Hi guys! I'm really sorry for the delay, but finally, here's the first part of the new chapter; it's settled in Episode 2x05, "I Will Dare", check it out! Also, I will release the second part of the chapter in around half a day (around 12.00 am, italian time).
Chapter Four, Part One: Dare Night
P.S. I don't own One Tree Hill.
P.P.S Thanks to SweetLilloz for her work ;)
The last bell of the day rang out inside the halls of Tree Hill High, signalling the end of another school day; the hallways were suddenly filled with students rushing to their lockers; among them, were ten who were going to find a surprise soon…
"I tell you man, I thought those two cops chicks were going to kill me!"
"Just say that you were scared, Tim" Nathan sighed as he finished the combination to his locker, wondering how, in the past, he never realized how much Tim could be bore someone.
"Hey Nate, what's that silver letter there?" asked Tim, and Nathan stared at the letter standing on top of his books.
"You too?" turning to his left, Nathan saw Lucas, holding an identical letter in his hands.
"This looks like…"
"Brooke" Lucas completed, sighing.
…
"So, how are you dealing with being poor, Brooke?" asked Peyton as she, Brooke and Haley left the class.
"Ugh! Don't mention it, P. Sawyer! This is the worst week, ever! You see this top? I've worn it twice already! I'm going crazy!"
"Come on, Tigger, I'm sure everything will be fine…what's this?"
"A letter?" Brooke smirked, her financial troubles forgotten at the hint of a new gossip "My, my Tutor Wife, it seems you have an admirer, I wonder if we should warn Hotshot about it…wait, one for me, too? Peyton, did you find a…?"
"A silver letter in my locker?" the blonde teenager asked holding up an identical one to her friends.
"And it seems we aren't the only ones to whom it was directed" commented Haley, noticing Lucas and Nathan staring at them, especially at Brooke.
"What?" she exclaimed "This isn't my idea!"
…
Michael walked out of the classroom, stretching his body tiredly: it had been a long week, working at the Café and helping Peyton and Karen at the soon-to-be-opened club, but hey, at least he was earning some money now, and had, at the same time, had the chance to bond more with what was, in a way, his new "family".
He kept walking absent-mindedly, until he noticed a group of students standing near the entrance, all confused; upon closer inspection he noticed they where his friend and well...Tim.
Michael smirked as he remembered what happened at Nathan's bachelor party That was real fun,I can't believe he really believed that those two were strippers! Shaking his head, he shifted his attention to Lucas.
"What's going on, Luke?"
"I have no idea, man, but it's related to this" his brother answered, showing a silver letter, identical to the ones held by the others with the name 'Lucas' written of it.
"Where did you find these…oh" he stopped as he found the same type of letter inside his locker, his name written on the front. "I guess this answers my question, but still…what's going on here?"
"I can answer that, my friends" a smug voice talked, and a Hispanic-looking guy reached them, a cocky grin on his face; Michael frowned, annoyedFelix…I hate this guyhe thought, remembering how they first met.
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Nathan and Michael were walking towards the school garden, when they noticed Brooke and Haley talking to a tanned boy, with short, spiked hair.
"Do you know him, Nathan?"
"Never seen him before, he must have just moved here" Nathan answered
"So I'm not the only new guy around here anymore? That's great, although, it seems Brooke doesn't like him much" Michael commented, and indeed, Brooke was shouting at the guy, her face distorted with disgust and rage "Should we help her?"
"There's no need" Nathan said, with a smirk on his face "You never saw Brooke's epic outbursts; trust me, you don't want to get on her bad side"
"Interesting" Michael's smile matched Nathan's "Well, let's get closer, just in case"
As they got closer to the trio, Nathan's expression changed drastically when the boy turned to Haley, a flirtatious smile on his lips; grimacing, he walked faster, followed by Michael, the conversation perfectly audible by now.
"Hi, nice to meet you" greeted Haley, holding a hand to the newcomer.
"Girl, you are totally fine." He said, eyeing her appreciatively, which made Haley's hand drop.
"Dude I'm totally married."
"Really?" asked the boy, surprised, but amused "Who's the father?"
"Behind you" Brooke pointed to Nathan and Michael, who were now behind the boy, her smile suggesting that she was hoping for the new guy to be beaten up.
"Little close aren't you?" Nathan's voice was cold.
