A/N: Thank you all for the reviews and I am sorry about the long wait for an update. I have no excuses except for being lazy lol. Anyhoo heres the chapter and please let me know what you think.

Brooke's POV:

I walk into Haley's lounge room and see her and Jake sitting on the couch snuggling. I smile as I watch them. When Jake came back he was ready to have a real relationship with Peyton but she had already started up her fucked up relationship with Felix. Haley was still sensitive over her break up with Nathan and it didn't help that Nathan and I were getting closer by the second.

Haley and Jake took comfort in each other which resulted in the blooming marriage that they have now. They got married just after we finished our senior year, Haley was really nervous about it because of her failure with Nathan. In the end it was Nathan who convinced her to go through with it and he even walked her down the aisle with Lucas on her other side which was highly uncomfortable.

They both look up and grin at me. Jake kisses Haley softly and then stands up to leave the room. He walks over and pulls me into a tight hug and places a kiss on my forehead. Jake is like my brother and he has been since he got back, he even went as far to threaten Nathan when we started dating, he is very protective of me.

"Nathan treating you well?" He asks with a hard vice and I roll my eyes.

"Of course he is Jake, he always does." He smiles softly and then steps around me and out of the room. I turn back to Haley and give her a grin before going over to give her a tight hug.

"Is Peyton coming?" I ask her softly and she shakes her head with a sigh.

"No she couldn't make it, something about work being really important and she just couldn't take time out to come today." She informs me and I sigh sadly because Peyton has been making so many excuses not to be with us on these occasions.

"I wish she would stop doing this, I hardly see her and I miss her." I say with a sad smile and Haley wraps me in a warm hug.

"Don't worry about Peyton right now Brooke, we will spend some time with her later. Right now I feel the need to warn you about something." My head snaps up at her words and I raise an eyebrow at her statement.

"Why? What's wrong?" I ask in a concerned voice, I hope everything is ok health wise.

"No nothing is wrong it's just . . . Lucas is back." She states quietly and I shrug my shoulders, so what? It's not like he will stay for long.

"So?"

"No you don't understand Brooke, he's staying . . . for good, he quit the basketball team." My mouth drops open in shock at her words and it takes me a full five minutes to reply to her. Thoughts are zooming through my head at her words, I am going to have to talk to Nathan and quickly, the man is so stubborn and he still hasn't forgiven Lucas.

"Why?" I ask her softly.

"He gave me some excuse about needing a break and how basketball was too hectic." She rolls her eyes at Lucas' flimsy excuse, "But I know there is more behind it and he just isn't ready to tell me yet. I don't want to push him so I haven't said anything."

"Well that's understandable, I hope that the reason he is here isn't anything too serious." I say despite all my troubles with Lucas I still see him as a friend and I don't want him to be dead or anything like that.

"I don't think so; I think he might just want to fix things with you, Peyton and Nathan. Despite all that I really wanted Peyton to come here today because I wanted to tell her too, I don't want her to run into Lucas and then ask me why I didn't tell her he was here. You know how bitter and angry she is about him." I nod my head in agreement, knowing all about the grudge that Peyton holds against Lucas.

"Well if I manage to get time I will call her tonight but I fear that telling Nathan is my first priority, I know he can be just as bitter as Peyton it will take a lot of convincing to cool him down." She winces slightly knowing how hard it can be to calm Nathan down why he is angry. She has dealt with an angry and possessive Nathan just as much as I have.

"So where is Lucas staying? With Karen and Dan?"

"No Lucas has never been 100 percent comfortable with their relationship. He is staying here, he is my best friend and I wouldn't turn him away."

"That's understandable. Well shall we move on to more appealing and happy topics? Like your kids." I say with a grin in her direction which she returns.

"How about your kids? Anymore on the way?" She jokes lightly and we both laugh.

"Hmm you never know babe, I'm always up for practicing with Nathan." I state with a wink and she shakes her head and laughs lightly.

"You have no shame Brooke Scott, no shame."

