Author's Note: Hey, everyone. I'm really sorry that it's been so long since I updated, but I'm back. I just finished my last exam for this semester and I'm off for the next few days so hopefully I'll be able to update more. I'm not sure where I'm going with this story, so it really could go anywhere; just know that it will be a Baley fic, because I absolutely adore them together. Even Joie and Soph together are too cute for words. Anyway, I'm hoping to work Peyton in here more because I love her too and hate to make her the bitch, but I'm not too sure about that either. Anyway, just read this update and be sure to tell me what you guys think. Thanks.

……….FYITM………

The first thing that Brooke noticed when she woke up was the sunlight streaming through the window. The second thing she noticed was the body she was wrapped around. For a moment she was panicked, thinking that she had hooked up with another random guy, but then she remembered where she was. A soft smile appeared on her lips as she realized that it wasn't some man whore or college stoner, it was just her bestest friend in the entire world.

After almost a half an hour Brooke had finally been able to calm Haley down enough to get her to go to sleep. Actually, to be more specific, Haley had fallen asleep in her arms after she had finished crying herself to exhaustion. It had killed Brooke to hear Haley crying like she was because she wasn't used to it. Usually Haley won't cry in front of her. She might get upset, but she rarely ever cried and certainly not like she had last night.

Brooke knew that Haley wasn't just crying over what happened with Jake. Hell, she didn't even think that Haley cared about him that much to care. She knew that it went deeper than that. Getting rejected like that was just the last straw. She was sick of always being looked over or teased because she was smart and not some brainless slut.

Haley was so used to getting ignored by her parents and not getting any attention at school, but when Jake asked her out, it made everything seem okay. It was like maybe she wasn't some kind of freak after all. So for him to call and cancel on her, it cut really deep. Something inside of her just broke and the damn burst over.

"Huggie?" Brooke whispered, checking to see if Haley was awake or not. She pulled back so she could see Haley's face better. Her smile grew when she saw how adorable Haley looked when she was sleeping. She couldn't' believe she had never noticed how constantly beautiful Haley looked. It was no secret that Haley was a pretty girl, but it seemed that with her new feelings towards her, Brooke was finding it hard to control herself.

Brooke took a moment to memorize Haley's features. Her adorable nose, the perfect eyebrows and those oh so kissable lips. Brooke could just imagine what it would feel like to kiss those lips. Though, she didn't really have to think too hard, considering she already knew what it was like.

She couldn't believe that she had forgotten about that day. Well, not forgotten so much as repressed. She knew that if she thought about it too much, she would go absolutely insane. As she came to think about it, maybe her sudden attraction to Haley wasn't so sudden. Maybe she felt this way all along. Brooke couldn't resist, she reached forward and kissed Haley gently on the forehead.

"Bunny?" Haley mumbled, just coming to. She could feel someone's arms around her and a female body pressed against her, definitely a female body. She knew there could only be one possible person on the face of that planet that would be cuddling with her like this. And that was Brooke. She finally opened her eyes to see Brooke staring at her. "Brookie?"

"Morning," Brooke finally grumbled back. Even though she sounded miserably, she certainly didn't look like it. If Haley didn't know any better, she'd say that Brooke was quite happy actually. She had a glazed over look in her eyes and was still staring at Haley. "How was your sleep?"

"It was restful," Haley answered, eyeing Brooke strangely, trying to figure out what was up with her. She also noticed that neither of them had made any move to break their embrace, though neither was complaining either. "What are you looking at?"

"You," Brooke answered without a second thought. She didn't know why, but all of sudden she didn't really care if Haley found out about her feelings. She knew that Haley wouldn't hold them against her, if they could get through everything that their relationship has already survived, this would be nothing.

"Me?"

"Yes, you," Brooke answered, moving one of her hands off of Haley's back to poke her in the nose. She almost melted at how cute Haley looked when she scrunched up her face like that.

"Do I have something on my face?" Haley quickly brought her hands up to check to see if there was something on her face. "Was I drooling?"

