Dear Diary
By: Raven612
Chapter 4: Lost Betrayal
Dear Diary,
It is 2:30am and I am bushed! The only thing keeping me up right now is the fact that the most gorgeous man alive is sleeping next door. She may be taking up the space next to him, but by tomorrow night, I promise you that it will be me in the bed with him!
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As the sun rose on the river and started to pry sleeping eyes open Rachel and Danielle were planning their afternoon activities. They had risen before anyone else and decided that a nature walk would be a lot of fun. As everyone came downstairs for breakfast yawning Rachel decided to suggest it.
"So this morning, Danielle and I thought that a fun little nature walk would be fun, actually its kind of a treasure hunt. We'll be split into teams and, Danielle and myself have already chosen all the teams randomly from this hat." She said with an over bright smile as she held up an old baseball cap.
"Unfortunately there are an odd number of us so there will be two teams of two and two teams of three." Rachel stated as Danielle handed everyone maps of the surrounding area, and they all had little markings and clues on them to signify where a "treasure" lay.
"Uh, I think this is a bad idea, I mean how much will Haley enjoy this?" Brooke asked with concern as she studied her map.
Rachel and Danielle looked at each other with confusion then realization as they remembered the fact that Haley had sprained her ankle.
"I can stay behind with her, I'm not much of a woods person anyways," Nathan offered as he hugged her close.
"No, I will not ruin everyone's weekend just because I'm a klutz, really I'll go, I have a walking boot, crutches, and painkillers, I'll be able to manage," Haley said hoping she sounded sure, she really didn't want to be the rain on their little parade.
"You sure Hales?" Nathan asked with concern as he rubbed her back gently.
"No, I'm sure, I'll be fine," she said with a large fake smile, "besides the fresh air will do me good, and since I had ice on the sucker all night it barley hurts today and the swelling has gone down immensely." She said as she pulled up her pant leg to show him, he cringed away anyways, the color it still was made him think of the dog puke he found as a kid in his bed.
"Only if you're sure Hales," Lucas interjected as he patted her back also.
"Jesus guys, seriously I can do this, just tell me what team I'm on and lets go!" she said now annoyed with the fuss everyone was making over her.
"Alright alright," Rachel said with a devilish grin. "Team number one is Danielle, Brooke, and Nathan. Team number two is Lucas and Haley. Team number three is Peyton, myself, and Bevin. Last but not least, team number four is Mouth and Skills." Rachel smiled as she watched everyone look at their teammates. "We start this little activity at noon," she announced as she brushed past Nathan.
"Ugh, I'm stuck with Rachel," Brooke complained as soon as she was out of ear shot.
"Don't worry Brooke, I'll make sure she doesn't try to kill you," Nathan joked as he got himself and Haley a glass of orange juice.
"Thanks," she mumbled as she tried to figure out how ironic it was that Danielle and Rachel picked the teams and Danielle just magically ended up with Nathan, she was just glad they were not a team of two and that Brooke was with them.
"Well Hales looks like it's just us today," Luke said with a laugh as he went to sit by her and Nathan.
"Heh, yeah, we'll kick their asses," she cheered as they clanked glasses and laughed.
"You think so eh?" Nathan asked with a cocked grin.
"Oh we don't think, we know," Luke said with a wink as he took a drink from his glass and made his way up the stairs to get dressed.
Haley sighed and ran a hand through her tousled hair.
"What's wrong?' Nathan asked he knew she was worried about something.
"Huh? Oh its nothing," she lied with a smile and then kissed him.
"You're not a good liar," he said through a smile as he kissed her again.
"I know, its just this whole thing seems like a set up," she admitted with a confused look and smile, "but I'm sure it will all be fine," she sighed as she rested her head in her hands.
"Are you sure you're up to this?" he asked her once again, but a bit more serious this time and he had a firm hand on her back.
"Nathan, I'm teamed with Luke, you really don't need to worry about me, but you on the other hand are on a team with Danielle, and I know for a fact she has a major crush on you," Haley said with a laugh as she jabbed a joking finger into his solid chest.
"Hales, you don't have to worry about that, I mean come on I'm a married man," he joked as he gave her a reassuring hug.
"I know, and I trust you, but, never mind, I'm sure this is all going to be fine," she whispered as she rested her head against his chest and smiled.
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12 o'clock rolled around a lot faster than anyone had expected it to. Everyone met outside near the entrance of the woods.
"Alright everyone, Danielle and I drew maps for everyone and they should all take every team about two hours to complete, when you finish with it meet back here and once everyone is back we'll start the party," Rachel explained as she handed everyone their maps.
Haley accepted Lucas' and hers. She was leaning on one crutch as she studied it, she then handed it to Lucas, and she assumed he could read the map much better than she could. He was a guy after all.
