Authors Note: ­Hey, just wanted to remind you italics are flashbacks! This will probably be the last few flashbacks for now.

Chapter 9

'Bye to you too!' Nathan called out after her; he shook his head and laughed. He pulled out of the James residence and headed towards his home. Well house, it wasn't fit enough to be called a home.

'Ta-da!' Nathan completed his events of Pact Night. 'That my new friend' he said looking directly at Soraya, 'is what happened on the infamous pact night!'

'Infamous? You have gotta be kidding me!' Soraya rolled her eyes.

'Kid you? I think not!' Nathan replied amusedly, imitating a British accent.

Soraya tried staring him down until they both cracked simultaneously, which caused the two to laugh even harder.

'Ok, moving on…' Haley muttered, which caused everyone else to stare at her. 'What?' She asked, baffled.

'Haley bay, you sound like a teacher!' Soraya told her, still controlling herself from laughing any more.

'Well she is tutor girl' Brooke added in.

'Hold up, before I thought you were joking but are you telling me Haley's a tutor?' Soraya asked surprised, she never in a million years would have though that.

'Well yeah, she is like THE best tutor! In fact, she is reserved for varsity only!' Brooke replied smiling proudly.

'Am not' Haley answered, although she knew she probably was, seeing as all of her tutees were jocks and cheerleaders.

'You so are!' Brooke retorted. 'Believe me, we've made it clear that Haley James is for varsity only, we announced it in all the classes ages ago!'

'You what?' Haley asked shocked, how come she didn't know this?

'Yeah, we did it when you weren't in school; believe me finding a day like that was almost impossible!' Brooke told her whilst Haley looked on surprised.

'Really? Who would have thought…' Soraya trailed off before saying. 'But don't you have to be an A student to be a tutor?'

'Yeah you do' Lucas answered happily, he was proud of Haley.

'But Haley's not a….' Soraya trailed off. 'Oh my God! You're an A student now! I'm so proud of you darling!'

'What do you mean now?' Nathan asked curiously,

'Well, in Montreal Haley was only a B student-' Soraya told him before she was interrupted.

'Haley a B student?' Lucas asked shocked. No, there had to be some kind of mistake.

'Hey, that's really good for a-' Soraya tried again before getting interrupted, again.

Haley panicked as soon she heard the 'really good for a' so she intervened. 'I think they get it now knucklehead'

Knucklehead was the codeword, which was used in Montreal by Haley, Soraya and the rest of their gang there. It was used whenever you didn't want someone to know something so that way, they would quickly change the topic.

'So anyways…' Soraya said after she had picked up the hint and tried to find something else to talk about. 'So that was all that happened in Pact Night?'

'Errrm,' Nathan stuttered, well that was pretty much most of it, there was something bugging him but he wasn't sure if that was something he could tell everyone. See Haley had told him something when they were alone but wasn't sure if it was true and an even bigger question was why it was so important to him.

As they were grabbing their jackets and prepared to leave the building a guy had come up to them and began eyeing Haley.

'Excuse me but I couldn't help notice how hot you look!'

Nathan covered his mouth to hold back a laugh expecting Haley to say something like 'you would, wouldn't you!'

However Haley began to looked him up and down as she checked him out, causing Nathan to roll his eyes. 'If you think I'm hot then you definitely have good taste.'

What was going on here? Nathan thought to himself, no, no, no…this was not Haley James, she would have said, 'any girl with a nice rack and ass would be hot to you!' or something like 'It's amazing how much shit a guy can talk for sex.' But no, here she flirting back. But why did he care? It's not like they were the best of friends.

'Thank you, so I was wondering if the hot girl would like to dance?' Asked the guy.

'I would love to,' Haley replied, holding his gaze seeing who would look away first.

Nathan decided that now was his time to intervene, because he wasn't gonna stand here and wait for her looking like some moron when it was her who wanted to leave in the first place.

