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Shes the Man

Chapter 5- Hi! I'm Brooke, Lucas's G/F

"NO! Okay we broke up, Justin! You were a jerk! Leave it alone!" With that I hang up, but then I hear someone cough behind me. 'Shit!'

Slowly I turn around and smile. 'Just play it cool Hales. He probably didn't hear anything.' "Yo, Nate!"

He looks at me suspicious and walks into my room. I look around the hallway as if not knowing what to do. Nathan then sticks his head back out and says, "Aren't you coming?"

"Oh right! You wanted me to follow you! Right behind you, dawg!"

Nathan turns around and pushes me on to my bed to sit. He starts to pace back and forth in front of me. "Okay, dude, it's totally cool if you are…….. you just have to tell me!"

"Um tell you what, Nate?"

"Tell me if you're…." He stops then whispers the last part, "gay!"

My eyes get wide and I scream, "No! What, Why would you think that?" Okay, so I could totally pretend to be gay because yeah I like guys already, but I mean Jake is gonna have to come back sometime and I don't want everyone thinking he is actually gay.

"Well I mean," He puts his hand through his hair. 'Oh man, does he really have to do that. UGH!' "You were talking to some guy named Justin, and how you broke up…… what's up with that?"

"Oh, um…" 'Come on, think Hales, think.' "That uh was one of the girls I left behind, Justine. You know how it is; they just can't leave it a lone that I left them."

"Yeah, okay, sure um well we have basketball tryouts in 15 minutes! Be ready! I'm gonna go get Lucas and Tim." And with that he's out the door.

I breathe out. 'Man, this is gonna be a long 2 weeks.'

Hour Later

Everyone was gathered around Coach Whitey to see if they had made the cut. He was now screaming out the names of who made the second string, if your name wasn't called you made first. All I could think now was, 'Don't call my name. Don't call my name.'

"Johnson!" Coach screams handing him a yellow jersey. "Second string."

"Morris! Second string!"

I was standing there for what seemed like forever, not hearing my name being called, which was okay with me because that meant……

"James!" Whitey comes up to me in what I could only think of as slow motion. He hands me the yellow jersey and says, "Second string." You could see the disappointment on my face. How did this happen. I had worked so hard to get here and now it was taken away from me.

Lucas and Nathan came up to me and patted me on the back, "Dude, it's okay." Says Nathan. 'Aww. How nice!' "Second string isn't all that bad. Wait never mind, yeah it is." Him and Lucas slap fives and walk away laughing. 'Jerks! How am I always wrong about guys.'

I slowly walk into the locker room. "Come on, James!" screams Tim when I walk by my him on my way to my locker. "Hit the showers!"

'Shit!' I think. 'I can't take a shower with all of…. Them. Oh my gosh they're going to make me take a shower. Come up with an excuse, Haley. Come on, think!'

"cough Yeah cough I uh……" she trails off. Then, coach comes in and yells to me that the principal wanted to see me.

'I don't think I've ever been called to the principal's office.' I think while making my way to his office. See, that was always my brother's job. Get called to the principal's office for doing something stupid as always. I only ever got called to the principal's office when he wanted to congratulate me on something I did.

Anyways, I open the door and see a balding and slightly older man sitting at his desk. He all of a sudden jumps up and starts singing, "Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome to Tree Hill High."

Okay, if I were to call him psycho, that would be an understatement. I keep looking at him strangely hoping that he gets the hint that I think he's insane. Finally, he starts talking again. 'Not that I really wanted him to talk. Because probably anything that comes out of that guy's mouth is going to be loud and annoying. Hmm….He's probably met Tim before. I think they would get along great.'

"You're probably wondering why I called you down here. You see, I was a transfer student myself a long time ago. When dinosaurs roamed the earth." He starts cracking up and I just stare at him. 'Does this guy actually think he's funny? Come on!'

"Anyways," I think he finally got the hint that I didn't thin his "joke" was all that funny. "I just wanted to make sure that everything so far was going smoothly for you. Do you like all your classes?" I nod so he continues, "Do you like the clubs and sports here?" 'Not really,' I think. 'I got put on second string.' But instead of telling him that I just nod. "Do you get along with your room mate?" 'Except for the fact he's a total jerk, he's a total hottie!'

"Oh yeah! He seems like a really great guy!"

"I was hoping you would say that, because from what I have seen from your files except for your lack of attendance." He chuckles. "You are a great student. But your room mate Nathan Scott isn't so much a great student as he is basketball player. And in order to keep him on the team, let a lone the captain of the team, we need someone to tutor him and I think you are the best person to do this. So what do you say?"

'Man, do I have some things to figure out?' I think as I try to decide if I'm going to do this!

I couldn't decide and the fact that the principal was staring me down wasn't helping any. 'So, if I decide not to do this then Nathan's off the team and there goes his chances of playing in college. But, I know how it felt when I couldn't play….. I got to help him!'

"Yeah, okay!" I say smiling. "I'll do it!"

"Oh thank you, thank you, and thank you!" 'Okay way too excited!' "I'll explain it all to Nathan and then you guys just be sure to start studying! You can get going now, and don't forget classes start tomorrow!"

I start to walk towards the door thankful that I get to leave. And mumbles a nice, "Thanks." But as I was walking out the door I bumped into someone knocking their books on the floor. 'Great job Hales. Clumsy old me.' I got down on the floor grabbing the books as quickly as possible saying, "Sorry." Over and over again.

"It's really okay!" she says getting down to help me retrieve her books. She looks over at me and smiles. "Hi! I'm Brooke! Lucas's girlfriend." 'Okay is that what she always says. Cuz that's a little freaky! But hey! At least she's proud!'

I stick my hand out to shake hers and say, "Nice to meet you! I'm Jake!" "Oh! I know!" 'Okay again freaky! But that does explain why she added the Lucas's girlfriend part!'

Then the worst possible thing happened. We both get up and I give her the books. I figure everything was okay so I start to walk out the door. But then I heard Brooke gasp. 'Uh, oh!' I begin to feel my hair and yup, my wig fell off! 'Shit!'

I run to retrieve my wig and put it on quickly. I look up at Brooke who is beyond shocked. She finally decides to talk, "You're, You, You're." Okay so not talk more like stutter but still. Then she whispers, "You're a girl!"

"Brooke come here." Luckily there was no one else in the hallway or else I would have been in BIG trouble. I bring her in to a secluded corner where even if someone were to pass they wouldn't hear what we were talking about. "Brooke please, don't freak out!"

"Oh!" she whispers kinda harsh, "Why would I freak out! I just found out there's a girl undercover as a boy at my school!"

"Please Brooke! You gotta let me explain!" I look at her with my puppy dog eyes. I know, I know! But it works for girls as well. She urges me to continue so I do so, "My basketball team got cut at my school." She begins to cut me off but I hold my hand to stop her. "Wait let me finish! Basketball is everything to me. So when I found out I was crushed. I talked to my twin brother and then he told me that he wouldn't be coming to his new school, here, for two weeks because his band got a gig. So I decided that the only way for me to be able to play basketball my senior year was to come here as my brother." I look over at Brooke who seems to look like she understands.

"Okay, I understand!" 'Ha-ha. Knew it!'

"Oh thank you, thank you!" I get up and leap over to her hugging her with all my might.

We let go of each other. "But wait what's you real name?"

"Oh right!" 'Whoops! Forgot to introduce myself as myself!' "I'm Haley James!"

"Nice to meet you Haley James! I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship!"

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