so this is officially my longest chapter! say you don't love me! ;) so anyways, i'm quite proud of this chapter. it's got some fluff, some laughs and some naley! wow! ok, so major exam tomorrow, have to rant, but i'll let you read first! enjoy!
36. The Road Trip
'So why is this supposed to help everyone?' Brooke questioned, sitting on her suitcase while Haley zipped it up.
'I'm not really sure, but hey, I'm not going to complain about a week away at Peyton's parents hotel. ' Haley chuckled and locked the zip on Brooke's case.
The two schools had been given the next week off as an extra vacation while they sorted out the school. Both schools would need to be covered in security equipment and the gym had to be redecorated. Peyton's parents owned a hotel on the coast and were letting some of the teens go up and stay for a week for free.
So that meant sun, sea, sand, bars, swimming, and flirting with hot pool boys and lifeguards. Haley couldn't wait. She could actually enjoy this holiday. It was like a second chance at summer.
'LUCAS!!' Brooke yelled. 'Come and put our cases in the car!'
Brooke, Haley, Nathan, Lucas, Peyton, Jake, Skills, Mouth, Rachel, and Bevin all got out at the service station. Chase couldn't make it because his mum had hurt her wrist when she fell at the gym shooting.
'I cannot believe the boys hired a mini bus for us!' Brooke squealed.
'I cannot believe I had to sit next to Rachel for three hours talking about all the boys that she's been with.' Haley mumbled.
It had been a long journey so far. And now everyone was stopping for lunch. The boys had hired a mini bus so that they didn't need to take to separate cars. Haley had been stuck next to Rachel and Bevin all of the way and she heard enough about boys and shopping and make up to last her the rest of the year.
She spotted Nathan and went to walk over to him to complain about Rachel when she realised they still weren't exactly on talking terms. She walked over to Peyton instead.
'So you know how your parents own this place?' Peyton nodded. 'Does that mean we can get sold alcohol.' Haley smiled hopefully.
'Of course. I know all the barmen so I'll make sure to introduce them to you and Brooke and the others.'
'Could you do me a favour?' Peyton nodded again. 'Not introduce Rachel?' Peyton laughed.
'That might be fun actually.'
Haley smiled as she walked over to Brooke. She had become pretty good friends with Peyton and found her to be way too nice to hang out with Rachel, but that was the problem. Peyton was too nice not to hang out with Rachel, even though she didn't like her.
'What we getting for lunch then?' Nathan asked.
He was answered with many variations of 'pizza', 'sandwiches', 'burgers' and 'fries'. He waited for the answer that would be 'Mac and cheese', but it never came. Haley still wasn't talking to him.
'You know what? There's a huge food court. Why don't we all get what we want and then just meet back at this table?'
'Sounds good!' everyone ran their separate ways. Nathan knew where he was going. He headed quickly over the pasta section of the food court; Haley would be there for her Mac and cheese.
She had received her order and was heading to the table already, Nathan ran to try and stop her. But before he got there she slipped and dropped her tray. Nathan caught her, but her drink poured all down his shirt. He whipped it off without thinking, and wrung it out while Haley picked up her things.
They walked back over to the pasta section so Haley could get more food. Nathan turned serious now.
'I miss you Haley. I really do. I can't stop thinking about you. I regret what I said on the roof but I was angry, I couldn't help it. Look at me Haley. I love having you as a friend. You mean the world to me. Can we not just call a truce and forget about what happened on the roof? I don't want to 'start over' because I have loved the times we have had.'
Haley was only slightly taking in exactly what Nathan was saying, because she was staring hard at his chest while he put his shirt back on.
Not in a bad way, but Haley noticed something after he had taken off his top. Around his neck he wore his chain as normal, but looped around the chain was the silver heart Haley had left on his doorstep.
Suddenly everything came into focus. Her and Nathan were being stupid not talking; they were such good friends and were meant to be friends, not enemies. He cared enough to put on the heart and jump in front of a bullet for her, basically, so the least she could do would be to stay friends with him.
He had finished talking and she stood there in silence. Slowly she pulled out the chain with the gold heart dangling from it and showed it to Nathan. She chuckled as his face broke out in a smile.
'So it was you?' he laughed.
'Someday is now Nathan. Let's be normal again.' Haley laughed as he picked her up into a big hug.
