Brooke ran down the hallway, chasing after Julian to catch up with him. She hates doing that, but she really needs to talk to him. She just wished that he didn't listen to his ipod on his way to class, it was extremely irritating when he couldn't hear her when she shouted him. It also made her look like an idiot as she was shouting someone who couldn't hear her, it caused everyone to stare.

She grabbed his arm, turning him around.

Julian pulled his earphones from his ears and smiled at his girlfriend. His girlfriend, he couldn't help but widen his smile when that thought crossed his mind. Sure, they only started officially dating yesterday, but he just knows that he wont get tired of the thought of Brooke Davis being his.

He noticed the excited look on his girlfriend's face. ''What's going on?''

''Rachel and Mouth!'' she exclaimed.

''Routh?'' he asked in confusion. ''What about them?''

''They already have a name?'' she asked with a sigh. ''Damn.'' she was the one who was supposed to make the name. Naley, Jeyton, Brulian. She made those, she was even starting to plan some Leyton in her mind, considering how cute they looked when they slept on her couch.

Julian looked at her expectantly, waiting for her to continue. He really couldn't understand why she would get so excited over Rachel and Mouth, he just didn't get it. What's exciting about those two?

''Oh! Well I was just walking down the hallway and he was stood by her locker, and they were talking and laughing, it was the cutest thing I've saw all week!''

''All week? You mean my whole 'asking you to be my girlfriend' - in the cheesiest way possible, wasn't the cutest thing you've saw all week?'' he asked teasingly, although he was still curious.

''Well... except that.'' she said sweetly with a wink. ''But I was just wondering why 'Routh' aren't together? Because it's clear they're into eachother, so why aren't they a couple, we should be able to use their pet name infront of them.''

''Wait, you think Rachel likes Mouth?''

Brooke nodded. ''Of course, she smiles at him like I smile at you.''

Julian grinned at the flicker in his chest. ''And like Peyton smiles at Jake?''

Brooke thought about it for a moment. When has she ever saw Peyton smile at Jake like she's falling in love with him? ''Um, no actually.''

''Oh,'' he said. ''well are you planning on making Rachel and Mouth a couple?'' he asked, trying to get away from the Peyton and Jake subject. He knew that Brooke would try and find a way to find out what was wrong with them, which would just cause drama that didn't need to happen.

Brooke beamed. ''Of course, but I need your help. You get to spend an hour with them after school every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You can find out how much they like each other, and if they flirt. And you can find out why they're not together in the first place.''

Julian chuckled. ''I can already answer that.''

''Oh?''

''Yeah, well sort of. Mouth is like half in love with Rachel. Rachel likes Mouth, but I'm not sure how much. They flirt, well mainly Rachel flirts with him, he gets nervous. They're not together because Mouth is to scared to admit his feelings, and Rachel doesn't think that Mouth likes her.'' he explained, already bored of the couple. It irritated him when people took so long to get together, even though he was in that situation before last night.

''Okay... this is going to be harder than I thought.'' she said in frustration.

The bell suddenly rang, causing them both to jump.

''Come and sit with us at lunch, we'll talk about it then.'' she said quickly, kissing his cheek and running down the hallway.

Julian would have run to his class too, but then he remembered a certain conversation from a while ago.

Flashback-

'''Course. C'mon, you wanna get some lunch?'' he asked, he was starving, and lunch would be a million times better if Brooke was there.

''Um, yeah. But I can't sit with you.'' she said, feeling really horrible.

Julian's face fell. ''Oh, I understand.''

''No, no. You don't. We just, you're gonna think I'm really stupid. You probably haven't noticed this but no one ever sits on our table, Jake doesn't even sit with us. It's been that way since we started here, we just didn't want to lose our friendship so we agreed to vote if anyone new wanted to sit with us. We just didn't want to drift apart, so we always sit together. We could see try though, maybe they'll agree.'' she rambled. For the first time she actually hated the rule they made at the beginning of freshman year.

''Nope, it's okay. I'll wait another time to get completely embarrassed.''

Flashback over-

''Crap.''

''It's official, I'm no longer single.'' Brooke announced, plopping her food tray on the table and sitting down next to Peyton. She smiled at the happy smiles on her friends faces. That's one of the many things she loves about her best friends, they always are happy for her with everything she does. They're always proud of her, and it means everything.

''Wow, what happened?'' Nathan asked. At least one of us is getting who they want..

Brooke got the little gold star from her pocket, the one that she hasn't not had near her since Julian gave it to her, she's determined to carry it everywhere with her, it's special. ''He gave me this.''

