A/N~ Hey everyone! I'd like to thank you all for reviewing! I love them! lol

Lili- Thank you for reviewing! No, I'm not from Wilmington I live in Maryland. But I love North Carolina…the Outerbanks are great! As for the names…I just made them up lol! Lucky guesses I assume! lol I hope you like the next chapter! :)

Chapter Three- Pranks and Chick Flicks

The following morning Nathan awoke at the crack of dawn and got them sailing again. He sipped a cup of coffee that he had attempted to make, but Haley was much better at those kinds of things. After Brooke and Tim had barged in on him and Haley talking last night, they had retreated below deck and within five minutes Haley and Nathan could both hear them snoring loudly. After that, they had fallen asleep until Haley got cold and they both went downstairs. A few hours later Nathan woke up and untied them from the docks.

"Hey man", Lucas said walking up to wheel where Nathan was at. He too had a cup of coffee in his hand. He took a sip and immediately spit it out.

"What is in this? Dirt?" Lucas said.

"There might be", Nathan said jokingly. "I'm not too good at making coffee…or anything for that matter. That's Haley's department."

Lucas smiled. "About Haley…"

"Listen Luke…"

"Lemme finish", Lucas said. "I've known Haley my whole life. From the day we met in preschool, when some bully was trying to steal the blue Play-Doh from her and I came up and told him to leave her alone. I've known Haley for that long and I've never seen her act the way she does when she's around you. It's like…she's so happy and so in love with you…when she's with you she's the happiest. And when Haley's that happy I can't say anything bad."

"You know she loves you too Luke", Nathan said. "If she didn't have you, I don't think she'd be as happy as she is."

"Thanks", Lucas said and extended his hand. The two of them did a little hand shake that the basketball team all did. Then, Nathan's silver flip cell phone rang.

"Yeah?" Nathan said.

"Nathan Scott!" The voice yelled on the other end.

Nathan knew that voice all too well. "Dad…what are you doing home?"

"I got home early! I want you back here right this instant Nathan!" Dan shouted. "God only knows why your mother let you go gallivanting around the ocean with that girl of yours on MY boat!"

"First of all", Nathan said angrily. "She's not 'that girl'. I love Haley more than anything! And second of all, what's wrong with me going away with some of my friends for summer break. It's just for a week!"

"Nathan Scott you know better than to go against me!" Dan reamed. "I do not want an incompetent teenager running about the ocean! Besides you have summer basketball to worry about!"

"Dad is that all you think about?" Nathan screamed into the phone as Lucas leaned against the wall. "I'm not doing summer basketball! I'm going to spend it with my friends and Haley…"

"Like hell you are!" Dan cut in.

"And I'm going to get to know my BROTHER, Lucas. You know the one you abandoned?" Nathan said sarcastically. "In fact he's on the boat now and we're actually getting along. In fact, Haley, Lucas, Peyton, Brooke and Tim are all with me."

"This is preposterous! I want you back in Tree Hill by nightfall or you are…"

"What? Grounded? I'm seventeen Dad!" Nathan yelled into the phone.

"You are ruining your opportunities at a basketball future!" Dan retorted.

"I really don't give a damn about a basketball future!" Nathan said. "And you know what? This conversation is over!" He said slamming his phone shut and throwing it across the deck.

Nathan sat down and put his head in his hands. Lucas stood there in silence not knowing what to do.

"Hey guys!" Haley said bouncing up onto the deck. "What's…" She stopped when she saw Nathan. "What's wrong?"

"Dan just called", Lucas whispered to Haley. "It was pretty bad."

"Lemme handle it", Haley said as Lucas went back downstairs.

"Nathan?" She asked rubbing circles on his back. He looked up and she saw that tears were running down his face. Haley pulled her boyfriend into an embrace and led him out onto a couch that set not too far from the wheel.

"Here", Haley said sitting down. "Lay down." Nathan laid his head on Haley's lap as she stroked his hair. "Tell me what happened."

"I don't really want to talk about it", Nathan stated.

"Okay", Haley said soothingly. The two sat it silence and Haley continued to stroke Nathan's hair.

Nathan looked up at his girlfriend. She always managed to calm him down. She smiled. She was dressed in a pair of gray sweatpants and a Tree Hill High basketball sweatshirt. Her brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail and she didn't have a hint of make-up on. But she was beautiful. Nathan didn't know if he told her enough.

"You're amazing", he said. "You know that?"

Haley smiled. "You're pretty amazing yourself."

"Yeah sure", Nathan said sarcastically as he sat up.

"You are!" Haley said. "You have changed so much since we first met. You've changed into a guy people can respect and look up to. A guy that I love more than anything in this world!"

