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"Here you go Brooke," Karen said as she brought Brooke her breakfast on Saturday morning. "I gave you some extra bacon. Just don't tell anybody."
"My lips are sealed." Brooke replied smiling widely. She and Karen were getting along amazingly. It made Brooke realize just how wonderful it was having a proper mother figure in her life.
"Hey, that's not fair!" Rachel jokingly protested. "How come Brookie here gets extra stuff?"
"Because she's Brooke," Karen replied with a laugh, knowing Rachel was only being playful. "And she's family."
"So are me and Peyton!" Rachel added with a laugh. "I'm with Julian, she's with Jake."
"Really?" Karen asked a little stunned.
"Yup," Rachel confirmed. "I've decided to give this whole exclusive thing a go."
"Seriously?" Brooke and Peyton asked her shocked. Rachel had never been exclusive to anybody ever.
"Julian needs some kind of award Karen," Brooke told her. "You're witnessing history right now."
"Rachel's actually in love!" Peyton said smiling. Rachel blushed at her words.
"Oh my God she is!" Brooke squealed. It was very rare that she and Peyton had the opportunity to make Rachel blush.
"I'm sure it's a match made in heaven," Karen told them. "I've heard you two are perfect for each other."
"Aww thanks we are. It's an absolutely perfect match." Rachel said as she beamed. Brooke, Peyton and even Karen knew what Rachel was indicating when she said that. Rachel knew that they knew and didn't even care. She didn't particularly care that they knew she had feelings for Julian.
"Hey Karen. Have you thought anymore on Luke's birthday?" Brooke asked as she munched on her extra piece of bacon. Karen glanced around the café, making sure the customers weren't wanting anything else before she sat at the table with the three girls.
"It's definitely going to be here," Karen began. "I'll be closing early so that I can get everything set up. I'll just have to put up decorations, move tables, and put the food out."
"We'll help," Peyton offered. "It'll be done faster that way right?"
"Yeah I don't mind helping," Rachel added. "I mean Brooke will have to keep Lucas out of the way right?"
"He's going to be playing basketball with Nathan," Brooke said. "He does it every year. I just hope he's well enough to do it."
"He does," Karen said amazed Brooke knew that. "I hope he's well enough too. I'd really appreciate all of yours help."
"We'll be here Karen," Brooke assured her. "We'll help you set everything up and then I'll go and get Lucas saying we're going out for a meal someplace and I'll stick a blindfold on him so that he's completely in the dark."
"Is Lucas the only one who doesn't know about his party?" Peyton asked.
"Yes," Karen answered. She noticed a customer wanted their bill so she stood. "So don't let anything slip."
~X~
"Lucas!" Nathan greeted as Lucas walked into the rec room of the firehouse. "Did you miss us all that much you had to come in while you're off sick?"
"Well I had to come in because somebody forgot to pick my doctor's note up from the fireplace." Lucas reminded him.
"Oh yeah," Nathan said sheepishly as he remembered. "I was kind of distracted by my amazing fiancée and ended up running late."
"Whenever are you not distracted by Haley?" Lucas asked smiling. "It's like you're attached at the hip."
"Got it in one bro." Nathan confirmed smiling almost identically to Lucas.
"Hey Luke!" Julian and Jake greeted in unison as they came into the rec room with a cup of coffee each.
"Hey guys!" Lucas greeted back.
"How lucky are you to get time off to spend with your woman," Julian said enviously. He got a dreamy look on his face as he added. "Getting to spend all day in bed with her."
"God you and Rachel are perfect for each other!" Lucas laughed as he sat down in one of the comfy seats.
"You want a coffee bro?" Nathan asked as he stood from his own seat. "Seeing as though our inconsiderate cousins didn't make us one."
"If you're making one." Lucas replied. Nathan left the rec room to go and make himself and Lucas a much needed coffee.
"I really want to say thanks for rescuing Brooke man," Julian said. "That day I met Rachel, I think I met my soul mate. I've never known a girl who knew more than what I do about sex. It's awesome! She's definitely a keeper."
"Has Peyton met Jenny yet Jake?" Lucas asked as he finished laughing at the look on Julian's face.
"They're meeting tonight," Jake replied. "I told Peyton about her and she seems totally cool with it and can't wait to meet her. I'm a little nervous though."
"Really?" Lucas asked amazed. "At least you know she's not freaked out about the idea of you having a daughter."
"Unlike all the other girls that I've tried to date," Jake said frowning. "Who would have thought an eighteen year old high school girl would be more mature than college girls or women who actually work."
