"Let's play Haley's song!" Brooke clapped her hands enthusiastically. "It's SO good"

"No, no, lets NOT" Haley said quickly.

"Why not, babe? I love your song" Nathan asked.

"It's uncomfortable when people I know listen to my stuff…its weird" Haley said.

"But it's good!" Brooke insisted. Haley giggled and rolled her eyes.

"Ok, FINE" Haley said, rummaging around the CD compartments. She popped in the CD and everyone quieted down as Haley's voice came over the system.

I never promised you a ray of light

I never promised they'd be sunshine every day

I gave you everything I had, the good and the bad

Why do you put me on a pedestal?

I'm so up high that I can't see the ground below

So help me down, you've got it wrong

I don't belong there

Everyone sat in silence as they listened to the song. It was so true that they all wanted so much for their relationships to be perfect, wanted so much to live the fairytale they'd dreamed up for themselves, wanted all that so much that they'd change themselves and go places they didn't want to, to make them work.

Over at Jakes…

"Peyton, why didn't you go with them?" Jake asked.

"Because you would've needed help with Jenny and I didn't wanna leave you hanging"

"Peyton you have GOT to stop this" Jake said. "I appreciate your help SO much but I don't want you to be trapped because of me and Jenny…you're in your senior year of high school…you deserve to have FUN…I'll deal with Jenny- she's my responsibility, not yours"

"Jake, I wanna help you…I love being with Jenny…and plus Nathan and Haley and Brooke and Lucas need their time to work things out"

"But--"

"No buts, Jake- I'm here to help"

"You really are amazing, you know that, right?" Jake said, kissing her softly.

"Well…you could say that" Peyton giggled.

"Why are we all so depressed?" Brooke demanded. "We're on a road trip!"

"Its raining…rain depresses me" Nathan sighed heavily.

"Nathan, cheer up!" Brooke said, smacking his arm. "You too, Lucas…you guys need to get over it!"

"What's there to get over?" Nathan asked glumly.

"OK, that's it! Britney Spears" Brooke said, reaching over Haley to get to the stereo system"

"NO, Brooke…" everyone groaned.

"I said it, we're doing it" Brooke said. "I don't care"

Britney Spear's 'Oops, I did it Again' blared over the car's stereo system.

"Come on everyone…OOPS I DID IT AGAIN!" Brooke shouted. "Part-ay!"

"Brooke, my eardrums are gone" Haley said. "And my head is going to burst open"

"I can't hear you…" Brooke teased. "Come on, Luke, you always do my crazy things" Brooke begged.

"Brooke, sweetheart, as much as I love you" Lucas laughed, kissing her. "I refuse to sing to Britney Spears at the top of my lungs in this stage of my masculinity"

"What masculinity?" Brooke teased.

"Ooh, BURN, dude" Nathan laughed, high fiving Brooke.

"Yeah, Lucas, you were always sort of a girly man" Haley giggled. She put her arm on Nathan's shoulder and kissed him on the cheek. "My man, however, is a MAN"

"Thanks, Hales" Lucas shook his head, unable to suppress a smile.

"Hey, bitch, bring it on" Brooke turned to Haley. "My man is HOT"

"Mines hotter…" Haley giggled.

"Hey dude, my girl is hotter than yours" Nathan laughed.

"What? I don't buy that" Lucas mocked looking angry. "My girl isn't HOT, she's beautiful"

"Oh, he wins that one Nathan" Haley said, smacking him. "I wanna be called beautiful not hot!"

"She's gorgeous…beat that" Nathan laughed. Insanely cheesy as this argument was, he was having fun, and he was thrilled he could openly compliment Haley again.

"You both win…" Brooke giggled. "Turn off at that rest stop, I have to pee, and I'm hungry"

"I'm hungry too" Haley said. "How about we stop at like Chili's or something?"

"Works with me" Nathan nodded, turning into the rest stop.

Meanwhile, in Tree Hill…

"I hope the kids are having fun" Deb said to Karen as they cleaned the tables of the café. "They needed a little break from all of the stuff that's been going on"

"Yeah…hey did you hear about that Rachel girl?"

"Yeah, Nate told me…she's pregnant…with Dan's child" Deb spat. "Good thing I divorced his lousy ass"

"Yeah…he's such a sick, sick man…and it's weird, now Nate and Luke are gonna have a half sibling whose mother is their age" Karen said.

"Yeah…that girl gave Brooke a real hard time, didn't she?" Deb asked.

