Chapter 8
The bell rang and the girls came out quickly, "Guess what?!" Haley said excitedly as she jumped up and down in front of Nathan.
He laughed at her excitement and how much energy she had, she was really cute when she acted like this. "What?" he said, playing it cool as if he didn't notice her excitement, but the huge smile on his face gave that secret away.
"We are going to write a skit about you two." She said pointing to the two brothers.
"Oh really?" Nathan asked, "What are you going to write about the two of us?"
"You are just going to have to wait and see." She said, with a huge smile on her face. The boys were instantly in a good mood when they were around Haley's hyper-ness, how could you not be?
"I don't understand why you think you are going to be bad at cheering," Peyton said as she watched her new friend's antics. "You've already got the energy and the jumping part down." They all laughed as Nathan and Lucas pushed themselves off the wall and began walking.
"She's got you there New Girl." Brooke came up behind Haley and poked her in the ribs, causing her to scream in surprise.
"Don't sneak up on me like that you scared the crap out of me!" Haley exclaimed while pointing an accusing finger at Brooke.
The girls continued to talk for awhile longer before they noticed that they boys were no longer right next to them. They stopped, looked behind them, and saw the Scott brothers were quite a ways away from them and not walking very fast. "What happened to them?" Peyton asked, "Why are they moving so slowly?"
When they got a little bit closer, the girls noticed something, "Wait a minute, are they actually talking to each other?" Brooke asked. The girls stood somewhat dumbfounded as Brooke's observation appeared to be right; they were even laughing at something together.
The three of them walked back to meet up with the guys, as it didn't seem that they were going to make it to them anytime soon. "Is there something that you would like to tell us?" Haley asked as she put an arm around Nathan's waist.
"Did the Scott brothers finally make up? Or are my eyes deceiving me?" Peyton asked as she mimicked Haley's motions only towards her own boyfriend.
"Maybe." Nathan tried to say coyly, but he couldn't. There was a big smile on his face as he looked down at his 'might-be' girlfriend, and he realized that he would never be able to keep anything from her.
"Good for you." She said as she stood on her tip toes and kissed him on the cheek.
"I would totally hug you right now, if I could move my arms." Nathan said back to her, never once letting the smile drop from his face.
"Why can't you move your arms?" Peyton asked as she noticed that Lucas wasn't putting his arm around her shoulder like he usually would.
"We were a little late for class." Lucas said sheepishly.
"Whitey made us do a crazy amount of push ups, and pull ups, and running. Lots and lots of running." Nathan clarified as he shuddered at the thought of how many suicides they had done.
The girls just laughed at them, "I guess that explains the slow pace." Brooke said through a giggle.
"It isn't funny; we are in serious pain here." Lucas tried to reiterate but his words fell on deaf ears and the girls just laughed as they winced.
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"Okay, this teacher hates me." Haley said quietly after the bell had rung and everyone in her speech class was gathering their things.
"He doesn't hate you; he just likes to make his students uncomfortable." Brooke responded trying to make her feel better.
"He made me do a one minute impromptu speech on the history of Tree Hill. I moved here two days ago, how the hell am I supposed to know the history?!" she exclaimed once they were in the hallway, she didn't want her new teacher to hear her complaints.
"Well you did a nice job rambling about trees and hills; you were probably even right on some of the things you said." Nathan said while putting an arm around her waist and pulling her towards him in a comforting manner.
"Thanks." She said, and rested her head on his shoulder, in the same manner a little kid would. There was a moment of silence when the group was just walking towards their lockers. "Wait a minute," She jolted her head off of Nathan shoulder and walked out in front of the group to halt their movements. "Do any of you know the history of Tree Hill?"
The friends looked at each other then slightly shook their heads, "I remember something about Indians from elementary school." Lucas threw out, hoping that the small bit of information would help her.
"Oh there was something about the Civil War too!" Peyton offered.
"Okay, He really does hate me." Haley confirmed then went back to being comforted by Nathan.
"Mr. Wright is a lonely, grumpy, old man so what if he hates you." Nathan said while rubbing her back.
"I've never had a teacher hate me before, all teachers love me." She tried to explain.
The others laughed at her and continued walking down the hall. "Alright come with us Missy, we have to get your schedule changed." Brooke said as she and Peyton looped their arms through Haley's and pulled her away from Nathan and towards the Counseling office.
"See you boys at practice; try not to hurt yourselves anymore." Peyton called behind them as Haley waved.
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::AN:: I hope that you guys enjoyed this update, there will be one coming soon either tomorrow or Monday, we'll just have to see how it goes. Don't forget to review though!