Chapter 6

Lucas brought Peyton home safely. They parked the car in the driveway, and just sat there and listened to music. Peyton turned to Lucas and asked him if he wanted to come in.

"Sure," Lucas replied taking off his seatbelt.

Peyton smiled and took off her seatbelt as well. As she went to open the car door, Lucas stopped her. He told her not to move. Lucas got out of the car, ran in front of it to the passenger's side door and opened it as he stuck his hand out. She giggled and played along. She took his hand and got out of the car. Lucas placed her arm around his and they walked towards her house. Lucas took the remote to lock the car out of his pocket and pressed the button over his shoulder like a real pro. The car locked and the head light flashed. Peyton took out her keys and opened the door. They both walked in and shut the door behind them.

Haley received a text message once she had got into her silver silky pyjamas. She opened her phone and saw that the text message was from Dean. She smiled and read the text message. It said; "I had a really great time tonight. Don't worry about Brooke. She's just looking out for me. She'll get used to it."

Haley questioned if she should respond to his text message. Because what if Brooke would see it, she might even get madder. Haley really liked Dean, and figured that he may think she's avoiding him if she didn't respond. So she clicked the "Reply" button on her phone and wrote; "Had an awesome time too. You're right, she will come around, it was just a shock to her that's all. Well I'm off to bed, night."

Dean received the text message and responded "Alright. Goodnight. Sweet Dreams."

He closed his phone just as Brooke walked passed his room. She looked at Dean and rolled her eyes. She walked off to her room; Dean jumped off his bed and caught up to her. "Brooke wait." He said.

Brooke stopped walking and faced her brother. Dean knew Brooke was upset, and he knew about what. It looked like Brooke wasn't ready to talk about him and Haley yet, so he brought up the first thing that came to his mind, "You're home late." He told her.

"Yeah, well I wasn't in that great of a mood so Chase and I went for ice cream."

"Oh, that's cool" Dean said.

Brooke turned her back and headed to her room.

"Brooke, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Fine…" she said as she opened her bedroom door and invited her brother in.

They both walked into Brooke's bedroom and sat on her bed. Dean looked at Brooke straight in the eyes and said, "I really like Haley, Brooke."

"Really?" Brooke said after a long pause, "You said the same thing about Trisha, Dean, and look what happened to her."

"Hey." Dean said hesitantly, "she decided to leave."

"You should have followed her."

"She didn't want me to."

"Well you should be responsible enough to go." Brooke yelled at him, "Especially with these circumstances Dean!"

Dean looked down; Brooke was right, for once. He had been a jerk to Trisha, his ex-girlfriend.

"Have you talked to her at all?" Brooke asked him.

"No. I haven't talked to her in about 8 and half months."

"You know it's due anytime now."

"Yes, I'm aware Brooke."

"Well, I still think you and Haley is a horrible idea," Brooke told him, "But if you really like her you have to tell her."

Nathan and Rachel walked outside to the parking lot. There were only 3 cars left, they were one of the lasts ones to leave. Nathan walked to where they had parked the car, but the car wasn't there. Nathan turned to Rachel with a dumb look on his face. Rachel understood what happened and started laughing. Lucas and Nathan came together and Nathan came together and Lucas drove Peyton home so that would leave Nathan without a car.

"We'll walk." Nathan told her.

"Huh?" Rachel asked.

"Come on, it's not that far."

Rachel pouted and Nathan smiled. Rachel might be a lot of things and being funny was definitely one of them. She had a way of making people laugh when they were in bad situations.

"Nathan, it's far." Rachel said.

"You can come over if you want…" Nathan said

Rachel raised her eyebrows, "You're parents are okay with that?"

"Well…yeah. I guess. They're on a cruise."

Rachel smiled. She agreed to camp out at Nathan's house. They started walking, but Rachel stopped after a couple of steps.

"What's wrong now?" Nathan asked.

"These are new boots, and it's all muddy over there."

Nathan laughed, and Rachel was frowning. He told her to hop on his back. Rachel had a confused look on her face.

