Hey Guys
I'm glad everyone likes the story so far, cause you know how much I love writing for you guys. As I do before every chapter I want to thank you for the reviews. So on with the story.
Love,
Emily
(Mark Schwann and the WB own the characters depicted in this story I don't own anything… I wish I could say I owned the show but I don't)
Jake, Peyton, and Jenny arrive at the café a couple of minutes later and went inside to greet half their friends.
"Hey you think we could get a table in this place?" Said Peyton as she walked in.
"Peyton!" Squealed Brooke as she ran over to hug Peyton.
"Hey ho how are you?" Said Peyton.
"I'm good P. Sawyer. How are you?" Answered Brooke.
"I'm good, you really need start answering your cell phone." Said Peyton.
"You know what's funny I left it at home." Said Brooke.
"You left your phone in New York?" Asked Peyton.
"No, I charged it last night and forgot to grab it this morning."
"Oh, so how did that go, you and Lucas under the same roof?" Asked Peyton as she sat down with Jenny at the counter.
"Fine, and before you ask nothing happened last night." Answered Brooke.
"Okay, well since this just turned into girl talk I'm going to go join the guys at the garage." Said Jake.
"Sorry Jake we forgot you were here." Said Haley.
"Thanks Hales, I feel so loved."
"Don't worry you are, by someone somewhere." Said Peyton.
"I'm gone." Said Jake as he walked out the door and to the car.
"I'll be right back." Said Brooke as she grabbed the phone and went to the back room.
"Keith's" Answered Keith.
"Hi Keith, it's Brooke where is he?" Said Brooke.
"Hang on sweetie, Luke phone!"
"Thanks." Said Brooke as she waited for Lucas to get to the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey so Jake's on his way, are you done playing with my car?"
"I am not playing with your car Cheery, I am fixing it there is a difference." Said Lucas.
"Well Broody are you done fixing my car then?"
"Almost I am putting the last break pad on and then I will bring it back to you." Said Lucas.
"Okay, oh wait Jake just left with the car seat in his car, what if we want to go somewhere."
"I'll have Jake put Jenny's car seat in yours before I bring it to you."
"Promise?"
"Yes, I promise."
"Now tell me you love me." Said Brooke just to embarrass Lucas in front of the guys.
"I…can't say it Brooke, Jake just walked in, bye." Said Lucas hanging up.
"Men." Said Brooke as she hung up the phone. "Okay I have a question for you guys?"
"Shoot." Said Peyton playing with Jenny's hands.
"Why is it that guys can't say I love you around there male friends, but they can say any other time." Asked Brooke as she joined the girls at the counter.
"What did he do this time?" Asked Haley forgetting that Peyton didn't know about Brooke and Lucas.
"He was around the guys and didn't say I love you when we were hanging up." Said Brooke.
"Brooke, are dating someone now?" Asked Peyton wondering how she didn't know this.
"Yeah, Brooke who are you seeing now?" Asked Haley already knowing the answer.
"No one, I'm not seeing anyone… (Coughing)… I need a drink." Said Brooke.
"Brooke, are you fake coughing me?" Asked Peyton
"No, I'm not fake coughing you." Said Brooke.
"So what's his name and where did you meet him?" Asked Peyton.
"Yeah, Brooke where did you meet him?"
"Well, Tutor Girl why don't you tell her." Said Brooke.
"Fine, I will. He's tall, blonde, handsome, and he is Nathan's brother." Said Haley.
"You and Lucas are back together."
"Yes, we are."
"Since when, what last night?"
"No." Said Brooke.
"Well, when did you two get back together?" Asked Peyton.
"September." Said Brooke paying more attention to Jenny than the conversation at hand.
"Brooke I've talked to you at least once a week since then and you didn't tell me?"
"We didn't tell anyone, I swear. Haley and Nathan found out yesterday at the airport and Karen and Keith found out last night after we told her we knew of her plan."
"What plan?" Asked Peyton thoroughly confused.
"Karen had a plan to get Luke and I back together this week."
"It would have worked too, if they hadn't deceived us all." Said Karen as she and Deb came back from a lunch meeting.
"Uh-huh." Said Brooke as she smiled at Karen.
"Well, this can't be Jenny she's too big to be Jenny." Said Karen.
"Here, Jenny go to Grandma Karen." Said Peyton.
"Doesn't this make you want to have more children." Asked Deb as she held Jenny after Karen.
"No, I just got to the point where I enjoy the silence." Said Karen jokingly.
"Yeah, like Lucas made so much noise reading and brooding all the time." Said Haley.
