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A/N: In this chapter I put some more couples to the story.. Please tell me what you think about it. I mean should I continue write them or you prefer a story centered only to Haley, Lucas, Brooke and Nathan? Tell me your opinion!
7. I Can Feel It In The Air Tonight
Saturday night came very fast. Tonight was the students' party for the beginning of the year and everyone was excited. The students of Tree Hill High spent nearly a month organizing the party, decorating TRIC and sending invitations; it was like a mini prom for them. So that night boys and girls were putting on their shirts and dresses, trying to look stunning in order to welcome their new school year.
In the white two storey house near the river, Haley James was also getting ready. Lucas and she had decided to finally go; both of them wanted not to be distant from their students. Besides, they haven't gone out as a couple since their last time at TRIC. Lucas, she thought… The one that called her a few minutes ago telling her that he would show up later at the party and that she should go alone. Not an ideal way to start a night out as a couple, she chuckled sarcastically throwing the lipstick she was holding on the cabinet.
Yeah, things were taught for them. Sure they were trying to short everything out but she could feel the change… Lucas was not the same guy she fell in love with in New York. All his promises about reducing work hours and being there for her were, well, just promises. Haley hated that.
Looking at their full-length mirror, she ran her hand over her beige and brown dress, smoothing out any possible creases or wrinkles. She raised her eyes to her face and was satisfied that she was presentable enough. With a heavy sigh, she grabbed her purse and left the house.
Eleven o'clock and TRIC was literally brought to life. This year's party had the biggest success. Teenagers were everywhere, inside and outside. They were dancing, drinking, flirting and generally hanging out with their friends. Haley got out of her car and followed the huge flock of students that were leading to the heavy doors of the club. More and more students were queuing in front of the entrance but Haley didn't have such a problem. Being a teacher gave her free and quick access without her enduring all the kicking and screaming of the young adults.
When inside, Haley James got blinded from the bright club lights. Jason's Derulo "Don't wanna go home" was playing and all the teenagers were singing and dancing like crazy. She made her way through young men and women who were dancing provocatively and found a spot at the bar. Looking around, she tried finding someone her age but failed due to the great amount of people.
"Hey Haley!" a female voice made her turn around.
"Oh, hey Peyton! Glad that I found somebody! That's madness!" the two women laughed.
"I know! Kids today are all about loud music and heavy drinks!" she joked. "So wanna dance?"
"Nah! I think I'll pass! That's not really my style!" Haley laughed.
"Hey, hey ladies!" Antwon Taylor approached his coworkers.
"Hi Antwon! Enjoying the party?" Peyton teased him.
"Course! I'm gonna hit the dance floor soon!" He started dancing awkwardly making the two women laugh.
"Peyt, here is your drink." A tall brunette man approached them and gave her a glass.
"Thanks babe!" she smiled sweetly at him. "Oh, let me introduce you to Haley. Haley that's my husband." She pointed at the man.
"Nice to meet you." He extended his hand. "I'm Lieutenant Derek Rogers." He formally introduced himself.
"Nice to meet you too." Haley shook his hand with a smile. "Wow! I've never met a Lieutenant before! You look like all the everyday people!" she joked.
"Yeah, I think that being in this madness reduces my stature!" he joked back making them laugh.
"Hey guys! Nice party!" Chase approached Nathan and Chris with a smile.
"Thanks Chasie! Pretty awesome, huh?" Chris smiled looking around.
"Yeah!" Chase did the same. "Where are the others?"
"Alex and Q went for drinks and Brooke is running a little late." Nathan explained.
"Where's Quinn?" Chris asked trying to hide his nervousness.
"Did I hear my name?" Quinn appeared in a light pink mini dress. "Hey guys!" she smiled.
"Hi!" Chris smiled scanning her from head to toe. "You look stunning!" he said looking in her eyes.
"Thanks Chris!" she returned the smile.
"Quinny, you came already!" Alex squealed, interrupting them.
