Brooke sat in her office working on some new designs when Nathan walked in holding a copy of People magazine in front of him. Brooke smiled and kissed him as he slid the magazine on her desk. "Hey what are you doing here?" She asked as Nathan sat in front of her desk.
"I finished lifting and thought I would surprise you."
"You're so sweet." Nathan just nodded a smirk placed upon his face. "Did you read it?" He nodded again stretching his legs out in front of him.
"It was good; people are finally going to see just how amazing you are."
"It doesn't seem like I'm fake or anything?"
"It actually shows that you aren't as horrible as the press makes you out to be." Brooke sighed in relief and opened it up to the article. "I also like the picture of us that they seemed to unearth from high school."
"Which one?" Brooke asked not remembering them asking for any pictures.
"Our prom picture."
"How'd they get that?" She asked looking at the picture that she thought was lost forever.
"Oh I might have had something to do with that." Peyton replied leaning against the door frame.
"Peyton I thought I lost that picture years ago."
"I found it awhile ago while I was at my dad's house."
"How'd u know about People?"
"Luke told me and I called and asked if maybe she would want some pictures of you and Nathan in the early years."
"Peyton that was so sweet." Brooke replied getting up and hugging her best friend.
"Well I thought since you were going to open up about everything that people should see that you're a normal person just like them."
"Alright this is just too much mushy girly stuff for me; I'm going to pick up my son and go do some guy stuff. I need to get my machismo back." Brooke laughed and kissed him promising that she wouldn't work too late.
"So I have to talk to you about something." Peyton started closing the door behind her as she sat in front of Brooke's desk.
"What's up?"
"I think we should talk to Haley." Brooke looked up at Peyton with confusion written on her face. "She's going to marry Chris and I know that there's stuff between you two but I think that she'll be more willing to listen if it came from me and you."
"Why on earth would she marry Chris?"
"I guess she feels like he's a good guy."
"Alright set up a time for us to meet with her and tell her I have something to offer her."
"What are you planning?"
"Well every time I see her in a magazine she's wearing our clothes so why not just make her the spokes model?" Peyton tilted her head thinking over the idea before nodding and smiling. "So I'm going to call her manager and ask her to fly out here and have a meeting." Peyton nodded and stood up muttering something about having real work to do. Brooke took a deep breath and picked up the phone as she went through the rolodex sitting on her desk.
"Carly McDonald speaking."
"Carly it's Brooke Scott."
"Hi Brooke, what can I do for you?"
"Well I'm looking for Haley James' manager's name and number."
"Just give me a minute and I'll get it for you."
"Thanks." Brooke set the phone between her shoulder and ear as she flipped through the People magazine sitting on the desk in front of her. Moments later Carly came back on the phone with the name and number for Brooke. Now was the real hard part but she was Brooke Davis and she really didn't have any problems with Haley, they were both mature adults that could handle working together.
"Donna Marie."
"Donna hi this is Brooke Scott of Clothes over Bros and I was wondering if I could speak to Haley James."
"Is this urgent?" Donna asked catching Brooke a little off-guard.
"Yes it's an urgent business matter." Brooke lied through her teeth hoping that her lie worked.
"Hello?" Brooke instantly smiled happy with herself for her lie working.
"Haley, its Brooke."
"Brooke as in Brooke Davis?"
"Yes and now I know we haven't talked since high school but I was wondering if you would be interested in getting together with me and Peyton to discuss something."
"Um."
"We want you to become the spokes model for Clothes over Bros."
"Oh."
"And we kinda wanna talk about some other stuff too." Brooke softly added hoping that Haley was still the Haley she went to school with and would agree to meeting with Brooke and Peyton.
"Are you still in LA?"
"No I'm back in Tree Hill now."
"Oh okay, um how about I come to see you tomorrow?" Brooke looked down at her planner scanning the day and deciding to move her plans.
"That's perfect."
"Alright then I'll see you tomorrow." Brooke smiled and hung up the phone calling her assistant Greg into the room.
"What's up?" Brooke smiled loving the casual relationship she shared with her executive assistant.
"I need you to rearrange my schedule tomorrow."
"Okay?" He asked pulling his PDA out of his pocket.
