Author's Note: Hey all. That's so much for the continuing reviews. I'm glad that you all like this story and I'm happy you all have open minds to this sort of thing. I hope that you guys liked Kate, I tried to make her as likable as I could. So I hope it came across. Thanks for reading this up until now, and I hope you'll continue to read it. I haven't decided what will happen in this chapter yet, but I'm thinking there will be some major making up going on. So if that's your cup of tea, come on down.
...WWHT...
Peyton was more than a little surprised at what Brooke was telling her. She had insisted that Brooke tell her everything, minus some details of course, of how she and Hales had gotten together. Brooke retold the entire night at the Café, smiling in all the right places.
"So you two have been together for a month?" Peyton asked in surprise. She can't believe she wasn't able to see it sooner. She thought back to everything that had happened over the last month and tried to think of anything that might have been able to tip her off. She couldn't remember anything.
"Yeah," Brooke smiled. "It'll be a month in three days." A far off look came to her face. "I can't believe we've lasted this long."
"Why not?" Brooke shrugged her shoulders.
"I just figured I've screwed it up by now," Brooke answered. Her face fell as she thought back on what happened earlier tonight. "I may have done that tonight."
"At the movies?" Brooke nodded. "Yeah, what was up with that? Why did Hales bail like that?" Brooke lowered her head, feeling guilty about what she had done to Haley. She knew how bad it made Haley feel when she pretended to talk about hot boys. She wasn't sure if it was because she was jealous or if it was something else.
"I'm guessing she got tired of hearing me gushing over boys," she informed her. Suddenly, Peyton remembered what they had been talking about before Haley left. She felt bad, feeling that it she hadn't started the conversation than Haley never would have ran out.
"Oh, man," she sighed. "I'm sorry, Brooke. That was totally my bad. I never should have started talking about them." Brooke shook her head, telling her it wasn't her fault.
"No," Brooke stopped her. "I shouldn't have talked about it. I know who Haley feels when I do that. I was just being stupid..." She trailed off when she heard the phone ringing. Peyton held up her finger, indicating that she can continue when she was done. She grabbed the cordless phone that was on her bed and looked at the name.
"It's Hales," she told Brooke. Brooke's head snapped up and she looked at her in surprise. Peyton smiled at her and tossed her the phone. "Talk to her."
"What am I supposed to say?" Peyton shrugged her shoulders and stood up.
"Beg, plead, grovel," she suggested. She smiled at her and walked to the door. "Better yet, tell her you told me. I bet that would impress her." She walked out to give them some privacy. Brooke looked at the phone and took a deep breath before hitting the talk button.
"Hey, baby," she greeted her in an apologetic tone. Haley smiled, glad to her hear call her that. When she was mad, she always called her Haley. That was the only time. If it was Hales or Baby, then she was either happy or sorry.
"Hey, Tigger," she said back. "How was the movie? Was Tina Fey funny?"
"I wouldn't know," she answered with a laugh. "I wasn't really paying that much attention."
"Oh, that hot guy distracted you?" Haley teased. She knew she was only making her feel worse, but her figured Brooke would know she was only kidding. Or at least she hoped she knew.
"No," Brooke said, happy to see that Haley was joking around with her. A joking Haley was a non-mad Haley, which, besides sexy and cute Haley, was the best one. "That beautiful, pissed off girl that ran out of the theater had me distracted. I was thinking about her the whole the time."
"You were, were you?"
"The whole time," Brooke confirmed. She knew that this flirting thing they had going wasn't getting them past what they really needed to be talking about, but she did enjoy it. She loved flirty-Haley.
"And what exactly were you thinking about?"
"About how much of a screw up I was," Brooke answered. "About how I blew the most amazing thing that could ever happen to me. About how much I wanted to have you next to me. And about how much I love you." Haley smiled to herself as she heard the wonderful things Brooke was saying to her.
"And that was more entertaining than Tina Fey?"
"You betcha," Brooke cheered. They both giggled a little. Brooke calmed down and a solemn look came to her face. "Look, Hales, want I did in there was completely stupid and..."
"Tigger?" Brooke immediately stopped her apology. After Brooke didn't continue, Haley assumed she had her attention. "I really don't think we should be doing this over the phone."
"Your right."
"I mean," Haley continued, ignoring Brooke's comment. "This is our first real fight, even though there was no actual fighting, as a couple anyway cause if we count all the stuff that happened over the past month then we'd loose count..."
"Baby, babble mode," Brooke interrupted her. She absolutely loved it when Haley babbled, but she knew Haley hated to do it so it was her job to stop her. Plus, she didn't exactly need any reminders of what a horrible person she had been.
"Oh, sorry," she mumbled.
"You know I love it when you do that," Brooke told her, wanting to make sure she knew that she had nothing to apologize for. "Finish what you were saying."
"What was I saying?" she asked confused. Brooke smirked.
"God, you are so damn cute."
"You can't even see me," Haley pointed out. She loved it when Brooke gave her compliments like that, but it always made her blush, which just made Brooke say something else.
"I know what you look like," Brooke explained. "I know all your moods and faces. And let em tell you, they are all cute so I figured I was playing it safe." Haley giggled. "Like right there, that was so cute."
"What I was saying," Haley began again, wanting to get the topic off of how cute she was. She remembered what she was saying before. "Was that I didn't wanna make up over the phone."
"Me neither."
"So I was wondering if you'd meet me down by the Docs?" Brooke smiled when she suggested this. That was where they had had their first official date just about a week ago.
"I'll see you there, baby," she told her. "I love you." She hung up before Haley had a chance to reply. She sat there and smiled down at the phone for a moment before giggling and running towards the door. She ran down the stairs and nearly ran into Peyton who was coming around the corner. Peyton assumed that they had made up, judging by how giddy her friend was.
"I take it everything is good with the Lovebirds?" she asked with a smirk.
"It will be in about ten minutes," she told her, finishing her walk to the door. She grabbed her shoes and began to put them on. Peyton watched her in confusion.
"Where are you going?" Brooke looked up after she got her second shoe on. She reached for her keys on the side table. She smiled at her.
"To go make up with Hales at the Docs." She opened up the door and got only one foot out before Peyton called out to her.
"If you two want, you should come back," she suggested. "You know, if you're not too busy." Brooke nodded. "Oh, and if you hurt her I'll kill you."
"I know," Brooke said, knowing she was serious. "I'll see you after." And with that, she was out the door. Peyton smiled at the closed door.
"Aw, young love," she muttered to herself. She shook her head and made her way back up the stairs and into her room.
...WWHT...
That's it. I don't think it was that good, but if you liked it would you please review to tell me. Thank you. Bye.
