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Thank you for your reviews on the last chapter, I'm glad most of you liked it. I know you were all surprised that Nathan told her how he felt, but I just thought it was time for him to say it. I hope you all like this chapter!
Chapter 10: Make A Lot Of Noise
Haley stood in JFK Airport with Brooke, Peyton, Lucas, Jake, and a very pissed of Nathan and Chase. Chase stood next to Haley with a protective arm around her shoulder and Nathan stood on the other side of her. Haley wore a pair of American Eagle 77 jeans with a white tank top and a V. D. O Trucker Hat.
Haley had her iPod in she was listening to SexyBack by Justin Timberlake. She hadn't talked to Nathan since the day he told her he loved her. She wanted to, but it was too awkward. She looked up at him and he was looking down at his phone. He looked back at her and she quickly looked somewhere else.
It was time to board the plane to Denver. The all walked in and went to their rows. Brooke and Jake sat in the row ahead of Lucas and Peyton. Haley walked to her row to find that she sat right in the middle of Chase and Nathan. Chase stood up from his seat on the aisle for her sit down.
Haley looked over at Brooke who just shrugged her shoulders. She stood up again and went over to her, "switch with me," she said.
"What?"
"Switch with me. It's not that I don't want to sit by one of them, it's just, really weird."
"Haley, I get what you're saying, but you're gonna have to deal with it."
"Jake's not even your boyfriend, why don't you just move."
"Because Jake and I already having fun people watching, like that fat guy," she pointed a few rows up, "who just sat down and is already asleep."
"Fine."
"Fine."
Haley made her way over to her row and sat down again. "What's up?" Chase asked. "Oh," she replied, "I just had to ask Brooke something."
"Oh."
Soon everyone had boarded and it was time to take off. Haley hated that part. The plane started to take off and she grabbed both Chase and Nathan's hands. She looked at both of them and gave them a scared smile, "sorry."
Chase glared at Nathan but he didn't move his hand from hers. After they were in the air Haley let go of both their hands and fumbled through her bag until she found her iPod again. According to the clock on her iPod it was 7:30 at night. It was still light outside but by the time they got to Colorado, it would be 9:30.
"What time do you think we'll get in?" Chase asked.
"Probably 9:30 or so."
"Who's picking us up?"
"My friend Ali."
He nodded and went back to playing on his PSP. Soon Chase fell asleep with his iPod in. They would be landing soon and Haley looked out the window next Nathan. They were coming in over the mountains. Because of the snow and the glow of the moon the mountains had a blue look to them. "That's pretty cool," Nathan said and looked out the window with her.
She smiled and said, "yeah, every time I fly home, when we get over the mountains, I know I'm home, ya know?"
"Yeah. I'm pretty excited to see Denver, if it's as great as you say it is."
"It is. Thank you."
"For what?"
"Peyton told me this was your idea."
Since it was Haley's birthday all her friend chipped in to get a plane back home to Denver for a couple of days for their spring break. They all chipped in, but it was Nathan's idea. "Oh, well I just figured you would like to go home for your birthday."
"And also thanks for the tickets to the game. Trust me, you'll have an awesome time."
"I know I will."
"My friends didn't make you guys buy them tickets right?"
"No, Brooke found the seats and bought the tickets on line, so she paid for them, so we all just gave her what we owe, and your friends are gonna pay her when we see them."
"That is so cool of you guys to do! I have the best friends ever!"
He smiled and laughed when he saw her reaction. "Look at that lady up there," he said pointing to the women a few rows up who was talking to the flight attendant. Haley looked up, "what about her?"
"That's her 5th tiny bottle of vodka."
"Damn."
"She knows how to knock em back."
"I guess."
She laughed when she saw the lady down the bottle. "Shit," Nathan said, "and we thought Brooke knew how to party." Haley smiled and she looked out the window again to see the lights of the city. "Welcome to Colorado Nathan Scott."
