"I thought that trash on the beach was littering," Brooke said. "What the hell are you doing here Nikki?"
"Came to see my daughter."
"Yeah right," Haley scoffed. "Considering how Jake has sole custody of her and a restraining order against you, it should be really easy."
"I'm sure there are ways to get past that."
"What is your problem," Brooke yelled. "Why can't you just leave us all alone?"
"What fun would that be? Jenny's my daughter, not Peyton's. I have a right to see her." Haley walked up to Nikki and slapped her across the face.
"Get out of here Nikki." Nikki slapped Haley back and well, another cat fight took place, much like the one between Peyton and Nikki during Haley's party way back. Punches were being thrown, the claws were coming out. Brooke was trying to break them up but was having no luck. Peyton finally showed up and the 2 of them were able to pull Haley off of Nikki.
"I'll say it again Nikki, get the hell out of here," Haley snarled. "Stop trying to hurt everyone I love. Just leave us alone."
"You haven't seen the last of me," Nikki said and walked away, stepping in a small child's sandcastle, causing them to cry.
"What is her problem," Peyton said. "It's one thing to hurt us, but an innocent child playing on the beach? What was she doing here anyways?"
"The usual 'I'm here for my daughter' crap," Brooke replied.
"Does she ever give it up? And nice fight you put up there Hales. Definitely ranks as high as my slap fest with that bitch." Haley laughed.
"Yeah, sorry about that. If you don't mind, I think I'll just go home." She hugged the girls and left. Brooke and Peyton then sat back down to work on their tans.
"Soooo, how are things with Lucas?"
"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" She laughed. "Slow. Not rushing into things. But hopefully once he sees me in my hot new bikini in Florida, we'll be rushing into the bedroom." A smirk spread across her face.
"Ew, spare me the details," Peyton pretended to gag.
"Like you're any better goldilocks! Need I remind you of 'blink once if it was good, blink twice if it was better than that?' "
"You wanted to know!"
"Oh whatever! So why aren't you going to Florida?"
"Money's tight and we don't want to leave Jenny that long. And I was just down there, I think I'll live."
"You are so difficult! I don't know how- whoa look at that hottie!"
"Brooke! What about Lucas?"
"What about him? It's not like we're dating or anything. Besides I can look, I just can't touch."
"I will never understand you," Peyton chuckled and the two continued enjoying their afternoon at the beach.
When Haley got back to the apartment, Nathan was still in bed. She stripped down to be only in her bikini and climbed in next to him. On instinct he wrapped his arm around her waist. "Back so soon," he asked as he turned over to face her and gasped at that sight of her scratched face. "Hales, what happened to your face?"
"Oh you know, just a run-in with Nikki, the usual."
"Haley what happened? Nikki's back?"
"She found me and Brooke at the beach and I sort of slapped her and it turned into a big fight." Nathan reached over to hug her.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'll be fine. But I always felt better when my mom would kiss my wounds."
"Oh really?" He raised an eyebrow at her and started to kiss each scratch on her face. "And might I add that you look very sexy in that swimsuit."
"Why thank you Mr. Scott," she giggled.
"You're welcome Mrs. Scott. Now come on, lets go get you cleaned up." He led her into the kitchen and washed her face. "Geez Haley, look at your arms. You guys really got into it didn't you?" She nodded. "You kicked her ass right?"
"Of course I did. Or at least I would have if Brooke and Peyton hadn't pulled me off of her." Nathan laughed.
"Well aren't you my little fighter," he asked as he turned around looking for the first aid kit that Haley insisted they kept in the house. For once he was glad she did.
"Nate, what's that mark on your shoulder and why haven't I noticed it before?" Haley suddenly realized there was a scar on the back of his right shoulder.
"It's a scar."
"From what?"
"From…" he was hesitant to respond. "From the car accident."
"Oh," Haley sighed. "Were we ever going to talk about that?"
"What's there to talk about? I hit a wall and was rushed to the hospital. That's all."
"Why did you hit the wall? Lucas said you could have turned in the opposite direction."
"I don't know," he shrugged.
"Come on Nate, what happened out there."
"Ok do you really want to know the truth! I crashed because of you Haley. All I could think about were the good times we had and how you gave it all up for music. I wanted the pain to end." He stormed back into the bedroom. Haley wasn't sure what to do so she decided to just leave and ended up at Lucas's house again.
