Chapter 9

Easing down on the war…

Part I

Finding the dress…

"Hey Maria…so what exactly do you wear to a Quinceñera?" Haley asked her as she looked through her closet.

"Um…" she began as she yelled across from her room. "Um…" she continued as she left her room and approached Haley's. "You basically wear something dressy, but also comfortable and sexy," she tried to explain.

Haley just stared at her, still now knowing what to wear.

"Okay…" she said as she went back to her room and came back to Haley's with clothes in her hands.

"I'm wearing a dress," she told her as she showed her a black, spaghetti strap dress. "See, it's cute because of all the sparkles, but also sexy 'cause of the shortness and slit on the side," she showed her.

"Um k…." Haley answered as she glanced real quickly to her closet. "I don't have anything like that in my closet so looks like I'm not going. That's too bad, have a great time," she said as she jumped on the bed and lay down with a smile.

"Getting better with the excuses, but no… The good thing is that we are basically the same size, so get your ass up and come with me to my room," she commanded.

"Fine," she answered defeated. "But it has to be something I can actually stand to wear and something that is actually conservative," she told her.

"Come on, do you expect me to go to a party with a whorer?" Maria asked. "Well maybe…but nah. I have the perfect dress for you anyways," she commented as she looked through her closet.

She rummaged through her closet for a few minutes until she pulled out a gorgeous red dress.

"Ta da!" she exclaimed as she showed her the dress.

"Wow…" Haley replied as she grabbed the dress and looked at it in admire ness.

The dress was a little red dress that also had spaghetti straps. It had a floral bottom and Haley could tell that it would end before her knees. It was a plain red dress, but it had its own unique cuteness and sexiness. Plus, there was also a slit on the side that showed off much of her leg.

"Are you sure?" Haley asked her.

"Yeah…here you go," she responded as she handed her a pair of heels.

"Thanks," Haley told her.

"Now go change 'cause it's already 4:30 and the reception already started. Plus, I don't want to miss the vals so get going," she said as she kicked her out of her room.

"Fine…" she answered as she got out.

"Be ready in an hour and a half," she yelled out as she turned on the shower to her bathroom.

"Okay…" Haley screamed back as she closed her own door, walked over to the stereo, put in the Gavin Degraw CD, walked to her bathroom, closed the door, and began to get ready.

Part II

In the Quinceñera...

"Where is everyone?" Haley asked as she stood inside of the hall where the reception and the party took place in.

"Hold on…" Maria answered as she looked around at the masses of people sitting in the tables conversing amongst themselves.

Haley was taking in the scene before her. There appeared to be a mariachi playing in the stage area. It became visible that a DJ was setting up in the stage as the Mariachi played and she could see a group of guys wearing similar outfits. Haley believed that they were probably part of a band. She saw a long table were it contained about 30 seats. She continued to look around some more and noticed a teenager, about her age, wearing a beautiful white dress. She glanced some more and saw numerous amount of girls wearing the same purple dress and the guys wearing the same black tux.

"There they are," interrupted Maria as she waved back to Rosa.

Haley looked over at the direction and finally distinguished Rosa standing up and waving to them. Peyton was sitting down beside her.

"Hey you guys," greeted Rosa as we both approached them.

"Hey there you two, we thought that you guys might have been lost," stated Rosa as she kissed Maria on the cheek.

"We found it…it's just we couldn't find you guys," informed Maria.

"Wow…you guys look great. I love both of your dresses," Rosa told Haley and Maria.

"Thanks," they said in unison.

"I love your dress also," answered Maria as she pointed to Rosa's pink dress.

"Haley you really do look great," stated Peyton as she stood up.

"Thanks Peyton," responded Haley as she blushed a little.

Haley really didn't know if she should have worn the dress. She wasn't the type of girl to show off some leg, but it seemed that a lot of people seemed to have liked her outfit. As both she and Maria got out of the car, random guys whistled at them when they were outside and when they were entering.

"I also love your outfit," she began, "I couldn't really picture you in a pink sundress," she continued as she referred to her black skirt and red top.

