A/N: Hi, This is my first story, so I actually don't know how good it will be but I got this idea in my head and had to write it down.
The story is Brucas with a Brathan friendship, and Naley and Jeyton. Things you need to know – Mouth and Rachel are dating, Jake came back for senior year, and all his drama with Nikki is over but he left Jenny with his parents for the trip. Brooke's parents never went bankrupt and she and Nathan are really close friends.
I will try to get the chapters out as soon as possible, but I don't have a set plan yet so if you have any ideas, tell me in the reviews (or PM me) and I might use then =)
Friendship, it's what gets us through the day when you feel like falling apart. It's what gets you through the year when your family is falling apart. So when Spring Break came around eight friends decided that they should all go to Cabo, Mexico.
"B. Davis," Peyton Sawyer, Brooke's friend, called down the hallway of the house that she shared with Brooke. "Come on, we are not going to miss our flight because of you." As she was shouting, Nathan Scott walked in from outside where the rest of the group was impatiently waiting.
"What the hell is taking so long?" He looked annoyed; he was tired of everyone stressing about the flight. Peyton pointed towards Brooke's closed door as a way of explanation. "See if you can hurry her up." She suggested as she went to replace Nathan outside. She might be Brooke's best friend but Nathan was the brotherly like type and when everyone else got annoyed at Brooke, he was the one that was able to defend her.
"Davis, I know you're in here. Come on, we're all waiting for you. We have to go." He knocked on her closed door a couple of times before entering. He laughed when he saw her straightening her long raven hair in front of the bedroom mirror, he couldn't help it.
"Brooke, you always look beautiful you know that; but it's just a plane ride, it's not a photo shoot." The famous Scott smirk appeared briefly as he was talking, but he quickly suppressed it, not wanting to be slapped by the feisty girl in front of him. She smirked back at him as he she finally finished her hair and unplugged the straightener, curling up the cord so she could add it to her suitcase that was still sitting open on her bed.
"I know that, but I'm stuck next to Lucas on the plane the entire time because the rest of you want to be all couple-y. I need to show him what he's missing."
Nathan sighed, he was tired of this constant bickering between Brooke and Lucas and the totally obvious flirting; he knew that all their friends were tired of it as well.
"Trust me, he knows." He muttered under his breath as Brooke rushed out of the room to grab something else she forgot.
"What was that?" Brooke rushed back into the room carrying her toothbrush and toothpaste, throwing them in next to the straightener.
"I said that it's really late, and we need to leave now." But it didn't actually matter because Brooke was already out of the room, and like always she had left Nathan to carry her heavy suitcase.
When he finally made it out the front door, he noticed to a great annoyance that Brooke had once again disappeared.
"Jesus Scott, what when on in there? Did you have hot, steamy sex?" Rachel Gatina smirked; she loved irking up her boyfriend's friends. Haley James, Nathan's girlfriend reached up and hit Rachel upside the head.
"That's disgusting, she's like my sister. Thanks for that disturbing picture." Nathan groaned; a disgusted look forming on his face as he couldn't get the visual out of his head.
"What images?" Brooke had finally made it outside, sodas in one hand, chips in the other.
"The image of you and Sexy boy Scott here getting it on." She got hit by Haley again, and the feisty red head shot the other girl a murderous look.
"You're right, that is disgusting." Brooke's facial expression matched Nathan's as she worked to get the image out of her head as well.
"But you know, if you have all those chips and soda to yourself, you won't have to worry about that happening because nobody is going to want to sleep with you anyway." As everyone groaned, knowing what was going to follow, Rachel, who loved to stir up drama whenever possibly, smiled.
"Well, I'd prefer a fat ass to a fake plastic one." Brooke glared back with a smirk on her face.
"Well no one wants to sleep with a fat chick, right boys?" Rachel was speaking to the group now, but kept her eyes firmly planted on Brooke. No one responded, too scared that they would be slapped by Haley or Peyton.
"Who the hell invited you on this trip anyway?" Brooke continued to glare at her.
"I did." 'Mouth' McFadden, Rachel's new boyfriend spoke up. "I can't get why you two can't get along."
"Because, she is a skank with a fat ass." Brooke stubbornly crossed her arms across her chest.
"I can't be friends with that fat ass babe." Rachel replied, the glaring competition not letting down.
"You know what, girl formally known as orca? You might just want just want to step off a bit before I break your fake, plastic nose." In the next split second, Rachel's hand instinctively reached up and slapped Brooke right across the face. Brooke was about to react back but before the catfight could break out in the quiet suburban street but two strong muscular arms wrapped around her tight, restricting her. She knew who was holding her back, she'd know even if she was blindfolded, the touch of his skin and his smell were recognisable anywhere.
"Come on pretty girl, she's not worth it. You don't want her to mess up your beautiful face." Her heart fluttered as he whispered her old nickname into her ear; he had probably said it without realising what he was doing.
"But I just want to punch her and wreck her plastic face." Rachel always brought out the worst in Brooke.
Haley was getting impatient as she checked her watch; they were in serious danger of missing their flight.
"That's it. Brooke, get in the front next to Nate. Rachel, you sit at the very back and don't make a noise the entire trip."
Halfway to the airport, they were waiting at a set of red lights when Nate glanced over at Brooke in the passenger seat, she had the glazed look in her sparkling emerald eyes that told him she was in her own little world. "Davis, are you okay? You have a small bruise forming on her cheek already." He was concerned for the girl that he had loved like a sister since they were still in diapers.
"I'm fine Scott." She replied, "It was just one small little slap. Remember the fights I used to get into?" She remembered the old days before they had known Lucas and Haley. When it was just the two and Peyton and they were the bad asses of Tree Hill. "How much longer till we get there anyway?" She whined; she hated long car trips.
