Br00keSc0tt: I love the name too! I love the name Bella but didn't really know what to pair it with for a full name so I chose Isabella because it's so pretty! I'm glad you approve! Keep reviewing!
Spoiledchick08: You'll have to wait and see. Can't tell you who it's going to be because that would ruin it for others. But tell me, would you like it if Nikki came back to stir things up?
Thanks for all the other reviews I had...they were all much appreciated.
Chapters might take a little longer because I sprained a foot (let's just say I'm not as graceful of a dancer as I thought!) and can't really get around well on crutches but I'm trying my darnest to get some more chapters before I leave for vacation. Expect at least three by Saturday. I will be thinking about you on vaca and I will write as much as I can. Enough with my babbling here's the next chapter!
"Peyton, I think we just missed the turn." Haley said flipping the map over.
"How can you tell?" Brooke laughed, "You're not even holding the map the right way."
"Haley James, you're an A student yet you can't navigate a map?" Peyton tried to help sort out the map while driving at the same time.
"Oh wait, I know where we are." Brooke said looking at the familiar small town, "Lucas and I stopped here on our way back from Vegas. That's where we found out I was pregnant with Bella."
"How sweet." Haley glared over the map trying to find out where they were, "Look there's a diner. Let's go in, have something to eat, and maybe someone can give us some directions."
Brooke looked over at the diner and gasped. She had led them right to her, even after she promised her she wouldn't.
"I'm not really hungry. Let's just figure it out ourselves." Brooke tried to keep her cool and with practice she had nearly mastered it.
"I've been driving forever. I'm tired and hungry. We're going in and if you're not hungry you can just watch." Peyton said firmly. Since she'd been with Jake she's learned that what she wants she can get.
"Oh, come on. We can rough it a few more miles." Brooke said enthusiastically. She even considered becoming a fashion designer gone actress.
"How do we know another little town will come up again in a few more miles?" Haley finally gave up on the map.
"We've got this handy dandy map. We can figure it out." Brooke grabbed the map from Haley and tried to figure out their positions.
"Brooke, stop trying to be the roughin' it type. We are hungry and tired and we're stopping." Peyton pulled the car into a parking spot in front of the diner, "Are you coming or not?"
"I'd really rather not." Brooke mumbled to herself.
"What?" Haley said eyeing her carefully.
"I said why not." Brooke put on her little fake smile. She was getting better at this whole lying thing by the minute.
"Let's go mommy." Peyton said waiting for Brooke to get out of the car before she locked it and handed the keys to Brooke.
The bell rang as they walked through the diner's entrance. Brooke was praying that she wasn't working today. She'd think that Brooke squealed and that would be bad.
"Three?" The cheery voice asked gathering menus.
"Yeah." Haley answered for her party.
"Alright, follow me this way." The older waitress lead them to an empty booth.
"What looks good ladies?" Peyton asked opening her menu.
"I don't know but I've got to pee." Brooke said moving towards the bathroom, "Don't miss me too much."
"Don't worry," Haley laughed, "We won't."
Brooke moved in the direction of the bathroom but stopped at the counter to ask the waitress that had seated them.
"Hi, um, do you know if Madison is working?" Brooke asked trying to make sure that Haley and Peyton didn't see her at the counter.
"That girl is always working. We can't get her to take a vacation." The lady laughed thinking of Madison.
"Do you know where she is?" Brooke asked urgently. She had to warn her.
"She's either in the bathroom or out back." The lady smiled and got back to work.
"Thanks a lot." Brooke said before disappearing into the bathroom.
Sure enough, there she was standing in front of the mirror like she had been the year before.
"Hey stranger." Brooke said timidly, afraid of what Madison might say that she was here again.
"Brooke?" Madison looked up at her, "What are you doing here?"
"I didn't mean for this to happen but we were driving and we got lost and they were hungry and I tried to get them to keep driving but they insisted." Brooke began rambling on, losing Madison in her first few words.
"Woah, slow down." Madison gripped her shoulders coaxing her to breath, "What's going on?"
"We were on our way to L.A. and we got lost. We ended up here and they got hungry so they decided to stop here even though I argued against it." Brooke said a little more slowly.
"We? They? Who?" Madison was trying to comprehend.
"Hey, mommy, did you fall in?" Peyton said entering the bathroom.
"Peyton and Haley." Brooke could not believe this was happening.
"How could you?" Madison screamed.
"Madison?" Peyton could not believe her eyes.
"Hey Peyt." Madison was not capable of dealing with this right now.
"What are you doing here?" Peyton questioned.
"I work here." Madison gave Brooke the evil eye.
"And you knew didn't you Brooke?" Peyton was furious.
