Chapter 2: New Girl(?)
When Lucas' classes finally ended, he directly went to his school bus. Then when he sat, this girl was entering the bus. She was beautiful. Lucas was quickly attracted to her. She was looking for a sit and then Lucas quickly moved. She found Lucas' seat and went to him, asked if it was taken and of course, Lucas said no. She looked at him and said,
"Hey your new here, right? And you're also on of the new guys in the neighborhood?"
"Uhm, yeah..."
Giving him a hand shake, "Well, I'm Taylor Woods. Welcome to Charleston!" she said in a clowny way then she continued...
"I'm sure you'll have lots of experience here."
"(Lucas gave her the 'what?' nod) Haha... I'm Lucas Scott, nice to meet you, Taylor. So you're the girl next door?"
"I guess so.."
"(Sigh) "
"Where are you from?"
"I'm from Tree Hill."
"Tree Hill as in, Tree Hill Ravens?"
"Aahh... yeah...."
"God! I've been wanting to go there... I want to join the cheerleading.... They say it's amazing there... Well, you're from there, is it?"
"It's...unexplainable..."
"Oh, o-kay... Wait... You're Lucas Scott!!!??? The great basketball player???
"Wooh.... I'm not..."
"Freaking hell, you are! Well, I don't know much but basketball players here talk about you because they saw your games and they were just amazed with you and your brother?"
"Nathan? Yeah he's my brother."
"Oh..."
They suddenly arrived to the bus stop. Every student went down. When Taylor went down, Lucas went to her and said,
"Hey! It was fun talking to you... Mind hanging out in my house?"
"Hhmm... Coolness... I'll drop by later." Taylor said.
"Okay...bye..."
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Lucas entered the apartment when Keith was fixing it.
"Hey? Still not done huh?"
"Looks like it... Could you help me carry this T.V. ?"
"Yeah sure!"
"So, how was first day? Met any guys?girls?"
"Uhm... yeah... I met Taylor. She's the girl next door..."
"Oh, Megan's daughter."
"Yeah...ahh...she's coming over, we're gonna hang out, you know, she's going to introduce me in this new place. You know, turns out, she really likes Tree Hill Ravens."
"Oh really?!"
"Yeah, kinda surprised ha?"
"Nah!Megan tells me that she's smart and beautiful and really, really nice...Maybe you can ahh---"
"Whatever!Are we finishing this or no?"
They fooled around. Then the door bell rang. Lucas quickly answered the door, it was Taylor.
"Taylor?You're so early?"
"I said I'd be in"
"Thanks... Wooh...."
Taylor stared at the whole apartment as if everything was so not fixed, but it really wasn't fixed. Everything was out of place.
"Oh hey there!You're Taylor, right?" Keith said when Taylor entered the apartment.
"Uhm...Yeah! Hey got lots of stuff, you sure it's gonna fit your apartment?"
"Yeah!Well, if it doesn't then I'll just simply donate them." Keith laughed.
Taylor offered to help and they spent the whole afternoon fixing the whole house. Well, they have a girl's opinion so they didn't have a hard time. They all finished at exactly six o'clock, just in time for some snack. Lucas went to the kitchen, grabbed some food to snack on, beer and they were celebrating for a job well-done. After they talked and laughed about stuffs, Keith was done eating his snack so he went to the kitchen and he was followed by Lucas and Taylor. Keith told them that he was going to grocery to buy something for dinner. So, Lucas and Taylor stayed at home. They sat outside, by the door. Chat...
"So, why did you move to Charleston?" Taylor asked curiously.
"I moved with Keith..."
"Ugh... come on... you know that, that's not the answer I was looking for. I know there's a lot more involved."
"Look,(he stared at her and just simply felt something but he's not sure what it is) I---- I don't really want to talk about it anymore...okay?"
Lucas wanted to forget everything because it was hard for him. It's like this huge feeling covering his whole heart. He didn't want to get Taylor involved too because he doesn't want to commit the same mistakes again. Lucas paused, he thought about Peyton again. Taylor noticed him and clicked her fingers just to make Lucas wake up to reality.
"Hello? Are you alright? You're thinking about her, right?"
Then Lucas gave her the 'how'd you know that?' nod.
"Excuse me?"
"Oh come on Lucas... I know guys very well, and that face means a lady bug just left you behind with an itch on your body. Who is it?"
"Uhm... nobody... Can we just- - - not?"
"Ugh... Fine... What do you want to talk about?"
