Hey guys! I'm here with the new chapter of the TTSB! It's settled in Episode 2xo6, "We Migh As Well Be Strangers", hope you all like it! ;)
To tvaddict1992: I'm glad you liked it, as for Michael and Sarah's story, well, there will be a lot of twists and drama :D
To Isabel Camilla Scott: there will be a lot of drama, but, for now, Michael won't have a serious love story, since he still has serious issues of his past to deal with.
To wez: of course I won't giving up, I enjoying writing this story, and I hope you all will keep enjoying reading it :D
To TvD 96: Thank you, and, rest assured, there will be a lot of clashes between Sarah, Brooke and Peyton ;)
Now, here's the chapter!
The Third Scott Brother, Chapter Five
Disclaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill
Special thanks to Sweetlilloz for her beta-readin work ;)
The Rivercourt was deserted, a dim light shining on the court when Lucas arrived, though the blonde boy wasn't the least surprised, since he was twenty minutes earlier then when he was supposed to meet up with Nathan and Michael, but he wasn't disappointed. This way, he had some time alone to think about the things that had happened last night.
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They were all together, right after Brooke and Peyton had kissed Michael, gaining the point leverage for their team; for Lucas' team to achieve a win, it was necessary that one of them had had a making out with a stranger in a photo-booth.
Lucas moved his hand to pick the photo of him and Anna in his back pocket, but then, the memories of the night passed together (their meeting at the shopping mall, with him giving back women's clothes, the talking, and flirting while digging for money in the water fountain), and he made the decision to not show them.
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Lucas smiled as he saw the sun rise, slowly peaking over down town Tree Hill, across the river from where he was, a brilliant pink hue settled on the court, in the early morning haze. He still wasn't sure what if anything could or even would happen between them, but one thing was clear, to him, Anna hadn't been just a simple dare, and he wanted to meet her again.
Perhaps, she could make me forget about…
"Something on your mind, big brother?"
Lucas snapped out from his thoughts, and raised his head to see Nathan walking towards him; shaking his head, he smiled.
"Nothing serious right now, Nate…" Lucas stopped, realizing someone was missing.
"where's Michael? I thought you guys were coming together, since you live a few minutes from each other."
"Yeah, that was what we agreed, but I stood there knocking on his door for ten minutes, and had no answer, so I thought he was already here."
"Well, he's not." Lucas frowned, while it hasn't passed much time since they met Michael, he knew that their brother wasn't the type to act like that.
"What the hell is going on, Luke?" asked Nathan, his face worried as well "I have a bad feeling of this."
"Honestly, I don't have a clue, but I feel the same way…did you talk with Haley? I think that she and Peyton know something about what happened yesterday."
"I did, but all she said was that Michael made them promise to keep silent about what happened…but I'm sure that Felix had something to do with this."
"Yeah that's what I thought." Lucas nodded, his dislike for the hispanic boy was increasing day by day.
"But we can't do anything, if we don't know what's going on."
"Well, we could always go to Felix and force him to spit out the truth, you know like I did with you when you joined the Ravens. Haley will kill us both but I think it would totally be worth a week on the couch." said Nathan, and Lucas laughed yes Haley James Scott would kill both her husband and best friend if they did something like that but hey, Felix was asking for it.
"As much as I'd like to see you two beating the crap out of Felix, I think it's better if you listen the truth from me, saving yousef from the wrath of Haley, Peyton and Brooke" Michael's voice interrupted Nathan and Lucas's conversation, making the two brothers jump in surprise.
"And here he is our missing man." joked Lucas, rising up to greet Michael; he noticed that his brother looked tired: possibly from not having slept a wink last night.
"Sorry for showing up late and for worrying the both of you; I decided that an early morning jog, would clear my mind."
"Don't sweat it" Nathan waved his hand "I'm more interested in you telling us what's troubling you."
"Yeah." Lucas nodded.
"Fair enough" Michael sighed, scratching the back of his head, his smile vanishing, replaced by an apprehensive look "Well…yesterday, during the dares…I ran into a girl…from my past."
"I guess it wasn't a pleasant meeting." noted Lucas, which made Michael laugh bitterly.
"You could say that, I had wanted to leave Sarah in my past, where she belongs." said Michael.
