"Are you guys as ready as I am? This is going to be so much fun….I love Christmas parties" Haley said excitedly as she clapped her hands and pulled her coat on.

"I'm excited" Brooke said "I've never met Luke's new editor yet"

"Well let's hurry and go cause I for one don't want this to be an all night thing" Nathan said sighing

"Jeez, what's your problem Nate?" Lucas asked

"Nothing, I just know how these parties go something bad always happens" Nathan sighed as he put his coat on.

"Aw, baby I promise if you do this for me today then I'll do that thing for you tonight" Haley said wrapping her arms around his neck.

"You always say that" Nathan said "And it never happens"

"Well that's because I don't like it when you push my head down" Haley said raising an eyebrow at Nathan.

"Eww gross I didn't need to know that" Lucas said as he helped Brooke with her coat and shook the image out of his head of his brother and sister in law doing sexual things.

"You go bye by mommy?" Hannah asked walking into the living room in her black and pink pj's .

"Yeah, but mommy and daddy will be back in just a little while. In the mean time you are going to have so much fun with Aunt Rachel and Uncle Mouth" Brooke said as Rachel walked into the living room carrying Abby in her arms.

"Yeah, we're going to have all kinds of fun rock star…You know when your mommy and daddy leave you and I are going to have so much junk food that our bellies will hurt. Then we're going to stay up and watch movies all night long" Rachel said as she sat Abby down on the floor. The red headed baby started crawling over to her diaper bag in the corner. She then grabbed the open container of Cheerio's that sat on the top of the bag

"Abigail Katherine McFadden" Mouth said walking into the living room behind Rachel "What are you doing?"

Abby looked at her daddy before pulling the Cheerio's out onto the floor sending them rolling everywhere over the hard wood floors. "Daddy" she said as she clapped her hands and picked up a Cheerio off the floor before plopping it into her mouth.

"Oh, Abby what is daddy going to do with you?" Mouth asked as he walked over to his daughter and picked her up off of the ground.

"It's ok Mouth, I can clean it" Brooke said making a face at Abby before bending down to pick the Cheerio's off of the floor.

"Brooke you don't have to do that" Mouth said "Abby made the mess, I'll clean it"

"It's ok I don't mind….Isaiah does this all the time" Brooke said.

"I can't believe that he's in bed already" Haley said

"I know it" Lucas commented as he looked down at his watch. "He's been going to bed at 8 every night"

"Lucky, Leah and Jamie are lucky to get into bed before 10 on most nights" Haley said shaking her head

"Yeah, believe me it cuts into the sex time" Nathan said

"Nathan, again I don't need to know these things" Lucas cringed

"Ok, I am officially ready" Brooke said

"I come wif you?" Hannah asked taking hold of Lucas's hand

"No baby girl this is a grown up party" Lucas said bending down to pick up his daughter.

"You be back?" Hannah asked resting her head on her father's shoulder.

"Yeah, daddy and mommy will be back soon" Lucas told her as he ran his hand up and down her back.

"I miss you" Hannah said pulling back to look at Lucas before touching his cheek.

"I'm going to miss you too baby girl" Lucas said kissing her cheek. The stubble on his face tickled her and cause the toddler to laugh.

"We should go if we're going to get there by 9" Nathan said looking down at his watch.

"Ok" Lucas said putting Hannah down and waiting for Brooke to kiss Hannah goodbye before taking her by the hand and following Nathan and Haley out the door.

Nathan and Haley's Car

"Oh my gosh I LOVE THIS SONG" Haley yelled as the song "Everybody" By the Backstreet Boys came on.

Everybody, yeah
Rock your body, yeah
Everybody, yeah
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back, alright

"Oh god, I hated them" Nathan said as he watched his wife turn the radio up to a higher volume and the music started blaring.

Hey, yeah
Oh my God, we're back again
Brothers, sisters, everybody sing
Gonna bring the flavor, show you how
Gotta question for you better answer now, yeah

"Nobody hates the Backstreet Boys" Haley said looking at her husband

"Um, yes people do" Nathan said

"Who?" Haley asked

"Me…and Lucas" Nathan said looking in the rearview mirror at his brother.

"Lucas does not hate the Backstreet Boys" Haley said turning to look back at him.

Am I original?
Yeah
Am I the only one?
Yeah
Am I sexual?
Yeah
Am I everything you need?
You better rock your body now

"Yes, he does Hales" Nathan said as he looked over his shoulder and merged into traffic.

"No he doesn't, Lucas, Skills, Mouth, my sister Quinn and I used to play Backstreet Boys in my basement when we were in 6th grade" Haley said

"What?" Brooke and Nathan both said and looked at Lucas.

"You know Haley, you need to learn to keep secrets" Lucas said "You promised to never tell"

"Sorry" Haley said

Everybody
Yeah
Rock your body
Yeah
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back, alright
Alright

"So tell me more about this. Which one were you?" Nathan asked Haley.

"I was Kevin, Skills was Brian, Quinn was always A.J, Mouth was Howie, and Lucas was Nick Carter" Haley said. "We used to play that we were on tour and then we would crank up my CD's and sing like we were at a concert.

Now throw your hands up in the air
Wave them around like you just don't care
If you wanna party let me hear you yell
Cuz we got it goin' on again
Yeah

"Haley, I don't think they want to hear this story" Lucas said

"Yes" Nathan and Brooke both said again.

