Chapter 2 Reunions Suck

Brooke was nervous but she worked through it. She got a drink and saw Theresa who was obviously pregnant. she spotted Brooke and came over to her. "Brooke OMG its been forever." Theresa said

"Yeah it has. What have you been up to?" Brooke asked

"Having kids. Tim and I are married."

"Really?" Brooke asked in shock

"Yeah…I got pregnant right after graduation so we got married. And we keep having kids."

"How many do you have?" Brooke asked

"This one will be 5."

"Wow."

"Yeah we've been busy. What have you been up to?" Theresa asked

"Living in LA I own my own cosmetics company."

"Wow that's great. I better go find Tim, I'll see you later." Brooke nodded. Brooke was relieved that she was gone. Maybe being here wasn't such a good idea, she had escaped all the bad stuff that had happened here and now she was back to relive it. She turned around and was face to face with Haley.

"Brooke, I wasn't sure if you were coming. How have you been?"

"LA. What have you been up to?" Brooke asked

"Nathan and I are still married. He coaches and I teach at THHS. We have two kids, Molly who's 5 and Ross who's 6 months."

"That's great Hales." Brooke said

"What have you been doing? No one has heard anything from you since you left."

"I moved to LA and started my own cosmetics company."

"Yeah Diva's in training, we knew that was you once we saw it." Haley said

"Yeah that's me."

"Are you married? Have any kids?"

"I have a daughter Leila who's 6 months old."

"Well we should get her and Ross together while you're here." Haley suggested

"Yeah we should." Brooke agreed.

"We're all over here. Come say hi to everyone else."

"Um…sure." Brooke went with Haley unwillingly.

The closer they got she could see Jake and Peyton, and Nathan. She was somewhat relieved not to see Lucas.

"Look who I found." Haley chirped. The three looked over and smiled when they saw Brooke.

"I told you I saw her." Jake said

"Brooke OMG you're really here. How have you been?" Peyton asked coming over and hugging her.

"I'm good. How are you guys?" she asked

"We're good. Jake and I are married. We have full custody of Jenny." Peyton said

"That's good. I see you're still running TRIC."

"Yeah we bought it from Karen and Deb who wanted some more free time." Brooke nodded.

"So Ms. LA queen been avoiding us much?" Nathan asked Haley hit him.

"You could say that I guess. I had to get out of here and all the drama. Yeah I was mad when I left so I avoided everyone…but once I got over it I guess I thought it had been too long." Brooke said

"Ok enough crappy old drama." A familiar voice said that sent chills up Brooke's spine.

She turned around and saw Lucas. "Brooke hi." He said

She forced a smile. "Hey Lucas." He hugged her.

"So how have you been?" he asked

"Good. You? I've seen some of your books."

"Yeah I've been good." they all went to a table and sat down.

"Ok we all know what we've been doing for the last ten years. But Brooke you've been a mystery. Other then working in LA what have you been up to?" Peyton asked

"Nothing really. I have a daughter Leila. She keeps me pretty busy."

"Do you have any pictures?" Haley asked

"Um yeah." Brooke pulled one out of her wallet. "We just had this one taken."

"Oh Brooke she's beautiful." Peyton said

"Thanks…what about you guys pictures of kids?" she asked diverting the attention off herself.

"Here's Molly she just turned 5. She is most definitely Haley's daughter. Oh here's Ross he's the little clown in the bunch." Nathan bragged.

"Nathan they both look just like you. Haley are you sure that they're yours?" Brooke joked

"Sometimes not so much." Haley said

Lucas couldn't take his eyes off her. She was more beautiful the ever. But she wasn't the same old Brooke Davis that he knew. Something was different, she had changed.