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Chapter 8

The week went by fast for Haley because of all the organizing and planning for the party. She organized the whole thing from ordering the right food and drinks to sending the invitations. She and Tim decided to send 250 invites to friends, family, school mates, teachers, basically everyone they knew and cared about.

Haley woke up to the sound of her alarm. She cursed for a while but got up anyways. She had lots to do before the party started.

She took a shower and went downstairs to the kitchen. She found Nathan going through their fridge.

"Your parents never feed you?" Haley asked. Nathan turned around quickly, not expecting Haley to be awake.

"Morning." He said and then gave her an awkward hug. "And happy birthday." Haley hugged him quickly back. "If I had known you were already awake, I would've brought your gift here."

"You bought me a gift? You didn't need to do that." Haley said excited.

"I know but I wanted."

"Thanks." She said and took the milk from the fridge and went to sit. "Did you buy something for Tim too?"

"Yeah, GTA: San Andreas. He's been whining forever how bored he's with Vice City." Nathan said laughing. He then thought that Haley might not know what it is. "In case you didn't know, GTA is-"

"Grand Theft Auto. Yeah, I know. What do you think my band played while sitting 8 hours in a tour bus?" Haley asked laughing. "But I personally think Vice City is better than San Andreas."

"I agree but Tim wouldn't believe me."

"No doubt about it." Haley said.

"Hey, remember when I asked you why you and Tim fight so much? Well, you never got to finish your answer." Nathan said. Haley sighed.

"It was my fault. When my music career was starting I was actually living with Tim and dad. I got a choice to either move with Tim or stay in LA with mom to pursue my dream."

"You chose the latter."

"Tim felt so betrayed. And I don't blame him. I left him alone. So we got separated. We barely saw each other after that. We called once in a while but it got to the point where we only saw each other at Christmas." Haley explained.

"You're getting along now though, right?"

"Yeah, it's so much better now but we still have a lot to get to the point where we used to be at. He must've hated me for what I did."

"I'm not so sure about that."

"What do you mean?"

"I remember this one time when I had a party at my beach house. It was like two years ago. You know Tim; he's usually the loudest and most drunk out of anyone else."

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" Haley asked confused.

"I remember that night cause Tim was acting so weird. First he didn't want to come to the party at all saying he was sick even though I had just played basketball with him. When he finally came, he ran straight upstairs to my parents' bedroom and turned the TV on. He stayed there for over 2 hours."

"Why?"

"Once I went to check on what he was watching but he basically threw me out of the room. But I stayed long enough to figure out what he was watching."

"What was it?" Haley asked dying to know.

"MTV Movie Awards 2003."

"I presented an award." Haley said remembering the event.

"Exactly." Nathan said smiling a bit.

"Wait, so Tim basically skipped the whole party to watch me present an award?"

"I don't think he hated you as much as you thought." He said smiling a bit. Haley knew Tim cared about him, the black box under his bed proved it, but she had no idea he would ditch his friends to just watch a show where she was.

"So, what are you doing here anyways?" Haley asked changing the subject.

"Tim and I just came from a run."

"And where is my less intelligent twin?"

"Getting a knee support from his room."

"His knees are still bugging him?" Haley asked.

"Yeah." Nathan said.

"That sucks." Haley said. "But why are you two getting up so early?"

"Starting today, we have to run two 3-mile-runs four times a week. We just finished the first 3-mile run. Gotta get ready for the basketball season."

"Which doesn't start in like three months."

"Whitey thinks the seasons never end." Tim said behind them. He had the knee support on his left knee. Haley got up from the chair and gave Tim a huge hug.

"Happy birthday!"

"Whoa! Someone's in a good mood." Tim said and hugged her back. "But happy birthday to you too, little sister."

"Thanks. You guys excited about tonight?" Haley asked.

"Yeah, of course. You've been stressing about it the whole week." Nathan said.

"I just want everything to go as planned."

"And it will." Tim said and smiled. "Don't worry."

