oh my fin lord! i juswatched da season 1 finale of one tree hill as im in uk wer're behind and wow i am in shock!! dat was an episode and a half! newayz on 2 ch 2

Chapter 2

Lucas's head shot up as well at that. 'Soraya?'

'In the flesh' answered a girl that had brunette hair falling slightly below her shoulders and more or less straight with the exception of the ends that flicked out. She looked a bit like Haley but not so much, that people thought they were sisters.

'Oh My God!' Haley screamed and ran up to the girl, enveloped her in a big hug and started shouting at the top of her lungs. 'Soraya! I can't believe it! How long has it been…two years? How? When?'

'Hey, nice to see you too!' Soraya smiled, her light brown eyes flashed like a light bulb. She was wearing a simple white shirt with a plain black skirt above her knees, some thin black see-through tights topped off with ankle boots. It looked like some kind of uniform; she also had two holes pierced on each lobe the first with a pair of silver sleepers and the second with small diamante studs.

Haley grinned back. She had not seen Soraya for two years and she missed her a lot. She was even tempted to pinch herself because it felt too good to be true. 'So, how've you been? How's Montreal? The guys?'

'I've been okay mostly, just thought since you came round and stayed with me I should return the favour, Montreal's great, I never thought I would miss that place so much and yeah most of the guys are fine…saying bye to Sarah, don't even ask' Soraya gasped as she answered without taking a breath. 'Oh and honey, you really do need to work on asking one question at a time you know!'

Lucas who had been quiet along with the others began laughing. 'I can't believe you answered all those questions first!'

Haley and Soraya turned around startled; obviously they had forgotten the other people in Haley's group of friends. The two also began to laugh, realizing that they had both been babbling.

'Hey Lucky,' greeted Soraya. 'You know us James, always fulfilling other people!' Now that she had stopped talking to Haley, she realized a lot of guys were staring at her. Instead of looking away like Haley though, she just smiled at them.

'Lucky?' Brooke asked turning to Lucas. He just shrugged it off, she hated being left in the dark and that was exactly where she was. She didn't know who that girl was or how she knew Haley and more importantly how she knew Lucas, she must know him well enough to give him a nickname of Lucky though. 'You know Haley; it won't hurt you to introduce us' she indicates Peyton and Nathan as well as her.

'The girl does have a point Hales!' Soraya remarked. 'Wow, there sure is a lot of potential in this town!' She commented, as she checked out a guy that was definitely from varsity, that had just got into his car probably to go out for lunch.

'Soraya! You just got here man, allow it!' Haley rolled her eyes; this was definitely the Soraya she knew. 'Besides I need to introduce you to the guys.' Indicating the others. 'Soraya this is Brooke – Luke's girlfriend, you already know Luke, Peyton – with her amazing drawing skills and that's Nathan, the arrogant jerk.' She said motioning to each person with her hand. 'Guys, this is the one and only Soraya James, my best cousin!

'Sweetie, I'm your only cousin' Soraya remarked 'well from the dad's side at least, anyways what's up you all.'

'Hey!' Welcomed Brooke, Peyton and Nathan, all of them giving Soraya warm smiles, and Peyton pointed out a spot on the lawn for Soraya to sit down.

'By the way, I am not an arrogant jerk,' Nathan commented making everyone but Haley laugh. 'Haley is just envious that people like me more than they like her!' And he smirked after that comment.

'Damn, you sure are cocky! Looks like we got another Leon here!' Soraya smirked playfully, but her eyes got slightly darker when Leon was mentioned something that wasn't unnoticed by Haley. 'Haley you made good friends!'

'Thanks, your approval means the world to me!' Haley said with sarcasm. 'He ain't no Leon trust! Leon was so much nicer!' She then added.

'Nicer to who, sweetie?' Asked Soraya 'Anyways, so who was ganging up on my Haley?' She was very curious about Haley's mood and why it had been so off.

'Haley's going to be my servant!' Nathan grinned. 'Well for a fortnight, at least but like a lot can happen in that time you know!'

'Shut the hell up Nathan, I didn't break the pact!' Haley's anger resurfaced, Soraya had to go and bring that up again

'Yes, you did!' Brooke answered. 'You were so wasted! Ain't that right Broody?' She turned to Lucas, who just half nodded and half shrugged at Haley.

