Disclaimer: I do not own anything from OTH...though I wish I did LOL
A/N Hey guys, thank you so much to those who reviewed, I hope you love this one too. As I promised another quick update as long as you guys keep reviewing so as always PLEASE tell me what you think of this one. Love, forever and always.
A few days later, everything was the same and Brooke kept her word about not talking to Peyton. Haley started to spend time with Peyton to make sure she was doing okay and the two of them are becoming good friends. Today, however, there was a different feel in the air of Tree Hill, there is a new girl in town and she is about to shake this up. She is beautiful, she is dangerous and she is going to make an impact in this town simply because she knows she can. Her name is Rachel Gatina.
Haley and Nathan are making their way through the hallways; they were both late for class, while walking they ran into the fiery redhead. As Rachel walked past them, she yelled over her shoulder.
"Damn you're hot!" Haley stopped and turned, pulling Nathan with her.
"Damn, he has a girlfriend!" Rachel stopped and turned back as well.
"I wasn't talking about him" She winked at Haley before she kept walking; Nathan and Haley shared a look before they kept walking.
"Do you know her?" Haley asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Never seen her in my life, must be a new girl" After a second Nathan let out a laugh. "A new girl in Tree Hill that looks and acts like that, it's about to get very interesting in Tree Hill"
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Around lunch time, Peyton is grabbing some stuff from her locker when Haley walked over to her.
"Hey Peyton" Haley leaned on the locker beside Peyton.
"Hey Hales" Peyton gave her a smile as she kept stuffing her bag.
"How are you holding up?" Peyton gave her a small shrug before answering.
"I'm alright, it's just when I see her it hurts" Haley gave her a sympathetic smile and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"So, have you met the new girl?" Peyton shook her head.
"We have a new girl? That always turns out great in Tree Hill" They both let out a laugh.
Peyton rolled her eyes when she saw Lucas make his way over to them.
"Hey guys" Peyton said nothing but Haley waved. "Have you girls met the new girl yet?"
"Yeah, she thinks I'm hot" Peyton and Lucas both looked at Haley in shock.
"Wow, Hales you get the girls and the guys going" Peyton playfully punched Haley's arm. "Now I really want to meet this new girl"
"You would get along with her great" Peyton looked behind Haley and saw Brooke standing behind her. "Her names Rachel Gatina, first class bitch" Brooke started to walk away. "You guys could be best friends" Once Brooke was out of sight, Peyton slammed her locker shut and stormed off.
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Rachel already knew she made an impact in this school just by being here, every time she saw a group of people she heard her name mentioned. Right now, she was walking through the school trying to get familiar with everything. When Rachel turned the corner she crashed into someone, it was the end of the day so she didn't actually expect anyone to be there, when she collected herself she took a second to look at the person she crashed into. Rachel soon realized that she couldn't tear her eyes away from the curly blond.
"I'm sorry I wasn't watching where I was going, are you okay?" The blond looked up and waved it off.
"It's alright…Oh, you're the new girl right? Rachel…Uh…Gatina?" Rachel nodded and stuck out her hand. "I'm Peyton Sawyer" Peyton shook her hand.
"So, is there anything fun to do in this town?" Rachel stuffed her hands into her jacket pocket.
"There is if you go with the right person" Rachel nodded in understanding.
"Are you the right person to go with?" Before Peyton had a chance to answer a door behind her closed, she turned to see Brooke making her way over to them with her head down.
Once Brooke looked up their eyes connected and then Brookes eyes connected with Rachel, right before Brooke past both of them she left out a scoff. Rachel followed Brooke with her eyes before looking at Peyton and gesturing behind her.
"Am I sensing some history there?" Rachel raised her eyebrow.
"No" Peyton shook her head.
"There's no history between you?" Rachel gives Peyton a skeptical look.
"History means that it's in the past and I refuse to believe that whatever we have is in the past" Rachel nodded and an uncomfortable silence took over.
"So, what do you say Peyton, you want to show me around tonight?" Rachel asked with a shrug.
"I can't sorry, I have some stuff to do tonight" Rachel nodded with understanding.
"It's cool, maybe I'll see you around" Peyton smiled at her before walking away.
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Brooke was driving toward her house; she didn't understand why she was so upset to see Peyton talking to Rachel, when she saw them talking there was a familiar feeling of jealousy. Brooke just couldn't figure out why it happened with Peyton, she didn't like Peyton like that…at least she doesn't think so.
Brooke was so lost in her thoughts that she had to slam the brakes on her car when Lucas stepped on the road; she let out a sigh of relief when she didn't hit him.
"I know you hate me Brooke, but to try and kill me might be taking it too far" Lucas attempted a joke.
"You better start walking before I really do kill you, trust me I won't have a problem doing it." Brooke glared at him.
"Brooke, can we please talk?" Lucas pleaded with her.
"What is there to say Lucas? You cheated on me with my best friend and you want to work it out? Screw you!" Brooke began to get choked up.
"I want to be your friend Brooke; I'm not going to lie about what I feel for Peyton. I want to be with her but I don't want to lose you as my friend" Lucas took a step back when Brooke got out of her car and slammed the door.
