Author's Note: Hello! Remember me? Yeah, sorry that it's been so long, but school is really kicking my ass and my time has been kind of spent on my other fics, but I'm here for an update. I finished one of my other ones, so hopefully that will give me more time to spend on this one. I can't promise anything though, since I'm hoping to start the sequel to that one before the break is over. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter and if you're reading my other long lost story, In An Instant, I'm hoping to get an update to that one in the next couple of days too. Enjoy.

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"Remind me again how I go roped into this?" Haley asked Brooke, as the two were getting ready for a night out on the town in her room. They had finally made it home from their horrible lunch at the manger's house, only to get ready to go out for dinner. It turns out that Jack does have a hot son and of course, Brooke had managed to snag a date with him. The catch being that it was going to be a double date.

"Because Devon's friend from Toronto is down visiting him and he didn't want to bail out on him," Brooke answered, holding up the new skirt she has just bought to see if it matched her top. Making a face at her reflection, she quickly tossed it to Haley to see if she could wear it. "He happened to mention that he say us sitting together and…"

"And Haley's night gets ruined," Haley finished for her. She caught the skirt and held it up in front of her. She didn't even have to check; she knew it wouldn't fit her. She wasn't that big, people still hadn't seemed to notice, but she knew there was a little belly starting to grow there.

"Hey," Brooke chastised when she saw Haley throwing the skirt away. "That is a damn cute skirt. And your cute ass would look damn hot in it." Haley rolled her eyes and lifted up her shirt to show Brooke her knew belly. Brooke gasped, not having seen it before. "It's little Brookie!"

"Yes," Haley sighed, knowing that Brooke was going to be fusing over her for the next ten minutes at least. She wasn't sure why, but Brooke was very protective of her when it came to the baby. It was almost as if she was the mother, or father, in this case. Haley shook her head, swatted Brooke's hand away from rubbing her stomach. "Enough with little Brookie for now. She's not that one that is being forced to go out on a date with some loser."

"Joel is not a loser," Brooke protested, dropping a quick kiss on Haley's belly before standing up straight and picking her next pair of jeans. "Devon was telling me all about him…"

"You talked to the guy for all of five minutes, Tigger," Haley pointed out in an unbelieving tone. She remembered watching the couple from her seat and was surprised when Brooke came back saying they had a date. She could tell that Brooke was flirting at fill force, but he didn't seem to be reciprocating. "How could you have found out anything about this guy?"

"I don't know," Brooke shrugged. She smiled now that she found the perfect pair of jeans and quickly slipped them on. "He was telling me that he was his partner or something. I guess they have a business together."

"Oh, yeah," Haley laughed. "You really know all about him."

"Fine," Brooke gave up. "All I know is that the guy's name is Joel, he's Canadian and he's Devon's partner."

"Is he a rapist or a killer?" Haley questioned. Brooke let out a dramatic sigh at Haley's questions. Here they go again. "Has he ever been in jail? Does he do drugs?"

"You really have to live a little, Tutor Girl." Brooke slapped Haley playfully on the shoulder. "Is one night of fun with your best friend really going to kill you?"

"It might," Haley tried. She looked at Brooke's pouty face and felt all her resolve crumble inside her. She would never be able to say no to that face and she knew Brooke knew that too. "Fine, okay."

"Yay!" Brooke clapped her hands together excitedly as she jumped up and down. "Love you, Hales." Brooke gave Haley a quick kiss on the check before bouncing into the bathroom to do her makeup.

"Yeah, yeah," Haley mumbled. She looked at herself skeptically in the mirror. She had on one of Brooke's looser fitting pick tops, and a pair of jeans she had borrowed from Kate when she started showing. Kate was a taller therefore; he jeans were bigger, which was exactly what Haley needed. She was dreading having to go maturity shopping, but she knew it was going to come eventually.

"What was that?" Brooke called from the bathroom. She knew Haley wasn't looking forward to their double date, but she was glad she was willing to come anyway. Haley wasn't much of a socialite nowadays and Brooke wasn't sure why. At first she just chalked it up to her being pregnant, but she was starting to think there was another reason.

"Nothing," Haley said, louder this time. She did one more once over to make sure her outfit was suitable for a date and that Joel wouldn't be able to tell she was pregnant. Once she was satisfied, she headed out to the living room. She had already done her makeup so she just had to wait for Brooke to finish up. "You ready, yet?"

"In a minute." About five minutes later Brooke came strolling out, done up absolutely perfectly and it made Haley a little bit sad. She wished she were that beautiful. She quickly brushed it off, accepting that she would never look like that and plopped down on the couch.

"Are we meeting them at the restaurant or are they picking us up?"

"We're supposed to call when we're ready and they'll pick us up," Brooke answered, moving over to sit beside her best friend on the couch. "So, I'd say we're ready, right?" Haley nodded. "Okay, I'll call Devon's cell." Brooke reached forward and grabbed her cell off the coffee table. Haley watched as Brooke pressed in the numbers and held the device to her ear.

"So, what are was doing again tonight?" It wasn't until just now that Haley realized Brooke hadn't really told her the plan for tonight. All she knew was that they were meeting some random guys and going on a double date. For all she knew, they were going to Spain. Though, she doubted that.

"I'm not sure," Brooke answered, one ear on Haley, the other listening to the ringing on the phone. "I think he said we were going to this club or something. I'd never heard of it, so it should be cool."