"You know I will." Haley said smiling. She looked at the clock on the wall. "Shit, I gotta go. I gotta talk to the dancers, the band, waiters, bouncers, the florist and the caterer-"

"You planning a wedding or a birthday?" Nathan asked grinning.

"Very fun-" Haley got cut off by her ringing cell phone. "Sorry, I gotta take this." She said and flipped the phone open.

"Hello?... Yeah, this is her... I need food at the party!... What do you mean he's sick! What does he have, a goddamn cold?... Oh. Do you know when he will be conscious?... Got it, got it. So, who's gonna bring the food?... Good... No, I need it by eight p.m.! Not nine p.m., EIGHT p.m.!... Thank you, I will see you at eight." Haley said and flipped the phone shut.

"I already feel sorry for your wedding planner." Tim said after Haley ended the phone call.

"What?" she asked innocently. Suddenly the cell phone started to ring again. Tim snatched it and answered it before Haley could.

"Hello?... Yeah, I'm him... Thanks... Yeah, hold on she's right here." Tim handed the phone to Haley. "Some girl." Haley took the phone.

"Hello?... Ave!... I'm good, how are you... Awesome... Thank you very much... Can you make it tonight?... Aaw, too bad. Wish you could've been here... Ok, say hi to the band... Miss you too! Bye." Haley ended the call.

"She sounded familiar and she said happy birthday to me. Who was she?" Tim asked.

"Ave. You know her." Haley said smiling a bit.

"I do? Ave... What's her last name?" Tim asked.

"Lavigne." Haley said grinning. She looked at the clock on the wall. "Now I'm really gonna be late." She said and drank the rest of her juice.

"Wait, Ave Lavigne as in Avril Lavigne?" Tim asked shocked.

"The party starts at nine. Don't be late! See you then." Haley said ignoring his question.

"Wait! Did I just talk to Avril Lavigne?" Tim yelled after her but she was already gone. Tim turned to look at Nathan.

"I just talked to Avril Lavigne." He said in shock. Nathan just shrugged his shoulders.

"I've talked to a celebrity." Tim said smiling.

"Some might say your sister's a celebrity." Nathan pointed out.

"Haley? That's a weird thought." Tim said.

"Yeah no kidding, let's just hope that the party's a success." Nathan said.

"Oh, they always are, don't worry. She said that she managed to get the pre-dancers from mom's night club. Those girls are hot!"

"And did she mention a band?"

"Yeah, some lame-ass band she met while on tour. Don't know, don't care." Tim said.

"Well, a live band is still pretty cool."

"Yeah, I just hope they're good." Tim said.

"Wait, you didn't give her a present?" Nathan asked.

"No, Haley and I decided not to exchange any gifts. She said she was too busy with the party and I said that the party was present enough for me." Tim said.

"Ok." He said and looked at the clock. It was about time for their second 3-mile-run. "Ready for round two?"

"Do I have a choice?"

"Do we ever have a choice?"

"Ugh, I swear to god Whitey hates us." Tim said.

"Yeah, but we still gotta go. Come on." Nathan said and pulled Tim up from the chair.

Haley was busy the entire day. She had to talk to Karen about the practical stuff, after that she talked to the bouncers. She gave them the list of the people who was invited. She emphasized that no one else could get in especially any unwanted paparazzi.

Haley then went to check up on the food and yell at the people some more because they were falling off the schedule. She then had a meeting with Peyton and Brooke at the beauty salon where they got their nails and toes done. Then she had to meet with the band and be present at the sound check.

Finally at 7 she was done with everything. She drove as fast as she could back home where Brooke and Peyton were waiting for her already.

"Where have you been? We still gotta do your hair and make up." Brooke said impatiently.

"I'm so sorry, there was a mix-up with the florist and I got stuck in the traffic." She said apologetically.

"Well, you're here now which is the only thing that matters. Just sit down and let Brooke and I take care of you." Peyton said.

"I still gotta eat something before leaving." Haley said stressing.

"There's some Chinese for you in the fridge." Brooke said and went to heat it up for her while Peyton started with Haley's hair.

