Chapter 2- Brooke's point of view

"Merry Christmas Brooke" Peyton said to me. "Merry Christmas Buddy" I said while trying to stop the tears that were falling. I pulled Peyton in for a huge hug. "I am sorry I hurt you Brooke...but the truth is I have missed you so much...I want my friend back" Peyton said to me whiling we were hugging. I pulled away from Peyton. "I have missed you to...we will have to try to fix this, but it might take me longer to get your trust back" I said. Peyton nodded and smiled. "As long as you are in my life Brooke" Peyton said. I smiled and we hugged again. "okay now that Brooke is happy and she WILL be joining us" Hales said looking at me. "Yeah I love Christmas" I said. "Okay but we still have one more person that loves Christmas to, and she is hurting more now then ever...we have to cheer her up" Hales said. We all looked at Lucas. "Luke...you mom means so much to all of us" Peyton said. "Yeah she like supermom..."I added. "But she had been there for all of us...we want to help her" Mouth said. "You guys Chrismas was always my mom and Keith speical time, they were always together at Christmas...I don't think she going to help her" Lucas said. "We have to atleast try" Rachel said. "Wait...I have an idea" I said smiling my evil smile. Everybody knew that when Brooke smiled like that, she had a good plan. "What is it?" Nathan asked.

"Karen..."I knocked on Karen bedroom door. She opened it slightly but it was so heartbreaking to see her that way, her face was coved in tears and her eyes were red. "Brooke" Karen whipsted. I smiled slighly at her. "How you doing?" I asked. "I miss him so much" Karen said as more tears fall down her cheek. She opened let go of the door and I opened it wider. I walked up to her and hugged her. "We all miss Keith to, but you know what he will always be with you" I said as my own tears fall. "I know but I have this fear that he is slipping away from me, I sometimes can't rememebr his voice, sometimes I think that I am going to forget him, all of him" Karen said. I just pulled her in for another hug. "You could never forget him, he is like unforgetable" I said with a little chuckle. Karen half smiled. "What are you doing here?" Karen asked me. "I was hopping that I could convice you to come to Tric for the Christmas Special, Peyton has booked such good bands" I said smiling holding my breath, she just had to come. "I don't think so...sorry Brooke" Karen said. "Not even for a little while?" I asked her, more like pleaded her. "It's just goiong to be to hard" Karen said. "But we are all worried about you, expecailly Lucas...it would help him have a better Christmas" I asked again, I didn't want to keep on at her but I needed to help her. Karen signed. "I not sure" She said. "You know I was like this to tonight, I was going to spend Christmas all by myself but my friends, including your son and Peyton they pitched up at the house and they helped me see that Christmas is about clelebrating good times, it's about you enjoying it will your family and knowing that you not alone, expeacilay you...you have been like a mother to every single one of us and we just want you to know that we are here for you Karen, I suppose that why we want to celebrate Christmas with you, for most of us this year we wouldn't have been able to get thought it without you...expeicaly me" I said. Karen smiled at me. "You guys really thing that way?" she asked. "For sure" I said. "You don't take no for an answer do you?" Karen asked laughing. "Not when my family is hurting" I said with a sad smile. "Alright I will be there" Karen said. "YAY!" I shouted and jumped up and down before pulling Karen in for a huge hug. "You wont reget it" I said laughing. She laughted at me and went in her room to get ready.

"Okay Nate...is our plan in action?" I asked him on the phone about 5 minutes later. "Yeah Brooke but did you convice Karen to come?" Nate asked. "Yeah...told you I would" I said laughting before hanging up the phone. "While what's happening?" Lucas asked Nathan when he hang up. "Brooke conviced Karen to come" Nate said. "Wow that girl is good" Lucas said. "While everything is ready for Karen to come...Hales you ready?" Mouth asked. "Yeah but it's going to be sad, Karen is going to cry" Hales said. "But we will all be here for her" Nate said as he put his arm around my shoulded. Hales hugged Nate. "She is going to need it" Hales said. Lucas, Nathan, Haley, Peyton, Rachel and Mouth all stood at the back of Tric looking around. "She is going to be suprised" Rachel said. "Yeah but she desevers it" Peyton added. "So are you ready to open this thing?" Mouth asked Peyton. "Yeah...lets do this this" Peyton said. We all smiled at each other and opened the doors to Tric, still waiting for Brooke and Karen to picth up.

"Karen...I just want you to know that I will always be here for you" I said as Karen and I stood outside the doors to Tric. "Thanks Brooke...and I hope you know I love being your mother" Karen said smiling. I hugged Karen, she really was a great mother. "So are you ready to be suprised?" I asked Karen as I opened the door to Tric. Karen walked inside. She stopped dead in her tracts. The place was coved with photo's of Keith, maily ones with Karen, Kieth and Lucas...but there were one's of everybody to. As they walked in Hales stared singing the song Keith and Karen used to dance to every Christmas.