"I'm meeting with Haley James and make sure Peyton knows so she can have a free schedule as well."
"Alright I'll get right on that, anything else?"
"Oh yeah eat something."
"How do you know I haven't eaten already?"
"I don't but you're eating again, I will not have you pass out on me from not eating."
"You worry about me too much." He complained turning to leave the room.
"Greg, you're like the little brother I never had so I'm entitled to worry about you and do not make me call your mom." Greg's mouth fell open and he turned shock written across his face.
"You wouldn't."
"Oh I would and I'd tell her that you've been dying to spend time with her."
"You're good." He muttered turning again and this time actually leaving the room. Brooke smiled in triumph turning towards her computer and getting to work.
Haley hung up and looked at the phone in her hands when Donna walked in with another one of Haley's entourage. "Here you are, come on we have to go to the fitting for the show tonight."
"Um I need you to book me a plane ticket to Tree Hill for tomorrow morning."
"Sure I'll get on that right away."
"And I'll be taking a few days off, so you guys can take some time too."
"You sure?" Donna asked eyeing the young girl up and down. Haley nodded and stood up walking out of the room and towards the car her head spinning with Brooke calling her and the end of her engagement to Chris.
Brooke walked into her house frazzled and tired and just wanted to eat something and crawl into bed. She was hit with a heavenly smell coming from the kitchen, dropping her bags she moved towards the kitchen greeted with the sight of Nathan standing above the stove shirtless stirring something. Brooke smiled and walked over to Adam who was banging his fists on the tray of his high chair. "Hey buddy." She greeted kissing his nose making the baby laugh.
"Hey babe, how was your day?"
"I called Haley." Brooke replied deciding not to beat around the bush.
"Really?"
"Yep and I told her that Peyton and I wanted to make her the spokes model for Clothes Over Bros since every time she steps onto the red carpet she's wearing something of ours so why not just make her the official spokes model."
"What sparked this?"
"Peyton telling me that she and Chris were getting married."
"What?!" Nathan exclaimed dropping the wooden spoon in his hand in surprise.
"Yep Peyton told me they were getting married so I called Haley and told her I wanted to talk to her."
"What are you going to say?"
"I'm going to tell her that she shouldn't settle for Chris because she's an amazing girl that deserves to have a guy who would treat her with respect and not some cocky has-been."
"You know who you should set her up with?" Nathan replied a few moments later having picked up the wooden spoon he dropped and resumed attending to dinner.
"Who?" Brooke asked taking plates out of the cabinet and setting the table.
"Greg."
"My Greg?"
"Yeah, he would be perfect for her."
"Huh, you're right he would be perfect for Haley."
"See I can be right at times." Brooke laughed and kissed his cheek glad that his ego had been inflated a little bit from him being right, she was all about boosting Nathan's ego. Nathan stopped stirring the chicken and rice in front him and pulled Brooke back towards him kissing her properly on the mouth making Brooke melt into his arms.
"Geez I'm done walking in this house without announcing it like 20 minutes before I come over." Luke exclaimed covering his eyes and Adam's. Peyton only laughed and kissed his cheek before picking Adam up and playing with her godson.
"One would think that you like seeing me kiss my drop dead sexy wife with how many times you see us kissing."
"Yeah okay." Luke replied mocking Nathan under this breath.
"So Brooke did you talk to Haley today?" Peyton asked sitting down across from her with Jess to her right.
"Yeah, she's meeting with us tomorrow."
"Where?"
"Most likely the office or we can meet somewhere else."
"You should do it here." Nathan suggested sitting down at the table and putting the bowl of chicken and broccoli rice in the middle. "I mean she's not just a celebrity but she's also someone you guys grew up with, it would make it more personal and make sure Greg's here." Nathan reminded smiling cheekily at Brooke who reached across the table and pinched his cheek.
"What does Greg have to do with it?" Peyton asked stealing an apple slice from Adam.
"Nathan says I should try and set Haley up with Greg."
Peyton thought about it for a few moments before smiling and nodding high fiving Nathan. "That's a really good idea, you're always complaining about the girls that Greg dates and we all know that deep down Haley is the same Haley that we knew in high school so Greg would be perfect for her."
"See babe even your best friend agrees with me."
