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Chapter 3

Calculus went much the same way as Chemistry had, with Nathan and Haley trading off glances, the only difference was that they weren't able to sit next to each other.

Haley sat next to and became friends with a guy named Jake, who told her that he played Basketball with Nathan.

Once they were able to work on their assignment for class, Nathan came to sit next to the two and they spent the time talking.

"So what's your next class?" Nathan asked.

Haley pulled her schedule out of her pocket and looked at it. "Um, painting." she looked up at him confused, "I have no artistic ability, why did they put me in that class?"

Nathan laughed at the slightly panicked look on her face, "It was probably one of the only electives that wasn't full. Don't worry about it; if you really suck you can always just claim that art is subjective. Plus I think Peyton is in that class, you'll be fine."

"Oh, thanks for the support." Haley said sarcastically when he laughed at her.

"No problem." He replied just as the bell rang. "We both have lunch 5th, so I'll see you then. Meet me by the commons." He said as they parted ways in the hallway.

Haley looked around the hallways and couldn't have been more relieved when she looked up and saw Peyton and Brook a few feet away. "So Peyton I hear you might have painting this hour, any chance that's right?" She asked as she walked up to her two new friends, well fellow cheerleaders she guessed. Still don't know how I got trapped into that one, she thought.

"We both do, come on New Girl." Brooke said as she looped an arm around Haley's left one as Peyton did the same with her right.

Haley gave a relieved smile, while being pulled in the complete opposite direction that she would have thought to go in. "Oh thank God, I have no idea why they decided to put me in this class, I don't have any artistic ability."

"Don't worry about it." Said Peyton, "Neither does Brooke, she's just in the class for an easy A, and to talk to me."

"It's true. Plus Mr. Chavez is really cute." Brooke added in. The three laughed, but soon stopped when they were passed by two other girls that Peyton and Brooke knew.

"Haley, this is Rachel and Bevin." Brooke introduced, "they are both cheerleaders, well Rachel was until she got preggers." Brooke said as a dig towards the tall red head.

"I'm not pregnant, quit telling people that." Rachel said indignantly. Haley and Peyton looked at each other as the two girls interacted.

"Hey you quit the squad with out any reason, people ask questions, and I had to tell them something." Brooke smiled as if she hadn't done anything wrong.

"Is it always like this between them?" Haley asked Bevin and Peyton.

"Yup."

"Pretty much." The two blondes replied at the same time.

"I was put on academic probation and you know it." Rachel cut in loudly

"Huh," Brooke pretended to think about the situation, "Well you should really tell the whole school that, because they all think you're pregnant."

"Bitch."

"Whore." The arguing pair glared at each other before smiling, and hugging one another. "Aw, big Red, I'm going to miss you. There is no way that the pyramids are going to be as tall with out you."

"You are such a sweetie." Rachel said as she pulled out of the hug, "So what's with the new girl."

"She's Nathan's new girlfriend and she's replacing you." Brooke said.

"I am not Nathan's girlfriend!" Haley said surprised that cheery brunette would even say something like that.

"Alright, future girlfriend, whatever."

Haley gave a confused look towards Peyton, who just laughed in return. The girls talked for awhile longer before the warning bell rang for class, "We got to go, Chavez is cute but he's a real hard-ass if you aren't on time." Peyton said as she pulled the two girls with her.

"And I thought Brooke would be into that kind of thing." Haley commented to the two girls who looked at her with their mouths agape. Peyton started laughing, and a few seconds later Brooke followed.

"New Girl you are coming along nicely." The trio giggled as they entered the art classroom.

Haley had to be introduced by the teacher but after that she was able to pick a seat at the same table as Peyton and Brooke. The class was all independent study, so the girls talked and listened to music as they painted.

"So where do you go from here New Girl?" Brooke asked as they were cleaning up their paints at the end of class.

Haley pulled out her schedule to look at, "Um... Government, any chance either of you has it?"

"Sorry girly, but what do you have 8th, if you are going to be a cheerleader, you're going to have to have it off." Peyton said.

"PE." Haley said as she looked again.

"Sweet, you can get that credit waved for cheering anyway."

"That's good, I suck at sports." The other two girls laughed.

"We will go with you during 8th to the counseling office. The counselors are a bunch of old bitter women, who were ugly in high school. They didn't like cheerleaders, and tend to take it out on us. But don't worry; they are kind of afraid of Brooke." Peyton said in a reassuring way.

The girls talked more as they walked down the hall towards Haley's class, Brooke and Peyton unknowingly giving Haley an escort. When they approached the door to the classroom they ran into Lucas. Peyton walked up to Luke and gave him a peck. "You are in luck New Girl; there is a hot Scott brother in this class." Brooke said to Haley.

"Are you ever going to stop calling me New Girl?" Haley asked while smiling sweetly at the brunette.

Brooke pretended to think about it for about two seconds before saying, "Probably not, at least not until you have a new nick name."

"What are the chances the new nick name is going to be better than New Girl?"

"Why don't you ask Goldilocks over there?" Brooke suggested.

Peyton turned to face the other two girls, "Yeah, I would try to stick with New Girl as long as I could if I were you."

Haley laughed at the look Peyton was giving her best friend. The warning bell rang and Haley walked the rest of the way to her class, when she was half way there she turned around and called, "See you at lunch, Tigger."

Haley walked through the door of the classroom, quickly followed by Lucas, "Oh, who knew New Girl would fit in so well?" Peyton commented out loud as Brooke still had an incredulous look on her face.