"We're not going out for…"

"Hey, Devon!" Brooke cheered loudly, letting Haley know she had to shut up while she was on the phone. Haley rolled her eyes. "Yeah, me and Hales are all ready…Okay, when will you guys be here… Lovebirds? Huh… All right, whatever you say. See you soon." Haley saw the confused look on Brooke's face as she hung up the phone.

"What?"

"Nothing, it's just…" Brooke shook her head and shrugged. "He just said something weird, nothing to worry about." She sent Haley assuring smile and nodded.

"You sure?" Brooke nodded again and Haley could tell that Brooke was still thinking about it. She thought about pushing it, but if it were important enough, she was sure that Brooke would have told her. "How long till they come?"

"He said they weren't quite ready yet," Brooke answered playing with the antenna on her phone, something she only did when she was nervous. Haley noticed this, but still didn't say anything. "So, he said like ten minutes, half an hour."

"Perfect amount of time for you to call Pey," Haley answered. She had been bugging Brooke since they got back from lunch to call their friend, but Brooke kept putting it off.

"Yeah, okay," Brooke answered. She quickly flipped open her phone, found Peyton's number in her phonebook and pressed call. It rang a couple times before the blonde picked up. "Peyton!"

"I'm just gonna…" Haley whispered, pointing to her room. Brooke nodded, waving at her to shush before Peyton heard her. Haley rolled her eyes again, something she was starting to notice that she did a lot lately, and tried to get up. On her first try, she fell right back down on her ass.

"Whoa," Brooke called out without thinking. After telling Peyton it was just something she was watching on the television, she covered up the phone. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Haley mumbled, feeling a little embarrassed that she couldn't even stand up sometimes anymore without looking like an idiot. "Could I just get a little help here?"

"Of course." Brooke told Peyton to hold on a second and helped Haley stand up. "You need help into the bedroom?" Brooke teased, once Haley was upright. She knew that Haley hated having to get help with most of things she did, but Brooke didn't mind helping, so she liked to tease her about it.

"Funny," she grumbled. She pushed Brooke back down on the couch as she walked by her, which sent Brooke into fits of giggles, and locked herself in the bedroom to make her own phone call.

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"Hales, they're here!" Brooke called towards the bedroom. When Haley didn't answer, Brooke let out a sigh and sent a smile to Devon and Joel an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry, I haven't gotten her trained quite yet."

"That's okay," Devon assured her. "It took me a while to get him to listen to me as well. No worries, she'll get the hang of it." Brooke raised an eyebrow at him, not having the slightest clue as to what he was talking about.

"Okay," she answered, her voice full of her confusion. "I'm just gonna go see what she's up to. I'll be right back." The boys nodded and she quickly moved to the bedroom. Once she was inside, she immediately shut the door and leaned up against, happy to be out of their suggestive sightline.

It took her a few moments before she realized that Haley was sleeping. She spotted Haley passed out on her bed and couldn't help but smile. She thought about it for a second, before she pushed herself off the door and dove onto Haley's bed beside her. As soon as she hit the mattress, Haley bolted up into a sitting position.

"I'm up, I'm up," she called, coming to, and not knowing what was going on. It took her a few moments to realize where she was and her shoulders slumped, her mind no longer at alert. She heard giggling from her side and sent Brooke a glare.

"Hey, you," Brooke greeted with an innocent smile. Haley made a grumpy face and flopped onto to her back, closing her eyes. "They're here and they're acting weird."

"Weird?" Haley tilted her head to the side to look art Brooke. The other girl nodded. "As in I'm high weird? Or I'm gonna rape you weird?"

"Neither really," Brooke answered. She shrugged, deciding that she was just thinking about it too much. They were just trying to be polite. "Forget it, I'm looking into it too much." She pushed herself off the bed, fixed her clothes and held her hand out to Haley.

"If you say so." Haley took the hand and got off the bed. They did one last quick check to make sure they looked okay before joining the guys at the front door. "Hey, guys. You must be Joel."

"That's my name."

"Well, why don't we get going?" The girls nodded, grabbed their purses, linked arms and followed the guys out. The group chatted in the elevator about what they were going to do tonight, before they made it to the lobby. Devon led the girls outside to his car.

"Nice car," Brooke teased, eyeing the old car that they were nearing. She was confused, she thought that if they had a business together he's be able to afford a better car. Oh well, maybe they were just starting out.

"Thanks." Devon opened the driver's door and got in. Brooke moved to get into the passenger side, but Joel beat her to it. She watched him get in with a confused expression before she followed Haley into the back seat. Once they were on the road, and the boys were engrossed in a conversation, Brooke leaned into Haley to whisper in her ear.

"Do you sense something strange here?" Haley nodded and their eyes traveled to the front seat. There was definitely something strange here.

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That's all. I hope you guys aren't mad that this chapter was kind of lame, but I need to get this month of the story over with because I know just what I want for the next months.

Important Question: I've gotten a lot of reviews suggesting that I should maybe get Brooke and Haley together. I've thought about it, and it would make sense, so I was just wondering if anyone would have a problem with that. If I did make them a couple, it wouldn't be the main part of the story, maybe just at the end it would show them as a couple, but if you guys would be offended by that, then I won't.

Anyway, please tell me what you guys thought of the chapter. Thanks.