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Author's Note: Thank you all so much for your incredible reviews. They each mean so much to me. This will be the last update for a few days because guess what… someone is having a birthday on Saturday :). I am finally turning 16, which I am beyond excited about. Anyways I have decided that as my gift to you I will be updating every story on Friday night! That means for those of you that read all 3 stories… you will have a busy night haha. But school starts next week so I can't promise any updates during the week (unless teachers are really nice and don't give homework!) But otherwise things will have to be updated on the weekends, and maybe the occasional weekday. But we shall see.

Also please read the note at the end of the chapter once you finish reading, I just have some questions for you about the story/sequel!

-Lily

They had the house to themselves, Karen at the café until late, and Keith having left for the garage after a short lunch break. Lily was off at Nathan's with Haley, trying desperately to find out where Jake was, without actually asking directly about him, and the rest of Tree Hill seemed to be moving along on their own watch.

Brooke and Lucas could do anything they wanted and chances were, nobody would find out, it would stay just between the two of them. And after their rendezvous in the shower, there was no limit to what one of them would think of next, especially when there was no threat of a third person. They could do anything, and yet, they weren't.

Brooke was on the couch in the family room, allowing a teen soap opera to buzz quietly in the background as she focused on her phone, her fingers typing quickly along the keypad, smiling when she received another text and laughing at its content. Her head was propped up along a pillow as she enjoyed the solitude, something she rarely got at school, especially with having a roommate. Not that she didn't enjoy Lily's company, after all the two had become friends and got along very easily, but there is always something said for time alone.

Lucas was in his room, sleeping in a bed rather than the uncomfortable pull out couch that poked his back with springs the whole night through. He never took naps anymore, not once since he had hit middle school and began spending more and more time on the basketball court as opposed to relaxing inside. However, having been awoken so kindly by Lily earlier that morning, he wanted nothing more than to curl up in a ball and sleep for a few hours.

"Hey Pretty Girl," Brooke heard a groggy voice, her head popping up and smiling as she watched the blonde step out from his room in just a pair of basketball shorts, his hair a mess from his little nap.

"Hi boyfriend," her dimple smiled greeted him as he walked towards her, his bare chest rising and falling as his breath became accustomed to being awake.

"What are you up to?" he asked, resting along the back of the couch as he kissed Brooke's cheek.

"Nothing," she smiled, turning to face him, as her phone vibrated in her pocket.

"Are you going to check that?" Lucas questioned as she shook her head, making no indication to answer.

"No, it's fine. I would much rather kiss you then text someone else," she chuckled, kneeling on the cushions to softly lay her lips along his, smiling as he responded quickly.

"As much as I love that answer, I don't want to take you away from whoever you were talking to."

"But I want you to take me away from them," she chuckled as he smiled, glancing into her eyes, green from the sun that streamed through the window and caused her to slightly squint.

"You do huh?" he asked, raising his eyebrows slightly as they intertwined their hands and she bit her lip nodding.

"Oh yes," was her reply as she climbed over the couch, sitting on top of the back as Lucas stood in between her legs with a grin plastered on his face.

"You know what we are in the perfect position for?" he asked with a soft glint in his eye as she rested her head along his shoulder, gently kissing his neck.

"Yes," she mumbled.

"Good," he replied, leaning closer to her as he flipped them over onto the couch, tickling her sides as she burst into a fit of laughter, trying to push him off of her.

"Stop!" she screamed through the laughter as she shifted along the couch to get away from him, her giggles bringing a smile to his face immediately.

"Say please," he teased as she shook her head.

"Never!"

"Then I won't stop," he said seriously, a tear sliding from her face as she struggled to breathe.

"Sto-Sto-Stop," Brooke laughed, her voice light and airy.

"Say 'Lucas, you are the best boyfriend in the world, please stop.'" He smiled at her as she gently shook her head again but then conceded, gently pushing him away for a second as she tried to speak.

"Lucas, you are the worst boyfriend in the world," Brooke joked, quickly rolling off the couch before he could grab her in time and she raced out the door, not stopping for him to catch her, but knowing it was only time before his basketball training kicked in and he was by her side, demanding an apology for what she had just said.

She waited for just a moment, standing in his front yard with the warm sun along her shoulders, and for a second she could easily see herself here. Not just in the present, but the future, raising a family, sitting along a porch with children playing in front of her, squealing in delight. It was the quintessential town.

Of course her eyes snapped back open when she heard the door slam behind her and turned to see Lucas leaning along the house with his hand across his chest.

"Hi," she waved innocently as he pretended to ignore her which worked for only a second as he shook his head and smiled, walking closer to her.

