Chapter 9-Putting together the broken pieces

Five months after Brookes Birthday; Peyton and Jake couldn't be happier, Brooke and Lucas are more in love than ever, and Nathan and Haley…are not speaking! Jake and Peyton have been so cute together holding hands in the halls kissing all of the time they have been dating for five months and are so in love.

Flashback

Peyton and Jake are sitting on the couch at Jake's house watching a movie. Cuddling, kissing, talking, and not paying any attention to the movie. Peyton can tell that there has been something wrong with Jake for the past couple of days. She doesn't think it's the kind of wrong that she would have to worry about. She has a feeling that he has to tell her something kind of wrong. She decides to herself that it's not bad timing they're alone, with no possible interruptions, and she's sure that they wont fighting anytime soon. 'It's now or never' she tells herself.

"Jake…is there something wrong?" she asks as innocently as possible.

"No why" Jake asked confused,

"I don't know you seem like you've had to tell me something for the past couple of days."

"Oh…well I kind of do I just don't know how to say it" Jake said I little less confused

"Just say it you know I won't care what you say as long as you're not hiding anything from me" Peyton said directing more of her attention to Jake.

Jake leaned over and kissed her, "I love you" Jake said simply

"Straightforward…I love you too" Peyton said kissing him back "why didn't you just tell me that before?"

"Because I didn't know the right time to tell you"

"Well now was the perfect time for me" Peyton said kissing him again

The rest of the night was to them and they're newest established devotion for each other.

End flashback

After that they became so much closer and although it only seemed like a small adjustment in their relationship it had a big effect.

As for Brooke and Lucas they were already in love they knew that, and everybody else knew it too. The little things were the things that brought them closer, and they had been having a lot of those little effects. Like when Lucas called Brooke at four o'clock in the morning.

Flashback

Brooke is awaken by an abrupt ringing she looks at the clock and it says four she looks at her phone with confusion but answers it anyways.

"Hello" Brooke says a bit confused as well as angry for waking her up.

"Hey Brooke"

"Lucas? What are you doing?" Brooke asks

"What do you mean?" Lucas asked

"It's not normal for you to be awake this late on a Sunday morning" Brooke explained

"I have a surprise for you…get up and get dressed"

"What. Why?" Brooke asked sitting up a bit worried

"It's a surprise get dressed I'll be over to pick you up in ten minutes" Lucas said hanging up

Brooke had no choice he had already hung up so she got up and got dressed quickly brushed her hair and put it in a messy bun and brushed her hair.

Then she ran outside and sat on her porch chair waiting for him to arrive she was a bit afraid because of how early in the morning it was that a kidnapper might take her but she was to anxious to wait inside for him he drove up to her house earlier than he had said she ran straight to his car opened the door and jumped in.

"Lucas will you please tell me what is going on" Brooke said yawning

"No it's a surprise" he said handing her a blanket

"What's this for?" she asked

"So you can go back to sleep it's a long ride" he answered

"Where are we going" Brooke asked one last time

"Can't tell you go back to sleep" Lucas said leaning over and kissing her on the forehead

Brooke wrapped herself in the blue blanket and closed her eyes hoping to get some sleep. While Lucas took her on this mystery ride, she dreamed about lovely things. Lucas could tell because she was smiling in her sleep.

Many hours later they had arrived to their destination. Lucas parked the car and looked over at Brooke and smiled at the sight of the love of his life looking so peaceful. He leaned over and kissed her on the nose. Looking so sweet he wanted to take a picture but forgot his camera

"Kodak moment for the memory" he whispered to himself "Brooke wake up we're here" he said trying to wake her up but not disturb her.

She opened her eyes slowly; still not sure what in the world was going on. She saw Lucas looking at her with a face of contentment.

"What?" she asked

"Time to get up" Lucas said

"What time is it?" Brooke asked noticing that the engine was off and the car was parked backwards.

"Almost five thirty" Lucas said "come one we have to move to the back of the truck" Lucas said opening the door. Brooke looked at him as if he was crazy. "Come on" he said closing the door and walking to the back of the car.

She soon followed. When she reached the back of the truck where Lucas was she gasped in astonishment. There were blankets on the bed of the trunk, and there were a few rose petals scattered. He had two blankets folded in a pile on the side with a thermos filled with coffee. She hopped into the back with him and sat next to him he held her and wrapped the two of them with the folded blankets. They laid there cuddling in silence until Brooke started thinking.

"Where are we? What are we even doing here?" Brooke asked looking Lucas in the eyes.

"We're at the top of Tree Hill Cliff, watching the sun rise."

End of Flashback

Tree Hill couldn't have a couple more in love than them. Except for Nathan and Haley but after the incident at Haley's house they haven't been together.

Flashback

Nathan and Haley were sitting in Haley's room watching a movie, just like they normally do on Saturday nights. Something was different though Nathan could tell.

"Haley what's on your mind?" Nathan asked

"Nothing" Haley lied not even looking at Nathan, she was trying to pay attention to the movie but it wasn't working. There where things on her mind that she was trying to forget about but she couldn't get them out of her head.

"Haley I know that something is wrong tell me" Nathan pleaded looking at Haley

"It's nothing really Nathan" Haley said getting frustrated

"It's not nothing because if it was you wouldn't be so tell me" Nathan said anger burning within.

Haley turned to Nathan looked him straight in the eye and said "do you ever think it was a mistake?"

"What was a mistake? Us?" Nathan said u bit frightened from this.

"Yeah…us…and it" Haley said heartbreakingly

"No…do you?" Nathan asked a tad upset

"Well I mean isn't sort of weird you know. I mean we met on the internet for Christ sakes."

"Yeah I don't think it's weird I think it's more like destiny" Nathan said trying to prove a point

"Yeah…but what about the other night do you think that was a mistake?" Haley asked hoping for the right answer

"No…"Nathan cocked his head to one side "but you do…don't you?" Nathan asked out of pure honesty.

"well-"Haley said but was interrupted

"You do." Nathan said angrily

"No! I just regret how it happened" Haley said

"No you regret that it happened with me" Nathan said getting up gathering his things.

"No! Nathan! I love you I don't regret you! I regret…"Nathan was walking out of the door she didn't have time to finish "Nathan! Nathan! Please Nathan!" Haley yelled out of the open door.

End of Flashback

After that night they haven't spoken a word to each other. They're lucky that their friends haven't taken sides. Haley never got to explain what she meant by it. She might never get the chance.

Five months of not talking and Haley gets a phone call at three in the morning.

"Hello" Haley said disturbed by the late night phone call

"Haley James?" the man on the other end answered

"Yes" Haley said sitting up trying to wake up sooner

"Umm this is Tree Hill hospital calling we have a young man here by the name of Nathan Scott. He was in a terrible accident and his parents did not answer at home you are the next person on his emergency card." Haley sat there in shock at the news she was just given. "Haley?" the man asked "Haley James are you still there?" the man asked and suddenly the phone crashed to the floor .