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Note: Sorry for the wait!

"Did you ever think this could happen?" Haley mused out loud as she lightly tapped her foot anxiously on the cheaply carpeted floor.

Nathan shook his head, glad that the loud noise from the airplanes was clouding the silence. He had been too nervous to even carry on a conversation with Haley all morning. He was about to meet his brother, a brother that he just found out that he had.

"What's he like?" Nathan finally asked, looking at the arrival boards in vain again.

Haley smiled, and took Nathan's hand to comfort him. "He's really great. He's my best friend in the entire world. He's sort of quite until you get to know him, that's when he really shines. Once he lets you in, it's really amazing." She paused, Lucas' face coming to mind. She really did miss her friend.

Nathan, however, gave her a look, and she could feel his grip tighten on her hand, which caused her to laugh. "Don't worry; he's always just been a friend. I can't even think about him in any other way. Trust me, that would be gross."

Nathan nodded, and Haley continued. "He loves basketball too, which I guess is something that both of you share. He used to play in high school, and he wanted to play for college, but he found out he has a heart condition." Now it was time to frown as she remembered when he had found out. At the time, his heart had literally broken. Haley's had too. It's painful to see dreams taken away from someone you love.

"But he's okay now, as long as he takes his medication and moderates his exercise. Plus, he still has his other passion, which is literature. He wants to write a book."

Nathan kept nodding along, trying to figure out the kind of person Lucas was. You could hear about a person all your life, but you can never really know what they are like until you meet them.

"This is going to be weird isn't it?" Nathan put his head in his hands, ruffling his already messing hair, something that Haley found irresistibly attractive.

"It will be fine. You are both really good guys and I think you will get along great."

"I hope so."

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"Lucas, you need to stop drinking so much." Brooke urged, motioning the flight attendant on.

"I can't help it. I drink like this when I am nervous." He took another gulp of his sprite. Soft drink guzzling always calmed his nerves.

"Well, I think you've had enough soda. Just try and relax now." She smiled, taking his hand. They were about to land in New York – the captain had already announced their descent.

When Lucas had decided that he wanted to meet Nathan, they had booked flights to New York because Nathan couldn't miss any practices. Brooke and Lucas decided to head up a few days early so Lucas could spend some time with Nathan and then fly home on the same flight as Haley. However, Lucas' departure was not something Brooke wanted to focus on.

"You're right." Lucas sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Tell me a little more about him."

Brooke rolled her eyes since she had already told Lucas all she knew, but began anyway. "He's really great. Obviously, he loves basketball, like you. He's sort of a lady's man, but that could have changed since I left. From talking to him, it seems like she has quite a hold on him." She smiled, glad that maybe Nathan had found the same thing she had after months of their meaningless, physical relationship.

"So how come he didn't have an effect on you?" Lucas asked, taking a smaller sip of sprite.

Brooke bit her lip. Crap. This was going to be a little awkward.

"Well…" She began, focusing her eyes on the in-flight magazine in the pocket in front of her, "We sort of had a thing."

Lucas dropped his jaw, "what?" Brooke, the girl that he just met and already loved, had had a thing with his brother whom he was about to meet. Was he living in the Twilight Zone? Where are the cameras? Where's Ashton Kutcher?

"It didn't mean anything," Brooke urged, hoping that Lucas wouldn't be upset. "We just had a purely physical thing. I swear. I've never felt like this," Brooke squeezed his hand, "about anyone before. This is it." She kissed him lightly on the lips, glad that he wasn't pulling away.

Lucas smiled into the kiss. Maybe this was the Twilight Zone, but why couldn't he be happy? He trusted Brooke and he loved her. That was what mattered.

"Okay, let's do this."

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"So, I guess I'm your brother." Lucas shrugged, locking eyes with Nathan. Brooke and Lucas had just walked through the airport terminal to where Haley and Nathan had been waiting. Lucas and Haley had immediately embraced each other, so happy to be together again. Brooke and Nathan had given each other a nice hug, one that told the other that what they had was okay, but it was over, and now they could just be friends.

"Yeah." Nathan added, staring back at the blond haired guy that looked nothing like him.

Haley and Brooke both looked back and forth between the two brothers and then at each other. Brooke, even though this was the first time she had met Haley in person, knew the look that Haley was giving her.

"Haley!" Brooke said a little too loudly, pulling Haley into a hug. "I'm so glad to finally meet you! How about we go grab a taxi and the boys can get the luggage?"

Haley, who appreciated Brooke's plan even though she was a little dramatic, smiled, "Yeah, that sounds good. We'll meet you two in the front."

The girls hurried off before Lucas or Nathan could say anything.

"Well that wasn't obvious." Nathan had to laugh, as Brooke pulled Haley in the right direction of the terminal.

"Yeah," Lucas laughed too, glad that it wasn't worse.

"So…" Lucas said as he followed Nathan through the airport. Neither one really knew what to say.

"So." Nathan repeated, wishing he had the social talents of Brooke.

"You play basketball?" Lucas asked, remembering a fact that had frozen in the back of his mind.

"Yeah, NYU. I heard you do too." He smiled. Basketball was easy to talk about. You could talk about basketball with any sports lover.

"Not big time like you." Lucas joked, falling in step with Nathan.

"I heard about that, sorry man. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't play." Nathan said honestly, feeling really horrible for even bringing it up.

But Lucas just shrugged. "I didn't at first. But I'm living with the problem. I still get to play for fun, just not all the time as I would like."

"You could come to a practice with me and the team." Nathan spoke his words before really thinking them. The awkwardness had somehow subsided with out either of them noticing.

"That would be really cool." Lucas said, actually meaning it. "Thanks man."

"No problem." Nathan said, picking up some bags that he knew were Brooke's as Lucas grabbed his own bag.

"I think we should just focus on being friends before brothers, like we are now." Lucas took a chance in bringing this up already.

"Yeah," Nathan smiled, "I think that would be a good idea."

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Brooke and Haley didn't talk until they were both securely in a cab.

"So I'm Brooke." She smiled, catching her breath.

"And I'm Haley."

They both shook hands and the burst out laughing. The situation was just so strange that there was nothing to do but laugh.

"So, I'm the girl who is falling in love with your neighbor." Haley smiled, looking out the window at the distant New York City skyline.

"And I'm the girl who is in love with your best friend." Brooke smiled too, her eyes lighting up as she thought of the blond Scott brother.

"So I guess as much as Lucas and Nathan hate their dad, we owe him a thank you."

"Amen, sister." Brooke agreed and leaned back into the seat.

For some reason, there was no awkwardness between the two girls. It was like they already knew so much about each other from living the other's life.

"Can I tell you a secret?" Brooke whispered even though there was no reason to.

"Sure," Haley looked at Brooke expectantly.

"I didn't want to leave Tree Hill." She gave a tiny smile, as if she were embarrassed to say it out loud.

"Can I tell you a secret?" Haley said in response.

Brooke turned her head so she was looking at her, "I don't want to leave New York."

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A/N: TWO CHAPTERS LEFT