Chapter 4

Skiing finally, Scared and partying...

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At Brooke's:

She had seen everything, when she had walked inside she had stood leaning against the door thinking about her great boyfriend, well he was, her wonderful friends and the awesome ski trip coming up, when she had heard noises outside the door. Being the curious person that she was, well at least she was when there were odd sounds coming from her front porch; quickly Brooke peeked out through the thin curtains that covered the windows next to the door. Disgusting, she thought to herself, What is wrong with Felix, Lucas just walked me home, she had figured that Felix had seen her and Lucas, otherwise why would he have done this? Then she thought to herself, what's wrong with Felix, why'd he have to get so extreme over such a petty thing? That's it, if Felix was going to hurt her friends physically, especially Lucas who she had tried to get along with after the whole 'situation' then he might as well hurt her, she knew he was going to come over later, and then she would give him a piece of her mind not only that but they were over. With that she stomped up the stairs to her room, hoping to god that Lucas was okay. She knew she should've gone and stopped the fight, or at least gone out afterwards to help Lucas but something inside her stopped her. As guilty as she felt now, she felt as though that, he deserved what he got for what he had done to her, as horrible a thought that was, that was how she felt. She sat around doing her homework for once, after what seemed to be an hour of trying to forget what happened to Lucas, she gave up and dragged herself down the stairs to see if perhaps Lucas was still there. When she opened the door she saw that there, minutes after she had closed the door Felix knocked. The second she had opened the door she let Felix have it, she half wanted to teach him his lesson, and half wanted to rid herself of her guilt, she ended their relationship, and it suddenly felt as if a great weight she didn't know she had been carrying had been lifted off, of her. As Felix walked out the door, she called her Lucas's house, and his mom said he wasn't there he was at Haley and Nathan's, next she called there and Haley picked up. When Lucas heard who it was he felt his spirits lift somehow. Haley handed him the phone, and he put it to his ear, the minute he said hello, Brooke broke into an apology.

"It's okay Brooke; it's not your fault. It wasn't your beef to begin with, Felix only had a problem with me, and if you had come out he may have come after you...I dunno he's kinda crazy you know?" Lucas told her.

"I know...But I'm still sorry, are you okay, ok dumb question of course your not, but I mean nothing's broken or anything right?" Brooke said more to herself than Lucas.

"No...And Brooke really its okay, stop apologizing." Lucas insisted.

"Fine, I'll talk to you tomorrow, I'll meet you at your mom's Cafe, after all tomorrow is the trip!" suddenly excited.

"I forgot, but I'm packed so I'll just go in grab my stuff, and we'll go. Bye" With that they hung up.

"You okay Luke?" Haley asked after he had hung up.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine just a little beat..." Lucas said with a smile.

"I can tell," Haley said getting the joke, "Well get some sleep the trips tomorrow, and you have to prepare yourself for your mom, goodnight!" Haley finished cheerfully.

"Right my mom," said Lucas quietly, he silently decided that he would tell her what happened when he got home, and as much as he didn't want to he'd agree to take the heart test, if she would just let him go. Lucas prayed that his mom would be satisfied with that, and then settled himself to get some rest.

THE NEXT MORNING

At Peyton's:

"JAKE, WHERE DID YOU PUT YOUR STUFF, I CAN'T FIND IT!" Peyton screamed to Jake who was currently taking a shower.

"IT'S IN THE FRONT HALL!" Jake screamed back just as loudly.

Peyton was so excited, they were going skiing, each of them had chipped in to pay for a cabin with three rooms for a week, and they'd put together the rest of the money to buy food and stuff for a fun party. She'd be sharing a room with Jake of course, Nathan and Haley would naturally be sharing, and that only left Lucas and Brooke, who would be forced to room together. Peyton felt bad, but at least this would help them work past whatever problems they still had, right?

Jake walked out of Peyton's bathroom five minutes later, dressed in clean clothes, though his hair was wet still. Personally Peyton thought he looked REALLY SEXY with wet hair, but that was just her opinion.

