Hey guys! I know it's been forever since an update and unfortunately there's gonna be an even longer wait till chapter 6. I'm visiting some friends and family in the States and won't be back on my computer till the 18th. :( I know it totally sucks and I should've planned posting more chapters now but I just ran out of time with all the packing and shit. Anyways, I hope you like chapter 5 at least. Please, review.
Chapter 5
Next morning when Haley and Tim went downstairs for breakfast, they came face to face with their dad and the she-devil herself, Shari.
"Dad!" Haley yelled enthusiastically and hugged him.
"Sweetie, so good to see you." He said and hugged her back. "So sorry I couldn't pick you up from the airport, honey. There seemed to be a misunderstanding with your flight schedule." Peter said.
"I'm sure there was." Haley said a bit coldly while glaring at Shari. Peter turned to look at Tim.
"Son, any problems while I was gone?"
"Have I ever had any?" Tim asked smirking. Peter laughed.
"Well, I can't tell how good it is to see the both of you here. And it's not even Christmas yet!" he said and hugged them both again. Shari rolled her eyes in annoyance and started to pick on her nails. "I was thinking that we could all go out to eat." Tim turned to look at Haley who was looking at the ground. She obviously didn't want to be seen in public.
"Umh, dad. Why don't we just order in and watch a movie or something?" Tim suggested.
"Sounds like fun. Right, Shari?" Peter asked. Shari turned to look at him and gave him a fake smile.
"Of course, dear. But I have plans with the girls." She said.
"Then we'll have fun just the three of us, right?" Peter looked Haley and Tim. They both nodded their heads in agreement.
"I've gotta go, dear. Brandy and Margarita are waiting for me." Shari said but didn't move.
"Why am I not surprised that her friends' names are also alcohol drinks?" Haley muttered enough loud for Tim to hear. Tim laughed out loud.
"See you later, darling." Peter said and kissed his wife on the cheek. Shari still didn't move.
"Oh, of course." Peter said and started to take his wallet out. Tim and Haley could've sworn they saw the dollar signs in her eyes. Peter handed her his credit card. Shari smiled happily and kissed him.
"Thank you, dear. I will see you later." She said and left without looking at Tim or Haley.
"Dad, why do you...?" Haley started but couldn't finish.
"Why do I what, honey?" he asked. Haley looked at Tim who just shook his head.
"Never mind. It's good to see you, dad." Haley said and smiled.
"Good to see you too, kids. I'm sorry but I have to go make some business calls. But how about we eat at six?" he asked.
"Sounds good, dad." Tim said before he and Haley went to the kitchen to make some breakfast.
"You know, she hasn't been here for 10 minutes and I already wanna strangle her." Haley said while taking the cereal box out.
"She's a hell of a woman." Tim said laughing.
"You can say that again." Haley said. "Hey, I was thinking about our birthday party and I definitely want some live music. What kinda music do you listen to these days?" Haley asked while taking two spoons out and giving Tim the other one.
"Rap, hip hop..." Tim said.
"So, crap. Got it." Haley said smiling.
"Whatever." he said smiling.
"What time is Nathan and the rest coming?" Haley asked nonchalantly.
"Why?" Tim asked while looking at Haley at the corner of her eyes.
"No reason." Haley said. Tim still looked at her.
"What's going on with you and Nathan?" Tim asked.
"Nothing." Haley said while smiling a little.
"Do you like him?" Tim asked.
"Yeah, he's nice." Haley said dodging the question.
"You know that's not what I meant. Do you like him as more than a friend?" Haley was quiet for a while. Right when she was about to answer, the doorbell ran.
"I'll get it!" Haley yelled and ran to get the door quickly. She opened the door.
"Brooke! Why are you ringing the doorbell? Never mind, you actually saved me." Haley said while walking towards the kitchen.
"Saved you?"
"Never mind. What brings you here at... 10.30 am? I didn't know you were capable of getting out of the bed before noon." Haley said laughing.
"We need to plan the party." Brooke said while taking out a thick pink file that had stickers and glitter on top of it. She opened it and turned it around so Haley could see it.
"What is that?" Haley asked.
"My party file. It has 5 different sections: yellow, red, green, purple and blue. As you can see: yellow stands for locations, red for entertainment, green for decorations, purple for food and drinks and last but definitely not least, blue stands for male strippers." Brooke said grinning. Haley immediately opened the blue pages.
"So, you have pictures and fact files for every male stripper in Tree Hill?" Haley asked laughing.
"Including the weight, the height and the size." Brooke said grinning.
"You're unbelievable." Haley said grinning while flipping through the book.
"Just thought this might help you when you're planning your birthday party."
"Yeah, totally. Thank you so much!"
"No problem but I gotta go now. I'm meeting Luke for brunch. Later, guys."
"Buy Brooke."
"So, what are we gonna do today?" Haley asked from Tim.
"We?" Tim asked.
"Fine, I won't bother you. I've got something to read anyways." Haley said while pointing at the party file.
"Have fun." Tim muttered while starting to leave.
"You too." Haley said while frowning. She knew that Tim was just trying to keep her away from Nathan. Haley finished her breakfast and went to her room. She talked to her mom the whole morning, made a few business calls and read Brooke's Party File from the start till the end.
After 5 pm, Haley decided to go downstairs. She went to the kitchen to find the take out menus. Her dad came in too.
"Hey, honey. You hungry?" he asked while looking at the menus also.
"Starving. So, you feel like pizza, Chinese or Thai?"
"I don't care, whatever you and Tim want. Speaking of which, where is he?"
"My guess: playing ball with Nathan." Haley said.
"Of course. Don't leave, I'll be right back." Peter said and left the kitchen. Few minutes later he came back with Tim and surprisingly, also with Nathan.
