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Awesome people, here's another chapter for you!
There's not much Leyton here, except full of friendship and stuff.
It's because I first need to make you understand how everything will work out, just wait and be patient.
Everything will soon go according to plan.
So, here's another chapter!
Enjoy!
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.
- Rachel Naomi Remen
"Drake, come on already! What the hell are you looking for?" Nathaniel shouted, starting his engine.
They all packed everything since they came home and told Anna they'd be going on a trip and she was just happy that they're getting new friends.
Now it was 3:30AM and Peyton, who was always the bitchy one, when you wake her up in the morning, was forced to take a bath and gather the last things she wants to bring, soon she finished and entered Nathaniel's H3 and started sleeping again, not wanting to help them with anything.
Andy, on the other hand was watching a movie on her IPad, her earphones were on full volume so she couldn't hear anyone, well that and she definitely didn't want to help.
"Dude, I need to bring my Wii, wait! Just let me keep everything in the box!" Drake shouted back, throwing all the Wii accessories in the box.
"God, why the hell do we need to bring a Wii?" He shook his head.
Drake came out of the house, carrying a skateboard and the Wii box in hand, he then dropped his skateboard and locked the door, then grabbing it again and running towards the car.
"Keep that in the back," Nathaniel muttered.
Drake ran to the trunk and kept his skateboard and the box and then went in the front seat.
"These girls, seriously! Look at Peyton," Drake shook his head.
"It's good she fell asleep, you know how she is when she wakes up so early! I'd rather work my butt off than to have her awake since 2:00AM," Nathaniel chuckled, pulling out of the curb.
"Look at Andrea, all gushed up in the movie," Drake rolled his eyes. "What movie is she watching anyway?"
Nathaniel shrugged. "I think some chick flick."
"Dude, it's so cold, lower the air conditioning!" Drake protested, wrapping his hands around himself.
Nathaniel laughed, shaking his head and then turned the air conditioning to 1. "I missed my car."
"Of course you did, I thought you wanted to sleep there last night," Drake rolled his eyes.
"I can't believe my surfboards are not on top of this car! I tied it on top of the car!" He shouted, as soon as he stopped on a red light.
"Dude, why would your mum send your surfboards to a place where there is no radical waves?" Drake laughed.
"Right, you're so smart," Nathaniel rolled his eyes.
"Well, I have my moments," He smirked, proudly.
"I was kidding dude!" Nathaniel laughed out loud.
Drake rolled his eyes. "I know."
"Ugh, Nathaniel! Drake! Keep it down," Peyton protested, covering herself with the blanket she brought with her.
"Peyt, stop sleeping," Drake sighed. "You're going to miss out, really."
"I'd rather miss out," She groaned, covering her ears with those tiny cuddly pillows Nathaniel had in his car, which Peyton and Andrea bought since they thought his car was too plain. "Shut up."
Nathaniel chuckled, then seeing the river court, parking where Andy parked yesterday.
Nathaniel was always known for remembering things easily, it's like he had a photographic memory? He can always remember the directions to anywhere, that's why he was assigned driver most of the time.
"We're here, and there's only that black dude, and the blonde chic," Nathaniel muttered, sitting comfortably in the driver's seat, and adjusting it properly, Drake did the same, both guys thinking they could rest for a while before they start driving again.
Drake pulled out his IPod and put the black and grey head phones he bought and put it on full volume, and closed his eyes.
Nathaniel on the other hand was using his Blackberry for internet, soon he fell asleep.
Peyton suddenly felt cold. "Nate, turn off the air condition!"
Nathaniel groaned. "Peyt, it's already on 1 and it's your fault you're wearing those what do you call that? Fry shorts and a black hoodie, with just a low cut converse! Who wouldn't feel cold wearing that?"
Peyton sighed. "It's called fray shorts and Nathaniel, just do it! I'm freezing! I'm not the one who wakes up 2:00AM and tells everyone to take a bath and change fast; I just pulled out what was there first."
Nathaniel sighed, turning off the AC, and then closing his eyes again. "Don't disturb!"
