~Whispered Secrets~
Chapter (8) The Truth Behind A lie
A/N: thanx for the reviews and all ways the encouragement.
Lucas was still sitting in that same spot he was when Haley left to go take a shower when Keith and his mom walked in form their outing.
Karen and Keith put there coats on the coat rack, when she noticed the light was on in the living and didn't hear nay noise so she figured they weren't down here so she went to turn the light out. But found her sound son just sitting there and Keith eventually followed her into the room.
Karen: Lucas? What's wrong, you look like you just seen a ghost ( as she recognized the look on his face)
Lucas: Oh I'm just fine after the girl I lo…..( he said sarcastically and stopped himself before he said to much)
Keith: what? The girl you what?
Lucas: nothing, nothing this whole world is crazy, me, Haley everybody. (he said frantically)
Karen: where is Haley? Did you two have a fight?
Lucas: she's in the shower and no we didn't have a fight..she just …nothing.
Keith: she's just what?
Lucas (ignoring Keith's question) Mom do you like older men?
Karen: Why Luke, why do you ask?
Lucas; Haley likes Keith (he let out in a shout more frustration then anything else.)
Keith: what? That's absurd?
Lucas: I thought so to but she was pretty convincing.
Karen: wait? She told you she likes Keith? (Karen sounded surprised, especially since She knew there was no doubt in her mind that Haley loved Lucas and Lucas loved Haley which was proven especially due to his jealousy right about now)
Lucas; yeah before she went to take a shower. She's even been writing about you, and smiling all funny because you (then he thought for a minute Haley and Keith)…….Ewwwww
Haley came down the stairs her hair darker then usual due to the wetness dropping water drops here and there.
Everybody just stopped and looked at her as she climbed down the last step and walked to where they were.
Haley: What? Why is every one looking at me?
Lucas: I don't know Haley, Keith (he said his name in a you know what I'm talking about kind of way) should know.
Haley) Haley was still kind of puzzled but then she remembered the joke she played on Lucas later. She knew she should have told him she was playing before this. * Oh my god, he told Keith. I'm going to kill him*
Haley: (she adverted her gaze at Lucas) Lucas, tell me you didn't tell him.
Lucas: tell Keith what? Haley? What possibly could I know that involves Keith….and you ( he hated this, that hales liked Keith. Keith of all people. Keith for god sakes. He was sitting right in front of her face. He was going to mess with her, at least he got some pleasure out it, some comfort.
Haley: (maybe he didn't, but she was going to play stupid) I don't know. (she said shrugging her shoulder nonchalantly.
Lucas; Oh I'm sure you know (she still acting as if she didn't know what he was implying) Let me help you. I remember you saying something about you liking older men……Keith in particular.
Haley: right! I like Keith…..I'm in love with him mater of fact. (she said sarcastically) (Even though she was telling the truth she was lying at the same time because of what she had told Lucas.)
Luke and Haley just stared at each other in a glare for a minute until…
Karen: (she had enough of the scene between Lucas and Haley and couldn't believe her and Keith had just sat there watched their little episode) Um Lucas can I talk to you for a minute (she said noticing her son's temper, while ushering him out of the living room toward the hall) Karen and Lucas left the room only leaving Keith and Haley
Keith: Um Haley…
Haley: just so you know I don't have some school girl crush on you. Any way you're like my second dad (she said with a warm smile on her face) I played some joke on Lucas cause he assumed some boy was on my mind when I didn't feel like watching the movie any more and he said I was smiling all girly and writing in my diary. So I played a joke on him and told him it was joke because he kept pestering me for the so called "boy on my mind" (she start her rambling being cut off by Keith's laughing.)
Keith: look's like you got him good, he even looked mad.
Haley: I don't think he was mad just shocked besides it's not like he even cares, she said in some what of a whisper. (It showed all over her face that she wished he did. She wish he was jealous, she wished that……there was no point in wishing because it wouldn't happen.)
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Karen: Lucas? Why did you do that, do that to Haley like that? If I hadn't pulled you out of that room you probably would have lost your temper.
Lucas: I'm sorry, I don't know why I did that.(he knew why he did that but he wasn't about to let his mother know) I just can't believe….. (he stopped himself caught up in his own feelings, his own thoughts, and that sickening feeling in his stomach)
Karen (she read his eyes, and moms always knows even when you don't, Lucas didn't have to say a word she saw every thing in his eyes, she knew everything from his eyes.) I know you don't have to say anything (Karen said giving him a knowing look)
Luke: you know what? (he asked his mother as if he was totally oblivious to what she was talking about)
Karen: I know why you did that to Haley out there. I know why you are so upset about Haley supposedly liking Keith.
Luke: why? (he asked coolly and kind of challenging her)
Karen: because your jealous, because you love her. (she said searching her son's eyes making sure she was 100% right and she was. She has always seen that look in his eye and how that *thing* in his eyes just glowed when ever Haley was in the room. Lucas was going to deny it but he knew there was no point after all there was no hiding nothing from his mom. He just gave up and kind of gave her that defeated look like she had won, she was right, she was always alright.
Karen hugged her son and she was smiling inside and out because her son loved Haley James his best friend, the girl she always saw as part of the family any way.
Karen: Aww honey! Why don't you tell her.
Lucas; Mom! You have to promise me that you want say anything to Haley. Besides even if I did tell her she's all goo goo over Keith.
Karen: Lucas you have to at least try.
Lucas; mom, just promise! Please?
Karen: Alright. Alright, but ….
Lucas; no buts
Karen: so ready to go back in there (she wanted to say a lot more like how, she knew Haley loved him back, she was a woman she knew when a woman loved a man and Haley loved her son. She still couldn't believe how incredibly naive and blind her son was.
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Keith: so when are you going to tell him the truth.
Haley: I think when he comes back, I don't want him to actually get it instilled it in his head but if you would have seen his face. (they started laughing as Karen and Lucas came by in the room)
Lucas: what's so funny
Haley: oh nothing I figured I should te…
Lucas; Hales, I 'm sorry for putting you on the spot I was jus..
Haley: no don't worry about it doesn't matter any way because it was just a joke any way.
Lucas: huh? Joke what are you talking about?
Haley: I don't like Keith I just wanted you to get off my back about the so called boy that was on my mind so I messes with you a little bit….besides we all know that Keith and your mother got it bad. (she said joking and serious at the same. It was funny because now Keith and Karen were all blushing and nervous, they didn't even look at each other they just looked at the floor)
Lucas; wait! You mean to tell me none of this was true (Haley said nodding her head before laughing again) Well I 'm gad you think this funny (he said raising his voice and anger rising in him) It's always funny at my expense,
after I jus….. (he realized he just went through all that for no reason, his mother knew, and he was all…bent out of shape out of something that wasn't even real. He was always made the fool out of. )
"You know what forget it." He said leaving the room and running up the stairs. It was funny how their was a truth behind this lie.
Haley: Lucas, I'm sorry. It was just a joke (as she heard a door slam upstairs she just sat down and put her head in her sofa.
Haley: why is he so mad at me it was just a joke. Karen came over and rubbed her back and told her " Lucas just needs to clam down and a little bit of time to him self he'll be alright. Don't worry about it. "