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Jamie stared out the window of the SUV that his uncle Lucas had rented for the family vacation as they drove down the road. The storm Haley had talked about the night before had been upgraded into a full force storm and had knocked the power off and a police officer showed up to their house about an hour ago and told them they were going to have to evacuate because the ground was so saturated that it could lead to a severe mudslide and trap them in the house.

"Daddy, where are we going to go?" Jamie asked turning his attention to his father.

"To a bed and breakfast downtown little man…it'll be fun" Nathan said from the passenger side seat.

"What's a bed and breakfast mama?" Jamie asked

"It's like a house…a really big house that you stay in and basically hang out like you would at home" Haley explained. "You'll see it'll be a lot of fun"

"I can't believe that it has rained for almost 24 hours straight" Brooke sighed and leaned her head back on the seat.

"Brooke it's going to be ok…this might even be fun" Lucas smiled and he pulled into the bed and breakfast.

Everyone got out of the car and grabbed their bags then made their way into the two story Victorian home.

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The four friends walked to the front desk and Lucas hit the small bell and it's ring echoed through the building. A middle aged woman came in dressed in a dress with cats all over it smiling ear to ear. "Hey gang my name is Nadine"

"Hi" everyone replied.

"Can I help you with anything?" Nadine asked

"We need two rooms for the night please" Lucas explained.

"Really….I can't tell you how excited I am…it has been years since we've had any young ones stay here" Nadine explained taking the credit card Lucas handed to her.

"I can't imagine why…it seems like such a nice place to stay" Nathan said

"Oh…aren't you sweet" Nadine smiled "Would you like to ring the bell?…I didn't see you ring it when you came in"

"No that's ok" Nathan smiled and stepped back from the counter and grabbed his and Haley and Jamie's bags.

"Well ok…I'll show you to your rooms" Nadine walked out from behind the counter and made her way to the stairs. "Hi sweetheart" she said to Jamie and he waved up at her. "And look at you precious" Nadine patted Hannah on her back and said "Follow me guys"

Nadine walked up the stairs and down the hall "Ok this room is for you boys and the one at the end of the hall is for you girls"

"The Boys?" Nathan asked.

"Oh yes…we only do same sex sleeping arrangements here at "The Fluffy Bunny" Nadine explained "Too many fornicators"

"Not to offend you ma'am but we're all married to each other" Haley tried to explain.

"Oh…I know but I can't just break the rules…there's a list of activities we're taking part in if you're interested" Nadine opened her clipboard and handed Lucas and Haley both itineraries.

"Wow charades at 8pm that sounds like so much fun" Haley half smiled and sighed all at once.

"Well I'm glad you think so dear…I hope to see you all there…now if you'll excuse me I have some corn flake chews to make" Nadine handed Brooke and Nathan each a set of keys and walked down the hall and back down stairs.

"This is going to be an interesting night" Lucas shook his head and took the key from Nathan and opened the door.

The door opened and everyone started laughing, the room was decorated in a shade of pink that was so feminine that it wasn't even close to being masculine. The bedspread had flowers and ruffles on it and Jamie smiled and took off running towards the bed.

"Why do I always have to share a bed with you man?" Nathan asked Lucas and he took his suitcase and started into the bedroom.

"Well where am I supposed to sleep man?" Lucas asked

"Well since we're sharing a bed…I have to say this….just so we're clear I have two rules…number one I won't put out and number two I'm always right" Nathan explained and he sat down on the bed.

"Well what do you know Luke…those are my two rules" Brooke teased and walked into the room.

"Hey you're not supposed to be in our room this is "A man's room" so go to your and Haley's room" Lucas walked over to Brooke and kissed Hannah on the head. "I'd give you one too but…I don't want Nadine to be mad at us"

"It's ok…I didn't want a kiss anyway" Brooke replied.

"I don't want a kiss either" Haley said folding her arms over her belly.

"Good cause I wasn't going to give you one" Nathan joked and he walked over and stood beside Lucas.

"That sucks cause kissing is the only thing we have in common" Haley sighed and shook her head

"Yeah…I know what you mean" Nathan folded his arms and shook his head "It's not looking good for us Hales"

"You're right…we should probably just break up" Haley teased.

"Well we had a good run" Nathan teased back.

"Yeah….guess I'll be seeing ya" Haley turned around and started down the hall.

"Come here" Nathan smiled and grabbed Haley by the arm and turned her and kissed her.

Haley leaned into the kiss for a few seconds and pulled back "Nadine will be mad I don't want a lecture on things you can and cannot do at "The Fluffy Bunny" Haley explained and took off back down the hallway.

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Brooke sat on the bed next to Hannah who was enjoying her dinner that Nathan and Lucas had ventured out to get everyone. Since the boys were not allowed in the girls room and vice versa they had to leave it at the doorstep.

"I have to tell you something" Haley said to Brooke before taking a bite of her pasta.

"What?" Brooke asked taking a drink of her Dr. Pepper and looking over at Hannah to make sure the little girl was doing ok feeding herself her French fries and cut up chicken McNuggets. Once Brooke saw that Hannah was fine she turned her attention to Haley.

"I was at my doctors appointment the other day and I was going back to my exam room and I happened to peak into one of the rooms and I saw Peyton" Haley told her friend.

"NO WAY…you saw Peyton at OBGYN?" Brooke asked taking a bite of her chicken pasta.

"Yeah…you don't think she's pregnant again do you?" Haley asked

"I don't know…I think if she was she would tell us" Brooke said.