"I'm here too you know!" Chase gave her a fake smile.
"So? You need a metal or something?" Alex replied matter-of-factly, making the guys chuckle lightly.
"Leave it man… She's not in the mood…" Q patted Chase's shoulder.
"So, c'mon Quinn! Let's dance!" Alex exclaimed dragging her friend at the dance floor.
"Why is she treating me like that?" Chase said looking desperately at Alex.
"Man, chill! She's just a chick!" Q grimaced.
"She's the chick, dude!" Chase pointed out. "I don't know what to do. She's always cold with me!"
"Probably cause of all that happened last year…" Nathan pointed out.
"Yeah, I know… But I thought she would have forgotten it by now…" Chase scratched the back of his head nervously.
"A girl maybe forgives but she never forgets, Adams…" Chris took a ship of his drink. "And Alex is a taught one and you know it."
"I know, I know!" he shook his head. "I'm screwed, you guys!"
"Oh, enough with your girly whining!" Q complained. "I see there some smoking hot chicks waiting for us." He dragged Chase with him and they disappeared through the crowd.
"Wow! Q said something about smocking hot ladies and Keller didn't follow him running! That's a first!" Nathan commented eyeing his friend curiously.
"Nah… I'm not in the mood tonight…" Chris stated.
"Excuse me? Are you sick or something?" Nathan was really curious now.
"No, man… It's just that I'm aiming for a certain someone for the first time in my life…" he replied seriously, looking at the blond beauty that was dancing with Alex.
After going home and getting changed into a clean shirt and black trousers, Lucas Scott was on his way to TRIC. He knew that Haley would be pissed with him for being late but better now than never, right? Turning left, he spotted a parked car and a young woman next to it signalizing him to stop. He quickly slowed down and rolled down the window.
"Brooke, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"Lucas, is that you? Oh thank God!" she exclaimed.
"What happened?" he asked concerned.
"I don't know! My car was making these strange noises and at some point it broke down! I tried to call the guys but no one listens to their damn phones!" Brooke said irritated.
"It's ok, Brooke! Relax! Let me take a look!" Lucas parked his car and got out of it.
Rising the hood and looking at it for a few minutes, Lucas could see exactly what the problem was. Helping his dad repair cars when he was a kid made him an expert now.
"I'm sorry to say it Brooke but your car needs a lot of work. You have to take it to a mechanic." He suggested.
"Crap!" Brooke complained. "And what I'm gonna do now? I need to get to the party!"
"Am I invisible or something?" Lucas wondered to himself. "I'll drive you Brooke and you can come and pick up your car tomorrow morning."
"Really? Can you do that for me?" she asked smiling.
"Of course! I'm going there too! Come on now! Hop in!" he winked getting in his car.
"Thanks Luke for driving me there." Brooke smiled when she was settled in the car.
"Oh, don't be silly! Anything for you." He looked at her with a smirk. "And for the record, you look painfully beautiful tonight!" he looked from her brunette locks to her red strapless mini dress and finally to her black high heels. He smirked raising an eyebrow.
"You think?" she blushed looking down.
"Of course! But Brooke Davis looks always gorgeous!" he winked at her with a smile.
"Thanks Lucas." She smiled at him showing her lovely dimples.
"That's the truth. So now let's go! We have a party to crush!" he gave her one last smile before starting the engine.
Quinn was at the bar trying to find her friends. Somewhere inside the madness it seemed she had lost track of them.
"Well, well… Look who we got here…" a man's voice brought her off her thoughts.
"Damien." She sighed heavily. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a party! How could I not be included?" he smirked.
"As I remember correctly you don't attend our school… So you're clearly not invited." She stated coldly.
"Yeah, you got me. I thought this party was a chance to see you again." He flashed her a smile and raised his hand in order to caress her cheek.
"Don't you dare touch me!" Quinn warned him fiercely, taking a step back.
