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Chapter 8-

"Get up" Peyton whispered in Lucas' ear as he laid in bed.

Lucas moaned at her comment and place the pillow over his head.

"Come on" Peyton said, "we have to go to school" she told him.

It was now Monday, and school awaited. God know what everyone was saying about them, especially since Haley got her nose broken.

"Let's stay in" he said removing the pillow.

"I don't know about that" she said getting up.

As quick as he could Lucas reached for her wrist, getting a good hold of it he pulled her to him. When she landed right on top of him he began to kiss her, deepening the kisses he travel down her face towards her neck.

"Lucas" she tried saying. "Lucas" she said a little louder.

"What is it?" he said pulling away.

"We need to go" she told him, then she got up and walked out the room.

Lucas groaned feeling stupid, such an ass. Peyton was trying to help him, and he wanted to get with her. God, it wasn't the time or place for it. He never understood why he did it, but all he could do at the moment was forget about it.

He got up and walked to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready to go to school.


Nathan walked right in her house and into her room, not even bothering to ring the bell or knock doors on the way. He had taken the house as his own, and Lydia and Jimmy could care less right now. They had gotten to know him, and knew that he was a nice guy.

He walked to the bed and sat at the edge waiting. I mean come on, Haley was up and running early in the morning.

"Hey you" Rachel said walking out of the bathroom.

"What are you doing here?" he asked confused.

"Sleepover" she shrugged then walked over to the door grabbed her bag and walked out the room.

"When did you get here?" Haley asked walking out the bathroom right after Rachel walked out the room.

"Just now" he said standing up and walking over to her. Once he reached her he placed his hands on her hips and gave her a kick peck.

"Are you ready" she said tightening her ponytail.

"Yeah, let's go" he said letting go of her.

They walked to the door and out the room, then made their way down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"Hey love birds" Rachel said taking a sip of her orange juice.

"Do you ever go home?" Nathan asked annoyed, getting a slap on the chest.

"Be nice" Haley said pointing at him in warning.

"Fine" he said, then looked back to Rachel "what's for breakfast?"

"Orange juice and toast" she said, "it's the only thing I can make, and Lydia left early this morning" she let him know.

"Works for me" Haley said walking over to her friend and taking the stool next to her. "Come on" she said patting the stool next to her for him to take.

Nathan walked over and sat, he then began to eat the food in front of him. Sometimes she was too nice to me, getting his food ready and making sure he was okay all the time.


"Good morning" Brooke said walking up to Haley, Rachel and Nathan who were talking by Haley's locker.

"Hey" Rachel said, but didn't get much of a response.

Jake notice the third degree Brooke gave Rachel, but he thought that was something they had to resolve. He knew it had something to do with Rachel kissing him over the summer to make Brooke mad, he just hoped it wouldn't get far.

"Hey party people" Peyton said walking up to them, her armed hooked to Lucas'.

"I really don't want to go to first period" Rachel said.

"Don't be lazy" Haley said, "besides, you're not the one with a broke nose"she pointed out.

"Good point" Rachel said pointing at Haley, "I'll see you guys later" she said walking away. She had seen Bevin and she really wanted to talk to her about somethings.

"What was that about?" Brooke asked.

Most of them shrugged their shoulders and continued to talk.

"So tutor girl, no tutoring today?" Brooke asked.

"Brooke, we just started the school year" she pointed out.

"Good point" she said, then heard the bell signaling them to go to class. "We better get to class, god knows what Mr. Nelson will say if we're late" Brooke said to Jake. She received a nod from him and they began to walk, his arm draped over her shoulder.

Peyton walked with Lucas to their class in the language arts department, while Nathan and Haley walked to the History department.


Peyton walked to her desk, which so happened to be right next to Lucas'. They took their seats and waited for class to begin, somewhere along the way they forgot the rules of the classroom.

Peyton was in the middle of a sentence when she was interrupted by their teacher, Señorita Rodriguez. "Señorita Sawyer, what is the class rule?" she asked Peyton, more like tried to remind her.

She looked back at her teacher and responded, with somewhat of an accent. But still pretty good pronunciation, "solo hablar español" Peyton said more like a question the a statement.

"Correcto" Señorita Rodriguez said, then she walked over to the front of the class to let the rest of her students walk in.

The bell rang one more time to begin class, and everyone was on their seats. Señorita was a strict teacher, and if you were out of your seat when the bell rang then you get ducked points.

