Chapter Three- Together Again

Jenny woke her parents up bright and early the next morning, she was excited about seeing everyone. She'd always loved hearing stories about her parents and their friends when they were young and now finally she'd meet them. "Jenny calm down, let's wait until everyone else is up." Peyton told her smiling, the truth was she was excited too. She couldn't believe that today she'd be seeing her friends and their families, she knew that Brooke and Lucas had twin boys but she wondered if Haley had any kids. It was 10 o'clock, Peyton got Jake up and then called Karen's house hoping that Brooke or Lucas were awake.

The phone rang, Brooke had already been up for two hours with the boys but Lucas was still sound asleep. "Hello Karen's house." She answered cheerfully.

"Brooke?" Peyton was thrilled to hear her old friends voice, the two had grown up together and had been inseperable until college.

Brooke squealed happily, "Oh my gosh Peyton! How are you? Are you in town?" Peyton laughed hearing her friend so excited, she couldn't wait to see her and her boys.

"Yeah we're in town, we're staying at Jake's old house. What time do you want to get together?" Peyton smiled when she saw Jake getting out of the shower, he never failed to take her breath away.

"Well how about we get together in an hour, I'll wake Broody up and have him call Nate and Haley. Should I ask Karen to watch the boys or do you want me to bring them?" Brooke loved her boys but in public they could become regular little whirlwinds.

Peyton smiled, "Bring them along…I can't get over you being a mom."

"Trust me if someone had asked me three years ago if I wanted kids I'd have laughed at them, but the boys are great." She told her friend happily, the truth was she couldn't imagine life without them. "So we'll meet at the café in an hour?"

"Yeah, see you guys then." Peyton hung up the phone to finish getting ready.

Brooke walked into the bedroom and smiled, Lucas was sound asleep. "Hey baby wake up."

"What time is it?" He grumbled sleepily, normally he was the first one up but this was supposed to be a vacation.

"It's time for you to get up, we're meeting the gang in an hour at the Café so get up!" Brooke yelled sternly, she was so excited. "Also here's the phone now call Nate and tell him the plan, he and Haley have to be there!"

Lucas nodded and kissed his wife softly, after a quick shower he called his brother and told him that he and Haley had to be at the café in an hour or else.

Haley was reading about the Invitro Procedure when Nathan told her what was going on, she smiled knowing that Brooke had probably been the one to get Lucas to call, "I cannot wait to see them." She told her husband happily. "But…don't tell them about us not being able to have a baby. I'll tell Brooke and Peyton in my own time but not today."

"Okay baby, if that's what you want." Haley nodded, Lucas had always been her best friend but she wanted to tell her girlfriends first because she knew that they would understand better and she wouldn't have to explain anything.

An hour later all three families met at Karen's Café, the girls were crying happily and the men were smiling. The girls decided that they would take the kids and go to the park while the men went to Rivercourt.

Haley sat on the bench with Brooke and Peyton while they watched the children play, "Brooke they are precious."

"Thanks and I agree, but they can definitely be a handful. Even when they're asleep they're constantly moving. Peyton when's your baby due?"

At the mention of her baby inside her Peyton smiled, "Around the first of the year, we're so excited. I hope that she or he will wait though because I don't want the baby to be born right at Christmas."

"Yeah that would suck." Brooke said bluntly, she wanted to ask Haley why she didn't have any kids, but decided that would be better for another day.

Haley smiled thinking of babies, she hoped that soon she'd have one of her own, trying to change the subject she smiled and asked Brooke a question that had been driving her nuts for three years.

"So when did you and Luke get married? Who were the witnesses? How did he propose?"

Brooke laughed, "Well he proposed in the middle of one of his basketball games, which was totally sweet. Then a week later my mom called and told me that she and my father were in Paris would like for me and Lucas to join them, so we did and then while we were there decided to get married. My parents stood in as witnesses. It was such a sweet ceremony but I really missed you guys."

"We've missed you too." Peyton said wiping a tear, "I was furious when I heard you'd gotten married but alls well that ends well. I am so happy for you two and you've got amazing little boys."

"Aunt Haley?" Haley turned and smiled at Jenny who was running towards her, "Will you come and play in the sand box with me?"

Haley smiled, "I'd love it!" She exclaimed happily, soon they were joined by Austin and Seth and Peyton and Brooke.

"This place hasn't changed at all." Jake said as they walked onto the court, "So Nate I figured that you and Haley would have a whole bunch of kids by now."

Nathan tried to smile, "Well it just hasn't happened for us." That was the truth, he was nervous about this invitro treatment she wanted to get but as long as it wasn't dangerous to her he'd do anything to give her a baby.

"Well don't wait too long Nate." Lucas said good naturedly, he was surprised how much he'd missed his brother and his friend.

Jake nodded in agreement and smiled, "Luke are the boys basketball players?"

Lucas smiled, "They're trying to be for Christmas they're getting a hoop, but no matter what they want when they get bigger it's fine with us." He didn't want to be like Dan who completely ignored one son and pushed the other to a breaking point.

The men played for hours and talked about their children and wives, in a lot of ways it was as though they'd never been apart. They made a silent promise to one another that they would stay friends no matter what, that they wouldn't drift apart again.

Brooke held two sleeping boys in her arms as she told her friends good bye, "It was great seeing the both of you, you have to come over for dinner tomorrow night."

"We'll see you guys tomorrow night." Haley said happily kissing the boys foreheads, they really were precious. Tomorrow morning she and Nathan were getting up early and going to see the doctor, she hoped that by the time this trip ended she'd have a baby on the way.

Peyton tucked Jenny in that night and kissed her softly, "I really like them." She told her mom sleepily.

"Me too, we're having dinner with them tomorrow night." Jenny smiled and yawned, "Good night baby."

"Night mama."

Both boys were asleep before their heads hit the pillow, all the way to Karen's they had talked about how much they'd had with Jenny and Aunt Haley and Auntie Peyton. Brooke was thrilled that they'd had so much fun and she was thrilled that she and her friends were together again.

Before she went to sleep that night Haley prayed that tomorrow their dreams of having a child would come true, it was all that she wanted especially after spending the day with Jenny and the boys.

A/N What did you guys think? The next chapter will be mostly Naley