"I'll carry you to my house." Nathan said and he leaned down for Rachel to hop on.

Rachel giggled and got on his back.

Lucas and Peyton were making out on the couch. He ran his hand up her thigh, she let him. This felt really good. Peyton pulled away from the kiss. She lay down on the couch and watched Lucas on the other side of the couch.

"Do you want to stay the night?" she asked him.

"I can't." Lucas said as Peyton put her head down, "Listen Peyton, I don't want to rush things. I mean, I don't even know you that well. But I know if we stay together long enough, well, when we do…that… it will be amazing."

"That was really sweet." Peyton said, "But…we don't have to do anything like that. We could stay up all night and talk and learn more things about each other."

"I'd like that." Lucas told her.

Peyton smiled and reached over and gave a kiss to Lucas on the cheek. She headed to the kitchen and put popcorn in the microwave and let it pop. She came back to the living room and sat next to Lucas. He sat on the edge of the couch, and Peyton snuggled between his arms and lay down on the couch. They held hands together; Lucas used his other hand to control the remote. He flipped threw the channels and found Scary Movie 4. He asked Peyton if she wanted to see that movie. She said she loved it. The microwave beeped and Peyton got up to get the popcorn.

Brooke got on the computer and logged onto MSN. She had a couple of un-read emails but decided to check them later. Chase was online, so she sent him an IM.

BDavis123 says: Hey Buddy

SurferDude says: Brooke, did you talk to your brother?

BDavis123 says: Yeah, I talked to him. He really likes her Chase, but I still think it's wrong.

SurferDude says: Of course you do.

SurferDude says: Brooke you got to let him handle the situation the way he wants to, you're not his mom

BDavis123 says: Yeah I know. But I still think he should be there for Trisha, especially now.

SurferDude says: I agree 100

BDavis123 says: Anyways…

BDavis123 says: I'm going out with Jason on Sunday

SurferDude says: I know! How cool is that!

BDavis123 says: I'm so excited Chase.

SurferDude says: Hold that thought. Mom wants to talk to me.

BDavis123 says: Alright

Brooke closed the conversation and went to go look on the internet at her favourite chatting thread. No one was on. She turned on her iTunes. She played her favourite song, "the way I r." She got an IM invitation. She opened it but didn't recognise the user name.

FootBallCapt11 says: Hey Gorgeous

BDavis123 says: who is this?

FootBallCapt11 says: It's Jay

BDavis123 says: Jay? I don't know a Jay

FootBallCapt11 says: Well you're going out with me on Sunday.

BDavis123 says: Oh!

BDavis123 says: What's up.

FootBallCapt11 says: Nothing really. Can't wait for Sunday

BDavis123 says: I can't wait either; I'm not going to be disappointed am I? lol

FootBallCapt11 says: Hell no lol.

FootBallCapt11 says: It'll be the best date you'll ever have

BDavis123 says: That's got to be one great date, because you know, I've been on a date with Brad Pitt and well nothing can beat that.

FootBallCapt11 says: haha. Well, I'll do my best.

Chase contacted her back. Brooke opened her conversation with him.

SurferDude says: I'm back

BDavis123 says: Guess what.

SurferDude says: what?

BDavis123 says: Jason added me on MSN and we're talking

SurferDude says: That's awesome.

BDavis123 says: Yeah, what did your mom say.

SurferDude says: Oh…nothing.

SurferDude says: Well I'm going to let you flirt with Jason. I'm heading off. Bye babe. I love you.

BDavis123 says: No, you don't have to do that.

SurferDude says: It's alright; I have to decide if I want to do what my mom wants me to do anyways.

BDavis123 says: Alright. Bye love. I love you.

SurferDude has logged off.

Brooke opened her conversation with Jason, she hadn't replied in a couple minutes.

FootBallCapt11 says: Do you like Chinese or Japanese more?

FootBallCapt11 says: Personally, I love sushi.

FootBallCapt11 says: Brooke? You there?

Brooke hesitated to answer. Why was Chase being so vague with her, he was never vague with her. He was always open, he always told her everything. She didn't this, she didn't like this one bit.

