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Chapter 5
Nathan's POV
"God, why must I fuck everything up?" Nathan thought to himself. He sat on the bleachers, and saw a black hoodie clad person walking slowly towards him. He looked slowly, assuming it was Lucas. The person sat down next to him, and Nathan looked down at their feet. Brown clogs?? Lucas doesn't wear blown cl--. He cut his own thought short, and he looked up to find two big brown eyes staring feverishly into his.
Nathan moved away from the person, taking in everything. Haley. God how he longed to just grab her and hold her tight, and never let her go. He stood his ground though, and stayed away, mainly in fear of rejection. "Nathan, I..." Haley paused. Nathan looked at her. What was she thinking? What was she going to say? He'd sooner drown himself in the nearby river than hear her reject him, and at that thought he cursed himself, for his nerves had now taken over and he was shaking furiously.
"Oh God Nathan... I don't even know where to start" Haley said. That's all he needed to hear. Nathan collapsed on the cement, and sat there, floored by her every mental blow. She hadn't said anything to provoke it, but he knew it was coming, the look on her face told him so. "Nathan!!" she shrieked, and kneeled down beside him quickly. "Nathan, I can't take what I'm putting you through..." she whispered, checking his face for any traces of the pale ghostlike face he just had worn.
"Nathan, when you said all those things to me back at the house, I got scared. You continue to surprise me with how genuine you can be, and I've never loved anyone with so much passion as I love you. My whole heart dies every time I see you upset or frightened, or in pain. I am completely infatuated with your every breath, and I don't know what it means, or how it happened, and I don't really care. Every time I see you, I want to reach out and touch you, and let you know that I'm there. And every time we're together, I never want to leave you, not even for a moment. I love you so much, it scares me Nathan, and I can't help but to think that this is it! This is what life is for, to meet someone you are so destined for, and be with them forever...." Haley said, as she paused to breathe. "But..."
Lucas' POV
He saw them together driving up. He turned his lights off, and watched the events unfold. He hated to admit it, but he'd actually started to care about his younger brother, and felt bad for him, having to deal with Dan. He watched Haley and Nathan on his basketball court, and couldn't help but remember the times when he and Haley would play basketball and laugh, and wonder how Nathan could deal with Dan, and how Dan never even paid attention to Lucas at all. It was ironic, that now, both Lucas and Nathan felt abandoned by Dan, and that same statue of strength that stood by Lucas, was now standing by Nathan.
A twang of jealousy swept over Lucas. He needed someone to love him. Payton wouldn't. Brooke sure as hell wouldn't. Haley was completely in love with Nathan. There was no place for Lucas anymore. Sure, as the friend, but he'd screwed everything so far into the ground that there was slim chance of friendship ever progressing into anything more. It hadn't with Haley way back when it was just him and her against the world, and now with Payton, it was on a never ending pause.
Payton's POV
"Brooke? Brooke you in here?" she yelled up the stairs of Brooke's oversized and under-filled house. "Hey best friend, what are you doing here?" Brooke yelled from the kitchen. "I need to talk to you, about Lucas" Payton said. Brooke's face dropped, "I thought we were over him, why don't we just kill him, and pretend he got thrown from a moving vehicle again, huh?"
Payton wanted to laugh, but she figured it was time to get serious. "We can't," Payton said. "Because, because..." she stammered. "Because you've lost your voice?" Brooke wittily replied. "Because I'm still in love with him." Payton said firmly.
Brooke's POV
SLAP!!! "Get the fuck out of my house now!" Brooke screamed in Payton's face. Payton just grabbed her things and walked out. "HOW DARE SHE!" Brooke thought to herself. She threw the vase on the nearby table across the room. "After all this time, and I still can't trust her... God, what does it take to just live a normal life?" she questioned herself.
Before Lucas had entered Brooke's world, she was a party animal. She'd go to all the Frat parties of the nearby colleges, all the club bouncers knew her name like the back of their hands, and she'd run the night scene of Tree Hill High for as long as she was there, and even before she got there. And then there was Lucas. The boy who changed everything, who made her want to be a better person, and be more serious, and loveable instead of just hot and fuckable.
But she wouldn't let Lucas get away with her inner-self. He'd robbed her of it at the start of their relationship, but she was determined to get it back, with or without a best friend.
Nathan's POV
He listened intently to every word she said, loving each and every word more and more. He got the the point where he thought he was talking to himself, because their minds were so in tuned to eachother. And then came the word that he was dreading. "But..."