I leave Haley's house to walk home with my mind still on this situation with Lucas and how I am going to break it to Nathan. He is not going to be happy with the situation but there is no way around it.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't see the person coming towards me, I collided with a body and would have fallen if the person didn't grab my upper arms to keep me on my feet. I look up to say thank you but the words are lost in the back of my throat as I look up into the eyes of Lucas.

I take a step back and manage to choke out.

"Lucas."

"Brooke, hi. I guess you're a little shocked that I am here." He states as he looks around uncomfortably and I shake my head.

"No not at all. I just came from Haley's and she told me you were here for good." I inform him and he looks at me in shock, I don't think he was expecting Haley to tell anyone about him.

"Oh well its good to see you then." He says stumbling over his words and I smile softly.

"You too Lucas but as thrilling as this conversation is I really need to get home to Nathan." I inform him and watch as a painful look flash through his eyes but it is quickly replaced with his normal broody look.

"Alright we will catch up later then"

"Yeah sure thing Lucas."

I give him a small wave and continue walking back to my house. I'm glad that uncomfortable encounter has been over with. I hope from now on things won't be too awkward between us. I know that they will be awkward to a degree until he sought everything out with Nathan. I just hope Nathan isn't too stubborn.

I can't wait to see how Lucas approaches this, Lucas stuffed up a lot with Nathan and he only added fuel to the fire near the end of our senior year. It is going to take a lot of begging and pleading for Lucas to get back in Nathan's good books. I just hope he goes about it the right way.

I open the door when I get home to see my two year old son running towards me with an excited look on his face. He reaches me and I lean down to scoop him up into my arms and pull him close to me.

"Mama." He giggles excitedly and I smile warmly at him as I brush some hair back from his face.

"What did you do with Daddy baby?" I ask him softly and his face breaks out into a wide grin.

"Dada got me a ball."

"A ball? What kind of ball?" I ask him softly and he points across the room to the mini basketball sitting on the floor and I laugh softly, trust Nathan to buy him a basketball.

"Well aren't you lucky?"

"Uh huh." He says with a grin and then starts to squirm in my arms so I put him down and he runs off stumbling slightly on his way.

I turn to see my other favourite male leaning against the wall staring at me with a fond smile on his face. I return the smile and start to walk towards him. I reach him as he pushes himself off the wall and pulls me towards him for a soft kiss. I wrap my arms around his neck as he slips his around my waist to pull me close against him.

We pull back and smile at each other.

"Nate we need to talk." I tell him seriously after a minute and he looks down at me with a worried look in his eyes.

"Of course, lets sit down." He leads me to the couch and sits down next to me and pulling me into his arms, "Is everything ok babe? You're not hurt?"

"Nah I'm not hurt. " I say with a smile as I brush my lips against his cheeks, "But you are going to be angry." I inform him and he pulls back slightly to look at me in the eyes.

"What is it Brooke?"

"I went to Haley's today as you know and she told me that Lucas is back and he is staying . . . permanently." I watch as realisation slowly forms on his face and soon anger takes over.

"What? Why is he here? He has to have a motive." He states angrily and I place a calming hand on his arm trying to calm him down. He seems to relax a little bit and he sighs in anger.

"I don't want him here Brooke, he always tries to take something away from me and I don't want him here." He states sadly with pain etching on his tone. I sigh and then pull him close to me and he rests his head on my shoulder as I run my fingers through his hair.

"It will be ok Nathan, he won't take anything from you and I'm here for you." He looks up at me and smiles. He leans up and I meet him halfway in a brief kiss.

"I know you will baby, I love you."

"I love you too."

Lucas' POV:

I walk into Haley's place after my confrontation with Brooke and smile softly. Brooke was still her same old self and that was a relief. It was kind of refreshing to know that she hadn't changed. Now if only I could get in contact with Peyton to see if she was still the same as she used to be.

I walk into the lounge room without looking at my surroundings.

"Haley I need to talk to you." I say but when I don't get an answer I look up to find out why and see the blonde haired beauty standing before me with a shocked look in her eyes. It looks like I will be confronting Peyton sooner than I thought.

"Peyton."