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~SORRY THAT THE CHAPTERS AREN'T GETTING ANY LONGER!!! It's because they're mostly talking. UNTIL they meet, it might be short! Sorry!

CH. 7 ~~

"So you just hung up? God, Nathan, are you dumb?" Glaring into the phone, Nathan waited for Lucas to continue.

"You heard her roommate ask if YOU asked Haley out, and still you hung up?! AND you think that she doesn't like you? Are you sick or something?"

Biting back his anger, Nathan muttered, "I called you for advice, and you're lecturing me. If I wanted a lecture, I'd have called my dad."

Sighing, Lucas answered, slumping his shoulders, "Sorry, Nathan. I just didn't think you'd be that oblivious."

"Do you want me to call you later? Like when you're not in your "Let's pick on Nathan because Peyton's not fulfilling me right now" mood?" asked Nathan, his anger rising.

Getting angry himself, Lucas narrowed his eyes and strained his voice, "Peyton is doing just fine. And I'd like it if you called me when you were in your "I was stupid, but I want to still have a chance" mood. I liked you better then."

Turning his neck, and filling with contentment when it cracked, Nathan replied, "I DO want to ask her out, but we haven't talked to each other in awhile.Say, half a year? That's long, Luke."

His anger simmering down, Lucas sighed sadly, "Yeah it is. Maybe you could get to know each other better later on, like during the trip. Which brings us to our next topic, dates."

"But, bro, you're taken." Nathan smirked, rolling his shoulders to relieve himself of the tension building there.

"Haha.That wasn't funny. Besides, you know what I meant."

"Yeah, I did. We'll discuss it later. I need to get to practice early in the morning, so we'll talk later, okay?"

"Yeah, okay."

"So long, bro."

"Bye" They both hung up, Nathan going to bed, and Lucas calling Haley.

~LUCAS~

"Hello? Is Haley there?" asked Lucas, resting his arm on his desk.

"Hi. No. You're Lucas.don't worry, it's the caller ID." answered Joanne, dropping her book on the floor, thinking that the conversation would be getting VERY interesting.

"Um, okay?"

"So would you like me to leave a message? Or do you want to call back later? Like tomorrow?"

"Uh, sure?"

"Not much of a talker are you?" Getting no response from Lucas, Joanne continued, "Well, I'll leave her a message. Just to let you know, I'll be meeting all of you."

"When?" inquired Lucas, unfazed by the sudden change of topic.

"At Tree Hill, Haley's taking me."

"Oh, okay then? I guess we'll be seeing each other."

"Yup! I plan on helping as matchmaker."

Liking the way that Joanne was thinking, Lucas smirked. "Oh? And does Haley know?"

"Yeah. She knows. She even told me that I was like Brooke, your friend."

Laughing now at that thought, Lucas said, "Then you must be one hell of a party goer, and a guy-chaser. No offense intended."

"None taken. Hell, I take pride in that, thank-you-very-much."

"Haha. Well, nice talking to you. I have to get going. And PLEASE tell her that I called."

"No problemo. Nice talking to you, too."

"Thanks, bye."

"Bye."

Smiling, Joanne thought, [i]Haley's lucky to have such sweet guys for friends. I really look forward to meeting him. HOPEFULLY, he won't have a girlfriend. If he does, then she's in for one hell of a fight.[/i]

"It's just for fun." Joanne announced, smiling brightly to the empty room she was standing in.

"Right. Just for fun." she reminded herself.

Picking up her book, Joanne jotted down Lucas's name and the time on Haley's stationary paper. "Haley should be able to see this first thing when she comes back. And Haley's in for one hell of a ride."

Conjuring up ways for Haley and Nathan to be together, she giggled and waltzed her way back into her bedroom.

~~PLEASE REVIEW!!! Who should Lucas be with? Joanne, Brooke, or Peyton? PLEASE LEAVE ME YOUR CHOICES! I'll write it according to the votes! ^_^ thanks for the reviews!!