I don't own one tree hill

The remodel of Karan's café was going smoothly or as smoothly as anything can go with Nathan and Lucas Scott Helping. "No, No that doesn't go there." Brooke shouted as she tried to shoo Nate out of the supply room.

"What is it this time?" Asked coming into the room,

"Your husband was going to put the dish soup near the flour."

"Nathan the dish soup doesn't go near the food." Haley rolled her eyes.

"Sorry, Sorry." Nathan threw his hands up in despair as Lucas chuckling took it from him.

"Here." He put it under the sink and couldn't help but laugh at his brothers harassed look. "Its ok Nate."

"Whatever," Nate mumbled. "What else do you need me to do. "

"Well why don't you go make sure Jamie's still asleep in his carrier." Haley suggested trying to get Nathan out from underfoot her certainly wasn't cut out for the café life.

"fine." He sulked leaving to check on his son in the front room.

"So when's the final inspection again." Lucas asked as he stood in front of the two girls.

"Next week," Brooke stifled a yawn neither girl had gotten much sleep in the last few weeks.

"So when can you open?"

"Hopefully in two weeks we will have the grand reopening." Haley smiled proudly she couldn't believe how well her and Brooke had come together to get the Café back up and running. They had so far passed all their inspections with flying colors. "By the way how's clothes over Bro's." Haley turned to Brooke with the café the other business had slipped past Haley's notice.

"Its great, I've only had three hysterical phone calls from Millie in the last week which is an improvement and Victoria hasn't shown her face again so finger's crossed."

"Well girls it looks amazing," Lucas hugged Haley and kissed Brooke. "I'm proud of the two of you"

"Thanks Husband but we couldn't have done it with out you your support and your belief in us."

"She's right Lucas thanks for this chance."

"Hey there isn't anyone I'd want to run my mother's café now your café then the two of you."

"No it will always be Karen's café no matter if we run it for fifty years it will always fundamentally be hers. " Brooke stated and Haley nodded her head in agreement.

"Yeah she gave me my first job she believed in me and was always their for me, I wouldn't be the person I am with out her." Haley smiled softly.

"Well in all fairness you pretty much forced her to give you a job." Lucas smirked at his best friend/sister in law.

"Did not." Haley protested.

"Did so."
"Oh this story I've got to here." Brooke rubbed her hands together in glee.

"Well we where fifteen and I'd just started actually working for Keith. It just happened to be a really busy time and I was working after school a lot I really only had time to eat and sleep and do homework. Well our little Haley here would sit at mom's counter ever y day after school moaning about how she didn't have anything to do." He smirked over at a slightly blushing Haley. "Well my mom told her to do her homework and she said," here he turned to Haley.

"I said I already had."

"So after about three straight days of this my mom finally threw a towel at her and told her she needed to wipe down the table and from then on she worked here."

"oh that's funny, not as funny as how I started working here but still funny."

"Brooke that wasn't funny," Haley reminded her you were grounded and forced to work here.

"So," Brooke pouted.

"Did she ever tell you about mopping a floor with a sponge?"

" A sponge?" Haley turned to her friend in disbelief.

"What's this I hear about a sponge?" Nate came in smirking "Dirty Brooke very dirty."

"Get your mind out of the gutter Hotshot." Brooke snapped her cheeks infused with color.

"So a sponge a floor what else?" Nate taunted.

"Well I was grounded and I'd never cleaned,"

"You didn't know the difference between a mop and a sponge.' Lucas pointed out.

"Fine." Brooke threw her hands up in exasperation.

"Anyway how does the story end?" Haley asked.

"It ended with Lucas feeling sorry for me and offering to split the chore list with me I took the evens him the odds."

"Ah isn't he a regular prince charming." Haley cooed playfully pinching his cheek as he slapped it away.

"Wow Lucas you where a boyfriend whipped weren't you." Nate teased his elder brother. Everyone stopped and stared at Nathan looks of horror on their faces "What, What did I say?" he asked bewildered.

"Nathan Honey when did Brooke live with Karen?" Haley questioned.

"Umm…." Nathan thought back.

"The end of our junior year I think." Then the light bulb went on in his head. "Oh yeah sorry." He was slightly abashed. "Though in my defense at that time I had a lot on my plate. "At this Haley's face blanched and she glared.

"I'm going to check on my son." She spat." Storming from the back room.

"Wait Hales, I didn't mean anything about it really," Nathan went after her.

"Well… that was certainly interesting." Brooke let out a shaky breath.

"Yeah we properly shouldn't play the past game anymore." Lucas suggested.

"Maybe not for a few days anyway." Brooke chuckled it was the tree hill trio the past and past events would be brought up. It was part of who they were.

"Hey did your mom ever call you, or email you back?"

"No she hasn't properly in the middle of the ocean somewhere," Lucas shrugged.

Brooke bite her lip. "You think she'll be happy?"

"Happy about what pretty girl." He rapped his arms around her and held her close.

"All this," she waved her arms around them, about the café reopening about you marrying me about it all."

"I think she'll be slightly upset she missed the wedding but she loves you Brooke and she'll be honored you and Haley wanted to reopen this place."

"Who's been running tric?" for some reason the club had just popped into Brooke's head.

"I have a manager there most of the time I go there when I'm not busy but it's still up and running we should go there in a few weeks after everything is settled here."

"Sounds good," she yawned.

"Ok pretty girl time to get you to bed" he walked her through the café and to the front door holding her up they passed Nate and Haley making out behind the counter and smirked Naley was fine once again.

"Come on Jamie lets leave your parents alone." Brooke scooped up the baby and picked up a piece of paper and scribbled a quick note to Nate and Haley to let them know she had the baby."

"Lets go home Broody she smiled.

"Yes lets." He smiled down at his wife and their godson.

A/N thanks for the reviews Karen could show up anywhere from 1-3 chapters from now matters how it works out. Sorry I haven't updated things have been crazy thanks for the reviews please review I'll try to update when I can.