Chapter 3
A/N - I do not own any of these characters and sadly have absolutely no associations with the WB.
At Tim's party, Nathan and Haley were in a panic. Luke and Peyton were nowhere to be found downstairs, so they headed upstairs. Haley was frantic and she was jumping the stairs 2 at a time. She made it upstairs in record time and was pounding on the doors in the hallway like there was no tomorrow. The last door just so happened to be Tim's room where a couple was in his bed. It turned out to be Tim and Brooke laying in that bed doing more than kissing. Haley ran straight into the room and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw who was laying there in front of her. As she came to a stop Nathan was still running and knocked her to the floor. "Haley...I'm sorry...here lemme help you up," Nathan said pausing in between for being out of breath. Haley hit the floor with a "THUD" and it got Tim and Brooke's attention. Tim looked up with bloodshot eyes and alcohol on his breath. He saw Nathan and Haley but quite frankly he didn't care one bit. Brooke looked back trying to focus on who was standing in the doorway, when she realized who it was she began to panic. She saw Haley sitting on the floor looking absolutely furious and Nathan stood there frozen to his spot, yet still trying to help Haley up. Brooke jumped out of the bed and wrapped the sheets around her body while tears were beginning to form in her eyes. Drunk or not Brooke knew what she did was wrong and she knew it was bound to get back to Luke. She immediately tried to explain, "Haley...Nathan...umm...I didn't mean it..." was all Brooke could manage to get out of her mouth. Tears began to fall down her cheeks and she fell to the ground crying. Haley jumped up off the floor still in shock of all the strange events she'd encountered in one night. "Ok Tim and Brooke, normally I would be really, really pissed off about this but tonight I'm not worried about you two. I'll deal with you guys later but I will not forget this Brooke. You better believe I will be back and Luke will hear about this. You will pay for breaking Luke's heart! Damn it!" Haley angrily stormed out of Tim's room and Nathan stared at Tim furiously for what he was doing. "Tim, I don't believe you would sink this low." Haley ran back and grabbed Nathan's arm. She nearly threw him down the stairs. Nathan learned that night not to mess with Haley when she was pissed.
Peyton's house was a different story. Peyton had put on a cd and laying on the floor was a half-naked Peyton and Luke in his boxers. As Luke was continuing to kiss Peyton she pushed him off for a second. She looked at him very seriously, as though she was never drunk at all. "Luke, do you want this?" I mean not just because we're drunk at all and already started, but because you really do want this with me and not Brooke?" "Peyton if I wanted Brooke I would've been with her way before anything even started with you and me. There would not have been any hesitation. Don't you see, all along it's been you. I know how corny that sounds but it's the truth. This is like a dream come true, right here. Please, don't stop it again. Don't do that to me again." "But, what about Brooke?" "I love her to death as a friend and a one-night stand but never anything serious. You understand?" "Luke, last time we started this we stopped because you didn't want to hurt her. We stopped because of your commitment and your necklace not mine." "Peyton, give me your hand," he said quietly. She very reluctantly gave her hand to him and he put it on his necklace. He put his hand on top of hers and pulled the necklace to break it. The beads shattered everywhere. "I'm free Peyton, and I'm yours." This was the last word spoken between the two. Luke leaned down once more and brushed his lips against hers as Peyton deepened the kiss. From there no more needed to be said.
Haley furiously ran out of the house with Nathan's hand in hers. "Hales, maybe we should stop worrying so much about Luke and Peyton. I mean they knew well enough not to get in the car so I think they at least have some common sense." "Nate, do you have any idea how much these two people mean to me?" "No, well I guess I really don't, Hale" "Well, Luke has been a solid figure in my life since I was really little and my best friend. And Peyton is the only real girlfriend I've ever really had so these two people besides you are the two most important people in my life. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to them. Do you understand, Nathan?" "Yea, I get it. I really do and I guess if it means that much to you we'll look for them." "Thank You," Haley replied walking away. "Haley...wait..." she turned around and looked back at Nathan. He motioned for her to come towards him and when she got close enough he pulled her into a warm embrace. "It'll be ok, Haley. I know what you're doing. You're just keeping to yourself and trying to push me away so I don't see how hurt you really are. But the thing that you're forgetting is that I am the master at knowing when people hide their feelings, after all I did go out with Peyton. Just let it out, Haley. I know you're hurting," he said all of this at a barely audible whisper. When he finished talking Haley broke down in his arms and began to sob uncontrollably and all Nathan could do was hold her.
