It can't be you!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the characters you have never seen before. And I also have no claim to the shot 'green setruce'. Its feckin' lethal stuff though… I highly recommend it. Lol.
Summary: Haley's world is turned upside down when her past becomes her present.
Pairings: Naley - Brucas - Jeyton.
Rating: PG-13 (that's just for mild swearing).
Sunday was supposed to be a day to rest. The one day in the week he had to himself. No work. No school. No training. The morning was usually wasted away in a deep slumber.
But not this morning. When he arrived home, earlier than he usually would on a Saturday night, Nathan went straight to bed in hope of a good sleep.
But what seemed to be a regular occurrence in Nathan Scott's life. He didn't get what he wanted.
Nathan tossed and turned in his hotel bed waiting for his exhaustion to take effect. But with no avail. He found the room either too hot, too cold or too close for him to sleep in. So he resigned to getting up at six and watching the sports channel.
Finally three hours later his brother appeared wanting breakfast. "Well the dead arose and appeared to many." Nathan mocked; looking at his brother's disheveled appearance. "All I'm hearing from you right now is blah blah blah." Nathan smirked as he switched off the TV ready for breakfast.
"Good night then?" Nathan asked as Lucas shushed him for his apparently loud voice. "I'm never touching green sutruce again." Nathan laughed and shook his head. "How'd you get started on the shots?" He asked trying to steer Lucas towards the door so they would make it in time for the breakfast menu. "Peyton and Brooke! I blame them."
Nathan began laughing at his brother once again as he watched him attempt to walk in a straight line toward the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel. "People who can't handle their drink annoy me..." he mumbled as he followed Lucas.
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"Hale's you getting' up?" Haley heard the distinct sound of Brooke's voice outside her bedroom. The sleepy brunette groaned and pulled the covers further over her head in attempt to block out Brooke.
Brooke opened her friends' door slowly and smiled at the scene before her. No limbs in sight just a large lump rested on her bed. Brooke smiled before quietly making her way across the room before climbing onto Haley's bed. She began to jump like a five year old on Christmas morning, shouting. "HALEY, TIME TO GET UP!"
Haley pushed off the quilt and glared at Brooke. "You better get off my bed this second before I beat you to death." Haley voiced sternly. Brooke stopped immediately before looking down at her friend. "You're cranky." Brooke concluded as she sat on the edge of Haley's bed.
"What happened?" Brooke asked making herself comfortable by snatching one of the two pillows beneath Haley's head.
Haley re-adjusted herself and looked at Brooke. "Why are you so cheerful at this time of the morning?" she asked. "Don't avoid the question. What happened?" Brooke asked again, this time her voice occupied the serious tone that Haley knew and hated.
"You want to know?" Haley asked sitting up on her bed and turning toward the horizontal Brooke. "Ok. I'll tell you. You and Peyt is what's wrong. You just had to go and screw everything up. Why did you go interfering in my relationship?" Brooke followed Haley and sat up and looked her straight in the eyes. "Haley, what happened?" she inquired concerned.
"I think Simon broke up with me." Haley informed her, still slightly angry. "What do you mean 'think'", Brooke asked. "He said something along the lines of 'I'll see you later." Haley said imitating Simon's word and tone.
"Did you two have a fight?" Brooke probed further. Brooke really did not mean to cause Haley heart ache but she didn't belong with Simon. "Sort of." Haley answered softly. Haley lowered her head knowing what was to come. She really didn't want to tell Brooke that Nathan was the butt of her and Simon's fight.
"What was the fight about?" Brooke asked knowing full well what the answer would be. Haley looked out the side of her eyes at Brooke; guiltily. "Nathan." Brooke proposed. Haley took a deep breath and fell back onto her bed. "Who else?"
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After ordering their breakfasts, Lucas and Nathan sat in silence at their table. "So what time did you get back at?" Lucas asked starting on his BLT sandwich. Nathan looked up at Lucas from his coffee. "Like ten minutes after I left the restaurant." He answered truthfully.
"No Bec" Lucas questioned knowing he was walking into dangerous territory. "No Bec, but that was all up to you and Brooke. Thanks for that by the way." Nathan voiced bitterly.
Lucas swallowed his last bite of his sandwich and straightened up in his chair. "Oh come on, you didn't even like her." Lucas mentally crossed his fingers in hope that his brother had not been attracted to his previous night's date.
"That's beside the point," Nathan scolded Lucas "... don't ... just leave the whole thing alone." Lucas took a breath of relief; he had thought that she would have gotten his head bitten off for his actions.
But Lucas just had to reaffirm the point he was making the night before. "You still have to talk to her, you know. You can't leave without sorting this out."
Nathan had had enough. He shoved his chair back abruptly and stood up. "I said leave it alone, Luke. It's none of your business what happens between Haley and me." Nathan finished loudly and stormed out of the restaurant.
Hey guys. Long time no fanfiction writing. I'm really sorry about the long wait but I just had my leaving cert, so I haven't had a lot of spare time on my hands. I only have my chemistry exam left so I should be updating all my fics in the next while.
There was no naley in this chapter but there will be in the next chapter so don't fret.
Please tell me how I'm adjusting to life back in fanfiction by reviewing this chapter.
ilvjameslafferty: Oh hey it could be a while till I get them together but I haven't got a plan so you never know. Sorry again for the really really late update. Hope you liked this chapter. Sarah.
Aiesha: Well I do love my drama. It wouldn't be a naley fic without the drama drama drama. Thanks for the review and sorry to have kept you waiting. Sarah.
Jen-me-ster: thanks for the compliment but I have to definitely up my game to compete with the other authors on this site. I'm glad you're liking the story and please review again. It's a great push to just sit and type. Thanks. Sarah.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY.