"Kind of." Brooke had set herself up for this. She wanted to tell Peyton but she promised Madison.
"I thought you were supposed to be my best friend!" Peyton face turned red. The two years that had past Peyton never stopped wondering about Madison; like where she was and what she was doing.
"It's not her fault. I made her swear not to tell." Madison said defensively.
"Don't defend her." Peyton was livid. They could see the anger in her face.
"Peyton chill out. You're blowing this way out of proportion." Brooke tried to tame the wild beast.
"Chill out? You've been hiding this from me, for what, a year?" Peyton didn't even want to hear what either of them wanted to say.
"It wasn't like that Peyt. It just never came up so I didn't think it was important." Brooke couldn't believe this was all happening.
"I'm done with this shit." Peyton said as she slammed out of the bathroom.
"God," Madison said close to tears, "I've messed everything up again."
"No you haven't. This is my fault. The first time I try to be true to someone and keep my word it blows up in my face. It was so much easier being a bitch." Brooke consoled.
"But if you were a bitch all the time you wouldn't have gotten Lucas and you wouldn't be as happy as you were when I saw you last." Madison tried to console back. Even though she hated Brooke for getting Lucas she couldn't help but feel bad for this girl. All she wanted to do was fit in and it wasn't as easy as she thought. Madison realized they had a lot in common.
"You were right, you know." Brooke remembered that the year before in this very bathroom what had happened.
"Right about what?" Madison said wiping away the tears from her eyes.
"I was pregnant." Brooke smiled thinking of her beautiful baby girl.
"Congrats." Madison tried to sound overjoyed but it was impossible to feel that for Brooke when she was having children with Lucas. Madison still hadn't gotten over him even though they were never really together and nothing really happened besides her sanity cracking, once again. She was doing so well without them up until that day that Brooke and Lucas arrived at the diner. For the past year she'd been a nervous wreck, thinking about him all the time and what she could've done to win him over. But it was useless now. How could she break up a happy home? She'd be a home wrecker and she knew she was not capable with dealing with that guilt.
"I have to get out of here." Madison said rushing past Brooke, "Take care of her for me."
Madison ran out of the diner and hopped into her little battered car and just drove away into the sunset. She had no clue where she was going but anywhere was better than where she currently was.
Next to come: Can Brooke and Peyton work things out? What's going to happen with the whole Madison thing? How will Brooke's meeting go? Who will be the next surprise to walk into the gang's life?
Spoiledchick08: You'll have to wait and see. Can't tell you who it's going to be because that would ruin it for others. But tell me, would you like it if Nikki came back to stir things up?
Thanks for all the other reviews I had...they were all much appreciated.
Chapters might take a little longer because I sprained a foot (let's just say I'm not as graceful of a dancer as I thought!) and can't really get around well on crutches but I'm trying my darnest to get some more chapters before I leave for vacation. Expect at least three by Saturday. I will be thinking about you on vaca and I will write as much as I can. Enough with my babbling here's the next chapter!
"Peyton, I think we just missed the turn." Haley said flipping the map over.
"How can you tell?" Brooke laughed, "You're not even holding the map the right way."
"Haley James, you're an A student yet you can't navigate a map?" Peyton tried to help sort out the map while driving at the same time.
"Oh wait, I know where we are." Brooke said looking at the familiar small town, "Lucas and I stopped here on our way back from Vegas. That's where we found out I was pregnant with Bella."
"How sweet." Haley glared over the map trying to find out where they were, "Look there's a diner. Let's go in, have something to eat, and maybe someone can give us some directions."
Brooke looked over at the diner and gasped. She had led them right to her, even after she promised her she wouldn't.
"I'm not really hungry. Let's just figure it out ourselves." Brooke tried to keep her cool and with practice she had nearly mastered it.
"I've been driving forever. I'm tired and hungry. We're going in and if you're not hungry you can just watch." Peyton said firmly. Since she'd been with Jake she's learned that what she wants she can get.
"Oh, come on. We can rough it a few more miles." Brooke said enthusiastically. She even considered becoming a fashion designer gone actress.
"How do we know another little town will come up again in a few more miles?" Haley finally gave up on the map.
"We've got this handy dandy map. We can figure it out." Brooke grabbed the map from Haley and tried to figure out their positions.
"Brooke, stop trying to be the roughin' it type. We are hungry and tired and we're stopping." Peyton pulled the car into a parking spot in front of the diner, "Are you coming or not?"
"I'd really rather not." Brooke mumbled to herself.
"What?" Haley said eyeing her carefully.
"I said why not." Brooke put on her little fake smile. She was getting better at this whole lying thing by the minute.