"You never drool," Brooke reassured her. Considering they almost always ended up sleeping at each other's houses every night, she knew Haley's sleeping habits quite well. "You are known to snore occasionally, but never drool."

"Thanks, that's reassuring," Haley laughed, still wondering what Brooke was so fascinated with. She was still staring at her like she was a piece of meat. "If I'm drool free then why are you staring at me?"

Brooke tried to think of the right thing to say. Yeah, she knew that Haley wouldn't end their friendship because of something like this, but that didn't mean she was just going to come right out and tell her she had the hots for her. If Haley was ever going to know, she'd have to fight out on her own because there was no way that Brooke was going to tell her.

Even though there was a very big chance that Haley would get freaked out if she asked about it now, she also knew she couldn't lie to her. She and Haley had been best friends all their lives, Haley knew her way to well. She could always tell when she was lying, just like Brooke could tell when Haley was.

"Do you remember your fourteenth birthday?" Haley's eyes grew wide at the question and she immediately broke eye contact with the other girl. She took a gulp of air and shifted her position slightly so the handcuffs weren't digging into her side anymore.

"Yeah," Haley answered in a soft voice. It took everything inside of her to not picture that night in her head. As much as she hated to admit it, hardly a day went by when she didn't think about it. She swallowed again. "I think my parents called from Cube that year."

"You know what I'm talking about, Haley." That was all Haley needed to know to understand that Brooke was being serious. That was the only time Brooke ever called her by her full first name, when she was dead serious about something. "We were sitting right there. It was like five minutes till midnight…"

"I remember okay," Haley cut her off. This was so not how she wanted to start the day off. Even though it still meant the world to her, she didn't like talking about it with Brooke because she knew it didn't mean the same to her. Brooke smiled slightly at her, finding her rosy cheeks to be quite endearing. "God, of course I remember."

"We were sitting right there…"

"Yeah, Dad," Haley mumbled into the phone for what felt like the millionth time. She hated that her parents didn't even have the decency to come home on her own birthday. And the fact that they called just made it worse. That just meant that they knew they were away on their daughter's birthday; they just didn't care. At least with no phone call, she could think they just forgot. "It was nice talking to you too."

Haley glanced at the clock and frowned when she saw that it was almost midnight and Brooke still wasn't there yet. She had been waiting for almost an hour. If she didn't hurry her ass up, she was going to miss her birthday all together. It was their tradition every year, that Brooke would come over with a cupcake and a single candle and they'd spend the night watching chick flicks or horror movies. Even though her parents were never there, it was always Haley's favorite day of the entire year.

"Knock, knock," came Brooke sweet voice at the door. She stuck her head in the door, a bright smile on her face because she knew her best friend would be in a sad mood cause her parents didn't come home again. Haley smiled and waved her in, rolling her eyes to tell her that she just wished her father would shut up.

"Yeah," she agreed with whatever her dad had said, she hadn't been paying attention since Brooke came into the room. "Well, maybe next year you can remember not to book your cruise during my birthday." Brooke frowned at her and plopped down on the bed beside her, laying a supportive hand on her thigh. "Whatever, goodbye, Dad. I'll say hi to Brooke for you." With that, she hung up.

"I'm sorry, babe," Brooke told her, moving her arm around her shoulder and pulling her into a hug, careful not to ruin the cupcake in her other hand. "It's totally their lose though."

"I know, Bunny." They stayed like that for a few moments until there was just five minutes left of her birthday.

"Okay, okay," Brooke announced, suddenly pulling away from their embrace and bringing her other hand in front of her. "It is now time for our grand tradition of a chocolate cupcake at midnight for the Birthday Girl." Haley smiled and clapped; holding her hands out so Brooke could give her the cupcake.

"Yum, Brookie," Haley commented when the treat was placed in her hands. She was surprised to see that it appeared to be homemade considering Brooke usually bought it from the bakery. "Did you bake this yourself?" Brooke nodded and gave her a proud smile, flashing all of her dimples.

"It was all me," she declared, quite proud of herself. She knew that Haley was going to be extra sad this year since her parents had been gone since forever, and she thought that if she put some more effort into it, Haley would see that she loved her more than anything. "Anything for my Huggie Bear, you know that."