There is something special
About this time of year
The Christmas feeling's everywhere

Karen just looked around Tric, knowing that eveywhere she walked there was a person who loved Keith and hat Keith helped out. She watched Hales sing this song as the tears just poured down her face. She didn't care if anybody saw her crying, the point was there probably wasn't one person who wasn't crying in that room.
I just got home
To join you
I've been away too long
But now I'm back to share my love
Friends are reunited
One big family
Filled with love to last
Throughout the year

"Lucas" Brooke said walking up him. Lucas just smiled at Brooke. "Thanks so much for doing this for my mom...I owe you" Lucas said wipying a tears from his eyes. "I love your mom, I want her to know that I will alway be here for her" I said smiling. "She knows it...but it's nice for people to remind her" Lucas said. "Your mom is the greatest person on this plante, I just wish that her and Keith got more time together" I said sadly. "Brooke...sorry about the how Peyton mess up...Peyton and I aren't together...we are just friends" Lucas said. I smiled shyly at Lucas. "I kind of messed up to...it just hurt so much last time when you and Peyton cheated...I suppose I never really got over that" I said. "I still feel terrible about that...if only I had known that you where the one I wanted to be with" Lucas said then put his hand over his mouth. "Sorry I mean...I mean I don't know what I mean" Lucas said confused. "What...you still want to be with me?" I asked confused. "I have never wanted to be with anybody eles" Lucas said. "Me either Luke...I am sorry that I treated you like that" I said. "So I know that it's christmas and there is defantly love in the air...but would you consider being an "US" again?" Lucas asked me. I smiled shyly at Lucas. "Wouldn't even have to think again about it...YES" I said as I pulled in for a kiss. Lucas kissed me back.


Christmas time
Time to share OUR love
Come and JOIN
The tiding's to the world
Christmas time
The best time of the year
Yes it's Christmas time

Nathan looked at Hales singer on the stage. Hales looked so beautiful and she looked like she loved doing it again. Nathan knew that in a matter of months they would be parents but Hales had never looked more happy. Nathan smiled at Hales as she smiled back at him, blowing him a kiss.

You and me together
A SLEIGH RIDE IN THE PARK
Loving is straight from the heart
Straight from my heart
Snowflakes falling gently
A smell of chestnuts in the air And
Christmas lights they gleam Across the sky

"Mom..." Lucas said as he walked up to Karen. Karen looked up at Lucas, she had tears in her eyes. "I love you and I am glad that you come...I really am" Lucas said. Karen smiled. "Lucas...as I stepped into Tric and heard Hales sing...the baby kicked for the first time" Karen said as he hand went striaght for her belly. Lucas grinned wide. 'Mom...that's great" Lucas said as he pulled his arm in for a hug. "Thnaks for talking Brooke in to talk to me...I really needed to come tonight" Karen said. "I didn't talk Brooke into talking to you, she did it on her own and by the ay Brooke and I are back together" Lucas said smiling happly. Karen was so happy...she hadn't seen Lucas smile like this for a long time. "Don't let her go this time..."Karen warned joking. "I wouldn't even dream of it" Lucas said. Lucas hugged Karen again. "I love you mom" Lucas said in Karen ear. "I love you to Luke" Karen said back as they pulled apart and watched Hales sing.

Do you remember
Everything felt so right
When I held you close to me
Do you remember
Those cold Christmas nights
Where we saw the world in harmony

"So what you think of this Christmas?" Rachel asked Mouth. "That it rocks the Christmas before" Mouth said. "Expect the Keith part...I bet" Rachel said. "Yeah...Keith and Karen used to celebrate alot...it sucked this year...expect now" Mouth said. "I wish that I had gotten to know Keith...he seemed cool" Rachel said. "He was the unseen hero all the time" Mouth said. "What you mean?" Rachel asked confused. "He always saved people, always risking his life, but nobody even really gave him enought credit" Mouth told Rachel. "While it looks like alot of people loved him" Rachel said as she looked around at everybody who was missing Keith. "More then you reliase" Mouth said looking sad. "While Merry Christmas Mouth" Rachel said as she gave him a little hug. "Merry Christmas Rachel" Mouth said hugging her back.

"Buddy" I said walking up to Peyton. "Yeah B.Davis" Peyton said. "I got you a little Christmas gift" I said. "You didn't have to do that Brooke...I never got you anything" Peyton said sadly. "It's okay...it's waiting for your outside Tric, you will see it" I said as I walked with Peyton to the door. "Enjoy it" I said as I pushed Peyton out the door. Peyton stopped dead in her track and almost started to cry. "Oh my word Brooke" Peyton said as she turned to Brooke by the door. "Thanks you" Peyton said before running down to where the Sleigh ride was and...Jake and Jenny waiting for her.

Christmas time
Time to share our love
Come and JOIN
The tiding's to the world
Christmas time
Always the best time

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