"Who said I was talking about Lucas, I was referring to my girls." Said Karen looking at Brooke and Haley.
"What us, never." Said Haley.
"No you must have us confused with some other girls." Said Brooke.
"Oh I must, silly me." Said Karen.
Meanwhile at the garage the men were talking about sports and cars then the subject of Lucas' love life somehow made it into the conversation.
"So Luke any new girlfriends that we should avoid the subject of in front of Brooke?" Asked Jake as Keith and Nathan cracked up.
"Nope, no new ones." Said Lucas ignoring Nate and Keith.
"What am I missing?"
"Well my brother doesn't have a new girlfriend, he's been with someone for quite awhile now, haven't you Luke." Said Nathan.
"Really, who do I know her?"
"Oh, you know her Jake, and I'll give you a hint she's about 5'3", 5'4", brunette and drives the car that Lucas is currently under." Said Keith.
"Your back with Brooke, how long has this been going on?"
"A couple weeks." Said Lucas downplaying the situation.
"Buzz, wrong answer try again, bro." Said Nathan.
"Okay a couple months." Said Lucas hoping to finish with the break soon.
"Really, cause Peyton didn't say anything." Said Jake.
"That's cause Peyton didn't know, no one did until we got here." Said Lucas as he tightened the lug nut on the hubcap.
"So if it wasn't for Thanksgiving how long would the secret gone on?" Asked Keith.
"I don't know my obituary stating Brooke as my widow." Answered Lucas sarcastically as he lowered the car. "Or until Christmas at least, Jake can you put Jenny's car seat in the back in case the girls want to do something after I bring the car back."
"Yeah." Said Jake.
"So how do you plan on bringing Brooke's car to her and still be able to get back here for the sound system with us."
"Well, you see there's this vehicle called a tow truck and Keith just happens to have one so I'm going to hitch the car to it and tow it to the café and then drive the truck back here to help you guys with the stereo." Said Lucas.
"Okay, tell Hales I'll talk to her later." Said Nathan as Lucas' cell rang.
"Hey Cheery I was just on my way to bring you the car."
"Good but I need to stop at home first and grab my phone I think I left it on the nightstand."
"Okay I'll be there in about 10 minutes, I love you."
"I'm guessing the guys are out of earshot."
"How'd you guess?"
"Cause you didn't say it before." Said Brooke.
"Okay, well I just got to the house I'll be there as soon as I find your phone."
"Bye Broody."
"Bye."
Lucas found Brooke's cell phone and drove to the café where he saw Peyton and Jenny.
"Did you tell her?" Asked Lucas.
"Yes, I did, did you tell Jake."
"Nate kind of did it for me in a round about way."
"What did my husband do?"
"Helped me tell Jake about me and Brooke."
"Oh, well that's okay I told Peyt." Said Haley.
The girls decided to go shopping after Lucas left the café and took Jenny with them. While Lucas went back to the garage and helped install the sound system in Nathan and Haley's car. At around 6 the guys packed up and went home to change with plans to go out for dinner that night with the girls.
The girls' shopping trip was just as eventful as they always were lingerie, shoes, clothes were bought by all three girls and then Haley got a call from Nathan saying that they were done for the day but they wanted to go out to dinner since Jake's parents were taking Jenny. The girls agreed and left the mall, they dropped off Jenny and the car seat at Jake's parents, and then Brooke dropped off Peyton and then Haley before going home to see Lucas.
"Hey Broody." Said Brooke as she walked into their room and saw Lucas looking for a shirt, still wearing his work clothes.
"Hi Cheery, I'd hug you but you'll get dirty." Said Lucas.
"That's okay I'll let you shower first." Said Brooke starting to unpack all her shopping bags trying to decide what to wear.
"So do you know where you girls want to go?" Said Lucas.
"Um, no not yet I figure we can decide when everyone gets here."
"Did you buy anything special?"
"Maybe, you'll just have to wait and see, especially since I'm taking a shower first." Said Brooke as she ran out of the room.
"No, Brooke come on let me in, please?" Said Lucas.
"What happened?" Asked Keith as he walked by Lucas knocking on the door.
"Nothing just Brooke being childish." Said Lucas half to Keith and half to Brooke.
"What did you say I can't hear you?" Said Brooke.
"Sure, just wait until tonight, Brooke, you won't be saying 'I can't hear you'." Said Lucas joking.
"You won't do anything, I'll be out in a second. Quit brooding."
"A second my foot, twenty minutes later." Said Lucas.
Lucas was finally able to take a shower and they met up with the rest of the group at Deb's house and decided where to go.
