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"And then we kissed." Haley told Peyton and Brooke that night when she walked in the house after her evening with Nathan. Haley had walked into her room to find Peyton and Brooke lounging across her bed. They could tell from the look on her face, that she had an amazing night, and demanded details.
"Oooh. You kissed the hotshot basketball player." Brooke clarified excitedly.
"Yeah. It was amazing." Haley replied dreamily.
"Good for you Hales. Jake kissed me tonight too. It was amazing." Peyton said smiling, remembering her evening with Jake.
"What happened tonight P Sawyer? You've been keeping us in the dark all night." Brooke whined.
"Fine. He picked me up, we went to the café for some dinner. He then took me to this concert at this place he knew, then he took me home, walked me to my door and kissed me goodnight." Peyton recalled the evenings happenings.
"That sounds amazing Peyt. You and Jake are the perfect couple." Haley said squeezing her friends knee.
"Thanks Hales. Now it seems Brooke is the only one who hasn't spilled her evenings activities to us yet. Your turn B Davis." Peyton taunted.
"fine. I went to Lucas's and we made out all night. That's it that's all." Brooke said quickly.
"You and Lucas Scott made out all night?" Peyton asked.
"yeah. He's an amazing kisser." Brooke replied dreamily.
"Yeah yeah. Not as good as Jake I would bet." Peyton argued.
"and especially not as good as Nathan. Oh my God, when I kissed him, butterflies fluttered in my stomach. It was like an out of body experience." Haley said dreamily.
"Oh my God. Haley has a crush on the basketball God. This is so amazing." Brooke enthused.
"Yeah yeah, it may be amazing. But what isn't amazing is that we have school tomorrow and have to be up early, and here we are still talking at midnight. Lets get some sleep." Haley said.
"Fine. Goodnight bestest friends." Brooke said settling into her spot on Haley's bed.
"Goodnight." Peyton said yawning.
"goodnight." Haley said.
A few hours later Haley's alarm went off and the three girls stirred. Brooke leaped out of the bed, so she could get to the shower first.
"Brooke you better not take all day in there." Haley warned.
"I wont." Brooke said in a singsong voice from the bathroom.
"You do realize that you wont have time to shower today now right. Might as well just get ready, at least then we wont be late for school." Peyton suggested while brushing out her blonde hair.
"You're right. We'll be lucky if Brooke is out of the bathroom by the time its time to go." Haley said grabbing her brush and brushing her brown hair out. A little while later, Haley and Peyton were sitting on Haley's bed waiting on Brooke.
"Brooke are you serious? How long does it take to get ready. Lets go." Peyton called.
"Yeah. I really don't want to be late for school. And its not fair for you to be gorgeous while we haven't had the chance to shower or anything." Haley whined.
"Whatever. I'm almost done." Brooke called from the bathroom. A few minutes later she finally emerged from the bathroom.
"How do I look?" Brooke asked smiling.
"Fabulous. Now lets go." Haley said urging her friends to the door.
Haley, Brooke and Peyton got to school just as the bell was ringing, and an announcement came over the intercom telling all first period health classes to go to the classroom for a quick meeting. Everyone filed into the classroom where Mr Anderson was waiting.
"Ok. I just wanted to tell everyone that I am having way too much fun with this assignment, that I am extending it a couple days. Presentation day is now Monday. Be prepared, I am expecting some pretty phenomenal projects. Now get to work." he said dismissing them. Nathan waited for Haley by the door.
"How are you doing today?" she asked him when they exited the room.
"Great. You?" he asked.
"Ugh. I am going to kill Brooke." she said, really feeling the lack of a refreshing shower.
'Why" he asked.
"Because her and Peyton stayed at my house last night, and Brooke took all morning to shower and get ready, therefore I didn't get my morning shower and am very grumpy." Haley said.
"I see that. Remind me not to upset you ever." he said grinning at her. Haley smiled back and smacked his arm. They went back to their usual spot, and started discussing their hopes and dreams, which was today's discussion.
Meanwhile, Brooke and Lucas had barricaded themselves in an empty classroom, and her making out furiously.
"Shouldn't we be discussing our hopes and dreams?" Lucas asked when he broke away from Brooke.
"I don't see the point. Making out is so much more fun." she said before kissing him again.
"I know. This is so much better.' he said again before throwing himself into his intense make out session with Brooke.