''A star?'' Lucas asked, trying to wonder why Julian would give it to her.

Brooke nodded. ''He gave me this and wanted to know if I could be his star, and gave me a list of reasons of what he would do if I was his girlfriend, then I said yes.''

Haley squealed. ''Oh my goodness! That is the cutest thing ever.'' she gushed. If only Nathan would do that for her..

Nathan rolled his eyes. It wasn't that cute, jeesh, he knew that he would do better if he had the chance.

''Now, Hales. I'm with Julian, and I really want to, like, thank the gods or whatever. Peyton is with Jake, so now I've made it my mission to make you find happiness. I'll work on the boys later, but now it's your turn.'' Brooke said with a smile.

Nathan's blood boiled. ''Brooke, you don't have to do that, if Haley doesn't want to be with some one then she doesn't have to be.'' he tried to reason, knowing he sounded totally lame.

Lucas laughed, his brother was such an idiot.

Haley smiled. It actually felt like Nathan didn't want her to be with anyone, maybe it was just her imagining things, or maybe it was just Nathan being over protective like he usually was, but she couldn't help but hope. And she also couldn't stop the pull of her stomach at his words.

Brooke noticed that Julian had just walked out of the dining hall and into the quad, where the outdoor lunch tables are.

So she stood up. ''Julian! Over here!'' she shouted, causing a few people to turn to her in shock. Was Brooke Davis really going to let someone new sit it their table?

''Brooke, what the hell are you doing?'' Nathan demanded. Ever since freshman year no one has sat on their table except those five best friends, not even Jake. They're supposed to vote, and if everyone says yes, then someone new can sit there. Just because Julian is Brooke's boyfriend, that doesn't mean he can sit here. That isn't fair.

Brooke gave Nathan her puppy dog eyes. ''Please, Nathan. Let him sit here, please. I'm crazy about him, and I promise to say yes if ever you get a serious girlfriend.''

Ouch. Haley thought, and so did Nathan. They both knew that the only person they wanted to be with was eachother, and it could never happen.

Julian walked over and smiled nervously. What if they said now? It felt like he was in court and was about to be sent to prison. Yeah, it was that scary.

Nathan sighed. ''Fine, Julian, you can sit with us.''

Julian grinned. ''Thanks Nate.''

''Don't call me Nate.'' he said. Only his best friends called him Nate, he wasn't going to let a new guy call him his nickname. Julian has officially pissed him off. They made that rule so they wouldn't let anyone join their friendship group, and so they wouldn't drift appart. Nathan only has two fears in life:

1) To never become like Dan Scott.

2) To never let his friends be taken away from him.

And to Nathan it felt like if some one new sat with them, then that would mean he would have to share his best friends, and that's something he doesn't want to do. Because they are the most important people in his life.

''Okay..'' Julian said awkwardly, sitting down in between Brooke and Peyton.

Brooke kissed Julian on the cheek. ''Just ignore him,'' she murmered. ''he doesn't want to lose us, that's all.''

Julian nodded. ''So what's the plan for Routh?'' he asked her, changing the subject for the second time today.

''Okay, so I was thinking that because it's Wednesday, you can find out some more information after school. And then we'll go from there.''

''How about you come with me? You don't have to do any math, I promise. I probably wont be able to get any good information anyways, and you can talk to both of them. You and Rachel and friends, right?''

Brooke shrugged. ''Sort of, we've talked a few times.''

''Well she likes you, she told me.''

''Really?'' she asked, a smile forming. Her plan had been to get out of her little bubble and make more friends, it looks like it's working. And she's really excited, she wants more people to like her, then maybe she'll like herself a little more. And not think of herself as a complete bitch.

'''Course.''

''What is the largest possible product for 2 odd integers whose sum is equal to 32?'' Mouth asked Grubbs after school at their mathlete practice.

''255.'' Grubbs answered effortlessly. ''Dude, you need some better questions.''

Mouth rolled his eyes. ''One day you're going to get a question wrong, I know it.''

Grubbs rolled his eyes too. ''Whatever.''

The door opened and Julian walked in, holding hands with Brooke Davis. ''Hey guys,'' he greeted the other mathletes who had arrived before him. ''Brooke's going to stay here today, she can help us out.''

Brooke smiled nervously. ''I'll keep quiet, I promise.'' she said, after noticing the annoyed look on Michael Grubbs' face.

''Hey Brooke.'' Chase and Rachel both said at the same time, and laughed.

''Hey guys. Chase, you still dating Mia?'' she asked, remembering when she saw them together at TRIC.