"I know!" Julian agreed. "I can't believe the three of us have found our perfect woman in high school cheerleaders. I'm not complaining though. I love it when Rachel wears her outfit and does all those lovely things to me. It's so God damn sexy!"
"Here you go bro," Nathan said as he arrived back with a coffee for him and Lucas. He handed Lucas his before taking his seat again. "What's he on about?"
"Finding the perfect woman." Julian said.
"Lucas will know all about that," Nathan said smiling in amusement. "Seeing as though he's finally getting some hot loving from his."
"Lucas finally got laid?" Julian asked shocked. Even Jake looked surprised. "You mean you're not a virgin anymore?"
"It's come to light that little Lukey here was telling the truth and he wasn't a virgin." Nathan said smirking.
"What made you finally believe me?" Lucas asked stunned.
"Haley," Nathan replied. "That night you made Brooke squeal really loud, I was telling her you were becoming a man and she said you became one in high school. She wouldn't tell me anymore so spill!"
"So you're actually gonna believe me if I tell you?" Lucas asked frowning.
"Yup!" Nathan told him. "Because Haley will tell me the truth anyway."
"It was Anna." Lucas said with a sigh. Nathan couldn't help the laugh that escaped him.
"Is that why she turned to girls?" Julian teased.
"No. She was already into girls before I slept with her," Lucas answered. "She already had a girlfriend."
"What?" Julian, Jake and Nathan asked shocked.
"Anna was already dating this girl from another school. She was curious about what it would feel like to be with a guy and asked me to help her. So I did," Lucas explained. "Only thing is she wanted her girlfriend to watch."
"That sounds quite sexy," Julian said as he imagined it in his head. "Please continue!"
"So when I'd finished with Anna, her girlfriend decided she wanted to know what it felt like too. So I had to do her as well."
"Seriously? You took two girls virginity within moments of each other? And it was your first time?" Nathan asked stunned. "Wow! You do know that's a lot of guys' fantasies right?"
"Yeah I know," Lucas said. "It was totally surreal."
"Did you do anything else?" Julian asked. "Or witness anything?"
"I'm not telling you guys anything else about how I lost my virginity okay?" Lucas replied. "All I will say is that I was in Anna's bedroom with them all day."
"Wow," Nathan said impressed. "I'm sorry I teased you all these years."
"Wait a second!" Julian said. "So that means you've taken three girls cherries?"
"Yes," Lucas answered as he thought. "And Brooke is the best of them all."
"Oh my God!" Jake said laughing. "You've been ribbing him all these years and he's been with three different girls now and you've only had one!"
"I only needed the one Jake," Nathan told him, not embarrassed in the slightest. "My Haley is enough for me. Always has been always will be."
~X~
"I still think you should get Lucas something from Victoria's for his birthday," Rachel told Brooke as they and Peyton were sat in the food court of the mall that afternoon. "You can class it as fancy wrapping for your virginity, which can be his gift."
"I can't give him that for his birthday Rach," Brooke answered. Rachel was about to say something but Brooke cut her off. "Because he already took it."
"WHAT!" both Rachel and Peyton squealed in shock.
"I told you that you'd be banging him by this weekend didn't I?" Rachel said smugly. "So spill, I want details. Like when did it happen?"
"You remember that night that we caught you and Julian humping in his car at the side of the road?" Brooke asked with a smile. Peyton's eyes widened at what she heard.
"What?" Peyton asked laughing. "You seriously didn't do that Rach?"
"We had nowhere to go," Rachel said with a shrug. "But then Lucas and Brookie here decided to freak us out by banging on the windows. But then Brooke offered her house. By the way we chose a guest room."
"So when was this?" Peyton asked stunned that she didn't know any of this.
"Tuesday." Brooke and Rachel said in unison.
"I'm so glad we have these Saturday catch up sessions," Peyton said with amusement. "Otherwise I'd still be in the dark.
"So what was it like?" Rachel asked Brooke.
"It wasn't so nice to start with," Brooke said as she grimaced at the memory. "But once that part was over, it was amazing."
"Was there a lot of blood?" Rachel asked sympathetically, surprising both Peyton and Brooke.
"There was some," Brooke answered as she remembered. "It was so embarrassing when Karen saw the sheets. But she was so sweet about it. She told me to go and sit down and she would sort them, then she was fussing around me making sure I was okay. So was Lucas."
"Aww that's sweet," Peyton said with a smile. She could tell Brooke wasn't comfortable talking about this subject. "Did I mention I'm meeting Jake's daughter today?"
"Yeah you did," Brooke said happy that she had changed the subject. "Did you say you were gonna get her a present?"
