Chapter 4: Cheater

"There you are! Where have you been!" Brooke exclaimed, when Haley walked through their apartment door.

"I was at Nathan's." Haley said, her tone saying 'like-you-didn't-know'.

"Ha! I knew it!" Brooke smirked, "Anyway, how do you work a toaster?"

Haley stared at her in disbelief, "You seriously don't know how to work a toaster?" Brooke stayed silent, "Come on, lets go watch the guys practice, and then we could go out to breakfast or something." she said.

"Great idea!" Brooke exclaimed as she ran into the bedroom and grabbed her jacket, putting it on, as she walked back out. "So, I see that you and Nathan are going better than ever." she said while walking out of the door.

As Brooke and Haley arrived at the school, that looked deserted,they quickly parked and got out of the car, heading towards the gym doors. Haley looked at her watch, there was fifteen minutes left of practice. "Come on." she said to Brooke as she led the way towards the bleachers and sat down.

The guys were doing drills on one end of the gym, and playing one-on-one on the other. The girls noticed that Lucas and Nathan were playing one-on-one. Brooke saw Lucas look up and she waved at him, while waving back, Nathan stole the ball and shot it into the net. "Hey, that's not fair!" Brooke exclaimed.

Haley laughed, as Nathan looked back and she waved at him. "How is it not fair Brooke?" she asked.

"Because Lucas was waving at me, then your stinking husband came and stole the ball!" she whined.

"It's called keeping your eye on the game, and not your girlfriend." Coach Whitey cut in.

"I was just saying hi!" Brooke said, making a pouty face.

"Aww come on Brooke, it's just a game." Haley said, and then added, "Which my husband's better at than your boyfriend." She knew she probably shouldn't be gloating, after all, Lucas was her best friend.

Fifteen minutes later, Coach Whitey blew his whistle and told everyone to hit the showers, Haley and Brooke hopped down the bleachers and met up with Nathan and Lucas.

"You totally could've won that game." Brooke said as she kissed Lucas.

"Good job." Haley said to Nathan and she gave him a kiss. Nathan and Lucas glanced over at each other, before giving Brooke and Haley a tight hug, getting their sweat on them.

"I'm so going to kill you!" Haley exclaimed, as she heard Brooke scream out in disgust.

"YOU'RE DEAD LUCAS SCOTT!" Brooke exclaimed.

"Only if you can catch us!" Nathan and Lucas both said before running off from Lucas' girlfriend, and Nathan's wife. Haley and Brooke glanced at each other as they chased them down the hall and towards the boys locker room.

"I'm totally not going in there." Haley said as she crossed her arms and leaned against the wall near the door.

"Fine then, we'll just wait." Brooke said, she still had a disgusted look on her face. "Now I feel so gross!" she whined.

"How do you think I feel? Nathan had more sweat than Lucas, which probably isn't the most attractive quality." Haley said as she looked at her shirt.

"Hey! My man sweats just as much as yours does!" Brooke exclaimed as she took off her jacket, in attempt to make herself feel cleaner.

"Brooke!" Haley exclaimed, "You do realise what you just said right?" Brooke thought for a moment then laughed.

"You're right, your guy sweats more than mine." she nodded.

"Hey!" Haley exclaimed, and playfully hit Brooke in the arm.

"Hey, don't hit me!" Brooke exclaimed and hit her back.

"Geez, how long do these guys need to shower and change?" Haley complained shortly after, and the door opened, having some of their teamates walk out. Brooke glanced inside while the door was open.

"Brooke!" Haley said.

"What?" Brooke turned around, "It's not like you've never wanted to loon into a guys locker room." she defended herself, and stood up, just as Coach Whitey walked through.

"I might have wanted to, but I never did!" Haley said.

"Well now's our chance, come on." Brooke said, before poking her head through the door, and waving her hand to tell Haley to look too.

"No Brooke, I'm not going to watch guys take showers and change." Haley said, then realised what she had just said, as Brooke grabbed her by the arm and pulled her over towards the door also. Surprisingly, nobody noticed the two girls looking into the locker room, or nobody seemed to mind.

"Are you girls poking your head through the door for a reason? Or just because..." Nathan started. Haley heard his voice, but it wasn't coming from in front of her, she twirled around, her hair landing on one side of her shoulder when she stopped.

"Hey..." she said awkwardly. Brooke still looking.

"Tutor girl, I still don't see Lucas." Brooke muttered, her voice a little hard to hear. Haley grabbed her arm and turned her around to be face-to-face with Lucas.

"Luke...heyyy..." Brooke said and flashed a dimpled smile. Lucas shook his head and put his arm around Brooke as they walked outside.

"First of all, I would never do something like that." Haley said, before Nathan put his hand on Haley's lower back and she rested her head on his shoulder as they walked outside.

"You're such a cheater!" Brooke said to Nathan when they reached the restaurant.

"How am I a cheater?" Nathan asked.

"Because, you stole the ball from Luke while I was waving at him."

"Well maybe you shouldn't have waved at him, so, if you think about it, it's basically your fault that he lost the game." Nathan said, smirking.

"It is not!" Brooke said and then thought about it for a few moments, before speaking again, "You'd feel differently if Haley had done what I did!"

"Yeah, but Haley didn't, because she knows that I need to focus during practice and games." he smirked as he slid into a booth and Haley sat beside him, Lucas and Brooke across from them.

"So, what is everyone going to have for breakfast?" Lucas asked, changing the subject.