Hey guys sorry that it has been so long since an update but school is a NIGHTMARE. No joke my Biology class is killing me I had 137 definitions that I had to do. I still make time for OTH though did you guys see it last night….I was in tears. I'm so sad that Q died. Everything that has happened with Brooke just depresses me…I hate how Peyton is like "Oh, B you are such a good friend thanks for believing in me and Luke" or some crap like that then she moves out….Such a good friend that Peyton ditching her best friend when Brooke needs her the most. Brooke doesn't have anyone now…I mean Haley has Nathan…and Peyton gets her way AGAIN and she now has Lucas…Millie has Mouth. It's sad I mean Brooke has spent all her time taking care of everyone and she doesn't have anyone to take care of her LUCAS IS SUPPOSED TO RESCUE HER….Brooke's not like Peyton she doesn't have a "Jake" all she has is Lucas and now she doesn't even have him. I'm sorry but Chase is NOT suitable for Brooke. I at one time liked Chase but now I don't…I don't like Owen that much either…I feel like he'd take advantage of Brooke. OMGWHAT IF IT TURNS OUT THAT OWEN IS THE ONE THAT ATTACKED BROOKE? REMEMBER HOW HE TOLD BROOKE HE GAVE BROOKE THAT SOB STORY OF HOW HE USED TO BE AN ALCOHOLIC WELL MAYBE IT WAS A LIE AND ALL ALONG HE WAS JUST A SPY FOR VICTORIA SENT TO PURPOUSALLY HURT BROOKE? I'm sorry but I can't stand the Leyton crap I hate it. I think that Naley may be on team "Brucas" cause when Lucas told Haley he was getting married Haley's face was priceless it was like "Oh" but then she had to cover it up with pretend happiness. Little Jamie is on team "Brucas" I LOVE that kid "Were you ever in love with Aunt Brooke?" He's not blind he knows that his godparents belong together.

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Nathan was setting up the campfire and Jake and Lucas tried their best to help him. It was unusually cold considering it was still September and Haley wrapped her blanket around her tighter as she watched the guys try to fix the campfire." We're going to freeze to death"

"Damn" Jake exclaimed and shook his hand as he dropped the lit match. "That hurt"

"Dude its fire do you not expect it to be?" Nathan asked rolling his eyes.

"Real funny man…real funny" Jake scoffed and walked away and sat in the camping chair next to Peyton.

'Aw baby did you get burned?" Peyton asked and took a hold of his hand and kissed the small red mark on the top of his finger. "Better?"

"You know what would make it a lot better?" Jake asked raising an eyebrow.

"What's that?" Peyton asked.

Jake leaned in and whispered into Peyton's ear sending her into a fit of laughter.

"Maybe when we get home…not here though" Peyton smiled and raised an eyebrow at her husband.

"Well then …I'll hold you to that" Jake pulled back and looked down at his hand.

Haley rolled her eyes at Peyton and Jake and turned her attention to Brooke who had walked up from her phone call to Karen. "How's the "Brucas Bunch"

Brooke smiled sadly "Good….Hannah and Andy went to McDonalds today and Hannah went down the big kid slide all by herself….and Isaiah is smiling more and Karen said that Lily got him to laugh…I miss them both"

Haley touched Brooke's shoulder "Oh Tigger we're going home tomorrow please try to enjoy the rest of the evening"

"Yeah" Peyton agreed "So what did you and Luke do while we all went to get dinner?"

"Nothing…." Brooke said her voice trailing off.

"Sure…" Haley said rolling her eyes

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Later everyone was sitting around the campfire that the guys had finally gotten it lit. Nathan looked over at the tents and noticed something.

"Hey Hales….where's our tent?" Nathan asked

"I was going to get to that….Hey you know what would be a lot of fun?" Haley said sitting up from where she was resting her head on Nathan's shoulder.

"What?" Brooke asked

"Let's have our last night be like a slumber party….the guys could sleep in one tent and we girls could sleep in another" Haley explained.

