"Ok, don't forget your fur coat, Brooke" Peyton said, throwing the coat at Brooke.
"I think I'm gonna wear that on the way up" Brooke said. She and Lucas were getting ready to leave for their trip to the Catskill Mountains in New York the next morning. She couldn't wait to go and spend some time with Lucas.
"Oh good idea, it'll be like below zero up there" Peyton said. "Are you planning on going swimming, Brooke?"
"No…" Brooke said with a confused tone.
"Then WHY are you packing your 70 million itty bitty bikinis?" Peyton sighed. Brooke was so stubborn when it came to packing.
"Oh…well THOSE are for the hot tubs" Brooke winked.
"Oh…are you and Lucas planning to…"
"NO, no, no…we started our relationship on a non-physical basis" Brooke said. "And I intend to keep it that way"
"I can't believe you've been going out for almost two months and haven't had sex"
"Haven't even come close" Brooke looked up from her packing.
"So this time it's for real?"
"It's for real" Brooke said.
Over at Lucas's…
"Mom, I need the cabin keys!" Lucas yelled.
"Ok, hey Luke can we talk?" Karen asked. Lucas nodded and heaved an internal sigh. Here came the lecture.
"Sit"
"Ok" Lucas sat down.
"I know how much you love Brooke, Lucas" Karen said. "I really do. And I know how much she loves you, and I know you guys are in a good, non physical relationship right now, and that's why I gave you permission to go up to the cabin. And you know I can't stop you from doing anything, but all I can say is please, PLEASE be careful, Luke. I don't want to see two heartbroken teenagers"
"Ok, mom" Lucas said. "I promise I'll be very careful, and we're not going and intending to do anything anyway…it's to work on our relationship and enjoy winter"
"Ok" Karen hugged Lucas. "Have a fun trip, ok babe? You can always call me if anything goes wrong, and grandma and grandpa are up there somewhere as well"
"Ok…bye mom" Lucas said. He was staying at Brooke's that night so they could get everything ready together.
"Bye sweetheart" Karen kissed Lucas and hugged him tightly. "I love you"
"Love you too, mom" Lucas smiled and hauled his suitcase out to the car.
"Brooke, sweetheart…get up" Lucas whispered in her ear. "Its time for us to leave"
"Oh" Brooke groaned. "I'll be up" Brooke rolled over.
"No, no time for rolling over and going back to bed"
"Fine" Brooke grumbled and got back up. Lucas kissed her good morning, making her giggle. "Carry me to the bathroom?"
"And then I'll toss you in the shower" Lucas laughed.
"No! No water…just bed…dry bed" Brooke said.
"Not a morning person, I see" Lucas chuckled.
"Oh Lucas we've spent enough nights together for you to know that" Brooke chuckled.
"Well…that's true" Lucas said. "Ok, come on move it I don't wanna be late for our flight"
30 minutes later, they were both dressed and ready to go. After bidding Haley, Nathan, Peyton, Jake, and Jenny a tearful goodbye (only from Brooke, of course, Lucas refused to show emotion) they drove to the airport.
"So are you excited?" Lucas asked her as they sat in the airport waiting area.
"So excited! Thanks for taking me, Luke" Brooke smiled.
"No problem" Lucas said, kissing her and entwining his hand with hers. "I'm thrilled that you agreed to accompany me…I love you"
"Love you too" Brooke said, leaning her head on his shoulder and yawning. It was still too early in the morning for her to be up.
"Did you get all the winter clothes you needed?"
"Yup" Brooke said. "I got this adorable pink jacket"
"Another one?" Lucas asked. "You have so many pink jackets"
"This one is pink, the other two are light pink and hot pink"
"Brooke…"
"Don't make fun of me!"
"I'm not…I'm sure you look beautiful in all 3 of your pink jackets" he laughed, pulling her closer to him and wrapping his arms tightly around her.
"I do. I look hot and you're gonna love it" Brooke winked.
"Ah…well in that case I love your pink jackets"
"Good. You better" Brooke giggled.
"Flight 207 for LaGuardia Airport boarding now"
"That us" Lucas said, helping Brooke up. "New York time!"
