Title: Because of You
Disclaimer: I did not create nor do I own the characters of One Tree Hill. I only own the story line and the characters I make up. I only borrow the characters for my own enjoyment. I do not make anything from this except the joy I get from reviews.
Summary: Haley finds herself in a situation that she could never have imagined herself in. Can she solve the problem or will her heart be broken?
A/N: This idea has been floating in and out of my head for awhile so I just needed to write it. Please review and let me know what you think.
Prologue
It seemed to be a miracle that Haley James and her friends were getting to the party before two am. That day had not been an exception for Haley arrived at the club with her friends around two thirty. However, today was different for when Haley and her friends arrived at the entrance of the club they found out that they might be shutting down because someone fell through the front window. Haley stood around with some of her good friends. She stood with two of her friends Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer. They were waiting to find out if the club was going to be shut down. The cops had come but that did not mean that they were going to actually shut it down.
"I don't think it even matters anymore," Brooke decided, "The party doesn't seem to be good anyway."
Haley looked around the club trying to figure out if the party was going to get any better if it did not get shut down. Haley ended up just coming to the same conclusion as Brooke. This was a miracle in itself as she knew she was past just being tipsy. After the shots she had taken back in Peyton's room and the mixed drink she had shared with Brooke she was getting to be drunk.
"Do you want to just bounce and find something else to do?" Haley asked Brooke and Peyton.
"I don't even know if I want to do anything else," Peyton replied, "I'm getting kind of tired. I didn't sleep much because of that test I just took."
Haley was about to tell Peyton something when the music was shut off and it was announced that the party was now over. They headed out of the club and soon met up with Skillz and his brother and they drove back to campus. Brooke and Haley both tried to get Peyton come back to Brooke's room where they could continue the party, but she was firmly sticking behind her decision that she needed to go back to her room to get some sleep. After dropping Peyton off in her room Skillz dropped Haley and Brooke at Brooke's room with promise that he would try to come back to chill.
"I still got some left over from the other night," Brooke told Haley as they walked up the stairs to Brooke's room, "You want to smoke the rest?"
"Sure," Haley replied after thinking for a moment.
The rest of the walk was done in silence. When they got into Brooke's room Haley went over to the Brooke's lap top to put on some music while Brooke rolled the rest of their stash. Haley put on the r&b play list before joining Brooke to smoke. As Haley smoked she realized maybe it wasn't such a great idea to smoke after having drunk so much. Haley was not good at being able to handle both getting drunk and getting high at the same time yet. But something made Haley finish the blunt with Brooke anyway.
"That shit was really good," Brooke commented.
"It really was," Haley agreed.
It was quiet for a moment as Haley allowed her high to take over her mind. At that moment was when Haley had remembered that music was playing. She began to tap her finger on her knee to the beat of the song. The music was some kind of techno that was mixed by a DJ.
"I don't think anyone's going to want to chill now," Brooke decided after noticing that it was almost three am, "We might as well just watch a movie or something."
Haley watched as Brooke got up and went across the room to turn the light off. It was then that she noticed that there were stars stuck to the ceiling that were glowing. Haley laid down on Brooke's bed and stared up at the ceiling watching the stars as they glowed.
"I never realized you had those," Haley said.
"I just got them," Brooke told Haley as she lay down next to her.
Brooke's hand brushed against Haley's as Brooke lay down beside her. It sent a jolt of electricity that Haley had never experienced before throughout her body. Haley was not sure what this was, but she wasn't about to complain either. It was a good feeling and yet she was confused as to why she was feeling good. It was only Brooke. Could she really be that high and drunk? Haley tried to focus her mind on trying to figure out if she was drunk or high than thinking about the girl that lay beside her. She stared intently at the stars as she tried to ignore the presence of Brooke. Though Haley soon realized it was going to be harder than she thought for Brooke began to play with one of Haley's hands. Haley glanced at Brooke.
"Can you just let me play with your hand without it being some big deal?" exclaimed Brooke.
Haley rolled her eyes trying to play off that she did not care one way or another Brooke was doing with her hand. She tried to play off that she wasn't feeling bursts of electricity throughout her body every time Brooke touched her.
"You are so high," Haley told Brooke laughing.
"Your one to talk," Brooke countered knowing that Haley was just as high as she was.
Haley took her hand back and used to it to lean her chin on as she stared at Brooke trying to act as if she was sober. She knew she was failing horribly. For a moment Haley and Brooke just stared into each other's eyes. In the background the songs changed. With the change of song came a change in
mood. Haley was not sure who initiated the kiss, but out of nowhere Haley found herself kissing Brooke. It was not the kiss that was going to end just as fast as it started but as time passed the kiss deepened. As Haley kissed Brooke she began to lose herself in her mind. One kiss led to another kiss which led to another one which ultimately led to other things. Haley had never thought that she would ever kiss a girl, but besides that Haley never thought that she would like kissing a girl. Haley didn't know if it was the weed talking but each touch and each kiss was like an explosion of feeling. Haley had never felt that way in her entire life and a part of her did not want it to end while the other part of her was planting questions in the back of her mind. What was it that made Haley love kissing Brooke so much and was it even right that she was? The biggest question, however, was how did it all start? But Haley doubted that she would ever really know if it had been her or if it had been Brooke that initiated the first kiss that had to led to so much more.