Girls of the Clique
Author's Note: Sorry, but this chapter isn't the party either. It's coming soon though. Aww, I can smell the drama. This chapter title is a movie, obviously. Never seen it, but I seemed to remember the name, so I searched on and there it is. For emmalee05 and anyone wandering about Lucas and Haley, well this chapter should answer your questions. So now, lets get on with it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of One Tree Hill or The Clique Series.
Chapter Six: Friday Night Lights
Haley let out a laugh at the lame joke Lucas had just made. Even though most would look at him like he was a freak from some Cartoon Network show, Haley found his humor incredibly hilarious. The two we're sitting the kitchen table in Lucas' house, working on their report. At first, Lucas had asked to meet at her house, but Haley knew with Brooke next door and able to look in, she had insisted to go to his house.
He had made a joke about the movie Gigli, and Haley almost had to hit herself to stop laughing. "Yeah, well thats almost as bad as watching that one sport. You know, the one with the all the guys trying to put that orange ball thing through a hoop." Haley said, knowing his love for basketball. "Now that is a boring two hours." Haley continued on.
Lucas pretended to be mad, to play along, but in all actuality, he wasn't. "Oh, really. Well, what is a better hobby? Tutoring? I mean, isn't doing your own homework and studying boring enough, you help other people do it, too." He shot back, but was being careful not to sound mean. He actually didn't mind the homework and studying. He loved to read books. Hated textbooks, but loved Literature.
"Hey!" She squealed, pretending to be mad. She lightly hit him on the arm with her pencil. He covered the spot on his arm and dropped is jaw. "You hit like a girl." He teased. Haley stood up and firmly planted her hands on her hips. "First off, I resent that! And second, I am a girl.!"
"Yeah, I can tell that by your girly handwriting and your pencil hitting skills." Wow, this was getting lame. But he was enjoying it. Most of the people he had hung out with, even since joining the team, would have acted like they were complete geeks. They would have treated him like Cory and Shawn treated Minkus on Boy Meets World. Wait, back up. How did he know about Boy Meets World. God, he really was losing his touch.
A few minutes later, the pair had completely forgotten about their almost fully empty report sitting on the table, and they were now on the floor wrapped up in a PlayStation game. Lucas had the need to incessantly call her a girl, and Haley just had to prove she was better than him.
"There ya go, girlie!" Haley yelled, teasing Lucas because she had just won. Now he was sitting against the couch, with his arms folded across his chest, and was holding a pillow. "I can't believe a girl just beat me. At least we know you wouldn't beat me at NBA Live." He said sadly, as she sat in the same position.
"Come on, Ms. Jackson, don't pout." Haley said, enjoying this a lot. What she wasn't enjoying was the fact that she had the Outkast song stuck in her head, and that she had just called him that. However, in a way, it made Lucas feel better, because he was now standing and laughing.
"Heeeeeeeey Yaaaaaa." He sang, mocking Haley for talking about an Outkast song. Haley began laughing harder than she had in a long time, and even had to clutch her stomach and bend over to stop laughing.
Once she had recovered, she walked back to the table, taking a look at the work that was in front of them. For once, she didn't want to even touch a single paper or pencil, she was enjoying hanging out with Lucas more.
"I'm gonna get some food." He said only a few minutes later as he stood up and looked around the kitchen. "You like Doritos?" He asked as he found a bag of Nacho Cheesier Doritos sitting in the cabinet. She gave a nod as she put down the assignment and leaned back in the chair.
He brought the bag over and started to eat some, seeing that it was getting pretty late. He needed to get rest for the game they had tomorrow, but he didn't want Haley to leave yet. After eating a few chips, and talking to him about how they we're going to finish it, she decided she should leave, too.
"We should do this again." Lucas said as he helped her gather up their materials. "Homework? Yeah, maybe people should, then I wouldn't have to tutor so many students." Haley knew exactly what he had meant by the comment. But she wanted to embarrass him a little, make him squirm. "No…uhh…I didn't mean-" He started.
"I know. And yeah, I think we should." She said, cutting him off, and let out a small laugh. The truth was that she liked this. She wasn't sure if she actually liked him, or if was just a friend thing. But there was something about there.
"Okay. So what are you doing this weekend?" He asked cautiously, hoping she didn't want to hang out after the game. How awkward would it be telling her that he was going to Brooke's party. "Umm, well. Actually, tomorrow I gotta go to Brooke's party."
