A/N- Happy Valentine's Day all. Since I'm boyfriend-less I'm writing tonight. By the time this is posted it probably won't be the fourteenth anymore since I never finish writing in one day because I get kicked off the computer. I totally have an idea for Pathan which is definitely coming and this is a filler chapter to get there. My stories are pretty fast paced mostly because I love the good stuff and not the crap that doesn't really matter. So on with the chapter!

Read this- The first few chapters basically introduced you to the characters and now the story will move with some speed. It goes quickly. I'm guessing about sixteen chapters.

As It Comes

Chapter Four

Reminisce and Hug

Peyton was getting ready to leave for Kady's to meet everyone for junior high when Brooke bounded through her bedroom door without a knock. Kady was throwing a reunion as she called it. "Peyton, you ready," Brooke asked as she jumped onto her friends turquoise comforter.

"Almost," yelled Peyton from her walk in closet.

"Good," Brooke replied, getting up and sitting down in front of Peyton's computer. Brooke grabbed her own purse and reached in and grabbed her phone. Using her perfectly manicured fingers she dialed a familiar number- Lucas'. "Luke," she whined into the phone.

"Brooke," he replied simply. Brooke was always whining and it didn't faze him anymore.

"Peyton's being slow," she continued to whine, hoping Peyton would hurry up.

"Really," Lucas said catching on to Brooke's game. Brooke was trying to make Peyton hurry by whining. "Is your plan working?"

"What plan?" Brooke asked innocently. Damn, that boy knew her well.

"Well, is it working," he repeated.

"No, she's not hurrying up," Brooke said dejectedly.

Peyton came from inside her closet and grabbed Brooke's cell, "Luke, we'll see you there." She flipped the phone shut without listening for a reply.

"Peyt!" exclaimed Brooke.

"Brooke!" Peyton responded in an equally whinny voice.

"You didn't let me say good-bye," Brooke mock cried.

"Poor baby cakes," Peyton replied.

"Shut up," Brooke said grabbing her friend's hand, "Let's go."

"Going," Peyton replied taking her hand back and followed her friend to the car. In the car, Peyton cranked the stereo and the pair sang loudly all the way to Kady's. When they pulled into Kady's driveway they saw Lucas leaving his house. Lucas lived only three houses away from Kady.

"Luke," shrieked Brooke jumping out of the car and running to give her boyfriend a kiss. Luke just stood there and smiled.

"You two are sometimes too much to handle," Peyton said looking at the two just standing there holding hands with their eyes locked on each other.

"Well," Brooke stuttered, she had nothing to say to Peyton. Luke and she were that sickeningly cute couple and she loved it.

"That's what I thought," Peyton said raising her eyebrow, "the comeback queen doesn't have an answer."

"Peyton," Brooke began, with nothing to say she finished, "you suck!"

"Let's just go see everyone," Lucas said standing there; he was done listening to the pair throw back and forth insults. He wanted to see everyone, he had seen a few of his former friends playing basketball but most of the time they didn't even see each other. The three went to the large brown door and entered.

"Lucas, Brooke, Peyton!" squealed an already drunk Kendra.

"Kenny," Peyton said hesitatively. Kendra Falcon, the somewhat ditzy friend of Kady O'Grady. Kendra and Peyton had never really been friends but they had hung out together along with their other friends.

"You two look gorgeous," Kendra said pointing to Brooke and Peyton. "Lucas hot as always," Kendra continued looking Lucas up and down.

"Thanks," Brooke said, today she was wearing a simple pair of distressed jeans and a tank top with a zippered sweatshirt half zipped.

"Yeah, thanks," Peyton also replied. Peyton was also dressed casually. She wore black, denim jeans and a red long sleeved shirt. "You look great too."

"Oh my god," Haley said running up to her friends, "thank god you're here, I was stuck talking to them." Haley extended her arm to point to Randi Barber, Mike Worth, and Andrea Layden.

"Didn't you all used to be friends?" Peyton asked logically.

"Yeah, like, three years ago and we were only friends because I didn't know anyone else," Haley explained.

"Those were the days," laughed Brooke. She couldn't even imagine the time when her group of friends didn't exist. Everyone at THHS thought they had been friends since birth when that wasn't the truth. Peyton and Brooke were tight, Lucas and Haley were buds and Nathan didn't even go to there school. That story had become the story, none of them knew why they lied about it, maybe to seem less shallow, but that was the lie.

"They sure were," Haley smiled. They reunion party went on for awhile, everyone began to slowly leave and eventually it was down to Alexis, Kady, Shawn, Eric, Lucas, Nathan, Kendra, Carter, Haley, Brooke, and Peyton. They were sitting in Kady's large living room with the classic Lion King playing on the big screen television. Brooke and Lucas were sharing the small reclining chair making out.

"Luke, Brooke," Shawn said snapping his fingers, "we don't need to see that."

"I'm pretty sure you want to watch," Brooke said breaking her lips away from Lucas. She lifted her back of her hand to mouth and wiped her mouth.

"Remember when we used to sit there," Alexis said, putting her hand on Carter's thigh. Alexis and Carter, the couple that everyone thought would get married one day.

"I'm pretty sure we all remember," exclaimed Peyton.

"Wow, we were pretty cool back then," Kady said. She and Nathan were sharing the loveseat and they were simply holding hands.

"Oh my god, remember the drama of Nathan and Brooke liking the enemy," Haley said. Nathan used to hate Lucas because Nathan hated the idea that his father had another son.

"How I blamed you for mine and Nathan's break up," Kady said.

"That was hilarious," Haley said, "I didn't even want to date him. Actually that's not true, but he wanted to make out with Serena instead."

"Why did you do that?" exclaimed Brooke. No one understood to that day why Nathan had done that. He had made out with his ex-best friend and the sense that made.

"Don't really know," Nathan laughed, "especially since I like Haley."

"I know why," Eric stated.

"Why?" Nathan said shaking his head.

"Because Nathan wanted some and he knew Haley wasn't going to give him what he wanted," explained Eric.

"Not true," protested Nathan, he knew that Eric was right.

"Did you and Haley do anything for the months you dated?" asked Shawn. They were guys and they wanted the details.

"No," Nathan said looking Haley in the eye.

"See," said Eric glad he had proven his point.

"Remember that night we all became friends," Haley said changing the subject. She hated talking about Nathan, she didn't think she was still hung up on him but she hated talking about that year. She and Nathan lasted eight months, and he was an ass most of it. She didn't like knowing that Nathan and liked to pretend he didn't exist.

"The snow," Peyton said slowly. She remembered that night, they stayed up all night at Kady's and her parents came home and told them to leave. The girls walked everyone home and they had fun and were inseparable from that day on.

"Yeah, that social project thing and Luke and I were together and Nate and Hales were together and we brought them with us to hang out Friday," Brooke said remembering.

"That was the night Nathan and I broke up," Kady spoke up. She remembered that night; she had broken up with Nathan because she believed that he was into Haley.

"I remember that too," Nathan said sweetly.

"Yeah…" Kady said slowly.

"Change subject," declared Brooke.

"To?" asked Haley.

"Um," Brooke began, "I don't know." Everyone laughed. They spent the rest of the night like that. Just reminiscing about old times and having fun.

A/N 2- Hopefully that gives you more about this groups dynamic. As I said this is a filler chapter. The next chapter gets to the good stuff! Pathan is coming! Review People!

-Lauren