Author's Note: This is in reply to my first review. (By the way, thanks for reviewing) I'm making up my own story line so some things might be different than what's happened in the show.

Chapter 2: A Girls Gotta Shop

Haley and Peyton let out a frustrated sigh, as they stood anxiously near Brooke, watching her fiddle with little necklaces, bracelets.

"Brooke come on, we've been here long enough, you haven't found anything." Haley whined.

"The key is to wait, and look at it. My mind might change." Brooke said as she picked up some earrings.

"Great! You got something, now pay for it, and let's go!" Peyton said. Obviously Brooke wasn't listening because she put the earrings back down.

Nathan had just finished shopping for his tux, and was walking back towards his car, passing some shops, when he saw Peyton, Brooke, and Haley. Haley and Peyton looking very frustrated with Brooke. A smile flashed on his face, as he walked up towards him and put his arm around Haley.

Haley turned her head to the right and noticed a hand slip around her shoulder, then turned left and saw Nathan, "Hey." she smiled.

"Hey." Nathan gave her a kiss.

"What are you doing here?" Haley asked curiously, obviously he was shopping, but Nathan wasn't one to go shopping.

"Well I had to go and pick up my suit." he said, "What the heck is Brooke doing?" He asked, when he noticed Brooke putting things up to her ear and then putting them down.

"Looks like she's resulting in trying to listen to the jewellery." Haley smirked. Soon Brooke stood up. "Found one?"

"Yes, now lets hurry up and buy it, before I change my mind." she said, as she walked to the cash desk. "I don't like this one anymore guys," she whined when she put it on the counter.

"You're getting it." Peyton said, obviously agitated.

"Okay, so are we done here?" Haley asked, after Brooke had payed for the earrings and necklace.

"Yup, I have all the stuff I need." Peyton nodded, as she looked into her three bags.

"I have the stuff I need also." Haley said as she held up her four bags, and then looked to Brooke, who was holding six bags.

"Fine, fine. I'm done." Brooke said, as the four of them left.

"We should stop and get something to eat." Nathan suggested, as they were walking out of the store.

"Yes, I'm starving. Brooke wouldn't let me finish my Mac and Cheese." Haley complained, once again.

Nathan laughed, "You made Mac and Cheese this morning?"

"Dude, it's for any time of day!" she said, defending herself.

"Uh huh." Brooke nodded as they walked towards the food court.

Haley glanced at two pre-teens walking out of a store with a couple of bags, laughing. She smiled as she remembered when she was that age. She didn't have many friends, but she always had Lucas, her best friend, who she always counted on.

Flashback...

"Aww come on Luke!" Haley, at least 11, exclaimed, "Mom told me that the only way I could go to the mall without a parent, is if I go with you!"

"Hales, as much as I'd love to, I'm a guy if you haven't noticed already." Lucas said as he searched through his fridge for something to eat.

"Of course I've noticed if you were a guy, that's why we never played dress-up which by the way, I think I missed out on a lot of girly things because of you."

"It's not my fault you can't make friends with girls." Lucas smirked as he grabbed some juice and closed the door to the fridge.

"Hey! So?"

"So...?"

"Are you coming or not?"

"Fine I'll come, but if you start trying things on and asking me if you look fat in it, I'll seriously walk out of the store." he said as he sighed, putting the juice back into the fridge.

End Flashback.

"Hales?" Nathan asked again.

Haley shook her head and looked at Nathan, "What? Sorry, I kind of dazed out there."

"I kind of figured, Brooke and Peyton went to put their garbage away, what were you thinking about?" he asked.

"Just me and Lucas." Haley said, and then when she noticed his face she quickly added, "No, not like that. Just when we were little and I would make him try on different things that made him look hilarious."

Nathan laughed, "I would pay to see that." he smirked, and Haley hit him playfully on the shoulder.

After finishing their meal, the four of them got up and headed towards the side doors of the mall that led to the parking lot. "I can drive Hales home." Nathan said.

"Okay." Brooke and Peyton said, as they walked one way towards Brooke's car. Haley placed her hand around Nathan's, and he squeezed it looking over at her. Haley smiled as Nathan led them towards his car.

"So what are you planning on doing tonight?" Haley asked.