"Well" Haley continued "We would set up all mine and Quinn's stuffed animals and pretend that they were fans

Am I original?
Yeah
Am I the only one?
Yeah
Am I sexual?
Yeah
Am I everything you need?
You better rock your body now

"What did you do with all those crazy fans, Nick?" Brooke asked Lucas with a smile on her face.

"For your information Brooke, our fans were never crazy they respected us" Lucas said

"Except that one time when Lucas dove into all of them and pretended that they were tearing his clothes off" Haley said

"Haley shut up" Lucas said

Everybody
Yeah
Rock your body
Yeah
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back, alright
Alright

"Oh my god" That's the funniest thing I think I've ever heard" Nathan said laughing.

"It wasn't that funny Nathan" Lucas shot

"Yeah, it is" Nathan said back as he continued down the highway.

So everybody, everywhere
Don't be afraid, don't have no fear
I'm gonna tell the world, make you understand
As long as there'll be music, we'll be comin' back again

"Baby, you never sing karaoke to me" Brooke said

"That's because I'm retired" Lucas

"And retarded" Nathan said laughing at his own joke.

Everybody, yeah
Rock your body, yeah
Everybody
Rock your body right (rock your body right)
Backstreet's back
Everybody (everybody)
Yeah (rock your body)
Rock your body (everybody)
Yeah (everybody rock your body)
Everybody (everybody, rock your body)
Rock your body right (everybody)
Backstreet's back, alright

"Nathan just drive and don't worry about me" Lucas said folding his arms over his chest.

"Aw, Luke man how much do you charge for an autograph?" Nathan asked

"Haley, I'm going to kill you" Lucas said

"Sorry Luke" Haley said laughing.

"Yeah…yeah" Lucas said as they pulled into the hotel to go to the Christmas Party Lucas's publishing company was having.

"So tell me handsome when do I get to meet this new book editor of yours?" Brooke asked wrapping her arms around Lucas's neck.

"Actually, Brooke I need to talk to you about that" Lucas said

"Well, I think you're going to have to wait because someone is trying to get your attention" Brooke said looking over Lucas's shoulder.

"Who?" Lucas asked turning around and seeing the attractive woman walking towards him and Brooke.

"What makes you think she wants my attention?" Lucas asked

"Well she either has horrible taste in men or is a really smart lesbian" Brooke said as the young freshed faced beauty made their way to them.

"Luke, how are you?" the young girl asked pulling Lucas into her arms for a hug.

"I've been good how about you?" Lucas asked pulling back from her hug.

"Great, I'm so glad that I could edit this book for you…I feel like it's been forever" The girl said before taking a look at Brooke. "I'm sorry you must think I'm so rude…Hi, I'm Lindsey Strauss….I edited Lucas's first book"

"You're Lindsey?" Brooke asked "The Lindsey that used to date Lucas when he and Peyton split?"

"Yeah, jeez that seems like forever ago….that was just a lot of crazy nights and we fell in love….then one night he met up with you again and came back to tell me it was over" Lindsey said looking at Lucas who looked down at the floor.

"Oh…I'm sorry…I had no idea…I mean I knew about you but I'd never met you before now" Brooke said

"It's not your fault…all's forgiven…I took a break from editing after that but it's my calling and so here I am" Lindsey said looking at Brooke.

"Yeah" Brooke said forcing a smile as she looked at Lindsey. "If you two will excuse me I need to go and refill my drink" Brooke said before walking away.

Lucas sighed when he watched her leave and excused himself and followed her out of the banquet hall of the hotel.

"Brooke" Lucas said.

"Why wouldn't you tell me about this Lucas?" Brooke asked

"Because it's not a big deal she's just an editor" Lucas said

"Yeah, an editor that you used to hump" Brooke said trying to fight the wave of anger that was radiating through her entire body.

"Brooke, it's not like that and you know it" Lucas said "Besides that was like 5 years ago"

"And that makes a difference?" Brooke asked "What if I went behind your back and was seeing Felix and not telling you about it"

"I would trust you" Lucas said "I don't know why you don't trust me"

"Because you lied to me Lucas" Brooke said

"I didn't tell you cause I knew this is how you'd act" Lucas said

"How am I acting?" Brooke asked.

"Like a child" Lucas said

"Well then don't worry the child will be taking a cab home because she doesn't want to be here with an ass anymore" Brooke said turning to leave as Lucas grabbed her arm.

"Don't do this Brooke, you know that I've been killing myself working on this new book and I'm not going to just throw it away" Lucas spat

"Do what you want to do Lucas, I don't care go back in there and have sex with her…I don't care" Brooke shouted drawing the attention of people in the hallway.

"Brooke, stop being so stubborn….I don't understand why you have to blow things out of proportion for" Lucas said

"You don't understand? That's a joke Lucas. I just can't believe that you would keep something like this from me" Brooke said "Are there any more lies I need to know about?"

"No Brooke, stop being ridiculous" Lucas said

"I'm going home" Brooke said "And don't follow me"

Lucas sighed as he watched Brooke leave and turned around to see Lindsey standing in the doorway.

"Is everything ok?" Lindsey asked.

"Yeah Everything is fine" Lucas said.

"Do you want to come back to the party and have a drink with everyone?" Lindsey asked.

"Sure" Lucas said walking past the nasty gaze of Nathan and Haley who'd heard the entire fight.