Okay, you guys are probably going to want to kill me, b/c there is barely any interaction between Lucas and Haley. I wanted to set up for the interaction and I had planned on adding it in the same chapter, but it was waaayyy too long. I'm sorry, but I PROMISE that my next chapter will have the confrontation, finally. Once again, thanks to all of my reviewers, you guys are the best ever! And to those of you who replied to my other story "I Wish You'd Stay" I really appreciate too. Ok, now on to the actual chapter, enjoy!
Ch 14. The Plan
The next day Alex was at her locker trying in vain to get the damn thing open. She redid the combination several times, and tried jiggling the lock...nothing seemed to work. Alex was already running late to class and she punched the door with her fist in frustration. The second her hand made contact with the steel door, she regretted it. The pain spread from her fist all the way up her arm and collarbone. "Oww!" she yelped, immediately shaking her hand to try and stop the throbbing.
"Hey Alex, what did the locker ever do to you?" She turned at the sound of his voice. "The damn thing wouldn't open, so I decided to teach it a lessen." she answered sarcastically. He chuckled and replied, "yea well it looks more like it taught you one," as he pointed to her already slightly swollen hand. "Here, let me help you," and with that, he expertly jiggled the lock, and a well placed smack caused the door to swing open.
"Thanks Nathan, you're my hero." Alex said dramatically.
"No, prob. the heat causes the lockers to stick, you'll get used to it eventually."
"Nathan, I'm from Florida, believe me, I know about heat."
"Good point. Well, I'm glad I could help, I'll see ya later." he said as he started heading for his class.
"Nathan wait! I was wondering, do you know where Haley is?" Alex asked. To her surprise, Nathan's friendly smile dropped and his eyes clouded over slightly. "I wouldn't know," he replied quietly. What? Why wouldn't he? "Why not? Did you guys have a fight or something?"
"Or something," he muttered. "Well, I guess you'll find out sooner or later anyway. Haley and I broke up yesterday."
Alex bit her lip and wanted to smack herself upside the head for being so insensitive. "Oh Nathan, I'm so sorry, I had no idea."
"It's alright, it's been a long time coming, I just didn't want to see it." At that moment, Alex and Nathan saw Haley walking out of the library and at that exact moment, Lucas rounded the corner and nearly ran right into her-literally. The two of them watched the uncomfortable scene played out in front of them.
Haley: (looking down) Oh, sorry about that, I umm, I wasn't watching where I was going.
Lucas: No, it's my fault, really.
Haley: Ok, well, umm, I guess I'll see you later?
Lucas: Yea, sure. Later.
The two then walked in completely different directions, making a point to not look at the other; although, it was painfully clear to the two onlookers, that they really wanted to.
"Well, that was...awkward." Alex said with a small smile. "How they are so blind to each other's feelings is totally beyond me," she murmured. Then Alex realized who she was talking to. "Oh, my god. Nathan, I'm soo sorry, I wasn't thinking. I tend to do that sometimes. You usually have to slap me or something. I can't believe I just did that." Alex had started rambling again.
"Alex, Alex, breathe. It's ok, I saw the interaction too, and unlike them, I'm not blind. That's why I said this break up was a long time coming. I knew at some point Haley would open her eyes-so to speak." Alex felt so bad for him. he really was a good guy. "Well either way, I didn't have to remind you of it." Alex said, sounding guilty.
"It's okay. Look, I have class, I'll talk to ya later, alright?" Alex nodded, "see ya." and she watched him leave. Poor Nathan, but now maybe Lucas will finally do something. Wait a minute, he might not know that Haley and Nathan are over. She quickly replayed their conversation from yesterday. He said that he wouldn't do anything to screw up Haley and Nathan's relationship. Oh great, I guess that means I'm going to have to take matters into my own hands...again.
Alex had wracked her brain tying to figure out how she was going to get Lucas and Haley together. This isn't going to be easy, they're not even talking to each other...she thought, and suddenly, a light bulb went off and she had a plan.
