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Josh led Haley out of Cornerstone Hall and into the middle of the courtyard.

He turned and looked at her before grabbing her hand and pulling her to sit beside him on one of the many benches. "So Haley James, Tell me about you? What is it that makes you who you are?"

Haley looked at him and tried her hardest to fight the weird feeling that was starting to surface, she quickly pushed it aside, reminding herself again that he wouldn't be an RA if he wasn't safe.

She grinned, mainly to try to look relaxed.

"Well, I was a tutor in high school, Head tutor actually. I was also a Cheerleader. I hope to continue to do both here. I am a triplet, my two brothers go here too. Jake and Lucas James. They are both on the Basketball team this year. They played in high school too. I usually like to spend any free time I have just hanging out with friends and watching movies, things like that." She said and then remembered to breathe.

Josh really did make her nervous and she wasn't sure why. It wasn't the same way Nathan made her nervous though, that was for sure.

She looked up at him, "So what about you? What do you like to do? Tell me about where you grew up."

"Let's see. I grew up in Ohio, I'm an only child. I played football, still do. I also am very fond of dancing, especially with pretty Freshman girls." He said and sent a playful wink in her direction.

Haley laughed, starting to relax again.

Josh chose this time to speak. "So Haley, I know that I only just met you but you seem like someone I could really like. Since you said your a fan of movies, how about we get together for a movie night sometime soon?"

Haley put her head down so he couldn't see her face. So much for her relaxing, that creepy feeling was back and full force this time.She tried to compose herself and when she did, she looked up and locked eyes with him.

"Well seeing as we just met, I think that any movie nights at first should be done in a group setting. You met my friends Brooke and Peyton earlier, I bet they would love the idea of a movie night." She said. She knew he meant just the two of them but until she understood why she was so uneasy around him, that wasn't going to happen.

An annoyed look flashed in Josh's eyes, but was quickly replaced with a grin. "Sure. Sounds good to me. Whatever makes you comfortable is alright with me." He said standing up and reaching for her hand.

"We better get back inside before your friends get worried." He said and Haley took his hand, happy that she would be rejoining her friends.

She was happy she would be near Jake and Luke too, as much as they bothered her sometimes, she wanted to be near them right now and she still didn't understand why. Josh was a nice guy, maybe she was just freaked out because she didn't know anyone here yet.

A few hours later, the party had ended with no other important developments. The group had decided to walk Peyton to her apartment so that she could be there when her dad dropped Ellie off in the morning, and after they had gotten back to their dorm, Haley and Brooke said their goodnights to the boys and headed to their room.

After changing into their PJ's and sitting down on the couch, Haley looked at Brooke who was sitting quietly with a grin firmly planted on her face. She laughed out loud, Brooke was never quiet, this was amusing.

"Hey Tigger, I see the grin and my only question is, what's going on with you and Luke? I saw you two tonight, so don't you try to tell me nothing."

Brooke blushed at Haley's words, which just made Haley laugh harder. "Oh my God!!! Brooke, your blushing, that's great! Where is the camera when you need it? Peyton is never going to believe it."

Brooke started laughing too. "Shut it Tutorgirl. I am not blushing!"

Brooke rolled her eyes in mock agitation. "Fine, if you must know. After I finished dancing with that Mark guy, Lucas came over and asked me to take walk with him, and of course I said yes..." She stopped when she saw Haley's smirk, Haley said nothing, just waved her on. "Anyways, we went outside and were walking around and he was REALLY quiet, all nervous and tense in a cute brooding kind of way. Then he stopped and just kinda blurted out, Will you go out with me. It was so great Hales."

Haley smiled, she was happy for Brooke, and for Lucas. Brooke seemed perfect for him. The cheery to his broody, it fit. "Good Brooke. I'm happy he asked you out."

Brooke jumped giddily. "Me too. Rach Ho better stay away from him but thats not important right now. What I want to know is, what's going on with you and hottie Josh?"

Haley paused, not sure if she wanted to tell Brooke about the odd feelings she was getting from Josh, but she decided that she wanted someone else to be able to put in their input, so she started to tell Brooke about the conversation outside and about the creepy feeling that wouldn't go away.

After she finished telling Brooke everything, she looked at her friend. "Well, what do you think? Do you think I am just being super paranoid or stupid?" She asked quietly.

Brooke shook her head. "No Haley, I don't think your being paranoid or stupid. Peyton's mom used to always tell us something. She used to say that if something or someone scares you, if you get a bad feeling, then there is probably a good reason why. Your gut warns you when your not listening to your head, you can't ignore it and you shouldn't."

Haley smiled, relieved. "Peyton's mom sounds like a smart woman."

Brooke nodded, a tear falling down her face. "She was, she was more of a mom to me then my own mother ever was. She died in a car accident when we were 13. I miss her alot but not as much as Peyt does."

Haley got up and walked into the bathroom, she emerged a minute later with a box of kleenex and she handed them to Brooke as she sat back down. "I'm so sorry Brooke, for you and for Peyton. I didn't know."

