Brooke pulled the covers up over her body. She smiled over remembering the good time she'd had tonight. Then she looked over at her nightstand and blew a kiss to the picture of Lucas that sat between a lamp and an alarm clock.

"Goodnight, Lucas." She said. "I love you."

Brooke then layed down in the bed and soon drifted off to sleep.

"So how was it?" Lucas asked as he cuddled with Brooke on a blanket on the beach under the stars.

"What? The reunion?" Brooke replied. "It was great. I went with Peyton and Jake and we met Nathan and Haley there. We all had a good time and we ran into quite a few familiar faces."

"Really? Like who?"

"Well, like Whitey for one."

"How is Whitey?"

"Good, same old Whitey. He seemed that way, anyway. We also saw Bevin, Skills and Mouth."

"What about the rest of the guys from the River Court?" Lucas wondered. "You didn't see Fergie or Junk?"

"Huh, uh." Brooke shook her head and continued, "But I asked Skills about them and he said Fergie had to stay behind and take care of his sick mom. And Junk had to cancel at the last minute because his wife was having a baby. But Mouth was still able to make it. But you know, we all wished you could've been there."

Brooke looked up at Lucas's face and he smiled at her.

"I know. I wish I could've been there too. But I'm glad you decided to go and talk to everyone."

"I am too. I even got to catch up with Mouth, and I found out he is moving back to Tree Hill with his daughter, so now I'll have another good friend around."

"That's great. So how did Peyton and Jake enjoy the reunion?"

"They had a good time I think." Brooke said with a smile. "Peyton was glad Jake finally took time off work for her and the girls. He's just been working so much and it's really been bothering Peyton. But I guess she must've talked to him about his working so much, because she seems so much happier now."

Lucas's smile faded and he said, "I wish they were as happy as they seem, Brooke, but Peyton isn't quite as happy as she wants to be."

Brooke sat up quickly and Lucas realized he'd made a mistake letting slip what he'd just said.

"What do you mean?" Brooke asked seriously.

"Nothing, forget it." Lucas replied with a wave of his hand. "I shouldn't have said anything."

"No, Lucas, I want to know what you are talking about."

"I can't, Brooke, I'm sorry. It's not my place or my business to tell."

"Fine." Brooke sighed. She leaned back into Lucas's chest again and said, "It's probably just as well you can't tell me. I'd feel weird around Peyton if I knew."

"Well even if I could tell you, you wouldn't remember anyway."

"And why not?" Brooke asked offensively.

"Because this is a dream. It isn't real."

"It feels real to me. And I alwys remember at least part of my dreams with you."

"That's because I'm so irresistible." Lucas said with a smileand Brooke chuckled. "Anyway, I'd love to stay here and cuddle with you some more, but I'd better get back to home now."

Lucas stodd up, followed by Brooke. Brooke said, "Wait, Luc. Can I ask you something before you go?"

"Sure. What's up?"

"Well it's about Nathan and Haley. There's sort of a rift between them right now. Haley wants to have another baby, but Nathan doesn't and Haley's pretty upset about it. And I really want to help her, you know, and get her to talk about it with Nathan, but I'm not sure what I can do or even if I should intervene. So I've been wondering lately what you would do?"

"I know what you mean. I've been watching over Nathan and Haley closely lately. And if I could do something, I would just be there for Haley and Nathan. I would try and encourage Haley to tell Nathan the truth, and encourage Nathan not to give up and tell Haley how he really feels."

"What truth are you talking about?"

Lucas smiled and said, "Just trust me okay? It's another one of those things I can't tell you about. But I promise…you'll find out soon."

Brooke still looked confused.

"Don't worry." Lucas chuckled. "Nathan and Haley will figure it out soon. And they'll be happier and stronger than ever."

Leaving her to think about those words, Lucas kissed Brooke's lips before disappearing as he walked towards the water.

Brooke and Peyton stepped up on the porch of Karen and Keith's home. Peyton carried Emma inside after Brooke.

"Knock, knock." Brooke said as she and Peyton entered the kitchen, where Keith and Karen were sitting together at the table.

"Good morning ladies." Keith greeted, smiling as he lowered his newspaper.

"Good morning." Brooke and Peyton both replied, one after the other.

"So where's my little lady bug?" Brooke asked just as Lilly came running from the bedroom that had once belonged to Lucas.

"Hi, Mommy!" She shouted as she ran up and hugged Brooke. "Hi Auntie Peyton!"

