"Come on Brooke…lets move it! Everyone's waiting" Peyton whined. Lucas, Nathan, Haley, Peyton, and Brooke had decided that they should go out that night in an attempt to reconcile the group.

"I have to look good…just a sec" Brooke said, rubbing some foundation under her eyes.

"Maybe you wanna look this good because Lucas is here?" Peyton teased.

"Shh! Peyton! He might hear!" Brooke whispered.

"See…you guys need to stop beating around the bush and get together…its tiring ME out" Peyton said. "Ok you look gorgeous lets move it"

"Fine, fine" Brooke washed her hands and shut off the bathroom light.

"Finally!" Nathan said. "God, Brooke, you don't need to look like you're going to the Oscars when all we're doing is going out for a night" he teased.

"I'm sorry! Girl's gotta look good" Brooke smiled, bending over to straighten the cuff of her jeans. Her silky, straight hair swung back and forth and when she got up, she tossed it back. Lucas's heart plunged to the floor when he saw her.

God…she's so pretty Lucas thought to himself. Absolutely gorgeous.

Brooke sighed sadly to herself. Lucas hadn't even looked in her direction, just stolen a few furtive glances. She swallowed back tears and plastered a smile on her face. Ok, she was definitely PMSing.

"Ready?" Lucas asked. He had suddenly appeared by her side.

"Yeah" Brooke said.

"You look…beautiful, by the way" Lucas complimented quietly.

"Thanks, that's really sweet" Brooke smiled.

Nathan unlocked the door to his BMW.

"Did Dan get that for you?" Lucas asked.

"Oh yeah…but see Dan doesn't know" Nathan smiled mischievously.

"Nathan!" Haley reprimanded.

"Well…" Nathan laughed. "Its cool, isn't it?"

"It is" Brooke laughed. "Hot ride, hot boy…hmm, Nathan"

"Brooke!" Lucas and Haley chided.

"Sorry…jeez…overprotectively weird vibes generating from you two…I CALL SHOTGUN!" Brooke shrieked.

"Come on my darling" Nathan joked. Lucas shook his head and climbed into the back seat. He was in for a hell of a night.

"Ok now we have to go to…the shoe store"

"Brooke, no more shoes" Lucas begged. "You have bought 5 pairs of shoes in the past 2 hours"

"Fine, fine…whiny, jeez"

"Well…you wanna ditch this place and go to the park?" Peyton asked.

"I love the park!" Brooke giggled.

"Well if Brooke says than we do, right?" Haley teased.

"Right!" Brooke giggled again, flouncing out of the shopping mall and towards Nathan's BMW. She tossed the bags into his trunk and got into the front seat.

"Ok, park?" Nathan asked.

"Yep"

"Alright" Nathan drove to the park and they all got out.

"I have an idea!" Brooke said. "Let's play boys against girls tag"

"Brooke, we're gonna look SO ridiculous" Hale said. "We can't do that!"

"Yes we can! I'm with Brooke…come on, how fun will it be?" Peyton asked. "God knows we need to have fun with all the tension that's been in the air" she said, eyeing Haley and Nathan.

"Fine but there are more girls than boys" Lucas pointed out.

"Oh suck it up" Haley said. "We all hide behind the trees and then on the count of three we all run out and the boys have to chase the girls"

"Ok…sounds fun" Nathan laughed, shaking his head. In reality, all he wanted to do was chase Haley and pull her into his arms, but of course his ever destructive pride wouldn't let him.

"Ready? Everyone hide!" Brooke yelled. They all ran and hid behind trees.

"1, 2, 3, GO!" Nathan and Lucas burst out from behind the trees and immediately shot towards the girls, who were running hither thither and screaming. For a few minutes Lucas purposely didn't catch Brooke, letting her think that she was faster than him. But when she called him out on it, he could do nothing but accelerate and run towards her.

"Lucas…no!" Brooke yelled as he came closer and caught her. He grabbed her and swung her up on his shoulder.

"Lucas! Fine you win" she said, giggling and twisting. Lucas laughed and put her down. He had her in a half hug half hold and he didn't want to let go. Her hair smelled like her shampoo, she smelled like fruity body wash and as usual her clothes reeked of laundry detergent. He loved the way she looked, smelled, laughed, and cried…everything about her made his heart jump and his stomach get butterflies.

"I said you win" Brooke whined. "Will you let go of me?"

"Never" he whispered softly in her ear, kissing the side of her head affectionately and finally letting her go. She smiled and her eyes twinkled like she was actually happy. Making her smile and laugh made Lucas's day much happier.

"No one chased after me!" Peyton whined. "You guys are so hung up on Brooke and Haley no one even went after me…so I guess I win!" Peyton laughed.

"Yeah I guess you do" Brooke giggled. Her stomach was still churning from Lucas's friendly kiss. But guys didn't just kiss girls out of friendliness, did they? She hoped not.

"Well that was fun" Haley laughed. Her face was flushed and red and her eyes were twinkling. She loved spending time with Nathan without spending time with Nathan and making it look desperate.

"Yeah…how bout we all go to me and Haley's apartment and we can crash there and I'll make us something?" Brooke asked, and everyone agreed. As they walked out of the park, a roll of thunder and crack of lightening ushered in heavy rain.

"I'm getting wet!" Brooke whined. "My new suede jacket!"

"Poor Brooke" Peyton laughed.

"And I'm cold" Brooke whined as they got into Nathan's new BMW, sopping wet. "And we ruined Nate's car"

"Its ok I'll clean it out"

"I'm not shotgun" Brooke said. "I'm gonna huddle in a corner in the back"

"Ok" Haley laughed. "I'll go up front" she opened the front door and climbed in.

"I'm COLD Nathan why is the air conditioning on?"

"I don't know how to turn it off!" Nathan said. "It's like automated or something!"

"Dumbass" Brooke whined.

"Come here" Lucas laughed, pulling Brooke into a tight hug and rubbing her arms. "Better?"

"Yeah" Brooke smiled. "Now if dumbass Scott would learn how to work the car"

"Sorry!" Nathan protested. He glanced over at Haley who was turned and was staring out of the window at the rain.

"Counting the raindrops?" Nathan asked.

"No…just wishing"

"Wishing?"

"My grandmother used to tell me when I was a little girl that if I wanted something so bad I would do anything for it, I should wish on the rain because the wind and water would blow it to every wishing star and if I was a good girl it would all come true…I guess sometimes I wish I could still believe that" Haley explained. "Kind of stupid, huh?"

"Not really…what did you wish for?"

"You"

A/N: Well, hope you liked the chapter! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!