"Hell yeah…I'm all for it" Peyton said

"Peyton…come on" Jake complained

"Jake it'll be fun…I mean I don't even know the last slumber party I went to" Peyton pouted.

"It was at my house the night before I married Lucas" Brooke announced "Remember you, Rachel, Haley and I went skinny dipping in the lake behind the house"

"I wish I would have been there" Nathan said "And Hales you never told me you did such a thing…I am shocked at you"

"Whatever….it's not like you've never seen it before" Haley teased running a hand along Nathan's shoulder.

"I know but still that's something I've never seen you do" Nathan said disappointed.

"Well maybe one day I'll go skinny dipping with you baby…"

"I'll go with you man" Lucas joked.

Nathan's face scrunched up "Oh that's a dream…seeing my brother naked"

Lucas nuzzled Brooke's neck since she was reclined against him in the inflatable air couch that Jake insisted they needed when they'd stopped at K-Mart one time. "Don't act like you don't want it man…I see how you look at me"

"Ok…eww" Peyton said standing up "I call the middle when we sleep tonight"

"NO!!" Brooke shouted "You ALWAYS get the middle…it's my turn" Brooke said getting up from the couch and taking off toward the tent with Peyton hot on her trail.

Peyton caught up with Brooke and grabbed her arm sending the both of them off balance and into the tent. The tent in turn broke from the weight of both girls slamming into it.

"MY TENT…and my WIFE" Jake exclaimed getting up and running over to the tent along with everyone else.

Lucas was sure that Brooke and Peyton were hurt but all you could hear were the two girls laughing hysterically as they tried to catch their breath.

"Oh my gosh are you ok?" Haley asked as she did her best to untangle Brooke and Peyton out of the mess of tent fabric and metal poles.

"Yeah" Peyton said as she maneuvered her way off of Brooke.

"I guess we'll have to sleep outside tonight" Brooke put a hand out as Lucas pulled her up off of the mangled tent.

"Or we could all sleep in Brooke and Lucas' tent….I mean it's huge" Haley smiled up at Nathan.

"No, you girls are just going to have to sleep outside since you ruined your tent…that tent is the guys tent" Jake explained to Peyton who just nodded sarcastically at everything her husband was saying.

"Jake….please can I sleep in the guys' tent tonight?" Peyton asked laughing.

"No…you can't" Jake turned his head and refused to look at Peyton "I guess you'll just have to sleep in the car"

Peyton shrugged her shoulders "And I guess you'll just have to sleep on the sofa when we get home"

Jake grabbed Peyton's had as she started to walk past him "You can sleep in the tent"

"I thought you'd see it my way"

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"Nathan scoot over I'm being squashed" Lucas grimaced and raised up to look at his brother

"Dude I can't go over anymore I'm going to roll on top of Peyton" Nathan shot.

"Like you haven't been there before" Peyton joked only to receive a smack from Haley."Ow...hey that hurt"

"Well you deserve it" Haley shot "It's hot in here I am like burning alive" Haley groaned trying to shimmy out of her sleeping bag.

"Who's snoring?" Brooke asked raising her head up from the other side of Lucas

"Jake" everyone said simultaneously.

"How can he sleep though this…it's a nightmare being in this tent" Brooke said trying to fan herself with her hands.

"Oh Jake can sleep through anything…remember the hurricane we had a few months back well Jake fell asleep in the basement and he slept through the whole thing…leaving me to deal with three hysterical kids"

"This was a bad idea" Haley sighed and turned on her side.

"Hales you shouldn't have put the other tent away" Nathan said matter of factly.

"Shut up…I just thought that it would be fun….I didn't know that Brooke and Peyton were going to break the other tent" Haley sighed.

"Hey…It's not my fault Peyton's the one that pushed me into it" Brooke sat up and looked at Haley.

"Yeah…" Peyton said "Wait…what?"

