? BROOKE : No, not at first. Now I don't know anymore. (Brooke leave) INSIDE NIGHTCLUB Dan comes to see Daunte and Bear who are with hookers DAUNTE : Mayor Dan Scott. BEAR : Are we sitting at your table, Danny? DAN : I understand you've had a little misunderstanding with my son. Now, we're all businessmen, so, uh, how much is it gonna take to make this all go away? (Dan takes his checkbook) DAN : Take a hike, bitches. BEAR : Daunte? DAUNTE : All right. Go on. Go on. (The hookers leave) DAUNTE : Let me ask you a question, Mr. Mayor. Where the hell do you think you are? Think you can settle this with a checkbook? Unless you're prepared to write a check for all the money that the gamblers stand to win tomorrow night when your son loses... or, rather, your sons. DAN : You don't scare me. You're just a couple of punks. And this is what's gonna happen. You stay away from my son, whether I give you money or not. Do you understand? (Two bodyguards approach the table, Daunte stops them with a sign) DAUNTE : It's awful comforting having so many people close to you, isn't it? For example, your ex-wife, your cute little daughter-in-law... BEAR ; A couple sons. DAUNTE : Oh, and let's not forget Karen Roe and her baby. Be an awful shame if the ground next to your brother Keith started getting real crowded, don't you think? Here's a tip for you, Mr. Mayor. Bet against the Ravens tomorrow night. Make yourself some money. Get the hell out of here. (Dan leave) INSIDE THE BANQUET The banquet is done, Nathan and Haley are talking HALEY : I'm so proud of you. NATHAN : I wish people would stop saying that. HALEY : Why? What is going on with you? You've been so distant all day. Is it the game? NATHAN : No. I'm fine. I'm just... I'm feeling a lot of pressure lately, I guess. HALEY : I'm sorry. NATHAN : Yeah, you know what? For the first time in a while, I think everything's gonna be okay. HALEY : Good. So, uh, I got to ask your advice on something. NATHAN : All right. HALEY : Rachel asked me to tutor her. NATHAN : And... HALEY : I just wanted to know what you thought I should do. NATHAN : Well, I remember, not too long ago, I needed a tutor, and you set aside your feelings and agreed to help me. HALEY : Do not compare yourself to Rachel. NATHAN : Well, we all make mistakes... all of us. Look, you do what you want to do. But I think you should know that, when I was freaking out about the whole pregnancy thing, Rachel was the one that got through to me. HALEY : Oh, god. I'm gonna have to tutor Rachel, aren't I? NATHAN : Yeah. HALEY : Yeah. OUTSIDE THE BANQUET Peyton is alone, Derek joins her DEREK : I better get back to the base before they think I went awol. I'll drop you off on the way. PEYTON : It's actually a really beautiful night. I was thinking maybe I'd walk. DEREK : You sure you want to do that? PEYTON : "No fear," right? I haven't walked by myself since psycho Derek disappeared... the other one. It would be nice to walk home by myself. DEREK : Peyton Sawyer, wanting to be alone. Look how far you've come. PEYTON : It's because of you. So I'm... I'm kind of a pro at this next part, the "goodbye" part. People always leave. Remember? You'll be careful, right? DEREK : Don't worry about me. I won't go trying to be a hero or anything. PEYTON : Sure, you will. (Peyton starts crying) PEYTON : Come here. (They hug) DEREK : I'll be back, Peyton. PEYTON : I believe you. Thanks. OUTSIDE BROOKE’S HOUSE Lucas escorts Brooke to her doorstep BROOKE : Lucas, don't hate me, okay? But I think that this was a mistake. LUCAS : So do I. BROOKE : You do? LUCAS : I... I missed you so much... when you broke up with me, Brooke. I mean, I spent every day hoping that maybe we'd get back together. But... listening to Whitey describe his life with Camilla, I just realized that... BROOKE : He wasn't describing us. (Lucas nods) BROOKE : Do you think that even exists anymore? LUCAS : What? BROOKE : A love so strong that no person can come between it. LUCAS : I sure hope so. BROOKE : Yeah. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. So, where does this leave us? LUCAS : Friends? BROOKE : Friends. (They shake their hands, then hug) INSIDE THE BANQUET Haley come to find Rachel HALEY : Rachel? RACHEL : Haley. HALEY : Look, I will tutor you on three conditions. The first one is that you have to work around my schedule. I'm working a ton of hours right now, and I really don't care if it disrupts your social life. The second is, if you miss one session, it's over. Got it? RACHEL : Got it. So, what's the third condition? HALEY : No matter how nice I seem, you have to remember... that I can't stand you. Okay? INSIDE DAN’S HOUSE Dan is sitting on his couch, Nathan arrives NATHAN : Did you talk to them? DAN : Yeah. NATHAN : What are we gonna do, dad? DAN : You're gonna lose the state championship. PEYTON’S BEDROOM Peyton is alone, sad. Lucas enters LUCAS : Now, this is more like it. Listen, I just wanted to say I'm sorry that we didn't get to spend more time together tonight. PEYTON : How'd it go with Brooke? BROOKE : I realized tonight that it's over between me and Brooke. And... she realized it, too. (After a blank) PEYTON : I love you, Lucas. LUCAS : I love you, too, Peyton. PEYTON : You don't understand. I've been holding this in for a really long time. And you just need to know. I love you. I'm in love with you.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x08 - Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... LUCAS : You want to join the Ravens? SKILLS : If it's gonna get me a scholarship. HALEY : I'm pregnant. NATHAN : I'm having money problems, dad. It's serious, and I need your help. DAN : You' not an investment I'm interested in. PEYTON : I'm not screwing Lucas. BROOKE : I gave Lucas to you, and I can take him back whenever I want. BROOKE : Tonight's about us, right? BROOKE : Why haven't you told him how you feel? PEYTON : Doesn't matter now, does it? HALEY : I will tutor you. You have to remember that I can't stand you. NATHAN : There's no reason you guys should be here. DAUNTE : State championship. NATHAN : I'm not gonna lose that game. WHITEY : Tomorrow night's game is the last one I'll ever coach. I really want this championship. DAUNTE : Say goodbye to basketball. NATHAN : No! DAUNTE : Lose that game. NATHAN : I'm in trouble, dad. DAN : How could you be so stupid? DAN : How much is it gonna take to make this all go away? DAUNTE : Be an awful shame if the ground next to your brother Keith started getting really crowded, don't you think ? Bet against the Ravens tomorrow night. Make yourself some money. NATHAN : What are we gonna do, dad? DAN : You're gonna lose the state championship. LUCAS : I realized tonight that it's over between me and Brooke. PEYTON : I love you, Lucas. ONE TREE HILL We see Whitey alone in the street, obviously after the game SPORTS ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : And there is no joy in Tree Hill tonight because the Ravens have lost the state championship. Whitey Durham is the picture of a broken man, and you have to wonder if this opportunity will ever come around again for the Tree Hill Ravens. We see Nathan sitting on the floor, crying SPORTS ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : There are tears, and there are questions, starting with what got into Scott? I mean, he's got a lot of explaining to do. We see Peyton crying in her room SPORTS ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : No doubt about it... hearts are breaking in Tree Hill tonight. Flashback to the end of the last episode PEYTON : I love you, Lucas. LUCAS : I love you, too, Peyton. We've been through so much together. PEYTON : You don't... you don't understand. I've been holding this in for a really long time. And I need you to know... I love you. I'm in love with you. LUCAS : Oh. RIVERCOURT AT NIGHT Lucas is playing alone, Nathan arrives NATHAN : You look like crap. LUCAS : Yeah, just been dealing with some stuff, you know? Besides, I'm way too wired to sleep. Do you realize, in less than 24 hours, we're gonna be state champs? NATHAN : I don't think so. LUCAS : What? Come on, man. With you, me, Skills... no way Pontiac beats us, you know? NATHAN : We can't win it, Luke. We're not going to. I needed the money, okay? (Lucas gets angry) LUCAS : You said it was over... that it was just one game. NATHAN : It was just one game. They said it was just one game, okay? But... now we have to lose, okay ? LUCAS : Nathan, what are you talking about? This is Whitey's last game ever. He's been chasing this dream for 35 years. What about Whitey? Or Mouth? Or Skills, with college? What about me, Nate? This is the last game I'll ever play. NATHAN : I'm sorry. (Nathan starts leaving) LUCAS : You know... the night before I joined the team, we battled each other on this court. I guess we'll be doing the same thing tomorrow. NATHAN : Lucas, you only play 15 minutes a game. You can't change this. LUCAS : I can try. And I hated you that night we played. I thought you changed, but... guess I was wrong. THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM AT TREE HILL GYM Mouth is recording a tape MOUTH : Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to what may be the biggest day in the history of Tree Hill Ravens basketball. 10,000 fans will pack the RBC Center tonight to see the Ravens battle top-ranked Pontiac high-school for the state championship. For coach Whitey Durham, only 32 minutes remain in a long and storied career. (Whitey enters the room) WHITEY : A little early, aren't you? MOUTH : I know, coach, but... I've been waiting for this day my whole life. WHITEY : Me too, son. Me too. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is getting ready, Skills is there SKILLS : You said, "oh"? Hold on. Peyton say, "I'm in love with you," and you say, "oh." Nice work, player. LUCAS : She caught me by surprise. What was I supposed to say? SKILLS : Not "oh." Okay, what else did you say? LUCAS : I mumbled something about us being friends, and then I left. SKILLS : And you believe that... that you and P. Sawyer are just friends? LUCAS : Look, you know what, Skills? For a long time, I thought that maybe we'd be something more. It just never seemed to work out. So at a certain point, you got to face the fact that it's not meant to be. SKILLS : Even if she wants more? LUCAS : She's just a little confused... she's had a hard year, and I happened to be there to rescue her a few times. SKILLS : So maybe you're the one who confused... 'cause you didn't just happen to rescue her a few times. You didn't just happen to run back into school that day or save her from psycho Derek. Peyton happened to be there, but you chose to be there. So maybe you ought to think about that. TUTOR CENTER Haley is tutoring Rachel HALEY : No, when the boy buys the balloon, it's a total volume of one cubic foot. So if he blows up the balloon at .1 cubic feet per minute, how fast is the radius of the balloon increasing when he only blows it up halfway? RACHEL : I don't know about the balloon, but this blows. When am I gonna ever need to know this? HALEY : I don't know. Probably when you're failing calculus and want to graduate. Oh wait, that's right now. Okay, let's take a look at Mr. Miller's last test. (Haley takes a key from her wallet, and open a cabinet) RACHEL : Why don't we take a look at Mr. Miller's next test? That's where they keep them, right? HALEY : How do you know that? RACHEL : I hear things. So, how come if you're a student, you have access to all the tests? It's no wonder you have a 4.0 GPA. HALEY : Are you kidding me? It's called an honor system, and it's not like I can access tests to my own classes. RACHEL : You and Nathan need a few extra bucks. I need a few answers. So how about you sell me the test? Name your price. HALEY : Do you know the meaning of the word "honor"? Of course you don't. It's you. You know, I really... I just can't deal with this right now. Let's just pick this up at the game. RACHEL : The game? The state championship? You really do hate me, don't you? HALEY : Yep. See you later. (Haley leaves and Rachel looks at the cabinet) SCOTT’S HOUSE Deb is alone in her bedroom. Karen comes to visit her KAREN : We missed you at the banquet. Your son was named the team's MVP. DEB : Karen... KAREN : Take a shower, get dressed, and see if you can find what's left of your dignity. Nathan is playing his last high-school basketball game ever, and you're going to it whether you like it or not. INSIDE THE BUS The team his going to the game SKILLS (to Lucas) : So, check it out. I got Scouts from three different schools coming to watch us play tonight. Man, we win this thing, I'm gonna have my pick of scholarships. LUCAS (to Nathan) : So you gonna tell him he's not going to college or should I? NATHAN : It's one game. It's one high-school basketball game. You think it really matters if we don't win? LUCAS : I don't know. How about you ask them? (They look at all the team and all the cars following the bus, honking) INSIDE RACHEL’S CAR Rachel, Brooke, Haley, Peyton and Bevin are going to the game BROOKE : I can't believe Whitey wouldn't let us ride the bus. And thanks to Haley, we're gonna miss the game because you had to stop and pee every other mile. This sucks. HALEY : Brooke, I'm pregnant, and I'm not feeling very well. BROOKE : I don't mean it sucks because we're gonna be late, honey. I mean, it sucks because Peyton's here. RACHEL : You guys seriously need to work things out. I mean, when I was in fat-girl therapy... (There is a blank) RACHEL : Maybe role-playing. It's when everyone speaks as someone else. It might help. It could make things really horrible. That could be fun, too. HALEY : Okay, I'll go first. My name's Rachel, and I'm a dumbass who's failing calculus, and I really like to ht on married guys. RACHEL : See? Fun. Kind of like when I slept with Nathan. Damn, that was good. BROOKE : Okay. Peyton here. I like to steal boys, but I'm afraid to tell them how I feel. BROOKE : Speaking of stealing... Hi, I'm Brooke, and I stole my friend Peyton's artwork so I could put it on my clothing line, and I never even said thank you. BROOKE : Okay, Peyton here again. Have I mentioned that if you love me, you're probably gonna die soon? See mothers one and two. HALEY : Brooke. BEVIN : My name's Rachel, and I have red hair. (Peyton ht Brooke and they start to fight) BROOKE : Oh, I am gonna kick your ass. HALEY : Hey, hey, stop it. Stop it! KAREN’S CAR Karen and Deb are going to the game DEB : I never congratulated you on your pregnancy. Although you have to admit it's pretty strange. KAREN : Strange? How? DEB : How Keith was there for Dan's child and now Dan wants to be there for Keith's. (Deb takes some pills) KAREN : You really gonna do that to Nathan? It's one night, Deb. It's one night for your son. (Deb swallows the pills) CHEERLEADERS ROOM The cheerleaders are waiting in a room. Rachel is studying with Haley. Haley doesn’t seem feeling well RACHEL : You know, the pacing's not gonna make me any smarter. Besides, the stress can't be good for the baby. HALEY : I'm not pacing for you. I'm pacing for Nathan. He's worked most of his life for this. I just want it to be perfect for him. RACHEL : Just so you know, I wouldn't have slept with him, even if he wanted to. But we definitely would have made out. HALEY : Can you just finish the exam? I have to go to the bathroom again. Brooke is putting some make up and Peyton is listening to her I-pod not far from her PEYTON : You were wrong. You said in the car that I was afraid to tell Lucas that I loved him, but I did. I told him last night. He doesn't want to be with me. You can smile now. (Peyton leaves) THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM Nathan is listening to some music. Skills comes to see Lucas SKILLS : You believe this, man? Me and my boy representing for the river court. (Skills grabs Lucas’ pills) SKILLS : Hey, how these pills work, anyway? I mean, how they keep you alive? LUCAS : They slow down my heart rate so I can't go full-speed. That's why Whitey only lets me play part time. SKILLS : Maybe he only play you part time 'cause he got me full time. LUCAS : Listen, I got to talk to you. Nathan's gonna throw the game tonight. Remember when we saw him talking to that Daunte guy? He's going to. SKILLS : We got to tell Whitey, man. LUCAS : No, we can't. That'll break his heart more than losing this game. SKILLS : What about my heart? What about your heart? What about the other nine guys on the team? LUCAS : I know. And that's why we got to win this game... you and me. SKILLS : How? LUCAS : We freeze out Nathan... and play the game of our lives. (Skills leaves and Lucas chooses to not take his medication) CHEERLEADERS ROOM Haley is still in the bathroom BROOKE : Haley? Come on, you've been in there forever. We got to go. Haley... (Brooke opens the door and finds Haley on the floor, in bad shape) PEYTON : Oh, my god. INSIDE THE GYM THE CROWD : Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM All the team is sitting, Whitey enters the room WHITEY : Let's go. THE HOSPITAL The girls are waiting with Haley to see a doctor. She’s really hurt BROOKE : How you doing, Haley? HALEY : Not so good. PEYTON : I'm sure you'll be next. Maybe we should try to get in touch with Nathan. HALEY : No, I don't want him to know, not during the game. NURSE : Sara Lestage? RACHEL : Okay, this is a bunch of crap. Come on. (Rachel and Bevin stand up to go see the nurse) RACHEL : Look, our friend has been waiting a long time. NURSE : So? BROOKE : So? She's pregnant, and she's in a lot of pain. NURSE : Well, look, I know you cheerleaders expect special treatment, but guess what... I never liked the cheerleaders in my school. RACHEL : It's probably because you looked like that. NURSE : Guess who's gonna wait a little longer now. PEYTON : Like hell she is. Come on, Haley. (Peyton takes Haley and all the girls start to go inside the emergency room) NURSE : Excuse me! I'll call security. BROOKE : Yeah, call security. Why don't you call the police? And tell them you're discriminating against cheerleaders. PEYTON : Can we get a doctor, please? NURSE : Listen to me. I don't care how special you are in your little high school. You can't just barge in here. (A doctor arrives) DOCTOR : What's going on? PEYTON : What's going on is that our friend is pregnant and she's in a lot of pain and this bitch is about to get her ass kicked. DOCTOR : Okay, just calm down. I'll take a look at her. You can all wait in the lobby and cheer for something. HALEY : Thanks, you guys. BROOKE : You're gonna be okay, Haley. PEYTON : Slut. RACHEL : Bitch. BROOKE : Whore. BEVIN : Thank you. INSIDE THE GYM Daunte and bear are walking by Dan DAUNTE : Great day for basketball. Better day for making some money. DAN : Thanks to you, Nathan's gonna carry the shame of this with him for the rest of his life. DAUNTE : Maybe you should have helped him out when he needed it. INSIDE KAREN’S CAR KAREN : Oh, we are almost there, Deb. Deb? (Deb felt asleep) THE HOSPITAL Haley is with the doctor DOCTOR : You're gonna be fine. Ligament pain brought on by stress is common. Your test results don't reveal anything abnormal. Here's your term of your pregnancy, your baby's sex. T-cell count is normal. HALEY : My baby's sex. DOCTOR : Um... I'm sorry. Did you not want to know? HALEY : No, it's okay. INSIDE THE GYM The game is about to begin. MOUTH : Okay, folks, this is the one we've all been waiting for. It's the Tree Hill Ravens and Pontiac High School for the North Carolina state basketball championship, brought to you by Chili's. GIGI : I want my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back... barbecue sauce. MOUTH : Gigi Silveri, ladies and gentlemen. TEAM : 1, 2, 3... Ravens! (Nathan looks at the cheerleader and don’t see Haley) NATHAN : Where's Haley at? LUCAS : She's probably putting money down on Pontiac. MOUTH : Pontiac's Jarvis Hays will jump it up against Tree Hill's Nathan Scott. (The game starts) MOUTH : And the Ravens win the tip. NATHAN : Ball! Ball! Skills, give me the ball! Ball! Come on! LUCAS : Give me the ball, men! MOUTH : Lucas Scott with the first basket of the night. He looked a lot like the old Lucas on that sht. Another turnover by Nathan Scott, and Jarvis slams it home. Pontiac leads by 9. NATHAN : Ball! Ball! Ball! Come on, give me the ball! MOUTH : Skills takes it to the hoop and scores. The Ravens still trail by 10. Jarvis beats Scott again for another slam dunk. Lucas Scott with another sht in. He sure picked the right night to have his best game of the season. Still, the Ravens are digging a deep hole against this great Pontiac team. THE HOSPITAL Brooke and Peyton are waiting for Haley BROOKE : So, what exactly did he say to you... Lucas, when you told him. PEYTON : Oh. BROOKE : What? PEYTON : He said, "oh." BROOKE : Boys can be so dumb. PEYTON : Yeah, well, I probably shouldn't have been surprised. I asked him once who he wanted next to him when his dreams came true. He said you. BROOKE : Why would you tell me that? PEYTON : I would have given anything to hear him say me. INSIDE THE GYM The game is still on MOUTH : Scott tries to double-team, but Hays beats it, and Pontiac scores again. SKILLS : Hey, Nate how about you get off the floor, man? NATHAN : Why don't you get off my ass? SKILLS : How about I bat your ass instead? NATHAN : Come on, I dare you. (Skills and Nathan start fighting) MOUTH : Just before halftime, and a fight has broken out between the Tree Hill Ravens... and the Tree Hill Ravens. Well, that's how we started this season. I guess that's how we'll end it. At the half end, Pontiac's leading Tree Hill, 36... to 21. SPORTS ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : I have to say it's incredibly unfortunate how the Ravens have come apart at the seams. After hanging together through thick and thin, through good times and bad, for these Ravens to fall this far is stunning. And the worst thing about it all is this... I mean, after a stellar career, perhaps the best ever to wear a Ravens uniform, you find yourself questioning Scott's character. To walk away from the game on these terms is shameful. It's a disgrace, really. Whitey Durham is the picture of a broken man, and you have to wonder if this opportunity will ever come around again for the Tree Hill Ravens. THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM Whitey turn off the radio WHITEY : That was 18 years ago. Most of you weren't even born yet. Back then, I didn't know that there'd only be one chance to erase those words... this chance. The rest of your life is a long time. If you lose, you lose. But don't lose this way... playing selfish, bickering with each other on the court. I promise you... it'll stay with you. It'll stay with you. INSIDE THE GYM The team goes back to the game. Haley catches Nathan HALEY : Six turnovers... that's not the Nathan Scott I know. NATHAN : I got worried when I didn't see you. It's okay. Everything's fine. Everything's fine. NATHAN : I need to ask you a question. If I don't go to Duke, if I don't play college basketball... I mean, if today is the best it ever gets for me... will that be enough? HALEY : Of course. Nathan, as long as you're a good husband and a good father... to your son. It's a boy, Nathan. You're gonna have a son. Although, I have to tell you, someday he's gonna tease his father for playing like crap in the state championship. You might want to change that. Later, the game is on again MOUTH : And Nathan Scott has come out on fre in the second half, taking the ball to the hole on the Ravens' first three possessions. Pontiac's lead cut to 9. LUCAS : What do you think you're doing? NATHAN : Trying to win this game. You gonna help me? LUCAS : No. But you can help me. MOUTH : A steal by Lucas Scott, and the Ravens are heating up. GIGI : Oh, they're already hot, Mouth. MOUTH : Another dunk by Jarvis Hays, and the Pontiac team goes back to 11. Taylor knocks the ball away. Lucas Scott heaves a long pass to Nathan Scott, who slams it with authority. Ravens back within 9. Pass Skills to Scott, who lays it in. What teamwork. And the lead now only 5 with time running out in the third period. With just under six minutes left in the game... Skills to Scott, to Scott, and yes! Another basket and the Ravens strike back at Pontiac once again. We're early in the fourth quarter, and we got ourselves a ball game. REHAB CENTER Deb is waking up in a room SPORTS ANNOUNCER : Tree Hill has whittled the once-commanding Pontiac academy lead down to 5 now. NURSE : It's okay, Mrs. Scott. Welcome back. DEB : Back to where? NURSE : You're in a chemical-dependency treatment facility. If it helps... your son is playing great. (The TV is on) SPORTS ANNOUNCER : Nathan Scott has really turned it on here in the second half, leading his team's comeback. INSIDE DAN’S CAR He left the game and decides to turn on the radio MOUTH : Well, if you stuck around, you've been rewarded as Nathan Scott is leading the Ravens on what just might be the greatest turnaround in state championship history. (Dan makes a U-turn) INSIDE THE GYM The game is still on THE CROWD : Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! BEAR : They won't win. The kid's just making it close. DAUNTE : Bear, I sincerely hope you're right. MOUTH : Pontiac trying to seal the victory. Jarvis' sht. Blocked by Lucas Scott! Out of bounds, but Pontiac's still in possession. WHITEY : Skills, go back in for Lucas. MOUTH : Looks like coach Durham's putting Skills Taylor back in the game for Lucas Scott. LUCAS : Come on, coach, we're almost all the way back. I know I'm only supposed to play 15 minutes, but this is my last game. WHITEY : Feeling good? LUCAS : I feel great. WHITEY : Good. Let's keep it that way. Have a seat. WHITEY (shouting) : Let's zone up the inbounds! (Karen enters the gym) MOUTH : Skills Taylor with a deep 3! Wow! Ravens within 2 points with only 1:45 left in the game. Pontiacs with the ball. Clock winding down. Jarvis to the hoop! Rejected by Scott! Controlled by the Ravens. Oh, my, Ravens with the ball! Birds trail by 2, 23 seconds left! Time out WHITEY : You have made a hell of a comeback. You played as team. Even if we lose this thing, it's still a damn fine moral victory. Now, maybe that's okay with you. Maybe you want to look back and tell your grandkids about the state championship you almost won. NATHAN : No way. We're winning this game, right, Luke? LUCAS : You tell me. NATHAN : We're winning this game. WHITEY : All right. Lucas, by my count, you've played about 14 1/2 minutes. You got 23 seconds left in you? LUCAS : Yes, sir. WHITEY : All right. Listen up. Nathan... With the cheerleaders BROOKE : Okay, partner, just breathe. Can't have you popping out another cheerleader right now. HALEY : It's a boy. BROOKE : What? HALEY : I'm having a boy. PEYTON : Haley! BROOKE : Haley! MOUTH : You know, say what you will about the ravages of sports in this corporate age where overpaid athletes expect prima donna treatment, but there is still something so unifying about sport in its purest form... when athletes rise above themselves and touch greatness and, in doing so, remind us all that we also have greatness inside of us. GIGI : You're sexy when you talk like that. End of the time out TEAM : 1, 2, 3... Ravens! THE CROWD : Let's go, Ravens, let's go! Let's go, Ravens, let's go! (Dan enters the gym again) THE CROWD : Let's go, Ravens, let's go! LUCAS : Hey... it doesn't mean anything if you can't ht the sht. NATHAN : Sounds familiar. LUCAS : Let's do this, little brother. MOUTH : Okay, this is it. 10,000 people now stand in unison as the Ravens need a basket to tie and force overtime or a 3-pointer to win it. Nathan Scott has the ball out top. 20 seconds left. What's it gonna be? DAUNTE : Okay, kid. What's it gonna be? MOUTH : 10 seconds left on the clock now. Nathan kicks it out to Skills. Now 5 seconds! Skills passes back to Nathan. Nathan has it! Nathan Scott drives for the hoop! He passes to Lucas for a 3 and the win! (Lucas makes the sht) MOUTH : It's good! I don't believe it! Lucas Scott drains a 3-pat the buzzer, and the Tree Hill Ravens are champions at last! Gigi, can you... We win! We win! Everybody comes to the field, confetti falls SKILLS : Who the man, baby? BEVIN : You're the man, baby. NATHAN : Haley! HALEY : You did it! NATHAN : We did it. (They kiss) BROOKE : Luke! LUCAS : Oh, my god! Oh, this is amazing! BROOKE : Yeah! This is a dream come true. So who do you want standing next to you? (He looks at Peyton) BROOKE : Go. It's okay. Go. (Lucas goes to see Peyton) PEYTON : Hey! Nice sht. LUCAS : Nice legs... a little chickeny. (They hug) PEYTON : Well, I'll be seeing you. Flashback to the pilot, when Lucas won his game against Nathan LUCAS : I'll be seeing you. Come back to the present LUCAS : Hey, Peyton! It's you. PEYTON : What? BROOKE : When all my dreams come true, the one I want next to me... it's you. It's you, Peyton. (They kiss) Later, everybody left the gym. Daunte and Bear are still sitting in the gallery. Dan joins them DAN : Look, I want to make a deal with you, try to make things right. DAUNTE : You don't have that kind of money or power. DAN : I'm not an idiot. I know you have people to answer to. But you built your plan on the shoulders of a kid with a dream. Can't blame him for going a little weak in the knees. DAUNTE : Weak? You think he looked weak? 'Cause he looked pretty damn strong to me. I'll be in touch. (Dan starts leaving) DAUNTE : You know, I didn't pick Nathan because he was the star of the team. I picked him 'cause he was Dan Scott's son. Turns out the kid actually has a soul. Never would have bet on that. INSIDE THE CAFÉ After the game, everybody is at the Café. Lucas is sitting at the bar, Nathan joins him NATHAN : You and Peyton together now? I saw the kiss. LUCAS : Maybe. NATHAN : It's about time, man. LUCAS : Hey. You played like a champ tonight. NATHAN : I played like half a champ. If you wouldn't have made that sht, I would have never forgiven myself, so thank you. LUCAS : So what are you gonna do about Daunte? NATHAN : I don't know. Deal with it, I guess. Whatever he does to me, I can take it. Besides, if this was the last game I ever played, at least it was a good one, right? Brooke is sitting with Rachel. Haley comes to see them HALEY : Hey, we're gonna take off. I'm getting kind of tired. BROOKE : Ok HALEY : Thanks for taking care of me tonight. BROOKE : Yeah. RACHEL : No big deal. I mean, if you died, who would tutor me? HALEY : Actually, it reminds me I graded your quiz. You got a 94. Good job. RACHEL : Thanks. Oh, hey. Don't forget your purse. HALEY : There it is. Thank you. (Haley leave) BROOKE : 94. Nice job, Fondle-Me Elmo. Maybe you're not such a dum-dum after all. RACHEL : Got a present for you. It's the transcript I got in the mail. (Rachel gives her the mail) BROOKE : Okay. Hey, you're getting a "B" in gym. RACHEL : Look at the name. BROOKE : What? RACHEL : I could pass calculus in my sleep. You're the one flunking out, Penelope. BROOKE : Then why are you getting tutored? RACHEL : So I could get you this. (She shows her a key) RACHEL : And this, my dumb friend, is the key to the cabinet with the answers that we're gonna steal. Unless, of course, you don't want to graduate. Lucas is with Haley LUCAS : So how is my little nephew? HALEY : Fine. How's his uncle's heart? LUCAS : Ah, it's fine. (Peyton joins them) PEYTON : How you feeling, Haley? LUCAS : Hales. You know my girlfriend, Peyton, right? PEYTON : Oh, god. (Peyton, embarrassed, leaves) HALEY : What? You... since when? LUCAS : Since now, I hope. Well, I'll let you know. (Lucas goes after Peyton) LUCAS : Hey, Peyton, can I talk to you for a second? PEYTON : Yeah. (Lucas takes her to the back shop, and starts kissing her) PEYTON : Okay, I'm liking this conversation. LUCAS : Would you like to have it exclusively? PEYTON : Sure. With who? LUCAS : By the way, I forgot how much of a good kisser you are. PEYTON : Well, maybe you should come by later, and I'll remind you for a few hours. LUCAS : I'd like that. This is good, isn't it? Us. PEYTON : It's perfect. (Peyton leaves) Dan comes to help Karen DAN : Whoa, whoa, stop it. You can't be doing this. KAREN : Uh, I've been doing this for 17 years, Dan. DAN : Then it's time to take a night off. Seriously, you're pregnant. It's been a big day. Let Lucas and me lock up. It'll get you off your feet and give me a chance to spend some time with our son. KAREN : Okay. (Karen leaves and Nathan joins Dan) NATHAN : Hey, dad. Haley and I are about to leave, but I just wanted to say... I'm sorry. I couldn't do it. DAN : Don't be sorry. You be proud of that victory. I'll deal with Daunte. (Nathan and Haley leave the Café) Dan and Lucas are cleaning up DAN : So, Lucas, how does it feel to win the state championship? Always wanted a second chance at that... and at this. LUCAS : Feels surprisingly good. DAN : Which one, being the state champ or talking to your old man? LUCAS : Both. Just wish Keith were here, too. OUTSIDE THE CAFÉ Nathan and Haley are walking NATHAN : So the doctor said you're fine, you and the baby? HALEY : Yeah. We're fine. We are all gonna be fine. (We see Daunte in his car, starting his engine) NATHAN : Listen... there's a reason that I played so bad tonight at first. HALEY : What do you mean? (Daunte drives directly in their direction) HALEY : Nathan, look out! (Haley pushes Nathan but she’s hitting by the car) NATHAN : Haley! (Daunte loses control of his car and crash not far from them) NATHAN : Haley! Baby! Baby! Haley! Oh, god! (Lucas comes out of the Café and runs toward them) LUCAS : Nathan, what happened?! NATHAN : They just ht her, man! LUCAS : I'll call 911! (Nathan looks at the car) NATHAN : Lucas, stay with her. (Nathan runs to the car, finds Daunte unconscious, throws him out of the car) NATHAN : Son of a bitch! What did you do?! (He punches him several times until Dan stops him) DAN : Nathan! He's dad. You klled him, son. (They hear the police coming) DAN : Go on. NATHAN : Dad. DAN : Haley needs you, Nathan. Your child needs you. Go! (Nathan leave and Dan ht the ground with his hand before the police arrive) (The paramedics start taking care of Haley) LUCAS : She's been h*t by a car. You got to help her. She's pregnant. PARAMEDIC 1 : What's her name? LUCAS : Uh... uh, Haley. PARAMEDIC 1 : How long has she been pregnant? LUCAS : I don't know. A few... A f... a f... (Lucas pass out) PARAMEDIC 2 : Passed out. I got him. Hold on. Heart's not beating. I got a full cardiac arrest. Requesting backup. (The paramedic starts CPR) SPORTS ANNOUNCER : Time is running out now, and I tell you, you got to feel for Nathan Scott. I mean, sure, he has made some mistakes, but you get the sense that if this is how it ends, he's never gonna forgive himself. And Lucas Scott is being swarmed! I wouldn't doubt it if they didn't carry the kid out of here tonight and never bring him back. I have never seen some of these kids so happy. And can you blame them? They've been waiting a long time for this moment. PEYTON’S BEDROOM Peyton is smiling, listening to the radio. Brooke walks in BROOKE : Lucas and Haley are in the hospital. It's bad, Peyton. It's really bad. SPORTS ANNOUNCER : And there at the center of it all is Whitey Durham standing alone, taking it all in. Ladies and gentlemen, the Tree Hill Ravens are champions at last. And there's not a dry eye in the house.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x09 - Some You Give Away"}	foreverdreaming
Black and white movie: -Merry Christmas -Merry Christmas, Georges -Merry Christmas, movie house! -Merry Christmas, Emporium! Lucas's voiceover: "Have you ever wondered what marks our time here? If one life can really make an impact on the world? Or if the choices we make matter? Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back. In this case, just a few minutes." We can see Nathan crying in the hospital. Nathan opens the cafe's door to Haley. Haley: Thanks A black car all headlights off starts. Nathan: So the doctor said you're fine? You and the baby? Haley: Yeah. We're fine. We are all gonna be fine. Nathan: Listen, there's a reason that I played so bad tonight at first. The car turns on its headlights, speeds up and rushes at the couple. Haley: What do you mean? (Screaming) Nathan look out! Haley pushes Nathan from the road and she's knocked down by Daunte's car. She falls few meters far. Nathan (realizing, screams): Haley! Nathan runs toward his wife, while the car continues its race scratching an other car and finally crashes on a garbage truck. Nathan: Haley! Haley! Haley oh god! Lucas goes out of the cafe and runs toward them. Lucas: What happened? Nathan: They just ht her, man. Lucas: I'll call 911. Nathan looks the car in the distance. Nathan: Lucas stay with her. He runs to the car and takes out Daunte. Nathan: Son of a bitch! What did you do? He hits him until Dan comes. Dan (keeping Nathan's wrist): Nathan! Dan takes Daunte's pulse. Dan: He's dad. You klled him, son. Nathan doesn't realize what happened, we can hear police arriving. Dan: Go on. Nathan: Dad? Dan: Haley needs you, Nathan. Your child needs you. Go! Nathan gets up and runs toward his wife. Dan shatters his hand on the asphalt in order to pass for the attacker. Policemen arrive and Dan puts his hands up. Lucas is around the paramedics. Lucas: She's been ht by a car. You gotta help her. She's pregnant. Paramedic 1: What's her name? Lucas: Haley. Paramedic 1: How long has she been pregnant? Lucas: I don't know exactly. A few... Paramedic 1: Come on, Haley. Lucas: A few... (Then he faints) Paramedic 2: He passed out. I got him. (He takes his pulse) Hold on. Heart's not beating. I got a full cardiac arrest, requesting backup. (Paramedic starts a heart massage). Lucas opens his eyes, he's lying down in the deserted street. He gets up and looks around him. He sees a man who's moving away and he runs after him. Lucas: Hey! Excuse me. Can you tell me what's happening? Man turns over and we can see Keith. Keith : Hi, Luke. Tree Hill hospital Keith and Lucas cross the doors. Lucas: Keith. It's you, right? I mean, you're alive. Keith: Not exactly. Lucas: What do you mean, "Not exactly"? Keith: All in good time, Luke, we don't wanna be late. Lucas: Late for what? Keith pins Lucas to the wall in order to let Haley's stretcher pass. Lucas: Haley. What happened to her? Keith: You don't remember? Lucas: I... There was an accident. Keith: No. It was no accident. Lucas: I was right there with Haley. I was standing right there. Lucas sees a new stretcher arriving on which he's lying down. Lucas: My heart. Keith: Your heart isn't the only one that's breaking right now. Come on. Peyton's bedroom She's gazing into space, a smile on her lips when Brooke is arriving. Brooke: There's been an accident. Lucas and Haley are in the hospital. It's bad, Peyton. It's really bad. Peyton starts crying. Brooke: Come on, I'll drive. Lucas and Keith were watching them. Lucas: It's not fair. Peyton, all these bad things keep happening to her. Keith: Oh, good things happen to her, too, Luke. Like you. Lucas: Okay, look, I don't understand this. I mean, what are you, Keith? An angel? A bad dream? Keith: More like a guide. Lucas: A guide? To where? Keith: Luke, you just had a heart attck. You're not even breathing right now. Lucas: So what? I'm dad? Keith: Not yet. Lucas: Well, then you... Keith: No, I'm... I'm dad. Sorry. Lucas: And what about Haley? Keith: Haley's not good. Tree Hill hospital Doctor: Nathan? Nathan: What's happening? How's Haley? Doctor: She's being prepped for surgery. She has multiple fractures of the legs, some head trauma, a possible collapsed lung, broken ribs, and a good deal of internal bleeding. Nathan: What about the baby? Doctor: Well, with kind of severe trauma... Look, we're gonna do everything that we can. But right now our priority is saving your wife, okay? Lucas turns around toward Keith. Lucas: So is she gonna be okay? Is she gonna lose the baby? Keith: Well, that hasn't been written yet. Lucas: No, you know what? This sucks, all right? All these decent people and bad things keep happening to them. I mean, you were a good guy, Keith. Keith: So? Lucas: So... You got sht for it. Peyton lost mothers. She gets sht and attcked. Haley's now in surgery. Keith: Meaning what? Lucas: Meaning what's the point in being a good person if this is how it goes? Keith: And so you're asking if, by being a good person, have you changed anything? Lucas: You know, considered apparently I'm lying on my death bed right now, yes. Keith (He pushes the elevator's button): Well, let's take a look. The doors open and we can see the senior high. A young gothic girl is drawing on a table. Keith: You recognize her? Lucas: No. Is it Brooke? What happened to her? Keith: Why don't you go ask her? It's okay, go on. Lucas approaches her. Lucas: Hey, Brooke. What's wrong? Brooke: Get away from me. Lucas: What's wrong? Brooke (getting up and screaming to him): I said get away from me. She's going and Lucas turns over toward Keith. Lucas: Hey, what is this? Keith: This is the world that would've been if you had led a different life, Luke. Lucas: What about real life, huh? Keith: Real life is still there. We can see Dan enters his prison's cell and take his head in his hand. Tree Hill hospital Nathan is in the same position. Peyton and Brooke arrive and come toward him. Brooke: Nathan. How's Haley? Nathan: She's in surgery Peyton: And Lucas? Nathan: I don't know. It should've been me. It was all my fault. Brooke: No, it wasn't. It was an accident, like the bridge... Nathan: No, it wasn't. And now Haley's in surgery and even if she makes it, the baby could... She could still lose the baby. And Lucas could die. My dad's in jail. Brooke: Nathan. Nathan: I wish I would've died under that water. None of this would have happened. Nathan gets up and goes away, leaving sadden Brooke and Peyton. We can see Haley lying on a bed in a hospital room, her head stripped and her right leg raised. The camera shows the black and white movie on TV, a man is on a bridge, watching the break of water. Nathan is also on the bridge and he remembers the wedding's accident. When he was into the car under the water, he heard Keith saying: "It's okay Nathan". Nathan: Why'd you have to save me, Keith, huh? If I would've died, then there's no Daunte and there's no accident. And Haley and the baby are fine. Come on, Keith. You can save me, but you can't answer me? Thanks for nothing. He passes between Lucas and Keith to join the other side of the bridge. Lucas: So it was you. Keith: No, it was him. Most people are stronger than they know. They just forget to believe in it sometimes. Lucas: It's my fault. I wanted to win the State Championship. I could've let him lose that game. I should've been more supportive of him and Haley. Keith: Right. Well, let's take another look at that world. You know, the one you're a lesser guy? Come on. Record store Nathan goes into the shop. Nathan: Do you have the new Haley James album? The sales clerk shows him the CDs with his look. Nathan: on vinyl. Sales clerk: Nice. Yeah, I got a promo copy. Right here. You know she's from Tree Hill? Nathan: Yeah I know. (He breaks the vinyl on the counter) Sales clerk: So I take it you're not a fan. Nathan pays and leaves the store. Keith: she never went back, Luke. Lucas: I don't believe it. They loved each other. Keith: Yeah, they did. But you never went to New York to ask her to come back. That doesn't mean she didn't love him, or that they weren't meant to be, but without you, Haley stayed out on tour and by the time came home, well, Nathan's pride was just too much to overcome. Man, pride gets in the way of a lot of good things in this life, Luke. (He takes a vinyl) Journey. Man, I used to love Journey. Lucas: Keith. Keith: Oh, yeah. You remember when you went to that...the beach party? And how you took the time to go and talk to Nathan? That mattered, Luke. It all matters. Come on. They go out and during this time, in the real world and in the same record store, Peyton is looking vinyl when Max arrives. Max: All right, step away from the Cure albums. Peyton: Hi, Max. Max: Hi, Peyton. So I heard about Lucas. How's he doing? Peyton: It's not so good. Haley's not so good, Nathan not so good. Nobody's good. I guess I should be in church or something, but somehow I ended up here. Max: Hey. First time you ever came here, remember what you were looking for? Peyton: No, and hopefully you don't, either. Max: Like A Stone by Audioslave. At least that's what you said you were looking for. I kind of always thought you were looking for a little faith. Most days, I think you still are. Then again, I'm 32, I live with my parents. What the hell do I know? Peyton (starting crying): I just wanna believe everything'll be okay. Lucas and Haley and the baby. I just really wanna believe it's gonna be okay. Max: Yeah, I know. Hey I'll tell you what. Middle bin, four albums in. that's where your answer are. Peyton: La Toya Jackson? Max: All right, five albums in. Peyton: La Rocca? Max: Track ten. It's on me. She's gonna leave the store... Max: And Peyton, you're way too young not to believe it's gonna be okay Peyton: Thank you. Peyton is sitting on her bed listening the album that Max gave to her. Then, Nathan is sitting next to Haley in her hospital's room; he's holding her hand. At last, Dan is in cell, gazing into space. Karen is in the hospital's chapel. Keith and Lucas pass next to Lucas' room, this one retraces his footsteps and stops to see himself through the window. Hospital's chapel Lucas and Keith are going to seat behind Karen and they admire her. Keith: Seeing your mom still takes my breath away. Lucas: Even though technically you don't have any breath? I do. I just saw myself in the hall. At least I'm still breathing for now. Keith: She feels guilty for letting you play. Lucas: It was my fault. I didn't take my pills. Keith: Yeah, you know what? That was a pretty stupid thing to do, Luke. Lucas: I was trying to win a State Championship. Anyway, are spirits allowed to call people stupid? Keith: I'm dad. I can say whatever the hell I want. Lucas: Yeah, well, it wasn't very nice. Keith: Not taking your pills wasn't, either. Lucas: Yes. I know that, but you don't have to call me stupid. Keith: Oh. Lucas: So what if I don't wake up? Keith: I don't know, you tell me. Lucas: You don't know. You know, for a spirit, you suck at this. Keith: What do you want me to say? Lucas: Well, I wanna know if there's a heaven. I wanna know about eternal life and all that stuff. I wanna know...if we're ever gonna see each other again. Keith: Well, we're seeing each other now, right? Lucas: Oh, man. You really suck at this, Keith. Keith: All right, get out. Lucas: Hey, what are you in such a hurry for? Keith: We're running out of time. Lucas: For what? Keith: Reason I came here. The chapel's door opens on the high school's corridor. Keith is going straight on without look back. Lucas follows him. Tree Hill's high school Lucas: Why are we in the high school? Keith doesn't answer and carry on walking. Lucas speeds to catch him up. Lucas: Keith. Lucas sees Keith and Jimmy lying on the floor. Lucas: Bodies. What is this? No, I don't wanna be seeing this. Take it away. Take it away. What is this? Keith: This is where I was mrder, Luke. You know that. Lucas: But why are you showing this to me? I don't wanna see it. Keith: We gotta talk about what happened here, Lucas. There are things you need to know. Cut Keith: Do you remember what you saw that day? When you carried Peyton out of the school? Lucas: I saw Jimmy pointing a gn at you. I still can't believe he klled you. Keith: Then why do you? Lucas: God. Yeah, I shouldn't have gone back into that school. Keith: Luke... Lucas: No. You would still be alive if I just stayed away. Keith: No, Luke. I wouldn't. Lucas: How can you say that? Keith: You still can't see it, can you? That's okay. You will. Keith is going to the high school's exit. Tree Hill's bridge Peyton is sitting her legs in the space. Brooke sees her and comes. Brooke: Thought I'd find you here. I remember when I found you down here after your mom died. Peyton: That was eight years ago. You know, Ellie used to watch us down here. She told me that once. Brooke: It's not gonna be like that this time, Peyton. You're not gonna lose Lucas and Haley the way you lost Ellie and your mom. Peyton: Or like I lost you? I missed you, Brooke. Brooke: I'm still here. Peyton: Can we be friends again? Please? Brooke: Sure. Peyton: Like before? Brooke: I'm sorry, Peyton. I don't think so. "Like before" is gone. Peyton: Yeah. Keith and Lucas are standing on the bridge and they're watching the girls. Keith: They should let it go. Trust me, life's too short. Besides, no one ever lost any sleep from being too kind or forgiving. Lucas: That Brooke you showed me at the school. She was so angry. What happened to this Brooke? Keith: You happened to her. Lucas: What do you mean? Cemetery of Tree Hill The gothic's Brooke is standing at a grave where it's written the name of SAWYER. Lucas: Whose grave is she standing at? Keith: You never went back into the school that day, Lucas. At least, the selfish version of yourself never went back. Peyton died that day and Brooke never forgave herself for leaving her behind. So the next time you think that being the best version of yourself doesn't matter, you look into Peyton's eyes. And every time you do, you'll know that is has. And that it does. Lucas: I don't like this world, Keith. I can't be here. They quit the cemetery. Tree Hill's prison Nathan is talking with Dan. Nathan: You shouldn't be here, Dad. Dan: It is what it is, Nathan. Nathan: Dad, I know what I did, okay? You don't deserve this. I'll turn myself in. Dan: Nathan. Nathan: We'll tell them about Daunte. He tried to run us down. It was self-defense. Dan: Listen. Most of your life, I failed you as a father. Nathan: Dad... Dan: I had the best of intentions for you. But I haven't always set the best example. In many ways, I'm right where I should be. Nathan: No. I don't believe that. You've made mistakes, Dad. We all have. But you didn't... You didn't kll anybody. Dad... Dan: How's Haley? Nathan: She's out of surgery. Dan: And the baby? Nathan: We don't know. It's a boy by the way. Supposed to be a boy. Dan: A son. Go on, Son. Go be with your wife. I'll be fine. Nathan: Dad, I love you. Dan is smiling and he hangs up. Dan: Guard. Keith's garage Keith: no place like home. God I miss this old garage. Lucas: This place was pretty good to us. Keith: Yeah. Seems like another lifetime ago. Actually, it was another lifetime ago. Lucas: Peyton's car. Keith: Yep. I remember I sent you on that service call. All you had to do was fill the radiator. You could have done that on-site. Lucas: Yeah, I know. I just wanted to see her again. Keith: Then she caught you looking at her sketches, scared the hell out of both of us, all curly hair and venom. And you told her that her art mattered. And she needed that. She needed the quiet satisfaction of knowing that someone believed in her. Lucas: I did believe in her. Keith: Yeah, yeah, but you didn't have to say it. And you didn't have to send her sketches to thud. But you did. And because of that, Peyton's a better person. You know, Luke, it's an easy thing, saying "I love you" to people that matter. You never know when you might lose them. Or when they might lose you. Lucas' room Lucas is lying down, unconscious. Peyton puts him her headphones and watches him. Peyton: You're always saving me. Please let me find a way to save you. Haley's room Nathan is sitting next to Haley's bed, hangdog. Nathan: Hey, baby. You know how you're always telling me that you're not going anywhere? Well, I need to hold you to that right now, okay? I just need you to come back to me. Listen, just move one of your fingers if you can hear me, okay? Just move one of those beautiful fingers and let me know that you're still here with me. He holds her hand in his hand and starts crying. Tree Hill's prison- Dan's cell Someone comes next to him. Dan: You picked the wrong day to haunt me, Keith. Go away. Keith: Well, I'm afraid I can't do that, Danny. Dan: Well, well, it's about time you showed up. The kid version of you is just annoying at this point. You just gonna stand there or you gonna say something? (He gets up.) Suit yourself. Keith: Well, you know, it won't go away, Danny. The guilt that you feel every second of every day, the shame, it's gonna keep on getting worse. Dan: I made a mistake, okay? I'm trying to make it right by protecting Nathan. Keith: From what? Dan: He klled Daunte. Keith: Are you sure about that, Danny? Dan: I was there. I know what I saw. Keith: I don't know, Danny, you've been seeing a lot of things lately. Painted walls and strange e-mails. dad brothers. Except you know what? Maybe I'm not just in your head this time. You know, she's never gonna leave you, Danny. Hey do you remember that time Mom and Dad went out and left us home alone? And you went out in the backyard and you cut your hand? And Dad bat the crap out of me because I was supposed to be watching you? Do you remember that? Dan: Stop it. Keith: Or how about the time that you got Karen pregnant and you abandoned her? Do you remember that? Dan: Shut up. Keith: Or how about the time that you mrder me? Do you remember that? Dan (screaming): I said shut up. What the hell do you want? Just tell me what you want. Keith: There's something I never had a chance to tell you. I forgive you. Dan: Take it back. Keith: Look, I forgive you, Danny. Dan: You take that back. Keith: I said I forgive you. Dan: You take that back, you son of a bitch. Keith: I forgive you, little brother. (He opens his jacket and he starts bleeding.) I forgive you. Dan turns back quickly to the window and screams. Dan: Guard! Keith appears behind the window, with a bloody face. Keith: But hell won't! Dan: Aah, aah! The action is transposing to the black and white movie. Strange, isn't it? Haley's room Peyton enters and approaches her friend. Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he? I heard of things like this. You've got me in some kind of a spell or something. Well I'm going to get out of it. I'll get out of it. I know how, too, I... Peyton: Hey it's me. She turns the TV off. Lucas' room In the same time, Brooke turns off the TV and stands next to Lucas' bed. Brooke: Hey it's me. Look, I know you've got a lot going on right now, and just so you know, Karen is a mess. Haley's room Peyton: Nathan's a mess. Well, you gotta wake up soon ‘cause I need you to take care of Brooke. Lucas' room Brooke: You've gotta wake up soon because I need you to take care of Peyton. Haley's room Peyton: I just... I can't do it anymore. And it's not like we can live her with Rachel. Lucas' room Brooke: Besides, you're really good for her. Haley's room Peyton: And I'm not sure she can find her way without you. Lucas' room Brooke: What do you say? How about you wake up and help her out? Brooke and Peyton at the same time: And could you not tell her...we had this conversation? Thanks. Hospital's chapel Nathan is sitting on bench, hangdog. He thinks about the wedding accident and he can see Keith, in a halo of light, saying: "It's okay, Nathan. Just breathe. It's gonna be okay." Nathan: I know I did a horrible thing, okay? But I deserve to be punished for that, not Haley. She's a good person, and she'd be a great mother if... Look I know it must suck how people are always asking for things and never giving anything back. And I know that Keith saved me at that bridge. But Haley saved me long before the accident. There has to be a miracle left for her. Please. Please don't take her from me. Don't take our child from her. Keith: It's okay, Nathan. Just breathe. It's gonna be okay. Peyton enters into the chapel. Peyton: Nathan. Haley's room Nathan opens the door and appears with tears in his eyes. Haley: Hi. Nathan: Hi. He leans on Haley and kisses her on the forehead. He cries and then takes her in his arms. Cemetery of Tree Hill Keith: Jeez, what's a guy gotta do to get some flowers now and then? Lucas: Sorry. You know, my mom really wants to come, but it's just hard for her. Keith: What about you? Lucas: I just figured it was a waste of time. Look, I didn't believe Nathan when he said that you rescued him because I didn't believe in you. When you died, I didn't believe in the idea of you. Keith: It's okay Luke. I didn't come here to make you believe in me. I came here to make you believe in you. You know you got a lot of good things in this life, Luke. You got family, friends, love. Those are the things that are worth believing in. Lucas: Is there a heaven, Keith? Keith: I don't know, is there? Lucas: You know you really suck at this. They are going a little far away. Lucas: Because if there is, it was kind of wondering if I could go with you. Keith: Well, Luke, that's up to you. Your future right now is... It's unwritten. But I want you to understand, if you go back, there are gonna be tough times, you know? Some heartache and pain. But there's also gonna be love, laughter and life full oh accomplishment. It's up to you. An old woman is standing in front of a grave with flowers in her hands. Lucas: Who's the woman at Peyton's grave? Keith: Someone who used to know her. But it's not Peyton's grave. Lucas: What do you mean? Keith: Well, peyton lived because you saved her that day. Lucas: Then whose grave is it? Keith: It's your grave, Luke. If that's what you choose. Lucas: And the woman? The old lady looks younger and we can see Peyton. Lucas: Peyton. Keith: She lived a good life, Luke. But she could never let go of you. Keith's garage Lucas: I have to go back. Keith: Are you sure? I never told Peyton I love her. I wanna go back. Keith: Okay. Well, I guess this is the hard part. Lucas: Keith... Keith: Luke, you know I love you. And I always will. But I'm afraid it's time for me to go. Lucas: I don't want you to go. Keith: Luke, it's okay. Lucas: God. I am gonna miss you so much. Keith: Why? I'm with you every day. They take each other in their arms. Keith: I'm with you every day. Besides, we'll see each other again. Lucas: We will? Keith: You believe that. Keith takes two pliers. Keith: Now, this is gonna hurt a little bit. I love you, kid. Then he puts the pliers on Lucas' chest. Lucas is throwing back. We can see Keith on the top of Lucas' body who's lying on the street. Lucas takes a big breath. Paramedic: We got a heartbeat. Keith: It's okay, Lucas. Just breathe. It's gonna be okay. Then Keith moves away. Dan is sitting on the floor of his cell. Haley's room A doctor makes an ultrasound to Haley. Doctor: You understand there are no guarantees in medicine, but as long as we can locate a heartbeat, there's no reason to expect that this baby won't be perfectly healthy. We can hear the baby's heartbeat and Nathan kisses Haley. Then Haley starts crying, so Nathan takes her in his arms. Lucas' room Brooke wants to come in Lucas' room but she sees Peyton whose sleeping next to him. She smiles and goes away. Close up on Lucas. Lucas's voiceover: "Have you ever wondered what marks our time here? If one life can really make an impact on the world? Or if the choices we make matter? I believe they do. And I believe that one man can change many lives. For better or worse." Tree Hill's high school Lucas: I still don't believe that Jimmy klled you, Keith. Keith: Well, then, why do you? Jimmy Edwards was your friends, Luke. You knew him. You were kind to him. After everything we've seen, don't you think that that kindness had an impact? Lucas: But if it did, then you would still be alive. Keith: Do you really believe that, Luke? Look, look into your heart, okay? It may be flawed physically, but it's a good one. And it's what makes you, you. Luke, you've changed other people's lives by opening it up. Don't close that off. Luke, just look around this hallway. You were here that day. What did you see? Lucas: I didn't see anything. Keith: Open your eyes, Luke. Open your eyes the way you opened your heart. Open your eyes, Luke. Lucas watches around him. Keith's voice: Open your eyes, Luke. Open your eyes. Open your eyes, Luke. Open your eyes, Lucas. We hear a sh*t and then Lucas wakes up.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x10 - Songs to Love and Die By"}	foreverdreaming
The episode opens on a message of Sophia and Hilary who are in Lucas' bedroom. Sophia : Hey, guys, it's Sophia Bush. Hilarie : And Hilarie Burton. And we wanna wish you guys a very Happy New Year and thank you for supporting One Tree Hill. Sophia : It's been a great season so far and we have some amazing new episodes coming your way so don't go anywhere. Hilarie : It's all start right here, next on the CW. Sophia looks at Hilary. Sophia : Have you notice that Lucas has really weird stuff in his room? Hilarie : Yeah. Sophia takes a horrible green cup. Sophia : I mean, who do think gave him this ? Hilarie : Oh, I'd say Brooke. Sophia : No, I'd say Peyton. Hilarie: Really? Sophia: hum. Hilarie: Here we go again. Summary of the previous episodes In the street, Daunte and Bear thrat Nathan with an iron pipe. Daunte : Lose that game. Championship's finale, when Lucas sht for the victory. Mouth's voiceover: Nathan Scott drives to the hoop! He passes to Lucas for a three and the win! The Tree Hill Ravens are champions at last. Daunte turns darker by car at Nathan and Haley pushes him and she's knocked down. Haley : Nathan, look out! Nathan : Haley! Daunte's car turns darker in the parked cars, Nathan catches up him and takes him out, then he knocks Daunte and Dan intervenes. Dan : Nathan ! He's dad. Go! Lucas stays meadows of Haley, he speaks to the paramedics. Lucas : She's been ht by a car. You gotta help her. Paramedic : How long has she been pregnant? Lucas collapses, we hear his voice in background. Lucas : I didn't take my pills. Lucas is in Peyton's room with Keith. Keith: You just had a heart attck. Lucas: I'm dad? Keith: Not yet. I'm dad. Return on the scene of Keith's mrder in Tree hill's high school. Dan : You are no longer my brother. Lucas is on the place of Keith's mrder. Lucas : I still don't believe that Jimmy klled you, Keith. Keith : We gotta talk about what happened here, Lucas. There are things you need to know. Beginning of the episode Tree Hill's Hospital Lucas is woken on his bed, he speaks in background. Lucas' voiceover: Have you ever had a dream that seemed so real, when you woke up, you didn't know what to believe? (Haley is lying on her hospital's bed.) What would you do if you thought was true, wasn't? High School's hall Lucas is in the hall of high school. The ring bells and all students walk in the corridor. Lucas' voiceover: And what you thought wasn't true, was? Peyton : Lucas. Luke, what are you doing here? Lucas : I go here. Remember? Peyton : Yeah, I also remember you had a heart attck. Lucas : Well, the doctor said it was okay if I did some light activity. I mean, I won't be training for a marathon anytime soon, but I can still come to class and daydream about my new girlfriend. Peyton says yes with her head. Lucas : Well, what happened in that daydream ? I slowly but very gently take her in my arms and I bring her in real close like this... Lucas and Peyton kiss. Lucas : Wow. The last time we kissed, it was so damn good I collapsed. I'm joking. Peyton : Yeah. Lucas : What's wrong? She turns the glance, we see Brooke arriving with Rachel. Lucas: Oh. Peyton : Yeah, I... You just wanna walk me to class? Lucas : Yeah. Peyton : Ok. They leave together, Brooke and Rachel walk in the corridors of high school. Rachel : For someone who just had a heart attck. Lucas doesn't seem to be worried about getting his heart rate up. Questions? Comments? Brooke : As a matter of fact, I'm thinking about not speaking to you. Rachel : Why ? Because I did you a favor? Brooke : Stealing the key to the Tutor Center so I can break in and pilfer test answers is not a favor. It's more like a betrayal. Rachel : Okay. We both know you suck at math, but how do you figure? Brooke : Well, I convince Haley to tutor you even though she's not exactly your number one fan. So me trusting you plus you using Haley equals betrayal. Rachel : That's one way to look at it. The way I see it is, I suffered through tutoring I didn't need to steal a key for you. Sounds like a favor to me. Brooke : Sounds dumb to me. Rachel : Not as dumb as flunking. Brooke : I'm not flunking anything. I stayed up all night studying for this quiz. Rachel : Now that you mention it, you do look kind of bad today. Lipstick? Brooke : Just return the key to Haley, okay? I don't need it. Rachel : Fine. Brooke : Trust me I never studied so hard for something in my life. Rachel : Fine, but you better start making friends with the juniors because that's who you're gonna be hanging out with next year. Brooke : Shut up. Gigi comes to see Mouth who's next to his locker. Gigi : Mouth ? Mouth : Hey, Gigi. How's my girl? Gigi : I'm gonna break up with you. Mouth : Did you just break up with me? Gigi : No, not yet, but I'm gonna to. Just thought you should know. Nathan and Haley's apartment Haley is in her bed and Nathan brings her a glass of water. Nathan : You okay ? You look like you're a million miles away. Haley : I didn't even know his name. Nathan : Who ? Haley : That poor man who ht me. Nathan : « That poor man » ? Haley you were the victim. He ran you over. Haley : I know, but it was an accident. And... And he's dad. And the way that he was klled, I... I don't know how your father could do something like that. Did you even know who he was? Nathan : No. No, you were the only thing on my mind. Now, listen, I should get going, I'm gonna be late for school, but Karen's gonna come by later to check on you. And then I'll swing by at lunch and bring you some soup. Haley: Okay. Chicken noodle with some extra... Nathan in the same time. Nathan : With extra noodles. I'm on it. Haley : Thank you. They take their hands. Haley: I don't know how you turned out so sweet with a father like Dan. Nathan goes out. Tree Hill's prison Dan is in the visiting room with his lawyer. Lawyer: Good news or bad news ? Dan : You're my lawyer. Do you ever have good news ? Lawyer: Okay, bad news. You being charged with second-degree mrder. Your arraignment is scheduled for tomorrow at which time we'll file a plea of not guilty. In a few weeks, we'll go to trial, so we need to be prepared for an investigation. Dan : I don't want an investigation. Lawyer: It's standard procedure. Dan : I'm guilty. I wanna plead guilty. Lawyer: Well, I wouldn't recommend that. Dan cuts the conversation and asks to return to his cell. GENERIC SEASON 4 Tree Hill's prison In prison, Dan and Nathan are in the visiting room. Nathan : You're not pleading guilty. You shouldn't paying for something that I did, okay? I'm confessing. Dan : Don't be a fool, Nathan. Nathan : What do you want, Dad ? twenty years to life? ‘Cause that's what you'll get. And not here. They'll send you to a state prison, and when you get out, if you get out, you'll be so old your life will be over. Dan: Better mine than yours. Nathan, when you came to me asking for money, I looked at you and saw a kid in over his head. But what I should have seen was a son who needed his father's help. I should have given you the money. I could have prevented this. Nathan : No offense, Dad, but so what? You're not guilty of mrder. Dan : I have sins to pay for, Nathan. I belong here. Rehab center In a lounge, Deb is with other people. Deb : I don't belong here. I'm a good person. So I pop pills, I haven't klled anybody. Sure, maybe I started a fre once. And I... I did discharge a firearm recently, but it was an accident. The bottom line is, I don't need this place. Woman : Deb, I've been in your shoes. Deb : Gucci? I don't think so. Woman: Denial is not your friend. Deb: Oh, God. Woman: Give this program a chance and you just might find that rehab can help you. Deb :Help me? This place makes me want to take pills. All I hear around here is whine, whine, whine, whine. Man : Don't say wine. I'm an alcoholic. Deb : Oh my God. Get me out of here. God. Deb sighs. Tree Hill's high school Peyton and Lucas walk. Lucas: So, listen, there's something I haven't told anybody. Peyton : Oh, I love secrets. Lucas : Well, when I was unconscious, I saw Keith. Peyton : Luke, you and Nate should really talk. Lucas : Not in, like, The Sixth Sense sort of way, but it felt so real. Peyton : Well, don't laugh, but anytime I have a dream about my mom or Ellie, I like to think it's their way of contacting me from the other side. Like dreams are e-mails for ghosts, it's their way of sending me a message. Lucas : Okay. Well, look, if there's the remotest possibility that you're right, then what message was Keith trying to send me? Peyton : Well, I don't know. What'd you guys talk about? Lucas : You, mostly. Lucas kisses her but Peyton stops him. Lucas : What ? (He puts his hand in front of his mouth.) Does my breath stink or something? Peyton: No, no, you smell really good. Lucas : Okay, then, what ? Peyton : I' m just not a really big fan of PDA. Lucas : Since when ? Peyton : Since whenever. It just makes me uncomfortable. Lucas: Good to know. Peyton says yes with her head. Lucas : So, what, does PDA include holding hands? Hugging? Peyton : Yeah, I guess so. Probably. I don't know. Maybe not. I... I have English, I should go. Lucas : Okay. Peyton : I'll see you. Peyton goes away. Lucas: What just happened? Peyton turns around and makes him sign of the hand. In mathematics' room, before the beginning of class, Mouth's cellular rings. He receives a visio call of Gigi. Gigi: Hi, Mouth, it's me, Gigi. Mouth : I can see that. Gigi : Quick question, what do you like better, text or IM ? Mouth : For when ? Gigi : For when I break up with you. Mouth : Gigi, I don't want you to break up with me. Gigi : Then do you want to break up with me ? If so, I like IMs. You can even use emoticons. Mouth : I don't want either of us to break up with either of us. Gigi : But if we did? Mouth : Face to face. I would want to break up in person. Gigi talks in the same time. Gigi : I'll make a note of that and get back to you. Mouth : But I don't wanna break up. The conversation is cut. Professor: Okay, people, clear your desks, get your pencil ready. sht on Brooke and Rachel. Rachel : I know you don't think you need it, but good luck. Brooke : Just because you wanna resort to theft instead of hard work, doesn't mean I have to. Brooke holds in the hand a leaflet of Clean Teens. Brooke : Oh, look, pink quizzes ? Rachel : Not quite. It's a flyer for that weirdo virgin club. Brooke : Hum. Shelly : That "weirdo virgin club" is called Clean Teens. Brooke : Hi, Shelly. Still trying to save the school one Rachel at a time? Rachel's sighs. Shelly : We're meeting tonight in Room 104. Be there or be sluts. Brooke crumples the leaflet and raises eyes in the sky with Rachel. Shelly : Suit yourself. But if you change your mind, the door is always open. Brooke : Just like Rachel's legs. They laugh. Professor: Okay, you've got 30 minutes to complete this quiz. When I call time, I want pencils down. Ready? Brooke : I sure am. Professor : And begin. Nathan and Haley's apartment Nathan and Haley's room, Haley looks news on TV. TV news' voiceover: "Mayor Scott is being held without bail as the investigation continues." In the same time, Nathan comes with Haley's chicken noodles soup. Nathan : Chicken noodle, extra noodle. Nathan turns the TV off. Nathan : How you feeling ? Haley : I was thinking about reaching out to Daunte's family. That's the name of the man that ht me. Nathan : Who told you that ? Haley : It's been on the news all day. Apparently he was some kind of bookie or gambler. But he was somebody's child, and now that I'm gonna be a mother... Who are we without forgiveness, you know? And now all these people not only lost the person that they loved, but they have to live with the fact that he almost klled a person. (She touches her stomach.) Two people. And I just thought maybe, if I could let them know that I'm not angry, it might ease their pain. Nathan : It was my fault. Haley : What was your fault? Nathan : The accident, my father being sent to prison, everything that happened that night was my fault. Haley : What are you talking about? Nathan : I knew Daunte. I borrowed some money from him. Look, we couldn't pay our bills and my dad turned me away, my mom was on drugs, and all I had to do was just shave a few points off the spread. Just win by less. And I swear to God, Haley, I thought that it would be over after that, but Daunte wasn't finished. He wanted me to lose the State Championship. Haley : Which you didn't do. Nathan sits on the bed. Nathan : Haley, listen, I'm so sorry, okay? But I was scared, and he thrat me. I was trying to lose the game, but then you told me we were gonna have a boy, and I just stopped being scared. All that mattered to me was you and our unborn son. Haley : So my accident was just Daunte's revenge? Nathan : Haley, I wish to God it was me. Haley : I can't believe I'm hearing this. Nathan : Look, there's something else. It wasn't my dad who bat Daunte. It was me. Haley : Nathan... Nathan : Haley, I saw you lying in the street and I just... I lost my mind, okay? Please, you have to forgive me. You've no idea how hard it is for me to see you like this. Haley: Not as hard as it is for me to see you like this. Haley starts crying. Tree hill's prison Dan's lawyer comes to see him in his cell. Lawyer: You're a lucky man, Dan Scott. Dan : I thought my arraignment wasn't until tomorrow. Lawyer: Your arraignment's been cancelled. The coroner's report was just released. Turns out that good old Daunte wasn't beaten to death after all. Dan (getting up): What do you mean? Lawyer: Cause of death, internal injuries suffered during the car crash. Daunte died on impact before a single hand was laid on him. You're innocent, Mr. Mayor. How's it fell to be a free man? Tree Hill's town hall In town, during the press conference. Dan : I feel as though a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I couldn't be more relieved. I'd like to thank my lawyer and family for their support. Journalist 1: Mr. Mayor, how do you think this is going to affect your political future? Several journalists ask questions at the same time. Journalist 2: Mr. Mayor, will you run for office again? Dan : However, while I have been cleared of these charges, I can't overlook the fact that I responded to a dire situation in a violent manner. Journalist 1: What do you have to say to the voters? Journalist 2: Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor. Several journalists ask questions at the same time. Dan : My pregnant daughter-in-law was seriously injured. But volence is never the answer. And for this reason alone, if the good people of Tree Hill feel that I should step down... Rehab center Dan: then I will resign. Deb is watching Dan on TV. Deb : Even when I'm away in rehab, you find a way of getting in my face. Dan : No more questions. She turns the TV off and a nurse arrives with pills by singing. Deb : Oh, goody, my afternoon pills. Deb takes her pills. Nurse: What happened to the sheets? Deb : The sheets? Nurse: The bed sheets... Deb : Hum. Nurse: That go on the bed. Deb : Oh, those sheets. I was wondering the same thing. About the sheets. The nurse goes away from the room. Nathan and Haley's apartment Lucas and Nathan are talking. Nathan : Thanks for coming over, man. Lucas : Yeah. You sounded pretty messed up in your message. What's up? Nathan : I screwed up, man. I told Haley everything. About shaving points and throwing State and what I did to Daunte. Lucas makes a sign of the head to say that he doesn't understand. Nathan: It was me, not Dan. I'm the one that attcked Daunte. Lucas: You? Nathan : Yeah. I need you to come with me, Lucas. I think I'm gonna turn myself in. Lucas : You haven't watched the news, have you? Nathan says no with his head. Lucas : Nathan, you didn't kll Daunte. He died in the accident, from the impact. Dan's out of jail. They dropped the charges. Nathan : Really? Lucas : Yeah. You're off the hook. Nathan : It still doesn't change the fact that I betrayed Haley. Should've seen the way she looked at me, man. Like I'm a monster. And now she's gone. Lucas : Wait, what do you mean she's gone? Nathan : She's at your house. Your mom came over and picked her up. Lucas : Look, I think you did the right thing, Nate. She's your wife. She needed to know. I'll talk to her. Lucas gets up and goes to the door. Nathan : Hey, Luke? I'm glad you're okay, man. I'm sorry for everything. Lucas : It's okay. Lucas gets out of the apartment. Tree Hill's high school In the high school corridors, Brooke goes to see the results of her duty of math. We can see she's got a F. Rachel's house Brooke arrives in the bedroom. Brooke : Tell me you didn't return the key to the Tutor Center. Rachel files her nails. Rachel : I did. And you're welcome. Haley will never even find out. Brooke : No. I failed. And you know what makes this so much worse? I missed an entire night of partying because I stayed up studying. You were right, okay, I'm not book-smart, I'm Brooke-smart, and there is a big difference. Rachel : Lucky for you, Little Miss Cute-But-Not-So-Smart. Rachel opens a small jar on her night table, and takes out a key. Rachel : I made a copy. Brooke shouts with enjoyment Car park Nathan goes to see the car smashed by Daunte; he revises in his head the accident. Dan's office Nathan comes to see his father, who's watching TV. TV news' voiceover: Recent polls indicate that public support for Mayor Scott has actually risen since Scott was acquitted of mrder charges earlier this afternoon. Dan turns off TV. Nathan : It's perfect. You buy your way out of my sins and your approval rating skyrockets. Dan : Son, the only approval rating I care about is yours. Nathan : I still can't believe you went as far as you did for me. Dan gets up and faces Nathan. Dan : I'd do it again if I had to. Nathan : Thanks. It's good to see you out of the orange suit, even if you did have to pay off the coroner to write some false report. But we both know what I did. Dan : Listen to me, Nathan. I didn't rig that report, and you didn't kll Daunte. If you believe one thing out of my mouth, one thing to the rest of your life, you believe this. You're not responsible for taking that man's life. Trust me, that's not the kind of guilt you wanna carry about. Lucas' house Haley is sitting on the couch and she's watching a magazine when Lucas comes. Lucas : Hey, roomie. So I talked to Nathan. How you doing? Haley : Why couldn't he have just been honest with me ? Lucas : My guess is he didn't wanna let you down. Haley : Well, look how great that turned out. Lucas : Haley, Nathan would do anything for you. You know that, don't you? You know, he made bad choices, but you gotta know that he made them for you. Haley : Bad choices ? Luke, a bad choices is, like, acid-wash jeans. Getting involved with a loan shark is a life-thrat, really stupid decision. Look at me, Luke. I'm a mess, I'm hurt. He was lying to me the entire time. Lucas : Daunte's a bad guy. He tried to kll Nathan, and he almost klled you. But Nathan did what he thought was best at the time. But he didn't kll him. Haley : I know. I've been watching the news all day. You know, this morning, I actually felt sorry for Daunte. Why is it that it's so much easier to forgive a stranger than it is to forgive someone you love? Tree hill's high school In the court of high school, Gigi sits meadows of a tree and Mouth joins her. Mouth : Got your Evite. Gigi : I was hoping you would come. Mouth : How could I pass up an invitation to my own break-up ? Gigi : Look, Mouth, I like you. A lot. The thing is, I'm a hm* and you're a senior. Soon you'll be going off to college and I need to start hanging out with kids my own age. Mouth : That all makes sense, Gigi,, but I still don't see why we need to break up. I mean can't we at least wait until the end of the year? Gigi : No, because every day for the next few months, I'll know this will end. I can't do that, Mouth. I'm sorry. Lucas' house Haley is stretched out on bed and Peyton makes her a drawing on her plaster. Peyton : You, my friend, are going to have the hottest cast of all of the injured people in Tree Hill. Haley : Thanks. Peyton : Hales, you okay? Haley : Yeah. Fine. I just... I don't wanna talk about me right now. (Peyton says yes with her head.) How are things with you and Lucas? Peyton : Really good. Not so good. Lately I've kind of been ducking him. Haley : Why? You guys are in, like, that honeymoon phase. You should be all blissed-out and having three-hour-long make-out sessions and long talks about when you first knew you wanted to be with each other. Peyton : I've been holding in my feelings because I'm in love with him. Haley : Which makes no sense whatsoever. Peyton : Well, it does to me. The last time Lucas and I kissed, like, really kissed, he had a heart attck and he almost died. I'm bad luck. Haley : Oh, shut up, you are not. Peyton : Yeah, I am. Think about every person I've gotten close to. My mom, Jake, Ellie, Dereck... Where are they all now? Even my dad works a thousand miles away. Haley : Peyton, there's one thing that you're not considering in all of this. Peyton : And what's that? Haley : None of those people are Lucas. Tree Hill's high school In the evening, Rachel and Brooke arrive to steal the next subjects of exams in mathematics. Brooke (whispering) : I am so rocking in this cat suit I could totally be a thief. Rachel : Good, because a lot of kids who flunk out of school end up working as thieves. Brooke : Shut up. The girls look at a classroom where is held the meeting of Clean Teens. Shelly : Okay, guys, we need two new volunteers for a movie night. And anyone with suggestions other than Forrest Hump, please tell Alexa. Brooke (laughing) : Little late for a Clean Teen meeting, don't you think ? Rachel : What else do virgins have to do at night ? The girls enter in the Tutor Center. Rehab Center sht on the window of Deb's room, we see her sheets assembled in rope so that she can escape from her cure. She tries to come down and crashes down, then the nurse arrives. Nurse: Deb? Deb (surprised): Look, I'm sorry, this place just isn't for me. Nurse (Tightening a form of exit): Well, you do know it's a voluntary program? All you have to do is sign out. Deb : Yeah, I knew that. Deb signs, she takes her suitcases and leaves the establishment. Tree Hill's high school- Tutor Center Brooke looks in a drawer for its future duty of mathematics. Rachel : Hurry up. Brooke : I am going as fast as I can. Brooke finds her exam. Brooke : Got it. Let's get out of here. This thing doesn't have any pockets. Rachel : I told you we should've worn cargo pants. Brooke (Who slides the duty in her shoe.): Well, whoever designed this has no concept of functional thief-wear. Rachel : Well, maybe you should design a line of clothing for criminals. Come on. They go out of the room and fall on Principal Turner. Principal Turner: Well, well, what do we have here? Cut of Principal Turner : Girls? Brooke: Principal Turner. Hi. Principal Turner: What brings you two to school so late? Brooke and Rachel: hum... Brooke: You know, we just stopped by for the... Rachel: Clean Teen meeting? Tree Hill's high school- Conference room of Clean Teens Shelly: Clean Teens, please welcome our two newest members, Brooke Davis and Rachel Gatina. The Clean Teens applaud them. Shelly takes something on a table. Shelly: Brooke, Rachel, I'd like to present each other of you a gift. Brooke Davis, Rachel Gatina, do you promise to treasure and protect the sacredness of your virginity now and forever? Brooke: Forever? Shelly: Or at least until marriage? And do you promise to uphold the values of Clean Teens? To stay strong in the face of temptation and to keep man parts out of your lady business? Rachel: Can we still brooke ourselves? Shelly : Oh, yeah, that's totally allowed. Rachel : Then I do. Shelly : Brooke ? Brooke : hum... Just one second. Brooke takes aside Rachel. Brooke : We have gotta get out of here. Rachel : Yeah, sure, let's just pretend like Principal Turner didn't see us in the hallway dressed like burglars. Maybe he won't notice when you get an A in calculus. This is our alibi. We need to lay low. Besides, theses bitches are crazy. It might be fun. Brooke : Fine. They turn around towards Shelly. Brooke: Yeah, whatever, I'm in. Shelly: Congratulations, ladies. I now pronounce you virgins for life. They applaud. Brooke (Whispering to Rachel): You still look like a slut. Rachel (Whispering to Brooke): and you still smell like a whore. Shelly : Oh, I almost forgot. (She turns around and fetches T-shirt.) Brooke, Rachel, welcome to Clean Teens. Hugs. She takes them in her arms. Shelly : Put them on. Lucas' house Mouth, Lucas and Haley are lying on Lucas' bed. Mouth : This is crazy. I don't want to break up with Gigi, we're good together. I mean, who cares if I'm going to college? People have long-distance relationships all the time. Right? Lucas : Well, I think if your heart's telling you to make it work then you gotta make it work. Haley : No... Pay no attention to the man who's never been in a long-distance relationship. Trust me, distance is tricky. Lucas : What's so tricky about it? Haley : Out of sight, out of mind. Lucas : Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Haley : Physical separation leads to emotional separation. Lucas : Yeah, and technology closes that gap. Mouth : Guys. Lucas : Technology... Mouth : Guys, this isn't helping. (He gets up of the bed.) I'm just gonna have to figure this one out on my own. Lucas : Hey, Mouth, you remember when you asked me if we'd been better off if we never left the River Court?we Mouth : Yeah, what about it? Lucas : You still think that? Mouth : I think it would have been better for Jimmy. Lucas : You think about him much? Mouth : All the time. You? Lucas : Lately, yeah. Nathan and Haley's apartment Nathan comes in. Nathan: Haley ? Nathan finds his mother searching in the pharmacy. Nathan: Mom, what are you doing out of rehab? Deb : Exactly what it looks like, and I'm not proud of myself. Nathan : You're not gonna find anything in there. Deb : You're right, I'm sorry. I'm a disappointment to you, Nathan. I shouldn't let you see me like this. Nathan : Mom. Haley left me. Deb : Oh, God. I'm the last person who should be giving advice. But even in my drugged-up stupor, I can see that what you and Haley have is worth fighting for. She leaves and lets Nathan alone. Peyton's house She stores vinyl when Lucas arrives. Lucas : You busy ? Peyton : No, just faking it. Sorry I was being a weirdo earlier. Lucas : You mean when you didn't kiss me on the quad, or when you said, "Dreams are e-mail for ghosts"? Peyton : Both. Lucas : What's wrong, Peyton? Peyton : I wanna kiss you, Luke, I do. I just don't wanna lose you. Lucas : Hey, what makes you think you're gonna lose me? Peyton : only the fact that I lose everyone I care about. Any time I open up to someone, they walk out of my life or they die or they move away or they get shipped off to Iraq or they turn into freaking Norman Bates or... Lucas kisses Peyton. Lucas : Not everyone. Peyton : Look, the last time we kissed, you had a heart attck. Lucas : And I didn't die. I couldn't die. Do you know why? Because I had to come back and look into those green eyes of yours and tell you I love you. I do. I love you, Peyton. You didn't push me away. I came back for you. And no matter how long it takes, I'll wait for you. Lucas' house Nathan comes to see Haley. Karen : Nathan. Nathan : I need to see my wife. Haley appears at the end of the corridor. Nathan : Haley, we can't be apart like this. We need to be together. ( He shows his wedding ring.) Always and forever. Karen looks at Nathan's hands. Karen : I'll leave the two of you alone. Nathan : I'm sorry, okay ? I never wanted to hurt you. And I'm sorry for all the ways that I did. Haley : I know you're sorry. I know you don't wanna hurt me. But I need to know that you're gonna be honest with me. Nathan : I promise... Haley interrupts him. Haley : I need to know that you're gonna let me in, Nathan. I mean, all the way. Nathan : I will, okay? I'll let you in, if that's what it takes, I'll let you in. it's just sometimes I'm afraid that if I do, you'll see the real me, the guy I was before you. I'm not pride of that person, okay? The one that I used to be. But if I have to be that guy to keep you safe, then that's who I'm gonna be. Look, if you want me to apologize for defending you or for fighting back when somebody hurts you, then I can't do that. I won't do that, okay? Because the truth is, that's a guy I'll never be. A guy that just stands by and watches while the world hurts you. Can you understand that? Haley : I can't. Nathan : Haley, you have to... Haley interrupts him. Haley : No, I can't keep standing on one foot. So if there's more, I should sit down, but if you're done, then just take me home ‘cause I'm tired and I miss you and I love you, every version of you. Nathan : Come here. They take themselves in arms. Dan's house Dan returns at home and discovers full of papers of thrat on its wall. Karen arrives and sees the thrat. Karen : Dan? What is wrong with people? Who could come into your house and do this? (She tears away the fragments of paper). They must've done it before they knew your charges were dropped. Dan : I assure you, Karen, I had absolutely nothing to do with my release. Karen : It was Nathan, wasn't it? I saw his hand. Dan : Daunte was already dad, Karen. Karen : Yeah, but you didn't know that then. And you still took the blame. Dan : I had to protect my son. I had no choice. You're a mother, Karen, you would've done the same thing. Karen takes Dan in her arms. Dan : What's this for? Karen : I thought I saw someone I used to know. Tree hill's cemetery Lucas is in front of Keith's graves. Lucas : I took your advice and told Peyton how I felt. (He kneels down.) I gotta tell you something, you were right. It felt good to tell her. He puts down a bouquet by smiling and he takes one flower in his hand. Lucas: Thanks, Keith. Lucas' voiceover : Have you ever had a dream that seemed so real, when you woke up, you didn't know what to believe? (Lucas is on Jimmy Edwards's grave, he puts down a flower there.) What would you do if you thought was true, wasn't? Nathan and Haley's apartment Lucas' voiceover : And what you thought wasn't true, was? Nathan puts Haley's leg on pillows. Haley : Thank you for telling me the truth. Now I know why they cal it true love. Nathan kisses Haley. Tree Hill's high school Lucas' voiceover : Would you retreat into your dreams with the hope of finding a more perfect reality? Mouth walks on the court of high school and speaks to himself. Gigi is sitting alone on a table. Mouth: We can make this work. I'll come home on the weekends, we'll talk on the phone. Gigi, we can make this work. Mouth sees Gigi's friends arrive next to her and have fun with her. Brooke and Rachel walk on the court of high school. Rachel : Look at this way. Yesterday you were a slut with an F. today you have an A in math and your virginity back. You should be psyched. Brooke: Yeah. Shelly: Brooke, Rachel. Over here. Rachel sees principal Turner. Principal makes her sign, so the girls join the Clean Teens with a fake smile. Lucas' voiceover : Sometimes, life is stranger than a dream. Dan's house Dan looks the thrat on his wall. Lucas' voiceover : And the only way to wake up is to face what lies hidden in your soul. Tree Hill's high school Lucas gets a flash back of his meeting with Keith when he was unconscious. Lucas: I still don't believe that Jimmy klled you, Keith. Keith: Well, then, why do you? Jimmy Edwards was your friends, Luke. You knew him. You were kind to him. After everything we've seen, don't you think that that kindness had an impact? Lucas: But if it did, then you would still be alive. Keith: Do you really believe that, Luke? Look, look into your heart, okay? It may be flawed physically, but it's a good one. And it's what makes you, you. Luke, you've changed other people's lives by opening it up. Don't close that off. : Lucas' voiceover : And you can only hope that in those moments of dark reflection... Lucas is in high school's corridor, he sees Peyton arriving. Lucas' voiceover : That you are not alone. Lucas : Hey. I've been waiting for you. Peyton : I think we've waited long enough. Peyton and Lucas kisses in public.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x11 - Everything in Its Right Place"}	foreverdreaming
Summary of the previous episodes Haley : Nathan, look out ! Nathan : Haley ! Doctor: There’s no reason to expect that this baby won’t be perfectly healthy. Nathan: I’m having money problems, Dad. It’s serious and I need your help. Dan: You’re not an investment I’m interested in. Lucas: When I was unconscious, I saw Keith. Keith: This is where I was mrder, Luke. Lucas: I still don’t believe that Jimmy klled you, Keith. Keith: You still can’t see it, can you? You will. Deb: I’m not leaving here till I get my damn pills. Nathan: It’s either the pills or me. Rachel: I could pass calculus in my sleep. You’re the one flunking out. And this is the key to the cabinet with the answers. Brooke: Got it! Principal Turner: What brings you two to school so late? Rachel: Clean Teen meeting? Shelly: I now pronounce you virgins for life. Peyton: I love you, Lucas. Lucas: I love you too, Peyton. Beginning of the episode 4x12 Lucas (voice-off): Sometimes pain becomes such a huge part of your life that you expect it to always be there because you can’t remember a time in your life when it wasn’t. But then, one day, you feel something else, something that feels wrong, but only because it’s so unfamiliar, and, in that moment, you realize you’re happy. Peyton’s bedroom Lucas: Hey, blondie. Peyton goes towards Lucas and they kiss. Lucas: It’s gonna be a good day. Peyton: It really is, isn’t it? In the highschool playground Haley arrives with her crutches and walk beside a table where students sell tickets to the prom. Haley: Oh, right, prom. Nathan comes up behind her and helps her carrying her bag. Nathan: Hey, can I get a kiss? They kiss. Haley: Just one? Nathan: I’ll take as many as you got. Rachel goes to a table in front of the school where Brooke is sitting reading a mathematics’ book. Rachel: Hey. She seats down. Brooke: Oh, again with the Clean Teen shirt? Really? Rachel: Well, good morning to you, too, sunshine. Brooke: Why are you so happy? Did you do something slutty? Rachel: You could say I started my day off with a bang. This shirt is like a guy magnet. I’ve never gotten so much attention with my clothes on. Brooke: Nice. Rachel: Why are you still studying? We have the key to the test files. Brooke: I just feel bad about the last test, that’s all. Rachel: Well, you won’t when you see the big, fat A on it. And speaking of big, fat As. Shelly comes to them. Shelly: Good morning, ladies. Brooke and Rachel: Hi. Shelly: Brooke, why aren’t you wearing your shirt? … How are boys supposed to know that you’ve chosen a lifestyle of celibacy if you’re not wearing your Clean Teen shirt? Rachel: Yeah, Brooke. How are they gonna know? Shelly: Lucky for you, I always carry extras. Brooke: Awesome. A boy arrives. Boy: Hey, Shelly. Shelly: Oh, have you guys met Chase? He’s our newest member. He just transferred from Westerberg. Brooke puts her Clean Teen shirt on. Brooke: Hi. Brooke Davis, Clean Teen. GENERIC SEASON 4 In the school library Chase is leafing through a book when Brooke sees him; she goes towards him and bumps into him. Brooke: Oh, God, sorry. Chase: It’s all right. Chase gone; and Brooke goes join Mouth seated at one of the library’s tables. Brooke: Mouth, why won’t Chase talk to me? Mouth: Who? Brooke: Chase. The new guy. Mouth looks at Chase. Mouth: Another new guy? Great. Brooke: I smiled, I flipped my hair, I rubbed up against him, and that didn’t work, and that always works. Mouth looks again at Chase. Mouth: Well, rub all you want, but he’s immune to girls like you. He’s a Clean Teen. Brooke: So? You’re a virgin. You’d sleep with me, right? Mouth: Okay, what I meant was he’s a virgin by choice. Brooke: All I need is an in, here, okay? What do virgins talk about? Mouth: Well, let’s see. We like rainbows and kittens. Brooke kicking Mouth: Mouth! Mouth: Brooke, just talk to him. What’s the big deal? Brooke: It’s not… Shelly comes towards them. Shelly: Brooke, just wanted to let you know we are having an emergency Clean Teen meeting after school today. Brooke: Can’t wait. Shelly and Mouth are looking themselves, Mouth is smiling. Brooke: Sorry! Shelly, this is my friend Mouth. Mouth, Shelly. They look themselves again. Shelly: Okay, then. I’ll see you guys later. Shelly leaves Mouth and Brooke. Mouth: I’m Mouth. Brooke: Smooth. That was very smooth. Mouth: What just happened? Brooke: It’s not that easy to talk to a hot virgin, is it? Mouth: No. In Peyton and Lucas’ classroom Lucas tries to give Peyton a paper, but the teacher intercepts it. The teacher: Well, well. Passing notes, Mr. Scott? How about we share this with the class? Lucas: I’d be happy to. It just says that… “Peyton, you look amazing. And I can’t wait till class is over so I can look at those green eyes and kiss your perfect lips.” Did I miss anything? The teacher: Nope, that that pretty much covers it. Peyton care to respond? Peyton and Lucas kiss. The teacher: Oh, young love. At least you’ll be together in detention. Peyton (whispering): So worth it. In the high school playground Nathan looks at the classified advertisements. Skills comes towards him. Skills: Yo, Nate. What up, dog? Nathan: Looking for a job. My dad helped us out of debt, so I just got to make sure we stay that way. Skills: Yeah. Hey, look, I got a way you can make some real quick cash. You know that club over there on Stinson Street? Nathan: The strip club? Skills signs yes with his head. Nathan: Whatever you’re about to say, the answer is no. Skills: Oh, come on, dog. Man, they have an amateur night tonight. A $1000 prize, man. Look, last year them girls went crazy over you at Boy Toy. I’m telling you, me and you together, dog, we can’t lose. Nathan: No. The answer’s still no. I’m sorry. I’m just not that desperate. Skills: All right, but we could have blew up the place, though. Look, man, I’ve been watching these new Usher videos on TRL. My moves is tight, dog. Look. Skills makes a demonstration. Skills: Look at this one. Think about it. Think about it. Think about it. Think about it. Karen’s Café’s kitchen Dan: Here we go. Karen: Thank you. Did you remember the cheese? Dan: Right on top. Deb arrives in the kitchen. Deb: Karen! She sees Karen and Dan together. Deb: I used to have one of those. I tried to put it to sleep. Looks like you got yours neutered. Karen: Good morning, Deb. What are you here for? Target practice? Deb: You know, for a smart woman you’re being really stupid letting Dan into your life. The one who abandoned you when you were pregnant and left Lucas fatherless. The one who treated Keith horribly his whole life. You remember Keith, don’t you? The man whose baby you’re carrying? Dan: That’s enough. Deb: He would roll over in his grave if he could see the two of you together! She goes away. Dan: Maybe my being here is a bad idea. In Brooke and Rachel’s classroom Brooke (speaking to Rachel): This whole thing was a bad idea. I should have never cheated on the test. The teacher distributes the tests. Brooke: Or maybe it was the best idea ever! This is so going on the fridge. Chase: Wow, good grade. I have the toughest time with calculus. Brooke: Yeah, a lot of people do. Chase: Maybe you could tutor me. Rachel laughs. Brooke: Sure, anytime. Brooke (to Rachel): Check me out. I’m a smart virgin. Rachel: Great, you’re the new Mouth. In Peyton’s room Peyton: Okay, look, just so you know, “Kid A” goes under “R” for Radiohead. Lucas: And where did I put it? Peyton: Somewhere in the middle of the Foo Fighters for some reason. Lucas: You really alphabetize your collection? Peyton: Yes. Alphabetized by genre and sub genre. Lucas: Okay, music genius, can you tell me who sings this song on the radio right now? Peyton: Oh. Watch and be amazed. She takes her phone and opens an application which analyzes the song. And she shows the results to Lucas. Peyton: How awesome is that? Lucas: That’s pretty awesome. Peyton: I know. Lucas: Kind of like your smile. Peyton: Oh. Lucas: No, happy looks good on you. Peyton: Yeah? Lucas: Mmh… Peyton: I feel like I’m living in an Air Supply song. Lucas: Well, you know, if we’re going to go ‘8os, I’m more of a Van Halen fan. Peyton: No, it’s just… Everything’s better now, you know? Pinks are pinker and blues are bluer, and even my favourite foods taste yummier. Lucas: Yummier? Peyton: Yummier. What’s your favourite food? Lucas: Chocolate chip cookies. Peyton: I’ll tell you what; they probably taste so much better. Lucas: Well, if anyone can make a chocolate chip cookie taste better, I’m sure it’s you. Peyton: Oh see? You’re so feeling the love. Lucas: Oh, sure. Anything for a cookie. Peyton: Come with me. They leave the room and go to the cemetery. Lucas: So, you know, if we’re both feeling the love, what are we doing in a cemetery? Peyton: There’s somebody I want you to meet. They go to Peyton’s Mom’s grave. Peyton: Hi, Mom. It’s me. So this is Lucas, the boy I’ve been telling you about. Look what he’s done. He’s got me smiling. Can you believe it? Lucas: Hey, Mrs. Sawyer. I just want you to know that Peyton’s the best thing I have in my life. I wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t for her. Peyton: Likewise. They kiss languidly. Peyton: Can I have a sec? Lucas: Yeah. Lucas kisses Peyton on her forehead. And he goes on Keith’s grave. Peyton: So, what do you think? He’s cute, huh? Lucas: Hey, Keith. He seats behind the grave, takes his eyes closed and thinks at a scene with Keith in a corridor of the high school. Flash-back Keith: Open your eyes, Luke. End of the Flash-back Lucas looks at Peyton and rethinks at the moment when he saw Peyton at the cemetery on his grave. Flash-back Lucas: I still don’t believe that Jimmy klled you, Keith. Keith: You were here that day. What did you see? No! Lucas sees Keith still alive on Jimmy’s corpse. Fin Flash-back Peyton join Lucas. Peyton: Luke? Hey, you okay? Lucas: You’re gonna think that this is crazy, but I don’t think Jimmy klled Keith. In Nathan and Haley’s bedroom. Haley is trying dresses when Nathan comes into the untidy room. Nathan: Did the closet explode? Haley: How do I look in this? Nathan: Is there a right answer to that question? Haley: Well, none of my dresses fit me anymore! Nathan: Baby, you’re pregnant, they’re… They’re not supposed to fit you. Haley: You know what else? The doctor said it’s gonna take six to eight weeks to heal, which means prom is four weeks away, which means I am gonna be stuck with these stupid crutches. Nathan: No, hey, you don’t know that. Haley: In a perfect world, I would just wear such a beautiful dress, and I would dance with the man that I love. But even if there was a dress somewhere in this world that fit me, we don’t even have any money for it anyway. It’s okay. You know what? It’s okay. I’ll just… I’ll go and I’ll be pregnant and gimpy and, you know, most likely wearing sweatpants. Nathan: Hey. Hey, you’ll look great in anything, okay? It’s all right. Except maybe that dress. Haley goes in the bathroom In the high school’s body building room Skills is making exercises when Nathan comes into the room. Nathan: Just how naked do we have to get? Skills: See? I knew you would come around. Don’t worry man. We’re gonna win this thing Nathan: I don’t know man, you haven’t seen me dance. I’m terrible. Skills: Man, you’ll be fine. We got the best choreographer in town. Mouth arrives. Mouth: Hey, Nate. Skills said you’d come around. Skills: So, look, you can’t be that bad, so let’s see what you got. Nathan makes a demonstration. It’s horrible. ^^ Skills: Is he as bad as I think he is? Mouth: No, he’s worse. Skills: Maybe it’s the song. Peyton’s bedroom Skills: Okay, so check it out. What I need is an off-the-hook hip-hop jam with a really easy bat to follow. Peyton: Okay. Skills: So, how everything going with you and Lucas? I mean, you happy? Peyton: I’m happy. Skills: That’s my girl. You know love sometimes don’t really make sense. I mean, look at me and Bevin. But you two make sense. Peyton found the CD she’s looking for. Peyton: Okay. Track number two on this. It’s gonna treat you right. Skills: Oh, so you done went old school on me. I like that. Peyton: So what do you guys need this music for, anyway? Skills: Well, me and Nathan, let’s just say we entered a dance contest. Peyton: Wait. Nathan Scott? No way! What aren’t you telling me? Skills: Let’s just say you got to show some skin to win. Peyton: You guys are stripping? Shut up! Please, can I tell Lucas? Skills: Better than that, why don’t you tell some girls, ‘cause the way he moves, we’re gonna need all the home cooking we can get! Clean teen’s meeting in a classroom Chase: So, I was thinking, since you said you’d help tutor me in calculus… Brooke: I did. But, what’s in it for me? Chase: Well, I could feed you. Brooke: What? Like a monkey in a cage? Chase: Feed you like nice dinner at a fancy restaurant. Brooke: That sounds nice, too. Chase: How about tonight? Brooke: Yeah. Definitely. Shelly: Clean Teens, I called this emergency meeting because there is an imposter among us. One of you has soiled the Clean Teen name. And I think we all know who that person is. Charity’s older brother is in college. Why don’t we take a look at some footage he sht for us? They watch a video of a party where Rachel takes off her Clean Teen shirt. Shelly: I don’t think we need to go any further. A boy: I think we do. Shelly: Shut up, Sheldon. Rachel: So, I took my top off. So what? It didn’t go further than that. Shelly: Don’t make me black light you. It would be one thing if you felt a little remorse for your actions, but you clearly don’t. So you leave me no choice Rachel. You’re out of Clean Teens. Rachel: Can I keep the shirt? Shelly: No! Rachel: Fine! She takes off her shirt. Rachel (to Brooke): Come on, we’re so out of here. Brooke: Actually, I’m gonna stay. Sheldon: I’ll go with you. Rachel: bat it, nerd. At Karen’s Café Lucas comes into the Karen’s Café. Karen: Hey. I almost didn’t recognize you without Peyton attached to your hip. Lucas: Funny. Karen: Well, if it matters, I approve. You’ve had the biggest crush on her for years. Lucas: Mom, guys don’t have crushes. Girls have crushes. Karen: What do guys have? The hots? Lucas: Oh, “the hots”? Seriously, where do you come un with this stuff? Karen: Look, my point is that I’m very happy that the two of you have finally found each other. You know, with Keith, it was just… I just… I loved him. Very much. Lucas: He said seeing you still takes his breath away. Karen: What? Lucas: Look, I didn’t know if I was gonna tell you this, but when I was in the hospital, I saw Keith. Karen: What do you mean, you saw him? Like in a dream? Lucas: Sort of. And it was just so real. You know, he showed me things, Mom. He took me to the school, and U saw Jimmy lying there on the floor, dad, and Keith was standing above him. And he was still alive, as if Jimmy didn’t kll Keith. Karen: Look, Lucas, it was a dream. Lucas: Mom… Karen: I know that it is very hard for you to accept the truth because Jimmy was your friend. But he sht Keith, just like he sht Peyton. You should be thankful that you still have her here. Don’t ever take her for granted. In the high school library Principal Turner: Thank you all for coming. I… Miss Davis. Thanks for joining us. Brooke: Sorry. Principal Turner: I’ve asked all of the tutor staff to be here because we have a situation. Tests are missing from the Tutor Center files. Brooke: Why am I here? Principal Turner: As Student Council President, you should also be aware of what happened. Brooke: Oh, yeah, right. Principal Turner: Does anyone know who might have stolen the exams or had unauthorized access? I’d like to have a list of all current students who are being tutored. Whoever did this will be expelled. Or worse. Outside of the school Haley: I will bet you anything Rachel stole those tests. Brooke: What? Haley: When I was tutoring her, she tried to bribe me for them. Brooke: Haley, I live with Rachel. If she’d stolen the tests, I’d know. At Rachel’s Brooke: Hey. We have a problem. Rachel: Yeah, you sab me in the back from the front. Brooke: Okay, we have two problems. Did you return the calculus exams that we stole? Rachel: Maybe. Okay, I forgot. Brooke: Rachel! Turner knows the tests are missing, and now he’s on a total witch hunt. Rachel: Who cares, Brooke? He doesn’t know it was us. The bigger problem is how you left me hanging today. Brooke: You said it yourself, Clean Teens was our alibi. Otherwise, we can’t justify why we were in the school that night. Rachel: That is not what’s going on. You screwed me over for a guy who won’t screw you. Brooke: Oh, please, like I couldn’t get Chase after a little chase. Rachel: I think you’re forgetting something. You see, Chase is into smart, born-again-virgin Brooke, not stupid, slutty, “I cheated on the calculus test” Brooke. Brooke: Fine. But have you seen me? Because I could easily have sex with him if I wanted to. Rachel: Interesting. Care to bet on that? In body-building room Nathan: Took you long enough. Mouth: Dude, these outfits rock. You guys are gonna win that £1000 hands down. Skills: Or pants down. Nathan: Hey, I don’t know. I still suck. Skills: Look, man, we’re going to be fine. I just need you to look good. I’m gonna do all the dancing. Let’s see the outfits. Mouth: Okay. Mouth shows to Nathan and Skills their outfits. Mouth: Oh, yeah! Nathan: Hell, no! Mouth and Skills laugh. Skills: He just playing, man. Look, I thought we’d go with a different kind of uniform. Nathan: Oh, okay. All right. Mouth: Dude, you should have seen your face. At Peyton’s Lucas comes in and sees some smoke. Lucas: Peyton? Peyton: I’m sorry. She shows him the burst chocolate chip cookies. Lucas: Oh, this is messed up. Peyton: Yeah, I know. The timer didn’t go off. Lucas: No, I mean, like, I kind of expected it, you know? Like another day, another disaster. Peyton: It’s like with everything that’s happened, we’ve become chaos junkies. Lucas: So I told my mom about seeing Keith. I didn’t even think about how much it was gonna upset her. Peyton: Luke, you didn’t mean to hurt her. Lucas: I know, but I did. You know, I just… I just want to let it all go away, you know? I don’t want to be like this anymore. How’d you like to just be happy? Peyton: I thought you’d never ask. At the cemetery Dan: It seems like I spend more time with Keith now than I did when he was alive. I’m sorry, I don’t wanna intrude. Karen: Dan. I bought a roast for dinner, and I didn’t know Lucas had plans tonight. It’s gonna be too much for me. Would you like to come over for dinner? Dan: I’d like that. At Deb’s Deb sleeps and Dan arrives and throws on her a glass of water. Deb: Oh, God. I thought vampires had to be invited in. Dan: And I thought water melted witches. Yet, here we are. That was quite the performance you put on today. Deb: Why are you messing with Karen’s head? Hasn’t she suffered enough? Dan: You don’t think my intentions toward Karen are sincere? Deb: You don’t have a sincere bone in your body, Dan. Dan: Do you remember the night before our wedding? Deb: You pour water in my face and now you want to take a trip down memory lane? You disappeared after the rehearsal dinner and my parents were furious. Is that what you wanted to hear? Dan: I drove to Tree Hill and spent the night parked in front of Karen’s house. I knew I was on the verge of making a huge mistake. You see, Karen was the love of my life, yet I was too proud to tell her. I never loved you, Deb. I settled for you. And I mean that. Sincerely. Deb: You a miserable ass of a man! Nathan and I are so much better off without you poisoning our lives. Dan: Nathan and I? Take another pill boozy. Nathan cut you out of his life long before I did. At Nathan and Haley’s Someone knocks at the door, Haley opens. Haley: Jeez. Deb: Where’s Nathan? I need to see him. Haley: Not like this, you don’t. Deb: Don’t keep me from my own son! Haley: Deb, you’re the one ruining your relationship with Nathan. Don’t put that on me. Deb: I need to see him! Deb makes Haley falling down. Nathan arrives. Haley: Oh God! Nathan: Mom! Haley, are you okay? You all right? What are you doing? She’s pregnant, Mom! Deb: It was an accident. I didn’t mean to hurt her. Nathan: Why don’t you forget I exist and we’ll call it even, okay? Deb: I’m sorry. Nathan: No, Mom, you’re leaving. And do not come back. I’m not doing this anymore. In a restaurant Chase: You keep looking at me weird. Brooke: I know. I’m sorry. It’s just really hard for me to believe that you’ve never had sex. Chase: It’s not that I haven’t had the opportunity. I just wanna wait until I find the right person. Brooke: But you’ve had girlfriends. Chase: I’ve had one serious girlfriend, but it didn’t end well. Brooke: Did you break up because she wanted to have sex? Chase: Yeah. With my best friend. Turns out she was cheating on me pretty much the whole time. Brooke: Wow, that… That sucks. Chase: Yeah, I lost my girlfriend and my best friend on the same day. Brooke: I didn’t know we had so much in common. Chase: That happened to you, too? Brooke: They didn’t have sex, but my best friend fell in love with my boyfriend. Twice. Chase: You guys still friends? Brooke: Not like we used to be. Chase: I know people think that being in Clean Teens is weird. I mean, especially being a guy. And, trust me, it’s not ‘cause I don’t love girls. I do, but I just wanted to start over, you know? I mean the next relationship I get into is gonna be with someone I can trust. Someone who’s completely honest with me. In the wings of the strip-club Nathan is watching the spectators. Nathan: Mouth, you did not tell me that Rachel and Bevin were coming. Mouth: You guys need people cheering for you if you wanna win, and who’s better at cheering than cheerleaders? Nathan: Please tell me you didn’t invite Haley. Mouth: I didn’t invite Haley. But Skills told Peyton, who might have told Lucas. So there’s that. Nathan: Right. At Naley’s Someone knock at the door. Haley: Coming! Peyton: Hey! Haley: Hi! Peyton: Turn around. Haley: Why? Peyton: Get dressed. Luke’s out in the car. You’re coming with us. Haley: Oh, no, no. I really don’t feel like going out tonight. Peyton: Haley, where’s your sense of adventure? Haley: It probably got knocked out of me when I got ht by a car. Peyton: Okay, well, seriously, you’re gonna want to see this. Trust me, it’ll be a night to remember. Go. Haley: Yeah, yeah, yeah. In Tree Hill, next to the river. Chase: So, what do you think? You ready to study? Brooke: Oh, well, what else do you have in mind? Chase: We could dance. Brooke: Oh, no. Chase: Come on. Come on. Brooke: I don’t know how to dance to this kind of music. Chase: It’s easy. I’ll show you. They start dancing in front of the orchestra. Chase: This isn’t so bad, is it? Brooke: It beats studying. Chase: My parents would dance like this, you know, late at night after I went to bed. I used to sit at the top of the stairs in my footie pyjamas and just watch them. Brooke: That was what? A year ago? Chase: They were so happy and so in love. Your heart is beating really fast. Brooke: Is it? At the strip-club A man is dancing. Nathan: The guy’s gonna have a heart attck. Mouth: I checked out all the other competition. There’s no way you guys don’t win. Did you get a load of the guy who looked like Chewbacca? Nathan: Wait, I saw that guy! That dude is furry. Skills, check this out. Skills looks inside the strip-club. Skills: Man, there’s a lot of people out there. Man, is it hot in here or is it just me? Nathan: Well, it’s gonna be even hotter on stage under those lights. Skills: Yeah? At Deb’s She comes home, crying. She goes into the kitchen and takes some pills. In Tree Hill Chase: So tell me again why ice cream was a good idea on a cold night? Brooke: It’s all part of my plan to get you cold so I can warm you up. Chase: Pretty diabolical. Brooke: That’s what I do, Chase. The boy’s can’t resist my cuteness. Chase: I don’t know if I’d call you cute. Brooke: No? Chase: Nah. More like beautiful. Even with ice cream on your face. I got it. So tell me more about this plan. In the strip-club Nathan: Skills, this plan was your idea. What do you mean you can’t go on? Skills: Man, you see all them people out there? Mouth: Skills, you’ve played basketball in front of thousands of people. Skills: Yeah, but they don’t be all up on you like that. Plus, I have my clothes on, man. The animator: Our next act is Double Trouble! Nathan: That’s us. What’s it gonna be? Mouth replaces Skills for the show. They start their show. Bevin goes in the wings to see Skills. Bevin: Mama came to see her man dance and her man’s not on stage. Skills: Yeah, I know, baby, but there’s a whole lot of people out there. Bevin: But if you don’t dance for me, then you won’t get to see me dance for you. Skills goes on stage. Nathan: What happened to your stage fright? Skills: Mama came to see her man dance. They continue the show together. The show is finished, they leave the strip club. Rachel: Nathan looked good tonight. No wonder you’re pregnant. Haley: Oh, you’re funny. How’s calculus going? Rachel: Fine. Why? Haley: I just think it’s wild how you went from failing to fine with just a few tutoring sessions. Rachel: You’re just good, I guess. Anyway, see you. Haley: Rachel, someone stole some tests from the Tutoring Center and if I find out that it’s you, I’m turning you in. At Dan’s Porch His phone rings. Dan: Is this important? I’m running over to Karen’s for dinner. Deb: I messed up so many things. Things I can’t fix. Dan: How long is this gonna take? I’m running low on minutes this month. Deb: Please be good to Nathan. I’ve failed him too many times to count. He deserves so much better. Dan: Deb, you gotta stop taking those pills. Deb: It’s all right now. They’re all gone. Dan: Deb? Deb? In front of Deb’s house Deb is on a stretcher and she is put into the ambulance. Dan is there, his phone rings. Dan: Karen, I’m sorry. I’m running late. I should have called you. … No, nothing important. In Chase’s car Chase: Whoa, where’d you go? Brooke: Well, this is one of the most notorious make-out spots in town. Chase: It also has one of the nicest views in town. Brooke: There’s a view? She looks the view. Brooke: Who knew? Chase: I thought maybe we could talk. Brooke: Okay. Sorry, I haven’t been a Clean Teen very long. Chase: I know. I’ve seen your time capsule video. You don’t see too many topless virgins. Brooke: I can’t believe you’ve seen that. Chase: I don’t care about who you were, Brooke. I care about who you are. Brooke: I didn’t think guys like you actually existed. Sweet and sincere and hot. You’re like a unicorn. Chase: A unicorn, huh? Brooke: Yeah. Chase: How about a dragon? Yeah, a dragon sounds way cooler. Brooke: Okay. Yeah, you can be the dragon. In Peyton’s kitchen Lucas arrives and tastes one of the chocolate chip cookies. He makes a strange head. Peyton: What, too hot? What? What? Lucas: A little salty. Peyton: Salty? I put a dash of salt in there. That’s what it said to do on the recipe. Lucas: How mush is a dash? Show me. She shows him. Her dash is more like a handful. ^^ Lucas: Oh, that’s… That’s more like a handful. Oh my god. Peyton: Okay, great. Well maybe this batch will be better. Try it out. She let’s Lucas taste, she makes a mess. Lucas: No. Still salty. Peyton: Yeah. Lucas: Yeah. You know what? Maybe I need a second opinion. A funny fight starts. Peyton: No! Lucas: Oh, you better run! Nathan and Haley’s bedroom Nathan arrives with a gift. Haley comes out from the bathroom. Haley: How you doing, hot stuff? Nathan: Very funny. Get it all out. Haley: How much for a lap dance? Nathan: You done? Haley: Not even close. I’m serious. How much for a lap dance? Nathan: I needed some quick cash, okay? Haley: What for? Nathan: This. He shows the gift to Haley. Nathan: They actually have prom dresses in the maternity section. Who knew? Haley: Nathan, this is really beautiful. Nathan: Well, I’m just glad that we won tonight. Otherwise, I would have had to take that back. I just wanted you to have a great prom, Hales. Haley: Whoa! Thank you. Maybe we should have waited to save the money until after you got a job. Nathan: I’ll get a job. You said, in a perfect world, you’d wear a pretty dress and you’d dance with the man you love. Haley: Well, I don’t think I’m gonna be dancing. I mean, you know, the doctor said it takes most people… Nathan: You’re not most people. I’ve seen how you are when you set your mind to something. You can do this. I’ll help you. They kiss. On Rachel’s porch Brooke: I had a really great time, but I feel bad we didn’t actually study. Chase: Maybe we could try again tomorrow night. Brooke: Yeah, I’d like that. Chase: Looks like your diabolical plan is working. Brooke: Well… They kiss. Brooke: Okay. That was amazing. Chase: Well, when all you do is kiss, you kind of get good at it. Brooke: Yeah. They kiss again. In Peyton’s kitchen, which became a real battle field. Peyton: Oh, man, I’ve got cookie dough all over me. It’s even in my bra. Maybe I should take it off. Lucas: What… Peyton: Sucker! You surrender? Lucas: I give up. I’m putting the lid down. Now if you are gonna be taking anything off, please, please, please, let me help you. They kiss. Lucas (voice-off): Happiness comes in many forms. In the company of good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else’s dream come true, or in the promise of hope renewed. In Peyton’s kitchen Peyton: You know what? I think you missed some right there. Lucas: Really? You know what? I take that back. This is the best cookie I’ve ever had. Peyton: Really? They kiss. Lucas (voice-off): It’s okay to let yourself be happy. At Karen’s Dan: You’ve been quiet all night. Karen: I’m sorry. It’s just that Lucas said something really unsettling today. Dan: What’d he say? Karen: He said he doesn’t think that Jimmy Edwards k*lled Keith. Lucas (voice-off): Because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be. Dan: Is that right? 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One tree hill season 4 episode 13 Pictures of you Lucas: Do you ever wonder how long it takes to change your life? What measure of time is enough to be life altering? Is it four years like high school? One year? An eight-week rock tour? Can your life change in a month, or a week, or a single day? We're always in a hurry, to grow up, to go places, to get ahead. But when you're young, one hour can change everything. Karl: How are we doing this mornig seniors? Did anyone wake up with their clothes on from the night before still drunk with strange big hangover? Anyone? Well I guess that was just me. Actually last night was UNO night at my house, and it was a blood bath but I cannot discuss it with you right now, so we won't. But let me ask you guys a question: does today's class really matter? Or is it just a fifty-minute requirement designed to get your grades so you can go on to college or a job and the rest of your lives, anyone? Brooke: If we say yes, can we have the grade and go on with the rest of our lives? Karl: Mouth, using one word describe how your classmates see you. Mouth: Ugh, awesome? Lucas: Yep! Karl: Ok. Let's say that there are five universal terms to describe everyone in high school, okay? Let's say jock, prom queen, geek, loaner, and ...? Brooke: Slut? Karl: Okay, considering that awesome is not a category, Shelly Simon, describe Mouth in one word. Shelly: I don't really know him, but, nice, I guess. Karl: Nice. I suppose we could find 'nice' under friendly, but since friendly doesn't mean friendly that would make Mouth a slut. You have four other choices. Shelly: Geek I guess. Karl: Geek? You're joining the club Mouth. Okay, class, Nathan five choices? Everyone: Jock. Karl: Lucas? Everyone: Jock. Karl: Brooke? Everyone: Prom queen. Karl: Rachel? Everyone: Friendly! Rachel: Hey! Karl: Peyton? Everyone: Prom queen. Peyton: Oh come on I am so a loaner! Glenda: Right, a loaner cheerleader who's dating a jock. No offence but I'm a loaner, you're a prom queen. Karl: Like it or not, you are who you classmates see you as. But here's the good news: that's gonna change soon. Because prett y soon you're gonna be going out into that big, wild world and you can erase all those [...]. Now for some of you shading this image is gonna be a great thing. And for some of you, not such a great thing. But what matters is that you know who you really are. And you know how you want the world to see you. Well, you've been together for what? For four years? Haley? What's Lucas' middle name? Haley: Eugene. Ohh, I'm sorry I'm so sorry. Karl: Lucas what's Glenda's last name? Lucas: I don't know. Sorry. Karl: Okay everyone on this side of the room I want you to write your name on a piece of paper and put it in Nathan's cap. Okay, hurry up. Everyone on this side of the room is gonna draw a name. And the name that you draw will be the person that you will spend the rest of the class with. Maybe we'll find out if fifty minutes can matter. Okay pass the hat around. Shelly who do you have? Shelly: Mouth. Karl: Karma's a funny thing isn't it? Haley? Haley: Skills...ington. Karl: Rachel? Rachel: Bevin. Karl: Glenda? Glenda: Gotta love karma... Lucas. Karl: Nora? Nora: Oh, I have Noriah. Karl: Emma? Emma: I've got Zach. Karl: Michael? Micheal: I got Fedde. Karl: Brooke? Brokke: I have Chase. Karl: Peyton? Peyton: I have... Nathan. Karl: Okay here's the deal, everyone pair up, you can leave the class but not the campus. At the door you'l find a camera, I want each of you, at the end of the class to take a picture of your partner. This picture represents how you see them. That picture is going into the year book for the rest of time. Now for some of you this is an opportunity to reinvent youself starting today. Brooke: Do we have to reinvent ouselves, cause I think most of my friends see me as fabulous! Karl: Maybe so. But my friend Mr Miller sees you as the girl who's failing calculus. Okay everyone go and get a camera and get out of here. Oh wait one more thing, with the cameras a list of instructions at the end of the class I want you to tell me what you learnt about your partner. You have fifty minutes, go. Mouth: Well I guess you're stuck with the geek. Skills: Okay Haley J.S. Let me make a deal with you, as long as you don't give birth early, we're good. Bevin: I don't get it. Lucas: I'm Lucas... Glenda: Scott. Right. At least i know your last name. Nathan: This is kinda like the Boy Trade, actually we won't be kissing and the partial nudity. Peyton: The hour is still young. Brooke: So about this whole calculus thing... Lucas: Glenda! Glenda. I'm sorry about not knowing your name. Can we just do the assignment? Look the first thing on the list it's huh... 'share something personal with your partner'. Glenda: Farell, my last name's Farell. Is that personal enough for you? Brooke: Will you just listen to me please? Chase: So what? You accidently forgot to tell me that you were failing calculus when you started tutoring me... in calculus. How did you get that A I saw on your test anyway? Brooke: It's complicated trust me. Chase: Trust you... I already did that. And now I find that my tutor is doing worse in calculus than I. Brooke: It's a long story okay? Chase: Well don't tell me other story Brooke! Tell me the truth. Or is that even possible for you to do? Brooke: Okay. Come on. Mouth: You know you shouldn't judge people like that. You called me a geek! Shelly: It was the only category that fit. I called you nice first. Mouth: Well how do you know I'm nice? Maybe I'm not nice. Shelly: I can see that. Mouth: We're supposed to tell each other something personal. Like... huh... my middle name is Leonardo, after my grandpa Leo. I guess that's kinda geeky. Shelly: Wow you really got personal there. Mouth: Well it's not like you're gonna tell me anything real either right? It's just an assignment. Shelly: Before I started Clean Teens, I was in a serious relationship with this guy I met at summer camp. I was pretty intense. And then, we couldn't see each other for the rest of the summer. My parents, they wouldn't let me talk to him or... anything. But I knew I'd see him when we'd got back to school on the fall. And, the night before we got back I couldn't sleep. This is the spot I was standing at when I finally saw him again... with his new girlfriend. He looked at me, you know, he looked right at me, and then he just walked away, without a word. It was just over. That's the moment I thought of Clean Teens. Like you said, it's not like I'm actually gonna tell you anything real. Haley: Okay pregant girl on the roof! Skills: Come on, [...] we had a deel, no early delivers! Haley: Right! Skills: Now check it out you're gonna love this view, it's the [...] Haley: Wow, this view really is the [...]. Skills: You see that factory way out there? I might possibly work in this [...] graduate in Tree Hill. Six days a week on [...]. So we're supposed to tell each other something personal right? Haley: Yeah. Skills: Ok, well, here's mine. There's a job waiting for me in that place, if I don't get a scholarship to college. Haley: It's not gonna happen Skills. I can feel it! Skills: I'm glad you're so sure. Haley: NO, the baby's kiking I can feel it! Here! Skills: It's like a step show. Haley: Something personal right? Skills: Yeah! Peyton: So I guess I was right about the partial nudity thing. Boys lockroom? Nathan: Just following the assignment. Peyton: Ok. Nathan: You see this [...]? The summer I decided t really dedicate myself to basketball, my dad said I was way too skinny to ever be a great player. He said I wasn't tough enough, that I wasn't stong enough. So to prove him wrong, I spent every single day in this training room. It was like a thousand degrees in it, but I wasn't gonna let him be right. Peyton: Anger's motivation. Nathan: Anger and inspiration. Everytime I benched another ten pounds, I scratched two letters, under the plate. Peyton: What does it say? PS? Nathan: It was the same summer we started dating. We were pretty good together weren't we? Peyton: Gimme your hand. Ok, I want you to feel this. Nathan: Geez what happened? Peyton: I broke that neckle punching something after we've broken up for like the twentieth time! We were horrible together! Nathan: Yeah, I know, I was kinda hoping you forgot. Peyton: No. Bevin: Ok so I don't get it. We're supposed to do these stuff on the list and then take a picture for the year book. Rachel: That's the plan! Bevin: Well I already took my photo for the year book, and my hair looked really pretty that day. Rachel: It's not that kind of photo... and anyway it doesn't matter because this assignment makes me wanna get high. Bevin: Seriously. Rachel: You're not listening, see: this assignment makes me wanna get high. Brooke: I got a copy of the key and I stole the test. Chase: It's great Brooke, anything else? Brooke: I don't really believe in Clean Teens I just stayed in it because of you. That's the one thing I was really truthful about: my feelings for you. Chase: Well it doesn't matter now does it? Mouth: Anyone for starting over? Shelly: Hey. I'm sorry about judging you. You seem like a really nice guy. Mouth: Ok you gotta stop saying that! Shelly: Why? Mouth: Because that's part of the problem! I hate being the nice guy, the little brother, the great friend. For just once, I'd like to be a little dangerous you know. Not so safe. Shelly: Yeah. Mouth: So, what's next on the list? Shelly: Ok: lighten up. Do an impression of a celebrity or a famous character. Mouth: This is gonna be awesome baby! He's a [...], a [...] magician! It's Dick Vitale. He's a sports annoucer. He's really famous. Lucas: You seem so familiar love. Have I thrat you before? I'm captain Jack Sparrow. Haley: So my sister Mary Kate was like: Ashley, you really need to eat something. Lucas: Merry Christmas you [...]! Nathan: I like you, do you like me? Peyton: I like sexytime explsin! Haley: I'm sorry Dawson, it's just, I love Pacey. Brooke: Happy Birthday Mister President. Haley: Say hello to my little friend! Nathan: My wife, she's very nice. Hi 5! Lucas: My precious, oh my precious gotta keep it from the hobbitses, oh the hobbitses! Glenda: You do a really good Elmo. Shelly: Admit something that worries you or something you're afraid of. Mouth: You. Shelly: Me? Why? Mouth: Because you're really pretty. And it's kinda intimidating. Nathan: I walked a hundred times in the gim, thousands of fans screaming at me, taunting me, I never flinched. I just take it all and [...]. No fear. But the thought of being a father scares the hell out of me. Haley: I love the idea of being a mom. I really do. But, I just, I still wanna leave my mark on this world. Skills: That what scares you? Not having the chance to do that? Haley: Yeah, a little. And clowns. Clowns really scare me. Bevin: What are you afraid of Rachel? Rachel? Rachel: I'm afraid, I'm way too high to care. Brooke: I was worried I wouldn't be enough for you. That's why I lied. That's what I'm afraid of. Not being enough. Not good enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough, not... Chase: Brooke, you're the student council president, captain of the Cheerleaders and probably one of the most popular girls of the school! How is that not good enough? Brooke: I don't know you should ask my parents, considering they haven't called in a month. A month and a half, actually. Not a single call, or texto, or email so what do you suppose that says about me? Chase: I think it says more about your parents. Brooke: You haven't told me what you're afraid of. Glenda: I'm afraid of my mom. Lucas: Come on, is she really that bad? Glenda: You see these diamond earings? I can only wear them at school because I stole them from her. Lucas: Why? Glenda: Because she loves them more than me. How about you? Lucas: I'm klling two birds in one stone. Something personal and something I'm afraid of. This is the first draft to a novel I'm writting. This is the personal part. Glenda: Who knew? Lucas: No one. Glenda: How come? Lucas: My first dream was to play professional basketball, I already gave that up. You're holding my second dream. If this thing sucks it's gonna be kinda hard to find a third one. Bevin: Ok, where do you plan to be in ten years? Rachel: In ten years, I plan to be twenty eight. Bevin: Not at this rate. Brooke: I want my fashionline to be hugely successful. Chase: I'd like to be a pilot. I always wanted to fly. Shat off to far away places. Brooke: Milan. Chase: Why not? That or be an X Game champion. That would make Clean Teens a bad ass! Nathan: Oh I hope in ten years, Haley's got a bunch of platine albums, my dad learnt how to be a great grandparent, my mom's alive and sober and hopefully my son will have a kickass of a drible! Peyton: Ok, but the question is about you duffus! Where do you plan to be in ten years? Natan: I know, but if everbody else's dreams come true, then, I'll be fine. Peyton: Nate, I think it's great that you take care of Haley, and that you're worried about your family, but if you don't start putting yourself first every once in a while, and chasing your own dream, then, I'm scared you're gonna wake up one day, and have to wonder what could have been, like Dan. Don't be haunted like that Nate. Skills: You know basketball is global now right? I mean, everybody thinks being a pro is just NBA. Me I'd be happy just playing backetball oversea somewhere. So we [...] on a world tour, we'll remember this day and [...] a laugh about it. Haley: Ohhh man, I'd love to play music for living, but, if that doesn't happen I'll also be happy. Skills: Yeah? Doing what? Shelly: You know I don't know yet. But, whatever it is it's gonna be ok because I'll have a great group of friends, that I can laugh with and a few secret comforts that keep me sain, like I want a grey big [...] cat that greets me when I come home. And a boy, that I'm in love with. Yeah, in ten years I'm definitely in love. Lucas: Oh if I don't make it as a writter I can at least come back here and coach the Ravens. I mean Whitey's retired, my mom's here, and besides I love this place. Glenda: Not me. I can't wait to get out of here. I'm going as far away as I can get, and I'm gonna try to forget this place ever existed. Haley: I never thought about teaching until now but, I thing I could be really happy doing that. When I tutor someone, and I watch them get it like that light goes on, it just feels really good. Anyway. Skills: So look we got one more thing to do, before we take our pictures. Tell your partner a secret. This one will do some damages. Brooke: Rachel bet me that I couldn't sleep with you within three dates. Chase: Well. Brooke: But I need you to know something. I would have never ever asked you to compromise what you believe in or try to presure you out of it. That's the truth. And I just need you to know it. Even though I kno I don't have a chance with you now. Chase: Is that it? No more secrets? Brooke: That's it. I promise. Chase: Well here's one more. You are enough Brooke. And if I just get you to quit lying, I think i'm gonna like the real you. But shhhh, don't tell anyone. It's a secret. Rachel: What time is it? It feels like we've been in here for ever. Bevin: Well, that's because you're wasted. I don't suppose you wanna tell me a secret and actually participate. Rachel: I'll tell you a secret, not because of class, just because. I never really felt anything with the guys I slept with. When I got my new body I thought it would change everything. Maybe it did for the boys, but not for me. Bevin: You know, I always wanted to know what it was like to be a dude, like walking through the halls in jeans and a [...] tee shirt or bad ass, you know, talking smack and checking out checks and stuff. Rachel: Checking out checks. Maybe that's my problem. Maybe I'm into girls. What the hell are you doing? Bevin: Did you feel anything? Rachel: No! Bevin: Then you're not into girls! Trust me Rachel, I'm a really good kisser, and you'd totally be into me right now. Skills: It's my shcolarship offer, or not, I mean, I haven't had the courage to open it yet. Haley: Skills, you can't keep this secret. Come on I've got a really good feeling about it open it! Skills: Ok just give me a few minutes though. Haley: Ok. Skills: Won't you tell me your secret? Now we talk. Haley: Sometimes I feel incredibly disconnected, really uncomfortable in my own skin. Kind of, like I don't fit in to this wolrd. Like I was born at the wrong time, and I don't belong. I just think about my son, and it scares me because I don't ever want him to feel like he doesn't belong. I don't know if my heart could bear that. Skills: Nah, he'll belong. The kid's gonna rock this place. Haley: You think so? Skills: Oh yeah I do. Cause his mom got his back, and if she don't, I do, I promise. Glenda: Ok. Here. Lucas: You're on the pill. Glenda: No I'm not on the pill. Lucas: You have the pill, but you're not on it, that's very secretive. Glenda: When my mom was in high school, she was one of the Pretty and Popular. And I think her greatest dispointment is that I'm not! Sometimes she teases me about it, and not in a fun way like, like why can't I loose some weight, and how I'll never get a boyfriend. Lucas: That sucks. Glenda: Yeah. Anyway, one day I got some flowers from my boyfriend. Lucas: So you have a boyfriend. Glenda: No, I made him up, and I sent the flowers to myself. He was pretty awesome though he sent me all kinds of things. Lucas: Your imaginary boyfriend. Glenda: Anyway, I told my mom we were getting serious, and that maybe I should go on the pill. And in my head I thought it would be this binding experience like, she'd secretly be happy for me, sit me down and coucil me about being safe or just tell me to wait or ... just be my mom. Instead she took me to the doctor, got me the pill, when we left the pharmacy she hanged me the prescription and she said 'I don't know who'd sleep with you but here you are!' Lucas: I'm sorry Glenda. Glenda: It's ok. So I looked at her and I said 'I don't know who'd sleep with you either but here I am!'. And we haven't spoken since, not a word. Lucas: How long has it been? Glenda: Like 8 weeks. She just drives me off to school and picks me up, and we just don't talk. There's just silence, silence and disappointment. Nathan: My mom tried to kll herself. Peyton: What? Nathan: She sucked a bunch of pills. I haven't told anybody. Just Haley. Peyton: Nathan I'm so sorry. Nathan: The worst point about it is when I found out that she might die, there's a moment, there's just a fraction of a second, when I actually, I felt relieved, like maybe it was for the best. You believe that? A kid actually feeling relieved at the thought of loosing his mother? What kind of person does that make me, Peyton, that I can feel that? Peyton: I can't whistle. Nothing. Nathan: That's terrible! How can you not whistle? Peyton: I know okay I'm pathetic. Shelly: I've got a pair of leather pants in my locker that I'd be dying to wear! Mouth: Nice. You should totally rock those. Shelly: I can't. I'm a Clean Teen. Doesn't exactly fit the image. Mouth: Then change the image. Shelly: Mouth before I, took back my virginity, I was kind of... friendly. It just figures, everyone saw me as a slut, and now I am this radical virgin who can't wear a pair of leather pants. Sometimes I just wish they'd see me as a girl, you know, just a girl, nice, cool sometimes, [...]. Mouth: Beautiful. Shelly: So, how do you know about all this media stuff? Mouth: Oh, hum, me and Jimmy... Shelly: Jimmy Edwards? Mouth: He was my friend. I miss him a lot. I have to keep it secret because he klled Lucas' uncle Keith and I loved Keith. But, it doesn't mean I don't miss my friend you know, especially with graduation coming up. Shelly: Sorry. I never told you what I'm afraid of, second question on the list. I'm kind of afraid of being here with you. Mouth: Why? Shelly: Because I'm a Clean Teen, and your hot. Brooke: I'm sorry I lied Chase. It's just you're a Clean Teen, and you're hot, and... Mouth: You were serious about me being decent looking or, are you just trying to make up for the geek comment? Chase: I didn't say decent looking. I said hot. Mouth, I'm a Clean Teen. Mouth: So what? Glenda: So I've been thinking about your manuscript. You need to give it to someone who won't go easy with you, someone who's gonna tell you the truth... Lucas: Someone like you? Glenda: I haven't actually been that truthful, I mean not about school. The truth is I'm gonna miss this place. And it's all my fault. I just wish I would have tried harder, and I just didn't wanna look like an idiot. Lucas: I think everybody feels that way sometimes. You know like people don't see them for who they really are. It's not just you. Glenda: You would have made a great goth you know? A little tortured, a bit of a loaner, but kind. Hey, I have an idea for your picture. Rachel: Thank God, this ridiculous class is almost over. Bevin: I liked it. Rachel: That's because you're too blisfully stupid to resist. Bevin: I know poeple think I'm stupid. But I'm not dumb. I just let you and the other girls have your way because how you need it to be. But I think Carl's right. Pretty soon we're all gonna graduate and, I can start over. But it'll be harder for the people who need this place to make themselves so special. People who use highschool to build themselves up and then find out that the real world doesn't care so much about who you were in high school, people like you. Ok, so, what are we gonna do for our pictures? Mouth: You need to go get those leather pants. Shelly: What? Mouth: For the picture. Also, your need to take off your shirt. Shelly: Wait what? Peyton: Take off your shirt? Nathan: Wow, just like the old days. Peyton: Stop it, I have an idea for your picture, but before you do that, come here. Look the bell is gonna ring soon and I don't know if I'm gonna have the chance to say it so, I'm gonna say it now. You're doing great Nathan. Alright? Just please, put yourself first sometimes. Well now let's see the marchandise! Nathan: Ohhh, fun. Peyton: Let's go, chop, chop, baby! Skills: I want you to open it. Tell me, if it's the factory or college? Haley: Okay, but I want you to know that no matter what this letter says you're gonna find your way to some great things. I know it. Skills: Yeah well if it all means the same, I'd rather find my great things to college. Haley: Well, it looks like you'll be going into that factory, and you're gonna tell your father that you just got a full ride to college. Skills: Girl, that's messed up! I almost doomed my ass off this damn roof! Haley: Ohhh sorry! Brooke: So, how about it? You think one class can change your life? Chase: The way you kiss? Definitely. You still think you're not good enough? Brooke: I don't think that ever goes away, but I think you just have to learn to deal with it, you know, learn to use it. Chase: So let's use it then! Chase: Today I spent an hour with Brooke Davis, and I learnt something. People are all gonna label you. But it's how you overcome those labels. Thats' what matters. Brooke: I spent an hour with Chase Adams. He's a Clean Teen, and that's pretty cool! Peyton: People think they know Nathan Scott. I know I did. But, I discovered something new today. Nathan Scott is a martyr. He's also gonna be a terrific father. Nathan: I spent the class with Peyton Sawyer. It reminded me what a good friend she is. I also learnt that considering recent history, she's not quite ready for the whole picture thing. Mouth: Some of you have met Shelly Simon, Clean Teen, but today, I got to know Shelly Simon, teen. I also asked her to prom. Shelly: An hour ago I called Marvin Mc Fadden nice. He is. But I should have called him dangerous. I also said yes to prom. Rachel: This is one of the best classes I've ever had. A kick-ass fifty minutes during which Bevin told me she always wanted to be a guy. Bevin: I spent the hour with Rachel, and I think she learnt today that I am not an idiot. This is my picture of her. Skills: Over the years I've known Haley James book warm, Haley James sarcastic girl, Haley James Scott rock star and Haley James Scott mother to be. Today I got reaquainted with just Haley, my girl friend. She get heavier too! Haley: Skills has been my friend since really young, and today I remembered why, he's a great listener, he's gonna do awesome in college, and he deserves to be on top of the world. Glenda: Fifty minutes ago, I called Lucas Scott a jock. But I was wrong, he's more than one simple word, I guess we all are. Anyway I learnt that Lucas is actually a lot like me. Who knew? Lucas: I wish I would have hung out with Glenda before today. Something tells me she could have been a great friend. But it's good to know there's still a little time left to do that. - Glenda! Listen would you mind taking a look at this for me? I need someone I can trust to tell me the truth. Glenda: Sure, ok, Lucas Scott. Lucas: Hey, today was awesome, I had a blass with you. See you tomorrow. - And I also learnt her last name. - Hey Mrs Farell. Glenda: Ok, mum, let's go. Lucas: And I learnt that one hour can change everything.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x13 - Pictures of You"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... LUCAS : This is the first draft to a novel I'm writing. GLENDA : Who knew? LUCAS : No one. RACHEL : I could pass calculus in my sleep. You're the one flunking out. RACHEL : This is the key to the cabinet with the answers. BROOKE : Got it. NATHAN : My mom tried to kll herself. I felt relieved, like maybe it was for the best. SHELLY : Have you guys met Chase? He's our newest Clean Teen, virgins for life. BROOKE : Hi. Brooke Davis... Clean Teen. SHELLY : I'm kind of afraid of being here with you. MOUTH : Why? SHELLY : You're hot. KEITH : Open your eyes, Luke. LUCAS : I saw Jimmy lying on the floor dad and Keith was standing above him. Jimmy didn't kll Keith. KAREN : Lucas said something really unsettling today. DAN : What did he say? KAREN : He said he doesn't think that Jimmy Edwards klled Keith. LUCAS’ HOUSE Karen is watching a video of young Lucas. Dan is in the door step, watching from afar. LUCAS (voiceover) : Do you ever wonder if we make the moments in our lives or if the moments in our lives make us? KAREN (in the video) : Give me five, give me five! Come on! Five! Five! Nice sht. Can you say merry Christmas? LUCAS (in the video) : Merry Christmas. (Dan enters) DAN : It's amazing how fast they grow up, isn't it? (They both still watch) DAN : Ouch. (Lucas enters the room) LUCAS : Keith bought me that bike. Hey, mom. Don't forget. I got to get fitted for my tux today. KAREN : Right, the prom. You come by the café, and we'll go take a look this afternoon. LUCAS : All right. (Lucas leaves) DAN : How's he doing? I mean, with this notion about Keith not being taken by the Edwards kid? KAREN : I think he just needs to believe in it somehow. DAN : Let me take him shopping this afternoon for the tux. I've missed enough important moments in his life. I'd like to do something about that. Please? INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Lucas and Peyton are walking. They see Glenda. LUCAS : Hey, Glenda. GLENDA : Hi. LUCAS : Oh, you remember Peyton, right? GLENDA : Yeah, sure... the loner. PEYTON : Loner cheerleader. I really liked the picture you took of Lucas. The eye shadow was a little Fall Out Boy, though. GLENDA : So, Lucas, that book that you loaned me, I'm just in chapter 10, but I'd love to talk to you about it. LUCAS : Yeah. Good, no, anytime. GLENDA : Okay. Bye. PEYTON : Bye. (Glenda leaves) PEYTON : What book? LUCAS : Oh, I, um... I loaned her a copy of "The Great Gatsby." She's never read it. Can you believe that? PEYTON : I took her for more of an Edgar Allan Poe kind of girl. In the media center, Mouth and Shelly are kissing SHELLY : We should slow down. MOUTH : It feels like just the right speed to me. (The bell rings) SHELLY : Really... I have to go. Saved by the bell. (Shelly, followed by Mouth, goes out of the room and meet the other "clean teen" by chance) Brooke is in front of her locker, Haley comes to see her HALEY : Hey. I got to ask you something, and I really don't want you to get pissed off, but I have to ask you. BROOKE : Okay. HALEY : It's about the stolen test. You were failing calculus, and then you just got an "A" on the last test. Just tell me it's a coincidence. BROOKE : It was a coincidence. HALEY : Seriously, Brooke. BROOKE : Yeah. I know I have to pass the class to graduate, and you were busy tutoring Rachel, so I just got help from Chase instead. HALEY : Really? (Brooke nods) HALEY : Okay. Sorry. Principal Turner's just really pissed right now, he's on a major witch hunt. You should probably know you're, like, the prime suspect. BROOKE : It wasn't me. Scout's honor. HALEY : Okay. Sorry. REHAB CENTER Deb is in her room, sad. The nurse enters. NURSE : Why the long face? You know what today is. DEB : No, but I'm sure you're about to enlighten me. NURSE : Come on. You've got three weeks of sobriety. It's the first day you can have visitors. It's a good day. DEB : After the way I behaved, no one is coming for me. Trust me. NURSE : Hey, don't be so sure. Sometimes... people can surprise you. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Brooke and Rachel are in the bathroom RACHEL : Are you on drugs?! You're not turning yourself in. BROOKE : I just had to lie to Haley. Turner is closing in, and I am stupid. RACHEL : Brooke, they don't have any proof. BROOKE : There's no use to this. I'm going to turn myself in. RACHEL : Fine. Whatever. Before you turn yourself in... you might want to take a look at this. It came for you this morning. (Rachel gives Brooke a letter) BROOKE : Oh, my god. Victoria's Secret wants to franchise Clothes Over Bro's for their pink fashion line. I... I'm going to be in stores everywhere! RACHEL : Maybe not. Look at paragraph 14. (Brooke seems surprise) RACHEL : So I like reading your mail. It's a guilty pleasure. The contract has a morality clause. That means they want student-council president Brooke Davis, not "I cheated in calculus" Brooke Davis. I don't think an expelled high-school student exactly fits the Victoria's Secret profile. BROOKE : What am I going to do? RACHEL : Nothing. Brooke, trust me. There's nothing they can do to prove you cheated on the test. In a classroom TURNER : As some of you may know, it has come to my attention that one of you cheated on the last exam. So today we're all going to take a little pop quiz. And I assure you, when I discover who that cheater is, they will be dealt with in the harshest possible way. RACHEL (to Brooke) : Didn't see that one coming. ONE TREE HILL CREDITS OUTSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Mouth joins Shelly who is at a table with other "clean teens" MOUTH : So, I was thinking we would get a limo for prom. I talked to Brooke, and she and Chase want to share. SHELLY : Mouth, can I talk to you for a minute? (They go away from the others) SHELLY : I don't think I can do this. MOUTH : What "this"? SHELLY : Us. I think maybe it's not such a good idea that we're dating. MOUTH : It's about them, isn't it? The Clean Teens. SHELLY : It's more complicated that. MOUTH : Well, explain it to me 'cause I'm pretty good with complicated. SHELLY : I can't go out with you. MOUTH : Okay, so, we're not dating, but we're... we're still going to prom, right? SHELLY : I don't think prom would be such a good idea, either. This was... This was a mistake. I'm sorry. (Shelly leaves) Brooke and Chase are walking CHASE : Maybe you passed the test this time. I mean, stranger things have happened... like Brooke Davis is dating a Clean Teen. BROOKE : Maybe. And it didn't feel that bad. Oh, who am I kidding? There's no way I passed that test. CHASE : Brooke, this could be the chance that you need to start over. Think about it. If you pass this time, you did it all on your own. BROOKE : Yeah, and if I didn't pass, I'm going to get expelled from school, and my life as I know it is over. CHASE : Well, I believe in you. FROM THE SPEAKER : "Brooke Davis, please report to the principal's office immediately." BROOKE : Well, okay, then. dad girl kissing. CHASE : Good luck. BROOKE : Thanks. A SHOP Lucas is trying a tux, with Dan DAN : Nice fit for a rental. What are you... 42 regular? LUCAS : Yeah. Not bad. DAN : The trick with formal wear is to always go classic. You don't want to be that guy looking back 20 years from now regretting the blue ruffles. LUCAS : Mmm, yeah, right. What did you wear to prom? DAN : Blue ruffles... Hey, Lucas, I know it's been hard for you without Keith around, and your mother told me what you said about Jimmy Edwards. And I just want you to know that... you may not be wrong in what you're thinking. LUCAS : You don't think Jimmy klled Keith? DAN : Not exactly. What I mean is, I know you and Jimmy were friends, and maybe you're right. Maybe Jimmy didn't mean to kll Keith. Maybe what happened in that hallway was a terrible accident. But the truth is... we'll never know. So I need to ask you a favor, Lucas. I need you to stop and consider your mother's feelings. Because although she'll never admit it, all this talk is breaking her up on the inside. So you got to let it go... for her sake. CLERK : How we doing, gentlemen? DAN : Fine, thanks. We're going to take this Armani. CLERK : Sorry, sir. The Armani is only available for purchase. DAN : I'm aware of that, Slick. We'll take the Armani. LUCAS : You're buying me a tuxedo? DAN : Every man should own his own tuxedo. And every father should know what it feels like to buy one for his son. REHAB CENTER Deb is alone, Nathan knocks at her room DEB : Nathan. NATHAN : Hi. DEB : I-I-I wasn't sure you'd want to see me. NATHAN : To be honest, I wasn't sure I was coming. DEB : Oh, honey, I'm so sorry. NATHAN : su1c1de... nice one, mom. And thanks for the note, by the way. DEB : Please, Nathan, don't. You can't begin to understand this disease. NATHAN : "Disease"? Is that what you're calling it now? Peyton's mom, Ellie, had a disease. Cancer... that's a disease, mom. What you have is a weakness. And when the hell are you going to start fighting it? DEB : I know. I know I've been weak. But I... I'm scared. NATHAN : Of what? Your... Your terrible life in that big, expensive house? 'Cause I'm not seeing it, mom. What are you so scared of? DEB : Myself. It's easy in here. I-I have a support team to stay sober. But out there, alone... I'm not sure I can trust myself. NATHAN : Mom... you better figure it out. Because if things don't change soon, you're not going to have anything to come home to. OUTSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas comes home with Dan and his new tuxedo. They stops outside Lucas’ bedroom LUCAS : Thanks. It's pretty cool. I think Peyton really going to love it. DAN : You're welcome. So, Peyton, huh? LUCAS : Yeah. (Inside, Karen is bringing some laundry and over hears the conversation) DAN : Well, have a good time, senior state champ. It's a good time to be alive. By the way, the state championship... You didn't take your HCM medication, did you? LUCAS : Why would you say that? DAN : Because I take those pills, Lucas. We have the same condition. You can fool other people, but you can't fool me. Well, it'll be our secret. Just promise me you won't do anything that stupid again, okay? Your mom's already been through enough. She needs you healthy and in one piece. (They enters the room and find Karen) LUCAS : Hey. KAREN : Hey. There you guys are. What took you so long? DAN : Well, we decided to turn a rental into a purchase. I know I should have cleared it with you first, but... I couldn't help myself. LUCAS : His idea. (Lucas leaves the room) KAREN : Um, Dan, we need to... we need to talk about this. DAN : Talk about what? KAREN : You and him... all of this, everything. DAN : Okay. How about dinner? I'll pick you up around 7:00. KAREN : That sounds like a date. DAN : No, no date... Just dinner. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Brooke enters Principal Turner’s office TURNER : Ah, miss Davis. It's about your calculus exam. It seems I owe you an apology. RACHEL’S HOUSE Rachel is sitting on her bed, Brooke arrives happy BROOKE : I passed the test! Turner just apologized. I guess all my studying paid off. How cool is that? RACHEL : Congratulations. Now you're free to be Victoria's Secret's next big thing. BROOKE : You know it. Okay, you are good with all this legal mumbo jumbo, so, what do I do next? RACHEL : Um, it seems pretty basic. In addition to your designs, you just have to turn over the artwork, and you're good to go. BROOKE : Artwork? INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Haley enters Principal Turner’s office HALEY : Hey, principal Turner. You wanted to see me? TURNER : Yes. Please have a seat, Haley. We've discovered who stole the calculus exam, and, unfortunately, it's someone you know. Rachel Gatina. HALEY : It's not... are you sure it's Rachel? TURNER : Well, I've spoken to miss Gatina. I'm quite sure. Haley, you were tutoring her, and I'm afraid I have no choice but to ask you to resign your position at the tutor center effective immediatly. HALEY : No, look, principal Turner... TURNER : My decision is final. I'll need your key. I'm sorry it came to this, Haley. Word of advice? I might take a good look at who your real friends are. THE APARTMENT Nathan and Haley are sitting on the couch NATHAN : What do you mean you got fired? HALEY : It was Rachel. I was right about her all along. She was the one that stole the exam, and because I was tutoring her, they let me go. Bitch. NATHAN : But you had nothing to do with it. Didn't you just tell principal Turner? HALEY : Yeah, I did. I told him, and he said, "it's school policy." It just really sucks. I love tutoring, and we really needed that extra money. NATHAN : I'm so sorry, Haley. I know I went to bat for her. HALEY : I knew it. I knew I was right about her. I'm sorry. Look, it's not your fault. I know you were just trying to help her and just trying to... be a good guy. That's what I love about you. NATHAN : I don't feel like such a good guy right now. HALEY : Why? NATHAN : I went to see my mom this morning, and, uh, I think I was kind of hard on her. HALEY : Babe, if anybody's in need of tough love, it's your mom. NATHAN : I know, but... she's going to be released in a few days, and she told me that she's scared to be alone in the house. She's going to slip, Haley. I can feel it. HALEY : Well, why don't we do something about it? NATHAN : Like what? HALEY : I don't know. We need to save money. She needs help. We could... let the apartment go and move into her house. Yeah, look. It would be perfect. We'd save money, and we'd be there to watch her 24/7, and everybody wins. NATHAN : And Peyton thinks I'm a martyr. HALEY : Come on, she's... you know, she's your family. She's a train wreck, but she's your mom. NATHAN : You'd do that for her? HALEY : No, but I'd do that for you. INSIDE THE SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan is searching the house with Skills and Mouth NATHAN : Okay. My mom gets home in a few days, and I need this house to be completely drug-and alcohol-free. Let's fan out. (Nathan leaves the room) MOUTH : Dude, it's just Nathan's mom. How much booze could we possibly be talking about? Later, in the kitchen, all the bottles are on the counter, there are tones of alcohol SKILLS : Damn. Nate mom like the alcoholic easter bunny. MOUTH : Are we really going to dump it all? NATHAN : Hold on a second. It's friday. Prom's tomorrow night. We got a ton of booze, a huge house, and we just won a state championship. SKILLS : I like the way you think, dawg. With a crib like this, a brother could definitely get hooked up, especially if he got him a new shortie with some hot leather pants. You feeling me, Mouth? MOUTH : Yeah, but I don't think she is. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is on his bed, working on his computer, Peyton arrives PEYTON : What you working on? (He put his computer away, she joins him on the bed) LUCAS : Look, um... I got to be honest. Today I kind of lied to you. The book that I gave Glenda wasn't "The Gatsby." It's one I've been writing. (She looks surprised) LUCAS : And I needed an impartial opinion, so I gave it to her. PEYTON : I know there's no 10th chapter in "Gatsby." But thank you for telling me the truth. LUCAS : I'm sorry. I guess I'm just worried it's not going to be good. PEYTON : Well, what about me? I can be impartial. LUCAS : I don't think so. PEYTON : Why?! LUCAS : Because you're in it. PEYTON : Give me that book right now. LUCAS : No way. PEYTON : Please! LUCAS : It's not ready. PEYTON : Pretty please with... me on top? LUCAS : Well, I can... be persuaded. (They start kissing and making out) PEYTON : Okay, no. Okay, stop, stop, stop. I don't think so. LUCAS : Oh, come on. I'll let you read the first six chapters of my book. PEYTON : That's very sexy, um, but I just want our first time to be special. And right now it's really not with... nationals CD wedged underneath my back... which is a very good album, by the way. Plus, your mom's going to come in any second. LUCAS : She's working at the café. Nobody's going to walk in. (She starts being convinced when someone knocks at the door and enters right away. It’s Brooke) BROOKE : Okay, my discomfort meter is pretty much pegged. Hi. Sorry. Luke, can I talk to Peyton for a sec? LUCAS : Sure. Just, um, you know, if you guys get into it, try not to break anything expensive. (Lucas leaves the room with his computer) BROOKE : For the record, I didn't come here to fight. Victoria's Secret has offered to franchise Clothes Over Bro's. So it's a really big... huge deal for me, but I can't move forward with it unless you're willing to sign off on your artwork. So... I just need to know what you need from me to make this work. PEYTON : You have a pen (Peyton takes the paper and the pen) BROOKE : What are you doing? PEYTON : I'm signing over the artwork to you. They're just sketches, Brooke. You're the one that turned them into Clothes Over Bro's. Congratulations, Brooke. BROOKE : Are you sure you're comfortable with this? PEYTON : Sure. I'm happy for you. (After a blank) PEYTON : You know I love him. I really do. But I never meant for my love for him to hurt you. BROOKE : Thank you, Peyton. OUTSIDE THE SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan and Haley are arriving at the house. There are lots of cars in front of the house HALEY : Um, Nathan, what is going on? NATHAN : Well, we never really got a chance to celebrate winning state, and I figured with everything that's been going on lately, it might be nice to kick off prom and have a little... (Skills and Mouth open the front door) MOUTH : Party! SKILLS : Party! INSIDE THE SCOTT’S HOUSE The party is at its height. Skills and Mouth are talking SKILLS : Don't look now, Mouth, but Shelly all up in here right now. MOUTH : Where? (We see Shelly arriving) SKILLS : 12:00 and closing fast. MOUTH : Okay, on the count of three, we are out of here. Ready? Three. (They split, Shelly follows Mouth) SHELLY : Is this how it's going to be? You're just going to ignore me? MOUTH : Let me guess. You're here to tell me you want to be friends. I get it, Shelly. You're not attracted to me. SHELLY : It's not that. It is just the opposite. It's because I am attracted to you, Mouth. I'm just not sure I trust myself to be with you. MOUTH : Let me get this straight. You broke up with me the day before prom because you're so attracted to me? Okay, I think I really need a drink. AT A RESTAURANT Dan and Karen are having diner KAREN : Dan, this feels like a date. DAN : Let's just call it the mayor and almost-mayor having dinner. Karen, I want to start being a bigger part of Lucas' life. He needs a father, and I... I want to be that father to him, regardless of what's happening between us. KAREN : I'm pregnant with your brother's child. There's nothing happening between us. DAN : You're also alone. And if you need anything, and I mean anything at all, I want to be the man that you turn to. THE SCOTT’S HOUSE Luke is in a bedroom, looking at a picture of Keith. Nathan comes in NATHAN : Luke, you got to help me find some booze, man. It's going to get ugly down there. (Nathan sees what he is watching) NATHAN : You got to let this go, man. Keith's gone, Luke. Jimmy's gone. Nothing's going to bring them back. But... you got a ton of people that love you out there, and in a few months, most of those people are going to go their separate ways. So, what do you say, big brother? Let's have some fun. Downstairs, Brooke and Chase run into Haley BROOKE : Hey. HALEY : Hey. Oh, hey. I wanted to say congratulations on your calculus test. Turner told me. I am really sorry about this morning. I should never have doubted you. CHASE : I never doubted her for a second. HALEY : You should be really proud of yourself, Brooke. BROOKE : Well, as tempting as it was to be senior for another year, I figured it was probably time for me to graduate. HALEY : Um, have you guys seen Rachel? CHASE : She was holding court in the living room. HALEY : Clothed or unclothed? BROOKE : Clothed, but it was about 10 minutes ago, so you never know. Peyton finds Lucas downstairs PEYTON : So, we were in the chapter where you take your girlfriend up to that empty bedroom at the party. LUCAS : I think I may need to do a little research first. PEYTON : I was hoping you'd say that. (They both go upstairs) Rachel is dancing on the table RACHEL : Thank you, thank you. Tip your waitresses. Or me. (Rachel leaves the table, Haley arrives) HALEY : So, how'd you do it, Rachel? RACHEL : Do what? HALEY : Don't throw dumb-ass at me, girly. You stole that test, and I want to know how you did it. Did you steal my key while I was in the hospital? Yeah, I bet you did, didn't you? You know, I could have spent my time tutoring someone that actually needed it, and now I'm not going to have that opportunity again, thanks to you. RACHEL : Whatever. HALEY : So... (Haley throws her full glass to her face) HALEY : That is for getting me fired. (Haley slaps Rachel) HALEY : And that is for trying to sleep with my husband. RACHEL : Bitch, you are lucky you're pregnant. HALEY : Honey, you're lucky that I'm pregnant. I think it's time you get your insecure, cheating skank ass out of this house right now. RACHEL : You bit... (Skills stops Rachel from pushing Haley) SKILLS : Yo, I think it's time for you to leave. (Rachel leaves) SKILLS : Told you I got the kid's back. Rachel is leaving the house, Brooke follows her BROOKE : Rachel, wait. What the hell was that? What did you do to piss off Haley? RACHEL : It was the exam. Haley found out I stole it and... they fired her. Guess I didn't see that one coming, either. BROOKE : But how? We both passed the retest. RACHEL : Not exactly, Copernicus. Only one of us did. FLASHBACK TO THE CLASSROOM In the classroom earlier, at the end of the exam, we see Rachel taking Brooke’s paper and put her name on the paper she did END OF THE FLASHBACK. THE SCOTT’S HOUSE BROOKE : Why would you do that? RACHEL : Victoria's Secret, Brooke... The morals clause. Besides, I figured I got you into this, so... I wanted to get you out. You're my friend, Brooke. BROOKE : What are they going to do to you now? RACHEL : Who knows? We'll see. Brooke, it's okay. I'll be fine. I'm going to take off. Go back in and hang with Chase. I'll catch up with you at home. (Rachel starts leaving) BROOKE : Rachel... Thank you. Nathan comes to find Haley and Skills NATHAN : Haley. I heard you were fighting Rachel. You punched her? HALEY : It was more of a bitch-slap. SKILLS : Yeah, that was after she threw the drink on her. HALEY : I'm okay. Don't worry about me. I feel fi.. (Haley is holding her belly) NATHAN : What is it? Are you okay? HALEY : Yeah, the baby's just really kicking. NATHAN : It's kicking? HALEY : Oh, yeah. (Nathan puts his hand on her belly) NATHAN : I feel can it. That's our boy. HALEY : Yeah. In a bedroom, Mouth is alone, thinking. Shelly joins him SHELLY : Mouth... (She closes the door) SHELLY : Are you okay? MOUTH : No. SHELLY : I know it's my fault. I'm sorry. MOUTH : It's just hard, you know? I look at you, and it hurts so much to know that we can't be together. SHELLY : Mouth. MOUTH : I know you're a Clean Teen, Shelly, but what do you want me to say? That I don't want to sleep with you? That I don't want my first time to be with you? Well, I can't say that 'cause that would be a lie. From the moment I saw you, I was hooked. And I got to look into those beautiful eyes and kiss you, and now that's all I want to do. I could kiss you forever. And I know I'm not good enough. SHELLY : No. No (She kisses him and they start making out) Outside, Brooke has stayed on the door step, Chase joins her CHASE : So, is this where tomorrow night's prom queen is hanging out? What's up? BROOKE : I'm just worried about Rachel. CHASE : That's my girl. There's a raging party going on, and you're worried about a friend. You're a good person, Brooke Davis. BROOKE : You think so? I've done some things I'm really not proud of. CHASE : You're a good person. BROOKE : You sure? CHASE : I'm sure. BROOKE : Does that mean you want to kiss me some more? (They kiss) We see Skills putting a video called "Nathan scores" in the video tape recorder. On the TV, we can see Nathan playing basketball SKILLS : Old school Nathan in the house. NATHAN (on the video) : Scott... Nathan Scott. PEYTON (on the video) : That's my baby. (On the tape, Peyton and Nathan kiss. It was taped a long time ago) SKILLS : Oh, snap! BEVIN : I thought you and Nathan were married. In the bedroom, Mouth and Shelly are dressing again MOUTH : Shelly, are you okay? I mean, was that okay? SHELLY : Yeah, I-I just got to find my shirt. (Skills enters the room) SKILLS : Aw, my bad. (Skills close the door) SKILLS (from the other side of the door) : Nice work, though! MOUTH : Shelly... (She starts crying) MOUTH : Hey, hey, don't cry. Skills won't tell anyone. I promise. SHELLY : You don't understand. I got to go. MOUTH : But tonight, this, I mean... this was the start of something really good. This was the start of us. Can't you feel that? SHELLY : I'm a Clean Teen. I'm the Clean Teen. I could love you. I know I could. But I can't. MOUTH : Then what was this? SHELLY : This was goodbye. (Shelly starts leaving) MOUTH : Shelly, please don't go. SHELLY : Mouth, don't call me. If you really like me, just... let me go. (Mouth lies on the bed and starts crying) OUTSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Dan walks Karen to the porch DAN : Thanks for a great evening. Oh, and thanks for letting Lucas keep the tux. KAREN : Oh, well, uh, I had him try it on. It looks good on him. It's better than those blue ruffles. DAN : Um, you know... I'm chaperoning at the prom. They still need a couple parents. KAREN : You're asking me to the prom? DAN : Yeah, I guess I am. KAREN : Okay. THE SCOTT’S HOUSE Lucas and Peyton are in a bedroom, kissing. Peyton starts taking off his shirt LUCAS : I thought you said you wanted to wait. PEYTON : Do you remember what you said the last time we were here? You said you wanted it all, and... I walked away. I made a big mistake that night 'cause all I wanted was sex. LUCAS : What do you want now? PEYTON : Now I want what you wanted. I want everything with you. (They start making out) Skills finds Mouth alone on the stairs SKILLS : There he is. Big night, dawg, big night! So, how you feel? MOUTH : Well, I lost my virginity, my prom date, and a girl I really could have loved... all in one night. To tell you the truth, Skills... I never felt worse. (Mouth leaves) Nathan goes outside and find Brooke alone, sitting on a bench NATHAN : Where's the new boyfriend? BROOKE : Taking a break. When all you do is kiss, you got to come up for air once in a while. NATHAN : Well, he seems like a really good guy... Chase. BROOKE : Yeah, he is. I really like him. NATHAN : Good. BROOKE : Listen, I'm really sorry about Haley and the whole tutor-center thing. NATHAN : Don't be sorry. It's not like it was your fault. BROOKE : Yeah. So, how come you're not in there enjoying your big party? NATHAN : Well, Skills broke out the old Ravens' game footage. I swear, when I watch it, it doesn't even feel like me. BROOKE : I should hope not. You were such a jerk! You were dating Peyton, and you guys fought all the time. NATHAN : Hey, look who's talking. Are you ever going to let Peyton off the mat? BROOKE : Yeah. I guess it's about time, isn't it? NATHAN : Yeah, actually, it is. Don't move. (Nathan is moving away) BROOKE : Why? (He is looking at his watch) BROOKE : Nathan, what... what's going on? NATHAN : The sprinklers. BROOKE : What?! (The sprinklers start, and Brooke starts chasing Nathan and having fun) BROOKE : You think you're funny? You are so d*ad! Oh, I got you, I got you, I got you. LUCAS (voiceover) : If you could go back and change just one thing about your life, would you? And if you did... would that change make your life better? Or would that change ultimately break your heart? Or break the heart of another? Would you choose an entirely different path? Or would you change just one thing? Just one moment? One moment that you always wanted back? On the TV, the tape switch to Nathan who is about to having sex with someone GIRL 1 : Oh, my god. Is that Nathan?! GIRL 2 : Is that Haley?! GIRL 3 : I think it's Peyton. Lucas and Peyton are still making out. They hear everybody shouting from downstairs PEYTON : What's going on out there? LUCAS : I don’t know GUY (from downstairs) : Dude, you got to see this! There's a tape of Peyton having sex with Nathan! PEYTON : Oh, my god! (Peyton grab her shirt and leaves the room, followed by Lucas) Downstairs, Peyton enters the living room PEYTON : Shut it off! Shut it off! (Nathan and Brooke come back inside) (We see on the video that Nathan is in fact with Brooke) BROOKE (on the video) : Come on. I can't believe I'm doing this. NATHAN (on the video) : Don't worry. Nobody will ever know. (Everybody is looking at Brooke)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x14 - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers"}	foreverdreaming
One tree hill season 4 episode 15 Prom Night at Hater High Flash back: Brooke: Got it, let's get out of here! Principal Turner: Ohh, ohh, what do we have here? Haley: Principal Turner is jsut really pissed right now, he's on a major witchunt. You're like prime suspect. Brooke: Why would you do that? Rachel: You're my friend Brooke. Peyton: You know I love him, but I never meant for my love for him to hurt you. Brooke: Thank you Peyton. Mouth: I could kiss you for ever. Shelly: I'm a Clean Teen. I'm the Clean Teen! This was goodbye. Rachel: Chase is into smart-born-again-virgin Brooke, not stupid-sluty-who-cheated-on-the-calculus-test Brooke. Brooke: I could easily have sex with him if I wanted to. Everyone: Party! Haley: That is for getting me fired, and that is for trying to sleep with my husband. Brooke on TV: Come on I can't believe I'm doing this, I would die if anybody knows this Nathan. Nathan on TV: Don't worry. No one will ever know. Two years earlier: Bevin: I think the lime went in my shirt! Nathan: I'll get it later. Thanks buddy, hey you're next, let's go. Hey! Baby come here. I need [...] Peyton: Why don't you spit in my mouth next time, it would be sexier! Nathan: Hey! What is your problem? Peyton: Well you mean Iwhy I won't let you mouth me in front of the entire basketball team after you almost made out with half of the cheerleading squad? Nathan: Yeah, pretty much. Peyton: I am so sick of this! All you care about is getting drunk and having sex! Hey! Nathan: You left out basketball. Peyton: No. I left out that you're an inconsidering bastard and we are through. Nathan: For ten minutes this time or until tomorrow, I didn't know how to plan by night. Peyton: How is for ever more? Now you can screw all the [...] you want. Brooke: I'm drunk. Nathan: Peyton dumped me. Brooke: So you guys really broke up? Nathan: Yeah. Need another drink? Brooke: No. Nathan: Oh, never mind, you're good. Brooke: What are you doing? Nathan: Oh, just have a little fun, don't worry. Brooke: Just promise you'll erase it. Nathan: Done. Brooke on TV: Hold on. No, I can't believe i'm doing this. I would die if anybody knows this Nathan. Nathan on TV: Don't worry. No one will ever know. Brooke: Peyton, I don't know what to... GENERIC Rachel: Well, it cold have been worse. You could have got your ass kicked by a pregant girl of half your size. Brooke: The day is still young. Rachel: Right, so I have to ask: who's really the big brother? Brooke: Rachel! I can't believe I have a black eye the day of prom. You know if it wasn't for you everybody would be calling me Queen of Slut right now. Rachel: After I talk to Principal Turner, you might just have the title. I have to get my punishment for stealing the test. Maybe he'll spank me. Brooke: I wish you'd let me go with you. I'm the one who was failing. Rachel: That's not a good idea. See, this problem calls for little clothes and lots of flirting, and no one wants to flirt with a one-eyed girl. No offense. Huh, haven't you seen enough of Brooke last night? Or you're here for the deleted scenes? Lucas: How are you holding up? Brooke: I never meant for it to happen Luke, I was just really drunk and, Peyton broke up with Nathan, and, have I mentioned I was like really, really drunk? How mad is she? Lucas: She was still pretty upset when I left her last night. Brooke: You think? Lucas: It could be worse, you could be Nathan right now. Nathan: Haley, please, come out. Hey. Haley: Why didn't you tell me about Brooke ever? Really, I mean, did you just wanna like not ruin the suprise of me seeing it on tape in front of our entire class? Nathan: No, I didn't tell you because it happened a long time ago and it didn't mean anything. Haley: If it didn't mean anything then why did you put it on tape? And why do, why do you keep the tape? Do you like use it? Nathan: No! I forgot I even had it! I didn't tell you because it happened before I met you. I didn't think it would do any good to bring up the past. Haley: You know this is just the worst time for something like this to happen. Nathan: Because of prom tonight? Haley: Not because of prom, because I'm pregnant and I'm [...], and now that you mention it, I do have to go help decorate because I promised Brooke! Nathan: Haley I'm really sorry. Haley: Yeah. Welcome home Mrs Scott! Deb: I'm sorry I left the house like this. Nathan: Whatever mom, just clean it up. Lucas: You're still upset? Peyton: No something like that you forget about pretty quick! Lucas: Dumb question, I guess. Hopeful prom will take your mind off this whole thing. Peyton: Yeah, should be fun. Maybe my cheating ex-boyfriend will ask me to dance or I'll get to share some punch with my whore of an ex-friend. Lucas: I know this sucks, ok, but you shouldn't let it ruin the prom. Peyton: No, it shouldn't but it does. Lucas: For what it's worth, I saw Brooke this morning, and she feels horrible about it. Peyton: So the first thing you did this morning was go and see Brooke? Lucas: It was on the way! Peyton: Yeah, you know what else is on the way, my front door, shut it when you leave. Brooke: That really did happen. I always kinda pretend that it was just a bad dream. Nathan: No, that happened. Brooke: I guess it's easy for you to remember it since you have a tape that you can watch over and over and over again. Nathan: I never watched the tape, Brooke. I didn't even know it was still around. I just destroyed it this morning. Brooke: Great. That's gonna help everyone else to see it. Nathan: I know. I'm sorry. Brooke: It's not all your fault Nate, I mean, my memory of that night is hazy at best, but I'm pretty positive you didn't have a gn up to my head. Nathan: I know it was only two years ago, but it feels like a different lifetime. Brooke: Hey, I know eactly how you feel. I'm not proud of who I used to be either. God. How's Haley. Nathan: I spent the night apologizing to our bedroom door. And when she finally did come out it was to tell me that she had to decorate for prom. Why aren't you there? Brooke: Because Haley's there, and Peyton's there, and I'm gonna avoid seing them until the last possible second. Nathan: Well, I need to go make my rounds. I've got a lot of apologizing to do today. Brooke: Yeah, I'll tell her you came by. Nathan: No. Don't. Please. Brooke: Okay. Nathan: Anyway, like I said, I'm sorry. Brooke: Me too. I guess when you get drunk and have sex at a party you do have to deal with it eventually. Mouth: Hey, Shelly, it's Mouth. Plesae, call me back. It's huh, it's Mouth. Brooke: Sorry I'm late. Haley: That's what you're apologizing for? Brooke: Well i'm sorry about the other thing too, but... Haley: Were you gonna tell me about you and Nathan ever? Brooke: Honestly no. Haley we didn't know each other back then and when am I supposed to bring something like that, at a basketball game? R.A.V.E.N.S. Ps I slept with your husband once a long time ago? Haley: I guess. Bevin: You really shouldn't be upset. Nathan used to hook up with everyone! Brooke: Bev... Peyton: Duck, duck, duck, bitch. Brooke: Peyton. Peyton I am so sorry okay, what else do you want me to say? Peyton: Oh I want you to say 'punch me in the face again Peyton, please, I deserve it'. Brooke: Okay. You're not exactly perfect here either. Peyton: Oh that's right you cut me out of your life, made me feel guilty for kissing Lucas, when you were screwing Nathan behind my back! Brooke: And you guys were broken up. Peyton: You can tell yourself that if it makes you feel better. But you're a backstarving whore and you know it. Hey! Good luck with your cheating girlfriend. Nathan: Hey. I just went to school to find you and Bevin says you left. Haley: Well Bevin doesn't know when to shut up! Nathan: What are you doing? Haley: These are all the tapes that I can find, cause the thought of you brooking yourself to yourself and Brooke really makes me sick. Nathan: Baby, there are not anymore tapes. Haley: Really, because Bevin says that you've been with a lot of girls, so I'm thinking you probably put yourself on tape with at least one or two of them. Nathan: Hey, Bevin doesn't know when to shut up. Haley: Okay, okay, you know, you know what I want? Here's what I want. I want a list of every girl that you've ever been with. So there won't be anymore surprises. Nathan: You want me to write a list of every single girl I've eve..? Haley: No, no I guess not every single girl you can cross Peyton, Brooke and my sister off of that list! Nathan: Look you really think that's a good idea? Haley: Yeah and you know what, here! I'll make it easy for you! Take the phone book, and just cross off the name of every girl you haven't been with! Nathan: I don't wanna do this. Haley: Why? I can give you mine. You! See? That wasn't so hard! Lucas: Hey... You were right. I should have talked to you first, I'm sorry. Peyton: It's ok. Lucas: I like the red dress. Peyton: You won. It's Brooke's. Lucas: Why do you have it? Peyton: So she doesn't. Lucas: Okay, don't you think stealing Brooke's prom dress is going a little bit too far? Peyton: No. I think going a little too far is making your friend feel like a whore when you've done worse. Lucas: Didn't we kinda do the same thing to her? Peyton: We had sex? That's funny I don't really remember it, it must not have been very good! Lucas: We didn't have sex, but, we did sneak around behind her back. Peyon: Do you ever, actually defend the person you're dating? Lucas: Look, Peyton, I know you're upset, okay, but I also know that you can take the high road. This is completely beneath you! Peyton: Like Nathan beneath Brooke or was that Brooke beneath Nathan? Brooke: Can you lit it? Mouth: Hi Brooke. You ok? Brooke: Oh I don't know, is it ok that million dollar bitchy gave me a black eye the day of my senior prom? Mouth: No. Brooke: Is it ok that Peyton went after Lucas not once but twice, while we were dating? Mouth: No. Brooke: Yeah. Is it ok that she chased Chase off by screaming at me in front of everyone? Mouth: 'Chase Chase'. Brooke: Why is this funny? Mouth: It's not. Is there anything I can do? Brooke: Yeah. Actually you could push Peyton in front of a bus for me! Mouth: I'm just gonna go over there! Lucas: Wow, please tell me one of these dresses isn't Brooke's. Karen: No, actually Dan is chaperonning at the prom and he asked me to chaperon with me. Lucas: You wanna go to my prom with the guy who left you right after yours. Karen: Look we're just going as friends. What are you doing? Lucas: I'm looking for my real mom. Karen: Look, I, I just thought it would be fun. But, if it's gonna upset you, I guess I'll just stay home alone another night. I'm used to it. I've done it for seventeen years. Nathan: What are you doing? Dan: Oh Nathan I didn't hear you come in. Nathan: There's no wonder I can't dance. Dan: I [...] you need someting? Nathan: I scewed up, and, huh, if there's something you know about it's screwing up. Dan: You left out basketball. Nathan: Dad it's pretty bad this time. Dan: Daunte bad or fail test bad? Nathan: 'Me and Brooke made a sex tape a few years back and it just got out' bad. Dan: Brooke Davis? Nice. Nathan: and now, Haley wants me to write a list of everygirl I've ever slept with. Dan: Oh, no. Bad idea. That would just make things worse. Give her some time, she'll calm down but do not write that list Nathan. I wouldn't. Nathan: I'll write the list. Oh, no, no, I thought that's what you wanted. Haley: No, no, thats' not what I wanted. I wanted you not to be able to write a list. How am I supposed to compete with all the girls that you've been with. Nathan: You don't have to compete with all the girls. Haley: All the girls? How many girls have you slept with Fabio? Nathan: I don't know, I never thought about it. Haley: Honey, that is why I asked you to write the list in the first place, so please just do what I'm asking you to! Brooke: Hi. Chase: Hey. Sorry I couln't talk really I was just thinking about what happened. Brooke: It's ok. I'm sorry my past keeps coming back to haunt us. I have a lot of skeletons in my closet and aparently half of them are naked. Chase: I've been able to accept a lot of your history Brooke, but you know mine too. You know that my bestfriend slept with my girlfriend just like you slept with Peyton's boyfriend. Brooke: No it wasn't like that, they broke up, and... Chase: I know prom is important to you so we can still go, but after that we can't be together. Brooke: Then it should just be over now cause I don't wanna go to prom with someone who doesn't wanna be with me. Chase: You said no more surprises. I'm sorry. Brooke: Open up Peyton! Peyton: Or what you'll huff and puff and blow my house down? Brooke: Yes. Chase broke up with me are you happy now? Peyton: I don't know, did you tape it? Brooke: That thing with Nathan and I happened a long time ago Peyton and you guys were broken up. Peyton: Well in case you don't remember Nathan and I broke up all the time! Brooke: Oh, really, how could I forget, that's all that your relashionship ever was Peyton, just a string of miserable one night stands thrown together. Peyton: There you described your life with like every guy in Tree Hill. Brooke: It was one time and it meant nothing! Peyton: Well that mean something to Chase, and it meant something to me! Brooke: You know what meant something to me? You and Lucas having an ongoing affair behind my back! Because PS, we weren't broken up either time that you went after him! Peyton: Okay, you're right, my fault. You see I was stupid cause I thought I ruined our friendship, when you ruined it a long time ago, we were never friends. Brooke: Oh, get...! Lucas: Hey. Nathan: Hey. You're the next stop on the Nathan Scott apology tour. Lucas: I thought that tour was sold out! Nathan: Are you pissed about the tape? Lucas: No, actually I was relieved to know it wasn't you and Peyton. Could it have been you and Peyton? Nathan: Look is it makes you feel any better, Haley destroyed every other tapes in the house. Lucas: She's pretty upset huh? Nathan: Well she's still talking to me, so that's something. And so are you, so, does that mean we're cool? Lucas: Oh, yeah man, we're cool. I already knew you were an ass back then! Oh you know what? Speaking of... our dad asked my mom to prom. Nathan: That explains the dancing. Does she wanna go? Lucas: Yeah! It's a bad idea, right? Nathan: Well six monhs ago I would have said 'Hell yeah!', but, now I'm not so sure. Lucas: Why, what's changed? Nathan: Dan has! He took the blame for Daunte, I mean, he was ready to spend the rest of his life in jail for something he didn't do! Lucas: But does that change everything he's done in he past? Nathan: No. No it doesn't but, if your mom was ready to give him a second change, then, maybe you should too. I have a lot of people to apologise to so... Lucas: Yeah. Nathan: Hey, your mom's pretty smart Luke, and besides, it's her life. Skills: Man you can't just leave a message about not going to prom and just hang up. Mouth: If Shelly's not going I'm not going either. Skills: Oh look dude I'm sorry about Shelly man. But this is your last prom. You're gonna just let some girl take that away from you? Mouth: She wasn't some girl she was the girl. Skills: Yeah she was the girl and she broke up with you. Which means she wasn't the girl. Mouth: It isn't really making me feel any better. Skills: I'm not trying to make you feel better, I'm trying to make you to go to prom. Look, Fergie and Jung, they're going to prom, you think they got date? No. Prom isn't gonna be about it dude, maybe it's about just, having a good time with your friends! Mouth: Oh, I never wanna get the word 'friend' again. At my funeral, on my tumbstone we'll probably read 'Marvin McFadden, friend'. Skills: Yeah and the place'll probably be packed cause everybody love you dude. Besides, it's probably better than 'Here lies Mouth, the guy was a jack-ass'. You're going to prom, man. Rachel: What's up, [...]? When does [...] start? Brooke: Shut it squeeks. Thanks to Peyton, Chase broke up with me. Rachel: So it's her fault now? Didn't you f** her BF when you too were BFFs? Brooke: They were broken up! Rachel: Well, maybe Chase just doesn't want to go to prom with someone who looks taugher than him. Brooke: Oh no he said prom had nothing to deal with it. He said he'd still go with me but when it was over so were we. Rachel: Sounds like Cinderella. Except the prince is a virgin and the pumpkin is... a fatter pumpkin. Brooke: Yeah? Which evil step-sister are you? Rachel: The one that got expelled. And FWI: I think Turner might ba gay. Lucas: Ouhh, you're gonna get revenge? Haley: No, I was just cleaning up around here, this place seems dirtier somehow. Lucas: Ahhh, remember when we thought how coller it would be to hang out with the popular kids? Haley: I don't think I ever said that mister Lucas Sawyer. Lucas: Somebody wrote that on my notebook! Haley: Ohh ok. How's Peyton? Lucas: Not well. I don't get it you know, it's been two years, she's acting like it just happened! Haley: Luke ,she just found out about it for her it did just happen. Lucas: Still, she shouldn't be this upset. Haley: Luke, it sucks to be betrayed by somebody that you love, but then to find out in front of everybody is really humiliating. You need to be nice to her. Lucas: Wow! Who says I'm not being nice? Haley: Well, however nice you're being, it's not enough. You've got to let her know that you're there for her and that you're nothing like her ex-boyfriend. Lucas: Nodded. But for the record, Nathan's nothing like your ex-boyfriend either. Haley: Nodded. Mouth: I heard you got expelled. I'm sorry. Rachel: My parents are flying me first class to meet them on vacation. I'll finally get to spend some time with them. Just had to get kicked out of school to do it... again. Mouth: Maybe that why you do it. Aren't you gonna say goodbye to everyone? Rachel: Yeah. Bye Haley, here's the tutor key I stole. Bye Nathan, sorry for almost getting your uncle klled. Bye Lucas, sorry for actually getting your uncle klled. Bye Tree Hill High, really sorry for the whole time capsule thing... No, I think I'll spare everyone the goodbyes. Mouth: When do you leave? Rachel: Booked on a flight tonight. Mouth: So you won't be at prom? Rachel: Don't look so sad. You'll barely have the same goal while you're dancing with your hot new girlfriend. Mouth: She broke up with me. Rachel: I've always hated her. Are you ok? Mouth: Not really. And now I have to go to prom alone. Rachel: You won't be there alone. I told like five guys I'd go with them. Mouth: Still, I would have loved to dance with you one last time. I mean the only dance we ever had was after the sh*ting, and I'd kinda like to erase that one. Rachel: Yeah I would have liked that.God knows I haven't left too many great memories about it. Mouth: You left me with some. Rachel: Thanks Mouth. That means a lot. That Clean Teen girl doesn't know what she's missing! Peyton: Seriously you are egging my house! Brooke: Well you're gonna give my dress back to me the guy at the store told me you had it, described to well your bony ass! Peyton: Well go naked think of all the time you're gonna save, hooking up with someone else's boyfriend. Brooke: You want to talk. You are wanting to talk Peyton. Okay so you said we were never friends huh? It never meant anything to you!?! Fine. Wanna see something else? Here is a picture of you and Lucas, on my birthday, so who's the whore now? God just let go! Stop it! Stop just let go! I'm the one with no boyfriend no prom just with a black eye! You're going to prom with the guy you love so you win! Ok Peyton you win! Why do you even care anymore? Peyton: Why do I care? Brooke this has been one of the worst years of my life! And I needed my bestfriend more than ever and you cut me out because I was honest with you, and you were never ever honest with me! Brooke: Peyton... Peyton: You made fun of my mom's death Brooke. You knew her, you cried with me when she died, and now, you use it as a punchline for a joke to hurt me! Well it hurt, it did, but not anymore cause you and me, we're done! And you're right, she's dad, as far as I'm concerned so are you. Lucas: Hi. Peyton: Hi. Lucas: Can we just put this whole thing behind us, and have a good time at prom? Peyton: I'm not going. Lucas: Why? Did something else happen? Peyton: No, I just don't care about prom. Lucas: Peyton. We don't have to see Brooke. It'll be fun. I promise you that. Peyton: It's not about Brooke I just really don't wanna go anymore. You can still go if you want. Lucas: Look I, I think you're gonna regret not going. I know that I'll regret not going with you. Peyton: I just can't. I'm sorry. Lucas: Oh I really hope you change your mind, because I'm coming back later and I'm picking you up. And if you open that door, I know that you're gonna look beautiful, and that we're gonna have a great night. And if not I guess I'm going alone. Nathan: Here's the list. But it's not the list of every girl I've ever been with. Haley: What is it? Nathan: It's the list of every girl I've ever been in love with, and your name is the only one that's on it, it's the only one that matters. Haley: Nathan... Nathan: The other list would have just been garbage okay, of a person that I'm not proud of. Haley: It's really sweet, but... Nathan: But, you want the other list. [...] Brooke: Wow, you're actually leaving I guess I should be packing too. Rachel: Why, I didn't invite you. Brooke: No, because this is your house and... this is your house isn't it? You didn't like marry and kll some old guy you burried in the basement? Rachel: I wish. My parents won't be back for a while, so you have some time. Brooke: I feel really guilty you got expelled for something I did. Rachel: Please. I practically forced you to cheat. Besides, for me getting expelled equals getting tanned. You had more to lose with your Clothes over Bros deal. Brooke: Thank you Rachel. I don't know why you did it, but thank you. Rachel: I did it cause you're my friend, and do something for me, and make things right with Peyton. Brooke: Yeah but she said I was dad to her. Rachel: And you blame her? You're wrong and you know it. You slept with her boyfriend... Brooke: They were broken up! Rachel: ... who, broken up or not, is off limits. And then why don't you forgive her for doing the same thing to you? Brooke: Well fine. That's not the [...] calling the whore a slut. You h*t on Nathan knowing he was married! Rachel: I know. But I suck. You're better than that. Work it out. It's no fun being the girl of no friends. Brooke: Yeah, it's no fun being the girl of no boyfriend either. Rachel: No kidding. What's with the Clean Teens anyway? I mean, first Shelly dumps Mouth, then Chase dumps you. They should have a new slogan. We break hearts, not hymens. Brooke: Shelly broke up with Mouth? I saw him this morning, he, he didn't say anything. Rachel: He probably didn't wanna pound onto your probs the way Peyton pound onto your face, but, he's pretty broken up about it. It's my limo. Thanks for being my friend, you cheating whore! Brooke: Thanks for being my friend, you crazy bitch. Sorry I got you expelled, again. Rachel: It's ok, I'm used to it. Brooke: Rachel. Okay, I've never thought I'd say this but I'm gonna miss you. Rachel: Yeah. You too. Lucas: I think you should wear this one. Listen I'm sorry I got weirded out earlier. Karen: It's ok. When he asked me that was my initial reaction too. And my second. And my third. Lucas: So, why did you agree to go? Karen: I don't know. I thought it would be fun. Lucas: I just, I just don't wanna see you get hurt. But if going to prom with... Dan is gonna make you hapy then you should go. Karen: There was a small part of me that was hoping you'd tell me not to go. Lucas: I still could... Karen: I'll be fine. Lucas: Ok. But no slow dances ok? Nathan: You names him Nathan? Peyton: Why? He screwed my best friend? Nathan: I'm sorry, ok. I know I'm late I should have been here two years ago. Peyton: Well why weren't you? Nathan: Because I was a jerk. Peyton: Why Brooke? Did you really hate me that much? Nathan: No I didn't hate you! I just didn't care about anybody but myself. Look, I hooked up with Brooke because she was drunk and I was a bastard. It didn't mean anything. It's just a mistake we both wanted to forget. Peyton: It explains why you taped it. Nathan: Have I mentioned I was a stupid jerk? Look, when you get to prom... Peyton: I'm not going. Nathan: Hey, I know you're mad at me and Brooke, but don't take this out on Lucas. Peyton: I'm not. I just don't care, I'm you two years ago! Nathan: No you're not. You never were. Why do you think you stayed with me when I treated you so bad? Peyton: I'm a masochist. Nathan: Because you cared. That's who you are. You care about Lucas because you know he loves you and you probably still care about me and Brooke because you know we love you too. Just face it, Peyton, you care. So get dressed, and go with Lucas. I'll see you there. Skills: Look like you made the right call Mouth! Mouth: I guess so. But I always thought I would loose my virginity with my prom date not my prom date with my virginity!But at least I have my friends right? Brooke: Would you go to prom with me Marvin McFadden? Mouth: What about Chase? Skills: There's no ex about Chase fool! Brooke: Clean Teens isn't really for me. Mouth: Of course I'll go with you. Brooke: Looks like we'll be a not so clean couple! Skills: See Mouth? Being a friend sometimes pays off. Mouth: Who says we're going as friends? Just go with it... See you guys there. Fergie: What does he got that I don't? Skills: A date. Deb: Haley? Hi. Haley: Hi. Deb: I just wanted to thank you for agreeing to move in. It means a lot to me. Haley: Yeah, sure, I mean, you know, you're family Deb. If you wanna get better we are here to help. Deb: I also wanted to tell you that, whatever stupid thing Nathan might have done, I'm possibly to blame for it. Haley: Trust me this one is all Nathan. Deb: His only one models growing up were a spineless alcoholic mother, and a controling sociopathic father. Haley: That doesn't excuse everything that he does though! Deb: No! Of course not. But he's become a wonderful man, and it's all because of you. And I wanna thank you for that and ask you to forgive his short comings. Whatever grants he has, he learnt from you. Maybe you could return it. Have fun tonight. Lucas: My mother will be here in a second. Dan: I know this is tough for you Lucas but you can trust me. Lucas: I trust her. Dan: Wow, you look beautiful Lucas: You look great. Karen: Thank you. Both of you. You're not ready yet. Lucas: Oh, only old people go to prom early mom. Karen: Save your mom a dance would you? Lucas: Sure. You know cause every kid wants to dance with his mom at prom. Karen: You're not every kid, you're my kid. Lucas: Have a good time at prom mom. And dad. Nathan: Thank God. You look amazing. Haley: Thanks. Notice anything different? Nathan: You're smiling. Haley: Anything... else? Nathan: You're boot's off. Haley that's great, you can walk on it? Haley: Yep, even better I'm gonna dance on it. I was gonna tell you last night, but your surprise kinda dropped mine. Nathan: Sorry... again. Haley: I know. Nathan: And the list? Haley: The list... I just read the one written by the man I fell in love with, I didn't need the one written by the other boy. Nathan: You know how much I love you? Haley: You'd better. Nathan: We're gonna be late for prom. Haley: Oh please, there's no wrong in being a little late there? Bevin: Hey! Does this dress make my [...] look big? Skills: Oh yeah! Bevin: Thanks baby. Guy: Don't walk with me dude, people are gonna thing we're together. Fergie: Please! You could never get with Fergilicious! Guy: Did you just say...? Fergie: Yeah. Brooke: It was really aweful. Peyton looked at me like I didn't even exist. I mean can't she hate me? At least if she hates me she still cares. Mouth: You guys have been friends longer than me and Luke I mean, that's too long not to care. Brooke: Yeah. I'm sorry I'm always [...] into you Mouth, do you wanna talk about Shelly or something? Mouth: Not at all, no. Brooke: Ok.if you do, I'm here. Thanks again for being my date. You've always been there for me, even now when everyone thinks that I'm a whore. Mouth: Nobody thinks that! Brooke: Oh my God. Mouth: You might wanna step out of black light. Brooke: She cares. She cares! Deb: Oh you two look so cute. Wait there while I get the video camera! Nathan: Sorry. Are you okay with this? Haley: I so broke that camera. Peyton: Lucas... Derek: Hi Peyton! (he hits her!)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x15 - Prom Night at Hater High"}	foreverdreaming
