Hey guys, I'm sorry it's been so long since my last update but work has gotten crazy and I couldn't work on my story. But now updates should be coming regularly. Here's the next chapter. Hope you guys like it. Don't forget to review. I love reading them. Enjoy!

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Carol scrubbed furiously at her white top trying her best to rid herself of the chocolate stain the best she could. Lucas walked in and shook his head when he saw her. He then walked up to her.

"Having some trouble there?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Yeah. Mostly with your bitch and her little blonde friend." Carol responded seething.

"There's no need to call Brooke names."

"I think there is plenty of need to call her that and more. She along with Peyton, did this to me. How you put up with dating her I'll never understand."

"She has a good heart. She's just a really great person."

"Yeah, she shows it so well." She spewed the words sarcastically.

"Can you really blame her? She was just defending her sister. When someone hurts Haley, Brooke takes it personal. We're all pissed at you, but Brooke is more blunt about it. Nate took it pretty personal too and not only because you and Kyle hurt Hales, but also because he was considering asking you out at the time."

"What?" Carol looked at him in disbelief.

"Yeah, he had said that you seemed like a really cool girl and was his type. Too bad you got with Kyle instead."

"He never seemed like he was interested in me. We barely ever talked." Carol could hardly believe it. Nathan Scott had been interested in her.

"He had a girlfriend during that time. But after his break-up he thought he'd give you a shot."

"If I had known I would have never stayed with Kyle. I had the hugest crush on Nathan for like ever."

Lucas could barely contain his laughter at her gullibility. "Yeah we all knew. Brooke kept telling us. You know he still thinks you're kind of cute even though you have bad taste in boyfriend material. He actually said that if you weren't with Kyle he'd probably still ask you out now. Although he really shouldn't because Haley would kill him."

"Nice to know what you think."

"Look the only reason I came over here was to tell you that although Haley has told you that she was over it, deep down seeing you and Kyle still hurts her a little. And as one of her best friends I feel that I should tell you to get Kyle and just leave. She's one of my best friends and I hate seeing her hurt. So just get him and go. Even though I shouldn't, I'm asking you nicely."

"Lucas, this is a free country and we have just as much right to be at this party as Haley does."

"Actually if I remember correctly, Teresa did not invite the two of you. You crashed the party. Even if Mike invited you, you still crashed a party you weren't invited to."

"We don't have to go anywhere."

"Fine. Don't say I didn't warn you. I never understood why my brother could have ever been interested in you."

Lucas turned around and went out of the kitchen. He went out back and joined the others.

The were lounging on some lounge chairs by the pool. He sat down by Brooke and grabbed the drink in her hand and took a sip.

" Just finished up my friendly warning to Carol and the fake story of Nathan's interest in her."

"Did the hoe bag believe you about Nate?" Brooke asked her boyfriend.

"Without a doubt. She was like 'if I had known I wouldn't have been with Kyle' She still has the hots for Nate." Lucas looked at Nathan. "It should be pretty easy to flirt with her and make her believe your interested. So, Hales I take it things went well with Kyle."

"Yep. Right about now he should be in panic mode wondering how he's going to get out. Which means we should get inside so we can keep an eye on things and be ready for when he makes his entrance. And you Nate need to go take care of your part with Carol."

"Oooh! I'm so excited!" Brooke bounced happily.

Peyton laughed at her friend. "Brooke, nothing's happening yet."

"Not yet but it will. And just thinking about it gets me excited. If I wasn't worried about missing it I'd take Broody here somewhere private and have my way with him."

Lucas raised his eyebrows intrigued. "Brooke I'm sure we have some time."

"Not now Broody. I am not taking any chances. When the humiliation is over and Haley is satisfied, we can indulge in satisfying each other." Brooke gave him a small kiss.

