Title: Change is Gonna Come
Summary: "My best friend is going to be a mother soon, my ex, no, my exes, are trying to run my love life, and to top it all off Sam is having sex!" "So you're a tad emotional right now?"
Pairings: I never tell who people will end up with, but as of now: Peyton/Lucas, Haley/Nathan, Chase/Mia, and Brooke/Julian.
Rating: PG-13, as of now.
Thank you Red, for being my beta!
-----
Brooke twitched her nose, feeling the light tickle in her sleep. Her hand came up to swat away whatever it was making her itch. After getting nowhere with her lazy attempts, she opened her sleepy eyes slowly and came face to face with a large belly.
"Hi there, where's your mother?" She giggled, her voice laced with sleep.
She felt a hard tap on the head and flinched, looking up at Peyton's face. Peyton crossed her arms over her plump stomach and smiled. "Oh you're just hilarious," she said sarcastically.
"I've been told," she stated, stretching her arms over her head. "So what exactly are you doing here at," she turned her clock to face her and frowned, "seven A.M.?"
"Sam let me in," she grinned and sat on the bed, "You forgot where we were going at nine today?"
"Depends," she rubbed her eyes, sitting up, "what's today?"
"June 7th," Peyton sighed and tugged on her hand, "get out of bed."
"Oh!" Brooke hopped up, dropping a kiss on Peyton's belly, "Today is your 4D ultrasound!"
"Ding, ding, ding," Peyton sang, watching her go straight into her walk-in closet.
"I didn't forget," she snapped back at her best friend, "I just forgot what today was. Who's all coming to this thing, anyways?"
Peyton lay back on the feather bed and rubbed her hand over her stomach in small circles, "Well they only allow ten in the room to watch so Lucas, you, Sam, Karen, dad, Haley, Nathan, Jamie, Mia, and Chase."
There was silence before Brooke walked out of the closet with a small glare, "Peyton …"
"Yes?" She smiled, innocently, struggling to sit up.
"Is there a reason you filled up every possible spot? Like … Chase?"
"I happen to like Chase and he's Mia's boyfriend. What kind of friend would I be if I didn't allow her to have her boyfriend there?"
Brooke scoffed, "Oh Peyt, I don't know. What kind of friend would you be?"
She sighed, "I'm sorry, Brooke. It's just … Julian and Lucas are just now starting to tolerate each other. I don't want one of them to make a smart-aleck remark, piss each other off, and stress me out. Do you want momma stressed?"
"Okay, okay," she bit her bottom lip, "I see your point. But Chase? Come on Peyton, don't you think that's awkward for me?"
"You're right. Besides, Mia's on tour and Chase has to work at Tric. So you, best friend, are in luck."
Brooke laughed, "So that was just to piss me off?"
"Ruffling your feathers in the morning wakes you up," she smiled, "and I need you awake to drive one of the cars."
"You could have just asked."
"I'll remember that next time. Where is Julian anyways?"
"In California for the week," she threw on a blouse and stood in front of the mirror, buttoning it up, "working on a few things for your hubby's movie."
Peyton stood up, slowly, holding her giant belly, "Ah, I remember Luke mentioning that. Oh, I forgot to ask. Clothes Over Bro's maternity wear?"
"New shipment came in yesterday," Brooke laughed, "I saved a box load for you in the closet."
"I adore you," she smiled.
"You should."
Peyton laughed and walked in the closet, opening the large box.
--
Lucas sat in front of Sam in the coffee shop, stirring his coffee slowly, "I'm offended that you just asked me to do this because Julian is in California."
"I could have asked someone else," she stated, pouring loads of sugar in her black liquid, "but I just like you."
"More than Julian?" He pressed, grinning.
"Don't push it," Sam laughed, stirring her coffee.
He smirked and leaned back in his seat, "So … what exactly are we doing here?"
"We are drinking coffee," she said, slowly, as if talking to a child.
Lucas laughed and took a sip out of his white mug, "Oh really? I meant, is this what you do with Julian every Saturday morning? Just drink coffee?"
"Yes," she looked to him, "it's simple and relaxing."
"I bet," he looked around, sighing, "Do you guys even have a conversation?"
"Yes. You suck as a stand-in, Luke."
He smirked, "I'm trying here, Sam, but I don't see the point in it."
"You know your book made you seem like such a laid-back and relaxing person. Since when do you need to be doing something at all times? Just … relax," she said, calmly.
"Okay, okay," he looked back down at his mug and tried concentrating on the soothing café music playing softly in the background. "So are you coming to the 4D ultrasound today?"
"Oh my god, you can't shut up." She grabbed her bag from the stool and sighed, "When is Julian coming back?"
"Hey!" He cried, offended.
She brushed by Nathan as he was walking in and gave him a nod, "Hey Nate."
He turned, watching her scurry down the sidewalk, "Hi Sam." He walked in, shaking his head at the teen and smirked at Lucas.
"She's a handful," Lucas stated, leaning forward on the table.
Nathan laughed, "Tell me about it. I think she just misses Julian."
"That's so weird to me," Lucas laughed, "I mean ... it's Julian."
Nathan shrugged, "He's not that bad of a guy. We went and watched a basketball game the other night and went out afterwards while Haley and Brooke went shopping for Peyton's baby shower. He's kind of fun to be around. Jamie likes him."
"Oh that's great," he scowled, "winning everyone's heart."
"I don't get why you don't like him, man," Nathan shrugged, sitting beside him.
Lucas sighed, "He's just a smartass. I don't mind him; really, it's just weird that he and Peyton were in love."
"That's ridiculous. He's with Brooke now. I mean, Peyton and I dated … you and Brooke dated," Nathan took a sip of his brother's coffee and made a face, "That's disgusting."
"I get what you're saying."
"Now, give the guy a chance. You both need to get along for Peyton and Brooke's sake."
Lucas nodded.
---
"So, it's going to be another week?" Brooke questioned, leaning against the car with her phone pressed to her ear.
"I'm really trying," Julian sucked in a breath and looked into the office beside him, full of people sitting at a long table, waiting on him.
Brooke nodded, waiting on Peyton to waddle out of the house so they could hit the road, "Alright. That's fine, I'm about to drive to Angel Prints, I'll call you tonight."
"Bye Brooke."
"Bye." She hung up the phone and smiled to Peyton, "Who's all riding with us?"
"All the girls. You, Haley, Sam, Karen, and I," she smiled, "I'm so excited."
Brooke laughed and helped her to the passenger side of the SUV, "Let's go get the girls."
"You okay B?"
Brooke nodded, buckling her up, "Yeah P. Preggo."
---
A/N: So … this is my first One Tree Hill fic, that is just purely One Tree Hill. Review please.