"Alright, let's go and get this over with," Rachel announced as her team made their way into the woods.
"Good luck," Haley and Nathan told each other, they kissed good bye and went in opposite directions.
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"So this is kind of a weird idea," Luke announced as they walked along a worn path that led deep into the woods.
"Tell me about it," Haley mumbled as she picked her way carefully along the bumpy path. She knew she was holding him back because of her slow pace, but she enjoyed the fact she and her best friend could have some alone time.
"So our map has no clues and no markings to indicate a 'treasure'," Luke said as he turned the map every direction to see if he was missing something somewhere.
"Maybe they did this on purpose so that we didn't have to look for something since I'm a little out of commission," Haley joked as she hobbled along slowly.
"Probably," Luke agreed as he went back to normally studying the map. He memorized where they were supposed to go and then put the map in his pocket. Little did he notice that a sneaky branch had snagged it and ripped it from his pocket.
"This is all so beautiful," Haley sighed as she studied the flowers and the little animals along the path.
"It sure is," Lucas agreed as he shoved his hands into his jeans pockets and breathed in the forest air deeply and let it whoosh out.
"And also the woods can be noisy," Haley said sarcastically as she laughed at Lucas.
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"This map has nothing written on it, is this even a treasure hunt at all?" Nathan asked as he studied their map.
"Not really," Danielle admitted.
"Then what the hell is it?" Brooke asked annoyed as she swatted various bugs.
"It's just sort of a nature walk, Rachel wanted to get everyone away from the cabin so she could double back with her team and decorate for all of us," Danielle admitted a bit sheepishly.
"Well isn't that just lovely," Brooke seethed as she brushed the dirt off the front of her designer jeans.
"Brooke, just give her a break, sure she can be a bitch, but so can you," Nathan said with a laugh, but stopped suddenly once he noticed the furious look on her face.
"We should keep going, Rachel drew these maps so that they would circle back around to the cabin," Danielle admitted as she took Nathan's hand and drug him along the path. Brooke watched her do this and suddenly got a suspicious feeling about Danielle.
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"Alright guys as you notice we have no map, which is because we are not going on this little walk through the woods, instead we will be going back to the cabin and getting things set-up for the party later tonight, I took the pleasure of inviting more people out tonight." Rachel admitted with a smile as she led her team back to the cabin.
"What ever gets me out of the woods," Bevin agreed happily as she followed Rachel and Peyton back to the cabin.
"So did you purposefully set these teams up?" Peyton asked.
"Of course I did," Rachel sneered.
Peyton looked at her a little confused.
Rachel rolled her eyes when she saw Peyton's look, "Oh come on, I need your creativity to help decorate, and I need Bevin's…..uhm….I need her…stupidity," Rachel laughed.
"Hey," Bevin said with a confused look as she tripped up the stairs.
"I rest my case," Rachel sighed as she and Peyton walked around Bevin and into the cabin.
"So is there a reason you didn't team up Haley and Nathan or Brooke and Lucas?" Peyton asked trying to figure things out.
Rachel rolled her eyes once again and let out an annoyed sigh, "Peyton, the reason Lucas and Haley are together is because Danielle and I figures they needed some time to re-connect, and plus Danielle kind of has a crush on Nathan," Rachel smiled at the last part.
It was Peyton's turn to roll her eyes. She knew there was more of a reason than just that. But she decided to let it go as to not ruin the mood for the killer party they were about to have.
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"Lucas, are you sure were going the right way?" Haley asked looking at her watch, an hour and a half had passed and according to Danielle and Rachel the walk was only supposed to take about two hours so Haley had expected to run into another team by now or have sight of the enormous cabin.
"I'm going where the map says," Lucas defended as he turned to join her resting on a rock. She had removed her boot and was massaging the lump on her ankle.
"Are you sure? I haven't seen you look at the map since we first started this stupid hike," she mumbled as she moved her ankle slowly and painfully in circles.
"I'll look," he said with a smile as he went to grab for the map, his look soon turned worried, and Haley noticed.
"Lucas, tell me you did not loose the map," she said trying to keep her tone even.
"I didn't loose the map," Lucas said sheepishly with an apologetic smile as he held out his empty hands.
"Lucas!" Haley shouted angrily. "Lucas, how did you loose it? Now we're never going to get back," she said exasperated.
"Hey, Haley it'll be okay, we'll find our way back, all we have to do is back track," he said standing and turned in a circle trying to figure out which direction they came from.
"Lucas, please tell me you know which way we came from," she pleaded hoping he would say yes.
"I know Hales, we came from that way," he said pointing a random direction and hoping it was close to the real way that they had come.
Haley sighed annoyed and put her boot back on. She rubbed her arm pits and put a hand into her pocket to retrieve a pain pill from it. "Damnit!" she shouted as she realized she had left her pills on the dresser in her and Nathan's room back at the cabin.
