Note: I will explain more and more about Jessica as I update more. I know everyone that is hoping Brucas, BELIEVE me! There is no bigger Brucas fan then myself, if you read any of my other fanfics you will see Brucas in everyone.

I did make an exception though for this story. Jessica is actually based on myself. If you read all of mine you can see a Jessica in every story except one, but don't worry she hasn't appeared yet. My name is Jessica, so I like to throw myself in every once and a while. I mean if Brooke and Lucas aren't together then who better to have him with then myself right?

Well I still have not decided, because they are only seniors and they could easily break up and this become a Brucas story. But there will be PLENTY of Naley, Jayton, and maybe some Karen/Keith. So please no one bash Jess too much, thanks.

Disclaimer: I do not Own One Tree Hill. I do own....

Jessica ......

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"Are we there yet?" Jess asked for the 10th time, her head remained in its spot on her pillow.

"Jess, you sound like my 4 year old cousin, you know that?" he teased her.

"Hey," she said, her hand flung into the air in attempts to smack him, she missed and he laughed.

'Haha, you missed." He said sticking his tongue out at her.

She swung again, this time she smacked him across the air. "Hey that hurt," he said rubbing his arm.

Her arm stayed in the air, "Now are you going to tell me how long?" she asked laughing.

"15 minutes, 20 maybe," he said winching as if afraid of her.

"That's better," she joked, setting her arm back down against her side. "Are you happy to be going home?" she asked him.

"Yeah, it will be great to see everyone again, I mean its been 3 months since I have seen them." He replied.

"I can't wait to meet everyone," she said sitting her seat back into the upright position.

"They're going to love you." He reassured her.

"I hope so," she replied.

"You might want to keep an eye on Haley though," he joked, "she'll be the one judging you."

"Don't worry, I'll be on my best behavior." She said grinning from ear to ear.

"Oh no, we might be in trouble," he said jokingly.

She looked at him, and thrust her hand back into the air, he noticed it, and gave her the puppy eyes. "You know I cannot resist those things for the life of me," she replied setting her hand back down.

"As long as they get me out of trouble then I'm lovin their power." He replied.

"Nathan, Haley, come in," Karen told the couple as she opened the door and saw them standing there. "I just got off the phone with Lucas, he said they stopped for gas and would be here in about 20 minutes. She told them.

"Did he know that Nathan and I were coming over?" Haley asked as she sat down on Nathan's lap.

"I didn't tell him that we would be here," Payton spoke up. She was setting on the floor of the living room playing with Jenny and some toys that Karen had found for her.

"Nope, I never mentioned it to him, but I think he'll be expecting you to be here Haley. I think by now he knows that nothing could keep you from his moving back home." Karen said laughing.

"What do you expect?" she said smiling. "We've been best friends since I moved here, and don't forget I'm his sister-in-law now." She said with a smile from ear to ear.

"I think I may regret giving her that power one day," Nathan said laughing.

"Fine Mr. Scott," she said standing up, "why don't YOU sleep on the couch tonight then," she stated.

"I would apologize fast if I were you." Jake said laughing.

Nathan looked up at his wife from his spot on the couch, with the famous Scott puppy face.

"Scott's," Haley said with a sigh and sitting back down on his lap. "I just can't seem to stay mad at them." She replied laughing.

"I know what you mean," a voice said from the doorway.

"Brooke?" Payton said when she saw Brooke walk in.

"Hey," she said, "I'm hoping I can get Lucas to accept my apology this time, I feel bad for not accepting his after all this time."

"He will Brooke," Haley reassured her.

"But what if he's mad because I was mad?" she asked sitting down.

"He won't be Brooke, he cares about you, and you know that.

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Lucas's car pulled into the driveway; Haley was the first to notice it. She jumped up from Nathan's lap and ran to the door, swinging it open and running outside in her bare feet.

Lucas put the car in park and opened the door; Haley ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him. He wrapped his arms around her and spun her around in a circle. By now Jessica was out of the car as well, she just stood there next to Lucas and Haley.

Nathan, Brooke, Payton, Jake, Keith and Karen were also standing there in front of the two.

"Should I be worried?" Jessica said smiling.

"I'm not too sure myself," Nathan replied smiling.

"I think I should," she joked.

"I know if I caught my wife hugging another man like that, I'd be worried." Jake teased.

"Its just my brother, no big deal." Nathan replied laughing.

Haley finally let go of Lucas, but this was only to lightly punch Nathan in the stomach, Lucas saw this and laughed.

"Hey everybody," Lucas said now wrapping his arms around Jessica. "This is my girlfriend Jessica. Jessica this is Haley," he said pointing to Haley. "This is my brother Nathan, and this is Jake, and Payton and the baby is Jenny, and my mom Karen. Oh and this is Brooke." He said just now noticing that she was standing there.

"Its nice to meet all of you," Jessica replied trying to put the names she had heard all summer with the faces.

"Its nice to meet you too Jessica, now lets go inside," Karen said ushering them all inside.

"I didn't think anyone would be here." Lucas said as he sat on the couch, Jessica sitting next to him.

"You've been gone an entire month man, and you honestly thought I could keep Haley away?" Nathan joked.

"Well I knew Haley would be here," he replied.

They all laughed, Jessica watched as Lucas talked to his family and friends, she was glad that she could come back to Tree Hill for a little while.

"She threatened the couch, if I wouldn't come," Nathan joked.

"What?" Haley said innocently.

"So Lucas how was Charleston?" Payton asked.

"It was awesome, it was nice hanging out with Keith, and getting away from Tree Hill for the summer. It was a nice and much needed change. But I'm glad to be back here. I couldn't miss out on kicking Nathan's butt on the court this season." He said jokingly.

"If I remember correctly the last time we played one on one, I beat you scrawny ass." Nathan replied.

"That was with my shoulder, I worked on it this summer, and I'm better then before." He said with a grin.

Everyone talked, and asked Lucas all about his summer. They started talking to Jessica and finding out a little more about her. Luke noticed Brooke leave the living room and walk into the kitchen. He got up and decided to go talk to her.

"Hey," he said walking into the kitchen.

"Oh sorry," she replied looking up from the picture on the fridge.

"No you're fine," he told her. "I just thought I would come and say hi." He replied.

"Lucas, I'm sorry." She said walking over to him.

"For what Brooke? You never did anything wrong, I'm the one that hurt you." He replied.

"No Luke, I should have accepted your apology months ago, I dragged out what happened for months."

"You had a right to Brooke, what I did was horrible, I hurt you, and you did nothing wrong." He replied.

"Luke you were, just confused. Can we be friends?" she asked him.

"Of course we can be friends Brooke. I think I would like that." He replied.

She looped her arm in his and they walked back into the living room to hear some more stories amongst family and friends.