"Let's go mommy." Peyton said waiting for Brooke to get out of the car before she locked it and handed the keys to Brooke.
The bell rang as they walked through the diner's entrance. Brooke was praying that she wasn't working today. She'd think that Brooke squealed and that would be bad.
"Three?" The cheery voice asked gathering menus.
"Yeah." Haley answered for her party.
"Alright, follow me this way." The older waitress lead them to an empty booth.
"What looks good ladies?" Peyton asked opening her menu.
"I don't know but I've got to pee." Brooke said moving towards the bathroom, "Don't miss me too much."
"Don't worry," Haley laughed, "We won't."
Brooke moved in the direction of the bathroom but stopped at the counter to ask the waitress that had seated them.
"Hi, um, do you know if Madison is working?" Brooke asked trying to make sure that Haley and Peyton didn't see her at the counter.
"That girl is always working. We can't get her to take a vacation." The lady laughed thinking of Madison.
"Do you know where she is?" Brooke asked urgently. She had to warn her.
"She's either in the bathroom or out back." The lady smiled and got back to work.
"Thanks a lot." Brooke said before disappearing into the bathroom.
Sure enough, there she was standing in front of the mirror like she had been the year before.
"Hey stranger." Brooke said timidly, afraid of what Madison might say that she was here again.
"Brooke?" Madison looked up at her, "What are you doing here?"
"I didn't mean for this to happen but we were driving and we got lost and they were hungry and I tried to get them to keep driving but they insisted." Brooke began rambling on, losing Madison in her first few words.
"Woah, slow down." Madison gripped her shoulders coaxing her to breath, "What's going on?"
"We were on our way to L.A. and we got lost. We ended up here and they got hungry so they decided to stop here even though I argued against it." Brooke said a little more slowly.
"We? They? Who?" Madison was trying to comprehend.
"Hey, mommy, did you fall in?" Peyton said entering the bathroom.
"Peyton and Haley." Brooke could not believe this was happening.
"How could you?" Madison screamed.
"Madison?" Peyton could not believe her eyes.
"Hey Peyt." Madison was not capable of dealing with this right now.
"What are you doing here?" Peyton questioned.
"I work here." Madison gave Brooke the evil eye.
"And you knew didn't you Brooke?" Peyton was furious.
"Kind of." Brooke had set herself up for this. She wanted to tell Peyton but she promised Madison.
"I thought you were supposed to be my best friend!" Peyton face turned red. The two years that had past Peyton never stopped wondering about Madison; like where she was and what she was doing.
"It's not her fault. I made her swear not to tell." Madison said defensively.
"Don't defend her." Peyton was livid. They could see the anger in her face.
"Peyton chill out. You're blowing this way out of proportion." Brooke tried to tame the wild beast.
"Chill out? You've been hiding this from me, for what, a year?" Peyton didn't even want to hear what either of them wanted to say.
"It wasn't like that Peyt. It just never came up so I didn't think it was important." Brooke couldn't believe this was all happening.
"I'm done with this shit." Peyton said as she slammed out of the bathroom.
"God," Madison said close to tears, "I've messed everything up again."
"No you haven't. This is my fault. The first time I try to be true to someone and keep my word it blows up in my face. It was so much easier being a bitch." Brooke consoled.
"But if you were a bitch all the time you wouldn't have gotten Lucas and you wouldn't be as happy as you were when I saw you last." Madison tried to console back. Even though she hated Brooke for getting Lucas she couldn't help but feel bad for this girl. All she wanted to do was fit in and it wasn't as easy as she thought. Madison realized they had a lot in common.
"You were right, you know." Brooke remembered that the year before in this very bathroom what had happened.
"Right about what?" Madison said wiping away the tears from her eyes.
"I was pregnant." Brooke smiled thinking of her beautiful baby girl.
"Congrats." Madison tried to sound overjoyed but it was impossible to feel that for Brooke when she was having children with Lucas. Madison still hadn't gotten over him even though they were never really together and nothing really happened besides her sanity cracking, once again. She was doing so well without them up until that day that Brooke and Lucas arrived at the diner. For the past year she'd been a nervous wreck, thinking about him all the time and what she could've done to win him over. But it was useless now. How could she break up a happy home? She'd be a home wrecker and she knew she was not capable with dealing with that guilt.
"I have to get out of here." Madison said rushing past Brooke, "Take care of her for me."
Madison ran out of the diner and hopped into her little battered car and just drove away into the sunset. She had no clue where she was going but anywhere was better than where she currently was.
Next to come: Can Brooke and Peyton work things out? What's going to happen with the whole Madison thing? How will Brooke's meeting go? Who will be the next surprise to walk into the gang's life?