Home Sweet Home…
Haley looked over at Maria as she was driving to her new home for the next two weeks.
'I can't believe this is happening,' Haley told herself as she looked around the car and at the beautiful city.
Haley never thought that in a million years she was going to be the one living the life of the rich. She would of thought that Nathan or Brooke where going to be the ones to, but it was funny how it didn't turn out that way.
'This is going to be awesome,' she added happily to herself.
She continued to look around the radiant city. It had started to become dark and now she could clearly see the light of the different buildings and clubs. She looked again to the immense blue water and loved the sight and sound of the dynamic waves crashing on the shore. She turned forward again and noticed a beautiful white mansion coming into view.
"Welcome to home sweet home," greeted Maria as they waited for the gates to open up.
Soon the motors moved the gates and Maria continued to drive up the driveway. They came to a halt and got out of the vehicle. Haley was amazed at the beautiful Spanish looking home before her. The house was huge and large tropical trees surrounded the home. Haley still stood agape over the beautiful structure in front of her.
"Pretty big, huh?" interrupted Maria.
"Hell yea, pretty damn big. It's even bigger than Nathan's mansion looking home," she told her.
"Nathan? Who's he?" she asked curious. "Your boyfriend?"
"Hell NO! He actually is here also with us. He was the tall, brunette, cocky, and jackass one," she explained to her.
"Sure…" she answered unconvinced. She thought for a moment and replied, " Oh, him…he was pretty cute," she replied with a smile.
"Yeah, whatever…you going to take me inside or what?" Haley asked, changing the subject.
"Of course," Maria answered excited.
Haley grabbed her luggage and began to walk up the stairs to the door of the house/mansion.
"Let me help you with that," Maria said as she grabbed one of her bags.
"Thanks," Haley answered. "They were pretty heavy," she responded with a smile.
Maria opened the door, dropped the suitcase by the door, and began to give Haley a tour of the house. She showed her the kitchen, both of the living rooms, dinning room, offices, dinning room, game room, bathrooms, the downstairs bedroom and some of the upstairs bedrooms, and the rest of the other rooms in the house.
"Wow…the house is big and so nice. I feel like I'm going to break something," she told her with a laugh.
"Don't worry…I break things all the time," Maria answered with a laugh. "Actually this morning I broke a vase that was in the hallway. I was still asleep," she added with a laugh.
Haley laughed at Maria's last comment. She liked Maria's personality so far. She was nice and welcoming to her since they both met each other.
Haley and Maria walked over back to the entrance of the house, grabbed the luggage, and walked up the stairs to her new bedroom. Maria led the way through the hallway to a room. She turned on the lights and set the bag on her bed. Haley entered her room and observed how beautiful and modern her new room was. There was an entertainment center, king size bed with a seashell as the headboard, and a desk with a computer in the room.
"Wow, this is a really nice room," Haley informed her.
"Yeah this is my favorite room, aside from my own," she replied as she sat down on the bed.
"My bedroom is like five times smaller than this," she continued.
"So…tell me about Tree Hill. How is it there? A lot of hot guys there?" Maria asked with deep interest.
"Please, Tree Hill is nothing compared to this beautiful city," Haley relied.
"This is a nice city, but I would still like to see different country."
"You've never been to the U.S.?" she asked surprised.
"No…" she answered sadly. "My dad wont let me till I'm older and more 'mature,'" she said with air quotes, "whatever that means…" she stated annoyed.
"Oh, that sucks. I'll try to convince him for you to come with us. You can stay with my family. I have 5 brothers and three sisters. A huge family."
"Awesome, I'll take you up on that," she replied with a smile. "I'm getting hungry, lets go eat," she told her as she stood up and walked out of the room.
They walked down the stairs to the kitchen.
"Estefania, tengo much hambre. Nos puedes servir?" Maria told the maid.
"Claro, ahorita las sirvo. Les voy a servir afuera," she informed her.
"Gracias," Maria answered as she began to walk out of the kitchen. "Oh, by the way that's Estefania, the cook. She makes some good tamales," she informed her.
"Hola," Haley greeted her.
"Hola," Estefania responded as she walked over to the stove.
Haley and Maria walked out of the kitchen, opened two big window doors, and walked outside.
The beautiful house amazed Haley again. The backyard had a large diving pool with rocks surrounding it, grass all over the ground, and flowers and trees all over the yard. To finish it off, the ocean glazed a breathless view of the ocean.
They walked over to a table and sat down. Estefania showed up with two plates in her hands. She set them down and served them their beverages.