"Do you want to change what you just said," Lucas asked, holding his arms out for her as she folded into them wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Yes," she nodded, smiling into his chest.

"You have to say the words you know," he reminded her, "Lucas you are the best boyfriend in the world."

"Lucas Eugene Scott," she began looking at his blue eyes, which seemed brighter outside, "you are the best boyfriend in the world."

"Perfect," he kissed her, squeezing her thin body tightly along his as he whispered in her ear, "But you can leave out the middle name next time."

"Yeah, we will not be passing that name along to our kids," Brooke said without thinking, retracing her words as Lucas looked down surprised at her as she hesitated, "I mean, kids, ours, wow, not ours as is mine and yours but ours as in ours… the world's kids," she rambled on and on as he began laughing, receiving a slap along the chest for doing so.

"Sorry," he grabbed her hand, leading her to the steps along the porch as they sat down. "But you know, we won't be passing down your middle name to our kids either Miss Brooke Penelope Davis," he said tapping her lightly on the nose. "And when I say ours I don't mean the world's kids, but ours as is yours and mine," he corrected.

"I have a feeling that your making fun of me Mr. Scott," Brooke frowned at him as he shook his head, kissing her softly for a moment.

"Not at all."

"I feel so much older when I am with you," Brooke said softly after a second of silence as Lucas just looked at her surprised.

"I am not sure that is the best thing to tell someone," he replied as she began to correct herself.

"I don't mean it in a bad way, just, okay," she breathed deeply. "Maybe the better word was mature. I mean when I am with you, just like this, I don't have any desire to get trashed and throw myself at other people. It's almost like I am waiting for those days to be over and I am waiting for the day where I can just wake up and make coffee only to know that in another hour a little girl is going to toddle around my feet or a little boy is going to run through the front door with a basketball in his hand. And I feel stupid because I am years away from any of that, but I can't help but want that, the feeling of a family and security," she said honestly, not glancing once towards Lucas throughout because she knew the moment she did, her words would stop. "Sorry I must sound like an idiot," she told him, finally looking at his softening face.

"If I tell you a secret, you promise not to laugh?" Lucas asked her as she blinked slowly and shook her head.

"I can't promise anything," her dimpled smile beamed at him as he glared at her as she raised her hands in defeat. "Okay, okay, I promise not to laugh."

"I think the same way you do," he said softly, his voice only above a whisper, as she looked incredulous at him. "But as much as I want a little Lucas or," and he turned to her with a bright smile, "a little Brooke, I know that I am never going to have these days back, and I want to make the most of them."

"You're right," she nodded.

"I know," he agreed.

"But another me would probably be the best thing that could happen in your life," she joked, leaning her head along his shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her.

"I know that too," he kissed the top of her head.

"We are definitely the cheesiest couple in the world," Brooke added, as Lucas chuckled, shaking her head as he did so.

"Way to ruin the moment Brooke," he kissed her, his tongue lightly sliding into her perfectly pursed mouth as the two gently allowed their environment to embrace them.

Nathan stood positioned in front of the basketball net, Lily and Haley sitting along the bench at the River Court, trying to get a tan, although it wasn't quite hot enough to get much of any color.

"Nathan just shoot the damn ball," Lily called to him as he ripped his head around to face her, still squared up to the basket.

"I'm concentrating, something you don't know how to do," he replied turning around to shoot the ball effortlessly through.

"I am a very good concentrator," Lily countered as he chuckled.

"Yeah you've focused on Jake all day today," Nathan stated as she turned a light shade of pink.

"No I haven't, I haven't even mentioned him today," she retorted as he simply shrugged his shoulders, going to shoot the ball again.

"You haven't said his name but you have referred to him as Brooke's brother plenty of times, or that guy that you danced with at the party or that brunette boy. Lily you may not have said the name Jake but you sure as hell have mentioned him today."

"I don't know what you are talking about Nathan," she smiled as Haley looked at her knowingly. "You wipe that look off your face Haley James," she said, pointing a finger.

"I don't know what you are walking about," Haley smiled innocently as Lily laughed, ignoring her friend as she waited a moment before speaking.

"So do you think he might like me?" Lily gushed. "I mean he has to right, we kissed and that is not something you just do unless you like the other person, right?"

"I bet he likes you, don't worry about it," Haley said as Nathan came over with the basketball resting on his hip.

"Lucas and I have kissed plenty of girls and you don't see us with all of them draped on our shoulder. Both of you were drunk," Nathan told her as he took a sip of water, only to put it down to see two girls glaring at him. "What?" he asked.

"Nathan Scott, you need to go away," Haley told him as he just laughed.

"I thought you liked me!"