One Tree Hill Season 4 episode 16 You call it madness but I call it love Derek: Shhh, shhh. Lucas: I guess I have my answer Derek: I can’t believe he actually left. I would never give up on you that easily, you hear me ? Our love is forever. Nathan: So, when you took your boot off, was it all … ? Haley: Ohhh, it was like Teen Wolf. Seriously I got to use three razor blades. Nathan: Nice. I’m proud of you Hales. My girl went strong to be rehap by prom. Haley: Yeah. Well at least everything will be perfect tonight. Nathan: Ohhh we gotta stop saying that ! Whitey: When did the chaperon’s been prettier than the prom queen ? Dan: Thanks, but I’m with someone ! Karen: Oh, hi Whitey. You look handsome. Whitey: Thank you. Karen: I’d better get to see if Principal Turner needs anything. Whitey: What the hell are you doing ? Dan: I’m making the rest of you guys look bad. Whitey: Years ago I watched you screw up Karen’s life. I’m not gonna allow history to repeat itself. Dan: And yet you’ve been trying to make that tux work since the seventies. Whitey: I’ll be watching you Danny. Nathan: I think, I think the […] snapped. Maybe it’s the, the thingamajig. Haley: Can i please call Lucas now ? Nathan: Yeah. Haley: Ugh, I have no signal. Nathan: Oh great ! Well, there’s a convenient store about a mile up ahead, I’ll just walk there and call for a ride I guess, you can stay. Haley: No, thank you, a pregnant girl in a prom dress with a broken down car is how urban legends get started I’m coming with you. Nathan: What about your leg ? Haley: It’ll be a good test come on ! The Clerk: This is the final boarding call for flight 121, service to New Orleans. Derek: Oh good, good, you’re awake. I’m sorry about the sedative but there were just so many last minute details. I missed you Peyton, so much. Oh God, I missed that smell ! You’re probably wondering how I got out of jail. Miss Sawyer ? Detective Wilcox here. We just call and let you know we have your stalker in custody. Yeah ? You know I’ve had a lot of time to think about what went wrong with us last time. A girl like you needs romance. I get that now. So that’s why you and I are gonna have our own private prom, just the two of us. GENERIC Brooke: Hey. Lucas: Hey, I’m so sorry to hear about your dress. I had no idea. Brooke: It’s ok I got most of it off now and when you blacklight me it just says ‘who’. Lucas: Oh. Brooke: So, where is she anyway ? Lucas: I went over to her house to pick her up and she won’t even open the door. I guess she’s not coming. Brooke: Hey, I need to leave for a little while. Mouth: Sure, where are we going? Right, take it easy on the turns. My grandpa Mel […] the suspension. Brooke: Ok. Hey I’ll be back in time for my coronation . Mouth: Are they still voting for Prom Queen? Brooke: Yeah but, it’s really just a formality. Derek: You know, the hardest part about the night we broke up, it wasn’t your betrayal, it wasn’t even falling out of a second story window, no. The hardest part was losing my photos and now I have to start it all over. Smile Peyton. Peyton: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Nathan: Thanks for picking us up mom. Deb: Just think I couldn’t have done this a month ago, maybe, I just would have spent a lot more time on the sidewalk! Oh, pretend I’m not here. Nathan: Sorry. This isn’t exactly how I wanted to start our romantic prom night. Haley: It’s ok, you know after everything we’ve been through in the past year, your mom taking us to prom feels pretty good. Nathan: Kinda like we’re kids again? Haley: Yeah. You know maybe tonight we don’t have to be married and pregnant, we can just be teenagers. Nathan: Well in that case, what’s you curfew? Derek: Lucas! Peyton: You’ve reached Peyton’s voicemail. Congratulations. Lucas: Hey Peyton, this isn’t right. You’re the one I wanna be with tonight, prom and all … so call me ok? Please. Principal Turner: Miss Gatina! You know that you’re not allowed on school grounds? Rachel: What are you gonna do expel me? Principal Turner: Don’t make me call the police. Rachel: Fine. All right, I’ve got a limo, and a fully stuffed mini bar, who’s with me? This school sucks. Mouth: Rachel, wait. I’m coming with you. Rachel: What about Brooke? Mouth: If she were here she’d do the same thing, it’s what friends do. Rachel: See you Turner! Oh, expect a call from my lawyer about the sexual harassment. Principal Turner: She’s kidding Dan: Relax Turner. You need a drink and in fact I confiscated this flask from one of your students. Gimme a minute Karen. Derek: It’s time for our first dance. This song is special. I made it from your podcasts. I hope you see now how much thought I put into tonight. It’s why I couldn’t have you going to prom with Lucas. And afterwards, giving yourself to him. I couldn’t allow that Peyton, you belong to me. We’re gonna have the perfect prom, and afterwards we’re gonna go up to your bedroom, and have the perfect prom night. Well another tex from Lucas, let’s see what it says. Ohhh, I’m so sorry, please talk to me, prom sucks without you. Let’s reply: sorry, running late, wait for me. Hugs and kisses. Is that emoticon too much you think? Ohhh, what the hell, semi-colon and close parentheses. Lucas: Hey, Glenda you look great! Glenda: Thank you! So I guess I’m not the only one alone at prom. Maybe Lucas Scott really is a Goth at heart. Lucas: ugh, Peyton is on the way, finally! But you know, I could use company until she gets here. Glenda: Good, cause I could use someone help me pretend I’m above of those prom stuff. Lucas: Ok. Nathan: Hey, good news. Nobody’s using the DW not I car tonight so it’s all ours. Haley: Sweet! Nathan: You’re ready to dance? Haley: Definitely. Definitely not! I think I failed the test. Nathan: Ok. Sit down. It’s alright. Haley: no, it’s not ok. Aren’t you the guy that always said at some point you just gotta deal with the pain? Nathan: Yeah, well, I’m an idiot. I’m gonna get you some punch ok? Here. Haley: Thank you. Ouhh honey, that ain’t punch! Student: Noooot bad huh? Yeah… They […] my flask when I came in, then I went to plan B, so it’s all […] Nathan: You spiked the punch? Student: Dude, it’s prom! Nathan: My wife is pregnant, you idiot! Student: Dude, it’s prom! Haley: Dude, It’s prom. Glenda: Hey, you see that guy over there? He’s got the key to a room at the Holiday in, and a box of wine cooling in the mini fridge. Lucas: You do this a lot? Glenda: Helps klling time when you live on the sidelines. Ok it’s your turn. Lucas: She’s wondering if she should forgive the guy for being an ass for the last seventeen years. Glenda: Your mom, right? Lucas: Yeah. And daddy. Brooke: Come one Peyton, your car is in the driveway I know you’re home! Ok Peyton, your curling iron is still on so if you’re tryna make it look like you’re not here at least make it convincing! Great. Hide in your creepy basement because you know I hate it! Too bad, I’m coming down anyway. Oh my God. Derek: Well, well, Brooke Davis. One kiss wasn’t enough so you came by for a second? Brooke: Get of me! Peyton: Brooke! Mouth: What happened I thought you were leaving tonight? Rachel: My flight got delayed by a few hours. Just enough time to crash the bal. Mouth: Well we hang out and then I take you back at the airport. Rachel: You sure? I mean it’s your prom night. Mouth: Yeah but it’s your last night! Besides prom just makes me think about Shelly. Rachel: Alright Mouth, talk to me. Mouth: I can’t stop thinking about her. Her eyes, her smile, those little freckles on the small of her back… Rachel: Hang on? The small of her back? The clean teen gave it up! Nice work! Mouth: Yeah, so nice she never wants to see me again. Rachel: You’re welcome to the rest of your life. Sex changes everything. Mouth: You know what, let’s not talk about Shelly. This is you and I what do you wanna do? Rachel: I wanted to deflower you, but I guess I’m too late for that. I wanna do what you wanna do! Mouth: I wanna get Shelly back! Rachel: Except that! Shelly is nuts, and this is coming from a girl who has seen a lot of nuts! Mouth: I know but, she made me feel dangerous you know? Like I was more than myself. Rachel: Mouth, quit talking about Shelly! Mouth: Yeah, I’m boring you. Rachel: No. you’re making me jealous. Glenda: So, when do I get the next chapter of your book? Or is that your strategy? Get me hooked and leave me hanging? Lucas: No, that’s not it. The truth is I’m stuck! On the day my uncle Keith died. Glenda: Sure it’s hard to revisit that day. But telling the truth about it could help a lot of people, maybe even you. Lucas: You see that’s just it, I have trouble with the details, there’s a lot of things about that day I can’t remember, I kinda like blocked it up. Glenda: I tell you what, why don’t you walk me through the things you can remember? Maybe it’ll help to talk it through. Lucas: Alright. Derek: It’s a good thing I brought extra rope. Brooke: Untie me you freak! Derek: It’s figures you’d be good with your mouth. Noone is gonna hear you. Brooke & Peyton: HELP! Derek: You know Peyton, you really shouldn’t… the music so loud! Brooke & Peyton: HELP US ! Haley: This is the weirdest prom ever, no Peyton, no Brooke, no Lucas, no Mouth… Nathan: No rachel. Haley: Good prom! Principal Tuner: Nathan, I need you to drive a student home. Nathan: What do you mean? Principal Turner: You’re the DW not I car don’t you? Nathan: Yeah. I guess I do, who is it? Peyton: Why did you come? Brooke: We’ve been talking about senior prom since we are 8. I knew something was wrong. Peyton: So, you told someone you were coming? Brooke: No… at least I came! Peyton: You should have told somebody! Brooke: That is your problem you are so angry. Peyton: You’re an idiot! Brooke: Don’t call me an idiot bitch! Peyton: I hope he kills you first. Derek: That’s a good idea. I know how much you hate her, Peyton. I was outside today, watching. I heard that you told Brooke that she was dad to you. Now I’m gonna make it official. Peyton: Derek, wait. Derek; Don’t you see, Peyton? I was serching for some way to show you how much I love you. I’m gonna hurt her as much as she hurt you. Peyton: Derek, hey, hey, look at me. If you really, really love me, let me do it. This is my chance to revenge, you, well, you should know that. Look you were right about me, okay? Hey, listen, you were right. We are so much alike. I have all the same feelings that you do, and I have all the same desires. Derek: I don’t believe you. Peyton: It’s true. Hey, I just couldn’t admit it before. I’m gonna prove it to you now, okay, just untie me. Derek: You’re lying. Peyton: Come on Derek. You got the Knfe, and I’m half your size! Hey, baby. Derek: You better not be lying. Peyton: I’m not, baby. I promise. (she slaps Brooke) God that felt good! Derek: Do it again. Brooke: Why don’t you make it hurt next time bitch? Peyton: Alright, gimme the Knfe. I’m gonna finish this bitch off. Gimme the Knfe! Derek: I don’t think I can trust you. Peyton: Let’s talk about trust okay. See, you lied to me, you said you were my brother, didn’t you? You went about it everything all wrong Derek. God, you’re … you’re such a beautiful boy! All you had to do was ask! Would you gimme the Knfe, and then when I’m finished with her, we’ll go upstairs, ok? Derek: You wanna cut vertically. It’s conter intuitive. I know. Peyton: All this time you said I was a backstarving bitch, you have no idea how right you were! Brooke: God you didn’t have to ht me so hard. Peyton: I’m sorry, I’m so sorry! Brooke: Peyton, Peyton, he’s moving, just get out of here! Peyton: No, I’m not leaving you. Derek: That was so disappointing! You know what? I changed my ming. I think I’ll kll you first! Brooke: Peyton, run! Derek: Yeah, Peyton, run! You shouldn’t have lied Peyton. It’s not very nice! Lucas: She told me she loved me. I just figured it was because she lost a lot of blood. But at some level I knew it was true. I was just too afraid to admit it because, it would’ve hurt Brooke. Glenda: You ever think maybe that’s why you have trouble writing about that day? Maybe you block things out because you’re afraid if you face the truth, it could hurt the other people you love. Student: So, I heard about you and Brooke Davis. Hi 5! I guess that means you guys have like, an open marriage. That is so great! Nathan: Out! Student: What? But my house is like a mile… Nathan: Out. Student: That’s cool. I’ll see you at school. Nathan: You still wanna be a teenager? Haley: Oh my gosh! You know, I used to dream about how wonderful senior prom would be, the last great party with all our friends before we graduate. This night? This is nothing like I predicted. Nathan: Yeah, well you gotta be careful about your predictions. Haley: Baby, the school’s back there, where are we going? Nathan: It’s a surprise. Haley: Okay. Derek: Open the door, Peyton! You already know I could break it down. You forgot to lock it. Peyton: I didn’t forget! It doesn’t feel so good, does it? I’m not gonna run from you anymore Derek, I’m not gonna run anymore purely now get up! Derek: You’ve been training. Peyton: It’s right, with my real brother. He taught me this! And that is fro making me afraid to sleep, you creepy, and smelly son of a bitch ! Derek: Shhhh. You really think you could bat me? A girl? Brooke: How about two girls? Peyton: Brooke get out! Get off ! Brooke: Peyton, [...] Peyton: [...] Brooke: Peyton, be careful he's gonna lunge. They always lunge. Derek: Arghhh! Brooke: I'm gonna call 911. Peyton: Brooke wait, gimme five minutes. Brooke: Look about earlier today, you were right. All those things that I said about your mom ... Peyton: No... we both said [...] things today. Besides if you hadn't come right now, i'd be bitching my both mom about you in person. You saved me. Brooke: You saved me too. I guess now it's hoes over psychos. Peyton: Yeah. Brooke: So where do we go from here? Peyton: Prom? Brooke: Ok. Rachel: you know, I lied you when I told you my flight was delayed. The truth is <i wasn't sure I was ready to get on it. Mouth: Why not? Rachel: Because i wanted us to have our last dance. Mouth: Let's have it. Rachel: You're gonna break a lot of hearts Mouth McFadden. Dan: So what do you think? Does this bat our prom? Karen: Oh let's see, the theme for our prom was 'Every rose has its thorn', yeah. Dan: Thorn, right. I was out at the night i told you I was leaving to take the basketball scholarship. I want you to know that for the past seventeen years, I've been pretending that it was the right choice. Karen: For the last seventeen years, I've been pretending that choice didn't break my heart. Dan: I wanna ask you something, do you think it's impossible for you ever to have feelings for me again, like you once did ? Karen: No, it's not impossible. Haley: What are we doing here? Nathan: Do you remember the last time i went up here? Haley: Yeah I do, it was when we were separated and I try to forget. Nathan: Well, you showed me the predictions that you and Lucas make every year on the first day of school. And i made a prediction on my own that night, you remember? Here it is. Haley: Haley and I will be together again by graduation. Did you really believe that? Nathan: I was in a pretty dark place back then but, I never stopped believing in us. My prediction came true Hales! As far as I'm concerned, that makes this a great night. So, you think your leg's ready for a dance? Haley: Ohhh, I wish it were but it's still a little stiff. Sorry. Nathan: [...] Haley: Ohhh, it's my lucky night! The clerk: Attention, now flight 243 to New Orleans at gate 6. Attention, now flight 243 to New Orleans at gate 6. Rachel: It's me. Mouth: Then I guess this is goodbye. I'm really glad you came back tonight Rachel. Rachel: Me too. Hey, you wanna come with me? Mouth: I can't, I'd miss finals, an graduation, it's su1c1de! Rachel: No, it's just dangerous. It's ok Mouth. See you later. Mouth: Rachel wait. I'm coming with you. Dan: So, it's you. Lucas: What do you mean? Dan: You lost your phone. Lucas: It's not my phone. Dan: Sure? Lucas: Yeah. What's wrong with you? And where's my mom? Dan: She's... I'm sorry, i just... What are you doing here Lucas? Lucas: I guess i just keep feeling like, i keep feeling like Keith's trying to tell me something. Dan: We already had this conversation, son. Lucas: I know, but... Dan: No! Keith's d*ad, ok? He's not coming back. Open your eyes. Flashback: Keith: Open your eyes Luke. Open your eyes! Lucas: Keith? Keith: Luke, I love you, now go. Peyton: Are you ready for this Brooke Davis? Brooke: Welcome to prom, P Sawyer. Bevin: Attention everyone! Get around the stage. It's time to announce our prom queen. The envelope please. Okay, and this year's prom queen: Brooke Davis!	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x16 - You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill DEREK :Hi, Peyton. BROOKE : Peyton, 8th-grade cheer camp. BROOKE : Now it's hoes over psychos. PEYTON : You saved me. BROOKE : You saved me, too. RACHEL : You want to come with me? MOUTH : I'm coming with you. DAN : Do you think it's impossible for you to ever have feelings for me again? KAREN : It's not impossible. DAN : You lost your phone. LUCAS : That's not my phone. DAN : What are you doing here, Lucas? LUCAS : I keep feeling like Keith's trying to tell me something. DAN : Keith's dad. Open your eyes. LUCAS’ BEDROOM LUCAS (voiceover) : William Blake once wrote, "There are things that are known and things that are unknown. And in between... there are doors." We see Lucas, Peyton and Brooke sleeping in Lucas’ bed. Skills enters the room. SKILLS : Hey, yo, Luke. Damn. Nice work. LUCAS : No. No, it's not... It's the attck last week. Neither one of them wants to be alone. SKILLS : Hey, if that's your story. Look, we got to go. LUCAS : What? SKILLS : It's Mouth. He needs our help. MAYOR’S OFFICE JOE : You wanted to see me, Mr. Mayor? DAN : Yeah. Come on in, Joe. I need you to access this phone's calling history. JOE : Sure. Whose phone is it? DAN : That's what I want you to find out. JOE : With all due respect, Mr. Mayor, I can't do that. That's illegal. DAN : You got a performance review coming up, don't you, Joe? Not to mention a sexy little thing going on with... what's her name? Darcy in public relations? But wait a minute. Your wife's name's Jill, isn't it? JOE : It might take me a day or two. DAN : Works for me. Oh, and, Joe? Say hi to Darcy for me. KAREN’S CAFÉ Skills and Lucas discuss about Mouth SKILLS : So, it's been what, about a week since Mouth skipped town with Rachel? Then, all of a sudden, I get this cryptic message. Sounds like he's in trouble. LUCAS : Okay, what kind of message? Like voice mail? SKILLS : No, a text, actually. Check it out. LUCAS : "Honey Grove, Texas. Please come. Need ass"? SKILLS : I was thinking he would've typed "assistance" but his battery died. LUCAS : Why didn't he just write "help"? "Need help"? SKILLS : Maybe he need ass. (Haley and Nathan enter the café) HALEY : Hey. NATHAN : Hey, Skills said Mouth was in trouble. SKILLS : Yeah, he sent this. NATHAN : "Need ass"? LUCAS : We're thinking it's "assistance." HALEY : I'm gonna find Honey Grove online. (Haley leaves, Peyton and Brooke arrive) NATHAN (to Lucas) : Hey, how are they doing since the attck? LUCAS : Some days are better than the others. But it gets the worst at night. BROOKE : Hey, you guys, what's going on? Is Mouth okay? LUCAS : It doesn't sound like it. PEYTON : "Honey Grove, Texas. Please come." BROOKE : "Need ass"? I don't get it. He left with Rachel. Why would he need ass? SKILLS AND NATHAN AND LUCAS : Assistance. PEYTON : Well, if Mouth needs help, then one of us needs to go down to Honey Grove, Texas. HALEY : I think we should probably all go. It's about 90 miles from Dallas, which is like a 20-hour car ride. NATHAN : Hales, I love you for caring, but you're pregnant and we got finals. HALEY : Come on. We're all graduating soon. It could be a last hurrah. Hopefully, Mouth is okay and it turns into a great road trip. But if not, there's safety in numbers, right? OUTSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Everybody is ready to go on the trip HALEY : Okay, Karen and I made sandwiches, and I got chips and drinks, and we're all set. SKILLS : I brought red vines. You can't have a road trip without red vines. LUCAS : I brought old yearbooks... might give us a laugh. What did you bring, Nate? NATHAN : I brought Haley, who brought the food. Brooke? BROOKE : I brought my hot body and Rachel's Denali. She might have left, but at least we have her car. HALEY : Sure it's not stolen? Oh, wait. That's just calculus exams. NATHAN : My girl's not a big Rachel fan. Peyton, what did you bring? PEYTON : Road mix. HALEY : Okay, let's go. LUCAS : You seem rather excited, considering Mouth might be in a lot of trouble. HALEY : Well, I'm choosing to believe that he's fine. Besides, it's Mouth. How much trouble could he actually get into? He's probably having fun. PRISON IN HONEY GROVE Mouth is put behind bars and see lots of creepy guys in the cell with him. POLICE OFFICER : Have fun. ONE TREE HILL CREDITS INSIDE THE CAR Brooke is driving, Haley opens the yearbook HALEY : Okay, Brooke, freshman year. Lance Bass? Really? BROOKE : He was cute, okay? NATHAN : I'm not sure I'd go there, Hales. Check this out. "Luke, stay cool forever! Haley." HALEY : So, what's wrong with that? LUCAS : You think that's bad? Check this out. Peyton wrote to me in my hm* yearbook... "Peyton Sawyer." PEYTON : Come on! I didn't even know you then. LUCAS : You know how hard I worked to get my yearbook in front of her? And then she signs her damn name. I was crushed. HALEY : Okay, how about this one? "Lucas, you know you want me! Taylor James." LUCAS : I wonder what she wrote in Nathan's yearbook. SKILLS : Hey, look. "Luke, you're a great friend. Thanks for looking out for me. See ya around." BROOKE : Who wrote that one? SKILLS : Jimmy Edwards. Sorry. HALEY : How about we just try and let go of all the pain on this trip and only focus on the good things in our lives? Okay, who's with me? PEYTON : Ready for that. BROOKE : Definitely. HALEY : Okay, Luke? (Lucas recognizes the girl from his vision in the yearbook, Abby Brown) HALEY : Lucas? Lucas? LUCAS : Yeah, sure. PRISON IN HONEY GROVE One of the convict is playing Check with a police officer POLICE OFFICER : I don't know why you do it, Conrad. We keep playing. You keep losing. (all the others convicts come to talk to Mouth) MOUTH : Um, hiya, fellas. I'm Mouth. LEE : Mouth, huh? MOUTH : I mean, uh, Marvin. Marvin. Listen, guys, I don't want any trouble. I mean, I like girls, really. See? (Mouth shows a picture of Rachel and he, Conrad take it)) MOUTH : Um, if I could just get that back.. (Conrad grab Mouth) CONRAD : Or what? MOUTH : Listen, I know you could probably kll me right now... I mean... definitely kll me right now, but you're only three moves away from winning your chess match. Knight to G7. I'm sure you were just about to do that anyway... Sir. (Conrad returns to his chess match) CONRAD : Guard. (They start playing again) CONRAD : Checkmate. (The guard leaves upset) CONRAD : No one touches the kid. INSIDE THE CAR It’s night, everybody is asleep in the car. Nathan pull over. NATHAN : Skills. Hey. Come on, man, it's your turn to drive. We're each taking four-hour shifts. (Skills take the wheel, drive just a few seconds and pull over) SKILLS : Hey, Brooke. Yo, B. Davis. It's your turn to drive, baby. BROOKE : Already? SKILLS : Four hours. PRISON IN HONEY GROVE CONRAD : So, let me get this straight. You slept with Shelly. LEE : The Clean Teen with the leather pants? MOUTH : Yep. GINO :My man! CONRAD : But then you took Brooke to the prom... Brooke Davis. LEMMY : Is Brooke the one with the clothing line? CONRAD : But then you left town with Rachel and all of her fine plastic parts. So, what happened, Mouth? MOUTH : You guys ever had your heart broken? INSIDE THE CAR Brooke is driving, an alarm starts beeping that awake everybody and the car break down. HALEY : What's going on up there? BROOKE : I don't know. LUCAS : How long has that light on the dash been on? BROOKE : Um, just a little while. It was kind of a pretty color, and I liked it. Bad call? (Brooke pull over) BROOKE : Bad call. OUTSIDE OF THE CAR Lucas is looking to fix it up LUCAS : I don't know. It's all electronic. I can't figure it out. But I do know we should have stuck to the interstate and not taken the back roads just so Haley could see the sandwich shaped like Elvis. HALEY : Hey! PEYTON : Hold on a second. I, too, wanted to see the sandwich shaped like Elvis. I'm pretty sure we all did. HALEY : Thank you. PEYTON : And, Lucas, admit it. You wanted to see the Elvis sandwich, too, didn't you? LUCAS : Fine. I wanted to see the Elvis sandwich, okay? But that still doesn't change the fact that we haven't seen a car pass by since we stopped. (Brooke see a bus coming) LUCAS : Until now. NATHAN : It's a bus. BROOKE : That's a tour bus. PEYTON : Please be the Foo Fighters. SKILLS : Please be Kanye. (The bus stops and Chris Keller comes out) CHRIS : Well, well. HALEY : Stupid Elvis sandwich. INSIDE THE BUS CHRIS : Let's see here. Slept with you... kissed you... got slapped by you. Just like any other night on Chris Keller's tour bus. LUCAS : So, they can tow the car to Honey Grove, but we're on our own. CHRIS : Honey Grove. We're rolling right through there. You guys should just crash with me. Come on. It'll be like old times. You know, without Nate trying to kll me for singing duets with Haley. SKILLS : I'm down for all that. Yo, you got some gin in this joint? CHRIS : Full bar in back. SKILLS : I'm loving Chris Keller. CHRIS : Look, I got plenty of room. I'm going your way. Haley can sleep in my bed. Though you're looking a little plump, Hales. What the hell? I've had bigger trunk in my bunk. HALEY : I'm pregnant, you idiot. CHRIS (looking at Nathan) : Dude, totally not mine. OUTSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Karen is coming home but find the door open. Scared, she takes her phone... INSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Later, Dan is there with Karen. DAN : Well, everything seems to be okay. Are you missing anything? KAREN : I... I don't think so. I'm sorry. It's just that Lucas wasn't here, and the door was open, and I just... I'm so embarrassed that I called you. DAN : No, no. Don't be. I would've been upset if you didn't call me. Now I'm gonna make you some tea. I want you to relax and take it easy. That stress isn't healthy for the baby. INSIDE THE BUS Chris and Nathan are talking alone CHRIS : So, what's up? You been good? NATHAN : Yeah, I'm all right. Just dealing with some stuff. CHRIS : Like what? NATHAN : Nothing, really. I can handle it. CHRIS : Same old Nathan Scott. NATHAN : What about you? What's your story? CHRIS : Oh, you know, just driving blue highways, looking for that life you already got. You know, for the luckiest guy I know, you worry too much. And contrary to popular belief, most of life's problems don't get solved on a tour bus in the middle of Texas. Turn your mind off and relax. INSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Dan is bringing some tea to Karen who’s already asleep. He put a blanket on her and turn off the lights. HONEY GROVE Everybody get off the bus CHRIS : Well, this is it... Honey Grove, the sweetest town in Texas. Get it? 'Cause of the honey part? LUCAS : Now we just got to find Mouth. CHRIS : I guess I'd just ask a cop if I were you guys. SKILLS : Right, let's just walk up to the first cop we see and say, "hey, have you seen our friend Mouth?" CHRIS : Why not? It's a small town. (A police officer is just there) CHRIS : Excuse me! POLICE OFFICER : Keller. CHRIS : Top of the morning, officer friendly. SKILLS : Shut up. Excuse me, sir. We're looking for a friend of ours. Kind of goofy-looking kid, big lips, spiky hair? CHRIS : Needs ass. POLICE OFFICER : Marvin McFadden. CHRIS : Damn. Our guy's name is Mouth. INSIDE THE PRISON POLICE OFFICER : Marvin McFadden? MOUTH : Luke! Guys! Man, am I glad to see you. BROOKE : Mouth, what happened? MOUTH : It's kind of a long story. Let's just get out of here. (Mouth says friendly goodbyes to his cell mates) MOUTH : Conrad. Gino! Lee! (Lemmy hugs Mouth) CONRAD : Let him go, Lemmy. INSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE It’s morning, Karen awakes on her couch, Dan is sleeping in the armchair. KAREN : Dan? (Dan awakes) DAN : Oh, hi. KAREN : You spent the night? DAN : Yeah. Yeah. Just wanted to make sure you were okay. I'm sorry. I must look like hell. I should go. KAREN : Or I could make us some breakfast. DAN : I'd like that. ON THE STREET OF HONEY GROVE Nathan is on the phone NATHAN : I understand. You have to do what you have to do. (He hangs up and joins Haley, Skills and Chris)) HALEY : Everything okay? NATHAN : Yeah. Just checking on my mom. (Brooke, Peyton and Lucas joins them too, with Mouth) BROOKE : Hey, we found him. HALEY : Hey, Mouth! MOUTH : Now I'm really embarrassed. You guys didn't all have to come. NATHAN : We wanted to, man. CHRIS : Yeah, man, definitely. Who are you again? MOUTH : I'm the idiot who got arrested for sleeping in the park. BROOKE : Wait. What? You didn't tell us what happened. Where's Rachel? MOUTH : Uh, it's kind of a long story. She's just, um... She's gone. CHRIS : Damn it. MOUTH : Anyway, I tried texting you guys, but my phone died. I just want to go home. (Lucas hangs up his cell phone) LUCAS : Unfortunately the car won't be ready till tomorrow. But there are rooms available at a motel. MOUTH : Sorry, guys. HALEY : No, don't be sorry. We wanted to come. We're just glad you're okay. Besides, I'm sure we can find something fun to do in this town. CHRIS : Yeah, right. What? Look at this place. (Haley looks at a bulletin board which says " Honey Grove prom night”) HALEY : We'll go to prom. BROOKE : Prom? HALEY : Yeah, Honey Grove's prom is tonight. We should go. Come on, our prom sucked. Our car broke down. BROOKE : Yeah, and we got attcked by a psycho. MOUTH : What? PEYTON : Long story. LUCAS : We're just gonna crash the Honey Grove prom? HALEY : Yeah, why not? BROOKE : Okay, hold on. Where are we gonna get tuxes and dresses by tonight? SKILLS : We go old-school. Check it out. (Skills shows them a store across the street) SKILLS : I see what I'm wearing tonight. MOUTH : Dude, not if I bat you to it. Come on! (They run toward the store) HALEY : It's good to see you and Peyton getting along. BROOKE : Yeah. You know, we've been staying together at Luke's every night since the attck. It works out 'cause I'm basically homeless, now that Rachel's gone, anyway. HALEY : Right. Speaking of that, I wanted to know if maybe you wanted to take the apartment back. Nathan and I are gonna go stay with his mom, at least until the end of the school year. And you still have all your old stuff in there. What do you think? BROOKE : Yes. I mean, definitely. Thank you. That's great. HALEY : Yeah, yeah. No problem. I mean, also, besides, the sooner you cut your ties with that lying thief Rachel, the better, right? BROOKE : Yeah. HOTEL ROOM 1 Mouth and Chris are getting ready for the Prom CHRIS : Can't believe I'm going stag. Dude, so what happened to you, anyway, with Rachel? MOUTH : I just wanted Shelly back. CHRIS : Shelly? MOUTH : She was the girl I'd just started dating. Actually, we, uh, never really got started. CHRIS : She blew you off, huh? MOUTH : I just felt so... not good enough, you know? Like I wasn't good enough to make her stay. I wasn't enough to amaze her. I just wanted to amaze her. CHRIS : Bitches. MOUTH : And then Rachel... She made me feel special. And there's such a power in that, especially with a girl who looks like Rachel. And even though I kind of knew we were a lie, it was like a pain reliever. I mean, the pain was still there, but... I didn't feel it for a while. CHRIS : So what happened? MOUTH : Well, we flew to New Orleans and we rented a car and we just started driving. And Rachel was telling me how I was good enough, how I was dangerous. And then one night, as this amazing sun was setting, she called me worthy. CHRIS : Okay. Oh, fine. Fine, Mouth, but tell me... what about the sex? MOUTH : So we get to this hotel, and we're in the bar. She kind of starts flirting with this guy. And then she said something. CHRIS : What did she say? MOUTH : She told him he was worthy. Hearing her say it to someone else, I knew that there would always be a someone else with her, 'cause that's who she is. Anyway, I went for a walk, and I ended up on the town square... you know, where you guys were today? I started thinking about how much I was throwing away, how tnk my finals would crush my parents and how I'm not that guy. I'm not dangerous. I'm Marvin McFadden. I'm solid. I'm dependable. That's who I am. CHRIS : Tell me you at least slept with her. (Mouth shakes his head) CHRIS : You suck, man. Where is she? MOUTH : I don't know. I called her and told her I was going home, and when I got back to the room, she was gone. This picture of us was all she left behind. (Chris takes the picture and read the note behind) CHRIS : "I could've loved the boy in this picture." I hate you, Mouth. You know that? You sure you didn't sleep with her before your lame-ass epiphany? MOUTH : No. But I did see her naked. CHRIS : You really suck, man. You know that? HOTEL ROOM 2 Nathan and Haley are getting ready NATHAN : Anybody ever tell you that you're kind of pretty, Haley James Scott? HALEY : Does Chris Keller count? NATHAN : You know what's great about being a married couple going to a prom? HALEY : What? NATHAN : You get to use the hotel room before the dance. HOTEL ROOM 3 Brooke and Peyton are getting ready PEYTON : Penny for your thoughts? BROOKE : I'm not sure they're worth that much. Just thinking about Chase. PEYTON : I'm really sorry, Brooke. You miss him? BROOKE : Yeah, I do. Plus, I'm not really a fan of being alone these days. PEYTON : Oh, well, I was thinking maybe you could move in with me. BROOKE : I can't. I'm moving back into the apartment. PEYTON : Okay, cool. I just... yeah. BROOKE : But maybe you could move in, too? PEYTON : You mean that? BROOKE : Yeah. Look... I know I said we could never be friends like before. But... maybe we can be better. You look beautiful. HOTEL ROOM 4 Lucas is looking at the yearbook. LUCAS : Hey, Skills, you know this girl? SKILLS : Yeah. That's Abby. She was in the tutor center. You know. You know, it just never made no sense to me. LUCAS : What's that? SKILLS : Jimmy. See, Abby had diabetes, so he let her go. Look, I know Jimmy was all distraught and not his self, but... I could never understand how he could just have it in his heart to let Abby go, but with Keith, that was somebody he knew and loved. (Peyton walks in) SKILLS : Luke. PEYTON : Lucas Scott, will you go to prom with me? LUCAS : Absolutely. INSIDE HONEY GROVE PROM They are all inside when a bench of girls come to see them GIRL 1 : Nice outfits. You guys crashing? LUCAS : Who, us? No. GIRL 1 : Honey Grove's a small town. We know everybody in our school. BROOKE : Okay, look. Here's the deal. We got stranded here, and our prom really sucked, so we figured maybe we could come to yours. You won't tell anyone, will you? GIRL 1 : No, it's cool. GIRL 2 : You guys have fun. (The girls leave) HALEY : Anybody want to dance? (Each girl throws her coat in Chris face) Some girls are listening to everyone story, one at a time. LUCAS : So nobody has a fatal heart condition and a father who was purposely set on fre? (Girls shake their heads) NATHAN : You probably have classmates who are married, right? Wife's pregnant? Got married as juniors? (Girls shake their heads) BROOKE : I started the clothing line after Peyton and I shoplifted my designs back and got arrested. GIRL : Arrested? What did your parents say? BROOKE : Oh, I haven't seen my parents in like a year. I live with my friend Rachel. She's so funny. She's had all this plastic surgery, and she just got suspended, and... Now she's kind of missing. MOUTH : You ever had your heart broken? GIRL : Yeah, I think that happens everywhere. KAREN’S CAFÉ The café is closed. Karen is with Dan KAREN : You know, I really appreciate the way you've been lately since my pregnancy. DAN : But? KAREN : Well, you can't blame me for being cautious. 17 years of misery is a long time. Why now? DAN : I was lying to myself, Karen. I was also married. I'm single now, for the first time since I was 17, and truly in love. You're still in my heart, Karen. That's why now. INSIDE HONEY GROVE PROM Nathan and Haley are dancing a slow dance NATHAN : What? HALEY : We've just been through so much. NATHAN : You've been through so much. Sometimes I wonder how you put up with me. HALEY : I gave you my heart. When you fall short... when we fall short... I know we're gonna be okay. You're my forever. You're my always. God, the way you look at me sometimes. (She kiss him) At the same time, Peyton and Lucas are dancing PEYTON : Thanks for being so good to me this week, Luke... and to Brooke. It means everything. LUCAS : I'd do anything for you. (She kiss him) HALEY : Uh, could you get a room? PEYTON : Do you want to? (Lucas nod and they leave the Prom) Brooke is pouring some punch, Haley joins her HALEY : Hey lady BROOKE : I'd avoid the punch. It's more vodka than punch. HALEY : Great. Thank you for the tip. BROOKE : You having fun, tutor girl? HALEY : Yeah, I am. Although I think you mean ex-tutor girl, thanks to that hag Rachel. BROOKE : Haley, it was me. HALEY : What was? BROOKE : I stole the test. I cheated. Rachel just took the fall for me. HALEY : Are you kidding me? Brooke, I got fired for that. Not to mention the fact that I trusted you and you lied to my face. BROOKE : I know, and I'm sorry. It's just... I wasn't gonna graduate, and then she told me I'd lose my clothing contract, and I panicked and... HALEY : Unbelievable. (Haley starts leaving) BROOKE : Haley, wait. Don't go. I feel terrible. HALEY : I'm sure you do. You know what? That tape with you and Nathan really hurt me, but I decided to let it go because that was a Brooke I didn't know. This is worse. My friend did this. Two girls come to see Chris, sitting on a chair CHRIS : You girls want to dance? GIRL : No, thanks. Wait. You're Chris Keller, right? CHRIS : That's right. (Girls laugh) GIRL : How old are you? INSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Dan is leaving DAN : I had a great evening, Karen. Thanks. I can see myself out. KAREN : Well, maybe we could do this again. Soon. DAN : Sure. But just friends, right? KAREN : We'll see. HOTEL ROOM Peyton and Lucas are inside, starting to make out PEYTON : You've got protection, right? LUCAS : Have you met my father? PEYTON : Of course you do. Sorry. Luke. I'm really glad we waited. Last year would have been just sex, and now I... I am so in love with you. LUCAS : I love you, too, Peyton. OUTSIDE HOTEL ROOM Brooke, Skills and Mouth are walking to the rooms SKILLS : So, B. Davis, you have fun tonight? BROOKE : Oh, I have a good time. MOUTH : You seem a little drunk. BROOKE : I said I have a good time. SKILLS : After-hours in my room? MOUTH : Yeah. Come on (Skills opens the door and everybody see Peyton and Lucas in bed, after the make out) SKILLS : Damn, I got to stop doing this. PEYTON : Oh, god. I'm so sorry, really. (Skills shut the door) MOUTH : That was uncomfortable. BROOKE : You know what, guys? I think I'm gonna take a walk. SKILLS : You sure? You been drinking. BROOKE : Trust me, I'm sober now. IN THE STREET OF HONEY GROVE Nathan and Haley are sitting on a bench NATHAN : How's my girl feeling? HALEY : Okay. NATHAN : Is your leg bothering you? HALEY : No, my leg is not bothering me. It's Brooke that's bothering me. I'm trying to let it all go and just be here with you, but... NATHAN : Anything I can help with? HALEY : No. Not really. Tell me a secret. NATHAN : Risky. Okay. For the past few months, I've been pretty freaked out about being a dad. But lately, I, uh, I know it's gonna be okay. It's gonna be great, actually. HALEY : You are so sexy when you talk like that. I'm so glad we made this trip. I'm always gonna remember this. NATHAN : Honey Grove? HALEY : No. How much I love you right now. Brooke is walking and stop in front of Chris CHRIS : Well, well. Took you long enough. BROOKE : Don't flatter yourself. CHRIS : Want to come inside? I get really good-looking after a few drinks. BROOKE : Oh, but I've already had a few drinks. CHRIS : And how do I look? As good as the last time I got you wasted? BROOKE : Listen. My last couple relationships have been screwed up big-time. And I also have a terrible fear of being alone. So if we slept together, it would just mean that I'm drunk and trying to kll the pain. It wouldn't have anything to do with you. CHRIS : Works for me. BROOKE : No... No. I got to stop all that. I'm graduating soon. And god forbid I end up like you. CHRIS : So you just want to talk? BROOKE : You just want to talk? CHRIS : Sure. Chris Keller gets lonely, too, sometimes. BROOKE : I heard that. (They go inside the bus) BROOKE : Tell me something. Skills and Mouth are sitting on a bench MOUTH : I can't believe you guys came all this way to get me. SKILLS : You're our boy, dog. MOUTH : You know how I've been complaining about being everyone's friend? No more. I'm lucky to be that guy. And I have a lot of great things because of it and a lot of great friends because of it. SKILLS : See, there you go. I call this a good road trip. MOUTH : Yeah. So, graduation soon, huh? It's a little intimidating. I mean, I only spent a few days in the real world, and I got to say, it was kind of scary. SKILLS : You'll be a'ight, dog. I mean, we all gonna be. And if you ain't, your good friends gonna get you through it, right? MOUTH : Yeah. SKILLS : My dog. HOTEL ROOM It’s morning, Peyton is standing by the window, Lucas awakes LUCAS : Hey, you. You okay? Wow. You look beautiful. You seem sad. PEYTON : No. I'm not. It's just... I really love you, Lucas. And it's a big deal. LUCAS : I love you, too, Peyton. I promise. PEYTON : I need to go see Brooke. It's our first night apart since the attck. IN THE STREET OF HONEY GROVE Brooke is sitting on a bench, Peyton joins her PEYTON : Hey. I'm sorry about last night. BROOKE : It's okay. Life's too short, you know? PEYTON : So, does the roommate offer still stand? BROOKE : Yeah. If we're gonna live together, we need to come up with a system, 'cause I don't want to see that again. PEYTON : Yeah. (Chris joins them) CHRIS : Did someone say threesome? 'Cause I'm a little sore, but I could be real up for that. BROOKE : Sore from what? Staying up all night, talking about your feelings and crying? CHRIS : You said you weren't gonna tell. (Brooke goes to see Haley who’s sitting in the car, next to them) BROOKE : Haley, can I talk to you? I'm gonna tell Turner the truth. HALEY : Don't. So I lost my job at the tutoring center. It's not as important as you not graduating or losing your clothing contract. BROOKE : Thank you, but none of that is as important to me as us. I mean, maybe my clothing contract but... No, seriously, none of it. I'm just so sorry that I didn't tell you, Haley. Can you forgive me? HALEY : You are on notice, Brooke Davis. Clean up your act and be the girl I love. (Chris goes on his bus) CHRIS : Well, Chris Keller's work here is done. BROOKE : Okay. CHRIS : Okay. I'm leaving. (No one is answering) CHRIS : Okay. (The bus leaves) HALEY : I think I'm gonna miss Honey Grove. MOUTH : Yeah. Me too. (Everybody is inside, ready to leave) BROOKE : So, what do you want to hear, P. Sawyer? PEYTON : I'm feeling the road mix. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is on his computer, looking for Abby Brown when Nathan walks in LUCAS : Hey. NATHAN : I need to talk to you. LUCAS : Yeah. What's up? NATHAN : I've been getting calls from this federal investigator. He's asking questions about point-shaving, Luke. LUCAS : Yeah, but we won the state championship. NATHAN : Not state. Semifinals. LUCAS : What are you gonna do? NATHAN : They're not asking about me, Luke. They're asking about you. MAYOR’S OFFICE JOE : Mr. Mayor, the phone was prepaid. The only calls were made to you. After the school sh**ting, we fingerprinted all the students. I found a match. LUCAS (voiceover) : William Blake once wrote, "There are thing that are known and things that are unknown. And in between... there are doors." OUTSIDE ABBY BROWN’S HOUSE Lucas is knocking at the door, Dan is watching him from his car	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x17 - It Gets the Worst at Night"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill PEYTON : You saved me. BROOKE : You saved me, too. NATHAN : I borrowed some money from these guys, so they asked me to shave a few points in the last game. JIMMY : Everyone get away from the door. MOUTH : Oh, Jimmy, what did you do? JIMMY : Go. DAN : What are you doing here, Lucas? LUCAS : I don't think Jimmy klled Keith. DAN : Keith's dad, okay? He's not coming back. Open your eyes. KEITH : Open your eyes, Luke. Open your eyes. LUCAS : Hey, Skills. You know this girl? SKILLS : Yeah, that's Abby. She was in the tutor center. Jimmy let her go. ONE TREE HILL OUTSIDE ABBY BROWN’S HOUSE It follows the end of the last episode, Lucas knocks at the door LUCAS (voiceover) : Sometimes, I wonder if anything is absolute anymore. Is there still right and wrong... good and bad... truth and lies? Or is everything negotiable... left to interpretation, gray? LADY : Who is it? LUCAS : My name's Lucas Scott. I was wondering if I may talk to Abby. LADY : There's no Abby here. You have the wrong address. LUCAS : Well, no, no, no! I was just... (She shuts the door) LUCAS : Thanks for nothing. (Lucas leaves but looks upstairs and see someone behind the curtains) LUCAS (voiceover) : Sometimes, we're forced to bend the truth... transform it... because we're faced with things that are not of our own making. And sometimes... things simply catch up to us. OUTSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Whitey arrives in his car, reporters are waiting for him REPORTER : Coach Durham, can you address the allegations of point-shaving and illegal activity within the Ravens? WHITEY : Look, I'm gonna say this one time and one time only. This is the best group of boys I've had in 35 years of coaching. These are not cheaters. They're champions... every one of them. RIVERCOURT Nathan and Haley are sitting on the table NATHAN : There's only three things I'm afraid of losing in this world, Haley... you, our son, and the game. HALEY : How bad will it get if they find out about you and Daunte? NATHAN : They'll take my scholarship for sure. And I probably won't play anywhere... ever. THE APARTMENT Peyton is taking a shower and she suddenly has vision of Derek. OUTSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Brooke is arriving at school, Chase shoves her CHASE : Sorry. BROOKE : It's fine. CHASE : Hey, Brooke. I heard about that stalker thing. I tried calling you, but I never heard back. BROOKE : Yeah, it's... Where's your Clean-Teen T-shirt? CHASE : Things change, you know? BROOKE : Yeah, I know. (She leaves) INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Peyton is in front of her locker, Brooke joins her BROOKE : Hey. Do I have any blood on me? PEYTON : No, why? BROOKE : 'Cause I just saw Chase, and it feels like I got my heart ripped out. PEYTON : I think you'll be okay. Do I look insane? BROOKE : No, why? PEYTON : I saw him again. This time in the shower. BROOKE : Peyton, you got to stop doing this to yourself, okay? Fake psycho Derek... whatever the hell his name is... he's locked up. You know that. PEYTON : Yeah, that's what they said last time... or what he said. I don't know. Maybe if I just see it with my own eyes that he's actually behind bars... BROOKE : Maybe. Come on. (They start walking and Peyton has a vision of Derek again) PEYTON : Hey... You know what, I'm gonna have to catch up with you, okay? BROOKE : Okay. INSIDE PRISON Peyton comes to see Derek in his cell DEREK : Hi, baby. I knew you'd come. Well, they said that you wouldn't, but... I knew that you would. PEYTON : I want to know why. Why me? Why did you pick me? DEREK : You love me. PEYTON : No. I don't. I hate you. Don't you get that? You're just a deranged, pathetic psycho, and I never, ever want to see you again, okay? DEREK : Then why'd you come? Have I been in your head? You asked me to come into your life, Peyton. You got undressed in front of your webcam because you knew it would make me want you. You posted those pictures online. PEYTON : You are wrong. DEREK : Am I? Is that why you're dressed like that today? Are you a tease, Peyton? Dressing sexy... wearing that perfume, making me... ache for you, and then saying no? PEYTON : Stop. DEREK : Are you a tease, Peyton? Because that would really be disappointing. PEYTON : I did not do this. You did this. (She leaves) DEREK : No, you did this! You did this to me, Peyton! It's all your fault! You did this to me! You did this! Tease! DAN’S HOUSE Dan is looking at his gn and hides it when Nathan walks in NATHAN : Thought you'd look a lot worse, considering the walls are closing in. DAN : What do you mean? NATHAN : The point-shaving, dad. DAN : Right. What are you hearing? NATHAN : Nothing. You think it's Bear? DAN : No, no. If it was Bear, he'd have pointed them right to us. Sounds like the whispers of someone who lost a lot of money but isn't close enough to know the details. NATHAN : They're asking questions about Lucas now, and it's not right. He only missed those free throws because of me. DAN : Okay. But that's the only time I ever want to hear you say that out loud. Look, first, you won the state championship and every postseason game that Lucas played in, so they're grasping at straws. NATHAN : You don't think it's serious? DAN : No, it's serious... because if they find proof, your future's in jeopardy. But I don't think they're gonna find any proof. NATHAN : So, what do I do? DAN : You stay cool. Deny everything. And pray no one uncovers the truth. ABBY BROWN’S HOUSE Lucas is watching from his car. When the mother leaves, he goes inside the house and find Abby LUCAS : I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I... I didn't mean to scare you. I didn't mean to scare you. My name's Lucas Scott. We... We go to school together at Tree Hill. Do you know me? (Abby shakes her head) LUCAS : My uncle was Keith Scott, and I know that you were in the tutor center that day, and I know that Jimmy let you go. So... Listen... I have to know what you saw, Abby. Okay? You got to tell me. Did Jimmy Edwards... kll Keith? (Abby shakes her head) (Then her mother enters the room) ABBY’S MOM : What is this? What the hell is this? LUCAS : Look, Mrs. Brown, I can exp... ABBY’S MOM : Get out. Get the hell out of my house, or I'll call the police! LUCAS : And tell them what, huh? That your daughter knows the truth about my uncle's death? ABBY’S MOM : Your uncle was Keith Scott? I'm very sorry for you, but my daughter has been traumatized since then. She hasn't been to school. Her life has become very difficult, and that is why I lied to you last night. LUCAS : Listen, Abby told me that Jimmy Edwards didn't kll my uncle Keith. ABBY’S MOM : Did she? Honey, is your name Abby? (Abby shakes her head) ABBY’S MOM : Am I your mother? (Abby shakes her head) ABBY’S MOM : Are you sure? (Abby shakes her head again) ABBY’S MOM : Now, I'm very sorry for your loss. That day changed all of us... and none of us for the better. But I'd like you to leave. And Lucas, don't come back. Abby has been through enough. INSIDE LUCAS’S BEDROOM Haley is waiting, Lucas enters LUCAS : Hey. HALEY : Hey. LUCAS : Jeez, you look worse than I do. HALEY : Yeah. Um, listen, uh, the thing is that, uh... Nathan said this whole gambling thing's just gonna go away, and I don't real know, uh, how much I believe that, and I just wanted to know what you thought ... if you think that he's right or... or do you think he's right? LUCAS : No. It's not going away. HALEY : 'Cause he said that they're just focusing on you, and then they're not gonna find anything, and nothing's gonna happen. LUCAS : Yeah, but, see, that's the problem. You know, yeah, I mean, I missed a couple free throws, but I'm a sub. I played half a season, 15 minutes a night. No gambler's gonna build a point-shaving scheme around a reserve. HALEY : Okay, so, what is gonna happen, then? LUCAS : Well, I think that after they're done looking at me, that they're gonna start taking a look at Nathan. I hate to say it, Hales, but when they do... it's gonna end up really bad. HALEY : Okay. Okay, um... How bad is... is really bad? LUCAS : Well, Nathan's not gonna go to jail. But he's not gonna go to Duke, either. THE APARTMENT Peyton is sleeping but she is awake by Derek’s voice DEREK (voiceover): It's all your fault! (She turns her head and sees a vision of Derek right beside her) DEREK : Tease. (Brooke enters the room) BROOKE : Peyton? Hey, what's wrong? PEYTON : I went to see him. BROOKE : Who? Oh, no. Derek? PEYTON : Ian. His name is Ian. BROOKE : I know. PEYTON : You do? (Brooke take a field from a drawer) BROOKE : Been hiding these from you. There's been a lot of articles about the attck. PEYTON : I thought you were clipping coupons. BROOKE : I know, honey, but I hate coupons. (They ear the front door opening) PEYTON : Did you leave the front door unlocked? BROOKE : No. (They look scared and Haley enters the room) HALEY : I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I have a key. I... I didn't know if you were sleeping. Sorry. BROOKE : It's okay. You locked the door, right? HALEY : Yes, I did. PEYTON : I used to love my room, and he took it from me. Psycho Derek. It's like I... I really thought if we just fought back, like, if we attcked our attacker, that he would go away, but he hasn't. HALEY : It's really gonna take some time, Peyton. You guys went through something really traumatic. PEYTON : Yeah, but what if you have finals and you can't sleep and you don't have time? BROOKE : Well, then, hopefully, you have a friend who's gonna tell you that life kicks you around sometimes. It... It scares you, and it beats you up. But... there's a day when you realize that you're not just a survivor. You're a warrior. You're tougher than anything it throws your way. And you are, Peyton. You are. And so are you, Hales. HALEY : Thank you. And so are you, Brooke. BROOKE : Thanks. BROOKE (to Peyton) : Come here. OUTSIDE WHITEY’S HOUSE Lucas knocks at the door WHITEY : I was hoping for a booty call. LUCAS : Sorry, coach. WHITEY : What's so important it can't wait till a decent hour? LUCAS : It's the investigation. It was me. I missed those free throws in the semifinals on purpose, and I just wanted you to hear it from me before I hold a press conference tomorrow. I'm sorry, coach. WHITEY : You know, I only took a chance on you because Keith asked me to. LUCAS : I know. WHITEY : He would be ashamed of you right now... just like I am. (Whitey shuts the door) RIVERCOURT Nathan is playing alone when Whitey arrives WHITEY : Keeping in shape? NATHAN : Yes, sir. WHITEY : Duke's gonna be pretty rough, especially if you're not in shape. NATHAN : Yes, sir. WHITEY : So, there's, uh... some reporters asking questions about, uh... gambling... point-shaving... that kind of thing. You know anything about that? NATHAN : No, sir. WHITEY : Well, your brother's name's not going to be worth a damn when this whole thing comes down. NATHAN : What do you mean? Lucas didn't do anything wrong. WHITEY : Not what he says. NATHAN : What? INSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas is watching a picture of Keith when Nathan enters the house NATHAN : What the hell is wrong with you? LUCAS : You're welcome. NATHAN : Screw that, Luke. We said we weren't gonna say anything. We agreed. LUCAS : So what? NATHAN : So what did you do? LUCAS : I went and saved your stupid ass so you could play college basketball and have everything you've ever dreamed about. NATHAN : You know what? That's a bunch of crap. We could have bat this thing, man. LUCAS : Sounds like you're feeling a little guilty to me. NATHAN : Yeah, of course I'm feeling guilty, but you shouldn't have said anything to Whitey, man. That was a stupid thing to do. LUCAS : You know what? I don't care. I'm not going to college to play basketball anyway. It doesn't matter. NATHAN : It doesn't matter that for the rest of time, people are gonna talk? They're gonna say you disgraced the game, Luke. That doesn't matter to you? LUCAS : Let them say what they want to say about me. It's what they say about Jimmy Edwards. That matters to me. And what they say about Keith. But this? At least I know the truth about this. NATHAN : Peyton thinks I'm a martyr. I can't stop this, Luke. I just... I'm this close, man, and I got the baby. I can't. You shouldn't have said anything. THE APARTMENT Brooke opens the curtains to awake Peyton PEYTON : What's going on? BROOKE : It's a new day. Move your scrawny butt. I checked the shower, and psycho Ian's not in there, so you need to be, because, no offense, you're kind of rank. PEYTON : Thanks a lot. BROOKE : Well, I just call them likeI smell them. Choppity-Choppity. PEYTON : What are you doing? BROOKE : I told you. We're warriors. We kicked that idiot's psychotic ass, so a new day dawns, P. Sawyer. PEYTON : Yeah, but when I went to go see him... Brooke, he said I led him on... that I led him on with, like, my podcasts and my webcam and the way that I dress. BROOKE : Peyton. So you're saying that every girl who wears a little bit of lipstick and a short skirt is asking to be asault and rped? PEYTON : No, of course not, but... I did give him full access to my life, and now he knows all this stuff about me. And he uses it, you know? He uses it to get in. BROOKE : Okay. Then it's time we start learning a little bit about him. Get up and fight, warrior. And take a shower. gn ROOM CLERK : Just the amo today, sir? DAN : Yeah, just the amo. CLERK : The only reason I ask is, we just got this baby in today. .45 atmatic, and if you've got your gn permit, you can be sh*ting her today. (Dan hold the gn and start aiming, then a little girl sees him, she get scared and drops the doll she was holding) CLERK : How'd that feel? THE APARTMENT Brooke and Peyton are looking on the computer BROOKE : Jeez. Who knew there were so many Ian Banks? PEYTON : Maybe we should add "stalker" to the search. BROOKE : Really. PEYTON : So, where's your head at with Chase these days? BROOKE : I don't know. I think about him a lot. You know how it is. Start wondering if he ever thinks about me, and if he does, is it the same? Did he leave 'cause of the videotape, or was he just looking for an out? You know... same old self-doubt. Oh, wow. This is him. He's not from St. Flora. He's from Texas. PEYTON : What? BROOKE : Oh, my god. His girlfriend looks just like you, if you... PEYTON : If I what? BROOKE : If you were dad. ABBY BROWN’S HOUSE Abby comes to see her mom ABBY : I want to tell someone, mom. ABBY’S MOM : Abby. ABBY : I'm tired of lying about what I saw, and I'm tired of hiding out and pretending I'm crazy. I want to go back to school, mom. ABBY’S MOM : Honey, you can't. As soon as I make enough money, we'll go someplace different. We will, but for now, we have to do it this way. ABBY : Why? ABBY’S MOM : Because I say so. That's why. ABBY : So what, then? We just hide from our lives? ABBY’S MOM : At least we have lives. ABBY : Not really, mom. And you might be afraid of this, but I'm not. ABBY’S MOM : Abby. Abby. Abby! (Abby starts leaving and opens the front door. Dan is there) ABBY’S MOM : You need to get out of here. DAN : I want to talk to you. ABBY’S MOM : I said get out! DAN : Calm down! Just shut up! Will you shut up?! Just... Okay, look. I need you to sit down. Just... Just go sit down. (They go to the couch) DAN : Sit down. You're Abby Brown. Look, I don't know what you think you might have seen. ABBY’S MOM :She didn't see anything. DAN : Shut up! Just... You made a mistake. ABBY : No. I saw you. I saw everything. ABBY’S MOM :Abby. She's not well. ABBY : I know what you did. And so do you. DAN : My brother Keith was always better than me. He had a better heart. People liked him more. No, they loved him. Karen loved him. But... Karen was mine. She was supposed to be mine. ABBY’S MOM :She was just a girl who went to school that day. She's just a girl. ABBY : I hope you burn in hell. DAN : So do I. (Dan put the little girl’s doll on the table and leaves) INSIDE PRISON Peyton and Brooke come visiting Derek/Ian IAN : Well, if it isn't tease one and tease two. Did you come back for another kiss? BROOKE : Not really, Derek. Or should I call you "Ian"? Yeah, we know your real name. Actually, we know a lot of things about you. We spoke to all your teachers at the Alton Academy and the girls you used to date. IAN : You don't know anything about me. PEYTON : Really? Susanna Gold ring a bell? You know, a lot of teenage boys have performance anxiety. IAN : I know a lot of teenage girls who are teases, too. BROOKE : Is that really the best that you've got? 'Cause we have a lot more than some podcasts and a few webcam photos, Ian Banks. IAN : Whatever. BROOKE : Boyfriend of Maggie Watterson. Or should I say former boyfriend? IAN : You shut your mouth, you whore. PEYTON : Hey, what happened to Maggie, Ian? IAN : I don't know what you're talking about. BROOKE : Really? 'Cause the accident... you were driving. It was prom night. IAN : No, it wasn't my fault! PEYTON : What happened, Ian? Ian? IAN : We were just messing around... driving fast. My father never let me drive that car. He loved that car. PEYTON : The road was slippery. You lost control. IAN : I tried to wake her up. There was just... blood. There was just so much blood. Her parents said it was my fault. They... They all said it. PEYTON : I can't be Maggie, Ian. I'm not Maggie. IAN : We were gonna be together forever. She loved me. She... She trusted me. BROOKE : She forgives you. PEYTON : She forgives you... I forgive you, too. IAN : I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. (Ian starts crying) PEYTON : I'm not gonna be seeing you anymore. You're not gonna see us, either... ever. Ever. Goodbye, Ian. I hope you find peace. SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley and Nathan are in bed. NATHAN : We talked about not saying anything. Lucas... he was supposed to do nothing. HALEY : He's really just trying to help out. NATHAN : It's just so Lucas, you know? Trying to be the hero. I'm not gonna feel guilty about it. Nobody asked him to do this. HALEY : That's not exactly true. He's doing this for me because I asked him to. And if you're not gonna feel guilty about it, then I sure as hell will, because he is my best friend and he's your brother and he's doing this for all of us. For you and me and our son, and, um... it just really sucks. NATHAN : Damn it. I'm sorry, Hales. I'm sorry I put us through this. I'm sorry I made you ask Lucas to take the blame. I'm sorry I've been so weak about all this. HALEY : You are about to make every dream you've had come true. Everybody understands that. NATHAN : No, it's not worth it. I mean, what the hell was I thinking? We're gonna be parents soon. What would we want our son to do? What would make us proud? And what am I gonna say to him someday when he asks about this? That I was Dan? That I put what I wanted in front of everything else? HALEY : Nathan... you're gonna lose it all... your scholarship, the game that you love. NATHAN : I won't lose it all. I'll still have you, and we'll still have our son... and we'll have that feeling that in the face of all this, we didn't lose our way. We still know right from wrong. HALEY : I'm just... scared for you. I love you for this, but... but it's just not... it's not my dream that's dying. It's yours. NATHAN : It's gonna be hard. I know that, but... the people I admire are the people that carve a life for themselves after their dream dies. My father could never get past it, Hales. He could never let go of what he wanted when he was 17... and look what it did to him. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is dreaming of him a the rivercourt, seeing Abby ABBY (voiceover) : Open your eyes, Lucas. Open your eyes. (He wakes up and Abby is there, in his room) LUCAS : Abby? ABBY : I need to talk to you. I know what my mom said, and I'm sorry she lied, but I need to tell you some things. LUCAS : You were hiding in the hallway. (We start seeing some flashbacks from the shting episode) ABBY : I got scared, and I ran, but I was worried about the others and Jimmy, too. I saw it in his eyes when he let me go. He was just scared, too. LUCAS : You came back. And what happened after that? Huh? Abby? Come on, you got to tell me. Please. ABBY : Your uncle Keith... he tried to help Jimmy. (KEITH : Please. ) ABBY : But he couldn't. And Jimmy... LUCAS : Jimmy what? Jimmy what? (KEITH : No!) LUCAS : Was my uncle Keith still alive when Jimmy sht himself? (Abby nods) LUCAS : Who sht him, Abby? ABBY : I thought once he realized someone knew the truth, he'd come forward, so I stalked him with messages and thrat. I thought he'd turn himself in. I thought I'd be safe. But he found me. LUCAS : Who?! Who klled... Who klled my uncle? ABBY : Your father. It was your father... Dan Scott. He klled Keith. He was there... and he picked up the gn... and you know I'm right, don't you? You know it in your heart. LUCAS : You have to come forward. You got to tell somebody, Abby. (She starts leaving) LUCAS : Abby, you have to tell somebody! ABBY : I did. I told you. I'm sorry. (She leaves) TREE HILL HIGH The reporters are there for the press conference. Nathan comes to see Whitey, in private NATHAN : Coach. WHITEY : I don't know how you can look your brother in the eye, Nathan. This is a damn disgrace. NATHAN : Coach, I lied to you on the River Court yesterday and during the playoffs. It wasn't Lucas. WHITEY : I know. NATHAN : I'm sorry. WHITEY : So am I... more than you'll ever know. (Whitey leaves) Haley joins Nathan, they walk together outside to the press conference. Lucas is in the audience NATHAN : When I was 2 years old, I made my first basket. When I was 6, basketball went from being a game to a sport. Since then, I've played 7,072 official minutes... probably 20,000 or 30,000 unofficial. But for 32 minutes this season, over the course of two games, I did not compete to the best of my ability. I regret this. And I regret that the fear of losing the opportunity to continue playing the game that I've always loved prevented me from standing up and taking full responsibility for this sooner. I apologize to my coach and to my teammates and to all the kids who look up to me... especially to the kids. And while I never lost a game on purpose, the truth is still the truth. And you can spin it and shade it and bend it, but there's still right and wrong, and I was wrong. And the truth is, I've forsaken a game that's always been incredibly good to me and teammates that have been like brothers... and a brother that was a teammate. To my coach... my wife... my father, and my family, I apologize for the burden I know this will bring. I know that the integrity of the game cannot be compromised. I regret that my own integrity was not as steadfast. I'm deeply remorseful for the choices I've made, but I will accept whatever consequences there might be. I love this game. I'm sorry I betrayed it. THE APARTMENT Peyton enters the room. The walls are paint in red and there are Peyton’s music albums on the shelves. PEYTON : Brooke... BROOKE : You loved your room, Peyton. And, maybe, like you said, that's been taken from you, but we're gonna take it back. We're gonna take everything back. LUCAS’ HOUSE Dan enters Lucas’ empty bedroom. Then Karen sees him. KAREN : Dan? DAN : I've done some horrible things. Unforgivable things. Lucas didn't need a father. He had one. He had a person who helped him erase the shame of my cowardice. Everything I've touched, I've diminished... Deb's life, Nathan's talent. Keith. KAREN : You're... you're not without redemption. I've... I've seen it. I see it. DAN : That's not true. That's not true. I just want to... I want to go back, you know? I just want to go back. I... I want to take that little kid that I used to be and just grab him and shake him and say, "You stop. Stop! Just stop!" I want to wake up from this nightmare. I... I want to breathe again. I want to... I want to breathe again, Karen. Can you help me breathe? Can you help me quiet these voices in my head that tell me I've lost you? Because I know that I have. If only I would have stayed with you. Lucas comes home and find Karen and Dan kissing. LUCAS (voiceover) : Truth is still absolute. Believe that... even when that truth s hard and cold and more painful than you've ever imagined. And even when truth... is more cruel than any lie.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x18 - The Runaway Found"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... WHITEY : Some reporter's asking questions about point-shaving. That kind of thing. You know anything about that? NATHAN : No, sir. HALEY : How bad will it get if they find out about you and Daunte? NATHAN : They'll take my scholarship for sure. NATHAN : Coach, I lied to you. It wasn't Lucas. I'm sorry. WHITEY : So am I. NATHAN : I will accept whatever consequences there might be. I love this game. I'm sorry I betrayed it. DAN : You made a mistake. ABBY : No. I saw you. I saw everything. LUCAS : Was my uncle Keith still alive when Jimmy sht himself? Who klled my uncle? ABBY : It was your father... Dan Scott. LUCAS’ BEDROOM It’s the continuance of the last episode; Lucas comes home and sees Dan and Karen kissing. He jumps on Dan KAREN : Lucas! LUCAS : You son of a bitch! (Lucas punch Dan and he ht him back) KAREN : Stop! DAN : What's wrong with you?! Karen, I'm... KAREN (to Lucas) : I'm sorry. It shouldn't have happened... It just did. LUCAS : He klled Keith! He sht him! DAN : I should go. (Dan leaves) KAREN : Why would you say something... LUCAS : 'Cause it's the truth. KAREN : Stop it. Jimmy klled Keith. So stop it! OUTSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Nathan is walking toward Haley and everybody is looking at him NATHAN : Guess it was only a matter of time until the entire town found out I'm a cheater. HALEY : Sorry. You know when I was at school and everybody was, like, laughing at me after the tour and whispering and making fun of me? I went to school one day, and I wasn't so interesting. It kind of blew over. This probably will, too. NATHAN : I hope you're right. How's your valedictory speech coming? HALEY : Very, very slowly. This is ridiculous. Graduation's, like, a few days away. I'm supposed to be finished with it. I'm not even close. NATHAN : It'll be great. You'll be great. HALEY : You hear anything from Duke yet? NATHAN : Not yet... I'm guessing they're too busy trying to find another sh*ting guard to fill my scholarship. HALEY : You don't know that. NATHAN : That's what I would do. HALEY : Maybe you should talk to Whitey. He's always been there for you. You know, maybe he can help. Peyton is reading at a table, Brooke joins her BROOKE : Do you know what today is, P. Sawyer? PEYTON : Um, sht in the dark... yearbook day. BROOKE : No. The last Wednesday of high school. PEYTON : And the beginning of the end. BROOKE : Do you always have to put a dark and twisted spin on things? My point is that after this week, we actually have to figure out what we're gonna do with our lives. PEYTON : Oh, I thought you already did that. Let's see. What does the yearbook say? "Brooke Davis... goal: hear an Oscar winner tell Joan Rivers, ‘I'm wearing Brooke Davis.'" Joan Rivers? BROOKE : Come on. It was her or Ryan Seacrest. PEYTON : Good choice. BROOKE : Thank you. What does the future hold for Peyton Sawyer? Let's see. Goal... it's blank. How predictable. That's what I call ambition. You think maybe it's time you just aim for something? PEYTON : Well, maybe I have. I applied for this internship with Sire Records a few months ago, and I just found out I got it. BROOKE : Seriously? PEYTON : They need an answer as soon as possible. BROOKE : So say "yes." PEYTON : It's in Los Angeles. BROOKE : Wait! We can spend the summer together in L.A. We can stay with my parents, and... this is kind of perfect. PEYTON : Yeah. Now I just have to tell Lucas. BROOKE : Peyton, he's gonna be happy for you. Just like I am. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Haley is leaving class to see Principal Turner HALEY : Hey. TURNER : Sorry to pull you out of class, but I need a moment of your time. HALEY : I think I know what this is about. TURNER : You do? HALEY : Yeah. I know I was supposed to give you a copy of my valedictory speech. It's just not quite finished yet, so... TURNER : I'm sorry to tell you this, but you're not gonna be able to deliver your valedictory address this Saturday. HALEY : Why? What happened? Did somebody bat me out after finals? TURNER : No. You finished at the top of your class, and I'm very proud of you for that. The school board has expressed some concerns in light of what's happened recently. HALEY : Okay, so this is about Nathan. TURNER : Haley. HALEY : I worked really, really hard for this. TURNER : I know you did, Haley. But this has become very public. I'm sorry. INSIDE POLICE STATION Lucas enters the police station POLICE OFFICER : Can I help you? LUCAS : Yeah. I'd like to speak to a detective. POLICE OFFICER : What's this regarding? LUCAS : I'd like to report a mrder. ONE TREE HILL CREDITS INSIDE POLICE STATION Lucas is with a detective DETECTIVE : Okay. Let me make sure I understand this. You're accusing the mayor of this town, who also happens to be your father, of klling his brother, your uncle, and you're making this serious accusation without any proof? LUCAS : I told you... I have proof. DETECTIVE : Right. The, uh, girl who witnessed everything. And, uh, what was her name? (Dan enters the room) DAN : Yeah, who is this girl, Lucas? She sounds disturbed. Maybe if you could put us in touch with her, we could clear up this horrible misunderstanding. DETECTIVE :Sorry to waste your time with this, Mr. Mayor. I know how busy you are. DAN : Well, it's not a problem. You see, I recently started a relationship with his mother, so you can't blame him for being angry. I'm just surprised at this hateful accusation. Still, I think it's best if we just forget it ever happened. DETECTIVE : I spent that day with your father, outside the school. I was the one that told him his brother had died. What you've done here today is reckless and inexcusable. And I think you owe him an apology. (Lucas stands up, looks Dan right in the eyes and leave without a word) DAN : He's a troubled boy. SCOTT’S HOUSE Deb is aiming with her gn when Nathan enters the room. He get scared NATHAN : Mom, what the hell? DEB : I'm cleaning my gn. You don't want me to have a misfire, do you? NATHAN : Well, here's a thought... no gn, no misfire. Problem solved. DEB : What's the fun in that? NATHAN : Oh, by the way, Haley told me that you invited her to a sh*ting range. Are you completely out of your mind? DEB : There is some evidence to support that. NATHAN : Mom, gn and babies don't mix. DEB : Oh, Nathan, don't worry. As soon as the baby is born, the gn will be stored in my locker at the shting range. NATHAN : You've got a locker at the shting range? Forget it. I'm late for school. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Brooke is in front of her locker, Chase surprises her CHASE : Joan Rivers, huh? Some lofty aspirations. BROOKE : No making fun, X games gold medalist. CHASE : Ah, you already looked me up in the yearbook. That's good to know. BROOKE : Don't get cocky. I didn't look you up. I just opened it to a random page, and there you were. CHASE : Some people would call that fate. BROOKE : I call it a coincidence. (After a pause) BROOKE : So... I was wondering... why did you leave Clean Teens? CHASE : I realized I was just hiding out in Clean Teens. I mean, I didn't join the club because I was against sex. I'm sure I'd actually like sex. BROOKE : You definitely would. CHASE : Yeah. My point is, I thought if I joined Clean Teens, girls wouldn't be interested in me, and then maybe I wouldn't have my heart broken again. BROOKE : And then I came along. CHASE : Yep. So that didn't work. BROOKE : I'm sorry. If it means anything, I've been thinking about you. CHASE : Me too. BROOKE : Really? What you been thinking? CHASE : Well, how about I write it in your yearbook? (Chase tries to take the yearbook Brooke is holding) BROOKE : This isn't mine. It's Bevin's. She's signing mine this period. CHASE : Oh. Okay. BROOKE : But we could exchange books in calculus tomorrow. That way, I can sign yours, too. CHASE : I'd like that. I'll see you there. OUTSIDE OF TREE HILL HIGH Mouth is taking a yearbook and find inside an old picture of Jimmy and he, but Jimmy is half cut. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Mouth comes to see the team that made the yearbook GIGI : Hey, Mouth. MOUTH : Gigi. Hi. I didn't know you were on the yearbook staff. GIGI : I like to keep myself occupied. MOUTH : Good idea... Listen, I have to ask you something about the yearbook. GIGI : I thought it might bother you. I hope you're not upset with me. MOUTH : Why would I be upset with you? GIGI : Oh, no reason. MOUTH : Actually, um, I'm upset about what's not in the yearbook. Jimmy Edwards. Here, look at his picture. That's Jimmy. Why was he cropped out? GIGI : Well, he was originally in it, but we were told to take him out. SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley is taking the perimeter of her belly. Nathan walks in HALEY : You know, I think I'm actually getting fatter by the minute. NATHAN : I hope so. HALEY : You're just saying that to make me feel better. NATHAN : No, because the bigger you get, the taller our son's gonna be. HALEY : So it's all right if I look like a weeble wobble as long as our son can dunk a basketball? NATHAN : Have you finished your speech yet? HALEY : I'm, uh, I'm not gonna be giving a speech. NATHAN : Haley, come on. Look, everybody knows you're pregnant, okay? Pregnant people get bigger. It's natural. HALEY : It's actually principal Turner. He told me that I'm not allowed to give the speech on graduation. NATHAN : What are you talking about? Why? HALEY : He just said the whole, uh, Rachel scandal test thing has just kind of made it not appropriate. NATHAN : It's 'cause of me, isn't it? HALEY : Yeah. Look, it's really okay. It is. It's not a big deal, okay? It's just some stupid speech I probably wouldn't have even finished, anyway. NATHAN : It's not a stupid speech. And they can't do this to you, Haley. HALEY : They can. And it's not... it doesn't matter. High school's almost over. You know, let them take the stupid speech. They can't take away everything else I've accomplished. OUTSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Karen is watering her plants when Dan arrives DAN : So, how you holding up? KAREN : Oh, well, I've been better. How are you doing? You were the one who was attcked. DAN : Yeah. That's why I stopped by. I was up all night, Karen. I'm really worried about Lucas. KAREN : Yeah. I wish I could get into his head and understand what its he's going through. DAN : Well, that's just it... we can't get in his head. And I think this problem is too serious to deal with ourselves. KAREN : What are you saying? DAN : I want to be there for you, for the baby. I want to be there for Lucas, but suddenly he's lashing out. KAREN : Yeah, well, can you blame him? DAN : No. But I do think he needs guidance. We should get him some professional help. Someone to help him through this awkward period of us, of replacing Keith, of all of it. I love Lucas. And I really think it's important that we do this for him. THE APARTMENT Peyton is writing a text message to Lucas ("I miss u"), Brooke comes to see her BROOKE : Hey. Peyton, I need your opinion on something, and feel free to be brutally honest. PEYTON : Yeah, 'cause it really worked out last time I was brutally honest with you. BROOKE : Okay, first of all, let's not go there. Second, as long as you don't declare your love for Chase, we'll be fine. PEYTON : Well, he is seriously cute. Too soon? BROOKE : Too soon. PEYTON : Sorry. BROOKE : Anyway, I'm signing Chase's yearbook tomorrow, and I've prepared two possible inscriptions. PEYTON : No, you didn't. BROOKE : Yes, I did. One expresses my true feelings for him, and the other talks about how cool I think skateboarding is. PEYTON : Brooke, you sure about this? Like, you really want Chase back? BROOKE : Yes. I want him, I miss him, and if he's gonna put himself out there, then so will I. PEYTON : Wait, how do you know he's gonna put himself out there? BROOKE : Because he told me he's gonna tell me how he feels about me in my yearbook. PEYTON : Well, good. I hope this works out. BROOKE : Thanks. Me too. Besides, he's a really good kisser. Okay. Let me know what you think. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas, alone and sad, receives Peyton’s message. Karen walks in KAREN : Lucas... I need to talk to you. I love you. You are the most important person in my life, and it kills me to see you hurting like this. But Keith is gone, and he's not coming back. And, eventually, I need to go on with my life. LUCAS : With Dan? KAREN : Maybe. I don't know. Lucas, let me in. Please. LUCAS : You won't believe me, mom. KAREN : Try me. LUCAS : I had a dream. I saw this girl the day Keith was sht. And she's in the hallway. She watched it happen. She saw everything. KAREN : Okay. LUCAS : It was real, mom. It... The girl... I found her. Her name's Abby, and she... she was there. She watched Keith die. She told me. KAREN : She told you she saw Jimmy sht Keith? LUCAS : No. She told me Dan sht Keith. Now she's gone. I can't prove it. KAREN : Lucas, I know how desperately you want to believe in this. LUCAS : No, it's true. I think that it is time that you go talk to somebody... a professional, somebody who can help you through this. LUCAS : I'm not crazy. KAREN : I know. But I think that you have a problem. We both think so. LUCAS : "We"? KAREN : Dan and I. Lucas... do this for us. (Lucas starts crying) KAREN : Please. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Mouth enters Principal Turner’s office TURNER : Oh, Mr. McFadden. What can I do for you? MOUTH : I want to know why you had Jimmy Edwards removed from the yearbook. TURNER :Jimmy Edwards is no longer a student at this school. MOUTH : Well, in two days, I won't be, either, but I'm still in the yearbook. TURNER : Look, Mouth, a yearbook is a collection of memories, a book that, 20 years from now, these students will flip through and remember what they loved about this school. Now, I don't want them to look back and be reminded of that terrible day. TURNER :It happened. It's a part of all of us. But he deserves to be remembered. TURNER :Trust me, no one will ever forget Jimmy Edwards. In a class room just before a period BROOKE : Have you told Lucas about the internship yet? PEYTON : No, not yet. I haven't been able to reach him. BROOKE : Sorry, but you might want to get used to it. Life as Lucas Scott's girlfriend can be pretty lonely sometimes. (Chase enters the room) PEYTON : Uh-oh. Moment of truth. You got your cheat sheet? Which one are you gonna use? BROOKE : I'm gonna tell him how I feel. Wish me luck. (Chase comes toward Brooke) CHASE : Hey. Saved you a spot-- first page. BROOKE : Perfect. Mouth is in front a his locker, Gigi comes to see him GIGI : Hey, Mouth. I brought you something. (She gives him a yearbook) GIGI : It's Jimmy's. MOUTH : I don't understand. GIGI : His mom ordered it last fall. We were gonna mail it to her, but I figured you'd want to take it to her. MOUTH : Thanks. I don't know what she wants with a yearbook that Jimmy's not even in, but I'll take it to her. GIGI : Do you have a free period right now? MOUTH : Gigi, I'm a senior. I pretty much have a free week. GIGI : Good. Come on. End of Brooke and Peyton’s period PEYTON : Good luck. BROOKE : Thanks. (Peyton leaves and Brooke and Chase exchange their yearbook) CHASE : Thanks again, Brooke. BROOKE : Sure. CHASE : So I'll see you later? BROOKE : Hope so. (She starts reading what he wrote) BROOKE : Oh, no. RIVERCOURT Nathan is playing alone. Whitey arrives WHITEY : Nice sht. You always make it look so easy. NATHAN : There's no pressure out here. There's nothing on the line. Besides, on this court, the shts don't really matter. WHITEY : They all matter, Nathan... every sht. Duke has rescinded your scholarship offer. I'm sorry I couldn't help you on this one. NATHAN : I understand. So I guess it's over, huh? WHITEY : As far as I know, basketball's never over till you put down the ball and walk off the court. NATHAN : You know what I mean, coach. WHITEY : No, Nathan, I don't think I do. What the heck have I been teaching you all these years? When somebody says you can't do something, you fight back. You prove them wrong. NATHAN : They took away my scholarship, coach. They don't want me anymore. WHITEY : Then find somebody who does. Nathan, where is the fre that made you the best player I ever coached? Show me it's still there. If it's not, put down that ball and walk off the court. People love a guy who rises from the ashes. Remember that. DAN’S HOUSE Lucas is standing in the living room when Dan comes home DAN : What are you doing here, Lucas? LUCAS : Why did you paint this wall red, Dan? You covering something up? DAN : I wanted it red. I like red. LUCAS : Abby told me she sent you messages... stalked you. Did she write something on this wall, Dan? DAN : That girl's crazy. She's gotten inside your head, Lucas. LUCAS : I know what you did. But I can't prove it. So all I can do now is keep you away from my mom. DAN : I can see that you're upset, but everything's gonna be okay. You're gonna go off to school, and I'm gonna stay here and take care of your mom and the baby. LUCAS : That's not gonna happen. DAN : You'll realize it's a good thing. Your mom needs me. You'll see. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Nathan is making phone calls from Whitey’s empty office NATHAN : Coach. Hi, this is Nathan Scott... Yeah. Well, I was wondering if you still needed a sh*ting guard, 'cause I'd love to come up there and... Yeah. I understand. Thanks for your time. (Haley walks in) HALEY : Any luck? NATHAN : It's over, Haley. Nobody wants anything to do with me. HALEY : Don't say that. NATHAN : It's true. I ruined everything. And now you can't even give this speech that you worked so hard for, that you earned, because I screwed it up. HALEY : I don't care about the speech, Nathan. I care about us. I love you. Do you love me? NATHAN : Of course I love you. HALEY : Okay. That's all that matters, all right? We are gonna find a way to get through this together. I promise you. Mouth is with Gigi in the yearbook publishing’s office MOUTH : You know, uh, for what it's worth, GIGI : I miss hanging out with you. I miss it, too. I think about you all the time. MOUTH : Really? GIGI : Of course. But I still think we made the right decision to break up. MOUTH : I'm pretty sure you were flying solo on that decision, but, uh, I understood it. I still do. But who knows? Maybe someday. (Mouth looks at a page that just print) MOUTH : This is incredible, Gigi. What can I do to thank you? GIGI : You can let me sign your yearbook. MOUTH : I was hoping you would. OUTSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Peyton is at a table, Brooke joins her and shows her yearbook BROOKE : Read this. PEYTON : "Brooke, I'm glad we got to know each other this year. Good luck in the future. Chase." Ouch. BROOKE : Yeah. And I just poured my heart out in his yearbook. I'm so embarrassed. PEYTON : Maybe you should have opted for that "skateboarders are cool" version. BROOKE : This is not funny. I can never show my face at this school again. PEYTON : Yeah. It's a good thing high school's almost over. BROOKE : Shut up. PEYTON : Hey! INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Gigi gives Mouth’s yearbook back to him GIGI : All done. MOUTH : That didn't take long. GIGI : You were easy. MOUTH : I hope that's a good thing. GIGI : It is. I don't know if I'll get to see you before you leave, so... I'll say goodbye now. I'm gonna miss you, Mouth. MOUTH : I'll miss you, too. Come here. (They hug and Gigi starts to leave) MOUTH : Hey, Gigi. Yesterday, when you asked if I was upset with you because of what was in the yearbook, what did you mean? GIGI : Page 23. (She leaves and he look at that page where there is a picture of the two of them and she wrote "Mouth, here’s to someday Love Gigi") Haley walks by Lucas and the walk in the hallway HALEY : Hey. Look who decided to come out of hiding. LUCAS : Yeah HALEY : Since when do you ditch school? LUCAS : Come on. Finals are over. Give me one good reason to be here this week. HALEY : Actually, I have one. This is yours... (She gives him his yearbook) HALEY : I picked it up this morning 'cause I wanted to be the very first one to sign it. LUCAS : Thank you. HALEY : You're welcome. I kind of got carried away and took up an entire page. But I figured that's my right as a best friend. LUCAS : Yes. You are my best friend. HALEY : I can't believe high school is almost over. Do you remember the first day of freshman year? LUCAS : Oh, yes. You asked me to pretend to be your boyfriend so the other guys wouldn't bother you. HALEY : You were the best fake boyfriend ever. LUCAS : Seems like forever ago, huh? Did you ever think this was how senior year would end up? HALEY : What? Me married, pregnant, living with a recovering junkie who is packing heat? Absolutely. LUCAS : What was that? HALEY : Deb... she keeps a gn in the kitchen in a cookie jar. She asked me to go to the sh*ting range with her... while I'm pregnant. She's out of her mind. SCOTT’S HOUSE Lucas enters the kitchen LUCAS : Hello? Anybody home? (He takes the gn from the cookie jar) OUTSIDE WHITEY’S HOUSE Haley comes to visit Whitey HALEY : Hey, coach. Got a minute? WHITEY : Looks like I'm getting more visits at the house than I got in my office. HALEY : Are you? WHITEY : I guess since I retired, I ought to start a new business and charge fees for my advice. HALEY : That's not a bad idea. What do you think you'll call it? WHITEY : Oh, I don't know. I'll think of something. HALEY : Well, I don't know how much advice I need, but I could sure use your help. WHITEY : What can I do for you? HALEY : You can help Nathan. Everybody's turned their back on him. You're the only person that's never let him down. WHITEY : Haley, I don't know what I could do for him at this point. HALEY : Well, I'm sure you could think of something. Coach, he's still that guy that helped you win all those games. He's got the heart of a champion. You've know that. You watched him grow. You know the kind of person that he is. Can't you just help him be more that person, help him for all the times he's helped you? WHITEY : Let me think on it. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Brooke is walking in the hallway and sees Chase. She run in a class room to hide and find herself in front of a all class of freshmen BROOKE : Hi... freshmen. Great. As your student-council president, I just wanted to come by and personally say good luck with the rest of high school. You guys are gonna love the next three years. FRESHMAN : I can't wait. BROOKE : Well, maybe not all of you. Okay. Have a good day. OUTSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Peyton is watching her yearbook when Lucas arrives and kisses her by surprise PEYTON : Excuse me... I have a boyfriend. LUCAS : Really? Where is he? (Lucas is joking like is gonna a bat the guy) PEYTON : Good question. I've been wondering that myself for two days. LUCAS : Yeah, I guess I deserved that. PEYTON : It makes a girl feel cheap... give it up in Honey Grove, and then, poof, vanishing boyfriend. LUCAS : Poof? PEYTON : Poof. LUCAS : Look, I'm sorry. I kind of have this habit of crawling into my shell. PEYTON : Well, quit your dumb habit, 'cause your girlfriend really needs you this weekend. LUCAS : What's going on? PEYTON : I have an impossible decision to make and not a whole lot of time to make it in. LUCAS : Okay. Look, I'm here now. Tell me about it. PEYTON : I applied for an internship with Sire Records a few months ago, before we were together. And I just found out I got it. LUCAS : Oh, my god, that's great. PEYTON : It's in Los Angeles. LUCAS : Take it. You deserve it. PEYTON : I don't want to leave you. LUCAS : I will be here when you get back. But your are destined for greatness, Peyton, and we both know that. And this is your first step. You can't pass that up. PEYTON : Are you sure? LUCAS : Yeah. I'm so proud of you. Look, Peyton... you know I love you, right? PEYTON : Yeah. LUCAS : No matter what happens to either one of us, you will always be in my heart. MOUTH : Excuse me, everybody. (We see Mouth stand up on a table not far from Lucas and Peyton) MOUTH : This will only take a minute. This yearbook belongs to Jimmy Edwards. Now, everyone knows his name, but some of you actually knew Jimmy before that day. Maybe you sat with him at lunch. Maybe you went to grade school together. If you knew Jimmy even for a short time, then you probably have some good memories of him. And I hope you'll consider writing them down in this yearbook. Thanks. (Mouth get down and sees Lucas) MOUTH : Lucas, I know how you feel about Jimmy, but it's the right thing to do. LUCAS : I know it is. Got a pen? MOUTH : Hey. LUCAS : You're a great friend, Mouth. Jimmy would really appreciate this. (Lucas is the first to sign Jimmy’s yearbook) INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Nathan enters Principal Turner’s office NATHAN : Principal Turner? TURNER : Whatever it is, Mr. Scott, it'll have to wait. I'm very busy. NATHAN : This won't take long, I promise. TURNER : Okay. NATHAN : Okay. I'm sorry. I know I embarrassed you, I embarrassed the school, and I'm sorry for that... I am. But, please, don't take this out on Haley. TURNER : This wasn't an easy decision, Nathan. NATHAN : But you made it. And now the best student... the best person... in this school can't give a speech because she's married to me. Does that sound fair to you? TURNER : You should know that I've received numerous phone calls from parents and school-board members. NATHAN : Do you have a wife, principal Turner? TURNER : Yes, I do. NATHAN : Is she the best part of you? Would you want her to pay for your mistakes? We've all made mistakes. And, believe me, I'm paying for mine, but Haley's a good person. And she's worked for four years to be valedictorian, and... she deserves to be recognized. OUTSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Dan knocks at the door and Karen opens the door KAREN : Hi. Come in. (We see Lucas arriving in his car and looking at the scene, with a gn in his hand) SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley is in the couch, Nathan comes home HALEY : Hey. It's getting a little late. I'm kind of hungry. You hungry? NATHAN : No. HALEY : Let's go out. We never go out anymore. Let's go eat something really bad for us and pig out. NATHAN : That sounds great, but you're gonna be a little busy tonight. HALEY : Doing what? (Nathan gives her a paper) HALEY : What is this? NATHAN : Graduation program. HALEY : "Tree Hill high school graduation. Valedictory address... Haley James Scott"? NATHAN : Turner changed his mind. HALEY : Are you for real? Oh, come here! Thank you! Oh, my god! I have to go start writing my speech! NATHAN : You got a lot of work to do. I'll grab us something to eat... something really bad for us. HALEY : No, I'm gonna be speaking in front of a thousand people. Plus, I'm pregnant. I need healthy food. Healthy! THE APARTMENT Peyton is in the bedroom, looking at her internship letter, Brooke joins her BROOKE : Hey. You okay? PEYTON : I told Lucas about the internship. BROOKE : What did he say? PEYTON : He wants me to go. BROOKE : He's right. Was there a part of you that was hoping he'd ask you to stay? PEYTON : Oh, no, no. It's not that. There's something going on with him, and I just worry about being away all summer. BROOKE : Peyton, when has Lucas ever not made the right decision? PEYTON : Well, let's see. He didn't take his heart pills and collapsed recently. BROOKE : You know what I mean. Okay, if you're worried about your relationship, it's one thing. But I don't think you need to be. Lucas is right... take the internship... and have a fabulous summer in L.A. with me. (Someone knocks at the door) BROOKE : I'll get it. Brooke opens the door to Chase CHASE : Hey. BROOKE : Can I help you? CHASE : I was hoping we could talk about what you wrote in my yearbook. BROOKE : What's the point? I mean, I... I didn't mean half the things I said. I just for some stupid reason thought you were gonna write something similar, so... CHASE : I wanted to. BROOKE : Don't do that, okay? It's too late. It's fine. CHASE : When I walked into that classroom today, I was gonna tell you exactly how I feel. I mean, I wanted to earlier in the hallway. BROOKE : So why didn't you? CHASE : I don't know. I guess I wasn't sure I wanted to put my heart out there again. But, look, the point is everything that you wrote to me, I feel it, too. I just didn't know how to put it in words. BROOKE : You just did. (They kiss) INSIDE WHITEY’S HOUSE Whitey is on the phone WHITEY : Hello. This is Whitey Durham. I'm sorry to call so late, but I need to speak to your athletic director. OUTSIDE JIMMY EDWARD’S HOUSE Mouth knocks at the door JIMMY’S MOM : Marvin. MOUTH : I brought you something. It's Jimmy's yearbook. A lot of people signed it. They said some really nice things about Jimmy. (She starts to look at it and we see a page dedicated to Jimmy) THE APARTMENT Peyton is looking at her yearbook and find what Lucas wrote for her:"Remember, no matter what happens, I will always love you... Love, Lucas" INSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE Dan and Karen are having diner DAN : Lucas is gonna be okay, Karen. KAREN : I don't know. Something about this just doesn't feel right. When I asked him to get help, he looked... betrayed. DAN : Well, you did the right thing. He's out of control. He's acting crazy. KAREN : My son is not crazy. DAN : I'm sorry, Karen. I didn't mean it like that. KAREN : This isn't easy for me, Dan... any of this. (Dan receives a text message from an unknown: "I’m not leaving. I watched you mrder your brother. I’m going to the police. Abby") KAREN : What is it? DAN : Just a little problem I thought I took care of. I have to go. This won't take long. I'm sorry. (Dan starts to go and faces Lucas in the hallway) LUCAS : Going somewhere, Dan? DAN : What do you think you're doing, Lucas? LUCAS : I'm protecting my mother. (Lucas aims Dan with the gn) DAN : What are you gonna do, sh*t me? LUCAS : Yes, I am. Just like you sht my uncle Keith. KAREN : Lucas, what are you doing with a gn? Put that down right now. LUCAS : I can't. KAREN : Lucas! LUCAS : That little text message Dan just got... I sent it. I pretended to be Abby... you know, the girl who watched him mrder Keith. You heard him... Abby's just a little problem he thought he'd taken care of. DAN : Don't listen to him, Karen. He's delusional. LUCAS : Maybe you should tell the truth when I have a gn aimed at your head. KAREN : Lucas, please, just put the gn down, all right? I can't.. (Karen starts fainting) KAREN : I can't.. (She faint and Dan want to help her) DAN : Karen! LUCAS : Do not touch her! Mom? Mom, are you okay? DAN : She could be having a miscarriage! LUCAS : You stay right there! Do not touch her! That is my mother! I swear to god I will kll you! (We see Lucas sh*ting)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x19 - Ashes of Dreams You Let Die"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill"... HALEY : How bad will it get if they find out about you and Daunte? NATHAN : I won't play anywhere. WHITEY : Duke rescinded your scholarship offer. PEYTON : I applied for an internship with Sire Records. LUCAS : That's great. PEYTON : It's in Los Angeles. BROOKE : I was wondering, why'd you leave Clean Teens? CHASE : I thought if I joined Clean Teens, girls wouldn't be interested in me, and then maybe I wouldn't have my heart broken again. BROOKE : And then I came along. DAN : What are you gonna do... sh*t me? LUCAS : Yes, just like you sht my uncle Keith. DAN : Karen? LUCAS : Do not touch her! DAN : She could be having a miscarriage! LUCAS : I swear to god, I will kll you! LUCAS (voiceover) : Graduation Day at Tree Hill High... a day when we officially leave the refuge of high school and begin our real lives. But what of those lives? As we go into the world, what matters most? Is it about the things we create? The things we achieve? The awards we win? Is it about who we are when we fail? What's more important... what we become or how we become it? LUCAS’ HOUSE Following the end of last episode, Karen faint and Lucas just sht... LUCAS : Mom, are you okay? DAN : She could be having a miscarriage! LUCAS : Do not touch her! That is my mother! I swear to god, I will kll you! Get out. DAN : Lucas... She could lose the baby. LUCAS : I missed on purpose. I will not miss again. DAN : You're making a terrible mistake. LUCAS : Get out. (Dan leaves) LUCAS : Mom, it's okay. I'm gonna get you some help, okay? It's gonna be okay. SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan and Haley are in the bedroom HALEY : We're gonna be okay. NATHAN : I know. Still, it just came earlier than I thought it would. HALEY : What? Graduation? NATHAN : No. The day I realized I was never gonna play again. I called every school that showed interest in me as a player. Nobody wants a point-shaver. (Haley’s cell phone rings) INSIDE HOSPITAL Lucas is waiting, Nathan and Haley arrive with Deb NATHAN : Luke. HALEY : Hey. LUCAS : Hey. DEB : How's Karen? What are they saying? LUCAS : She's unconscious. She has something called "eclampsia." It gives her seizures. HALEY : What does that mean for the baby? LUCAS : It's pretty serious. They said the next few hours are critical for the both of them. I just want her to be okay. DEB : She will be. Your mom is tough. Why don't I go to your house and pack some things for her? LUCAS : Okay. HALEY : Does Peyton know you're here? You mind if I call her and let her know? (Haley and Deb start leaving) DEB : I... I don't want you to start worrying and putting too much stress on yourself. HALEY : Thanks. I'll be fine. DEB : Haley... you didn't happen to mention to anyone that I had a gn in the house, did you? HALEY : Yeah, I told Lucas earlier today. THE APARTMENT Peyton is at her desk, Brooke joins her, sad. BROOKE : Hey. PEYTON : Hey. What's wrong? BROOKE : Nothing. PEYTON : Aw, come on. We're gonna be graduating soon. We all know graduating plus partying equals Brooke Davis minus her clothes. BROOKE : But we're not all graduating. Rachel should be here. (Peyton’s phone rings) LUCAS’ HOUSE After packing some things for Karen, Deb walks by the whole in the wall made by the bllet. INSIDE HOSPITAL Lucas is in his mother’s room, Peyton walks in PEYTON : Hi. How's she doing? LUCAS : Not so good. The doctor says what she has could attck her kidneys and her lungs... everything. (Deb knocks on the door) DEB : Hi, Peyton. PEYTON : Hi. DEB : Do you mind giving me and Lucas a moment to talk? PEYTON : Yeah, I'll go get us some coffee. DEB : Thanks. (Peyton leaves and shut the door, then Deb slams Lucas) LUCAS : What, are you on drugs again? DEB : Are you? Because there's a bllet hole in the wall of your house, Lucas, and nearby, I found a shell casing from a 9-millimeter gn. I happen to be missing a 9-millimeter gn, one you knew about. There's a police officer about 40 yards down the hall. You want to talk to him, or you want to talk to me? LUCAS : You'll think I'm crazy. DEB : I don't know if anyone's told you, but I'm about as crazy as you can get without being committed. Try me. LUCAS : Dan klled Keith. It wasn't Jimmy Edwards. It was Dan. He got into the school that day, and he sht Keith. And there was a witness, but... she's gone now. Dan klled Keith, Deb. DEB : I believe you. LUCAS : You do? DEB : Dan thought it was Keith, not me, who tried to burn him in the dealership fre. Oh, my god, what did I do? Who else knows? LUCAS : My mom, but... DEB : Where's the gn, Lucas? There's a reason you didn't sht him, and you know it. It's not the way. (Lucas gets his jacket, takes the gn and gives it to Deb) DEB : I won't leave her side. If Dan tries anything, I'll be right here. You should go see Peyton. It's okay. (Lucas starts leaving) DEB : Lucas... I'm sorry, truly. But justice will be served. I promise you that. ONE TREE HILL CREDITS INSIDE HOSPITAL Peyton, Haley and Nathan are in the waiting room PEYTON : How's your speech coming, Haley? HALEY : Not great. I'm trying to write about how we all should believe in the good things in life, but... it's feeling a little false today. NATHAN : I think I'm gonna take a year off. I can work nights and take care of the baby while you take classes. HALEY : What about college? NATHAN : Without a scholarship, we can't afford it. I'll just save up, and I'll go next year. HALEY : You'll go this year and play basketball. We're not giving up on that yet. NATHAN : Every college in America has. PEYTON : You know, Skills is playing college basketball. Maybe he can talk to somebody for you. NATHAN : Yeah. Yeah, maybe. (Lucas and Deb arrive) PEYTON : Hey. LUCAS : Hey. HALEY : Hey, how's Karen? DEB : No change. PEYTON : Is there anything that we can do? DEB : Yeah. It's your last day as high-school students. You can go and be kids for the rest of the day. LUCAS : No, I'm not leaving my mother. DEB : If anything changes, I will call you immediately. I promise you. HALEY : That's a good idea, Luke. You should go home, get some food, take a shower. NATHAN : Yeah, you do kind of stink. PEYTON : Come on. LUCAS : You'll call me? DEB : First thing. LUCAS : Okay. (Everybody start leaving) DEB : Lucas. Stay away from Dan. Understand me? LUCAS : Yes, ma'am. DEB : All right. THE APARTMENT Brooke is alone, Chase knocks at the door CHASE : Brooke? BROOKE : Hey. Thanks for coming. CHASE : Thanks for calling. Are you okay? BROOKE : I don't know. Karen's still in the hospital, and there's... something else. CHASE : Okay... I think. BROOKE : I think I'm gonna turn myself in for stealing the calculus exam. CHASE : The day before graduation? BROOKE : I know. It's just... I was looking at the honor wall at school, and... I don't belong up there... you know? There's nothing honorable about letting your friend take the blame for something you've done. CHASE : All right, I love you for that, but what if they don't let you graduate? I mean, Rachel's already gone, school's over. What's it really gonna change? BROOKE : The way I feel about myself... And you just said you love me. CHASE : I did not. BROOKE : Did so. You just said, "and I love you for that." CHASE : So what if I did? And what if I do? RIVERCOURT Skills is playing, Bevin arrives BEVIN : Hey, babe. Got some good news. So, my parents want to have your parents over before graduation tomorrow... a little quiche, maybe some lawn darts. SKILLS : Baby, quiche and lawn darts? Do your parents know my parents are black? BEVIN : They don't know you're black, so probably not. Stop it. Race has never been an issue to my parents with any of my friends. SKILLS : But was you having sex with any of your friends? BEVIN : Do you really think it's gonna be a problem? SKILLS : Maybe not for us, but for our parents, it usually is. BEVIN : I'll just have to tell them, and if it's a problem, they're not the parents I raised them to be. (She leaves and Nathan arrives) BEVIN : Hi, Nate. Bye, Nate. NATHAN : What's up, man? SKILLS : What's up, dog? NATHAN : You hear about Luke's mom? SKILLS : Yeah. Figured I'd give the family some space, you know? Anything I could do? NATHAN : Not for them. Maybe for me. SKILLS : Yeah, listen, man, I talked to my coaches, dog, and I don't think it's gonna work out. NATHAN : Oh, that's all right, man. I figured. But Haley mentioned to me that if you didn't get your scholarship, there's a job waiting for you in the factory where your dad works. SKILLS : Yeah. NATHAN : I thought if you weren't taking it, maybe I could? SKILLS : Yeah, I mean, I could talk to pops. Can you go by there today? NATHAN : Yeah, whatever it takes. Just give me a call. SKILLS : Cool. NATHAN : All right. Thanks a lot, Skills. SKILLS : No doubt. (Nathan starts leaving) SKILLS : Hey, yo, Nate. Sorry things ain't working out for you on the court, man. NATHAN : Yeah, well... It's the risk I took, right? Commit a crime, sometimes it catches up to you. DAN’S HOUSE Dan comes home, Lucas is sitting on his couch DAN : Lucas? I understand you're really mixed up about all this. LUCAS : You're saying you didn't kll Keith? Is that what you want me to believe? DAN : Yes, Lucas. That's what I want you to believe with all my heart. LUCAS : That's never gonna happen. DAN : You realize I'm in a lose-lose situation here. If your mother doesn't wake up, then I'll never gonna forgive myself. If she does wake up, then she'll never forgive me. Unless... unless, maybe... somehow, you're mistaken. LUCAS : No chance. I know what you did. And you know what you did. And maybe you'll never pay for it, but I promise you... my mom's gonna know it, too. (Lucas starts leaving) DAN : And what about her child? Keith's child... another kid raised without a father, like you? LUCAS : I had Keith... until you took him from us. And I'll be there for his child, but you won't be. Ever. I'll make sure of that. THE APARTMENT Peyton and Haley are eating ice cream PEYTON : You know, a lot of people go to therapy to deal with stuff, but I say a good root-beer float can fix just about anybody. HALEY : Fixes me up. PEYTON : Your parents coming back for graduation? HALEY : No, they would rather come back when the baby's born, so I'll see them soon. How about your dad? PEYTON : Actually, I think I'm gonna take that internship in California, so he's just gonna meet me there in, like, two weeks. HALEY : Peyton, that's awesome! I'm so glad you decided to do that. You're gonna do great. That's cool. Did Lucas say he's coming back here before he goes to the hospital? Well, I'll get out of your hair, as much as I hate to... slurp and run. So good. (Someone knocks at the door) PEYTON : Come in. (Nathan walks in) HALEY : I was just getting ready to go. NATHAN : Oh, good. Hey, I got good news. Skills hooked me up. HALEY : With his team?! NATHAN : No, with his dad. He got me that job at his father's factory. HALEY : Well, Nathan, that's... NATHAN : It's good money, Hales, but it does start today, so... So much for the last day of being a kid, huh? TREE HILL HIGH Brooke arrives in Principal Turner’s office TURNER : Miss Davis. A bit early for graduation, aren't you? BROOKE : I'm the one who stole the calculus exam. THE APARTMENT Peyton and Lucas are on the bed PEYTON : I'm really glad you came back. I missed you. LUCAS : You think we could just stay here for the rest of the summer? PEYTON : Mmm, yeah, there was a chance of that till I took that internship. LUCAS : It's okay. I'm glad you did. PEYTON : Yeah, it's gonna be a long summer. LUCAS : Nah, it'll fly by. PEYTON : You know, I... I really do appreciate you being supportive about all this, but a little bit of disappointment would be good for my ego. LUCAS : I just want you to be happy, Peyton. You have so much magic in you... PEYTON : But everything's okay? LUCAS : I wish we never left that hotel room in Honey Grove, 'cause you're perfect, and we're perfect, and that night was... perfect. PEYTON : Well, saying that just earned you another one. LUCAS : I think I got to get back to the hospital. PEYTON : Can I come with you? LUCAS : Sure. Just... let me hold you for a couple more minutes. That's what's gonna fix me. SKILL’S FATHER’S FACTORY Mr. Taylor joins Nathan MR. TAYLOR : Mr. Scott. NATHAN : Mr. Taylor. MR. TAYLOR : Charles. You ready to go to work? NATHAN : Yes, sir. MR. TAYLOR : Right answer. Follow me. You know anything about what we do here? NATHAN : Uh, not really. Is it shipping of some sort? MR. TAYLOR : Of some sort. We manufacture the steel that goes to building those freighters you see coming in and out of the cape. At least, that's what the company does. We mostly just work. But if hard work doesn't scare you, you'll do fine. NATHAN : Hard work doesn't scare me, sir. MR. TAYLOR : Another right answer. Let's, uh, lose that "sir." It's "Charles" or "Chuck." NATHAN : Your name is Chuck Taylor? Like the shoe? MR. TAYLOR : More like the guy who's gonna work your sorry ass to the bone. Grab the other side of that pipe, Nathan Scott. NATHAN : Yes, sir, Chuck... Charles... sorry. TREE HILL HIGH Brooke and Principal Turner are walking in the hallways BROOKE : And that's the truth about how I passed calculus, so I'm guessing there's all sorts of mean stuff you have to do now. TURNER : Well, I... BROOKE : Just, before you do, can I say something? You know, when I was a freshman, wasn't a very good person. I mean, sure, I was popular and dating seniors, but as a person, I was pretty lost. And over the last four years, I've been forced to grow up. I stopped letting boys define me, and I started believing in myself and in my potential, and I ran for student-council president, and I designed a clothing line, and somewhere along the way, the lost, little party girl became the girl on the wall of honor. And... I know what I did was wrong, Mr. Turner. I know. But the girl I was when I came to this school... I'm not so sure she would have. And isn't that the point of high school? Isn't that what you guys have been trying to teach us for the last four years? TURNER : Actually, we've been trying to teach you not to cheat in calculus, but the rest of it is certainly important, too. I imagine you've been feeling a good amount of guilt over letting your friend Rachel take the fall. BROOKE : Yes, sir... I mean, even though she told me to and she's done all sorts of things over the last year that would have gotten her expelled anyway. Yes, I have, so that's why I felt that I should come forward. TURNER : You know, Brooke, I must seem ancient to you. Your teachers probably seem irrelevant. But one day, you'll look back, and things won't seem so... "us against them." I assume you're going to college? BROOKE : Yes, sir. I... I hope so now. TURNER : To study...? BROOKE : Fashion. TURNER : Not engineering? Or anything requiring intensive calculus? BROOKE : No, sir. TURNER : Good. Go graduate. BROOKE : Really? Are you serious? Thank you. I... I don't even... (Chase runs toward them) CHASE : Principal Turner! Principal Turner! Look, if you suspend her, I think you're really making a big mistake. I don't mean to barge in like this... BROOKE : Shut up. Chase, I love you for this, really, but, shut up. BROOKE (to Turner) : Um, I'm sorry. We'll... we'll just go. Go. Thanks. INSIDE HOSPITAL Peyton and Lucas rush in Karen’s room LUCAS : Deb? Dr. Hudson, what's happening? DOCTOR : Your mom's condition is worsened, Lucas. And we can't be aggressive with the antibiotics because of her pregnancy. LUCAS : So how do you help her? DOCTOR : I want to prep her for surgery and deliver the baby by caesarean. LUCAS : And then everything will be okay, right? With my mom and the baby? DOCTOR : We have to take one life at a time, Luke. Right now, both lives are in danger, but if we act now, we can save the baby, and we'll have a much better chance at helping your mom. LUCAS : I want to be there with her when you deliver the baby. DOCTOR : Of course. LUCAS : Mom... we're gonna try to help you, okay? Just... come back to us. SCOTT’S HOUSE Whitey is knocking at the door, Haley opens it HALEY : Hey, coach. Um, are you looking for Nathan? WHITEY : No, actually, I was looking for you. Care to take a little walk? HALEY : Uh... yeah, sure. They go for a walk WHITEY : How's Nathan holding up? HALEY : Better than I am. Skills helped him get a job at a steel plant. I don't know. I just... I feel like it's way too early for him to let his fre burn out and just give up what he wants, you know? WHITEY : How about what you want? Look, Haley, you asked me to help Nathan. I'm not sure I can, but if I do... it's gonna take you away from all the things you want to do. I remember he said something about Stanford. HALEY : Coach, I would go anywhere with Nathan. I would go to whatever school will take him. As long as our family's together and he's doing something that he loves, I'll be happy. WHITEY : You'd make that sacrifice? HALEY : Yeah, wouldn't you have done the same for Camilla? WHITEY : Well, sure I would have, but I never had to. She always did the sacrificing for me. SKILL’S FATHER’S FACTORY MR. TAYLOR : Okay. Let's take a break. State championship wasn't that long ago. You can't be out of shape. NATHAN : I'm in game shape, just not "steel beams for the rest of my life" shape. You do this every day? MR. TAYLOR : No, I've been in management for years. I just wanted to see what you were made of. And, by the way, this doesn't have to be for the rest of your life. A lot of successful people never got scholarships to college. NATHAN : Any of them point-shavers? MR. TAYLOR : Yeah, how'd all that go down, anyway? NATHAN : I was in over my head. I just needed money, and... the rest was a perfectly orchestrated series of screw-ups. MR. TAYLOR : You, uh... you regret it? NATHAN : Every day. MR. TAYLOR : 'Cause you got caught. NATHAN : Look, Mr. Taylor, you seem like a good man. But the thing is, I made a mistake, and now I'm paying for it. Those 32 minutes should not define me for the rest of my life. MR. TAYLOR : I was hoping you'd say that. Now all you got to do is believe it. Let's get back to work, All-Star. NATHAN : All right, let's do it, Chuck. MR. TAYLOR : Oh, by the way, I'm supposed to be meeting my son's girlfriend and her family tomorrow. Anything I should know? RIVERCOURT Skills is with Mouth MOUTH : Your parents don't know Bevin's white? SKILLS : Never came up. MOUTH : And her parents don't know you're black? SKILLS : Look, they serving quiche, dog. MOUTH : Can I go to this thing? 'Cause it sounds like it's gonna be an awesome disaster. SKILLS : Great, laugh it up. MOUTH : I'm just playing around. It's probably not even a big deal. I mean, if I were her parents, I'd be more worried about you being you than you being black. TREE HILL HIGH GYM Everything is set for the graduation, Brooke and Chase walk in the gym BROOKE : Oh, priceless. "Mr. Turner, if you suspend her, you're making a huge mistake!" CHASE : I was trying to help. BROOKE : I know. You were very cute. CHASE : I couldn't just stand by and let you not graduate. Besides, it got you to say you love me. BROOKE : I did not. CHASE : Yeah, you did. You told me to shut up, and then you said, "I love you for this, but go." BROOKE : So what if I did? So what if I do? (Chase tries to kiss Brooke but she stops him) BROOKE : Hey. Are we really gonna do this? CHASE : You mean kiss? I hope so. BROOKE : No, I mean... get all blissed out on each other, like... right before I leave for the summer and we go to college. CHASE : Why not? BROOKE : 'Cause it's gonna suck when we're apart? CHASE : Yeah... but it's gonna be great when we're not. Besides, I'm gonna send you the dirtiest text messages. BROOKE : Promise? CHASE : Yeah. BROOKE : You're so sweet, promising to type me filthy things with your thumbs. CHASE : Hey, anything for the girl I love. (They kiss) SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley is in the kitchen, Nathan comes home, all dirty and exhausted, but Haley don’t see him at first. HALEY : Nathan? NATHAN : Hey. HALEY : Hey. How'd it go? NATHAN : Fine. HALEY : Will you listen to this part of my speech and tell me if it works? NATHAN : Yeah, sure. Let's hear it. HALEY : Okay. "Now is the time for us to shine, a time when our dreams are within reach and possibilities, vast. Now is the time for all of us to become the people we've always dreamed of being." (She sees him) THE APARTMENT Brooke and Chase are trying their uniform BROOKE : Stop! Stop! INSIDE HOSPITAL After getting dress by Peyton, Lucas enters the operating room and Peyton goes to the gallery to watch. Dan joins her and Deb too. DOCTOR : It's a girl! LUCAS : It's a girl? DOCTOR : Lucas, say hello to your sister. (Dan leaves the gallery) Later, Karen is in her room again. Lucas is sitting next to her, holding her sister. Peyton walks in PEYTON : Hi. Look how beautiful she is. LUCAS : Yeah, I'm afraid to move, or I'm gonna break her. PEYTON : You're not gonna break her. LUCAS : Want to hold her? PEYTON : Yeah. Okay. Support her head. (Lucas put the little girl in Peyton’s arms) PEYTON : Come here, you. (Haley and Nathan arrive) HALEY : Oh. Let's see her. NATHAN : Wow. I'm officially scared to death again. HALEY : How's your mom doing? LUCAS : She's still unconscious... but sab... they said she did great. HALEY : Hey, I was wondering if you'd be able to step out for a minute? PEYTON : Go ahead. I'll watch her. HALEY : It's just a minute. LUCAS : I'll be right back, mom... and you... and you. (Lucas and Haley leave the room) NATHAN : Unbelievable. OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL Lucas and Haley are sitting on a bench HALEY : Okay. I wanted to give you this before graduation. (Haley gives him a present) LUCAS : Okay. I got something for you, too, but it's at the house. HALEY : Actually, that's not from me. That's from your mom. She just hid it with me so you wouldn't find it. (Lucas opens it, it’s a book) HALEY : What book is it? LUCAS : It's my novel. HALEY : Your what? LUCAS : She had it bound for me. I didn't even know she knew I was writing it. HALEY : When did you... I guess there's not too much your mom doesn't know about your life. (Lucas opens the book and a note from his mother) LUCAS : "Lucas, I'm so proud of you. Your words are wonderful. Don't be afraid to share them with the world. Follow through and finish this. Remember... 'There is a tide in the affairs of men.'" That's "Julius Caesar." Do you remember when you gave me that book? FLASHBACK, EPISODE PILOT LUCAS : Wow. "Julius Caesar." KAREN : "There's a tide in the affairs of men..." or something like that. END OF THE FLASHBACK, OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL Lucas is still reading his mom’s note LUCAS : "Love, mom." I really need her to be my mom again, Haley. HALEY : She will be. I know it. INSIDE HOSPITAL Nathan is watching the babies in the nursery, his mother joins him DEB : Pretty soon, you'll have a beautiful baby of your own. NATHAN : Trying to freak me out, mom? And, by the way, if you can't make it to graduation, that's okay. At least dad will be there. DEB : No. If you see your father, I want you to stay away from him. NATHAN : Why? DEB : Nathan... this is gonna be hard for you to hear, and the timing is horrible, but you're my son, and I will always protect you. NATHAN : Mom, what's going on? DEB : It's about your uncle Keith. (We see Deb telling Nathan what really happened, we don’t hear their dialogue. At the end, Nathan leaves Deb furious) Daddy, what's going on? BEVIN’S HOUSE Bevin’s father is at his barbecue when Bevin arrives BEVIN : Daddy, what’s going on? BEVIN’S DAD : We had a slight change of plans. BEVIN : What do you mean? BEVIN’S DAD : Your mother wanted quiche, but I hate quiche. BEVIN : Well, I have something to tell you. My boyfriend's black. (Skills’ father join them) MR. TAYLOR : That's okay, honey. My son's black, too. We deal with it. BEVIN : But... BEVIN’S MOM : Bevin Evan Mirskey, you are in so much trouble. BEVIN : Why? BEVIN’S MOM : Because if you had introduced us to Antwon sooner, we would have met his parents sooner. SKILLS’ MOM : Hi, baby. Antwon! Get your butt out here and introduce us to your beautiful girlfriend! BEVIN’S DAD : All right, everyone, just step back and observe the master. BEVIN’S MOM : Here we go. MR. TAYLOR : I was looking forward to quiche. BEVIN’S MOM : You see? (Skills arrives) SKILLS : Hey, baby. See? I told you it wasn't nothing to worry about. INSIDE HOSPITAL Lucas is alone in Karen’s room LUCAS : Hey, mom. I just wanted you to know how good you did today. You and Keith. She's so beautiful. You're gonna be proud. But, you see, you got to wake up... because she doesn't even have a name yet. You never told me what it was gonna be. (Peyton enters the room with Deb) PEYTON : Luke? Hey, we should probably get going if we're gonna make it to graduation on time. LUCAS : I kind of just... thought I'd skip it. PEYTON : Okay. Before you do, I think there something you should see. Peyton takes him in the hallway, where all the gng is waiting PEYTON : If you skip graduation, we're all gonna skip with you. HALEY : Even me, Luke. PEYTON : Remember what you told me about how much I'd regret it if I skipped prom? You were right. And I think your mom would want you to graduate with all your friends. DEB : You can wait here, or you can wait there. It's all the same waiting. I promise you I'll call. You should go. HALEY : Come on, Luke. We can't imagine doing this without you. (Lucas decides to go with them) HALEY : Yes! DAN’S HOUSE Nathan comes to visit his father. NATHAN : Dad. I know you've been a bad guy, dad, and for a long time, I wondered if you'd ever change, but lately, I've seen you change. I've been so proud of you. But now they're saying... they're saying that you k*lled uncle Keith, dad. Mom said it, and Lucas said it, too, but... I know they're wrong, okay, because I know you could never do something like that. So just... Dad, just look me in the eye and tell me that they're wrong, and I promise, I'll stand by you, because I love you, dad. Just tell me they're wrong, please. DAN : I can't do that. NATHAN : What happened to you? What happened to you, dad? The day Keith died, you died. You understand me? My son will never know you. You stay away from my family, and you stay away from me! GRAVEYARD Nathan is in front of Keith’s grave, Whitey arrives WHITEY : Nathan. NATHAN : First time I've ever come to Keith's grave. WHITEY : I was visiting with Camilla... looking for some guidance, and I asked her to send me a sign. I looked up, and I saw you. You know, there's a crummy little school about three hours from here. They haven't had a winning basketball season in over 30 years. Gym smells terrible. Nobody goes to the games. A man would be a damn fool to take their vacant coaching position... or a damn fool that just won the state championship. NATHAN : You're gonna coach another high school? WHITEY : College. Took the job this morning. How would you like to play for me next season? NATHAN : Thank you, coach. WHITEY : Don't thank me. Thank Haley. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM It’s graduation TURNER : So, without further ado, I give you Tree Hill High's graduating class. (Each student comes to take his diploma) TURNER : Chase Adams. Richard Asplund. Angela Brown. Brooke Davis. Sarah Huddleston. Marvin McFadden. Robert Moore. Bevin Mirskey. Peyton Sawyer. Robert Maxwell Scanlon. Jessica May Scarlow. Lucas Scott. Nathan Scott. Anna Smith. Antwon Taylor. Ferguson Thompson. And graduating in absentia, Rachel Gatina. And finally, this year's class valedictorian, Haley James Scott. (Haley takes her diploma and comes to make her speech) HALEY : Distinguished guests, parents, and this year's graduating class... My best friend reminded me of a quote by William Shakespeare that seems appropriate. "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries." INSIDE HOSPITAL Dan his watching the babies in the nursery, a nurse walks toward him carrying Karen’s daughter. NURSE : Mayor Scott, would you like to hold your beautiful niece? HALEY (voiceover) : "...On such a full sea we are now afloat... ...and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Haley is continuing her speech HALEY : I think that what that quote means is that life is short and opportunities are rare and we have to be vigilant in protecting them... and not only the opportunities to succeed, but... the opportunities to laugh, to see the enchantment in the world, and... to live. INSIDE HOSPITAL Deb is at Karen bedside when we hear her monitor making a continuing sound DOCTOR : Call Dr. Hudson! She's crashing! INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Haley is continuing her speech HALEY : 'Cause life doesn't owe us anything. As a matter of fact, I think that we owe something to the world. And if we can just believe... (Haley stops talking, breathes deeply and laughs) HALEY : ... I'm sorry. I have more. I just... think I'm having my baby.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x20 - The Birth and Death of the Day"}	foreverdreaming
TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL Brooke, Lucas, Peyton, Skills, Mouth are following Nathan and Haley, who is in labor, to the ambulance. Lucas receives a text message and leaves. TREE HILL POLICE STATION Dan walks in DAN : My name is Dan Scott. I klled my brother. TREE HILL HOSPITAL Karen is in the operating room, unconscious DOCTOR : Her heart rate's dropping. OB : Come on, Karen. Just breathe. Haley is in the labor room, with Nathan OB : Come on, Haley, just breathe. NATHAN : You're doing good, baby. You're doing so good. I'm right here. Karen’s operating room, Lucas is behind the window, watching. LUCAS : Come on, mom. I'm right here. (we hear the monitor, her heart stops) DOCTOR : She's coded. LUCAS : Mom! KAREN’S DREAM She is alone in a beautiful park when Keith arrives KEITH : Karen? (She jumps in his arms and they kiss, then a little girl arrives) LITTLE GIRL : Yuck! KAREN : Who's that? KEITH : Don't you know? KAREN : She's our daughter. LITTLE GIRL : Mommy! Daddy! Come play with me! (Both join the girl) LITTLE GIRL : What flower is this, mommy? KAREN : This is a lily. (the girl goes play in the park) KAREN : Oh, she's beautiful. KEITH : Just like her mother. LITTLE GIRL : Mommy, come with me. KEITH : You should go watch over her. I'll wait for you. It's okay. I'll be right here. (They kiss and Karen goes to see her daughter) LITTLE GIRL : Come with me, mommy! KEITH : Look for me in the lilies. KAREN : There's my girl. These are for you. It's a beautiful lily. TREE HILL HOSPITAL Back in Karen’s operating room, they shock her and we hear her heart beating again DOCTOR : Stats and vitals rising. We got her back. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL Brooke is still where the ambulance was, she finds Haley’s valedictorian speech and reads it BROOKE (voiceover) : Now is the time for us to shine, the time when our dreams are within reach and possibilities vast. Now is the time for all of us... to become the people we've always dreamed of being. This is your world. You're here." TREE HILL HOSPITAL Haley is giving birth to their child OB : It's a boy. BROOKE (voiceover) : You matter. NATHAN : Just relax. HALEY : You're a dad! NATHAN : You did so good. You did so good. We have a son. We have a son. HALEY : I want to see him. (Haley takes the baby in her arms HALEY : Hi. Hi, baby. BROOKE (voiceover) : The world is waiting. HALEY : Welcome to the world, James Lucas Scott. Look, that's your daddy. NATHAN : He's so beautiful. HALEY : That's your daddy. SCOTT’S HOUSE, 2 WEEKS LATER Nathan is holding his son, watching basketball and listening rap music. Haley walks in HALEY : Unbelievable. He's only mellow when we play rap music? What happened to the classical music I played for nine months? NATHAN : I got a confession to make. Every time you fell asleep, I went to old-school hip-hop. That's my boy, isn't it? That's my boy. You like some old-school hip-hop, huh? Yeah. GRAVEYARD Karen is sitting in front of Keith’s grave, holding their daughter. KAREN : Hi, Keith. It's us. Her name is Lily. Lily Roe Scott. Hi. I'm gonna be seeing you in her every day. SIDE OF A ROAD Peyton is outside her car with the hood opened, Lucas arrives in his car LUCAS : You've got to be kidding me. Again? PEYTON : I guess. LUCAS : Doesn't look like anything's wrong. You sure it won't start? Peyton? (Lucas closes the hood, Peyton is sitting inside the car) PEYTON : Oh, the car's fine. I was just feeling sentimental about the first time we spoke. LUCAS : Feeling sentimental, or avoiding packing for your trip to Los Angeles with Brooke tomorrow? PEYTON : I don't want to go. I mean, I do want to go. I'm just... I'm gonna miss you. LUCAS : Come on, look. At least you know what you're gonna do. PEYTON : You still haven't decided yet? LUCAS : I just didn't see this other thing coming, you know? PEYTON : Can I help you? LUCAS : I don't think so. I just keep telling myself that... there will be some significant moment when I will know what to do. How about you? Can I help you? PEYTON : Yeah. Remember when your mom was in the hospital, and you asked me just to lie with you and heal you? LUCAS : Yeah. PEYTON : I think I could use some of that healing before tomorrow. LUCAS : I can do that. SCOTT’S HOUSE NATHAN : So, you know, there's a big party tonight, kind of a last hurrah for all the seniors. HALEY : I know, but what are we gonna do with the baby? (Deb walks in) DEB : Cue the crazy grandmother. And F.Y.I., if either of you ever calls me "grandmother" in public, I'll use my gn. Which is at the range, safe from the most beautiful baby boy in the world. Next to you, Nathan, of course. Oh, who am I kidding? You are the cutest. You, you, you. Go. I'll watch him. HALEY : Oh, I don't know. NATHAN : We're underage, mom, and there's gonna be drinking, alcohol, probably some drugs. DEB : You're going to the party, and you're going to have fun. We insist. Now go. Bring me home some drugs. Isn't grandma funny? Isn't she? PARTY HOUSE IN THE WOOD Lots of people are arriving at the party BROOKE : Wow. So, what's the deal with this party, anyway? MOUTH : At midnight, the Tree Hill high computers change over, and the juniors become seniors. BROOKE : So, what happens to us? CHASE : We're gone. BROOKE : I don't want to be gone. CHASE : Well, you got until midnight. MOUTH : Hey, let me ask you guys something. Does it look like I'm wearing a blouse? BROOKE : I like it. CHASE : Uh, it's a little... MOUTH : Great. I'm the blouse man. It looks like I'm competing in men's ice dancing, doesn't it? CHASE : No, it looks like you're winning men's ice dancing. BROOKE : Stop it. It's fine. CHASE : I'm just playing. As long as you don't have wine coolers in that bag, you're good. MOUTH : You know what? You guys go ahead. I'm gonna, uh, grab my jacket. (Mouth leaves) CHASE : Hey, listen. I'm gonna stay out of your way tonight 'cause you got a lot of people to say goodbye to before you leave tomorrow. BROOKE : Thanks. Lucas and Peyton arrive at the party PEYTON : Maybe I don't even have to go. I mean, what do interns do anyway? They, like, answer phones. I already know how to answer phones. Look... Hello? LUCAS : You're going, and you're gonna have fun. Haley and Nathan arrive at the party HALEY : Okay, we'll have fun. I just saying, maybe I should give Deb one quick call just to check in. NATHAN : Hales, come on, I miss the boy, too, but we're not gonna be those crazy, obsessive parents. You need to enjoy one last night with all your friends. HALEY : Okay, I won't call. NATHAN : All right. Tonight's gonna rock. Brooke and Chase are walking all the way to the entrance BROOKE : Tonight's gonna suck. I can't believe they're gonna erase us. CHASE : No, I see possibilities in a night like this. It's your last chance to tell someone you love them, maybe apologize to an old friend, try something new. Tonight has greatness written all over it. I can feel it. BROOKE : Okay. GUY : Name. BROOKE : Brooke Davis. GUY : I'm sorry. I've got strict orders not to admit Brooke Davis. BROOKE : Excuse me? Whose stupid party is this, anyway? RACHEL : Mine, bitch. And your fat ass isn't invited. BROOKE : Oh, my god. Rachel finds Mouth RACHEL : Well, if it isn't the only guy to ever leave me in a hotel room before the sex. MOUTH : Well, well. Come here. Where you been? What are you doing here? RACHEL : Well, where I've been's a long story. What I'm doing here's pretty easy. I missed you. MOUTH : I missed you, too. (Brooke arrives) BROOKE : Hang out with her too long, you're gonna end up in Honey Grove. I need to borrow you. Come with me, boy and friend. MOUTH : Where to? BROOKE : Someone's playing spin the bottle. MOUTH : Spin the bottle? What are we... 13? BROOKE : Shut up. God. Look, if you ask me, it's really stupid that we all ever stopped playing spin the bottle, so quit being so grumpy. MOUTH : Hey, you'd be grumpy, too, if a girl you had history with just showed up out of the blue. (They both walk inside the house and find Shelly, already playing spin the bottle) SHELLY (surprised) : Mouth. BROOKE (to Mouth) : You were saying? (Mouth leaves) BROOKE : Hi. Haley is alone, on the phone HALEY : Hey, Deb, hi. It's... It's me. I... I'm sorry to bother you. I just wanted to... check in, yeah. Everything's great? Great. Okay, good, good. All right. Thanks. Oh, also, can you just not tell Nathan that I called this time... or last time? Thanks. Also, uh, before you go, he really likes his little... giraffe. (Rachel arrives behind her and flicks her in the back of her head) HALEY : Ow! RACHEL : That's for soaking me at the last party. The bitch slap, I deserved. (Rachel starts leaving, Haley throws her glass at her back) HALEY : That's for flicking me in the back of the head. (Haley leaves) RACHEL : I'm gonna miss this. Nathan is on the roof, Lucas joins him LUCAS : Is that Nathan Scott, big-time college basketball player? NATHAN : Small-time college basketball player. LUCAS : Well, whatever, but... congratulations, man... on everything. How's fatherhood? NATHAN : It's awesome. How's brotherhood? LUCAS : Awesome. (they exchange pictures) NATHAN : She's beautiful, Luke. LUCAS : Handsome kid. Looks like his uncle. (They stay in silence for a while) NATHAN : We got to go see him. LUCAS : Yeah, I know. But what do you say to your father the mrder? NATHAN : Whatever we say, we just get it over with. I'm tired of carrying it around and avoiding him. LUCAS : Let's do it tonight. Let's stop running from him. NATHAN : Okay. Okay, we'll go later tonight, then. May need a few drinks first. (Nathan starts leaving) NATHAN : Lucas... I'm sorry I didn't believe you. LUCAS : I'm sorry I was right. Brooke is looking at her cell phone, Chase sent her a video CHASE (message) : Brooke Davis, look to your right, and you'll see the hottest guy at the party. (Brooke looks at Chase, but Haley arrives) HALEY : Hey. BROOKE : Hi, tutor mom. How you feeling... you having fun or you worried about the kid? HALEY : Um, I am... worried... about you, too. I'm gonna miss you this summer. BROOKE : Okay, don't. Don't do that. Don't make me cry 'cause I'm barely holding it together as it is. HALEY : Nathan and I want you to be James' godmother. BROOKE : Okay, that's gonna do it. Haley. I would be honored to be his godmother, and I promise you that, unlike my ungodly mother, I will so kick ass at this. HALEY : I know you will... as long as you don't say "kick ass" around him too much. BROOKE : Right, sorry. Shelly is alone, Peyton comes see her PEYTON : Like your leather. You're Shelly, right? SHELLY : Yeah. Uh, we had current events together, right? PEYTON : Yeah. Hey, I just want to tell you, I think Clean Teens is really cool. SHELLY : Thanks. I... kind of ended it. PEYTON : Well, it's still really brave of you. I totally would have joined if I didn't love sex so much. That's a joke. SHELLY : Yeah. (Rachel joins them) RACHEL : Man, Clean Teen wardrobe sure has changed. I want back in. (Brooke and Haley arrive too) BROOKE : Look at this. It's like a Clean Teen reunion. All we need now is Chase, but... honestly, he's not that clean. He appreciates the art of a dirty text message. (Bevin arrives and grabs the girls to dance) RACHEL : I don't suppose the Clean Teen dances much. SHELLY : Oh, please. I was doing the whole slut thing long before you, bitch. Skills is inside the house SKILLS (singing) : "If you wanna be my lover You got to get with my friends" (Lucas arrives) SKILLS : What? It's catchy. LUCAS : You believe in miracles, Skills? 'Cause there's no way in hell a couple of vagabonds like us walked off the River Court and won the State Championship. SKILLS : Yeah. Hey, you know my joint ain't too far from U.N.C. this year, right? We gonna be boys for life. LUCAS : Hey, you guys play Nathan and Whitey next season? SKILLS : December 9th, 3:00, and I plan to score at 3:01, 3:02, and 3:03. You gonna be there, right? LUCAS : We'll see. SKILLS : "We'll see"? kll all that "boys for life" talk, dog. Matter of fact, we ain't even friends right now. LUCAS : Right. SKILLS : Be right back. (Skills leaves when Nathan arrives) NATHAN : Hey, Skills. All right. Let's go see Dan. LUCAS : You sure? NATHAN : Yeah, I'm sure. Why? Aren't you? LUCAS : I don't know. INSIDE PRISON Dan is in his cell POLICE OFFICER : Scott. Visitation. (Karen arrives in front of his cell) KAREN : I have a daughter. Her name is Lily. And someday, when she's old enough, she's gonna ask me where her daddy is... Who he was... and how he died. And on that day, I'm gonna look into her beautiful eyes... eyes that don't know of malice... and jealousy... and evil... and I'm gonna say... "Your father loved his younger brother very much, and that brother took him from you for your entire life. He made sure you would never know your father." DAN (crying) : Karen. (Karen spits on the window and leaves) PARTY HOUSE IN THE WOOD Brooke is watching everybody from a far, alone SKILLS : You must be drinking, baby. BEVIN : No, I don't wanna drink. I just wanna be upside down. This isn't funny. (Lucas arrives) LUCAS : So, you ready to leave tomorrow? (He sees her crying) LUCAS : Hey, what's wrong? BROOKE : I don't know. I just, um... I know moving on is a good thing. I guess I'm just scared. You know? High school's safe, and I'm not sure I'm ready for the real world. LUCAS : For the past few months, I've been writing this... I guess in part so I could remember it all. But, um... here. (Lucas opens his book and gives it to her) BROOKE (reading) : "She was fiercely independent. Brooke Davis... Brilliant and beautiful and brave. In two years, she'd grown more than anyone I had ever known. Brooke Davis is gonna change the world someday, and I'm not sure she even knows it." LUCAS : You're gonna do great, Brooke. The world doesn't stand a chance. BROOKE : Thank you. Shelly is in the middle of the crowd GIRL : Hey, Shelly. Nice moves. SHELLY : Thanks. GUY : Hey, Shelly... nice skirt. So, you gonna let me slide you out of that at church camp again or what? Come on... slut. (Mouth arrives) MOUTH : What did you say? SHELLY : Mouth, it's okay. MOUTH : No, it's not okay. GUY : Oh, no? Whatever, geek. (The guy pushes Mouth) SHELLY : What are you doing? GUY : Do you believe this? (Mouth gets off the ground) GUY : You know, I was gonna take it easy on... (Mouth punches the guy in the face) MOUTH : Yeah, me, too. MOUTH (to Shelly) : He's sorry. You look great. Nathan is showing some pictures of his son REESE : Oh, my gosh. Nathan, your baby is so beautiful. NATHAN : He is, isn't he? (Haley arrives) HALEY : Hi. Sorry. Can we just have a second? REESE : Congratulations, Haley. HALEY : Thank you, Reese. (The girls leave) HALEY : Um, we need to go home. NATHAN : Why? What is it? HALEY : I know we promised we wouldn't do this, but I called just to check in on the baby, and Deb's not answering the phone, there's no busy signal, no answering machine, and she's not answering her cellphone. NATHAN : Okay, let's not freak out, okay? It doesn't mean my mom's not on top of it. HALEY : Your mom the former drug addict, attempted mrder, who dropped a loaded gn in the café? NATHAN : It wouldn't hurt to check. HALEY : Right. Mouth and Shelly are sitting on a couch SHELLY : I thought about calling you a million times. Are you mad at me? MOUTH : No. I just stayed away because you asked me to. No, uh, Clean Teen shirt, huh? SHELLY : No. It was time to end it. I was just trying to find my place, you know? MOUTH : Yeah. You'll always be important to me, Shelly. (Mouth starts leaving) SHELLY : Mouth. (She hugs him) MOUTH : I like the skirt. Peyton finds Brooke alone PEYTON : Hey, you. What have you been up to? BROOKE : Flirting with Lucas. PEYTON : Oh, yeah? How'd that turn out? BROOKE : Meh. So, so. Love triangles are so high school. PEYTON : Seriously. BROOKE : We made it, didn't we? Through all the tragedy and jealousy and confusion... We made it. PEYTON : Yeah. Hoes over bros, right? BROOKE : I love you, P. Sawyer. PEYTON : I love you, too, B. Davis. Fergie, Junk and Mouth are sitting on the roof, Skills joins them SKILLS : Almost midnight... end of an era. Four years of high school and zero girlfriends for Junk and Fergie. JUNK : My girlfriend's canadian. SKILLS : Man, whatever. What you thinking about, Marv? (Mouth spins the bottle, which point Brooke) MOUTH : I'll be right back. (Mouth jumps from the roof, walks toward Brooke and kiss her) JUNK, FERGIE, SKILLS (screaming) : Hey, Mouth, what's... SKILLS : Yeah, Mouth! That's my dog! MOUTH : I always wanted to do that. (Mouth leaves and passes Chase) MOUTH : Sorry. BROOKE : Um... did you... CHASE : I-I said you could hang out. I didn't say you could make out. BROOKE : Do you see what happens when you leave me alone all night? I mean, seriously, thank you for letting me say goodbye to all my friends, but you're the one I want to finish the night with. CHASE : I was hoping you were gonna say that. BROOKE : How about you kiss me till I have to leave tomorrow? CHASE : It's a start. Come on. SCOTT’S HOUSE Deb is sitting with Jamie sleeping in her arms. Haley and Nathan walk in. HALEY : Deb? NATHAN : Mom? Mom, what happened to the phone? DEB : I unplugged it. NATHAN : Why? DEB : Because the two of you were driving us crazy. HALEY : The two of us? NATHAN : I might have called a couple of times. DEB : Six times. HALEY : You crazy, obsessive parent. DEB : You called eight. HALEY : I missed him. DEB : He's fine. But go back to the party and have fun. You have the rest of your lives to worry about children. Trust me. (Deb leaves) HALEY : All right. You want to go back? NATHAN : Yeah. Hey, hold on a second. You're gonna be a great mom, you know that? Actually, you already are a great mother, and that's very sexy. HALEY : Really? We don't have to go back right away. NATHAN : You're absolutely right. PARTY HOUSE IN THE WOOD Brooke and Chase are in a car, kissing. Brooke starts to get undressed CHASE : Did I mention this was the greatest night of my life? BROOKE : Well, you said it was a night to be great and to try new things, so I figured we'd do both at once. CHASE : You're gonna change the world someday, Brooke Davis. BROOKE : Yeah, so I've been told. CHASE : Be gentle with me. Lucas and Peyton are alone, sitting on a bench, far from the party LUCAS : I don't want you to go. PEYTON : What? LUCAS : I'm sorry. I just... I've been trying to put a good face on. God, I love you so much, Peyton. PEYTON : So you want me to stay? LUCAS : Yeah. PEYTON : Then I'll stay. LUCAS : No, you won't. I want you to stay. But I won't let you. And do you know why? Because I've told you before... You are destined for greatness. And it starts tomorrow morning. PEYTON : It's not gonna matter anyway... whether I stay or I go... with us... 'cause I'm gonna love you forever, Lucas Scott. (Nathan an Haley join them) NATHAN : Yeah, so am I. PEYTON : Hey, where have you guys been? HALEY : I don't know. Around. Hey, um, you got a sec, Luke? LUCAS : Yeah. (Haley and Lucas go for a walk, Nathan sits with Peyton) PEYTON : All right, let me see that baby. Oh, god. NATHAN : Not bad, huh? PEYTON : Good work, buddy. NATHAN : I made that. Brooke and Chase are still in the car CHASE : So, tell me that was the greatest 60 seconds of your life. BROOKE : Stop. It was great. CHASE : So great you're gonna stay? BROOKE : Mmm... not really that great. CHASE : Suddenly I feel used. But it's okay, considering I've been used by Brooke Davis. BROOKE : Shut up. You know I'm lying. I am gonna miss you. I already do. You've become such a big part of my life, sometimes I think it's strange that I didn't know you till now. CHASE : It's okay. Put me in your heart and go see everything, Brooke. And then come back to me. Haley and Lucas are walking HALEY : I'm sad. I am sad. I... It just h*t me today that you and I have been together pretty much every day of our lives, and we're gonna have to say goodbye soon. We're not gonna... LUCAS : Hales. HALEY : Look, I just... I really want you to know that I love you and there's a reason why our son's middle name is Lucas. You had Keith, and James is gonna have you. And, um... Nathan and I would like for his uncle Lucas to also be his godfather. LUCAS : Thank you. I would love to. HALEY : Good. I just... I hope he learns how to follow his heart like you do. I'm really gonna miss you, Luke. LUCAS : No, you're not. HALEY : What do you mean? What's so funny? LUCAS : Do you want to hear a secret? (Lucas whispers something to Haley) HALEY : Oh, Luke. Rachel is inside the house, Brooke comes to see her RACHEL : Hey. Where you been? BROOKE : Having sex. RACHEL : You're funny. BROOKE : I have something for you. (Brooke gives Rachel her diploma) BROOKE : Turner gave it to me. Happy graduation. RACHEL : You told him the truth, didn't you? BROOKE : Maybe. RACHEL : You know, of all the schools I got suspended from... I'm glad I graduated from this one. BROOKE : Me too. Lucas joins Nathan who’s alone LUCAS : I've been thinking about Dan. NATHAN : Yeah? LUCAS : Why should we go see him? NATHAN : You mean tonight? LUCAS : No, I mean... I mean at all. I mean... he's had control over us since we were born. These are our lives, not his. I say we go on without him. I say... we never go see him. Ever. NATHAN : I know it sounds horrible to say, but, uh... I'm okay with that. I mean, I got a great wife, I got a beautiful baby son, and I got a hell of a brother. LUCAS : Yeah... hell of a brother who's gonna be your coach. Whitey offered me an assistant-coaching job. I'm gonna take it. NATHAN : What? When did you decide this? LUCAS : About the same time I became a godfather. NATHAN : That's great, man. We'll do it together. LUCAS : By the way, make sure you play well on december 9th. If Skills beats us, he's never gonna let us hear the end of it. NATHAN : Yeah. Everybody is outside the house EVERYBODY : 12...11...10...9...8... LUCAS : What's going on? MOUTH : It's almost midnight. EVERYBODY : ...5...4...3...2...1! We're seniors! BROOKE : Oh, high-school kids. Let's get out of here, you guys. BEVIN : Where to? SKILLS : I know a place open all night. Let's roll. RIVERCOURT All the band arrive PEYTON : Girls versus boys! (They start playing) HALEY (whispering to Nathan) : You give me that ball and I'll make it worth for a while. NATHAN : Sorry, guys. HALEY : Sweet! Later, they all wrote their names down the court, and they stand all together. BROOKE : Okay. We're not gonna do this. We're not gonna get sad. Nothing's gonna change now. We'll all be friends forever. I know it. LUCAS : Look, in four years, we're gonna be right back here. You know, done with college or... wherever we go. Right? EVERYBODY : Yeah. NATHAN (to Lucas) : Hey. Ready for a rematch, or you afraid you're gonna get worked? LUCAS : Do you really want to end your night with a loss? MOUTH : Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another historic night. NATHAN : You sure you're up for this, old man? LUCAS : I could do this forever, little brother.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "04x21 - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"}	foreverdreaming
ONE TREE HILL RIVERCOURT Same scene from the end of 421 LUCAS (voiceover) : Sometimes, it feels like it was yesterday... graduating high school, saying goodbye. That feeling that you get at 17 or 18 that nobody in the history of the world has ever been this close, has ever loved this fiercely or laughed as hard or cared as much. BROOKE : Okay. We're not gonna do this. We're not gonna get sad. Nothing's gonna change now. We'll all be friends forever. I know it. LUCAS : Look, in four years, we're gonna be right back here. You know, done with college or wherever we go. Right? HALEY : Yeah. LUCAS (voiceover): Sometimes, it feels like it was yesterday, and sometimes, it feels like someone else's memory. RIVERCOURT, FOUR YEARS LATER Lucas is alone on the court looking at the names still visible on the floor. EXTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is playing with a small basketball, Nathan is watching from afar. Haley arrives NATHAN : Where did he get the hoop? HALEY : His uncle Lucas gave it to him. NATHAN : I don't want him playing. HALEY : Nathan, he's 4 years old. All he wants to do is be like his dad. Why don't you go out there and show him... NATHAN : I said I don't want him playing. HALEY : Jamie, come on, sweetie. Mama's got to go to work. NEW YORK, INTERIOR CLOTHE’S OVER BROS Brooke’s walking with her assistant, Millicent TELEPHONE OPERATOR : Good morning, Clothes Over Bro's. Please hold. Good morning, Clothes Over Bro's. Please hold. BROOKE : Can you call Prime and make a dinner reservation, please? Make sure I get the table in the wine room. Any night next week will do. MILLICENT : Um, you're booked every night next week. BROOKE : Okay, then the week after. This looks great. Can we make this about a quarter-inch wider? Great. And we've got to send something funny with a card to Conan O'Brien. Cheese. He likes cheese. MILLICENT : You want me to send Conan O'Brien cheese? Manchego. No, send gouda. Gouda's a funnier cheese, and don't forget to remind me about the conference call with Macy's. (Brooke suddenly looks at the draft of her magazine) Guys. Absolutely not. There is no way she gets on the cover of my magazine unless she gains 10 pounds, minimum. She looks unhealthy. EMPLOYEE : We were just brainstorming. BROOKE : Brainstorm better. Anorexia is a disease. It is not a fashion statement. What do I smell? MILLICENT : Um, it's your coffee. Mocha double latte, extra foam. BROOKE : Is there foam? Last time there was no foam. I like foam. MILLICENT : Extra foam. BROOKE : Okay. What time is the premiere? MILLICENT : 8:00, red carpet at 6:00. BROOKE : All right, I'm gonna do the red carpet and then skip the movie. Let's call one of the Nicks and find out if they'd like to go. MILLICENT : Okay, which Knick do you prefer? There's Stephon Marbury, Jamal Crawford... Oh, David Lee is really cute. BROOKE : Not the New York Knicks, you goof. The Nicks... Nick Lachey, Nick Zano, Nick Reid. Whoever. And tell Victoria to wait for me in the limo. MILLICENT : She's not gonna like that. BROOKE : Well, she works for me. LOS ANGELES, INTERIOR PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is sitting at a desk... JOHN : Oh, I must have the wrong office. No, that's me... John Knight, label president. Last I knew, you were Peyton Sawyer, assistant to the assistant of the label president, and your desk was... where is your desk? PEYTON : I'm sorry, I was just arranging your trades and delivering the online download report, updating your call sheet, and admiring your view. Also, Mr. Knight, I have a couple unsigned bands that I would really love for you to hear. JOHN : Peyton, I'm losing my hair, I'm hung over, I have two different alimony payments due and seven lines ringing. PEYTON : Of course. (Peyton starts leaving) JOHN : Sawyer? PEYTON : Yes. JOHN : You look good. Drop a button on that top and I'll let you sit in on the morning new-music session. One button, one song. And get me some aspirin. CLASSROOM AT TREE HILL HIGH Jamie is drawing, Haley is at her desk, Lucas comes in. LUCAS : Man, they do grow up fast. JAMIE : Uncle Lucas! LUCAS : J. Luke! Hey. You in high school already? JAMIE : No, I'm only 4. LUCAS : Hmm, 4 going on 40. What you drawing? JAMIE : You can't see it. It's not done. LUCAS : Yeah, trust me, I understand that one. HALEY : I take it the writing's not going very well? LUCAS : The writing... is not going at all. How about you? How was the last day of student teaching? HALEY : Great. Just trying not to freak out about next week when it's just me. LUCAS : You're gonna be great, Hales. Did you get a nanny yet? HALEY : No, not yet. LUCAS : Well, you know, you can't babysit him forever, Hales. And by him, I mean Nathan, not Jamie. HALEY : Well, it's only been four months, so... INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is watching tv. SPORTS ANNOUNCER : Seattle is on the clock right now. We'll get to the commissioner coming up in regards to their pick. They going big? They going small? It's been unpredictable so far. Here's the commissioner. With the 10th pick in the NBA Draft, the Seattle sonics select... FLASHBACK, SAME HOUSE, FEW MONTH AGO Haley, Jamie and Nathan, in an empty house JAMIE : We're moving to Seattle, mama! NATHAN : It's gonna be Seattle. My agent just called. He said we got a guarantee... I'm going 10th pick to the Sonics! HALEY : Oh, baby, I'm so proud of you! You have worked so hard for the last four years! You believed in it, and now it's actually happening! Why are we buying a house in Tree Hill if we're moving to Seattle? We should buy a house there. NATHAN : Oh, we're going to. A big one. JAMIE : With a pool? NATHAN : More like a moat and a draw bridge. JAMIE : And a dragon? NATHAN : Yes, and a pet dragon for Jim-jam. Hales, we're gonna have all kinds of houses, but Tree Hill is home. And, besides, this isn't even my salary. This is just shoe-contract money. HALEY : It's money from the shoe, mama! Let's get it! HALEY : Oh, baby, I don't know. NATHAN : The little man's spoken. And he's right. We should get the house, Hales. You know why? HALEY : Why? NATHAN : Because we did it together. We made it happen. And we're gonna have to get used to the fact that this is what life's like when your dreams come true. END OF THE FLASHBACK, INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is still in front of his tv. We see him leaving the room in a wheelchair. BOYS APARTMENT Mouth is doing audition tape, while Junk and Fergie are playing video game. MOUTH : The tar heels land another blue chip prospect, and we've got the scoop. I'm Marvin McFadden... JUNK : Pass it, pass it! Pass the ball! FERGIE : Yeah, he is. He's passing it to my guy. MOUTH : Can you guys keep it down? I'm working on my demo. JUNK : For what? MOUTH : A job. I'm gonna send audition tapes to all the local stations. FERGIE : Sorry, Mouth. Go ahead, man, do your thing. MOUTH : The tar heels land another blue chip prospect, and we've got the scoop. I'm Marvin McFadden... JUNK : No, no, no, no, no, no! FERGIE : That's how you go down the lane! JUNK AND FERGIE : Sorry. Sorry. MOUTH : The tar heels land another blue chip prospect, and we've got the scoop. (the microwave sound) FERGIE : Pizza! JUNK : I'll pause it. MOUTH : Junk and Fergie play video games, drink beer, and eat pizza. I'm Mouth McFadden, and I'm still unemployed. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Lucas is playing when Skills walks in. SKILLS : So, six months ago when they asked us to fix this mess, what the hell were we thinking saying yes? LUCAS : Well, well, well, if it isn't Skills Taylor, new assistant head coach of the Tree Hill Ravens. SKILLS : Hey, if you could afford me... So, how great is this, huh? Lucas Scott, head coach. Local boy makes good. LUCAS : Local boys made good. You're a big part of this, Skills. SKILLS : I hope so. Man, we blew this place up. Hey, how many games they won since we hung that state championship banner? LUCAS : Not many. But I do know one thing... losing's over. SKILLS : Oh, no doubt. LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S OFFICE Meeting for their morning new music session. Peyton is there. EMPLOYEE : She's got a ht TV show. Great potential for crossover marketing and promo. JOHN : But the songs are terrible. EMPLOYEE : John, she's young, she's hot, and her social life's a train wreck. We could ship this thing platinum. PEYTON : Um, I have a band. JOHN : Well, why not? It can't get any worse. PEYTON : Okay, well, they're called Low Versus Diamond, they've already built a strong internet following, and the songs are great. (all listen to the music, John stops it) JOHN : We'll go with the actress... All right? (John leaves the meeting) EMPLOYEE (to Peyton) : Why don't you go get us some lunch menus? INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is looking at sport shoes in their box FLASHBACK, IN A BAR Lucas, Nathan and Haley are at a bar with some other guys. One of them is presenting the same shoe Nathan was looking at. BARRY : Ladies and gentlemen, the N.S. 23. (applause) NATHAN : Let's see it. Barry, thank you so much. HALEY : Baby, it's awesome. I have to go relieve the sitter. But you guys should stay and celebrate. It's the night before the Draft. NATHAN : You sure? HALEY : Yeah. Thank you guys! No driving tonight, okay? Take the limo and get the car tomorrow. NATHAN : I promise. HALEY : Okay. LUCAS : Hook it up. NATHAN : Check it out. END OF THE FLASHBACK Nathan is still watching the shoe. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is working at his desk, writing. LUCAS : “And like the River Court signatures of their younger selves, weathered now, faded. So, too, were they." (Lucas stops and deletes everything he just wrote) LUCAS (writing) : "I... suck." (an instant message pop up. It’s Lindsey. They start a video chat) LINDSEY : Tell me you are writing the best pages of your life. LUCAS : Well, hi to you, too. LINDSEY : If not the best pages of your life, at least a bunch of okay pages? LUCAS : I've written a few sentences... LINDSEY : ah... LUCAS : And deleted them because they sucked. LINDSEY : Luke, this is serious. I can't be your editor if I don't have anything to edit. My butt is on the line here. Tell me you have something, anything. (Lucas starts moving his screen) LUCAS : Lindsey? LINDSEY : Luke? LUCAS : I don't know. You know, I think it's an earthquake. LINDSEY : Lucas Scott! (Lucas closes his laptop) NEW YORK, AT THE MOVIE’S PREMIERE Brooke is leaving the premiere with a guy . There are paparazzi everywhere. They jump in the limo. BROOKE : Somebody needs to do something about the paparazzi. They're totally out of control. VICTORIA : We pay them a lot of money to talk about the brand. I hope you were nice. BROOKE : I was nice. VICTORIA : Nick, did you enjoy yourself? NICK : I did. I thought the movie was... VICTORIA : Driver, can you pull over, please? I'm sorry, darling. You were saying? NICK : Nothing. I liked the movie. (the limo stops) VICTORIA : Thank you very much, and enjoy the rest of your evening. NICK : Right. Okay. I just thought that maybe... (Nick leaves the limo) VICTORIA : Yes, we know what you thought, Nick. You thought you'd have your way with my designer. A little fondling, a little tongue-kissing, something a little dirty but not too freaky. NICK : No, I just thought that... VICTORIA : It's Clothes Over Bro's, Nick. We want the tabloids to think that she's sleeping with you. She's not actually sleeping with you. We're all set. NICK : Call me! (Victoria closes the door) NICK : Taxi! BROOKE : You are unbelievably rude. VICTORIA : Well, it's been a long day. But tomorrow's even longer. You have a 9:00 a.m. interview about taking the company public. I'll be there for the finer points. You just need to look beautiful and talk about your passion and your creativity and blah, blah, blah. And I've made a change to the model lineup due to the additional scrutiny from the press. BROOKE : Oh, but you forgot... VICTORIA : She's not on the list. BROOKE : She's my friend. VICTORIA : She's not your friend. She's an employee. BROOKE : I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that. VICTORIA : Brooke, Clothes Over Bro's is a multimillion dollar company. A company that you've entrusted to me to make executive decisions like these. We have to cut her loose. BROOKE : You're gonna fre her? VICTORIA : No, I'm not gonna fre her. You're gonna fre her. It's your company, my dear. I just work here. NEW YORK, BROOKE’S APARTMENT Brooke is dining alone. She call someone. BROOKE : Hey, it's me. It's not gonna work out for the fashion show. No, it's actually not gonna work out at all. I'm gonna have to let you go. It's nothing personal. It's just business. I got to go. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Lucas walks in Jamie’s bedroom LUCAS : Postcard for Jamie Scott! JAMIE : Another one? LUCAS : Yeah, man. JAMIE : Where are they now? LUCAS : Well, aunt Karen and cousin Lily are in Ireland. Now, that's right across the Irish sea from England. You remember where England is? JAMIE : The one with the clock! LUCAS : You are a genius. Are you sure you're not my kid? All right. JAMIE : You think we'll ever see them again? LUCAS : Oh, yeah, of course we will, man. So, listen. I'm gonna go talk to your dad, and then we'll go, okay? JAMIE : Okay. LUCAS : All right. Downstairs, Nathan is trying to grab a bottle of alcohol with a trophy when Lucas arrives NATHAN : Haley keeps the alcohol out of reach. At least, she tries. LUCAS : It's a little early, don't you think? So, how's physical therapy going? NATHAN : How's your second book coming? LUCAS : Ouch. So, you know, Haley told me that the doctors say you'll be up on your feet any day now. Pretty lucky, Nate. NATHAN : Oh, yeah, that's me. Mr. Lucky. LUCAS : I'm just saying you'll be back to normal in no time. NATHAN : Luke, I'm never gonna play basketball again. That's not exactly normal, okay? (Lucas take the bottle from Nathan hands) Luke! Luke, damn it! Don't be a dick, all right? LUCAS : You want it? Walk over here and get it. NATHAN : Why don't I walk over there and kick your ass, huh? LUCAS : Kicking. Kicking's good. Let's see it. NATHAN : Give me that bottle right now, or Dan's not gonna be the only Scott to kll his brother. (Jamie walks in) JAMIE : Ready, uncle Lucas? LUCAS : Real nice, Nate. NATHAN : Luke...Just... LUCAS : Come on, Jamie. Let's go. JAMIE : Bye, daddy. NATHAN : Bye-bye. RIVERCOURT SKILLS : So, none of you guys know who ate my pizza? JUNK : Nah, man. SKILLS : Amazing. So, my pizza just ate itself. MOUTH : Hey, I was working on my audition reel. SKILLS : Hey, that's good. 'Cause you owe me for the rent. And you two knuckleheads owe me for a pizza. (Lucas arrives with Jamie) SKILLS : There he is! Big Game James. Hey, yo, Big Game. I got something for you. (Skills gives Jamie a jersey) JAMIE : Cool! LUCAS : You want to try it on? All right. Put your arms through, and there we go. JAMIE : It's perfect! FERGIE : Let's see what you got, baller. (Jamie starts to play and Skills drop the ball) JAMIE : Darn it, uncle Skills, you always do that. FERGIE : You ever gonna let him score? SKILLS : Shorty shouldn't be in the paint. He got to learn. JUNK : Dude, he's 4. LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is at her desk, John arrives JOHN : What do you think, Sawyer? PEYTON : I think you were right about the act we signed today. Her songs blow. So why'd you sign her? JOHN : How long have you been in Los Angeles, Peyton? From... PEYTON : From Tree Hill, North Carolina... Four years. JOHN : Four years. Why'd you come? PEYTON : I wanted to discover and sign bands that could change someone's life, like the bands that changed mine. JOHN : I figured you were one of them. I used to be, too. Then I figured it out. It's called show business for a reason. We're here to make money. PEYTON : Even if the product sucks. JOHN : Especially if the product sucks. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but rock 'n' roll can't actually save the world. PEYTON : See, I disagree. Walk into any club on the strip tonight and just look at the kids, look into their eyes. They're all looking for something to believe in. I think that music can be the thing that changes their world. JOHN : That is why you are still the assistant to the assistant. They're not out there to get their world saved. They had a bad day. They went out to get drunk and get laid. Peyton, you're as smart and as talented as anyone at the label, but you'd be so much further along if you could just accept the business side of what we do and play the game. PEYTON : I'm just not really interested in playing the game. JOHN : You already did. You dropped a button to get into that meeting. Drop a few more, they'll probably give you my job. PEYTON : Well, I will have your job one day, John. Just not that way. JOHN : Have fun in the clubs tonight, assistant to the assistant. BOYS APARTMENT Lucas, Jamie, Skills, Junk and Fergie are playing video game TV GAME : Substitution for the Clippers. Number 23. SKILLS : Down by 2, and it looks like they're bringing in a rookie. Clock running down, time for one last play. LUCAS : All right, Jamie, this is what we're gonna do. When I tell you, I want you to ht the green button. Okay? FERGIE : Don't do it, Jamie. JUNK : Pass it to your pal Junkie. TV GAME : Kid's got the ball clock running down. LUCAS : You're ready ? FERGIE AND JUNK : No, no, no, no! LUCAS : Now SKILLS : sh*t it! FERGIE AND JUNK : No, no, no, no, no! JUNK : Jamie! That's it, you lost the ice cream. (Skills, Lucas and Jamie are celebrating. Lucas grabs Jamie upside down) (Haley come in) HALEY : Hi, upside-down boy. JAMIE : Hey, mama! We won! HALEY : Oh, wow. LUCAS : We were just...Here you go. (Lucas put Jamie down) HALEY : What are you wearing? JAMIE : Uncle Skills gave it to me. HALEY : Wasn't that nice of him, making you look all krunk. Did you say thank you? Okay, go say goodbye to the guys. LUCAS : Look, I kind of gave Nathan some grief today about not being on his feet yet. HALEY : Oh, well, you know, LUCAS : I know he's a little dark right now. You got to push him, Hales. JAMIE : Okay, mom, I'm ready. HALEY : Okay. LUCAS : Whoa, what about me, Jamie? JAMIE : Bye, uncle Lucas. LUCAS : Bye, buddy. I love you. JAMIE : I got to go home now, and anyway, you should be writing. LUCAS : I don't want to hear it. NEW YORK Brooke is on the red carpet JOURNALIST : So, we caught up with Brooke Davis, young, hot designer of Clothes Over Bro's. Now, Brooke, let me ask you this. Do you ever miss just being young? BROOKE : I am young. But acting young. Not being the boss of this huge corporation, but being Brooke Davis, 21-year-old girl? BROOKE : Sure, I miss it. VICTORIA : Thank you. We have to move on. BROOKE : Clothes Over Bro's is my dream come true. This is what I wished for. LOS ANGELES Peyton is walking by a news kiosk which sell Lucas’ book. She also sees Brooke on a cover of a magazine. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley comes home with Jamie, Nathan is sleeping on the couch HALEY : Oh, baby, it's awesome. Why don't you go upstairs? I'll be up in a minute, okay? HALEY : I can't. We can't be like this, Nathan. Your son needs you. Please don't become your father. NATHAN : My father is in prison. So am I. HALEY : Well, you can walk out. LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S APARTMENT Peyton comes home, she put on her shelf the magazine with Brooke on the cover and a specimen of Lucas’ book. She already has several. Then she put the audio version inside her hi-fi system. LUCAS (audio book) : Chapter three. Peyton Sawyer is destined for greatness. Actually, she's already great, because Peyton Sawyer has a thing called integrity, and nothing or no one is ever going to change that. I remember the first time I met her. (Peyton stops it) NEW YORK, BROOKE’S APARTMENT Brooke comes home ASWERING MACHINE : You have 47 messages... All messages deleted. LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S APARTMENT Peyton calls someone PEYTON : Hi. It's Peyton. Yeah, I'm sorry. I know it's late there, I just... What happened to us, you know? I don't know who I am anymore. Or how I got here. I miss who I used to be. I want to have a home again, you know? And real friends. you know, the kind of friendships we used to believe in. I miss that. And I miss you. I guess I just miss all of it. (Peyton’s crying) LYNDSEY’S OFFICE Lucas walks in LINDSEY : No, I have the uncorrected proofs. I need the corrected ones. Okay, I have to go. Thanks. Bye. LUCAS : Hi. LINDSEY : Hi. LUCAS : Look, before you start yelling at me, I'm sorry. I know I've missed my deadline again, and I know you have a lot of people to answer to, and it's not fair to you. LINDSEY : I remember the first time I read it. I was a junior editor, just out of college, missing my friends. I took two dozen manuscripts home for the weekend, just like I did every weekend, hoping that this time, something would speak to me. And it did. It was a great first novel, Luke. It brought you to me. But a writer's career is about a body of work. It's about the second book and the third and the fourth. LUCAS : Lindsey... LINDSEY : It's been two years. And that wouldn't scare me if I thought you were writing, but you're not. So what am I supposed to do, Luke? LUCAS : You could give me a little bit more time because I'm handsome. LINDSEY : Close the door, Luke. (Lucas leaves) NEW YORK, CLOTHE’S OVER BROS Brooke and Victoria are watching the interview of the night before JOURNALIST : Not being the boss of this huge corporation but being Brooke Davis, 21-year-old girl. (Victoria shuts down the tv) VICTORIA : That is not the face of a happy girl who got everything she wished for. BROOKE : A lot of things, but not everything. VICTORIA : Are you counting the trip to Milan? BROOKE : The trip for work. VICTORIA : Come on. Let's see the face of a girl who gets to go to Italy tomorrow to approve the textiles for her fall line. BROOKE : But it's not everything. VICTORIA : No, dear. It is everything. And if you've lost sight of that, you have lost your way, Brooke Davis. Milan, tomorrow. Smile. LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S OFFICE JOHN : Okay. Let's do lunch. Sawyer! What's the name of that sushi place I like? PEYTON : You were wrong yesterday when you said the kids in the clubs were just there for decadence. I think it's more like romance and hope and inspiration and that feeling that you get when other human beings pick up basic instruments and make sense of your world. And the day that I think it's just about making money is gonna be the day that I've betrayed everything I believe in about music and life and myself. JOHN : Was that a sushi place? PEYTON : I quit, John. I'm going home. JOHN : You're making a mistake. PEYTON : No. I'm fixing one. NATHAN AN HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is watching Nathan sleeping on the couch JAMIE : I think you drink too much. NATHAN : I think you're right. (Haley walks in) HALEY : Jamie, come on. Hey, come on. Let's go. NEW YORK, CLOTHE’S OVER BROS Brooke and Millicent are walking in the office with Brooke’s luggage MILLICENT : Okay, your boarding pass and itinerary are in your bag. The car service will pick you up in Milan. If you have any problems, I gave you my home, cell, and parents' house number. BROOKE : Millicent, you are a great assistant, okay? Try and have some fun while I'm gone. You're only young once. NATHAN AN HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is watching tv SPORTS ANNOUNCER : Seattle is on the clock right now in regards to their pick. They going big? They going small? It's been unpredictable so far. Here's the commissioner. ANCHOR : With the 10th pick in the NBA Draft, the Seattle Sonics select... FLASHBACK, IN A BAR Same night as earlier, Lucas and Nathan are still in the bar GREG : Hey, man. Can I get an autograph? NATHAN : Yeah, sure. GREG : Thanks. Yeah, just write, "to Greg, Portland's biggest fan. Seattle sucks, and so do I." NATHAN : "To Greg...enjoy losing to us next year. Your pal, Nathan Scott." There you go, buddy. (Nathan gives the guy the paper and he throws it away. Nathan stand up, angry) NATHAN : You got a problem, man? (Lucas tries to stop Nathan) LUCAS : No, no, no. Walk away. You've got too much to lose here. GREG : Let's see what you got! LUCAS : You got too much to lose here, okay? It's not worth it. NATHAN : Okay (Nathan and Lucas start to leave the bar) GREG : That's it. Listen to your girlfriend. Outside of the bar, Nathan get into his car LUCAS : Come on, Nate. Wait. Look, we shouldn't be driving, all right? I'll get the limo. Come on, Nate. We'll just grab Barry, take the limo. You're not driving. NATHAN : All right. You're right. (Lucas leaves, Nathan get off the car, then he heard Greg shouting inside the bar) GREG : I have witnesses. You all saw it. He ht me. I'm gonna sue that punk. (Nathan goes back to the bar) NATHAN : Hey, man, I never touched you. And if I'd have h*t you, you'd be out cold right now. GREG : Too late, Seattle boy. You should have left with that fat-ass wife. (Nathan starts to punch him, and it turn out to a big fight. It ends with Nathan being pushed throw the window. Lucas arrives at the end) LUCAS : Oh, my God. Nate, you all right? NATHAN : I can't feel my legs, man. LUCAS : What? NATHAN : I can't feel my legs! LUCAS : Help! Somebody help! END OF THE FLASHBACK Nathan is still in front of his tv SPORT ANNOUNCER : With the end pick in the NBA draft the Seattle Sonics select Mouhamed Sene from Senegal. JAMIE’S BEDROOM Jamie is drawing, Haley comes in HALEY : Okay, it's time for bed. Come on. JAMIE : Mama, why is daddy so sad? HALEY : It's just a really tough time for daddy right now. But he loves you. You know that, right? JAMIE : Uncle Lucas loves me. RIVERCOURT Peyton is there alone, Lucas arrives PEYTON : Hi. How long's it been? LUCAS : Two years. PEYTON : It's been longer than that. God, Luke, I missed you. (She tries to go in his arms, he steps back) LUCAS : I have someone. I'm with someone. BOYS APARTMENT Skills, Fergie and Junk are sleeping, Mouth is recording his audition tape. MOUTH : Postseason hardball, preseason hoops, and regular season football. I'm Marvin McFadden, and sports is coming up next. FLASHBACK, LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S APARTMENT Same scene as earlier, Peyton’s on the phone PEYTON : Hi. It's Peyton. Yeah, I'm sorry. I know it's late there, I just... What happened to us, you know? I don't know who I am anymore. Or how I got here. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is watching a jewel case he has in his drawer when we heard Lindsey’s voice LINDSEY : Hey, you. Come to bed. (Lucas joins her) LINDSEY : Hey. Sorry about yesterday. It's just, they only agreed to let me split time here because I promised them I'd get you back on track. LUCAS : I know. It's okay. I still love you. LINDSEY : I love you, too, Lucas Scott. (They kiss) PEYTON (voiceover) : I miss who I used to be. I want to have a home again, you know? I miss that. I miss you. OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is outside, he throws away Jamie’s little basketball hoop when Jamie arrives. Jamie starts going back into the house NATHAN : Jamie. (Jamie’s comes back and gives his drawing to Nathan) NATHAN : Son... (Nathan walks up a little bit) NATHAN : Daddy's sorry, for everything. Come here. (Nathan takes Jamie in his arms) FLASHBACK, LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S APARTMENT/ NEW YORK, BROOKE’S APARTMENT Still the same conversation PEYTON : I guess I miss all of it. Does any of that make any sense? (On the other side of the line) BROOKE : That makes all the sense in the world, Peyton. Four years ago, it all seemed so clear, didn't it? Conquer the world, save the world, live happily ever after. PEYTON : Are you happy, Brooke? BROOKE : Sometimes. Not always. Are you? PEYTON : No. BROOKE : Okay. Then let me ask you something. What is gonna make you happy, Peyton? Is it how you look or the car you drive or the people you know? Is it money or celebrity or power or accomplishment? Because I have all those things, and... and I don't think it's enough. PEYTON : Well, then, what is? BROOKE : Love, I think. And that love can be for a boy or a girl or a place or a way of life or even for a family. But where you find it is up to you. So where are you gonna find that love, Peyton? PEYTON : I think I need to go home. BROOKE : Yeah, I was hoping you'd say that. TREE HILL AIRPORT Peyton’s there. Brooke arrives PEYTON : I missed you, Brooke Davis. BROOKE : I missed you, P. Sawyer. We're home now. It's gonna be okay. PEYTON : Come on.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x01 - 4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS (voiceover) : My name is Lucas Scott. Four years ago, I graduated from high school with my friends. Brooke Davis moved to New York City and found success. Peyton Sawyer went to Los Angeles. Success didn't come so easily. I wrote a novel and fell for my editor, Lindsey. My brother Nathan saw his dreams vanish... leaving his wife, Haley, and their son, Jamie, more fractured than ever. Things have changed in four years. But in many ways, this is just the beginning. BROOKE : I missed you, P. Sawyer. We're home now. PEYTON : Come on. ONE TREE HILL LUCAS’S BEDROOM Brooke sneaks inside the room and jumps on the bed BROOKE : You're not Lucas! LINDSEY : You're Brooke Davis! BROOKE : Yeah. Hi. You're... wearing me. Clothes Over Bro's is my line. LINDSEY : Yeah, I love it. BROOKE : Thanks. LINDSEY : And you are so pretty in person. BROOKE : Thanks. So are you. LINDSEY : Okay, this hasn't happened to me since college. BROOKE : Right. Okay. (Lucas walks in) LUCAS : Wow, this hasn't happened to me since college. BROOKE : Hi, Luke. LUCAS : Brooke Davis. Oh, I missed you. DOWNTOWN TREE HILL Skills is with Jamie SKILLS : So, what do you want to do today? JAMIE : I don't know. Play, I guess. SKILLS : Yeah, me, too. JAMIE : Don't you have a job? SKILLS : What are you, the man? I don't see you paying any rent. JAMIE : That's because I don't have any money. SKILLS : Well, that makes two of us. Now, let's just go over the drill. If we see any hot chicks today, who are you? JAMIE : I'm an orphan who needs surgery, and you're paying for it, 'cause you're rich. SKILLS : Good man. JAMIE : Whoa... (Jamie sees a small racer) SKILLS : Soapbox Derby. Man, when I was a kid, I always wanted to do this. SKILLS : Me, too. It's a good thing you're still a kid, 'cause we got two days to pimp your ride. JAMIE : Can uncle Mouth help me pimp my ride? SKILLS : I don't think so. See, uncle Mouth finally got a j-o-b. JAMIE : That spells "job." SKILLS : Man, you're getting way too smart. It was a lot easier when you was 3. MOUTH’S NEW JOB Mouth walks in a recording studio and sits behind the desk, like if he was the sports announcer. MOUTH : Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Marvin McFadden, and sports is coming up next. (a women walks in) ALICE : What, exactly, are you doing? MOUTH : Oh, the station called about the field-reporter position? ALICE : Field reporter... little ambitious, don't you think? The job that we called you about is an entry-level logger position. We could hire a monkey to do that but the freaks at Peta would more than likely picket. MOUTH : But I guess I assumed... ALICE : First door on the left. You watch the games, you highlight the best plays, and you leave the log for on-air. If you cannot accomplish that, you are currently wasting my time. MOUTH : I'm sorry, but you are still looking for a reporter, aren't you? ALICE : The answer to your question, yes. Let us be honest... you don't really have the face for it, do you? CLASSROOM IN TREE HILL HIGH Haley is starting her class HALEY : All right, good morning. This is actually my first official day as a teacher, and you're my first official class. So, congratulations. My name is... Haley... James... QUENTIN : That is some fine ass. HALEY : All right, first of all, that's no way to talk to a girl, any girl, and second of all, that is absolutely no way to speak to a teacher. QUENTIN : I'm sorry. It was me. Just trying to give you a compliment. HALEY : What's your name? QUENTIN : Quentin Fields. HALEY : Okay. Sit down, Quentin. QUENTIN : Yes, ma'am. Won't happen again, miss James. HALEY : Actually, it's Mrs. Scott. QUENTIN : Damn, that ass. HALEY : Okay, all right. Get out. You need to go to the office. QUENTIN : Oh, to the office. Maybe we could go together. Maybe you could just spank me right here. STUDENT : Yeah, Mrs. Scott! QUENTIN : Ooh, harder, Mrs. James-Scott! HALEY : All right, settle down. QUENTIN : Spank me, Mrs. James-Scott! HALEY : I said, "settle down!" HALEY : Class! STUDENTS : Class! HALEY : I have just... STUDENTS : I have just... (Haley leaves the classroom) QUENTIN : Baby, come back! RIVERWALK Brooke joins Peyton BROOKE : Hey PEYTON : hey BROOKE : Hey, how much do you love me? I went to see Lindsey, Luke's girlfriend. I have good news and bad news. PEYTON : Luke and I haven't been together for three years. It's not why I'm home. BROOKE : I totally believe you. Fine. (Brooke’s phone rings) BROOKE : Ooh, the office. They're just figuring out I'm not in Milan. I bet Victoria's having a cow. PEYTON : You think maybe you should call and let her know you're alive? BROOKE : No. No, I have a more important question to ask you. What happened after Lucas finished his book? FLASHBACK, 2 YEARS AGO, LOS ANGELES/ TREE HILL Peyton is walking in the street, her cell phone rings. On the other side, Lucas is at home. PEYTON : Hello? LUCAS : Hey, it's Lucas. I know it's been awhile, but... I'm having a book signing in L.A. on a couple of days. PEYTON : Yeah, I know. I mean, I read about it. LUCAS : Yeah, I've been pacing the house for the last hour wondering if I should call, considering how we left things. PEYTON : No, it's okay. It's actually really good to hear your voice. LUCAS : Yours, too. Well, I was hoping... I'd love to see you if you're not too busy. PEYTON : Yeah... yeah, okay. Sure, I'll be there. LUCAS : That's great, Peyton. Well, then, I... I'll see you soon, then. PEYTON : See you soon. END OF THE FLASHBACK INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Lucas is talking to the basketball players with Skills LUCAS : My name is Lucas Scott. I'm the new head basketball coach of the Tree Hill Ravens. This is Antwon Taylor. He's the new assistant head coach. You want our credentials? They're hanging right there. (showing the flag of their state championship victory) I must congratulate you. For some of you, it took only four years to destroy the legacy coach Durham took 35 years to build. Nice work. So, as of today, all 12 roster spots are available. It doesn't matter if you played last year. In three days, we'll have our final roster. If you want to be on it, then I would advise you go hard. Skills? SKILLS : I would definitely go hard. LUCAS : One-on-two drill. SKILLS : Everybody line up at half court. Haley walks into the gym, takes Jamie who’s sitting on the bench and walks to Lucas JAMIE : Mama, I'm gonna race in a soap-opera derby. HALEY : What? LUCAS : How was your first day? HALEY : Um, horrible. My first class, like, attcked me, and I ran out in tears, and principal Turner had to finish the rest of my classes. LUCAS : I'm sorry, Hales. HALEY : They were awful, so mean... especially this one kid, who was, like, sexually harassing me. LUCAS : What? Who was it? (Quentin enters the gym) HALEY : Him. QUENTIN : Hello, there, Mrs. James-Scott. HALEY : We'll see you later, okay? LUCAS (to Quentin) : You're late. QUENTIN : Yeah? I'm also your leading scorer. LUCAS : No, you might have been a leading scorer on a team that won three conference games all last season. But you are not my leading scorer... not yet. (Quentin takes a ball and makes a dunk) OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is alone, thinking SPORTS ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : Seattle is on the clock right now. We'll get to the commissioner in regards to their pick. They going big? They going small? Somebody help! Somebody! (Peyton and Brooke walk in) PEYTON : Well... BROOKE : Well. Don't look away. The second and third greatest nights of your life just walked back into your world. PEYTON : You looking all rock star totally does it for me. BROOKE : Very heroin chic, Nate. I like it. NATHAN : What are you guys doing here? BROOKE : Well, Lucas tells me that you can walk, but you need a little incentive. So we have come up with a drill. PEYTON : For every step you take... we kiss. (They hug him) PEYTON : Hey, it's good to see you. BROOKE : We missed you. HALEY : Nathan... (Haley is coming outside with Jamie. She stops when she sees her friends) PEYTON : Hey BROOKE : Hi HALEY : Hi... What are you guys doing here? BROOKE : We came to see you and... HALEY : Oh, Jamie, sweetie, come here. There's people I want you to meet. Come on, it's okay. This is Brooke and Peyton, and this is our son, Jamie. PEYTON : Hey, Jamie. How are you? BROOKE : He is beautiful (Nathan leaves) BROOKE : Nate? (The three girls hug) BROOKE : We missed you. BOYS APARTMENT Lucas and Skills are with Jamie, taking care of his racer LUCAS : Man, I've always wanted one of these things. SKILLS : Yeah, me, too. JAMIE : Me, too. SKILLS : I think we should paint it red. You know, the red racer. Yo, kid, talk to me about the cape. What's the real? JAMIE : I'm a superhero. SKILLS : Is that right? Why don't you fly to the kitchen and get me a beer? LUCAS : So, what's your take on the team's former leading scorer? SKILLS : Quentin? The kid's pretty good. LUCAS : The kid's really good. Now we just got to figure out if we can get him to play a team game, you know? JAMIE : Can I have pudding? SKILLS : You can read, right? SKILLS : If the pudding says "Junk" or "Fergie," you can have it. JAMIE : Thank you. LUCAS : Hey, and just one, okay? No, I mean, it's like, I don't know if they lost all those games because they didn't have enough guys on the team like him. SKILLS : Or maybe they just lost because of him. LUCAS : You know who he reminds me of. SKILLS : Yeah. OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie and Haley join Nathan JAMIE : Hi, daddy. Did you see my basketball? NATHAN : No. HALEY : You okay? (Nathan doesn’t answer) HALEY : "I'm fine, wife. How was your day? You know, husband, my day really sucked, but thanks for asking." NATHAN : And mine didn't? HALEY : That's just a little selfish, don't you think? NATHAN : No. No, I don't think. And I didn't see you lose your dream. HALEY : Maybe you need to open up your eyes. Where's Jamie? Jamie? Jamie! CARRIE (bringing Jamie back) : This belong to you? BOYS APARTMENT Brooke visits Mouth BROOKE : Wine delivery from New York City. MOUTH : Wow, I called for that wine two years ago. Get in here! Come on. INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley’s interviewing Carrie HALEY : Can I just ask why you decided to become a nanny? CARRIE : Honestly, because I get paid to work with some really great kids. Eventually, I'd like to maybe go back to school and study to be a pediatrician... someday, when I have someone else's life and income. Look, Haley, I know when you go to interviews like this, both sides are trying to figure out how crazy the other person is. HALEY : Are you doing that, too? CARRIE : I get it, but I've taken enough of your time. You have my references, and Jamie seems like a wonderful boy, so just let me know. Either way, it was great meeting you. It was great to meet you, too. Thank you so much. (Jamie enters the kitchen with mud all over him) JAMIE : Look, mama! Me and daddy made mud! HALEY : I'm sorry. Who am I kidding? How soon could you start? BOYS APARTMENT Skills sneaks inside Mouth’s room, where Brooke and Mouth are sleeping, still dressed. He lies down beside Brooke and take a picture. That awakes Brooke. SKILLS : Well, imagine that. Brooke Davis. BROOKE : What time is it? SKILLS : Like, 8:30. BROOKE : Oh, no. (Brooke stand up) BROOKE : I told Haley I'd take Jamie! (Mouth wakes up too) SKILLS (to Mouth) : That was some wild night, baby. MOUTH : What time is it? SKILLS : Like, 8:30. MOUTH : Oh, no, I'm late for work! BROOKE : Jamie, have you seen my shoes? I'm supposed to go and pick up... Jamie...What are you doing here? JAMIE : Mommy brought me over. She said not to wake you. BROOKE : Right. You ever had a wine hangover? I had a floppy-eared bunny named Chester. MOUTH : I got to go. I'm late for work. It's great to see you, Brooke. Hi, Jamie! MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth arrives at work. Alice sees him ALICE : Well, well, well. Somebody just got strike two. MOUTH : Look, Alice, I think we got off to the wrong start. I just want you to know that I'm honored to be a part of your staff, and I'm looking forward to working for you and learning... ALICE : I really don't like you. MOUTH : Well, what can I do to change that? ALICE : Quit... before I fre you. BOYS APARTMENT Brooke and Jamie are talking about his racer BROOKE : Jamie, this thing is really awesome. JAMIE : Yeah. BROOKE : Yeah? What? Aren't you excited about your big race? (Brooke put Jamie inside the racer) JAMIE : I guess, but it's suppose be my car, and they're not letting me do anything. BROOKE : Well, then, you better stand up for yourself, huh? JAMIE : What do you mean? BROOKE : Well, like, what color do you want it to be? JAMIE : Red and blue like daddy's, but they want it red, like Elmo. And I hate Elmo. Grover's so much better. Grover's blue. BROOKE : I so agree with you. Blue it is. You've got to take a stand, Jamie. If you start giving in now, it's just gonna get worse, trust me. JAMIE : I'm glad you're my godmother. BROOKE : Me, too, buddy. Now let's go get some paint. Come here! I got you! TREE HILL HIGH Haley arrives in her classroom. Principal Turner is waiting for her HALEY : Hi, principal Turner. TURNER : Haley, I thought I'd join you for a few days. HALEY : I can do this on my own. TURNER : I know, but you're young, and sometimes, the students take advantage of that. Let's get you walking, and then you can run. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Practice SKILLS : Run, run, run! Pick it up! LUCAS : Blue team, two-on-two zone! QUENTIN : We don't play no zones, coach. LUCAS : You do, if I say so. QUENTIN : You stay in man to man, I can do this. (Quentin makes a dunk) TREE HILL HOSPITAL Peyton is taking Nathan to the pediatric ward NATHAN : Just take me home, Peyton, okay? I'm not feeling this today. PEYTON : Maybe not, but the doctors are. NATHAN : The doctors weren't the ones with a piece of glass in their spine and nerve damage four f'ing months ago. Anyway, it's not like I'll ever play basketball again. PEYTON : You know what? First of all, shut up and take a look around. You have a life that any one of these kids would die for. And what's really sad is that most of them probably will. (Peyton leaves Nathan in the middle of the ward) INSIDE CLUB TRIC Brooke, Peyton and Haley are at the bar BROOKE : So, that morning, I'm reading an article about how she's recently sober, and that night, she's in the booth next to me at a club, wasted. PEYTON : And then my label signs her to a record deal. I'm sorry. I can't be a part of that. BROOKE : Ladies, here's to not being a part of it. HALEY : Here's to taming my demonic english class. BROOKE : No, no, we're not going there 'cause this song is insane. PEYTON : Yeah. (The three girls go on the dance floor and find Mouth) BROOKE : Mouth! MOUTH : My boss hates me. BROOKE : So, shut up and dance. HALEY : I think that's Lindsey. Hey. Hey. (Lindsey joins the group) HALEY : Hey, come here! Hi! How are you? BROOKE : Hey, you. I want you to meet my best friend... (She’s looking for Peyton who disappear) BROOKE : ...not that guy. I don't know where she went. RACE PLACE, NIGHT Lucas, Skills, Fergie, Junk are with Jamie SKILLS : So, here's the plan. I figured we'd do a couple test runs, you know, work out the kinks. Then tomorrow night, Big-Game James here gonna smoke all those little brats. LUCAS : Yeah, boy. SKILLS : All right, I give to you the red racer! LUCAS : The blue bllet. JAMIE : Brooke helped me. SKILLS : Yeah. Look, well, it don't matter. You ready to try it, Flash? (Jamie shake his head) Figured that much. So, check this out. We're gonna use this mannequin for the first run. All right. Let's roll! (They let go the racer, but it loses one of its wheel and the mannequin loses his head) SKILLS : Oh, man, we gonna have to fix that. INSIDE CLUB TRIC Peyton is alone, Lindsey comes to see her LINDSEY : Hi. PEYTON : Oh, hi. LINDSEY : Lindsey. PEYTON : Peyton. LINDSEY : I know this is awkward, but I just wanted to say hi. And I know I don't know you, but I feel like I do. At least, the version of you from the book. You seemed really brave. PEYTON : Thanks. LINDSEY : Anyway, I hope to see you around, Peyton. Take care. (Lindsey leaves and Brooke joins Peyton) PEYTON : Damn it, I really didn't want to like her. BROOKE : I know, but she's great, right? Sorry. Carrie sees Haley in the club CARRIE : Haley? HALEY : Oh, Carrie, hi. CARRIE : Hi. Oh, my gosh, I probably look like a boozehound. I was just celebrating with some friends. You look fine. You look great. MOUTH : Really great. CARRIE : Thanks. Listen, I just want you to know that I appreciate you taking a chance on me. I'm gonna take good care of Jamie, I promise. HALEY : Oh, I know you will. You're gonna do just fine. CARRIE : Thanks. Well, I'll see you soon. HALEY : Okay, you have a great night. CARRIE : Bye. HALEY : Bye. MOUTH : Bye. (Carrie leaves. Brooke and Peyton join them) BROOKE : And, Mouth, who was that? HALEY : Oh, that's Carrie. She's our new nanny. BROOKE : I'm sorry. Have you lost your mind? She cannot be your new nanny. HALEY : Why? PEYTON : Well, for starters, have you looked at her? She is way too hot. MOUTH : Okay, you two need to stop. Why does everything have to be about looks? Maybe she's a great nanny or a great field reporter. Shouldn't that be the point and not her looks? Besides, if Haley doesn't hire her, I won't get to see her in a bikini. HALEY : Nice. MOUTH : Damn, she was hot. HALEY : All right. I've got to go, you guys. I need to check up on Nathan. RIVERCOURT, AT NIGHT BROOKE : Seems like another life. PEYTON : It was, for you. I mean, I appreciate you coming back and everything, but considering the way your phone's been blwing up, you have a very busy, very great life to get back to. BROOKE : Okay. I have a very important friend who needs me. Why did you come home, Peyton? PEYTON : I guess I was looking for that inspiration I felt when we wrote our names here, you know? I was fearless then, Brooke. BROOKE : So, what happened to that girl? PEYTON : That girl became assistant to the assistant. BROOKE : So, if you want to be the girl you thought you could be back then, start a label, Peyton. Do it yourself. I am serious. Peyton, I want to invest in your label. I believe in you. Okay? (Lucas arrives) BROOKE : Unless that's not really why you came home. I'm gonna return those phone calls real quick. (Brooke starts leaving) BROOKE (to Lucas) : Ask about the record label. LUCAS : I'm supposed to ask about the label. PEYTON : Yeah, Brooke wants me to start my own label here. LUCAS : Are you gonna do it? (She doesn’t answer) PEYTON : I met Lindsey tonight. She seems wonderful. How long have you two been together? LUCAS : Why didn't you come to the book signing in L.A. two years ago? FLASHBACK, LOS ANGELES, TWO YEARS AGO Lucas’ book signing. He is waiting with Lindsey LINDSEY : Wow. This is a great turnout. Listen, Luke, I know this is your first book as an author, but it was also my first book to edit, and I had the best year doing it. So, I just wanted to say thank you and I'm proud of you. (Lindsey kiss Lucas on his check) LINDSEY : Okay, you ready? LUCAS : Yeah. I guess everybody's here that's coming. END OF THE FLASHBACK, RIVERCOURT PEYTON : Luke, I knew we weren't meant to be. (Lucas seems really affected) LUCAS : I should get home. See you. LUCAS’ HOUSE Lindsey is sitting on the couch, Lucas comes home LUCAS : Thought you'd be asleep by now. How was your night? LINDSEY : Good. I met Peyton. Let me ask you something. Do all of your ex-girlfriends have to be so damn pretty? LUCAS : Not like all my current girlfriends. LINDSEY : "All" better mean "one." (they kiss) LINDSEY : Do you know if they're back for a while? Brooke and Peyton? LUCAS : I don't know. Brooke wants to help Peyton start her own record label, maybe in Tree Hill. LINDSEY : You think she'll be good at it? LUCAS : Yeah, she'll be great at it. LINDSEY : Then if she needs help, you should help her. And I'll try my best not to be insanely jealous. EXTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is in front of the pool, Haley arrives HALEY : Hey, as soon as Brooke and 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? INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Brooke and Peyton arrive BROOKE : Haley, we're here! HALEY : Hey PEYTON : Hey BROOKE : Hi... So, I have a surprise. You're gonna like it. I made Jamie a little something for his race. (Jamie run into the living room) JAMIE : Look, mama! HALEY : Oh, my goodness, look at this! This is a real racing suit! BROOKE : And I even made you a sponsor, P. Sawyer. PEYTON : Oh, yeah? "Peyton Sawyer, unemployed." Thank you very much. BROOKE : You're welcome. JAMIE : I can't wait for daddy to see me! HALEY : Oh, baby, listen, 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 pretty sure he's gonna have the biggest crowd there. BROOKE : Absolutely. HALEY : Yeah, okay? Okay, come on. Come on. PEYTON : Let's do it, dude. BROOKE : Come on, buddy. Let's win a race. RACE CONTEST Haley arrives with Jamie HALEY : Hey... Here he is! SKILLS : There he is, lightning Jamie Scott! MOUTH : Hey, cool outfit, man. SKILLS : So, what's good, man? You ready to win this thing or what? RIVERSIDE NEAR THE RACE CONTEST Brooke’s on the phone, Peyton is with her BROOKE : Okay, I'm gonna 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? There is a boy here. Yes, a boy. And... No, I don't... just... ugh! God! (Brooke throws her phone into the river) BROOKE (to Peyton) : Can I borrow your phone? BROOKE (on the phone): Hi, Millicent, it's me. No, it's great. I'm just gonna need a new phone. Okay, thanks. RACE CONTEST LUCAS : Hey, buddy. So, you're racing for Clothes Over Bro's now, huh? JAMIE : Peyton Sawyer, unemployed. GUY : Racers, to your cars! SKILLS : Let's go get 'em, Flash! BROOKE : All right, big guy, here you go. HALEY : Be careful, all right? LUCAS : Ready? PEYTON : Come on, buddy. LUCAS : All right, here we go. (Lucas put Jamie in his racer) LUCAS : Good? GUY : Okay, racers, when you're ready, place both hands on the steering wheel. SKILLS : Let's go, Big Jamie baby. You can do it. (Jamie is thinking about the other night with the mannequin) GUY : Hold up, hold up. Car 23, are you okay? JAMIE : I don't want to. GUY : Okay. Mom? HALEY : Hey, baby. What's going on? JAMIE : I don't want to race, mama. HALEY : You don't have to, but are you sure? I think it's gonna be really fun. JAMIE : I want to talk to Brooke. BROOKE : What's up, handsome? JAMIE : I don't want to do it, but I like my racing suit. BROOKE : The suit's yours, but are you sure you don't want to race? JAMIE : It's my life. I'm taking a stand. Is that okay? BROOKE : Yes, that's okay, honey. Come here. (Brooke take Jamie out of his racer) JAMIE : Sorry, uncle Skills. SKILLS : It's okay, buddy. SKILLS (to Jamie’s contestant): You hear that? my man is taking a stand, blazing his own trail. Follower. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is on the couch, Haley arrives 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 4, and he needed his dad, and his dad wasn't there. Nice work, Dan. (Haley gets angry and throws some dishes away) HALEY : Are you gonna say anything, or are you just gonna 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. HALEY : You have nothing?! You have a beautiful son who is here! I am here! You have got to figure out who you're gonna 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! INTERIOR CLUB TRIC, DAYTIME The club is empty. Lucas is there, Peyton arrives PEYTON : Little early, don't you think? Usually don't start my hard drinking till at least noon. LUCAS : Come here. I want to show you something. (Lucas open a big door inside the club) LUCAS : I talked to my mom, and... we decided we want you to have it. Rent-free, under one condition... that it becomes office space for your new label. And I've already talked to Brooke, so I don't think you have any more 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? 'Cause 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. That'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 starts leaving) PEYTON : I was there, Luke. At your book signing in L.A. FLASHBACK, LOS ANGELES, LUCAS’ BOOK SIGNING Peyton arrives and see Lindsey with Lucas from far LINDSEY : So, I just wanted to say thank you and I'm proud of you. (Lindsey kiss Lucas on his check) (Peyton leaves) LINDSEY : Okay, you ready? LUCAS : Yeah. END OF THE FLASHBACK PEYTON : I was there, Lucas. 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, clearly, you are, and... I like her. I do. 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 that you entered the gym for 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. CLASSROOM AT TREE HILL HIGH Haley enters the class HALEY : Good morning. Sit down, Mr. Fields. QUENTIN : I think we need a little break, hmm? Like, for the rest of the hour. What do you say, class, huh? Who's with me? HALEY : Any student who walks out that door fails this quarter. I'm not gonna stop you. I'm just gonna fail you. Say goodbye to extracurricular activities. Say goodbye to sports, like basketball. Do you understand that the rest of your life is being shaped right now? It's up to you. You can walk out that door and fail this class and just take your chances. Or you can sit down, listen, and learn from somebody that's been there. The choice is yours. (Quentin leaves the class) HALEY : The rest of your life is a long time. And whether you know it or not, it's being shaped right now. EXTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is in front of the pool and goes inside with his wheelchair HALEY (voiceover) : You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices. Or you can fight back. NATHAN : I'm Nathan Scott, and I have too much to lose. HALEY (voiceover) : Things aren't always gonna be fair in the real world. That's just the way it is. But for the most part, you get what you give. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Lucas and Skills are with the team, Quentin walks in QUENTIN : This some kind of joke? LUCAS : No, I'm afraid you didn't make the team. QUENTIN : You understand, without me, you're gonna lose every game. LUCAS : Oh, I think you're wrong. But if you are right, then we're going to lose as a team. (Quentin starts leaving) LUCAS : Mr. Fields? I hear you've been disrupting your english class. I wouldn't recommend you keep that up. QUENTIN : This ain't over. LUCAS : It's "this isn't over." HALEY (voiceover): Let me ask you all a question. What's worse... not getting everything you wished for... LUCAS : Well, congratulations, men. You are the new Tree Hill Ravens. Let's go to work. HALEY (voiceover) : ...or getting it, but finding out it's not enough? INTERIOR LOCALE OF KAREN’S CAFÉ Brooke is there with a broker. Jamie is also with her BROOKE (on the phone) : I do love my company. I just... I want to run it from here. I know it wasn't the plan. It's my life. I'm taking a stand. Bye. BROOKE (to the broker): It's perfect. I'll take it. Thank you. BROOKE (to Jamie): Help me with this. Come here. HALEY (voiceover) : The rest of your life is being shaped right now. With the dreams you chase... the choices you make... JAMIE’S BEDROOM NATHAN : Jamie, wake up. Hey, we're going out, okay? Get ready. JAMIE : Where? NATHAN : It's a surprise... And, hey, buddy, bring your cape. HALEY (voiceover) : ...and the person you decide to be. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is looking at poster of his book signing LINDSEY : You remember why I gave you that? We went to dinner after the signing. It was our first date. You coming to bed? LUCAS : Actually... I think I'm gonna write for a while. LINDSEY : That's great, Luke. RACE PLACE, AT NIGHT Jamie is in his racer, Nathan in his wheelchair NATHAN : You know, son, there's gonna be a lot of times in your life when you're afraid. Being afraid is okay, but if you don't work through that fear, you might miss out on some pretty great things. JAMIE : Are you afraid, daddy? NATHAN : Sometimes. You? JAMIE : Sometimes. NATHAN : Then we'll do this together. On the count of three. One, two, three! (Both start to race) HALEY (voiceover) : The rest of your life is a long time. And the rest of your life starts right now.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x02 - Racing Like a Pro"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS (voiceover) : My name is Lucas Scott. Four years ago, I graduated from high school with my friends. Brooke Davis moved to New York City and found success... Peyton Sawyer went to Los Angeles. I wrote a novel and fell for my editor, Lindsey. Recently, we've come home. BROOKE : I missed you, P. Sawyer. LUCAS (voiceover) : Now Brooke's opening a local boutique for her fashion line. Peyton Sawyer is starting her own record label. My best friend Haley started teaching... QUENTIN : That is some fine ass. HALEY : Who said that? LUCAS (voiceover) : ...But it hasn't been easy. NATHAN : Hey, man. LUCAS (voiceover) : Nor has it been easy for her husband, Nathan, who in a moment of anger, watched his dreams of playing professional basketball vanish. HALEY : You have a beautiful son who is here! I am here! One more night like this, Nathan, and I promise you, you will have nothing! LUCAS (voiceover) : A lot has changed since high school... LUCAS : I still love you. LINDSEY : I love you, too, Lucas Scott. LUCAS (voiceover) : ...But in many ways, our journey is just beginning. ONE TREE HILL LUCAS ‘ BEDROOM Lindsey is waking up. Lucas is at his desk LINDSEY : Wow. Did you write all night? LUCAS : Yeah. I guess I did. LINDSEY : The question is, how much of it survived the dreaded "delete" button? LUCAS : Almost all of it. LINDSEY : You must be ready to pass out. LUCAS : Actually, I'm not tired. I'm really energized. The words came to me. I haven't felt this inspired since... since my last book. LINDSEY : I'm glad. And it's a good thing you're energized. Because you have practice in like eight minutes. Off you go, coach. LUCAS : That was just mean. You're a mean person. You know that, yeah. NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM Nathan is trying to stand up and starts walking NATHAN : Haley, come look at this. Haley! CARRIE : Sorry, Haley's not here. She's at school. I'm Carrie, the new... NATHAN : The new nanny. I know. She told me. CARRIE : Okay, well, I'm gonna make breakfast. Do you want me to bring you some? NATHAN : No. I'm good. Thanks. PEYTON’S NEW OFFICE AT TRIC/ BROOKE’S NEW BOUTIQUE Peyton is on the phone with Brooke PEYTON : Hi. Guess where I am? BROOKE : You're feeling warm and fuzzy in your new office, while I'm stuck in incompetent construction worker hell? I mean, it's like they're in slow motion. PEYTON : You know... Complain all you want, but I think you're having fun. Admit it. BROOKE : I'll admit that I'm enjoying doing something on my own... on my own for once. I can't wait to see Victoria's face when she sees... Speak of the devil. She's on the other line. Of course. PEYTON : Well, good thing you're already in hell. Call me later. BROOKE : Okay. (Brooke’s taking Victoria’s call) BROOKE : I was just about to call you. VICTORIA : No, you weren't. Why haven't I received your flight itinerary? BROOKE : Because I've decided to stay in Tree Hill a few extra days. We're opening a new store. VICTORIA : I didn't approve a Tree Hill location. BROOKE : Well.. VICTORIA : That doesn't even make sense. Brooke Davis, you are jeopardizing this company. You're the face of the brand, and your absence can cause irreparable harm. Now, what the hell has gotten into you?! BROOKE : Home. VICTORIA : Are you doing drugs? Because if you are, it's okay. I can spin this in a good way. BROOKE : I have to go. VICTORIA : Brooke. Brooke! (Brooke hang up, she’s just seen a part a the wall that a guy was about to throw away with a quote on it) BROOKE : Excuse me. We're gonna keep this. This belongs here. (The quote says “Somebody told me that this is the place where everything’s better and everything’s safe”) INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan comes into the kitchen, Carrie is already there CARRIE : Did you just walk down the stairs? NATHAN : If by "walking," you mean "falling." CARRIE : You didn't have to come down. I told you I'd bring you some breakfast. NATHAN : What is that? CARRIE : Bacon and eggs. Yes, it's rearranged into a smiley face. I do that sometimes. I'm an optimist. NATHAN : Whatever. Listen, I need you to give me a ride somewhere. Do nannies do that? CARRIE : Sure. I don't have to pick up Jamie for a few hours. Just... let me get your crutches. And no more falling. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Lucas and Skills are taking care of the practice. Haley walks in SKILLS : Hey, pick it up, blue! Let's go! HALEY : Hey, coach, you got a sec? LUCAS : That depends... are you gonna be one of those teachers constantly complaining about my players' grades? HALEY : If your players are failing, you bet your ass I will. LUCAS : Fair enough. Grades are the least of this team's worries. SKILLS : Oh, my God! Can't be serious. LUCAS : How's Quentin? Is he still disrupting your class? HALEY : Actually, no. Quentin has not been in class all week, and I think it's because he got kicked off the team. LUCAS : You can't save 'em all, Hales... Oh God! HALEY : I think your team looks really good. LUCAS : The J.V. is the team in white. In the blue... yeah, those are mine. We're a work in progress. HALEY : Awkward. I'm gonna go to class now. I'll see you later. LUCAS : Haley, how's my little brother doing? HALEY : He's a work in progress. LUCAS : Finish! MOUTH’S OFFICE MOUTH : Excuse me. I found my demo in the trash. ALICE : Perhaps you should have left it there. MOUTH : I don't think so. ALICE : Excuse me? What did you just say? MOUTH : Look, maybe I'm not right for the job, okay? But my audition demo doesn't belong in the trash. I worked really hard on it. ALICE : You're right. That was a mistake... and I'm sorry. I meant to put it in the recycling bin. (Skills arrives and yells from the other side of the hallway) SKILLS : Yo, Mouth! It's early lunch thursday! ALICE : Friends at work... half a strike at least. SKILLS : Thanks. Nice timing, by the way. OUTSIDE PRISON Nathan came visiting his father DAN : Hello, Nathan. It's good to see you, Nathan. Been a long time. NATHAN : 4 years. DAN : 4 years, 15 weeks, 2 days. Counting the days is kind of a popular hobby around here... that and ceramics. Tell me about the accident. NATHAN : It was a moment of anger. I had a chance to walk away, and I didn't do it. And now my punishment is... I get to regret it every day for the rest of my life. DAN : Join the club. My biggest regret's not being able to watch my grandson grow up, losing my family... those are things you still have. How is my grandson? He must be getting big by now. You got a picture of him? NATHAN : I'm not here to talk about Jamie. DAN : I understand. I just always wondered if he knows who I am. NATHAN : He found a picture of you once. We told him that you were his grandfather. He asked where you were. DAN : What'd you tell him? NATHAN : We told him you were dad. LUCAS’ OFFICE AT TREE HILL HIGH Lucas walks in the office, Haley is there LUCAS : Can I help you with something? HALEY : Hi. Sorry. No, I just thought I would lounge here while I'm on my break. LUCAS : You know, they do have a teacher's lounge for that, right? HALEY : Oh, Luke, it's so creepy in there. They're all acting like they're still my teachers. I feel like I'm being graded. LUCAS : You too, huh? HALEY : Yeah. So, I hear you rented out your office space at Tric to Peyton. Lindsey okay with that? LUCAS : Yeah, why not? HALEY : I don't know. Maybe because Peyton's not just another ex-girlfriend and everybody knows that. LUCAS : Haley, I'm just helping out an old friend, okay? That's all. Besides, you know, Lindsey's not really the jealous type. HALEY : Good answer, because I'm having lunch with her in a few minutes. LUCAS : So, this was just a sneak attck? You're just gathering information? HALEY : Yeah, pretty much. LUCAS : How did I not see this coming? HALEY : Because you're a guy, Luke, and guys are... so predictable. RIVERCOURT Skills and Mouth are having lunch SKILLS : Girls are so predictable. MOUTH : She's not a girl... she's a woman. SKILLS : She is a cougar. MOUTH : Whatever she is, she hates me, and it's getting worse every day. SKILLS : That's called "sexual tension," dog. MOUTH : You need to stay off the internet. SKILLS : No, I'm serious. Look, last year, I had this professor, right? She kept on riding me all semester, dog, and not in a good way. But one day, she started bitching at me after class. I planted one on her. MOUTH : You did not. There's no way you did that. SKILLS : That's not all I did. I'm telling you, hook it up. MOUTH : You have finally lost touch with reality. Oh, and by the way, next time you decide to stop by my work, try not to yell out "early lunch thursday!" SKILLS : Okay. I'm telling you, I think you're gonna miss out on some hot cougar love. TERRACE OF A RESTAURANT Lindsey and Haley arrive for their lunch LINDSEY : Remember the first time you invited me to lunch here? HALEY : Oh, thank you. LINDSEY : Said you wanted to get to know me better, but I knew right away, you were sizing me up. HALEY : Oh, I was not. LINDSEY : Haley, you asked me to bring photocopy of my driver's license. HALEY : I was just checking to make sure you were good enough for my best friend. Lucas had been through a lot lately, you know? LINDSEY : Lucas tell you he wrote all night? LUCAS : No, I thought he's been blocked. LINDSEY : Guess he got inspired. HALEY : Oh, that's good. Isn't it? LINDSEY : Yeah. Yeah, as his editor, I'm thrilled, obviously, but as his girlfriend, I can't help but notice the timing. HALEY : Oh, you're talking about Peyton coming back? LINDSEY : I sound like a jealous girlfriend. HALEY : No, you don't. LINDSEY : Thank you. HALEY : Look, I know Lucas better than anyone does. I'm telling you, he's very much in love with you. LINDSEY : Thanks, Haley. HALEY : Okay, now I need you to tell me that I'm not totally insane for hiring a hot nanny. JAMIE’S BEDROOM CARRIE : Wow. I'm pretty sure you have more toys than any other kid on the planet. JAMIE : You can play with them. I don't mind. CARRIE : Thanks. JAMIE : Daddy doesn't like it when I play basketball. CARRIE : Why not? JAMIE : Can you keep a secret? CARRIE : I'm the best at keeping secrets. JAMIE : Okay, but no telling. CARRIE : Okay. (Jamie shows Carrie what he has inside his closet, but we don’t see it) INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM The team is having fun. Lucas and Skills walk in SKILLS : Hey, yeah. It's good to see everybody working on their dunks, considering most of you can't even make a free throw. LUCAS : You guys lost 8 games last year by 3 points or less... 8. Now, does anyone know how many games you won by 3 points or less? SKILLS : I do. Zero. LUCAS : Oh, that's right... none. Now, maybe, if you guys could've ht a few free throws, maybe you could've made the Playoffs. So, this is how we're gonna start... fundamentals. SKILLS : See this spot? We're gonna start practice every day from this line right here. And any player who can't knock down three straight free throws in a row is gonna run... all day. LUCAS : Who wants to prove me wrong? (One player tries and don’t make the sht) SKILLS : Go ahead and start running, superstar. Hey, and don't be high-fiving nobody, either. LUCAS : Who's next? MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth comes back from lunch ALICE : You're late. MOUTH : It's 1:00. ALICE : No, it was 1:00 30 seconds ago, which makes you late... another strike. MOUTH : Why do you hate me so much? ALICE : Why? You know, we gave you a fantastic opportunity here, but it's so obvious to me that you think you are above the work. You don't want to pay your dues. You come in late. You pass around your worthless audition demo. Somehow, I'm a bitch because I've decided that you haven't earned it yet. You know what? Why don't you just face the reality of the situation? You are wasting your time here. You are irrelevant, you are annoying... (Mouth kiss Alice) ALICE : And now you're fired. OUTSIDE PRISON DAN : I know it wasn't easy for you, coming here. It means a lot to me. NATHAN : I didn't come here for you. You know, as long as I can remember, you taught me that basketball was the most important thing in the world. So when I lost it, I thought my life was over. DAN : Only trying to give you the tools you need to succeed. NATHAN : Yeah, and those tools ended up preventing me from succeeding. "Don't ever back down." "Second place is the first loser." Do you remember that? DAN : Don't expect me to apologize for teaching you to play a game that you love, that you chose. NATHAN : A game that nearly destroyed my family. It's not worth it, and my family's all I have now. That's why I'll never let my son play. Basketball's taken enough. DAN : You're not on those crutches 'cause I handed you a basketball when you were 3. And trust me... you not letting your son play is just as bad as you making him play. And that's why you're here... to blame me for what happened to you. NATHAN : No. I've been sitting at home for four months blaming you, and now I'm done. It's time to move on. I'm letting go of the anger, and I'm letting go of you. I just had to look you in the eye when I told you that. I won't be back. DAN : Don't you see, Nathan? The strength you need to let go of it, to leave your old man behind... that's what I taught you. NATHAN : Lesson learned. DAN : I love you, son. PEYTON’S NEW OFFICE AT TRIC Peyton is arranging her stuff, Lindsey arrives LINDSEY : Wow. This is officially the coolest office I've ever been in. PEYTON : Yeah. Now I just need to sign a couple bands and prove to myself it wasn't all a big mistake. LINDSEY : From what I've heard about you, I don't think that's gonna be a problem. PEYTON : I hope you're right. LINDSEY : Oh, this is for you. (Lindsey gives her a bamboo) LINDSEY : It's supposed to bring good luck. It's a lucky bamboo. They don't need much sunlight. Just make sure you water it every day. PEYTON : I will. Thank you. LINDSEY : Well, I hope it all works out. I know we just met, but I just wanted you to know that I'm here. PEYTON : Good to know. LINDSEY : Bye, Peyton. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Skills is still in the gym with the team. All players are running. Lucas walks in LUCAS : Are you telling me not one of them made their free throws? SKILLS : Let's just put it this way... we could have built a new gym with all them bricks. You know they're counting on us to turn this thing around, right? This season. LUCAS : They'll get better. SKILLS : Yeah? If they don't, maybe we can start a track team. Come on! Keep going! Run, run, run! Pick it up! INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Carrie is in the living room, Nathan arrives CARRIE : Hey, how'd you get home? NATHAN : Took a cab. CARRIE : You took an hour-long cab ride? That must have cost a fortune. I would have picked you up. NATHAN : No, don't worry about it. I get the handicap discount. CARRIE : You'd think, in this town, they'd have a state championship discount. I went to Pontiac. You bat us in the championship game. I cried for a week. NATHAN : Sorry. CARRIE : So, how does it feel to be a hometown hero? NATHAN : I'm not that guy anymore, all right? Trust me... I'm nobody's hero. CARRIE : You sure about that? Carrie brings Nathan in Jamie’s room, who’s sleeping. She shows him his closet CARRIE : Looks like you're somebody's hero. (We see one of Nathan’s trophy, some newspaper pages and a drawing) BROOKE’S NEW CLOTHES OVER BROS BOUTIQUE Lucas walks in LUCAS : I promised my mom I'd send her a photo once you got finished destroying her café. BROOKE : Okay, that's not fair. I hated doing it. But I kept the sign. (Brooke shows him the quote) LUCAS : I'll make sure I mention it in my e-mail. So, what made you want to open up a shop here in Tree Hill? BROOKE : Same reason you're coaching the Ravens. It's home. And it's good to be home. What do you think? LUCAS : I got to be honest... I think it's the perfect way to continue the legacy of Karen's Café. I'm just amazed at how quickly you got this place together. You're very impressive, Brooke Davis. BROOKE : Yeah, that's what they tell me. LUCAS : So, is it everything you imagined? Having your own fashion line? BROOKE : Today it is. Ask me again tomorrow. PEYTON’S NEW OFFICE AT TRIC Peyton is still arranging her stuff. Haley arrives HALEY : Hey, so this is it, huh? You're doing it. PEYTON : Yeah, hopefully, it's just the beginning. HALEY : Wow, I can say I was here when it all started. Maybe I should steal something to commemorate the occasion. PEYTON : Well, if there's no stopping you... (Peyton shows Haley Lindsey’s gift) HALEY : Oh... Bamboo. PEYTON : Lucky bamboo. It was from Lindsey. HALEY : Lucas' Lindsey? PEYTON : Is that her nickname or something? HALEY : This is actually really nice of her. PEYTON : Suspiciously nice. HALEY : Oh, stop it. Keep this. PEYTON : It really did just feel like she was coming over here to mark her territory. And then she said, "I just wanted you to know I'm here." HALEY : So she was letting you know that, if you need anything, she's here to help. PEYTON : She was letting me know she's not going anywhere. HALEY : I got to be honest with you. That just really doesn't sound like her, but, I mean, even if she is doing that and marking her territory, what difference does it make? It's not like you came back to town for Lucas, right? PEYTON : No. I did not come back here for Lucas... I came back here for me. HALEY : Good. That's what I thought. (Music in the background) HALEY : So, who's this band? Peyton and Haley walk in the other room where a band is performing PEYTON : Great sound check. HALEY : Yeah, really great. PEYTON : They're local... and they're unsigned. HALEY : You can tell that just by looking at them? PEYTON : Well, four years in L.A. at least gave me that. INTERIOR OF A HOUSE Brooke is visiting the house with the owner WOMAN : Well, what do you think? BROOKE : I love the house, especially the furniture. I love the coffee table. WOMAN : We found that in Greece two summers ago. BROOKE : I want it. WOMAN : You... want the coffee table? BROOKE : I want everything... the house, the furniture, and if you can be gone in an hour, I'll throw in an extra $30,000. WOMAN : Enjoy your new house! (The woman takes her cat and then looks at Brooke) WOMAN : You didn't want Beasley, did you? BROOKE : No. You can keep Beasley. WOMAN : There's a roast in the oven. BROOKE : I love roast. Bye. RIVERCOURT, NIGHT Quentin is playing alone, Haley comes to see him QUENTIN : You must be lost. HALEY : No, actually, I've spent more time on this court than you ever will. I want you to come back to school. QUENTIN : Ain't nothing left for me up there. HALEY : "Isn't anything left." And there's more to life than basketball, Quentin. I mean, you... you got to graduate. QUENTIN : What's it matter to you? HALEY : Listen to me. Half the kids that drop out of high school have no job, and the ones that do earn a job earn 25% less than the kids that stayed in school and 63% less than the ones that graduated college. So, for me, it doesn't matter, but for you, Quentin, it matters a lot. I'm not kidding. QUENTIN : Or maybe you're just hot for me, Mrs. James-Scott. HALEY : All right, I tried. (Haley leaves) PEYTON’S NEW OFFICE AT TRIC The leader of the band comes to see Peyton PEYTON : Thank you for meeting with me. JASON : What is this about? PEYTON : Well, I think you guys are really great. JASON : Look, I'm kind of tired, so if this is just some fan-club crap... PEYTON : Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry. Please, sit down. I own my own record label, and I would really love to sign you guys. JASON : Why should we sign with you? PEYTON : Well, I was in L.A. for the last four years working at a major label, but I decided to leave because I thought I could do better on my own. And when I hear bands like yours, I know I can. The majors are a mess right now, and so, if you sign with me, I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure you guys get to be where you want to be. JASON : So, what other bands do you have? PEYTON : As of right now? I mean, there's nobody yet. I wanted you guys to be my first. JASON : Look, my ex-girlfriend told me the same thing prom night. She was a lying bitch. We're gonna pass, but thanks. PEYTON : Lucky bamboo. (Peyton takes the bamboo and put it in the trash) LUCAS’ HOUSE Lindsey is in the kitchen, Peyton walks in LINDSEY : Peyton. Hi. You just missed Lucas. PEYTON : Actually, I came by to see you. LINDSEY : Great. What's up? PEYTON : Why did you bring me that lucky bamboo? LINDSEY : Well, I just wa... PEYTON : No, I'll tell you why. You were marking your territory, and that's okay. I get it. But for the record, I am not after Lucas, okay? LINDSEY : I didn't think you were. PEYTON : Then, what do you want? 