"Gosh Nathan, why did you have to do that?" Haley asked, finally letting
out her breath.
"That's what you do to me Haley. I can't think straight. I'm head over heels." Nathan said.
Haley couldn't make out if that was supposed to be a joke or if he was serious, so the two sat in silence for a while. Soon they reached Nathan's house.
It wasn't anything that Haley hadn't seen. After all, she had been here a lot to help with tutoring. The only difference this time was that Nathan's parents were home, and with the company she was usually with, it would be interesting.
- -
"Lucas, I don't want to go home!" Brooke pleaded. "But then again, if your coming..."
Lucas looked at her and rolled his eyes. "Brooke. You're drunk. I've already phoned your house and your housekeeper said she would take care of you before your parents got home."
"You're no fun Lucas. Be spontaneous. Do something drastic. Kiss me." Brooke said as she lunged at him. With this incident, Lucas wouldn't really have known what to do, but as soon as Brooke leaned over, she fell asleep and started snoring.
Lucas chuckled to himself and pushed her to her side of the car. He drove the rest of the way to her house and dropped her off with Maria.
"Don't worry Mr. Scott. She's in good hands." Maria said to him as he put her in bed. "Thanks Maria, I knew you'd come through."
Lucas pulled out of the driveway, and all of a sudden he didn't know where to go. - -
"Karen, this is great coffee. Thanks." Keith said. "No problem. So what's on your agenda for tomorrow?" Karen asked.
"Nothing really, what do you have in mind?" Keith questioned. "I have a shelf that needs replacing..." All of a sudden Keith got up and looked very angry.
"I can't take this anymore Karen. I know I like you, I'll even venture to I love you, and sometimes I think you feel the same way, and then you turn and I don't know what to think. I've put myself forward and I think you should too before either of us gets the wrong impression about the other." Keith finally ended and wasn't sure how to act, so he just stood there.
Karen looked at him for the longest time and then leaned over the counter and kissed him on the lips. They were locked for a while and then Karen started laughing.
"What's so funny?" "Well your little speech, it's the same as what I have felt, and I can't believe we've kept it in for this long."
"Well, we don't have to any longer." Keith smiled and Karen returned the smile, and then another long kiss.
- -
"Nathan, is that you?" Dan questioned as he heard the backdoor shut. "Uhh, yeah, its me dad. Just dropping something off before I head to a party."
"Here let me help you then..." Dan walked into the kitchen and saw Haley. "Well hello, Hillary isn't it?" "Haley." Nathan and Haley corrected together.
"Oh yes, Lucas' friend right? So what brings you here Haley? Helping Nathan with his mother's party? More tutoring?" Dan asked very snobbishly and acting snotty.
"Not quite dad. She's my date to the dance." Nathan admitted, trying to be nonchalant.
"Nathan, can I talk to you in here for a moment." Dan said more as a command than a suggestion. Nathan reluctantly walked into the other room when Dan started to flip out.
"What are you doing taking this, this girl to the dance? You know her best friend is Lucas and you should be focusing more on your game anyway. What about Peyton? She was good for you. She let you focus on basketball because she was right next to you on the cheer squad, she pushed you just like I did. What can this girl do for you? NOTHING."
Nathan was just staring. He couldn't believe what his father was telling him. Trying to direct his love life. Trying to control his life. He had had enough.
-
"Nathan, are you sure that was the wisest thing to do. I mean, what's going to happen when you get home? Its not like your dad won't forget he got a black eye from his son." Haley was so surprised when Nathan stuck up for her like that. Even though she knew it was wrong, she was still glowing with pride and admiration that Nathan could finally face up to his father.
"That's what you do to me Haley. I can't think straight. I'm head over heels." "Now where have I heard that line before?" Haley asked and her and Nathan both laughed.
- -
"Well, I never thought I would see you here."
Peyton turned around to find Lucas with two cups of steaming hot chocolate. They were at the pier, with Peyton leaning against the railing, looking out to the water before Lucas came up.