THE PLAN-HALEY
Alex walked into Engiish and took a seat in the front, right across from Haley. This wasn't all that unusual, except that they really hadn't sat next to each other since Lucas and Haley's fight. "Hey," Alex said, "mind if I sit here?"
"Oh hi, Alex. No, go ahead."
"Thanks, so listen, I was wondering if you'd mind helping me in math again?" Haley's eyebrows went up slightly. "I thought that you were doing okay in that class now?" she asked. "Yea well, this chapter has me completely lost." Alex replied somewhat sheepishly. "I could really use the help."
"Umm, sure, no problem. Do you wanna meet after school at the Center?" She asked referring to the Tutoring Center.
"Actually, I was thinking of maybe taking the work outside. It's such a beautiful day out and back in my old home, my friends and I would do our homework outside in this gorgeous park, on days like this one. And I know that there's a park around here...so I was thinking that we could do our work there."
"Wait, you mean the one by Rivercourt?" Haley questioned, surprised. Alex really hoped that her acting skills were passable, as she asked, "What, what's that?" Haley looked at her for a moment, weighing whether she was telling the truth or not, and to Alex's relief, Haley said, "oh, nevermind. Ok, that sounds good." Yes. "Great, oh, but I might be a little late. I have to talk to my History teacher about my project, so I'll just meet you there okay?" She wasn't lying, exactly. She did have a history project due, and she had already talked to her teacher about it. I'm only fibbing, that's not that bad. Besides, once Haley finds out what I'm really up to, she may hate me either way.
"Where do you want to meet?"
"Umm, how about the picinic tables right at the entrance," right next to Rivercourrt.
"Fine." Haley replied.
I just hope that they don't kill me.
THE PLAN-LUCAS
After English, Alex's other two classes crawled by. She kept looking at the clock hoping for math class, for the first time ever. Finally, the bell rang and Alex bolted out of Spanish and headed down the hall to math, hoping to catch Lucas before class started. "Hey Luke!" She called out as she saw him heading to class with Jake. Maybe I said that a little loudly, as she had cause several people to look at her. and she flushed slightly. Lucas stopped when he heard his name and walked over to her. "Hey Lex, you're early. You usually trudge into class right before the bell." he said teasingly. "Yea, well, I wanted to talk to you." Lucas looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Sure, what's up?" he asked. "Well, it's been a pretty long time since the two of us have hung out and I think we're long due. I was thinking that we could hang out today after school and maybe play some basketball. I can't wait to kick your butt again."
"You didn't win, it was a tie. And I would've won if we hadn't decided to quit."
"Ha, yea right, you just wanted to stop cuz you know I would have totally whooped your ass."
"No way, you cheated-"
"What?? Who's that one that picked me up, so I couldn't make the shot, huh? Besides, that's the reason you and I need to hang out, so we can have a rematch. Come on, it'll be fun. Please??" Alex looked up at him and gave her best wounded puppy dog look.
"Ok, ok," Lucas replied with a laugh, "you win. But you're going down, Loften."
"Ha, in your dreams, Scott. So I'll meet you at the picinic tables around 3:15?"
"Why don't we just walk there together?" Alex gave him the same excuse she gave Haley and once again had to rely on her acting skills to convince Lucas that she was telling him the truth. "Alright then, see you after school." Alex watched him go into the classroom and it was only then that she stopped hiding her grin. Jake saw this and gave a "what are you up to?" look, to which Alex just smiled wider and walked into math class; for the first time not dreading it.
Haley got to the picinic tables about ten after three, she figured that she had some time before Alex showed up so she decided to start on some of her homework. She had only been working for about five minutes, when she was shadowed by someone. Figuring that it was Alex, she said "Hey, you're blocking my sunlight." and looked up smiling. The second she saw who was next to her, her mouth dropped open in surprise.
"Lucas? What are you doing here?"