"Hey sweetie." Peyton said with a smile.

"Did you miss me?" Brooke asked as she hugged her little girl.

Lilly nodded her head and asked, "Did you miss me too?"

"You bet I did." Brooke replied. "You look so cute today."

"Thanks." Lilly said in a high pitched little girl voice. "Gramps is takin' me to the movies."

"He is?" Brooke glanced over at Keith. "That will be fun."

"I thought it would be." Keith said as he stood up from the table. "A buddy of mine from work is taking his grand kids and he invited me to bring Lilly."

"Awe, that was nice." Brooke said sweetly.

"Are you ready to go Lilly" Keith asked.

"Yeah!" Lilly ran over to Keith and took his hand. she waved to Brooke and Peyton as Keith opened the back door and she said, "Bye Mommy. I love you."

Brooke chuckled and waved as Keith and Lilly left.

"Would you two like some coffee or tea?" Karen offered as she walked over to the counter with her coffee mug.

"Oh, no thanks." Peyton replied. "We can only stay a few minutes."

Karen nodded her head as she poured herself more coffee.

"So how was the reunion? Did you see a lot of old friends?"

"It was great." Brooke answered. "We did see and talk to Bevin, Skills and Mouth. Oh, and guess who else was there?"

"Who?"

"Whitey." Peyton finished for Brooke.

"Really?" Karen responded, surprised. "Wow. I thought he had retired to Florida. I had no idea he would come up for the reunion. How is he?"

"Pretty good. He seemed really glad to be back and happy to see us. He still looks like the same old Whitey too."

"Wow. I wish I would've been there. I'd love to see and talk to him again."

"I think he feels the same." Brooke said. "He mentioned you last night, wanted to know how you and Keith were doing."

Karen smiled and Peyton glanced up at the clock.

"Hey Brooke," she said, "we'd better get going."

"Oh, yeah, right." Brooke said as she walked towards the door and opened it. "Thanks again, Mom, for watching Lilly for me. What time should I be back to pick her up?"

"Oh, I'll just have Keith drop her off for you."

"Okay, thanks. I'll see you later."

"So the reunion was fun?" Deb asked as she passed Cooper's black Batman shoes to Nathan.

"It was okay." Nathan replied as he sat down to put his young son's shoes on. "We saw Whitey and some old classmates and basketball buddies."

"Did Haley have a good time?" Deb asked as she zipped up her grandson's blue and white striped bag."

"I don't really know." Nathan replied as he stood his two year old on the carpet in front of him. Cooper leaned against Nathan's legs as he stared at the Spongebob cartoon on the television.

"We haven't talked about it." Nathan finished.

Deb sat down next to her son and with concern asked, "What is going on with you two, Nate? You and Haley still aren't talking?"

"Well we talk to each other, but we're not really talking about our feelings to each other. I'm trying, but it doesn't seem to be working."

"Have you told her what you told me when we talked?"

"I think I did. I don't know if I told her everything, but even if I did, I don't know if she heard me. She wasn't feeling well so she may have ben too tired to hear a word I was saying."

"I'm sorry Nathan." Deb placed her hand on Nathan's shoulder.

"I just have to keep trying, right?"

Deb nodded and said, "Yes. I'm sure she'll talk when she's ready."

"I hope so. I just don't know what is so bad that she feels she can't talk to me about it. She's never done this before. I'm worried about her."

"I know, honey, and I know she'll come around too. I'm sure whatever it is, you'll know about it soon. Speaking of Haley, where is she today?"

"She took herself to the doctor. She wasn't feeling well last night and she was worse this morning. It's been an on and off thing the past couple of weeks I've noticed and I think she may have a stomach flu or something, which is strange considering it's the middle of summer."

"Yeah." Deb said with a curious look. "So it's been an on and off thing?"

"Yeah." Nathan replied, standing up and lifting Copper into his arms. "So this moring I told her I wanted to take her to the doctor, but she wouldn't let me. She said she needed ,e t opick up the buys for her so she didn't miss the appointment she'd already made."

Deb nodded her head again to show she was listening, but other ideas were running through her mind. Maybe there was a good reason for Haley's behavior lately after all.

"Well I guess I'd better get the boys home. I have some work to do at the house too." Nathan then bellowed down the hall to his children. "Andrew, James, it's time to go."

The boys came running down the hall wearing their back packs.

"We've got to go guys." Nathan said, walking over to door. "Say goodbye to grandma."

Andrew and James both hugged Deb before leaving with their father.