"I don't…remember when she got pregnant with Emily she only told us when she started to show…and Jake was so excited that Hayden was a boy he was screaming from the rooftop that Peyton was pregnant again" Haley said finishing up her food.

"It serves her right if she is…lying to me about not being able to baby-sit…you know she said she was going to take Jenny and Emily to see Kung Fu Panda but she didn't Larry Flipping Sawyer took them and Peyton and Jake stayed home and fooled around" Brooke shook her head and sighed.

"I just can't imagine Peyton pregnant again…that girl is something else" Haley laughed.

"It seems like everyone is getting pregnant but me" Brooke sighed and put her empty food container in the bag it came in.

"Oh…Tigger you and Luke will get pregnant again…it's just going to take some time…you can't rush it…besides if you do rush it and end up pregnant you won't be able to practice anymore" Haley smiled when she saw Brooke laugh.

"Well we don't ever get to practice something always happens and we get interrupted" Brooke said as cleaned up Hannah and threw her uneaten food away.

"Well not that I even want to know but how many times have you guys been interrupted since you decided to try for another baby?" Haley kind of regretted asking but it was a question that you hear someone ask and you want to know the answer.

"Um…." Brooke thought for a moment she had to remember to leave out Haley's midnight phone call and Jamie's bad dream interruption. "Let's see like 5 or 6 times in the last two weeks"

"Jeez Brooke…what are you guys part rabbit?" Haley almost choked on her drink.

"Haley it's hard to find time to do that at my house and with all the Chase crap that has happened lately its easy to get interrupted during times like that" Brooke tried to explain as best as she could.

"Hmm…well why don't you just ignore the problem?" Haley asked.

"Cause usually it's Hannah crying or the phone ringing…the other night Lucas and I were trying to be romantic at Karen and Andy's and Lilly was outside his door asking us if we wanted to play tea cups over and over again… and then Luke's all "I can't do this with my baby sister out there "so that didn't work out" Brooke shook her head and got off the bed to brush her teeth.

"Huh…that bites…when Nathan and I want to have sex we usually do it while Jamie is at school…or while he's playing "Rock Band" it just depends…Nathan holds grudges when he doesn't get any sex…or we have to stop…he thinks I owe it to him" Haley shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't get it"

"Lucas is just like that he thinks that just because he's a boy that things are different when he doesn't get any" Brooke walked out of the bathroom with Hannah's baby toothbrush and picked Hannah up and sat her on her lap and brushed her teeth.

"Nathan tries to feed me the "It's not the same Hales…it's not obvious when you're turned on" line I just laugh at him and say "Nathan stop overreacting" and he's all "I don't overreact….nobody in my family overreacts" he's such a nerd sometimes…but he's my nerd" Haley smiled.

"Jamie is so excited for Leah to be born…he talks about being a big brother all the time" Brooke walked back into the bathroom and put Hannah's toothbrush up. When she came back in the adjoining bedroom she placed Hannah in the portable crib that Nadine had let them borrow. Hannah sat in the crib and played with some of her toys. Hannah handed Brooke her teething ring and she laughed when Brooke leaned over and acted like she was going to eat it.

"She loves you so much Brooke" Haley admired.

"Yeah…I can't wait for you to have your daughter…" Brooke said walking over to the bed.

Haley rubbed her stomach "I hope she's half as good as my niece…you know Nathan and I decided on her middle name"

"Really…what?" Brooke asked

"We want it to be Brooke…after her godmother…you know Jamie is James Lucas after his godfather so it just stands to reason that Leah be named after her godmother"

"Haley…I don't even know what to say…thank you" Brooke smiled and leaned into Haley and hugged her.

"You're welcome…I mean after me you're like the second coolest person I know" Haley joked.

"Well I'm glad…that's a whole lot to live up to" Brooke laughed.

"I know…it's taken years for me to be this cool" Haley said matter of factly

"I wonder what the boys are doing" Brooke said looking at the door.

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"I'm so bored…you're like the most boring person I know Luke" Nathan groaned he looked over at Jamie who was asleep on his cot.

"Well you're no picnic either" Lucas looked through his suitcase for some change. He and Nathan wanted to raid the candy machine so they were looking for anything coins they could find.

'Wait I think I found some" Lucas said digging into the bottom of his suitcase. "Wait…no…it's just an M&M….I don't remember the last time I purchased M&M's" Lucas said keeping his voice down to not wake Jamie.

"That means it is old…and don't eat it" Nathan rolled over on his side and groaned "I can't believe this...I'm 24 years old and sharing a bed with my big brother"

"Don't act like you don't want this" Lucas joked and sat on the bed.

"I miss Haley…It's so retarded that they won't let us share a room with our wives" Nathan said pouting.

"I know…I just kind of feel bad for that Nadine lady…I don't think she really has anyone " Lucas frowned and ran a hand over the stubble on his chin.

"Luke man she's married…I saw her husband Willy downstairs"

"You saw her husband's what?" Lucas asked taken aback.

"Her husband William…they call him Willy…he's nice although he does like the Lakers so we can't be friends" Nathan explained.

"What's wrong with the Lakers?" Lucas asked

"What's not wrong with the Lakers?" Nathan sat up and asked.

"Shut up" Lucas said

"You shut up" Nathan said hitting Lucas with his pillow.

"You shut up" Lucas said right back hitting Nathan with his pillow.

"Oh it's on now" Nathan stood up and reared back with his pillow.

"Bring it on" Lucas said standing up with his own pillow.