"MAN 1:" "I don't think I can remember." "MAN 2:" "If she can stand it, I can." "Play it." "["AS TIME GOES BY" PLAYING ON TV]" "[PHONE RINGING]" " Hey, pretty girl." " Hi, pretty boy." "What you doing?" "I'm just going through the script, actually." "It always takes me back, you know?" "Nathan and Haley." "My mom's café." " Brooke." "Keith." " Yeah." " How's it going with Julian?" " 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." " Oh, my dad brought that back for me from one of his trips out to sea." "It's nice." " All right, are you gonna be home late?" " Maybe." "I don't know." "I'll give you a call if it's looking like that." "Okay." "I'll be up writing." "Hey, and just be careful." "It's nasty out there." "I'm not ready to lose you yet, knucklehead." "You're the knucklehead." "All right, get back to work, mama needs money." " Bye, baby." " Bye." "They grab Ugarte, then she walks in." "Well, the way it goes." "One in, one out." "Sam, it's December 1941 in Casablanca." "[BAND PLAYING]" "Oh, hi." "Good evening." " How are you two tonight?" "MAN:" "Good." "Thanks for the drinks, Lucas." "Hey, this just in." "Jim's wife is a tramp." "I'm telling you, fellas." "She's a real floozy and everyone knows except for Jim." "Mouth, I think discretion might serve us better tonight, don't you think?" " Save the gossip for your column." " Power of the press." "Anything goes." "Speaking of which, I'm working on something big." " Oh, I'm sure you are." " It's bigger than the column." " You look good." " It's gonna shake up this whole town." "Thanks, sugar." "And how is Brooke Davis tonight?" "Problems with men." "Problems with money." "You could help me with both." "Nice dress." "Do you like it?" "I made it myself." "Now, how about my problems?" "You know I never mix business with pleasure." " Just pleasure then?" " Mm." "I have Karen's Café now, she's all the lady I need." "I'm sorry, Brooke." "Now, if you'll excuse me." "You'll be back." "Nice shot." "You're gonna be a hard man to replace." "And how is the search for my replacement coming?" "Well, it'd be a lot easier if I knew when I was losing you." "When I know, you'll know." "You rented out my room upstairs yet?" "Nope." "It'll be waiting for you when you get back." "Hey, shouldn't Haley be on by now?" "Hm." "Let's give her a minute." "MAN [ON RADIO]:" "That we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost  but will make it very certain that this form of treachery  shall never again endanger us." "Hostilities exist." "Yes, they do." "[GASPS]" " What are you doing here?" " Oh, I'm just checking up on my singer." "I'm not your anything." "[TSKING]" "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 side show." "And yet you leave the Comet Club for Karen's Café." "I want you back." "Oh, still feisty." "I like that." "If you think I'm going back to that hell hole, you have another thing coming." "DAN:" "It's the classiest joint within 100 miles, and you know it." "Boys never cared about my voice as long as they could see my legs and chest." " I'll never go back, and that's final." " I decide what's final." "So that's what it's like." "You are..." "Uh!" "One day, someone's gonna stand up to you, Dan Scott, and I can't wait." "Sing me something sweet tonight, doll." "I'll be watching." "Break a leg." "Ladies and gentlemen, it is my greatest pleasure to bring to the stage, for your entertainment only at Karen's Café, Miss Haley James." "[SINGING "KAREN'S CAFE"]" " What a dame." " She gets them every time." "You ever think a girl like that and..." " Never mind." " A bartender like you?" " Yeah, why not?" " Well, because I'm a nobody." " She's definitely a somebody." " Never say never, Nate." "Look, if you want something, go get it." "It's that simple." "What do you want, Luke?" "Nothing." "I've got everything I want right here." "Luke." "We have a problem." "I'll take care of it." "Move it or lose it, folks." "Well, well, Miss Brooke Davis." "You have the money you borrowed from me?" "Not yet, but I have something in the works." "Not yet?" "Well, that's a mighty expensive champagne I saw you drinking there." "Well, a lady has to keep up appearances." "Your appearance is gonna suffer if you don't get me my money." " Can I help you?" " Wow, Lucas Scott." "What a pleasure." "I actually thought this was my club for a while, considering that's my singer." "Sorry to inform you, your club's down the road." "It's the one lacking customers." "Mm." "Funny." "Give me my girl back, and I'll consider letting you live." "Haley's free to do whatever she wants, and she wants to stay here." "Now you, on the other hand, are free to go." "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." "I think it's time for you to get out of my club or I will throw you out." "Julian." "Dan." "That's enough for tonight." "Thanks for a lovely evening." "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen." "A round on the house." "Haley James." " Oh, hey, good to see you." " Check out those gams." " Not tonight, all right?" " Let's have us a dance." " Come on, give me some sugar." " Get off." "Sugary enough for you?" " You okay?" " Thank you." "But maybe you should cut that guy off." "I should buy him another drink on the house." "And why would you do that?" "He gave the bartender an excuse to talk to the gorgeous singer." "You know, in that case, maybe you should give him two." "The second one's from me." "Julian, give us a moment." "Your mother made me promise one thing before she died." " That I would always look after you." " I know." "I saw you making eyes at Lucas tonight." "I was doing nothing of the