The group entered the house. Nathan made his way to the kitchen to subtly flirt with Carol. He only hoped that Carol would fall for it and he could get away unscathed. In all honesty he didn't want to do it. Something about Carol really rubbed him the wrong way and he had been feeling that way long before the whole Haley/Kyle/Carol thing. But Haley was his best friend and he'd do anything for her no matter the sacrifice. Unfortunately for him that sacrifice had to do with Carol Borotti. The first impression he got from the 5'2, blue eyed, blonde was that of a girl who was very envious of those who had more than she did and was willing to do anything and everything to reach the same level. That's why he never really hung out with her before. Any time Haley brought her he would just wave and preoccupy himself with his then girlfriend. But now he was actually going to initiate a conversation. He really wanted this night to end just as much as Haley. Maybe even more if it was possible. As he entered the kitchen he saw Carol reach for a paper towel behind a couple that was making out hotly. He grabbed a roll and went towards her.

"Looking for this?" He asked holding it up as she turned towards him surprised.

"Umm, yeah." Carol gulped. "I uhh had an accident and I'm trying to clean myself up." She laughed nervously.

"Well, here you go." He handed the paper towels to her.

"Thanks." She took it graciously. For a brief moment her fingertips brushed against his hand.

Nathan gave her his trademark smirk. "So, how did this happen?" He gestured to the large stain on her shirt.

"Oh, uh I accidentally ran into Peyton and her cake got all over me." She smiled keeping herself from insulting Peyton. The last thing she wanted to do was upset Nathan while he was actually talking to her. And insulting his friends would definitely upset him.

"Peyton always was a clumsy one."

Carol laughed as Nathan came closer to her.

"So, here's something I've been wanting to know. Why are you with that jerk off, Kyle?"

"I don't really know how to explain it. He's funny and he's cute."

"He's a cheater. Haven't you heard that saying? Once a cheater, always a cheater."

"Yeah." Carol began to get really nervous to due Nathan being so close to her. She could almost swear she could feel his breath on her skin.

"What makes you think he wouldn't do it to you?"

"I trust him."

"Yeah, well Haley trusted him too and look at what happened. I've always been a fan of the female population and I love having my fair share of girls to choose from but one thing I would never do is cheat. If you don't want to be with a person and you feel there is someone out there better for you then you should have the balls to break it off."

"You make a very good point."

"If you were with me you'd never have to worry about my loyalty. I'd treat you like a queen. But I guess I missed my chance, huh?"

"Lucas mentioned that you had once considered asking me out. Which surprised me because hardly ever hung out."

"I know, but at the time I had a girlfriend who took up a lot of my time. I hardly even hung out with Haley. And when I had broken up with Tiffany, your little affair with Kyle was exposed."

"So, if I wasn't with Kyle would you still consider going out with me?"

"Maybe." He looked her up and down suggestively.

"What about Haley?"

Carol mentioning Haley's name really hit a nerve, but Nathan kept his cool.

"Haley's my best friend and I love her to death, but she doesn't dictate who I go out with. But that doesn't really matter now, does it? You're dating Kyle." He checked her out one more time. "Which, I have to say is really too bad. I'll be seeing you." Nathan ran a finger along her cheek and then walked away. Carol was left stunned and touched where Nathan had run his finger along her cheek and let her hand linger upon it lovingly. Teresa walked up to her suddenly.

"Are you okay?"

"Nathan Scott was actually flirting with me." Carol giggled like a little school girl.

"Okay. Is there anything else you need?" Teresa looked at her oddly. "Like maybe a shirt to borrow?" She asked noticing the huge stain on the front of Carol's shirt.

"No. Everything is perfect now. Has Kyle come down yet?"

"Uh, no. He should be coming down in a couple of minutes though. So just get a drink and he'll be down in no time."

"Okay." Carol then walked out giddy and Teresa just laughed behind her.

Meanwhile, upstairs Kyle was in full panic mode. He looked around the bathroom one more time. He even looked out into the hallway hoping to catch someone to help him out, but no such luck.

"Damn it!" Kyle yelled. "She wouldn't have done this. She couldn't have. She wouldn't be this cruel."

Kyle tried his best to rationalize the situation. He eyed the small hand towel hanging by the sink and grabbed it. He tried his best to cover himself fully, but it was only big enough to cover only the frontal part of his nude body.

