Haley sat at the table outside the school. She was trying to study for the big exam on Friday, but all she could do was think about Nathan. She really let her guard down and gave him the shadow of a doubt. She had feelings that ran deep for him.

"Hey,…" Lucas said as he took a seat next to her.

She smiled. "Luke, I didn't know you were back."

"I flew back yesterday."

"How's Brooke?" She asked.

Lucas took an apple from his brown bag. "She's fine." He said as he bit into the apple. "Nathan is with her so I figured she didn't need me anymore."

Haley hadn't spoke to Nathan in a couple of days. She had no ideal that he was even considering go to see her. "Really." She said a little disappointed.

"Brooke needs to be with him. She needs to see what kind of guy he is. Then she'll realize that I'm the one for her." He smiled.

Haley wished it was that simple. But she knew the real Nathan. And she knew how easy it was to fall in love with him. "So that's your plan. Your just going to sit back and let them fall in love."

Lucas looked at Haley with concern. "Hale's their not going to fall in love. Brooke loves me. And with time she'll see that."

Haley totally disagreed with Lucas. In her heart she knew that Nathan was were he longed to be and that she'd never get the chance to love him the way she wanted too. "Luke, there is something that's been babbling my mind." She turned around on the seat to face him. "That day that you walked into Nathan's room, why? I mean you and him didn't really get alone."

"I went there for you."

"What? Why?"

"Because I was gonna to tell him that if he hurt you in anyway. If he was using you to make me mad that I would make him pay."

"You're a great friend, Luke. Too bad that you didn't get there 8 hours earlier."

Lucas shrugged his shoulders. He knew that he loved Brooke and that she loved him too. He knew that Nathan would screw things up and Brooke would call and he would fly to her side just like superman.

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"Okay, morning sun, it's time to wake up." Nathan said as he barged into the bedroom, carrying a tray with two bowels of cereal and orange juice.

Brooke rubbed the slip out of her eyes as she sat up and leaned back in the bed. Nathan sat down next to her. She smiled. "What is this?"

"Just a little breakfast in bed." He took a strawberry from the tray and fed it to her.

"What's the occasion?"

Nathan grinned. "No occasion. Just because."

They both begin to eat their breakfast. "So whats on your agenda for today?"

He took a deep breathe. "I thought that you and I could go fishing."

"Fishing." Brooke smirked.

"Yeah. I've never been and aunt Nelly was telling me how fun it is and that we could use her fishing equipment if we wanted to."

"Okay." She took a bit of her cereal and made a cuties face at him.

He leaned over and wiped the milk from her chin. "This is going to work isn't it." He asked softly. "I mean you me and the baby. We're going to work."

"I hope so." She smiled tightly.

"I want you to know that I'm where I want to be." He added.

"I know. And your where I want you to be."

He reached over and kissed her lips softly. It was short and sweet and Brooke felt her heart race with excitement.