So guys, as promised, here's the new chapter, I hope that all of you will like it :D

For tvaddict1992: thank you, I have just noticed that I have ended almost all of my chapters with cliffhangers, which it wasn't intentionally *lol* Thank you, and, about the pairings, just now that a lot of time will pass before discovering who's ending up with whom ;)

For The Elder King: thank you, i hope you'll continue to appreciate the story :D

Now, no more waste of time, here's the chapter!

The Third Scott Brother Chapter Four, Part Three: Dare Night

New York, 14 months ago.

"Ladies and gentleman, tonight was a memorable night for the Manhattan East Side High Lions! Tonight, we witnessed the birth of a star here, a.k.a. Michael Bayle! On his debut game, with the number 35, this sophomore has led the Lions to an overwhelming victory with 27 points, 6 assists and 9 rebounds! We can be sure that with him, next year we will compete for the State Finals!"

The voice of the enthusiastic commentator kept roaring throughout the gym while two teams were moving back to the locker rooms; among them was, Michael who was flashing a wide grin as he admired the scene. The school gym was filled with nearly a thousand students, and they were all chanting his name; he was on cloud nine sure, he had always been confident of himself, but he didn't expected that his first game would be so triumphant.

Over the past year he and his mother had lived in various towns across the East Coast of America. It was only now that they had moved back to New York that Michael had first his chance to join a high school basketball team.

After enrolling at Manhattan East Side High, he didn't have much hope to play for the remainder of this year's season, as it was almost over; however, his mom had bugged him to ask for a tryout, and luck had been on his side; the team was short on one anm after one of the starting players been injured, so the coach granted Michael a chance…and now here he was, after one hell of a game.

As he stood on the court, watching the people slowly heading towards the exit, he noticed that a girl was walking towards him, his heart stopped; even though he had transferred just a little while ago, there was no way that he couldn't not recognized Sarah Heart. She had straight strawberry blonde hair, ruby eyes and a pale skin, and the body of a top model, she was the most beautiful girl at the school; and she also happened to be captain of the cheerleaders, as well as one of the honor roll students, aiming to be the valedictorian at the end of the year.

Being the one who ruled the school, it was Sarah who decided the who's who, of East Side High, no one could rival her; not that anyone tried.As she came closer to him, Michael smiled flirtatiously; it didn't matter who she was, he was going to be himself, and if she didn't like that, well that was her problem not his.

"Nice game, Bayle; I'm really impressed." she said, acting like her praise was a big honor; her eyes widened when Michael whistled, eyeing her body before answering.

"Thanks" he stated then smirked. "By the way, I'm really impressed as well, nice body, I wonder how you keep yourself in such an amazing shape."

Sarah stayed silent for a moment, taken aback by Michael's behavior: clearly, she wasn't expecting a reaction like that; however, she quickly regained her composure and, flashing him a seductive smile.

"Aww, thank you baby; as for my secret, well, you know, I do a lot of special…exercises…to look this good." she finished, winking at him.

Michel chuckled, having understood the innuendo "Interesting, I'd like to see your training sessions…perhaps I could learn something" he teased back.

"Oh, I'm pretty sure you could" Sarah took a step forward, placing an hand on her left hip, playing with her hairs with the other "But I warn you that I'm a very strict teacher."

"Nothing to worry about it" Michael's smile was even wider now "I'm an hard worker."

"That's good to know" Sarah was interrupted some of the cheerleaders were calling her "It seems it's time to go…see you around, Michael, and remember" suddenly, she closed the distance between them "You've got my attention now" she whispered in his ear, then she headed towards her friends.

Michael grinned as he watched Sarah walking away: he didn't know that he had just met the girl that was at the same time the first love of his life, and the one person that he hated the most.

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"Michael? Are you alright?"

Haley's voice snapped out Michael from his memories; he looked up to find, Peyton and Haley were watching him with worried looks on their faces, while Sarah was standing there, smiling.