sort." "I know what I saw." "Don't make a liar out of me." "Go to bed." "I believe you, Peyton." "I know you only have eyes for me." "Sweet dreams." " I think I had a few too many tonight." " You have a few too many every night." "Keeping me in business." "Are you okay to get home?" " I'm fine." " All right." " I'm going places, Luke." " I know." "Which way am I going?" "Thanks, pal." "I used to be great, Luke." "I was the best reporter in Tree Hill City." "And 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?" "Have a good night." " Last chance." " Good night, Brooke." "And Brooke, those were nice days we had." "Sure they were." "Sorry I had to break your heart." " You sure you can handle your whiskey?" " Yeah, I'm fine." "Why?" "Because you just let Brooke Davis walk out of here without paying her tab." "Wow." "I've been working with you 10 years and I've never seen you tear up a bar tab before." "She's just down on her luck." "But mark my words, Skills." "Someday Brooke Davis is gonna change the world." "BROOKE:" "Taxi." "On second thought, I'll walk." "Thanks." "Sir." "Have a good night." "Nice night for a walk." "I told you I don't have your money yet." "Oh, that's a damn shame, because, you see, I'm a businessman so when I make an investment, I expect to see a return." "I spent it on the start-up costs for my garment line." "It's just been a slow start." "If you could just give me more time." "You want more time." "Okay." "I'm a fair-minded person." "Company needs a chance to get started advertising, word of mouth, build clientele." " That's right." " Okay, I understand." "I'll give you until tomorrow night." "Midnight." "Or else." "Want me to rough her up?" "No." "No, we'll give her another day." "Meanwhile, go get me that nosy cop." "My calluses could use a workout." "So you're from here, are you?" "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, I really missed having a place I could call home." "So I moved here and 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." "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'd be proud to have a woman of your heart and talent working here at the café." "Well, I sure can class up a joint, now, can't I?" "Yes, you sure can." "I was..." "I was wondering if maybe you might wanna step out with me sometime." "Well, why don't you stop wondering and ask me?" "Sometime." "LUKE:" "Nathan." "Excuse me." "Before you get in too deep." "Everything all right?" "How would you like to step out tonight?" " Sorry, but we're closed." "PEYTON:" "I know." "My car broke down." "Right." "So you can lure me outside and Dan and five of his goons will work me over." "No thanks." "Dan's not with me." "I promise." "Let me grab my coat." "Well, I'll see what I can do." "I'm not really the mechanic type." "Wow." "The advancements on these things are amazing." " How much did she set you back?" " Oh, hundreds." "What do you drive?" "I don't." "Guess I'm not ready to give up on good old-fashioned walking." "You know, no one ever stands up to Dan that way." " That right?" " Mm-hm." "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." "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." "It's okay." "Leave it." "You wouldn't mind a good, old-fashioned walk home, would you?" "Sure, I can do that." "Um..." " Where do you live?" " That way." "Let's go." "PEYTON:" "I'm not sure how I feel about the war." "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?" "Yeah, I guess." "Do you think I'm pretty?" "I don't think I know you well enough yet to say something like that." "Well, you certainly don't talk very much, do you?" "Why would you wanna walk me home if you didn't wanna talk?" " Not really the gabbing type." " Mm." "What does a girl have to do for some interesting conversation?" "Short of throwing myself at you." "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 at the Comet Club." "People disappear around him." "And yet you let him own you." " Never mind." " You said you wanted to talk." "Now, here I am, walking you home against his wishes, I am sure." "I'd just like to know." "It's a long story." "I've got time." "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." " You're a trinket." " I'm cared for." "Is that what you call it?" "I'm sorry." "Not trying to be rude, I just..." "I don't like the guy, is all." "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." "HALEY:" "When you asked me to step out with you tonight I didn't imagine it would be at Karen's Café." "Why not?" "We've got the best piano player in town." "And the best drinks." "And the best bartender." "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 wanna spend it with anyone but you." "Is that the truth?" "Because..." "Because I wanna believe that it is." "Yes." "This is perfect to me." "I wanna fall in love." "My whole life has been planned and safe." "Dan won't let men court me." "But for once, I wanna make my own choices." "Even if that means my heart shatters 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." "You are." "What?" "Earlier, you asked me if you were pretty." "You are." "But it's your heart that makes you more than that." "Makes you beautiful." "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." "I won't say a word." "You know, there's a sign above the door of my bar." "It reads, "People always leave but I say, stay a while." "Have a nightcap."" "Now, maybe you and I can do that some time." "Leave?" "Or have a nightcap?" "Whatever you'd like." " Would it be all right?" " Shut up and do it." "Goodnight, Peyton." "Well, this must be the most romantic table ever reserved for me." "And