Lucas looked up from his bag of chips, quite confused. Didn't the girl hate Brooke? "You're going to that?" She quickly nodded. "Yeah. I'm kinda helping her with it. It's a really long story." He nodded, still quite confused about it. "Yeah, I was planning on heading there after the game tomorrow. What about Saturday?"
Oh, god. Haley! Don't tell him. He obviously doesn't know. Do NOT tell him about your date with his brother.
"I have a date with Nathan." She blurted out, knowing lies would never make a friendship, or whatever she wanted this to be, work.
Lucas completely did a double take. What? She had a date with Nathan. Nathan Scott? His brother. "As in Nathan Scott? My brother." He asked, completely confused by the situation. She gave a simple nod.
"Actually, yes. Is that so hard to believe? Like I couldn't ever be going on a date with the famous Nathan Scott because I'm just a tutor?" She said, her tone growing louder with each word.
"No. No. It's not that! It's just that he didn't mention it, and he usually tells me about his dates. And I don't know, I just didn't think you would want to go out with someone like that." Haley eyed Lucas, considering to yell at him once more. What did he mean by a guy like him? But from his tone, it sounded like he thought she was better than him. And she wasn't going to scream at that.
"It was Brooke. She set up the date." Lucas rubbed the side of his head, once again oddly confused. "It's a-" She stated, but was cut off by his voice. "-Long story." He finished for her. She slowly nodded her head.
She took another glance at the clock that was nailed to the wall, she really needed to get going. "How 'bout I come over here on Sunday? We can finish this puppy." Lucas gave a slight laugh then stood up and walked towards the door. "Sounds great."
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At the Whitey Durham Field House, Brooke took off the blue, white, and black 'Raven's jacket that she had on over her cheerleading uniform, as she heard the voice of the announcer. "Let's go girlies!" She said proudly in the most cheerful voice anyone at the school had ever heard.
The girl's made there way onto the gym floor, forming a standing pyramid. They took position, waiting for the signal to start there opening routine. This was Brooke's favorite part of the whole night, because all eyes were on the cheerleaders, and not the sweaty boys.
She turned around, flashing a smile to her best buds, Rachel and Bevin, who we're right behind her, and Peyton who was in the third row. The music began playing, and the drive took over Brooke as she did was she loved best. Brooke had done a lot of things, been with a lot of guys, but nothing felt better to her than when she was on the floor cheering.
"And there's the end of the second half, the Ravens' trailing by only six points." Brooke walked towards the bench that had all their bags and water bottles sitting on it, with Peyton, Bevin, and Rachel by her side.
She heard Bevin start to chatter on about on of their sideline chants, but Brooke wasn't paying attention. No, she was watching Lucas as he reached his own bench. She smiled to herself as he picked up a towel and dabbed his head. In the words of Paris Hilton, That's hott. Brooke let out a small laugh as she watched him knock fists with Nathan. They're such boys.
Peyton turned around to face the other two girls, who we're also watching Brooke. Did she really think they were so oblivious to her obvious attraction to Lucas. Bevin started to giggle, Rachel pretended to be annoyed that she wasn't listening and rolled her eyes, and Peyton began clearing her throat.
Brooke turned to Peyton as she heard the noise of coughing or something. "Did you need some water, Peyton?" Brooke asked, clueless. Peyton bit her lip as she tried not to laugh and shook her head. "Nope, not at all."
Rachel stopped her frown and quickly turned it upside down. "We we're just enjoying the view. You know, the hot-lookin' Lucas over there. Now, I would definitely get with that." Rachel joked, as Peyton had to turn around to keep herself from laughing.
"Umm, yeah. I guess." Brooke said, annoyed and jealous. "Maybe I should just have a little meeting with him. You know, maybe catch up with him in the shower's after the game." Rachel continued on, knowing this was driving Brooke insane. Peyton was still trying not to laugh. Bevin was just standing by with a confused look on her face, wandering why Rachel wanted Lucas.
"You want, Luke?" Bevin muttered confused. Rachel ignored it and continued to mess with Brooke. She was now definitely being pushed to the edge. Her tennis shoes were tapping loudly, and her arms were tightly folded across her chest.
"I bet he loves a girl in uniform." That did it, Brooke couldn't handle it anymore. "Jeez, Rachel! Find your own boytoy!" She yelled and stalked off the other end of the bench. Peyton and Rachel both erupted into laughter, Bevin however just followed her, even more confused.