"I hope Brooke and Lucas are having a good time" Haley said. She was sitting with Nathan in his house, watching some basketball game.
"They're Brooke and Lucas, of course they're going to have a good time" Nathan laughed, diverting his attention from the game to Haley.
"That's true" Haley laughed. Nathan noticed how her eyes sparkled every time she smiled.
"You're so pretty" he said, pulling her closer to him. "I love you, you know that, right?"
"Of course I do"
"But there's something I have to tell you" Nathan said quietly.
"What?" Haley said.
"Dan's trying to stop our vow renewal"
"How can he do that?"
"Well I don't know but evidently he's trying to stop it"
"I cant believe it"
"I cant believe HIM. My mother told me and she said that he's going to do SOMETHING to stop it, legal or not" Nathan sighed.
"He'll try to bribe you" Haley said.
"Oh he definitely will" Nathan agreed. "So I have a plan"
"Oh no…" Haley chuckled. "Your plans always go awry"
"Hey! No they don't" Nathan pouted.
"I'm sorry baby what's your plan?" Haley giggled, kissing him softly.
"Well, since you don't think its gonna work…" Nathan teased.
"Nathan!"
"Ok, ok…we pretend we're fighting" Nathan said. "And make him believe we've called off the renewal. And then we go through with it anyway, and we let him catch wind of it a few hours before. And then he'll stomp in and try to wreck something. And since we're legally separated, he can be charged with interference of a legal ceremony"
"Well it sounds good, but what does it constitute?"
"A couple of public fights between us and no talking between now and then"
"Nathan…I don't think I can handle being away from you" Haley sighed, her lower lip trembling. "I mean we're in such a good place right now and being apart is just gonna screw that up…"
"Haley I love you and you cant ever forget that, and its gonna kill me to be apart for the next couple of weeks, but we have to do what we have to do" Nathan said. The tears were running down Haley's face now. "Haley…" Nathan pulled her into his arms and kissed her softly.
"Nathan…I cant do this anymore" Haley wriggled loose from his grip and got up. "I'll see you later"
"Haley…Haley!" Nathan called after her.
"Oh…Lucas…it's beautiful" Brooke breathed. "The cabin is gorgeous…not much of a cabin as a mansion, huh?"
"Compared to the houses in this area, it's definitely a cabin" Lucas laughed. "Come on" he grabbed her hand and led her in. "You like it?"
"I love it Lucas…thank you" Brooke said, kissing him. "I feel so special!"
"You are special…I'll make us some hot chocolate" he said.
After drinking hot chocolate and settling in, Brooke and Lucas began unpacking.
"Brooke you brought 4 bathing suits?" Lucas asked, watching her toss all of them into an open drawer.
"Yeah!"
"I sincerely hope you're not planning on going swimming"
"No, it's for the hot tub" Brooke winked.
"Ooh, I see" Lucas laughed, kissing her. "Is the hot tub going to see a lot of action?" he asked.
"Well…it might" Brooke winked, turning around to hang up her clothes. Lucas shook his head- Brooke Davis drove him crazy.
"Come on can we be done packing? I wanna show you around" Lucas said, coming up behind Brooke and kissing her neck.
"Show me around as in show me the bed?" Brooke giggled, looking up at him and kissing him.
"NO! I wanna show you the beautiful Catskill Mountains" Lucas said.
"Ok…is it gonna be cold outside?" Brooke asked.
"Freezing"
"Will you hold me to keep me warm?"
"Of course I will…and I'll never let go" Lucas said, pulling Brooke closer to him.
A/N: Hope you liked the chapter! Review! I think the next chapter is gonna be the last one until I return from Italy unless I can squeeze another one in, but I don't think so…oh and yeah a lil note...I know my chapters have been sorta Brooke and Lucas concentrated but they're like my weakness so I HAVE to write about them but dont worry I'll pick up on the Nathan and Haley...I sort of like them all angsty and not yet reconciled fully but dont worry Naley fluffiness in the near future! Did everyone seethe December 7th episode? IT ROCKED! lol ok well REVIEW!