Ok guys, thank you so much for the reviews. They were just so amazing and really flattering. I'm glad you're still sticking with this story. It's not over so I hope you'll be there.

PS. For those of you who still don't get it, Lucas is making a really nice dream ;-) You'll also notice that the chapters are getting a little longer. Enjoy!

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Haley had fallen asleep in Lucas' arms. He too had also finally found the rest with the help of his wife's good sent of perfume. The rain started pouring softly on the roof making a melodic sound for the ears. In the morning, Lucas stirred softly and woke up alone on the couch. He searched the room for his wife but she wasn't there.

Haley came running into the living room with a plate and a big good morning breakfast in her arms.

"Good morning my dear husband!" she greeted joyfully, lying next to Lucas and putting the plate in front of him.

Lucas asked "You trying to be forgiven for leaving on tour with Chris?"

She shot him a dead glare. She raised her fist and smacked it against his shoulder. He winced and she shouted "That is really not funny, Lucas!"

They laughed. Lucas patted his shoulder and grinned. She leaned in and they shared a deep, passionate kiss. "Sorry…bad joke! It's just that I had this really weird dream last night and I was jut wondering if I was still asleep…" he said guiltily.

"It's okay, I forgive you! As long as you don't go crash against another concrete wall…" she replied. He looked at her with a hurt look on his face and scratched the back of his head.

"That's not fair! I was sad! You left me alone and…I just, lost it…"

Haley sighed. "Could we just forget about our past mistakes and eat a good breakfast?" she asked. He smiled and gave her a quick peck "Sure!"

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Nathan woke up, not really dressed, in his bed. Brooke was still asleep next to him. He looked at her while she was sleeping peacefully. She was so pretty. He really wanted to kiss her now. She was somewhere between asleep and awake. She could almost hear the sound of the rain that was pouring on the top of the house and clapping against the windows. The previous night with Nathan had been amazing.

They had watched a movie and then they had made love. Not just some random and boring sex, love. She felt his warmth all around her and he started combing her hairs with his fingers. She smiled and he kissed her on the top of her head.

"Good morning" Nathan said.

She smiled and stirred. "'morning" she replied. Brooke was in love head over heels with Nathan. No one made her feel better than him. The fact that he had grown up without his horrible father was a gift, she thought. He would have probably been an idiot like Lucas was before Haley walked in his life.

Lucas was arrogant and cruel and he really was an ass to the younger students. As the most popular player of the basketball team, he had treated Nathan really badly when he joined the team. To piss him off, he went to his best friend Haley and, well, she changed him.

Brooke never really loved Lucas. She had an instant crush at the second she had seen Nathan. Even today, she was seeing the same stars when she was looking at him and she felt like dying when he was away. She was crazy in love.

"Where are you?" Nathan asked with a wide grin.

"What?", Brooke snapped out of her reverie.

"You're distracted and definitely somewhere else. Where are you?"

"I'm in a bar during our first date!", she smiled.

"You still remember that?!?" he asked frowning.

"Don't you?" she replied.

"How can I forget, in a few hours I was totally drunk and tattooed!" he laughed, showing his shoulder to Brooke. She laughed when she saw the tattoo she had forced him to get.

" 'fun', still believe in that?" she asked.

He patted her softly "As long as I'll be with you!" he said.

She smiled and kissed him softly before lying back down next to him. He wrapped her and fell back asleep, spooning when the door burst open.

"Hey, Nath…eww! Tell me you two are dressed!" Haley shouted.

"It's okay Hales! You can come and admire!" Nathan chuckled.

Brooke was hiding from her roommate and pulled the sheets over her. "Haley, you could…uh…knock!" she said, embarrassed.

Haley spun around and knocked three times on the wooden door.

"What's going on, Hales?"

"Brooke…there's someone for you…uh, at home!" she said, cupping her hand to hide her eyes from the sight in front of her.

"Uh, ok. Who is it?" she asked.

"You better go, ok!" she said, blushing slightly.

She was hiding her eyes when Nathan stood to grab a few pieces of clothes that could be useful. He threw Brooke her panties and her bra and he grabbed his boxer and a pair of blue jeans.