"We also have a little gift for you." Brooke said grinning when she came back with the heated food.

"What? I told you not to get me anything." Haley said.

"And did you really think we'd do that?" Peyton said while taking a box behind the couch.

"Open it." Brooke said. Haley looked at the two and opened the box slowly. She held the two pieces of clothing in the air.

"What are these?" she asked grinning.

"It's a bra and matching hot pants." Brooke said proudly.

"Why did you buy me underwear?" Haley asked laughing.

"Because you need to look hot for our friend Nathan." Brooke said. Haley rolled her eyes.

"He's never gonna see me in these." Haley said smiling while putting the underwear back in the box.

"Oh, don't be like that." Brooke said smiling.

"But thank you both. It's a very nice thought." Haley said smiling.

"Which is exactly what Nathan will be having after seeing these on you." Brooke said grinning.

"Eew, Brooke." Peyton said.

"Something tells me this was all Brooke's idea." Haley said looking at Peyton.

"Smart girl." Peyton said grinning.

"But thanks, I really appreciate it." Haley said and hugged them both.

"Great, now go back to sit. We still have your hair to finish." Brooke ordered smiling.

"Ay, ay, ma'am." She said and saluted before sitting. Suddenly Tim came to the living room. He was sweating and holding a basketball.

"Tim! You haven't even showered yet! You're gonna be late." Haley said.

"Relax, I was just playing ball."

"Go get ready!"

"Alright, alright. Bitte, bleib cool." Tim said. Peyton, Brooke and Haley blinked. "It's German, ok? I study German." He said while walking upstairs. "So, studying German makes me weird... Well you're all weird." Tim muttered while walking towards the bathroom.

After showering he went to his room. He stepped inside and saw a gift wrapped box on his bed. He went to sit on his bed and took the box in his hands. He read the small card from the top of the box 'Happy birthday, loser.' He opened it and took a shiny flask out of the box and smiled. It had 'Tim' engraved on the front side. Tim shook his head laughing.

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"Colin Farrell or Justin Timberlake?" Peyton asked while doing Haley's hair.

"Farrell, no doubt about it." Brooke said while choosing the right eye shadow color from Haley's make up bag.

"But Justin's a really sweet guy." Haley defended.

"You met him?" Brooke asked surprised.

"Yeah, he was hosting SNL when I was the musical guest. He's cool."

"Alright, Ville Valo or James Hetfield?" Peyton asked. Brooke and Haley turned to look at her. "What?" she asked.

"Who the hell is Ville Valo?"

"Isn't James Hetfield that Metallica guy?"

"Yes, he is. And Ville Valo is the singer from HIM." Peyton said.

"Whatever. Ask again." Haley said.

"Metallica or HIM?" Peyton asked.

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"What, you don't listen to them at all? Jesus... What about System of a Down? No? Korn? Depeche mode? What the hell's the matter with you!"

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"Fine, Matt Damon or Ben Affleck?"

"Damon!" Brooke and Haley yelled at the same time while laughing.

"Ok, now we continue our 'which one would you fuck' –game by moving on to the TV-series category." Brooke said with a serious voice while trying not to laugh.

"Alright, I'll continue." Haley said smiling. "Kiefer Sutherland from '24' or Michael Vartan from 'Alias'?"

"Vartan, anytime and anywhere." Brooke said and winked.

"I don't know... but if I'd have to choose, I'd choose Kiefer. His family issues remind me of mine with my dad." Peyton said. "Except I'm not running for my life from killers. Or caught in a hostage situation at a gas station. Or dating a one-armed guy. Or working for the government. Or-"

"So, what is the same?" Haley asked laughing.

"My mom's dead." Peyton said. Haley stared at her with her mouth open.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know." She said feeling bad.

"That's ok. But like in 24, I'm also very close to my dad. But unfortunately as in the show, I don't see him very often. He's working most of his time." Peyton said.

"I'm sorry. About your dad and your mom. I couldn't imagine living without my mom. She's my best friend." Haley said. There was a short silence.

"Ok, moving on. No moping tonight, girls!" Peyton said smiling.

