Authors Note: SPRING BREAK IS HERE! Thank goodness! Anyways I thought I'd update this little diddy before I let my brain rot for the next week. Don't worry I will update next week seeing as how my plans look like they're going to fall through (A curse on you HEB). Anyways I know ya'll wanted the New Years Eve party, I promise next chapter. As always thanks for all the great reviews, they really keep me going. Read and Review please, I think I'm only a few away from 100 and that would be awesome. Sorry for this long ass note.

Chapter 9

Brooke woke up the next morning with a large object on top of her. She opened her eyes to see a furry head in her face and heard the unmistakable giggling of Francis. Turning her head she saw Francis sitting next to her dog watching Brooke sleepy.

"Morning baby, what're you doing?"

"Max and I wanted to wake you up. He missed you. Plus daddy said we needed to wake you up because you have to go ot the airport soon."

"Yep." Brooke grabbed Francis and pulled her down next to her. Max started barking and she wrestled with him too. It turned out into an all out wrestling match with Jason and Lucas joining in when they heard the noise.

"What is going on here!" The match was broken up when Karen came into the room and saw the chaos. The five culprits looked up and started giggling when they saw Karen's face. It must have been quite a sight to see the mess they were entagled in. Lucas was on top of Brooke and Max was pulling at Lucas' pant leg. Jason sat on Lucas trying to help him get Brooke and Francis was trying to pull the two of them off of Brooke. To an outsider they would have looked like a normal family.

"Hi grandma." Francis smiled sweetly, "We're waking up Brooke."

"I can see that, but you're also waking up the neighbors."

"Mom that's not true, are closest neighbors are miles away." It was then Brooke saw the look on Luke's face and knew exactly what he was thinking. She pulled the kids off the bed while Luke went over to his mom to hug her. In one swift motion he had picked her up over his shoulder, crossed the room and threw her on the bed.

"LUCAS EUGENE SCOTT!" she yelled as she landed. Eveyone started laughing at the absurdity of the situation. Karen even started laughing. After their laugh fest they headed downstairs for breakfast. Brooke only had an hour to get ready to go get Haley.

"Nathan for the last time you cannot come with me. Stay here!" The past hour Nathan had been bugging Brooke to let him come with her to get Haley. Brooke wanted some alone time with her friend and had said no. She ran upstairs to get her purse then came back down to the kitchen.

"Where's Nathan?"

"I think he's upstairs pouting." Deb answered, "He doesn't like being told no."

"Baby. Anyways I'm off. I'll be back in an hour or two."

"Okay, bye sweetie." Brooke told Deb bye and got in her car. She was out of the estate and almost on the freeway when someone jumped up from the back seat.

"BOO!" Brooke swerved and almost hit a curb as Nathan appeared.

"YOU JERK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" She yelled as she got on the freeway.

"You wouldn't let me come so I stowed away."

"Obviously. I'm not turning around because I'm already late but I'm letting you know I'm pissed. I told you no."

"Yeah well, I always get what I want."

"Yeah and you're a stuck up jerk." Nathan climbed into the front seat and kicked Brooke in the process with his long legs. "You are not winning any points right now." She told him.

"Sorry. I wanted to meet her before Lucas. I want first dibs." Brooke looked over at him with a look of disbelief on her face.

"You're kidding me right? You are not making dibs on my best friend. She is off limits. Boys are such pigs."

"Nope. Lucas has first dibs on you since you're his nanny so I think it's only fair that I get first dibs on Haley."

"You two are disgusting. And Lucas does not have dibs on me, no one has dibs on me. I'm a person not a thing and so is Haley."

"Come on Brooke, you know you used to call dibs on guys."

"Yeah, when I was in high school. Seriously some days you act like you're five instead of twenty-five." The rest of the way to the airport Brooke and Nathan bickered over this and that. Brooke was generally pissed off because of what Nathan had pulled.

Brooke parked the car and unbuckled her seatbelt. "You stay here." She told Nathan sternly.

"Nope." Nathan climbed out of the car and followed Brooke into the terminal. They were meeting Haley by the baggage claim and her flight had gotten in a few minutes ago. When Brooke got there she saw the familiar backside of her best friend. She ran up behind her and jumped on her back.

"Hi friend!" Haley almost collapsed at the weight on her backside but didn't.

"Hey you! Would you mind getting off my back please?" Brooke jumped off and the two enveloped in a hug. Nathan had walked over at the moment and was waiting to be introduced.

"Nathan this is Haley, Haley this is Lucas' annoying brother Nathan." The two exchanged hello's and Nathan was awestruck, Haley was better looking than he had imagined. "Nathan grab Haley's bags."

"What?"

"Nathan please just be a gentleman and carry her bags." Nathan reluctantly picked up Haley's bags and followed the girls back out to the car. Brooke and Haley climbed into the back seat leaving Nathan to drive home.

"I feel like a chauffer."

"Yeah well that's because you are one today. Now shut-up and drive. Traffic is gonna start soon and we need to get home and get ready." The two girls gabbed non-stop on the way back to the house. They hadn't seen each other in two days but you would never know by the way they were talking. Nathan sat in silence most of the ride. To him Haley was gorgeous and she had barely given him a second glance. He wasn't used to the brush off by women.

In his head Nathan calculated a way to get Haley. He wanted her, that much was certain and he was determined by the end of the night that she would be his.