Haley emerged from her bedroom, later on in the day. As she walked down the hallway and reached the stairs, she looked down at her outfit.
"Maybe I should change…" she vocalized as she looked down at her denim skirt, white shirt, and white pumas.
"You look fine," stated Maria as she suddenly appeared by her side.
"No…I just don't really feel comfortable with this skirt on. I'm going to put on some pants," she announced while she turned around and began to retreat to her bedroom.
"No…like I said, you look fine, so let's go," Maria told her as she grabbed her arm and led her down the stairs.
"Everyone's here. Well…except for Brooke and Peyton, but that really doesn't matter. We are all waiting for you, so let's go," she repeated.
"I forgot to grab my keys and some money. Sorry, I have to go back to my room," Haley told her, hoping to go to her bedroom and change.
"Sorry…you can borrow some of my money and we are basically going to be together, so the keys really don't matter," she answered while they finally surfaced from the stairs.
Whistles soon followed as both, Maria and Haley, got off the stairs.
"Ladies, ladies, is it just me or is it suddenly getting hot in here?" asked Lucas as he approached them. "Or should I say, 'Hot in herre?"
"Shut up," responded Haley as she lightly began to blush and punched her best friend.
'Man, does Lucas know how to rile me up,' Haley told herself.
"No," Lucas answered, "it's just me," he said as he pointed to himself. "C'mon, look at me…" he added.
"I think that you've been exposed to Nathan for too long," Haley stated while she walked to the living room.
"So whom did you get ready for?" Lucas asked, serious now as he turned into big brother mode.
"For you silly, didn't you know? I've been crushing on you since junior high," Haley retorted as she got close to Lucas and looked at him intently.
Lucas stood silent at the new and unexpected confession of his best friend. He did not know what to say to her; he didn't even know what to do. All he did was stand still.
Haley abruptly began to laugh.
"Yeah…did you honestly think I'll actually be interest in you?" she asked him in between laughs.
Lucas continued to stand silent.
"You actually thought I was telling you the truth?" she questioned him again as she laughed even harder.
"No, I was just joking around. I knew you were lying," he answered, trying to regain some of his dignity.
"Sure…" Haley responded as she giggled and smiled.
Haley suddenly began to feel as if someone was starring at her. She looked around the living room until she faced the one that stared at her attentively and intensely. They were two blue eyes that gazed at her from top to bottom.
"Nathan, why don't you take a fucken picture? It'll last longer," Haley snapped at him.
Soon all eyes were on him. He sat still, bewildered at Haley's rude and uncalled for comment. Rapidly, Brooke walked into the room with an annoyed look on her face.
"You wouldn't believe what my fucken 'parents' made me do before I got here?" she asked, taking the attention away from Nathan.
"What? Could it possibly be the big W? …Work?" Haley asked.
"I just finished getting ready when 'mother dearest' walked in and said that I had to clean the kitchen before I left," Brooke said in rage. "Me…clean! I never used a fucken broom in my life! EVER! And can you believe that they don't own a dishwasher?" she continued amazed. "Hello it's the 21st century!" she continued complaining.
"WOW…" replied Lucas, surprised at the reason Brooke was mad.
"Yeah, here in Mexico a lot of people can't afford dishwashers so they have to wash the dishes by hand," stated Maria.
"You had to clean? That is the reason why you are so pissed off?" asked Lucas.
"Duh…" she answered, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"God forbid Miss Princess actually did some cleaning," responded Haley.
"Hello…I'm not used to it. Just because you are, does not mean that I am," Brooke shot back, referring to her not being used to working.
"I have to earn my way to buy things. I don't have my mommy or daddy buying me things like you do," fired back Haley.
"You guys, enough!" interrupted Maria. "Let's go to the party and have fun."
Brooke and Haley exchanged one last look before Brooke walked off, still furious.
"Good job Haley," said Nathan as he walked behind her.
"Don't even start with me Nathan," responded Haley, still mad. "You don't even want to see me as a bitch."
"You mean…like a bigger bitch," he replied as he walked out of the house and got into the car.
Haley continued to walk to the door and closed it. She hated that she has been so mean to Nathan, but there was something that took over her every time they were together in the same room. Fury was something she couldn't help, but act out.
"Hey, where's Peyton?" asked Haley as she walked towards the Denali Suburban.
"Oh…yeah, she called before and said that Rosa and she are going to meet us there," retorted Maria as she climbed into the driving seat of the black SUV.
"Oh…I see," responded Haley as she opened the door.
She looked inside and noticed that the only open seat was next to the person that made her so angry.
"Lucas, can I sit by you?" she asked him nicely as he sat beside Brooke.
Brooke turned to Lucas and gave him a threatening look.
"Sorry Hales, I'm perfectly situated here," he told her, after receiving Brooke's deadly glare.
"Get in Haley. I told Rosa I'll be at the party in ten minutes," Maria told her, pleadingly.
Haley sat down, defeated, and frustratingly tried not to touch Nathan. However, it seemed that the road and the car wouldn't allow it because every single time the car turned or hit a bump she got closer to him and ended up touching him. After a while of going again the force of the car she gave up and looked straight ahead to the road. She kept moving her legs and adjusting her skirt so less of her legs wouldn't show, but everything she did didn't work. Finally she crossed her legs and looked straight ahead again. She abruptly glanced sideways and detected that Nathan was looking at her legs.
'Geez, guys are such pervs' Haley thought to herself as she turned again and ignored him.
As if decades later, Maria pulled up to a house, much like her own, except her friends' was beachfront. The sun had gone down an hour or so ago and now the stars radiated in the sky. She looked once again to the house and noticed that there were teenagers in the front, back, and inside of the house. You could hear the music from the house when you were still in the car.
Everyone got out of the car and began to walk towards the entrance of the house and party, but Haley paused for a moment and looked out at the crashing waves moving onto the shore. After a few seconds she smiled and caught up to the group, not knowing that someone had watched her the entire time.
AN: I know, I know, it's not as long as the other chapters, but it's something right? Well I hoped that you guyz liked this chapter. It didn't include some Naley fluff, but it did include some Naley banter. LOL.
LockerRoomBandit17, Susie, OTHlover01, Barbra, and Allie- I'm glad you guys are liking the story! And Allie, It's not a Brucas so keep on reading without any worries!
Lysser8312- I'm glad you finally reviewed! I thought you fell out of the earth cuz you haven't reviewed in awhile. LOL. I'm glad that you also like the story.
MaryKate113- I'm happy that you liked Brooke changing the uniform. Come on…did you really expect Brooke to ACTUALLY follow the rules? Yeah right.
S- Naley comes in all forms, but if your looking for some Naley kissing action then you are going to have to wait till the later chapters.
Thanks everyone for the reviews and keep them coming! I'm so happy that you guys like the story so please REVIEW!!!
Spoilers:
Finally at the party:
Some more Naley banter and could someone actually be jealous?
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