'She would love to but she's got to go home otherwise Lucas won't be a happy man!' With that said Nathan practically dragged her all the way to the car.

'Hey, hey, hey!' Haley protested, what was the rush? She was just getting to know…the guy, whoops forgot to catch the name! And she began giggling again. 'I was getting to know him really well, he had nice abs!

Oh yeah, the girls definitely drunk! He thought, rubbing his head aggravated. 'Is that so? Then why don't you tell me what his name was?'

'Errrm…'

'That's what I thought'

Haley didn't reply to that.

'You know that he was only trying to get in your pants right?' He asked her, his hands on the steering wheel although the engine was still not turned on.

'So?' She asked.

'So!' He repeated, and for the hundredth time that night he thought, 'the girl is drunk off her ass, if he didn't know any better he would have said she had a split personality.

'Yeah, so what?' She asked again.

'So you would have been ok if he took your virginity for a one nightstand?' He questioned her.

'Nathan, what makes you think I'm a virgin?' She answered his question with a question of her own.

'Oh please, you're a tutor for Gods sakes!'

'So your saying just because I'm a tutor that means I'm a virgin?'

'You're an A student!'

'And this makes me a virgin how?'

'You don't come to after-game parties!'

'Again, that's supposed to mean I'm a virgin?'

Nathan paused for a minute and recollected his thoughts, Haley James not a virgin? He had never considered that thought!

'No, you're lying. You're not a virgin…you can't be I mean…I don't believe you.' Nathan stammered that shouldn't even be a possibility.

'No one's saying you have to believe me, I mean go ahead don't believe me…do whatever you need to do that helps you sleep at night' Haley muttered 'What do I care?'

And that was when he finally turned on the engine of the car, and they both rode silently both contemplating the events movie night had brought.

'Nathan…you there man?' Lucas asked him, for the fifth time, boy, he must have been thinking about something big for him to be out of it this long.

'Yeah sorry about that, what were you guys saying?' Nathan asked finally coming back in to the present.

Soraya motioned to herself as she said, 'I was saying are you sure that was all that happened on Pact Night?'

'Errrm,' He contemplated it for a minute before finally saying, 'Yeah, that was Pact Night.' After all Haley wouldn't remember this anyway because she was so drunk!

'So?' Brooke asked getting hyped up.

'So what?' Soraya asked pretending to be clueless.

'So did Haley break the pact or not? Brooke asked, impatience starting to edge into her voice.

'Hey guys I'm back!' Peyton called out as she came into the living room. Without realising it hours had passed by when retelling pact night so that it was 8:30 at night now. The door was unlocked; Tree Hill was so small that you needn't have bothered locking the door, except for night time and even that was because of privacy not safety.

'And just in time too!' Brooke told her, 'She's about to tell us whether Haley broke the pact or not! I'm so excited!'

'That's good I didn't wanna miss that!' Peyton replied unusually cheery.

Haley finally decided to talk after remaining silent for a while. 'So what's got you in a really good mood Pey?

'I'll tell you after I find out what the outcome of pact night was.' Peyton replied beaming brightly, now everybody noticed her cheeriness.

'Well sorry to disappoint you but I'm not gonna tell you until tomorrow in school!' Soraya grinned evilly knowing that the others weren't going to be happy about this.

'And why not?' Brooke asked dejected.

'Well two things; first I want to know why Peyton is so cheery! And two I need to think about the decision, that and the fact that prolonging makes it more interesting.' Soraya replied.

'In other words' Haley translated. 'Soraya has fun in torturing us by making us wait. Meanie!'

'Soraya you always did enjoy other people's suffering!' Lucas added in laughing.

'Hey! You think that's bad you should have been there the time Haley faked a-' But was cut off from the look that Haley was giving her, 'Knucklehead?' She asked.

Haley nodded, so Soraya didn't say anything.

'Faked a what?' Nathan prodded.

'Nothing' Soraya muttered in an extremely unconvincing tone.

