She smiled as she saw who was waiting for her.
"Em." She laughed as she came to where he stood. He came around a lot to walk her home ever since they met two weeks ago.
She started in the direction of their regular route home, but Em reached out to stop her,
"Wrong way, Ms. Davis, we have a pit stop to make."
She laughed but followed curiously to see where he was headed.
"You're going to have to slow down a bit."
"Oh, sorry."
They made their was back to the village and Em led her to a small dress shop.
"Em."
"What?"
"What are we doing here?"
"You're going to need a dress."
"What for?"
"For Prom. With me. Technically we're both Juniors, so we can go."
"What if I say no?"
"You can't, I already bought the tickets."
"I can't afford a dress right now..."
"Don't worry Brooke, It's on the house." A voice came from behind her.
Em's mom appeared from the back with Olivia Grace in tow. Em explained,
"She owns the store. Please, Brooke? As friends?"
"You could be too tired next year." Em's mom added in.
"Okay. I'll go."
Em smiled, "Thank you.
Adina picked up her three year old and hand her over to Em, "Here, watch her, you know it ruins the surprise if you see which dress she picks."
He smiled again and went to the back.
Brooke looked around, "These dresses are gorgeous Mrs..."
The older woman laughed as she interuppted, "Call me Adina, dear. Don't worry about fitting, we'll make it work; Actually, follow me."
She led the way to the corner of the store.
"Oh," Brooke whispered, "That's beautiful."
"Then its yours."
"Thank you so much."
After measuring Brook so she could make the corrections, Adina watched as Brooke and Em made their way out of the store.
"I actually have a question for you, too."
Em eyebrows went up, "Oh, really."
"Mimi and I have an appointment tomorrow, and Roger's going with Mimi. And I don't want to go alone, and since your my best friend here...I was wondering, if you could come with me?"
"Of course, Brooke."
sssss meanwhile back in Tree Hill
Jake once again found himself in Brooke's old room, this time looking for pictures to take with him, to help him find her.
"Jake, what are you doing here?"
Jake spun around to find Lucas in doorway.
"I'm gonna go find her, Luke. I just needed some pictures."
"Do you even know where...?"
"New York."
"New York's a big place. Let me go with you."
"Lucas, I only have enough mo..."
"I'll pay my own way. We can take turns watching Jenny while the other goes looking."
"Why?"
"She's my friend, Jake...I want her here again, too."
"Alright. Can you leave on Friday?"