"I guess great minds think alike." Lucas said. "Yeah, or just minds that wanted to escape."
"You've been trying to do that a lot lately. What's up?" Lucas asked.
"I don't know. First it was Nathan, and then it felt like I changed, and I just needed to keep going. I hated my life anyway. Changing everything is the best thing. I'm not sure when it all started, I think it was when..." Peyton stopped and looked into Lucas' eyes.
"When I got into the picture." Lucas said, smiling faintly. Peyton turned back to the ocean so she wouldn't have to look at him.
"Do you believe in reincarnation?" Peyton asked. "Random." Lucas said out loud. "Um, I don't know, why do you ask?"
"If you believe in reincarnation, you believe in second chances, because that's all it is. God gives you a second chance. You can mold a new life, start fresh. And if you have one, you can find your soul mate." Peyton said.
"Well, I'm not sure I believe in reincarnation or not, but soul mates; that's a different story." Lucas said, taking a sip of his hot chocolate.
"How so?" "Well, I think that everyone has someone. I mean, if we didn't, our whole lives would be wasted. All our life we try and find people. We learn to be social, and to communicate with people. And we go on dates, trying and hoping that the person we go out with is the one. When you meet your soul mate you don't know it at first, because you deny it. You think, it can't possibly be them. And you push away. But then you realize that it is 'the one' and you want to start over."
There was a long silence where both looked out in the water. The soothing lapping sound made the night seem different, and the harvest moon added.
"I want to start over." Peyton said as she turned around and directly faced Lucas.
"I do to." He replied. Leaning in closer they both hesitated looked at each other. "Thanks for the second chance." Peyton whispered. "No, thank you." Lucas said and both smiled. Then finally, the kiss.
All of a sudden, Peyton knew why the night felt so different. It was a set. A set for the realization, for the perfect second in time where she never wanted to move.
- -
A/N: The last and final chapter of my first OTH fic. I think I'm gunna write another one, and I know that this story got way off track of what I intentionally planned, but I think its pretty good. Okay, that's all, hope yall like!
"That's what you do to me Haley. I can't think straight. I'm head over heels." Nathan said.
Haley couldn't make out if that was supposed to be a joke or if he was serious, so the two sat in silence for a while. Soon they reached Nathan's house.
It wasn't anything that Haley hadn't seen. After all, she had been here a lot to help with tutoring. The only difference this time was that Nathan's parents were home, and with the company she was usually with, it would be interesting.
- -
"Lucas, I don't want to go home!" Brooke pleaded. "But then again, if your coming..."
Lucas looked at her and rolled his eyes. "Brooke. You're drunk. I've already phoned your house and your housekeeper said she would take care of you before your parents got home."
"You're no fun Lucas. Be spontaneous. Do something drastic. Kiss me." Brooke said as she lunged at him. With this incident, Lucas wouldn't really have known what to do, but as soon as Brooke leaned over, she fell asleep and started snoring.
Lucas chuckled to himself and pushed her to her side of the car. He drove the rest of the way to her house and dropped her off with Maria.
"Don't worry Mr. Scott. She's in good hands." Maria said to him as he put her in bed. "Thanks Maria, I knew you'd come through."
Lucas pulled out of the driveway, and all of a sudden he didn't know where to go. - -
"Karen, this is great coffee. Thanks." Keith said. "No problem. So what's on your agenda for tomorrow?" Karen asked.
"Nothing really, what do you have in mind?" Keith questioned. "I have a shelf that needs replacing..." All of a sudden Keith got up and looked very angry.
"I can't take this anymore Karen. I know I like you, I'll even venture to I love you, and sometimes I think you feel the same way, and then you turn and I don't know what to think. I've put myself forward and I think you should too before either of us gets the wrong impression about the other." Keith finally ended and wasn't sure how to act, so he just stood there.
Karen looked at him for the longest time and then leaned over the counter and kissed him on the lips. They were locked for a while and then Karen started laughing.
