Chapter 5

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot,
Who calls you back when you hang up on him,
Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep.
Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead,
Who wants to show you off to the world,
even when you are in your sweats,
Who holds your hand in front of his friends.
Wait for the one who is constantly reminding
You of how much he cares about you
and how lucky he is to have you.
Wait for the one who turns to his friends and says, "…that's her."

Monday morning, Haley slammed her locker shut. She was already having a bad day after waking up late a little late, she couldn't find any clean clothes and she was out of eye liner. Things were just not going as planned for her lately. It seemed like no matter what she was doing lately, she was losing something or messing up in some way or form. Haley figured that she was just having another bad week.

"You know Haley-Bob, I betcha if you slam your locker shut harder that you can break it off its henges or whatever it's on," Haley looked over at her best friend and just glared. "Someone is having a bad morning..."

Haley tossed her hair back, "You don't even wanna know," Haley replied as they walked down the Tree Hill High hallway to class.

"Just relax chick...Wait a minute, are you still upset about not meeting your mystery guy?" Brooke asked curiously as they walked into their homeroom class.

"No...kinda...yeah," Haley said as her and Brooke took a seat next to each other, "I know that it sounds stupid but I can't help but-"

Brooke interupted her, "It's okay, Hales, I totally get it. You have to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you've got and remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget, Learn from your mistakes but never regret."

Haley started to join in, and they both said at the sane time, "People change and things go wrong, but just remember life Goes On," the girls turned into a giggle.

With a smile, Haley replied, "Brooke, I am so glad that you are my best friend. You make everything worth while."

"It's about freakin' time you realized that!" Haley and Brooke both laughed again, "No but seriously, Hales, I am always here for you...Hoes over bros.."

"Buds over studs."

In unison, they both replied, "And chicks over dicks.." The bell soon rang for class to start, and the girls both started to quiet down, a long with the rest of the class.

A blonde guy, wearing only pajama pants, walked into the kitchen to find a dark-headed guy sitting down at the kitchen counter eating a bowl of cereal, with only his boxers on. Both guys looked young and in high school.

"Looks like you wasn't up to going to school either, Nate," the blonde guy said as he took a bowl out of the cabnet and proceeded to fix him self a bowl of cereal as well.

Nathan didn't say anything, and the guy noticed that he looked like he was dazed off into space so the blonde guy started to snap his fingers in Nathan's face, as he said, "Yo' Nate...Nathan..."

Nathan suddenly snapped out of it, "Dang, Lucas, stop it."

"Dude, are you still thinking about that chick?" Nathan nodded, "Just get over it, man. We live in a pretty large city, so what's the odds of you actually seeing this girl again?"

Nathan took another bite of his cereal, "I don't know man but you just don't get it. There's just something about this girl..It's like I've seen her before."

Lucas laughed, "Nate you always say that about girls when you first meet them and then you just hit it and quit it."

"Lucas, it's not like that this time...You should have seen this girl, she looked like an angel, so sweet and innocense," Nathan said as he thought about her face again.

Lucas just shoke his head, "Your helpless, you know that right?" Nathan stood up and walked over to set his bowl in the sink.

Before walking out, Nathan simply replied, "They say before you die, your life flashes before your eyes. I just want to make mine worth watching," and with that, he walked out of the kitchen.

School is over for the day and Haley, Brooke and Theresa, are sitting on the benches down at the River Court, watching Tim, Jake, Skillz, Fergie and the other guys play basketball with no shirts on, with sweat just dripping from their bodies. The weather is pretty hot and humid, with no clouds whatsoever in the sky.

Haley was having a much better day since she first got to school. Everything has been going pretty well and Haley couldn't be more happier, well she could be. That is if she had a man in her life, so Haley thought.

Theresa whispered to the girls, "Oh my god, look at all the sweat just dripping from Skillz hot body..That boy is H-O-T!"

Haley rolled her eyes, "Why won't you just get it over with and just ask him out?"

"Haley, you know that I never ask a guy out," Theresa said with that duh face.

Brooke nodded, "Besides Haley, you let them come to you. Not the other way around."

Haley shoke her head, "Whatever floats y'alls boats."

Haley has never asked a guy out but that didn't mean that she didn't think it was wrong for a girl to ask a guy out. She thought that guys and girls are equal, which meant that girls can asks the guy out just the same. But of course, she always thought the guy should pay.

"Oh my god, guess what guys," Brooke said all really loud all of a sudden.

In unison, Haley and Theresa said, "What?"

"Have y'all heard of that new kick ass club downtown called Tric?" Brook said very excited.

"Nah, I haven't heard of it but I have heard of Eclipse..." Theresa replied.

Brooke rolled her eyes, "Who hasn't heard of that club, but that's not the one I am talking about."

"Well I have heard of it. Isn't it opening this Friday night?" Haley said as she dug in her purse for her chap stick.

Brooke nodded, as she tossed her back behind her shoulders, "Anyways...I was thinking that we should all go this Friday. It's a new club and I heard it's suppose to be really hot..Besides Grams is getting really old."

"Totally, I'm down. What about you Haley?" Theresa asked as she looked over at Haley.

"I don't know guys-" Haley was cut off by Brooke as she was putting some chap stick on her lips.

"Oh no Haley James, you are so are not getting out of this one...Besides I already have your whole outfit picked out."

Haley scoffed, "Okay, fine, I'm in."

Brooke clapped her hands, and yelled cheerfully, "Yay!"

Haley looked over at Brooke, "And I swear to God Brooke, if this outfit is skanky, I am so not wearing it!"

"Just trust me Hales, have I ever let you down," Brooke thought about it for a second, "Wait! Don't you dare answer that."

Haley, Brooke and Theresa just laughed.

"Anyways, what time does Tric open Friday night?" Theresa asked curiously.

"It opens at 7 but it's going to be packed, so I say we get there about 8 and make a late but fashionable entrance." Brooke said smiling from ear to ear. "Friday night is going to be off the hook!"