Peyton and Jake were sitting on the ground, and Jake had his arm around Peyton's shoulder.
"You're pretty amazing, you know that?" Jake said nuzzling her neck.
"You're pretty great too." Peyton replied.
"Well, how about today we do something different. We should actually follow the timeline to see what we're supposed to talk about today." Jake suggested.
"Sounds good. Today is hopes and dreams for the future. This should be fun." Peyton said dryly.
"Ok. Well how about I go first. I dream for the future would have to be me being a great single father, and Jenny growing up happy and healthy. I hope that she gets everything out of life that we wants." Jake said solemnly.
"I think every father wants that. Now what do you want Jake?" Peyton asked again.
"I haven't really thought about it. Right now and probably forever, Jenny occupies every thought I have. I cant do anything without thinking of her first. But I guess if I'm dreaming, I would love to do something with the music I write, and maybe play basketball. I guess one of those would be my dream." Jake said.
"Wow. I don't really know what I would do with my life. I guess I would maybe want to go to college. I want to make my dad proud of me. If I were to go to college, I would probably take business, art or music. I don't know. The future is sill a long ways off." she said brushing it off.
"Peyton. Being that I too am a single father, I know for a fact that you're dad is proud of you. He raised a wonderful, beautiful, kind daughter. And for that he should be so proud. I know that's what I want Jenny to be." Jake said seriously.
"Jake. Thank you for telling me that. Sometimes I wonder." she trailed off.
"Wonder what?" Jake asked taking her hand.
"I wonder if I'm making my dad proud. Or if he regrets me. Or resents me. I wonder if my mom is proud of me from heaven. I wonder if I'm keeping my father from the life he should have had." she listed.
"Peyton don't worry about any of that. Your dad doesn't regret you, or resent you. I mean, how could he? Your mom is proud of you, I would bet on it. And I would guarantee that you're father is living the life he wants to. He's raising you, and that's what all fathers want in life." Jake assured.
"Thank you. You always know what to say. You're almost like Haley and Brooke like that." Peyton laughed slightly.
"That's what I'm here for. I'll be the male version of Brooke and Haley, whenever you need me." he said laughing. For the rest of class, Jake and Peyton just went back to their usual conversation of music and art, knowing that after the intensity of the earlier conversation, that they needed a break.
Haley and Nathan sat side by side on the floor in their hallway. They were almost touching but not quite, and the closeness was hard on both of them.
"Okay, what's your dream Nathan?" Haley asked trying to alleviate some of the tension in the room.
"Well my dream has always been to play in the NBA. It's always been the plan. But I guess I wouldn't mind having a family someday. Maybe a little girl, or a boy. It doesn't really matter. My dream would be too be a better father to my kids than my dad was to me. I wouldn't pressure them, or belittle them the way my father did me." Nathan answered her question without hesitance.
"I would love to perform my music to the world. But that's just a dream, I mean, I cant even play in front of a single person other that Brooke or Peyton without panicking. So that dream is out obviously. I guess my other dream would to be like my mom. Be a wonderful parent, and have a family that loves me, and a husband that would do anything for me. My dream is to find someone I want to spend the rest of my life with, and have a family with that man." she said solemnly.
"Ok. But when it comes to your music, don't give up on that dream. It could happen. Maybe someday you'll just get up on stage and sing your heart out. And you'll love it." he told her. Haley smiled at him, then out of the blue she leaned over and kissed him softly.
"Brooke, he really need to stop. We should at least talk about our dreams for a minute." Lucas panted pulling away from Brooke.
"Fine. You first Eugene." she said using his middle name.
"You promised to never bring that up again." he whined.
"Sorry. It just came out. Now what's your life dream?" she asked.
"I don't know. I guess if basketball doesn't work out for whatever reason. I would love to publish some of my writing. I would love to be an author." he said quickly.
"You would be great at both of them. I would love to start up a fashion label. I have millions of sketches done, for possible lines and several unfinished dresses sitting in my closet. My dream would be to create a fashion line, and make it hugely successful." Brooke said, her eyes shining as she talked about her dream.
"And you'll do it. You know why? Because you're Brooke Davis, and you always get what you want." Lucas told her smiling.
"You're right. Now I want you to kiss me." she told him.
"If I have to." he said smiling, and he leant over to kiss her. A few minutes later, the bell rang, and like everyday the groups dispersed and went their separate ways.