"Thanks Hales", Nathan said hugging his girlfriend.

"What are girlfriends for?" She asked with a giggly smile.

Nathan laughed. Just then, Peyton, Luke, and Tim walked onto the deck with Brooke groggily following behind. Apparently she had still not cleaned up from the night before. Her make-up was smeared and her hair flailed out in all directions. She wore a Tree Hill High T-shirt and a pair of jean shorts with white flip-flops.

"What on Earth happened last night?" She asked collapsing beside Nathan.

Everyone burst out laughing. This was so Brooke. Not remembering what happened the night before.

Brooke groaned and threw her head back.

"Well now that everyone's up", Haley said jumping up, "what do you guys want to do?"

A couple hours later the hot sun blared down on the teens. The girls lay on the deck tanning and chatting while the guys attempted the art of fishing.

"So who do you like better?" Brooke said lowering her sunglasses and looking up from her magazine. "Brad Pitt or Matt Damon?"

"Brad Pitt all the way", Haley answered rolling onto her stomach.

"Nuh uh", Peyton said. "Matt Damon."

"I'll have to go with Haley on this one Peyt", Brooke said. "Brad Pitt."

"I've got another one", Brooke said. "Peyton who's a better kisser? Lucas or Nathan?"

Haley laughed.

"Lucas and I haven't kissed", Peyton said.

"Are you serious?" Haley said lowering her sunglasses. "You and Lucas haven't kissed? Not once?"

"Not once that actually counted!" Peyton said.

"It is so obvious that he is in love with you Peyton", Brooke said.

"For real", Haley added. "I've known Lucas practically my entire life and you know that little half-smile thing that you barely ever see him do?"

"Yeah", Peyton replied.

"That's his 'I really like you' smile", Haley said. "The only other time I've seen that smile was in the sixth grade and he had a crush on Courtney Gerard."

Peyton rolled her eyes and returned to her magazine.

On the other side of the boat, Lucas, Nathan and Tim sat fishing…though unsuccessfully.

"We suck", Tim said. "We haven't even caught one fish. Not even a little one."

"Yeah well", Nathan said. "Are we really the fishing types?"

"What do you mean?" Lucas asked.

"I mean are we the type that catch fish?" Nathan said. "Small ones or large ones? And if we did would we have the intelligence to cook them?"

Tim cocked his head thinking about it.

"I mean really, are we the type to fish?" Nathan asked.

From around the corner the three girls stared at each other in confusion. All three shook their heads. That was the last time they would ever go check on the guys during bonding time.

"This is boring", Tim said reeling his line in. Nathan and Lucas did the same.

"Well what do you wanna do?" Lucas asked.

Tim smiled. "I have an idea." They all huddled near Tim to hear his fabulous plan.

A few minutes later the guys quietly sneaked over to the girls where they were peacefully tanning. All three had buckets of ice cold ocean water in their hands.

"You know they're gonna kill us", Lucas said.

"It's okay we can just blame Tim", Nathan said as he and Lucas laughed.

"Haha very funny", Tim whispered. "Let's go."

Nathan stood over Haley, Lucas over Peyton and Tim over Brooke and on Tim's count the ice cold water spilled all over the girls.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" They all screamed jumping up. When they saw the guys laughing guiltily they charged.

"Nathan Scott! I'm going to kill you!" Haley screamed running after her boyfriend.

"LUCAS!" Peyton yelled going after him.

"Tim!" Brooke yelled smacking her boyfriend had on the back.

"Ow Brooke!" Tim said.

"Ow yourself!" She said. "That was really cold and you are so gonna pay!" She said as he started to run.

After running a couple of times around the boat the guys all jumped into the water. "You want us you gotta come get us", Nathan said splashing the cold water onto the boat.

"Forget it!" The three said in unison.

"Well then we win", Lucas said. "Congratulations gentlemen. I told you it'd be easy!"

At that moment all three girls jumped into the water.

"I cannot believe you did that Nathan!" Haley said as Nathan pulled her out of the water and onto the boat. He wrapped her in a towel and drew her into an embrace. "But I still love you."

Nathan smiled and walked over to where Brooke and Tim were arguing playfully about the preceding events. Lucas was wrapping Peyton in a towel a few feet away and the two looked like they were getting close. Nathan and Haley decided to stay back and see what would happen.

"You know I'm gonna get you back", Peyton said to Lucas.

"You can try", He retorted.

"Oh I will", Peyton said giving him a small peck on the lips and then slowly drawing away. Lucas looked into her eyes and lowered his lips to hers. The two met in a soft kiss.

