When Brooke reached their table, Haley stood up and brought her into a tight hug.

Over her shoulder, Brooke glanced at Nathan, who was stubbornly refusing to look at her. Brooke smiled sadly; it was so nice seeing him this close in real. During the month, as much as she hated to admit it, there were times she had pulled out a picture of Nathan, and cried over it. Brooke felt ridiculous of course, she had a boyfriend that really loved her, and she knew that Nathan and Haley were off being the perfect couple somewhere, yet she still couldn't help but cry. Even after all the stuff Nathan had said to her, even after all the stuff they did to each other, she still … missed him, drama and all.

Haley mumbled something about how long it had been, and asked why Brooke had not gotten back to her when she had called.

Brooke mumbled something back about being busy or some shit like that.

When Haley pulled away from her, Brooke quickly plastered a fake smile on her face.

"Seriously Brooke, it's like you were avoiding me this past few weeks,"

No, I was avoiding the guy that has been glued to your hip the past few weeks.

"Uh…"

But Haley had turned away and pulled on Nathan's arm to make him stand up, "Nathan, you didn't even say hi,"

Nathan glanced at Brooke, and once again, their eyes met. Brooke desperately tried to keep his eyes locked, but he looked down at his feet.

"Hey," he mumbled distractedly.

Brooke nodded her head sadly, this is what happened to them; Nathan wouldn't even look at her!

Brooke felt something tickle her eyes; it was the all too familiar feeling indicating she was tearing up.

"I should go," Brooke mumbled quickly, rubbing her eye casually.

Haley gasped, "Na uh, you sit right down," Haley instructed, pushing Brooke lightly toward a chair. Brooke stood their awkwardly, not wanting to sit, and was about to protest, when Haley rolled her eyes and gently forced her down.

Haley and Nathan took their seats as well. Brooke and Nathan avoided looking at each other, and to do so, they both just stared at Haley.

"Seriously Brooke, we use to be so tight, what happened?" Haley asked.

That millisecond, Brooke glanced at Nathan, and their eyes met, causing both of them to look away slightly pink in the face.

"Nothing Hales, I know I should've found more time for you, but me and Lucas are spending a lot of time together, to get over everything that has happened between us, and be the people we once were, you know, try and rebuild what was broken."

"Oh? How many times did it break again?" Nathan asked bitterly.

"Nathan!" Haley scolded, slapping his arm slightly.

Brooke smiled slightly, thrilled at the bitterness in his voice. As much as she was trying to get over him, it made her happier then she would ever admit, knowing that Nathan got affected at the talk of her and Lucas.

Haley gave Brooke an apologetic smile, "Aw. That's so sweet! Nathan and I have been working on that too. It's really nice; it makes you realize why you guys were together in the first place. Plus you get all the first dates and first kisses back," Haley grinned, leaning toward Nathan and planting a loving kiss on his lips.

Brooke looked away, pretending to be fascinated with her napkin. Knowing that they were going through the first date, first kisses thing really hit her hard. She didn't want them to love each other again. She couldn't handle the thought of Nathan loving someone else.

Haley's display of affection was interrupted by her cell going off.

Haley fished it out of her purse in annoyance, "Hello?"

After a while, Haley turned to them, "Sorry guys, I gotta take this," she muttered, walking away from them, leaving Nathan and Brooke sitting on the table alone.

Suddenly, it felt like the place had gotten suffocating. Brooke felt her heart thump loudly, and finally looked up at Nathan. Nathan had his phone out, and seemed to have suddenly gotten fascinated with a game he was playing on it.

Brooke looked away from him, tapping her fingers on the table impatiently. She wanted Haley to get back so this awkwardness would go away.

"Could you stop that?"

Brooke looked up to find Nathan staring at her in annoyance.

This was the first time he spoke directly to her in the last month. Brooke wished more then anything to just freeze this moment.

"I'm sorry Nathan," Brooke whispered, her hands retrieving to her lap.

"Feels like I've heard that a lot from you," Nathan stated unimportantly.

Oh my god! He was bringing it up!

Brooke stared at him dumbfounded.

"Never mind," Nathan muttered.

"I'll just go, can you tell Haley I had-…"

Brooke was getting up to go, when her foot got twisted in Haley's purse strap and she felt herself falling. Brooke let out a little scream, when she felt her self trip forward. But before she knew it, she was Nathan's lap!

Brooke gasped, her eyes glued to Nathan's surprised ones.

It was like nothing had happened; everything had gone back to the earlier month. Brooke had her arms around Nathan's neck, and one of his hands was on her back, the other at her leg.

Their eyes… locked.

Brooke couldn't find it in herself to get off Nathan. It had been so long, a whole month to be exact since she had any contact with Nathan. Now, being here with Nathan, sitting on his laps and in his arms, it finally felt right.

She had been with Lucas so many times, but it had never felt like this.

Nathan looked at the girl he had felt so much hatred for in the past month. Every time he had thought about her –which had was often, he would feel his chest swell up in anger. Anger at her for everything she had done and anger at himself for still missing her.

But now, it was like it all washed out of him momentarily. She was so beautiful and delicate, and the way she fit into his arms just right, everything about her sent his pulse racing.

It was true that he really cared about Haley, she was perfect for him, but this was so different. He and Brooke were something else entirely.

He could feel Brooke leaning into him, and his mind stopped working…

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