'So anyways Peyton, what's got you all cheery to night?' Haley asked.

'I hooked up with Jake.' She said a big smile on her face.

'When you say hooked up do you mean going out or had sex?' Soraya asked her bluntly.

This caused everyone to look at her and burst out laughing. Well, all but Haley that was who said. 'Blunt much?'

To which she replied, 'I learnt from the best!'

Causing everyone to give the two cousins questioning glances in which they both reacted by shrugging their shoulders.

'So carry on Peyton' Brooke broke the short silence.

'Well Soraya that was interesting question and my honest answer is both!'

'Was he good?' Soraya asked so that once again everyone was staring at her.

'Knucklehead!' Haley told her.

'What? Why? Are they virgins?'

'Oh God No, stop it! They just don't talk about it as openly as we do.'

'Oh! Sorry guys!'

Everyone laughed at the two's weird conversation. Although curiosity was also evoked. Since when did Haley James talk about 'it'?

'We?' Lucas asked the two girls.

'Yeah, as in the gang.' Soraya answered.

'Knucklehead!' Haley muttered in an undertone so that only Soraya would hear. 'Anyways Peyton how did you guys get together?'

Peyton began to tell her story. 'Well it's a long story but basically…'

Peyton had got into the backseat of the as Jenny's baby seat was secured at the front, They had spent the drive talking about Jenny, basketball, art and school in general and then lastly about Soraya.

'So, what's you think of Soraya?' Peyton had asked.

'She seems really cool!' Jake said genially.

'Yeah she does, doesn't she?' Replied Peyton.

'Totally different from Haley though right?' Jake asked her.

'Oh yeah, I kind of though Haley's relatives would all be shy and quiet like her.'

'Same here.' He answered as he pulled up in front of his house. He parked the car, walked round the other side to pick up Jenny from her baby seat whilst Peyton got out of the car. So ready to meet the grand folks?'

'Hold on, don't I need to know some stuff to be Jenny's mom?' Peyton asked quizzically.

'Oh that, don't worry about it my parents have that covered but just in case…' And he told her the basics she needed to know about Jenny.

Once they had done that, Peyton and Jake had opened the door (remember they didn't lock doors until before people go to bed) and gone into the sitting room where Jake introduced him to his grandparents, with the parents they had to pretend they already met each other!

Once they had finished with the formalities of meeting each other, they had all headed into the dining room to go and have dinner. The theme was Indian so there was chicken curry with rice for everyone to eat. Jenny was in the high chair playing with a little toy Jake had gotten her for Christmas last year.

Whilst eating dinner Jake's grandparents decided to start asking Peyton some questions about her, Jenny and Jake.

'So tell us Peyton,' Jake's grandmother Lucia began 'How was the pregnancy for you?'

Peyton stayed quiet for a moment before saying 'Very painful process, the mood swings were a pain.'

Lucia nodded, agreeing with her statements. 'What was your main craving?'

'Jacket Potatoes' she replied almost instantly.

Jake's grandfather Laurence decided to ask a few questions himself. 'So what are you planning on studying in university?'

'Definitely art' Peyton answered.

'You like drawing?' Laurence questioned.

'I prefer to call it sketching; it's a hobby of mine.'

'So what do you plan to do to for a career?'

'Work for a magazine, under the art section.'

Laurence nodded before continuing with his dinner.

When everyone had finished they picked up their plates and taken it to the kitchen washed their hands whilst Lucia, Laurence and Jake's parents went back into the living room, Jenny had begun to get tired so Peyton and Jake had decided to go upstairs to put Jenny to bed.

Jake played the guitar and sung to Jenny who was in the cot, putting the little girl to sleep, when he finished playing, he gently put the guitar away and kissed Jenny on the forehead whispering 'Sweet drams my lil angel.'

'I had no idea you could play the guitar' Peyton began a conversation, stepping closer towards him.

