Once again sorry for the delay with the update. I had a lot of schoolwork this week and my first softball game. (We won 12-5!). Hope you enjoy the chapter. There's only one other chapter left then a sequel.
Chapter 26
*Spring Break-Part II*
*Monday*
"Knock, knock." Lucas called from outside Nathan and Haley's hotel room.
"Oh crap, he's here already!" They woke and realized that they were still naked under the covers. Haley wrapped the sheet around her, scrambled to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. Nathan grabbed his boxers off the floor and answered the door.
"What the hell, it's 8:00 in the morning." Nathan grumbled.
"I know it's early but this is what time I have class in the morning. This has to be realistic." Lucas told him.
"Whatever, just come in." Nathan opened the door the rest of the way and let him inside. Haley emerged from the bathroom a few moments later wearing her bathrobe. She grabbed some clothes from the drawer and then returned to the bathroom.
"So what is our agenda today?" Nathan asked pulling on a hoodie.
"I was thinking first we would shop around for a little while for the ring and then search for a restaurant. The keywords for today are perfection and budget."
"Oh really, is that it?" Haley walked over to the boys.
"Yes, is there a problem with that?" Luke asked.
"No just making sure. Are we gonna go now or what?"
"Well we were waiting for you." Nathan told her.
"I'm here now. Let's go." She pulled the boys out the door. They walked two blocks to the nearest jewelry store. Lucas browsed for a good amount of time. The only rings he could afford looked to cheap and the nice one were way out of his price range.
Nathan spotted Haley talking to one of the jewelers. There was one ring that she had become particularly attached to.
"Look, now Haley wants a ring." Nathan complained to Lucas. "Why did we have to bring her? All it did was cause trouble."
"I need to have a women's perspective on the plans. Besides nobody says you have to buy it for her." Luke said before waking over to Haley.
"You like?" She showed him the ring.
"It's all right. But I think you're scaring Nathan." He whispered.
"Really? Why is that?" She handed the ring back to the jeweler.
"Because you look a little too excited about having that ring on your finger."
"He knows I'm not looking for a proposal."
"You might want to make sure he knows it." They glanced over to Nathan who was leaning up against the wall looking slightly annoyed. Haley ran over to him and planted a kiss right on his lips. She whispered something in his ear and a smile crept across his face.
'They really are a great couple.' Lucas thought to himself. He followed them out the door and hailed a cab. They went to a few more stores and Haley was careful not to pick out any rings for herself. Just as they were about to throw in the towel, Luke found the ring he was looking for. It was a simple round cut diamond set in a gold ring with two smaller round cut diamonds flanking the larger one. Plus it was something he could afford. Haley assured him that Peyton would love it. Lucas entrusted Nathan with holding the ring until the night of the proposal. By the time they got out of the store it was 4:00.
"I think I should propose tomorrow." He suggested.
"Why is that?" Haley asked him skeptically.
"I've waited long enough and now that I have the ring I don't think I can race any longer."
"Then we better hurry up. We need to find a restaurant and buy a dress for Peyton before 8:00. That's when you are usually home right?" Nathan said.
"Yeah, so we better get going then." They rushed into another cab. They pulled up in front of a small café.
"Peyton has always wanted to eat here." Lucas told them. He ran inside a made a reservation for the next day. Down the street was a vintage shop where he then bought Peyton a dress. "She's had her eye on this for the longest time." He showed Haley the dress.
"This is beautiful. Peyton has really good taste." She looked at her watch. "It's only 6:00 you still have two hours. What are you gonna do?"
"Let's just go find Nathan for starters." They spotted him in one of the bars watching a basketball game.
"You never get enough do you?" Luke asked.
"Neither can you." Nathan replied as his brother sat down next to him.
"True."
After a little while they realized it was almost 8:00. Nathan decided to stay and watch the rest of the game while Haley and Lucas took a cab back to the dorm.
"Don't come in with me. It will look suspicious." He told her
"Ok. I'll talk to you later." She gave him a hug and got back in the cab.
"How was class?" Peyton asked shortly as Luke walked in the door.
"It was okay." He hesitated. "Is something wrong?"
"Maybe I should be asking you the same thing." She gave him a weird look.
"What are you trying to say?"
"Where should I start this...I tried to call your cell phone to tell you that we need some cold medicine for Cameran but it was off. So I called the school to give you the message. That was the interesting part. They said there was no class. What do you have to say about that?"
"I can explain-" She cut him off.
"And I guess you can explain why I when I went to find you that you were getting into a cab with another girl." Peyton gave him a sarcastic smile.
"That was-" She cut him off once again before he could tell her it was Haley.
"What are you going to tell me she's just a friend? Because I don't believe that. I think you're having an affair. You could just tell me that you didn't want me anymore. I'm going to be the one to leave first. You can find me when you are ready to take responsibility for your mistakes." By the end of her outburst Peyton was in tears. She grabbed Cameran from her crib, took her bag from the table and stormed out the door taking nothing else with her. All Luke could do was look through the window as his girlfriend got into a cab with his daughter and left.
