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Chapter 5

Haley and Nathan had finished studying and surprisingly, they had gotten a fair amount of work done.

"OK, so we went through two chapters of the history book and I know all there is to know about the French Revolution, and I still have…" He glanced at the clock that read 9:16 pm. "forty-four minutes 'till I need to go home." He said, looking at Haley.

"What will we do with all this time?" Haley said, pretending to think. "You know, you could get ahead in your work. We could go over chapt…" Haley said but stopped because Nathan's face was already buried in her neck. She loved how good he made her feel. He gave her so much attention and affection, that she didn't feel that she was even good enough for him sometimes. The weird thing was, Nathan sometimes seemed to think that he was the one that wasn't good enough for her.

FLASHBACK

"So, here we are." Nathan said as him and Haley sat down in her room for a tutoring session. "So, a month ago, did you ever think that we'd be alone in your bedroom?" Nathan said. He knew he was pushing her buttons, but he wanted to see what she would say. He had been developing… feelings lately. Feelings for... well, Haley. And it scared him because, sure, he had had feelings for girls before, but this was different. It wasn't that he just thought she was hot. He did think that but there was way more. She had gone from his brother's best friend, to his tutor, to his friend, and now his crush. It felt childish to call her that, but it was true. He was crushing hard for this girl. Just the way he could tell her things, stuff going on at home with his parents, stuff with basketball. And the things that she told him, he actually listened, and was actually interested. He had people, his friends, coming up and telling him that he has become a much better guy now. And he thought he owed it all the Haley.
"Oh, but we're not alone. We have the four-fathers with us." Haley joked. Truthfully when he had said those words she didn't take it as much of a joke. The fact that he had stated the fact that they were alone in her bedroom, sort of made her heart skip a beat. She knew that he was Nathan Scott, famous flirt, and that he said those kind of things all the time, and she felt foolish for being one of the many girls that was actually interested in him. Yet, she didn't feel so foolish, because she could tell that Nathan opened up to her way more than he did to other girls.

"They can watch." He smirked. He liked teasing her, he could tell that she was embarrassed.

Haley giggled, she couldn't think of anything to say fast enough.

"No, seriously though. Can we just blow-off studying today?" Nathan pleaded.

"Nathan, you have a quiz on Monday!" Haley tried to reason with him.

"So? It's English, it doesn't matter, I won't ever need it in life. Come on. We never do anything just fun together. We could see a movie, or I could teach you how to play basketball or something. What'd you say?"

"Fine!" Haley sighed, "But I am broke right now so let's go down to the River Court and you can teach me some moves." She said as she put on her jacket. She knew this was not a date. Nathan was probably just hanging out with her because he was already with her and it would be rude to just blow her off.

Haley was so happy, though. All this time studying and getting closer with each other, they had never actually hung out. Things were all escalating the way she wanted them too. And she didn't know this yet, but her relationship with Nathan was about to take a big step forward.

END OF FLASHBACK

Peyton and Jake were at the local movie theaters for their first official date. It was still the same day of their first kiss. They had both been able to take half an hour apart to go home and change clothes then meet up later to see a movie. They had decided to see Coach Carter, basketball action for Jake, and hot guys for Peyton. Although she didn't say it out loud to Jake, that was the only reason she agreed to seeing it.

They walked up the stairs in the theater and went all the way to the back row. When they sat down, Jake put his arm around Peyton. She tried to lean into him but the arm rest was kind of pocking into her side.

"Ow," She said and Jake immediately looked at her to see what was wrong, "Umm, it's the armrest." Peyton said, a little embarrassed at the couple of people that were now turned around to watch her and Jake battle with the armrest.

"Uh, I think it goes up, right?" Jake asked.

"Ya, um, hold on." She said as she pushed the armrest up, but it wouldn't budge. She was starting to blush now. All of a sudden the armrest sprung up and hit Jake in the face. Peyton could take it anymore, she just started laughing uncontrollably.

"Ow!" Jake said, as he rubbed his face."

"Oh, Jake! I'm so sorry, are you OK?" Peyton could barely get the words out, she was laughing so hard. A woman infront of them shushed them. Peyton thought that was a little out of line, considering the movie hadn't even started yet. But she just ignored her and kept laughing, eventually Jake joined her, the humor of the previous events finally catching on to him.

When they were finally calmed down, Peyton leaned back into him and he re-put his arm around her. She whispered apologies again and kissed his cheek, where the armrest had hit him. "Come here." Jake mumbled, making sure only she could hear him. And the space between their lips was gone. She let him slip his tongue into her mouth and they stayed making out while the preview's ran and during the parts that they found boring in the movie.
Something on the screen caught Peyton's eye, and no, it was not all the guys' six-packs, surprisingly.