Brooke pulled her hair up off of her back and groaned "Why is it so hot in here?"

"Because this tent isn't made for 6 people…it's made for no more than 3" Lucas said "I tried to explain that but nobody listens to me…"

"Jeez fill better now you drama queen?" Nathan asked his brother.

Lucas rose up "If it wasn't 2:30 in the morning I think I'd kick your ass"

"Ohhh I'm scared" Nathan rolled his eyes and laughed

"Lucas just go to sleep" Brooke pleaded and rested her head on his chest.

"I can't sleep…It's so hot in here…whoever said that this was a 6 person tent needs to be shot" Lucas groaned and twisted towards Brooke.

"I don't think the person that said it means for it to include two blow up mattresses" Nathan said looking at Peyton and then Brooke.

"Excuse me…I have back problems" Peyton shot "And Brooke's just spoiled"

"Peyton!!" Brooke scoffed just as the soft patter of rain started to fall on top of the tent.

"This night can't get any worse" Nathan complained and turned over on his side.

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The next afternoon everyone finally made it home. The night before was nothing to even be happy about. Haley insisted on touching the top of the tent sending water dripping in on everyone and everything. Poor Jake was none the wiser having slept through the whole event. Brooke and Lucas were just happy to be home. Brooke walked up the steps and into the house she saw Karen holding Isaiah against her as she wiped up the countertop.

"Hey Karen…did everything go ok?" Brooke asked and put her bag down as she walked over to her mother-in-law.

"Everything was great…Andy took Lily and Hannah to the park earlier but they should be back in just a little bit…and I just fed this one a bottle and now he's helping grandma clean up the kitchen" Karen kissed Isaiah on the top of his head.

"Oh well mommy's big boy is just a big helper" Brooke smiled and lifted Isaiah out of Karen's arms and kissed him repeatedly on the cheek before bringing him against her chest.

"I put all of the stuff away in the garage" Lucas explained and walked into the kitchen and over to his mom.

"Hey ma…thanks so much for watching Hannah and Isaiah for the weekend" Lucas wrapped his arms around Karen.

"It's no problem….I wouldn't want to do anything else" Karen smiled and looked over at Brooke who was holding her grandson.

The sound of Andy pulling up in the driveway brought an instant smile to Lucas' face. A few minutes later the front door opened and Lily came in holding Hannah's hand.

"Hey monkey" Lucas called and Hannah looked at her father and smiled before running towards him.

"Daddy" Hannah called as she held her arms up for Lucas to pick her up.

Lucas picked her up and bent forward with her in his arms attacking her face and neck with kisses sending Hannah into a fit of laughter.

"Hey Lucas…guess what?" Lily said walking over to her brother.

"What's Lil?" Lucas asked bending down to his sister's level. He sat Hannah down on the ground and Hannah instantly took off for her mother.

"I painted a picture in first grade today and I got a 100 on it" Lily said proudly

"Well good job Lily" Lucas said

"Thanks Lucas…do you want to play tea cups?"

Lucas looked up at his mom and Andy before looking down at Lily. "Maybe in a little while ok?"

"Ok" Lily said and walked into the living room.

"Lily get your stuff together because we're going to be leaving in just a little while" Karen said.

"Ok mommy" Lily said

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After dinner Lucas was sitting out on the porch when Andy came out and sat next to him.

"Lucas…I need to talk to you" Andy said quietly.

"Sure Andy what's up?" Lucas asked turning to face Andy.

"You know that I love your mom and little sister more than anything…..I love this whole family…."

Lucas looked at Andy and nodded "Of course I do…Is something wrong?"

"No nothing is wrong I just want you to know that….these last couples of years have been the best of my life….I hope you know that" Andy said not taking his eyes off of Lucas.

"I know that Andy….it's been really nice having you around…my mom and Lily are lucky to have you….we all are" Lucas assured. "Are you sure nothing's wrong?"

Andy shook his head and took a deep breath "I'd like your permission to marry your mom Luke…."