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Alright I'm sorry about how long it took to update but life seems to get in the way but I made it a little longer for the wait.

"Wow! Good job buddy!" Nathan told Jamie. They were playing basketball outside while Haley just stood on the sidelines looking at Jamie and Nathan. It was times like this when Nathan knew he had everything, yeah maybe life didn't turn out like planned but at the end of the day that's what made it fun.

"Momma did you see that!" Jamie yelled excitingly as he started jumping around.

"Yeah I did babe. Good job! That was awesome" Haley yelled as Nathan started jogging over.

"Hey" Nathan pecked her on the lips.

"Hey. Good Job out there"

"Well I try" Nathan smirked.

"Yeah, Yeah Mr. Humble" Haley said while rolling her eyes.

"Hey maybe I would do better if I had my cheerleader out there" Nathan smirked. But when Haley didn't answer he knew something was wrong. "Hey are you ok?"

"I don't know. It's just Lindsey called and said that Luke stormed out of her office. And… I don't know I'm just worried about him." Haley shook her head. She really was worried about Luke he was her best friend and she wasn't sure what was going through his head. She knew he loved Lindsay, but he was devastated when Brooke stopped answering his calls a couple of months ago. And oddly enough right when Brooke stopped answering his calls is when he proposed to Lindsay. Haley was confused with Lucas' actions, but she was sure he was just as confused if not more.

"Look what does she expect from him, for him to just act like if nothing happened. She broke of the engagement Hales. Look let Luke deal with this his own way. That's the only way he'll be able to get over this." Nathan was just as confused as Haley but he knew a couple of weeks in New York would do him some good. Just a week before he proposed to Lindsey he was planning a trip to New York. But Nathan never knew what happened with that because just a week later Lucas and Lindsey got engaged. And when Nathan asked about the trip Luke said it was canceled and made him promise not to tell Haley about the trip he had planned.

"Yeah maybe talking to Brooke will do him some good."

"Yeah hopefully" Nathan really hoped his brother could get his head on straight, the Ravens really needed him for the championships.

"I think he just needs some closure with either one of them" Haley just stared at him when he started smirking at her "What?"

"Who are you rooting for?"

"What?"

"Come on who are you rooting for your best friend Lucas to be with?"

"I want him to be with who his heart tells him to be with" Haley smirked hoping that was a good enough answer to make him stop.

"And you want his heart to tell him to be with…?" Nathan stopped hoping Haley would finish the sentence.

"Peyton"

"Peyton? What does Peyton have to do with this? I think she's out the picture Hales." His wife sure had some crazy ideas.

"No Peyton." Haley pointed behind Nathan.

xxxxx

Her thoughts were going at a million miles per hour she wasn't even sure what she was doing. She had hoped her friends would be happy to see her, but she wouldn't be surprised if they weren't. She stopped answering their calls and e-mails when she turned Lucas down. She wasn't even sure what Lucas was up to. Either way she knew she needed to come home, her heart kept telling her to come home, if it was cause she grew up here or cause Lucas lived here she didn't know but she knew when she saw Lucas all the pieces would fall into place. She just hoped she wasn't making a mistake.

"Hey" She said quietly

"Peyton?" Nathan said questionably as he saw her.

"Hey Nate." She started getting even more nervous when she saw Nathan's face. She couldn't tell if it was a good surprise or bad surprise.

"Peyton? Oh my god! Hey!" Haley yelled as she started walking over to Peyton.

The look on Haley's face was enough to convince her that she was doing the right thing.

xxxxx

He wasn't sure what do as he walked the streets of New York. He wanted to see Brooke but he wasn't sure if it was a good idea considering she started ignoring him a couple of months ago. That pissed him off for sure but he knew Brooke knew he was in town, cause Nate called him and told him that Haley had called Brooke before he went to New York,. He wanted to make things right with Brooke, but now he wasn't sure what to do. A couple of months ago he was thinking about coming to New York to fix things, but fate stepped in and made him think twice about that.

Flashback

Lucas had just finished sending an e-mail to Brooke talking about how they needed to talk. He just hoped that she would actually reply this time though.

"Hey Luke what are you doing?" Lindsey noticed that he looked strange, as if he was conflicted.

"Hmm? Oh uh just looking at some airfares I was thinking…" But he stopped as soon as he looked up and saw that Lindsey found an engagement ring.

"Luke?" Lindsey just stared at the ring while her eyes where filling with tears.

Present

And that was that. He proposed to Lindsey. Come to think of it Brooke never did respond to his e-mail.

"Hey Hales I just got out of meeting with Lindsey…things didn't go as planned….umm can you call me back? Ok so…" He was interrupted when he bumped into someone.

"Woah, Careful where you're going"

He recognized that voice. Of course it belonged to Chris.

"Lucas"

That voice was unexpected.

"Brooke"

xxxxx

"Lucas"

It was really Lucas. She knew he was New York because of Haley's message but he couldn't even call her to tell her he was in New York. She was still confused about some things especially when he started ignoring her a couple of months ago.

"Brooke" Lucas seemed to say her name with some surprise, like if he was seeing a ghost.

"Chris"

As soon as Lucas noticed Chris she could see the anger in his eyes. And then his eyes shifted to? Brett. Crap, Brooke forgot about Brett. Pretty soon confusion replaced the anger in his eyes.

"So…what's new?" Chris

"Lucas" Brooke had to bring the attention back to her, once she saw Lucas' eyes she could tell he was fighting the urge to punch Chris. "Lucas, how long have you been New York?"