"What is it?" Lucas asked rushing to her.
"I forgot my pills at the cabin," she moaned and sat back down on the boulder and put her head into her hands.
"Hey, hey, hey, Hales come on, it's going to be okay," he said trying to soothe her as he rubbed her back reassuringly.
"I should've stayed back at the cabin," she moaned as she looked at him with a humorous smile.
"Naw, Hales, we can find our way back, just wait and see," he said with a smile as he offered her his hand to help her to her feet.
"Okay Luke, you better be right, because I really don't want to spend the night in the woods," she smiled and limped along beside him as they started off deeper into the woods.
"Don't worry I'll get you home to Nathan in one piece, I promise," he smiled.
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"Has anyone seen Haley or Lucas?" Nathan asked.
Everyone had been back for well over an hour now and car loads of people started to arrive at the cabin. Brooke and Peyton were standing with him on the deck.
"Do you think they got lost?" Peyton asked worried.
"I don't know, I say we go and find them," Nathan was growing more and more worried by the minute.
"I say we should, but Nathan it's getting dark out, I'm sure they'll be back soon, it's probably just taking them longer because of Haley's foot," Brooke tried to reassure him, although she wasn't sure herself.
"She shouldn't have gone into the woods in the first place, I knew she wasn't up to it," Nathan said shaking his head. He was angry at himself for letting her go; he had also found her pain killers in their bedroom.
"Nathan, if they're not back in the next half an hour, then I'll go with you to look for them," Peyton said as she rubbed his back and went to get them both a drink. Just as she was entering the cabin Danielle was exiting, with two drinks in hand. She skipped over to Nathan and offered him the other.
"Thanks," he said with a smile as he accepted the drink.
"So are Haley and Lucas back yet?" she asked as she sipped from her own cup.
"No, and I'm about to go out there myself and find them," Nathan admitted as he stared out into the thick trees.
Danielle studied him. She knew without a doubt who he was thinking about. She frowned sadly as she too looked into the trees.
"What's up?" Nathan asked noticing her look.
"Oh nothing, it's just that the boys in there are so rough," she joked as she watched two boys start shoving each other over a spilled drink.
"Well boys will be boys," Nathan laughed as he turned away from the woods and leaned against the railing and stared into the cabin.
Danielle leaned against him and was overcome with the warmth she felt coming from his taut muscles. Nathan flinched when he felt her lean in him but didn't move, he really didn't want to hurt her feelings, but he also knew Haley would not like this picture very much. So he casually moved away as if to throw his cup away. Danielle watched him discard his drink.
"Need another?" she asked as she offered him hers.
"Sure, why not," he said and took the glass from her, when his hand closed around her cup she grabbed a hold of his wrist, he froze.
"What are you doing?" he asked quizzically looking down at her.
"Would you come inside with me to get another drink, I really don't want to talk to those other boys,' she pleaded with a sad face. Nathan couldn't resist, so he nodded and followed her in.
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"Lucas, I think we're hopelessly lost now," Haley sighed with sadness as she slumped to sit on a fallen tree.
"Well Hales I think I'm going to have to agree with you on that one, we could try yelling again?" he asked as he sat next to her and put his arm around her small shaking body.
"Do you think anyone came looking for us?" she asked sadly as she leaned into him for warmth.
"Haley, of course I'm sure they're looking right now, but I really don't know how far into the woods we are so I don't know if they can hear us of if we can hear them," Lucas admitted sadly as he kicked the dirty forest floor.
Haley sighed sadly and kicked her legs back and forth. "Do you think if we try walking in the opposite direction we've been walking that we'll get closer to the cabin?" she asked.
"Haley, I think I figured out how to get back," Lucas said as he sat up straighter.
"What is that Luke?" she asked getting excited.
"Shhh, do you hear that?" he asked shushing her.
"Hear what? You talking? The leaves?" She asked looking around obviously not hearing what he was hearing.
"Haley, the river, it runs in front of the cabin, if we follow it, it might lead us back to the cabin," he said jumping up from the log and walking in the direction he heard the river.
"But which way?" she asked as she hobbled along to follow him. Her ankle pain had become unbearable about an hour ago, and now it was only numb.
"Well, I'm not sure. We'll have to follow it down stream so, we have to find the river and see which way it's flowing," he said picking his way along an old and warn path.
"I hope your right," she sighed as she followed him along the path.
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"Hey Nathan, didn't you want to go looking for Haley and Lucas, like an hour ago?" a tipsy Brooke asked as she staggered over to him and Danielle who were sitting very close on the couch talking.
"Huh" he asked with a stupid grin. He had too much to drink and obviously forgotten about Haley and Lucas. Peyton noticed Brooke talking to them. She came over to see what they were discussing she then suddenly realized Haley and Lucas were still missing and it was going on 11 pm.
