Author's Note: Hey. I'm so sorry that it's taken me so long to update this. I'm not even sure if anyone is even still reading this, but since I have the entire thing done and posted elsewhere, I'll just finish the rest of this and start posting what I have done of the sequel. I think there's about 10 more chapters to this, maybe more. Hopefully, I won't forget to post the rest of it later on. Relpy and tell me what you think. Thanks.
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"Now, aren't you glad you agreed to come?"
Ever since Brooke had told Haley about the rest of the gang joining them on their little weekend away, Haley had changed her mind about going at least ten times. At the rate she was going, Brooke figured they'd get half way up there before Haley changed her mind and turned them around. In fact, not five minutes before they piled into the car, Haley officially decided that she wasn't going. After much arguing and begging, Brooke finally got her in the car when she threatened she wouldn't go unless Haley went. Just like she expected, Haley caved at the very thought of depriving her friend of fun, and got into the car. Three hours, a tank of gas, and four bathroom stops later, Lucas was pulling the car into the driveway of the Davis' cabin.
"Oh, yeah," Haley mumbled, gathering all her garbage from the backseat and sliding out of the car. The first thing she did was stretch out her legs and arms. "I really enjoyed getting in and out of the ridiculously tiny car every twenty minutes."
"I told you we should have taken my car," Lucas replied, popping the trunk and moving to get all the bags out of it. Brooke glared at him and stuck out her tongue. Haley rolled her eyes, not believing that she was being so juvenile.
"I swear to God, Lucas," Brooke began, forgetting about Haley and moving around to the back of her car. "If you say on more thing about your damn car, I'm gonna…"
"You're gonna what?" he asked with a laugh. He shook his head in amusement at the pissed off look on his girlfriend's face. Yeah, he was really scared of what she was going to do to him. "Shriek like a banshee until I'm forced to kiss you just to shut you up?" He chuckled and grabbed a bag.
"No," she stated, glaring at him. A smile graced her lips as she watched Lucas walking towards the front door of the cabin. "I'm not gonna put out!" He immediately stopped his movements. He dropped his bag and slowly turned around.
"Well," Haley began, looking back and forth between her best friends. She shook her head and rolled her eyes. "This is going to be a fun trip." She moved to the back, pushing Brooke out of the way and grabbed her bags, before walking past Lucas and into the cabin.
"It certainly will be," Brooke mumbled, reaching in to grab the last bag and slamming the trunk shut. As she walked pasted Lucas, she made sure to smile sweetly in his direction before joining Haley in the cabin. It took Luke a second to gather his strength before he picked up his bag and stomped up the steps to the front door.
"I'm sorry, Cheery," he sighed, walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her waist. Brooke sent a victorious smile in Haley's direction and snuggled into Luke's embrace. "Will you forgive me?"
"What do you say?" Brooke loved this part. She honestly couldn't believe how wiped Lucas was. She had him wrapped around her perfectly manicured finger and planned on taking full advance of that this weekend. Lucas groaned.
"Volk Wagons kick ass," he mumbled. He didn't understand why Brooke was so obsessed with her car. She acted like it was the second coming or something. Haley watched the exchange in amusement. She too couldn't believe how wiped Luke was.
"And?"
"SUVs lick ass," he finished. Brooke cheered and clapped her hands together. She knew how much it bothered Luke to talk about his precious SUV like that. He had saved his money from the garage and the Café for two years to but that damn truck.
"You're forgiven, Broody." Brooke turned around in his arms and reached up to give him a kiss. They pulled apart when they heard Haley making gagging noises behind them.
"I thought we agreed that this was going to be a PDA free weekend?" she commented with an annoyed look. She knew that she was being unfair and a part of her actually felt bad about making them separate, but the last thing she needed was to watch the happy couple in love. She used to be like that.
"You did?" Luke whined in a baby voice. He felt bad for Haley, he really did, but nobody came between him and his loving. Brooke gave him an apologetic look and nodded her head.
"It was one of the conditions of getting Haley to come up here," Brooke explained. She caught the death glare Haley was sending her way. She was confused for a minute before realizing why Haley was still annoyed. "Oh." She pulled out of Luke's arms and stood beside him, not even looking at him.
"Thank you," Haley answered tightly. She saw how upset both Luke and Brooke were that they couldn't touch and she smiled. Maybe she wouldn't be as guilty about it as she thought. Hey, if she was going to be miserable, they were going to be too. It's a proven fact that misery loved company. "Hello, company."
"Huh?"
"Nothing," she replied. She looked around the huge cabin and moved toward the hallway. "So, where's my room?" Brooke snapped into action and moved to join her. She linked her arm through Haley's and started showing her around. Luke mumbled something under his breath before following after them.
"Here we are," Brooke announced when they reached the bedrooms. She pointed to the one furthest down. "That will be yours, and we'll take the one beside it. There's a combining door so if you feel the sudden need to have company in the middle of the night, we can have a threesome." Haley and Luke shared disgusted looks that Brooke didn't notice.