"Oh, you became feisty!" he laughed. "Well, I remembered you more mellow in bed." He whispered leaning closer to her.
"You ass-" she was going to punch him right in the face, when somebody came behind her grabbing her hand and cutting her off.
"Well, hey there Damien!" Chris gave him a fake smile while bringing Quinn's hand to her side and putting a hand around her waist. He gently squeezed her side trying to make her feel safer.
"Keller…" he looked him with hatred. "I should have figured that you still follow Quinn like a little puppy."
"Yeah, I pretty much stick with her. Sorry but that means there's no room for you." Chris looked naively at him which pissed Damien more.
Damien looked from Chris to Quinn. "So, I guess he's your new boy toy, Quinny? You've loosen your standards so much after me?" he gave her a disgusted smile. Quinn moved uncomfortably at Chris's side.
"That's none of your business, West." Chris said in serious voice. "It's time for you to go." He demanded.
"Wow, you're good! You know Quinn likes taught guys. But I kinda need to ask you a serious question…" Damien looked at Chris. "Is she even better in bed? Because even when I took good care of her she continued to be a little, innocent girl…" he smirked.
Quinn looked away and Chris saw her whipping a tear with her back of her hand.
"Ok, that's enough!" Chris demanded leaving Quinn and coming closer to him. "You better watch how you talk to her!"
"Ouch! Little Keller got angry because I offended his girl?" he said with a fake sad expression. "What are you gonna do now? Pout a little and cry or call your mama?" he laughed.
"You think you're funny, West?" he narrowed his eyes at him. "I'll show you funny!" he yelled grabbing him from his shirt and pushing him to the wall.
"Chris, leave him! He's not worth it!" Quinn tried to interrupt them.
"Put me down you asshole! Get off me!" Damien was trying to set free but being shorter and weaker than Chris made it impossible.
"Listen to me, West!" Chris demanded, lifting him further up against the wall. "That's the last time you come close to her or talk to her. Don't you dare approach her again not even lay eyes at her, you hear me?" he shouted to his face.
"Yeah, huh? Or else what are you gonna do?" Damien challenged him.
"Hmm, you know here's the thing… I know about your knee injury. And I most certainly know that another injury on the same knee will mean no sports for you. Try laying a single fingertip on her and I'll end your basketball carrier. You got me?" he pointed out every word angrily and dropped him to the floor.
"We'll see about that Keller!" Damien replied standing up but the fear was obvious in his eyes.
"Don't push me, asshole." Chris warned him. "Now have a nice night!" he crossed his arms on his chest. Damien, hesitantly and full of anger, made his way out of the club.
"Hey, are you ok?" Chris grabbed Quinn's shoulder, as long as Damien was gone.
"Not really…" she admitted looking down and locked her arms tighter on her chest. Her pain was obvious.
"Hey, hey… Look at me…" he put his hand under her chin and lift her face. "He can't hurt you anymore. I promise, Quinn." He assured her looking deeply in her eyes.
"I… I wanna go home…" she said in the verge of crying.
"Ok… I'll drive you…" he offered with a weak smile.
Brooke and Lucas made together their way in the club. Making room through the crowd, Lucas was holding Brooke's hand as she was following him. When she spotted her friends, Brooke made him to stop.
"So, I guess I'm leaving you now. The guys are there." She pointed at them.
"Oh, yeah, cool…" Lucas said not wanting to let go.
"Well, technically that's the time you let go of my hand." Brooke joked and Lucas chuckled.
"Yeah, right! Sorry!" he smiled. "I guess I'll see you around, Brooke."
"Yes, you will…" she replied with confidence. A silent moment passed just by looking at each other's eyes. Brooke got on her tip toes and placing a hand on Lucas's cheek, he gave him a sweet kiss on the other.
"What was that?" he asked with a goofy smile when it was over.
"Just a thank you for everything you did for me all these years." She explained.
"And why you say this now?" he asked.