"And we all know that never happens." Luke added sharing a high five with Brooke both laughing at the shocked looks on the significant others faces. "Why are you guys trying to set Greg up with Haley anyway?"
"We just want Haley to have a reason to come back here and get away from certain people." Peyton added not wanting to say his name out loud because just thinking said person's name gave her chills. Brooke shook her head and the foursome spent the rest of the evening not mentioning Haley or her alleged engagement to Chris Keller.
The next morning Brooke sat in the kitchen her designs spread out in front of her, she looked like she hadn't slept in days with her hair thrown into a messy bun, a tank top and a pair of sweats adorning her toned body. Pushing a stray piece of hair out of her face she sighed and finished what was likely to be her fifth cup of coffee. She had meant to get some sleep the night before but the minute her head hit the pillow her mind started running into overdrive about what could happen today when Haley came over. She and Haley weren't on the best terms when she left and the last time that Brooke and Haley had actually talked was before the whole Nathan incident that night on the basketball court. She was afraid that Haley wouldn't want to talk to Brooke and would freeze her out only caring about Peyton since Peyton was a lot nicer to Haley then Brooke was. Sighing again Brooke stood up and walked over to the coffee maker pouring the rest of the pot into her cup before rinsing the pot out and refilling it with water so Nathan could have his cup of coffee before he headed out to practice.
Nathan came down the stairs making faces at Adam as they walked into the kitchen and the minute Nathan's eyes landed on Brooke he knew that she had had a rough night. Inwardly sighing Nathan put Adam in his high chair and went over to Brooke who was facing the coffee maker as she made another cup of coffee. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on her shoulder. "You okay?" He whispered lighting kissing her cheek as they stood there.
"I'm fine." Nathan pulled away and shook his head.
"You didn't sleep last night." There was no question in his voice, he knew her all too well.
"I got hit with a burst of inspiration and had to put it on paper." She replied smoothly like she had been rehearsing it for hours.
"You're worried about Haley coming over today." He stated opening the cereal cabinet and pulling out the Wheaties and Cheerios boxes out and walked over to the table putting the cheerios box in front of Adam.
"Do you really blame me? I mean the last time I really talked to her I ruined her relationship with you." She admitted sitting at the table and gathering up her designs.
"That still bothers you doesn't it?" Nathan asked handing Adam his spoon to eat his cereal.
"Yeah it kinda does, I mean I feel like I ruined her chances at the perfect happily ever after ending."
"Haley and I weren't going to get married, she's a cool girl and all but I wasn't about to spend the rest of my life with her."
"How do you know that? For all you know she could've been the one you married right before graduation."
"That wouldn't have happened."
"How do you know that?"
"I know that because I kinda already knew who the girl for me was."
"Who?"
"You."
"What?" Brooke asked looking up from her coffee up.
"You had to know that you and I were at least going to date before high was said and done."
"No actually I didn't, I thought us sleeping together that one night was all that would happen between us."
"You know I still have that video tape."
"No you don't."
"Yes I do, my mom found a bunch of tapes in my room and gave them to me saying that she didn't want to know what was on them and sure enough the tape of that night is in there."
"No you don't." Nathan chuckled shaking his head as he ate his cereal.
"Go upstairs in our closet and it's the first box under my sweatshirts and stuff. It's the second tape in the top row." Brooke looked at him skeptically but stood up and went up the stairs and toward their room. Shaking her head at her foolishness Brooke still walked into the closet and pulled the black video tape out of the box and walked over to their TV pushing the tape in the VCR.
Muting the sound Brooke's jaw fell open when images of a drunk Brooke and Nathan making out popped up on the screen, instantly the parts of the night she remembers come rushing back making Brooke's head spin a little bit. Ejecting the tape she looks around the room wondering where to hide the tape so that her son will never ever find it. She walked over to the closet and scanned the massive amounts of clothes she had and her eyes landed on the back of her closet that was filled with pair of shoes after pair of shoes. Smiling she walked into the back of her closet and pushed a few pairs of shoes aside sliding the tape into the back of the closet and pulled a box of shoes in front of it before exiting the closet. She stopped dead in her tracks down in the stairs when she spotted Peyton and Haley standing in the foyer of her house talking with Nathan with Adam in Peyton's arm playing with her straight hair. "Geez Brooke you look like hell." Peyton commented smirking at Brooke who stood frozen in the middle of the stairway. Brooke shook her head and glared at Peyton yawning as she made her way down the stairs.
