Peyton was worried about her talk with Nathan. She just didn't know how he would take it. But she had promised Lucas that she would talk to him, and so it just seemed like the thing to do. She wanted to make Lucas happy with everything she did. It was the only way she could think of to get to his heart before Brooke came too close.

"Lucas! I'm so happy you're here, I have the greatest idea." Brooke shouted as she walked into the cafe.

"Hey baby, what is it?"

"Okay, this might sound totally lame, and old fashioned, but I think it would be a lot of fun if we did this. Okay, for Valentine's Day. I thought we could just go out to dinner and then go out by the stars in my backyard, and sip Champagne. What do you think?"

"Brooke, I thought I told you I had reservations to that one Italian restaurant downtown for Valentine's Day, and then afterwards I gotta help my mom close up the cafe, so I can only eat dinner with you."

"Oh, well yeah I knew that. But um .. I just thought it might be kind of nice if we did something a little different from other couples. Like, ya know the whole GIFT THING? Well, why should couples need to give gifts? HUH? I mean, they love each other enough as it is so why should a gift be important? I don't think it should be. I think they should just go out to dinner, a nice romantic dinner and then, just hang out together if they can. But not give gifts. I mean, isn't the company of your woman, enou .. or man, enough?"

Lucas gave her an eye like she was going insane. And don't think he was far off with that assumption.

"Brooke, I have no idea what you just said. But in the interest of saving time, and brain cells, umm .. sure! Whatever you say." Lucas agreed simply to get out of another huge, and senseless explanation.

Brooke didn't mind what the reason was he was agreeing with her, as long as he did. She had NO IDEA what to get him for V-Day. And she didn't want to make a complete fool of herself when it came time to exchange gifts. Besides, Lucas would probably get her a gift anyway. He was smart like that.


Haley was so confused about everything. She was confused about liking Nathan, about Lucas trying to keep her away from him, and about the phone call she had just received from Peyton.

FLASHBACK

"Hello?" Haley answered.

"Hey, this is Peyton."

"Oh hey Peyton, what's up?"

"Nothing um.. I was actually wondering if you could meet me at school? There's something kind of important I need to talk to you about." Peyton was anxious for Haley's response.

"Oh, well yeah, but wouldn't this just be simpler to do over the phone?" Haley asked.

"Um, I'm not really good at talking to people over the phone Haley, I think you better just come down here so we can talk." Peyton was more nervous than she had ever felt talking to Haley.

"Oh, well yeah sure, just let me grab a jacket and I'll be right there."

END FLASHBACK

Confused, Haley grabbed her jacket and left.


Peyton awaited Haley at the school. Her palms were sweaty. She had no idea how she was going to do this, but she had to.

Haley spotted Peyton and began jogging towards her.

"Hey Peyton" She halfway yelled.

"Hi"

"So, what did you need to talk to me about?" Haley asked a bit out of breath once she reached her.

"Well, it's about Nathan."

Haley's jaw dropped, she rolled her eyes. It didn't take a scientist to figure out how angry she was.

"You've got to be kidding me. Lucas sent you didn't he? I can't believe this. You know, ever since I told Lucas how I felt about Nathan, he hasn't let me forget how much he hates him. He thinks that I can't be with someone that he's not friends with, or something. I don't even know. All I know is that the way I feel about Nathan is the way I feel. And there's nothing that Lucas, or you can do to make me feel differently."

"Haley, I.."

"No, no Peyton. You wanted me to come here for one specific reason. And I don't know if it's because you still have feelings for Nathan, or because you don't want to see him with anyone else, or maybe because you don't want to disappoint Lucas. But I know that you got me to come here, to stop me from telling Nathan how I feel about him."

"How do you feel about me Haley?" Nathan came out from behind a tree, a smirk upon his face.


Hiiii .. I know I haven't updated in A REALLY LONG TIME. But I've just been kind of busy with some things and so here ya go! I am happy to know however that, I have received another review, and was added to the person's favorite stories list! So thanks for adding me, it really does motivate me to keep writing, knowing that someone is reading and liking my work. I will however say that it's not the best work I've done, but definitely fun and worthwhile to write