"I lied, I really don't. At first I was attracted to how good you were at basketball but then I got close to you and I realize that you aren't that good. I'm just sticking with you until something better comes along," Haley said, trying to suppress a smile as Nathan wrapped his sweaty arm around her.

"Well you will be with me a long time because there is nobody better," he replied confidently as Lily threw his water bottle at him.

"Shut up."

"Do I need to tell your mom what you just said?" he warned as she stuck her tongue out at him.

"Do I need to tell her that you are the one that steals the vodka from the liquor cabinet and replaces the bottle with water?" Lily smiled cleverly as he just looked at her surprised.

"How did you know that was me?"

"I didn't until now," she laughed as he groaned, but knowing that the blonde wouldn't go and tell on him, or at least, he hoped that she wouldn't.

"Great," he sighed, sitting down next to Haley.

"Now back to me," Lily smiled as the two jokingly rolled their eyes. "What do you think about Jake? I mean does he like me, should I go after him, and do you think it was just a drunken hook up, or just one of those blame it on the alcohol type things where we really did want to kiss but we don't want to admit it?" Lily asked as Nathan looked at her confused.

"Idea," he said after a moment, "Have you asked Jake what he thinks?"

"Well," Lily paused, "No. I haven't exactly spoken to him since the party but I know that we are going to and soon."

"Well I think you need to ask him if it was just a drunken mistake or so much more," he chuckled as Lily slapped him.

"Haley if I were you, I would dump his sorry ass."

"Good thing you're not me," Haley smiled, glancing towards Nathan, "then you would be dating your cousin and in most places that is frowned upon."

"Nice to know whose side your on," Lily sighed getting up from the bench and turning around to see Brooke and Lucas at the edge of the River Court.

"Hey Lily," Brooke smiled, walking hand in hand with Lucas as the two approached the blonde girl who smiled back.

"You better watch out for those two," Lily said loudly, pointing behind herself, "They pretend to be your friend and then they turn on you."

"What are you talking about?" Lucas chuckled, stopping to listen to his ranting his sister.

"See there is this guy," Lily began before Lucas cut her off.

"Jake."

"Whatever, see there is this guy and we kissed…"

"Jake," Lucas repeated again as Lily just waved her hand in dismissal.

"Again, we kissed and I want to know if it was something more or just a drunken I'm horny lets kiss type of kisses. You know about those don't you," Lily added in as he glared at her, always knowing that his past was not a highlight in his and Brooke's relationship.

"Thanks for that Lil'," Lucas smiled insincerely at her as she nodded.

"Anytime. So what do you think?"

"Well have you asked him?" Brooke piped in; knowing that the only answer she was going to get that would be the truth would require her to go straight to the source.

"Ugh!" Lily groaned as she threw her head back. "Not you too!"

"Wait did I give the same advice as Nathan?" Brooke asked wearily.

"Yes," Lily sighed as she began to walk away, leaving Brooke stunned as she looked towards the brunette who had his arm raised for a high-five.

"High-five, Davis," Nathan stood up as Brooke looked towards Lucas wide eyed who just began to laugh at his girlfriend, wrapping his arm around her neck and pulling her close to him as they walked over to the other two, Lily disappearing behind them.

"This has to be the lowest point in my life," she commented.

"Or the highest. I'm a genius!"

"Let's go through your smart moves in the past week. Okay first you suggested to Luke that I was pregnant and now it looks like you crushed Lily's hopes and dreams. Gosh Nathan you sure are a genius!"

"In fairness you were pregnant and I didn't crush her, I simply suggested that maybe, potentially, it was a drunken hook up but I immediately told her to go and ask him."

"I was not pregnant Nathan!" Brooke told him as she slapped lightly in the temple. "I'll make sure not to go to the bathroom to frequently in your presence."

"Whatever floats your boat, it's not my fault you had all the signs. I was just putting the pieces together," he smiled, teasing Brooke.

"Well you put them together wrong," she smiled as the two began laughing, Lucas and Haley glancing at each other, confused.

"I can't be serious with you," Nathan said as Brooke just nodded.

"Well I mean it is impossible to be mad at me. It is like hating a puppy dog," she smiled innocently as her phone began vibrating, but just like earlier, she made no effort to answer.

"Going to check that?" he asked.

"Nope," she smiled, stuffing her hand in her pocket to grab the phone in order to turn it off.

"What if it's something important, like Lily just raped Jake," Nathan pointed out as Brooke cocked her eyebrow at him.

"I'm not sure how that would even work, but it wasn't even his number," she replied, putting the phone away.

"Whose was it?" Nathan asked as Lucas tried not to look too interested in her reply.

"Nobody," she replied.

"You were texting nobody? How does that work?"

