Author's Note: dum dum dum, second chapter to the 100th! Woohoo!
brathanfan- haha sometimes people are so wickedly mean.
FastFuriousChick- haha there was something really odd about that chick no doubt! lol Oh for the OTH episode to answer your question, nope I didn't get to watch it on Wednesday. I don't have the WB...sad yes I know lol but it's because I don't live in the States and I don't have satellite. So my only source was to watch it on Sunday when it airs on this network. BUT I did watch it! lol I agree Chriswas particularily nice and funny, but I've always enjoyed him except when he kissed Haley and all. For Haley and Nathan getting together, it did seem sudden but I don't know let's see what the writers dish us with. I'm sure this reunion means something!
Word spread quickly through the town, mainly the teenage population. It had only been a day, more like last night when the whole drama between Vegas and Jill ocurred and already the whole of Tree Hill High had it imbedded in their minds. One look at Jill's black eye and Vegas' brutalized face was all it took before the mouths started running. Rumours were flying here and there, from left to right, and they weren't pretty. Jill was made number one gossip victim. She couldn't even walk the halls without people staring or saying something absurd.
"I heard she wanted that whole dominatrix style, you know whipping and beating."
"Is that why her face is all bruised?"
"Yeah, supposedly the pain made it even more kinky."
"I heard she bit his lip so hard he's got a bruise inside a bruise."
"What about the swelling on both their cheeks, what's up with that?"
"Whatever he did to her she did to him, kind of like you do it I'll do it too."
"No way!"
And that was just what was circling around her locker. There was more talk surfacing around the school. It seemed Vegas wouldn't comment but his answer seemed pretty clear as he wore a smirk around. He wasn't about to take his brutal beating from Nathan in the way of his new found fame. Now for the people who knew what really happend such as Peyton, Lucas, Brooke and Nathan well they kept their mouths shut. Jill asked them not to say anything and let the words circulate, it would die down by lunch she was sure. Of course it didn't, and Jill who was always one to fight the rumours made a run for home right when the lunch bell rang. Usually she would back herself up but today she just wanted to get away. This wasn't Lincoln High where everyone knew she wasn't that kind of girl, this was Tree Hill High a new school, a new town where the only people that really knew her were the ones that she asked to keep quiet.
It just became too much for the seventeen year old, she needed a breather and a place she found safe, her own room. Stripping down to an old oversized Licoln shirt and purple striped flannel pants, she jumped under her cotton comforter with a pint of Ben and Jerry's chocolate fudge brownie ice cream as she watched A Walk To Remember in her bed. Warm and comfy, the only things she cared about at the moment, oh and how cute Shane West looked. It cleared her mind from reality even if it was only for two hours. She had How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Breakfast At Tiffany's, The Notebook, Cruel Intentions, The Wedding Date, and Sweet Home Alabama to cover the rest of day. She was all set.
Jamie: You don't know the first thing about being someone's friend.
Landon: I don't want to just be your friend.
Jamie: You don't know what you want.
Landon: Neither do you. Maybe you're just too scared that someone might actually want to be with you.
Jamie: And why would that scare me?
Landon: Because then you wouldn't be able to hide behind your books, or your frickin' telescope, or your faith. No, no, you know the real reason why you're scared? It's cause you wanna be with me too.
Jill stared at the screen as she dug into the carton grabbing a spoonful of chocolately goodness. She absolutely loved this movie. Landon and Jamie started off just rehearsing together then all of a sudden this desire, this romance had developed and next thing they knew they were in love. He was afraid of failure and she it seemed was afraid to be with someone. Of course the real reason was because she had cancer and she didn't want to get too attached to anyone. It was kind of depressing in a way. They did get a happy ending, yet they didn't, she passed away when summer ended. But the one thing that was undeniable was their love for each other, it was bittersweet.
Analyzing everything it made her think about her and Nathan, and again she was back to reality. It was true though, both were afraid to care again, to let someone in. Shaking it off she tried to concentrate on the movie.