"Well, well, it seems you must have missed me a lot, Michael to be at loss of words isn't usual for you, is it?" she commented, and her voice had the effect of a cold shower; the confusion he felt vanished, and was replaced by anger.

"What are you doing here, Sarah? This far away from New York, I mean" he asked, his voice full of venom.

"Why, I'm here to see you of course after all, you didn't answer any of my calls in the last six months honey"

"And you didn't think that the reason I didn't answer your calls was that I didn't want to talk to you? And, by the way, I think that I made myself clear even before moving back to Charlotte, I don't want anything to do with you anymore, we're over."

"I know what you said, but I thought that you needed someone after…"

"Are you seriously going to say that, really?" he asked, a smile on his lips; but it was an emotionless one, there was also an incredulous look in his eyes.

"Michael" Sarah started, taking a deep breath "You may not believe me, but I'm truly sorry for what happened to your moth…"

"Cut the crap Sarah" Michael's voice was harsh when he interrupted her "You didn't like her, and, more importantly, she didn't like you, so no need for you to keep going with this farce." he finished, giving Peyton and Haley a nod "I think it's time to meet up with the others."

Haley nodded, and both she and Peyton started following Michael when Sarah grabbed his arm "We aren't done yet! You know, you're a hypocrite! If memory serves, I remember that your mother's dislike for me didn't stop you from dating me!"

"Well, that just proves that I was an idiot back then, because there's no way in hell that I'd make the same mistake again."

Sarah scoffed "Please…you can delude yourself all you want, but the truth is that you love me Michael, and that won't change, no matter how much you try to forget me with skanks like her" she eyed Peyton "or that brunette cheerleader friend of hers."

"Excuse me?" Peyton interrupted the conversation, glaring at Sarah "What did you just call me?"

"You heard me, I called you and your friend skanks…is something wrong?"

Peyton let out a fake laugh, her eyes shining with a murderous light "Nothing at all…just me going to kick your ass, bitch" she then moved to hit Sarah, but Michael stepped between them.

"Can you leave me alone with her for a while?" he asked.

"Sure" Haley anticipated Peyton's answer, dragging the furious blonde along with her "We will wait for you at the next corner" she said, and Michael nodded, mouthing a silent 'thank you' as the two girls left, Peyton still throwing dirty looks at Sarah, who smirked amused.

"She's a feisty one" she commented, referring to Peyton "I'm not surprised you're intrigued by her."

"There's nothing between Peyton and I," said Michael, folding his arms across his chest.

"Oh, does that mean you have the hots for that Brooke girl? My, my you have a thing for head cheerleaders, huh? Either way, I don't really care, because at the end, you will be back with me."

Michael sighed annoyed; half a year later, nothing had changed at all she was still sure that nothing had changed that they were still the people they had been back in New York. She may be but he certainly was not.

"It truly seems that you don't understand the situation, Sarah" he stopped for a moment before continuing, his voice harsher than before, his face muscles twisted by rage "I don't want to see you ever again. I. Hate. You."

Sarah didn't look the least bit phased by what he had said; smiling, she suddenly leaned on him, their bodies close to each other; Michael tried to step back, but his legs weren't doing what his brain was telling them to. It was like he was actually stuck in mud or something to that effect.

"It's useless Michael; you're like an open book to me; your words mean nothing, because I can see your heart." she whispered in his ear, and the brown-haired body hated himself for not pushing her off.

But he couldn't do it; despite his words, and his feelings, there was still a part of him that craved her, that needed her; when Sarah realized that he wasn't going to make any move, she giggled.

"See, I told you so, you and I are meant to be together, Michael Bay…sorry, it's Michael Scott now, isn't it?"

"I see that you're the same bitch as always." he shot back, his green eyes locked into her ruby ones.

"That's one of the reasons you love me, and don't deny it; you know it's true." Sarah's smile was victorious as she moved to kiss Michael; their lips were almost touching when two images came into the boy's head.

He was standing in front of a dark red door, the rain pouring on him, but he didn't care; his mind was blank, his heart broken; it wasn't only the raindrops that were wetting his cheeks.

