September Rain

Chapter Two - OMG

Nathan sat on his couch. He missed school that day. School only reminder him of her. That's where he met her. That's where he fell in love with her. Why couldn't she just have loved him enough to stay? He cursed loudly. Pain was written all over his face. Pain that wouldn't go away. It was too hard. Too much.

"Hey Jake!" Brooke walked to her car after school. She noticed Jake sitting next to the curb.

"Hey Brooke" Jake stood up. Brooke Davis was the prettiest girl he had ever seen but he knew that they would always be just friends. He's life was to complicated for him to ever try anything with the beautiful, rich girl of Tree Hill.

"So, what happened to your car?" Brooke looked at him suspiciously. Jake always drove to school but she hadn't seen his car today.

"Umm, it kind of died." Jake said, shyly. He basically just told the girl he liked, he couldn't even afford a descent car to ride to school in. "My mom's supposed to pick me up but she got caught up with Jenny." He looked down at the floor, not only did he not have a descent car but he also had a baby. He loved his daughter, Jenny, but he knew the second she was born, he could never have the life of normal teenager. That's what Brooke needed, her thought, a normal guy. Brooke looked at him. She always thought Jake was cute but that day he looked really really really cute.

"Do you need a ride?" She offered. Jake looked back up at her. Brooke smiled at him. She was beautiful when she smiled.

"Umm, yeah. Thanks Brooke." He smiled as Brooke locked he arm around his.

"No problem, you know you can count on me!" She smiled again. Jake and Brooke had always been friends but ever since she and Peyton had that falling out because of Lucas, she had been different. Broken. He hated to see her hurting so he spent as much time with her as he could. He just didn't know he would end up falling for her.

"Hey guys!" Lucas walked to them from across the parking lot.

"Hey Luke!" Brooke replied. Some how, they had all managed to become friends again. Peyton, Brooke and Lucas.

"Where is your ride Jake?" Lucas asked.

"It died out." Jake answered. Lucas noticed Brooke's arm was still around Jake's.

"Oh," Lucas said looking across the parking lot at Brooke's car. "Brooke giving you a ride?" He asked. He knew what he had one with Peyton was a mistake. He still loved Brooke. It hurt to see her with Jake sometimes. He knew they were just friends but, sometimes, he could see something else. Something more than just friends.

"Yep" Brooke smiled. She let go of Jake's arm only when they had reached her car. She got in the driver's seat and Jake in the passenger's seat. Lucas closed Brooke's door for her.

"Well, Jake, if you want to save your car you could take it to Keith, he knows about all that stuff." He smiled. Jake nodded.

"Thanks Lucas."

"Bye Broody!" Brooke said as she pulled out of the parking lot. Jake looked at Lucas in the rear view mirror. Jake had a feeling Lucas still liked Brooke, he never admitted it, but Jake just knew.

"So, home or food?" Brooke asked. Jake turned his attention from Lucas.

"Food sounds good." He laughed and Brooke gave him her Brooke Davis Smile.

"Haley? Haley? Haley? WAKE UP!" Chris screamed shaking her.

"What? What? I'm up! I'm up!" She looked to see Chris staring at her. "Oh." She said. In her dream, she was home with Nathan, she should have known it was just a dream.

"I take it you are getting bored of me?" Chris looked at her sadly. He loved Haley, as a friend. He hated seeing her like this. "Do you want to go hang out?"

"Sure" Haley said, grabbing her jacket. No matter where they went, she knew she wouldn't see the man she loved. They walked around the down town area of whatever city they were in. So many cities, in so many days. All she knew was she couldn't go home. She could never go home.

FLASHBACK:

"THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT?" Nathan yelled. "THIS? FINE HALEY! LEAVE, BUT DON'T YOU EVER COME BACK!"

"Nathan!" Haley protested.

"If you leave me Haley," Nathan said no longer yelling. "I'll hate you forever."

END FLASHBACK

"Haley?" Chris called her back from her memories.

"What Chris?" Haley said annoyed. Chris pointed to the TV. There was a lady reporting about a fire in Tree Hill, NC.

"OMG."