Brooke leaned in just a little bit more but she turned away when she was tapped on the shoulder. She turned and saw Payton. Lucas looked sad but turned to look out the window. Snow was beginning to fall. He closed his eyes and imagined himself and Brooke laying close to a fire and cuddling. He looked back at Brooke who was now talking to Payton. So close! He thought to himself.
A while later there was more snow on the ground and Brooke had moved to sit with both Hailey and Payton. Lucas was sitting alone, thinking about things. Every now and then he looked over at Brooke who would look back at him and smile as if their "almost" kissing hadn't phased her at all. When Brooke arrived back in her seat, she looked back at Payton and Hailey. "They're sleeping!" She whispered to Lucas. Brooke went and sat in between Nathan and Jake. She talked with them. "So, whom are you rooming with? We only get little cabins, so there are two to a room!" Jake and Nathan looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. "And in guy language that means?" Brooke said and smiled. "We're rooming with each other Brookster!" Nathan said. Brooke had loved how Nathan had always been a big brother to her. He had always called her Brookster and she loved it. She sighed and looked to the seat in front of her, so I'm stuck with Lucas?" She guessed.
"Oh I'm sure you two will have a lot of fun!" Jake said. Nathan began to snicker. Brooke hit him. "I'm not the cheerleading slut anymore guys!" "No, you're just the slut!" Nathan joked and gave Brooke a noogie. "Hey, you'll mess up my hair!" Brooke tried to fix her hair. Just to be funny she messed up Nathan's hair too. "Can we keep the flirting to a minimum?" Jake said laughing. Brooke moved from being in the middle and was now on Nathan's lap. All of a sudden she realized his arm was around her waist. She leaned her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes. Nathan smelled really good too. "You smell good! Like…" Brooke yawned. "Tired much?" Nathan said. Brooke opened her eyes. Sorry, I'll go back to my seat." She knew exactly what she was doing; she was going to make Nathan feel bad. She gave him her puppy dog look. "Not the puppy look!" Nathan said. Finally he gave in and she closed her eyes. Jake went and sat with Lucas. Leaving Brooke and Nathan by themselves.
"Hey!" Jake said as he approached Lucas. "Hey, where's Brooke?" Lucas looked around and saw her sitting pretty comfy on Nathan's lap. "Oh, they're just friends Lucas! Why would you be worried? You could have Brooke in a heart beat if you wanted to." Lucas gave Jake a look. "I could?" Jake just looked at him. "Yeah! Make a move man and don't let her go cuz it looks like your bro might be interested too." Brooke had fallen asleep with both of Nathan's arms around her. He put his head on hers and closed his eyes. Her hair smelled good. No wait, she smelled good! He thought to himself. Before he knew it, he had fallen asleep to the sound of her breathing. He was woken up with a flash in the face. "Sorry Man, you two just looked so cute!" Jake said and batted his eyes. Nathan threw a piece of paper at him. All this moving woke Brooke up. She sat up and looked at Nathan. She smiled. She would never know what was going on in his head right now even though she wished she could know.
"Good Morning Brookester!" Nathan said. Brooke smiled. "Oh, Good morning, are we there yet?" Nathan shook his head. "I'm going to go back to my seat." As she got up, Nathan kissed her lips softly. It had happened so fast she hadn't even noticed. It took her breath away one because his lips were soft but two because it was so unexpected. She hopped no one had seen especially Lucas. She made her way back to her seat feeling both excited and anxious at the same time.
That kiss wasn't supposed to happen. It was too weird. Nathan was like her big brother; she couldn't go out with him. She sat down. "Hey Lucas!" Lucas hugged Brooke. "Missed You!" He simply said. She laid her head on his shoulder. "Missed you too!" There was a long pause then "Lucas, would you mind if I uh we." "Brooke Davis being shy about something. I think Hell just froze over!" "Shut up, this is hard!! Do you wanna room with me?" Lucas smiled. "Well uh.maybe!" Lucas joked mocking Brooke. She leaned up against him. She loved being single. She could flirt with any guy she wanted and nothing would happen right? Lucas put his head on hers and pulled her closer. He closed his eyes and breathed in her scents.
Jake had seen the kiss and was talking to Nathan about it. "Please tell me that was just because you were in the moment!" Jake said crossing his fingers. The last thing anyone needed on this trip was the Scott brother fighting. "Well, I don't know, I mean it's me and Brooke! She's like my baby sister! Yeah, it was just the moment, besides I like Hailey still and I want to get back together. I probably just missed what Hailey and I had and I was connected to the first female that I even had feelings for. I'm still hung on Hailey. I really miss her." "I'm stuck on Payton too! I miss her and I wish that we could get back together! Maybe this trip could be a romance beginning for all of us!" "What do you mean all of us?" "You're forgetting Lucas and Brooke!" Jake said. "Oh!" Nathan smiled and looked to the seat in front of him where Lucas was holding Brooke's hand and she was sleeping and he was slowly falling asleep to the sound of her breathing. He could hear everything Nathan and Jake were saying. Including the part about the kiss. He was happy that now he had Brooke all to himself.
With his free hand, he pulled Brooke's hair out of her face and pulled it behind her ears. He leaned down and kissed her forehead. Smiling, he leaned back up and saw her hazel eyes looking at him. "Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you, I was umm?" There was no way to get out of this. He had been caught. Brooke shrugged her shoulders and turned over. He wished she hadn't done that, he just wished that every part of his body felt what his heart did. He loved Brooke, plain and simple.
A while later Brooke was up and listening to her CD player again. Every now and then she caught Lucas looking at her. Not that it made her feel uncomfortable, she just wondered why he was staring at her. She sighed and went back to listening. She turned up Only Hope. She had brought a few movies with her incase the room or the trip got boring but, her rooming with Lucas should be fun enough! She smiled to herself and leaned against Lucas and took his hand and placed it in hers. He put his other arm around her and held her. She looked up into his green eyes and asked the great question, "Are we There yet?" Lucas looked at her. "No Brooke, we're not."