Chapter 2: The Great Water Balloon Fight

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After calling a temporary truce, the five friends began preparing for the water balloon fight.

"Brooke, you have balloons right? At your party there were about 20 packages!" Haley commented.

"Yup." Brooke replied. "Mom keeps 'em in one of the kitchen drawers." She informed them.

"Let's go!" Lucas said.

Brooke, Nathan, Lucas, Peyton, and Haley went in the house through the back door that entered the living room.

They walked down the hall and into the kitchen. Brooke opened the drawer nearest to the refrigerator and pulled out 3 packets of balloons.

"I've got an idea!" Haley said excitedly. "Let's fill some of 'em with milk!"

"Cool idea Hales!" Lucas and Nathan exclaimed.

Peyton agreed with "Yeah, let's do that!"

Brooke however was a little skeptical. "How're we gonna do that?" she asked.

"We can use the thingy used to put the turkey flavor on when they take it out the oven to check on it! My mommy called it "basting"." Haley burst out after a minute of thinking.

"Oh, yeah!" Brooke said. "We have one of those!"

Brooke went to another drawer and dug around until she found it. "Here it is!" she exclaimed.

Haley opened the refrigerator and got the milk while Peyton opened a packet of balloons.

They immediately set up an assembly line. Lucas handed Peyton the balloons, she held the balloons open while Brooke filled them. Haley refilled the turkey baster with milk and Nathan tied the balloons.

After about fifteen balloons they put everything back and headed back outside after putting the balloons in a bucket, which Nathan carefully held and Lucas carried two empty buckets.

"Wait!" Brooke said, stopping abruptly, causing everyone to stop. "Bathing suits."

"I'm wearing mine." All of them said in unison and Haley and Brooke giggled.

Once they got outside they took of their shirts and shorts, leaving them in a pile.

"How about this, me and Nate'll be one team and you guys be the other team. Whoever finishes fifteen balloons first gets the first throw." Luke suggested.

"Cool! We get the blue bucket!" Haley said.

Peyton grabbed the blue bucket and a packet of balloons and Nathan grabbed the black bucket and the other packet of balloons.

The two teams ran to the spigots. "On your mark…..get set…..GO!" Haley shouted.

Even with three people the girls fell behind because Nathan was the only one who could tie balloons really well. Peyton could too but it took her longer.

When the girls were on their 8th balloon the boys were on their 12th. By the time the boys finished the girls were on their 10th balloon.

"We won!" Nathan crowed.

"Yeah, yeah, gonna help us finish so we can start?" Brooke asked.

"Hmm let me think about it…..NO!" Nathan teased, his blue eyes glinting, before bursting into laughter.

"Sure we'll help." Lucas said loudly over his brother's chuckles.

"Thanks." The girls said grudgingly.

"No problem." Lucas said.

While Lucas and Nathan finished the balloons, Peyton Brooke, and Haley carefully placed the balloons around the yard.

"Finish yet?" Haley yelled across the yard.

"Yup, we hid 'em too!" Nathan shouted back.

"Ready….set….GO!" Brooke shouted…and was immediately hit in the stomach.

She quickly retaliated by throwing one back at Lucas. "Ha-ha!" she teased him before Nathan got her good in the face with a huge red balloon.

She spluttered as she parted her hair from her face. "You are SO gonna get it Nathan Scott!"

By this time it had ceased to be teams and was each man for himself.

"Haley, look out!" Peyton yelled to her friend.

Haley turned to Peyton and got hit with one in the chest by Peyton.

Peyton giggled at the look on her best friend's face and tried to dodge the balloon thrown at her but got hit in the leg.

"Take that Peyton!" Haley called.

Lucas dodged a balloon a quickly grabbed a small green one nearby.

He quickly aimed and fired it at Peyton.

It exploded right in her face. She shrieked loudly and everyone paused for a second. Lucas winced as he asked "That was a milk balloon, wasn't it?"

She slowly nodded ominously as the cold liquid dripped down her face and Lucas immediately ran.

"Come back here!" Peyton shouted while chasing him. She caught up with him and chucked the balloon.

It popped on the back of his head. She giggled at the expression on his face as he turned toward her.

"Milk balloon?" Peyton teased.

Lucas slowly nodded as the milk ran down his back. She giggled as he chased her back, balloon in hand.

"Oh Peyton…." Lucas called singsong.

"Stop!" she screamed while laughing.

"I'll get you back!" he laughed and paused to catch his breath…and got hit in the face by the final balloon thrown, by Nathan.

"Gotcha man." Nathan chuckled.

"No more balloons?" Haley asked.

Lucas hid the one he was holding as everyone said "Nope."

Lucas snuck behind Peyton and promptly smashed the balloon on the top of her head.

She giggled before chasing him with a bucket and so ended the great water and milk balloon fight.

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