He took a deep breath. "You can do this, Kyle. Just run out and look for the closest open bedroom and find some clothes."

He opened the door and poked his head out first to see if the coast was clear. When he saw there was no one there he stepped out and ran to the first door. While one hand held the small hand towel in place, he used the other to jiggle the door knob. Of course it was locked. He moved quickly to the next door and found that it was also locked. As he moved to the next few doors he found that they were also locked. He moved on to the last door. Behind him by the bathroom door Teresa stealthily closed the door and locked it then quietly made her way back downstairs.

"Okay. This is the last door. It has to be open." Kyle took another deep breath and moved his hand towards the brass knob. He moved it and jiggled as hard as he could but once again he came across another locked door.

"This can't be happening to me! I'm gonna have to run down to my car like this! Unless…" He headed back to the bathroom door only to find it locked. "Aaargh!"

Downstairs Teresa informed the group of her progress in the living room.

"I locked the bathroom door upstairs. And I told everyone near the stairs that if they see Kyle attempt to get one of them to help him that they better ignore him or their social life will be ruined and they'll never get invited to a cool party again. Oh, and here's the camera you asked for."

"Wow, Teresa you really had to get tough, huh?" Haley said impressed taking the camera from her.

"Yeah. Anyway, I got a quick glimpse of him and he looks absolutely ridiculous with the small hand towel covering him and from what I could tell his backside was definitely exposed."

Everyone just laughed.

"God, I'm so excited!" Brooke said gleefully.

"Calm down, babe. Save your energy."

Peyton smiled at her friend. "Brooke, I don't think I've seen you this excited in a long time."

"That's because I haven't. Not since my birthday when I got my baby blue VW Bug 7 months ago."

"Uh oh. Carol at 2:00 walking towards Nathan and Jake." Peyton gestured towards to the guys who were on the other side of the room. They all watched as Carol walked over by Nathan noticeably fixing her hair, straightening herself out and sporting a huge smile on her face.

"I'm gonna go ahead and say that Nathan was very convincing." Haley stated.

Brooke giggled. "She actually thinks she has a chance with Nathan. What a moron."

"I didn't think she'd be this gutsy so early. I thought Nate would have some time before he embarrassed her in front of everyone here." Lucas observed.

"The girl definitely has some nerve." Haley said as she watched.

Nathan and Jake laughed along to some ridiculous joke told by their friend Vegas when Nathan felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and was surprised to see Carol. He really hadn't expected her to come up to him this quickly. He looked over at Jake who just shrugged and then looked back at her.

"Hey, Nathan." Carol smiled and puffed her chest out.

"Carol."

"So, this party is really rockin' isn't it?"

"You could say that."

"Hi, Carol." Jake said stating his presence.

"Oh, hi Jake. I didn't see you."

"Obviously. I'm gonna go find Peyton." Jake then left to find his girlfriend leaving Nathan with Carol on his own.

"So, what are you drinking?" Carol asked trying to make conversation.

"Just regular beer." Nathan answered disinterested.

"Me, I'm having a White Russian. It's pretty good. So, I was thinking about our conversation in the kitchen about if I wasn't with Kyle then we could maybe go out. Well, lately Kyle has been getting on my nerves and I've been thinking about dumping him anyway so maybe we could get together tomorrow night or any night that's good for you."

Nathan chose that moment to let out a huge laugh loud enough to catch the attention of most people in the room who started to watch the two. Carol just stood baffled.

Nathan stopped for a moment to look at her. "You're serious?" Nathan just kept on laughing and without knowing why others in the room laughed along with him.

"Yeah. What's so funny?"

"You."

"Me?" Carol was getting really confused.

"Yeah, you're actually going to dump Kyle just to go out with me?" Nathan made sure to speak loud enough for everyone to hear him.

"I thought that's what we talked about earlier."

"I don't remember that."

"But you said…" Carol looked around noticing everyone in the room was watching them.