Nathan and Haley smiled from afar and Brooke and Tim seemed oblivious to anything that was happening.

Peyton and Lucas broke from the kiss. "That was…"

"Yeah."

"Wow", Peyton said.

"Yeah", Lucas said as he pulled her into another kiss.

Later that evening Tim and Nathan sat up on the deck and chatting. Lucas came jogging up to the deck.

"Hey I thought you were watching a movie with Peyton", Nathan said.

"Yeah well, that's until she decided that she wanted to watch Pretty Woman", Lucas said. "Her and Haley and Brooke are watching it downstairs."

"Ooooohhhh", Nathan said. "I feel your pain man. I had to sit through that with Haley. Then Gone With the Wind, then Steel Magnolias."

"Dude you are so whipped!" Tim stated laughing.

"I am not whipped!" Nathan said. "Just because I spend every Friday night watching chick-flicks with my girlfriend handing her tissues every five minutes does not mean that I'm whipped!"

"Sure", Lucas said sarcastically.

"You two just wait!" Nathan said. "When Peyton and Brooke starting forcing you two watch girly movies with them, in order to 'get in touch with your inner self.' Don't come crying to me!"

Lucas and Tim laughed. "Hey it looks like something might be brewing out there", Lucas stated looking up at the darkening sky.

"Yeah", Nathan said looking at the sky. "Let me get the radio and see if there are any storm warnings."

Nathan went away to get the radio. He came back and turned it on.

"There is a hurricane advisory in effect for all of North and South Carolina. Hurricane Lily will be touching down on the Atlantic Ocean around ten o'clock tonight. All ships and boats out this evening are advised to return to safe port and tie up until the storm has passed. We will now return to our regularly scheduled program."

Nathan turned the radio off and the three guys looked at each other concerned.

"We're a day away from the nearest port", Nathan said. "We're gonna have to stick it out."

"We shouldn't tell the girls unless things get really bad", Lucas said. "We wouldn't want them to panic."

"He's right", Nathan said. "You two go get the lifejackets from the other side of the boat."

Lucas and Tim began to jog to the other side but before they did Tim turned to Nathan and said, "You think it's gonna be okay?"

"I don't know", Nathan said staring at the sky hearing the rumble of thunder. "I really don't know."

Two hours later rain pounded harshly on the boat and it rocked back and forth. All three guys were soaked to the bone as Lucas lowered the sails and Nathan tried to steer the boat.

"Go get the girls!" Nathan ordered. "Tell them to get their lifejackets on!  You two gets yours too!"

"What's going on Nate?" Lucas asked yelling through the harshness of the storm.

"We may capsize", Nathan said. "The wind is really strong and the waves are getting bigger by the minute. I'm gonna try to call the Coast Guard and give them our coordinates. Go get the girls!"

Lucas and Tim rushed below deck.

"What is going on up there?" Haley asked the two soaking wet guys.

"Hurricane", Lucas said. "Get your lifejackets on."

"What?" Brooke said nervously. "Why are we getting our lifejackets on? What's going on!?"

"Just do it!" Lucas yelled as he and Tim ran back up the steps.

"I'm scared Peyton", Brooke said shakily.

"I know", Peyton said pulling Brooke into a hug. "Me too."

Once the girls all had their lifejackets on they headed up onto the deck with the guys. The rain pounded on them soaking them instantly. Nathan too had put his life vest on and was trying unsuccessfully to take control of the boat.

"What's going on?" Peyton screamed through the rain.

"Go back downstairs!" Nathan yelled. "That's an order!"

Peyton and Brooke hurried back down the steps, but Haley stayed behind and grabbed her boyfriend's arm as Lucas took the wheel.

"Haley go downstairs with Peyton and Brooke."

"I'm not leaving you up here!" She yelled.

"Haley, the only way I can try to save this boat is if I know that you are safe below deck! I love you, now go!"

"I love you too", Haley said giving him a kiss before she headed back downstairs.

Below deck all three girls huddled together in a circle, tears streaming down their faces.

"I'm so scared", Brooke said shaking.

"Let's pray", Haley said taking Brooke and Peyton's hands. "Dear Lord…"

"Nathan it doesn't look good!" Lucas said.

Nathan knew that it wasn't good.

"Uh…guys!" Tim said pointing to a large wave that was about to crash on top of the boat.

The wave crashed onto the boat with such a force it pushed the boat over to its side and the Persephone rolled over with the ease of a soccer ball.

That was the last thing they saw before everything went black.

A/N~ Sorry about the cliffhanger! But don't worry, they'll all be fine! Please review! Thanks :)