"What happened to you," he greeted her.
"Nice to see you too," she sniffled.
"Haley what happened? Please don't tell me Poser Boy tried anything with you again."
"No it's not that."
"Then what is it?"
"Nathan," she screamed. "He crashed and nearly died because of me. It's all my fault." Lucas wasn't really sure how to react to this. Haley was on Nathan's mind during the crash. All he could do was comfort her.
"It'll be okay. Don't I always tell you that?" She nodded. "So do you want to explain why your face is all scratched up?"
"Your favorite bar slut."
"Hey I resent that. Besides she was my only bar slut just for the record. Why is she here?"
"I'll give you 3 guesses and the first 2 don't count."
"Jenny. Jenny. Jenny." He laughed. "Wow, big shocker there. Listen, I hate to do this to you but I have to leave. I'm going up with mom to Charlotte about the new café and I have to meet her in like 5 minutes. Go home and work things out." With one last hug, Haley left and headed for the apartment. When she got there, he was still in the bedroom listening to music. It took him a few minutes to notice her in the doorway. He got up and turned the music down.
"Hey you, sorry that I went off on you like that," he apologized.
"It's alright Nathan. I upset you and I need to deal with that I guess."
"Listen, I know I said you were the reason for my crash but that's not entirely true. I crashed because of me. I felt that I wasn't good enough for you and that you found something better and chased after it. I felt like I wouldn't be good enough for anyone and decided no one would care if I crashed."
"Nathan, you probably deserve better than me. Someone that wouldn't leave you. Just don't go running cars into walls when things get bad okay? Everyone cares. Me, Lucas, your parents. I don't know what I would do without you."
"You would be very bored."
"I probably would be. So promise you won't leave me?"
"I promise."
"Good! Now get up. I didn't get to swim yet today, we're going down to the pool." As soon as they got down to the pool, Nathan threw Haley in, clothes and all. "NATHAN SCOTT," she screamed.
"What? I slipped."
"You slipped! Yeah sure, come here." She grabbed his leg and yanked him into the pool.
"Hey that wasn't nice!"
"Have I been a bad girl," Haley pouted and Nathan smirked.
"Yes you have."
"But you like it when I'm bad don't you," she whispered seductively into his ear and leaned in to kiss him. Things escalated from there. Nathan took off her wet clothes so she was only in her bikini.
"This bikini is definitely a keeper," Nathan said as he kissed Haley's neck and moved down her shoulder. Hands began to roam and a certain someone's hand untied someone else's top.
"NATHAN," she yelled as the familiar rose color came to her cheeks.
"What," he asked innocently.
"You know what! I am not—" Haley tried to ramble on but was interrupted by Nathan kissing her again. She couldn't help but melt under his touch.
"Come on Hales, we haven't christened the pool yet," Nathan said in a husky voice.
"I can't believe we just did that," Haley squealed as they ran back into the apartment. She kept going towards the bedroom. "Ready for round 2?"
"Wouldn't this be about round 4 by now," Nathan laughed as he was dragged into the room.
Peyton got home later that night from the beach. Jake was watching TV with Jenny. "Hey how was the beach?"
"Good for the most part. There's something you should know though. When I first got there, Haley was slapping the hell out of Nikki."
"Nikki? What is she doing here?"
"What do you think Jake? She wants to make our lives a living hell!"
"Well she won't be able to this time." The doorbell rang and Peyton got up to get it.
"I swear to God if this is her…" She opened the door. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm sorry I took off before. Can we talk?"
"I don't know. Are you going to tell me lies?"
"I guess I deserved that."
"You're right dad, you did deserve that. You deserve a whole lot more."
"Just hear me out Peyton. I made a mistake when I was a teenager. But that mistake gave me one of the people I love most, you. So can we just get past this and move on?"
"I'm not sure if I can handle that," she said softly. "I'll need time to think about it."
"Okay, let me know when you're ready to talk. I'll be staying with your grandmother for awhile."
"Alright, bye." Peyton headed back towards the livingroom.
"Who was that?"
"My dad."
"Oh. What did he want?"