"We just passed the sign that said ten miles." Nathan laughed. "You saw it; we'll be there soon." He shook his head in amusement and then took one hand off the steering wheel to pull her in close to him. As she rested her head on his shoulder, he kissed the top of her hair.
"You know I love you right Davis." He didn't take his eyes off the road as the lights turned green and he took off again. Brooke looked up and smiled before kissing him lightly on the cheek. "I love you too Nate."
Haley sat watching the couple from the seat behind them, next to Lucas and Peyton. She wasn't jealous of the couple by any means. The two of them had been close friends years before she knew them, and she also knew that their relationship was completely platonic. They were just like her and Lucas, and she had had her head on Luke's shoulder for the entire car ride.
"Aren't they so cute Luke." Haley smiled jokingly. "Why can't you be that good of a best friend?"
"I am too that good of a best friend." He replied quietly just so the two of them could hear. "And she is cute, isn't she?" He said, completely unaware of what he had actually just said.
Finally, they were in the car park at the airport pulling all their suitcases out of the back.
"Finally." Brooke groaned stretching her legs as she climbed out the car. "I hate long car rides."
"Trust as Davis, we know." Jake patted her on the shoulder jokingly; they had all heard her complaining. With everything out of the car and the car locked up safely they jumped onto the shuttle bus that would transport them to the entrance. The last thing they wanted to hear was Brooke complaining about the long walk with her heavy suitcase.
--23--
With twenty minutes to spare before the gates opened for boarding, the group of eight were relaxing on the hard plastic chairs just outside the terminal, all thinking about the miracle it took to get them here on time.
"I'm going to go get some Starbucks." Brooke announced rising up of her seat, she really needed a caffeine hit. "Does anyone want some?" Peyton, Lucas and Nathan all nodded.
"Lucas you idiot." Nathan punched his brother in the arm lightly. "Go help her; she can't carry four drinks by herself."
Now that they were at the airport the ulterior motive of the rest of the group, excluding Rachel obviously, was starting to form. They needed the two of them to get back together before Sprig Break was over; they were tired of the constant flirting and bickering.
"Brooke, wait up." Lucas called jogging to catch up to his ex girlfriend. "I need the walk." He offered as a lame excuse as they reached the small store. "Sure." Brooke replied smiling slightly. As they waited in the long line waiting to order, Luke noticed the bruise that Rachel had caused earlier.
"Does it hurt?" He uncomfortably reached up and lightly touched her cheek, so he wouldn't cause any undue pain. He hated the fact that he could no longer just wrap her up in a tight hug and protect her.
"Nah," Brooke shrugged it off. "I've had a lot worse." She smiled.
Once they had all the coffees and were heading back to the gate they heard the announcement that the first class was opening for passengers travelling to Mexico, so they didn't have much longer to wait for economy.
--23--
Brooke had no idea how it had happened, but once they were on the plane she noticed that she and Luke were seated next to each other. Considering that he had always made her feel safe she didn't mind much but it could be an uncomfortable ride with them in such close proximity. As they were taking off, Brooke reached into her carry on bag to bring out the book she had brought to read on the trip; she prayed that Luke wouldn't notice the title of the book, but he did.
"The Winter of our Discontent?" Lucas sounded surprised. "I didn't know you like Steinbeck Brooke." Brooke smiled and shrugged. The truth was that she couldn't care less about Steinbeck, it just reminded her of the good times that she and Lucas had had.
Halfway through the trip, Lucas looked up from his iPod and noticed that Brooke was shivering slightly. He smiled, he knew that she had accidentally packed her jacket in her suitcase; she always did so he slipped off the grey hoodie he was wearing and offered it up to her. Brooke smiled, she had worn the hoodie that advertised his Uncle Keith's body shop practically the entire time they were dating and she loved that his smell was infused into the material. Slipping it on she leant back into her seat and shut her eyes, willing sleep to come.
She was deep in sleep when she started to rearrange herself in her seat, trying hard to find a more comfortable position. Her head rolled around and eventually settled on Luke's shoulder. Luke was asleep himself and his head unconsciously moved to rest on top of Brooke's head.
Haley who was sitting in the middle aisle, and still wide awake reading her own book, smiled as she noticed the unconscious exchange between the two. Before either of them could move she grabbed her camera from her bag and snapped a picture to show the others, who were all asleep, later.
"We now are beginning our descent into Cabo, Mexico. We thank you for flying with us and hope you enjoy your trip." The flight attendant's too cheerful voice was what woke everybody up the next morning and the second Brooke realised how she had slept the entire night she blushed furiously and moved away quickly to pack up.
Once they had collected their luggage from the luggage pick up and made it through customs, they collected the rental car that Haley had arranged for ahead of time so they could make it to their hotel quickly so they could spend most of the day out in the city.
The drive in total took about an hour and the second Nathan stopped the car they all rushed out, eager to escape Brooke's complaining. Haley went to check the group in as two bellboys rushed out to take everybody's luggage; much to Brooke's gratitude.
"Okay, we managed to get three rooms." Haley came back with the keys, and she knew that the next sentence out of her mouth was going to cause some drama in the group. "Jake, Peyton and I will be sharing one room." She handed one key to Jake; she handed the second key to Mouth. "Considering that no one likes you Rachel, you and Mouth get a room to yourself… and that leaves Nate, Brooke and Luke to the last room." She smiled sheepishly as she handed the last key to Brooke.
"What the hell?" Brooke and Luke exclaimed loudly at the same time. The plane ride they could handle; but sharing a hotel room, even if it was with Nathan? It was going to be a very long trip.