Author's Note:
Yes, I ended this on a cliff hanger, I'm sorry if you wanna kill me even more now. I know that this was a VERY long chapter and it was boring and dull at certain parts, once agan very sorry. But please review, the end is coming folks. Next, dun dun dun, Lucas and Haley talk. Hope you liked it. Please review.
Ch 14. The Plan
The next day Alex was at her locker trying in vain to get the damn thing open. She redid the combination several times, and tried jiggling the lock...nothing seemed to work. Alex was already running late to class and she punched the door with her fist in frustration. The second her hand made contact with the steel door, she regretted it. The pain spread from her fist all the way up her arm and collarbone. "Oww!" she yelped, immediately shaking her hand to try and stop the throbbing.
"Hey Alex, what did the locker ever do to you?" She turned at the sound of his voice. "The damn thing wouldn't open, so I decided to teach it a lessen." she answered sarcastically. He chuckled and replied, "yea well it looks more like it taught you one," as he pointed to her already slightly swollen hand. "Here, let me help you," and with that, he expertly jiggled the lock, and a well placed smack caused the door to swing open.
"Thanks Nathan, you're my hero." Alex said dramatically.
"No, prob. the heat causes the lockers to stick, you'll get used to it eventually."
"Nathan, I'm from Florida, believe me, I know about heat."
"Good point. Well, I'm glad I could help, I'll see ya later." he said as he started heading for his class.
"Nathan wait! I was wondering, do you know where Haley is?" Alex asked. To her surprise, Nathan's friendly smile dropped and his eyes clouded over slightly. "I wouldn't know," he replied quietly. What? Why wouldn't he? "Why not? Did you guys have a fight or something?"
"Or something," he muttered. "Well, I guess you'll find out sooner or later anyway. Haley and I broke up yesterday."
Alex bit her lip and wanted to smack herself upside the head for being so insensitive. "Oh Nathan, I'm so sorry, I had no idea."
"It's alright, it's been a long time coming, I just didn't want to see it." At that moment, Alex and Nathan saw Haley walking out of the library and at that exact moment, Lucas rounded the corner and nearly ran right into her-literally. The two of them watched the uncomfortable scene played out in front of them.
Haley: (looking down) Oh, sorry about that, I umm, I wasn't watching where I was going.
Lucas: No, it's my fault, really.
Haley: Ok, well, umm, I guess I'll see you later?
Lucas: Yea, sure. Later.
The two then walked in completely different directions, making a point to not look at the other; although, it was painfully clear to the two onlookers, that they really wanted to.
"Well, that was...awkward." Alex said with a small smile. "How they are so blind to each other's feelings is totally beyond me," she murmured. Then Alex realized who she was talking to. "Oh, my god. Nathan, I'm soo sorry, I wasn't thinking. I tend to do that sometimes. You usually have to slap me or something. I can't believe I just did that." Alex had started rambling again.
"Alex, Alex, breathe. It's ok, I saw the interaction too, and unlike them, I'm not blind. That's why I said this break up was a long time coming. I knew at some point Haley would open her eyes-so to speak." Alex felt so bad for him. he really was a good guy. "Well either way, I didn't have to remind you of it." Alex said, sounding guilty.
"It's okay. Look, I have class, I'll talk to ya later, alright?" Alex nodded, "see ya." and she watched him leave. Poor Nathan, but now maybe Lucas will finally do something. Wait a minute, he might not know that Haley and Nathan are over. She quickly replayed their conversation from yesterday. He said that he wouldn't do anything to screw up Haley and Nathan's relationship. Oh great, I guess that means I'm going to have to take matters into my own hands...again.
Alex had wracked her brain tying to figure out how she was going to get Lucas and Haley together. This isn't going to be easy, they're not even talking to each other...she thought, and suddenly, a light bulb went off and she had a plan.
THE PLAN-HALEY
Alex walked into Engiish and took a seat in the front, right across from Haley. This wasn't all that unusual, except that they really hadn't sat next to each other since Lucas and Haley's fight. "Hey," Alex said, "mind if I sit here?"