Chase looked surprised that she had remembered, he didn't expect Brooke Davis to care about his personal life. Maybe she is changing, and it's all thanks to Julian. So he nodded. ''Yeah, we're both really happy.''

Brooke was surprised in herself, she was actually happy that they were happy. Last year, she wouldn't have cared. Maybe it's because she's finally happy, so she wants that to happen for other people. And it's all thanks to Julian.

''Hey Rach.'' Brooke greeted with a smile and went to sit down next to her. ''How's it going?''

Rachel glanced at Mouth. ''It's getting better.'' It was true, her and Mouth have been getting closer and closer over these past few weeks. Which is somethings she's wanted for as long as she's known, and she really hopes that he feels the same way about her.

Brooke grinned. ''Awesome.''

Nathan and Haley are at her house, watching a Friends re-run. They are currently sat on her couch, Haley's legs lay on Nathan's lap, while Nathan is just leaning against the armrest. He's seen this episode at least fives times, he could say the lines along with the characters. Which wasn't very entertaining.

''Who's your favorite character?'' Haley asked randomly, when the advertisements started.

''Joey.'' Nathan said immediatly with a grin. Joey is so cool.

Haley raised a brow. ''Why? Because he gets women to sleep with him with one line and lives off his best friend?''

Nathan shook his head. ''Joey... has it easy, because he's stupid. But I like to see the moments when Joey has a problem, I guess I liked when he loved Rachel and could never have her, I liked that side to him. Because it shown people that he was more than just a man-whore, and that he was capable of feelings.'' he explained.

Nathan had always felt like Joey Tribbiani. He has an easy life. Girls love him. And he has an amazing talent. Just like Joey, Nathan has had to deal with being in love with his best friend, who doesn't love him back.

Haley smiled. ''That's sweet.'' she said. That was actually one of her favorite storylines from the sitcom, when Joey loved Rachel and she just saw him as her best friend.

''How 'bout you?''

''Monica..''

This time it was Nathan's turn to raise a brow. ''Really? I thought girls like Rachel the most?''

Haley shook her head. ''Monica is so determined, she knows what she wants, and after everything, she got it. She found her dream job after doing some sucky ones for a while. She adopted twin babies, when she found out she couldn't have children. And she left a guy that she loved, because he didn't want what she did. But then she got something better, she got Chandler, I guess that's my favorite part. They didn't know how much they loved eachother until London, it's really sweet.''

''Is that what you want?'' Nathan asked her softly. Would she really want to fall in love with her best friend?

''Maybe..'' she trailed off, thinking about it for a moment. ''I guess I've always wanted to be a singer, and I would love for that to happen for me one day. I would love to have children, no matter what. And it would be pretty amazing to fall in love with someone who you've knew for as long as you remember.'' Just like I fell in love with you. She wanted to say, but of course she didn't.

''It is pretty amazing.'' he blurted out, not really realising it until he saw the confused look on her face and when he replayed his words in his mind.

''What do you mean?'' she asked. Peyton? Brooke? Oh no. Me? No, Haley. Don't even go there.

''Nothing.''

''Yes you do,'' she insisted, sitting up. Even if it probably was one of her two other best friends who he was talking about, she had to know. Because if it was, even though it would hurt her more than anything, she would be able to get over him. ''Nathan, who are you talking about?''

This was it, this was his moment. ''You.''

Who knew The One with Unagi would cause so much drama?

''Didn't she say that she was going to keep quiet?'' Grubbs grumbled. He, Chase and Julian are all sat at one of the tables, while Brooke is talking to Routh on a seperate one.

Chase chuckled. ''Dude, it's one practice. We have no competitions until next month, and we're all ready. Brooke's fun.''

''Bear Creek are a great school, they could still beat us. We can't win if we let our girlfriends come and distract us from our practice.''

''Well, you don't have a girlfriend, so we don't have to worry about you then, do we?'' Julian said, causing Chase to laugh. Julian was sick of Michael being rude and moaning about Brooke. She had apologised for what she did, so why hasn't Grubbs dropped it?

Michael glared at Julian. ''Whatever, just make sure Mouth and Rachel work, okay?''

Brooke grinned at Mouth and Rachel. They were just to cute. Why hasn't she ever noticed this before? Why haven't they ever realised that they are both into each other before? Why had Julian never mentioned this before?

''So, are you guys dating anyone?''

They both shook their heads immediately, not wanting the other to think that they were with anyone, not for a second.

''Do you guys like anyone?'' she tried again, hoping to get something out of one of them. Maybe Routh is going to be more difficult than I thought?

Rachel shrugged then snorted. ''Like I would tell you.''