"Hmm? Umm not long. Who's this?" He pointed to Brett. And Brooke just froze she didn't want to truth to come out like this, especially not in front of some restaurant in the middle of the street.

"This is Brett. Say hi Brett." Chris said, trying to save Brooke from an awkward situation. As soon as Luke started to stare at Brett he felt…different, something he couldn't explain. It also didn't help that Brett kept staring at him with his big blue eyes. Pretty soon an awkward silence hit them.

"Umm Brooke I'm gonna go. Let you guys catch up" Chris started walking away.

"Chris!" Brooke yelled trying to get Chris to come back.

"No Brooke it's alright" Chris just kept walking away.

"So…" Luke wasn't sure what to say. This was one of the most awkward situations he had been in.

"So…where are you staying?"

"Just this hotel up the street" Then came the awkward silence again. "Umm how about you walk me there…unless you're busy?"

"Umm yeah sure. So how's life?"

"Good. I started my second book"

"Really, that's cool what's it about?" She read his first book and was surprised at how easily she read it. She usually didn't read books, and if she did, it took longer than 3 weeks to read it. But with his book she finished it in 3 days.

"Umm its about this comet, if you want I can lend you a copy."

"Yeah that would be great. Hey Luke how about we have dinner tomorrow night. You know just to catch up."

"Yeah to catch up. That would be great." He gave her a hug and walked in his hotel room. Pretty soon he started thinking about how much her life had changed, he didn't even know she had a relationship with Chris, much less that she had a baby with him, he also wondered what kinda excuse she would give him for ignoring him the last couple of months, but if he had to guess it had something to do with Brett.

xxxxx

As soon as she left his hotel she started thinking about how she would break the news of Brett to Lucas. She wasn't even sure if she should tell him. The news would devastate him. She started feeling horrible. But she also wondered how he would explain ignoring her the last couple of months, considering he never answered a single e-mail she sent.

xxxxx

Peyton, Haley and Nathan spent the whole afternoon catching up but all three had successfully avoided the subject of Lucas. But they also wondered how long it would take for him to come up.

"Hey Peyt wanna come inside, we're about to have dinner." Haley started cleaning up and walked inside.

"Uhh, sure if you guys don't mind?" She had noticed that Nathan was still acting weird towards her.

"Yeah Peyt come inside we'll order pizza." Nathan still wasn't sure what to think of her coming back. He wasn't sure if she came back for Lucas or she came back for herself. But either way he just hoped that she didn't bring any drama into their lives. Nathan noticed they had a message and Lucas' voice rang through the house.

"Hey Hales I just got out of meeting with Lindsey…things didn't go as planned….umm can you call me back? Ok so… Brooke?"

As soon as the message had finished Haley and Nathan just stared at Peyton wondering how she would respond.

"So where's Lucas?" Peyton had been hoping for something like this to happen.

"Umm well he went to New York for a couple of weeks." Haley hoped she wouldn't ask too much.

"Oh so he went to go visit Brooke?"

"No he went cause he needs to finish his book" Nathan glared at Peyton, now he was 100 sure she came back for Lucas.

"Oh so he wrote he a new book?" Peyton was surprised at how Nathan glared at her, although she always thought he supported Brooke and Lucas' relationship more then her and Lucas' relationship.

xxxxx

Pretty soon Chris got home and wondered what had happened with Lucas and Brooke; he just hoped his plan would work.

Flashback

"I need you to make sure Brooke does not tell Lucas the truth." She threw an envelope full of money at him. "If she does somehow see him make sure he thinks you're the father. I do not need him coming in and ruining everything I've done to fix this problem, also make sure she does not even think about getting back together with him! I hope this is simple enough for even you to comprehend."

Chris couldn't believe that Victoria thought she could just buy him off. "And if I don't go along with this plan?"

"That's not an option." Victoria said while she stormed out.

"It is with me" He said before she slammed the door shut.

Of course he couldn't go with her plan, he didn't go with Dan's plan to seduce Haley and he wasn't going to now. He hoped if he acted nicer towards Brooke and Brett it would make Lucas jealous, and hopefully Lucas would feel attracted toward Brooke. He just hoped that Lucas would screw this up just like he had other times in their relationship.

xxxxx

Victoria sat in her C/B office hoping Chris was smart enough to go along with her plan, if he didn't she would figure out some way to destroy him. She had done her part to make sure that Brooke didn't run C/B into the ground, now it was his turn. Some people would call what she did extreme but she needed to make sure Brooke and Lucas didn't keep in contact, especially after what Brooke had told her a couple of months before Brett was born.

Flashback

The morning after Lucas and Brooke had slept together, Brooke missed a meeting and was trying to avoid Victoria.

"Brooke!" Obviously it didn't work.

"Uh, can't talk mom I'm running late to a meeting." Brooke said trying to walk away.

"Ugh! Brooke how many times do I have to tell you, call me Victoria mom makes me sound old. And anyway you already missed the meeting Brooke. What are you thinking Brooke! Your assistant told me you went out with some boy from Tree Hill." Victoria said with disgust.

"Lucas. His name is Lucas!"

"Whatever his name is Brooke, you should think about your actions, you have responsibilities now! You have far too much to lose!" Victoria said while walking out.

"And Lucas Scott was the one boy I might have lost it for."

Brooke thought Victoria hadn't heard her, but she had, and from then on promised herself she would do anything to keep Brooke from Lucas. Even if she had to make sure Brooke didn't receive any e-mails or phone calls from Lucas or vis-versa.

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