Heather's eyes fluttered open then closed quickly as if to shield herself from the intruding sunlight, which was blanketing half of her room. After a few moments she opened her eyes again, turning her neck so she wouldn't be facing the window.

A smile played across her face as her eyes fell on a sleeping Charlie. Her smile quickly faded as the thoughts from the night before flooded her brain. How anyone could treat someone as great as Charlie the way Nathan had was still beyond her.

Charlie snuggled in closer to her side causing Heather's smile to return. She wrapped her arm tighter around her friend and went back to sleep.

Brooke silently opened the door to her daughter's bedroom just as she did every morning since Heather was born. A knowing smile made it's way to her lips at the sight of her daughter and the girl she always loved like one of her own cuddled together sleeping peacefully.

Brooke quietly pulled the door closed with an amused grin and walked the short distance to the kitchen, where Rachel was already making coffee.

"Good morning, beautiful," Brooke said as she placed a sweet kiss on the redhead's cheek, just as she did every morning she was home. It was an extremely ordinary routine, Brooke knew that, but she loved it. She found comfort in the normalcy of her every morning routine compared to the craziness of her day to day life.

"Morning sleepy head." Rachel said handing Brooke her coffee mug.

"So you won't believe what I just walked in on." Brooke said smirking as she leaned against the refrigerator.

"What?" Rachel asked as she sipped her coffee and leaning against the counter.

"Our daughter and her bed buddy..."

"I'll kill him!" Rachel yelled cutting Brooke off making her way to her daughter's room to do just that.

"No you won't," Brooke said laughing as she grabbed Rachel's arm.

"Oh yes I will. That little ass hat thinks he can come into my home and do that in my house, after the way he's treated her for the past how long? I think not. He's just like his father...both of them, a self-centered jerk." Rachel seethed causing Brooke to laugh even more. "Exactly what is so funny?"

"Well if you would calm yourself for a second I'll tell you sweetie." Brooke said flashing her trademark dimples. Rachel waved her hand signaling that she could continue. "You can't kill him, because it's Charlie."

"What?" Rachel asked after spitting out the sip of coffee she had taken.

"Yep. They're all cuddled up. It's the cutest thing I think I've ever seen in my life."

"Interesting." Rachel said taking another drink of coffee.

"I know. Tell me about it." Brooke said then smirked.

"What?" Rachel asked when she saw the look on Brooke's face.

"I'm just thinking how great they'd be together. Charlie would be so much better for her than Logan."

"Brooke don't." Rachel said giving her a knowing look.

"I know I know, I'm just saying. Charlie is so the better Scott."

"Lord knows that's the truth."

SoOF

Bzzz. Bzzzz.

"What the hell," Charlie said sleepily.

"Someone's been trying to get a hold of you for the past hour." Heather said softly as she smiled at her from across the room. "I would have answered it for you but I think it's in your pocket. And I didn't think you'd like me waking you up by sticking my hand in your pocket trying to get it, ya know."

"That'd be one heck of a way to get woken up." Charlie said with a smirk causing Heather to blush a deep red. "You're too easy Red." She said stretching her arms above her head.

"Shut up," Heather said grinning throwing a flip flop at the girl in her bed.

"Violent much? You can so tell who you were raised by." Charlie said laughing causing Heather to roll her eyes.

"So you gonna call who ever it was?" She asked coming back over to the bed to sit by her friend.

"I don't know." Charlie said reaching into her pocket to pull her phone out. "I probably should." She said but before she could the phone started buzzing again. "Never mind. Hello? Yeah. Seriously? Yeah yeah I'll be there in a few." Charlie hung up with a huge smile on her face.

"Good news?" Heather asked curious as to what and who had put the taller girl in such a good mood.

"Yeah. But I've got to go." Charlie said looking at her. "Thank you, for last night."

"It was no problem. I'm here whenever you need me C." Heather said trying to mask her sadness about being ditched.

"Anyway. I should get. I'll talk to you later." Charlie said with a smile then walked out the door. She walked down the hall toward the front door. "Hey Brooke, Rachel." She said smiling and running her hand through her hair as she passed the kitchen and walked out the front door.

Minutes later Heather shuffled into the kitchen and grabbed herself a cup of coffee then sat down at the table with her parents.

Both Rachel and Brooke just looked at her and then at each other as if to see who was going to say something first.

Heather sighed feeling their gaze on her. "It's not what it looked like." She said glancing up at Brooke, knowing that she had seen them in bed together. "We were supposed to hang out this weekend. Try and go back to the way things were. When we were best friends ya know. But then she got into a fight with Nathan and she showed up here crying so we just stayed here and talked then fell asleep. Then she just got this call from some mystery person and now she's ditched me." Heather informed them then put her forehead to the table.

"Is she ok?" Brooke asked instinctively, knowing that when Nathan and Charlie fought it was never pretty.

"I don't know. I guess about as good as any kid could be after her father tells her that he's stuck with the wrong child living with him."

"What? You've got to be kidding me. Please tell me he didn't say that to her." Brooke asked her heart breaking for Charlie more by the second. Heather just nodded that yes he had.

"Told you. Self-centered jerk." Rachel said looking directly at Brooke.

"I just don't get it." Heather started not really looking at either of them. "Charlie is so...ya know," she said looking at Brooke who nodded. "How anyone could treat her that way..." she trailed off again shaking her head. "And now I'm not even her best friend anymore. She won't let me be there for her and help her." She continued tears filling her eyes. "And you know, I don't exactly blame her. I walked away from her. We were best friends and I walked away from it. Damnit...how can I be so stupid."

Brooke and Rachel shared a concerned look neither of them knowing where any of this was coming from.

"Heather, hunny, she came to you last night." Rachel said putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. "She came to you when she needed someone the most. That has to mean something."

"Your mom is right. Charlie, she's a lot like Peyton and if she came to you last night it means she still trusts you more than anyone. She wouldn't just put herself out there like that for anyone. You guys will get back what you had." Brooke said smiling at her daughter.

"Thanks," Heather said as she got up from the table and went back to her room.

"Wow," Brooke said when she finally heard the door closed.

"I didn't know they had grown that far apart." Rachel said looking down at the table.

"Me either. Something tells me that it has something to do with Logan, though."

"I can't say that I disagree. But there was something else there. Something in her eyes more than just fighting with a friend." Rachel said causing the same smirk from earlier to come back to Brooke's face. "Not that Brooke."

"Hey you said it not me. Plus you didn't see what I saw earlier."

"Maybe I didn't. But I know how you can be. If something going to happen let it happen. Don't even think of trying to 'help' it along." Rachel said seriously, air quoting help.

Brooke nodded and grinned. "So who do you think Charlie was rushing out of here to see?"

"Brooke! Drop it."

"What? I'm just curious." She said smiling innocently.

"Uh huh. Let it be." Rachel said getting up from her chair and walking toward her and placing a kiss on her lips, then walked back down the hall.

"Where are you going?" Brooke asked watching her retreating form.

"I need a shower. Care to join me?" Rachel asked with a wink. Brooke scrambled from her seat causing the redhead to laugh.

So there we go. I know it's been awhile since I update all my other stories and I'm very sorry about that. My mind has been consumed by other things as of late. Anyway I'll do my best to get back to those asap. Let me know what you thought about this.