Peyton chuckled, closing her eyes again.
After about 20 minutes, another car parked next to theirs.
"Whose car is that?" Brooke asked, getting out of her car.
Haley shrugged, yawning. "I can't see anyone inside, it's tinted."
"Awesome!" Lucas grinned, looking at the Hummer beside Brooke's car. "Compared to that car, Brooke's car looks like a piece of crap."
Brooke glared at him and then they all laughed.
They all stepped out of the car, running towards Skills and Bevin who were cuddling next to each other, sitting on the bleachers with their bags beside them.
"Skills! Bev!" Brooke shouted, waking them up.
Skills groaned, opening his eyes. "What, ?"
"Wake up!" She grinned; soon Bevin also opened her eyes.
"Where's Nathan?" Bevin asked, looking around for a golden S.U.V. "Whose car is that?"
Brooke shrugged. "We can't see, it's tinted and Nathan is heading here, Haley already called him!"
Lucas sighed, stretching his body. "I woke up so early."
"We all did, Luke." Haley chuckled, sitting on the bleachers.
"Skills, one on one?" Lucas asked, showing him the ball he grabbed from the trunk earlier.
Skills smirked and jumped down on the court, stretching a little before grabbing the ball from Lucas.
Soon, there was also another car that parked next to them; it was Rachel's they all knew, followed by Nathan's S.U.V.
Mouth stepped out of the car with Rachel and they both walked towards all of them, followed by Nathan who couldn't wait to get out of his car to play basket ball.
Nathan ran towards them, giving Haley a kiss. "Morning, babe."
Haley smiled; taking his keys and watch him made his way into the court, with Lucas and Skills.
"Who're we waiting for?" Rachel asked, tapping her foot impatiently on the ground.
"Your guests," Brooke rolled her eyes.
Just then, Nathan noticed a Hummer parked next to Brooke's car, to his amusement, he ran towards it.
"Guys! This is so cool!" He shouted, knocking on the car window to see whose car was it.
Drake groaned and pushed the button down, making the window slide down. "What?"
"Oh, Drake?" He asked, shocked.
"Err, who are you again?" Drake asked, not knowing his name.
"Nathan," He smiled.
Drake shrugged, removing keeping his IPod back in his grey hoodie, letting the headphones hang around his neck.
He looked at his friends, grinning when he saw them all still sleeping, so he closed the window and stepped out of the car, straightening his cargo shorts.
"Uh, want to join us for basketball?" Nathan asked, walking away.
He shook his head, walking towards Rachel and the others. "No thanks."
"Drake! Is that car yours?" Rachel asked, pointing to the empty space next to her.
"No, it's actually Nathaniel's," He shrugged, sitting next to Rachel.
"What time did you arrive here?" Haley asked, noticing the annoyed look Brooke was having because Rachel smirked at her.
"3:45?" He shrugged.
"What are we waiting for then?" Bevin asked. "Everyone's here!"
"Right," Brooke nodded. "Nathan!"
Nathan turned around, raising an eyebrow. "What?"
"Enough with the basketball! Help us with our bags!" Brooke shouted, standing up from her place.
"Yes, mum!" Lucas grinned.
Brooke rolled her eyes and swatted his arm playfully.
"Drake, mind helping?" Rachel asked, standing up.
"Not at all," He smiled. "I'll call Nathaniel."
Rachel nodded, and walked towards her friends who were walking towards the S.U.V.
Drake ran towards the car and opened the door. "Wake up you sleepy heads!"
"Drake!" Andy groaned, mentally noting to kick him later for waking them up.
"Dude, you have to help me carry some stuff," Drake said, throwing Nathaniel one of the stuffed toys in his car.
"Drake, I'm tired!" Nathaniel groaned, closing his eyes again.
"Nathaniel, you're such a girl," Drake muttered. "Girl."
"Dude! I'm going to drive the whole ride there!" He protested, stretching his arms.
"Girl." Drake chuckled, knowing that teasing him would get him to help him.
"Ugh! Fine!" He shouted, jumping out of his car.