"Jake we have to leave in twenty minutes to get to the Cafe and meet everyone, and I'm not even showered yet!" Peyton said frantically running into the bathroom. She re-appeared fifteen minutes later, hair wet, body soaking, with only a towel wrapped around her. She quickly dried of her skin, and dropped the towel, pulling on a pair of panties, and putting on a bra. Moving over to her closet she had only just grabbed a pair of jeans when an unsuspecting Jake walked into the room, thinking that Peyton was still in the shower. Boy was he wrong, his eyes swept the room finally resting on Peyton, who was only in underwear, all he could think was that she was beautiful, before he could stop himself he started blushing, thinking certain thoughts that others especially Peyton may not like to know that he was thinking.

"I'm so sorry, I thought you were still in the shower, I'm sorry..." he said backing out of the room when Peyton had noticed him standing there, jaw dropped down to the floor, not literally of course.

Peyton didn't care if he had seen her; it was bound to happen sometime. "Jake its okay, don't worry." Peyton reassured him. There was no reply. As she glanced at the clock and pulled on a long white - tee, with a blue Harlem sweater over it, she pulled on her Parka, and boots, she realised that if they didn't leave now they'd be late. She rushed out of her room to find a blushing Jake, "Let's go...OH MY GOSH I'M SO EXCITED! AREN'T YOU?" Peyton asked a little too enthusiastically.

"Of course, I'm stoked, but obviously not as much as you," Jake said a smile breaking out on his handsome face.

When they got to the Cafe, luggage an all, they walked in to find everyone there waiting for them, everyone except Lucas, who was currently battling it out with his mom, who had eventually given in after she made Lucas swear that he'd take the test, not only that but she made him make an appointment before leaving.

They piled into separate Cab's, Jake and Peyton in one, Nathan and Haley in another, and then Brooke and Lucas in the last one. When they had finally arrived at the airport, they all snatched up their luggage, paid the cab driver's and ran. They had barely made it for their flights, but alas they had. Everyone hurriedly took their respective seats, and then it was time for take off. Peyton had grabbed Jake's hand and squeezed it out of fear, nearly crushing Jake's hand.

"I'm sorry; it's just that flying make's me nervous. I haven't been in a plane since my mom died..." she had suddenly become very interested in the window, and looked out at the building which had become smaller and smaller as the plane rose. Peyton battled with herself to keep the tears back, but she soon lost that battle as the fragile barrier that held back the tears shattered.

Jake took Peyton's hand in his, as she turned into him and cried. His heart broke at the sight of her crying; just the fact that she was sad broke his heart. "Peyton, sweetie, look at me please..." Jake pleaded with her. Peyton slowly looked up, "I'm not trying to tell you to forget about your mom completely, but you can't let your past with her, interfere with your life now. You have to let go, as much as it may hurt you have too...remember the saying if you love someone you gotta be able to let them go, as much as you love your mom Peyton, you have to let go of her..."

"Jake - I can't - She was - My mom - And-and-and ..." Peyton tried to finish her sentence but a fresh wave of tears stopped her. She buried her head even further into Jake's chest, as he pulled her closer, as if he would never let her go, "I love my mom Jake, I love you too, but sometimes it scares me when it becomes more obvious that I'm basically alone in this world. My dad is almost never there, my mom's gone, and a lot of things remind me of that, and it just it scares me..." Peyton finished finally.

"Peyton, you'll never be alone, I told you that before, you've got me, even your mom, your dad and everyone else. We all love you Peyt; I know I do..."Jake said to Peyton in the strongest voice he could muster.

The rest of the flight was silent between them, while Nathan and Haley, Brooke and Lucas talked about whatever came to mind. Finally the plane landed, and a driver was waiting for them. Luckily they had only brought luggage that they could take on the plane, so they didn't have to go through customs, which got them out of the airport a whole lot faster. When they finally arrived at the Hill, each one of them took in its beauty, as they stepped out of the car and breathed in the fresh mountain air, and took in the scenery.

The six of them, carried their luggage to the front desk where they checked in, and were taken to their respective cabin. Jake took one key; Nathan took the other, while Brooke and Lucas settled for a room together. It won't be that bad, they both thought.

After everyone was settled into their rooms, things packed away, Haley being the most organized made a list of chores, which included getting firewood, getting food, snacks for the party and booze, finally the last chore was to prepare the place for the party, games, blah, blah, blah.

