Chapter Two : The Unexpected Favor.
The next couple of months were even worse than the monthd in the summer. Haley was so much quieter, so much...not Haley.
As December rolled by, it seemed to lift Haley's spirits. She had planned a whole "Christmas Feast" and was relly getting into it. All she did was plan, plan, plan,plan.
She had forced herself to keep her mind off Nathan. So doing as many things as possible seemed like a pretty good answer.
"Brooke, I need to ask you a favor," Haley said during the first weekend of December.
"Sure... shoot." Brooke answered, a little surprised by her friend's sudden approach.
"Do you think, I mean, if's it possible," Haley started, took a deep breath and said quickly "Do you think I could try out for the cheerleading squad?"
"You..want..cheerleading...Haley?" Brooke tried to get out the words, but it was hard to process.
"Brooke...it's okay, I mean-"
"No, no, no. You're on the squad no tryouts, no nothing!" Brooke said cutting Haley off. "This is going to be the best season ever!"
"Yeah." Haley said, hugging Brooke. She was half-hoping for Brooke to say no, but what was done was done.
"Do you think she wants to be on the squad because of Nathan?" Lucas asked Brooke after she had told Peyton and Lucas the news about Haley on the squad.
"Maybe..probably." Peyton stated.
"Even if she is, it's going to be fun. I mean, we won't be worried about her anymore. When me and Peyton are practising you are too. So she won't be alone in the house anymore." Brooke said, obviously trying to bring some positive points in this conversation.
"That's true." Lucas said, nodding his head."Just don't work her too hard."
"I do inot/i work my cheer-" Brooke had started the sentence then saw the looks on Peyton's and Lucas's faces. "Fine, I'll try not too."
Lucas chuckled and Peyton gave Brooke a wink, meaning to Brooke i it's going to be okay./i
Haley had her first cheerleading practise the following Monday.
As the cheerleading squad walked out of the locker rooms, the basketball team stopped practising to stare. It was like a part of their routine.
Nathan named all the girls as they walked past him. He knew their names by heart.
i Peyton, Brooke, Thersa, Haley /i Nathan thought, he paused and back tracked. i Haley/i
His eyes followed her for the next couple of minutes. His head was swimming.
i Why is she here? She looks so beautiful. She can't have a perament place. I hope she does. /i Nathan's thoughts were fighting.
"Scott!" Whitey yelled. "Practise!"
"Alright!" Nathan yelled back.
Nathan had a terrible practise. Over the fact that his thoughts kept drifting off to Haley, he had to cope with his new girlfriend, Rachel yelling his name every five seconds from the bleachers.
Haley, on the other hand, had a fantastic practise. She had the routines somewhat down and it looked like she had been on the squad for years.
After practise, Nathan went over to Rachel. Over her shoulder, he saw Haley talking to the new guy on the team, Matt.
i Why is/ibshe/bi talking to/ib him/b? Nathan wondered.
After a few moments, Nathan saw Haley giving Matt her number. As Matt turned away, their eyes met.
Haley saw the exact same face that she had when the whole "Chris" crisis had came to be. His stern face, eyes full of anger and jealousy at the same time. Then for some reason, his face softened to the meet of Haley's eyes. Haley simply smiled to herself, looked down and jogged to the locker rooms.
It was going to be okay...eventually.
b Please review! I need a vote, should Lucas go for Peyton or Brooke? Vote Soon!
amanda /b