It was Nathan's second week with the James' and he realized that everyday after dinner, all the teens went down to the basement. Usually they did the same thing, but one day it was different.
Lucas and Haley were still reading when Brooke finished her latest magazine. She looked over at Nathan and saw that he was playing his gameboy again. She knew there was no way of getting Haley or Lucas to entertain her so the last person left was Nathan.
"I'm bored, Nate." He gave her a 'who cares' look and continued to play his game. She gave him her best puppy dog eyes. Nathan sighed and turned off his game.
"Okay, Brooke. What do you wanna do?" he asked.
"Lets play truth or dare!" she said exitedly. Haley rolled her eyes, which Nathan noticed she did alot when it came to Brooke, and Lucas shook his head.
"It's always truth or dare with her, Nate," Lucas informed him. Brooke went over to Lucas's bag and sat down next to him.
"Come on, Broody! Play with us, pleaaase," Brooke asked, taking away Lucas's book. He sighed and nodded his head. "Yay!" Brooke clapped her hands.
"What about you, Hales? Wanna play?" Nathan asked. She glared at him above her book.
"How many times have I told you? My name is Ha-ley. Not Hay, not H, and not Hales. Ha-ley," she told him.
"Okay, Haley. Wanna play?" he asked again.
"No," she said before continuing with her book. He pulled his bag closer and scooted it towards her until they were only inches apart. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him until they were only centimeters apart.
"Come on, Hales. It'll be fun," he whispered. She looked up into his blue eyes and nodded. Mostly because she was uncomfortable being so close to him. He smiled and pulled his bag back to its original spot.
"Should I call Peyton?" Brooke asked. "It'll be fun with more people," she explained.
"I could call Jake," Lucas offered.
"I'll call...Chris," Haley offered. (Chris isn't a musician)
"Okay, and Nate, you can...play your game now," Brooke said before dialing Peyton's number.
Haley was the first one back. She avoided eye contact with Nathan and grabbed her book.
"So, who's Peyton, Jake, and Chris?" Nathan asked, really only wanting to know who Chris was.
"Peyton Sawyer, Brooke's best friend. Jake Jagelski, Lucas's best friend. Chris Keller, my-"
"Okay, Peyton's bringing Anna," Brooke interrupted. (Anna's not gay here)
"Cool," Lucas said, sitting down in his bag.
Peyton, Anna, Jake, and Chris had gotten there and now Brooke was ready to start her favorite game. She also had a bottle and a hat with paper in it. Everyone looked at her, a little scared and curious.
"Brooke, what's all this stuff for?" Peyton asked.
"Well, I decided that truth or dare wasn't good enough. So, I got spin the bottle and we should play 2 minutes in heaven!"
"2 minutes in heaven?" Nathan asked.
"This is Brooke we're talking to. You gotta expect anything, man," Jake told him.
"Okay, who wants to go first?" Brooke asked. No one asked. She looked around the circle and her eyes landed on her sister. "Haley, you wanna do the honors?"
"Whatever," she said, trying not to look or act scared. Brooke seemed to turn a game of truth or dare into something that could get someone hurt.
"Truth or dare?" Brooke asked.
"Truth," Haley said, not ready for one of Brooke's dares yet.
"Okay. Who was your first?" Brooke asked.
"Um, Chris," Haley said, wanting to get it over with. Brooke was suprised. Last time she checked, Haley was a virgin. Brooke looked over at Haley, but she was avoiding looking back.
"Okay, your turn, Haley."
"Nathan, truth or dare?" she asked.
"Dare," he answered automatically.
"Okay, Nate. I dare you to...convince Brooke to quit this game," Haley said. Nathan sighed.
"Brooke, don't you think it'd be better to start with the games where you could watch people make out?" Nathan asked, knowing that would get her to change her mind.
"Oh yeah! Okay, spin the bottle next," Brooke said grabbing the bottle and placing it in the middle. "Nate, you go first." Nathan nodded and spinned, then stopped.
"If it lands on a guy I won't have to make out with them, right?" He asked.
"Nope, and no girl-on-girl action, either," Brooke said which made the guys groan. Haley rolled her eyes, again, and watched Nathan spin the bottle. Praying that it didn't land on her.
The bottle slowed then landed on Peyton. He leaned forward and kissed her, making sure that Brooke saw his tongue. They pulled apart and Peyton rolled. It landed on Jake and they kissed. Jake rolled and it landed on Haley. They quickly kissed, then Haley rolled and it landed on Nathan.
They leaned forward and kissed. A real, deep kiss. Everyone could see the connection between the two when they kissed and they could also see that neither one of them wanted to pull away.
Haley's head was telling her to pull away now. She had kissed him and that was all she had to do. Her heart or whatever was telling her that she'd wanted to do this for a while and she was finally doing it.
Brooke just watched as her younger sister made out with Nathan and for some reason she felt slightly jealous. 'No, you love Lucas and Lucas loves you!' she told herself silently, but it didn't work. She couldn't sit there and watch so she decided that interupting would be the best thing to do.
"Okay, guys! How 'bout we just hang out. This whole spin the bottle thing is dumb."
"It was your idea, Brooke. I didn't want to play in the first place," Haley said, grabbing her book and sitting next to Chris. Nathan watched as Chris and Haley read the book and left the basement. Leaving Haley to watch him go.
A/N: Okay, that was a pretty long chapter. If you don't like long chapters just tell me and I'll make sure to keep it short. Anyway, please review! Tell me if you like Naley (nathan/haley) or Bathan (brooke/nathan) so I can decide who Nate ends up with.
