Music and Lyrics
A/N This idea came to me after watching the movie Music and Lyrics, but the plot only has some elements of the movie. It starts off slow but be patient, this is my first one tree hill story. Reviews are appreciated. I do not own OTH or Music & Lyrics but I wish I owned James Lafferty!
Nathan Scott, star shooting guard of the Lakers, woke up to the sounds of his brother, Lucas, furiously typing away on his laptop. Lucas is the small forward of the Lakers but writes novels whenever inspiration strikes him. He has already had three published and every one was a best seller.
Nathan sat up in his bed, and was surprised to feel his head throbbing. Usually he was able to hold his liquor, but it seems that things must have gotten a little out of hand the night before. Suddenly, the previous events of last night came into Nathan's mind and he realised that he had once again acted like a jackass. "Shit! Luke, I think I'm gonna need your help with something."
"What did you do this time, Nate."
"Oh, nothing, I justpromisedPeytonthatIwouldrightheralovesong."
"What?! You can right worth crap. How the hell did this happen?"
"Well, we were celebrating my victory when all of the sudden Peyton went into full-on bitch mode, about me not carrying for her. She said she needed proof that I wanted to be in this relationship, and I remebered that she gave me some crap music mix and the first song was called Write You a Song. So, I promised her that I would do it as a sign on our love."
"But, you don't love her."
"Dude I know, but I only have to make it through one more month, and then I can dump her. It'll be six months by then and that's all the time that Jake said I needed to dat someone, in order to clean up my image. You have to help me."
"Sorry, you go yourself into this mess, you can get yourself out of it."
"Great, I'm screwed!"
Nathan was strapped for ideas. He had spent the whole day trying to write a song. But, found that he was unable to bullshit his way through it. Somehow, verything he wrote seemed to be along the lines of "I could really care less about your feelings, this is just a dumb publiciy stunt." However, he couldn't give that to Peyton, or his relationship would be over, and he would owe Jake 50,000 and could possibly be sued for breach of contract. After many drunken nights and a serious car accident, His manager, Jake Jageilski, informed him that he needed to prove to the public that he could be a responsible person, and his solution was a girlfriend for six months. Nathan also had to spend time doing various things for charity organizations and cut back on partying. Nathan's songwriting crap-fest was interrupted by persistent knocking on the door. He opened the door to reveal Haley James, Lucas' best friend. She pushed her way through the door and began looking for Lucas. However, being the klutz that she is, she tripped over one of Nathan's basketball shoes and went flying through the air, the contents of her bag spilling onto the floor. She gathered most of them and quickly retreated to Lucas' room. Nathan was about to go back to working on his song, when he found a piece of paper on the floor, it appeared to be a poem written by Haley.
I can't tell the stars from the downtown lights
If i said I was truly over you
my heart would say amen
but I'd give in to the cold caress of 2 am.
If I admit I can't get used to this
will my heart break again?
as i fall into the waiting arms of 2 AM
"Wow, this is good!" Nathan thought, and began to sprint down the hall to find Haley. "Hey, Haley, I really need to talk to you."
"What do you want Nathan?"
"Well, you dropped this on the floor and I thought that you could help me write a song for Peyton."
"Why would I help you?"
"Well, I know you can't resist me, and if you help me I'll pay for you to release your own record. Let's face it you know you want to."
"Fine, but only so that I can start my own career, not because I want to help you, because I don't"