"Because once in a while you got to say what you admire about them to the people around you." She gave him a sweet smile and left, leaving Lucas with a surprised smile on his face.
Haley was sitting on a stool playing with the lemon of her tequila shots. Lucas showed up an hour ago and the only thing they shared was a peck kiss and some chit chatting. And not only this, a couple of minutes ago he told her that he would go back home because he was tired! But of course, he had time to chat and have fun only with Brooke.
Jezz, Haley thought running a hand through her blond locks. She was jealous of one of her students now? That's ridiculous! They were just talking for God's sake! The three tequila shots she had was making her delusional.
"Haley? Are you ok?" Nathan came to sit next to her.
"I'm fine." She raised her head to look at him.
"Are you drinking?" he raised an eyebrow.
"A little. But I'm perfectly fine. I promise." She truly was.
"All right but I don't think this will make things better." Nathan stated taking away the tequila shot she had in front of her. "Where's Lucas?" he looked around.
"He left." She replied.
"What? Why? I thought you were cool again…" Nathan asked curiously.
"We are not Nathan… That's not the way we used to be. I'm tired of feeling bad." She sighed heavily meeting his gaze.
"Well, you shouldn't feel bad. You got one life, Haley. It's unfair to spend it all in misery and worry. So why don't you start living it with me?" Nathan offered with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Haley asked confused.
"Well, for starters, dance with me." Nathan proposed with his famous smirk.
"What?" Haley laughed surprised. "I can't! I'm your teacher!"
"So what? Teachers are not allowed to have fun? Come on and dance with me." He looked deeply in her eyes.
Chris reached the Adams' residence and parked his motorbike next to the pavement. The ride to Quinn's house was silent but he could sense that she was petrified and sad. He could feel it from the way she was clinking onto him and hugging his waist tightly, like she was depending on him to rescue her and sooth her pain.
Getting off his motorbike, Chris helped Quinn to the ground and took the helmet off her head, revealing her teary eyes.
"Hey, what's this now? It's over." Chris took her face in his hands.
"Why is he treating me like this Chris? It was my mistake to trust him and believe me, I regret it every day, but why he keeps torturing me?" Quinn shouted while sobbing.
"Shh…" he held her tightly to his chest and started rubbing her back. "West is a jerk. He doesn't worth your tears!"
"But eventually I'm the dumb one that I trusted him!" she cried harder against his chest.
Chris closed his eyes in pain; he hated to see her that way. "Yeah, you made a mistake but you shouldn't be tortured all your life for this. You have to move on." He kissed her hair sweetly. "And bottom line, it's his loss!"
"You really believe that?" Quinn whispered, pulling back and looking him in the eyes.
"Of course I do tinker bell." Chris smiled and whipped her tears with his thumb. "You're one of a kind…"
"I'm starting not to believe this lately…" she said looking away. "It seems like I don't do anything right." Quinn looked him again with new tears forming in her eyes.
"Listen to me!" he said in a serious tone taking her face in his hands. "Don't you dare question yourself ever again. You are unique, and beautiful and clever and awesome. You're you and that matters the most…" he took a deep breath. "It matters most to me…" he added looking in her sky blue eyes.
"Chris…" she whispered closing her eyes.
Without being able to restrain himself anymore, he crushed his lips to hers. He felt her tense due to the surprise but soon enough she let herself relax to the kiss. Their lips danced softly for a spare of minutes when Quinn pulled back ending the kiss.
"Why did you to that?" she whispered surprised.
"Because I'm in love with you Quinn… I always had…" Chris confessed.
"I… I don't know what to say…" she stuttered taking some steps back.
"Quinn, just listen to me ok?" Chris begged. "This maybe took you off guard but-"
"Am, I have to go." She cut him off and run inside the house.
Chris sighed looking at the brown door she just closed behind her. "I'll wait for you tinker bell…" he whispered to himself before returning to his motorbike.
"I can't believe you're making me dance with you." Haley commented as she and Nathan were heading to the dance floor.