Brooke winked at her... friend? ''You can trust me Rach-ho, I won't tell.''

''Rach-ho?'' Rachel asked with a raised eye-brow.

Mouth leaned over to the girl he has the biggest crush on. ''That means you're special, I overheard her telling Julian.'' he whispered with a smile.

Rachel nodded, still kind of freaked out by Brooke Davis and he crazy nicknames. ''You're such a bitch.'' she said in disbelief, shaking her head at the girl who practically just called her a hoe.

Brooke giggled. ''I try.'' she said. ''How about we go out tonight? Us three and Julian.''

''I'll come.'' Mouth said immediately, hoping Rachel would too. They rarely spent time with eachother outside of school, so this would be a great opportunity for them to get closer. Maybe Mouth could make a move?

Rachel nodded. ''Fine, as long as you keep the nickname. I think I like it.''

Brooke laughed. ''Rach-ho, it was never going away.''

''What did you just say?'' Haley asked, standing up in disbelief. What did he mean, you? He knew what it was like to fall in love with his best friend... who was her. Was he messing with her? Or was he mind playing tricks on her?

Nathan stood up too. ''I said, it's you.'' he said. He suddenly felt confident again, like the night he kissed her. He was full of adrenaline, the nerves were hardly there. His heart was beating rapidly against his chest, because some how he knew that this was the moment, the moment he had to tell her how he felt, no matter what she said afterwards. It's been ten years, he can't carry this around with him anymore.

''What are you talking about?'' she asked. She was still trying to understand what he was saying to her, because he can't possibly be in love with her, right?

''I'm in love with you, Hales.'' he breathed, feeling like a ton had been lifted from his shoulders. Even though she will probably crush his heart right now, at least this huge secret would be gone.

Wrong.

Haley took a step back and shook her head. ''Stop being stupid, Nathan. This isn't funny.''

''Haley, I'm serious.'' he said in frustration, some more of the fear starting to creep up. He was right, she didn't have feelings for him. He was wrong, she didn't feel anything in that kiss. It was just so messed up.

Haley turned around, and started to walk away. She didn't even care that this was her house, she just had to get away from him right now. If he was just trying to purposely hurt her, then she didn't even want to look him right now.

Nathan grabbed her arm, turning her back around so she was facing her. ''No, Hales. You're not going to run away, we're going to talk about this, right now.''

Haley just nodded weakly, not knowing what to say. He had this look in his eyes... like he was desperate. It made her want to listen, it made me want to consider the fact that he could possibly be telling the truth.

Nathan took both of her hands in his. ''It's true, okay. I can't do this anymore, Haley. I just can't. You need to know the truth, you need to know that you mean more to me than anyone and anything else in the world.''

Different emotions swirled around her body, she could speak, she couldn't move, she couldn't respond in anyway. She was just frozen, un able to say I love you too.

Nathan could see she was shocked, so he decided to speak more before she could interupt her with the rambles that he loves. ''The moment I first saw you, when we were on the playground. You had these worn out dungarees, with a tatty red t-shirt underneath, and your hair was in little plaits. And I remember that I had never seen anything more beautiful.

''Ever since that day, I have been completely crazy about you. When I was twelve, I realised that I was in love with you. It was the day I came to your house after I fight with my Dad. He had said that I would never make anything of myself, so I ran. I ran to your house, even though I could have ran to Peyton's next door, I ran to your house. And you didn't laugh at me when I started to cry, instead you gave me a cookie, because your Mom wasn't home to make us some Mac 'n' Cheese. But that wasn't the reason, the reason was because you said-''

''I believe in you.'' she whispered, remembering the day with a smile on her face. Is he really telling the truth?

Nathan nodded with a smile, at least the shock is wearing off.

''That was the day I started to have a crush on you... I realised that you weren't like most guys, and that you were different, not like you acted infront of other people.'' she told him. ''But as you remember, you lost your virginity, and became a whore. So that faded.'' she added bitterly, anger rising, remembering the hurt he caused her all those years ago. ''If you love me, then why did you do that?''

''Because you don't love me, Hales!'' he exclaimed. ''I was trying to move on, but it didn't work, it just made me feel better. I always thought that maybe one of those girls would make me feel the way you make me feel. But it never happened. And then I overheard you with Luke, and it gave me so much hope, so I changed back. I changed back to that twelve year old, at least, I hope I did.''

''You did. You changed, and it worked, the stupid crush came back.''

Nathan's face lit up, trying to block out the word stupid. ''Really?''