"I really don't see that happening." Brooke rolled her eyes and waved her off. Choosing not to make a conceding comment, she continued.
"Those are the other two bedrooms." She pointed to the rooms directly across the hall for theirs.
"This cabin has four bedrooms?" Haley asked in awe. Brooke nodded her head as if it were nothing. Haley looked at Lucas to make sure she wasn't the only one that found that surprising. He two had an impressed look on his face. "My house don't even have four bedrooms and I have six siblings." Brooke shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, you can decided who's getting the bedroom across from yours," Brooke informed her. "You can either wake up in morning to Peyton or Lacy. It's your choice." Haley made a face and sighed.
"I guess Peyton's the lesser of two evils," she sighed. She still couldn't believe that she let Brooke talk her into to coming. She was not looking forward to a weekend full of Peyton fun. Brooke smiled, telling Haley that she thought she picked the right one, and moved towards her and Luke's room. Once Brooke was in the room, Lucas moved to Haley and rubbed her back.
"Everything will be okay," he assured her, dropping a light kiss in her head. He was probably the only one that could she through her brave front. Or he was the only one that called her on it. She nodded her and gave him a quick hug.
"Thanks, Scott." He nodded and they went into their separate rooms. Ten minutes later, they were all unpacked and immerged from their rooms. Deciding that it was time for lunch, they headed into the kitchen. Using her power of Luke, Brooke convinced him to start cooking while she and Haley relaxed in the living room. Haley was trying her best to enjoy the little time she had left until the others got there. They were told to come around four.
"So?" Brooke asked, stretching out on the couch and laying her legs in Haley's lap as she took a sip from her drink. "What do you think so far?" Haley shrugged and took a sip herself.
"I don't know," she answered. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling that this weekend was going to turn out even worse than she originally thought. She glanced back at Lucas in the kitchen with his 'Kiss the Cook' apron on and laughed.
"What's wrong?" Brooke asked. She knew that there was something else bothering her then just seeing Peyton and Lacy because if worse came to worse, she could just completely ignore them. No, Haley had something else on her mind and Brooke had a feeling it had something to do with Nathan.
"Nothing, it's just…" Haley saw the stern look on Brooke's face and crumbled. There was no use lying to her, Brooke would no doubt torture her until she told her the truth and she might as will get it over with, preferably with no blood shed. "I mean, I can take being the third wheel, it's been that way for the whole week, but now I'll be the…" She trailed off as she counted all the people. Brooke waited patiently for her to continue. "Now I'll be the seventh wheel. That's like the saddest wheel!"
"No, it's not," Brooke tried to tell her. She did understand were Haley was coming from. It was sure to get tiring, watching everyone make gooey eyes at each other. "Tim used to be the seventh wheel." Haley looked at her with wide eyes. She huffed and threw her arms in the air.
"So now I'm Tim?" Brooke closed her eyes and flinched. Yeah, that probably wasn't the best thing to say to her. It really sounded better in her head.
"Hales, I didn't mean it like…"
"Now I have to go around drooling after all the girls," she continued to rant. "I have to make sick jokes and send not so slick glances at your chest!" Brooke had to suppress her laughter. She knew Haley was mad, but she couldn't not laugh at someone making fun of Tim. It was her favorite pastime.
"Come on," she tried. Haley sighed and slumped back into the couch.
"When did I become the token perverted guy?" Brooke laughed and leaned over.
"Aw, Hales, you're not the token perverted guy," she assured, gentle running her hands through Haley hair. Haley nodded slightly.
"Thanks."
"You're the token pervert girl." Haley's mouth dropped open and she playfully hit Brooke.
"Tigger," she whined. She tried to look mad, but couldn't stop a giggle coming through. Brooke smiled at her, giving her what she hoped was an innocent look.
"I'm sorry." Haley nodded.
"Do I need to remind you that Tim has a girlfriend?" Haley asked, apparently going back to the 'she is Tim' thing. Brooke opened her mouth to say something, but thought better of it. "Tim! Tim Smith has a girlfriend and I'm alone. If that is not the sign of the Apocalypse, than I don't know what is."
"That's a little harsh," Brooke laughed. Haley sent her a glare. "It's true, but still a little harsh." Haley pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. She knew she was being a baby, but she didn't care. It helped distract her from thinking about Nathan. She looked over at Brooke and her eyes softened. She leaned against Brooke and laid her head on the cheerleader's shoulder.
"I'm lonely," she admitted in a tiny voice. Brooke closed her eyes at the sound. Nothing made her feel worse than a sad Haley. She reached around and wrapped her arms around Haley. "And dateless."
"Not any more," Brooke told her, tightening her hold on her best friend. "I'm officially declaring myself your date for this weekend." Haley let out a light laugh and shook her head.
"You don't have to do that."
"I want to," Brooke assured her. It was true, she was looking forward to a weekend with Luke, but she would never be able to enjoy herself if she was thinking about Haley being lonely. "Besides, Luke still needs to pay for dissing my car. The whole kick ass/lick ass thing didn't do it for me this time."