Like every other lesson the teacher explained the lesson in English, just to make sure that everyone would understand it. Sure, it was an advance class. But she just wanted her students to do well. Not because she was strict meant that she didn't care about her students understanding things. "Today we will be learning the different country's that speak Spanish. It is very important to understand different cultures, so that you may know better when you go to the country of your desire" she explained. "This will be a project you will do with a partner, or with a group. You will pick get a random country and you will do a report on it. This report will be presented to the class in two weeks" she said, "is there any questions?"

Peyton's hand flew up so fast, that there was no way anyone could have beat her.

"Señorita Sawyer" she said.

"How big can the groups be?"

"As big as you would like, as long as it doesn't take over half of my class" Señorita Rodriguez joked.

"Does it have to be with people from your own class period?" Lucas asked.

"No" Señorita Rodriguez said, "but if they are in other classes, you might want to let me know. So that I can assign them the same country" she said.

"Is that all?" she said clapping her hands and looking around her classroom to see if any other hands went up. When nothing happened she turned back to them, "alright then. I will need you will have until next class to tell me who your group is. Then, I will tell you what country you will get. For the rest of your class I will like you to do actives four and five on page 254 of your books" she said, and with that she let the class do their work.

Peyton and Lucas talked about their group assignment, the already knew who they wanted in their group. But, they would talk about it during lunch.


Second period came to be and they were all in their respective class. Brooke was in her Spanish class with Skills, and got a huge smile when she heard about the group assignment; she knew exactly who she wanted in her group. Peyton was in Chemistry with... you guessed right, Lucas. Once again she had a class with Lucas, it seemed that Brooke managed to put them in as many classes together as possible.

Bevin was in French, she could've taken Spanish, but this was her third year of French and she really liked it. She wasn't alone, her partner in crime in that class was Nathan. That's right the one and only Nathan Scott was in and advance French class, it looked like he was good in some classes after all.

Jake was the only one who was all alone during this period. It was only because of the class he took. No one else really liked it, but Jake found it interesting somehow. German was a language that not many people spoke, and he liked being different in that way.

The last classroom we land in is the Math department. Where we have not two, but three students. Yes, the last of the group had math all together. The reason being that the had A.P calculus while the rest just had the regular one, they were smarted and they didn't mind showing it. Rachel, Mouth and Haley sat on desks near each other. Something their teacher hated. Mr. Nelson thought that they talked way to much, and sometimes he even switched them around so that they would be able to talk. But somehow, they still managed.

He was explaining what the assignment of the day would be, writing notes on the board followed by the assignment. But he could still hear the bickering in the middle of the classroom. he didn't understand how they managed to get high grades on their assignments if they never listened.

"How was first period?" Rachel asked her new found best friend. She had become really close to Haley. Rachel felt that it was probably because Haley was so nice, and she was always there for her and trying to help her. She was also the only person who had asked about her family while they lived at the house, so that made her a special person to her.

"Horrible" Haley answered.

"How come?" Mouth asked intrigued.

Haley just pointed to her nose.

"Oh" Mouth simply said understanding.

"It's all they talk about. How I got in a fight and got my ass kicked. I mean come on, she wasn't even trying to hit me" she told them.

"I know" Peyton said remembering how Nikki was actually trying to shove Haley away but underestimated the closeness.

"I just wish they would stop talking about it. I mean they just say how much of a slut Brooke is, then they talk about everyone. It's like it starts with one and absorbs us all" she said frustrated, and pissed at the whole situation.

"Do you have to clean that" Mouth said pointing to her nose. He was trying to change the subject, all the talk about the fight was getting to him already.

Haley gave him a weird look, she didn't know where the random question came from. Yet, she answered it "everyday" she said, "I have to do it after lunch, just to be safe" she said.

"Oh" Mouth said nodding slowly.

"So Mouth" Rachel said turning to him, "who are you taking to homecoming?"

Mouth thought about it for a second, but then realized that he hadn't asked anyone yet. "I don't know" he admitted.

"What do you mean you don't know" Haley said, "it's in two weeks" she reminded him.

"I know that" he said, "I mean, I don't know who to take. You know I don't really talk to Bevin anymore, and well there aren't many girls I talk to" he told them.

"Uhhh. Me" Rachel said pointing to herself.

Mouth's head shot when he heard her, did he hear correct. It wasn't possible. Rachel was a beautiful girl who could go with anyone, yet she was telling him to take her. "Haven't you been asked? Mouth asked.

"Yeah, but I said I was going with someone else" she admitted.