"I do know that."

"Now," Brooke said, lighting the candle with a smirk. "Make a wish. And don't you dare thing of wasting it on those no good parents of yours. They don't deserve you or your wishes." Haley smiled at Brooke; amused at the hatred she had for them. As much as Haley was mad at them for always leaving her alone, she could never bring herself to hate them; they were her parents after all. Besides, Brooke carried enough hate for the both of them.

She glanced at Brooke one last time before closing her eyes to think of the perfect wish. Brooke watched her as she thought of what she wanted the most. Brooke hated that Haley could want so many things. She was only fourteen years old, picking a wish should be easy enough; I want a new pair of jeans. It broke her heart to know that Haley was probably wishing for something much more simpler than that, probably just the love of her parents.

"Okay, I got it." She didn't wait for Brooke to say anything before she reached forward and blew out the candle. It's not like she expected it to come true or anything, for the past ten years she had been making wishes on one of those candles and not one of them had come true yet. Once the light was completely out, Haley opened her eyes and meet Brooke's before leaning back and placing the cupcake on her nightstand.

"What did you wish for?" she asked in a whisper. She didn't know why she was asking, she knew it was bad luck to tell someone what your wish was, but she had to ask. She always wondered what Haley wanted the most. Haley was about to tell her that it was bad luck, but then she remember that not telling never did her any good either so she might as well. She gave Brooke a sad smile.

"For someone to love me," Haley answered with a shrug, her voice below a whisper. If Brooke hadn't been sitting so close, she probably wouldn't have heard it. Brooke searched Haley's eyes to see if she was being serious and her heart nearly burst into a million pieces when she saw just how serious she was. Did she really think that no one loved her? "Just one person."

"I love you," Brooke whispered, perhaps for the first time realizing just how much. She was only a fourteen-year-old girl, she didn't really know much about this kind of stuff yet. "More than anything."

"Bunny, you don't have to…" She couldn't finish her sentence because Brooke's mouth was suddenly covering her mouth. It took her a moment to register what was happening and she moved into action. She never been kissed before and she knew that Brooke hadn't either because she would have told her about it. They were both inexperienced so it was very tame and chaste, but it was still the most amazing thing that either girl had ever experienced.

It was over quicker then it started and Brooke rested her forehead against Haley's, silently prayer that she hadn't just ruined the most important thing in her life. Her eyes quickly traveled over to the digital alarm clock that was sitting beside the cupcake and she smiled when she saw the time; 11:59.

"Happy Birthday, baby."

"And then we watched Sixteen Candles for the millionth time and pigged out on popcorn and chocolate until it was five in the morning and we passed out on the couch," Brooke finished with a smirk, finding it adorable that even after all these years, Haley still blushed at that story. Not that they talked about it a lot, or at all.

"Good times," Haley replied, not sure what Brooke wanted her to say to their little trip down memory lane. She couldn't believe that Brooke had just brought that up as if it were nothing. Well, maybe it was nothing to Brooke, but it was everything to Haley and she couldn't stand it if Brooke just dismissed it like that.

"They were," Brooke agreed. She brought her free hand up to massage Haley's cheek. She rubbed small circles on her soft skin and watched as Haley fought to keep her eyes open. "That was my first kiss. Ever. And it means everything to me that it was with you because you mean everything to me." She smiled at the look on Haley's face. She was definitely surprised. "That night was really special to me, and I don't know… I was just thinking about it."

"Really?" Haley squeaked out, still in shock over what she just heard. Brooke giggled and nodded her head.

"Yeppers." She reached forward, kissing her lightly on the tip of the nose before jumping up, pulling Haley with her and moving towards the door. "Come on, I've gotta pee." Haley laughed despite herself and shook her head, following after her best friend and trying her best to get that memory out of her head.

……….FYITM……….

I know that wasn't my best, but I really wanted to get you guys an update. Sorry if you don't like it, I'm hoping my next chapter will be better. Please, tell me what you think.