THANKSGIVING
TREE HILL
"Ok. I think that's the last of the boxes." Haley huffed as she set a box on the floor
Taylor came up and put her arm around Haley. "Thanks for helping out today Hales."
Haley smiled. "No problem Tay."
Things had become much better between everyone in Tree Hill since Halloween. Haley and Taylor worked out their issues with each other, Peyton and Brooke had been talking almost every day, Taylor and Sydney were finally moving into the apartment they were talking about getting, and Peyton, Taylor, and Sydney had all gotten really close.
"So what are you two gonna do about furniture?" Nathan asked Taylor as he came up behind the sisters and put his arm around Haley's waist
"Beanbags apparently." Lucas said as he walked through the door and threw a beanbag down
"Hey, whatever works!" Peyton said as she and Sydney followed in behind Lucas
"Its cheap and effective, so it'll do for now!" Sydney said
Lucas walked over to the beanbag and sat down on it. Sydney went over to it also, and sat down straddling Lucas' lap
"Wanna give it a test run?" Sydney giggled as she brought her lips to Lucas'
"Guys! Please! You're worse than Brooke and Lucas were!" Nathan joked
"Yeah, and that was pretty bad." Peyton agreed
They all shook their heads as their coments were wasted on the couple getting it on in front of them.
"Syd! Seriously! That's our couch! Please don't sex it up on the first day!" Taylor said as she walked over to where Peyton was standing. "I mean, I know you like an audience, but jeez!" Taylor bumped Peyton's hip with her own as they both laughed
Lucas and Sydney had started talking after Halloween, and had made it official about a week after.
"Fine, fine." Sydney said standing up. "Don't want to ruin everyone's appetites. She walked over to the kitchen and pulled a turkey out of one of the bags on the counter. "Now lets eat shall we?"
"How do you expect us to do that with no furniture?" Lucas asked as he walked into the kitchen to help Sydney
"Well…we can either stand around the kitchen counters, or we can sit on the floor and eat." Sydney concluded as she looked around
"You know, you guys will eventually need to buy some furniture." Haley said
"With what money little sis? We're working on it!" Taylor said
"You should work quicker." Lucas joked
"All in due time Boyfriend." Sydney gave Lucas a quick kiss
Sydney noticed everyone around her looking at her with a weird expression.
"What? What did I do?" Sydney asked confused
"Nothing." Lucas smiled and kissed Sydney
Everyone had thought of the same thing- Brooke. She had always referred to Lucas as "Boyfriend". They all couldn't help but wonder how Brooke was doing so many miles away.
NEW YORK
"Happy Turkey Day Friend!" Brooke opened the door for Faith
"You too." Faith laughed
"Is everyone else coming over soon?" Brooke asked about the rest of their friends
"They should be here any minute. I told them 5:30 sharp, or me and you are eating all the food without them." Faith stole a piece of turkey from a steaming plate. "Damn B. This rocks!"
"I know." Brooke smiled
Brooke's front door suddenly opened, and 4 other people sauntered in.
"Hey Davis. Nice place." A guy said looking around
"It's called a doorbell Brett. And you've been here before you idiot." Faith rolled her eyes
"No shit. I was trying to be polite." Brett walked over to Brooke and Faith and kissed their cheeks. "How are my two favorite ladies?"
"Oh, give it up Brett. Neither of them are gonna go for you! And how do you expect to be polite barging into people's houses like that?" Elisha from the Halloween party pointed out with a shake of her head
"Hey Brooke! I brought you a gift!" Another one of the friends, a guy they all called Scooter, said
"Thanks Scooter. That's sweet!" Brooke smiled
"And I just brought my loveable self." The last guy, Jeremy, joked
"Now that we're all here, lets eat!" Faith said as she started piling food onto her plate
"You know, this whole set-up reminds me of 'Friends'. Three girls, three guys. All we need is a big fat naked guy in the loft across the street!" Scooter joked
"That's just nasty dude! I don't want to picture that while I'm trying to eat!" Brett said
The girls just laughed at they guys as they all continued to dig into the food that Brooke had impressively cooked.
Throughout the dinner, Brooke just sat back and observed her new friends. Brooke had gotten closer to the New York gang after Halloween, and she decided that since her parents weren't going to be able to be home, she would invite her other "family" over to celebrate Thanksgiving. What I wouldn't give to be with the Tree Hill gang right now. Only a couple weeks until they will be here. Dear God I hope the time until then goes by fast!
Yeah,I know. That chapter was short and sort of pointless, but I had to somehow point out Lucas and Sydney being together, andI also wanted to introduce Brooke's New York friends. They will be popping up a lot more later in the story, so this is just sort of the foundation. :)