Chapter 2:
"Haley?" Lucas couldn't believe his eyes. Right in front of him is the girl he just was thinking about, his best friend, the one who he would've last seen up in billboards or in MTV or in posters put up in several record stores. Before him was his best friend, Haley James.
Haley bit her lower lip and couldn't contain herself. She jumped up as she reached for her best friend to give him a tight hug. "Oh my God! I never thought I'd see you again. Well, of course I thought of seeing you again but not this early, you know what I mean? Oh my goodness! I missed you so much! How long has it been?"
Lucas smiled and said, "Too long?"
Then their hug broke off. "Aww, c'mon!" Haley teased. He laughed.
"Wait, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be touring or something?"
"Well," Haley sat at one of the benches. "I am on tour. We just got from Atlanta and a whole other bunch of places and our last stop is," then she looked around and smiled. "Home."
"Oh," Lucas said as he sat down just a seat below Haley. "So you are on tour with the Wreckers. Here in Tree Hill," he sounded amazed. "Wow Hales, seems like life's there treating you so well."
"Yeah well," she smiled. "It's been crazy, fast, unpredictable, awesome but sometimes lonely." Haley faced him then looked around. "You see Luke, when you're there, it's different. Kind of makes you think most about the people you left and the things that you're gonna miss the most."
"Yeah, like me huh?" He joked.
She hit him at the back jokingly and they laughed. "So, how about you? How's Tree Hill treating you?"
"Well," Lucas looked up to her. "Let's just say it would be different if you're here."
And after some period of time of reminiscing, story telling and a lot of laughing, Haley's cell rang. She grabbed it from her coat's pocket and looked at the screen. "Oh shoot. It's Chris. Can you hold on for a second?" She asked Lucas. He motioned that he wouldn't mind. Haley smiled and answered the phone. "Hey Chris. Yeah. Ok, I'm off. Ok, yes I will be there in a hurry. Oh shut up, Chris. Fine, just go and don't think I'll be talking to you when I get there. Bye Chris. Bye. Bye. Bye."
"What was that about?" Lucas asked.
"Chris can sometimes be really I don't know, like you. With a lot of ego of course, that separates you a part," Haley kidded. She stood up then faced him, "But in reality, if he wasn't there through out all this, I don't think I would make it."
Lucas sighed, "So what, he's your boyfriend now?"
"Oh no! Eew. Chris, uhh, no." Haley grabbed something from her other pocket and gave it to him. "Here, I'm running late. Go and if I don't see you there, I'm never gonna forgive you. Ever. And I mean it this time."
Lucas took the ticket, kissed Haley in the cheek and as she went off, he looked at the ticket and smiled.
"Ok, I have asked a bunch of people to go with us but looks loike everyone's got a ticket of their own now," Peyton told Brooke as they took a seat at their resident cafeteria table with their trays of food.
"Mac and cheese. Aren't there any other recipes Mrs. Kurt know aside from Mac and cheese and buttered peas? I mean, I couldn't fry an egg but given time, I could give her a run for her money." Brooke said as she stared at her tray. She sighed, grabbed her fork and tried to start eating her food. She turned to Peyton and replied, "You know what, why don't we just ask one of them?" Brooke's eyes laid on the table of Lucas. "What do you think?"
"Them? Aren't they like out of you social circle," Peyton joked.
"Haha," she laughed sarcastically. "As student body president, I need to widen my horizons, ok?"
"Well, if you insist. So who're we asking?"
Brooke sighed again, "Let's try Broody there. I think he'll be interested."
Peyton rolled her eyes, "And you also think he's hot."
Brooke giggled. Her best friend knew her all too well. "Well, yeah!"
So after eating, the two stood up and met with Lucas when her was about to go to class. "Hey I'm Peyton."
"Yeah, Jake's girlfriend," Lucas said and smiled. "Jake and I are good friends and I think we're the only ones who aren't asses in the team." He turned to Brooke, "Ms. Student Body President." Brooke played a smile on her lips. "What can I do for you, ladies?"
"Wel, we have a spare ticket to the Wreckers concert and my friend here," Peyton looked at Brooke. Brooke shot her a 'you'll be dead later on' look. "was thinking if you are interested to accompany us."
"Oh, I'm sorry guys but I already have a ticket. I'm sorry. I am honored but I'm sorry, I don't think I can," Just then a voice from behind Peyton was heard.
"I'm free. Can I be the one to take you girls?" Nathan asked, jokingly.
"Nate, we're not up for games ok?" Brooke said.
"No, I'm really serious that I want to go. Haley James used to be my uhh… I just used to know her."
Lucas' eyebrow shot up and he had a quite irritated face on. He knew what his half-brother might be up to. And then the bell rang and Peyton and Brooke were left with no choice. "Fine. 7 pm at the Lincoln Coliseum,'" Peyton said.
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