"I think I didn't violate your free will that much!" Nathan smirked and she laughed.
"Well, I do crazy things sometimes." Haley shrugged.
"A dance won't hurt you, I promise." He smiled. At that time, the song changed and "You and Me" by Lifehouse started playing.
"Ah, no! I'm not dancing blues with a student! Nah!" Haley refused fiercely.
"Damn it, Haley! Stop treating me as your student all the time!" Nathan said frustrated.
"But you are! And I'm not doing this in here!" Haley crossed her arms on her chest.
Nathan thought for a minute. "Come on!" he said at last and grabbed her hand.
"Nathan where are we going?" she asked as they were heading to some stairs.
"You'll see." Was the only think he said while dragging her upstairs.
The stairs leaded to a black, old door. Nathan opened it with ease and a beautiful decorated terrace was revealed in front of Haley.
"What's this?" she looked around following Nathan outside. The view was breathtaking; they had Tree Hill on their feet.
"That's my secret place. It's hidden, it's nice and most importantly…" he came to her and put his hands on her waist "the music from the club can be heard up here." He started swaying them to the beat.
"Nathan…" Haley smiled and hesitantly put her hands on his shoulders. "We shouldn't be here."
"Why? I just trying to cheer you up." He confessed locking his hands on her waist.
"You're a good man, even for your own good." She smiled sweetly at him. "Thank you for looking out for me."
"It's ok… I just want you to be happy…" Nathan looked deeply into her emerald eyes.
"Thank you… You truly are the person I feel carefree with." Haley confessed.
"Haley… I…" he took a deep breath looking away.
"What bothers you Nate? You can tell me anything…" Haley urged him on.
"There's something going on in my life lately and I don't know what to do…" he started.
"Nathan, you're starting to scare me." She admitted tightening the lock of her hands on his neck.
Nathan couldn't find the right wrongs. He wasn't able to just get it out off him, especially with words. This whole thing was too hard for him. Taking a deep breath, he looked at her beautiful face and followed the voice that was screaming inside his head.
In one stiff movement, he leaned down and brought his lips on hers. Haley's eyes widened in shock and tried to fight him off. Punching his chest with force she was trying to get him to stop but failed. Nathan took her hands in his more muscular ones and brought them behind her. He brought her closer to his body and licked her down lip.
Haley was still passive but the electricity that run through her body under his touch made it inevitable not to kiss him back. Bringing her hands behind his neck, she deepened the kiss. Their kiss was passionate and needy with their lips moving hungrily and their tongues fighting for dominance.
Pulling back in need for air, Haley came face to face with the truth. That was wrong. That was the worst thing she could ever do. She had to stop it immediately.
"Nathan, stop!" she demanded stepping back. "Oh My God! What am I doing?" she placed a hand against her forehead. "I need to go."
"Haley, please wait! Let me explain!" Nathan pleaded.
"Stay away from me!" she warned pointing a finger at him and stormed out of the door.
Haley made it to her house in a total blur. She was in frenzy, trying to comprehend what had happened and what got into her. Running to the front door, she got in the house and took some deep breathes trying to control her trembling body.
Lucas was nowhere to be found so she guessed he was upstairs. Kicking her heels with force she run up the stairs and stormed into his office. Her fiancé was indeed there, rearranging some books on their bookcase.
"Hey babe." He greeted her with a smile. "Are you ok?" he asked concerned.
Without answering Haley came closer to him and attacked his lips with force. Lucas was taken of guard but quickly enough he got over it and grabbed her waist.
"Whoa! Haley, what are you doing?" he whispered surprised pulling back to breath.
"Don't say anything." She whispered back starting to unbutton his shirt. "Just kisse me." She said breathlessly looking in his eyes.
Lucas was now the one that attacked her lips. Eagerly Haley responded to the kiss but she couldn't shut up a little voice in her mind that wishing for a certain raven haired man to be in Lucas's place…
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