"What's so funny?" "Well your little speech, it's the same as what I have felt, and I can't believe we've kept it in for this long."
"Well, we don't have to any longer." Keith smiled and Karen returned the smile, and then another long kiss.
- -
"Nathan, is that you?" Dan questioned as he heard the backdoor shut. "Uhh, yeah, its me dad. Just dropping something off before I head to a party."
"Here let me help you then..." Dan walked into the kitchen and saw Haley. "Well hello, Hillary isn't it?" "Haley." Nathan and Haley corrected together.
"Oh yes, Lucas' friend right? So what brings you here Haley? Helping Nathan with his mother's party? More tutoring?" Dan asked very snobbishly and acting snotty.
"Not quite dad. She's my date to the dance." Nathan admitted, trying to be nonchalant.
"Nathan, can I talk to you in here for a moment." Dan said more as a command than a suggestion. Nathan reluctantly walked into the other room when Dan started to flip out.
"What are you doing taking this, this girl to the dance? You know her best friend is Lucas and you should be focusing more on your game anyway. What about Peyton? She was good for you. She let you focus on basketball because she was right next to you on the cheer squad, she pushed you just like I did. What can this girl do for you? NOTHING."
Nathan was just staring. He couldn't believe what his father was telling him. Trying to direct his love life. Trying to control his life. He had had enough.
-
"Nathan, are you sure that was the wisest thing to do. I mean, what's going to happen when you get home? Its not like your dad won't forget he got a black eye from his son." Haley was so surprised when Nathan stuck up for her like that. Even though she knew it was wrong, she was still glowing with pride and admiration that Nathan could finally face up to his father.
"That's what you do to me Haley. I can't think straight. I'm head over heels." "Now where have I heard that line before?" Haley asked and her and Nathan both laughed.
- -
"Well, I never thought I would see you here."
Peyton turned around to find Lucas with two cups of steaming hot chocolate. They were at the pier, with Peyton leaning against the railing, looking out to the water before Lucas came up.
"I guess great minds think alike." Lucas said. "Yeah, or just minds that wanted to escape."
"You've been trying to do that a lot lately. What's up?" Lucas asked.
"I don't know. First it was Nathan, and then it felt like I changed, and I just needed to keep going. I hated my life anyway. Changing everything is the best thing. I'm not sure when it all started, I think it was when..." Peyton stopped and looked into Lucas' eyes.
"When I got into the picture." Lucas said, smiling faintly. Peyton turned back to the ocean so she wouldn't have to look at him.
"Do you believe in reincarnation?" Peyton asked. "Random." Lucas said out loud. "Um, I don't know, why do you ask?"
"If you believe in reincarnation, you believe in second chances, because that's all it is. God gives you a second chance. You can mold a new life, start fresh. And if you have one, you can find your soul mate." Peyton said.
"Well, I'm not sure I believe in reincarnation or not, but soul mates; that's a different story." Lucas said, taking a sip of his hot chocolate.
"How so?" "Well, I think that everyone has someone. I mean, if we didn't, our whole lives would be wasted. All our life we try and find people. We learn to be social, and to communicate with people. And we go on dates, trying and hoping that the person we go out with is the one. When you meet your soul mate you don't know it at first, because you deny it. You think, it can't possibly be them. And you push away. But then you realize that it is 'the one' and you want to start over."
There was a long silence where both looked out in the water. The soothing lapping sound made the night seem different, and the harvest moon added.
"I want to start over." Peyton said as she turned around and directly faced Lucas.
"I do to." He replied. Leaning in closer they both hesitated looked at each other. "Thanks for the second chance." Peyton whispered. "No, thank you." Lucas said and both smiled. Then finally, the kiss.
All of a sudden, Peyton knew why the night felt so different. It was a set. A set for the realization, for the perfect second in time where she never wanted to move.
- -
A/N: The last and final chapter of my first OTH fic. I think I'm gunna write another one, and I know that this story got way off track of what I intentionally planned, but I think its pretty good. Okay, that's all, hope yall like!