"Shit, Nathan, they've been in the woods for eleven hours," Peyton said worry clouding her voice.
"Who?" Nathan asked with a very funny looking concentrating face. He started to sway back and forth on the couch. "I don't feel too good," he murmured as he slumped against Danielle. His eyes started to droop and he started to yawn a lot.
"Nathan, are you okay?" Peyton asked slapping his cheek.
"Yeah, I'm just really tired," he confessed stretching and he started to rise from the couch, but he fell back into it.
"Nathan, I think you need to go sleep it off," Brooke said with a laugh as she plopped down next to him.
"Yeah, I think I'll do that," he smiled and got up once again from the couch, Danielle rose with him and put her arms around him and he did the same to her.
"I'll help him to his room, ours are next to each other, and I'm also feeling tired," she lied faking a large yawn.
"Okay, I'll get Mouth to help me find Lucas and Haley then, I'm worried about them," Peyton said as she turned to find Mouth among all the other kids.
Danielle smiled devilishly as she caught Rachel's eye, Rachel also smiled devilishly. Danielle struggled getting Nathan up the stairs and down the hallway to his room. He had passed out on the way down the hall. He was now snoring lightly, Danielle sprawled him out across the bed. She then looked at him with a longing look. She removed her shirt and her jeans. She bent down and kissed him softly on his lips.
She then removed his shirt and his basketball shorts. She looked lovingly at his perfect body. He sighed in his sleep. She smiled and kissed him again, he then moaned. She smiled even brighter and crawled under the covers with Nathan. She moved next to him and put his arm around her waist, he instinctively hugged her close, and he must be thinking she was Haley.
"Goodnight Hales," he breathed into Danielle's hair before he fell into a deeply drugged sleep.
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Peyton and Mouth had ventured into the woods with flashlights and they began their search for Lucas and Haley.
"Lucas, Haley," both Peyton and Mouth shouted as they walked further into the woods shinning their lights ahead of them.
"Do you think they can hear us?" Mouth asked as he turned in a full circle shouting for them.
"I hope so," Peyton admitted as she shone her light where a twig had snapped.
"Haley, Lucas," they shouted louder.
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"Hey Lucas, do you hear that?" Haley asked she was sure she heard someone calling their names.
"Hear what?" he asked stopping to listen, then he heard it, someone was calling to them. "I told you they hadn't forgotten us," he smiled and put an arm around her waist and helped her towards the voices.
"We're coming," Lucas shouted both he and Haley's voice had grown hoarse with shouting.
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"I hear them," Peyton said with joy as she bound ahead and broke through some bushes and found them both. They were both very dirty and full of twigs, leaves, and mud.
"I am so glad I found you guys," she said hugging them both tightly.
"We're glad you found us too," Haley said with a smile as she leaned against Peyton for support as they walked back to the cabin. As it neared Haley and Lucas could hear the music blaring and the screams and shouts of the many people inside.
"Ugh, I am in no mood to party," Haley moaned as she limped up the front steps and into the comforting warmth of the cabin.
"Oh look, you guys finally decided to join us," Rachel said as she stumbled over and laughed at both Lucas and Haley.
"Yeah, thanks for the worry," Haley mumbled. "Where's Nathan?" she asked wondering why he hadn't come with to look for them.
"Well, he had a little too much to drink and so Danielle helped him upstairs to bed." Peyton admitted.
"Oh," Haley said with a confused look, her ankle suddenly started to throb and she shook a little.
"Haley, you okay?" Peyton asked putting her arm around her waist.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just need some of my pills and a shower," she said with a smile as she started towards the stairs.
"Here, I'll go with you, I could use a shower and a change of clothes," Lucas said making a show of sniffing himself.
"Alright now, don't get lost up there," Peyton joked as she turned back to the party to get a drink.
Haley and Lucas laughed at her and started up the stairs.
"So tonight was definitely interesting," he joked as he walked with Haley to her room.
She twisted the handle to get into her room and opened the door but looked back at Lucas before she could see into her room.
"Lucas, we can never have a normal night together can we?" she asked with a laugh as she flipped on the light and turned to go into her room. What she saw made her freeze; she gasped loudly and dropped her crutches. She fell back into Lucas who looked over her shoulder and saw what had made her suddenly freeze.
There in her and Nathan's bed lay a half naked Nathan with his arm around an equally half naked Danielle.
"Lucas, just take me away," Haley sobbed into his shoulder.
Lucas nodded silently as they backed out of the room and he hugged her close as she began to cry.
"Don't worry Haley," he soothed as he rubbed her back.
A/N: So what do you guys think? Pretty long eh? Well it is 11 pages lol; well you'll just have to keep reading to see what made Nathan pass out so quickly and what will happen to the young married couple. REVIEW!!!!!!!!