'Cause, seriously, people are just not that nice. LINDSEY : Peyton, my whole life, I wanted to be an editor, so when I made it, a friend of mine gave me a lucky bamboo for my office. Now, I'm not naive enough to think that I found my way because of some plant on my desk, but that plant was a symbol that I had finally made it. That's all I was trying to give you... a reminder of the first day you started living your dream. It's good to know you're not after Lucas. (Lindsey is holding the door for Peyton to leave) LINDSEY : Good luck. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Skills is looking inside of the gym from the doorway, Lucas joins him The players are making their free throws SKILLS : Man, you ain't gonna believe this. I guess they got tired of running. LUCAS : Or they just got tired of losing. SKILLS : Nice work, coach. LUCAS : You too, coach. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is exercising, Carrie walks in CARRIE : How's the physical therapy going? NATHAN : It hurts. CARRIE : Good. No pain, no gain. NATHAN : You sound like my dad. CARRIE : Sorry. I used to be a personal trainer. I am full of motivational catch phrases. That's who you were visiting yesterday at the prison... it was your dad, right? NATHAN : I'd rather not talk about it. CARRIE : Does Haley know you went to see him? NATHAN : No, she doesn't. And I'd like to keep it that way. CARRIE : I'm not here to meddle. Unless I'm invited in, I mind my own business. But if she asks me, I won't lie. NATHAN : That's fair. And listen, it's good that you're here. I've pretty much been a jackass for the past few months, and Haley deserves better. I know it's been really hard on her. CARRIE : You know, if you want to do something nice for Haley, you might want to try investing in a razor. INTERIOR TRIC Peyton walks in to talk to the band PEYTON : So, maybe I don't have any other bands. There's something my label has that the others don't... me. And I have a lot of experience, more than you'd think. And the other thing that I have that none of the other labels have is an interest in you guys. I can have you in a recording studio tomorrow. So if it is really about the music, you might want to reconsider. Have a good show. MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth walks into Alice’s office MOUTH : Before I go, I need to say something. ALICE : Of course you do. You're like a bug that can't be squashed. MOUTH : You never gave me a chance. You hated me from the start because of how I look. It's always about how people look. I mean, take you. You dress all uptight, hiding your hot body behind your cold personality. But at the end of the day, you know you got it. You know, go hire your hot anchor and hang out with your hot friends and be hot, but you'll never know what you're missing, 'cause I'm good at what I do, and I'm gonna prove you wrong. (Mouth starts to leave but Alice stops him and kiss him) ALICE : That was kind of hot. MOUTH : Yeah. (They kiss again) GARAGE OF NATHAN AND HALEY Haley arrives in her car and stays inside for a while. Carrie comes to see her CARRIE : Tough day? HALEY : Yeah. I can't remember the last one that wasn't. I just think I'm realizing that I can't help everybody, and I still somehow feel responsible. I don't know why I keep trying. Maybe I'm avoiding this... you know, coming home. That's such a terrible thing to say, I know. It hasn't been easy. CARRIE : Well, you should go inside. There's someone waiting to see you. HALEY : Jamie... he's such a good boy, isn't he? CARRIE : Bye. HALEY : Bye. Thank you. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley arrives HALEY : Jamie. Where'd you go, Jimjams? (Haley walks into the dining room, the table is set. Jamie and Nathan, who’s shaved, are waiting for her) HALEY : What is this? NATHAN : It's the beginning. HALEY : Of what? NATHAN : Of the way it's gonna be from now on. I know that it's gonna take a lot more than dinner... but I figured it's a start, right? HALEY : I've missed you. HALEY : So, how was your day? NATHAN : Oh, enough about me. How was your day? JAMIE : Yeah, how was your day, mama? HALEY : Oh, my day just got a lot better. Well, I'm starving. Let's eat. NATHAN : Lets' eat. Give me that plate. Well, I can't vouch for any of this, because Jamie made it all. HALEY : Oh, no. NATHAN : I just watched BROOKE’S NEW CLOTHES OVER BROS BOUTIQUE Peyton walks in PEYTON : Brooke, this place looks great. Think, if I can't sign any bands soon, maybe I can get a job here? BROOKE : I'm sorry, darling, you're not nearly bitchy enough to work in one of my stores. PEYTON : Oh, I don't know about that. I have references. Just ask Lindsey. BROOKE : Lucas' Lindsey? PEYTON : Does everyone call her that? BROOKE : Were you mean to her? PEYTON : No, she was marking her territory, and I just called her on it. She thinks I'm after Lucas. BROOKE : She said that? PEYTON : She didn't have to... it was obvious. She showed up with this, like, bad-luck bamboo thing and a story about how it was, like, a symbol of my dream, but I'm pretty sure it was just to guilt-trip me. BROOKE : Peyton... PEYTON : And then... get this... she says to me, "I just want you to know, I'm here." What is that?! I mean, you're opening up your own store, and does she bring you a lucky bamboo? (Brooke shows Peyton hers) PEYTON : I'm such a bitch. BROOKE : Look on the bright side... now I'd hire you to work in one of my stores in a second. PEYTON : No, really, I suck. BROOKE : Yeah, you do. Matter of fact, it's a wonder that you have any friends at all, but you do. Come with me. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley and Nathan are sitting on the couch, talking HALEY : So, the entire class stands up, and I said, "any student that walks out that door fails this quarter." NATHAN : You didn't say that. HALEY : I totally did. NATHAN : You're, like... you're, like, the mean teacher. That's kind of hot. (Jamie join his parents) HALEY : Well, well, don't you think it's a little past your bedtime, mister? JAMIE : I think so. NATHAN : Hey, I'll tell you what... since it's a special occasion, I think we should stay up a little later tonight, unless you're too tired. JAMIE : No, I'm not tired! HALEY : Okay. Come here. NATHAN : I was thinking maybe we could go outside and sht around with this thing. Is that something you'd like to do with me? JAMIE : I don't know. NATHAN : Yeah. I don't really know, either. JAMIE : No, no, no! Play! NATHAN : All right, well, let's see if you're ready. Show me your jump sht. Nice! Nice arc. Use that follow-through. There you go. BROOKE’S NEW HOUSE Brooke is covering Peyton’s eyes while they enter the house BROOKE : Surprise. PEYTON : You rented a house? BROOKE : Well, not exactly. PEYTON : Brooke, you did not just buy this house. What are you thinking?! BROOKE : What... you don't like it? PEYTON : No, it's incredible! BROOKE : Good, 'cause that's your room. PEYTON : Oh, my God! INTERIOR PRISON GUARD (to Dan) : Your son left this for you earlier. (He gave Dan an envelope. There is a picture of Jamie inside) OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is playing with his ball NATHAN : Try one more time. Beautiful. That was awesome. You'll be doing that on 10-foot baskets someday. (Haley is watching from a far) NATHAN : All right, let's see some more. Nice! PEYTON’S OFFICE AT TRIC Jason walks in JASON : So, we're gonna give you a chance. Don't let us down. PEYTON : I won't. (Peyton is taking her bamboo from the trash and put it in her desk) LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is working, Lindsey walks in LINDSEY : I've been putting on a brave face for a few weeks now. You have these two gorgeous ex-girlfriends back in town, and I'm trying so hard to be okay with it, but I have to ask you a question, and I promise, I'll never ask it again. Should I be worried about us? LUCAS : Lindsey... I love you. That is never gonna change. You have nothing to worry about. TERRACE OF BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke and Peyton are sitting, watching the sunrise PEYTON : Hey, you know what? I just thought of something. What if Lucas' Lindsey gave you a lucky bamboo because she was marking her territory with you, too? BROOKE : Let it go. PEYTON : I'm calling her "Lucas' Lindsey" now. God. BROOKE : Yeah... PEYTON : Look at the view. Look, this place is beautiful, but... BROOKE : But? PEYTON : I just worry I'm keeping you from your life. I know you came down here for me. BROOKE : You know, in New York, I had everything I thought I wanted... money, celebrity, success. But you know what I didn't have? Sunrise with my best friend. (Victoria just walks in) VICTORIA : Well, isn't that sweet? BROOKE : What are you doing here? VICTORIA : When you stupidly charge a house to the company, we have to confirm the address. Vacation's over. It's time to get back to work. BROOKE : Forget it. I'm staying here. VICTORIA : Stop being a spoiled brat. There's a flight in a few hours. I will be on it, and you will be sitting next to me. BROOKE : No, I'm not going back. VICTORIA : Brooke. BROOKE : Mother. VICTORIA : I'll see you on the plane, my dutiful daughter. Goodbye, Peyton. PEYTON : Goodbye, Mrs. Davis. (Victoria leaves) PEYTON : Well, your mom's still a bitch. What are you gonna do?	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x03 - My Way Home is Through You"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS (voiceover) : My name is Lucas Scott. Four years ago, I graduated from high school with my friends, and we all went our separate ways. Recently, we've all come home. My ex-girlfriend Peyton is starting a new record label... JASON : So we're gonna give you a chance. Don't let us down. PEYTON : I won't. LUCAS (voiceover) : ...and getting to know my new girlfriend, Lindsey... sort of. LINDSEY : Peyton, hi. You just missed Lucas. PEYTON : Yeah, actually, I came here to see you. But for the record, I'm not after Lucas, okay? LUCAS (voiceover) : Haley just hired a nanny for her son, Jamie. JAMIE : Look, mama. Me and daddy made mud. HALEY : I'm sorry. Who am I kidding? How soon could you start? LUCAS (voiceover) : Because her husband, Nathan's, been in a wheelchair, but now seems to be recovering in more ways than one. HALEY : What is this? NATHAN : I figure it's a start, right? HALEY : I've really missed you. LUCAS (voiceover) : Mouth started a job... and other things with his new boss, Alice. Brooke opened a local store for her fashion line, but she also found that sometimes your problems follow you home. BROOKE : What are you doing here? VICTORIA : Vacation's over. It's time to get back to work. BROOKE : No. I'm not going back. VICTORIA : Brooke. BROOKE : Mother. VICTORIA : I'll see you on the plane, my beautiful daughter. LUCAS (voiceover) : Like I said, we're all home now, maybe hoping that the things we were looking for were right here in Tree Hill all along. ONE TREE HILL BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE PEYTON : Heya, roomie. So, I've got a plan on how we deal with Victoria. BROOKE : Really? PEYTON : Ready? I'll get the shovel, and you get 10 feet of rope... Too much? BROOKE : Maybe. And what about you? Don't you have a band to turn into rock stars or something? PEYTON : Yes. Today is our first day in-studio. I've got to do some other stuff beforehand, though. BROOKE : Okay. Good luck. PEYTON : Brooke. You're doing great. LUCAS (voiceover) : Much as some of us fight it, our parents have a mystical hold over us... the power to affect our thoughts and emotions the way only they can. It's a bond that changes over time but doesn't diminish, even if they're half a world away... or in another world entirely. It's a power we never fully understand. We're left only to wonder that when our time comes, what kind of hold will we have on our children? INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan, Haley, Carrie and Jamie are in the kitchen for breakfast JAMIE : Daddy, can we play ball again? Now? HALEY : No, not right now, sweetie. Maybe later. Thank you. JAMIE : I want to play every day. He sh*t. He scores. Straight to the hole, playas. HALEY : Okay. I guess we got to stop leaving him with Skills. CARRIE : Come on, champ. There's a bath with your name on it. (Carrie takes Jamie and leave the kitchen) HALEY : So how are you doing? NATHAN : I'm trying. There's good days and bad days, right? It's a good thing we don't have to worry about money, but I got to figure out what I'm gonna do. Not all of us can have it together all the time. HALEY : Please, if you only knew. NATHAN : I thought you had those kids in line. HALEY : You remember Quentin? The one that walked out after I thrat to fail him? Well... Next thing I know, he got cut from the basketball team and he stopped showing up at school. NATHAN : That's not your fault. HALEY : Yeah, but I'm a teacher. I'm supposed to be saving these kids, not running them off. I tried to talk with him, but he wouldn't listen to me. Oh, maybe if he... had somebody he could relate to. NATHAN : Whatever you're thinking, stop it. HALEY : Come on. NATHAN : Haley, I'm the last person that should be giving anybody a talk. HALEY : You're, like, a basketball God or something to these guys. And you're not a teacher, which will really help. I think he might listen to you. NATHAN : All right. I'll think about it. HALEY : Thank you. For what it's worth, I think it might give you another good day. NATHAN : Really? HALEY : Yeah... So, are you bringing back the mullet, or what? MOUTH’S BEDROOM Mouth is in his bed, Alice is dressing up MOUTH : You know, you're really hot when you're not yelling about how much I suck. ALICE : See you at work. Don't be late, okay? MOUTH : Yes, ma'am. (Alice leaves the room. After a while, Skills walks in) MOUTH : Do you ever knock? SKILLS : What's that? MOUTH : I don't smell anything. SKILLS : Perfume. Yeah, Chanel 5 elixir... choice of a classy older woman. Ooh! Claw marks! Somebody tussled with a cougar last night! MOUTH : You're out of your mind. SKILLS : It was your boss lady, wasn't it? Damn, I knew it! Office dragon lady by day, sex machine to entry-level chumps by night. MOUTH : I don't know what you're talking about. SKILLS : My boy, you need to ask for a raise! CLOTHES OVER BROS BROOKE : Okay, guys. We open in a day, so how is it possible that the light panel doesn't work? VICTORIA : I don't see luggage. So... this is why you disappeared from your work and your life and your family... for a half-built shop in the middle of a half-dad town. BROOKE : Don't say that. Tree Hill's home. VICTORIA : Not anymore. Get in the car. BROOKE : No. VICTORIA : Brooke... BROOKE : Just listen to me, please. For the last couple of years, you have told me what to do, who to date, what to say. And I've let you because you are the brains behind this whole operation. VICTORIA : And the company didn't seem to suffer. BROOKE : I agree, and I am grateful, but I've learned a lot, and I know that I can do this. Just give me a chance to prove it to you. VICTORIA : All right. All right. I can't force you to go back to New York. If this is what you really want, I'll respect your decision. BROOKE : Thank you. VICTORIA : I should commend you for opening a shop yourself. Just dealing with the inventory, the catering, and the publicity... but I'm sure you've taken care of all that by now. BROOKE : Of course. (Victoria leaves, Brooke takes her phone) BROOKE : Millicent? Hi. It's me. I need your help. RIVERCOURT Quentin is playing alone. Nathan arrives QUENTIN : What brings the great Nathan Scott around here, huh? Checking out the next big thing? NATHAN : That crossover wouldn't work in the NBA or college, but it's not bad. QUENTIN : Yeah. You got any suggestions? NATHAN : Could try the fadeaway. QUENTIN : The fadeaway's weak. So... I heard you mixed it up back in your day, huh? Girls. Bookies. A little point-shaving. NATHAN : That was a long time ago, Quentin. SKILLS : Oh, you ain't got to explain nothing to me, playa. People like you and me, man, we're just misunderstood. NATHAN : Is that why you dropped out of school? Teachers didn't get you? SKILLS : You should be thankful. One more year, I'd have broke your scoring record. NATHAN : Maybe there's something we can do about that. INTERIOR LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas and Lindsey are kissing LUCAS : Why do you always look extra sexy right before you're about to leave? LINDSEY : Oh, because I'm mean like that. I'll be back from New York late sunday. Try and stay out of trouble while I'm gone. LUCAS : Come on. What kind of trouble could I get in without you? (Lindsey opens the door, Peyton is outside) PEYTON : Hi. (Lindsey shut the door in front of Peyton) EXTERIOR LUCAS’ BEDROOM Peyton is still in front of Lucas’ door and knock. Lindsey comes out LINDSEY : Change of plans. That was a joke. Sorry. PEYTON : It's okay. I deserve it. LINDSEY : Lucas is getting dressed, but he'll be out in a sec. PEYTON : Actually, I wanted to apologize for yesterday. You were being nice, and I got bitchy and weird, and I'm really sorry. LINDSEY : Don't worry about it. PEYTON : Okay. Anyway, Brooke's having her store opening tomorrow, and I didn't know if maybe you wanted to go together. We could go get dinner beforehand and... clean slate, you know? LINDSEY : I'd love to, but I'm about to hop on a plane to New York. Actually, Lucas is going. You two should go together. He hates going to those things alone. PEYTON : I couldn't. I'm sorry. Honestly, I would just feel way too guilty after how I behaved. LINDSEY : I know. I'm counting on it. Besides, you'd have to be a pretty awful person to do what you did and then ht on my boyfriend while I'm out of town. Like you said, clean slate. You two have fun. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Skills is taking care of the practice, Nathan arrives SKILLS : Nathan Scott... standing up and looking good. NATHAN : How's it going? SKILLS : You know... everybody expecting us to turn this thing around this season, so the pressure's on. NATHAN : If anybody can do it, it's you and Lucas. SKILLS : True dat. But we ain't miracle workers. (Lucas arrives) LUCAS : Hey, little bro. You look great. NATHAN : Feel terrible. I just wanted to thank you for being there for Haley and Jamie. LUCAS : Don't worry about it. So, you here to teach these kids how to win a championship? NATHAN : I have an idea on where to start. You could put Quentin back on the team. LUCAS : Haley put you up to this. NATHAN : She's got a thing for lost causes. And I watched the kid play. He's really good. LUCAS : I'm not saying the kid doesn't have talent. The fact is, I don't have time to coach him or deal with his crap or teach him to play an unselfish game. NATHAN : Okay. What if I did? LUCAS : You're gonna come to practice? Every practice? Every day, five days a week? NATHAN : If that's what it takes. LUCAS : All right. I'll do it for you, but not for him. Welcome back, Nate. NATHAN : Thanks, man. LUCAS : All right. Three-man weave. Line it up. PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO Peyton is working with the new band PEYTON : He, guys! Guys! That's great. That sounds really good. Jason, maybe this time, let's play a little bit slower. I think it'll make it more intense, you know? JASON : Sure thing. PEYTON : Cool. PEYTON : Hey, guys, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I think that's the same tempo. JASON : Yeah, it is. PEYTON : All right. Maybe I wasn't clear. JASON : Look, these are my songs, Peyton. We play them my way. Nobody's gonna change that. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley walks in. Carrie and Jamie are there. HALEY : Hi. I'm so sorry I'm late. JAMIE : Hi, mom. HALEY : Hi, baby. Ooh, I love you. I had a mountain of papers to grade. I just have a couple more rands to run, and then I'll take Jamie out of your hair. CARRIE : Actually, I saw your to-do list on the fridge and thought I'd help out. I picked up the dry cleaning. Nathan's prescription's on the counter. And we baked dairy-free brownies for Jamie's playdate with Chuck. JAMIE : He's lactose-intolerant. HALEY : Yes, he is. I totally spaced about his playdate. I'm so sorry. CARRIE : Don't sweat it. That's what I'm here for. Have a lactose-free afternoon. JAMIE : Bye, mama. HALEY : Bye. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke is still working on the shop before the opening BROOKE : All right, guys. Let's pick up the pace, please. We're shorthanded as it is. Thank you. (Brooke turns around, and Victoria’s there) BROOKE : Well, well... you know, this morning I was half expecting you to disown me. VICTORIA : Oh, Brooke, I want what's best for you. Someday you'll realize that. So, what can I do? I'm offering my help if you want it. Good God. What is that? BROOKE : That is my assistant Millicent. VICTORIA : Tell me again why you have an assistant who dresses like a slavic bag lady. BROOKE : Stop it. She's great. And what you can do to help me is do inventory with her. (Brooke leaves and Millicent comes by) MILLICENT : Hi, Victoria. I'm really excited to be here. VICTORIA : Call the New York office. I want the latest couture line brought in. MILLICENT : Absolutely. How many pieces? VICTORIA : All of them. MILLICENT : But why... VICTORIA : Go! OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Peyton and Haley are sitting on the verge of the pool, talking. Nathan is exercising in the pool. PEYTON : I just don't understand how someone who can write such soulful songs can be such a dick, you know? PEYTON (talking about the brownies) : These are awesome. HALEY : At least the band sounds good, you know? PEYTON : Yeah, but something's not right, you know? I mean, they have magic, but... Anyway, I know you're super swamped, but if I can borrow you for like two hours... NATHAN : Hales, you should do it. HALEY : I don't know. I've got the housework and Jamie. CARRIE : Oh, yeah. It's too bad we don't have somebody to take care of that, like... I don't know... maybe a nanny? Just go. HALEY : Okay. PEYTON : Cool. LUCAS’ OFFICE AT TREE HILL HIGH Quentin walks in, Lucas is there QUENTIN : You wanted to see me? LUCAS : Close the door. QUENTIN : Let me guess, huh? You want me back, right? (Quentin makes himself comfortable and put his feet on the desk) LUCAS : Take your feet off my desk. QUENTIN : Oh, man, I get it. Local boy becomes coach, feels pressure to win big, needs a star player to make it happen. Yeah, I guess I could help you out. LUCAS : Let me tell you how it's gonna go. I'm the coach. You do what I say, and I do not ask you twice. For instance, there's the matter of your feet on my desk. (Quentin takes his feet off the desk) LUCAS : I'm building a team. You play your part and do as I say or you are gone. Just so we're clear. QUENTIN : Look, we both know I'm the best sh*ting guard in the state, so why don't we just cut the crap, huh? I'm not playing no zone defense. Matter of fact, I might not play no defense at all. And on offense, I need my minutes, so I'm'a play when I want and I'm'a sit when I want. And that weak-ass point guard? Find somebody that's gonna feed me the ball, man. You do that, you can stand on the sideline, hold your little clipboard, and watch me work. And when we win, I might even let you take the credit. (Quentin starts leaving) QUENTIN : Oh, you can call me "Q," coach. I like you, man, but, uh, that's how it's gonna go. Just so we're clear. PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO The band is still working. Peyton and Haley are in the booth HALEY : Yeah. You're right. I mean, they're definitely raw, but there's something there. PEYTON : Yeah. HALEY : Do you mind if I... PEYTON : No. Be my guest. Just watch out for Jason. He's... That's Jason. (Haley goes talk to them) HALEY : You guys sound amazing. The hook is really great. I think this might be a little repetitive, just... over and over, and if you try and alternate the verses with something just even as simple as... (The girl at the piano, Mia, starts playing something) HALEY : Yeah. Yeah, exactly. JASON : That's great but if it's all the same to you, I think we'll do it my way. PEYTON : Well, I'm really liking this. JASON : Oh, you're talking now? Thought your lesbian girlfriend was calling the shts. HALEY : Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to step on you creatively. I just have some experience... JASON : Playing the church organ? PEYTON : Actually, she's had a major record deal and a billboard ht and a sold-out national tour, whereas you are the lead singer of a band that plays for free beer in dive bars. So yes, you could benefit from her. JASON : Whatever. I'm taking a smoke break. PEYTON : No, Jason. You have one hour left in the studio. MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth is working, one of his co-worker comes in, Jerry JERRY : So, Mouth, saw you coming out of Alice's office. MOUTH : You did? JERRY : Boy, she must have really worked you over. Hey, man, hey... don't let it get to you, okay? Alice hates everyone. Look, we got a good, solid crew here, but you'd never know it. Not the way she tears into us. MOUTH : Yeah, she does like calling the shts. JERRY : Yeah, well, she's lucky she's so hot, huh? You know, I just wish someone would stand up to her someday. PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO Peyton and Haley are still there alone PEYTON : I'm really sorry about Jason. HALEY : It's okay. I've worked with self-centered musicians before. Chris Keller ring a bell? PEYTON : Only his own. HALEY : You know, if you're open to it, I'd really like to work with them. PEYTON : Like produce the record? Aren't you kind of busy? HALEY : Yeah, a few days ago I was. But then Carrie came around and I actually had time to think. You know what I realized? I'm 21 years old. Nathan and I got married and had Jamie so young, and it feels like we already lived our lives, but we're just starting out like everybody else is. And just because I'm a wife and a mother and a teacher, it doesn't mean I can't achieve some self-transcendence by doing something else that I love. PEYTON : Well, guess what. Job's yours, so calm down, okay? HALEY : Thank you very much. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke is still working on the shop before the opening with Millicent, Victoria and also Peyton, Lucas, Mouth. Millicent arrives with some pizzas BROOKE : All right, guys. Come and get it. Now, words cannot express how much I appreciate you all being here on a friday night doing manual labor, so I'm just gonna say this... do not get food on the clothes. Millicent will be distributing handi wipes... use them. Break's over in 20 minutes, and I love you all. LUCAS : It's good to see that success and fame hasn't changed her. PEYTON : No really it hasn’t, you should have seen her at cheer camp. LUCAS : Hey, how's the new band going? PEYTON : I thought it was gonna be all good times and groovy tunes, and nobody warned me about obnoxious, elf-righteous musicians. LUCAS : You've always been capable of a lot more than you've given yourself credit for. (Brooke goes to see her mom) BROOKE : So, what do you think? VICTORIA : Truthfully, this afternoon I didn't think it could be done. But somehow, you have pulled it off. You should feel very proud. BROOKE : I'm glad you're here for this. VICTORIA : Me too. (Brooke leaves and Peyton comes to see Victoria) PEYTON : Hi, Mrs. Davis. I just want to tell you I think it's really great you're supporting Brooke's decision to stay. I know it means so much to her. VICTORIA : Of course I support my daughter. But let's be clear. The only reason that Brooke returned to this backwater town is because her loser friend couldn't cut it in Los Angeles. That's why I'm here... to make sure that my daughter is not completely exploited by her parasitic so-called friend. So you get your little act together before you ruin her life, too. PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO Mia is playing. Haley walks in HALEY : Wow, Mia. That's really great. Did you write it? MIA : Oh, it doesn't matter. Jason writes all our songs. HALEY : Has the band ever played it? MIA : Really, it's... it's nothing, you know? Jason writes all our stuff, so... (Mia leaves) INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Practice. Quentin’s playing SKILLS : Four passes before you sht. Four passes before you sht. QUENTIN : What y'all gonna do about that? Yeah, that's right... nothing. QUENTIN (to Nathan) : That's for you, playa. LUCAS : He's all yours. NATHAN : Jeez. Can I cut him? CLOTHES OVER BROS MILLICENT : The store looks really great, Brooke. I can't believe your friends pulled an all-nighter. BROOKE : I know.They're pretty wonderful. But I bet you have friends who'd do the same for you. MILLICENT : I don't have a lot of real friends in New York. BROOKE : Yeah. Well, neither do I. Now, I have a question. There's a lot more high-end stuff in the store than I remember ordering. Did we... MILLICENT : Actually, Victoria... VICTORIA : Victoria asked you to fix the window display yesterday. A little less chit-chat, a little more work, yes? (Millicent leaves) VICTORIA : She's very frumpy. We should f*re her. BROOKE : Stop. MOUTH’S OFFICE There’re lots of people working in the recording studio, including Mouth when Alice walks in ALICE : Hey, if you cannot fix this crappy feed, then pick up your next check at the unemployment office. MOUTH : It's not his fault. ALICE : What was that? MOUTH : It's not his fault the feed's off. If you'd let people here do their jobs right in the first place, maybe things would run better. ALICE (to Mouth) : In my office. Mouth and Alice in her office ALICE : Never talk back to me in front of the crew again. But that was kind of hot. (They kiss) RIVERCOURT Quentin is playing, Nathan arrives QUENTIN : If it ain't my biggest fan. NATHAN : You need to start listening to your coaches, Quentin. QUENTIN : They need me more than I need them, man. NATHAN : Only reason you're back on that team is because I'm vouching for you. QUENTIN : I don't remember asking you for no help. NATHAN : Hey... I get it, okay? I used to be just like you, Quentin. QUENTIN : Okay. NATHAN : But it's not gonna help you win games. More importantly, it's not gonna help your relationships with other people. QUENTIN : Other people? Who needs other people when you got this? (Quentin makes a dunk) NATHAN : Keep thinking like that and you're gonna blow it. You listen to me, I'll get you to the State Championship. QUENTIN : Look, man, I gave you respect 'cause you got game... had game. But now you're just an old gimpy-ass has-been trying to tell me what to do. PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO The band is there, Jason arrives. HALEY : Jason, you can't keep doing this, man. JASON : Doing what? HALEY : Showing up late. Studio time costs money, and it's by the hour. JASON : So? It's not my money. HALEY : Okay. You're not gonna become a rock star by having a few decent melodies. You actually have to have hard work and dedication. JASON : Whatever. HALEY : All right. You know what? You can go. JASON : I can go? HALEY : Yes. I'm dismissing you from the band. You are not needed any longer. JASON : You're dismissing me from my own band? HALEY : Yes, only it's not your band anymore. I just kicked you out. JASON : We'll see about that. Later, Peyton and Haley are talking inside the booth PEYTON : You cannot kick him out of the band! He is the band! Haley, Brooke put up a lot of money for this, okay? I quit my job. I asked you to produce the band, not break them up, and without Jason, I have no band! HALEY : Just hear me out, because you said that there was something magical about their sound and you couldn't figure out what it was, right? It's Mia. PEYTON : Who? HALEY : Mia... she's the keyboard player. She's the magic, Peyton, and I'm telling you, her spark is getting squashed by this ass of a singer. JASON : I knew we shouldn't have signed with your crap label! HALEY : Peyton, I know how important this is to you. I promise you I am not wrong. PEYTON : Jason... you're fired. JASON : What the... Peyton and Haley come back into the recording room JASON : Stupid, stupid label. Can't win. You know what? You can come with me or stay and suck. Thanks, dog. That's what I thought. (The guys in the band follow Jason) JASON : Mia, let's go. HALEY : Mia, if you stay, you're gonna make a great record. I'll help you. JASON : Mia, now. MIA : I think I'm gonna stay. JASON : You're an idiot. MIA : Don't call me an idiot! And stop playing the ballads. Those are mine. JASON : You know what? You just made a big mistake. All of you. Later, bitches. (Jason leaves) HALEY : Everything's gonna be okay. I promise. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE AT NIGHT Lucas came to pick up Peyton for the store opening. They are on the terrace LUCAS : You look amazing. PEYTON : Okay. I'm sorry. Is this weird? Because it feels really weird. LUCAS : Okay. Look. We had a relationship. Okay? We can't pretend that we didn't. But... before that, we were really close friends. There's no reason we can't have that again. Right? PEYTON : Right. CLOTHES OVER BROS Lots of people arrive for the opening PEYTON : Brooke, how awesome is this? BROOKE : I know. I think that the whole town showed up. LUCAS : I can't blame them. There hasn't been a party here since... well, ever. Can't believe I got in looking like this. BROOKE : Oh, stop. Where's Lindsey? LUCAS : She's in New York. I came with Peyton. Haley is looking some clothes NATHAN : That is some dress. HALEY : I don't know. You don't think it's too sexy? It's not something a respectable wife or mother would wear. NATHAN : You should definitely get it. BROOKE : The dress is on me. HALEY : No. I can't let you do that. BROOKE : I can do anything I want. It's my party. Think of it as a present for taking such good care of my godson. Sorry I don't have anything for you, Nate. NATHAN : That's a present for me, too. Victoria is talking to Millicent VICTORIA : And these press kits look just... pathetic. Coming from you, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. (Victoria leaves, Mouth comes to comfort Millicent) MOUTH : Hey, don't let it get to you. I have a bitchy boss, too. On my first day at work, she told me she hated my face. MILLICENT : Victoria threw a snakeskin purse at me. MOUTH : Mine threw me against the wall. MILLICENT : You must hate her. MOUTH : Yeah, kind of. (Alice walks in with a guy) MOUTH : I have to go. Lucas walks by Victoria VICTORIA : Oh, I know you. You're one of my daughter's ill-chosen love interests. LUCAS : You must be very proud of Brooke. I can't believe all she's accomplished. VICTORIA : Yes, and her taste has greatly improved. Thank God. If you'll excuse me. (Victoria leaves, Peyton comes to see him) PEYTON : Oh, don't take it personally. LUCAS : She just... PEYTON : Verbally punched you in the goodies? Yeah. That's how she says hi. LUCAS : And I thought Brooke was being dramatic when she talked about her mom. PEYTON : Nope. All true. (Brooke arrives) BROOKE : Hey, P. Sawyer, I need you. (Brooke bring Peyton to the counter) PEYTON : What's up? BROOKE : I have a little something for you. It's a present to say thanks for helping me with everything. PEYTON : Brooke, I love it, but you do not have to do this. You've already done so much for me. BROOKE : So, how are things with Lucas? PEYTON : What do you mean? BROOKE : Peyton, you asked me to be honest with you about why I'm staying, and I need you to do the same with me, okay? PEYTON : Okay. BROOKE : Lucas seems really happy right now. And we like Lindsey, and... It's just not high school anymore. PEYTON : It's not about Lucas, okay? BROOKE : Okay. Good. 'Cause the cute bartender's been eyeing you all night. PEYTON : Oh.. Mouth is sitting alone, near the fitting room. Skills arrives SKILLS : Hey. Man, I've been looking everywhere for you. Your sexy boss lady is here. MOUTH : I know. I saw her... and her date. SKILLS : Man, don't feel bad about that. Cougars go after all kind of prey. You can't change that, that's like telling a rainbow not to be colorful. MOUTH : Yeah, well, I didn't sign up to be some meaningless plaything. I'm done with this. See ya. SKILLS : Mind if I call her? Peyton is talking with the bartender, Lucas arrives LUCAS : Ready to go? PEYTON : Actually, I think I'm gonna stay. So... good night. LUCAS (whispering to her) : He's not good enough for you. (Lucas leaves, Peyton follows him) Lucas and Peyton are outside the store PEYTON (yelling) : Don't do that! LUCAS : Do what? PEYTON : "He's not good enough for you"?! I don't want you saying things like that to me, Lucas! That's not fair to me! That's not fair to Lindsey, either! (Peyton goes back in the store) CLOTHES OVER BROS Everybody left. Only Brooke, Victoria and Millicent are still there VICTORIA : How does it feel? BROOKE : Oh, you know, before we opened, I could only think about the displays and the catering, and then the crowd came in, and I got to share what I do with the people I love, and it was...amazing. (Victoria brings to glass of champagne) VICTORIA : Well, here is to a job well done. BROOKE : Thank you. VICTORIA : So, how did the store do? BROOKE : Let's find out. (Brooke walks to the computer) BROOKE : Well? We sold a couple scarves, some handbags. VICTORIA : No gowns? A suit? Not even a dress? BROOKE : Well... VICTORIA : No. I don't think you sold one high-dollar piece all night. In fact, if you factor in the party expenses and all the pieces you gave away, I believe your store has run the biggest opening-day deficit in our company's history. At least it wasn't a complete disaster. VICTORIA (to Millicent) : Where is she? You! Whatever your name is, pack up the inventory and ship it to our Houston store. They're expecting it. BROOKE : They're expecting it? You knew this was gonna happen? VICTORIA : Darling, you've never had a head for business. That's why I've tried to protect you from it. High-end lines don't do well in sleepy little towns. Beautiful things die in Tree Hill. Why do you think we left? BROOKE : I don't believe this. VICTORIA : I know how much this meant to you. And if you had sold just one couture piece... I'd consider letting you keep the store. But you didn't. MILLICENT : Brooke? I'd like to buy this dress. BROOKE : No. It's too much. MILLICENT : I think it's worth every cent, and I want to pay for it. VICTORIA : Oh, my goodness. MILLICENT : I believe in you, Brooke. So you see, I'm not just buying a dress. What I'm buying is a whole lot more. VICTORIA : This changes nothing. (Victoria leaves) BROOKE : Our first real check. I'm gonna have to frame this. MILLICENT : But if you frame it, you can't cash... Oh, good, 'cause it definitely would have bounced. BROOKE : Thank you. PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO Mia is playing alone. Haley arrives and Mia stops playing HALEY : Sorry. Sounds great. You couldn't stay away either, huh? MIA : Honestly, I think I'm gonna throw up. What if I'm not worth it? HALEY : You are. I really believe that, but you've got to believe it, too, you know? MIA : Yeah. HALEY : Oh, don't worry. We'll face all of this... tomorrow. So, where's this song go after that? It goes back up to the "D." HALEY : What if you go to the "E"? It might give it a little diversity. MIA : Yeah. Yeah. Let me try that. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is playing piano NATHAN : Hey (Haley stops playing) HALEY : Hi NATHAN : When you get a chance, I'd love to see that dress on you. (Jamie arrives) HALEY : Hey JAMIE : Night, mama. HALEY : Oh, going to bed already? I haven't seen you all day. Oh, I miss you. Okay. Go upstairs. I'll be up in a minute, all right, bud? I just want to talk with Carrie. NATHAN : Oh, okay. Sure. All right, buddy. You ready to go to bed? All right. CARRIE : Is everything okay? HALEY : Actually, everything's great. I'm getting back into music, and Nathan's healing, Jamie's never been happier. And most importantly, I'm actually starting to feel like we're a family again. CARRIE : I'm glad to hear that. HALEY : You had a lot to do with it. So if I haven't said it a hundred times already, I just... thank you. MOUTH’S OFFICE Alice is in her office ALICE : What are you doing here? MOUTH : I saw you at the Clothes Over Bro's opening. Who's the guy? ALICE : My gosh. Are you jealous? My private life is my own business, but just so you know, he was completely boring. I'm here at work, aren't I? MOUTH : What are you working on? ALICE : I'm trying to find some new weekend segment reporters. I think I have some really good candidates. So let me ask you something. Your place or mine? INTERIOR BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is sitting in the kitchen, eating ice cream and crying. Peyton comes home PEYTON : Brooke, what's wrong? BROOKE : The store is a total failure. PEYTON : What are you talking about? BROOKE : I didn't sell one real piece tonight. Well... I sold a dress, but it was a pity purchase and it doesn't count. And the worst part is that Victoria saw this all coming. My mother's right... when I'm left up to my own devices, I'm a failure. PEYTON : No. Hey, listen to me. You were never a failure, okay? I mean, you won three cheerleading competitions, and what did Victoria have to say about that? Oh, wait. Nothing, 'cause she wasn't there. She also wasn't there when you won the miss June Bug title at the county fair or when you were elected student-body president. Brooke, if you're a failure, what does that make me? BROOKE : Pretty lame, I guess. BROOKE : Okay. I don't want to talk about my night anymore. Tell me about the dishy bartender. I wasn't really feeling it. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is lying on his bed and call Lindsey LUCAS : Lindsey. Hi. 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LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is at his desk, Lindsay walks in LINDSAY : Hey... How's the writing going? LUCAS : Slow, sluggish, and plodding. Mostly just messing around with my online thesaurus. LINDSAY : Apparently. I was doing some organizing, and look what I found. (Lindsay shows a picture of Nathan basketball team with Lucas and Whitey as their coach) LUCAS : That was a long time ago. LINDSAY : You know what I love about it? That smile on your face. I don't think I've ever seen you look so happy. Makes me wonder if maybe you were happier then. Before the book was published. Before you moved back home. Before us. LUCAS : Lindsey... ...you make me so happy. LINDSAY : Really? You wouldn't change anything? LUCAS : Not a thing. (Lucas and Lindsay kiss, than Lucas looks at the picture...) FLASHBACK 3 YEARS AGO INTERIOR GYM WHITEY : Tomorrow night, you play for the Division II title. However, in my opinion, you can go up against any college squad in the nation. Now, for those of you who have won a championship, I don't have to remind you how good it makes you feel. The rest of you will just have to trust me. Now, I want you to go home and ht the sheets... preferably alone. LUCAS : Coach. WHITEY : Go home, Luke. LUCAS : Actually, I was thinking I was gonna watch a little bit more tape. WHITEY : Lucas, you've been a great assistant coach this year and someday you're gonna take over the team, but for now, you take orders from me. Go home and go to bed. LUCAS : All right. WHITEY : And no late-night cyber chats with long-distance blondie. LUCAS : All right. EXTERIOR GYM Nathan’s coming outside of the gym to see Haley, who’s holding the one year old Jamie. NATHAN : There's my little track star. HALEY : Oh, sweetie, he is... JAMIE : - Ball. NATHAN : Did you hear that? He just said "ball." I swear he just said "ball." He said "ball," man. (Lucas joins them) LUCAS : He's definitely your son! And he's a lucky kid. You look more and more like me every day. HALEY : Say it again. Say it again. "Ball." "Ball." NATHAN AND HALEY’S LIVING ROOM Haley’s playing with Jamie and Lucas joins them LUCAS : Hey HALEY : Hi HALEY : What time is it? LUCAS : Almost 4:30. I couldn't sleep either. HALEY : Yeah, neither could he. You just excited about seeing Peyton or the game or what? LUCAS : Actually, Peyton's not coming. She couldn't get away from work. HALEY : I'm sorry, Luke. I guess that's life in the music business. LUCAS : I guess. Do you ever miss it? HALEY : Sometimes. Especially when I see you chasing your dreams of being a writer. But, I'll get back to chasing my dreams someday. LUCAS : All I have to show for my writing career is a stack of rejection letters. Besides, when I see the three of you together... I just want what you guys have. HALEY : You know we could not have done this last year without you living here and helping. Between school and basketball and Jamie... I know it's hard to be away from Peyton. LUCAS : We all made sacrifices. I mean, for the first time in your academic career, you're getting B's. HALEY : It was B-plus, okay? HALEY : - Hey. LUCAS : Yeah? HALEY : You're a part of this family, and you always will be. LUCAS : Thanks. Night, little man. JAMIE : Ball. HALEY : Yes. I will get your ball. INTERIOR GYM Nathan’s playing, Lucas arrives LUCAS : Little early, aren't you? NATHAN : Maybe after tonight people will look at me as a champion again, not a point-shaver. LUCAS : We're gonna win this one, little brother. NATHAN : Oh, yeah. Same place, during the basketball game SPORT’S ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : This is the ultimate Cinderella story. For years the Cobras have been perennial doormats, but this season, under the leadership of Nathan Scott, their fortunes have changed. LUCAS (yelling et the players): attck the gap! attck the gap! Get back on "D"! Come on! Look high-low! Look high-low! SPORT’S ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : After a game that's seen 17 lead changes, we're all tied up with less than a minute to go in the fourth. Scott's been carrying this team, but does he have enough left in his tnk? (Time out) LUCAS : Ok... Listen up... (Lucas stops as Whitey join them) LUCAS : Sorry, coach. What's the game plan? WHITEY : You tell me. You know, I told you someday that you'd be taking over. Well, this is it. You're ready. Go on. Bring us home. (Whitey leaves the gym) SPORT’S ANNOUNCER (voiceover) : It appears Whitey Durham is headed to the locker room I guess that leaves the Cobras under the leadership of assistant coach Lucas Scott, who used to play for Durham once upon a time. LUCAS : Okay. Heads up. We're gonna go man-to-man, full-court press. I want you to force the ball sidelines. Anticipate this pass over the top. When we get the ball back, they're gonna double-team, so I want you to stagger screens here and here. Nathan, ball's in your hands. NATHAN : Whatever you say... coach. LUCAS : All right. Let's win this. On three. One, two, three. ALL THE TEAM : Cobras! LUCAS : Hey, Nate! Maybe you want to consider the fadeaway. NATHAN (smiling) : Fadeaway's weak, man. LUCAS (yelling at the players) : All right, match up by the 12! Switch off screens! (Few seconds left, the Cobras keep the ball and Nathan makes the winning sht) HALEY (yelling) : they won LUCAS : Whoo (Confettis start to fall...) FLASHBACK TO WHEN THE RAVENS WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (EPISODE 409) LUCAS : It's you. PEYTON : What? LUCAS : When all my dreams come true, the one I want next to me... It's you. It's you, Peyton. COME BACK TO INTERIOR GYM (Lucas is watching Nathan, Haley and Jamie celebrating) BOYS LOCKER ROOM WHITEY : Good job, son. You ran that final play just like I would have. LUCAS : Maybe so, but you sure do know how to kick a guy out of the nest. WHITEY : Lucas, you were always a great player, but you're an even better coach. There's nothing more I can teach you, which is why this is my final game. LUCAS : Coach. WHITEY : I've already talked to the dean and the A.D. about it. They've never had a student coach before, but, then again, they've never had a championship before, either. They both agreed that you're ready. LUCAS : I don't know what to say. WHITEY : Just promise me you'll always remember there are more important things in life than basketball. LUCAS : So, what about you? I mean, what are you gonna do now? WHITEY : I don't know. Now that I'm retired, probably go to basketball games and yell at the coach. JOURNALIST : I would agree with that as well, but, after a season like that, the D-I Scouts have got to take notice. NATHAN : Right now, I'm just happy with playing the game. If there's one thing this year's taught me it's that the most important thing is my family. LUCAS : Hey, Nate. The bus is leaving. NATHAN : Okay. Hey, thanks for your time. (Lucas and Nathan leave the room) LUCAS : So, how'd it go? NATHAN : That was the first time in a year I didn't get asked about point-shaving. LUCAS : All right. EXTERIOR GYM HALEY : Hi, sweetie. NATHAN : Hey, you ready? HALEY : You should ride with the team. We just wanted to say goodbye. NATHAN : Get some sleep, kiddo. See you at home. LUCAS : See you, Hales. HALEY : See you. RANDOM GUY : Hey, Scott. You got a cute kid. Wonder if he'll grow up to be a cheater like his old man. Just think-- you could teach him to shave and shave points. (Nathan start to fight with the guy) NATHAN : Why don't I shave your face on the pavement? (Lucas stops him) LUCAS : Hey! Come on, Nate. Come on. Nate! Get on the bus. Get on the bus! INSIDE THE BUS (Lucas receives a text message “Hey Luke, play this song when you win the championship. Peyton”. The song is Heartbeats from José Gonzales which was played during their kiss in episode 409) WHITEY : That was a hell of a move tonight. NATHAN : Soon as the ball left my hands, I knew it was going in. WHITEY : I'm talking about after the game. Look, I didn't put off my pension so you can bat up any jackass that heckles you. NATHAN : I know. I'm sorry. WHITEY : You've worked hard this season. A lot of eyes are on you. But you've got to be careful. If you're not, that temper of yours will be all you have left. NATHAN : I just don't know if people are ever gonna forget the mistakes I've made. WHITEY : The important thing is for you to get past them. This is not gonna go away just by playing better. You've got to live better. NATHAN : I know. You're right. I get it, coach. WHITEY : Nathan, I just don't want you to look back down the road in a couple of years and wonder what might have been. We all know where that path can lead a man. NATHAN : Dan. WHITEY : For the record, that last sht was a hell of a move. (Whitey moves seats to talk to Lucas) LUCAS : Hey, coach. WHITEY : Hey. LUCAS : So, 37 years of coaching... where does this night rank? WHITEY : This would be number three. Number two was your high-school championship. LUCAS : And what was the first? WHITEY : The first was the night Camilla agreed to join a scrawny kid just embarking on a 37-year coaching career. (Lucas is watching at Peyton’s picture on his cell phone) LUCAS : There's more important things in life than basketball. WHITEY : That's right. LUCAS : Hey, coach. You wouldn't mind dropping me by the airport, would you? WHITEY : Be happy to, son. LOS ANGELES, PEYTON’S OFFICE GUY : Hey, Sawyer, you got a call on line 1. PEYTON : Thanks. (Peyton, picking up the phone) PEYTON : This is Peyton. LUCAS : Hey. It's me. PEYTON : I've been trying to call you all morning. I watched the game highlights online. I wish I could have been there. LUCAS : Yeah, me too. So, what are you wearing? PEYTON : Luke, I can't do that right now. I'm at work. LUCAS : I'm thinking a Pink Floyd tee over the long-sleeve white shirt and maybe those sexy jeans with the hole in the knee? PEYTON : Wow. You are good! LUCAS : Yes, I am. (Lucas appears on the door step behind Peyton) LUCAS : Really good. PEYTON : Luke! Hi! (Peyton jumps in Lucas’ arms PEYTON : I can't believe you're here! LUCAS : Yeah, since you couldn't come see me... (They kiss) PEYTON : Hi. LUCAS : Hi. So, this is marketing and distribution? Lucas and Peyton are walking in her office while she is delivering mails. PEYTON : So, I might have pimped up my job description just a little. Basically, I work in the mail room. LUCAS : Well that's Hollywood, right? It's always about the spin. I'll bet you know more about music than most of these tools. PEYTON : Shh, you're gonna get me in trouble. And they are not all tools, okay? BLAKE : Not in the box...on my desk. PEYTON : Right. I'm sorry. BLAKE (to Lucas) : And, you, onion bagel, light on the cream cheese. LUCAS : Right away, Carl. BLAKE : It's Blake! LUCAS : Well, it's good to see they're nice. No. Seriously. Why do you put up with this? PEYTON : I will show you why. See that girl right there? Three months ago she was in the mail room, and now she's a junior A&R exec. LUCAS : But I bet she didn't produce two albums before she graduated high school. PEYTON : Okay. You're gonna have to go before you get us both fired. LUCAS : All right. Look, I got dinner reservations for us at 8:00. LUCAS : Is that too late? PEYTON : No, it's actually kind of early. We usually go till at least 9:00. LUCAS : All right. Then it's 9:30. PEYTON : Perfect. I'll meet you at the restaurant. Just text me the address, okay? LUCAS : All right. (They kiss) PEYTON : God, Luke, it is so good to see you. Bye. INSIDE THE RESTAURANT, IN LA PEYTON : Hi! I am so sorry. I'm so late. I got stuck going over the canyon. LUCAS : It's okay. I'm just glad you're here. PEYTON : God, look at you! LUCAS : What? PEYTON : No. I just... I haven't seen a suit on anybody in so long, unless they're an agent or a lawyer or a successful novelist. LUCAS : Oh, I don't know about that. I get a new rejection letter every day. PEYTON : Luke, your book is good. It's gonna happen. I know it. Later during the diner PEYTON : So when the executives blow off the shows, we get the tickets. Like monday, I went and saw Ryan Adams at the Viper Room, and then wednesday was Tegan and Sara at the Roxy, and, I don't know, I just... it blows my mind, you know? These are bands we grew up listening to, and now I've got a front-row seat. LUCAS : That's great. We've had our fair share of bands in Tree Hill, thanks to you. PEYTON : God. Anyway, enough about me. You won a freaking championship! I want to hear everything. LUCAS : Well, Whitey's gonna step down as head coach, and he wants me to take over the team. He thinks it'll be good for Nathan and... he thinks I'm ready. PEYTON : Luke, that's incredible. LUCAS : I know... I get salary, benefits, and a big office. PEYTON : Wow. That sounds very... adult. LUCAS : I got that song you sent. PEYTON : You know what? I have something else for you, too. I made you a mix of a bunch of stuff that doesn't street for a couple months. LUCAS : Thank you. I got you something, too. (they are interrupted by Peyton’s cell phone) PEYTON : Oh, crap. I'm sorry. It's work. LUCAS : Don't answer. PEYTON : They're just gonna keep calling back. Hello. Yeah-- right now? Yeah, of course I like my job. Okay. Right away, sir. I'm sorry. LUCAS : Can't you at least stay for dessert? PEYTON : Tell you what... how about we have dessert back at my place? LUCAS : Or how about at our room at the Beverly Hilton? PEYTON : Luke, you did not have to do that. LUCAS : I wanted to. PEYTON : All right. This is gonna be quick. I'll be there by 11:00. I promise. LUCAS : All right. PEYTON : Bye. INSIDE THE HOTEL ROOM IN LA Lucas is alone, it’s already 12:07. We see him walking around, watching TV and finally falling asleep with a jewel case in his hand. While sleeping, he drops down the little box. LUCAS : Hey. When did you get here? PEYTON : I don't know. Like an hour ago. LUCAS : You know, you could have... could have woke me up. PEYTON : Luke. What is this? (Peyton is holding the jewel case) I couldn't bring myself to open it, but I... I've just been sitting here thinking about how much I love you. LUCAS : Well, wanted it to be a surprise, but... Peyton, I love you, and I want us to be together forever. PEYTON : Luke, wait. Okay. LUCAS : I know it's a bit sudden, okay? But, I mean, yesterday was a great day. And I'm sitting on the bus, and I realized none of my great days of my life... matter without you. You're the one I want next to me when my dreams come true, and you're the one I want next to me if they don't. As long as I have you... nothing else matters. PEYTON : There's... it's just not as simple as all that, okay? There's a lot we have to talk about. LUCAS : I know, but we'll figure out the details when we get back to Tree Hill. PEYTON : Okay, I know that's home for you, and I miss it sometimes... I do... but for me, Tree Hill is two dad moms and a psycho stalker and some really painful memories. I actually had to move out to Hollywood to get away from all the drama. So right now, this is my home, and the only thing that's missing is you. LUCAS : Then I'll move here. PEYTON : No. Luke, honey, Whitey believes in you, and Nathan needs you. And if I ask you to walk away from your dream, you're gonna wake up one day and resent me for it... The same way I would feel if you asked me to leave L.A. LUCAS : Peyton... you get people coffee and you deliver mail. You were doing more than that in Tree Hill. PEYTON : I love you for believing that, but I have to prove that to myself. You see, that's the thing. We both have so much we want to do with our lives, and we're only 19. LUCAS : And Nathan and Haley were a lot young than that. PEYTON : Okay. Well, we see how easy that's been. LUCAS : Come on. PEYTON : In another year... LUCAS : Peyton... we've seen each other three times in the last year. We go days without talking. We trade few e-mails. We've already grown so far apart. Who knows where we'll be a year from now? PEYTON : Luke, if you can't trust that our love can make it one year, I don't understand how we can be talking about forever right now. LUCAS : You're saying no. PEYTON : No! I am not saying no. I'm saying not now. I want to marry you someday. Hey, don't do that. Don't pull away from me, okay? I want us to be together! I love you so much. LUCAS : Just not enough. PEYTON : Okay. Can we take this back? Can we just pretend like you never woke up? Please! LUCAS : I don't think we can. PEYTON : I'm afraid that this conversation is gonna end with... LUCAS : "Goodbye." PEYTON : Luke, don't. Come here. Our dreams are gonna come true, Lucas... my music and your novel. It's gonna happen. I know it. INSIDE THE HOTEL ROOM, THE MORNING AFTER Peyton’s asleep, Lucas is ready to leave (Lucas kiss Peyton on her forehead and left the CD she offered him on the pillow) LUCAS : Goodbye, Peyton. (He leaves the room) (The door slams) PEYTON : Luke? (She looks around the room and finds the CD) LOS ANGELES AIRPORT CREW : Have a great flight to Hartford. LUCAS : I'm sorry to bother you, but I have to get back a little sooner than expected. CREW : See what we can do. LUCAS : Thanks. (His cell phone rings) Excuse me one second. Hello. LINDSAY : Hi. Is this Lucas Scott? LUCAS : Yeah. Who's this? LINDSAY : My name's Lindsey Strauss. I'm a junior editor at Putnam and Pratt. I read your novel. It's nice of you to call. LUCAS : Everyone else sends their rejection letters first-class. LINDSAY : Actually, I loved it. And I passed it on to my boss, and he feels the same way. Hello? LUCAS : No, I'm still here. LINDSAY : What I'm saying is, we want to publish your book, Lucas. How soon can you be in New York? LUCAS : I'll figure it out. Yeah. Okay. I'm looking forward to seeing you, too. Bye. LUCAS (talking to the crew): I need to go to New York. They're publishing my novel. CREW : Congratulations. Must be a dream come true. You're all set. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton’s delivering mail while crying BLAKE : I need you to go on a coffee run. PEYTON : Okay. In a minute. BLAKE : I don't have a minute. Hey. PEYTON : I said I need a minute! BAR IN NEW YORK Lucas is with the leader of the publishing company and Lindsay. LEADER : Don't get me wrong-- the writing's good, but I'm not gonna lie to you. When I found out your father was a convicted mrder...that's exactly the kind of hook we need in today's market. LINDSAY : I think our newest literary talent needs a drink. LEADER : When you're done, let's talk about changing that title. LUCAS : What's wrong with the title? LINDSAY : They say that about every book. I love the title. "mrder of crows, parliament of owls." LUCAS : You seem a little young to be an editor. LINDSAY : Well, you seem kind of young to have a book being published. LUCAS : Fair enough. LINDSAY : The truth is... your novel's my first. I graduated last year. My dad runs the company, but I need to prove myself like everyone else... maybe more. LUCAS : I know how that is. LINDSAY : Luke, I don't care who your father is. I read a lot of manuscripts, but yours was the first one that actually spoke to me. I mean, yeah, there's some rough parts, but your writing has truth, soul. LUCAS : Rough parts? LINDSAY : Look, I promise, as your editor, I'll always be faithful to your voice, but there's some work to do. It'll take six months before it's ready for publication... maybe a little longer. LUCAS : That long? LINDSAY : Yeah. We're talking late hours, long nights, heated arguments. It'll probably feel like we're married. That was a joke. LUCAS : It's just been a long day, that's all. LINDSAY : Then you better get some rest, 'cause we start on monday. LUCAS : Hey, Lindsey, wait. I just wanted to say thank you for... changing my life. LINDSAY : That was all you, Lucas. But can I ask you something? LUCAS : Yeah. LINDSAY : The Luke and Peyton in the novel... LUCAS : No. LINDSAY : I'm sorry. I was rooting for them. See you monday. WAITRESS : Excuse me, Mr. Scott. There's someone here to see you. She said to tell you she's from Tree Hill. BROOKE : Well, well. Lucas Scott. LUCAS : You got my message. BROOKE : You think I was gonna miss a chance to spend a night on the town with a soon-to-be-best- selling author? LUCAS : God, it is good to see you, Brooke. BROOKE : Yeah. INTERIOR BROOKE’S HOUSE IN NEW YORK BROOKE : So then my mom moved up here with me from L.A., 'cause my dad travels so much. I think they should just man up and call it what it is... trial separation. I can't believe your book's gonna be published. You're gonna be such a rock star. LUCAS : Come on. You're the one with the big clothing line. BROOKE : True. But my mom thinks we can do better with that, too. Check this out. It's her plans to take Clothes Over Bro's to the next level. We have high-end couture, a cosmetic company, and my own magazine. LUCAS : B. Davis? Hey, wait. You could give my book its first good review. BROOKE : You know, sometimes expanding seems like a good idea, and... sometimes I don't know. It's the most time I've spent with my mom since the maternity ward, but I'm scared if I let her in, Clothes Over Bro's isn't gonna be mine anymore, you know? LUCAS : Yeah. I know what you mean. There's this editor girl... Lindsey. She just wants to make all these changes to my novel. BROOKE : Pretty high-class problems we got. We should be celebrating, not complaining! Where's Peyton? She must be so thrilled for you. LUCAS : We broke up. BROOKE : Shut up. Oh, Luke, I'm sorry. What happened? LUCAS : I went to L.A., I asked her to marry me, and she said no. BROOKE : Are you stupid? You... you stormed L.A., and you went all Naley on her? Did... did you even buy a... (Lucas stands up and open the jewel case) BROOKE : ...ring. Oh LUCAS : She never even saw it. BROOKE : How do you propose to someone without them seeing the ring? (Lucas gets down on one knee) LUCAS : Well, I got down on one knee, and, I said, "I want us to be together forever." (Victoria enters the house and sees Lucas, like proposing to her daughter, she is chocked and drops her bags) BROOKE : Never mind. You definitely did it right. NEW YORK, IN A BAR BROOKE (laughing) : Did you see the look on her face? Looked like somebody spewed on her Jimmy Choos. LUCAS : I'm really glad you're enjoying this. BROOKE : Oh, come on, Luke. You and Peyton will work it out. LUCAS : I don't think so, Brooke. Not this time. BROOKE : Well, it sounds to me like you gave her an ultimatum, and, trust me, there is no quicker way to paralyze a girl. LUCAS : Okay. How many times have you talked to Peyton since you left L.A.? BROOKE : That's not fair. We're both really busy. LUCAS : And today she broke up with her boyfriend. Has she called you yet? Things have changed. BROOKE : I think you're saying that 'cause you're hurt. And I get it, but I don't think you really mean it. You know what? I think we need to get drunk...really, really good and drunk. First, let me see the ring again. I'll give you a designer's opinion. (Lucas gives her the box) BROOKE : I mean, it's really nice. (A waitress sees Brooke with the ring) WAITRESS : Wow. Well, congratulations! Champagne on the house. We have an engagement! BROOKE : No. BROOKE (resigned) : Champagne on the house. (She put the ring on her finger) (Both are laughing) NEW YORK, CENTRAL PARK Brooke and Lucas are walking and they pass a carriage BROOKE : So, who knew that the ring trick would get us free drinks all over midtown? LUCAS : I know. COACHMAN : Can I give you two a ride? LUCAS : Why not? It is our engagement night. COACHMAN : In that case, the ride's free. BROOKE : The diamond ring is gold! They are now inside the carriage COACHMAN : So, what do you two have planned for your lives together? BROOKE : We're gonna be a power couple. He's gonna be a famous novelist, and I'm gonna have a fabulous fashion line. LUCAS : But we're still gonna have time to have a big family. BROOKE : Two boys and a girl. LUCAS : And I'll coach little league. BROOKE : Ooh, and I'll bake treats for the team! Or buy them. LUCAS : Then we'll spend our summer in our beach house. BROOKE : And winters in the south of France. LUCAS : It won't matter where we are, as long as we're together. COACHMAN : That's the key. Success is wonderful, but finding someone to love, having them love you back... love is what it's all about. NEW YORK, LUCAS’S HOTEL ROOM Brooke and Lucas enter the room, Lucas is drunk. BROOKE : All right, boozy. Let's get you to bed. Come on. Here you go. (she puts him on the bed) BROOKE : All right. LUCAS : The bed is spinning. BROOKE : You're gonna be okay. I'm gonna get you into some jammies, and then I'm gonna take a cab home, and you can sleep it off. Come here. LUCAS : Or you could stay. (Lucas grabs her arm and kiss her) BROOKE : Okay. I think that might be the second-stupidest thing you've done in the last 24 hours. Luke, we're not in high school anymore. And I love Peyton. And even if you don't want to admit it right now, so do you. Okay? LUCAS : I feel... lost, Brooke. I don't know what to do without her. BROOKE : All right. You remember when I started Clothes Over Bro's? It was after we broke up, and I was trying to mend my broken heart by focusing on my work. And you need to do the same right now. You need to go out there and become the best person and the best writer that you can be. And then you approach Peyton. And if she comes back to you, you know it's meant to be. Okay? (Brooke takes off the ring and puts it in Lucas’ hand) BROOKE : I'm gonna go, and you probably won't see me for a while. Lucas Scott is gonna change the world some day, and he doesn't even know it yet. (she kiss him on the forehead) Bye, Luke. INTERIOR BROOKE’S HOUSE IN NEW YORK VICTORIA : I've been calling you all night. Maybe teen marriage is all the rage in Hicksville, North Carolina. But I swear, if you marry this boy, I'm gonna have annulment papers drawn up so fast... BROOKE : Mom, relax. It was just a joke. VICTORIA : Thank God. You have far too much to lose, Brooke. BROOKE : And Lucas Scott was the one boy I might have lost it for. VICTORIA : You should be focusing on the company... not boys with rings. BROOKE : But what about love, mom? Isn't that the key? VICTORIA : In case you've forgotten, it's called "Clothes Over Bro's". BROOKE : Right. Okay, I'm in. The high-end line, the magazine... I'm ready to take it to the next level. VICTORIA : I am so glad to hear you say that. And I promise you, darling, we are gonna have everything we've ever wanted. And by the way, call me Victoria. That whole "mom" thing just makes me sound too old. NATHAN AND HALEY ‘S HOUSE They are playing with Jamie NATHAN : Say it again, buddy. What is this, huh? A ball. Ball. HALEY : See? I'm telling you...the kid's gonna be a rock star ... and a very well-behaved rock star, right? Hey, Jamie. Guitar. Guitar. JAMIE : Ball. HALEY : Oh, that's not fair. "Ball" is so much easier than "guitar." NATHAN : Haley, thank you for supporting me... for helping me get my dream back. I love you so much. HALEY : I love you too. I'm so proud of you. NATHAN : We're gonna make it. And nothing's gonna stop us now, huh, buddy? Is it? Is it, Jamie? HALEY : That's right. NATHAN : Nothing, buddy. HALEY : Everybody pile on daddy! NATHAN : Come on. LINDSAY ‘S OFFICE LINDSAY : Hey. Come on in. LINDSAY : What's that? LUCAS : It's a bamboo. It's supposed to bring luck. LINDSAY : Thanks, Lucas. I love it. You know, I'm really looking forward to us working together. LUCAS : Me too. LINDSAY : Have a seat, okay? Be right back. (She left him alone in the office. Lucas takes the jewel case he got in his pocket and looks at the ring...) AND OF THE FLASHBACK, RETURN TO THE PRESENT LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas closes the same jewel case and put it in his drawer. Lindsay walks in LINDSAY : You still taking a trip down memory lane? LUCAS : Yeah, I guess. LINDSAY : Maybe you should put it on paper. Might make us both some money. LUCAS : Actually... I was thinking about taking a walk. NATHAN AND HALEY‘S HOUSE Haley’s putting some basketball trophy on the shelf NATHAN : What are you doing? HALEY : Oh, just thought it was time to get these out of Jamie's closet. He's proud of his daddy. So am I. NATHAN (looking at one of the trophy) : That's the first Cobras championship. HALEY : Yeah. You were so great in that game. You should never be ashamed of your achievements. NATHAN : The only thing I'm ashamed of is the person I've been for the past few months. That's all gonna change. Hey...I know we're not the couple we used to be. We're gonna get there. I know it. (They kiss) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE BROOKE : This is a surprise. What's up? LUCAS : Not much. Is Peyton around? BROOKE : No. I think she's at the studio today. You okay? LUCAS : Yeah. You remember that night in New York? The night I found out my book was published? BROOKE : Sure. It was the same night I went into business with Victoria. LUCAS : You ever wonder if we chose the right paths? BROOKE : Sometimes. But I have all these wonderful things in my life... things I wouldn't have had otherwise. LUCAS : Oh, you're right. I mean, me too. I don't know. BROOKE : Do you want me to tell Peyton you came by? LUCAS : No, that's okay. I'll see you, Brooke. BROOKE : See ya. BROOKE : Luke. LUCAS : Yeah. BROOKE : You still love her, don't you? Peyton. LUCAS : I got to get back to Lindsey. BROOKE : Right. (Lucas closes the door) BROOKE : This is gonna get interesting.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x05 - I Forgot to Remember to Forget"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill NATHAN : I'm not here to talk about Jamie. DAN : I just always wondered if he knows who I am. NATHAN : He found a picture of you once. DAN : What'd you tell him? NATHAN : I told him you were dad. HALEY : It's Mia. She's the magic, Peyton, and I'm telling you, her spark is getting squashed by this ass of a singer. LINDSAY : Oh, this is for you. It's supposed to bring good luck. I know we just met, but I just wanted you to know that I'm here. PEYTON : Good to know. HALEY : Any student who walks out that door fails this quarter. Say goodbye to extracurricular activities. Say goodbye to sports, like basketball. ONE TREE HILL INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE, JAMIE’S ROOM Jamie’s asleep, Dan comes into the room, Jamie wakes up DAN : Well, well. Hello, Jamie. How would you like to come live with grandpa? (Then Dan’s face changes into a vampire) (Jamie wakes up for real) JAMIE : Mama! Daddy! Mama! (Haley and Nathan walk into the room) HALEY : Hey, baby. What's the matter? NATHAN : Did you have a bad dream, buddy? JAMIE : He tried to get me. HALEY : Who did? JAMIE : Grandpa Dan. He escaped. HALEY : From heaven? JAMIE : Prison. BOYS APARTMENT NATHAN : Did you tell Jamie my dad's in prison? SKILLS : Maybe. NATHAN : Why?! SKILLS : Because he's in prison. Why, what'd you tell him? NATHAN : We told him he was dad. SKILLS : Man, how am I supposed to know that? I mean, he be asking me stuff. NATHAN : You have to lie to him, man. He's having nightmares now. SKILLS : Look, you know, he be tricking me. He get all, like, cute. NATHAN : Yeah, I know. He does have that going for him. You said he asked you stuff. What else did you tell him? SKILLS : Not much. Just the truth. NATHAN : Like? SKILLS : Like "The Man" klled Tupac and Biggie, never date girls named Bevin, and Santa Claus is black. NATHAN : You say anything about the easter bunny? SKILLS : A bunny that lay eggs? You know how many questions he'd ask me about that? NATHAN : All right, just stay clear of the whole Dan thing until we figure out how we're gonna handle this, okay? SKILLS : Fine by me. I won't say a word. EXTERIOR PEYTON’S OLD HOUSE Peyton’s watching her house and a girl comes out of the front door MOLLY : Can I help you? PEYTON : Is that your room? It used to be mine. MOLLY : Want to see it? PEYTON : You sure? I mean, I could be a psycho. You don't know. It happens. MOLLY : You're not a psycho. You're Peyton. Come on. INTERIOR PEYTON’S OLD ROOM PEYTON : Wow. It's different. MOLLY : Molly. PEYTON : Molly. Yeah. God! You know, when I lived here, the walls were red. MOLLY : A red bedroom? That's crazy. PEYTON : Oh, no. It was everything I wanted it to be. But I mean, this is nice, too. MOLLY : Thanks. PEYTON : Yeah MOLLY : So, you really loved him, huh? Lucas? PEYTON : Are you some kind of psychic? (Molly shows Peyton her closet door where we can see “PEYTON + LUCAS = TLA” MOLLY : Was it really true love always? RECORDING STUDIO Haley and Lindsay arrive at the studio. Victoria and Mia are already there. VICTORIA : One would think that since they charge by the hour for this little venture, you might be more punctual. HALEY : You're Brooke's mom, right? VICTORIA : Victoria. Also known as the money behind this, whatever this is. And you're the producer? HALEY : Yeah, I'm Haley. I'm sorry. It's nice to meet you. I'm a good friend of Brooke's. VICTORIA : Brooke has so many good friends since her success. Having said that... I'd like to have a listen to our investment. (Victoria seats in front of Mia) HALEY : Okay, I'll just give Peyton a call. VICTORIA : No, I really don't have time for that. And God knows what gutter Peyton Sawyer is lying in. So, if you don't mind... LINDSAY : You know what? I'm gonna wait in there. (Lindsay goes into the booth and Haley goes talk to Mia) HALEY : Yeah, that's fine. MIA : That person creeps me out. HALEY ( whispering): Listen, you're gonna do great. You're fine. We just want you to play her a few bars of "No Good," and we'll make her happy, okay? MIA : Right, like that old thing could ever be happy. HALEY (louder): So, obviously this is the acoustic version, but Mia really is great, and I think you're just gonna love her. So, if you want to come into the booth with me... VICTORIA : I'm comfortable here. Thank you. HALEY : Okay. HALEY (from the booth) : Okay, Mia! Whenever you're ready! The song is called "No good." (Lindsay and Haley are inside the booth) HALEY : She's really nervous. LINDSAY : Can you blame her? It's like she's playing a private concert for Satan's wife. (Mia starts her song and Victoria cut her after 10 seconds) VICTORIA : Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. HALEY : No, no, no, no, no! VICTORIA : The song's called "No Good"? Appropriate. Okay, so, this is a huge waste of money. I would say it was a waste of time, but you all failed so quickly, it really wasn't. So when you locate Peyton in that gutter, you let her know I'd like to speak with her before this catastrophe goes any further. (Victoria leaves the studio) RECORDING STUDIO Haley and Lindsay are still in the booth, Peyton walks in PEYTON : Hey. Okay, so, tell me again, what happened? She walked in... HALEY : Yeah, we walked in and Bitch-toria was there waiting. Next thing I know, she scares Mia half to death, then Mia's gone. PEYTON : Gone where? HALEY : I don't know. She just packed up her stuff, said she sucked a bunch of times, and then took off. LINDSAY : Can you blame her? She must have been humiliated. That was ugly. PEYTON (talking to Lindsay) : Can you just give us a few minutes? (Lindsay leaves the booth) PEYTON : What is Lindsey doing here? HALEY : She came with me. We're gonna have lunch. PEYTON : I don't want her here. You know how temperamental artists are, Haley. HALEY : So, apparently, are label owners. PEYTON : I don't want anyone in the studio. HALEY : Anyone or Lindsey? PEYTON : Anyone including Lindsey Look, I know everyone loves her. That's great. Fine. But right now Mia's gone, and she's in here running her mouth about how ugly everything is. HALEY : She didn't mean anything by it, Peyton. Don't get mad at Lindsey just because Mia's gone. PEYTON : I'm not mad at her. HALEY : You sound mad at her. PEYTON : I'm not... Maybe I just don't like her. HALEY : Well, you don't have to... (Haley stops, seeing that Lindsay have heard everything they’ve just said because the mike was on) LINDSAY : I'm gonna go, Haley. HALEY : Yeah, I'll see you. (Lindsay leaves the studio) MOUTH WORK PLACE Mouth walk in the recording studio and his co-workers come talk to him JERRY : Hey, Mouth. MOUTH : You guys scared me. What's going on? JERRY : We're hiding from Alice. MOUTH : Why? CARLTON : Have you met Alice? JERRY : Hey, hey. Carlton... Because working on the weekends sucks, and we've all had it. That's why... you got to talk to her. MOUTH : Me? Why me? CARLTON : You're the only one that's ever stood up to her, Mouth. MOUTH : Listen, guys, I don't know. JERRY : Look, Mouth, either you talk to her, or we go with plan "B". MOUTH : What's plan "B"? JERRY : We pool all our money together, we hire a ht man, and take her out. CARLTON : I say plan "B." MOUTH : Come on, guys. She's not that bad. JERRY : Come on, Mouth. Admit it. You hate her, too. And do you know why? Because Alice is a bitch. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is working at his desk, Lindsay comes in and lies down on the bed LINDSAY : Peyton is a bitch! CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke and Millicent are at the counter, Peyton walk’s in PEYTON : Your mom's a bitch. BROOKE : What happened? PEYTON : She went to the recording studio and freaked out Mia, who is M.I.A. Imagine that. And now I don't have an artist. BROOKE : I'm sorry, Peyton. I'll talk to her. PEYTON : It's either that or my fist talks to her face, and that's gonna be a longer conversation. BROOKE : I will. I'm sorry. PEYTON : Thank you. I'm gonna see you at home. I got to find Mia. BROOKE : My mother. (Millicent looks outside) MILLICENT : Oh, no. BROOKE : What? MILLICENT : It's him! BROOKE : Who? MILLICENT : The hot guy I met at the opening! (Millicent goes behind the counter to hide) (Mouth walks in) MOUTH : Hey. BROOKE : Hey, honey. Step aside. Hot guy coming through. MOUTH : What? (Brooke looks around and see nobody, she understands that Millicent was talking about Mouth) BROOKE : Oh... Hey... MOUTH : So, listen, I need to buy a gift for my boss's birthday. Something nice. Just please don't spend my entire paycheck. BROOKE : I will come up with something. MOUTH : Okay, cool. I'll come back by later. Got to quell a mutiny at work. Bye. BROOKE : Bye! (Mouth leaves, Brooke runs to the counter to Millicent) BROOKE : Excuse me? MILLICENT : He's cute, huh? But he was buying a gift for someone. BROOKE : Please, like Mouth's dating his boss. MOUTH’S BEDROOM Mouth and Alice are on the bed, Mouth is shirtless but Alice is ready to go. They kiss. MOUTH : You... you like the crew, right? ALICE : Crew? MOUTH : Yeah, the guys at work. ALICE : If by "like" you mean "loathe." MOUTH : I think you'd really like them if you got to know them. And I know they'd like you. ALICE : Right. Like that's what I'm gonna do... go have beers with Harry. MOUTH : It's Jerry. ALICE : Exactly. (Alice kiss Mouth) ALICE : See you at the office. (She leaves the room) EXTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan’s in the pool doing his physical therapy. Jamie runs to his dad with Carrie behind him. JAMIE : I'm coming in, daddy! CARRIE : Whoo whoo (Carrie stops him) CARRIE : You need your water wings, fish face. All right. (she puts his wings) CARRIE : Got it? Okay. Style points for a big splash. NATHAN : Let's see what you got, Jimmy Jam. (Jamie jumps into the pool) NATHAN : Oh! Perfect 10. Perfect 10, buddy. JAMIE : Come on, nanny Carrie! CARRIE : Hold on. (she takes off her bathrobe and goes into the water wearing a bikini) NATHAN : Perfect 10, huh, dad? Throw me, daddy. CARRIE : VICTORIA : Jamie, your dad has to do his rehab. NATHAN : That's okay. Come here, you little monkey. You ready? JAMIE : Yeah! CARRIE : You splashed me! JAMIE : So? CARRIE : So? Not so fun now, huh? NATHAN : Splashing a little kid, huh? CARRIE : You got a problem with that? Let's see what you got. JAMIE : Get her, daddy! CARRIE : Yeah, get me, daddy. NATHAN : Oh, no. (Haley is watching them playing in the pool) INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE, JAMIE’S ROOM Jamie’s sleeping and is awaked by Dan voice DAN (voiceover) : How would you like to come live with grandpa? JAMIE : Mama! Mama! Mama! (Jamie stand up and run in the hallway, Haley comes find him) HALEY : Jamie! Honey, I'm here! It's okay. Mama's here. JAMIE : No! I want my other mama! HALEY : Nathan, did you hear what Jamie just said to... Ohh (Haley comes back to her room and find Nathan and Carrie kissing on the bed) JAMIE (voiceover) : I want my other mama! (Haley wakes up for real, Nathan is not in the bed) INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley joins Carrie in the kitchen CARRIE : Good morning! HALEY : Not really. CARRIE : Can I fix you some breakfast? HALEY : No, thanks. I'm thinking I might drop a few pounds. CARRIE : Oh, come on. You look great. HALEY : Yeah. Where's Jamie? CARRIE : With Skills. And Nathan's at physical therapy. So you'll just have to deal with all this nice peace and quiet. Thought I might go for a quick swim. HALEY : Carrie... I don't want to sound weird about this, but... could you not wear a bikini in the pool? CARRIE : Oh, my gosh. Of course. I'm so sorry. HALEY : It just seems kind of inappropriate, you know, around Jamie. CARRIE : You know, you're absolutely right. It was poor judgment on my part. HALEY : That's okay. And, you know, everything else is great. You're really doing a wonderful job. CARRIE : Thanks, Haley. I appreciate that. And I am so sorry. It won't happen again. TERRACE OF A RESTAURANT Victoria and Brooke are having breakfast VICTORIA : It won't happen again. BROOKE : I'm serious, mother. Peyton was really upset. And anyway, this is my money. So just stop. I don't understand why you act like this. VICTORIA : "Why?" Well, let's see. I'm staying in a motel. We have models that are a size four that should be a size zero. My daughter is hell-bent on destroying her company. BROOKE : First of all, I'm not destroying anything. And second, zero is not a size! Our models are... tall! VICTORIA : Tall and fat! BROOKE : Well, maybe you should go back to New York... I mean, if you're this unhappy here. VICTORIA : You have my word, all right? I won't meddle in Peyton's so-called record label. BROOKE : Thank you. VICTORIA : What I will not do, however, is hold my tongue when I think you're making a mistake. Now eat your breakfast. BROOKE : Oh, I don't know if I should. I am a size four, after all. VICTORIA : But you're not a model. You're my daughter. You're far too talented to waste your life as a model. So eat. BOYS APARTMENT Skills and Jamie are playing video game SKILLS : Nice work, kid. You're halfway to sleeping in a van and checking in to rehab. JAMIE : Daddy's in rehab. SKILLS : Different kind of rehab. JAMIE : What other kind is there? SKILLS : You want to go to the River Court? JAMIE : Did you know my grandpa Dan? SKILLS : Yeah, I think we'll go to the River Court. JAMIE : Uncle Skills, how come they sent my grandpa away? INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE, JAMIE’S ROOM Jamie is cleaning his room when Nathan comes to see him JAMIE : It's clean. I promise. BOYS APARTMENT Nathan is talking with Skills NATHAN : You told Jamie my dad went to prison because he didn't clean his room? SKILLS : Look, I was stuck. I mean, he come up to you with those baby-seal eyes like... I mean, he just gets you all confused, man. NATHAN : You're supposed to play dumb, not scare the hell out of him. SKILLS : Look, I panicked, all right? Anyway, man, I don't like lying to him. Nate, you got to talk to him. PEYTON’S OFFICE Lucas comes to see Peyton LUCAS : We need to talk. Did you tell Lindsey that you don't like her? PEYTON : Kind of. LUCAS : What the hell, Peyton? She's been nice to you. PEYTON : Okay, in case you haven't noticed, I have a few other problems to deal with right now. Do you see this office, this big, empty office for a label with no artists? LUCAS : You mean the label Lindsey recommended I help you with. PEYTON : Okay, I can't do this right now. LUCAS : You have to apologize to her. PEYTON : Luke, Mia is missing, okay? Brooke's mom is klling me. I quit my job, I moved back home, and I can't do this right now. LUCAS : Can I help you? PEYTON : No. No, you cannot help me. That is the last thing that I want. Go home to your girlfriend, Luke, please. LUCAS : Okay. LUCAS OFFICE AT TREE HILL HIGH Lucas and Haley with Quentin QUENTIN : What's so important coach got to see me on the weekend for, man? Well, well. Mrs. James-Scott. LUCAS : Have a seat, Q. QUENTIN : All right. LUCAS : So, Mrs. Scott here says that you recently left her class despite the thrat of receiving a failing grade for the quarter. QUENTIN : Yeah, that was just a little misunderstanding. But it's all good now, right, Mrs. J-S? HALEY : No, Quentin, I warned you about that, and I'm gonna stand by it. But I do know how important basketball is to you, so I figured out a way for you to make up your grade. This book is called "Les Misérables." Do you know it? (Quentin is laughing) HALEY : Good. I'm glad. Now you can read it over the course of the year, turn in biweekly book reports for extra credit, and as long as you meet your deadlines, you'll rain eligible to play. QUENTIN : And if I don't? HALEY : I'm not gonna give preferential treatment to any student in my class. LUCAS : What do you say, Q.? Do we have a deal? QUENTIN : I'll think about it. RIVERCOURT Quentin is playing alone, Nathan arrives NATHAN : That's a great move. Shame no one's gonna see it this year unless you read the book. QUENTIN : Gosh, man! What is this, bad cop/dumb cop? I said I'd think about it. What's it to you, anyway? NATHAN : It matters to Haley, so it matters to me. She tends not to give up on people as easily as I do. QUENTIN : Or maybe wifey's just a little afraid I'm about to break her man's scoring record, huh? So she assigned me some crap book 'cause she know I won't do it. NATHAN : Here's the problem with that theory... you're not good enough to bat my record. QUENTIN : Right, you don't think so? NATHAN : No. There's one thing that every great player has, and that's the will to do whatever it takes to be the best. I don't see that in you, Q. And at this point, you don't even have a team, so... maybe you should think about that. QUENTIN : And what team you got, washout, huh? You so great, right? Where your team at? NATHAN : I have a team. Every day, I wake up and I put on the uniform... mistakes, regret, what could have been. And if I could go back and change all that just by reading a book, trust me, I'd read the book. And if not... well, welcome to the team, Q. CLOTHES OVER BROS Peyton is drawing some sketches for Brooke BROOKE : Yeah, that's good. I could do a whole line of t-shirts with slogans like, "zero's not a size". PEYTON : Hey... and "my mom hates all my friends." BROOKE : Hey, she's not horrible all the time. You haven't been around for the last couple years. She cares about me. (Victoria walks in) VICTORIA : Brooke Penelope Davis! MILLICENT : I'll be in the back. VICTORIA : Did you schedule a conference call with Macy's? BROOKE : Yeah, 'cause I was thinking... VICTORIA : Well, don't! In case you have to hear it, you have zero business sense! BROOKE : Mom. VICTORIA : Let me finish. For the last three years, I've been calling the shts, and look how this company has grown. You're a talented designer, Brooke, but you don't spin the straw into gold. I do. Truth be told, you are not smart enough to do it. (Victoria leaves the shop, Peyton follows her outside) PEYTON : Hey! Ice Queen! Stop being such a bitch to your daughter! VICTORIA : And did my daughter pay you to say that? PEYTON : No, I came up with that one for free. VICTORIA : I advise you keep your little underachieving mouth shut because my relationship with my daughter is none of your business. PEYTON : No, it is when you tear her down and call her stupid. See, the truth is, you're actually worried she's smart. And that's a thr*at to you because when she figures out how to do the business side of this company, goodbye, Victoria. VICTORIA : You're one to talk. Once I convince Brooke that you're just another leech sucking off the money teat, you will be broke and worthless. PEYTON : I meant what I said. Stop tearing down your daughter. She might have to bite her tongue with you because you're her mother, but you are not mine. VICTORIA : No, I am not. As a matter of fact, it's quite clear you never had a mother. PEYTON : Yeah? Neither did Brooke. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is looking at the jewel case when Lindsay walks in and sees the ring LINDSAY : Oh, my gosh. Lucas, I didn't... LUCAS : It's okay. (Lucas got down on one knee) LUCAS : Lindsey... will you marry me? (we see Peyton, lying on the bed in sexy underwear) PEYTON : Say no. It's what I did when he asked me. Lucas wakes up from his dream LINDSAY : Did you fall asleep? LUCAS : Yeah, I guess. LINDSAY : Well, you better get ready. We're having dinner with Nathan and Haley, remember? LUCAS : Oh, yeah. All right. MOUTH OFFICE JERRY : Did you talk to her? MOUTH : I tried. I mean, yeah, I think she knows my position. JERRY : So... we all heard. You're in line for the on-air reporter job. CARLTON : It's because you stood up to her. That's why. She must respect that. MOUTH : I don't know. (Alice walks in) ALICE : What's with the powwow? Can we get back to work? CARLTON : You get back to work. You hag. ALICE : Whoever you are, you're fired. Security! (Alice leaves the room) NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM Nathan is having difficulties to get dress NATHAN : Where the hell is my cane? Haley! Hey, have you seen my... Oh...Where's... where's Haley? CARRIE : I think she ran out for some last-minute dinner stuff. I told her I'd do it, but she wanted to. You okay? NATHAN : Yeah. Yeah, I'm good. CARRIE : Okay. So, are we not supposed to wear pants tonight? NATHAN : Funny. I think I overdid my rehab, and so I'm having a little trouble. This might not be the most appropriate job for you. CARRIE : Stop it. Nannies are like doctors. You let your doctor see you like this, don't you? NATHAN : That depends on where he takes me to dinner. CARRIE : You know, Haley asked me not to wear a bikini in the pool. She said it was inappropriate around Jamie. There you go. You good? NATHAN : Yeah. Listen, Carrie, I'm sure that Haley didn't mean anything by it. I know she likes you. CARRIE : Yeah. It's just kind of ironic, you know? I mean, if she's worried about someone getting turned on out at the pool, she probably shouldn't let you go shirtless. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Lindsay, Lucas, Haley, Nathan and Carrie are having dinner HALEY : So, what's going on with your writing, Luke? How's it coming? LUCAS : Good, actually. I'm kind of on a roll lately. NATHAN : You got to be loving that, Linds. LINDSAY : Yeah, the editor side of me is. The girlfriend side misses her boyfriend. LUCAS : So, how's physical therapy, Nate? NATHAN : Pretty good, man. I'm sore a lot these days. I spend a lot of time in the pool. CARRIE : Yeah, he's been looking really good in there. His rehab's going great. NATHAN : Yeah. Where's your head, Hales? HALEY : Quentin. I gave him a second chance to kind of turn things around, and I'm not sure if he's gonna take it. LUCAS : He will if he wants to play. LINDSAY : Well, sometimes you just don't know about people. I mean, I gave Peyton a second chance, and she didn't take it. HALEY : I have to tell you, I felt so horrible about that, and I know Peyton did, too. Victoria has literally been driving Peyton crazy. LINDSAY : Thanks, but there's more to it than that. Peyton feels like she has some sort of jurisdiction over Lucas because of their history. I was really hoping it wouldn't be an issue, but clearly it is. LUCAS : Lindsey... Peyton's got a big heart. LINDSAY : Yeah, to go along with her big mouth. I know I went to an ivy league school, but if she keeps it up, she's gonna get her ass kicked. HALEY : Okay! Easy. LINDSAY : Sorry. I didn't mean that. I know she's a friend of yours. I just wanted her to like me. CARRIE : Yeah, it sounds like it. (Jamie joins them) JAMIE : What's so funny? HALEY : I'll tell you what's not funny...the fact that you're down here instead of upstairs sleeping like you're supposed to be. JAMIE : I'm not tired. CARRIE : I'll get him. HALEY : No, I got it. Jamie, bed, now. JAMIE : Daddy, can you take me? NATHAN : Jamie, you're gonna listen to your mother, okay? Now, go on upstairs. We'll be up in a couple seconds to tuck you in. LINDSAY : He is so cute. NATHAN : He uses it. Trust me. And now he's scared to death to go to bed because of Dan. LUCAS : But can you blame him? I had nightmares about Dan till I was, what, 19? HALEY : Think we should go talk to him? NATHAN : Yeah. HALEY : Excuse us. Hey, and you are not allowed to clean at all, okay? You just make Lucas do it. LUCAS : All right. All right. Cheers, ladies. (Lucas goes to the kitchen, leaving Lindsay and Carrie alone) LINDSAY : So, Carrie, how's everything going? CARRIE : Really good. By the way, I completely agree with what you said about Peyton. Just because someone has history with a person doesn't mean that's who they should be with. Nathan and Haley arrives in Jamie’ room NATHAN (finding his can) : Buddy, I've been looking for that. JAMIE : It keeps me safe from grandpa. HALEY : Baby, listen, we try to protect you from things because we love you, and that's why we didn't tell you the truth about grandpa Dan. The truth is, he did some bad things, and he needed to go away. JAMIE : Is he ever gonna come back? NATHAN : Maybe. Someday. But no matter what, you're always gonna be safe with us. Mommy and daddy are never gonna let anything happen to you, okay? JAMIE : Okay. But just in case, can you maybe check in the closet and under the bed? NATHAN : Yeah, I think so. INTERIOR CLUB TRIC Brooke, Peyton and Millicent are at the bar BROOKE : It's pretty nice, P. Sawyer. Fully stocked bar steps from your office, complete with a hot bartender, might I add? AMY : Hi... Sorry to bother you. Can I get an autograph? BROOKE : Yeah. AMY : It's Amy. BROOKE : Okay. AMY : Thanks. PEYTON : Well, okay! So, aside from noticing hot bartenders, how has your love life been? BROOKE : No comment. MILLICENT : She sleeps around a lot, but there's no one special. BROOKE : You can be fired. You know that. PEYTON : Yeah, but then she'd just come work for me, and you'd still be paying her. BROOKE : Okay. I'm not calling myself famous or anything, but the celebrity makes it a little hard to meet somebody you can trust. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan and Haley come back to the dinner table when the door bell rings CARRIE : Oh, I'll get it! HALEY : All right. LUCAS : Everything all right, guys? HALEY : Oh, poor thing. We all have stuff we're afraid of. You know I'm deathly afraid of clowns? No, I swear to God. It's really sad. (Quentin arrives) QUENTIN : Hey, sorry to interrupt. I just wanted to say I've been thinking about it, and, I'll do whatever it takes to remain eligible. HALEY : I'm really glad to hear that. LUCAS : All right, 6:00 a.m. practice, Q. QUENTIN : Yes, sir. I guess I'll leave y'all to it. I got a book I got to start reading. NATHAN : I'll see you out. HALEY : Way to go, coach. LUCAS : All right. (Nathan goes with Quentin to the door) NATHAN : You made the right decision. QUENTIN : I'm coming for that scoring title, and when I'm done, I'm gonna erase you. NATHAN : Yeah, that's what I would have said. INTERIOR CLUB TRIC Brooke is at the bar with two fans, Millicent is taking a picture of them. Peyton is also there. PEYTON : Oh, that looks good! BROOKE : Thank you. FANS : Thank you BROOKE : You're welcome. So, you guys ready to go? PEYTON : Yeah. MILLICENT : Hot bartender guy coming this way. BROOKE : I told you he couldn't resist. OWEN : Brooke Davis? Could you maybe sign this for me? BROOKE : Who should I make it out to? OWEN : You can make it out to Trick for $37. It's your bar tab. BROOKE : I thought you were asking for my autograph. OWEN : Not really an autograph kind of guy, especially when I have no idea who the person is. BROOKE : Brooke Davis. I have a line called Clothes Over Bro's... clothing. OWEN : More of a t-shirt-and-jeans guy. Maybe if your name was Levi Strauss. PEYTON : My name is Peyton. I actually have an office right in there. This is Millicent. And you know... OWEN : Brooke, right? PEYTON : Yeah. OWEN : She makes clothes apparently. PEYTON : Yes. OWEN : Well, I'm Owen. Let me know if you want my autograph. (Owen leaves) PEYTON : Nice work, B. Davis. BROOKE : Shut up. Let's go. (Peyton sees Mia on the other side of the room) PEYTON : You know what? I'm gonna meet you at home. (Peyton leaves to see Mia) BROOKE : So hot! PEYTON’S OFFICE MIA : I'm sorry I disappeared. I just needed time to think about everything, and, honestly, I don't think I'm the one to do all this with... start your label with. PEYTON : Why, 'cause you're scared? MIA : Because I don't think I'm ready, and I know how important it is to you. PEYTON : Okay, Mia. Why do you write songs? MIA : What do you mean? PEYTON : When you think about your career, what do you want? What's gonna be enough? MIA : I don't know. PEYTON : All right, maybe you're right. Maybe you're not ready. MIA : I want to help someone. I want to reach that girl or that boy who wakes up one day and feels like it's not worth it anymore. PEYTON : Why, 'cause you've been that person? MIA : Maybe. It's like... I don't need to be famous, and I don't need all the money in the world. It's not about that. It's about that girl who's having a horrible day, and she hears your song, and for five minutes, there's hope, you know? It's like, for five minutes, the world's not such a scary place for her anymore. You asked what's gonna be enough... that'll be enough. That'll be more than enough. PEYTON : Okay. I take it back. Maybe you are ready. CLOTHES OVER BROS Victoria’s sitting on the couch and Brooke arrives and goes sit beside her mother BROOKE : You're working late. VICTORIA : Someone has to, right? BROOKE : Mom, I know this has all been really hard on you, but I just need you to trust me, okay? And no matter what happens, I just wanted to tell you that... I love you, and I appreciate you. And... maybe I don't say that enough. VICTORIA : Of course I trust you, honey. More than that, I love you. And I'm so proud of you. I wouldn't miss this for the world. Come here. (Victoria takes her daughter in her arms) (Brooke actually wakes up in her room and realize it was just a dream) Exact same scene, Victoria’s sitting on the couch and Brooke arrives and goes sit beside her mother BROOKE : You're working late. VICTORIA : Someone has to, right? BROOKE : Mom, I know this has all been really hard on you, but I just need you to trust me, okay? And no matter what happens, I just wanted to tell you that... I love you, and I appreciate you. And... maybe I don't say that enough. VICTORIA : Whatever. You can lock up. (Victoria leaves and Brooke starts crying) OUTSIDE CLUB TRIC Lucas drives by and sees the light on in Peyton’s office PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton’s at her desk, Lucas walks in LUCAS : I saw your light on. Which isn't that surprising. I know how hard you work. You know... you haven't been yourself lately, Peyton. I mean, not the Peyton I remember. PEYTON : I haven't been that Peyton for three years. LUCAS : What's going on? PEYTON : Okay. I went by my old house. There's a teenage girl living there now. And she showed me my closet door. And you know what that said? "Lucas and Peyton. True love always." "Always," Lucas... that's what we were supposed to have until you showed up in L.A. three years ago and ambushed me. LUCAS : If by ambushed you mean proposed to you? PEYTON : Oh, yeah. Out of the blue.A proposal that was driven by some insecurity that I have never been able to understand. LUCAS : Insecurity? Right. Let me tell you how you get "always," Peyton. When a man asks you to marry him, you say yes. You don't say no and call him insecure. PEYTON : I never said no!I said that I loved you and that I did want to marry you someday. And.. oh, God, Luke! I wanted to so bad... but you gave up on us. LUCAS : I gave up on us? PEYTON : Yes! LUCAS : By proposing, I gave up on us? PEYTON : No, by not waiting, you gave up on us, and you know that's the truth. LUCAS : That's great, Peyton! You want to talk truth, let's tell the truth. PEYTON : Okay. LUCAS : You gave up on me. That's why you didn't say yes! You didn't think I could do it. You didn't think I could get my novel published. Maybe you just didn't care, because it wasn't about you or what you wanted. PEYTON : Well, if that's the truth, if I never cared, then how come every time I see this stupid book, I buy it every stupid damn time, Luke?! (Peyton starts throwing the books at him) PEYTON : You said I was great! You said I could be great! You said we were destined to be together! You said it to the world, you said it to me, and I wish you never had because you did not mean any of it! (Peyton is crying) PEYTON : Oh, God. LUCAS : I'm gonna go. PEYTON : Okay, you know what? I want to pay rent. I don't know how, but I'll figure it out. I just... whatever this is, I don't feel right about it. LUCAS : It's called me being nice to you. PEYTON : Well, it needs to stop. LUCAS : Maybe you're right. (Lucas leaves Peyton alone) MOUTH OFFICE Jerry comes to see Mouth in the recording room JERRY : Tough day. Sucks about Carlton, huh? Well, you're lucky. Guess Alice kind of likes you. God help you if that ever goes south. Night, buddy. Mouth goes to see Alice in her office MOUTH : I'm gonna head home. ALICE : By "home," I hope you mean my place. MOUTH : Actually, I'm not feeling very well. ALICE : Maybe you're not on-air material after all. I mean, if you're gonna start getting "sick" on me. MOUTH : I'm sure it's nothing. I'll get a good night's rest and be back to normal. ALICE : Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hope so. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke is calling Millicent BROOKE : Millicent, I want you to reschedule the meeting with Macy's. MILLICENT : Your mom's not gonna like that. BROOKE : It's my company. And please do me a favor... call her Victoria. Don't call her my mom. MILLICENT : Okay. NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM NATHAN : Little man's out cold. You need me to check for clowns? HALEY : I kind of do. NATHAN : All right. (Nathan looks under the bed) NATHAN : Good over there. (He looks around) NATHAN : All right. You're good. HALEY : I think you forgot the balcony. NATHAN : Okay. (Nathan goes on the balcony and sees Carrie swimming naked, he stares for a while) HALEY : Thanks, husband. Nice to know there aren't any monsters in the house.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x06 - Don't Dream It's Over"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS : Previously on "One Tree Hill"... JASON : You're dismissing me from my own band? HALEY : Yes. Only it's not your band anymore. I just kicked you out. JASON : Mia, let's go. MIA : I think I’m gonna stay JASON : You’re an idiot MOUTH : I'm gonna head home. I'm not feeling very well. ALICE : Well, maybe you're not on-air material after all. HALEY : Don't get mad at Lindsey. PEYTON : I'm not mad at her. HALEY : You sound mad at her. PEYTON : Maybe I just don't like her. HALEY : You don't have to... (Lindsay, on the other side of the pane, hearing what they are saying) LINDSAY : I'm gonna go, Haley. PEYTON : I want to pay rent. I don't know how I'm gonna do it, but I'll figure it out. PEYTON : I just -- whatever this is, I don't feel right about it. HALEY : Carrie... could you not wear a bikini in the pool? ONE TREE HILL INTERIOR, CLUB TRIC All the friends are together at the bar BROOKE : All right, guys, bring it in. It has been way too long since we all hung out together, and this is the first time we're all drinking together... legally, that is. So, here's to hanging with our crew... the old and the new... and to everyone getting what they want. HALEY : I guess one sht won't kll us, huh? (all drinking their glass) HALEY : Maybe it will. Brooke, what was that? BROOKE : I wanted something that would remind everyone of me, so they mixed their most popular liquor with their sweetest. The bartender did name it a "Brooke Davis." BROOKE : Isn't that right? OWEN : Actually, I think you named it that. BROOKE : Well... OWEN : I call it tequila and grenadine. HALEY : It's disgusting. BROOKE : You know, not many people can handle a Brooke Davis. OWEN : It's definitely one of a kind. Lucas and Lindsay, alone LINDSAY : I don't know about the old crew, but the new crew is ready to go home. LUCAS : I thought you wanted to see the Honorary Title. LINDSAY : I thought I could handle being around Peyton-- who hates me, by the way-- but I was wrong. LUCAS : Look, Tric's a big place, okay? Avoiding her shouldn't be too difficult. LINDSAY : Oh, I'll have no problem avoiding her. It's you I'm worried about. Nathan and Haley, sitting at the bar HALEY : Thank you. Water? NATHAN : I wasn't even planning on drinking until Brooke forced her... self on us. (Haley is laughing) NATHAN : It's my turn to be responsible for a change. HALEY : You know, you've really come a long way in the last month, and... I'm glad to have you back. So is Jamie. NATHAN : Oh, really? How come I wasn't invited to hang out with him and the guys, then? HALEY : Skills has been really strict about this "no parent" rule. And besides, Jamie's sleepover means you and I have the house to ourselves for a little... private afterparty. NATHAN : My own personal champagne room? HALEY : Yeah. Except you're the stripper. (Quentin passing by the bar) QUENTIN : Jack and coke, bro. OWEN : You got it. QUENTIN : Coach and teach. What y'all two doin' here, man? HALEY : We should be asking you the same thing. QUENTIN : Me? Nah. I'm just taking a study break from "Les Mis." NATHAN : Well, don't stay out too late. We got an early-morning practice. QUENTIN : Oh, all work and no player? Come on, man. Ain't I been on time for every practice? NATHAN : Yeah. You have been good. QUENTIN : What can I say, man? I'm learning from the best. NATHAN : You could learn a lot more from Nathan than just basketball. Mia, joining Peyton who’s sitting on a couch, inside the club MIA : Thanks for the invite. I'm usually at home online on saturday nights. PEYTON : Okay, we're gonna have to work on your rock-star image. MIA : This should help. I can't tell you how much I love the Honorary Title. PEYTON : Oh, good. How would you like to open for them? (Mia, freaking out) MIA : When? Tonight? PEYTON : Yeah. It's one song... one song to open up. And I didn't even have to unbutton a button. MIA : Why didn't you give me any notice? I'm not ready. I look awful. I don't even have a band, Peyton. PEYTON : This is why I didn't tell you... I was scared you were gonna run off and disappear again. But you look great. And you can warm up in my office, and the house band will back you. MIA : I hate you. Millicent, arriving at TRIC, welcomed by Brooke BROOKE : Hey! Where have you been? MILLICENT : Closing the store, when Victoria came in and made me take inventory. (Brooke sighing) MILLICENT : Don't get upset, but I may have let it slip that I was meeting you here. BROOKE : It’s fine Milly, we have more important things to worry about, like your big date. I think you look great, but we need an impartial opinion. Hey, Owen! Yeah, yeah. Hi, hi. How does she look? Hot, right? She's wearing a Clothes Over Bro's original. OWEN : You're the prettiest girl in the room. BROOKE : Did you hear that, Milly? You're the second-prettiest girl in the room. I can't wait to see the look on Mouth's face when he finds out he's on a date with you. MILLICENT : He doesn't know it's a date? BROOKE : Relax. Owen doesn't know we're on a date, either, but that's not stopping me. Hey, Owen. Thanks. Carrie arriving at the club, walking toward Nathan who’s still sitting at the bar, alone CARRIE : Hey, you. NATHAN : Hey. You look nice. CARRIE : Ah, thanks. I keep thinking it's gonna fall off. Where's Haley? NATHAN : I think she's in the ladies' room. CARRIE : (asking the bartender) Hey. Two shts. OWEN : How's tequila? CARRIE : Good. NATHAN : I'm not drinking tonight. CARRIE : Do you need to use the ladies' room, too? NATHAN : I'm trying to be good. CARRIE : I'm not. Peyton, walking to see Lucas who’s at the bar alone LUCAS : What's this? PEYTON : Rent. Sorry it's late. LUCAS : You don't have to do that. PEYTON : No, I really do. LUCAS : Well, I'm not taking it. PEYTON : Fine. I'll mail it. (Lindsay joining Lucas at the bar) LINDSAY : What was that about? LUCAS : She had a rent check for me. I didn't take it. LINDSAY : Why not? LUCAS : I don't feel right accepting money from Peyton, all right? We've been friends for too long. LINDSAY : I hate to break it to you, but most guys aren't friends with their exes. LUCAS : Peyton's different. Look, I know I said we could try avoiding her, but... maybe we should work this thing out. At least say something to her. LINDSAY : Fine. Let's go. (Lindsay walking toward Peyton, on the other side of the bar) LINDSAY : You know when you said you don't like me? Well, I don't like you either. (Lindsay, looking at Lucas) There. I said something. Mouth is sitting at the bar, writing a text message on his cellphone “At Tric. With friends”. Brooke’s coming and sits beside him BROOKE : You gonna order a Brooke Davis? MOUTH : If only it were that easy. BROOKE : I brought you a present. It's over there, wrapped in green, and you should ask very nicely before you try and unwrap it. MOUTH : Brooke, I-I don't know. BROOKE : What? Are you seeing someone? MOUTH : No, I... well, I... BROOKE : Darling, that was rhetorical. Come on. (both walking toward Millicent) BROOKE : Mouth, Milly. Milly, Mouth. Fall in love, get married, invite me to the wedding, and sit me next to a really hot guy. MOUTH : We met at the Clothes Over Bro's opening. You're Brooke's assistant. MILLICENT : - Yeah... Millicent. MOUTH : Well, that's a great job. I was pretty much her assistant in high school, so... Haley walking to see Lindsay HALEY : Hey! You lightened your hair. It looks awesome. LINDSAY : Thanks. You and Nathan look great, too. It must be nice to have him up and walking. HALEY : Yes. I think I was more excited about his first steps than I was Jamie's, which is terrible. So, how are you doing? Are you, um, are you still upset about that Peyton thing? LINDSAY : Not as upset as I am that Lucas snock off to see her the other night. HALEY : He did not. Why? LINDSAY : I haven't asked. I'm not so sure I want to know. HALEY : You should ask him. It's probably nothing. LINDSAY : I know. It's just... suddenly, everything we do involves Peyton somehow. HALEY : Well, that's not true. (Peyton interrupts them) PEYTON : Hey. I'm sorry. Whenever you get a second, I need to talk to you, okay? HALEY : Sure. Maybe it's a little true. Lucas, finding Quentin with an alcohol drink at the bar LUCAS : All right. That better not be yours. QUENTIN : Aw, nah, man. It ain't mine. I don't even drink shts. Please. I-I'm more of a... I'm not old enough. LUCAS : Well, then whose is it? (Nathan passing by and sitting at the bar) NATHAN : Oh, that's mine. Just walked away for a second. LUCAS : Walking away... sounds like a good idea. (Quentin leaves and Lucas sits beside Nathan while Owen comes to serve him a drink) OWEN : Lucas, right? LUCAS : Yeah. OWEN : This is for you. (Owen pours a drink to Lucas with just Peyton’s check, Peyton, on the other side of the bar is watching) LUCAS : Why are women so screwed up? NATHAN : Let me guess... Peyton. LUCAS : How'd you know? NATHAN : 'Cause she sent you a drink with a check in it. LUCAS : Yeah, we're having a tough time with the whole "friends" thing. How did you two do it so easily? NATHAN : I make everything look easy. LUCAS : Nate... NATHAN : Peyton and I were never in love. LUCAS : Yeah, well, Lindsey's mad at me, too. NATHAN : And yet you seem more upset about Peyton. LUCAS : I'm gonna go find Lindsey. NATHAN : All right. (Lucas leaves and Carrie comes to Nathan) CARRIE : Oh. You bought me a drink? NATHAN : Not exactly. CARRIE : What were you and Lucas talking about? NATHAN : Exes. CARRIE : Girlfriends or wives? Millicent and Mouth, sitting at a table talking MOUTH : So, then she comes out of the bedroom wearing a cape, and she tries to convert me to scientology. And then she goes to get me a cape, and I am crawling out the window. MILLICENT : Well, at least you go on dates. Guys are usually only nice to me so they can meet Brooke Davis. MOUTH : Really? You know Brooke Davis? MILLICENT : Very funny. (Mouth receives a text message from Alice “Glad you’re feeling better. What time should I expect you tonight?) MILLICENT : Do you need to answer that? MOUTH : Uh, no. It's just work. Brooke at the bar BROOKE : (signing an autograph )Thanks. OWEN : Kind of pathetic. BROOKE : What is? OWEN : Paying people to ask for your autograph so you look famous. BROOKE : Okay, I don't mean to brag, but half the people in this club are wearing my designs. OWEN : Well, I don't mean to brag either, but everybody in this club is drinking one of my drinks. CUSTOMER : Hey, Owen. Another round. OWEN : Looks like I'm famous, too. (Owen goes toward the customer and Peyton arrives to see Brooke) BROOKE : I bet you we have sex right on this bar. PEYTON : Okay. Wait till I leave, please. Look, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but your mom... BROOKE : I know... is a total bitch. I get it. PEYTON : No. I mean, yes, but she's also... here. BROOKE : What? (Brooke looks at Victoria on the other side of the club, drinking and talking) Oh, mother f... Brooke with Victoria in the club BROOKE : Mother. What the hell are you doing here? VICTORIA : Will you keep your voice down? I don't want the guys in here to know I'm a mother. BROOKE : Why? You want them to think you're a prosttute? VICTORIA : I noticed you rescheduled the Macy's meeting without talking to me. BROOKE : I did. Because you work for me, not the other way around. VICTORIA : Ah, yes. And you've made that crystal clear. And since you seem to think you can do everything... I finally have time to party. BROOKE : You're embarrassing. VICTORIA : You won't listen to reason, so maybe embarrassing you out of town is the answer. (Victoria is starting to dance) BROOKE : Do whatever you want... not gonna affect me. VICTORIA : We'll see. Haley finding Peyton at the bar HALEY : Hey. There you are. What do you need? PEYTON : Oh, I just wanted to interrupt you and Lindsey. Told Mia she was opening tonight. HALEY : Great. Is she excited? PEYTON : Kinda. Haley and Peyton finding Mia playing pool in a private room at the club HALEY : Mia. Hey, are you okay? MIA : No. I'm not okay. I'm pretty far from right now. I've never performed in front of a crowd before-- I mean, alone. Well, I take that back. I sang in my school play when I was 8, and Terry Adams made me cry. You know, what if I choke? What if everybody laughs at me? What if I'm so bad, I destroy Peyton's label? (while talking, Mia put every ball in the hole) HALEY : You realize you just made every sht, right? That's amazing. MIA : I always play well when I'm not thinking about it. HALEY : Okay, great. So when you get up onstage, don't think-- just play. MIA : What if I fail? HALEY : Well, people fail sometimes. Look at Peyton. PEYTON : Hey! HALEY : Mia, you're not gonna fail. I promise. Back inside of the club, Mouth and Millicent MILLICENT : Okay, it's like "rock, paper, scissors," only it's called "ninja, bear, hunter." MOUTH : And why do you play this, again? MILLICENT : I don't get out much. MOUTH : Okay. MILLICENT : Okay. On the count of three. One... two... three. (Mouth imitates a bear and Millicent a hunter) MOUTH : All right. Hunter gets bear. Okay. (Mouth sees Alice sitting on the other side of the club, alone, looking at him) MOUTH : Could you excuse me for a second? MILLICENT : Sure. MOUTH : I'll be right back. Mouth and Alice inside the club ALICE : Well, now, that looked kinky. Want to try it naked? MOUTH : What are you doing here? ALICE : Looking for you. Come on, let's get out of here. (Mouth looks at Millicent) MOUTH : Listen, Alice, I think... I think maybe we went a little fast. I like you, and I like my job. ALICE : Marvin... it's fine. Go have fun. Enjoy your evening. MOUTH : Thanks, Alice. (Mouth goes back to see Millicent) Haley meeting Nathan at the bar HALEY : I'm sorry I haven't been around. Mia's performing tonight, and she's really nervous. How have you been? NATHAN : I never realized how boring bars can be without alcohol. NATHAN : Yeah. Tell me about it. (Bkooke joins them) BROOKE : Tric needs to establish a "no mom" rule. HALEY : I'm a mom! BROOKE : You don't count. You got married and pregnant before you graduated high school. You'll be safely locked in a home by the time you're 35. HALEY : Good talking to you, Brooke. I got to get Mia backstage. I'll see you in a bit. (Brooke and Haley take off at the same time, leaving Nathan alone) NATHAN : It's good talking to both of you. Lucas and Peyton in the club LUCAS : (handing Peyton’s check) I'm not taking this. PEYTON : Luke, if any other tenant wanted the office, you would charge them rent. LUCAS : Yeah, but you're not just any other tenant. PEYTON : I am now. LUCAS : Peyton, just... PEYTON : Look, if you keep talking to me, you're gonna get in trouble. (Lindsay is watching them) Owen and Brooke at the bar OWEN : Something on your mind? BROOKE : No, but my mom is on my last nerve. You got anything for that? OWEN : Yeah...alcohol. (Owen’s pouring Brooke’s drink) So, what'd your mom do? BROOKE : I'll give you one guess. (both are looking at Victoria on the other side of the bar) OWEN : That's your mom? BROOKE : No. OWEN : Oh, my God, it is. I feel like I'm looking into the future here. It's a rough road ahead, by the way. BROOKE : Okay, we're not talking anymore. VICTORIA : Owen... OWEN : Well, looks like your future self's calling. What do you like to drink in 20 years? BROOKE : Poison. Carrie and Nathan at the bar NATHAN (watching Carrie drinking) : I wonder if Haley knows what kind of girl she hired to watch our son. CARRIE : What kind of girl is that, exactly? NATHAN : The kind of girl that drinks like a fish... and goes skinny-dipping late at night, when everyone else is asleep. CARRIE : Oh, my God. I-I... I didn't know anyone was around. I am so embarrassed. Haley asked me not to wear a bikini, and then I do something even dumber. I am so sorry. I completely understand if you want to fre me. NATHAN : No. Look, no one's gonna fre you, okay? You do a great job, and Jamie loves you. I'm just telling you to be careful, because if Haley had caught you, this would be a very different conversation. CARRIE : You didn't tell her? NATHAN : No. You made a mistake, right? It's not the end of the world. Haley doesn't need to know everything. (Nathan leaves) CARRIE : No, she doesn't. Lucas and Lindsay in the bar LUCAS : Hey. I've been looking for you everywhere. LINDSAY : Well, if you keep looking next to Peyton, you're never gonna find me. But I guess sneaking around with her at Tric is your new thing. LUCAS : Okay, what's going on with you? LINDSAY : Why'd you sneak over here the her night? I saw your car parked outside. LUCAS : So that's why you've been so upset? Why didn't you tell me sooner? LINDSAY : No, Luke. You should have told me. LUCAS : I didn't sneak here. I wasn't even planning on coming here. I saw the light on, and I tried to convince my friend to be nicer to the girl that I love. LINDSAY : Right. See, I'm still trying to figure out which is which. (Lindsay leaves) LUCAS : Lindsey. Linds. Brooke and Peyton at the bar PEYTON : I need a new office. BROOKE : Yeah, the one you have right now is far too big and free. PEYTON : I'll settle for small and expensive. As long as it's not Lindsey-adjacent. BROOKE : Tell me I don't look like her when I dance. (Brooke pointing Victoria who’s dancing on the dance floor) Tell me I don't look like her when I dance! PEYTON : Okay. If you tell me Lindsey's a bitch. BROOKE : Oh, my mom's a bitch. Lindsey's a bitch. Is there a woman here tonight you haven't called a bitch? PEYTON : Well, I can think of one. BROOKE : Lindsey is just thrat by you. PEYTON : Why? It's not like I'm even after Lucas. BROOKE : So you keep saying. PEYTON : What? You don't believe me? Okay. Fine. Whatever. But for the record-- you look exactly like her when you dance! Bitch! (Peyton leaves) BROOKE : I do not. Millicent joining Mouth at the bar MOUTH : Hey. So, what were we talking about before you left? MILLICENT : How cute you are. MOUTH : Really? I-I think I would have remembered that. (Mouth receives an another text message from Alice “Kiss her and you’re fired. Love. Alice”) MILLICENT : I'm really glad Brooke set us up. (Millicent tries to kiss Mouth but he avoids it) MILLICENT : I'm sorry. OWEN : I hate it when hot girls ht on me, too. Haley, Peyton and Mia in the pool room again MIA : What's the first line of my song? HALEY : Didn't you write it? MIA : So not the point right now. PEYTON : Okay. Relax. You're gonna be great, Mia. And, honestly, what is the worst thing that could happen? (Mia watching through the door and seeing Jason arriving at the club) MIA : He just walked in. Jason at the bar hitting on Carrie JASON : Can I buy you a drink? CARRIE : Actually, my date took care of that. JASON : Well, we're halfway there, then. (Nathan arrives and sit next to Carrie) NATHAN : I hope you're not trying to sit on my lap. JASON : I'm just looking for someone to dance with. NATHAN : No, thanks. JASON (looking at Carrie while leaving) : You know where to find me. CARRIE : I've never seen your jealous side before. NATHAN : And you still haven't. CARRIE : Okay. (Carries leaves and Quentin arrives) QUENTIN : What up, Nate? Yo, thanks for having my back earlier in front of old man Scott. NATHAN : Quentin, how stupid are you for trying to drink in the same club as your coach? QUENTIN : Look who's talking... you flirtin' with that hot nanny in the same club as your wife. NATHAN : I'm not flirting with anyone. QUENTIN : Oh, okay. You had my back, so I got yours, but I know flirtin' when I see it. And... it look like she does, too, bro. Haley, Peyton and Mia still in the private place PEYTON : Okay. She's almost on. How's she doing? HALEY : I think she'll be okay as long as the only lyrics to her songs are: "why is Jason here?", "why is Jason here?" MIA : Why is Jason here? PEYTON : Because I invited him. MIA : I'm sorry. You what? PEYTON : Look, Mia, most people dream of the chance to stand up to the person that's kept them down. This is yours. MIA : Someone just tell me the first line of my song, please. HALEY : It's "I never feared the unexpected." MAN (announcing in the other room) : Ladies and gentlemen, Mia Catalano. PEYTON : Okay. You're on. (Mia goes to the stage) HALEY : Really? You invited Jason? PEYTON : Oh, hell no. Mia on stage, ready to start her song MIA : Hi JASON : You suck! Get off the stage, ho! NATHAN : Hey. Why don't you shut the hell up? JASON : Choke. (Mia start her song) Brooke and Lucas at the bar LUCAS : Brooke. Will you do me a favor? BROOKE : If it involves drinking and flirting with the hot bartender, then yes, I can. LUCAS : You like Peyton and Lindsey, right? BROOKE : What kind of favor is this? LUCAS : I was hoping maybe you could talk to them. BROOKE : I'd love to help you, Luke, but I honestly don't see the point. I like Lindsey, but Peyton is my best friend. And does either one of us really believe she didn't come back here for you? Victoria at the bar with Owen VICTORIA : What's that? OWEN : It's called a bitter shrew. It's from her. (Pointing at Peyton who’s enjoying the music) Mia on stage at the end of her song MIA (to the crowd): Thank you so much. Brooke and Mouth at the bar BROOKE : Hey. What happened with you and Milly? MOUTH : I just don't think it's good timing right now. I've been really busy with work lately. BROOKE (putting her hand on Mouth forehead) : Are you feeling okay? I hand-deliver a hot girl to you, and you're worried about work? My mother would want to adopt you. MOUTH : Listen, I'm having enough problems with older ladies running my life. BROOKE : What are you talking about? MOUTH : I've kind of been seeing my boss. BROOKE : Define "seeing." MOUTH : Sleeping with. BROOKE : Define "sleeping with." (Mouth looks at Brooke) BROOKE : Waow... Well... I wish you'd told me before I got Milly all worked up. MOUTH : Oh, Millicent was great. I really liked her. I-I just... Alice is considering me for an on-air position, and those are hard to get. BROOKE : Marvin McFadden, did I just hear you correctly? What have you become? MOUTH : I know. I know. Things have just gotten complicated... BROOKE : So uncomplicate them. (Brooke is writing Millicent number on a napkin) BROOKE : When you find the boy that I used to know... you should have him give Milly a call. You have two choices... you can use the number or use the napkin. MOUTH : I'm sorry. I-I can't. (Mouth leaves) VOICE (in the background) : Please welcome the Honorary Title! In the middle of the crowd MIA : Thank you, Jason. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been so good. JASON : You think you were good? The only reason people were clapping is I told them you were retrd. HALEY : You're just upset because the talent left your band. JASON : Not as upset as I am that you left your granny panties in my bed. (Jason slaps Haley’s butt and Nathan starts to push him away) HALEY : Nathan! Nathan! Hey! He's not worth it, okay? Let it go! JASON : Yeah, it's not worth it, Nathan. NATHAN : You're lucky. (Quentin arrives and punch Jason) QUENTIN : You ain't that lucky. Victoria and Brooke inside the club VICTORIA : You're so right. Tree Hill is so much better than Milan. VICTORIA : You are acting like an idiot. BROOKE : And you are acting like a child. The difference is, I know my behavior's ridiculous. Since returning to this god-awful town, you've lost your way. BROOKE : Really? Is that what you think, mom? Because I feel like I have finally found it. I am happy here. I have friends who care about me. VICTORIA : These are not your friends. Friends don't use you. BROOKE : Neither do mothers. VICTORIA : Oh, please. I've done nothing but help you. Your little company was struggling until you came to me. But if you think you can do it alone, just say the word. You'll only lose a C.E.O... and a mother. BROOKE : Mom. VICTORIA : You're not a kid anymore. So grow up. Haley and Nathan, in the club arguing HALEY : When are you gonna grow up? This is our first time back in a bar since your accident, and already you're in another fight. Have you learned nothing? NATHAN : What do you expect me to do... just sit back and watch while some jerk harasses you? HALEY : That's exactly what I expect you to do, because you're not always the guy that has to jump in and do something, and I'm not a damsel in distress. And if your last bar brawl didn't make it clear... you're not Superman. NATHAN : You're overreacting. I didn't even ht the guy. I just walked away. HALEY : No. I pulled you away, and then Quentin ht him. I guess he is really learning from the best. Lindsay and Lucas in the club LINDSAY : Hey, I'm exhausted from spending the night avoiding you and Peyton, so I think I'll catch a cab home. LUCAS : Hey, hey. Don't be ridiculous. Come on, I'll drive you. LINDSAY : It's not ridiculous, Lucas. This is (showing her hair). LUCAS : What are you talking about? Your hair looks great. LINDSAY : Of course you think so. It's Peyton blond. I'm single white female. LUCAS : No, you're not. LINDSAY : I'm not blaming you. I'm blaming me. Ever since Peyton came to Tree Hill, I've been acting like a crazy bitch. I'm neurotic, insecure, paranoid, jealous, and that is not who I am. LUCAS : And I know that. LINDSAY : But it's who I've become. I'm not stupid or blind. I know Peyton's the reason you're writing again, and I refuse to be a chapter in that book. (Lindsay starts to walk away but Lucas stops her) LUCAS : Look, Lindsey. Lindsey, wait. LINDSAY : No, I've been waiting... for you, for the book. I moved here for you remember? So you need to figure out what you want. LUCAS : I want you. LINDSAY : And I want you to stop being in love with Peyton. Looks like we're both screwed. Alice and Mouth in the club MOUTH : Why are you here? When I asked if we were dating, you laughed in my face. Then you see me with someone else and send me a mean text? ALICE : That text was not mean. If you kissed her, then you would have seen mean. MOUTH : It's fascinating that you have different levels of mean, but I think I'll get off at this one. ALICE : Haven't you learned? You only get off when I do. MOUTH : Well, then I hope you just did, because we're done. This is over. ALICE : I'm sorry to hear that, Marvin. But if that's the way you really feel...then you're fired. MOUTH : Then I guess I'm fired. But thank you for showing me that there are more important things in life than work. (Mouth leaves Alice and while walks by the bar, he grabs the napkin Brooke’s holding for him) Peyton and Lucas in Peyton’s office PEYTON : You know what? Just rip up the check. I'm moving offices, anyway. LUCAS : Do you have an alarm in your head that goes off every time I'm happy with someone else? (yelling) What do you want from me?! I fly to L.A., I ask you to marry me. You said no, so I moved on. Why haven't you? PEYTON : 'Cause I should have said yes. Luke, I was young... and I was scared. And I did not realize that by saying I wasn't ready, it would mean that we would never be together again. Had I known that, I would have said yes. LUCAS : Peyton... PEYTON : No, Luke, I miss you every day. And I've told everyone here that I didn't come back for you. But I did. Of course I did. I still love you, Lucas. LUCAS : Peyton, I... (Peyton interrupts him by kissing him. First he stops her than he kisses her back) (Haley is watching them in the background and leaves without saying a word) PEYTON : You still love me, don't you? LUCAS : I have to go see Lindsey. Peyton and Brooke at the bar PEYTON : I came back for Lucas. BROOKE : I know. You've had your Lucas-stealing face on since you picked me up at the airport. PEYTON : What Lucas-stealing face? BROOKE : The only face you've got. PEYTON : Well, it doesn't even matter now. He's with Lindsey. BROOKE : Honey... Lindsey doesn't stand a chance. Trust me. I have been the Lindsey between Lucas and Peyton, and it is not a great place to be. PEYTON : Yeah, neither is the place I'm at. BROOKE : Are you kidding? You're Peyton Sawyer. The guy wrote a whole book about how much he loves you. PEYTON : You think he still does? BROOKE : It has always been Lucas and Peyton. You guys are meant to be together. It's the way it's supposed to be. So go and get your man. And this time if he proposes, please say yes. PEYTON : Okay? Wait. If I came back for Lucas, then why did you come back? BROOKE : Duh... for Lucas. Game on, bitch. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan, Haley and Carrie come back from the club HALEY : Good night. NATHAN : I think she's still pissed at me. CARRIE : She'll come around. I mean, what girl wouldn't want her guy to stand up for her? I know I would. NATHAN : No, I mean, she's right. I need to watch my temper. All it ever does is get me in trouble. CARRIE : Well, I'd love a guy to come to my rescue. Does that mean I like trouble? I'm a little drunk, so in case I said a lot of inappropriate things tonight, I want you to know... I meant all of them. I think I'll go for a swim. I knew you were watching the other night. I'm glad you were. But you can see a lot better with the lights... on. (she switches the button and goes outside) (Nathan moves forward and turns the lights off)) INTERIOR, CLUB TRIC Owen and Brooke at the bar OWEN : Buy you a drink? BROOKE : I better not. I'm supposed to be an adult now, and I don't want to end up like my... future self. OWEN : You're like, what, 22, right? So, legally, this is supposed to be new to you. You're acting your age. It's your mother that isn't. BROOKE : Well, she just came here to embarrass me. OWEN : Isn't that what moms do? BROOKE : I guess. You don't really think I'll end up like her, do you? OWEN : Drunk at a bar with no friends? Never... You got friends. BROOKE : Right. Okay. So, are you gonna ask me out now, or what? OWEN : Nah. Too young for me. Maybe when you grow up. (Owen leaves Brooke alone) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan joins Haley in their bed NATHAN : Is this the champagne room? (Haley doesn’t answer) Hales, I'm sorry, okay? I tried to be responsible tonight, but that idiot got out of line. I promise I wasn't gonna ht him. Please don't be mad at me. HALEY : I'm not mad. I'm...I'm disappointed. NATHAN : In me? HALEY : In a lot of things. I guess I should just be happy you're not sneaking around with another girl. LUCAS’ HOUSE Peyton walks to his door and knocks. Lindsay answers, crying. PEYTON : Lindsey, I'm sorry. I never wanted... LINDSAY : Lucas asked me to marry him. (Lindsay shows Peyton her hand, and Peyton looks at Lucas in the backgtound)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x07 - In da Club"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on one tree hill. BROOKE : Here is to our crew and to everyone getting what they want. MOUTH : I’m kinda seeing my boss... Alice is considering me for an on-air position, and those are hard to get. MILLICENT : I'm really glad Brooke set us up. (Mouth receives a text message "kiss her and you’re fired. Love, Alice" ALICE : Haven't you learned? You only get off when i do. MOUTH : This is over. ALICE : Then you're fired. HALEY : You're just upset because the talent left your band. (Nathan starts a fight with Jason) HALEY : He's not worth it, okay? Let it go! NATHAN : You're lucky. CARRIE : I'm a little drunk, so in case I said a lot of inappropriate things tonight, I meant all of them. LINDSAY : I know Peyton's the reason you're writing again, and I refuse to be a chapter in that book. LUCAS : Lindsay. Lindsay, wait. LUCAS : I fly to L.A., I ask you to marry me. You said no, so I moved on. Why haven't you? PEYTON : 'Cause I should have said yes. ONE TREE HILL PEYTON’S OFFICE Same scene from 507, Lucas and Peyton are kissing PEYTON : You still love me, don't you? LUCAS : I have to go see Lindsey. INSIDE LUCAS’ BEDROOM Same night from 507 Lindsay’s sitting on the bed crying, with a luggage beside her. Lucas walk’s in. LUCAS : Lindsay? LINDSAY : I'm gonna go to new york, Lucas. I'm not sure when I'll be back. LUCAS : Don't do this. I know you're upset. I know. But you need to believe me when I tell you, you're the girl I love. LINDSAY : Then how come you never gave me this? (Lindsay hold the engagement ring) LINDSAY : I got home, and I thought I'd do some menial chore to get my mind off of how angry I was. Laundry was the first thing that came to mind. LUCAS : God. LINDSAY : Who hides a ring in a sock drawer, Luke? LUCAS : Lindsay, that ring... LINDSAY : Don't. I'm just gonna go. LINDSAY : For the record. it's as beautiful as I imagined it would be. Take it. LUCAS : I was waiting to give you the ring until I was sure I had another book in me. I just don't want you to end up regretting me because I can't finish. LINDSAY : I would never regret you. LUCAS : Yeah, you say that now. But what if I'm not Lucas the writer? What if I'm Lucas the small-time basketball coach? What if that's all I'm ever gonna be? LINDSAY : Then I'd be the small-town basketball coach's wife. Look at me, Lucas. I don't love you for your book. I love you for the mind that book sprang from. And I don't care if you never write another word again. You will always be more than a small-town basketball coach, because you'll be the man that I love. LUCAS : Lindsay. (Lucas got down on one knee) LUCAS : Evelyn Strauss, will you marry me? (Lindsay just smiles and Lucas takes her in his arms) OUTSIDE LUCAS’ BEDROOM Peyton walks to his door and knocks. Lindsay answers, crying. PEYTON : Lindsay, I'm sorry. I never wanted... LINDSAY : Lucas asked me to marry him. (Lindsay shows Peyton her hand, and Peyton looks at Lucas in the background, Lucas finally looks away) NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM Same night from 507 HALEY : Are you awake? NATHAN : No. HALEY : Sorry I got upset with you. NATHAN : You had a right to be upset. I finally started walking again. I've got no business being in some guy's face. HALEY : Lucas kissed Peyton. NATHAN : What? When? HALEY : Before we left Tric, in Peyton's office. I walked in, and I saw the whole thing, or enough of it. I don't understand how Lucas can do that to Lindsey after everything that they've been through. And Peyton, who does she think she is? She turned down Lucas' proposal. She broke his heart. She has no right to take him from Lindsay. NATHAN : Maybe it wasn't what it looked like. Maybe it was just a friendly kiss, or maybe it was a goodbye kiss. Maybe it was just a mistake. HALEY : No, I know what I saw. This was a full-on romantic Lucas/Peyton kiss. NATHAN : You should forget what you saw. HALEY : Oh, really, forget it? No, what I need to do is tell Lindsay. NATHAN : See, that's not your place, regardless of what it looked like. I mean, look, if Lucas is cheating on Lindsay, then he needs to be man enough to tell her himself. INTERIOR, CLUB TRIC Same night from 507 Brooke’s still at the bar, drinking, the club is almost empty. BROOKE : You know, of all the guys I dated in New York, not one of them ever named a sht after me. I think it kind of separates you from all the rich, handsome, famous, successful, educated types. OWEN : Flatter me all you want. You're still cut off. BROOKE : Listen, pal, my name is technically a brand, so I could sue you for naming that sht after me. OWEN : First of all, you named the sht after yourself. Second of all, that sht was the Patricia Foster last week, the Liz Thompson the week before. Chances are, it'll have a new name tomorrow night, so if you want to sue me, better do it fast. BROOKE : Well, if my name's only gonna be on it for the night, maybe there's something else I should do real fast. OWEN : I think you are way too full of yourself to make that kind of decision. (Brooke’s cell phone rings) BROOKE : Hi, P. Sawyer. Please tell me those are tears of joy. Okay, no. I'm coming home right now. OWEN : Ooh, not so fast, headline waiting to happen. I'll drop you off. BROOKE : You do like me. OWEN : No, you driving drunk is just something I actually can get sued for. MOUTH’S BERDROOM Mouth is walking in his room, wandering if he’ll call Millicent MILLICENT VOICEMAIL : Hi it’s Millicent, leave a message. MOUTH : Hi, uh, Millicent, it's...it's Mouth, Marvin. Mouth. Um, I just wanted you to know I had a really nice time with you tonight, and I'm sorry if it ended weird or if you felt bad, not that you should feel bad. I should feel bad. I do feel bad. So call me. Marvin...Mouth. I mean, you should call me, and my name is Marvin or Mouth, not you should call me Marvin. I just w...(Bip) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton is lying on the couch with Lucas’ book in her hand when Brooke comes home BROOKE : Tell me you are not lying here, torturing yourself with a copy of Lucas' book. PEYTON : "In that moment, my triumph was not a state championship but a moment of clarity." BROOKE : I've read it, honey. I know how it ends. PEYTON : That's funny. Because it seems like Lucas has forgotten. (Peyton’s crying) PEYTON : Oh, Brooke, he asked Lindsay to marry him. BROOKE : What? That's crazy. PEYTON : Maybe. Or maybe crazy is me thinking that... that he could still have feelings for me after all these years. BROOKE : But we both know Lucas has a history of throwing himself into the wrong relationship, especially when he can't admit the truth about who he loves. PEYTON : No. It's different this time. BROOKE : Okay. PEYTON : What am I supposed to do? BROOKE : Come here. (They both stand up and walk to the fireplace) BROOKE : First, you're gonna let go. (Peyton throws Lucas’ book in the fre) BROOKE : And now we're gonna sit, and you are gonna cry on my shoulder for as long as you need to, okay? Come here. LUCAS (voiceover) : Suddenly, it was as if the roar of the crowd, the echo of the final buzzer, the cheers of my teammates were all sounding from a thousand miles away, and what remained in that bizarre muffled silence was only Peyton, the girl whose art and passion and beauty had changed my life. In that moment, my triumph was not a state championship, but simple clarity, the realization that we had always been meant for each other, and every instinct to the contrary had simply been a denial of the following truth. I was now and would always be in love with Peyton Sawyer. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke arrives at the store, immediately following by Haley and Jamie. HALEY : I'm really sorry we're late. HALEY (talking to Jamie) : Hey, no tv for you and no ice cream until the afternoon. Keep it to one scoop, okay? BROOKE : One. Okay. HALEY : You forgot. BROOKE : It's fine! You look so handsome! HALEY : Okay, um, your dad's gonna pick you up after practice. All right? Bye. Thank you. BROOKE : Bye. (Haley makes he way to the door when Lindsay arrives) LINDSAY : Haley, so glad you're here. HALEY : Oh, I've got to go, actually, but is everything okay? LINDSAY : Oh, everything's great, I mean, as long as this town's big enough for two Mrs. Scotts. (Lindsay shows her hand) HALEY : Oh, my god. (Brooke and Haley look at the ring) HALEY AND BROOKE : Congratulations! INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan and Carrie in the kitchen NATHAN : Hangover? CARRIE : More like teetering on the edge of death. (Carrie giving a cup of coffee to Nathan) NATHAN : Don't you need that? CARRIE : I'll brew more. NATHAN : Thanks. CARRIE : Listen, I don't remember much of last night, but I have a feeling I was less than professional. NATHAN : It was probably my fault for not cutting you off. On the bright side, at least your drunken mistake didn't ruin your basketball career. CARRIE : Did it ruin my nanny career? NATHAN : You got to stop the flirting, Carrie, and the skinny-dipping and... CARRIE : I think the severity of this hangover pretty much guarantees it'll never happen again. NATHAN : I hope that's true. Drink plenty of water. MOUTH OFFICE Mouth starts packing his stuffs, Jerry is walking in JERRY : Hey, Mouth -- what are you doing? MOUTH : Uh, well, the thing is... JERRY : Did you hear about Alice? She got fired. MOUTH : What? When? JERRY : First thing this morning. She's already gone. How great is that? MOUTH : That is greater than you know. So, what happened? (Mouth is putting his stuffs backs on his desk) MOUTH : Do you think they found out about how abusive she was? JERRY : Not exactly. Apparently, she was sleeping with an employee. They're totally, like, cleaning house. (Jerry leaves and Mouth starts packing again) LUCAS’ OFFICE AT TREE HILL HIGH Nathan and Skills are watching basketball, Lucas is walking in SKILLS : Man, we ain't gonna never bat la salle if you gonna be late. NATHAN : Actually, we're never gonna bat la salle, even if you're on time. LUCAS : Maybe I should have spent last night planning a strategy to win instead of getting engaged, huh? SKILLS : Definitely. Wait. Hold on. Did you just say engaged? NATHAN : Congratulations, big brother. That's awesome. SKILLS : No doubt, baby. Way to go. So, who's the lucky girl? LUCAS : You're kidding, right? NATHAN : No, that's a legit question. With Peyton back in town, it could be anybody's ballgame. SKILLS : Could even be Brooke by now, right. LUCAS : Stop. It's Lindsay. SKILLS : Excellent choice. NATHAN : Things might work out for you after all. (Quentin is arriving with a bandage on his wrist) SKILLS : Maybe not. BOYS LOCKER ROOM AT THE GYM Nathan and Quentin are there with the doctor NATHAN : Do you see what I'm talking about? You can't just ht people. QUENTIN : Man, all I know is Ms. James-Scott needed somebody to defend her honor, and her own husband wasn't man enough to do it. NATHAN : Let me tell you something... my wife's honor is not something that can be taken away by some loudmouth jackass in a bar. What can be taken away is your ability to play. DOCTOR : It looks like it's just a sprain. Could be a few days. It could be a month. NATHAN : That's just great. That's a hell of a punch, Q. You might have taken out a whole team with it. LUCAS’ OFFICE AT TREE HILL HIGH Lucas is at his desks, Peyton walks in. LUCAS : Hi PEYTON : If you wanted to break my heart, there are a thousand ways you could do it. You did not have to propose to Lindsay to hurt me. LUCAS : It didn't have anything to do with you. It's just weird timing. PEYTON : Weird timing. Okay, Luke. LUCAS : I know that it must seem like... PEYTON : No, don't marry her, Luke! LUCAS : Peyton, you can't... PEYTON : Am I crazy? Do you not feel what I have felt every day that we've been apart for the last three years? Because I have felt there is this vital piece of me that's been missing. And I tried to fill it, Luke. I tried to fill it with work and friends and music, and it stayed empty until last night when you kissed me, and my entire universe snapped back into focus. Lucas, look me in the eye and tell me that that kiss did not feel exactly the same as it felt three years ago. (Peyton is crying) LUCAS : I'm in love with her, Peyton. (Haley walks in) HALEY : What is going on here? PEYTON : Um, just congratulating Luke. Did you hear he's engaged? HALEY : Yeah, I'm gonna be her matron of honor. Luke, I need to talk to you alone. (Peyton leaves the office) HALEY : Something you want to tell me? LUCAS : Is this a trick question? HALEY : Luke, marriage is a huge commitment. Can you honestly tell me that you're positive Lindsay's the one? LUCAS : Okay, I know where this is going. To tell you the truth, Lindsay will always be my number two... but only because you are my number one. And you always will be. Just don't tell Lindsay or Nathan. HALEY : Lucas, marriage is serious, and you better be ready to commit to Lindsay for the rest of your life. (Haley leaves the office) LUCAS : Does that mean you're happy for me? CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke and Jamie are watching tv. Millicent is also there. ON TV : Get the doctor! Nurse! JAMIE : Mama said no tv. BROOKE : What mama doesn't know won't hurt her. ON TV : She's okay. We've set the monitor to notify of any changes. (Owen walks in) BROOKE : Let me know if Adrian tells Lexi they harvested the wrong lung. JAMIE : You know he's going to. BROOKE : Can I help you? OWEN : Looking for a gift for this girl I know. BROOKE : Well, you've definitely come to the right place. What's this girl look like? OWEN : Dark hair, hazel eyes. BROOKE : If she didn't already own it. I bet she'd like this one. (the phone’s ringing in the background) OWEN : Yeah, but she's a little taller than you, so do you have any other sizes? MILLICENT : Brooke, it's Victoria. She's setting a meeting for you with a furrier. BROOKE (to Owen) : One sec. MILLICENT : Apparently, furs are about to make an unprecedented comeback. BROOKE : Really? Jamie, cover your ears. (Brooke takes the phone) BROOKE : Let's make this short and sweet. There is no situation in which I am going to kll furry woodland creatures to make coats out of them, okay? Thanks. OWEN : Let me guess... bar hag's still calling the shts? BROOKE : Aren't you supposed to be shopping for some fugly giantess? OWEN : I'm just saying, why do you work with her if she makes you that crazy? BROOKE : Well, first of all, the bar hag, as you call her, is my mother. And second of all, she's my business partner. And if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have a bazillion-dollar company, a magazine, and all these lovely clothes you see here. OWEN : My mother wanted me to be an orthodontist, but I just said no. BROOKE : Judging from your car, maybe you should have reconsidered. OWEN : A jab against my car. You're that girl, huh? That's disappointing. What's underneath all the clothes, Brooke Davis? (Owen leaves the shop) EXTERIOR TREE HILL HIGH Peyton is leaving the school and runs into Molly MOLLY : Hey, Peyton, it's me -- molly. I... I live in your old bedroom. PEYTON : Right, keeper of my closet door, hey. If I'd known other people would be reading everything I wrote on that thing, I probably would have been more careful. MOLLY : Well, I'm glad you weren't. I wanted to ask, did Lucas really carry you out of the library after you got sht? PEYTON : Um, yeah. MOLLY : That must have been so romantic. PEYTON : Well, I was actually kind of preoccupied bleeding out on the library carpet, so. MOLLY : Didn't really think about that. PEYTON : I don't remember writing that part down on my closet doors. (Molly shows her Lucas’ book) PEYTON : Oh, right ,of course. MOLLY : I've read it 13 times. Is that weird? Well, it's just that, when we moved into our new house and I read your closet door, I knew it was special. Then I read this book. And I realized I was part of this timeless love story. The truth is, sometimes, I read that door, and I imagine that I have your life instead of mine. PEYTON : No, Molly, I am not someone you want to live vicariously through, okay? I'm... I'm a mess. MOLLY : Lucas Scott didn't think so. And besides, even if you are, no one's ever gonna write about my life. (Molly gives a hug to Peyton before leaving) MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth is in the director’s office DIRECTOR : It's Marvin, right? MOUTH : Yes, sir. DIRECTOR : I suppose you heard we had to fre Alice day for carrying on an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. I suppose you know a little something about that. MOUTH : Yes, sir, I... DIRECTOR : It's okay, son. Apparently, half the station knew about Alice and Rick. MOUTH : Rick? Evening news anchorman Rick? DIRECTO : I know. Programming director sleeping with her anchor... oh, boy. Competition's gonna love that, huh? MOUTH : I'm sorry ... Rick, with the toupee, Rick? DIRECTOR : Listen, Marvin. we're in a bit of a scramble here. We're gonna need all hands on deck. I watched your audition tape. It's good. You know, the tree hill ravens have their season opener coming up. How would you like to cover it? MOUTH : Yes, sir. Yes. DIRECTOR : Good man. MOUTH : Thank you. DIRECTOR : Uh, Mcfadden, word of advice... they are opportunity here for a kid who will work hard and keep his nose clean. MOUTH : Yes, sir. Out of the director’s office, Mouth runs into Jerry JERRY : What did they say? Do they know about Carlton? MOUTH : What about Carlton? JERRY : He was giving it to Alice. What... you didn't know? MOUTH : They said she was sleeping with Rick. JERRY : Really? Wait, wait, wait. Anchorman rick with the toupee? MOUTH : So she was sleeping with Carlton, too? JERRY : Oh, yeah. Hey, Mouth they didn't say anything about me, did they? MOUTH : No, why would they s... you were sleeping with her, too? JERRY : Just a few mornings before work. (Mouth starts leaving) JERRY : Rick... I mean, that's just nasty. RECORDING STUDIO Mia is recording and Peyton and Haley are in the booth PEYTON (to Mia) : You ready? Okay, we're rolling. Haley, did I do something to upset you? HALEY : You mean besides lying and cheating? PEYTON : Excuse me? HALEY : You told me you weren't back for Lucas. PEYTON : I'm not. HALEY : That's the lying. PEYTON : Haley HALEY : You kissed him last night. I saw you. And that's the cheating. And now I have to be the matron of honor to a really sweet girl whose fiancé is hooking up with his old girlfriend behind her back. So, yeah, I know we're friends, but, yeah, Peyton, you did something to upset me and that should upset you. (Peyton doesn’t answer) HALEY : Okay, listen. You said no, Peyton, and Lindsay said yes. PEYTON : I said, someday. HALEY : Well, Lucas fell in love in the meantime. You've got to stop trying to take that away from him. OUTSIDE, RIVERWALK Brooke is with Jamie BROOKE : But that's the thing... it's not what he says, it's the way he says it. He honestly acts like he is above me, which is ridiculous. He's a bartender. He mixes drinks for living JAMIE : Like chocolate milk? BROOKE : Not exactly. JAMIE : Are you gonna kll furry woodland creatures? BROOKE : I most certainly am not gonna kll furry woodland creatures. JAMIE : Promise? BROOKE : Pinky swear, yeah. Now, where was I? Oh...He should be so lucky. I am Brooke Davis. JAMIE : Brooke Penelope Davis. BROOKE : Exactly! Besides, what has he ever even said to make me think he's worth my time? JAMIE : What's underneath all the clothes, Brooke Davis? BROOKE : How old are you again? (Jamie’s showing four of his fingers) BROOKE : All right. One more scoop for the boy genius, but don't tell your mom. Come on. CLOTHES OVER BROS Carrie is making some shopping. Millicent is taking care of her. MILLICENT : You got to know it's on your sleeve this top is really cute. Big date? CARRIE : Oh, just something to impress a guy. MILLICENT : Well,I hope this does the trick. Fingers crossed. (Mouth arrives at the shop) MOUTH : Millicent, uh, you never called me back, so I thought I'd swing by. MILLICENT : Actually, I didn't call back on purpose. MOUTH : Can I ask why? MILLICENT : I don't think we're a good match. You like sports, and I like ballet, so there's that. MOUTH : That's the worst reason I've ever heard. MILLICENT : Then how about you like having sex with your boss, and I like ballet? Brooke told me. MOUTH : Thank you, Brooke Davis. Look, that's completely over with, as of last night. MILLICENT : Well, I'm glad to hear that, Marvin, but it's not really the point. I don't want to date the kind of guy who would sleep with his boss to get ahead at his job, no matter how hot or funny or smart he is otherwise. MOUTH : Millicent. MILLICENT : I'm very sorry, Marvin, but you're just not the guy I had hoped you would be. LUCAS’ OFFICE AT TREE HILL HIGH Mouth is interviewing Lucas MOUTH : I'm Marvin Mcfadden, along by... I'm Marvin Mcfadden, and with today is... LUCAS : Are you okay? MOUTH : I'm sorry. This is the biggest break of my life, and I can't stop thinking about this girl I met. She thinks I'm morally bankrupt, and the truth is, I have been lately. LUCAS : Come on, Mouth. You're the most stand-up guy I know. All right, look, if it's true turn it around. MOUTH : Thanks, Lucas. Where were we? LUCAS : Uh, you were asking me how we intend on, um, avoiding getting our asses handed to us. MOUTH : I'm here with coach Lucas Scott, whose storied buzzer-beater sealed a championship for the tree hill ravens four years ago. GRAVEYARD Peyton sits in front of her mother’s grave PEYTON : Hi, mom. So, is there any way that there's, like, a cosmic loophole that could allow you to talk to me? 'Cause I could really use one of those mother/daughter talks all the other girls are raving about. Lucas has asked another girl to marry him. I know, right, who does he think he is asking some beautiful, brilliant, successful editor over the unemployed girl who said someday? What do I do now, mom? Where do I go from here? (We see a leaf falling in front of Keith Scott’s grave) PEYTON : Thanks, mom. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Carrie is in the kitchen, the phone is ringing CARRIE : Scott residence. HALEY : Hey, Carrie. It's me. Listen, I have been making some great progress with Mia, and I was hoping to put in a few more hours, but I wasn't sure if Jamie and Nathan were waiting on me for dinner. CARRIE : They're not home right now, but I'll handle dinner if they show up. HALEY : Really? That would be great. Thank you. You're a lifesaver. CARRIE : Just happy to help. (Carrie hangs up the phone) CARRIE : Boys, dinner's ready! Jamie, Nathan and Carrie, later that night. Jamie just made a drawing. NATHAN : Let me see that. Oh, it's genius. It's a work of art. CARRIE : A work of art. Look, mama. Uh, I mean, nanny Carrie. CLOTHES OVER BROS MOUTH : I've been thinking about what you said earlier, and I get it. I wouldn't want to date you if you were sleeping with your boss, either. MILLICENT : Brooke? MOUTH : No, Victoria. I would totally date you if you were sleeping with Brooke. Millicent, wait, uh... I’m not at guy, at least that's not the guy I've been in the past. Would you give me just one chance to prove that to you, please? I promise, it's not a date. LUCAS’ OFFICE AT TREE HILL HIGH Lucas is still watching basketball, Skills arrives SKILLS : Go home. But first we toast your engagement. LUCAS : You know, I'm nervous. SKILLS : Oh, don't be nervous. Them chumps at la salle, they won't even know what h*t 'em. LUCAS : Yeah, I'm not talking about the game. SKILLS : I know. Look, I was nervous my first time, too. Just remember. it's a beautiful expression of love between a man and a woman. LUCAS : Very funny. SKILLS : Luke, you're a man. I'd be worried if you said you wasn't nervous. So, here's to my friend Lucas Scott, who don't need to be nervous because he always, without fail, follows his heart. LUCAS : Cheers. (Both watch the tv for a second) LUCAS : All right, how about just one more? MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth and Millicent enter the recording studio MILLICENT : Where are we? MOUTH : I know it doesn't look like much, but this is my favorite room in the world. With our satellite, I can find almost any sporting event anywhere, anytime. MILLICENT : That's great, but why? I mean, why sports? MOUTH : I guess, when I watch a game, it reminds me we all have greatness inside of us. You know, on any given day, an underdog can rise up. It gives me hope. (Mouth put on a screen and we can see ballet) MOUTH : Here we go. MILLICENT : What's this? MOUTH : The Moscow ballet. I hear they're pretty good. MILLICENT : I don't understand. MOUTH : Well, I was hoping you would tell me why you love ballet, 'cause I think you're really great, Millicent, and I'd love to know more about you. INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Carrie and Jamie are in the bathroom JAMIE : I'm sorry I called you mama. CARRIE : It's okay. You want to hear a secret? Sometimes I pretend you're my kid. EXTERIOR PEYTON’S OLD HOUSE Peyton comes and leave a bag and a letter on the doorstep INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan just put Jamie into bed, Carrie talks to him in the hallway CARRIE : You're so good with him. NATHAN : No, he's good with me. (Carrie laughs) NATHAN : What? What's so funny? CARRIE : Nothing, just... you've had paint on your face for the past two hours. NATHAN : Why didn't you tell me? Where? CARRIE : Here Wait a minute. Close your eyes. You actually managed to get paint on your eyelids. NATHAN : Okay. CARRIE : Hold on. I'll get it. (Nathan closes his eyes and Carrie kisses him, he is not doing anything) JAMIE : Nanny Carrie! (Carries leaves to see Jamie) INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Lucas is alone in the gym, Peyton walks in PEYTON : Do you think maybe whitey will let you out of practice early so we can catch a movie? LUCAS : What are you doing, Peyton? PEYTON : Just pretending for a second that we're still 17 and nothing's changed. Would you believe I actually met a girl who lives vicariously through us, at least the us in the book? LUCAS : Sure, I do. It was a great story to be a part of, but it also took place a long time ago. PEYTON : I know. I didn't come here to rehash the past. I was reminded today in a roundabout way that the most perfect act of love is sacrifice. That's what Keith did for Karen... burying his feelings for her for all those years so he could be a good friend. (Peyton is taking Lucas’ hand) PEYTON : I love you, Lucas. And I think I have since the first moment we locked eyes. And it is gonna suck! But if what you want is for me to let go. Then I'm gonna do it. Oh, be happy, Luke. I want that with all my heart. (She kisses his hand and leave) INTERIOR PEYTON’S OLD BEDROOM Molly is bringing the bag and the letter. She is finding a jar of painting with a paintbrush in the bag. She starts reading Peyton’s letter PEYTON (voiceover) : Dear Molly, this is gonna sound a little strange, but I'd like you to paint over my old closet door. The thing is, there is never a time when you'll be more honest, when your convictions will be stronger, or when your motives will be more pure than they are right now. which means you should chase whatever it is that excites you... MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth and Millicent are still watching ballet MILLICENT : They have such perfect lines and grace and power. MOUTH : If I closed my eyes, you could totally be talking about sports right now. MILLICENT : Maybe you should try it. MOUTH : Ballet? MILLICENT : Closing your eyes. (Mouth closes his eyes and Millicent kisses him on the cheek) PEYTON (voiceover) : Be confident and take risks. and paint over my words so you can start writing your own... EXTERIOR TRIC Owen comes into his car and finds Brooke on the backseat, naked OWEN : I assume you're not carjacking me. BROOKE : You said you wanted to know what was under the clothes. OWEN : I was being existential. BROOKE : I was being literal. and serious. OWEN : You make two fantastic points. I should be getting home. BROOKE : What? You're turning down naked me? Nobody turns down naked me. OWEN : Relax. It was a joke. You win. BROOKE : Really? OWEN : Absolutely. Let's have sex, Brooke Davis. Your place or mine? BROOKE : As if. (Brooke puts her clothes back on) BROOKE : you haven't earned that, bartender boy. (Brooke kisses him on the check) BROOKE : Sleep tight. (She leaves the car) PEYTON (voiceover) : My story may have inspired you, but I'm certain your story will inspire the next girl to live in our room... OWEN : What a girl... INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is in the kitchen, Haley arrives HALEY : Hi NATHAN : You're home late. HALEY : Yeah, sorry. Mmm, Mia's album is sounding awesome. NATHAN : Great. Just, uh, wish you were home more. HALEY : Thanks. Me, too. God, it's been a long day. I snapped at Lucas, basically called Peyton a whore. I feel pretty lousy about it. NATHAN : Are you gonna tell Lindsay about the kiss? HALEY : I don't know. I'm starting to think some things are better left secrets. (Carrie walks in) CARRIE : I'm going to bed now, okay? HALEY : Yeah, great. We're fine here. CARRIE : Just let me know if you need me. INTERIOR PEYTON’S OLD BEDROOM Molly has colored in white Peyton’s closet door, but we can still see "Peyton + Lucas = TLA" inscribed PEYTON : I want you to know you don't need somebody to write about you in order for your life to mean something. You can write about yourself. Make your own destiny. Then, years from now, the next girl will keep what you write on that door long enough to remind you of how inspired your life is. And you can tell that girl to paint over the door, because you realize the words you wrote, the friends you had, the urgency you felt will always be there underneath the paint. LUCAS ‘ BEDROOM Lindsay’s already in bed, Lucas joins her LUCAS : Let's get married right away. PEYTON (voiceover) : The love you professed will always be there, the spark of something undeniable, a seed of hope, the truth, for better or for worse, burning fiercely, just below the surface. Love, Peyton PEYTON'S OFFICE She is finishing a drawing, crying.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x08 - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... PEYTON : I still love you, Lucas. LUCAS : Peyton, I... LINDSEY : Lucas asked me to marry him. WHITEY : What the hell is this? MOUTH : Well, we have this website. JIMMY : Yeah, we're sports announcers. JIMMY : Everyone get away from the door! MOUTH : Jim, you can't do this. JIMMY : It's a little late for that, Mouth. LUCAS : You're bleeding. We got to get you somewhere safe. PEYTON : No, I can't! I can't walk. I tried. KEITH : Jimmy, please... JIMMY : I'm sorry. KEITH : No! MOUTH : He was my friend. I... I miss him a lot. PEYTON : Lucas, look me in the eye and tell me that that kiss did not feel exactly the same as it felt three years ago. LUCAS : I'm in love with her, Peyton. ONE TREE HILL MOUTH (voiceover) : Take a look at this picture. What do you see? There's a high school basketball game tonight somewhere in America, and there's a great story there. But sometimes, to find it, you have to look away... into the shadows, on the fringe of the obvious. Can you see it? Look closer. CLASSEROOM While we hear Mia singing, we see Haley with some student in a classroom. Then one of the student is actually Mia. PEYTON : Cut! Cut! Great. Really great work, Mia. Excellent. Thank you guys very much. We can check that and move on. HALEY : Hey PEYTON : How crazy is this? It looks just like your classroom. HALEY : It's so crazy. GUY: All right, it's good. Let's move on. PEYTON : Thank you. HALEY : I kind of need to get out of here. I don't know if you need me for closeups... PEYTON : No, no, no. You're good. HALEY : Okay. All right, see you. PEYTON : Oh, Haley... Okay, about the whole Lucas engagement thing... I just... LUCAS : You got to let him go, Peyton. PEYTON : I know. It's just hard. HALEY : It'll be okay. I'll see you at the game. MIA : This is so awesome. What's next? PEYTON : We go hand-held. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Mouth is alone in the empty gym. Skills walks in MOUTH : Local boys make good. A new era dawns. Come on, find the story. SKILLS : Tonight's the big night, baby. First game of the season and broadcasting debut for Marvin McFadden. MOUTH : It's just a taped segment. I'm not even sure they're gonna run it. SKILLS : Man, they gonna run it. Look, you gonna throw down so hard, they gonna have to run it. Got an angle, right? MOUTH : Yeah, I'm thinking, "former state champions take over." Something like that. SKILLS : Yeah, that's all good. Well, look, if you need anything, I got you. All-access, baby. (Skills starts leaving) SKILLS : Hey, Mouth. Relax, dog. You gonna do great, all right? INTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is getting ready, Nathan arrives HALEY : Hey, sorry. I'll just be one more minute. I've never seen Jamie so keyed up. He's so excited about this game. (Nathan is looking at her, not saying anything) HALEY : Everything all right? NATHAN : I have to tell you something. It's about Carrie. (Carrie walks in) CARRIE : I should probably be the one to tell her. I have to give my two weeks notice. HALEY : Why? CARRIE : Because I got accepted to a graduate program that I thought I couldn't afford, but I got a last-minute scholarship offer, and I think I have to take it. HALEY : Well, of course you do. Congratulations. We're gonna miss you. I hope Jamie doesn't take it too hard. CARRIE : Yeah, I'm gonna miss you, too. More than you know. LUCAS’ OFFICE Lucas is sitting in the dark, Mouth arrives MOUTH : Hey, Luke. You working on the game plan? LUCAS : Actually... I was just thinking about Keith. Wishing he were here, you know? MOUTH : I've been thinking about Jimmy all week. What I wouldn't give to trade this day for that one. (Mouth shows a picture of Jimmy and he) MOUTH : I see they took Dan's jersey down in the gym. I'm glad. LUCAS : Jimmy'd be proud of you. MOUTH : Thanks. You too. Good luck, Luke. LUCAS : Thanks, Mouth. You too. (Mouth leaces) LUCAS : Oh, Keith, please help me out tonight. BOYS LOCKER ROOM Quentin is getting ready and put a bandage on his right hand. Jamie is imitating him QUENTIN : So, what you think, bro? It's good? JAMIE : Yeah, good. QUENTIN : Yeah. PEYTON’S OFFICE Mia is looking at the Friends with Benefit poster MIA : Hey, Peyton, is that really who you used to be? PEYTON : Yep, that's me. Come on. MIA : Wow. You were really cool. What happened? PEYTON : Watch it. MIA : So, tell me again... we're going to see the team that your ex-boyfriend coaches, but now he's engaged to Haley's friend, right? PEYTON : Okay. You want to see where I went to high school or not? MIA : No, totally. I just want to know who we hate before we get there. Peyton opens the big door in her office and we magically jump into Tree Hill gym. We can see Lindsey and Brooke on the other side of the gym sitting on the bench. PEYTON : You see the girl showing off her cheap-ass engagement ring to my best friend? MIA : Yeah. Lindsey, right? PEYTON : That's who we hate. INTERIOR TREE HILL HIGH Peyton and Mia are walking in the school hallways PEYTON (angry) : She knows exactly what she's doing. I cannot believe that Lindsey invited Brooke to the game. It's bad enough she's got Lucas, but now she's got to snake in on my friends, too? MIA : I once put a hex on a girl I hated, and it totally worked. PEYTON : Maybe you could give her a horrible rash or something for the wedding. MIA : Totally. So are we gonna go back or what? I'm pretty excited about this catfight. PEYTON : Do you want to see the place where I got sht and almost bled to death or what? MIA : The catfight can wait. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Haley joins Brooke and Lindsey LINDSEY : Hey, we saved you a seat. HALEY : Thank you so much. Oh, I can't wait to get a good sht of Jamie... with my camera that I don't have. It's in my classroom. BROOKE : Can we go with you? I'm dying to see teacher girl's classroom. HALEY : All right. Come on. BOYS LOCKER ROOM SKILLS : All right, let's go. Listen up. LUCAS : Four years ago, we won a state championship. And since then, there's been a lot of losing. But this is a new team, and this is your house. Good teams win at home. SKILLS : Every game. LUCAS : Every game. And this is a good team. Believe in that. Believe in each other. It all starts tonight, boys. (the all team cheer) LUCAS : A new team deserves a new look. (Skills gives them new jerseys) SKILLS : You should win half of your games just for looking so damn good. LUCAS : Jamie Scott! You better suit up, too, son. (Lucas gives Jamie a small jersey with the number 23) LUCAS : If Q's hand isn't right, we might need you. ALL PLAYERS : Go, Jamie! Go, Jamie! INTERIOR TREE HILL HIGH / THE LIBRARY Haley, Brooke and Lindsey are walking in the school hallways. They pass by the library. BROOKE : This is so weird. I feel like I haven't walked these halls in 20 years. LINDSEY : Hey. Isn't that Mia? HALEY : Okay. BROOKE : Yeah. (They walk inside the library) HALEY : Mia? What are you doing here? (Peyton appears from the side) HALEY : Oh. Hey, Peyton. PEYTON : Hey, check it out. It's my old friends, Brooke and Haley, and their new pal, Lindsey. BROOKE : Peyton, we made plans for tonight before you... LINDSEY : Before you called me a bitch. PEYTON : Bitch? No. No, I did not call you a bitch. I said I didn't like you. BROOKE : Peyton... LINDSEY : No, you don't have to make apologies to her, just like I'm not apologizing because I'm engaged to Lucas and she's not. PEYTON : You know, I really was gonna try to be nice to you, but I think that's officially over. LINDSEY : Works for me. PEYTON : Great. LINDSEY : I'm gonna head back. PEYTON : Hey, if you get tired dragging that fat ass back to the gym, there is a water fountain down the hall. LINDSEY : Whatever, you bulimic bitch. (Lindsey starts to leave but can’t open the door) LINDSEY : I can't. There's no handle. (Brooke is finding a paper) BROOKE : They're fixing them over the weekend. LINDSEY : So what's that mean? HALEY : I think it means we're stuck. LINDSEY (screaming) : Help! Help! Somebody! BROOKE (screaming) : Help us! LINDSEY : Somebody, please! Lindsey is still screaming at the door. LINDSEY : Somebody get us out of here! Help! HALEY : Lindsey, nobody's gonna hear you. They're all at the game. LINDSEY : We cannot be locked in here. I am totally claustrophobic. MIA : But it's, like, a huge library. LINDSEY : It's the "locked in" part. HALEY : Relax. You'll be okay. BROOKE : Okay, they're fixing all the other doors. No handles. PEYTON : And the phones seem to be out. HALEY : All the calls will go through the office. Nobody's answering. PEYTON : Does anybody have cell phone reception? 'Cause I got nothing. HALEY : I don't. BROOKE : Nobody ever gets cell phone reception in here. Except for me, 'cause the world loves me! I'm gonna call Mouth. I'll have us out of here in two seconds. (We see mouth’s bag in Lucas’ office) MOUTH VOICEMAIL : Hey, this is Mouth. Please leave me a message. BROOKE : It went to voice mail. HALEY : There's got to be somebody else we can call to get out of here. LINDSEY : Call the police. 911. PEYTON : Really ? There's someone out there getting mrder, and we're gonna bother the police? No. There is somebody that we know who's not coaching or playing in this game. BROOKE : Don't ask me. I just moved here. PEYTON : Brooke. BROOKE : I don't want to. PEYTON : Brooke. BROOKE : I don't even know his number. HALEY : What are you talking about? PEYTON : Brooke's gonna call Owen, her new bartender crush, to get us out. BROOKE : I am not. It's too soon. HALEY : Brooke, we're gonna miss the game. BROOKE : I don't want to call him! It violates all the rules of dating etiquette. I am gonna look desperate, he has to do us a favor, and then he can make fun of me for it. HALEY : Oh, my God. BROOKE : Fine. I will call him, but if he does not sleep with me after this, it is your fault... all of you. HALEY : I think I'm okay with that. (Brooke looks at her phone and laughs) PEYTON : What? BROOKE : My battery just died! It's great! Isn't that great? HALEY : Brooke, we're stuck! LINDSEY : Uh, stuck is not good. HALEY : Come sit down for a second, ok? All right, just breathe and close your eyes and try and think of a place that makes you happy and calm. You got it? Where are you? LINDSEY : I'm with my dad. We're walking near Walden Pond. It's fall. The leaves are changing. HALEY : You're not here. You're there. Better? LINDSEY : Yeah. HALEY : Okay. PEYTON : Hey, Mia, are you okay? MIA : I'm great. I actually think this is kind of awesome. I can finally get to know you guys. I have questions. PEYTON : No. Now is not the time. MIA : Oh, come on. You guys totally fascinate me. Especially you, Brooke. BROOKE : Really? Well, in that case, ask away, my dear. MIA : Okay. Like, you're really successful, right? Like, really cool and rich? BROOKE : Yes, yes, and yes. MIA : So why do you let that horrible stink of a mom boss you around all the time? BROOKE : You should quit being so nosy. HALEY : Come on, Brooke. You know she's not nice. BROOKE : I'm not talking about my mom. PEYTON : She doesn't appreciate you. BROOKE : She is my mother, all right? LINDSEY : That doesn't make it right. BROOKE : Okay. It's time for the two new kids to stay the hell out of it, and as for you two, I expect you both to understand. HALEY : What's that supposed to mean? BROOKE : You know what it means. Neither of your moms were around... at least not in all the time that I've been friends with you. I'm sorry for that, but what if you had a chance to have them back in your lives? PEYTON : Brooke, I would love to have them back... both of them, all right? But I would hope that they'd be coming back because they love me, not because they wanted to run my label. BROOKE : Oh, the label I financed? PEYTON : Easy. I'm with you. BROOKE : Now. You are with me now, Peyton, but for the last four years, my mom has been with me every day, helping me create a pretty great company. HALEY : That's... not true. I was with you when you created that pretty great company, and so was Peyton. Maybe your mom made it bigger, but you created it all by yourself. You did. You made it great before your mom even stepped into the picture. BROOKE : You guys don't know anything about it. HALEY : Maybe not, but I do know that a mother's love is unconditional, and you don't have to earn it, you don't have to sign a fashion label to keep it. It just is. BROOKE : You don't know anything about it. Lindsey is watching the window, holding a chair. Haley comes to see her HALEY : You okay? LINDSEY : I'm thinking I can break this window. HALEY : Lindsey, somebody's gonna come get us out of here. LINDSEY : I can do it. HALEY : No... oh! Okay. (Lindsey brings up the chair above her head, but falls on her back) LINDSEY : Jeez, that chair is really heavy. Behind some shelves, Brooke is reading "b. davis" alone. Peyton comes to see her PEYTON : Check it out. I found librarian Glaufelte's stash. We always knew she was boozy. Do you want some? (Peyton shows her the bottle of whiskey, Brooke doesn’t answer) PEYTON : Whatcha readin'? BROOKE : "B. Davis"... She came up with this, Peyton. The magazine, the high-end clientele... Victoria did all of it. PEYTON : I know. But it's not called "V. Davis", is it? BROOKE : All those years growing up, I just wanted her to see me. To see me and appreciate me and maybe love me. And now that I have it, even if it's for the wrong reasons, it's hard to let it go. Can you understand that? PEYTON : Yeah. Lindsey is walking in the main room. Mia is using a computer and Haley is playing cards. LINDSEY : This is terrible. It's Lucas' first game, we're stuck in this stupid library. Ah, I wish we knew the score. MIA : Ravens down by 8. Wait, let me refresh. Ravens down by 10. HALEY : Are you online? MIA : Yeah. HALEY : Brooke, Peyton, come here. We got internet. MIA : Hey, you guys want to see me at Trick? LINDSEY : Okay, there's got to be a way we can use this to get out. MIA : Or at least order a pizza. I'm starving. PEYTON : No, that's it. BROOKE : Do we need to be thinking about food right now? PEYTON : No, we order pizza online. We have it delivered here so we can get out. Okay, Blackwell's pizzeria... they are... open. You can order online, and they deliver. BROOKE : Nice. So, what are we getting? PEYTON : What? BROOKE : What kind of pizza? PEYTON : I don't know. Mushroom and sausage. BROOKE : No mushroom, please. PEYTON : Brooke. MIA : I'm totally with Brooke. Canadian bacon? BROOKE : Canadian bacon. Extra cheese. HALEY : Guys, seriously LINDSEY : Just order the damn pizza. PEYTON : Do not yell at me. LINDSEY : I'll yell at you if I want. Just order it! Freaking sausage, canadian bacon, freaking mushroom... I want to get the hell out of here! PEYTON : We all want to get the hell out of here, okay? Don't yell at me! HALEY : Calm down! God. BROOKE : Just no mushroom. PEYTON : There. It's ordered. Are we all happy now? BROOKE : What'd we get? PEYTON : No mushroom, Brooke, okay? No "mush," no "room"... no mushroom! HALEY : Relax, okay? The pizza guy's gonna come, he's gonna let us out, and maybe we'll make the end of the game, so in the meantime, everybody calm down! (Haley goes sit and nobody talks for a while) MIA : You did a great job with my record, Haley. HALEY : Thank you... Where did that come from? MIA : I don't know. I just think we tear each other down enough, you know? And sometimes you should tell people the things that you love about them, like something they're really great at or a quality they have that you admire, and you did a really good job. PEYTON : Courage. Haley's courageous. BROOKE : And strong. LINDSEY : And kind. MIA : See, don't you feel like you're pretty awesome now? HALEY : Yeah, I kinda do. MIA : Okay, do me. What's great about me? HALEY : Your voice is an amazing gift. LINDSEY : The fact that you came up with this game. PEYTON : Your boobs. BROOKE : And your lips. I would kll for lips like that. And you've got good legs. It's like a whole... MIA : Okay. Before this turns into a women-in-prison film, I think we should move on. MIA : Lindsey. Your eyes are, like, not even fair. HALEY : You're also one of the smartest people I know. LINDSEY : I am not. BROOKE : And you're classy. LINDSEY : You guys... BROOKE : Peyton, isn't there something nice you'd like to say about Lindsey? PEYTON : She got decent taste in men. (Peyton dinks some whiskey) PEYTON : This game sucks. (Peyton starts leaving but stops when Lindsey starts talking) LINDSEY : I'm intimidated by Peyton. I spent a year editing a book that was basically a love letter to her. I watched how caring and meticulous Lucas was with the words he chose for her, like he was still holding on to her. Sometimes I think he still is. PEYTON : Which is why he proposed to you, right? Yeah, I can see that. (Peyton leaves) PEYTON : God, I hate this library. Haley and Lindsey are on the computer. Mia joins them MIA : I found it. HALEY : A way out? MIA : No. Lucas' book. I never read it. Peyton is sitting a the same place she was with Lucas the day of the shting. Brooke comes and sit with her. PEYTON : They replaced the carpet. This is where Lucas and I hid out during the school shting, but they changed the carpet. It doesn't match. BROOKE : I'm not gonna tell you how to be with Lindsey... but most of your life, I've known you to take the high road. PEYTON : I know, Brooke. I'm so sick of looking at her and her precious ring. BROOKE : You mean your precious ring? Back in the main room, Haley and Lindsey are having fun and Mia is reading Lucas’ book. LINDSEY : All right. (Haley is trying to throw some peanut? Into Lindsey’s mouth) LINDSEY : One more. HALEY : Oh... LINDSEY : Score me. Score me, Haley. HALEY : Ravens are down by 9. Halftime. MIA : Wait. Hold on. Are you telling me Lucas slept with Peyton, Brooke, and you, Lindsey? LINDSEY : Yeah. Not all at the same time. (Haley and Lindsey laugh) MIA : Jeez, Haley, you sure you never got in on that? HALEY : Ew, he's like my brother. MIA : I'm just saying. Jamie looks a lot like him. LINDSEY : Ah, they're like twins. HALEY : They are not! (Brooke arrives) BROOKE : Yes, they are. And what inbred moron is taking so long with our pizza? In the hallway we see the pizza guy arriving, it’s Tim. He stops when he sees Brooke inside the library TIM : Well, well, well. Inside, Mia is on the computer, Haley finds a guitar on a shelf. Lindsey is drinking the bottle of whiskey MIA : Oh, my God, 4,000 hits for my video at Trick. Listen to these comments. "You rock. Where can I buy this?" LINDSEY : That's really great, Mia. MIA : "This song is awesome. I'd love to see this chick... naked." Ew. HALEY : It's just one comment. MIA : No, wait, there's more. "Another pop princess who can't sing or play, "She looks like she smells like dirty feet"? What's wrong with people? HALEY : You need to stop. Do you know what people use the internet for? LINDSEY : prn and complaining. HALEY : Yep. MIA : But that's so not fair. They have to know there's somebody reading this. HALEY : It's the easiest thing in the world to tear down somebody's work. The hard part is actually creating it. It's criticism versus creation. Do you love making music? MIA : Yeah. HALEY : Okay, so, the rest doesn't matter. (Haley gives Mia the guitar) MIA : Easy for you to say. They didn't say you smell like feet. LINDSEY : Oh, sticks and stones, Mia. (Brooke and Peyton arrive) PEYTON : Right. This coming from the girl that couldn't handle it when I said I didn't like her. LINDSEY : Okay. Let's just check the scorecard on this one, miss "pity me." You dated the guy two years ago, you disappeared, then you come back and expect him to drop everything for the love of your bony jobless ass. WTF? HALEY : Okay, D.U.I. PEYTON : Nice work, Haley. Better save ol' drinky here before I kick her spoiled ass all the way back to Walden Pond. LINDSEY : Oh, yeah? PEYTON : Yeah. LINDSEY : Guess this is the second time you'll be bleeding all over this library. (Lindsey and Peyton start a fight, Brooke and Haley try to stop themà PEYTON : You think that's funny?! (Tim walks in, everybody stops) TIM : Tim Smith is in the lib-ra-zee! BROOKE : Oh, my God. Oh, my God! (Brooke sees the door of the library is almost closed, she starts running but Tim stops her by taking her in his arms) TIM : Oh, my God! BROOKE : Tim, put me down! TIM : Brooke, it's so good to see... BROOKE : You idiot! The door is locked! TIM : No, it's not. I just walked in, Brooke. BROOKE : From the outside, Tim. The door is locked from the outside. We cannot get out! TIM : Girl, chill. I'll just call somebody at the pizza place and have them send someone... I left my phone in my scooter. Motorcycle. It's a motorcycle. Well, since we're locked in here all alone... who wants a piece? Extra sausage. LUCAS’ OFFICE At the half-time, Mouth is alone MOUTH : Ravens trail by 9. Sold-out crowd. Come on, Mouth. There's a great story here. Find it. (Mouth find the picture of Jimmy and he in his pocket and looks at it) TREE HILL HIGH LIBRARY They are all together eating pizza BROOKE : Oh, my God. MIA : If you had to eat any part of a person to stay alive, what would you eat? BROOKE : What? MIA : Like... I don't know... say we ran out of food and Haley died. HALEY : Thanks a lot. MIA : Okay, someone else dies, and we need to survive. What do you eat? TIM : I know what I'm starting with. (Tim is looking at Brooke’s boobs) BROOKE : Don't say it, perv. LINDSEY : Love handles. I'd make, like, beef jerky out of their love handles. You could snack for days. BROOKE : Ew... I so would not eat someone's love handles. MIA : Well, you're gonna starve, and we're all gonna eat you. BROOKE : No one gonna's eat me, ther. BROOKE (to Tim) : No! PEYTON : You know, I could eat your neck like a vampire. BROOKE : You guys, seriously. PEYTON : What's the big deal? You're dad, and I'm hungry. MIA : Yeah, don't you want us to live? HALEY : We're hungry, Brooke. BROOKE : Okay. Chow down, but I am gonna haunt each and every one of you. TIM : I believe in ghosts. MIA : Totally. PEYTON : Yeah, don't even get me started. HALEY : Do you believe in ghosts, Linds? LINDSEY : I think if someone dies suddenly, especially before their time, maybe they get confused. They don't know to leave a place. TIM : You think they're still here, then? Jimmy Edwards and Keith? TREE HILL HIGH Mouth is sitting in the hallway, looking at the picture MOUTH : I wish you were here tonight, Jim. We were supposed to do this together. TREE HILL HIGH LIBRARY TIM : And this is a picture of my son. A lot of people say he looks like me, but I'm not quite sure he's that handsome. HALEY : He's really something. What's his name? TIM : Nathan. MIA : Mine's a snow day. My happy place. Lindsey's is Walden Pond. Mine's a snow day in Ohio. HALEY : No school. MIA : I'd stay in bed under the warm covers, and my mom would bring me hot chocolate. How 'bout you, Peyton? Your mom ever bring you hot chocolate on a snow day? PEYTON : No, I didn't have... I didn't have a whole lot of snow days. Brooke and I did build a pretty kller snow fort once. LINDSEY : And you sat in it, and you worried that your lives were about to change. PEYTON : Just because you edited a book about my life doesn't mean you know anything about me. LINDSEY : I didn't mean anything by it. I was just... It's a beautiful story. (Mia starts playing guitar) HALEY : That's nice, Mia. MIA : Thanks. I've had this melody forever and just don't have the lyrics yet. HALEY : Why don't you keep playing it and maybe we can help you? PEYTON : I think maybe we should probably just work on that in the studio, alone. LINDSEY : Oh, for God's sakes. What am I gonna do... steal Mia's song? PEYTON : I don't know. Songs? Friends? LINDSEY : What about you, scraggly? I heard you stole Lucas from Brooke once. Pot, meet kettle. PEYTON : Ass, meet face. MIA (singing) : Pot, meet kettle Ass, meet face... I don't think that's gonna work, guys. TIM : Wait! That's hot! No, drop that bmb again! I got something. MIA : Yeah? All right, ready? TIM : Okay. MIA : One, two, three, four... (Mia starts playing) TIM (singing) : Straight from the ghetto, Packing wood like Geppetto ain't gonna bathe till I look like Jared Leto (everybody laugh) TIM : What... HALEY : Nice. PEYTON : Don't laugh at him. LINDSEY : You're right. Creation versus criticism. Let me try one. MIA : Two, three, four... LINDSEY (singing) : My name's Peyton Fake, blond Peyton I don't have a boyfriend 'Cause I'm a bitch PEYTON : Play it again, Mia. HALEY : Guys, we need to stop. PEYTON : Mia. MIA : One, two, three, four... PEYTON (singing) : Her name's Lindsey... man-faced Lindsey and her fiancé proposed to me first with the very same ring! LINDSEY : You're lying. PEYTON : Oh, you didn't know? BROOKE : Peyton PEYTON : No, is she gonna cry? LINDSEY : Stop it. PEYTON : Go ahead, let's cry, little rich girl. LINDSEY : I said stop it. PEYTON : Is daddy gonna throw you a great, big, huge wedding at Walden Pond for his little crybaby daughter? HALEY : Peyton, you don't know what you're talking about! PEYTON : It's fine. Daddy's gonna make everything better for the little rich girl that got everything she ever wanted! LINDSEY : He's dad! All right, Peyton? He's dad. He died two years ago from cancer, but not until he couldn't walk or talk or even recognize me. Does that make you happy? Does that make you feel better? That his death is with me every day, that I was the one who had to turn off the ventilator because my mother was too destroyed to do it? You want to hear the sound he made before he took that last breath? Oh, 'cause I can still hear it exactly how it sounded. Oh, does that make you happy? Are you glad that my life isn't perfect? PEYTON : Lindsey... LINDSEY : I used to admire the Peyton from the book. She seemed so noble... kind. I wish she were here, Peyton. That version of you. What happened to her? (Lindsey leaves and Haley follows her) Some of the characters are over singing a small part of the song MIA (singing voiceover) : I was true as the sky is blue But I couldn't soon Say the same for you, no, no So now I find denial in my eyes I'm mesmerized by the... the picture that's in my mind now So tell me when I finally see your shattered heart What it is, yeah 'Cause I don't want to keep on believing in illusions No, no, no 'cause I've seen your act and I know all the facts I'm still in love with you, I wish you were here And it ain't hard to see who you are underneath I'm still in love with you, I wish you were... I wish you were here I wish you were here TREE HILL HIGH LIBRARY Brooke is with Peyton, Haley joins them HALEY : God, the last time I was trapped in the school was the shting. You know how Lindsey and I got so close? She was... editing Lucas' book, and I still wasn't really sure about her 'cause I was rooting for Lucas to be with my friend Peyton... or maybe even Brooke. Anyway, she... she was working on the chapter about the shting, and she said to me, "I want this to be Lucas' best writing... the best he has in him... because Peyton deserves it. Jimmy and Keith deserve it, and that day deserves it." And we've been friends ever since. Lindsey is alone, crying, Peyton comes to see her PEYTON : Can I please talk with you? (Lindsey starts to leave) PEYTON : I'm sorry. God, Lindsey, I'm sorry. I am so sorry for what I said about your father, okay? I lost my mom to cancer, and I... I'm sorry. I don't know what it is, but you bring out the insecurities in me, and I end up being the worst possible version of myself. LINDSEY : Welcome to the club. PEYTON : Haley told me what you said about wanting to get that chapter right in the book, the one about the school sh**ting. And I think that's what makes it so hard, you know... the fact that Lucas has found this person that's so great and that has such a big heart... And it was never my ring. I was just trying to hurt you. And the only reason I recognized it is 'cause that's the ring Keith gave Karen when he proposed to her, before he walked into this school and never walked out again. So you have to know how much Lucas loves you if he wanted you to have it. LINDSEY : Why would you tell me that? PEYTON : So you stop doubting it. So we stop doing this. God, you gave me a clean slate, and I said something dumb that I didn't even mean, and I was just too stubborn to take it back. I guess it's obvious that I'm not the Peyton in the book anymore. The truth is, I never was. LINDSEY : I think you were. And I think you still are. It's just... you're not that couple anymore. And in a way, it breaks my heart, 'cause I really was rooting for them. But Lucas and I have written our own chapter now, and that's a chapter I won't apologize for. PEYTON : No, you don't have to. And you don't have a man face or a big ass. The fact is, you have a pretty great ass, so... LINDSEY : Okay. Before this turns into a women-in-prison film... maybe we should move on. PEYTON : Moving on sounds... overdue. Haley and Brooke are playing with some card, Tim is watching. Mia is reading HALEY : "M"? Mono. BROOKE : Monkey. Yes! TIM : Well, guess it's time for me to get back to work. BROOKE : But you're forgetting something, short bus. The door's locked. TIM : No big deal. BROOKE : What? (Tim walks to the door and find an easy way to open it) PEYTON : Oh, my God! Did you know how to do that this whole time?! TIM : Yeah. HALEY : Why didn't you say something? TIM : I miss you guys. Nobody keeps in touch anymore. TREE HILL GYM The game is finished and the gym is almost empty. LUCAS : Would you look at that? You can still see where Dan's jersey used to hang. NATHAN : It's kind of eerie, huh? LUCAS : You know, that's weird. I expected to see Lindsey here. Have you talked to Haley tonight? NATHAN : Now that you mention it, no, but I've been trying to avoid her. LUCAS : What's going on? NATHAN : You kissed Peyton, didn't you? LUCAS : Okay, I know you want to call me a dick, and that's fine... NATHAN : I kissed Carrie. LUCAS : You're a dick. NATHAN : I know. Actually, she kissed me, but it still happened, and I feel terrible about it. I'm not that guy, Luke. LUCAS : Are you sure? I mean, if you had another chance to do it, would you do it again? NATHAN : No. Absolutely not. I love Haley. LUCAS : Okay. NATHAN : Luke, every time I try to keep something from Haley, it just makes it worse. I'm gonna tell her. She deserves to know. (Jamie arrives with Skills) JAMIE : Ready to go home now, daddy? NATHAN (to Lucas) : I got to stop being my father and start being the father my son thinks I am. MOUTH (voiceover) : There was a high school basketball game tonight somewhere in America. A team won, and a team lost. That's not the real story. The real story is about fathers and sons. It's about life and time. And change. TREE HILL HIGH LIBRARY All the girls are leaving the library and say goodbye HALEY : All right. I'll see you later. MIA : See ya. MOUTH (voiceover) : Girls and boys went to the game. They dressed up and hoped to fit in. Some did. Some didn't. BROOKE : If it's okay, since I came with them... PEYTON : Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go. I want you to. And you know why? 'Cause you are my best friend, Brooke Davis, and you always will be. BROOKE : Yes, I will. Love you. MOUTH (voiceover) : It's a story that has history and chapters yet to be written. Haley, Brooke and Lindsey leave one way, Peyton and Mia another. PEYTON : You ready, rock star? MIA(singing) : My name's Peyton fake, blond Peyton I don't have a boyfriend 'cause I'm a bitch MIA : What? It's catchy. PEYTON : Whatever. You look like you smell like feet. TREE HILL GYM Lucas is sitting alone on a bench, Lindsey joins him LINDSEY : Hi. LUCAS : I was looking for you. LINDSEY : I was here. Whatcha thinking about? LUCAS : Keith. LINDSEY : He'd be proud of you. MOUTH (voiceover) : There was a high school basketball game tonight somewhere in America. Reporters will report. They'll tell you who the high scorer was and what the keys to the game were. But that's not the real story. As a matter of fact, that's not the story at all.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x09 - For Tonight You're Only Here to Know"}	foreverdreaming
NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan comes home with Jamie, it takes place right after the end of 509 JAMIE : Ravens win! Mommy, Ravens win! NATHAN : Haley... That's weird. I thought mommy would have bat us home by now. (Nathan phone rings) HALEY : Nathan, hi. I'm so sorry. You got Jamie, right? NATHAN : Yeah. Um, what happened? Where are you? HALEY : I just got locked in the library with Lindsey and Peyton. I missed the whole game. I'll fill you in on all the gory details as soon as I get home. I'm on my way, okay? NATHAN : All right, well, I'm just about to put Jamie to bed, and then I'm gonna take a quick shower. Oh, and, Haley, I love you. HALEY : I love you, too. NATHAN : Bye. JAMIE : Do I really have to go to bed, daddy? NATHAN : PJ's, brush teeth, bed. Five minutes. Come on. Chop-chop. JAMIE : Do I have to wear PJ's? Can't I sleep in this? NATHAN : Okay. But just for tonight, all right? Now, come on. Let's go. JAMIE : Awesome! Nathan is in the shower, Carrie joins him but Nathan thinks it’s Haley at first NATHAN : Missed you tonight. CARRIE : Oh, I missed you, too. (Nathan realizes) NATHAN : Carrie, Carrie! What are you doing? This is not okay! You have to get out of here! CARRIE : It's okay, Nathan. I love you, too. NATHAN : What are you talking about? You think I love you? Carrie, you have to get out of here. Here, take this. Go. Get out of the shower. Carrie, get out of this bathroom right now! (Haley walks in) NATHAN : Haley, this... oh, my god. This... this isn't this, okay? I swear to you, I didn't -- look, I haven't... Carrie, tell her! CARRIE : Nathan loves me, and I love him back. HALEY : I want you to get the hell out of my house right now! NATHAN : Haley, look, I know this looks like... HALEY : you get out, too! NATHAN : Look, I didn't... HALEY : Get out! PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton arrives and John is sitting at her desk PEYTON : Oh, I'm sorry. I must be in the wrong office. No, wait, that's me... Peyton Sawyer, label president. JOHN : Touch? PEYTON : What are you doing here, John? The big corporate label finally fre you? JOHN : I happened to catch this new artist's live performance that perhaps you know her... Mia Catalano. PEYTON : She's my artist, John. JOHN : It's a pretty big office for such a small label, don't you think? PEYTON : Well, I have got a good act, and that's one more than you've got at your great big label. JOHN : It's good to see you, sawyer. By the way, what are you feeling about the first single... "Only fooling myself"? PEYTON : John, stay away from Mia. JOHN : Let me ask you something, Peyton. If a great song is recorded but nobody gets a chance to hear it, does it really exist? RECORDING STUDIO Peyton walks in, Mia is already there. PEYTON : Hey MIA : Hey, Peyton, check it out. Haley made the finished version sound so much better than the demo. PEYTON : Mia. MIA : And you were so right. "Only fooling myself" is definitely the single. PEYTON : Mia, I need to ask you a question, okay? Were you approached by a record executive named John knight? MIA : You mean that creepy, old guy who said he used to be your boss? No wonder you left l. A. PEYTON : No, no, no. This is serious. What did he say? MIA : Nothing. He said he saw my myspace video and that he wanted to hear the whole record. PEYTON : Is that all he said? Mia, come on. What else did he say? MIA : He said I made a big mistake in signing with you and you don't have the experience to launch me. INSIDE CLUB TRIC The club is empty, Owen is behind the bar, Brooke arrives BROOKE : Hey, handsome. Peyton in her office? OWEN : She was. Just took off. Looked like she was on a mission. BROOKE : She wasn't armed, was she? OWEN : I don't think so, but didn't get a chance to pat her down. BROOKE : Easy, tiger. Is it too early for a Brooke Davis on the rocks? OWEN : Suit yourself. I just pour them. You know something? I think I missed my cal. BROOKE : Really? How's that? OWEN : Should have gone into the clothing-design business. I mean, if you can run a multimillion-dollar company from a barstool while sipping AM Cocktails, how hard can it be? BROOKE : Plenty hard. You have no idea. OWEN : That's your story. BROOKE : Don't write checks you can't cash, buddy. I'd be happy to whisk you up to New York anytime and show you how impressive and complicated it all really is, bartender boy, but if I did, who would tend to the bar? Flights leave on the hour, so I dare ya. OWEN : All right. You're on, Brooke Davis. BROOKE : Okay. LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas received a card from his mother which says "Lily wants to knows if you need a flower girl? So happy for you. Love. Mom" and a letter from NC dept. Of corrections parole board which says that Dan is eligible for parole. Then Nathan knocks to his door LUCAS : so, you've heard? NATHAN : Haley kicked me out. I need a place to stay. (Nathan looks at the mail Lucas is holding) NATHAN : What is that? LUCAS : It's Dan. He's up for parole. INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is having breakfast with Haley JAMIE : There's supposed to be a smiley face. HALEY : What? JAMIE : Where's nanny Carrie? She knows how I like them. HALEY : Nanny Carrie is not home right now, and it's probably gonna be a little while before she comes back. JAMIE : How long? HALEY : I'm not sure yet, sweetheart. JAMIE : Who's going to take me to school? HALEY : I am. In fact, I got everything ready. I made your lunch, and I packed your backpack. Yummy. JAMIE : You cut my pb&j sideways. Carrie cuts it in half. I like it cut in half. HALEY : Well, it tastes the same both ways, I promise. JAMIE : Kate cuts her sandwiches sideways, and she's always trying to kiss me. (Nathan arrives) NATHAN : yuck. JAMIE : Daddy! HALEY : Jamie, can you go upstairs for a few minutes, sweetheart? JAMIE : Why? NATHAN : Hey, why don't you go upstairs and fre up the playstation. Mommy's gonna let you play for 10 minutes before you go to school. JAMIE : Sweet! NATHAN : Sweet! (Jamie leaves) NATHAN : Look, I have to go to Dan's parole hearing, but before I do, I need you to hear me out. HALEY : Dan's up for parole? NATHAN : Yeah, he pled guilty to second-degree mrder, he served good time, and it's been about five years, so, yeah. But that's not why I'm here. HALEY : All right. I'm listening. NATHAN : There is absolutely nothing going on between me and Carrie. HALEY : Didn't look like nothing. NATHAN : Haley, she's got some kind of weird crush, and she thinks the feeling's mutual, but it's not. There was some flirting, and I let it go, and I shouldn't have, but I swear to you that's all there was. HALEY : What else, Nathan? NATHAN : Nothing. I just... I mean, I guess I-I knew that she was getting attached. I was gonna say something to you, okay? I was. But I just need you to know there is nothing going on between us. HALEY : Damn it, Nathan. I really thought we were, like, rounding this corner of everything, you know? I-I don't... I don't know how to... I just... I need some time to think and just be alone. NATHAN : Haley, please, just... HALEY : can you just... can you just go to Dan's hearing, and then we can find a time to deal with this later? Please? (Nathan starts leaving) HALEY : Nathan. There better not be more. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is talking with John PEYTON : I will be damned if I let you steal my artist, John. JOHN : It's not stealing if she wants it to happen. PEYTON : Did she say that? What did you tell her, a bunch of lies to make her feel that way? Like you did with that little actress out in LA? How'd that go? JOHN : Oh, admittedly, that could have gone better. PEYTON : 'Cause, see, I heard you convinced her to quit her ht tv show in order to tour for this record, but I guess your ghost writer and your cool producer didn't really work out, did they? Because now, thanks to you, she doesn't have a music career or a tv show. Johnny, you forget... I worked for you for two years, okay? I watched you churn and burn all your artists in your corporate greed machine, and I will not let that happen to Mia. She deserves way better than that. JOHN : Are you finished? That's a nice speech, Peyton. The only question is, can you back it up? You got a lot of great albums on that wall, but the sad truth is, you wouldn't have heard of half of them without the support of a major label. I should know. I signed four of them. PEYTON : You know what? Mia's gonna make it. We'll be just fine. JOHN : Are you sure? Just look at that wall again. All those artists have two things in common... great songs and a major label. I'll be honest...I'd love to sign Mia. I want to get her music out there into the world because it is great. She deserves to be heard. And you do not have the resources to do that yet. You're not even close. You're just gonna kll her. I'm in town till tomorrow morning. Do the right thing, Sawyer. INSIDE TREE HILL GYM It’s practice LUCAS : Mitchell. Sub in for q. QUENTIN : Man, why you pulling me, coach? Come on. LUCAS : Let me see your hand. (Quentin seems hurt) LUCAS : All right, we'll get a doctor to take a look at that. Grab some pine. JAMIE’S SCHOOL Jamie is walking inside of his school, Carrie is there CARRIE : Jamie! Jamie! JAMIE : Why are you sad, nanny Carrie? CARRIE : Well, I'm sad because... I have to go away. JAMIE : But I don't want you to go away. Why do you have to leave? CARRIE : I really don't want to leave you. It's just... Your mommy doesn't like nanny Carrie. She wants me to leave. JAMIE : But I want you to stay. CARRIE : So do I. But your mom's the boss, and what she says goes. I wish you were my little boy. I always will. Bye, Jamie. BROOKE’S APARTMENT IN NEW YORK Brooke and Owen are arriving at her apartment OWEN : Okay, you have 4,000 square feet on central park west. What's this place? BROOKE : Well... This place is a good investment. And it doubles as a crash pad when I want to partying the east village. (They enter the apartment, and it’s a total mess) BROOKE : Somebody's here. (Owen walks in the bedroom and finds Rachel lying on the floor unconscious) BROOKE : Oh, my god. Rachel. OWEN : Brooke, get a shower running. Make it cold. I'm gonna need some towels. Rachel. Rachel, can you hear me? Brooke, shower... now! Owen put Rachel in the shower and try to wake her up OWEN : Come on, come on, come on. Rachel, come on. Come on, baby! Come on, baby! Baby, come on! Wake up! Rachel, wake up! Come on, come on. Wake up. Open your eyes. Open your eyes, sweetie. Come on. Wake up! Wake up! Come on! Come on, wake up! BROOKE : Please don't let her die. OWEN : Come on, baby. Baby, wake up. Rachel! Rachel, open your eyes! Open your eyes! Wake up! Please, wake up! Later, Brooke is in the living room, Owen comes out of the bedroom BROOKE : Please tell me she's gonna be okay. OWEN : If by "okay, " you mean she's not gonna die, then yes. But no, she's not okay. BROOKE : Do I need to take her to the emergency room? OWEN : No, her color's back, she's breathing, she's out of any immediate danger. But... Just let me keep an eye on her a little bit longer. We'll see. BROOKE : Okay. OWEN : How do you know her? BROOKE : She's a friend from home. I hired her to model for the company. I haven't seen her in a while. I knew she had problems, but not like this. She started screwing up photo sh*t, and Victoria insisted I let her go. I need to help her. What do I do? OWEN : Start by getting rid of this. Don't put it in the trash. BROOKE : Why? OWEN : When she wakes up, that's the first place she'll look. BROOKE : Okay. DOCTOR’S OFFICE Quentin is alone with the doctor DOCTOR : Well, I'm afraid it's not good. You have a hairline fracture of your right carpal radius. QUENTIN : What's that mean? DOCTOR : Well, it means you need a cast on that wrist for the next four to six weeks. QUENTIN : Man, I can't do that. I'm gonna miss too many games, man. I'm... you're... you know what? This is my last season, okay, to impress the scouts if I want to play college ball, all right? Help me out, man. DOCTOR : You need the cast, son. You don't have a choice. I'm sorry. JAMIE’S SCHOOL Haley is here to pick him up HALEY : Hey, baby. How was your day at school? (Jamie is not answering) HALEY : What's wrong, James? JAMIE : Why did nanny Carrie have to go away? HALEY : Little man, you know, with grownups, sometimes they just need to move on with their own lives, and nanny Carrie decided that it was time to move on with her life. JAMIE : That's not what she said. She said you sent her away 'cause you hated her. She didn't want to go. HALEY : Wait, wait, wait, wait. When did she tell you this? JAMIE : Today, at school. RECORDING STUDIO Peyton is there with Mia PEYTON : The man is a complete snake. I've seen him do it a thousand times. He offers you the moon and throws you out there, and the second you fall short, he drops you just like that. MIA : Look, I don't care about him. I love this record, and I'm sure we'll be okay. PEYTON : No, we will. You're right. We will be okay. We'll be better than okay. And you know why? Because I have got a plan. We're gonna roll out your first single on college radio. We get you out there on tour, then we'll do guerrilla marketing, like fliers and wild postings in all the mass markets. Ooh, and I have got a lot of street-team contacts out in LA. That I know would love to work with you. MIA : That sounds great. PEYTON : No. No, it doesn't, Mia. God, he's offering you, like, a five-course meal up in first class, and I'm offering you a sandwich in couch. MIA : No, Peyton, don't feel that way. I don't. PEYTON : But it's true, honey, okay? You made a much better record than I thought you could, and you deserve the spot on the big tour and the kind of airplay and big promotion that I just... I can't give it to you. MIA : No. It doesn't matter. You're the one who got me here, and I want to stay with you. PEYTON : You really mean that? MIA : Absolutely. PEYTON : Okay. INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley’s in the kitchen, Carrie walks in CARRIE : I need to get my stuff. HALEY : It's in the garage. Boxes are marked "whore". I'll have the keys now. CARRIE : I'm sorry, Haley. I never meant for it to turn out this way. HALEY : Did you go by Jamie's school today? CARRIE : Jamie looks at me as family. I was just saying goodbye. HALEY : No, you are not family. I invited you into this home, and I trusted you with the two most important things in my life... my husband and my son... and you betrayed that trust. CARRIE : I know you're upset. Just know that I never meant for Nathan to fall in love with me. HALEY : Oh, honey. He's not in love with you. I can promise you that. CARRIE : Did he tell you he kissed me? He didn't tell you, did he? God, that is so Nathan. Well, he did kiss me. And he watched me swim naked, and he liked it. You see, he wanted me in that shower. I'm sorry that it's hard for you to face, but it's the truth. HALEY : I have told you once, and I am not gonna tell you again... stay the hell away from my family! (Jamie was watching) JAMIE : I hate you! HALEY : Jamie! BROOKE’S APARTMENT IN NEW YORK Rachel is waking up, Brooke is at her side RACHEL : Well, well... Am I dad? BROOKE : You o.d’d. You're alive, but you're really stupid. Rachel, what happened to you? RACHEL : I don't know. Life happened, I guess. BROOKE : But... Drugs? RACHEL : They just made me feel better. Then they just made me feel. BROOKE : Why didn't you come to me? Why didn't you let me help you? RACHEL : We were friends, Brooke. You fired me. Owen is in the kitchen, someone knocks at the door BROOKE : Who is it? OWEN : Brooke, lock the door. Don't come out till I say. (Owen opens the door and acts like a junkie) OWEN : Hey, man. Come on in. GUY : Who are you? OWEN : It's cool. Rachel said you were gonna be stopping by. Come on in, man. Come on. We're all in the waiting room, here. (The guy comes in) GUY : So, uh... Where's Rachel? OWEN : She's, uh, she's right here. (Owen starts hitting the guy) GUY : Let me go, man! I didn't do nothing to you! OWEN : My friend is falling out on your junk back there! So where is it? GUY : I don't know what you're talking about. OWEN : You ever come in here again, I will break your neck! Do you hear me? (Owen throws the guy out of the apartment) GUY : That bitch owes me a lot of money, man! OWEN : Yeah? (Owen gives him some cash) OWEN : Consider that payment in full. Get the hell out of here. (Owen shut the door, Brooke comes to see him) BROOKE : Owen, who was that? OWEN : Nobody that's coming back. INSIDE NATHAN’S CAR Nathan and Lucas are going to Dan’s hearing LUCAS : So, how'd it go with Haley? NATHAN : She's gonna need more time. HALEY : Well, give it to her. You owe her that. NATHAN : I just wish he would have helped us more, you know? It would have been really nice to have a father today... someone I could actually turn to for advice. LUCAS : Yeah. You know, for the past four years, I pretended that Dan didn't exist. Then I get this letter, and it ht's me... that one day, we may have to face having him in our lives again. Let's not let that be today. DAN’S HEARING Nathan and Lucas are sitting in the room. Dan is bringing in DAN : Hello, son. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is sitting at her desk, John walks in JOHN : Hello, Peyton. I was pretty sure I'd be hearing from you. PEYTON : Well, I thought about what you said, and I think you're right about Mia. JOHN : So the assistant to the assistant finally learns the business. Congratulations, Peyton, it's about time. (Mia walks in too) MIA : About time for what? PEYTON : Mia. It really is in your best interest. MIA : That's not what you said earlier today. You said he was an evil snake that couldn't be trusted. So which is it, Peyton? JOHN : In spite of what she said earlier, I think you should listen to her now, Mia. She's making a lot of sense. MIA : Oh, really? She's making sense now? Listen, you can do whatever deal you want with her, just know that I will never play for you... never. I am an artist, not a business transaction. You know, Peyton, I really thought we had something special. Thanks for selling me out. PEYTON : No, mia! Mia, wait! (Mia leaves) DAN’S HEARING DAN : Good afternoon. When I was 17 years old, I fell in love. Her name was Karen. And for a long time, she loved me back. We had a son... Lucas. But we never became the family we should have been. Instead, my brother, Keith, assumed that role. And in my heart, something died. I deserve to be in here. There's no excuse for the crime that I committed. And believe me when I tell you I spend every moment wishing I could take that fateful day back. Keith Scott is dad because of me. And that's something I have to live with for the rest of my life. So I'll just make one pledge here today. If at some time you decide to grant me my freedom, know that I'll spend every living moment trying to mend the lives of the people that I hurt by my actions. Because I have lost more than my freedom. I've lost something far more important than that. My family. These young men stand at the dawn of their adult lives. So far, because of what I put them through, they've had it pretty rough. They deserve better. They deserve a father. I hope someday you'll give them that. MAN : Thank you, Mr. Scott. Does anyone else wish to speak at this time? LUCAS : Yes. Um, I'm Lucas Scott. I'm his son MAN : Please, go ahead. LUCAS : My father abandoned my mother when she was pregnant with me. He left us to struggle on our own, even though he was a man of means. Growing up, I only had one person to look after me... Keith Scott. And this man klled him... his own brother... in cold blood at point-blank range. Next week, I'm getting married. Keith... Would have been my best man. But he's not gonna be there, just like he didn't see my state championship or see my first novel published. Dan took all that. And he did it with malice and premeditation. Dan is an educated man, and if he is nothing... He's very persuasive. Do not let him fool you. He has a very dark and ugly heart. And he should never be allowed to walk the streets a free man. So as you deliberate his fate, I ask you only one question. How can a father hope to influence his sons when they never even came to see him? Never even once. MAN : Thank you. Um, actually... It looks here that, uh, Nathan... You've been to visit your father recently. Is that true? NATHAN : Yes. INSIDE NATHAN’S CAR LUCAS : What the hell? You went to go see Dan, and you didn't tell me. Why? NATHAN : 'Cause I was done with him, and I wanted to tell him to his face. I didn't think it mattered. LUCAS : Well, it did matter. Just like getting up there and telling them who he really is mattered. Don't you get it? NATHAN : Get what? LUCAS : If they think you still need Dan in your life, they might let him out. You know, it's not me I'm worried about. Or you. It's Jamie. Dan's gonna try to get to him. You know that. The only way to keep your family safe is if Dan stays locked up. BROOKE’S APARTMENT IN NEW YORK Owen is cleaning the mess. BROOKE : Can I ask you something? How'd you know who the guy was and what to do with Rachel? OWEN : Let's just say I have been there. BROOKE : You mean you had a problem? OWEN : No. I'm saying I'm an addict... a junkie, Brooke. You ever wonder why you never see me take a drink behind the bar? Been sober eight years. BROOKE : How'd you make it back? OWEN : I had a friend. He helped me. I'd be dad right now if it wasn't for him, no question. He never gave up on me. See, Brooke, I can understand the whole "cutting off Rachel" on the business side, but I'm struggling with the whole "friendship" side. BROOKE : You don't know my mother. Victoria is relentless when she wants something, and it's easier to just do it than to fight her. BROOKE : You ever wonder where you'd be if at some critical moment, when you needed it the most, your friends just weren't there for you? BROOKE : Can she ever be okay again? OWEN : I don't know. Maybe. You know, what Rachel needs right now... Is to go to rehab. This is the place that helped me. Their facility here... it's the best in the city. And I can take her there for you, if you need me to. BROOKE : I need to do it. I have to step up for her. She needs me. OWEN : In that case... I'm gonna go. Do not give up on her, Brooke. You are better than that. BROOKE : Some first date, huh? OWEN : Is that what this was? You know, I have to say, your life is really impressive... the real estate, the business, the money. That's just not what really interests me. What's under all the clothes, Brooke Davis? (Owen leaves) INSIDE TREE HILL GYM, AT NIGHT The gym is empty, Quentin is there thinking. Nathan walks in NATHAN : Didn't expect to find you here. QUENTIN : Oh, you know... ain't nothing like an empty gym when you want to be alone with your thoughts, man. What you doing here? NATHAN : The same. What's on your mind? QUENTIN : Oh, man, just, uh, planning my big move on your scoring title. Man, that... that last season you had, boy, that... that must have been something special. NATHAN : Truth be told, i, uh, took it for granted a little bit. I mean, breaking all those records and the scouts coming to see me play, the state championship... I wish I could go back. I'd appreciate it more. QUENTIN : I just want it so bad, man. You know? Is that okay to say? 'Cause I... NATHAN : sure. And you'll get there. And when you do, just be sure to enjoy it, 'cause it only comes once. In the blink of an eye, it can all be gone. BROOKE’S APARTMENT IN NEW YORK BROOKE : You got to trust me, Rachel. This is the best rehab facility in the city, and I'm gonna take care of everything. I don't care what it costs. RACHEL : Please, Brooke, please. I don't want to be alone again, all right? I don't want to go to some strange place. I'll be good. I promise I'll stop. BROOKE : Honey, we both know that's not realistic. You have a problem, and you need to go. RACHEL : Brooke... Y-you're my only friend. If you... if you leave me this time, I won't make it. Please don't give upon me. Look, can't I just stay here with you? LUCAS’S BEDROOM Lucas is at his computer, Nathan walks in NATHAN : Look, man, I'm ... I'm sorry about what happened today with Dan. I let you down. I could have done better. I just... he got to me. You know? And I know you're always looking out for Jamie, it's just --you got to understand, I would never let anything happen to him. LUCAS : Then go be his dad. Work things out with your wife. NATHAN : It's really bad, man. LUCAS : And remember, it might be better to save your marriage than to be right on this one, okay? I mean, besides, since Haley's gonna be Lindsey's maid of honor, I'm really gonna need my best man to be getting along with her. NATHAN : Thanks, man. I, uh, I know that was supposed to be Keith. I'm... I'm honored. (Nathan leaves and Lucas looks at a picture of Keith) LUCAS : I miss you. JAMIE’S BEDROOM Haley walks in HALEY : hey, jim-jam. Time for bed, buddy. Here we go. Want me to, uh, read you a story? How about, "go, dog, go! You like that one, right? JAMIE : Where's daddy? HALEY : Mommy and daddy are just having a little... Bit of a tough time right now. He's staying with uncle Lucas. JAMIE : Is daddy gonna be sad again, like last time? HALEY : I don't think so. I hope not. JAMIE : Daddy stopped being sad when nanny Carrie came to live with us. He liked nanny Carrie. HALEY : I know this is probably really hard for you to understand 'cause you're... So little. Nanny Carrie wasn't a very nice lady, and she needed to go away. JAMIE : I wish nanny Carrie was my mama. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton’s playing pool, Mia arrives MIA : So? PEYTON : Don't freak out, okay? But what if I told you that "only fooling myself" is gonna be your first single? Your record will be distributed nationally in six weeks. You will stay on red bedroom records, which John will now distribute worldwide. You have final say on touring, image rights, and album art, and you get to keep your publishing, which means you own all your own songs. MIA : And? PEYTON : And we get to stay together as a team. MIA : You did it! PEYTON : No, you did it with that performance! That was incredible! Dude, did you see his face when you freaked out on him? It was awesome! He was practically tripping over himself to give us this deal. MIA : You know, it wasn't that hard a performance. I meant every word. Except the part when I called you a sellout... not that part. PEYTON : Well, I think you've got to go home and pack your bags now, 'cause you're opening up in Houston tomorrow. MIA : What? PEYTON : Yeah, and for someone who I think that you know. Um, have you heard of Ryan Adams? MIA : Oh, my god! That's amazing! PEYTON : What? What's wrong? MIA : Oh, I-It's just... It all happened so fast. I'm not sure I'm y to say goodbye. PEYTON : No, you're ready. And it's not "goodbye". This is just the beginning of your dream come true. And I want you to know, I am really, really proud to be a part of it. Now go out there and be great. INSIDE OF A CAB, NEW YORK Brooke is with Rachel RACHEL : I can't be alone again. BROOKE : You're not gonna be. You're coming home with me. Come here. LUCAS’S BEDROOM Lucas is taking the picture of Keith LUCAS : I love you, Keith. I just hope I can behalf as good an uncle to Jamie as you were to me. I miss you. DAN’S HEARING MAN : After careful considerations, we have come to a decision. Mr. Scott... NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan arrives NATHAN : Haley, I'm sorry, okay? And I'm sorry for the way this looks, but before you say anything, just know that it's my fault. I should have done something earlier. I should have... I should have said something to you from the start. HALEY : She said that you kissed her. (Nathan stays still) HALEY : Did you? (Jamie arrives) JAMIE : Daddy's home! NATHAN : Buddy, what's up? Mommy and I need to talk right now, okay? So why don't you go out back and sh*t around? You know what? Try to make five free throws in a row. And I'll be out there in a sec, okay? (Jamie goes outside) HALEY : It's a simple question, Nathan. Did you kiss her? NATHAN : No... But... She kissed me. HALEY : You looked me in the eye and you said that there's nothing else. And I have been through a lot with you, Nathan. I've been through better and worse, in sickness and health, but I will not do infidelity. NATHAN : It wasn't like that, okay? I wasn't into her. HALEY : You call kissing Carrie and watching her swim naked not being into her? NATHAN : I didn't kiss her! How many times do I have to tell you that? It wasn't me. It was Carrie. HALEY : No, it's you! It's always you! When are you gonna learn? When are you gonna stop making bad choices that thrat everything that we've built? NATHAN : Everything I have ever done was for this family, Haley! HALEY : Well, excuse us for being such a weight around your neck. NATHAN : I didn't say that, okay? And you know I didn't mean that. Don't put words in my mouth. HALEY : Well, somebody needs to, because you have a really nasty habit of neglecting to mention important details. NATHAN : Haley, you know what? I'm really trying hard to be honest about all this right now, but sometimes for you, it's just never enough, okay? And I can't take it anymore! HALEY : No it's my fault because I put so much pressure on you, and the best part is, you screw the nanny, and Jamie ends up hating me! NATHAN : I did not screw her! HALEY : Where is he? Jamie! While they were arguing, Jamie falls into the pool. Nathan and Haley run outside. Nathan jumps into the pool and gets him NATHAN : Jamie. HALEY : Jamie! Oh, god! Please! Jamie! He's breathing, right? NATHAN : I don't know! HALEY : Come here! Jamie! Jamie, open your eyes! Honey, wake up. Jamie, wake up. (Jamie coughs) HALEY : Okay. NATHAN : I'm so sorry. HALEY : No, you stay away from us! This marriage is over! NATHAN : Haley! HALEY : I w... I want a divorce.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x10 - Running to Stand Still"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on one tree hill BROOKE : Rachel. OWEN : Rachel? Rachel, can you hear me? RACHEL : I can't be alone again. BROOKE : you're not gonna be. You're coming home with me. Come here. LUCAS : Lindsey Evelyn Strauss... will you marry me? NATHAN : go! Carrie, get out of this bedroom right now. HALEY : I have been through a lot with you, Nathan. I have been through better and worse, in sickness and health, but I will not do infidelity. NATHAN : It wasn't like that, okay? I wasn't into her. HALEY : You call kissing Carrie and watching her swim naked not being into her? NATHAN : I didn't kiss her how many times do I have to tell you that? I can't take it anymore. HALEY : Don't you dare turn this around on me. HALEY : Jamie! NATHAN : Jamie HALEY : Jamie. Oh, god, please! HALEY : no, you stay away from us! This marriage is over NATHAN : Haley. HALEY : Please, god. I want... I want a divorce. ONE TREE HILL LUCAS’ HOUSE Nathan’s sleeping on the couch. Lindsey put a blanket on him and walk to Lucas’ room, who’s a his desk. LUCAS (voiceover) : Albert Camus once wrote, "blessed are the hearts that can bend, they shall never be broken." LUCAS : Good morning. LINDSEY : Poor Nathan LUCAS : Yeah, I know. If I'd have known he'd been here a week, then I'd clear out my mom's room. LINDSEY : Have they even seen each other this week? LUCAS : Oh, no, i don't even think they've spoken. LINDSEY : Right. The last thing I want Haley worrying about is throwing a bachelorette party when her marriage is struggling. LUCAS : you know, Skills could do it. I mean, he was so excited about my bachelor party, he took the week off. LINDSEY : that worries me. LUCAS : oh, yeah. Me too. You know, if a guy like me just happened to have his party in the same place a girl like you happened to have her party... LINDSEY : Nathan and Haley would have to talk. Nice. But they'll never go for it. LUCAS : Well, they will, if, um, they... LINDSEY : ...don’t know about it! oh, you're bad. LUCAS : you want to be bad with me? LINDSEY : oh, you know I do. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is making breakfast for Jamie HALEY : hey, sleepy, what's up? JAMIE : I saw grandpa. HALEY : when? JAMIE : last night...in my dream. HALEY : I'm sorry, baby. We will do a double check before you go to bed tonight, okay? Look, I made it with a smiley face. That's how you like it, right? JAMIE : When's daddy coming home? HALEY : I'm sorry, sweetie. We talked about this. Probably not for a while. Later, Haley is with Lindsey preparing some stuff for the weeding HALEY : And so what were you thinking about doing for your party? 'cause I was thinking it would be really fun to go old school, like jello shts and '80s music. LINDSEY : Uh, actually, if it's okay with you, I was thinking we'd do something low-key. HALEY : All right. LINDSEY : Just the girls. RIVERCOURT Lucas and Nathan are playing LUCAS : Come on, man, just the guys.And Lindsey talked to Haley and said she's gonna clear out of the house. NATHAN : Really? LUCAS : Yeah. NATHAN : All right. I'll be there. LUCAS : Thanks, man. I... I know you got a lot going on. NATHAN : I got a lot going on? Lucas, I'm living on your couch. LUCAS : I meant on your mind. NATHAN : Just the guys, right? LUCAS : And Jamie. BOYS APARTMENT Skills is planning the party, with Jamie SKILLS : Joint party? Man, your parents are messing up everything. Well, I guess I got to say goodbye to the champagne hot tub. Now what am I gonna do? JAMIE : I went to a great party last weekend. SKILLS : yeah? What'd they have? JAMIE : Cotton candy, moon bounce, wacky string... ooh, and donkey rides. SKILLS : yeah? I had a donkey on my list, too. RIVERCOURT Lucas is still there, playing alone. Peyton arrives PEYTON : All right, Luke. Let me have it. I deserve it. LUCAS : Why? PEYTON : Lindsey didn't tell you about the library? LUCAS : Yeah, she told me Tim rescued you, but you got to admit that story seems a little farfetched. If you girls didn't want to come watch my team play, you just say so. PEYTON : okay, come on. She didn't say anything about how mean I was to her? LUCAS : No. were you mean to her again? PEYTON : She's really great, Luke. LUCAS : Thank you. But it means a lot to hear you say that. CLOTHES OVER BROS MILLICENT : You and Owen didn't hook up in New York? BROOKE : Let's just say things are really good. What about you and mouth? How's that going? MILLICENT : Let's just say things are really good. He's been so sweet, every day he delivers a treat and just before he leaves, a kiss. It's the best part of my day. BROOKE : Oh, a treat every day. MILLICENT : Two treats, if you count the kiss. BROOKE : Oh. (Mouth walks in) MOUTH : Hi. MILLICENT : hey. MOUTH : I got you a pumpernickel bagel, and a surprise for you... mocha double latte, extra foam. BROOKE : I love you... And I have a bit of a surprise for you... Rachel's back. MOUTH : Rachel, Rachel? BROOKE : Owen and I found her in New York. She overdosed in my apartment. She's been laying load at the house for about a week. MOUTH : Is she okay? BROOKE : She seems okay today, but I... I don't know. A visit from you would probably really do her good. MOUTH : Yeah, okay, bye, Milly. (Mouth leaves) MILLICENT : I didn't get my kiss. Later, Peyton walks in the store to see Brooke and give her an envelope. PEYTON : Hey. BROOKE : If that's letter number 86 from the sad box of "Lucas summer," you can keep it. PEYTON : Just open it. BROOKE : Does my store look like a drug front to you? PEYTON : It's the start-up money you lent me for my label. I just got paid for Mia's deal. BROOKE : By who... a bunch of Colombians? PEYTON : No, but cash is just more fun. It's more dramatic. BROOKE : Peyton, it is way more money than I lent you. PEYTON : it's twice as much, actually. It looks like you're a very smart investor. BROOKE : Well... PEYTON : So, what's going on? BROOKE : Um... (Lindsey arrives from the fitting room, wearing her wedding gown) LINDSEY : Brooke? It's amazing. PEYTON : Hey, Lindsey. Hi. LINDSEY : Hi. PEYTON : You make a very beautiful bride. LINDSEY : Thank you, Peyton, and thank you, Brooke. It's perfect! BROOKE : it is perfect. LINDSEY : Oh, uh, hey, so, Lucas and I decided to combine our bachelor/bachelorette parties tonight at Haley's. BROOKE : Wow. Have Nathan and Haley even talked since Nate went all Jude law with the hot nanny? PEYTON : Didn't we warn her? BROOKE : Yeah. LINDSEY : uh, no, they're not speaking. BROOKE : Okay, so, how... LINDSEY : um, we lied. BROOKE : oh, that's good. PEYTON : Got to start somewhere, right? A STORE Skills is buying some funny stuff for the party, with Jamie SKILLS : Okay, wacky string... 10 cans, jam master j. JAMIE : Is daddy going to be at the party? SKILLS : mm-hmm. JAMIE : And mommy, too? SKILLS : Yep. But, look, you can't tell mommy or daddy, okay? JAMIE : Can we play "rock band" at the party? SKILLS : hmm. Good idea, kid. Man, you got this party thing down, hugh hefner. Come on. MACY’S STORE Lucas and Lindsey are creating their wedding registry LUCAS : Man, who knew that old boxers would take over the mini-grill industry, huh? So, anything else on the wish list? LINDSEY : Uh, you see the bar code for your next book? I got to give them something, Luke. LUCAS : I know. I know, I know, I know. Let me give it one more pass, and then you got it, okay? LINDSEY : Thank you. (Lindsey kiss Lucas when Brooke and Owen walk by) BROOKE : Oh, pda in the mall is so 7th grade. Owen, kiss me. They're doing it. OWEN : So is peer pressure. (Owen take her in his arms but don’t kiss her) LUCAS : What's going on? BROOKE : Oh, nothing. Just klling some time before my big meeting. (Bevin arrives) BEVIN : o...m...g! Brooke? Lucas? (cheering )r-a-v-e-n-s! go, ravens! BROOKE : Hi...Bevin. BEVIN : What's up?! BROOKE : Nothing. We're just... BEVIN : Oh, I'm great, thanks. So, after I graduated four years ago, I got a job, and I got married, and I had a little boy. Oh. Isn't he cute? His name is Nathan (She shows Brooke a picture of him. Same picture Tim showed her at the library) BEVIN : Wow, Lucas. You're marrying Brooke? Huh. I always thought you'd marry Peyton. BROOKE : No, uh... BEVIN : So, have you heard from Rachel? BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Rachel is on the terrace, Peyton arrives PEYTON : That's a nice spot, huh? RACHEL : Yeah. PEYTON : How you feeling today? RACHEL : Honestly, I'm a little bit ashamed. You and Brooke don't have to babysit me. PEYTON : Don't be too hard on yourself, okay? RACHEL : I know I can bat this. I just got so deep in it, I forgot which way was up. PEYTON : The light is always up. When I first came back home, I really didn't know What I wanted, and Brooke believed in me, and today it felt really, really good to prove her right. She believes in you, too, you know. RACHEL : I know. and I'm gonna make it up to her. MACY’S STORE Owen and Brooke are still there, walking OWEN : how's Rachel doing? BROOKE : Really well, actually. It's been hard on her, you know, and so gross. But i think she's strong enough to stay sober. I really do. OWEN : I hope so, Brooke. You know, I know I was a little opinionated about how you fired Rachel, but... I think I was just projecting, you know? It's really great you're trying to help her now. BROOKE : Well, I'm not helping her ‘cause I fired her. I'm helping her 'cause she needs it. (Victoria arrives from the escalators) VICTORIA : Oh. Hello, darllng. BROOKE : Hi. I'm confused. VICTORIA : Of course you are. The meeting was moved forward. Not to worry... your input wasn't needed. BROOKE : But this was my meeting. VICTORIA : It was just business talk... way over your head. You wouldn't have understood. So, where have you been hiding yourself all week, anyway? BROOKE : I've been finishing a wedding dress and handling some personal things. VICTORIA : Well, good. you can get back to it. You're dismissed. Go play. It's what you do best. (Victoria leaves) OWEN : Babe, you shouldn't put up with that. I know she's your mom, but you can't be partners with somebody that treats you like that. BROOKE : Okay, I thought you were working on the whole "opinionated" thing. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Lucas arrives with Jamie JAMIE : Bye uncle Lucas (Jamie runs immediately to the stairs, Haley arrives) HALEY : Hey, hey, hey. Where's my kiss? (Jamie makes a kiss to his mom) HALEY : Okay. Careful what you ask for, I guess. LUCAS : How's he doing? HALEY : He's okay. You know. I think he's over hating me, but I'm still the bad guy. LUCAS : Well, when he files for emancipation, then you can worry. HALEY : How are you and Lindsey doing? You guys ready for the big day? LUCAS : Well, not a lot of time. She wants my new pages first. I'm just not sure they're quite there. (Lucas is hanging a draft of his new novel) HALEY : Well, if you need an extra set of eyes, I will be happy to help. LUCAS : You would? HALEY : Yes, of course. I was your first editor. If I don't like it, Don't hate me. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton is there, Brooke walks in BROOKE : okay, don't hate me, but you have a date to the party tonight. One of Owen's friends is in town. Supposedly he's supercute. He's coming out with us tonight. I told him you were gonna be there. PEYTON : Blind double date? BROOKE : Only half blind. Say yes because It's the Peyton i know and love and because, if you show up with a date, You are gonna look classy and over it. PEYTON : Okay. I will go get ready. But he better be cute. (Peyton goes get ready, Rachel walks in) BROOKE : I'd invite you... RACHEL : Yeah, but detox and parties don't mix. BROOKE : Yeah. but we're gonna come back early. I promise. RACHEL : Look, uh, i was talking to Peyton today about how you helped her out with her business. And, I don't know, I'm feeling really good now and supermotivated to get back to work, and yesterday, you know, you said that maybe I could start modeling for clothes over bro's again. So, I was just wondering... BROOKE : Right... Rachel, I love you, but I meant maybe a job at the store, you know, like, you could learn the retail side and work your way back up. RACHEL : Oh. I see. yeah. BROOKE : Hey. I didn't mean to get your hopes up. You're one of my best friends, and you're an incredible model. But it's that lifestyle, you know? You can't be around that. Not yet. RACHEL : Yeah, I know. BROOKE : Look, I feel like I let you down once before, and I can't do that again. RACHEL : Brooke, that was not your fault, all right? That was me. I am not gonna make those same mistakes again. I'm strong. you said so. BROOKE : Yeah. So, let's just give it time, okay? Baby steps. RACHEL : Sure. Okay. A STORE Dan is buying a basketball CLERK : New basketball for your son? DAN : Actually, it's for my grandson. CLERK : Wow. I never would have guessed. You keep yourself in great shape DAN : I had a lot of spare time on my hands. (Dan looks at her badge) DAN : So, patty... what time do you get off? PATTY : Well, that depends... What time are you gonna pick me up BOYS APARTMENT Millicent comes to visit Mouth MOUTH : hey. MILLICENT : hey. You look nice. MOUTH : Thanks. I'm just, uh, getting ready for Lucas and Lindsey's party. MILLICENT : After you go see Rachel? MOUTH : I was thinking about it. Why? MILLICENT : Mouth, Rachel once had me guard the women's bathroom at bungalow 8 while she did things... with a guy or two. I know what she's about. I also know that you and Rachel have history. MOUTH : Listen, Rachel's friend who's going through a hard time, I just want to support her. I mean, I'd bring you along if I didn't think it was insensitive to her condition. MILLICENT : Rachel's never been sensitive to anyone's condition but her own. MOUTH : Well, you don't know her like I do. MILLICENT : I know. That's what I'm afraid of. MOUTH : Look, Millicent... MILLICENT : It's okay, mouth. Just go. I'll see you at the party. EXTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Lucas and Nathan arrive for the party LUCAS : So, look, Nate, um, about this party... I gotta tell you, I feel bad... Haley's inside. NATHAN : I figured. LUCAS : You did? NATHAN : Yeah. You always meddle, Luke. It's what you do. You're just lucky I miss my wife. (They are in front of the door) NATHAN : You believe this? Ringing the bell at my own house. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is getting ready, the doorbell rings BROOKE : They're here. (She goes open the door) BROOKE : Hi, Owen. OWEN : Hey. BROOKE : Hi... Chase? CHASE : Brooke. EXTERIOR NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley opens the door to Lucas and Nathan NATHAN : hi. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke walks in her room, where Rachel and Peyton are. BROOKE : it's chase. PEYTON : Like, "clean teen" chase? BROOKE : uh-huh. PEYTON : oh, my god. This is getting so good. Are you sure you don't want in? RACHEL : Uh, I'm barely clean and hardly a teen. BROOKE : Team, help me. Owen never told me his friend's name. What am I supposed to do? PEYTON : So what? I mean, do you want to bail? BROOKE : No. I mean... No. It's fine. I'm with Owen. I haven't talked to chase in years, but... (Peyton and Rachel open partway the door to look at him) PEYTON : Chase really is so cute. BROOKE : Are you two enjoying this? PEYTON : Uh, well, yeah, a little. BROOKE : Okay. If you hook up with chase, for the record, you're taking a cab home. PEYTON : Okay. Well, you're paying. (Peyton take some cash from the envelope she gave Brooke earlier) BROOKE : Fine. PEYTON : Seriously, if it gets awkward, just say the word, okay? BROOKE : Okay. OWEN’S CAR Brooke, Owen, Peyton and Chase are in the car, driving to the party BROOKE : Awkward. OWEN : What? BROOKE : Nothing. OWEN : Okay, does somebody want to tell me what's going on? CHASE : Hey, bud... You remember that girl I used to tell you about back when we first moved in together? OWEN : Yeah, the one you constantly talked about? CHASE : Not constantly, but yeah. OWEN : What, the fake virgin chick you lost your virginity to? BROOKE : Chick? CHASE : Yeah. OWEN : What about her? CHASE : Do you remember her name? (Owen starts thinking, then looks at Brooke) OWEN : Come on! NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE NATHAN : Haley... I'm sorry, all right? This was not my idea. Um, I can go if you want me to. HALEY : No. you should stay. We need to talk anyway. (Skills and the boys walk in with Jamie, who runs to his father) JAMIE : daddy! NATHAN : There he is! JAMIE : Can we play "rock band"... me, you, and mommy? NATHAN : Yeah, sure, we can. HALEY : I... I'm a little busy right now, sweetie. Sorry. We'll talk later. You should play with him. He misses you. (Haley leaves) NATHAN : Was that cotton candy? Nice. Brooke, Peyton, Chase and Owen arrive at the party OWEN : Man, I don't know how I never put it together. Sobriety must be going to my head. CHASE : I never put it together either. You said, "Brooke." I said, "Brooke." OWEN : Yeah, but you said, "Brooke that started a fashion line." CHASE : Yeah, yeah, you probably should have figured that one out. OWEN : Yeah... Dude, stop smiling. Haley and Nathan are in the kitchen NATHAN : You, uh, got a little something. (Nathan tries to wipe the chocolate she’s got on her lips) HALEY : Oh. oh, I got it. NATHAN : Sorry... Just, uh, thought you were actually happy to see me. HALEY : I am happy to see you. JAMIE : mommy! daddy! Let's play "rock band." HALEY : Not right now, sweetie. I am happy to see you. It's just tonight's about Lucas and Lindsey and not us and... (Jamie is pulling Haley’s dress) HALEY : Yes, Jamie. what? JAMIE : I want to play "rock band." HALEY : Well, go play, then, sweetie. Go on. (Haley leaves) JAMIE : I meant all of us. NATHAN : I know. Maybe later, okay? (Nathan leaves and Skills sees Jamie sad) SKILLS : Come on, jimmy jam. I'll rock with you. JAMIE : It's okay. Maybe later. (Jamie leaves and walks by Brooke who sees him really sad) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Mouth came to visit Rachel MOUTH : my, uh... my college roommate actually spent $6 on "vogue” for your clothes over bro's layout. RACHEL : Your roommate, huh? Well, it's all been downhill from there. MOUTH : Hey, coming out of high school, we all want to rule the world, but it's tough. I basically had to sleep with my boss to keep my job. RACHEL : Well, you've come a long way, mouth. I'd probably still have my job if Brooke had that rule. I got to say, man, I'm a little jealous of everyone's success. MOUTH : Why didn't you ever call me? I would have helped you. RACHEL : I know. That's why I didn't. MOUTH : Well, is there anything I can do for you now, Rachel? RACHEL : Anything? MOUTH : Sure. RACHEL : Well, you remember that motel room at Honey Grove? I could really use the release, Mouth. A little natural high. (Rachel is seducing him) MOUTH : Rachel, I... RACHEL : Come on. You slept with your boss. How about a module? MOUTH : I can't. RACHEL : I'm sorry. I... I must look terrible. MOUTH : Don't. You're beautiful, and you could have whoever you want and whatever you want. RACHEL : But? MOUTH : But you don't believe that. You need to learn to let go of whatever it is that makes you think you're not good enough. 'cause that's when you're gonna bat this... when you learn that you matter... I should go. (Mouth leaves. Rachel takes her cell phone. She’s got a message from Karl:”we are parting in south beach. get your hot ass down here. Bring party favors”) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is alone in his room, looking at a picture, Brooke and Owen come in BROOKE : Can we come in? What you got there, little man? JAMIE : Nothing. BROOKE : That's more than nothing. Those are the two people who love you the most in the world. Almost as much as i do. JAMIE : Is he your boyfriend? BROOKE : You're the only boyfriend in my life. OWEN : Hey. I heard I owe you one. You got me another chance with Brooke."what's under all the clothes, Brooke Davis?" JAMIE : So, you find out? BROOKE : On that note, boy time is over. Let's go. OWEN : Give me knuckles. Lucas comes to talk to Haley LUCAS : Hey. Look, I hope you don't feel too slighted by the setup. HALEY : To be honest, I kind of expected it from you guys... "you" being, uh... you and Lindsey. Your hearts were in the right place, though. You picked the right person to spend the rest of your life with, Luke. LUCAS : So did you. (Lucas leaves) Outside, Peyton is watching from afar Lucas walking out of the house, Chase joins her CHASE : so, this is kind of weird, huh? Then again, I did find you pretty cute back in high school. PEYTON : Oh, god, come on. CHASE : I did. But I was with Brooke. And you were with Lucas... You still love him? PEYTON : He's with Lindsey now. (Chase kiss Peyton) PEYTON : Chase, I... CHASE : 3:00. Lucas was looking. Just trying to help you out. Mouth arrives at the party, he find Millicent MOUTH : Hey. Did I miss all the fun? (Millicent spays Mouth with wacky string) MOUTH : I guess not. MILLICENT : When I was a little girl, I sprayed the boys I liked most with wacky string. But then Todd Pinkerton got some in his mouth, and he started to cry. Needless to say, I abandoned that tactic. I really like you, Marvin. So the next time you go to visit some really hot former model who you have some sort of sexual history with and who's in a vulnerable state... just consider me. MOUTH : You're right. I can do that. Owen is sitting on an armchair with Brooke on his lap, eating some cake OWEN : So, I built it up so much. I told all these kids that my mom was gonna get me this cake with rambo on it... like, chest scars, flames, you know? My mom brings the cake out, and instead of a picture of rambo, it's like this dinky homemade cake. No Rambo... just the words "rambo says 'happy birthday'" scribbled across the top. So embarrassing. I thought it was funny, but if you have a better story... BROOKE : No, your mom sounds sweet. On the rare occasion that my mother ever actually remembered my birthday, she'd just toss her gold card at me and tell me to go buy something. She never really cared to get involved. She's not exactly the nurturing type. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Rachel is sleeping on the couch, Victoria comes in VICTORIA : Hey, junkie. Get up. You and Peyton are like bloodsucking vermin that just won't go away. Where's my daughter? RACHEL : She's at a party. VICTORIA : Of course she is. And when she's not partying with the bartender, she's running a halfway house, apparently. RACHEL : I'm not a... I'm better now. VICTORIA : Yeah. Whatever. Today you're fine. Tomorrow you'll have pawned my Pradas. RACHEL : It's different this time. Brooke believes in me. VICTORIA : Oh, well, look out, Tony Robbins, here comes my daughter. You know, I convinced her to cut you loose once. I can do it again. RACHEL : Brooke wouldn't do that to me. VICTORIA : No? Look at you. You're pathetic. And the sad thing is, you're gonna lie to yourself long enough to hurt the people who still give a damn. Why don't you think of them before you relapse and waste all their time and their money? I mean, let's be honest. You can't bat this thing. And deep down inside... you know it, too. Don't you? NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Outside, Skills, Junk and Fergie are playing with Jamie, and put him inside the moon bounce JAMIE : No! no! no! no! no! SKILLS : get him! get him! get him! get him! get hi FERGIE : one, two, three... SKILLS : boom.. (Haley arrives) HALEY : Guys, can you take it easy, please? Be careful. Come on, sweetie. It's time to go. JAMIE : But, mom... HALEY : It's getting late. You got to go to bed soon, all right? HALEY (to Skills) : You got to remember his size. You treat him like one of the guys, but he's just a little boy. SKILLS : Look, Haley, I don't wanna disrespect you, 'cause I know you and Nathan going through some things right now. But I never lost sight on how little that boy is. Actually, I'm amazed how little he is because his heart is so big. You know today all he wanted to do was make sure y'all was a whole family again. That's what today meant to him. And if you hadn't noticed, I just think y'all are the ones that done lost sight of things. Lindsey is sitting outside, Lucas joins her LINDSEY : I can't believe we're getting married. LUCAS : Yep. And after the wedding, you'll be another Scott in tree hill. You think you can handle that? LINDSEY : Uh, who said I was taking your last name? So, how's our little plan working out? (They look behind them and see Nathan and Haley talking) LUCAS : Uh, they're talking. That's a start, right? Nathan and Haley, alone NATHAN : Look, I just wanted to say I'm sorry. HALEY : Aren't you tired of that? You shouldn't have to apologize for who you are, not anymore. I've been thinking a lot this week. And I knew who you were when I married you, and what I've realized is that it's really not fair. NATHAN : What are you saying? HALEY : I'm saying that it was wrong of me... to try and change you. I'm the one who's sorry. I shouldn't have tried to change you or us. And now... now... I'm done trying. (Haley leaves) Jamie is alone in his room, holding a rabbit. Skills comes in SKILLS : Hey. Thanks for all your help with the party, man. JAMIE : Sure. SKILLS : The moon bounce was the bmb, and the cotton candy was off the chain, and them was all your ideas. JAMIE : Yep. SKILLS : Word. You know I'm gonna always be there for you, right? JAMIE : Word. Want to hold Chester? SKILLS : You know you my dog, right? But that's where I draw the line. I ain't never have a pet. JAMIE : This pet don't scare you. He doesn't bite. (Skills starts to fondle Chester and Jamie makes it move) SKILLS : That ain't funny. Brooke is in one of the bedroom, looking for her coat. Chase walks in CHASE : Find your coat? Or were you just stealing wallets? BROOKE : Well, they call it Winona syndrome when you have everything and you resort to petty theft for the cheap thrill. CHASE : Come on. Your career sounds pretty thrilling. BROOKE : It is. What about you? You a thrill-seeking pilot boy yet? CHASE : I'm a thrill-seeking carpet salesman paying for flying lessons. BROOKE : How's the big date going? CHASE : Good... You and Owen, huh? He's a good guy. BROOKE : He is. CHASE : Let me get that. (Chase helps Brooke to put on her coat) Outside, Junk and Fergie walk by the moon bounce FERGIE : So, what's the deal? You seen Luke? JUNK : Yeah, the moon bounce is rockin'. FERGIE : All'right. (we see Lucas and Lindsey lying down, inside the moon bounce LINDSEY : Suppose Keith and my dad were sitting next to each other at a bar in heaven. What do you think they'd talk about? LUCAS : Well, after they had a beer... I think Keith would take a long, hard look at your dad and he'd say... "where's the bathroom?”... No, seriously, I think your dad and Keith would have been best friends. And Keith would tell him what a great job he did raising his daughter. Because he did. LINDSEY : My father loved you. So do I. (They kiss) Inside the house, Millicent is still playing with the wacky string on Mouth MOUTH : I thought you abandoned that tactic. MILLICENT : I figured I'd take the risk. Good night, Mouth. (She starts leaving) MOUTH : Millicent, aren't you forgetting something? (Mouth kiss her) MOUTH : That's the best part of my day, and I missed it. MILLICENT : Mine too. MOUTH : Come on. Skills is with Jamie in his room, Haley walks in JAMIE : "colors are"... (Skills see Haley) SKILLS : Okay, buddy. HALEY : Thank you. (Skills hug Haley and leaves) OUTSIDE BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton and Chase come back from the party. Owen and Brooke are also there a little bit afar off them. PEYTON : I had a good time tonight. Thanks for having fun with me. (She kiss him) CHASE : Um, what was that for? PEYTON : Brooke was looking... You're welcome. Good luck. CHASE : Thanks. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE In Jamie’s bedroom, Nathan is with Jamie JAMIE : Are you gonna be here in the morning, daddy? NATHAN : I'm afraid not. JAMIE : Why? Mommy won't let you stay? NATHAN : No, it's not mommy. Your mom is the best mom in the world, okay? Don't ever forget that. it's just... daddy's on a time-out right now. JAMIE : Are you ever coming home, daddy? NATHAN : I hope so. JAMIE : I hope so, too. (we see Haley, in the doorway, listening) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton and Brooke come home BROOKE : Rachel, we're home! (Peyton finds the envelope where was the cash empty) PEYTON : She's gone. You tried, Brooke. I guess she just wasn't ready. HOTEL ROOM Dan is with Patty, in bed PATTY : So, we didn't get to talk much tonight. What's your story? DAN : I just got out of jail for klling my brother. PATTY : Right. So, did you do it? DAN : Yeah. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke is working on Lindsey’s dress when Victoria walks in VICTORIA : I saw the light on. I wanted to make sure that Rachel wasn't cleaning us out. BROOKE : What is that supposed to mean? Have you been to my house? Did you say something to her? VICTORIA : Nothing the mirror couldn't have told her. BROOKE : Leave my friends alone, okay? VICTORIA : I was trying to protect you from making another mistake. BROOKE : fring Rachel was a mistake. VICTORIA : That was business. BROOKE : That is not the way I want my business to be. People deserve better. She... VICTORIA : You see? This is exactly why you weren't included in the meeting today. You're too emotional. You need to remove emotion from business. That's why I'm here. BROOKE : Now. You're here now. What about all of those years I was growing up? You never wanted to be a part of my life until I started this company. VICTORIA : What? Cheerleading, School president... Stop being childish. You're the face of a company, and you took your company as far as you could on your own. Then you came to me when you needed help. BROOKE : Well, Rachel needed my help, and you made me fre her. VICTORIA : You earned my help, Brooke. Rachel didn't earn yours. BROOKE : I earned it? A daughter is not supposed to have to earn her mother's help... or her love. It is supposed to be unconditional. VICTORIA : Whatever. (Victoria stars to leave) BROOKE : You're fired. VICTORIA : What did you just say? BROOKE : I said... you...are fired. VICTORIA : You're going to fre me and risk our entire company? BROOKE : But it's not our company. It's my company. Remember? VICTORIA : I am not an employee. I am your mother. BROOKE : I know. You're fired. You can go now. LUCAS (voiceover) : Albert Camus once wrote, "blessed are the hearts that can bend. They shall never be broken." But I wonder... if there's no breaking, then there's no healing. And if there's no healing, then there's no learning. And if there's no learning... then there's no struggle. But the struggle is a part of life... HALEY’S BEDROOM / LUCAS’ BEDROOM Haley’s in bed, with Lucas’ novel. She has just finished it. Lucas and Lindsey are in bed, Lindsey is sleeping and Lucas is reading when his cell phone rings. LUCAS : Hey. HALEY : Hi. I need to talk to you. LUCAS : Sure. Is everything okay? LUCAS (voiceover) : ... so must all hearts be broken? HALEY : No. You can't marry Lindsey.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x11 - You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side"}	foreverdreaming
ONE TREE HILL LUCAS’ CAR Lucas is in his car (Keith’s car) with Haley and Jamie. LUCAS (voiceover) : When I was a boy, my family took me on a trip. We didn't go to any exotic place. We didn't go anywhere glamorous. We just drove. JAMIE (voiceover) : Where did you go, uncle Lucas? LUCAS (voiceover) : We drove the back road to Tree Hill, and we saw all kinds of wonderful things. JAMIE (voiceover) : Well, where were you going? LUCAS (voiceover) : Everywhere. Anywhere. But where we ended up really wasn't the point. It was the things we saw and the people we met along the way. JAMIE : Who was with you? LUCAS (voiceover) : It was just my mom, my uncle, and me. JAMIE (voiceover) : Where was your daddy? LUCAS (voiceover) : He wasn't there. But something happened that day... something magical. JAMIE (voiceover) : What was it? What happened? LUCAS (voiceover) : My uncle let me drive. (Lucas put Jamie on his lap and makes it like he is driving.) JAMIE (voiceover) : Were you scared? LUCAS (voiceover) : No, I mean, the truth is, I'm not sure I ever felt safer. That day, in that car with my uncle and my mom... was one of the best days of my life. Just like today. OUTSIDE CHURCH Peyton is in her car and stops by the church. We see all the guest in front of the church and her and Lucas walking outside, married. She is daydreaming... CLOTHES OVER BROS We see Brooke, wearing Lindsey’s wedding gown with a seamstress working on her. Millicent walks in. MILLICENT : Whoa In fact, the gown is on a dressmaker’s form and Brooke is the one working on it MILLICENT : That's gonna make for one beautiful bride. INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is in the kitchen, Haley walks in NATHAN : I want to come home, Haley. I love you. HALEY : I have to get ready right now. I can't. (Nathan grab Haley and kiss her, like for their first kiss) HALEY : You shouldn't have done that. NATHAN : I wanted to. HALEY : Yeah. (She kisses him back and it starts raining inside the house) Nathan is, in fact, in his shower, alone HARBOR Haley, Lucas and Jamie are waiting HALEY : So, you want to talk about this? LUCAS : Well, you hate my book and you think I picked the wrong girl to spend the rest of my life with. What's there to talk about? HALEY : Stop it. You know that I love Lindsey. LUCAS : Oh, but I don't? I mean, I think I do, but I guess I'm just lying to myself. Is that your story? HALEY : Geez, see if I read anything you write ever again. LUCAS : Look, Hales, you can't say that the manuscript I gave you is about Peyton. HALEY : It's about yearning and want, Luke. I think you wrote it about Peyton because you still love her. LUCAS : And I think it's about a guy watching the sky. But thanks for caring. HALEY : Well, whatever you do, just don't show those pages to Lindsey. LUCAS : I already did. (Lucas sees her mom getting of a boat and runs toward her) LUCAS : Mom! HALEY : And? KAREN : Lucas? LUCAS : Mom KAREN : Oh, my gosh! Oh, I missed you, baby boy! LUCAS : Oh, I missed you, too! KAREN : Haley! How are you? HALEY : Good. (Karen sees Jamie) KAREN : Oh, and who is this? JAMIE : It's me, aunt Karen... James Lucas Scott. KAREN : No, you are not James Lucas Scott. Jamie Scott is a baby. JAMIE : I got bigger. KAREN : You got bigger! Oh, my goodness. Look at you. JAMIE : Where's lily? LUCAS : Yeah, ma. Where's my little sister? KAREN : Your little sister is with Andy. (We see Andy, holding Lily , on the top of the boat) GRAVEYARD Karen is laying down some flowers in front of Keith’s grave. Lucas and Andy are watching from afar. LUCAS : I think it's really great that you and my mom are back together, Andy. ANDY : I think it's really great that you're almost gonna get married. Well, I mean, till your fiancée meets me. LUCAS : I got to talk to my mom about getting rid of you. ANDY : Listen, um... I love your mom... and Lily, but I want you to know something. I'd give it all up if Keith could be here on your wedding day. And all the days after that. LUCAS : Thank you. HOTEL ROOM Dan is alone, getting ready for the wedding DAN : I do love a wedding. Perfect occasion for a family reunion. INSIDE THE CHURCH In a private room, Lucas is already dressed and is helping Jamie to get ready. LUCAS : All right, dude, sit still. You want to be the second-best-looking guy in this church, don't you? (Nathan walks in) NATHAN : Second best? JAMIE : Daddy! NATHAN : Jamie's gonna be the man. I'm gonna be second-best. You'll be lucky to make the top 10, Luke. LUCAS : Thanks. NATHAN : Oh, come here. I love you, boy. How much have you growing the last week... a foot? JAMIE : Maybe. Aunt Karen didn't even know me. NATHAN : All right. JAMIE : Ooh, and daddy, did you see mama? She looked pretty. NATHAN : I'll bet. You know the drill, right? You're gonna lead Lindsey down the aisle with Lily, and then when you get to me, you're gonna give me these two rings. JAMIE : Treasure! NATHAN : Nice, huh? And worth, like, all the money in the world. So when I give them to you, don't lose them, okay? 'Cause uncle Lucas can't finish his second book, and he's poor. JAMIE : I'm sorry you're poor, uncle Lucas. LUCAS : Thanks, Jamie. JAMIE : Hey, daddy, when you married mama, was it your best day ever? NATHAN : Actually, I think the day I graduated high school was my best day ever. JAMIE : How come? NATHAN : Well, 'cause that's the day you were born. Now, lace 'em up. Chop-chop. NATHAN (to Lucas) : Got any intel for me with my girl? LUCAS : Not really. She misses you. She's still stubborn. Same as last week. But I'll tell you, it kind of sucks for you that my mom's here. NATHAN : Why's that? LUCAS : Well, she raised a son with a really great uncle and no husband. NATHAN : Dan sucks. (A guy enters the room) GUY : Flowers for the bride... who's clearly not here. Sorry. LUCAS and NATHAN : I'll take 'em. Jamie is holding the flowers, and with Lucas and Nathan are following him to Lindsey’s private room. NATHAN : Dude, you got to give me this one. If I take these flowers to Lindsey, I get some face time with Haley. LUCAS : Forget it, man. Lindsey's been staying with Haley to make it all romantic. I haven't seen her in a week. NATHAN : So? It's bad luck. Besides, what do you think is gonna go down before your wedding in a church? LUCAS : Oh, you underestimate me. NATHAN : Lucas, you're going to hell. Listen. You and Lindsey are good, okay. You're still in that blissed-out,best-underwear, she-still-laughs at-your-stupid-jokes phase. LUCAS : My jokes aren't stupid. NATHAN : That's what you think. Look, the point is, I need this, okay? I'm fading fast here. (Haley opens the door when Jamie knocks) HALEY : Oh, flowers from a gentleman. (Haley lets Jamie walking in) LUCAS : Hey, we can help you out with that. NATHAN : Hey, look who it is. HALEY : Sorry, bad luck. (Haley shut the door) LUCAS : "Hey, look who it is"? No wonder you're fading. (Lucas knocks at the door and Lily opens) LUCAS : Lily. Oh, I sure did miss you. You think you can let your big brother Lucas in and come say hello? LILY : No! You're bad luck! (Lily slam the door too) FLASHBACK, LUCAS’ BEDROOM, FEW DAYS EARLIER Lucas and Lindsey are kissing, starting to make out LUCAS : How did I get so lucky? You know, if I knew being engaged would be like this, I'd have proposed when we met. LINDSEY : It's the book. LUCAS : The book? My book? LINDSEY : I love it, Lucas. I love what you wrote, and I love that you wrote it. It's so romantic. LUCAS : Okay, we can definitely talk about this later. (Lucas gets his short off and starts to undressed Lindsey, but suddenly stops) LUCAS : You know, can I ask you... How do you mean "romantic"? LINDSEY : What? LUCAS : Well, I'm glad you like it and all, but I didn't really expect "romantic." I mean, it's about a Scientist and the stars. LINDSEY : Luke, are you kidding me? I cried so much. He's just this lost little boy, and then he sees the comet, and suddenly, his life has meaning. And then he waits his whole life for the comet to return. He has faith that it will, even though science and his intellect tells him it won't. His heart still believes. It's beautiful, Lucas. And heartbreaking. It's an epic love story. LUCAS : It's about a comet. LINDSEY : It's about love in its purest form. When I think about how it came from your heart and your mind... it makes me so happy to know that I found you... and that I get to be your wife. LUCAS : Thank you. I love you, Lindsey. LINDSEY : I love you, Lucas. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke is turning back to the door when Karen walks in BROOKE : I'm sorry, we're closed! (She turns away and sees Karen) BROOKE : Oh, my god. (Brooke starts walking toward Karen but stops) BROOKE : Do you hate me? KAREN : No, I am proud of you! BROOKE : I missed you! How's lily? KAREN : Oh, she's good. She's very girly. But you'll see her at the wedding. BROOKE : God, unless I'm so late that I miss it. I'm supposed to be there... you're supposed to be there! KAREN : I just wanted to come by and see the café? and see you and maybe catch Peyton. BROOKE : She's on her way. KAREN : Good. How's she doing? BROOKE : She's a mess. She's trying to put on a brave face and be noble, but we all thought this was gonna be her day. KAREN : Yeah. And how are you? Are you happy? You are doing so well. BROOKE : Thank you. It's hard, but I'm... I'm happy. At least I'm trying to be. Can I ask you something? (Both sit on the couch) BROOKE : I made Lindsey's wedding gown, and it got me to thinking about how I was supposed to make yours. KAREN : It's okay. BROOKE : It's not okay, and somehow you managed to make it okay. And I just wonder, I mean, I've always wondered where that strength comes from. That dignity and grace that you have put on in the face of everything that's happened in your life. Because I really want to be that kind of person someday. KAREN : You already are, Brooke Davis. You've come further than anyone I know. And if you want to know a secret, you've just scratched the surface. BROOKE : Thank you. (Peyton walks in) PEYTON : Hey, Brooke, come on. We're gonna be... (She sees Karen and hugs her) PEYTON : Hi KAREN : Hi PEYTON : Thank you for my office! KAREN : Oh, you are so welcome. I... I know we have to go, but there really is something I wanted to tell you... both of you. You know, in life, if you let it, you can always come up with reasons to give up. But if you don't, you might just find love in places you never imagined... in a new relationship or in your work... BROOKE : Or in your children. KAREN : Whatever it is, just don't give up on it. And if you don't get it, well, you might get something better. OUTSIDE CHURCH Jamie and Lily are sitting outside of the church LILY : That's what you have to call me. JAMIE : I do not. LILY : Do so. Say it. "Aunt Lily." (Lindsey comes out, all dressed up) JAMIE : You look like Cinderella! Brooke and Peyton arrive in Peyton’s car and join all the gng. BROOKE : I cannot believe we don't have dates for this thing. What kind of boyfriend takes his guy roommate camping for the weekend? PEYTON : Jake Gyllenhaal? BROOKE : That’s nice SKILLS : Ah ,what up, what up? Who want a beer? PEYTON : I do. BROOKE : You're tailgating at Luke's wedding. SKILLS : Like you don't want one. (Brooke takes the beer and proposes it to Millicent) MILLICENT : I'm designated driver. SKILLS : So, what up, P. Sawyer? You got a plan? PEYTON : A plan for what? SKILLS : To steal Lucas back. Oh, so I'm the only one thinking like that, huh? Okay, look. Here's the drill. When they say "does anybody have any reason that this thing shouldn't go down?" Bam, that's you. BROOKE : They don't do that at real weddings, Skills. SKILLS : They should, though. You know, that's good drama. Anyway. How about this? I say we drug Lindsey first... even though I love her... Then we throw you in the wedding gown, so when Lucas lift up the veil, bam, it's on. BROOKE : Um, Skills? That gown is tailor-made, so no. And Peyton is gonna be okay. SKILLS : Right. You know I love you, P. Sawyer, right? But, baby girl, you are so far from okay, man, you ain't even in the same area code. Wait... Maybe Lucas will say the wrong name on the altar just like Ross did on "friends." PEYTON : Okay. How about this? How about Peyton puts on a nice dress, watches Lucas get married, gets wasted, and has drunk, meaningless sex with some guy at the reception? BROOKE : Yes. SKILLS : Hey, baby, I ever tell you how sexy you look in that dress? Maybe we should head in. (Skills grab some beer) MOUTH : Hey, uh, aren't you watching Jamie? SKILLS : You know what? You right. We got to get one for him, too. Let's do it! See y'all inside (Everybody is heading inside the church, leaving Brooke and Peyton alone) BROOKE :. I meant what I said. You're gonna be okay. PEYTON : No, I know. I know. I just... I just need a minute, you know? BROOKE : Okay. I'll save you a seat. (Brooke leaves and let Peyton alone. Then she sees Lindsey, they looked at each other and Peyton walks to the church, leaving her shawl on the hood) Haley sees Dan sitting in his car HALEY : Can I help you? DAN : Hello, Haley. HALEY : Save it. You're not going into that church. And you're not gonna talk to my son, my husband, Karen, or Lucas, for that matter. DAN : You should be careful about being so bossy. I've been in prison a long time. Kind of sexy. HALEY : Don't screw with me, Dan. This is the last conversation you and I will ever have. Enjoy your reprehensible, miserable life. INSIDE THE CHURCH Lucas is watching Peyton entering the church, Nathan joins him NATHAN : You ready for this? LUCAS : Yeah. I'm ready. NATHAN : All right, well, I'm not much for speeches, but, um... you're a good guy, Luke. You're a good friend, and you're a great brother. Whatever life throws at you, I got your back, all right? LUCAS : Thanks. NATHAN : All right. That's us. The wedding starts, we see Haley walking down the aisle... FLASHBACK, NATHAN AND HALEY’S APARTMENT, FEW YEARS AGO Nathan and Haley are in their bed NATHAN : What are you thinking, Mrs. Scott? HALEY : Big things. Big, important things. NATHAN : Like, "this isn't how I pictured my wedding night"? HALEY : No. Like, this is the night we're gonna tell our children about, and our children's children. NATHAN : I'd like to have kids someday. HALEY : A son with your eyes? NATHAN : No. A little girl just like you. INSIDE THE CHURCH Haley is still walking down the aisle NATHAN (voiceover) : I am gonna love you forever, Haley James Scott. I promise. From the balcony, where the orchestra is MUSICIAN : You're welcome to watch from here, but I'm sure you can find a seat down below. CARRIE : No, I'm fine. My son's the ring bearer. Lily is walking down the aisle and throws petals in front of Peyton... FLASHBACK TO WHEN THE RAVEN WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (EPISODE 409) LUCAS : It's you. PEYTON : What? LUCAS : When all my dreams come true, the one I want next to me. It's you. It's you, Peyton. INSIDE THE CHURCH Lindsey is walking down the aisle MINISTER : We give thanks today... for Lucas and Lindsey, for their open heart sand their willing spirits, and for their closest friends and family. May we all be changed by what is said and witnessed here. SKILLS : I got you, P. Sawyer. BROOKE : Behave or I will spank you. FLASHBACK, CLOTHES OVER BROS, FEW DAYS EARLIER Brooke and Lucas are sitting on the couch, alone BROOKE : It's a lot to process, I know. But now you know why I came home. LUCAS : Brooke, are you sure? I mean... are you sure? BROOKE : I'm sure. My heart is sure. This is what I want. INSIDE THE CHURCH MINISTER : It's a mystery how we fall in love, who we fall in love with, why we fall in love. But we do. Lucas Eugene Scott, do you take Lindsey Evelyn Strauss to be your lawfully wedded wife? Do you... (Peyton stand up) PEYTON : Lucas, you can't! SKILLS : That's what I'm talking about! PEYTON : I'm sorry. I'm... I'm sorry, but you just... you can't, because I love you, and because you fixed my car! BROOKE : Oh, boy. PEYTON : Remember that day? Because that day changed everything, and I didn't know it at the time. But when you fixed my car, you fixed my heart. And when you proposed to me two years ago, I just wasn't ready. And I was lost and scared, so I said "someday," but someday is now, Luke, it is. Someday is now, and I love you. Please don't leave me again. People always leave. (We see Lucas and Lindsey in the same position as before Peyton’s interruption) MINISTER : Do you promise to be true to her? PEYTON (voiceover) : At least, that's what I should have said. MINISTER : In sickness and in health... PEYTON (voiceover) : instead, I said nothing. And he said... MINISTER : ... as long as you both shall live? LUCAS : I do. (Lucas put the ring on Lindsey’s finger) MINISTER : Lucas Scott, you have declared your love... JAMIE : I got to go to the bathroom. SKILLS : All right, let's go. JAMIE : Can I go by myself? Lily will make fun of me. Let me do it. I know where it is. SKILLS : All right, but you come right back, you hear me? JAMIE : I will. MINISTER : Lindsey Evelyn Strauss, do you take Lucas Eugene Scott to be your lawfully wedded husband... Jamie is walking toward the bathrooms alone CARRIE : Jamie! JAMIE : Nanny Carrie! CARRIE : Oh, god, I missed you so much. JAMIE : What are you doing here, nanny Carrie? CARRIE : Your mom and dad said I could be with you again. Oh, I get you back, and I'm so happy. Come on. JAMIE : I'm not supposed to leave the church. CARRIE : Jamie, you know I love you. Don't you trust me? JAMIE : Okay. (They both leave the church) We come back to the wedding MINISTER : ... and to love and honor each other all the days of your life, until death do you part? LINDSEY : It was a comet. MINISTER : Excuse me? LINDSEY : It was a comet, Luke. LUCAS : Could you just give us a moment, please? LINDSEY : The boy saw a comet. LUCAS : Okay. LINDSEY : The boy saw the comet, and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went away, he waited his entire life for it to come back to him. LUCAS : Lindsey, I love you, but this really isn't the time for a book review, okay? LINDSEY : What was the first day you ever talked to Peyton? LUCAS : Lindsey LINDSEY : Please. LUCAS : Her car broke down. FLASHBACK (EPISODE PILOT) LUCAS : That's me inside your head. PEYTON : What? LUCAS : NOFX. Come on. Let me give you a ride. (As the tow truck starts moving, we see the name of Peyton’s car: "Comet") (And then we see Lindsey taking Peyton shawl she let on the hood earlier, and she sees the "Comet") INSIDE THE CHURCH End of the flashback, Lindsey is crying LINDSEY : The boy saw the comet... and suddenly his life had meaning. I'm sorry, Lucas. I can't marry you. (Lindsey gives him her wedding ring back and run out of the church) Later, Lucas is sitting in the private room, Nathan walks in NATHAN : I'm sorry, Lucas. She's gone. LUCAS : I never took the time to make her feel comfortable with my history. I never took the time to explain it all. NATHAN : So what are you gonna do? What happens next? LUCAS : I want her back. NATHAN : Then go get her. You're Lucas Scott. Come on. Screw that. Listen to me. You're Lucas Scott, okay? I've seen you do great things. I've seen you do some of the greatest things. Now, you need to look into your heart and ask yourself what you truly want, and if the answer is Lindsey, then just go get her, man. She doesn't stand a chance. Hey, you're my brother. I'm here for you. Now go. Go on, man. OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Haley is running and screaming for Jamie HALEY : Jamie! HALEY (to Lily) : Sweetie, have you seen Jamie? LILY : No. HALEY : Jamie! Jamie! KAREN : Haley, any luck? HALEY : No. I'm really getting worried right now. Dan was here. I saw him earlier. What do... ANDY : No luck inside. I'm sorry. SKILLS : I'm so sorry, Haley. I should have went with him. ANDY : Mouth and Millicent are taking another look around back. HALEY : Jamie! Jamie! INSIDE THE CHURCH Everybody left the church, Peyton is sitting alone and Brooke joins her BROOKE : Hi. Well, that was a crazy wedding, huh? Did I ever tell you the one about the girl who got everything she ever wanted? PEYTON : Did she feel horrible? BROOKE : At first. But it's only 'cause she had a good heart. And then she fixed her makeup and smoothed out her pretty dress and went and talked to the boy she loves. PEYTON : He said "I do," Brooke. The minister asked if he would love and cherish Lindsey forever, and he said "I do." BROOKE : Bitch, you need to stop. (Brooke looks up) BROOKE : Sorry. Okay. Peyton, do you want to know why I came home? Besides to help you. I am 22 years old, and I have made more money than I could ever hope to spend, and I have never felt more alone in my life. You need to talk to him, Peyton. Just talk to him. And if you let the fact that Lucas said "I do" today to Lindsey while he was obviously lying to his own heart be the reason that you sit here and cry, I am gonna smack you across your pretty face. Come on. (Brooke hugs Peyton) BROOKE : It's okay... I want to have a baby. PEYTON : With me? BROOKE : No. I've spent four years working these endless hours to fill this void that all the success in the world is never gonna fill, and I realized that what I actually want is to have a family. It's okay. Luke looked really freaked out when we talked about it, too. MOUTH : Sorry, guys. Have you seen Jamie? BROOKE : No. Why? MILLICENT : He's missing. BROOKE : What? OUTSIDE THE CHURCH NATHAN : Haley. Hey, what's going on? HALEY : Jamie's gone, and Dan was here. NATHAN : What? HALEY : He's missing. Dan came by. I told him he was not to come into the church, and now he's gone... we've looked everywhere! (Nathan sees a police car and stops it) POLICE OFFICER 1 : What the hell are you doing? NATHAN : My son is missing, okay? POLICE OFFICER 1 : All right, calm down. You could have got yourself klled. NATHAN : We just left the wedding, okay? All the guests are gone, and my son is missing. He's 4 1/2 years old. POLICE OFFICER 2 : Have you been drinking, sir? Have you been to the reception? NATHAN : What kind of question is that? Have I been drinking? POLICE OFFICER 2 : Hey, you need to listen to me. NATHAN : No, you listen to me! My name is Nathan Scott, okay? My father is Dan Scott. He was arrested for mrder, okay? He's a bad guy, and he was here today. Now, either one of you two idiots gets on your radio right now and finds my son, or I'll knock you both out and I'll do it myself! POLICE OFFICER 1 : Hey, you need to relax, all right?... Dispatch, I have a 9-20c Charlie... missing person, critical. We're gonna need an exact description of your son. HALEY : His name is James Lucas Scott. He's 4 1/2 years old. He's wearing a black tuxedo. He has blue eyes and sandy blond hair. HOTEL ROOM Carrie is washing Jamie’s hair in the washbasin. CARRIE : You like that, Jamie? This will be fun. I'm gonna go get the hair dye, and then you're gonna have black hair just like mine. JAMIE : Won't mama be mad? CARRIE : No. Besides... I'm gonna be your mama now. Later, Jamie, still blond, is sitting on the bed watching tv, while Carrie is going through her luggage, nervously. TELEVISION : Run for your dear little lives. She is a witch and means to eat you for her supper. CARRIE : Jamie, honey, nanny Carrie has to go out. But I have a key, and I want you to stay here and keep the doors locked. JAMIE : By myself? CARRIE : You'll be fine. I'll be right back. And I'll bring you a present. JAMIE : When are we going home? CARRIE : Home? Wh... don't you want to play a game? JAMIE : I guess so. CARRIE : Okay. Let's play hide-and-seek. I want you to hide, and don't come out until I find you, okay? Okay, I'll go out, and you hide. Go on. JAMIE’S BEDROOM Haley is alone, crying, Nathan joins her NATHAN : The police are looking everywhere. Dan's license-plate number is on every single highway sign. Haley, you should... you should come downstairs. HALEY (whispering) : I don't want to! NATHAN : Haley... HALEY : I don't want to! You should have been there. NATHAN : I know. HALEY : You're his father. You should have been there to protect him. You should have been there, and I should have let you come home. NATHAN : This is not your fault. Haley... HALEY : Yes NATHAN : Haley, come here. (Nathan takes her in his arms) HALEY : I can't lose him! He's all I have. NATHAN : I know. It'll be okay. I know. HOTEL ROOM Jamie is hiding. Dan is trying to look inside of the room by the window. DAN : Jamie. Jamie, can you hear me? Listen to me. I'm here to help you. You have to open the door, son. I'm here to take you home. (Jamie seems scared) LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas comes home and run to his room, where Lindsey is, sitting on the bed, holding Lucas’ manuscript. LUCAS : Lindsey! Lindsey! Linds?... Hi LINDSEY : "It was more than just a comet because of what it brought to his life... direction, beauty, meaning. There were many who couldn't understand, and sometimes he walked among them. But even in his darkest hours, he knew in his heart that someday, it would return to him, and his world would be whole again, and his belief in god and love and art would be reawakened in his heart." LUCAS : Lindsey, it's just a story. I mean, so what? Peyton's car is just a comet, you know? But this is crazy. I love you. LINDSEY : I love you, too, Lucas. I do, and I always will. But your heart is conflicted, and I think I've always known it. I guess I was hoping that someday... I could be your comet. It's an epic love story, Luke. It's just not ours. And neither is this. (She put her engagement ring with the manuscript, on the bed and goes to the door) LUCAS : Lindsey, please. You can't just leave. LINDSEY : People always leave, Luke. You know that. (She looks at him and leaves) HOTEL ROOM Carrie comes back CARRIE : Jamie? I'm back! I'm gonna find you. I'm gonna get you. Jamie. (Dan pulls her against the wall and starts choking her) DAN : I think you're wrong. I think I'm gonna get you. My name is Dan Scott. I think you know my grandson. It's okay. You can blink once for "yes." (She blinks once) DAN : That's what I thought. Well, you're done knowing him for the rest of time. And if you forget or if you decide to go anywhere near my family ever again... let's just say this... I klled my brother in cold blood. I'd have no problem k*lling you. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE In the living room, all the guest are there SKILLS : I will never forgive myself. He has to come home. He has to. Nathan is sitting on a chair, Lily comes to see him with Jamie’s little basketball LILY : Is it okay if I play with this? NATHAN : Yeah Lucas enters the room, looks at Nathan and then goes see Haley to hug her LUCAS : Haley. I'm so sorry. It's gonna be okay. You got to believe that, okay? He's gonna come home. Jamie comes home and run into his parents arms JAMIE : Mama! HALEY : Sweetie, what happened to you? Are you okay? JAMIE : I'm fine. Grandpa Dan saved me. HALEY : What? We see Dan walking in and everybody is looking at him.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x12 - Hundred"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill" BROOKE : You... are fired. BROOKE : I want to have a baby, and I realize that what I actually want is to have a family. NATHAN : Carrie! What are you doing?! This is not okay! You have to get out of here! CARRIE : It's okay, Nathan. NATHAN : Haley, this isn't this, okay? HALEY : I want you to get the hell out of my house right now! HALEY : No, you stay away from us! This marriage is over! I want a divorce. PEYTON : I still love you, Lucas. LUCAS : Peyton, I... LINDSEY : I'm sorry, Lucas. I can't marry you. CARRIE : Jamie! JAMIE : Nanny Carrie! HALEY : Jamie! JAMIE : Won't mama be mad? CARRIE : No. Besides... I'm gonna be your mama now. DAN : If you decide to go anywhere near my family ever again... I'd have no problem klling you. JAMIE : Mama! HALEY : Oh, baby! Come here! Sweetie, what happened to you? Are you okay? JAMIE : I'm fine. Grandpa Dan saved me. ONE TREE HILL OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE It follows the end of the last episode. Dan is leaving the house, Lucas follows him LUCAS : Dan. (Dan seems happy to see Lucas coming after him, but Lucas punches him in the face several times until Nathan joins him and ht Dan too. Jamie runs out of the house, followed by Haley and goes see Dan who’s on the ground) JAMIE : Grandpa! HALEY : Jamie! Jamie! DAN : Hey, buddy. HALEY : Jamie. DAN : I got to go now. You go back to your mom, okay? Go on. Go on. (Jamie starts returning to the house with Haley but stops) JAMIE : Grandpa. Thank you. (Dan stands up and leave while Nathan are Lucas watch him) FOUR WEEKS LATER, MARRIAGE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE Nathan and Haley are at one of their session HALEY : I guess I still find it hard to let Jamie out of my sight. It's just it's only been a month since he was abducted. Is it so crazy that I would still hear echoes from that day, that I would still be a little overprotective? COUNSELOR : Protective or overprotective? You said overprotective. HALEY : Okay. Well, you said it yourself. Identification is the first step to recovery, right? COUNSELOR :How have things been going since Nathan moved home? HALEY : Better. NATHAN : Better. COUNSELOR :We've spent the past four sessions discussing you and Nathan as a couple, as parents to Jamie. Let's talk about you as individuals. Who are you, Haley? HALEY : You mean, like, what do I do for a living, or what are my hobbies, or... COUNSELOR :No, I mean who are you? BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is in her living room with a social worker BROOKE : Well, my name is Brooke Davis, and I own a fashion line called Clothes Over Bro's, which, before you read too much into it, is very boy-friendly, just clothes-friendlier. Anyway, I attended the orientation, so I took the liberty of drawing up a statement of my financial worth. I think you'll be very pleased. SOCIAL WORKER : How old are you, Brooke? BROOKE : 22. But I lead a rather accelerated lifestyle with the fashion line and the magazine. And I did read somewhere that 25 is the average age for women to... SOCIAL WORKER : Do you own your own home? (Brooke nods) SOCIAL WORKER : Are you sexually active? BROOKE : Lately, no, but not for a lack of trying. (The lady doesn’t even smile and write some notes) BROOKE : Sorry. No. Anyway, as I said, I have my financial statements and a copy of my medical history, a copy of my birth certificate... SOCIAL WORKER : And do you drink? BROOKE : Sorry? SOCIAL WORKER : I noticed the bar. BROOKE : Oh, um, some. Not really. The bar is more for my roommate. SOCIAL WORKER : And that would be Peyton Sawyer, correct? BROOKE : You should see her knock 'em back. She's a champ. (The lady looks at Brooke, very serious) BROOKE : I mean... the boy that she loves recently almost married someone else and kind of went awol, so, unlike me, who is perfectly sab and normal, she's struggling a bit. I guess that's what happens when you fall in love... (The lady keep writing some notes) BROOKE : She can move out if it's a problem. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is sitting at her desk and obviously speaking to someone in front of her, put we don’t know who PEYTON : My mom used to sing to me. I don't think I've ever really told anybody that before. It was like our little secret. But every night, she'd come in, and she'd tuck me in, and she'd sing me something like lullabies or album rock stuff. And then, after she was gone, I remember lying in bed for the first time and just feeling silence, you know... and then realizing that for the rest of my life, it was gone. All her songs were gone, and her voice, and the way it used to soothe me. Just all of it. So I guess I tried to find new songs to fill that quiet. But none of them ever really have, you know? Now she's gone and Mia's gone... and Luke is gone. It's just silence. It's just silence. HARBOR Lucas is watching the view, Andy joins him ANDY : You hear that? LUCAS : Do I hear what? ANDY : Nothing. Silence. It's nice, huh? LUCAS : Yeah, I guess so. (They start walking toward Andy’s boat) ANDY : Luke, you got to get her out of your head. It's been a month, man. You got to let it go. LUCAS : Let it go? A month ago, I had my whole life ahead of me... a second novel, basketball team, and a girl I was gonna spend the rest of my life with. ANDY : Well, you still have all those things yet. LUCAS : If I did, do you really think I would have spent the last four weeks at sea with you? ANDY : Which brings me to this... what are you doing out here? What do you mean? Well, I mean, it's not like we haven't loved having you, but it's time for you to get back to your life. And that all starts with a simple question. What do you want? MARRIAGE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE NATHAN : I want my family back. And I want Haley to trust me again. I want her to look at me the way she used to and see a better man than maybe I'll ever be. And then I want to be that man. And I will be, for her and for Jamie. HALEY : I want to believe in Nathan again. And I want to believe in the goodness of people. And I want my son to be safe, and I want him to be great, and I want that greatness to be seen and appreciated. That's what I want. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE BROOKE : I want to have a family. I want to use my success to help a child who maybe never really had a chance at all. I want to be a mom. And I'm ready to be one. I believe that. PEYTON’S OFFICE PEYTON : I want to believe in it all again... music and art, fate and love. And I want to believe that I've made the right choices and that I'm on the right path and there's still time to fix the mistakes I've made. And I guess I want hope. And I want Lucas. ANDY’S BOAT LUCAS : I want Lindsey. I want her to be my wife, and... I just want to go back, you know? I want to go back to a month ago, when we were happy and life had meaning and purpose and direction. That's what I want. ANDY : Good... 'cause I have a way you can get all that. ALLEY’S STORE Peyton enters the store and find it empty. She leaves a note to Max on the door on her way out. She goes back to her car, which has a “for sale” sign on it. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE BROOKE : What did you write? Something good, I hope. (Brooke’s phone vibrates, she just hang up) BROOKE : Sorry. It's just that I kind of feel like I'm being judged, so... SOCIAL WORKER : You're not being judged, Brooke. You're being evaluated. It's to help clarify your reasons for wanting to adopt and to explore your capabilities, maturity, and emotional readiness. BROOKE : And does it take very long, the whole decision-making process? SOCIAL WORKER : No. The home study is the last of it. BROOKE : So I'll know if I'm gonna be a mom by the end of this meeting. SOCIAL WORKER : Essentially, yes. BROOKE : Wow. Well, how am I doing? SOCIAL WORKER : Let's talk about your past. MARRIAGE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE NATHAN : My problems with my past are of my own doing. I'm stubborn, and I have a temper, and I don't always make the best decisions. COUNSELOR : It must have been very difficult for you, coming so close to the NBA. Do you think about that much? NATHAN : Sometimes. Yeah. I mean, sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night, and I walk through town, past the school, past the gym I can still hear the echoes, you know? HALEY : You never told me that. NATHAN : It's not something I'm all that proud of. It's like... look, I'm not good with being vulnerable. In fact, this is probably the closest I've come to it... Well, the second closest. COUNSELOR : What was the first? NATHAN : When I was a junior in high school, I took some... stuff to help me with my game... drugs... and it was a stupid thing to do. I ended up collapsing on the court, and my father was all about, you know, covering it up for the Scouts. Anyway, when I left the hospital, I went to see Haley, because I needed to know if she could forgive me. I wanted to see if I still had the chance to be great in her eyes. And when she did... she forgave me... that was the moment that everything changed for me. That was the moment I fell in love with her, this girl who could see past all the mistakes I've made. I don't know. I guess maybe sometimes I screw up because I want to feel that again. I suppose that sounds pretty broken. ANDY’S BOAT ANDY : You're not broken, Luke. You might think that you are, but... You remember when I left your mom the first time to go back to New Zealand? It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, because I still loved your mom, but I knew there was a place in her heart that I would never occupy, a place reserved for someone else. Somehow, I just couldn't get past it. Is this sounding familiar at all? LUCAS : Yeah. Yeah, she said my heart was conflicted. ANDY : Well, here comes the good news. There wasn't a day while we were apart that I wasn't completely in love with your mom. And all it would have taken was for her to simply say, "I love you, I miss you, and I need to be with you." LUCAS : I don't think it's that easy, Andy. ANDY : Lucas, it is that easy. Lindsey needs to be convinced that you love her. And did I mention that I have a private jet and New York's not too far from here? (They both laugh) LUCAS : No. I tried calling her, Andy, and she didn't want to talk to me. ANDY : All right, well, tell me this much. Has a day gone by since the wedding where you haven't thought about her or wanted to see her, wanted her back? LUCAS : No. ANDY : Then you owe it to yourself to tell her that. You owe it to Lindsey, too. Just trust me. Over time, not knowing is way worse than a no. MARRIAGE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE HALEY : I think not knowing is the hardest part... just not knowing what our marriage means to Nathan, if he still wants the same things out of our relationship that I want, if he still finds me sexy, or if he still wants me. NATHAN : How could you not know that? HALEY : The name Carrie comes to mind. Why didn't you just tell me about the flirting? NATHAN : I don't know. HALEY : Did you like it? NATHAN : Maybe. Maybe I just needed it. HALEY : Why, because I don't flirt with you after a long day of wrestling with high-school students and parenting our son? NATHAN : No, because you don't look at me like that anymore. And I get it, you know. I haven't been worthy of that look from you in a long time. But, God, Haley, I just... I miss that. COUNSELOR : When was the first time you felt a sense of accomplishment, Nathan? NATHAN : It was when I started playing basketball. COUNSELOR : And the support of your father? NATHAN : When I started playing basketball. COUNSELOR : And this year, all that stopped... all the praise and adoration... at least until your nanny started swimming naked. It's not the craziest case of transference I've ever heard. HALEY : So, what, I need to start swimming naked for my husband's ego? NATHAN : No, you don't... Haley, this is not your fault. It's not. COUNSELOR : Why not swim naked? You could try it together. It might be fun. HALEY (laughing) : Okay COUNSELOR : After all, you are 22. Tell me something. When was the last time the two of you did something really young and foolish together? HALEY : With all due respect, we have been married nearly 6 years. We have a son who's almost 5. We don't get to be young. COUNSELOR : Everyone gets to be young... especially when you are. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is pasting posters to her wall when Max comes in MAX : Hey, I'm here about the car for sale. PEYTON : It runs great, even though it's kind of... (She turns over and sees Max) PEYTON : ...old. MAX : My parents said I could finally get one. PEYTON : Hi, Max. MAX : Hi, buddy. (They hug) POLICE’S OFFICE Dan is with his case manager MAN : Okay, for the first six months, you're not to leave the state without notifying my office. You must have a job or show an attempt at gainful employment at least twice a week. Any legitimate employment is normally acceptable. DAN : So, running for mayor again doesn't count? MAN : You may obtain help with problems concerning employment, residence, finances, or other issues that often trouble a person trying to adjust to life upon release from prison. (Dan shows him a picture of Jamie) DAN : Take a look at that. It's a good-looking boy, huh? That's Jamie. That's my grandson. You have kids? MAN : I'm your case manager. This isn't "The View." DAN : I know. I thought you might appreciate a little small talk, get to know each other. MAN : There's no small talk. DAN : It's just I haven't spoken to too many people in a long time... at least none that I haven't paid to listen. MAN : This is the balance of what the state owes you for your work detail in prison and to help you get situated. Count it, sign for it, and you can go. $3,437. DAN : 750 bucks a year, huh? And they say crime doesn't pay. (Dan takes the envelope and then put it in front of the guy) DAN : How'd you like to make 3 grand for a little small talk? (The man doesn’t answer) DAN : So, anyway, like I was saying, he's a great kid. Smart... he's got his whole life ahead of him. The other day, he looks up at me, and he says... FLASHBACK, JAMIE’S SCHOOL Jamie is inside the schoolyard, talking with Dan who is outside JAMIE : They won't let me outside the fence. DAN : Yeah, trust me, I know the feeling. JAMIE : Can you really go to jail for not cleaning your room? DAN : No, but the guy next to me got 10 years for not eating his peas. JAMIE : I don't believe you. DAN : Good man. How's my favorite guy? JAMIE : Okay, except uncle Lucas is gone. DAN : Well, I get a feeling he'll be coming back soon. Your parents... they good? JAMIE : Daddy came back home. But he mostly sleeps on the couch again like before. DAN : Yeah. You know, I miss you, Jamie. JAMIE : I know. I miss you, too. DAN : Okay. Well, I better get going before I start looking pervy. JAMIE : What's pervy? DAN : Nothing you need to worry about. Go ahead and play. I'll see you again. JAMIE : Okay. Bye, grandpa. DAN : Bye, buddy... (Jamie starts leaving) DAN : Hey... remember, our secret. (Jamie goes playing, another child passes by Dan) DAN : Hey, kid. You see that little boy? You mess with him, you answer to me. You hear me? All right, pass it around. MARRIAGE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE COUNSELOR : Let's talk a little more about basketball, Nathan. I find it interesting that when you describe yourselves, you describe being parents and spouses and siblings and friends. But, Nathan, you never once described yourself as a basketball player. NATHAN : That's because I'm not anymore. COUNSELOR : Why not? NATHAN : That's what happens when your spine gets crushed. COUNSELOR : And the doctors definitively said you couldn't play? NATHAN : There's no such thing as definitively, but nobody's ever come back from something like this before. COUNSELOR : But you're Nathan Scott. NATHAN : I'm not that Nathan Scott. COUNSELOR : And, Haley, you never refer to yourself as a musician. HALEY : Yeah. Well, I haven't recorded in a really long time. COUNSELOR : Why not? HALEY : I had a son to raise, and Nathan's accident. COUNSELOR : And now? HALEY : And now I still have a son to raise because I haven't found a really unattractive nanny yet. COUNSELOR : Look, I'm only as intelligent as the diplomas on my wall, but here's a thought. Maybe you aren't the people you fell in love with because neither of you is trying to be the people you fell in love with. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke’s phone vibrates again. She hangs up. SOCIAL WORKER : Do you think you're ready to be a mother, Brooke? BROOKE : Yes, I do. SOCIAL WORKER : Why? BROOKE : Because... sometimes all a child needs to succeed is love... love from a parent who can provide a sab and caring environment, and I can do that. SOCIAL WORKER :And was your home life safe and caring? BROOKE : No. SOCIAL WORKER :Do you think you'll ever get married? BROOKE : I don't know. If I met the right person, I suppose I would. SOCIAL WORKER : But you haven't met the right person yet. Owen the bartender? BROOKE : Bar manager. SOCIAL WORKER : Chase Adams, or Lucas Scott? PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is sitting at her desk and Max is sitting in front of her, like in the beginning of the episode PEYTON : Why'd you close the store? MAX : How long you been home? PEYTON : A few months. MAX : And have you heard any new music? PEYTON : Yeah, a lot. MAX : Didn't get it at my store, did you? PEYTON : Okay, I see. It's my fault. MAX : No, it's no one's fault. I buy all my music online, too. That's just the way it is. PEYTON : Yeah, but the store really was a lot more than that. MAX : I hope so. I'd like to think it had something to do with this cool new record label. This place is really awesome. It's like the Batcave in here. Tell me you fight crime at night, like, secretly, in a leather cat suit. PEYTON : Oh, my God! Max, you are the guy that lives at home, huh? (There is a blank) MAX : You think about him much? Lucas? PEYTON : Every day. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE BROOKE : I don't understand what Lucas Scott has to do with my decision to adopt. SOCIAL WORKER : You said Peyton was a mess because the boy she loves recently almost married someone else. You also had a relationship with him. BROOKE : Oh, we dated in high school. So what? SOCIAL WORKER : So, Lucas Scott falls in love with someone else, Peyton hits the bar, and you decide to find love elsewhere. BROOKE : By adopting? Look, I want to say this as politely as possible, but that logic is awfully cynical, not to mention completely wrong. SOCIAL WORKER : It's just the timing seems a little questionable. BROOKE : I've been thinking about having a child since before I moved back to Tree Hill. And I know that I'm young. But I explained to you I have an accelerated life. And on average, most women have their first child at the age of 25. I looked it up. SOCIAL WORKER : Okay. Let's move on. Any drug use? BROOKE : I don't use drugs. SOCIAL WORKER : But in high school, didn't you run a campaign based on partying and promiscuity? I think this was around the time you were arrested for shoplifting. BROOKE : I am not who I was in high school. SOCIAL WORKER :And you recently housed a drug addict named Rachel Gatina. BROOKE : I would never let my child do drugs. And I can't say that I know where you're getting all this information, but I don't know how it affects my ability to be a good... You spoke to my mother. ANDY’S BOAT ANDY : Have you spoken with Peyton? (Lucas shakes his head) ANDY : Not since the wedding? LUCAS : No. Jamie went missing. Then I had to deal with Dan, and then we left. ANDY : And the book, this whole comet business that Lindsey was going on about at the altar? LUCAS : So Peyton drives a frickin' Comet. What the hell? Thank God the guy in the book didn't see a white Bronco. They'd all say I'm in love with O.J. Man. ANDY : What kind of car does Lindsey drive? LUCAS : Oh, that's not fair. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE BROOKE : It is not fair that you spoke with my mother. SOCIAL WORKER : We always speak with applicants' families. BROOKE : I understand that, but did mine tell you that she was just let go from my company? SOCIAL WORKER : Yes, she did. BROOKE : Sour grapes, don't you think? SOCIAL WORKER :I think it's got to be pretty busy for you in the absence of your C.E.O. BROOKE : I'm really not that busy. (Brooke’s phone vibrates again) SOCIAL WORKER : That's 17, by the way. That's 17 phone calls this afternoon. BROOKE : A lot of them are e-mails. SOCIAL WORKER : Brooke, we ask our adoptive families to take at least six months off to smooth the transition for the new children. It's much easier in a two-parent household. BROOKE : Were you from a two-parent household? SOCIAL WORKER : My parents were divorced when I was 12. BROOKE : I'm sorry to hear that. But some of the best people that I know are from single-parent households. SOCIAL WORKER : Are you from a two-parent household? BROOKE : Something tells me you already know the answer to that. SOCIAL WORKER : I'd like to hear it from you. BROOKE : I'm from a no-parent household. My father cared a lot more about his golf score than he ever did about me, and my mom went heavy on the scotch and Prada. The good news is that thanks to them, I know exactly what kind of parent I won't be. MARRIAGE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE HALEY : I won't be an absentee parent. If I have to sacrifice some things, then so be it. COUNSELOR : That's noble, Haley. But it also might be part of the problem. You both have individual passions, individual gifts, individual dreams. And you should, especially at your age. Maybe if you spent a little more time being selfish 22-year-olds, you might love yourself a bit more and resent each other a bit less. NATHAN : I don't resent Haley or Jamie. I mean, they're the two best things that ever happened to me. HALEY : Yeah. I agree with that. We're the best things that ever happened to him. ((They laugh) HALEY : No, I agree that Nathan and Jamie are the best and most important things that I have. COUNSELOR : What about music? I asked Nathan this before. What was it like, hearing the cheers of enthusiastic, sold-out crowds every night? HALEY : Incredible. It was humbling and wonderful. COUNSELOR : But it took you away from Nathan. HALEY : Yeah, we really struggled then. I'm not avoiding music now because I'm afraid that that's gonna happen again. COUNSELOR : Good. Leaving Jamie out of all this, would you say those were your best days, where you were happiest with yourself? HALEY : I wasn't proud of myself, because I knew Nathan was hurting. But personally, I guess I loved it, yeah. COUNSELOR : What about you, Nathan? Best days ever... playing basketball in front of thousands? NATHAN : The road trips sucked because I was away from Haley and Jamie, but for me... yeah. COUNSELOR : If you could have those days back, do you think you might do things differently... maybe treat each other a bit differently in the face of those dreams? NATHAN : Yeah. HALEY : Definitely. COUNSELOR : Maybe you can. Maybe you will. (Nathan takes Haley’s hand) PEYTON’S OFFICE PEYTON : I wish I could change some of the things about how I've acted in the last couple months. I guess I'm just disappointed in myself. You know, I told Lucas that if he loved his fiancée, then I would learn to be okay with that because I wanted him to be happy. But really, I just wanted us to be happy... me and him. Oh, and then when he didn't marry her, I mean, I felt terrible for her and for him, you know? His heart is breaking right now, and I come in here, and I sit in silence and hear the echoes of who we used to be. And so I wish for patience... and grace... and the strength to just let him be happy. And mostly, I pray for the strength to not make his life worse 'cause of what I want. That's the toughest part... letting go, you know? And that's the part of grace that really sucks. INSIDE JAMIE’S CLASSROOM Jamie is holding Chester, and speaks in front of all his class. JAMIE : Today for show and tell, I brought my bunny, Chester. Chester's my best friend ever. My nanny Carrie used to be my best friend, but she tried to put stuff in my hair and take me away. Now I guess it's a tie between my uncle Skills, my aunt Brooke, and Chester... Oh, and my grandpa Dan. He brought me home. POLICE’S OFFICE Dan is still in the office of his case manager, Sam DAN : You know how I got this scar, Sam? I was helping my son Nathan. You see, family is important to me. SAM : And didn't you go to prison for k*lling your brother? DAN : I've changed. SAM : Come on, people don't change. Take it from me... most of the people who walk through that door walk right back into prison within a year's time. DAN : That's not gonna happen to me. SAM : Well, we'll see about that. (Dan starts leaving) SAM : Scott. (Sam shows him the envelope) SAM : I can't keep this. DAN : My debt to society is square. Donate it to charity... evil for good, right? Nice talk, Sammy. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is watching a picture of her with Jamie BROOKE : This wasn't a good talk, was it? I mean, I didn't pass, did I? You're not gonna recommend me? (The lady is packing her stuff) SOCIAL WORKER : No, I am not going to recommend you for adoption, Brooke. I'm sorry. But the truth is, is you are very young and you're single. And I can't remember another case where an applicant's mother said she'd make a terrible candidate. BROOKE : Well, it's too bad nobody interviewed her before she had a kid, right? SOCIAL WORKER : I'm sorry we can't help you. (The lady starts leaving) BROOKE : You're not sorry. But you should be. Do you know what my mother said to me when I told her I wanted to start a company? She said, "your chances are one in a million." And I said, "maybe I'm that one." And she said, "you're not." And she was wrong. And whatever she thought she saw in me was wrong... because I am one in a million. And there is a child out there who has something so special inside of them but whose life is miserable because they think that nobody wants them. And I could be a great mother to that child, no matter their age or race or sex. I could help them find what makes them special. And if you can't see that, then you're wrong... just like my mother. Why don't you go ahead and write that down? (The social worker leaves) ANDY’S BOAT Lucas is sitting alone, Lily comes to see him LILY : Where's mama? LUCAS : Hey, sleepyhead. She'll be back soon. How'd you sleep? LILY : I had a dream about daddy. LUCAS : Oh, yeah? LILY : And you were there. And you were sad. But daddy said everything's gonna be okay. PEYTON’S OFFICE PEYTON : It's all gonna be okay. I know that. It's just some days are kind of messy, you know? MAX : Well, it's only life, at least according to Mia Catalano. You ever wonder where she'd be if you didn't decide to start this label? PEYTON : She would be fine. MAX : Maybe not. You changed her life, Peyton. So maybe that's why you came home... in order to change the life of the next artist or the one after that... maybe change your own life at the same time. I think you're good here. You just need a little patience. PEYTON : Patience. Time heals old wounds, huh? MAX : Time, music. Let me ask you something. When's the last time you got in that cool car of yours, turned up the stereo, and just drove? You might try that sometime... maybe find something there to heal that broken heart of yours. Then again, I am... PEYTON : 36 and still living at home? Yeah. MAX : So what the hell do I know, right? PEYTON : Thanks. MARRIAGE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE COUNSELOR : Now, we're nearly out of time, so let's end this session as we have every week. Haley, tell me some things you love about Nathan. I love that he's here with me every week without fail. And I love that he holds himself accountable for his mistakes. And I love that he's so protective over me and Jamie. And I love that shirt that he's wearing... and maybe the way he wears it. COUNSELOR : Nathan? (End of timer session rings) HALEY : It's okay, really. I'm not that great at taking a compliment. COUNSELOR : Oh, well, we'll be working on that next week, then. (They start leaving) COUNSELOR : You two are going to be okay. I really think so. HALEY : Thanks. (They leave) LINDSEY’S OFFICE Lindsey enters her office and finds Lucas LINDSEY : Can you pick up line one for me, please? LUCAS : Hi. Later, both sit LUCAS : Well, I've been traveling with my mom since... LINDSEY : Yeah, I talked to Haley. I'm glad Jamie's okay. LUCAS : Yeah. Look, I know I owe you this, (He put his transcript on her desk) LUCAS : ... but I'm not gonna publish it. LINDSEY : Luke LUCAS : Look, I know you promised your boss a second book out of me, but I can't. LINDSEY : You have to. They'll void your deal. They'll make you pay back your advance. And on top of that, it's too good not to publish. LUCAS : I miss you. I do. Lindsey, I love you. Every day I wake up, and I have this ache in my chest. And sometimes I just sleep in because I know when I wake up, you're not gonna be there. LINDSEY : I love you, too, Luke. You know that. But I can't be with you. LUCAS : It's okay. I'll publish the book if you edit it. LINDSEY : Luke. LUCAS : That's it. That's my offer. There'll be long nights, heated arguments. It'll be like we're married. LINDSEY : I'll edit the book because I believe in it. And I believe in you. But we can't be together. LUCAS : We will be. One of these days, you're gonna wake up, you'll feel that same need in your heart, and you're gonna realize how much I love you. And whenever that day is, I'll still be waiting for you. And you'll come home to me. OUTSIDE JAMIE’S SCHOOL Brooke came to pick him up. BROOKE : Hi, buddy. (She holds him and starts crying. Dan is watching them) NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM Haley enters the room, followed by Nathan NATHAN : Quiet around here without Jamie. HALEY : Yeah. He's with Brooke. Baby steps. NATHAN : Yeah. How you sleeping these days? HALEY : So-so. Jamie tosses around like a tasmanian devil. NATHAN : He should probably get back to his own bed soon... separation thing. Or he can sleep in the spare bedroom with me. You know, sometimes I find your goodness staggering. I didn't get a chance to tell you in the session, but your kindness is overwhelming, Haley. I mean, you saved my life. If I haven't said it lately, you're also sexy as hell. (After a blank, Nathan starts leaving) HALEY : Hey... I was thinking... not sleeping in this bed might not be so bad tonight if you wanted to try it with me. (Nathan comes to kiss her, grabs her and takes her to the bed) HALEY : You got any more of that sexy talk? NATHAN : What, the kindness stuff or the sexy stuff? HALEY : The sexy. NATHAN : You have a serious ass, Haley James. (They start making out) HALEY (voiceover) : Make a wish and place it in your heart. PEYTON (voiceover) : Anything you want.. everything you want. LUCAS (voiceover): Do you have it? Good. Now believe it can come true. You never know where the next miracle is gonna come from, the next smile, the next wish come true. PEYTON (voiceover): But if you believe that it's right around the corner... and you open your heart and mind to the possibility of it, to the certainty of it... BROOKE (voiceover): You just might get the thing you're wishing for. NATHAN (voiceover): The world is full of magic. You just have to believe in it. So make your wish. Do you have it? HALEY (voiceover): Good. Now believe in it... with all your heart.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x13 - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"}	foreverdreaming
LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is waking up LUCAS (in the mind) : Lindsey. She's the first thing I think about every day. "How is she?" "Does she miss me like I miss her?" "How do I get her back?" And then another day without her begins. PEYTON’S BEDROOM Peyton is waking up PEYTON (in the mind) : Lucas. JAMIE’S BEDROOM Jamie is waking up JAMIE (in the mind): Chester. BROOKE’S BEDROOM Brooke is waking up BROOKE (in the mind): Brooke. Oh, my God. I have to pee. (She gets up in a hurry) SKILL’S BEDROOM Skill is waking up SKILLS (in the mind): What day is it? What time is it? What the hell did I drink last night? MOUTH’S BEDROOM Mouth is waking up MOUTH (in the mind): Mmm, Millicent... you smell so good. I have to go to work. Sure, I guess I can be a little late. What do you mean I'm fired? I wasn't even that late! How am I gonna pay my rent? Would you like fries with that, Sir?" NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM Haley and Nathan are waking up HALEY (in the mind): Jamie. NATHAN (in the mind): Jamie. God, my girl is hot. HALEY : Morning. NATHAN : Morning. (They want to kiss put Jamie’s feet are on the way) NATHAN : You know, I'm hungry this morning. HALEY : I am starving. (They start eating Jamie’s feet) DAN’S HOUSE Dan is on his couch. We hear a gn sht. He wakes up. DAN (in the mind): Keith. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan enters the kitchen. Haley and Jamie are already there NATHAN : Smells good in here. HALEY : Yeah, I made some french toast. NATHAN : Nice. JAMIE : It's totally good, daddy. HALEY : It's totally good. NATHAN : That's not what I meant, but that smells good, too. (Nathan kisses Haley) HALEY : Good morning. NATHAN : What's your day like? JAMIE : Mostly just playing. HALEY : My day's not bad either. I'm just gonna finish grading these papers and then go over to see Peyton for a little bit, and then you and I have to interview the N-A-N-N-I-E-S. JAMIE : I hate it when you spell. HALEY : Don't say, "hate." JAMIE : Sorry. I just think it's D-U-M. NATHAN : Add a "B" to the end of that, or you will be, too. Jamie, what do you think about going to practice with me today? JAMIE : Can I? NATHAN : I don't know. It's a big step. What do you think, mom? HALEY : Please be careful. JAMIE : Sweet! I'll go get my jersey. Thanks, mama. I L-O-V-E you! HALEY : I L-O-V-E you, too, smarty-pants. NATHAN : Kids got your brains. I just figured out that you were spelling "nannies." HALEY : Whatever. They're getting here at 5:00, by the way. And if you run into Quentin at practice, will you tell him he's doing a really great job with his chapter reports on "Les Mis"? NATHAN : That's good. Now if only he could figure out his jump sht. I'll see ya. HALEY : Bye, baby. LUCAS’ COACH OFFICE Skills is sitting at the desk. Lucas arrives. LUCAS : That desk looks good on you, coach. SKILLS : Welcome back, coach Scott. So, how my boy doing? LUCAS : Boy's good. Sorry I was out of touch for so long. SKILLS : Hey, you got to do what you got to do, right? I just wish I was able to help you somehow. LUCAS : You did. You ran the team for the last month. How they doing? SKILLS : You know. You win some. You lose some. LUCAS : And how many "some" did you lose? INSIDE TREE HILL GYM Lucas and Skills are watching the board LUCAS : You lost eight games? SKILLS : Yeah, but we won four. Well, three plus the first one, but you was here for that one. Look, I know this is not what you was hoping for. And I'm taking all the blame for this. But I'm gonna keep it real with you. "Q" sucks, and it's all his fault. I mean, he ain't ht a sht since you left. LUCAS : Because they're doubling him. SKILLS : No. His hand is messed up. I mean, we ice it constantly, but it just ain't been right since he punched that knucklehead over at Tric. LUCAS : What's "Q" say? SKILLS : He said he had it checked out. LUCAS : All right. I'll talk to him. SKILLS : See, that's the thing. He asked me not to say nothing to you about this. He think the injury gonna cost him a scholarship. LUCAS : What's gonna cost him a scholarship, is playing injured and going 4-8. SKILLS : Yeah. LUCAS : Let's get him in here. (Jamie and Nathan enter the gym) JAMIE : Uncle Lucas! LUCAS : Hey! There's the man! (Jamie runs to Lucas) LUCAS : I missed you, boy. JAMIE : Daddy said you were on a ship. Did you see any pirates? LUCAS : Yeah, I saw a couple pirate ships, but they didn't want any part of me. You want to show me your jump sht? All right. NATHAN : Welcome back, Luke. You good? LUCAS : I'm working on it. BOYS APARTMENT Mouth opens his mail MOUTH : Oh, my God. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke is about to leave the store. Millicent is there. BROOKE : Oh, my God. The Macy's presentation! I forgot! MILLICENT : I remembered. It's all right here. We just need your design sketches. (She gives her a folder) BROOKE : Thank you. You have really stepped up, especially with you-know-who out of the picture. But... MILLICENT : But what? Am I in trouble? BROOKE : No. I was actually thinking that you are way too valuable to just be my assistant anymore, so how would you feel about a little raise and a little promotion? MILLICENT : Oh, my gosh! I don't know what to say. What's my title gonna be? Something cool, I hope. BROOKE : We'll figure all that out, but we have to get you back to New York first. (The phone rings. Brooke takes it) BROOKE : Clothes Over Bro's. This is she. Oh. No. Absolutely, I can. I mean, I will. Yes. Thank you. (She hang up, totally in shock) MILLICENT : Brooke, I'm so happy, really, but... I'm not sure I can go back to New York. BROOKE : That's okay. Change of plans. I'm gonna need you here. MILLICENT : Oh? Oh, good! Why? What's wrong? BROOKE : I'm gonna be a mom. MILLICENT : Brooke, I don't understand. What do you mean? BROOKE : That was the lady from the agency. MILLICENT : Who said she wouldn't recommend you for adoption? BROOKE : She said it's like a special case, like a foster-care thing. (Brooke is trying to put the folder in her purse) BROOKE : Oh, my... I have to get ready, and I can't get this in my bag! MILLICENT : Okay. First of all, you don't need this. What do you need? What can I help you with? BROOKE : I don't know. I've never had a baby. I don't know what babies need. I just... I have to go, and I cannot get this in my bag! MILLICENT : Once again, you don't need this. Now, just calm down. BROOKE : Okay, where are my keys? MILLICENT : They're in your hand. But I'm not sure you should be driving. Let me get you some water. BROOKE : Millicent. They're giving me a baby. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Nathan and Jamie are watching the jerseys on the wall JAMIE : There's something missing up on the wall. NATHAN : There used to be another one. JAMIE : What was it? NATHAN : That was your grandfather's jersey. JAMIE : Grandpa Dan? Why'd they take it down? NATHAN : Because of the bad things he did. People decided they didn't want it up there anymore. JAMIE : You do bad things sometimes, daddy, and yours is still up there. NATHAN : Not that bad. (Quentin enters the gym) QUENTIN : Ho, ho! There he is! QUENTIN (rap singing) : "I said it's J. Luke Scott. The boy is hot Wherever he goes, homey, that's the spot" JAMIE (rap singing) : "His name is "Q", he's better than you If the spot is hot, then he's there, too" QUENTIN : My man. NATHAN (rap singing) : Yeah. "I'm the dad and I'm not so bad" (Nathan stops as Quentin and Jamie stare at him) (Lucas and Skills arrive) LUCAS : Ah. Mr. Fields. QUENTIN : Well, well. The prodigal coach returns... and rockin' a tan to boot. What's going on, coach? You trying to get all dark and sexy like me? LUCAS : It's good to see you, too. (Lucas wants to shake Quentin’s hand) QUENTIN : Aw, man. Come on, now, coach. You know how we roll. Even big game James know that. LUCAS : Yeah, I know, but this is how I roll. (Lucas shakes his hand, which hurts Quentin) PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton has few demos on her desk and is listening to some. Haley walks in HALEY : Hey, knock, knock. PEYTON : Hey, foxy, what's up? HALEY : I like that outfit. PEYTON : Oh, thank you. There are perks to having a very famous designer as a roommate. You get tons of free stuff. Speaking of, check out all these demos. HALEY : Wow. Looks like things are picking up, huh? PEYTON : Well, mostly because your instincts are pretty kick-ass, Haley James Scott. Mia's album is klling it. And are you ready for this? She has sold... 40,000 copies! HALEY : Wow! That's great! That's really great! She... she's really the kind of girl that deserves it, you know? PEYTON : I know. Now I just need to find another one. HALEY : Well, I already did... you. You deserve all the success you're getting and more, and I'm really proud of you. PEYTON : Thanks, Haley. That really... that means a lot to me coming from you. HALEY : That was just to butter you up, 'cause I need to ask you for a favor. PEYTON : You are a crack-up. What is it? Anything. HALEY : So, you know how you're looking for the next great artist and you really trust my instincts and everything? PEYTON : Do you have a demo for me? HALEY : I do. PEYTON : Haley, that's awesome. Who is it? HALEY : Haley James Scott. (Peyton throws all the demos) PEYTON : Yes. INTERIOR TREE HILL GYM Lucas is checking Quentin’s hand QUENTIN : Look, man, the doc says it's gonna be a little swollen from time to time. Why y'all sweatin' it so hard? LUCAS : Because we're 4-8. QUENTIN : Maybe that's 'cause of the coaching. NATHAN : Easy. QUENTIN : Look, I'm just sayin', man. One of them disappeared for a month. The other one can't be trusted. LUCAS : All right. (Lucas takes two basketballs) LUCAS : I want you to palm these. QUENTIN : Please. (Quentin holds the balls few seconds) QUENTIN : There. You happy? LUCAS : Not quite. Palm the balls... and hold them there. QUENTIN : For how long? LUCAS : I don't know. 30 seconds? Shouldn't be a problem, right? QUENTIN : I do this, and all this nonsense goes away. LUCAS : 30 seconds. (Quentin starts holding the balls) LUCAS : You see, the thing is, "Q," it's not so much that we're 4-8. SKILLS : We're 4-8, and you shting like trash. QUENTIN : That's 'cause they doubling me, man. NATHAN : Double-teams never bothered you before. LUCAS : See, you're one of the best sht I've ever seen, "Q," when you're healthy. The other ones... they're right here in the gym. JAMIE : Even me, uncle Lucas? LUCAS : Especially you, Jamie. See, you and Quentin are the best sht we got. (Quentin drops the balls) LUCAS : When you're healthy. Nothing like a second opinion. And this time, we'll come with you. Go. (Quentin leaves the gym, angry) CLOTHES OVER BROS Mouth enters the shop. Millicent comes toward him MILLICENT : I have news, boyfriend. I might be getting a promotion and staying in Tree Hill! MOUTH : I might be getting a promotion and leaving Tree Hill. MILLICENT : What? Why? MOUTH : Before I got the job with the station, I sent audition tapes everywhere. There's a good station in Omaha, they saw the Ravens feature I did, and... they're offering me a job. MILLICENT : In Nebraska? MOUTH : Yeah. MILLICENT : The nearest Clothes Over Bro's location to Omaha is this one. MOUTH : Yeah, I figured. MILLICENT : Well, is it really that much better than where you're at, Marvin? I mean, like you said, you've already done one feature here. Maybe you'll get to do more. MOUTH : Maybe, but it was really just 'cause they were in a bind. This would be a full-time on-air position. It's a small market, but it's a great opportunity. MILLICENT : You should take it. MOUTH : But... MILLICENT : If it gets you closer to your dream, then you should take it. MOUTH : I don't think it's that easy. MILLICENT : Why not? MOUTH : Because you're part of my dream, too. Milly, I know we just started out, but I love being with you, and I... I guess I was hoping we had a future... together. Was that too early? Did I freak you out? I freaked you out, didn't I? MILLICENT : No. No, no, no, no. There is no way those words could have been too early... not coming from you. (She kisses him) MILLICENT : Just promise me that if you do take the job that I can have your room, because I'd really like to find a place to stay that's not pay-by-the-day. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton and Haley are listening to Haley’s demo HALEY : I know it's really rough, but I was thinking... PEYTON : Yes. HALEY : But it's okay if you want... PEYTON : Will you stop? The answer is yes, okay? I've been waiting for the opportunity to buy the next Haley James record, so of course I want to record it. HALEY : It might be kind of fun, huh? PEYTON : Well, you did have a major-label debut that did pretty good, so it is good business for me, but, yes, it's gonna be a blast. HALEY : Yeah. PEYTON : What do you say? HALEY : I say it's exactly what I need right now. PEYTON : Well, guess what. Me too. HALEY : What? PEYTON : I mean, you never know where the next miracle's gonna come from. (The phone rings) PEYTON : It's Brooke. (Peyton puts the phone on speaker) HALEY : Hey, Brooke! PEYTON : Hey, what's going on? BROOKE (on the other side) : It's a miracle! PEYTON : Yeah. We just said that. What, did you bug my office? A STORE While on the phone with Peyton and Haley, Brooke is buying some stuff BROOKE : They're giving me a baby! PEYTON’S OFFICE PEYTON : Hold on. What? HALEY : What? A STORE BROOKE : The lady from the agency called this morning, and they're sending me... (She sees a plush) BROOKE : A purple monkey? PEYTON’S OFFICE PEYTON : You're adopting a purple monkey? A STORE BROOKE : No, not adopting and not a monkey. I'll explain it all later. Peyton, how crazy is this? PEYTON’S OFFICE PEYTON : No, Brooke, honey, that's awesome. God, Haley and I thought we had big news. BROOKE (on the other side) : Why? What's your news? HALEY : We're gonna make an album together. A STORE BROOKE : Oh, whatever. I'm getting a baby. I have to go. I'll call you later. Excuse me. PEYTON’S OFFICE HALEY : Wow. Today's kind of fun. INSIDE THE HOSPITAL Quentin just has a cast done. Lucas, Skills, Nathan and Jamie are with him LUCAS : Listen, I know it looks grim, but we'll have that thing off by the Playoffs. QUENTIN : Playoffs? Man, we 4-8. LUCAS : Hey, we're gonna figure it out. All right? Just, uh, hang in there. QUENTIN : Yeah, I'd like to speak to coach Taylor, if you don't mind... alone. LUCAS : We'll be downstairs. NATHAN : "Q," keep your head up, all right? (Lucas Nathan and Jamie leave) SKILLS : Listen, kid... QUENTIN : Thanks for nothing, man. I trusted you, all right? I put my ass on the line for you every single night, man. SKILLS : Quentin, you needed this. QUENTIN : I needed this?! I... you know, I needed a scholarship. I needed you to keep your mouth shut. That's what I needed. But you went all uncle Tom on me as soon as massa Lucas got back, huh? SKILLS : You know what? When your wrist heals and everything's okay, I'm gonna let you take that back. But for now... just consider yourself lucky. Nathan, Lucas and Jamie are in the elevator. The door opens and Dan is there JAMIE : Hi, grandpa. DAN : Hi, Jamie. (He walks into the elevator) DAN : You boys want to jump me again, now's your chance. OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL Dan is leaving, Nathan catches up with him NATHAN : We're not having this. DAN : Not having what, son? NATHAN : You following Jamie around. I've seen you outside of the school. I've seen you driving past the house. And now you just happen to be at the hospital? DAN : Nathan, stop. I was in prison for a long time, okay? I was just getting a checkup. But the truth is, I was hoping... NATHAN : No. Don't, Dan. Don't hope. You hear me? There's no hope for you. INSIDE THE HOSPITAL Lucas and Jamie are sitting on the stairs. JAMIE : I guess I just don't understand. Grandpa Dan seems nice. How come everyone's always mad at him? LUCAS : You love Chester, don't you? (Jamie nods) LUCAS : Well, what if grandpa Dan hurt Chester and took him away so you could never see him again? JAMIE : I guess I would be really mad at him... and sad, too. LUCAS : Yeah. Well, that's how we feel. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE There are toys all over the place. Brooke is on the phone BROOKE : I just think that's kind of an awful thing to say. Yes, I'm mad. Oh, you don't think I should be mad? I thought I was just gonna have one baby in my life, but fine. (Peyton and Haley arrive) BROOKE : I have to go. PEYTON : Holy cow! BROOKE : Stupid Owen. A little baby talk, and he totally freaks out. HALEY : Nothing like foisting a baby on a guy you've almost kissed. PEYTON : And a confirmed bachelor, at that. What'd he say? BROOKE : Whatever. He's gonna come over later, and we're gonna talk about it or fight about it, but it doesn't matter because baby and Brooke are gonna be fine. HALEY : Yeah, I think "baby and Brooke" needs a little explanation... like who, when, and how, for starters. BROOKE : Okay. So, the adoption agency has this program where babies from other countries who need major surgeries and stuff come over to the U.S. and doctors donate their time to fix them up and then they go home. PEYTON : That's great! BROOKE : It's kind of a "whenever they can squeeze you in" sort of thing, and the agency had a family that was supposed to host the baby drop out, so they said this could be a great trial run for me. PEYTON : When does the baby show up? HALEY : Is it a boy or a girl? PEYTON : And are his parents coming, too? (Peyton and Haley are talking at the same time) BROOKE : Okay. She's a girl, and she gets here tomorrow. Her parents don't come with her, they didn't tell me what's wrong with her. They're just sort of gonna hand her over, and we go from there. And check it out. I got her... a purple monkey like the one I used to have. HALEY : That's so cute! And did you get her anything else? BROOKE : Yeah, I got all this stuff. HALEY : I mean, like, you know... food... PEYTON : Or, I mean, a crib. HALEY : And stuff. BROOKE : I got a little sidetracked? HALEY : Okay. Why don't we go to my house and go through Jamie's old things? BROOKE : Really? HALEY : Yes. PEYTON : Come on, you purple monkey. HALEY : I'm so excited! BROOKE : Me too. CLOTHES OVER BROS Mouth arrives at the store. Millicent is on the computer MOUTH : Hey, what you doin'? MILLICENT : Looking for places to live. MOUTH : Well, stop, because I've found you a place. With me. I passed on the Omaha job. MILLICENT : Marvin... MOUTH : I feel like I'm good at what I do, Millicent, and I'll just work hard and hope the station gives me another sht. MILLICENT : Are you sure? MOUTH : That I'm doing the right thing? I don't know. But about us? Yeah. I'm sure. I don't want to leave you, Millicent. But you said you needed a place to stay, and I thought... you should move in with me. MILLICENT : But... I can't. I mean... MOUTH : Look, I know it's soon, but you'll save a fortune on rent, and you'll get to see me every day. I mean, what do you say? MILLICENT : I'd like to, but I just can't. Sorry. But I'm really glad you're staying. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is collecting some stuff with Brooke BROOKE : Haley, thank you. This is great. HALEY : Sure. Listen, have you given any thought to how difficult it's gonna be to give this baby up after the surgery? You know you're gonna fall for her, Brooke. BROOKE : I know. But she needs help, right? HALEY : Yeah. (Nathan and Jamie come home) NATHAN : Hey. What's going on? BROOKE : Hi. JAMIE : Hi, aunt Brooke! BROOKE : Hi, best boy ever! I have a surprise for you. JAMIE : What is it? PEYTON : I found the car seat. (Peyton enters the room as the same time as Lucas) BROOKE : Surprise. IN THE STREETS Lucas and Peyton are taking a walk PEYTON : So, it must have been good to spend time with your mom and Lily and Andy. LUCAS : Yeah. I think we all needed it. Plus, the view wasn't too bad, either. PEYTON : I'm sure it was beautiful. LUCAS : So, you and Haley are gonna make a record, huh? That's great. PEYTON : Actually, I was meaning to ask you... it's totally cool if you say no, but I was thinking, to cut down on studicosts, maybe I would build a small studio in the office. But it's your space, so... LUCAS : I think that's a great idea. I mean, I'll ask my mom, but, yeah, I think it's smart. (After a blank) LUCAS : I don't blame you, Peyton. PEYTON : Luke... LUCAS : At all for any of it. PEYTON : I feel bad for you, I feel bad for Lindsey, and I feel responsible somehow. And I really hope that doesn't come off as arrogant, okay? But I know this hurt you. LUCAS : She's coming back, Peyton. She loves me. And I love her. It's gonna be okay. PEYTON : I hope so. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is alone, looking at the crib and the purple monkey when someone knocks at the door BROOKE : It's open. (Chase walks in) CHASE : That kid's a lot hairier than I thought he'd be. BROOKE : Very funny. And "he" is gonna be a "she." I guess you talked to Owen. CHASE : Yep. How you doin'? BROOKE : Okay. A little freaked out but okay. Is he with you? CHASE : No. BROOKE : Weird. He's coming over soon. CHASE : Actually, he's not. That's kind of why I'm here. BROOKE : Okay. CHASE : You know, Brooke, Owen's my friend, and I know he's really into you, but... he's just kind of always been about his independence, too, you know? BROOKE : I guess I didn't know. CHASE : He's just a little thrat with all the baby stuff. BROOKE : Yeah, he said that on the phone. Look, did he send you over here to talk to me? Are we in junior high now? CHASE : He didn't send me over, and he's not coming by either. BROOKE : Then why did you? CHASE : Well... I'm taking off. I thought I'd say goodbye and congratulations. And maybe I want to see your face one more time. Probably why Owen's not coming by. BROOKE : What is that supposed to mean? CHASE : Well, he probably figures if he looked in those eyes one more time, he'll cave on the whole independence thing. Anyways, call me if you need anything... someone to talk to, new carpets... I don't know, a husband... I'll see you around. (Chase starts to leave) CHASE : Hey, Brooke? Don't take the Owen stuff too personally. BROOKE : I won't. CHASE : Yeah, you will. I know how you are. It's... it's just a big deal. It's kids. I mean I know it's just one, but if you really want a family, something that's like forever... "forever" scares a lot of us. (Chase leaves) BOYS APARTMENT Mouth opens the door to Millicent MOUTH : Hi MILLICENT : Hi. Can I talk to you? MOUTH : Sure. Come on in. (She comes in) MOUTH : What's... what's wrong? MILLICENT : Hum... Maybe nothing... I hope. MOUTH : Okay, just have a seat. What's up? (She starts sitting) MILLICENT : Well, I think I'll stand. Actually, do you have something to drink... some water or an apple martini with a cherry, if you have it? MOUTH : Okay, you're kind of freaking me out. The last time someone entered the apartment like this, it was Skills, and he thought he'd klled Chester. MILLICENT : Jamie's bunny? MOUTH : Yeah, but it turns out he was just, like, a really heavy sleeper, apparently. MILLICENT : Well, it's not that. It's just I know I sort of freaked you out when you asked me to stay here, and, well, there's a reason. MOUTH : Great. I knew it. MILLICENT : What? MOUTH : I figured this was just too good to be true. (Mouth is pouring some alcohol to Millicent) MILLICENT : There's just a reason we can't sleep in the same bed. MOUTH : Oh, no. MILLICENT : What? MOUTH : This is like "the crying game," right? MILLICENT : Marvin! MOUTH : Hairy back? MILLICENT : Marvin! MOUTH : Well, it's either that or you're completely repulsed by me. (She drinks the glass bottoms up) MILLICENT : I'm a virgin. MOUTH : Really? MILLICENT : Yes. And considering your last gross boss-lady hookup, you're clearly not, and I am just not ready to... MOUTH : How did I find you? MILLICENT : What? MOUTH : Such a perfect girl who's smart and sweet and... so awesome. MILLICENT : Go on. MOUTH : Milly, I would never pressure you about sex. I just... I want to be with you. MILLICENT : But... MOUTH : I mean, we could even get two beds, if you want... Although, if I catch you sneaking into mine, I'm telling Skills. I am so into you, and... I want you here. Will you say yes? MILLICENT : Okay. Yes. If you think it can work. MOUTH : It can. It does. (They kiss) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan and Haley are interviewing nannies. The first one is pretty and kinda looks like Carrie HALEY : So, I see you know CPR, and you're also a lifeguard. GIRL 1 : Yes. HALEY : Have you ever kissed any of the husbands you worked for? The second one is a blonde, pretty girl HALEY : Okay... No. The third one is young and pretty too. HALEY : Well... Sorry. The next one is a guy GUY : So, Nathan... Haley tells me you like to watch your nanny swim naked in the pool? NATHAN : I guess I deserved that. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is sitting on the couch with the purple monkey on her hand. She seems sad. Lucas walks in LUCAS : Hey, Brooke. You okay? BROOKE : I think I made a big mistake. (Lucas sits with her) LUCAS : I think it's a little late for that, isn't it? BROOKE : If I wanted a "little late for that," I would have called Peyton. You are supposed to say, "no, you didn't. You're gonna be fine." LUCAS : No, you didn't. You're gonna be fine. BROOKE : It doesn't count now. LUCAS : So, you got a purple monkey, huh? Just like you had. BROOKE : You remember that? LUCAS : Of course. I do know some things about you, Brooke Davis. You're gonna be a great mom. BROOKE : I'm not even gonna be a mom. I just fix her up, and then I have to send her back. LUCAS : Well, if you didn't do it, who would? BROOKE : Owen thinks I'm being selfish. He thinks I just want what I want. LUCAS : I'd say it's the opposite. BROOKE : Right? LUCAS : I think it's great that you're willing to help this little girl get the care that she needs and get to the rest of her life. BROOKE : So do I. What if I do something wrong? What if I hurt her? If I break her? I mean, I rushed into this, and I'm scared. LUCAS : You know what? When it comes to single moms, I had a pretty special one. And it's good that you're a little scared. But you're gonna do great. BROOKE : Thanks. Thanks for coming over. You think she'll like the purple monkey? LUCAS : I think that she's gonna love the girl who gives it to her. BROOKE : Yeah. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is looking at the resumes. Nathan joins her NATHAN : Jamie's out cold. I wish I could sleep like that. HALEY : Yeah, tell me about it. NATHAN : So, I'm sorry you couldn't find a nanny that you could trust around me. HALEY (laughing) : Too soon. NATHAN : All right. HALEY : The truth is, I just want Jamie all to myself right now. But I also want my job and I want my music and I want alone time with you. NATHAN : You should take a break from that. Let me go through those things. I'll try to find a person that's really ugly with a lot of great references. HALEY : Actually, you can't, because I thought you might want to get a workout in. (She gives him a basketball) HALEY : Our therapist said that we should focus on the things that we love, so... I think she's right. NATHAN : I'm probably really gonna suck, you know. HALEY : You got to find out sometime, right? NATHAN : Thank you, Hales... for everything. HALEY : You're welcome. Thank you back. (Nathan leaves) INSIDE TREE HILL GYM Nathan walks into the gym and finds Quentin QUENTIN : You lucky, man. I was gonna break that scoring title and pull that old laundry up off the wall. NATHAN : Luck has nothing to do with it. I'm just better than you. How you holding up? QUENTIN : How you think? If somebody would have told me your old sorry ass would be back playing before mine, I would have laughed their ass out the gym. What you trying to do... make some kind of comeback? NATHAN : Trying to make a free throw. (Nathan tries but misses the sht) QUENTIN : Let me show you how that's done, old man. Left-handed... (Quentin makes the sht) NATHAN : You're gonna be just fine, "Q"... even if you have to go to a junior college first. That's what I did. QUENTIN : Wow. And look where it got you. Let's see what you got. Let's see what you got. Come on, Nate. (They start playing) QUENTIN : Oh, here we go. Nathan Scott. Biggest Raven of them all. Look at you, huh? Heard they clipped your wings. What you got, Raven? Nathan Scott. (Quentin takes the ball from Nathan) QUENTIN : Just like I thought. They must have put salt on your tail, boy. You ain't got no chance of flying again. Me, on the other hand... (Quentin makes a dunk) QUENTIN : I can bat you with my other hand, and that ain't even my sh*ting hand. Some comeback, Mr. Jersey on the wall. NATHAN : Sometimes you got a big mouth, Quentin. (Nathan leaves the gym) QUENTIN : Aw, Nate. Nate! Come back, man! Where you going? Come back. That's it? That's a sorry-ass comeback, Nate. Nathan Scott, ladies and gentlemen. Later, Nathan comes out the locker room and finds Dan looking at the jerseys on the wall DAN : Hello, son. NATHAN : What are you doing here? DAN : Just regretting it all. You too, huh? Thinking about playing again? NATHAN : No! I'm not thinking about that! I can't even make a damn free throw. (Nathan leaves) DAN (to himself) : At least your legacy's safe, son. Just do your best. Unlike some of us, you have nothing to be ashamed of. BOY’S APARTMENT Skills is doing some bodybuilding, angry. Mouth arrives. MOUTH : Hey, man, you got a second? SKILLS : Just don't come too close right now, man. I'm kind of pissed off. MOUTH : Why? What happened? SKILLS : Just some nonsense Quentin said to me. You know, sometimes that kid's got a big mouth, man. What's up? MOUTH : Millicent is gonna move in after all. SKILLS : Fine with me. Hey, about time we classed up the place a little bit, huh? MOUTH : Well, speaking of, you think we could? You know, straighten up a little and straighten up a little? SKILLS : Oh, you talkin' about all the sex talk and foul language, right? MOUTH : Yeah. SKILLS : Good luck with that. MOUTH : Come on, Skills. I'm not saying everybody has to be a saint, but Millicent's a girl, you know? And she's my girl. SKILLS : All right. I'll talk to the fellas. It's all good, baby. MOUTH : All right, thanks. SKILLS : You think she could walk around... MOUTH : No. SKILLS : I didn't think so. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is playing guitar and singing with Jamie next to her. Nathan walks in NATHAN : New song? HALEY : Yeah. NATHAN : Nice. HALEY : Thank you. Actually, I think I'm gonna record that album with Peyton. NATHAN : Really? HALEY : Yeah. NATHAN : That's great, Haley. HALEY : Yes, it is. How'd your workout go? NATHAN : Not so good. But you know what? Whatever happens, we're gonna be fine. HALEY : Yeah, we will. VOICE FROM AFAR : Hello? NATHAN : Who is that? JAMIE : That's the new nanny mama hired. (Deb walks in) DEB : Did someone call for a nanny? JAMIE : Grandma! DEB : What did I tell you about that? Grandma Deb is way too young to be a grandma. JAMIE : Sorry. Nanny Deb! DEB : I like that so much better. NATHAN : Hi, mom. HALEY : - Hey, mom, you look great. DEB : Ooh, thank you. DAN (voiceover) : It's been said that the saddest thing a man will ever face is what might have been. But what of the man who's faced with what was? Or what may never be? Or what can no longer be? INSIDE CLUB TRIC Lucas is having a drink with Skills LUCAS : You did the right thing, Skills. And one of these days, "Q" is gonna realize that. Now we just got to figure out a way to win without him. (Peyton walks out of her office, sees them, but chooses not to go see them) DAN (voiceover) : Choosing the right path is never easy. It's a decision we make with only our hearts to guide us. But sometimes we find our way to something better. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE PEYTON : Hey, Brooke, come on. We got to get to the airport to pick up that baby. BROOKE : I think I need to do this alone. I'm gonna be okay. PEYTON : Okay. DAN (voiceover) : Sometimes we fight through the regret and remorse of our mistakes... our malice and our jealousy and the shame we feel for not being the people we were meant to be. And that's when we find our way to something better... or when something better finds its way to us.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x14 - What Do You Go Home To?"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill". MOUTH : I know I sort of freaked you out when you asked me to stay here, and, well, there's a reason. MILLICENT : I'm a virgin. MOUTH : Really? DEB : Did someone call for a nanny? JAMIE : Grandma! LINDSEY : I'll edit the book because I believe in it. And I believe in you. But we can't be together. LUCAS : We will be. MAX : You think about him much? Lucas. PEYTON : Every day. NATHAN : Hey! I've seen you, okay, outside of the school. I've seen you driving past the house, and now you just happen to be at the hospital? DAN : Nathan, stop. I was just getting a checkup. The truth is, I was hoping ... NATHAN : No, don't. Dan, don't hope. You hear me? There's no hope for you. BROOKE : Millicent. They're giving me a baby. ONE TREE HILL BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is in the living room, holding Angie who’s crying BROOKE : Okay, it's okay. Angie, it's okay, sweet girl. No, don't cry, baby girl. Please! Don't you want to sleep? (Peyton enters the room, really, really tired) PEYTON : I do, Brooke. Okay, you know I love you, all right? And I love baby Angie, but I also really, really love my sleep, and I haven't gotten any in like three nights. BROOKE : Yeah, and it shows. PEYTON : Thanks. As if I didn't know I look like Amy Winehouse pre-rehab. BROOKE : Peyton, I'm sorry. Okay, she didn't come with instructions, but I will figure it out. I promise. I promise. Hey. Hey. Hey. Come on. Angie is crying in her crib and Brooke is trying to amuse her. Peyton joins her BROOKE : Crying I'm the purple monkey, and I sure wish you'd stop crying. PEYTON : Hey, baby! Who wants a pacifier? Look! Ooh, who wants a bottle? You hungry? (Angie is still crying) How about, uh, Brooke's boob? Huh? BROOKE : Hey. Hey. Look at the dancing animals. Aren't they funny? Hey! (Brooke throws a stuffed animal in Peyton’s face. Angie smiles) BROOKE : Oh, my god, did you think that was funny? Look! Look! Hey! (Brooke do it again but Angie starts crying again) BROOKE : No. No, we like that, remember? It's funny. (Brooke throws it again) PEYTON : Brooke, really? Brooke joins Peyton in the kitchen BROOKE : She's finally sleeping. I think the crying wore her out. Hey, I'm sorry about the stuffed-animal thing. I just ... I was desperate. PEYTON : It's fine. But, I mean, do you think Angie's illness has something to do with her fussiness? BROOKE : It's not supposed to. PEYTON : If I were having heart surgery, I'm pretty sure I'd be a little fussy. BROOKE : Yeah, but the doctor said her heart condition doesn't even really affect her now. It's just that, if she doesn't have the surgery, it'll cause big problems later. For now, she's supposed to be a regular little baby. PEYTON : Well, she is, and regular little babies cry sometimes. BROOKE : Sometimes. Peyton, she cries all the time. I feel like she doesn't like me. PEYTON : Oh, no, come on. She's gonna love you. You'll see. BROOKE : Yeah. BOYS APARTMENT Skills is holding a red thong SKILLS : This don't look like virgin underwear. (Mouth grabs it) MOUTH : Give me those. SKILLS : I'm just saying. If they belonged to my girl, she ain't gonna be no virgin no more. MOUTH : Dude, shut up. And how do you even know about that? SKILLS : Fergie. MOUTH : How'd he know? SKILLS : Junk. You know he tried to get with her, right? I'm just playing, man. He overheard you two talking the other night. You know these walls are thin. MOUTH : Well, I don't care that she's a virgin. I actually think it's nice. SKILLS : Hey, there's something to be said for it. Knowing exactly where your girl hasn't been, or has been. MOUTH : That's not what I meant. Millicent's just pretty amazing. SKILLS : Dude, you are so whipped. I mean, I probably would be, too, considering that she 10 times hotter than that cougar you was chasing. MOUTH : So, uh, I thought you were guys were gonna get it together. You know? Maybe clean this place up and hold off on the friday-night water fights. SKILLS : Man, you asking for a whole lot. I'll tell you what. Let me have them drawers... I'm just playing, man. All right. (Skills grab the thong on his way out) JAMIE’S BEDROOM Jamie is asleep, Haley comes to wake him up HALEY : Somebody looks older today. JAMIE : I do! HALEY : You? Why would that be? JAMIE : It's my birthday, mama! HALEY : It is your birthday! JAMIE : I'm 5! HALEY : You're 5? JAMIE : Don't I get my kisses? HALEY : Oh, okay. (Haley kisses him 6 times) HALEY : That's five and one for good luck. So, what do you want for your birthday? JAMIE : I want two things. HALEY : Okay. JAMIE : I want a wii, and I really want grandpa Dan to come to my party. (Deb arrives) DEB : Knock, knock, knock. HALEY : Hey. DEB : So, how is my favorite grandson doing on his birthday? JAMIE : I'm your only grandson. DEB : And a handsome one at that. So, what does my handsome grandson want for his birthday? TREE HILL GYM Nathan is practicing. Dan enters the gym DAN : Hello, son. NATHAN : What do you want? DAN : Do I have to want something to say hello? NATHAN : Yeah, dad, unfortunately you do. DAN : I'd like to stop by and wish Jamie a happy birthday. NATHAN : It's never gonna happen. DAN : Look, I know I screwed up as a father, but I'd like to be a good grandfather. NATHAN : Well, you should have thought of that before you klled Jamie's great-uncle. You're not coming to that party, Dan, or anywhere near my son. (Nathan leaves the gym) PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is on the phone. Her office is under construction PEYTON : Yeah, I mean, my office is a disaster right now, but the recording studio's gonna be really cool when it's done. How's the tour? Oh, Mia, that's awesome. Yeah, and your album's selling really well, too. So you just keep doing your thing and believe in your art, and we'll all live happily ever after. (Peyton looks at her computer where there is an old picture of Lucas and her) PEYTON : So, tell me more about the tour. LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas is watching a video of his basketball team when Haley enters HALEY : Hey, coach. LUCAS : Hey. HALEY : What's the status on Quentin? LUCAS : Well, if he would channel his stubbornness into his recovery, he'd be fine. HALEY : How 'bout your recovery? LUCAS : What are you talking about? HALEY : I just wanted to come by and make sure that you're okay. LUCAS : Isn't it your son's fifth birthday today? Oh, that's right. There's lots of mom things you could be doing. HALEY : Yeah, there's a friend thing I want to be doing, too. You know she's gonna be there. LUCAS : Yes, I know, Hales. You told me at least like six times. I know Lindsey's gonna be at the party. HALEY : I'm just saying, if it makes you uncomfortable, I can ask her not to come. LUCAS : I know, and I love you for it, Hales, I do, but the way I see it, Lindsey knows I'm gonna be at the party, and she's choosing to come. Look, I told her that one day she's gonna come back to me. Maybe this is that day. (Haley seems worried) CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent opens the door to Brooke who’s holding Angie MILLICENT : Tell me you finished the sketches. BROOKE : Sketches? MILLICENT : You're kidding, right? For the Macy's presentation. BROOKE : She hasn't slept in three days, and neither have I. MILLICENT : And she's so cute, but this meeting is huge for "C.Over B." Macy's is the largest department-store chain in America, and if this doesn't happen, then I've let you down, I've let myself down, and I've probably somehow let my parents down. BROOKE : Okay, Milly, look at me. We are gonna be fine. I'm gonna be complete those sketches. And they're gonna be nothing short of fantastic. MILLICENT : Really? BROOKE : Really. Under control. First, tell me something. How cute do I look with this baby? Aren't I so Angelina? MILLICENT : So Angelina. BROOKE : I know! Did you hear that, my girl? Let's say "hi. " "Hi, aunt Milly.” Hi, baby. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is on her computer. Skills arrives SKILLS : How's my baby girl doing? PEYTON : Busy. SKILLS : Really? I thought your little mini-me flew the coop. PEYTON : Mia? Yeah, she's out on tour, but that doesn't mean my job stops. Did you know her album is number 2 on I-tunes? SKILLS : Yeah, I do, but you ain't on I-tunes. You cyber-stalking Lucas, right? (Peyton closes her laptop) SKILLS : Oh, come on. Don't act like you ain't check his facebook profile about 50 times just to see if he done changed his status from "engaged" to "single”. You can't fool me, P.Sawyer. Internet is a dangerous place. PEYTON : What do you want, Skills? SKILLS : Well, I kind of need help locating Jamie's birthday gift, and you gonna be the girl to help me find it. PEYTON : Well, I would love to, but ... SKILLS : No "buts," 'cause you ain't got one. (They both laugh) SKILLS : Now, look. I told nathan I was gonna get this wii, but that's about as easy to find as Willy Wonka's little golden ticket. So we got our work cut out for us. PEYTON : Oh, "us," huh? SKILLS : Yeah, us. Now, I'm gonna get the wii, and you gonna get up out this gloomy-ass office. THE APARTMENT Mouth and Millicent come home with groceries MILLICENT : I was thinking of making the guys pumpkin bread. I thought it might make them like me m-more. (The apartment seem really clean) MOUTH : I don't think I've ever seen the floor of this place. MILLICENT : Did you know your couch was brown? Did they do this for me? Because the last thing I want is to be a burden. MOUTH : No, we've been talking about cleaning the place up for weeks. MILLICENT : So this has nothing to do with me? MOUTH : Just boys becoming men. MILLICENT : Well, it's kind of nice. (Mouth opens a closet in the kitchen which is full of prn magazines) MOUTH : Uh, why don't we go out for lunch? MILLICENT : But we just bought all this food. MOUTH : Well, then, we'll have a lot to eat later. (Mouth grabs Millicent and leave) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE In the kitchen, Haley is preparing Jamie’s party. Nathan comes home NATHAN : Guess who I saw this morning. HALEY : I have a feeling I'm not gonna like this. NATHAN : Dan showed up at the gym. HALEY : Don't you find it creepy that your dad hangs out around a high-school gym? NATHAN : He's Dan. It's all creepy. HALEY : What did he want? NATHAN : He wanted an invite to Jamie's birthday party. And don't worry, I told him it's not gonna happen. HALEY : Well, you're stronger than I am, 'cause Jamie's been asking me all week if his grandpa Dan's gonna come to his birthday party, and I have been dodging the subject altogether. NATHAN : Excellent parenting. HALEY : Yeah, thanks. I don't blame him for wanting to get to know his grandpa. I just wish his grandpa wasn't Dan. NATHAN : Me too. We just can't trust him. HALEY : I know. (Jamie enters the room) JAMIE : Who can't we trust? NATHAN : Hey, buddy. You excited for your birthday party today? JAMIE : You were talking about grandpa Dan, right? (Nathan nods) JAMIE : So, can he come? NATHAN : I'm sorry, Jamie. Grandpa Dan's not gonna make it today, okay? (Jamie leaves, sad) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke has done one sketches. Angie is quietly sitting in her booster chair BROOKE : Voila? One down and a zillion to go. Does this say, "I'm cool, a tad slutty, and well-priced"? Thank you. It never gets old hearing how great you are. (Angie starts crying) BROOKE : What? What? No! We were doing so well! What? What is it? Are you tired? Are you hungry? Do you hate my spring line? What? (Brooke shows her the drawing and Angie spits on it and stops crying) BROOKE : Apparently, you're not into feathers. That's okay. A PARK Skills and Peyton are walking SKILLS : Man, I can't believe we found this thing. PEYTON : You seem pretty excited, Skills. Who's the game really for? SKILLS : Well, it's kind of for Jamie, and kind of an excuse for me to spend a little bit more time at the Scott crib. PEYTON : Excuse? Since when do you need an excuse like a worship to you? SKILLS : Yeah, it ain't him, though. It's Nathan and Haley. I don't think they really want me around Jamie since the whole almost-wedding thing. PEYTON : No. I mean, that's ... dude, that's crazy. Nathan and Haley love you. SKILLS : Yeah, but I got they son kidnapped. It just kind of changed things. PEYTON : Look, I don't think it's you. I just think they've been going through a lot lately. SKILLS : Yeah, but that's Naley we talking about, though. They always be going through a lot. PEYTON : Well, hey. I know one thing, and that's ... if you don't ask for something, you can't just expect for it to happen, you know? SKILLS : Yeah, you're right. So, you talk to Lucas? You want him back, don't you? PEYTON : It doesn't matter what I want. And, yeah, I did talk to him, and he's clearly in love with Lindsey. SKILLS : Hmm. That's sweet. And total crap, but, hey. PEYTON : I just want him to be happy. NATHAN AND HALEY’S BEDROOM Lucas is trying to get ready. Haley is with him LUCAS : What do you think about this one? Think Lindsey will like it? HALEY : I think it's just like the other four shirts you tried on. LUCAS : Yeah, but this one's blue. Lindsey really loves blue. HALEY : The right shirt's not gonna bring her back, Luke. LUCAS : Ah, maybe I'll just try the first one again. HALEY : You're my best friend, so I say this out of love. Hey, look at me. You got to give Lindsey time. She'll come back if she's ready. Have you guys been talking much lately? LUCAS : Yeah, a little bit. I mean, we e-mail about the book. HALEY : Just about the book? LUCAS : Yeah, she already knows where I stand on everything else. HALEY : Okay, um, I've been giving you a lot of space because ... well, because I think I know you pretty well, and I think that's what you need. But you know that I'm here for you, right? LUCAS : Yes, Haley, I know that. And I thank you. But you're friends with Lindsey, too, and I don't want to put you in the middle of this. Okay? I got to change. HALEY : No, no. No. Yes, I'm friends with Lindsey, but you are my best friend, and I love you, so if you need me, you better put me in the middle ... or else. (Haley takes the light blue shirt and gives it to Lucas) HALEY : This one. THE APARTMENT Junk and Fergie are coming home. Millicent is on a mat, watching TV and exercising MILLICENT : Hi, guys. How was your day? (The guys just stare at her) FERGIE (whispering to Junk) : So, what are we gonna do? It's a new episode of "tila tequila". MILLICENT : Did you want to watch something else? JUNK : No. We're cool. Fergie's a big fan of yoga. MILLICENT : It's actually pilates. I can change it if you want me to. JUNK : Um, actually, we have to go. We told Haley that we'd help her set up for the party. (They leave but Fergie don’t stop staring at her) In Mouth bedroom, Skills is with Mouth SKILLS : How dumb is wrapping paper, man? All you do is rip it off. MOUTH : Yeah, but how great is it that you got Jamie a wii? I got him legos. SKILLS : Yeah. (Skills seems worried) MOUTH : What's going on, skills? SKILLS : I shouldn't have had those beers that day at the wedding, man. MOUTH : Dude, it wasn't your fault. SKILLS : Yes, it was, 'cause I should have went with him. MOUTH : Yeah, that nanny shouldn't have fallen off the crazy train. SKILLS : But what if something bad would have happened to him? MOUTH : Skills, Jamie's fine. You can't go down that road. SKILLS : I just want Nathan and Haley to know I'm sorry. MOUTH : You know, Antwon, I think it's pretty great how much you love Jamie and how good you've been to him, but something tells me Nathan and Haley know it, too. SKILLS : Yeah? Then how come they don't let me come over no more? And the crazy nanny's gone, so I know they need help. Look, I don't blame them. I just wish I could take it all back. I just wish they'd forgive me. MOUTH : They will. And you just got to forgive yourself. INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE The party is on. There are lots of kids playing. The door bell rings, Haley opens the door and is face to face with a clown. She closes the door immediatly HALEY : That is so not cool. Who ordered the creepy clown? DEB : I did. He does balloon tricks. (Deb opens the door again) BUCKO : Hiya! It's bucko the clown! Glad to meet ya! DEB : I always liked clowns. Besides, look at the size of his feet. (Haley goes outside) OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley finds Brooke and Peyton parking HALEY : Hey! How's the baby? BROOKE : Wake her up. I'm leaving her here. HALEY : Oh, that bad. PEYTON : Let's just say I could sleep better at a Metallica concert. BROOKE : But she looks so cute today. HALEY : You'll get the hang of it, Brooke. It just takes some practice and learning how to function on no sleep. (Brooke is grabbing Angie’s car seat) PEYTON : We're getting the "no sleep" thing down. BROOKE : Oh, yea. It's just so hard. I'm trying to be patient, but I can't get any work done with her wailing all the time. KID (playing and yelling) : Do you have any chicken fingers?! BROOKE : Do you have an inside voice? PEYTON : Brooke, we are outside. (Angie starts crying) BROOKE : No, it's okay. Ohh. Damn kid. PEYTON : That's what cute little babies grow up to be. BROOKE : It's okay. Baby It's okay. (They all go inside) INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan and Lucas are putting candles on the cake NATHAN : So, you nervous? LUCAS : About what? NATHAN : Your face-to-face with your ex-fianc? LUCAS : She's not my ex-anything. NATHAN : Well, Haley said you tried on like eight shirts today. LUCAS : It was five. And that's privileged best-friend information. NATHAN : Well, I've got the privileged-husband card. LUCAS : Good point. NATHAN : You really still think she's the one? LUCAS : Yeah, I do. NATHAN : Good. (Haley joins them) HALEY : You boys ready to sing? NATHAN : You're the singer. HALEY : You can't afford me. NATHAN : All right. (Nathan grabs the cake and everybody start singing) EVERYBODY : Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday, dear Jamie happy birthday to you HALEY : Make a wish, Jamie Something you really want. (Jamie closes his eyes. Lindsey enters the room at that moment) JAMIE : I know what I want more than anything! Fergie, Junk and skills are blwing up balloons with helium and inhale it FERGIE (funny voice) : Brooke, Peyton... (Deb walks by) FERGIE (funny voice) : .. and deb. Do, dump, or marry? JUNK (funny voice): I'd marry deb. FERGIE (funny voice): I'd much rather do deb. SKILLS (funny voice): Keep dreaming. (Millicent joins them) MILLICENT : Whatcha talking about? JUNK (funny voice): I got to take a leak. FERGIE (funny voice): Me too. (Fergie and Junk leave) MILLICENT : Do those two do everything together? SKILLS : Who, dumb and dumber? Yeah, pretty much. But I love them, though. MILLICENT : Skills, you know, I'm really enjoying living with you guys, but is everyone okay with me being there? SKILLS : You really want to know? MILLICENT : Please. They hate me, right? SKILLS : Nah, it ain't like that. It's just that our apartment's always been a guys' crib. You know, no rules. I mean, we got video games and beer, and sometimes we have these ridiculous water fights. You know, just guy stuff. MILLICENT : I'm klling the fun. SKILLS : I mean, we're trying to clean up our act, but bad habits die hard. (Skills leaves and we see Millicent having an idea) Brooke is changing Angie in Jamie’s bedroom BROOKE : Come on. (Jamie enters) BROOKE : Hey, birthday boy. You want to help me change her? JAMIE : She's a girl. That's gross. Where's Owen? BROOKE : Owen was not ready for an emotional relationship that had responsibilities exceeding those of pouring drinks in a bar. JAMIE : He didn't like what was under the clothes, did he? BROOKE : He never got what was under the clothes, thank you very much. JAMIE : You want to play a game or something? BROOKE : I'd love to, sweetie, but I'm a little busy with Angie right now. Can we play later? (Jamie doesn’t answer and seems sad) BROOKE : Hey. You want to know a secret? (Jamie nods) BROOKE : You know why I decided to take care of Angie? 'Cause of you, buddy. You showed me how awesome kids are. You know nobody's ever gonna replace you, right? Okay. Now, I've been really busy with this one, so I haven't had time to get your birthday present, but I think this year you're old enough to pick out your own. JAMIE : I am? BROOKE : I think so. (Brooke writes him a check) BROOKE : What do you think of that? JAMIE : Whoa. That's a lot of zeros. BROOKE : Yeah, don't spend it all in one place, huh? (Jamie kisses Brooke) BROOKE : Happy birthday. (And he kisses Angie) BROOKE : Who's that? Who's that? It's Jamie. I think she likes you. Downstairs, the party is still on. Lucas comes to talk to Lindsey LUCAS : I grabbed you a corner piece, with extra frosting. LINDSEY : I was wondering what our first words would be. LUCAS : Well, it was either that or "I think about you every day". Yeah, I'm glad I led with the frosting. LINDSEY : So, how's the book coming, Luke? LUCAS : Good. Uh, I took your notes on chapter 7,but I'm still not comfortable with the ending. LINDSEY : You'll find it when you're ready. LUCAS AND LINDSEY (at the same time) : So. LINDSEY : I was thinking I might stop by after the party. LUCAS : That'd be great. (Jamie joins them) LINDSEY : Hey! LUCAS : Hey! LINDSEY : There he is. So, does your party rock or what? JAMIE : Are you coming home? LINDSEY : Well ... JAMIE : 'cause uncle Lucas really misses you. LUCAS : We're still working on that, buddy, but, uh, thanks. (Lucas gives a bill) LUCAS : Now go play with your friends. JAMIE : Cool! This is the best birthday ever! (Jamie leaves) Peyton is looking at Lucas and Lindsey from afar. Skills comes SKILLS : You talk to him? PEYTON : There's nothing left to say. SKILLS : There's always something left to say. Or I don't know. Maybe you need to just start moving past all this. PEYTON : I wish it was that easy. SKILLS : Well, maybe one day you'll wake up and life without Lucas ain't that hard to face. PEYTON : Maybe. SKILLS : But until that day comes, I just want to let you know, I'm rooting for you, P.Sawyer. PEYTON : You talk to Nathan and Haley yet? SKILLS : Oh, well, they was getting some animal balloons made and ... PEYTON : you're being a wuss. Man up, dude. And if you're not gonna do it for yourself, then do it for Jamie. I'm sure he misses you. (Skills look at Lucas) SKILLS : Yeah. You too. Deb is with the clown who’s making balloons BUCKO : It's a rabbit. DEB : Well, I was thinking a tiger might be more appropriate. BUCKO : I'm just getting warmed up. DEB : Very, very impressive. (The door bell rings) DEB : Excuse me. (Deb opens the door) DAN : Deb. (She pushes Dan and goes with him outside. OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE DEB : What are you doing here? DAN : Wow, Deb, you look... awful. And I've barely seen a woman in five years. DEB : You're not coming in. DAN : I just want to wish my grandson a happy birthday. DEB : It'll be a lot happier when you leave. (Bucko comes outside) DAN : Come on, Deb. Step aside. I'll find you a few pills you can pop. DEB : I said no. BUCKO : Is everything okay? DAN : Who's this clown? BUCKO : I'm bucko. DEB : Be careful, Bucko. He's done time. BUCKO : Haven't we all? DAN : Just see that my grandson gets this, Bucko. (Dan gives a package to Bucko and Deb goes back inside with the clown) INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE The party is still on. Peyton comes to see Lindsey PEYTON : Hi. LINDSEY : Peyton... I can't believe Jamie's 5. PEYTON : It's crazy, right? So, how have you been? LINDSEY : Fine. Well, not really fine. Let's just say fine. PEYTON : Lindsey, huh... LINDSEY : There's nothing for you to say. PEYTON : No, there is, okay? I'm sorry. I'm sorry for the way things turned out, and I'm sorry for the way I treated you, and I never wanted ... I just. I'm so sorry. LINDSEY : I can't blame you, Peyton. PEYTON : Please, do. Blame me, 'cause it would make me feel better. LINDSEY : I can't. It's not your fault. Because I could have said "yes”. (Lindsey leaves) Skills comes to talk to Nathan and Haley SKILLS : I know it's a party and all, but can I talk to you guys for a second? HALEY : Uh, yeah. NATHAN : Sure. (They go to the kitchen) SKILLS : I just want to apologize for what happened again at the wedding. NATHAN : Skills, it wasn't your fault. SKILLS : Yeah, I know, but you trusted me, and I let you guys down. Look, I know I should have went to the bathroom with Jamie, and I understand why you don't want me to babysit him no more. HALEY : Oh, Antwon, that's not it. It's more about us than it is you. To be honest, we've ... we've been having a hard time just trusting him with anyone lately. SKILLS : Yeah, but you know I'd give my life for that boy. NATHAN : We know that. Jamie's lucky to have you. HALEY : So are we. I promise. (Lucas interrupts them) LUCAS : Hey, guys. Uh, Jamie's chomping at the bit to open his presents. Everybody around Jamie. He starts opening his presents HALEY : Oh wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! (Haley sits next to Jamie) HALEY : Okay, go ahead. JAMIE : All right. (Jamie opens the first one) DEB : Hmm, wonder what it is. (It’s a book) JAMIE : Thanks, uncle Lucas. LUCAS : How'd you know it was from me? JAMIE : It's a book. SKILLS : How boring can you get? HALEY : Okay, what next? (Jamie opens Dan’s present. It’s a jersey with the number 23 on it) JAMIE : Look, daddy. It's your number. NATHAN : It is, huh? HALEY : Jamie, who gave this to you? JAMIE : I don't know, mama. HALEY : There's no card. (Deb doesn’t say anything, just makes eye contact with Nathan) MOUTH : All right. (Jamie tries it on) After having seen all the kids leaving, Haley is inside and find Deb walking out the bathroom HALEY : Oh Deb, thank you, the party turned out fantastic. Thanks for all your help. DEB : Oh, it was my pleasure. HALEY : Yeah, Jamie loves having his grandma around, and so do we. (Deb has some white powder on her neck) HALEY : You have something ... (Bucko comes out of the bathroom too) DEB : It's not what it look... HALEY : Ah... The less I know, the better. Add that to my list of clown nightmares. In the living room, Jamie is playing with is new toys alone. Skills joins him SKILLS : What's up, little man? You have a happy birthday? Get everything you want? JAMIE : Almost. SKILLS : Almost? That ain't good. What you wish for? JAMIE : Like, the coolest thing in the world. SKILLS : Oh, like a hot girl that likes to kiss other hot girls? JAMIE : No, like a wii. SKILLS : A wii? What's that? JAMIE : Never mind. (Skills gives him his gift) SKILLS : Well, you still ain't opened my gift yet. (Jamie opens it) JAMIE : It's a wii! Thank you, thank you! It's awesome! SKILLS : And you ain't think I knew what a wii was. I'm not that old. JAMIE : You want to play with me? I would love to. Come on. OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Brooke is trying to put Angie’s car seat in her car. Lucas comes to help her LUCAS : Hey. BROOKE : Huh? (Lucas fixes up the car seat) BROOKE : Does everyone know more about babies than me? LUCAS : Perks of having a little sister born when you're 18. How's it going? BROOKE : It's great ... when she's not hungry or tired or gassy. Except she's always hungry or tired or gassy so. LUCAS : I remember when lily was born, and she had this thing where she wouldn't sleep unless someone was holding her. BROOKE : Sounds like a lot of girls I know. LUCAS : You're doing great, Brooke. BROOKE : All I can think about is her pre-op appointment with the heart surgeon. I'm freaking out. LUCAS : You want me to come with you? BROOKE : No. You don't have to do that. LUCAS : I know, but. I'd like to. BROOKE : Okay. Thanks. (After a blank) BROOKE : I saw you talking to your runaway bride in there. Care to give me any spoilers? LUCAS : Uh, you know, I think I'm gonna see how this one plays out before I go and write a book about it. (Angie starts crying) BROOKE : There's my cue. (Brooke starts leaving but stops and gives Lucas a hug) BROOKE : You're doing great, too, Lucas Scott. LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas opens his bedroom door to Lindsey LUCAS : Hi. Lose your key? LINDSEY : I didn't feel right using it. (He sees Lindsey holding a bag) LUCAS : You're coming home? LINDSEY : No, Luke, it's empty. I came to get the rest of my things. (She packs her stuff) LUCAS : Oh, I just thought maybe you were coming back. Maybe you could just spend the night, you know? So we could at least talk a little. LINDSEY : What's left to say? LUCAS : Lindsey, I love you. LINDSEY : I love you, too, Luke, but it takes more than love to build a marriage. LUCAS : I'm willing to learn. Whatever it takes to make you come back. (Lindsey holding him her key) LUCAS : Keep the key. This is your home. (Lindsey turns around and put the key on the drawer before leaving) THE APARTMENT Fergie and Junk are watching TV FERGIE : I didn't know pilates was so ... sensual? (Mouth arrives) MOUTH : Didn't know you guys were into yoga. JUNK AND FERGIE (at the same time) : It's pilates. (Mouth sits with them) MOUTH : I didn't know pilates was so... FERGIE : Erotic. JUNK : So, Mouth, where's your girlfriend? MOUTH : Easy. JUNK : No, I mean, seriously, where'd she go? MOUTH : I don't know. She said she had to run out. And her name's Millicent, by the way. (Millicent enters the apartment with beers and pizzas) MILLICENT : Hi, guys. FERGIE : Oh, please tell me those are for us. MOUTH : Milly, what's going on? (She grabs a water gn) MILLICENT : Stashed throughout the room, you will find various heavy atillery. I want you all to consider your next move very carefully. MOUTH : Come on. (They start a water fight) LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas is lying on his bed, playing with Lindsey’s key. Someone knocks at the door. It’s Brooke with Angie BROOKE : Tell me again how great I'm doing. LUCAS : Yeah, I know how you feel, kid. BROOKE : I have to get these sketches done for macy's, and she just won't stop. LUCAS : Come on in. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is playing piano, Peyton is with her HALEY : So, how was today? PEYTON : Just like every day. HALEY : Well, there's always tomorrow. Peyton, are you really in love with Lucas, or are you just in love with the idea of him? PEYTON : If I'm being honest. maybe a little bit of both. I think I miss what I thought we would be. LUCAS’ HOUSE In the living room, Brooke is doing her sketches while Lucas is playing with Angie BROOKE : She adores you, Luke. LUCAS : Well, maybe she can put in a good word for me with Lindsey. BROOKE : It's kind of strange, isn't it? Is this how you thought our lives would turn out? LUCAS : Yeah, with me being stood up at the altar and you taking care of a kid that's not yours? Not exactly. BROOKE : Do you ever want to go back? I remember being 16, and everything just seemed much easier. Would you do it differently? LUCAS : I'd try to appreciate the things I took for granted. But I think we have to go through all this stuff, you know, to get to the places we want to be. BROOKE : Yeah. Well, I should go. At least if you want to get any sleep tonight. LUCAS : How are the designs coming? BROOKE : Good. I just have a few more. (After a blank) LUCAS : Stay. And finish them. I don't mind. BROOKE : Really? LUCAS : Yeah, it's kind of nice. BROOKE : Yeah. LUCAS (voiceover) : Sometimes when you're young, you think nothing can hurt you. It's like being invincible... NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is playing the wii with skills. Haley arrives HALEY : I think it's bedtime for the birthday boy. JAMIE : One more game. Please? SKILLS : Yeah, please? HALEY : All right, one more game, but then it's off to bed. LUCAS (voiceover) : .. Your whole life is ahead of you, and you have big plans... SKILLS : I got you. THE APARTMENT Millicent and the guy are playing. Milly is with Mouth LUCAS (voiceover) : Big plans. To find your perfect match. MOUTH : Cover me. (They kiss) MOUTH : 1.2.3! LUCAS (voiceover) : ...The one that completes you... LUCAS’ HOUSE Brooke felt asleep on the couch. Lucas is holding Angie, who’s asleep to, he puts a blanket on Brooke and sits beside her. She kinda wakes up and snuggles up to him. DAN’S HOUSE Nathan comes to see his dad LUCAS (voiceover : ...but as you get older, you realize it's not always that easy... NATHAN : I told you to stay away from my family. DAN : I know. NATHAN : Then why did you give Jamie my first jersey? DAN : I was just sorting through some old stuff, and I thought your son might appreciate a piece of his father. (Dan gives Nathan a paper) DAN : This is for you. (It’s Dan’s will) LUCAS (voiceover) : ...It's not until the end of your life that you realize how the plans you made were simply plans... NATHAN : You're giving me the beach house. DAN : We've had some great times here, Nathan, before. Before all of it. Maybe your family will, too. NATHAN : I don't want it. I don't want any of it. DAN : Son. I have a bad heart. NATHAN : You're just realizing that, dad? (Nathan starts leaving) LUCAS (voiceover) : ...At the end, when you're looking back instead of forward,.. DAN : It's my hcm, son. LUCAS (voiceover) : ...you want to believe that you made the most of what life gave you... DAN : I need a heart transplant. LUCAS (voiceover) : ...You want to believe that you're leaving something good behind... DAN : I have six months to live. (Nathan leaves anyway) LUCAS (voiceover) : ...you want it all to have mattered.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x15 - Life is Short"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill"... DAN : Look, I know I screwed up as a father, but I'd Like To Be A Good Grandfather. NATHAN : Well, you should have thought of that before you klled Jamie's great uncle. MOUTH : I passed on the Omaha job. MILLICENT : Marvin! MOUTH : I feel like I'm good at what I do, Millicent, and I'll just work hard and hope the station gives me another sht. MILLICENT : Are you sure? MOUTH : That I'm doing the right thing? I don't know. But about us? Yeah, I'm sure. QUENTIN : I trusted you, all right? SKILLS : Quentin, you needed this. QUENTIN : I needed this?! You know what?! I needed a scholarship! I needed you to keep your mouth shut! That's what I needed! BROOKE : Millicent... They're giving me a baby. LUCAS : Lindsey, I love you. LINDSEY : I love you, too, Luke, but it takes more than love to build a marriage. LUCAS : I'm willing to learn. DAN : This is for you. NATHAN : You're giving me the beach house? I don't want it. DAN : Son. I have a bad heart. I have six months to live. ONE TREE HILL GRAVEYARD Dan is in front of Keith’s grave when we see a tombstone being installed right beside Keith’s, which says : Dan Scott, Loving Husband, Brother and Father LUCAS (voiceover) : There were many who couldn't understand, and sometimes he walked among them. But even in his darkest hours, he knew in his heart that someday it would return to him... and his world would be whole again NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE In Jamie’s room, Nathan is tying up Jamie’s shoes JAMIE : Daddy, what's wrong with grandpa Dan? NATHAN : What do you mean? JAMIE : He didn't come to my birthday party. Everyone else came. I really wanted him to come. NATHAN : Yeah, I know you did, buddy. But your party was still pretty cool, right? JAMIE : Yeah, but grandpa Dan said he missed me. NATHAN : Well, you know that old Jersey that you love so much? (Jamie nods) NATHAN : That was from your grandpa Dan. JAMIE : Really?! I knew it! (Haley walks in) HALEY : Hey! Hey. JAMIE : Mama, grandpa Dan got me this birthday present. (Jamie shows Haley the jersey) HALEY : Wow! HALEY (to Nathan) : Can I talk to you for a second? Nathan and Haley are in their kitchen NATHAN : He's dying, hales. HALEY : What?! NATHAN : Dan needs a heart transplant. He says it's his hcm. He's got six months to live, maybe not even that. HALEY : Do you believe him? He's not even that old. NATHAN : I don't know. I mean, it's Dan. But he's even drawn up a will, and he's leaving us the beach house, among other things. And this time, he seemed...scared. I mean, I've seen my father be a lot of things, Hales, but never scared. HALEY : Well, if it is true, at least now we know why he wants to spend so much time with Jamie. Nothing like a ticking clock. NATHAN : Well, ticking clock or not, Dan's not spending any time with Jamie. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is with Angie BROOKE : Come on, baby girl. Give me a smile. (Angie doesn’t want to smile) BROOKE : Well, fine, have it your way, but we got a big week ahead of us, kid. Tonight we'll me t the doctor who's gonna make you all better, and tomorrow aunt Millicent's gonna a watch you while I go to my super duper important meeting. Yeah. Are you gonna be okay without me? (Someone knocks at the door) BROOKE : It's open! (Lucas enters) BROOKE : Hey, what are you doing here? LUCAS : Did you think I was gonna forget something this important? 7:00, right? BROOKE : Yeah, 7:00 p.m. But I appreciate the enthusiasm, Luke. I am kind of nervous about the whole hospital thing. I'm not really a big fan of hospitals. LUCAS : How's it going? Better? BROOKE : Yeah. I'm starting to get it down. She's sleeping through the night now. LUCAS : See? I told you you'd be a good mom. Is it what you expected? BROOKE : It's a lot of work... A lot more than I ever thought it could be. But she's so cute! (Peyton comes out of her room in her jammies) PEYTON : Oh, god, that was, like, the best night's sleep ever! (She’s really embarrassed to see Lucas) PEYTON : Luke, hey. What are you doing here? (Lucas is watching her legs) BROOKE : He just came by for Angie's pre-op appointment. Talk about a gentleman. LUCAS : Probably should have just called. Brooke, I'll pick you up later. BROOKE : Sounds good. Bye, Luke! (Lucas leaves) BROOKE (to Peyton) : You two. BROOKE (to Angie) : God. They're silly. Aren't they silly?! TREE HILL GYM The Ravens are practicing with Skills and Lucas LUCAS : He knew there was practice this morning, right? SKILLS : I told him (Quentin enters the gym. Lucas makes the team stop practicing to discuss) LUCAS : Bring it in. So, as you can all see, Q. is out for six weeks, which means we're gonna have to make It to the playoffs without him. Every single one of you is gonna have to step it up. Now, there's 12 games between now and the playoffs, and we can't afford to lose many. Any questions? (The team seems devastated) LUCAS : Hey, just because Quentin's s injured doesn't mean the season's over. Now, here's what I'm expecting from each and every one of you. (Quentin starts leaving) SKILLS : Q., where you going? QUENTIN : Ain't nothing g here for me now, man. LUCAS : Hey, Q., you can't just quit. QUENTIN : Yeah, I just did! BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke and Peyton are feeding Angie PEYTON : Mmm! Look what we got. More squash and peas. Yummy. BROOKE : She loves it. Go figure. PEYTON : Hey, about that. Um... I just want you to know, I am available to help with Angie. It's just my hair's been on fre trying to get the new recording studio done. BROOKE : It's okay. You are excused from baby duty. Besides... I kind of like having the time alone with Angie, so don't feel bad. And anyway, Angie's scared of her creepy aunt Peyton, isn't she? Yes. We like uncle Lucas better. PEYTON : Hey! BROOKE : I'm kidding. We're kidding, aren't we? Yes. PEYTON : I mean, it is pretty great that he's helping out. It's kind of "Mr. Mom," but it's nice. BROOKE : It's cute. And anyway, he's still pining over "Lindsey," so... I'm helping distract him. Yeah PEYTON : Speaking of distractions, I actually have to get going to the studio. BROOKE : Why? Who's recording? PEYTON : Just this girl you might know. Haley James Scott. BROOKE : Did you hear that, baby girl? Haley James Scott's making music again. That's got to be worth a smile. Yeah? (Angie still doesn’t smile) BROOKE : Get out of here, creepy. You're scaring her. MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth is working in the control room when his boss comes in HIS BOSS : Marvin, do you have a voodoo doll? MOUTH : Excuse me? HIS BOSS : That, or did you fix the salmon mousse in the cafeteria? My sports on-air is sick as a dog. He just, uh, booted all over the station floor. MOUTH : And you want me to clean that up? HIS BOSS : No. Listen, I know we haven't spoken much since I took over for Alice... And I know you were close with her. MOUTH : Um, pretty close, yeah. HIS BOSS : Anyway, I really liked the demo piece you did on the ravens. So how would you like to fill in tomorrow? MOUTH : Really? Uh, what about the weekend guy? HIS BOSS : He is okay. But then how would you get your big sht? I got three slots... 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. I need you to do sports for all three. MOUTH : Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. HIS BOSS :Oh, and, uh, Marvin, I heard about your Omaha offer. I think you made the right decision. (His boss leaves) MOUTH : Sweet! THE COACH’S OFFICE Lucas is working. Haley walks in HALEY : Luke, do you have a second? (Haley enters the room and closes the door) HALEY : It's Dan. He's dying. LUCAS : Right. HALEY : I'm serious. It's something about his heart. He had Nathan out to the beach house to tell him. LUCAS : And Nathan believes him? I think so. At least, he seemed pretty convinced. Dan drafted up will and everything. Why? You think he's lying? LUCAS : Of course he's lying! All right, I... I'll get into it, anyway? But in the meantime, be careful. All right? Don't let him suck you and Nathan back into his life. HALEY : I know. I'm with you on that. But what if he's telling the truth? What if he really is dying? LUCAS : Well, then, all I have to say is... It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. THE RIVERCOURT Nathan is playing alone when Dan arrives DAN : You'll get it back again, trust me. NATHAN : What are you doing here? DAN : You told me in the gym you weren't trying to come back, and I know you are... it's what I would do. NATHAN : It's not a comeback. Sure. DAN : You know, Nathan, you may just have to face the fact that you'll never be the same player you once were, but that doesn't mean you still won't be a great player. You just have to learn how to play differently... Reinvent yourself. The best players always find a way. Okay, try it again, but slow it down a tad. NATHAN : Stop it! DAN : Stop what? NATHAN : Following me. Trying to see Jamie. This... all of it. Dan, I don't care that you're dying, okay? This isn't happening. We're done here. DAN : Nathan, don't hate me because I'm proud of your accomplishments. Take it from someone who knows. You don't want to live a life of regret. It's not too late. You can have your dream. You just have to really want it. (Nathan throws the basket ball toward Dan) NATHAN : Stop it! Okay, you don't get it, do you?! Just stop it... all of it! And leave my family alone! (Nathan leaves) PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO Peyton and Haley are about to start working PEYTON : Oh, there! Check it out. How awesome is this, Haley? It's Red Bedroom studios. (Haley seems preoccupied) HALEY : Yeah, it's great. PEYTON : Hey. What’s going on with you? HALEY : Nothing. I'm fine. It's just, um...nothing. The studio looks awesome. PEYTON : So, what is it? HALEY : Can I just ask you a personal question? PEYTON : Yeah, please do. HALEY : If you had the chance to get to know your real father, would you want to? PEYTON : Oh, wow. I mean, you know what? Before Ellie, I probably would have said no, but she was awesome. And, so, yeah, it does make me kind of wonder about my real dad sometimes. But... You know, then again, what if I meet him and I don't like him? So, sometimes I think it's just easier not to know and go with my own idealized version of him. HALEY : Yeah. PEYTON : Why do you ask? HALEY : There's a chance Dan might be dying. PEYTON : Are you kidding? Does Nathan know? HALEY : Yeah, Nathan and Lucas both know. The problem is with Jamie. He is obsessed with getting to know his grandfather, and if Dan's really sick, he might not get the chance to do that. PEYTON : God, Haley. I'm sorry. That's tough. Um... I mean, I will say that getting to know Ellie changed my life. And I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be standing here if it wasn’t for her. Then again, Ellie wasn't Dan Scott. THE BEACH HOUSE Lucas comes to visit Dan LUCAS : Well, you look healthy. DAN : Come on in, Lucas. Have a seat. LUCAS : Nah, that's okay, what I have to say I can say from right here. DAN : Well, suit yourself. But you of all people should take this seriously. LUCAS : There's nothing wrong with my heart. If I know you, there's nothing wrong with yours, either. DAN : I wish that was true. But I've got the best cardiologist money can buy, and even he can't help me. Dr. Thorton... call him yourself. LUCAS : I might just do that. DAN : Good. And when you do, you'll find out that I'm not lying. Without a transplant, I'll be dad within six months. LUCAS : But you're dad to so many of us already, Dan. (Lucas leaves) PEYTON’S RECORDING STUDIO Haley is playing piano PEYTON : So, do you want to put down the piano scratch track first? HALEY : Yeah, that's perfect. PEYTON : Hey! Who would have thought that one day we'd be in our own recording studio making your next record together? HALEY : On your label. It's great that you're really enjoying your work so much, Peyton. Just as long as you’re not using it to hide behind. PEYTON (laughing) : What's that supposed to mean? HALEY : Look, before the wedding, I told Lucas that he shouldn't marry Lindsey. PEYTON : Why? HALEY : 'Cause I just read his new novel, and when I did, I knew right away that he was still in love with you, whether he's ready to admit it or not. PEYTON : It's a book, okay? You can't draw those kind of conclusions from a story. HALEY : Really? What about when I write my music? Some of my subconscious always ends up sneaking into my lyrics somewhere. I don't even notice it until the song's done I think Lucas is the same way with his writing. PEYTON : Well, I watched him up on that altar, and it's very clear to me where his heart lies, and if I can see it, I'm not really sure why Lindsey can't. You know, it's unfair to Luke. He loves her. HALEY : I think she's just afraid of the idea of you... your history with him. Think how you'd feel if the roles were reversed. DOCTOR’S OFFICE Brooke and Lucas are with Angie. The cardiologist enters. DOCTOR : Hi. Sorry if I kept you waiting. I'm Dr. Copeland. You must be Brooke Davis. Mm-hmm. Clothes, right? BROOKE : Yes. DOCTOR : I thought you looked familiar. Which must make you... LUCAS : A friend. Lucas Scott. DOCTOR : Great. So I just wanted to run through the surgical procedure so you can know what to expect. Are you familiar with Angie's condition? BROOKE : Not really. She has a hole in her heart, right? DOCTOR : She has a number of holes, actually, but we're gonna fix them. We'll put Angie under a general anesthesia. We'll stop her heart, and then I'll do the repairs. BROOKE : You have to stop her heart for how long? DOCTOR : Two hours, maybe longer, depending on the extent of her condition. BROOKE : Two hours? DOCTOR : Yes, that... that's how we do it, Brooke. Angie will be on a heart-and-lung machine, which will keep blood and oxygen circulating in her body. Then I will graft skin from another part of her heart and use it to fix the holes. LUCAS : How do you intend to restart Angie's heart? DOCTOR : After the repairs are complete, we will use an electric shock. And once she's sab, we'll take her to the ICU, and you'll be able to see her then. BROOKE : I know I don't have a choice here, but this seems so dangerous. Is... is there some other way? DOCTOR : Hmm, uh, I'm sorry, but, u n no, there... there is no other way to correct Angie’s condition. LUCAS : Dr. Copeland, what's Angie's prognosis If she didn't have the surgery? DOCTOR : A year, maybe two. BROOKE : And then what? DOCTOR : She'll die. (Brooke is kinda in shock, Lucas is comforting her) DOCTOR : Look, Brooke, it's... it's okay to be nervous, but, um, I... I just... I want you to focus on what a great thing it is that you're doing for Angie. BROOKE : Okay. Thank you. DOCTOR : So, if there are no further questions, I will see you next week. LUCAS : Actually, there is one thing. Do you happen to know a Dr. Thorton? THE RIVERCOURT Quentin is playing. Nathan arrives NATHAN : You're shting like me now. QUENTIN : Yeah, we both former ravens now, too. NATHAN : What? Why? QUENTIN : Oh, well, I don't know. Let's see... this thing? Hmm? (Quentin shows his cast) NATHAN : You're still part of the team, Q. You can't just quit because you're injured. QUENTIN : You sound like your brother now. I mean, I expected a little grief from you, but what's Lucas know about playing injured anyway? NATHAN : Let me tell you something about Lucas. Lucas played injured his entire senior year. It cost him a lot of playing time, but he never gave up on his team. And what if they make the playoffs? QUENTIN : They won't. Even if they do, man, it's my shting hand, Nate. I ain't gonna be ready for the scouts anyway. NATHAN : Well, then you'll have to learn how to play differently. You're gonna have to reinvent your game. QUENTIN : Reinvent my... man, that ain't that easy, okay? NATHAN : Who said it was gonna be easy? But what are you gonna do? Are you gonna quit? Are you gonna throw away everything you ever worked for? QUENTIN : No, I'm not going to. I already did, okay? You know I punched that dude for you? NATHAN : Oh, come on. I've thrown a lot of punches, and every last one was selfish. Now, face it, Q., you punched that guy for you. Deal with it. THE APARTMENT Millicent is playing video game MILLICENT : You're dad, dude! Deal with it! (Mouth arrives) MILLICENT : Hey! These games are so addicting. I just waxed a 13-year-old kid from Arkansas. He was pretty upset. MOUTH : Ok.. We're gonna have to keep an eye on that. Millie, you won't guess what happened to me today at work. MILLICENT : What? MOUTH : I'm gonna get a sht to anchor the sports segments tomorrow. MILLICENT : No way! MOUTH : Yeah, the regular guy's sick. And the station manager's giving me a sht. MILLICENT : Marvin, that is great! Just think of all those people who are gonna be watching you on TV. MOUTH : You want to come? You can be there at the station. MILLICENT : I wish I could, but Brooke has her big presentation tomorrow, and I promised to look after the baby. But I'll watch every minute of you on the big screen at the store. I'm so proud of you, Marvin. You're gonna do great. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie joins Haley in the kitchen JAMIE : Mama, where does grandpa dan live? HALEY : Uh, why? JAMIE : I need to thank him for my birthday present. Can you take me? HALEY : Um, well, I...I can't do that right now, 'Cause, well, grandpa Dan lives at the beach, and it's getting kind of late. But I'll tell you what we {y:i}can do. You can write your grandpa Dan a thank-you note, and I will make sure that he gets it. JAMIE : Cool I'll write the best thank-you note ever. HALEY : Okay, cool. (Jamie leaves and Haley seems embarrassed) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is putting Angie in bed. Lucas is there BROOKE : That's my girl. Okay. Okay. I can't even get her to smile, Luke. What am I doing? What if she dies? What then? What do I tell her parents... these people that I've never met? What made me think I could handle this? LUCAS : Hey, just remember, you're giving Angie a chance to live a full, wonderful life. She couldn't do that without the surgery. BROOKE : Yeah, I guess so. (After a blank) BROOKE : Thank you for being here for us. LUCAS : Thank you for letting me. BROOKE : Sweet girl. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is playing video game with Skills JAMIE : And your face dough... SKILLS : You suck, you know that? JAMIE : I do not. SKILLS : Do too. Ah, you klling me. In the kitchen, Nathan, Lucas and Haley are talking LUCAS : It's true. Dan's dying. Without a transplant, he's got six months. HALEY : And you're sure? LUCAS : I spoke with the cardiologist. NATHAN : So, what are we gonna do? LUCAS : Nothing. In six months, Dan's out of our lives once and for all. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy. Maybe that makes me the one with the bad heart, but I say... good riddance. Skills and Jamie are still playing SKILLS : No, no, no, no! Not another 3, man! What, you scared to go to the hole, little man? JAMIE : I'm beating you, aren't I? SKILLS : Yeah, but why you only shting 3s? JAMIE : 'Cause 3s are better than 2s. (That makes Skills thinking) SKILLS : Have I ever told you that you was a genius lately? JAMIE : Not lately. You said I suck. SKILLS : Well, I take it back. You don't suck. CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke is arriving at the store with Angie BROOKE : Hi! MILLICENT : Hi, sweetie! Brooke, you're never gonna believe this, but Marvin's doing the sports segment on the news. BROOKE : Really?! MILLICENT : It's just about to start. Now, you've got everything for your meeting, right? Sketches, sales projections, textile samples... BROOKE : Millie, I have it! (They look at the TV) BROOKE : Ooh, ooh, it's starting! SPORTS ANNOUNCER (on TV) : Now here's Marvin Mcfadden with sports. MOUTH (on TV) : Time to fill out... those b-brackets. (Mouth seems really uncomfortable) MOUTH’S RECORDING STUDIO MOUTH : The top seeds in this... (Mouth is not looking at the right prompter) JERRY : Mcfadden, Mcfadden. MOUTH : With North Carolina's own blue devils finding themselves on top of the east... EMPLOYEE (whispering to Mouth) : ...Tar heels. MOUTH : ... Uh, Carolina tar heels. They're not, um... Duke is the, uh... CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke and Millicent are still watching the TV, surprised by Mouth’s horrible performance MOUTH (on TV) : ...to the links, where Tiger Woods was up to his old tricks again. MOUTH’S RECORDING STUDIO MOUTH : Today, Tiger won the Arnold hill's invitational. JERRY : Arnold hill? Who the hell's Arnold hill? MOUTH : Um, the Arnold palmer invitational at the pine hills country club. That's always tricky. (By stress, Mouth spills his glass of water) MOUTH : That's sports, and I'm, uh... CLOTHES OVER BROS MOUTH (on TV) : ... wet. MILLICENT : That wasn't good, was it? BROOKE : At least it's over. MILLICENT : No, it's not. He has two more broadcasts this afternoon. BROOKE : Millie, Mouth needs you at the TV station More than I need you here, so come on. If we hurry, I can drop you off and still make it in time. Come on, baby, let's go. (They leave the store) BOYS LOCKER ROOM Nathan, Lucas, Skills and Jamie are trying to figure out a new game plan LUCAS : So... Without Quentin, we have no inside game, no defense... JAMIE : And no assists. SKILLS : I got an idea. LUCAS : Let's hear it. SKILLS : I say we push the tempo and just sht 3s... Like, almost all 3s. I mean, we still got some good outside sht, and they're in pretty good shape, so if we push it, we might just run the score up high enough to when we don't need no big man in the paint. LUCAS : Almost all 3s, huh? SKILLS : He I it wasn't my idea. It was him. (Skills points a Jamie) LUCAS : That's a good idea, Jamie. But, see, with that kind of offense, we're gonna need a really strong player to distribute the ball and get back on "d." NATHAN : You've already got that player... Quentin. LINDSEY’S OFFICE Lindsey is on the phone LINDSEY (on the phone) : Well, I have that breakfast meeting at 7:30. (Someone knocks at the door) LINDSEY : Come in. (Peyton enters) PEYTON : Hi. LINDSEY (on the phone) : Uh, I got to go. (She hangs up) PEYTON : We need to talk. LINDSEY : What are you doing here, Peyton? PEYTON : Okay, weird and totally inappropriate of me. But I'm kind of here for Lucas and for you. LINDSEY : Peyton, I already told you, there's nothing to say. PEYTON : Please, hear me out. 'Cause I know that he loves you, and he hasn't wavered from that. Yes, he wrote about a comet, but in his nonfiction life, he seems very much in love with you. LINDSEY : Have you read the book, Peyton? (Peyton doesn’t answer) LINDSEY : I didn't think so, because if you had, you wouldn't be so sure who Lucas loves and how much. PEYTON : Lindsey, the book was a work of fiction. But what wasn't fiction was the fact that he said "I do" to you in that church. (Lindsey takes Lucas’ script) LINDSEY : It's not me that has to make a decision about Lucas. It's you. (Lindsey is holding the script to Peyton) LINDSEY : Go home, Peyton. Go home and read his book. TREE HILL GYM Quentin is playing with Jamie QUENTIN : All right, you ready? (Quentin makes the sht) QUENTIN : Oh, there it is. Hold your follow-through. (Nathan arrives) JAMIE : Daddy, Quentin's teaching me to sht left-hand free throws. NATHAN : Oh, yeah? (Nathan sees Dan waiting in the doorstep) QUENTIN : You wanted to see me? NATHAN : Yeah. Yeah, actually, hold that thought, okay? Jamie, um, keep shting. I'll be right back. (Nathan starts going toward Dan) NATHAN : Oh, and, hey, Quentin, you're not quitting the ravens. JAMIE : You quit the ravens? QUENTIN : Yeah, I got hurt, little man. JAMIE : My daddy got hurt too... Sometimes it makes him sad. I'd give anything to see him play again. I can tell he wants to. Nathan joins Dan in the hallway NATHAN : You realize I can make one phone call and have your parole revoked for coming around here like this? DAN : Just hear me out, Nathan. Once I've said my piece, I'll go and never come back, If that's what you want. NATHAN : Okay, you got five minutes. DAN : I've never told anyone else this before, but when I was in prison, I tried to kll myself. I put a rope around my neck, and I tried to hang myself. NATHAN : Dad, I...I... DAN : Just let me finish. When I stepped off that chair... I'd truly given up on everything. But then the rope broke, and I took it as a sign... A sign that I wasn't finished on this earth, that my life was incomplete. So, you see, I need to fix it. I need to fix all of it... you, us. I need that peace before I die. Son, let me help you with what little time I have left. JAMIE (from the gym) : Good sht, Q.! DAN : Nathan... Please... Son... Don't deny a dying man his last wish. MOUTH’S RECORDING STUDIO Mouth is waiting for his second slot JERRY : Mcfadden, sports is up. (Mouth is scared) JERRY : Hey, are you okay? Are you gonna be able to do this? (Millicent appears behind Mouth) MILLICENT : He'll be fine. MOUTH : I don't know what happened. I got nervous. I mean, With the... the bright lights and the teleprompters. It's... it's different than I expected. MILLICENT : Marvin, it's okay. Do you remember what you told me when you first brought me here? MOUTH : I can't remember. MILLICENT : You said that sports reminded you of the greatness we all have inside of us. You said that on any given day, an underdog can rise up. Well, you're my underdog, Marvin. And you can do this. JERRY : 20 seconds, Mcfadden. MILLICENT : This time, when you go back on the air, just talk to me. Tune out all the crew, the people watching, everyone else... Just look at me. I'll be right behind that teleprompter thingy. (Mouth goes to the desk) JERRY : Okay. And we're back. In five... Four...three... MOUTH : The bobcats showed much improvement this year, and today at their annual fan appreciation day, there was genuine excitement about what lies ahead. (Mouth seems comfortable, Millicent smiles) MACY’S APPOINTMENT Brooke arrive at the presentation with Angie. There are 5 persons waiting MACY’S EMPLOYEE : Brooke Davis. BROOKE : Hi. So sorry I'm late, everyone. Something sort of came up. (She shows Angie) BROOKE : Excuse me. (She put Angie and all her stuff on the desk) BROOKE : I'll just set that... set that here. Sorry. We can get started. MACY’S EMPLOYEE : Are you sure you're prepared for this meeting, Ms. Davis? Perhaps we should reschedule. BROOKE : Oh, no. I'm ready to go. I just, uh... (Angie starts crying) BROOKE : I just need one second, okay? I'll be right back. (She takes Angie and leaves the room) THE COACH’S OFFICE Quentin arrives and finds Skills behind the desk SKILLS : Oh, you must be looking for Lucas. QUENTIN : No, actually, I was, uh... I... I was looking for you. Look...I... I owe you an apology. I'm sorry. Man, I... I said some things That were just out of line. I was just upset about my wrist, and I didn't think you had my back. SKILLS : Quentin, the day you think Lucas and I don't have your best interest at heart, that's the day I got to call you on it. I mean, you got to know that we look at the big picture and what's best for you. Now, Lucas and Nathan, they good people, man, but you got to trust us, and you got to know that we gonna do whatever it takes to get you where you want to be. QUENTIN : Yes, sir. SKILLS : Okay. (Quentin starts to leave) QUENTIN : So...about that, uh... that locker I cleared out yesterday... you didn't give it away, did you? SKILLS : We probably could get that back. Hey, Q. Apology accepted, man. MACY’S APPOINTMENT Brooke is with Angie in the hallway BROOKE : Okay, we're in this together. It's just me and you. So we have to work like a team, all right? It's just, this is really important to me, and I just get this one sht, so I'm depending on you. Yeah. (Angie stops crying) BROOKE : Good. Now, you and I are gonna go back in that room and kick a little presentation butt, all right? You with me? TREE HILL GYM Lucas and Nathan are with the team, explaining the new game plan LUCAS : So, are you with me? PLAYER 1 : So, we're all just gonna sht 3s, coach? LUCAS : For the most part. I mean, I’m not gonna tell you to pass on any open layups, but...yeah. I want you shting the ball within 8 seconds of every possession. Got it? PLAYER 2 : But if we just sh*ting 3s, who's gonna get us the ball? (Quentin enters the gym with Skills) QUENTIN : me. LUCAS : Meet your new point guard. If we're going out, we're going out together, gn blazing. All right, "ravens" on three. QUENTIN : Yeah! LUCAS : One, two, three. TEAM : Ravens! MACY’S APPOINTMENT Brooke is making her presentation. Angie is in the Macy’s employee’s arms BROOKE : So, we've gone over the demos, you've seen what I have planned for the fall line, and you've heard why a partnership with Clothes over bro's would be a perfect fit, but, frankly, I still think there's something missing. And let me tell you what it is... her. (Brooke looks at Angie) BROOKE : Angie represents an underserved but lucrative market, and clothes over bro's is about to unveil a new line to fit that need. (Brooke shows new sketches, for babies) BROOKE : Baby Brooke. The future is now. This exciting new line has all the style and hipness You’ve come to expect from clothes over bro's. It's fun, it's edgy, and every cute baby is gonna drool for it... or on it. (The Macy’s representatives laugh) BROOKE : It's good, huh? I know. Why don't you take five minutes, discuss, and we'll be outside? (Brooke takes Angie) BROOKE : Come here, my angel. Yeah. That's my girl. (And leaves the room) In the hallway BROOKE : Nice work, team. Yeah! MOUTH’S RECORDING STUDIO Mouth is still on air MOUTH : With star player Quentin fields out of action, we'll have to see what coach Lucas Scott has up his sleeve to get the ravens on track. I'm Marvin Mcfadden, and that's sports. We'll be right back after this message. (Mouth and Millicent smile) TREE HILL GYM The Ravens are practicing LUCAS : Let's go! Let's go! 8 seconds! (End of the game) LUCAS : Nice! Nice job, Q. With you at point, this crazy offense might just work. Yes! (Nathan starts leaving) QUENTIN : Hey... hey, coach, can I get a second? LUCAS : Yeah. QUENTIN : Hey, hey, Nate. Hey, hey! Listen... Listen, I, uh... I just wanted to say thanks. NATHAN : It's all good. Hell, it was Jamie's idea anyway. QUENTIN : No, i mean, than f for believing in me. Thanks for showing me the way back. NATHAN : Just do your best, Q. QUENTIN : I'll do you one better. All right? I'll make you a deal. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna work hard, but you need to work hard, too. Okay? For yourself, for Jamie. You know, comeback? NATHAN : Come back sucks,? QUENTIN : Yeah, for now it does, but, look. You saw something in me before I even saw it in myself. Maybe this is that. A couple hours every day, practice, you and me? Huh? NATHAN : Okay. Okay, it's a deal. Just don't call it a comeback. QUENTIN : A'ight. MOUTH’S RECORDING STUDIO Mouth is with Millicent. Jerry comes to see them JERRY : That was some comeback, Mouth. For a while there, we didn't think you were gonna make it. Nice work, buddy. (Jerry leaves) MOUTH : Thank you so much, Millie. I couldn't have done it without you. MILLICENT : I didn't do anything. You did it all. MOUTH : You helped. (Mouth looks at the desk) MOUTH : You want to try it? (Millicent shakes her head, embarrassed) MOUTH : Come on. (Mouth brings her behind the desk. They both seat) MOUTH : All you have to do Is read right off the teleprompter in front of you. Try it. Hey, guys, can you, uh, roll the prompter? (We see the prompter. Millicent starts reading it) MILLICENT : "ending the bulls' run of s w wins with a 101-114 loss." (After a blank) MILLICENT : "thank you, Millie, for believing in me." (After another blank) MILLICENT : "I love you... Marvin." (She looks at Mouth) MILLICENT : You love me? MOUTH : Yeah, I do. I love you, Millicent Huxtable. MILLICENT : I love you, too, Marvin Mcfadden. (They kiss) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley just put Jamie in bed. She kisses him goodnight and see the note Jamie made for Dan HALEY : Look at that, you wrote your thank-you note to grandpa Dan, huh? (Jamie nods) HALEY : Well, let's see what it says. Okay. (Haley starts reading) HALEY : "Dear grandpa Dan, I had..." (Jamie continues by heart) JAMIE : "... the best birthday ever. Thank you for the great jersey. It makes me feel just like my dad when I wear it. I wish you could have been at my party just like you were there to save me. I hope you can come to my next birthday and all the ones after that. I love you. James Lucas Scott, age 5." Do you think he'll like it? HALEY : Oh, I think he's gonna love it! You're a good boy, James Lucas Scott, age 5. I love you very much. Night. (Haley leaves the room with the note) Haley joins Nathan in the kitchen and shows him the note HALEY : What are we gonna do about Jamie and Dan? NATHAN : I don't know. I just can't believe he's dying. I mean, as horrible as he's been, It's hard to imagine him gone for good. HALEY : I know nothing's more important than this family, But if you need closure with your father, I understand. Just be careful. LUCAS‘ HOUSE Lucas is at his desk, working on his novel. He sees Lindsey connected on the chat NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is alone in the kitchen. She put Jamie’s note in the trash THE BEACH HOUSE Someone knocks at Dan’s door. It’s Nathan DAN : Nathan, come in. Would you like a drink? NATHAN : No, thanks. I thought a lot about what you said, and you were right about a lot of things. I know I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have without you pushing me. And if there's one thing I've learned over the past four years, It's that family is important. DAN : You're right, son. Our family is the most important thing NATHAN : No. I mean my family. And you're not part of it anymore. That's what I came here to tell you. DAN : Nathan, please. NATHAN : I'm sorry that you're dying. But you have to know i can never forgive you... Not now, not ever. DAN : So, that's it? You're just gonna make that decision. NATHAN : No, dad. You made that decision for me the moment you pulled that trigger. (Nathan leaves. Dan’s got angry) LINDSEY’S OFFICE Lindsey is in front of her computer and sees a video chat invitation from Lucas LUCAS‘ HOUSE We see that Lindsey declined the invitation on Lucas’ computer BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton is in her bed, finishing Lucas’ script, crying LUCAS (voiceover) : And his world would be whole again, and his belief in god and love and art would be reawakened in his heart. Brooke is over Angie’s crib BROOKE : Thank you for being so good today. We make a pretty good team, me and you. I know this surgery is really scary, but I'm gonna be right here for you every step of the way, okay? We're gonna get through this together. Yeah. (Brooke starts crying) BROOKE : And I know I'm not your real mom, but i could just use a sign or something to let me know I'm doing okay. (Angie smiles) BROOKE : Okay. It's you and me, baby.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x16 - Cryin' Won't Help You Now"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill HALEY : Look at that, you wrote your thank-you note to grandpa Dan, huh? JAMIE : Do you think he'll like it? HALEY : Oh, I think he's gonna love it! DOCTOR : We'll put Angie under a general anesthesia. We'll stop her heart, and then I'll do the repairs. LINDSEY : It's not me that has to make a decision about Lucas. It's you. Go home and read his book. PLAYER 1 : So we're all just gonna sh*t 3s, coach? LUCAS : Yeah, for the most part. PLAYER 2 : Who's gonna get us the ball? QUENTIN : Me. DAN : I need to fix it. I need to fix all of it... You, us. I need that peace before I die. Let me help you with what little time I have left. Don't deny a dying man his last wish. NATHAN : I can never forgive you... Not now, not ever. ONE TREE HILL TREE HILL GYM During a basketball game, Lucas got angry at the referee REFEREE : Out of bout warrior ball. LUCAS : What?! You're kidding me. On the street, that's asault. You're not even gonna call that a foul in here? (Lucas throws the basketball his was holding) THE HOSPITAL Brooke is sitting in the waiting room, crying. Dr Copeland, Angie’s heart surgeon, comes toward Brooke in scrubs COPELAND : Brooke. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan enters his mom’s room and finds her flashing her webcam NATHAN : Hey, mom? Oh! OUTSIDE CLOTHES OVER BROS Dan is walking, reading his newspaper when a water balloon falls in front of him IN THE STREET We see Jamie walking alone EIGHTEEN HOURS EARLIER BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Peyton is sleeping. The phone rings and the answering machine start running WOMEN (on the phone) : Hi, I'm calling from dr. Copeland's office for Brooke Davis. (Peyton starts waking up) WOMEN (on the phone) : Brooke, it's urgent that you call us... (Peyton picks up) PEYTON : Hello? Uh-Huh. Yeah, no, sure, just...Brooke! It's Angie's surgery! THE HOSPITAL Brooke and Peyton arrive at the hospital with Angie PEYTON : Okay, tell me again why Angie's surgery is so last-Minute. BROOKE : 'Cause it's all done on a volunteer basis. Surgeons donate their services, so it depends on when they have an opening and the right medical and everything. I just didn't think it was gonna be today. PEYTON : Well, what can I do? BROOKE : You're doing it. Thank you. But would you mind calling Lucas for me? He's just gotten so attached to Angie, and I think he's gonna want to know. PEYTON : Yeah. Sure. I'll be back. BROOKE : Okay. (Peyton leaves and Brooke goes see the clerk) BROOKE : Hey, come on. THE APARTMENT Lucas enters Skills’ room, who is in front of his computer LUCAS : Hey, coach. SKILLS : Hey. Uh, thanks for the coffee. What's up, man? LUCAS : Uh, you know, I was thinking maybe we could go over tonight's game plan one more time. SKILLS : Look, it's gonna work, bro. And if it don’t, they'll just fre the head coach and hire me, right? Win-Win. (Both laugh) SKILLS : So, what else is bothering you? LUCAS : Nothing. Why? SKILLS : 'Cause you got that "something else is bothering me" look. Come on, keep it real. Talk to your boy. LUCAS : Nothing just... I haven't heard from Lindsey in a while, you know, maybe a week, and I... I mean, it's one thing for her to give me the key back, but... I mean, she's still editing my book. I think she's ducking me. SKILLS : Nah, she's ain't ducking you, bro. She's probably just busy. LUCAS : Yeah. I just wish she'd call, you know? SKILLS : It'll be okay, but until then, you know what heals a broken heart more than anything? LUCAS : Hmm? SKILLS : Bacon. Smell that? Thank god for Millicent. Come on, man. (They both leave the room) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is in his bed, Nathan comes in NATHAN : Knock, knock. JAMIE : Who's there? NATHAN : A dad who's gonna leave without you don’t if drag y bone out of bed. JAMIE : No, it's okay. I'm ready. (Jamie stand up, all dress already) NATHAN : I can see that. JAMIE : Hey daddy, knock, knock. NATHAN : Who's there? JAMIE : Ya. NATHAN : Ya, who? JAMIE : Yahoo! There's a ravens game tonight NATHAN : That’s right, so we gotta get going, come on JAMIE : Okay, I just got to get my cape. (Jamie grabs his cape and they leave) THE HOSPITAL Brooke is holding Angie. Dr Copeland arrives COPELAND : Brooke. BROOKE : Hi. Big day huh COPELAND : How you holding up? BROOKE : Nervous. Please tell me you're not... You're not nervous. COPELAND : She's gonna do great, okay? So are you. (A nurse joins them) NURSE : Dr. Copeland, we're all set COPELAND : Okay, this is gonna take a little while, but as soon as I'm done, I will come out and let you know, okay? BROOKE : Okay. COPELAND : Nurse lee is gonna take Angie now. BROOKE : Okay. BROOKE (to Angie) : Hey. Hey, sweet girl. The nice nurse is gonna take you for your surgery now, okay? But nothing is gonna happen to you. (Brooke starts crying) BROOKE (to Angie) : I promise, okay? They're just gonna take you and make you better. You're gonna be better, ok? (Brooke gives Angie to the nurse and all three starts leaving) BROOKE : Dr. Copeland. What's your name? Your first name? COPELAND : Just try to relax, Brooke, okay? She's in good hands. BROOKE : Okay. THE RIVERWALK Nathan is hauling Jamie who’s on his scooter JAMIE : How you doing, dad? NATHAN : Hanging in there. JAMIE : Good 'cause it feel like we kind of slowed down. NATHAN : Nah, we're good. (Nathan stops in front of a hill) JAMIE : Maybe we should turn around and go back. NATHAN : Why? You don't think I can make it up this hill? JAMIE : I'm not supposed to lie, right? NATHAN : Watch your old man work. (Nathan starts running again) JAMIE : Come on dad! You can do it! Mush! THE RIVERCOURT Jamie and Nathan arrive there JAMIE : We made it halfway up... Well, almost halfway. NATHAN : I don't know, James. I've got a long way to go if I'm ever gonna play basketball again. I keep trying to do the things I used to do and my body's just telling me I can't. JAMIE : I think you can. NATHAN : Thanks, buddy. JAMIE : You want to borrow my cape? NATHAN : Yeah, you know what I think I might need it. (Jamie gives his cape to Nathan who put it on) NATHAN : All right, thank you. You know what else I'm gonna need? That scooter! (Nathan grabs it) JAMIE : Hey! You get back here. THE HOSPITAL Brooke and Peyton are in the waiting room. Brooke is nervous BROOKE : How long's it been? PEYTON : About an hour. BROOKE : You said that last time I asked PEYTON : I know, honey. You asked like 30 seconds ago. BROOKE : Sorry. PEYTON : It's okay. Hey, I know you're nervous. She's gonna be fine. BROOKE : Yeah. You should get going PEYTON : Mnh-Mnh. I'm good. BROOKE : Peyton, I know you have a big day today. PEYTON : Okay. Well, then, tomorrow will just be a bigger day. BROOKE : I don't even know his first name. Dr. Copeland. I hope it's something nice... Not like a last name for a first name... You know, like "Monroe"... or "Madison." PEYTON : Lucas. BROOKE (laughing) : Yeah, really. PEYTON : No, I mean Lucas is here. BROOKE : Oh. LUCAS : Brooke I... I’m so sorry. I left my cellphone at home. How's she doing? BROOKE : I don't know. They... They said it was gonna take a while and that they'd let me know as soon as she was out of surgery LUCAS : Okay, well, then, uh... I'll just wait here with you if that's okay. BROOKE : Yeah, thanks. I'd like that... Considering Peyton has to go. PEYTON : Brooke, I... BROOKE : P. Sawyer, I love you, but I know your day's insane, and... I will feel better if at least one of us getting something done besides waiting, so... Please? For me PEYTON : All right, you call me first thing. BROOKE : I will. (They hug) BROOKE : Thank you. LUCAS : Bye, Peyton. PEYTON : Bye, Luke. (Peyton leaves, Lucas and Brooke sit together) While Peyton is in the hallway, she walks by another room where Dan is with his doctor, but she doesn’t see him DOCTOR : Over the next couple of months, you're gonna start to feel sluggish. It's important not to push it. There is some good news, though. DAN : What? I've got seven months to live instead of six? DOCTOR : ‘cause your physical size and blood type you're number two on the donor recipient list for a compatible heart. Wear this pager with you 24 hours a day. If a heart becomes available, we'll have about six hours to place it. DAN : Number two, huh? What's it gonna cost for me to get to number one? DOCTOR : Well, I'm pretty certain reverend Carter isn't willing barter with his life. He's in pretty bad shape. Good man, too. DAN : Good man? What's that supposed to mean... "Good man"? DOCTOR : We're not allowed to discriminate when it comes to saving lives, Dan. If the heart fits, my job is to place it into whoever needs it. DAN : Oh, I see. It doesn't matter if they're miracle workers or mrder. RED BEDROOM STUDIO Haley is putting a picture of Nathan and Jamie on the piano. Peyton arrives. PEYTON : Hey, sorry. HALEY : It's okay. How's Brooke? PEYTON : Um, scared to death but trying to be brave. HALEY : I feel like I should go by and see her. PEYTON : No, no, no, I already told you, you are under strict orders not to go anywhere until you have recorded at least one song. HALEY : All right, fine. Even in a crisis she is bossy (We hear a voice from a microphone) MIA : Maybe I just don't like Peyton. (Mia is in the booth) MIA : Oh, damn. Was that talkback on again? (Haley and Peyton laugh, happy to see her) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan and Jamie come home. Nathan is exhausted. They both finish a bottle of juice in the kitchen NATHAN : You want to take care of that for me, baller? (Nathan gives his bottle to Jamie) JAMIE : Grandma... Uh, I mean, nanny Deb will do it. NATHAN : Dude, nanny Deb is not your maid. JAMIE : Actually, she kind of is. NATHAN : Well, you can still pick up after yourself Recycling... Now, you little knucklehead. (Nathan leaves; Jamie goes to the trash and sees his drawing inside) RED BEDROOM STUDIO Mia comes out of the booth to hug Haley MIA : This is so great, you guys. Look at you go, Peyton. PEYTON : Me? Look at you . You've sold nearly 100,000 copies, dude. MIA : Well, hey, man, that's you and Haley and that creepy label guy from LA. That you have some sort of weird sexual tension with. PEYTON : Ew. No, I don't. MIA : You kind of do. HALEY : What about you, rock star? You got any flings we can scold you about while secretly wanting to hear more? MIA : No, you know how it is, Haley. It's a different city every night and press in the morning. I can't even imagine having a date, let alone an actual relationship. (Haley seems sad and nostalgic) PEYTON : Uh, well, you have plenty of time for boys. You are, what, like 18 years old? Oh, speaking of... Do you want to do a psa for rock the vote? MIA : Hell, yes. That's so cool. PEYTON : All right, cool. We'll set it up. Come here (Peyton gives Mia a hug) PEYTON : It’s really good to see you, buddy MIA : You, too. PEYTON : You coming, Haley? HALEY : Yeah, I'll... I'll be right there. PEYTON : Okay. (Peyton and Mia leave. Haley sighs and looks at the picture of Nathan and Jamie) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Deb is in a bedroom, in front of a computer, laughing. DEB : Oh, you naughty man. (She takes of her shirt and flashes the webcam. Nathan enters. It’s the same scene as the beginning of the episode) NATHAN : Hey, mom. Oh! Damn it, mom! (Nathan leaves the room) DEB : Doesn't anyone knock around here? Deb and Nathan are in the kitchen NATHAN : Geez. Geez, mom, what if Jamie had walked in? DEB : I thought the door was locked. Besides, you said you were going for a run. NATHAN : Well, Jamie got tired. DEB : Hmm NATHAN : Okay, fine, I got tired, but that's not the point, mom. What were you doing? DEB : I met someone online. NATHAN : Ugh. Who? DEB : I don't know exactly. We've never seen each other. Well, he's seen parts of me, but... NATHAN : Stop, okay? Mom, you're chatting with some stranger on the internet. DEB : He's very romantic. He's sensual. We're arranging to meet soon. NATHAN : Come on, mom. This is just weird. DEB : What is so weird about it? NATHAN : You don't think it's weird that you're hiding in my spare bedroom flashing some webcam? DEB : I wasn't hiding. Besides, all those times you locked yourself in the bathroom when you were 12? NATHAN : Okay, stop. DEB : I knew what you were doing. NATHAN : Mom. DEB : You were in there all the time. (After a blank) DEB : Where is Jamie, anyway? NATHAN : I don't know. I guess I lost track of him when you blinded me. Ugh. Jamie! (Nathan starts looking for him) IN THE STREET Jamie is walking alone, holding his letter to Dan, as in the beginning of the episode. Haley passes by him in her car HALEY : Jamie. James Lucas Scott, what are you doing out on the street alone? (Jamie doesn’t answer, just shows her the letter) HALEY : Come on, get in (Jamie goes in the car) THE HOSPITAL Brooke and Lucas are still in the waiting room BROOKE (emotional) : I never told her I love her. I just... I never said it. LUCAS : Look, I'm sure when Angie's in your arms, she knows it. Most of time, love doesn't really need words, you know? BROOKE : Yeah. LUCAS : So, um, what's going on with you and Owen? BROOKE : Nothing, apparently. What's going on with you and Lindsey? LUCAS : Nothing, apparently. I don't know. We... haven't spoken for over a week. She hasn't returned my calls. BROOKE : That sucks, Luke. I'm sorry. You should get out of here. You've got that game tonight. LUCAS : I'm okay for a little while longer. BROOKE : Okay. LUCAS : I'll go get us some coffees. (Lucas starts to leave) BROOKE : She'll be in touch. Lindsey. I wouldn't read too much into it. LUCAS : Yeah. I'm okay for a little while longer. OUTSIDE, IN A PLAYGROUND Haley is with Jamie, lying down HALEY : I'm sorry that I didn't mail your card to your grandfather. I was just trying to protect you, buddy. God. You might be mad at me for that, or you might not understand it but... Dan is a bad person. I'm sorry, buddy. JAMIE : I just wanted him to know that he still had a friend, everyone should have a friend. (They look at the sky) JAMIE : That big cloud looks like a sheep dog. HALEY : I kinda think it looks like cotton candy. JAMIE : You shouldn’t lie to me mama. HALEY : I know, buddy. I'm sorry. You're right. I promise I will try to explain things better from now on? Okay. JAMIE : Ok HALEY : Oh I love you, son. JAMIE : I know. I love you, too. THE HOSPITAL Lucas hasn’t come back yet. Brooke is crying. Dr Copeland comes to see her, in scrubs. It’s the same scene at the beginning of the episode COPELAND : Brooke... (After a blank) COPELAND : ...the operation went very smoothly. Angie BROOKE : Is she gonna be okay? COPELAND : She's in recovery now. We are assisting her breathing, but she's sab, and all indications are she's gonna be just fine. BROOKE : Thank you. (Brooke is still crying, Lucas comes back) LUCAS (scared) : Brooke? BROOKE : She's gonna be okay. (Lucas comes to take Brooke in his arms. Dr Copeland starts to leave) BROOKE : Dr. Copeland... Thank you for fixing her. COPELAND : You’re welcome. You too. PEYTON’S OFFICE Mia is recording a commercial MIA (to the camera) : This year was a year of firsts for me... First tour bus, first single on the radio, and the first time that I got to vote, and that pretty much rocked. People tell that my voice is a gift. Well, so is yours so use it, let it be heard, and rock the vote. CAMERAMAN : You were perfect. And, by the way, great album. MIA : Thanks PEYTON : Thanks, guys (The cameraman and his assistant leave) PEYTON : So, speaking of tour buses, stay with me now... The starburst thursday night concert series. MIA : The starburst thursday night concert series, which is what? (Peyton gives her a starburst) PEYTON : Which is a summer tour at six flags. It's cool. They've got a lot of really good bands and I figured... MIA : I love starburst, and I love roller coasters. PEYTON : Exactly. It is very you. MIA : Sounds awesome. What color you want? PEYTON : Orange. (Mia gives her an orange candy) MIA : I’m going red (Peyton’s cellphone rings) PEYTON (on the phone) : Hey Millicent... What? Yeah, no, I'll be right there. CLOTHES OVER BROS Peyton arrives at the store. Then we see her on the roof, where Haley is, near the edge, with a water balloon in her hand PEYTON : Haley, don't do it! You've got too much to live for! Dude, Millicent calls says you're depressed-looking, you're headed to the roof. I get all freaked out. What's going on, foxy? HALEY : I found my 5-Year-Old son walking alone on the street today. You know why? 'Cause I lied to him. (After a blank) HALEY : I'm worried I'm wasting your time with this record, Peyton. PEYTON : No, Haley, the record's gonna be great. HALEY : Well, I hope so, but what about after that? Mia said that her life is so nomadic that she can't even imagine having a family, a let alone a serious relationship. I have a husband and a son who need me, and a classroom full of students. PEYTON : Okay, Haley, it's not wrong for you to want what you want, and you’re not Mia. HALEY : But I used to be. Do you remember how hard that was on my relationship? PEYTON : All right, so this time it won't be. This time you'll do it differently. And this time I'll help you. (After a blank) PEYTON : I like your water balloon. (They both chuckle) HALEY : Yeah, Lucas and I used to come up here and throw some off the roof on a bad day. PEYTON : What? On who? HALEY : Little kids, mean people, you know. You'd be surprised at how good it makes you feel. PEYTON : Well, speaking of mean people... (They both look down to the street and see Dan grabbing a news paper) HALEY : We were just kids then, right PEYTON : Yes, you’re too mature to be doing that stuff now... But I'm not. (Peyton grabs the water balloon and throws it. We see the same seen as the beginning of the episode) (Peyton and Haley hide) HALEY : Dude, the guy’s gonna have a heart transplant. He's gonna drop dad. PEYTON : You didn't tell me that! But you were right it really really was fun. (They both laugh) HALEY : Oh my god. MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth enters the recording studio and comes toward his boss. MOUTH : You wanted to see me, sir? HIS BOSS : I hear the ravens might be playing Quentin Fields tonight, broken wrist and all. MOUTH : I think so. Should be a big game. HIS BOSS : So grab a camera and go get me a story. MOUTH : Really? I mean, thank you, sir. (Mouth starts leaving) HIS BOSS : Uh, Marvin... We've decided give you a sht here. Don't let us down. MOUTH : I won't. You can count on me. TREE HILL GYM The Ravens game starts OPPONENT COACH : Hey, Scott. You really gonna play a kid with one hand against the best backcourt in the conference? (He doesn’t answer) LUCAS (yelling) : All right, Q let's go. Push it OPPONENT COACH : Let's go, let's go! LUCAS (yelling) : Full-Court press! (We see Mouth recording) LUCAS (yelling) : Pick them up on defense! OPPONENT COACH : Come on, now. They can't defend us full-Court. Let's go! Let's go, let's go, let's go! (Haley arrives at the game, sees Dan on the other side, who noticed and backed off) LUCAS (yelling) : Yes! "D" up! Full-Court! Go, go, go OPPONENT COACH : You can’t keep this up for long. (The other team score, Lucas sits) OPPONENT COACH : There .right there right there. I told you. I told you. LUCAS : Subs. (All the other Ravens player are getting ready) OPPONENT COACH : What is this, hockey? LUCAS : No, it's your worst nightmare. MOUTH (to himself, taking notes) : Check the records for 3-Point field goals attempted and made in a half. (The Ravens play well and score a lot) NATHAN : 10 seconds. 10 seconds. OPPONENT COACH : Defense! Defense! Come on, defense! (The Ravens score on the buzz. It’s half game. They all start leaving the field) NATHAN : "Q," how you doing? QUENTIN : Man, who came up with this crazy plan anyway? (Jamie is acting like "I don’t know") QUENTIN (to Jamie) : 'Cause I like it. In the locker room, Jamie is distributing towels JAMIE : Good game, gentlemen. SKILLS : Let's go, fellas. ‘cause we’re half way there baby. JAMIE : Yeah, team, keep it up. NATHAN : Yeah, what he said. "Q," great half. Strong play. SKILLS : Let's go, baby. We can win this. NATHAN : You guys one more half. COACH OFFICE During half game, Lucas is alone at his desk. The phone rings LUCAS (on the phone) : Lindsey. Hi No, I mean, I'm at halftime of a game, but... I'm just so glad you called. I was beginning to worry... Yeah, we're... We're up by 7. Oh, I miss you so much. (Lucas is changing his face, looking worried or angry) LUCAS (on the phone): Oh. TREE HILL GYM The second half has started LUCAS (yelling, angry) : Come on, defense, move your feet!.. Damn it "Q", cut off the baseline (Skills seems surprised by Lucas coaching) LUCAS (yelling, angry) : "Q", you got to get there! (Quentin seems really exhausted) QUENTIN : Coach, I can barely breathe right now. LUCAS : Yeah, well, pick it up, or I'll find someone that wants to play! SKILLS : Luke... LUCAS : Unbelievable. Time-Out! (All the players come around Lucas) LUCAS (angry) : All right, look. I know you're tired, okay? But nothing in this life comes easy, you hear me? Nothing. So suck it up. Now, we got 3 minutes left, and we're up by 9 points. Finish it! You hear me? We are not gonna lose this game. QUENTIN : "Ravens" on three. LUCAS : No. "Bear creek sucks." 1, 2, 3... ALL TEAM : Bear creek sucks! (On the other side, the other team) OPPONENT COACH : You hear that? They're taunting you. And they're right. Their point guard only has one hand. PLAYER : Yeah, but it's a good hand, coach. OPPONENT COACH : All right, then, here's what we're gonna do. Whenever he gets the ball, you foul him. He'll either miss his free throws... or we'll break his other hand. All right, let’s go "four-nine" on three. 1, 2, 3... ALL TEAM : Four-Nine! (The game starts again and one of the Bear push Quentin) LUCAS : Ref, that's flagrant REFEREE : No, sir. It's one and one. SKILLS : Hey, they're playing hack-A-Shaq. They gonna send "Q" to the line and make him sht left-handed free throws. LUCAS (to the opponent coach) : Real nice. LUCAS : Come on, "Q." (Quentin makes his first free throw) NATHAN : Nice shting, "Q." SKILLS : Let's go, baby. One more. (Quentin makes the second one) OPPONENT COACH : Ronnie, come here. Take out that wrist, Ronnie. RONNIE : I got it. (Ronnie hits Quentin in his wrist) REFEREE : Out of bounds. Warrior ball. LUCAS : What?! You're kidding me. On the street, that's asault. You're not even gonna call that a foul in here? (It’s the same scene as the beginning of the episode) REFEREE : Technical foul. LUCAS : Oh, you're gonna "t" me. You blow the call, and you're gonna "t" me up?! REFEREE : You're gonna get tossed, son. RONNIE : You need to throw his dumb ass out. (Lucas grabs Ronnie and starts a fight) LUCAS : How do you like it, punk? NATHAN : Jamie, you stay here with Mouth. REFEREE : You’re ejected, coach (Nathan grabs Lucas and they leave the field) Lucas and Nathan enters the locker room. Lucas is really angry NATHAN : Luke, what the hell happened? LUCAS : That kid intentionally tried to hurt "Q," and you saw it. NATHAN : I know, but, Luke, you grabbed him, man. LUCAS : I should have knocked him out! God! (Lucas sits, trying to calm down) NATHAN : This is really bad, Luke. (After a blank) LUCAS : She's seeing someone else. Lindsey. She called at halftime... I can't believe it. She's supposed to come back to me. NATHAN : Luke, I know you don't want hear this, but... What if she doesn't? What if she's not going to? You can't wait around forever. Maybe it's... Maybe it's time to move on. (Lucas stands up) LUCAS : She's supposed to come back. (He leaves the room. Mouth enters, holding his camera off and looks at Nathan) THE HOSPITAL Brooke is at Angie’s side. Lucas walks in BROOKE : Hi. Did you win? LUCAS : I don't know. BROOKE : What? LUCAS : How's Angie? BROOKE : She's stronger than I am. She's breathing on her own. They said she's doing great. LUCAS : That's good. That's really good, Brooke. BROOKE : Listen, I appreciate that you came by, but... They said I’m the only one who’s allowed to be in here after hours. LUCAS : That's okay. I, um... Lindsey called. BROOKE : See? That's great, Luke. You thought she was avoiding you. LUCAS : Yeah. Well... I'll see you. (Lucas starts leaving) BROOKE : Hey, what do you mean you don't know if you won or not tonight? LUCAS : I meant I don't know if the team won. But I lost. I know that for sure. PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is with Mia MIA : So, am I allowed to ask what's going on with you and Lucas or is that kind of saying "voldemort" PEYTON : There's really not much to say, you know? It's not the easiest thing in the world for him to talk about. MIA : Well, you know what works? Get him drunk. PEYTON : Oh, says the 18-Year-Old. MIA : I'm just saying. You know how it is... Guys always tell the truth when they're wasted. PEYTON : Says the 18-Year-Old. INSIDE CLUB TRIC Lucas is at the bar, getting drunk. His phone rings. He looks at it but doesn’t answer. INSIDE TREE HILL HIGH Haley is with Jamie in the hallway JAMIE : How come uncle Lucas was so mad, mama? The ravens won the game. HALEY : I don't know, jim-Bob. Uncle Lucas won't call me back. JAMIE : Hey, look, there's grandpa. (Dan arrives in the hallway. After a blank) HALEY : I have an idea. (Haley takes Jamie’s card in her bag) HALEY : Why don't you go give your card to your grandpa? (Jamie takes it and runs toward Dan) JAMIE : Grandpa Dan... (Jamie gives him the card and hugs him) DAN : You're my best friend. Thank you. (Jamie goes back to Haley) HALEY : Go see your pop, okay? (Jamie leaves) DAN : Thank you, Haley. HALEY : That wasn't for you. That was for him. MOUTH’S OFFICE In the recording studio, Mouth’s boss is talking with an employee EMPLOYEE : It's a big story, bill. We could lead with this. (Mouth arrives) HIS BOSS : Yeah. Marvin. Tell me you got some great footage of Lucas Scott grabbing that kid. MOUTH : I, uh... I didn't get it. I'm sorry. HIS BOSS : I'm sorry, too. EMPLOYEE : I told you he wasn't ready. RED BEDROOM STUDIO Mia is playing PEYTON : Hey. Are you sure you don't want me to stay? MIA : I want to surprise you. Besides, this way, in the morning, It'll be like the cover-Song elves were here. PEYTON : Okay, but just call if you need anything, okay? MIA : Yeah. PEYTON : Mia? You had day today with, you know, the starburst tour and rock the vote. And I really want you to know that I'm so proud of you. (Peyton starts leaving) MIA : Peyton... Thank you. PEYTON : For what? MIA : For my life. I love it. PEYTON : Mia, your songs were always great. You were always great. I just pointed people towards the greatness. Sing good, rock star. (Peyton leaves) INSIDE CLUB TRIC Lucas is sleeping on the counter. We see Peyton coming out of her office. She comes to see Lucas PEYTON : Luke! Hey. (He barely wakes up) PEYTON : Luke. Come on. (She grabs him and takes him home) PEYTON : Come on. Come on. RED BEDROOM STUDIO Haley arrives at the studio. She sits at the piano. Mia arrives too MIA : Hey, what are you doing here so late? HALEY : Hey. I'm not exactly sure, actually. I'm really happy for you, Mia... All your success. It's just... I think maybe I'm also a little jealous. MIA : Really? HALEY : Yeah. MIA : That's so weird. I'm jealous of you. Yeah. It's like I look at you and think, "If, four years from now, I have this great guy and a beautiful son and I'm about to make what’s gonna be an amazing record, I'm gonna consider myself really damn lucky." HALEY : Thank you. Now I know why I came here. INSIDE CLUB TRIC Deb arrives at the club DEB (to herself) : Okay, look for the rose. (We see someone who’s holding a red rose. Deb comes to see him. DEB : Nobookert? (The guy turns around. It(s Skills) SKILLS : Debutanteball? DEB : Antwon. Oh, no. SKILLS : Oh, yeah. DEB : You said you were older. SKILLS : Hey, you said you was younger. DEB : Well, I...I showed you... things. SKILLS : Yes, you did. Mm-Mm-Mmm. DEB : Okay, this is really awkward. I mean, obviously, nothing can happen here, I mean, because it can't. SKILLS : You right. Nothing can happen. DEB : Nothing. SKILLS : Absolutely nothing. THE APARTMENT In Skills' bedroom. Skills and Deb are making out DEB : Oh, what's one night between two consenting adults, right? (Skills unbuttons her shirt) DEB : Oh. SKILLS : Maybe one night and the next morning. DEB : Oh, my! Oh! TREE HILL GYM After the game, Nathan, Quentin and Jamie are about to leave QUENTIN : It's gonna be bad for coach, isn't it? NATHAN : Yeah. It's already bad. MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth is watching the tape he made, with Lucas’ fight. He takes the tape and destroys it NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is coming home JAMIE : Hi, mama. Everything okay? HALEY : Hey, buddy. (She takes Jamie in her arms) HALEY : Everything is perfect baby. You look so handsome. NATHAN : Hey, you. HALEY : Hi, baby. NATHAN : Ah. THE HOSPITAL Brooke is still at Angie’s side. Dr Copeland comes to check on her COPELAND : Hey. BROOKE : Hi. COPELAND : You should get some sleep. BROOKE : Nah, I want to be here when she opens her eyes. COPELAND : It's a pretty great feeling, isn't it? It's why I became a surgeon. BROOKE : Why is that? COPELAND : To give people their lives back. She'll recover and you'll send her back to her parents, but... The day she gets accepted to college, she'll have you to thank. The day she gets married, becomes something great, has children of her own, she'll think, "Brooke Davis got me here. She gave me this." BROOKE : And Dr. Copeland, too. COPELAND : It's Ethan, by the way... My first name. BROOKE : Thank you, Ethan. COPELAND : You're welcome, Brooke. (Dr Copeland leaves) In another room, Dan is at reverend Carter bedside DAN : That’s right. You are in bad shape. (A nurse enters) NURSE : Excuse it's after hours. Are you a relative of reverend carter? DAN : Not a relative, no. But he's number one on my list. LUCAS’ HOUSE Lucas is in bed, sleeping, undressed. Peyton put a blanket over him and sits beside him PEYTON : Oh, Luke. I'm so sorry. I didn't want this for you. (She kisses him on the forehead and starts leaving) LUCAS : Peyton... I hate you. PEYTON : What? LUCAS : I wish you never came back. You ruined my life. (Peyton starts crying and leaves)	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x17 - Hate is Safer Than Love"}	foreverdreaming