"Nathaniel!" Peyton shouted. "Stop shouting for Pete's sake!"
They both shut the door closed and Nathaniel straightened out his now kind of crumbly cargo shorts and light blue tee.
"Ugh, I hate sleeping in the driver's seat," Nathaniel shook his head, stretching his arms.
"Quit complaining," Drake punched his arm and ran towards Rachel and all, followed by Nathaniel.
"Anything we can do to help?" Drake asked, stepping into their little conversation.
"Actually, yes," Haley smiled, pointing at the 3 suitcase's in front of the S.U.V.
"Whose is that?" Drake asked, chuckling.
"Mine, and no we don't need help!" Brooke sighed.
"We do, Brooke, you brought 3 huge suitcase filled whatever and it will take up so many space in the S.U.V. and we already were crammed inside your car when the suitcases were there and only one fit your trunk," Lucas sighed. "So yeah, we definitely need help."
"Uh, let's see If I can fit anything else in the car," Nathaniel nodded, walking towards his car, followed by the others, except Skills and Bevin and Mouth.
Nathaniel opened the trunk and sighed. "I think we can squeeze one in.
"Nathaniel close that damn trunk!" Peyton shouted, groaning.
"Peyt, we're trying to work out something here, so will you shut up?" Nathaniel sighed, pushing some of their stuff away.
"I don't care, close it!" She shouted, throwing him a stuffed toy, without looking.
"My baby!" Andy shouted, looking over to find many people gathered near the trunk. "Give it to me!"
Thankfully Lucas caught the stuffed toy and handed it back to Andy, smiling a bit.
"Wait, let's remove some stuff," Drake suggested, rummaging through their things.
"Don't you dare," Andy glared at him. "Don't touch my stuff."
Drake sighed. "Why don't we keep Peyton's things there with you guys?"
"No! No! No! We need place to sleep!" Peyton shouted, finally sitting down and stretching, rubbing her eyes.
"Peyt, please!" Nathaniel groaned.
"Fine! But I'm changing in the front, Drake can sit next to Andy," She shrugged, smirking and jumping in the front seat.
Thankfully all of the guys were picking up Brooke's stuff, not seeing what Peyton just did.
After, what seemed like an hour of fixing their stuff, they somehow managed to put 2 suitcases in the trunk.
"Thanks for the help," Haley smiled, as they enter Brooke's car.
Nathaniel shrugged, getting in his car.
They all fixed their stuff already, and they were ready to go, as planned, Rachel left first, followed by Brooke, then somehow Nathaniel went in the middle, leaving their arrangement in confusion.
Rachel's car.
Nathaniel's H3.
Brooke's car.
Nathan's S.U.V.
It was already noon when they reached Rachel's cabin, without any stops or any interruptions.
Brooke sighed in contentment seeing Rachel's amazing cabin for the first time.
"It looks amazing," Brooke smiled. "I really, really like it."
Rachel smirked. "I knew you would."
"Rachel, it looks really nice," Haley smiled. "Your parents must be really rich."
"I can't say they're not," She laughed.
Andy jumped out of the car, straightening her green summer dress, still holding her IPad. "Wow, it's so cool!"
Rachel smirked. "Glad you like it."
Brooke rolled her eyes.
Haley smiled. "Wow, you have an IPad already?"
She nodded. "Ordered it online."
"I'm Haley by the way," She smiled, placing out her hands for a hand shake.
Andy smiled. "Andrea." They shook hands.
"Where's Peyton?" Haley asked, wondering why she didn't see Peyton the whole day, except hear her voice.
"Sleeping," She chuckled. "I won't wake her up."
"Why, is there something wrong?" Haley asked, concerned.
"No," She laughed. "Morning Peyton's a bitch."
Haley laughed. "I'm not that much of a morning person either."
"I'm pretty sure Peyton's worse," She laughed, getting along with Haley.
Rachel and Brooke headed inside the cabin, sorting some stuff, while the guys took care of all the bags, leaving Haley, Andy and Peyton outside.
"Should we wake her up? Everyone's inside," Haley laughed.