"Oh, guess it's you. Felix Tagarro, a pleasure to meet you" he was about to offer his hand to them, but noticed Nathan's stern expression, and laughed "C'mon, man! I was just exchanging a few words with your wife; by the way, congratulations: she is a sex…"
"If you care of your face, I wouldn't complete that sentence" suggested Michael, his hands tucked in his jeans' pockets "You know, my little brother's patience is already at his limits"
"Oh, please let him finish it then, Illusive Boy" Brooke commented "I'd love to see this jerk's ass kicked."
"My, my, so violent…I like that in a girl" Felix kept grinning "But, hearing you nicknaming other guys…should I be jealous?"
"Pu-lease!" Brooke scoffed "As if I would ever even think of letting you touch me."
"You never know" Felix got closer to Brooke, whispering to her ear "I can be pretty persuasive, you see…"
"I agree: in fact, you're really persuading us in beating the crap out of you" not noticed by anyone, Lucas had joined the group, glaring at Felix.
"You too?" the tanned boy laughed again "Man, I guess Tree Hill is really a small place, isn't it? Chill out, guys, no need to be so territorial" he walked away, still laughing.
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Everyone took a seat, waiting for Felix to explain the meaning behind the silver letters; Mouth, Skills, Junk and Furgie had joined the group; they have received the same letters, as well.
"It's called dare night" Felix broke the silence "1 night. 2 teams. Multiple dares. Each envelope contains a two part dare; the team that, at the end of the night, has completed more dares wins"
"And if we don't want to take part?" asked Brooke, her voice annoyed.
"She's right" Lucas nodded, staring at Felix "It's not like we're friends"
"Because it's a chance to challenge your fears and to show your true colours to others" Felix answered, and was looking intently at both Lucas and Brooke "But, of course, I'm not forcing anyone to join against his, or her, will; you're free to leave. So, who is in?"
"I am" Peyton dropped her letter on the table.
"Me too" said Haley.
Nathan gave his wife a funny look then, shaking his head, dropped his letter.
"Sounds fun" Michael left his letter on top of the others.
"I'm in, dawg" was Skills' answer, followed by Mouth, Furgie and Junk the only one remaining were Brooke and Lucas.
A letter fell with the others; it looked different, white, creased, with 'Tim' scribbled on; everyone stared at Tim, dumbfounded.
"What? I want to participate too!" he whined.
"Ok, you can take part" Felix said between the laughs "But only if Lucas and Brooke join too"
The two stared at each other, then Brooke nodded, and both of them dropped their letters on the table.
"Perfect" Felix leaned on his chair, satisfied "Now, for the team: we will have boys versus girls, plus me" he said.
"Oh, how considerate of you!" Brooke's voice dripped sarcasm.
"Girls will be outnumbered" said Nathan glaring at this Felix guy: if looks could kill, well they wouldn't be having this problem.
"I am more than enough to help the girls to win this game, but you may have a point, since I didn't consider Tim…"
"I won't play in the same team of 'Dim', thank you very much" Brooke interrupted him.
"Me either" agreed Peyton.
"Hey!" protested Tim "I warn you girls that when the Tim man is pumped up, he can…"
"Just say 'you'll see when we win the game', Tim" said Nathan, bored already.
"I wasn't suggesting Tim for our team" resumed Felix, turning his head to Michael "But…what about the recently discovered Scott brother?" he asked.
"Illusive Boy, uh? I'm fine with it."
"Me too" said Haley, followed by Peyton "Me three…after all, it wouldn't be fair to have three Scott's in the opposing team"
"So, are you going to join our team, Michael?" asked Felix, a strange smile on his lips.
What's his plan? Michael wondered, then he shrugged "Count me in"
"So, when do we start?" this time, it was Mouth who spoke.
"It starts now…the first dare is up to Lucas" said Felix; Lucas opened his letter, and read the first line "Go and open the unnamed locker at the school"
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Thirty minutes later, they were back at the school, and Lucas found some female clothes and a card "Your first dare is…to return these clothes to the respective stores…while wearing them"
"Woah man!" Tim exclaimed, while Skills and the rest of the River court gang laughed.
"You think you can do it?" asked Nathan.
"Yes, I can…and you know why? Because I want to win this game, and rub it into Felix's face" Lucas smiled as he bumped fists with Nathan.
"Well said, but, unfortunately, I can't let you, sorry big and little bro" Michael reached them, grinning "As much as I can't stand that Felix guy, we're going to win this, deal with it."
"As usual, you are way too cocky, Mike" Lucas smirked while Nathan shook his head, amused.
"We'll see who's going to stand at the end of the night…see you later, middle brother…have fun" he said, patting Michael's shoulder before following Lucas and the rest of their team.