"Oh hi, Alex. No, go ahead."
"Thanks, so listen, I was wondering if you'd mind helping me in math again?" Haley's eyebrows went up slightly. "I thought that you were doing okay in that class now?" she asked. "Yea well, this chapter has me completely lost." Alex replied somewhat sheepishly. "I could really use the help."
"Umm, sure, no problem. Do you wanna meet after school at the Center?" She asked referring to the Tutoring Center.
"Actually, I was thinking of maybe taking the work outside. It's such a beautiful day out and back in my old home, my friends and I would do our homework outside in this gorgeous park, on days like this one. And I know that there's a park around here...so I was thinking that we could do our work there."
"Wait, you mean the one by Rivercourt?" Haley questioned, surprised. Alex really hoped that her acting skills were passable, as she asked, "What, what's that?" Haley looked at her for a moment, weighing whether she was telling the truth or not, and to Alex's relief, Haley said, "oh, nevermind. Ok, that sounds good." Yes. "Great, oh, but I might be a little late. I have to talk to my History teacher about my project, so I'll just meet you there okay?" She wasn't lying, exactly. She did have a history project due, and she had already talked to her teacher about it. I'm only fibbing, that's not that bad. Besides, once Haley finds out what I'm really up to, she may hate me either way.
"Where do you want to meet?"
"Umm, how about the picinic tables right at the entrance," right next to Rivercourrt.
"Fine." Haley replied.
I just hope that they don't kill me.
THE PLAN-LUCAS
After English, Alex's other two classes crawled by. She kept looking at the clock hoping for math class, for the first time ever. Finally, the bell rang and Alex bolted out of Spanish and headed down the hall to math, hoping to catch Lucas before class started. "Hey Luke!" She called out as she saw him heading to class with Jake. Maybe I said that a little loudly, as she had cause several people to look at her. and she flushed slightly. Lucas stopped when he heard his name and walked over to her. "Hey Lex, you're early. You usually trudge into class right before the bell." he said teasingly. "Yea, well, I wanted to talk to you." Lucas looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Sure, what's up?" he asked. "Well, it's been a pretty long time since the two of us have hung out and I think we're long due. I was thinking that we could hang out today after school and maybe play some basketball. I can't wait to kick your butt again."
"You didn't win, it was a tie. And I would've won if we hadn't decided to quit."
"Ha, yea right, you just wanted to stop cuz you know I would have totally whooped your ass."
"No way, you cheated-"
"What?? Who's that one that picked me up, so I couldn't make the shot, huh? Besides, that's the reason you and I need to hang out, so we can have a rematch. Come on, it'll be fun. Please??" Alex looked up at him and gave her best wounded puppy dog look.
"Ok, ok," Lucas replied with a laugh, "you win. But you're going down, Loften."
"Ha, in your dreams, Scott. So I'll meet you at the picinic tables around 3:15?"
"Why don't we just walk there together?" Alex gave him the same excuse she gave Haley and once again had to rely on her acting skills to convince Lucas that she was telling him the truth. "Alright then, see you after school." Alex watched him go into the classroom and it was only then that she stopped hiding her grin. Jake saw this and gave a "what are you up to?" look, to which Alex just smiled wider and walked into math class; for the first time not dreading it.
Haley got to the picinic tables about ten after three, she figured that she had some time before Alex showed up so she decided to start on some of her homework. She had only been working for about five minutes, when she was shadowed by someone. Figuring that it was Alex, she said "Hey, you're blocking my sunlight." and looked up smiling. The second she saw who was next to her, her mouth dropped open in surprise.
"Lucas? What are you doing here?"
Author's Note:
Yes, I ended this on a cliff hanger, I'm sorry if you wanna kill me even more now. I know that this was a VERY long chapter and it was boring and dull at certain parts, once agan very sorry. But please review, the end is coming folks. Next, dun dun dun, Lucas and Haley talk. Hope you liked it. Please review.