"Yeah…she nearly destroyed Brooke and Lucas and Lucas's hatred for her is sort of really…strong" Karen said.

"He must really love Brooke…but I think they're a little young for true love"

Karen remembered the way Lucas talked about Brooke, they way he looked when he did, and how his voice sounded so happy and full whenever she was brought up. A small smile crept across her face. "Nah…you're never too young for true love"

Meanwhile at a Chili's in South Carolina…

"So what's our game plan?" Brooke asked as they sat, eating their food in Chili's.

"Well I have a really nice hotel we could stop at on our way down" Nathan said. "It's a 4 star hotel and we could chill there for a night and check out their facilities…and then look around the area and then drive a little further and then on the way back stay there too"

"That sounds good" Brooke said. "I'm so glad we're doing this…its gonna be a trip to remember, you guys…and I cant believe we're seniors…we're all going to college so soon!"

"I know…" Haley sighed. "Nathan and I don't even know if we're gonna be able to go to the same college"

"Why!" Brooke exclaimed. "You guys are married, you need to go to the same college"

"Yeah, but Hales wants to go to Yale, and I'm sure they'll accept her, but I cant get into Yale- I'm gonna have to go to a local community college or something"

"Wow…well" Brooke sighed. "Lets talk about something happier, guys"

"College is gonna be a blast, but if we're separated it's gonna SUCK" Nathan said. "But I'm sure it'll all work out"

"Me too" Haley nodded. "And" Haley smiled at Brooke. "People who are meant to be together always find their way back in the end"

"True that" Brooke nodded.

"Chris, you are so flipping stupid" Amanda smacked her cousin upside the head. "Haley is gone, with Nathan, her HUSBAND, somewhere. Do you really think YOU, the screwed up musician, are going to be able to mess their relationship up? It sounds pretty rock solid to me!"

"I did it once, I can do it again"

"I can help" Rachel added.

"Rachel you are such a bitch! Brooke and Lucas helped you and now you're turning your back on them? When you're in labor and no one wants to contaminate their car with your germs, don't go running to them for help!" Amanda snapped.

"How do you know everything that goes on? You don't even LIVE in Tree Hill!" Rachel asked. "And why are you like strangely OBSESSED with Brooke and Lucas?"

"I have eyes and ears everywhere…plus my younger cousin is a junior at Tree Hill High"

"What's her name?" Rachel asked.

"Not telling you"

"Why?"

"Cause then you're gonna interrogate the life out of her" Amanda said. "Chris, stop being an ass. And Rachel, stop being a pregnant ass. You two make me sick. What on earth could you possibly get by destroying them? Haley isn't gonna fall for you, Chris, and Rachel, Luke isn't gonna fall for you- ever. So return to your sorry ass lives"

"Jeez, Amanda, PMSing much?" Chris asked.

"CHRISTOPHER KELLER I AM GOING TO-"

"Ok, sorry! Gosh, I thought we resolved this fighting thing when we were um, I don't know, 5?"

"Yeah you're like my younger brother, so I am entitled to kick your ass when you do stupid stuff"

"I think I'm in love with Haley…" Chris looked off into the distance.

"I'm definitely NOT in love with Luke…I just don't like Brooke" Rachel smirked.

"I see going through such a traumatizing event as finding out you're pregnant with a 40 year old mans child hasn't done much for your attitude"

"Nope"

"Good to know" Amanda sighed, plopping down on the couch.

"In 10 years, I wanna be married with one child…preferably a girl" Brooke giggled.

"In 10 years, I wanna be married…I don't know about children" Haley scrunched up her nose. "Childbirth sounds painful"

"Oh yeah, I heard it is" Luke said. "My mom said it sucked with me"

"Haha…" Brooke giggled. "Where do you want to be in 10 years, Luke?"

"Married, in love, with maybe one kid?" Lucas said.

"Boy or girl?"

"Hmm…girl"

"Really?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah"

"Why?"

"Cause then I can spoil her rotten" Lucas laughed.

"Aw that's so cute!" Brooke giggled. "I'm totally spoiling my kids rotten"

"Oh yeah" Haley nodded. "Rotten"

Conversations like these were held throughout Nathan, Haley, Brooke, and Lucas's road trip. They had a blast, with some strange occurrences, and some mishaps. But all in all, the 4 friends had a good time. For the first time in what seemed like forever, they were all friends, all happy, and all in love.

A/N: GAH this chapter sucked. Forgive me. Please review!