"What happened between you and this Sarah?" asked Nathan.
"But you don't have to say, if you don't want to." added Lucas, not wanting to push Michael.
"You don't have to worry, I'm fine talking about it." answered Michael But only a part of it whispered a voice in his head.
"When I was in New York, last year, I met this girl…Sarah Heart…she was the head cheerleader, a student on the honor roll, and the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen."
"I think I know where this story is heading," commented Lucas with a smirk before being silenced by a nudge from Nathan who just looked at him as if to tell him to shut up. "Sorry, keep talking."
"There isn't much more to add, really, we started dating, then, 7-8 months ago, we broke up, end of the story." completed Michael, but both Lucas and Nathan noticed that the brown-haired boy was hiding something.
"The decision of ending the story…was it mutual?" asked Lucas.
"Nope, 100% mine." answered Michael.
"Why?" this time, it was Nathan who spoke.
Because she broke my heart in tiny little pieces "Let's just say, I found out that she wasn't the person I thought she was."
"I take it that she's here in Tree Hill to try and get you back" argued Lucas.
"No, she's here because she can't accept that somebody can refuse her advances or give up on her, and because she wants to make my life a living hell, along with the people I care about, that would be the two of you as well as Brooke, Haley and Peyton. Even Skills, Mouth, Junk and Furgie have to be careful." said Michael he could tell just by the looks on his brother's faces that they were somewhat sceptical of what he was saying.
"C'mon, man, I think you're going a little over the top here"
"I'm not, Nate, because I know how she acts: she'll gather all the information she can pry about all of you, then she'll use it to screw up your lives. I'm especially worried for the girls." Michael recalled how acid Sarah sounded when she spoke about Brooke and Peyton, without considering that she could aim at Haley as well, being, in a kind of way, part of his family.
"Then, we have to do something about it." suggested Lucas, and Nathan nodded eagerly, but Michael shook his head.
"Actually, you don't have to do anything…listen" he stopped his brother's protests "I know you want to help me, but please…this is something I must deal with alone."
"Are you sure?"
"Deadly sure, Luke."
"Fine by me" Nathan nodded again "That, of course, if this Sarah doesn't involve Haley. If she does all bet are off" he warned.
"Of course." agreed Michael.
"Well then, how about we grab something for breakfast at the café, then we head to the school?" proposed Lucas.
"Come, I'll give you guys a ride" said Nathan.
"Lead the way, little brother." Michael scratched his head: better being in company then alone with his thoughts.
Lucas nodded "Sure, that way we can see just how badly you and Keith have screwed up your car." he teased.
"Shut up." Nathan punched his brother's shoulder, as they started heading to Nathan's car "By the way, you can tell me about the girl you met yesterday."
Lucas frowned again; this time slightly embarrassed "How did you find out?"
"Please, big brother, you're not good at hiding things." said Nathan but, after Lucas kept staring at him, he raised his hands in defeat "Fine, it was Haley, but that doesn't change anything; so, what's her name?"`
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Felix was walking through the school's hallway with a smug smile on his face, the day had improved a lot in the last hour, and promised to be even more interesting afternoon; he was heading back to his class when his phone started ringing.
After checking the ID, he sighed What does she want, now? he wondered.
"Hello?"
"We have to talk."
"Good day to you too, Sarah" he answered, sarcastically.
"There's no reason to indulge in stupid compliments, you idiot; I need more info about Brooke and Peyton, ASAP."
"Sorry, baby girl, but I think our alliance ended yesterday." Felix shot back.
"Oh, really? You seem pretty confident, considering how badly last night ended."
Felix frowned: it still bugged him how his clever trick to push Brooke to kiss him had turned against himself when she and Peyton kissed Michael; but, on the other hand, he had no more reason of being wary of Michael, after what happened just an hour ago.
"As I said, I don't need you anymore."
"I don't really care if you need me or not, but that doesn't change the fact that you will give me all the details I need."
"And what if I don't?"
"I would accidently forget something about your dear sister."
Felix stiffened: he hadn't expected things to turn that way "What do you know about Anna?" he asked.
"If you want to know, send me everything you know about Brooke and Peyton: if there's something that I can use against them, tonight I'll send you a text that contains what I discovered about your sister."