Three days later, he had just entered through the same door, and was drinking a glass of water in a small kitchen, until an opened letter near the trash can picked his attention; dropping to his knees, he took it and started reading it: a second later, the glass that he was holding crushed on the floor.

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"Damn you Haley, why did you drag me with you? I wanted to kick that bitch's ass!" Peyton was still fuming: after having confessed that she had taken drugs to the priest (instead of fulfilling that stupid dare, but not one was going to find that out) she wasn't in her best mood, and that Sarah had totally flipped her off.

"First off, it was Michael that stopped you, not me; second, I think that there was already enough tension there without you starting a catfight."

"That's because you weren't the one who was called skank; the bitch's lucky that Brooke wasn't with us."

"I'll agree with you on that." Haley deadpanned as her mind pondered the consequences that the brunette's presence would have brought; she then stared at the two figures facing each other, just slightly visible in the dark night "It seems they have a lot of issues to deal with."

"No shit Sherlock" Peyton observed Michael and Sarah as well, deep in thought "I noticed that there was something bothering Michael, apart what happened to his mother and the discover y of who his father is."

"Same…but what's nagging me now is that she wasn't the least surprised to see us there…it looked like…"

"She was expecting us to be here?" completed Peyton "Well, maybe she was stalking us, it wouldn't surprise me, since she seems to know all about Michael's friends here in Tree Hill."

"It could be, but I have a feeling that…what's going on?" Haley exclaimed shocked, and Peyton let out a gasp of surprise when she saw Sarah and Michael entwined.

"They look like they're going to…" Haley's words died when Michael's voice echoed in the deserted streets as he stopped and stepped back; when Sarah tried to touch him, he brushed her off.

"Take that bitch" Peyton smiled evilly "Nice move Michael."

"I don't think that this was Michael's plan: my guess is that a part of him wanted to kiss her, but at the end he changed his mind." Haley pointed out as Michael and Sarah started arguing, their voice rising.

"Way to ruin my fun, Hales." Peyton muttered: once again, why did she have to be always right? The sudden lack of noise caught both the girl's attention: all of a sudden, both Michael and Sarah were silent.

"Looks like that conversation's over." Haley pointed at their friend who was walking towards them "And he doesn't seem to be ok."

Peyton nodded, worried unlike before, Michael looked shocked, his face pale white; when he reached them, he simply said "Sorry for this."

"Nothing to apologize for" Haley hesitated for a moment "Are you ok?" she asked, followed by Peyton.

"Yeah, you look like you have seen a ghost"

"Don't worry about it; I'm just surprised to find her here, nothing more"

"Are you sure?" Peyton didn't need an answer to her question, knowing that Michael was lying: he wasn't like that when they left him with Sarah, nor he looked like that while the two were arguing; something must have happened in the final moment the discussion…but what?

Michael smiled sadly "If I said yes, you still wouldn't believe me, would you?"

"Of course I wouldn't believe you, since you're such a bad liar."

"Was it because you found out how she tracked you down?" asked Haley, and Michael laughed bitterly.

"No…I mean, I have a guess of how she knew that we were at the church, and honestly, it doesn't surprise me. Look" he stopped, since they were near Karen's Café "Please, don't tell anybody about Sarah for tonight…I don't want to ruin the night."

"You'll have to give up on the two favours we still owed you" joked Haley, trying to light up Michael's mood.

"And don't forget that you still owe us one, mister" added Peyton "What?" she asked Haley, who were staring at her funnily "I ate that damn egg, I'm not going to let it go to waste!"

Michael laughed again, but this time it was a true one "I've forgotten about the dare points...but it's ok, I'll fulfil your one wish."

"Perfect. I think we can meet up with the others then."

"Wait" Haley and Peyton looked towards Michael "I need some time alone…tell the others to start without me."

"Are you sure? If you want, we can tell Lucas, or Nathan…"

"Thank you Haley, but I just need a few minutes with myself."