"I mean I wasn't texting nobody, it was somebody," Brooke told him a Nathan looked towards her confused.

"So now it's a somebody? Luke how do you feel about this?" he teased them as he just shrugged his shoulders.

"I am pretty sure I have nothing to worry about," he replied, squeezing his girlfriend's shoulder gently as she turned towards him with a calming smile.

"Absolutely nothing to worry about. Once again Nathan is just being a, what's the word again, genius?" she sneered.

"Alright well when Brooke leaves you for someone else don't come crying to me," Nathan told them as he began bouncing the basketball again and turning towards the basket, hitting the rim as he shot it.

"Man your really good Nate," Brooke told him sarcastically.

"Better than you," he replied back with the slightest hint of a smile as Brooke turned in Lucas's arms, leaning up on her tip toes as she kissed him softly, slipping her tongue between his lips as he pulled her body instinctively closer to him.

"She just has other talents," Lucas looked down at her with a grin as she threw her head back at Nathan.

"That's not fair, she's your girlfriend and I'm your cousin. You don't know if I am a good kisser or not," he countered as Brooke burst out laughing.

"How about we just leave it as your are good at basketball, and my baby is good at everything else," he suggested as Brooke wrapped her arms around Lucas's neck nodding her head.

"Sounds perfect," she said before kissing him, his fingers sneaking up the back of her shirt. "I love you," she smiled into the kiss.

"I love you," he replied, pulling her against him as she just nodded her head.

"I love all of you," Nathan smiled, hugging the two as Brooke batted him away.

"You smell Nathan," she complained, his sweaty body too close to her.

"You really do," Lucas piped in as he frowned, separating from the hug as he grabbed the ball and went to go sit down next to Haley.

"Fine I was just lying anyways, I hate you two," he said, feigning sadness as Brooke and Lucas laughed.

"So when is your mom coming home?" Brooke asked, looking right into his eyes as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Does it matter?" he raised his eyebrows as she shook her head.

"No at all," she smiled, as the two walked away, oblivious to Nathan and Haley and everything else, except for each other.

Author's Note: Thank you all for reading; I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Now this story will probably not last too many more chapters… probably around 5-8 simply because of where I am ending the story and I can only write fluff for so long… which I do enjoy. But there really hasn't been much drama so I am thinking more and more about the sequel but I do want your input! (Plus I will be making a video preview for the story and that takes a little longer than just writing a chapter so I want part of the sequel planned so I can do that.)

Anyways I really want some of your ideas!! So here are some questions that it would be amazing if you could answer in a review or private message, whichever. And you don't have to answer all of them, or you can… again I just want to see what you all want. Plus some things may affect this story… although this story has a set ending that won't change.

Okay:

1. What couples would you like to see? (Obviously Brooke&Lucas. But do you want Jake with Lily or someone else… maybe Lily & Tim together? (haha) And these don't have to be "end game" couples… maybe you want to see a little Jake&Peyton… ect)

2. Is there anything you would like to see in the sequel (maybe a friendship or a relationship… some sort of drama… an accident…)

3. BABY? If by any chance (I've been playing with this idea but nothing definite… this is where you definitely come in) a baby is introduced in the beginning of the story, whose parents would you like it to be? I am open to any couple. But please consider this, the pregnancy will not be included, the sequel is 5 years later so the child could range from being a newborn to about 4 years old. So if it is important to you to read about… let's say… Brooke's first pregnancy… don't suggest her as the mother for this baby… make sense?

*So if you want a baby/child in the beginning, whose parents would you like it to be, girl or boy, name, and how old?

I hope this makes sense, you can ask me any questions. But I really want all of your inputs so I can start of the sequel well because I have hundreds of ideas but you all know the characters just as well as me so let me know what you want to see happen!

Anonymous Review Thank:

Sara- Thank you so much for the review, I really felt like I needed to put some Lily&Lucas interaction somewhere because they are very close sibling wise but all siblings "fight" haha. Just like before this story comes to a close Brooke&Jake are going to have a few… important.... scenes together that will show a lot about their relationship that hasn't been touched on in awhile. I am so glad that the last chapter sex scene was taken well because again sometimes I am just not sure… am I going to far? I also don't know exactly what audience is reading my story so I try and be careful to warn when it is M but still not become too explicit. But don't worry there is one more scheduled for this story… maybe two. Because for the first time I have actually planned the remaining chapters! Well I hope you enjoyed the fluff of this chapter… nothing too major happened but things will step up a little. And I am not sure how this phone/Brooke texting is going to come off but remember no cheating is going to happen between those two… (after all is she texting a boy or girl…) but it will play a roll in the next few chapters… so you will all just have to see :) Thank you for reviewing!

-Lily