"Wow," Peyton said, catching her breath. Her and Jake were breathing pretty heavily and they hoped that no one else in the theater noticed.

"What?" Jake said, he looked up at the screen, "Oh damn!" Jake said, disbelievingly.

"I know!" Peyton said a little too loud, looking away while some people turned around to glare at her. Jake gave them a sympathetic smile.

"That is so weird." Jake whispered looking still at the screen. The guy's face on the screen was almost identical to Skill's face, the guy from the River Court. He wondered if Skill's had a twin brother or something.

Brooke had just gotten home from Lucas's house. She was sitting in her room on the computer when she noticed that Peyton had e-mailed her. She opened the e-mail, it was sent earlier that day:

Hey Brooke,
Tried 2 call, got voice mail. Felt I had to tell you that... Jake and I are together! Ah, I am freaking out! Thx so much for talking to him, u r the best! Brooke, it was incredible, we just poured out our hearts to each other, details l8ter! GTG meet him right now!

-Best Friend Peyton

Brooke smiled. Jake and Peyton were so... perfect. She couldn't help but feel a little jealous. She was sure that Jake and Peyton had what her and Lucas had, but they also seemed to have more. It was like her relationship with Luc was purely physical and she was starting to think that that wasn't enough for her. She really cared for him, and she wanted to have an intellectual bond with him, as well as physical. She figured she probably wasn't so easy to read, so she should probably tell him that herself. But first, she needed some girl talk. She picked up her cell and called Tutorgirl, figuring that Peyton was still on her date. And nobody knew Luc better than Haley anyway.

"Hello?" Haley picked up at the second ring. Nathan had just left her house and she was glad that she now had something to occupy herself with.

"Tutorgirl! It's Brooke." As if Haley wouldn't recognize who it was by the nickname.

"Tigger, hey. What's up?" It was just passed ten o'clock, she figured that Brooke would still be with Lucas. But then Brooke would probably be a little too... well, busy to be calling her.

"Oh, I just left Lucas's. I think I need to connect more with him." She stated. She hoped that Haley could give her some good advice on what to do and how to do it.

"I thought you guys were all ready doing that?" Haley joked. But she could hear the seriousness in her friends voice.

"Haley, I'm serious!" Brooke said. Haley could tell she was because she never called her 'Haley'. "All that physical stuff is great and you know I can't get enough of him, but I think we need to... I dunno, talk more. I want to have an emotional connection with him too."

"Tigger, if that's what you want I'm sure that's what you'll get. But he doesn't know that. I'm sure that he's all up for an intellectual relationship, and he likes you a lot, but you have to tell him how you feel." Brooke smiled, Haley always had the best words of wisdom.

"Thanks Tutorgirl! That's exactly what I'll do. I'll talk to you later." They hung up and Brooke didn't hesitate for a second to run out the door and drive back to where she was not long ago: Luc's house.

"Hello again, Cheery." Lucas said, surprised to see his girlfriend there at his door since she had only left about fifteen minutes ago. "What's going on?" He asked as she entered his room.

"Um, well, I wanted to talk to you." Brooke said feeling uneasy. She never talked to guys about her feelings, she wasn't used to feeling nervous around them either.

"About anything in particular?" Lucas asked, noticing that Brooke wasn't acting normal. She was moving around a lot and averting her eyes from his.

"About... us." Oh great, Lucas thought, here comes the break-up speech. He felt stupid for not noticing it sooner. He was scared that she would hurt him. He liked her a lot and was looking forward to a great relationship, both on a physical and emotional level. Lucas just nodded for her to continue, unable to find words.

"It's just... Well, I've had so much fun with you lately. And it's great and all, but..." God, get it together already, Brooke told herself. "I think that we need to connect more. I mean, emotionally. I really like you, Lucas, and if you're up for it, I just want to have a relationship with you where I can feel great just talking to you and where people can just look at us and say 'Wow, those two are crazy about each other'. And I don't know how you feel, but there it is. I like you a lot and I think that we are both ready to take this relationship to a more intellectual level." For the first time since she came, she looked up at him, and he was smiling like crazy. She relaxed a little and smiled too. Lucas took a step closer to her.

"You know, I was just thinking that we should do that, make our relationship stronger and more intellectual. And, by the way," He brought his voice down to a whisper and caressed her cheek with the back of his hand, "I like you a lot too." He said. He bent down and kissed her and she kissed him back. She felt her heart beating so fast and she loved that feeling.