Title: "Open Door Policy" (SEQUEL!)
Category: Drama/Angst
Sub-categories: Romance, Comedy/Humour, and a little bit of Mystery
Characters: Haley James, Nathan Scott, Peyton Sawyer, Lucas Scott, Brooke Davis and Jake Jagielski
Couples: Nathan & Haley, Lucas & Peyton and Brooke & Jake
There will be an explanation for the new pairings.
A/N: you haven't guessed already (cause I am so subtle with the all caps lol), this is going to be a sequel to yet another one of my already completed stories. It is a sequel to drum roll "Behind Closed Doors".
Summary:
I'm still working out the whole storyline but basically it's going to be exploring more of Haley and Nathan's relationship now that it's out in the open (including other factors) and after dealing with Nathan's maniacal father. If you think the trouble with Dan is over, you're wrong. He might be in jail but that doesn't mean he'll stay there. This won't happen right away. Maybe not until a few chapters. I don't know.
And of course there's the turmoil their friends have gone through. If you've noticed Brooke and Lucas are no longer together and neither are Jake and Peyton. They've swapped partners. What happened there? Is everyone happy with the way things have been?
This story picks up 3 years after the events of "Behind Closed Doors" took place. Peyton, Brooke, Lucas, Nathan and Haley are all in their second year. Jake is in his third. There's a huge surprise at the end of this chapter that I did not even expect when I came up with the idea for this sequel. Don't scroll down to see what it is. I don't know when I'll update this story but if I get lots of replies, I might get started on the second chapter earlier than expected. Leave some words. Enjoy :)
Chapter 1Haley walked around the Tree Hill University campus on the bright Monday morning. It was her second year and she was a literature major so all she took was basically English classes. Though she loved summer vacation and the last four weeks of August during which she and Nathan had gone up to Niagara Falls for, had been spectacular, she always loved coming back to school.
She walked towards the grass where the picnic tables had been set up and sat down with her friends; Brooke Davis, Jake Jagielski, Lucas Scott and Peyton Sawyer were already sitting. She saw Lucas wrap his arms around Peyton and she couldn't help but marvel at how odd it still seemed.
Lucas used to be madly in love with Brooke Davis. They went steady for three years in high school. Then, at the end of their junior year, Brooke went off to California and when she came back afterwards, she and Lucas tried to pick up where they left off but slowly discovered that they had "outgrown" each other.
Brooke was just beginning to spread her creative wings as she had used her talent as a fashion designer to design a wedding dress for one of her girlfriends in LA. After a designer saw a picture in the society pages of the local newspaper, they offered Brooke an internship during the summer after senior year which led to a scholarship to a prestigious fashion school.
Lucas had gotten close to Peyton over the summer after junior year and developed strong feelings that he had been fighting for her. Peyton and Jake had been a pretty loving couple in school but they too grew apart after Jake left town for the summer because his old friend, Nikki had called him.
Nikki Reed was a year older than them and Jake's best friend back in Savannah before he had moved to live with his mother in Tree Hill. She had been seriously involved with some guy and after a few months, she found herself pregnant with his kid, three weeks after he had skipped town on her. Her parents had kicked her out of the house after they found out so Jake had gone to Savannah to help his friend get her life back on track. After being away for almost two months, they were unlucky in finding an apartment and a job for Nikki.
He ended up bringing her to Tree Hill and she found a job and a place to live within a week. Now she was attending college at night school while being a mother to her beautiful daughter, Jenny Reed, and the weekend bartender at TRIC.
Peyton and Jake had broken up after the strain of the long-distance relationship. But they were still very close friends. After a few weeks, Lucas and Peyton were together, now going strong for almost two and a half years.
Haley noticed Jake holding Brooke really close and she let out a scoff. They looked at her questioningly. "Peyton told me the two of you had gotten together. I told her I would have to see it before I would believe it. Now seeing the two of you together, I still can't wrap my head around it," Haley quipped.
"We surprised each other," Brooke replied. Brooke had spent the last year in California at that fashion school. Jake had gone to California for the summer and ran into Brooke. Apparently, they had started dating within a week and now Brooke had transferred to THU to be closer to Jake.
"And the universe," Peyton remarked.
"Is it really that unbelievable?" Jake asked.
"Yeah," Lucas replied.
"I was just joking. It's unexpected but I'm happy for you two," Haley said.
"Thanks, Haley," Brooke said, shooting a glare in Peyton's direction.
"So how was Niagara Falls?" Lucas asked. Haley smiled at the memories that came flooding back to her.
"Oh, it was a life-altering experience for both of us," Haley replied cryptically. The others didn't seem to notice her blush. Then some guy came up to their table.
"You are really gorgeous," a slick deep voice said. Haley looked up and frowned at he blond-haired, blue-eyed guy. He was clearly a jock but he wasn't her jock.
"Thank you," Haley said in a flat tone and hoped the guy would take that as a hint that she was not interested. He didn't. He actually sat down beside her and smiled.
"You'll look even better in the morning, I wager," he said. Haley looked at him. "When you wake up next to me, of course."
"I'm flattered, but…" Haley started.
"Her boyfriend might mind that scenario," Peyton replied for her in her angry tone that dared anyone to mess with her.
"That's ok. I don't care if you have a boyfriend. You still have the right to experiment," he said.
Haley just smiled and noticed Nathan heading towards them. "I have a feeling my husband would disagree," Haley said, lifting up her left hand revealing the silver wedding band that rested on her wedding finger.
"Hey, Hales," Nathan said, coming over and sitting down. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder, also revealing his matching wedding band. He looked at the stranger and recognized the look in his eyes. "Are you lost, Trey?"
"No, Nathan. Of course not," he replied. Trey looked over at Haley in disbelief and then got up and walked away.
Haley and Nathan turned their attention to their four friends that were now gaping at them in shock. "You two got married?" Lucas asked in disbelief.
"In Niagara Falls?" Peyton asked.
"And didn't invite us?" Jake asked. Haley and Nathan were silent.
"I hope you at least got a honeymoon suite," Brooke commented a few seconds later.