"That was good." Peyton compliment Rachel as she lightly hit Rachel on the arm in a friendly manner. "Yeah, she was going crazy." Rachel managed to say through her laughs. "Aww, Rachie, you're so mean." Peyton said jokingly as her laughter died down. "But you love me anyways." Peyton gave a nod and enveloped her into a friendly hug. "Of course."
On the other end, Brooke and Bevin had now completely forgotten about the recent events and were laughing about their signature move. Towards the end of the opening routine, when Bevin and Brooke we're by each other, they both leaned next to each other, and while spinning they pulled up their skirt and quickly flashed the crowd. It had been Bevin's idea, and the two got a huge laugh out of it every time.
"Ohmigod, Brooke. Look at Nathan. He's so hott." Bevin said as she tilted her head and continued to watch as Nathan was yelling commands to the team. Brooke gave a small giggle, knowing she was feeling the exact same way about Lucas. "So ya want Natey, huh?" Brooke asked, and smiled as Bevin nodded. Brooke let out a squeal and pulled Bevin into a big hug.
"That's it! You want Nathan, I want Lucas. Best friends with brothers. Now that is cute!" Bevin joined in a Brooke's giggling. "We would totally make the cutest couples!" Bevin exclaimed in a very high pitch tone.
Rachel, too, was looking at Nathan. Peyton noticed as she turned to Rachel and noticed her looking elsewhere. "Like what you see?" Peyton asked in a playful tone. "Huh?" Rachel replied a little absentmindedly. "Oh, yeah. Of course. I love what I see. It's Nathan Scott. Ugh, I want him." Rachel said sadly and turned her full attention to Peyton. "Peyt, can I ask you a question?"
"Well, you're going to anyways. What's up?" Peyton asked as she noticed the seriousness in Rachel's voice. "You were with Nate for a little while, you know, that little fling you guys had. I have to ask…was the sex good?" Peyton playfully rolled her eyes and let out a big laugh. That was about as serious as Rachel could ever be. "Hell, yeah, it was."
Back on the court, and only two minutes remained in the game. The guys were still down, and things seemed to get much more serious on the court. Even Nathan and Lucas we're arguing with each other. It was actually kinda cute to the girls, how serious and defensive they got.
They managed to pull up, and with twenty seconds left, they we're only down by two points. It was actually getting quite suspenseful. Even the cheerleaders, which most weren't usually that interested in the actual game, we're now on there toes. Brooke was screaming her cheers louder than any of the other girls.
Even Peyton was into it. None of the three girls thought that Peyton would have ever joined the squad, and we're quite shocked when she tried out. Then again, they knew she shouldn't have even tried out in the first place. She was already secured a spot by Brooke.
Lucas had just received the ball from Jake. He was racing to the opposite goal, with only twelve seconds left in the game. Every single eye in the gym was on him, as a few opposing players guarded him and he made his way to the goal.
A few short feet behind the three point line and he threw the ball towards the goal. The second it hit the rim and fell through the hoop, the gym erupted in loud screams, cheers, and the buzzer. Brooke turned to Peyton and both began jumping up and down and hugged each other. Cheering was easy, but they liked to cheer for a team that won, and when they did, it was so much better.
After the game had ended, success in favor of the Raven's, the squad had got most of there stuff picked up, and were clearing out to go change and head to Brooke's. She started to walk out the gym door the catch up with Peyton, who was riding with her, and noticed Lucas coming her way. She stood by the door, casually waiting for him.
"Hey Luke." She greeted with a smile on her face. "Awesome job! You totally won the game!" A smile came on to Lucas' face as Brooke talked to him, in what sounded like a proud tone.
"Thanks. And you did a great job at…cheering. We wouldn't do so good without you." Brooke gave a cheesy smile, and an 'aww' face. Lucas really did love seeing her in her little cheerleading miniskirt. That had just been one of the good perks from that night.
Brooke put on a seductive smile as she leaned close to him. "Well, I should head off to the house, for my awesome after-party." She leaned up to him. He smiled as he felt her warm breath on his ear. "I better see you there." She whispered and planted a small peck on his lips, before skipping off to find Peyton. Yep, he was definitely going to go now.
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LOL, did you like my Minkus joke! Hehe, in case some people never watched that show… Lee Norris(who plays Mouth on OTH) was Minkus on the show! Aww, I used to love that show. There I go again with the pop culture. Well, anyways, there was the next chapter. The next one is the party and I can't wait! Now please be a nice little reader and review for me! Remember more reviews, means more motivation and a faster update, not that Im bribing you or anything.