"Carol, are you sure I wasn't drunk? I tend to say really ridiculous things when I'm drunk. You actually think I would go out with you? You must be really high. You are the last girl I would ever consider going out with even if as a one night stand."

Suddenly the music stopped and everything in the room was silent as all eyes were on Carol and Nathan.

"But Lucas said that that you told him you were interested in me." Carol grew nervous and sounded like she was on the verge of tears.

"Listen, a circus monkey has more chances at sleeping with me than you ever would. That should really tell you how interested I am. I would never date someone who would betray my best friend by stealing her boyfriend. And the fact that you went after Kyle of all people really lessens your desirability. Not that it was that high to begin with. You actually look pretty pathetic trying to look sexy and showing off your breasts when you have what looks like a shit stain on your shirt."

Everyone in the room just roared with laughter as Carol looked down at the stain from her earlier mishap then looked around at everyone who was laughing at her and ran out of the room.

Meanwhile, at the top of the stairs Kyle looked down and noticed that everyone's attention was focused in the living room.

"Now's my chance to make a run for it." He mumbled to himself. He then held the little towel in place covering his privates with one hand while the other the other hand he used to try and cover his ass the best he could. Little did he know Teresa was still keeping a close eye on the stairs. When he felt ready enough he ran quickly down the stairs toward the front door. When Teresa saw that he was halfway to the door she put all the attention on him.

"Kyle, what are you doing?"

All the eyes that were previously on Nathan and Carol were now on Kyle who stood awkwardly in the middle of the foyer completely exposed. Everyone pointed and laughed. Haley and company made their way to the front.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Haley laughed as Brooke took pictures.

"This is all your fault!" Kyle yelled at her.

"My fault? Kyle, I don't remember asking you to come down here naked for all the world to see."

"My clothes are missing and all the towels disappeared mysteriously from the bathroom. And all the rooms upstairs are locked. You planned this!"

Brooke then stopped taking pictures and as Haley suggested earlier she stood in front of Kyle and yanked the towel away from him and ran back to Haley.

"Told you he was small." Haley told her friends. The crowd laughed harder. At that point Lucas threw Kyle's clothes at his feet.

"You might want to put these on. We really don't want to see you like this." Lucas told him.

Kyle hurriedly picked up his clothes and covered himself.

"Oh, and you might want to take your little girlfriend home. She's not having that great of a night either." Brooke threw in. Kyle turned to leave the room to go to the downstairs bathroom to dress when Haley called out to him.

"And Kyle. Consider this payback!" Haley smiled at him and waved.

He turned around and left. They all just laughed again at his distress as Brooke showed them the pictures she took on the digital camera.

"I have to tell ya sis, this was so worth it. Did you see his face when everyone turned to look at him? It was priceless. Hey, do you want to have some of these pictures blown up as a poster to hang it in your room as a reminder of tonight?"

"Eww! No Brooke! Why would I want a poster of Kyle naked? I'm done with this nightmare. I don't need the reminder."

"You could throw darts at it." Peyton suggested. "We could make a fun game out of it."

"That seems like a good idea. But not in my room." Haley agreed.

Nathan finally made his way to the group and came up beside Haley.

"Hey. Good job on the Kyle thing. Remind me to never piss you off. Although unlike him if I was standing naked in the middle of the room instead of laughing people would stare in aw at my God-like body."

"Oh, please" Brooke rolled her eyes.

"Bro, can you be any more self centered?"

"Don't be jealous, Luke."

"Okay boys, you know that no one can compete with me when it comes to perfect bodies." Jake commented. The group just started laughing.

"Of course no one can, baby." Peyton kissed her boyfriend.

"Okay, I think Broody and I can now go and tend to some urges that have been brewing from my excitement over this revenge plot. See ya." Brooke pulled Lucas away.

"Jake and I are going to actually go and enjoy what's left of the party, so we'll catch you guys later." Peyton and Jake left Haley and Nathan alone.

"Oh I haven't thanked you for a job well done on the Carol situation." Haley looked at him.

"Well, you can now. Your place?" Haley nodded her head and the two left to her house.