"Hhm... That's a tricky question?(sigh) I want to know you better."
"O-kay then... (Taylor was fixing her hair, her shirt... and cleared her throat) Hi! I'm Taylor Anneliese Woods. I'm 16 turning 17. My height is 5'9. I'm half british, 15 American,15 Russian and 10 Puerto Rican. But, I was born in London, England...."
"So I guess you're 5 English?(sigh)?"Lucas laughed.
"No!(laughed)Me and my parents first moved to Texas but it didn't work out there..."
Lucas gave her the 'what happened?' look. Taylor continued.
"Long story... Then, finally we moved here when I was 10. Got what you wanted to know, Mr. Scott?
"(Sigh) Yeah..."
As they were sitting there, they laughed and laughed for hours. Lucas just felt that he was simply falling for Taylor. He just thought that she was adorable and he just liked her so much. He was really adoring Taylor and he doesn't see anything wrong with being with her.
Keith finally arrived from the grocery store. He had lots of things with him so Lucas and Taylor helped him.
"Hey Taylor, wanna stay here for dinner?"
Taylor was giving the 'I can't...my mom must be waiting for me' nod. Then Lucas said to her,
"Yeah, Taylor. Why don't you stay?"
"Okay fine. I'll call my mom. Can I use your phone?"
"It's in my room. You can enter." Lucas said.
Taylor headed directly to Lucas' room.
Keith stared at Lucas.
"What?" Lucas said curiously.
"You're---- you're falling for her?"
"No..."
Keith gave him the 'oh, come on!you know you do.' look. Lucas answered.
"Yes...I don't know. Maybe not. I mean, I just met her today."
"So? Can't a guy fall in love with a girl for a day? Come on, Luke. She's pretty, very nice and really smart. She's even athletic. I know you like her. I saw the way you looked at her a while ago."
"I don't know. I'm not sure if I'm ready to fall in love again, you know? It's complicating. Besides, I'm too scared to hurt another girl again."
"That was a different place, Luke. Different girls. You know you're even lucky she likes you."
"She does? How'd you know? Did she tell you anything?" Lucas said curiously but Keith answered quickly,
"Nope... But I noticed her. The way she looks at you..."
"Okay enough of me. What about you and Megan?"
"Shut up!"
They both fooled around laughing.
While Taylor was done using the phone. She was about to leave the Lucas' room but she suddenly hit this box. So all the things inside the box fell. She picked all up and then she tried to return it in order. But when she was picking up pieces, she suddenly found three pictures. A picture of Peyton; a picture of Brooke, Lucas and Peyton; a picture of Lucas and Haley when they were kids. Taylor just simply laughed at Lucas and Haley's picture. But when she found the other two pictures, she realized that maybe that was what Lucas was escaping from. But, she didn't want to mention this to Lucas now so she just returned the pictures and other stuffs in the box. She immediately went back where Lucas and Keith was.
When she entered the room, Lucas and Keith were laughing. And she asked them if she missed something and then Lucas threw Keith a pie then Keith placed some on Taylor and they were playing and fooling around the whole time. They were all crazy.
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When they were all tired, Keith finally decided to go to sleep and Lucas with Taylor went to the washroom to wash up because they are covered with pie. Lucas wanted to respect Taylor so he let her go first.
Taylor finished and got out of the washroom wearing one of Lucas' shirt because her shirt was filled with pie. She was so beautiful. Lucas looked at her for a long time and so did Taylor and she was simply falling for him. Lucas just felt that feeling again with Taylor. Then, Lucas woke his self up. He asked Taylor if she was done and she said yes. Lucas told her that she could dry up in his room.
Lucas being a guy, was so fast in the washroom. When he was already in his room, he said to Taylor,
"Look, Taylor, I want to thank you for such a wonderful day. I mean, I really enjoyed spending time with you."
"Uh, thanks! I enjoyed spending time with you too! Well, I have to go now. My mom's waiting for me at home."
"Okay..."
Lucas directed her to the door, Taylor turned to Lucas and said
"Good night!"
Then she kissed him at the cheek and ran away.
Lucas blushed and then Keith came to the door and said,
"Hey!Taylor's gone already?"
"Uhm... Yeah..."
"Okay... Help me clean up then..."
"Yeah sure!"
A/N: Okay... So, I included a new character. I just spiced it up a little. Watch out for more. To those Nathan/Haley; Lucas/Peyton fans, well, 2 words, watch out. Thanks for all your reviews. Add some more!