"You do it, I don't want to get a scratch on my face," Andy laughed, walking away. "Good luck!"
Haley laughed and opened the front door, seeing Peyton curled up in a blanket made her smile, she looked really peaceful.
"Peyton," Haley called out.
Peyton groaned, opening her eyes. "What?"
"They're all inside, let's go in," Haley chuckled.
"Oh, Hales! It's you! I haven't talked to you, since yesterday morning?" She laughed, jumping out of the car.
"I thought morning Peyton's a bitch?" She asked.
"It's noon," She laughed, glancing at the time on her phone.
"Well, yeah," Haley laughed, walking beside her.
"Wow, this, it looks nice!" Peyton smiled, looking at the stunning cabin in front of her.
"I know, maybe we'll all have fun," Haley smiled. "I have to give you something by the way."
Peyton raised an eyebrow, grinning. "What is it? I love presents!"
"Maybe once I unpack a little, then I can give it to you," Haley chuckled.
"Maybe," Peyton laughed, entering the cabin with Haley.
"Finally," Drake muttered. "You're awake, and smiling?"
"Drake, shut up," Peyton rolled her eyes and sat down on the sofa next to him.
Lucas was looking at Peyton, he was really, really shocked. Well, not that shocked but he really wishes she didn't wear those shorts, she looked really damn good, he tried to not look, but it's like everyone was staring at her, that maybe they also noticed she looked so damn sexy. She didn't even notice anyone looking at her.
"Rooms," Brooke smiled, entering the living room. "There are only 7 rooms."
"Nathan!" Haley grinned.
"What?" Brooke asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I get Nathan," Haley smiled.
"Obviously," Brooke chuckled. "I get Lucas."
"Excuse me?" Lucas asked, choking on his water a little bit.
"Skills and Bevin," Brooke smirked. "Rachel and Mouth."
"Hey!" Rachel protested. "Drake can—"
"Nathaniel and Drake," Brooke chuckled.
"You and you," She pointed to Andrea and Peyton. "Get one bedroom each."
"Why can't I get one bedroom?" Lucas protested, wishing she got partnered up with Peyton instead.
"Because Lucas, you know me," Brooke smirked.
"Okay, what does that mean, seriously?" Haley asked, eyes widening.
"Haley you—" She was cut off.
"Exchange, Lucas with Nate, I stay with you," Haley smiled. "No complaints."
"Hales! I'm the leader of this!" Brooke protested.
"I don't think so," Haley smirked.
Nathan groaned and Lucas sighed in relief.
After the small conversation they had, they all went to their rooms and unpack a little, fixing their rooms, not one of them even bothered to go down, right now, it was already 6:00PM, they spent the whole day unpacking and taking in the scene, until everyone finished and headed downstairs, as Brooke ordered.
Andy and Lucas were the first ones to enter the living room, leaving an awkward silence.
"So," They both said in unison, chuckling.
"What's up?" Lucas asked, smiling at her.
"Haven't seen you since that day," She chuckled, remembering the day he came to visit Peyton.
He looked at her and smiled, his dimples showing at little bit. "Yeah, how are you?"
Andy looked at him, this time really looking at him, she noticed he was really attractive, especially his blue eyes and his cute little dimple that made her heart fluttering a little.
"Oh, me? I'm good, better actually, you?" She grinned, turning on the TV.
"I guess I'm okay," He chuckled, just then Drake entered the room, carrying his Wii.
"Oh, Drake, get away from here, plug that in your own room," Andy groaned, making Lucas chuckle.
"Shut up Andy, can't you see, he's bored talking to you!" Drake laughed, not knowing Lucas' name.
"No, really, I liked talking to her," He smiled. "So what games do you have?"
"Name it, I have it," He smiled. "Drake, by the way."
"Lucas," He nodded, helping Drake, fix the Wii.
"Yes! Someone brought something good," Nathan grinned, seeing the Wii box on the table. "Can't wait to play."
Drake laughed, introducing himself again. "Drake, you're Nathan right?"
