As the party drew to an end, and the darkness creped in, many of the guests had decided that it was time to call it a night. As Karen and Andy were a little drunk, and ecstatic that they were on their way to the Caribbean for their honeymoon, they had agreed to let Lucas, Brooke, Peyton, Nathan and Haley stay at their home for the night, it was difficult for them to get a cab out of town to their hotel, that's the excuse Lucas had used anyway. The real reason, was because in the back of their heads they all knew that in a few days, they'd be going back to their lives thousands of miles apart from each other. And, although they had agreed to stay in touch and visit one another, the thought of being separated again still filled them with sadness. They had been sat in the kitchen area of Karen's house for well over four hours, talking about old times, catching up on each other's lives and reminiscing

"Ok, that's so not fair…" Haley said, grabbing Lucas' face by his chin "…My woolly hat and my poncho were not fashion mistakes, they were…" Haley thinks of way to try and defend herself

"…Fashion disasters" Brooke said, gaining a laugh from everyone. Haley threw her a mock smile "I don't think your one to point the finger anyway, Scott" Brooke said, raising her eyebrows at Lucas

"Hey, their was absolutely nothing wrong with my fashion sense" he said, confidently

"Oh, yeah. Well, I seem to remember your mom showing me a picture of you in a yellow cowboy hat, an anorak and a pair of baseball shoes" Brooke said, once again gaining roars from the girls

"I was ten!" Lucas raises his voice, over the laughs

"Soooo…that's know excuse, you still have eyes don't you?" Brooke said, teasing Lucas

"And, I'm sure you dressed real nice when you were ten?" Lucas directed his question at Brooke, who was still laughing

"Actually…she's always been a pretty good dresser. Even when we where like six, she'd have all the make up on, the short skirt…the bra showing" Peyton said, making gestures with her hands

"So, nothings changed then?" Lucas said, taking a sip from his coffee. Brooke, jabbed him in the shoulder

"You wore a bra when you were six?" Nathan asked, finding that a little weird

"…Yeah, what's your point?" Brooke said, bluntly. Lucas and Nathan gave each other a funny look, which Brooke didn't see as she was too busy scoffing her face with the marshmallows that were in a dish in the centre of the table

"Hey…you remember that time we got drunk and you were sick in Dan's lap?" Nathan said, to Haley whilst laughing

"Wo, wo. You were sick in Dan's lap?" Peyton said, as the others looked shocked. Haley just shook her head proudly, the others started laughing

"That was the exact moment I knew I wanted to marry her…" Nathan said, Haley smiled sarcastically

"I remember a time you were almost sick on me" Lucas said "Right before you went on at Tric for the first time" the others all made noises to agree with Lucas

"That was fun-ny" Brooke said, putting emphasis on the word 'funny' to reinforce the statement

"Brooke!" Haley said, offended "It was not funny"

"Oh, come on, Hales" Peyton said, agreeing with Brooke "You were virtually having a panic attack…"

"…I could hear your heart beating louder than the music" Lucas said, agreeing with the girls

"Yeah, well that was probably because all I could hear was Felix shouting 'you suck!'" Haley said, throwing Brooke an evil

"Jackass" Lucas said, under his breath. Remembering how much he disliked Felix

"Oh, you just didn't like him because he wouldn't let you do his sister" protested Brooke

"No. He didn't like him because he was doing you" Nathan said, not noticing Lucas' reaction as he drank from his coffee mug

"Orrrhhhhh, honey" Brooke said, grabbing Lucas around the neck and pulling him close to her in a playful manner. She loved reminiscing of old times, it made her feel like she'd never left Tree Hill to begin with

"You know…I cant believe I'm gonna say this, but you know what I actually miss?" Peyton said, as the others shook their heads "I miss The Classic, all the girls together, having fun"

"…Brooke, screaming in your face till 5am…oh, yeah, I loved it" Haley said, sarcastically

"Well, if it didn't take you like, oh I don't know, fifty tries to get the routine right, I wouldn't have to scream" Brooke waved her arms in front of her, whilst looking at Haley

"It's good to see that you girls have grown up since high school" Nathan nodded. The girls looked at each other, knowing that he was right

"Orrh, I miss high school" Haley looked sorry for herself

"…We had some good times, right?" Peyton smiled

"Yeah, it was going pretty good till the school got shot up" Nathan said, bluntly. Reminding the others that high school wasn't all good. On Nathan's words Brooke felt a shiver run through her, she folded her arms around her body, just trying to keep herself warm

"…That was the day that changed it all" Lucas whispered, as they all stared into the centre of the table, remembering the day that a student had come into the school with a gun. There was a pause where know one spoke, each one of them then realised that through everything they still had each other. They began to smile softly at each one another, Nathan and Lucas patted each other on the back whilst the girls huddled together.

Lucas awoke to the smell of burnt bananas, for a second he wondered if he was going insane. He turned over and glanced at the clock, whilst rubbing his eyes, it was 3am. He then dragged himself of the sofa, where he had been sleeping, and followed the smell through to the kitchen. There he saw Brooke and Peyton dressed in their old cheerleading outfits, which they had dug out o Lucas' old wardrobe. Brooke and Peyton had stored some of their stuff in there a few years back and had never collected it. They began doing a cheer routine in the centre of the kitchen, both of them with their backs to where Lucas was stood. They both laughed, hysterically whilst telling each other to 'shhh' as to not wake any of the others up. Lucas crossed his arms and leant against the side of the door frame, smiling at how happy they were. Half way through the routine the girls spun round, both seeing Lucas in the doorway laughing, they immediately stopped and felt embarrassment fill their faces

"…Did we wake you?" Brooke asked, coyly. Whilst biting her lip

"No, the smell of burnt bananas woke me" Lucas said, looking confused. Peyton then instantly remembered the food that her and Brooke had began cooking quite a while ago, she walked swiftly over to the oven and opened the door, Brooke followed

"Ohhh" Brooke sighed "We burnt our banana surprise…" she said, unwrapping the tin foil

"Banana surprise?" Lucas asked, still a little confused. He walked over to where the girls were stood and looked at what they had cooked

"It's sliced bananas, and chocolate sauce" Peyton said, pointing at the packet she was holding "It's tradition, you have to have it at a slumber party…" Peyton said, knowingly. Whilst Brooke nodded in agreement "…It still looks edible" Peyton wondered, looking down at the bananas. Brooke then smiled and grabbed two forks from the drawer, her and Peyton sat at the kitchen table and began eating the banana surprise, whilst making 'mmmm' noises

"Try some…" Brooke waved Lucas over from where he was stood, and held her fork to his mouth, Lucas ate it and a look of approval came across his face "See…" Brooke said, knowing that Lucas probably had thought her and Peyton were crazy for cooking bananas and chocolate sauce. There was a slight pause, where Brooke and Peyton continued to eat, Lucas still looked them both up and down and laughed to himself, Brooke and Peyton noticing this looked embarrassed once again

"Shut up…" Brooke and Peyton both said together, playfully.