'There's a lot about me you don't know.' Jake replied who began nearing Peyton.

'Maybe I should start to learn' She stepped even closer to him, coming into his personal space.

'Maybe you should.' Jake replied. His lips mere inches away from Peyton's before their lips crashed sweetly against each other.

The kiss was a slow long one but with lots of passion in it. It seemed like time had stopped until they pulled away. Looking into each others' eyes they leaned in once more before lowering themselves onto the bed.

Half an hour later, they were both on the bed under the covers lying next to each other. There was tense silence neither sure what to say to the other, it was Peyton who spoke first.

'So that was…'

'Unexpected?' Jake finished for her.

'Yeah' she replied.

'Was it a bad thing?' He asked, keeping eye contact with her.

'No, I don't think so.'

'That's good' He said before she could say anything he continued. 'Because I like you Peyton, I like you a lot.'

Peyton didn't say anything for a while just laying there smiling. 'I like you a lot too!'

'So do you wanna give it a try?'

'The whole dating scene?'

'Yup, that's the one.'

'Sure, why not?' She replied, and leaned in to kiss Jake, their first kiss as a couple.

'So we should go downstairs.' Jake told her.

'Well actually I should head back to Haley's.' Peyton told him, he nodded and they both got up and began to put their clothes back on.

Once they had finished dressing and sorted out their appearances, they finally headed downstairs to where everyone else was.

'Hey, I got to go drop Peyton off.' Jake told his family.

'Alright boy, don't be too long.' Laurence instructed him.

'Take care; it was nice meeting you Peyton.' Lucia told the two teens.

'It was nice to meet you too.' Peyton answered before turning to Jake's parents and nodded at them. 'Mr and Mrs Jagelski.'

'Peyton.' The two smiled at her gratefully; Peyton had done them a great favour by pretending to be Jenny's mom for Jake's grandparents.

After saying their goodbyes, Jake led Peyton to his car and manoeuvred the car out into the middle of the road.

'So that was you family' Peyton began.

'Yeah it was.' Jake answered.

'So your parents were great…'

'But my grandparents?

'They were okay slightly eccentric though.'

'Yeah I know, imagine what they're reaction would be like if they knew Jenny's mom ditched us!' Jake said in a teasing tone but Peyton could tell it was a sore subject.

The rest of the journey passed by quickly and before either of them knew it, they were in front of Haley's house.

He turned to her and said 'Goodnight Pey' a smile on his face.

'Goodnight Jake' and kissed him, having their first goodnight kiss.

She got out of the car and headed towards the James house with a final wave to Jake she headed in through the front door as it was unlocked.

'And that is the story of how we hooked up!' Peyton finished.

'Wow that was so great, and it's actually quite funny!' Brooke told her.

'Why's it funny?' Peyton asked confused.

'Because we were all saying how you two should hook upright after you left!' Brooke answered.

'Really?' Peyton asked totally clueless.

'Of course' Soraya told her, 'I just got here and I could tell!'

'It was kinda obvious' Haley told her shrugging her shoulder whilst Lucas and Nathan nodded in agreement when Peyton gave them a questioning glance.

'And you guys didn't say anything?' Peyton asked them.

'Oh please,' Brooke began 'like you would have listened if we said anything? You would have told us to go take a hike or something.'

'Right…' Peyton said reluctantly, because she knew that Brooke was right.

'So Haley bay? Let's watch a film or something before we go to bed.' Soraya suggested.

'Sure, what'd you wanna watch?' Haley asked her.

'Oceans Eleven' They both said simultaneously, as everyone stared at them and began laughing.

'What are you Siamese twins or something?' Nathan asked.

The two James looked at each other before saying 'Siamese James!' And burst out laughing.

'So Oceans Eleven ok with everyone?' Soraya double checked and everyone nodded their heads.