"What's up, guys?" Haley asked from both of them but was looking at Nathan.
"Not much. Your dad mentioned food..." Nathan said grinning.
"Well, yes he did. What do you feel like eating? Chinese, pizza or Thai?" Nathan went next to her to look at the menus. A little too close in Tim's opinion. Peter just grinned while looking at the scene in front of him.
"So, Chinese it is!" Nathan said when he and Haley came to an agreement.
"Actually, I feel like pizza." Tim said. Haley and Nathan turned to look at him.
"Ok, so we'll eat pizza then." Haley said smiling. She knew that he was just trying to be difficult.
"Wait, I meant Thai!" Tim said.
"Ok, we eat Thai!" Haley said.
"Great." Tim said.
"Do you even like Thai?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah, I love Thai." Tim said while trying to find anything eatable from the Thai menu. "On second thought, I feel like Chinese." He said when he put the menu away. Haley and Nathan grinned at each other.
They spent the rest of the night eating, watching movies and just hanging out. After the second movie, Peter excused himself to bed leaving Tim to babysit Nathan and Haley.
The next morning the trio woke up from the living room.
"Oh my god, my neck is committing a suicide..." Haley mumbled when she opened her eyes. Nathan groaned while stretching his arms. He accidentally hit Tim which made him fall on the floor.
"Motherfucker!" he yelled when he hit the floor.
"Tim, you ok?" Nathan asked with a sleepy voice when he noticed Tim on the floor.
"Just peachy." Tim said which made Haley smile.
"So, what are we doing today?" Haley asked from the guys.
"We?" Tim asked. Haley rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I won't bother you. Just try not to bore him." Haley said pointing at Nathan.
"Very funny, bitch." Tim said harshly while getting up from the floor.
"Whatever, retard. I'm taking a shower." She said and left. Tim sat down next to Nathan on the couch.
"Dude, you ok?" Nathan asked from Tim.
"Yeah, why?"
"You were kinda mean to Haley."
"We're always mean to each other, in case you haven't noticed." Tim said.
"But you were just starting to get along."
"We never get along." Tim said and turned to glare at Nathan. "Why do you care so much?"
"No reason." He said and started to walk towards the kitchen. Tim followed him. They made breakfast and ate in silence. Suddenly Tim turned to look at Nathan.
"Are you into my sister?" Nathan almost choked on his cereal.
"What? Haley! Your sister! That's crazy! You're crazy!" Nathan said in one breath and quickly ate another spoonful of cereal. Tim just glared at him but didn't ask any more questions.
Haley took a long shower. She was mad at Tim for being an ass and also because she couldn't hang out with Nathan.
After the shower, Haley got dressed and took her guitar out. She went to sit on the huge, comfortable bean sack that was by the window. She started to write down the lyrics that came to her head. After a while she needed to sharpen her pencil but couldn't find it. She went to look for one from Tim's room. She opened the door and looked at the basketball trophies and the playboy posters. She also saw his CD collection.
"Nas, Eminem, D-12, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg... At least he has Black Eyed Peas." Haley muttered while looking through the CD's. She went to his desk and found a sharpener. She sharpened the pencil while looking around the room.
She turned around and was about to get out of the room when she saw the corner of a black box under his bed. She stopped and pulled it out. She thought about not opening it in fear or finding his playboy collection but the curiosity got the best of her. She slowly opened the box.
"Oh. My. God." Haley said when she saw what was in it. She looked at everything that was in the box and couldn't help the few tears that came to her eyes. She stayed in his room for about half an hour just looking through everything that was in the box. Finally she closed the box and put it back under the bed.
She wiped the tears away and went back to her room. She played her guitar for few hours but couldn't really concentrate on anything because she was still thinking of what she found in Tim's room. When she heard Tim and Nathan come inside the house to get a drink, she went to the kitchen to see them. The minute she saw Tim she went to give him a huge hug.
"What's- Oh! What are you doing?" Tim asked when Haley hugged him. He awkwardly hugged her back.
"I'm hugging you." She said while hugging him harder not caring that he wasn't wearing a shirt and that he was covered in sweat.
"Why?" he asked confused.
"Because I love you." She said and let go of him. She kissed his forehead and started to walk out of the room. He noticed Nathan standing there. "Hi, Nathan. Bye, Nathan." She said without turning around. Nathan turned to look at Tim with a confused look. Tim looked back at him with a matching look.
"What the hell was that about?" Tim finally asked.
"I guess she loves you." Nathan said smiling. Tim looked at the door Haley had just went through.
"I'll be right back." He muttered while walking towards Haley's room. He knocked on the door and walked in. Haley was sitting on her bed playing with her guitar. She turned to look at Tim.
"Hey, Tim." She said smiling.
"Hey, Haley." He said and went to sit on the bed next to her. "Everything ok?" he asked. Haley turned to smile at him.
"Yeah, fantastic. Why wouldn't it be?" she said softly.
"Well, you kinda freaked me out back there." He said quietly while studying her face.
"Everything's perfect." She said smiling.
"You sure?" he asked.
"Yes, now go entertain your best friend." She said laughing. Tim got up from the bed and started to leave.
"Haley?" Tim asked when he got to the door.
"Yeah?"
"We're ordering pizza in a couple of hours. You want some?" he asked. Haley nodded her head while grinning widely. Tim nodded and left the room. Haley was still grinning. Tim never asked Haley to join him in anything he did.
"He loves me too!"
So, how was it? I know it was short but I hope it was worth your time. Please review.
Oh, almost forgot. My fanfiction account has been weird since I started posting this new story. I always use Word document and it should support the italics and underlined and stuff like that but ever since I started "Colgate Soulmate", I always have to use the edit function if I want to underline something. I didn't have this problem with "The Fast and the Furious". Can anyone help me?
-Fes-