Hey! Thank you so much for the reviews. To be honest, I was worried that nobody will have reviewed yet, so thanks! And I know the last chapter was kinda short and this one too but I promise that once in awhile, I will post two chapters at the same time. If I get more reviews

"Do you have this in light blue?" Brooke asked, holding up a summer dress.

"Brooke that is light blue", Peyton groaned.

Brooke looked at Peyton in pity and said "Peyt, I love you and all but you sound like you've been living in the Amazon all your life", she looked over at Haley and said "no offense".

"None taken", Haley said, holding up her hands.

"This", she said motioning towards the dress, "is baby blue. Light blue is more like the color of ...," she thought for a second before saying dreamily "Lucas's eyes".

Peyton and Haley exchanged looks, trying not to laugh.

"Anyway", Brooke said, snapping out of her thoughts of Lucas, "I look awful in light blue and awesome in baby blue. Any questions?"

Peyton and Haley shook their heads.

"Good", Brooke walked off to the dressing rooms holding at least a dozen dresses.

"I'm sorry about this. Brooke gets kinda obsessed with the whole clothes thing", Peyton said to Haley.

They were at the mall shopping. Or at least, Brooke was shopping and Peyton and Haley were watching and making fun of Brooke whenever possible.

Haley smiled to let Peyton know that it was ok.

"But I promise you after Brooke gets done here, we can go get some ice-cream and catch up", Peyton said.

"It's no problem, Peyt. It's kinda nice to hang out in the mall", Haley assured her.

Half an hour later, an annoyed Brooke was dragged off to the ice-cream parlor by a fed up Peyton with an amused Haley trailing behind.

Once, they ordered, Peyton immediately said, "Brooke, isn't there something you would like to tell Haley?"

Brooke groaned then said, "Ok, ok. I'm sorry Haley for treating you badly yesterday. Blah blah blah, please accept my apology".

Haley and Peyton burst out laughing at the expression on Brooke's face. Brooke ignored them and started checking out the guy at the next table.

"Ok, so tell me. How's high school life so far?", Peyton asked.

"It's been go..." Haley started to say before she remembered the scene in the cafeteria. "Actually, it was good up until...um what do you know about Nathan Scott?"

Brooke stopped checking out the guy and she and Peyton exchanged looks.

"Haley, this is probably going to be the best piece of advice I can give you and that is stay away from Nathan Scott", Brooke said.

Haley looked at Peyton to see if they were kidding but Peyton's face was serious.

"Okay. Why? Does he have cooties or something", Haley joked.

"You want to know about Nathan Scott then let's give you the 411", Brooke said, glancing at Peyton who nodded.

"Nathan Scott is among the most popular, the most good looking guys in our school", Peyton said.

"Captian of the basketball team, eventhough he is a junior", Brooke added.

"Son of Dan Scott, richest man in Tree Hill".

"Girls drool all over him and all of them walk away with a broken heart", Peyton said giving Haley a look.

Their sundaes arrived, giving Haley a moment to collect her thoughts.

"So, is he some kind of player?", Haley asked, afraid of the answer.

"No, no. Definitely not. I don't think he has ever dated a girl before", Brooke said.

"He flirts with them, sure but nothing more than that", Peyton added.

"So, what about you two? Hang up on any guy?", Haley asked, changing the subject.

"Actually, I wanted to ask you something. How well do you know Lucas Scott?", Brooke asked.

"Not well actually. I just met him yesterday and we talked for a ...Wait, did you say Lucas Scott?".

"Yeah, didn't you know? He's Nathan Scott's long lost half brother. They didn't know each other until about five years ago when Lucas's mom died and Lucas was forced to live with Dan. Nobody really knows the full story but the gossip around school is that Lucas hates Dan and moved out a couple of months back", Brooke said, piling up ice cream in her mouth.

"Yeah. And who started that rumor?", Peyton said, looking at Brooke.

Brooke beamed.

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Haley drove home alone an hour later. She was thrilled at the thought of actually having for once in her life friends who were girls.

She reached her empty house and went to the kitchen. She had her heart set on a homemade pizza and started making it.
Twenty minutes later, she threw her burnt attempt at a pizza into the dustbin and ordered pizza via telephone.

By the time the doorbell rang, she had completed her homework. She grabbed some spare cash and made her way to the front door. She opened it with her 'hi stranger' smile. Her smile faltered when she saw who it was.