"I can't believe that you actually said that to me, do you understand that you just told me you want to be with my best friend? How can you even ask me to be friends anymore? God, I can't believe I trusted you with my heart and you knew I did. Lucas, you had my heart in your hand and you crushed it. I hate you and I never want anything to ever do with you anymore" Brooke headed back to her car, but she turned back one more time. "I just have one question for you; did you use me to get closer to Peyton?" Lucas looked away and Brooke had her answer. "Mission completed, you better move or I swear to you I will run your selfish ass over." Brooke got back into her car and Lucas stepped away letting her dive by without killing him.
Brooke looked into her review mirror and watched the figure of Lucas Scott get smaller before it disappeared; she pulled over and broke down in her car.
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Peyton is once again sketching in her room, when she heard footsteps in her room she looked over her shoulder to see Nathan standing there.
"Hey Nathan" Nathan smiled at her as he stepped closer.
"Come on, Haley is waiting in the car, we're taking you out tonight" Peyton smirked at him.
"Thanks for the offer Scott, but I'm staying in tonight" Nathan got up and pulled her out of the chair with force. "Nathan!"
"Look, you and I have known each other forever and I know we haven't been that great with each other but you're still my friend. Now, I hate seeing you like this so get your ass down stairs and in that car, we're going to a club so grab you're the fake ID I know you have" Peyton let out a laugh along with Nathan.
"The fake ID that Brooke made me" Nathan looked away not sure what to say, Peyton quickly said something else to end the silence. "Why did you come and get me instead of Haley?"
"To show you that I care and that you're not alone" Peyton smiled at him and gave him a small hug.
"Now, come on Sawyer" Peyton sighed before following him out the door.
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When the three of them got to the club it was already alive, music was pumping, people dancing, and the bar was filled. As soon as the three of them walked it, Peyton made her way to the bar and Haley dragged Nathan to the dance floor.
Peyton pushed her way through the crowd of people till she reached the front of the bar; she leaned on it while she tried to get the bartenders attention. Peyton tried and tried again, but she just couldn't get his attention. The person beside her managed to get his attention though.
"Hey, can I get two tequila shots!" As soon as the shots were placed on the bar, the person beside Peyton passed one glass to Peyton.
Peyton turned to her left and saw Rachel standing beside her, with a smile she picked up the shot glass.
"Cheers" Rachel said as she picked up her glass and touched it to Peyton's; they both took the shot and slammed the glass back down.
"Thanks, guess you found your way around without me" Rachel let out a laugh as she stepped closer to Peyton to hear her better.
"Yeah, well a girls gotta do something to have some fun in this town" Peyton nodded in agreement. "So, what are you drinking tonight Peyton?"
"Gin and Tonic" Peyton answered after a second.
"Huh, me too" Rachel smiled at her as she got the bartenders attention.
When they got their drinks they made their way through the crowd again and to get away from the bar.
"Are you here with anyone?" Peyton nodded and she started to scan the club to find Nathan and Haley, soon she found them sitting at a table.
"Come on I'll introduce you, but I think you already know them." Rachel followed Peyton as she made her way to the table. "Rachel Gatina this is Haley James and Nathan Scott"
"You're right Peyton I do know them, hottie and her boyfriend" Rachel smiled at the two of them before taking a seat. "It's nice to meet you" Rachel stuck out her hand.
"Nice to meet you too" Haley shook her hand as well as Nathan.
The night was going great, before Peyton knew it she was feeling a little drunk, she wasn't sure how much she had to drink but she knew it was a lot. Right now she was on the dance floor with Rachel dancing and they were pretty close, Peyton's back was touching Rachel's front while she ground her hips into Rachel.
When the music stopped they started to make their way back to Haley and Nathan, Peyton was leaning on Rachel, Rachel was nowhere near as drunk as Peyton.
"Alright, I think it's time we take you home Sawyer" Nathan held on to Peyton as he pulled her away from Rachel.
"Rachel, do you need a ride?" Haley raised an eyebrow at her.
"I would love one if you're offering?" Haley nodded and they started to make their way to the exit.
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Once they dropped of Rachel, they drove Peyton home and Nathan carried her to her room, Haley closely behind him. Once they got to her room, they were surprised to see the light on and even more surprised to see Brooke standing there.
"Brooke, are you okay" Haley quickly made her way over to Brooke.
"I'm fine, is Peyton okay Tutor Girl?" Haley looked behind her at Nathan and Peyton.
"Yeah, we went out and she got a little drunk. I was going to stay the night and take care of her" They both watched as Nathan put her down on the bed.
"Don't worry about it, I'll do it, go home with your boy" Nathan gave her a thankful smile.
"Are you sure?" Brooke nodded. "Brooke, what are you doing here?"
"I don't know, but I'm here, so don't worry about it" Haley nodded before her and Nathan left the house.
Brooke started to make herself comfortable in the chair that she was sitting in when Peyton's phone went off, Brooke quickly grabbed it to make sure it wasn't going to wake up Peyton. In the hurry to grab the phone it slipped from her hand and opened, Brooke tried her best not to read it but couldn't help herself when her eyes caught Rachel's name. She opened the message and read.
'Tonight was fun Peyton, let's go out again sometime soon I promise you a better time'
Brooke started to feel that familiar feeling of jealousy creep up on her again.