RED BEDROM RECORD Jamie is sitting at the piano singing "I don’t want to be" with David Degraw himself besides him DAVID : Let me take this part. (David Degraw sings alone) DAVID : You're a cute kid. JAMIE : Thank you. DAVID : You're welcome. OUTSIDE LUCAS’ HOUSE We see news papers throw at his door. Few days has passed INSIDE CLUB TRIC We see Lucas drinking in different clothes. IN THE STREET We see water balloons throw everywhere IN THE HOSPITAL Dan is at Reverend Carter bedside BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is looking at a board that says Angie has 8 more days with her. Then she goes play with her BROOKE : Hey, you. Whatcha got there? What's that? THE APARTMENT We see Deb sneaking out of Skills’ bedroom MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth’s boss is disregarding him NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Haley is waking up and finds Chester besides her instead of Nathan TREE HILL GYM Nathan is practicing alone NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie is standing in front of the pool OUTSIDE CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent arrives at work, avoiding water balloons, and looks at the roof before entering the store. She seems annoyed. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Jamie is in front of Lucas who’s still asleep, with a pillow over his head JAMIE : I think you drink too much. LUCAS : I think you're right. NATHAN : Damn. Think somebody got thrown through a plate-Glass window. Dude, it seriously smells like ass in here. JAMIE : And rotten cheese. LUCAS : Go away. JAMIE : Ew, and bad breath. LUCAS : I said, "go away." (Lucas throws away the pillow and we find out that he has a mohawk) JAMIE : Ho... NATHAN : Holy crap. LUCAS : What? NATHAN : Have you seen your head? LUCAS : Not lately. NATHAN : You have a mohawk. LUCAS : I do? (Jamie jumps on the bed and plays with Lucas’ mohawk) JAMIE : Awesome. Can I get one, daddy? NATHAN : Sure, if you want to look goofy like your uncle Lucas. JAMIE : Kind of like he has a tail... just on his head. NATHAN : Jamie, why don't you go get Luke a bottle of water, huh? JAMIE : Okay. (Jamie leaves the room) NATHAN : I thought we were gonna see you at that school-Board hearing. LUCAS : Yeah. NATHAN : They suspended you, Luke. 10 games. LUCAS : There's only 11 left. NATHAN : Not for you. (Jamie comes back with the bottle) JAMIE : Here you go! NATHAN : All right, Jamie. Let's get going. JAMIE : Okay. Bye, uncle Lucas. Cool hair. (Jamie goes outside) NATHAN (to Jamie) : Wait for me right there, okay? (Nathan closes the door) NATHAN : Look, Luke... I know from experience whatever answers you're looking for... You're not gonna find them like this... Trust me. I know it sucks that Lindsey's dating, And it sucks that you grabbed that player, but don't make it worse. The darkness doesn't have any answers, Luke. BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is in bikini, ready to go to the beach with Angie BROOKE : Okay, you silly rabbit. We're going to the beach. Yes, we are. Just me and my funny bunny. Did you hear that? Did you hear what I called you? Did you hear what mama... (Brooke stops, surprised by what she’s just said. Then the phone rings) BROOKE (on the phone) : Hello? Yes, this is she. But... there must be some mistake. She has eight days left... But she's recovering from surgery, so... No, I understand... Okay. Bye-Bye. (Brooke hangs up) BROOKE (to Angie) : They want you to go home today. But that can't happen. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is looking at his mohawk in the mirror when Haley walks in HALEY : Oh, well, well. What...what is all this LUCAS : Not sure. HALEY : I would laugh if this whole thing wasn't such a mess. LUCAS : What whole mess? HALEY : You, your head... All of it. You and I are going for a drive. But, first, we're gonna fix the ferret above your face. LUCAS : Why? HALEY : We're taking a drive because I'm your best friend and you need me. And we are fixing your... Very punk-Rock haircut because I have a 5-Year-Old son who unfortunately wants to look just like his uncle Lucas. (Lucas sits on the chair and Haley starts shaving his head) NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan and Jamie are watching a basketball game on TV. Jamie has a mohawk too JAMIE : So, how's the comeback going? NATHAN : It's not a comeback. JAMIE : Quentin says it is. NATHAN : Quentin's wrong. And, by the way, nobody's sporting the faux hawk anymore, dude. JAMIE : I'm bringing it back. (Jamie makes a sh*t in his small hoop with rolled-up socks) JAMIE : So, what team do you think you're gonna play for in the NBA? NATHAN : Jamie, come here... I know you're really excited about this, but... I'm probably never gonna play in the NBA. JAMIE : Sure, you will. NATHAN : Geez, kiddo. You're playing with rolled-Up socks? What happened to your ball? JAMIE : I lost it... I got to go feed Chester (Jamie leaves) INSIDE LUCAS’ CAR Haley is with Lucas, who’s driving. HALEY : I got to ask you something. Did you tell Peyton that you hated her? LUCAS : Maybe. I was a little wasted. HALEY : Luke, you can be such a jackass sometimes. She is in love with you. You probably broke her heart. LUCAS : Oh, I didn't break her heart. You're being dramatic. HALEY : I'm being dramatic. Stop here. LUCAS : The light's green. HALEY : Just stop. LUCAS : All right. We're sitting at a green light. Now what? (People starts honking) HALEY : Just wait for it. LUCAS : Haley, the light's green! Wait for what?! (At this time, a red water balloon smashed the windshield) HALEY : Kind of like Peyton's heart, don't you think? I'll be right back. You shouldn't stay here. (Haley leaves the car) LUCAS : Okay. THE ROOF OF CLOTHES OVER BROS Peyton is looking at the street, Haley arrives. HALEY : Hey. PEYTON : You said it made you feel better. HALEY : It's gonna be okay. Haley is alone, taking their predictions from the wall. When she’s done, Lucas arrives. HALEY : All right. All clear, you goof. LUCAS : No Peyton? HALEY : No. You need to apologize to her. LUCAS : Hey, remember all the water-Balloon battles we used to have up here? HALEY : Don't change the subject. Actually, now that you mention it, it was junior year, the boy-Toy auction. We had that water-Balloon fight up here, and you saw my tattoo of Nathan's jersey number for the first time. LUCAS : You mean your slutty little tramp stamp. HALEY : I am so barely your friend right now. LUCAS : Sorry. HALEY : The point is, I was so scared that night. I was falling in love for the first time, and I was so unsure. But I did it. And while it hasn't been easy, it has been everything. (After a blank) HALEY : We're not kids anymore, Luke. You know... It really hurts me to watch what you're doing. LUCAS : Lindsey said no, Hales, I said yes. HALEY : Don't give me that, Luke. I'm being honest with you right now, and you need to be honest with yourself. What do you want? If Lindsey's the girl that you're in love with, great. If it's Peyton, great. If it's Brooke, just please... Stop hiding your heart... I mean it. (Haley leaves him alone) MOUTH’S OFFICE Millicent comes to see Mouth MILLICENT : Hi. How's your day? MOUTH : Well, I cleaned the bathroom, washed the news van, returned some shoes for the weather lady because apparently the straps cut into her "cankles," and they hired a new sports guy... Steve. MILLICENT : How about I buy you some lunch? Come on. THE HOSPITAL Dan arrives with flowers in Reverend Carter’s room, who’s unconscious DAN : Reverend Howard Carter. I did a little research. Man of faith, lived a good life. Tough run, though. Diabetes, stroke. You know, it's not exactly benevolent of you to lie there and take a heart that could be put to better use. In fact, it's really quite selfish. Don't you agree? (Dan grabs his head and makes him nod) DAN : "Yeah, I agree. Yes, I do." (A nurse enters the room) NURSE : Morning. DAN : Good morning. The reverend was looking a little uncomfortable. NURSE : Would you like to give him this pillow? DAN : Actually... I just might. NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan is watching by the terrace door. Deb comes home discreetly behind him NATHAN : Hey, look. It's my mom doing the walk of shame. Maybe we should hire a nanny for you. Out with a guy you met on a prn site. DEB : Not prn... Erotica. (Deb goes to her room and Nathan goes outside, where he finds Jamie’s ball, inside the pool) Nathan comes to see Jamie in his room, who’s with Chester NATHAN : Hey, buddy. Thought you might want to go for a swim. JAMIE : No, thanks. NATHAN : It's been a while. I don't think I've seen you in the pool since your accident. JAMIE : It's okay. I have to feed Chester. NATHAN : Jamie, are you afraid? JAMIE : No. I just don't want to. NATHAN : Are you sure? It might be fun. JAMIE : No, thank you. (Nathan puts Jamie’s ball on his bed before leaving) DR COPELAND’S OFFICE Dr Copeland examines Angie COPELAND : Well, I think I found the problem. BROOKE : You did? COPELAND : Yes. Uh, you have an incredibly cute baby here, and you don't want to send her home. BROOKE : But are you sure she's well enough? COPELAND : Brooke, Angie's tough days are over, okay? And she was very brave about them. It's time for you to be brave. BROOKE : But I was supposed to have eight more days with her. We were supposed to go to the beach. COPELAND : Well, that's how the program works. They take the first flight available. Anyway, look, um... When the silence sets in... And it will... Be proud of this. Okay? You've done a great thing here, Brooke. But it's time for Angie to go home... Today. BROOKE : Yeah. TREE HILL GYM Nathan is practicing with Quentin. Jamie is watching QUENTIN : So you got something for me, man? NATHAN : Just shut up and check the ball, "Q." QUENTIN : Oh... Crossover's a little rusty, son. Huh? Fake this guy. Ha ha ha. Where that a.C.C. Game at, Nate? Hmm? First-Team all-American? NBA lottery? Huh? Ugh, up out of here, man. (Nathan tries to make a sht but Quentin stops it) NATHAN : Damn it! QUENTIN : The fadeaway, Nate? Really? Are you serious? The fadeaway is weak, man! Weak! Come on, man. Let's go again. NATHAN : No, man. I'm not feeling today. I'm done. QUENTIN : Hey, J. Scott... Why don't you run out in the hallway and get us some waters? JAMIE : Okay. (Jamie starts going) QUENTIN : Hey. You see any hot psycho nannies out there, You run back in here, okay? JAMIE : Not funny. (Jamie leaves) QUENTIN : What's going on, Nate? NATHAN : I'm just out of shape. QUENTIN : No, man. That ain't it. That is not it. Now, every day we do this, and every day you play soft. NATHAN : Well, maybe that's because I can't do this anymore. QUENTIN : Really? Maybe you just scared to, right? Huh? Easier to have your dream taken away than give it a sht and fail, right? NATHAN : I'm not scared. QUENTIN : Right? You not scared? Well, you playing scared. NATHAN : I'm not scared. QUENTIN : You playing scared! NATHAN (yelling) : I am not scared, man! (Jamie comes back and hears his father yelling. Nathan sees him) NATHAN’S CAR Jamie and Nathan get in the car after practice. Nathan is still angry JAMIE : I'm... I'm afraid to go in the pool, daddy. NATHAN : Yeah, but, uh... You went in the pool all the time before your accident, Jamie, and you loved it. You know you can still do it. JAMIE : I know. I'm just...scared. (After a blank) JAMIE : It's okay if you don't play anymore. NATHAN : Thanks, son. PEYTON’S OFFICE Haley enters the office. HALEY : I'm dying here. (Peyton doesn’t answer) HALEY : You okay? PEYTON : Huh? Yeah. Uh, I-I just got a weird e-Mail from Mia saying she met this guy out on tour that said he knew Ellie. So it just caught me off guard... How come you're dying? HALEY : Oh, because I'm having trouble writing lyrics for this melody that you liked. PEYTON : Okay, what do you got so far? HALEY : So far I've got nothing. PEYTON : All right. How about... "I hate you, bitch. You ruined my life"? Does that do anything for you? HALEY : You know what? I do have some words for you, even though they're not mine. Lucas and I, we used to write our predictions every year before the school year started. Sort of what we hoped would happen. PEYTON : Lame. HALEY : You know you're jealous. PEYTON : Kind of. HALEY : Anyway, I'm gonna violate my friendship rule here because you're at, like, code red. (Peyton starts reading) HALEY : "Peyton sawyer will become Peyton Scott." That was, like, eighth grade. He got a little cocky hm* year. "Make out with Peyton sawyer... or more." And, "this year, I'll talk to Peyton Sawyer." "Try again with Brooke... Brooke Davis." (Both laugh) HALEY : Well, that... But, you know, this is how much he doesn't hate you. It's a whole lifetime's worth. PEYTON : I know. I know. That's... That's what he writes. But what he says is a totally different story. HALEY : Sometimes people write the things that they can't say. LUCAS’ BEDROOM Lucas is putting parts of license plates on his wall. Someone knocks at the door. LUCAS : Come on in. It's open. (Lindsey comes in) LINDSEY : Hi. LUCAS : Hi. (Lindsey is looking at what Lucas was doing) LINDSEY : This is nice, Luke. LUCAS : Lindsey, what are you doing here? LINDSEY : Uh... I needed to talk to you about something, but... You wouldn't answer your phone. LUCAS : You look good. LINDSEY : You look hung over. LUCAS : Yeah, well... There's a girl I almost married started dating again. And after that, well, things just kind of went dark. (He laughs) LINDSEY : The book's done. LUCAS : Oh, come on. The... The ending needs work. I haven't even written a dedication yet. LINDSEY : You can e-Mail the dedication. (After a blank) LINDSEY : The book's done, Luke. It's perfect. So... I think this is goodbye. And goodbye shouldn't happen over the phone. (She kisses him on the check and starts leaving) LUCAS : Lindsey... Do you ever miss me? LINDSEY : I should go. (Lindsey leaves. We see Lucas’ phone vibrating on the bureau, it’s a voice mail from Brooke) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is leaving the house with Angie and all her stuffs. She lets drop the purple monkey on her way out NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan comes to see Jamie in his bedroom NATHAN : What you doing, buddy? JAMIE : Looking at your trophies. NATHAN : You know, someday, you're gonna have your own trophies. JAMIE : Think so? NATHAN : Oh, yeah. I know so. Trophies, awards... Maybe even a monument. And then maybe someday you'll have a son of your own that's even greater than any award or accomplishment. Come here. Don't be afraid to be great, son. Okay? 'Cause you are. And the world isn't strong enough to bat James Lucas Scott. I promise. We love you. MOUTH’S OFFICE Millicent and Mouth come back from lunch. They walk by a new guy STEVE : Hi, I'm Steve, the new sports guy. MILLICENT : Hi, Steve. That's the better sports guy. OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE We see Jamie in his swim suit putting on his wings THE HOSPITAL Dan is at Reverend Carter bedside DAN : The truth is, I'm scared, okay? The countdown's on. And I've got to wait for this damn beeper to go off before I can get a heart... After you get one. You're the one who's lived a good life. I'm the one who needs time to make amends. So why don't you just take one for the team, huh? And if you do... I'll use my time for redemption. Okay? (Nothing happens) DAN : You suck, Carter. THE AIRPORT Brooke is about to let go Angie BROOKE : I love you, little girl, and I always will, okay? You're gonna have a great life. Don't forget me, okay? (Angie is crying. Brooke too) OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Nathan and Haley are watching Jamie jumping in the pool JAMIE : I'm James Lucas Scott! (Nathan and Haley joins him in the pool) THE AIRPORT Angie is gone, Brooke turns around and sees Lucas BROOKE : You got my message. (Lucas nods) BROOKE : I told you not to come. LUCAS : I know. BROOKE : She's gone, Luke. LUCAS : I know. (Lucas takes her in his arms. Brooke burst into tears) OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE We see Nathan and Haley playing with Jamie in the pool THE RIVERCOURT We see Peyton painting a message MOUTH’S OFFICE We see Mouth kissing Millicent THE HOSPITAL We see Dan taking off the Reverend’s oxygen mask and then looking at Jamie’s note he had in his pocket. OUTSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE They are all three still in the pool NATHAN : You did it, buddy. I knew you could. Come here. All right, you ready? JAMIE : Yeah! NATHAN : One... two, three. (Nathan throws Jamie) THE HOSPITAL Dan is holding a pillow in front of the Reverend, thinking of choking him. Then he changes his mind and just put the pillow under the Reverend head. DAN : Okay, Carter... It's up to you. But sometimes a guy just needs a sign there's some hope for him, you know? (Dan shows Carter Jamie’s note) DAN : Hope. THE AIRPORT We see Lucas and Brooke leaving the airport MOUTH’S OFFICE Millicent and Mouth are alone in an office MOUTH : Thanks for the lunch, and telling the new sports guy off. But I should probably get back to being shunned. MILLICENT : I'm sorry it's so hard for you now. MOUTH : You know something? I stand by what I did. Luke was really hurting, and it just felt insidious somehow to broadcast that pain. (Jerry interrupts them) JERRY : Mouth, how many men's basketball championships has UCLA... MOUTH : Eleven (Jerry leaves) MOUTH : I don't know what to do now. MILLICENT : Omaha. MOUTH : Not without you. MILLICENT : Then I'll go, too. MOUTH : Really? You'd go with me? MILLICENT : Yes. I'd go anywhere with you, Marvin Mcfadden. (She kisses him) BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE We see Brooke sitting on her couch alone, sad, holding the purple monkey THE RIVERCOURT Lucas lights up the court and is surprised when he sees Peyton’s drawing. A comet and few sentences "I will always love you – Peyton" INSIDE NATHAN AND HALEY’S HOUSE Jamie comes from the pool, followed by Deb. Haley is writing and Nathan is ready to go practie DEB : Jamie, you're tracking water all over the house! I can't get him out of that pool now. NATHAN : Dude, dry off and get your jersey on. We're going back to the gym. JAMIE : We are?! NATHAN : Yeah. Nathan and Jamie Scott. (Jamie leaves and Deb still follows him) DEB : Oh, Jamie! (Haley comes toward Nathan) HALEY : You know what? You still make my heart race. (Nathan laughs) HALEY : You do. I'm serious. Feel this. (She presses his hand against her chest) HALEY : And my heart is so full of pride and love and joy right now because of you. (They almost kiss but her cell phone rings) HALEY : It's my other boy. (He kisses her) NATHAN : All right. I'll see you. I love you. (He leaves) HALEY (on the phone) : Hey. THE RIVERCOURT Lucas is sitting on the court. Haley joins him HALEY : Wow. Very Peyton. (Lucas nods) LUCAS : Lindsey stopped by today. HALEY : She's here? LUCAS : Uh, not anymore. I had to go see Brooke. HALEY : The trifecta. How nice. What did Lindsey want? LUCAS : She wanted to tell me that my book's done. Well, everything except the dedication. She said I could e-Mail that to her. (After a blank) LUCAS : I'm thinking about... Taking off for a little while, you know? HALEY : Lucas, please stop running. Come on... You got to let go of this dark weight you're carrying around. LUCAS : This morning... Nathan told me the darkness doesn't have any answers. HALEY : He's right. You saw him after his accident. And look at him now. LUCAS : Yeah. HALEY : You know that romantic notion that all the garbage and the pain Is actually really healing and beautiful and sort of poetic? It's not. It's just garbage, and it's pain. You know what's better? Love. The day that you start thinking that love is overrated is the day that you are wrong. The only thing wrong with love and faith and belief... Is not having it. THE AIRPORT Lindsey is on the phone WOMAN : hey, they want to do a conference call about the Lucas Scott galleys. LINDSEY : Okay, just, uh, have them call my cell. And then you should take off. Thanks. WOMAN : Hey, Lindsey, did you tell him? LINDSEY : No. Bye. (She hangs up and looks at her messages. She reads the dedication Lucas sent to her:"...to all those lost souls who have forgotten to believe in the immensity of love". Then she calls Lucas, crying, but reaches his voice mail) LINDSEY (to the voice mail) : Hi, Luke. Just got your dedication... and... I guess I'm one of those lost souls because... I lied to you. I said I was seeing someone, and I wasn't. The truth is... I was afraid of the immensity of your love, and I thought... Well, I just wanted you to know... You asked me if I miss you. Of course I miss you. That's all I do. THE RIVERCOURT Lucas is still there, alone, and he is on the phone. Probably with his voice mail BROOKE AND PEYTON’S HOUSE Brooke is still sitting on the couch. Lucas enters. LUCAS : Hi. BROOKE : Hi. They're supposed to call me as soon as Angie's home safe. LUCAS : Where's Peyton? BROOKE : I don't know. Probably at work. I didn't tell her Angie was leaving for sure. LUCAS : And you told me not to come to the airport. Why? BROOKE : I don't like you guys to see me like this... Vulnerable. LUCAS : That's how I always see you, Brooke. And I think it's kind of beautiful. You know, um... I've been thinking about all the things you've done for... Angie and Rachel and me and... All kinds of people. You save people, Brooke Davis. It's what you do. Thanks for letting me share that. (After a blank) LUCAS : You call me when she's home safe, okay? (Lucas starts leaving) BROOKE : Hey, Luke. We've been through a lot... Me and you. I wouldn't have made it through today or a couple other days without you. So, thanks. LUCAS : You're welcome. BROOKE : This is for you. (She gives him the purple monkey) BROOKE : I love you, Lucas Scott. You know that? LUCAS : I love you, too, Brooke Davis. MOUTH’S OFFICE It’s the rush at the studio, they’re about to be on air BILL, MOUTH’S BOSS : Okay, come on, guys! Let's go! Let's go! Come on, come on, come on! Rick, where are your pants?! RICK : Coffee accident. BILL : Well, we can get them at the break. Jerry, we're gonna lead with the UCLA signing. Where is it? JERRY : Right here. BILL :All right. Let's get it done. (Jerry holds the paper to Steve) JERRY : You're all set. STEVE : I'm good. I got the prompter. JERRY : Uh, you sure? STEVE : Watch and be amazed. BILL :Okay, guys. Countdown begins. GUY : In 5, 4, 3, 2... Cue music. Go, camera one. Graphic out. And cue anchor. RICK : Good evening. I'm rick hunter. And this is the channel 11 evening news. It's national letter of intent day for big-Time college basketball programs. And Steve Gold is here with news of a local signing. Steve. STEVE : That's right, rick, big news out of masonboro, where local phenom shane Dorset has committed to play on the west coast at UCLA. BILL (to Mouth) : Could have been you. STEVE : Obviously the local powerhouses were disappointed, but Dorset cited UCLA's once proud legacy... (Steve stops as the prompter turns off) GUY : What's that? JERRY : The prompter's down. GUY : Uh, go to rick. GUY 2 : I-I don't think you want to do that. (We see Rick trying to put his pants on) GUT : Uh, have him fill. Steve, fill. STEVE (uncomfortable) : Um, as many of you know, UCLA's mascot is a bruin, um, which is kind of a cute bear. GUY : Oh, for god's sake! Where's the prompter?! JERRY : It's not up yet. BILL : Should we go to commercial? (Mouth takes the earphone) MOUTH (to Steve) : All right, say exactly what I say: "Dorset cited UCLA's legacy". (Steve is listening to his earphone) MOUTH : Just look at the camera and say, "Dorset cited UCLA's legacy." STEVE : Dorset cited UCLA's legacy. MOUTH : The bruins have 11 men's ncaa basketball championships... STEVE : The bruins have 11 men's ncaa basketball championships... MOUTH : ...which is more than any other school... STEVE : ...which is more than any other school... MOUTH : ...They won seven consecutive titles from 1966o 1974. STEVE : ...They won seven consecutive titles from 1966 to 1974... MOUTH : A streak that was broken by North Carolina state In one of the greatest final-Four games of all time. Of course, sports fans may remember the last big area signing was Tree Hill's Nathan Scott, who played locally at Tree Hill High, Gilmore College, and was ultimate a first-Team all-American at the university of Maryland... STEVE : ...and ultimately was a first-Team all-American... MOUTH : We'll be back after this. I'm... Say your name. STEVE : We'll be back after this. I'm say your name. GUY : And we're out. (Mouth gets a standing ovation. Everybody applause) MOUTH : Thank you. And for my encore... I quit. (Mouth leaves) PEYTON’S OFFICE Peyton is on the phone PEYTON : And it's the same guy that said he knew Ellie. Oh, Mia, if you see him tonight, can you have him call me? (Lucas enters the room) PEYTON : Hey, I got to go, okay? Bye. (She hangs up) LUCAS : I don't hate you. I remember the first time I ever saw you... All skinny arms and... Tangle mess of hair. It was hard letting you go, Peyton. You know, it... It was hard losing you, Peyton and it was hard seeing you again. And it's...still... Really hard. PEYTON : I know. While I'm asleep, I have this dream where... We're back in that hotel room in LA, and you proposed to me. And every single time, I say yes. LUCAS : It's just a dream, right? PEYTON : It's my dream. (Peyton is crying) LUCAS’ BEDROOM We see Lucas finishing decorating his wall. He made the United States shape with license plates. Then he takes a bag and leaves the house RED BEDROOM STUDIO We see Haley recording her new song THE AIRPORT We see Lucas about to leave Tree Hill THE HOSPITAL Dan enters Reverend Carter’s room, but the room is empty. A nurse enters the room NURSE : I'm sorry. He... They did all they could. DAN : I'd like to send flowers. NURSE : Well, if you want to leave your name and number... My name is Dan Scott, and my number is 1. TREE HILL GYM Nathan is practicing with Quentin again. Jamie is watching QUENTIN : Come on, Nate. NBA's a pipe dream, boy. You might as well give it on up. JAMIE : Come on, dad. You can do it. (Nathan finally makes a dunk) QUENTIN : My god. What the hell was that? NATHAN : I don't know. I just... I can do this. (Nathan laughs) NATHAN (to Jamie) : We gonna do this. OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL Dan is leaving the hospital, smiling, when an old man drops his cane. DAN : Oh, got it. (Dan gives it to him) DAN : Here you go. Let me give you a hand here. There you go. You folks be careful. You could get yourself klled out here. (Dan starts stepping back when he is h*t by a car. Lying on the floor, his pager goes off) THE AIRPORT Lucas is sitting at the airport, thinking BROOKE (at her house) : Hello? PEYTON (in her office) : Hello? LINDSEY (in a cab) : Hello? Lucas is on the phone LUCAS : Hey, it's me. Look, I'm at the airport, and I've got two tickets to Las Vegas. Do you want to get married tonight?	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "05x18 - What Comes After the Blues"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill Nathan is trying to replay basketball with Quentin's help. Quentin: You need to work hard, too! You know, comeback. Nathan: I'm gonna do this. Brooke and Victoria in Clothes Over Bros. Victoria: I am your mother. Brooke: I know. You're fired. Dan is in a room inTree Hill's hospital. Dan: I need a heart transplant. I have six months to live. My name is Dan Scott... and my number is one. sht on Lindsey, Peyton, Brooke. Haley's voiceover: If Lindsey's the girl that you're in love with, great. If it's Peyton, great. If it's Brooke, just please stop hiding your heart. sht on Lindsey who's phoning to Lucas in the airport. Lindsey: You asked me if I miss you. Of course I miss you. sht on Brooke who's sitting on her couch. Brooke: I love you, Lucas Scott. You know that? sht on Peyton in her Label studio. Peyton: While I'm asleep, I have this dream. And you proposed to me. And every single time, I say yes. Beginning of the episode New York, a man in the street is sitting behind a table with three Queen's card. Lucas is standing in front of of him. Man: Three simple cards. Three beautiful ladies. It's real simple, son. All you got to do is pick one. Lucas: All right. Man: Just follow the heart. The man mixes the card on the table. Brooke appears with a bouquet of red roses. Brooke: Hey, handsome. These are for you, for our one-year anniversary. Lucas: Uh, Brooke, I'm your husband. I'm supposed to give you flowers. Brooke: I know. But I wanted to make sure I'd like them. They go away. Lucas: Well? Happy anniversary, wife. Brooke: Thank you, husband. I love them. They walk in the streets arm in arm. Lucas: You ever miss Tree Hill? Brooke: Of course. I miss my friends. Lucas: Jamie's getting big. I never see him. Brooke: I know, but you have the book tour, and I have the company. And... I think he understands. Lucas: But what about all that traveling? I mean, I'm proud of you and all, but... It just sucks that we're apart so much. They cross the street in middle of yellow cabs. Brooke: I know. It makes coming home kind of sexy, though. Lucas: Very true. I do love you, Brooke Davis. Brooke: And I love you, Lucas Davis... Scott. I'm gonna love you even more when I see the exactly-what-I-wanted gift you got me for our anniversary. Lucas: You're gonna love that, whatever it is. Happy anniversary. They kiss and they enter in a buiding by a revolving door. Brooke: Thank you. Lucas arrives with a bouquet in his house by the revolving door, Peyton is showing her head by the embrasure of a door. Lucas: Happy anniversary. Peyton: Go back out! Lucas: Why, is the mailman here again? Peyton: No, he just pulled on his pants and jumped out the window, but he did leave you an anniversary gift, and I haven't wrapped it yet. Hi, babe. Lucas: Hi, wifey. They kiss and Lucas gives her the white flowers. Lucas: These are for you. Peyton: Oh, they're beautiful. Thank you. How was your day? Lucas: It was good. It is good. You know, I can't believe it's been a year. Peyton: Time flies when you get what you wish for. Is it? She takes a vase in a closet. Lucas: Is it what you wished for, Peyton? Peyton: If I say it's more than that, are you gonna tease me for being a dork? Lucas says yes with his head by laughing. Peyton:'Cause it is. Lucas: Well, I made dinner reservations for tonight if you want. Peyton (with a mischievous glance): Actually, I was thinking maybe we could just stay in and have a quiet dinner, kiss awhile. And there is a chance I could be rocking some slightly dirty-girl lingerie underneath these jeans. He watches her. Lucas: I think I need to sit down. sht on Lucas who sits down on a chair on a terrace, Lindsey appears with a bouquet in her hands and puts it in a vase. Lindsey: Why? You okay? Lucas: Yeah. You look nice. Lindsey: Thanks, but I still haven't gotten ready yet. Lucas: Doesn't matter. Lindsey: How come after a year of marriage you're still so sweet to me? Lucas: Because you're you. And because you deserve it. You make it all too easy. She kisses him. Lindsey: I better get ready. Lucas: Hey, Linds. It's easy with us, isn't it? Lindsey: Yeah. It's the easiest. She goes inside and Lucas follows her. sht on Lucas who arrives on the street of New York in front of the black old man. Man: There he is. Come on now, son. Three queens. Three choices. Just follow the heart. The man mixes the card, Lucas is seeing successively on the place of the man: Haley, Nathan, Jamie, Lindsey, Peyton and Brooke. Haley: Come on, Lucas. Just pick one. Nathan: You got to pick one, Luke. Jamie: You can do it, Uncle Lucas. Lindsey: Pick one. Peyton: Pick one. Brooke: Just pick one. Lucas shows the card which is on his right. Lucas: That's the one. Man: You sure? Lucas returns the card and it's the Queen of heart. Man: Well, well. Looks like you found your queen. Not many do. How did you know which one to pick? Lucas: I guess I always knew. Tree Hill's airport sht on Lucas who is sitting in the airport, the black old man is standing in front of him. Man: What, son? You said you always knew. Knew what? Lucas touches him with one finger. Lucas: I'm sorry. Excuse me. The man sits down and Lucas takes his cellphone and calls... Tree Hill's hospital Dan collects the stick of an old man and helps him to go on the pavement. Dan: Oh, I got it. There you go. Let me give you a hand here. Tree Hill's airport Lucas: Hi, it's me. Look, I'm at the airport, and I got two tickets to Vegas. Do you want to get married tonight? Tree Hill's hospital Dan: You folks be careful. You could get yourself klled out here. Dan is hitting by a car and his beeper is ringing. Someone takes it. Tree Hill's airport Man: Getting married, huh? Lucas: I hope so. I don't know. We'll see if she shows up. Man: She'll show. I want to tell you something, son. It's the most important thing there is... love, finding the right person to spend your life with. Lucas: I know I made the right choice. Man: That's where they get you... thinking you got a choice. Love finds you, son. You don't find love. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, what's written in the stars, and a lot to do with the simple fact that most women are smarter than we are. And wily. Lucas is smiling. Man: Your sorry but never had a chance. But if you want to believe that you had a choice in the matter, I'd say you made a good one. Lucas: Why is that? Man (getting up from his seat): Because she showed up. And she sure is pretty. Lucas turns around and perceives Peyton through the crowd. They run both and take themselves in arms. Peyton: You are such a mess. You can't just call a girl from the airport. Lucas: Peyton, I know this sounds crazy. Peyton: You're a mess, Lucas Scott, but you're my mess, and I love you. They kiss and the Queen of heart's card falls down on the seat. Brooke's house (night) Brooke is in the phone. Brooke (irritated): I cannot do this right now. Because I am waiting on another call. That's is none of your business. As a matter of fact, none of my actual business is any of your business because I fired you. No, you were my mother. I fired you from that job, too. The ring's door bells. Brooke: Look, I have to go. Someone is at the door. And don't bother calling me back. Just talk to my lawyer. I have nothing left to say to you. Bitch. She opens the door and faces to Victoria. Victoria: Well, I have a few things to say to you. Brooke: Unbelievable! Victoria: I can't understand why you've become such a hurtful, spiteful little snot to me. Brooke: But it is what it is. I can take it. Victoria: Our company, however, cannot. Brooke: Our company? I'm sorry, I believe it's my company, because you were fired, and I do not recall inviting you in, you botoxed vampiress. Victoria: You see? This is what I'm talking about. You're such a child, and a fairly stupid one at that. It doesn't matter that you fired me. I'm your legal partner, missy. Brooke: It's my company. I'm the designer. Victoria: No, it's our company 50-50. At least it is for now. Brooke: And what is that supposed to mean? Victoria: Designers come and go. Brooke: It's the brand that matters, and I grow the brand. And the board knows that, and they can fre you. Victoria: So, what? Brooke (showing her face): You're gonna have a magazine called "B. Davis" without B. Davis? Victoria (raising eyes in the sky): Paul Frank doesn't work for Paul Frank. Happens all the time. Brooke: Really? And what are you gonna sell, mother? Magic beans? Without my designs, you have nothing. I know it. You know it. And as soon as the board sees my unbelievable new line, they'll know it. And you'll be the one who's out on her nip-and-tucked ass. Victoria: We'll see about that. Brooke: Get out of my house. Victoria: I hope this new line is by far the best work you've ever done, or it's "goodbye, company, hello, community college." If you can get in. Victoria leaves. In a car (night) Ded and Skills are kissing. Deb: This is ridiculous, the way we have to sneak around. We're making out in a car like high-school kids. Skills: Yeah, but personally, you did rock that cheerleading outfit. Deb: Not the point, but thank you. She puts one finger on his mouth and kisses him. Skills: Okay. You right. We just gonna have to go public. Deb: Yeah. Skills: I'm gonna say, "Nate, look, I'm dating your mom, sleeping with her, doing all kind of freaky stuff to her." So, you want to tell him, or should I? Deb: Sneaking aroundis kind of hot. Skills: Yeah. Deb: Yeah. They kiss. Mouth and Skills' appartment (night) Millicent is working on her computer when Mouth arrives. Mouth: Hi, buddy. What you doing? Millicent: Working on an idea for clothes over bros that's totally gonna fix Brooke's inventory problems. Are you okay? Mouth: I quit my job. Millicent: Okay. You know what? It's their loss. Mouth: Thank you. Can I ask you something? Were you serious about moving with me to Omaha? Millicent: Yes. Mouth: Well, they have that sports job for me, but I have to be there in three days. Millicent: I'll tell Brooke I'm leaving. Mouth: I know it's sudden, Millie. Millicent: It's okay. She'll understand. Life's sudden sometimes. On a plane (night) Peyton is lying on Lucas. Lucas: I know it's sudden. Peyton: This is real, isn't it? Lucas: Yeah. Peyton: Tell me again. Lucas: Yes, it's real. Peyton: Good. I'm glad. And if it's not, I don't know if I ever want to wake up from this. Dan's hospital room (night) Dan, in pathetic state, is lying on a bed in a hospital room, when someone talks to him. Person: Gooh, oh, you're awake. I was worried that when I ht you with that car that I might have klled you. But what fun would that have been? We can see it's Carrie. Las Vegas' Hotel room (night) Lucas carries Peyton in his arms to cross the door of their hotel's room. Peyton: Oh, Luke. You're such a dork. We're not even married yet. Lucas: I know, but I wanted to practice so that when we are, I don't look like a dork. Peyton: Well, good luck with that. He puts her on the bed. Peyton: Oh, no! There's a mirror on the ceiling. It's so romantic. Lucas: I told them something nice, not Something... Oh... Sketchy. Peyton: It's Vegas, Luke. Lucas (watching Peyton): Look at you. Peyton: What? Lucas: You fly all night and you still look amazing. Peyton: Oh, god. No, I don't. Lucas: Yeah... you do. You tired? Peyton: No. I've never felt more awake. Lucas: Good. Me neither. Peyton: Hey, come here. She catches him and kisses him. Peyton: I could live off of that. I miss that. And I think your ass is gonna look really great in that mirror. Let's find out. Lucas is smiling. They kiss and fall on the bed... Nathan ant Haley's house (day) Nathan and Jamie pretend to play basketball in the lounge. Nathan: You're just dreaming now. You know that? NBA's a pipe dream, son. Might as well give it up. Jamie: No, it's not. I'm Nathan Scott. Haley arrives in the lounge when Jamie pretends to sht. Haley: Two points. Jamie: Hey, mama! Haley: What? She lifts him of the ground and embraces him. Jamie: You should have seen daddy last night. He's gonna play in the NBA for sure. Haley: Oh, we'll see, huh? Hey, listen, um, I was talking to Chester, and apparently he hasn't been fed this morning. Jamie (sighing): He always tells on me. Haley: You better get our of here, you wascally rabbit feeder. Go. Jamie goes upstairs and Haley comes to sit down next to Nathan who's serving her a cup of coffee. Haley: Making progresson the court, huh? Nathan: Yeah. Last night, for the first time, I, uh... I felt like I was on my way back. Haley (with a smily face): I'm so glad for you, Nathan. Nathan: How you doing in the studio? Haley: Uh. Good. Last night, for the first time, I felt likeI was on my way back. Nathan (smiling): That's my girl. They kiss. Clothe's Over Bros (day) Millicent makes hundred steps and talk to herself. Millicent: It's not that I don't love working for you, because I do. I mean, we have fun, and you're always in a good mood. Brooke arrives in the shop by yelling. Brooke: Oh, my god! I am so pissed off right now! Millicent: Why, what's wrong? Brooke: Oh, victoria's DNA, apparently. She is like a science experiment gone wrong. Frankenmom... She shows up at my house last night. Millicent: She's here? Brooke: Oh, yeah. And she informs me that she's taking my company from me. Millicent: Can she do that? Brooke: Legally, yes, but it is so not gonna happen. Where are my designs? Millicent: In the cabinet. Brooke: Okay. I want you to lock it. Change the passwords on the computer again. She's not getting anywhere near the new line. And when I show it to the board and explain to them that I am the one who closed the deal on "Baby Brooke", her little reign of terroris gonna be over, my friend. I'm sorry. We're gonna fight her, Millie. Me and you together... We're gonna fight her. Millicent: Yeah. Um, the thing is... Brooke: Not today. She goes towards a customer ith angry. Brooke: Can I help you with something? Girl: Uh, no thanks. Brooke: I have to be honest with you. I really don't think that's your best color. Girl: What? Brooke: The top you just stole from me. Girl: Okay, I don't know what you're talking about. The girl starts to go away but Brooke tears away a clothe of her rucksack. Brooke: Really? Girl: What are you doing? Brooke: Shop lifts much? Girl: Look, I didn't... I didn't mean to. Brooke: You didn't mean to? Okay. You're gonna need to come with me. The girl pushes away Brooke on a display stand. Girl: Get off me, bitch! Millicent: Brooke, are you okay? Brooke: It is just not my frigging day. Tree Hill's gymnasium-Basketball practice. Quentin: There it is. Up. Off the glass. A player is shoting. Quentin: It's pretty! What you got? You getting up? Nathan and Jamie arrive on the court. Quentin: Uh my man. What's up, boy? Give me one more. Oh, there it is. They ht their hands together. Quentin (taking Jamie in his arms): Hey, let me throw J. Scott up there, and one of y'all dunk him. Nathan: While the cat's away, huh? Skills: Nah, they just having some fun. Why, what's with you? Nathan: Well, apparently, my mom's dating some freak she met online. Skills: Really? Nathan: Yeah. Can you believe that? Skills: Why he got to be a freak, though? I mean, maybe he's a nice guy. Nathan: Right. Nice prn-site man. Guy's probably got a mustache. Skills touches his mustache. Nathan: I'll tell you what, Skills. My mom's pill addiction was bad, but hooking up with some internet too, man, this just really takes the cake. Skills: Yeah, but she seem happy though, right? You know... satisfied? Nathan: Dude... did you just ask me if my mom was satisfied? Skills: Nah, you know, I meant, like, happy, like she's into the dude. Nathan: It doesn't matter. It's embarrassing. I'll tell you one thing... I'm gonna find out who this jerk is. And when I do, it's gonna get ugly. Skills gets an anxious face. The basketball's team starts to dance on the court, Quentin calls Jamie to come with them. Quentin: Hey, baller, come here. Yeah, boy. Come on, you ready? All right, do what I do, all right? Jamie starts imitating Quentin's step's dance. Skills whistles. Skills: ht the showers. Quentin: Yeah, let me get that. Hey, hey, Nate. Come on, man. Let's show them how it's done old school. Nathan: Old school, huh? Quentin: Let's do this. Nathan starts runnig and smatches. Quentin: What's up? What's up? There it is! That's my man. Nathan grimaces and is holding his back. Clothes Over Bros (day) Millicent is working when Victoria comes in. Millicent: Welcome to Clothes Over Br... Victoria: Well, well...the slavic bag lady. Millicent: Can I help you? Victoria: As a matter of fact, you can. I need to see the sketches for the new line. Millicent: Okay. I'll just call Brooke. Victoria: I'm an equal partner in this company and, as such, has equal rights to those sketches. Millicent: Actually, that's not true. Or maybe it is, but... well, the thing is, Brooke doesn't want you to see the line, and Brooke's my boss, so I'm afraid I can't help you. Victoria: Can't or won't? Millicent: Won't. Victoria: You don't like me, do you? Millicent: No. Victoria: Because you feel I've mistreated you. Millicent: No. Because, you're an evil bitch. Victoria: You're gonna pay for that. Victoria leaves the shop. Dan's hospital room Dan stires on his bed when Carrie arrives. Carrie: I wouldn't recommend that. I mean broken leg, broken ribs. Dan tries to speak but he can't. Carrie: It's gonna be a little hard for you to speak for a while. Quite a bit of trauma to your throat. She talks to him near his ear. Carrie: And if you can't speak... you definitely can't scream. Peyton's label Brooke and Haley are watching a video where we can see the girl who tried to steal clothe on Brooke's shop. Brooke: Do you know her? Haley: No. Brooke: It's okay. I was hoping you might recognize her from school. Haley: It's hard to tellfrom that. It sucks that you had to go through that. I'm sorry. Brooke: It's fine. In the grand scheme of things I have to deal with, this is really nothing. Haley: Why, what else is going on? Brooke: Oh, do you remember someone by the name of victoria Davis? Haley: Oh, I kind shivers when you say the name. Brooke: Yeah. It's okay. Me, too. I actually wanted to tell you and Peyton about it at the same time. Is she here? Haley: I have not seen her. Brooke: She didn't come home last night. I don't know if I should be worried. Their cellular ring at the same time. Brooke: Well, apparently not. She reads the message. Brooke: "Don't worry about me. I'm fine." Peyton. They laugh. Haley (reading a cell phone message): "Don't worry about me. I'm fine." Brooke: Well, at least she's being thorough. Haley: Oh, it's not from her. Brooke: What? Haley: Lucas. She shows the message to Brooke. Brooke: No! Las Vegas' Hotel room Peyton and Lucas are lying on bed. Peyton: Okay, uh, responsible "I have not been attcked by psycho Derek" text message sent. Lucas: Good. Responsible"I know I've been dark lately, but everything's okay"message sent. They laugh. Peyton's cell rings. Peyton: It's from you. Well... "Peyton, I love you. Let's go get married. Lucas." Can a text message change your life? Lucas: God, I hope so. She kisses him. Peyton: What? Lucas: I just can't believe you actually had your very own psycho stalker. Peyton: Shut up. Lucas: It's weird. Dan's hospital room Dan is lying on his medical bed. Carrie: Still here. Did you think it was a nightmare? Because it is for you. She takes a fork. Carrie: You know... when I think how Jamie and I would be together right now if it wasn't for you... well, it wasn't very nice what you said to me in that hotel room. She takes a ligther and starts burning the fork. Carrie: You said if ever came back, if I ever came near Jamie, you'd kll me. Didn't you? You strangled me, and you took Jamie. And I suppose you thought that was the last of me. But it wasn't. I've been watching you with Jamie. I've been biding my time. And now, well... here we are. She starts singing with putting the fork above Dan's face. Carrie (singing): Gonna have some hot stuff, baby, this evening. I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight. She puts the hot fork in Dan's hand and squeezes it. Carrie: Hot, hot, hot, hot stuff. Nathan and Haley's house (day) Nathan goes outside the house and sees his mom topless in the pool. Nathan: Mom. He diverts his glance. Nathan: Oh, for god's sakes, mom. Deb: What? Nathan: What is going on with you? Is this some kind of grandmother midlife crisis? Deb: Would you keep it down, please? The neighbors will hear you. Nathan (raising his voice): She's a grandmother. My mom is a grandmother. Deb: Nathan, stop it. Just... Stop, go away. Nathan: I want to know who he is, mom... Mr. prn. Give me a name. Deb: No. Why? Nathan: Because I want to know who's responsible for you losing your mind like this. I'm gonna find out. And put some clothes on. Jamie's home. If he sees you topless, he's gonna be scarred for life. I know I am. Nathan goes inside, Skills goes back up of his apnea under water. Skills: Man, that was close. I told you this was a bad idea. Skills hold the top of Deb's bikini in his hand. Deb: Where's my top? (They kiss) You got to go. You got to go. You got to go. Mouth and Skills' appartment (day) Mouth is packing in his room when Millicent comes in. Millicent: I can't go. Mouth; What? Why? Millicent: Victoria. Mouth: I just got chills when you said that. Millicent: She's trying to take the company from Brooke. Mouth: Can she do that? Millicent: Apparently, she can, and I told her you were leaving, and she thinks I'm going with you, but Brooke needs me right now. She's been so good to me. Mouth: Yeah. Millicent: I love you... and I want to be with you, and I will, but... Mouth: You stay, and I'll get us settled in Omaha. It's the right thing to do for Brooke. They hug. Mouth: But it's really gonna hurt. Dan's hospital room Carrie is holding a syringe in her hand and she's filling it with some medicine. Carrie: The funny thing about painkillers, it's such a delicate balance. Not enough morphine and you'd be in horrible, agonizing discomfort. Too much, and... Well, you'd be dad. Your head must be spinning right now. How did Jamie's sweet nannycarrie get to be your nurse? Well, rest assured, I am a very good caretaker. When my father got sick, I had to move in and do everything... feed him, bathe him, medicine. I mean, eventually he died, but still. Anyway, what's it gonna be? dad... or agony? Mm, agony. She pushes him the syringe in the arm. Carrie: For now, but pretty soon... dad. Carrie is leaving the room and Dan is squeezing the fists of pain. Nathan and Haley's house (day) Nathan is watching Jamie's dance, when Haley arrives at home and finds her son dancing in the hall. Haley: Hey. Nathan: Oh, hey, baby. He kisses her and takes her bags. Haley: What the heck is this? Nathan: Uh, I don't know. Q's teaching him some dance move. Jamie: Hi, mama. Pretty cool, huh? Haley: Yeah, pretty cool man! Why don't you dance on upstairs and wash up for dinner, Usher. Jamie: Okay. Nathan starts emptying the food's bag and Haley is helping him. Haley: Where's deb? Nathan: Last time I saw her, she was swimming topless in the pool. Haley: What? Nathan: Yeah. Haley: God, what is with you and naked nannies in the pool? Sorry. Nathan: So, how are things in the studio? Is Peyton pulling out of her funk? Haley: Peyton was out all night with Lucas. Nathan (surprised): Is that right? And what do you suppose they were doing? Las Vegas' Hotel room (night) Lucas is getting dressed when Peyton comes behind him in a white dress. Peyton: Lucas. White-trash, Vegas wedding material. Lucas (amazed): Waouh, heart-skips-a-bat, breathtaking material. You are... He stops smiling. Lucas: I don't have a ring. Peyton, I'm sorry, I... She smiles and takes off the ring on her necklace. Peyton: Here. This ring was my mom's. She puts her ring on Lucas' hand. Lucas: I know it's... selfish...you know, getting married like this. No friends, no family, no ring. Peyton: It's okay. Lucas: But I want to be selfish with you. And it's been way too long. And life just always seems to get in the way with us. (Peyton laughs) And I know this is Las Vegas, and it's not exactly how you imagined it. But it's gonna be romantic. I promise. Wedding chapel in Las Vegas An old woman is playing synthesizer, while a look-alike of Elvis is marrying people; all this in a kitsh atmosphere. Lucas: This isn't right. Peyton: No, it's okay. It is. I just want to be your wife. Lucas: Peyton, I want that, too. I do, but, I mean... what the hell was I thinking? I mean, this is supposed to be a dream come true, not... this. Peyton: I got an idea. You trust me? Lucas: Looking like this, whatever you want. Peyton: Good. Go come on. They go away. Elvis: Thank you. Thank you very much. Brooke's house (night) Brooke is drawing some scketches, when Mouth comes in. Mouth: Brooke? I just wanted to stop by and... Brooke: Are you leaving me, Marvin Mc Fadden? Mouth: I guess so. I found this while I was packing. He shows her a flyer. Brooke: The boy toy auction. Beginning of a beautiful friendship right here. Mouth: For most of my life, that was the greatest night of my life. Brooke: Most of your life? Who topped me? Mouth: Millicent... the night she said she loved me. Brooke: Yeah. I'm glad she's gonna be with you. Mouth: Actually, she'll be with you. Brooke (surprised): What do... Mouth: She told me about victoria. Brooke: Which is my problem to deal with, not yours. Mouth: She can come to Omaha when things settle down for you. She wants to help you, Brooke. Brooke: When do you go? Mouth: Tonight. I have to. Brooke: Okay, hug me before I cry. They take themselves in their arms and hug. Brooke: Goodbye, scarecrow. I'm gonna miss you most of all. Mouth: You, too, Brooke Davis. All right. Brooke: Get out of here. Mouth goes away. Dan's hospital room (night) Dan tries to escap from his hospital's room, so he falls down of his bed and tries to crawl outside. When he suceeds to open the door, he discovers that he's not in a hospital but in a house. Then Carrie comes and pulls him inside by draging him on the floor. Carrie: Well, well. Where do you think you're going? Somewhere on the road (night) Peyton and Lucas are in a car, he's driving. Lucas: I love that laugh. I missed it. Peyton: Yeah? Me, too. (Whispering) Peyton Sawyer will be Peyton Scott. Lucas: What are you whispering about, wily? Peyton: Nothing. Everything. More than everything. They take their hands, they kiss and Peyton puts her head on Lucas' shoulder. Clothes Over Bros (night) Millicent is watching Brooke's sketches when Brooke arrives. Millicent: Hi. Brooke: You're fired. Millicent: What? Brooke: You're fired. Now go to Omaha. Millicent: Brooke... Brooke: Let me tell you something about love, Millicent Huxtable. It does not knock often. And when it does, you have to let it in. You are a wonderful friend. And you're smart and you're beautiful and it is gonna suck to lose you, but there is a boy out there who loves you. And I know that you love him back. So, now you have to get your wacky ass out of my store. Millicent (starting crying): But... Brooke (starting crying too): I'm gonna be fine. Okay? Millicent: If you need anything... Brooke: I just need you to be happy. They hug. Millicent: I hate goodbyes. Brooke: Okay. Go. Millicent leaves the store. River court (night) Mouth is on the court, when Skills arrives. Skills: Taking one last look, huh? Mouth: Yeah. I was hoping Luke might be here. I tried calling him to say goodbye, but... I got to go. Skills: Yeah, and from the looks of things, he has some stuff to figure out, too. I'll tell him you said goodbye, though. You know he's proud of you, right? We all are. Mouth: Thanks, Skills. Well, I guess I should finish packing and get out of here. Skills: You go do your thing... Marvin McFadden, my brother. They hug. Mouth: Hey, Skills. We grew up here, didn't we? I'm gonna miss this place. He leaves and Skills put a basket. Tree Hill's gymnasium Jamie is dancing with headphones on his head. Quentin and Nathan watch him. Nathan: Turned my son into a goof, Q. Quentin: Well, just so you know, I know your back's been hurting, so I been taking ita little easy on you. Nathan: My back's fine. Quentin: Please. How fine? Nathan: This fine. They play. Hotel's room in LA (night) Peyton and Lucas entre in a room, Peyton laughs and Lucas is closing his eyes. Peyton: Okay, open your eyes. Lucas: This is the room where... Peyton: You proposed to me four years ago. Lucas: Yeah. Peyton: You said it should be like a dream, so... I have this dream where we're back in this hotel room, and you propose to me, and every single time, I say yes. Lucas: It's just a dream, right? Peyton: But it's my dream. They kiss. Mouth and Skills' appartment (night) Millicent arrives behind Mouth and holds hil in her arms. Mouth: Hi, I don't want to leave you. Millicent: What if I said you didn't have to? Mouth (surprised): Really? You're coming to Omaha? Millicent: If you'll still have me. They kiss. Nathan and Haley's house (night) Jamie is showing to Haley how to dance his steps learned by Quentin. Nathan watches them. Nathan: all right, you dancing fool, it's time for bed. And you, too, Jamie. Haley laughs. Haley (with a strange voice): Goodbye. Jamie: Good night, mama. Jamie: Hey, daddy, when you play in the NBA, you should play for the Bobcats. That way, you can come home a lot more and see me and mama, plus, Q says they need a shting guard. Nathan: Q, huh? You and Q. Come here. Nathan carries Jamie in his arms, but he grimaces by feeling a pain in the back. Clothes Over Bros (night) Brooke is calling someone on the phone. Brooke: It's me. I've been thinking about our little partnership, and I've come to a decision. I am this company. I am the reason it is successful. Do you understand me? So if you want a fight, you got it. She hangs up. Carrie's house (night) Carrie attaches Dan with belts. Carrie: Disappointed you spoiled my surprise so soon. What do you have to say for yourself, mr. mrder? She grimaces by laughing at him. Carrie: I've been planning this for some time now. Flashback of what happened to Dan after he was hitting by the car. Carrie: First, I ht you with the borrowed car and took your wallet, wheeled John Doe out of recovery. It all happened so fast. There was so much blood and chaos, no one took the time to I.D.You. Guess it helps that their beloved mayor has been in prison for the past four years. Carefully put you into your own car, and now here we are. She's taking a tray with medicines above. Carrie: Most of this stuff was daddy's before he died. The paint and the curtains were just to mess with your head. She takes a syringe and fills it with some medicine. Carrie: See... eventually, I am going to do the world a favor and kll you. She injects him the contents of the syringe. Carrie: But first, I'm gonna get Jamie back. And you're gonna help me, aren't you, grandpa dan? She takes Dan's head in her hands and makes him say yes with it. Carrie: Yes, you are. Yes. Good boy. She leaves the room and Dan becomes unconscious. On the road (night) In a car, Millicent and Mouth are leaving Tree Hill to go to Ohama. Hotel's room in LA (night) Lucas is holding the ring in his hand and asks Peyton to marry him. Lucas: Peyton Sawyer... I love you. Peyton: Yes. Lucas: You didn't let me ask you. Peyton: Yes, baby. Yes. God, I love you. They kiss. Clothes Over Bros (night) Brooke is alone in the store, she's putting her sketches in a drawer and she closes it and holds the key. Then she's ready to leave, she turns the light off. Brooke: This is my store. This is my life. It's what I wished for. Someone enters in the shop and attcks her with volence, she screams...	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x01 - Touch Me I'm Going to Scream, Part 1"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree ill Dan is hitting by a car and Carrie kidnapps him. Carrie: I ht you with the borrowed car, and now i am going to kll you. But first, I'mgonna get Jamie back. Lucas asks Peyton to get married. Peyton: I love you. Yes. Lucas: You didn't let me ask you. Peyton: Yes baby yes Lucas: This isn't right. Peyton: No, it's... It's okay. It is. I just want to be your wife. Lucas: This is supposed to be a dream comes true. Skills and Deb hide their relation to the others. Deb: You right. We just gonna have to go public. Skills: Yeah. I'mgonna say,"Nate, look, I'mdating your mom, sleeping with her, doing all kind of freaky stuff to her." Skills: You want to tell him or should I? Nathan works hard to replay basketball, with Quentin's help. But he's got back's pain. Quentin: What's up? What's up? There it is. Nathan: For the first time, I, uh... felt like I was on my way back. Haley: I'mso glad for you, Nathan. Jamie: Hey, daddy, when you play in the NBA, you should play for the bobcats. Q says they need a sh*ting guard. Nathan: You and Q. Come here. Brooke and Victoria quarrel about the company. Brooke: It's my company. Victoria: No,it's our company. Brooke: Without my designs, you have nothing. Victoria: We'll see about that. Brooke: I want you to lock it. She's not getting anywhere near the new line. Brooke is attcked in her store. Beginning of the episode Nathan and Haley's house (day) Jamie is jumping on his bed. Lucas' voiceover: When I was a kid, I used to love to jump on the bed and pretend I could fly and pretend I could dunk. Hotel's room in LA (day) Lucas is lying on bed with Peyton next to him. Lucas: I was happy, and then my mom would pass by the room and shout, "Lucas Scott, if you break that box spring, you're gonna be sleeping on the floor the rest of your life." Peyton: Well, here's the good news. If you have to sleep on the floor, I'll sleep there with you. Lucas: For the rest of your life? Peyton: Definitely. They laugh. sht on Jamie who's jumping on his bed, sht on Peyton and Lucas who are also jumping on their bed. Nathan and Haley's house (day) Haley walks past Jamie's room. Haley: Jamie Scott, if you break that box spring, you're sleeping on the floor the rest of your life. Jamie laughs and keeps jumping. Haley: And get ready for school, you goof. He stops and leaves his room. Skills comes in. Skills: Good morning. Deb gets a big smile but Haley comes in the kitchen. Haley: Skills! What are you doing here? Hi! They hug. Skills: Haley James Scott, good morning, baby girl. Hey, I was just in the neighborhood and thought maybe Nathan could use a ride to morning practice. Haley: It's because of Deb, isn't it? Deb looks surprised. Skills: What? Haley: You don't fool me, Skills. Well... Look, Mouth and Millicent are out of town. Nathan told you what a great cook deb is. I get it. Come on in. Breakfast is served. Skills: Hey, can't fool you, Hales. Skills takes Deb in his arms. Deb: What are you doing here? Skills: Just picking up Nathan... and kissing your sexy ass. Deb: mmm. Well, breakfast is served. They kiss but Jamie comes by surprise, setting them "in flagrante delicto". Jamie: Hey, uncle skills. Skills: Hey. There he is. Um, let me check. He pretends to verify if Deb has nothing in her eye. Skills: Oh, yeah, I...I...I think you're good. She just had some, uh... Yeah, she good. They seem embarassed. Jamie: Good morning, grandma. Deb: "nanny deb." Jamie: Nanny Deb. Skills: Okay, well, I'mgonna just, uh... you know... hey, locks it up, little man. Skills fists his knock against Jamie's one. Skills: All right. See you later, grandma. Right. He leaves the kitchen. Deb: Let's get you some breakfast. Jamie: And they thought the last nanny was crazy. Carrie's house (day) Carrie arrives with a tray in her hands. Carrie: Breakfast is served. You're gonna need to eat if you want to get big and strong before I kll you. Dan tries to speak but he can't. Carrie: Still can't talk, huh? You are, like, the perfect man. I mean, if you were younger and better-looking. No biting. She puts him a towel around the neck and removes the bell which covers the plate. Cockroaches are mixed in the porridge; she takes a spoon and approaches it of Dan's mouth. Carrie: Oh, okay. Here comes the choo-choo. Deb's car (day) Jamie is sitting in his automobile's seat behind the car. Jamie: Do people just kiss all the time? Deb: If they love each other. Jamie: Do you love uncle skills? Deb: What? Why? Jamie: You were kissing him. Deb (embarrased): uh, no... No, I wasn't. When? Jamie: This morning, in the kitchen. Deb: No, no, honey. I...I had something in my eye, and he was helping me get it out. Jamie: With his mouth? Deb: Jamie, I was not kissing Uncle Skills. I mean, first of all, he's your parents' age and one of Uncle Lucas' best friends. It just... It wouldn't be right. Jamie: I think it'd be cool. Deb: Yeah? Jamie: Yeah. "Grandpa Skills." Tree Hill's gymnasium- Basketball practice The Ravens are training, a guy shts and misses the basket. Skills: Hey, we got to release way sooner than that. He whistles. If we don't get out ahead of the ball, we might forget about. Now, can anybody get this thing right? Nathan: I'll give it a sht. Nathan gets off his pants and his T-shirt. Skills: It's about time. Q, you got a new shting guard. Quentin (Imitating the sports presenters): Ladies and gentlemen, years from now, you'll be able to tell your friends you was in the gym the day Nathan Scott got back in the game! Nathan: Just give me the ball and get out of the way. Skills: Eight seconds and the sht goes up. Skins, we block out, kick the ball to Q, fill the lanes, and push it. All right? Let's go. Haley arrives next to Skills, he whistles to start the match. Guys: Go, go, go! The opposite team marks, Quentin gets back the ball; he goes back up the court. He crosses the ball to Nathan who shts and marks. Quentin: Don't call it a comeback, baby. Don't do that. The team keeps playing. Haley (smiling): How was breakfast? Skills: So damn good. Haley: Good. Hey, will you remind Quentin that he's got a tutoring session after practice today? Skills: Yeah, I will. Haley: Okay, thank you. Skills: How's he doing? Haley: Great, actually. He's doing better with "les mis" than I did in high school. Skills: Yeah, that's great... whatever that is. Haley laughs and Nathan puts a basket. Quentin: Ohh! Somebody getting sexy! He gives a pat to Nathan on to buttocks. Haley: He's right about that. That boy looks damn good on a basketball court. (raises her voice) Hey, 23... Nathan looks at her, she makes a telephone with her hand. Haley: Call me. Quentin: Damn, I got to change my jersey number. Haley: I'll see you later. She starts to leave the gym. Skills: Hey, Haley. How's Luke doing? Haley: Something tells me Lucas is gonna be just fine. Hotel's room in LA (day) Peyton is still jumping on the bed, she falls down on Lucas when a cleaning lady comes in the room. Cleaning lady: Ooh! Excuse me. Peyton: It's okay. We're getting married. The cleaning lady leaves the room and closes the door. Peyton (laughing): Thanks. Um, okay. So... you know how you said our wedding should be a dream come true? Lucas: Oh, boy. Peyton: I just... I never wanted my wedding to be like "princess for a day", but I do think it would be fun to have your mom there and... Peyton's cell phone rings, she looks who's calling. Peyton: It's Brooke. Can i tell her? Lucas: Sure. You can tell her we're coming home for the ceremony. She takes the call. Peyton: Hey, best friend! Brooke: Hi. You didn't come home again. Peyton: Oh, yeah, well, that's 'cause I'min LA with Lucas. And we wanted you to be the first to know... We're getting married. Brooke (with a strange voice): That's great Peyton. I, uh... I'mjust... I'mat the store, and someone needs help. Peyton: Yeah, no, okay. Um, you sure everything's okay? Brooke: Yeah. I'm just really happy for you. I got to go. We can see Brooke's face which is full of marks of blow, alone in her house. Brooke's house (day) Brooke is calling someone. Brooke: Hi. It's Brooke. I know this probably seems out of the blue, but do you think you could meet me at my store? On a plane (day) Lucas comes back to his seat, he sits down next to Peyton. Lucas: I thought you were gonna come meet me. Peyton: I chickened out. You're just gonna have to join the mile-high club on your own. Lucas: I just kind of did. Lucas: I'mkidding, I'mkidding. So, um... When would you like to get married, Peyton Sawyer? Peyton: Oh, I love that question. Um...I don't know. Why don't we find a place we both like, and then we could pick a date? Lucas: Okay. Well, until then, how do you feel about living in sin by moving in with me? Peyton (laughing): Well, considering the last 48 hours, I'mpretty sure we already have been living in sin. Lucas: Yeah. Peyton: I'd love to. I do want to spend one more night with Brooke, though. She sounded sad on the phone, and I'm gonna miss her. He kisses her on the forehead Lucas: You got it. Clothe's Over Bros (day) Deb arrives at the store which completely returned and discovers that Brooke was asault. Deb: My god. Brooke? Brooke is wearing sunglasses. Brooke: Hi. Deb: Honey, what... What happened? Were you robbed? Brooke turns back and take off her glasses, Deb is shocked when she sees her face. Brooke: Yeah. Last night. Deb: Oh, my god. Brooke: I'mnot gonna cry. Deb takes her in her arms. Deb: Oh, it's okay. Brooke: I'mnot gonna cry. Jamie's school (day) Haley is waiting in front of her car to pick up Jamie who's going out of the school. Haley: Hey, baby. How was school? She makes him a kiss on his head. Jamie: Pretty good. Haley: Come on. She takes him by his hand when Jamie shows her a black S.U.V. Jamie: Hey (showing the car with his hand). Grandpa Dan. Haley: Come on. Let's go. She opens the car door, Jamie goes in the car and Haley seems worried about the situation. Tree Hill's gymnasium Quentin and Nathan are training. Quentin: What's up, man? What's up, boy? Nathan takes the ball, dodges Quentin, he sh*t and marks a basket. Quentin: My god, man. You are getting it back. Nathan: Slowly but surely. Quentin: Slowly? Dude, you're playing like me. Haley and Jamie arrive in the gym. Haley: Hi, boys. Nathan: Hey. Quentin starts a rap song, following by Jamie. Quentin: "I said they call him J Luke, so put up your duke, is the boy blowin' up and the boy done shook us, hey! " Jamie: "They call him Q Fields, he's a pretty big deal, he's working my corner, he's keeping it real" They pretend to box. Quentin: Give me some. Man, it looks so much cooler when you're rocking that cape, man. Jamie shows him his red cape. Quentin: Yeah, I see. I like that, man. I wish I had me one of them. That's hot. (He slams fingers ) Wait a second. I brought you something, man. I got you a little something. Hold on one second. He leaves looking for something in his sports bag. During this time Haley talks to Nathan. Haley: Hey. Dan was at school again today. It just bothers me that he keeps coming around. Nathan seems annoyed by what says Haley, then they look Quentin and Jamie on the court by smiling. Quentin: Check this out. (He shows to Jamie a small box made in wood) Now, when I was a kid, I used to put all my little treasures in here. See that? Hmm? Now you can, too. Jamie (so happy): Cool! Thanks, Q! Quentin: Oh, man, it was nothing. You got it. Haley starts living. Haley: Q, I'm gonna be in my classroom. Quentin: All right, I'll be right there, miss H.J.S. All right, baller, I got to go, man, but, uh... See if you can bat your dad in that cape. He starts living the gym. Quentin: Oh, yeah, it's easy. It's nothing. You can do it. Nathan comes on the court. Nathan: It's a pretty cool gift, huh? Let's see what you got, Dr. J. He passes the ball to Jamie who marks a basket. Nathan: Yes! They bat themselves in hands. Nathan: Nothing but net. Clothe's Over Bros (day) Deb is putting some make up on Brooke's face in order to hide her overalls. Deb: Did you call the police? Brooke: No, and I don't want to. Deb: Brooke, you have to file a police report, or your insurance company won't accept the claim. Brooke: I don't want to. I have plenty of money for this. Deb: Well, do you know what's missing? Brooke: The computer, cash from the register, and the sketches for my new line. Deb: Oh, honey. I'm so sorry. But I really think we need to call the police. Brooke: No. I don't want the press involved in this. So you can't tell anyone, okay? Not Haley and Nathan or Peyton or anyone. Please. Deb: Okay. Brooke: Thank you. Deb: Come here. Brooke: Deb, you own a gn, right? Deb: I do. Brooke: I want you to teach me how to use it. Carrie's house (day) Carrie returns at home, she puts her business on a piece of furniture and approaches Dan. Carrie: Jamie was happy to see you at school today. Haley didn't look very pleased, though. Pretty soon, when Jamie goes missing, she'll remember that Grandpa Dan kept coming around. As a matter of fact, she saw his car there practically every day. Dan turns his glance and Carrie takes his head with her hand. Carrie: How does it feel to be the prime suspect, huh? She leaves the room. Tree Hill's gymnasium Nathan stops playing and comes to sit next to Jamie and Skills on terraces. Nathan: What's on your mind, Skills? Skills (annoyed): Oh, nothing. Actually, when you first started dating Haley, how hard was that for you to keep that from Lucas? Nathan: It was probably harder for Haley 'cause they were friends, but I didn't like Lucas. Jamie (surprised): You didn't like Uncle Lucas? Nathan: It was a long time ago, big ears. He pulls him ear. Nathan: Why? Where's your head? Skills: Just thinking about the rules of it all, you know... How sometimes the heart just wants what it wants. Nathan: So, what's going on, Skills? You sneaking around with some hot girl and not telling us? Jamie (with a roguish air): Yeah, what's going on, Sk-i-ills? Nathan: Hey. Jamie: My ears aren't that big. Skills and Nathan laugh. Haley's classroom Quentin read "Les Miserables" while Haley corrects his copy. Haley: Well, Mr; Fields, you've certainly come a long way. It almost seems as though you're starting to enjoy "Les Miserables." Quentin: Oh, come on, now. Don't get crazy on me. You asked me to read the book, and I'm reading the book. Haley: I've also noticed how you are with Jamie and Nathan. I appreciate it. Quentin: I'm telling you, man. Jamie, that kid right there, he is gonna be the man. I'm serious. He already got some things going for him. Haley: Well, I think he likes it, that the star of the basketball team makes him feels special. Quentin: Well, I got a little brother his age. Yeah, he always watching me and copying me and whatever. I ju... I don't know. I just try to keep it fun for him before he grows up and life gets harder. Haley: Quentin, what do you want to do with your life? Besides basketball. Quentin: Besides basketball... I don't know, I guess, uh... get married, raise a family. They smile. Haley: Yeah? You want kids? Quentin: I mean, I think about it sometimes. When I look at my little brother or when I see J Luke, I don't know. I think maybe I'll have a son of my own someday or, you know, a little girl. That'd be all right. Yeah. Haley: Well, like I said, you've certainly come a long way. (She shows him his copy) A plus, Mr. Fields. Quentin (making big eyes): A plus? Haley: A plus. Quentin: What? I got A, nice. So, I guess this means I get to go ahead and stop reading this book? Haley: No. Quentin: I, not even, I can't... Nathan and Haley's house Jamie stands on the back of Nathan who's lying on the ground. He masses him the back. Nathan: Okay, that's good. Just a little lower now. Jamie: Okay. Jamie comes down a little more low and we hear the Nathan's back to crack. Nathan: Ahh. Perfect. Haley arrives in the lounge and discovers them, she's amused. Haley: Hi. Jamie: Hi, mama. Haley: What is this? I won't let you hop on the bed? So you're hopping on the pop? Jamie: It's fun. You should try it. Haley: Maybe I will. Haley puts her heel's shoe on the shoulder of Nathan and pretends to rest. Nathan: Hey! She squats towards Nathan. Haley: Um, where's Deb? Nathan: I have no idea, again. Skills' appartment Deb enters the apartment. Skills: Hi. Hey. Deb: Um, I... I don't have very long. Skills: Oh, okay. Good. Skills begins to put off her dress, but she stops him in her moose. Skills: Sorry. How was your day? Deb: I had to lie to Jamie about us. Then...something else happened. Skills: Wait. Come on. Sit down. What's going on? He takes her hand and they go sitting. Deb: Well, I... I can't really talk about it, but, um... I have a friend who's going through some really emotional stuff. And she wants me to keep it a secret. Skills: Okay. Deb: I'm just not sure I should. Skills: Well, how'd you find out about it? Deb: She called me. Skills: Well, without knowing the situation, I'd say that she called you for a reason. And if she ain't really tell nobody else about it, then that means that she respects you and probably thinks that you're the one person that just might understand what she going through. Deb: Yeah. Skills: That makes a lot of sense. I mean, is there anything I can do? Deb: You just did it. She smiles. Deb: Hey. We just had our first real conversation. She laughs. Deb: It was nice. Skills: Yeah, it was kind of nice, huh? I mean, it wasn't better than that cheerleading outfit, but... It was nice. They kiss. Brooke's house Peyton arrives home and calls Brooke. Peyton: Brooke, I'm home! Brooke: Okay, don't freak out. Peyton: Why? She is surprised when she discovers the face of her friend full of marks. Peyton: Oh, my god. Brooke, what happened? Brooke: Lindsey came by and said, "Peyton's a bitch." and i said, "Peyton is not a bitch." And she said, "Yes, she is." and i said, "well, maybe you're the bitch, bitch." and... but you should see her face. Peyton: Brooke... Brooke: I was doing laundry, and I got all tangled up in one of the sheets, and I felt face-first down the stairs. Peyton: Oh, honey. I'm sorry I wasn't here. Why didn't you call me? Brooke: I did, but you said you were getting married. Peyton: Is that why you sounded so bad on the phone? Oh, I'm so sorry. She approaches Brooke to hug her but she stops her. Brooke: No, it's okay. Really, I'm too sore to hug. Peyton: Okay. Brooke: But congratulations. Peyton: Thanks. It's kind of sudden, right? Brooke: Are you kidding? The rest of the world's been waiting on you two idiots since high school. She opens the freezer and takes a package of deep-frozen vegetables. Peyton: He asked me to move in with him. Brooke: Really? Do married people do that? She puts it on her eye. Brooke: I am really happy for you, P. Sawyer. I might be a little happier if it was your bony ass that fell down the stairs, but still... Peyton: I'm gonna miss this. Brooke: Me too. Nathan and Haley's house Jamie arrives quite slowly behind Haley who plays the piano, he imitates a small monster. Haley (playing piano and singing): "I smell a little monster sneaking up behind me" She turns back and they scream together. Haley: What's up, beastie boy? Jamie: Can you help me make a cape? Haley: sure. How come? Jamie: Well, Quentin really likes mine, and I thought maybe we could make one for him, too. Haley: I think that's a very nice idea. I'd be happy to help you, sir. She shakes hands with him, Lucas arrives behind noiselessly. Haley: Do you smell that? Jamie: No. Haley: I, I smell a bigger monster. He embraces Jamie. Jamie: Uncle Lucas! Lucas: You're getting heavy. Jamie: Did you know that Daddy didn't like you once? Lucas: What? When? Jamie: When he was dating mama. I have big ears. He shows his ear with his hand. Lucas: Good looking out. They bat themselves the fist and Jamie goes out of the room. Lucas: Kid's got my back. Haley: So, speaking of sneaking around, uh, where have you been the last few days? With Peyton, maybe? Lucas: Actually, we're engaged. He smiles. Haley: Get out! She strikes him friendly. Haley: Dude, I just shaved your head from your last engagement gone wrong! Lucas: I know. I know it sounds crazy. But we just spent the last couple of days together, happier than either one of us can remember. And I know I have been all over the place. But my best friend told me, "Pick a team" and you were right. Haley: You're happy? Lucas: We both are. Haley: That's all that counts. Besides, the only people that tear happy people down are those that are unhappy, so you go do your thing. I got your back. Lucas: Thanks. Brooke's house (night) Peyton is sitting on the sofa and Brooke is above lying, the head on Peyton's knees. Peyton: Thank you. Brooke: For what? Peyton: For always helping me, for giving me a place to live and for the record label and... For being my best friend. You really are a good person, Brooke Davis. Brooke: And what do I get out of it? Peyton: Great friends... Great life... Good karma. Brooke: I don't believe in karma. I try to be a good person, and bad stuff happens anyway. Peyton: Like what kind of bad stuff? Like falling down the stairs? Brooke (with tears in her eyes): Yeah, something like that. Peyton: You missing Angie? Brooke: I don't really want to talk about it. Peyton: Okay. Peyton: Uhm, let me ask you something. If you don't believe in karma... What do you believe in? Brooke: Justice. Nathan and Haley's house Haley and Jamie unwind the tissue to make the cape. Jamie: Make sure we make it bigger, mama. Q's a li-i-ttle bigger than me. Haley: A little? Jamie: You think nanny deb wants help? Haley: Oh, I think Nanny Deb's taking a nap right now. Haley makes the drawing but does not find her scissors. Jamie: She sure has been tired a lot lately. Haley: Yeah, she has, huh? Where did I put my scissors? She opens the drawer in the bathroom, she takes the flask of medicines which is empty. She opens the door of the room, puts the light on and Deb wakes with a start, a green mask on her face. Haley: Hey. Masked avenger, get up. Deb: What? Haley: I know what you've been up to. Deb: I was gonna tell you. Haley: Deb, I will not have a junkie around my son. Deb: Oh, wait. What? Haley shows her the flask. Haley: I found the pills. Deb: O...kay. Haley: Come on, Deb. Nathan's pain medication for his back. This bottle was full a week ago, and now you're out all night and you're always tired. Deb: You think I took those pills? Haley: Well, unless you've been fighting crime in that thing, where the hell have you been? Deb pust off her mask. Deb: I've been having sex. Haley grimaces. Deb: Well, I have. And i haven't taken a single one of those pills. I believe your husband's back has been bothering him lately. sht on Haley and Deb, who are sitting in the lounge in front of Nathan. Haley: We know what you've been up to, Nathan. And don't try and blame it on Deb, because she has been having sex. Nathan (He grimaces): ugh. Haley: Have you been taking these pills? And don't say... Nathan: Yes. Haley: Yes? Nathan: Yeah. Those are my pain pills for my back, and my back's been in pain. Haley: This bottle was full a week ago. Nathan: I know. I've been taking two a day, which is what the prescription says. But, you know, contrary to popular belief, some people can take pills without turning into a junkie. Deb puts her mask on her face and leaves the room. Deb: I'm going back to bed. Nathan: Look, if it makes you feel any better, I could probably play through the pain, but those pills really seem to help. Haley: I just want you to be careful. Nathan: I will. Are you okay? Haley: Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Can we at least just go see the doctor and talk to him about everything now that you're playing again? Nathan: Sure. We'll go tomorrow. Haley: Okay. Carrie's house Carrie is putting some flowers in a vase. Carrie: You know what the worst part about being a fugitive is? Being a fugitive. All that sneaking around, constantly being pursued. See, that's where you come in. Grandpa Dan, just out of prison, hanging around the schoolyard, and then Jamie's missing and Grandpa Dan's missing. I'm sure the manhunt will be extensive, but they'll be looking for you in a black s.u.v., not in a shallow grave out by the swing set. She puts the flowers on a table next to Dan's bed. Carrie: You know what I love most? The fact that no one checks up on you because no one likes you. Yeah, they'll all miss Jamie, but no one's gonna miss you. All I have to do is burn your i.d. and that pager. And, by the way, a beeper. What are you, a drug dealer on "miami vice"? She opens the drawer and takes the pager. Carrie: You did get one page, though right after I ht you with that car. So I guess your table's ready at the cheesecake factory. Dan is trying to speak. Carrie: It's alive! Well done. What does it want to say? Dan: Your plan sucks. He laughs. Tree Hill's hospital (day) Doctor: You know, that pain you're experiencing is your body telling you to slow down. You can't handle the pace you kept before your accident. Nathan puts back his T-shirt. Doctor: Which is not to say you can't have a basketball career again, if you're smart about it. Haley: What does that mean, exactly? Can you tell us the risks to him if he plays again? Doctor: Well, it's the "exactly" part that's a little tricky, Haley. Nathan's back is held together with medical ingenuity and a few miracles. The miracle part isn't exactly scientific. Nathan: But it's possible that I could play for 10 years and be fine, right? Doctor: Oh, yeah, it's possible. But here's the worst-case scenario. You cause your spine enough trauma to end up back in that wheelchair... Possibly for life. Haley looks at Nathan with a worried glance. Brooke's house- Peyton's room (day) Jamie and Lucas are making Peyton's boxes. Jamie: How come Peyton's moving out? Lucas: Because she's moving in with me. We're getting married. Jamie: What happened to Lindsey? Lucas: It's a long story, kid. Jamie: Were you ever in love with mama? Lucas: What do you mean? Like love love? Jamie says yes with his head. Lucas: No, we were always, uh, just friends. Why? Jamie: Just wondered. Were you ever in love with Aunt Brooke? Lucas: Long story. Here. Make yourself useful, knucklehead. Jamie goes down from the stool and takes the box which gives him Lucas. He stops and turns around towards Lucas. Jamie: When you get married, do I have to be the ring bearer again? Lucas: Not if you don't want to. Jamie: Good. 'cause last time, it didn't work out so well. Jamie leaves the room and Lucas is smiling. Carrie's house (day) Dan is lying on his bed and Carrie is cuting some flowers. Dan: Your plan sucks. Carrie: Really? The guy can finally speak, and he's a frickin' talking parrot. Don't make me get the ball gag. Dan: Now you're just turning me on. Carrie (by sighing of nervousness): Okay. She turns back. Carrie: I'll play your little game, parrot. Why does my plan suck? Dan: The pager. There's a number on the back of it. Call it. Carrie: Is this a trick? Dan: Call it and find out. Carrie: My plan doesn't suck. She is getting angry. Rivercourt (day) Nathan is standing on the court, while Haley is sitting on a table. Nathan: They're getting married, huh? Haley: Yeah. Nathan: The doctor scared you, didn't he? Haley: Right about the time he said "paralysis." Nathan turns back, he joins Haley and sits down next to her. Haley: I was watching you practice with the team yesterday. You looked so happy, somebody that was doing exactly what they were born to do. You still love it, don't you? Nathna: Yeah. I do. And the truth is, I could probably slow down and try to play a little differently. She gets closer to him. Haley (smiling): No, you can't. That's not who you are. You can't do that. Can i tell you a secret, though? That's what I love about you. I remember the first time I saw you play, when I was tutoring you. You were like a rock star out there. Nathan: Masonboro. You sat with Keith, (with a derisive voice) and you wore that goofy hat. Haley: Whatever. She puts her head on his shoulder. Nathan: I scored 35 points that night and each basket was like my own personal version of a Haley James pickup line. Haley: It worked. Nathan: I played that game for you, Haley, and you know what? I'd give it up for you, too. 'cause as much as I love playing the game and the person that I am when I play it, I love being a husband and a father more. Brooke's house Peyton is calling Brooke but she's got no answers. Lucas arrives in the Kitchen with a box in his hands, foolowed by Jamie. Lucas: This is the last of it. No Brooke? He gives the box to Jamie. Peyton: No. She was gone when I woke up this morning, and she's not picking up her cell or at the store. Lucas: That sucks. I really wanted to see her. Jamie: A little help here. The box is too heavy for Jamie, so Lucas takes it. Lucas: Whoa. I got you. Hey, Peyton. It's a beginning, not an end. He gives a wink to her and leaves. Peyton wait a few time and leaves too. We can see Brooke who's on her bed, locked in her room. Carrie's house (day) Carrie makes hundred steps in the room by fiddling with the pager in her hands. Dan on his bed is smiling. Carrie: Stop smiling! Dan: Call the number. Carrie: Aagh! "Call the number, call the number"! You want me to call the number? I'll call the damn number! She takes the phone and calls the number. Carrie: Pay as you go. No caller i.d. My "plan sucks," says the cripple in the restraints. Paramedic (on the phone): Emergency medical response team. May I have your name and the number on your pager, please? Carrie: I... I'm sorry. I think I've dialed the wrong number. Who is this? Paramedic: Emergency medical response team and unless you're on the waiting list for a heart transplant, you've called the wrong number. Carrie: I'm sorry. She hangs up her phone. Dan is laughing. Carrie (screaming): Shut up. I said, "Shut up!" She throws the phone against the door, it brokes. Brooke's house Brooke is alone at her home, she's looking Peyton's room which is empty. Then someone is ringing on the door. Deb: Brooke? It's Deb, honey. Brooke? She opens the door by sighing. Deb: Hi. I was in the neighborhood. Thought you might want to have a little girls' night. Brooke: No, thank you. De: Brooke... I lived a lot of years feeling powerless and alone. I was pissed off and medicated and scared to death. That's not going to happen to you... Not if I can help it. Now, get dressed. Carrie's house (day) Carrie gets angry after her phone call. Carrie: What does that mean emergency response team? Huh?! Speak! Dan: It means... I have less than six months to live and even if I kidnap my own grandson, then I'm only a suspect for a few months. Then I'm dad. And where is he? Carrie takes her head between her hands. Dan (laughing): Which means your plan sucks. Then she thrat Dan with a Knfe. Carrie: Stop saying that! You hear me?! Stop saying that, and keep your mouth shut, or I promise you I will kll you right now! Dan: Without that heart... I'm already dad. Carrie leaves the room. Lucas' house Peyton is emptying her suitcases, then she calls up at Brooke, but she falls on the answering machine. She listens to the message, smiles and hangs up. Answering machine: "Go! Hi. This is Brooke. And this is peyton. Leave us, call us, you said I was supposed to go next. No, I did not. Yes, you did! Leave a message. Bye. I told you I was gonna go next." Carrie's house Close-up on Dan which tries to remove the hand of the belt, he smiles. Tree Hill's gymnasium Nathan puts a basket. Nathan: Game. He begins to leave. Quentin: Damn. One more, man. Let's go. Nathan: That's it. I'm done today, man. Quentin: What? That's soft, man. You ain't never getting to the association like that. Nathan (smiling): All right, we'll see about that. Quentin: So, you're leaving? Just like that? What the hell are you thinking about, Nate? Nathan: I'm thinking I got a really hot wife and an awesome son waiting for me at home. Quentin: Hey, Nate. I'm happy to be a part of it, man. Nathan: What's that? Quentin: The comeback. Nathan: Don't call it a comeback, man. Quentin: Oh, it's a comeback, baby. It's a beautiful thing to watch, bro. Nathan: Tomorrow morning... Rivercourt. And, Q... Thank you. He leaves the gym. Nathan and Haley's house Haley is finishing sewing the cape for Quentin, under the happy glance of Jamie. Jamie: It's so awesome, mama. Quentin's gonna love it. Haley smiles. Tree Hill high school - Lucas' office Lucas comes in his office and finds Skills who's there. Lucas: Dude. Don't you have the apartment all to yourself now? Where's the party? Skills: Yeah, well, you got a whole house all to yourself. Lucas: Not anymore. Skills looks amazed. Lucas: Peyton's moving in. We're getting married. Skills: Well, well. You want another drink, or should I just wait till you propose to Brooke? Lucas: Nice. How about I buy you a drink, huh? Skills: Okay. Lucas: I mean, unless it's a bad time. Skills: Nah. I was just gonna talk to Q about something. But I'll see him tomorrow. Lucas: All right. Let's go. Skills: Let's roll. They leave the office. Gas station (night) Quentin parks in front of the pumps of the gas station, he comes down() from the car and enters the shop. The man in the store seems bizarre. Quentin: Hey. Can I get 20 on pump number 1, please? Quentin perceives an inanimate man and tracks of blood behind the counter. He pays and turns around. Man: Have a nice night. sht on a pstol, a blow is pulled. It's Brooke who's training in sh*ting with Deb. Lucas' house (night) Lucas's mobile rings in the middle of the night, he answers. Lucas: Hello? Oh, my god. He seems swamped by what he learns. Peyton: Lucas, what is it? Lucas: Quentin Fields was sht tonight. He's d*ad.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x02 - One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill" Brooke is attcked in her store, she confides to Deb. Brooke: Were you robbed? Last night. You can't tell anyone, okay? Deb, you own a gn, right? I want you to teach me how to use it. A girl tries to steal clothes at Brooke's store. Brooke: Shoplift much? Samantha: I don't know what you're talking about. What are you doing?! Get off me, bitch! Dan is kidnapped by Carrie. He tries to escape. Carrie: I am going to do the world a favor and l'll kll you, but first, I'm gonna get Jamie back. And you're gonna help me. Carrie: Where do you think you're going? Nathan wonders about the person who dates with her mother, Skills is in a bad posture. Nathan: Apparently, my mom's dating some freak she met online. I'm gonna find out who this jerk is. And when I do, it's gonna get ugly. Jamie wants to made a cape for his friend Quentin, who gave him a present. Quentin: I used to put all my little treasures in here. Now you can, too. Jamie: Can you help me make a cape? Quentin really likes mine. I thought maybe we could make one for him, too. Q is mrder by a man at the service station. Man: Have a nice night. Somebody calls Lucas in the middle of the night to announce the bad news to him. Lucas: Oh, my god. Peyton: Lucas, what is it? Lucas: Quentin Fields was sht tonight. He's dad. Beginning of the episode Lucas'house (night) Samantha's voiceover: "Quentin Fields was a basketball player. He was also a son, a brother, somebody's teammate, somebody's friend. I didn't know Quentin fields. I guess now I never will." Skills knocks on the door from Lucas, this one opens to him and invites him to enter. Skills: Hey, did anybody call you? Lucas: Yeah. Skills (devastated): Is it true? Is Quentin really...is he dad? Lucas: Yeah. Come on in. Samantha's voiceover: "Did you ever wonder what it would be like if you weren't you anymore? If you were suddenly gone, how would your world react?" River court (day) Nathan is training in River court, he calls Q because this one is late. Nathan (phoning): Where the hell are you, man? Please tell me I didn't drag myself out of bed for nothing. Call me back. Samantha's voiceover: "Whatever you imagined is wrong." Haley arrives, she gets out of the car, Nathan is smiling, she seems destroyed and sad. Nathan: Hey, what are you doing here? (anxious) Haley, what happened? She approaches Nathan and we can see them being caught in their arms. Samantha's voiceover: "There's nothing romantic about death. Grief is like the ocean. It's deep and dark and bigger than all of us." Clothe's over bro (day) One sees Brooke behind the pane of Clothes' over bro, she turns over and takes clothing which are on bearing and she throws it in the street. Samantha's voiceover: "And pain is like in thief the night." Nathan and Haley's house (day) Haley and Nathan are sitting in the kitchen, Deb is with them. They seem devastated by the death of Q. Haley: What am I gonna tell my students? What am I gonna tell Jamie? He loves Quentin. He's... making him a cape. Nathan: I'll do it. Haley: No. We should do it together. Tree Hill gymnasium Lucas and Skills arrive in the gymnasium, the players stop playing. Ravens' player (happy): Hey, Coach Luke's back. What's happening, coach? Lucas: Hey, guys, uh...we have to tell you something. Nathan and Haley's house (day) Jamie sits on his bed, Haley and Nathan are held in the frame of the room's door. Jamie: What's wrong, mama? Nathan: It's about Quentin, son. They come to put themselves next to him on the bed. Nathan: Listen... Quentin had an accident, Jamie. Jamie: What kind of accident? Is he gonna be okay? Nathan: No, he's not okay. (Haley watches him with tears in her eyes) He, um...his...his body stopped working, and he's gone now. He's gone to heaven, okay? And we're not gonna be able to see him anymore. Jamie: What about the Ravens? Isn't he gonna play anymore? Haley (sobs in the voice): Jamie...he died, honey. He can't play anymore. And mommy and daddy are incredibly sad about it. So it's okay if you're sad, too. I know that he loved you very much, and I know that you're gonna miss him. And we're really gonna miss him, too. Jamie rises of his bed and starts starting from his room. Jamie: But what about his cape? Haley: Jamie, he's... Jamie, honey, listen to me. Jamie: He's gonna like it. You'll see. He sets out, close-up on Haley in tears. Clothes' over bro (day) Peyton goes in the street when she sees women taking clothing on the pavement. She tears away to them the clothes of hands and shouts to make them leave. Peyton: No,no,no,no,no,no,no. Hey, guys, I'm sorry. There's been a misunderstanding, okay? These... these clothes are not free! Just taking inventory. Peyton enters the store. Peyton: Brooke Davis, have you lost your mind?! Brooke continues launching clothes in the street. Brooke: It's my store. They're my clothes. I can do what I want with them. Peyton: But what are you doing? Brooke: We're having a sale. For one day, and one day only, everything in the store is freakin' free! Peyton (Making a sign to the women in front of the store): No! Do you want to talk about it? Haley told me about your mom. Brooke: No, as a matter of fact, I don't want to talk about it. There's nothing left to say, Peyton. My mom's a bitch! She's a horrible, selfish bitch! Happy now? Was that a good talk? Peyton: Why are you yelling at me? Brooke: I'm gonna need my key back, too. Peyton (surprised): What? Brooke: My house key? You moved out, right? I can't have people coming and going like it's some kind of Rachel Gatina crack den. Peyton: Okay, Brooke, I understand that you're upset, but is there something else that's going on? Brooke: just need to feel safe in my house, that's all. So I need your key. Peyton: Fine. Brooke: What do you want, Peyton? What is it that you are doing here? Peyton: I came here to tell you that one of Lucas' basketball players was klled last night. Quentin fields. And Luke's a mess. I just thought you'd want to know. Peyton puts her key on the counter in front of Brooke and leaves. Haley's classroom (day) Haley arrives in her classroom, she closes the door and discovers her students annihilated by the sad news. She sits down to her desk. Haley: I don't know what to say to any of you. I didn't know what to say to my 5-year-old son who loved Quentin just as much as many of you do. So, um, if you want to talk about how you're feeling Student: What's the point? I mean, he's gone, right? Some idiot just sht him, and now he's gone forever. So what's the point? Haley: There is no point. sht on Quentin's desk where the place is empty. Carrie's house (day) Carrie opens a curtain and she is irritated after Dan who is always attached to his bed. Carrie: You think you can fool me, uh? You think you can spoil my plan to get Jamie back with your stupid defective heart? Well, you can't. I have a new plan. I'm not gonna have to take Jamie after all he's gonna come right to me. Dan: And why would he do that? She gets close to the bed. Carrie: Oh, because poor grandpa Dan is dying, and his last dying wish is to say goodbye to his sweet little grandson. Dan: And then what? Carrie: In a few months, I'll be dad, and when they can't find Jamie, they'll start looking for you. And then you'll be the fugitive that you don't want to be. I've decided I can live with that. By then, I'll have a six-month head start with my son. When life gives you lemons, you can't be a sourpuss. Dan: It won't work. They won't bring Jamie to see me. In case you've forgotten, I'm a mrder, remember? Besides, my grandson's afraid of me. Carrie takes a paper in her pocket, it is Jamie's card of thanks, that where he was outlined with Dan. Carrie: Oh... not according to this. Found this in your jacket. Looks like Jamie loved you almost as much as he loves me. She puts the card in her pocket and answers him with a smile of victory. Dan: What's he gonna do? Drive himself out here? What are you gonna do about the person who brings him? Carrie: Well, I sincerely hope it's Haley, but I'm not gonna do anything. Dan Scott, however, is going to kll that person. At least that's what it'll look like. I mean, in case you've forgotten, you're a mrder, remember? Tree Hill gymnasium Skills and Lucas are sitting on the stands of the gymnasium. Skills: I was gonna tell him I was proud of him. You know, last night when you came by the office... I said, "I'll just talk to Q tomorrow. I was gonna tell him how far he's come and how proud I was of him for that." You're supposed to get tomorrow, you know? That kid was just 17 years old. His life hadn't even started yet. And the phone rings in the middle of the night, and he's just...gone. It's just wrong, Luke. It's impossible and just wrong. Lucas: I feel like I let him down. I asked him to be a good example and a good teammate. And then I go and get suspended? Skills: Yeah, but you was defending him, though. Lucas: I was failing him. He's got a little brother. He's got parents. Skills: How does a mother ever breathe again? High school cloakroom Close-up on the whiteboard, Jamie looks at it attentively while Nathan empties Quentin's drawer. Nathan finds the book of Q, he turns pages and sighs, Jamie shows Quentin's jersey. Jamie: Can I have this? Nathan: I think he'd like that. Nathan puts the book in his bag and Jamie threads the jersey. Nathan kneels down and embraces Jamie. Carrie's house (day) Close-up on the pstol which Carrie holds in her hands, she puts a ball inside. Carrie: I like your beach house, by the way. Amazing view. Yes, I've been there. Where do you think I got your gn from? Bedside table, under the suburban-filth catalog. Their bras are sexy, huh? She opens her blouse and shows her bras. Dan: Why don't you have kids? You're young, attractive, crazy as a craphouse rat, but still, you could have a little boy of your own. She pretends of playing the Russian roulette and aims at him. Carrie: Hell, I might even be able to help you out. I am really going to enjoy klling you. She removes the safety of the gn. Noise of sh*ting, change of sht, we see Brooke to the club of sh*ting. Quentin's house Lucas, Peyton, Nathan, Skills, Haley and Jamie arrive to the Quentin's mother house. Haley: Go ahead and play. Stay in the yard, okay? Everyone enters the house. Jamie is going to sit down on the swing beside a little boy. Jamie: Hi. Dre: They gave me a present. Jamie: What are you playing? Dre: Basketball. What's your name? Jamie: James Lucas Scott. What's yours? Dre: Well, everyone calls me Dre, but my real name is Brandon Andre Fields. Quentin was my brother. Jamie: Quentin was my friend. I'm making him a cape. sht on the inside of the house: Lucas looks at a photo of Q which is on the fireplace; Quentin's mother arrives in the room. Quentin's mother: Coach Scott... I'm Quentin's mother... Denice. She shakes hands with him. Lucas: Ma'am. Quentin's mother: I wanted to thank you for standing up for my boy the way you did in that last game. It's a shame that we have to meet like this. Lucas: Yes, ma'am, it is. Quentin's mother: Coach Taylor... Quentin always had so many nice thing to say about you, and you, too, Nathan. I really appreciate you boys coming here, but I mostly wanted to say thank you to this one. My son has always loved basketball. But I got to tell you... when I came home and found him reading a book; it just about gave me a heart attck. He said, "Mama, Mrs. James Scott, she don't play." He said, "She almost as bad as you are." I realize that you were all trying to help my boy live up to the greatness that god gave him, and you should be proud of that. Haley: Your strength is inspiring. Quentin's mother: My strength is from Jesus Christ. I am gonna miss my baby boy for the rest of this life. She is moved, she takes a photo of her son and greenhouse against her breast. Quentin's mother: But I know we are gonna see him again, and our faith will see us through. Outside of the house. Dre: I'm gonna be a musician when I grow up. Jamie: I'm gonna play basketball. Dre: Yeah, I might do that, too. My mom makes the best spaghetti in the world. Jamie: My mom makes good macaroni and cheese. Dre: My grandpa can whistle really loud. Jamie: My grandma Deb wears really tight pants. Dre: My favourite animal is a cheetah. Jamie: Mine's a rabbit... or a tiger... or a raven. Dre: Yeah, a Raven. I'm not going in there. It's too sad. What colour is the cape? Jamie: Red. Dre: Cool. Haley arrives in the garden, they make a sign of the hand for Dre and leave towards the car. Haley: Jamie, come on, buddy, time to go. Jamie: Bye. Dre: Bye. Jamie: I'll be right back. We see alone Dre on its swing, Jamie takes Q's jersey in the car and return to give it to Dre. Haley: You're a good boy, you know that? Everybody rise in the car. Nathan and Haley's house (day) Haley is sitting on their bed, holding the cape for Q in her hands, when Nathan arrives and is held in the embrasure of the door. Nathan: Everyone's just kind of hanging out downstairs. Haley: Yeah. I just thought maybe Jamie wanted to finish this. I was also thinking that maybe he shouldn't go to the funeral. It's just gonna be so sad and final. Nathan: Well, that's what death is, Hales. Haley: I know, but he's 5 years old, and he still sees a better world than we do. Nathan: Well, not to mention wakes and funerals really creep me out. Yeah, for you, it's clowns. For me, it's old dad guys. (He comes to sit down on the bed next to Haley) You know, my, uh... my mom's grandfather died when I was around Jamie's age. And so my whole family's at the wake, and we're kneeling in front of the casket. And I'm really scared because there's this old dad guy just a few feet away from me. Anyway, my mom's crying, and, uh, my dad...he says a couple of words, and then he leans forward, and he kisses the corpse. And now I'm totally freaked out. And then, he turns to me, and he says. Image in back flash of Dan. "Kiss your great grandfather, son." Haley: He didn't make you? Haley puts the hand in front of her mouth. Nathan: Yeah. It's my dad. Kiss the 100-year-old dad guy in makeup. Nathan grimaces of disgust. Haley: Dan sucks. Nathan: Yeah. Maybe you're right. Maybe Jamie should sit this one out. Deb takes Skills in her room to speak to him. Deb: I'm so sorry. I wanted to see you as soon as I found out. Skills: It's okay. Thank you, though. Deb: You must be devastated. Skills: I just feel numb, like I'm in a bad dream, and I just want to wake up. I just want Q to wake up. Deb: Did they...have they found the person responsible? Skills: I don't think so. Look, I probably should be getting back downstairs. I don't want to make the day worse for you, Nate, or somebody else. Deb: Okay... She embraces him. He opens the door. Deb: Antown, I here for you. Skills: Yeah, you here. Q gone. And... I'm someplace else. He leaves the room. Brooke is in front of her mirror where are written in lipstick words as: payback, avenge, justice... The entire band is gathered in the lounge of the Scott. Peyton: It's just so hard to accept that things like this happen, and not just to Quentin, but at all...ever. Brooke: One out of every 500 people gets asault or rped. There were 30,000 aggravated asault in our state alone last year, 7,000 robberies, 3,000 mrder, 600 rapes. It's official. Life sucks, and then you die. Jamie arrives and looks at Brooke who seems sorry of her words. Brooke: I'm sorry. It's a tragedy. I know it is. I'm sorry. Excuse me. She leaves the room and goes outside. Haley joins Brooke who stands in front of the swimming pool. Haley: Hey. Brooke: I'm so sorry about that. Do I need to go talk to Jamie? Haley: No, he'll be fine. You can talk to me, though. Brooke: I'm just going through a lot. Saying goodbye to Angie, and Victoria trying to take the company. And then I... fall down the stairs. And now this. It's just a lot. Haley: There was a therapist that Nathan and I went to when we were having some problems. She really helped. I can give you her number if you want. Brooke: Okay. Haley: Okay. Good. I'm really sorry about everything. Must have been some fall down the stairs. Does it hurt? Brooke: It all hurts. She takes her by the size and takes her inside. Carrie's house (day) Dan manages to release itself from its concentrations, he goes out of the house and tries to escape but its leg hurts him. He falls on the lawn, he raises the head and sees a tomb. Carrie: Get your filthy, mrder hands away from my son! Carrie strikes him with a shovel. Tree Hill high school (day) Nathan and Haley is in front of the secondary school, they look at the memorial for Q. Haley: I don't know what to say to them. I'm 22 years old, and I'm supposed to make sense out of all this for my students? I... I can't. Nathan takes out the book of the Miserable of his bag and gives it to Haley. Nathan: You reached Quentin. You'll reach them, too. She takes the book and caresses the cover. Haley's classroom (day) Haley puts the book of Q on her desk, she sees that a girl is sitting on Quentin's place. Haley: What's your name? Samantha: Sam... Samantha Walker. I'm new. Haley: Can you just take that desk in the back, please? Samantha: Why? What's wrong with this one? Haley: That desk is taken. The girl goes to an over place in the back of the room. Tree Hill gymnasium Lucas, Skills and Nathan are held in front of the team of basketball in the gymnasium. Lucas: Quentin, uh... was a great kid. He was the leader of this team, and I know that he was your friend. I wish... I could take this pain away, but I can't and I'm sorry. Skills: It's okay to feel angry. It's okay to feel pain. It's even okay to hate the person that did this, but when that anger and... and that pain and that hate becomes too much for you, you come see me, Nate, or Luke. Understand? We are your family, and we gonna get through this together. Nathan: You guys know that Q was working out with me, helping me with my game. And that's how I'm gonna remember him...strong, happy, playing the game he loved. I want you all to find your own best memories of Q and hold on to them 'cause that's where he still lives, and he always will. Lucas' house (day) Brooke opens the door and enters, Peyton arrives a box in her hands. Brooke: Peyton? Peyton: Hey. Brooke: Still moving in? Peyton: Yeah. I'm... I'm just trying to keep busy and stay preoccupied. Brooke: I brought you something. She tightens her the key of her house, Peyton takes the key. Peyton: Brooke, it's fine. Brooke: No, I'm really sorry. It was a total "of-you" transfer from Victoria to you, and you didn't deserve it. Peyton: It's fine. Is that why you threw all your pretty clothes out in the street? Brooke: Kind of. Victoria wants the line that bad, she can have it, you know? Life's too short. Peyton: Hey, I got something for you, too. She takes her by the hand and takes her in the room. The clothes that Brooke had thrown in the street are on the bed. Peyton: So, I had to wrestle two really strong women and a kid in a wheelchair for the couture stuff, but most of it's there. Brooke: You can keep them. Peyton: Life's too short, Brooke, to fight, to be miserable...to let the bitter ones change how awesome you are. Haley's classroom (day) Haley plays with its pen to take charge the spirit. Haley: You know what? Um... you guys asked me what the point was to all of this school and literature...life. And, uh, I said there was no a point. And that's not true. What I should have said was, "I don't know," because the truth is, not long ago, I sat right where you are and wondered exactly the same things. When something that's tragic and evil and unexplainable happens like losing someone forever... I still wonder...just like you do. Okay just put your books away. All right, everybody, get out a piece of paper and a pen. She gets up from her chair and sits down on her desk. Samantha: Why? Haley: Because this is a literature class. When archaeologists uncover lost civilizations and they unearth these worlds that have long since been destroyed, you know what they find most often? They find stories...ancient languages, words, inscriptions from people who've been gone for thousands of years because chances are, they, like you, they wanted to know, "what's the point?" And they wanted us to know that they were here, you know? She gets up and crosses the room by speaking. Haley: Like... they told their stories, and they tried to make sense out of their lives and their worlds and their tragedies. So that's what we're gonna do. So I want you to write something, anything at all, about Quentin Fields. If you knew him, write a favourite memory. If you didn't know him, write what you think the point is of all this for yourself and your life and your time here. This is a literature class, and that's what writers do. We put pen to paper in times of devastating tragedy. And we just try and make sense of it. Maybe we'll find clarity in some of those words. Maybe we'll find peace. She sees a registration on Q's desk. Haley: Who wrote this? Student: I did. Haley: Give me your marker. She takes the marker and writes something in her turn. Student (reading what Haley wrote on the desk): "He who does not weep does not see." What's that from? Haley: "Les misérables". The miserables. Who's next? She tightens the pen to a girl, and everybody goes to write something on Q's desk. Haley passes behind Sam. Haley: Nice shirt. Clothes Over Bros, right? Nathan and Haley's house (day) Haley makes up and Jamie looks at her sat on the bed. Jamie: How come you're getting dressed up again? Haley: Because, uh, mommy and daddy are gonna go to Quentin's funeral, and you're gonna go to the sitter's, remember? Jamie: And what happens there, exactly...at the funeral? Haley: We're gonna say goodbye to Quentin, honey. He leaves the room. Lucas' house (day) Lucas puts his jacket and turns around towards Peyton. Lucas: Jamie loved Q. It's got to be hard for Nathan and Haley to explain it all to him, you know? Peyton: Well, maybe after they explain it to him, they can explain it to me. How's the team doing? Lucas: Not so good. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they forfeit the rest of the season. It's really nice having you here, especially now. I know we haven't really talked much about the wedding. Peyton: Oh, god, Luke, the wedding can wait. I mean, this is what a marriage is, right...the good times and the bad? I just wish I could help you somehow. Lucas: Peyton, you help me so much without saying a word. And I love you. They embrace. Brooke's house (day) Brooke goes back up the zip of her dress when somebody rings. Brooke: Who is it? Voice: Nathan. She goes towards the door, hesitates and opens. Brooke: Hi, Nate. Come on in. Nathan comes in. Brooke: It's a tough day, huh? Nathan: Yeah. Brooke: I wish there was something I could do for you or Haley or Jamie. Nathan: Well, actuallye were wondering if there's anything we could do for you. Brooke: How do you mean, why me? Nathan: Well, I know that your mom has been pulling some stuff with the company, and... I don't know...and I guess having dealt with parent insanity, I just wanted to check your head and see how you're doing. Brooke: I'm fine. Really. Nathan: That sounds like something I would say. Look, this thing with losing Quentin is...it's hard. And I have a feeling it's gonna be a pretty prominent thing in our lives for a while. It doesn't mean that your problems are any less important, that all of us aren't here for you. Brooke: Look, like I said... Nathan: You're fine. Brooke: You can handle it. It's all good. Nathan: Look, I hope that's true, and maybe it is, but...the thing is, the two of us have been down very similar roads. I mean, we were in the same cliques first. We both felt the same pressures, same expectations. Our parents were like children, and we both grew into kind of bad versions of ourselves way too fast. So I think you know I get it. Brooke: They never really gave us a chance, did they...our parents? Nathan: They didn't know how. Look, the thing is, you made your dream happen, all right? And even though I didn't quite get there, when it was taken away from me, I dealt with it alone. That was stupid, selfish, and wrong. So if your mom tries to take your dream away from you and you feel that same pain I did, I've sort of been there, okay? I'm gonna be kind of kissed off if you don't come talk to me about it. Anyway, thank you for coming today. It means a lot, I know you didn't know Quentin, but...it doesn't surprise me that you're thinking about other people when all this stuff is going on with you. That's not bad for a girl who never had a chance. Nathan: Came here. They embrace. Tree Hill gymnasium Skills is alone in the middle of the ground, he cries. Nathan and Haley's house (day) Haley and Nathan find dressed and ready Jamie to come to the burial. Haley: Jamie, we're going... Jamie: I want to go. Nathan: Jamie... Jamie: Quentin was my friend, and I want to say goodbye, too. Haley: It's gonna be really sad, buddy. Jamie: I'm already sad. Haley squats in front of him and puts him his tie correctly. Haley: You're right. Quentin was your friend and a good one. You should say goodbye. She embraces him, Nathan caresses Jamie's head. Tree Hill's cemetery (day) Priest's voiceover: "The lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake..." Everybody arrives at the burial of Quentin, the coffin is brought. The mother and the small brother of Q arrive in turn. Jamie makes sign for Dre, this one answers him. Priest: We're to celebrate the home going of young Quentin Fields. Carrie's house (day) Carrie attaches Dan to his bed. Dan: I'm sorry for your loss. Carrie (screaming): Shut up. Dan: You lost a son. What was his name? You know you can't replace him with my grandson. She starts crying. Dan: Somewhere deep down inside...you know he's not coming back. No matter what you do, your son is not coming back. Tree Hill's cemetery (day) Priest's voiceover: We celebrate the life of brother Quentin... sht on Quentin's mother, Haley, Brooke, Lucas, Skills, Nathan, Deb. Deb looks at Skills, she is going to put herself beside him under the glance surprised of Nathan. The team of Ravens arrives towards the coffin; a player gives flowers to Denice Fields. Samantha's voiceover: "Quentin Fields was a basketball player. (sht on the Ravens) He was also a son... (sht on Denice Fields) a brother... (sht on Dre who is going to put himself in the middle of the team and threads his brother's jersey) somebody's teammate... and somebody's friend (sht on Jamie). I never knew Quentin fields. And I guess now I never will." Carrie brings flowers on her son's grave. Samantha's voiceover: "Grief is like the ocean. It's deep and dark and bigger than all of us. And pain is like a thief in the night...quiet, persistent, unfair...diminished by time and faith and love." Everybody begins to leave, Jamie stays with his box in hands near the coffin. Brooke makes sign for Nathan and Haley that she takes charge of it. Brooke and Jamie are standing in front of the coffin. Samantha's voiceover: I didn't know Quentin Fields (sh*t on Haley who's reading Sam's essay) but I'm jealous of him, because I see how his absence has affected the people who did know him, so I know that he mattered to them. And I know he was loved." Jamie takes out the cape of his box and spreads it on the coffin, Brooke fails and begins to cry. Jamie takes her hand. Samantha's voiceover: "People say Quentin Fields was a great basketball player...graceful, fluid, inspiring. They say, on a good night, it almost seemed as though he could fly, and now he can."	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x03 - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly."}	foreverdreaming
AT THE RIVER COURT Quentin : You need to quit that weak-ass fade away. Huh? You want some cuddling? Is that what you want? Go home. Crawl back in bed with your wife. That's weak, Nate. The road to the NBA goes through me, boy. Come on! The hardest part of saying goodbye is having to do it again every single day. Quentin : Well, well. The prodigal coach returns. Every day, we face the same truth that life is fleeting. Quentin : it's cool, coach Taylor. I'll talk to you tomorrow. That our time here is short ... and to honor the fallen. We must live our own lives well. AT THE CEMETERY Jamie : What does it say, mama? Haley : "You will soar on wings like eagles. You will run and not grow weary." Jamie : Do you think there's basketball in heaven? Haley : I know there is. Jamie : How long has it been? Haley : Eight days. Jamie : I miss him. Haley : Come on. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Deb : Good morning, honey. At least you're making noise. Maybe next week I'll get a "hello. Nathan : Mom, you told me you were screwing one of my friends at a funeral. I figured that meant you didn't really want to talk. Deb : Okay. I should have told you about my relationship with Antwon before, but we've got to find a way to deal with this, honey. How can I live here if you're not gonna talk to me? Nathan : I was thinking the same thing. I thought I could get used to it. I haven't. And I can't. Deb : You're kicking me out? Nathan : Say hi to Antwon for me. AT THE CEMETERY Jamie : Mama! It's grandpa Dan. He's dad! Haley : No, buddy, he's not. This is not what it looks like. Jamie : But you and daddy said the people in the cemetery are in heaven, like Quentin. Haley : Right, but, uh, some people like to buy their headstones before they die ... like way before. Um, like the backpack that we got you the week before school started. It's like that. Grandpa Dan's just. being prepared. Jamie : To die in a week? Haley : No. He's ... he's alive. Grandpa Dan is alive, I promise. Jamie : Then can we go see him? AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : Is that Man : Yeah. Mick wolf. Peyton : Are you serious? What is he doing here? Man : Recording, I guess. Peyton : Hi. Mick : Uh, I hope you don't mind. You know, I see an empty studio and a guitar going to waste. It's just an old habit. Peyton : No, no, it's cool. Um, actually, it's an honor. I'm a huge fan. I even have a couple of albums you played on up on the wall in my office. Mick : Well, I'm the one who's honored. Peyton : Mick Wolf. You're not supposed to be in my town, let alone my recording studio. So, why are you here? AT THE PSY Brooke : My store was robbed, and I was attcked. The Psy : I see. Victims of volence often find it helpful to talk through the experience in therapy. It helps them make sense of a random act. Brooke : This wasn't random. Nothing my mother does is random. AT THE PARC Carrie : So, which one's yours? Deb : Uh mine's not here today. Carrie : Right. I think I've seen you with him before ... the little blond-hair red, blue-eyed cutie. Deb : Actually, I'm his, uh ... I'm his Nanny. A least I was until I got fired. Carrie : Been there. Believe me. People don't realize how immensely important it is to be a Nanny. And they never appreciate true devotion. It's enough to drive you crazy. Deb : Well, in my case, my son didn't appreciate who I was sleeping with. Carrie : Yeah, they get so touchy about that stuff. The heart wants what it wants. Yeah. Carrie : But then again, if it were me. I would do whatever it takes to stay n that little boy's life. AT THE PSY The Psy : Was there a history of abuse in your family? Growing up, I mean. Brooke : Not unless you consider a high credit-card limit and no supervision abuse. The Psy : Yet you think your mother attcked you. Brooke : I don't think Victoria did it personally. I think she hired some flying monkey to do her dirty work. It must be hard for you to believe. The Psy : What matters is that you believe it. Brooke : See, she knew that I had just finished those sketches for my fall line, she knew I was keeping them at the store, and she knew that if I showed up to my board meeting without them, I would look incompetent. And that's all she needs to convince the board to give her control of my company. It sounds Shakespearean. You probably think I'm crazy. The Psy : No, I don't. I think we have a lot to talk about. Brooke : How should I start, at the beginning or just from when I fired her? AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Lucas : You fired your mom? Nathan : It'll be fine. I can pick up the slack. Besides, Nanny Deb was awol most of the time, anyway. Lucas : Yeah. You know, it's funny. All these years, we called him "skills. " I always thought it had something to do with basketball. Nathan : That's not funny. Lucas : Kind of funny. Come on, Nate. I ... Andy wasn't much older than me when he started dating my mom, and, I mean, look how well that turned out. Nathan : Well, Andy wasn't one of your classmates or your supposed friends, and he wasn't seeing Karen behind your back. Lucas You got to get over this by tomorrow night's game. Nathan : Oh, I will, but I'll do it for Q Not for skills. I'm really up set with that guy. Lucas : I know you are, but the team needs you and so will Jamie. And the way I see it, skills will be a better father than Dan ever was. AT THE BEACH HOUSE Jamie : This is where grandpa Dan lives? Haley : Yeah, not bad, huh? Jamie : I think you should let him baby-sit. How come grandpa isn't picking up his papers? Haley : I don't know, buddy. Jamie : Maybe he doesn't like what's in it. Haley : Yeah, you're probably right. I don't think he's home, bud. Hey, will you waiting the car for me? Jamie : But I want to see grandpa Dan. Haley : I know, buddy. I just need a second. Jamie : Okay. Haley : Okay. Okay Dan, please don't be rotting on the floor. AT SKILLS'S HOUSE Deb : Hi. Skills : Hey. There's my baby girl. So, what do you say we go out tonight? I mean, after all the sneaking around, I just want to be able to show my girl off. Deb : Antwon. Skills : hmm? Deb : Nathan kicked me out of the house. Skills : Wow. I knew Nate was mad, but that's messed up. Look, I'm sorry. Why don't you just stay here for a while? Mouth's gone. Plus, you've been here like every night, anyway. Deb : It's not that easy. I've worked really hard to get back into my son's life and Jamie's. I can't compromise that now. Skills : Uh-oh. I don't like where this is heading. Deb : I think we have to face facts. I mean, even if Nathan somehow got over this, what would your parents say? Skills : Well, my last serious girlfriend was Bevin. So I'm sure they'll say this is a step up. Deb : I'm almost 20 years older than you. Skills : Yeah, but you're only as old as you feel. And you feel just right to me. Deb : You're so sweet. And I really like you. But I'm sorry. For the sake of my family, I think we have to end this. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : You ever look back on all of it and just feel really fortunate to have been a part of it? Mick : Yeah, I suppose so. It's just I don't look back that much. Peyton : God, you were right there! I mean, you were at the center of everything and making history and giving us something to believe in. Didn't rolling stone call you "the reluctant conscience of rock"? Mick : Yeah. Rolling stone also called mea cult favorite, which is their way of saying you don't sell any records. Peyton : Is that why you stopped recording? I mean, your own stuff. Mick : No. I stopped recording my own stuff 'cause I didn't feel like I had anything left worth saying. You know, session work pays pretty good. You work a couple of weeks out of the month. The rest of the time is your own. Peyton : Yeah? How about you let me fill up some of that free time with lunch? I know a really good place down by the water, and I kind of have a lot of questions. What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost. Mick : I feel like I have. That's your mom's jacket. You look just like her. Peyton : Well, Mia told me she met someone on tour who knew Ellie, but how could she not say it was Mick wolf? Mick : Mia's a good kid. She's a good singer, but she's way too young to know who the hell I am. Peyton : How'd you know who I was? Mick : When your mom got sick, it ht all of us hard --everyone who knew her. Somewhere along the line, someone gave me that benefit CD you made, and read what you said about her in the liner notes, which was which was beautiful. So I guess you could say I'm a fan of yours, too. Peyton : Did you know my dad? Mick : No. I don't think anyone really knew your dad. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Hi. I'm looking for Dr.Thornton. It's about Dan Scott, my, uh. My father-in-law. And I was wondering if you could just have the doctor call me. Okay. Thank you. Hey, skills. Are you okay? Skills : Nate ain't here, is he? Haley : No, you're safe. But you look, uh, not so great. Skills : Deb broke up with me. Haley : Well, I guess you can tussle with a cougar, but you're gonna get bit. Skills : Why everybody think it's a big joke? Haley : Deb's just done a lot of wacky things in her life. We never thought you'd be one of them. Skills : Look, I know it sounds crazy, but I really have feelings for her. Haley : Really? Well, all right. Well, let's, uh. let's be realistic about this. How many good years do you think Deb has left? Skills : Fine, laugh all you want. I just thought maybe you could talk to Nate for me. Haley : Oh, no. I don't want to get in the middle of this. No, thank you. Skills : Come on, Haley. You know we always had each other's backs. Haley : I'll see what I can do. Maybe you should just man up and talk to Nathan yourself. AT THE PSY The Psy : I notice you call your mother Victoria. Brooke : She insisted after we went into business together. The Psy : Why did you go into business with her? Brooke : I don't know. Maybe I wanted her to love me. The Psy : Is that something you still want? Brooke : I bought a gn. The Psy : That's not uncommon for attck victims. It gives them a feeling of control. Unless you're having thoughts of hurting your mother. Brooke : No. I mean, I'm not crazy. But it occurs to me that. It wouldn't bother me if she were dad. And that can't be healthy, right? To feel like if your mother was dad, you wouldn't miss her, that you might be better for it. And I just don't know how it got to this. The Psy : Maybe you should ask your mother that question. AT TREE HILL HIGH SCOOL Haley : Antwon came to see me today, and he said that Deb broke up with him. He's pretty upset. Nathan : Good. He shouldn't have been sleeping with my mom. Haley : Said the an who slept with my sister. I remember the first time I saw you. I was sitting at the geek table, and you were sitting over thereat the jock table, and if we had played by the rules of high school, we wouldn't be sitting here at this table. Nathan : Okay, all right, I get it. You and I weren't the most conventional couple, either. Are you ever gonna stop trying to make me into a better personal Haley : it's not likely. Speaking of exiled parents, did you know that Dan already has a headstone at the cemetery? It makes Keith's stone look tiny by comparison. Nathan : Leave it to Dan Scott to get into a pissing contest with Keith even after he's dad. Haley : Yeah, well, Jamie saw it, and he freaked out and insisted on seeing Dan. I didn't know what else to do. I ... I took him over to the beach house. Nathan : Haley ... Haley : I'm sorry. Dan wasn't home, though. In fact, it looked like he hadn't been home in a few days. When was the last time you saw him? Nathan : I don't know. A few weeks ago? He's playing mind games again. I basically told him to go off and die. Haley : Well, I'm worried about Jamie. He's ... he's still trying to get over the death of Quentin, and now Dan's disappeared. I know we didn't want him around, but Jamie did. It feels kind of selfish. Nathan : Well, remember who we're talking about. Haley : Yeah. AT QUENTIN'S HOUSE Lucas : Hey, Andre. How have you been? Andre : So-so. Lucas : Yeah? Have you been playing basketball? Andre : A little. Do you think I could be a raven someday? Mama says I'm gonna be as tall as Quentin. At least 9 feet. Lucas : Well, I bet you will. Why don't you come see me in about 10 years, all right? Quentin Mum : A little early to be recruiting, isn't it? Hi, coach. AT TREE HILL HIGH SCOOL Sam : Why don't you come on in? Haley : Get off me! Enough! okay? I'm gonna see every one of you in detention. Hold on. Hey, are you okay? Congratulations on your first tree hill catfight. I've had a few in my day. Sam : Spare me the female bonding, okay? I may be new, but I've heard all about Mrs. James-Scott, a cheerleader who dated the star of the basketball team. That is, when you weren't on a rock tour. Your life must have been really tough. So just don't pretend like you know anything about my problems, okay? See you in detention, Hannah Montana. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Haley : Hey, I found your shoplifter. Brooke : I knew it. That little street urchin does go to tree hill high. Haley : Thank you. She's just a messed-up kid. Brooke : She's a messed-up kid taking growth hormones. She knocked me flat on my ass. Haley : She just transferred here. I think she was probably just looking for a way to impress kids with some new clothes, you know? Brooke : I'll give her points for having good taste. Vic Just try and keep her away from my store. Haley : Hey! James Lucas Scott, step away from the mannequin before I come over there and pluck out your eye alls. Did I just sound like a total bitch? Brooke : Yes. And you also sounded like a mom ... a good one. Haley : Oh, he usually makes it so easy. Brooke : Hmm. And what happens when he doesn't? Haley : He's still the most loved kid in the world. okay? Brooke : Yeah. I just wish I had had a family like yours. Jamie : You do. You're aunt Brooke. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Mick : You okay? Peyton : Yeah. Yeah. I just -- you know, Ellie never really told me a lot about my father. And I guess she didn't want me to know much. I don't know. And so I was just hoping you could ... I don't know. Mick : I knew him a little. Um. Ellie loved him. And he loved her right back. And their romance was one of the all-time greats. Which meant it was messy. But, uh. we should all be that lucky, right? To be so passionate about someone. Peyton : Yeah. Oh, oh, which reminds me. Um, god, my fiancés gonna kll me if I let you leave town without meeting him. You don't like basketball by any chance, do you? Mick : Bobcats? Peyton : Ravens. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : Microwave soup? Nathan : What's the problem? Jamie : Nanny Deb always makes me sliders on game days. Nathan : Oh, she does, huh? Jamie : With two pickles for good luck. Nathan : Well, daddy Nathan makes you soup. Jamie : When is she coming back? Nathan : I don't know, buddy. Jamie : Is it because she was kissing uncle skills? Nathan : You knew about that? Jamie : Yeah. They tried to pretend he was getting something out of her eye, but they were just being all mushy. Nathan : Yeah. And how does it feel to be scarred for life? Jamie : Fine. I like Nanny Deb. I like uncle skills. So what if they like each other? Nathan : It's a little more complicated than that. Your Nanny Deb is also my mom. Jamie : Yeah. But I let you kiss my mom. Nathan : Eat your soup. AT TREE HILL HIGH SCOOL Haley : As you all know, tonight's basketball game is dedicated to Quentin, and I think it would be great if you could all be there, so no homework. But don't worry. We'll make it up next week, though. I promise. Sam. Stick around. I want to talk to you. Um. I read your paper that you wrote on Quentin. It was very good, and I think you should spend some more time writing and maybe a little less time shoplifting. Sam : I don't know what you're talking about. Haley : Relax. One of my best friends, Brooke, owns clothes over bros, and she's not gonna press charges. Actually, she sent you a gift. Sam : You know, I'm not homeless, okay? Tell your friend I don't need her charity. Haley : Sam. I don't know what you're going through. I don't know anything about your life. But if you want to talk, I am here to listen. Great. AT THE GYMNASIUM Lucas : Why don't you guys head to the locker room? Come on. We got a game tonight. Skills : Hey, Nate, can we talk? Jamie : Hey, grandpa. Nathan : Look, I'm here to support the team, skills. I don't really have anything to say to you. Skills : Then don't. Just listen. I know me and Deb together sounds like some freaky prn thing, and maybe it started that way. Nathan : This isn't helping. Skills : But the thing is. Your mom makes me happy. And I think I make her happy, too. Nathan : I can't believe we're even having this conversation. Skills : Look, neither one of us wants to do anything that's gonna mess things up for you. Nathan : It's a little late for that. Skills : Okay, you're right. I should have told you about everything from the beginning. But I really care for her, Nate. Look, I'll just leave the ball in your court. Lucas : All right, look, I know you don't feel much like playing basketball tonight. And I get it. When I was in high school, someone close to me was taken away. And I ... I couldn't understand how a game could matter anymore. But my coach was a wise man, and he told me that basketball was more than just a game. That it had the power to heal me if I let it. He was right. Now there's someone else I'd like you to hear from. Quentin Mum : Hi, guys. This last week has been hard on all of us. But what gets me through is trying to remember the happy times with Quentin. And lord knows that boy was never happier than when he was holding a basketball. Now, coach says that, um, some of you might be feeling a little guilty about playing tonight. Well, let me tell you one thing that I know. Quentin would want you to play tonight. Play your hearts out. And if you don't. Well, Andre here ... I think he's gonna go out and play for you. Right, baby? And one more thing. Don't feel like you're moving on without Quentin because he's gonna be with you on that court. I'm sure of that. Lucas : So am I. And he's gonna be right here right by your heart. So. Who wants to carry him out on to that court? Lucas : Every day, we face the same truth, that our time here is short. And to honor the fallen, we must live our own lives well. We must take the high road when we can and allow our common loss to bring us together. I think that's the way Q. Would have wanted it. And while tonight we miss our fallen teammate. Friend. Loved one. We commemorate him for all time. No raven will ever wear the number 44 again. And for as long as this gym stands, Quentin Fields will be here with us. No one can take his place on this team. And no one. Can take his place in our hearts. Moment silence for Number 44, Quentin fields. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Carrie : Hi, Chester. Long time, no see. I just need a few of Jamie's things for our little road trip, just enough to make him comfortable. These people are so lost without me. It's a good thing you can't talk, Chester. Otherwise, you'd be my dinner tonight. Mmm. Tasty. AT VICTORIA'S HOUSE Brooke : Hello, Victoria. Victoria : What are you doing in New York? AT TH GYMNASIUM Quentin Mum : Come on, Ravens! Come on, now! Skills : This might be the greatest loss I'll ever see. Lucas : Well, sometimes it's not about winning. Sometimes it's about healing. AT VICTORIA'S HOUSE Brooke : Now's your chance. The gn's loaded. Just aim low. I'd like to look good at my funeral. Victoria : What is the matter with you? What ... what happened to your eyes? Brooke : As if you don't already know. Victoria : All I know is that my daughter shows up at my doorstep with a gn. Brooke : All I know is my mother had me att*cked in my store. Victoria : Oh, my god. Brooke. Brooke : Are you saying it wasn't you? Victoria : Did you go to the police? Does anyone else know about this? Brooke : Don't worry. You've trained me very well. I put the company first. Victoria : It's just the publicity. Brooke : This from the woman who said she could spin it favorably if I had a drug problem. I want you to answer my question. Victoria : You want an answer? Here's one. I would never physically harm you. Brooke : Well, maybe you didn't mean to. It was late. You thought Millicent would be there. You hate her. Victoria : You are so paranoid --and wrong. Brooke : Someone died last week. And I wasn't close to him, but my friends were, and yet, in the midst of all their grief, I felt nothing. I just felt cold. And I realized I'm turning into the one person I do not want to become. I'm turning into you. Victoria : What do you want me to say, Brooke? That I was a failure as a mother? You got everything you wanted. Brooke : Except your love. Victoria : When I was your age, I dreamed of having a clothing line ,of having a business. Of all the things you have. But I stupidly fell in love. And one morning, your father and I got a little surprise. I told him I didn't want kids. It was never the plan. But he wanted a son more than anything. And as soon as I got fat, he had an excuse to jump into any bed he wanted. And when we had our little baby girl, I made sure I would never be pregnant again. If I couldn't have my dream, your father couldn't have his, either. I probably took it out on you a little too much along the way, but you know what? You should be thanking me for giving you life. Do you understand that? Brooke : I do thank you. Because now I know it wasn't my fault. It was never my fault. I'm calling the lawyers tomorrow, and I'm divesting my interests in clothes over bros ... the magazine, the line. You can have everything. Congratulations, victories. Now you have a company and no daughter. You got your dream. AT THE GYMNASIUM Lucas : Years from now, the record books will show that. The ravens lost to the wildcats on this night. But here's something that those records won't show, something that. No one in that gym will ever forget. That the four-man ravens made the wildcats fight and scratch and claw for every single second of that win. And in doing so, they showed that a team will always be more important than statistics. When your grandkids ask you about this game, you tell them that you played hard for Quentin fields. That you stood tall. And you did it to honor your friend. You should be proud of yourselves, men. I know I'm proud of you. Player : Coach. We want to play with four the rest of the season. Lucas : That's gonna be hard on all of you. Player : We want to do it for Q. He's our fifth. Lucas : It's been an honor coaching you guys. Peyton : So, are you sure you don't want to stay and meet Lucas? Mick : Another time. I think I'm gonna stay around for a little while, do some recording. Peyton : Oh. It just so happens I have an empty studio. Mick : Really? Peyton : I thought you said you didn't have anything left worth saying. Mick : Maybe one more thing. Peyton : Okay, Mick. When Mia said that there was somebody asking about me who knew Ellie. I thought maybe. you were my father. Mick : That would be something, wouldn't it? I'll see you later. IN NEW YORK Taxi driver : Where to? Brooke : The airport. I'm going home to my family. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Carrie : See you soon, baby. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nathan : Mom. I want you to move back in. Jamie's been through a lot lately. He needs his Nanny deb. Deb : Thank you. Nathan : He really makes you happy? Deb : He does. But you've had to sacrifice so much for me over the years, Nathan. Nathan : I just don't want to see it. Okay, I don't want to hear about it. But whatever you want. Deb : Hey. Haley : Hello? Yeah, this is Haley. Really? Uh, okay. Yeah. Thank you for calling. You too. Nathan : What's wrong? Haley : Uh. That was Dan's doctor. Apparently, they had a heart for him and he never answered their call. Nathan : Then he really has gone off to die. AT THE RIVER COURT Skills : Hey, Nate. I know Q. was working with you to get your game back. What were you working on? Nathan : He always said I couldn't go left. Skills : So maybe that's where we start.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x04 - Bridge Over Troubled Water"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill Peyton : Hi Mick Wolf ! Mick : You look just like her. Haley : One of my best friends Brooke owns clothes over bros and she sent you a gift. Brooke : My store was robbed and I was attcked. I'm calling the lawyers tomorrow and I'm divesting my interests in clothes over bros. Now you have a company and no daughter. Nathan : I'm gonna do this. Jamie : Hey daddy when you play in the NBA, you should play for the bobcats. Lindsey : I'm sorry Lucas. I can't marry you. Lucas : I love you. Peyton : yes. Lucas : You didn't let me ask you. Peyton : yes baby yes. Jamie : Mama! It's grandpa Dan! he's dad! Haley : No buddy. he's alive. Grandpa Dan is alive I promise. Jamie : Then can we go see him? Carrie : I am going to kll you. But first I'm gonna get Jamie back. And you're gonna help me. AT NANNY CARRIE'S GARDEN Dan : They say we leave this world Just the way we came into it naked and alone. Lucas : So if we do leave with nothing. What then is the measure of a life? Is it defined by the people we choose to love? Nathan : Or is life simply measured by our accomplishments? Brooke : And what if we fail? or are never truly loved? What then? Can we ever measure up? Dan : Or will the quiet desperation of a life gone wanting drive us mad? AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Morning. So I heard from the church and we have a date! I marked it on the calendar. Lucas : That was quick. That's good. that's great. Is that okay? You do still want to get married right? Lucas : Yes. Right here right now. Peyton : Then what? Lucas : Well you know how I have to take the shuttle today to New York for my book launch meeting? Peyton : Yeah. so? Lucas : Well it's just. I haven't exactly told Lindsey about us or the wedding. Peyton : Luke. Lucas : I know. I should have told her about it by now but that's just not something I can do over the phone. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Peyton : There you are! Lucas and I set a date this morning So I have to ask you a really big favor. Brooke : Okay. If it's about money it's probably not the best time. Peyton : Oh god stop it! I need a dress! And if it helps I promise to pay full price. Is my best friend down? Brooke : Sure. Do you want the Lindsey Strauss tear away train? It's what all the runaway brides are gonna be wearing this season. Peyton : So not funny. No I was thinking something like nontraditional you know? Like rocker, glam, chic kind of like Stephanie Seymour dress She wears in the gn n' roses video. Brooke : Swanky. I can do that. Peyton : Who peed in your cheerios? Brooke : I just had a thing with Victoria. I don't mean to take it out on you. For the record it is very nice to see you so happy. Peyton : Thank you. Everything is going really good you know? It just it feels right with Lucas and the label's taking off. I have a music legend in my studio right now. Brooke : Who? Peyton : It's Mick wolf! Brooke : Cool? Peyton : You are so musically challenged ! I guarantee you ... you have like 30 songs on your Ipod That he's played on. And he knew Ellie, so it's like this window into a world That I've never gotten to see. I mean you cannot imagine what it's like to finally find out what your mother was like when she was young. Brooke : Maybe a little. Peyton : Brooke what happened with Victoria? Brooke : Nothing. It's not important. I'm fine. Let's get to work on the dress huh? AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : Scott residence. Yeah this is him. Yes sir ... Uh yes sir. I could be there today if you want. Absolutely. I'm ... I'm looking forward to it too. thank you. Haley : Everything okay? That was the general manager for the fort Wayne dleague team. Haley : The dleague? Jamie : Basketball mama! Nathan : It's just a developmental league team but the G.M. wants to meet with me today. That was the NBA calling. Jamie : I told you! you're gonna play in the NBA! Haley : My god baby! Jamie : Daddy I'm so proud of you! AT CARRIE'S GARDEN Carrie : Today is the day Dan Scott dies and I get my Jamie back. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Sam : Need to make some returns. Brooke : Are you kidding? Those were gifts. You have a lot of nerve even setting foot in this store. Sam : Last time I checked it's okay to return gift items. Brooke : Well it's not okay. Just like it's not okay to steal. Sam : I didn't steal from you. You didn't give me a chance to pay ? Brooke : I didn't give you a chance to pay? When exactly were you planning on paying me? Was it after you asault me and called me a bitch or maybe after you ran your thieving little street urchin ass down the block? Brooke : Excuse me. Can I help you? Man : Yeah you can. I got a work order here to box up all your remaining store inventory for shipment to New York. Brooke : What? says who? Man : Victoria Davis. Brooke : Swell. It's your lucky day. Victoria Davis the new president of clothes over bros Will be happy to give you a full cash refund. Sam : All rightly. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : Is that a les Paul? Mick : close. It's a it's an aristocrat. Peyton : Imagine if that guitar could talk the stories it would tell. Mick : Oh I don't know. This baby's been around some pretty crazy stuff. It's probably best that she doesn't speak. Peyton : Was it around when my dad fell in love with Ellie? Mick : Yeah. it was. Peyton : So what was it like love at first sight or what? Mick : Pretty much. I mean they met on tour and I don't remember which one it was but I remember that she fell for your dad instantly. Peyton : What about him? Did he like her right away? Mick : Well ... you know they tried to play it cool like it wasn't a big deal. But it was. I mean everybody knew that they re just meant to be together. Peyton : Um I should probably let you get back to work huh? Mick : Yeah. right. Peyton : I'm just gonna be right out here if you need anything. Mick : Right. yeah. AT THE GYMNASIUM Bobby : Nathan Scott. Great to meet you. how was your flight? Nathan : Oh it was good sir. thanks so much for having me. Bobby : It's "bobby." Hey I really appreciate you coming up here short notice but I wanted you to have a good look at the facility before we really get into things. As you'll see everything here is state of thrat. the owners have spared no expense. Nathan : I see that sir. Bobby : It's just "bobby." just "bobby." Come on. let me show you around ... Make no mistake. we want to win here. We've got some good players on our squad some of whom you'll meet today. I know that with the right coaching. We can send some of them to the NBA next season. And all that begins right here. So Nathan how does it feel to be in a real gym again? Nathan : Good. it feels good. Bobby : I bet it does. come on. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : Mom the phone's for you. Haley : Yes hello? Yes that's my son. Yeah he's very cute. who I ... I'm ... I'm sorry. Can you repeat that? ... Hospice? Deb : Come here babe. Haley : Yeah. just a second. Yes. I understand. thank you. Carrie : And I'm so looking forward to making your acquaintance and of course meeting your charming son ... Looks like my "sucky" plan is going to be a smashing success. So what would it like for its last meal? Deb : Haley? you okay? Haley : Nathan was right all along. Dan really has gone off to die. Deb : What do you mean? Haley : I just got a phone call from his hospice nurse. She thinks it's only a matter of hours now. I'm so sorry Deb. Deb : Oh please. It's just. It doesn't sound like Dan. Haley : What do you mean? Deb : Well I would have expected a little more grandstanding. That's all. Haley : Well she says he's asking for Jamie. Thinks I should bring him by. Deb : Do you think Jamie should see him like that? Haley : I don't know. After everything he's been through with Quentin and now seeing Dan's gravestone I promised him he could see his grandfather. Deb : So what are you gonna do? Haley : I don't know. Oh I wish Nathan were here. AT LINDSEY'S OFFICE Lindsey : You're here. So how was your flight? You ready for today? Lucas : Yeah it was fine. Listen there's something I really need to talk to you about. It's important and I probably should have talked to you about it a while ago but ... Lindsey : Look I don't want this to be awkward for either of us. All right? We have to work together so let's not do the heavy emotional thing. I'll be okay if you're okay. Lucas : Okay? Lindsey : Wait till you see what we have planned for you today. It's gonna be great. Starting with this. So what do you think? Lucas : I think it looks amazing. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Mick : So these are your all time favorites? Peyton : Um some of them. Some of them just look really cool. Mick : Okay, five albums. Five that you couldn't live without if you were stranded on a desert island. Peyton : Really? Mick : Show me a person's favorite records and I'll tell you everything you need to know about them. Peyton : Okay. Fine. But you're gonna have to write yours down too. Mick : Okay. it's a deal. AT THE PSY Brooke : I caught a young girl shoplifting the other day. I was pretty hard on her. The Psy : Did you feel thrat by her? Brooke : No. No I actually felt myself feeling jealous. The Psy : Jealous? Brooke : I realize I let the company matter too much. You know we spend all this time building something up and then we don't enjoy it. We just sit there terrified that someone's gonna take it away from us. And there was this girl and she didn't answer to anything or anyone. And that made me jealous. The Psy : What are you going to do about that. With regards to your company? Brooke : Well it doesn't matter. I don't have to worry about clothes over bros anymore. The Psy : And why's that? Brooke : I gave it all away. I signed the company over to Victoria. The Psy : Do you regret that? AT THE GYMNASIUM Bobby : So you liking what you're seeing so far? Nathan : Are you kidding me? it's great. I got to say this came out of nowhere. I'm really really grateful you called. Bobby : No no. pleasure's all mine. I got to tell you I've had my eye on you for a while. I watched you win those two championships at Gilmore. I saw you play at Maryland. Nathan : Well thank you but I'm more interested in the future. Bobby : Good. I'm glad to hear you say that. 'cause we could really use a good young coach like you. Nathan : You want me to coach? No. I thought you wanted me to play. Bobby : Well Nathan your playing days are over. Come on. you must know that. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : All right number three : "Joshua tree." Mick : Oh that is so predictable "Physical graffiti." Peyton : Oh Oh that's cheating. That's like two albs really. Okay fine. Number two "Nevermind" and not just because you played on it. Mick : "Exile on main street" and that "Nevermind" thing is a error. Peyton : Supposedly. Mick : Okay so that leaves number one. What do you got? Peyton : Oh that's easy. It is the first record I ever bought Elvis Costello "My aim is true." What? ... Hey why do you think in all this time my dad has never reached out to me? Mick : I'm not sure I can answer that at least not in a way that's gonna make you happy. Peyton : Why'd they give me up? Mick : Peyton we .. I mean all of us were really screwed up then. You know Ellie never planned for you and you got to understand that it just never would have worked. Peyton : Hey I was wondering. If maybe you wanted to come by tonight. 'cause hopefully Lucas will get home early and I know he would really like to meet you and I just ... I was hoping you could tell me all about my parents. I want to know about my dad. Mick : Be careful what you wish for. Peyton : Please. Mick : Okay. Be there. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Phone : Hey it's Nate. leave it. Haley : Nathan. Hi I'm really sorry to bug you up there but it's about Dan. I need to talk to you. I got a phone call from his hospice nurse this morning and it's not good. You should call me. I love you. bye. Jamie : What's a hospice? Is something wrong with grandpa? You said he was okay. Haley : I did. I know I did. It turns out grandpa's really sick. Jamie : But he's gonna get better right? Haley : Come here. Sometimes people get so sick that they can't get better. Jamie : Is he gonna die like Quentin ? Haley : Yeah. Yeah I'm afraid so buddy. Jamie : I didn't get to say goodbye to Quentin. Do I get to say goodbye to grandpa? Haley : Yes. Yes let's do that. AT THE GYMNASIUM Bobby : Look I apologize if we got our lines crossed here. I just thought that you understood Nathan : I was interested in you for the coaching position and I appreciate it. I'm flattered okay? I really am, but I'm not ready for that yet. I can still play. Bobby : Nathan that was no small injury you suffered. It was spinal cord right? Nathan : Yeah. yeah it was lower back. Bobby : Well most guys wouldn't even be thinking about coming back. They'd just be thinking about walking right. Nathan : I'm not most guys. Bobby : And I can appreciate that. Nathan : Look I've been rehabbing okay? I'm in shape. I can play. You just have to let me show you. Bobby : I have the utmost respect for you wanting to play again. You're a warrior. you always have been but I'm looking for a coach. Now I've always valued how smart a player you were. And I know that you've been coaching. Nathan this is where your future is. All right. I hope that you will think about it. I know that you will be a great asset here very popular and great for attendance. I know you'd do a good job. AT LINDSEY'S OFFICE Lucas : Hello? Peyton : I know you're in the middle of it. I'm sorry. Lucas : No it's okay. Kind of a break in the action right now. What's up? Peyton? Peyton : Um nothing. I just wanted to hear your voice. Lucas : Peyton what's going on? Peyton : It's Mick. He's my father. Lucas : Wait. He said that? I mean he told you? Peyton : No no not yet. But that's what tonight's about. He's coming over for dinner. Lucas : But you're sure he's your dad? Yeah he slipped up and I just ... I know ... I mean I honestly think I've known since the minute we met. But he's my father Luke. Lucas : It's gonna be okay Peyton. Peyton : You think so? 'cause I'm kind of nervous. Lucas : You're gonna do great. I just wish I was there. Lindsey : Luke they're ready for us. Lucas : Hey I'm sorry but they need me. I'll call you as soon as I get out okay? Peyton : Okay. Luke? Lucas : Yeah? Peyton : I always feel better when I get to talk to you. I love you. Thanks. Lucas : Love you too. bye. Man : So there you have it Lucas. You'll have signings in all the major markets. We're looking at a major ad buy in print and radio. And we're working on all the regional and national talk shows. Lucas : That sounds great. Man : All that's left to discuss is the schedule. We want you to start strong so Omaha's up first on the 24th. Your first book sold very well there. Lucas : Next 24 excuse me. I have a problem with the Chicago date. Man : The schedule's pretty firm at this point. Lucas : Yeah I'm ... I'm sorry but I can't. Lindsey : Lucas Chicago's our second biggest market. A change is gonna cost a lot of money. Lucas : I understand. but I need to change it okay? Lindsey : Luke can I see you in my office for a second? ... Lucas what are you doing? This book launch is a really big deal. I know that. I just you know they didn't even want to do a book tour? They didn't. But I made them because I believe in you and I fight for you. Lucas : I appreciate it. Lindsey : What could possibly be more important than Chicago? Lucas : My wedding ... It's Peyton ... We're getting married. And that's why I can't go to Chicago. Lindsey : I see. Lucas : I wanted to tell you okay? But Lindsey : Then why didn't you? Lucas : I just ... Lindsey : I'll talk to them about Chicago. Lucas : Lindsey. Lindsey : I guess I was right all along about you and Peyton but I wish you could have done this over the phone. AT THE PSY Brooke : So do you think I was foolish to give my company to my mother? The Psy : Do you think you were foolish? Brooke : Do you always answer a question with another question? The Psy : Does it bother you? In my humble opinion. It was never truly going to be your company as long as she was part of it. Brooke : Yeah. After I did it I felt great. At first I felt liberated but now I just ... I feel kind of empty. Everything that I worked for is gone. I just have this store. And even that's empty now. The Psy : That freedom you were jealous of can be scary sometimes. Have you talked to anyone else about this? Brooke : No. I saw my best friend today and I couldn't bring myself to tell her. The Psy : Why do you think that was? Brooke : I don't know. I feel a little ...a little bit like I failed. You know? I'm watching all my friends move on with their lives. Haley and her family and Millicent is moving to be with Mouth and Peyton with Lucas and they're all moving forward and it's like I am stuck here standing still and ... The Psy : Brooke. You're 22 years old and the founder of a multimillion dollar corporation. I'd hardly call that standing still. Brooke : But it's gone. The Psy : You'll do something else. You're intelligent you're creative. You'll figure it out. Brooke : Right. but what if I don't figure it out? The Psy : You will. But that's not the real question. Brooke : Then what is? The Psy : All you've talked about is your work Brooke. But when you mention your friends being happy you define that happiness strictly in terms of relationships and family. The question is why are you so insistent on going through life alone? AT THE GYMNASIUM Bobby : So what do you think? Nathan : I don't know. Bobby : Listen letting go of playing is hard. It was for all of us. But it doesn't mean you have to let go of basketball. Nathan : I have to talk to my family about it. Bobby : You do that. I'll stall for a few days and wait to hear back from you. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Okay dad. I'm waiting. AT THE BAR Lucas : I never meant to hurt you. Not then and not now. Lindsey : I know. The thing is I saw it coming all along. I just tried to wish it away. It wasn't fair to me or to you. Chicago will be fine. I'll make it okay. Lucas : Thank you. Well I should go. I'm gonna miss my flight. Lindsey : Okay. Lucas : All right. Lindsey : Lucas. You forgot something. Lucas : Lindsey ... Lindsey : It's okay. You know the first time we met right here. I told you I was pulling for the couple in the book. Goodbye Lucas. AT CARRIE'S HOUSE Dan : It's not too late you know. Carrie : Too late for what? Dan : To stop all this. Carrie : I'm afraid I can't do that. Dan : Yes you can. Please. I'm begging you. Carrie : "Please"? Where's the big scary guy from the motel Dan? The guy who was gonna kll me? I guess you're not so tough when the shoe's on the other foot. Dan : You touch one hair on Jamie's head and you'll get to meet him. You crazy bitch! Aaah! no! aah! Carrie : Looks like someone needs a little something to make sure they're on their best behavior. Sweet dreams. Dan : No. No. No. No. Carrie : Well well. look who's here. Haley : Okay pal. I need you to stay in the car. I'll be right back. I just want to make sure we're in the right place. Jamie : I want to come with you. Haley : Just stay in the car. Keep the doors locked. I'll be right back. I promise. Jamie : Okay. Haley : Dan? Dan? Oh god Dan. Dan it's Haley! Wake up! Dan : Haley? Help. Haley : I have Jamie with me. Dan : Get jamie. Haley : Dan what is going on? What happened to you? Carrie : Hello Mrs. Scott. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Deb : Let's see where are you. There you are. AT CARRIE'S HOUSE Jamie : Mama. Where are you mama? ... Aah! Carrie : Hi Jamie! It's me Nanny Carrie. Open up. Jamie : No! mama says you're a bad person! Carrie : Oh that's not true. I love you remember? Now open the door buddy. Jamie : No! I want my mama! Carrie : I am your mama now! Now unlock that door this instant! Jamie : No! Carrie : Looks like somebody needs to learn some manners. Jamie! Dan : Haley. Haley you have to get up. Haley. Wake up. Haley. You have to wake up. Carrie : Jamie! Jamie! I'm sorry I got mad sweetie! Just tell me where you are jimmy-jam. I won't be mad anymore. I promise. I've got something special for you. Haley : It's mama. Haley : I'm really sorry to bug you up there Nathan. I just I really need to talk with you. It's not good. you should call me okay? I love you. bye. Haley : It's gonna be okay. I promise. We just have to get you out of here okay? Okay. Phone call ... Run! Carrie : Jamie! Jamie! Haley : Run Jamie! Run! run! Deb : Guess there's more than one crazy nanny in this town. Bitch. Are you okay? Deb : How's Jamie? Haley : He's ... he's scared to death. He's gonna be okay. How are you? Deb : This was a 1995 Dom Perignon! I was saving it for the day I was rid of Dan Scott for good. A girl can dream right? Haley : You saved us. How did you know? How did you know that we were here? Deb : I knew something was up when I saw the address. Dan always hated the woods. Dan : God I hate the woods. AT THE BAR Girl : Are you okay? Brooke : I'm fine. excuse me. Uh just the check please. Girl : It's taken care of honey. Brooke : What do you mean? You didn't have to do that. Sam : Yeah well I figure it's your money anyway. Besides I owed you for that shirt. Well got to bounce. curfew. My mom worries if I'm out too late. Brooke : It's not a bad thing to have a mom who worries about you. Sam : Yeah. AT THE BAR Mick : Just shut up and pour okay? AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : Hi Brooke : Hi Millicent : I heard there was a great startup company around here looking for its first employee. Victoria called me today to fre me. I guess she didn't know you already did that. Brooke : So what do you say? Millicent : You looking? Brooke : I might be. It'll be long hours horrible pay and no job security. Millicent : It sounds perfect. AT CARRIE'S HOUSE Carrie : You think you can kll me? You can't kll me. I'm still here. Dan : I already called the police. they're on their way. Carrie : So? what are they gonna do? I'll get out and I'll come back. Dan : Do you remember what I told you I'd do if you ever came near my family again? I told you I'd kll you. But you didn't. Carrie : I'm not d*ad. Dan : Sure you are.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x05 - You\u2019ve Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie in It"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill"... Bobby : We could really use a good young coach like you. Nathan : I thought you wanted me to play. Bobby : Well Nathan your playing days are over. Come on. You must know that. Brooke : The magazine the line ... You can have everything. Lindsey Do you know they didn't even want to do a book tour? What could possibly be more important than Chicago? Lucas My wedding. It's Peyton. Peyton : It's Mick. He's my father. He's coming over for dinner. Mick : Shut up and pour okay? Carrie : I'm not dad. Dan : Sure you are. LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Why do guys insist on packing their bags at the last possible minute? Lucas : We do it to trture you. Peyton : Big day huh? Lucas : Yeah. Anyhow the first signing's always the most stressful. Peyton : Yeah. Lucas : But I get to see mouth today. Peyton : That'll be fun. I still don't understand why they're sending you to Omaha to launch the book tour. Lucas : Well they like to generate a little buzz before the bigger markets you know? Worked for the last book. Peyton : I wish I could go with you. Lucas : It's not too late. Peyton : Oh yeah. 'Cause that wouldn't be awkward. You, your fiancée, your ex-Fiancée. Lucas : Peyton. Peyton : I'm sorry. I know Lindsey is your editor. I just ... I'm jealous that she gets you for the next week and I get Mick. Lucas : Great. Why do you think he's avoiding, admitting that he's your father? Peyton : I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he's not. Either way I will be all right. Don't worry about me. Lucas : You know I will. I'll call you when I land. Peyton : Yeah. Lucas : I love you. Peyton : I love you. Don't forget me when you're a big star Lucas Scott. Lucas : Mm Hmm AT TREE HILL * so many years apart I've missed * Nathan : You know hales with everything you've been through lately I'm sure principal turner would understand If you needed a little more time off. Haley : I think two weeks of replaying that day in my head is enough. It's time for me to get back to my life. Besides it will be nice to have the distraction. Nathan : If you need me you know I'm here. Haley : Yeah. Nathan : You know what? Let's cut through shop. Haley : You can cut through shop? Nathan : You were such a nerd in high school. Haley : I was an honor student! Nathan : Exactly. Nerd. Haley Oh what ! "Nerd." You don't know what you'd do without me. Nathan! Haley : So you want to tell me why you were sleeping in the backseat of a car at school? Sam : Well it was either there or that smelly couch in the teacher's lounge. I can't believe you sit on that thing. Haley : For the record I don't go near that thing. So tell me Where you live Because I'm pretty sure it's not in shop class. Sam : I live in a foster home. Haley : Okay. Well give me your number. I'm gonna need to speak with your foster parents. Sam : Hell no. Please. That'll just make it worse. This is none of your business okay? Haley : Sam if there's a problem at home tell me. I can get you some help. Sam : There's not a problem. This is one of the better fosteromes I've been in. The others were ... Not so good. So it's just a little crowded. It's okay. Haley : It's not okay Sam. Is there anybody that was worried That you didn't come home last night? Sam : You don't get it. Nobody cares. It's kind of like being invisible. Cash their checks I don't get slapped around. That's the deal. And it's a pretty good deal. So don't screw this up for me. Haley : Sam I can't just pretend like this didn't happen. You're 15 years old. There has to be something better for you. Sam : You seem nice but I'm not your girl. I'm not anybody's girl. It happens. Haley : Sam! AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Millie look who it is Millicent : The world's best boss. Brooke : And what are you buttering me up for? Millicent : Nothing. We just have lots to do. Brooke : Millie, I love you dearly but you realize we are standing in a clothing store that has no clothes in it, and I am fresh out of ideas. Millicent : Are you sure about that? Brooke : What is that? Millicent : I wrote down a list of ideas. Brooke : And then you covered them with a sheet? Millicent : Yeah that was more for effect. I've always wanted to pull a sheet off something and say "voilà" Brooke : All right well now's your big chance. "Go skydiving"? Millicent : You didn't let me say "voilà?" Brooke : I'm sorry. But look. Skydiving sounds really fun and all but how is it gonna help this company? Millicent : Well maybe before you can heal the company, you have to heal your soul a little first. Brooke : Ride a motorcycle. Learn to speak French. Get drunk at Oktoberfest. Watch every James Bond movie. Millie why do these all sound so familiar? Millicent : Because they're all your ideas. You're always talking about stuff you wanted to try and Victoria either said they were stupid or you were too busy. Brooke : So while she was telling me I couldn't do any of these things ... Millicent : I was writing them down so someday you could. Welcome to someday Brooke Davis. AT RIVER COURT * maybe they had it made somehow * * living for there and then * * under a psychedelic spell * Skills : Thank you. So you gonna show me something? * still they had so much to tell * * whatever happens to the dreamers * Skills : Hey man. What the hell was that? Nathan : That was game. Skills : We not working on your jumper so why would you pull up like that? Nathan : You cut off the lane. Skills : So don't let me cut the lane off then. What if your jumper not falling that day? So what? You too scared to get physical? Nathan : You want physical? Skills : Yeah. * it's only when they close their eyes * Skills : Hoo, Hoo. That's what I'm talking about baby. Deb : Whoo! You're doing great honey. Skills/Nathan : Thanks. Thanks. Nathan : Just check the ball. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO * I love you I do * * nothing's ever been this way before * * a dream is just a dream and nothing more * * nothing's ever been this way before * * a dream is just a dream and nothing more * Peyton : Were you ever sober for an entire year? Mick : What part of "rock guitarist" don't you get? Peyton : That's what I thought. Mick : If you don't mind I'll have that back. Peyton : Why? So you can keep lying to yourself? Mick : You wouldn't understand. Peyton : You're right. You're right. I don't understand. I don't understand any of this. Honestly I wish you hadn't have come here. Mick : I would have sucked at being your father! That's why Ellie and I gave you up. There I said it. Are you happy now? Peyton : After 22 years. That is the best you can give me. There I said it? Mick : That's all I got. Peyton : Thanks dad. You can go now. Mick : This is why I like being on the road. AT JAMIE'S SCHOOL Jamie : Hey grandpa. Where's Nanny Deb? Dan : I'm here to pick you up today. Jamie : Really? Cool. Dan : So why do you want to do? Jamie : Well that depends. Dan : What do you and Nanny Deb usually do after school? Jamie : Um eat lots of ice cream. Dan : That doesn't sound like Deb. Are you sure she lets you eat ice cream after school? Jamie : No. She makes me eat veggies instead because they'll help me grow big and strong. Dan : You want to know a little secret? Most adults will tell you almost anything to get you to eat your veggies and most of it's not true. Jamie : Well carrots really do give you x-Ray vision right? Dan : No. Jamie : What? * so let me in * Jamie : So grandpa do I really get to make a wish for every Brussels sprout I eat? Dan : No actually they taste bad for no reason at all. Come on. Hey slow down there buddy. You're gonna give yourself a brain freeze. Jamie : Mmm. Is that good? Dan : Well well. What have we here? Jamie : Oh. Guess what? They kiss a lot. * Well they said you was long gone * You want some more? Skills : Hey little buddy. Jamie : Hi uncle skills. Hi Nanny Deb. Deb : Ice cream after school and I thought I was a bad nanny. Dan : Yeah. Well you know they ran out of all those x-Ray vision carrots. ... and said all right Dan : So granny Deb can I talk to you? * Baby doll the men who hang like flowers in your hall * * are asking when your love... * Dan : Is skills out of high school yet? Deb : Uh yeah Dan. He graduated the day you turned yourself in for mrder. And if you've come here to criticize me ... Dan : I haven't. I wanted to thank you for telling the parole board The truth about Carrie. You did the right thing. Deb : Did I? Are we done here? Dan : Yeah that's all I wanted to say. Deb : Good. Have a nice life Dan. Dan : What's left of it. 'cause I can stay or honey... * Deb : Let's go Antwon. See you at home sweetie. * Just to wherever you tell me so * * and find my place there * Jamie : Oh it hurts. It really hurts. Dan : Yeah. I know how you feel. Jamie : Oh my head. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Hey. Did you eat all the orange chicken? Millicent : Sorry. Mouth usually gets a the Mongolian beef and i eat all the orange chicken. Brooke : Lucky for you I like Mongolian beef. How you doing ... Being away from him? Millicent : To be honest I wish he'd just come home. Brooke : If you ever decide you want to leave you just go. No questions asked. Millicent : Thanks Brooke but you've always been there for me. I think it's my turn to be here for you. * babydoll * AT THE AIRPORT Lucas : Hi ! Lucas scott. Lon : Lon. I'm with Putnam and Pratt. Lucas : It's nice to meet you. So is Lindsey gonna met us at the bookstore? Lon : No Lindsey's in New-York. I'm gonna be taking her place on the tour. Lucas : Oh. Well i guess it's just you and me then. Lon : Yep. Lucas : So uh what'd you think about the book? Lon : To be honest I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but hey it's at the top of my to do list. "Comet" right? I love science fiction. AT TREE HILL HIGHT SCHOOL Nathan : Taking a trip down memory lane? Dan : I was just dropping off Jamie. Nathan : I know. Dan : I heard about Quentin fields. I'm sorry. He was a good basketball player. Nathan : Yeah. You shut you know. It's a tragedy. Makes you wonder how somebody could do something like that. Dan : It was good to see you son. Nathan : You saved my wife. You saved my son. But you klled my uncle, right here where I'm standing. I don't know where that leaves us. At least my son loves you. Dan : And my son hates me. Nathan : Both of them. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : I thought I said you could go. Mick : Yeah well I... thought we should talk. Peyton : Okay. I want to know why you came here pretending not to be my real dad. Mick : What's a real dad? I mean you got a dad And obviously he did a good job with you. So why do you have to keep pushing it? Peyton : Because it matters! Mick : So all this is just because I couldn't tell you the truth? Peyton : No! No. All of this because you have ... missed my whole life And it really doesn't seem to bother you. Mick : You know I think you're right. It's probably a good time for me to just move on. Peyton : Great. I'm glad we can agree on something. AT THE LIBRARY good arms versus bad arms... * Lon : Wow. You know this turnout isn't exactly inspiring me to read your book Lucas. Lucas : Whose brilliant idea was it to put this signing in the science Fiction section? Lon : It's a book about space right? Lucas : No actually um the comet's a metaphor. It's a love story. Lon : Well you know what? We could have had this thing out in the middle of main street we wouldn't have gotten any more traffic. Lucas : Thanks for the support. Lon : Yeah. Hadley : Will you sign my book? Lucas : Yeah of course i will. What's your name? Hadley : Hadley. Lucas : Hadley. That's a really pretty name. You know my best friend's name is Haley, but uh ... I like "Hadley" better. Hadley : Thanks. Lucas : Uh actually this is a "gossip girl" book. Hadley : I know. My favorite. ... rest at arm's length * when they reach out don't touch them * Lucas : Here you go. Hadley : Thanks. Lucas : Mouth. Oh my god. It's good to see you man. Mouth : Lucas Scott Big-Time writer. Am I the uh last one to arrive? Lucas : A ... Actually you're the first. Mouth : Oh? Lucas : Yeah. Mouth : Oh. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS * I decided this decision some... * Haley : When did Brooke Davis become all work and no play? Brooke : I am actually playing right now. I'm gonna take skydiving lessons. You want to come with me? Haley : Ah thanks but no. No thank you. Brooke : Come on. I'm looking up the safest places to go. Haley : Okay well I'm pretty sure they're all equally unsafe. Listen. Would you be interested in fostering a child? Brooke : Well I guess it would depend on the situation. Haley : Do you remember Sam? She's um She's the one that stole from your store. Brooke : It figures she'd get pregnant. She's so young! Haley : No she's not pregnant. It's her. She's the one that needs fostering. Brooke : But she's so old. Haley : Well she's 15. Look I found her sleeping in the backseat of a car in shop class And her current foster parents Didn't even know that she was gone. Brooke : Well maybe they can foster her in jail 'Cause it's where she's headed. Haley : I think she's just acting out for attention. It kind of reminds me of somebody else I used to know in high school. Brooke : Haley I'm sorry but ... I can't take in a teenager right now. Find me a cute little baby in shop class we can talk about it. Haley : That's okay. I ... I totally understand. It's just ... I think of Jamie and how I would do anything to protect him. And then I look at Sam and I wonder ... who's protecting her. AT THE LIBRARY Lucas : Well this is officially embarrassing. Mouth : Luke it's not that bad. Lucas : I've signed exactly two books today one of which was a "gossip girl" book. Mouth : I hear those are pretty good. Lucas : That's not helping mouth. Mouth : I'm sorry. Look maybe it's just Omaha. Lucas : I doubt it. My first book sold really well here. This can't be good. Mouth : Well then look on the bright side. You get to hang out with an old friend. Fan : Can I get a picture? Lucas : Yeah sure. Fan : All right sweet. Okay. Right there. Thanks. Mouth : Sorry Luke. Fan : Say it. Mouth : Actually I'd rather not. Fan : Come on. Just say it. Mouth : This is Marvin McFadden on sports and you've just heard a mouthful. Fan : Nice! Thank you. Mouth : Yeah. Fan : Thank you. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : So how'd it go with Brooke? Haley : She's just not ready to take in A rebellious teenager right now. Nathan : Well ... she could stay with us. Haley : No. I thought about that but Jamie's been through so much. It's just not a good time for him. Yeah. So have you. Nathan : Hello. Mike : Nate, Mike Wilson. Listen. I heard you were looking for the opportunity to play ball again. Nathan : Yes sir? Mike : Well I have one for you. But it might not be exactly what you're thinking. * come on * * wow * * wow * Nathan : Wow. It's scary guffy for my back! Skills : Man that can't be good for nobody's back. Jamie : This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. You have to do this daddy. Nathan : Yeah. BROOKE'S HOUSE Peyton : Brooke. What is all this? Brooke : I have to tell you something. Peyton : Okay. Brooke : I'm sorry but I lied to you. I didn't fall down the stairs Peyton. I was attcked. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nathan : So what are you thinking man? Skills : For real? Nathan : Yeah. Skills : Well I was wondering if your mom would ever get back with your dad. Nathan : Man I'm not talking about this with you. Skills : Well you asked me what I was thinking about. That's what i was thinking about. Nathan : That's not what I meant. And will you stop trying to act Like this situation with my mom is for real? Skills : What's that supposed to mean? Nathan : You know exactly what it means. The only people signing off on this are you her and Jamie okay? Skills : Look at that boy. He's just jumping around having fun. I mean after everything he been through lately. He just keep going. Won't let nothing bat him down. That's a strong kid right there. Nathan : He gets that from his mom. Skills : No. He gets it from both of you. Owen : well well. Guess it's official. They will let anyone play in this league. Nathan : I see that. How you doing man? Owen : Good man. Nathan : You know skills right? Owen : What's up skills? AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Peyton : You really think Victoria could have done something like that to you? Brooke : No. I mean I don't know. I think I needed somebody to blame. Peyton : I wish you would have told me. Brooke : I wanted to but I didn't know how. Peyton : Honey, I am your best friend. I love you. That is why you have me. And it kills me that I wasn't able to be there for you. Brooke : It's gonna sound weird but I was just really embarrassed. I felt weak ... and ... You and Luke were so happy and I did not want to ruin that for you. Peyton : No. Hey. I never want you to think that you can't come to me for anything. I'm here for you forever. Brooke : Promise? Peyton : Yeah! Of course I promise. You're stuck with me. Brooke : I'm really sorry that I've been distant. I'm trying to get back. It's just gonna take a little while. Peyton : I'm not going anywhere ... ever. AT THE LIBRARY Lon : Lucas. We need to talk. Lucas : Okay but please when we get to Seattle, don't set me up in the science fiction section. Lon : There isn't gonna be a Seattle. Lucas : And what about the best of the tour? Lon : It's over. I'm sorry. Lucas : Because of one bad signing? Lon : Let's face it. If they didn't come out to see you here in Omaha they're not gonna come see you in the bigger markets. Lucas : I need to talk to Lindsey. She believes in this book. Lon : It wasn't her decision. And if it makes you feel any better she didn't agree with it. Lucas : That's why you didn't read the book. Lon : Lucas Lucas : You are ... You knew this was gonna happen. They sent you to deliver the bad news. What are you the grim reaper? Lon : I've been called worse. Lucas : I'm sure you have. Lon : I am sorry Lucas. Go home write another book. I promise I'll read the next one. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE * guess it ends here * Brooke : Oh. Peyton : Dude do you know what this reminds me of? What? Um remember second grade when you found out how much money Martha Stewart made and you started your own cookie business? Brooke : Oh my god, Brookies. Brookies! Peyton : The only thing worse than the name was the actual cookie. Brooke : They were not that bad Peyton : They were terrible! And you almost burnt my house down. Brooke : No. No I didn't. Peyton : Yes you did! Brooke : I did not. I set off one smoke detector and your dad acted like i almost brned the house down. He was so mad at me. Peyton : No he was just worried about us. Brooke : It felt kind of nice to have somebody worried for a change. Peyton : Hey speaking of Larry. Uh you're not the only one keeping secrets. I probably should have told you this. I've met my birth dad. Brooke : What? Peyton : Yeah it's Mick . The guitarist. Brooke : Are you serious? What's he like? Peyton : Ohh. Um... he's a mess. I mean it's cool that he's a musician But he's just really not what i expected him to be. Brooke : Yeah I'm sorry Peyton. I know how it feels. If only we could pick our parents. Peyton : Yeah but then you look at Larry and it's pretty cool when they get to pick you. IN OMAHA STREET Mouth : I'm sorry Omaha wasn't everything. You hoped it would be Luke. Lucas : Oh it isn't that bad. At least, which one book sinning today was mine ? How about you huh? Is Omaha everything you hoped it would be? Mouth : I like it here. I mean they love their sports. You should see this place during the college world series. The whole city gets into it. I have the job I've always dreamed of. Lucas : Well it sounds like you're right at home. Mouth : That's the thing. It's not home. At least not without Millie. Lucas : Yeah how is that working for you? Mouth : It hasn't been easy. The truth is I'm kind of lost without her but she knows how important this job is to me, so we'll make it work. Lucas : I'm sure you will. Mouth : So you're headed back to tree hill. You gonna be okay? Lucas : I'll survive. Like my mom always says you know "Whenever you're having a bad day, Someone else out there is having a worse day. So just stop and focus on all the good things." I mean think about it. She's right. Today I got to hang out with one of my best friends and then tonight, I get to go home to Peyton. Mouth : Sounds like a pretty good day. Lucas : I mean I'm not gonna lie. I was really looking forward to this book tour. I guess, I just thought that... I'd be on top of the world for a couple weeks. Mouth : Yeah me too. AT THE GYMNASIUM Owen : Hey what's up Jamie? How you doing buddy? Jamie : Sorry Owen. I'm on team Brooke. Nathan : Did it just get cold in here? Owen : Yeah I don't blame him. I screwed that up. Nathan : It's none of my business man. Owen : So what you think man? You gonna come play for us? We need a scorer. Nathan : I ... I don't know. Owen : It's fun out there Nate flying through the air. Nothing like it. Nathan : I'm just worried my back Can't take something like this right now. Owen : It's not as bad as it looks. Besides they got springs in the floor. It's gonna be easier on your back than hardwood. Nathan : Yeah but on a hardwood floor the other players can't knock you out. Owen : Just remember They can't ht you if they can't catch you. Nathan : Ohh. Owen : That won't be you. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Mouth : How do I look? Millicent : For a guy wearing too much makeup you look pretty cute. Mouth : Thanks. I miss you. Omaha's just not the same without you. Millicent : Tree hill's not the same without you. Have a good show. Call me later. Hi. I was just heading home. What do you got there? Brooke : Cookies. They're mostly burnt but it's the thought that counts. Enjoy. Millicent : Thanks. Um I added a few more ideas to the list. Brooke : "Be a mom." Millicent : It's no fun being alone. AT OMAHA HOTEL ROOM Mouth : Okay before we jump into the day's scores I wanted to follow up on a story we did a couple of weeks ago about Darren rivers. Now for those of you who just landed on earth. He's the Pro-Bowl quarterback who shocked the world last month, when he retired from the NFL. Turning down a $60 million contract extension, so, he could spend more time with his family. Now naturally, I put up a crazy meter With Darren's face in the middle of it. I gave him an out of 10. Well, it turns out he might be the least crazy all of us. !you see he just realized that money isn't everything. I think sometimes we all lose sight of what really matters the most. Darren rivers just figured it out before I did. So Darren please accept my sincere apology, and I'm officially moving you down the crazy meter from an 8 to a 3. Because let's face it you still turned down $60 million. In the American league... Lucas : Hello? Peyton : Hi. How's my favorite author? Lucas : He was just thinking about his fiancée. Peyton : Oh well should I give you five minutes? Lucas : No I was just packing. Peyton : You off to Seattle? Lucas : Um ... Actually I'm coming home. They canceled my book tour. Peyton : What are you talking about? Why? Lucas : It doesn't matter. Peyton : No, it does matter. You worked so hard for this. Lucas : Hey it's okay Peyton. I still have you and that's all that really matters. Besides this book brought us back together so ... It's the best thing I've ever written. Peyton : You come home to me then. Peyton : I love you. Lucas : I love you too. I'll be home soon. Bye. Mouth : Two words Batting practice. Pass it on. This isn't soccer. That's it Omaha. I'm Marvin McFadden on sports and you've just heard a mouthful. We'll be right back after this. AT THE COFFEE BAR Sam : What are you doing here? Brooke : It's kind of late to be out alone. Sam : Well I don't have a curfew. Brooke : Yeah. Hmm. I didn't have a curfew either. When i was your age it was just me and my parents' credit cards. Sam : Lucky you. Brooke : Not really. It would have been nice to have someone to talk to. Sam : Parents are overrated. Brooke : Sometimes. Two weeks ago my mom told me she never wanted me. Sam : Well... my mom gave me up when I was born so in a way she told me she didn't want me. At least she didn't wait 35 years like yours did. Brooke : I'm not 35! Do Ii look 35 to you?! Sam : I don't know. Uh look I got to get going. Like you said it's getting late. Brooke : Listen. Look I know this is ... Totally out of the blue and I'm surprising myself by saying it but ... I have an extra room and it's yours if you want it. You can come and go as you please ... Whatever. So what do you say? Sam : I don't need this. I can take care of myself. Brooke : Yeah I know you can. You shouldn't have to right now. * moon pours through the ceiling tonight * Brooke : Sam if you're that uncomfortable in my house, you can always sleep in my car. * shows me we're right for each other * AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : You don't come around for 22 years and now you won't go. Mick : Well I wanted to leave you with something. This chip is the only truly meaningful thing that I own and um now it's yours. That was Ellie's the year she was pregnant with you. And uh ... to tell the truth you saved her life Peyton. She was hell bent on staying sober during the pregnancy and that was hard for her. But it was so much harder giving you up. * only the heartaches have given me sight * Peyton : Then why did she? Mick : Because we thought there was a better life for you out there. We couldn't raise a kid not in our world. But I don't think Ellie ever really got past it. Peyton : Why didn't you just tell me that? Mick : I don't know. Maybe didn't want to mess with the picture you had in your head of what your birth father was really like. Something better than me something more heroic. I guess I just didn't want to disappoint you. * more than yesterday * Mick : Anyhow i uh made a few calls. I'm gonna jump on the last leg Of this tour for a few weeks. It's what I do. I'm sorry. * only the heartaches have given me sight * Mick : People always leave? Sometimes that's a good thing huh? But for what it's worth you're doing great kid. I'll see ya. Peyton : Mick. Thank you. Mick : For what? Peyton : For giving me up. * yeah, yeah * AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Deb : Oh. Ugh. Skills : Hey. These are for you. I just figured you deserve to be with somebody who gave you flowers. Deb : Mmm. They're perfect. AT THE AIRPORT Lucas : Hey! Saw the show. Mouth : What'd you think? Lucas : You were great mouth. Mouth : Thanks. What time's your flight? Lucas : About an hour. Mouth : Well I have this crazy idea. What if you didn't get on it? Lucas : No offense mouth but I can't be your Millie. Mouth : What do you think about driving back? Lucas : You're coming home. Mouth : I guess I never really left. Lucas : Yeah but what about your dream job? Mouth : Dream job or dream girl? Lucas : Dream girl. Mouth : No contest. Although I'm kind of becoming the flakiest employee ever but I don't care. I miss Millie and I miss my friends. It just took me a little while to realize what was important. Lucas : All right? let's do it. Mouth : Yes! Lucas : But I'm driving. You got a book to read. Mouth : Are you gonna make me read your book? With you sitting right next to me? Lucas : Cover to cover. I may even quiz you. Mouth : Well it's a good thing I like science fiction. Lucas : Ohh. * the subject of some new disgrace * * her whole story was so obvious to me * AT THE RIVERT COURT Haley : Did you make the team? Nathan : Well that all depends on what my wife thinks. This league is different. Haley : Different how? Nathan : Well. It's called slamball. Haley : It's called slamball? Nathan : Yeah. Haley : That sounds physical. Nathan : It's not... really. It's a lot of dunking and it's kind of... It's called slamball. Uh... Look here's the thing. I'm not ready to give it up yet But no team is gonna give me a tryout Unless I prove that I'm healthy. So I thought this would ... I don't know. Haley : You really think you can still play? Nathan : I know I can. Haley : And no one else will give you a tryout? Make that sht. Nathan : Okay. Back up now and try it again. One more time. ... when we got married * * there were things I never said * Haley : They are crazy not to give you a tryout. Ugh. Go play slamball. Nathan : Yeah? Haley : Yeah. And this is officially a comeback Nathan Scott. * You know when a heart's in pain ** There's nobody... * Brooke : So this is it. Check it out. * The only light under the doctor's Knfe * is that we're the same * * hearts in hearts in hearts in * Brooke : This is your room. Sam : I've never had my own room before. Brooke : No boys. Sam : Yeah. * The battles you fight in the wr of your life * are hard to explain * * hearts in hearts in hearts in * Brooke : I love you too P. Sawyer. * You know when a heart's in pain * Peyton : Hi dad. How are you? No no no. Everything's okay. I just uh... I just want to tell you that i love you and thanks for being my dad. I miss you too. * to make this go away * AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Hey little man. You've been through a lot lately. How you doing? Jamie : I have nightmares sometimes. I get scared. Haley : You do? You want to know a secret? Jamie : Sure. Haley : So do I. Hey i have an idea. How about I sleep in here tonight Just in case I get scared? Jamie : Okay. I'll protect you. Haley : Oh! Okay. Nathan : What if I get scared? Jamie : I'll protect you too. Nathan : My hero. Jamie : Oh geez. Nathan : Ohh. Jamie : I didn't know it was gonna get that crowded! ON THE ROAD Lucas : So, what do you think of the book so far? Mouth : Dude seriously. Quit asking me. I will throw this book out the window. Lucas : That's the only signed one in the world. It's a collector's item. We'll always have Omaha, Mouth. Mouth : You just said a Mouthful. Lucas : Nice.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x06 - Choosing My Own Way of Life"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "one tree hill" Mike : Nate, Mike Wilson. Listen. I heard you were looking for the opportunity to play ball again. Jamie : This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. You have to do this daddy. Nathan : This can't be good for my back Skills : Man that can't be good for nobody's back. Lucas : You're coming back home. Mouth : I guess I never really left. Jamie : Can you help me make a cape? Quentin really likes mine and I thought maybe we could make one for him too. Haley : Tell me where you live because I'm pretty sure it's not in shop class. Sam : I live in a foster home. Haley : Would d you be interested in fostering a child? Brooke : Well I guess it would depend on the situation. Sam : I've never had my own room before. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Luke! You should read this. It's really cool. Lucas : Huh? My book? Peyton : No. it's an article about moving in together. It says we need to have our own space in order to ease the transition. Lucas : Way ahead of you. Peyton : What is that? Lucas : Oh it's your cage silly. I figured you need your own space. And look it's even got a little bed of hay. I know how you like hay. Peyton : Luke cut it out. Lucas : Come on. Get up. up. Man, Brooke looks hot here. Maybe you two could share the cage huh? AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : What? Funny I don't remember ordering bad Italian. Owen : Sorry to bother you so late but uh, caught you buying drinks at the bar tonight. I know the license is yours but she claims to belong to you too. You have a 15 year old daughter? How long has it been? Brooke : Not long enough. Thanks. Owen : You are welcome. Brooke : Sam? Sam : Can you just yell at me in the morning? I'm really tired. Brooke : I'll bet you are. Because being Brooke Davis is exhausting! I miss Angie. AT MOUTH'S HOUSE Millicent : Marvin? Mouth : Millie, what are you doing in Omaha? Millicent : What?! Oh my god! what are you doing here? Mouth : I had this horrible dream where I lived far away from you and every time I spoke I'd say this awful catchphrase. Only it wasn't a dream. So I quit my job. again. Millicent : For me? Mouth : For us. Without you Omaha just felt cold and lonely. Millicent : Do you feel better now? Mouth : Now I'm just cold. Millicent : Get in here. AT THE GYMNASIUM Jamie : Whoa daddy can fly. Haley : Yes he can. Oh I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see you playing again. Nathan : Thanks baby. You know it'd really make me happy to see you play again. You haven't been in the studio in a while. Haley : Yeah well too much has happened lately To think about music. Nathan : Well the deal was we both go after our dreams remember? Jamie : Yeah mama. I like when you sing. Haley : Oh you do huh? I hope you don't think I'm not cool, when I'm saying I reading for school Jamie : Oh never mind. Nathan : I'll see you. Haley : okay bye. Nathan : See you buddy. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Hey. how'd you sleep? Lucas : Not very well. Someone ht me with a magazine. Peyton : I'm sorry. I was reading an article in B. Davis magazine and I had a bad dream. It's about moving in together. Lucas : What's so scary about that? Peyton : Well "once you move in expect to find out You don't know each other as well as you think." Lucas : That's ridiculous. Everybody says we're like twins. Peyton : Okay you're right. And to make up for the magazine attck I'm making your favorite breakfast. Lucas : Oh really? French toast? Peyton : Pancakes. Lucas : Huh ! AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Pancakes! Sam I made breakfast! Sam! Come on! Unbelievable. AT JAMIE SCHOOL Jamie : Ugh! cut it out! Chuck : "cut it out!" Jamie : Let go! you'll rip it! Chuck : So? then you'll have two stupid capes. Jamie : It's not stupid! I wear it for my friend Quentin! Chuck : Then Quentin must be stupid. Child : Fight fight fight fight! AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : "Just because he moved in Don't expect his stuff to move out." Apparently guys don't like changing anything when a woman moves in. Lucas : That's not true. Peyton : Oh really? That's funny. 'cause yesterday when I was cleaning I knocked over a picture of you and Lindsey. Lucas : I ... uh ... I ... I thought I got all those. I'm sorry. Peyton : I know I'm being silly. I just feel like a guest in your house. And I haven't unpacked any of my boxes 'cause I don't know where to put anything. Lucas : Well does the all knowing magazine have a fix or does it just point out problems? Peyton : Let's see. It says we should work it out by communicating openly, compromising and focusing on each other. Lucas : Doesn't just say ... that we should have sex? Fine. How about this? Okay ... Neither one of us leaves Until you're completely moved in. Okay? I mean unless that is that my sugar mama needs to work. Peyton : Oh no your sugar mama's her own boss. And she just gave me some time off. Lucas : Okay. Then it's official. We are ... on house arrest. AT HALEY'S CLASS ROOM Haley : Haiku is a Japanese poem which consists of three lines of five seven and five syllables respectively. A good example of this would be ... My friend Brooke Davis, blwing through my class like wind, Sam in trouble no? OUT OF SCHOOL Jamie : I hate school. Dan : School was never my strong suit either. It's a good thing we're both handsome. What's wrong? Jamie : I got in a fight with Chuck Scholnik 'cause he teased me about my cape. Dan : I know the Scholnik family. You should tease him about his alcoholic mother. I just want him to leave me alone. Dan : Yeah I know the feeling. I was teased when I was in prison. Jamie : About what? Dan : The point is that as a Scott man. People are always gonna be jealous of you. It's a burden we have to live with. Scott men are inherently better than most people. Jamie : Daddy too? Dan : Especially your daddy. AT MOUTH'S HOUSE Millicent : I thought we were past dressing up to impress each other. Does this mean I need to toss the footie pajamas? Mouth : Well if the alternative is you sleeping naked yes. I'm going to the station to beg for my old job. I hope they take me back. Millicent : They'd be stupid not to. You're a big TV star now. With your own catchphrase and everything. Mouth : I'm sorry I ever spent a minute away from you. Millicent : You just said a mouthful. AT HALEY'S CLASS ROOM Brooke : Very funny. I'm sorry I disrupted your class. Haley : It's okay. I turned you into a haiku. Brooke : Gesundheit. Haley I take it things aren't going very well between you and Sam. Brooke : She stole my I.D. last night and snuck out. When you asked me to take her, I thought I'd be getting little orphan Annie. Instead of singing and dancing. I have stealing and disappearing. Haley Do you want me to talk to her? Brooke : No. no I'll handle it. Haley Okay. Brooke : How do I handle it? Haley You got to talk to her tonight and lay down some ground rules. She needs structure. She's actually a really bright kid. Brooke : Fine. For you I will try. I just ... I need her to try too you know? Even if it's just a little. Haley I think that's totally fair. Brooke : Good. I'll let you know how it goes. Haley Thank you Brooke. Brooke : Yeah thank me if I don't kll her by tomorrow. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : So where do you want to start? Peyton : Well that's easy. I never feel at home until I unpack my music. But you know what? Maybe we don't have to. I mean we probably have doubles of everything right? Lucas : Actually I don't like the Cure. Peyton : How can you not like the cure? Lucas : Well their music's depressing and whiny. Peyton : Yeah and if it could squint it would be you. You do realize that the lyrics I spent all day painting at the river court were cure lyrics right? Lucas : Oh yeah I know and I love the lyrics. I hate the music. Peyton : I don't even know who you are right now. Lucas : Come on peyton. Look I'm just trying to be honest. I mean there's got to be things that I like that you don't right? Peyton : Yeah. Yeah okay. Now that you mention it. Your tattoo. Lucas : What about it? Peyton : Well first off it does not mean what you think it does 'cause I looked it up. Second Brooke has a very similar tattoo. Near her lady business. Now if you will excuse me I'm gonna go take my cure albums where they'll be appreciated. Lucas : Like the trash? Peyton : You see? We are totally different just like the article says. Lucas : Thanks a lot Brooke Lucas : "Friday I'm in love" isn't too bad. Peyton : It's nice in here. How come we haven't moved into the master bedroom? Lucas : You mean mom's room? Peyton : No I mean the master bedroom. I mean she gave you the house right? Lucas : Yeah. It'd just be ... Too weird sleeping in here as an adult. Peyton : Who said anything about sleeping? Lucas : No. definitely out of the question. Peyton : Luke we are adults. Shouldn't we be in the adult room? Lucas : Who's asking? You or B. Davis magazine? Hmm? Peyton : Whichever will get you to do it. Lucas : I would tell the magazine that my room's bigger. And I like it better. And I would tell Peyton that ... that I would do anything for her even something as creepy as sleeping in my mom's room. Peyton : Then I guess I'm asking. Lucas : Then I guess I'm moving. OUTSIDE Girl : When the stars goes blues. I love your music. Haley : Thank you Girl : Your album is one of my favorites. Haley : Oh Thanks. Girl : I even have a slot reserved in my CD case for your next record. There is gonna be a next record right? Haley : I hope so. Girl : I hope so too. Your voice is incredible. Haley : You're not so bad yourself. You don't have a CD I can buy do you? Girl : No no. I ... I just do this for fun. But it must be amazing to sing for a living. Haley : It used to be. So much has been going on lately music doesn't seem to matter much. Girl : That's too bad because it matters to a lot of other people. Haley : Well it looks like your music matters a lot too. You don't want to keep your fans waiting. Girl : Neither do you. AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Mouth : Hi Chris. I wanted to talk to you about how we left things. Chris : Just hear me out. I know that Omaha's a bigger market, but this is your home. Mouth : I agree which is why ... Chris : What'll it take? We need you. Mouth : Well I could use an office better snacks in the lunch room and I had an intern in Omaha. Chris : Done, done and done. Thing is we need you to start a.s.a.p. Like uh...tomorrow? What do you think? Mouth : I think Omaha's gonna miss me. Chris : Terrific. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : Hey buddy. Your mom and I would like to talk to you for a second. Think you could pause that game? Jamie : Not if I'm in trouble. Nathan : You're not in trouble. We just heard you got in a fight at school today. Jamie : A kid grabbed my cape. He wouldn't let go of it. He said it was stupid. Nathan : Sounds like that kid is stupid. I mean a man should know never to grab another man's cape. Haley : Nathan. Your cape kiddo is not stupid okay? When I was younger I had a poncho, that everybody else said was really ugly but I really liked it so I kept wearing it. And that's what you should do. If you like your cape you should just wear it whenever you want and ignore what everybody else says. Jamie : Well what if he keeps picking on me? Nathan : Oh well I can teach you how to deal with bullies. Haley : And what your father means by that is if somebody's picking on you. You should just walk away. Right honey? Nathan : Yes. Yes she's right. Jamie : But I want to be tough like daddy. Nathan : Why? If you can learn to walk away. You'll be tougher than I ever was. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : It's not funny. Peyton : I'm sorry. I'm only laughing because of how angry you got. I mean I've ever heard anybody yell at it before. Oh honey it is not a big deal. Doesn't it happen to every guy at some point? Lucas : And it wouldn't have happened at all if we weren't in my mom's bed! This is your fault. Peyton : Well you have never complained before. Lucas : I'm talking about your obsession with this stupid magazine. Peyton : Oh my god the magazine has been dad on. It has predicted pretty much everything. I just wish it would have warned me about this. Lucas : Okay all right. Okay. Peyton : What are you doing? Lucas : Well it seems I've made a huge mistake. I'm calling Lindsey. Peyton : Fine. If you think that'll help. AT TRIC Brooke : Hey. Have I been in tonight? Owen : Was that a trick question? Brooke : Sam? Have you seen her? Owen : Not since last night. Why did she run out on you again? Brooke : No. She's actually waiting in the car. I just needed an excuse to see you. Owen : Sorry I asked. Brooke : You know you're a jerk. I told you I wanted to be a mom and you ran away so fast you left an Owen shaped hole in my front door, and I never heard from you again. Not so much as a phone call, and if you hadn't caught little Brooke Davis Junior with my I.D. I still wouldn't have. Owen : You're right. You didn't deserve that. I'm sorry. Brooke : Whatever. You're still a jerk. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : What's going on? Lucas : "When moving in be ready for him to unpack this little secret. He wants his own space." If it's in the magazine it must be true. So you stay on your side of the line and you get my mom's bed. And I'll get the TV and the kitchen huh? Peyton : What is this "the Brady bunch"? Lucas : Just so you know if you cross this line You'll be admitting that this article is stupid. And that I'm right. About everything. Peyton : Fine. Looks like I get the bathroom. Lucas : Fine. I'm hungry. I think I'll go make myself some uh ... French toast. Peyton : Oh it is so on. AT JAMIE'S SCHOOL Haley : Sweetie is that the boy that was picking on you? Jamie : No. I thought my shoe was untied. Bye mama. Haley : Bye sweetie. Excuse me could I talk to you for a second? I'm Haley Scott. I'm Jamie's mom. Jamie came home from school upset the other day. I guess your son was teasing him. Mrs. Scholnik : Well you know how boys are. Haley : Don't you think we should do something about it? Mrs. Scholnik : No I think it's best if we let the boys work it out for themselves. So much better than tattling don't you think? Haley : Uh he's not tattling. He's 5 years old and he just wants to be left alone. Mrs. Scholnik : Jamie? Is he the one with the cape? 5 is a little old for a cape don't you think? Maybe you should do him a favor take it away from him and then he won't get teased anymore. About the cape anyway. Haley : What is that supposed to mean? Mrs. Scholnik : He's probably just a late bloomer. I'm sure he'll make friends ... someday. Haley : Listen honey. If your little brat doesn't stop picking on my son not only will I give Jamie permission to kick his ass but I'll be kicking your ass right alongside of him. Got that bitch? Mrs. Scholnik : I'd like to see you try little girl. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : What happened to walking away? Haley : I know but you didn't see her. She was such a bitch. Nathan : Sounds like you made that pretty clear. Haley : Jamie's been through so much lately the last thing he needs is some bully picking on him. Nathan : He'll be fine. He's a tough kid. But you know what? I'll take care of it. In the meantime just try not to kll anybody okay slugger? Haley : What are you gonna do? Nathan : I'm gonna call his mom a bitch and then push her. Oh that's right. You already did that didn't you? Look I don't know what I'm gonna do okay? But I'll take care of it. I'll think of something. Haley : I'm sorry. Nathan : Oh are you kidding me? My girl is a badass. That's hot. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Damn he's good ... Look what I found on my side. Lucas : Oh no no no no no. Peyton : You cross you lose. "Fergie I love you very much "and miss you every time we're apart. I need to see you ... soon." Lucas : Don't you dare. Junk : What's up? Fergie : Lucas loves him some Fergalicious. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Nathan : Hi Brooke. It's nice to see you too. Brooke : I'm sorry. I was just hoping you might be Sam. But apparently all she knows how to do is leave. Nathan : Is it that bad? Brooke : I think she likes me about as much as I like my mother. Nathan : Well we both know there's some parents You're better off without but you're not one of them. She'll realize that. Brooke : Unfortunately she hasn't stuck around long enough to figure that out. Thank you for coming to check on me. Nathan : Well actually I need a favor. It's last minute. It's a lot of work and I need it in two hours. Brooke : As tempting as that sounds I'm still orphan deep in the last favor I did for the Scott family. Nathan : It's for Jamie. Brooke : What do you need? AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Man : It's my new hero! Mouth : Hey ! Man : I've been here three years. I've never gotten a raise. You tell them to shove their job you get a better position a new office and a hot intern. Mouth : Well I don't know if ... Hot intern? Gigi? Gigi : Mouth! Man : Wait you guys know each other? Gigi : We were high school lovers. Man : Nice! AT JAMIE'S SCHOOL Chuck : It's a bird! It's a plane! It's suuperbaby! Aw are you sad? Are you gonna go fly home to your mommy? Jamie : No. I'm gonna walk away. Nathan : So who doesn't think that capes are cool? Well if I didn't have a cape I couldn't do this. Oh by the way, that box right there is full of capes if anybody wants one. AT THE COFFEE BAR Brooke : You didn't come home last night. Sam : It's not my home. Besides you said I could come and go as I please. So I left. Brooke : That is not what I meant. I was worried about you. Sam ... I can't help you if you're not willing to be helped. Apparently you'd rather eat here than in my kitchen and you want to sleep in a car instead of my guest room. I don't know what to do for you. I just don't think this is gonna work. Sam : It's okay. I'm used to people giving up on me. Happens all the time. See that waitress over there? That's my mom. One day I'm gonna tell her who I am and what a big mistake she made. Like I said I'm used to people giving up on me. Thanks anyway. Brooke : Sam ... AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Mouth : So my girlfriend and I moved to Omaha but then my girlfriend moved back. So I decided to move back to be with her. Gigi : You're so much more muscular than you were in high school. Mouth : Yeah my girlfriend is really into being healthy so I am too. For my ... my girlfriend. What have you been up to? Gigi : Going to college. I'm taking journalism classes. Having lots of sex. Oh and my mom had her appendix out last week. Mouth : That's ... wow. Gigi : It's so good to see you again. It's weird though because I was thinking about you just the other day. Mouth Oh yeah? what about? Gigi : Well I was walking to class and all of a sudden I thought. "I should have had sex with mouth." Isn't that weird? Mouth : Yeah that is weird. Did I mention that I have a girlfriend? Gigi : Cool. I do too. Sometimes. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Haley : So Nathan told me about the capes. You are officially the world's greatest godmother and you've totally made Jamie's year. Thank you so much Brooke. Brooke : At least I made one kid happy today. Haley : What happened? Brooke : I was gonna talk to Sam last night like you said. And she never showed. And I just told her I can't help her anymore. I'm sorry Haley. Haley : No no. I should not have forced her on you. I just thought... If anyone could handle her you could Because you were a lot like her and you got past it. I thought she could too if somebody gave her a chance. Brooke : Well I guess I'm not strong enough. Haley : Brooke you ... you're the strongest person I know. You just gave up a multimillion dollar corporation and you seem fine about it. I wish I had your strength. Brooke : My strength? Haley you gave up your singing career to be with Nathan Who was at least as screwed up as me or Sam when you got a hold of him. And now he's the best guy I know. Look it was scary. I was scared to death to give up the company. But it wasn't fun anymore. And now I get to do what I fell in love with design clothes on my terms. Haley : Yeah. that sounds familiar. I met a girl who sings on the street every day for fun. It's amazing. She seems so happy. Music used to be like that for me and it's just not anymore. You know? Brooke : Well then you need to make it fun again. Find what you loved about it and start there. You're too strong not to. Haley : I will think about it. Brooke : Okay. Haley : You're definitely done with Sam? Brooke : I'll think about it. Haley : Good. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Oh that's just not fair. Peyton : What are you talking about? Oh you know what? It's dark in my room so I was just gonna crash early. All by myself. Lucas : Well it's nice and bright in my room. Thought I'd do a little reading before bed. Peyton : Maybe you should reread your book and think about the comet and how close it is but you can't touch it 'cause you're stubborn. Lucas : Maybe I will. I love my book. Peyton : Good. Good. I love sleeping naked. Lucas : Damn she's good. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : And then daddy jumped feet and dunked the ball. I was the most popular kid in school. I even got six girls' digits like uncle skills taught me. Haley : Really? Uncle skills? Well I'll be having a conversation with uncle Skills. Nathan : Get used to being popular. You're a Scott boy. Jamie : Mama why don't you wear your poncho anymore? Haley : I think one day I just outgrew it. Good night buddy. Good night. Nathan : I haven't told you how proud of you I am for walking away today. Jamie : I didn't want to But you said it would make me tough. Nathan : It does. It took me a long time to learn that lesson. Those kids teased you about your cape and you wore it anyway. They wanted to fight you and you just walked away. See there's leaders and there's followers and you are a leader. Jamie : I wouldn't have fought him but he said Quentin was stupid and Quentin was not stupid. Quentin was my friend. Nathan : That's right. He was your friend and he would be proud of you too. Good night buddy. OUTSIDE Brooke : Trust me Backseats are not meant for sleeping. Sam : What are you doing here? Brooke : I thought I'd crash at your place tonight. I know what it feels like to have parents who give up on you. I had one who ignored me and one who resented me. And sometimes I feel like I'd be better off if I never had parents at all. Sam : No you wouldn't. Brooke : Sam I don't want to make the same mistakes our parents made. I want you to move in with me on an official foster home basis if you want to. Sam : What's the catch? Brooke : There's no catch. There are rules. Breakfast is at 7a.m. sharp. And no more stealing my stuff or anyone else's but mostly mine. Deal? Sam : Deal. That is the last thing. I promise. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : What you did for Jamie was amazing. Nathan : I didn't do that for Jamie. I did that for chuck's mom. I was afraid you were gonna kll her. Haley : Well you saved the day for everyone like a big old superhero. You don't need a sidekick do you? Nathan : A sidekick? No. oh! No I think tomorrow I'll go back to being mild-mannered slamball player Nathan Scott. Haley : I wouldn't call you mild-mannered. Nathan : What about you? What are you doing tomorrow? Haley : I think I'm in the mood to do some singing. Nathan : It's about time. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : I tell you to stay and you disappear. I tell you to get lost and you're at my doorstep. Apparently you have everything backwards so come on in. Owen : Wait, wait ... wait. hey can ... Can we talk? Brooke : Sure. How have you been? there we talked. Now if you don't mind it's late And I have a young girl sleeping inside. Owen : I just want a chance to explain myself. Brooke : Fine. Explain. Owen : Look I got freaked out when you mentioned the baby. I had a horrible childhood. Then I get addicted to heroin really early on. Now I avoid anything more responsible than making drinks. The thought of me being a father is just too much. Brooke : I never asked you to be the father. Owen : I know, but if you ever did ... I know I wouldn't be any good at it. So I disappeared. And you have every right to be mad at me. And I'm sorry. Brooke : Have you ever considered that going through all those awful experiences is exactly what would make you a good father someday? I've seen you be responsible with Rachel and caring with Jamie. You even brought Sam home and she's a total stranger to you. Owen : Well truth be told I just brought her home 'cause I wanted to see you. Brooke : Okay, well, if she's at the bar tonight then bring her home and you will see me again. Owen : Then I hope she's in the drinking mood. But if not then, I hope the real Brooke Davis will stop by. I promise you. I won't go anywhere this time. Brooke : I'll think about it ... Jerk. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : You know I read somewhere that you should never go to bed angry. Now it wasn't B. Davis magazine So I'm not sure if it's very valid. Peyton : I'm not angry. In fact I've actually had fun these last few days playing around. Especially since I've been winning. Lucas : Before you get too excited may I remind you that your moving boxes were on my side of the line. Peyton : What'd you do? Lucas : Well I just unpacked some of your stuff. I found a really great picture to replace the one of Lindsey. Peyton : Oh Luke that is sweet. Of course you went through my art again without asking permission. Lucas : My side my art babe. Peyton : I think I'm starting to like your side better. Lucas : I was about to say the same thing. Peyton : Let's be on the same side again. Lucas : I really have to go to the bathroom. Peyton : Oh my god I'm starving. AT MOUTH'S HOUSE Millicent : Mm somebody smells good. hot date? Mouth : No? why? it's just work. Millicent : Touchy touchy. I'm just saying you smell good. I'd say you look good too but I don't want to get ht. Mouth : Well go ahead. risk it. Millicent : So how was your first day back? Was everyone happy to see you? Mouth : Some of them. Millicent : Well I'm thrilled to have you back. So do you have your new tree hill catchphrase yet? Mouth : I don't think I'm gonna need one Millicent : Oh sure you will. How about "mouthing off from the hill"? Mouth : No. Millicent : "if a tree falls your mouth will make a sound"? Mouth : Please stop. Millicent : Or what about Mouth : How's this? "I'm Marvin McFadden and I am so glad I'm back here with you." Millicent : I love it. AT JAMIE'S SCHOOL Jamie : Bye grandpa! Dan : See you buddy. Ms. Scholnik : Bye honey. Dan : Ms. Scholnik ... Dan Scott. Jamie's grandfather. That's a cute kid. Well kid anyway. You know I hear he and Jamie got in a little scuffle the other day. I sure hope they work out. Ms. Scholnik : You know what? I think they already have. Dan : You know I'd love to join you for your morning drink but I'm late for a meeting with my parole officer. mrder. OUTSIDE Girl : Hey! Tell me you're on your way to the studio to make your new record. Haley : Uh actually I was thinking about doing singing for fun today. What do you think? you up for a duet? Girl : Are you kidding? I would be honored. Haley : Great. What do you want to play? Girl : Uh how about this one? * I'm the girl with the best intentions something I should probably mention I like to get just what I paid for So i pay and I get and I pay and want some more, more, more And I want something that I want Something I tell myself I need Something that I want I need everything I see * I'm a girl who's got a notion AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Sam! Breakfast! I'm not gonna show you my magic potion I could shop till I drop right to the floor And I get right up and I want some more, more, more And I want something that I want Sam : You said breakfast at 7. It 7 ... Something I tell myself I need Something that I want Brooke : It's a start. I need everything I see (everything I see) AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Breakfast! Lucas : Well your stuff is unpacked. The tape is gone. And the house is officially both of ours. Peyton : Perfect timing. I made waffles. Lucas : I love waffles. Peyton : I do too. Plus I got the recipe from B. Davis magazine. So you know it'll be good. Lucas : You better enjoy them because um ... I canceled your subscription. Peyton : What?! Lucas : Holy cow. I forgot there was a world outside the house. Fergie : Hey Luke. I got your text. Peyton : Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! And I want something that I want Something I tell myself I need Something that I want AT JAMIE'S SCHOOL Chuck : Hey Jamie! Did your dad bring you to school? He's the coolest! Jamie : Yeah Scott's rule. Yeah. Chuck : Do you want to play kickball? You can be on my team. Jamie : Whoa chuck slow your roll. Maybe another time. Chuck : Why aren't you wearing your cape? Jamie : Well some people lead and some people follow.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x07 - Messin' With the Kid"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill Lon : It's over. Lucas : Because of one bad signing? Lon : Go home, write another book. I promise I'll read the next one. Mike : Listen, I heard you were looking for the opportunity to play ball again. Nathan : Yes, sir. Mike : Well, I have one for you. Owen : So, what do you think, man? You gonna come play for us? Jamie : You have to do this, daddy. Nathan : I'm just worried my back can't take something like this right now. Ohh. Brooke : I'm surprising myself by saying it, but. I have an extra room, and it's yours if you want it. Boss : We're prepared to offer you a bigger salary and the on-air position you should have had. Man : You get a better position and a hot intern. Mouth : Hot intern? Gigi? Gigi : Mouth! Man : What? You guys know each other? Gigi : We were high-school lovers. Peyton : You'll be careful, right? Derek : I won't go trying to be a hero or anything. Peyton : Come here. Derek : I'll be back, Peyton. Peyton : I believe you. Brooke : I told you I wanted to be a mom, and you ran away so fast, you left an Owen-shaped hole in my front door. Owen : You're right. I'm sorry. Brooke : You're still a jerk. One Tree Hill - Season 06 Episode 08 AT THE GYMNASIUM Coach : All right, nice work, guys. Go home, get some rest. Game time's 8:00. Owen : Not bad for a rookie. You ready for tonight? Nathan : Bring it on. I got this. Owen : We'll see, man. It's kind of different in the game. Nathan : How different? Owen : That different. Jamie : Did he get up, mama? Haley : Yeah, baby, he got up. This time. Brooke : Hey. How's he doing? Haley : Well, he's in one piece for now, but I thought Owen was gonna protect him. Brooke : Hey,99,thought you were gonna protect 23! And why don't you get over your whole fear of having children while you're at it? Sam : Hey, you're short. Jamie : I'm 5.What's your excuse? Sam : Nice. So, what's your name? Jamie : James Lucas Scott. Sam : Scott, huh? Haley : Yeah, he's teacher's pet. Hi, Sam. How uncool are you, hanging out with your teacher? It's borderline creepy. Brooke : Totally. Sam : So, what's going on here? Jamie : It's called slamball. Dunks are worth three points, and jump shts are worth two points. My daddy plays on the slashers with Owen. Brooke : You hear me, Owen? You better watch Nathan's back! Literally! Jamie : They used to kiss. Peyton : Hey, Sam, I'm Peyton. I really like your outfit, man. Sam : Thank you. It's a lot like yours, actually. Brooke : Geez, Millie, who knew you were such a sports fan? Millicent : I'm not. I'm looking for mouth. Brooke : Mouth and Gigi? Peyton : Gigi the ex? Millicent : Gigi the college junior/the new intern/the ex with her college-girl body and her college-girl face! Brooke : Okay. Jamie : They used to kiss ... Mouth and Gigi. He kisses Millicent now. Sam : I'm liking you. Jamie : Thanks. Mama says I'm not allowed to date yet, but daddy says it's fine. Haley : What? Brooke : Hey, P. Sawyer- soon-to-be-Scott, where's your fancy fiancé? Peyton : I have no idea. Lucas : Could you say that again? No, I...I guess I just don't understand. I thought the book wasn't doing well. Oh. Wow. Mouth : Man, this is some great stuff. Gigi : Yes. It is. Millicent : Um, Marvin? Mouth : Millicent, hi. What are you doing down here? Millicent : Just wanted to say hi. Mouth : Okay. Hi. Oh, uh, Millie, this is Gigi, my intern. Gigi, this is Millicent. Millicent : Hi. Millicent. Marvin's girlfriend. Gigi : Millicent ... Marvin's hot girlfriend. Nice work, Mouth. Hi. Gigi. Millicent : Hi. So, should I wait for you after the game or. Mouth : Um, well, we have to go back to the studio and digitize some of this footage. Gigi : We're doing a piece on Nathan's journey to slamball. It was mouth's idea. He's kind of a genius like that. You have awesome legs, by the way. Millicent : Yeah. Okay. I'll see you at home, then? Not too late? Mouth : Not too late. Gigi : Well, we better get back to the game. Watch your step, Mouth. Mouth : Why? Gigi : You don't want to trip on that short leash. Coach : Time-out. Nathan, you made three jump shts in a row. What the hell is that? Nathan : It's called scoring. Coach : It's called slamball! What are you ... hurt? You need a seat? Nathan : No, I'm good. Coach : Then get in there and take over this game. Now, I need you. Let's go. Lucas : Hey. Peyton : Hey ,there he is. I thought you might have ditched me. What's up? Lucas : I just got a call from my agent. Someone made an offer for the movie rights to my book. Peyton : Luke! For "The Comet"? That's great! Lucas : No, actually, not for " The Comet," but, um, "Ravens". Team : 1,2,3. Slashers! Owen : What you think, man? You up for this? Nathan : Not if it's gonna put me back in a wheelchair. Owen : It won't. Nathan : That's easy for you to say. You're not the one with the ball. Owen : Exactly. Stay behind me. Other Coach : All right. Hot ball, hot ball! Knock his ass out! Nathan : Nice! Owen : Thanks. Let's go, all-Americans. Haley/Jamie : Yeah ! Sam : Wasn't he, like, just in a wheelchair or something? AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : Morning, daddy. You're alive, right? Nathan : I think so. Jamie : Can you walk? Nathan : Yeah, I'm good. Jamie : Prove it. Nathan : I will if you get off me, you dork. Jamie : Should I get mama? Nathan : Jamie, I'm fine. Look. You're happy? No? Jamie : Well, the dancing's not so good, but okay. Good game, daddy. Nathan : Haley James? Haley : In here! There's coffee. We pretty much share this house 50/50,don't you think? Nathan : Yeah. Why? Haley : I don't know. This stupid article. Do I even want to ask? Nathan : I'm fine. Really, I'm fine. What? AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : So, you've had a night to sleep on it. Where's your head at with this whole movie thing? Lucas : I don't know. You know, on one hand, it could be really cool. But you know how personal that book is. You know, the stuff with us and Keith. Peyton : Yeah, but it's already in the book, right? Lucas : Yeah, I know. I guess I just feel like I can control the book more. Peyton : Well, whatever you decide to do is the right thing as far as I'm concerned. Lucas : Thanks, babe. Peyton : I got to get going. Lucas : All right, well, call me when you get there, and be careful, all right? Peyton : I will. Hey. I sort of like you, you know that? Lucas : Well, thank you. I'm kind of warming up to you, too. It's a good thing, since we're getting married. Peyton : Bye. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : It's really good, Brooke. Peyton's gonna love it when it's done. Brooke : Yeah, well, I hope so, considering we have nothing else to sell. How could I have signed my company over to that. Millicent : Slut? Brooke : Too nice. How about. Slunt? Millie, what are we gonna do with this place? Sam : You know what? I like it like this. Brooke : Oh, do you? Jamie : Aunt Brooke! Brooke : It's my favorite man. Who's your favorite girl? Jamie : Sam! Brooke : Excuse me? Who is yr favorite girl? You are? All right, that'll do. Get out of here. I have been replaced. Haley : I will take one unfinished wedding dress. That's all I want, and I'll pay top dollar for it. Brooke : Well, I'll pay top dollar for one song off of an unfinished album. Haley : I don't like this game anymore. Brooke : Mm, I feel you. Haley : So, what's going on with baby Brooke? Millicent : Victoria's lawyers say she owns it. Brooke's lawyers say Victoria's lawyers can baby Brooke themselves. Haley : Have you thought about starting a new line, Brooke? You've done it before. You can do it again. Brooke : I appreciate the vote of confidence, Haley, but I'm just not feeling inspired lately. Haley : Well, speaking of, Owen looked pretty hot last night. Didn't you think so, Millie? Millicent : Totally. What did you think, Brooke? Brooke : I think Sam is driving me crazy, wilding about like a feral cat! Sam, this is a boutique. It is not a skate park. Sam : Well, you could have fooled me. Brooke : If you have a plan to fill this place up, have at it. Otherwise, go skate in traffic. Haley : Clearly, I've upgraded Sam's foster-living environment. Millicent : Clearly. Jamie : Mama, can I sleep over at aunt Brooke's tonight? Haley : Oh, sweetie, I don't know if aunt Brooke Brooke : I would love that. It would be nice to have a man in the house. Jamie : Awesome. Thank you. Haley : And speaking of, I thought Owen looked pretty hot last night. Didn't you think so, Millie? Millicent : Totally. What did you think, Brooke? Brooke : I think I don't like either of you. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Julian : Lucas Scott. Lucas : Maybe. Julian : Julian Baker. I think your agent called you about me. I'm interested in optioning your book. Lucas : Yeah, they called me last night. Uh, they didn't say anything about you coming to town, though. Julian : No ,no. Actually, they don't know. I'm just passing through on my way to New York. Lucas : Right. You're just passing through Tree Hill, huh? Julian : Absolutely. Yeah, I want to get a feel for the people and places that inspired your book. It is really great work, Lucas. Lucas : Yeah, well, thanks, but yeah, Julian : You probably feel a little ambushed. Lucas : Yeah, a little bit. Julian : Yeah, right. I'm sorry. I understand. When I get, when I get inspired by something, I get a little obsessed. Not in a Peyton-stalker sort of way, just ... just driven. Lucas : What did you say your name was again? Julian : Julian baker. Lucas : Julian. Julian : I tell you what. I'm gonna be in town for the night. Check out my credits online. If you're feeling it, give me a call. We'll grab a drink. You got plans? Lucas : Maybe. Julian : That's exactly what I would have said. Fair enough. But if you don't, at least hear me out. If you don't like what I have to say, I'm gone, okay? I promise. At the very least, you get a couple of free drinks from a guy who loves your work. All right, your agent has my number, okay? Lucas : Okay. Julian : Good. Well, it's great to finally meet you, Lucas Scott. Your reputation precedes you. Oh, by the way, the house is exactly like I pictured it. It's perfect. OUT Derek : So, congratulations. Peyton : Congratulations, marine. What did you do? Save another life? Derek : No. They just thought it would look good with the uniform. Hi, Peyton. Peyton : Hi, big brother. Hey, I missed you. Derek : I missed you, too. Come on. AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Mouth : Hey, Gigi. Gigi : Hey, sexy. Mouth : And you wonder why Millicent has me on such a short leash. Look, I know we're friends, but since you're my intern, maybe you should call me something other than sexy, all right? Gigi : Okay, hot piece of ass. Sorry. Mouth : How are you doing with the Nathan footage? Gigi : Uh, it's all in the system. I've got video from Nathan in high school, video from Gilmore, video from Maryland. I think I've even got that video of him and Brooke in there somewhere. Mouth : All right. How about we start with something from his accident? You know, we set the stakes. Then we can flash back and work our way up to slamball. Gigi : Talented and sexy. Mouth : Gigi. Gigi : Oh, come on, Mouth. If I can't joke around with you, who can I joke around with? Besides, you know you love it. Mouth : That is not the point. Oh, so you do love it. Mouth : Just start with the accident, and I'll be back. Gigi, uh. it is nice working with you again. You're doing great. Gigi : Thanks. I know I give you a lot of grief, but I think it's amazing watching you work. I missed you ... Sexy. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Lucas : Hey, man. Nathan : Hey. Lucas : What you doing? Nathan : Making pancakes. Lucas : Really? Why? Nathan : 'Cause I want pancakes. There's a list over there on the table. Lucas : What's the list for? Nathan : Guys to play me in the movie. Lucas : God, you've got to be kidding me. Nathan : What? I don't want some tool playing me. Lucas : So, I guess you've heard, huh? Nathan : Yeah. Haley told me. It's pretty cool, man. Lucas : Yeah, I guess. The producer actually stopped by my door today. Nathan : Good guy? Lucas : You know, it's hard to say. You know, I mean, he's got some cool credits, but. I don't know. I don't want them to screw this up, you know? I mean, who's gonna be directing it? Who's gonna write the script? Nathan : Maybe that's a question you should ask him. Lucas : Yeah. Nathan : You want some pancakes now, don't you? Lucas : Yes, I do. Hey, and, uh, hate to break it to you, but Shia Labeouf? I think he's a little too old to play you for high school. Nathan : Oh, come on, man. You've seen how old these actors are playing high school. Lucas : Yes. Thank you. Nathan : So, did you see me get my clocked cleaned in the game last night? Lucas : No, actually, I missed it. How are you feeling? Nathan : I'm a little sore. Haley was kind of freaked out, but I'm fine. You know, Luke, I never saw this slamball thing coming, but, I guess that's part of the journey. And this movie thing ... I mean, it could be good for you, could really open some other doors. Lucas : Yeah, maybe. Hey, Nate. Haley's holding her breath over slamball so you can chase your dream. Just, uh. Let her know it's gonna be okay, all right? Nathan : Yeah. What's Peyton think of the movie? Lucas : Uh, what do you mean? Nathan : Well, I mean, she's basically half the book. How does she feel about it? Lucas : She said she's good with it either way. Nathan : What about Brooke? Dude, Brooke's the other half. AT THE CIMETERY Peyton : I was happy to get your letter and the invitation. A little surprised, though. I just figured you'd be out by now. Derek : You make it sound like prison. Peyton : No, no, I mean, you've been in a while. Derek : The marines have been good for me, all right? It's what I know. So, how was he? Our dad, Mick? Peyton : Mm, I mean, pretty much the way you said he'd be kind of lost. I think underneath everything, he is a good guy, but he's just not much of a father. Derek : You know, I asked Mick to play a U.S.O. Show for us once. Entertain the base. I figured, it's what he does, you know? Peyton : Yeah. Derek : He said he'd get back to me. I'm still waiting. Jamie : I miss Quentin a lot, mama. Haley : I miss him, too, buddy. Jamie : I think he's playing basketball, like daddy. Only instead of a trampoline, he can bounce on the clouds. Haley : Yeah? I like that. Jamie : Did you always like Quentin, mama? Haley : You know, the first time I met Quentin, I thought he was a bad kid. But I was wrong. He had such a good heart. He was just afraid to show it at first. You excited about your sleepover with aunt Brooke? Jamie : Oh, yeah. Haley : Oh, good. We should get going, buddy. Jamie : Okay. Bye, "Q. " Chester says bye, too. He misses you like we do. Haley : Bye, Quentin. Jamie : Bye Q. Do you think he's lonely in heaven? Haley : No. I think he's happy. Jamie : I think he is, too. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Lucas : Hey. So, where's the little orphan girl? What's her name? Annie? Brooke : Sam. And you so cannot be in here right now! Lucas : Why not? Brooke : Because I am working on Peyton's wedding dress, and it is bad luck to see it before the wedding. And considering your luck with weddings, my friend, would you really like to chance this? Lucas : Very funny. But I thought that, the dress line only when the bride was wearing it. Brooke : You might have a point there. Fine. It's your wedding to ruin anyway. Tell me that you're here because you want me to make your tux and double my business. Lucas : Actually, I'm meeting with this movie producer about "Ravens," and I wanted to talk to you about it first. Brooke : I'm thinking Natalie Portman should play me. I can call her if you want. Lucas : It's set in high school. Does anybody get that? I mean. great. So, I suppose you'll be getting some snot from the CW? At least they're hot. Lucas : Okay, so, does that mean it's okay with you, I mean, if the book becomes a movie? Brooke : Sure. Why not? Lucas : Well, I don't know. Sometimes things get lost in translation, you know? Brooke : Okay. I think you're jumping to conclusions here, writer boy, because first of all, it's got to get made. And if it does, who's to say it's not gonna be this epic, kick-ass love story? I mean, I am making Peyton's wedding dress. That actually might be a great way to end it, you know? And I could always play me. Lucas : All right. Yeah, here we go. I guess I can consider you on board, then, huh? Brooke : Yeah. Lucas : For the record, that dress is unbelievable. Brooke : Well. Lucas : You're kind of talented, Brooke Davis. Brooke : Well, you are not so bad yourself, Lucas Scott. Lucas : Hey. Could you really call Natalie? Brooke : Close friend. So much fun. Lucas : Good to know. AT THE GYMNASIUM Mouth : Are there things that you've learned through all of this adversity, Nathan? I mean, do you ever think that maybe the struggle and the setbacks have made you a better person? Nathan : I guess so. I mean, I like to think that if I would have made it to the NBA out of Maryland, I'd still be a good guy. I hope so. Gigi : Mouth? We're about to roll out any second. Mouth : Okay. let's cut and grab another tape. Gigi : Sure thing, sexy. Sorry. I was talking to Nathan. Nathan : You know, one of the biggest lessons I ever learned is never to flirt with cute girls that aren't your wife or your girlfriend. Mouth : What? You don't mean Gigi? Nathan : No, I'm not talking about the hot college girl you used to date. Why would I be talking about her? Look, Millie's a rock star. Don't screw that up. Be right back, okay? Mouth : Okay. Owen : Man, what the hell? Without me, you'd be sitting on the bench sh*ting jump shts. And you get the interview? I'm telling you ... I get no love. Nathan : You want me to hook you up? Owen : Tell you what ... you keep the interview. Why don't you hook me up with Brooke instead? Nathan : That girl's so over me. Well, she's had a tough run lately. But on the list of 100 things you screwed up in your life, I'd say losing Brooke Davis is number 1 through 99. What's the other one? That haircut or the drug addiction. One of the two. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Excuse me. Does your mother let you skateboard on her hardwood floors? Oh, you've been saved by the bell, my friend. You should go play in Sam's room. And by "play," I do not mean smoke anything, drink anything, or burn the house down, okay? Nathan : Hey, Brooke. Brooke : No way. You cannot have him back already. He just got here. Nathan : Who? Jamie? You can totally keep him. The kid's a menace. I'm here to talk to you about Owen. Brooke : And since when do you have Owen's back? Nathan : Since he's standing right next to me. Owen : Hey. Brooke : You should tell your little friend Owen that if he has something to say to me, he can talk to me himself and stop being so 7th grade about it. Nathan : Dude, if you have something to say to her, you should say it yourself and stop being so 7th grade about it. Owen : Hi. Brooke : Hello. Jamie : What you doing? Sam : Texting. Jamie : About what? Sam : Party. Want to go? Jamie : Why don't you just use the door? Sam : Because it's more like an adventure. Like "Goonies". Jamie : " What's "Goonies"? Sam : Dude, you totally did not just ask me that. You ever done anything wild? Jamie : I got kidnapped by my nanny once, chased through a cornfield, and fell in a swimming pool ... and Sam : Anything on purpose? All right, well, it's a lot more fun when it's on purpose. So you want to go to the party or what? Jamie : Is there a moon bounce? Sam : There's moonshine. Jamie : Okay. AT THE GYMNASIUM Peyton : Well, well, the site of our historic throw down. You want a rematch? Derek : Careful now. Besides, that's how I met Lucas. The night we had to deal with the crazy white fake me, and now you can laugh Peyton : It's funny. Derek : And you and Lucas are getting married? Doing pretty good, Peyton. Peyton : You're doing good. I didn't mean anything about you still being a marine. I think we're all looking for a life that makes sense somehow, and I am very, very happy for you that you found that. Derek : And have you found it? Peyton : Yes. I have. I mean, it sneaks up on you, right? But one day, you look at your life, and it has purpose and someone that makes you feel very special and friends. And it's like, all of a sudden, all the time and pain that it took to get there, it just doesn't matter anymore. Derek : Yeah, I've been waiting to hear you say that since you stood in this ring and started fighting back. Peyton : Look, I know that Mick hurt you by not being the kind of father you needed him to be, but you made it anyway, you know? You've got people pinning medals on you. And so, maybe all the pain it took for you to get here doesn't matter anymore for you, too, big brother. Derek : Maybe. Peyton : Well, I have to get going, but I had an idea. I own a small record label, and I have some connections back from my years in L.A. How about we do that U.S.O. Show? Derek : You'd do that? Peyton : Sure. That's what family does, right? Derek : Sounds perfect. Peyton : Okay. Derek : Come on, I'll walk you out. Great. All these years, and you'll get me busted down to private. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Haley : Hey. Lucas : Hey. What's up? Haley : Oh, I just dropped off the little monster at Brooke's for the sleepover, and, it's just Nathan and I tonight. Lucas : Bow chicka bow, bow. Haley : Very funny. Actually, I was thinking about playing a little piano, taking a nice long bath. Lucas : And then. bow chicka bow ... sorry. Haley : Speaking of bad prn, how was your movie offer? Lucas : Nice. No, I don't know. I'm actually about to go meet the producer to talk about it. Haley : So, you think you're gonna do it? Lucas : My agent thinks I'd be crazy not to. Haley : Cool. 'Cause I was thinking of Ellen page for me. Lucas : And I was thinking Ellen page for Mia. Haley : Mia? She's not even in your book. Lucas : Right. I just thought I'd write her in. Haley : Great. That little brat steals my life, and now she steals my wish-list actor. Lucas : And not to mention I'm totally screwing with you. So, how are you doing with slamball? Haley : You know, I've got a husband with a bad back, and he's playing a game called slamball, so you just let me know when I can breathe again. Lucas : Haley, he's gonna be okay. Look, Nathan wants what he wants, but he's gonna do it smarter this time. I mean, he knows that he has the best wife and son ever to consider in all this. Haley : Yeah. He has been really sweet through all of it. In fact, I think I'm gonna go home and visit with my sweet husband. Lucas/Haley : Bow chicka bow wow AT TRIC Lucas : Julian. Julian : Hey. Glad you made it. I hope you don't mind. I got a ... I got a thing for dive bars. You ever been here before? It's a joke. Not a good one, but. no, I-I know this is your spot. I always wanted to see the infamous Tric. Lucas : It sounds like you've done your research. Julian : Luke, I'm so inside this story. I can't get it out of my head. Lucas : Look, I, uh ... I checked out your credits, and you're for real. But, this story's really personal, you know? Julian : That's why I want you to write the screenplay. Lucas : What? Julian : There's no one else that can tell this story. It's your voice, Luke. On top of that, you'll find that the screen trade says a hell of a lot more than your book deal. It's not about the money. Okay, okay. With you, I may actually believe that. Nevertheless, six figures. Lucas : Really? 100 grand? Julian : More like 300 grand, and another three if we get the movie made, and I'll get the movie made. So, in the book, it says Peyton moved to L.A. Did she like it there? Lucas : Yeah, she loved it there. Julian : Well, if this works out ... and it will ... you're gonna be a successful screenwriter. You could visit her. Lucas : Well, actually, she lives here now. We're engaged. Julian : Well, the world loves a happy ending. Listen, you don't know me, but I honestly feel as though I know you. If you option this book to me, I'll give you complete control of the script. We'll do this thing together. Come on, what do you say? AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : Trying something new? Haley : Yeah. Nathan : Let me hear. Haley : Okay. Nathan : Well, Haley : What? Nathan : Sorry. Nothing. Haley : Oh. Okay. What ... what is wrong with you? I can't play with you making faces like that. Nathan : I know. Neither can I. Haley : You're so funny. We were worried about you. Nathan : My back is fine. I promise. Haley : Okay. Well, it's too bad, 'cause, you know, Jamie's sleeping over at Brooke's, and, I thought maybe you'd want a little massage. But, you know, it's fine. Nathan : Well, it's not perfect. As a matter of fact, I was thinking. Maybe you could just carry me upstairs tonight? Haley : Carry? Nathan : Is that okay? AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Owen : I made a mistake. I was into you. I am into you. I just ... Look. I'm an idiot. Brooke : Just hold that thought. Millicent : Brooke, there's a problem at the ... oh. Owen. Imagine that. Sorry. There's a problem at the store. The nosy guy across the street called and said he saw someone breaking in. Owen : Call the police. Brooke : No. Millicent : Brooke. Brooke : No! Owen : Fine. I'll go. Brooke : No. I will go. I just need to tell Sam to watch Jamie. And I need to get my gn. Owen : Wait. What? Brooke : Hey, Sam. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : I should have brought the gn. Millicent : Brooke. Brooke : Oh, my god. Owen : Brooke. Brooke : I'm gonna kll her. Come here. Will you take him? Owen : Yeah, I got him. Brooke : Sam! What the hell are you doing? Sam : I told you I could fill this place up. Brooke : First of all, you are 15 years old. Second, you kidnapped a 5-year-old child, you adolescent nanny Carrie! And third, you are breaking and entering in the place where I work! This is the place. That is Peyton's wedding dress. Sam : Oh, dude, chill out. It's fine. It's right. Millicent : h, no. Brooke : Where is it? Millicent : Everybody out! Owen : Let's go! Now! Everybody head out! Sam : I'm sorry. Brooke : Get out! Owen : Not you. AT TRIC Lucas : I make this sht, it's an equal producer credit, huh? Julian : Co-producer. Lucas : Producer. Julian : Just sht. I can't believe I just gave you a producer credit. Here, hurry up and sign this before I change my mind. Lucas : You know, talk to Peyton first. Julian : You know what, my friend? That's exactly why this movie should be made. Lucas Scott and Peyton sawyer made it. They're together. It's inspiring. This contract is simply an option. It gives me exclusive rights to the book for six months to do everything I say I'm gonna do. If not, all the rights revert back to you. Lucas : Yeah, I know. I called my agent, and he thinks I should sign it, too, but. Julian : He's a smart guy. Lucas : Okay. Six months. Julian : We are about to get so drunk. I promise you this will go down in history as an epic day in your life, Lucas. Lucas : I hope so. I got to go call Peyton. Julian : Have her come meet us to celebrate. Lucas : All right AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Owen : Thanks, buddy. Jamie : I'm really sorry, aunt Brooke. Brooke : It's okay, Jamie. It's not you I'm mad at. Jamie : It's Sam, huh? Brooke : Yeah. But I am a little bit mad at you. You should have told me that you were leaving the house tonight. You can't trust people when they're bad. Jamie : I know. But Sam's not bad. Brooke : I don't know about that, buddy. Jamie : She's not. I think she's like Quentin was when mama met him. She's nice. She's just afraid to show it. AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Gigi : Hey. You need any help? Mouth : No, I'm good. You should take off. Gigi : Okay. Uh, see you tomorrow? Mouth : Sure. Drive safe. Gigi : Hey, a bunch of my friends are gonna meet up for drinks later if you want to go. Mouth : Thanks. I should get home. Gigi : Okay. I had a great day with you, Mouth. It felt like old times. Mouth : Yeah, I had a great day, too. Gigi : Well, you better get back to the old ball and chain. See you tomorrow. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : I'm getting worried about slamball. Nathan : It's my fault. I underestimated the speed of this game. Some of these guys are great athletes. They're fast. Haley : Well, you're gonna have to be faster, because I don't know if I can handle another game like the last one. Nathan : I will be. 'Cause I know you're trusting me. I love you for that. AT TRIC Lucas : She's on her way. She's just running a little late. Julian : Maybe there's another guy. Lucas : Why did I sign that option again? Julian : That reminds me ... I got to make a quick call. I'll be right back, okay? Peyton : Hey, nice sht. Lucas : Nice everything. Wow, you look hot. Peyton : No, I don't. I was like a tornado at home. Um, where's this producer? I need to ply him with many questions. Lucas : He had to make a call on his cell. Peyton : Okay. Well, in that case, I'm gonna go check my handiwork. Lucas : Oh. You look so hot. Peyton : Bye. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : I don't think detergent removes spray paint. Sam : I know there's nothing I can say other than I'm sorry. I do these stupid things sometimes. I really am sorry, though. You were nice to me, but I'm just not worth it. Brooke : And where do you think you're going? Sam : I don't know. Brooke : You're grounded. Sam : You're not kicking me out? Brooke : No. And I hope that someday, you stop acting surprised when you hear that. Now go to your room. Actually, go to my room, because the windows don't open. Sam : Can I just say about the party ... Brooke : Sam, I am so pissed off right now. Go. Sam : I'm sorry, Jamie. Jamie : I think it's kind of cool. AT TRIC Julian : You've gotten even more beautiful. Peyton : What are you doing here, Julian? Julian : Haven't you heard? I'm optioning your fiancé's book. Peyton : Like hell you are. Julian : Actually, it's already done. I'm quite charming. But you know that, baby. Lucas : Hey. There you are. Well, I see you two have already met, huh? Julian : Yes, we have. And you know what, Lucas? It feels like I've known her for years.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x08 - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "one tree hill"... Owen : You ready for tonight? Nathan : Bring it on. I got this. Owen : Kind of different in the game. Nathan : How different? Haley : Do I even want to ask? Nathan : Really, I'm fine. Brooke : I told you I wanted to be a mom, and you ran away so fast. You left an owen-shaped hole in my front door. Owen : You're right, and you didn't deserve that. I'm sorry. Brooke : You're still a jerk. Mouth : Hot intern? Gigi : Mouth! Mouth : Gigi? Millicent : The nosy guy across the street Called and said he saw someone breaking in. Brooke : That is Peyton's wedding dress. Lucas : Someone made an offer for the movie rights to my book. Peyton : For "the comet"? That's great! Lucas : Not for the "the comet," but, um, "ravens."21 Julian : You've gotten even more beautiful. Peyton : What are you doing here, Julian? Julian : Optioning your fiancés book. Peyton : Like hell you are. Julian : Actually, it's already done. Lucas : I see you two have already met, huh? Julian : Yes, we have. Owen : Feels like I've known her for years. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : Oh, my god. You're totally inspired by it. Brooke : No, I'm not. You are, too. admit it. Sam : Your entire new line is gonna be based on ... Brooke : Based on the amazing couture wedding dress I had already spent 72 hours hand-stitching for my best friend? Oh, wait ... That's ruined. Sam : You're still pissed. Brooke : And you're still grounded. Sam : Fine. So, what's your version of grounded? Brooke : Well, I've been thinking. One week for exposing a 5-year-old to depravity, another week for letting some skeevy fratvestite ruin Peyton's wedding dress, and we're gonna tack on another week for throwing an underage keg party in your foster parent's upscale boutique. Sam : That's it? Brooke : You are not supposed to be happy about this! Sam : No, I just thought that thing my friend Eugene did in the bathroom sink was gonna cost me another week. ou ... haven't been in the bathroom yet, have you? Brooke : What did Eugene do in the bathroom sink? Sam! ... This is not over, young lady! Sam : Didn't think it was, old lady. Brooke : Don't kll the child. just don't kll the child ... What?! Owen : Wow. where's nice Brooke? Brooke : I klled her, and I ate her bleeding heart for breakfast, and I'm still hungry. Owen : Right. Well, if you see her. Tell her I enjoyed. Cleaning up sam-a-palooza with her last night and that I plan on bringing her a gift every day until she's ready to reconsider me. Brooke : Every day? Owen : Whether you like it or not. Brooke : Gold, godiva, Gucci, Gerber. My jewelry, chocolate, purse, and flower preferences. I guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow. Owen : Wait ... Gerber? Brooke : Daisies. But sunflowers are very nice, too. Bye, now. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Hey, You are just in time. Nathan : For what ... hibernation? Haley : No. I saw your slamball schedule for the next three weeks, and it looks pretty grueling. So I thought you better stock up. Nathan : Haley, 90,000 calories a day is not gonna keep me From getting ht on the slamball court. Haley : No, but it'll give you a little extra padding when you do. Jamie : I cleared a place for your trophy. Nathan : You know, I don't think they give you trophies in slamball, buddy. Jamie : Not even for champions? Nathan : That's pretty lame, huh? Jamie : How are you supposed to know you're awesome without a trophy? Nathan : Well, I guess you're gonna have to keep telling me. Hey Go eat your breakfast in front of the TV. All right, little bear? Jamie : Okay. Nathan : Good luck. It's really good. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : How you feeling? I think you may have had one too many mojitos at Tric last night. Peyton : Ohh, I know ... headache. Thanks. Lucas : So, what was your first impression of Julian last night, huh? [Peyton's flash back] Lucas : Peyton, I love you. And I want us to be together forever. Peyton : Luke, wait. it's just not as simple as all of that, okay? I mean, there's a lot we have to talk about. Lucas : You're saying no. Peyton : No. I love you so much. Lucas : Just not enough. Man : Hey, I need you to go on a coffee run. Peyton : Okay, in a minute. Man : I don't have a minute. Hey ! Peyton : I said I need a minute ... God! Julian : Probably just a jam in the three-hole-punch tray total pain in the ass, but definitely not worth a pretty girl crying over. Peyton : You know, the last thing I need right now is some ... some shallow, egocentric Hotshot music producer hitting on me. Julian : Okay, just for the sake of argument. What if I was more of a failed guitarist turned fledging indie-movie-producer type? No. right. You know, the best thing about a paper jam? Peyton : What? Julian : It forces you to open up the machine, figure out what went wrong in the first place. Peyton : He was charismatic. What you doing? Lucas : If you haven't heard, I'm a big screenwriter now. Screenwriter. Peyton : Luke, about that Lucas : I think I really needed this, you know? With everything that happened with "the comet," I just ... It's nice to know. That your work has merit and relevance, you know? Peyton : Yeah. Of course. Lucas : I am nervous, though. I mean, Julian already has a studio interested. And they want a first draft in, like ... Julian : Three weeks. Did you even sleep? Lucas : Oh, yeah, a little. Eh, not really. no. Julian : Well, you wouldn't tell from the script. It's -- it's good, Luke. Lucas : Yeah, but not great. Julian : Very close to great. In fact, I'd say one scene away from great. And I think you know exactly which scene I'm talking about ... Keith's mrder. Lucas : And I know you wanted me to show it, but I just thought that maybe it'd be more effective if we find out after the fact you know, cinematically? Julian : Okay, well, I don't want to flaunt my experience, but cinematically, it doesn't get much better than seeing a man kll his brother. Lucas : Well, that man who was mrder ... was my uncle. Julian : Which is, I think, why you didn't write the scene. You're too close to it but our audience needs to face what happened, Luke ... even if you can't. Just give it a try. Trust me. I'll put off the studio until tomorrow, okay? You can do this. Lucas : And if I can't? Julian : To be blunt, Then I'll find a writer who can. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : I'm broke. You're 5. you're supposed to be broke. Mouth : Undefeated for the last three weeks, fans expect the slashers to be carried through tonight's semifinal slamball game against the mob on the shoulders of former college standout Nathan Scott. That is, of course, unless Jerome Garret. ht man for the mob, has anything to say about it. Jerome : We're not afraid of Nathan Scott. Man, that chump's always been more hype than skill. Mouth : Well, and there you have it from the ht man himself. Back to you guys. Jamie : They should just give you the trophy, daddy. Nathan : I tried to tell you. They don't give you trophies in slamball, buddy. Nathan : I checked for you and everything. Jamie : Sorry. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Come on, Brooke. If you could fill this place up with anything, What would it be? What did you get me? Peyton ! Peyton : Well, don't act so disappointed. Last time I checked, I was your only customer. Brooke: Yeah. Peyton : It's a good thing I like the emperor's new clothes. Brooke: I'm sorry. It's just that Owen's been coming by every day for the last three weeks to bring me loot. Peyton : Well, I did not know you were into him again. Brooke: I'm not totally sure I am yet, but I am into loot. Peyton : Brooke, what Owen did was uncool, but it is equally uncool to lead him on just because you like getting presents every day. Brooke : Really? I'm getting relationship advice from the girl who waited three weeks to tell her fiancé. That he's making a movie with her ex-boyfriend. Peyton : Three weeks and counting. Brooke : Peyton, you haven't told him yet? Peyton : Um, no...but, anyway, changing the subject. When do I get to see my wedding dress? Brooke : You may not need a dress, my friend. Changing the subject back. Lucas is gonna be really upset when he finds out you've been keeping this from him. Peyton : I know. It's just he's really excited about writing again, and he genuinely likes Julian, and I don't want my stupid past to get in the way of this for him. Brooke : Well, how serious were you and Julian? [Flash back. Peyton see the Lindsey and Lucas kiss before the sinning books] Julian : Oh, sorry. sorry. Peyton : Excuse me. I'm sorry. Julian : Oh, hey, if it isn't the saddest girl in the world. Peyton : I'm not sad. Julian : Okay, but I've only met you twice, and both times, you were crying. Peyton : Maybe they're tears of joy. Julian : True are they? Peyton : No. Julian : Okay, good. 'cause I got a favor to ask. How would you like to accompany me to this hideous industry party full of snooty rich people and "shallow, egocentric hotshot producer" types? Peyton : That sounds awful. Julian : So, is that a yes? Peyton : You really want the saddest girl in the world as your date? Julian : Oh, no. no. no. It's not a date. I just want your tears. One look at the crying girl on my arm, and nobody's gonna wonder why I'm leaving early. Hold on. what'd I say? Because if you start smiling like that, we're gonna be stuck at this thing. Peyton : Oh, I am totally underdressed. Julian : No. no. You look great. Besides, this is Hollywood. The worse you dress, the more important people assume you are. Peyton : Oh, they must assume I'm the pope. Julian : Oh, wow. thank you. thanks for coming. Peyton : You didn't tell me it was your bar mitzvah. Julian : It's a fund-raiser for a script I'm trying to get made. I know -- talk about boring. It's a good thing you brought a book. Peyton : Um...yeah. I was hoping to get it signed. I used to be close with the author. I feel really dumb for bringing it in. Julian : Oh, no. don't. What's it about? Peyton : Me, sort of. Peyton : Then I completely understand why you wanted it here with you. Now, see, there's that smile again. Julian : Now we're never gonna get out of here. Peyton : Oh, I guess we'll have to make the best of it. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : Oh, you bet. Oh, okay. thank you. That was a scout.263 He's passing through town on his way to Virginia. He's gonna try to stop by and see the slamball semifinal. Lucas : Well, that's cool, Nate. If anyone deserves a second look, it's you. Hey, speaking of the game, any hard feelings if I can't make it? Julian wants to get the script to the studio tomorrow. So I'm sort of in crisis mode. Nathan : No worries, man. I'll see you at the championship after we win tonight. Lucas : Absolutely. Can I ask you a question? What was your best memory of Dan? Nathan : I don't know. The day he went to prison. Michael Jordan basketball camp. Yeah, I was about 10 years old, and Dan pulled some strings to get me in, and it was the first day, and we were in this, like, meet-and-greet line, and Jordan was gonna pick one of us kids to play one-on-one against. I remember I was so nervous, My knees were about to buckle. And I think Dan could feel that 'cause he put his hand on my shoulder to steady me, and when Jordan finally came by, "this is my son, Nathan. he's got a great jump sht." Lucas : And what happened? Nathan : I played one-on-one against the greatest player in history. It was one of the best days of my life. Why? What's with the question? Lucas : I have this scene to write, and I'm trying to be objective. I guess I'm just wondering if Dan ever had a soul. Nathan : Sure, he did. He sold it a long time ago. Bright the man on the way he is evil. That is what he deserves. AT THE RIVER COURT Mouth : So, this is how the great Nathan Scott warms up for a semifinal game. Nathan You, uh, looking for an exclusive? Mouth : I'm here as a friend. Jerome Garrett was talking about putting you back in your wheelchair during tonight's game. He sounded serious. Nathan Oh, I'm sure he is. He's a bitter guy. He was only a basket away from the sweet 16 two years ago when I got in the way. Mouth : I remember, and from the sound of it, so does he. Nathan : I appreciate the heads-up, Mouth. I'll be fine, though. I can take care of myself. Plus, I got Owen watching my back. He's one of the toughest guys in tree hill. AT BROOKE'S CAR Owen : Hello, beautiful. Brooke : Aaah! What the hell are you doing?! Sneaking up on a girl is so not cool! Owen : What? I thought you'd like it. "what's underneath the clothes," right? Brooke : I'm a girl. It's sexy. You are a huge, hairy dude on my leather seats! Owen : ! At least you think I'm huge! Brooke : Get out! Owen : All right! All right! all right! hey! all right! Wait ... Brooke. hey. Wait ... You made your point! Stop! You have my clothes! AT TREE HIGH SCOOL Jamie : So, pooky wooky bear pretty much finds out he's been a crummy friend and has to say he's sorry. Haley : All right. Chapter nine tonight, guys. Good job. Sam : So, don't tell your mom, but that was pretty much the best lecture of the year. Haley : Uh, I heard that. Hey, you have, uh, study hall next, right? yeah. Would you mind watching Jamie for a little bit? I got to run to the office. Sam : Sure. Anything to avoid economics homework. Let's go, muchacho. Jamie : Awesome. Haley : Sam, no parties, okay? Jamie : What's economics? Sam : It's how you make money. Jamie : I thought that was called an allowance. Sam : No. An allowance you actually have to work for. Economics is easier. it's just supply and demand. Jamie : Sounds complicated. Sam : No. this is your stake. You use it to buy your supply, which is what you just got. All you need to do is create a little demand. Boy : Come on, man. That's nasty. Sam : Bummer, huh? good thing we got everything you want right there. Boy : I'll take some chips. Sam : 2 bucks. Jamie : You only paid 50 cents for those. Sam : That, grasshopper, is called a profit. Jamie : I don't have 2 bucks. Sam : It's okay. That's called a kickback. It's free. That is what you get when you're in cahoots. Jamie : Nice. Haley : Hey. you okay? Lucas : Yeah. No. no. Um, I have to write Keith's mrder scene in the screenplay, and I ... don't know if I can do it. I just can't imagine people sitting in a theater Eating popcorn, watching Keith get sht to death. Haley : Maybe it could be more than that. Maybe ... like in literature, a violent death can often be a catalyst for change or... a lesson in humanity. Lucas : I don't want my audience to understand Dan Scott, okay? I don't want to make Dan Scott a more conflicted character for the sake of a more complex plotline. Dan Scott isn't human. He doesn't deserve to be forgiven. Frankly ... Dan Scott doesn't deserve a spot in Jamie's life. Haley : Luke. Lucas : I'm sorry, Hales. it's none of my business. My head's just been ... I should go. I'm sorry. AT PEYTON'S OFFICE Peyton : Look, I get it, and I love the band, and you know I love you, but this ship is gonna sail without you If you guys can't cut through all the red tape. [Flash back. Peyton and Julian prepared their trip] Julian : Well, if you can't cut through that red tape, then I'll find somebody who can. This may come as a surprise to you, but you're not the only line producer in town. Peyton : Be nice. Julian : Look, josh, uh, I know you're trying. Just do me a favor and try a little harder. It's all gonna get done. I think it's a bad idea that I moved in with you. Peyton Why? Julian Because if I get any nicer my film's not gonna get to Sundance. Peyton Oh, but you'll get me, and I am way sexier than sundance. Julian : I love you. Peyton : I love you, too. AT TREE HIGH SCOOL Jamie : Thanks for picking me up, grandpa. Dan : Are you kidding me? I'd do anything for you. Jamie : Can you stake me 10 bucks? Dan : What for? Jamie : I ... got some business. Dan : I don't know. That's a lot of money. Jamie : Please. I'll totally cut you in. Dan : Sounds like a solid investment. Jamie : Sweet. I also have to make a quick stop on the way to school. Dan : You're the boss. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Lucas : I'm not writing this. Peyton : I thought Julian said he'd find another writer. Lucas : I'm hoping he's bluffing. Peyton : You want to tell me why this is so hard? Lucas : I don't really know ... what happened in Keith's final moments, and I'm not gonna just make it up so that Julian's movie can be more dramatic, you know? I mean ... I mean, think about it. Did he... did he beg for mercy? Did he ... did he cry? Was he shocked? did he feel betrayed? Or maybe Dan should be ... conflicted and, uh ... Pitiable. I can't write that. Peyton : Do you know what I love about you Is that you're always protecting everybody? But you don't have to protect Keith, and, I mean, regardless of what the scene becomes. I'm pretty sure he would rather you write his last moments than anybody else. Lucas : I just wish I knew the truth. [Flash back. Peyton and Julian prepared their trip] Julian : Got to go. Peyton : Okay, but I can't get my bag zipped up. Julian : It's three days in sundance. How full can your bag possibly be? Peyton : Like this full. Julian : You got to be kidding. Peyton : Oh, maybe my big, strong boyfriend can use his muscles to zip it up for me. Julian : We are so gonna miss our plane. Peyton : Thank you. Julian : Well, I think I found the problem. Peyton : I was just gonna read it on the plane. Julian : For what the thousandth time? Peyton : It's not a big deal. Julian : No, it is a big deal. Peyton : It's just a book. Julian : Come on. You buy copies of this thing every time you see it. You carry one around in your purse half the time. You think it's lost on me that it was written by your ex-boyfriend? Peyton : So it's important to me. I mean, do you think it's lost on me that you've never bothered to read it? Are you curious at all? Julian : Yeah, I'm curious. I'm curious as to whether there will ever come a day when I'm not sharing you with Lucas Scott. You know what? I'm tired of this. Peyton : Where are you going? Julian : Sundance, alone. Peyton : What? Julian : You want to go with the book ... Be my guest. Get a nice suite, go skiing, cozy up by the fre, and talk about your future together. I really hope both of you are very happy. Peyton : Julian. Julian : I can't do this anymore, Peyton. I don't want to. Goodbye. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Nice Brooke would like to apologize for the way that evil Brooke acted this morning. Owen : Well, you should've stuck around. I mean, you haven't lived until you've been naked in the back of a squad car that smells like bum piss. Brooke : How about you just keep whatever gift you were bringing today, and we call this whole mess even? Owen : I didn't bring a gift, and I'm done bringing them. You know, winning you back is one thing, but being led on, it's ... It's humiliating. I just came by to tell you that. I won't bother you anymore. Brooke : Owen. Owen : I'll see you around, Brooke Davis. AT JAMIE'S SCHOOL Chuck : So, you still got some stuff? Jamie : Whatever you want ... 2 bucks. Chuck : 2 bucks?! that's a total rip! Jamie : Fine. guess you're gonna have to wait till snack time. I hear we're having raisins. Chuck : That's my whole allowance. Jamie : Economics pays better! IN THE STREET Peyton : Why are you here? Julian : Is ... is that a trick question? Peyton : Okay : If optioning Lucas's screenplay is just part of some grand scheme to get me back. You can forget it, all right? I am done lying to him about us. Julian : I'm sorry. Do you really think I would blow my reputation and a studio's multimillion-dollar investment to get you back? Peyton, I left you and as far as lying to Lucas, I never asked you to do that. Frankly, I really don't care if he knows about us. I didn't tell him out of respect for your engagement. In fact, I think I've handled the whole situation like a professional. Now, if you don't mind. I think my date should probably be here any minute. Peyton... why did you lie to Lucas? Because if it's a part of some grand scheme to get me back. I'd be curious. AT JAMIE'S SCHOOL Jamie : It's called supply and demand. Haley : No, it's called taking advantage, and it's not very nice. Sit down. What is this? Jamie : A kickback. It's yours to keep if you're in cahoots. Haley : I most certainly am not in cahoots. Didn't you learn anything from your pooky wooky book? Treating your friends well is more important than extorting them. Jamie : What's extorting? Haley : I think you've learned enough economics for one day. Jamie : I just want to buy daddy a slamball trophy. Haley : All right. You're a sweet kid, even if you are too smart for your own good sometimes. Jamie : So we're in cahoots? Haley : No. no. we're not in cahoots. I'm gonna spank your little cahoots If you don't go out there and give all your friends their money back right now. AT SLAMBALL GAME Team : One. two. three. Slashers! Nathan : Let's go. Owen : Who are you looking for? Nathan : Nobody. This scout, he was supposed to show up. I guess he couldn't make it. Owen : This whole time, I thought you were showing off for me. Nathan : That's funny. I thought you were showing off for Brooke. Owen : Looks like we were both showing off for people who don't care. What do you say we play these last five minutes. For the people who do? Nathan : You're on. AT THE RIVER COURT Dan : The cemetery called. Apparently, somebody gave my tombstone a makeover. Any idea who'd do something like that? Lucas : What happened in the hallway? Dan : I assume you mean... Lucas : Keith. I've been asked to adapt my novel for a movie. They want me to write what happened. I can't do it. I can't see it and I can't understand it. Dan : Keith was holding jimmy Edwards in the hallway. He turned, and I sht him dad before he could say a word. Keith was a hero. You want to write the truth, you write it that way. Why'd you do it? Every good story needs a villain, Lucas. I'm sorry, but I'm yours. AT SLAMBALL GAME Jamie : I'm worried about daddy. Haley : Yeah, me too, buddy, but the game's almost over, okay? Brooke : Do you know what I haven't had in my lap lately? Sam : It's not really a secret. Brooke : A Jamie Scott. Sam : Sorry about teaching Jamie how to make money off of his friends. I just wanted him to think I was cool. I ... Didn't mean to get him in trouble. Haley : You know, Jamie really looks up to you. You've got a great opportunity to be a role model to him. You just have to choose it, and that takes a commitment to making good choices for both of you. Just think about that next time. Sam : Sorry. Coach : Time-out! Time-out! Owen, you're out. Nathan : I'm fine! Coach : Owen, come on, man. listen, take a seat. Nathan : Take a seat. I appreciate you being my guardian angel, But I can take it from here, all right? I got this. Jerome : Me, you, 15 seconds and one basket, Scott. That sound familiar? Nathan : Yeah, only one tiny difference. Unlike you, I won't choke. Jamie : Ugh. daddy. Nathan : Hey. I'm fine, see? I'm all right. Jamie : Don't play slamball anymore, daddy. AT OWEN'S CAR Brooke : Hi. Owen : I liked it better when you were naked. Brooke : I liked it better when you were a guy I thought I could count on. I'm sorry. I should've never let you bring me presents if I wasn't totally sure I saw a future with us. Owen : What do you see now? Brooke : I see my foster child acting like a total idiot. I have my work cut out for me with that one. Owen : Brooke. I'm crazy about you. Brooke : And I think you are a truly great guy. Who has the potential to be a great boyfriend. Owen : Just not your boyfriend. Brooke : I didn't say that. It's just that right now, I have the opportunity to be a great role model for Sam. And that means I have to put her first. Owen : I can respect that. What about down the road? Brooke : For a guy like you ... I might just come crawling back. I'll see ya. Owen : Playstation, pizza, pinball, pie. My video game, fast food, arcade, and dessert preferences. Brooke : I'll keep those in mind. AT OWEN'S CAR Lucas : I wrote it. Julian : Oh, you're not gonna regret it. I'm right about this, Luke. You got to trust me. Hey, come in. Come in. I got to take this. Bobby, yeah. yeah. The script is on its way, and you are going to love it. Yeah, he wrote the scene. Of course it's great. he's a great writer. Yeah, no, you've got nothing to worry about. AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Mouth : I think I'm cashing in. Gigi : Oh, come on. We've got everything we need to pull an all-nighter. Food, coffee. We have beer ... Had beer. Mouth : Yeah, it sounds like fun, but I should get home. Gigi : Don't. Mouth : Gigi, I have a girlfriend. Gigi : And she doesn't have to know. I'm not trying to be your girlfriend, Mouth. I'm just trying to be the girl you pull a crazy all-nighter that nobody ever has to find out about with. AT TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL Brooke : Come on. I'm proud of you for this. You know, it's one thing to admit your mistakes, but it's another to make them right. What... is your grand plan? Sam : Let's jet. Brooke : You can't do that! That's stealing! There is a security camera in here. Sam : It's broken. Brooke : How do you know? Sam : Because I broke it. Brooke : Sam. Damn it. You're a good mom. You're a good mom. AT THE GYNASIUM Nathan : Hi, body. I'm in one piece. Jamie : I was scared that you were gonna be like ... Before. Nathan : Ah, come here. Listen to me. I'm never gonna be like that again, okay? None of this is worth losing my ability to hold my son when he's afraid ... And my wife when she needs me. It's okay. I'm done with slamball but the championship. I don't care about the championship. If these are the last two trophies I ever get. I will consider myself a lucky man. Jamie : Good, 'cause I gave all my profit back. Nathan : What? Haley : Your son started a business today. Nathan : Oh, yeah? How'd it go? Jamie : Well, I broke even, and grandpa Dan lost his shirt. Nathan : What? grandpa Dan lost his shirt? AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Luke, it's great. Julian was right. It needed that scene. What made you change your mind about writing it? Lucas : Just realized it wasn't about a mrder. It's about how your heart breaks. When your hero dies. I'm okay with the world seeing that. Peyton : Okay, I need to tell you something, and ... Lucas : Does it involve this? So you dated ... In L.A.? Peyton : We were in love.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x09 - Sympathy for the Devil"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... Nathan : Hey, I'm fine, you see ? Jamie : Don't play slamball anymore, daddy. Sam : What's your version of grounded ? Brooke : One week for letting some skeevy fratvestite ruin Peyton's wedding dress. And we're gonna take another week for throwing an underage keg party in your foster parent's upscale boutique. Peyton : How about we do that USO show ? Derek : You'd do that ? Peyton : Sure. That's what family does, right ? Gigi : Don't. Mouth : Gigi, I have a girlfriend. Gigi : And she doesn't have to know. Julian : You've gotten even more beautiful. Peyton : What are you doing here, Julian ? Julian : Haven't you heard I'm optioning your fiance's book. Peyton : Like hell you are... Julian : Actually, it's already done. I'm quite charming. But you know that, baby. Peyton : I need to tell you something... Lucas : Does it involve this ? Peyton : We were in love. ONE TREE HILL. At USO show. Peyton : Hey marines ! How's everybody doing tonight ? The crowd screams. Peyton : All right, that's fantastic ! It is so great to be here tonight ! Now, I'm so pumped to introduce our first act tonight. She's a very dear friend of mine, and also an amazing talent ! Please, give it up for Haley James Scott ! Haley enters the stage, but keeps quiet. She finally wakes up in her bed. Views of Brooke & Sam & Millie, Gigi & Mouth. Back to Nathan & Haley's house. Nathan : Haley ? Haley : Hey, I'm in here. How'd it go at the doctor's ? She finds Nate in his wheelchair. But he laughs and gets down. Haley : That is so not funny... Nathan : Yeah, I guess you're right. I'm fine. I'm supposed to take it easy for a few days, that's all. Haley : Okay. Nathan : So you're excited for the USO show ? Haley : Honestly, no. I had this nightmare last night, that I got un on stage and I forgot the words of my song. I completely forgot. I just stood here. What am I gonna do if that happens tonight ? Nathan : Do you have any instrumental hits ? It was just a dream, Haley. You're gonna be grat, okay ? And I can't wait to see my sexy girl on stage. Haley : Not a chance. The doctor said you should stay home and relax, and you need to listen to him. Nathan : I think I can handle a concert. Haley : Not gonna happen. Besides, I don't want to overwhelm you with my sexiness...when I'll throw up all over the stage. Nathan : Come on. Do you remember the first time you sang to me at the cafe ? Well, if you get nervous, just close your eyes, and pretend like you're back there, and it's just you and me, all right ? Haley : Yeah. I like that. Thank you. I love you, Nathan Scott. Nathan : I love you. In Lucas & Peyton's bedroom. Lucas wakes up and find Peyton's face above his. Peyton : You said "okay". Last night, when I told you that Julian and I used to be in love, you said "okay". Lucas : Okay. Peyton : No, no, you can't just say it's okay, all right ? You're supposed to be jealous, or ask questions...Or get mad. Lucas : Okay. Lucas kisses Peyton, gets down and leaves. Peyton : You can stop with the okays ! It's not okay... At Brooke's home. The girls are having breakfast. Sam : Are they okay ? Brooke : Delicious. But, you know, my complete guide "Raising a teenager" says that if your teen cooks for you, they're likely to ask for something or confess to something. So let me tell you right now, whatever you did, I'm so impressed. You're not in trouble. Sam : I just wanted to do something nice for you. Brooke : Really ? Sam : Besides, I think that book says "breakfast in bed and doing the dishes after", wich is not happening. Brooke : I see. So, are you excited to work for Peyton at the concert tonight ? get backstage with Angels & Airwaves ? Sam : Yeah, I guess it'll be pretty cool. The phone rings. Brooke : No, let the machine get it. I want to enjoy this time with you, wich my book says will rarely, if ever, happen. Brooke's voice on the machine : You're reached Brooke Davis, you know what to do. A woman voice : Hi Brooke, it's Patricia from the adoption agency. I need to speak with you, regarding placement for a newborn. Please, call me as soon as possible. Sam : Wow, you're like the new Angelina. At Mouth's flat. Mouth is sleeping on the couch. His cell rings and wakes him up. Millie : Hey, it's me. Mouth : Millie ? Hi ! How are you ? Millie : Great. What'd you do last night ? Mouth : Uh, last night ? I...I just worked again late. I worked late. Millie: Well, I just wanted to let you know that I'm back, and I'll be home shortly. Mouth : Oh, great, shortly. T...That's awesome. How long do you think you'll be ? Millie : Uh, 5, maybe 10 minutes ? Mouth : Oh, great. I'll...I'll see you then. Millie : See you then. Oh, and, Marvin, can you do one small thing for me, before I get there ? Mouth : Yeah, sure, anything. Millie : Get that slut out of my bed. At Julian's hotel room. Lucas is knocking at the door, Julian opens. Julian : Oh, hey Luke, How you doing ? Lucas punches Julian. Lucas : Okay. Lucas leaves. At Nathan's. Lucas is sat on the couch, Nathan brings a ice pocket to him. Nathan : It's okay for the movie ? Lucas : Hell, no ! Nathan : Why not ? Lucas : Why not ? The entire time the guy's been in town, he's been pretending not to know Peyton. Nathan : I'm sure he has his reasons. Lucas : Bro', I came over here so that you could compliment me on knocking the guy out. Nathan : I'm just sayin' sometimes it's better to walk away. Lucas : Who are you right now ? Nathan : Hales, tell him ! Haley : What ? Nathan : I had to have a little talk with her about walking away, too. Haley : Oh, you're just full of funny today, aren't you ? What happened to you ? Nathan : He decked Julian. Haley : Why ? Nathan : He was dating Peyton in L.A. Haley : Really ? Lucas : Yeah, apparently, they were in love... Haley : Nice ! Sorry. I just really appreciate when the drama's not about us. Lucas : Yeah, you guys suck right know. You know that ? Haley : All right, I'm off. Jamie and Orval are at Andre's for the night. Lucas : Who's Orval ? Haley : Orval is Jamie's imaginary. Well, he's technically Chester's imaginary friend, but Jamie takes him places. Nathan : Seriously ? Haley : Yeah. oh, come on, if Orval's the worst of our worries, I think we're doing pretty good. Okay, wish me luck ! Nathan : Good luck. They kiss. Haley leaves. Luke came up to Nate to kiss him too. Lucas : Mmm wish me luck too ! Nathan : Ugh, get out of here ! Lucas : Thanks for the ice, and...No, actuelly, just thank you for the ice. Haley : Come on, punchy, you can tell me all about it. Haley and Luke leave. Nathan : Imaginary friend...I knew my kid would end up weird. Quentin : Now, why you got to go call having an imaginary friend weird ? At Mouth's. Mouth tries to wake up Gigi. Mouth : Gigi, get up ! Gigi : Mmmh, come back to bed, baby. Mouth : No. No, no, no. And don't call me baby ! Come on, you got to go ! Gigi : Why ? What's the problem ? Mouth : The problem is millicent, my girlfriend, who's gonna be here any second ! Gigi : You think she'd like to join us ? Mouth : I think she wants to kll us ! Me...There's no us. Come on, Gigi ! Move your ass. And don't say "You'd like that", and don't say "I will if you watch", and don't say "You first". Please, you're klling me ! Gigi : Fine. Man, my head hurts. I can't believe I let you get me drunk and take advantage of me last night. Mouth : I didn't get you drunk. And I definitely did not take advantage of you. Gigi : Then, why am I in your t-shirt ? Mouth : You don't remember ? You puked all over yourself and then passed out. I washed your shirt. Gigi : Thanks. You're such a good guy. Mouth : Yeah, well, I'm gonna be a dad guy if I don't get you out of here, seriously. I'll see you at work, but...I'll get your shirt. Gigi : Mouth...Here's yours... Mouth : Oh my God... Gigi is undressing, Mouth quits the room. At Brooke's. Millie arrives, she looks angry. Brooke : No. Whatever it is, I can't deal with anoter store incident. Millie : There was a girl in my bed. Brooke : Are you coming-out ? Millie : No, it was Gigi ! She was in my bed ! Brooke : Wait ! You and Mouth had a three-way with the hot high-school ex ? Really ? Millie : Actually, Marvin and Gigi had a slumber party last night. I walked in this morning, and found that tramp-faced whore slut bitch in my bed ! Brooke : With Mouth ? Millie : No, he was on the couch ! Brooke : So, then, what's the problem ? Millie : Do you think he cheated ? Brooke : Millie, you and Mouth are like head-over-heels for each other. Why would he want to screw that up ? Millie : Maybe because I don't sleep with him ? Brooke : What ? Millie : I'm a virgin and Mouth isn't. And i'm sure he has needs and what if he fulfilled them ? Brooke : Back up a second. You're a virgin ? You live together and you share a bed, and you are still...intact ? Well, you do the other stuff, though, right ? like, you know, the j's, h or b ? Nothing at all ? it's like finding a bigfoot, or a unicorn or something ! Millie : Maybe I should just have sex with him... Brooke : No, no, no. It is not all about sex. Trust me. That boy loves you for exactly who you are. You just need to go home, and you need to talk to him about this, okay ? Millie : Okay. Brooke : Okay. Millie : Thanks, Brooke. Brooke : So, not even... Millie : No. Brooke : Waw... At USO. Man's voice : Test on one. Test on two. Peyton : Hey ! It is gonna get really chaotic today, so in case I forget to say it later, thank you for helping me. Sam : Well, I got to pay you back for your wedding dress somehow. This seems like a pretty cool way to do it. Peyton : Yeah, about that. Peyton hits Sam's head. Peyton : Tonight will pay for, like, a sleeve. But as long as you don't ruin anything else, I might let you live. Sam : So, can I ask you a question without getting slapped ? Peyton : Depends on what the question is. Sam : Brooke told me you were adopted. I was just wondering if you ever met your birth parents. Peyton : Uh yeah, both of them, one pretty recently. That didn't turn out so great, but my other parents are always gonna be my real parents, you know ? Sam : Seems kind of greedy, though, don't you think ? I mean, you've got like, what, four parents ? I've got none. Peyton : Well, you have Brooke, and she's pretty great, right ? Sam : Yeah, but it's not gonna last. I mean, she's getting another baby. Peyton : A baby ? How ? Sam : You see, when two people love each other...Some lady from the adoption agency called, said they had a kid for her. Derek : Hey, little sister. Peyton : Hi ! Um, Derek, this is Sam. Sam, this is my brother, Derek. It's a long story. We have the same father. Derek : If you'd call him that, he's an ass. Peyton : Oooooh ! Derek has issues like you do ! You're gonna have to let it go. Derek : It's a long story, but I'll explain everything. At Mouth's. Mouth and Millie are talking together. Mouth : We were working late, and Gigi got drunk. Millie : At work ? Mouth : Well, yeah, but it was after hours. Millie : You were drunk with your intern after hours ? Mouth : It sounds worse than it was. Nothing happened. Gigi couldn't drive, and I didn't want to look like some creepy older guy carrying a drunk coed into the dorms. Millie : She could have taken a cab, or the couch at least. Mouth : I was just being respectful. Millie : I think you're paying too much respect to the wrong girl. Mouth : I'm sorry. I swear it was innocent, Millie. You know you can trust me. Millie : It's not you I'm worried about...And I've a new rule. Nobody exept us in our bed. Not ever. And burn the sheets. At Nathan's. Nate is playing basketball video game. Q appears next to him. Quentin : Still here. Nathan : Why ? How ? Quentin : Why ? Because you need me right now. How ? Well, maybe I'm in your head. Or maybe I'm still alive. Nope, I'm still dad. Nathan : What do you want, Q ? Quentin : What do I want ? What do you want, Nate, huh ? Ain't you got a slamball championship game to be playing in tonight or something ? Nathan : I quit. Quentin : You quit. Not much of a comeback. At USO. Haley is waiting for Peyton. Haley : Oh, Peyton, hey ! Peyton : Ah ! Haley : We just have a small problem. I can't perform tonight. Peyton : What ? Why ? Haley : Because, listen, I'm rusty and they're gonna hate me, and I'm gonna ruin the show. Peyton : No, no, you're not gonna ruin the show. You're gonna be great. Haley : No, I'm gonna ruin the show because I'm nervous. And I can't even remember the lines to my own song. Mia : Well, well. Did I just hear what I thought I heard ? Someone's a little nervous ? Haley : Don't even start with me, you little brat. Mia : Nice. Is that how you speak to your students ? Sam : Yeah. Peyton : Mia, this is Sam. She's gonna be your assistant tonight. So, anything you want, ask her. She has a debt to pay off. Mia : Hey, Sam, how about we just hang, though ? I don't think I'm a diva enough to have an assistant. Peyton : Hey, thank you again for being a part of all this, Mia. Mia : I wouldn't miss it for anything. And, besides, if Haley's gonna suck, I wouldn't miss that for anything, either ! She smiles and put her hand on Haley's shoulder. Mia : You're gonna be fine, Hales. Besides, if you're not, who's even gonna notice ? Haley (showing the people) : Them. Mia : Waw, look at the cry out loud there, they're all waiting for you ! Haley : Yeah, kind of like all the people waiting for your second record, huh ? Mia : Right. It's gonna be fine. Peyton enters the stage. Peyton : Hey, marines ! How's everybody doing tonight ? The crowd screams. Peyton : All right, that's good to hear ! I got to tell you, I am so excited to be here tonight, and it's such an honor to be able to do this for my brother and his family ! Thank you guys for having us ! Haley, backstage. Haley : Mia, I forgot the first line of my song ! Tell me what the first line of my song is ! Mia : "It's gotta be this one, You don't have to fake it." Now, go get them ! Peyton (From the stage) : Please give it up for the one and only Haley James Scott ! Haley enters the stage and starts singing Feel This. Backstage. Sam : It's so weird to see my teacher being majorly cheered for. Mia : Well, get used to it. Your teacher's a badass. Sam : Yeah, I guess. So, is it fun, being on the road ? Mia : Oh, dude, it's awesome. But sometimes, it's hard sleeping in a different place every night. Sam : Yeah, I've done that. At Nate's. Nate is playing video game, while Q tries to make him realize some stuffs. Quentin : You probably feel guilty, huh ? Scaring Haley and J'Luke like that, after they let you play and all ? Yeah, it's probably a good thing that you quit. Got anything to say about that, huh ? Nate ! Nathan : I'm ignoring you. Quentin : Oh, you're ignoring me ? You're ignoring me ? Oh, well, let me ask you this, Nate, huh ? Did you quit basketball, or did you just quit slamball ? Nathan : What do you want from me ? Huh ? Quentin : Now i'm ignoring you. Backstage. Peyton is listening to Hales, Julian wants to talk with her. Julian : Great, you're ignoring me, but you know that'll only work for about a minute, and then you're gonna crack a smile. Peyton : What do you want from me ? I'm busy. Julian : I need to talk to Lucas. Peyton : Okay, you should do that, then. Brooke is looking at Sam, Lucas arrives. Lucas : Hey, Brooke. Good show, huh ? Brooke : Oh, I might just be in heaven : there are hot men in uniform everywhere I look and I am the proud owner of a happy teen. Lucas : Hey, let me ask you something. Has Peyton ever mentioned this Julian guy ? Brooke : Here we go. P. Sawyer finally told you. Lucas : You knew. Brooke : Only because she didn't know how to tell you. I was just the practice dummy. She knew how excited you were about the movie, and she didn't want to ruin this for you. By the way, you're not allowed to be mad. Lucas : Really ? I'm not allowed to be mad that she hooked up with this guy right after we broke up ? Brooke : It was not right after. And seriously ? You tried to hook up with me the night after you guys broke up ! I would never tell Peyton that. But Lucas, you almost married Lindsey ! Julian was just a rebound. Lucas : Do girls fall in love with rebounds ? Brooke : Everytime. But it's not real love. Your head tricks you into it to protect you from the crushing pain your heart is putting you through. So go. Kiss it out. It's gonna be fine. Lucas : I would...If I could squeeze in between her and rebound guy. On stage. Haley finishes her song and quit the stage. Peyton enters. Peyton : All right you guys. I'm a huge fan of the next act we have. She is youg, she is very, very hot. Backstage. Mia : Hear that ? YOUNG. Haley : Hey, I think I saw Jason out there. Peyton (presenting Mia to the crowd) : She has a huge voice ! On stage. Peyton : Please, give it up for Mia Catalano ! Mia enters. Mia : Hey guys ! I just wanted to mention that I'm single ! Just throwing that out there. She starts singing You Can't Break A Broken Heart. Backstage. Derek : You were great. Haley : Oh my Gosh, it's so good to see you ! Hi ! Derek : Are you going on tour anytime soon ? Haley : Oh, no, no tour for me, not since I had my baby boy. Derek : Must have been a tough decision for you. Haley : No, not really. It's exciting, the cheers from the crowd, but they can't take the place of my family. That's what I want the most. Derek : Well, your son's lucky to have a mom that chose him over her career. I wasn't so lucky. Haley : Yeah. I'm sorry. We...We all make different choices, and different things. I think eventually we learn to define happiness for ourselves on our own terms, in spite of the pain other people have caused to us, you know ? Mouth's office. Mouth is working when Gigi comes. Gigi : Thanks for last time, Mouth. I'm really sorry I got so wasted. We could have slept in the same bed, though, I wouldn't have attcked you or anything. Mouth : I don't think Millie would have been okay with us sleeping in the same bed. Gigi : But you would have been okay with it ? Mouth : That's not what I meant. I wouldn't be okay with it because Millie wouldn't be okay with it. Gigi : So, if Millie were okay with it, then... Mouth : Let's just finish the piece, and I think we need to be a little more professional. Gigi : You're kind of hot, when you're mad ! Backstage. Brooke : You must be Julian. Julian : Brooke Davis, I've read all about you. Brooke : Good. Then you know being the third person in a Lucas/Peyton love triangle usually doesn't end well. Julian : For who ? Brooke : I think it's pretty clear in the book. If you're not Lucas or Peyton, you should just forget it. And just so you know, they are two of my best friends. So if you mess with them, I will mess with you. Julian : That sounds like fun. Peyton : Don't you have a blackberry coma to fall into ? Julian : I love feisty Peyton. Peyton : Do me a favor. Stop flirting with my best friend. Julian : I think she's jealous. Peyton : Come on, Brooke. We have to announce a band. Brooke : We do ? You're right ! We have a band to announce. Julian : Yes. At Nate's. Quentin : Watch this play, right here. He's about to throw an alley-oop to the dude right behind the line. Called it ! Nathan : You know, you're kind of ruining the game ! Quentin : Come on, man, you knew that was gonna happen ! I just said it out loud. Ooh ! Nathan : I'm calling it quits, because I don't want to end up back in that weelchair, all right ? I won't do that to Haley and Jamie again. Quentin : Oh, okay. So you're quitting for Haley and Jamie...Sure of that, baby, if that's your excuse. Nathan : Look, I worked hard. And my dream started to come true again, and I started to believe that people just go through things, challenges that make them stronger. And then, you are gone. All right ? I showed up at the River Court, and you never came. And that was it, just like that. And I realized that...That we're not invincible. Dreams die. Quentin : So what ? What you gonna do, Nate ? Sit here on this couch and watch ball on TV, afraid to live ? That's what you're gonna do ? That really pisses me off, Nate. You know why ? 'Cause you got a second chance, man. You did. I wish I did. Backstage. Lucas is looking at Peyton who speaks with soldiers. Julian joins him. Julian : How's the hand ? I figured if you knew I had a history with Peyton, you wouldn't work with me. Look, I believe in the book. I want to make the movie. Lucas : I'm not interested. Julian : Come on, Luke, it's gonna be great. Lucas : There's not gonna be a movie. Julian : Well, at the risk of getting punched again, I own the option to the book. So it's happening. With or without you. On stage. Peyton & Brooke come to announce AvA. Peyton : Hey, everybody, this is my friend, Brooke. She was begging me to come out and say "Hi" to you guys. Brooke : Hi, boys ! It's an honnor to be here. Peyton : We just want to thank you guys so much for everything. We appreciate all that you do, and we appreciate every single one of you.You guys are the real rock stars. So, thank you very, very much ! So, without further ado, let's give it up for... Brooke & Peyton : Angels and Airwaves ! Girls leave the stage. AvA starts playing Secret Crowds. Backstage. Peyton : So, word is you're gonna have a baby ? She's scared, you know ? Brooke : What do you mean ? Peyton : She told me about the phone call from the adoption agency. You should talk to her about it. I'm pretty sure she thinks her days with you are numbered. At Nate's. Nathan is watching a slamball game on TV. TV : Here at slamball, as the Slashers take home the 2008 slamball title by knocking... Nathan turns off the TV. Nathan : Guess they didn't need me after all. Quentin : Yeah, I guess you didn't need them either. Nathan : You know, there's more in life than basketball. Quentin : Oh, is that right ? Nathan : Yeah. Everytime I get to see Jamie laugh, I mean, that's a dream come true. Everytime I get to hold haley, it's a dream come true. They're my life. Quentin : And you owe it to them. To be the very best version of yourself, man. The version where you fight for what you want. The version where you're not afraid to be great. You're better for them when you're living your dreams, man. And there is nothing...Nothing selfish about that. At Mouth's office. Gigi : Hey ! Millie, right ? Mouth's not here right now. Millie : I know. I'm here to see you. Gigi : What's up ? Millie : I know you've had some sort of high-school puppy-love with Marvin, but you need to back off. Gigi : I don't know what you're talking about. Millie : I think you do, and I don't trust you or like you. So, how about you stay out of my bed, and stay away from Marvin ? Backstage of USO. Mia & Sam are talking, Brooke arrives. Brooke : Hey ! Awesome. Um, can I borrow you for a second ? Brooke and Sam walk away from Mia. Brooke : Look, I want to talk to you about the message from this morning about the baby. Sam : It's none of my business. Brooke : It is absolutely your business, Sam. Sam : Look, I get it, okay ? Everybody wants the puppy, not the mutt. It's happened before. I know what happens next. You get the baby, I go back to the pound. Brooke : You are not going to the pound. I don't ever want you to feel thrat or afraid that I'm gonna ask you to leave. My home is your home, now, Sam. And it's gonna be that way as long as you want it to be. Okay ? Sam : Okay...Okay. They hug, Sam starts crying. View of AvA, then back to backstage. Luke is watching the show, Peyton comes and hugs. Peyton : I'm sorry. They kiss. Peyton : Did Julian talk to you ? Lucas : Yeah. Peyton : And ? Lucas : I'm not gonna do the movie. Peyton : What ? Lucas : He's gonna make it anyway. Peyton : No, he can't ! He can't do that without you. Lucas : I signed the rights over to him. He can do whatever he wants with it. Peyton : Luke, he can't just take it away from you. Lucas : Look, Peyton, I don't wanna work with him, okay ? I don't trust the guy. I just want him out of our lives. Peyton : This is my fault. I should have just told you right away. Lucas : Look, it's okay. There will be other books, other movies. Peyton : Yeah, but... Lucas : It's okay. It's okay. View of the show, back to backstage. Peyton : Hey, big brother, what do you think ? Derek : I think it couldn't have been better. Thank you, Peyton. Peyton : Oh, my God, it was nothing. I'm happy I could do it. Derek : It means a lot to the marines...And to me. And it...It made me realize I've wasted to much time being upset about the family I didn't have. I need to spend more time being thankful for the family I do have. Peyton : Feels kind of good to let it go, doesn't it ? Peyton and Derek leaves. Sam : Hey, thank you for letting me hang out with you all night. It was way cool. Um, not to be lame or anything, but, can I get your autograph ? Mia : Sure ! You know what ? How about I give my number instead ? Call me sometimes, and we'll hang out. Sam : Really ? Mia : Yeah. Peyton, Haley and Brooke are really cool, but they're kind of boring. At Mouth's office. Mouth works on the computer when Gigi arrives. Gigi : I thought I'd head home. Mouth : Sure, that's fine. Gigi : You think you could walk me to my car ? I'm not hitting on you. It's dark, and they never found out who klled Quentin Fields. And it creeps me out. Mouth : Okay. They walk on the parking lot. Gigi : This is me. Sorry to be such a girl. Mouth : Ah, no problem. Drive safe. Gigi : Mouth ? I don't wanna cause any trouble with you and your girlfriend. I'll try to be better about it. Mouth : I appreciate that. Gigi hugs Mouth. Backstage. Peyton gives a thing to a man. Peyton : Oh, hey, thank you very much. Julian : Peyton, can I talk to you ? Peyton : Oh, you have a lot of nerve. You show up in Tree Hill unannounced, you get Lucas to sign his book over, and then you tell him you're gonna make the movie without him ? Julian : Okay, that's not exactly what happened. I apologized to Lucas and told him I wanted him on the movie. He said he didn't want any part of it, and I even let him punch me. Peyton : He punched you ? Julian : Look, the point is, I believe in this book, and I want to make this movie. And yes, I told him that i could do it without him, but the truth is, I need him to help me to tell this story. That's all I want, nothing else. Peyton : You're lying. Julian : No, I'm not, and you know I'm not. This is business, Peyton. You need to convince Lucas to do the movie. Peyton : And you'll make it the movie he wants it to be. Julian : Absolutely. Peyton : Cause if I convince him to do this and you're lying, I swear... Julian : I give you my word. Peyton : I'll talk to him. Peyton leaves. At Haley and Nathan's. Haley's back home, the room is lit up by candles. Haley : What is all this ? Oh, my godness...And please, tell me you didn't move the furniture all by yourself. Nathan : My back is fine. How'd you do today ? Haley : I loved it. I was so scared at first, and then...It just started to feel right. I felt alive. It was awesome. Nathan : I'm so bummed that I didn't get to see you. Haley : I know. Me too, baby. Nathan : If you're not to tired, I was hopping for an encore. Haley : I would love that. Haley takes her guitar. Nathan : Haley...Let's promise never to be too scared to live our dreams. Haley : I promise. Nathan : Me too. At Brooke's. Brooke is phoning. Brooke : Hi, Patricia, it's Brooke Davis. I'm calling regarding your message. Yes, I'm definitely interested, and I just wanted you to know that I'm currently fostering a teenager, and it's going great, so...Uh, no...No, I didn't realize that would complicate things... At Lucas & Peyton's. Lucas and Peyton are on their bed. Peyton : You punched Julian. Lucas : Yeah. Yhat was me not being jealous. Peyton : Okay. Lucas : Okay ? Peyton : I'm happy you got jealous. Lucas : Really ? Peyton : But even though I'm happy, I do think you should do the movie. I think you're gonna regret seeing it made without you, Luke, and it's your story to tell. And Julian doesn't think the movie can get made without you. I agree. Lucas : You talked to Julian ? Peyton : Look, you can punch him in the face anytime you want, okay ? But I don't want you to walk away from this for the wrong reasons. I don't want you to have any regrets. Lucas : You know...It's hard for me to know that you were in love with that guy. But you have been so strong and so good to me when I've strayed from us...So I'm gonna try to let go of it, okay ? besides, who wouldn't fall in love with you, Peyton Sawyer ? They kiss. At Nathan & Haley's. Nathan : I really enjoyed the encore. Haley : Oh, good. I think you're gonna enjoy the encore to the encore. Nathan : I'm proud of you, Haley. Haley quits the room, Nathan extinguishes the candles and Q appears behind him. Nathan : Oh ! Geeze...You got to stop doing that, Q ! You scared the crap out of me. Quentin : Dude, you scared the crap out of you. I'm dad. Nathan : I know you are. I miss you, Q. Quentin : Nate, that's all right. You just focus on the comeback. And I'll be there every step of the way. Oh, and, Nate...That phone is gonna ring someday. Live the life. Live the dream. No fear. Nathan : No fear. Q leaves.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x10 - Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous"}	foreverdreaming
TV : If she can stand it, I can. play it. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Hey, pretty girl. Peyton : Hi, pretty boy. what you doing? Lucas : I'm just... going through the script, actually. It always takes me back, you know? Nathan and Haley, my Lucas : Mom's café ... Brooke, Keith. Peyton : Yeah. how's it going with Julian? Lucas : Oh, you know, good cop, bad cop. I'm, fighting the urge from tying him to a chair and beating him to death. Hey, what's the deal with this dove pendant? I've never seen you wear it. Peyton : Oh, my dad brought that back for me from one of his trips out to sea. Lucas : Mm. it's nice. all right, so, are you gonna be home late? Peyton : Maybe. I don't know. I'll tell you what ... I'll give you a call if it's looking like that, okay? Lucas : Okay. well, I'll be up writing. hey, and just be careful. it's kind of nasty out there. not ready you lose you yet, you knucklehead. Peyton : You're the knucklehead. All right, get back to work. mama needs the money. Bye, baby. Lucas : Bye. TV : the way it goes ... one in, one out. Sam? if it's December 1941 in Casablanca... AT KAREN'S CAFE Peoples : Hey, hi. Lucas : evening. How are you two tonight? Man : Hey, thanks for the drinks, Lucas. Mouth : Hey, this just in ... Jim's wife is a tramp. oh, I'm telling you, fellas, she's a real floozy, and everyone knows except for Jim. Lucas : You know, Mouth, discretion might serve us better tonight, don't you think? save the gossip for your column. Mouth : Hey, power of the press, Luke. anything goes. hey, speaking of which ... I'm working on something big. Lucas : Oh, I'm sure you are. Mouth : It's bigger than the column. Lucas : You look good. Mouth : It's gonna shake up this whole town. The pianist : Thanks, sugar. Lucas : And how is Brooke Davis tonight? Brooke : Problems with men, problems with money. You could help me with both. Lucas : Nice dress. Brooke : Do you like it? I made it myself. Now, how about my problems? Lucas : You know I never mix business with pleasure. Brooke : Just pleasure, then? Lucas : I have Karen's café now. She's all the lady I need. I'm sorry, Brooke. Now, if you'll excuse me ... Brooke : You'll be back. Lucas : Nice sht. You're gonna be a hard man to replace. Nathan : And how's the search for my replacement coming? Lucas : Well, it'd be a lot easier if I knew when I was losing you. Nathan : When I know, you'll know. you rented out my room upstairs yet? Lucas : Nope. it'll be waiting for you when you get back. Nathan : hey, shouldn't Haley be on by now? Lucas : Let's give her a minute. TV : ... that we will not only defend ourselves to the stttermo, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us. Hostilities exist... Dan : Yes, they do. Haley : What are you doing here? Oh, I'm just checking up on my singer. Haley : I'm not your anything. is that any way to speak to the man who gave you everything? set you up in his club? saved you from being in a traveling sideshow? and yet you leave the comet club for Karen's café. I want you back. oh, still feisty. i like that. Haley : Listen, mister, if you think I'm going back to that hellhole, you've got another thing coming. Dan : Hellhole, is it? Haley : Yes, hellhole. Dan : The classiest joint within 100 miles, and you know it. Haley : Classy? classy, my foot. Dan : Who do you think you are? Dorothy Dandridge? Haley : those good old boys never cared about my voice long as they could see my legs and my chest hiked up to my ears. I'll never go back, and that's final. Dan : You know what? I decide what's final! oh, so that's what it's like? Haley : You are ... ugh! one of these days, someone's gonna stand up to you, Dan Scott, and i, for one, can't wait. Dan : Sing me something sweet tonight, doll. I'll be watching. Break a leg. Man : Ladies and gentlemen, it is my greatest pleasure to bring to this stage for your entertainment ... only at Karen's café ... Miss Haley James. Haley : I know a little place in Carolina* it's open year-round but only after dark so bring your gal and bring your wine unwind from your day gee, don't you know that you're in for a show when you go down to Karen's café? I know a little place in Carolina it's open year-round but only after dark so bring your gal and bring your wine unwind from your day gee, don't you know that you're in for a show when you go down to Karen's café? I've been up, down, all around lookin' for a place to spend my nights I don't wanna give it away I, I don't want everybody crowdin' up my space but I believe in sharin' when you find... Nathan : What a dame. Lucas : She gets 'em every time. Nathan : You ever think a girl like that and ... never mind. Lucas : A bartender like you? yeah, why not? Nathan : Well, 'cause I'm a nobody. Haley : but only if it, shh, stays a secret Nathan : She's definitely a somebody. Lucas : Never say never, Nate. Look, if you want something, go get it. It's that simple. Nathan : What do you want, Luke? Lucas : Nothing. got everything I want right here. Nathan : Yeah. Haley : Sing it again, boys. Boys : hey, hey, hey Nathan : Luke ... We have a problem. Lucas : I'll take care of it. Julian : Move it or lose it, folks. Haley : all around, lookin' for a place to spend my nights i don't want to give it away I, I don't want everybody crowdin' up my space but I believe in sharing when you find a good thing it's only common sense nobody likes to do it alone Dan : Well, well, miss Brooke Davis. You have the money you borrowed from me? Brooke : Not yet, but I have something in the works. Dan : Not yet? Well, that's a mighty expensive champagne I saw you drinking over there. Brooke : Well, a lady has to keep up appearances. Dan : Well, your appearance is gonna suffer, if you don't get me my money. Haley : I've been up, down, all around lookin' for a place to spend my nights I don't want to give it away I, I don't want everybody crowdin' up my space Lucas : Can I help you? Dan : Wow, Lucas Scott. what a pleasure. you know, I actually thought this was my club for a while, considering that's my singer up there. Lucas : Oh, I'm sorry to inform you, but your club's down the road. It's the one lacking customers. Dan : Funny. give me my girl back, I considered then you live Lucas : Haley's free to do whatever she wants, and she wants to stay here. Now, you, on the other hand, are free to go. Dan : You know, this club had such an elegance when your mom ran it. I remember being treated with such respect and sometimes I was treated to a few other things. it's too bad your mom ran off after that horrible accident with Keith. I mean, she was always so ... hospitable. Lucas : I think it's time for you to get out of my club ... or I will throw you out. Dan : Julian? Owen : Dan! that's enough for tonight. Dan : Thanks for a lovely evening. Lucas : Sorry, ladies and gentlemen a round on the house. Haley James. Haley : gee, don't you know that you're in for a show when you go, go, go-o-o-o-o ohh gee, don't you know that you're in for a show when you go down to kare-e-e-e-n's café? Haley : Oh, hey, good to see you. Man : Check out those gams. Haley : Hey, not tonight, all right? Man : Oh, let's have us a dance. Haley : Listen, get off. Man : Oh, come on, give me some sugar. Haley : Get off! Nathan : Sugary enough for you? you okay? Haley : Thank you, but maybe you should cut that guy off. Nathan : Maybe I should buy him another drink on the house. Haley : And why would you do that? Nathan : 'cause he gave the bartender an excuse to talk to the gorgeous singer. ... in between when you're lookin' at me I know I know I know Haley : You know, in that case, maybe you should give him two. The second one's from me. OUTSIDE KAREN'S CAFE Dan : Julian, give us a moment. Your mother made me promise one thing before she died ... That I would always look after you. Peyton : I know. Dan : I saw you making eyes at Lucas tonight. Peyton : I was doing nothing of the sort. Dan : I know what I saw. Don't make a liar out of me. Go to bed. I believe you, Peyton. Julian : I know you only have eyes for me. Sweet dreams. Mouth : Oh, I think I had a few too many tonight. Lucas : Oh, you have a few too many every night, mouth ... Keeping me in business. Now, are you gonna be okay to get home? Mouth : Yeah, I'm fine. all right. I'm going places, Luke. Lucas : I know. Mouth : Which way am I going? Thanks, pal. I used to be great, Luke. I was the best reporter in Tree Hill city, but I'm working on something big. I'm telling you ... no more gossip columns for me. It's big, Luke. They'll see. They'll all see me again. Does anybody see me here? Lucas : Have a good night. Brooke : Last chance. Lucas : Good night, Brooke. Brooke : And, Brooke, those were nice days we had. Lucas : Sure they were. Sorry I had to break your heart. Skills : Are you sure you can still handle your whiskey, Luke? Lucas : Yeah, I'm fine. why? Skills : 'cause you just let Brooke Davis walk out of here without paying her tab. I've been working with you 10 years, and I've never seen you tear up a bar tab before. Lucas : She's just down on her luck. Mark my word, skills ... someday, Brooke Davis is gonna change the world. Brooke : Taxi! on second thought, I'll walk. Thanks. sir? Have a good night. Dan : Nice night for a walk. Brooke : I told you I don't have your money yet. Dan : Oh, that's a damn shame, 'cause, you see, I'm a businessman, so when I make an investment, I expect to see a return on that investment. I spent it on the start-up costs for my garment line. Brooke : It's just been a slow start. If you could just give me more time. Dan : You want more time. okay. I'm a fair-minded person. company needs a chance to get started, get some advertising, word of mouth, build up a clientele. Brooke : That's right. Dan : Okay, I understand. I'll give you until ... tomorrow night ... midnight. or else. Julian : You want me to rough her up? Dan : No. no, we'll give her another day. Meanwhile, go get me that nosy cop. My calluses could use a workout. AT KAREN'S CAFE Haley : So you're from here, aren't you ? Nathan : Tree hill city, born and raised. what brought you here? Haley : Well, I know it sounds a bit corny, but, the rain. i know nobody likes the rain, but i was traveling from theater to theater, performing. and while the money was great... well, Ii really missed having a place i could call home, so I moved here d fell for the rhythm of the rain. unfortunately, I also got stuck at Dan's place for a while. but then Lucas found me, brought me here, and it was a perfect fit. great club, rainy city. home. I think I'll stay a while, if Lucas will have me. Nathan : Well, I know Karen would approve. we all kind of miss her around here. after she lost Keith, she left the club to Lucas, and ... she would be proud to have a woman of your heart and talent working here at the café. Haley : Well, I sure can class up a joint, now, can't I? Nathan : Yes, you sure can. I was ... I was wondering if maybe you might want to step out with me sometime. Haley : Well, why don't you stop wondering and ask me sometime? Lucas : Nathan? Nathan : Excuse me. Lucas : Before you get in too deep. Haley : Everything all right? Nathan : How would you like to step out with me tonight? Lucas : Sorry, but we're closed. Peyton : I know. my car broke down. Lucas : right. so you can lure me outside, and Dan and five of his gons will work me over? no, thanks. Peyton : Dan's not with me. I promise. Lucas : let me grab my coat. OUTSIDE KAREN'S CAFE Lucas : well, I'll see what I can do. I'm not really the mechanic type. Wow, the advancements on these things are amazing, aren't they? how much she set you back? Peyton : Oh, hundreds. What do you drive? Lucas : I don't. I guess I'm not ready to give up on good, old-fashioned walking. Peyton : You know, no one ever stands up to Dan that way. Lucas : That right? Peyton : And to be perfectly honest, I think the confrontation made him respect you. that's how he judges people, you know? Are they weak or are they strong? it's just his way. Lucas : It's not my way. I'm a kind man, unless you give me a reason to be otherwise. I'm sorry. i ... my uncle Keith was the mechanic in the family. Peyton : It's okay. leave it. you wouldn't mind a good, old-fashioned walk home, would you? Lucas : Sure. I can do that. Where do you live? Peyton : That way. Lucas : Let's go. ON THE BRIDGE Peyton : I'm not sure how I feel about the wr. I do mostly feel sorry for our boys having to leave home. I could fight, though. What? I could. or be a nurse. What do you think? would I be a good nurse? Lucas : Yeah, I guess. Peyton : Do you think I'm pretty? Lucas : I don't think I know you well enough yet to say something like that. Peyton : Well, you certainly don't talk very much, do you? Now, why would you want to walk me home if you didn't walk to talk? Lucas : I'm not really the gabbing type. Peyton : What does a girl have to do for some interesting conversation... short of throwing myself at you? Lucas : Okay. I have a question for you. why do you associate yourself with a guy like Dan? he's scum. everybody knows what types of things he's into over there at the comet club. People disappear around him. and yet ... You let him own you. Peyton : Never mind. Lucas : Oh, no, you said you wanted to talk. now, here i am, walking you home, against his wishes, I'm sure. I'd just like to know. Peyton : it's a long story. Lucas : I've got time. Peyton : my mother and Dan were in love. and when she died, he vowed he would always look after me. i'm not his girl. I have my own place. he just keeps me close to him and takes me out. Lucas : You're a trinket. Peyton : I'm cared for. Lucas : Is that what you call it? I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude. I just ... I don't like the guy is all. Peyton : It's not that. I need to get out. I have been locked up my entire life, and i need to breathe. i need freedom. I need love. AT KAREN'S CAFE love... Haley : When you asked me to step out with you tonight, I didn't imagine it would be at Karen's café. Nathan : Why not? We've got the best piano player in town and the best drinks. Haley : And the best bartender. Nathan : Haley, I have to tell you something. that letter that Luke gave me earlier ... my unit's been called up for active military duty, and I have to report tomorrow night ... which means that this is my last night here, but... I want you to know that I wouldn't want to spend it with anyone but you. Haley : Is that the truth? Because ... because I want to believe that it is. Nathan : Yes. This is perfect to me. ... I've fallen it's your fault, baby if I'm a fool you must be... IN THE STREET Peyton : I want to fall in love. my whole life has been planned and safe. Dan won't let men court me. but for once, I want to make my own choices, even if that means my heart shatters into a million pieces and I have to find the strength to put it back together. so, that's why I came back tonight ... because I need something different, and you are the first thing I've laid eyes on that is. and I have said too much. I'm sorry. Lucas : You are. Peyton : What? Lucas : Earlier, you asked me if you were pretty. You are. But it's your heart that makes you more than that. it makes you beautiful. Peyton : Thank you. this is me. Luke, no one knows about Dan loving my mother... no one else in the world. just me, him, and now you. Lucas : I won't say a word. You know, there's a sign above the door in my bar. it reads, People always leave... but I say, 'stay a while, have a nightcap'. Now ... maybe you and I can do that sometime. Peyton : Leave? or have a nightcap? Lucas : Whatever you'd like. Would it be all right if ... Peyton : Just shut up and do it. Lucas : Good night, Peyton. IN THE PARK Haley : Well, this is a most romantic table ever reserved for me ... and the most interesting of entrées. penny for your thoughts. Nathan : I love you. I always have ... ever since the first time i saw you. I know this might sound crazy, but i just had to tell you, because... Haley : What? Nathan : I'm not afraid of dying. but i am afraid of dying without you knowing how i feel about you. Haley : You're not going to die, Nathan Scott. you're going to come home... to me. Nathan : I just think it's ... Haley : Why don't you let me do the thinking for the both of us? I've got a crazy idea. do you trust me? Nathan : Yes. AT DAN'S GARAGE Dan : You manage to find the money you owe me? Brooke : No, but I have something much more valuable than money. Julian : Hey, boss, officer Morello, will be here soon for his ... appointment. Hey, sugar. Dan : What could you possibly have that i would want? Brooke : Information ... about Peyton. Dan : What kind of information? Brooke : Forgive my debt, and I'll tell you. Dan : No, you tell me, and I'll consider it. Besides, you owe me money. you really don't have a choice. Brooke : what if i told you that your precious Peyton was sweet on Lucas Scott and that I saw them together last night? Dan : I drove Peyton home last night. Besides, we've discussed this. She knows better than to get involved with him. Brooke : Well, I saw it with my own eyes late last night. And I don't think she heard you, unless you told her it's okay to kiss him. Dan : You're lying. Get her out of here. Brooke : Such a shame about Peyton's mother ... considering how you loved her. You consider my debt paid in full. Dan : Hell hath no fury. Pretty ruthless. There may be hope for you yet, Brooke Davis. Brooke : Then we're square. Dan : Not yet. There's one more thing you're gonna do for me. OUTSIDE KAREN'S CAFE Julian : You need a lift? Skills : No, thanks. Julian : You know, you could be making a lot more money at the comet club. Skills : I'm doing just fine at Karen's. Julian : Okay. All right. You're loyal. I get it. No hard feelings? Then again, I wouldn't call a piano player with a broken hand just fine. Skills : No! AT KAREN'S CAFE Peyton : Hi. Lucas : Didn't expect to see you here. Peyton : I know. it might seem a little strange, but i would like for you to have this. when I was a little girl, my mother took me to a seaport. we met a sailor, and he took us out on the water. I felt free. and when he brought us back to the shore, i cried, because I didn't want to go home. and he told me that one day, I would be free to see the world, to do as i pleased. But until that day, to keep the dove as a reminder of that dream. the dove has always stood for peace and love. But for me, that dove has always stood for freedom. Lucas : I can't accept this. Peyton : It comforts me, Lucas and so do you. So I want you to have it. I should go. Lucas : Stay a while. Peyton : No. no, I think I'll hold out till that nightcap. wouldn't want a girl to look too needy. AT DAN'S GARAGE Dan : You had to be stubborn, huh? You couldn't just look the other way and take my handouts. Look at you ... Sitting there, all strong and proud, not even begging for your life. Wow, you really take the pleasure out of this. It kind of reminds me of Keith Scott. Oh, well. I'll get over it. Julian : Hiya ON THE BRIDGE Julian : Here, have another drink, boozy. Dan : You should have stuck to gossip columns instead where you don't belong. Gossip columns won't get you klled, kid. Julian : Boss? Peyton : Stop it! What is this?! Get off me. Dan : What are you doing here? Peyton : All this time ... I didn't want to believe That you were evil, that you were a liar, but I think I knew all along, so I followed you. Dan : And what about you? How's Lucas doing, whore? Mouth : He klled Lucas' uncle Keith. I said I was on the something, and I was right. He mrder him. Dan : Shut him up! Peyton : Is that true? Dan : Go wait in the car. Peyton : Is that true?! Dan : Go wait in the car! Go wait in the car. Mouth : No. No! No! IN THE HOTEL ROOM I want a dress, nice and pale* with hat on the top Nathan : What are you thinking about? Haley : The house we're going to live in right here in tree hill city. Nathan : Anything else? Haley : Well, since the house is going to be so big, I suppose we'll need children. Nathan : A little girl, just like you. Haley : Mnh-mnh, a son. Nathan : We could name him James, like Haley James. Haley : Jamie. Nathan : Yeah. I wanna get married wanna be Mrs. S-c-o-t-t ON THE BRIDGE Dan : Well, well. The boozy reporter finally cracks the case. Well done. I'll tell you what ... I'm a charitable guy. You beg for your life, and just maybe I'll set you free. Mouth : No. I'm not crawling anymore ... not even for you. And pretty soon, no one else will, either. They'll find out that you klled Keith, Just like I did. And then they'll bring you down. Dan : Oh, I'd say if anyone's going down, it's you. Hey, Mouth, be a friend and get that for me, will you? That last drink's on me. Julian : Boss, Peyton's gone. AT KAREN'S CAFE Lucas : Hey, skills. Play something good for me? What happened to you? Skills : Julian, Dan. Peyton : They have mouth. they're gonna kll him. Lucas : What? Peyton : He found out that Dan klled Keith. Luke, I didn't know. I'm sorry. Skills : Luke, what are you doing? Peyton : Luke, we can be free. We can leave tonight. Skills : Luke, listen to her. He knows she's here. Peyton : You're gonna get hurt. Lucas : He hurt me when he took Keith away from me. He's hurt everybody, including you. Somebody needs to stop him. Peyton : Lucas. Lucas : Were you serious when you told me you'd leave with me tonight? Peyton : Yes. Lucas : Skills, you've been a good man and a great friend, so I want you to have this place. It's yours. Skills : I'm coming, too. Lucas : No. You'd just hold me up anyway. OUTSIDE KAREN'S CAFE Peyton : Luke! Julian : Get over here, Peyton. Peyton, now! Lucas : She's with me. Dan : Why does everything always have to be so messy? okay, okay. not even I'd sht a man in the back, Lucas. actually, that's not true. I've sht several men in the back. Most of them deserved it, but I wouldn't recommend you do it, 'cause i have a surprise for you. Ms. Davis? Put it down. That's a good boy. isn't this fun? okay, Ms. Davis, finish your job and your debt is clear. Brooke : I'm sorry, Luke. Lucas : Brooke, we've all had hard times. you don't have to do this. Brooke : Yes, I do. I should have done this a long time ago. Dan : Yeah, I thought so. women. you want something done right ... Peyton : Luke. Lucas : Peyton? I got you, I got you. hey, come on. no, it's gonna be okay. hold on, hold on, hold on. You're gonna be okay. Hey, we're gonna leave, remember? Yeah. just you and me ... We're gonna leave. Come on. Peyton : I love you. AT THE AIRPORT don't fight, don't fight, don't fight, don't fight don't do it again Nathan : I'm coming back to you, Haley. I am. Haley : Is that a promise? Nathan : as long as you wait for me, it is. Haley : oh, I'll wait for you. I'll wait forever. don't say, don't say, don't say, don't say you're leaving this town Nathan : best day of my life. you're all I have in this life don't... and hear me out don't fool just hold me now don't take, don't take, don't take don't take it so lightly when you say, you say, you say when you say you love me I miss, I miss, I miss, I miss the way we would laugh I wish, I wish, I wish... Lucas : You're free now, Peyton. ... that we could go back when you say, you say, you say when you say you love me Lucas : Peyton? Peyton : Hi. did I wake you up? Lucas : No. well, maybe. Peyton : I'm sorry. I'm still at Tric. I'm gonna be home soon, though, okay? Lucas : Oh, no worries, no worries. I just had the craziest dream. I'll tell you about it when you get home. okay? all right, I'll see you soon. and, Peyton... don't ever leave me, okay? Peyton : Okay. bye. Lucas : Whew. don't take, don't take, don't take don't take it so lightly ... when you say, you say, you say...	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x11 - We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)"}	foreverdreaming
A little old man and i fell out. I'll tell you what it was all about. He had money, and I had none, And that's the way the noise gn. RIVERT COURT Jamie : 74. Nathan : Sure? Jamie : Yep. 74 inches, daddy. Nathan : 6'2". Jamie : I can measure again. Nathan : No. It's okay. I've been 6'2" since I was 17. Jamie : Is that bad? Nathan : Well, if I was 6'5", I might be in the pros by now. Jamie : What if you were 8'5"? Nathan : I'd probably be dad of heart failure. Jamie : Well, I think 6'2" is perfect. Heck, I'd settle for 4'2". Nathan : Well, you can thank your short-Pants mom for that. Hey! Haley : He got some good stuff from me, Like the piano he's gonna rock at the talent show tonight, huh? Huh? Yeah. Jamie : Are you gonna be there, daddy? Nathan : I wouldn't miss it. Jamie : I wish I could come with you today. Nathan : I know. I tell you what ... I'll tell you all about it, okay? Haley : And this idea you have? It's what you want to do? Nathan : It's what I have to do. BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Sam! Breakfast! Jack : Hi. Brooke : He spent the night in your bed? In my house?! Sam : Well, I thought it was out time a guy stayed here. Brooke : Watch yourself. Sam : Look, he's my friend, and he lives with is brother. And he just ... he beats on him sometimes, and he needed a place to crash. Brooke : Okay. Does this half-Nude, window-Fleeing friend have a name? Brooke : Jack Daniels... John "jack" Daniels. Brooke : You expect me to believe that a boy Named after the white-Trash-Rock-Band drink of choice Spent the night in your bed and nothing happened? Sam : Dude, I'm like 15. Brooke : Like that matters! When i was 15 ... Never mind. Tell me when someone is staying in my house, And if your friend needs a place to "crash" again, He can sleep on the couch! Now just... Go do something. AT THE BAR Julian : Hi, Luke. Lucas : I'll stay on the movie... because it matters to me. But you and i are not friends, Julian : And you'd Peyton aren't anything. Flash Medecin : How is our girl Peyton? And how long have you been experiencing this pain? Peyton : A few days. Medecin : Any history of diabetes in the family? Ulcers? Peyton : Um...no. Medecin : Cancer? Peyton : My birth mother died of cancer. Why? What ... what's the face that you're making? Medecin : We just want to run some tests. Julian : Consider it a test. You fly to los Angeles, and while you're gone, If Peyton doesn't fall in love with me again, Then you'll know you two were meant to be. Lucas : You're a dick. You know that? Julian : Listen, the truth is, this guy's an a-List director. He's got several offers, and you need to meet with him. Lucas : Today? Why? Julian : Because i told you we'd be equal partners on this movie, And i need you to sign off on him. Lucas : What are you gonna do? Julian : I'm producing a movie, Luke. Contrary to popular belief, I'm not staying in town to ht on your fiancée. It's your book. John : What? Sam : You just froze there, halfway out the window. You looked like such a dork. John : Well, you're the one who didn't set the alarm right. Sam : Whatever. She thought we were doing it. As if. John : What do you mean, "as if"? A lot of girls would do it with me. Sam : Yeah. But those girls are called prosttute. John : Why? Sam Hi. Producer guy, right? Julian : Orphan girl, right? From the concert? Sam : Sam. Julian : Julian. Sam : I know. You can help me. Julian : Good. You can help me, too. SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : So, what happens at this... what do you call it? Nathan : It's called a combine. Coaches and scouts from the pro teams come watch you play. Jamie : And they pick you for the NBA? Nathan : You find them yet? Jamie : No. Hey, Ii think you should wear the number 12 next. Nathan : Why? Jamie : I don't know. I like the number 12. That's what I'm gonna wear when I'm in the pros. Nathan : All right. Jamie : Okay, I found them. Nathan : Oh, good. Jamie : These are really ugly, dad. Nathan : Well, they made a few models, So just pick one you like, you knucklehead. Jamie : Okay. Nathan : So, your mom's pretty excited About you playing the piano at your talent show tonight. Jamie : I know. Nathan : You don't sound very pumped up. Jamie : I just kind of wanted to tell jokes. Nathan : Dude, I've heard your jokes. Trust me, stick with the piano. Jamie : But the song is a kiddy song, and I'm not very good at it. Nathan : Well, all you can do is the best you can, all right? That's all that matters. Speaking of which. Are you telling me you can't find those shoes by now? Jamie : Oh, I found the shoes a long time ago. I just like it up here. Jamie : We found the shoes. Haley : Yay! All set? Nathan : Yeah. All right. See you at the talent show. Haley : Go be great. Love you. Nathan : Love you. Jamie : Daddy. All you can do is your best, okay? AT THE BAR Julian : You want some coffee with that sugar? Sam : How do you take yours? Julian : I don't. Never touch the stuff. So, you said I could help you out. How so? Sam : I was thinking, um, Maybe you could read some of the stuff I wrote. Julian : You're a screenwriter? Sam : I just write things. I get a little pissed off sometimes, you know? Julian : Okay. Tell me about Brooke Davis. Sam : Dude, I am so not hooking you two up. Julian : No, no, her clothing line. Is she any good? Sam : Yeah. Think you'd be lucky to have her. For the movie, right? That's why you're asking? Julian : Give me your phone. This is my number. I'm happy to read anything you want to send me. Sam : You'd do that? I mean, I just kind of heard you're a dick. Julian : I am. But maybe I'll read something i can steal. I got this. Hey, is she single ... Brooke? Sam : No... Yeah. You know, I'm betting you're actually nice. Julian : And I'm betting you're not bitter. Keep writing, Sam. She's out of your league, my brother. BROOKE'S HOUSE Millicent : I told Gigi to stay away from Marvin, And the next thing I know, she's hugging him in the parking lot. Brooke : What were you doing in the parking lot? Millicent : Spying. Well, what am I supposed to do? She's a horny college party girl. Brooke : Millie, he's amused by her. Millicent : So, I don't want a guy who's amused by someone like that. Brooke : Okay. I know those girls... because I've been those girls. And all guys are amused by it. It doesn't mean anything. Mouth is not gonna fall for that. He's not. Trust me, she's harmless. AT MARVIN'S WORK Gigi : You ever think about having sex on the news desk? Marvin : No ... Maybe. What are you doing? Gigi : Well, the news team is on location, so Chris said I could have my going-Away party in here tonight. 6:30 okay? Marvin : Actually, I have to go to Jamie's talent show. Gigi : I'm totally not having my going-Away party without you. Please. Marvin : One drink. I wouldn't miss it. AT THE STUDIO Peyton : You're gonna have to miss it. Mia : Peyton, come on! Peyton : You have to get back into the studio. Mia, I'm being very serious, okay? I'm so proud of you, and the first record did great. But our label friend, john, who I do not have a thing for, Is getting very impatient for the next one, So just tell me that you have been working on the demos. I asked you to do. Mia : Peyton, I've had a lot going on. Peyton : Okay, fine. How many songs do you have? Mia : I have a couple ideas. Peyton : All right. The label would like for you to listen to this. Mia : What for? Peyton : Because there are some very talented, Very expensive songwriters on there, And they want you to pick a track to record. Mia : But I write my own songs. Peyton : Apparently not. Apparently, you just write a couple ideas ... Hello? Hi. Oh, luke. Hi, honey. I'm sorry. No, no, no, I was just expecting another call. Yeah. No, I had to leave really early this morning. Um, I had a ... like a meeting with a band. Can you hold on one second? Okay. Please, just listen to that ... Hi, okay. Sorry. L.A.? Why are you going to L.A.? AT THE GYMNASIUM Man : Name and affiliation? Nathan : Nathan Scott, university of Maryland. Man : Professional affiliation. Who invited you to the combine? Nathan : No one did, sir. Man : These are professional trials, son ... invitation only. Nathan : I understand that. Look, I was an all-American at Maryland last season, And i was just hoping that ... Look, this is kind of my last sht. Man : Didn't you get thrown through a window? Nathan : Please. Man : I'm sorry. You can't be here. Coach : Nathan. He's with us. Better go suit up. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS [Brooke is dancing like a crazy girl] Julian : "Breakfast club." You were the priss. Brooke : Let me guess. You were the stoner? Julian : Well, if you say so. They end up together. Brooke : Can I help you? Julian : You should design the wardrobe for the movie. Brooke : I'm not a costume designer. Julian : Oh. I can see that. Brooke : I'm starting a new line. Julian : Well, okay, let me try this again. You should design the wardrobe for the movie. You were there, it's authentic, it's press-Worthy, and I would be lucky to have you before the debut of our new line, Which I'm sure is going to be fabulous ... Sorry ... Hello? Yes, this is me. It is too me. Oh, listen, I'm with Brooke right now. No, I'm not gonna blow it. No, I am not. No, I'm not ... Sorry. Sam says hi. Brooke : Sam? My Sam? And why does my Sam have your phone number? Julian : She has an interest in the film industry. Brooke : She is 15, you pervert. Julian : Okay, just wrap your head around it, okay? You and the movie, I mean. Not me and Sam. She's only 15, you know. You pervert. AT THE GYMNASIUM Chris : Hey, man, whose shoes are those? Nathan : Mine. Chris : I know that, but I'm saying, who else shoes are they? Ray Allen? Kg? Nathan : I heard what you asked. I meant what i said. They're mine. Chris : Whatever you say, baller. Kid got his own shoe contract, but he's still trying out for the big league. Don't matter none, anyhow. Ain't nobody gonna give no roster spot To no fool with no green elf shoes on. Hey, man, let me see those things, riddler. Man : 37 inches. Nathan : Get a close enough look? Man : 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17... Man : 3.1. Coach : Shame how you've let yourself go, Nate. BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : You were kind of skanky, weren't you? Brooke : What? Sam : In high school. You acted all weird this morning. Because you were totally having sex at 15. Brooke : I was not. Sam : You were, too. Is that where "clothes over bros" came from? Tired of being the dirty girl? 'Cause you're a bit of a prude now. Brooke : First of all, shut it. Second of all, if I have been a little frigid lately... It's probably because I ... was attcked at my store ... not long before you moved in, and it's made me a little closed off ... Especially with boys. Sam : Oh, my god. Brooke, did he ... Brooke : No. No. But I've been really angry about it, and i have a whole no other set of issues with Owen. And I'm ... Trying to let it all go, and i just wanted you to know. Because... i just want you to know. Sam : Okay? Brooke : Okay ... And, yeah... for the record, I was pretty slutty in high school. And i wish i wouldn't have been, 'cause you don't get to take any of that back. Sam : Brooke ... I like talking to you. Brooke : Thanks, Sam. I like talking to you, too. AT DIXON'S STUDIO Lucas : Excuse me! Excuse me! Hi. Uh, I'm ... Dixon : Lucas Scott! "And in that moment, he realized it's not what you are or who you are, but who they allow you to be." That is good writing. Really good writing! I love this script. Love it! AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : I don't want to come out. Haley : Come on, buddy. I want to see you. Jamie : No, i look like a tool. Haley : James Lucas Scott. You look so awesome! Jamie : I look like a penguin. Haley : You look cute! Now come over here, and we will go over this song again. Little tie! Looks so cute. Jamie : Sorry, I always mess that up. Haley : It's okay. You nervous? Jamie : A little. Haley : Yeah, you definitely get that from me. Jamie : I wonder how daddy's doing. AT THE GYMNASIUM Chris : I remember now. You played at Maryland, right? Got into a scrape right before the draft. Man, you that fool. Man : 6'5 1/4". Chris : You hear that? Point guard! 6'5 1/4". Thank you, god and my mama. Nathan Scott, ladies and gentlemen. Man : 6'2." Chris : Ooh, 6'2" sh*ting guard. Are there any scouts out here for the ymca rec league? Coach : All right, all right. Gentlemen, we're gonna divide you up into groups and let you play. Point guards on my right. Two-Guards on my left. Forwards and centers, other end of the court. Show us what you got. Chris : Let's go, fellas. Man : Nathan. Two-Guards over here. Nathan : I'm trying out as a point guard. Coach : Okay. But... you ever played the point? Flash back Nathan : Well, I've never played point guard in my life. Quentin : You better learn, 'Cause you're too short to play the two in the pros. Bro, you 6'2". Nathan : And I was also 12 hours away From being an NBA lottery pick, you idiot. Quentin : Well, I'm glad you had the accident, 'Cause you sure wouldn't have made it. You got to move to the point. Nathan : You're out of your mind! You realize nobody's ever told me this before? Quentin : Well, I'm telling you now, all right? And anyways, man, they all get their commission when you sign. Ain't like nobody gonna risk their 10% by telling you the truth. Huh? Now, look, Nate. Yo, if you can make it by playing against tall guys at the two, man, all good. But if you can't, we work on your handle, we work on your quickness, and we make damn sure you got the best sht of playing pro ball. Nathan : Why are you doing this for me, Q? Quentin : This ain't just your dream, man. Let's work on that left. Numbers are funny. They can measure you, time you, analyze you all they want, but they all know what really matters Is how you play the game. He think I've lost a step because of my accident. So he's gonna play me tight. I haven't. Mans : Whoo! Now he'll back off because he doesn't want to get bat off the dribble. Just a half step. That's a mistake. Mans : Whoo! You ever heard the expression "they can't measure heart"? Well, the truth is, they can't measure any of it ... Heart, want, need. They think i can't play point guard. But Q knew I could. Mans : Whoo! You can't measure a dream. MOUTH'S WORK Gigi : Mouth, you made it. Here, you better catch up. Mouth : You're like the devil. You know that? Gigi : No, just devilish. What's that? Mouth : Just a little going-Away present. Gigi : Oh, it's the t-Shirt I slept in after I threw up and passed out in your bed. Oh, it's so sweet. You never told me how you got me into this t-Shirt, Mouth. Maybe sometime you can get me out of it. AT DIXON'S STUDIO Dixon : Is this your first script? Lucas : Yeah. Dixon : Don't worry. I'll fix I Lucas : Uh, is there something wrong with it? Dixon : No. I love it. I said i love it, and i love it. A couple thoughts, that's all. Lucas : Okay, like what? Dixon : All right, clear your head, all right? What if Haley... Dies? Lucas : You're serious? Dixon : I'm saying think about it. People love that stuff. Man, DiCaprio died in "titanic." That is gold, baby, gold! Lucas : Yes, but it didn't happen. Dixon : It doesn't matter. Let me ask you this. Who goes to see this movie? The same little bitches who went and saw "titanic." Young girls, man. They don't have a voice, But when they find something that speaks to them, We're talking box office, baby! You're king of the world! Whew! Lucas : Even so, Haley can't just..Ie. Dixon : You got a vision. I can respect that. What about this? ... What if Lucas and Haley get married? I'm serious about this one, 'Cause if there's one thing that I know, It's that audiences get crazy over who ends up together. It's what I do, Luke. It's what I know. Think about it. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : I thought about it. And I'm not interested. Julian : You couldn't have told me that over the phone? Brooke : Well, that, yeah, But the rest of this I wanted to say to your face. I don't trust you ... Not with Peyton, and definitely not with Sam. And that is not gonna get you anywhere ... the grin. I'm sure it's gotten you in a lot of doors And in a lot of beds, but it's not gonna do you any good with me. Julian : Listen, Brooke, when i make a movie, I set the bar as high as I possibly can. I put together y wish-List cast, My wish-List crew, my wish-List designer, And sometimes, you know, the timing works out, The material works out, and you get lucky. Sometimes you don't. Good luck with everything. PEYTON'S STUDIO Mia : I didn't listen to it. I write my own songs. Peyton : Mia, I am not in the best mood right now, and so it is a very bad time for you to make some naive little stand. Mia : You think I'm naive? Peyton, I am not the same girl who left on tour last year, okay? Peyton : God, I hope that's not true, because i liked that girl. As a matter of fact, i loved that girl. Mia : Oh, really? Then what happened to protecting her? What happened to telling the label to be patient, because my songs are gonna be great? Peyton : Oh, I've been doing that! I have been doing that for months now! But what happened to actually doing the work, Mia? Now, the label wants you to record this song Because they care. When they stop caring, that's when we have a problem. Mia : Well, I'm not gonna do it. Peyton : You are being so ungrateful! Do you understand? I put my ass on the line for you every single day! Mia : Well, I put my ass on the line for you every single night, Peyton. Okay? Literally. Did you see how short that skirt was that you put me in at the U.S.O. Show? But I did it. I've done everything you've asked me to do, but I am not gonna do this. Peyton : Hey. I'm not sure you should be on this label anymore. Life's too short. Trust me. SCHOOL TALENTS Chuck : Man, Madison's really klling it. Jamie : I knew I should've told jokes. Chuck : Seriously. You're hosed. Mouth : Hi. Haley : Hey! You smell like alcohol. Mouth : Really? Haley : Yeah. Mouth : Is it bad? Haley : No. Do you have any with you? Mouth : No. Brooke : Hey! Look who we found! Haley : Hey! Nathan : Hi, mouth. Haley : Hey, baby. How did it go? Nathan : I did what my son told me to ... the best I could. Haley : Here he comes! Brooke : He looks so cute! Haley : He's nervous. Jamie : Hi, my name is James Lucas Scott, and I'm gonna play "the first noel." Haley : He's just got to get past this first part, Nathan : And he'll be good. Haley : Oh, no. Jamie : This is awkward ... How's everyone doing tonight? ... Last week, my mom asked me how I liked going to school ... I told her, "not as much as I like coming home from it." And seriously, what's with the cafeteria food? I mean, i can't tell if kids are out sick from eating that stuff, or we're actually eating the kids who are out sick. Take my hot lunch...please. And now, the big finish ... Something like that. What do you want from me? I'm 5. Thank you and good night! AT THE BAR Sam : Should've gone to Jamie's talent show with Brooke. John : You're kidding, right? Sam : I like them. They're nice to me. John : I think it's funny how you stole from Brooke Davis and called her a bitch, and now you like her. Sam : I was pissed off. So what? John : What'd you say after she caught you shoplifting? You said she was a rich bitch and someone should put her in her place. Sam : So? John : You said someone should put her in her place, Sam. AT DIXON'S STUDIO Dixon : So, tell me again why Lucas has to end up with Peyton. Lucas : Because they do. Because that's the story. Because that's what happened. Dixon : It's a movie! Got to raise the stakes. kll off one of the younger characters. PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : Hello? Hi, doctor. It's me. Well, what does that mean? What's wrong? AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : After you caught me shoplifting. I was with my friends, and I said some terrible things about you. Brooke : Okay. Sam, what happened? Sam : Well ... don't, please. Just don't. But i didn't mean them. I didn't ... I didn't mean any of it. Brooke : But ... Sam, I'm sorry. I don't understand. Sam : The attck ... it was my fault. AT THE TRIC Julian : Bourbon is a good, honest drink, you know? Classier than whiskey. Less of a stick up its ass than scotch. Owen : I'm an alcoholic. Brooke : Owen... Has Sam been in here tonight? Owen : No. Why? What's wrong? Brooke : We had a ... a thing and she left and i let her go and i shouldn't have. Owen : It's okay. Here, have a seat. Brooke : No, i have to find her. Owen : Brooke, come on, she's a teenager. She's not even your teenager. Brooke : And what is that supposed to mean? Julian : I'll let you two... Brooke : Julian, if she calls you ... Julian : It's not my problem. Owen : Look ... I just mean it's not like she's gonna stay with you forever, right? Brooke : What is wrong with you? I came here because I need your help. Owen : But, I mean, you know Sam. She'll turn up. Brooke : No. It's different this time. But with you, it's exactly the same. Owen : Hey, Brooke! That's not fair. Brooke : I have to find her! But I'll do it by myself, just like I always do. Don't call me anymore. MOUTH'S HOUSE Mouth : So, how about we rent a movie, and then we can ... Millicent : I was looking for the number for the pizza place. Mouth : Oh, no. No, no, Millie, it's not ... Millicent : It's not what it looks like? This isn't a half-Naked picture of your ex-Girlfriend in one of your t-Shirts? Mouth : She sent it to me tonight. It was a joke. Millie, please. There is nothing going on between us, i swear. I-I was gonna delete it. Millicent : But you didn't. You know what? You're an idiot. Mouth : Millie, don't go, please. It doesn't mean anything. Millicent : You're wrong, Marvin. It means everything. SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : How funny was your son tonight? Nathan : Oh, he was goofy, like his mom. Haley : I think he was brave, like his dad. Mmm. So, what's next with our comeback? Nathan : Well, what's next is the phone's gonna ring, and the answer is either gonna be a yes or a no. Haley : It's going to be a yes. Nathan : I hope so. But if it's a no, then this is the end of it, and i'm okay with that. AT THE TRIC Owen : Rough night, Millie? Millicent : Horrible. Owen : Yeah, me, too. You know I haven't had a drink in over eight years? Tonight, that's gonna change. Millicent : I haven't had sex in over 22 years and tonight, that's gonna change. AT THE BAR Julian : Thank you. Brooke : Hey. Julian : Hey, any luck? Brooke : Uh, no. Are you looking for her, too? Julian : I'm not that guy, Brooke. I'm just getting coffee. Sorry. Brooke : Excuse me. I'm looking for someone, uh, A young girl that comes in here a lot. She's kind of a skater, sarcastic. Girl : Let me guess. Her name is Sam, and she puts a lot of sugar in her coffee. Brooke : You've seen her? Girl : No, but that cute guy that just left asked me the same exact thing. Brooke : Thanks. SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : And then he got worried, and he backed off just a half step. So, what do you think I did? Jamie : Pulled up for 3 ... nothing but net. Nathan : That's right. You know, I'm proud of you, buddy. You took something that would've beaten most people, and you kept going with it. You turned it into something great. Jamie : So did you, daddy. Haley : All right, Chris rock, I know you're still wired, but it's time for bed. Jamie : How about a nursery rhyme? Haley : Okay. But you're gonna have to read it. You want an old-School, creepy one, or a new, good-For-You one? Jamie : Old-School creepy. Okay. Haley : Okay. There. Gentle. Jamie : "A man of words and not of deeds... Is like a garden full of weeds." "And when the weeds begin to grow, ... It's like a garden full of snow." "And when the snow begins to fall, ... It's like a bird upon the wall." "And when the bird away does fly, ... It's like an eagle in the sky." "And when the y begins to roar,... It's like a lion at the door." Peyton : Hi! I have to tell you something. "And when the door begins to crack,... It's like a stick across your back." "And when your back begins to smart..." John : Hey. You okay? "...It's like a penknife in your heart." John : Sam, this is my brother, "x." Flash back X : Have a nice night? X : Have a bad night? "And when your heart begins to bleed, ... You're dad ... And dad ... and d*ad indeed. 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Previously on One Tree Hill Deb : Do you know what's missing? Brooke : Sketches for my new line. Sam : The attck -- it was my fault. Brooke : Has Sam been in here tonight? She left, and I let her go, and I shouldn't have. John : Sam, this is my brother, "X." X : Have a nice night. Mouth : It doesn't mean anything. Millicent : It means everything. Owen : I haven't had a drink in over eight years. Tonight, that's gonna change. Millicent : I haven't had sex in over 22 years. And tonight that's gonna change. Nathan : I'm trying out as a point guard. What's next is the phone's gonna ring, and the answer is either gonna be a yes or a no. Haley : It's going to be a yes. Julian : You need to convince Lucas to do the movie. Peyton : And you'll make it the movie he wants it to be. Lucas : I'll stay on the movie, 'cause it matters to me. Doctor : Any history of diabetes in the family? Cancer? Peyton : My birth mother died of cancer. Why? Doctor : I just want to run some tests. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : Hi. I have to tell you something. Lucas : Peyton, are you okay? Peyton : I know it's late. Lucas : It's okay if it's late. What's up? Peyton : I'm not sure that I can call you my fiancé anymore. 'Cause I was thinking maybe I'd start calling you my baby daddy. Lucas : Are we ... Peyton : I'm having your baby, Lucas Scott. Our baby. We're pregnant. And, oh, god, I know it's sudden. I just really want you to be okay with it, because I'm very, very okay with it. And ... oh, and it's early. I mean, it's too early. It's too early to even tell anybody. Lucas : I love you. I love you, Peyton. Peyton : I love you, too. SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : I hate it when Deb calls to tell us that she's sleeping over at skills' because her sleeping is not sleeping, and it's the last thing want to hear about before I go to sleep. Nathan : That was the Charleston chiefs. You're looking at their newest point guard. Haley : Oh, my god! Oh, my god! And you say I'm badass. SKILLS'S HOUSE Mouth : Millie left me because of Gigi. Skills : I'm sorry, man. Mouth : Just say you told me so. Skills : You know you're my boy, right? But I told you Gigi was trouble, man ... always wanting you to work late. And what comes after working late? Freaky deaky. Mouth : We didn't freaky or deaky, but she wanted to. And then Millie found a picture of Gigi on my cell phone. Skills : You didn't erase it? Mouth : No. It's erased now. I don't know. Maybe Millie was right. Maybe I enjoyed all the attention from Gigi, so maybe I deserve to lose her. Skills : She'll come back. Mouth : You didn't see her. I'm not sure she can come back from a broken heart. IN THE STREET Brooke : Excuse me. Excuse me. I need some help. My daughter -- well, she's not my daughter. She's my foster daughter ... sort of. She's ... she's gone missing or run away or something. Policeman: Okay, madam, slow down. Brooke : Okay. Not a madam. And I'm -- I'm sorry. It's just I've been up all night looking for Sam. Her name is Sam and she's usually back by now. Policeman: Okay, so, Sam, and she's done this before? Brooke : Yes, but just to annoy me. It's ... and she comes back? Brooke : Yes, but this is different because ... Policeman: Okay, madam, so far, all you have is a kid who's not really yours and who always comes back. There's nothing much we can do about that. Brooke : So, that's it? Policeman: I'm sorry. Look, come down to the station tomorrow if she hasn't returned, okay? Brooke : To protect and serve, my ass. SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Rise and shine, porcupine. Jamie : Can a guy get five more minutes? Nathan : Okay, but today's a big day at the Scott house. Jamie : How big are we talking? Haley : Bigger than if Christmas, your birthday, and pizza Friday all happened on "bring Chester to school" day. Jamie : You made the B-league team? Nathan : That's right, I made it. I'm a Charleston chief. I start practice today. Jamie : You did it! Nathan : We did it. Haley : Yay! X'S HOUSE X : Morning, Sam. Sam : Hey. Um ... thanks for letting me crash. X : Jack's friends are my friends. And friends ... do things for friends. Sam : So, where's jack? X : Out. You know, Sam, I really wish you hadn't gone through my stuff. The sketches? I know you took them. And now you've really pissed me off. AT THE HOTEL ROOM (on the phone) Lucas : What now, Julian? Julian : Well, the director's thrat to walk, and you've been summoned to Oz. The head of the studio wants to talk with you in an hour. What the hell happened? Lucas : *Screw you. I have a flight in two hours, and I'm not gonna do your damned job. You're the producer. Why don't you meet with the studio? Julian : Well, he wants to meet with you. And because you wrote a script for his studio, you're his bitch. Lucas : And as always, you're a dick. Julian : Look, Lucas, I worked really hard to get this movie green-lit, and you screwed it up. So, get over there, avoid the 405, and save this movie. X'S HOUSE X : So, tell me what you told Brooke Davis about those sketches. I didn't tell her anything, 'cause I don't know anything. Look, I gave Brooke the sketches. That's all. I didn't rat you out. I didn't even know you took them. It was all my fault anyway. I was the one shting off my mouth. X : Oh, so, you're feeling guilty now. Brooke was good to me. X : Right. Because she took you in? Put you up in that big house? Saved you from what? From being like us? I used to like you, Sam. I thought jack had caught himself a nice piece. But I don't like people who forget where they belong. Jack : Dude, lay off. X : Somebody grew a pair of balls last night. Brooke tried to run away, too. I think you two need to take some time to think about what a couple of idiots you are. AT TRIC / PEYTON'S STUDIO Peyton : I thought you were sober. Owen : Not anymore. Peyton : What are you doing here so early? Mia : Apologizing for yesterday. I was having a rage-against-the-man, tortured-artist moment. Peyton : Oh, god. kll me. I'm the man now? Mia : No. You're the one who took a chance on me and guided my career, and if you think I should record the songs from the label, I will. Peyton : Mia, I never want you to think I don't believe in your music. I mean, you're my first artist. It's like being my first kid. And so, no matter what, I love you. And I'm gonna support you. But you got to tell me what's really going on. Mia : It's not like I'm not writing. It's like I can't. The first record ... Peyton : Well, honey, your first record --that was a lifetime of work. But you can do this. You have so many songs in you. I could see that year ago. And I still see it now. So, here's the plan ... I'm going to buy some time with our label partners, and you are going to go write some kick-ass songs, okay? That is, if you ever want to get on that ranky tour bus again. Mia : I will. I promise. Peyton : Your mama totally rocked that. Brooke : Peyton. Peyton : Hey, Brooke, what are you -- Brooke : Sam's gone. AT THE STADIUM Bobby : Save it for practice, Scott. Nathan : Bobby. What are you doing here? I thought Dave she a was the G.M. Bobby : He is. I'm your new coach. Nathan : What? Bobby : Yeah, the truth is, my heart was never really into being a G.M. I guess I just needed someone to remind me never to give up on a dream, you know? Nathan : Yeah, I had a friend who did the same for me. So, is this, uh ... is this your comeback? Bobby : Well, not yet. I don't even know that I'm a good enough coach to turn you into a point guard. But we'll give it a sht. Welcome back. Nathan : You, too. Bobby : Oh, man, this is awesome. IN THE GARDEN Jamie : My dad's a Charleston chief. He's at camp now, he's gonna play point guard. Sorry. I bet basketball makes you think about "Q" huh? Andre : Yeah. I miss him. I wish I could go to his grave and talk to him. But mom won't go. It makes her too sad. Jamie : Sometimes I go with my mama. Maybe you can go with us next time. Andre : I wish I could go today. Jamie : Maybe I can show you the way. Andre : Okay AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Skills : Millie, can we talk? Millicent : Actually, I'm kind of busy right now pencil sharpening. Brooke's sort of a slve driver when it comes to pencil points. Skills : Talk to mouth. Look, everything can be taken back. Millicent : Can it? Skills : Yes. And by the way you're both hurting, it's obvious that you still love each other. Besides ... it's not fair to take it out on some poor, defenseless pencil. Just talk to mouth. PAUL'S OFFICE Paul : Lucas Scott. Paul Norris. Great script. Lucas : Thank you. Paul : To make it to the screen, we'll need the right team behind it. That's why I asked you here. Lucas : I know. and about the director ... Paul : I want to talk about the producer. Lucas : Julian? Paul : Julian. What do you think of him? Lucas : Look, Mr. Norris, I ... Paul : Paul. Lucas : Paul, I'm new in this business and can't really judge Julian. Lucas : Look, Mr. Norris, I ... Paul : From what I hear, I think you're actually the best one to judge Julian. Look, what happened yesterday makes me think that Julian doesn't know what he's doing. Now I got an a-list director who's thrat to walk. Lucas : I'm sorry about that. Lucas : Look, Mr. Norris, I ... Paul : It's not your fault. Julian's the producer. He should have been there. I'm a straight sh*t. I know Julian well. He's an unpredictable loose cannon whose arrogance gets in the way of doing his job. Lucas : We're talking straight here, right? So, why do you keep working with him? Lucas : Look, Mr. Norris, I ... Paul : 'Cause he's my son. AT THE STADIUM Devon : If you're looking for numb 23,it's already taken ... by me ... Devon fox. Nathan : I'm Nathan ... Devon : I know. Scott. All-American at Maryland got thrown through a window, cost you about $20 million guaranteed cash. Thew away your sht at the NBA. Not very bright, are you? Thought you were a two guard. Nathan : I used to be. Switching to the point. Devon : Bad move. Nathan : See, I'm the point guard, and this is my team. This is my sht at the NBA, and I can guarantee I ain't throwing it away like you did. Sure hope your son grows up smarter than you, 15. PAUL'S OFFICE Paul : I take it my son didn't tell you about our connection. Lucas : Well, uh ... Julian's not exactly up front when it comes to me. Paul : He decided to use his mother's last name a few years ago. Said he wanted to blaze his own trail, be his own man. So, he moved into a little studio apartment in north Hollywood, got a P.A. Job, fell in love. How is Peyton? Lucas : We're good. Paul : Good for you. Scotch? Lucas : Ah, no, thanks. Paul : Peyton's a good girl. She got Julian to focus on something long enough to get his film to Sundance. Lucas : Yeah, I ... I heard it did well, had a lot of ... had good buzz. Paul : Buzz fades. Lucas : You're a tough audience. Paul : That's why I'm successful and my son is a lot of talk. He says he wants to make it on his own, but he still came to me when he needed money to make this movie. Lucas : Well, I got to say I'm glad you gave it to him. Paul : Julian never had a problem finding a good thing. It's his follow-through that's lacking. Besides, this movie's a good investment. It'll make money, especially in middle America. But I still keep asking myself the same question. Lucas : What's that? Paul : Same one you should be asking. Is Julian interested in making a good movie or finding a way to get Peyton back? PEYTON'S STUDIO Mia : Ever see a '7dove shattered into like a gatrilceon pies? Haley : Wow, Peyton said it wasn't pretty in here. Mia : Peyton's a big fan of the understatement. Haley : Peyton is also a big fan of yours, and so am I. So, I am here to help you. Mia : Blast from the past! Where did you find this? Haley : Clearly, not in your washing machine. Mia : I practically lived in this thing when we recorded the first time. Haley : I know. And then the tour came around, and you left it behind, so I thought I'd take care of it for you. Mia : Thanks. Haley : What do you say we try and find the girl who used to wear that hoodie? QUENTIN'S HOUSE Andre : You're making Quentin's favorite cookies again? Mom : Yeah, sweetie, I ... I guess I am. Um, why don't you go on outside and have fun with Jamie, okay? And just make sure you stay in the yard, all right? Jamie : What'd she say? Andre : She said we can go. And she even gave us cookies. Come on! IN BROOKE'S CAR Brooke : Sam's still not answering. Will you try her again, please? Peyton : Okay, sweetie, but your driving ... can you just slow it down a little, 'cause you're upset and I'm ... I'm carsick. Brooke : I'm sorry. I just ... I told Sam that she could always talk to me about anything. And the first anything that she talks to me about, and I just stood there. Well, you were in shock. Peyton : I mean, did she say anything about where she got the sketches? Brooke : No. I didn't even ask. I'm supposed to be her foster-mother-guardian person, and I just ... I let her go. I didn't tell her it was gonna be okay. I didn't tell her that I love her no matter what. Peyton : She knows. We're gonna find her so you can tell her a thousand times. Brooke : I hope so. Why isn't she answering her cell? X'S HOUSE Sam : Damn it. Your freak of a brother took my phone. Okay, we got to get out of here and call the police or something. Jack : We don't go to the police. He's my brother. Sam : Screw that, jack. Your brother is a sketchy, thieving perv, and you don't have to live like this. He doesn't have to bat you, and you don't have to be scared to come home at night or piss him off. You don't. Jack : It's open. Let's go. Sam : No! Get the hell off of me! Jack! Jack! X : Jack's not gonna get you help. Sam : Please. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Peyton : Brooke, sweetie, you are gonna walk a hole in the floor. Brooke : I don't care. We need new floors anyway. Sam! Peyton : Julian, right now is not the time for whatever it is you're shoveling. Julian : Not fair. You know I like feisty. Peyton : You want feisty? Brooke : Peyton, it's okay. I know you were looking for Sam last night. The waitress at the diner ratted you out. Julian : Sam's a good kid. Brooke : She is. Thank you. Julian : So, how'd that all turn out? Brooke : She's still gone, and I have no idea where to start because I know nothing about her real life. I was so busy laying down the law ... no stealing from my wallet, no breaking into my store, no boys in your room. Peyton : You're a good mom. Brooke : No boys in her room except for the one in her bed. Julian : You're a cool mom. Brooke : Oh, my god, I'm a stupid mom. Jack Daniels. Not the drink. The boy that was in Sam's bed. I can't believe I didn't think about this earlier. I have ... I have to find him. Peyton : Okay, we'll just ask Haley. Julian : Wait, sort of floppy hair? Brooke : Yes. Julian : Yeah, she was with him at the diner. I'll keep an eye out. Brooke : Maybe he's not so bad. Peyton : You know what? You just got a glimpse of the guy I used to know. PAUL'S OFFICE Paul : The whole Julian-Peyton thing has got to be on your mind. Lucas : No, I'm not worried about it. Paul : You should be. Lucas : You don't like your son too much, do you? Paul : Sometimes ... You have a vision of who you want your child to be, and no matter what you do, they fall short. So, about the director ... I heard things went a bit off course. You should know, Julian has some very definite opinions about the director, and like everything else, he and I want different things. What do you want? Lucas : I want a director that understands the characters, you know? I mean, someone who sees and appreciates the small moments, because that's what this movie's really about. Paul : And this guy's not that director. Lucas : No. I'm sorry, sir, but he's not that director. Paul : Funny. That's what my son said. AT THE CIMETERY Andre : That's what my mama said, but I still believe in ghosts. Jamie : Me, too. Especially at night. You scared of them? Andre : Nah. 'Cause I think Quentin is a good ghost. Jamie : Betcha he plays ghost basketball. Andre : For sure. Jamie : I think some ghosts are like angels. Andre : Yeah. I wonder why ghosts don't need wings to fly and angels do. Jamie : We should Google that. Andre : Yeah ... Are you sure we're going the right way? Jamie : Yeah, 'cause we're following that ghost ... Gotcha, scaredy. AT THE STADIUM Bobby : Hey, gentlemen, get set up! Devon : Come on, 15. What, you scared? Thinking about how you're not going to the NBA? Again? Is that all you got? Let's go! Come on! Go, go, go. Bobby : Come on, guys. Fight through. Fight through. Let's go! Back on "D." Nathan : Ball! Ball! Ball! Guys : Come on! I got ball! I got ball! Devon : Yeah. Gotcha, babe! Oh, yes! Bobby : Scott, take a seat. Shupert, you're in. Devon : Get comfortable, 15 get real comfortable. Let's go! Come on! PEYTON'S STUDIO Mia : It sucks, right? Haley : No, it doesn't suck. Mia : You might want to tell your face that. Haley : Okay, let's start from the beginning. What's the song about? Mia : Well, it's about me ... writing a song so I don't have to record the label's crap. Haley : Okay, so, how did you write your first album? Because I'm pretty sure it wasn't about you writing a ht. Mia : No. It was about making myself feel better and embarrassing my tool of a boyfriend. Haley : Okay, so, that's what you need. Mia : A horrible ass face of a boyfriend? Haley : No, you need the inspiration and the fight that you got from that ... you know, the challenge from living your own life instead of sitting on a tour bus or in a music studio, willing yourself to write a ht song. You got to get up and get out there. Mia : What? Haley : Go outside. Go take a walk. Talk to a stranger. Find whatever it was that made you stop what you were doing and write a verse down on a napkin. And then come back here and see what happens. Mia : Seriously? Haley : Trust me, it works. Bye! Peyton : Where are you going? Mia : I guess to get a life. Haley : Oh. What's wrong? Brooke : It's Sam. MOUTH'S HOUSE Mouth : I am so sorry. Millicent : Me too. Mouth : You have nothing to feel sorry about. I should have been more considerate about your feelings about Gigi. And if you'll give me another chance, I'll do whatever it takes to have you back in my life, because you're the best part of me, Millicent. You're the best part of us. Millicent : I had sex last night. Say something. Please. I'm sorry. I was drunk, and it was a mistake and I wish I could take it back, because it was supposed to be you ... us, but ... PEYTON'S STUDIO Haley :This is the last address I have for Jack. Brooke : Okay, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Haley : I hope she's there. Brooke : She's a teenage girl. Trust me, she's there. Peyton : Okay, Brooke, we should get going. Brooke : I think that I need to go by myself. I don't want to show up there like some parent patrol, and Sam and I need to talk alone. Peyton : Are you sure? Brooke : Yeah, I'm sure. I ... I'll call you, though. I'll call both of you. Thank you. Heley : Okay. Brooke : Bye. Peyton : Bye. God, I hope she is there. Haley : Yeah, me, too. It was terrifying not knowing where Jamie was. Sometimes, I just want to lock him up and home school him. Peyton : That's my plan. I mean, in, like, the future when I need a plan. Haley : Oh, my god! You're pregnant! Peyton : I don't what you're talking about! Haley : You are pregnant! I have dibs on godmother! X'S HOUSE X : Make one sound and you'll be an orphan. Again. Brooke : So, like I said, I'm looking for my foster daughter, Sam, and I think that she's friends with your brother. X : Sorry I don't much pay attention to jack's friends. Brooke : Well, is he here? Maybe I could talk to him. X : Nope. We're alone. Brooke : Do you know where he is or where he hangs out? Maybe they're together. X : Do you think they're having sex? Brooke : Mmm, no. X : What's wrong with sex? Look, I don't know where the kid is. He comes and goes, okay? I'm just trying to pay the bills around here. So, the truth is, it's better when he's gone. One less mouth eating up my food. Speaking of mouths, yours is nice. AT THE STADIUM Bobby : That's good work on the court today. Nathan : Not good enough. Bobby : Well, hang in here. You're just coming back. Nathan : The game's gonna have you on the ropes for a bit. Yeah, that and my teammates. Bobby : Look, Nate, you scare a lot of these guys. This league is their NBA, and they know it's not yours. Nathan : Oh, hey, coach. You mind if I wear the number 12? It's for someone special. Nathan : I'm taking your spot, because I'm better than you. But here's the good news ... when I get called up to the NBA, you can have your job back. I'll see you tomorrow. IN THE PARK Andre : My mama cries a lot. She doesn't think I know, but I can hear her sometimes in her room. Jamie : My dad used to cry, too, when he was hurt. Andre : What did you do? Jamie : I tried to be his friend. My mama told me that sometimes people have to cry out all the tears to make room for a heart full of smiles. Andre : Hope my mama is almost ready for a smile. Mom : Andre? Jamie? Boys? Honey? AT TRIC Chase : You're an idiot, you know that? PAUL'S OFFICE Paul : I appreciate the time today, Lucas. You're very impressive. Lucas : Thank you. Paul : Which is why I think we need the right producer. I'll be in touch. Lucas : You fring Julian? Paul : You can't have a problem with that. Lucas : Look, you like the script, right? 'Cause Julian was a big part of making it great. Paul : I doubt it. I know my son. I know what he can and can't do. Lucas : With all due respect, sir, I just found out I'm gonna be a father. And if one day my son comes to me and asks me to believe in him or take a risk or bet on him, I can't believe that I wouldn't do that. Paul : So, you believe in Julian? Lucas : I believe he wants to make a great movie, yeah. Paul : Okay, he stays. AT TRIC Owen : What are you doing here, man? Chase : Peyton called me. What the hell happened? Owen : I got injured ... During the Slamball finals. They started me on this pain medication. I don't know. I thought I was doing okay at first. But I guess it's true ... once an addict, always an addict. Things with Brooke ... Chase : You know, you need help with this. I mean, you're an alcoholic who's working at a bar. Owen : I know, but it's not like I can just walk out. Chase : Then I'll take over for you. I'm the worst carpet salesman out there anyways. Owen : You'd do that for me? Chase : No. I'd do that for the other version of you. Owen : Okay. Thanks. AT THE COFFEE BAR Jack : Hey. Julian : Hey, is Sam with you? Jack : Kind of. I need your help. X'S HOUSE Brooke : So, if you see Sam, just please tell her to call or come home. X : It probably makes you feel good, taking in some poor kid, huh? Like you're doing something special. Slumming with us poor folk. Brooke : You don't know anything about me. X : Have a nice night. Have a nice night. Brooke : Where is she? I know she's in here! X : Get off! Brooke : Sam! Sam! Sam! Sam! Sam! Sam! Oh, my god! Okay, okay, okay. Okay, it's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Sam : He's the one who attcked you. You have to get out. Brooke : I know. I'm not leaving you here. Sam : You have to get out of here. Brooke : I am not leaving you here! Sam : Brooke! No! Brooke : Sam. Sam : Leave her alone! X : You need to teach that little slut some manners! Sam : Get off of her! Get off of her! Stop it! Leave her alone! X : Should have finished the job when I had the chance! Sam : Brooke! X : I love watching you crawl, Miss Davis. Oh, what's wrong? Does the weak, little rich girl want to leave? Brooke : The weak, little rich girl thinks she'll stay a while. You filthy, thieving, heartless piece of trash. X : You ain't gonna sh*t me. Brooke : Like I said, you don't know me. I'm not the same girl from the store that night. She's gone! You took my life, and you turned it into a nightmare. And all I have thought about is that I hate you. Sam : Brooke? Brooke : I hate you. Sam : Brooke, please, don't. Please. I need you, mom. Brooke : I hate you so much. But you're not worth any more of my time. And you're not worth my life. You have a nice night. It's okay. Sam : I'm so sorry. Brooke : It's okay. It's okay. You're safe. You're okay. It's okay. AT THE CIMETERY Andre : Hi, big brother. Brought you your favorite cookies. I was wondering if you could help me. Mom : Andre fields! Oh! I told you not to leave the yard! Why did you leave the yard! Don't you know you are all I have left? Oh, god. Come here. Come here. Come here. Okay, come here. Andre : I'm sorry, mama. I just want to talk to Quentin. Mom : What? Andre : I just want to ask him to let you know that he's all right so you're not sad anymore. Mom : Oh, baby. Come here. Come here. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I love you. PEYTON'S STUDIO Chase : Hey. Uh, is Peyton around? Mia : No. Sorry. Chase : Hey, you wouldn't by chance know how to make a long island iced tea, would you? MOUTH'S HOUSE Millicent : I'm sorry. Mouth : So am I. AT TRIC Chase : So, you're, like, way better at this than I am. Do you want a job tending bar? Mia : I can't. I'm only 18. Have fun. If it helps, I have no idea what I'm doing in there, either. X'S HOUSE Julian : Come on, let me get you guys home. Policeman : Hey, look what I found. Quentin fields' wallet. Brooke : Oh, my god. He klled Quentin. Oh! HOTEL / SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : Hey. Jamie : Hey, daddy. How is it? What's it like? When can we see you play? Nathan : Slow down, buddy. First, tell me how your day was. Haley : Yeah, Jamie, how was your day? Jamie : No, you first, daddy. Is it a dream come true? Nathan : Yes, it is, son. LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Hi. You're home. How did it go? Lucas : Long story. Yeah? How are you? Peyton : We're good. Lucas : Yes, we are. Peyton : Hey, baby. Daddy's home.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x13 - Things a Mama Don't Know"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "one tree hill". Peyton : I'm having your baby, Lucas Scott. Lucas : I love you. Nathan : That was the Charleston chiefs. You're looking at their newest point guard. Mia : I'm Mia. Chase : Chase. I'm covering for Owen. Millicent : I had sex last night. It was a mistake. It was supposed to be you. Julian : You should design the wardrobe for the movie. Brooke : I'm not a costume designer. Julian : You were there, it's authentic, and I would be lucky to have you. Sam : Get the hell off of me! Jack! Jack! Jack! Brooke : You took my life, and you turned it into a nightmare. Sam : Brooke, please, don't. I need you, mom. Season 6 Episode 14 This is jack. Leave a message. Or don't. whatever. Sam : Hey, it's Me. I haven't seen you since. Um, I'm just a little worried, that's all. don't do anything stupid. If you didn't help yourself. Just call, okay? BROOKE'S HOUSE Julian : Hey, Sammy. Love the whole bedhead thing you're rocking there. Sam : Brooke, Julian's here. Julian : Coffee ... black, tons of sugar. How's jack doing? Sam : Well, his brother's a mrder, so probably like crap. I haven't talked to him much lately. Julian : Well, he probably really needs you right now. You can make a big difference for him. Brooke : Hi. I'm sorry. I know that we were supposed to look at costumes today. I've just been totally turned around dealing with fashion femme fatale thwarts kller! the press. Can't they just go back to stalking Britney or something? Julian : Oh, come on. Hot clothing designer tracks down attacker and exacts revenge. If you're not gonna sell me the movie rights, you should at least ame the tabloid. Brooke : So that every time I look at it, I can be reminded of the fact that my attacker was also Quentin's kller and that maybe if I had reported it. Julian : Brooke, you were attcked by a guy in a mask. Even if you had reported it, the chances of the police finding him were slim to none. It's not your fault. Brooke : I know. It's just sad. Julian : Yeah. Listen, take the day, focus on your work. I'll come back tonight and see where you're at, okay? I got you a latte, extra foam. See you ... Bye, Samson. Sam : Bye, Julian ... You've got a date. Brooke : I have a business meeting. Sam : Yeah, like his junk's got a meeting with your lady business. Brooke : Samantha! Sam : What? LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Wow, that was fast. Peyton : I just realized I'm gonna be pregnant on our wedding day, and that is so redneck. Lucas : Well, I think you're gonna look beautiful. Now, what's really bothering you, huh? Peyton : How am I gonna tell Brooke? BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : So, how are you gonna tell Peyton? Brooke : What? Sam : That you're going out with Julian. Aren't they, like, practically married or something? Brooke : I told you, it's not a date. It's business. Sam : He said you were hot. He said "hot clothing designer tracks down attacker. Brooke : He meant successful. Sam : Yeah. 'Cause the empty store is just kicking so much fashion ass. Brooke : Okay. Sam : He meant hot as in hot. So do yourself a favor. Dress a little sexy tonight. It's definitely a date. SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : Hi, baby. Haley : You scared me, you wonderful man! Nathan : Oh, I missed you. Haley : Good. Shut up and kiss me. Jamie : Daddy's home! Daddy's home! Nathan : Oh, there he is. Come here, buddy. I missed you. Jamie : I missed you, too. How long are you home? Nathan : The whole weekend. Jamie : Sweet. You have to come upstairs and see the new jersey mama bought me. Nathan : All right. I'll be right up. Haley : So, how does it feel to be a pro basketball player? Nathan : Mostly tired and sore. It's good to be home, though. Just take a break from it all. Haley : 'Cause you're not gonna be sore and tired after this weekend. Jamie : Come on, dad! Nathan : Like I said, it's good to be home. Haley : Yeah. BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : Hey. Peyton : Hey. Sam : Brooke, Peyton's here. You can tell her your big news. Peyton : What's the news? Brooke : There is no big news. Sam : Julian's hot for Brooke. Brooke : Don't listen to her. Sam : Brooke's totally hot for him, too. Brooke : Do you want to go back to living in a car? Sam : Got anything for an awkward silence? Peyton : I'm pregnant? Brooke : No. Peyton : No, no, no, Brooke, don't cry, honey, okay? I ... I know that you wanted to have a baby, and I want to be insensitive to that. I just want you to know you are gonna have a huge role in this baby's life. Brooke : Thank you. That is not why I want to cry right now ... I ... I just finished your second wedding dress, and it has a corset, a painfully hand-stitched, skinny-girl corset. Peyton : Maybe we can just cut a hole for my stomach? Brooke : You're really pregnant? Peyton : Yeah. Brooke : Is it Lucas? You're pregnant! Oh, my god! Sam : Okay, I am going to excuse myself from this whole Brooke/Peyton lesbian-love-hug thing. Don't forget about Julian. Hot for Brooke. Brooke : No. Sam : Totally. MOUTH'S HOUSE Millicent : Hi. Mouth : I've been sitting here all week after work, just. I'm mad at myself for driving you away, and I'm mad at you for what you did after that. I packed your stuff. I was thinking about just giving it away to a complete stranger ... you know, like you did with your virginity? Millicent : My virginity was mine, Marvin. It was never yours. Mouth : No, but you were. Millicent : Have fun telling Brooke you slept with Owen. PEYTON'S HOUSE Haley : it's a good start, Mia. It is. Mia : I know, but I owe Peyton a song, not a good start. Man : can I help you? Chase : I just wanted to talk to Mia, but I don't want to interrupt, so. Mia : Chase. Hi. You have to push the talk back. Chase : Hi. Hi, Haley. Haley : Hey, man. Mia : Did you need something? Chase : Well, um. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out sometime. Like, go out, maybe. With me. Man : Smooth. Mia : Sure, I'd love to. Chase : Take that, my friend. She's totally into me. Man : Yeah? She also totally just heard everything you said. Chase : Uh. okay. Just want to come by to tric,like,8:00? Mia : Okay. Cool. Chase : Cool. Man : Cool. Mia : Bye. Haley : Bye, Dude. BROOKE'S HOUSE Peyton : Oh, hey, honey, do you need help? Brooke : No, I ... aah! Peyton : Geez! Brooke : I'm so sorry! I had it! Peyton : It's baby Brooke! Oh, but I thought this was all ... Brooke : Tied up in litigation with my evil bitch mom. It is, but these are the samples. Peyton : Brooke, these are really, really good. God, why is Victoria so petty that she won't let you have just this one little part of the company? Brooke : I think the better question is why anybody bothers having children when they're just gonna refer to you as "evil bitch mom" someday. Yours is not going to do that. Peyton : Okay. Speaking of kids, Sam seems to think you and Julian are meant for each other. Brooke : She heard him asking me to work tonight, and she is having a field day with it. Peyton : Hey, if you like him, don't bench yourself on my account. Brooke : No. It's nothing. Not gonna happen. AT THE COFFEE BAR Sam : So, when's this thing with you and Brooke gonna happen? Julian : Brooke and I are working together. Sam : Mm. I think you like her. Julian : Do not. Sam : Do too. Julian : Do not. Sam : Do too. Julian : No. Peyton : So, I hear you like Brooke. Julian : We are working together. I have to get an office. Peyton : He so likes her. Sam : That's what I said. Julian : I think you're jealous. Sam : Dude, get over yourself. She's pregnant. My bad. Um. see ya. Julian : Wow. That's, uh, really hard to hear for historical reasons, but great news for you and Luke. I mean that. Peyton : Thank you. We're excited about it. Julian : You should be. And I'm happy for you. That kid just won the lottery. Oh, I'm sorry. I have to take this. Peyton : Yeah, sure, no, I'll give you your space. You break her heart, I break your face. BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Come in! Oh, Millie, thank goodness you're here. Do the words "I'll come back tonight and see where you're at" sound even vaguely date-like to you? Millicent : I don't. Brooke : Exactly. I agree. Especially since it came hot off the heels of me saying I hadn't finished my costume stuff yet. Right? He has to mean business. Millicent : Who? Brooke : Julian. I don't know why I'm even in such a stew about this. I mean, he is so not into me, and even if he were, which he is not. It would so not be okay for me to be attracted to him. Millicent : Are you? Brooke : No. Yes. Maybe. I don't know. I don't know, but it doesn't matter because no matter what, you cannot do something with your friend's ex, right? I mean, even if she says she's okay with it, that is a lie on some level, because we are never actually okay with it. And. it just isn't done. Right? Oh, are you crying? Millie, what's wrong? Millicent : I slept with Owen. Brooke : Get out ... Millie, wait. Millicent : I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I ruined everything. Brooke : It's okay. Shhhh. It's okay. Everything's okay. PEYTON'S STUDIO Mia : I need your help. Haley : Packing? Mia : No. I need help picking out clothes for a date. Haley : Are you telling me you've been crisscrossing the country, singing sad songs to broken-hearted boys, and you haven't had a date lately? Mia : No, Haley, you don't date on the road. You hang out on a stinky tour bus and you kiss random boys sometimes, but I don't have date clothes. This is a disaster. I'm a musician. I don't have an iron. And I don't know how to iron even if I did. And what if it's weird? What are we gonna talk about? You know, do I offer to pay for stuff? Haley : Okay, will you hold off on the meltdown? This is just a date. Mia : I think I should cancel. Haley : Okay, I have an idea. Look, Nathan's back in town for the night. Why don't we all go out? Mia : Really? Haley : Yeah, it'll be fun. Mia : You would do that for me? Haley : Come on, we could use a night out. Mia : That's awesome. Thank you! Haley : Oh, you're welcome. Mia : Maybe ... do you think you could help with the iron? Haley : Oh, don't push your luck, girlie. I'll see you at 8:00. LUCAS'S HOUSE Haley : Hey, Luke. Lucas : Hey, Hales. Haley : Okay, listen. I know Peyton wasn't supposed to say anything, but she told me you guys are pregnant, and I'm so happy for you! Lucas : She wasn't supposed to say anything yet! Haley : She didn't! Ha! I knew it! Congratulations! Lucas : Oh, you suck! Haley : Get over it. My best friend's gonna be a dad. Oh, I'm gonna be an aunt! Listen, whatever you need, I am here for you, okay? Lucas : The same goes for you now that Nathan's out on the road. We're always here for you. Haley : Really? Lucas : Yeah. Haley : Good, 'cause I need somebody to watch Jamie. and Andre. Lucas : This was a set-up, wasn't it? Haley : Well, the squealing and hugging was really genuine, but the rest of it was kind of a set-up. Lucas : That's okay. We'd be happy to watch the kids. It'll be good practice. Haley : Cool. Thanks. Okay, boys, come on in. Lucas : Oh. You meant now. Haley : Yeah, um, Nathan fed them some cake, so they might be a little. Well, anyway, good luck, and congratulations again. I'm so happy for you. You're gonna be a great dad, Luke. And I promise I'll act all surprised when Peyton tells me. Lucas : Thank you. Haley : Seriously, good luck. MOUTH'S HOUSE Brooke : Hi, old friend. Before I say the next thing I'm gonna say, I want to remind you that I love you, but having said that, you are a complete ass for even thinking about messing around with Gigi. Mouth : As opposed to sleeping with Owen. Brooke : Okay. You have a right to be upset, and you have a right to be hurt. But I can guarantee you that as hurt or upset as you are, Millicent feels worse. Mouth, she lost the two things that matter the most to her, and she can only get one of them back. Mouth : It's stuck in my head, Brooke. All I can see is the two of them. It's not like I can just decide everything's the same. Brooke : I think you're wrong. You can decide that everything is the same. If you can't, then you have to decide if you really love her. Come on. Give me a dart. Mouth : Feels good, doesn't it? Brooke : It's gonna be okay. LUCAS'S HOUSE Jamie : sht, sht. You got nothing lose, come on. Aow. My ball now, my ball ... Lucas : Hey. You guys break that box spring, you're sleeping on the floor. Follow me, guys. Peyton : Oh, you boys are in luck tonight! We have all kinds of crazy fun planned! Jamie : Why are you talking funny? Lucas : Uh, that's right. We've got. Drum roll, please. Movies! Andre : These are baby movies. Peyton : But wait, there's more. Lucas : We've got. Macaroni and glue arts and craft thingies. Son of a ... Peyton : Luke. Lucas : Most importantly, though, we have ... mouse trap. Jamie : What is it? Lucas : It's only the coolest game ever, man. Andre : I think it's busted. Jamie : What else you got? Lucas : What do you got in mind? Jamie : The game is five-card draw. One-eyed jacks are wild. Ante up. Andre : Is this like "go fish"? Jamie : It's like taking candy from a 5-year-old. AT TRIC Nathan : Chase! What's going on, man? Chase : I had two bartenders call in sick, and I had no idea it was karaoke night. Haley : Does Mia know? Chase : I haven't seen her. She's coming, though, right? Say she was coming? I hate first dates. God I love first dates. Mia : Long island iced tea, please. Chase : You look amazing. Mia : Thanks. There's this cool new thing called an iron. You look busy. Chase : Long story. Working on it, though. Mind if we hang here for a while? Mia : Sure. Just don't tell the manager I'm underage. Chase : Done. Thanks. Did I mention how hot you look? Mia : You did. Totally the iron. Chase : Totally you. Be right back. LUCAS'S HOUSE Jamie : I think we had a deal. Never try to bluff a bluffer, uncle Lucas. Lucas : Okay. Peyton : Are you boys tired yet? Andre : You're funny. Jamie : What's next? AT TRIC Chase : Dude, you're klling me. Come on, man, I'm on a date. You're gonna make me look like a total loser. There you go. Faster, they're coming. Haley : Hey, boys. Mia : Wow, did you just actually bat Nathan? Chase : Yeah, I guess I did. He kind of sucks. Mia : Play again. I want to watch! Nathan : I think getting schooled once is all my ego can take. Haley : Well, Mia and I just signed up for karaoke. Nathan : You two signed up for karaoke? That's like Kobe and Lebron signing up for a two-on-two rec-league basketball tournament. That's completely unfair. BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : All right, let's see what you got. Sketches of costumes for business meeting, check. Slightly moody lighting in case I have totally lost my Mojo and this is actually a date, check. Okay. Beer says : "Come on in, get comfortable, let's talk business. Wine says o me. Hard liquor it is. Okay. Julian : Okay, right. Yeah, well, let's just make sure we're paying the minimums, 'cause the last thing we need is the union on our ass. Uh, were you just on your way out? We were meeting tonight, right? Brooke : Yeah. I ... I had a charity thing ... Earlier ... I'm read to roll up my sleeves and get to work. Just let me take some of this. Thank you. Can I get you anything to drink? Julian : Actually, I brought us some wine. I hope that's okay. Brooke : Wine is perfect. IN THE STREET Sam : I went by your house a couple times. Jack : Child services keeps showing up, looking for me. Sam : If it helps,I've dealt with them a lot, and they tend to clock out at around 5:00. Have you eaten? Jack : No. Nice. It's fast food.It's just like mama used to make. AT TRIC Junk : Ladies and gentlemen, next up, we've got two enormous talents. Unfortunately, their talent ain't singing. Please give it up for Nathan Scott and chase, the new bartender guy. Haley : I told you I'd signed up for karaoke. I just didn't say who we signed up. Chase : Kobe and Lebron. Nathan : Kobe and Lebron. Let's do it. Bust it. Chase : Bust it. Peyton : Boys, karaoke! Mens : This here's a jam for all the fellas. Trying to do what those ladies tell us Babies : Get sht down cause ya over-zealous. Play hard to get females get jealous Mens : Okay smarty go to a party. Girls are scantily clad and showing body Babies : A chich walks by you wish you could sex her, but you're standing on the wall like you was Poindexter Let's dance everybody ! * Mens : Your movie's showing, so you're going, Could care less about the five you're blowin. Theater gets dark just to start the show. Then ya spot a fine woman sitting in your row Babies : She's dressed in yellow, she says "Hello, come sit next to me you fine fellow." Mens : You run over there without a second to lose And what comes next hey bust a move Chase : Dude, she's so hot. Nathan : Dude, that's my wife. LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Okay, hey, hey! Okay. Um, new game, huh? Why don't we play hide-and-seek? You guys go hide. We're go a count first. 10, 9 ... Lucas : What time is it, anyway, huh? 2:00 A.M., 3:00? Peyton : 9:15. Lucas : Oh, god. How could time possibly be moving so slowly? Peyton : They're kids, Lucas. They need to be entertained every single second of every single day. Lucas : How would you feel about a paternity test? Peyton : I tell you what. Why don't you go get some ice cream, and I'll play hide-and-seek? Lucas : You want to feed those little monsters ice cream? Peyton : Oh, no, no, no. The ice cream is for me because I am pregnant. I am craving, and if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. Lucas : Got it. Peyton : All right, here I come! You better have really good hiding spots! MOUTHS'S HOUSE Millicent : Hi. Mouth : Are you drunk? Millicent : I thought I meant so much more to you. I was your friend and partner and friend. Mouth : Yeah, you said that one already. Millicent : But if all you cared about was sex, you can have me, Marvin. If that will fix things, just have all the sex with me you want. Mouth : Millicent. Millicent : I need you, Marvin. I need ... I need the bathroom. BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : So, we have home- and away-game ravens jerseys, and for the popular kids, if you want to keep it realistic, cheerleading uniforms, lettermen jackets, and a lot of jeans. Julian : Well, clearly, you have this under control. Brooke : Well, Brooke Davis will be particularly easy to dress. Julian : Why, because she spent most of high school naked? Brooke : No, jerk. Because I still have all of her clothes. And I don't care what it says in your little script. You don't know me well enough to judge me. Julian : Well, actually, I feel like I do know you. Brooke : Why? Because, I'm so transparent? Julian : No. Because of the book. You know, truth be told, I read it because of Peyton, but. I related to I because of you. Brooke : More wine? IN THE STREET Jack : They're eventually gonna find me, those family-services people. Sam : Look on the bright side. Whoever they put you with couldn't be as bad as your brother. Jack : Well, at least I knew what temp with him. He was still my brother. What did you do when they were gonna come take you away again? Sam : Usually I'd just pretend Sharon and Ozzy Osborne were gonna be my next parents and that they'd let me pick out a dog. When that got old, I would. Hold my own hand. Like this. Pretend it was somebody else's holding mine, somebody who actually cared where I was going. I only did that 'cause no one else was there to do it, but you've got me. AT TRIC Nathan : Hey, all I'm saying is dating a girl on the road is not easy. Chase : She says she's back in tree hill a lot. Nathan : Well, yeah, but when she's gone, she's a rock star. She's in sexy clubs with alcohol. I mean, just thinking about that stuff will fry your brain. Chase : I can handle it. Nathan : Godspeed, my friend. Oh, and one more thing. If she ever meets a guy named Chris Keller, you punch first and ask questions later. Chase : Got it. Haley : so, I take it you like him? Mia : Oh, my god, he's so cute! And sweet, too. Haley : Yeah. See, first dates aren't so scary. Totally not scary. Mia : In fact,if you and hubs want to get lost, I think we might be ready to fly solo. Just make it look natural. Haley : All right. Mia : Mm-kay? Haley : Hey We should get out of here soon. Lucas called, and Jamie's getting homesick. Nathan : Really? Haley : No. Mia just wants to be alone with chase. It's the best I could come up with. Mia : Nice. Thank you. Haley : Have a good night. Mia : Bye. LUCAS'S HOUSE Jamie : What's next? Andre : Yeah, what's next?! Peyton : Oh, next,we are gonna play kll uncle lucas just as soon as he ... Lucas : Hi! Jamie : kll uncle lucas! Andre : What's in the bag? Lucas : Only the coolest thing ever. Andre : What is it? Lucas : walkie-talkies. Andre : Sweet! Jamie : Awesome! Lucas : When I was little, I always wanted a brother to play walkie-talkies with. Peyton : That's sweet. Lucas : Oh, yeah? Peyton : Oh, that is sweet. One of us should probably keep an eye on them just to make sure they don't get in any trouble. Lucas : Got that one covered. Peyton : Oh, my baby thinks of everything! You think are gonna be okay at this? Andre : Your uncle Lucas and aunt Peyton are the coolest. Jamie : I know. Hey, you go under the bed, and I'll go in the closet. Lucas : Yeah. I think we're gonna be fine. Peyton : I love you. BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : So, I drop-kicked the company to my mother, and I washed my hands of everything. Julian : I admire you, letting it all go and starting over like that. Brooke : Well, I don't know if it was brave, or if I was just a total coward. Julian : It's brave. I have a similar situation. Brooke : You have an evil bitch mother? Julian : No, perennially disappointed father. I took my mom's last name so I could make it on my own, but time and again, I go back to my dad for help. And time and again, he makes me feel like a failure, but one of these days. Brooke : Well, here's to that day. LUCAS'S HOUSE Haley : What are you still doing awake, mister? Jamie : Shh. We put them down, like, an hour ago. PEYTON'S STUDIO Chase : This is so awesome. It must be amazing living your dream. Mia : Yeah, it definitely is. But you know how when you're flying over a city and it all looks so neat and tidy, like it's different from a distance, but then once you're inside of it. it's not the same. Mia : Yeah. Chase : Well, I should probably get you home. Mia : You know, I think I'm gonna stay and work. I kind of owe Peyton a song, and, you know, for once I might actually be inspired. But you should go. It's getting late. And you're old. Chase : Listen, I'm sorry I sort of had to work on our date. Mia : I had a great time. Chase : Good. I'm glad. Me too. Night. Mia : Bye. Chase : I forgot to ask if you wanted to go out again sometime. Probably should have kissed you, huh? BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : So, can I get you anything else? Another drink or. Julian : I'd love to, but I should probably get going. Um, this was nice, Brooke. Brooke : Yes, it was. Julian, what was this? Julian : Um. We should probably just say this was what it was. 'cause anything else gets complicated. Brooke : Perfect. Julian : I'll see myself out. This has to be business, right? I mean, with Peyton and. this should be business. We can't just ... I mean, I kiss you, and then it gets. Brooke : Definitely. It would be. Julian : It would be. Brooke : Yes. MOUTH'S HOUSE Millicent : What happened? Mouth : Here, eat these. Chalky. Millicient : I'm sorry, Marvin. Mouth : I know. Millicient : Brooke says she needs a buyer in New York for costumes. Maybe I should go. Mouth : I think that might be best. You should get some sleep. IN THE STREET Sam : I should probably get going home. John : Must be nice. Sam : I could ask Brooke. John : My brother att*cked her. Besides, I mean, you got a good thing going on there. Listen, um ... I probably won't see you for a while. But it ... it doesn't mean that. Sam : Hey. Listen. Sometimes, these foster-home things work out, okay? John : Yeah. Sometimes. I'll see you. LUCAS'S HOUSE Nathan : Hey, Luke. You there? Wake up. Over. Lucas : Nathan, is that you? Nathan : Yeah, man. These walkie-talkies were a stroke of genius. Jamie loved his so much, he went to bed with it. Lucas : Oh, my god. Jamie. Nathan : Don't sweat it. We picked them up. They're fine. Speaking of which, I heard a rumor you're gonna be a dad. That's pretty cool, man. Lucas : Yeah. Kind of over whelmed. I don't know how you do it. I'm exhausted. It's all about teamwork. Nathan : You see that girl lying there next to you? Well, you don't know it now, but. she's a superhero. Trust me. And anyway, we're both here for you, man. Whatever you need. I just want you to know that. Lucas : Thanks, man. Have a good night. Peyton : What's going on? Lucas : Just playing walkie-talkies with my brother. Peyton : That's nice. The boys had fun, right? Lucas : Yeah, I think so. Peyton : 'Kay. And I'm gonna be a good mom, right? Lucas : I know so. Peyton : And our kid's gonna be great, right? Lucas : The greatest. Peyton : I love you. You know that? Lucas : I love you. SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : I love you, son. Jamie : roger that. Over and out, daddy. Nathan : Over and out ... Over and out.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x14 - A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "one tree hill"... Paul : So, about the director ... what do you want? Lucas : I want a director that understands the characters. That's what this movie's really about. Team : Let's go! Come on! Bobby : Scott ... Take a seat. Devon : Get comfortable,15. Get real comfortable. Chase : Uh, is Peyton around? Mia : No. Chase : You wouldn't by chance know how to make a long island iced tea, would you ? Sam : So, when's this thing with you and Brooke gonna happen? Julian : Brooke and I are working together. Sam : You like her. Julian : Do not. Sam : Do too. Julian : This has to be business, right? I mean, with Peyton and ... Brooke : This should be business. Julian : We can't just ... I mean, I kiss you, and then gets ... Brooke : Definitely. It would be ... Julian : It would be. Brooke : Yes. One Tree Hill - Season 6 Episode 15 AT THE GYMNASIUM Man : Announce Chiefs basketball, and we've got a close one. The Chiefs trail by one with 10 seconds left on the clock. Bobby : Let's bring it in, let's bring it in. All right, huddle up! Okay, guys, this is it ... last play. We're gonna go four-out swing rattle. Spread the defense and isolate 23 at the top of the key. Devon, you're gonna break down your man. If you get doubled up, you ht Rhodes cutting under the basket. Devon : I got this. Bobby : All right. Here we go. Everybody knows where they're supposed to be. Let's get "chiefs" on 3 ... 1, 2, 3. Team : Chiefs! Devon : You know where you're supposed to be,12? Let's go! Let's go, baby! I got this! Jamie : What? Aw, come on! Nathan : Let's go, guys! Bring it home! Man : Here we go. 10 seconds left. Chiefs down by one. left They try to get the ball to Devon Fox. He's got 33 points tonight. Chiefs do get the ball inbounds. Fox has it now, dribbling on top. Four seconds it, but fox takes the sht instead ... Seven seconds now on the CCK. And Rhodes breaks free under the basket! ... and it's no good! And the chiefs lose a heartbreaker. Devon : Yeah, all right. Now, who saw me throw down that windmill in the third quarter, huh? It was sick! Somebody better put that on a poster. That's all I'm saying. Nathan : You do realize we lost the game. Devon : No. You lost. I had 33 points. Nathan : That's funny. Last time I checked, it's a team sport. Devon : You don't get it. See, the NBA only scouts players who put up big numbers. Tonight I did that, so I won! And your ass is only hereto keep the bench warm. Nathan : Oh, is that right? Devon : Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Bobby : Is there a problem here? Devon : No problem. Just reminding your boy here whose team this is. Yeah. That's what I thought. Yeah! It's Devon Fox's house! AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : You know, there is this amazing invention called the dishwasher. Lucas : Yeah. It's called "me". Been doing it since I was, what, Jamie's age? And besides, helps me think. Peyton : All right. So, besides having a pregnant fiancé, what's going on in that head? Lucas : Ah, it's the movie. Julian and I have met with five different directors. Turned them all down. Tomorrow we're meeting with the sixth. Oh, yeah. And Julian's dad's coming to town tomorrow. Apparently, he's not happy with how selective I've been. Peyton : Okay. Well, then, maybe director number six will be the one you've been waiting for. Lucas : Well, they say he is A ... visionary. Peyton : That's a good thing, right? Lucas : Well, yeah. Unless his vision is different than mine. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nathan : Well, this is the first five-game losing streak of my career. I think I like winning better. Jamie : You didn't lose, daddy. Those losers did! Nathan : Somebody's a little fired up. Haley : Yeah. You should have seen him 20 minutes ago. Nathan : You know what, Jamie? I wear that uniform just like they do, so doesn't matter if I'm playing or not, it's still my team. We win as a team, and we lose as a team. Remember that, okay? Jamie : Okay. Nathan : All right. Haley : You okay? Nathan : I am now. Haley : Good. Let's get you home. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : This is so wrong ... but it's so right. What am I gonna tell Peyton? I can't be on the couch, kissing you. Julian : Well, okay, then maybe we should just continue this in your bedroom, preferably without our clothes. Brooke : We can't. I gave Sam a very strict "no boys in the bedroom" policy, and I can't be one of those hypocrite moms. Julian : Hasn't Sam already broken that rule like five times? Brooke : Once. Julian : Okay, then that means you're allowed to break it once. It's only fair, right? Brooke : No. That grin should be illegal. This is bad. But it's good. Sam : Okay. Well, just so I'm clear on these newly amended rules, I'm not allowed to have boys in the bedroom, but it's okay if I fool around with them out here on the couch. Is that correct? Julian : I think you should repeal the "no boys in the bedroom" rule. Brooke : You stay out of this. Sam : I'm with Julian. Brooke : You're klling me, Sam. Sam : I know. I'll have my headphones on tonight, just in case. Good night. Brooke : Oh, my god. It's not funny! Julian : Okay. Okay, maybe we should just continue this ... in your bedroom, preferably ... Brooke : Without our clothes. Yeah. Right. Julian : Should I be following you? I'll just let myself out. IN THE JUNKYARD Man : Tell me what you see. Where is the soul hidden within this image? Lucas : I don't know what that means. Julian : I think he's talking to himself. Lucas : I'm just curious, but what the hell are we doing in a junkyard? Man : There. That's Lucas' house. It's perfect. Lucas : No, no. It's, uh ... I didn't grow up here. You know, I-I actually had a pretty normal house. Man : Boring! There's no drama in "normal. I'm going for "8 mile" here. I want gritty. I'm thinking the entire movie should be sht with a handheld camera. Julian : Look, Pete, we want to keep in mind this is a true story. You know, it's okay to have a vision ... we love that. We ... we just don't want to rewrite history here. Man : This is the only place I can see our climactic scene happening! This is the spot where Lucas' rival gng kills his uncle Keith in a drive-by shting! Lucas : Okay. I'm done here. IN THE HOSPITAL Dan : So, doc, tell me the truth. What are the chances of another heart becoming available? Doctor : Same as they were before ... not great. Dan : Well, that's comforting. Doctor : Don't give up hope. Just remember, even with those odds the last time, we were able to find you a heart. Dan : And it ended up going to someone else. Doctor : Yes. It saved a man's life. Dan : Well, we could just ask for it back, tell him we had dibs. Doctor : I'm afraid not. Dan : Didn't think so. Carrie : I said, shut up! Doctor : Just do yourself a favor. This is me when it goes off, call us. Dan : Okay. I'll try to avoid being kidnapped by some crazy bitch. Doctor : All you can do now is wait. AT BOBBY'S OFFICE Nathan : Devon makes that pass, we win the game. Bobby : Maybe. I wanted to talk to you about playing time. Nathan, you've been he five minutes. You're still learning the offense, not to mention a new position. Nathan : I know. And if the team were winning, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Bobby : You play the same position as the best player on this team. Devon scored 33 points last night. Nathan : And he had one assist, and that was off of an air ball they called a pass. Look, the job of the point guard is to get the rest of the team involved. So, unless he learns to pass the ball, this team's gonna keep losing. I ... I've seen it before. Bobby : You know what you sounded like just then? A coach. But you turned down that job, remember? Just gonna have wait your turn, Nate. Here. Take this. That's some of our new offensive sets. We'll see how they sink in, then maybe we'll talk about some playing time. My number's in there if you have any questions. Nathan : Yeah. Thanks, coach. AT THE RESTAURANT Lucas : Is that a new hat? Julian : Yeah. Why? Lucas : No reason. Julian : Am I not pulling it off? Lucas : Nah, it's fine. Julian : No. If it was fine, you wouldn't have mentioned it. It would just blend in. Paul : Okay. Let's hear it. What was wrong with this director? Too short? Too tall? Lucas : Too idiot. Paul : This is getting old, Lucas. Julian : No, dad. Lucas is right. This guy was not a good fit. Paul : Julian, you've been calling me "Paul" since you were 15,so don't start with the "dad" crap now. Lucas : All right, look. These directors that you've sent us ... they are all extremely talented, all right? They are. They're just not what we're looking for. Paul : Well, I'm sorry to hear that. It's time for me to step in. I have sent you six directors. Any one of them could make this movie. So it's real simple. Pick one. I don't care which one it is. Because if you don't, then I'm gonna take that stupid hat off of Julian's head and I'm gonna put all six choices inside of it and I'm gonna reach in and I'm gonna choose your director for you. Now, if you don't like that idea, you have until tomorrow to decide for yourself. Understood? AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : I'll try stilling to figure out how I ended up with such a talented wife. Haley : You just got lucky. Nathan : No. Getting lucky's how I got a son. Haley : So, how'd it go with the coach? Nathan : It looks like I won't be playing any time soon. Haley : Aw. Sorry, Nate. Nathan : It's okay. I think you and Jamie should skip the next few games, though. I don't want to let him down. Haley : Let him down? You're his hero. Nathan : Exactly I. It can't be easy to watch your hero sit on the bench. Haley : Maybe we go to those games to support you, whether you play or not. And besides, I think it's important for our son to see you not giving up. Nathan : Maybe you're right. Haley : I am. Besides, we're a team, right? We win together, and we lose together. Nathan : Right. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Where did you disappear to last night? I was waiting for you in my bed. Julian : That's not funny. Brooke : Yes, it is. Check it out. For the movie. What do you think? Julian : Very authentic. Brooke : Well, not yet. I have to age them down a little and put some patches on them, but I've had some experience with letterman jackets. Julian : I'm sure you have. Brooke : Oh, like you didn't have all the girls in your high school just begging to wear yours? Julian : No, I didn't play sports in high school. I never had a letterman jacket. Brooke : Really ? Well... Now you do. Julian : Did you make this for me? Brooke : Yep. And look at that. You lettered all four years in football. Not bad for someone who never played sports. Julian : Thanks, Brooke. Brooke : You're welcome. Julian : I'll see you later. Brooke : Okay. Peyton : Hi. Julian : See ya Peyton. Peyton : Really, Brooke? Brooke : What? Peyton : You two are totally having sex! Brooke : No, we're not. Peyton : You so are! I can sense it! Brooke : Well, then, your senses are off, because we are not having sex. And how much would you hate me if we were? Peyton : No, I wouldn't hate you. I mean, I know how he is. He's smart, and he's charming, and he gets into a lot of beds with that little scoundrel grin of his. Brooke : Yeah, I know that grin. Peyton : All right, well, there's something else you should know. The weekend that he broke up with me, he just jumped into bed with somebody else, okay? He flew off to Sundance, slept with some actress before I could even wipe away the tears, you know? It was all in the tabloids. And that's when I realized what a bad guy he is. You know, I just couldn't figure it out until then. So I want you to be careful, all right? 'Cause the second this movie's over, he's gonna be off on another movie with a new conquest. And before you know it, that charming guy with the sweet grin disappears. That's just who he is. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Oh come on. What are you doing? Lucas : Haley, will you marry me? Haley : That is so creepy on so many levels. Lucas : Yeah, well, that's how that, uh, crazy director in L.A. wanted to end the movie. Haley : Seriously? Lucas : Yeah. Do you think Peyton will like it? Haley : Oh waouh ... I don't know, Luke. Girls usually hate getting big diamonds. I think she'll love it. It's just, I ... I always pictured you giving her Keith's ring. It meant so much to you. Lucas : The truth is, is I always hoped she'd wear that ring, too. Haley : So why did you buy this one? Lucas : Well, because I gave Keith's ring to Lindsey. Haley : She gave it back to you. Lucas : Yeah. I just wasn't sure if she'd want it after that. So I figured, you know, couldn't go wrong with a new ring. Haley : All right. Oh, Luke, it's stuck. Well, I guess I'll just have to keep it now. Sorry. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Did you forget something? Julian : No. I just couldn't stay away. Is everything okay? Brooke : Yes. No. I don't know. Julian : Well, which is it ... "yes," "no," or, "I don't know"? Brooke : I don't know. Look, the last thing that I want to do is make it awkward between us, but I need to know something. Is this going anywhere? Julian : This conversation? I have no idea. I'm completely lost. Brooke : I'm being serious, Julian. This ... you and me ... what are we ... what are we doing? Julian : I don't know. We're hanging out. We're having fun. Brooke : Right. Pretty much what I expected your answer to be. Julian : What's wrong with having fun? Brooke : Nothing. And in the past, I would have been fine with a fling. And I'm sorry that you missed out on that version of me. But my situation has changed. I'm really trying to set a good example for Sam, and I just don't know how to explain "just having fun" to her. Julian : So this is about Sam. Brooke : Sam, me ... Julian : Peyton? Brooke : Does it really matter? I mean, we both know you're gonna leave when the movie's over. Julian : There it is. Okay. Well, maybe we should just slow it down, focus on the movie. Brooke : And by "slow down," you mean slam on the brakes. Julian : Brooke, it sounds to me like you slammed on the brakes before I came in here. But you know what? It's okay. Whatever you want it to be. AT THE PARK Jamie : What's that, grandpa? Dan : That's the thing that makes noise when it's time for me to get better. Jamie : When is it supposed to make the noise? Dan : Wish I knew. Jamie : Me too. Dan : So, tell me, how's your dad? Jamie : He finally made the team, but he never gets to play. The team's not very good. They always lose. Dan : Well, that's okay. He always rises to the top, you know? It's not just about X's and O'S. It's about heart, and your dad has plenty of that. So don't worry. Jamie : Did you hear that? I think it made a sound. Dan : Not just yet, buddy. But when it does, you'll be the first to know. Eat your ice cream. Jamie : Okay. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Mia : I want to play a song for you. Chase : Cool. Let's hear it. Mia : But this is good, too. All right. I'm gonna go sit over there ... in a second. Chase : Go play me your song, goof. Mia : Okay. So, I'm a little nervous. Chase : I thought you did this for a living. Mia : Yeah, but this is different. No one's ever heard this before. Chase : So I'm gonna be your first. Mia : We'll see. So, remember when we were talking the other night about flying over a city and how things look different from a distance? Well, you kind of inspired me to write this. So, promise you'll lie and say you love it if you hate it. Chase : I can do that. I can be a good liar for you. Mia : Well, hopefully, you won't have to be. NEAR THE LAKE Peyton : We're stopping. Why are we stopping? Lucas : Look where we are. Peyton : Luke, it's our spot. We haven't been here in years! Lucas : I have. When you were in L.A., I used to come here sometimes. We're using this as a location in the movie. Pretty good moment in our relationship. Peyton : Yeah. It was the beginning. You were so cute in your little tow truck. Lucas : Yeah, and you were so mean to me. Remember? First of all, you don't know me. Peyton : Second of all, you don't know me. And in my defense, you really didn't know me. Lucas : Oh, yes, I did. I always knew you. I have something for you. Now, we're already engaged, so I don't know if I'm supposed to get down on one knee, but ... Peyton : Oh, my god. Is that for me? Lucas : Yes. Do you like it? Peyton : Are you kidding? It's beautiful. I am so glad you always knew me. AT THE RIVER COURT Dan : Waouh. It's a good thing to see you haven't lost your shting touch. So, I heard your team's lost five straight. I know how that feels. Actually, I don't. Nathan : Did you come here just to rub it in? Dan : No. I came to tell you that losing has its advantages. Nathan : Here we go. Some classic Dan Scott advice that doesn't apply to normal people. I'm all ears. What do you got for me? Dan : Losing always forces change, Nathan. Your time's coming. Nathan : I don't know about that. Best guy on the team plays in front of me. Dan : Oh, you know what I call the best player on a losing team. Nathan : A loser. Dan : Bingo. A loser. Right now, you're playing on his team, but pretty soon, he's gonna be playing on yours. Nathan : I'm not so sure about that. Dan : You're gonna get your chance, Nathan. We both know that. The thing is, when you do, will you be ready? Nathan : Will you make the most of it? See this? This thing's gonna decide whether or not I get a second chance. Dan : And I promise you ... If I do, I'm gonna make the most of it. Right now, all you can do is wait. AT PEYTON'S OFFICE Peyton : Can I help you? Paul! Oh, god, I was hoping I was gonna see you while you were in town! Paul : Your assistant let me in. Peyton : My assistant? Paul : Yeah, Mia. Cute little brunette. Peyton : Oh, god, no. That's not my assistant. That, um ... that is just an overly trusting recording artist. It's a good thing you're not a serial kller. We actually have those here in Tree Hill. Paul : I heard. So, look at you. You've become this big success. And most importantly, you look happy. Peyton : I'm kind of having a good day. Paul : Not bad. Lucas has good taste in jewelry and fiancé. His taste in directors, however, is still in question. Peyton : I am staying way out of that argument. Paul : That's probably a good idea. It's good to see you, Peyton. How long has it been? Peyton : I mean ... I mean, it was before Sundance. Um, god, that was hard to forget. I spent that whole weekend crying. Paul : You know, my son has made a few mistakes in his life, but letting you get away easily tops the list. Peyton : The breakup was not hard on Julian. He was fine. In fact, I remember reading about him and that little a-list actress of his that weekend in Sundance. Paul : Peyton, you can't believe everything you read in Hollywood, you know that. Peyton : Paul, are you covering for him? Paul : Actually, no, because I planted that story. I was trying to promote a movie. Julian didn't even go to Sundance. He skipped his own movie premiere, he was so heartbroken. To be honest, I'm not sure he's ever fully recovered. Nice digs you got here. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Do you really think one of these guys can make this movie? Julian : They can all make the movie. The question is, which one of them will screw it up the least. Lucas : So that's our goal here? Find the best of the worst, huh? Julian : That is the plan, yes. Lucas : Fair enough. So, who's your first choice? Julian : All right, hear me out, 'cause you're gonna think I'm a little crazy, but I got to go with the British director. Lucas : Really? The guy made an incest movie with sock puppets. Julian : Yeah, but you got to admit, it had a certain style to it. And tell me you wouldn't want to see a little sock-puppet Lucas. Come on, admit it. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : Whatcha doing, daddy? Nathan : Just doing a little homework. Jamie : There's homework in basketball? Nathan : Sure, there is. When I g on the court, I want to be ready, right? Jamie : Do you think you're ever gonna play? Nathan : I hope so. It's up to the coach, though. Jamie : Is he mean? Nathan : No, he's not mean. He's just ... just doing what he thinks is best for the team. You know what? I have an idea. Why don't you help me learn some of these plays? I could really use your help. Jamie : Really? Okay, I'll help. Nathan : Awesome. Come here. All right, see this play? That's called a four-out swing rattle, all right? That's when four players ... Jamie : So, you can't play until the coach wants you to? Nathan : Yeah. I just have to wait until then. All right. So, this play, I'm just gonna come down here, and I'm going to dribble this way. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Lucas : I want one of those. Brooke : Well, I will make you one, but you are just gonna have to wait. Lucas : Julian didn't have to wait. Brooke : Is that what he told you ... that I didn't make him wait? Lucas : No, I came to the conclusion when he showed me his new jacket. Brooke : Right. Lucas : Brooke, are you and Julian ... Brooke : No, not at all. Okay, up until today, we were "having fun ..." his words, not mine ... but it ended before it started. He didn't tell you? Lucas : No. Since I don't really like Julian, we try to keep our conversations strictly about the movie. Brooke : Right. How is that going? Lucas : Oh, well, the director I met today wanted to make Lucas a gng member and have him living in a junkyard. Yeah. Brooke : Sounds gritty? Lucas : Oh, but he did want to put Brooke in a Mansion in Charlotte. Brooke : Now, that is a movie I would go see. Luke ... you don't have to compromise, not if you don't want to. The worst thing that could happen is for this movie to fail because they went with someone else's vision. Lucas : What do I do, Brooke? Brooke : Do whatever it takes. Just make sure they tell the story the way you remember it. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Come in! Jamie : Mama, I need to use the phone. Haley : Well, okay, but who are you calling, little man? Peyton : Guess what I'm holding! Haley : It looks like a CD. Peyton : Oh, it is, but what's on it? Haley : Barry Manilow. Peyton : It's Mia's new song. Haley : Since when does Mia have a new song? Peyton : Since now. It's great. Give it! Jamie : Hi, this is Jamie Scott. We need to talk. Haley : Oh, I see Lucas gave you the ring! Peyton : What, you knew about it? Haley : Yeah. He proposed to me with it first, but I just had to turn him down. Peyton : Lucky me. Well, it's definitely beautiful. Haley : You don't sound very convincing. Peyton : No, I love it. Haley : I do. Peyton : I just ... I always envisioned wearing Keith's ring. Haley : Okay, I'm gonna tell you something, and you have to swear that you did not hear it from me. Peyton : I promise. Haley : Lucas really wanted to give you Keith's ring. He just thought you wouldn't want it since he already gave it to Lindsey. Jamie : So, you see, it's not all about X's and O's. It's about heart. I just think you should really think about that. Bobby : I will. You have a good night, Jamie. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Julian : I thought we agreed on the bride Lucas : well, I changed my min Julian : well, Paul wants an answer today. Lucas : He'll get one. Julian : Well, what are we gonna tell him? Lucas : I haven't exactly figured that out yet, okay? Julian : Oh, okay. Well, when you do figure it out, I'm only the producer of the movie. Who's this? Lucas : You've got to be kidding me. Adam Reese : Lucas Scott, you son of a bitch! Thanks, Argyle. Hang tight. Car driver : My name is Jason. Adam Reese : Rent "die hard." It'll change your life. Julian : What are you doing here, Adam? Adam Reese : My agent tells me you guys are still having some trouble finding a director for this movie. I thought maybe I would come by and give you two dorks another chance. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Chase : I have a surprise for you. Voilà? Think I finally perfected the long island iced tea. Mia : That took a little longer than it should have. Just saying. Chase : Promise me one thing? Even if you hate it, you'll lie and say you love it. Mia : Okay. It's good. Not great. I'm just kidding. I love it. But I'm also underage, and before I get you arrested, I think you should probably get back to the bar ... right after I kiss you again. I think you've perfected that, too. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Adam Reese : Okay. I know what you guys are thinking. You're thinking about fast food, beer, and getting laid. Lucas : That's pretty much what I was thinking. Julian : It's like he read my mind. Adam Reese : I respect that! I do. I respect that. But you guys are also thinking about your movie. And I didn't fly all the way out here just so I could nail some flight attendant on the plane ... even though I did that. Julian : [Laughs] How'd she look? Adam Reese : Solid six, but that's not important. What important ... is why I should be directing this film. Now, Lucas, you wrote a good script, but that's not enough. What you two need is a director ... someone who can take your vision and translate it onto the big screen, baby! A director who knows when a scene isn't working, a director who can adapt to any situation. Gentlemen, that's what I do. That's what I know. Bottom line ... the three of us are gonna get more ass than a toilet seat in Yankee stadium. Lucas : Are you finished? Adam Reese : Depends if I have the job or not. Lucas : Okay, um ... let me tell you why you're not gonna direct this movie. Because you can't identify with this world. I mean, I want a director who can re-create the feeling that I get every time I step out onto the river court at night. I want someone who can explain to the audience why one song can instantly change Peyton's mood, someone who can recognize that there are two completely different sides to Brooke Davis, both of which are amazing. I want a director who can make the little things the big things. And you are just not the guy to do that. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Peyton : Hey. Brooke : Hi. Peyton : I suck. True, but why this time? Peyton : Okay, all that stuff that I told you about Julian ... I just found out that some of my facts were not entirely accurate. Brooke : Like which facts? Peyton : Pretty much all of them. He didn't go and sleep with some other girl the weekend we broke up. In fact, he missed his own movie premiere. So it seems there is a possibility that Julian really is the nice guy I thought he was after all. Brooke : Well, thank you for that, but none of that changes the fact that you and I have been through way too much for me to violate the girl code now. Peyton : Oh, my god, Brooke."Girl code"? I'm engaged to your ex-boyfriend. You are so exempt from the girl code, it's not even funny. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nathan : Hey, Devon, you got a second? Devon : Want an autograph, 12, wait till after the game. Nathan : You're going heads-up with Alex beck tonight. He's a good defender. Quick NDS. Devon : I'm gonna eat that fool up. Nathan : I hope so, but he's leading the league in steals. You usually go right off the dribble. He's gonna be ready for that. Devon : Are you giving me tips? Nathan : I'm just trying to give you an advantage. Devon : I already got an advantage. It's called my god-given talent. So go sit on the bench and enjoy the show. Nathan : Okay. You do your thing. But after he picks your pocket a few times, you might want to switch to your left. AT THE BAR Paul : So, who's the lucky one, Lucas? Lucas : Well, first off, I just want you to know that we have given this a lot of thought. That being said, we've decided to choose ... none of them. Paul : Not the answer that I wanted to hear. Lucas : I know. Paul : So you know what I have to do now, right? Lucas : Look, I just ... I just believe we can do better. Paul : That's maybe true but times up. AT THE GYMNASIUM Man : That may be true, but time's up. Well, this feels like devour all over again. We're all tied up. Nine seconds left. Bobby : Let's bring it in. Let's bring it in. This is it. Time's up. Tie game. Last play. Here's what we're gonna do. Rhodes, set a high screed for Devon. ht your spot. Devon, you're gonna find Rhodes cutting across the lane. You get him the ball. Devon : Wait. You're calling the play for Rhodes? Bobby : Devon, everybody in the building thinks you're taking the last sht. Devon : That's because I am! I'm here to put the ball in the basket. Bobby : You're here to help this team win. Devon : Whatever. Look, I'm taking the lost sht, or I'm taking a seat. Your call. Bobby : Okay. Take a seat. Scott, you're in. You know where you're supposed to be? Nathan : Yes, sir. Know exactly where I'm supposed to be. Bobby : What I want to ear. Let's run this play let's get "win" on 3 ... Team : 1, 2, 3 win Haley : Jamie, look. Daddy's going in! Jamie : Yeah! AT THE BAR Adam Reese : Paul. Appreciate you meeting me. Paul : You got two minutes. Tell me why you should direct this movie. Adam Reese : My movies have made a lot of money for a lot of studios, including yours. But I look at my rum? and there's something missing. I've yet to make that one quality movie, the one I'm proud of. I think this can be that movie. And ... because I identify with this world. I understand the feeling Lucas gets every time he steps on the river court at night. I can show the audience how a song can instantly change Peyton's mood. I recognize that there are two completely different sides to Brooke Davis, both of which are amazing. I want to make the little things the big things, Paul. I'm the guy to do it AT THE GYMNASIUM Dan : I hope you don't mind me coming. I kind of had a feeling about tonight. Nathan : Well, I didn't exactly light up the box score. Dan : Zero points, zero rebounds ... one assist. Best stat of the night. You know, I knew you'd make it. And I know I don't get to be part of it ... but I am so proud of you, son. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Can I talk to you? Lucas : Yeah. Sure. Is everything okay? Come here. What's up? Peyton : I can't accept this ring. I mean, it's beautiful, and I love it. I just ... it's not the ring that I want to wear. I always dreamed I'd be wearing Keith's ring, and I know how much it means to you, so that's the ring I want to wear for the rest of my life. Lucas : You sure? Now it's right where it belongs. Peyton : And it will be forever. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Hi. Julian : I want you to have this. Brooke : And what is this supposed to mean? Julian : It means we're going steady. Brooke : This isn't a game, Julian. Julian : I know. When I first got here, everyone thought I came for a girl ... the girl in the book. But I only came here to make a movie. But now it turns out everyone was right. I am here for the girl in the book ... the other girl. Brooke : Maybe we should ... continue this in my bedroom ... preferably ... Brooke / Julian : Without our clothes. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Reese : You son of a bitch! Lucas : What do you want, Reese? Reese : I just wanted to come by and give you the good news myself. I'm directing the movie. Done! I signed on tonight! You and I are gonna have some fun. Oh, I've got a couple thoughts about that last scene. Don't worry about it. We'll talk tomorrow ... partner.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x15 - We Change, We Wait"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill... Devon : Ain't nobody gonna give no roster spot to no fool with no green elf shoes on. Dan : What are the chances of another heart becoming available? Doctor : This time when it goes off, call us. Devon : I'm taking that last sht, or I'm taking a seat. Bobby : Take a seat. Jack : Child services keeps showing up, looking for me. I probably won't see you for a while. Julian : I never had a letterman jacket. Brooke : Now you do Julian : I want you to have this. It means we're going steady. Lucas : I want a director who can make the little things the big things. And you are just not the guy to do that. Paul : Pick one ... if you don't, I'm gonna choose your director for you. Adam Reese : Appreciate you meeting me. What do you want, Reese? I'm directing the movie. It's done! One Tree Hill - Season 6 Episode16 AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Girl #1 : You can work your whole "I'm Nathan Scott, Mr. Big sht, scoring my touchdowns" on somebody else, because ... Man #1 : I don't even play football. Girl #1 : Whatever ... the point is, at the end of the day, all your bluster and B.S. Don't mean anything to math, because math don't care, and neither do I. Man : Well, does English care? 'cause I pretty much suck at that, too. Adam Reese : Thank you. Thank you for that. Haley : I like her poncho. Nathan : Why am I shirtless? Adam Reese : Yeah, let's do one where he wears a poncho and she's shirtless. Lucas : He was kidding. He was kidding. You guys were great. Thank you. So, what'd you guys think? Reese : Really? Didn't realize Julian had given creative control to all four of us. Adam Reese : They're the real people. Don't you think their opinions may be valuable? Haley : They seemed fine. Nathan : Yeah. Adam Reese : I stand corrected. Let's get the studio on the phone right now. Tell them we found two actors who seem fine. Nathan : Why don't you tell them their director's a jackass while you're at it? Haley : Okay, we should go, and I will stop by later to see how you're doing. Adam Reese : You know, even when he talks back to me, I still find him likable. All right, lose the shirt, buddy. Girl #2 : Always and forever. Nathan : It sucks I can't stick around for this. Haley : It sucks even more you're gonna be gone for two weeks. At least I'll have all these shirtless Nathan to keep me company. Nathan : Oh, I don't think so. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Thanks. A crib. Thank you, Karen and Andy ... Thank you, Karen and Andy! ON THE STREET Jamie : Were you allowed to date in prison? Dan : Some people did. I opted not to. Why? Jamie : Well, there's a girl at school Dan : Oh, you like her? Jamie : No. Dan : Yes, you do. Jamie : No. Dan : You like her a lot. Jamie : No, no. No, no, no, no, no. Anyway, I was wondering if maybe I could invite her over to your beach house someday. Dan : Sure. Why not today? I'll clear it with your mom. Jamie : Well, I never asked a girl over to play before. What do I say? Dan : Well, lucky for you, women have never been able to turn a Scott man down. So you just flash your million-dollar smile, say a few nice words, and pfft ... it's like putty in your hands. Dan : Yeah, that's the one. Jamie : Just smile and say something nice? That really works? Dan : Every time. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : What are you smiling about? Julian : I can't help it. That was amazing. No wonder you were so popular in high school. Brooke : Excuse me? Sex did not make me popular. I made it popular. Julian : Ohh. Well, either way, I'm just happy to be a part of that crowd for a change. Brooke : Please. With this face, you were probably Mr. Popular. Julian : You might be surprised. Anyway, I wish I could stay, but I'm already late for casting. Brooke : For which character?! Don't ... oh! AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Woman : Peyton Sawyer? Peyton : Yeah. Woman : Go have a seat with the other Peytons, and we'll call you when it's your turn. Peyton : Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry. You don't understand. I ... I am Peyton Sawyer. Woman : I really appreciate your confidence, but you still have to wait your turn. What's your name? Peyton : Is Peyton Sawyer. Woman : Actresses. Girl #3 : Why do people always leave? Peyton : Hi. I'm here to read for the part of Peyton Sawyer. First of all, you don't know me. Second of all, you don't know me. God, why are guys such jerks? Adam: Too old, but she would make a great Deb. Lucas : Um, she's the real Peyton. Did you come to watch? Peyton : No. The baby-proofer's coming to the house, and I've got to go register for our wedding and baby gifts, and your mother sent us a crib, but the instructions are all in Italian. Adam: You're stewed, butt wad. "Weird science." Lucas : I really wish I could help, but I'm kind of slammed. Peyton : No, it's okay. I just came by to wish you good luck and to bring you lunch. Lucas : Why are you so good to me? Peyton : I don't know. Maybe because I am a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a bitch. Adam: What woman isn't? Peyton : Bye. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Sam : You wanted to see me? Haley : Yes. Take a seat, please. Do you know why I called you here? Sam : No. I guess I'm in trouble, but I don't know what for. And I'm sure as hell not gonna start admitting stuff. Haley : I think you know exactly what you did. You won the essay contest, and, as promised, you're gonna be published in the school paper tomorrow. Sam : You suck. Haley : Congratulations, Samantha. Oh, you're gonna be a published writer! That is, if that's okay with you. Sam : Hell, yes. Jamie : She said yes! Dan : That's great. What time's she coming over? Jamie : I don't know. Dan : What kind of food does she like? Jamie : I don't know. Dan : What do you know? Jamie : She said yes! Dan : Well, that is the most important thing. Jamie : Now, how do I get her to like me? Dan : Well, if she's coming over, she probably already does like you. Now all you have to do is make sure you're dressed nice and tell her how good she looks. Jamie : Is that how you got nanny Deb? Dan : That and gin. Jamie : Got any gin? Dan : Don't worry. I'll be there the whole time if you need me. Jamie : Is that your heart again? Dan : Yeah. I'll be fine. Jamie : I wish that beeper would beep already. Dan : Me too, buddy. AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Peyton : Hey. Lucas is casting his movie in here today, so the studio's off-limits. Mia : Ohh. Sweet. Snow day. Later, teach. Peyton : Oh, no, no. Not so fast. We still have work to do. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Mia : You're kidding, right? Peyton : You're Italian, right? AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Brooke : Easy, girl. Julian : I saw that. Brooke : What? Did you greet all the other Brookes that way? Julian : No, ma'am. That I saved just for you. Brooke : Oh. Julian : And the guy playing whitey, who is just so cute. Brooke : No Julian : So, do you want to meet Brooke Davis? Brooke : Shut up. She's here? Julian : Yeah. Brooke : I just got butterflies a little bit. Now I know how people must feel when they're meeting me for the first time. Julian : Missy, this is ... Missy : Brooke Davis! Julian : Yep. Brooke, this is ... Brooke : Missy me! Hi! Oh! Julian : I guess we made the right choice. Missy : Oh, Hi! Oh! Brooke : Okay, I want my part in the movie to be the best. So anything that you need, you just ask. Missy : Okay, great, because I'm a method actor, so I'm gonna need to know your likes, dislikes, mannerisms ... basically be glued to you until the movie starts. What do you think? Brooke : Sounds ... great. Missy : Aah! Brooke : Ooh! Hi. AT BOBBY'S OFFICE Nathan : You wanted to see me, coach? Bobby : I did. I want to ask you something in confidence. What do you think of Devon? Nathan : In confidence ... I think he puts up big numbers, but he won't win you any games. He doesn't care about the team. He only cares about getting himself to the NBA. Bobby : And you don't want to get to the NBA? Nathan : No, I do. But you're the only reason I have a sht at it, so I owe you, and I'm gonna play my heart out. Look ... if you started me, you'd be replacing your star player with a player that gives you wins instead of headaches. Bobby : You sound like a salesman, Nate. Nathan : I believe in what I'm selling. Bobby : So do I. You're starting next game. Be ready. AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Girl #4 : I want to draw something that means something to someone. Girl #5 : You're always saving me, Lucas. Girl #6 : I love you, Luke. But I've chosen darkness. Lucas : That was great. Thank you. Girl #6 : Thanks. I loved "Trouser hound," by the way. Adam Reese : He loves you, too. Girl #6 : Thanks. Adam Reese : There's something about that one. Lucas : She wants to sleep with you? Adam: There it is. So, we done? Lucas : I liked the first girl. I'm just not sure. Adam Reese : Two things ... number one, big wedding ring. Number two, even bigger nose. She can lose the ring, but the nose is gonna need its own trailer. Lucas : Okay, there's nothing wrong with her nose. Besides, I'm not casting this movie based on who I want to sleep with. Adam Reese : He has no idea what he's doing. Lucas : It's called having integrity. Adam Reese : It's called being naive. Look, you have a decision to make, okay? Audiences like boobs. I didn't make that up. It's just ... it's the way it is. Sex sells. So I say go with the girl with the nice rack. Now, if you want to disagree with me, fine, go ahead. But just make a damn decision, man. Julian : Adam, maybe you should take a break. Adam Reese : You're right. This place is dad anyway. Julian : "Swingers." Lucas : Julian, I didn't get to choose a director I like. I'm not making the same mistake with Peyton. Julian : Okay, that's fine. But Reese is right. You need to come to a decision you can both live with, okay? Like it or not, we have a deadline, and you have a job to do. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Mia : This job sucks. Peyton : I don't think this is right. Mia : It looks fine to me. Done and done. Peyton : Okay, well, then, what is that for? Mia : I don't know ... to keep the baby from moving? Why don't you just have Lucas do it? Peyton : Because he's busy, and we are two strong, capable women. We can do this. Hey, what's chase doing? Mia : Uh, no. He's busy...with me. So, I'll see ya. I mean, arrivederci. AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Brooke : I got it when I was 12, but I don't know why you need to know. Missy : How many cigarettes do you smoke a day to get your voice to sound like this? Brooke : I don't smoke, and my voice doesn't sound like that. Missy : How many guys did you sleep with in high school? Brooke : Gee, I don't know. I was never very good at math. Missy : Dumb at math. Got it. Brooke/Missy : What do you think of this outfit? Missy : I don't think that Brooke would wear something like this. Brooke : I am Brooke, and I did wear something like that. Missy : But don't you think it should be a little more revealing or easy to strip off at least ... you know, Brookish? Brooke : I don't strip things off. The outfit is fine. Julian, what do you think? Julian : Um, it could be a little sexier. Brooke : Should I just go ahead and put her in pasties? Julian : Come on, Brooke. Did you really wear that in high school? Brooke : Yes, I did. Missy : Maybe during your "clean teen" days. Julian : Just make it a little sexier, you know? Brookish. Missy : Oh, you totally have a type. He looks a lot like Lucas. Brooke : That's another thing you should know about me for the movie. I lash out sometimes. Sorry. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Sam : Part of me is glad that jack's gone. Gone is a place I dreamed of when I was hiding in a closet from whatever drunk parent I had that month. But ... Haley : Whose phone is that? Sam : Yours. Haley : Hi. Is everything okay? Nathan : Hey. I just wanted you to be the first to know. I'm starting next game. I couldn't have done this without you, hales. I love you. Tell Jamie I'll call him later, okay? Haley : I love you, too. He's ... he's starting! Sorry, Sam. Sam : But I got lucky. AT DAN'S HOUSE Dan : You must be Lauren's mom. Lauren : You must not talk to many women. I'm Lauren, Jamie's teacher. He invited me to his grandpa's house after school, and I just couldn't turn down an afternoon with a cute boy and a little old man. You're not a little old man. Dan : No. Jamie : Grandpa Dan, aren't you gonna invite her in? You look very nice, Miss Lauren. Lauren : Thank you. It's what i was wearing at school earlier. Jamie : Well, it's very becoming. Shall we? Lauren : Thank you. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Boy : So, what did you do? Haley : Nothing. The principal just wanted to meet with me. Boy : You're probably in trouble. With the new principal, everyone's in trouble. Principal Rimkus : Mrs. Scott, could you come in, please? Haley : Am I in trouble, principal Rimkus? Principal Rimkus : Do you know why i wanted to see you? Haley : No. And I'm not gonna start admitting stuff. Principal Rimkus : I have a problem with the essay you selected for the school paper. Haley : Oh, Sam's essay? What's wrong with it? Principal Rimkus : What, you mean besides all the references to sex and drugs? Haley : She's witnessed some really horrible things growing up. I think that's what makes the essay so important. Principal Rimkus : Well, that may be. But i have the students and their parents to worry about. Haley : I understand, but with all due respect, I thought i was in charge of the school paper and had final say on what went in it. Principal Rimkus : You do. And I have final say on whether or not you work here. Pick another essay. AT DAN'S HOUSE Jamie : So, when you stop to think about it, where does the sidewalk end? Lauren : You know, I never really thought about it. Dan : Jamie's always been advanced for his age. Right now he's reading the "Time traveler's wife." Lauren : Oh, that's one of my favorite books. Dan : Mine too. Jamie : That's great. How about I refill your kool-aid? Lauren : Well, thank you, Jamie. That is very gentlemanly of you. Dan : We have wine, if you prefer. Jamie : Kool-aid will be fine. Back off. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Hey, skills. You looking for Luke? Skills : No. I'm the baby-proofer. Peyton : Why didn't I know that? Skills : Who brags about being a baby-proofer? Peyton : Oh, okay. I mean, I think our house is pretty safe. Skills : I can spot at least 20 PBI already. Peyton : Huh? Skills : Possible baby injuries. Peyton : Oh. Like what? Skills : Well, for one, lamp cord strangles. Peyton : Okay. Skills : Outlets electrocute. And I'm guessing you probably don't have a lock on the toilet seat. Peyton : Luke barely remembers to put it down. Skills : Funny. But you know what's not so funny? When junk was a kid, he fell in a toilet ... almost drowned. He was dad for 40 seconds. Peyton : I'm ... no, I'm sorry. You're right. That's totally not funny. Um, I have a lot of work to do, huh? Skills : Yep. But you got Lucas to help you, right? Peyton : No, I mean, he's over at Tric casting his movie. But I ha ... I have it. It's fine. That's not done, by the way. Skills : I hope not. I can see at least 30 PBI already. If you need help putting that thing back together, give me a call. I'm also a handyman. AT DIXIE'S RESTAURANT Haley : Hey. Heard any word from jack yet? Sam : Uh ... no. That's kind of why i hang here. I figure this is where he'll show when he decides to come back ... if he decides to. Haley : I'm sure he will. Sam : Yeah. I hope so. Could you really get fired for publishing my paper? Haley : Where did you hear that? Sam : I've already lost jack. I really don't want to lose you to some stupid paper. Haley : You ... you're not gonna lose me. And your paper's anything but stupid, Sam. Sam : Well, I better get going. Don't want Brooke to worry. Listen, Haley. I appreciate it. I do. But if I were you, I would just choose a different paper. It's not worth it. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nathan : Looks like 12's the new 23. What's up? Devon : Like you don't know. Coach cut his best player to start his best friend. Nathan : I didn't know he was cutting you. I thought ... I'm sorry. Devon : Don't be. I'm going to the NBA anyway. Somehow ... daddy! Hey, boo. There's my team. Hey. Hi. Hey, daddy's gonna be okay. What you looking at, You're not the only one with a family. AT THE WEDDING BOUTIQUE Peyton : Wedding. Wedding. Wedding. Baby. Brooke : Is there a reason that we're registering for the wedding and the baby at the same time? Well, they're happening at the same time, so why not register them together? Brooke : Because I may have registered the baby for a boning Knfe. Peyton : That's got to be a PBI, right? Brooke : Miss Sawyer, I love you, but are you sure you would not rather be doing this with Lucas? Peyton : No. He is busy. And there is no one I would rather do this with than my best friend and my maid of honor. Brooke : Maid of honor? Really?! Peyton : Well, it shouldn't be a surprise. Brooke : But it's so nice to hear! Peyton : Okay! Brooke : Ohh. Missy : Want to know what I think? I think that Nathan likes tutor girl, but tutor girl likes Lucas, and I know I like Lucas, and I don't know who the hell you like anymore. This is all turning into one big love rectangle plus one, whatever that is. Pretty good, right? Brooke : Yeah. Awesome. Peyton : Dude, she sounds like you. Brooke : I was never that annoying. Peyton : I know how you feel. I was in Tric earlier today, and there were 10 Peyton Sawyers bitching and moaning. Brooke : Oh, so there were 11 of you bitching and moaning? Peyton : I think I like that other one better. AT DAN'S HOUSE Dan : So, I'm driving Jamie home from school, and he suddenly yells at me to stop the car because Orval got out of the bag. Lauren : Oh, and who's Orval? Dan : My question exactly. Orval is his pet rabbit's imaginary friend. Lauren : Oh, that's so cute. Dan : And he insists that Orval has gone into a chuck e. Cheese. So, since we're already there, why not grab some pizza? Lauren : Oh, he's crafty. Jamie : You're making fun of me? Dan : No, I wasn't. Jamie : You're trying to embarrass me so miss Lauren will like you better. Dan : Jamie. Jamie : He was in prison! AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Fergie : Hey, yo, man. I heard you was casting today. Hey, who's gonna play Fergie? Lucas : Uh, man, uh... you know, when I turned the book into a movie, i had to omit some of the characters. Look, I'm really sorry, Fergie. I didn't ... Fergie : Then who did Luke hang with on the river court? Lucas : Mouth ... and skills. Fergie : You gonna play me like that? That's cold, dawg. Lucas : Look, Fergie ... Man : Which do you like better? Lucas : They look the same, man. Man : We're gonna need you to sign off on a few locations before we can move on. Lucas : Okay ... Dan Actor : Hey, man, I am trying to wrap my head around this Dan character. I don't get why he's got all this hatred for Keith. Julian : Reese wants to sign off on Peyton number three. Are you okay with that? Lucas : No! I like the first one. Adam Reese : Toucan Sam? Peyton's a love interest. Think about it with your other head. Julian : I know you have a vision, Lucas, but maybe you need to trust Reese's experience on this one. Our table read is tomorrow, and we can't do it without a Peyton. Lucas : I know, all right! I just need to think about it! Julian : We don't have time for that. Lucas : Well, make ... time! Adam Reese : And ... scene. AT THE WEDDING BOUTIQUE Peyton : So, which ones do you think Lucas will like? Brooke : Whichever ones you're naked in. Speaking of naked... I slept with Julian. Peyton : Come again? Brooke : That's what she said. She being me ... it's a joke. Peyton : I know. I get it. Um, god, why am I just finding out about this now? Brooke : 'cause I've been really scared to tell you. I know that you said it's fine, but I kind of still feel like it violates girl code somehow, and I know you're happy and engaged and pregnant, and ... and he's charming. Peyton : Brooke, hey, really ... it's fine. We talked about this, all right? Girl code was shattered years ago. Brooke : You promise? You're not gonna revoke my maid-of-honor card? Peyton : God. Of course I promise. Come here. I mean, you know that's like three guys we've shared, right? Brooke : Lucas, Julian. Peyton : Um, sex tape? Brooke : Ew. Sex tape. I forgot about that, and I kind of wish that you had, too. Peyton : Oh, no, no, no. Um, so just how did it go from being a non-date to sex? It was the grin, right? Brooke : That didn't hurt. And then he threw in a touch of sweet and so much sincerity. And then he threw in the letterman jacket I made him. Peyton : Oh, well, letterman jacket. That's a good touch. High-school Brooke did letter in sex. AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Haley : Hey, how's the movie biz? Lucas : Well, I had my first diva moment ... threw a temper tantrum. Haley : No way. Damn. Wish I'd have been here to see it. Lucas : Uh, stick around. I'm sure I'll have another. Haley : Is it really that bad? Lucas : I can't even pick a basketball much less a Peyton without feeling like i'm making the wrong decision. My gut says one thing, and everybody else says something else. Haley : Who cares what everybody else says? Go with your gut. Lucas : Just like that, huh? Haley : Lucas, this was your book, and now it's your movie. You know the characters, and you know tree hill better than anybody. You should have some faith in yourself, for crying out loud. Lucas : I love you. I love you. You know that? Haley : I know. Lucas : You know, they should name an antidepressant after you. Haley : Yeah. Great with everybody else's problems. It's my own I'm a basket case with. Hmm. Lucas : All right, well ... psychotherapist Luke. Can I help you with anything? Haley : Sam wrote this paper for my class. It was gritty and harsh and honest and really beautiful, and I want to publish it in the school paper. And principal Rimkus won't let me. Lucas : Well, what else can you do? Haley : I could publish it anyway. Kids like Sam, they ... sometimes all they have is a voice, and if you take that away from them, especially after everything that she's been through, then what's the point of me even calling myself a teacher anymore? Lucas : Well, it sounds to me like you've already made your decision. Haley : I'm just not sure it's the right one. Lucas : Man, you got to have some faith in yourself sometimes. No, go with your gut. Come on. What's the worst that can happen? Haley : I could get fired, or at least suspended. Lucas : I've been suspended ... not that bad. Haley : You're pretty good at cheering me up, too. Haley/Lucas : Yes! AT DAN'S HOUSE Jamie : Go away! You're mean! That's why daddy and uncle Lucas don't like you. Dan : That's true. I was mean. And they have every reason not to like me. But ever since I got sick, I've tried real hard to be a better person. Jamie : Then why were you making fun of me? Dan : I would never make fun of you. You're my best friend. Don't you know that? Actually, you're my only friend. I don't even have an imaginary one. Jamie : Miss Lauren doesn't think I'm a joke? Dan : Of course not. You're her favorite student. She told me this is one of the best dates she's ever been on. Jamie : She said that? Dan : She sure did. You should go back in there and finish the date. And if I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry. I would never do anything to hurt my best friend. Jamie : I forgive you. Well, aren't you coming? Dan : You'll be fine without me. IN BROOKE'S CAR Brooke : Oh ! Missy : I just wanted to make sure I got your signature move right. Brooke : What is with you idiots? This is not my signature move. And for info, I did a lot more in high school than just have sex, okay? I was student-body president. I was the captain of the cheerleading squad. I started a clothing line. It is amazing that I even had time for sex! Missy : Sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. I was just following the breakdown. Brooke : "Brooke Davis ... gorgeous brunette with an amazing energy and smile. Her three favorite things ... sex, sex, and sex. AT BOBBY'S OFFICE Nathan : Coach ... I wanted to talk to you about Devon. I didn't mean for you to cut him. Bobby : Well, good, because it wasn't your call. I cut Devon because he wouldn't play for me. And that crap he pulled the other night ... that's the last straw. Nathan : Okay, well, maybe you could talk to him about it or something. Coach, the guy has a family. Bobby : So do you, Nathan. So do I. Look, this is a business. You two aren't the only ones whose end game is the NBA. I'm certainly not gonna get there coaching a losing team. Nathan : I understand. Okay, maybe Devon and I can work together. Bobby : It's done, Nathan. You're my starter now. I need for you to focus on that. Who's more important here ... you or Devon? Nathan : My family is more important. Bobby : All right, then. We're done here. I'll see you in practice tomorrow. AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Lucas : Stop it! Brooke : He already cast me. Hey! Excuse me. It's like "The twilight zone" in here! You! How could you write such horrible things about me? You, who called me your pretty girl and said that I was gonna change the world someday?! Huh?! Lucas : What are you talking about? Brooke : Tell me that you didn't write that! Lucas : I didn't write this. Brooke : Then who did? Adam Reese : I'll take the third Haley's legs, the first Brooke's fun bags, and the last Peyton's ass. Julian : I take the real Brooke Davis. Brooke : Here's your stupid jacket. I should have seen this coming. You related to my character in the book, and you wanted all my wardrobe to be sexier, and you gave me your letterman jacket. You want high-school Brooke? I have news for you. I am not that girl anymore. There is a lot more to me than just sex. Julian : Brooke ... Brooke : High-school Brooke graduated! Julian : Hey, Brooke! Adam Reese : Don't worry. I know where you can find five more who look just like her. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Haley : Oh, hey. You're baby-proofing. Don't forget the laundry room. Jamie used to take naps in the dryer. Peyton : Yeah, I got it. The toilet, the cupboards, fridge. What else does a baby get into? Haley : Your heart. Peyton : I love it. Haley : Good. Peyton : Thanks. Haley : I saw you registered for a boning Knfe, but I figured that was more practical for a newborn. How you holding up? Peyton : I don't know. One minute, I'm shopping, and the next, I feel like I'm gonna cry. Tell me that's normal. Haley : Just remember, things are never as bad as you think they are, even though your hormones are trying to convince you otherwise. Peyton : I know, I know. Um, I just ... I keep telling everybody that I'm okay. But doing all this baby stuff just really makes me wish that Lucas was here. I've got this doctor's appointment tomorrow that I really want him to go to, but he's so busy with the movie. Haley : Well, if you want him to go, why don't you just tell him? Peyton : I did. I told him last week. But with everything that's going on, he's ... you know, he's swamped, and I don't want to be a nag. Haley : I think you should nag him anyway. That boy needs it. Peyton : Thanks. And thanks for being so good with Luke. You make everything better for us. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Sorry I'm late. I'll start dinner Sam : Or we can order pizza. Brooke : Sam, I am not in high school anymore. I can make you a grown-up dinner, like a salad or a ... roast. Sam : Okay, I was just thinking maybe we could celebrate? Brooke : Okay. What should we celebrate? The fact that I finally ditched my clone or that Julian thinks that I am a teenage nymphomaniac? Sam : Um, I was just kind of thinking maybe we could celebrate me winning the school essay contest. Brooke : Really? Sam, that's amazing. "Homeless in high school." Sam : It's about me and Jack ... How rough life can be on your own. All that fun stuff. Brooke : I am so proud of you. Sam : Thank you. Brooke : Can I put it on the fridge? Sam : Yeah. Brooke : Okay. Sam : Brooke ... you're so mad at Julian, but at least he's still around. I would give anything to have Jack back. Brooke : Yeah. But we should be celebrating that. So, what do you want to do? Sam : I want to eat pizza. Brooke : Seriously? Okay. AT DAN'S HOUSE Lauren : So thanks for tonight, Jamie. I'll see you in school tomorrow? Bye. Dan : So, how did the rest of your evening go? Jamie : So-so. She just wanted to talk about adult stuff like a new car and Maroon 5. Next time, I think I should date someone my own age. Dan : Or younger. Jamie : I'm sorry I called you mean. Next time, we should just do a guys' night. Dan : So, uh... we still friends? Jamie : Best. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Hey, it's me. Um, god, I'm sorry. I know you're busy. Just today has been ... I tried putting the crib together. I did. It just totally sucked. And every square inch of our house needs to be baby-proofed, or our kid's gonna end up like junk. And I don't even know what we're registered for. I really just wish you could have been there. Um, and I wish you could be there for my doctor's appointment tomorrow, but I know you're busy, and I just ... Phone : If you're satisfied with your message, press 1. If you would like to erase and re-record your message, press 2. Peyton : Hi! It's me. Um, I put the crib together. It's awesome. So, I just want to call and say hi and I miss you and come home soon, okay? Bye. AT THE STUDIO / TRIC Adam Reese : You want to know what I think? Lucas : I know what you think. You want the girl with the big breasts. Adam Reese : Look, when I was casting "Trouser hound," I had a really tough time trying to decide who should play Miss Kittington. A director friend of mine told me to close my eyes during the auditions. He said that was the best way to be able to hear the actress and not just see a hot girl. Lucas : Is that what you do? Adam Reese : No! I picked the actress with the best rack. You just looked like you needed some advice. Girl : Hi. Adam Reese : Well, hello. Leave us. Girl : Actually, I want to speak to both of you. I really want to play Peyton. I feel that I identify with her. We were both in the popular crowd in school even though we felt like outcasts, and we both feel that the first song you hear in the morning can affect your entire day. And I'll totally sleep with you. You too. Adam Reese : Well, look at you go. You just made my decision very, very easy. Lucas : Mine, too. AT THE STUDIO / TRIC - AT THE GYMNASIUM - TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL Adam Reese : Playing the role of Peyton Sawyer is Miss Heidi Jay. Lucas : Sorry, but the other girl just wasn't Peyton. I had to go with my gut. Adam Reese : No worries. She was Peyton last night ... and I was Lucas. Everyone, welcome to the table read for "An unkindness of ravens." I am Adam Reese, your Director. This is Lucas Scott, the writer and producer. Lucas. Lucas : All right, here it goes. "Fade in. Exterior Tree Hill High School. Night. Steady traffic filters into the parking lot as a solitary figure enters frame, dribbling a worn basketball." Nathan Actor : "I'm really lucky to have basketball. It's pretty much my sht at everything from here on out. If I lose that, it's over for me." Nino : Well, well. If it ain't the jolly green-shoe giant. Oh, that's right. You only 6'2", so I guess that'd make you sprout. Nathan : What are you doing here, Nino? Nino : Playing point guard. Or at least I will be as soon as you get the hell up out of my spot. Hey ... see you on the court, 12. Haley Actress : "When I'm tutoring someone and they get it and that light goes on, I feel good. I feel worthy. " Girl : So I put soap in my foster mom's wine ... cleaned her mouth out for a change." Boy : That's so awesome. Hey, Sam, great article. Missy (Brooke Actress) : "I wanted you to fight for me. I wanted you to say there's no one else that you could ever be with and that you'd rather be alone than without me. " AT DIXIE'S RESTAURANT Julian : Does that look like Mr. Popular to you? I know you're not the person you were in high school, 'cause I'm not, either. And I'm glad, because that kid never would have stood a chance with you. Brooke : Were you really a Mathlete? Julian : I was the Mathlete. But I'm not anymore, and I don't want high-school Brooke. I'm sorry the breakdown hurt your feelings. It was meant to describe who the character was before anyone got to know the real person. That's a breakdown describing the Brooke Davis I'm looking for. Brooke : "Funny. Intelligent. Kind-hearted. Strong-headed. Simple. Complicated. Motherly. Childish. Tough. Sensitive. Beautiful. Way cooler than she was in high school." Julian : That girl has been nearly impossible to find but worth every second of the wait. Brooke : Are you gonna make sure missy knows this? Julian : I'm gonna make sure everybody knows. Peyton Actress : I'm glad you're here. "I know we kind of lost each other for a while there, but hopefully that's over, right?" Lucas Actor : "It's always gonna be there, isn't it ... you and me?" AT THE HOSPITAL Doctor : Is the father going to be joining us? Peyton : No. Lucas : Yes ... he is. Peyton : Hey. How'd you know? Lucas : You told me last week. Peyton : I'm so happy you're here, Luke. Lucas : Are you kidding me? I wouldn't miss this for the world. Peyton : That's exactly what I needed to hear. Doctor : That's your baby's heartbeat. Lucas : Waouh! And that is exactly what I needed to hear. You're beautiful. Lucas : "They eye each other, just a boy and a girl, alone but together in this place called tree hill." Let's make a movie.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x16 - Screenwriter's Blues"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill ... Peyton : I'm having your baby. Lucas Scott. Lucas : I love you. Doctor : I just want to run some tests. Haley : I thought I was in charge of the school paper and had final say on what went in it. Mrs Buttkiss: You do. And I have final say on whether or not you work here. Nathan : That was the Charleston chiefs. You're looking at their newest point guard. Millicent : I had sex last night. It was a mistake. It was supposed to be you. Mouth : I know. Millicent : Brooke says she needs a buyer in New York for costumes. Maybe I should go. Mouth : I think that might be best. Jamie : What's that. Grandpa? Dan : That's the thing that makes noise when it's time for me to get better. Julian : I want you to have this. It means we're going steady. Brooke : This is so wrong... but it's... so right. One Tree Hill - Season 6 Episode 17 AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : You need to go. Julian : Why? What did I do? Brooke : You know what you did. Julian : Most girls like that. Brooke : Well not me. I'm gonna take a shower. And when I get out. I want you gone. Julian : I don't understand why it's such a big deal. Brooke: Because I don't do that! I'm a mother for God's sakes. Julian : Look Brooke. I'm sorry. It won't happen again. Okay? Really. I promise. Brooke : You promise? Julian : I promise Brooke : Okay you caught me a little off guard there. Julian : Understandable. I'm sorry. Brooke : I'm sorry I freaked out. Just as long as it doesn't happen again. Julian : You have my word. Never again will I say the words "I love you." Even though I do in fact love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. Brooke : Quit it! AT MOUTH'S HOUSE Mouth : Millie? Millicent : Marvin. Mouth : What are you doing here? Millicent : Picking up the rest of my stuff. I'm sorry. I talked to Skills. He said you'd be at work all day. Mouth : That's funny. Skills told me to be here all day to wait for the cable guy. Now I'm thinking he just unplugged the cable. So, how's New York? Millicent : It's nice. I missed it. It's a really exciting place to be. Mouth : That's good. You know things have been pretty exciting in Tree Hill. People are losing their minds over this movie business. And I met the guy who's playing me. It's totally weird. I could have sent that to you. Millicent : I came to get my car. I'm driving it back. Mouth : I thought the whole point of New York was that you didn't need a car. Millicent : Yeah but I've decided to stay on a more permanent basis. Mouth : Waouh. So ... I guess this is goodbye for a while then. Millicent : Actually it's goodbye forever. AT THE BEACH HOUSE Nathan : Hello? Anybody home? Haley : Geez! Nathan : Haley. Haley : Sorry. I'm really sorry. Nathan : You know bad hearts run in my family. Haley : I know. It's a good thing I know CPR. Nathan : What is this? You send me a cryptic text telling me to meet you at this strange address. What have you been doing in Charleston? Haley : What do you think? Have we ever spent this day apart? Nathan : No. Haley : Come on. You couldn't come home this weekend so I just decided to bring home to you. Happy anniversary Nathan Scott. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Deb : Since it's just you and me tonight I am going to let you stay up past bedtime and watch "Thomas & friends." Jamie : I'd rather watch "Gossip girl." It's so bad for me. Deb : Keep dreaming. Okay you're pretty good at math so I'm guessing Orval is joining us again for dinner. If he even touches my pepperoni I will kick his imaginary butt. Jamie : Easy Nanny Deb. It's not for Orval. Deb : That was fast. The pizza's here. Dan : Hello Deb. You're looking ... old. Jamie : Grandpa Dan! Dan : There's my guy. Deb : What do you want Dan? Jamie : I invited him. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Don't you know there's a rule about letting pregnant women lie? Lucas : Is that "lie" as in "sleep" or "lie" as in "of course you're the baby's father"? Peyton : No. It's "lie" as in "sleep." but that too. Lucas : You know you're gonna feel really bad about that when you see my surprise. Peyton : Really? Has the surprise anything to do with the reason you didn't come to bed last night? Lucas : Maybe. You ready to have your world rocked? Peyton : Not so much. Lucas : You got morning sickness again. Peyton : Yeah sure. Lucas : You okay? Let's get you to bed. The doctor said you need to take it easy. Peyton : I want to see the surprise. Lucas : It's not a good idea. Peyton : I want to see it. Lucas : Peyton... Lucas : Like you said this is our house now. Peyton : It's beautiful. Lucas : Peyton... Peyton : I'm just gonna need a minute. Peyton : We haven't even picked out names yet. I was thinking "Anna." "Anna" for a little girl after my mom. Lucas : Come on. Don't. Peyton : Or maybe. um... maybe "Sawyer" for a boy... Sawyer Scott. Lucas : We need to take a couple days and process this okay? Peyton : When I think about all the time I thought maybe I didn't want a baby like I... like I couldn't handle it... Lucas : Peyton, it doesn't work like that. The universe doesn't punish you for being afraid. Peyton : I know. I know. But I can't do it. Lucas : Listen the doctor... Peyton : I know what he said. Lucas : If you have this baby... you could die. Peyton : It doesn't matter. I'm gonna have this baby. Lucas : The doctor didn't say something could happen to you. He said there was a very good chance. Peyton he said we could lose the baby anyway. Look, we... we don't have to make this decision now okay? We can...take a couple days before we go back in. Okay? Peyton : For an abortion. Lucas : That is not what the doctor called it. Peyton : That's what it is. Lucas : Look, nobody is gonna say... Peyton : That's what it is! Okay. If you would like to talk about it then call it what it is. Lucas : How could this happen in a month? Peyton : I had some pain early in the pregnancy. Lucas : Why didn't you tell me that? Peyton : 'Cause I didn't want you to worry and they said it was nothing. Lucas : This isn't nothing. Peyton : Maybe it is. Lucas : What does that mean? Peyton : Well it means whatever happens, happens. Lucas : That is really selfish you know that? Peyton : Excuse me? Lucas : Okay fine! You want me to be the bad guy?! Fine. We'll call it what you want. But if continuing this pregnancy means I lose you... then we end it. Peyton : It's not an "it. Luke, this is our baby. All right? You... you saw its heartbeat. You saw its little tiny fingers and its toes. Lucas : Stop it! Stop it! Peyton : No. I'm not gonna stop it! I want you to think about it okay? Lucas : Well then we'll try again okay? Okay? We can adopt okay? I mean, if your parents never would have adopted we never would have met. Peyton : I know. I know honey. And I love you for that. But this little life inside of me... it's you and it's me. And I want him to have your goofy squint and I want her to have my chickeny legs. Lucas : I don't need this kid to look like me. I don't care about that. I care... about this child growing up without a mother. Look what it did to you. Peyton : You are really trying to guilt me into this. Lucas : Hell yes I am. That is exactly what I'm gonna do if in the end it keeps you alive. Peyton : You are such a dick. Lucas : Well. Then fine I'm a dick. Peyton : What are you doing? Lucas : It was too soon. Peyton : Stop it! Lucas Eugene Scott if you don't stop it right now I will bat your ass! Lucas : You sound like a mom. Peyton : I am a mom. Lucas : A while back. I had a dream... that something happened to you. It got me to thinking about my life without you and I... I can't... No. I can't live that life. I can't. You talk about how I'm always saving you Peyton and I can't save you from this. Peyton : We can't even think like that, okay? Will you just please look at all the stuff you and I have survived together? I mean, car crashes and bllet wounds and psychos. Are we really gonna let some doctor lay odds on us? And okay. Even if something does happen to me you're gonna be okay. And you can raise this baby on your own just like your mom did. Lucas : And how am I supposed to feel about the child that took you away from me? Peyton : God. I don't worry about that for a second because you are not that person. And you will never, ever, ever be on your own. You have Nathan and Haley and... Brooke. And just think about all that sexy Jake Jagielski single-dad tail you're gonna rake in. Lucas : Not funny. Peyton : I'm sorry. It's not funny. Because I would haunt your ass just to make sure you never had sex again. Lucas : How can you joke about this? Peyton : 'Cause I'm scared. Taught me to believe in fate. I mean, that's what "The comet" is all about, right? It's about accepting your fate. Lucas : How can this be fate? Peyton : Maybe it is. Maybe... maybe the whole point of you and me and every single moment that we've shared together has just been leading us here. Maybe you and I are meant to create this life because maybe this life is gonna change the world. Lucas : I can't accept that our story doesn't have a good ending. Peyton : Our story already has the greatest ending. No matter what. 'Cause we're together. Lucas : I need to know we're making the right choice. I just... What? Okay c... c... come... come here. Sit down. Sit down. I'll call an ambulance. Peyton : No. Wait. He's kicking hard. Do you feel that?! Lucas : Yeah. Peyton : It is okay for you to love this baby. It doesn't mean you don't love me. Lucas : I can't live without you Peyton. Peyton : Honey you don't have to, and you're not going to. I know it. I can feel it. We are gonna live happily ever after. All three of us. AT MOUTH'S HOUSE Mouth : Millicent wait. Millicent : Wait for what Marvin? What else is there to say after goodbye? Mouth : You're not wearing your glasses. Millicent : I had Lasik. I see 20/20 now. Mouth : Well. I guess it was a month of firsts. Millicent : Okay. If you're done making fun of me. I have a long drive. Mouth : Hang on. That was mean. I... I was angry. Maybe I still am a little. Millicent : Trust me... there's nothing you can say that I haven't said to myself a thousand times. Mouth : Well, maybe there's one thing. I'm sorry. Millicent : What are you sorry for? Mouth : For driving you away. It's my cell phone bill. Millicent : It's $300. Mouth : Text-messaging fees. Most of those were texts from Gigi and a lot of them were my replies. Millicent : Why are you doing this? It's cruel. Mouth : I'm not trying to be cruel Millie. I'm doing this because you're the one who deserves to be angry and you need to know that you didn't screw this up. I did. And I didn't even really realize how wrong it was until I saw it there in black and white. Millicent : Why did you do it? Mouth : I don't know. Maybe I... maybe I got some kind of rush out of it. I can't give you a reason that won't sound like an excuse. But if I'd never gone down that road then you never would have... you know. So before you walk out of my life... I need to know if you can forgive me. Millicent : That's really noble Marvin but, you're a guy, you have needs. Gigi made you feel special in a way that I obviously couldn't. Mouth : That is not true. You made me feel special every single day. Millicent : But never at night. All those nights we slept beside each other, there were so many times I'd lie awake watching you sleep and I'd just want to rip your clothes off and attck you. Mouth : Why didn't you? Millicent : I was scared... that what we had was so special that sex would mess it up. That the promise of it could never live up to the real thing. But now I realize that our relationship wasn't that special. Mouth : Don't say that. We were amazing together Millie and... I know we can be amazing together again. Millicent : The mistakes we made will always be there between us. But maybe if we start over... maybe the past won't be there in our next relationships. Mouth : So the mistakes go away but we're with the wrong people. Millicent : We can't just go back to being Mouth and Millie. Mouth : I don't want to go back. I want to go forward... being this version of us. Millicent : What do you mean? Mouth : I mean, things were always so easy between us before but this is real life. Yes, we made mistakes. We screwed up. Maybe we can be that couple that finds our way through it to something better... something we both know is worth fighting for and protecting. I... I don't have all the answers. Millie. I just... I know that I miss you. Millicent : What do you miss about me? Mouth : I miss knowing that my day was gonna start with you, knowing that I was gonna come home to the one person who really got me. I miss the fact that around 2:30 every morning you snore for exactly seven minutes. Millicent : I do not. Mouth : And I miss... I miss the glasses. Millicent : The glasses aren't coming back Marvin. I can't rewind the clock and take any of it back. Mouth : I know that. But I didn't love you for your glasses. I love you for you. Millicent : I love you too Marvin. But it's not just about you forgiving me. I have to forgive myself and I can't do that if I'm seeing you every day. I have to go. Mouth : Or you could stay. Millicent : I'm sorry. AT THE BEACH HOUSE Nathan : To seven years. Haley : Seven years. I can't believe you talked me into marrying you when I was 16. Nathan : I know. What the hell was I thinking? Haley : That's like Jamie bringing home a wife in 10 years. Nathan : Stop it. That is so not gonna happen. Haley : We'd totally be hypocrites. Nathan : That's true. Where is the boy anyway? Haley : Your mom's watching him for the night. Nathan : And who's gonna watch him when we do a dime for breaking and entering? Haley : Don't be such a wuss. I've got everything figured out. Time for fortune cookies. Nathan : Okay. Okay. "You are a master of your craft" in bed. Now, that is true. Haley : It does not say that. Nathan : No but you can add "in bed" to the end of any fortune and it works. Haley : What? Nathan : It works every time. Try it. Try it. Haley : Where do you come up with these things? "Prepare yourself for a big change," in bed. Well you know what they say about the seven-year itch. Nathan : Fortune cookies suck. Haley : It got the "change" part right. Nathan : I know the last couple weeks have been hard on you... taking care of Jamie, working full time. Haley : Yeah, that's kind of what I meant. Um... listen, uh... I haven't exactly been working full time. Nathan : What? Why not? Haley : It's just like, uh, you know. I consider it a vacation... an unpaid one that may never end. Nathan : Haley, what the hell happened? Haley : You know that paper I told you about that Sam wrote for school? Nathan : Yeah. Haley : It was incredible and important and maybe a little pg-13 and Principal Rimkus told me I couldn't publish it in the school paper. Nathan : So of course you did. Haley : Yeah. Are you mad? Nathan : Yeah... at Principal Buttkiss. Haley : That's very original. Nathan : Thank you. Haley : Anyway she suspended me, so... but it got me thinking you know, about where we're headed and just the bigger picture. Nathan : And? Haley : Well, for instance...what do you think if Jamie and I come here? Nathan : You want to move to Charleston? Haley : I know. It's totally crazy, right? But on the other hand you're gonna be spending a lot more time here than you will be in Tree Hill. Nathan : Next you're gonna tell me that we already bought this house. Haley : No. But the realtor is a friend of a friend in case we wanted to check it out. Nathan : You are just full of surprises tonight. Haley : I'm just getting started. Nathan : This place is practically falling apart. It must be dirt-cheap. Haley : I think it's beautiful. It kind of reminds me of the old Granville house in "it's a wonderful life." You know... the one George and Mary used to throw rocks at and make wishes. See? Isn't this perfect? Jamie would love it. Chester would love it. Nathan : I'm sure this place comes with things that could eat Chester. Haley : Come on. This could be my music studio! Oh, and... it happens to overlook the driveway with a basketball hoop. So whenever I need inspiration I can watch you play... shirtless. Nathan : I mean, you just got this all figured out, don't you? Haley : Well, I'm just dreaming. Baby, Tree Hill's always gonna be our home. And I don't want to leave forever. But at the same time, we never said we'd stay forever. Nathan : Okay. You want to dream. Let's dream big. You should get back to your music, but I'm not talking about writing songs in some creaky, old house. You should get back on the road. Haley : Yeah like that's ever gonna happen. Nathan : I saw that look in your eyes after that U.S.O. show. You get the same rush from the crowd that I do. Haley : And one attention whore per family is enough, don't you think? Nathan : We could make it work. Haley : Like we did last time? Nathan : We are not the same couple we were then. We're much stronger now. Haley : We also have a child to think about. He has school. Nathan : It's a good thing his mom is the world's greatest teacher, whose speciality is tutoring Scott boys. Haley : I don't know baby. A different city every night? Living out of a bus? What kind of a life would that be for him? Nathan : It's the kind of life most kids dream of. I'll tell you what. Come here. Pretend like we're outside right now throwing rocks at this house. You tell me your wish wouldn't be to go back on tour. Haley : It would. Nathan : I knew it. Haley : Nathan. We would have totally separate lives. What would that mean for us? Nathan : Phone sex. Haley : I'm serious. This is our marriage. You can't take those kind of chances with marriage. Nathan : You got to play defense, do you know who you're talking to? Have you seen my defensive stats? Look. There's only a couple of things that I'm certain of in life and one of them is that. No matter what happens you're gonna be the one wheeling me around when I'm 80. Besides. I just... I couldn't live with myself knowing that my dream kept you from pursuing yours. Haley : You're so amazing. Nathan : I know. You got lucky. Think about it will you? Haley : Yeah. I'll think about it. Nathan : Besides what do you want with an old house like this? There's too many rooms. Haley : You forgot how much fun we're gonna have filling them up with kids. Nathan : Really? All these rooms? Haley : All of them. It's a big house. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Apparently you missed the part about me wanting you gone. What are you still doing here? Julian : I didn't know you dated Ryan Reynolds. Brooke : What are you talking about? Where did you get that? Julian : This website. It's called whosdatedwho.com. It lists everyone you've dated for the past five years. Brooke : They can't do that! Julian : You're a public figure. The rules of common decency don't apply. Brooke : But this is all wrong. I never dated him. I never even met him. Well yeah, I would have dated her, but no. Julian : Colin Farrell, nice. Remind me to get tested. Brooke : Very funny. You can't believe everything you read on the internet. Julian : Yeah but even if you can believe half of it the sheer volume... wow. Brooke : Okay. Playtime's over. Julian : Six hours of battery life sweetheart. Brooke : Why are you doing this? Julian : Because I'm trying to figure out why you got so freaked out about what I said. Brooke : By examining my ex list? So I dated a few guys in New York. So what? Julian : You weren't in love with any of them? Brooke : I didn't have time for love okay? And even if I had Victoria would have never allowed it. So there it is. Julian : So then the last time you were in love... Now I get it. Brooke : Yeah. It was a long time ago. Where are you going? Julian : If you have more than one copy of Lucas' book I'm out of here. Brooke : Look I'm sorry if it's weird for you. Julian : You still love him? Brooke : No. I don't. Julian : Yeah. That's what Peyton said. Brooke : First of all. Peyton fed me that story long before she told it to you, so I've been there. And second, I love her, but I'm not Peyton. Julian : I'm sorry. It's just that I've already been in a relationship that had the stench of Lucas Scott hanging over it. Brooke : And how do you think I feel? I'm the girl who's dating the guy who came to town in the first place to get Peyton back. Julian : Okay not exactly true, but... point taken. Brooke : Yeah. It sucks always being the footnote in someone else's love story. Julian : But you're right you know. You're not Peyton. Lucas and Peyton's story is all about romance and destiny and fate. But you're different. Brooke : Um... thanks? Julian : Brooke Davis writes her own story like you did with your career and your company and with Sam. You choose your own path. Brooke : Yeah. But you can't choose who you love. Julian : You're right. You don't. But you choose whether or not you open your heart to love. Brooke : What do you want me to say? Julian : How about "I love you too Julian"? Brooke : How about. "I like you a lot"? This is all happening really fast. What happened to just having fun? And you know it's not as simple for me. I have Sam to think about. Julian : Don't do that. Brooke : What? Julian : Don't hide behind Sam. Brooke : I'm not hiding. Julian : Yes you are. And you want to know what I think? I think you do love me... or you could love me... but you're just too stubborn and scared to admit it because the last time you really gave your heart to someone it got broken. And I get that. I've been there. But somewhere along the line you gave up on the idea that you deserve to feel this way again. But you don't see what I see Brooke. You deserve this. So I'm gonna try one more time. I love you. I'm in love with you. I'm so lost and completely in love with you. I have been ever since I saw you doing that ridiculous molly ringwald dance. Brooke : Julian... I... I care about you so much. Julian : Never let it be said that Brooke Davis is easy. Brooke : Julian. Julian : I'm sorry. That wasn't fair. You know what? It's okay. Someday you'll let someone in. Today's just not that day. Brooke : I don't want this to change anything. Julian : No it won't. It won't. You know you were right. It's my fault. We were just having fun and I just... you overwhelmed me a little bit. It's too soon. Brooke : It is a little too soon. Julian : Yeah. I know. I'll tell you what... why don't you go get ready for dinner? We'll pretend the last hour never happened. Brooke : Are you sure? I mean... can we really do that? Julian : Yeah. In fact in the movie business we do it all the time. It's called a deleted scene. Go pull yourself together Brooke Davis. You look a mess. I'll wait for you. Brooke : Okay. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : Can I have some ice cream now? Dan : It's okay with me if it's okay with your... granny Deb. Deb : One scoop. Jamie : Yes! Dan : He's a good kid. Deb : He's a great kid. Who unfortunately drank the Dan scott kool-aid. As soon as he's asleep you're gone. Dan : How about the comic stylings of the good Dr. Seus? Jamie : How about a story about daddy when he was little? Dan : You want a story about your dad? Okay. Let's see. There was this one time we all went down to disney world. That was when your dad was even younger than you are. And we were at the petting zoo and I wanted to take a picture of your dad petting this big brown goat, when this bratty kid walks up and whacks the goat with a big stick. That's when the goat hip-checks your dad 10 feet across the petting zoo. He didn't even know what ht him. Jamie : Grandpa. Why'd you and nanny Deb stop being married? Dan : Well J-man... life's like a long race. And some couples were meant to go the whole distance and some were only meant to go halfway. Jamie : Do you still love each other? Dan : Time for you to ht the hay. Jamie : What about mommy and daddy? Will they ever stop being married? Dan : If there's one thing I know it's that your mom and dad are gonna make it all the way to the finish line. I love you buddy. Jamie : I love you grandpa. Dan : Well the boy's out. I guess the same goes for me. Deb : I remember that trip to Disney World. The only ride Nathan would go on was the tram to the parking garage. So the two of you spent the whole day on it talking basketball. Dan : Yeah. That was a great day. Deb : We drove 600 miles to ride on a bus. Dan : Still a great day. Deb : Yeah. We were supposed to be this couple tucking our grandkids in together. Dan : Nobody sets out to have a failed marriage Deb. It ends with a million little mistakes. Deb : And a couple really big ones. Whenever I think the man I fell in love with is still inside there somewhere... I remember that you stood in that hallway looked your brother in the eye and pulled the trigger. Dan : I've done my time Deb. Deb : It'll never be enough. Keith won't get any time back. Dan : You want to talk about Keith? Let's talk about Keith. You're right. In a single moment of hatred... I made the greatest mistake of my life. But I did it because I thought I was getting revenge. Deb : Okay. It's time for you to go. Dan : No. No. No. Not yet. I thought I was getting revenge 'cause I thought Keith had poisoned that bottle of scotch and left me there to burn to death. But it wasn't Keith. Was it Deb? Deb : I... I... I don't want to hear this. Dan : It was you wasn't it?! You want to walk down memory lane tonight? I thought the reason Keith was trying to kll me was 'cause I hired Jules to sleep with him. And the reason I did that was 'cause in one of the worst moments of my life I walked in on my wife cheating on me with my own brother! From the way I see it... I pulled the trigger... but you loaded the gn. I've done my time Deb. Have you? Deb : You don't think I've thought about that every day for the past five years? How I left Karen without Keith, Lily without a father. And that's why I hate you. I hate you for klling Keith and I hate you for the guilt I feel! It's good that you're gonna die soon Dan. It makes me believe in justice. Now get the hell out. Jamie : Grandpa? It's time for you to get better. AT BEACH HOUSE Nathan : This house is starting to grow on me. Haley : It's been a great anniversary. Nathan : But you did all this for me. And I didn't give you anything. Haley : That is not exactly true. You've given me an amazing life so far. Nathan : Who knows? Maybe someday when my body's completely wrecked and you're singing days are over, we can come back here and... grow old together. What do you say? Haley : Yes! I say yes! Nathan : Happy anniversary Haley James Scott. Haley : George Bailey. I'll love you till the day I die. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Okay. I think I've gotten pretty presentable. Julian : Yeah. Okay. Right. Yeah. I'll be right there. Brooke : Who's that? Julian : It was the production office. Apparently one of the locations fell through. I got to go down and figure it out. Brooke : Tonight? Do you want me to go with you? Julian : No. It'll probably take a while. Brooke : Okay. Well... come over when you're done. We can still have dessert. Julian : I'll probably just crash at the hotel. But I'll see you tomorrow. You look beautiful Brooke. Brooke : Someday. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : This scares me Peyton. Peyton : It'll be okay. Lucas : And what if it's not? Peyton : It will be. We are gonna dance at this kid's wedding. And we're gonna spoil our grandkids together. I know it. I'm doing this. I'm having this baby. Lucas : No. We having this baby.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x17 - You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three Tonight"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill"... Mrs Rimkus : I have a problem with the essay you selected for the school paper. Haley : I understand, but I thought I was in charge of the school paper and had final say on what went in it. Mrs Rimkus : And I have final say on whether or not you work here. Lucas : If continuing this pregnancy means I lose you, then we end it. Peyton : I'm having this baby. Lucas : We're having this baby. Brooke : What do you want me to say? Julian : How about, Julian? Brooke : How about, "I like you"? Dan : You want to talk about Keith? Let's talk about Keith. From the way I see it, I pulled the trigger, but you loaded the gn. Deb : It's good that you're gonna die soon, Dan. Jamie : Grandpa? It's time for you to get better. One tree hill - Season 6 Episode18 AT THE HOSPITAL Man : Look, I'm not saying I do or I de havany llicit narcotics currently in my domicile. But if I did and my dog happened to eat, say,3 ounces of, actually, some really nice Lebanese hash, would you say he'd be okay ... or no? Woman : Sit your stupid ass down, and I'll call a veterinarian. Mr. Scott. We'll get you prepped in a moment Dan : Okay. Lucas. Is everything all right? Lucas : It's fine. Dan : I'm getting a heart. Lucas : It's about time. AT THE OFFICE Reese : I need a helicopter. Julian : For the final river court scene ... Lucas told me. But you can sht it with a crane. You don't need a helicopter. Reese : Yes, but I've never had sex in a helicopter before. Girl : Excuse me, Julian? Brooke Davis on line 1. Reese : Nice Julian : I have to call her back. Girl : Okay. Julian : Is that the girl that auditioned for Peyton? Reese : Yeah. And she was about to be the girl who auditioned for Peyton, slash, new office P.A. having sex with me in a helicopter, until you ruined it. I wonder if we could do it in a crane. Girl : Julian, you have a call. Julian : It kind of gets a little crazy right before production. Can you take a message? Girl : Okay, but it's the head of the studio ... I mean, your father. He said it was urgent. Julian : Yeah dad, what's up ? AT THE GYMNASIUM Skills : Yeah, dad, what's up? All right,8 seconds left, down by 2. Here's what I want. I want you here, here, here, and here. Set the picks there, pick there, knock down the sht, and send their sorry butt home in O.T. You got me?! All right. Big game James, I want you to inbound the ball and take the sht. You with me? Jamie : Yeah. Skills : All right. "No mercy" on 3. 1,2,3. Kids team : No mercy! Andre : Ball, ball! Pass it, pass it! Skills : James, look! Look! Andre : Pass the ball! Pass the ball! Ball! Madison, ball! Ball! Skills : Hey, ref, that was a foul, man! Man : Dude, there were like a dozen fouls. Go home. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Mrs Rimkus : I asked you here today, Haley, because I thought we should talk things through. Having a teacher on suspension is never good for us. Haley : Well, I would be happy to not be on suspension, but that's up to you. Mrs Rimkus : And I'd be happy to end your suspension, as long as you agree to print an apology for your actions in the next edition of the school paper. I've prepared it for you. I'll also be taking over the paper's publishing responsibilities going forward. In addition, you'll address your literature class and explain that you were wrong and that you showed a serious error in judgment. Haley : And if I don't? Mrs Rimkus : You'll be fired. AT THE SHOP Sam : Jack? Jack! Jack! Just give it to me. And go, okay? I won't tell, I promise. Just go. Go. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Shoplifting, Sam? You have everything you could ever want, and you are out stealing, like a common thief? Sam : They're not even pressing charges! Brooke : Because I cried and begged and told them you were semi-retrd! That is not the point. What the hell? Sam : Did you ever consider that maybe it was a case of mistaken identity and that maybe I wasn't shoplifting and that maybe, just maybe, they got the wrong person? Brooke : The wrong person with the pack of hot dogs and no receipt? Sam : I don't even like hot dogs, and I have the money! The thing is ... Brooke : The thing is. You are an unfixable little smartass, who apparently is gonna do whatever she wants. Don't. Julian : Brooke, it's Julian. I'm sorry ... I've been kind of out of touch, and I need to talk to you. Call me. Sam : That got anything to do with why you're so mad at me? Brooke : No. I am mad at you because it doesn't feel like you're making any progress. You stole from me at clothes over bros, and I figured, "okay, you were desperate, you lacked guidance, you felt unloved." So, what do I do? I forgive you, I take you in, I care for you, give you anything you want, and you make me feel like an idiot! Sam : Is that what you really think ... that I'm unfixable? Brooke : Oh, don't put this on me, Sam. I am not the one who got caught stealing today and then tried to lie my way out of it. Sam : I'm not lying! And I wasn't stealing, either! But you know what ... whatever. Believe whatever the hell you want to believe. Brooke : Okay. AT THE OFFICE Julian : Okay, well, maybe you can make a few cal and get back to me. Yeah, thanks. Is everything okay with Peyton? Lucas : Yeah, so far. Thanks for asking. Um, what's up? Julian : My dad called a little while ago. He's been fired. Lucas : That's too bad. How's he taking it? Julian : Well, he's taking it with a huge cash settlement and an overall production deal. Lucas : Well, so he's good. Julian : I don't think you understand, Luke. Reese : Korman, it's me. Uh, yeah, I heard. Listen. I'm pay or play, right? You're the man. Bye. Well, boys, it's been a good run. At least I'm getting paid. Lucas : Wait, wait, Reese, hold on. What's going on, Julian? Reese : What's going on is, the movie just died, Luke. Our movie just died, and you just lost your $300,000 production bonus. Lucas : Is that true? Julian : When the studio head is terminated, most of the projects that aren't sh*ting yet go into turnaround. Lucas : Okay. What's ... what's turnaround? Julian : It means they put things on hold. Reese : Tell the truth, Julian. Come on. Luke... it means your movie's dad, done, over. It's like they're all in the third grade. When the new guy comes in. He doesn't want to play with the old guy's toys. He throws them out, buys his own toys. Julian : No, not always. Not always. This movie got a ton of love from a lot of executives that are still at the studio, so just give me a second, hang tight. Let me make some calls, okay? I'm gonna do everything I can to fix this. Reese : You do that. This movie is so over. AT THE GYMNASIUM Jamie : We're really sorry, coach uncle Skills. Skills : It's okay. Madison : It's not okay we stink! Andre : We suck. Chuck : We're hosed. Skills : Well, wait, hold on, now. We only lost by two points. Jamie : Yeah, but we still lost. Skills : Yeah, but you got to look at things from the brighter side. Chuck, you played the whole game today without fouling and without punching somebody in the crotch, right? Chuck : Yeah. Skills : Madison... you didn't start doing your homework on the bench until the second half, even when I knew it was klling you to just relax and have fun. Right? All right. Jamie Scott, 14 points. Andre fields, 8 points. And Caroline Rutenbar, 2 points, 2 rebounds, and no pee in the pants. Y'all give it up. All right, don't do drugs, stay in school, and Nanny Deb has all the snacks. Y'all get on out of here, rock stars. Jamie : Hey Nanny Deb. Deb : You are so good with them. Skills : Hey, I love kids. Maybe one day, we'll have some of our own. Hey, wait. Save me a juice box. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : I am so pissed off! Nathan : So, she expects you to apologize. Haley : Yes. Can you believe that? Nathan : Well, I bet our kitchen drawers are really organized right now. Haley : Why do you say that? Nathan : Because. That's who you are, Haley James. And I know that even though Rimkus is completely wrong, you're thinking about taking the high road on this one, because you're a good teacher and you care about your students. Haley : Yeah, I do care, but you know what ... when you're young and you look at how great your life's gonna be, you don't think about having a Rimkus there to screw it all up with her written apologies and her stupid-ass policies, and it's totally unfair that I have to apologize for something, when I don't even think I was wrong, because I wasn't wrong. Nathan : I get it, baby. And I completely agree. And if you want to tell Rimkus to shove it, I'm good with that. But I think you know that if you do that, these kids are gonna lose the best teacher they have. Haley : Yeah. Nathan : So, I'm thinking I'm just gonna love you even more, because... you're probably gonna take the high road and be gracious and honorable, because that's who you are, Haley James. Haley : Our kitchen drawers are really organized, by the way. AT THE CIMETERY Jamie : Hi, "Q." Uncle Lucas let me come say hi. We had a game today, and I scored a bunch of points. But we lost. Lucas : He's doing really good, "Q." He's got your crossover dribble. Jamie : Andre did great, too. I know he misses you a lot. We all do. Lucas : I'll be right back, okay? Peyton : The truth is, I see how worried the doctors are and how terrified Lucas is, so I'm trying to be strong through all of it, but I'm scared, mom. So if you could put in a good word for us up there... Thanks, mom. Lucas : This place is way too full of people I love and miss. There's not any room for any more. You hear me? Not even one. Peyton : Hey, I'll go wait in the car. Lucas : Okay. You ready to go, Jamie? Jamie : How did great-uncle Keith die? Lucas : He was sht, Jamie. Jamie : Like Quentin? Lucas : Yeah. Jamie : Why do people do bad things like that, uncle Lucas? Lucas : Maybe you should ask your grandpa Dan. AT THE BEACH Dan : Is that all you got?! That's the best you can do?! A crazy bitch Nanny and a dog?! That supposed to be some kind of karmic lesson? Well, I don't need your lesson. And I'm not gonna apologize, either, or cower or beg or cry! I've done that. It's over. And let me tell you something else. I'm not gonna pray, either. You hear me?! I won't! I showed remorse. I said "I'm sorry. And if that's not good enough, you come and get me, god, you miserable son of a bitch. I give up. Man : This wasn't great day to be alive. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Julian : It's over. I talked to everybody I could at the studio, shutting down production. It's just politics and bad timing, Luke. Lucas : So it's definitely not happening. Julian : I'm sorry. Now I got to go tell a bunch of people they just lost their jobs. Peyton : What about Brooke? Did you talk to her yet? Julian : I tried calling her, but... I'm not really worried about Brooke Davis. Something tells me she'll be just fine. Peyton : I didn't mean the job part. Julian : Yeah, I didn't either. See you guys around. Bye, Jamie. Jamie : Bye. Peyton : Well... you were worried about the book becoming a movie, anyway ... l the stuff with Keith. Lucas : Yeah. Jamie : Can I have this picture? Lucas : Sure, Jamie. Peyton : What now? Hi, It's Peyton. Okay. Lucas : What's wrong? AT TRIC Peyton : They don't like the song. Mia : Who? John or the A&R guys? Peyton : Apparently all of them. And it's not like they hate it, okay? They just don't love it the same way we do. Mia : Well, they wrong! Peyton : Well I agree. Haley : What do they want to do? Peyton : They thought we should try it on guitar instead of piano. Mia : But it's perfect on the piano. Peyton : Maybe so, honey, but if you love this song and you want to keep it, maybe you should just try it. Mia : What do you think, Haley? Haley : Sometimes you have to play the game. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Skills : What game you playing, boy? Jamie : "Sims." I'm making my own tree hill. Skills : Is there a skills character? Jamie : Yeah. But he mostly just gets all mushy with Nanny Deb. Skills : I like your style, baby. See if you can give Uncle Skills two Nanny Debs. Jamie : Okay. Skills : Good man. But just don't tell the real nanny Deb I said that, okay? Skills : That kid is a genius. And his nanny's kind of great, too. You okay? Deb : I've been meaning to talk to you for some time now. Skills : Okay. Deb : I think we should end this ... us. I think we should break up. Skills : Wait. Why? Deb : Because you should be a father and have a family -- one that I can't give you. Skills : Look, baby, you're not that old. I mean, you could still have kids. Deb : Yes, I could. But I don't want to. Skills : Okay. I'm good with that. Deb : Oh, you're such a sweet and wonderful guy, and ... and we have so much fun together. But at the end of the day, you deserve more than this. Skills : I don't want more than this. I think this is good enough. Deb : For me... but not for you. I'm sorry. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : Brooke, it's Julian! It's Julian. Brooke : I don't want to talk to him. Sam : Are you guys fighting? Brooke : Not exactly. Sam : What not exactly happened? Brooke : Nothing. And I'm still pissed at you for shoplifting. Sam : You should talk to him. Brooke : We're fine. Some time apart might do us some don't. Sam : Hey, Julian. Yeah, she's right here. Brooke : When I hang up, I'm going to kll you, and then your dad body is grounded. Hi, Julian. What's up? I'm sorry. That's terrible. So, what does that mean for you? That's soon. No, take it. Take it. I'll... I'll call you later. Bye. They pulled the plug on the movie. He's leaving town soon ... for good. Sam : Looks like you got that time apart you wished for. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Dan : Hi Deb : You're evil. You know that? Dan : Well, what tipped you off? Our miserable marriage or the prison term? Deb : The insidiousness. How dare you pin Keith's mrder on me. Dan : Yes. It wasn't your fault. Deb : It wasn't my fault. Dan : I know. Deb : So, I thought you were getting your heart. Dan : Yeah, it's not gonna work out. Listen, Deb, I was wondering if I could take Jamie for a couple hours. Deb : Why, Dan? Why would I do that? Dan : Because he's all I have left. Deb : No. Forget it. Dan : You can come with us, Deb. It's just for a little while. Deb : To do what? Dan : To say goodbye. Jamie : Grandpa Dan! Dan : Hey, there's my guy. Jamie : Did you get your heart already? Can I see it? What's it feel like? Dan : Sorry, buddy. It was a false alarm. Jamie : Then where's your pager? Deb : Two hours. Don't make me regret this. All right, sweetie, grandpa's gonna take you for a couple hours, and then I'll see you for dinner, okay? Jamie : Do you want to come with us, Nanny Deb? Deb : Oh, um, no, honey. This is where I say goodbye. Dan : Hey, wait for me right outside. Goodbye, Deb. Don't feel guilty. Deb : I feel guilty. AT TRIC Brooke : Julian was being so nice to me, and I freaked out, and I took it out on Sam. I am a horrible person. Haley : As a teacher, I must adhere to a higher standard of conduct, and I failed to live up to that higher standard. For that, I am truly sorry. I'm also sorry principal Rimkus is a hairy-backed bitch. Mia : Guitar. Play it on guitar. That's their great idea. Maybe I can just play it on the spoons ... a nice spoon ballad. Skills : What the hell's she mean I'm too good for her? I'm not too good for her. Trust me, I know me. Luke, am I too good for anybody you know? Lucas : Dude, I just lost $300,000. Do you understand that? $300,000. And you lost Deb? Shut up! What the hell are you doing here? Reese : Celebrating. I just got paid for doing nothing. Everybody, drinks on me! Who's with me? AT JULIAN OFFICE Julian : Yeah, I'm gonna miss it here. More than you know. Hey, I got to run. I'll ... I'll see you in L.A. Okay. Sam : Sorry about the movie. Julian : It's okay. Sam : So, you're just gonna leave now? Julian : Yeah, but it's okay, Sam. Sam : It's not okay. What about Brooke? Julian : That wasn't gonna work out. Sam : You're an idiot if you believe that. The only reason she didn't call you back was because she was mad at me for shoplifting, and she didn't ... Julian : Hold on. Shoplifting? What's ... what's that all about? Sam : I did it for Jack. He was hungry... and I just took the fall. Julian : What did Brooke say about it? Sam : I didn't tell her. She called me unfixable. Julian : You know she didn't mean that. Sam : Yeah. I know. Julian : She was just mad at you. Sam : I don't get you guys. One minute, you're making out on the couch, and the next minute, you're not even talking! What happened? Julian : I told her I loved her. She didn't say it back. But the movie's over now, so it doesn't really matter. Sam : No, it does matter. It's the only thing that matters. AT THE RIVER COURT Dan : You know, Jamie... I'm gonna miss watching you grow into the man you're gonna be someday. 'Cause I know you're gonna do great things in your life. You know I'd be there if I could, right? Come here, buddy. Jamie : Grandpa? Dan : Yeah? Jamie : You wouldn't lie to me, would you? Dan : Of course not. Jamie : Because I need to ask you something. Dan : Anything, buddy. Jamie : Who klled great-uncle Keith? Dan : I did. It was me. Jamie : I want to go home. AT THE RIVER COURT Julian : Well, look at it this way, Luke ... you lost a movie and a huge production bonus. I lost a movie, a huge pa huge production bonus, and two amazing girls. Lucas : Yeah, what happened with Brooke, anyway? Julian : Well, we started out just having fun, but then she told me she needed to be more than that, so I made it more than that, at which point she freaked out she just wanted to have fun. Which made it really not fun for either of us, sort of. Lucas : Hey, you know what ... maybe, uh... maybe you and Brooke will still work it out. Julian : Yeah, we'll see. Lucas : We'll see. Julian : What? Lucas : It's Brooke Davis, okay? So if you don't try, you're an idiot. Julian : Thank you. Lucas : Peyton said she came home to find love. Maybe Brooke will leave home to find it with you and your big-ass forehead. Julian : I like to think of it as a five head, thank you. And, you know, Peyton happened to love it, among other big things I have. Lucas : You know, I'm really glad you're leaving. Julian : Here we go. Lucas : Oh, geez. Reese : Boys, boys, boys, boys! Have I taught you nothing this entire time that I've known you? You have a very small window where excessive, irresponsible consumption is allowed. For god's sake, drink something expensive, especially when production is paying for it. Lucas : Does anything matter to you, Reese? Reese : Now, what is that supposed to mean? Lucas : Well, look, I mean, Julian and I really wanted to make this movie. Julian : Lucas has a point, Reese. You don't seem that upset. Reese : I get it, you guys. If we had run even one measly little frame of film through that camera, you would be sitting on a huge, fat production bonus. It's a lot of money. You're upset. I respect that. Lucas : See, that's just it, man. It's not about the money. Reese : Well, so what's it about, then? Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm not a writer, but ... let me ... let me take a sht at this. It's that we found a story worth telling. We got the script just right, we got the crew just right, we got the perfect cast, and we were, oh, so close to being able to make something that would actually affect somebody ... someone we've never met, but for two hours, we can have a dialogue with that person, speak to them and maybe ... I mean, just maybe ... illuminate a small part of their world by telling a story in ours. Here's the piece of the puzzle you boys are missing. Sometimes... the beauty is in the attempt. We took a sht. We gave it everything we could, and we did it well. Just didn't work out. Now, when that happens, you got two options. You could sit in a public park like a couple of hm, pouting and drinking cheap beer, or... you could celebrate the attempt! Raise your glasses right now, both of you. Get them up. To the friendships we've made along the way ... and the insane amount of ass we get for doing this job. Julian : You were so close. So close. Reese : But, above all, don't let this get you down. Pick yourself up, find the next one. It's what we do, boys. It's what we know. See? Look at how happy my baby is that we saved the movie and she gets to play Peyton. Julian : That's not true. Reese : But she doesn't know that. All right, now wait for it. You two dorks are gonna love this one. Almost forgot! I left you guys a little present in the limo! Seems I ran a little bit of film through the camera anyway. It was a sunset last night ... gorgeous! Had to have it! You just got your production bonuses, boys! Julian : But you can't do that! Reese : I just did! And when you speak of me, speak of me well. Bull Durham. Lucas : You may not like him, minister... but you can't deny he's got style. Harry Potter. Julian : You know he charged that helicopter to the movie. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Haley : I've been asked to speak with all of you because there is a chance I may have shown a small error in judgment when I published Sam's essay in the school paper. Which is not to say that Sam's essay wasn't a wonderful piece of writing, because it is. It's just that ... Mrs Rimkus : Ms. Scott. Haley : This is still my classroom. Mrs Rimkus : For now. Haley : What's the first thing I taught you about writing? Sam : Tell the truth. Haley : Tell the truth. So I would be a hypocrite if I stood up here and didn't tell y the truth, right? Look, the truth is, I love teaching all of you, and I'm ... I'm proud of you. But I did what any good teacher would do when I published Sam's essay in the school paper. It was a powerful piece of writing. It was honest and naked and real and everything your writing should be. And, by the look on principal Rimkus's face, I should probably say goodbye. Just try and remember it's too early for you to start playing the game. Hell, it's too early for me to start playing the game. Stand up for what you believe in. The truth matters, so tell it, no matter what. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Julian : Brooke. Brooke : Hey Julian : Hey Brooke : I was gonna call you, but... Julian : But I said I loved you, and you didn't say it back, and I said it was fine. But it wasn't. Brooke : Yeah. Julian : I heard about, um, Sam and the whole shoplifting thing. But the thing is, it wasn't her fault. She was just covering for Jack, and, you know, she promised she wouldn't tell. Brooke : I called her unfixable. Julian : I know. But she's not. And you know she's not, because she loves you. And so do I. And you know what that's okay, because sometimes the beauty is in the attempt. I got to go. Brooke : This is crazy. I don't want you to go. Julian : And I don't want to go. But I have to. Brooke : Julian, I... Julian : I'm gonna miss you, Brooke Davis. AT THE RIVERT COURT Nathan : Oh oh. Some little rusty. Lucas : Yeah. Nathan : It's like this. Hey, I'm sorry about the movie, man. Lucas : Haley told you, huh? Nathan : She tells you she got fired? Lucas : I thought she was just suspended. That was until this morning. Nathan : I don't know, man. I leave town, and everything goes to hell Haley gets fired, movie falls apart. Lucas : Dan's heart. Nathan : Yeah, my, uh, mom called me and told me there was a problem. What's up? Lucas : Oh, he didn't tell you? Nathan : No. Lucas : Dog ate it. Nathan : What? Lucas : I'm serious. A dog ate his heart. Nathan : You're kidding me. Lucas : I'm standing right there, and this ... this stoner guy's dog trips the paramedic and... gobbles up his heart. Nathan : You're serious? Lucas : I'm not joking. Nathan : Waouh ! Lucas : Yeah. Nathan : So, I guess... this means he's gonna die. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Hey, I owe you an apology. Sam. You are not unfixable. Okay? Come here. I'm sorry, sweetheart. I'm really sorry. But I found you something to show you how sorry I am. No boys in your bedroom. Sam : Well, close the door, you idiot. You live in a barn or something? Jack : You're the idiot. AT PEYTON'S OFFICE Peyton : Hey. How'd it go? Haley : How would you like a full-time producer for Mia's record? Peyton : Oh, god. What happened? Haley : I told the truth! Peyton : Well, then, yeah. I mean, we would love a full-time producer. Haley : Excellent! So, how does "Manhattan" sound on guitar? Mia : It's not bad, actually. Haley : Good. Now, let's put it back. Mia, when you started out, did you want to make great records or not-bad records? Mia : Great records. Peyton : Great, great records. Haley : Good! So that's what we'll do. We'll make a great record, and if the label can't hear it, then ... they can argue with Peyton. Peyton : Oh, I like this team. Haley : I love this team! AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : So, you're good here? Jack : I'm good. Sam : Okay. Well, I'll...see you in the morning, then. Jack : Yeah. Sam : I'm glad you're here. Jack : Me too. AT THE RIVER COURT Dan : You're my sons. And I failed you. I'm sorry for that and for so many other things. But I'm proud that each of you have become the kind of man that I could never be. You're good men. And you're good brothers. Don't let the world change that. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : James Lucas Scott, what are you still doing awake? Jamie : I'm making Tree Hill. See? That's Quentin. He's still alive here. Haley : That's nice. Jamie : And this is our house. And that's daddy and you and me. And Uncle Lucas and Peyton live next door. Haley : Cool. Jamie : And this is Brooke and Sam and Julian. Is that grandpa Dan? Haley : Yeah. Jamie : He has a new heart. Haley : Who's that, sweetie? Jamie : That's uncle Keith. He's still alive. He came to make sure grandpa Dan was okay, because him and grandpa Dan still love each other. Haley : Okay, Jamie, it's time for bed. Say good night to Tree Hill. Jamie : Good night to Tree Hill.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x18 - Searching for a Former Clarity"}	foreverdreaming
on "One Tree Hill"... Mouth : I could have sent that to you. Millicent : I came to get my car. I'm driving it back. Mouth : I guess this is goodbye for a while, then. Millicent : Actually, it's goodbye forever. Deb : I think we should end this ... us. You deserve more than this. Mrs Rimkus : You'll address your literature class and explain that you were wrong. Haley : And if I don't? Mrs Rimkus : You'll be fired. Haley : I should probably say goodbye. Sam : I'm glad you're here. Julian : I said I loved you, and you didn't say it back. And I said it was fine, but it wasn't. Brooke : I don't want you to go. Julian : But I have to. Lucas : If continuing this pregnancy means I lose you, then we end it. Peyton : I'm having this baby. Lucas : We're having this baby. One Tree Hill - Season 06 Episode 19 AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Nathan : Up and at 'em. Lucas : What? Nathan : It's a beautiful day ... you, me, Jamie, the river court. Come on. Let's go, chop-chop. Lucas : I thought I'd go sh*t a round with Nate and Jamie. Think you'll be okay? Peyton : Honey, you don't have to check up on me every five minutes, even though I do love you for it. Lucas : I know. I guess it's just 'cause, well, I'm the only one who knows. Peyton : I know. I know. I should tell Brooke the whole "no secrets" thing. Maybe I will. You go play. Lucas : Okay. I love you. Peyton : Yeah, I sort of like you, too. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Haley : It's kind of quiet in here. Peyton : Yeah, Mia had a couple of gigs left on the schedule, but the label really loves that new song I sent. Haley : Another one? Geez, that's girl's been a writing machine since she hooked up with chase. Peyton : True, but the song they're really crazy about is "feel this" by Haley James Scott. Haley : Dude, you totally thudded me! Peyton : Right. I'm sorry. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to be promoting your career. Haley : Well, it depends on what they said. Peyton : Uh, they said... they want more. And they're really excited about the new promotional angle. Haley : Which is what, exactly? Peyton : The singing maverick teacher that punched out the principal and slept with a student. Haley : I never ht anyone. And that other thing was seven years ago. I was a tutor. Peyton : Oh, okay. Sorry, I had to stretch it a little bit. How's the new stuff coming? Haley : Nium Peyton : Nium. Why? Haley : 'Cause I keep thinking I should be in third-period English and wondering how my kids are doing. * I keep thinking of you * AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Mrs Rimkus : congratulations. You set a new record for failing. Jack : We didn't fail. You failed. Bring back miss Scott. Mrs Rimkus : You ... detention in my office, um. Jack : Here's how little you know ... I'm not even in this class. You shouldn't be, either. Mrs Rimkus : Anyone else? Sam : He's got a point. Maybe we wouldn't be failing if you hadn't fired our teacher. Mrs Rimkus : Watch it, or you'll be joining your friend, Mr. No-name. Sam : All I'm saying is that either we all got instantly dumber, or you should have been a little bit smarter. I'll see myself out. Sam : We need to teach Rimkus a lesson. And just to be clear, by "lesson," I don't mean throw on a ski mask and bat the crap out of her. AT MOUTH'S HOUSE Skills : Pack a bag. We taking a road trip. Mouth : I'm sleeping. Skills : No, what you're doing is feeling sorry for yourself because your girl broke up with you, because I've been doing me de same dame thing. Now pack that bag. Mouth : Dude, I'm sleeping. Skills : You can sleep in the car. Now, you want to ask where we going? Mouth : Where are we going? Skills : To fix your broken heart. Now move your feeling-sorry-for-yourself ass. Let's go. Mouth : Hey, man! Skills : Let's go! Mouth : No! I've been thinking of you a lot * AT THE RIVER COURT Lucas : Nice! All right, now go in for a lay-up. Jamie : Piece of cake. Lucas : Nice! Nathan : Nice. Lucas : Kid's growing up fast. Nathan : Tell me about it. He's been asking a lot of questions lately. All of a sudden we're supposed to be the grown-ups that have all the answers. Lucas : Birds and the bees already? Nathan : That would be easier. No, they're actually, um ... they're about Keith. Ever since Dan admitted to Jamie that he klled Keith, join the club. Actually, I was thinking maybe you could help. He feels bad he never got to meet Keith. You knew him better than anybody. I thought maybe you could talk to him. Lucas : You know what, I've got a better idea. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Julian : Hey! Brooke : Hi. Did you come to say goodbye? Julian : Well, I was thinking maybe this didn't have to be goodbye. Brooke : What does that mean? Julian : You said you didn't want to be a footnote in someone else's love story. Well, maybe it's time we write our own epic love story. This time tomorrow, we could be walking on a beach in Malibu. Brooke : But what about Sam? I can't leave her here. Julian : Yeah, I thought you'd say that. And I agree. Brooke : Julian. Julian : Look, I know you're gonna come up with a million reasons why you shouldn't. So I'm just gonna give you this one why you should. I love you... Brooke Davis. Come with me. You're on my mind * AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Brooke : Guess what. Your ex-boyfriend just asked Sam and Ii to go with him to L.A. Tonight. Peyton : Jake? Brooke : This isn't funny. Peyton : I mean, that's a really big deal. It is good, though, right? Brooke : No. It would be ridiculous to go with him. I ... I have a store to fill. My friends are here. My life is here. And what about Sam? You know, my parents did the same thing to me when I was in high school. When they left, I was going out with Lucas. And now he's the father of your baby. And you're pregnant, and I'm your maid of honor. How could I leave you? Peyton : Brooke, I'm gonna be fine, okay? You should go. Brooke : We came back here for each other, P. Sawyer. Peyton : Hon, no. You came back here for me, and I love you for that. But I want you to be happy! This is what you want, right? Brooke : I want more time to figure out what I want. Do you remember how unhappy you were in L.A.? Peyton : Well, yeah, 'cause I was alone, because the boy that I loved asked me to be with him, and I said no. So just think about that, all right? And whatever you decide to do, I want you to know I love you. Brooke : And what if it doesn't work out? Peyton : What if it does? AT KEITH'S AUTO SHOP Jamie : Where are we? Lucas : When I was your age, Jamie, this used to be my favorite place in the whole world. Jamie : Why? Lucas : Well, this is your great-uncle Keith's auto shop. Well, the guy that owns it now ... he gave me a key so I can come whenever I want. Jamie : Cool. Lucas : Hey, whoa, uh, be careful. Nathan : This was a great idea, Luke. Lucas : Yeah, well, the mustang needs a tune-up anyway. Nathan : All right, I'll pull it in. Lucas : Hey, Nate, uh, I wanted to ask you... when Haley was pregnant, did you ever worry about all the things that could go wrong? Nathan : Of course. Just ... Stay off the internet. It's full of horror stories. Haley looked up one of her symptoms one time and was convinced Jamie was gonna be born with two heads. You know what the doctor told us? Childbirth is the ordinary miracle. You can't believe it happens every day. Jamie, do you want to help me pull the mustang in? Jamie : Cool. Are we gonna work on it? Nathan : Of course. Jamie : Can I help? Nathan : Yeah, come on. Jamie : Sweet! ON THE ROAD Mouth : Hey. Did you get one of those for me? Thanks. I need it. I've been so exhausted lately. Skills : Yeah, that's 'cause you've been depressed. But tonight, all that's gonna change, my brother. Tonight, no sleeping ... well, unless sleeping with horny coeds counts. Big college party tonight, baby. Mouth : What college? Skills : Your alma mater. Mouth : What? Skills, Gigi goes there. Skills : I know. You just texted her and told her you was rolling through. Mouth : No, I didn't. Skills : And she texted you back and said how excited she was to see you. Mouth : Dude, where's my phone? Skills : Bam! Mouth : "Your ass is so fine"? Skills : Thank you. Mouth : No, I mean you texted that to her? Skills : It's all good, man. She liked it. Mouth : Gigi's the reason I lost Millie in the first place. Skills : No, you're the reason you lost Millie in the first place. Now it's time for you to have some wild-ass, no-strings-attached sex. And Gigi is the one for that. Mouth : Turn the car around. Skills : Mouth, look. You're not the only one that needed this trip. Do it for me, okay? The second you want to bounce, I promise, we out of there. Mouth : "You dirty little freak"? Skills : That one came from her. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Sam, Jack, what are you guys doing here? Sam : Oh, we wanted to see you. Haley : How did you get in? Sam : I'm good with windows. Haley : Why aren't you guys in school? Jack : Rimkus kicked us out. Haley : Sorry, but I can't have two students in my house during school hours. Sam : Good, 'cause it's not just us two. Haley : Okay, so, does anybody want to tell me why an entire English-literature class is in my "I wish you would have called so I could straighten up first" living room? Jack : You ever see "dad poets society"? Haley : Oh, my god, who died? Sam : We took a stand for a popular teacher ... you. Haley : You guys, I'm really touched, but principal Rimkus is gonna lose her mind if you don't get your butts back behind those desks. Sam : We're not learning anything there. She just she just handed back our papers on "catch-22," and we all got D's and F'S. We want you back. Haley : I feel your pain. I really do. But just think about it from her perspective. Walking out on her isn't gonna make her respect you anymore. Sam : Who cares? I mean, nobody likes her. She doesn't even know our names, and she's a total bitch. Haley : Hey, watch your language in my... house, Missy. Listen, I really appreciate you guys' initiative and your heart. Sam : Thank you. Haley : But this is not the right thing to do. You have to go back to school. Sam : We all know Rimkus screwed you, and she's wrong. I mean, look at the difference you made for me... for Quentin? Haley : Sam, a teacher doesn't have to be your friend or even somebody that you like. In fact, out in the real world, you meet a lot of people that you're gonna disagree with, and you have to learn to work with them. Sam : Okay, um... how about we disagree with you and you learn to work with us? Because we're not leaving here until you teach us something. AT THE PARTY Skills : Man, I miss school. I see why, too. What's up, little mama? Ooh, look at this one. What's up, silky? Hey, yo, I'm gonna holler at you later. I got you. Hey, look, man, I'm about to go fix my broken heart. I suggest you do the same. You seen Gigi around here anywhere? Mouth : Yep. Alls : ... 28,29,30! Gigi : Mouth! Oh, I loved your texts. Mout : Hey. Gigi : We got to do a keg stand! Mouth : Gigi, it's still light outside. Gigi : I know, but not for long. Bottoms up. Alls : 1,2... 3,4... Skills : Let's go, Mouth! You got this, baby! AT KEITH'S AUTO SHOP Jamie : Got it! Lucas : All right. There you go. Good job, Jamie. Nathan : All right. Jamie : This is fun. Nathan : Plus, if you can fix cars, you're gonna score major points with the ladies, like miss Lauren. Jamie : I thought we weren't gonna talk about that. Nathan : Oh, that's right. I'm sorry. You moved on. What's the, uh ... what's the piano girl's name ... Madison? Jamie : Dad. Lucas : You know, Jamie, it's okay. My uncle Keith used to tease me all the time about Peyton. Jamie : Really? Why? Lucas : Well, it's just what guys do when they work on cars together. They tease each other about girls, you know? It's like your dad here. You know, he had to trick your mom into liking him by pretending he needed tutoring. Nathan : I wasn't pretending. I was dumb as a post, Jamie. Jamie : Hey, whatever happened to aunt Lindsey? Lucas : Put the spark plug back in, you goof. All right, buddy, you ready? One, two... Jamie : Three! I...there! AT THE PARTY Gigi : Come on, boys. Girl : Drink up, baby. Skills : Okay, sexy city. That's yours. Drink it! Millicent/Gigi : Having fun, Marvin? AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : So, next we have Orr. Now, how would you describe this character? Anyone. Jack. Jack : Uh well, he's always trying to crash his plane. Um, it makes him seem kind of stupid or nuts or suicidal. Haley : But is he? Jack : No, he's, uh, working on a plan to escape. Haley : Which means? Jack : He's the smartest, the least crazy. Haley : Yes! That's it! Sam : Did you read the book? Jack : Saw the movie. Haley : So, do we see how this relates to our theme now? Sam : Yeah, catch-22 ... it's another contradiction on how messed up the world can be. If Rimkus had made it this interesting, we wouldn't have all gotten F'S. Mrs Rimkus : You think? AT JULIAN'S HOTEL ROOM Julian : It's open. Did you come by to beg me to stay? Peyton : Brooke said you asked her to go to L.A. Julian : Did she? Peyton : I really hope you're serious, because she hasn't been serious about anybody in a long time. Julian : You haven't trusted me since the day I came to town. Peyton : Because you looked like you had an ax to grind. Julian : Maybe I did. But somewhere along the line, this place changed me. Brooke changed me. I told Brooke I love her because I do. I invited Sam because I want us to be a family. I wouldn't have it any other way. Peyton : All right. For the record, I do believe you. So... I hope it works out. Julian : Thank you. Wait, she didn't happen to mention which way she's leaning, by any chance? Peyton : No. Julian : No, she's not going, or, no, she didn't mention it? Peyton : I really have no idea what she's gonna say. But I do know this .. if Brooke says no, it won't be because she doesn't care for you. She has been very protective of her heart for a long time. She's afraid. AT TRIC Chase : L.A.? Woo, That was fast. Brooke : I know. It's crazy, right? Chase : Maybe, maybe not. I guess that means Owen's out of the picture? Brooke : Uh, Owen had a problem with Sam. Chase : Or maybe you just didn't let him in. Brooke : So he let himself into my assistant? Chase : You know, when you left for New York, sometimes I wish I'd gone after you. Brooke : So you're saying I should go? Chase : I don't know. I mean, I didn't go. And eventually I found Mia, and she's been great. Brooke : So you're saying I should stay. Chase : I guess I'm trying to say you'll always be able to find someone, Brooke. I mean, come on. Look at you. Brooke : Thank you. Chase : But you remind me of that Springsteen line ... there were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away. Figure out what you want, Brooke. But until you let someone in, you'll always be alone. missing * * missing * AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Mrs Rimkus : Well, well what's this ? Haley : Apparently, English lit Mrs Rimkus : I saw the mass exodus pass my window. Back to school now. Jack : You can't suspend us all. Mrs Rimkus : No, but we can start with you, Mr. Daniels. Who's next? Haley : Okay, can I speak with you in my kitchen, please? Uh, I realize I'm probably in no position to give you advice. Mrs Rimkus : Last I checked, you had no position at all. Haley : See? That's ... that's it right there, the way that you speak to me and the way you speak to them. These are not third-graders. They're young adults. Mrs Rimkus : And? Haley : And you have to treat them that way. If you give them a class they want to be in, they will come to you. Okay, you guys, third-period English lit is over. I'm serious, and it's not in my dining room. It's back at school. Tomorrow, I expect all of you to be back in principal Rimkus' classroom. It's the right thing to do, and you know it. Mrs Rimkus : You left some things in my classroom. I'd like them gone by the end of the day. AT THE PARTY Skills : Man, Marvin McFadden, you disappoint me. College girls ... good. Alcohol ... good. Pajamas ... good. Where the hell is your head at? Mouth : In New York AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Sam : So, jack, this wasn't your worst idea ever. Jack : Kids always like an excuse to blow off school. Sam : Yes, but it was still a nice thing you did for me, and I appreciate it. Jack : Eh, you know. Well, it's just payback. I mean, you took the fall when I shoplifted. Sam : Thank you. Jack : Yeah. You, too. Haley : Okay, you two, thank you so much for staying behind and cleaning up, but you have to go back to school, also. Jack : Not me. I'm suspended. Haley : Go! Sam : Bye, miss Scott. AT KEITH'S AUTO SHOP Jamie : Hey, uncle Lucas, who am I? Lucas : Wow, it's mini Keith. Jamie : Uncle Keith must have been so cool. Lucas : Yeah, well, not just for his unique sense of style. Come here. You know, your great-uncle Keith was the best guy I knew. He was always good to me and my mom. He always helped me out whenever I was struggling. Jamie : Sounds a lot like you, uncle Lucas. Lucas : I don't know about that. What I do know is that he loved me and he was proud of me, just like I love you and I'm proud of you. Maybe you're right. How about you fre her up? Jamie : Me? Really? Lucas : Yeah. Lucas/Nathan : Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Lucas : All right, Jamie! AT THE PARTY Skills : Double "G" is looking for you. Mouth : Things were so much less implicated in college. Skills : How so? Mouth : I remember walking these halls, hoping that someday I'd be a sportscaster... Skills : okay, you got that. Mouth : That I'd have a full life, good friends. Skills : You definitely got that. Mouth : And every night before bed, I'd wish that someday I'd find the right girl, a good girl, you know? Someone who loved me as much as I loved her back. Skills : I don't suppose that girl's name is Gigi. Okay, I made you a promise. Let's go. You okay to drive? Mouth : Dude, I haven't had a drink for hours. I've never been so sober. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Haley : What, is your next line inspired by "Twilight"? Brooke : There is no next line. Have you looked around? I might as well go back to selling coffee here. Haley : Oh, gee, that seems like a lifetime...ago. What's going on with you? Brooke : Everybody else has families and kids and careers, and ... I have this. Haley : Brooke, don't sell yourself short. You've got all of us. You've got a godson who loves you. And the reason why I came by today was to tell you about something really rare that I saw. Guess what it was. Brooke : A unicorn. I've always wanted to see a unicorn. Haley : Even more rare than that. It was a group of students who wanted to study more. They came over to my house this afternoon, during school, and guess who was their leader. Sam. It's amazing how far she's come since I found her sleeping in the backseat of a car. She's socialized. She's a solid student. She's writing. I think she has a budding romance with jack happening, too. And they stayed behind to clean up the mess after everybody left. Brooke : Well, that's a lot more than she did when she trashed this place and Peyton's gown. Haley : That's why I wanted to tell you ... because you should be proud of her and of yourself. All that girl needed was a sab environment, and you gave it to her. Brooke : Yeah thanks. AT THE BAR Sam : Oh, you again. Julian : Oh, no, no, don't let me interrupt your flow. I want you to keep writing. Sam : Oh, yeah? Julian : I loved this story you wrote. My only note would be ... More, please. Sam, you have what most writers would kll for. Sam : A troubled childhood? Julian : A voice ... you have stories to tell. All you need is a little structure. Sam : Thank you. Can I still call you when you're in L.A.? Julian : I totally meant it when I invited you, too. Sam : Invited me where? Julian : Uh, I gave Brooke two plane tickets... for you guys to come with me to L.A. Sam : When? Julian : Tonight. I guess she didn't tell you. Sam : Nope. AT PEYTON'S STUDIO Haley : Geez, I thought Brooke was in a dark place. Peyton : Oh, god, I didn't realize how late it d gotten. Got a little carried away drawing. What's up? Haley : I don't think I've been honest with you. One of my classes came over to my house today, and I realized that, um, the reason I've been dragging my heels when it comes to committing to my next record is that I really love teaching. Peyton : Well, you may feel different when you're teaching to an entire stadium of students with your music. And besides, you still have a really great student in Mia. You did a wonderful thing in discovering her, and it makes me feel really good to know that you're always gonna be there to guide her. Haley : Well, so will you. Peyton : Well, yeah, but, I mean, when the baby comes, I'm not gonna be around as much. Haley : We're still a team, though, right? Peyton : Of course. ON THE ROAD Skills : Man, these college girls are nasty. Mouth : Can I ask you something? How are you dealing with this so well so fast? I'm dying here. Skills : It still hurts, bro. I mean, it always does. But you know what I do? Mouth : You freaky text and watch prn? Skills : No, I just tell myself that if Deb is the one, then she'll come back. And if not, then I'm all good because I know she's still out there ... the right one. I just haven't met her yet. Mouth : You once told me if a girl dumps you, she's not the one. Maybe Nathan's mom just wasn't the one. Okay, sorry. That sounded weird. Skills : P-pull over. It's my turn to drive. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : So, I might be moving to L.A. Jack : Since when? Sam : Uh, since Julian invited Brooke and me. Don't freak out. Jack : When would you be going? Sam : Tonight. Jack : Well, that'll be pretty cool. Right? Sam : Yeah. Listen, I know this sucks for us, but I really want to do this for Brooke. Jack, she's done so much for me. Jack : Then I guess you should go. Sam : Better start packing. Jack : Sam. I just... wanted to do that, um, in case I didn't ever get the chance...to. AT KEITH'S AUTO SHOP Jamie : I'm sad I never got to meet uncle Keith. Lucas : Yeah, I'm sad about that, too, buddy. Jamie : And I'm sorry about what grandpa Dan did. Nathan : Yeah. We all are, Jamie. Jamie : Am I still allowed to miss grandpa Dan? Lucas : Yeah, Jamie. Jamie : Yeah. I like it here. You bring something broken, and you fix it up. Lucas : I always liked it here, too. IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL Skills : Mouth, wake up. Mouth : Where are we? Skills : At Millie's place. Mouth : What? How? Skills : Well, maybe the texting I was doing before was actually with Brooke, and maybe Brooke just hooked me up with Millie's address. Mouth : Why? Skills : I told you this morning we was going to fix your broken heart. So, go fix it. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Haley : Oh, sorry. Um, I just came by to pick up some of my stuff. Mrs Rimkus : Pulling an all-nighter? Your students walked across town to be taught by you. It's hard to get them to walk down the hall for most classes. Haley : Yeah. Well... Mrs Rimkus : Would you ever consider... Haley : I love teaching, but I would never sacrifice my beliefs to do it. You fired me right here in front of all my kids just because you could. So, congratulations, principal Rimkus. You made a good teacher who want to teach and good students not want to learn. You be proud of that. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Lucas : I wish that I could get over things as easily as Jamie. Nathan : Well, it's easier when you're 5. Lucas : Yeah. You know, when I see you with Jamie, I think, if my little brother can be such a good father, then maybe I'll be okay, too. Nathan : Of course you will. And besides, you got a hell of a head start being raised by Keith. Look at today. You're already doing it with Jamie. You'll be great. Lucas : Thanks. I needed a day like today ... service and repair. Nathan : Service and repair. IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL Millicent : Marvin. Mouth : Hi. Millicent : What are you doing here? Mouth : I was just in the neighborhood. Actually, that's not true. I'm ... I'm here because I can't live without you, Millicent Huxtable, and I don't want to anymore. And I'm sorry. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : What are you doing? Sam : Julian told me he invited you to L.A. So I packed your bag. Brooke : No, he didn't invite me. He invited us. Hang on. Sam : I packed my stuff, too. I just didn't know if you wanted me to come. Brooke : Sam, you have school. Sam : They have schools in L.A. Brooke : You have jack. You have a life here. This is a sab environment. Sam : I'm a survivor. I'll roll with it. Brooke : You shouldn't have to keep rolling with anything. That was the whole point of you coming to live with me. Sam : He loves you. He's a great guy. He wants us all to try it out together. Don't you get it? Most people dream of this moment. Why aren't we already out the door? Brooke : Because most people don't leave their lives behind to run off to California with someone that they have only known for a month, Sam ... that's why. Sam : Brooke, you're a good person, a cool designer, and a kick-ass mom, but ... Sometimes you're your own biggest enemy. You're 22. You have your whole life ahead of you. You have this awesome dude at the airport who loves you! God, you have to go. You have to. I want to rock 'n' roll * * I want to give my soul * * I'm wanting to believe * * I'm not too old * * don't want to make it up * * don't want to let you down * * I want to fly away * * I'm stuck on the ground * AT THE AIRPORT Julian : Where's Sam? Brooke : She's not coming. Julian : You're not coming. Brooke : I have a life here, and Sam has her life here. Julian : It's okay. Brooke : It's not okay. And it doesn't ... I mean ... Julian : Brooke. Brooke. It's okay. If this were a movie, it would end different. But life's not a movie. I guess that makes two films that didn't work out. (Final boarding call for flight 406 to Los Angeles.) Julian : Goodbye, Brooke Davis. AT THE BAR Jack : I guess we're not going to L.A. Sam : So... about that kiss... Jack : Well, this is awkward. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Hey. Peyton : Hi. Lucas : Now, that was a good day. Peyton : Yes, it was. Lucas : You tell Nathan? Peyton : No. Brooke? Peyton : No. Lucas : Yeah, well, there's always tomorrow. Peyton : Yeah. Hey, I'll be in, in just a second, okay? Lucas : Okay. (You don't know me.) (It's you Peyton) (And now we can have it.) (You didn't even let me ask) * Too many years of dying * * why is that? * * And so help me decide * * Help me to make up, * * make up my mind * * wouldn't that save you? * * And so help me decide * * help me to make up, * * make up my mind * * wouldn't that save you? * * Save you wouldn't that save you? *	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x19 - Letting Go"}	foreverdreaming
Previously On One Tree Hill Bobby : This league is their NBA, and they know it's not yours. Lucas : If continuing this pregnancy means I lose you, then we end it. Peyton : I'm having this baby. Lucas : We're having this baby. Mouth : I'm here because I can't live without you, Millicent Huxtable. Deb : I think we should end this. You deserve more than this. Brooke : I'm calling the lawyers tomorrow, and I'm divesting my interest in clothes over bros. Now you have a company and no daughter. Jack : Sam. Julian : Maybe it's time we write our own epic love story. This time tomorrow, we could be walking on a beach in Malibu. Brooke : But what about Sam ? Sam : He loves you. He's a great guy. He wants us all to try it out together. God, you have to go. You have to. Julian : You're not coming. Brooke : I have a life here, and... Julian : Goodbye, Brooke Davis. One Tree Hill - Season 6 Episode 20 AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Sam, cut it out! Victoria : Well, well. Brooke : Oh, my eyes! Victoria : It's called sunlight. And it's not that bright. Brooke : It is not the sun. It's your face. Wha ... what the hell are you doing here? Last time we talked was the last time I wanted us to talk ever! Victoria : We need to discuss the business. Brooke : I'm not part of the business anymore, which is exactly what you wanted. You got a company. You lost a daughter. Now get out! Victoria : Whatever. You pull yourself together. I'll be back. Brooke : Why?! Oh, no, Sam. Hey. Are you okay? Sam : She frightens me. Brooke : Yeah. Me too. AT THE GYMNASIUM Players : Let's go. Let's go, baby. Let's go. Look out. Look out. Look out. Come on, block that. Bobby : Good job, guys. Nice work, Nate. Nino, take the point. Players : Run it again. Let's go, baby. Let's go, baby. Nino : Oh, oh, here it comes. Here it comes. Ball, ball, ball. Oh, yeah. Bobby : Great. Great job, guys. Good practice. ht the showers. Nathan. It seems I've got a problem. My two best players are playing the Same position. If we're gonna have a chance at winning, I need you and Nino on the court together. Nathan : So, I'm moving back to shting guard. Bobby : No, no, I'm moving Nino to shting guard, and i'm keeping you at the point. But i need for you to help him with the transition. Nathan : Yeah, okay. Okay. Bobby : And, Nathan... it's time for you to step up and be a leader. This is your team now. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Jamie : Hi, miss Lauren. Lauren : Oh, hey, Jamie. Haley, hey. I have some good news for you. Jamie scored through the roof on his standardized tests. Haley : Really? Oh, that's great. Lauren : I know, it is. Have you heard of the Oppenheimer school for the gifted? Haley : Yeah, I used to dream of going there. Lauren : Well, they tend to monitor these things, and they're really interested in meeting with Jamie. AT THE RIVER COURT Skills : Boop! It's been a long time since we done this, dawg. Lucas : You got to be kidding me. Bam! Skills : Look, I'm sorry about the movie, bro. Lucas : Eh, thanks. I mean, I was reluctant about it at first. But now that it's gone, I miss it. Skills : Ain't that the way it always is? Lucas : Yeah. So, what's been going on with you, huh? I mean, besides being insanely lucky at horse. Skills : Well, you know, coaching Jamie's basketball team, I split up with Deb, and I took mouth on a road trip. Lucas : Whoa, whoa. Say that again. What was that middle part? You broke up with Deb? Skills : Okay, actually, she broke up with me. But... I don't know. I'm just trying to get past it. Lucas : Yeah, I'm sorry about that. But, hey, at least Mouth will have someone to hang out with. And misery loves company. Skills : Actually, mouth's doing just fine. AT MILLICENT APPARTMENT Millicent : Morning. Mouth : Wow, you look so much better in that shirt that I do. Millicent : Yeah, but you looked so much better in my camisole. Mouth : Hey, you said you wouldn't tell. Where's your head? Millicent : Happy. Sorry. I don't know why we ever waited. Mouth : Hey, as long as we ended up here, it was worth the wait. I have a surprise for you. Millicent : You are just full of surprises, Marvin McFadden. Mouth : Broadway tickets to "in the heights." Millicent : Are you serious? You're amazing. Mouth : No, you are. And I promised myself, if I ever got you back, I'd do everything I could to make you happy. Millicent : Well, you didn't have to do that. Just being here with you makes me happy. Mouth : Okay, good, 'cause I can probably scalp these tickets for twice what I paid for them. Millicent : I'm not that happy. ON THE ROAD Peyton : Hey, where are you? Oh, you are gonna be jealous! Mia : Try me. Peyton : Top down, listening to a great Mia Catalano song, very happy to be alive. Mia : I am jealous. That's a great song. Peyton : It is. And I'll be in as soon as it ends, okay? Bye. Mia : Bye. AT THE HOSPITAL Brooke : Luke? Lucas : She's okay. She's gonna be all right. They're running some tests. Brooke : And the baby? Lucas, what's the face? What is it? Tell me. Lucas : There were some complications with the pregnancy ... before the accident. Brooke : What are you talking about? What complications? Lucas : Peyton has a condition called placenta previa. Brooke : What is that? What does that mean? Lucas : Well, it means that she runs the risk of hemorrhaging during pregnancy or during delivery. Brooke : Okay. But she's gonna be okay ... her and the baby. Lucas : Yeah, yeah. If everything goes perfectly, yes. Brooke : Lucas, come on, what if everything doesn't go perfectly? Lucas : Well, then we could lose her, Brooke. She could die, and... and the baby, too. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nathan : Coach talk to you about moving to shting guard? Nino : Maybe. What's it to you? Nathan : He wants me to help you out. Nino : He wants you to help me out? That's what he said. Well, considering how I'm better than you, there's nothing you could teach me that I don't already know. Nathan : You think you're better than me. Nino : I know I am. Nathan : Okay. Prove it. Nino : Just like magic! It's all day, Scott. All day. Nathan : Make it, take it. Nino : Can't stop this, baby. Come on. Nathan : Yeah, but you're a two guard now, so let's see the jump sht. I won't even guard you. Nino : All right. Nathan : It's all you. That's what I thought. Game point. Next basket wins. Nino : What are you gonna teach me now, Scott? Nathan : Well, if I'm the point guard, I'll drive if I'm the shting guard...I sht. Game. Lesson's over. Now, you can either learn how to play sh*ting guard and start or you can be a backup point guard. It's your choice. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : I'm telling you, that woman was like a zombie, a vampire, and Principal Rimkus all rolled into one. Jack : And she's Brooke's mom? Sam : Yeah. Totally scary. Jack : Okay. Name one thing that scares the hell out of you ... other than Brooke's mom. Sam : Being alone. And you kissing me again. That was gross. Jack : Totally. You want to know what scares me? You know that burger king guy? Sam : Mm-hmm. Jack : Like the king? Sam : Mm-hmm. Jack : He scares the hell out of me. So, I've been talking to some possible foster parents. Sam : Woo! What are they like? Jack : They actually seem pretty cool. But... they live in charlotte. Sam : Oh! You should go. You're going, right? Jack : I don't know. Sam : Why wouldn't you go? Jack : Being alone scares the hell out of you. Victoria : Hello! Sam : Oh, crap, it's her. Hide. Victoria : You might as well stand up. I can see your unfortunate split ends. What is this now? A-a homeless shelter? Sam : Um, I'm Brooke's foster kid, Sam, and this is Jack. Victoria : So, you're here to sponge off my daughter just like the rest of her so-called friends. Well?! Speak! Sam : We don't like you. Victoria : Where's Brooke? I need to speak with her. Sam : She's, um ... she's actually outside on the patio working on some sketches. Victoria : Well played. Too bad I have a key. AT THE HOSPITAL Brooke : Hi. Peyton : Hey. Hey, Brooke Davis, you are not crying. I'm okay. It's okay. I'm okay. Brooke : That's not what Lucas said. Peyton : He told you? Brooke : Why didn't you? Peyton : I was going to, but I wanted you to go to L.A. with Julian. And I knew that you wouldn't go if you knew. Brooke : You suck for not telling me. And I'm not going anywhere, so ... what are we gonna do, P. Sawyer? How am I gonna help us get through this? Peyton : I don't know. We just will. Brooke : You're damn right we will. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Home sweet home. Let's get you to bed. Peyton : Luke, you can stop worrying. Lucas : I'm gonna worry, and I'm gonna keep worrying for the next few months. Peyton : Honey, I'm fine. The baby's fine. It's mid-afternoon. I don't need a nap. Lucas : Wait. What's that? Yeah, the baby says it's definitely time to take a nap. Good call, baby. I agree. Let's go. All right, safe and sound. Here we go. Peyton : Speaking of safe and sound, how's the comet? Lucas : Don't worry about the car, okay? I'm sure it'll be okay. AT THE BREAKAGE Skills : Damn, that car's dad. Lucas : How in the world diwalk away from this? Skills : It's yeah, well, it's gonna take a second miracle to put this thing back together. Man : Cost more to fix it than what it's worth. Lucas : It's worth more than you know. AT OPPENHEIMER SCHOOL Principal : Oppenheimer has the best curriculum in North Carolina. We even have pre-kindergarten computer courses. And all of our students matriculate to top-tier universities. Nathan : So, this is where all the kids I bat up came from. Principal : Why don't we have Jamie take a seat while I show you two the rest of the campus? Haley : Okay. Just t have fun, okay, buddy? Nathan : Bye, buddy. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : What could possibly be so important that you'd bother someone who hates you? Victoria : I'm here because of the business. It's in trouble. Brooke : So, it's tnk. Looks like you're not the one who spins the straw into gold after all. Victoria : It's just a little difficult to find decent straw these days. I need you back. Brooke : You should have thought of that before you hired the second runner-up from "project runway." Victoria : I had to hire somebody. I wasn't exactly expecting my daughter to quit on me. Brooke : To quit on you? You told me you wished I'd never been born. Victoria : Right after you showed up at my apartment with a gn and accused me of having you attcked. Look, we both said things. We both were wrong. Brooke : It doesn't matter anyway. I'm not gonna help you. You're on your own. Sorry. Victoria : Fine. You know, it's one thing to refuse to help me. But what about all those other people that used to work for you? Those people who made you who you are ... they'll all be out of work. But you could change that. It's a shame. AT OPPENHEIMER SCHOOL Teacher : Jamie, why don't you introduce yourself to the class? Go ahead. It's okay. Jamie : How's everyone doing? Last week, my mom asked me how I like going to school. I told her, "not as much as I like coming home from it." Girl : Why wouldn't you want to go to school? Teacher : Here, why don't you put this on? That way you'll feel more comfortable. Okay, students, it is time for recess. Everyone get your recess books out. IN NEW YORK Millicent : It's been so beautiful here this week. I didn't realize how much I missed the city. Mouth : Yeah, it's nice. Remember when I was telling you that maybe there is this better version of us? I think this is it. Millicent : Me too. Well, almost. Mouth : Why almost? Millicent : You have to go back to tree hill tomorrow. Mouth : I wish I could stay, but I'm already the world's flakiest employee. Millicent : I know. Let's just enjoy today ... this ... now. AT OPPENHEIMER SCHOOL Nathan : So, what is this? Teacher : Here at Oppenheimer, we don't offer sports. But we do try to incorporate them into learning exercises. This is called "Math-Ketball." Nathan : Math-Ketball. Teacher : We have some of the best "Math-Ketes" in the state. Boy : That's a three-point "Math-Ket." In ... your ... face! Nathan : More like "math-holes." There's no way he's going here. Come on, Jamie. You ready? Jamie : Thanks. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : What are you doing? You should be in bed. That's why they call it "bed rest." Peyton : The doctor said take it easy. That doesn't mean I have to spend every waking hour in bed. Lucas : Um, yes, you do. Peyton : So, does this mean you're not gonna give me a ride to the studio? Lucas : Um, you're not going to the studio. Look, and I'm the one with the car, and I'm not driving you anywhere. End of discussion. Peyton : Speaking of... have you had a chance to go look at the comet yet? Lucas : Yeah, about that... Peyton : How bad? Lucas : Well, I ... we can get another one, okay? It was just a car, Peyton. That's all. Peyton : It was the comet. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : They put our son in a cardigan. Haley : I used to wear cardigans. Nathan : And that's because you were a nerd. Haley : See, it's comments like that that make me wish I'd had an opportunity to go to a school like Oppenheimer. Nathan : Oh, yeah, and then you could have lettered in Math-Ketball. Look, that little Jackass was talking trash to our son. Haley : Like you've never talked trash before? And when somebody talks trash to you on the court, doesn't it motivate you? You know it does. Nathan : Well, Jamie's not even gonna see a court, all right? 'cause they don't even have one. Haley : He would get an excellent education there, and there is more to school than just sports. Nathan : Well, there's more to school than just school. Haley : This coming from a "C" student. Nathan : A "C" plus. And you were my tutor. AT TREE HILL SCHOOL Skills : Ah, there's the man. So, how did your visit go at that new school? Jamie : I haven't told anyone yet. Skills : Hey, I'm sorry, little man. I didn't realize this whole thing was supposed to be on the D.L. Jamie : Extreme D.L. Lauren : Hey. I'm Lauren. I'm Jamie's teacher. Skills : Hi, I'm... Jamie's basketball coach, skills. Antwon...Taylor ... Antwon "Skills" Taylor. Lauren : Yes, I know. Jamie talks about you all the time. You know, he says you're not very good at video games. Skills : Yes, I am. I don't really play that much unless Jamie want to play. I let him win sometimes. You know, got to keep the kid's confidence up. Lauren : Oh, of course. I'll see you tomorrow, Jamie. Antwon "Skills" Taylor. Skills : Man! You sure you want to leave this school? AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Haley : Well, well. Peyton. So, looks like all that good music we've been working on nearly klled you. Peyton : Yeah, good music and some idiot running a red light. Haley : Yeah, Brooke told me about the accident... and, uh... about everything else. Peyton : It's all gonna work out, Haley. Haley : I know it will. You and Lucas always bat the odds. Peyton : Hey, I'm gonna need your help with something. Haley : Anything. Peyton : Finish producing Mia's album. Haley : Of course. Peyton : Because you are the one that discovered her in the first place. Haley : Well, we both did. We're a team, remember? Peyton : I'll be there in spirit. Deal? Haley : Deal. I will take care of Mia, and you will take care of my niece. Or nephew, but I'm hoping for a niece. Peyton : Thank you. Haley : You're welcome. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Hey. What are you so gloomy about? Sam : Jack found a foster home. He's leaving today. He's moving to Charlotte. Brooke : I'm sorry. I know it's hard. Believe me, I know. Sam : Yeah, if that's your story. Brooke : Hey, what is that supposed to mean? Sam : I think you know. Brooke : Okay, if you want to get into this, we should get into it. You have been moping around the house for the last two weeks, pouting about Julian. Sam : He wanted us to be together. He wanted you. He wanted me. We could have been a family! Brooke : Sam, you don't know what you're talking about. Sam : I know he loves you. I know ... I know to follow my heart instead of locking it away. I know if I could, I would go with Jack. Brooke : Sam, you're in high school. Your love is totally different, and if you were older, you would understand. Sam : Do you know who you sound like? Victoria. Brooke : Okay. That is a cheap sht, and you know it. It is so much more complicated than me just doing whatever I want. Sam : Why? Because of me? Brooke : Not because of you. For you. I have to do what is best for you, whether or not you see that. Sam : Don't use me as your excuse! Please, just stop! Please, just admit that Julian loved you and you were too scared or too stupid to love him back! AT THE RIVER COURT Skills : Tell me about miss Lauren. Jamie : If you let me score, I'll tell you all about her. Skills : Thank you. Get to talking. Jamie : She likes flowers. Skills : Man, every girl likes flowers. I need more than that. Jamie : If I give up everything, I'll have no bargaining power. It's called "supply and demand." Skills : Oh, you pretty smart for a 6-year-old. Jamie : Haven't you heard? I'm a genius. Nathan : Kid's smarter than both of us, skills. Skills : Yeah, he definitely gets that from his mama. Nathan : Can't argue with that. Haley : Hey. Can we talk? Nathan : Yeah, sure. You got this, skills? Skills : I got this. All right, one on four. Jamie : It's my ball. Haley : Hey. Um, so, I was thinking ... Nathan : Me too. Um, I think I was a little harsh about the new school. Haley : Great, because I was thinking it's probably not such a great idea to send him there. Nathan : Why the change of heart? Haley : Because he loves basketball, and he likes his teacher. He's got all his friends there. And would you rather him be a big fish in a little pond or a little fish in a big pond? Nathan : That's the Same reason Dan gave for not sending me to oak lake academy. We want Jamie to be a big fish in a big pond. Dan never gave me that option. Maybe Jamie deserves to have all the opportunities we didn't have, you know? Haley : So, basically, we just flip-flopped? Nathan : Yeah, I guess we did. Haley : We suck at this. AT THE BAR Jack : Well, it's not like we can't visit. We could meet up somewhere like Coachella during spring break. Sam : Yeah, and ... and ... and Bonnaroo is the last week of school. Jack : I don't like finals anyway. Sam : Yeah, well, you'd have to actually go to school to have finals. Jack : True. Sam : Oh, and we can ... we can do reading in august. Jack : Yeah, going across the pond. Uh, wait, are we gonna be back in time for burning man? Sam : Oh, burning man's for freaks, so you should definitely go. Jack : You're the freak. I'm gonna get you a refill. Sam : Oh. What? Chicken. Sam : Hi. Victoria : So, I've been wondering, how exactly did you con my daughter into taking you in? Sam : I shoplifted from Clothes Over Bros, asault her, then she found me sleeping in a car and decided to take me in. But I've made up for that with my sunny disposition. Victoria : I'm amused on the inside. Sam : I'm not. Victoria : Well, you should be. You ht the Jackpot with my daughter. Why so morose? Sam : I'm not sure you'd understand. You'd have to actually have a soul. Victoria : Try me. Sam : My friend Jack is leaving. He's ... moving away. Victoria : Well, my company is called Clothes Over Bros, so I'm not exactly sympathetic with your cause. Sam : I should have known you'd be bad at this, considering all the hurtful things you said to Brooke the last time you saw her. Victoria : What would you know about that? Sam : You said you never wanted her. Not exactly "mother of the year" material. Victoria : And what happened to your mother? Sam : She bailed. Victoria : So, which would you prefer ... a mother who left you or a mother who stuck around and was bad at it? Sam : Where's my coffee? Jack : You're too short anyway. How horrible was she? Sam : Uh ... I ... I don't know. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Brooke : Hiya, Sawyer, P.E. Peyton : Hiya back, Davis, B.P. Brooke : How are you feeling? Peyton : Oh, pretty good. Lucas keeps hounding me to stay in bed. We're having a little difference of opinion of what "taking it easy" means. Well, now that we know I'm doing fine, what's going on with you? Brooke : "Bitchtoria" is back in town. She wants me to come back and save the company. Peyton : Victoria? Seriously? Brooke : And the thing is, if I don't help her, all those people who work for Clothes Over Bros are gonna lose their jobs. I mean... what do you think I should do? Peyton : I mean, I don't know what you should do. I know what you will do, though. Brooke : And that is? Peyton : You're gonna help "Vic-whoria." And you're gonna help all those people because you always sacrifice to help everybody else. That's why we love you. AT MILLICENT APPARTMENT Mouth : How I told you lately how much leaving you sucks? Millicent : I wish you could stay. Mouth : We'll be the couple that makes the long-distance thing work. Millicent : We will, won't we? And every time we see each other will be like a reunion. Mouth : Yeah. I'll see you soon, Millie. Millicent : Okay. Mouth : Bye. AT THE BAR Jack : Why? They're here. Sam : They're ... they're much younger than I expected. Woman : Hi, Jack. Jack : Hi, how are you? Woman : Good. Man : Hey. Dad. Jack : Hey. Man : Yeah. Sam : Where'd you get the vampire weekend tour shirt? Hot topic? Woman : No, Bonnaroo. Have you ever been? Man : It's awesome. Yeah, we go every year. Sam : Fine. You guys rock. I'm impressed. Woman : So, you must be Sam that dominates all of Jack's conversations. Jack : Oh, yeah. We were ... Woman : We were hoping to meet his girlfriend. Jack : She's not, uh, my girlfriend. Sam : Yes, I am. Hi. Man : Hi. Woman : Hi. Nice to meet you. Jack : This is Sam... my girlfriend. Man : Well, uh, I hate to spoil the goodbye, but, uh, we should probably get going. Woman : Yeah, yeah. Um, you know what? We'll be in the car, okay? Um, it was really nice meeting you, Sam. Sam : Yeah. Jack : So ... I'll come back as soon as I can. Sam : Coachella's in April. Jack : Okay. Uh, bye, Sam. Sam : Bye ... Jack! When you kissed me, it wasn't... it was nice. Jack : That was, too. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : I don't want to leave. I like it here. Haley : You mean, you don't want to leave and go back to your pro-basketball career? You know what happened to the boy that got everything he ever wanted? Nathan : He lived happily ever after. I know, and I am happy. It's just there's this new guy, Nino, and he's a pain in the ass. And bobby expects me to help him transition to shting guard. Haley : Well, I'm sure bobby wouldn't have asked you to do it if he didn't think you could handle it. Nathan : I ... I don't know, hales. Jamie : Can I talk to you guys? Haley : Uh, yeah. What's on your genius of a mind, little man? Jamie : Well, I've been thinking about everything. And I think I should get to pick where I go to school. Nathan : Is that right? Haley : Well, if you could pick, where would you go? Jamie : I want to stay at my school. I like my friends. I like my teacher. And besides, I did good on that test because you guys teach me stuff. And I like it that way. So, can I stay? Please? Nathan : We'll talk about it. Haley : I really appreciate you coming to us though, baby. Jamie : Okay. Good night. Nathan : Good night. Haley : Love you. Nathan : The kid makes a lot of sense. Haley : Yeah, maybe we should have asked him first since he's the genius. You know, you could learn a thing or two from that kid. Well, he and chuck used to hate each other, and now he doesn't want to leave him. Nathan : And your point? Haley : My point is that maybe you should go back to Charleston and play nice. Nathan : All right. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : You think third time is gonna be the charm? Victoria : You know, I did forgive you for falsely accusing me and trying to intimidate me with a firearm. Brooke : And you think I'm gonna forgive you? Victoria : I hope so. Brooke : Okay. Here's the deal ... I'll come back to the company for 51% ownership. Victoria : 50/50. Brooke : 52. Victoria : 51. Brooke : Fine. But understand, this is business. You still don't have a daughter. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nathan : Nice sht. Nino : I know. Nathan : Why does it always have to be so hard with you? Nino : Look, you're good, but I can make you better. Nathan : With me at the point, you're gonna get more chances to score, all right? I'll get you the ball. All you have to do is knock down the shts. Nino : Oh, I'll knock down the shts. Nathan : All right. Well, good, 'cause if you can do that, the scouts will come, we'll both get noticed, and, hopefully, we'll never have to play with each other again. Nino : Okay, point. Teach me something. Nathan : We'll start with this move I got in the other day. I'm gonna ... i'm gonna plant my foot here. As I drive, like I'm going in for the drive, I'm just gonna spin around you and square up and take a jumper. AT TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL Skills : Who's the flowers for? Jamie : A girl. Skills : Strong. Jamie : For you, Miss Lauren. Skills : Oh, wow. Thank you, Jamie. Jamie : They're not from me. They're from my uncle skills. He thinks you're cute. I'm staying! AT MILLICENT ROOM / MOUTH'S ROOM Millicent : Morning, Marvin. Mouth : Morning, Millie. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : What are you guys doing here? Haley : Hey, we're a team. You can't come to the studio, so ... we brought the studio to you. Sorry, but "in spirit" just wouldn't do. Mia : What do you want to hear? Peyton : Something great. AT THE BAR Sam : He's gone. Victoria : Everything's gonna be okay. Come on. Come on.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x20 - I Would for You"}	foreverdreaming
One Tree Hill - Season 6 Episode 21 AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Uh, are these the pages from my book? Peyton : The "comet," not "ravens," And I cannot be held accountable, 'cause baby and me have gone completely bed-Rest stir crazy ... What? Oh. Great. I've got permanent bed head, and you're laugh at me. Lucas : Look, I'm ... I'm sorry. I know how hard it is being cooped up in the house. Peyton : "Hard"? I have read this month's issue of B. Davis magazine Cover to cover five times. Lucas : Woo! Peyton : Just stay and tell me stories about life on the outside. Lucas : I can't. I'm working on something. Peyton : Why have you been so weird lately? Lucas : You're, like, off in the garage, and you... Peyton : You're making me a present. Are you making the baby a present? Is it a present for me and the baby? Lucas : All right. Uh, You ... You know what? You're right. Peyton : Well, yeah, I'm right, so just stay and let me guess. Lucas : No, no. I mean, you're right. You're going completely crazy. Peyton : Crazy people should not be left alone. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Funny. I thought vampires didn't photograph. Oh. Sam, remind me to buy you a garlic necklace. Victoria : Good morning, Brooke. Being dramatic, as usual. Brooke : I'm not being dramatic. I'm being a mom. And that means keeping Sam out of harm's way. Victoria : Ah, so I guess I'm "harm." Brooke : No. You're "harm's" older, decrepit sister, "Emotional damage." Sam : Okay. We bought you caffeine, so play nice. Brooke : Thank you. What are you up to? Victoria : Nothing. I like Samantha. She's plucky and dark. She's going through Brooke : A really hard time. Victoria : Yeah, I know about jack. Brooke : Not just jack. Sam wants a family. She is vulnerable, and I don't want her latching onto you just so that you can end up disappointing her. Victoria : I don't intend to disappoint her. Brooke : You never do. Man : Hi. Victoria : Well, hurry along. We don't tip. Brooke : Do you have to be such a bitch? Victoria : I'm wrong when I'm nice. I'm wrong when I'm mean. I just can't win with you. Brooke : No, you can't, so please stop trying. I told you, this relationship is about business, and that includes Sam. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Haley : Knock, knock. Brought you this month's issue of B. Davis magazine. Peyton : Our ceiling fan does 147 rotations a minute. Haley : Well, that answers my question about how mama's doing. How's baby? Peyton : Baby is kicking baby-Growing ass. The doctor says we're doing good. Haley : Good. That's what auntie Haley likes to hear. Good job in there, kiddo. Peyton : So, I got an interesting call from the label this morning. Haley : Oh, let me guess - They want Mia's album like last week, which, by the way, is gonna be fantastic, Which is unbiased, even though I am the producer. Peyton : Okay. Call wasn't about Mia. They want to buy one of your songs. I guess they have an artist that heard it and fell in love with it and blah, blah, blah. Haley : I never thought about selling my songs. Peyton : Okay, well, from the way they were raving about you, You might want to start thinking about it. AT COACH OFFICE Devon : I'll come off the bench. Hey, I'll do whatever it takes. I just want back on the team. Bobby : Devon... Devon : coach. Bobby : ... you know how this league works. There is always someone right behind you ready to do whatever it takes. The roster's full. I am sorry. Hey, Scott. You're here early. Nathan : I'm meeting Nino. We're just gonna run through some drills before practice. Bobby : Good. Glad to hear that. You know, you two have been playing together really well these last weeks. Nathan : Thanks. Bobby : And I'm not the only one who's noticed. Been getting some calls about you ... Scouts. Yeah. Now, there's nothing concrete yet, But as I know more, you'll know more. Nice work, Nathan. Nathan : Thanks. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : What are you shredding? Victoria : Nothing. Junk mail. Victoria : Well, you have two choices. You get me the fabric on time, at cost, or your "little start-Up company that could" - It won't. Brooke : What now? Victoria : It's the new line. It's ... It's so good. Fresh. Some of your best work. But you've always been a talented girl, Brooke. Brooke : Thank you. Now, would you stop thrat our suppliers? It's tacky. Sam : Well, nice chip at the wall. Victoria : Who says I'm trying to chip the wall? My daughter seems sad lately. Sam : What gave her away - The "kick me, I'm sad" sign on my Prada? No, it's her designs. They're so good. Victoria : And she built a fashion empire on a broken heart, So who's the boy? Sam : Julian. Cliffs notes version - Boy meets girl, Girl falls crazy in love, can't admit it, Boy moves away, asks girl to come, girl says no. Victoria : And girl buries herself in work. I've read this book before. Sam : I hear bonding. Back away from the innocent, Victoria. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Mia : So, Haley still has to put her Mojo on it, But what do you think? Peyton : I love it. And I love chase for inspiring the hell out of you lately. Mia : Well, let's just say good kissing inspires good music. Peyton : Yeah, he is a good kisser. I mean, that one tiny, little, inconsequential, Hardly memorable time that i kissed him, you know? Mia : You too? Peyton : It was twice. I mean, honey, It was only to make Lucas and Brooke jealous. Mia : Great. I'm still trying to forget that he kissed Brooke. B.T.W., not going so well. Peyton : Honey, why are you so worried about the kissing part? I mean, I thought you'd be more concerned With the virginity part. Mia : The what part? Peyton : And you didn't know that. AT THE RIVER COURT Jamie : So, uncle skills, it's been a month, and you still haven't talked to miss Lauren. Hey, ask her to the dance tonight. Skills : I'm good. Jamie : Just trying to hook a brother up. Skills : Wait, so all you guys got dates to the dance? Andre : not me. Q always said, "don't bring sand to the beach." Jamie : Is the dance at the beach? Skills : What about you, J. Luke? Madison : Hey, guys! Jamie : Hey, Madison. Madison : Hey, Jamie. Skills : Madison, you're late. One lap around the park. Go. Chuck : I bet Jamie's gonna ask Madison. Jamie : No, I'm not. Skills : Chuck, Andre, no teasing. One lap around the park. Go. I thought you were feeling Madison. Jamie : Well, I'm not gonna be the only guy at the dance with a date. Besides, you said all women are no good. Skills : No, I said nanny Deb was no good. Jamie : Is there anything you don't remember? Genius. Skills : Who cares what people think? I mean, you're a leader, right? So if you want to ask Madison, i say go for it. My man. [Flashback] Lucas : Open your eyes. Told you ... you had one last graduation gift. Peyton : The cure? Lucas : Tonight in Atlanta. Peyton : But I'm supposed to be leaving for L.A. Today with Brooke. Lucas : Yeah, Iknow, but Brooke and chase Are having their own... extended goodbye. Brooke says you can leave in the morning. I mean, unless you don't want to go. Peyton : No, no, no, no, no! I'm going. And you are gonna get into a hell of a lot more Than a concert with these tickets. AT COACH OFFICE Nathan : So, what do you got for me? Bobby : Congratulations, Nathan. You got an offer. Nathan : From the NBA? Bobby : It's from a European team, but the money is really good and it's a two-Year deal. Nathan : Wait. Europe? Bobby : Nathan, a lot of really good players Are leaving the NBA to go to Europe. Nathan : Great. Give me one of their spots. Bobby : Look, I know that this is not the offer that you were expecting. But this is still a good offer from a good team. Nathan : Well, when do they need to know? Bobby : They'll move on another choice tomorrow. ON THE STREET Sam : How lame is my life that my only friends are a 5- Year-Old and my foster granny? Victoria : Language, Samantha. Sam : Brooke would totally freak if she knew i was hanging out with you. Victoria : Well, you're a young lady. You need to look like a young lady. Sam : Language, Victoria. Victoria : And as for Brooke, She'll learn she can't pick her daughter's friends. That's a lesson i like to call "the peyton sawyer debacle." Sam : Oh, um, I can't go in here. Salesperson kind of hates me. Victoria : Since when? Sam : Since the salesperson caught me shoplifting. Victoria : You got caught shoplifting? Do you know how much clothes over bros lost In profit last year because of shoplifting? Millions. It's why those prices that you're always complaining about Are so high. Sam : Okay. Victoria : You are a member of this family now. Theft is common. We don't do common. Sam : Okay. I don't do it anymore. Victoria : Well, why did you do it at all? Sam : I don't know. I guess I got a high from it. Victoria : Well, find another way to get high. Sam : Okay, your words. Victoria : And as for this salesperson, If she wants you out, she'll have to deal with me. Let's go. AT THE RIVER COURT Jamie : Nice day for carrot sticks, huh? Speaking of the dance, want to go with me? Madison : I'm sorry, Jamie. Chuck just asked me. Jamie : Chuck? Chuck. AT THE STUDIO Mia : Did you know that Chase lost his virginity to Brooke? Haley : Yes. And I'm guessing from the look on your face, You did not know that. Well, welcome to tree hill. I challenge you to find a boy That did not lose his virginity to Brooke Davis. Mia : But she's Brooke Davis. Haley : And you're Mia Catalano. Mia : But she's Brooke Davis. Haley : And you're Mia Catalano, and I'm getting off this train. Mia : I just feel stupid - Like, everyone knew but me. Haley : All right, I can relate to you. Nathan lost his virginity to my sister. Mia : Wow, you win. Haley : Look, I know the way Chase look at you. He probably didn't tell you Because he's not thinking about anybody but you. Now, chop-chop. Let's make a record. AT THE GARAGE [Flashback] Peyton : I am a high-School graduate, And i can't read a freakin' map. Lucas : Look, Atlanta's just a straight sht down 74, To 95, to 20, to 75, to 85- 6 hours. Peyton : Show-Off. Lucas : You too. And maybe if you would have studied more Instead of freaky out with me in the backseat of the car Peyton : No way. I got an A+ in backseat. So, you're the only one with one more graduation gift. And I was gonna wait to tell you till I got to L.A. In case you freaked out, but... I sent copies of "unkindness of ravens" To a bunch of publishers in New-York. Lucas : You thudded me. Peyton : Payback. And right now, there's some stuffy old publisher Reading your words and falling in love with them. And he's gonna buy them, And he's gonna fly you to new York And make you very, very famous. Lucas : Thank you for doing that. I mean, I wanted to, but I just... Peyton : You were afraid. Lucas : Yeah. Peyton : I know. But someone once told me your art matters, And I wonder who that was. I don't know Off that easy with just a thank-You, either. And you're not gonna get I mean, when they turn your brilliant novel into a movie, You are gonna have to cast, Like, a hot, rockin' body, kick-Ass P. Sawyer. Lucas : Yeah, only if I can play Lucas. Oh! MAKING SHOPPING Victoria : So, this Julian - Where is he? Sam : Los Angeles, and I really think she wanted to go. I know I did. It was the closest I've ever come to a real family. Victoria : I'm sorry she didn't think of you. My daughter can be quite selfish. Sam : Hey, no bagging on Brooke. I told you. It's my "friendship with the devil" deal-Breaker. Victoria : Really? You're following us? I know everything about retail and who you should be watching, And it is not us. It's actually that girl over there About to SFF that clutch into her knockoff. As for Samantha... Sam : Sorry about the shoplifting thing. It...won't happen again. Victoria : Satisfied? Now you can go back To being completely and utterly incompetent at your job. Sam : Why are you such a bitch? Victoria : This bitch just defended you. A thank-You would be nice. Sam : Thank you. Now, why are you such a bitch? Victoria : Maybe I get a high from it. Sam : You know what? I stopped shoplifting. Maybe you could stop being so mean. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Brooke : I said no bonding. I told Victoria to keep her old-Lady talons away from Sam, And then there they were, Having a freakin' tree hill shopping-Palooza. Look at her face. She's so smug. I just want to throw that magazine across the room. Peyton : Okay, um, maybe it is because I'm hormonal, Or maybe it's because I've been locked in this room for so long, I have completely lost touch with reality, But is it the worst thing in the world for Momzilla to be nice to Sam? Brooke : Yes Peyton : Okay, what if she hated her? Wouldn't that be worse? Brooke : Yes, but...she never took me shopping. AT COACH OFFICE Nathan : Am I interrupting? Bobby : No, just looking at who I can pull up to take your place. Devon. Did you come here to talk to me about Devon Or the European offer? Nathan : Both, actually. But first, I need to ask you a question. Bobby : Okay. Nathan : Do you think I'm good enough to make it to the NBA? Bobby : Are you good enough? Yes, Nathan, you're good enough. But it takes more than talent. It takes timing and luck. Look, you have an offer on the table, And a two-Year contract to play professional ball does not come often. Nathan : So you think I should take it. Bobby : Yes, I do. AT THE STUDIO Haley : Yeah, no, that's really great. I think that adjustment helps a lo Mia : Cool. Nick Lachey : Sounded good to me. Sorry to interrupt. The recording light wasn't on, so i thought i'd just come in. Mia : You're Nick Lachey. Nick Lachey : And you're Mia Catalano. See? I told you. So, what's a guy got to do to get your song on his album? Haley : Um, wow. When the label said they had an artist Who was interested in recording one of my songs, I really - Nick Lachey : Didn't picture me. Haley : Yeah, at all. Mia : Nick lachey. Nick Lachey : You really love using first and last names. Mia : It's a tree hill thing. Sorry, nick lachey. Haley : Okay, just go. Mia : Bye. Nick Lachey : So, what are the magic words? 'Cause I really want you to say yes. Your song is great, and trust me - I've listened to a lot of new songs for this album. Haley : Yeah, I'm - I'm sorry. It's just that "all in my head" Wasn't supposed to be one of them. Just screwed up. Nick Lachey : I'm glad they did. Haley : I really am flattered that you came all the way out here, But there are no magic words. The answer is just no. Nick Lachey : What if I told you I had a really rough flight? Standby. Middle seat. Coach. Haley : I'm sorry. I'm just not interested in selling my music. Oh, but would you sign this for my son? He's a big fan. His name's Jamie. [Flashback] Peyton : Can you believe that Nathan and Haley Are married with a baby? Lucas : Yeah. I think they were ready to get married and have a baby On their second date. Peyton : I think they did. I really hate that I'm gonna miss Jamie getting bigger. I mean, by the time i come home to visit, He's already gonna be walking and talking. Lucas : Nah, with Nathan and Haley, He'll be reading and dribbling first. Peyton : They are gonna be amazing parents. Lucas : And you are gonna be an amazing mom. You should have that one day. And you will. AT SKILL'S APPARTMENT Jamie : What's chuck got that I don't? Skills : Better timing, a date with Madison. Jamie : I don't get it. I thought me and Madison had an unspoken connection. Skills : Look, nothing is unspoken with women. Now, you can't let this thing with Madison Ruin the dance tonight. Jamie : It's not, 'cause I'm not going. Skills : Jamie, you got to go to your first dance, man. I mean, what happens at your first dance becomes the building block of the rep That'll follow you all the way through school. Me? My first dance? I walked in "Antwon," but I left "skills." So, what? You still gonna sit on his couch? Jamie : You sit around poing about nanny deb. I'm gonna sit around and pout about Madison. Skills : Cool. You want to roll like I roll? Then I'm going to the dance...now. AT THE SCHOOL PARTY Jamie : Oh, man. This is klling me. Skills : At least the punch is good. AT COACH OFFICE Devon : My wife just had a little girl. I told myself I'd be called up by the time she got here. Nathan : I'm sorry about what happened, man. Devon : It ain't your fault. And i wanted to tell you that. All me. Nathan : So, what are you gonna do now? Devon : Work harder. Try and get picked up and... If I do ... I'm gonna do things differently. Funny thing is, um ... I told you not to stay in my way. But I should have been telling myself that. 'Cause you only get one. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Sam? Well, the broom's not parked outside, So I guess Victoria's not here, either. Maybe I'll do some filing. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Oh...my...god. [Flashback] Peyton : Thank you. What? Lucas : It amazes me how much you can eat. It's kind of like you're eating for two. Are you eating for two? Peyton : Trust me, this will be just the tip of the iceberg. When I'm pregnant. And either way, you said it was our last hurrah, So how can that not include stopping for "world's best pie"? Which, by the way, how do you think they determine that? Lucas : Well, I'm - I'm sure they do studies. Peyton : Damn good last-Hurrah pie. The way I see it is, As soon as that car pulls out for L.A. Tomorrow, I'm officially an adult, which means no more being spontaneous, No more shoveling pie. Lucas : Well, if this really is our last hurrah, how about we, uh... Go out in style? Peyton : We can't. Are you serious? Lucas : Oh, yeah. Dine and dash. I dare you. Peyton : I will see you on the outside. Lucas : There's an extra $5 in it If you run out behind me screaming. Woman : no, no, no! Peyton : I can't believe we just did that! Woman : No, no! What are you doing?! AT THE SCHOOL PARTY Jamie : Dances suck, huh? Want to get out of here and get some ice cream? Andre : Sorry, bro. I met someone. Skills : Aw, come on, now. There's a lot of girls out there you could be having fun with. Jamie : Why do I have to try? You're not. Skills : It's not the same thing. Jamie : I know you like her. I think you're chicken. Skills : I am not. Look, I'm not scared. Jamie : Prove it. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : Hey, you're home. You missed Jamie on his way to the dance. He was so cute in his little suit! Looked like a little Lucas. What's going on? Nathan : I got an offer to play... in Europe. And I don't know, hales, maybe we should...consider it. It's good money. It's a two-Year contract. Haley : But you want to play in the NBA. Nathan : I know, but so does every other person on my team and every other player in the "b" league. Haley : Okay, um... All right, let's say that you take this two-Year contract And then the NBA comes calling. Nathan : What if I don't take it and then they never call? I mean, I've been working on this... Comeback for a long time now, And maybe this is my chance And I'm just too focused on the fantasy of the NBA to notice. It's not a fantasy. Haley : That's your dream. There's nothing wrong with pursuing it. Nathan : To what end? Haley : I don't know. But whatever you decide, You have a wife and a son who love you, And we're behind you 100%. Nathan : Thanks. Haley : Yeah. AT TRIC Nick Lachey : What do you call this again? Chase : The chaser. Nick Lachey : Really? 'Cause it tastes just like a bad long island iced tea. Mia : Why didn't you tell me you lost your virginity to Brooke Davis? Nick Lachey : I didn't. Why, did she say I was a virgin? Nice. Mia : Peyton told me, but it should have been you. Chase : The losing-Virginity topic Really isn't something a guy likes to bring up to his girl. Nick Lachey : Or himself. But, then again, your premiere starred Brooke Davis. Mia : Stay out of it, Nick Lachey. Nick Lachey : So, what's Brooke been up to, anyway? AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : You have really out-Bitched yourself this time, Victoria. Explain. Or no. Don't explain. I'm sure it'll just be more of the same Self-Serving, manipulative B.S. Victoria : Oh, just stop the histrionics. We could lose Samantha. Brooke : "We"? She is not yours to lose. Victoria : Samantha and I have gotten very close, And that woman gave her up. She made her mistakes a long time ago, And it's a little late to try to show up now. Brooke : I'm sorry. Are you kidding, or am I being punked? Victoria : This is different. I never abandoned you. Brooke : Not physically. And maybe that's worse. Victoria : You think I'm so bad. I destroyed those letters for you, Brooke. I see how much Samantha means to you. Brooke : No. Don't do that. You have never done anything for me. This is about you trying to have Some half-Assed do-Over with Sam Because you screwed up so completely with me, And it is so obvious and so damn pathetic! Just stop! And you never took me shopping. AT THE STUDIO Nick Lachey : Okay, wait. Just hear me out. Haley : You're just in time. Nick Lachey : For what? Haley : I have the instrumental track for "all in my head" cued up. Go sing. Nick Lachey : Now? Haley : Hey, Joe Perry said, "let the music do the talking." Nick Lachey : An Aerosmith reference. I knew I liked you. Satellites blasting through the universe* It's outta sight It's all in my head Saw your eyes sending me a message for the last time Here alone Holding on to something that I've never known It's all in my head Nathan : I turned down the offer. Bobby : Yeah, I know. I just got off the phone with the scout. Nathan : Nathan, I ... I'm going to the NBA, bobby. Bobby : I was going to say that the European league missed out on a great player. I hope the NBA doesn't. Nathan : Thank you. Oh, and I want you to know I told the scout about Devon. He's a good player. He just made a mistake, And that doesn't mean he shouldn't get a second chance. Bobby : I told the scout the same thing. I'll see you in practice tomorrow, Scott. Nathan : I'll see you at practice. AT THE SCHOOL PARTY Lauren : Antwon "Skills" Taylor crashing a 5-Year-Olds' dance? I was hoping to see you. Skills : I wanted to ask you out, but I was kind of hesitant because... I just got out of a relationship. Lauren : Me too. Bad break-up. It broke my heart. So I guess neither one of us should really be dating right now, huh? Skills : Probably not. So, you want to dance? Lauren : No. But I could go for some rebound S-E-X. I'm kidding. A dance would be nice. Someone wake me up when calls me It's like I've been asleep and She gone gone Someone let her know I'm not breathing Tell me this isn't happening Tell me this isn't happening Yeah yeah It's all in my head ooohh over yeah And she said it's all in my head AT THE STUDIO Haley : It was good. Nick Lachey : It was great. The song, I mean. Haley : I know. Okay, I'll let you record it. One condition. I want to produce. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Sam : Hey. Sorry I've been sneaking around with your mom. It's just... she's not that bad once you get past the royal bitch of it all. Brooke : No, she's worse. Sam : You know, she'd really like another chance. Brooke : Sam... I have a letter for you ... from your birth mother. I guess she's been sending them to the store, hoping that I could help her get in touch with you, snd somehow they ended up in junk mail. Sam : Yeah, i don't want it. Brooke : Sam. Sam : No, she gave me up. She doesn't want me, right? What does she want now? Brooke : To say she's sorry? Sam : Maybe. Well, then, she should have said it. Every time I sat there in that coffee shop Right in front of her... She didn't even know that was her own daughter. So, screw her and her "I'm sorry" Because all that ever got me was a sucky life. And there's nothing she could say to fix that. Brooke : Samantha, you've been going to that coffee shop for months. You must want something from her, Sam : E- Even if it's just closure. Brooke : Yeah. Okay. How about why? Why wasn't I good enough? Why didn't she love me enough? Why could she just throw me away? Brooke : Maybe... Maybe she wants to tell you why giving you up was the hardest thing that she ever had to do. Sweetheart, I have no idea how you feel. Even on her worst day, Victoria never gave me away, But if you want to know why, she's the only person who can answer that for you. AT TRIC Chase : I should have told you about Brooke. Mia : Did you love her? Chase : Thought I did. That's before I fell in love with you. AT THE SCHOOL PARTY Chuck : Madison talked about you all night? Jamie : Really? Chuck : I'm sorry I hosed you, man. She's waiting for you over there. Girl : No. IN THE STREET Devon : Hello? This is he. Yes, sir. A tryout. Yes, sir. All right, thank you. Babe...a tryout! Oh, god. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : What if i just gave away my last chance? Haley : Your chance is coming, baby. I really believe that. IN FRONT OF THE BAR Brooke : I'm gonna be right here. It's okay. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Peyton. Peyton : Hi! Lucas : Close your eyes. Peyton : I knew you had a surprise for me. Lucas : Open your eyes. Peyton : Where did you find this? It's the best concert we never went to. I still can't believe You pretended to like the cure all those years. Lucas : I never said i loved the cure. I said i loved kissing you to the cure. Peyton : This was one of the best days of my life. Really good pie. We had our whole lives in front of us. Lucas : Hey. We still do. Peyton : I know. Well, the cure is playing. Where's my kissing? [Flashback] Lucas : I can't believe I kept those tickets for six months ... and i lost them in six hours. Peyton : You know what? Maybe we can just go back to the doorman and explain that we really did have two. Lucas : Yeah, yeah. I'm kind of thinking he's probably heard that one before. I'm sorry about the concert. Peyton : Who goes to a sold-Out show anyway? And besides, I only have one last night with you. Lucas : Unless you show up tomorrow with, like, another surprise. If that's what it takes to keep you from leaving. I'm gonna miss you. Peyton : You better... 'Cause I have a lot of dreams wrapped up in you. And it's kind of hard to have a happily ever after All by yourself. And we're gonna have that, Lucas. We are gonna get married, And we're gonna make a lot of babies In the backseat of this car. I promise. And I always keep my promises. Lucas : Good... 'Cause I'm gonna hold you to it.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x21 - A Kiss to Build a Dream On"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill Jamie : For you, Miss Lauren. Lauren : Thank you, Jamie. Jamie : They're from my uncle skills. He thinks you're cute. Lauren : Antwon "Skills" Taylor crashing a 5-year-olds' dance? Skills: I was hoping to see you. Bobby : I'm moving Nino to shting guard, and I'm keeping you at the point. Nino : With me at the point, you're gonna get more chances to score. Nathan : All right? I'll get you the ball. Cause if you can do that, the scouts will come. Brooke : I have a letter for you from your birth mother. You've been going to that coffee shop for months. You must want something from her, even if it's just closure. Lucas : Peyton has a condition called placenta previa. Brooke : Lucas, come on, what if everything doesn't go perfectly? Lucas : She could die, and... and the baby, too. One Tree Hill - Season 6 Episode 22 AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : The honorary title, Matthew Ryan, the cure, Audioslave, Haley James Scott. They're all in here. It's music to set your life to. And music always helps, no matter what you're going through. So, if you flunk a big test or you have a really bad break-up. Or you just miss someone so bad, it hurts...Then listen to my playlist -"100 songs to save your life" and it should help. Oh, and there is this new artist that is really special, and her second album is just about to come out. So you should check her out. Her name's Mia Catalano. This road is anything but simple twisted like a riddle I've seen high, and I've seen low so loud the voices over my doubts are telling me to give up to pack up and leave town but even so, I had to believe oh, impossible means nothing to me so, can you lift me up? Peyton : A best friend ... okay, this one is so important. Choose wisely, okay? I got really lucky with mine. My best friend is funny, intelligent, creative, beautiful and successful and very kind. And she's also impulsive, frustrating, um...complicated, childish. But I would not have her any other way. And the best part about Brooke Davis is that she always puts friends first. So...if you are ever in any kind of trouble, now you know who to call. I can't think of anyone I would rather have watching over you. IN THE STREET Victoria : It's been a month, Brooke. You've got to stop spying on them like this. Brooke : Thank you, concernicus. How would you know what I've been up to? Victoria : 'Cause I've been watching the both of you. Iced coffee with skim milk it'll change your life. Brooke : She's eating pecan pie. She doesn't even like pecan pie. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Being a kid without a mom really sucks. And I know this because I've been there... twice. And if you're watching this, then it means that you're in that place, too. And I'm so sorry for that. But if you ever need a mom-and-dad fix, you have Nathan and Haley for that. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : Gotcha! I gotcha now! Jamie : No! No! Haley : Okay, easy. If he pees his pants, you're on laundry duty. Jamie : You look pretty, mama. Haley : Oh, thanks, buddy. I got to go. I'm late. I got to pick up Mia from the studio and go over to Peyton's for her baby shower. Do you think you can drop him off on your way out of town? Lucas is gonna watch him. Nathan : Sure, no problem. Haley : Thank you. I'm gonna miss you so much. Call me after the game, okay? Nathan : Yeah. Haley : Okay Bye. I'll see you later. Peyton's waiting. Nathan : Bye. Haley : Bye! Jamie : Bye. Love you. Haley : I love you, too. Jamie : Again? Nathan : Again?! 'Cause I have overcome more than words will ever say and I've been given hope that there's a light on up the hall and that a day will come when the fight is won and I think that day has just gn* *oh, oh, just gn lift me up ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, oh oh, oh, lift me up lift me up, lift me up AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : I really hope that we get to share all these things together. But just in case, it's all right he. Now, there is just one thing... that I need from you. Please... take very special care of your father ... because if I'm not around... he's gonna need you to take care of him, just like my dad needed me. So, love him ... and take care of him ... and be kind to him. Just please ... Do that for me. Lucas : Peyton, what is this? Peyton : I just thought I should. Lucas : No. No, you... You said everything was gonna be okay. You said that. Peyton : Okay, but, Luke, if it isn't, I want our child to be able to remember me. It's just in case. Lucas : Our child's not gonna have to remember you. Our child's gonna know you. We're not doing this, Peyton. Peyton : Lucas. Lucas : A death video? A sad box of stuff? I'm not having any of this, Peyton. I mean, what's next? Peyton : I want to get married ... now. Lucas : Absolutely not. You're supposed to be taking it easy. Okay, look, after you have this baby and you're all better, then ... then we'll get married. Peyton : I want to get married. Lucas : Why? Why is it so important to do it now? Peyton : Because... Lucas : We're not doing anything just in case, okay? I'll be in the garage. You should be in bed. Peyton : Thank you! I love you, too, by the way. AT WALMART Brooke : Remind me again what we're doing here? Victoria : Know thy enemy, Brooke. Suit yourself, but this is our competition and they're cutting into our market share with these hideous things. Brooke : Yeah, the appropriate word being "hideous". Victoria : Don't be so dismissive. Maybe you should pay a visit to the manufacturer, get some inspiration. Brooke : I have Sam, and Sam has school, so I'm not going anywhere. Besides, I need to be here while she's meeting with... you know who. Victoria : You mean the biological mother with the pathetically low credit score? Brooke : What are you talking about? Victoria : So, I had business affairs run her credit report. Don't hate me because I'm resourceful. Brooke : You did what? Victoria : Brooke, we have to be able to make a case against the woman. Brooke : We are not building a case against anyone. Do you think that I can't see what you're doing? There is no running from this. Sam has every right to know her ... real mom. Victoria : Suit yourself. Red is really your color. What do you think? Brooke : Do you think we're shopping right now? Victoria : Absolutely not. This is strictly R&D for our new line. Brooke : You are so trying to shop with me! IN THE GARAGE Lucas : Hey ! Nathan : Hey ! Jamie : Uncle Lucas, can I help you fix aunt Peyton's car? Lucas : Hey, sure, buddy. Nathan : Careful. Sure this is no problem, him hanging out with you? Lucas : Yeah, I could use the company anyway. Nathan : Everything okay? Lucas : It's Peyton. I-I-I found her putting together a time capsule, or a ... a "just in case" capsule. That's what i thought. Nathan : I know, yeah. Lucas : It's just, you know, weird that I'm approaching what's supposed to be the most exciting moment of my entire life with nothing but... complete and utter fear. Nathan : You want to hear a secret? Day Jamie was born, I was...petrified. Lucas : No, you know, it's different, though, you know? I mean, what if something happens to Peyton? I don't know how we got this far. Nathan : Well, you got this far 'cause it's what she wanted. You know? It's like when Karen let you play basketball with your HCM. She knew how bad you wanted it, so she just held her breath and let you play. We all did, you know? Maybe ... maybe this is the time you have to hold your breath for Peyton. Lucas : She wants to get married. Nathan : So do you. You proposed, remember? Lucas : She wants to get married right away. It all just worries me. Nathan : Well, as worried as you are, think about how scared she is. Look, if you had one more day to spend with Peyton, would you rather spend it arguing or just being married? AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : You ready? Sam : For what? Brooke : Peyton's baby shower. You didn't forget, did you? Sam : Sure she wants me there? Brooke : Of course I'm sure. The invitation was addressed to both of us, you knucklehead. Sam : Yeah. Brooke : Are you okay, Sam? Sam : Yep, I'm good. Brooke : Okay. So, everything's going okay with, you know... Sam : My mom? Brooke : Yeah. Sam : Yeah. Brooke : What do you got there? Sam : It's her house. you know, she gave me up when she was my age. How weird is that? Brooke : Yeah. Sam : She said she didn't want to, but her parents made her do it. Brooke : well, I can relate to having crummy parents who make bad decisions. Sam : Yeah. You know, it's funny. I've always... wanted to live in a house with a white picket fence. Brooke : Well, we can have a picket fence if you want. You can have any kind of fence you want. I'll just wait for you to get dressed. Sam : You know, if it's okay, can I just meet you there? Brooke : Yeah. I'll see you at Peyton's. AT THE GYMNASIUM Mouth : So, the stage is set for the Charleston chiefs, who can move into sole possession of first place with a win tonight. And with the season coming to a close and possible NBA call-ups hanging in the balance, coach Bobby irons will be looking for explsive performances from his two leading scorers, Nino Jones and point guard Nathan Scott. Nino : I can't believe anybody out there would want your autograph. Nathan : Are they are than would want it from you. Nino : Look, just 'cause you're the starting point guard don't mean you can show up late. I had you going for a second. And don't worry. I covered for you, man. Bobby : Well, well, you guys go on an eight-game winning streak, and suddenly it's a love fest in here. Nathan : I wouldn't go that far. Bobby : I'll tell you what, Scott ... I'll waive your fine for being late if you and your new best friend here can do two things. Nathan : And what's that? Bobby : Win the game tonight... and impress the NBA scout who's here to watch you guys play. Nathan : Scout? Bobby : Word is the clippers are looking for some backcourt help. Nino : All right, then. Yeah. Bobby : Good luck, guys. Nathan : Thanks. Nino : Hey, uh, Scott, I think you might want to sit this one out. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Sam : I'm so not wearing this. Victoria : Sam, it's a baby shower. You can't show up like you just walked out of a Brazilian favela. Sam : Okay, well, this makes me look like Kermit the frog. Victoria : Okay. So, how goes it with... the waitress? Sam : Her name is Rebecca, thank you. And for your information, things are kind of going okay. Victoria : Yes, well... I'm sure your conversations are just riveting. I mean, you have so much to talk about, what with 16 years of pure neglect to hash over. Sam : Don't be mean. Victoria : Sorry. It's just that she left you. So, you know... it's not like that. Sam : I mean... I thought that way at first. I thought she'd be this evil person, you know, this bad person that gave me up, but she's not. You know, she's got her problems, but she's okay. I mean, in a way, she's ... she's kind of like... Victoria : like what? Sam : Like me. Victoria : Did she say she wanted you back? Sam : Doesn't matter. I'm happy here. Victoria : And that's what we want for you, Samantha ... to be happy here. Sam : Yeah, I know. It's just, I don't want to hurt Brooke's feelings, but part of me wants to know her, you know? My real mum? Victoria : Do you want to live with her? Sam : No. Victoria : Of course you don't. That's my girl. Now let's see if we can't find a beautiful dress for you, worthy of the Davis name. AT SKILLS'S APPARTMENT Skills : Oh, man. Hey, man, don't you guys got somewhere else to be? Junk : Dude, I am klling this game right now. Skills : Yeah, well, I got a date with Lauren. So y'all gonna have to be getting y'all asses up out of here. Junk : Hey, isn't this like the third date? Skills : You know what that means. Yeah. That's Jamie's teacher you're talking about. Junk : This from the guy who dropped down granny deb. Skills : Look, it's a date, man - nice, classy, refined. But just in case, you two be gone by the time I get home, all right? AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Okay, it's official. I look like a lemon-meringue pie. Brooke : Shut up. You have that whole glow thing going. Peyton : If by "glowing" you mean "growing," then maybe. I really do love the dress, Brooke. It was a great gift. Thanks. Although I am just stuck in the house. Brooke : Well, then you'll be stuck in the house for a month looking fabulous. It was Sam's idea. Peyton : Oh, clearly she's learning from the best. Where is she, anyway? I thought she was coming. Brooke : She'll be here. Peyton : You're doing an amazing job with her, Brooke Davis. Hey, she loves you. Brooke : Well, let's hope so... 'cause I'm thinking of making it official. I'm thinking of adopting her. Peyton : No. Brooke : Yeah. I just got all the papers in the mail. Peyton : Oh, my god, that is such good news. Come here. Sit down. Tell me everything. All right, um ... well, I mean, how's it going with her birth mother? Brooke : It seems like it's going okay. I'm just trying to be supportive. What if Sam likes her better than me? Peyton : Okay, take it from someone who was adopted. I happen to know that Sam just became the luckiest girl in the whole world. Brooke : Thank you, P. Sawyer. You always making everything better for me. Don't. Don't. We are not gonna ruin today crying. You're gonna get out of that dress and clean yourself up because we have a party to go to out there. Come on. IN THE GARAGE Jamie : There's an IPod in here. Awesome! This is the night you and daddy won the state championship. Lucas : Do you know where you were that night? Jamie : In mom's tummy. Lucas : That's right. Jamie : So, mom and dad didn't even know me then. Lucas : Well, none of us did, but we were all really excited to meet you. Jamie : Hey, look! Lucas : Waouh! Now, that was a really important night. Jamie : Because you won the state championship? Lucas : Yeah, but, um... it was also the night I realized I wanted to marry Peyton. Jamie : This is cool. What else is in here? Lucas : Yeah, what is in there? AT THE GYMNASIUM Mouth : Hey, Nathan, I got a question for you. Nathan : Yes, we're gonna win tonight. Mouth : Okay, but, uh... how are you dealing with this long-distance thing? It's klling me. Nathan : Yeah. Me, too. And if you figure that one out, let me know. Hey, you see that guy over here talking to Bobby? He's an NBA scout. Mouth : Good luck tonight, Nate. Nathan : Luck has nothing to do with it. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Look at all of these presents! All right, I'm gonna open the first one. It's from Mia. What did you get me? You got me... ...pictures of you. Mia : Okay, yeah, but the gift is that you get to pick the one that goes on the cover of our new record. Peyton : Good Save. All right, what do we got? What do we got? I want to see. I want to see. Um, sexy. Pretty! Ooh, pretty and sexy. Mm, girls, I think we found a winner. Mia : Yay! Peyton : Wow, I ... I guess this means the record's nearly finished, huh? Haley : Speaking of "wow"... ! AT LAUREN'S HOUSE / MINI GOLF & KARTING Lauren : Antwon. Skills : You ready? Lauren : Uh, we have a slight problem. Chuck : Hey, coach Skills! Skills : What the ... Chuck? Lauren : His mom had an emergency, and she couldn't pick him up from school. So, I promised I'd watch him for a little while. I'm so sorry. I guess we should probably cancel? Skills : Nah. I mean, I...guess he could come. Lauren : You wouldn't mind? Skills : Yeah. Why not? Lauren : Great. I'll get my coat. Chuck : Sweet! Where we going? Skills : Yeah, so, peewee basketball is just how I give back to the kids. But you would be surprised at how profitable the baby-proofing industry is. Yo, chuck! Chuck : Sorry! Lauren : Yeah, he's doing well. Skills : He don't look too bad. Skills : You know, you don't know how few guys would be up for a night like this. I'm so glad we didn't cancel, Antwon. Skills : Really? How glad? Chuck : Come on! Man : Whose freaking kid is this? Damn it! Lauren : Uh, mine! Sorry! I'll be back. AT THE GYMNASIUM Mouth : That's the end of the first half, chiefs leading by 10, IN THE GARAGE Jamie : Hey, it's mama as a cheerleader. Lucas : Yeah, and there's, uh, aunt Brooke and aunt Peyton. Jamie : They've been friends for a long time. Lucas : Oh, yeah, a long time. Jamie : Who's in that one? Let's see. That's Uncle Keith, aunt Karen, and who's that? Lucas : That's me. Jamie : You were a funny-looking baby, uncle Lucas. Lucas : Hey ! Jamie : Just kidding. You're kind of my Uncle Keith, aren't you? Lucas : Well, I'd like to think that's exactly who I am. Jamie : Aunt Peyton's a cool angel. Is aunt Peyton gonna be okay? Lucas : I don't know, bud. Jamie : I think everything's gonna be okay. AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Peyton : Oh, wow, what is it? Haley : It's a baby memory book, and you put photos and journal entries and all that stuff in it. When you look at it five years from now, you'll never believe they were that small. Brooke : You know, Victoria almost got one of those for me. Brooke : Peyton. Peyton : yeah. Haley : You okay? Peyton : I love it. Thank you. And ... I just want you guys to know... I love you so much. Brooke : I love you, too. Mia : Okay, hold on. I'm taking a picture ... no crying for the picture. Yeah? Okay. Okay? Get in here. Ready? One, two, three. AT THE GYMNASIUM Bobby : All right, let's bring it in. It's "chiefs" on three. Mans : One, two, three. Chiefs! Bobby : Let's go. Let's go, dawg. Bring it home. Nate. So far, you've done a terrific job making Nino look good. Just make sure you make yourself look good, too, okay? If you get an open sht, take it. Nathan : The scouts are here to watch everyone. And that includes you, coach. We're gonna win this game. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : I'm not angry. But I would appreciate you talking to me first before you start lavishing Sam with fancy clothes. Victoria : I thought she looked nice. Brooke : Not the point. What are you doing here? Victoria : I wanted to talk to you about Sam. Brooke : What about Sam? Victoria : I know you care for her deeply, as do I. But I think that you should consider letting her spend time with her birth mother on a more permanent basis. Brooke : And what makes you think that? Victoria : Honey, I've been talking to her. Brooke : Don't "honey" me. You talked to her about this? This is not your business! You had no right! I should have known that nothing good was gonna come of the two of you spending time together. Victoria : What can I say? We get along. Unlike some people that's shall remain nameless. Brooke : You can't do this. Victoria : Do what? Brooke : Try to be the mother to her that you never were to me. Victoria : Last time I checked, I was still your ... Brooke : Don't say it. Anyone who ever wanted to be in my life, Peyton, boys, anyone, you tried to push them all away. You tried to push everyone away, and now you want Sam to leave? Victoria : I don't want Sam to leave. Brooke : Yes, you do! It's why you're lying to my face right now! You're jealous because she wants to be with me. Well, she's not going anywhere.. ...not if I having anything to say about it. Victoria : What's that? Brooke : Adoption papers. Victoria : Brooke ... be careful. I don't want you to get hurt. Brooke : All my life, you have avoided being a mother to me. Do not think for one moment that you get to start now. Sam : What's going on? Victoria : I don't know. Maybe you should ask your mother. Sam : What was that about? Brooke : Sam, I want to talk to you about something -- something...important. You're happy here, right? Sam : Yeah. What's going on? Brooke : I want to adopt you -- for real. I want to make it official and forever. I've given this a lot of thought. I want us to be a family. I know that it's your dream to have that, and I want to give that to you now. So, what do you say? Sam : Yeah. Yeah. Brooke : Okay. What? Sam : I can still see my real mom, right? AT THE BAR Skills : Dude, save some for the second half. Lauren : So, you know, you never really talk about your past relationship. Was it a bad break-up? Skills : Yeah, kind of. I mean, in the end, it was mostly a lifestyle thing. We just didn't see eye to eye on some stuff. Chuck : She was a grandma. Skills : Let's just say she was mature. Lauren : Hey, look, that's cool. It's just, um so we're clear, I prefer younger guys ... younger, bald, athletic guys who like kids. Skills : Yeah, well, you know, that's funny, because my last relationship didn't work because I was too young, bald, athletic. But I do like kids. Chuck : Mom says I shouldn't eat dairy. Skills : Some kids. I do like some kids. Lauren : Oh, no. AT THE GARAGE Haley : All right, Jim-Jam, come on, buddy. We got to go. Jamie : Do I have to? Haley : Yes. Chop-chop. If we hurry, we can call your dad before your bedtime. This is what you guys have been working on? Jamie : Don't tell. It's a surprise for aunt Peyton. Haley : Sorry. Lucas : So, uh, how was the shower? Is she okay? Haley : Yeah. Yeah, I think she really enjoyed herself. How are you doing? You're holding up okay? Lucas : Better now. Haley : Good. Glad to hear it. All right, buddy let's go call your dad. Jamie : Thanks, uncle Lucas. That was fun. Lucas : Yeah, it was. Jamie : Your whole life's in that box. I wish I had one. Lucas : See ya. Haley : Bye. IN THE CAR IN FRONT OF LAUREN'S HOUSE Lauren : He's cute. And you are sweet. Look, I know it wasn't the night you planned, but you were really great with chuck. Skills : Yeah. Well, maybe next time it could just be the two of us. Lauren : I'd like that. Skills : Yeah? Lauren : Yes. Chuck : Naughty, naughty. Skills : I'll take his silly butt home. Lauren : Oh, good night, guys. Skills : Good night. Chuck : She's cool. You should ask her out sometime, coach. Skills : Oh, god. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Can I talk to you? Listen, I didn't mean to ambush you...before. That wasn't right. Sam : It's okay. Brooke : I don't think it is. Sam, I've actually been thinking about this, and I think you should go spend some time with your real mom. You want to, don't you? Sam : Please don't hate me. Brooke : Samantha, I could never hate you. I love you very much. Sam : But you stayed for me. You ... You let go of Julian for me. Brooke : Honey, I was doing what was best for you. And that was true then, and ... I think it's true now. You should go. You know you can always come back here. Sam : How come you're so good to me? Brooke : Because I love you, no matter what. Sam : Can I keep the dress? Brooke : Of course. Sam : It's just, uh... Victoria says I look like a Davis in that dress. Brooke : Honey, you'll always be a Davis to me. Sam : You'll always be my first mom. Brooke : Okay. AT THE GYMNASIUM Mouth : How about that Nathan Scott? Played a pretty great game tonight. The Scout : Honestly, I've never really seen him as a point guard. But I got to say, I was impressed. Kid's got a bright future. Mouth : With the Clippers? AT SKILLS'S APPARTMENT Junk : Hey, what happened? I thought you were ... Skills : Don't say it. You know that annoying kid from my peewee team? Junk : Yeah, the hoser kid? Skills : Yeah. Let's just say I got chucked. Fergie : Damn. Lauren : Hey, I just, uh, realized you forgot something. This! AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : I'm gonna miss you. Sam : I'll miss you, too. Brooke : You know, you always have a home here, no matter what. I love you, Sam. Sam : I love you, too. Victoria : Samantha. Sam : Bye. Victoria : Bye. Brooke : Okay. Bye. Are you crying? Victoria : No. It's this horrible mascara. It's just ... remind me to sue the manufacturer. Brooke : It's our mascara, Victoria. Victoria : What do we do now? Brooke : We have our work to focus on. Victoria : Of course. AT THE GYMNASIUM Nino : Hey, coach. Have you heard anything from The Scout? Bobby : Uh, no. No, not yet. But listen, you guys did all you could out there. And now we just wait for the phone to ring. 'cause all you talk about is to see yourself break out I've seen you this way before life's strange but true what are we waiting for? It's been long time, nothing new something survived here you've been working overtime how's it feel to lie? AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Victoria : It's going to be okay, honey. Brooke : I'm fine. We have our work to focus on now. Life's strange but true What are we waiting for? It's been a long time, nothing new for a while we were living it's the pace *That'll kll you kll* AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : You there's still one thing missing. Peyton : What's that? Lucas : Our wedding photo. Peyton : Really? We can get married right away? Lucas : Sure. Only if the doctor says it's okay. But it's not because of the baby or our situation or... well, any damn thing. I want you to be my wife... 'cause I love you. I love you with all my heart. Peyton : I love you, too. I'm here	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x22 - Show Me How to Live"}	foreverdreaming