Chapter 5
Nathan's POV
"God, why must I fuck everything up?" Nathan thought to himself. He sat on the bleachers, and saw a black hoodie clad person walking slowly towards him. He looked slowly, assuming it was Lucas. The person sat down next to him, and Nathan looked down at their feet. Brown clogs?? Lucas doesn't wear blown cl--. He cut his own thought short, and he looked up to find two big brown eyes staring feverishly into his.
Nathan moved away from the person, taking in everything. Haley. God how he longed to just grab her and hold her tight, and never let her go. He stood his ground though, and stayed away, mainly in fear of rejection. "Nathan, I..." Haley paused. Nathan looked at her. What was she thinking? What was she going to say? He'd sooner drown himself in the nearby river than hear her reject him, and at that thought he cursed himself, for his nerves had now taken over and he was shaking furiously.
"Oh God Nathan... I don't even know where to start" Haley said. That's all he needed to hear. Nathan collapsed on the cement, and sat there, floored by her every mental blow. She hadn't said anything to provoke it, but he knew it was coming, the look on her face told him so. "Nathan!!" she shrieked, and kneeled down beside him quickly. "Nathan, I can't take what I'm putting you through..." she whispered, checking his face for any traces of the pale ghostlike face he just had worn.
"Nathan, when you said all those things to me back at the house, I got scared. You continue to surprise me with how genuine you can be, and I've never loved anyone with so much passion as I love you. My whole heart dies every time I see you upset or frightened, or in pain. I am completely infatuated with your every breath, and I don't know what it means, or how it happened, and I don't really care. Every time I see you, I want to reach out and touch you, and let you know that I'm there. And every time we're together, I never want to leave you, not even for a moment. I love you so much, it scares me Nathan, and I can't help but to think that this is it! This is what life is for, to meet someone you are so destined for, and be with them forever...." Haley said, as she paused to breathe. "But..."
Lucas' POV
He saw them together driving up. He turned his lights off, and watched the events unfold. He hated to admit it, but he'd actually started to care about his younger brother, and felt bad for him, having to deal with Dan. He watched Haley and Nathan on his basketball court, and couldn't help but remember the times when he and Haley would play basketball and laugh, and wonder how Nathan could deal with Dan, and how Dan never even paid attention to Lucas at all. It was ironic, that now, both Lucas and Nathan felt abandoned by Dan, and that same statue of strength that stood by Lucas, was now standing by Nathan.
A twang of jealousy swept over Lucas. He needed someone to love him. Payton wouldn't. Brooke sure as hell wouldn't. Haley was completely in love with Nathan. There was no place for Lucas anymore. Sure, as the friend, but he'd screwed everything so far into the ground that there was slim chance of friendship ever progressing into anything more. It hadn't with Haley way back when it was just him and her against the world, and now with Payton, it was on a never ending pause.
Payton's POV
"Brooke? Brooke you in here?" she yelled up the stairs of Brooke's oversized and under-filled house. "Hey best friend, what are you doing here?" Brooke yelled from the kitchen. "I need to talk to you, about Lucas" Payton said. Brooke's face dropped, "I thought we were over him, why don't we just kill him, and pretend he got thrown from a moving vehicle again, huh?"
Payton wanted to laugh, but she figured it was time to get serious. "We can't," Payton said. "Because, because..." she stammered. "Because you've lost your voice?" Brooke wittily replied. "Because I'm still in love with him." Payton said firmly.
Brooke's POV
SLAP!!! "Get the fuck out of my house now!" Brooke screamed in Payton's face. Payton just grabbed her things and walked out. "HOW DARE SHE!" Brooke thought to herself. She threw the vase on the nearby table across the room. "After all this time, and I still can't trust her... God, what does it take to just live a normal life?" she questioned herself.
Before Lucas had entered Brooke's world, she was a party animal. She'd go to all the Frat parties of the nearby colleges, all the club bouncers knew her name like the back of their hands, and she'd run the night scene of Tree Hill High for as long as she was there, and even before she got there. And then there was Lucas. The boy who changed everything, who made her want to be a better person, and be more serious, and loveable instead of just hot and fuckable.
But she wouldn't let Lucas get away with her inner-self. He'd robbed her of it at the start of their relationship, but she was determined to get it back, with or without a best friend.
Nathan's POV
He listened intently to every word she said, loving each and every word more and more. He got the the point where he thought he was talking to himself, because their minds were so in tuned to eachother. And then came the word that he was dreading. "But..."