By the end of the night they had gotten nowhere and even Nathan was starting to get nervous. They had gotten all the way back to Tim's and found absolutely no trace of Luke or Peyton. It was 4 AM and they were both so tired they were falling asleep on the hood of Peyton's car. Nathan had tried to be the calm one all night but he couldn't hold his emotions in any longer. He looked at Haley with glassy eyes trying to hold his tears back. "Nate, what's wrong?" "Nothin, nothin at all I'm just..." "You're just what?" "I'm worried Haley. Ok I'm really, really worried." "About what Nathan," she asked him sliding closer. "About Luke and Peyton. I know I never talked to Luke and I never treated him like a real brother but he did mean something to me. I never told him and now knowing that he might be like dead somewhere, well it just really puts things into perspective. Also about Peyton, I mean I don't have those type of feelings for her anymore but she was still like my first love and all and she was still a really cool girl. What if her and Luke are laying in some gutter somewhere that no one is ever gonna find them?" "Nathan, don't think like that because if you think like that I'm gonna think like that and then there'll be no one to calm us down." Just as she finished her sentence and ambulance came roaring to Tim's house and paramedics rushed over to Nathan and Haley. "Excuse me, sir is this 1103 Tunest Lane?" "Uh, yea," Nathan replied. "Why what's the matter? What happened who's hurt?" Haley asked. "Well we have a report that a young man and young lady need an ambulance and in a hurry. They were reported to have alcohol poisoning and the young man hit his head on the coffee table." "Do you have a description?" Nathan asked fairly calmly. "Yea...the young man has a light brown or darker blonde hair color and the lady was reported to have..."
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A/N - I do not own any of these characters and sadly have absolutely no associations with the WB.
At Tim's party, Nathan and Haley were in a panic. Luke and Peyton were nowhere to be found downstairs, so they headed upstairs. Haley was frantic and she was jumping the stairs 2 at a time. She made it upstairs in record time and was pounding on the doors in the hallway like there was no tomorrow. The last door just so happened to be Tim's room where a couple was in his bed. It turned out to be Tim and Brooke laying in that bed doing more than kissing. Haley ran straight into the room and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw who was laying there in front of her. As she came to a stop Nathan was still running and knocked her to the floor. "Haley...I'm sorry...here lemme help you up," Nathan said pausing in between for being out of breath. Haley hit the floor with a "THUD" and it got Tim and Brooke's attention. Tim looked up with bloodshot eyes and alcohol on his breath. He saw Nathan and Haley but quite frankly he didn't care one bit. Brooke looked back trying to focus on who was standing in the doorway, when she realized who it was she began to panic. She saw Haley sitting on the floor looking absolutely furious and Nathan stood there frozen to his spot, yet still trying to help Haley up. Brooke jumped out of the bed and wrapped the sheets around her body while tears were beginning to form in her eyes. Drunk or not Brooke knew what she did was wrong and she knew it was bound to get back to Luke. She immediately tried to explain, "Haley...Nathan...umm...I didn't mean it..." was all Brooke could manage to get out of her mouth. Tears began to fall down her cheeks and she fell to the ground crying. Haley jumped up off the floor still in shock of all the strange events she'd encountered in one night. "Ok Tim and Brooke, normally I would be really, really pissed off about this but tonight I'm not worried about you two. I'll deal with you guys later but I will not forget this Brooke. You better believe I will be back and Luke will hear about this. You will pay for breaking Luke's heart! Damn it!" Haley angrily stormed out of Tim's room and Nathan stared at Tim furiously for what he was doing. "Tim, I don't believe you would sink this low." Haley ran back and grabbed Nathan's arm. She nearly threw him down the stairs. Nathan learned that night not to mess with Haley when she was pissed.