'I'm so glad to hear you say that.' Haley's smile grew. She knew everything was going to be ok.
'Right everyone listen up!' Peyton shouted across the excited teens. 'There are 10 of us but we only have 5 double rooms, so everyone needs to sort themselves into pairs, male or female.' She looked at Brooke, who clapped her hands with excitement.
Brooke skipped over to Lucas. 'Sorry Hales! You can sleep on the couch if you want.' She smiled.
Haley sighed. Who was she going to share with now?
Slowly everyone started to go and standing in pairs. Brooke with Lucas, Peyton with Jake, and Skills with Mouth. Rachel, Bevin, Haley and Nathan were left.
'Well that works out fine, doesn't it?' Rachel's smug voice cut through the others, who were guessing who would be left together.
Haley didn't know how it worked fine, three girls and one boy.
'I don't get it.' Bevin spoke Haley's thoughts.
'Well obviously, you and hales can go together Bev. And me and Nathan will go in the other room.'
Haley felt sick when Rachel called her hales. 'Nathan and I…' she whispered and saw Nathan chuckled. He must have heard her.
'But, Rachel, there's a double bed in every room.' Bevin tried to explain; still not understanding what Rachel was up to.
Rachel just shrugged. 'Oh ok.' She snuggled into Nathan. 'We'll just have to share then. And just so you know, I sleep naked sometimes.' She winked at Nathan.
Nathan made a face of pure disgust and Haley had to conceal her laughter. Nathan pushed Rachel away. She looked at him in shock.
'Is there a problem Nathan?'
'Uhm…' he tried to think of an excuse.
'Yeah, there is a problem Rachel. Nathan promised me we could share!' Haley piped up.
'I did? I mean, yeah, sorry Rachel.' Nathan walked over to Haley. 'Damn it.' he added sarcastically.
Haley laughed as Nathan silently thanked her, and Rachel stamped her foot in a huff. Then she realised what she had done. What had she gotten herself into?
Brooke squealed as she jumped onto the queen size bed. Their room was huge, big glass double doors opened out onto a balcony which looked over the pool, bar and beach. Haley and Nathan were next door on the left, and Peyton and Jake were next door on the right.
Lucas sat his things down and sat on the sofa. 'So I'm sleeping on here then?' he pointed to the sofa.
Brooke's face dropped instantly and Lucas laughed. 'I'm joking.' He said, and joined her on the bed.
Brooke pulled Lucas toward her and they start kissing.
Lucas stopped her and they sat up. 'We've to meet everyone downstairs in 5 for dinner Brooke.'
'We can be a bit late?' she suggested.
'Works for me.' Brooke pulled Lucas back on top of her.
'I'm sorry about this Haley.' Nathan sat his things down by the sofa. Haley was sitting on the bed unpacking her things.
'It's ok. It'll be fun.' She smiled at Nathan. 'And also, I would have been jealous of Rachel sharing with you.' She blushed and regretted saying it.
'I would have been jealous of you because you weren't sharing with Rachel.' Nathan and Haley laughed together.
'Don't worry. I'll sleep on the sofa.'
'Good, cause this bed is really comfy.' Haley giggled.
'Let's go for dinner.' Nathan smiled.
'I cannot believe you thought my favourite film was porn!' Jake shrieked at Peyton.
'It was a joke dude!' she laughed.
'Yeah, but now we aren't winning!'
'We were never winning! Brooke and Lucas, Nathan and Haley, AND Skills and Mouth are ahead of us anyway!'
Jake crossed his arms and sulked. Everyone laughed.
It was after dinner and now everyone was in the private comfort suite on the ground floor. They were playing a game called 'Mr and Mrs'. You didn't need to be married to play it, you could go with anyone, and it was basically a test of how well you knew you're partner. The group had decided to pair up in their room pairings.
So far Brooke and Lucas were winning, then it was Skills and Mouth, then Nathan and Haley, then Peyton and Jake, and last were Rachel and Bevin.
'Ok, next question. To Haley.' Peyton got out a question card. 'Oh my god this is so unfair!! It's such an easy question!'
'Go on Peyton!' Haley said, laughing.
'What is Nathan's favourite sport?' Peyton said flatly, and crossed her arms and sulked. Everyone laughed because she and Jake looked like such a married couple. 'What?' she asked. 'That was an easy question! They always get easy questions! Why can't I get some?'