Chapter 26
*Spring Break-Part II*
*Monday*
"Knock, knock." Lucas called from outside Nathan and Haley's hotel room.
"Oh crap, he's here already!" They woke and realized that they were still naked under the covers. Haley wrapped the sheet around her, scrambled to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. Nathan grabbed his boxers off the floor and answered the door.
"What the hell, it's 8:00 in the morning." Nathan grumbled.
"I know it's early but this is what time I have class in the morning. This has to be realistic." Lucas told him.
"Whatever, just come in." Nathan opened the door the rest of the way and let him inside. Haley emerged from the bathroom a few moments later wearing her bathrobe. She grabbed some clothes from the drawer and then returned to the bathroom.
"So what is our agenda today?" Nathan asked pulling on a hoodie.
"I was thinking first we would shop around for a little while for the ring and then search for a restaurant. The keywords for today are perfection and budget."
"Oh really, is that it?" Haley walked over to the boys.
"Yes, is there a problem with that?" Luke asked.
"No just making sure. Are we gonna go now or what?"
"Well we were waiting for you." Nathan told her.
"I'm here now. Let's go." She pulled the boys out the door. They walked two blocks to the nearest jewelry store. Lucas browsed for a good amount of time. The only rings he could afford looked to cheap and the nice one were way out of his price range.
Nathan spotted Haley talking to one of the jewelers. There was one ring that she had become particularly attached to.
"Look, now Haley wants a ring." Nathan complained to Lucas. "Why did we have to bring her? All it did was cause trouble."
"I need to have a women's perspective on the plans. Besides nobody says you have to buy it for her." Luke said before waking over to Haley.
"You like?" She showed him the ring.
"It's all right. But I think you're scaring Nathan." He whispered.
"Really? Why is that?" She handed the ring back to the jeweler.
"Because you look a little too excited about having that ring on your finger."
"He knows I'm not looking for a proposal."
"You might want to make sure he knows it." They glanced over to Nathan who was leaning up against the wall looking slightly annoyed. Haley ran over to him and planted a kiss right on his lips. She whispered something in his ear and a smile crept across his face.
'They really are a great couple.' Lucas thought to himself. He followed them out the door and hailed a cab. They went to a few more stores and Haley was careful not to pick out any rings for herself. Just as they were about to throw in the towel, Luke found the ring he was looking for. It was a simple round cut diamond set in a gold ring with two smaller round cut diamonds flanking the larger one. Plus it was something he could afford. Haley assured him that Peyton would love it. Lucas entrusted Nathan with holding the ring until the night of the proposal. By the time they got out of the store it was 4:00.
"I think I should propose tomorrow." He suggested.
"Why is that?" Haley asked him skeptically.
"I've waited long enough and now that I have the ring I don't think I can race any longer."
"Then we better hurry up. We need to find a restaurant and buy a dress for Peyton before 8:00. That's when you are usually home right?" Nathan said.
"Yeah, so we better get going then." They rushed into another cab. They pulled up in front of a small café.
"Peyton has always wanted to eat here." Lucas told them. He ran inside a made a reservation for the next day. Down the street was a vintage shop where he then bought Peyton a dress. "She's had her eye on this for the longest time." He showed Haley the dress.
"This is beautiful. Peyton has really good taste." She looked at her watch. "It's only 6:00 you still have two hours. What are you gonna do?"
"Let's just go find Nathan for starters." They spotted him in one of the bars watching a basketball game.
"You never get enough do you?" Luke asked.
"Neither can you." Nathan replied as his brother sat down next to him.
"True."
After a little while they realized it was almost 8:00. Nathan decided to stay and watch the rest of the game while Haley and Lucas took a cab back to the dorm.
"Don't come in with me. It will look suspicious." He told her
"Ok. I'll talk to you later." She gave him a hug and got back in the cab.
"How was class?" Peyton asked shortly as Luke walked in the door.
"It was okay." He hesitated. "Is something wrong?"
"Maybe I should be asking you the same thing." She gave him a weird look.
"What are you trying to say?"
"Where should I start this...I tried to call your cell phone to tell you that we need some cold medicine for Cameran but it was off. So I called the school to give you the message. That was the interesting part. They said there was no class. What do you have to say about that?"
"I can explain-" She cut him off.
"And I guess you can explain why I when I went to find you that you were getting into a cab with another girl." Peyton gave him a sarcastic smile.
"That was-" She cut him off once again before he could tell her it was Haley.
"What are you going to tell me she's just a friend? Because I don't believe that. I think you're having an affair. You could just tell me that you didn't want me anymore. I'm going to be the one to leave first. You can find me when you are ready to take responsibility for your mistakes." By the end of her outburst Peyton was in tears. She grabbed Cameran from her crib, took her bag from the table and stormed out the door taking nothing else with her. All Luke could do was look through the window as his girlfriend got into a cab with his daughter and left.