Brooke smiled, "It's alright tutorgirl, I love to remember Anna, she was amazing. Peyton likes to remember the things her mother did and said too. She says that way, she'll never forget."

Haley smiled and then got a sad look on her face. "I lost my grandma too, a couple of months ago. She died on the day of our graduation party. I like to remember her that way too though, she was always full of good advice." Brooke nodded and handed Haley a tissue this time.

After they both finished wiping their eyes, they looked at eachother and started laughing. Brooke was the first one to talk.

"Girlie, we are a pair, let me tell you. We are the only two girls I know that can go from happy party mode, to crying to laughing hysterically. Well, us and Peyton. She would be loving this display of craziness."

Haley finally stopped laughing and nodded. "Yeah, I'm happy your my roommate. God knows I don't think I could handle rooming with Rachel, I think they would be hauling me off to the looney bin before the first week was over." Both girls laughed at this.

Brooke yawned loudly, "I think we better get some sleep, tomorrow will probably be interesting. I am figuring out that every day in college is interesting."

Then she paused as they got up to get in their beds. "Hey Haley, go with your gut. If Josh freaks you out, stay away from him, at least til we can figure out why. Me and Peyton will help you, we won't let you alone with him."

Haley smiled. "Thanks Tigger, and I really am happy about you and Luke. Your good for eachother."

Brooke jumped into her bed and squealed before kicking her feet against her mattress. "I know, he is so Hott, and he's sweet. I could definitley get used to him."

Haley smiled, Brooke was the peppiest person she had ever met, and she was a cheerleader, she knew some pretty spirited people. "Goodnight Brooke. Get to bed so you don't have bags under your eyes when you see Lucas tomorrow."

Brooke laughed "Night Haley." She said and rolled over and closed her eyes. A smile plastered to her face as she drifted off to sleep.

Haley woke up the next morning and smiled as she looked around the room. She slept surprisingly well last night considering the emotional rollercoaster that her and Brooke had been on the night before. Haley got up and went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth and hair, tiptoeing so she didn't wake Brooke up.

When she was done she walked out of the bathroom and out the door. She wanted to go and see her brothers. It was always a tradition that after a party, she would go in and lay with them and they would all talk about the night before. She also really wanted to talk to Lucas and tell him how happy that she was that he asked Brooke out.

When she got to their door, she stopped and knocked lightly, not wanting to wake Nathan if he was still asleep. He wasn't though, he was the one who opened the door. Haley laughed when she saw him, His hair was standing all over the place and his eyes were half closed. When he saw it was her he unconsciencely tried to smooth his hair down and look more alert.

"Hey Nate, is Lucas awake yet?" He shook his head and she smiled while walking in, "it's alright. I'll get him up."

She ran past him and into Luke's room, jumping on the bed as hard as she could. Lucas jumped awake and tumbled off of the bed. Haley covered her mouth trying not to laugh, unsuccessfully at that. "Hey Luke, good morning!"

Luke groaned but smiled as he laid back down next to Haley. "Morning Baby James, I was wondering when you were going to come and wake me up."

Haley ignored the sarcasm and replied "Hey, it's like 9:30, I could have been here at dawn so I would count your blessings."

Luke nodded knowing that she was being serious.Haley continued. "So I wanted to be the first to tell you that I'm happy you asked Brooke out. You two are good together and she's happy, so don't screw it up nimrod..." She smiled at the look on Lucas's face.

He pretended to be hurt and then grinned "Well just for your lovely little name calling there I take full pleasure in telling you that you aren't the first to tell me that your happy for us, your third! Jake and Nathan beat you to it last night."

Haley smacked him lighty, "Damn it, ruin my fun why don't ya Luke?"

Then she looked over at Luke, "I have a favor to ask you and Jake, Nathan can come to." She said while giving him her best puppy dog eyes.

Luke grimaced. "What do you want Hales?" She laughed "Hold on, I have to go get Jake, can you go get Nate in here, please?" He nodded as she bounced up and off his bed and into the bathroom, stopping at the door to her brother's room and knocking.

When no one answered, she pushed open the door alittle and peered in. Jake was sleeping peacefully in his bed, so Haley did the only thing she could think of. She ran and jumped on his bed too, just like she did to Luke.

What she didn't know however was that unlike Lucas, Jake was already awake and was just pretending to be asleep. When she jumped on the bed, he jumped up and started tickling her.

"Jake! Stop, come on seriously. Your gonna make me pee my pants!"

At her last comment, Jake stopped."Not on my bed. So what do you want? I heard you over with Lucas, your awfully loud in the mornings, good thing though. Otherwise that would have been a terribly unpleasant way to wake up."

Haley laughed and grabbed his hand pulling him up and off the bed. "Uh uh, come on. I'm not saying anything til both you and Luke and Nathan are in the same spot. I don't feel like repeating myself this morning."

Jake grinned. "Hales, I told you already. Your loud, you wouldn't have to repeat yourself. The whole damn floor can probably hear you."