Nathan nodded. "How'd you know?"
"Earlier, remember?" He laughed.
"So, are you and Brooke together?" Drake asked, looking at Lucas.
Nathan laughed.
"No, we're not," Lucas glared at Nathan.
"Right," Drake laughed.
"You and Rachel together?" Nathan asked, rummaging through the box.
"No," He laughed.
Just then, Nathaniel entered the living room. "What're you guys doing?"
"Wii," Andy rolled her eyes.
"It's good you brought that then," Nathaniel chuckled, sitting on the sofa.
"I told you it was good for something," He smirked.
"I think we got off to a wrong start, I'm Nathaniel," He smiled.
"Lucas,"
"Nathan,"
They all smiled, then returning their attention to the Wii in front of them.
Then, Haley, Brooke, Rachel, Bevin, Mouth and Skills enter the living room, sitting down.
"So, should I order dinner?" Haley asked, moving closer to Nathan.
"I'm starving!" Mouth stated, grabbing a candy from the table.
"I'll order then," Haley smiled, leaving the room.
After playing Wii, the food Haley ordered came and they all ate, and it seemed like all of them were getting along, and that was good news, and even Brooke and Andy stopped biting each other's tail off.
Brooke told everyone they had to get a lot of rest since they were going to do a lot of things tomorrow so now, everyone was in their bedrooms, well not really, Andrea and Lucas were told to wash the dishes.
"I can't believe I was picked to do this!" Andy groaned, drying the plates Lucas was washing.
Andy really didn't like to wash dishes, but now that she was with Lucas, she couldn't seem to hate it, especially when they were standing so close to each other, she really liked it, and it made her heart flutter seeing him smile once in a while.
"Come on, it's not that bad!" He laughed, flicking water on her face.
"Oh, you're on!" She laughed, splashing more water at him.
Both of them started laughing, waking Haley up from her sleep, so she went downstairs and saw both of them having fun.
"Please, keep it down," Haley sighed, grabbing a glass from the cabinet and opening the fridge. "I swear, you guys look like a couple."
They both blushed, returning to what they were doing.
Haley poured water on her cup and drank it, smiling at how cold the water was. She kept it back in the fridge and put the glass on the sink. "Please, just please wash the dishes and stop giggling."
She rolled her eyes and went upstairs, entering her room again.
"Haley's hair was hilarious!" Andy laughed, seeing Haley walk away.
"I know! I tried my best to hide my face!" He laughed along with her.
"Just wash that cup and we're done!" She grinned.
"Yep, I really need some sleep," He chuckled, washing the last cup.
"Hey, Luke," She called out, looking at him.
Lucas was kind of shocked, she called him Luke. "Hmm?"
"Thank you," She smiled.
"For what?" He asked, confused.
"For being nice to me, even though we got off to a rough start," She chuckled. "Are we friends now?"
"You seem like a great person Andy, I wouldn't miss out on having a friend like you," He smiled, giving her the cup, so she can dry it.
She smiled, touched by his words; she was really, really starting to like this guy. "That's great, because I want to be your friend too, Luke."
He nodded, drying his hands on the towel.
"How about we hang out tomorrow, after whatever Brooke has planned for us?" She asked, keeping the cup back in the drawer, and then drying her hands too.
"Sure," He smiled.
"Great," Andy grinned. She really, wanted to know him.
They closed the kitchen lights and headed upstairs, both saying their goodnights and entered their rooms.
Peyton sighed, she couldn't sleep, really. So she headed downstairs to get something to eat and she'll sit on the porch.
She went out of her room in just a tank top and pajama pants and headed to the kitchen, opening the fridge to find a small chocolate ice cream.
"Perfect," She grinned, grabbing a spoon and taking the ice cream, heading out in the porch.
She smiled, looking at the stars, but she couldn't get out the thought of hearing two people giggling downstairs earlier, she really wanted to know who they were.
She opened the ice cream and took a spoon full in her mouth, looking up at the stars, sighing in contentment.