'Hold up man, hold up!' Soraya practically shouted. 'Did someone just say pact, well details man! Who? What? When? Where? Why?' She paused. 'How?'

'Alright, alright – looks like we got ourselves another gossip!' Peyton laughed. 'So basically this is what happened…'

'Nathan' Haley sighed frustrated. Arguing with him was pointless; he was just too big-headed to see things in a different point of view.

'What, you know I'm right!' He replied smugly, 'Every person in this world has been drunk once in their life!'

'No, not every person,' Haley argued back. 'Are you trying to say babies have been drunk and that children have too? Or how about people with special conditions, pregnant people—'

'Pregnant people have probably been drinking at a time when they weren't pregnant, you know!' Laughed Nathan.

'Shut up dumbass' Haley countered. 'Okay so fine that MAY be true, but like back to babies and children and people with special conditions, there –

'Babies and children, have a long life ahead of them. They have all the time in the world to get drunk. As for people with special conditions, chances are they probably got it because of their alcohol consumption.' Nathan answered; surprisingly his comeback had a few good points.

'Not every special condition is due to alcohol, and even if people did consume alcohol, that doesn't mean he or she has been drunk.' Haley retaliated.

'Actually, yes it does. You have one drink, then two drinks, then five and before you know it you're all washed up. And when you wake up you see people bitching all around you for something you can't remember' said Nathan.

'Whatever Nathan' cried Haley. She was getting very fed up with this; he was killing her last nerve now. Of course it had nothing to do with the fact that he was putting up a good argument.

'Well I tell you what, since we can't seem to make an agreement on this, let us have a little, well you could call it an experiment.' Nathan smirked 'Basically, you drink but not get drunk.'

'Right,' scoffed Haley. 'And if I win…sorry, I mean if I'm correct?' Haley was confused; sometimes Nathan sometimes came up with the weirdest ideas.

'Then I will serve you for two weeks.' Nathan answered. 'I'll basically do your chores and stuff' he added when he saw Haley's eyebrow arch up.

'You mean be my servant…this could be interesting.' Haley commented. 'But, what's in it for you?' She asked.

'You're smart!' Nathan smiled. 'If I am right, then you will be my 'servant' as you so cleverly put it. Sound fair to you?'

'Reasonably, what's the catch?' Haley questioned. It would be just like Nathan to add in a twist, so that the odds were in his favour.

'Well I wouldn't quite call it a catch but,' Nathan began but cut to the chase when he saw Haley 'you have to have a minimum of 5-10 glasses of alcohol.'

'What, but that's basically asking for…No, I'm not doing this.' Haley babbled. 'Thanks for the offer, but no.'

'Why Haley?' Nathan asked. 'You're not scared, are you? Scared that I'm right and you're wrong or is it because you're scared to drink? You don't trust yourself enough to do this?'

'You are so full of yourself!' Haley exclaimed. 'Fine I'm in, when and where?' she asked.

'My parents' beach house, all 6 of us…we'll make it a movie night. So that way you won't have to worry about making a fool of yourself in public.' Sneered Nathan.

'Ignoring the last comment, that sounds good.' Haley said. Secretly she was glad Nathan decided to do this as a hang-out instead of a party, but she'd never admit it.
'I don't think this is a good idea.' Lucas who had remained quiet with Brooke, Peyton and Jake, added in his opinion. Jake simply nodded in agreement.

'What are you talking about?' Brooke exclaimed. 'This is going to be GREAT! Finally, a get-together with some real action!'

'It's up to you guys, really' said Peyton. 'My only concern was doing this in front of a lot of people, but since it's only us…the choice is yours.'

'In that case tomorrow night at 7pm, yes Haley?' Nathan asked, Haley was probably going to say no or so he thought.

'7' o clock, movie night it is then' Haley smiled looking at Nathan's surprised expression.

'Wow' Soraya breathed. 'Haley, you never changed, did you now? Still letting others get the best of you!'

'No one asked you Soraya!' Haley stared daggers at Soraya. 'Besides, it wasn't public or anything.'

'That's the shocker though!' Soraya replied 'So anyways what happened?' She looked towards Brooke and Peyton.

And that's chapter 2 4 u guys! It went on a bit longer than I thought it would but… so newayz. ch 3 will b on its way soon enuf! (italics r flashbacks)

Sofi