"Well you know…" she said as she sat down.

"So this looks like a wedding…" commented Haley as she looked at all the decorations and at all the people.

"It does, does it?" answered Maria as she glanced around. "It basically is the same except for the actual marriage thing," she continued. "Plus, it costs about the same," she added.

"I bet," said Peyton as she glimpsed around the large room. "So where is Nathan and…Pedro, I think…" she added unsure.

"Let's see…" responded Rosa as she looked around.

"Hey Maria," greeted someone from behind.

Everyone looked up at the talking figure and noticed that it was Pedro. Behind Pedro stood Nathan, in an uncomfortable state.

"Oh…hola Pedro," she greeted him as she got up and hugged him. "Horita te estabamos buscando…" she added.

"Pues, aquí estoy," he replied as he finally left his gaze from her and looked at the other girl beside her. "Hey Rosa," he welcomed her as he walked over to her and hugged her.

"Me encanta tu traje. Te ves muy elegante," she said as she referred to his tux.

"Te gusta?" he questioned her as he gave a show of his black tux to everyone. "entonces quienes son esta dos bonitas muchachas?" he asked as he finally noticed Peyton and Haley.

"Huh?" Peyton asked confused.

"I'm Pedro," he introduced himself as he walked over to them.

Haley and Pedro stood up and shook hands with him.

"And you are…" he questioned Peyton and Haley, not catching their names.

"Well I'm Peyton and that's Haley," she told him.

"Haley…very beautiful name," he commented, "for a very beautiful girl," he added as he intensely looked at her with a smirk.

"So….I heard that you're a chambelan," retorted Haley as she tried to take the attention off herself.

"As you can tell by the same tux, why yes," he answered as he continued to stare.

"Hey there Nathan," greeted Maria as she finally noticed him standing behind Pedro. "Come sit down next to me," she told him.

"So who is this?" asked Rosa as she looked at Nathan with interest.

"I don't believe I met you before," Nathan responded with a smile. "I'm Nathan Scott and you are…"

"Rosa Cortez. Pleasure to meet you," she said as she got up and showed her flawless smile.

"Okay so we have all met each other…so where is Mario and Lucas?" asked Peyton as she began to feel uncomfortable because of everyone becoming attracted to each other.

"Um…I really don't know…" answered Haley as she glanced at Peyton. "I haven't talked to him all day so I guess we kind of forgot to tell them what was up with today. Opps…"

Everyone stood quiet as they all exchanged looks.

"So I'm going to go to the bathroom," announced Peyton as she got off her chair. "Haley come with me," she commanded rather than asked.

"Yeah sure," Haley answered as she too got off her chair and began to walk with Peyton; Glad of leaving the table.

"Where's the bathroom again?" Peyton asked as she turned around and faced the group before continuing to walk.

"Keep on going straight and then turn to the right and you should see a sign saying damas or something of that sort," replied Pedro. "Or if you want I can show you?" he asked as he got up.

"No thanks, I think we can handle it," responded Peyton as she grabbed Haley by the wrist and began to walk to their destination.

"What was all that about?" Haley questioned Peyton, confused.

"Well looks like tutor girl, Haley is getting all the attention lately," Peyton told her as she smiled.

"What are you talking about?" Haley asked, pretending that she didn't know of what she was saying.

"Haley come on, you and I know that you got the attention of three cute guys. First Mario and now Pedro," she told her.

"Wait hold on…you said three. Who is the third one?" she asked puzzled.

"You have to be kidding me if you don't know who I am talking about," she responded as she turned and looked at her.

Haley just stood motionless and speechless.

"Haley, open your eyes and start recognizing what is in front of you because if you don't then…it's going to disappear as fast as when you finally identify it," replied Peyton as she looked at her and gave her a defeated look.

-AN: Hey there you guys! Well as you can see that is part 1 of the Quinceñera. I decided to cut it into two parts because the chapter would have been hella long if I didn't so…

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Spoilers:

-Rosa and Nathan talk…

-Haley and Pedro talk…

-Could they each begin to get envious of each other talking to other people?

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