To be honest, she couldn't sleep because she was thinking; she was thinking about her dad, who would he be with? Was there someone to protect him? She knew she was over reacting but she loved her dad and if something happened to him, she will never forgive herself for ever agreeing to go to Tree Hill. No matter how much people tried to be her friend and act nice to her, she missed L.A. She missed it, except for the bad times, she missed it when it was just always the 4 of them making trouble, now they're starting to get close to new people and maybe that wasn't a bad thing, but Peyton really misses them, she won't admit it but she did.
She took another spoon full of ice cream and sighed.
Earlier today, she saw Andy looking at Lucas with curiousness and she wondered what she was thinking, and maybe she felt a little angry, for whatever Andy was thinking but she just shook the feeling and continued smiling to whatever nice things they all said.
Suddenly there was a cold wind that passed by her and she remembered Ellie, her mum, she died of breast cancer and Peyton was always crying at night, except when she met Nathaniel who was there every time she cried and had a problem, they were like twins really, they knew so much about each other. She missed Ellie, she missed her family, the times when they went to the park whenever the 4 year old Peyton would plead with her puppy dog eyes, she missed them, she just wished her mum didn't die and that stupid incident didn't happen in L.A.
She didn't even notice there was someone behind her and she was crying until there was a jacket placed on her shoulders. "Hey, Peyton."
She looked up and wiped her tears, and smiled at Brooke. "Hi, what're you doing out here?"
"Couldn't sleep, what are you doing out here?" She asked, looking at the ice cream she was holding.
"Likewise," She chuckled a little bit. "Want some?"
She shook her head. "You seem unhappy."
"No, It's nothing," Peyton smiled, assuring her.
"Peyton, I just wanted to say sorry," Brooke sighed.
"For what?" Peyton asked, raising an eyebrow.
"For being a bitch," She laughed. "I don't even know you and judged you by the cover."
"People make mistakes right?" She smiled. "Looking at you now and you seem really nice."
"It's just that, I really don't like it when my friends get new friends, I feel left out," She sighed, shocked that she was revealing too much to Peyton, a girl she just met and hated before this.
"Why don't you try and get new friends too?" Peyton asked, smiling at Brooke.
Brooke sighed. "I try, but it doesn't end up well."
"Just let it happen Brooke, don't plan it," She smiled, taking another spoon of ice cream.
Brooke nodded and looked up at the stars. "No wonder they like you."
"What?" Peyton asked, looking at Brooke.
"You're really nice," She smiled. "After bitching to you, you talk to me like we're friends; no one's ever been like that to me."
"I'm sorry, Brooke," Peyton sighed. "I judged the cover too."
Brooke nodded and smiled at Peyton, her dimples showing.
"Let's start being friends from now on okay?" Brooke asked, smiling at Peyton.
"You really want to do that?" She asked, smiling at how friendly Brooke was being. This was not the Brooke she saw, but she definitely liked this Brooke better.
She judged the book by its cover and now seeing Brooke and how she's being friendly to her, made her think that she was a really nice person, well yeah maybe Brooke is scheming this, but that thought never really bothered her because from the look Brooke gave her, it was full of friendliness and sweetness. Seeing Brooke now, like this, knowing what she may truly be on the inside, made her re-think. Maybe, Brooke Davis is more than just looks and attitude, maybe she was something more.
"Hell yeah," She grinned.
"So friends?" Peyton asked, opening her arms for a hug.
Brooke hugged her and smiled at how comfortable they were, she really wasn't like this, but looking at Peyton and for the first time talking to her made her feel what a great person Peyton maybe and she might just get to know her really soon, she also knew now why Lucas, Nathan and Haley liked her and she was really happy that she saw her sitting outside alone, starting now, maybe Brooke Davis is getting a new friend, for the first time since after she became friends with Haley.
"Friends."
So what do you think?
Everyone's kind off getting along now eh?
More fun, friendship and romance on the next chapter! WOOT.
Oh my, Breyton friendship is forming. :
Seems like even Andy has a crush on Lucas.
This is still Leyton, I promise! =D
Leyton forever. (:
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RnR pleaaaase!
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