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The Right to Remain Silent
Top of the World
"Why didn't you just tell them who your father was, that would have cleared matters up real well." The housekeeper, Emma, finished making the bed as she tucked the top of the sheets under the pillows and looked around for anything else that was out of place.
"Maybe I wanted to take care of something on my own, free from daddy dearest." She took a sip of her orange juice, stood up from the table on her balcony, and walked into her room. Emma had worked for them since as long as she could remember. With her father and mother's lifestyle there hadn't been time for them to actually be her parents, so she had filled in the gaps that they left.
"Well, never matter, anything else you'd like done before I move on?" Haley looked distant as she stared at nothing imparticular, but broke from her trance at her voice.
"No, I'm fine thanks."
"You better be off miss or you'll be late for your first day. Be careful, make new choices, and try to make friends." Haley looked at her like she had never heard the word before and the older woman spoke again. "You know friends, those people that are there for you when you need them, they go with you to the mall, and out for things. Those people who say, "let's go get a soda" and you go with them happily."
"I don't think anyone asks someone out for a soda anymore."
"A cup of coffee?" She shook her head. "Slice of pie?"
"Breakfast, lunch, and dinner." Haley told her.
"See this is why American's population is obese. When I was a kid you went out and split a cherry soda, maybe if the guy had money you would share some french fries." Both of them laughed.
"Woah, woah, woah! I thought you said make friends, now you want me to date? If this how they did it in 'your day' I'm surprised we're considered the fast generation."
"Watch your mouth bunny and go, Johnson is waiting for you." Haley opened his mouth.
"I didn't think dad was serious! It wasn't even my fault."
"He wasn't serious but I told him that he should stick the punishment he gave you."
"It's the first day of school and I can't drive my car?"
"Don't you speak to me in that tone and yes, you can't."
"So when can I?"
"I was going to say tomorrow but if you keep this up then"
"Yes! I gotta go," Haley hugged her and flew out of her room after glancing at the clock, "see you later if I'm not out 'splitting a soda' with a member of the basketball team!" She called and when Emma heard them and the way she used them she regretted them ever coming from her mouth and walked to the next room.
O-O-O
Is there anybody out there?
That wakes up with a bitter taste?
It's a king that we put up there
And he's a short way to fall from grace
O-O-O
"Nathan, no matter who your father is no college is gunna want to except a small town delinquent who can't nail half his free throws. You're just lucky that I gave Wined a deal on his car last year or your ass would be fried. When Nathan didn't respond he knocked on his door and opened it to see his son passed out over his bed with empty beer cans scattered around him and a half naked blonde girl gathering clothing items off his floor. "Well at least now I see why you haven't been nailing your free throws."
"Mr. Scott, this isn't what it looks like. I mean we didn't, no we did, but we didn't ya know," she pulled a shirt over her head, "I'll be going now, say hi to Nathan for me will ya? Bye." She scampered out of the room in utter embarrassment but peeked her head in again. "Oh and Mr. Scott," he nodded for her to talk, "I totally agree with you, Nathan seriously has to get his act together." He scoffed and motioned for her to leave.
"Nathan," he almost screamed, "get the hell out of that bed before I get in there and drag you out! I have five minuets before I go into work and if you want a ride hurry the fuck up." After that he walked out and attempted to tie his tie while Nathan looked at the clock next to his bed.
"Fuck." He rolled over and searched for his boxers among the clothes scattered on his floor.
O-O-O
It's slowly filling upward.
You can stand but you have no ground.
I hear it from the lost words.
They say its time that you lost your crown.
O-O-O
"You must have come straight from the hive cause girl you look sweet as honey." Tim licked his lips and watched as the pissed off red head flipped him off and continued on her way.
"Fine then, be that way! I didn't want you anyway!" He took a few steps backwards while he was yelling at her and felt someone bump into him pretty hard and it sent him sailing onto his in the middle of the hall on his stomach. "You know dude you could look before you walk, it's called being courtious!" Haley had been ready to apologize but after hearing him it sent her into bitch mode at unimaginable speeds.
"First of all the word is courteous and if you had any concept of the english language at all you would know that and secondly I'm not a dude, and third, you're the one walking backwards in the fucking middle of the hall!" On her hands and knees she scrambled to pick up the papers that had fallen from her hands and only looked up when she had managed to stand.
"Oh uh," he looked at her and was amazed at how beautiful she was and instantly regretted his words, "I thought you were"
"A dude, yeah we've established that haven't we." He looked down searching for a witty line to throw back her but only saw that there was still something of hers on the ground. She followed his gaze and bent down to pick it up only to hear a voice from behind her.