"Estefania sabes donde estan mis padres?" Maria asked curious.
"Sí, van a permanecer más tiempo en la cena y no volverán hasta más tarde."
"Oh…gracias," Maria answered with a slight smile.
Estefania walked away and left Haley and Maria alone.
"I just heard, 'where are my parents,' and then something about a longer dinner," Haley said.
"Good job!" Maria retorted with a smile. "Yeah, I asked her about my parents, but they are going to stay longer at their business dinner (function)," she added with her smile disappearing.
"I'm sorry," answered Haley with her sudden change in attitude.
"It's alright," she said changing back to her old, happy self. "We are going to have to party when you're here. I'll show you some awesome Mexican parties," she said as she began to eat her tamales. "I have some awesome friends and we always have so much fun. We go clubbing also and you are so coming with us. Besides, there are some HOT guys here and at school," she informed her.
"I really don't party," Haley told her. "You know you remind me of Brooke," she stated.
"Brooke? Who's she? Girlfriend?" she asked jokingly.
"I'm sorry, but I don't curve that way," she responded with a laugh. "She's a 'friend' and she also came here with me," she told her as she tried the tamales. "Wow, these are so good," she told her as she ate some more.
"I told you that Estefania really knows how to cook," she replied as she also took a bite. "Oh, and you are still coming with me and my friends. We'll have a blast," she told her.
"Looks like I'm not getting out of that one, huh?" she asked laughingly.
"Yup," she retorted with a smile, "you'll have fun. Who are all the people that came with you on this trip?" she asked curious.
Haley described Peyton, Lucas, Brooke, but she never mentioned Nathan to her. Maria looked at her puzzled, but she decided not to ask about him.
"So you ready for school tomorrow?" she asked as they were done with dinner and with Haley describing everyone.
"I'm a little nervous," she answered truthfully. "I can speak okay Spanish. I don't know how I am going to do it at school," she told her.
"You'll do fine," she stated.
"So how do you know such well English?" she asked curious and has wanted to ask her since the beginning.
"Oh, my dad made me take English lessons since I was young. I also take English class in school, so I have to be able to speak pretty decent English," she informed her with a smile.
"Oh, that's cool," she replied pleased with her answer.
Maria looked at her watch and noticed the time.
"Woa, it's already nine," she said surprised.
"Really? It seems that it's still pretty early," she responded.
"Yeah, so lets turn in. We have school and we start at eight, so we better get going," she told her as she stood up from her chair.
"You mind if I take a quick walk around the block?" she asked her. "I just want to get familiar with my surroundings," she added.
"Yeah sure," she replied.
She walked over to her purse and pulled out a set of keys.
"Here," she said as she handed her the keys. "These are your set of keys. The key to the house is the gold one," she added.
"Thanks," she replied. "I promise I won't take that long."
"Sure," she retorted with a smile.
Haley walked to the door, opened it, and stepped outside to the fresh air and welcomed her new experience.
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Part 2Haley had walked out of the gate through a door that was situated to the side of the gate. She now roamed around the street that led to her new home. She walked past her neighbor's homes and noticed that someone else was outside. She passed the figure- not noticing who it was as she took in her fresh atmosphere. Suddenly the figure began to whistle to her. She began to walk faster- not knowing who it was, till she heard the voice of the figure.
"Haley! Haley! Haley!" it called out. "It's me Lucas," he said.
Haley turned around and saw the blonde, blue eyes of her best friend. She walked over to him and smiled.
"Sorry, I thought you were some random Mexican guy trying to kidnap me," she told him as she hugged him. "Hi."
"Hey yourself," he answered with a smirk. "So can you believe our new lifestyles for the next two weeks?" he asked her as he looked over to his home/mansion.
"NO!" she replied. "I would have never thought that you and me where going to be the ones living the fairytale," she said with a laugh.
"Yeah, me neither," he told her.
They stood for a while, talking about their new dwellings and their new families. She told him all about the house and Maria and he told her all about his house and the son of the family he is staying with. Finally Haley looked at her watched and gasped at the time.
"Oh my gosh! I should have been home a half an hour ago," she told him.
She walked over to him, hugged him, and ran off to the house-Excited and nervous of her new day of school tomorrow.
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AN: Hey you guys! I'm so sorry for the delay…but at least it's up now! Lol…I know it isn't the most exciting chapter, but next chapter is GOING to make up for it! Next weeks chapter includes the gangs first day of school and the new people they meet!
Next update:
*May 7, 2004
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