"Who was it?" Haley asked quickly, she never heard about this.

"This guy in my English class" she said, "I think his name is Tim, but I'm not sure" she admitted.

"Tim?" Mouth asked.

"Yeah. Not very tall, he has like sandy blond hair. Kinda dumb" she described.

"Wow" Haley said.

"So..." Rachel said looking at Mouth.

Mouth looked at Haley then turned back to Rachel, he looked into her eyes trying to make eye contact. "Rachel" he said reaching for her hand, "will you go to homecoming with me?" he finally asked.

"Yes" Rachel said honestly. The truth was, that there is no one else she would rather go with. Mouth was like a brother to her, he was nice and sweet and never really judged her as the new girl. He was a good, loyal friend, and someone she wanted to keep around for a long time.

Right after Rachel answered him the bell rang, and they couldn't believe that they had spent the whole class period talking. It felt as if they only talked for ten minutes, but they didn't it. they wasted a whole period just talking.

"Let's go date" Rachel said linking her arm with Mouth, "and best friend" she said linking her other arm with Haley.

And just like that they walked out the room, the three of them against the world. Well, at least until they met the rest of them in the cafeteria.


"Hey there" Jake said walking up behind her.

Brooke was standing by her locker putting all her books there. If there was something she hated, it was carrying her books to the cafeteria. She hated to eat and see the stupid books near her, it was a constant reminder that after the short break she had to get right back to work, who likes that?

"Hey boyfriend" she said leaning over to him and giving him a passionate kiss.

"Tone down the PDA will ya" Nathan said walking by them.

"Shouldn't you be getting your girlfriends food" Jake joked, when he saw Nathan walk passed him with a nod he spoke again "Whipped" he said loud enough for him to hear.

"What is that mean?" Brooke asked, "you wouldn't get my food if I had a broken nose" she said a little hurt.

"Of course I would cutie, but I just like to bug him" he told her and admitted.

Brooke dropped it and began to walk with her boyfriend to the cafeteria, she was starving.

They walked into the cafeteria and saw most of the people they sat with now there. Nathan and Lucas were there with Peyton, Haley, Rachel, Mouth and Skills, the only one missing was Bevin. Who seemed to be isolating herself from the group. But then she saw her, apparently she was getting her food.

"Hey guys" she said, "you coming?"

"Hey Bev" Brooke said. Then she started walking with her towards the table, when they reached the table they sat along with the rest of them.

"What do you want?" Jake asked. Just a few minutes he had called Nathan whipped, and now he was doing just the same.

"I'll have the sandwich, and some water" she let him know.

"Wait up man, I'll come with you" Nathan said standing up.

"Me too" Lucas said, then he looked at Mouth and Skills "you guys coming?" he asked giving them a look.

"Yeah" they both said standing up.

"I am hungry after all" Mouth said.

With that the five boys left. Strange. Somehow Lucas wanted them all to leave, maybe he had some plan or he wanted to ask them something. Whatever it was, they would figure it out later.

"That was weird" Brooke, her voice going up an down.

"I know right?" Peyton added.

"Is there something wrong with Lucas?" Rachel asked.

"I don't think so" Haley said, then Peyton nodded agreeing with her.

"I think they just wanted to talk" Bevin said.

They all at her as if she knew something, "what?" she questioned dumbly, "I was just saying" she told them putting some of her salad in her mouth.

The girls all looked at each other, sometimes Bevin made sense.

They where broken from their staring and thinking when they heard it, the voice they hated all so much. The voice of the one person who wanted to destroy them, well at least Brooke.

"Well if it isn't Brooke Davis and her posy of sluts" the dark black haired girl said.

"What do you want Nikki" Brooke said harshly.

"I just wanted to check on your little slut here"she said looking at Haley, "just making sure I did a good job" she told them sinisterly.

"What is your problem?" Rachel said standing up. God she hated the bitch. She was so evil and she knew just what buttons to push.

"For starters nobody-slut" Nikki said, "the fact that you all think you are so precious and awesome because you have your own little click now" she said pissed now, her tone getting louder with each word that came out of her mouth.

"You don't even know her" Bevin said trying to defend Rachel.

"She speaks" she said mockingly, "well stupid-slut" she said looking at Bevin, "I don't need a reason to hate her, she's your friend after all."

"What do you want?" Haley asked. She really wanted to know, just so they could find a way to give it to her and get rid of her once and for all.

"Jake" Nikki said.

"Like hell you'll have him" Brooke said getting mad.

