A/N- Here's another chapter. I really would appreciate some more reviews. This site confuses me, my story that is written with correct style and obeys the rules of the site gets less reviews than a script form, not allowed story. I don't understand. Anyways please review.

Summary- As close as they could, yet as different as possible, Brooke, Lucas, Peyton, Nathan, and Haley face the challenges of love, hate, betrayal, possible happiness, and most of all life.

As It Comes

Chapter Seven

Friendships United

A few days had passed since the infamous hookup. Peyton and Nathan continue their budding romance against the wishes of their friends. Peyton had told Haley that same day about Nathan and herself. Haley was the most accepting of their romance. Brooke had yet to talk to Peyton. At school, Nathan and Peyton stuck together and Lucas, Brooke, and Haley stuck together causing a larger drift between the friends to form. The school was buzzing about not only the hookup of the two friends but about the depletion of the ever strong friendship. Brooke and Lucas were at his house in his rooming making out as usual when a quiet knock was heard at his door. They broke apart and Lucas jumped from the bed and opened the door to reveal Peyton standing behind it. Lucas looking at Brooke and she nodded her head telling him she was okay with her coming in.

"Brooke," Peyton began. She was sick of not talking to her best friend since grade school because of a stupid boy. Peyton was even quite sure why Brooke was so mad at her for it. Brooke had a boyfriend, why shouldn't she. "Why are so mad at me?"

"Because you know Nathan is an ass to his girlfriends and the chance he'll do something stupid with you is good, then you will be pissed at him and you'll stop talking then wrecking the group. Haley and Nathan and you and Lucas don't already talk that much so if you and Nate stopped talking I think it would be the downfall of the group," explained Brooke.

"Brooke, I wish I could say that won't happen, but I can't," Peyton responded, "but what me and Nathan have seems like it is real. Nathan and I have been friends for so long; I would hope he isn't stupid enough to hurt me."

"I know, but I don't want us all not to be friends," Brooke said, "we all have been such great friends for so long that I don't want it to go away now."

"I know, Brooke," Peyton said, giving her friend a hug, "I'll be safe with this new relationship."

"Okay," Brooke replied accepting Peyton's response. She hugged her friend tighter.

"So now that we are all good," Lucas said interrupted the moment between friends, "why all should hang out." Boy was Lucas ever glad that Peyton and Brooke had made up. The situation was beyond awkward and basketball season was coming up and he did not need to be fighting with Nathan because of their girlfriends.

"Way to interrupt of moment," Brooke laughed grabbing her boyfriend and giving him a kiss on the lips. She was beyond happy that she and Peyton had made up. Brooke knew through the whole drama her being a bit of a baby but once she got her feelings out she felt incredibly better.

"Well, I was happy that you all reconciled," Lucas sheepishly explained.

"Of course you were!" Brooke squealed excitedly. Lucas, Brooke, and Peyton all drove to Nathan's house where they planned to meet Haley and Nathan. Lucas and Brooke drove in his car and Peyton drove in her car. Once they got to Nathan's they all went inside. Nathan had gotten some cans of pop out to drink and some popcorn. He had the ever so watched Lion King cued to start. When they walked in the door, Nathan took Peyton's hand and walked to the living room. Haley was already laying on the group waiting for everyone to show up.

"Hey Hales," Lucas said once they all were in the room. She turned and gave him a quick wave and returned to her position on the floor. Nathan and Peyton took the couch, leaving the chair for Lucas and Brooke. Everyone positioned themselves comfortable and Nathan began the movie. The group stayed unusually quiet through the movie and the silence was awkward, but that was expected on their first day as each the group again. About mid-way through the movie Brooke and Lucas escaped to the kitchen.

"Wow, that is weird," Brooke said as the reached the kitchen. Brooke had spent most of the last hour watching Peyton and Nathan snuggle, not a sight she was used to at all.

"I know," Lucas agreed.

"Do you think it was super weird for them when we started dating?" asked Brooke.

"I don't know," Lucas replied, "but we were so young and we hadn't even been a group yet so I couldn't have been that bad."

"True," Brooke said, nodding her head.

"What are you two fools talking about," asked Haley as she entered the room.

"Nothing," Brooke said in a sugar coated voice.

"Really," Haley replied in a equally sugar coated voice.

"Just joking," Brooke smiled, "we were talking about how weird it is to see those two together and if it was awkward for everyone when we started dating."

"Oh," Haley said knowingly, "I couldn't tell you, since Nate and I were also dating too."

"Yeah," Brooke said.

Peyton and Nathan were so caught up in each other they never realized that everyone else had left the room until the movie ended. At that time they went to the kitchen to find everyone talking and laughing.

"You all think you can ditch us," Peyton accused jokingly as they entered the room.

"Maybe," Brooke said cocking her head side ways.

"Well you can't," Peyton said grabbing some whipped cream of the counter and sprayed her friend up and down the front of her shirt.

"You didn't," Brooke exclaimed, looking at her shirt and grabbed the popcorn and began throwing.

"I believe I did," Peyton replied spraying her again. This was them, the group they once were. That day they had fun. Ignoring the past drama and being them again.

A/N 2 – I know it was short. Expect an update on the Monday! Please Review.