"How can you see places like this... and have moments like this and not believe?"
She memorized the movie like the back of her hand. Jamie's lines, Landon's, heck even the reverand's. She even deepend her voice for the male parts. That's how much she loved it.
"Oh no A Walk To Remember, and she's quoting it."
Jill was startled. She had been too caught up in the movie she hadn't realized the two girls at the door.
"Hey Peyton, hey Brooke," she managed an embarassed smile, she did just get caught.
"Ben and Jerry's, baggy clothes, messy bun, A Walk To Remember. Model girl what's going on?"
The girl in the bed shrugged still embarassed.
"We missed you today at school. You never came to art."
"Yeah I just wasn't feeling it you know."
Brooke ran over to her putting her hand against Jill's forehead.
"Did you just say you weren't feeling school? You love it!"
"Well it's kind of hard to pay attention when everyone's watching your every move like you got some third eye growing on your face."
The girls nodded in understandment.
"Yeah, how are you holding up?"
"It not so much bugs me that everyone's talking, because well that's high school right people gossip but it's just that I'm still pretty much the new girl in Tree Hill so it's kind of hard. Almost isolating in a way, bad enough I was the new girl now I'm the new girl who supposedly has wild kinky sex."
"Yeah and you wear pleather while doing it," Brooke added.
Jill exhaled.
"See, no one really knows the real me but you guys and I told you not to say anything which I'm so grateful, because I don't want to cause an even more bigger scene."
Peyton went to sit beside her as Brooke made herself comfy on the end of the bed munching her left over ice cream.
"Nathan was about to pummel Vegas' ass for good but stopped when I told him your wishes."
"Really?" Jill was shocked. Nathan was still protecting her.
"Yeah, he never told you?"
"I've kind of been ignoring him," she hid herself under the covers.
Brooke's eyes widened.
"You what? Model girl what are you still doing ignoring him? The guy practically pulled a Hulk for you and saved you from that rapist and you're still not speaking to him? What is wrong with you?"
"I know I know, I owe him so much which is kind of why I'm ignoring him. I know it's really stupid and dumbass of me but .."
"But what?"
"I'm kind of embarassed. I mean he saw me all distraught and practically naked with bruises and a bloody face. It just feels weird. I don't think I could face him."
"Jill, Nathan could care less if you had your eye popping out of your socket."
"I know, that's why it's stupid of me. There's so much going on right now, where I should be speaking to people but I'm ignoring them and where I should be speaking out I'm cowering under my bed," she groaned, "it's all kind of coming in all directions, I don't know what to do. I even feel like I can't breathe decently everything's all cramped."
Peyton felt her pain. She was once in all that confusion.
"Don't worry, it takes time. You need to breathe first because well we don't want to lose you just yet," she managed a giggle from Jill, "and just take things one day at a time you know. Of course it's going to be stressful when you think of all things jumbled up, but once you start to tackle one thing at a time then it becomes much more easier."
"You're right, but how am I going to settle everything? Myself, my life? It's all so stifling."
"Aha!"
Both Jill and Peyton quickly turned to Brooke who had been silent the past fifteen minutes, well until now that is. They thought she was just too busy eating away, when in fact she as conjurring up one of her famous Brooke ideas.
"Brooke what was that for?"
"P. Sawyer shush I have a plan. Model girl you said your parents come up to Tree Hill for the weekends right?"
Jill looked at her weird.
"Right?"
"And your condo in Charlotte will be empty right?"
"Yeah?"
"That's it! We'll go up to your condo for the weekend," she was so cheery. Her nickname, perfect to a tee.
Peyton and Jill still stared on in bewilderment.
"We will?"
"Yeah, unless that skank Sheryl will be there?"
Jill shook her head.
"I talked to some people, they've got a weekend trip to California."
"See, no Sheryl, empty condo, no parents, no stress," Brooke grinned big, "girls I say we've got ourselves a road trip."