One Tree Hill - Season 6 Episode 23 Lucas : sometimes when you look back at your life, certain moments stand out ... the day you graduated high school, your wedding day, the day you found out you were going to be a father. Most of the time, they happen in that order. Most of the time exactly what I want? IN THE WOOD Lucas : You know, just when I thought it was weird that I'm going graduation, pregnancy, marriage, I remember that you went marriage, pregnancy, graduation, and just don't feel so bad Haley : Well, I'm glad I can be your weird example. No parents today, huh? Lucas : Uh, no. My mom, actually, is stuck at a resort in Granada. And Larry's on a dredging boat off the coast of Iceland somewhere. We were gonna wait, but, you know... Haley : It's gonna be a great day, Luke. Lucas : Or not. Haley : Oh, my god. What happened? Lucas : Peyton says the minister just fell through ... Some sort of mix-up. Haley : Oh, no. Wait! don't freak out. My sister, Quinn, got married by a friend of hers who got ordained on the internet in like 30 seconds. Lucas : Is that even legal? Haley : Yeah. Anybody who's ordained can sign a marriage license. The ceremony's just symbolic. Lucas : Huh. Haley : How cool ... don't you think that would be so awesome, to get married by a friend of yours, somebody who's known you most of your life? Lucas : I do. Haley : Sweet! who should we get? Lucas : You. Haley : Y ... me? Lucas : Come on, you're my best friend and Peyton loves you and ... I just ordained you. So, uh, god, you're gonna be great, you know that? I got to go, but, uh, thank you, minister. Haley : "Minister." Jamie : Is this really necessary, uncle Skills? Skills : Well, considering the way you got snatched up by that crazy-ass nanny at Luke's last wedding. Yeah, it is. Jamie : But I'm on a leash. It's embarrassing. Skills : Tough, kid. We're not taking any chances. Now, you got that walkie-talkie, right? Okay, talk into it like I told you. Jamie : Denzel, this is Macaulay. Denzel, this is Macaulay. All clear. Skills : Okay, good work, and don't even think about trying to go to the bathroom. You're playing it cool, I know what you do I feel like a fool, but I would be feeling that anyway 'cause nobody loves me... AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Peyton : Okay, what do you think? Brooke : I think you and your 8-month-old sidekick look beautiful. Come here. Do you need to sit down? Peyton : Oh, I'm good, for the 50th time. Brooke : Well, you're supposed to be on bed rest, not getting married and going to a reception. Peyton : The doctor said it's fine. Brooke : The doctor also said to not over do it, So do not overdo it. As much as I love a wedding, I love you and your baby more. Peyton : If anything happens to me, I want you to take care of Lucas ... If when the baby comes, if anything happens, okay? Brooke : Nothing's gonna happen. Peyton : Brooke. Brooke : You shouldn't talk like that. Peyton : Honey, we have to talk like this. Okay? Everybody else has avoided it. I just really need you to hear me out. Brooke : Okay. It's just scary, that's all. Peyton : I know. But I do not want Lucas to be alone... Or our baby...Or you. Brooke : Peyton. Peyton : Have you talked to Julian lately? Brooke : I've been kind of busy, And he's working on a new movie, you know? Are you scared? Peyton : I'm scared I'm gonna miss it all. My life with Lucas and the baby, and my friends and my family...and you. Brooke : It's not fair. Peyton : Hey, when I think of everyone else out there in the world that goes through their life alone and then I think of all the amazing years I've gotten to spend With my beautiful, beautiful best friend, Brooke Davis... I kind of feel sorry for everybody else. Brooke : You're gonna ruin our wedding makeup, you bitch. Peyton : Oh, I'm sorry. Brooke : If you're stupid, skinny ass goes anywhere before I say so, we are not best friends anymore, you got it? Peyton : I got it. Brooke : Okay. Peyton : I love you. Brooke : I love you, too, P. Sawyer. Let's go get you married. AT TRIC Mia : Check, check, 1, 2. Check, check. Chase Adams, you look hot. Get over here and kiss me. My boy looks good in a suit. Chase : Boy's gonna wear a suit more often. So, what's your take on weddings, Catalano? Mia : Hmm. Big fan. You? Chase : Mm. more of a reception guy. Awkward family members, open bar. Mia : Slutty wedding sex. Chase : Totally slutty wedding sex. And there's always that bridesmaid who just gets all drunk and freaky. Mia : Yeah. Brooke is Peyton's bridesmaid. Chase : Right. I should, uh... Mia : Hey, Adams, play your cards right, It might be you having the slutty wedding sex. Chase : Got to wear more suits. IN THE WOOD Brooke : Knock, knock! Lucas : Hey. Brooke : Hi. You look nice. Lucas : Well, thank you. Brooke : Now, get out of that ratty thing and try on one of these tuxes. I didn't know exactly what size you were because I couldn't ask Peyton 'cause I want to surprise her. Lucas : Brooke, you didn't have to do that. Brooke : I know. But if a girl's gonna have a last-minute gn wedding, the least her boy can do is rock a little Hugo Boss. Now go. I will wait. Lucas : Hmm. All right. you know* things never turn out the way I want them to but we're all, all born innocent Nathan : Hell of a view. Haley : Hey. Yeah, it's really beautiful out here, isn't it? Nathan : I didn't mean that view. Haley : Ohh, I was worried about you. Did your practice run late? Nathan : Yeah. oh. Haley : Well, your suit's in with Lucas. You should probably go get changed. Nathan : Okay. Uh, where's the boy? Haley : He's with Skills, god help us. He'll be really excited to see his dad. Nathan : Well, I'm really excited to see his mom. Haley : I am loving this whole "you going away and coming back" thing. Nathan : Yeah. save some for me or save it for yourself Nathan : Haley ... I love you. Haley : Thanks, baby. I love you, too. save it for yourself Lucas : And voilà. Brooke : Now, that is more like it. Okay, there's a tux in there for Nathan. I got his sizes from Haley. I need to go change now. Lucas : Hey, Brooke, you, uh, you got a second? Brooke : Uh, yeah. Lucas : Well, look, I know you don't have a date for the wedding. Brooke : It was kind of last-minute, dude. Lucas : All right, well, maybe I invited someone for you. Brooke : Lucas, you cannot do that to me. First of all, I am not anybody's pity date, and second ... What does he look like? Lucas : Oh, the girls really seem to like him. Brooke : Who is it? Is he hot? Lucas : Uh... I'm just gonna go over here now. Julian : From the look on your face, I take it Lucas didn't tell you he invited me. Brooke : No, but it's good to see you. I guess now it'll look like we both actually had dates. Julian : Yeah, actually, the thing is ... Missy : Julian, we should probably ... Brooke, hi! Brooke, you remember ... Brooke : Missy, the other me of course. Hi. Missy : Come on, baby. We should probably get a seat. Julian : Yeah, okay, one sec. Brooke : No, she's right. You should go. Julian : It's good to see you. Mouth : I'm so scared. Oh God, I'm so scared. Skills : Mouth. Mouth : Sorry. Millicent : Honey, to you're just supposed film the wedding, okay? It's a happy day. Think happy. Brooke : I am so pissed right now! That whore stole my man! Haley : Okay, but it's their wedding day, so don't you think it's time you let it go? Brooke : Not Peyton, you dork, Missy. Haley : Who is Missy? Brooke : Missy me ... the other Brooke from the movie. Haley : Oh, sure, right. Yeah, I have no idea what you're talking about. Brooke : Okay, focus. Julian is here. He brought Missy, that little slut actress, as his date. He's unbelievable. What is he thinking? Peyton : That you said no. Brooke : Would the bride like to wear red today? Peyton : I can't believe I'm gonna be eight months' pregnant on my wedding day. Haley : Can I talk you into 8? With a real minister? Peyton : Haley, you are gonna be great, all right? Just speak from the heart. And if you get in trouble, go with song lyrics, Like, um... "After the fre, after all the rain, I will be the flame." Haley : That's pretty good. Peyton : Cheap trick. Millicent : You look beautiful, Peyton. Peyton : Thank you. I have to pee. Millicent : Mmm. I always liked that cheap trick song. Haley : Yeah. It's good. It's good. Mouth : There's the altar Haley put together. That's happy. There's Skills hitting on Jamie's teacher, Miss Lauren. They're clearly planning on having slutty wedding sex, and that's ... happy. Hey, guys, say hi to the camera. Skills/Lauren : Hey. Mouth : What's crackin', Luke and Peyton? Skills : Hey, it's about time this thing goin' down. Man, we've been waiting since our days back on the river court. Back when Luke used to talk about how Nathan wasn't good enough for P. Sawyer and how he planned on stealing her away. I remember Luke used to talk so much trash about Nathan, man. Mouth : Okay, I think we're good. Hey, Lauren. Lauren : Hey. Mouth : So, uh, how's Jamie? Skills : Man, Jamie Scott on lockdown, bro. Lauren : Um, Antwon... Skills : That damn kid ... Lauren : Is a genius. Skills : Hey, Macaulay, this is Denzel. Where the hell you at? ON THE BRIDGE Nathan : Hey. Haley : Hey, handsome. You okay? Nathan : Yeah. No, not really, actually. They called up Nino. Clippers were looking at both of us. They decided they needed more scoring. Haley : I'm sorry, baby. Nathan : The thing is, I taught Nino how to play shting guard. I fed him the ball. And now he's in the NBA, and I'm ... not. Haley : You were being a good teammate, and somebody's gonna see that. Nathan : The chiefs have never sent two guys to the pros in the same year. Haley : Okay. Nathan : I'm sorry, Hales. Haley : Hey, stop it. You don't have anything to apologize for. You do great. We're proud of you. We're proud of you every day. Okay? Nathan : Okay. Haley : All right. I love you. Nathan : I love you. IN THE WOOD Mouth : There's the groom. Cold feet, Luke? You're hiding from Peyton? Lucas : No. Brooke. Mouth : Why Brooke? Lucas : Because I invited Julian, and he brought a date. Mouth : Ouch. I'll, uh, edit that part out. THE CEREMONY Nathan : Hey. Lucas : Hey. Nathan : All right, that's us. Whatever I said before Lindsey's wedding, just go with that. Lucas : God, you suck at this. Nathan : Wow, the minister's hot. Haley : Hey, shh! Mia : Slutty wedding sex. Chase : Stop it. Mia : Just saying ... considering your history, she might want another 30 seconds in heaven from you. Chase : 45 seconds ... And every single one of them outstanding, thank you. Haley : You look beautiful, Brooke. Brooke : Hotter than Julian's skanky Brooke-a-like, right? Right?! Haley : Yeah, totally. Lucas : Right. Nathan : Absolutely. Haley : Okay, um, you can sit, everyone. Wow. Well, we are gathered here today before god and nature to join Lucas Scott and Peyton Sawyer in Holy Matrimony. Lucas : Nice work, Hales. Haley : Thank you. Haley : Now, some of you may be wondering where the word "matrimony" comes from. Well, interestingly enough, the word "matrimony" is from the Latin root word for "motherhood," which I think is really appropriate today. Well, the thing is that, uh, every, um ... Rose has its thorn. Just like every night has its dawn. Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song. Peyton : Poison? Of all the lyrics ever written, you're gonna go with "every rose has its thorn" by poison? Haley : I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Oh, I just ... I don't ... Really, Skills? Skills : Jamie Scott! Macaulay! Boy, get your ass back over here. You're klling me, man. Haley : Okay. Oh, wait a minute. Ohh, uh ... "Peyton Sawyer will become Peyton Scott". Lucas wrote this in the 8th grade. I remember him talking about her constantly, and not just in the 8th grade, in the 9th grade and the 10th grade and 11th grade. And, finally, in our junior year, Lucas gathered up his courage and talked to Peyton for the first time right here at this lake ... And she was a bitch. He said, "Haley, I talked to her!" And when I asked him if the fantasy was finally over, if he could finally admit that Peyton Sawyer was human after all. He said, "No. Peyton Sawyer is not human. She's an angel. And she's my angel". I believe in true love. I believe in love at first sight. I believe love conquers all. And that doesn't mean there's not gonna be hard days or difficult things to deal with, because there will be. But finding that person who does it for you and knowing, that person loves you back. It just makes everything so much easier."Peyton Sawyer will become Peyton Scott". That was the dream. And here we are 10 years later, and we all get to witness today a dream come true. Okay, Luke. darling, so it goes some things were meant to be Lucas : Peyton ... I've loved you since the first time I saw you. And this ring and these words are just simply a way to show the rest of the world what has been in my heart for as long as I've known you. I love you ... Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer. I always have, and ... I always will. Peyton : Lucas Scott ... We've been through so much together. And despite how confused I've been or lost I might have gotten, there was always you ... Finding me and saving me. You deserve to be adored, so that's what we're gonna do your baby and me. We are going to adore you for years to come. I am so terribly in love with you. And I always will be. falling in love, in love with you Haley : Well... By the power vested in me by oneminuteminister.com ... I know pronounce you man and wife. Lucas Scott, you may kiss your bride. Lucas : Finally. falling in love falling in love with you AT THE STUDIO Brooke : Well, well, Nick Lachey. Nick Lachey : Brooke Davis. Brooke : Sounds good in here. Nick Lachey : Thank you, thank you. But, uh, you just kind of ruined it. Brooke : Oh, I'm sorry. I just haven't seen you in forever. And I wanted to come say hi. Nick Lachey : Well, I'm glad you did. You look great. Brooke : Thanks. You too. Perfect. Okay. I'm gonna need you to go ahead and put that on. Wh... Nick Lachey : Okay? oh oh oh ooh ooh ooh oh oh oh ooh ooh ooh so you see you've got me back again for more and it seems your song is in my head *this is wr mystery how I could feel you breathe me I was sure** AT THE RECEPTION Julian : Lucas ... congratulations, my man. Lucas : What the hell were you thinking bringing movie Brooke, huh? Julian : I'm thinking movie Brooke is the only Brooke that likes me. Lucas : Maybe so, but I invited you to be real Brooke's date. And she's gonna lose her mind. Julian : Why? Did she say something? Lucas : You're trying to make her jealous, aren't you? Julian : Am not. Lucas : Right. Julian : Luke, you invited me to your wedding. I brought a date. That's it. Missy : Hey, Lucas, congratulations. Lucas : Hey. Hm-hmm. Brooke : Aw, somebody has a type. Luke, Julian, I'd like you to meet my date, Nick Lachey. Nick Lachey : Hey. Nick Lachey. Hi. Julian : Hi. Nick Lachey : How are you, man? Missy : Oh, my god. Nick Lachey : Yeah. Hi. Julian : Missy, come on. Missy : But ... But ... bye. Nick Lachey : So, who got married? Julian : Unbelievable. Missy : I know, right? Julian : She's so not making me jealous With the guy from "Dancing with the stars." Missy : No, that was drew. he was so awesome on that. Julian : Whatever. "gn beach," then. Chase : No, that was some other tool. Missy : So, I guess Nick Lachey's gonna be pretty happy tonight. Brooke Davis, slutty wedding sex. Lauren : Okay, just ... just a little. Um, champagne makes me a little wild. hey * Skills : Oops. Lauren : Oh, okay. Jamie : We need to talk. IN A BEHIND ROOM Jamie : I'm having a little problem with you and miss Lauren. Skills : Wait, Jamie, you're the one that fixed us up in the first place. I thought you was okay with this? Jamie : I thought I was, too, but first granny Deb and now my teacher? I don't know, Skills. Skills : I'm...sorry, bro. I never meant to hurt you. Jamie : You really like this girl, huh? Skills : I do. A lot. Jamie : Okay, but just stay away from Madison. that you left me hanging like you did it was brave IN THE RECEPTION Missy : So, I remember everyone was totally rooting for Stacy Keibler, but I thought that Drew was, by far the better dancer and cuter, too. Nick Lachey : Cool. I'll, uh ... I'll be sure to tell him. Julian : Sorry about that. I was just hanging with the guys at the bar. Nick Lachey : Like who? Julian : Oh, you know, just my boys. We're like a gng of guys, you know, just a band of boys, really. Like a boy band. Nick Lachey : Hmm. So, Julian, how'd you and Missy meet? Brooke : They met on a movie. Nick Lachey : Oh, yeah? Brooke : A failed movie, actually. Missy : Have I mentioned how great your new song is? I totally think it's gonna be a ht. Julian : Is it hot in here? yeah, it's like crazy-hot in here. It must be like, what, 98 degrees? AT THE STUDIO Julian : Ow. What's with guys in Tree Hill punching me? Peyton : You teased him about his boy band. Julian : Well, yeah. Peyton : You used to love them. Julian : I know. That guy is so cool. Peyton : How -- how the hell am I supposed to compete with that? Um... Julian : Did she tell you what happened? Peyton : Not really. And that's how I know it must be really hard for her. She tends to struggle through the big stuff all by herself. Julian : I miss her so much, Peyton. Peyton : Well, maybe you should tell her that. I got to get back out there. Julian : You cleaned up pretty nice today, sawyer. I'm happy for you. Peyton : Talk to her. Julian : Aah. OUTSIDE Mouth : Haley said you came out to get some air. I thought you might want to talk. Nathan : She told you. Mouth : Nah, I got it off the wire at the station. Sorry, man. Nathan : You know, I'm happy for Nino. I hope he sticks. It's not about that. Mouth : Sure. Listen, I, uh, called the chiefs to get a quote, And they asked me if I had seen you. They said you were unexcused from practice. Nathan : Yeah, the wedding was last-minute. I wanted to be there for Luke. Bobby just didn't see it that way. Mouth : Is that all it was? Nathan : I don't know, Mouth. Maybe this was all just a pipe dream that I needed to let go of at some point, Get on with my life in the real world, you know? Mouth : Well, I'm around if you need anything. Nathan : Thanks, man. I'll see you in there. Mouth : Nate, for what it's worth, if I could play the game like you can, I'd play wherever I could till they wouldn't let me play anymore. Nathan : Thanks, Mouth. AT TRIC Lucas : How are you feeling? Peyton : Like a princess. Lucas : Look, I know it's not exactly how we planned it. Peyton : It's better. Lucas : You feeling okay? I mean, the doctor said ... Peyton : I'm fine. I'm better than fine ... husband. Mia : Hey, everybody. First, I just wanted to say congratulations to Lucas and Peyton. This song is called "Sweet Silver Lining," And it's about being brave In the face of obstacles and pressures and the unknown. And I wrote it for the bride, who's also my boss and friend. Peyton : Come on and dance with me. Lucas : Hey, you know what the doctor said. Peyton : Dance with me, you fool, or I will go find Julian. Lucas : Fine. I'm gonna go ask Nick Lachey to dance. ...home downhearted and hoping I'm close ? Haley : Buy me a drink, sailor? Nathan : I never drink with the clergy. Haley : How about a dance, then? Come on. there's a reason for everything that comes and goes but so many people are looking to me to be strong and fight but I'm just surviving and I may be weak, but I'm never defeated and I'll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver lining and most days I try my best to put on a brave face but inside my bones are cold, and my heart breaks Let's dance. something's keeping me safe and alive but so many people are looking to me to be strong and to fight Haley : Nathan, be here with me. Nathan : I'm sorry. You do look beautiful tonight. Haley : Yeah. Come here. and I won't give up like this i will be given strength now that I've found it oh, nothing can take that way so many people are looking to me IN THE WOMEN TOILET Nathan : Haley, what are you doing? Haley : Kiss me. Nathan : Oh, Haley James Scott, this is a women's bathroom, you're a teacher, and your son is out there. Haley : The doors locked, I'm not a teacher anymore, and our son is dancing. Now kiss me. I don't care if you're not in the NBA. You are my husband, and you are so damn sexy to me. ...never defeated and I'll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver lining oh, yeah sweet silver lining ohh, yeah, ohh, yeah AT TRIC Nick Lachey : Brooke, I'm gonna take off. Brooke : Are you sure? Why? Nick Lachey : I think you've made Julian jealous enough, don't you? Brooke : Is it really that obvious? Nick Lachey : It is when you kiss me. and you forget ... I've had a real Brooke Davis kiss. I can't believe that guy ruined it for me. It makes me want to punch him all over again. Brooke : Thank you. Yeah. Nick Lachey : I'll just, uh ... I'll just leave the tux with Haley, okay? Brooke : Okay. Nick Lachey : Oh, Brooke, I know Julian left with Missy, but he's clearly still into you. Brooke : You think so? Nick Lachey : Oh, yeah. Good night. Skills : So, I guess that's another date gone wrong. Lauren : What do you mean? Skills : Our dates. The damn kids. Deb broke up with me because she said I should have kids. After our last two dates ... man, I don't even like kids. Lauren : You are lying. You love Jamie so much, and he loves you back. And I think a guy who appreciates kids is so sexy. Skills : Hmm, really? Lauren : Oh, yeah. You know, the date's not over yet. You still got that leash? Julian : Can I have this dance? Brooke : No, thank you. Julian : You either dance with me or say you love me ... It's your choice. I thought so. Brooke : I thought you left. Julian : Nah. I was just avoiding you and Nick Lachey ... and putting ice on my eye. Brooke : What happened to Missy? Julian : She left. I, um...accidentally called her "Brooke" at the bar. How's Sammy? Brooke : I don't know. She, uh...went to live with her birth mom. Julian : Oh. I'm sorry. That must have been hard for you and Sam, too. I mean, you know she loves you. Brooke : Yeah. Julian : I wish you would have called and told me. Brooke : You know what? I'm sorry, Julian. I can't do this. Julian : What? You can't dance with me? Brooke : I can't ... I just ... I miss you. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Nathan : My girl was kind of dirty tonight. Haley : She was not. Nathan : She was. But I liked it. I skipped practice to be here today. I didn't want to miss the wedding, you know? I'm getting tired of missing everything else. Haley : Are you really getting tired of missing everything, or is your ego just bruised because Nino got called up? Nathan : I'm getting tired of failing. Haley : Come here. so we lie here in the dark all the wrong things on fre* Haley : That little boy's hero is his father. The rest doesn't matter. to be with you just to be with you in your wedding dress to have and to hold AT THE BAR Chase : You blew it up tonight, you little rock-star goof. Did you have a good time? Mia : Yeah. I'm a little bummed, though. I don't think anybody actually had slutty wedding sex. Chase : Well, not yet. Mia : Right. 30 seconds of heaven. Chase : Ha ha 45. Julian : Bourbon is a good, honest drink. Chase : No, it's not. I saw you dancing with Brooke. Didn't you have a date? Mia : Yeah. Chase : She did, too, right? What happened to them? AT THE STUDIO Missy : Oh, my god, you look just like Drew. Nick Lachey : And you totally look like Brooke. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Julian : Brooke. Hi. I saw the light on. I thought maybe Brooke was here. I'm Julian. Victoria : Of course you are. Victoria Davis. Julian : Of course you are. Would you ask Brooke to call me, please? Victoria : You do realize the name of the company Is clothes over bros, yes? Julian : My father always made me feel like I wasn't good enough. Anytime I had any success, He would remind me of my failures. I see that in Brooke. She's so talented and good-hearted and beautiful, but she carries around this feeling That she's not good enough. And she has you to thank for that. Nice work. Victoria : Are you finished? Julian : No. not yet. I love your daughter. I'm in love with her. And one of these days, she's gonna love me back. And when she does, I want you to understand something. You're either gonna learn to be nice to her ... or you won't be in her life. It was nice to meet you, Victoria. Feels like I've known you all my life. just to be with you in your wedding dress to have and... AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Lucas : Okay. You ready? Peyton : This feels vaguely familiar. Uh-huh. Lucas : All right. And open. Peyton : Lucas Scott, it is beautiful. Lucas : Well, thank you, Peyton Scott. Peyton : Say that again. Lucas : Peyton ... Scott. Peyton : Oh, god, I love the way that sounds. Lucas : We should get you to bed. It's been a long day. Come on. Peyton : It's been a perfect day. Lucas : I think you could handle maybe just ... One more surprise. Peyton : What? I didn't get you anything. Lucas : It doesn't matter. Just wait right here, okay? Stay. Hey ... I love you, Peyton Scott. let go thought I'd lost you thought I'd lost you I gave you away thought I'd lost you I'm jealous of the moon for how it moves the waves in your wedding dress to have and to ho-o-o-ld even at my best I want to let go go Lucas : Hey, Peyton! Oh, Mrs. Scott? Peyton! Oh, god. No, no! Oh! ohh! Stay with me! Peyton!	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x23 - Forever and Almost Always"}	foreverdreaming
New York is dangerous littered with thieves we've no morals here we just do as we please but I don't wanna go home where they all stare at me 'cause I'm tattooed and fired up and drunk and obscene. You wear your religion like a wr sweater, you ask for the truth but you know you could do so much better and you sat on your fences and you screamed, "no retreat" so what will your legacy be? AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Julian : I love your daughter. I'm in love with her. Would you ask her to call me, please? I look closely to which speaks from pride. I love you I swear it I would never lie but I fear for our lives and I fear your closed eyes. 'cause you wear your religion like a wr sweater AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Well, you're here late. Victoria : Yeah. The competition never sleeps. Brooke : Any messages? Victoria : Uh, no. Nothing that matters. And you screamed, "no retreat" so what will your legacy be? And what will your legacy be? AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Sawyer: Ouain ! Lucas : Shh, shh. It's okay. Daddy's here. AT THE HOSPITAL Lucas : You know. If you keep letting these root-beer floats go to waste, I'm gonna have to start drinking them. I'm kidding. They'll be here when you wake up. You know who else will be here when you wake up is, uh... god, our beautiful daughter. She's, uh... You should see her. She's amazing, Peyton. But she needs you. And so do I. Come on. You promised. You promised. OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL Julian : You need to go home, Brooke. You've been awake for the better part of the last four days, and it's not healthy. Brooke : I need to be here when she wakes up. What is that? Julian : Every fashion magazine I could find. Brooke : But you just said Julian : Yeah, but I knew when I said you needed to go home that you'd say you needed to be here when Peyton woke up, because you're stubborn, Brooke Davis. Brooke : You don't know me. Julian : I think I do. Brooke : She needs to wake up. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Mia : Yeah, I know. Everything's fine. Just, you know, call if you hear anything, okay? Thanks, Haley. Chase : No word? Mia : No ... word. Lucas must be so freaked out. Chase : Peyton's a badass. She'll be okay. What you got there? Mia : My new record. Chase : Let me see that. My girl's such a rock star. You did good, Mia Catalano. Mia : We did good ... me and Haley and Peyton. Peyton really should be here for this ... Red bedroom records. Can I help you? Um, Peyton's not here right now, but ... she'll be back soon. AT THE HOSPITAL Lucas : You know, I, uh ... I'm in a little... I'm in a little over my head here. I took her home, and, uh ... I'm doing what I can, but... but she needs her mom. I need her mom. She doesn't even have a name. We were supposed to do that together. I can't do this without you. And I'm just ... afraid ... that we're gonna lose you, and it's just gonna be the two of us. And she doesn't even have a name. Peyton : Sawyer. Her name's Sawyer, okay? Lucas : Okay. Sawyer Scott. God, you scared me. Oh, my god. Brooke : Peyton. Peyton : You said you would disown me if I left without permission. Brooke : Yeah. I'm about to be your second-best girl when you meet your new one. Peyton : Is she okay? Lucas : She's beautiful. Peyton : Can I see her? Brooke : She's right outside. Hang on. Lucas : I should get the doctor. Peyton : No. I just want it to be you and me and our daughter for a minute. Lucas : Okay. Karen : Well,well. Lucas : Mom. Karen : My baby's had a baby. And she's beautiful. Peyton : Hi, Sawyer. Do you remember me? I missed you. I'm gonna love you forever. She's perfect. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : Hey, dad, when you get back to Charleston, tell Nino he needs to stop sh*ting so much, okay? Nathan : Nino's not there, buddy. Jamie : How come? Did they fre him? Nathan : He's playing for the clippers now. They called him up. Jamie : When are they gonna call you up, dad? Nathan : I don't know, Jamie. Maybe never. Jamie : It's okay. At least you're still a chief. Nathan : Yeah. All right. All set. Jamie : I'll take it. Nathan : Thanks, buddy AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Julian : What's that? Brooke : Sam's new home. Julian : I miss that girl. Brooke : Yeah. So I guess you have to be getting back to L.A. Julian : Yeah. I mean ... I mean, we're prepping the new movie. Brooke : Yeah, I haven't even asked what it's about. Julian : You know, boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Anyway, it was great getting to spend time with you, Brooke, even considering the circumstances. Brooke : Yeah, you too. Thank you ... for staying with me. Julian : Yeah, well, I wanted to make sure Peyton was gonna be okay. Brooke : Of course. Well ... Lay your ray down you're the one. I could run, I could run for the life of me but where would that get me? Where would that lead? I'm a fool for waiting so long 'cause you come around, come around come around, come around to me there's something in between you and I Julian : I love you, Brooke Davis. I love you so much. Brooke : Don't say it. Just kiss me. You feel like breathing come around, come around, come around, come around to me. Can't you see you're my life? AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Karen : Do you want me to take her so you can get some rest? Peyton : Mm, no. I want to hold her forever. Hey, Karen, thank you... for the way you raised Lucas and the man that you taught him how to be. Karen : You're welcome. But I was just being a mom. You'll see. Come around, come around, come around, come around to me come around to me AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Mouth : Hey, what are you doing down here? Millicent : I don't want to go back to New York. Mouth : And I don't want you to go back to New York. Millicent : But I have to. Mouth : I know. Millicent : I'm just gonna have to talk to Brooke. Mouth : And say what? Millicent : "I don't want to go back to New York. " Mouth : Straight and to the point. I like it. Come on. OUTSIDE LUCAS'S HOUSE Karen : I remember sitting on these steps, talking to you about joining the ravens. Lucas : That seems so long ago. Karen : It feels like yesterday, actually. Lily wrote you a letter. Lucas : She's writing already? What, was she born, like, four days ago? Karen : No, that was your daughter, dad. Lucas : Yeah, whatever, grandma Karen. Karen : Look, I know you can't stay, but before you go, I just really ... I really wanted to say thank you. Karen : Lucas... Lucas : No, no, no, no, no, no. You helped me through all of it. And you were selfless and strong. And ... if I'm half the parent that you were, then Sawyer is gonna be just fine. Karen : She's gonna be more than fine. Lucas : Remember how you always told me to see the magic in the world? I still do. AT THE GYMNASIUM Man : Nate? Bobby wants to see you. Nathan : What happened to all my stuff? Man : Bobby wants to see you. AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Haley : What are you doing home? Nathan : Do you remember that green dress you wore to the Maths-ketball school for Jamie? Haley : The Oppenheimer school. Yeah. Nathan : You look amazing in that dress. I was thinking we could take a trip to charlotte. You could wear that dress. We could take Jamie. Haley : Nathan, what happened? Nathan : I'm not on the Chiefs anymore. Haley : I'm sorry, baby. Nathan : It's okay. What do you say, Haley James? Want to take the boy to Charlotte? Maybe we could see a basketball game? I mean, I kind of have to be there anyway, considering ... I'm the Bobcats' new point guard. Haley : What? Nathan : I'm the point guard for the Charlotte Bobcats. I got called up. Haley : You're in the NBA? Nathan : I'm in the NBA. Thank you. Thank you for believing in me, Haley. Haley : Thank you for being worth it! AT WITHEY'S HOUSE Dan : Please. I assume that's loaded. Withey : I bought this gn hoping to see your face again. I'll just say you broke in, came at me. Dan : You'd be doing me a favor. Withey : You look like a haunted man. I heard you have a heart problem. It's not surprising. You've always had a heart problem. Dan : I wish I'd gone back in that game ... the state championship. When I look back at my life and see where it all went wrong, that's where I always end up ... fourth quarter, time running down, sitting on the bench at the state championship, and refusing to play. At night, in my dreams, I do go back in. And in my dreams, I take it back. All of it. And then I wake up. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for that day and every day since. I'm sorry for what I did to Keith ... and to the people who love him. Withey : Did you ever love him? Dan : Not enough. AT BROOKE'S HOUSE Brooke : Hi, Sam. It's me. No, everything's fine. I was just thinking about you, and ... and I was wondering ... How's your life? Are you happy? AT MOUTH OFFICE / SCOTT'S HOUSE Jerry : New lead coming out of commercial. Mouth : Is this for real? Jerry : Yeah. Mouth : Woooo : Sorry. Nathan : Jamie, sports is up next. Jamie : What's the big deal? I got wifi on my phone. Haley : Get over here and watch with us. Mouth : Last night in the NBA, the Charlotte Bobcats quietly made a move that most sports fans wouldn't have noticed, adding a point guard to their roster for the rest of the season. But we're leading with that story because this point guard is a local legend who overcame adversity and difficult circumstances in pursuit of a dream. Last night, the Charlotte Bobcats called up a former Tree Hill Raven, a great guy, and a good friend, Nathan Scott. Jamie Scott, hug your dad for all of us because he just made it to the NBA, and we couldn't be more proud. In other news around the league, the Los Angeles clippers are ... Haley : Jamie. Jamie : I knew you could do it! Nathan : You're gonna kll me before I even play in a game, buddy! AT WITHEY'S HOUSE Dan : I was supposed to be dad months ago. I used to wonder why I was still alive. And then I realized ... I'm not. I'm dad. And this is my hell. Lucas got married and had a baby girl. And Nathan ... he's got Jamie. And I get to see the happiest moments of their lives, but ... I don't get to feel those moments. I don't get to be a part of their lives. Withey : You created that, Danny. Dan : Pull the trigger. Take the pain away! Please. Please. Withey : Maybe you're still here for redemption. OUTSIDE WITHEY'S HOUSE Withey : There's still time, son. Nathan : I just came to tell my coach I made it to the NBA. How you doing, coach? Withey : Good to see you. It's a great surprise. I see you're keeping in shape. AT BEDROOM RECORDS Chase : This track is awesome! Mia : Thanks. Chase : And the record officially drops tomorrow? Mia : Tomorrow night. Sinning in New York City. Chase : And then ... you tour. Mia : For a couple months, yeah. Chase : Listen, I ... I know you're gonna go on tour and this record's gonna blow up, and just know that art of me wants to be really selfish with you. But I'm not gonna be that way because ... well ... because the rest of the world deserves to see your greatness, too. Mia : My heart's ... not going anywhere. Chase : Promise? Mia : Promise. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : Mia's new record? Brooke : Yeah. It's really good. She's actually doing a signing in New York tomorrow night. Maybe you could go ... Millicent : Yeah! Brooke : About that ... if you weren't gonna be here in tree hill instead. Millicent : Wait. What? Brooke : The store's gonna be back up and running soon, and I need you here to run it. Millicent : But what about New York? Don't you need someone there? Brooke : I do, but your boy is here. OUTSIDE LUCAS'S HOUSE Dan : Hi, Peyton. Peyton : What do you want? Dan : I just wanted ... could I hold her? Peyton : No. Why? Dan : Because she's the only one in my world who doesn't know what I've done. Peyton : Just for a second. Take your last step. Dan : I'd forgotten what it was like. She's so beautiful. What's her name? Peyton : Sawyer. Dan : Sawyer Scott. And now, said max, let the wild rumpus start. Peyton : Where the wild things are. Dan : I used to read it to Nathan. It seems like another life ago. Peyton : It was. Dan : I know you're gonna have to tell her about me someday. I'm sorry for that. Hallelujah for these eyes she your painted life. Hallelujah for the touch of skin to skin with mine. Hallelujah for this mind that keeps our souls combined. Hallelujah for this life that let me be your child have your mind, have your strength to stay alive keep your eyes open with mine now oh, no. You followed the road AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Millicent : How would you like your old roommate back? A face without words can last a lifetime it's never the same so don't say goodbyes that last forever now hold on just for a while but I'll be by to see you someday soon now please hold on tonight oh, 'cause I'm old and I don't know why. Hallelujah for these eyes AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Victoria : Tell me about ... Julian. Brooke. What kind of man is he? Brooke : The kind who's gone. Hallelujah for this mind that keeps our souls combined now. Hallelujah for this life that let me be your child. AT THE CIMETERY Nathan : I finally made it, Q. Something tells me you already know that. I miss you, buddy. Oh, and, Q, you're right ... It's a comeback. Thank you. You're a traffic light of fre you're a man who I believe will never die AT LUCAS'S HOUSE Brooke : Hi. Peyton : Hi Brooke : Luke around? Peyton : No. He had to take Karen to the airport. She had to get back. Brooke : She's so beautiful. Peyton : Yeah, I kind of like her. Brooke : So how does it feel, P. Sawyer? You have a family now. You ... you have this whole other life to look after. Peyton : It feels just like I dreamed it would. Brooke : Can I hold her? Peyton : Yeah! Got her? Brooke : Oh, yeah. Hi, Sawyer. I'm your aunt Brooke, and I am gonna spoil you. Yes, I am, Sawyer Scott. Peyton : Sawyer Brooke Scott. Brooke : Really? Peyton : Yeah. Brooke : See, I always knew you were a Brooke. And it is a really good name, baby Brooke. Peyton : Just like I dreamed. And what about your dreams, Brooke Davis? AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Are you going somewhere? Victoria : Back to New York. The designs are excellent. The new line should sab the company. There's nothing left for me to do here. There are a few things that I need to leave you with. We need to call our publicist and arrange a series of interviews announcing your return to the company. You need to speak with the people at red and organize some sort of charitable contribution. And you need to fly to Los Angeles and tell that boy that you love him. Brooke : What? Victoria : When I was young, there was a boy who loved me, and I loved him back. But he wasn't from my circle of friends, and he was different than what my parents expected ... so I let him go. And not a day has gone by that I don't regret it. Brooke : Why haven't you ever told me this? Victoria : Because I've been a terrible mother. I have a daughter who is ... strong and bright, kindhearted, so beautiful ... and I've nearly broken her with my inability to open my heart. But I haven't broken her. She's just as strong and beautiful and kindhearted as ever. She simply misnamed her company. Because if this boy Julian loves you ... and you love him ... That's all that matters. That is the most important thing. And the clothes can wait. Victoria : This is for you. Brooke : What is it? Victoria : It's the company. It's all yours ... 100%. Brooke : But why? Victoria : I'd rather have my daughter than a company. Brooke : But you loved this company. Victoria : Yeah. I did. And I was wrong. I should have loved you more ... and the company less. I just didn't know how. Brooke : Mom? I want you to stay on ... and run things from New York. Victoria : You're keeping me? Brooke : You're good at what you do. And besides ... you're my mother. Victoria : My daughter. My daughter. I love you so much. And I'm so proud of you. AT MOUTH'S OFFICE Jerry : 60 seconds, Mouth. Mouth : Thanks, Jerry. Thanks. I thought you took off. Millicent : I just wanted to watch my boy work. Mouth : I like that ... being your boy. Millicent : I like it, too. Skills called. They're gonna watch the game with us. Mouth : Great. Sounds perfect. Millicent : It does, doesn't it? Jerry : We're back in 10! Mouth : God, I love my life. A full slate in the NBA kicks off tonight with the Charlotte Bobcats, who recently called up Nathan Scott. The team says that Scott will take his physical ... Mouth : Take a look at yourself in a mirror. Who do you see looking back? Haley : Is it the person you want to be? AT SCOTT'S HOUSE Jamie : You made it. Nathan : We made it. Dan : Or is there someone else you were meant to be ... the person you should have been, but fell short of? Mia : Is someone telling you, you can't or you won't? Because you can. AT NEW YORK Chase : Could you write, "Thanks for the 45 seconds of heaven"? Mia : 30. Wait for me? Chase : Hell, yeah. Chase : Believe that love is out there. AT THE GYMNASIUM Man : From the university of maryland, 6'2" point guard, wearing number 12, Nathan Scott! Nathan : Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do. Peyton : Sometimes happiness doesn't come from money or fame or power. Sometimes happiness comes from good friends and family and from the quiet nobility of leading a good life. AT LOS ANGELES Man : We're gonna try the lights now, okay, Julian? Julian : Okay. Brooke : You told me that someday I'd be ready to let someone in. I think today mean to be "someday". Julian : Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do. Julian : If this was a movie, you'd kiss me right now. Brooke : No. I'd say, "I love you," and then I'd kiss you. I love you. Brooke : Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do. ON THE ROAD IN THE COMET Lucas : Take a ride with me, Peyton Sawyer? Peyton : Don't you mean Peyton Scott? Peyton : So take a look in that mirror and remind yourself to be happy, because you deserve to be. Believe that. Lucas : And believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "06x24 - Remember Me as a Time of Day"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill" … Nathan : I'm not on the Chiefs anymore. Haley : What? Nathan : I'm the point guard for the Charlotte Bobcats. Haley : You're in the NBA? Nathan : I'm in the NBA. Brooke : You told me that someday I'd be ready to let someone in. I think today might be someday. I love you. Dan : I used to wonder why I was still alive. I'm not. And this is my hell. Pull the trigger. Take the pain away! Withey : Maybe you're still here for redemption. One Tree Hill - Season 7 Episode 01 AT TV BROADCAST Dan : So, I guess ... This means he's gonna die. I sat there in the dark -- alone, broken. On the eve of my son's first game in the NBA, I sat alone on a playground basketball court and waited for death. I'd been given only days to live. That was 14 months ago. Haley : * I like to say * * I make good use of my time while you've been away * * and it's true * * I've been at my piano every day * * thinking of you * * they talk around * * I hear them whisper * * it's the funniest thing, really * * they think you're gone forever * * I know the truth * * it's just getting hard to believe it * * and they all tell me it's over * * even stars are lining up * * I follow the signs so clearly * * Still I've fallen * * the quicksand's pulling me down * * I follow the signs so clearly * * Still they catch me * * the quicksand's pulling me down * AT THE OFFICE Clay : Bill, I want you to listen to me because we have a history of helping each other and because I'm the best damn sports agent that you deal with. Now, listen -- You guys turned it around last season in a very big way. But Pennington needs receivers, and you know it. Hackett's big. He's fast. And you throw that ball anywhere near him, he gets up and gets it. Mm-hmm. That's absolutely true. But he's also going into his third season, and, historically, you know that that's when NFL wide receivers flip the switch. Santana Moss, Steve Smith -- Hackett is gonna be right there with them. Bill, this one is so easy. You have the money. You need the player. All you need to do -- Pull the trigger. You know what? I got to cut you off. I got New England on line two. You're doing the right thing. You're getting a great player at a great price. Yeah, I'll have my office send the paperwork over. Thanks, Bill. And, hey, congratulations. Yeah. Haley : * But I just want to feel your breath inside me * * so I can breathe * Clay : Oh. Hey, Mom. I got to call you back. Haley : * It's never too soon, it's never too late * * so I start screaming out * * I see your face, I see your hand reaching down * * and I yell to you, and I say * * I'll follow the signs so clearly * * Still I've fallen * * the quicksand's pulling me down * * I'll follow the signs so clearly * ON THE BEACH Julian : You could come with me. Brooke : I can't. You say that every time. Julian : And you say "I can't" every time. Brooke : Because I can't. But the movie's almost over, and then you can come back to Tree Hill, and we can finally be together, right? Julian : Yes, of course. Haley : * Pulling me down * * ahhhhhh * * oh oh oh * * oh oh oh * * oh oh oh oh oh oh * * oh oh oh * * oh oh oh * * oh oh oh oh oh oh * * ahh ahh ahh * * oh oh oh * AT CLOTHES OVER BROS – NEW YORK Woman : Good morning. Clothes Over Bros. Please hold. Good morning. Clothes Over Bros. Please hold. Millicent : I need you to go online and find me some pictures, recent ones. And call their reps and get me head shts. Also, call prime and cancel the dinner reservation I had for tomorrow night. This is good, but I want to see it in green. Green is the new orange. I was heading back to Tree Hill, so book me a flight, preferably direct, and call me in the car and tell me which terminal. Is that my coffee? Calliope : Mocha double latte, no foam. Millicent : Last time there was foam. I hate foam. Is there foam? Calliope : No foam. Um, Victoria wanted to see you about … Millicent : About the model she wants to hire to be the new face of Clothes Over Bros. We're not going with a model. We're going with an actress. Cancel the meeting. Calliope : She's not gonna like that. Millicent : Yeah, well, she works for me. Don't tell her I said that. Okay, now go. Chop, chop. Calliope. You're a good assistant, but have some fun, okay? You're only young once. AT THE GYMNASIUM Clay : The season's over, Nate. Nathan : For some guys. For me ... it's just the preseason for next year. Clay : See, that is why I love being your agent. Most guys are away on vacation, but not Nathan Scott. He's in the gym doing work. And I'm not the only one who's noticed. Nathan : What do they say? Clay : All the right things, man -- That they love you, you had another great season, And you're a very important part of the future. Nathan : Does any of this mean I have a new contract? Clay : Not yet. But what did I tell you, man? 14 months ago when you came up on that 10-day? Nathan : "Just do the work." Clay : "Just do the work." And you have. You worked hard. You played great. And now it's gonna cost them. Nathan : You love this stuff, don't you? Clay : Hell yeah, I do. And I'm good at it, man. So don't sweat it. I'd never do anything to jeopardize you or Haley or Jamie. Nathan : I know. Clay : Speaking of, the little man's got a birthday coming up, right? Any idea what he wants for a gift? Nathan : Well, you spoiled him with all the autographed jerseys. You're just moving through your client roster now. I think he's, uh... he's up to Jerry Rice. Clay : It's a good life, Nate. Did you ever think a couple knuckleheads like us would end up here? Nathan : I thought I would. You, not so much. Hey, can I ask you a question about your meeting with my bosses? Clay : Yeah. Nathan : Couldn't you have at least worn a suit? I mean, the jeans, man? Clay : Really? Yeah, I probably cost you at least a million dollars right there. It was a very bad choice. Nathan : Thanks. Haley : Sunday morning, my Rebecca... * AT THE APPARTMENT Skills : Man, it's crazy. Nobody buying used CDs no more. Half the record stores done closed down. And this collection was strong, too. Look -- Tribe called quest, de la soul, and biggie. Mouth : What? Maybe try Goodwill? Skills : Man, Killy, Goodwill is not getting my Tupac CDs. Mouth : Ah, they wouldn't take them either, huh? Skills : Nope. Mouth : So, listen, I was thinking, while you're cleaning out some clutter, you might want to move some other stuff, too. Skills : Oh, word? Mouth : Like what? Like all of it? Skills : All of it? You want me to move out? Mouth : Well, I don't want you to. I just -- don't you want your own space with Lauren? Skills : Do I want my own space -- yes. But can I afford it right now when I'm trying to start a new business -- no. I can't believe you kicking me out. Mouth : I'm not kicking you out. You're on the lease, too. I just -- Skills : You want me to go. * To be barefoot on the driveway * IN THE LIMOUSINE Brooke : I want you to stay. Julian : Yeah, I know. You look sad, Brooke Davis. Brooke : I'm not sad. Julian : Yes, you are. You've been moping around ever since that night at the beach. Brooke : I'm just gonna miss you, that's all. Julian : But you don't have to. What's keeping you in Tree Hill now that Peyton's gone? You went back for her. Brooke : So did you. Julian : That's not fair. Look, all I'm saying is, if you can run Clothes Over Bros from Tree Hill, you can run it from anywhere. Brooke : But Tree Hill's home. Julian : We'll be okay. * I think I could never love another girl * Julian : All right, here we go. Brooke : Julian. This is a great night. I'm proud of you. * While she shines my mother's imitation pearls * AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : Good morning, little man. What are you all dressed and waiting for? Jamie : It's my birthday. Haley : Ah, I hate to break it to you, kiddo, but your birthday was yesterday. You slept right through it. Jamie : Whatever, Mom. Mom? Haley : Happy birthday! Jamie : Aah! Haley : Rah! I can't believe you're 4 already! Jamie : Seven. Haley : Oh, would you settle for 5? Jamie : No. Haley : Maybe we could feed you coffee and cigarettes and keep you really small. Jamie : Mnh-mnh! I'm 7. I've been waiting a long time for this, you know? Haley : I know. And I really am sorry we had to cancel your party. Jamie : You're really not that funny. Haley : Hey, I can make you laugh though. Ha! Ha! Ha! What's the matter? What? You too old to be tickled, Mr. 7? Jamie : Help! Where's Dad when I need him? Haley : He can't help you now! He's at work! * Even though I'm the only one * AT THE STUDIO Kylie : Mmm. You always smell so good. Nathan : It's my rainstorm body spray. * Sneak around and let yourself in back * Kylie : It's gonna be a stormy night. Come here. * Just give it a chance, just give it a chance * Man : And cut! Clay : Let's check it. * Get the devil to dance like that? * Nathan : What? Clay : You are terrible at this. You're just so wooden. Nathan : Hey, I told you I didn't want to do this, all right? Clay : I'm just playing, man. You look great. Nathan : No, I don't. I look wooden. I'm a wooden tool that uses body spray. Clay : Come on, Nate. This is a great gig. A guy works all day, he has a date -- He wants to smell nice, so he reaches for some rainstorm body spray. And why? Because that's what Nathan Scott does. Nathan : You know what else Nathan Scott does? He takes a shower. He actually washes himself. Body spray? Clay : You might want to keep it down seeing as how they're paying you six figures and it is your only source of income right now. Nathan : Oh, and whose fault is that? Oh, that's right. My agent's you. Clay : I don't know why you choose to hurt me like this. The contract negotiations, the endorsements, the never-ending love and support. Nathan : Oh, okay. All right, now I really do need some body spray to cover all that crap. Clay : It all comes full circle. Man : Pictures up! Clay : Look, you sell the products. I'll sell you. But go and get this right so we can eat some cake already. Otherwise, "it's a gonna be a stormy night." Nathan : Okay, all right. Clay : You're so stormy. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Mouth : Hey, man, what's up? Skills : Okay. It ain't gonna work. Mouth : What? Skills : You trying to get rid of me with your naked ass. Mouth : I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just hanging out in my apartment. Skills : It ain't gonna work. Ain't gonna work! AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Jamie : Can I come out yet? Haley : Uh... okay! Ta-da! Jamie : Whoa. It's gonna be the best birthday ever! Haley : See? All this, and not one scary clown. Hey, you want to see your cake? Jamie : Wait, this is not --"Happy birthday, Jam?" Quin : This cake is so good. Jamie : Aunt Quinn! Quin : Kid, I can't remember! Mmm. Dude, you're like, what, 32 now? Jamie : 7. Quin : 7, right. Of course. I was talking to your mom. Haley : Ha ha. What are you doing here? Quin : I had an assignment in New York, and I thought, "I don't know, I haven't seen my dorkiest sister in forever." Haley : What? Taylor wasn't home? Quin : You're so funny. Get your sexy butt over here. Mmm. Jamie : Aunt Quinn, you ate my cake before I made a wish. Quin : Nah. See, I don't think this is your real cake. If you look really, really close, if it was, I wouldn't be able to do this! Haley : Aah! Quin : Aw. Jamie : You're so dad. Quin : Oh! Hey! Haley : You're crazy. Shock shock horror horror * * spill spill red wine down my shirt * Haley : Run! Quin : Oh, you're so dad! Thank you very much * AT MOUTH’S HOUSE Mouth : Hey, can I borrow a pen? I got to sign Jamie's card. Skills : I don't know why you got to take this so personally. Mouth : I don't know what you're talking about, dawg. I'm just airing things out. Skills : No, you're not. You're mad because I want you to move out. But it's only because I'm trying to step things up with Millie. It's not like I don't still consider you a great friend. It's not like I don't want to hang with you. Mouth : You're my friend. I love you. Skills : I love you, too. Millicent : Okay. Good to know the stereotype's not true. * We took the test * * and we came out clean * * and you got drunk * * and I got mean * * Then I gave up * * and you did, too * ON THE BEACH [Flashback] Brooke : So, I want you to know I totally took one for the team, and I made you some closet space in the spare bedroom. * I make amends * * You make them, too * * and I realize * Julian : So, they called me about that film in New Zealand. They want me to produce it. * I live alone * Julian : It's a big movie, Brooke. It could make my career. Brooke : Wow. Um... When does it start? Julian : Right after this one. Brooke : So, basically, now. For how long? Julian : Eight months. * I can't commit to anything * * I'm way too settled down * Julian : I don't have to take it. Brooke : No. You should. You have to. Julian : Time's gonna fly by, I promise. Then we'll be together, okay? Brooke : Thanks. * Then I'll give up * * and you will, too * * but we do what we have to do * AT SCOTT’S HOUSE – JAMIE’S BIRTHDAY Clay : Oh, you know what? Let me get that for you, Hales. Haley : Thanks, Clay. Clay : And by the way, you look gorgeous. Haley : Easy now. Have I mentioned he only makes 10%? Clay : Yeah, but I wasn't the one making out with a lingerie model all morning. Nathan : We weren't making -- There was no making out. Jamie : Hey, Dad. Nathan : Hey, buddy! Ahh. So, are you having a good time, 7? Jamie : Yeah. Aunt Quinn is here, and she surprised me with my cake. Clay : You know, the last girl I took home surprised me with -- Haley : Hey! Who wants to open presents? Yay! Quinn : Check it out. Hey, he thinks you're hot. Nathan : I am hot. Quinn : Hi, Nate. Nathan : Hey, Quinn. Clay, my sister-in-law Quinn. Quinn, my agent, Clay. Quinn : Hi. Look, the Bobcats got no depth in the backcourt, So step up and get this guy paid, Jerry Maguire. Clay : I like her. Brooke : Hey, it's me again. I just thought you might want to wish Jamie a happy birthday. So call me when you get this... or any of the other three messages. Okay, bye. Haley : Okay, we're gonna open presents. Are you all right? Brooke : Julian's starting that new movie in New Zealand, and you know how it is. Haley : Tell me about it. Haley : Nathan's gone most of the year. Haley : Yeah. Haley : Well, at least the NBA has an off-season. Apparently, Hollywood doesn't. How's your new record coming? Haley : So-so. The parent label is sending somebody out to run some of the day-to-day stuff so I can get a little bit more done. They said something about freeing me up. Brooke : Well, that's good, right? Jamie : Come on, Mom! Chop, chop! Haley : Chop, chop? Brooke : He gets that from me. Presents! Haley : The bossiness, too. Nathan : All right, Jam. Which one's first? Jamie : Uncle Lucas. * My faith is like wings made of wax * Haley : Oh, read the card! * That it won't last * Jamie : "Jamie, Peyton and I miss you every day. This present was my best friend until I met your mom. I got it from my Uncle Keith when I turned 7, and now I want you to have it. It got me through all kinds of stuff, and I hope it helps you, too. I love you -- Uncle Lucas." * Too afraid to dream * Jamie : Cool! It's Uncle Lucas' basketball. Check it out, Dad! * I want to chase the daylight * Jamie : "Skills." Skills : Ha, that's what I'm talkin' about, baby. Jamie : Awesome! CDs! Skills : Old-school hip-hop. Tupac, Biggie, Run-DMC, a'ight! Lauren : Wait, I'm sorry -- You just gave a 7-year-old your tired, old, used CDs? Skills : Look, baby, I had to. Goodwill wouldn't even take it. Jamie : Oh, my... Dad. Nathan : Don't worry, Jamie. I actually bought you something. Jamie : Awesome! A Jerry Rice jersey. Clay : Oh, man, that is exactly what I was gonna get you -- An autographed Jerry Rice jersey. Jamie : It's not autographed. Clay : Huh. I see. One second. Jerry. Hey, it's Clay. Listen, I'm at Jamie Scott's 7th birthday party, and... He thought you were 6. Jamie : 7. Clay : He claims he's 7. Yeah, he's a little short. Hey, anyways, I was wondering if you could maybe sign his jersey sometime. All right, cool. Yeah, thanks, man. Appreciate it. All right, not a problem. Jamie : Sweet. Clay : Especially since he's in the house. Jerry Rice : Where's the birthday boy? Hey, where's Jamie? Clay : Would you look at that? It's Jerry Rice. Jerry Rice : How are you guys doing? What's up, Jamie? Skills : Oh, damn, my gift sucks. Jerry Rice : All right. * I'm gonna live this life * Alex : Hi, Nate. Do you mind if I get a picture? Nathan : Yeah, sure, no problem. Alex : You had a great season last year. Did you re-sign yet? Nathan : No, not yet. Alex : Hopefully soon though. Nathan : I hope so. Alex : Well, it was good to see you again. You don't remember me, do you? * No, I will never look back * * I'm gonna live this life * Jamie : Hey, Dad. Check it out. Jerry Rice signed my jersey. Oh, look at that! Nathan : It's great, buddy. * So open up the sky * * and open up my eyes * Brooke : Hey, little man. You want your present or what? We have a tradition, you know. Jamie : I know. It's my favorite. Brooke : That's what I wanted to hear. All right, you get this much for being my godson. And an extra zero for being my very favorite guy. Jamie : Whoa. Thanks, Aunt Brooke. Brooke : You're welcome. I love you, buddy. What did you wish for? Jamie : Well, if I tell, it won't come true. But maybe I can wish something for you. Mom says I get one wish for me, and I can wish stuff for other people, too. Brooke : Dude, hook me up. Jamie : Okay, here it goes. * Chasing the daylight * * chasing the daylight * * I'm chasing you there * Brooke : Wow, you're good. IN THE SCOTT’S BEDROOM Brooke : What are you doing here? Julian : It's Jamie's birthday. Brooke : What about the movie? Julian : Well, I moved some things around. Brooke : Mm! AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Jamie : Look, mom. Aunt Quinn got me luggage. Haley : Uh-huh. Quinn : That's good. I got it, buddy. Haley : So, how long do we get you? Quinn : I don't know. A few days. Haley : That sounds wonderful. Come on. Haley : I don't know about this problem. I'm still working on it. Anyway, one of the great things about this house is that there's all these spare bedrooms nobody ever uses. Really? Would you guys get a room? And not one of ours, please. Welcome back, Julian. Brooke : I'm sorry! We're going! * If I could be that guy * AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Jamie : Hut! Clay : So, I think I'm gonna take off pretty soon. I got to knock out some work, and the body spray girl's coming by. Nathan : The girl from the sh*t today. She has a name, you know? It's Kylie. Clay : Of course it is. When I go to sleep * Jamie : Hut! Jerry Rice : Get him! Jamie : Touchdown! Clay : Someday when he's older, and he thinks back on his best days as a kid, he'll think of this day, the day he was happy and safe and loved. That's a hell of a gift, Nate. Haley : All right. You fell as need anything? Nathan : Just you. Clay : Oh, well. All right. Your sister's hot, Hales. Haley : Yeah, so is her husband, Clay. She's always been amazing, talented, artistic, wonderful marriage. Quinn : Okay, guys. We got the greatest receiver in the history of the game right here. We're going deep to Jamie. Jamie : Yeah. Jerry Rice : Oh, man. Quinn : Lauren, you run a slant. Andre, stay short. Jerry Rice : So, what do I do? Quinn : Jerry Rice, you block. Ready? Break! Jerry Rice : 207 touchdowns and they got me blocking? Darn it. * I'm nothing much, I know it's true * Quinn : Hut! Jamie! Clay : She throws a mean spiral. Haley : My sister Quinn. * I wanna see * * looking right at me * ON THE BEACH Julian : The beach is becoming our spot. Brooke : I don't think you can call it a spot if it's every other month. Julian : I guess that's fair. No, I'm sorry. Brooke : Do you remember how it was in the beginning? Even if we were apart, we'd talk every night. And my heart raced with every text. And every time my phone rang, I hoped it would be you. * You know where I can be found * Julian : I still do that with you. Brooke : Yeah? * I wanna see looking right at me * * if I could be that guy * Brooke : Peyton used to say, "People always leave." Who knew she was actually talking about her stupid ass? I'm just lonely. Julian : We're here now. Brooke : I know. And it's amazing. And it's what I wished for. Julian : Want to know what I wished for? Brooke : Mm-hmm. Julian : Skinny-dipping. Brooke : You did not! Julian : Uh-huh, I did. You coming or what? Brooke : That's what she said. Aah! Julian : Ohh! AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : You know, I think our son had a great time today. He has his mom to thank for that. Haley : I have his dad to thank for a great life. You know the last days when you were on the road, this is all I dreamed of -- nights like these? I think it's what I've always dreamed of. Nathan : It's more than I dreamed. Jamie : Who's creeping all up in my hood? Haley : What? Jamie : Skills gave me his CD collection. Haley : Oh, Lord. Did you have a good birthday, Jamie? Jamie : The best. I'm glad you guys are my parents. Haley : Well, we're glad we didn't leave you on the steps of that orphanage... some days. Jamie : Very funny. Nathan : Hey, got your new ball, huh? You know, your birthday's not over yet. What do you say we go down to the river court, see if this thing's got any good shts left in it? Jamie : Cool, I'll get ready. Nathan : Want to come? Haley : Um... No, I think it'll be good for him to have some time with his dad. I'll just hang out with Quinn. Nathan : You know, I'm glad Quinn's here. You guys will have fun together. Haley : Yeah, me too. I'll see you. Nathan : Oh. Summer night, bottle of wine... Quinn : I know. If I was Taylor, it would totally be on. Haley : Oh! Quinn : You brat. Well, well, my rock star little sister hanging out at her lavish pool with her pro-basketball husband. Haley : Speaking of husbands, how is David? Where is David? Quinn : David's working on a documentary to save the world. Haley : Wow. That sounds like David. You miss him? Quinn : Yeah, I do. Haley : You know, sometimes I think about the way we grew up... That house and the noise... the family. I miss it, you know? Quinn : Why, Haley Bob? I mean, you have it all right here. Except I think I've had enough * Nathan : All right, big man. Let's see what you got. You know, this old ball's probably a little rusty. Why don't you try again? There we go! That's what I'm talkin' about. Good as new. Jamie : Was Uncle Lucas a good player? Nathan : Yes, he was very good. Jamie : How come he stopped playing? Nathan : Well, he, uh, he had a problem with his heart. Jamie : Like Grandpa Dan? Nathan : Yeah, yeah, kind of like Grandpa Dan. Jamie : I miss him. Uncle Lucas, I mean. Nathan : Yeah, I know you do, buddy. I'll tell you what -- instead of playing "Horse," why don't we play a game of "Lucas" tonight, huh? Jamie : All right, you go first. Nathan : Okay. Really? It's like that? All right, so, if I miss this, I get an "L"? Jamie : Yes, you do. Nathan : If I make it, you give me 50 bucks. Jamie : Yeah. Nathan : Aw! Dang it. Jamie : You get an "L." * I had won * * so where is the good feeling? * * Where is the lighting up? * * Where are the thousand voices screaming * AT CLAY’S HOUSE Clay : Hey, it's me. Let's roll some calls. Try Mitch des Lakers. ON THE BEACH Brooke : So, how is the movie going? Julian : Well, we ran into a couple of issues with work visas and permits. Brooke : Meaning? Julian : Meaning it's gonna be more like 10 months, not 8. Brooke : You're klling me. Julian : I know, but I do have some good news. I decided not to produce the movie. Brooke : What? Julian : Yeah. Brooke : But why? That was an important movie. Julian : No, it was a lucrative movie. It wasn't important. And I want to make important movies. And, besides, there's this girl that I'm kind of in love with, and... I couldn't be away from her for another day. ...crawl beneath the surface of my skin * * Will I let it in? * * Oh * * There must be a heart that keeps me here * * there must be a heart that keeps me here * * away from the panic and the fear * * There must be a heart that keeps me here * AT CLAY’S HOUSE Clay : If you look at the history of this position and the last five contracts given to players under 25 with his numbers, you'll see -- Well, I think you'll see that we're not being unreasonable. Sorry. Mm-hmm. Well... Yeah. Kylie : Nice place. I assume it has a bedroom. Clay : Yeah. Uh-huh. Well, there's been a baseline set by the marketplace, so... Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Kylie : I'll see you in there. Clay : Bob, I got to call you back. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Quinn : And there's wild animals that roam about everywhere. And when little boys turn 7, just like you, they have to go out into the wilderness and live alone for a whole week. Jamie : Whoa. I probably couldn't do that. Haley : Okay, time for bed, buddy! Jamie : Okay. Good night, Aunt Quinn. Quinn : Good night, monkey face! Haley : Happy birthday, buddy. I'll be up in a minute. I think he really missed you. I know I did. Quinn : I missed you, too. Haley : That's weird. It's the studio calling. Quinn : Why's that weird? Haley : Because it's my studio, and I'm here. Please don't be me calling. Hello? AT BEDROOM RECORDS STUDIO Haley : Hi! Miranda : Hi. Interesting business hours. I waited in the bar for half the day, and finally the manager let me in. Haley : I'm so sorry. It is my son's birthday party today. I'm Haley anyway. It's nice to meet you. Miranda : Miranda Stone. John Knight sends his best. We're all looking forward to hearing more of your music. Haley : Thank you. Yeah, I know the process has been a little slow. It's been tough to focus on my record while running the label and raising my son, and... Miranda : Yeah, we lost Peyton to one of those. Haley : Sorry? Miranda : Kids, you know? Family. Haley : Uh, well, you know, we are just so happy that you're here. And I know the label's gonna run a lot smoother with you at the helm. Miranda : Yeah, when we said we'd free you up, that's not what we meant. Haley : I don't understand. Miranda : I'm not here to run the label. I'm here to close it. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : Quinn? Hey, can I talk to you for a minute? What? What's going on? Quinn : You know earlier when -- When I said I missed David? I do. And I have for a while now. Haley : What happened, Quinn? You said he... Quinn : I left him. Haley : Oh, hey. Why? Quinn : Because he's not the man I fell in love with. And he hasn't been for a while now. And I didn't agree to spend the rest of my life sleeping next to a complete stranger. * You were always bound to fall * * there's nothing you can do * * the weight of gravity * Nathan : Dude, no way you're still up. Jamie : I don't want it to end. Nathan : Bed. Now. Jamie : Always keeping a brother down. Nathan : Mm-hmm. * So, what are you to do now? * Nathan : All right. Jamie : Hey, dad, was your 7th birthday as good as mine? Nathan : You want the truth? Jamie : Dad, I'm 7. I can handle it. Nathan : Well, um... We had this big party planned just like yours. But then Grandpa Dan realized that there was a pee-wee basketball tournament the same day. So we canceled the party. My team ended up losing the game, and, uh, he didn't speak to me for the rest of my birthday. Jamie : Did you ever forgive him? Nathan : I wish I could say yes, son. But I'm not sure I ever did. Jamie : Well, I think you should. Nathan : Well, you're a good man, Jamie Scott. Good night, son. Jamie : Hey, Dad? I think you're good enough to forgive him. You're Nathan Scott. * Is it starting to break underneath my feet? * Dan : Forgiveness is never easy. * You're so far away * Dan : Bitterness is easy. Hatred is easy. But forgiveness, that's a tough one. Sometimes, people say things they don't mean or do things they can't take back. Sometimes we do things we can't take back. So we feed ourselves to starve the pain. * So afraid of landing * * Do we leave it all? * * Will you ever answer? * Clay : Get a list of all the free-agent and restricted point guards in the league and find out if the Bobcats are talking to any of them. Call that kid from Arkansas. Set up a meeting to discuss representation. Saturday is the 14th. Send flowers. Dan : We're all afraid of something. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Brooke : I'm scared. What if we ruin it? Julian : What are you talking about? Brooke : The feeling that I get when I see you after a month. And the way my heart aches when I smell your skin. I don't want it to go away. Julian : It won't. We won't let it. * So I cannot find you * * I'm walking like I'm blinded * Dan : I was afraid. I was dying. But in the face of great despair, I had an epiphany -- What I've done is who I am. But what I've done is not who I'll be. * Is it starting to break... * AT CLAY’S HOUSE Kylie : Hey, you. Come to bed. I'll make it worth your while. Clay : I can't. Uh... actually, I got to go. You can sleep here... or I'll see you later. Kylie : Wow, nothing like love at first sight. Clay : I don't believe in love. AT TV BROADCAST Dan : It's been nearly 37 million seconds -- 10,000 hours, 14 months -- Since I realized what I've done is not who I can be. Unburden yourself from the mistakes of your past. And when you do, your heart grows stronger. I should know. Mine was supposed to go out a long time ago. It doesn't mean what you've done is forgotten. ON THE PONTOON Nathan : It's 4:30 in the morning, Clay. Clay : Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. Nathan : What's going on? Clay : Does that girl look familiar to you? Nathan : Yeah, she was at the party today. Why? Clay : She says she slept with you on the road, Nate. What you've done is out there. And she's going public. And what you've done remembers.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "07x01 - 4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill Julian : I decided not to produce the movie. There's this girl that... I'm kind of in love with, and... I couldn't be away from her for another day. Haley : I know the label's gonna run a lot smoother with you at the helm. Miranda : I'm not here to run the label. I'm here to close it. Mouth : You're mad because I want you to move out, but it's only because I'm trying to step things up with Millie. Skills : You trying to get rid of me with your naked ass. It ain't gonna work. Quinn : You know earlier when... when I said I miss David? Haley : What happened, Quinn? You said he... Quinn : I left him. Clay : Does that girl look familiar to you? Nathan : Yeah, she was at the party today. Why? Clay : She says she slept with you on the road, Nate, and she's going public. One Tree Hill – Season 7 –Episode 02 AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Man : And where will you run... back to the life of a peasant harlot? Alex : Perhaps I will. But should I return to a life of more meager means, I will do so with my dignity intact, my heart pure and true. Man : And yet you had no dignity nor purity in my bed a fortnight ago. Alex : Meager means, indeed. Man : Harlot! Leave the dress! Brooke : Millie was right. Alex Dupré is the perfect choice to be the face of the new campaign. She's smart. She's talented. She is crazy beautiful. Julian? Julian : I'm shaving! Brooke : How come this movie never came out? Julian : Because smart and talented and beautiful got all hopped up on goofballs and had to be checked into rehab. By the way, those dailies are top secret. I had to call in about a dozen favors to get 'em. Brooke : Aww, my baby's so good to me. Damn. I am really gonna like this living-together thing. I want you to move your stuff in, okay? This is our house now, not just mine. Julian : Good. Well, then how would you feel about going back to our bedroom for a little while? Brooke : I'd make a joke about meager means, but... it would simply be untrue. ON THE BEACH Clay : Hey. You know I'm not judging you, right? Nathan : Clay, listen, man, you've known me for a long time now. I don't care what that woman says. I did not sleep with her, all right? Clay : All right. Nathan : It's unbelievable to me that she could just show up and spout a bunch of lies, and the next thing you know, I'm in the headlines, my family's in the headlines, and I'm guilty before I'm innocent. Clay : Don't freak out. You're not in the headlines yet. And believe it or not, this kind of thing, it happens a lot. You're a public figure, and they know you make a lot of money. Nathan : I'm in a contract year, Clay. Clay : I know. So, here's what you're gonna do. You're gonna stay in shape, you're gonna stay focused, and you're gonna let me handle it. All right? Nathan : All right. yeah AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : It has been ringing off the hook. waves crash along Haley : Quinn, what happened? I mean, what actually happened between you and David? Quinn : He just changed, you know? I mean, he used to see the world exactly the way I saw it. He just doesn't anymore. Haley : But he still loves you. Quinn : I know. But I don't know if that's enough. Haley : I'm sorry. I got to go. I got to go down to the studio and take care of this whole "shutting us down" mess. Quinn : Do you need my help? Haley : No. You just stay here and enjoy your day. I'll see you later. Quinn : Okay. Haley : It's gonna be okay, Quinn. Quinn : I love you. Haley : I love you, too. keep your hello don't think about it at all AT MOUHT’S APPARTMENT Millicent : Is it okay? Skills : You're good. Millicent : Damn it, Skills! Skills : What up, Millie? Millicent : You and Marvin need to stop this ridiculous naked standoff! Skills : Hey, look, he started it, trying to get me to move out. Millicent : Okay, look... I'm going to pick up Alex Dupré from the airport. I'm gonna work a full day, and when I get home, you two idiots better have your pants on! IN THE CAR Jamie : So, what are you gonna do? Skills : I ain't moving out. That's for sure. Jamie : Why not? If Chester hopped around without his fur on, I'd probably move out. Skills : Yeah, well, it's a long story. So, you ready for the beach? Jamie : Totally. You think I can bury you and Miss Lauren in the sand? Skills : Cool with me. Oh, and, um, don't tell Miss Lauren about the whole moving-out stuff, all right? Jamie : Why not? Skills : Just don't. Wait. Uh-Oh, here she comes. Lauren : Hey, boys. Ready for the beach? What are you guys up to? Skills : Nothing. Jamie : Nothing. Lauren : Huh. that girl's a genius whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh TV BROADCAST Dan : Never believe that you can deceive. You might think that you can get away with it. You might actually get away with it... for a while. But your life is made up of choices and decisions. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Paul : Hi, Julian. Julian : Dad. What are you doing here? Paul : I came to talk you out of the worst decision of your life. TV BROADCAST Dan : Poor choices, poor life. Bad decisions... bad life. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Haley : Come on. Where is it? Miranda : Page 7, item 4... It's the part of the contract that basically says we can acquire the label whenever we'd like. TV BROADCAST Dan : Wickedness... As you know, I've been there. I'm not alone. My wife was, too. She was deceptive and manipulative. She abused drink and drugs. She was promiscuous. But today she stands beside me a changed woman, a caring woman, a better woman. Ladies and gentlemen, my wife, and the love of my life. my girl's ready to take control she just blows my mind she only listens to the radio Dan : I love you, honey. Rachel : I love you, honey. yeah she wakes up scared of getting old AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Julian : I didn't make a bad decision, dad. Paul : Is that right? You walked away from a potential blockbuster movie days before production, and for what? Julian : For love. Paul : Love... with Brooke Davis. Julian : Be careful, dad. Paul : Julian, she's Brooke Davis! I read the tabloids. This is a fling for her, and it could cost you your career! Julian : I think you need to leave. behind the tv screen I've fallen to my knees Paul : Your career was one movie away from being prestigious... This movie. And you walk away. For what? A promiscuous fashion designer. I need to get away blanket of silence makes me want to sink my teeth in deep burn all the evidence AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Miranda : Oh, this glass is gonna look amazing in my loft in Los Angeles. Haley : All right, Miranda, I know that you have a legal right to shut down the label, but you don't have to be a total bitch about it. Miranda : You're the producer, Haley, and, potentially, a great artist, but you don't have time to record because you're running what is essentially a vanity label. Haley : Va... vanity la... You guys would not have Mia Catalano if it wasn't for this label. You wouldn't have had the time or patience or interest to develop an artist like her. That's what small labels do. We develop and nurture artists. It's something corporate labels will never do. Miranda : I've always wanted a pool table. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Brooke : I can't believe your dad just came all this way to tell you he thinks you're making a mistake. He couldn't call or text or tweet that to you? Julian : He's a movie producer, Brooke. He loves the dramatic. Brooke : Well, what else did he say? Julian : He wanted to know what my game plan was... was I still actively producing, do I have a development staff finding me new properties, and... Brooke : That is some poster. Julian : What? Oh, right. You like it? Brooke : Yeah. It's... different for the living room. Julian : He was just so crazy, my father. Brooke : Do you think maybe you would like that better in the spare bedroom or in your office? We could get you an office for that. Julian : Look, my dad just flew five hours to ask me if I'm quitting the business and getting married. Brooke : What did you say? Julian : I asked him to leave. Brooke : No, about the "marriage" part. Julian : I told him he was crazy. We're not getting married. We just moved in together. I... I don't... I don't know what the hell got into him. I ain't got no other place to hide chained down like a sitting duck just waiting for the fall TV BROADCAST Rachel : Hey, you. Dan : The clock... it was a good idea. I think it reminds people that every second counts. Rachel : It's easy. People don't have to work that hard to get it. We have that dinner tonight with the investment guys from Texas. I think you should tell them the whole "phoenix rising from the ashes" story. They'll love it. Dan : It was a good show today. I think we might have reached some people. Do you think it was a good show? Rachel : I'll let you know after I see the ratings. I got to go. Dan : Hey. I love you. Rachel : I know, baby. Wear your gray suit tonight. You always look good in that suit. AT THE AEROPORT Alex : Guys. Fan : Right here! Fan : Right here! Alex : Hey. There you go. Fan : One more. Tanya : Miss Dupré? Miss dupré? Could I get an autograph? Alex : Oh, yeah, sure, you pretty thing. What's your name? Tanya : Tanya. Alex : Tanya? Tanya : I loved you in "Heart so true". You were so brave in that. Alex : Oh, thank you, sweetie. But that's just acting. You're the brave one. Tanya : Thanks. Alex : Bye. Bye bye. Millicent : Alex, Millicent Huxtable, Clothes Over Bros. Welcome to Tree Hill. Alex : Thank you. IN THE CAR Millicent : Can I just say that I am your biggest fan? And it's because of things like that... that you would take the time to inspire that poor girl in the wheelchair after such a long flight. Alex : They kind of creep me out. Millicent : What? Alex : Cripples and, like, retrd people. They're always, like, drooling and smiling really weird. It's so gross. Water, water, water. Um, is there any wine in here? Millicent : Um, I thought you were sober. You just went to rehab. Alex : Ugh, do not remind me. They took my phone away. Besides, wine's not even alcohol. It's like grape. Ugh, it's so hot out there. Where the hell are we? It's like the devil's ass in this place. When do I get paid? Millicent : I think your agent takes care of that. Alex : Can I just tell you... I hate that woman. She's like a complete alcoholic, and her fingers look like chicken feet. Btw, I am starving. Is there any food? Millicent : Well, I read that you only eat organic food, so we have an entire organic feast waiting at the hotel. Alex : Yeah, I just make that stuff up. Can you drive through a Mickey d's? I could totally eat the butt off a skunk right now. Millicent : Um, drive on... please. ON THE BEACH Clay : Nate, it's gonna be okay. You know, we haven't heard from this woman since the one e-mail. So, until it's real, it's not real. You know, and besides, who the hell would want to sleep with you, anyway? Okay, I know it's bad timing, but damn. Nathan : Dude, quit checking out my sister-in-law. Quinn : Hey, dumb and dumber. Clay : Hey. Quinn : Nice day, huh? Nathan : I don't know. Maybe you're right. Maybe it's nothing. Clay : Actually, uh... now it is something. Lauren : Hey Jamie can you scratch my noze. Aah, thank you. Oh! My hat! Jamie : I'll get it. Lauren : Ohh. Skills : Can you move? Lauren : Not a muscle. Skills : Me neither. Man, I hope that knucklehead come back. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Haley : So, listen, Peyton, here's the thing... Uh, you know how I... insisted that you keep that 1 % of the label? Well, it... it kind of klled the label. But, Haley... Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I can see that I'm upsetting you, and I don't want to do that. So, um, let me just, uh... Talk to Lucas. Geez, Haley, I... I... I... I... I don't know, you know? This has really meant a lot to... Peyton. I know. I know. I'm a terrible friend, and there's nothing that I can do unless I... You might be a genius, Haley. Thank you, Haley. * am I * * am I losing my mind? * ON THE BEACH Jamie : Oh! Quinn : Jamie? Jamie : Aunt Quinn! Quinn : Hey! Who let you off your leash? Jamie : Uncle Skills, but he didn't bring the leash today. Quinn : Okay, where is he? Jamie : He's over there. Miss Lauren, too. This is her hat. Cool. Quinn : Well, I was just on my way to go get a snack. Can I tempt you? Jamie : Sure. Quinn : Yeah? You should probably tell them you're with me. Jamie : Denzel, this is Macaulay. Denzel, this is Macaulay. I'm going for a snack with my aunt Quinn. Over. Okay, all set. Stupid, crazy nanny. Quinn : Hop on. Whoop! There we go. What do you want? ON THE STREET Dan : Hey, give me a sec, okay? Rachel : Okay. Dan : Mind if I join you? Man : Spare a few bucks? Dan : First... you mind telling me how you got here? Man : You must be one of them religious guys or something. Dan : No. I got nothing against religion. If you ask me, the one man you got to believe in... is you. Man : I stopped believing in me a long time ago. Dan : Why? You made some mistakes? You failed sometimes? Listen. No matter what mistakes or failures you had, they weren't even close to mine. There's a book you should read. Man : You’re talking about the bible. Dan : No, man, it's not the bible. It's this book. Listen. There's a used-book shop around the corner. Now, you can take this book, sell it for a few bucks, buy yourself a bottle, and feel good for a few minutes. Or you could read it and feel better for the rest of your life. Man : Hey. What your name is, man? Dan : My name is Dan Scott. And I believe in you. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : He probably didn't mean it. Brooke : It was just the way he said it, as if the very idea of us ever getting married was somehow completely ridiculous to him. And then he hung this ugly army-man poster in the living room. I have to talk to him. Millicent : Okay, but he might freak out a little if you start talking marriage so soon. Brooke : No, about the poster, you dork. It has to go. I am really excited to meet Alex, though. How is she? Millicent : Um... she's really... something. She just wanted to freshen up. You're gonna love her. AT THE HOTEL ROOM Millicent : She's gonna hate you! Alex : Go away, you witch. Millicent : "Witch"? "Witch"?! Look, missy, my ass is on the line here! Alex : You mean your big ass. Millicent : Really? Really? Get up! Alex : I'm tired! Millicent : Well, you better get un-tired because you're going over to Clothes Over Bros, and you're gonna convince Brooke Davis that the half-million dollars she's paying you is not a waste! Alex : Half a million dollars? AT THE RESTAURANT Clay : So, you want to talk? Talk. Renee : What, no "hello"? No introductions? Clay : Your name's Renee. I recognize you from the picture you took when you trespassed at a 7-Year-Old's birthday party. You have a last name? Renee : You're kind of hot when you're all fired up. Clay : I know he didn't do it. I don't know what your angle is, and I don't know why you targeted Nathan Scott, but what I do know is that he didn't do it. Renee : You're quite the party boy, aren't you? Clay : I'm single. He's not. Renee : Oh, like that matters. Clay : Maybe not to girls like you, but to Nathan it does. Renee : "Girls like me." You know what's so great about justice? It doesn't discriminate against "girls like me." Nathan : What do you want from me? Clay : Whoa, walk away, Nate. Nathan : Huh? Renee : Hi, Nathan. Nathan : You need to stop this. Clay : Outside. Nathan : You need to stop this now, okay? Do you hear me? Why are you doing this to me? Clay : Come on. Clay : What the hell is wrong with you? Nathan : I just wanted to talk to her. Clay : In public? In front of a roomful of people with camera phones and video, you wanted to talk with her, just thought you'd have a little chat? Nathan : I'm sorry. I screwed up. Clay : Yeah, you screwed up, Nate! Nathan : What does she want? Clay : I don't know. I was about to find out until Nathan Scott stormed in like a madman! Nathan : Look, I said I was sorry, jackass. Let it go. Clay : I'm gonna see if she'll sit down with me again. In the meantime, you just, um... Try not to get thrown through a window, all right? Damn it, Nate. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : Brooke? Please don't fre me. Please don't fre me. Alex : Shut up. I'm an actress. I got this. Brooke : Alex, hi, I'm Brooke Davis. It's so nice to meet you. Alex : Oh... my... God. You are so beautiful. Brooke : Thank you. Alex : Can I just say that I'm so happy to be here? And I think it's so great that you make designer clothes for plus-sized girls. I never knew it was based on you, but I think that's so sweet. Brooke : Uh, no, I'm normal-sized. Alex : Oh, I know, but I have the best diet for you. You're so gonna lose that weight. Brooke : Okay. How was your flight? You flew private, right? Alex : Uh-Huh. They let me ride in the cockpit. It was so rad. Brooke : In the cockpit? Alex : Totally. They let me steer the plane and everything. Brooke : They let you fly the plane. Alex : I know! I'm so a cockpit girl. Brooke : That's what she said. Alex : Who? Brooke : Who what? Alex : You... you said she said something, but I don't know who you mean. Brooke : No, it's... it's an expression. When someone says something that sounds sexual, you say, "that's what Alex : she said". Alex : Oh. Right. Brooke : Okay. Alex : Why don't we show Alex the new line? Brooke : Great. You're gonna love it. It's kind of elegant and kind of edgy, and the pieces are a lot like this one. Alex : No, I don't like that. Brooke : Why? Alex : Uh, first of all, it's purple. When I was a little girl, there was this dinosaur thing, and it totally freaked me out, and it was purple. Brooke : You mean Barney? Alex : Yeah. That's what she said. Brooke : Okay. That's totally wrong, but... Alex : I know. I'm so funny, huh? My best friend, Kimmy, told me I should totally do more comedy. She says most people are really uptight, but I'm not tight at all. Brooke : That's what she said. Alex : Who? Oh, Kimmy? Yeah, she said that. She said I'm so much funnier than Cameron Diaz. I mean, plus, have you seen my ass? Come on. Way better than hers. Like way. Brooke : Could you excuse us for just... One minute? Alex : Sure. I have to pee, anyway. Brooke : Great. Second door on the left. Alex : Okay. Millicent : I'll just clean out my things and go. ON THE BEACH Jamie : Remember that time I stayed with you and uncle David for a whole week? Quinn : Yep, and we made pancakes every morning with chocolate sauce and whipped cream? Jamie : Maybe if David comes, we could do that again. Quinn : Yeah. Maybe. Hey, are you sure Skills and Lauren won't be worried about you? Jamie : Oh, man! IN THE CAR Jamie : At least I got your hat. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Haley : So, can I talk to you? Miranda : Would you like to speak with me or talk to me? Haley : Oh, brother, you are a piece of work. So, you're excited about my record, right? John Knight's excited about my record, which is why you guys want to close Red Bedroom... to free me up to record? Miranda : In part, yes. Haley : If you close Red Bedroom, I'm not gonna make an album. Miranda : Haley, you need to remove the emotion from this. It's a business decision. It's not personal. Haley : It is personal. Everything about this label is personal... why Peyton started it, why she made me her partner... It's as personal as it gets. Miranda : If you don't record with us, you don't record at all. We have a contract with you. We own you. Mia : But you don't own me. Miranda : It's a pleasure to meet you, Mia. I've seen you perform a few times, but we've never been formally introduced. Miranda Stone. Mia : Haley's told me a lot about you. Miranda : Red Bedroom records will always be important to us, but at the moment... Mia : Can we just cut to the chase? Haley : How is Chase? Mia : He's good. He says hi. Thanks. Haley : Aww, I was there at your first date. Mia : Oh, I know. You and Nathan were so great. I sold more records than any artist on our roster last year. But if this label goes away, so do I. Miranda : How so? Mia : You distribute my records, but I record for Red Bedroom, exclusively. Peyton made sure of that. Haley : It's true. I checked. Miranda : Wow. Everyone has their price. Mia : No, actually, not everyone. Peyton and Haley are responsible for my career, and you can't put a price on that. And even if you do, I won't accept it. So, congratulations. You're about to lose your biggest-selling artist. Does that pretty much do it, Hales? Haley : Yes. Thank you. Mia : So good to see you. Haley : Oh, good to see you, too. You look so cute. Mia : Thanks. I'll let you two talk. Haley : Yeah? Who's the bitch now, bitch? AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : I'm so sorry. I should have met with her first. I thought she was the girl from her movies. Brooke : It's okay. I thought so, too. She has been in that bathroom a really long time. Millicent : What are we gonna do? Brooke : I'll tell you what we're not gonna do. We are not gonna pay that dum-dum $500,000. We'll just have to... tell her something. We'll say the company went bankrupt or... Or maybe... we should just start speaking Spanish and she'll get really confused and she'll just leave. Millicent : I don't think that's gonna work. Brooke : It might. She is really dumb. Alex : Brooke? Brooke : Buenos dias. Tenido mucha cerveza. Millicent : Ay, mucha cerveza. Alex : It's okay. I, uh... I know I'm not what you expected. You don't have to pay me. It's just... Brooke : That's one of my designs. Alex : Since rehab, this dress is all I have. When I felt like I was nothing, it gave me strength and dignity. So, no matter what happens to me or where my life takes me, I'll wear this dress... your dress... and I'll be fine. Brooke : It's okay. Of course we will pay you. I... I think you look beautiful in that dress, and I think you're gonna be perfect as the face of the line. Alex : Really? That is so rad! Brooke : Oh! Alex : Yay! AT TV BROADCAST Rachel : Hey. Look at this. It's all over the internet. The buzz is really positive. Dan : I didn't really have "buzz" in mind. Rachel : I know, but that's why you have me. I'm here if you need me oh, this way ... AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Brooke : Well, hi. What are you doing? Julian : Fixing you dinner, and thinking about getting rid of my poster. Brooke : Why? Julian : Because you have to eat and because... You hate it. Brooke : I don't hate it. Julian : Yeah. Brooke : No, I don't. I just... I don't really like it there. Julian : It's okay. My father, as you know, was always gone, always on some distant location or at the office, you know, making movies. But this one time, he came home and surprised me and took me to see "the thin red line". And then we spent the rest of the day together, just him and me. And that didn't happen very often. Actually, that really never happened again. But that day... that was a good day. That was probably the best day I ever had with him. And that was the day I decided I wanted to make movies, too, like my dad. let it disappear into my hand whoa, yeah, my hand AT THE RESTAURANT Clay : I appreciate you meeting me. Renee : Oh, so now you appreciate me. What happened to confrontational Clay? Clay : I'm confrontational because I'm protective over Nathan, and because, of all my clients, he's the last one I'd expect to be in this situation. Renee : And what situation is that? Clay : You tell me. Renee : Ask me what's in the envelope. Clay : I'm not here to play games. Renee : The night Nathan scored 35 points against Memphis, you threw a big party for him after the game. I should know. I was there. It got... pretty wild. Clay : Get to the point. Renee : The pictures of what happened between me and Nathan that night are in the envelope. Clay : Whatever's in that envelope is meaningless or fabricated, because we both know that whatever you're accusing him of doing, he didn't do. Renee : Maybe you should take a look. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Miranda : I spoke with John Knight. He thinks Mia's bluffing, and he still wants to fold the label. But I recommended we don't. Haley : Why? Miranda : Because integrity and loyalty still matter. Does that surprise you... that I actually have a heart? Haley : A little. Miranda : And besides, I don't think she's bluffing, and she makes us a lot of money. If I do this... if... Your album needs to be finished in the next six months. Haley : Hmm. Miranda : Why did Peyton start this label, anyway? You said it was personal. Haley : She thought that major labels were soulless. Miranda : We are. Don't forget it. we just don't see it the same way but you're never sure we can't go on like this anymore AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Brooke : It’s open Paul : Brooke. You wanted to speak with me? Brooke : You know, my whole life, I wanted to get my mother to be proud of me. And then one night, Julian thrat to exile her from our lives, and I would do the same to you. I'm just not sure it would matter. Paul : You're upset. Brooke : I have this poster hanging in my living room, Paul. Of course I'm upset. And the only reason that it's hanging there is because you took him to see that movie, and for one day that boy felt close to his father. He felt loved and appreciated. And the sad part is that there was only one of those days. Because in my book, the day that he didn't feel that way should be the unique one. Fix it. the hardest thing about this is I still care* you know there's something better for both of us out there AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : Hey. Quinn : Hey. cause you wait for rain Quinn : How'd it go at the label? Haley : Um... I think I fixed it temporarily. Now I got to fix my sister. Did you talk to David? Quinn : There's not that much to talk about. We grew apart. You know, we stopped laughing as much, stopped caring as much. Haley : Did something happen recently? Quinn : One night in New York I went to go see "Spring awakening" with some friends. And after we took the subway to this ridiculous open-mike night in Brooklyn. And we watched these horrible performers who, for whatever reason, had to get onstage and be seen and heard. And as I'm watching them, I'm thinking that I understand them. You know, they... they were messy and... and unsure and maybe a little confused, but... but they were doing what they needed to do, you know, what their hearts needed them to do. And then David called my cell phone, and I didn't want to answer. You know, there was a time when he would have been sitting right there, and... and I would have loved that. But he hasn't been that guy in a while. Haley : You guys were great together, you know. I mean, you... you were really happy. Quinn : And then one day we weren't. And I know there's supposed to be some big, huge, important reason why, but there's not. It's just a feeling that I have that this isn't what I want for the rest of my life. Haley : People have a right to change, Quinn. Quinn : Yeah, but they also have a right to stay the same. They have a right to be exactly the person that they've always been. Okay? I didn't change, Haley. David changed. And now somehow I'm the one who's broken because of it. wait for rain and I chase the stars we just don't see ... Haley : So, tell me what the worst act was that you saw that open-mike night. Come on. Quinn : There was this really angry guy who sang "Cat's in the cradle". Yeah, I swear he was a serial kller. Haley : When he got done, everyone clapped, and he, like, sneered at the people who didn't. I guarantee you they're missing right now. I chase the stars* Quinn : I miss you, Haley-Bob. Haley : I miss you, too. bring on the wrecking ball Haley : You're not broken. Quinn : Thanks. I hope not. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Paul : Hi, son. I was just... heading back to L.A. and I wanted to... say goodbye. Julian : Okay. Paul : Listen... I came here to tell you that I think you're wrong to put your relationship before your career, but... I think it's me who's been wrong. I wasn't around enough. And... I was too busy caring for fictional characters instead of caring for the real ones in my life. Julian : You did fine, dad. there's just too much, my, my Paul : That poster... that was a good day for us? Julian : The best. my heart's as cold as ice Paul : I don't remember it. I'm sorry. Julian : It's okay. Paul : No, it's not. I'm proud of you, son. You go live your life and... Be happy. And whatever you do, don't be like me, okay? I'll see you. the word that I breathe is a word that I need and the songs that I sing don't mean anything don't you wonder why it's always been this way? all our innocence is gone AT THE BAR Nathan : What'd she say? Clay : That night after your big game against Memphis, we had that party. We got pretty wasted that night. Nathan : Yeah. So? Clay : Well, that was three months ago. if you like, I'll take the blame for all the things that you have done Clay : She's three months pregnant, Nate. my songs on a cold night I can't get you out ... AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Man : And where will you run... back to the life of a peasant harlot? Harlot : Perhaps I will. But should I return to a life of more meager means, I will do so with my dignity intact... Julian : She's good in this. You were right. Harlot : ... my heart pure and true. Brooke : What? I love you. You know that? I love who you are. I don't know how you got there, but I'm glad you did. Julian : I'm glad I did, too, 'cause you're here with me. Brooke : Meager means, indeed. Mmm. Come here. Man : Harlot! Leave the dress! Harlot : This dress is all I have. When I felt like I was nothing, It gave me strength and dignity. So, no matter what happens to me Or where my life takes me, I'll wear this dress, and I'll be fine. IN THE STREET Man : I read your book. Dan : Did it help? Man : It did when I sold it. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : How you doing? Haley : Better now. I had such a crummy day. Nathan : Yeah? Haley : Uh-Huh. Nathan : Well, I think it's about to get worse. Haley : Why? Nathan : I have something I need to tell you. my love is a young love but I know we'll get this right	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "07x02 - What Are You Willing To Lose"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill Brooke : Millie was right. Alex Dupre is the perfect choice to be the face of the new campaign. Millicent : Alex, Millicent Huxtable, Clothes Over Bros. Welcome to Tree Hill. Alex : Thank you. Brooke : I want you to move your stuff in, okay? This is our house now, not just mine. Haley : Quinn, what actually happened between you and David? Quinn : He used to see the world exactly the way I saw it. He just doesn't anymore. Dan : Ladies and gentlemen, my wife and the love of my life. Clay : That night after your big game against Memphis, we had that party. We were pretty wasted that night. Nathan : Yeah. So? Clay : Well, that was three months ago. She's three months pregnant, Nate. Nathan : What do you want from me? Huh? Renée : Hi, Nathan. Nathan : You need to stop this now, Okay? Do you hear me? Why are you doing this to me? One Tree Hill – Season 7 Episode 03 AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Julian : Brooke, I'm shaving. Brooke : Got to go. I'm late. I have a big day. I love you. Bye. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Skills : I'm gonna kll you, Mouth. AT THE HOTEL ROOM Millicent : Alex? Oh, well, at least she's awake. Alex, come on! We got to go! Alex : Oh, my God. Keep it down. I'm so tired. Millicent : You've been out all night? Alex : I have to sleep. Millicent : But the shower. Alex : I leave it on. I like the sound of the rain. Now I have to sleep. Go away. Millicent : No, no. Alex, you have a photo sht in, like, now. You have to get up. Alex : I can't hear you. I'm asleep. Oh, there's a sheep. Hello, counting sheep. You're funny. Millicent : Well, there goes your counting sheep with your half million dollars. Bye. Alex : Can I just say that I hate you? Millicent : Mmhmm. Alex : Oh, it's cold! Millicent : You shouldn't have left it on, you jerk. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Skills : Man, that guy's such a jerk. You don't do that to no brother. No. Nah, you want to strip down and parade your little flaccid business around the apartment, That's cool. Go ahead with your naked ass. But this time, you done went too far. It's cheap, it's mean, and it's crossing the line. Okay, time to man up. Emergency situation. Life or death. What do you do? What do you do? Who do you call? Mmhmm. Hey, yo, Jamie Scott. I need your help. AT MOUTH’S OFFICE CEO : McFadden. You're friends with Nathan Scott, aren't you? Mouth : Yeah, old friends. Why? CEO : Anything going on with him? Mouth : He's in a contract year. CEO : Right. Whatever. A friend of mine was having lunch yesterday. He said he had some sort of a misunderstanding with a woman in a restaurant. Mouth : Okay. CEO : It might be newsworthy. Mouth : You're kidding, right? Well, I had a disagreement yesterday at lunch with Jerry over who got the last slice of key lime pie. It's not exactly news. CEO : And you're not exactly newsworthy. He is. Check it out. Mouth, if there's nothing there, there's nothing there. But I fired you'd want to be the one to find out. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : You know I didn't do anything, right? I did not sleep with her or do anything else. Haley : You have your arm around her. Nathan : I get asked to take a lot of pictures. Haley : You have your arm around her at a party with a beer and a smile. Nathan : Haley... Haley : I get it, Nathan. You got married in high school, and you had a son at graduation, and you didn't have time to go out and party with your friends and... drunken sluts with perfect teeth. Nathan : I just took a picture with her. That's all. Haley : But it looks bad, Nathan. And she's smart enough to know that. You should be, too. AT TV BROADCAST Dan : What they see is who you'll be. Entertainment is news. Gossip is news. Rumor is news. And the truth... Well... that's negotiable. Or is it? You see, I say the truth is absolute. I say the truth is not afraid. And the truth is... Man : You're a mrder! A mrder... that's what you are! Go ahead! Tell them the truth, Dan! Tell them what you are! You're a mrder, is what you are! How do you sleep at night?! How do you look at yourself in the mirror?! mrder! mrder! mrder! Director : Should we cut? Mrs. Scott? Rachel, should we cut? Rachel : No. Keep rolling. Director : But the guy called him a mrder. Rachel : So? He is one. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Hey, I'm so happy we could make this work. Haley's been showing me a ton of your work, and I am such a fan. Quinn : Thank you, Brooke. You know, I wear your designs quite a bit, and I really feel like I can capture the energy that you're after with all the new designs. Plus, I am so excited to sh*t Alex Dupre. I mean, what is she like? Brooke : Wow. She's like... That. Alex, what happened to you? Alex : Jet lag. Brooke : Jet lag, my foot. You flew in from New York. Are you hung over? Alex : I... I just need my pills. Brooke : Excuse me? You just got out of rehab. What is that? What did you just take?! Alex : Vitamins? Brooke : No. No. Give it. Millicent : Ew. Alex : They're just vitamins, you hags. Brooke : Hags? Half a million dollars. Sit. You might want to start with a little lyingslut remover. Millicent : This is our rejuvenation cream. It does wonders for jet lag, but it smells a little bad. Whatever. You know you farted. I did not fart. Alex : That's too bad, 'cause I just did. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Jamie : Tell me again what this thing look like. Skills : What's that magical thing called? I think they call him Puff. Jamie : The magic dragon? Skills :Yeah, that's exactly what it looked like... a dragon. But it was like Puff's evil twin. Oh, man. Jamie : Cool. Skills :See, Mouth knows I'm scared of creatures, right? Jamie : Mmhmm. Skills :That's why I know he did this on purpose. You think you can catch it? Jamie : We can catch it. Skills :You can catch it. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Julian : The new Cameron Crowe film, right? Perfect. Yeah. Okay, thanks for letting me know. Brooke : Hi. Are you gonna work on a Cameron Crowe movie? Julian : No, that was the video store. I'm just renting one. Brooke : Oh. Julian : I got coffees. Mocha double latte, extra foam. Brooke : Thank you. Julian : Mocha double latte, no foam. Millicent : Thank you. Julian : And coffee, black, two sugars. I called Haley. Quinn : Oh, thanks. Julian : Julian. Quinn : Quinn. You made out in my bed. Brooke : Hey! Quinn : Hey, so did you. Julian : Sorry about that. Alex : Hello. Hot P.A. boy. Hi. Brooke : Oh, you must be Alex. Alex : You must be yummy. What'd you get me? Brooke : You get chocolate, perfect for alleged jet lag. Word's on the street. And the entertainment trades... barely read. Alex : Mmm. I like him. Brooke : Yeah, well, you got a little competition on that one. Alex : Please, you're way too old for him. ON THE RIVER COURT Clay : So... grand and she signs a confidentiality agreement. She goes away, and you have nothing to do with the kid. Nathan : I already have nothing to do with the kid. It's not mine. Why is she doing this to me? Clay : Because you make a lot of money, and because you're in the middle of a very public contract negotiation with a team that cares about its image and the only team that you want to play for. Which leads me to this. Maybe we pay her. Nathan : Tell me you did not just say that. Clay : I did, because I'm your agent, and I wouldn't be a very good one if I didn't least point out the fact that she could do a hell of a lot of damage If she went public with this or filed a paternity suit. Nathan : It's not true. I'll take a blood test. Clay : And by that point, the damage could be done. Nate, your next contract could be worth $ 18 million to $ 20 million minimum, Not to mention the endorsement deals that are predicated on the fact that Nathan Scott is a good guy, he's a good father, and he's a family man. Nathan : She's lying. Clay : So she's lying. You know the way it works, man. They print the accusation on the front page and the retraction on the back. Nathan : If I pay her, then I'm saying that I did it. Clay : I disagree. I think you're paying a little for a lot, and that's all. And all I'm saying is that it's a valid option we should at least consider before she... goes public. Great. Here comes the press. Mouth : Hey, Nate, Nathan : Hey. Mouth : Clay. Hey. Nate, can I talk to you? Clay : About what? Nathan : Clay. I'm cool. I'll catch up with you. Clay : Nate... Nathan : I just want to talk to an old friend, okay? Clay : Okay. Mouth : How you doing? Nathan : That depends. Are you here as a reporter or as a friend? Mouth : Well, it depends on what's going on. My station manager had a friend in the restaurant where you had lunch yesterday... said you were upset about something. Nathan : Yeah. Mouth : Listen, if you need someone to talk to, I'm here as a friend, off the record. Nathan : Off the record? There's a girl who's thrat to file a paternity suit against me unless I pay her a couple hundred thousand dollars to keep her quiet. Mouth : Geez, Nate. I'm sorry. Nathan : Yeah. I didn't do it. I don't even know her. Mouth : Good. I'm glad. Does Haley know? Nathan : Yeah. Mouth : What are you gonna do about it? Nathan : I don't know. What are you gonna do about it? Mouth : Nothing. Look, I should get back, but you let me know if you need anything, okay? Nathan : Yes. Mouth... Thanks. But, look, if this thing turns into something... she files a paternity suit, whatever... You do what you have to do. Mouth : I hope it doesn't come to that. Nathan : Yeah. Me too. ON THE ROOF OF CLOTHES OVER BROS Quinn : Okay, I'm good. Why don't you two step in for a couple of test shts? Brooke : Sure. Come pose with me. Quinn : Hold it. Alex : He is so cute. With big hands. He probably has a really big thingy. Millicent : You do know that's Brooke's boyfriend, yes? As in "serious boyfriend." Alex : She dates a P.A.? Millicent : He's not a P.A. He's a producer ... Yeah, she dates the P.A. Alex : No, you said he's a producer. Millicent : Mnhmnh. Alex : As in movie producer. Millicent : No, I didn't. Alex : Julian. Julian. Oh, my God, he's Julian Baker. I heard that they were dating. Damn. Make-up man : Okay, she's ready. Alex : How do I look? Make-up man : Oh, fabulous. Alex : I didn't ask the help. How do I look, Millie? Millicent : You want my opinion? Alex : Of course. You're the only one who tells me the frickin' truth around here. Millicent : You look amazing. Alex : I know. I'm such a slut. All right, bitches. Let's do this. Make-up man : I hate her. Millicent : Yeah. AT TV BROADCAST Dan : Let's talk about today's disruption. That man wasn't wrong. We were talking about the truth, and what he said... was true. I am a mrder. But I won't hide from that. I can't hide from that. I step... into the harsh light... of the truth. Because, when you stand in the light... Public : You get yourself right. Dan : You find forgiveness. You find happiness. You find love. I found love. You all remember my producer, Rachel, who also happens to be my wife. I remember the night we met. It was so romantic. Rachel : Incredibly romantic. Rachel : Dan Scott? Dan : Nice ass. Dan : Our courtship was oldfashioned... Rachel : Whew! Dan :... chaste. Rachel : Not bad for a guy with a bad heart. Dan : Well, spend the night, and we'll see if you can kll me. Rachel : It'll cost you... a lot. Dan : It's okay. I'm rich, and I'm dying. Rachel : Works for me. Rachel : He had all of the things I was interested in. Dan : So did you, sweetheart. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Skills : Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, man. You sure you don't want to use the net or something? That thing is terrible. Jamie : I think I'll be okay. So, how come Mouth wants you to move out? Skills : It's just that he want this place all to himself with Millie. Jamie : You can move into Miss Lauren's. Skills : Yeah, I... wait, listen, man. Now, we gonna catch this thing or what? Jamie : I'm not so sure anymore. I might need a little convincing. Skills : Forget it. Jamie : Okay. I guess it'll just have to stay in the bathtub. Skills : Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Okay, okay. Uh, here's 10 bucks. Jamie : Which is just enough to catch a mouse or maybe a guinea pig. Now, that's dragon money. Okay, wait here. Skills : Okay. Wait, hold on. Be careful. Look out! Jamie : I named him Percy. Skills : Aah! AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : You're doing great, Alex. Do you need anything? Alex : Just some more water, please. Thank you. Brooke : You're looking at that thing like there's a ghost calling you. Quinn : There is. Husband troubles. Brooke : I'm sorry. Quinn : Yeah, me too. You know, you and Julian seem so happy. Brooke : Mm, we are. But I think he's bored out of his mind. He just gave up a movie to be with me. Quinn : And I'm sure he's glad that he did. You know, in our case, I think part of the problem was knowing what to give up for each other and what to hold on to for ourselves. Brooke : Yeah. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : Hi. Haley : Hi. Nathan : I'm sorry. Haley : I know. I just wish there was a way to make all this go away. Nathan : There is. AT CLAY’S HOUSE Haley : You want to pay her?! You know full well this lying whore didn't sleep with Nathan, and you want to pay her $200,000?! Clay : Whoa, I don't want to. I simply suggest that it was an option. Haley : It's not an option, Clay. And while we're suggesting things, let me suggest that you are a the reason why this is happening right now. Clay : Ok. Haley : You love it... the parties, the women... and you love having Nathan alongside you more than anything else. Clay : That's not fair. Haley : No? The picture... the one of that woman draped all over my husband... What party was that at, Clay? Who threw that party? I'm not saying you don't love him, 'cause I know you do, but you love having him at your side more than anything else. You could have protected him from this. Clay : How, Haley? He's a grown man. Haley : So are you. Start acting like it. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Jamie : I don't think it's very fair... that Mouth wants you to move out, I mean. Skills : Man, how could you even look at that thing? Ugh! Jamie : It's cool. Skills : It's gross. That's what it is. You sure it ain't gonna get out? Jamie : I'm sure. Skills : All right. Anyway, thanks for seeing things my way, man. Good looking out, bro. Jamie : I just think it's your place, too. Skills : That's what I'm saying. Jamie : Well, what did he say? Skills : What? Jamie : When you told him this was your place, too, what did he say? Skills : Oh, well, I didn't exactly get to talk to him about it. Look, I didn't have time. He stripped off his drawer and I had to fight fre with fre. Jamie : You guys are weird. Skills : Anyway, he already know that if I move out, Miss Lauren gonna want me to move in with her, or get a place of our own, and I do not need that kind of pressure. Jamie : Well, don't you like Miss Lauren? Skills : Of course I do. I love Miss Lauren. Jamie : Well, if you love her, why wouldn't you want to be with her? Skills : Dude, I brought you over here to help me catch this little dragony thing, not to give me grief about my commitment issues. Now, come on. Let's get you home. Jamie : Okay. Skills : Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. What about the thing? Jamie : What about it? Its name is Percy, and it eats bugs and stuff. Skills : No, no, no, no, no. You catch it, you keep it. Jamie : I already have Chester. Maybe you can trade Percy in at the pet store and get something else. Either way, you should talk to Mouth. He is your friend. AT CLAY’S HOUSE Clay : I'm sorry. Everything you said was true. I love Nate and you and Jamie. And I should have done better by all of you, and I'm sorry. Haley : We're not paying her. Clay : And if that's what you decide, then of course we're not. But it's not my dream, and it's not your dream. In part it is, but this is Nathan's dream. He's worked so damn hard for it, and he deserves it, and I just want to protect it. I mean, for him and for you. Haley : This isn't fair. Clay : I know it's not, but if paying this woman the money he makes off one commercial protects Jamie from all of this, if it keeps his name safe and his career safe and you both finally get what you've been chasing forever, I think it's something we should consider. It's not fair, Hales. But none of this is. AT TV BROADCAST Dan : Do you believe in redemption? Rachel : I believe in money. So what's your story, anyway? Just hang out in strip clubs, waiting to die? Dan : Could be worse. Rachel : Could be better. just a matter of time * Rachel : Lucas' novel. Dan : Yeah. Reminds me of who I used to be. Rachel : You do know you're the villain in this? Dan : The villain has power. Rachel : I'm in here. I'm naked on the river court. Dan : I know. Page 88. It's bookmarked. * ...might take its own course * Rachel : So, what's with the self-help books? Best seller. Best seller. People are so lazy. Instead of changing their bad habits, they just buy a book. Dan : No, people aren't lazy. They're afraid. They're afraid of dying without leaving their mark on the world. Rachel : 'Cause they're lazy. What about you? Dan : Hmm. I left my mark on the world. I just can't seem to die. But I do know one thing. If people saw my life, they'd feel a lot better about theirs. * know that we've tried * * it might scatter and fade * * with time * * all things must change * * the road... * Rachel : You want to get out of here? * ...might take its own course * Dan : I can't. Rachel : Sure you can. We both can. * mama, we're still your boys * Rachel : Hey. Don't drink that. I need you. * and you gave it all back to us * AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Alex : Hi. Thanks for the trades. I was going crazy without news from the real world. Julian : This is the real world, Alex. Alex : Not for us. Julian : Well, it's too bad about your last movie falling apart, you were good in it. Alex : Oh, my God. Those wigs made your head so itchy. After every take, I was like, "uhh!" Oh, crap. I'm stuck in my extensions. A little help? So, how come you're not doing that movie in New Zealand? Ow. I slept with a couple actors on it. And a few crew guys. Maybe at the same time. Anyway, how me you're not doing it? Julian : I'm... just looking for something else. Alex : Well... I have something else you might like. Thanks. P.S. You're totally cute. ON THE ROOF OF CLOTHES OVER BROS Haley : Hey. Brooke : Hi. Haley : How's she doing? Brooke : Your sister? She's amazing. And believe it or not, this knucklehead actress might actually be worth it. Haley : Oh, great. Brooke : How you doing? Haley : Good. Brooke : Haley? Haley : Not good. Haley : It’s really sucks you know. Everything was going so great for us, and this woman comes along and just turns our whole world upside down. Brooke : Hales, you know I've been in the tabloids as much as anybody. They lie all the time. Quinn : And people will give Nathan the benefit of the doubt. You know that, Haley Bob. Alex : Unless he did it. My best friend Katie accused this guy of getting her pregnant, and it turns out he totally did it. He had to give her like a butt load of money, and then she got an abortion and bought the raddest fur coat. Like way rad. Brooke : We need a drink. Alex : Yeah. Brooke : Not you. Millicent, come get her! AT MOUTH’S OFFICE CEO : McFadden. Hey, what's the story with Nathan Scott? Mouth : Nothing. There is no story. AT TRIC Haley : Here's my problem with paying her. It's not the money. I mean, it is the money, but what if it comes out that we paid some pregnant lady to buy her silence? Brooke : She would never be able to talk about it. She'd have to sign a confidentiality agreement. Haley : What gonna stop her from doing that? I mean, since we’re clearly dealing with such a trustworthy human being. Brooke : Right. Quinn : I don't understand. The woman claims that she's pregnant, you know, and that Nathan's the father, but in this day and age, you can prove that kind of thing so easily, you know, with an amniocentesis or eventually a blood test, so... Haley : He didn't do it. He said he didn't do it, so I believe him. Quinn : Okay, of course, but then... Brooke : Look, she's hoping that Nathan caves. She's pregnant, she doesn't have any money, and she knows that Nathan Scott has a lot to lose, so why not take a sht? I say you call her bluff and don't pay the dumb bitch a dime. Haley : That's what I said, but it's gonna go public, and it's gonna affect Jamie, and Nathan's basketball contract is up for renewal. Millicent : Hi. Alls : Hi. Millicent : I'll be right back. Alex, you can't drink those. Alex : Fine! But love tequila. Used to. Here. You drink them, and I'll just have the lime. Millicent : No. Alex : Please? Pretty, pretty, pretty please? Millicent : Mmm. now the ocean tides come up with the moon * * I'm afraid we're all living... * Millicent : Ugh! Alex : Nice! Are we drunk yet? Millicent : We're buzzed. Alex : Oh, I miss being buzzed. Okay, don't tell any of the boys that I'm sober. That way, if I do anything slutty, I can still blame the booze. Thanks, Millie. See ya. Haley : So, the photo sh*t went well? Brooke : It went great, actually. This one's kind of good at her job for being a James. Quinn : Former James. Possibly future James. But thank you. You know, I used to make Haley Bob pose for me all the time. Remember, Hales? Haley : Sorry. I'm sorry, you guys. I really appreciate this, but I'm gonna go talk to Nathan. I'll catch up with you later. Brooke : Hey. I'm here for anything. Haley : I know. Thank you. Quinn : I'll see you at home. Haley : Ok. Brooke : You know what? I should probably go get some work done. Do you want to go? Quinn : No, I think I'm gonna stay here. Brooke : Do you want to talk about it? Quinn : Truthfully, I want to drink about it. Brooke : Okay. You did great work today, Quinn. Quinn : Thank you so much, Brooke. Brooke : Yeah. till the family relents and you get yourself pissed * * and suddenly everyone has got some advice * * you sell their suggestions without thinking twice * AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Skills : Mouth. Yeah, ha ha, very funny. You got me good, too, man. No, I did not scream like a little girl. No, I did not. Yeah, well, you would scream like a little girl, too, if a reptile ambushed you like that. Look, anyway, I want to call a truce. So, we need to talk when you get home later, all right? No, it was just something Jamie said. So, I guess I'll see you later, and I guess I'll try and explain it to you. All right, bro. All right. Later. * ...was born in the spring * * born in the spring * * born in the spring * * born in the spring * * 'cause everyone's gone * * we all die, don't you know? * * are you so disappointed that it all was a show? * * and the first love you had was the only thing real * AT SCOTT’S OUSE Nathan : How am I gonna explain this to him? Haley : Maybe you won't have to. * and we're brought here together... * * still I wish that I... * Haley : I... I hate that somebody can do this to you and get away with it, Nathan... I do. But... you're the one who fought as hard as you did to get where you are now, And you're the one who never gave up yourself, so... if you want to make this whole thing go away, then you do that, and I won't speak of it again. AT TRIC Clay : Let me get a Dixie and a sht of tequila, chilled. Alex : I love tequila. Used to. Clay : Doesn't go too well with rehab. Alex Dupre, right? Alex : Right. And you're that boy who owns the big house on the beach. Clay : I'm the boy that rents that big house on the beach. Clay. Alex : Hi. Clay : Uh... Alex : Go ahead. Just do it quick. ...with a degree pushing buttons * * he really played to win, man * * yeah, he'd never give up nothing * * something in his eyes said, "why are you all laughing?" * Alex : I miss that. Clay : The kissing or the drinking? Alex : Yes. Quinn : Wow. You're a piece of work. My sister's in tears, my brother in law's unemployed, and you're sucking face with dumb girls at the bar. Clay : Wow, your husband must be so happy right now. I'm sorry. That was unfair. Yeah, it has been one of those days. How you holding up? Quinn : If I was one of your clients, I'd be listed as "day to day’’ Clay : Aren't we all? Lauren. Okay. I'll take care of it. Quinn : Hey, Clay? I hope you know what you're doing. Clay : You too. Alex : I can be in your bed in 20 minutes. Clay : Maybe 30 . Quinn : Really? You're that guy? Clay : I am tonight. AT TV BROADCAST Rachel : What's on your mind, baby? Dan : Oh. I'm sorry what happened today with that man in the crowd you work so hard for me and... and the show, and I just... I'm sorry. Rachel : I'm not. I hired him to do it. Dan : Why? Rachel : Because you can't hide from what you did, Dan. And because whenever we shine a light on your mistakes, you fight back, and that inspires people. Besides, it makes for good TV. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Alex : Hi. Julian : Alex. What can I do for you? Alex : You said you were looking for something different. Julian : Look, Alex, I... Alex : I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I'm hot, and you're also thinking the dumb actress just gave you a stupid script, but it's not stupid, and I'm not dumb. Okay, well, I'm a little dumb, but I know a good script when I read it. Julian : Okay. I'll take a look. Alex : Hey, when I said I had something different for you. You thought I meant me, huh? Um... no. Some other boy gets me tonight. But we can totally meet up after if you want. Julian : That's okay. I'm good. Alex : Yeah. I'll bet you are. * suddenly * * we decompose * AT TRIC David : Answer it, Quinn. You're gonna have to talk to me sometime. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Mouth : Well, at least you're wearing pants. Skills : Look, if I move out, Lauren gonna want me to move in with her. Mouth : So what? You love Lauren. Skills : I know, but, look, first we move in together, and then she gonna want to get married. And, man, we even ain't even gotten into that yet. Look, I'm not even sure if I ever want to get married. And I'm not saying that I don't love Lauren, because I do. I'm just not sure what I want to do yet. Mouth : Well, you should have said that. Skills : Yeah, well, you should have asked. Mouth : You're a good roommate, Skills, and a good friend. You stay as long as you want, all right? Skills : All right. * came to life * * reaction time * * we're allowed * * so we all * * are growing old * AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : I didn't expect her to be such a mess. I'm sorry about that. Brooke : No, me too, but I'll tell you what... the camera loves her. She looks healthy and smart... happy. Millicent : Hmm. * and don't be afraid of the cold * AT THE RESTAURANT Clay : I appreciate you meeting me. Renee : I just want what's fair. Clay : Yeah. This is, uh... this is the amount that we're willing to pay to make this go away. Renee : It's empty. Clay : That's right. It's empty because you're a lying bitch, and we're not paying you a dime. Go to hell. * we cry * * cry * * we cry * * we slide * * we slide * * we'll slide into the light * AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : He talked to her. It didn't go well. Haley : It's gonna get worse. Nathan : I should talk to Jamie. * sing, fight * * we'll slide into the light * * maybe we're sealed in silence * * and maybe we feel a guidance * * maybe your own devices * * will keep you afraid of the cold * * afraid of the time * * you've got nowhere to go but here *	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "07x03 - Hold My Hand As I'm Lowered"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill"... Brooke : Millie was right. Alex Dupre is the perfect choice to be the face of the new campaign. Millicent : You do know that's Brooke's boyfriend, right? Alex : She dates a PA? Millicent : He's not a PA, he is a producer. Alex : I know what you're thinking. But I know a good script when I read it. Julian : Ok. I'll take a look. Haley : Quinn, what happened between you and David? Quinn : He used to see the world exactly the way I saw it. He just doesn't anymore. David : You're gonna have to talk to me sometime. Nathan : There's a girl who's thr*at to file a paternity suit against me, unless I pay her a couple hundred thousands dollars to keep her quiet. Mouth : What are you gonna do about it? Nathan : I don't know. What are you gonna do about it? Mouth : Nothing. Clay : The amount we're willing to pay to make this go away. Renee : It's empty. Clay : It's empty because you're a lying bitch and we're not paying you a dime. One Tree Hill – Season7 – Episode 04 NEAR THE RIVER Clay : You missed another workout. It's four in a row. Should I be worried? Nathan : I haven't been in the mood. Clay : Look, I get that, but you can't lose sight of what's in the line. Right now, your job is to stay in shape. Nathan : Am I gonna have a job, this year? What's going on with my contract, Clay? Clay : I'm working on it. Nathan : Should I be worried? Clay : We're gonna get it done. I promise you that. Nathan : Why haven't we heard anything? Clay : I told you, man, things are in process. I'm not talking about my deal. Nathan : This girl, Renee... It's been three days since we told her we won't gonna pay her anything. You think she decided to back off? Clay : I doubt it. Don't come out. And we're prepared for that. But until then, you can't just sit around holding your breath until it happens. Alright? I need you to get your head back in the game, Nate. Alright? Nathan : Ok. Let's go. AT THE SUPERMARKET Quinn : Dude, good find! I love this stuff. Here's my official cereal selecter. Say that 3 times fast. Jamie : Cereal Selecter. Cereal Selecter. Cereal Selecter. Quinn : Nice. Haley : This has too much sugar. Keep working. Jamie : I knew it. Quinn : Too much sugar? Ok, I've seen you eat 5 balls of Count Chocula in one sitting. Haley : That was on a dare from Taylor, and before I became a mom. You'll see, you're gonna have kids some day. Quinn : Dude, hand over that crystal ball. I have a few questions for it. Haley : You know, I have a question too. What happened with you and David at Tric? It's been a few days. Quinn : He wants me to come home and I told him I need more time to figure things out. Haley : Now we're talking. Quinn : Too healthy. Keep looking. It's out there. Haley : For your information, these cereals have everything you need. Quinn : That's the thing, I might have everything that I need that doesn't mean that's everything that I want. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Brooke : What is that smell? Julian : That would be sandalwood. Brooke : Seriously, with the incense? Julian : It's relaxing. Brooke : It's giving me a headache. Julian : Sorry. Are you nervous about your big day? Brooke : If you're referring to the fashion show that we've poured too much time and money into, then, yeah. I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous about it. Julian : Well, you shouldn't be. You're Brooke Davis. Brooke : You're starting to sound like Victoria, and that's weird for me. Do you have a new script? Julian : Oh, that's the script Alex gave me the other night. I was just writing down some ideas. Brooke : I thought you didn't like it. Julian : I don't. But the story's pretty good. There might be something there. Brooke : Well, you don't have to do this for me. I don't even like Alex. Julian : Oh, I'm not doing it as a favor. I know a good idea when I see one. Besides, people love a comeback story, and Alex is a good actress when she finds the right role. So, it's worth a look. Brooke : Ok. I'll see you later. Julian : Hey, Brooke Davis... you look beautiful today. AT ALEX’S HOTEL ROOM Millicent : Please be awake, please be awake. Alex! You're... ready. Alex : We have a job to do, don't we? Millicent : Yes, we do. Alex : It's called "being professional" which I'm kinda known for it. Used to be. Oh, my God, you look hot by the way. Now tell me I look hot too bitch, because I do. Millicent : You look hot too, bitch. Alex : Thanks. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Clay : Ok, right. Even though it's incredibly riventing watching you lift weights, I think I'm gonna head out. What time do you go to the fashion show tonight? Nathan : I don't know. Whatever. You going? Clay : Do I really want to watch a group of hot models parade on stage? Getting early, buddy. You're doing good, Nate. It's about 20? Nathan : I'm at 27. Clay : You know, you don't bring the bar on your chest every time, we don't count those. I'm watching you. Hello? Ok. Yeah, we knew there was a chance of that. Thank you. Nathan : I don't care what you say. That was . I'm done. Clay : The story burn out, Nate. It's out there. Nathan : Where? AT THE SUPERMARKET Quinn : What you got there, little man? Jamie : What's a love child? AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : I bought every copy I could find. Nathan : I'm sorry, Hales. Haley : You don't have to keep apologize. Nathan : Yes, I do. I'm responsible for this family and it kills me that you have to go through this. Haley : We are going through this, Nathan, together. We knew this was gonna happen. We made a choice and I still think it was the right thing to do. Nathan : Has Jamie seen this? Haley : He was the one that found it. He's just such a good boy. He doesn't understand why somebody would lie like this. Nathan : Is he home? Haley : No, he went to the park with Quinn. I thought it'd be good for him to spend some time with his friends right now. AT THE PARK Chuck : "The first time we were together, Nathan couldn't get enough, and neither could I." Naughty, naughty! Jamie : Shut up, Chuck, it's not true. Chuck : Yeah, right. My mom says they don't put stuff in these magazines unless it's true. Your dad's hosed. Jamie : He is not. Chuck : Yeah. Quinn : I think I should be allowed enough time to figure out exactly what I want. I mean, don't I deserve that? Girl : Yeah. Quinn : But David doesn't see it that way, he just wants to work it out. What if I don't want to work it out? What if I can't? Then what? Girl : Boys... AT MOUTH’S OFFICE Charlie : Refresh my memory. Did I not asked you to look into the Nathan Scott situation and find out if there was a story? Mouth : I did, but there wasn't. Charlie : The why does the National Informer have one? Mouth : The National Informer? Are you being serious? Oh oh, look at this alien babies on the rise. They scooped us on that one too, maybe you should hire them. Charlie : Maybe I will. Mouth : Come on, Charlie, this isn't news. Right now it's nothing but a rumor in some lowrent tabloid. But as soon as we report on that, we validate it. It becomes news. It's not fair and it's not what I do. Charlie : What you do is what I tell you to do. Or else you can go drag the ratings down at someone else's station. AT TRIC Brooke : Quinn did a really great job with these, Alex looks beautiful. Millicent : Yeah, now all we have to do is pick one. The winner goes in tonight gift bag. Brooke : So which one's the winner? Millicent : I was kind of hoping you'd pick. Brooke : Millie... this is your decision and I want you to make it. You're good at it. Millicent : Ok. That's go... this one. Brooke : Perfect. Ok. Millie, even though you are completely in charge of tonight's fashion show I decided to bring in a little experience just to help everything runs smoothly. Please don't freak out. Millicent : Please don't tell me you invited... Victoria : Well, well. Hi boss. These are lovely. Here's your winner. Millicent : I already picked this one. Victoria : I guess it will have to do then. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Miranda : She's quite percy you know. Woman your husband slept with. At least the baby will be adorable. Haley : Why would you say something like that? Miranda : What? The National Informer isn't a reliable source of information? My mistake. David : You got time for a brother-in-law? Haley : David, hi! Oh, it's good to see you. David : It's good to see you too. It's crazy out there. Haley : Yeah, we're having a fashion show tonight. And the Noisettes are playing, so, it should be fun. David : Maybe I'll stop by. Haley : You know, Quinn's gonna be here. David : Does that might, “could to stay away?” Haley : No, no, that's not what I meant. I would love for you to come, I just feel like it might be a little awkward right now. David : Could you give her a message from me? Just tell her I miss her, and that I love her. If she ever wants to talk to me I'll be right here, I'm not going anywhere. It was good to see you. Haley : To see you too. David : Okay. Haley : Bye. AT TRIC Chase : Millie. This... just came for you. Hi, Mrs. Davis. How are you? Victoria : I'm sorry. Have we met? Chase : Yeah, many times. I used to date your daughter. Every time that I said "hello", you asked me if we'd met. Victoria : Well, until next time then. Millicent : "To Millie. I'm sorry I can't be there for your big night but I can't wait to celebrate. I'm proud of you. Love, Marvin." Victoria : Sweet. You know where this would look perfect? In your car. Alex : Nice flowers! Who's the old lady? Millicent : The old lady is Brooke's mother. Victoria, this is Alex Dupre. She's the star of tonight show. Alex, Victoria Davis. Victoria : So you're the former actress we're overpaying. Alex : Oh wait, Millie told me all about you. How you were this evil bitch who used to run everything here, but now you're just an evil bitch. Millicent : I didn't say that. In those words. Victoria : Well, I'll let you get back to not making movies. Millicent : You are fun. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Quinn : Hey, Haley Bob. Have you seen these? Yeah, they are gorgeous. Haley : I could not help noticing that you signed yourself as Quinn James. Quinn : Yeah. I don't know. I thought it was a good idea. You know, kinda like a fresh start. Haley : Fresh start? Quinn : You know what I mean. Haley : You need to tell David how you feel, Quinn. He came by here today and he wanted me to tell you that he loves you and he misses you, and he'll wait for you. And he meant every word of it. All I wanted more than anything was to tell him that you felt the same way. Quinn : Yeah, but that's not your place, is it? Haley : No, it's not. It's yours. Just tell him the truth, Quinn. He's still your husband, even if you don't love him anymore. If you owe him anything at all, it's truth. AT TRIC Brooke : Jamie Scott, you're late. Jamie : I am? Brooke : Aren't you here to help me pass out these gift bags? Jamie : Sure. What do I do? Brooke : Put one of those on every chair. Chop, chop! Nathan : Just... put my son to work? Brooke : Absolutely. Clothes Over Bros has a long history for child labour. I'm just kidding. I thought... it might help take his mind off things. Nathan : You read the National Informer. Brooke : No. But I heard about it. I only read those things when I'm in them 'cause I'm still waiting for that story to come out about and Johnny Depp. Nathan : Nice. Brooke : Seriously, Nate, I've been on the tabloids a thousand times, and it's never been anything but rumors and lies. Look... all you can do is weather the storm don't feed the flame and make it worse. And eventually they'll move on to somebody else. Nathan : I just have one question. How do you explain that to a seven-year-old? AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : Quinn told me the guys were teasing you this morning. Want to talk about it? Jamie : Chuck said that I was gonna have a brother or a sister. Nathan : I promise you if you ever do have a little brothers or sister, it would be from your mom and me. Jamie : Why is she lying? Nathan : Cause sometimes bad people forget the difference between right and wrong. And these people, sometimes... they like to take advantage of good people... like us. Jamie : Do you ever forget? Nathan : No. And you know why? 'Cause every time I'm not so sure I'm doing the right thing, I take a look at this picture of you and your mom, and it reminds me of everything that's important to me. And it always helps me do the right thing. Ok? AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Miranda : I need you for about 10 minutes. There's a reporter here from Visual Lyrics Magazine and she wants to ask you a few questions about Red Bedroom. Haley : I'm not really up for an interview today, Miranda, okay? Miranda : No, it's not okay. This label needs is starving for some good press, and it's exactly how you get it. So if that means to take a few minutes to kiss it at last... you get up and do it. The truth is, this reporter has influence and we don't want her on our bad side, okay? Haley : Ten minutes. AT TRIC Julian : Vicki. Brooke didn't tell me you were coming in for the show. Victoria : Consider me Millicent training wheels, and don't ever call me Vicki again. Julian : Sorry. I thought we were bonding. Victoria : You thought wrong. Tell me... how's your father? It's Paul, right? Julian : Yeah. Victoria : Has he taken a lover recently? Julian : What just happened? Victoria : Sorry. I thought we were bonding. Julian : You thought wrong. Victoria : You know, my daughter seems so happy lately. In fact, she seems happier that I've ever seen her. I'm assuming I owe that to you. Julian : Are you starting to approve of me? Victoria : Don't be silly. She could do so much better. Good bye, Julian. Say hello to Paul for me. You tell him if he's ever in search of a lover, to give me a call. Julian : Please stop saying "lover". AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Angela : Everyone knows about Mia Catalano. What about Haley James Scott? When does your next album come out, Haley? Haley : We've been working hard so, hopefully soon. Maybe I'll send you some tracks see if you like them. Angela : I'd like that. Now, let's talk about your reaction when you found out your husband not only had an affair but has got another woman pregnant . Miranda : Sorry, Angela. Time's up. Angela : You promised me minutes, Miranda. It's only been . Miranda : Well, you forfeited the other when you asked that stupid question. Angela : The question was relevant. Miranda : No, it was personal. Now, if you really wanna get personal, we can talk about that time in the Hamptons three years ago, when you got drunk and soiled yourself. Now, that was a messy situation. Angela : Look, that never happened. You just made that up. Miranda : Oh, then I'm sure you're sympathetic to Haley's situation... since her husband's affair was also made up. Off you go. We'll look forward to reading your column. What if she hates us? Who reads "Reviews" anyway? IN THE BACKSTAGE Makenna : Excuse me. Those waters are for the models, not the help. Millicent : Oh, no, I'm not... Supposed to be back here. Makenna : I know, sweetie. You see this, is where the pretty people play. You don't qualify. Alex : Makenna Gage, right? Oh, my gosh, you're so pretty in person. All the other girls are such skanks. I'm Alex, by the way. Makenna : I know who you are. I love your movies. I'm actually doing some acting down too, but I still model on the side. Alex : Oh, I knew that we had something in common. Makenna : You remember that movie you did about the double agent? I auditioned for your part. Well, they told me I was too hot. No offense. Oh, my God. We should totally do a movie together. Alex : Totally. We would have so much fun. You party, right? Of course you do. You have to try these, they're so kickass. I usually take three, but you should probably three only take two. Makenna : Give me four. NEAR THE RIVER Quinn : Hi, David. David : Quinn. It's good to see you. Quinn : You too. This reminds me of this park where we first met. David : You know, I almost proposed you there. Quinn : Really? You never told me that. David : I had the ring. It was a beautiful night. You were a little drunk, so I've been asking myself the chances to ask. Quinn : So what happened? David : I decided to wait for a better moment. Quinn : Well, that's us isn't it? Always waiting for something. David : That's not true. Quinn : Remember that job in San Francisco? You didn't take it because you felt something better might come. David : And it did. Quinn : I know it did. And you were right to wait. But that was two years of our lives we could have been experiencing something exciting and new, and... instead we just put our lives on hold. David : I didn't realize you felt that way. Quinn : I didn't at the time. You know, we made that decision together, and I was fine with that decision then. The person I am today wouldn't have waited those two years. David : Ok. I understand that, but I can change too. I can be whoever you want me to be. Quinn : I won't wait you change for me. It's not fair. I want you to be you because, you're a wonderful person. David : So is this the part you tell me you love me, but you're not in love with me? So that's it? There's nothing I can do to save our marriage? Quinn : I'm sorry, David. I think we should get a divorce. ON BACKSTAGE Brooke : That is the sexy group. You girls look amazing. And when you're out there, don't worry, they will be staring at you, they will be staring at me. Wait. Where is the red cocktail dress? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... ! Why am I counting nine? Alex : Because there's nine of us. Brooke : Where is Makenna? Somebody wake her up. Alex : Good luck, I saw her swallow a hand full of pills. She's such a cliche. Brooke : Victoria, please, tell me you can fix this. Victoria : This is Millie's show, remember? I'm sure she has a backup plan. Millicent : Yes, I do. We double up one model. The first girl on stage changes and goes out in the final piece. Brooke : Ok. Okay, that works... what about the final work? Millicent : We loose one piece from the collection. Victoria : That's unacceptable. Alex : Millie can handle it. Victoria : Well, clearly she can't. Alex : No, I mean Millie can do it, she can take Makenna's place. Millicent : Me? I'm not a model. Victoria : She's definitely not a model. Alex : Neither am I, but I'm still going out there. She's gorgeous, she's got better legs than Makenna and let's face it, and she's your only option. Unless, of course, you want to go out there with your walker. Brooke : Millie, strip down. Chop chop. AT TRIC Nathan : Chase, I thought you managed this place now. Chase : Mostly. But, I kinda miss being back here. I invented a new drink, you should try. It's called "the brain haemorrhage". Chase : You know there's already a drink called the brain haemorrhage, right? I'm sorry, man. I'm sure yours is much better. Nathan : Damn it! I'll get you a beer. Chase : Ok. Clay : Hey, man. Nathan : Hey. Clay : Listen, the press are gonna be here later, so I want you to practise two very important words... "No comment". Nathan : What if I do make a comment? Maybe just... tell my side of things? Clay : I'd be careful about that, it's just a game you don't wanna play. Chase : So, what do you think? It's not bad, eh? Clay : It's delicious, it should be illegal. This is the worst drink I ever had. Nathan : Brain haemorrhage? Clay : Yeah, good call on the beer. ON BACKSTAGE Julian : How are those nerves holding up? Brooke : I'm about to be judged by fashion critics who had to fly to North Carolina and love to witness failure. Julian : Well, then I guess they're gonna be disappointed tonight. I brought you something that's gonna relieve all your stress. Brooke : You got me a present? Julian : Sandalwood. It must have broken in half on the way over here. Oh well, I guess this will have to do. You still nervous? Brooke : For what? Where am I? Brooke : I want to thank you all for coming here tonight. Those of you who travelled down here to Tree Hill. I know we're not in New York but this is my home and this is the place that inspired the line, so I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Now, to kick us off, we are thrilled to bring you... Noisettes! Brooke : Hey. I'll be right back. Victoria : Ok. Quinn : Hey. Haley : Hey! The show just started. Quinn : Fine. Haley : Good. Did you talk to David? Quinn : Yeah. I don't want to hurt him, Haley. This is what I have to do. Haley : You okay? Quinn : I'm fine, I'm fine. This is Brooke's night. ON BACKSTAGE Millicent : I can't do this, what if they laugh? Alex : Nobody is gonna laugh. Your hot ass is about to pull the roof off of this place. Brooke : Millie, are you ready for this? Millicent : I don't know Brooke, it doesn't feel right. I'm not a size zero. Brooke : What did you just say? Millicent : I said I'm not a size zero. Brooke : Of course you're not. Millie, I have an idea, I just need more time. Alex : I got this. Haley : Is that Millie? She looks gorgeous! AT THE INTERVIEW Man : So, you were clearly the crowd favorite tonight. When did you come out with this idea to put yourself in the show? Millicent : Well, the truth is, one of our models... Victoria : One of our models, Alex Dupre she was brought in specially to headline this collection. She was a fabulous choice, but we had this little surprise planned for several months. Clothes Over Bros is a line for real women. Zero is not a size. We're just thrilled that all of you responded the way we hoped you will. Thank you so much for coming. I'll give it to you... you're good. I know. ON BACKSTAGE Julian : Hey Alex, is Brooke around? Alex : Oh, she's somewhere receiving praise. I thought you were avoiding me. Julian : Why would I avoid you? Alex : I don't know. Maybe because you haven't read the script I gave you? Julian : Oh, I read it. You want my honest opinion? Alex : Of course. Julian : It's not that good. Alex : Which part? Julian : The beginning, middle and end. Alex : Ok, uh... what did you hate about it? Julian : I didn't say I hated it. The writing just needs a little focus. But somewhere underneath all the clutter, I think there is a really solid story there. I wouldn't mind meeting with the writer. I got a few ideas. Alex : I wrote it. Julian : You wrote what? Alex : That clutter filled messy you hated. Julian : No, I told you, I didn't hate it. Alex : You said it wasn't good. Julian : I also said it has potential. And if that's your first script... I am really impressed, Alex. If you're serious about this, I would be willing to work with you on it. But only if you're committeed. Alex : I would love to commit to you, Julian. We're totally gonna make this movie. Julian : Okay, hold on. Let's get the script in shape first, after that we'll see. Alex : Ok. AT TRIC Quinn : I forgot. How'd it go with the famous actress? Was it oscar worthy? It was just sex. Quinn : Right. You know, I'm trying to figure out if this is the person you really are or just the person you want everyone to think that you are. Maybe a little of both. You look like you need a drink. Quinn : Yes. I want one of those blue drinks, those look good. Clay : Chase... another brain haemorrhage. Chase : It's called a brain blaster now. Clay : Right, just make sure it's extra blue. AT MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth : What's this? Man : That's the last minute changes. Mouth : Who made them. Man : Charlie. Mouth : We're alive at three... two... AT TRIC Haley : Miranda. Listen... I just wanted to thank you for what you did earlier. I felt a little blindsight in there, and... it meant a lot that you stuck up for me. Miranda : I'm just being consistent. If they're not willing to let you use personal issues as an excuse to get off work, I am certainly not gonna let some bitch come in the way. Haley : Ok. Well, whatever your motivation was, thank you. Miranda : You're welcome. And besides, I've I always hated that cow. AT MOUTH’S OFFICE Mouth : And Albert Pujols continued his torrid summer by knocking in 2 runs, as the Redbirds drop the Phillies to. And finally... that is the night in sports. Man : Go to commercial, go to commercial now. Charlie : You just keep walking McFadden. You're off the air. AT TRIC Clay : What took you so long? Chase : Sorry. Running low on Jagermaister and Sambuca. Quinn : Is he being serious? Clay : Yep, never mind that. Just sit back and enjoy this delicious blue masterpiece. Quinn : That's really good, thank you. Chase : You are the boss. Quinn : Oh my God, you're so evil. I'm sure I'm gonna have nightmares about this drink. Why would you do that? Clay : So now we can say we both went throught it. David : Can I talk to you? Quinn : David. Look, this isn't the time or place for this. David : You're my wife, Quinn. Quinn : And you're drunk. Just go home and sleep it off, ok? We'll talk about it later. David : No, I want to talk about it now. Quinn : No, I don't want to. David : I want to talk about it now. Quinn : No. Clay : You need to back up. David : And you need to stay out of this, this is none of your business. Clay : I'm making it my business, alright? You think you're having a rough day. Nathan : Damn it, Clay. Alex : Fighting over a girl... huge turn on. Clay : I was just defending a friend. Alex : Well, that's good to know, I was getting a little jealous. You know, I'm still turned on though. How about I come over later and take care of that hand... and any other body part that might need special attention? Clay : Maybe some other time. You did great tonight, Alex. I'll see you. Woman Press : Nathan Scott! Do you have a comment regarding the allegations made about you in the National Informer? Nathan : Yes, I do have a comment. I'd just like to say, I'm very proud of my friend Brooke Davis. Tonight she reminded all of us just how talented she is. As for the other stuff, no I have no comment. Thanks. Victoria : I hate to admit it, but Millicent really did pull it off. Brooke : Yeah. And Alex really pulled it off her. Victoria : She did. That was a good idea. Brooke : Thank you. Victoria : I tell you what's not such a good idea... letting that girl got to close to Julian. Brooke : Alex? He just read some script she gave him. Julian is a good guy, mom. Victoria : Yes, he is. And I have a feeling she wrecked a few good guys in her day. Millicent : Hey, Alex. Listen, I just wanted to thank you for everything you did for me tonight. I still can't believe that was me. Hum, I'll see you tomorrow. Alex : Hold on, bitch. There's no way I'm letting you go home. There's an after party that nobody's invited to, except us. You're going. Millicent : That's not really my scene. Alex : It is now. Look, don't worry I'll have your cute ass home before the sun comes up. And if you hate it, we'll leave. Come on, come on. Please? Say yes. Millicent : Yes. Alex : Yes. Let's go. Come on. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Mouth : Hey, Millie. It's me. I kinda had a bad night, so I was really hoping to talk to you. You always make me feel better. Anyway, I'm sure the show is great and I can't wait to hear all about it. I'll wait up. I love you. AT TRIC Julian : You know, even with all the models on this stage tonight the most beautiful woman at the show was backstage. Brooke : Thank you. Julian : No, I was talking about Victoria. I'm thinking of setting her up with my dad. Apparently she's in search of a lover. Brooke : What just happened? Julian : Don't ask. Brooke : Ok. I saw you talking to Alex. How did she take it when you told her you don't like the script? Julian : Actually, it turns out, she wrote it, and she needs some help. So I'm gonna work with her on that. Who knows? Maybe we can get it in a good enough shape and make a movie out of it. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS David : I don't know how I'm gonna do this. I don't know how to let you go. I don't know how to keep you. This isn't you, Quinn. Quinn : Maybe you're right, David. That's what I'm trying to figure out. David : Is this the life you want? Fancy parties, celebrities? Or is that the life you think you want. Quinn : Maybe a little of both. I want you to go home, David. I think it's time we move on with our lives. You need to go home and let go of me. David : I won't. Quinn : You're gonna have to. David : You know, you're... working hard to convince yourself that's it's over, but you'll never love me again. But nothing you do is gonna make me go with hope. Quinn : You'd be better off letting me go. Quinn : Give me a ride? Sure. Clay : Where to? Quinn : Your place. Clay : You sure you wanna do this? He'll never forgive you. Quinn : Just drive. IN THE STREET Haley : What are you doing here? Renee : He doesn't love you. Haley : Honey, you don't know what you're talking about. Renee : He told me while we were making love. Haley : Get the hell out of my way, slut. Renee : Maybe I am a slut, but that's what Nathan liked about me. He had me do all kinds of things to him that he said you would never... You're gonna pay for that one.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "07x04 - Believe Me, I'm Lying"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on One Tree Hill Jamie : What's a love child? CEO : Did I not ask you to look into the Nathan Scott situation to find out if there was a story? Mouth : Right now, it's nothing but a rumor in some low-rent tabloid. That's not fair, and it's not what I do. CEO : Yeah, just keep walking, McFadden. You're off the air! Brooke : Where is Makenna? Alex : Millie can handle it. She can take Makenna's place. Alex : There's an after after party that nobody's invited to except us. You're going. Say "yes." Millicent : Yes. Alex : Yes! Julian : I wouldn't mind meeting with the writer. I got a few ideas. Alex : I wrote it. Julian : If you're serious about this, I'd be willing to work with you on it, but only if you're committed. Alex : I would love to commit to you, Julian. Quinn : I'm sorry, David. I think we should get a divorce. Clay : Where to? Quinn : Your place. Just drive. Haley : What are you doing here? Renee : He doesn't love you. Haley : You don't know what you're talking about, sweetie. Renee : He told me while we were making love. One Tree Hill – Season 7 Episode 5 AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Renee : Maybe I am a slut, but that's what Nathan liked about me. He had me do all kinds of things to him that he said you would never... Animator : that's the only ht to come out of rock star Haley James Scott in five years. Let's see that again! Renee : He had me do all kinds of things to him that he said you would never... Nathan : Well, I suppose there’s a worse thing than hitting a pregnant woman. Haley : Yeah? Like what? Nathan : Let's see that again! Just give me a second. Renee :...that he said you would never. Nathan : Mm. Good slap, though. Haley : Thank God Jamie and Quinn aren't awake to see this. Nathan : It’s okay. AT CLAY’S BEACH HOUSE Clay : It's a long walk of shame from here to Nate's. You might want to eat something first. Quinn : Yeah, I was just gonna grab a cab of shame, so, I'm good, but thank you. Clay : You know, I can drive you. You know, it's cheaper than a cab of shame and comes with a free meal. Quinn : It's more the driver that I'm worried about, so... Clay : Did I mention I made breakfast burritos? Quinn : I do like breakfast burritos. Clay : Mm-hmm. I make a mean breakfast burrito. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Julian : Have you seen Alex's script? I'm working with her today. Ohh. Sorry. Good morning, Brooke Davis. You get sexier and younger every day. Brooke : Well, good morning, babe. You're so sweet. Julian : So, have you seen her script? Brooke : You certainly do know how to ht the off switch. Julian : Sorry, babe, but you know I'm working with her today. Brooke : Yeah. I'm not so sure that's a good idea. I don't trust her around men. She's like one of those herpes from mythology. Julian : You mean "harpies"? Brooke : No, actually, I don't. Her underwear should be a welcome mat, and I've seen the way she looks at you. Can't you find a better script, written by an uglier person? Julian : Trust me, I'm not interested in the writer. I'm interested in the story. Brooke : As long as it doesn't become the story you and Alex tell your kids someday when they ask how you met. Julian : Hey. The only kids I'll be telling stories to... will be ours. Brooke : That's a good answer. Julian : Have a good day. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Mouth : Have a good night? Millicent : Marvin. You scared me. Mouth : Well, then, I guess we're even, then. Where have you been? Millicent : It was such a crazy night. One of the models passed out, so Brooke let me go up in her place. Mouth : You modeled? Millicent : Yeah. Can you believe it? And then Alex wanted to celebrate, so we went out for a few drinks, and I guess I just lost track of time. Mouth : Weren't you tipped off when the sun came up? You never even called. Millicent : I know, and I'm really sorry, but can we talk about it at lunch? I'm late for work. I really am sorry. AT TV BROADCAST Dan : I'm not seeing the licorice whips. Man : Oh, I must have forgotten to order more. I... I'm sorry, Mr. Scott. Dan : Hey. I forgive you. Rachel : "Nathan Scott: a basketball star's love child." Like father, like son, huh? AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : So, I guess, since you're playing video games, you've already brushed your teeth, huh? Jamie : You know it. Haley : If you're lying, the tooth police will come and take your teeth away. Nathan : That's right, and then everyone's gonna call you "gummy Scott." Jamie : Right. I'll get it. I'll brush! I'll brush! Policeman : Haley Scott? You're under arrest for asault and battery. Please turn around. Haley : Excuse me?! Policeman : Put your hands behind your back. Nathan : You're not arresting my wife. Policeman : You need to step away, sir. Nathan : Are you serious? Policeman :...in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. Nathan : Oh, you guys are real heroes, aren't you? Jamie : Mom! Haley : It's okay, baby. Go inside. I'll be home later. Nathan : Haley, we're right behind you. Okay? Don't worry. IN JAIL Bitch #1 : I bet you charge a lot for that innocent-mommy look, huh? Haley : What? Courtney : Hey, I know you. My husband showed me your clip on the internet last night, then he got an I.M. from some dirty skank, so I smashed him over the head with a keyboard. Bitch #1 : She was on the internet? What did she do? Courtney : Bitch-slapped some pregnant chick. Bitch #1 : That is cold. AT CLAY’S BEACH HOUSE Quinn : You know, this has been quite the bonus for spending the night. So, what kind of feast would you make me if I spent the whole weekend? Clay : Probably something to go. Quinn : So, did you learn to cook just to impress women? Clay : Something like that. Quinn : Does your phone ever stop buzzing? Because I only have one thing that vibrates that much. Clay : They're all business calls. Quinn : Oh, really? Okay. All business calls. Let's see. Hmm. Katie, Alex, Faith. Ooh, Melissa, Kylie. So, you're a pimp? Clay : Mm. Let's see who your last five calls are. David, David... David, David. David. Sorry. Make you a deal. I'll turn off mine if you turn off yours. Quinn : Deal. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Clay cell phone : This is Clay. Leave a message. Nathan : Clay, where the hell are you? Haley's been arrested! Call me back! Jamie : Aunt Quinn isn't in her room, and she made her bed just like mom makes it. It doesn't even look like she slept in there. AT MOUTH’S OFFICE Harvey : So, after you read me the numbers, I write them down in this book. Got it? Mouth : Actually, I came up with the whole logging system when I first started. They, uh, they used to call it the Marvin method. Harvey : We call it logging tapes. CEO : So, did, uh, Harvey explain the job to you? I believe he came up with the logging method himself. Now, of course, you could be a real reporter again if you just read the stories we give you. Mouth : I am a real reporter. That's why I don't report gossip. CEO : Fine. Well, just keep logging it instead. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : I'm so sorry I'm late! Please don't kll me! Okay! Please don't have sex with me, either. Brooke : You are not gonna believe this! You were a huge ht last night! Huge! Millicent : They think I look ordinary. Brooke : No, they think you're amazing... "beautiful, sexy, smokin' hot." Millicent : This person thinks I look like a turd sandwich! Brooke : Okay. You can't focus on one negative comment. Millicent : This person agrees! Brooke : Well, then, listen to me! I think you're gorgeous! Millicent : You don't think I look like "a frumpy whore on bingo night"? Brooke : No! If I did, would I ask you to model full time? We want to do a whole line based on "zero is not a size." I mentioned the idea to Victoria, and she jumped on it so fast, you'd think it was Julian's dad. Millicent : I'm not a model. Brooke : But you were last night. Did you like it or not? Millicent : Yeah, I did. Brooke : Well, there you go. Alex isn't a model, either, and that's not stopping her from taking my money. Millicent : Yeah, but Alex is a lot sexier than me. AT ALEX’S HOTEL ROOM Alex : Hi, Julian! You ready to give me notes? Julian : Yes. Here's my first one... get dressed. Alex : Oh. I'm sorry. I just got caught up watching "Grease 2." Does that ever happen to you? Julian : Yes. Alex : Come on in. I'll be ready in a sec. Julian : Ohh. I thought you were getting dressed! Alex : I did. See? Julian : No. At least it's not a welcome mat. Alex : I wore them when I auditioned for "Wonder woman," but I didn't get the part. Does that mean they're bad luck? Maybe I should take them off. Julian : No, no, no, no! No. I can't believe I'm saying this, but you need to put more clothes on. Alex : Why? It's not like they're crotchless or edible. Julian : Because if I work with you in yours, I'll never see Brooke in hers again. Alex : Oh, my God. You're so cute. I just want to hug you. Julian : Yeah, don't! Uh, maybe we should do this another day. Maybe somewhere public. Alex : I am really, really excited to start. All set. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Quinn : You're walking me to the door. I didn't know you were such a gentleman. Clay : I'm an enigma. Quinn : You just want to talk to Nathan. Clay : Mystery solved. Nathan : Did you get my messages? Quinn : We turned our phones off. Nathan : Oh, we did, did we? Quinn : What's up? Nathan : Haley's in jail. Quinn, watch Jamie. IN THE AEROPORT Chase : What are you doing here? Mia : You've spent enough time at my studio. I figured I should return the favor. How are lessons going? Chase : There's nothing like it, Mia... flying through the air. I would stay up there forever if it wasn't for you...and gas. Mia : Good to know. I come before gas. Chase : Most of the time, you do. Man : Chase, you're up! Chase : Looks like we're gonna head back up. You want to come? Mia : No, thanks. Musicians and small planes don't mix. Chase : Right. Then I'll learn to fly a big plane. IN JAIL Courtney : I would have slapped that bitch, too. And your cheating husband. Haley : He didn't cheat. Courtney : Really? He is good-looking, famous... and is surrounded by girls. My husband's a fat, lazy bum, and he cheats all the time. It's just what men do. Haley : Well, not Nathan. Courtney : Oh, well, aren't you lucky? You must have found the only one. Well, if he's so great... then why are you still in here? Policewoman : Haley James Scott? Haley : There he is now. Haley : What the hell do you want? Renee : I'm dropping the charges. I shouldn't have provoked you last night. You're not the one that I'm angry with. Haley : Well, that's great. Thank you. Let's do each other's hair now. Renee : Look, I know that you think that I'm lying, but I'm not. Nathan is, to the both of us. Haley : This is such crap. I know him better than anybody else in the world, and what you're saying he did isn't him! Renee : Maybe not when he's sober. But he wasn't. Neither of us were. Haley : What? What is this? The number of men who might be the father of your baby? Renee : It's my phone number. Haley : Look through Nathan's old cell phone bills. I'm sorry. I know you're just trying to protect your family. But so am I. AT ALEX HOTEL ROOM Alex : You hate the sex scenes? But those are my favourite. Julian : I don't hate the sex scenes. Alex : Well, then, why is red ink all over the page? Red ink means bad. Bad, bad. I had a red pen. Julian : I'll use blue next time. And I think the characters should have sex. I just don't think it would happen the way you wrote it. Alex : It did happen the way I wrote it. I mean, it would. Julian : It just doesn't seem realistic to me. The girl rips her clothes off and throws herself at the guy for no reason? I just can't see that happening. Alex : Huh. Julian : You don't need a lot. Maybe just a line or two. Alex : Can you see it happening now? Julian : No! Oh, God. No. No. I can't. Uh... Oh, God. No. Alex : What's the matter? We're working together. Julian : That's not how I work. Alex : This is how all guys work. Julian : Uh... You know... I thought you would actually take this seriously, but I guess that was my mistake. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : Please tell me you're kidding. Okay, Alex. Settle down. I'll be right over. Mouth : Ready for lunch? Millicent : I'm sorry. That was Alex, and she's upset about something. And it's kind of my job to take care of her. I'll make it up to you. I promise. Brooke : Okay. I pulled some more ... Mouth, where'd Millie go? Mouth : To take care of Alex. Brooke : Oh, good. Get a shovel and help her get rid of the body. Mouth : Is she that bad? Should I be worried about Millie? Brooke : Not unless you think Alex is trying to sleep with her, so yes. Mouth : She stayed out partying all night. Brooke : She was probably celebrating, and I can't say that I blame her. Check these out. Mouth : Wow. These are from last night? Brooke : Amazing, right? Totally not a turd sandwich. I asked her to do it full time. Did you ever think you'd be dating a model? IN JAIL Haley : Well, how did you find out that your husband was cheating on you? Courtney : Which time? I always had my suspicions, you know? But I didn't find out for sure until I walked in on him having sex with my neighbour, and even then he tried to deny it. The only thing that men do more than cheat is lie. Policewoman : Courtney Smith? Your husband's here to bail you out. Courtney : That's me. I'll see you around. Haley : You're going back to him? Courtney : What am I gonna do? I love him. IN THE CHANGING ROOM Rachel : You're not actually gonna call him, are you? Dan : No matter what, Nathan will always be my son. Rachel : Tell him that. How can you be so soft on the inside... and so hard on the outside? Dan : Not now. AT THE POLICE STATION Clay : You okay? Who is it? Nathan : It's nobody. What do you want? Dan : Hi, Nathan. I heard about your problem. I was wondering if I could ... Nathan : If you could what? Help? You made a fortune capitalizing on the mrder of your own brother. You save your help for people who don't know you and stay away from me and my family. Dan : Okay, then. Well, you let me know if you need anything. Good talking to you, too. Please try your call again later. Okay. Rachel : You'll never find forgiveness from your family. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Quinn : You know, Jame, you're a smart kid, but you're not quite Beethoven. Are you hungry? Can I make you something? Jamie : Will you take me to see my mom? Quinn : Your dad will be home soon. We wouldn't want to be gone when she gets home, would we? Jamie : I guess not. Do you still love uncle David? Quinn : Yeah. Why would you ask me that? Jamie : Why aren't you with him? Quinn : It's a lot of little things. Jamie : Like what? Quinn : I don't know. It's complicated. Jamie : That's not a very good answer. Quinn : I know. Jamie : Actually, I could go for some cereal. Quinn : Yeah? Let's go. AT THE POLICE STATION Clay : Renee dropped the charges, so this should all go away. Nathan : Well, Renee is not going away. We need to do something about it. Clay : I'm on it. Nathan : Really? 'Cause from the looks of things this morning, you were on something else. Hey. Are you okay? Haley : Yeah. I just want to get out of here. Clay : Oh, I wish you would have just stayed home and let me take care of this. Nathan : Why? What's the big deal? Clay : Come on. Paparazzi : Mr. Scott! Mr. Scott! Mr. Scott! AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Quinn : Hey, bud, how do you like your cereal? Jamie : Cereal? You just poured milk over a bowl of cookies. Quinn : Are you complaining? Jamie : No. Hold on. I'll be right back. Quinn : David. I just need to know one thing. David : Did you go home with that guy last night? Quinn : Yeah. David : So I guess I was wrong. There was something you could do to make me give up hope. Jamie : Uncle David! Are you gonna stay with us? David : Hey, bud. I'm sorry. I can't. I just came by to say hi to you... and goodbye to your aunt Quinn. AT TRIC Chase : Hey, you! Mia : Hey. Chase : Where you been? Mia : I went to visit my pilot boyfriend this morning. Chase : Hmm. He sounds cool. Mia : Yeah, almost as cool as my bartender boyfriend. Chase : That's "bar manager." Mia : Oh. Miranda : Mia, have you heard from Haley today? She's supposed to be in the studio. Mia : No, not a peep. Miranda : Well, see if you can find her, considering you're such good friends and alike. Mia : Hmm. I really wish you worked at a bar that wasn't attached to my studio. Chase : I won't be working at any bar once I get my pilot's license. I owe that to you. You're the one that inspired me to follow my dreams. Mia : How did I do that? Chase : By following yours. And I never would have met you if the bar that I work at wasn't attached to your studio. Mia : I really hope you make a better pilot than you do a bartender. Chase : That's "manager." AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Clay : We need to go on the offensive before this thing gets any bigger. I'm gonna schedule a press conference today so you can make an official statement. Nathan : And what good will that do? Clay : It'll give people a chance to see who you really are... an honest family man with his wife by his side. Haley : You want me there? Clay : Definitely... I think it's really important that we show that you support Nathan through all this. Nathan : And you really think making a statement is gonna help? Clay : Yeah, look, how much, I don't know, but it'll definitely help. Jamie : Mom! Nathan : Set up the press conference. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Hi. How's the story coming? It better not have a happy ending. Julian : Nope. No worries there. It's over. Brooke : What happened? Julian : Let's just say... she's the person you thought she was. Brooke : Does Brooke Davis have to slap a bitch? Julian : No, baby. I just won't be working with her anymore. She's all yours. Brooke : I'm sorry, babe. Are you okay? Julian : Yeah, it's just I hadn't found a script I liked that much in a long time. I can't believe I was stupid enough to think she'd take it seriously. Brooke : Well, you'll find a better script. Julian : Yeah? I guess it's back to renting movies instead of making them. Any suggestions? Brooke : Something that'll put you in a better mood, or at least in the mood to make out with me. Julian : "Grease 2" it is. Brooke : Again? You're weird. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : Hey, you. You got any good stories from the inside? Haley : Actually, um... Renee came by. Nathan : What did she want? Haley : Just to tell me that she's dropping the charges, and, uh, she's still insisting that you're the father. Nathan : She's crazy. Haley : Yeah, I know. That's what I told her. She's just so certain. You don't remember meeting her at all or...? Nathan : No. Were you drinking a lot that night? Nathan : You're actually starting to believe her, aren't you? Haley : I'm not. Of course not. I just don't understand why she would make something like this up. I mean, if it's all a lie, we're gonna find out when the baby comes out anyway. So why would she do that? Nathan : She's trying to take advantage of us, Haley. Haley : Why you? Nathan : Great. You're the one person I need to believe me, and you think I'm lying. Haley : I didn't say that. Nathan : You didn't have to. Haley : Nathan. Where are you going? Nathan : Out. And don't worry... I'll try not to knock anyone up. AT THE HOTEL ROOM Alex : There's been a mistake. I ordered my meal alfresco, but I don't want to eat it outside! And I'm still missing my... You're not a cheesecake. Brooke : What do you do? Do you shake hands by spreading your legs? A guy was finally interested in your writing instead of your body, and you did what you do best... you blew it. Alex : Brooke, I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Brooke : He was giving you a chance to show the world that you are more than just another stupid, washed-up actress, but you proved that that's exactly what you are. Nice work. Oh, no. I'll be taking this. We at least need your body in shape since it's all you've got going for you. AT MOUTH’S OFFICE Millicent : Why didn't you tell me they took you off the air? Mouth : When did I have a chance... last night when you were with Alex or this afternoon when you ran off to be with Alex? Millicent : I'm sorry, Marvin. I'm here now. Do you want to talk about it? Mouth : Not really. I, uh, saw your photos from last night. You looked beautiful. Brooke thinks you should be a model. Millicent : What do you think? Mouth : I think you've worked for five years to get where you are. Millicent : But it's something new and different. Mouth : I didn't know you wanted new and different. Millicent : Neither did I. Mouth : But it's just you always said that, you know, dealing with models was the worst part of your job. Millicent : But that doesn't mean I'd be like them. Mouth : You mean like partying all night and showing up late for work? How does that make you any different? Millicent : I see you've given this a lot of thought. Mouth : I just don't think it's who you are. Millicent : And did you decide that all by yourself down here in the basement? AT ALEX’S HOTEL ROOM Alex : Your boyfriend works in a sewer? Millicent : What? I said, "basement." And that wasn't even the point of my story! Alex : Whatever. Let's do this. And make sure you tell me when we're buzzed. I love that part. Mm.mm. Millicent : Brooke wants me to be a model. Alex : Right, which would be awesome. Millicent : And Marvin wasn't excited. Alex : First of all... his name is Marvin. And second of all, he works in a sewer. Ugh! I mean, who cares what he thinks? I am tired of people thinking things. What do you think? Millicent : I don't know. It might be fun. Alex : Then do it. Millicent : What if I don't like it? Alex : Then quit. I mean, that's what I'd do. But don't ask me. I'm stupid. Just ask Brooke. Millicent : I'm sure she doesn't think that. Alex : Mm. She does. She came over earlier, told me I was stupid, and then stole my cheesecake, but the joke's on her because I just ordered another one. Look who's stupid now, Brooke. Millicent : I doubt she meant it. Alex : And I don't really care what Brooke thinks. I care about Julian. He was the one who believed in my script. Millicent : Okay. We're buzzed. Alex : I love it! You know, I could really use a lime. And I want the tequila, so we're even. Millicent : So, show Julian you aren't stupid. Make him see you in a new light, like the way you made people see me as a model. Alex : You are a model, bitch. Millicent : And you're not stupid, bitch. Now go show Julian that. Alex : Thanks. Will you help me pick out a nerdy outfit? Just pretend I'm you. Millicent : Uh-oh. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Quinn : Haley's at the piano. Haley : I'm a musician, Quinn. Quinn : Spill it. Haley : Did David ever lie to you about something, like, really important? Quinn : Lying was never really David's style. He's like Nathan in that way. Haley : Why? It's just this... It just scares me is all. If you and David can split up and you loved each other so much, how are Nathan and I ever gonna make it? Quinn : Because you're not us, Hales. I mean, I see the way you two act. You're like best friends who are in love. You know, you and Nathan still do the little things for each other, and David and I stopped doing those things a long time ago. You know, we stopped being kind to each other. And we stopped being captivated by each other. And when we stopped doing the little things, we stopped doing the big things, too, you know, like saying, "I love you." Haley : But David is saying that now. Doesn't that count for anything? Quinn : It does. And, in a way, I'm... I'm always gonna love David. But it's been over for a long time, and I think he's now realizing that. You and Nathan are gonna be just fine. Haley : Yeah. I hope so. I just hate that it has to be so hard. Quinn : I know. But we can handle it. We're James girls. Mm. Bring it in. I love you. AT TRIC Nathan : Is this the support group for husbands of James girls? I'll have a double of whatever he's having. Chase : A double water. You know, we do have drinks here, guys. Water it is. Nathan : That's probably a smart move. David : I wouldn't know. I haven't made a smart move in years. Nathan : Haley got arrested this morning. She ht a girl last night who claims I got her pregnant. David : Did you? Nathan : No. But it doesn't seem to matter. I think Haley's starting to doubt me, and to be honest, I don't blame her. At this point... I'd doubt me, too, if I was her. David : Did Quinn come home last night? So, that's it, right? It's over. Nathan : You know, when Haley went on tour, we split up. I thought it was over. No matter what I tried, I could not get her back. So, as much as it klled me, I let her go. But I never gave up hope. David : Did Haley sleep with someone? Nathan : Well, there was a guy. David : Did she sleep with him? Nathan : No. David : Yeah. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Alex : I changed the sex scene. Now the girl makes an ass of herself and the guy leaves. Julian : That's more realistic. Alex : I... I know you're upset with me, but that's just what I do. I am the girl who takes off her clothes and sleeps with guys. Julian : Yeah. Well, I'm not one of those guys. Alex : I know. You're the first guy to ever notice me for something other than getting photographed with no underwear or videotaping threesomes. Julian : We've all been there. Alex : I just want you to know how sorry I am. You gave me the chance to prove to you I wasn't just some washed-up actress and, instead, I showed you that I was. Julian : You showed me a lot more than that, Alex. Look, I just think we don't work very well together. We have very different styles. Alex : Okay, but if you would just give me one more chance, I promise I wouldn't let you down. If not, thanks for a really great day, until I screwed it up. IN THE RIVER Clay : Hey. You look good. I came up with a list of questions they're probably gonna ask. You and Haley should be ready. Nathan : Haley's not coming. Clay : Nate, that is not a good idea, man. You going out there by yourself will not look good. Nathan : You know what else doesn't look good? You and Quinn. Clay : What's that supposed to mean? Nathan : It means I need your head in the game and not up Quinn's skirt. What part of sleeping with her did you think was a good idea? She's married, Clay, to a guy I really like. Clay : Nothing happened last night, Nate. Nathan : Right, so you... what? You took her back to your place so you guys could talk? Clay : As a matter of fact, yes. I was actually helping her out. I would have thought you of all people would understand about jumping to conclusions. Whatever. I'm ... I'm sorry. You need to be focused. Let's, uh... let's just do this, okay? Nathan : Clay... if I could distance myself from this woman, I would, but I can't. Now, you can. Quinn is Haley's sister. She has a lot going on right now. Stay away from her, okay? Clay : Whatever you say. Nathan : Hey. What are you ... what are you doing here? Haley : We face things together, remember? Nathan : Thank you. I didn't know if I could do this without you. Haley : You don't ever have to worry about that. Nathan : Thank you for coming. I'm here to set the record straight. First of all, I just want to say that I love my wife and my son. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : You want to tell me what this was doing in the trash? Jamie : I don't like the po-po. Haley : Sweetie, they were just doing their job. Mommy made a mistake, and they needed to talk to me about it. Just keep the toy, baby. Jamie : Are you and dad gonna leave each other like Aunt Quinn and uncle David? Haley : Hey. Come here. Of course not. Your daddy and I love each other very much. But Aunt Quinn and Uncle David loved each other, too, then they stopped. Listen. What your dad and I have is very special, and I promise you we are not gonna stop loving each other. Don't forget that. Good night. Jamie : Can you stay a little bit longer? Haley : Sure, sweetie. Nathan : I would never do anything to hurt the people that I care about. IN THE PLAN Mia : Are you sure we won't get in trouble for this? Chase : Relax. I do this all the time. Mia : You know, I thought I'd be afraid of flying with you, but I'm actually kind of turned on. You got 30 seconds to join the mile-high club, captain? Chase : Flying isn't the only thing I've been practicing. I'm up to a couple minutes now. Mia : Oh, yeah? Nathan : I know some of you are looking at me in a different light, but I urge you to see me for who I am. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : I'll do it. I'll model for you. Brooke : Ah ! Nathan : I've always prided myself on being an honest man and taking responsibility for my actions. AT MOUTH’S OFFICE Man : All right, Bobcat fans, coming up, local sports star Nathan Scott speaks out regarding recent allegations against him...And as well as some early NFL news for you fantasy-football junkies. CEO : You know, it must be hard to log tapes from here, huh, Marvin? Nathan : I'm someone that you can depend on. And I'm someone that can be trusted. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Brooke : Honey, I'm home. Let's do this. Alex : I told you it was realistic. Julian : Um, hey, honey. Alex and I worked everything out. Alex : Isn't that great? Nathan : I want everyone to know the truth, and the truth is that I was never with that woman. AT CLAY’S BEACH HOUSE Clay : Hey, man. Nathan : Hey, do you know where Quinn is? Clay : No. Sorry. I haven't seen her. Quinn : Thanks for letting me stay here. I know it puts you in a bad position. There's just a lot of drama at Nathan and Haley's. Clay : It's fine. You can stay here as long as you want. Quinn : So, what would people say if they knew that you had a girl over you weren't actually sleeping with? Clay : Nobody would believe it. Haley : I just want to say that I believe my husband and I stand by him 100%. Renee message : You've reached Renee. Leave a message. Nathan : I'll do whatever it takes to prove that these allegations are false. Hopefully now this can all go away and my family can be left alone. Thank you. AT THE TV BROADCAST Dan : I trust you had a nice flight. I have a proposition for you.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "07x05 - Your Cheatin' Heart"}	foreverdreaming
Previously on "One Tree Hill"... Clay : Where to? Quinn : Your place. Nathan : Clay, Quinn is Haley's sister. She has a lot going on right now. Stay away from her. Brooke : You were a huge ht last night. They think you're amazing. Millicent : You don't think I look like "a frumpy whore on bingo night?" Brooke : No! If I did, would I ask you to model full time? Brooke : Honey, I'm home. Let's do this. Alex : I told you it was realistic. Julian : Hey, honey. Alex and I worked everything out. Alex : Isn't that great? Dan : "Nathan Scott: a basketball star's love child." Rachel : Like father, like son, huh? Haley : She's just so certain. You don't remember meeting her at all or...? Nathan : You're actually starting to believe her, aren't you? Dan : I heard about your problem. I was wondering if I could... Nathan : You could what, help? You save your help for people who don't know you and stay away from me and my family. Renee cell phone : You've reached Renee. Leave a message. Dan : I trust you had a nice flight. I have a proposition for you. One Tree Hill – Season 7 Episode 6 AT THE RECORDING STUDIO Director : Okay, folks. That's a wrap! Nathan : Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Um, we, uh... we haven't even sht anything yet. Director : You might want to call your agent, son. Nathan : You're serious? Hey! Whoa. Kylie : What a pity. I just found my motivation. Nathan : Okay. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Brooke : Hey. Julian : Mm. Brooke : This hot body of yours has just inspired me to do something that I've never done before. Julian : Oh, yeah? Brooke : Yeah. And it's gonna take a lot of hard work, and it's gonna take a long, long time. And I'm gonna need you to start by taking your pants off. Julian : Oh, that sounds amazing. But Alex is coming over to work. Brooke : Ugh! You two were up half the night. Julian : It's all business, Brooke. I don't know. She seems to have really come around. I Brooke : don't buy it. Once a ho bag, always a ho bag. Julian : Now, as I recall, you... Brooke : You might want to consider what you are about to say very carefully. Now come kiss me till ho bag shows up. ON THE BEACH Quinn : Hey. Clay : Hey. Quinn : You're up early. Clay : My sht at peace and quiet... the west coast wakes up in three hours, and my phone starts ringing. Quinn : Nice. Clay : Did you come down for a swim? Quinn : Yeah, I tried but, uh, couldn't. I've been afraid of the ocean since I was a little girl. Clay : Mm. Sharks. Quinn : Immensity. You know, I thought if I just threw myself in and... Well... it didn't quite work out. Clay : You should start smaller, like a toe. Work up to an ankle, maybe even a shin. Who knows? Quinn : Yeah, I'm more of a "yank the band-aid" kind of girl. Clay : Wait. Quinn : Go. It's fine. Clay : Hey, man. Oh, just relax, all right? I... Okay, I'll get into it. Yeah, fine. I'll meet you at your place. Oh... Quinn : Time to find a phone booth and change into that super-agent costume. Clay : Yeah, if only it were that easy. Um, I hate to run, but... Quinn : Go. Save the day. Clay : Okay. See ya. AT ALEX HOTEL ROOM Millicent : Oh, no. Oh... no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. I never called Marvin! Alex : Keep it down, Giselle. I'm trying to write. Besides, I thought you were mad at him. Millicent : I was "ignore him for a couple of hours" mad, not "disappear for the second night in a row" mad. Alex : Well, you can thank me later, but you were way drunk, so I texted him from your phone and let him know you were safe. Millicent : "Melvin... got my drink on with Alex. If you're done being a tool, you should come rock out with your co..." Oh, my God. Alex : Nope, just little old me. But I do work in mysterious ways. AT THE CHANGING ROOM Renee : So you want me to go on your show and tell the world my story? Dan : That's right. Renee : And you're gonna be on my side? Why would you do that? Nathan's your son. It could ruin him. Dan : But you're the one telling the truth. AT SCOTT’ S HOUSE Haley : You're not telling the truth. Nathan : About what? Haley : Renee. You said you didn't know her and you didn't remember her. Nathan : I don't. Haley, we've been through this. Why can't you just believe me? Haley : Her number is all over your old cell phone bill. Nathan! Excuse me... why aren't you explaining yourself? Nathan : Because I shouldn't have to. But if you insist... I'm a professional basketball player. Girls get a hold of my e-mail, my telephone number. They try to contact me. And when they do, I reply to them and tell them to stop because I'm happily married to a woman who loves and trusts me. So I guess I did lie, Haley... but only when I told them that my wife trusts me. AT THE APPARTMENT Millicent : Marvin. Mouth : Don't you mean "Melvin"? Millicent : Please don't be mad even though you have every right to be. Alex called me after she left Julian's, and I was kind of already drinking because I thought you didn't think I was pretty enough to be a model. Mouth : When did I say you weren't pretty enough? Of course you're pretty enough. Millicent : Then maybe we could skip the whole fight and you could just be really excited for me, because... it's official... you're looking at the newest face of Clothes Over Bros! Oh, well, not this face. But once it's cleaned up with a little makeup... Mouth : Congratulations, Millie. I just wish I was the one you wanted to celebrate with. Anyway, you'll understand if I can't stay and rock out with my... Millicent : Marvin! That was Alex. Mouth : Of course it was. Well, at least she texted me. I got to go. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Clay : This situation's like a wr, Nate. We're gonna lose a few battles. Nathan : Just stop with the metaphors and tell me what the hell happened this morning. Haley : Simile. What? Similes use "like" or "as"... "like a wr." Clay : Guys. We lost the rainstorm body spray campaign, And it looks like the shoe deal's going away. Nathan : What? Clay : Temporarily. Nathan : This is unbelievable. Clay : I know it feels like the sky is falling, but when something like this goes down, marketing executives distance themselves to protect their brands. All right, almost always, they come back as soon as the air clears. Nathan : "Almost always"? Clay : Look, we knew there was a risk when we decided not to deal with Renee, but it has become a bit of an issue with the Bobcats. Nathan : They don't want me back? Clay : No, you are far too talented for that, but they're using it to their advantage, and negotiations have slowed. Again, like I said, we expected this. More importantly, Nate, the whole agency's on this, all right? Everybody respects your decision to fight this, and we've got your back. You just got to have some faith in us... and in each other. Haley : Clay. He's gonna have a career when this is over, right? Clay : Haley, I'm not gonna let anything happen to him. Haley : Because you didn't see how dark he got the first time. Clay : Look, this is a staring contest. Our best chance at having her blink first is if the press gets tired of this and nobody makes this story any bigger than it already is. AT THE TV BROADCAST Dan : I'm gonna make this story huge. But you don't trust me. I'd have to hate my son to tell your story, right? You're smart. I like that. That means my grandchild will be smart. Well, I was in Nathan's situation once. I refused to recognize a child that I'd fathered, and it was the second-worst mistake I ever made, but I made it in part because nobody forced me to look at the consequences of my actions. By coming out in support of you and allowing you to tell your story, I'll be forcing Nathan to take responsibility... if not emotionally, then at least financially. Renee : He'll never forgive you. Dan : Hmm. I've made my peace with that. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Millicent : There she is. I know... I'm late again, and we still haven't finished... Calliope : The inventory. I also found that shipment that went missing in New Mexico, balanced the register from yesterday, and took the liberty of ordering some Bellissimo fabrics from Milan. You're gonna love them. Brooke : I can't wait. Isn't she amazing? Millicent : Um, I guess, but that's my job. Brooke : Not anymore, miss thing. The fashion blogs are still buzzing about you. You are officially a model. Your only job now is to worry about being pretty. You... you might want to worry just a smidge more. Millicent : I know. I was out late. And, Brooke, I am excellent at multitasking, and I'd be happy to keep my administrative responsibilities. Brooke : Nonsense. I am not gonna have the new face of my company doing dirty work. Now off you go. Do whatever models do in their spare time. Just be back this afternoon for a swimsuit fitting. Millicent : Swimsuits? Brooke : Mm. Millicent : Wow. Okay. I mean... great! Brooke : Oh... Welcome to Clothes Over Bros. AT MOUTH’S WORK Mouth : Hey, man, how you doing? Man : I'm doing better than Nathan Scott. I mean, that dude can't catch a break. Mouth : What do you mean? Man : You haven't checked the board. Oh, God, Mouth... He's losing his endorsements. Sports is breaking the story tonight at 6:00. Mouth : If Charlie asks for me, tell him I'm... I'll be back later. ON THE BEACH Quinn : Clay! Hey. Clay : Hey. Quinn : What, did you run into some kryptonite? You need a friend? Clay : You have no idea. Quinn : Come on. AT BROOKE’S HOUSE Alex : Seriously, you've been reading forever. Look, some of it's supposed to be funny. You're not laughing. You're not even smiling. Julian : Maybe I'm laughing on the inside. Alex : Are you? You're not. You're like, "wow, does she suck," on the inside. You're like, "she..." Julian : This is good. Alex : Like "I hate it, But there's a story in there somewhere" good? Julian : No. These scenes are genuinely good... sweet, subtle, funny. Where did this come from? Alex : Well, I woke up, and I was watching Millicent sleep. And she was, like, totally busted. So I asked myself what it would be like if I was that tragic, with, like, no self-confidence. And then I just added a boy. Julian : Who are you? Alex : Stick around. Maybe you'll find out. Julian : Unfortunately, I can't stick around, because you are three hours late, and I have to meet Brooke for lunch. Alex : Oh! Come on. Tell her we're on a roll. Julian : Um, no. She's already a little jealous of our working relationship, but maybe we can meet back up tonight. Alex : It's a date. Julian : No. Alex : Date-ish? Julian : Work. Alex : Work... date. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : We can still pay her. Nathan : For what? The story's already out there. Haley : For a retraction. The money she wants is a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of your career. Nathan : It's too late for that. Haley : Nathan, you're being stubborn, and I know I was against it at first, but if she were to get out there and say that this whole thing has been a lie... Nathan : We're not paying her, Haley! We're not giving this woman a dime of our money. ON THE BEACH Quinn : You're really worried about this. Clay : There's just so much riding on it. Quinn, I'm not in Tree Hill for a vacation. A while back, I went off the rails a bit... emotionally, and... luckily I had earned enough capital with the agency that they didn't fre me. They just scaled back my client roster and suggested I spend the summer here... pull myself together. Quinn : And then Nathan's scandal happened. So the calm, cool exterior... Clay : ... is kind of a lie. Quinn : Just when I was beginning to wonder if we had anything in common. Clay : Quinn, I shouldn't be here. Nathan doesn't want us hanging out, and I, uh, I have to respect that. Quinn : No, look, Clay... Clay : I'm sorry. Uh, thank you for this. I mean that. You're really great. Quinn : Stick around. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Brooke : Chase... What brings you in? Chase : Hey. Uh, just doing a little shopping for Mia. Brooke : Ohh. You guys have been together a long time. Chase : Mm-hmm. What about you? I heard Julian moved here. That must be... awesome. Brooke : Uh-huh. Chase : Or not so awesome? Brooke : No. It's amazing. I'm just a little annoyed because at first I had him all to myself, and lately he has been working with one of my models. Chase : Mm. Well, I wouldn't worry. I'm sure it's harmless. I mean, guys, you know, don't even really... like... models. Brooke : What are you doing today? Chase : That depends on why you're looking at me like a piece of steak. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Mouth : I would have offered to spot you, but I max out at like 180... ish. Nathan : You know, I don't believe in klling the messenger, Mouth, but every time I've seen you lately, it's been bad news. Mouth : They're running a story at 6:00 that says you're losing your endorsements. Is it true? Nathan : Yeah. Mouth : I'm sorry, Nate. Nathan : Yeah, me too. I heard about your demotion. How long are they gonna keep you locked up in the basement? Mouth : The truth? Till I do a story on you. Nathan : Then do the story, Mouth. Mouth : Nate... Nathan : I'm serious, Mouth. You've already done far more than I could ever ask. Take care of your career. AT THE BAR Alex : And then he finally looks up, and he's like, "after reading this, I think we should be in a relationship." Millicent : He said that... "relationship"? Alex : Well, I mean, he put "working" in front of it, but a relationship is a relationship. Millicent : Except in a working relationship, you never, under any circumstances, no matter how tempted you are, have sex with the other person. You're aware of that, right? Alex : I think that's sort of a gray area. Millicent : It's actually black-and-white, crystal-clear, written in stone. Alex : Fine, crabby. Whatever! Millicent : Sorry. It's just Brooke's my friend, even if she did give my job to Calliope. Alex : Tell me you are not regretting your decision. This modelling stuff is awesome. I mean, it's hard work, but it's "pretty people" work. Millicent : I don't know. I was good at my job. Alex : Administrative work is for fatties, Millicent, and you are not a fatty. You... are a plus-size model. ON THE STREET Renee : I take it you looked at Nathan's phone bill. Haley : If I pay you, what do I get? Renee : I go away. Haley : No, I'm sorry. That's not good enough. I want a retraction. I want a public letter that says this whole thing has been a lie. Renee : Fine, if that's what will help you sleep at night, but it won't be the truth. And the price has gone up... $250,000. Haley : That's crazy. Renee : Actually, that's the estimated price of raising your husband's child until the age of 18. Do we have a deal? I'll tell you what. You can have until 8:00 tonight to decide. After that, I have other options. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Julian : Brooke! Hello! Brooke : One sec. Got it. Julian : Can I borrow you? Brooke : Mmm. Julian : Want to tell me why you were mounting your ex-boyfriend in the back room? Brooke : Because you weren't available. Julian : Very funny. Brooke : I'm serious. This morning I looked over at this big, sexy body, and I thought to myself, "why aren't you making men's clothes, Brooke Davis?" Julian : Mm-hmm. Clothes for Bros? Brooke : Ka-ching! But in order to make men's clothes, you need a fit model for measurements. You were my first choice, but, alas... Julian : I was busy with Alex. I get it. Well, I'm here now, and I'm all about taking my clothes off for you in the back room, so you can send your little boy toy packing. Brooke : You're very sweet, but I think I'm gonna stick with Chase. I'm already halfway through his measurements. But don't worry, baby. We're all business. Hey, Chase, break's over! Drop your pants. AT MOUTH’S WORK Mouth : I want back on the air. I obviously have an opinion, but at the end of the day, I work for you. CEO : You are aware of what's on the board for tonight? Mouth : Yeah, Nathan Scott's losing his endorsements. I took the liberty of getting a quote from him. CEO : Nice work. Glad to hear you've come around. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : Don't. It's the press. They've been calling all day. Quinn : bat it, nerds. Nathan : Thanks. Quinn : You're welcome. And as a favor, it would be great if you wouldn't give Clay such a hard time about hanging out with me. I'm not a child anymore, Nathan. Nathan : Are you sure about that? Quinn : What's that supposed to mean? Nathan : I don't know. Running away from your problems just doesn't seem very adult. Quinn : Says the guy who's afraid to answer the telephone. Nathan : Look... if you want to sleep around, I'm sure there's plenty of guys in Tree Hill who aren't responsible for my career that could probably help you out with that. Quinn : You ever hear the one about people who live in glass houses? Nathan : Yeah, I have. And if you don't like living in mine, you'll welcome to move back in with your husband. Quinn : Nice, Nathan. You know, speaking of running away from your problems, maybe you should try answering one of those, coward. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Alex : I know you love to say zero is not a size, but technically zero is my size, and those are granny panties. Brooke : These are a zero. Alex : Really? My diet pills must be working. Millicent : Your vitamins? Brooke : What? Alex : Oh, right. Vitamins. Brooke : Okay. Whatever. I'll... see if I can take these in. Alex : Great. Oh, and speaking of my perfect ass, I understand from Julian you might be a little concerned about our relationship. Millicent : Working relationship. Alex : You have nothing to worry about... Seriously. I mean, I stripped naked, and that boy didn't even flinch. He is clearly so in love with you. AT THE BAR Mia : Well, you're not Chase. Julian : If only Mia : I asked the waitress if there was a tall, dark, and handsome boy waiting for his date. She pointed me here. Julian : Sorry to disappoint, but your "tall, dark, and handsome" is getting naked with my "short, hot, and bossy." Mia : Huh? Julian : He's doing some fit modeling for Brooke at Clothes Over Bros. It's harmless. I hope. Hey, can I ask you something? Mia : Lose the shirt. Julian : I'll go get a tape measure. No, actually, it's about being a songwriter. Do you ever meet people on tour that surprise you with their talent? I mean, uh... You know, somebody who seems simple or goofy or even ditzy, and then... bam... All of a sudden, they write this amazing song? Mia : Hi. I'm Mia. Julian : No, you're not like that at all. Mia : Maybe not, but I used to be really shy. And I think sometimes all somebody needs is someone to look a little deeper... unlock their potential, like Haley did with me. Julian : Hmm. Mia : Was that answer worth lunch? 'Cause I'm kind of starving. Julian : On me. AT TV BROADCAST Rachel : Baby, you are a genius. The interest in the interview with Renee is off the charts. Dan : You're not having second thoughts, are you? Rachel : Dan, Nathan had a chance to take responsibility for this child, and he chose not to. Giving this girl a voice is the right thing to do. Dan : Well, we don't have a show unless Renee agrees, and I haven't heard from her since this morning. Rachel : Mm. You just leave that up to me. Dan : It doesn't matter where I go, you always seem to find me. Rachel : I just follow all the other girls. They lead me right to you. Dan : It hasn't been easy lately. Rachel : Then I guess it's a good thing I'm here. Dan : How'd you like to stay the night tonight? Like old times. Rachel : Well... that's up to you, isn't it? AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : I called Renee. Nathan : What? Haley : She said for $250,000, she would sign a retraction. Nathan : Amazing... The economy's crumbling, and the truth keeps getting more expensive. Haley : Well, she's willing to say this whole thing was a lie, so... Nathan : You willing to believe it? Haley : I didn't come out here to ask for your permission, Nathan. I came here to tell you that I'm paying her. AT CLOTHES OVER BROS Chase : Are you okay? Brooke : No, I'm not okay! Ho bag got naked in front of Julian! Chase : "Ho bag"? Brooke : Alex "my butt is the size of a kumquat" Dupre. Chase : She is so manipulative and materialistic and self-serving and naked and... Brooke-ish? Brooke : What did you say? Chase : Nothing. Brooke : Funny, I could have sworn that I heard you speak. Chase : I meant she just seems a little bit like you were in high school. Brooke : Huh. Chase : She always wanted high-school Brooke. Can I put my pants back on now? I'll take that as a yes. AT CLAY’S BEACH HOUSE Girl : You blame yourself for Nathan's troubles. Clay : I wasn't a great influence... the girls, the parties. Girl : Do you think he did it? Clay : No. Girl : Then stop blaming yourself and fix it. Clay : Stay the night. I miss this. Girl : Is that what you want? Clay : That's what I need. AT TV Mouth : Nathan Scott is Tree Hill local who overcame injury and adversity to achieve a dream he had since childhood... a dream to play professional basketball. But lately Nathan's career has taken a backseat to allegations of an affair that led to the pregnancy of a fan. In my opinion, continuing to report on these allegations without any further evidence of their validity is a reckless attempt on the part of this network to boost ratings. Now, I'm not saying athletes are above the law. I'm saying it's up to science to determine the validity of these claims, not the evening news. To date, there has been no new evidence to suggest that Nathan Scott is guilty of these allegations, and yet he looks guiltier the more that we report on him. AT ALEX’S HOTEL ROOM Millicent : Sorry. I think I left my camera in your bathroom. For my part, Mouth : I got into sports news because I think reporting on athletes inspires people to be exceptional. And while I've never been an exceptional athlete, I can strive to be exceptional in my own way... by refusing to bow to pressure, by refusing to stoop to a level that's beneath me, just like Nathan Scott has refused to. Millicent : Found it! Mouth : I believe in Nathan Scott. But I also believe in my viewers. I believe you don't want any part in dragging him through the mud. So if you want Sports news and not gossip, turn the channel. Let my boss know that news isn't just about ratings. It's about people and integrity, but mostly it's about truth, and that still means something. I am Marvin McFadden, and this is Sports. Or at least... it used to be. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Nathan : Her retraction at this point won't change anyone's opinion. Haley : It might. Nathan : They'll all just assume we paid her off, and we will have, which will just make us look even more guilty. But you know this, Haley, which... makes me think the only reason you have left to pay her off is that you're starting to believe she might be telling the truth. Haley, if I'm guilty of this... not only am I the kind of guy that would cheat on you, I'm the kind of guy that would father a child and then turn his back. I'm Dan Scott. If you think I'm capable of that, you do what you have to do, but I guarantee you, if you've lost faith in me, all the money in the world isn't gonna fix it. Quinn : Yeah? Nathan : You’re all right? Quinn : No. But it's okay. If I was, I'd be a pretty lousy person. Nathan : I'm sorry about earlier. It's just been... Quinn : I know. I'm sorry that woman's lying about you. I know you'd never hurt Haley like that. And you're not a coward. If anyone's a coward, it's me. I'm not running away from my problems, Nathan. I'm walking away from something that's broken. And that doesn't mean that I'm not scared. I just don't know how to let him go. Nathan : I guess you do it a little bit at a time. You're welcome to stay here under our roof for as long as it takes, though. Quinn : Thank you. AT RED BEDROOM RECORDS Chase : Wow. A candle it pool-table-top picnic dinner. What's the occasion? Mia : I figured my man was gonna be hungry after spending the day modeling for his ex-girlfriend. She get all your measurements? Chase : All but one. Mia : Oh, yeah? What'd she miss? Chase : How much I love my girlfriend. Mia : She forgot the most important measurement of all? Chase : She didn't forget. She just didn't have a tape measure big enough. Mia : Always with the best answers. Chase : Always with the best lips. AT MOUTH’S APPARTMENT Mouth : If you ask it who's the fairest of them all, I'm out. Whoa, hey. That was a joke. Millie, I'm not mad anymore, okay? Last night was my fault. I shouldn't have been so... Millicent : I think I made a mistake, Marvin. I don't know if I want this. Mouth : Then why'd you say yes? Millicent : Because it made me feel special. I mean, I felt competent at my old job. I felt smart and capable and reliable, but I never felt special. Mouth : I think... you're the most special girl I've ever met. Millicent : Thank you, Marvin. But that night, it was like the whole world believed I was special. But who am I kidding? I'm not a model. I'm just Millicent. Mouth : Come here. Millicent : What are you doing? Mouth : Funny... you are definitely the same girl who rocked the fashion industry' world the other night, and she was a model. Have you been through any drastic changes in the last 48 hours? Millicent : No. Mouth : Hmm. Then, uh... unless I'm mistaken, you're still a model. And if modeling makes you feel special, then you should do it, 'cause you deserve to feel that way. You deserve to feel special every second of every day. AT ALEX’S HOTEL ROOM Julian : All right, I'll explain this in a minute. Alex : Take your time. I am happy to watch. You work. I am happy to watch you work. It's very interesting and work-ish. I'm gonna get that. Brooke. Come in. Brooke : Thanks. This'll just take a second. You're fired. Alex : I have a contract. Brooke : I'll pay you out. It's worth the loss. Alex : This is so unnecessary. Julian and I have a working relationship. That means no "doing it." Brooke : Maybe. But it's recently been brought to my attention that the way you behave is a lot like high-school me used to, and I would be insane to let high-school me anywhere near the man I love. The man I love, who shouldn't even think about sleeping anywhere but the couch tonight. Julian : I'm sorry. What did I do? Brooke : What you didn't do is tell me that ho bag got naked for you. Julian : Oh, that. Brooke : Yeah, that. You... couch. You... fired. Ciao, bitches. Alex : You can sleep here if you want. AT THE CHANGING ROOM Rachel : Thanks for meeting me. Have a seat. I know it must be hard to believe That Dan's gonna put you on the air and let you speak freely about how awful his son has been to you. Renee : You could say that. Rachel : There's something I think you should know. When Dan heard about you, he reached out to Nathan, and Nathan shut him down, just like he always does. Renee : So? Rachel : So Dan isn't doing this to help Nathan see the light. He's doing this to bury Nathan. And the deeper Nathan is buried, the more money he'll have to pay you to dig himself out. So... will you do the show? Renee : Okay. I'm in. AT SCOTT’S HOUSE Haley : I didn't do it. I couldn't. Nathan : That's what sets you apart from her. It's one of a thousand reasons why I could never, under any circumstances, cheat on you. Haley : I don't want to see you lose your... your dream. Nathan : Lose her? She's right here. And I'm never letting go of her.	{"type": "series", "show": "One Tree Hill", "episode": "07x06 - Deep Ocean Vast Sea"}	foreverdreaming

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