Still don't One Tree Hill. (damnit)
After Nathan had cleared things up with Haley and she had gone home, Nathan decided to go for his morning run.
He stopped by Cat's door and asked if she wanted to come. She got dressed in short shorts and a tank top with a light sweater over it and they headed out the door.
"Who's Henry?" asked Nathan.
"No one. He's no one," said Cat rather testily.
"Didn't seem like no one in the dream you were having last night," Nathan said in a very insinuating tone.
"Oh, up yours Nate. He's an ex ofmine and I'd really rather that we didn't talk about it."
"Fine, sure, whatever." Nathan stuffed the rest of the candy bar in his mouth and then they actually got down to the sidewalk.
They were heading towards Lucas's house, but Cat didn't know it. Of course, Nathan had told her they were stopping to pick up a friend so he could jog too and she had seemed a little nervous, but she was going to school that day and she'd just have to get used to it. He wasn't even thinking about the fact that Lucas's house, would of course, but Karen's house too. Of course, how much of that tied in to what happened later, we'll never know. I'm just the writer here. I don't go too deep into their heads.
Nathan couldn't help noticing the one piece of jewelery Cat waas wearing. It was tucked underneath her shirt and had been since she moved in. he'd never seen her without a fine gold chain around her neck, dipping into whatever shirt she was wearing. He had always meant to ask her what was on it, and now seemed the perfect time. They were halfway to Lucas's house.
"What's that necklace you're always wearing?" he asked.
"Something Henry gave me."
"Yeah, but what's on it?"
Cat looked at Nathan a little exasperatedly, then shrugged and said, "I guess I can tell you that at least."
She reached for it and brought out a silver heart locket. It was sort of on the small side, but the diamonds outlining it and the ruby in the middle far made up for that. Nathan stopped in his tracks to stare at the mesmerizing flash of the jewels in the sunlight, admire the glint on the silver.
"Dude, that guy must have been loaded!" Nathan exclaimed.
Cat laughed.
"Why'd he give it to you? I mean, what was the occasion?"
They resumed jogging.
"he had cheated on me. He came to me with this and said, 'I'm giving you my heart and all my love with it. It may not be big, or made of gold, but it shinees with love for you. You can keep it or get rid of it, but don't return my heart." He noticed her eyes had become overbright.
Nathan couldn't think of anything to say. All he could manage was, "Wow."
They got to Lucas's and Nathan knocked on his door. There was a lot of grunting and groaning, a thump on the floor, and then another thump when he fell into the door.
"Hello?" he asked groggily, looking from Cat to Nathan. He was shirtless and his very well defined and toned muscles were shwoing. The way the sun shone in his hair made it look like a golden halo.
"What'd'ya want man?" he asked in a rough and hoarse voice from just waking up.
"Get dressed dude. We got company here. C'mon now."
Lucas obediently pulled on a shrt and shorts (the shirt tight against his wonderfully muscled chest). They were about to leave when Karen walked through Lucas's bedroom door.
Nathan and Cat gulped almost simultaneously. Cat shot Nathan a dirty look and Nathan just stared back a little guiltily.
Cat had, of course, seen pictures of Karen, but seeing her in person was so much more different. Her hair was a lot short and a LOT straighter, there were also a few wrinkles around her eyes. But she was unmistakably Karen.
"I thought I heard voices," she said. "Who's this?" She was looking at Cat. She cocked her head to one side and a distant look came over her face as though she were trying to remember something. She said, "You know, you look familiar to me. Have we met?"
After Nathan had cleared things up with Haley and she had gone home, Nathan decided to go for his morning run.
He stopped by Cat's door and asked if she wanted to come. She got dressed in short shorts and a tank top with a light sweater over it and they headed out the door.
"Who's Henry?" asked Nathan.
"No one. He's no one," said Cat rather testily.
"Didn't seem like no one in the dream you were having last night," Nathan said in a very insinuating tone.
"Oh, up yours Nate. He's an ex ofmine and I'd really rather that we didn't talk about it."
"Fine, sure, whatever." Nathan stuffed the rest of the candy bar in his mouth and then they actually got down to the sidewalk.
They were heading towards Lucas's house, but Cat didn't know it. Of course, Nathan had told her they were stopping to pick up a friend so he could jog too and she had seemed a little nervous, but she was going to school that day and she'd just have to get used to it. He wasn't even thinking about the fact that Lucas's house, would of course, but Karen's house too. Of course, how much of that tied in to what happened later, we'll never know. I'm just the writer here. I don't go too deep into their heads.
Nathan couldn't help noticing the one piece of jewelery Cat waas wearing. It was tucked underneath her shirt and had been since she moved in. he'd never seen her without a fine gold chain around her neck, dipping into whatever shirt she was wearing. He had always meant to ask her what was on it, and now seemed the perfect time. They were halfway to Lucas's house.
"What's that necklace you're always wearing?" he asked.
"Something Henry gave me."
"Yeah, but what's on it?"
Cat looked at Nathan a little exasperatedly, then shrugged and said, "I guess I can tell you that at least."
She reached for it and brought out a silver heart locket. It was sort of on the small side, but the diamonds outlining it and the ruby in the middle far made up for that. Nathan stopped in his tracks to stare at the mesmerizing flash of the jewels in the sunlight, admire the glint on the silver.
"Dude, that guy must have been loaded!" Nathan exclaimed.
Cat laughed.
"Why'd he give it to you? I mean, what was the occasion?"
They resumed jogging.
"he had cheated on me. He came to me with this and said, 'I'm giving you my heart and all my love with it. It may not be big, or made of gold, but it shinees with love for you. You can keep it or get rid of it, but don't return my heart." He noticed her eyes had become overbright.
Nathan couldn't think of anything to say. All he could manage was, "Wow."
They got to Lucas's and Nathan knocked on his door. There was a lot of grunting and groaning, a thump on the floor, and then another thump when he fell into the door.
"Hello?" he asked groggily, looking from Cat to Nathan. He was shirtless and his very well defined and toned muscles were shwoing. The way the sun shone in his hair made it look like a golden halo.
"What'd'ya want man?" he asked in a rough and hoarse voice from just waking up.
"Get dressed dude. We got company here. C'mon now."
Lucas obediently pulled on a shrt and shorts (the shirt tight against his wonderfully muscled chest). They were about to leave when Karen walked through Lucas's bedroom door.
Nathan and Cat gulped almost simultaneously. Cat shot Nathan a dirty look and Nathan just stared back a little guiltily.
Cat had, of course, seen pictures of Karen, but seeing her in person was so much more different. Her hair was a lot short and a LOT straighter, there were also a few wrinkles around her eyes. But she was unmistakably Karen.
"I thought I heard voices," she said. "Who's this?" She was looking at Cat. She cocked her head to one side and a distant look came over her face as though she were trying to remember something. She said, "You know, you look familiar to me. Have we met?"