"We'll see about that" Nikki said and walked away. There was nothing she wanted more then to give Brooke a broken nose as well, but she knew that if she did that her chances with Jake would be over.

"What was that about?" Lucas asked walking over to his girl friend, just a few seconds after Nikki had left.

Jake sat next to his girlfriend and gave her a look as to ask her what the problem was.

"I'll tell you later" she said softly so that only he could hear her, then she opened the water bottle and took a sip.

"I really wish she would leave us alone" Nathan said, "well, you girls" he said looking around the table.

"She wont" Haley told him, "until she get's what she wants" she let them know.

"And what is that?" Jake asked.

"You" Brooke said trying to keep it together. There was nothing she wanted more then to break down right then and there, but she wouldn't give Nikki the satisfaction.

"Oh" Jake said, he then pulled her to a side hug and let her head rest on his shoulder.

For the rest of the lunch hour they talked about their classes, and how the Spanish teacher had assigned a group project. They decided that they would all do it together, well at least the ones that had Spanish. Which was most of them, with the exception of Mouth, Nathan,Jake, and Bevin.

The bell rang signaling for them to go to their next class.

"You ready to go?" Jake asked Brooke, they both had History next period. So, they would be walking together.

She nodded and looked back at the rest of them, "I'll see you guys later" she said to all of them.

"See ya" they said and Brooke and Jake walked away.

Skills left, he had a free period and he wasn't going to waste it in school. He was going to the rivercourt, a place were he could just let go of everything.

Mouth left for his gym class, something he hated more then anything. He wasn't the athletic type, he was the book smart type. But he still went to class and tried his best to pass, and to be as involved as possible.

"I'll see you later" Lucas said pulling Peyton to a quick peck.

"Bye" she said.

Rachel and Bevin began to walk to their cooking class, one of the electives they enjoyed. It was like having a free period, except one where you had to cook. But there wasn't test or hard assignments.

"Wait up girls" Lucas said running up to them, "I'll walk with you." He had creative writing, which was two or three rooms away from them. He draped on arm over each of their shoulder and they began to walk.

"Let's get going lover boy" Peyton said.

"I'll see you guys later" Haley said giving him a extremely short and slow peck. She still had her bandage and had to be careful.

"Okay" he said, then he turned to face her again "why don't you come with us?" he asked. When he saw her thinking about it he decided to convince her further, "come on , you have a free period. And I'm sure Mr. Edwards would love to have you" he assured her.

Haley though about it for a second, but was taking longer then expected.

"Do you think you could answer today" Peyton said, then she saw them both glaring "I mean, we have to get to class" she said trying to fix her mistake.

Haley laughed a little, "fine" she said "but I'll see you later because I have to go change my bandage" she said.

"You promise?" Nathan asked.

"I promise" she said.

Nathan was still not moving, he felt a hand on his shoulder pulling "she promised, no let go" Peyton said pulling him with her to class.


"God I hate this class" Brooke said, "who cares about what happens hundreds of years ago" she added to her complain.

"Well" Jake said, "with out History there would be no present" he said.

"But who cares about all the wars, and crap like that" she added.

Jake chuckled a little, the girl was just so cute sometimes. "Because you need it to graduate" he said trying to make her be quiet already.

"But why?" Brooke asked again.

"Why what Ms. Davis" the teacher asked looking at her.

"Umm... I..."

"You what?" He said, "you just love to interrupt my class?" he semi question, semi stated.

"Well..." she said. Damn, she thought to herself. Brooke Davis wasn't the type of person that choked when she was put on the spot, she always something to say. But today it seemed that her tongue had been cut out of her mouth. Today, for the first time ever, Brooke Davis couldn't defend herself. "I'm sorry" was all she said.

The teacher looked at her then turned his attention to what he was doing previously, just finishing the lesson.

Brooke didn't talk for the rest of the class period, she couldn't figure out why was it that she could respond. She didn't know what was wrong with her.

Jake on the other hand couldn't keep his eyes of her, she just looked so into her thoughts. They had taken her away complete, yet she looked so beautiful when her eyes were set on something and she was completely lost.


I know it wasn't a very good place to cut it, but I am really tired. I've been running around all day, and tomorrow I also have a long day ahead of me. =( But I really hope you enjoy it. I already know what the drama to come is, I'm just trying not to jump at it so fast. But there will be some.I also don't know if you want to see them work on the project for their Spanish class, if so tell me and tell me what country you would like them to do.

Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoy it.

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