Hey guys! I'm so sorry for the lack of updates! But, my exam result came and I came 7th in the whole country! And then I had an eight-day spiritual festival so got quite busy with that... Anyway, lets get back to the story...
"Haley! Please! Let's go to the mall. I'm begging you! I've never tried to get out of a study session before. Please Hales!" I pouted. The pout had never failed me before.
Haley had come in the middle of Rachel and my heart to heart and she was prepared. It was almost as if Lucas had told her that Rachel was coming. She had study notes made and a test set!
"Wow, Brooke Davis is begging and using the Pout!" Rachel smirked, her hands on her hips as she enjoyed me practically begging at Haley's feet and she didn't budge.
"Brooke! You have to make up for credits of an entire year!" She tried to make me see the light.
"And we will. I'm just not in the mood Hales. So even if you make me study, what's the point, it's not like I'm going to pay attention." I tried.
"Yeah... so lets just skip because Princess here doesn't feel like it." She commented sarcastically.
"Now I get how Nate is passing school!" I put it out there.
I gave her another pout and some puppy dog eyes.
"Fine." She gave in with a dramatic eye roll. "We can go to the mall."
"Yay!" I exclaimed almost pulling her out of the door.
We went to some of my favourite stores. I saw Haley's face fall when she saw Rachel and me pick up thousands of outfits together and reminisce our shopping trips at the Big Apple.
"Hey Tutor Girl," I said as I saw her just sit on one of the couches outside the fitting rooms. She hadn't even bothered to browse around the store. "Find anything you like?"
Haley was an amazing girl.
"No I'm good. If you remember, we bought ample clothes on our last shopping trip. You paid for them." She pointed towards her outfit. It was something that we had picked out.
"Hales, you are awesome. You are my best friend and I really appreciate you being here for me." I said as I embraced her into a tight hug.
Rachel came out just as we broke our hug.
"So, I'm taking these seven dresses. And you Brooke?" She asked as she held out seven separately and put the rest into a basket.
"Nah, I'm good." I shrugged.
"Wow, what has Tree Hill done to you? Since when do you say no to shopping?" She was stunned, and I was too. I was in a store, but I wasn't buying anything. New, but nice.
"Oh don't make mountains out of molehills Rachel. Just nothing I haven't seen or bought before." I said.
We exited and there was a small smile playing on Haley's lips.
"Food! I'm dying!" I exaggerated as we passed the mall's food court.
"Hey no food courts. You left me there all alone last time!" Hales yelled.
"Oh yeah! I totally forgot about that! Sorry Haley! I won't leave you this time. I promise." I apologised sincerely.
She had a stone face to start, but forgave me eventually.
Just then something caught my eye.
"Hey why don't you guys go and grab something to eat. I will be tight back." I said hastily.
"Thats what you said the last time Brooke!" Haley joked.
"Yeah, yeah. Sorry about last time. Go, I'll be back in a jiffy." I pushed them forward and ran across the mall.
It was the Accessorise store. I went in and browsed through the several sections of accessories before I found what I wanted. Quickly paying the bill, I bounded back to where I had left them. With some food!
"That was fast. Where did you go?" Rachel asked slurping a cooler.
"I bought presents!" I tried to make a spectacle.
I sat down quickly and handed them their gifts.
"They're friendship bracelets. I know that it's very middle school but I always wanted to have like a trio of girl friends and you know have these cool friendship bracelets that we would swear never to take off. Imagine that they held power of the girl code and we could make the other do anything because of the friendship pact. Even if we are miles apart, you're right there." I spoke my little itty- bitty heart.
"Thats so sweet Brooke." Haley said admiring her little charm bracelet as she put it around her wrist. "I wont take this off."
"You're a really nice girl Haley. I'm glad Brooke has someone else looking after her from those Scott boys when I leave." Rachel said and that coming from Rachel was equivalent to Haley winning the Nobel Prize for finding a cure to Cancer!
"And these are pretty Brooke!" She further added.
"Yeah. I saw them forever ago. I even once considered making Nathan and Lucas wear them since they were my only best friends. I even mildly suggested it long ago but they just stared at me like a zombie." I spilled. We all cracked up laughing as I stole Haley's slurpee resulting in a fight for food.
It was late afternoon by the time we got out. We ended up walking around, showing Rach all the historic places of Tree Hill. The River Court, our High School, the Bridges and what not.
I already placed an order for three large pizzas before we reached my home.
"Hales, why don't you stay the night." I suggested. "Oh I know! We can have a slumber party! Yayyy! I love slumber parties!" I clapped my hands in excitement.
She agreed and I was really happy to hear that. Things weren't so bad after all. I had a great support system looking out for me.