"Nathan, what are you doing?" Lucas snapped at his brother. His head wasn't in the game and it was starting to tick him off.
"What?" Nathan asked as if nothing was happening. Jake and Tim stopped fighting over the ball and jogged over to them.
"What are you doing? This has to be the first time that I'm kicking you ass by more then ten points! This is so unlike you." Lucas informed Nathan.
"Nothing, I'm fine." Nathan replied. Lucas didn't like where this was going. He had to take a more direct approach.
"Who's the girl?" Lucas grabbed the ball from Jake and shot it perfectly through the hoop.
"What are you talking about, man?" Nathan was starting to get mad. Only because Lucas was right on target.
"That's the only thing that's ever gotten you so twisted. Who is she?" Lucas dribbled impatiently. Nathan sighed. The only person he wanted to talk about this was Lucas. He looked around at Tim and Jake who were eagerly waiting for Nathan's answer. There was no way he was getting out of this one.
"I don't know what it is yet, but, I think I might have something for Haley." Nathan looked away, dreading their response.
"Finally!" They all cheered.
"What are you talking about?" Nathan questioned.
"Dude, you've totally been checking her out for the past few weeks. We can totally tell and so can she so why don't you do us all a favor and just tell her you like her." Jake suggested. The other's agreed.
"I don't know," Nathan said. He shot the ball, it went in perfectly. "What if she doesn't feel the same?"
"There's only one way to find out." Lucas pointed out. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and pressed speed dial one for his girlfriend.
Hello? Brooke answered her phone.
Hey Cheery, I need to ask you a favor. Lucas said.
Hey Broody! I was actually just about to call you. What's up? Brooke already knew what was up. She was just about to ask Lucas the same thing.
Nathan and Haley, we have to get them together. Lucas had walked far enough away from the rest of the guys to talk with out being heard. He likes her but doesn't know if she feels the same way and you know how he is with his reputation.
Yeah, only too well, how about a party? We'll get them totally wasted and then they won't have a choice! Brooke suggested.
Yeah, that sounds great. Lucas replied ready to hang up.
Great, call you with details. And with that, Brooke hung up.
"Who was that?" Haley asked.
"Lucas, he wants to have a party." Brooke said as if it happened every day. Come to think of it, it really did!
"Okay, where?" Haley really sounded interested.
"My house, of course, we'll just do the usual. How about Friday?" Brooke was dragging them into a Bebe store to pick out outfits.
"Sure, so I take it we're shopping for that now." Peyton laughed.
"Of course!" Brooke cried. Haley smiled to herself. Maybe this was her chance to finally get with Nathan. And not just for the night.