Felix wondered if he had made the right choice when he decided to join forces with Sarah; the girl sounded dangerous, but he couldn't refuse her demands, what if the thing she discovered about Anna was…
"Fine, you will have all the information you want."
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"So, you faked being the principal, to drag me out from the science class?" Lucas stared at Anna, amused: the girl seemed nervous "Anna, is something wrong?"
"I'm Felix's sister."
"Oh" Ok, found out why she seemed nervous.
"Exactly, oh, and I can't believe he still hasn't told me anything about what happened yesterday."
"That's because he doesn't know…I didn't show the picture of us, not to Felix, or anyone else."
"Why?"
"Because it for me it wasn't just another dare."
"Me either" Anna shortened the distance between them; now whispering "I wanted to call you, but…with Felix…"
Lucas silenced her with a kiss; after a moment of surprise, Anna kissed him back.
"Right…I have to go now…see you…see you later" she whispered, quickly walking away; Lucas watched her, then he headed back to his class, smiling.
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"So, they're really doing it, huh?" asked Haley, as she and Peyton had reached Brooke's house, they knew that her parents had organized a garage sale, and wanted to give their friend some moral support. Also, they had an audition later for people to perform at the event that Peyton was organizing for Karen's club opening.
"It seems like that...poor Brooke, I hope she can get over it."
"Well, well, look who's here." Peyton followed Haley's indication, her eyes widening when she saw Felix, talking with a not so happy looking Brooke.
"What is he doing here?"
"Dunno, but Brooke doesn't looks very happy."
"Of course she isn't, look who she's talking to" commented Peyton, with far too much venom to sound casual.
"Peyton" warned Haley "Remember, we promised Michael that we wouldn't tell anyone about Sarah; that means, we can't say a word about you suspecting Felix either"
"Hales, come one: you saw Felix yesterday, it was obvious that he was the one who told that bitch where she could find Michael."
The two girls kept arguing as they headed over to Brooke. Who was too preoccupied and annoyed that Felix had come over to notice that she had sold her doll house to an old woman; by the time she realized and went to get it back it was too late, she however had found, one of the dolls that had fallen out; Brooke picked the doll up and hugged it to her chest, before heading back to where she had been, she glared at Felix before deciding to ignore him maybe then he would get the message and go away. It was then that she noticed her friends.
"Hey, Peyton, Tutor Wife, what are you doing here?"
"Giving you some support and also trying to stop you from buying back all the things that you are meant to be selling" said Peyton, Haley nodded and smirked as she noticed the doll in her friends arms.
"You know me too well, Goldilocks" Brooke smiled it hadn't passed by her that Haley had noticed the doll that she was still clutching.
"Of course I do; by the way, what was Felix doing here? Did he want to buy something, or mock you?"Peyton asked Brooke was so thrown off by the question that she started babbling incoherently.
"Oh my god! You had sex with him!" said Haley gaping at her friend Brooke looked like a deer stuck in headlights and wasn't quite sure which way she should turn.
"What? No I didn't!"
"Yes you did!" Peyton stared at her bff in disbelief.
"Ok, look: it isn't a big deal, just a…friends with benefit agreement."
"And since when are you and Felix friends?" asked Haley.
"We're not exactly friends, I mean…listen: I was depressed because of all of this money loss stuff, then, I found a photo of me and Lucas…and I just felt lonely; there isn't anything between me and Felix."
"Ok" much to Haley's surprise, Peyton nodded; after all, she still felt guilty for that love triangle between her, Brooke and Lucas "But…be careful, ok?"
Before Brooke could answer, a voice behind them talked "My, my, yesterday you kiss a boy, today you screw another…it seems I was right when I called you two skanks."
Turning to the source of the voice, the trio stared at Sarah, who was smirking evilly.
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"So, this is Dan's dealership, uh?" Michael looked around himself "and Keith is managing it, until Dan's health gets better."
"Yeah" answered Lucas, then he grinned when he spotted Nathan "and there, is our hard working brother"
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Nathan when he reached them.
"Personally, I'm here to have a talk with Keith, and to find from you why are you turning down that High Flyer offer." Michael smirked as Nathan's face tensed up.
"Not you too, Mike; Lucas has been nagging me for nearly an hour already."