"Enjoy yourselves, guys!" shouted Michael, and then he walked towards Brooke, Peyton, Haley and Felix, who were discussing how the team would split up.
"Figures" scoffed Brooke, reading her letter "I'm with Felix…why that doesn't surprise me?"
"Come on Brooke, try to have some fun" suggested Peyton, who was desperately trying not to laugh "So…I guess Haley and I will go with Michael"
"Can't we switch?" pouted Brooke.
"Hell no" said her friends in unison.
"Aww, you know, that hurts, right here" said Felix mockingly, pointing at his heart.
"Ah, ah, very funny" Brooke fake laughed "Ok let's get this start, the quicker we start the quicker this farce ends."
"Wait, Brooke, I've got something to say to Felix…in private" Michael said, and the three girls took some distance, leaving the two young men to face each other.
"What's up, man?"
"I'll cut it short" Michael stared at the tanned boy, his glaze glacial "I don't know what you're scheming, but I warn you; if you try anything that would upset Brooke…"
"Are you perhaps jealous?" asked Felix, a smirk on his face.
"Not at all" the brown haired boy denied calmly "But Brooke, as well as Peyton are important people to my brothers and Haley, so, in a way, they are a kind of family to me…and I don't want to see them hurt"
"Because you are the 'family before all' until the end, right?" this time, Felix's tone implied that he knew something.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Michael, his voice harsh now.
"Nothing man…let's just try to have a fun night, how about it?" Felix offered his hand to Michael, who pushed it off.
"As Lucas said…we're not friends" he said, walking to the girls.
"Is everything ok?" asked Haley.
"Sure it is" Michael smiled "Let's start with the first dare girls!"
Felix watched Michael, Peyton and Haley leave, a smug smile as he recalled what happened a couple of weeks ago.
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Felix was talking to Mouth; he seemed a nice guy, and fully aware of what was happening in Tree Hill High, and what Felix needed, right now, was all the info he could get , especially about a certain brunette girl…
"So, Haley's Lucas' best friend, and she had recently married Nathan, while Lucas had dated both Brooke and Peyton." He resumed the rumours he had heard.
"More or less" Mouth said, uncomfortable; he wasn't going to tell the details of the love triangle that had exploded a few months ago: after all, Lucas was one of his best friend, no matter how much he had screwed up in that particular situation.
"What about the new guy, Michael? I heard he is Lucas and Nathan's half-brother" when Mouth nodded, he asked "Is He dating some girls? Is he interested in Brooke, or…"
"You seem pretty much interested in Brooke" Mouth noted: Felix has made him countless questions about her, after all.
"Nah, man…Just curious, that's all" Felix lied, cursing himself: he didn't expect Mouth to be so smart.
"Uh huh…" the school's sport reporter nodded, unconvinced "Well, I've got a class to go to now, see you later…about Michael, no one knows much about him, except Lucas and Nathan, maybe"
Scratching the back of his head, Felix watched Mouth walking away, thinking deeply…he had always been good to read people, thus gaining a leverage to use against them, but he had problems in figuring out Michael…that, together to the lack of info about him, could be a problem, especially if he was indeed interested in Brooke…damn, why he couldn't take that girl out of his head?
"I can tell you something about Michael, if you want, pretty boy" said a voice behind him; turning, Felix saw a sexy tall girl, with blonde, reddish hair, and intense ruby eyes; he smirked "And who are you, sexy?"
"Please, leave your flirting to the school girls, I'm only talking with you because you could be useful, nothing more."
"I'm listening"
The girl started talking, and, when she finished, Felix was smirking: that was just what he needed. "So, what do you need from me?"
"I need you to create the opportunity for me to meet Michael, but he can't alone…that way, it will be more difficult for him to shake me off"
"I can do that…but what do I gain from it?"
"I can keep Michael away from your plans with that brunette cheerleader"
"Brooke? Who told you I have plans for her? Besides, Michael isn't interested in her?"
"Are you sure? Because I saw him having great time with her and her blond friend, a week ago…and please, don't think you can kid me: I've been observing all of you for almost a month…you want that girl"
"All right" Felix said "I'll help you…so, since we're partners, now, you could tell me your name"
"Sure thing" the girl smiled "I'm…"
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Felix snapped from his memory when he heard Brooke's voice.
"Come on, I want to finish it as soon as I can, hurry up!" she shouted, heading outside the school.
"I'm coming" Felix answered, following her, while making a text on his cellphone All done, you'll find him with two girls at the shopping mall, in a half an hour, or at the church, in a couple of hours he sent the text, and grinned.
Have fun, Scott.