He smiled at her before looking out the window. Haley looked over at Brooke who was leaning over Jake to see the city. "Jake," she said, "look how pretty."
"Brooke we live in New York."
"Yeah but this is so much better and besides I'm from Maine, I'm not used to this stuff."
The plane landed and Haley woke up Chase. "Wakey, wakey," Brooke said walking over to their row. Chase looked up at them and shook his head. They took their bags and went to baggage claim. Luckily non of their bags were lost and they all made there way outside to wait for Haley's friend Ali.
A dark blue Denali pulled up to the sidewalk and a girl around Haley's height with dark brown hair that was straightened to perfection and slightly tanned skin got out. She smiled when she saw Haley and the two girls ran over to each other and hugged each other tightly. "Haley James, I missed you best friend!"
"I missed you too Alison Herder!"
"Ok, out of those 4 hot guys over there, which is your boyfriend?"
Haley let go of her and smiled, "let me introduce you." They walked over to the other 6. "Guys, this is my friend Ali," she smiled at them and received smiles back from them. "Ali, this is Brooke and Peyton, they're my fabulous roommates," they smiled and shook hands, "this is Jake Jagelski, and Lucas Scott," she smiled at them and whispered in Haley's ear, "tell me Lucas isn't dating anyone," she joked. "Sorry," Haley replied and laughed. "And this is my boyfriend Chase," she shook his hand and looked at the dark haired boy who's face obviously dropped when she called Chase her boyfriend. "And this is my friend Nathan Scott."
"Nice to meet you Nathan."
"Yeah you too."
They all put their luggage in the car and Ali drove them down town to their hotel. "You guys are staying at Jet?"
"Yeah, you know they built that club down there, we should go there tonight, why don't we call up Brianne, Zach, Hilary and whoever she's dating."
"I'll give them a call, then I'll let you know, but I'll definitely be there, I hear Jet is awesome."
"Nice car Ali, you never struck me as a Denali person."
"I'm not! This is Darin's car."
"Oh Darin's in town?"
"Yeah he got in from Iowa yesterday."
"He drove?"
"Yeah I don't get him, he likes driving places by himself."
"Tell him I say hey."
"I will. So you guys," she said looking back at the passengers in the back, "what do you think of Colorado so far?"
"Well the airports, cool, so that's a plus," Nathans said.
"We're among the best for airports," she joked.
"I think it's awesome here, I mean from what I've seen it's pretty cool," Brooke said.
"Yeah, I see why Haley likes it so much," Peyton added.
Haley reached over to turn the radio on and it was already on KS 107.5 which was Denver's hottest rap and 'hip hop' station. Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown began to play and Ali smiled and looked Haley who began singing along to the words. Brooke leaned forward and turned the radio up. She and Peyton began to sing along with them.
She want that lovey dovey
That kiss-kiss, kiss-kiss
In her mind she fantasize
bout getting wit me
They hating on me
They wanna diss this, kiss-kiss
Cause she mine and so fine
And thick as can be
"I love your friends Hales," Ali said while laughing
"I can tell that you guys are all a good match for each other."
They drove down the Jet Hotel and Jet nightclub was located right next to it. They could tell it wasn't crowded yet, but it would be. Ali dropped them off and they went to the front desk to get their rooms. They had booked well in advance, because jet didn't have a lot of rooms.
Peyton, Brooke, Jake and Luke were in one room and Chase, Haley and Nathan were in another. They took the elevator up to their rooms. Haley walked in and noticed how nice the rooms were. "Damn," Nathan said, "this is a lot nicer than I expected."
"Me too," Haley said, "I've never stayed here before."
Nathan walked over to the flat screen TV and whistled. Chase laid down on a bed that he dubbed his and Haley's. "Hales, come feel how comfortable this bed is." She came and sat down next to him and he pulled her to lay down next to him.
In the other 4's room they were all getting settled. "I'm gonna go get ice," Peyton said and picked up the bucket, "I'm gonna get a coke, anyone want anything?" Lucas asked. Brooke shook her head, "I'm fine," Jake nodded, "yeah me too."