"I don't really want to talk about it now. Come here Jenny," Peyton held out her arms to the little girl. "I can't believe she is almost 1."
"I know. We'll have to throw her a big party. Don't you want that baby girl," he asked as he tickled Jenny. The couple enjoyed their night in playing with their daughter. What they didn't know was that Nikki was right outside watching them.
A few weeks later it was time to head down to Florida. Peyton, Jake, and Jenny all showed up to say goodbye.
"Now remember, I'm a size 3 and Jenny here is a 1T," Peyton said as she hugged her best friends.
"I'll miss you Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer."
"I'll miss you too Brooke Penelope Davis."
"Haven't we had this conversation before?"
"Yes we have," Peyton laughed and then hugged Haley. "Try not to attack bar sluts on the beach."
"Shut up," Haley stuck her tongue out at Peyton. "But make sure that a certain bar slut stays away."
"I will. I think I might have learned a thing or two from you at the beach," she winked. "Have fun, love you guys!" After Nathan and Lucas said their goodbyes, everyone got into the car. Lucas was driving and Brooke was in the passenger seat.
"No funny business back there Nick and Jessica," she said. "Let's hit the road!" She popped in her favorite Britney Spears CD and started singing along. "My loneliness is killing me (And I) I must confess, I still believe…"
"Brooke do we have to listen to that," Lucas complained.
"Of course we do Broody. Come on like you don't think she's hot."
"I never said she wasn't hot, just the music…"
"Oh whatever, I know she's on the top of your soon to be MILF list," Brooke laughed. Nathan and Haley sat in the back amused at the scene in front of them.
"Why don't they just make out now," Nathan whispered into her ear. "I think everyone knows how in love they are but them."
"I know. Guess we'll just have to set them up! So are you nervous about the game?"
"A little. I haven't been able to practice as much as the other guys, but I think I'll be okay."
"You really should have gone down sooner. I could have taken care of myself."
"No, I wanted to stay with you. You mean more to me than basketball. And you coming down for this game is like my good luck charm. I play much better when you're there."
"Is that so," she smirked. She kissed him lightly and laid her head down in his lap. A couple hours later, Brooke and Haley were both asleep. Nathan was admiring his wife sleeping.
"Take a picture, it'll last longer," Lucas remarked as he looked over his shoulder.
"Don't act like you don't steal glances of Miss Wannabe Britney every 5 seconds."
"Whatever dude." The car started to slow down. "Shit! What the hell is going on?" The car came to a complete stop and wouldn't restart. Brooke began to wake up.
"Are we there already?"
"Not exactly," Lucas muttered and got out of the car. Nathan pulled out his cell phone to call for help.
An hour later, a towing company came out and got the car. The car was being sent to a local body shop and would be ready the next morning. Lucas finally found a motel to crash in. Florida would just have to wait one more day.
"Ew! There is no way in hell I am sleeping here," Brooke said when they walked in. The motel was run down and didn't look very sanitary. "Why can't we stay at the Hilton?"
"Because the Hilton was about 300 miles back in a larger city. Come on let's get some sleep."
"On that bed? Are you kidding me? I am leaving this place with a rash," Brooke declared.
"Planning on making some extra money tonight?"
Once again Haley and Nathan were entertained by yet another Brooke and Lucas scene. 'If they would just stop being so stubborn and go for it,' Haley thought to herself. "Alright you guys, just get in the bed. The sooner you go to sleep, the sooner we can get to Florida." This cheered Brooke right up.
"Actually, we're going to go on a walk," Nathan said. "Be back in a little bit." And with that, he dragged Haley out the door.
"Hey what was that?"
"Just giving them some alone time," he raised his eyebrows. Hand in hand the couple walked down the street admiring the small stores and views of the tiny town. After about an hour of walking they headed back to the motel. "After you," Nathan said while opening the door.
"Oh you're such a gentlem—" She shut up when she realized what was going on.
Brooke lying on top of Lucas with her shirt off was what they were witnessing.
So I think this was a really random chapter. lol Wasn't really sure what to write about, but what else is new! Hopefully it is setting some things up for future chapters. I'm thinking the next 2 chapters will be Florida and the end of summer which will all be fluff. Then school will probably start, so expect drama. Suggestions for things you want to happen in Florida are welcome! Thanks for reading!