"The Winter of Our Discontent, great book." She looked at him skeptically.
"Have you ever even read it?" His brow furrowed like he was nervous about speaking.
"No but I mean I've heard that"
"Right, I'm sure you have."
"Now see you're not letting me talk and I was gunna say that"
"Tim man, we gotta go!" Nathan called annoyed that he had been talking to some chick instead of coming to the gym like they had talked about. Tim started to jog in his direction and with that she was alone in the middle of the hall with an aching ass and the embarrassment of having being blown off.
O-O-O
Don't be so greedy.
A dollar's a penny to you
When hearts are beating
Say what you want 'em to do.
O-O-O
"So dude, I think I know who I'm bringing to the benefit dinner." Tim sat on the locker room bench and bent down to tie his shoe. They had just spent a good hour in the gym and though neither would admit it they were both tired after a summer of very little training.
"Yeah who?" Nathan wasn't really into the girls that Tim usually brought to parties or anything social but once in a while he'd bring a half way decent girl, who was usually just after him.
"Well you know that chick I was talking to before, the one in the hallway?" Nathan grabbed his gym bag, nodded and stood up.
"Yeah, what about her?"
"She seems different."
"Like three tits different?"
"Naw dude, like different different." Tim stood and followed Nathan who was walking towards the exit door.
"Listen dud," he turned to him, "I gotta get home, dads orders. I'll catch ya later, " he began to walk out but spoke again, "good luck with the girl."
O-O-O
Wasting away... I see you.
When the top of the world falls on you
Finding a day, don't wanna be you
When the top of the world falls on you
O-O-O
Haley sat alone on her own bench outside of the school so engrossed in her book and her own thoughts that she couldn't be sure how long the person sitting next to her had been there. Trying her best to be discreet she looked over the top of her book to see extremely prying blue eyes staring right back at her and she gave the owner a confused look until he spoke.
"The Winter of Our Discontent, great book." Staring back at him she shook her head.
"What is with you dumb jocks and your fucking pick up lines, you're gunna have contrivance with each other before you speak or at least find different girls to use them on." She stood and then turned and sat back down. "I was here first, you leave." Haley brought her knees up to her chest and stuck her head back into her book but upon realizing he wasn't making any move to leave she turned to face him. "What the hell do you want?"
"You don't remember me do you?" She looked at the blonde haired boy more carefully and thought for a few seconds before shaking her head.
"Lucas, Lucas Scott."
"I have pepper spray you know." He looked a little hurt when she showed no sign of knowing who he was.
"Camp from second to sixth grade, come on, in third I bit a piece off of your macaroni tie and you cried the rest of the week and wouldn't speak to me until I won you that teddy bear and then," he paused, "you are Haley James right?" She dropped her book and threw herself into his arms with so many old emotions rushing back to her.
"Oh my god you asshole, you never called me!" She lightly punched him in the shoulder and he pretended to be hurt.
"Hey, you didn't call me either and besides, in sixth grade hanging out with girls wasn't cool. So did your family move here?"
"No, they still live in New York, I just decided on hitchhiking down here to see you and then pretend not to know you and run back home with my new found conquest of meanness that I still have to dump on you for leaving me."
"And there's that sense of humor, but really?"
"We moved here last year when my mom got sick cause apparently in your hick town there a some good doctors."
"And I didn't see you last year because?"
"I got home schooled in case we ended up having to move again and I didn't think you still lived here."
"Where would we be?"
"True."
"And now are you staying?"
"Yep."
"And how's your mom?" Haley looked down at her feat quickly before looking up into his eyes and speaking.
"She uh, passed away this summer but uh dad likes it here or at least pretends too cause she said she liked it better than back home. But hey, since when are you the basketball team type?" He smiled so she continued. "I can't see Mr. Antisocial, sit in the corner during arts and crafts making his popsicle stick house playing a sport that focuses a lot on being in the spotlight."
"Well if you're gunna be like that I can't see Haley James, great big New Yorker in the small and humble town of Tree Hill, South Carolina."
"It's not exactly a humble town."
"Meaning?"
"I got pulled over by your corrupt cops yesterday for speeding and I couldn't drive my baby to school today." She wined.
"Explain."
O-O-O
Is there anybody out there?
That can see what a man can change?
It's better that you don't care
Because he knows that he's in his state
O-O-O
The All-American Rejects; "Top of the World"