Peyton walked out in the hall and Lucas rang up to her, "Peyton wait."
"What?"
"We should talk about what happened."
"Lucas, it was a one time thing, it didn't mean anything."
"To me it did."
"You're dating one of my best friends Lucas, I don't want to hurt her."
"Peyt, I get that, but what about how we feel towards each other, shouldn't that matter?"
"Lucas, you're really great, you are, but I don't want to hurt my friend."
She turned to walk away from him before he could say anything else to her.
Lucas and Peyton walked in their room to see Brooke and Jake laughing and him tickling her sides. "Jake, stop it!" she laughed. They saw the two of them standing in the door and pulled away from each other still laughing. Brooke walked over to Peyton, "I'd keep an eye on that one," she said still laughing.
Peyton smiled at them before setting down the ice and sitting on her and Jake's bed.
Haley's cell phone began to ring and it was the theme from The Office. She smiled and picked it up. "Hey Ali."
"Hey, so I called them and they're all in, so we're all heading down as we speak. Seriously they're all in the back of my car. Everyone yell to Haley," Haley heard people yelling 'Hi Haley' to her. She smiled, "hi guys."
"We'll meet you guys there in like 20 or 30 minutes, does that sound good?" Ali asked.
"Yeah, we'll see you then."
"Ok, bye."
Haley hung up the phone and walked out of the room to tell the others that they would head down to Jet in half an hour.
Nathan and Chase stood alone in the room in silence until Nathan broke it, "can we stop now?"
"Stop what?"
"Hating each other. Chase you're my best friend, I was never gonna act on my feelings for her."
"I just don't feel like I can trust you Nate. I mean I asked you if you had feelings for her and you said no. So how do I know you're not lying to me now when you say you won't act on your feelings?"
"Chase, yes I do have feelings for her, but you're my friend and Haley likes you so, I'm not gonna stand in the way of that. Can we still be friends?"
Chase looked at him before smiling, "yeah. We've been fighting long enough." They shared a 'manly' hug and Haley walked in. "I must the wrong room, the guys I'm rooming with hate each other."
"We talked it out."
"Good," Haley said looking at the two of them. "Um, we should get ready to go," she said and went over to her suitcase to get an outfit to where out. "Ok," Nathan said and he did the same.
Haley changed into a lacy black and white shirt with a black mini skirt that Brooke made her pack. She wore a pair of white converse on her feet and her make up was natural and her hair hung around her shoulders in natural waves. She sprayed on her Pink Lacoste perfume that Brooke gave her.
She walked out of the bathroom and saw Chase in a zip up hoodie over a white t-shirt and jeans. Nathan wore a pair of dark bullhead jeans and a dark red dress shirt with black Nikes. "You guys ready?" she asked.
"Yeah," Chase said, "let's go."
They walked out of their room as Brooke, Jake, Peyton and Lucas walked out. "Ok, you guys are ready, lets go," Brooke said linking arms with Haley and Peyton and walking to the elevator.
They made their way inside the crowded nightclub and Haley saw her friends sitting in one of the booths, "they're over there," she said and pointed to her friends. They walked down and saw Ali sitting with two other girls and two guys. "Haley!" the girls yelled and got up to hug her. "Bri! Hil! Oh my gosh!" she yelled and hugged them back. "I have to introduce you to everyone," she said, "ok, Brooke, this is Brianne and Hilary," she said and they shook hands with the dark haired girl. Brianne had shoulder length blond hair and side bangs. She was tall and thin and blue eyes.
Hilary had shorter strawberry blonde hair and bangs. She had freckles and bright blue eyes as well. "Bri, Hil, this is Peyton, Lucas, Jake," they all shook hands and exchanged smiles. "And this is Chase, my boyfriend," they smiled at the cute boy standing in front of them, "and this is my Friend Nathan."
"Nice to meet you guys," he said.
"You too," Brianne said.
