Chapter 2
The next morning Lucas is woken up by the sunlight hitting his eyelashes and no sooner has he opened his eyes before he hears his mom's voice coming from upstairs on the way down. Upon hearing that he immediately bolts up and one look at Haley tells him that she also has heard it and without another word they dive behind the counter looking for their clothes.
"Luke have you seen my bra?"
"Not after it...hmm...got off you"
Haley continues to frantically look after it but can't seem to locate it, and eventually she dares to take a quick peek over the counter,
"Shit"
"What?"
"It's behind your mom"
"You got to be me kidding me".
"Do I look like I'm kidding?"
"Well no"
"Go and distract her"
"How?"
"How the hell should I know? Figure something out, now go on"
And without further ado Haley pushes him towards Karen, who has entered the café and is standing right next to Haley's disposed bra.
"Hi mom", a startled Lucas gets out to get her attention.
Karen jumps when she hears her son's voice and starts to turn towards him, something Lucas foresees and prevents by putting his arm around her.
"What's for breakfast?"
"Is that all I'm for you? A living cooking machine", Karen laughs.
Meanwhile Haley has successfully retrieved her bra and made her way to the door but in her hurry to get out of there she forgets about the bell over the door and of course sets it off. Karen immediately spins around to tell whoever is at the door that they haven't opened yet, but instead of the expected customer she sees Haley.
"What are you doing here Haley?"
"Damm it", Haley curses under her breath
"Hi Karen, I was just going to…to…"
"See if I were ready for school", Luke helps her out.
"Exactly", a relived Haley agrees while she self-consciously drags her fingers through her messy hair.
"Shouldn't you have say your backpack with you then?" Karen asks.
"Yeah, I should probably get that huh?" Haley nervously answers.
"Probably"
"Right, see you later Luke", Haley stutters out and escapes through the door in a blink of an eye.
"Hmm. I wonder what she was so jumpy about".
"Mom, I'm starving here."
"Now we can't have that can we? Breakfast is coming up."
Later that day in school Lucas finally catches Haley at her locker during the break between his 4th and 5th period after a day of avoidance from her side.
"We need to talk" he simply says when he has gotten her attention.
"Not now, I'm late".
"To what?"
"Tutoring session"
"With Nathan?"
"Yeah"
"I can't believe you're still going after what he did. I don't think you should…".
"Look Luke, just because we slept together doesn't mean you can tell me what to do!"
"Whoa, no need to bite me head off."
"Sorry, I'm just a little on edge"
"Noted"
The bell rings and she slams her locker shut.
"Hales, we still need to talk".
"Later", she screams over her shoulder as she rushes off leaving Lucas behind.
"Great, just great" he mutters before turning around to head to his next class.
TBC