"Because it's an opportunity that happens only once in a lifetime, and you're going to waste it."
"I know that, Lucas, but Haley and I can't afford a whole summer without me working, and, even if there was a way, it wouldn't be fair to Haley."
"But…"
"No buts." Nathan looked dead set "I won't go to the High Flyers, that's it."
"Leave it, Lucas." Michael interrupted Lucas "I don't think there's anything we can say to change his mind."
"Fine, I won't say anything more, but at least talk about it with Haley." when Nathan nodded, Lucas stretched his legs "Ok guys, I'm going to hang out on the Rivercourt for a while, see you later."
As Lucas walked towards the exit door, Michael looked around the dealership once again "Nathan, where can I find Keith?"
"There." Nathan pointed to a glass-enclosed office, where a well-dressed Keith was talking at the phone."
"Thanks, man, I'll leave you to your job." waving his hand, Michael headed to the office, knocking on the door when he arrived; when Keith looked up, and nodded, he opened the door.
"Hey Michael, how are you doing? We didn't have a chance to talk since…well…" Keith hesitated.
"Ever. That's why I'm here." Michael took a deep breath "Look, I may have given you the impression I was avoiding you…"
"Just an impression?" Keith chuckled when Michael smiled guilty
"Relax, it's all right, I understand that you had a lot of stuff to deal with, plus, I'm Dan's brother, so…"
Michael already knew (especially from Lucas and Haley) that Keith and Dan were polar opposites, but, hearing him say Dan, and not 'your father', helped him to calm down a lot "Well, I think I'm ready to learn more about my uncle."
Keith smiled, and picked up his car's key "Well then, why don't we grab a coffee?"
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Brooke's gaze was deadly cold on the unknown girl with strawberry blonde hair and ruby eyes; having had a terrible day, between the garage sale and the friends-with-benefit agreement with Felix (which she still had doubts about it), she was so nervous and so stressed, that she had to use every ounce of her self-control to keep herself from giving this cow a good bitch slapping.
Instead, she flashed her best fake smile she could muster, and got closer to the girl "Hello, we haven't met before; I'm Brooke Davis, the girl who's going to send you to the hospital. If you insist on calling me skank."
The girl grinned again "Why shouldn't I, hmm? I'm just stating the truth, after all."
"Ok, that's it!" Brooke raised her hand to slap the girl, but was stopped by Haley, who tried desperately to hold back her friends arms.
"Haley, let me go! I'm so going to show her just how bitchy I can be!"
"And I'm going to help you with that." added Peyton, glaring at Sarah.
"Both of you, calm down!" said Haley, still holding Brooke from jumping at the girl.
"Hmm, it seems you two haven't told your friends about little old me, hmm?"
"You know her?" asked Brooke, still trying to free herself from Haley without hurting her; Peyton snorted.
"She's Michael's ex-psychotic-girlfriend…I think the name was Sarah, right?"
"Almost emo-girl, but you mistook the part about the 'ex' "
"Oh, silly me, I must have been confused by Michael's attitude: you know, it totally looked like he hates you." Peyton shot back, sarcasm dripping in her voice.
"Wow, she's just like a Nikki 2.0" commented Brooke.
"Are you referring to the mother of Jake Jagielski's daughter?" asked Sarah, shocking the three girls.
"How do you know about Jake and Nikki?"Haley asked, not even Michael knew about Nikki it was something that happened before he got here.
"Girls, girls, girls, you have to understand something…information is leverage to use against your enemies and, right now, you are in my way."
"Michael doesn't want you." said Peyton, making Sarah's face twists in anger.
"You don't know anything about Michael!" she snapped "The Michael you three have met, is just a façade: I am the only one who knows the real him, and I won't allow anyone to stand between me and my man!"
"We're not standing between you and Michael" said Haley, her voice stern, it reminded Peyton and Brooke of the time when she silenced Deb at the reception they had thrown for her and Nathan.
"But we are his friends, so, if he needs us, we will be there for him, and you can't do anything to change it."
"Damn right!" exclaimed Brooke, followed by Peyton, making Sarah even more furious.
"Why you…!" she stopped when she noticed something behind Brooke, Haley and Peyton.
"What the hell are you doing here?"