Chapter 3

The racing against the blue eclipse…

"What's up Haley?" asked Steven as he approached my locker during lunch.

"Hey. So how is Tree Hill High for you?" I asked him as I closed my locker.

"It's alright," he answered as someone passed by us and nodded to my brother.

In response, he nodded back. Peyton abruptly came out of nowhere and greeted us.

"So what was that about?" I asked him, curious to why someone who has been in this school for two or three hours was already getting nods from our other classmates.

"What was what?" he asked confused.

"Never mind…" I uttered as we began to walk to the parking lot. "It's just… that I've been for three years and I still haven't gotten hellos or nods from my other classmates," I added annoyed.

"Is Haley a little jealous?" asked Steven with a smile.

"Cute Steven, just forget I even said anything," I stated as we walked to his car.

Thankfully, the upperclassmen are able to leave campus during lunch. Now that Steven attends and drives, I am now able to leave the school. I have my license and everything, but I just prefer not to drive as much. The only downfall about leaving campus is that we only have 35 minutes of lunch time.

Peyton continued to follow us and I finally noticed and turned around.

"So are you coming with us?" I asked as I walked by her side.

"Yeah Steven invited me," she answered as we continued to walk to the car.

"I see…" I responded as we reached the car and opened the door. "I'll go in the back," I said as I got inside the car.

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"Yeah, I think I'll do," I retorted as I got situated in the back.

Steven got inside and turned on the engine. Within a couple of minutes, we were outside the campus at a stop light with 50 Cent blaring in the car. A midnight blue eclipse unexpectedly pulled by our side and reared up his engine. Steven looked over at the car and became aware that the car next to him wanted to race.

"Looks like we have someone who wants to lose beside us…" he declared as he nodded his head in agreement to the other person in the car.

"Don't do it," I told him as he reared up his engine.

The light turned green and Steven stepped on the gas. I looked over at the speedometer and observed that we were going 60, 70, 80, and then 90 MPH.

"STEVEN!" I screamed as I saw that we were going 110.

I glanced over at Peyton and she just sat there as if it wasn't a big deal. In panic, I glimpsed at the car next to us and noted that he was right behind us. Suddenly, Steven switched lanes and made a sharp turn into a Plaza. We were now sitting outside a McDonalds.

"I told you the guy was toast," he said as he turned off the engine. "No one can beat my baby," he continued as he kissed the steering wheel.

I sat there, stunned at how calm both Peyton and Steven were.

"Whatever… get out of the car," I demanded.

We soon all stood outside.

"I'm going to go to the bathroom so I'll see you inside," I said as I walked off, not noticing a blue Eclipse pull beside Steven.

AN: Hey there you guys! Well thanks for the awesome reviews. Although I hoped for a little more, lol…but oh well! So anyways I hoped that you guys liked this chapter and I'll hopefully have chapter 4 up during the week, next week, but…

Spoilers:

-In McDonald's…

-Talking…

Who's on the basketball team?

Well read and find out more! So see ya guys later and PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks! Love ya!

-Sleepneeded911