A/N- Here's the next chapter, I was hoping to update last night but I had to be a Dr. P to a good bud of mine so now it's Saturday morning and I'm wide awake. The Mixed Tape is most definitely playing on my TV right now and all I can think of is One Tree Hill, mostly the team losing their first game. Anyways here is chapter two! Thanks for the reviews!

Forwards and Backwards

Chapter Two

Lucas and Brooke headed back to the café with Noah in tow. Once they got to the café, they were greeting by Katie and Haley, Haley had just gotten off work and she and Katie were sitting at the counter talking.

"Hi hun," Lucas said giving Katie a quick kiss.

"You two are dating?" asked Brooke, looking at the petite blonde.

"Going on two years," Katie said cheerfully, "Nice to see you, Brooke." Brooke just nodded.

"I'm going to call my fiancé, Stephan and I tell him I got down here fine." Brooke left to make her phone call in privacy.

"Haley," Noah said, touching his girlfriend's hand, "my father invited us over dinner tonight, do you want to go?"

"Sure, Maddi is at Nathan's right now but she's coming home tonight so all of us can go," Haley said smiling. Brooke came back from her phone call smiling. "How's everything in New York?" asked Haley.

"Good, I can't wait to go back."

"Thanks good, while you are still here do you want to go and see Peyton?" Haley asked. Brooke had been in town for three hours and that was much too long to go and see Peyton, Brooke's former best friend.

"God yes!" squealed Brooke.

"Okay, let's go." Haley and Brooke quickly said good-bye to Noah, Lucas and Katie. Brooke followed Haley's small car to Peyton's house. Haley and Brooke approached the large front doors together and Brooke pressed the tiny door bell. Peyton rushed to the door with a crying Max on her hip and Pete was chasing after Jenny. She flew the door open to reveal Haley standing there.

"Hales," Peyton said, "hold on one second, things are a little hectic."

"Hi Peyt," Brooke said stepping around the corner. Peyton didn't look a day older than she had three years ago. She still had her shoulder length straight hair, as far as she could tell at least, I was pulled up with wisps of hair framing her face; Peyton was definitely pulling off the "mom" look. She was wearing the ever present sweatpants and a t-shirt.

"Oh my god," Peyton exclaimed, "I would give you a hug, but…"

"It's okay," Brooke said smiling. "Can we come in?"

"Come in," Peyton said ushering them into her house. Peyton's house was amazing. There was a large living room in which Peyton directed them to. Brooke and Haley both sat down on a large beige couch, Peyton placed Max on a play mat in the middle of room. She handed both Jenny and Pete a toy and sat down, sighing in relief. "So Brooke what brings you to town?"

"I'm engaged," she replied wagging her ring finger in Peyton's face.

"Look at the size of that!" exclaimed Peyton. "Here to get your divorce, finally?"

"Finally," Brooke said smiling at her friend.

"Aunty Haley!" called Jenny.

"Yes, babe," Haley answered to the sweet little girl looking up at her.

"Is Maddi here?" Jenny asked excitedly. Maddi and Jenny were best friends.

"No, she is with her dad," Haley said looking at Jenny's sad eyes.

"Oh, I'll see are school tomorrow then," Jenny said disappointed.

"You guys are so lucky to have kids," Brooke said. Both of her former friends, they had families and had settled down and here she was getting married for the second time and only finally getting her divorce. Brooke's life for the past three years had been amazing; she was a discovered fashion designer and engaged to a well-known photographer. Her life was pretty good, but she was still jealous of the small town feel of her home town and her old friends.

"I'm a single mom, super lucky," Haley said sarcastically.

"Haley, its not like Nathan is there for you and her boyfriend Noah, you know the one that lives with you," Peyton said, she had heard Haley whine about her decent life way too much.

"How did you and Noah hook up anyways?" Brooke asked, "You weren't even over Nathan when I left."

"It just sort of happened," Haley said simply, "he was there for me and Maddi and we fell in love." Noah and Haley had been living together for six months and Maddi loved him. Everyone was expecting them to get engaged soon.

"Oh how cute," Brooke said cheerfully. The three girls sat talking about everything that had happened in their lives in the past three years and they had a lot of fun. Haley soon left to go and get ready for her night at the Brown's.

Once Haley got home, she began to get ready. She looked through her closet; she had a few nice dresses she pulled her two favorites out, an emerald green silk dress that reached her knees and was gathered on the hip with a sparkly clasp and a white eye-let strapless dress. She decided on the green dress. She went to her bathroom and had a quick shower and she was in the middle of blow-drying her hair when the doorbell rang. She wrapped her towel tightly around herself and held it up and went to the door. She opened the door, it was Nathan and Maddi. "Come in," she said hastily. Both Nathan and Maddi came in. Maddi ran up the stairs to her room. Nathan sat Maddi's pink polka dotted bag by the stairs.

"So," Nathan said.

"Well, I have to get ready but we'll talk about where Maddi is staying later," Haley said anxiously.

"Okay," Nathan said nodding his head. Nathan saw himself out.

"Maddi," Haley called running up the stairs to her bathroom.

"What, Mommy?" she responded.

"We're going to Grandma Deb's tonight, okay?" Haley told the young girl. Madison Lynne Scott looked like a female version of her father, she had dark brown hair and piercing blue eyes, but she had her mother's sweet personality.

"Okay," Maddi replied cheerfully, "looking what happened at Daddy's house!" Maddi extended her open hand and revealed a small white tooth. "I lost my tooth. Daddy says that there is this girl called the Tooth Fairy and she gives you money for your teeth because she makes everything out of teeth so she likes when little girls lose their teeth, that's what Daddy told me."

"Really," Haley said smiling at Maddi's retelling of Nathan's story. "Put it under the pillow so she can come and get, okay," Haley said patting the child on the head and pointing her in the direction of her room. Haley went back to her room and curled her short hair into a cute style. Noah got home from work at his usual six thirty and he quickly had a shower taken and was ready at seven. They arrived at Deb and Roger Brown's house at exactly seven fifteen. When Noah and Haley first started dating it was slightly awkward being that Roger's wife was her ex-mother-in-law. Now it was normal.

"Hi, Haley, Maddi, Noah," Deb said as she opened the door, "I invited Nathan, I hope that's not too awkward."

"Of course, it won't be, Nathan and I have been broken up for a long time," Haley said. It was always awkward with Nathan but they were the only ones that knew that. They walked down the familiar hallway to the dining room. The hall was painted a deep brown and their where lots of pictures of Nathan and Noah as children, some pictures of Haley, Nathan and Maddi, some of Noah and Haley, and lots of little Maddi. They opened the large glass doors to the dining room, there was a small roasted chicken in the middle of the table and Nathan and Roger were already seated.

"Daddy," Maddi squealed, "Can I sit beside you?"

"Of course, sweetie," Nathan said smiling at his little girl. He helped her into the large seat. Noah and Haley took the seats opposite from Nathan and Maddi, Deb and Roger were sitting at the heads of the table. They enjoyed a delicious dinner. There was small chatter around the table, nothing major. After dinner was over, Noah and Haley went for a walk and Nathan, Roger, Deb and Maddi went to the living room to watch a movie. Maddi fell asleep in Nathan's arms. Noah and Haley returned an hour later beaming.

"Haley," Deb said, "what's going on?" Haley looked at Noah and he nodded.

"We got engaged!"

A/N 2- Dum Dum Dum. Hehe. Review please!