It was Peyton the first one to agree with Michael's request; she knew that, sometimes, a person needed to be alone with his/her thoughts

"Come Hales, let's go." she said; Haley took some times to make up her mind but, finally, decided to follow her blonde friend.

Michael watched them heading to the café, his smile fading as Sarah's last words echoed in his mind.

It can't be true.

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"Finally guys, I was dying of boredom here!" Brooke let out a sigh of relief when Peyton and Haley reached them "Wait…where's Michael?"

"Um, he's here, he just needs some time to think" explained Peyton, already knowing that this was just going to pick up Nate and Luke's concern.

"Did something happen?" asked Lucas.

"N-nothing happened" answered Haley, but her voice wasn't really convincing, and Nathan had already stood up when Felix spoke.

"Relax guys, I'm sure that it's nothing serious…right girls?" he asked, a strange smile on his lips, and something snapped inside Peyton's head.

You son of a bitch! There was no doubt, that's how Sarah knew that Michael was at the church! For a second, she was about to reveal all to Lucas and Nathan, but then she remembered the promise she and Haley had made to Michael, and decided to keep her mouth shut.

That however was a bad move, Nathan who had already suspected that Felix was cooking up something against his brother after his talk with Tim, was glaring at the Hispanic boy; he was about to say something when his phone rang, and, checking it, he found a message from Michael, saying I'm fine, I'll talk with you and Luke tomorrow, at the Rivercourt, before school.

Nathan showed the text to Lucas, and, after exchanging a glance, the two brothers decided to let the matter go...for no. They could always beat Felix tomorrow, after all.

-A while later-

The tension in the group started to disappear while each team counted up the points they had earnt. After Mouth, Skills and Furgie had showed the 'Dangerous Beast' they had stolen from the zoo, a turtle. The teens found they had tied.

"It seems we are stuck on a draw…well, here's the tie breaker" Felix picked two cards from his pocket and handed one to Brooke, and one to Nathan.

"Kiss a member of your team" read Brooke.

"C'mon, dwag, that ain't fair!" protested Skills.

"In my defence, I will say that I couldn't have guessed beforehand that we would end up with a tie: just call it the twist of fate."

"A fate that, happens to give you an advantage, what a coincidence." commented Peyton, disgusted.

"I take it you won't kiss me, Blondie; and since Haley is happily married…I guess the end of this game is up to Brooke."

The group fell in silence as all were waiting for Brooke's decision; smiling the brunette leaned towards Felix, ready to kiss him, but, suddenly, she hurried to Peyton and kissed her quickly on her lips, giggling.

"AWESOME!" shouted Tim, whose eyes were nearly popping out of his head.

"Thank you, Dim" Brooke stared at the boys

"I guess none of you has any complaints?" she asked with a smug look on her face knowing exactly what Felix had wanted the minute she read out the card.

"Not at all" Skills smiled "It's yah win, baby gurl."

"You earned the points" said Nathan.

"Sorry, but that can't be allowed" Felix brought the silence back to the table.

"Wow, you really suck at losing." Lucas's voice dripped sarcasm.

Peyton was the only one who noticed that Michael had entered the café; an idea popped in her mind, and she whispered fast in Brooke's ear, who grinned.

"So, how's the game going?" asked Michael as he sat on a chair "What?" he asked, when Peyton and Brooke got closer to him and, without saying a word, both girls kissed him on either cheek

"Is that enough for you, Tagarro? We can keep going, if you want," Peyton winking.

"I surely wouldn't mind going further" Michael smirked though he was still brooding over the whole Sarah thing, the two kisses surely had improved his mood, especially because he could see just how much it annoyed Felix. It was clear to all in the room that he had a serious thing for Brooke.

"Fine, those kisses plus Brooke's one with Peyton, gives us the point lead" Felix declared, trying his best to hide his feelings although he was pretty sure that Scott Brothers knew exactly what he as after. As the girls started celebrating their victory, a lone figure was standing outside Karen's Café, her ruby eyes shining of jealousy.

You will pay for that, bitches, both of you! He's MINE!