"You gonna completely ignore me Hales?" the guy next to Ali asked. Haley smiled when she saw him, "Zach! Well come over here!" she yelled. He had short brown hair and he was tall and strong. He hugged her and lifted her off the ground. "I missed you Hales, you never called or visited," he said placing her back down. "Neither did you dumb ass."
He laughed and said, "are you going to introduce me?"
"Right, sorry," she said and turned toward her friends, "guys this is my friend Zach. He's Colin's best friend."
They smiled and exchanged introductions. "Hil," Haley said, "where's your boyfriend?"
"He's coming."
"How long have you been with this one?"
"A couple of months."
"Will I approve?"
"Well you know him so I should assume so."
"I do, who is it?"
"Dave."
"Like Dave Samuel?"
"Yeah."
"I already approve."
Dave Samuel was a guy that Haley had known since the 6th grade. He was always making people laugh. He had a sense of humor and could make anyone happy if they were sad. Dave walked over to the table and kissed Hilary on the lips before turning to Haley. "Haley James, give me a hug!" She smiled and hugged him tightly. "Hey Dave, it's good to see you!"
They all sat at the table talking and getting to know each other when Brianne leaned over to Nathan. "You like her don't you?" she asked.
"Am I really that obvious?"
"A little yeah."
"Great, well she knows and her boyfriend knows."
"I'm surprised he doesn't hate you."
"We've been fighting for a couple of weeks, but today he finally decided to forgive me."
"That's good."
"Yeah."
"But that doesn't make your feelings for her go away."
"Nope." Haley turned and saw Nathan and Brianne talking and instantly a pang of jealousy and hurt shot through her. She knew she was with Chase but it still hurt. She looked away from them and Brooke grabbed her hand, "come dance with me Hales," she said, "Lucas doesn't want to."
Haley smiled and stood up as 'Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy' began to play.
Well, I walk into the room
Passing out hundred dollar bills
And it kills and it thrills like the horns on my Silverado grill
And I buy the bar a double round of crown
And everybody's getting down
An' this town ain't never gonna be the same.
Ali and Brianne joined them out on the floor and soon Zach was pulled out there by Haley.
Cause I saddle up my horse
and I ride into the city
I make a lot of noise
Cause the girls
They are so pretty
Riding up and down Broadway
on my old stud Leroy
And the girls say
Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Everybody says
Save a horse, Ride a cowboy
Well I don't give a dang about nothing
I'm singing and Bling-Blinging
While the girls are drinking
Long necks down!
And I wouldn't trade ol' Leroy
or my Chevrolet for your Escalade
Or your freak parade
I'm the only John Wayne left in this town
Chase and Nathan watched Zach keep his hands on Haley's hips and dance with her from behind. "A little close don't you think?" Nathan said to Chase. "Yeah," Chase replied, "I get the feeling that he has more than just friend feelings for her."
"Well why don't you go out and dance with her?"
"She's gonna think I'm being jealous and paranoid."
"Well you are. Just go out there."
"I don't want to. Jake," Chase said and looked at him, "can you go dance with them?"
"Why?"
"That Zach kid is a little to close for my liking."
"Fine you know what," Nathan said, "don't worry about this I'm just doing it coz you won't," he said and patted Chase on the shoulder before getting up and going over to where Haley was.
Chase was a little worried, but he trusted him now.
"Nate, you decided to come dance with us," Brooke said happily. Nathan gave a pointed look at Zach and he let go of Haley's hips. Nathan looked over at Chase who mouthed 'thank you.'
And I saddled up my horse
and I ride into the city
I make a lot of noise
Cause the girls
They are so pretty
Riding up and down Broadway
on my old stud Leroy
And the girls say
Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Everybody says
Save a horse, Ride a cowboy
What? What?
Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy
Everybody says
Save a Horse Ride a cowboy.
I hope you all like this chapter, if you feel out of the loop with all the LP stuff, I promise I will explain later. I hope this was a good chapter! Please review and let me know what you think!