"Be nice Peyton, it's been a rough night." Nathan defended grabbing Adam from her and turning towards the stairs. "I'm going to get him dressed and then drop him off at my mom's on my way to the arena." Brooke nodded and leaned into him as he kissed his cheek, "You'll be fine." He whispered as he walked up the stairs shifting Adam so it looked like he was flying through the air making the little boy laugh and put his hands out in front of him.
"Excuse me for my attire and messy hair I didn't sleep last night." Brooke apologized leading the way into the kitchen. "Do you guys want coffee?" Both girls nodded and Brooke grabbed two mugs and poured them coffee setting the cream and sugar on the table as she cleared her designs from the table.
"So." Brooke stated hoping to find the right thing to say to break the awkward tension that fell between the once friends.
"I think we should clear up some things before we talk business." Peyton offered looking at Brooke and nudging her with her foot to say something.
"I'm sorry." Brooke blurted finally looking Haley in the eye for the first time since they ran into each other in Miami almost a year ago. "I'm sorry for everything I've ever done and I'm hoping that we can put all of it behind us and maybe just maybe try and be friends again." Brooke rambled stopping to take a breath and looking at Haley trying to gage her reaction.
"I think we can do that." Haley admitted reaching across the table and grabbing Brooke's hand giving it a gentle squeeze. Brooke smiled.
"Alright now that all that's out of the way I have something to ask." Peyton asked as Greg walked into the house juggling a cup of coffee, his bag, and a bunch of stuff that Brooke had asked he bring over. "Good morning ladies, geez Brooke shower once in a while?" Greg joked setting his coffee and bag down along with the papers in his hand before sitting next to Brooke and sipping his coffee.
"If you like your job I would shut up." Brooke warned smiling sweetly at him stealing part of the bagel he was eating. "Oh Haley James this is Greg Colman my amazing assistant."
"It's nice to meet you." Greg greeted shaking hands with Haley.
"Anyway back to what I was saying Haley I have to ask something."
"Go for it." Haley asked glancing at Greg again and smiling.
"You aren't really going to marry Chris are you?" Haley's head whipped towards Peyton wondering how on earth she had found that out.
"Where did you hear that?"
"It was in the same In Touch weekly as the rumors about Brooke."
"No I'm not marrying Chris I actually ended the engagement a week ago after I heard him say that you and Nathan were cheating on each other." Haley admitted glancing at Brooke hoping that she didn't flip out.
"Oh that's good." Peyton replied catching the sight of Nathan out of the corner of her eye. "Oh crap." Brooke followed Peyton's gaze and was instantly up and out of the kitchen and walking towards Nathan.
"Do you have everything?" Brooke asked hoping that he didn't hear what Haley had said.
"So it was Chris?" Nathan asked completely ignoring what Brooke just asked.
"Nathan."
"No that washed up has been needs to pay for this."
"Nathan."
"I'm calling my lawyer's today."
"NATHAN!" Brooke exclaimed earning not only Nathan's attention but also Peyton's, Haley's and Greg's.
"What?"
"Don't worry about Chris, alright? I'll take care of it. You just go to practice and take Adam to your mom's and I'll see you after practice." Nathan went to open his mouth but Brooke shook her head lightly kissing him. "Have a good day." She added kissing Adam and lightly pushing Nathan out of the door. Sighing Brooke leaned against the door for a few moments before pulling herself together and walking back into the kitchen to see Peyton on the phone and Haley and Greg flirting and talking with each other. Brooke pulled her phone out of the pocket of her sweats and sent Greg and Peyton a text message before heading upstairs to take a quick shower and change smiling feeling that maybe just maybe everything was going to work out in the end.
A/N: So I'm ending the chapter there, I didn't know how to really end it so if the ending doesn't make sense I'm sorry. Haley's back in the picture and possibly hooking up with Brooke's assistant, does that mean that Haley will be back in Tree Hill? You'll have to stay tuned and wait, I'll update hopefully by next weekend.
