The bus ride to the game was the longest ride Lacy had in her life. She turned up her ipod to drown out her teammates. She had to get Dan off her mind. She knew that she had more at stake at this game. The bus pulled up to the school and they started to get off. Lacy met up with Brooke, Peyton, and Haley and the four of them walked to the locker room together. She walked to a different section of the room while Brooke and Rachel argued over something stupid again. She opened her duffle bag, the first thing she came across was the envelope from earlier. She threw them out in a near by garbage can and got ready.
Dan walked in the gym, he scanned the room and came across Lacy's parents. He tighten the grip on the envelope he was holding. A smirk played across his mouth. It quickly disappeared when he saw Lacy walk up to her parents wearing her warm-ups. He knew they were not talking about him when he saw them laughing. He caught Lacy's glance and smirked once again.
Lacy was talking to her parents when she saw Dan. She noticed that he was holding an envelope similar to the one she had gotten earlier. She wanted to run over to him and punch him in the face. Before she had the chance she heard Whitey yell her name. She went on the court to start warm up.
"Everything OK?" Nathan asked
"Yeah everything is fine." Lacy smiled seeing Logan walk in. She winked at him when he found a seat.
The game started. Lacy fouled a guy within seconds, she noticed the warning glare that she got from Whitey. She quickly got into her rhythm. She racked up about 12 points in the first half. The guy she fouled kept wanting to start a fight with her but one of the guys on her team would step in and give him a warning look and he would usually back off. It was now the second half of the game. Lacy was sweating and distracted. Her glance kept going from Dan to Logan. She was about to step into the game when she saw Dan sit next to her parents. It looked innocent enough until her pulled out the envelope. She started to panic. If her parents saw those picture she was surely be off the team. It was like slow motion watching Dan open the envelope. A slight relief washed over her when she saw it was just papers in the envelope. He was playing head games with her.
"Sorry to bring business to you here. It was just the only time I knew I would see you." Lacy heard Dan say to her father
"Lacy get your ass in the game before I changed my mind!" Whitey yelled to her.
"Sorry." She mumbled.
She ran out to the court where Lucas told her the play. The game was over the Ravens won 50-39. Lacy met up with Logan.
"Hey just let me shower and get ready then we can go." She said to him.
"I'll wait out here then." He said back. She smiled at him and ran to locker room.
Brooke ran up to Lucas when she saw him emerge from the locker room.
"Good game, boyfriend." She kissed him hard.
"I will meet you back in town, then we can have our date tonight." Lucas said. She squealed and jumped up to kiss him again.
"I can't wait."
Peyton sat on the bleachers waiting for Brooke and Haley. She watched them talk to their boyfriend and husband. She could not help but feel jealous. She wrapped her arms around her self slightly wishing that she had a boy to do that for her. She missed Jake more and more moments like these. She faked happiness when she Brooke and Haley walked up to her.
"Ready, P. Sawyer?" Brooke asked.
"Sure, lets go."
Lacy walked out of the locker room ready for her date with Logan. She saw him talking with her parents. It looked like they were getting along.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Lacy, this is nice young boy you found yourself here." Lacy's father said pointing in Logan's direction. Lacy gave Logan an impressed look.
"You guys have fun tonight, be home at a reasonable hour." Her mother said then walked off with her dad. Lacy turned to Logan, he held out his arm for her, she laughed and took it.
Brooke and Lucas were laying on Brookes bed. She cuddled against his chest. She closed her eyes and breathed in his scent, she could spend forever like this. She turned to face him. She couldn't help but smile when she saw his face. He did the same. She outlined his face with her fingers.
"What are you doing?" He asked
"Remembering this." Brooke said kissing him. He smiled against her kiss and began to make the kiss more passionate. He rolled on top of her, his hands wandered her body. Brooke reached down and pulled the covers over them.
Nathan and Haley walked down the river hand in hand. They said very little but it was a moment where talking would have seemed inappropriate. He squeezed her hand when they came upon the table where they had there first tutoring session. The table was decorated with candles and those purple flowers. Haley smiled up at him.
"Surprise." He said simply. They sat at the table, a waitress came out and put plates in front of them. It was Haley's favorite, Macaroni and Cheese. She couldn't help but smile. Nathan smiled just watching her. At that moment Haley knew that they were going to be OK.
Lacy and Logan were at coffee shop talking. Logan was easy to talk with. Logan loved that Lacy threw witty comments at him, she kept him on his feet. They finished their coffee.
"Lets go for a walk." Lacy suggested. Logan nodded. She took his hand intertwined there fingers and walked out of the shop. It was a perfect night in Tree Hill, the air was crisp and the stars were shining. She swung here hands as they walked. She loved that she could just say stupid and off the wall stuff with Logan. He was so easy to be around and to have fun with.
"Hey hold on a second, I saw something back there." Logan said to Lacy. She nodded in response. She walked over and leaned against a railing that over looked the river. She jumped slightly when she felt something run across her back. She looked up to see Logan standing there with something behind his back. She reached behind him and pulled out a single yellow rose.
"My favorite color." She exclaimed smelling the rose. She reached up and pulled Logan in for a kiss wanting to spend forever this happy.
Peyton sat in her room noticing how creepy the silence was in her house. She had gotten use to having Ellie around. She found herself wanting Jake more and more. She pulled her blanket tighter around her shoulders and let a single tear fall from her eyes, it splashed against a drawing that she had been working on prior. She let the tears fall as she sat and watched the darkness. She cursed herself for letting a boy determine her happiness. She got up and tucked her self into bed, crying herself to sleep.
A/N: Review and tell me what you think. Remember suggestions are always welcomed. This is probably my favorite chapter so far in this story. REVIEW!