Haley sat back and waited for Nathan to write down his answer on his whiteboard.
'Basketball.' She smiled as Nathan showed his board to the group. Sure enough, in messy black ink was the word basketball.
'Ok. Lucas.' Peyton got out another card and smiled. 'What kind of underwear is Brooke wearing?'
Both Brooke and Lucas blushed a deep pink and everyone gasped.
'He's seen them already!!' Bevin shrieked.
Brooke slowly wrote down her answer and waited for Lucas. He didn't say anything.
'C'mon Luke! Share the dirt!' Nathan said.
'Well, a red lacy thong…' he whispered.
Everyone laughed when he hid his face in a pillow. They laughed even harder when Brooke's board matched Lucas' answer.
'Ok. Skills. What is Mouth's favourite drink?'
'Orange juice.' Skills said before Mouth had finished writing.
The game was still going strong a few hours later. It was 9 o'clock and this was the final round. After this they were all heading to the club down the road.
'Ok. Rachel. How often does Bevin 'pleasure' herself? Every day, twice a week, once a week, or once a month.' Peyton giggled. All of the guys waited intently.
Bevin scribbled her answer down immediately, while Rachel had a long think.
'Emm…. once a week?' Rachel guessed.
Bevin turned her board around and showed the group. In neat, cursive writing were the words every day. Everyone but Bevin and Rachel fell into a fit of giggles. Rachel looked annoyed at getting yet another question wrong, but Bevin just looked confused.
'Do you guys not all do that too?'
No one answered and they were laughing so hard. They just shook their heads.
'Ok, next question. For me and Jake, someone ask one.' Peyton clapped her hands.
'Ok, Peyton.' Haley picked up a card, and smirked when she saw what it read. 'Which of these does Jake prefer: sleeping next to you naked, having a bath together naked, having a shower together naked, or swimming naked?'
Peyton nibbled her lip in thought as Jake wrote down his answer. 'Emm, I would say shower, because we haven't swam together naked yet, but the week's still young.' She giggled.
Jake spun round his board with a proud look on his face. 'We should get double points!' he yelled.
On his board were the words having a shower together ;). P.s. subject to have changed by next week! Everybody laughed more.
'Ok, Nate and Haley. Your turn.' Peyton laughed out loud when she read the question. 'This game is dirty!'
'Just go Peyt. I want to know!' Brooke squealed, bouncing up and down.
'Ok. Nathan, what is the best way to turn Haley on, when she is in a public place.' Peyton sniggered.
Haley looked at Nathan and blushed. She thought about her answer. She honestly didn't know. But then she did. She scribbled down her answer and waited for Nathan.
Nathan thought he knew, but maybe he was just being stupid. He thought back to that night.
'Dance with me Nathan.'
She turned around and he stood behind her. Her hips started to sway and she felt his hands slowly wrap around her hips. There were only inches between her ass and his front area but they kept dancing.
Gradually Haley felt herself moving closer as Nathan pulled her in. soon both areas were touching and they kept dancing, completely engrossed in the music and each other. Haley started leaning into Nathan on the beat and she felt one hand spread more onto her hips and the other started to run up her body. She felt quivers run up her spine.
Nathan leaned back onto the sofa, ready with his answer. He bit his lip and said slowly.
'Dancing.'
'More specific Nathan.' Peyton urged.
'Dancing, with her in front of a guy, his hands spread out over her hips, them being close together.'
'Haley?' Brooke asked.
Haley turned her board around. Nathan saw her face turn a dark crimson red when everyone saw her board. It read dancing, with guy behind me with hands spreading out on my hips. Everyone sat speechless, staring at the board.
'Lucky guess.' Rachel scoffed.
Nathan and Haley exchanged a secret smile.
so naley are back on track! woohoo. i'm sorry if you guys wanted more cast stuff, but on this road trip it is going to be mostly about naley and brucas. the cast will be in some of it, but i didn't feel i needed to include them in everything.
so here's a rant. you might want to read this. my last exam is tomorrow, and rather than studying for it i have been writing, it takes my mind off the stress. but i'll totally be stressing tomorrow, you have no idea. ANYWAYS! so i have written 13 chapters of my new fic, and i think i'll post it within the next two weeks. but i'm off school untill the 6th of june, so i'll be writing like mad. :) reviews?