Peyton's house was a different story. Peyton had put on a cd and laying on the floor was a half-naked Peyton and Luke in his boxers. As Luke was continuing to kiss Peyton she pushed him off for a second. She looked at him very seriously, as though she was never drunk at all. "Luke, do you want this?" I mean not just because we're drunk at all and already started, but because you really do want this with me and not Brooke?" "Peyton if I wanted Brooke I would've been with her way before anything even started with you and me. There would not have been any hesitation. Don't you see, all along it's been you. I know how corny that sounds but it's the truth. This is like a dream come true, right here. Please, don't stop it again. Don't do that to me again." "But, what about Brooke?" "I love her to death as a friend and a one-night stand but never anything serious. You understand?" "Luke, last time we started this we stopped because you didn't want to hurt her. We stopped because of your commitment and your necklace not mine." "Peyton, give me your hand," he said quietly. She very reluctantly gave her hand to him and he put it on his necklace. He put his hand on top of hers and pulled the necklace to break it. The beads shattered everywhere. "I'm free Peyton, and I'm yours." This was the last word spoken between the two. Luke leaned down once more and brushed his lips against hers as Peyton deepened the kiss. From there no more needed to be said.
Haley furiously ran out of the house with Nathan's hand in hers. "Hales, maybe we should stop worrying so much about Luke and Peyton. I mean they knew well enough not to get in the car so I think they at least have some common sense." "Nate, do you have any idea how much these two people mean to me?" "No, well I guess I really don't, Hale" "Well, Luke has been a solid figure in my life since I was really little and my best friend. And Peyton is the only real girlfriend I've ever really had so these two people besides you are the two most important people in my life. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to them. Do you understand, Nathan?" "Yea, I get it. I really do and I guess if it means that much to you we'll look for them." "Thank You," Haley replied walking away. "Haley...wait..." she turned around and looked back at Nathan. He motioned for her to come towards him and when she got close enough he pulled her into a warm embrace. "It'll be ok, Haley. I know what you're doing. You're just keeping to yourself and trying to push me away so I don't see how hurt you really are. But the thing that you're forgetting is that I am the master at knowing when people hide their feelings, after all I did go out with Peyton. Just let it out, Haley. I know you're hurting," he said all of this at a barely audible whisper. When he finished talking Haley broke down in his arms and began to sob uncontrollably and all Nathan could do was hold her.
By the end of the night they had gotten nowhere and even Nathan was starting to get nervous. They had gotten all the way back to Tim's and found absolutely no trace of Luke or Peyton. It was 4 AM and they were both so tired they were falling asleep on the hood of Peyton's car. Nathan had tried to be the calm one all night but he couldn't hold his emotions in any longer. He looked at Haley with glassy eyes trying to hold his tears back. "Nate, what's wrong?" "Nothin, nothin at all I'm just..." "You're just what?" "I'm worried Haley. Ok I'm really, really worried." "About what Nathan," she asked him sliding closer. "About Luke and Peyton. I know I never talked to Luke and I never treated him like a real brother but he did mean something to me. I never told him and now knowing that he might be like dead somewhere, well it just really puts things into perspective. Also about Peyton, I mean I don't have those type of feelings for her anymore but she was still like my first love and all and she was still a really cool girl. What if her and Luke are laying in some gutter somewhere that no one is ever gonna find them?" "Nathan, don't think like that because if you think like that I'm gonna think like that and then there'll be no one to calm us down." Just as she finished her sentence and ambulance came roaring to Tim's house and paramedics rushed over to Nathan and Haley. "Excuse me, sir is this 1103 Tunest Lane?" "Uh, yea," Nathan replied. "Why what's the matter? What happened who's hurt?" Haley asked. "Well we have a report that a young man and young lady need an ambulance and in a hurry. They were reported to have alcohol poisoning and the young man hit his head on the coffee table." "Do you have a description?" Nathan asked fairly calmly. "Yea...the young man has a light brown or darker blonde hair color and the lady was reported to have..."
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