Haley got the DVD put it into the DVD player, switched on the TV and selected play all before sitting back down on the floor legs laying out in front of her, and Soraya place her head on Haley's lap. Peyton was sitting on the sofa placing her legs over Nathan who was sitting next to her, they were close friends, and once upon a time they had gone out but soon discovered that they were better off as just two close friends. Lucas and Brooke were snuggled up together in the love seat. They watched the film in pretty much silence except for the junkies that were brought over earlier.

Sometime during the film, everyone had fallen asleep except for Soraya and Haley. Haley packed away all the food. Whilst Soraya switched off the TV and DVD player, and fetched three blankets for everyone, she laid one blanket on Lucas and Brooke, the other on Nathan and Peyton whilst the last one was kept for Haley and her.

Once all that was done the two sat down for a chat about old times.

'So how is everyone doing?' Haley asked.

'They're alright, Sarah was really upset by me leaving, and she says that she's all alone now! The only goddess left in Montreal.' Soraya answered.

They both laughed quietly for a bit.

'What happened between you and Leon?' Haley asked her wearily, she wasn't sure whether she should have asked but she had to know.

'We broke up.' Soraya told her, not offering any details.

'Why?'

'Because, we were going to be in two different countries, there's no point.'

'What about long distance?'

'That's pointless; if I have a boyfriend then I want to kiss him on a regular basis.'

'Soraya!' Haley sighed frustrated, 'the real reason.'

'I just told you!' She answered before changing the topic. 'What's going on with you, what the hells up with the clothes, (Haley was wearing a simple T shirt and jeans) and you're acting like some kind of goody-goody!'

'Soraya I am a 'goody-goody!''

'Yeah and I'm the Queen of England right?'

'No seriously I am!' Haley tried to convince her. 'At least in Tree Hill I am.'

'What? Why in Tree Hill?'

'I just fancied a change you know! I mean there was so much drama and expectations to live up to; I just wanted my last year to be trouble free you know?'

'Yeah, that's kind of why I came here to get away from it all. But I wasn't going to change who I am. So how is it being the good girl and without all the drama?' Soraya asked her.

'It sucks! I swear I dunno why good people are so damn focused on being…good! I so badly miss Montreal you know! The parties, the gang, the rivalries…' Haley told her.

'Well do not fret sweetie! Now that Soraya's here I will slowly release the wild you that's waiting to be let out.' She sighed dramatically making both of them laugh.

'Nah I don't think so I mean they'll be like how can the girl just be a tutor one minute and a party girl the next?' Haley asked her, hoping that Soraya would find a way.

'Well we could blame it on my bad influence!'

'Yeah right! If anything I was the one who corrupted you!' Haley laughed, 'but then again they would buy it, even Lucas has no idea!'

'So that was why he was so shocked when I said you were a B student!' Soraya figured out. 'Well since you only tutor the popular I guess you still get all the gossip and scandals huh?'

'Yeah that I do, Brooke is like the Queen of gossip…nothing gets past her!' Haley informed her.

'Kind of like how we were right?' Soraya asked.

'You could say that speaking of the Past…' Haley started. 'Not that I'm complaining or want you to go or anything but like how long you staying here for?'

'Errrm…I'm not sure! I just need a break...to start afresh and get myself sorted or figured out or whatever the hell you wanna call it.' Soraya tried to explain.

'A break from what…get away from what?' Haley questioned concern coming into her voice.

'Another day Hales…another day till then let's get some sleep' Soraya said tiredly but firmly.

Haley knew that Soraya meant what she said so she pulled the blankets over themselves and set the alarm clock which Soraya had brought over and they both went to sleep. Both were wondering what tomorrow would bring for Soraya when it would be her first day of Tree Hill High, after all she was going to be there for a while.

Hey guys, please review they put a smile on my face! And I wanna say thanks 2 everyone who has reviewed. I also wanted to tell you that this is probably the last flashback for a while unless there's a change of plans. Hope you enjoyed the update because I enjoyed writing it.