A/N: Here's the next chapter that I promised! I tried to add some of everyone in this one... enjoy! Please review!
Brooke walked into the kitchen the next morning to find Haley fixing breakfast. "Good morning Hales, how was dinner last night?" Brooke asked.
"Good," she answered before turning off the stove, "Do you mind going to wake up Jamie for me while I finish here?"
"Sure, but what's wrong?" Brooke wondered.
"Nothing, I just have a lot on my mind. I actually was going to ask if you could take Jamie over to the river court today. Nathan had told him they could play this afternoon," she said without making eye contact.
"Alright spill. I know you Hales, and something is going on. Why don't you want to take Jamie? Did something happen last night?" Brooke pressed.
Haley sighed, "I just have a lot of papers that I need to grade, and so will you drop it?"
Brooke paused before adding, "Fine, but you know I'll eventually get it out of you." She walked out of the room to go wake Jamie.
Haley just finished gathering everything for breakfast and placed it on the table. She had just sat down when Brooke and Jamie came into the kitchen. They ate breakfast in silence with Brooke occasionally glancing over at Haley with a frown. She was determined to find out what was going on.
Nathan dragged himself out of bed and down the stairs to make some coffee. He hadn't slept well at all last night and it had nothing to do with his knee. His knee had actually been feeling better this past week, but the doctors told him to still take it easy. He had just finished making a pot of coffee when Luke walked in the kitchen. "Damn bro, you look rough," Luke said with a laugh, "what's up?"
"For one, don't you know how to knock? For two, I didn't get much sleep last night, so spare me your sarcasm," he groaned.
"Your knee acting up again," Luke asked concerned.
"No, my knee is fine. I just had a long night," he replied vaguely.
Luke was quiet for a few minutes before saying, "Do you want to talk about what's bothering you then?"
"Not really much to talk about. I made a fool of myself last night. End of story," he answered with a shrug.
"What happened? I'm assuming this involves Haley," Luke guessed.
He sighed before adding, "I kissed her." He grabbed his cup of coffee and headed to the den to watch ESPN.
Luke was right behind him with a smile on his face. "Well it's about damn time!" Luke responded.
"She told me to leave right after that and I haven't talked to her since. I'm assuming I ruined whatever friendship we had and who knows if I'll see her anytime soon. I mean I was supposed to meet them at the river court today, but after last night…" he started.
"I'm sure she was just a little surprised by the kiss. I say give her some time and she'll come around. You really like her, don't you?" Luke asked sincerely.
Nathan shrugged as he took a sip of his coffee. "Who am I kidding? I mean I have nothing to offer her. Why would she want me? I'm just an ex-NBA player that her son looks up to," he whispered.
"You mean the world to that kid and Haley sees that. I think she's just scared," Luke commented. He hated seeing his brother like this and had to think quickly on how to fix this.
Jamie was all ready to go when Brooke came downstairs. She looked into the living room to see Haley looking over some papers. "Are you sure you don't wanna come?" Brooke asked.
"Yea, have fun Jamie," she stated before going back to the papers.
Brooke simply sighed and left with Jamie right beside her. They walked the short distance to the river court to find Nathan and Luke already playing a game. Once Nathan saw them, he frowned for a second before smiling down at Jamie. "You ready to play?" he asked.
"Of course," Jamie replied with a smile. Nathan handed him the basketball and walked over to the net.
Meanwhile, Luke walked over to Brooke. "So I'm guessing Haley's not coming?" Luke commented.
"No, I also noticed Nathan wasn't happy to see me. You wanna explain because I couldn't get anything out of her," Brooke stated.
"He kissed her and she told him to leave. He was a mess this morning and hasn't really been very talkative all day. I think seeing Jamie has really helped though. How did Haley seem?" he wondered.
"Distant, but she gets like that sometimes. Unfortunately, it's hard to get her to open up when she does get like that. Do you think you could do me a favor and watch Jamie for a little while? I'm going to go try and talk to her. I'll see you guys later, and hopefully I'll have Haley with me too," she added.
"Good luck," Luke said as he gave her a quick kiss before walking back over to the boys.
Haley was curled up on the couch when Brooke got back to the house. She was currently watching a sappy movie and didn't hear anyone come in. Brooke walked in and sat next to her on the couch before saying, "Before you ask, Jamie is with Luke and Nathan at the river court. I wanted to see if you were ok. You wanna talk about what happened last night?"
Haley turned off the TV and turned towards her best friend. "Why do I get the feeling you already know?" she asked.
Brooke smiled and answered, "I have my ways. Now what's going on in that head of yours Haley James? I've known you all my life and we've been through everything together. I wanna know why in the world did you tell Nathan to leave last night after he kissed you? I mean the man is hot, not as hot as Luke of course, but still looks pretty good in my opinion."
"Slow down Brooke," she huffed, "I got scared alright. I mean Nathan's so great and I guess I was scared of messing up what we have. Plus, I have Jamie to consider in all this. He looks up to Nathan so much and I don't wanna ruin that if things don't work out between us."
"Hales, I love you and I understand that you're scared, but I think you should give Nathan a shot. You have to admit he's not like the guys in your past and he cares about you and Jamie. Plus, he looked like crap today and Luke said he had been like that all day. So will you at least talk to him?" Brooke suggested.
Haley sighed, "Ok, I'll talk to him."
"I was hoping you were going to say that. Now head upstairs and get a shower while I pick you out an outfit to wear tonight," Brooke stated.
"An outfit for what…" she started.
"Don't ask questions, just go," Brooke said pulling Haley up from the couch, "and wash your hair because I'm going to curl it and it works better after it's been washed." Haley simply groaned but headed upstairs anyway. As soon as Haley was upstairs, Brooke sent Luke a text: Make Nathan to go home and shower and change into something nice. Meet us here at 7!
Luke texted back a few minutes later: Ok see ya later! Brooke grinned as she read his text and headed upstairs to pick out an outfit. Tonight was about to get interesting, she thought.