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Author's note: Hey everyone. I had to cut this chapter in two because it was so long. Enjoy:)

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Chapter IX: Get the party started

In a hotel room in Manhattan Michael Bolton's greatest hits were pumping on the stereo. Brooke was standing in front of the mirror and listening to her guilty pleasure. She was wearing a maroon halterdress that her friend Roberto Cavalli had designed specifically for her. She looked great but she didn't feel all that good. This had been a long day. The press conference and fighting with Lucas had left her in no mood to party but when Rachel Gatina got an idea in her head there was no talking her out of it. As Brooke was deciding which accessories she should wear someone knocked on the door of her hotel room. "Huh Rachel must be early" she said to herself as she walked over to the door. She opened it to find some very familiar faces: Mouth, Nathan and Haley were all standing there with big smiles.

"Oh my god!" Brooke squealed as she held out her arms to hug Mouth. "What are you guys doing here?" she asked Nathan and Haley as she pulled them in for a sandwhich hug.

"We're here to see you" Haley said as she tried to pry Brooke's hands off her, the hug had lasted for about thirty seconds at that point.

"Oh you guys are the best! Come on in." Brooke pointed to the living room and they all walked in and took their seats around the living room.

Brooke went to the kitchen and got beers for the guys and a couple of Cosmopolitans for her and Haley. When she walked into the living room they all were giggling a little.

"What is this music?" Haley asked Brooke trying to stifle her laughing.

"Oh this..it's uhh nothing really." Brooke said extremely embarrassed as she switched to the radio.

"So how are you doing?" Mouth asked Brooke while he grabbed a beer.

"I'm okay I guess. I saw Lucas today though. We got into a little bit of a fight…it wasn't terrible or anything but I just feel bad." She answered as she took a seat next to him.

"I just can't believe he did that to you…" Mouth said sincerely. "I don't know if I can still call him my friend after this."

"I know what you mean." Haley said.

Brooke noticed that everybody was getting a little depressed. She didn't want that to happen. "Let's not talk about him tonight okay?"

Everybody nodded and agreed with her.

"So where's Jamie?" Brooke asked the couple sitting across the table from her.

"He's staying with Karen tonight. We thought we'd spend the night with you and no interruptions." Nathan said smiling.

"Oh that's so nice of you guys. How are Karen and Lily by the way?" Brooke said.

Nathan took a sip of his beer. "Lily is good but according to my mom, Karen is not happy with Lucas. She's mad at him for screwing things up with you." Nathan said.

Brooke gave Nathan a small smile. "I miss her…and Lily too. I should really go see them soon ."

"Yeah I bet they'd love to see you." Haley said.

"So how is the company doing?" Mouth asked Brooke.

"Uhh not so good. Apparently everyone saw me and Lucas as the perfect couple and since we broke up some nasty rumours have circulated and they caused a dip in our sales. I held a press conference today though denying the rumours. I'm hoping that will do the trick." Brooke said shrugging her shoulders.

"That's terrible…people shouldn't listen to vicious gossip like that." Mouth said concerned.

"Yeah I know but apparently they do." Brooke sighed.

The moment Brooke uttered the last words her cell rang. The caller id said Rachel.

"Hi" Brooke said as she flipped her phone open.

"Hi whore! We're on our way, Jake, me and Bevin." Rachel almost yelled on the other end. "We're in a stretch limo!" She shouted.

"That's great" Brooke said. "Look I was wondering if you had more tickets?"

"Tickets?? Sure I have lots of tickets. Why?" Rachel asked sounding a little tipsy.

"Uhh Mouth, Nathan and Haley are here in a surprise visit." Brooke said hoping Rachel would let them come even if she disliked Haley.

"Oh I would love to see Mouth!" She kept yelling.

"Great! We'll head downstairs alright?" Brooke said.

"Yeah get your butts down in the lobby, we'll be there in a minute!" Rachel shouted and then hung up the phone.

Brooke smiled as she put her phone in her purse. "So you guys want to go to the Fall Out Boy show?"

"Sure why not" Nathan said.

Mouth nodded a yes but Haley looked annoyed.

"I really can't stand Rachel but I'll do it for you I guess" Haley said to Brooke.

"Thank you" Brooke smiled at her. "Now you guys get downstairs and wait for Rachel while I get Haley dressed" Brooke motioned for the boys to leave.

"Okay.." They said reluctantly and left the hotel room.

Haley looked mad: "I should have known this was coming."

"What? You don't want to look nice?" Brooke said trying to sound innocent.

"Fine, show me what you got" Haley said while Brooke took her hand and dragged her ass off the couch.

"I have this pink tube dress that you would look fab in!" Brooke squealed while tugging Haley towards the closet.

Haley pulled her hand away and folded her arms: "Brooke you know I hate pink"

"Oh I thought you would have changed your mind about that by now, anyway it doesn't matter. I've got tons of dresses" Brooke smiled and proceeded opening the closet doors.

Minutes later Haley and Brooke were in the lobby and Nathan spun Haley around.

"Wow! You look fantastic!" He said as he spun her in a little circle. She was wearing an emerald green dress that Brooke had designed. The dress hugged Haley's figure perfectly and Nathan loved how good her butt looked in it.

Haley beamed and put her arms around his neck: "Thank you my husband."

"No thank you" he said as he leaned in to kiss her lightly.

"They're here!" Brooke yelled excitedly.

They all got in the limo and everyone said hi, a few hugs and kisses were passed around and within seconds Rachel had a glass of champagne in everyone's hands.

"Here's to a Tree Hill reunion and a fab night out on the town!" Rachel said as she raised her glass.

They all toasted to this great night as the limo headed downtown…

Haley schooched over to sit next to Bevin. "Hey Bev, how are you? Where's Skills?"

Bevin smiled: "I'm good, I'm great actually. Skills is at home, he's got a big game on tomorrow so he needs to rest but he sends his love. I just talked to him before you guys joined us and he's really bummed to miss out on seeing you, Nathan and Mouth."

"Oh man I wish we could see him too, I miss talking to him…we'we drifted apart I guess" Haley said.

"Yeah we live so far apart from each other…you guys should move to New York." Bevin said smiling.

Haley shook her head: "No way, New York is no place to raise children and our lives are really settled in Tree Hill. Nathan and I both love our jobs and Jamie loves it there…why fix something that isn't broken?"

Bevin looked confused: "I don't know" she said.

On the other side of the limo Mouth and Rachel were catching up.

"So are you seeing anyone?" Rachel asked him.

"No not right now. I'm really focusing on my career at the moment" Mouth replied.

"Career smareer, doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got love" Rachel said and then winked at Jake who was talking to Nathan and Brooke.

"Yeah I know what you mean…Jake's a great guy, I'm happy for you Rachel. I really am" Mouth said smiling.

"Thank you Mouth, that means a lot" she smiled back.

"How are things with Lucas?" Jake asked Brooke.

"Uuhh over. Yeah, over, that's the only word to describe it. Totally over" she replied.

"I'm sorry Brooke. Luke's always been a good friend to me but I don't respect him at all after what he's done to you. I just want you to know that if you need anything, Rachel and I are at your beckon call" He said smiling at her.

"The same goes for me and Haley but you already knew that" Nathan said.

"Thanks..you guys are the best. You give me faith that not all men are pigs" Brooke smiled and then hugged both of them.

"We're here!" The driver yelled from the front seat.

"Fall Out Boy here we come!" Brooke yelled as she got out of the limo. Her party mood was finally back.