"I really don't think Lucas will be happy about this," Haley commented. She was pretty sure that this arrangement would last about two hours before Brooke got too horny and went in search of her boyfriend, but the thought was nice.
"He'll get over it," Brooke replied, obviously not worried about it. She knew that Luke would be upset at first, but after she told him how Haley felt, he would understand. "And if he's that upset, I'll just have to make it up to him when we get home."
"Lunch is ready!" Lucas called from the kitchen. Brooke glanced at Haley to make sure she was ready. Haley took a deep breath and nodded. They stood up and made their way into the kitchen. Haley looked at all the food laid out on the table and gave Luke an impressed grin.
"Everything looks great," she told him. She knew Lucas was a great cook, his mother did own a Café after all, but it still impressed her every time she saw him in action.
"Well, thank you, little lady." Nothing made him happier than getting complaints, especially about something that not a lot of people knew he could do. Haley laughed and Brooke rolled her eyes. Before Haley could sit down, Brooke quickly pulled out her chair for her. Haley looked at her strangely before taking a seat. Brooke struggled to push it back in.
"That's really not needed," Haley told her, finding it funny that Brooke was being so serious about this date thing. Brooke shook her head as she took her seat beside Haley.
"You are my date," she reminded her. "I was taught it was polite to pull out your dates chair for them." Lucas grabbed a few wine coolers and sat at the table, giving each girl one.
"I thought I was your date?" he asked. He wasted no time as he quickly began inhaling his food. He was not one to toot his own horn, but he really was one hell of a cook.
"Change of plans," Brooke told him. She was taking a more subtle approach; she was actually chewing her food. "It occurred to me that my little Haley here didn't have a date, so I took it upon myself to be her date for the weekend."
"What about me?" he asked, taking a short break from eating to sip his drink. "I don't have a date now."
"Poor baby," she teased. She gave him a look that told him not to complain about this. If there was one thing Haley hated, it was upsetting people. She would never do anything if it would make Lucas mad. Luke glanced at Haley who was too busy eating her food to listen to them. He looked back and Brooke and gave her a small smile, nodding his head.
"Why couldn't you of at least volunteered me to be her date?" Brooke gave him a thankful smile, before laughing.
"Because there's a slightly less chance of me having sex with her." Haley rolled her eyes. Maybe she wasn't the token perverted girl; that was definitely Brooke's job. "I'm not saying it's not a possibility, just less of a one than if you two shared a bed."
The rest of lunch went by without a hitch and they proceeded to go watch a movie until the others arrived. They were half way through the movie when they heard a car pull up. Brooke immediately saw Haley stiffen. Knowing that Haley wasn't going to want to see anyone yet, she volunteered to go greet them, while Luke kept Haley company. Brooke hopped off the couch and jogged to the door. She was half way down the steps when she finally realized whose car it was. She stopped in her tracks when she saw Nathan and some skanky brunette get out of the car.
"Hey, Brooke," Nathan greeted her with a cocky smirk. He reached back into his car and popped the trunk so he and Nicki could get their bags. He looked up at the huge cabin. "This is a nice place you've got here." Brooke snapped out of her daze. She glanced back at the door to make sure Luke and Haley were still inside before stomping down the rest of the stairs to stand in front of Nathan.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here?" she demanded. She couldn't believe this was happening. She watched as Nathan smirked at her again and walked to the back of his car. Nicki walked around the car and smiled at Brooke.
"Hi, I'm Nicki Baxter," she greeted with a stupid grin. She held out her hand for Brooke to shake.
"I'll just call you bitch, for short," she shot back. She sent a disgusted look her way before stalking over to Nathan. By the time she got to him, he had all their bags in his hands and he was shutting the trunk.
"Where should I put our bags?" God, he was loving this. The look on her face was priceless. Nothing mad him happier than pissing Brooke off. He took a step forward, but Brooke stood in front of him. She put her hands on her hips.
"Again, I ask," she hissed. "What the hell do you think you're doing here?" He shook his head and handed Nicki her bags.
"You never did uninvited me." Brooke looked at him like he had gone crazy. She couldn't believe that he actually had the nerve to come here, and with a girl no less. And his excuse was that she never told him he couldn't come? After all the crap that he pulled, did she really need to tell him? Wasn't it obvious?
"Okay," she replied sarcastically. "You're officially uninvited." He laughed and shook her head.
"Too late," he told her. This time when he started walking, Brooke didn't move to stop him. She couldn't move. This was possible the worst thing that could ever happen. "We're already here." He and Nicki began walking towards the steps. "So, where's our room?"
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That's all for now. I hope that was okay. I know you all probably wanted to see Haley's reaction, but that will just have to wait till the next chapter. So, you know the way this works. The more replies, the faster I update.
PS: And to those of you who were wondering…. Yes, Nicki is Jake's baby momma. Just thought I'd clarify that for you all. Don't forget to reply.