the most interesting of entrées." "Penny for your thoughts?" "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..." "What?" "I'm not afraid of dying." "But I am afraid of dying without you knowing how I feel." "Without you..." "You're not going to die, Nathan Scott." "You're going to come home." "To me." "I just think it's..." "Why don't you let me do the thinking for the both of us?" "I've got a crazy idea." "Do you trust me?" "Yes." "You manage to find the money you owe me?" "No." "But I have something much more valuable than money." "Hey, boss." "Officer Morello will be here soon for his appointment." "Hey, sugar." "What could you possibly have that I would want?" "Information." "About Peyton." "What kind of information?" "Forgive my debt and I'll tell you." "No." "You tell me and I'll consider it." "Besides, you owe me money." "You really don't have a choice." "What if I told you that your precious Peyton was sweet on Lucas Scott?" "And that I saw them together last night." "I drove Peyton home last night." "Besides, we've discussed this." "She knows better than get involved with him." "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." "You're lying." "Get her out of here." "Such a shame about Peyton's mother." "Considering how you loved her." "You consider my debt paid in full." "Hell hath no fury." "Pretty ruthless." "May be hope for you yet, Brooke Davis." "Then we're square." "Not yet." "There's one more thing you're gonna do for me." "JULIAN:" "You need a lift?" "No, thanks." "You know, you could be making a lot more money at the Comet Club." "I'm doing just fine at Karen's." "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."" "No!" "[SCREAMS]" "PEYTON:" "Hi." "LUKE:" "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 wanna 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." "I can't accept this." "It comforts me, Lucas." "And so do you." "So I want you to have it." "I should go." "Stay a while." "No." "No, I think I'll hold out till that nightcap." "Wouldn't want a girl to look too needy." "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." "Kind of reminds me of Keith Scott." "Oh, well." "I'll get over it." "Hi." "JULIAN:" "Here, have another drink, boozy." "[JULIAN LAUGHING]" "You should have stuck to gossip columns instead of snooping around where you don't belong." "Gossip columns won't get you killed, kid." " Boss." "PEYTON:" "Stop it." "What is this?" "Get off me." " What are you doing here?" " 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." "And what about you?" "How's Lucas doing?" "Whore." "He killed Lucas' Uncle Keith." "I said I was on to something, and I was right." "He murdered him." " Shut him up." " Is that true?" " Go wait in the car." " Is that true?" "Go wait in the car." "Go wait in the car." "No, no, no." "What are you thinking about?" "The house we're going to live in, right here in Tree Hill City." "Anything else?" "Well, since the house is going to be so big I suppose we'll need children." "A little girl, just like you." "A son." "We could name him James." "Like Haley James." " Jamie." " Yeah." "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." "No." "I'm not crawling anymore." "Not even for you." "And pretty soon, no one else will either." "They'll find out that you killed Keith, just like I did." "And then they'll bring you down." "Oh, I'd say if anyone's going down, it's you." "[CHUCKLING]" "Hey, Mouth, be a friend and get that for me, will you?" "That last drink's on me." "Boss, Peyton's gone." "Hey, Skills, play something good for me?" "What happened to you?" "Julian, Dan." "They have Mouth." " They're gonna kill him." " What?" "He found out that Dan killed Keith." "Luke, I didn't know." "I'm sorry." "Luke, what are you doing?" "Luke, we can be free, we can leave tonight." "Luke, listen to her." "He knows she's here." "You're gonna get hurt." "He hurt me when he took Keith away." "He's hurt everybody, including you." "Somebody needs to stop him." " Lucas..." " Were you serious when you told me you'd leave with me tonight?" " Yes." "Skills, you've been a good man and a great friend so I want you to have this place." "It's yours." " I'm coming too." " No." "You'd just hold me up anyway." "Get over here, Peyton." "Peyton, now." "She's with me." "[JULIAN CHUCKLING]" "Why does everything always have to be so messy?" "Okay, okay." "Not even I'd shoot a man in the back, Lucas." "Actually, that's not true." "I've shot several men in the back." "Most of them deserved it but I wouldn't recommend you do it, because I have a surprise for you." "Miss Davis." "And down." "That's a good boy." "Isn't this fun?" "Okay, Miss Davis." "Finish your job, and your debt is clear." "I'm sorry, Luke." "Brooke, we've all had hard times." "You don't have to do this." "Yes, I do." "I should have done this a long time ago." "[GUN CLICKING EMPTY]" "Yeah, I thought so." "Women..." "You want something done right..." "PEYTON:" "Luke." "Peyton?" "I got you, I got you." "Hey, come on." "No, it's gonna be okay." "Hold on, hold on." "Come on, you're gonna be okay." "Hey, we're gonna leave, remember?" "Yeah, just you and me, we're gonna leave." "Come on." "I love you." "I'm coming back to you, Haley." "I am." "Is that a promise?" "As long as you wait for me, it is." "Oh, I'll wait for you." "Always and forever." "Best day of my life." "You're free now, Peyton." "[CELL PHONE RINGING]" "Peyton?" " Hi, did I wake you up?" " No." " Well, maybe." " I'm sorry." "I'm still at TRIC, I'm gonna be home soon, okay?" "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?" " Okay." "Bye." "Ow!" "[ENGLISH SDH]"