"Alright, the person you're rooming with is who you will be doing your chore with, Jake and Peyton you two will be getting wood down in the forest, it's not a far walk. Nathan and I will be staying here! Brooke and Lucas you two will obviously be getting food and essentials for the party. Okay people let's go!" Haley said all motherly again.

"How about we skip this preparing stuff, and go straight to the blah, blah, blah?" Nathan whispered in Haley's ear.

"How about...no, come on Nathan more preparing, or you won't get the surprise I have for you tonight." Haley said wiggling her eyebrows suggestively, at this Nathan's eyes widen, as Haley just laughed.

When Jake and Peyton finally came back, Peyton resembled a snowman, with snow in her hair, pants, on her gloves and boots; she was smiling evilly, when Jake walked in behind her looking as if he had just taken a swim in the snow. They dumped the wood into the bin next to the fireplace, and went back to their room to change, and make-out.

Just as the four of them had settled down in front of the fire talking amongst each other, Brooke and Lucas walked in, holding bags upon bags of goods. "What did you two buy the store?" Nathan asked sarcastically.

"We would've but only so much would fit in the cabin so we just settled for this." Brooke replied, smartly.

"Okay you two, time-out, Nathan in the corner you go, Brooke you too," said Haley getting a laugh from everyone.

An hour later they were all stuffing themselves with junk, and drinking like there was no tomorrow, at first they played some games that Haley had brought along, but soon got bored of it, and decided to play the ultimate game Truth or Dare, but with a twist, if you did your dare the person who dared you would have to take two shots, while you took none, if you told the truth however, you would each have to take one shot each, unless you know for a fact that, that person is telling the truth then only the person who asked the question would have to take a shot.

Brooke started, she chose Jake, who picked Dare, "I dare you...to kiss Pey...wait...I dare you to kiss Lucas on the lips for at least 15 seconds!" Brooke said happily.

Jake stared at Brooke as though she was crazy, "Fine! Lucas buddy, pucker up." When he had finished, he quickly rinsed out his mouth, glaring at Brooke, who had taken one of her two shots. Jake chose Lucas next, who still looked as though he was in shock. Lucas picked Truth, "Truth? Oh I got one, in this room right now; if we were all single that would you choose to go out with?" Jake asked satisfied with his question.

Lucas hesitated a bit with his answer, he didn't want to say it, but he had too. "Brooke...I would choose Brooke." Lucas stated simply. Jake took his shot, because he knew that Lucas was being true, anyone could tell from the look in his eyes. Brooke noticed it too, and she felt her heart take a leap, when she had wanted Lucas he wanted someone else, but now he wanted her and she didn't know if she wanted him, because she was afraid to get her heart broken again.

"My turn" Haley said cheerfully trying to ease the tension, "Peyton, Truth or Dare?" she asked.

"Dare," Peyton said.

"I dare you to..." she leaned over to whisper in her ear, "kiss Brooke and cop a feel of her ass..." Haley whispered in her ear.

"Fine, I will. By the way I'm sorry..." She leaned over towards Brooke, kissed her grabbed her ass. Then she leaned back into Jake's strong, loving, and protective arms. He looked at her with shock in his eyes, and she whispered, "Don't worry I still love you more..."

He leaned down, and whispered in her ear, "I love you too," that just caused a chill to run down her spine, her eyes fluttered, as Jake placed kisses on her neck, moving up to her lips, she pulled him closer, as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Both of them were completely lost in each other, moaning softly, caught up in their passionate moment, at least until everyone burst out laughing did they stop, embarrassed.

After another hour of ridiculous dares, and a lot more alcohol, they decided to go to sleep. Tomorrow the six of them would be going skiing. The six teens split up, and went to their respective rooms, where they all went to sleep. Peyton in Jake's arms, Haley in Nathan's, while Brooke and Lucas kept to their side of the bed. As Lucas watched Brooke sleep he couldn't help but smile, she looked so much like an angel. He'd have to figure something out, but then again, if they were meant to be together they'd end up with each other in the end, or so he hoped. That's all he could do for now, hope.

Spoilers:

Sorry, no spoilers, I'm going to leave you in suspense...okay, okay, I'll give you ONE spoiler, since I'm so kind! Yes I know I'm odd, you don't need to tell me!

- Surprises, people from the past appear and stir up trouble between everyone.