Haley started to pout. "Meanie! Don't you know your not supposed to tease your little sister?" At this she sulked back into Luke's room.

"Luke, Jake is being mean already. Tell him to stop tormenting your lovely little sister." then she grinned. "You know your my favorite brother, right Luke?"

"Jake, stop tormenting our perfectly charming little sister." Lucas said trying not to laugh.

Jake snorted loudly. "Yeah right Hales, he knows he's only your favorite when your mad at your real favorite."

Nathan sat back and just watched the three in the midst of their sibling banter.It almost made him wish he wasn't an only child, but he was like that with Brooke and Peyton though, so he didn't feel to bad.

"Alright break it up you three. What did you want to talk to us about Hales? Or the better question is, What do you want?"

Haley smirked at Nate. "You know me too well already Nate, that's a scary thought."

Then she sat on the bed and began to talk. "Well do you all remember that guy I was dancing with last night?" The guys shook their heads and she could have sworn she saw Jake's face twitch. "See the thing is, he kinda asked me out, well he wanted to do a movie night and I volunteered you guys and Peyton and Brooke to go too, kinda like a group thing." She said and watched all of their faces, waiting for some sort of a reaction.

Jake was the first to speak. "Hales, if you like this guy then why wouldn't you want to go by yourself? " As he asked the question, Nathan and Luke nodded in agreement with Jake. Haley sighed, she was going to have to tell them about the creepy vibes.

"See the thing is, I don't feel comfortable around him. I get these really weird vibes and when he asked we were outside, alone and I didn't want to tell him no, I didn't know how he'd react. When I mentioned the group thing, he looked kinda mad for a minute but then seemed fine with it. I don't want to just ignore him because I might just be being paranoid but I don't want to be alone with him either."

Jake looked at Haley, he knew that she was more freaked out by this guy then she was letting on. He knew that he should have followed her last night. He would have known the second she felt uncomfortable and could have stepped in, but not wanting to upset her, he didn't say that. He wrapped his arm around her and hugged her tight.

"Yeah Baby James, we'll do the movie night thing but we do it here, in our dorm. I don't want him to know what your dorm number is. I know you want me to stop the protection thing but I do have to say one more thing, What were you thinking walking off with a guy that you don't know? Don't you know that's how girls get raped or killed? That's why me and Luke are the way we are with you Hales, If someone hurt you, we would kill them."

Then he paused. "Hell, I wouldn't be able to cope with it if you got hurt or worse."

Haley had tears running down her face, she looked at Jake and nodded. "I'm sorry. I know it was stupid but he said he was an RA and I thought it was alright, I may be overreacting to the feelings. I am sorry though, I know you and Luke love me and worry, I want you to, I just want you to tone it down a notch."

Nathan who was watching this, decided to pipe in. "Hales, your not overreacting. Always trust your gut. Why don't we go and ask Skills about this guy since he's an RA too?" Everyone agreed that it was a good idea but they decided to get showered first and wait for Peyton and Brooke.

Haley thanked them and made her way back to her dorm. Brooke was now awake and sitting up in her bed.

"There you are Tutorgirl, I was about to send out the hounds to find you. Where were you?" Then she eyed Haleys clothes and giggled "Um, let me rephrase that, where were you in your pajama's?"

She raised her brow at Brooke's comment and sat down beside her. "Me and the boys have this weird tradition that the morning after any party, I go and wake them up and we lay around and talk about the night before."

Brooke nodded. "Got it. Why do you look like you were crying then?"

Haley laughed "Oh, Jake made me cry being all sappy and protective. I get annoyed with him sometimes but I love him and him and Luke can get to me like no one else can. Must be the triplet thing."

Brooke laughed, "Probably, siblings have a way of doing that." Haley laughed and continued. "So anyway, I told them about the group date and they agreed to it, I knew they would but they have a few stipulations first. One, we have to do the movie night in their dorm, they don't want Josh to know our room yet, and two, they want to ask Skillz about him and see what he says."

Brooke looked deep in thought for a minute and shrugged "I'm with them, sounds like a good idea to me. I think it's smart that some random guy doesn't know our room."

Haley nodded and the girls got ready to go talk to Skillz, just as Haley was finishing her makeup, there was a knock on the door.

Brooke opened it and revealed the three guys standing on the other side. She smiled and waved at Jake and Nate then her eyes stopped on Lucas. "Morning Broody." She said as she hugged him and kissed him softly on the cheek.

He grinned a silly little grin. "Morning to you too Cheery. Are you and Haley ready to go and find Skillz?" Brooke was about to turn around and ask but Haley was already walking past her and out the door.

"We're ready. Let's get this show on the road." Brooke cocked her head and looked back at Luke, "Well I guess we're ready then." She said and stepped out, after locking the door, everyone headed off in the directions of the RA's room.


There are a few things in this chapter that we brought into this chapter that comes from our real lives. My Grandma died on my sisters graduation day party and Haleybub23's Grandma said that quote that Brooke says Anna told Peyton and Brooke.