Ariel Maria Lennox walked through the halls of Tree Hill High. Her hair was blonde, medium length and was poker straight. She had the brightest green eyes anyone had ever seen. She was about 5'4 and thin, and she was very pretty. She wasn't the most popular girl in school, that role was taken by her best friend Brooke Davis. Brooke had long, dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, was tall about 5'7 and slender. She was very pretty, probably the prettiest girl in school. Her other friend Peyton Sawyer was the kind of artsy Goth chick. She had curly blonde hair, and brown eyes. She was about 5'5 not much taller than Ariel. The three girls had been best friends since they were like 5, when Peyton had moved to town, otherwise Brooke and Ariel were friends since birth.
"Ari, hey wait up for me!" Ariel looked back. It was Lucas Scott, Brooke's boyfriend and another one of her best friends. He ran up to her and she smiled.
"Hey nerdo, what's up? Where's Nathan and Jake?"
"Well my little mermaid, they are talking to Whitey." Ariel laughed when he called her that, they all did though so she was used to it. Nathan Scott and Jake Jelyski were her other friends. Jake was Peyton's boyfriend and Nathan was Lucas's half brother. Her and Nathan got along well because they were the only ones single in their tiny group.
"Oh well, you all still coming over to my house tonight? My parents aren't home and I was thinking of having a party. I already told Brooke, so probably everyone knows." Lucas thought about it for a second and nodded.
"Yeah.. I guess we need a lot of booze." Ariel nodded and the two continued walking down the hall, still talking.
"ARI, BROODY!" They both turned around and saw Brooke running towards them. Broody was her nickname for Lucas. She ran up to them and jumped in to Lucas's arms giving him a kiss. Then she jumped down and hugged her friend.
"Hey Brookie, how was practice?" Brooke smiled.
"Great, I still think that you should join. That way me, you and Peyton will always be together." Ariel shook her head and continued to walk.
"No, that's not me." Brooke frowned and nodded. She grabbed Lucas's hand and they all continued walking. They were outside when they met up with Jake, Nathan and Peyton.
"Oh Ari by the way I told everyone about the party, well everyone except Rachel." Brooke made a gagging sound and Ari frowned.
"But she could still show up." Brooke shook her head and pulled out some paper, which was a list.
"You need to be on the list to get in." Ariel laughed and gave Brooke a little shove. "What?"
"Clever, Brooke, Clever." Brooke smiled and pulled Lucas ahead of them. Jake and Peyton had left already, so it was just her and Nathan.
"So, big party eh?" Ariel nodded. "Listen can we talk about what happened two nights ago?"
"What do you mean Nate?" Ariel stopped and stared at him with a smirk on her face.
"Well, me and u we had sex, what does that mean?" Ariel grabbed the front of his jacket and pulled him closer.
"It means that I'd like to do it again, only if you want though." Nathan smiled but then groaned.
"Listen is this just about sex?" Ariel thought for a moment, putting her arms around his neck.
"What do u want this to be about?" Nathan shook his head and leaned in closer to her.
"You're all I can think about. The thing is I don't want an exclusive relationship at the moment." Ariel nodded and he pulled her body closer to his.
"Well I'm glad we're on the same page." Ariel pulled his face down and kissed him.
"AHHHHHHH!" They pulled away and saw Brooke staring at them shocked. The two let go of his other and laughed at her. "What the hell's going on?"
"We were kissing, do you know what that is Brooke?" Brooke glared at him and turned around to where Lucas was standing. She grabbed him and started to make out with him. Nathan and Ariel started to laugh and walked by them.
"So, what's happening tonight? Besides having your wicked cool party?" Ariel looked at him confused.
"Do you not want to come or something?" Nathan shrugged his shoulders and looked at the ground.
"Well ever since Haley divorced me to be with Chris Keller, I don't really feel like doing anything." Ariel nodded and put an arm around him.
"Look I'm not trying to be a bitch but it's been 5 months now, maybe u should forget the hoe and come party. Maybe you'll get lucky." She said and gave him a wink. He smiled half heartedly. Ariel stopped him and pulled him towards her. He put his arms around her waist and kissed her. She loved when they kissed, ever since Haley left Ariel was there for a shoulder to lean on. They had ended up making out a few times but never went further than that. Well that was until two nights ago. Nathan pulled away and smiled down at her.
"I'm glad I have you in my life Ariel. My little mermaid." Ariel laughed and linked arms with him, dragging him along as they walked to her place. Brooke and Lucas were coming too, well Brooke lived with her now because Brookes' parents were gone and Ariel's parents were never home. Brooke looked in the living room and clapped her hands.
"Well we need booze, so boys go get some booze." The boys nodded and left, taking Ariel's car. Brooke grabbed her friend as soon as they were gone and pulled her down on the couch.
"SO what's up between you and HotScott?" Ariel smiled and shrugged her shoulders. Brooke smiled and grabbed her friend's hand. "Tell me!"
"I think I'm falling for him. The past 5 months we've been spending every day together and we even made out a few times. Well two nights ago, we had sex." Brooke squealed and dialed a number into her cell phone.
"Peyton you owe me 20 buckaroos. Yup they did, two nights ago... well no but they still did it. Hey get your's and Jakes buts over here. Bye bitch." Ariel gave Brooke a look, who gave her a guilty look.
"Me and Peyton had a bet. I bet u too would do it so I win. So are you guys together?"
"No he doesn't want anything exclusive which I understand but it's been 5 months. But then again I've never been married so yeah." Brooke nodded and smiled at her friend.
"So you love him?" Ariel shrugged and thought about it.
"Yeah I think I do." Brooke smiled, then she looked behind Ariel and got a shocked look on her face. Ariel turned around and stood up. Nathan was standing there, his mouth in the shape of an 'o'. Ariel gave him smile and he returned it. He put down the bag of booze in his hands and walked over to her and grabbed her into a kiss. Ariel was shocked, she thought he didn't want this. When they pulled apart she gave him a confused look.
"The only reason I said about not becoming exclusive, was because I thought you just wanted sex." Ariel shook her head and he kissed her again. "I love you."
"I love you too. So are we together?" Nathan nodded and wiped the tears that had fallen down her face. She laughed at how silly she must look and he kissed her nose. They heard a sob from beside them and looked over. Brooke was bawling in Lucas's arms and even Lucas had some tears in his eyes. Nathan and Ariel started to laugh.
"What's going on here?" They all turned around and saw Peyton and Jake standing there confused.
"Pey y-y-you sh-sh-ould have seen t-t-these two." Brooke started crying again and Lucas hugged her close, sniffing a little.
"They told each other they loved each other." Lucas looked at the ceiling. Ariel and Nathan were still laughing at the two.
"You two are such babies. Now come on we need to get ready for this party." Brooke wiped her eyes and walked over to Ariel and Nathan and hugged them both. Then they all went in the kitchen and got ready for the party.