"This'll need years of therapy…" Haley whispered more for herself. Brooke found her tank top and her jeans. Quickly, she was dressed.

"Bye, Nathan!" Haley shouted, waving her hand before she closed the door on Brooke and herself. Both of the girls found themselves under the pouring rain. Haley couldn't help but smile.

"What?" Brooke inquired.

"Just…uh, souvenirs. Lucas and I always had something with the rain!"

"I had my moments too, because of Peyton…"

"I thought you two were friends!"

"It's a long story actually. I had found some letters from Nathan to Peyton. When we got back together, he gave me this letter with the same words he ha written to Peyton. We went out in the rain and he told me how much he loved me…and not Peyton. That was it, I totally melt! We kissed and then…you don't wanna know!", she grinned. Haley laughed.

"Damn right, I don't wanna know! I've seen enough of it this morning!" she laughed. Brooke joined her and they laughed along before stopping in front of the apartment where they lived.

"I gotta go see Peyton! See you later!" Haley said. Brooke nodded and left the car with a quick good-bye.

She climbed the steps leading to the small apartment when she stopped dead in her tracks. The person that stood on her doorway was totally unexpected.

"Chris!?!" she shouted.

"Hey Brooke, how's Nathan? Not too angry with us, I hope!" he replied.

"Gee, what do you want?" she snapped.

"Chris Keller has a deal to make with you!" he said, still talking about himself in the third person singular.

Brooke looked at him with cold eyes and opened the door, letting the devil enter her home. "What do you want?" she asked again.

"I have a music video to produce. The band is awesome and I love the song, it's amazing. I need your help though…" he said.

"Music? Video? TV? I'm gonna be a star! I'll be famous and then, and then I'll meet Beyonce and Gwen Stefani and uh.."

"Not exactly…actually, it's your clothing line that I was coming for" he explained.

"Clothes over Bros?"

"I made a research and I just loved your dresses! I have an order for you and you, a huge client!" he said.

Brooke's smile grew wider and wider. It almost reached her ears. She was barely holding things together and starting to jump on her seat. Chris couldn't get his smile down while he watched her getting all excited.

"Alright Keller, what's the order?" she asked with a wide smile.

"Awesome! We need to celebrate!" he exclaimed.

"Hell yeah, we need to celebrate! You and me!"

He got out a bottle of champagne he had secretly brought and poured two glasses.

"To our great association!"

"TO OUR GREAT ASSOCIATION!"

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Peyton and Haley were walking in the street. Peyton, her hands in her pockets, was deep in her thoughts.

"You ok?" Haley asked.

"Yeah…just thinking about…Ellie" she hesitated.

Haley felt a stab of sympathy for her friend.

"I'm sorry!" she said.

"It's been a few weeks since she died and I feel guilty for all the time I didn't spend with her!"

Haley stopped walking and took Peyton by the shoulders and forced her to look at her in the eyes.

"Listen to me Peyton, because I'll only say this once. Don't blame yourself for that! This is really not your fault because you didn't know about her during all those years and I'm sure she really wouldn't want you to blame yourself so stop beating yourself up for that!"

Peyton wiped a tear that had fallen and forced a smile. "Thank you, Hales!"

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"To your clothes!" Chris said raising his glass. They made cheers and drank again.

"To the money!", they raised their glasses again. The bottle was almost empty.

"To the music!" Chris said. They raised their glasses again.

"To my clothes…wait…we already drank that one!" she said bursting in laughter. They had also have some beers.

"Well, 7 times I think…" he said, his laugh covering hers. They raised their glasses and drank all the content. They were laughing again and laughing again until Chris took charge of the situation. He leaned in and kissed Brooke. To his pleasure, she didn't pull away.

And the rain kept falling over Tree Hill, drowning the lost souls...

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This is it for now. Leave some great reviews as usual and I'll update as soon as I can. It might be a little hard because I'm really busy right now but this story is almost over so I guess I'll make an effort to work on it a little more often. Thank you guys for reading and don't forget to tell me what you thought!