''Yeah, but then you kissed me. And I couldn't pretend it didn't happen, I just couldn't. That's why our friendship is falling apart, and now you drop this bombshell on me.'' she ranted, flying her arms around in the air in frustration as the tears filled in her eyes.

''And why did that ruin everything? If it was only a crush then why is it ruining our friendship?'' Nathan prodded. The adrenaline was rushing through his veins, because that hope was appearing, the hope that she felt the same amount of passion in that kiss than he did.

Haley was now furious, why is he saying all of these things? Why now? Why did he have to sleep with all those girls if he loved her? That isn't fair, he shouldn't be able to have his fun and come back to her because now he wants something serious. But she can't help but think believe Nathan's telling the truth, that everything that he is saying is true.

''Because I love you! Okay? Is that really what you wanted to hear?'' she screamed, tears now spilling over. She ran her hands through her hair, trying to control her shaking hands. She was so angry right now, and it was so hard not to kiss him. Because he loves her, just as much as she loves him.

Nathan took a step towards her, and smiled the biggest smile she's ever seen appear. ''Yeah,'' he whispered.

And then he kissed her.

And that was the best kiss that they have ever experienced, beating the last one by far. Because they love eachother, and they both know it. They both love eachother with all of their hearts, it's just something that they can't deny any longer.

''Jake? Where are you? You were supposed to be here half an hour ago.'' Peyton said to her boyfriend over the phone. He was going to take her out tonight, they were going to go to dinner, and watch a movie afterwards. But he hadn't shown up, again.

''I'm sorry, baby. Jenny's sick.''

''Then she should be at the hospital, because you said that last week, and I saw her yesterday and she was fine. So something could be seriously wrong, and you should have called me!'' she shouted in anger. Why is he lying to her?

Jake sighed. ''I'm sorry. I just can't make it tonight.''

''And you're telling me this now?'' she asked in disbelief. ''Jake, what are you hiding? You're acting strange all of the time, you're cancelling. You have to tell me what it is, because I can't do this anymore.''

Peyton then heard a knock on the other side of the line.

''Peyt, I've gotta go. Sorry.'' and then he hung up the phone.

''Is Mouth here yet?'' Brooke asked her boyfriend. They're sat across the road from Karen's cafe in Julian's car, spying on Rachel as she stood at the doors waiting anxiously for Mouth to arrive.

Brooke had texted her earlier, saying that she and Julian couldn't make it. So then Mouth and Rachel could finally go on a date, and maybe admit their feelings. But she just had to see what happened, so now her and Julian are spying on her from across the road. Like true spies, they even bought some doughnuts.

''Here he comes.'' Julian said, seeing Mouth walk down the sidewalk with a huge smile on his face.

They watched as Mouth greeted Rachel with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. They smiled when Mouth opened the door for her and they walked inside, Mouth placing his hand softly on the bottom of Rachel's back.

''Oh my god! We're matchmakers!'' Brooke squealed, clapping her hands together in satisfaction.

Julian rolled his eyes, failing to wipe the smile from his face. ''And we're officially the cheesiest couple on the planet.''

''How about a cheesy high-five to seal the deal?'' Brooke asked, lifting her hand up.

Julian smacked it eagerly, he can never resist a high-five. That was the funniest one Brooke had ever seen, and couldn't help but laugh at her strange, but amazing boyfriend.

''Today has been nice.'' she commented, after her laughs calmed down, and rested her head on his shoulder.

''Today has been awesome.'' he corrected. ''We made a couple, pissed Grubbs off, and I'm officially allowed to sit on your lunch table.''

Brooke giggled. ''I don't think I'd be able to handle anymore surprises from Nathan, I still can't believe he let you sit there. Jake is one of his closest friends, and he doesn't even let him sit on our table.''

Julian smiled. ''Maybe I'm special.'' he joked.

''You are.'' she agreed in all seriousness.

''You're special too, Brooke Davis. Don't ever change.'' he told her, kissing her hair softly.

That command gave her tingles. ''I wont, but neither can you.''

''I wont.''

AN: Wow, this chapter took me so long to write. Please review! I also forgot to say thanks last chapter to haleydavisbaker for me 100th review! Thank you so much, and thanks to everyone else who helped me get there.

Okay, so the Brulian was fluffy, and the idea was given to me by kaya17tj, who rocks. But it was something I could imagine them doing, and I thought it was cute.

Naley fans. Yep, that was it. They're together, well sort of. Thank you all for being so patient. Oh, and I was watching Friends at the time, so the idea came to me. And whoever doesn't watch it The One with Unagi is an episode, my favorite episode to be exact.

Jake/Peyton/Lucas people. Wonder what Jake is up to... What do you think?