Author's Note: even after 100 chapters my ass is still making more..hahaha sick of me yet? lol

IslandGurl808- lol really? I update most? I always thought I was the slacker who only posted one chapter every week while other people had more than 10. haha lol if you loved Nathan and Jill tension there then you'll love their tension to come I think hahah. lol thanks for the greet pumpkin, I'm kind of bummed that I'm not legally a kid anymore but that doesn't mean I can't atill act like one. I have the mind of a twelve year old and it'll be like that for years to come. hahaha

FastFuriousChick- aww thanks for the greet on both my 100th chapter and birthday. lol Hope King Kong was great! I don't have time to go to the movies, too much work lol last I saw was Pride and Prejudice and it was great!

Jill sighed staring out the window. It had been a little more than four hours since they took their seats and headed for her hometown. Her butt was asleep and she could swear her neck developed a crook from staying in that position far too long and they weren't even there, not even close. Not once did she turn to look in Nathan's direction the whole while, she just couldn't. If she had to choose having a stiff neck or capturing his crimson blues with her own she'd choose the stiff neck. Not because she didn't want to be engulfed in his gaze, because she did, heck she melted every time she looked at him. It was kind of hard not to, but she couldn't, she was too embarassed. So there she sat thinking like a crazy woman observing the farmland with her numb butt and her stiff neck.

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Brooke chewed on her hair. It was a nasty habit but she had nothing else to do. For awhile she conversed with Peyton and Lucas but that eventually stopped when she became annoyed with the fact that they couldn't hear her over the rock playing from the speakers. Bad enough no one could hear her but rock? Out of all the music they could play, it had to be that emotional rapture? Why not JoJo or Hilary Duff? You know the happy go lucky pop bouncy kind of stuff. Instead her ears were tortured with Death Cab For Cutie and The Ramones. This was supposed to be a fun road trip, not a boring one. To top things off she had to play wall for Ding Bat 1 and Ding Bat 2 who haven't spoken a word since they got in the jeep. One kept her head glued to the window probably suffering from major neck stiffness while the other played peekaboo every now and then as he tried looking without getting caught. Who knows why he thought that, the girl never changed positions this whole time! No movement could break her from staring at God knows what. Brooke rolled her eyes, they sucked for entertainment. At least she had her hair, her precious hair. She'd keep at it until they got there, then it was off for a nice wash!

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Where are we? Lucas looked confused as he stared out the window. He had battled Peyton with the directions stating he knew what he was doing and what roads to take. The reality of it all was that about three hours ago he had been driving aimlessly with no clue where he was going. Jill had given him directions she got from her father but they were very vague and really complicated. He couldn't exactly read her writing, but he never told anyone, he didn't want to hear non stop I told you so's so he just went by ear and sight. Hopefully his intuitions would lead him back on the right track. Was it Crock road or Crook road he had to make a left on?

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He stared at her every other minute, it was kind of like a routine. He would look out the window, in front of him, down at his ipod, then at her. It was a rotation he mastered over the four hours they'd been driving. Too bad she never did the same, that sucked! But who knew maybe out of that one minute while he was looking at something rather than her she managed to glance at him too? Not likely, yeah he thought it was too good to be true. He just didn't understand why there was awkward silence. No matter how many times he racked his brain for reasons, nothing seemed fit as to why she was ignoring him. He knew it wasn't because she was pulling that same shit about her getting in his way cause he knew the way she looked at him Thursday night, it was something more. He just didn't know what! Why was life so complicating? Making sure the coast was clear he looked at her, of course he only saw the back of her head, but it was beautiful. If he stared hard enough he could make out her reflection bouncing off the window glass.

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Peyton kept to herself as she swung her dangling socked feet to and fro making a little dance she called 'the foot boogie'. Out of all the occupants in the vehicle, she seemed the most content. Turning to her right she saw Lucas fixated on the road. She wondered whether he knew where he was going. Glancing in the mirror she saw the three in the back. She shook her head noticing Brooke was at it again. She swore she told that girl, hair chewing was gross and unsanitary. She was more disappointed at the window seaters though. Not one word they spoke to each other. She wondered if they even said hi? Concentrating back on herself she began to play with her feet again, but noticed the pain of her bladder calling out her name. She tried ignoring it but it was about to burst.

"I have to use the bathroom."

Brooke spat out her hair causing Nathan to cringe swearing he saw spit hitting his leg.

"P.Sawyer uh uh. There's only one bathroom break and that was back in Tree Hill."

"But Brooke."

"No buts, hold it in, tell it to behave, anything."

"I can't hold it," she noticed a gas station up ahead, "Lucas make a left at that sign, hurry."

Brooke rolled her eyes. She asked them to go to the bathroom before they left, did they listen? No! But before she got the chance to rebuttle Lucas had already turned the corner and Peyton was already out the door.

She sighed rolling her eyes.

"I told you guys to go before we left. You all know how anal I get when things don't go according to plan."

Lucas who for the whole time kept his eyes on the road finally turned around.

"Brooke calm down you can't control the acts of the mighty bladder, and you know Peyton, hers is the size of a peanut. She did go back in Tree Hill but now she has to go again. Can you dig it?"

"Fine," she scoffed, "at least the upside to this is now I can let my butt breathe and grab some munchies. Plus these two mutes back here are going to be the death of me if I sit with them a second longer."

With that Brooke pushed the door open and crawled over the still silent Nathan. He was busy listening to Tupac and playing with his fingers.

"Brooke," Jill called out noticing there was nothing in between her and Nathan. She was so loud both Nathan and Lucas looked up at her, "umm I'm coming too wait for me."

Now all that was left in the jeep were the two boys. Peyton was off emptying her bladder, and Brooke and Jill stocking up on loads of munchies.

"Looks like it's just the two of us," Lucas looked back at his brother.

Nathan nodded still listening to his music.

"Good now I can talk to you, what's up man?"

"Huh?" He removed an earphone from his ear.

"What's up with you and Jill?"

"What do you mean?"

"Nathan you know what I mean. I may be paying attention to where we're going but I still have ears and they didn't hear yours or Jill's voices. You two are usually talking up a storm and laughing with each other, what's up?"

He shrugged.

"I don't know. I mean I know her and I are cool now, but the silent treatment just kind of continued."

"You think she's still ignoring you because of the game?"

"Uh no I doubt it. Come on who still ignores a person after you and them had to go through what happened Thursday night?"

"Yeah true, what do you think it is then?"

"I don't know, maybe she's still shaken up or something. I don't want to intrude or anything so I'm just sort of waiting , being patient."

"Cool."

"Yeah," he looked out the window noticing the girls coming back, "well back to my music."

Brooke and Jill hopped back into the car soon followed by Peyton who sported a relieved face.

"Much better, now I don't have to cringe everytime I hear someone say rain or water."

Lucas smiled at her before calling out to the rest.

"You guys all ready?"

No sound just nods but it was all he needed to start the car again. Just like they had entered they left.