"Yeah. Jake said she's been after a particular outfit for her doll, so I'm gonna head into the toy store and see if they have it," Peyton answered. "What are you gonna get Lucas?"
"I don't know," Brooke confessed. "I can't think of what he wants."
"Apart from your body," Rachel butted in. "I still think you should get him something from VS. Give it him in private after the party."
"What can I get him that I can give him in front of people?" Brooke asked shaking her head at Rachel.
"Socks?" Rachel suggested. She was rewarded with laughter from Brooke and Peyton.
"So I can imagine what Julian will get for his birthday and Christmas." Peyton laughed.
"I really don't know what to get him girls," Brooke said, a frown on her face. "He's my boyfriend and I don't even know what to get him for his birthday."
"Maybe you shouldn't have slept with him on Tuesday," Rachel said. "You could have given him your virginity as a gift."
"We've already covered this Rach," Brooke reminded her. "I did think of maybe getting him like a lucky charm thing that he could wear when he was at work. It kind of came into my head after the roof fell on him in Tric."
"That's a good idea," Peyton told her with a smile. "I think he'd like that. It'll be like you're showing him exactly how much you care for him and want him to stay safe."
"I think I'll get him that," Brooke said. "So I need to go to a jewelers as well as Victoria's."
"I want to go to Vickie's too," Rachel said. "Get Julian a little treat for tonight. Are you getting Jake anything Peytwhore?"
"Of course Bitchel!" Peyton joked back.
"What are we waiting for?" Rachel asked as she stood. "Let's go and hit the toy store first."
~X~
"Did you manage to get it?" Brooke asked as Peyton as she battled her way out of the toy store. She and Rachel had chosen to stay outside and wait on Peyton after seeing it was completely mobbed by screaming children.
"I got the last one," Peyton said as she came up to them a little breathless. "I had to battle this woman who obviously likes eating too many Twinkies."
"You mean the one who's coming out of the store now, looking like she could kill somebody?" Rachel asked. Peyton hesitantly turned round.
"Yeah her," she confirmed. "Quick let's go to the jewelry store."
~X~
"Hey girls," Brooke said as she finished speaking to the assistant behind the counter. Rachel and Peyton turned at the sound of her voice. "I can design my own necklace for him and even pick it up later today."
"Really?" Peyton asked impressed. "What design are you gonna do?"
"I was thinking of the one that looks like a coin, but then put a four leaf clover on one side for luck and a little message on the other side." Brooke said as she thought.
"Aww that sounds sweet." Rachel said genuinely. It shocked the other two girls that she wasn't being sarcastic.
"Right I'm gonna go and do my design. Then we can go and hit Victoria's and then find our outfit's for Thursday."
~X~
"So how come you're not hanging out with your woman today?" Julian asked Lucas as they played pool against Nathan and Jake.
"She's having a girl's day with Peyton and Rachel," Lucas answered. "They met for their usual Saturday breakfast and then they're going to the mall."
"Oh yeah. Rach mentioned something." Julian remembered.
"They should have invited Haley," Nathan said as he took his shot. "She'll be home by herself."
"Did you hang out with your teacher on a Saturday?" Jake asked him.
"No, but-" Nathan began, but he was cut off.
"Well don't expect them to then." Jake said annoyed.
"Brooke doesn't mind hanging out with Haley," Lucas said. "They always seem to be chatting about something in the kitchen at home."
"What time is it?" Jake suddenly asked.
"Almost five," Nathan replied looking at his watch. He was met with a round of applause. "Nearly home time."
~X~
"I can't decide which one to get," Brooke said as the three of them were trying dresses on in the fitting room of a store. "I think I'll have to get both."
"I think you should," Rachel agreed. "Because you can always wear the other one for something else."
"And they both cover my bruises!" Brooke said excitedly. The dress she currently had on was a deep electric blue. The strap went over one shoulder and covered all traces of the bruising she had. Her other choice was similar in design but was red and shorter and had a layer of organza over a silk inner.
"Plus you already have the perfect accessories at home for them," Peyton told her.
"Oh God look at the time!" Brooke said as she looked at her cell.
"What time is it?" Rachel asked.
"Almost five," Peyton said. "And we still have to pay for these, go back to the jewelry store and drive back to town."
"It's probably because we spent so long in Victoria's," Brooke said as she finished redressing. "I'll go pay for my dresses and then I'll run to the jewelers and pick up the necklace and meet you back at Rachel's car."
"Sounds like a plan," Rachel said, he voice slightly muffled as she changed. "Hurry okay?"