"Kiefer was also good in 'Stand by Me'." Haley said.

"He was in it?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah, he was the bad guy, Ace."

"Really?"

"Uhhuh."

"Alright. Moving on with the questions: Dominic Purcell or Wentworth Miller?" Brooke asked with a dreamy look. Haley looked at Peyton confused.

"I'm lost too." Peyton said to Haley and looked at Brooke. "Went-who?"

"The brothers from 'Prison Break'. You do know that show, right?" She said. Peyton looked lost while Haley waved her hands enthusiastically in the air.

"Wait, that's the show with that hot guy, right?" Haley asked.

"What's the show about?" Peyton asked.

"Well, it's called 'Prison break' so it ain't about butterflies." Brooke said.

"It's about breaking from prison." Haley said smiling.

"Thank you, Ms. State-the-Obvious." Brooke said grinning.

"But there's a lot more to the show." Haley said to Peyton and turned to look at Brooke then. "And the guys you mentioned Wentwer, uh, Wentwur, uh..." Peyton asked.

"Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell." Brooke said.

"...are the brothers with the short hair, right?"

"Yeah, so which one is more do-able?"

"The younger one. The one with the tattoo. I mean, tattoos. Or is it just one big tattoo?" Haley said.

"That's Miller." Brooke said.

"Miller's hot." Haley said smiling.

"Yeah, no kidding. Right, Peyton?"

"Do not know the guy."

"What! I'm so buying that DVD-box for you when it comes out." Brooke said shocked.

"Let's move on." Peyton said.

"I'll go." Haley said. "Sawyer or Jack from 'Lost'?"

"Probably Sawyer." Peyton said.

"Sawyer's fuckable, Jack's date-able." Brooke said and they all laughed.

"Alright, reality TV-show hosts: Jeff Probst or Phil Keoghan." Peyton asked.

"Probst, of course! Are you crazy?" Brooke asked shocked.

"Yes." Peyton said smiling.

"Whatever. Seth or Ryan from the O.C.?" Brooke asked.

"Seth." Peyton said.

"Me too." Brooke said.

"Ryan." Haley said.

"You're into that whole bad boy –thing, huh." Peyton said.

"Yeah, I guess." Haley said.

"Well, a certain Nathan Scott happens to be a bit of a bad boy himself." Brooke said grinning.

"When will you let this go?" Haley asked smiling.

"Not until you two confess your feelings to each other and act on them." Peyton said.

"Sorry to interrupt you girls, but I'm leaving." Tim said behind them. Haley looked at the clock.

"Already?"

"I'm going to hang out at Nathan's and he's driving us there."

"Alright, see you there." Haley said. Tim was about to leave when he suddenly turned around and went to give Haley a hug.

"Thanks for the gift. It's awesome." He said.

"No problem. Glad you liked it." Haley said.

"Oh, mom called by the way. Said happy birthday to both us and said something about a surprise.

"Oooh... Exciting!" Haley said clapping her hands enthusiastically.

"Anyways, I'm gonna go. Later loser." Tim said and winked.

"Bye." Haley yelled laughing after him.

"Alright, we're done with your hair and make up." Brooke announced

"I gotta go change, chicas. But I'll be right back." Haley said and took her stuff and went to her room. She opened the closet and took the first pair of jeans and black top out that she could find. Just when she was about to change, she glanced at something on her bed. She stared at it for a second, then grinned.

Few minutes later Haley stepped out of the room still grinning.

"Alright, we ready to go?" Haley asked from the girls when she got there.

"Yeah, let's go." Brooke said. Peyton looked at Haley carefully.

"Why are you grinning?" she asked smiling.

"No reason." Haley said in an innocent voice and started to walk towards Tim's car smiling. Peyton and Brooke looked at each other before following her.

Then Brooke realized why she was grinning. She turned to look at Peyton.

"She's wearing the hot pants and the bra!"

"Go Nathan!"

So, how was it? Next chapter is the big party so stay tuned for that. Until then, review. :)

-Fes-