BDavis123 says: Sushi is the best!!!

FootBallCapt11 says: then sushi it is.

FootBallCapt11 says: Crap, I've got to go. Talk to you tomorrow?

BDavis123 says: For sure.

FootBallCapt11 says: 

FoorBallCapt11 has logged off

Brooke closed her computer and went to sit on her bed. She opened her phone and sent a text message to Chase. She was worried about him. She didn't answer him. She was really angry, but decided to call him when she got up in the morning. She got into bed and closed her light.

Nathan opened the front door. The lights were off, no one was home. Nathan turned on the lights and showed Rachel the house. They went to go sit in the living room, Rachel sat on the couch. Nathan asked her if she wanted anything to drink.

"A coke would be nice." Rachel said.

"One coke coming up." Nathan said and headed for the kitchen.

Rachel looked at the pictures on the wall; she smiled at the pictures of Lucas and Nathan fighting. There were pictures of Haley and Nathan. Rachel noticed that a lot of pictures had Haley in them, but not exactly. She was in the background in a lot of the pictures, and in all of those pictures, she was looking at Nathan, looking like she was wishing to be part of the main part of the picture standing next to Nathan. Maybe it was just her imagination, but from the looks of things, it looked like Haley had a crush on Nathan.

"There you are." Nathan said putting a can of coke underneath her nose. It broke off her concentration from the pictures and she took the coke and turned around to sit on the couch and talk with Nathan. She asked Nathan who the girl in the picture was, the one by the TV. Nathan walked over to it and said that it was Haley, when they were about 5. Nathan had her arm around her, and they were smiling.

"And that one?" Rachel asked pointing to one where Nathan was dressed up in a suit with a pretty brunette next to him in a blue dress.

"That's Kayla, my first girlfriend…" Nathan said, "The only girlfriend I've ever had actually."

"She's gorgeous." Rachel said.

"Yeah, she umm moved away last year." Nathan said clearing his throat, "Her dad got a job offer."

"I'm sorry."

"No, no. It's fine." Nathan said.

Rachel looked down at her coke and took a sip of her coke. Rachel liked Nathan. How could she show him? She rushed beside him and curled her body next to his. She lay her head on his shoulder. Nathan got up and walked away. Rachel sat on the couch with a confused look on her face. That was odd. That never happened to her before, it always worked. Why didn't it work with Nathan? Nathan came back with a blanket, and told Rachel to lie down on the couch. She did as instructed and lay on the bed. Nathan put the blanket on top of her and told her goodnight. He closed the lights and headed upstairs. Nathan got settled in his bed when about 5 minutes later he heard a knock on his door. He looked over to the door and saw Rachel's head pop in threw the doorway.

"Nathan, I heard something outside your house and I'm scared."

Nathan got out of bed, and walked with her down the stairs. He opened the front door and walked around. There was nothing in sight.

"There's nothing outside Rachel."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm positive."

Rachel got back into her couch bed and put the cover over her head. Nathan headed upstairs but was cut off by Rachel

"Where are you going?"

"To my bed…"

"No…stay with me. I'm scared."

Nathan exhaled, and walked back down the stairs. Rachel opened the blanket so Nathan could cuddle next to her. Most guys would love this, but not Nathan.

"What are you doing?" he asked

"Making room for you" she replied.

"Why don't we just open the couch so we each got enough room."

Another rejection for Rachel, this must be a record or something. Rachel got up from the couch and let Nathan take out the fold-out bed. He brought another blanket downstairs and covered Rachel again. He lay down and didn't turn towards Rachel. He exhaled, that was probably the hardest thing he had ever done. He really liked Rachel, but he felt it was way too soon to sugguest ever going out sometime together since her last break up and Nathan was willing to wait. Rachel fell asleep a couple minutes later. Nathan turned over and faced her and whispered, "Sweet dreams gorgeous." He fell asleep next to her. The thing we didn't know about Nathan though, was that he was a very cuddly sleep, he always needed something to cuddle. Tonight's cuddling item was Rachel.